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This old University of Minnesota house: a peek inside Eastcliff
The communications folks at the U of M gave members of the media a tour of Eastcliff today, the official residence of the school’s president.  The current residents are U of M president Eric Kaler and his wife Karen, who moved in this summer. The purpose of the tour, according to our guides, was to…
If you haven’t seen it today, check out Midmorning’s segment on college costs. Here’s the intro: The rising cost of college, and the value that college is providing in an uncertain economy, is an issue of growing concern for students, parents and policy makers. Midmorning is joined by two college presidents, and a student leader,…
A new tool to help estimate college costs, if you can find it
As of this fall, colleges are required by a new federal rule to post a net-price calculator on their websites. It’s a simple tool that offers students and families an estimate on colleges costs.  It includes not only tuition and fees, but other living expenses as well.  And it also figures out how much government…
Why does college cost so much?
The rising cost of college, and the value that college is providing in an uncertain economy, is an issue of growing concern for students, parents and policy makers. Midmorning is joined by two college presidents, and a student leader, for an examination of why higher education has become so costly, and why it matters.
Ten students at Coon Rapids High School have been suspended after comments made on Facebook escalated into a shouting match in a school stairwell.
New web tool helps prospective students estimate college costs
A new online calculator is meant to help prospective college students estimate the cost of college, but the tool is getting mixed reviews.
Life as an MCAD student: up at 6:30, to bed at midnight
Anthony Warnick studies full time while cobbling together several outside jobs into 40-plus hours a week of work just to pay the bills.
Where you can seriously major in comics
Surrounded by comics on the classroom walls and below a Superman comic on a video monitor, MCAD adjunct faculty member Jim Keefe is critiquing junior Kyle Kruegor’s draft comic project in today’s “Introduction to Comics” class. Students such as Kruegor have already practiced the various stages — plot, penciling, lettering and inking. In this last…
How fine-arts students can get experience at MCAD
Campus has been buzzing with the 14th annual art sale, which starts tonight and runs through Saturday. It’s apparently the largest campus art sale in the nation, from what officials say, and a big reason why non-artists know about MCAD in the Twin Cities. Today the halls are decked out with 9,000 prints, paintings and…