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Opinion

Ice, snow and leafless trees make the winter season uniquely beautiful.

Opinion: Stop whining about winter

by Leo Huppke
Published December 4, 2024

I trudge down the snow-covered sidewalk on University Avenue, the cold wind cutting like a knife across my face. Icicles are forming on the rims of my glasses. The lenses have fogged up to the point where...

The core ideas of socialism are not as radical as people make them out to be.

Opinion: America is already socialist

by Jasmine Shackleford
Published December 4, 2024

The United States is traditionally considered the antithesis of socialism.For decades, our country has represented free market capitalism at its brightest — starkly contrasting our perceptions of...

Opinion: The wisdom of winter

Opinion: The wisdom of winter

by Riley Stern
Published December 2, 2024

It is officially December, meaning we have unofficially entered our winter months. Between single-digit or subzero temperatures, slim amounts of daylight, and icy sidewalks, it can feel like there is little...

Our impulse to self-categorize is not wrong.

Opinion: We’re looking for ourselves in all the wrong places

by Vivian Wilson
Published December 1, 2024

It’s fun to learn what type of person you are. Personality tests and other pop cultural psychological categorizations like learning styles are marketed as tools meant to unlock a greater understanding...

Trump’s cabinet and staff picks shouldn’t come as a surprise.

Opinion: A cabinet of chaos

by Wren Warne-Jacobsen
Published December 1, 2024

If you were casting the roles of America’s next great reality TV show, President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet and staff picks would guarantee multiple seasons of drama and intrigue. When you consider...

With unpasteurized milk and fluoride-free water prevailing, this turkey-centric season has become truly American.

Satire: I’m thankful for Trump, liberty and justice for all

by Leo Huppke
Published November 27, 2024

It’s Thanksgiving Day, 2026.After nearly two years under the rule of Supreme Leader Donald Trump, the United States of America has risen from the ashes of its former self, free from the tyrannical...

Students weigh in on why community is important, especially in winter and the wake of the election.

Opinion: We need each other now more than ever

by Riley Stern
Published November 27, 2024

This time of year, the air feels heavier. Midterms and deadlines are piling up, the temperature is dropping and it is getting dark earlier and earlier. This year particularly, November was marked...

Op-Ed: Why is the Minnesota Daily promoting Crisis Pregnancy Centers?

Op-Ed: Why is the Minnesota Daily promoting Crisis Pregnancy Centers?

by Ann Ewolt
Published November 26, 2024

Why is the Minnesota Daily promoting Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs)? These deceptive businesses collect taxpayer money while purposely misleading pregnant people and others seeking affordable healthcare....

Thanksgiving favorites yielded some controversial responses.

Campus Caucus: The best and worst Thanksgiving foods

by Riley Stern
Published November 25, 2024

Believe it or not, we all survived to the last week of November. Give yourself a pat on the back for that. In a month that featured both the 2024 presidential election and People Magazine’s annual...

Op-Ed: The administration mishandled the SDS occupation of Morrill Hall

Op-Ed: The administration mishandled the SDS occupation of Morrill Hall

by Nathaniel Mills, V.V. Ganeshananthan, Aamina Ahmad, Cawo Abdi, Tony C. Brown, Vinay Gidwani, Muna Irfan, Rachmi Larasati, Yuichiro Onishi, Sima Shakhsari, Ajay Skaria, Travis Workman and Liliana Zaragoza
Published November 25, 2024

Last spring, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and other groups of the UMN Divest Coalition secured former University of Minnesota President Jeff Ettinger’s agreement to discuss coalition demands...

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