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Classes start for 'turnaround schools'

Classes start for 'turnaround schools'

Today was the first day of school in most districts across Minnesota. For 30 schools that were identified earlier this year as the state's worst performers, it also marks the start of a three-year effort aimed at turning themselves around.
by Tom Weber

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Freshmen: Step #1 to better thinking?

I’m in Prof. Brad Hokanson’s Storytelling and Narrative class in the College of Design, and the 18 freshmen with me are about to put some of their old habits behind them. They’ve come to learn how to communicate more effectively by crafting a narrative rather than just spewing facts. They’ll learn how to structure knowledge…
by Alex Friedrich

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Politics on campus

Politics on campus

It’s been tough getting a read on the political vibe here on campus. Brandon Madsen, a 23-year-old aspiring grad student who volunteers with Socialist Alternative, says in past years it has been tough to engage with students. (He might know. He’s been working the campus since he was a high school student in 2004.) This…
by Alex Friedrich

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Wadena students head to temporary classrooms

Wadena students head to temporary classrooms

Students in Wadena, Minn., were back in school today for the first time since a tornado destroyed the town's high school back in June. They're now splitting their time between an elementary school and classroom space offered by the local community and technical college.
by Tom Robertson

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Yes, this is college — and there's no instruction manual

Kern Walster (from the Nice Ride booth) is a chemical engineering student who sounds as if he’s got a good head on his shoulders. But I had to laugh when he and his roommate, John Phillips, described how they showed up to the wrong class this morning. Looks like the room assignment had changed —…
by Alex Friedrich

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How to get around campus

How to get around campus

In front of the student union I meet freshman roommates John Phillips and Kern Walster at the Nice Ride tent. I’m drawn to them after hearing John proclaim the bike subscription program as as both “cool” and “awesome”. Neither Twin Cities native has a car — John hasn’t even gotten around to getting his drivers…
by Alex Friedrich

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How to spot a freshman

How to spot a freshman

I’m walking out of Middlebrook looking for a place where outsiders like me can get some breakfast. I run across a rather frazzled-looking David Kosal, a computer science freshman from Apple Valley who’s wandering around with a campus map and looking confused. I check my watch. It’s 9 a.m. Guess who’s about to be late…
by Alex Friedrich

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