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Large crowds, governor cheer students returning to Oregon college

Large crowds, governor cheer students returning to Oregon college

A mass shooting came on the first week of classes at Umpqua Community College; this past weekend, families and loved ones held memorial services and funerals for many of the victims.

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Columbia Heights school board member to quit over Muslim comments

Columbia Heights school board member to quit over Muslim comments

Grant Nichols, a Columbia Heights school board member whose Facebook page contained comments disparaging Muslims, plans to resign. He continues to insist that he did not write the comments.
by Jon Collins

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Minnesota campuses have shooter response plans

Minnesota's two public college systems say they have emergency plans in place for each campus and campus-wide alert systems to warn students, faculty and staff in the event of a shooting or other emergency.
by The Associated Press

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U regents back $166 million Athletes Village

U regents back $166 million Athletes Village

The University of Minnesota plans to break ground next month on the facility, which will include updated practice and training facilities for football and basketball teams.
by The Associated Press

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Committee OKs lifting UW out-of-state student cap

The UW System currently caps the number of out-of-state undergraduates at 27.5 percent of the total undergraduate population at each campus.
by The Associated Press

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Where the wild fractions are: The power of a bedtime (math) story

Where the wild fractions are: The power of a bedtime (math) story

Parents who are uneasy about their own math skills often worry about how best to teach the subject to their kids. Now there's an app for that.
by Eric Westervelt

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U finds ties to mentors, families help keep at-risk kids in school

University of Minnesota researchers in 1990 believed an intensive relationship among a mentor, student and family could keep teens from dropping out. Officials recently met to share data on 25 years of Check & Connect.
by Jon Collins

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MN school district seeks $3M from farmer who sued over bonds

Sibley East Public Schools says in a court motion that Nathan Kranz' litigation cost it nearly $3 million and that he failed to put up a $300,000 surety bond as ordered.
by The Associated Press

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St. Paul schools not ready to change start times

School officials told the school board Tuesday night that Metro Transit doesn't have the capacity to add enough bus services to make the change work. The school board will make a final decision in November.
by Tim Nelson

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U of M's human research re-accreditation on hold

The decision comes seven months after a critical report found "many weaknesses" in the university's efforts to protect people who participate in research experiments.
by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim

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