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Can someone please buy one these for me... I am assuming wal-mart - fargo.. or NDSU bookstore..

I agree with ND1 - if you look at it - the Sun Belt is looking at three schools right now on the eastern part of the US. They need one for sure to be a travel partner with App St. IMO the other two are back fill for NMSU and IU. Because those two schools come into play in the next round when the Big XII more the likely takes a hit or if the Pac 12 decides to expand. I think the Big XII is in trouble... they survived the lost of Missouri, AM, Nebraska and Colorado in the last round But, Kanas/Oklahoma and Texas are looking around and are prepared for the next round. I think the Big XII ends up inviting a group of schools from MWC and/or USA. I would think UNLV, SDSU, Boise St, Air Force and Colorado St. are all in play. MWC could looking for schools in the next round - UI and NMSU are first in line.

Here's the part that drives me crazy. My local community recently had a trailer park close. The owner was looking to sell the land because it was more valuable than the operation of the park. The park had 60 families. Those families were a mix of retired and entry level workers (Latino) but they were all living within their means and doing the best they can. Here is the story of one resident: After her house in Grand Forks, North Dakota was destroyed by a flood. She bought her mobile home for $9,500. As is the case with most mobile home residents, she owns the unit she lives in, but rents the lot on which it sits for just over $300 a month. And another: On any given day, you might find her working at Sam Goody. Or Nordstrom's Rack. Or Tony Roma's restaurant. She says she works 15 hours a day between the three jobs. "And it is tiring," .......... she adds. "I like everything in my house," Ramirez says. "It took us a long time to get this house. Everything we have we struggled to have." Now, the residents try to form a CO-OP but are unable to raise the capital that is required. When they approach the city to partner with them. The city government declines and then provides the following quotes. The City of Bloomington says it's sympathetic to the housing needs of its low income residents, but the closing of Shady Lane had to do with forces beyond its control. "It was really a question of money," says City of Bloomington attorney Sandra Johnson. From another news article. When Shady Lane Court – a community that was overwhelmingly people of color (74%) and predominantly Latino (56%) – received closure notices in 2005, city officials did not offer support and made such statements as: “It’s time for a reality check; maybe some people can’t afford to live in Bloomington.” And then the City goes into a semi smear campaign with the following quotes: Attorney Sandra Johnson had indeed been documenting problems at Shady Lane for a long time before the park closed. Bankers boxes of files on Shady Lane line the floor under her desk. "I've got archive boxes on this particular file that start from the mid-'90s, when it became a real eyesore, at least from the city's perspective," Johnson says.. There's also documentation of some of the more idiosyncratic residents. As Johnson puts it, mobile homes sometimes draw people who want to live under the radar. She holds out a picture of a unit where the windows are covered with flies. Some of the stranger stories are the stuff of lore about trailer parks. But according to Johnson, the real problem at Shady Lane was the array of health, environmental, and building code violations. Ultimately the park closes, and all of the residents are relocated. The government was able to help 10 of the 60 resident families because they qualified for assistance. Now we fast forward a couple of years, a new project is started at the Shady Lane location. It's called the Crossings at Valley View. It is a $10 million dollar project that provides residents for 50 families. Rents on all 50 units are affordable to families at or below 50 percent of area median income, with four units being further restricted to 30 percent of area median income. In other words all units are subsidized. The building of the project itself is heavily subsidized by government agencies/non profits and by local government. The City of Bloomington and the County provide approximately $1 million dollars. So, the market forces that the City was talking about was in fact themselves. I really don't consider those market forces. If you look into the numbers it's crazy. The average house prices in that area when this project was completed was right around $120,000 to $170,000. Yet, the government builds a project that costs $200,000 per unit and provides further monthly assistance for rent for the foreseeable future. So, who do they get the money from... the neighbors who are living within their means. In a nutshell the government decided to relocate/dump on one population (retired/down on their luck/entry level-Latino) for another (New American). They hide behind the claim of market forces/diversity/inclusiveness but actually force the people they relocated to subsidize their replacement. This is the problem that I have with this stuff. I would rather help the people not expecting anything versus the groups working the system and expecting everything to be given to them. But, why wouldn't they expect everything to be given to them - it is the precedence that our leaders have set. I have a great taxi driver story trying to get home from the MSP after an international business flight.

Tedder - thanks for the updates... keep on posting.

Does that include stealing identities..

