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Service or self-serving? U.-4' ?%.&' /4%' C!+*%&1+/?' &% quires all incoming freshmen to participate in a day of service 6"&+!>' /4%+&' ,&1/' ("==' <%%G%!6' on campus after orientation. 34+1'6.?')('1%&*+-%'_'6"$$%6' 5"+=6+!>' F)##"!+/?I' W%&*+!>' /)'7%.&!'_'!)/')!=?'4%=01'/)'"!+ fy the freshman class, but also %!()&-%1' /4%' C!+*%&1+/?`1' -)&%' values: teaching faith and ser vice. It aims to teach freshmen the practices of sustainability and service in the surrounding community. 34+1'?%.&@'4)<%*%&@'/4%'C!+ versity taught 100 freshmen how to be selfserving by failing to send them outside the bubble of 34%'5="((2' 34%1%' (&%14#%!' <%&%' &% quired to do yard work behind L%&=)'D+%=6'.!6'()&'/4%'C!+*%& 1+/?P)<!%6'4)"1%1'=+!+!>'Q+==. #%//%' 5=*62@' .1' <%==' .1' 0"==' +*?' behind the tennis center. 34+1'1%&*+-%'.-/+*+/?'$=./.!/ =?'<%!/'.>.+!1/'/4%'0)+!/')('34%' 5"+=6+!>' F)##"!+/?I' W%&*+!>' to Learn Program: to get fresh
men out into the community. would have been better spent Q4+=%'1)#%'(&%14#%!'6+6'!)/' serving food to the homeless or mind helping Physical Plant oth spending time with the elderly. ers were disappointed they could 5"+=6+!>' F)##"!+/?I' W%&* not help make an im 0.-/'%=1%<4%&%2'34%?' too thought their ser vice would be more $%!%,-+.=' )"/1+6%' )(' /4%'CH'-)##"!+/?2' S!1/%.6@' /4%' C!+ versity could have hired student work ers to do the land scaping. '''34%&%'.&%'0=%!/?')(' students still looking for workstudy posi tions. 5%()&%' &%J"+& ing unpaid students /)' >+*%' /4%' C!+*%& sity a cosmetic up lift, the administra /+)!'14)"=6'4.*%',&1/' considered people )"/1+6%' /4%' CH' -)# munity who need ba 1+-' /4+!>1' 6)!%2' 34%' freshmen’s efforts
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You know you’re a Minnesotan if... Kevin Convery Guest Commentary Although many of you may know a Minnesotan or two on campus, you probably don’t truly know what we’re all about. Just to set things straight, I have cre ated a list of things pertaining to the glorious state of Minnesota and its people that I think you should know… 1. It’s a hot dish. I don’t know what this casserole is that you speak of, and if you don’t even know what I am talking about …
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of these trees throughout campus and surrounding areas. 34%'O%&+/.>%'3&%%'+!'/4%'H+=)/' 34%&%'.&%'/4&%%'!./+*%'Y&%>)!' Q4+/%'Y.G1')!'-.#0"1@'/<)'$% House Plaza is one such tree, and 4+!6' /4%' /%!!+1' -%!/%&' e7H3Ff' is doing well. and one just off the Main Parking Lot near the north corner of the Library that have been declining -Jim Haines Foreman, Physical Plant in health over the years due to substantial changes to their sur rounding environment from con struction work. C!()&/"!./%=?' /4%1%' /&%%1' have declined to the point they can fall over, so are now con sidered hazardous and must be &%#)*%62'Q%'0=.!')!'&%0=.!/+!>@' in more suitable locations, with several of the same type of tree. 34%&%'.&%'.=1)'#.!?'#)&%'
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