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Where to read all the juicy Troubled Waters e-mails

Where to read all the juicy Troubled Waters e-mails

Unsatisfied with the investigation into the internal emails behind the University of Minnesota‘s Troubled Waters mini-scandal? Now you can look into it yourself. The Land Stewardship Project, an environmental nonprofit that has been one of the biggest critics of the U’s handling of the film controversy, has posted a database of what it considers the…
by Alex Friedrich

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St. Olaf College food is among the best

St. Olaf College food is among the best

I’ve often wondered who has the best college food in Minnesota, and I just ran across this foodie slide show in The Daily Beast. St. Olaf is #3 in the show, though I’m not sure there’s any order to it. Here’s what The Daily Beast has to say: As one of Minnesota’s most expensive schools,…
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Two cool MnSCU student projects

Two Minnesota students have made the Chronicle of Higher Education’s podcast series,”Say Something,” which interviews students around the country about what they’re up to. Shawn Hagen of South Central College builds aluminum guitars, and he talks about how they tie in with his management major. He tells the Chronicle: “I wanted to show future students…
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How Bemidji State is helping Indian students

MPR reporter Tom Robertson reports on how Bemidji State University’s American Indian Resource Center could become a national home for Ojibwe language and cultural education — and already is a welcoming presence for Indian students. Roberson interviews Don Day, director of BSU’s American Indian Resource Center, who says that because Indian students can come from…
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College essay bloopers

I still cringe at the creative use of grammar in my college essay for Boston University. I think the odd topic I chose — time travel –got me in, but the memory still pains me. That’s why I experience a bit of Schadenfreude whenever I read stories about bizarre college entrance applications or interviews. Makes…
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Where for-profit groups' donations are going

Where for-profit groups' donations are going

Timely reporting for the election season. Found this chart on for-profits’ political donations, which was produced by the Chronicle of Higher Education. (Go here to see it on its Web site.) Interesting that Minneapolis-based Capella University (#10) is the only one giving a majority of its donations to Republicans.
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Notes in the Margins: Health care, plagiarism and applying early

SMU’s relationship with BP misunderstood The relationship between GeoSpatial Services (GSS) of Saint Mary’s University and British Petroleum (BP) is often misunderstood. (cardinal-smumn.blogspot.com) UPlan to change due to health care reform bill Federal health care reform was signed into law in March, but the changes affecting University of Minnesota faculty who receive coverage as a…
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Bemidji college's Ojibwe center a home for increasing number of Indian students

Bemidji college's Ojibwe center a home for increasing number of Indian students

Built in 2003 largely with private dollars and contributions from local tribes, the $2.6 million American Indian Resource Center, has become an important gathering place for American Indians.
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Adjuncts: An obstacle to remedial education?

Liz Willen in The Hechinger Report lists one reason community college students can’t seem to catch up in remedial classes: More than half of community-college courses are taught by part-time, adjunct professors who typically make $1,000 to $3,000 per course and who don’t get benefits.The widespread use of adjuncts has led to questions about the…
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What one Winona State sorority member has to say about frat guys

On the College Candy Web site is an article, Greek Speak: Frat Guys, An Insider’s Perspective, that asks sorority women for their take on fraternity men. Here’s the one Minnesota opinion in the piece: Gabby: Phi Theta Chi, Winona State University My boyfriend is Greek and he is a diamond in the rough, to be…
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