BY CHASE SCHERR chase.scherr@go.mnstate.edu The Fargo-Moorhead community was recently shaken when racist posts and a highly-offensive Snapchat group came to light from students who attend North Dakota State University (NDSU). […]

BY ALEX BERTSCH alexander.bertsch@go.mnstate.edu On Thursday, October 29, Minnesota Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith met with MSUM students on the Campus Mall to get out the vote supporting Joe […]

BY GRANT EVANS grant.evans@go.mnstate.edu MSUM’s seven dormitories remain open this semester despite COVID-19. Residential halls are plagued by proximity, but Housing and Residential Life put protocols in place to mitigate […]

BY KATE ALMQUIST kate.almquist@go.mnstate.edu The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every community in some way, but small businesses in downtown Fargo have been taking an especially hard hit since having to […]

BY GRANT EVANS grant.evans@go.mnstate.edu On Tuesday, April 21, MSUM will hold its 22nd annual Student Academic Conference (SAC), a conference where students discuss social matters as a means of intellectual […]

BY MERISSA REED merissa.reed@go.mnstate.edu Although the MSUM campus has shut down temporarily during this trying time, the Hendrix counseling services are still here to help.   Hendrix counselors, therapists and other […]

BY OLIVIA CLARK olivia.clark@go.mnstate.edu As the rapid spread of COVID-19 plagues the nation, college campuses all across the United States are forced to close and send their students packing their […]

BY: GENEVA NODLAND geneva.nodland@go.mnstate.edu President Anne Blackhurst announced earlier today that over the next three years MSUM will be cutting 10 programs and eliminating 66.5 positions. This is being done […]

MSUM VP announces cuts to temporary faculty positions BY: Ashley Johnson ajohnson168@my.anokaramsey.edu The new year has not brought answers for several faculty members at MSUM, whose jobs hang in the […]

BY GENEVA NODLAND nodlandge@mnstate.edu Recent concerns with international student job opportunity has sparked a conversation within administration to look into student employment throughout MSUM’s campus. The discussion began within Student […]

BY CHASE SCHERR chase.scherr@go.mnstate.edu With the first semester of this year closing, the Housing staff of MSUM has been looking into the students staying on campus for winter break.  The […]

BY GENEVA NODLAND nodlandg@mnstate.edu Higher education numbers show that international student enrollment is decreasing around the nation, including here at MSUM.  Even with the continuing decrease, MSUM is pushing forward […]

BY ALEX BERTSCH alexander.bertsch@go.mnstate.edu In April 2019, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party presented their state budget to the Minnesota House of Representatives. Their plan would increase funding for higher education by $305 […]

BY ALEX BERTSCH alexander.bertsch@go.mnstate.edu On Sept. 20, people of all ages from the Fargo-Moorhead area turned out to demonstrate at Fargo City Hall as part of the Global Climate Strike. […]

BY CHASE SCHERR chase.scherr@go.mnstate.edu MSUM has officially reached an increase in undergraduate enrollment this fall. Additionally, graduate enrollment for this year has reached its highest point ever in recent years, […]

BY GENEVA NODLAND nodlandge@mnstate.edu MSUM is no stranger to the national collegiate trend of declining international student enrollment. Enrollment is going down, but why? In general, MSUM’s enrollment has been […]

BY PAIGE ANDERSON paige.anderson@go.mnstate.edu The Dragon Digest announcement of the implementation of graduation fees guided students to contact the registrar’s office with questions. When The Advocate stopped by the registrar’s […]

BY: ALEX BERTSCH alexander.bertsch@go.mnstate.edu On July 1, Hendrix Clinic ceased providing medical services, and now will offer expanded mental health care instead. In the past, Hendrix had offered a variety […]

Nonprofit Fargo Clinic Serves MSUM Students in Place of Hendrix BY KATIE BETZ betzka@mnstate.edu Upon Hendrix Clinic making the switch to a counseling-services-only provider, Family HealthCare of Fargo will be […]

Organizers hope to help global change with local action BY: ALEX BERTSCH alexander.bertsch@go.mnstate.edu This Friday, in 150 countries, people will walk out of their jobs, homes or schools to demand […]

Former employees accuse Sodexo of taking malicious actions against union BY: ALEX BERTSCH alexander.bertsch@go.mnstate.edu In July 2010, 39 dining service employees who worked for Sodexo at MSUM voted to unionize. […]

BY: GENEVA NODLAND nodlandge@mnstate.edu Whether you are a Moorhead native or have made your home here throughout years at MSUM, you may be familiar with the businesses that make up […]

