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​Video games: a transgender perspective

January 18th, 2017

Video games have always been a large part of my life. I can still remember when I was about six years old, picking up a Nintendo controller and playing Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers at my grandma’s house. I was fascinated with the ability to control an avatar and captivated by the difficulty of the game.

As I grew up, I started to appreciate games for more than the difficulty and challenge to overcome tough odds. I appreciated them for the escape it allowed me, because I was able to…

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​The ghosts of Trollwood

January 18th, 2017

One of Fargo’s best known areas for paranormal experiences lies in the absolute northern region of the city within one of the many parks that the city is famous for. Through a few stages and gazebos, playground equipment, and the metal nets of a Frisbee golf course occupy the park’s grounds, something more exists beyond the sight of the living, lingering around those who come to spend their leisure time here. For quite some time, the park has been developing a reputation for the…

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​More cheap computing

January 18th, 2017

Some of you may know that I am into education. I taught for thirty years and I believe that education is the best thing that you can do for yourself. This includes those of us who grew up before computers. That is why this weeks column is about cheap computing. I did mention it in a previous column but now is your chance to get into computing on the cheap.

They call them AIO's: All-in-one PCs. They are really great when you need nothing more than a basic, snap-simple-setup PC to surf the…

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​Plenty of clouds in 2017

January 11th, 2017

I spoke in a previous column of saving your computer files to the cloud. At the time, I told you that it’s a good idea to back up your files to the cloud to provide some security in case your computer hard drive blew up.

I did not detail exactly what cloud computing is or what it can do for you if you are a more advanced computer user or perhaps a nonprofit or library. We'll talk about "cloud computing" this week. This is different from storing files in the cloud.

The term "cloud…

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​Our history is our strength

January 11th, 2017

Dr. Ashley Baggett is a professor at NDSU. She teaches history, philosophy and religious studies. She will be leading a panel discussion on the women’s movements of the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s at the Radisson this coming Saturday. The panel is part of an oral history project completed last fall by the students in her Women in American History class. The students interviewed women living in the Fargo area who grew up in the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s.

Dr. Baggett was kind enough to…

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The GSA initiative: help needed!

January 11th, 2017

The GSA Initiative is looking for teachers, counsellors, principals, parents, and/or students to be part of a project designed to research, create, and implement Gender Sexuality Alliances in schools within our state.

To refresh, a few months ago we did an article on Gender Sexuality Alliances: they are LGBTQ+-focused groups within the K-12 school setting, run either by guidance counselors or students. These groups are essential for helping to alleviate the impact of a hostile learning…

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​VIP Room: the ghost in the basement

January 11th, 2017

On the corner of the 600 block of Main Avenue, across the street from the historic site of the North Pacific Depot, lies a building scorned by the slights of time. The five-story building on Main Avenue houses more than just the residents of the apartments within, as it is also home to various businesses, creating a beating heart of business and commerce in a building that has long existed to thrive as such.

There are rumors that exist of another presence that lingers just beyond the…

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​Exhibit at Rourke Museum unpacks personal war stories

December 21st, 2016

photo by Ginny Pick

Project Unpack: Telling Stories, Creating Community is wrapping up its one-year program with a retrospective exhibit at the Rourke Art Museum. Project Unpack is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as a project to initiate dialogues in the Fargo-Moorhead and North Dakota communities about the legacies of American wars. It is a collaborative project between NDSU, North Dakota Veterans Affairs, and multiple community partners.

According to Dr.…

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​Let’s talk: dating someone who is transgender

December 21st, 2016

In the last few years, dating sites like OkCupid and Tinder have included the ability to identify as transgender, presumably to better represent the reality that we live in a gender-expansive world.

These days it is self-evident that there are more relationship types than straight, white, heterosexual couples composed of masculine men who seek feminine women, and that our preferences for partners can be multifaceted and varied. So, let’s take a second to examine some concepts that…

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​Is there interest in Google?

December 21st, 2016

Last month there were 1.6 billion unique monthly visitors to the Google web site. Most of us geeks use Google many times a day. Anyone with a computer uses the site. It is the most popular site on the planet.

So what is this site all about? I can't tell you everything. My editor only gives me so much space. Here are a few things you might like:

Searching - If you need a part for your dishwasher and you have the part number, type it into the Google search bar.

Doing some research? - Collect…

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