Student Loan bill passes House
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bill sponsored by South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson that will, if signed by the president, fix student loan interest rates at 6.8%. (Read full article)

Dr. Barnett earns scholarship
Tim Barnett, Vice President of Student Affairs at Northern State University, has been chosen as a recipient of a Fulbright scholarship in the U.S. - Germany International Education Administration Program. This prestigious honor is bestowed on only 25 people a year.
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NSU Foundation buys President's house
Northern State University presidents now have a designated place to stay thanks to the NSU Foundation’s purchase of the home where current president John Hilpert, lives. Past president, John Hutchinson, also lived in the brick house located at 1403 N. Main St. in the Highland Heights historical district of Aberdeen, but the home was not owned by the university. Instead presidents were given a living expense stipend by the South Dakota Board of Regents. (Read full article)

Moisseeva experiences America
Irina Moisseeva, a French instructor at Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University in Russia, has taken the position to teach at Northern State University while Casey Black, professor of French, is on sabbatical. Moisseeva earned her degree at Pyatigorsk and has been teaching there for five years. In addition to teaching at NSU, she is taking classes in hypertext writing and modern grammar. (Read full article)

School of business awards scholarships
The School of Business awarded $68,400 of scholarships to 96 business students. A luncheon was held on Jan. 30 to recognize the students and to give them an opportunity to meet their scholarship donor. 13 of 54 donors were able to attend, including Dacotah Bank president, Dick Westra. He sponsors the Aberdeen scholarship which was awarded to Kelly Seyer, senior, Selby, S.D. (Read full article)

New E-learning programs approved
The Statewide Center for E-learning's latest offerings for Northern State University have been approved by the South Dakota Board of Regents. Now there will be a minor available to all students who desire to become specialists in this area of technology. Included in the minor are instructions on how to use the Digital Dakota Network and other Internet technologies for instruction delivery. (Read full article)

MIS 488: Bats and mitts or computers?
There’s no doubt about it; Selig-Prieb knows baseball. She definitely knows how to manage owning a baseball team. She is the president and CEO of the Milwaukee Brewers, but according to the responses posted on WebCT, the Jan. 30 MIS 488 class left a good portion of Northern State University students asking the same questions, starting with: “Isn’t MIS 488 supposed to be a technology class?”
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Christensen awarded internship
Dan Christensen, Watertown, S.D., senior, spent eight months in Orlando, Fla., working for Mickey Mouse. More accurately, Christensen was awarded an internship with Walt Disney from June 2000 through January 2001. Christensen’s internship, however, wasn’t your typical first-year college student internship selling hotdogs, mowing lawns and sweeping trash. (Read full article)

Wolves Buletin

Global Crossings?
Lately the democratic party has shifted its attention increasingly towards mention of the Enron collapse as a means of bringing the approval rating of our president downward. The democrats are constantly pointing to the fact that Vice-President Cheney will not hand over the records of his private meetings with Enron executives as a sign that he knew of the collapse and did nothing. (Read full editorial)

The Poster Child
Enron Corp. has been a poster child for innovation in the world of big energy companies. With one of the highest Wall Street investment ratings around, it was ranked number seventh in the upper tier of corporate value. With help from allies in the U.S. Congress, energy trading rules were relaxed, and Enron Corp. became a major player in trading energy futures.(Read Full Editorial)

Enron from the Green Party
'It's difficult, too, to talk about Enron without using the word "innovative." Most of the things we do have never been done before. http://www.enron. com/corp/ who we are.html (Read Full Editorial)

Politics: X-Games style
If a person chose to judge the political atmosphere of this campus based on reading the last few political opinion columns, one would have to conclude that NSU is a campus of extremists. Well represented are the extreme left, the extreme right, and the extremely radical, but where is the voice of those of us who consider ourselves to be moderate? I guess it would be difficult for a moderate to have a column; due to their evenhanded political beliefs, moderates have less to yell and scream about. (Read Full Editorial)

Letter to the Editor

Our Voice
It seems that attendance has been a problem for Northern State University students lately. So big of a problem, in fact, that an e-mail was sent out informing students not to skip class. (Read full article)

If these walls could talk...
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, and in the search for some lovey-dovey subject about which to write, I found others more than willing to help me brainstorm... (Read full article)

Valentine's Day Bliss?
My co-workers and Editorial Board members begged me not to write a column about Valentine’s Day. They thought, as I am now a singleton (in the words of my idol Bridget Jones), that I would be cynical and harsh. But much to their surprise I am not going to talk about my high school boyfriend who broke up with me on Valentine’s Day my senior year. No, I am not going to mention that we went to The Refuge and proceeded to break up before we ate, and then I had to consume my meal in tears. (Read full article)

NSU wrestling program overcomes many obsticles to become champions
Two years ago the Northern State University wrestling team overcame surprising odds to regain their then dropped program. Wolves wrestlers petitioned the athletics department and even went as high as the NSU president to battle for their best interests. In the end the wrestling program was regained with the help of the Student Association, who contributed money to the wrestling fund, and made a guarantee to do so for the next three years. Each wrestler signed his name to a piece of paper that would serve as a guarantee to stay with the program they fought for and work hard to make the program better. (Read full article)

