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Venkata: Janus v. AFSCME just started, and will matter for a long time

by Uma Venkata
Published March 1, 2018

Public-sector labor is being threatened across the country.

Letter: Many shortfalls in the University’s response to sexual assault

by Letter to the Editor
Published March 1, 2018

This is written in response to the Minnesota Daily article “Founder of #MeToo movement comes to UMN campus." This article covered the event where #MeToo founder Tarana Burke was guest speaker, and I...

Letter: No, Dr. Halley, we do have a sexual misconduct crisis

by Letter to the Editor
Published February 26, 2018

I am writing in response to Professor J. Woods Halley’s letter on the sexual misconduct crisis. First, the rate of sexual misconduct does not have to be on the rise for there to be a crisis. The rates...

Letter: “What they taught us”

by Letter to the Editor
Published February 26, 2018

As I stand there watching, I think back and count how many. Because a world without mass killing is a world I have never known. Because the year I was born, 12 were taken too soon. They call us generation...

Ailts: You’re worth more than an unpaid internship

by Ellen Ailts
Published February 26, 2018

Unpaid internships aren't always great learning experiences, and might even make you less employable.

Ababiy: The heroism of the Parkland survivors

by Jonathan Ababiy
Published February 26, 2018

Our country’s rich history of immediately forgetting to do anything about school shootings is going to end.

Letter: Proposed change to the Student Conduct Code has many flaws

by Letter to the Editor
Published February 22, 2018

While I appreciate the nature of the Minnesota Daily’s editorial comments, as the author of one of the main complaints regarding the Student Conduct Code, I take offense at the claim that I do not understand...

Letter: There is no sexual misconduct crisis at the University of Minnesota

by Letter to the Editor
Published February 22, 2018

President Eric Kaler sounded quite reasonable on the subject of sexual misconduct in his interview with the Minnesota Daily on Feb. 9. However, his Feb. 12 broadcast email to faculty (which permitted no...

Venkata: The Boundary Waters are threatened by nearby mining

by Uma Venkata
Published February 22, 2018

The state and its residents must mull over a tradeoff.

Schneider: How Minnesota can start to address gun control

by Ellen Schneider
Published February 22, 2018

Minnesota legislators should address gun control on a state level by regulating gun shows and AR-style semi-automatic weapons.

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