The Minnesota Republic

CPAC: Thoughts at the Ronald Reagan Dinner

Luke Rexing, Vice President • February 28, 2024

Recently I had the privilege of traveling to Washington DC to attend CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference. My time was spent with an editor of our paper, Charlie Eggers. Being our first time...

Bears, Bulls, Bitcoin ETFs

Luke Rexing, Editor • January 30, 2024

Cryptocurrencies have had a solid run throughout the fourth quarter of 2023, and have stayed relatively stable into 2024. Bitcoin came from a local low of around $25,000 in September up to a high of just...

Justice Amy Coney Barrett Q&A: Women on the Supreme Court

Luke Rexing, Editor • November 15, 2023

Students and faculty were privileged to hear from one of the most important people in our nation’s federal government when U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett keynoted the University of Minnesota...

Russell Brand: Awakening Accusations

Luke Rexing, Editor • October 24, 2023

Recent news has brought prior actor and celebrity Russell Brand to the forefront of many media outlets. Brand has been accused of rape and sexual assault dating as far back as 2007. This took place when...

U of M to Harvest Campus Turkeys for Thanksgiving

Luke Rexing, Editor • October 17, 2023

The University of Minnesota announced this year that the school will be killing two birds with one stone this year by using the infestation of wild turkeys on campus to supply the dining halls with a Thanksgiving...

Vision and Destiny Episode 3 Review: Constructing an Identity

Luke Rexing, Editor • April 12, 2023

The third episode of Jordan Peterson’s Vision and Destiny is an expansion on the issues that were brought up in the previous episode. In case you missed it, the previous episode was titled “The Identity...

Vision and Destiny: Episode 2 Review

Luke Rexing, Editor • March 29, 2023

The second episode of Dr. Jordan Peterson’s Vision and Destiny on the Daily Wire+ starts to get a bit more political than the first. During the first episode, Peterson explores the idea of vision and...

Jordan Peterson: Vision and Destiny Episode One Review

Luke Rexing, Editor • March 16, 2023

Canadian Psychologist and college professor, Dr. Jordan Peterson, has just released a new series on the Daily Wire+ platform. I have reviewed another one of his short programs in the past - Dragons, Monsters,...

Students Crave a Story

Luke Rexing, Editor • February 22, 2023

As a student here at the University of Minnesota, I feel I have an obligation to voice my comments, concerns, and questions that I have for the education system that I find myself to be a part of. I am...

ChatGPT: Transforming the Way We Interact with Technology

Luke Rexing, Contributor • February 8, 2023

A new form of artificial intelligence is on the rise, and it is taking over universities and professional occupations alike. ChatGPT (which stands for Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) has been...

Peterson’s Avant-Garde Adventures

Luke Rexing, Contributor • January 25, 2023

As many of my previous articles have demonstrated, I am a big fan of Jordan Peterson. I am currently in the middle of his book, 12 More Rules For Life - Beyond Order. His ideas have influenced my thinking,...

Hamline Attacks Academic Freedom: Backtracks in Midst of Massive Lawsuit

Luke Rexing, Contributor • January 25, 2023

Over the beginning weeks of the new year there has been a growing amount of controversy surrounding a Hamline University incident that took place in the final weeks of 2022. An art and history...