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Four years of defensive war take a toll on a nation.
Opinion: Aid for Ukraine is still essential four years later
by Matthew Jegers
Published June 19, 2026

Four years ago, I was a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed high school sophomore who had just entered the realm of competitive speech and debate. While...

Stop glaring at your barista for forgetting cold foam
Opinion: We need to start treating customer service workers better
by Callie Burch
Published June 19, 2026

Plenty of young people have worked a customer service job to help afford the expenses that come with being a college student. Anyone who works...

Editorial Cartoon: Leave your phone addiction at home
Editorial Cartoon: Leave your phone addiction at home
by Nhiache Xiong
Published June 18, 2026
It’s that time of year again.
Campus Caucus: Met Gala meets mixed student opinions
by Amelia Watters
Published May 4, 2025

The Met Gala, hosted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday, May 5, is an annual fundraising event in honor of the museum’s Costume Institute...

Love is in the air.
Campus Caucus: Deal-breakers and relationship-makers
by Vivian Wilson
Published February 13, 2025

This week marks a controversial holiday. Whether or not you think love is in the air, it’s certainly on most of our minds. We tend to generally...

Op-Ed: UMN’s contract with Google Gemini is self-destructive
Op-Ed: UMN’s contract with Google Gemini is self-destructive
by Emma Bourne and Martha Denton
Published September 30, 2025

On July fifteenth, we received an email from the University of Minnesota’s Office of Information Technology with the subject line “Introducing...

Op-Ed: We’ve worked at the University of Minnesota for 40 years — we’re going on strike tonight
Op-Ed: We’ve worked at the University of Minnesota for 40 years — we’re going on strike tonight
by Christy O’Connor and Estifanos Tesfagiorgis
Published September 9, 2025

We are senior building and grounds workers at the University of Minnesota. We have worked a combined 40 years at the University — Christy for...

The perks of vacation season come with a hot and humid climate.
Columnist Conversation: Is summer really all that?
by Matthew Jegers and Vivian Wilson
Published June 2, 2025

Matthew: Hey, Vivian! I hope your summer is going well, as well as it can go, given that it is the season of heatstroke, mosquitoes and humidity....

Let’s discuss women’s attraction to crime media.
Columnist Conversation: What draws women to true crime?
by Amelia Watters and Izzy Curry
Published April 13, 2025

Amelia: Hey Izzy! Do you know what I find Interesting? Women’s interest in true crime. I’ve never been invested in true crime media, but...

Meta glasses embolden men to openly harass women.
Opinion: Meta AI glasses pose a threat to women’s safety
by Callie Burch
Published June 15, 2026

As technology advances, it seems men can’t avoid finding ways to use it to harass women. This is especially true for surveillance devices....

Massive government enforcement operations have long-lasting consequences.
Opinion: Operation Metro Surge left long-lasting scars we can’t ignore
by Matthew Jegers
Published June 12, 2026

The 2025 fall semester was almost like any other. I spent it running between classes, editing multimedia projects, squeezing volunteer hours...

Editorial Cartoon: The children will be okay, mostly
Editorial Cartoon: The children will be okay, mostly
by Nhiache Xiong
Published June 11, 2026

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