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U-Minnesota system to turn down the power over the holidays

U-Minnesota system to turn down the power over the holidays

KSTP reports that facilities across the University of Minnesota system of campuses will save money by turning out the lights and turning down the heat over the winter holiday period — the first time in its history. It also comes with a three-day furlough for a number of employees. See the video and get more…
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U-Minnesota regents to name prez finalists tomorrow

Update: Star Tribune now reports the number is down to two. Update: The Star Tribune has stricken that part of its story. Just got this from the University of Minnesota: MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (11/11/2010) —The University of Minnesota Board of Regents will take action at its previously scheduled meeting on Friday morning, Nov. 12,…
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How to e-mail a potential graduate adviser

How to e-mail a potential graduate adviser

It’s always tough to know how to approach anyone when you’re looking for a job. And the academic field somehow sounds especially tough. One science professor — who’s less than warm and fuzzy — gives some advice in the Chronicle of Higher Education about how to approach a potential graduate adviser through e-mail. I’ve condensed…
by Alex Friedrich

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How will the Anoka college alignment affect funding?

North metro newspaper site abcnewspapers.com has a few more angles on the plan to have only one president govern both Anoka Technical College and Anoka-Ramsey Community College by next fall. The realignment is not a merger, but the article says community members are wondering about how the new arrangement will affect jobs and resources: And…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Italian, Muslim swimmers and the Senior 18

U research facility seeks relocation When Central Corridor light-rail construction begins on Washington Avenue next spring, a research facility located barely 30 feet away in Nils Hasselmo Hall faces serious consequences. (mndaily.com) College Board to revive its AP test in Italian The College Board announced on Wednesday the revival of the Advanced Placement test in…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why students are protesting in Britain

Why students are protesting in Britain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zdMwpCO8t4&feature=player_embedded The crux: It was the first violent protest against 81 billion pounds ($130 billion) of  spending cuts ordered for the next four years by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition to tackle a record budget deficit. … Politicians will in the coming weeks vote on proposals to lift maximum tuition fees to 9,000 pounds ($14,500) a…
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St. Cloud State student charged with stealing racy MLB photos

St. Cloud State student charged with stealing racy MLB photos

Interesting cyber-crime story: The Star Tribune reports that 19-year-old St. Cloud State University student Leah M. Ayers of Apple Valley has been charged with breaking into the e-mail account of Playboy playmate Brittany Binger and stealing racy digital photos she’d received from her boyfriend, Cleveland Indians baseball player Grady Sizemore. Apparently, the photos all over…
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St. Cloud State prepares to vote on athletics fee hike

They can’t all be like Georgia State University. As the St. Cloud Times reports, on Monday St. Cloud State University students will begin voting on whether to raise fees to help plug a budget hole and save some of the university’s athletics programs. Passing both measures could raise $600,000 a year and increase their per-credit…
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How much U-Minn. Rochester is growing

University of Minnesota – Rochester Chancellor Stephen Lehmkuhle talks up the explosive growth of the campus — and the support it’ll need: “If we continue with our growth pattern, so the next year we’re going to have 150 freshman, the following year 200 freshman, when we get out about 5-6 years we’ll have about a…
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