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The rise of the athletainers

Bilal Suleiman, Opinion Columnist March 4, 2018

Running the fast break, he gets the ball on the left wing. After taking one hard dribble to the basket, he fakes to the left, steps to the right and goes up for the left-handed layup. The sharp sound of...

The afterlife of UND golf

John Gregg, Sports Writer March 4, 2018

After being eliminated by the university in 2016, the Fighting Hawks men’s golf team plays on after the generosity of the community. The teams captain, Jeremy Kirk stated that though the team continues...

Arming teachers is not the solution

Quinn Robinson-Duff, Opinion Columnist March 4, 2018

With the most recent school shooting in Parkland, Florida on February 21, returns the never-ending debate of gun control in the United States. In the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting,...

A self driving Volvo XC90 is parked outside 737 Harrison, the unmarked headquarters of Otto, a San Francisco, Cali. autonomous trucking company acquired by Uber in 2016. Dllu / Wikimedia Commons

Autonomous vehicles are just what society needs

Jill Morton, Opinion Columnist March 4, 2018

Picture this: Your alarm clock goes off at 6 a.m. You jolt out of bed and rush to get ready and out the door, still barely awake. You jump into your car, where you recline your seat and resume your night’s...

Kyley Foster is a pole vaulter on the UND indoor track and field team. Trevor Alveshere / Dakota Student

Foster flies high


Madison Overby, Sports Writer March 4, 2018

Kyley Foster is a junior at UND who has just recently added to her long list of accomplishments by finishing third in the pole vault at the Big Sky Conference Championships for indoor track. Foster also...

UND President Mark Kennedy is a finalist for the vacant president position at the University of Central Florida. Dakota Student File Photo

President Kennedy’s trip to Florida


Andre Marquis Washington
, News Writer March 4, 2018

The University of North Dakota’s president may become the University of Central Florida’s president. Last week, President Mark Kennedy and other candidates for the position were in Orlando on the...

Hayden Galvin (left) and Lenny Nelson (right) recently transferred to the UND football program from junior colleges around the country.

The JUCO way to go

John Gregg, Sports writer February 11, 2018

In recent years, it’s become a norm for many student athletes to be recruited out of high school and receive offers to attend various schools to play their sport. For some, the non-conventional route...

A pipeline installation between farms, as seen from 50th Avenue in New Salem, North Dakota on August 25, 2016.

ND valve turner sentenced

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer February 11, 2018

Michael Eric Foster, who is vegan, said one of his biggest concerns in prison is a dietary one. He said he doesn’t plan on going on a hunger strike or starving while serving, but said he’s considering...

Despite frigid temperatures, the Grand Forks community offers outdoor events during the fall and winter months such as the Holly Dazzle Festival of Lights. Nick Nelson / Dakota Student

In Defense of North Dakota

Bilal Suleiman, Opinion Columnist February 11, 2018

  As a son of North Dakota, it irks me to hear my fellow university students trash our great state. Maybe its because it’s the only place I have ever lived in, but I don’t think it’s bad...

Track performances on the rise

Madison Overby, Sports Writer February 11, 2018

The University of North Dakota track and field team spent the past two days competing at the South Dakota State University Indoor Classic in Brookings, South Dakota. The SDSU Indoor Classic is one of the...

North Dakota doesn’t know how to plow

Jill Morton, Staff Writer November 15, 2017

Only a couple of weeks ago, we had our first dusting of snow for the year. The entire campus became covered in a thick blanket of white. The worst part of winter is the snow never gets properly cleaned...

Time for some driving lessons

Quinn Robinson-Duff, Staff Writer November 1, 2017

Grand Forks drivers are just God awful. They are too slow. Drivers around here don’t know how to handle any kind of traffic and they stop for pedestrians. Driving here can be just as frustrating as driving...

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