November 2nd, 2016
Second graders at the recently opened Eagles Elementary School in south Fargo recently completed a service learning project to help and honor U.S. military veterans. Second grade students in the classrooms taught by Vanessa McNutt, Reiko Barnett, and Mya Heston researched patriotism, including history and symbols. The students were also visited by three officers from the Fargo VFW Post 762.
On October 25 – 27, students made cheerful, personalized thank you and “thinking of you”…
November 2nd, 2016
By Faye Seidler
There are two things to understand, before I really get into how votes impact the trans community. The first is, I’m not here to tell you how to vote. Each person should vote for who they think would do the best job and there are way more issues on the table than just transgender issues.
The second is that while politicians and the laws they craft can have a major impact on people’s lives, rarely is that impact as severe as on the trans…
October 26th, 2016
By Faye Seidler
fayeseidler@gmail.com
The Great Plains Affirming Campus Conference (GPACC) debuted this year at NDSU, with the intention of gathering students and educators from across Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota to address the LGBTQ+ issues that are faced on their campuses.
The most amazing part of this event, for me, was the incredible diversity in age, religion, race, gender, and sexuality among the participants, which is something that we don’t typically see in North…
October 26th, 2016
By Chuck Solly
rcsolly@gmail.com
Speech recognition software has made great strides in the last five years. You may have seen your doctor speaking into his digital voice recorder after he has finished examining you. My doctor uses a human transcriber, that is, there is someone somewhere typing his electronic notes into a computer. My hospital, however, uses a machine transcriber and speech recognition to enter the text automatically into the computer.
So which system is faster? More to…
October 26th, 2016
By Amy Venn amyvenn86@gmail.com
The Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) conference was held in Washington, D.C. over the weekend and was attended by HPR’s own Amy Venn as a journalist, exhibitor and presenter. The conference included a trade show room, presentations on everything from building a portfolio to working at the White House, and several keynote speakers.
Most of the 1300 attendees go to such conferences for networking opportunities and industry education. My agenda consisted…
October 23rd, 2016
SHAANXI, CHINA (PRC) – Chen Xing yawned for the tenth time and moved to the screened door of his shaman clinic. He yawned not from boredom, but rather in preparation for the spirit about to possess him.
Among other more painful affects, the yawns were a human price to pay for signing a deal with a fox spirit, he said. Chen Xing yawned once more, this time longer and louder than before.
“When it possesses me I don’t know or remember anything,” Xing, who prefers to be called by his…
October 19th, 2016
“Trivia, unlike karaoke, which typically attracts the more outgoing, theatrical crowd, appeals to all personality types. Whether you’re a sports fanatic, movie guru, or just a nerd, there is something in each trivia show for all types of people.” -- Donny Dahl, Trivia Takeover
Television quiz shows like "The $64,000 Question” and "Twenty-One" were highly rated in the 1950s. Then “Jeopardy” emerged in 1964, went away for a few years, then resurfaced in 1984, partially driven…
October 19th, 2016
By Faye Seidler
fayeseidler@gmail.com
On the first Thursday of every month, Kristen Jewel hosts “Outlet: Spoken Word Poetry” at the Red Raven Espresso Parlor. This event is safe and inclusive of all identities and begins at 7:30pm for signup, with performing starting at 8pm. They typically start with six original works and/or new poets first, then allow anyone who signed up to perform afterwards.
It is important to know that there is no cover charge or drink purchase requirement for…
October 19th, 2016
Motorcycles and tattoos seem to go together. I say this as someone who has never so much as ridden a motorcycle and is too much of a sissy to get ink done (but has always admired the craft when done well and has his own fair share of inked friends). And of course I realize that not every person with tattoos rides a motorcycle, just as you don’t always necessarily have milk with your cookies. But when they come together, it seems like a match that just belongs together, doesn’t it? …
October 19th, 2016
By Chuck Solly
rcsolly@gmail.com
I mentioned a little about Laser Printers in my column in July but I thought I might continue the conversation in greater detail now.
I bought a laser printer two years ago for my home office without knowing exactly what the machine was capable of. As it turns out, I got lucky and got one that almost met my needs. Sometimes I get a little click happy on Amazon...
One requirement I had was printing envelopes. Since I am a one man office, I didn't need too…
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By Bryce Vincent Haugen By his own account, Edwin Chinchilla is lucky to still be in the United States. As a 12-year-old Salvadoran, he and his brother were packed into a semi with a couple dozen other people and given fake…
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