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The NCAA could care less about signs at a hockey game directed at them.

Student tickets are sold out.

The Fargo media seems absolutely desperate to get into the Big Sky. They probably call Doug Fullerton every other week: Kolpack: "You going to talk expansion at this meeting." Fullterton: "Yeah we do every year....but

Here's the correct link to the "Hendrickson is Gone" story.

On a side note: Only people who don't live in Grand Forks called it "the forks." duh.

Reminds me of the Michael Moore film, Bowling for Columbine. Moore was astonished that Canadians would leave their doors unlocked during the daytime. He went to Toronto and just opened peoples doors... Meanwhile I was astonished he was astonished.

The University of North Dakota failed their proposal was turned down. http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/n...al/12550602.htm

Try not to bitch about it then like some people... and try not to outlaw it like some people... aka smoking ban..... don't like don't go..... cause many people will go and enjoy themselves.

Uptown Downtown is my new favorite bar.

Easy Livin'

Exactly. Wear down the other teams defense. Sioux football = pound the ball in. You have a higher success rate when you gain 3-4 yards (or 2 bubble screens) a play compared to shooting for 20 yards every few downs.

Nice try. Rule of 1. NEVER and I mean NEVER pick the "TEAMFAN" as a name on a message board. It's a dead giveaway. You'll want to use something neutral like Dalmations or Sesame. 2. All three of your posts should try and not "diss" your "favorite team" while praising that of their rival. It's a another dead giveaway. 3. Try not to "rejoin" the same day as your other name is banned. It's another dead giveaway (Siouxfootballfield) I know you can do better....NDSU fans just need to try a little harder, nothing wrong with that.

Me and Lefty will be tearing it up down in Winona, or should I say Lossona or Whineona... I know, I know...horrible joke.

I can see both sides of this issue. Diggler is exactly right. It shouldn't be law. If I own a restaurant and I smoke and I want my patrons to smoke and they want to smoke the law should allow that. But with that said... Times are a changing. People now know how "bad" first and second hand smoke is. Cars don't need to come with ash trays & cigarette lighters anymore (notice how the "cigarette lighter" in your car is no longer a lighter, but a plug in without a cigarette logo). No longer is it okay and casual to smoke like it was in the '60s, when everyone did it and the health effects weren't widely known. It is simply polite and easy to go outside when you want and need a cigarette. It might be what it takes to get a few people to quit and that is definately a good thing. In another fifty years, even fewer percentage of people will smoke and no one will even notice when the entire country is smoke free cause they won't care.

Again..... by "entire city" do you mean GF & EGF OR Bars should be smoke free along with all public places?

By whole city do you mean GF & EGF? Cause right now GF is smoke free, hence CRR saying Bonzers business was hurt because of the ban...apparently people for the past month did indeed quit going there because they couldn't smoke inside.

I think you're wrong. I believe he went to Wisconsin. from Sioux Illustrated:

How do you know so much about UND from Chicago?

This is somewhat two totally different issues. A casino would most likely bring "new" money into the community, not take away from others. A patron at Southgate/El Roco who goes there to drink and play a few hands at blackjack isn't now going to go to the Casino instead. It would easily be offset by having the casino give a portion of the proceeds to charitable gaming.

You can take a beer to your seat and watch the game.

Here's a news flash. The next generation of people don't care about "downtowns." They like space, they want a big yard, they want to live in the 'burbs. They want to live next to Universities, Alerus Centers, and "new" shopping centers next to new houses. That is why you see people moving south (in GF). In many (smaller) cities the downtowns will probably die, because it just doesn't mean that much to people as it use to. They didn't grow up with it as the economic center of a city.

Your sources? The GF Herald clearly states:

First of all, realistically the Casino will probably never be built. The city of Grand Forks and UND are a seperate entity. UND is huge for the city but it is not the only thing. Maybe UND has to much pull in Grand Forks, and at certain times it hinders GF's growth in certain aspects. A minor example is every year Grand Forks gives money to UND for recruitement etc, but a couple years ago I believe UND wanted more (or just the same), and GF was like "thats ok you guys seem to be doing pretty good already, maybe that money can go to lower taxes or repair roads." A larger Grand Forks would mean a larger enrollment, more fans at football, hockey, and basketball games for UND. BTW, my mom works at UND.