North Dakota Oil Boom Transforms State


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It’s been called the coldest place in America and, more recently, the luckiest place on Earth. But whatever you call it, North Dakota is the premier economic safe haven – thanks largely to the state’s largest oil boom in history. Seven years ago, North Dakota ranked as the nation’s ninth most oil-producing territory; today, the […]

Interscope chairman to deliver commencement speech


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The 2013 commencement address will be delivered by Jimmy Iovine, the chairman of Universal Music Group’s Interscope-Geffen-A&M Records unit and co-founder of the Beats By Dr. Dre. Iovine began his four-decade career in the music industry when he was a teenager. Early in his career he worked with John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen. Interscope, which […]

In Memoriam


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An on-going vigil is being held at the Dept. of Public Safety office on the University Park Campus to honor slain DPS officer Keith Lawrence, who was killed on Sunday, Feb. 3 alongside his fiancee, Monica Quan. Lawrence began working for DPS in August 2012. Christopher Dorner is the suspect-at-large wanted for their murders.