More Gasoline in the Sewer System at the U of MN

Minnesota Report On the grass, behind the location of the MNA rally, is located a manhole cover for the street sewer. After competition of the rally, as we watched the nurse disburse to the three entrances to engage the participants at the Carlson School of...

The Politics of Regent Selection

Our analysis of last night’s joint committee is as follows.  There were five different elections, an overall political strategy for both sides and numerous subplots. After the politics of the rules fight the true colors of the evening festivities spread like the...

Do I Really Want to be a Regent?

This is the question some of the candidates at last nights joint meeting of the State House and Senate Education Committees must have been asking themselves.  The final decision was reached shortly after 11:00 PM.  The evening began with a rules fight of sorts when...

The 2001 Regents Selection

When legislators from the fifth congressional district decided that they would not support either of the two candidates recommended by the Regent Candidate Advisory Council, they wedged opened the door for more possibilities.  The decision to reject the nomination of...

Bonding Bill Pressures

The Governor Jesse Ventura’s (RP-MN) Administration is expecting significant pressures on the Capital Bonding Bill from higher education. Both the Minnesota State University College and University system (MNSCU) and the University of Minnesota will be principle...