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Justin Jones rehearses for a performance art installation at the Walker Art Center. Minneapolis-based choreographers Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad are inviting the public to come and experience one of the 10-minute one-on-one performances that will take place 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 2 and 3.

Performance Review: “Super Nature” Installation at the Walker

by Tony
Published June 2, 2012
We went back to the Walker to check out the BodyCartography Project’s performance installation/social experiment.

Portions of light rail closed this weekend

by Bryna Godar
Published June 1, 2012

A portion of the Hiawatha light-rail line will be closed this weekend due to construction and maintenance, according to a press release by Metro Transit. Route 55 buses will take over for the stretch from...

DC Comics outs Green Lantern

by Tony
Published June 1, 2012

 When DC Comics reset all of its titles to #1 last year as part of their "New 52 initiative," the reboot promised to make the company's sprawling 70-year history more accessible to...

Facebook users to vote on privacy changes

by Nickalas Tabbert
Published June 1, 2012

Beginning Friday, Facebook is letting its users vote on changes to its privacy policies. This is the second time the social media company is letting users vote on policy changes, The Associated Press said. ...

Friday is National Doughnut Day

by Nickalas Tabbert
Published June 1, 2012

Here is a chance for all you doughnut lovers out there to celebrate. Friday marks the 75th anniversary of National Doughnut Day.  The holiday is held on the first Friday in June and was established...

Truck crashes into bar, injures 5

by Megan Gosch
Published June 1, 2012

A pickup truck drove into a bar in Little Canada Wednesday, injuring five people, the Star Tribune reported. A 51-year-old woman crashed the truck into Gordie’s Place around 1:30 p.m., knocking out...

Bicyclist fatally struck on Hwy. 96

by Megan Gosch
Published June 1, 2012

A 28-year-old man died Thursday morning after being struck by a car on his bicycle near Shoreview, according to the Pioneer Press. Joseph Hunt, of Shoreview, was biking in the eastbound lane of Highway...

Professor Ascan Koemer poses for a portrait in the control room for the lab where he studies family communication Monday in Ford Hall. Koemer has recently performed a study on families with children conceived through reproductive technology.

On the tenure track: faculty balance tenure requirements

by Tyler Gieseke, special to the Daily
Published June 1, 2012
Tenure-track faculty are evaluated based on teaching, research and service.

U.S. official criticizes Syrian reports

by Michael Geissler
Published June 1, 2012

  U.S. official Susan Rice called the Syrian Government report blaming terrorists for the massacre in Houla “another blatant lie,” according to CNN.com. The Syrian government has blamed...

Sufjan Stevens covers “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”

by Raghav Mehta
Published May 31, 2012

I was always more of a fairweather Sufjan Stevens fan. While I enjoyed the sprawling epic that was "Illinoise,"  - his 2004 critically-acclaimed indie sensation  - I never understood...

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