Student eating at Kise Commons finds dead mouse in spinach BY: ALEX BERTSCH alexander.bertsch@go.minnstate.edu This video of an unlikely wildlife encounter was posted to the Twitter account of MSUM student […]

BY: KATIE BETZ, katherine.betz@go.mnstate.edu For MacLean Hall, summer brought a serious roof repair project, costing one million dollars. The project included replacing the roof above the bookstore and re-tuck pointing […]

BY: KATIE BETZ, betzka@mnstate.edu Administration has decided to keep the R-4 lot as reserved parking for next school year. MSUM Public Safety Director Ryan Nelson explained why the R-4 parking […]

By: Logan Peterson, petersonlo@mnstate.edu Student Senate was given the Student Activity Budget Committee’s (SABC’s) recommended allocations for each organization last night, April 25. Senate is set to vote to approve […]

By: Katie Betz, betzka@mnstate.edu Last weekend MSUM’s email system migrated to a new platform. Daniel Heckaman, chief information officer and the head of the IT department at MSUM, shed some […]

By: Logan Peterson, petersonlo@mnstate.edu 8:27 p.m. Update: According to an email from Jean Hollaar at 8:27 p.m. “Due to expected winter weather conditions, Minnesota State University Moorhead will be closed […]

By: Melissa Gonzalez, gonzalezme@mnstate.edu MSUM’s service animal policy went through a review from Jan. 15 to Feb. 12. Little changed about the policy itself, but within the document the name […]

By: Logan Peterson, petersonlo@mnstate.edu According to an online poll by The Advocate on social media, 18.5 percent of 46 respondents use the campus bookstore to buy their class materials. Some […]

By Ponny White, whitepo@mnstate.edu On a gloomy Halloween evening amid mortals, witches and batty professors, one feminist rose in the front of a dim lit room. With every gaze locked […]

By: Leah Backstrom, backstrole@mnstate.edu Many students who attend MSUM commute from North Dakota, and in less than a week mid-term elections will be held. For those residents of North Dakota, it’s important […]

By: Melissa Gonzalez, gonzalezme@mnstate.edu MSUM’s first time hosting the Minnesota Out! Campus Conference (MOCC) was a success as students from North Dakota and Minnesota attended over the weekend of Oct. […]

By: Alison Ziegler, ziegleral@mnstate.edu An organization dedicated to ending slavery is hitting the ground running at MSUM. Lee Muellenbach, a senior majoring in psychology, wanted to start a chapter of […]

On Nov. 6, 2018, MSUM students will have to venture a little further to vote for the first time in six years. Since 2012, MSUM has hosted its polling place […]

By: Alison Ziegler, ziegleral@mnstate.edu   MSUM offers many opportunities to not only its students but also the surrounding community. One of the ways it does this is through the use […]

Photo by Elliott Stallion on Unsplash In early October, the North Dakota legislature passed a law, supported by the Supreme Court of the United States, that requires voters to provide identification that includes […]

On Tuesday, Oct. 23, members of MSUM’s Student Senate gathered in the CMU’s Sun Garden Lounge for a meet and greet with their constituents. The “Meet Your Senator” event was […]

By: Laura Grimm, grimmla@mnstate.edu   In the basement of Langseth Hall, a second move-in day is taking place.   The new tenants are aquatic organisms, and their new home is […]

By: Logan Peterson, petersonlo@mnstate.edu On Monday, Sept. 24th, a banner hung in Maclean hall read “R.I.P AMCS, Cause of Death: Campus Neglect” The banner and a written statement were outside […]

MSUM’s Public Safety Department sent an email at the beginning of the school year that warned students of a Level 3 sex offender moving in near campus. Level 3 is […]

Logan Peterson petersonlo@mnstate.edu It may not be November, but a campaign of a different stripe is happening on campus. This week launched the elections for Student Senate, and from the […]

Logan Peterson petersonlo@mnstate.edu “They keep telling me I’m going to hell,” junior Jes Kalina said. “They” are the World Mission Society Church of God, also known as the church of […]

Anna Landsverk landsveran@mnstate.edu Spring break may have just ended, but students already need another break. Luckily, the next long weekend is only two weeks away. Unluckily, it may not be […]

Aaron Simmons simmonsaa@mnstate.edu Summer school. Ugh. There was a clear connotation that came with those two words in high school. No matter the reason students attended class from June to […]

by Samantha Stark & Ellen Rossow starksa@mnstate.edu • rossowel@mnstate.edu A former Student Senate member is filing a lawsuit against his student government. Paralegal studies and computer science senior Jamaal Abegaz is taking members of […]