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Veteran joins graduation ceremony 69 years later

Veteran joins graduation ceremony 69 years later

A World War II veteran who missed graduation at his Minneapolis high school 69 years ago will finally get to cross the commencement stage on Saturday.
by Tim Post

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The Week in Commentary

The Week in Commentary

A summary of the week's commentaries and some of the responses they generated.

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Bruininks among highest-paid public university chiefs

Bruininks among highest-paid public university chiefs

Former University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks is listed as the ninth-highest-paid president of a public university in a Huffington Post article based on data collected by the Chronicle of Higher Education. (The Chronicle has Bruininks in eighth place. The Post, however, slipped in University of Washington President Michael Young — who reportedly earned $802,000…
by Alex Friedrich

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How college students can harm a community

How college students can harm a community

St. Paul journalist and author Karin Winegar writes on MPR News why she supports limiting the number of student-housing rentals in her neighborhood near the University of St. Thomas: What’s changed (with the influx of students) is not just traffic and parking congestion, problems of property upkeep, litter and noise; it’s neighborliness. Many student renters…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Sean Combs, China and the Top 100 Under 50

UCLA scholarship for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ son raises eyebrows Some question whether the cash-strapped school should give the hip-hop mogul’s son a free ride. (Los Angeles Times) Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 List: The World’s Best New Universities The Times Higher Education magazine released the inaugural Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 list, which ranks the world’s 100 best…
by Alex Friedrich

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Anoka-Hennepin teachers approve Q Comp

Teachers at the state's largest school district voted Thursday to adopt the state's merit pay program, which is called Q Comp.
by Jon Collins

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Calif. teen wins National Spelling Bee

Snigdha Nandipati is the National Spelling Bee champion. The 14-year-old from San Diego spelled guetapens, a French-derived word that means ambush, snare or trap.

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Missing 6,000 pound U of M telescope found

Missing 6,000 pound U of M telescope found

A frantic search for a missing University of Minnesota telescope ended at a Texas truck wash on Wednesday night, but the trucker who disappeared with it for several days has offered no explanation to his now-former employer.
by Madeleine Baran

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