University of Minnesota police sent an email crime alert on Friday describing a robbery that happened on the West Bank. The victim of the robbery was not a University student.
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University police send crime alert for armed robbery on West Bank
Posted on 02 May 2014.
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Wheelock responds to riotous activity in Dinkytown
Posted on 18 April 2014.
Vice President for University Services Pam Wheelock on Friday sent the most extensive response from a University of Minnesota administrator to the riotous activity in Dinkytown last week following the Gophers’ NCAA Frozen Four Thursday win and Saturday loss.
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Stangler, Sintjago win campus elections
Posted on 04 April 2014.
By: Blair Emerson
On Friday night, University of Minnesota students chose Joelle Stangler as the 2014-15 undergraduate student body president and Alfonso Sintjago as the graduate student body president.
Stangler, current intern coordinator for the Minnesota Student Association and a representative to the Board of Regents, will lead MSA along with her vice president, John Reichl. The pair received 75.8 percent of the vote.
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Northrop opens its doors with fanfare and a ballet
Posted on 04 April 2014.
By: Anne Millerbernd
The Northrop Mall got its centerpiece back Friday as the auditorium officially opened its doors for the first time since 2011.
Changes made to the main theater, totaling $88.2 million, include adding two new balconies, one additional stage and an overall smaller theater setting.
The renovations also added four ticket windows, nearly doubled the number of restrooms and increased the building's size by 10,520 sq. ft.
To celebrate the grand reopening, the University of Minnesota has brought the America Ballet Theatre to perform Friday evening at 8 p.m.
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Gophers fire Borton
Posted on 28 March 2014.
By: Jack Satzinger
Pam Borton has been relieved of her duties as head coach of the Gophers women’s basketball team, the University of Minnesota announced Friday.
“We have extremely high expectations for our women’s basketball program,” Athletics Director Norwood Teague said at a press conference Friday. “Our goal is to be the best women’s basketball program both in the Big Ten and at a national level.”
Those high expectations pushed Borton out. She hadn’t led the Gophers to the NCAA Tournament since 2009.
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Students back the bonding bill at Support the U Day
Posted on 28 March 2014.
By: Blair Emerson
More than a 150 students from the University of Minnesota campuses convened at the state Capitol on Thursday to advocate for the school’s 2014 Capital Request.
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Twin Cities campus to go smoke-free in July
Posted on 21 February 2014.
By: Kia Farhang
The University of Minnesota will become a smoke-free campus this summer.
A new policy, set to take effect July 1, bans smoking, selling, distributing or advertising tobacco products and electronic cigarettes on University property.
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Minneapolis City Council denies Doran’s Dinkytown demolition permit
Posted on 21 February 2014.
By: Nicolas Hallett
The Dinkytown building housing Mesa Pizza and other businesses is safe for the time being.
The Minneapolis City Council voted 8-4 Friday to deny Doran Companies the demolition permit for 1319 Fourth St. SE until a historic designation study can determine if the business district is worth preserving.
The decision will delay Doran Companies’ plans to build a six-story, $25 million hotel near the University of Minnesota as the study could take months or even a year.
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Regents to vote on reallocating $4.1M for safety initiative
Posted on 07 February 2014.
By: Anne Millerbernd
The University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents will consider a reallocation of $4.1 million to aid its campus safety initiative at its meeting next week.
The money would come from the Facilities Management Repair and Replacement funds and be reinvested in the initiative, according to a press release sent Friday.
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Betsy Hodges, city officials talk crime on campus with students
Posted on 07 January 2014.
By: Nicolas Hallett
Newly elected city officials visited the University of Minnesota on Tuesday to discuss solutions to crime after a tumultuous fall semester, which saw an uptick in violent crime on or near campus.
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges and City Councilmen Jacob Frey, DFL-Ward 3, and Blong Yang, DFL-Ward 5, arrived on campus just days after being sworn into office, accompanied by University administrators and local police.
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