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May 19, 2013
The Newsstand is the Daily’s newsroom blog. The purpose of this blog is to increase transparency of our coverage and give reporters an opportunity to blog news that doesn’t make it into print.
Thu, 7/2, 4:21pm (4 years ago)
The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GAPSA) will vote Wednesday for a new executive vice president. There is presently only one candidate, current Vice President for Public Affairs Jasmine Blanks, a second-year graduate student at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.
GAPSA President Kristi Kremers said if Blanks is elected, a public…
Wed, 7/1, 10:35am (4 years ago)
Just in time for travelers to hit the road for the July 4th holiday weekend, a new interactive Web site was launched to help road-trippers stay away from dangerous traffic zones.
The site, saferoadmaps.org, was created by transportation experts from the University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies, and includes an…
Tue, 6/30, 7:44pm (4 years ago)
It was widely thought that adolescents considered themselves invincible, and that this belief lead them to try risky behaviors like drugs, drinking and unprotected sex, as they thought their actions would be without consequence.
University of Minnesota researchers flipped this assumption in a study released Monday.
After interviewing over 20,000 students from grades seven through…
Tue, 6/30, 7:21pm (4 years ago)
Today I start a blog, Below The Newswhole, that highlights police reports that aren't substantial enough to make it on the site or in the paper. However, nobody claimed that these stories weren't entertaining...
Woman cited for glue sniffing
When and where: 11:35 p.m. on June 25 at 500 Oak Street SE.
Who…
Thu, 6/25, 5:31pm (4 years ago)
After the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled ranked-choice voting, also known as instant runoff voting, constitutional two weeks ago, the St. Paul City Council elected Wednesday to have its residents weigh in on the system this November.
According to the Star Tribune, the St. Paul council is following through on a…
According to the Star Tribune, the St. Paul council is following through on a…
Thu, 6/25, 2:11pm (4 years ago)
Teach for America, a program that places college graduates in high-need school districts as teachers, is expanding its program to Twin Cities-area schools.
The 40 new Twin Cities teachers had their training at the University on Wednesday.
The Teach for America organization already has programs in 35 regions throughout the country, including…
Thu, 6/25, 1:50pm (4 years ago)
About 50 Iranian-Americans continued demonstrations against alleged election fraud and street violence in Iran with a protest on Wednesday afternoon.
Sara Nasiri Amini, a grad student at the University, said the protest went from approximately 11:30 to 1:30 on Wednesday, and was held at the Hennepin County Government Center Plaza. She said…
Wed, 6/24, 12:59pm (4 years ago)
After plenty of talk, the Star Tribune finally hired a new editor to head up the special investigations desk, Minnpost.com reports.
Jeffrey Meitrodt, a University of Minnesota alumnus, 10-year investigations editor at the New Orleans Times-Picayune and author of some high-profile national stories, will start working next month.
Rene Sanchez, Strib managing editor,…
Jeffrey Meitrodt, a University of Minnesota alumnus, 10-year investigations editor at the New Orleans Times-Picayune and author of some high-profile national stories, will start working next month.
Rene Sanchez, Strib managing editor,…
Tue, 6/23, 4:10pm (4 years ago)
Hennepin County will not burn more trash next year, at least not with the approval from the Minneapolis Planning Commission.
The Hennepin Energy Recovery Center, a garbage burner located next door to the new Twins ballpark in downtown Minneapolis, asked the planning commission to allow them to burn about 200 more…
Mon, 6/22, 7:47am (4 years ago)
Bill Gleason, a University professor, blogger and avid tweeter of all things U of M spoke out against recent administrative decisions at an open Regents forum last week. The gist of the speech was that the University places too much importance on facilities and not enough on students and faculty, citing…
Thu, 6/18, 12:24pm (4 years ago)
About 30 Iranian U students protested the Iran election procedures on Monday, waving signs and singing revolutionary songs, and asking "Where is my vote?" The students believe the presidential election procedures in the Iran election involved fraud, and unfairly handed victory to President Mahmoud Ahmadijenad.
The students were also voicing their concern over the…
Tue, 6/16, 8:16pm (4 years ago)
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear the appeal of five Cuban men who were convicted in 2001 of spying for the Cuban government, according to Reuters.
The men argued that the trial was unfair because it took place in Miami, where a large Cuban American community resides,…
Tue, 6/16, 3:45pm (4 years ago)
The University of Minnesota Comedy Team won the stand-up portion of Rooftop Comedy’s 2009 National College Comedy Competition on Saturday.
The team, made up of Linda Aarons, Trevor Anderson, Andy Erikson, and Bradford Paik, survived the six rounds of the competition, and was granted an all-expenses-paid trip to perform at the…
Tue, 6/16, 2:23pm (4 years ago)
The Lowry Avenue Bridge will be removed via implosion at 9 a.m. Sunday, according to a Hennepin County news release.
The current structure, which has been a historic landmark in Minnesota since 1905, has been closed since April 2008. The old bridge must be removed before construction can begin on its…
Mon, 6/15, 1:46pm (4 years ago)
Minnesota suffered its first death from the H1N1 influenza, the state's Department of Health announced today.
The 5-year-old girl from Minneapolis was infected last week.
She was hospitalized briefly at Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota in Minneapolis where she died on Thursday, said her mother, according to the Star Tribune.
Aaron DeVries,…
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