Political student group leaders answer questions about how they’ve prepared for the election, and why they think students should vote.

Previously known as the Race, Indigeneity, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Initiative (RIGS), recent changes include disability in the new title and transition into a University center.

As outlined in the University’s faculty tenure code, a five-person panel will recommend consequences for faculty who fail to attest their COVID-19 vaccine status with the University.

Led by the University of Minnesota’s College of Food and Agriculture, the new center will collaborate with several universities, The Nature Conservancy and the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission.

University union workers are in the midst of contract negotiations with University administrators, with many demands centered around COVID-19, wages and equity.

Regent Thao-Urabe sat down with the Minnesota Daily to discuss her experiences and goals of increasing access and equity at the University.

In two separate incidents, one with University union workers and another with Students for a Democratic Society, representatives briefly interrupted to advocate for their respective demands.

Students voiced their opinions, from frustration to satisfaction, on the wide range of class formats available at the University this semester.

In the next five to seven years, the University will finally be completely divested from fossil fuels, as a result of several student-led efforts to push for environmental change and accountability.

Minneapolis city candidates spoke with students in an effort to get over 60% of students to vote this November.