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On Campus Blog

Why students go out drinking so often

If students can go out and drink three to four nights a week, maybe some faculty members are not working them hard enough in the classroom. — Bar-behavior scholar James C. Roberts, associate professor of criminal justice at the University of Scranton, on a possible factor in the student drinking problem.
by Alex Friedrich

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College entrance essays that worked

To get your juices flowing, a while back I posted a long list of college entrance essay questions, as well the essay types and goofs to avoid. Tough stuff. But what about the winners? What does a good one look like? It was harder to find out than I thought, but I did manage to…
by Alex Friedrich

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Humphrey Institute searches for new dean

Just got this from the University of Minnesota: Tom Sullivan, the University of Minnesota’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, today appointed a committee to begin the search for a new dean for the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. In January 2011, current dean Brian Atwood will take leave from the university to…
by Alex Friedrich

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How to discuss sex and dating like a college student

How to discuss sex and dating like a college student

Dan Reimold, author of Sex and the University: Celebrity, Controversy, and a Student Journalism Revolution, has posted a sampling of this college generation’s dating and sexual lingo. To me, some of it is just repackaged stuff we used to say in the 1980s, but other terms show a difference in attitude. What it tells Reimold:…
by Alex Friedrich

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Paper: Why Eric Kaler's compensation isn't reasonable

The Minnesota Daily student paper rebuts the arguments for University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler’s compensation — that his pay in the middle of Big Ten presidential packages and that it’s necessary to attract top talent: … Such a superficial argument deserves a platitude in response: Just because everyone else is doing it doesn’t make…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Visa abuses, hotness ratings and no Oxford blacks

US Fails To Tackle Student Visa Abuses Lured by unsupervised, third-party brokers with promises of steady jobs and a chance to sightsee, some foreign college students on summer work programs in the U.S. get a far different taste of life in America. (universitybusiness.com) Today’s Students Need Leadership Training Like Never Before The idea is that…
by Alex Friedrich

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A student's proposal for U of Minnesota Prez-Designate Eric Kaler

I want to see the majority of my tuition going toward the salaries of professors and teaching assistants instead of unnecessary renovations and technology. Our education comes from humans. Should we really be covering every inch of the Science Teaching and Student Services building in high-definition televisions while many students can no longer afford to…
by Alex Friedrich

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Attended college but have no degree? Let us know.

MPR’s economics blogger, Paul Tosto, is helping American Radio Works colleagues look for people to tell him their stories about having some college — but no actual degree. We’ve been reaching out to folks in MPR’s Public Insight Network who’ve told us they’ve taken some college classes or were at least interested in attending college.…
by Alex Friedrich

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How the Big Ten coaches stack up

How the Big Ten coaches stack up

Now that the University of Minnesota has hired Jerry Kill to replace Tim Brewster as head football coach, I’ve been surfing the Web to see how the other Big Ten coaches are doing and earning. First off, the use of this site might not be optimal, as it’s not affiliated with any major sports source…
by Alex Friedrich

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The worst people on the U of Wisconsin campus

Oh, the shame! The Badger Herald student paper has published a list of the 35 or so University of Wisconsin students who apparently put their Rose Bowl tickets up for sale within two hours of tickets selling out. It proclaims: Truly, there is a special place in Hell for people who buy Rose Bowl tickets…
by Alex Friedrich

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