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January 9, 2009 by Sal Atticum

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November 2007

Rabbit Season, Duck Season, Knowledge Season

November 25, 2007 by Anonymous


As an out of state student I learned a lot by coming to North Dakota such as how cold it can get on a clear day, how to make knoephla soup, and that people from all walks of life can appreciate the sport of hunting. In my old stomping grounds of Seattle, the only hunting is cougar hunting and it all takes place at the bars or at my alma mater during Mom's Weekend. Here in North Dakota, the women hunt, both democrats and republicans hunt, and even a guy I met from the Worker's World Party hunt, believing an armed population of peasants will be helpful in the next great October Revolution. There is a reason why the great film documentary Red Dawn did not take place in North Dakota, the movie would be too short. WOLVERINES!!!

Tags: backlash, environment, humor, hunting, opinion, tim

Fallacies in a recent Dakota Student article and its comments

November 17, 2007 by Sal Atticum


As many of you may be aware, I sometimes like to argue for argument's sake. Not because I enjoy winning or losing, but because I find it instructional to see how far I can go without committing a logical fallacy. If you don't know what a fallacy is, here is the definition from my Logic book (Hurley, 2003):

A fallacy is a defect in an argument that consists in something other than merely false premises [wrong information]. . . A formal fallacy is one that may be identified by merely examining the form or structure of an argument . . . Informal fallacies are those that can be detected only by examining the content of the argument.

I bring this up only because I find that, most of the time, people on both sides of arguments I see are using fallacious arguments. Since Renee Zapf's article is the exciting thing of the moment, I thought I would make a point to show some of the fallacies that are used both in the article and in the comments against her point of view.

Tags: criticism, dakota student, media, opinion, student newspapers, UND

Over the River and Through the Snowbank!

November 15, 2007 by Anonymous

To Twamley Hall we go! To pay off some bills! And learn some cool skills! But then we got stuck in the snow!

Thanks again to the UPD for the information on the subject. The decreasing number of motorcyclists on the road as well as the increase of fake-and-bake tanned women on campus are a sure sign winter is coming. And with winter comes the Holiday Season, where students will want to return to their roots (aka their parent's house) when the dorms kick them out for winter break. This means more traffic on the roads driven by out of state students who are typically not familiar with winter driving. It's hard enough not to hit oblivious students who aren't familiar with the crosswalks but it's even harder to navigate icy roads when fellow drivers are unaware of an amazing invention of modern science called a turn signal. Surviving winter driving in North Dakota is like crossing the street on campus; it requires common sense and a membership with Jiffy Lube.

Tags: humor, tim, UND, winter

Wrong of Way

November 5, 2007 by Anonymous

Manipulation by Sal Atticum
Special thanks to the University Police Department at UND for the inspiration and related information! To many University Ave. is the main artery of campus; the route to which Deek's brings us our holy pizza, the road to which we proudly walk to class, the place where we often look to the flashing light thingy in front of the Chester Fritz to see just how far below zero the temperature is, and where many near-death crashes are avoided by quick application of the brakes. Anyone who has driven down University Ave has, at least once, nearly rammed/flattened an oblivious student that suddenly realized the sidewalk looked greener on the other side and walked in the middle of the road to get there and right into oncoming traffic.

Tags: humor, tim, traffic, UND

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