Dragons in the news
Take a look at the news stories featuring MSUM in the past week. Stories are presented in chronological order.
Coach of the Week: MSUM Football Coach Steve Laqua, KVRR: “MSU-Moorhead football coach Steve Laqua is the KVRR Coach of the Week.”
MSUM Begins Preparation for December 1st Mineral Water Bowl, KVRR: “MSU-Moorhead earned a Division II Bowl berth on Saturday by taking down St. Cloud State.”
Ann Curry’s PBS series to feature Vietnam War veteran from Minnesota, Star Tribune: “Roger Wagner, who grew up in Osakis, Minn., owes his leg, and maybe his life, to a M*A*S*H* surgeon who treated him during the Vietnam War. But Wagner, who would return to the states after duty to play varsity tennis at Minnesota State University-Moorhead, hadn’t seen him since — until Ann Curry came calling.”
Laqua believed clock wasn’t going to strike midnight on Dragons, InForum: “A sense of calm washed over Minnesota State Moorhead head football coach Steve Laqua last Saturday, even though his team was clinging to a three-point lead in the four quarter and vying for an elusive postseason spot.”
Embracing the unexpected: Experimental printmaker explores dualities in Fargo exhibit, InForum: “‘There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.’ Local printmaker Chelsea Odden discovered this poem by 17th century Japanese poet Matsuo Basho during a letterpress class at North Dakota State University last summer.”
MSUM women’s basketball defeats Pittsburg State, InForum: “The Minnesota State Moorhead women’s basketball team earned its second win of the season Saturday with the Dragons’ 66-55 win over Pittsburg State at the Central Region Challenge.”
Dragons head coach Laqua earns NSIC award, InForum: “Minnesota State Moorhead head coach Steve Laqua has been named Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference football coach of the year, the league office announced Thursday.”