Coronation takes on new look
This year’s coronation took on a new look from previous years. The event, held on the Thursday night of Homecoming week, has seen faculty members as master and mistress of ceremonies for a number of years. This year however, that was different, the master and mistress of ceremonies were three students: seniors Taylor Gosch, Selby, Amy Heidenreich, Northville, and junior Christian Pirlet, Aberdeen.
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Regents' STUDENT Project to streamline databases
What is it?

The STUDENT Project is a system-wide, Board of Regents project to merge the six BOR university databases into one consolidated database containing information about all students and all courses from all campuses.(Read Full Article)

The presidential search is on
The search for a new Northern State University President has begun!

The South Dakota Board of Regents visited NSU to announce the process all S.D. Regental universities now follow in the search for a new president.(Read Full Article)

Social Norms Plus Project reveals truth of alcohol use
Have you seen the posters with facts about Northern State University students and their drinking habits? Have you wondered how and why these posters are all over campus? The posters are a part of a federal grant NSU received to lower dangerous alcohol use and violence on campus.(Read Full Article)

Where have all the trees gone?
Returning students may have noticed an environmental change on Northern State University’s campus. (Read Full Article)

Dorm renovations being considered
There is one less residence hall open on campus this semester than there was last semester. Steele Hall, formerly an all female hall, located on the southeast corner of Northern State University’s campus, is closed this semester for renovation evaluation.(Read Full Article)

SDEA learns new educational law
The first Northern State University South Dakota Education Association (SDEA) meeting focused on electing officers for the 2003-04 school year and learning about the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLCB).(Read Full Article)

The neverending string of questions
So the Exponent is looking for someone to fill the editorial columnist void, so to speak. Could this really be me? (Read Full Article)

Things that piss me off...
First, let me say that there are an infinite number of things in this world that piss me off, and if I had the resources, I would expound on each one of them. However, I have limited myself to the several things that really irritate me, at this point in time.(Read Full Article)

Our Voice

From the left ... The price of neverending cause
A couple of weeks ago, the President of the United States made an address to the nation for 87 billion dollars on top of the original 74 billion for the continuing, never ending Iraqi cause.(Read Full Article)

...to the right "Let's roll" $87 billion into iraq
I was shocked when the Editor-in-Chief of the Exponent said I had 500-750 words to discuss President Bush’s proposed $87 billion in defense spending for rebuilding Iraq. I can sum it up for you in six words: What is the price of freedom? Can you really put a price on freedom? I don’t think you can.(Read Full Article)

Manhart says... become a true leader
During faculty orient-ation prior to the start of Northern State University classes on September 3, NSU interim president Don Cozzetto announced that South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds is actively seeking remedies for the lack of disciplined leader-type young people (that's YOU) in today's colleges and society at large.
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It's all up to you
You made it through the first six weeks of school (and Gypsy Days, too)and you’re still “with it” enough to be able to read this. Congratulaions to all! And now, I must warn you...I am about to take my place on my soap box. You have been duly warned!
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Wolves dominate Duluth game
The Northern State Football team exploded offensively in front of over 5,000 fans in a 46-7 route of Minnesota-Duluth, the nations number 15 ranked team.(Read Full Article)

NSU defeats MSM Dragons
The Northern State University Volleyball team kicked off their season's first NSIC match on Saturday, September 20, at Wachs Arena.
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Soccer remains undefeated
The Northern State University men’s soccer team began the season with a record of 3-3.(Read Full Article)

Cross country team competing strong
The Northern State University Cross Country team is back in action andtraining hard. The team kicked off its season by competing in the Bemidji (Read Full Article)

Movie reviews, in short
Okay, I’m going to be honest with you people for a moment. I’ve only seen two movies since the last issue. I usually see about three. 
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You are getting very sleepy...
Hypnotist Frederick Winters made another stop to Northern State University on Friday, September 26.  At a little after nine o’clock on Friday night the Administration Building Auditorium was nearly full as Winters hypnotized NSU students from the crowd.    Winters managed to convince one hypnotized male spectator that someone had stolen his pink purse every time the words “South Dakota” were mentioned. 
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Horoscopes

The Creeper is back but should we care?
As you have probably guessed, I went to “Jeepers Creepers 2,” directed by Victor Salva.(Read Full Article)

NSU alum makes directorial debut
Greg Parmeter, a 2003 Northern State University graduate, made his directorial debut with Eugene Labiche's French comedy, "A Slap In the Farce," at Moccasin Creek Country Club on September 20th.
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"110 in the Shade" to heat up JFAC stage
Even though the weather is getting colder outside, the weather inside the Johnson Fine Arts Center Theater will be "110 Degrees in the Shade." That is the title of the Northern State University fall musical theater production. (Read Full Article)

Wileman presents senior recital
Sara Wileman, Rapid City, will present a senior music recital at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5, in the Berggren Recital Hall of the Johnson Fine Arts Center on the NSU campus. The concert, which partially fulfills the requirements for a bachelor's degree in music, is free and open to the public. (Read Full Article)

Candied Views 2 shows sweet new perspective
Candied Views II by Duluth, Minn. artist Kay Kurt is showing in the Isaac Lincoln Gallery through Oct. 24. Kurt uses candy from all over the world to create works of art.(Read Full Article)

Faculty entertains with recital
On a cool September evening, the Johnson Fine Arts Center Theater was filled with wonderful music, an appreciative audience, and the wonderful Northern State University music faculty. (Read Full Article)

Marching Wolves get a new face
The Northern State University Marching Wolves were greeted and directed by a different face this year, and producing a different sound. Boyd Perkins, the new Associate Professor of Band, is the new director for the Marching Wolves, and brings with him experience and a new perspective.(Read Full Article)

What's happening on the Hill
Washington, D.C- Members of congress, both Democrat and Republican, are holding President George W. Bush in question for his "covert" future plans for the national space program.
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Students get a taste for culture
Kim papa, jeon, bulgogi, and baked chicken?? For most students here at NSU, we can only familiarize with one of the foods mentioned. But for the Korean students on campus, Kim papa, jeon, and bulgogi are every day things. Students who attended the International Food Fair Sept. 22 might know what Kim papa, jeon, and bulgogi are, too.
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Around the World
WASILLA, Alaska

A hunter attacked by a grizzly bear on a remote trail said he used duct tape to bind his bite wounds, then rode an all-terrain vehicle to his pickup and drove himself to a hospital. (Read Full Article)