Two weekend wins keep men on top in the NSIC
Northern State earned a hard-fought 80-64 win over Minnesota State-Moorhead Saturday night in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference action. The win and a loss by Minnesota-Duluth puts the Wolves in sole possession of first place in the conference. (Read full article)

Wolves baseball ready for competition
The Northern State University baseball team hasn't been getting very much sleep this spring.  They've been practicing literally morning and night to prepare for their first four games, which take place in Oklahoma City, OK, this weekend. Due to spring weather in South Dakota, the team is on the road until April. (Read full article)

Records fall at Dakota College Championships
Northern State's track and field teams hosted the Dakota College Championships Saturday, competing against Black Hills State (BHSU), Dakota State (DaSU) and South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT). North Dakota schools Valley City State and Dickinson State were unable to compete in the meet due to poor traveling conditions. (Read full article)

Poor shooting causes two weekend losses
The game began just as it had the night before in Minnesota-Crookston. Northern State gained control of the first half and went into the locker rooms with a 10-point lead at Minnesota State-Moorhead (40-30) Saturday night. (Read full article)

Wolf Tracks

The Count of Monte Cristo

Video Pick: Hedwig and the Angry Inch

CD Review: Creed's 3rd album is a hit
Creed’s third album Weathered appeared in stores Nov. 20, 2001. This album is a hard match to make with its predecessors, My Own Prison (1997) and Human Clay (1999). Human Clay, for example, is still number 11 on the Billboard top 200 chart whereas, Weathered does not seem to be climbing the charts at all with their single My Sacrifice.
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NSU Theatre department to perform "Shakespeare's R&J"
On Feb. 20-23, “Shakespeare’s R&J” (an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet by Joe Calarco) will be showing in the Johnson Fine Arts Center. The play involves four students at a Catholic school who, in violation of school rules, start reading and performing “Romeo and Juliet” amongst themselves.(Read full article)

American Composer's Concert takes center stage
On Thursday, Jan. 31, the women went first. The American Composer’s Concert, an annual concert event performed by Northern State University music students and faculty in the Berggren Recital Hall, began with Sigma Alpha Iota, the women’s musical fraternity, singing various fraternity songs. (Read full article)

Let me see that petticoat
“Under Your Overclothes (A Brief History)” at the Dakotah Prairie Museum makes one thankful of the brevity of underwear in today’s world. Any female can imagine the restriction involved in the underclothing of the past, corsets, petticoats, and ruffle trimmed drawers. (Read full article)

Region IV solo and ensembles contest
On Feb. 6, all classes in the Johnson Fine Arts Center were canceled because the building was filled with high school students participating in the Region IV solo\ensemble contest. (Read full article)

Spring 2002 Fine Arts Callendar

Newmann likes South Dakota and small classes
Hillar Neumann, who grew up in Huntington, Long Island (about 25 miles from New York City), is now one of Northern State University’s economics professors. But how did this East Coaster end up in Aberdeen, and why is he here to stay. (Read full article)

CEIB provides many opportunities abroad
With the increasing importance of global issues in our world today, a degree in international business can give students an edge in the competitive job market. Northern State University is the only university in the state that offers a degree in international business, in fact NSU is home to the Center of Excellence in International Business (CEIB).
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Aquarius: The Water Carrier
If your birthday is between January 21 and February 19, you are an Aquarius. The color of choice for Aquarius is turquoise. Aquarius is ruled by the planet Uranus. (Read full article)

News heard around the world
Sydney, Australia: After witnessing the violent robbery of a 92-year-old woman, an unnamed passenger leapt from a passing vehicle and wrestled Jason Michael Labonia to the sidewalk.
London, England:Britain’s Princess Margaret died at the age of 71, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2002.
Butka, Russia: The residents of Butka will not be sending Former President Boris Yeltsin a birthday card this year.
Capetown, South Africa:The lawyer of Luyanda Mboniswa, accused murderer of First Lady Marike de Klerk, says he will continue to defend his client.
Taipei City, Taiwan:After ten years of debate, Mayor Ma Ying-jeou decided to move the 72-year-old Chungshan Bridge to a new location. (Read full article)

NSU Highlights are getting the word out
They spin. They twirl. They kick. They jump. They move like nobody’s ever moved before. They are the Northern Highlights Dance Team, and, without a doubt, they’ve got the moves. There’s something else they have too. It’s something the previous two years of the Highlights existence did not contain a lot of. It’s new. It’s exciting. It makes this year stand above the rest. The team has been able to experience a new found love - travel. (Read full article)

NSU announces enhanced scholarship programs
Aberdeen, S.D.-Northern State University's Office of Enrollment Services has enhanced its scholarship programs to meet more students’ financial needs when it comes to attending a university - and paying for it. (Read full article)

Organization for Entrepreneurs seeks community participation
ABERDEEN, S.D. - A new group at Northern State University that focuses on building opportunities for would-be entrepreneurs is opening its membership to the public. (Read full article)