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[Campus] U spending not in line with student priorities
A majority of students at the University think the school is trying to be a top-three institution at the expense of its students .
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[Campus] Coverage confusion at Boynton
Some graduate students have accused Boynton Health Service of misleading them regarding free health coverage over the summer. Boynton said the charges were simply the result of a communication mishap.
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[Campus] Theatre De La Jeune Lune closing
Recent theater graduate Colin Waitt said he is scared about what the future holds for his industry. Others share this fear.
With the recent announcement that...
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[Campus] The Neon Sun sets in a Darque shadow
The Neon Sun , an independent tanning salon in Stadium Village, is closing after four years.
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[Campus] Endowment fund honors former student
The Aleks I. Ablamunets Investment Fund will be introduced to the students this fall. Aleks Ablamunets' cousin Alex Ablamunets created the endowment fund to honor the life of his dead...
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[Campus] Carlson appoints new assistant dean
A Carlson School of Management search committee recently hired Mark Kizilos , an amateur orchestral and choral composer and the patent holder on a beverage lid...
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[Campus] U student and recent graduate sentenced to workhouse
A University student and a recent graduate were sentenced last Wednesday to two months in the Hennepin County Workhouse.
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[Metro and State] Pride Week draws nearly 500,000
Fifty daring GLBT supporters marched down the Nicollet Mall in 1972, ending with a small picnic in Loring Park . Thirty-six years later, nearly 500,000 people enjoyed the third-largest pride week in the country with a festival in that very same park.
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[Metro and State] Making waves: proposed Mississippi River turbine stalled
The Crown Hydro project, a proposed hydropower turbine located at St. Anthony Falls in the Mississippi River, has been stalling for nearly a decade...
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[Metro and State] Landscape arboretum director steps down after 25 years
Peter Olin learned to love nature in the fields and farms of Connecticut where he played as a child, a love he turned into a career.
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