Klobuchar Proposes Kill Switch In Cell Phones At The 'U'
Sen. Amy Klobuchar chose to hold her news conference call Tuesday on phone companies, saying they should put a kill switch in all cell phones at the University of Minnesota.
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar chose to hold her news conference call Tuesday on phone companies, saying they should put a kill switch in all cell phones at the University of Minnesota.
Authorities said there were no injuries but at least three vehicles suffered major damage in a parking ramp fire on the University of Minnesota campus on Tuesday.
The first day of spring semester at the University of Minnesota is marked by changes in how students and staff are kept safe on-campus. A string of armed robberies has many students worried and the university taking some new safety measures to keep everyone on and around campus safe.
U.S. Sen Amy Klobuchar will visit the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis to discuss ways to increase student safety. There were 25 reported robberies on campus during the fall semester, many of them targeting cell phones and laptop computers.
The third Monday of every January is one of ten national holidays that government employees get every year. Most children have no school and every state and federal employee receives a paid day off. The first official observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday was on January 20, 1986 – 18 years after the Civil Rights leader was shot. But David Chang, a professor of U.S. history at the University of Minnesota, says the idea for the holiday came just four days after the assassination in 1968.
Be a part of celebrating the Lunar New Year at any of these Minnesota events.
Former Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak is taking to the internet to say "thank you," and share he's healthier than he has been in years. Rybak suffered a heart attack two weeks ago after cross-country skiing. In his RyBlog, he joked he has no permanent damage, unless you count the shirt they cut off of him.
The cold didn't stop thousands of hockey fans from filling TCF Bank Stadium for the Hockey City Classic. Friday afternoon's match-up marks the first time that hockey has been played outside at the University of Minnesota in more than 80 years. The Gopher women took on the Mavericks of Minnesota State University - Mankato in the early evening, while the Gopher men will face off against Ohio State University at 8 p.m.
In counterpoint to the "big box" model, Target announced plans to test out a small format store in the middle of the University of Minnesota's Dinkytown neighborhood. The company said the story would be a mere 20,000 square feet.
A University of Minnesota law professor has apologized to violent crime victims and witnesses after a computer with sensitive information of nearly 300 people was stolen from his office. Criminologist Barry Feld was collecting data for a study on interrogation techniques when the laptop, a scanner and external hard drive were taken.
The University of Minnesota is getting ready to host its first outdoor hockey game in modern history. The top-ranked Gopher men's team will host the 2014 Hockey City Classic on Friday at TCF Bank Stadium.
A Twin Cities foundation has chosen to donate $10 million to the University of Minnesota. It is specifically for the School of Nursing's scholarships for a certain type of degree: Doctor of Nursing Practice.
The University of Minnesota student who survived after he and two others fell into the icy Chicago River says he lost two good friends in the ordeal. Quoc-Viet Phan Hoang was rescued from the river on Monday and treated at Presence St. Joseph Hospital in Chicago.
On Friday night, "The Bank" will turn into "The Rink." TCF Bank stadium, typically home to Gopher football, has been taken over by the state of hockey. It's called the Hockey City Classic, and WCCO wanted to know what it took to create the rink, plus who gets to skate on it.
The football field at TCF Bank Stadium has been transformed into an ice rink for a 10-day festival known as the Hockey City Classic. The big event is slated for Friday, when the Gophers women and men's hockey teams play a double header. That means thousands of people will be coming and going at the outdoor stadium, and the snow has got to go.
The University of Minnesota men's hockey team completed a sweep of Penn State in Big Ten hockey action Monday night with a 5-2 victory in University Park, Pa. The Gophers, ranked No. 1 in the country, improved to 5-0-1 in league play.
The University of Minnesota has promoted associate athletic director and director of football operations Dan O'Brien.
Minnesota junior guard Rachel Banham has been named to the Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll. Banham averaged 30 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals in games against Iowa and Northwestern last week.
While his teammates were getting ready to enjoy the bye week this past October, Gophers defensive lineman Harold Legania was hurting.
If you want to take in a Minnesota Vikings game at TCF Bank Stadium next year and you're not a season-ticket holder, they're going to be hard to come by. Vikings team officials said Friday they've currently slotted every seat at the stadium on the University of Minnesota campus for fans with season tickets.
Minnesota Athletic Director Norwood Teague, along with Gopher men's coach Don Lucia and women's coach Brad Frost, will shoot pucks into the net and "light the lamp," signifying the start of the 10-day festival. The ceremony is set for 5:30 p.m.
The University of Minnesota is recruiting students for a new master's program in medical device innovation. The program is under the Technological Leadership Institute, part of the university's College of Science and Engineering.
Before celebrating the BCS National Championship Monday night, Florida State's head coach was celebrating a different victory. This battle had a much tougher opponent. Jimbo Fisher's son, Ethan, was just 5 years old when doctors diagnosed with Fanconi anemia. It's a very rare inherited blood disease that can cause a lot of problems, the biggest of which is bone marrow failure.
Travis Boyd and Kyle Rau of the Gopher men's hockey team earned Big Ten honors as the first and second stars of the week, the Big Ten announced Tuesday. Minnesota, hosting the Mariucci Classic last weekend, earned a split after losing to Colgate in a shootout Friday night and beating RPI 6-2 Saturday night.
The University of Minnesota announced Monday that Deputy Athletic Director David Benedict is leaving the school to pursue an opportunity at Auburn University. Benedict will take over as the chief operating officer in the athletic department at Auburn
