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Video: So you want to get a Ph.D. in political science?

Video: So you want to get a Ph.D. in political science?

Another in the nasty-yet-spot-on series of animated satires that skewer academic fields and the students who study them. Andrew Sullivan of the Atlantic magazine calls it: A lovely rip-off of the moronic quantification and irrelevance of what now passes for political science. It’s why I escaped from this faux-bullsh*t-science that has no grasp of history,…
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Gay former U of Minnesota golf coach alleges discrimination

The Minnesota Daily reports that Katie Brenny, who resigned in October as the University of Minnesota’s associate women’s head golf coach after only two months on the job, is gearing up to sue the U on charges of discrimination: Brenny is openly gay and has a female partner. When asked if the alleged discrimination involved…
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An option that Facebook might need

An option that Facebook might need

jdlasica via Flickr Need to change those settings? 60 Minutes describes how Facebook can’t capture founder Mark Zuckerberg’s relationship to Harvard University, where he studied for a time: We were warned that he can be awkward and reluctant to talk about himself, so we turned for help to his Facebook page, which says he’s a…
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Notes in the Margins: Languages, falling grad rates and the lure of rankings

Foreign Language Programs Cut as Colleges Lose Aid Foreign languages — European ones in particular — are on the chopping block. The reasons for their plight are many. But the paradox is that many schools are eliminating language degrees just as they begin to embrace an international mission. (The New York Times) West Chester ‘White…
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Concordia College cutting 17 positions

Concordia College cutting 17 positions

NVJ via Flickr Reallocating, I guess The Concordian student paper reports on how Concordia is cutting 17 positions through layoffs and attrition so it can reallocate $1.5 million — but tries to play down how it might hit students: The committee’s focus is on student impact. Brown said the changes will not negatively affect students.…
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Student leaders prepare for budget fight

Meetings with regents and trustees this week appear to have leaders from at least two of the main student organizations gearing up for a lobbying effort with the state legislature. The Minnesota State University Mankato Reporter reports how Andrew Spaeth of the Minnesota State Student Association (the organization for students at four-year MnSCU institutions) wants…
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History 210: What would Lady Gaga do?

History 210: What would Lady Gaga do?

Recent post-grad Charlsie Niemiec suggests in USA Today that academic life incorporate pop culture to help students understand the humanities. Whether or not a professor allows discussions of celebrity life or other things that students feel to be important to their lives (like Facebook), it doesn’t stop students from actively engaging in these topics –…
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Goldy Gopher is NBC's top sports mascot this week

Having earned the title of “hardest-working mascot in show business,” the University of Minnesota’s Goldy Gopher has topped this week’s Mascot Power Rankings on NBC Sports blog Off the Bench. Writer Rick Chandler says: … It’s difficult to pinpoint the coolest thing about Goldy Gopher. He’s seemingly everywhere on campus; from Minnesota hockey games to…
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Students: What's with the lack of arts support at St. Thomas?

Students: What's with the lack of arts support at St. Thomas?

This week two TommieMedia voices have raised questions about their school’s commitment to the arts. Theresa Malloy writes about crowding in the music practice rooms, and quotes freshman music business major Rachel Siteman on the inadequacy of the Brady Educational Center: “I mean this is a great building, but it lacks so much that an…
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Oberstar likely to play role at Humphrey Institute

“It’s definitely not a full-time thing. It’s not like he’s coming in as a professor, but he’s very interested in some role. He has this rich history in transportation and we wanted to tap into that.” — Lee Munnich, director of the Humphrey Institute’s State and Local Policy Program at the University of Minnesota, explaining…
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