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7 reasons your roommates hate you

I recently posted a list of eight things that stopped being cool after college, and you could probably include a number of those in the following list: Seven Reasons Why Your College Roommates Hate You. Being a Californian in the deep South, I was guilty of #5 — though I talked more about my home…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: lazy faculty, flooding and profs in dorms

Job Openings for University Leaders With ‘Few Morals, Flexible Ethics’ An unknown prankster placed fake ads for new leaders at the University of Puerto Rico, apparently to make a political statement. (chronicle.com) Water, water everywhere…again The 2010-2011 school year started out with a bang in Mellby Hall at St. Olaf, as the basement floor –…
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Commission: Bell Museum got a raw deal

“The Bell Museum staff needs an apology from the university administration.” — Mike Banker, communications manager for the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources, which oversees close to 70 percent of the funding of the film Troubled Waters. A couple of University of Minnesota staffers are taking that message back to the mother ship after attending…
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Carleton College waiting for river to crest

Carleton College waiting for river to crest

Carleton College has closed Laird Stadium and West Gym, rerouted traffic and evacuated more than 30 students from student housing near the river as officials wait for the nearby Canon River to crest. Reports say Northfield, which is under a state of emergency, has received 7-8 inches of rain, but Carleton media relations staffer Jessica…
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TPT air date for Troubled Waters not set

TPT air date for Troubled Waters not set

The U may have given the all-clear for the Bell Museum to screen Troubled Waters: A Mississippi River Story on Oct. 3, but things are still up in the air over when Twin Cities Public Television will air the film. Spokesman Stephen Usery said it still needs an official OK from the U to air…
by Alex Friedrich

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7 reasons to get to know your professor

7 reasons to get to know your professor

This one’s for the introverts among us — from the It’s-Not-What-You-Know-But-Who-You-Know Department: Seven Reasons to Get to Know Your Professor. Here’s the condensed list. You can read the full article here. The essence of the article: People tend to help acquaintances and friends more than total strangers, so start getting to know your profs. 1.…
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Film director's full commentary

For those interested in the full reaction of Larkin McPhee, director of the river pollution documentary Troubled Waters, read her commentary on MPR’s Web site.
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Notes in the Margins: Branding, legacies and the cost of athletics to all students

David Leibow: The Number One Cause of College Unhappiness The biggest reason students flounder academically is that they’re unprepared. Students from weak high schools have studied curricula that aren’t rigorous enough. Students from strong high schools have studied curricula that, if anything, are too rigorous. One thing both groups have in common: no one has…
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Bell director on the cancellation of the museum premier

MPR’s Tim Post spoke this evening with Bell Museum Director Susan Weller after the announcement that the University would indeed show the environmental documentary Troubled Waters. On why she canceled the Bell Museum premier of the film: “When I was stepping on a plane Sept. 8 to go to Europe to give a presentation, I…
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