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What happens when a university candidate search becomes very public

What happens when a university candidate search becomes very public

In the rush to cover Troubled Waters, I wasn’t able to post this piece by MPR reporter Tim Post. He reports on the debate over whether the need for privacy in the search for a new president for the University of Minnesota outweighs the public’s right to know. The U has said it may name…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Female math majors, Winona shootings and the SAT

Fund for students displaced by Galleria fire The MSU Moorhead campus is working with Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union to create a fund for the 14 students displaced by the Galleria apartment fire last week. (news.mnstate.edu) Math, physics still short on female majors at Mac Macalester professor David Bressoud is worried that girls are being…
by Alex Friedrich

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How the university handles a problem story

How the university handles a problem story

Here are a couple of interesting “Troubled Waters” PR tidbits that appear to show how the university was trying to control VP Karen Himle’s role in the story: Can’t make out exactly where in the university this came from. But notice that next to the questions on who was behind the decision to release the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Signs of sniping, Himle's frustration

Signs of sniping, Himle's frustration

Karen Himle sounds pretty frustrated in these e-mails. In the first, she appears to say that Dean Al Levine or Bell Director Susan Weller should have pressed her to reverse her decision if they’d been so concerned with it: In this one, she sounds frustrated that President Bob Bruininks didn’t understand the gravity of the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Who at the U had concerns about Troubled Waters?

So far I’ve found references — some of them second-hand — indicating that President Bob Bruininks, associate deans Jay Bell and Gregory Cuomo, associate professor Jeff Strock, deans Bev Durgan and Al Levine had concerns about the film. Strock does not appear to have been on the original review panel, however, and Levine seems to…
by Alex Friedrich

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How the U-Minnesota tries to blunt ag criticism

How the U-Minnesota tries to blunt ag criticism

As VP Karen Himle wrote in the e-mail I first posted: “I would like to consider our options prior to that point as I anticipate a legitimately negative response to this from some sectors of our ag community.” The university clearly is concerned with how agricultural interests view the research and educational material coming out…
by Alex Friedrich

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My impressions so far of the Troubled Waters correspondence

Here’s a modified version of what may appear in a short on-the-air piece tomorrow. It reflects my impression so far from the e-mails I’ve read. (I think I’ve read the most important ones at first glance, but we’ll see.) I plan on posting documents soon to show you why I got those impressions. The overview:…
by Alex Friedrich

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A snapshot of U of M VP's concerns with Troubled Waters

A snapshot of U of M VP's concerns with Troubled Waters

Here’s the first of the documents I’ll be putting online in an attempt to shine a light on what happened behind the scenes of the “Troubled Waters” film flap. I went through something like 2,500 pages with some folks from the Land Steward, helped out later by Star Tribune reporter Tom Meersman. We searched for…
by Alex Friedrich

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