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Keep tuition rates flat for everyone

By: Daily Editorial Board

University President Eric Kaler presented a proposal to raise tuition for out-of-state students by 60 percent in the next four years at a Board of Regents meeting last Thursday night. 
 
According to Kaler, a tuition increase would allow the University’s out-of-state tuition rates to match those of other Big 10 schools.

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Libraries need extended hours

By: Maddie Eaton

Finals week is upon us.

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Contagion theory could explain violence

By: Jasper Johnson

A man with a gun walks into a school. A young woman detonates an explosive belt in a bazaar.

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Protests seek campus diversity nationwide

By: Benjamin Farniok

Around 70 student groups at schools across the U.S.

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Black Lives Matter: Full stop

By: Allison Kronberg

Over the past few weeks, I have heard an unfortunate number of conversations that showcase passive, white Minnesotan liberalism at its finest.

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Dr. Date 11/23

By: Dr. Date

Dr. Date,
I swear, Doc, my girlfriend has a problem. If she is hungover in front of my parents one more time, I’m seriously going to flip out. It used to be a pretty rare occurrence — we all get a little hungover around people from time to time, I know that — but recently it’s been happening multiple times a month.

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Let’s revolt: Drop your spring classes

By: Ryan Alan Carlson, University student

The University of Minnesota is a cesspool of fraud, waste and abuse, both economically and educationally.

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Budget should target inequality

By: Daily Editorial Board

The Minneapolis City Council finalized the city’s 2016 budget proposal on Dec. 9. However, we feel it could have done more to allocate funds to the north side of Minneapolis, the recent site of the 18-day-long Black Lives Matter protest. 
 
In a testimony before the City Council on Dec.

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U must do more to stop scandals

By: Daily Editorial Board

Last Friday, University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler revealed his recommendations regarding the internal audit findings presented to the Board of Regents.

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School violence could be history

By: Keelia Moeller

Last Friday marked the 27th time this year that a student has attacked a teacher in Ramsey County. 
 
A Central High School student reportedly threw a science teacher into a wall before choking him to the point of passing out during a lunchroom fight.

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