Teenagers file into the halls after the last bell of the day Thursday, November 3 at Edina High School. Eighty-six percent of the 2011 graduating class went on to pursue a four-year education.

Teenagers file into the halls after the last bell of the day Thursday, November 3 at Edina High School. Eighty-six percent of the 2011 graduating class went on to pursue a four-year education.

High School senior Tierra Davis laughs at her teacher's joke during math class Thursday, November 3 at Edina High School. Davis is one of a large majority of seniors that will go on to pursue a four-year...

High School senior Tierra Davis laughs at her teacher's joke during math class Thursday, November 3 at Edina High School. Davis is one of a large majority of seniors that will go on to pursue a four-year...

Children from eight towns make up the combined student body of Lac qui Parle Valley High School and Middle School. Students are seeing that a higher education is needed to find work after high school.

Lac qui Parle Valley High School senior Ryan Bergerson talks about his college aspirations Sept. 29 at his home in Madison, Minn. Ryan has been accepted to the University of Minnesota and Southwest Minnesota...

Lac qui Parle Valley High School senior Ryan Bergerson waits for the snap during football practice Sept. 29 in Madison, Minn. Bergerson played cornerback and tight end for his varsity football team and...

University of Minnesota Senior Kiara Buford guards Michigan State Senior Brittney Thomas Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 at Williams Arena in Dinkytown.

Freshman Molly Kayfes, center, runs beside Senior Stephanie Price Saturday, Sept. 24th in the Roy Griak Invitational on the St. Paul Campus.

Large Animal Hospital Manager Sheryl Ferguson feeds a undernourished 22-year-old mare named Iris.

Joe Michaud-Scorza

Joe Michaud-Scorza

Joe Michaud-Scorza

Former Gopher Tim Harrer talks about his years as an All-American hockey player Monday at this house in Bloomington. Today Harrer works for his father's maintenance company.

Senior Garret Vollmer rehearses Monday for Primadonnas at Rarig Center.

Senior Chris Milliren retrieves video Friday to create a time lapse of the construction of a Department of Energy sponsored wind turbine at Umore Park in Rosemount, Minn. Projects like the turbine may...

Security officer Tim Ollom talks about receiving food from tenants Monday on West Bank.

12-year-old Katie Fritz gets off a metro transit bus Thursday in South Minneapolis. During a day in The Buddy Program, which is a three week program designed to teach visually impaired children useful...

Economics major Victor Llapa works during a late-night study session Monday at Moose Tower.

12-year-old Katie Fritz gets off a metro transit bus Thursday in South Minneapolis. Fritz joined spent the day with The Buddy Program, which is designed to teach visually impaired children useful techniques...

11-year-old Jamison Christopher, right, learns computer skills Thursday at the Pillsbury Mansion in South Minneapolis. Instead of requiring a monitor, visually impaired children use an audio speaker that...

Brice Lennes sands down a guitar Thursday that he made by hand at the Pillsbury Mansion in South Minneapolis. Lennes wears a blinder in order to work without relying on the little vision he has left.

Anna Walker, left, speaks with Brandon Pickle Thursday outside Comstock Hall. The children spent the day with The Buddy Program, which is designed to teach blind children useful techniques for navigating...

Muzamil Yahya, center, and Brandon Pickle, right, talk Thursday while in transit to the Pillsbury Mansion in South Minneapolis.

Katie Covey, Weisman Art Museum employee and a recent University of Minnesota graduate, showcases art available for rent to students and employees at the Weisman on Monday.

Custodian Will Frank mops a bathroom floor Thursday at Nicholson Hall.

Custodians Will Frank, left, and Wayne Durst joke about what makes a good working partner Thursday at Nicholson Hall.

Connor Lynch high fives a passer by Monday while Stormy from Shottyz Pedicab and Bike Repair takes him for a spin in South Minneapolis.

Alex Hemke and Jennifer Nicklay fill a homemade GrowBarrel with soil Saturday at Van Cleve Park. The barrels are a sustainable alternative to a traditional garden.

David Cook talks about one of his creations Tuesday at the Hennes Art Company in Minneapolis. Cooks “ladies,” which were designed for his musical “Lemonade for the Lawnboy”, will be presented...

Stormy from Shottyz Pedicab and Bike Repair transforms the links of a chain into a steering wheel for a customized pedicab Monday in South Minneapolis.

Graduate student Yi Zhang pokes holes in a bottle with a soldering iron Saturday at Van Cleve Park. The perforated bottles collect and distribute water throughout the soil.

