Friday, November 06, 2009
Jenny Hilleren, Columnist
Forget about John Madden, MSUM, and make way for a new and more local group of sports fanatics and their commentaries.
KMSC, the school radio station located on the MSUM campus, will now be featuring a new radio show dedicated to Dragons sports and other sporting segments.
Full story • 11/06 at 01:42 PM
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Megan Nitschke, Editor
Last spring, MSUM dealt with the worst flood in Red River Valley history. Students worked hard to save the city, and through their effort, were
successful.
Full story • 11/06 at 01:41 PM
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Amber Olds, Staff Writer
MSUM’s science department received $700,000 in grant money to build new wet labs.
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development and the City of Moorhead’s Economic Development Authority partnered in giving the grant
to MSUM.
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Jenessa McAllister, Staff Writer
The 9th annual Red River Women’s Studies Conference will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The conference is an annual interdisciplinary women’s studies conference about the workplace, community, arts, family, medicine, sports, law, business, science and media.
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Advocate Staff
MSUM is working with Great Plains Food Bank for Fill the Dome 2009. The goal is to fill the entire floor of the Fargodome (80,000 sq. ft) with food for local food pantries.
Fill the Dome started in 2007 and this is the first year MSUM will take part in the idea from the Student Dean Advisory Board for the College of Business and Indust
Full story • 11/06 at 01:38 PM
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Taaren Haak, Copy Editor
Female students, faculty and staff at MSUM have the opportunity to participate in a free national self-defense program over the next month.
The Rape Aggression Defense System consists of a network of instructors trained in a course designed to promote the knowledge of self-defense for all women, regardless of age, size or economic status, according to the R.A.D. Web site.
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Advocate Staff
Mixed Blood Theatre presents “Theory of Mind,” a new play about a young man with autism, at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Weld Hall Glasrud Auditorium. The play is free and open to the public.
“Theory of Mind” is a sensitive yet unsentimental portrait of Bill, a college-bound 17-year-old with Asperger’s Syndrome. He is equipped with scholastic brilliance, but low emotional intelligence; keen self awareness, but an inability to read social cues; and a charming directness.
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Logan Grossman, Staff Writer
It’s that time of the year again. Footballs are flying toward the end zone and basketballs float through the air in the journey to the hoop.
One thing that is often overlooked is the setup behind all the events. Someone has to set up the ticket booth, the concession stand and the field itself. This is where Kelsey Fehl and the rest of the Nemzek setup crew come into the picture.
Ross Torgerson, Staff Writer
Despite a blowout loss of 47-0 in Saturday’s football game against St. Cloud State, the day was not a complete failure for the Dragons as the football team partnered with the dance team to raise support for cancer awareness and more specifically, a recent MSUM graduate.
The Dragons Athletics department and dance team paired up to host a Halloween Thriller Dance to raise money for MSUM graduate Lisa Bratsch, a veteran member of the dance team.
Editorial Staff
With the update of The Advocate’s Twitter and Facebook accounts, hope of increasing the popularity of the newspaper with students is becoming more obtainable.
The Advocate strives for student recognition and support because the entire concept of the paper is based on providing students, faculty and staff with weekly news.