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Jason Lewis, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, checks in with his campaign team before delivering a speech at the GOP election event in Minneapolis on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Election Day wanes with parties, polls

by Minnesota Daily News Staff
Published November 4, 2020
As polling places around UMN went dark, the DFL and GOP celebrated in dramatically different ways during the pandemic.
U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar addresses a socially-distanced crowd at a student event at the Knoll on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Ilhan Omar wins again

by Minnesota Daily News Staff
Published November 3, 2020
Omar kept her seat with nearly 65% of the vote.
A voter turns in their ballot at Marcy Open Elementary School on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Early morning voters take to University-area polls

by Minnesota Daily News Staff
Published November 3, 2020
Voters cited concern about long lines and even Republican delegitimization of mail-in ballots as reasons for showing up in person during the pandemic.
Morning light spills over the now shuttered entrance to the Purple Onion Café on Tuesday, Oct. 27.  After 30 years as a campus constant, the café has permanently closed.

UMN mainstay Purple Onion leaves behind complex legacy

by Jasmine Snow, City Reporter
Published November 1, 2020
Some patrons remember a late-night hangout, while some employees remember a sense of community eclipsed by management's behavior.
Gophers linebacker Mariano Sori-Marin follows the ball at TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 24. Minnesota fell to Michigan 49-24 in their first showing of the season.

Gophers lose stunner to Maryland

by Paul Hodowanic, Sports Reporter
Published October 30, 2020
Minnesota came up short in its second game of the season, falling to Maryland in an overtime thriller.
Photo Courtesy of Cherno Bah.

One year later: Family, friends search for justice for murdered Marcy-Holmes man

by Samantha Hendrickson
Published October 29, 2020
Abdoulaye Cisse’s murder remains unsolved after he was killed on his 27th birthday last year, not far from the University of Minnesota.
Class of 1875; depicts Helen Mar Ely (Williamson), the first woman to graduate from the University of Minnesota.

One hundred years later: White women at UMN and the 19th Amendment

by Jasmine Snow
Published October 27, 2020
Throughout the century, women have fought for suffrage from the halls of the University of Minnesota and beyond.
Gophers head coach PJ Fleck walks the sidelines at TCF Bank stadium on Saturday, Oct. 24.

Miscues, defensive inexperience costs Gophers in opener

by Brendan O'Brien, Sports Reporter
Published October 24, 2020
In a game to claim the Little Brown Jug, Minnesota failed to stop Michigan’s rushing attack from start to finish.
Dawn Fredrich, a School of Nursing clinical assistant professor, called students dirty little rats” and “super weak.

Nursing instructor recorded calling students “little shits” and “dirty little rats”

by Jasmine Snow, City Reporter
Published October 23, 2020
Assistant professors teaching a nursing class were captured on video insulting students after an online lecture.
Zayna Jan poses for a portrait in front of a list of signatories on a petition she authored, which seeks to change the grading policy change in the School of Dentistry on Sunday, Oct. 18.

Students advocate for pass/fail classes to fulfill majors

by Hana Ikramuddin and Katelyn Vue
Published October 22, 2020
A student petition with over 1,000 signatures has asked the University to allow pass/fail grading to count toward major requirements during the pandemic.

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