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Overuse injuries have skyrocketed since the early 2010s among single-sport athletes.

Torbenson: For the love of the game

by Roscoe Torbenson
Published June 18, 2023
To make the most out of youth athletics, bring back the sports generalist
Mergendahl: A commencement for our new Gilded Age

Mergendahl: A commencement for our new Gilded Age

by Cal Mergendahl
Published June 15, 2023
The University’s attempt to spin a scheduling slip-up into “additional opportunities for individual recognition” for seniors looking to cross the stage at graduation is depressingly predictable.
Leading museums have had mixed practices regarding taken artifacts.

Fareed: Repatriation: confronting Western institutions’ reluctance to right historical wrongs

by Mubina Fareed
Published June 15, 2023
Indiana Jones must work for the British Museum.
The inside of the Minnesota Daily office on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023.

Molina Acosta: Paid leave comes to campus (& everywhere else)

by Paula Molina Acosta
Published June 14, 2023

It’s a stunning day in June when you tear your ACL. You didn’t mean to –– you work part-time while you’re in school.But it’s a breezy 76 degrees out. You have the day off work. You grab...

Molina Acosta: No grad student should go unfunded

Molina Acosta: No grad student should go unfunded

by Paula Molina Acosta
Published May 1, 2023
It’s time universities commit to funding all graduate students, without exception.
Ericson: Knocking down the ivory tower

Ericson: Knocking down the ivory tower

by Sean Ericson
Published May 1, 2023
A new generation of scholars spreads knowledge beyond the academy’s walls.
Ogren: You got a doctorate in what?

Ogren: You got a doctorate in what?

by Allison Ogren
Published April 28, 2023
When a doctorate becomes a technical degree, it could limit the value of those grueling extra years of education.
White: The TikTok ban and the return of the Patriot Act

White: The TikTok ban and the return of the Patriot Act

by Spencer White
Published April 27, 2023
The Restrict Act is being pushed in Congress to ban apps like TikTok and take a stand against “foreign adversaries” interfering with the sovereignty of our nation. But is that what it’s really for?
Ogren: Time is a flat circle

Ogren: Time is a flat circle

by Allison Ogren
Published April 25, 2023
A recent WSJ-NORC poll shows some traditional American values are losing popularity. What is the larger picture here?
The funding came from a variety of sources, including the University's MPact 2025.

Ericson: No more red tape for green energy

by Sean Ericson
Published April 24, 2023
We need to make it easier to build clean energy projects.

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