Posted on 03 March 2015.
In what is apparently another example of the Big Ten corporatizing amateur athletics, the conference has adjusted its ticket pricing in such a way that some students are being forced to forgo supporting their team.
Students are still able to get discounted passes to the Big Ten tournament, but the cheaper rates are only good as long as their home school’s team is still playing.
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Posted on 03 March 2015.
By: Ronald Dixon
In a neoliberal economy where austerity is the norm and public investments are ridiculed, vital public-sector workers often bear the brunt of attacks by Congress members and other lawmakers across the country. The group that best epitomizes this phenomenon is teachers.
Public educators are often accused of failing students while retaining their jobs, despite their allegedly poor performances. By and large, teachers across Minnesota have seen school district budget cuts and pay reductions that call into question how much society values them.
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Posted on 03 March 2015.
Dr. Date,
I accidentally ended up having sex with my friend’s ex-boyfriend (oops). Now I’m stuck in this place where I don’t know if I should tell her or not. She’s going to flip the frick out if I tell her, and it could potentially end our relationship.
But then again, I’d hate for her to find out from a third-party source. I really don’t want to lose her as a friend. Should I just forget about it, and hope she doesn’t find out?
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Posted on 26 February 2015.
By: Benjamin Farniok
Members of one of the nation’s largest labor union organizations joined other demonstrators at the University of Minnesota to discuss adjunct faculty’s working conditions, which they said have room for improvement.
Armed with signs and flyers, about two dozen calm University faculty members and students gathered on Wednesday afternoon in front of Northrop Auditorium as part of National Adjunct Walkout Day.
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Posted on 26 February 2015.
By: Benjamin Farniok
Members of one of the nation’s largest labor union organizations joined other demonstrators at the University of Minnesota to discuss adjunct faculty’s working conditions, which they said have room for improvement.
Armed with signs and flyers, about two dozen calm University faculty members and students gathered on Wednesday afternoon in front of Northrop Auditorium as part of National Adjunct Walkout Day.
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Posted on 26 February 2015.
By: Haley Hansen
After years of steady increase, foreign language course enrollment numbers nationwide have been on the downswing in recent years.
Some of the University of Minnesota’s language programs fall in line with these trends outlined in a Modern Language Association report released earlier this month. The national report found enrollment numbers have dropped slightly in the last few years, though overall enrollment is stronger than in past decades as language skills remain marketable.
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Posted on 26 February 2015.
By: Alida Tieberg
University of Minnesota administrators announced Wednesday that the school will be more selective about its use of suspect descriptions in crime alerts.
The school will now include suspect descriptions in its alerts only if there is information specific enough to help identify a person or group, according to an email sent to University faculty members, students and staff.
After more than a year of unease surrounding the use of racial descriptors for suspects in crime alerts, some say the change is a step in the right direction.
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Posted on 26 February 2015.
By: Jackie Renzetti
As a mechanical engineering freshman at the University of Minnesota, Davey Steinman wandered into the Rarig Center and found a spiral staircase, beckoning him to explore his first catwalk.
When he was a sophomore, free food attracted Steinman to a former art professor’s lecture, where he saw a professor work with moving art, helping him realize engineering and art can mix.
By the time he graduated in 2010, Steinman was leaving the University with a degree in theatre arts.
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Posted on 26 February 2015.
By: Grant Donald
When redshirt junior Liz Berkholtz crossed the finish line of last year’s Big Ten indoor championships after running 5,000 meters, she found herself in fifth place and behind two senior teammates.
With her teammates set to graduate months later, she figured a top-three finish at this year’s championships was a realistic possibility.
That was until she had to sit out a couple of long winter months with a lingering cross country injury.
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Posted on 26 February 2015.
By: Brad Bobel
From a small high school in Florida where there was no gymnastics team and a large school in Illinois where gymnastics was popular, two seniors on the team have come a long way.
Cierra Tomson and Jenny Covers have competed for four years at Minnesota and continue to be leaders for the young team.
“It’s an incredible accomplishment for both of them. We have seen so many people get injured or not be able to last all four years with their body and their passion,” junior Lindsay Mable said.
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