The Minnesota Republic

Can Gophers Basketball turn around their Recent Struggles?

Alex Sharp, Contributor • February 8, 2023

The Minnesota Golden Gophers basketball team has been struggling recently. This is unfortunately nothing new, with several disappointing seasons in a row. The team, which once had a strong reputation as...

Coffman’s Not Much of a Student Center – It’s Time to Fix It

Ty Cimaglio, Contributor • January 25, 2023

The last time Coffman Memorial Union was renovated, you could get a gallon of gas for $1.22, walk to your airport gate without a boarding pass or ID minutes before takeoff, Tom Brady was preparing...

The NIL Policy and What the Future Holds for the Business of College Sports

Ethan Olson, Editor In Chief • April 11, 2022

Deestroying, also known by his real name Donald De La Haye, is a youtuber that has amassed over four million subscribers on the platform. He also happens to be a football player and has created connections...

Minnesota women’s volleyball enters top-five in NCAA rankings

Alyssa Abke, Contributor • February 25, 2021

Any student on the University of Minnesota campus will go and tell you that they are a hockey school with our track record and icy cold temperatures, but what most students forget is that the Golden Gophers...

March Madness tournament build up – Do the Gophers make the cut?

Ethan Olson, Onboarding Editor in Chief • February 24, 2021

With just a handful of games remaining in the Big Ten basketball regular season, heads are turning towards the impending March Madness tournament but for the Golden Gophers, making the tournament might...

Gophers rout Cornhuskers as they look to stay in the hunt for March Madness

Ethan Olson, Editor • February 10, 2021

The Golden Gopher men's basketball team, who was previously on a bad stretch of games losing five of their last six, found no problem with their Monday night matchup beating the now 4-10 Nebraska Cornhuskers...

Golden Gopher football woes continue with heartbreaking loss to Iowa

Ethan Olson, Sports Editor • November 18, 2020

Golden Gopher football has gotten off to a start that has probably surprised more people than not. The Gophers currently sit at 1-3 and are 6th in the Big Ten West, three games behind first-place Northwestern...

Big Ten Football playing through Covid-19

Jacob Gregor, Contributor • November 4, 2020

It was a really great sight to see Big Ten Football starting back up this college football season. Although it does not quite feel the same, seeing the Maroon and Gold taking the field representing...

COVID Controversy on Campus

John Quinlan, Contributor • September 25, 2020

As of September 20th, there have been 90,069 covid cases in Minnesota and 2,017 subsequent covid deaths. In the timeframe of September 11th-17th, Boynton Health clinic has tested 109 students,...

University of Minnesota suspends classes, WHO declares COVID-19 a pandemic

Tiana Meador, Editor-in-Chief • March 11, 2020

On Wed. Mar. 11 President Joan Gabel notified students that the university has made its final move in keeping its students safe amid the COVID-19 crisis. As the World Health Organization (WHO) deemed the...