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Hamline prof: One financial reason for Hamline not to hire Tom Emmer

“That would be money wasted.” — Associate professor Jim Bonilla of Hamline University to the Pioneer Press on the consequence of Hamline hiring Tom Emmer — who’s vocally opposed to same-sex marriage — while maintaining a staff training program on creating safe spaces for gay and lesbian students. Bonilla also recalled to the paper the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Cuba, Boomers and the pepper-spray chancellor

Katehi confronted by pepper-spray victim at Capitol After nearly four hours of a staid legislative hearing over recent confrontations between campus police and university students, UC-Davis Chancellor Linda P. B. Katehi today found herself face to face with a 24-year-old victim of last month’s pepper spray incident who demanded to know why Katehi had been ducking her requests…
by Alex Friedrich

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Proposed Anoka-Hennepin policy draws fire

Proposed Anoka-Hennepin policy draws fire

The Anoka-Hennepin school district may revise a policy that prevents teachers and staff from discussing issues of sexual orientation and other "controversial" topics. Julie Blaha, president of the Anoka-Hennepin Teacher's Union, joins us to discuss the proposed change.

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Brooklyn Center OKs levy after eight previous rejections

Brooklyn Center OKs levy after eight previous rejections

Brooklyn Center voters approved a property tax levy on Tuesday, after voting down previous levy proposals eight times in row, as this graphic illustrates. Click on the image to enlarge.
by Curtis Gilbert

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An e-mail that Hamline may have sent regarding Tom Emmer

An e-mail that Hamline may have sent regarding Tom Emmer

Craig: I am the new Department Chair under which Business law falls. For the spring we are offering a session during the day and Tom Emmer is going to teach it. This is Tom’s first time teaching the course. I have given him a copy of your syllabus but am hoping you would be able…
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Three questions about the Hamline-Emmer dispute

We’ve been having a hard time getting Hamline University folks to answer our calls or make any further statements on the dispute between Tom Emmer and Hamline over whether the university reneged on an agreement to hire him an an “executive-in-residence” and adjunct professor because of faculty unrest. So far the main points of information…
by Alex Friedrich

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What MN College Republicans say about the Hamline-Emmer dispute

Just got this: Minnesota College Republicans Disappointed in Hamline University Discrimination against conservatives at college campuses—at all levels—needs to stop.   The St. Paul Pioneer Press reported Wednesday that the Hamline University administration caved to a small group of liberal activist professors who raised concerns about Tom Emmer’s potential  employment, and rescinded the previously agreed…
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Video: How University of Minnesota students get good luck on finals

Video: How University of Minnesota students get good luck on finals

Here’s a goofy way to say “Good luck” with finals — a silly University of Minnesota Student Unions & Activities video on the tradition of tossing pennies into the Coffman Memorial Union fountain for good luck. (You just need to watch the first. It’s really short. The rest are essentially the same video but with different students.)  
by Alex Friedrich

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Why Tom Emmer is upset with Hamline University

Why Tom Emmer is upset with Hamline University

Obviously, this was extremely disappointing to me, but I was even more disappointed by what (business dean Anne McCarthy) told me next…incredibly, because of my conservative political views I will not be allowed to teach business law to Hamline students. — Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer in a letter to Hamline University President Linda…
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