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While in the hospital this past week and as I have been resting since my return, I have watched several episodes of Law&Order: SVU. This is my favorite television of recent history because the det...
5/12/12 at 9:19 AM The Most Excellent Flight Attendant EVER! 5/10/12 at 6:00 AM
The Bully Project: My Review and Response 5/7/12 at 9:55 AM
Re-Opening of the Arts Center Re-Energizes Everyone
What better to get people excited about Art than a brand new arts facility! Technically a remodel, but everything is completely new and fresh. Everyone who visited at the grand opening last weekend wa...
5/9/12 at 4:25 PM I Don't Want To Go to the Circus 4/3/12 at 5:00 PM
Bamboo U
I heard over the years that we Americans are supposed to be threatened by the countless graduates being pumped out of the universities over in China. Well I figured I ought to check things out for m...
5/5/12 at 8:53 AM Hong Kong: From Me to You 4/14/12 at 9:47 AM
Macau, China: Casinos, Cannons, and Cremation 4/7/12 at 8:59 AM
Jamestown College graduation May 5
Jamestown College alumnus and trustee H. George Schuler, Plano, Texas, will deliver the Commencement address to 183 graduates during Jamestown Colleges 106th Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 5 a...
5/1/12 at 8:35 AM Author Brenda K. Marshall visiting Jamestown College Sept. 20 9/15/11 at 10:53 AM
Jamestown College offering new course on Chinese language, culture 8/31/11 at 3:31 PM
Areavoices Digest #73 - Capitalizing on the Pinterest explosion
No doubt you've heard about the meteoric rise of Pinterest. In two short years, the digital bulletin board has become the third most popular social network trailing only behind Facebook and Twitter in...
4/25/12 at 4:19 PM Areavoices Digest #44 - Share your September 11th stories 8/31/11 at 9:37 PM
Areavoices Digest #41 - Ole and Lena go to Sturgis? 8/10/11 at 12:01 PM
The Weakness of PowerPoint
In order to extract maximum impact from todays literary essay, you need to pretend that youre sitting in a crowded room, staring at a PowerPoint presentation on the giant screen in front of you. Your...
4/25/12 at 1:54 PM What Does It Take to Be an Expert? 4/5/12 at 1:19 PM
A Child's Senseless Death
Bullies have claimed another victim, this time in Iowa. The boy was just 14 years old. His name was Kenneth Weishuhn. I would encourage everyone to look to themselves, their children. Not just for v...
4/24/12 at 10:00 AM Remembering Columbine 3/28/12 at 10:00 AM
What I Learned from High School Sports 10/28/11 at 4:20 PM
Let's play Oil Patch Bingo
WILLISTON, N.D. - Williston State College had Oil Patch Bingo cards for members of the state Board of Higher Education who toured Williston on Thursday. The items they were supposed to find give yo...
4/13/12 at 10:30 AM Chancellor advocates for four-year degree at Williston State College 4/12/12 at 9:10 PM
Higher ed board considers extra $5M for Oil Patch 4/12/12 at 9:45 AM
Molding the youth of Jamestown
This morning I had the opportunity to meet with interested high school students and discuss what it takes to be a reporter for a daily newspaper, more specially The Jamestown Sun. I was one of about 3...
3/28/12 at 11:50 AM Still waiting 3/29/11 at 10:42 AM
Articulation helps Dakota College grads earn CIS bachelor’s from VCSU
Valley City State University and Dakota College at Bottineau (DCB) recently completed an articulation agreement that allows students who have completed an Associate in Applied Science degree in Inform...
3/13/12 at 10:42 AM AASL recognizes VCSU's graduate LIT concentration 2/29/12 at 11:06 AM
VCSU Reports All-Time Record Enrollment 9/22/11 at 6:22 AM
Wind Lessons Make Big Impression
Bottineau County elementary school students havediscovered a simple saltine cracker can teach them aboutwind energy. These youngsters were among about 4,100 North Dakota students who joined millions...
2/15/12 at 9:10 AM Harmful consequences of drinking reduced for NDSU students 4/15/11 at 9:28 AM
Oil Patch testimony to legislators
BISMARCK--As I reported in today's papers, legislatorsspent Thursday listeningto hours of testimony fromwestern North Dakota officials regarding the challenges and the need for more money due to oil i...
1/27/12 at 3:08 PM Legislators hear needs, frustrations from Oil Patch 1/26/12 at 7:27 PM
The oil boom's impact on schools 1/23/12 at 11:13 AM
New Plateaus' 1st book!
After eighteen months of writing about humanity and my experiences abroad, I've deemed it time to assemble a book (and an eBook) of my writings while living in China and traveling Asia. This time pro...
1/14/12 at 7:10 PM Book Alert! (and new, old article) 12/8/11 at 5:44 PM
Letting Go; Letting Life 10/6/11 at 9:18 AM
Social media use: the new risk factor?
Doctors already query patients about whether they drink, use tobacco or are up to date on their immunizations. Should they also be asking about the patient's use of the social media? The question was...
12/28/11 at 1:11 PM Paging Dr. Google 2/8/11 at 1:24 PM
A new paradigm for pre-meds? 8/6/10 at 6:33 AM
There’s no one to blame but yourself for missing class
Video games are the reason for students struggles in school as much as food is to blame for peoples weight issues. College often is a persons first taste of freedom (loads of free time) from parental ...
12/27/11 at 1:00 AM Bulldogs' winning ways prompt more fans to wear their pride 9/21/11 at 12:00 AM
