Janklow resigns following conviction
Immediately after the guilty verdict was announced, Bill Janklow sent a letter to Governor Mike Rounds stating he would resign as South Dakota's Representative effective January 20.(Read Full Article)

SDEA recieves grant
The Northern State University chapter of the South Dakota Education Association has been awarded a $1000 CLASS grant from the National Education Association.  The grant will be used to cover expenses from the chapter’s annual Read Across America Reading Fair.(Read Full Article) 

Internet essays can be costly
Via the Internet, students at Northern State University, along with students across the nation, can download research papers, essays and term papers with a mere click of a mouse any time of day using one of countless websites.(Read Full Article)

Even Start program partnership
The Children's Center and Even Start are beginning a new partnership.  Even Start is a literacy-based early childhood program, providing opportunities for skill enhancement in the areas of literacy, parenting, job search and retention, early childhood education and networking with other families with a child(ren) under the age of 8 and at least one parent enrolled and attending Adult Education services.  Early childhood education, adult education, and home visits are core components of Even Start.(Read Full Article)

NSU students use Internet to purchase books
Via the Internet, students at Northern State University, along with students across the nation, can download research papers, essays and term papers with a mere click of a mouse any time of day using one of countless websites.(Read Full Article)

From the left...Let's not make the same mistake twice
As a new year begins, the commencement of the 2004 political elections is creating hopeful political candidates all through America.
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...to the right The problem is in the senate, not the house
With Republican Bill Janklow being convicted of 2nd degree manslaughter and three other charges, South Dakota no longer has a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. Now South Dakotans have to go to the polls on June 1st to see who will finish out his six months and be the candidate in the general election held in November.
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Our Voice

New Year, New Chance, New Life
Welcome everyone to 2004! All I can say is, thank goodness 2003 is over! Not that it was a bad year, it really wasn’t too bad, but the ending was terrible for me. I’m not going to try to gain sympathy right now, but I have to explain what happened. Perhaps then everyone will be able to look though the same lens as me for the other (more important part) of this column.(Read Full Article)

Super Bowl predictions...I think
Well it’s that time of year again and the start of the spring semester means only one thing. No, not spending your hard-earned money on books that you will probably never use, but it’s time for a post-season football party.(Read Full Article)

Track opens indoor season at Vermillion
The Northern State University track and field team traveled to Vermillion Jan. 9-10 to take part in the USD Hildebrand Open. (Read Full Article)

Wolves drop close match with SDSU
The Northern State University wrestling team traveled to Brookings Jan. 8 to take on SDSU. SDSU was ranked seventeenth in the latest NCAA Division II wrestling polls going into the dual.  The NSU wrestlers pushed the Jackrabbits at every weight class but came up just short falling by a score of 21-19. (Read Full Article)

Men's basketball has winning weekend
#15 SDSU 96 - Wolves 57

The Wolves (5-1) lost their first game of the season to nationally ranked SDSU (10-0) at Brookings’ Frost Arena. Head coach Don Meyer said, "they win the way they usually do; they ran the floor, shot the ball well and controlled the inside game" Sophomore Matt Hammer led Wolves scorers with nine points.(Read Full Article)

Women's basketball undefeated in NSIC
Wolves 91 - Chadron State 68

The Wolves improved their record to 5-1 after they defeated Chadron State (0-5). They had a 10-0 run in the first half for a 13-point lead. They had a lead as big as 34 points in the second half. (Read Full Article)

Concerto/Aria competition Thurs.
The Northern State University Department of Music will present a concerto and aria competition at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 15 in room 107 of the Johnson Fine Arts Center, NSU campus.
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Hoar displays photographs of Greece trip
Beginning on Jan. 5, Northern State University fine arts faculty member Bill Hoar’s exhibit of photographs he took in Greece will become the latest public display of his journeys'’ discoveries. (Read Full Article)

My big fat Lord of the Rings review
I sat down to do this week’s movie reviews and started to think over the movies I’ve seen in the past few months. While racking my brain (profound as it is), I came to the conclusion that Return of the King may have been so awesome, that it has ruined any movie I may see from now on. At least, that would explain why Cold Mountain was so bad. But then I started to think further. I then remembered that some movies just sucked, even before Lord of the Rings came out. So what does this mean? It means that Cold Mountain sucked and there is no excuse.
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Horoscopes

Around the World
VICTORIA (CP) - A dead golden retriever named Gregg mysteriously ended up on the federal Liberal party membership list, entitling the pooch to a Christmas card from Prime Minister Paul Martin and invitations to party functions, the dog's owner said Friday.
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Disapperance of UND student draws attention to personal safety
The news of the disappearance of a University of North Dakota student is a reminder that bad things can happen anywhere.

According to the Find Dru Web site (www.finddru.com), Dru Sjodin, a twenty-two year old student at UND, was last seen Nov. 22 as she left the Columbia Mall in Grand Forks, N.D., where she worked.
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