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7 reasons to get to know your professor

7 reasons to get to know your professor

This one’s for the introverts among us — from the It’s-Not-What-You-Know-But-Who-You-Know Department: Seven Reasons to Get to Know Your Professor. Here’s the condensed list. You can read the full article here. The essence of the article: People tend to help acquaintances and friends more than total strangers, so start getting to know your profs. 1.…
by Alex Friedrich

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Film director's full commentary

For those interested in the full reaction of Larkin McPhee, director of the river pollution documentary Troubled Waters, read her commentary on MPR’s Web site.
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Branding, legacies and the cost of athletics to all students

David Leibow: The Number One Cause of College Unhappiness The biggest reason students flounder academically is that they’re unprepared. Students from weak high schools have studied curricula that aren’t rigorous enough. Students from strong high schools have studied curricula that, if anything, are too rigorous. One thing both groups have in common: no one has…
by Alex Friedrich

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Bell director on the cancellation of the museum premier

MPR’s Tim Post spoke this evening with Bell Museum Director Susan Weller after the announcement that the University would indeed show the environmental documentary Troubled Waters. On why she canceled the Bell Museum premier of the film: “When I was stepping on a plane Sept. 8 to go to Europe to give a presentation, I…
by Alex Friedrich

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Eco groups still want Himle's head

The University of Minnesota’s decision to show the film Troubled Waters has only slightly dampened the call for the resignation of Karen Himle, the University official at the center of the flap. A coalition of more than a dozen Minnesota farm and environmental groups has sent a letter today to University President Robert Bruininks requesting:…
by Alex Friedrich

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Oversight body: We still want an explanation

“We’re pleased to hear the film will be shown. We’re confident it will raise some thoughtful comment. We look forward to meeting with the U to better understand what happened. We still want an explanation.” — Mike Banker, communications manager for Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources, a legislative body that oversees close to 70 percent…
by Alex Friedrich

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Troubled Waters director: relieved, but still baffled

“It has been a strange process from the beginning, inexplicable behavior from the U and a number of about-faces. … I still don’t understand what’s happened … but I’m relieved people can come out and see what the show is about. I’m really proud of this film. … This is a good step in the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Trouble Waters to show as scheduled

This from the U’s News Service: MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (09/23/2010) —The University of Minnesota has announced that the film “Troubled Waters” will be available today. (Note: A U spokesman said some copies will be set aside as soon as today for news media to review.) A showing of the film will take place at…
by Alex Friedrich

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On Campus: Trying to find the trouble in Troubled Waters

Reporters Tim Post and Alex Friedrich get a screening of the "Troubled Waters" documentary which was cancelled due to allegations it was not balanced.

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