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The Minnesota Daily

Gopher head coach Richard Pitino looks down the court on Tuesday, March 5 at Williams Arena.

Gophers land Utah transfer Both Gach

by Nick Jungheim
Published June 15, 2020
The Minnesota native averaged 10.7 points per game last season.
Letter to the Editor: Let's revisit the renaming controversy

Letter to the Editor: Let’s revisit the renaming controversy

by Letter to the Editor
Published June 15, 2020
The University should reckon with its racist past and be on the right side of history.
Illustration by Sarah Mai

‘Ultimately, the plan is just that — a plan’: A look at reopening plans across the Big Ten

by Jasmine Snow
Published June 15, 2020
University of Minnesota students and faculty have expressed concerns about the University's current projections.
Tamara Stark, the senior director of housing and youth development at Tubman, poses for a portrait at the Harriet Tubman Center East in Maplewood on Tuesday, June 9. Tubman provides shelter, legal services, mental and chemical health counseling, elder abuse resources, youth programming and education to the Twin Cities community.

Students facing abuse left more vulnerable during COVID-19

by Becca Most
Published June 15, 2020
With the closure of in-person resources, a pandemic exacerbates structural barriers to support.
Protesters clash with police outside of the Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct on Minnehaha Avenue on Tuesday, May 26. The protest was in response to the death of George Floyd in police custody. 

Minnesota lawmakers consider banning warrior training, enacting other police reform policies

by Madeline Deninger
Published June 15, 2020
One provision, authored by University-area representative Mohamud Noor, would ban cash bail.
“Say Their Names" cemetery in South Minneapolis represents a person killed by law enforcement in this country. Created by two University of Pennsylvania students, it’s a grassroots art installation located just blocks away from the George Floyd Memorial in Minneapolis on Thursday, June 12.

‘Say Their Names’ cemetery memorializes Black lives lost to police brutality

by Meg Bishop
Published June 15, 2020
The art installation in South Minneapolis has over a hundred headstones made of cardboard, plastic and paper with the names of Black people killed by police.
Gopher head coach Richard Pitino looks down the court on Tuesday, March 5 at Williams Arena.

Incoming freshmen bring needed skills to help Gophers’ men’s basketball

by Nick Jungheim
Published June 14, 2020
Jamal Mashburn Jr. and Martice Mitchell committed to Minnesota in fall 2019.
The Board of Regents convene for their December 2019 meeting at the McNamara Alumni Center on Thursday, Dec. 12.

Regents pass systemwide plan, approve fall reopening strategies and 2021 budget

by Max Chao and Abbey Machtig
Published June 13, 2020
In the final regents meeting of the month, administrators also kept the start of fall semester to Sept. 8, discussed Title IX policy revisions and set a date to discuss campus safety proposals.
Illustration by Luis Mendoza

As state reopens, religious student groups keep gatherings small but connected

by Brooke Sheehy
Published June 13, 2020
Since Gov. Tim Walz began allowing religious gatherings at 25% capacity, worship groups considered whether to remain online or begin meeting in person.
Protesters demonstrate the Black power fist as a sign of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, photographed by Isaiah Rustad. (Image courtesy of Isaiah Rustad)

Behind the camera: George Floyd protests

by Meg Bishop
Published June 13, 2020
Minneapolis photographers capture a movement on camera

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