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Bridging the Gap: College Degree to Industry Professional

Bridging the Gap: College Degree to Industry Professional

Alyssa Abke, Contributor March 12, 2024

Following the college pipeline is an easy choice for many young adults. It’s straight forward. It’s what their parents wanted. It’s exciting. While there is a pretty big jump from high school...

University Of Minnesota Dance Team Has Gone Viral

University Of Minnesota Dance Team Has Gone Viral

Alyssa Abke, President January 30, 2024

The University of Minnesota Dance Team has been all over students’ Tiktok pages recently. While most BigTen colleges put an emphasis on football and basketball, the University of Minnesota has some different...

Minneapolis Porch Piracy

Minneapolis Porch Piracy

Alyssa Abke, President January 30, 2024

Ordering a package online is so convenient. You can shop multiple stores from your bed, compare the prices, and arrives at your door without you having to worry. Well, you hope it arrives and stays at...

Greek Life on the University of Minnesota Campus

Greek Life on the University of Minnesota Campus

Alyssa Abke, President December 6, 2023

When you inquire about Greek life on college campuses in the United States, the big, southern fraternal organizations often come to mind; however, Greek life at the University of Minnesota, like many schools...

Safe-U Alerts - Untimely and Not Beneficial

Safe-U Alerts – Untimely and Not Beneficial

Alyssa Abke, President November 15, 2023

For those of you who don’t understand what a “Safe-U Advisory” email is, you either do not attend the University of Minnesota or attended years before they became a thing. For most students, receiving...

Roundabouts: An Increasing Occurrence in Minnesota

Roundabouts: An Increasing Occurrence in Minnesota

Alyssa Abke, President November 1, 2023

Roundabouts: an increasing occurrence in Minnesota. Perhaps you've seen them in increasing amounts on you way home from campus on a long week, or maybe, you're like me and dread the stop light alternative....

The University of Minnesota Needs to do Something About Homelessness on Campus

The University of Minnesota Needs to do Something About Homelessness on Campus

Alyssa Abke, Treasurer April 12, 2023

Coming from a rural town in Mid-Michigan, I didn’t entirely know what to expect with the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus, but after being here for such a short time, I could easily see that...

Chat GPT: Plagiarism or a Helpful Resource?

Chat GPT: Plagiarism or a Helpful Resource?

Gabby Bell, Contributor April 2, 2023

Chat GPT is among one of the newest levels of artificial intelligence based chatbots. Despite being designed as a conversational model, ChatGPT is able to answer followup questions and provide detailed...

Spring Break’s Over, School’s Back On: Best Places to Study University of Minnesota

Alyssa Abke, Treasurer March 15, 2023

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the University of Minnesota’s 2023 Spring Break has come to a close. If you’re anything like me, you need to get out of the house to focus, and with roughly...

De-influencing: Is Ethical Consumption Becoming a Trend?

De-influencing: Is Ethical Consumption Becoming a Trend?

Gabby Bell, Contributor February 8, 2023

It goes without saying that TikTok has a direct influence on consumer habits. The social media platform is notorious for its quickly changing trend cycles, always offering users something new to buy. With...

A Man Called Otto Movie Review

‘A Man Called Otto’ Movie Review

Alyssa Abke, Treasurer January 28, 2023

Tom Hanks. We know him from all the American classics – Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Toy Story, and The Green Mile. Based on the book by Swedish author, Fredrik Backman, Tom Hank’s most recent film, A...

The University of Minnesota Should Incorporate Zoom Days in Cases of Snow Emergencies

The University of Minnesota Should Incorporate ‘Zoom Days’ in Cases of Snow Emergencies

Alyssa Abke, Treasurer December 7, 2022

What does it really take to get classes cancelled at the University of Minnesota? According to the University of Minnesota website’s Winter Weather Cancellation Policy: temperature or wind chill is -20...

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