As former section editors of The Spectrum and journalism graduates of North Dakota State, we feel compelled to write how today’s staff of The Spectrum has apparently lost its focus and commitment to deliver news affecting students and employees…
Dear Editor, On Feb. 13, NDSU Spectrum published an article entitled “Planned Parenthood: A Fight for Rights”. This article, written by Ms. Cierra Steffensen, contained a number of questionable assertions that need to be addressed. Ms. Steffensen expressed her…
This past weekend, President Trump issued an executive order that bans individuals from seven specific countries from entering the United States for 90 days, as well as implementing a ban on all refugees for 120 days. The full ramifications…
Dear People of North Dakota, Whether publicly acknowledged or not, the people of North Dakota strongly identify with Native Americans and their culture. Although 94 percent of the state’s population identified as “white” in the last census, native imagery…
I woke up on Nov. 9 and per usual started scrolling through my phone. To my surprise not even a day after Donald Trump had been elected, ignorance, bigotry and hate filled my screen. I wasn’t reading CNN or…
As a transgender woman, I want to thank the administration of NDSU for their proactive response to minority stress following the election. As research has shown time and time again, educational outcomes are not terribly great for minority students…
I was excited to see a column purporting to “break down” student activity fees. A couple of hundred for technology and the Wallman Center leaves over $400.00 unaccounted for. Nowhere in the writing was there any mention of exactly…
Following The Spectrum editorial board’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton, I felt compelled to fill a page with her political accomplishments, something The Spectrum said would be easy to do. As a United States Senator for New York, all three…
With the upcoming election looming in the near future, it’s been brought to our attention that the information available for North Dakota residents pertaining to voting is lacking. It’s lacking in ease of access as well as having the…
As college students, we hear a lot about rape, whether in the national news, through campus education efforts or, sadly, from people we know who have experienced it. The statistics about rape aren’t as solid as we’d like because…