Although there is a lot of discussion lately about such things as the budget crisis and a dragging economy, I’ve decided to address an important topic that is on all of our minds: UFOs.
And by UFOs I don’t necessarily mean run-of-the-mill unidentified flying objects, I mean flying saucers. Although I do mean the run-of-the-mill kind, too.
If you’ve been paying attention to current events at all over the past several months, you know the global economy is a wreck and the job market is in shambles. With news headlines filled with stories about major layoffs and rapidly increasing unemployment rates in major cities across the country, students graduating this May will be doing so under some of the harshest economic conditions the country has seen in decades.
If you haven’t been living under a rock for the past couple of months, you’re probably aware that our school is in a little bit of a financial pinch.
And if you haven’t been completely unconscious of mainstream society for the past few years or so, you would know that the country’s in a little bit of a downfall, economically speaking.
Now, if those two statements didn’t bring down the super-happy high of your day, I don’t know what would.
Guard Walden achieves 1,000 career points in Saturday’s lost 72-55 game
The Dragons have a tough road ahead, but are keeping their spirits high.
The Dragons women’s basketball team hosted Concordia-St. Paul on Saturday.
The Golden Bears, using quick shooting and strong defense, were able to jump out to an early 19-4 lead in the first half. The Dragons were not able to dig themselves out of that hole, and Concordia came out on top with a 72-55 victory.
Benz, Matheson hope for strong tennis season with new roster
As the Dragon’s tennis team smash their way into a new season, senior captains Ellie Matheson and Laura Benz lead their young team through a growing season.
The team played their first four games last week at a neutral site in Grand Forks. The women won against both U of M-Crookston and Northern State, but lost to UND and U of M-Duluth.
The Duluth game came down to one of the three doubles matches as the teams split the six singles matches. The Bulldogs took a narrow 5-4 win.
“I think our team did fairly well,” Matheson said. “We have a good chance of being in the top of the conference, but we aren’t at our full playing ability yet, but I see plenty of potential.”
Benz agreed that the team could have played better, but showed promise.
Sniffle, sniffle… ah-choo!
A cold can be treated using many different techniques. Practical medicine and alternative medicine are just two ways to treat a cold and both use different treatments to help suppress a cold.
The first perspective is one of the most familiar ways of treating a cold: practical medicine.
Laurie Schmidt, a nurse practitioner at Hendrix Health Center, had some advice on how to treat a cold using practical medicine.
Schmidt has worked in the medical field for 29 years and said Hendrix sees around 300 students per cold season and around 100 of those students are treated for cold-like symptoms.
Prevention is where you want to start. Keeping the immune system healthy
MSUM’s students and faculty stay warm each winter by celebrating DragonFrost
The annual DragonFrost celebration brought a host of fun winter events to campus. The DragonFrost bonfire warmed up a cold Monday night, while the snowshoe races on Tuesday blazed across the campus mall. The Snow Dragon Sculpture Contest came with a $100 prize, and while the “One-Ton Sundaes” in the CMU weren’t actually a ton, they were delicious (and free) all the same. Illusionist Christopher Carter dazzled audiences in the CMU Underground, reading minds and bending spoons to uproarious applause. A trivia challenge and food drive were scheduled for Wednesday, while today’s Organization Expo gives student organizations a chance to rally members while enjoying free chili.
The Corrick Center is planning to increase its enrollment starting next fall.
Currently, the program accepts 200 students per year. However, the demand is much higher; approximately 400 applicants are turned down annually.
By allowing more students to enroll, more college hopefuls will have a chance to further their education while giving the university a needed boost in enrollment.
A recent study done by the parking office found that of the 2,872 parking spaces on campus, on average 50 to 60 spots aren’t being used each day.
The study included a data collection taken from Jan. 12 to Jan. 16 of this year between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Each lot was monitored every half hour, and the calculations were based on the number of empty spots in each of the specified lots.
“We wanted to see how the parking lots are being utilized by taking a look at how many people use them and
the number of empty spots,” Michael Parks said, director of campus security.
The presidents of MSUM and MSCTC said during a press conference Feb. 12 that students need to speak up about the current budget crisis.
Ann Valentine, president of MSCTC, focused on life stories of individuals who attend the technical colleges in Minnesota.
She discussed rural poverty and the hardships people are facing due to higher education becoming more and more difficult to afford and maintain.