Exactly..... I live in the Twin Cities and hear it many times and not in a positive way... please stop this Nodak and Sun Dogs madness

How does Sun Dog pass the test - have they looked at the urban dictionary meaning of Sun Dog

Thought that I would drop this little nugget right here - enjoy http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-football/3799122-und-ndsu-football-hopefully-embarrassing-era-over

Big Sky, MVFC (big if on MVC schools - they are basketball schools first) and CAA are not comparable to the American or Mountain West. They would start near the bottom of the G5 conferences. Plus, ESPN recent financial concerns may not be good for the G5. ESPN lost 3.2 million subscribers last year and that trend is not going to change. The younger generation does not watch cable. I know this because we dropped cable in my house it did not phase my kids at all. It is not what they do... they are on youtube and other media outlets.

I'm telling ya - Nokota!!

Yes, still there and very good.

That was a fun watch - congrats to Jeff C. I hope this gives him the opportunity to continue his career.

I recommend both Caps or Ted Cooks.. and yes take out only for Ted Cooks. The area around Ted Cooks has made some changes recently. There is a new Northbound Smokehouse and Brewpub. I have heard good things about, but I have not tried. It is always too busy when we stop. Which I take as a good sign.

Actually - U of Min and a couple of other schools in Minnesota are feeling IX pressure right now. I thought the article was interesting in how the NCAA looks at actual participant counts. Which I think others have talked about with NDSU. http://www.startribune.com/feds-weigh-allegations-of-gender-inequity-in-u-of-m-sports/306866861/ The largest group of Gophers’ female participants comes from track and field. Those athletes account for 227 participants, although many of them are counted three times by competing in indoor and outdoor track and cross-country. That counting is allowable and common, but the OCR will focus on whether it represents true opportunities for women, said Title IX attorney Nancy Hogshead-Makar. ........ While 501 female Gophers athletes are listed on Minnesota’s EADA filing, when male practice players are removed and each athlete is counted once, that number shrinks to 312 female student-athletes.

It feels like you have been going to school forever when are you going to graduate? So, another more interesting NDSU student can take your place as the Voice of the NDSU student body on this message board.

I have a family member that is a Halo pro.. makes a nice living. I was amazed at his eye for the graphics and how he could see the game and its flaws and of course to exploit them. Lets just say he crushed me when we played. It is a very interesting profession. He talked about the struggle he had with the career and balancing the enjoyment of playing the games versus making it his job. A couple of days later, I was talking to a couple of friends about this topic and how interesting it was and they complained about how their sons and their friends watch - YouTube channels of gamers and they actually followed them like pro athletes. So, I would say get used to seeing this - you are going to see more and more of it.

Frustrating to hear that it appears center/QB exchange is still a problem. They have got to get this cleaned up.. - thanks for the updates Dustin/Teeder..

I guess you could say softball might be funded at a different level but I don't see a real funding difference by NDSU to rationalize a completely different approach for meeting Title IX. Here are the number for all womens sports shared by the Dakota schools. Total NDSU 3,869,847 SDSU 2,980,155 UND 3,452,455 USD 3,197,921 Basketball NDSU 1,060,291 SDSU 962,049 UND 1,088,751 USD 926,778 Golf NDSU 212,801 SDSU 185,196 UND 164,263 USD 171,786 Soccer NDSU 566,590 SDSU 489,120 UND 500,194 USD 399,835 Volleyball NDSU 676,828 SDSU 407,265 UND 646,287 USD 542,269 Softball NDSU 677,989 SDSU 455,473 UND 468,635 USD 429,907 All Track Combined NDSU 675,348 SDSU 481,052 UND 584,325 USD 727,346

Here are the numbers. sorry table format did not carry through

So, WWC schools in NDSU, South Dakota State, Wyoming, Air Force, Utah Valley and Northern Colorado are all joining the Big XII because it is losing schools and has not had a AQ for a couple of year.. ok got it nothing to see here.

Nice cherry picking - he was responding to someone who is trying to compare UND to UT.

Hey guys, I am a big college basketball fan and I understand why many are frustrated with the current state of things at UND. But, please don't turn every thread into bash the program and Jones thread. There are threads for that topic already. thanks...

Billings is in middle of nothing and only convenient for the Montana schools... Boise works for Montana, Montana St., Weber St, Idaho, Idaho St. EWU and PSU. All within 250 to 450 miles. Put it in Boise.

Come on the Big Sky is garbage - they only have two teams ranked in the Mid Major poll (EWU 18, Sac St 21 and Montana RV (26th). No bad company for conferences with multiple teams ranked... Big Bad Mid Major Conference Summit League - ZERO!!! West Coast - 3 teams ranked MAC - 3 teams ranked Missouri Valley - 2 teams ranked Ohio Valley - 2 teams ranked Ivy - 2 teams ranked Horizon - 2 teams ranked Southland - 2 teams ranked Big Sky - 2 teams ranked http://www.collegeinsider.com/mens-mid-major-top-25.php