Posted on 08 February 2015.
A candidate dropped out of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents’ election on Tuesday, taking the candidate pool’s only connection to the Mayo Clinic with her.
Dr. Claire Bender, a retired Mayo Clinic physician, was hoping to secure the first district seat on the board. She said in an email statement that she withdrew due to personal reasons.
A former politician is hoping to fill her place in the election.
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Posted on 08 February 2015.
By: Alida Tieberg
A University of Minnesota-Rochester lecturer was charged Thursday with the possession and dissemination of child pornography, according to criminal complaint filed Friday in Olmsted County District Court.
Chemistry lecturer Christopher DeZutter was charged with one felony count of disseminating child pornography and 10 felony counts of possessing child pornography.
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Posted on 08 February 2015.
By: Haley Hansen
The University of Minnesota’s College of Design dean, Thomas Fisher, will step down from his current position this summer.
He’s leaving the college after leading it for nearly two decades. He plans to take on new positions as the director of the University’s Metropolitan Design Center and the Dayton Hudson Land Grant Chair in Urban Design.
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Posted on 05 February 2015.
By: Haley Hansen
The ratio of tenure and non-tenure track faculty at the University of Minnesota is a delicate balance, which some say isn’t watched closely enough.
Though University policy states the majority of each college’s teaching staff should comprise tenured faculty, some professors say the rule is unclear and has gaps that could cause some departments to have an uneven distribution of tenure and non-tenure track faculty.
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Posted on 04 February 2015.
Dr. Date,
I had sex for the first time over the weekend, and I’m feeling really guilty. I was raised in a very religious household, and I’ve been taught that sex should wait until marriage. On top of that, the guy I did it with isn’t even my boyfriend or someone I have feelings for. It just happened spontaneously, and I regret it. How can I cope with how I feel?
—Anonymous
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Posted on 04 February 2015.
It looks like the verdict is in: For-profit education is slowly on its way out as people realize the implications it can have on its students’ futures. The Globe University and the Minnesota School of Business emailed its students on Dec. 30, informing them that the schools would no longer offer courses in criminal justice. However, for remaining students, there will be some available options.
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Posted on 04 February 2015.
As the issue of sexual assault on college campuses continues to dominate discussions across the nation, higher education and state leaders in Minnesota have plans to introduce legislation that would create an affirmative consent policy.
While details of the plan aren’t yet public or finalized, the bill will likely apply a “yes means yes” affirmative consent policy to colleges across Minnesota.
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Posted on 04 February 2015.
By: Keelia Moeller
Loretta Lynch is currently running for attorney general, making history as the first African-American woman to be nominated for the position.
Last Wednesday, Lynch announced her support of President Barack Obama’s policies on immigration, tiptoeing around aspects of the situation that might turn away her supporters.
When she approached the subject of immigration itself, the Republican Party went into an immediate state of outrage, turning Lynch into a punching bag for the president’s executive order on immigration.
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Posted on 04 February 2015.
By: Anant Naik
When most people think of a drone, they have an image of a long, slender, plane-like craft armed with weapons or surveillance gear in the depths of the Middle East or Africa. This is fairly consistent with their portrayal in the media, which often suggests that the ability to control aircrafts remotely is dangerous.
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Posted on 03 February 2015.
By: Danielle Korby
University of Minnesota honors students spent some of last week in classrooms at Minneapolis’ Ramsey Middle School to help bolster the school’s elective STEM, or science, technology, engineering and math, program.
The volunteer program is unique because the University students work with middle school students in their classrooms, rather than tutoring after school, said Minnesota Student Association president Joelle Stangler, one of the program’s creators.
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