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Rebecca Weaver-Hightower, a professor in English at UND, presides over the inauguration of President Mark Kennedy on Monday, October 10, 2016 at the Chester Fritz Auditorium.

Camelot on campus

Sean Cleary, Copy editor October 14, 2016

Inspired by JFK, President Mark Kennedy settles in at UND For the twelfth time in 133 years, UND has inaugurated a new leader. President Mark Kennedy was officially inaugurated as president of UND this...

Piper Seminole

Goodbye, hawks

Connor Johnson, Staff Writer October 11, 2016

"Cost is not number one (when considering aircraft), in fact, cost is way down the list when we look at that."- Dick Schultz The University of North Dakota will be changing its primary training fleet...

Veteran Entrepreneurs accepted for program at UND

Haley Olson, Staff Writer October 11, 2016

The Center for Innovation started a program aimed towards disabled veterans to help entrepreneurs start up their own businesses. This is a three phase course. The Veterans Entrepreneurship Program (VEP)...

The UND Memorial Union is in the process of being evaluated for improvements by the university and WTW Architects.

State of the union

Journey Gontjes, Staff Writer October 11, 2016

WTW Architects break down updates for Memorial Union On Oct. 5, WTW Architects Paul Knell and Derek Eversmann visited the UND campus to show everyone what they came up with for the master plan of the...

Local artist Adam Kemp is one of many local artists who have artwork in Arbor Park, such as these fish crafted out of found items.

Arbor Park Decision!

Connor Johnson, Staff Writer October 7, 2016

The Grand Forks City Council voted to further negotiations on developing Arbor Park last Monday, October 3. The council’s vote was unanimous, and continued the struggle by some residents to save the...

Local legislative race nears home stretch

Sean Cleary, Copy editor October 7, 2016

*Editor’s note: The Dakota Student conducted interviews to profile the positions of both teams of legislative candidates running for office in District 42. This is the second article in that series. As...

T-shirts in the Clothesline Project are decorated with victim accounts of domestic violence, sexual assault, and/or murder.

Memories remain

Rachel Cox, Staff Writer October 7, 2016

Women's Center at UND brings awareness to sexual assault  Every 11 seconds, a woman is battered in the United States. A woman reports being raped every minute in this country. Within the next 12 minutes,...

Dr. William Schwalm, professor in physics and astrophysics, addresses students at Witmer Hall in November 2014.

Keep your eyes to the sky

Rachel Cox, Staff Writer October 7, 2016

Guest speaker to discuss Earth-approaching asteroids in public talk at UND On October 10, Michael Gaffey will be giving a public talk in Witmer Hall room 116 about earth-approaching asteroids. His talk,...

Student Senate, weekly breakdown

October 4, 2016

During last week’s student senate meeting, city of Grand Forks administrators Todd Palen and Pete Haga  were featured as guest speakers to talk about a proposed sales tax increase in Grand Forks. On...

Students walk amongst the rows of t-shirts chronicling domestic and sexual assault at the Clothesline Project.

North Dakota Clothesline Project at UND

October 4, 2016

The 21st annual North Dakota Clothesline Project has come again to UND. It began on Monday, October 3 and will be here until Friday, October 7. It is held in the Memorial Union Ballroom on the 2nd floor....

Industrial project in GF

October 4, 2016

An industrial project being developed for Grand Forks got one step closer to completion Monday, September 26, when the city council’s committee of the whole meeting voted to move its extended letter...

Take back the night

October 4, 2016

October 6, 2016, UND’s Women’s Center will be hosting Take Back the Night Rally starting at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Union Ballroom. After the Rally, a march down University Ave will take place with...

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