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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

It's easy to dismiss concrete architecture as ugly, but brutalism has genuine aesthetic value.

Opinion: The beauty of brutalism

by Leo Huppke
Published November 21, 2024

From sidewalks to highways to entire buildings, concrete covers our city. It’s cold, uncomfortable to sit on and dull in color.Still, concrete is beautiful.My love for this cementitious building...

Bone marrow donations help patients with diseases like leukemia and sickle cell disease.

Gift of Life club makes bone marrow donation easy

by Rachel Hoppe
Published November 21, 2024

The Gift of Life club at the University of Minnesota provides students with resources to donate bone marrow and stem cells. The drives do not allow students to donate bone marrow or stem cells at...

Student climber, Vivek Kethinei, scaling the new LED lit Kilter Board.

New climbing training center gives student climbers welcomed challenge

by Casey Marble
Published November 20, 2024

Climbing has become an increasingly popular sport, especially among college students, and University of Minnesota students do not seem to be immune from the bouldering bug. The new Climbing Training...

Student protesters marching on campus.

Protesters march through UMN campus to protest the election of Donald Trump

by Tyler Church
Published November 20, 2024

Members of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) led a protest Tuesday with members of the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee and Asians For Palestine (AFP). The protest campaigned against...

Steveson returns to the mat on a 52-match win streak.

Gable Steveson to make Gophers wrestling return, continue dominance

by Champ Howard
Published November 20, 2024

Bursts of excitement exuded from the Gophers wrestling locker room when former Gopher Gable Steveson announced on Nov. 12 that he would return to his college team.Steveson, 24, exhibits showmanship...

Our cities’ freeways are full of issues, harming drivers and local communities.

Opinion: The Twin Cities’ highway design is a mess

by Jasmine Shackleford
Published November 20, 2024

Every time my family from outside of Minnesota visits the Twin Cities, we agree on the same thing: our highways are terrible.All the interchanges are massive monstrosities that confuse drivers and...

Midfielder Sophia Boman scored the sixth game-winning goal of her career on Friday.

Gophers soccer scores first NCAA tournament win since 2018

by Champ Howard
Published November 20, 2024

Six-seed Gophers women’s soccer kicked off the NCAA tournament on Friday with a win over South Dakota State University at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium.The Gophers will travel to Chapel Hill, North...

Melissa Skeet, "Skeet Fighter" went on a four-month-long roller skating journey to raise awareness for MMIW. Courtesy of Nate Zahn.

Symbols of resistance, the identity of movements

by Samantha Siedow
Published November 20, 2024

When describing the historical pattern of missing and murdered community members that motivated former roller derby player and Navajo activist Melissa Skeet to roller skate across the United States with...

Without an estimated $9 million for permanent bridge installations, the University said no progress will be made.

UMN bridge safety updates stall amidst jurisdictional, fundraising concerns

by Sam Hill and Georgia Jensen
Published November 20, 2024

Two confirmed deaths by suicide from the Washington Avenue Bridge over two weeks raise questions of temporary and permanent solutions to prevent further attempts. Suicide Awareness Voices of Education...

Four of the Gophers’ women’s runners finished in the top 20 in the pool of 230 runners at the NCAA Midwest Regional. Courtesy of University of Minnesota Athletics.

Gophers women’s cross country reframing nerves ahead of NCAA Championships

by Eitan Schoenberg
Published November 20, 2024

The Gophers women’s cross country team earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships with its second-place team finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional on Friday. Junior Ali Weimer finished as the...

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