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Letter: Ben Shapiro’s views are worthy of widespread moral condemnation

by Letter to the Editor
Published February 15, 2018

Bobby Hahn does something remarkable in his Feb. 12 letter to the editor in the Minnesota Daily. He asks whether it makes sense for University of Minnesota students to protest Ben Shapiro’s Feb. 26 visit...

Editorial: Student group endorsement processes matter

by Daily Editorial Board
Published February 15, 2018

With the Minnesota Student Association and various other student governments on campus holding elections in the next month, it’s likely that many student groups will be faced with the decision to endorse...

Venkata: Please move the Lind Hall piano

by Uma Venkata
Published February 15, 2018
It's good that students play the piano. It's bad that it's in the library.

Letter: I was embarrassed to be on Scholars Walk

by Letter to the Editor
Published February 13, 2018

It’s odd to be punished by having something taken away that you never wanted in the first place, like when my mother sent me to my room for being sassy. I loved my room, all my books were there, I had...

Editorial: Safety should be weighed appropriately for Shapiro visit

by Daily Editorial Board
Published February 12, 2018

On Monday, Feb. 26, the University of Minnesota will be hosting conservative pundit Ben Shapiro in the St. Paul Student Center, much to the apparent dismay of several organizing conservative student groups...

Letter: With Ben Shapiro coming, how effective is protesting?

by Letter to the Editor
Published February 12, 2018

In light of the anger and protest over commentator Lauren Southern’s invitation to speak on campus last semester, it is a reasonable expectation that the same sentiments will be displayed when conservative...

Ababiy: The Snapchat update is terrible

by Jonathan Ababiy
Published February 12, 2018
Why exactly the Snapchat update sucks.

Ailts: Art and morality: the Chuck Close problem

by Ellen Ailts
Published February 12, 2018
Should an artist's behavior invalidate their work?

Letter: President Eric Kaler and Provost Karen Hanson: take a stand for liberalism

by Letter to the Editor
Published February 12, 2018

I have not yet seen sufficient evidence to suggest the University of Minnesota is attempting to “quarantine” or silence Ben Shapiro. However, I am concerned that the University is allowing the heckler’s...

Letter: Why we need a statue of Endesha Ida Mae Holland on campus

by Letter to the Editor
Published February 8, 2018

At age 11, Endesha Ida Mae Holland, noted playwright and scholar, was raped by her boss, an elderly white man whose grandchild she was babysitting at the time. When he was finished, he tossed her a fiver. By...

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