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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

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Small-town living is often romanticized.

Opinion: It’s a small world in a small town

by Izzy Curry
Published April 20, 2025

Too many times have the eyes of new friends lit up every time I mentioned my upbringing in a small town. They ask the usual questions: “Did you grow up on a farm? Did you have a lot of friends because...

Why we patent and design nightmarish futures.

Opinion: Can science fiction stay fictional?

by Vivian Wilson
Published April 17, 2025

It seems we’re using science fiction as a roadmap to make our dreams, and more often nightmares, come true. Why is it that we manufacture a nightmarish future and refuse to heed the warnings so clearly...

It’s time to talk about the real problems.

Satire: Hippos are eating babies and frogs are turning gay

by Amelia Watters
Published April 17, 2025

Right now, if you scroll through the website of any major news organization, you will find headlines making bold claims about trade wars and constitutional crises. Engaging with these news media can feel...

Finals season doesn’t have to come at the expense of your well-being.

Opinion: A mental health walk a day keeps the exam stress away, right?

by Wren Warne-Jacobsen
Published April 16, 2025

As we embark on the final leg of the semester, I can’t help but feel the stress increasing in real time as I go over my extensive list of tasks I’ve yet to accomplish. My guess is I’m not alone.Every...

Dining halls offer a wide variety of ready-made options to students to pick and choose from.

Opinion: In defense of dining hall food

by Matthew Jegers
Published April 14, 2025

Being from suburban-rural Minnesota, my options for food were fairly limited.Despite having a fair amount of restaurants and stores in a local urban area, I often found myself frequenting the same...

The 20s, funhouse mirror or spitting image?

Opinion: Why the 20s roar no more — if they ever did

by Vivian Wilson
Published April 13, 2025

We’ve elected an iconoclastic, womanizing president who’s filled his cabinet with friends and associates, racking his administration with scandal. On top of this, we’re living in a world newly reawakened...

Read whatever you want as long as it gets you to read.

Opinion: No more BookTok banter

by Izzy Curry
Published April 13, 2025

As reading gets popular, there are a lot of opinions flying around.BookTok, a subculture of TikTok, boomed in 2020, right around the time of the pandemic. With an astounding 52 million hashtags, it’s...

Solidarity with transgender people is resistance.

Opinion: Transgender people will not be erased

by Amelia Watters
Published April 9, 2025

On the day of his second presidential inauguration, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14168, stating the U.S. shall recognize individuals by their sex assigned at birth, officially kicking...

Teslas are an emblem of Elon Musk’s vision, for better or for worse.

Opinion: Cars or political statements?

by Matthew Jegers
Published April 9, 2025

If there is one name that has dominated recent news cycles, it’s Elon Musk.The South African billionaire and owner of enterprises such as Tesla and SpaceX, previously a footnote within political...

Political engagement never goes out of style.

Opinion: Politics is Gen Z’s problem, too

by Wren Warne-Jacobsen
Published April 9, 2025

Believe it or not, the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term have yet to conclude. It should come as no surprise that this is a stressful presidency to follow. It can be tempting...

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