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New program tackles food insecurity on campus

by Max Chao
Published October 10, 2017
Students can donate unused guest swipes to others with less food access.
Secretary of the Pi Delta Psi Fraternity, Yengcha Lee, teaches Social Chair of the Pi Delta Psi Fraternity, Zachary Keo, how to make tea at Bruininks Hall on Friday, Oct. 6. This was a tea ceremony event between the Pi Delta Psi Fraternity and the Japanese Student Association.

Spreading cultural awareness through tea

by Kayla Song
Published October 9, 2017
Pi Delta Psi and JSA held a joint tea ceremony last Friday to inform and educate students.
A paper plate reading "Mesa Pizza Stadium Village is permanently closed" hangs taped to the door of the Stadium Village Mesa Pizza location on Sunday.

Mesa Pizza in Stadium Villages closes

by Madeline Deninger
Published October 9, 2017
The business's Facebook page announced the closure on Tuesday.
Brooks Jackson, vice president for Health Sciences and dean of the UMN Medical School, discuses long-term goals for health sciences facility upgrades at a Board of Regents meeting on July 8, 2015.

UMN Medical School dean eyed for University of Iowa job

by Kayla Song
Published October 9, 2017
The University of Minnesota Dean of Medical School is one of two finalists for the position.
Doctoral student in Fisheries and Aquatic Biology Isaiah Tolo cleans out a carp for dissection in the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab on Tuesday, Oct. 3. Tolo is one of the primary researchers studying the recent koi herpes virus outbreak in Minnesota lakes.

U researchers look to harness fish virus in fight against invasive carp

by Carter Blochwitz
Published October 9, 2017
Researchers seek to use the virus for statewide bio-control of the unwanted fish.
Students constructed the majority of the EOS II, the car University students are driving in this year's World Solar Challenge.

University solar car builders race across Outback this week

by Helen Sabrowsky
Published October 9, 2017
Members of the University's Solar Vehicle Project team seek to build as much of the car as they can, from the vehicle's motors to its battery protection.

Unionization vote nixed at University of Minnesota, workers’ association to form instead

by David Clarey
Published October 9, 2017
After an appeals court dealt a blow to the University's unionization push in September, organizers are shifting strategies.
Women for Political Change, a UMN student group leads their mayoral forum in the Molecular Cell Biology Building on East Bank on Thursday. The group asked their own questions as well as questions tweeted in from audience members.

Reaching student voters a challenge for Minneapolis city government candidates

by Madeline Deninger
Published October 9, 2017
High renter turnover in student-dense neighborhoods often makes it difficult for candidates to track registered voters.

Vandalism, arguments follow this year’s Paint the Bridge event

by Allison Cramer
Published October 8, 2017
Multiple political groups' murals were defaced between Friday and Saturday afternoon.
UMN student groups Turning Point USA, College Republicans and the Minnesota Republic's panels on the Washington Avenue Bridge on Saturday morning. Vandals spray-painted their murals and those of other groups, including the Bipartisan Issues Group.

Vandalism of conservative groups’ panels on Washington Avenue Bridge continues

by Allison Cramer
Published October 8, 2017
UMN student groups Turning Point USA, College Republicans and conservative newspaper Minnesota Republic were targeted again.

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