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Documents: The Turkish Coalition lawsuit against the U of Minnesota

For those interested in reading the main documents in the legal battle over the University of Minnesota’s portrayal of the Web site of the Turkish Coalition of America, I’ve scrounged up the lawsuit and an image of the portrayal in question. In a nutshell: Armenia and Turkey have long argued over whether Turkish forces committed…
by Alex Friedrich

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What one student found when he Googled himself

What one student found when he Googled himself

Possibly every cop’s (and reporter’s) mini-nightmare, as reported by WSTP-TV: University of Florida freshman Zachary Garcia recently Googled his name and found a picture of his driver’s license and information linking him to a murder he didn’t commit. Looks like the local sheriff’s office put out the wrong information. Garcia and the man actually charged…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why college presidents should earn the big bucks

The National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities says why it thinks critics should stop trying to make a connection between executive salaries and tuition: Presidential salaries make up a very small percentage of overall campus budgets, and have virtually no impact on tuition increases. In fact, inflation-adjusted net tuition at nonprofit private colleges and…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why Mankato is a Fulbright factory

The Free Press of Mankato explains how Minnesota State University Mankato has become one of the nation’s top producers of Fulbright Scholars among master’s-degree institutions: Over the last 30 years, Minnesota State Mankato faculty and staff members have received 37 Fulbright awards. In addition, a handful of students have earned Fulbright scholarships in the last…
by Alex Friedrich

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What some on-location U of Minnesota students are saying about climate change negotiations

University of Minnesota senior Andy Pearson says why it may be better to go to a low-profile climate-change conference rather than one in the international spotlight: “Going in to Copenhagen, that was a story of heightened expectations and the world looking on. The storyline in Cancun here is one of extremely low expectations, which in…
by Alex Friedrich

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Where can students play Quidditch in Minnesota?

The latest Harry Potter movie is out — but it has no Quidditch! Not to fear. Students on a number of Minnesota campuses have already gotten their fix of the sport on several campuses in Minnesota and the rest of the country. Check out the video below by student Ben Hovland on the league at…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Narcissists, for-profit layoffs and cheaper British tuition

’06 party injuries stick frat with suit The national chapter of University of Minnesota fraternity Delta Tau Delta is being sued for more than $500,000 over a 2006 incident at the U of M chapter when a man was “sucker-punched” and knocked unconscious, which he says left him with permanent brain injuries. (mndaily.com) Study: Narcissists…
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Compensation for presidents of private Minnesota colleges and universities

In light of the recent news of the compensation of University of Minnesota President-Designate Eric Kaler, I thought I’d pull up some data on the compensation of some Minnesota private-college presidents. The source of the data, the Chronicle of Higher Education, lists more than a dozen, and I’ve sorted them from highest to lowest. Some…
by Alex Friedrich

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Mankato student editor: Give me Four Loko, liberty and death

Nate Brennan, editor-in-chief of the Minnesota State University Mankato Reporter, cries out against the government battle against Four Loko, the alcoholic caffeine drink involved in the hospitalization or death of a number of student drinkers: Well I’m more than happy to inform you sanctimonious worriers of idiotic college students that we don’t need saving. Just…
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Map: Where 29 grads went after their Ph.D.s

Map: Where 29 grads went after their Ph.D.s

From what the Chronicle of Higher Education says, we hardly ever hear what kinds of jobs graduates of doctoral programs get. But Ohio State University helped the magazine track down what jobs its 29 Ph.D. recipients got in 2010. Above is a quick look at where they went — but look at the cool interactive…
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