The Dragon women’s rugby club team, the Hummerz, hosted UND, NDSU and Concordia in an MSUM tournament Saturday at Nemzek.
The women who competed in the tournament competed in prom dresses. The prom dress tournament is an annual event to celebrate the end of the season.
Junior Ameilia Curtiss said the tournament is a fun way to close up the season.
The opening of the Dragons men’s basketball season got off to a slow start as they fell to cross-town rival NDSU 88-71.
This was the first of two exhibition games the Dragons will play this season. The Dragons lost the second, 98-49, Monday against University of Minnesota. Both the Bison and the Gophers participated in the NCAA Tournament last year but were knocked out in opening round action.
Sunday night, MSUM felt the effects of a campus emergency and saw the steps Campus Security takes to keep the campus safe.
Within minutes of the reported crime, a text message was sent to approximately 4,000 students, faculty and staff to inform them of the incident that was near campus. Two more text messages were sent out; one further explaining and updating the situation and the other giving the “all clear” for campus.
Columnist Tony Mansourian claims in his mockery of an editorial “Come on Democrats,” that “now is not the time for bipartisanship and subtle politicking.” Really? Is that why the column is filled to the brim with anti-conservative rhetoric and poorly conceived insults? I expected the typical amount of hypocrisy from the aforementioned writing, but seeing such conflicting statements made mere sentences apart and in such abysmal form was quite disappointing.
This article is a response to Tony Mansourian’s article “Come on Democrats” which was published in the Nov. 5, 2009 edition of The Advocate. There are few things that disturb me more than the excessive hatred expressed in Mansourian’s remarks. The main business of the article was to batter and insult Republicans in a relentless display of the fear tactics that seems to be unnervingly popular among the media today.
After last week’s shooting at Fort Hood allegedly by Maj. Malik Nidal Hasan, many online forums and bloggers have been saying things like, “I’m not sure I’d feel comfortable serving in combat with a Muslim when our job is to kill Muslims.” These bloggers argue that if we are fighting Muslims, we shouldn’t have Muslims in the military. This misperception is scary and wrong!
I’ve recently heard complaints about the students not caring about the election. It should be clear students do not grasp the scope of the issues at hand, and they simply do not have a reason to vote. However, I would like to ask the question: Whose fault is this? Some blame the students for being ignorant, while others blame the school.
As college students, struggle is often at the center of our schedules. Our minds are tangled with thoughts on how to balance homework, jobs and future planning, all while trying to maintain a decent social life, good grades, a high self-esteem and self-image.
Ever get stuck in a situation that you know is going to deflate like a balloon? If you thought you left those awkward moments back in high school, think again. They stick, following us around like static in winter. As much as we hate embarrassing moments, they do make life a little more interesting.
Steve Tyler Perry has left the band, ladies and gentlemen.
Joe Perry and his band mates have officially started looking for a new front man.