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Surviving your first year

Surviving your first year

Nick Sallen, Copy editor August 29, 2017

Congratulations on completing your first week of classes at UND. Before you throw away that syllabus, I’d like to take a moment to be your older brother and give you some sage advice on what do and what...

The Metro Transit Center in downtown Grand Forks, N.D. is the main hub for the Cities Area Transit (CAT) bus service, which travels throughout the community.

Grand Forks bus routes restructured

Nick Sallen, Copy Editor May 5, 2017

The Grand Forks-East Grand Forks Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Cities Area Transit (CAT) have updated their Transit Development Plan (TDP) to better meet city bus rider needs as the city continues...

Cramer speaks at Wenstrom Lecture

Nick Sallen, Editor in Chief April 21, 2017

In the past, North Dakota was run by Democrats. From 1961 to 1992, there was one four-year period with a Republican governor holding office. Being a young political activist, Congressman Kevin Cramer helped...

Tami Carmichael (right) speaks during a question an answer session last year. File Photo/ Dakota Student

Integrated Studies Program faces the danger of being cut

Nick Sallen, Editor-in-Chief February 7, 2017

On Thursday Feb. 2, Debbie Storrs, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, in response to a university-wide requirement for all areas to propose budget reductions, announced her plan to lower the number...

Toronto professor refuses pronouns

Nick Sallen, Editor-in-Chief January 13, 2017

The University of Toronto has been in an uproar these last few months over transgender pronoun use, political correctness and freedom of speech. Professor Jordan Peterson is objecting to the canadian...

The Steger Wilderness Center is located north of Ely, Minn., Photo courtesy of John Ratzloff.

Wisdom from the elders

Nick Sallen, Editor in Chief December 2, 2016

Throughout my summer spent in residency at the Steger Wilderness Center, I met a couple of master artists in their respective crafts. The Steger Wilderness Center is a sight to behold. Situated in the...

A Man of No Importance impresses the crowd

“A Man of No Importance” impresses the crowd

Nick Sallen, Editor-in-Chief November 22, 2016

The year is 1964 in Dublin, Ireland. Alfie Byrne (Tyler Folkedahl) is the director of an amateur theatre troupe which has been shut down by Father Kenny (Matt Stevens). Alfie wants to stage a production...

Dueling opinions; are congressional term limits a good idea or not?

Nick Sallen, Editor-in-Chief November 22, 2016

Preventing corruption “We came to office not to seek for our own power, but to implement sound principles and to benefit all the people within our states. We then passed the torch to the next generation...

UND Steel Pan band members perform Monday evening on Nov. 7 at the Chester Fritz Auditorium.

Steel Pan comes to UND

Nick Sallen, Editor-in-Chief November 18, 2016

A dozen band members ran onto the Chester Fritz Auditorium stage to start the Steel Pan Band Concert. Wearing floral patterned shirts to enhance the carribean theme, the band immediately started playing...

UND alumnus and former Cargill CEO Greg Page speaks with provost Thomas DiLorenzo during Thursdays Olaf Ethis Symposium at the Memorial Union Ballroom.

Olafson ethics symposium held at the Memorial Union

Nick Sallen, Editor-in-chief November 8, 2016

The Memorial Union Ballroom filled with students and community members interested in business ethics right before the 12th annual Olafson Ethics Symposium, a yearly question and answer seminar between...

Hemp road trip attempts to change the stereotype

Hemp road trip attempts to change the stereotype

Nick Sallen, Editor-in-Chief October 25, 2016

After educating himself on hemp, Rick Trojan and his business partners started the largest hemp farm in the nation with over 300 acres dedicated to the cultivation of hemp. Harvesting the plant inspired...

In defense of Bernie Sanders and his revolution

Nick Sallen, Editor-in-Chief October 25, 2016

To conservatives, capitalism is often synonymous with living the American dream. Capitalism is the ‘pursuit of happiness’ from the Declaration of Independence. Conservatives enjoy the free markets...

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