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Environmental group wants U-Minnesota VP's resignation

Around the height of the Troubled Waters controversy, the Land Stewardship Project called for the head of Karen Himle, vice president for university relations at the University of Minnesota, for her role in the mess — if she was “deemed responsible for the decision.” Looks like the release of e-mails has only strengthened its call…
by Alex Friedrich

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Troubled Waters: the U's internal debate

Troubled Waters: the U's internal debate

Alex is still over at the U of M poring over the 2,500 docs released today. He hasn’t uncovered evidence of some massive conspiracy over the Troubled Waters cancellation, but he sent over one internal email that illustrates the turmoil among U staffers as the decision unfolded. The exchange is between Allen Levine, dean of…
by Bill Wareham

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Troubled Waters: Bruininks' bottom line

Alex posted the whole news release a few minutes ago. But while he’s over at the U digging through the 2,500 pages of documents that he and other reporters requested, I thought it worthwhile to highlight  U of M President Robert Bruininks’ bottom line assessment of the matter: Over the past few weeks, we have…
by Bill Wareham

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U-Minnesota releasing Troubled Waters e-mails

This from spokesman Dan Wolter: From: University of Minnesota News Service [mailto:unews@umn.edu] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 1:56 PM Subject: University of Minnesota statement regarding “Troubled Waters” documentary Contacts: Daniel Wolter, University News Service, unews@umn.edu, (612) 624-5551 University of Minnesota statement regarding “Troubled Waters” documentary MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (10/15/2010) —The following is a statement…
by Alex Friedrich

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Obama to headline rally at U-Minnesota

Obama to headline rally at U-Minnesota

MPR’s Capitol View blog reports that President Obama will be visiting Northrop Mall at the University of Minnesota a week from tomorrow for a DFL rally to support DFL gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton: St. Paul-President Obama will travel to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to headline a rally for Democratic-Farmer-Labor party gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton on Saturday, October…
by Alex Friedrich

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Is there a double standard for study drugs?

So it’s cheating if a student with no learning disorder uses Adderall to study but it’s totally okay if the student has been diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Disorder—a condition with no objective measures for identification and one that’s said to be wildly over diagnosed—and uses prescribed stimulants when he’s got a lot of work to do?…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Gaming, mascots and study drugs

Yale DKE Fraternity Apologizes For Chanting Vulgarities about Women The University of Minnesota chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon isn’t the only one making bad headlines. Members of the Yale chapter met with members of the school’s women’s center last night to apologize for the vulgar chants that were shouted across campus as part of the…
by Alex Friedrich

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When you can visit a MN private college this month

High-school students who are eyeing some of the state’s private colleges will find that this month is a great time to visit campuses and get their vibe. Many are hosting special fall events and tours — with varying degrees of registration — so get in touch with the institutions for details. Here’s a list of…
by Alex Friedrich

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Goldy Gopher makes NBC's Top 10 mascots

Goldy Gopher makes NBC's Top 10 mascots

Goldy may not have made the Associated Press’ list of 12 coolest football mascots, but it ranked #10 on NBC Sports’ Out-of-Bounds blog list of Top 10 Power Mascots, a ranking that considered “newsworthiness, style and general awesomeness.” NBC’s Rick Chandler on why Goldy made it: This is from last year, but Goldy’s body of…
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