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Look what's plastered on a Tommie hallway floor

Look what's plastered on a Tommie hallway floor

Cute. University of St. Thomas spokesman Jim Winterer says of the felt rug: Most people don’t walk around it. They tiptoe around it. They think it’s rude. It’s how you might treat a religious figure. It’s on the fourth floor of Loras Hall on the south campus.
by Alex Friedrich

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Moorhead's center for at-risk students faces changes

Minnesota State University Moorhead President Edna Szymanski on moving the university’s Corrick Center from Murray Commons near the residence halls to an as-yet-undetermined place on the general campus — a move that some faculty apparently don’t like: “There was a stigma associated with the place before, where students who needed the service wouldn’t go, and…
by Alex Friedrich

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Interviewees for the 4 open slots on U of Minnesota Board of Regents

The state legislature’s Regent Candidate Advisory Council has released its list 18 interviewees for four slots on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents: At-Large: Allen Anderson, Gordon Bailey, Steven Hunter and Robert Kennedy Second District: Laura Brod, Thomas Devine, Kelly Smith, Steven Sviggum, Robert Vogel and Leon Westbrock Third District: David Larson, Norman Rickeman…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why Eric Kaler may NOT be a nerd

Last month, I wrote a post called Why Eric Kaler is a nerd. It was focused on a section of a Tim Post article that recalled how Kaler, the incoming president of the University of Minnesota, wooed his wife by talking about his research. Post wrote: In a move that should give hope to nerds…
by Alex Friedrich

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Future cuts and tuition hikes for Bemidji State?

Although things reportedly look stable at the moment for Bemidji State University, The Bemidji Pioneer reports on how the university’s finance chief, Bill Maki, sees the future of the school’s budget: Maki said BSU had been looking at solutions that relied half on new revenue and half on expenditure cuts. But new shifts in the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why not having social media might be good for students

Braintrack.com reports on the beneficial effects of a campus blackout of social media earlier this fall: The campus blackout, which was widely reported in September, blocked access to social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. The survey found that as a result of the exercise, one-quarter of students said they could concentrate in classes…
by Alex Friedrich

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Who is behind Save SCSU?

After I posted the piece, “Why St. Cloud students are irate,” St. Cloud State University administrator Loren J. Boone called me on an assumption I’d made, asking something to the effect of: Who says the site is the work of students? Good point. The site lists students first in its statement: We are students, faculty,…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Urine, dogs and cheating

Dogs Helping College Students Fight Exam Stress Tufts University near Boston is using playful, therapeutic Australian Shepherds as a way to ease stressful students who are preparing for final exams and may be entering a tough job market. (universitybusiness.com) David Callahan: Why Honor Codes Reduce Student Cheating Rampant student cheating has become so familiar that…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why St. Cloud loses students

No, this isn’t a riff on the students-irate-over-budget-cuts-post. The St. Cloud Times reports on a recent survey by some St. Cloud State University students and city economic development officials on why many students don’t stay in town after graduation — and what would keep them around: The survey found that about 50 percent don’t plan…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why some St. Cloud State folks are irate

MPR’s Paul Tosto handed me this flier today. Looks like students have someone has a few things to say about St. Cloud State’s budget cuts and reorganization. They’ve got a Facebook page, where you can also find the other side to the green sheet above. The main message: We are students, faculty, staff, and citizens…
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