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Dr. Date

Posted on 09 December 2015.

By: Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

I’m starting to suspect that my girlfriend is up to something, but I’m too afraid to do anything about it in case I’m wrong. You see, I’ve been noticing that she acts kind of weird when I ask her to make plans on short notice.

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Job Family Study shows why we need a P&A union

Posted on 09 December 2015.

By: Ian Ringgenberg, Academic adviser

I am one of the 5,500 Academic Professionals and Administrators (P&A) employees who work at the University of Minnesota.

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Armed medics are a new reality

Posted on 09 December 2015.

By: Jasper Johnson

As strings of mass shootings continue both in the United States and globally, an interesting development among first responders has proven useful in treating shooting victims: Communities are introducing something called “tactical medics.”

The first person to respond to the San Bernardino shooting was an a

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Support changes to education law

Posted on 09 December 2015.

By: Daily Editorial Board

The House of Representatives has passed a replacement of the heavily criticized No Child Left Behind Act, which former President George W. Bush signed into law in 2002.

A companion bill is expected to pass in the Senate later this week and ultimately to reach President Barack Obama.

The updated measure allows states more freedom in choosing the type and amount of standardized testing they administer.

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Daily discussion

Posted on 09 December 2015.

By: Daily Readers

Response to “Hospital diets impact patients’ emotions”

Sometimes change needs to happen in the interest of public health.

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All schools should target sex assault

Posted on 09 December 2015.

By: Daily Editorial Board

On college campuses, underreporting of sexual assault is as much of an epidemic as the crime itself, recent studies suggest.

Analysis of recently released annual campus crime statistics found 91 percent of colleges disclosed that they handled zero reports of rape in 2014.

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Professors, assign your students a novel

Posted on 09 December 2015.

By: Alida Tieberg

In the academic world as we know it today, we rarely come across novels in classes that are not based in the study of literature.

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South Dakota State routs Minnesota at Williams

Posted on 09 December 2015.

By: Ryan Falk

The Gophers lost their second straight game at home Tuesday night to another team from South Dakota.

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How confused are law enforcement agencies?

Posted on 08 December 2015.

By: Abdiqani Fara, Minnesota Daily reader and Founder of The Straighter

The U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota, Andrew Luger, recently said, “Part of our mandate [as U.S. attorneys] is to engage with our communities to prevent crime and to serve the interests of justice.”

On paper, that sounds perfect, but in reality, he’s in the wrong.

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Finals week lasts for too long

Posted on 08 December 2015.

By: Maddie Eaton

The most dreaded time of the year is just around the corner — for college students, anyway.

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