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Makeup designer Kristen Leigh and makeup artist Amanda Allery paint costume designer Alli Olwells face white for a rehearsal of the Soap Factorys Haunted Basement on Sunday evening. The Haunted Basement exhibition runs October 3-November 3, 2013.

[Photo] Behind the screams

Published October 3, 2013
Minnesota defender Taylor Stainbrook tries to get the ball from Louisiana State on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie stadium.

[Photo] Gophers need bounce-back weekend

Published September 26, 2013
Former Athletic Director Joel Maturi, right, speaks with one of his students, Junior Kyle Weinmeyer, left, before class at TCF Bank Stadiums Media Room on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. In addition to his roles on campus, Maturi now serves on NCAAs Committee on Infractions.

[Photo] Maturi starts NCAA oversight job

Published September 24, 2013
Junior marine biology minor Erika Senyk demonstrates how to filter water samples at the Ecology Building in St. Paul on Friday afternoon. The University started offering a marine biology minor because of strong student interest.

[Photo] Students jump on new minor

Published September 23, 2013
Sound technician Chris Frymire sets up the stage for a band sound check on Saturday afternoon at the Cedar Cultural Center on West Bank.

[Photo] Tales from the techs

Published September 19, 2013
Regent Thomas Devine speaks to the Board of Regents at  on Friday at McNamara Alumni Center.

[Photo] Kaler: U will cut $90M

Published September 16, 2013
Sophomore Loralee Onstad models a double feather braid tucked into a hair-wrapped ponytail, a simple hair style to accompany fall fashion.

[Photo] Hair repair

Published September 12, 2013
Senior nursing student Samantha Smith demonstrates the new facilities at the Bentson Healthy Communities Innovation Center for the Grand Opening of the Center on Thursday, April 13, 2013. The new nursing simulation lab replaces the 25 year-old lab.

[Photo] New simulation center opens

Published April 22, 2013
Lizzo, Claire De Lune, and Sophia Eris of the local all-female hip hop collective, The Chalice.

[Photo] Behind the music

Published April 18, 2013
Minnesota’s Tereza Brichacova plays against Ohio State on Sunday, April 7, 2013, at the Baseline Tennis Center.

[Photo] Men, women split matches

Published April 8, 2013
Charles Sugnet, an English professor at the University, co-hosts KFAI radio’s “African Rhythms” show on Thursday, March 7, 2013 in Minneapolis.

[Photo] Radio without borders

Published March 14, 2013
Paul Melchert (left), a pediatrician, speaks to the media about his support of the legalization of gay marriage while accompanied with his partner James Zimmerman (far right), and their two sons, Emmett (left), and Gabriel Melchert-Zimmerman (right). Sen. Scott Dibble and Rep. Karen Clark, chief sponsors of the bill to legalize gay marriage in Minnesota, held a press conference introducing their bill Wednesday at the Capitol.

[Photo] Same-sex marriage push begins

Published February 28, 2013
Paul Melchert (left), a pediatrician, speaks to the media about his support of the legalization of gay marriage while accompanied with his partner James Zimmerman (far right), and their two sons, Emmett (left), and Gabriel Melchert-Zimmerman (right). Sen. Scott Dibble and Rep. Karen Clark, chief sponsors of the bill to legalize gay marriage in Minnesota, held a press conference introducing their bill Wednesday at the Capitol.

[Photo] Same-sex marriage bill announced

Published February 27, 2013
Rapper Carnage The Executioner, Terrell Woods, at Urban Ventures in South Minneapolis to host and perform at an open mic night. Woods is going on tour with Atmosphere for the third annual “Welcome to Minnesota Tour”.

[Photo] Executing Greatness

Published February 28, 2013
Senior Mikael Rellier, left, and sophomore Tarun Nambiar, captain of the men’s squash team, practice Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, at the University Recreation Center. The men’s and women’s teams will compete at the national tournament for the second consecutive year.

[Photo] U squash team grows in year two

Published February 12, 2013
Gov. Mark Dayton delivers his third State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate at the state Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, in St. Paul, Minn. In his speech, Dayton spoke about Minnesotas job growth, tax reform, after-school programs, his support of gay marriage and his goal of balancing the state budget.

[Photo] Dayton: Show me ‘Plan C’

Published February 7, 2013
Daniel Ray Olson and Kurt Bender rehearse for Reefer Madness at the New Century Theatre on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in Minneapolis. The musical comedy inspired by the 1936 film premieres Feb. 1.

[Photo] Rolling out the “Reefer”

Published January 31, 2013
Attorney Kathleen Kelly speaks during a memorial for Anne Thorsen Truax, the former director of the Minnesota Womens Center, on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at McNamara Alumni Center. Truax served as the centers director from 1971-91.

[Photo] Honoring a fellow feminist

Published January 30, 2013
Entrepreneur Chris Folley demonstrates the use of the IntoxBox, shown here at Cowboy Jacks in Minneapolis. The interactive commercial breathalyzer is designed to help people become aware of their blood alcohol content at the bar to deter drunken driving.

[Photo] Co. promotes bar breathalyzer

Published December 12, 2012
Sarah Edwards, creator of the I AM MPLS! variety show, shown in her downtown office at Pixel Farm in Minneapolis on Friday. The variety show features passionately creative people from Minneapolis at the Varsity Theater at 7 p.m. on Thursday.

[Photo] Who is Minneapolis: I AM MPLS!

Published December 6, 2012
Gallery installation coordinator Teréz Iacovino, right, installs the Minnesota Funk exhibition Saturday at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery with two interns, art history and French studies sophomore Kaitlyn Carver and art senior Chiara Parisi. The group exhibition will have a public reception from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday.

[Photo] Funk with my art

Published December 6, 2012
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