Subscribe to this tag But Female Moped Riders Are So Cute
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - September 21, 2007
University of Minnesota police have issued a flurry of moped-related traffic citations this week.
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Sexual Health Survey Trumps MBA Rankings in Interestingness
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - September 18, 2007
Forget the Wall Street Journal's rankings of best MBA programs; Trojan (of condom fame) released its second annual Sexual Health Report Card last week.
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - September 14, 2007
A student at the University of Minnesota is starting a deaf club to help the deaf community overcome "communication challenges," the Minnesota Daily reports.
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Al Franken Acts Like a Politician and Supports Minnesota Union
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - September 11, 2007
Comedian, Minnesota Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, and all-around liberal rabble-rouser Al Franken went to the University of Minnesota to voice his support for workers on strike there, reports the Minnesota Daily.
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - September 4, 2007
The University of Minnesota is now offering an urban studies class based on the August 1 Minneapolis bridge collapse, the Minnesota Daily reports.
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'Zombie Feeling' Settles Over Campus After Minnesota Bridge Collapse
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Jackie Mantey
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The Paper Trail - August 3, 2007
While the Interstate 35 bridge collapse has wounded the nation, it cut a little deeper for the students at the University of Minnesota.
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - July 17, 2007
*Research shows that strong NCAA football and basketball programs correlate with student athlete academic success, the Daily Iowan reports. Before all you sports-crazy schools get too excited, I have two words for you: unlimited resources.
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Con Man Strikes Minnesota Chemistry Department
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Alison Go
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Christina Mueller
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The Paper Trail - July 3, 2007
In what we in the business call a slow news week, the Minnesota Daily reports that an unidentified flimflammer swindled $37 out of a University of Minnesota chemistry professor. Posing as a former student of the teacher's "general chemistry" course (a class the professor never taught), the hustler also swiped a $150 chemistry book and poked around with lab chemicals.
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - June 20, 2007
*The name of a former Ku Klux Klan grand dragon still graces street signs at the University of Oklahoma, the Hub reports. At least one student is upset about it.
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Too Much Booty in the Pants? A Minnesota Student Could Have the Solution
The Paper Trail - December 1, 2006
A University of Minnesota design student is using advanced digital imaging equipment for a project that could do the impossible: make women's jeans actually fit their bodies. Participants in Ellen McKinney's study begin by getting a full-body scan and will end with a personally tailored pair of pants, the Minnesota Daily reports.
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The Paper Trail - December 1, 2006
The Minnesota Daily finished a series of scary articles about the threat of avian bird flu on an up note last week: Administering tests for the virus is now "quick and inexpensive," the paper writes.
A Roanoke College professor has decided to retire, citing age as the reason, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports.
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Minnesota Law Prof. Challenged over Role in Bush Administration
The Paper Trail - November 28, 2006
Students at the University of Minnesota law school are signing a petition to protest the school's choice of a constitutional law professor for next semester. Before he came to Minnesota, Robert Delahunty—who also teaches at the University of St.
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The Paper Trail - November 14, 2006
At the University of Washington, sorority members are not allowed to cook or clean for themselves--so they pay "houseboys" to do it for them, the Daily Evergreen reports.
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