Opinion: Why aren’t we all goth?

I don’t understand why more of us aren’t goth.  The subculture celebrates humanity and human nature in a way the mainstream can’t ever really approximate or grasp.  It celebrates and...

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Rare misstep for Gophers gymnastics at Big Ten Championships

Minnesota’s gymnastics team finished third overall at the Big Ten Championship this past weekend, but former individual champion Mya Hooten did not reclaim a title.  After a second-place finish the...

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Hamline University’s interim provost threatens creative writing MFA

Hamline University’s Master of Fine Arts in creative writing program and its literary journal, the Water~Stone Review, are in jeopardy after the outgoing interim administration announced a plan to sun...

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Opinion: More districts, more problems

Have you ever felt like the government does not represent your beliefs or that your vote doesn’t actually matter? Even outside of the debate around more hotly contested election issues,...

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Design is Blind changes the way design students network

The University of Minnesota’s College of Design flipped the script with its Design is Blind networking event on Friday. Design firms present themselves to students instead of the other way...

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Protestors organize on Northrop Mall, condemn UMN administration

Around a hundred protesters gathered Monday afternoon outside Northrop Auditorium to protest the University of Minnesota’s compliance with recent changes under Republican President Donald Trump’s admi...

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Four Minneapolis mayoral candidates speak at Coffman Union forum

The College Democrats at the University of Minnesota’s Coffman Union held a Mayoral Forum on Monday with the four major candidates for Minneapolis mayor coming in to speak.  The room...

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‘Companion’ is the perfect Valentine’s movie

From the writer of “Fred 3: Camp Fred,” Drew Hancock’s movie directorial debut “Companion” is a slasher with a blend of humor, romance and commentary on the increasingly automated world. ...

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The Weeknd releases his final record, ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’

Last Friday, The Weeknd released “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” meant to be his final release under The Weeknd name.  Throughout the album’s 84-minute runtime, the 34-year-old Canadian singer, Abel Tesfaye, cov...

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Local artist Mike Kota releases new single

The day before her experimental single was released, local artist Mike Kota was announced in the lineup for this year’s Minnesota Yacht Club festival. The announcement comes two years after...

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Secret studio shepherds bands from stage to social media

Inside an inconspicuous brown house in Arden Hills, Brad Matala has turned his home into a state-of-the-art recording studio. For local rockers Rogue Royal, Matala’s studio offers a space to...

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Was Bob Dylan a completely unknown writer at the U’s Minnesota Daily?

A newly resurfaced ad from 1971 is believed to show the then-Robert Zimmerman typing away in Murphy Hall a decade earlier.

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