Just came across this nice Vine video — a 360-degree shot of snow on the Bemidji State campus. It is the first one I’ve seen in Minnesota, but if you have seen others, send them in. Time to get in to the spirit — or at least get used to it. Update: I may have Read more →
Two University of Minnesota students have launched an online petition calling for a greater police presence on campus. Prompted by the recent rash of crimes, the petition has gained more than 3,100 signatures. It warns: If steps are not taken immediately, we, the students, will take matters into our own hands. Many of us are Read more →
University of Minnesota students say they’re unnerved by a recent rash of crimes — especially a sexual assault Sunday in which the man appears to have posed as a uniformed officer. The early-morning assault prompted the third crime alert for the university community since the attempted daylight robbery of a student in Anderson Hall on Read more →
It’s hard to watch this. Former Rochester Community and Technical College student Eric Dahl is the collegiate competitive-eating champion and says in USA Today what often goes through his mind when he’s mid-binge: “Say you’re taking part in a 10-minute contest and five minutes in your stomach starts to say, ‘Hey, what are you doing? Read more →
Study abroad has hit record levels — both among foreign students coming to the United States and Yanks studying abroad — according to this Associated Press piece I reposted this morning in Notes in the Margins. So how does Minnesota stack up this year? It’s holding steady at 19th place with 13,232 students, up 3.9 Read more →
I lost my father to cancer when I was a sophomore in college. I lost my mother to cancer when I was in grad school in 2009. It was crushing, but both times certain faculty members helped me get through my courses. So memories flooded me when I read this piece by Matt Gleeson in Read more →
Slate contributor Emily Yoffe tells MPR’ Daily Circuit how she feels about the backlash she has received after she warned that female students increase their risk of sexual assault when they drink too much: “I remain baffled. My piece made very clear the people responsible for the crimes are the perpetrators, period. However … there Read more →
It’s time for Goldy Gopher to prove his stuff. After winning the mascot championship this year — I covered his big win in 2011 — he’s gearing up for nationals again. Here’s his 2012-13 highlight video, which got him in with a 6th place berth.
In a Twin Cities Business profile of University of Minnesota Athletic Director Norwood Teague, former Gopher sports radio color analyst Dave Mona captures both the huge challenge Teague faces as a fund-raiser — and the skills his team has that might pull it off: “They are going to have to identify people who they haven’t Read more →
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