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by Chris Hennen | News | July 6th, 2016
…With all the dissatisfaction we are seeing over whether to vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, and people upset at the two-party system, it’s important to highlight the alternatives to those in our own state. Businessman Jack Seaman is running for Congress against the incumbent Republican Congressman Kevin Cramer…
by Sabrina Hornung | Music | July 6th, 2016
…Since The Jayhawks hit the Minneapolis music scene in the mid-eighties, their signature alt country sound has influenced such bands as The Gear Daddies, Uncle Tupelo and countless others in the Americana genre.“The scene was exploding because The Replacements, Husker Du and the whole indie sound was happening when it…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | July 6th, 2016
…There is nothing quite like the experience of seeing silent films on a big screen with a live musical accompaniment and a receptive audience. The 40th Annual Summer Cinema Series at Minnesota State University Moorhead starts Monday, July 11 and will focus entirely on silent comedy this year.Two evenings will…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | July 6th, 2016
…When robots do most of the work…We have reached the point with artificial intelligence and robotic machines that thousands of products are purchased each day that have never been touched by human hands until placed in a shopping cart. So who is getting most of the wealth produced by computers…
by HPR Contributor | HPR Abroad | July 1st, 2016
…by Angie PerezBlack Metal in Norway as we know it is strongly associated with Satanism, occult, violence, burning down of Christian churches and men wearing all black attire looking like they just stepped out of hell. In today’s metal scene some will argue that the genre has fallen into the…
by HPR Contributor | HPR Abroad | July 1st, 2016
…By Logan HarleAlfaskolen is a private language school in the city of Oslo that is entering its tenth year this coming September. The school teaches a range of students from 18 to over 40 years of age and offers language classes as well as social studies courses.A professor at Alfaskolen,…
by HPR Contributor | HPR Abroad | June 30th, 2016
…By Logan Harleloganharle@yahoo.comNorway is home to a myriad of music festivals covering all genres, from Norway’s notorious black metal scene, to pop, folk, electronic, jazz, hip hop and many more.Norway has one of the highest amounts of attendance of music festivals in the world, with over 1.8 million people who…
by HPR Contributor | HPR Abroad | June 30th, 2016
…By Logan Harle and Angie Perezloganharle@yahoo.comangieperez@csu.fullerton.eduThe festival market in Norway has increased tremendously in the past 20 years, so much that 40 percent of the population attended a festival in 2014, according to the Norwegian Knowledge Centre for Cultural Industries. One of those festivals is the annual and iconic Norwegian…
by HPR Contributor | HPR Abroad | June 30th, 2016
…By Amy VennWithin the confines of the typically left-leaning liberal European governments lies a country in a bitter battle with the ultra-conservative right. Robert Biedron, a former parliament member and current mayor of Slupsk, entered the Polish political arena in 2011 as the first openly gay elected official in all…
by HPR Contributor | HPR Abroad | June 30th, 2016
…By Amy VennThe Oslo Pride Parade broke its own record Saturday with 104 organizations, an increase of 34 from the previous record. 30,000-plus individuals participated in the march, and another 30,000-plus lined the streets of downtown Oslo, according to the newspaper Dagbladat. The 2016 Oslo Pride Festival theme was solidarity,…