Student Association elections start off with a bang
Three candidates for president of the student association recently butted heads during a debate held in the Student Center on February 22. (Full Story)

Budget situation resolved
The members of the Student Budget and Appropriations Committee may have had a larger task than the years of past--they were required to skim more than $100,000 from organization requests due to recent university-wide budget cuts. (Full Story)

Richardson retires after 35 years
Changes are a part of life and one professor, Dr. Terry Richardson, while having observed many changes throughout his career at Northern State University, will now be embarking on one of his own. After giving 35 years of service to students at NSU, sharing his knowledge of various industrial technologies, Richardson is retiring. (Full Story)

National Student Exchange offers student opportunities
The National Student Exchange allows students to attend another university for a semester to a year while paying NSU’s tuition. There are 171 schools that are actively participating in the exchange. According to Michael Eisenbeisz, coordinator of NSE, he said that this gives a student the opportunity to view another type of environment. (Full Story)

Reading Clinic expands horizons
There is a little place in Seymour hall where students, young and old, can get away and expand their minds...through reading. Northern State University’s Reading Clinic was re-opened this year and is getting a face-lift this month. (Full Story)

Students outlast bad weather
When bad weather visits Northern State University’s campus, a question on almost every student’s minds is, “are classes going to be cancelled?” (Full Story)

Tying things together
What do topics such as nation missile defense and the power crunch in California have to do with each other? Both issues basically come down to one thing: the Clinton administration and eight years of blundering. (Full Editorial)

Lessons in Foreign Policy
America has been one of the major world powers since the early 20th century. After World War II, it became a superpower. After the house of cards that was the Soviet Union collapsed, it became the only superpower. We are like Michael Jordan. (Full Editorial)

Nine lesson in life
I have a secret. It's very ,very hush-hush, so try to keep it under your hat. Ready? I guess, and I'm no expert, but this came from a reliable source. There are some people around who...well, shock of shocks, don't like me. (Full Editorial)

New television illustrates new values
I miss old television. I miss Family Ties, Growing Pains, Saved by the Bell and Dukes of Hazard. I miss the half an hour dramas when Mike Seaver used to come home past curfew and Maggie and Jason would wait up worriedly and then reprimand him with smiles. (Full Editorial)

The Toilet Truth
On a recent visit to one of my favorite stores, I entered the restroom and was terrified. Apparently Walmart’s “rollback” on prices also includes employing fewer people to clean the bathrooms. (Full Editorial)

But that's just me...
I couldn't come up with a topic that was big enough to fill an entire article this week, so I've just taken a bunch of little things and thrown them all into the pot. Let's see what we come up with. (Full Editorial)

Men Stracksters tie for first place at the NSIC conference championships
On Feb. 17, Northern State University swept the men’s and women’s 2001 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Pentathlon events Saturday in Aberdeen. (Full Story)

Wrestlers place five at regionals; three go to nationals
On Saturday, Feb. 24, the Northern State University wrestlers traveled to Moorhead, Minn., for the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Wrestling Championships. Eleven teams participated in the day’s events. The Wolves placed seventh with 58 team points. Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) rivals Southwest State University and Minnesota State University Moorhead placed third and fifth respectively. (Full Story)

Women basketball finish regular season on a high note
The Northern State University women's basketball team finished their conference season on a strong note, with a perfect February and a second place finish in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) behind the Southwest State University Mustangs. (Full Story)

Men's basketball ends regular season at fifth in NSIC
Feb. 14 only brought heartbreak for the Cougars of Minnesota-Morris when they visited Wolves territory. Defeating Morris 94-63 and out-rebounding them 59-26, five men were in double figures for scoring.
(Full Story)

Saving Silverman: From Two Points of View

Husband not always ideal, but still delivers
A slice of nineteenth century London high society came to life on the stage of the Johnson Fine Arts Center as Northern State University's Department of Music and Theatre presented Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband February 22-24. (Full Story)

Hong Kong Restaurant, a nice change from salads
I will just inform everyone before I start this article that I am not the biggest fan of Chinese food. I tried to go into this review with an open mind but I might not quite have been able to pull it off. (Full Story)

Students have fun and help recruit on band tour
Last week, two bus loads of students disappeared from Northern State University to embark on a journey unlike any other. They were band students, band students with a mission. (Full Story)

The traits of and ideal man?
Almost every unmarried woman from the age of 14 has a list: all the things that make the ideal man. This list can be mental or written down, long or short, but most women have some sort of criteria that a man has to meet to be “The One.” (Full Story)

Carnage anyone?
After a hard fought battle, the villain of the story plummets from a rooftop, screaming as he lands in the back of a garbage truck. One of our brave heroes walks past the truck, yelling, "Oops," as he throws the lever that sparks the compression of the waste. Our villain's helmet is seen crushed, alluding to the fate of the rest of his body. (Full Story)

Of Mice and Men simple, powerful
Every human being walking the face of the earth has experienced loneliness at one time or another in his or her life. It can cleanse and purify the soul, or lend perspective to a situation. More commonly, however, it can lead to sadness and subtle self-destruction. It is one of the most intense of human emotions. (Full Story)

Students opt for different breaks
In a few short days, classes will shut down as students reach mid-term of this semester and what is called “spring break.” For those students who started school last fall and have gone through the long winter, it’s a reprieve that seems especially needed. (Full Story)

Pisces: February 20 - March 20
The fish is the last sign in the horoscope, but as the saying goes “save the best for last.” Pisceans see the world for what it really is and believe that everyone follows the same beat. They, in turn, sing their own tune. According to Jeraldine Saunders, author of “Love Signs,” she said that Pisceans give their love to the undeserving. (Full Story)

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