Space shuttle Columbia disintegrates
Space Shuttle contingency was declared earlier Saturday morning in Mission Control when communication was lost with the Space Shuttle Columbia during its return to Earth following a 16-day mission. |
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Witness recounts shuttle crash: 'It sounded like and earthquake'
CPI News has obtained an exclusive interview with a witness to the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy. Mary Pope, a resident of Jacksonville, Texas, told CPI reporters that at a few minutes after 9:00 AM EST this morning she heard a "Loud noise; it sounded like an earthquake, the whole house shook and I thought the house was going to collapse." (Read Full Article)

Poets visit campus
Nationally acclaimed poet Lucia Perillo will give an electronically-mediated reading at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6, in MeWaldt-Jensen, Room 141 on the Northern State University campus.
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NSU hosts eating disorder programs
February is National Eating Disorders Awareness Month. To support the nationwide effort to educate Americans about eating disorders, Northern State University is hosting a series of programs to help professionals, parents and others learn to cope with or prevent eating disorders.
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National Student Exchange offers students opportunity to expand horizons
There is a program out there for Northern State University students which can vastly enhance one’s collegiate career. It is called the National Student Exchange Program (NSE), and offers NSU students the chance to study at schools all over the nation. (Read Full Article)

Audition date set for spring production
The Northern State University Theatre Department is readying its spring show, The Laramie Project, by Moisés Kaufman and the Members of the Tectonic Theater Project, to go into production once The Bungler commences. (Read Full Article)

Wolves Bulletin

The responsibility to avoid war
War has plagued mankind throughout history. Whether domestic or abroad, it has been a reality for every president since George Washington. Even when unavoidable, the decision to enter war should be made reluctantly. But we are now faced with a rouge nation and an overenthusiastic US President. The outcome of this equation could be catastrophic.  (Read Full Editorial)

Hussein's record warrants attack
On Jan. 28, the United States heard these words, "Tonight I have a message for the brave and oppressed people of Iraq: Your enemy is not surrounding your country -- your enemy is ruling your country. And the day he and his regime are removed form power will be the day of your liberation." (Read Full Editorial)

Manned space flight ~ to boldly go...
It was a routine mission which was largely ignored by the American public. They were seven human beings unknown to the average citizen, but their names and tragic deaths will now be forever listed in the same sentence as Apollo 1 and the Challenger. The destruction of the Columbia is bound to raise many questions in the following months, but I fear that they may be many of the wrong questions.
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A response to the prewious "...to the right" column

Our Voice: What is wrong with this picture?
Welcome to the world of Northern State University. This is the world of college, not quite the “real world,” but pretty close. There are “rules” and people abide by them and life is better than it is out in the corrupted “real world.” Right? (Read Full Article)

Manhart says...but do what you want
I was reflecting on a quote I used in the last issue of The Exponent: It was Robert Arnot (physician, author), on who you hang out with: "Success comes from successful environments. If you're in a dynamic company, school or family, you'll experience and see success. If you're not, you need to place yourself in situations in which you can experience and feel success." And now a moment of self indulgence...
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Read the book
I rented About a Boy the other day for two reasons.  One of them is because Hugh Grant looked really cute in the previews, but more importantly, I wanted to see what they did to one of my favorite books in order to make it into a feature film. (Read Full Article)

Wrestlers face Moorhead for Conference Championship
The Northern State University wrestlers have gone undefeated in NSIC duals so far this season. Their last conference dual of the year will be Wednesday, Feb. 5, in Moorhead. Minn. The winner of that dual will be crowned the 2003 NSIC Conference Champions. (Read Full Article)

Women's basketball on four game win streak
The Northern State University women’s basketball team has won four of their last five games and look to move up in the NSIC standings with a little under half the season left. The Wolves claimed victories over Bemidji, Jamestown, Morris, and Winona before being handed a loss by Concordia-St. Paul on Feb. 1. (Read Full Article)

Wicks receives NSIC honors two times
Senior guard Sundance Wicks, Gillette, Wyo., has received Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Player of the Week honors twice since the season started in November. (Read Full Article)

Men's basketball team leads NSIC
The Northern State University men's basketball team continues the season with conference play. Hosting U of M-Morris on Jan. 25, the Wolves took to a 42-25 lead at half time and finished with a victory of 82-62. (Read Full Article)

Track duals Jamestown
The Northern State University track and field team held their first home events of the season on Jan. 23-24 when they hosted the NSU pentathlon and a dual against Jamestown. On Jan. 23 the NSU Pentathlon took place at the Barnett Center. (Read Full Article)

Ehrich earns NSIC honors
Northern State University junior LeAnne Ehrich, Redfield, was named as the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Track & Field women's Athlete of the Week. (Read Full Article)

Obering earns Co-Player of the Week
Sophomore guard Jarod Obering, Beatrice, Neb., has received the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference honor of Co-Player of the Week for his efforts against the Universities of Moorhead and Crookston over the Jan. 10-11 weekend. (Read Full Article)

Wolf Tracks

Valentine's movie reviews: The season for romantic cookie-cutter comedies

Getting down with the love

Subtitled
Movies tend to have everything that life often seems to lack: answers, predictability, closure. Characters have questions, of course, but it's rare that they don't wind up with an answer roughly ninety minutes of screen time later. Everyone knows what to say and when to say it, and if you happen to miss something, you just scan back the DVD and flip on the subtitles. If only life had subtitles. (Read Full Article)

SAI gives all-female recital
Have you ever wondered what an all female music recital would be like? Well, if you missed your chance this year, you will have another chance to experience this musical extravaganza next year. For the first time in a long time, the all-female music service fraternity known as Sigma Alpha Iota (SAI) gave a recital in which all of its members performed for the public. SAI plans to make this recital an annual event. (Read Full Article)

Engel, Warne give senior recital
Northern State University seniors Lynn Warne, Jamestown, N.D., and Rachel Engel, Watertown, will present a music recital at 3 p.m., Feb. 2, in the Berggren Recital Hall of the Johnson Fine Arts Center, NSU campus. (Read Full Article)

The history behind Moliére's Bungler
Not only one of France's greatest dramatists, Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Moliére is considered one of theatrical history's greatest comic playwrights. Born in Paris, 1622, he was educated at a Jesuit school. (Read Full Article)

Spring 2003 Fine Arts Calendar

Around the World
San Jose, California - Growing numbers of U.S. police dogs are being outfitted with bulletproof vests part of a new campaign to protect man's best friend from America's most wanted.
Philadelphia, Penn. - Forget the hot tub. The in thing for spectator seating at lacrosse games is the toilet.
Europe - Within 90 days British farmers are to supply toys to all pigpens, otherwise they can be fined with 1.000 pounds or sent to jail for three months. New regulations and directives from Brussels will be given the status of a law in England next week.
California - Roadworkers tells motorists to mind the BMUP American roadworkers misspelled the word BUMP as BMUP on a road in California.
Berlin, Germany - A German circus director is on the run with his elephant after breaking a local ban on moving the deeply distressed animal, police say. (Read Full Article)