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Eighth-grader offered basketball scholarship at Indiana

by Andrew Krammer
Published April 17, 2012

  When a grade-school kid is offered scholarships to play a sport, it's typical to have a waiting period before deciding on the college to play at.For Eron Gordon, he still needs to pick a high...

AP Stylebook seeks to destroy American way of life by accepting “hopefully”

by Eric Murphy
Published April 17, 2012

Today, the AP Stylebook has set America on a course toward ruin. A tweet this morning from @APStylebook read “Hopefully, you will appreciate this style update, announced at #aces2012. We now support...

Taliban Commander turns self in for reward

by Molly Novak
Published April 17, 2012

A mid-level Taliban commander in Paktika province, Mohammad Ashan, walked up to a police checkpoint holding a "Wanted" poster with his face on it. He demanded the finders fee of $100 written...

More women getting college degrees means more are choosing careers over families

by Rebecca Harrington
Published April 17, 2012

Women receive 57 percent of bachelor's degrees and 60 percent of master's degrees, according to a new study on sex ratio. Researchers at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management...

TV for your dog

by Molly Novak
Published April 17, 2012

Filmakers have created a TV show just for man's best friend. DogTV is eight-hours of on-demand cable TV programming designed to keep your dog relaxed, stimulated and entertained while you are...

Daily Digest: More Pulitzer news, Tennessee reform school, state demographer isn’t nerdy

by Taryn Wobbema
Published April 17, 2012

Happy Tuesday. Here’s your feature-filled Daily Digest: Yesterday we passed along the links to the 2012 Pulitzer Prize winners. Here are a few more categories: Editorial Cartooning – Matt Wuerkre...

Shuttle Discovery takes last flight

by Molly Novak
Published April 17, 2012

The space shuttle, Discovery, took it's last flight Tuesday over Washington D.C. before being delivered to the Smithsonian Museum for permanent display. The shuttle took off flying piggyback on Nasa's...

Grad student union debate will be settled in May

by Jill Jensen
Published April 17, 2012

Following the filing of an unfair election practices charge against the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services announced the procedure for handling the allegations. The Graduate...

Kappa Kappa Gamma senior Saidee Duffy competes in Spring Jam's opening tug-of-war competition Monday night at the Field House.  The Field House was home to Campus Carnival, Spring Jam's predecessor.

Spring Jam has long history centered on campus interaction

by Nickalas Tabbert
Published April 17, 2012
The roots of the annual event extend back almost a century.

Gophers athletics will outsource ticket sales

by Andrew Krammer
Published April 17, 2012
Minnesota’s athletics department announced Monday a partnership with The Aspire Group to sell tickets by calling or contacting potential customers.

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