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Students resume their day outside Anderson Hall on West Bank Monday late afternoon

Bill at Minn. Legislature could make PSEO classes more accessible

by Max Chao
Published March 29, 2017
Bills in the MN Leg look to bring in more high school student involvement in college courses, adding affordability
French junior Quin Klett and Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development junior Nick Malcore tally votes during the role-playing game "Reacting to the Past" in Gateways to French and Francophone Studies class in Peik Hall on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Every student plays a historical role affiliated with the National Assembly during the French Revolution. "It's a fun way to learn and internalize information in a different manner," Klett said. "Course book readings go over your head but you have to know what you're talking about here."

UMN language departments report drop in student enrollment

by Rilyn Eischens
Published March 29, 2017
Faculty attribute declining number of majors to 2008 recession and current events.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, DFL-Minneapolis, speaks on Friday, Mar. 24 at Mondale Hall on West Bank.

Amid challenges, Rep. Ilhan Omar finds success as first-year lawmaker

by Ryan Faircloth
Published March 29, 2017
Rep. Ilhan Omar has balanced responsibilities and challenges in her first-year at the Capitol.
Mike Hendrickson

Minnesota Daily announces next year’s editorial, business leadership

by Max Chao
Published March 29, 2017
Mike Hendrickson will be Editor-in-Chief and Kathryn Chlystek will take over as Business Operations Officer in May.
Students crowd the front lawn of Coffman on Friday for Poliça's concert on Friday as part of spring jam.

UMN Spring Jam 2017 lineup announced

by Kevin Beckman
Published March 28, 2017
A$AP Ferg will headline the event. Jon Bellion, Robert DeLong and Bad Bad Hats will also perform April 22.

New apartment developments in Marcy-Holmes move forward

by Max Chao
Published March 28, 2017
The City Council could soon consider CPM Companies' development plans a neighborhood group signed off on last week.
Larry Kahlow poses for a portrait in Eagle Magic and Joke Store on Friday, March 24, 2017. The shop opened in 1899 and is the longest continually running magic shop in the country.

The oldest joke shop in the U.S. is right here in Minnesota — and it’s still going strong

by Katie Lauer
Published March 28, 2017
The Burnsville store has hundreds of items perfect for April Fools’ Day
Wes Leksell, Katie Kaseno, and Hunter Welch, members of the University curling club, talk about recently wining an national champion Coffman Union on Eastbank on Friday, March 24, 2017.

UMN curling club freezes competition, takes first place in national tournament

by Samir Ferdowsi
Published March 28, 2017
University curlers say enthusiasm for the Canadian sport is catching on in Minnesota.
Tawnya Konobeck, an entertainer, speaks during a press conference following a city council meeting that heard a report on the workplace conditions of erotic dancers in Minneapolis strip clubs on Monday, Mar. 27, 2017. The council said it wants to begin regulating the strip club workplace for entertainers after hearing the report.

New UMN study cites performers’ safety concerns at Minneapolis strip clubs

by Mike Hendrickson
Published March 28, 2017
Lauren Martin presented the study to the City Council Monday.
A super sponge in the Kaufert Laboratory on Thursday, March 23, 2017. The sponge absorbs mercury in contaminated water within seconds.

UMN researchers invent “super sponge” to help clean up mercury

by Neha Panigrahy
Published March 28, 2017
Nanotechnology in sponges will be used to absorb mercury more efficiently in wasterwater.

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