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​A Reel of Tomorrow’s Filmmakers: MSUM’s Annual Senior Seminar Film Showcase

by Gabrielle Hersch | Cinema | May 8th, 2019

…The spring semester is coming to a close for college students across the FM area. For MSUM film production students, the semester culminated in a public screening of the short films they’ve spent the last several months creating.MSUM’s annual senior seminar film showcase is one of the area’s premiere film…

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Cultural Stagnation

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | May 8th, 2019

…Will we ever be done with religious bullies?Unless the scientists are terribly wrong, life on Planet Earth started about 3.8 million years ago. At 2.59 million years ago, glaciers and ice sheets covered 30% 0f the earth’s surface. The future sites of three major European cities, London, Paris, and Berlin,…

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Meritocracy is a lie

by HPR Contributor | Last Word | May 8th, 2019

…By Gary Olsonolsong@moravian.eduIn 2017, Sociology Professor Rachel Sherman wrote “Uneasy Street: The Anxiety of Affluence,” a book which drew from 50 in-depth interviews with uber-wealthy New Yorkers in order to obtain a picture of just how they perceived their status. Sherman found that her interviewees, all in the top 1-2…

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​The chain restaurant: A pillar of Americana?

by HPR Contributor | Last Word | May 8th, 2019

…By Zach Nerpelzachnerpel@gmail.comSomething’s amiss. There is a general uneasiness in the air and the scent comes from too many directions to find the source; a waft in every wind. The same dread one receives when waiting in the principal’s office permeates nearly every living being I encounter, especially those included in…

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NeedToBreathe brings acoustic show to Fargo Theatre

by Ryan Janke | Music | May 8th, 2019

…NeedToBreathe is bringing their Acoustic Live Tour to the Fargo Theatre May 15 and HPR was able to catch up to keyboardist and vocalist Josh Lovelace to talk about the tour as well as the band’s charity golf tournament and Lovelace’s Young Folk project.High Plains Reader: How’s the tour going?Josh…

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Crowdsourcing to completion on Jacob Wetterling documentary

by Gabrielle Hersch | Cinema | May 8th, 2019

…If you’re from the Midwest, then you’ve probably heard about the tragic disappearance of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling in the fall of 1989. An unsolved case for 26 years, the story of Jacob’s kidnapping during a routine bike ride with friends in St. Joseph, Minnesota was the nightmare of countless parents…

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More preemptive ALEC strikes

by C.S. Hagen | News | May 8th, 2019

…BISMARCK – Two more preemptive strikes from the North Dakota Legislative body target free speech against corporate oil interests. Although some of the bill’s wording is misleading and vague, focused on terrorism, the meaning could be open to interpretation, representatives said, and is a solution looking for a problem. Four other…

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​Mother’s Day Breakfast

by HPR Staff | All About Food | May 8th, 2019

…By Teresa Farrell, Registered and Licensed Dietician at Essentia Healthtara.ekren@essentiahealth.orgWith Mother’s Day just around the corner, it’s a great opportunity to show your mother just how much you love her. A good way to start the day is a healthy yet special breakfast, made just for Mom. A special breakfast…

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Jennifer Gage’s fan-fiction adaptation ‘After’

by Greg Carlson | Cinema | May 8th, 2019

…Jennifer Gage’s sudsy “After” offers run-of-the-mill college romance targeted to the PG-13 demographic. The result, a far cry from the lustier stories upon which it is based, misses the mark despite an appealing performance from Josephine Langford as the virginal heroine Tessa Young. Gage, who wrote the screenplay with Susan…

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​ND Democratic-NPL lawmakers put families first

by HPR Contributor | Last Word | May 8th, 2019

…By Rep. Joshua Boschee and Sen. Joan Heckamanjboschee@nd.govDuring the 66th Legislative Assembly, Democratic-NPL legislators successfully advanced a legislative agenda that puts the needs of working families first and supports the values of North Dakotans. Strong state investments in these four areas help the people of our state. They also reduce…

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