| Wisconsin Students Planning to Attend College in Minnesota Could ... | | Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 1:13:39 PM by Blog57 Team | | The University of Minnesota is threatening to end a long-standing tuition agreement with Wisconsin that has helped keep college tuition affordable for students in both states. The move comes after six years of steep tuition hikes at the University of Minnesota that has caused the agreement to become unbalanced, leaving students from Minnesota paying more than students from Wisconsin. Officials from both sides of the border hope to meet before the end of February to come to a new agreement. .... | |
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| | | Mavericks Stop Southwest Minnesota State | | Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:14:39 PM by Blog57 Team | | Senior guard Karen Thies scored 25 points to become the 18th Maverick to surpass 1,000 career points as the University of Nebraska at Omaha posted a 78-66 non-conference win over Southwest Minnesota State Tuesday night at Lee & Helene Sapp Fieldhouse. The Mavericks improved to 12-3 with the win before resuming North Central Conference action Saturday afternoon at home against Minnesota Duluth. The Mustangs, of the Northern Sun Conference, fell to 4-11 with their seventh straight setback. Thies scored 15 of her game-high total in the first half as the Mavericks shot 59.3 percent from the field while claiming a 43-32 lead. .... | |
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| | | At the University of Minnesota Protesters Disrupt Speech by US ... | | Posted Friday, December 01, 2006 1:18:26 PM by Blog57 Team | | Minneapolis, MN - The Anti-War Committee and the Anti-War Organizing League co-sponsored a lively protest here, Nov. 15, to voice opposition to U.S. wars in the Middle East and to challenge the presence of United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. USCENTCOM is part of the Department of Defense and is responsible for conducting military operations in the central region of the globe. Maj. Gen. Michael J. Diamond, deputy director of logistics for USCENTCOM, came to the U of M’s Humphrey Institute to defend the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Local peace and justice activists recognized Diamond’s presentation as an attempt to counter the rising tide of anti-war sentiment around the country. According to Jess Sundin from the Anti-War Committee, "We organized a demonstration in order to deliver a clear message.... | |
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| | | Roy, Brooks head list of inductees | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:53:40 AM by Blog57 Team | | Patrick Roy, the NHL's most successful goaltender, and Herb Brooks, coach of the United States team that won gold at the 1980 Olympics, were inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday. Original Six forward Dick Duff and Calgary Flames part-owner Harley Hotchkiss also were inducted. Roy was an easy choice in his first year of eligibility after amassing 551 regular-season wins and 151 playoff victories -- both NHL records -- as well as three Conn Smythe Trophies (1986, '93, '96) as playoff MVP, and three Vezina Trophies as the NHL's top goalie (1989, '90, '92). He played on four Stanley Cup champions in 19 seasons with Montreal and Colorado. ''It was a great career,'' said Roy, 40. ``It was fun, every minute of it. . . . Hockey is my passion.'' Brooks, who died in a car accident in 2003, led a team of U.S.... | |
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| | | Packers: Pro reunion thrills mates | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 7:42:28 AM by Blog57 Team | | EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - The last time Brooks Bollinger and Ross Kolodziej were spending this much time together, they were roommates - along with teammates Jason Doering, Ryan Marks and Jake Sprague and two other buddies - living at 936 Drake St., just off the University of Wisconsin campus. "It's on the corner of Brooks and Drake," Bollinger recalled, preparing his let-me-give-you- a-landmark punch line. "Right by 'Smut-n-Eggs.' " Rest easy, Badgers fans, your wholesome former star quarterback never took in the porn- and-pancakes show put on at the Bennett's On The Park tavern on weekends. But as unlikely as Bollinger made that feat sound - "I lived a block away and never set foot in there," he said, chuckling - the fact he and Kolodziej have gone from sharing a house to sharing the Minnesota Vikings' locker room is an even more remarkable accomplishment.... | |
