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Row the Vote’s tabling events during Welcome Week proved successful. Courtesy of Clara Jünemann.

Row the Vote prepares students for election season

by Avery Vrieze
Published September 10, 2024

Amidst a flurry of Welcome Week events, the University of Minnesota’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG) registered over one hundred new voters and gained more than 500 pledges from students, according...

A fursuit group photo before the Furry Migration 2024 fursuit parade. Courtesy of Adam Oachs

The whimsical world of furries

by Gabriel Brito
Published September 10, 2024

Over 2,000 furries from across the nation and around the globe came to Minneapolis for this year’s Furry Migration, an annual convention organized by the non-profit MNFurs. The three-day convention...

De Souza will be the latest national act hosted by SUA on Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m. alongside openers Susannah Joffe and Creeping Charlie. Courtesy of University of Minnesota Student Unions and Activities

Indigo De Souza coming to UMN

by Sommer Wagen
Published September 10, 2024

When Student Unions & Activities (SUA) announced in August that indie singer-songwriter Indigo De Souza would perform at Coffman Union in October, my first thought was “How?!? Why?!”My friend...

OpEd: How to De-Stigmatize Suicide and Save Lives

OpEd: How to De-Stigmatize Suicide and Save Lives

by Tom Vatterott
Published September 10, 2024

I have thought about killing myself for six years. My experience of suicidal thinking, clinically known as suicidal ideation, comes from Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). MDD is a serious condition...

The club nurtures animals’ rights advocates on campus. Courtesy of UMN Compassionate Action for Animals.

UMN Compassionate Action for Animals Club encourages a plant-based lifestyle

by Sophie Eydis
Published September 9, 2024

The University of Minnesota’s Compassionate Action for Animals club encourages people to empathize with farm animals and move toward a plant-based, vegan or vegetarian lifestyle. The club, which...

The Kitty Cat Klub was located below Annie's Parlor in Dinkytown. Courtesy of Chris Lautenschlager

A look back at the Kitty Cat Klub

by Katrina Bailey
Published September 9, 2024

The interior was lined with benches and the walls were covered in candles inside the Kitty Cat Klub. A garage door in the front of the store opened up during warmer days. The bar stood on the left near...

Demure, brat, girl math, girl dinner and being "just a girl" are some of the examples of social media trends that women ironically label themselves.

Opinion: Let us be demure (if we want)

by Riley Stern
Published September 9, 2024

This past month, content creator Jools Lebron went viral for her TikTok explaining her work-appropriate hair and makeup, describing her appearance as “very demure and very mindful.” The words “demure”...

A movie so nice they named it twice.

Review: “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”

by Gabriel Brito
Published September 9, 2024

As dark as it is silly, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” — the sequel to Tim Burton’s horror-comedy masterpiece — delightfully brings the original story into a modern-day setting.Spooky, charming...

The Gophers defeated Brown 2-0 in their last matchup in 2008.

Gophers women’s soccer completes historic season start

by Champ Howard
Published September 8, 2024

The Gophers women’s soccer team reached their sixth game without a loss on Sunday to start the season, breaking the 2018 Gophers record that started the season with five consecutive wins. The Gophers...

Noah Kohut-Jackson earned the first cross country win of his career last Friday at the Oz Memorial. Image Courtesy of Gopher Athletics.

Gopher’s cross country fostering next generation of runners

by Eitan Schoenberg
Published September 8, 2024

Gophers men’s and women’s cross country started the 2024 season with wins at the Oz Memorial on Aug. 30. Graduate student Noah Kohut-Jackson won the men’s 5K with a personal best time of 15:56.2,...

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