By: Megan Ryan

When Gophers head men’s hockey coach Don Lucia first met 15-year-old Seth Ambroz, he said he was “socially awkward” and could barely look the coach in the eye.

Now, the junior forward easily hammed it up for his teammates on a road trip to Notre Dame, performing Foreigner’s classic ballad “I Want To Know What Love Is” for a prank.

“You have got to go all out,” Ambroz said. “You can’t just not give 100 percent. So I went out there, gave my best, and apparently, I have a pretty good voice.”

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By: Tyler Gieseke

Boynton Health Service is investigating another way to address the ever-increasing demand for mental health resources on the University of Minnesota campus.

This time, it’s catering to what often seems like the crux of college students’ lives — the mobile phone.

Boynton hopes to give more students access to the help they need by offering mental health intervention services through text messaging. Researchers are applying for a grant to help develop and evaluate the project, but they plan to keep exploring the idea even without receiving funding.

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By: Tyler Gieseke

Boynton Health Service is investigating another way to address the ever-increasing demand for mental health resources on the University of Minnesota campus.

This time, it’s catering to what often seems like the crux of college students’ lives — the mobile phone.

Boynton hopes to give more students access to the help they need by offering mental health intervention services through text messaging. Researchers are applying for a grant to help develop and evaluate the project, but they plan to keep exploring the idea even without receiving funding.

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By: Callie Sacarelos

Memorabilia from a 44-year career at the University of Minnesota plaster the walls of Wayne Potratz’s office.

The foundry, just outside the sculpture professor’s office door, is arguably one of the finest college metal casting facilities for sculpture in the country.

The space retains a warm and welcoming feel, perfect for getting hands dirty making molds and pouring metals for sculpture.

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By: Callie Sacarelos

Memorabilia from a 44-year career at the University of Minnesota plaster the walls of Wayne Potratz’s office.

The foundry, just outside the sculpture professor’s office door, is arguably one of the finest college metal casting facilities for sculpture in the country.

The space retains a warm and welcoming feel, perfect for getting hands dirty making molds and pouring metals for sculpture.

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By: Jack Satzinger

As senior defensive back Brock Vereen stepped away from the press conference following the University of Minnesota’s 20-7 loss to the University of Wisconsin on Saturday, Capital One Bowl representative Jim Will sprung out of his seat and pulled him aside.

“I just want you to know you’re not mathematically eliminated [from the Capital One Bowl],” Will said to Vereen.

That’s a silver lining for a Gophers team that lost to a rival and saw its chances at the Rose Bowl slip away in the same afternoon.

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By: Jack Satzinger

As senior defensive back Brock Vereen stepped away from the press conference following the University of Minnesota’s 20-7 loss to the University of Wisconsin on Saturday, Capital One Bowl representative Jim Will sprung out of his seat and pulled him aside.

“I just want you to know you’re not mathematically eliminated [from the Capital One Bowl],” Will said to Vereen.

That’s a silver lining for a Gophers team that lost to a rival and saw its chances at the Rose Bowl slip away in the same afternoon.

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By: Alexi Gusso

The Twin Cities was one of four metro areas in the country to receive a sizable federal grant nearly seven years ago for promoting non-motorized transportation — an initiative that is finishing its final lap.

Bike Walk Twin Cities, the resulting $28 million pilot program, will officially end in December. But unfinished projects, like promoting bicycle safety and opening new bikeways, will continue throughout next year.

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By: Alexi Gusso

The Twin Cities was one of four metro areas in the country to receive a sizable federal grant nearly seven years ago for promoting non-motorized transportation — an initiative that is finishing its final lap.

Bike Walk Twin Cities, the resulting $28 million pilot program, will officially end in December. But unfinished projects, like promoting bicycle safety and opening new bikeways, will continue throughout next year.

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By: Allison Kronberg

Johanna Lucht was born deaf and didn’t know a true language until she was 9 years old.

But after those early years of frustration, the University of Minnesota computer science and engineering senior eventually landed an internship at NASA, developing a collision-avoidance mobile application for pilots at the Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., this summer.

Lucht was born in Germany, where her father worked for the United States government.

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