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Volume 132 | Issue 17 Tuesday October 28, 2014 THEDAKOTASTUDENT Reaching the students, faculty and staff of the University of North Dakota since 1888 | www.dakotastudent.com Faculty, students join forces to clean up coulee By Jamie Hutchinson The Dakota Student Students, faculty and staff joined community members and city workers Saturday morning to clean up the part of the Eng- lish Coulee that runs through campus. “We’re going to be working on trying to get the water quality improved in several ways,” said Nick Ralston, project leader and research scientist. The coulee has been a prob- lem for many community members who wish to improve its aesthetic and aromatic qualities. Limited water flow and hu- man pollution from have con- tributed to the coulee’s current state. After many discussions over the years, action is being taken. Ralston said the project “is all about getting together groups of people that actually understand what can be done and what we should do to improve the health and quality of the coulee.” Part of improving the health meant cutting back some of the cattails that surround the bank. COULEE page 3 Students and faculty clear cattails near the English Coulee on Saturday morning as part of a cleanup project. Photo by Jennifer Friese/The Dakota Student. First nonprofit fair held at UND By Parker Payne Students were greeted with a The Dakota Student smile and a plethora of information about ways to be involved. The event allowed students UND students were invited to see a number of opportuni- to take a peek at what local non- ties available to them in Grand profits have to offer earlier this Forks. week at the university’s first non- One of the students attend- profit opportunity fair. ing the non-profit opportunity Held at the Memorial Union fair was Allison Batt. She was on campus last Thursday, the excited UND has set up this op- event allowed local nonprofit portunity for students, like her- organizations to connect with self, who want to get involved with a non-profit organization. students and share volunteer and Attendees listen to presentations at the 12th annual American Indian Health Research internship opportunities. “Having a way to get in front Conference held Oct. 23 in Grand Forks. Photo by Nicholas Nelson/The Dakota Student. The fair saw a good number of someone who can possibly of organizations show up to con- help you get a job later on is nect with students. something that needs to be taken Many of the representa- advantage of,” Batt said. Conference draws regional attendance tives for different organizations Many students attending the By Megan Hoffman on research into health trends and members thought she was going to problems facing Native American be doing the same work as another seemed thrilled that UND had fair seemed eager to meet poten- The Dakota Student populations. person. set up the opportunity fair. tial employers and make a good The conference was started by Instead of moving on, Grey They said being able to talk first impression. The 12th annual American In- UND professor Jacque Grey 12 worked on a way to fix the prob- directly with students living in Most college students look- dian Health Research Conference years ago when she was working on lem, inviting people from all Grand Forks is a great way to ing to land an internship are drew researchers and interested her post-doctorate education. around the world to come together share the ways students can be- not provided with a way to get parties from all around the region She was looking to do research to discuss the research that was be- come involved with their organi- last week to Grand Forks. on Native American communities zation. FAIR page Held Oct. 23 in the Alerus but was denied by the UND Insti- 3 Center, the conference focused tutional Review Board, because its HEALTH page 3 2| Tuesday October 26, 2014 THEDAKOTASTUDENT EDITORIAL Photographs around campus Editor-in-Chief Will Beaton > [email protected] Opinion Editor Alex Bertsch > [email protected] News/Managing Editor Larry Philbin > [email protected] Features Editor Misti Meads> [email protected] Sports Editor Elizabeth Erickson > [email protected] Photo Editor Chester Beltowski > [email protected] Multimedia Editor Maggie O’Leary > [email protected] BUSINESS Sales and Marketing Coordinator Melissa Bakke > 701.777.2678 [email protected] Account Tech Brandon Wallace > 701.777.6154 [email protected] Graphic Designers Jessie Flatt > Leigha Janssen > Advertising Representative Ember Willard > [email protected] Office Assistant Nate Schroeder > 701.777.2678 Alumni Advisers Brandi Jewett > Robb Jeffries > > The Dakota Student reserves the copyright privilege for all stories written and published by the staff. 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University Ave., Grand Forks, ND 58203 JOIN THE CONVERSATION WWW.DAKOTASTUDENT.COM THEDAKOTASTUDENT NEWS| 3 the students but also the city, and the end of the semester when they COULEE it’s good for the university. They’ll present their projects in a poster col- panel. FROM PAGE 1 be able to have not only an educa- loquium. HEALTH “This shows everyone what FROM PAGE 1 we are doing, ways of collaboration but have some work done.” The cleanup was the first dem- tion, student involvement and onstration project of the Sustain- “If you think of it like tea, Departments — such as biol- tribal involvement,” Grey said. there’s so much cattail in the water ogy and geology — had students able Cities Initiative, a concept that ing done, so there would be no The conference has hosted that turns the English Coulee into participating in the cleanup and focuses on sustainability-based re- overlaps. people from diverse groups like a very rich, dark tea,” Ralston said. some performing their own research search and teaching opportunities, The first conference drew the Manitoba Chiefs Council He added that all of the mate- projects. according to July’s UND Research about 50 people, which has since and North Dakota State Uni- rial that degrades over the years Brian Darby, instructor of an Newsletter. grown to as many as 125. versity, in addition to national “more or less” fertilizes the water for ecology lab in the biology depart- It was also the first for Trans- “It’s a great program with guests from Australia. the following year. ment, has his students working on forming English Coulee, a program lots of opportunities,” Grey said. “This is short of some na- “When you have a resource, various projects. that is set to improve the condition “It brings people here to develop tional conferences,” Grey said. you don’t want to use it up and have “We’re teaching it as kind of an and recreation of the coulee. research and collaboration.” “It is one of the larger ones for this region.” it go downhill,” Ralston said. “The inquiry-based lab where we have “Ideally — maybe five, 10 years This year’s conference fea- English Coulee is kind of an exam- groups of about four students and from now — we’ll have people go tured keynote speaker Dave Baldridge, Board Member and ple of that.” 15 groups,” Darby said. “They boating on the coulee,” Ralston Executive Director of Interna- said. While the project’s main goal have designed their own experi- tional Association of Indigenous was to clean up the coulee, it also ments” and are “looking at all sorts Aging. served as a way to get various de- Jamie Hutchinson is a staff writer Megan Hoffman is a staff writer for of things.” for The Dakota Student. The conference also includes The Dakota Student. partments working together with Some students are measuring He can be reached at other presentations, awards, She can be reached at students from diferent sciences and nutrient concentrations while oth- [email protected] posters done by students and a [email protected] give them some hands-on experi- ers are looking at the soils surround- ence.

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