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A voter waits in line to cast their ballot outside Marcy Open Elementary School on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.

Road trips and canvassing: UMN students got creative to make their voices heard

by Samantha Hendrickson and Jasmine Snow
Published December 13, 2020
Some students tried to vote where it would count most, contributing to what is shaping up to be a year of record youth voter turnout.
Walter F. Mondale Hall is seen on Tuesday, June 5 2020.

Law students take initiative for mental health

by Katelyn Vue, Campus Activities Reporter
Published December 13, 2020
Students are pushing for greater support from the University’s Law School.
Gophers running back Mohamed Ibrahim carries the ball at TCF Bank Stadium on Friday, Nov. 13. The Gophers fell to the University of Iowa Hawkeyes 35-7.

Undermanned Gophers pull off gutsy win at Nebraska

by Paul Hodowanic
Published December 12, 2020
Minnesota was without 33 players on Saturday due to COVID-19 and injuries.

Regents discuss public safety and a proposed free tuition program for families making less than $50,000

by Abbey Machtig and Sonja Kleven
Published December 12, 2020
The board also reviewed and provided feedback to administrators on the systemwide strategic plan, and discussed budget shortfalls at their virtual meetings on Thursday and Friday.
Thomas Barber and Coney Durr tackle Purdue on Saturday, Nov. 10 at TCF Bank Stadium. The Gophers beat the Boilermakers 41-10.

Gophers’ finale highlights 2020 oddity more than closure

by Brendan O'Brien, Sports Reporter
Published December 11, 2020
Minnesota has been faced with several challenges it never saw before during this shortened football season.
Freddy Toran walks into the living room of a tiny home outside Elm church on Wednesday, Dec. 9.

Proposed community housing project addresses homelessness, accommodates pandemic

by Becca Most
Published December 10, 2020
The Envision Community project will combat housing barriers in Minneapolis.
City council members Cam Gordon and Steve Fletcher answer questions about affordable housing and share bad landlord experiences during a “Housing Town Hall” event hosted by the MSA at Coffman Memorial Theater, Wednesday Jan. 31, 2018.

Minneapolis City Council seeks to replace some 911 calls with mental health response team

by Samantha Hendrickson
Published December 9, 2020
Callers would have the option to contact a mental health professional without the professional being accompanied by a police officer.
The interior of Gray’s coffee shop in Dinkytown on Monday, Dec. 7. Gray’s has recently been redesigned to better appeal to the University population.

Loring Bar & Restaurant’s new lease on life

by Samantha Woodward
Published December 8, 2020
After a century of iterations, Loring Pasta Bar is revamping as a coffee shop-restaurant hybrid while paying homage to its history.
Mary Meyer poses for a portrait at the Arboretum on Friday, Dec. 4. As she prepares for retirement in late December, she reflects, "Most of these plants I view as part of me, like family."

UMN professor, pioneer of grasses research set to retire

by Becca Most, Campus Activities Reporter
Published December 8, 2020
Mary Meyer transformed research on ornamental grasses at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum and University of Minnesota.
Christine Diindiisi McCleave, CEO of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.

Indigenous-led survey centers boarding school, adoption experiences

by Lydia Morrell, City Reporter
Published December 7, 2020
The Child Removal Survey looks at how the federal government upended Native American communities and how they have sought healing.

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