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May 2, 2000
 
News

NSU holds 14th Annual Awards Banquet
Students and many student organizations celebrated their achievements during the 14th Annual Student Involvement Awards Banquet. (Read Full Article)

Perry fields questions from NSU faculty, staff
The future of both Northern State University’s incentive funding and the Regents Scholars program were the top two issues on the mind of NSU faculty and staff when they met with Dr. Robert T. Perry, Executive Director of the South Dakota Board of Regents on April 18.
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Ohmer bids farewell to NSU and Center of Excellence
After spending seven years of teaching and advising at Northern State University, Douglas Ohmer will be saying goodbye at the end of the semester. Ohmer has accepted a job at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls as assistant professor of management. (Read Full Article)

NSU hosts first Undergraduate Research Conference
Northern State University hosted its first Undergraduate Research Conference, one of only a few in this region. Seven schools from North Dakota and South Dakota attended the two day conference which began on April 20. (Read Full Article)

NSU graduate student makes history
History was made last month at Northern State University. For the first time ever, a thesis was presented at the National American Counseling Association Conference in San Antonio, Texas by a NSU student.
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2001 Graduation: NSU honors students, faculty
The 2001 Northern State University Graduation Ceremony will be held on May 12, at 10 a.m., in the Barnett Center. Terry Richardson, Richard Chuang, and Dwayne Rehfield will be honored with the Ameritus Status. Following is a list of students who have fulfilled the requirements in their field of studies. (Read Full Article)

Editorial

My final revelation
What does a person write for the last editorial in an illustrious liberalism fighting career? I suppose I could do my normal whipping of the DNC and their inept policies but I won’t. I am going to tell you all what I have learned at college, who helped me in my quest for knowledge and tell you all a shocking secret. (Read Full Editorial)

Why the left is right
This is the end, my only friend, the end. The last "To the Left" column of the school year. What better way to mark this momentous occasion, along with the even more momentous end of my ongoing debate with Spelly than to answer his thoughts on why he believes what he does with why I believe what I do. (Read Full Editorial)

I'm Sorry, So, So, So Sorry...
Ah my...has it been four years? Four years of ups and downs, here's and there's, yes and no dos and don'ts, and all sorts of other stuff. I have been writing for the Exponent for three and a half years, or 7 semesters. Wow.(Read Full Editorial)

Opinion

The college lifestyle ends
AAAAAAHHHHH... As I sit here to compose this, my roommates are chatting in the background, Trisha Yearwood is belting out the tunes, and the phone is ringing every few minutes. (Full Opinion Piece)

The Toilet Truth
For this, my last column, I reviewed the bathrooms at the Barnett Center, the building where, in ten days, I will walk across the stage. I wanted to make sure that all of my family and friends travelling to be here for the event would be well accommodated.
(Full Opinion Piece)

CH-CH-CHANGES
As I write this, it is pushing over the sixty-degree mark outside and the last of the snow is slowly melting into our collective memory (again). Spring has definitely sprung in Aberdeen. (Full Opinion Piece)

Sports

Nichole Hall Shines in her last season at NSU
For the past four years, Nichole Hall, Canova, has worked her way to the top of the Northern State University track and field team. Hall, a senior Business Administration Office Systems major, throws the shot put and discus. (Read Full Article)

Foslien excells on the field and off
Northern State University’s, twenty-two year old, Jacob Foslien, is one of the senior captains of the baseball team and a pitcher from Benson, Minn. (Read Full Article)

Dana Jesnowski's experience leads softball team in 2001
Senior short-stop Dana Jesnowski, Evansville, Minn., has the returning experience of the Northern State University women’s fastpitch softball team. (Read Full Article)

Wolf Tracks

A&E

The Adventures of Joe Dirt: From Two Points of View

Tomcats: From Two Points of View

"ART" is exactly that
What is it about a given piece of art that will so endear it to one person, while rendering it vile and repulsive to another? This was the question at the core of the action when the Northern State University Department of Theatre presented Yasmina Reza’s “ART” on the main stage of the Johnson Fine Arts Center April 25-28.(Read Full Article)

And the best icecream in town is...
Looking outside and seeing our fresh 7.5 inches of snow, I find it hard to believe summer is on its way, but it is. When summer finally does decide to show up, the Student Publications staff figured most students would like to know who has the best ice cream in town.
(Read Full Article)

Spin the Rolling Stone
Music makes the world go round. Music is everywhere, in everyone.
(Read Full Article)

Taurus: Who is your best love match?

Feature

I Say Goodbye, You Say Hello
Once upon a time, in a newsroom far, far away, six students decided to put their lives on hold, as they heard a calling from a higher source. . .the truth. (Read full feature)

Life

Fashion tendencies of Northern State University students
Paris, Milan, New York. Well, not quite. Try NSU, Aberdeen, SD. Fashion in this particular part of the upper Midwest is more than a challenge to observe. And actually, peculiarly amusing.
(Read Full Article)


International Flags dedicated in Student Center
We live in the middle of South Dakota, and seem to be isolated from the rest of the world, but we at Northern State University have had students and faculty from 57 different countries. (Read Full Article)

"If I Jump..." A huge success
April Bierema asks a question of herself that many of us find hard to face, “If I Jump...”, is not only the name of her exhibit displayed in the Student Center Gallery, it is also a frightening prospect.
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4th annual Barrier Awareness Day held
Have you ever really attempted to discover what it is like to have a disability? More than 100 sixth grade students from the Aberdeen and Warner school systems and employees from the weather station now have a better comprehension what it is like to be blind, visually or hearing impaired, or to have a learning disability. (Read Full Article)

Make dreams come true
After a long, hard year of studying, students may be able to make their dreams come true by working at Disney World for those three months of deserved freedom. (Read Full Article)

Music department awards scholarships
The Northern State University Music Department has awarded scholarships for the 2001/2002 academic year. (Read Full Article)

Berggren Gala music scholarship concert to be held
For almost half a century, Dr. John and Alyce Berggren have touched the lives of countless students and music lovers not only in Aberdeen but also throughout the upper Midwest. (Read Full Article)

Letter to the Editor
Today, I bought a book, Coming of Age in Mississippi because I thought I lost my first book that I had bought a couple weeks ago. Upon finding my first book, I thought I could return the second book, which I bought just three hours before. With book and receipt in hand, I made my trek to the Northern Bookstore. (Read Full Letter)

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