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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: University of Minnesota

Education

In calling out racism, anti-Semitism, professor defends tenure

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 10, 2019, 8:26 AM May 10, 2019
29

That Katharine Gerbner feared retaliation if she’d said something before getting tenure is a commentary on top of her commentary. Read more →

Sports

U acknowledges the obvious: It costs too much to watch hockey, basketball

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 18, 2019, 1:38 PM Apr 18, 2019
15

The athletic department announced on Thursday that season tickets for men’s basketball will drop to $340 in some sections, a $190 drop. Six sections overlooking the court will drop by $150. Hockey will drop from $600 to $500. It’s the second straight season that hockey will drop by $100. Read more →

Sports

Gophers hockey leads Big Ten in fan disinterest

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 11, 2019, 8:47 AM Mar 11, 2019
23

Serious question: Are you really the state of hockey, Minnesota? Can you be with an empty arena for your signature college hockey team? Read more →

Education · Politics

Post about abortion splits U of M student election ticket

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 11, 2019, 7:25 AM Mar 11, 2019

Even the University of Minnesota Student Association can’t escape controversy.
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Education · Sports

Chasing NFL money can wait for U of M player

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 17, 2019, 7:11 AM Jan 17, 2019
20

Tyler Johnson, the University of Minnesota receiver, is the kind of star athlete that more people should notice — not because of his football skills, but because he knows the value of an education. Read more →

Education · Health

U scolds paper for reporting on student who drank himself to death

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 5, 2018, 2:08 PM Apr 5, 2018
20

The Minnesota Daily, operated by journalism students at the University of Minnesota, told a story that needed be told — excessive drinking at parties run by fraternities and sororities, specifically the February death of Mitchell Hoenig. Read more →

Education

Erasing Keillor

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 12, 2018, 1:08 PM Feb 12, 2018
30

Garrison Keillor has been erased from the University of Minnesota’s ‘Scholar’s Walk’, a tribute to famous alumni. Read more →

Sports

Mariucci by any other name is still Mariucci

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2017, 10:25 AM Jul 10, 2017
26

The University of Minnesota tried its best to hide the fact that selling the naming rights to Mariucci Arena was anything but a grab for cash at the expense of sports history. Read more →

Education

Congratulations, graduates! Now what?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 15, 2017, 6:56 AM May 15, 2017
31

This, in particular, is the time of year when old-timers want to give advice and wisdom to the graduates. But here’s the reality for those of us of a certain age: We haven’t got a clue how to navigate this changed world as a graduating student. Read more →

Health · The jobs we do

The people who keep U of M students from jumping

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 14, 2017, 8:39 AM Apr 14, 2017
3

It’s hard to imagine a more difficult and stressful job than being a security monitor on the University of Minnesota campus, charged with keeping people from jumping off the Washington Avenue bridge. Read more →

Crime and Justice · Education · Sports

In boycott over U of M suspensions, the issue isn’t football

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 16, 2016, 7:14 AM Dec 16, 2016
269

The players have boycotted practice and are threatening to sit out the team’s bowl game, apparently a move to try to pressure school officials to ignore whatever was in that 82-page report.

There can be only one reasonable reaction: Go ahead.
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Crime and Justice · Sports

Report: At U of M, ‘no snitching’ keeps investigators stymied

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 29, 2016, 6:25 AM Jun 29, 2016
47

The Star Tribune reports today that University of Minnesota wrestling coach J Robinson has refused to cooperate with authorities investigating an alleged drug ring run by his team. Read more →

Crime and Justice · Education

Only one ‘side’ of U wrestling drug scandal being told… by choice

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 1, 2016, 5:10 PM Jun 1, 2016
3

University officials were apparently given every opportunity to talk to reporters to say whatever it is they wanted to say. They chose to say nothing. Read more →

Education · Health

When Shakespeare, Harry Potter, and Yoda explain science

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 26, 2016, 3:56 PM May 26, 2016
6

Scientists often aren’t very good at explaining their research to people who aren’t scientists. But here’s some effective communicating of great science by some pretty great kids. Read more →

Crime and Justice · Education

Another fine mess in the U of M athletics department

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 26, 2016, 6:35 AM May 26, 2016
21

It’s handy that the University of Minnesota is a research institution. Maybe someone can examine what goes on in the mind of some people in prominent positions in the university’s athletics department sometime. Read more →

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