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Pioneer Hall dorms stand empty on Tuesday, Sep. 1, as they will remain for the first two weeks of the fall semester. Upon their eventual move in, students will be expected to follow the Maroon and Gold Sunrise Plan, a strategy meant to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on campus.

Uncertainty, doubt looms over housing reopening plans

by Hana Ikramuddin and Jasmine Snow
Published September 7, 2020
Some community advisers and future residents have little confidence in rules set forth by the University of Minnesota President and follow through from Housing and Residential Life.
Fulbright Fellow Corrie Nyquist poses for a portrait at Van Cleve Park on Thursday, Sep. 3.

Fulbright scholars adjust research plans to accommodate for COVID-19

by Brooke Sheehy
Published September 7, 2020
In addition to navigating new travel restrictions, some of the scholars will have to adapt their season-sensitive research timelines as a result of a four-month delay in the program.
The University's COVID-19 dashboard is live, but officials warn it's incomplete

The University’s COVID-19 dashboard is live, but officials warn it’s incomplete

by Abbey Machtig
Published September 7, 2020
The dashboard includes data on the number of COVID-19 cases, amount of tests performed and isolation rooms on campus.
The corner of Fourth Street and 15th Avenue in Dinkytown on Sunday, Sep. 6.  Dinkytown businesses have been working with University groups to determine how to best operate during the pandemic.

UMN students partner with Dinkytown businesses to combat pandemic-related shortfalls

by Samantha Woodward
Published September 7, 2020
The Summer of EngageMNt worked with more than 300 students, and a survey of 14 Dinkytown businesses found that 86% had closed entirely or partially during the pandemic.
Morgan La Casse

Robbery takes place in Dinkytown early Thursday morning

by Samantha Hendrickson
Published September 3, 2020
The five suspects implied they had a gun.
The Minnesota State Capitol on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2018.

Gabel updates state Legislature on updated reopening plans

by Madeline Deninger
Published September 2, 2020
Gabel's appearance before a Senate committee comes shortly after the University announced plans to delay in-person instruction by at least two weeks.
Moving carts fill the mailroom at Middlebrook Hall on Saturday, March 21. Many freshmen at the University of Minnesota moved out of University housing as a result of COVID-19.

University announces additional guidelines for students residing in University housing

by Abbey Machtig
Published September 1, 2020
Students who do not follow the requirements may face disciplinary action.
“The only way that movements like this are powerful is if we have all y'all there to support us, when they do try to take somebody out of the movement, when they do try to repress us,” said University student Olivia Krull at Memorial Union rally on Saturday, Aug. 29. Krull was referring to the arrest of a Kenosha activists, including a Students for a Democratic Society member.

Students protest Jacob Blake shooting, UMPD on steps of Memorial Union

by Hana Ikramuddin
Published August 31, 2020
Roughly 60 students gathered Saturday at a sit-in organized by Students for a Democratic Society to advocate for police reform on campus.
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro speaks in the Northstar Ballroom of the St. Paul Student Center on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. The speech drew a crowd of dozens of protestors in opposition to Shapiro's presence on campus. 

Ben Shapiro loses free speech lawsuit against UMN over venue change

by Farrah Mina
Published August 30, 2020
A U.S. district judge ruled that the University had legitimate safety concerns when it moved the venue of Shapiro's July 2018 campus speech to St. Paul.
Morgan La Casse

Robbery reported in Marcy-Holmes early Sunday

by Farrah Mina
Published August 30, 2020
The three male suspects apparently had handguns, according to a campuswide alert.

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