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The job ad for Tubby Smith's replacement

UMN Basketball Coach Position (PDF) UMN Basketball Coach Position (Text) Just in case you’re interested in applying. University of Minnesota Athletics Director Norwood Teague has said he won’t use an outside search firm, but will use his (and his staff’s) own networks to find a replacement. He said he’d look locally and nationally.
by Alex Friedrich

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Competing robots take over U of M arenas

Thousands of high school students are expected to pack the university's Williams and Mariucci arenas for the Minnesota Regional FIRST Robotics Competitions Friday and Saturday.

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What Concordia University students want from St. Paul

As I hinted at in yesterday’s post, St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman spoke with some Concordia University students on Tuesday to see what they want out of their city. It’s part of an attempt to attract and keep young talent, and make St. Paul a vibrant place to work and live. Coleman mentioned in his…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why a University of Minnesota Quiz Bowl team member feels vindicated

Why a University of Minnesota Quiz Bowl team member feels vindicated

“It still doesn’t really make sense to me. It’s awesome. We did it. We actually did it.” — University of Minnesota Quiz Bowl competitor Andrew Hart. His team was runner-up to Harvard in 2009 and 2011. But Harvard was stripped of four national championships earlier this month — including those for 2009 and 2011 — after it…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Rape, condoms and radiology

Trainees in Radiology and Other Specialties See Dream Jobs Disappearing Recent radiology graduates with huge medical school debts are having trouble finding work, let alone the $400,000 jobs that beckoned as they signed on for years of low-paid labor as trainees. (The New York Times) Boston College Says Students Giving Away Condoms In ‘Safe Sites’ May Be…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why Jason Alexander was in St. Paul

Why Jason Alexander was in St. Paul

“So the other day, I get a call from Sen. Al Franken, and he says, ‘Hey, Jason Alexander is in town. Do you want to have dinner with him? He’s the guy who played George (Costanza in the TV show Seinfeld).’ And I said, ‘Of course, I want to have dinner with him.’ (Laughter.) And…
by Alex Friedrich

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Rep. Pelowski on how the buyout of Tubby Smith could hurt UMN

Yesterday I linked to a Rochester Post-Bulletin article that quoted the state House higher education committee chairman calling the $2.5 million contract buyout for fired University of Minnesota basketball coach Tubby Smith “obscene.” The chairman, Rep. Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona), has been tough on spending by the U and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU)…
by Alex Friedrich

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A confusing moment for UMN-Duluth students in DC

A confusing moment for UMN-Duluth students in DC

A group of University of Minnesota – Duluth students were walking down the street in Washington, D.C., recently, when some dude in a passing car yelled out: “Duluth, Duluth!” That dude ended up being Democratic U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan of the 8th District, who got out and chatted with the students, and then posed for a…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Twitter, millennials and non-degree courses

On Campus, Hoping Success Will Be a Draw Conventional wisdom is open to debate, but there is no denying that Florida Gulf Coast University has vaulted, over the course of a single weekend, from obscurity to floodlighted national visibility. (The New York Times) What I learned this week on Twitter These are the things I have learned,…
by Alex Friedrich

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What Rep. Gene Pelowski thinks of the Tubby Smith buyout

State Rep. Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona), chairman of the House higher education committee, tells the Rochester Post-Bulletin he thinks the $2.5 million buyout of University of Minnesota basketball coach Tubby Smith is ‘obscene’: “I don’t think the university has grasped the public reaction to all of this, that it hurts the university not just as an…
by Alex Friedrich

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