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Greenhouse Gases: What every college student should know

Will Beaton, Editor-in-Chief December 21, 2014

There’s really no debate in the scientific community that climate change is occurring or that its effects are being driven by human emissions of greenhouse gases, which get trapped in the atmosphere...

To Kill a Planet : How we can learn from past extinction events to prevent our own

Will Beaton, Editor-in-Chief December 4, 2014

There have been five mass extinction periods in the history of planet Earth, and though the most well known is the most recent, which includes the asteroid responsible for killing the dinosaurs, the most...

DS View: Free-to-pay

Will Beaton, Editor-in-Chief December 1, 2014

I’ve learned much about how to be an aware, sensitive, interested individual from watching Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s fantastically satirical TV show “South Park.” The episode “You Have...

DS View: Slip sliding

Will Beaton, Editor-in-Chief November 21, 2014

My 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee is named Sharon — though it’s a boy car, if you’re wondering. Sharon and I just drove up to UND from Minneapolis the other week in the midst of the first big snowstorm...

DS View: Atmosphere

Will Beaton, Staff Writer November 15, 2014

Despite the worst fears of my ultra UND athletics loving parents, I went to a Gopher game and sat in the student section at the University of Minnesota. On top of having a great time, I also learned quite...

Bob Dylan remains an active contributor to music

Bob Dylan remains an active contributor to music

Will Beaton, Editor-in-Chief November 15, 2014

Bob Dylan. Photo via www.americansongwriter.com. I wasn't expecting to find anything when I searched the Internet for Bob Dylan's tour schedule last week. To my surprise, he was going to be in Minneapolis...

Pets beneficial to college students

Pets beneficial to college students

Misti Meads, Will Beaton, and Larry Philbin November 8, 2014

Duffy the dog looking dapper and incredibly adorable. Photo by Will Beaton. Misti Meads, Features Editor: Since I could remember, I have dealt with anxiety. I would often have panic attacks or become...

DS View: Pizza

Will Beaton and Larry Philbin October 31, 2014

Pizza. Of all the late-night foods that fill dorm room mini-fridges and overflow college trash bins, you are the one we have cherished the most. The first thing to notice about you is your scent. The...

DS View: Soil

Will Beaton, Editor-in-Chief October 28, 2014

As we consider the upcoming measures on the North Dakota ballot — including Measure 5, which aims to allocate 5 percent of the state’s share of natural gas extraction taxes toward protecting “water...

DS View: Moving

Will Beaton, Editor-in-Chief October 23, 2014

We college-goers are at a point in our lives where we actually have a substantial say in what’s going on in our lives — for some of us, this is a new experience. If you, like the vast majority of...

DS View: Nostalgia

Will Beaton, Editor-in-Chief October 22, 2014
The past is something to reminisce, not to imitate.

DS View: Nicknames

Will Beaton, Editor-in-Chief October 17, 2014

There’s another school in town going through a nickname crisis, too. The new public elementary school currently under construction is without a name or mascot, and the Grand Forks Public School system...

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