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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

All content by Chris Roberts
Javier circa 1939, save for the Chuck Taylors

[Photo] The Blues are Still Blue

Published May 6, 2009
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[Photo] Construction underway on house powered entirely by sun

Published May 4, 2009
A new tax bill would increase the cost of cigarettes by 54 cents per pack and alcohol by as much as 68 cents per liter.

[Photo] Variety of taxes on menu at Capitol

Published April 27, 2009
Sophomore right hander Seth Rosin delivers to the plate during Minnesota’s Sunday win over Purdue at the Metrodome, completing the three-game sweep.

[Photo] Gophers complete sweep of Purdue

Published April 26, 2009
Residential Building Sciences senior Jake McAlpine measures the relative humidity present in a St. Paul house’s surface Wednesday.

[Photo] U students do home energy audit

Published April 22, 2009
Larry Edwards, George and Orpha Gibson Chair of Earth Systems Science and Distinguished McKnight University Professor, recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship is pictured in front of a mass spectrometer used to determine the molecular composition of substances.

[Photo] Prof wins prestigious award for years of climate research

Published April 14, 2009
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[Photo] Swarm has its sights set on college students

Published April 8, 2009
Bob McNamara spends his time in retirement raising money for Gopher Sports, McNamara played gopher football in 1953 and 1954.

[Photo] Former players donating to stadium

Published April 7, 2009
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[Photo] U-mentored robotics team a winner

Published April 5, 2009
Attorney Imani Jaafar-Muhammed spoke Thursday about the roles of women in Islam and their misconceptions.

[Photo] Speaker addresses misconceptions of Islamic women

Published April 2, 2009
A customer shops for instruments in the basement level of The Podium, a family-owned Dinkytown guitar shop open since 1959.

[Photo] Strumming to stay afloat

Published March 31, 2009
Astrophysics senior Tessa Vernstrom peers into the hundred year old telescope in Tate hall as other astrophysics graduate and undergraduate students look on. In honor of the international year of astronomy there will be public viewings at the telescope every Friday night.

[Photo] Gaze deeply into my skies

Published March 26, 2009
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[Photo] Campus Club struggles with recession

Published March 9, 2009
Jessica Zaldivar, left, Derek Blechinger, middle, and Loretta Worthington spoke about the challenges of discussing sexual health matters with patients at a panel discussion Monday.

[Photo] Med students host weeklong GLBT health care event

Published March 9, 2009
Senior Kit Beikmann competes on the pummel horse during the Gophers matchup with the top-2 teams in the country as No. 1 Stanford and No. 2 Oklahoma came to compete at the Sports Pavilion. Gophers coaches and gymnasts said it had an NCAA championship type atmosphere.

[Photo] Regular season slowly drawing to a close as Minnesota looks ahead

Published March 9, 2009
Senior Kit Beikmann competes on the pummel horse during the Gophers matchup with the top-2 teams in the country as No. 1 Stanford and No. 2 Oklahoma came to compete at the Sports Pavilion. Gophers coaches and gymnasts said it had an NCAA championship type atmosphere.

[Photo] Minnesota falls to Arkansas on the road

Published March 8, 2009
MBA students Pura Mendez, left, and Oscar Garzon worked with nutrition students to learn healthier cooking skills at the Melrose Apartments.

[Photo] Peer nutritionists teach students to cook

Published March 3, 2009
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[Photo] Group seeks restrictions on bar binge drinking

Published February 25, 2009
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[Photo] No wardrobe malfunctions at the Senior Fashion Show

Published February 26, 2009
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[Photo] Hmong stars among us

Published February 26, 2009
Spiritual Mansions practices standing in corners ... and music.

[Photo] Interview: Ryan Harris of Spiritual Mansions

Published February 26, 2009
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[Photo] Burns hoping to turn the tide in men's collegiate gymnastics

Published February 16, 2009
Norma Estela Mejia Castellanos, left, and Moises Elias Montoya Alvarado display the kind of shirt they make in the Honduras factory where they were formerly employed. They spoke Friday of how their attempts to unionize the workers resulted in the factory closing.

[Photo] Former Russell employees speak out against company

Published February 15, 2009
Assistant vice president for Equity and Diversity Rickey Hall, left, reads “I know I can” to third grade students at the Sullivan School on Wednesday as part of a college awareness day taking place in Minneapolis Public Schools.

[Photo] U teams up with Rybak to promote college

Published February 11, 2009
Changchua, left, and Hue Yang, right, stand in front of their house that burned down on January 28th. They are without insurance and lost nearly everything they owned in the fire.

[Photo] U student, family recover after house fire

Published February 10, 2009
Senior Carmelina Carabajal and junior Alexis Russell were paired up as big and little sister by coaches two years ago, something that has helped them to develop and deep and lasting bond.

[Photo] Carabajal, Russell develop a sister-like bond

Published February 9, 2009
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak kicked off his campaign for reelection Saturday morning. But his best-known opponent in the mayoral run, DFLer Bob Miller, has some different ideas about how the city should be run. Photo by Chris Roberts, DAILY.

[Photo] Campaigns kick-off for mayor of Minneapolis

Published February 8, 2009
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[Photo] Women seal first home win of the season

Published February 8, 2009
Though demolition has begun on block 11, several properties have refused to sell to the University, delaying construction plans.

[Photo] Block 11 houses demolished, other owners standing ground

Published February 5, 2009
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[Photo] 4 Gophers going for big prize in Vegas

Published February 5, 2009
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[Photo] 4-star Carter gives Gophers boost on signing day

Published February 4, 2009
University Police chief Greg Hessness, middle, gives details of the suspect arrested in connection with 11 assaults during an afternoon press conference Wednesday.

University Police chief Greg Hessness, middle, gives details of the suspect arrested in connection with 11 assaults during an afternoon press conference Wednesday.

[Photo] Serial groping suspect charged

Published February 4, 2009
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[Photo] St. Paul passes the 'bar exam'

Published February 5, 2009
Convinced yet?

[Photo] St. Paul passes the "bar exam"

Published February 5, 2009
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[Photo] New research may help women with breast cancer make surgical decision

Published February 2, 2009
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[Photo] Stellar performance on the high bars gives Minnesota big upset over Penn State

Published February 1, 2009
Carlson School of Management student Mark Schiller is working to quantify and reduce the University's carbon footprint.

[Photo] Carlson student leads green initiatives

Published January 29, 2009
Second year medical student Cole Klick assigns care providers, physical therapists, interpreters and pharmacy care providers Monday to the 15-20 patients the clinic will see in a typical night.

[Photo] Health science students volunteer at neighborhood clinic

Published January 28, 2009
During the monthly Raptor Tails Story Time, kids constructed paper birds to learn about raptor flight and behavior.

[Photo] Children get unique encounter with U hawks

Published January 27, 2009
During the monthly Raptor Tails Story Time, kids constructed paper birds to learn about raptor flight and behavior.

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[Photo] City declares Como property a 'municipal problem'

Published January 26, 2009
Students gathered at Coffman Memorial Union’s theater to watch the inauguration speech given by President Obama.

[Photo] Inauguration broadcast on campus

Published January 20, 2009

Text updates on Election Day

by Chris Roberts
Published November 3, 2008

The multimedia Daily

by Chris Roberts
Published September 13, 2007
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