Posted on 27 January 2015.
By: Jessie Bekker
Kristina Martin is surrounded by people in pain.
At least four of her family members, including her fiancé and his parents, suffer from chronic pain. But when Martin enrolled in a University of Minnesota professor’s massive open online course, or MOOC, she gained tools to help them.
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Posted on 26 January 2015.
Advocates and lawmakers supporting pro-gun laws are hoping to take advantage of a more favorable political landscape this legislative session.
Members of the Republican-controlled House have already introduced or plan to introduce bills that could expand the rights of gun owners in Minnesota. Lobbying groups showed their support for these measures at the Capitol on Monday.
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Posted on 26 January 2015.
By: Nick Wicker
A man was robbed at gunpoint near the University of Minnesota campus early Sunday morning in the area’s second armed robbery within about a week.
The victim, who isn’t affiliated with the University, was crossing the footbridge near Van Cleve Park at about 2:30 a.m. when four men wearing ski masks approached him from behind masks, threatened him with a gun and demanded his valuables, according to a crime alert sent to the campus community.
The men took his wallet, cellphone and phone charger and fled south on 14th Avenue Southeast, the alert said.
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Posted on 26 January 2015.
By: Allison Kronberg
Her first time in a solar car, Stephanie Wilson anxiously climbed into the tiny driver’s seat and closed the cover.
During her first loop around the track, the car malfunctioned and the accelerator stuck on the highest speed. Long minutes passed before her team was able to solve the issue.
Despite her shy and soft-spoken personality, Wilson couldn’t wait to get back in the driver’s seat. The experience earned her the nickname “the Stig,” based on the mysterious racecar test-driver from the English TV series Top Gear.
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Posted on 26 January 2015.
By: Ethan Nelson
A computer program developed by a team of University of Minnesota scientists could soon be in the Department of Homeland Security’s possession.
Criticality Spatial Analysis, or CRISTAL, was created by University scientists to track food production through each step of the supply chain. The program, which could be available within the next year, is partially intended to identify threats to food companies’ supply chains, like a natural disaster.
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Posted on 26 January 2015.
By: Parker Lemke
Among the University of Minnesota’s many student groups, the Fraternity Purchasing Association’s membership skews noticeably older. Each of its three full-time employees have been on campus for more than two decades.
Tucked away in a snug office, three women and their student staff meet with a steady stream of clients each day, a routine that reaches back almost 80 years, when fraternities first came to the group in search of necessities like fuel to heat their chapter houses.
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Posted on 26 January 2015.
By: Logan Wroge
As the legislative session moves forward, the Capitol is becoming a popular hangout spot for some University of Minnesota students.
Students for Education Reform, a campus student group, is lobbying for education reform at this legislative session, tackling issues like the achievement gap and remedial courses in the process.
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Posted on 26 January 2015.
Dr. Date,
Hey, I have a crush on my roommate, and I don’t know how to handle the situation. I knew I liked him before I signed our lease, and I thought that our time together would bring him around to the same feelings.
But he hasn’t shown any interest at all. In fact, since we moved in, we hang/talk less because we’re on completely different schedules. We were never really close friends before, but it seems like we’re strictly roommates now.
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Posted on 26 January 2015.
Dr. Date,
Hey, I have a crush on my roommate, and I don’t know how to handle the situation. I knew I liked him before I signed our lease, and I thought that our time together would bring him around to the same feelings.
But he hasn’t shown any interest at all. In fact, since we moved in, we hang/talk less because we’re on completely different schedules. We were never really close friends before, but it seems like we’re strictly roommates now.
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Posted on 25 January 2015.
By: David Nelson
The Minnesota men’s and women’s tennis teams went up against top competition at the ITA Kick-Off over the weekend in the hope of extending their undefeated records to open their 2015 campaigns.
Save for a men’s vicotry against Michigan, the teams seemingly couldn’t keep up with their talented opponents.
The women’s team opened its weekend against No. 3 North Carolina, losing the competition by a final score of 4-0.
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