The Mystician

This Pleased to Meet You was completed by both Natalie Lawrence and Benjamin Wolff Caiden Aanderud Staff Employee: Works at the Power Bean in the ATC Q: Where are you from? A: Beulah, North Dakota Q: What are you doing at BSC? A: I just work here, I actually do online through Valley City. Q: What are your future plans? A: I want to work in Human Resources. Q: What is your drink order at the Power Bean? A: Peach Red Bull with strawberry and vanilla with no cream. Q: W

The United States has more people in prison than any other country in the world. In fact, while the U.S. has roughly only 4-5% of the world’s population, it has more than 20% of the world’s incarcerated population. According to the Vera Institute of Justice, 95% of those people will one day return home to local communities. However, the sad fact is nearly two thirds of those people will end up back behind bars within three years. Yes, the good old “land of the free, and home

Call Me a Hooker In the multiple attempts of writing this letter, I think I have finally settled on what I want to talk about. Crocheting. About a year and a half ago, I took up crocheting. Which I have been told is a “grandma hobby.” I started with a dishcloth. Dishcloths are supposed to be square. I knew this, but mine ended as a triangle. I got better however and now I can make a square. Yay! I have realized that when I start a hobby, as I seem to do every other week,

Recently, the word permanence is one you might say has found permanence in my mind. I’ve been dedicating significant thought to the incredible reality that some things truly last forever. Humans from the dawn of time have been fascinated with thoughts of eternity. Countless books have been written and movies have been made dealing with themes of immortality. Just this morning, I read about Calypso’s tantalizing offer of eternal youth and vigor to Odysseus in “The Odyssey,” a