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November
13, 2002
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President Bush makes NSU history
President George W. Bush visited Aberdeen on
Oct. 31, becoming the first president to visit the city
since 1936. Bush also earned his place in Northern State
University's history books by renting the Barnett Center
for his rally. (Read
Full Article)
Kids
Voting takes Aberdeen by Storm
John Thune wins the U.S. Senate election, while Stephanie
Herseth wins the representative seat for South Dakota.
Sound like misinformation? Well, not according to South
Dakota’s kindergarten through 12th graders who participated
in the November 5 general election through Kids Voting
South Dakota (KVSD).
(Read
Full Article)
New
"School Spirit" apparel makes its way to Aberdeen
There’s a new, easy way for Northern State University
students to show their school spirit. The new internet-based
Aberdeen printing company called “Your School Spirit”
specializes in customized “school spirit” apparel. Cory
Geffre, former NSU student and president of the new
company, developed “Your School Spirit” because he believes
that a huge need exists in the community for “school
spirit” attire.
(Read
Full Article)
Elections are
finally over, or are they?
Election Day finally rolled into South Dakota on Nov.
5 and did prove to be as close as some thought it would
be. About 73.2 percent of Brown County voters made
it to the polls, helping to make the elections turn
out larger than the previous presidential election which
received about 68.3 percent of South Dakota registered
voters.(Read Full
Article)
Stay
or move? Wolves Club has the choice
Northern State University’s Barnett Center is getting
a new look. The insides are changing to better suit
the supporters of NSU athletics, stir up a little excitement,
and raise a little revenue. (Read
Full Article)
Wolves
Bulletin
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Has
it hit South Dakota: post-election depression?
Well,
it's over. Done. Finito. After nearly a year of being
bombarded with ads, posters, buttons, and propaganda,
the 2002 mid-term elections are complete.(Read
Full Article) |
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Our
Voice: Bush earns his place in NSU History
President
Bush got his place in Northern State University’s history
when he visited on Oct. 31, 2002. For those lucky ones
that actually got into the Barnett Center, they were
greeted with a very “circus-like” atmosphere. There
were bands and shakers. It was unbelievable how disorganized
the entire rally was, even beginning with the ticket
sales. (Read
Full Article)
Damn
"The Man," save your brain!
Here we are at an institution of higher learning.
We start out here, our minds as fertile soil, just waiting
to have seeds of knowledge planted in them. We come
to college looking for our own identity. We begin to
decide what we really believe in once we are out of
the house and out on our own. (Read
Full Article)
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Wolves
Offense Sees Explosion
The
Northern State Univeristy football team has watched
their offense gain over 2000 yards in the last four
games. The 500 yard per game average has helped the
Wolves to a 2-2 NSIC Conference record in the past four
weeks.
(Read Full Article)
Cross
Country finishes season
The Northern State University Cross Country
team ended the season last weekend when they competed
in the NCAA Division II Regional Cross Country meet
at Fort Hayes University in Kansas. The Wolves failed
to qualify anyone for the national competition in Ashland,
Ohio. Seven of the top twenty rated men’s teams and
six of the top twenty rated women’s teams participated.(Read
Full Article)
Third
time is a volleyball charm
Northern State
University Wolves are on the prowl yet again. This time,
Oct. 18 gave the volleyball team a 3-1 victory over
Winona State. The first match loss was a two-point loss,
giving the women the desire to carry on a winning streak
to finish the game. (Read
Full Article)
NSU
wrestling season opens
The Northern
State Univeristy Wrestling team started their regular
season last weekend when they traveled to Brookings
for the SDSU Open. Fifteen wrestlers made the trip for
the Wolves and three wrestlers came away with top four
place finishes.(Read
Full Article)
Soccer
has successful season despite early exit
On November 5th the Northern State University women’s
soccer team fell in defeat, 1-0, to the University of
Minnesota-Morris Cougars ending their season. Despite
this early exit from the conference tournament, the
Wolves season still proved to be a success. The Wolves
finished the season with a 13-7 record; falling two
wins short of the program’s all time win mark that was
set last season. In the process, the Wolves players
earned a handful of postseason honors. Landing three
players on the first team.(Read
Full Article)
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"How
to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
Cast your mind back to a time when every secretary’s
dream was to get married and eighty-five dollars was
almost a fortune. Welcome to the setting of How to Succeed
in Business Without Really Trying. The NSU theatre department
does a fabulous job of entertaining the audience with
this show. Mr. Yurgaitis and Dr. Raines were assisted
this year by an entire class of stage managers, and
the organization of the collaboration was very evident.(Read
Full Article)
Music
dept. presents salute
The uniquely American sounds of jazz and big band music
will be honored in a tribute by the Northern State University
Music Department at 7:30 p.m. on Thurs., Nov. 14. The
concert, which takes place on the main stage of the
Johnson Fine Arts Center on the campus of NSU, is free
and open to the public.
(Read Full Article)
Civic
symphony to perform at NSU
The Aberdeen University-Civic Symphony, under the direction
of Northern State University music instructor Alexander
Fokkens, will perform at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 17,
at the Johnson Fine Arts Center on the NSU campus. The
orchestra will perform music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
and Howard Hanson.(Read
Full Article)
Evolution
is Upon Us... The
Shelterbelt
The Shelterbelt is an anthology of original works by
Northern State University students. It has been officially
in existence since 1988.
(Read
Full Article)
In
Review:
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Well
finally, after over four months of waiting, Aberdeen
has gotten the romantic comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
The low-budget ($5 million) film that has become the
surprise hit of hte summer and one of the most profitable
independant films of all time, is now in town.
(Read Full Article)
Fine
Arts Calendar
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Horoscopes:
Prediction of November
Where's
the appreciation of live music around here?
The
other day I wandered aimlessly into the student union.
To my surprise their were a couple of people standing
by where the pool table usually is with acoustic guitars.
(Read
Full Article)
Jessica
Leigh sings from the heart
Music is the language of the world, and to Jessica
Leigh, a 20-year old Aberdeen native, it is a way
of life and of expression. Leigh recently recorded
her first CD, “Take Me Through,” which was released
in May of 2002, and is on her way to a life filled
with music. (Read
Full Article)
Nathan
Payant tells a story with a song
Nathan
Payant is an offspring of a reemerging trend in music
of singer-songwriters. Playing the purest form of
music, Payant stands at the front of the room with
only his acoustic guitar, a microphone and his words.
A senior vocal music education and theatre major from
Redfield, Payant has emerged on the local scene with
his laid-back brand of acoustic folk-rock.(Read
Full Article)
This
Day in History
Around
the world and back again
England:
A squirrel, which terrorized a British town by attacking
people, has been shot and killed by the grandfather
of its latest victim.
Iran:
Iranian police have arrested a man who calmly walked
into a bank and attempted to rob it while convinced
he was invisible.
Germany:
A German driver who got out of his car on a hill to
relieve himself returned to find his car at the bottom
of a river, after he forgot to apply the hand brake.
Norway:
About 800 fans of the fantasy trilogy Lord of The
Rings have camped out overnight in a Norwegian hobbit
village in freezing weather, in an unorthodox queue
for tickets for the second film The Two Towers. Vandenberg
Air Force Base, California:
Sporting custom-made goggles Brutus, the skydiving
dachshund, plunged from a plane flying at 6,000 feet
and parachuted before spectators at a military air
show.(Read
Full Article)
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