Twin Town Pedicabs owner Colin McCarty hangs out in his shop Friday in Downtown Minneapolis

President of AFSCME Local 3937 Jason Iversen argues to the Board of Regents against planned cuts to U of M technical employee benefits Friday at McNamara Alumni Center.

Coach Jerry Kill talks about his plans for the Gopher football team Monday at the Somerby Golf Club in Byron, Minn.

Graduate student Marcus Beck removes a wheel Friday during a pit stop North of Willmar, Minn.

Graduate students of conservation biology Bridgette Henning, front, and Kate Wyman bike Friday near Willmar, Minn. The group of nine students covered 444 miles in three days to raise funds in response...

Student volunteers work together to clean up fallen trees on Thursday in North Minneapolis.

Charles Donald clears glass and debris from the road Sunday hours after a tornado tore past his house in North Minneapolis.

A garage barely stands Sunday hours after a tornado tore through its surrounding neighborhood in North Minneapolis.

MCAD Junior Brendan Dawson paints a hole Saturday that he cut out of dry wall during the Minneapolis Home Building and Remodeling Expo at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

Seventh grader D’Angelo Spring, center, plays Jamar Blunt in connect four Monday at the The A-list teen center in Brooklyn Park.

Junior Zoe Everett hangs out Tuesday between classes on West Bank. Everett helped track level three sex offenders for the department of corrections last semester.

Kathryn Dusenbery, head of therapeutic radiology, works with medical resident Matthew Vernon on Monday at the Masonic Cancer Center. Dusenbery is one of three female department heads at the Medical School.

Ebbin Martin carries his customized bike out of the rink after a bike polo match in south Minneapolis on April 10.

John Gordon, right, shoots the ball past Ebbin Martin, left, during a game of bike polo in South Minneapolis April 10. In addition to practicing three times per week, the group holds games every Saturday...

Junior AJ Pettersen slides into 2nd base Saturday at Target Field.

Junior Julian Dehn stretches to return a ball Sunday at the Baseline Tennis Center.

Freshman Sarah Moulton pitches against Penn State Sunday at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium.

Freshman Kelsey Petit displays her heifer Saturday during the Amateur Beef Show portion of the Minnesota Royal in St. Paul.

Freshman Jessica Johnson, left, competes in the Amateur Sheep Show Saturday during the Minnesota Royal in St. Paul.

Coach Jerry Kill yells at Freshman Sean Ferguson over an offsides call during practice Saturday at the TCF Bank Stadium.

Freshman Yuliana Umanets returns the ball against Michigan Sunday at the Baseline Tennis Center.

Purdue’s Stephen Talbott scores as Sophomore Kurt Schlangen attempts to tag him out during a doubleheader Saturday at Target Field. The Gophers won the second game of the day, claiming two of three...

Paul Freeman, left, and Abou Amara, right, speak during a debate on Thursday at Coffman Union.

Senior Sebastian Gallego returns the ball against Northwestern on Friday at the Baseline Tennis Center.

Senior Sam Sonnenberg pole vaults on Tuesday during practice at the University Field House.

Senior Evy Muench, left, gets interrogated by Matt Fitzgerald before being allowed entrance to see "The Wall" on Monday at the Rarig Center. The interactive play portrays a journey that many immigrants...

Sophomore Alexa Palen returns the ball Friday at the Baseline Tennis Center.

Freshman Kelly Terry drives to shoot on UMD goalie Jennifer Harss Friday at Ridder Arena.

A high school student sells four Gopher men’s hockey tickets for ten dollars apiece to scalpers on Saturday outside Mariucci Arena.

Dan Fogler, left, and Topher Grace sing along with piano accompaniment on Wednesday Feb 9 at the Shout House in Minneapolis. The two celebrities made an appearance promoting their new film Take Me Home...

Nick Leddy returned home Monday to the Xcel Energy Center as a starting defenseman for the Chicago Blackhawks.

Director Michael Boyd demonstrates an Italian glassblowing technique called pulling pony on Thursday at Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts in Minneapolis.

Patrick Jeffrey, left, and Eddie Oroyan rehearse Journey on Tuesday at the Rarig Center. Journey’s world premiere will be Thursday night.

Tenants were evicted from this house because the landlord’s permit to rent it had been revoked years before.

Danice Cabanela, left, Josiah Laubenstein, center, and Levi Morris rehearse Journey, a play based on the 12th century Islamic novel Hay Ibn Yaqdhan, Tuesday at the Rarig Center.