On Saturday, Oct. 13, ParaCon returned to Mahnomen, Minnesota for its eighth year to celebrate everything unexplained, unidentified and downright spooky. Among the presenters were a wide range of the paranormally involved, including plenty of ghost hunters and paranormal…
What does one do when she’s at a paranormal convention, has time between interviews and she’s feeling nervous about her impending graduation? She gets her tarot read, of course. I like to think I am a relatively rational person….
Through Oct. 11, the NDSU Memorial Union Gallery celebrates the life and legacy of Jim Falck in their “Exemplar” exhibition. Falck graduated from North Dakota State in 1953 with a degree in architecture. But his passion was always in…
On Oct. 12 and 13, Mahnomen, Minnesota is going to get a little bit spookier. ParaCon is an annual convention that celebrates all things paranormal at the Shooting Star Casino. The convention features three days of speakers, booths and…
Ashley Polkinghorn is throwing clay on a wheel in the Renaissance Hall ceramics studio. I’m sitting across from her, trying my best to handle the sopping wet ball of mud she gave me to work on. This is my…
Paige Johnson | THE SPECTRUM Studying abroad is an incredible, exhausting, exciting and tiring experience that lends plenty of insights and new ideas. Some of the decisions people have to make include where they want to study, what classes…
While there’s no Barnes & Noble and definitely no Zandbroz, the bustling city of Monterrey does have a wide range of bookstores for book lovers to peruse. Libros Café y Detalles A quiet, quaint little bookstore in el Barrio…
While actual spring is slowly starting to arrive, dreams of sunshine and double-digit temperatures keep us going through the hold out of winter. An uplifting thought for many is that, next year when the weather gets bad again and…
On December 9, 1531, an Aztec man named Juan Diego was walking to the Church of Santiago when he heard a birdsong and saw a large, white cloud. Juan Diego approached the cloud. As he got closer, the birdsong…
An hour outside of Monterrey, Mexico exists the town of García. Best known for las Grutas de García, the town itself has plenty for travelers to do either as a separate trip altogether or in addition to visiting the…
