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    One volunteering experience I am most thankful for is “Urban Ag Day”. This event takes place at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in Falcon Heights. Third graders from all over the Twin Cities come and learn where their food comes from. They see animals like sheep, cows, and pigs for the first time in their lives. We spend the day taking kids from station to station

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    could be the next bubble and could do what the real estate bubble did to the U.S economy in 2007 and 2009. If student loans are becoming such an epidemic something should be done to better help people with student loan debt. This paper argues that North Dakota should devise a new policy regarding student loans that would help ease the financial burden that student loan debt puts upon college graduates because it would decrease the total amount of student loan debt, it would help stimulate the economy

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    thought teen drinking was legal and acceptable. North Dakota reported that there were an estimated 3 traffic fatalities and 68 nonfatal traffic injuries caused by underage drinking. In 2012, there was an estimated 2 homicides, 1100 nonfatal crimes, 1200 property crimes, and 22000 public order crimes were committed due to underage drinking. In 2013, there were very high costs to the state by the underage drinking problem; in total, it costed the state around $159.8 million dollars. The leading cause

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    married, have children, and so on. Rarely are any other options made known. After graduating high school, I attended North Dakota State University. Though I was thrilled to go away to college, it was never in the interest of academics. I was doing everything the "right" way, but it was not right for me, and my grades reflected my disinterest. After two years at North Dakota State, I made the decision to move to Bozeman, Montana. I was advised that the smartest option, both academically and financially

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    The author attempts to establish credibility. The 3 major contributors to this article are San Francisco State University psychologist Deborah Schooler, Monique Ward of the University of Michigan, and University of North Dakota psychologist Ric Ferraro. Each bringing with them insight as to how the media has warped and mangled the way men see their bodies. The author appeals to establish emotions by putting the reader into a situation that readers do not have body image issues would be able to understand

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    in his or free time, then people can avoid insulting another person’s culture. Schaefer (2012) states, “discrimination is the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or other arbitrary reasons” (Schaefer, 2012). Courtland Milloy inquires about discrimination in the article Do the Redskins Need a New Name? by P. J. Orvetti (2011) when he states, “Why is it okay to use “redskins” but not, say “blackskins” or “whiteskins” (Orvetti, 2011)? When I

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    Melo, Éverton Renan de Andrade, et al. "Diversity, Abundance and the Impact of Hunting on Large Mammals in Two Contrasting Forest Sites in Northern Amazon." Wildlife Biology21.5 (2015): 234-245. Academic Search Premier. Web. 17 Nov. 2015. Éverton Melo, a researcher in Ecology, Conservation Biology, and Zoology, analyzed an experiment on species populations in protected and unprotected areas of the Amazon Rainforest and found that species living in both a protected and unprotected area of the

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    Minnesota State Fair

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    Just Like Old Times Going to the State Fair crowded with people, walking around for hours, and on a hot day does not sound like a fun day to me. Boy, I couldn’t have been more wrong. Although the drive was not fun, considering I just had shoulder surgery 6 days prior, it was an overall fun time. My whole family planned to go to the Minnesota State Fair to see Carrie Underwood perform. Since I have two brothers who no longer live at home, we are rarely all together, except holidays. All six of my

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    permitted to a certain amount of land called reservations; therefore, they have a different point of view on society. In the article The Fighting Sioux: The End of a Legacy, Brittany Bergstrom, a graduate from the University of North Dakota, writes about the controversy between the University and the Sioux tribe over the nickname, “Fighting Sioux”. The American Indians are offended of how they are being portrayed, they want people to learn about their culture, lifestyles, and see them as peaceful, rather

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    event raising awareness for domestic violence at Dickinson State University. The DSU wellness program and I formed a partnership with Karen Van Fossan, communications director for the Prevent Child Abuse North Dakota. The event consisted of the clothesline project, a display of t-shirt decorated by survivors of domestic violence along with counseling services available for those in need. The short film “Authentic Voices,” featuring North Dakota survivors of childhood abuse which sparked conversation

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