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| | | U unveils plan for visionary community | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 11:26:59 PM by Blog57 Team | | University of Minnesota officials today unveiled an almost utopian vision for a community of 20,000 to 30,000 built from scratch, and serving as both a laboratory for living and a place where the latest advances in agriculture, non-polluting energy, construction and transportation coexist with all the amenities: the arts, the resources for continuing education, and recreation. The site of such a proposed community of the 21st century would be the University-owned UMore Park, a 7,800-acre parecel of land located in the Dakota County communities of Rosemount and Empire. The community plan was presented as a recommendation to the U's governing board of regents, who were also offered two other options on what to do with the property, characterized as the largest contiguous piece of property owned by any land grant university in the United States.... | |
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| | | Bakken feels he would be a positive asset to board | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 3:24:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | As a lifelong Crookston resident who has attended Lincoln, Highland Middle and Central High Schools as well as the University of Minnesota, Crookston, and whose daughters recently graduated from Crookston High School, Keith Bakken feels he can be a positive asset to the school board."I'm running for school board because I feel we have a good school system in Crookston and I'd like to keep it that way," he explained. "As a kid I never realized that, but as a parent I've come to appreciate not only the excellent curriculum but also the extra-curricular opportunities our kids are afforded. I'd like to see all of those stay in place."He stressed that extra-curriculars include not just sports activities, but also arts and academics. Some people tend to associate extra-curricular with sports, but different students have talents in so many areas they should be allowed to excel in, he added.... | |
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| | | 06MCC22: Minnesota State Qualifies for NCAA Championships | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 1:50:11 PM by Blog57 Team | | Wayne, Neb. Led by an 18th-place individual effort from sophomore James Krajsa (Moorhead, Minn.), the Minnesota State University mens cross country team placed fourth at the NCAA North Central Regional Saturday and qualified for the NCAA Division II Championships. The top five teams at the regional advanced to the national meet, including Adams State College (26 points), Wayne State College (55 points), Colorado School of Mines (71 points), Minnesota State (138 points) and Augustana College (193 points). Krajsa, in his first-ever 10-kilometer race, crossed the finish line in 32:07 for 18th place. Senior Jason Rengo (Blaine, Minn.) was only four seconds behind in a personal-best time of 32:11 (20th), while sophomore Jesse Merkel (Menomonie, Wis.) who led the Mavericks last season at the regional meet finished seven spots behind in 32:25 (27th).... | |
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| | | New Observations of Star Cluster by University of Minnesota Researchers Help Settle The Dust on Sun's Origin | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 7:49:33 AM by Blog57 Team | | The dust that condensed to form the sun, the Earth and the stuff of human bodies has long been thought to have originated in violent explosions of giant stars. But these explosions--called supernovae--can't account for all the dust in the cosmos. Now, observations with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, led by University of Minnesota astrophysicists, have found cosmic dust where it had never been found before. The finding implies that the deaths of smaller, humbler stars may have supplied the early dust that seeded the myriad stars like our sun, and produced dust more efficiently than the big guns. The work is published in the October issue of the Astrophysical Journal. Though less spectacular than supernova explosions, the formation and release of dust into space by stars that die relatively quietly is a pivotal event in the evolution of new stars like the sun.... | |
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| | | Brady, Patriots destroy Minnesota | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:14:13 PM by Blog57 Team | | MINNEAPOLIS -- Tom Brady beat Minnesota's relentless rushing defense by simply throwing over it, over and over again. Brad Johnson? He was no match for New England's unflappable quarterback, making a handful of uncharacteristic mistakes. Brady passed for 372 yards and threw touchdowns to four different receivers, quieting another loud crowd and leading the Patriots past the Vikings 31-7 on Monday night. Johnson, intercepted three times, was 20-of-33 for 185 yards. Minnesota's only score was a 71-yard punt return by Mewelde Moore, but New England rookie Laurence Maroney -- playing in the stadium where he became a college star -- answered that with a 74-yard kickoff return. The Patriots (6-1), who have won six straight on the road, host Indianapolis (7-0) on Sunday.... | |
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