The contents of this newspaper discuss topics that some readers may find to be disturbing or traumatic. The Spectrum’s Taboo Issue is meant to discuss topics we do not openly talk about in society or those things that are…
The Spectrum believes that universities should be a place of shelter. A place where students can come and better themselves in order to become better individuals and thus contribute to society in a positive manner. University isn’t something to…
With Tax Day looming, the editors of The Spectrum ask President Donald Trump to fulfill at least one of his campaign promises: release your tax returns. Today, we show our 1040-EZs and 1040As to the world because we know…
Campus, Editorial Board, Local, Opinion, State Board of Higher Ed, Student Government
Dear NDSU Students: Give a Damn
Apr 3, 2017, 8:30 AM 0
Ignorance is easy when all is blissfully well. When campus projects break ground, budgets swell alongside enrollment and a Division-II football team evolves into an FCS powerhouse, contentedness is commonplace. Why worry about systems like student government, the state…
When students at North Dakota State think “student focus,” a man in a bow tie may come to mind. Timothy Alvarez, the spiffy, hashtag-slinging vice president for student affairs, found out last week that by 2018 he wouldn’t be…
Campus, Editorial Board, Opinion, State Board of Higher Ed
A Brexit We Should Avoid: In Support of Bresciani
Nov 14, 2016, 8:32 AM 0
The editors of The Spectrum urge the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education to extend President Dean Bresciani’s contract Wednesday. For the university’s sake, the SBHE must set aside its qualms and power struggles with Bresciani. Now is…
The editors of The Spectrum endorse Hillary Rodham Clinton for president. She is the most qualified candidate on the ticket and is the pragmatic choice to move America, and democracy, forward from an ugly election cycle. We didn’t come…
We contemplated writing a follow-up news story on Thomas Bearson. We could’ve written about how it’s been two years since Tom’s family and friends last saw him alive. Two years of an active investigation that’s offered the media and…
The North Dakota State community doesn’t need a front page to discover the drinking culture existing in our fair city. For proof, just mosey over to the NDSU Bookstore and buy an official Bison beverage koozie. Koozies keep your…
Editorial Board, Opinion
Student Body Presidential Campaign Time Should Be Extended
Mar 23, 2016, 8:30 AM 0
As of Wednesday, campaigns for student body president have opened. In just two short weeks, students are expected to choose the NDSU community’s next leader. And we’ll need leaders. Our next student body president and vice president will face…