Columbia Heights' Grant Nichols' excellent adventure in anti-Islam denial
Grant Nichols embodies busy. The workweek sweat on his brow comes from toiling on the production floor at IWCO Direct, a marketing company headquartered in Chanhassen. When he's not earning an honest...
View ArticleWould yes-means-yes have made a difference in the U of M sex scandals?
The University of Minnesota’s been having a rough spin in the news cycle when it comes to sexual impropriety. First there was the high-profile disgrace of athletic director Norwood Teague after he...
View ArticleIs Grant Nichols too big a moron for the Columbia Heights school board?
Grant Nichols remains at the epicenter of a shit storm of his own making. Despite Nichols repeatedly blaming a co-worker for hijacking his cell phone, then posting insipid comments about the bathroom...
View ArticleWhat's your Minnesota college degree worth?
Earlier this month the White House unveiled its two-years-in-the-making College Scorecard database. The website aims to help parents and students determine “where you can get the most educational bang...
View ArticleIn Mounds View, school buses come before the health of kids
Mounds View dad John MacHalec has a son who just started middle school this year, which means he has had to start dragging his groggy kid out of bed at about 6:25 in the morning. At that time MacHalec...
View ArticleSchool board member Grant Nichols keeps stepping on online land mines
When person after person spoke before the Columbia Heights School Board last week and voiced their displeasure with Grant Nichols, the embattled official said nothing. When KARE 11's Boua Xiong wanted...
View ArticleTired of being ignored, St. Paul teachers launch their own People's School Board
The St. Paul school board has proven mighty skittish of criticism, voting in August to no longer televise the public comment section of its meetings. That’s where ordinary folks get to say whatever...
View ArticleMill City High School closes just two weeks after opening
John Miller had a vision. The veteran educator wanted to introduce high schoolers to what he calls Global Classical Studies — a teaching method predicated on critical thinking and drawing on history’s...
View ArticleTop 5 Hate Mails of the Week: 'I can't believe Shitty Pages...'
Welcome to this week's installment of Top 5 Hate Mails of the Week, featuring the finest in soul-crushing insults from our legions of admirers. 5. Black Lives Matter St. Paul's Marathon protest plans...
View ArticleU of M student Rahsaan Mahadeo awarded, then arrested for his activism
Rahsaan Mahadeo, a soft-spoken Ph.D. student at the University of Minnesota, has so many charges for trespassing and disorderly conduct racked against him that he can barely focus on his dissertation....
View ArticleAl Franken wants to make college textbooks free
It’s painful to think of the parties that could have been if college textbooks were free. Last year the average student reportedly dropped $1,225 on dry tomes and supplies that will supposedly make...
View ArticleThe U of M needs help finding a few good men
The University of Minnesota needs my help. This is different from the time it needed my tuition money. Or, later, the time it needed me to get serious about graduating. Or, later still, when it needed...
View ArticleAnti-Muslim Facebook post finally forces Grant Nichols' resignation
As embattled Columbia Heights school board member Grant Nichols once wrote of himself on Facebook, “Grant is No pussy.” To his crass, testosterone-y point, the alleged bigot stubbornly refused to...
View ArticleA lunchroom worker speaks up about who's sticking schools for unpaid meals
One word defines breakfast at Roosevelt Middle School in Blaine this morning: De-lish! "Maple Burst Mini Pancakes" are where fluffy meets maple goodness. The day's first meal costs $1.45. A half pint...
View ArticleHead of St. Paul charter school resigns, fires beloved teacher who questioned...
The Community School of Excellence, a Hmong culture and language charter school in St. Paul, is just emerging from several dark years of investigations into corruption and criminal neglect of student...
View ArticleTop 5 Hate Mails of the Week: "Sniveling hipsters pissing and moaning"
Welcome to the latest installment of the Top 5 Hate Mails of the Week, where our most discerning fans offer constructive counsel on how not to suck so much: 5. Head of St. Paul charter school resigns,...
View ArticleDFL overthrows St. Paul school board. Now what?
Four DFL-endorsed candidates swept the St. Paul school board elections Tuesday, promising a sharp re-evaluation of disruptive changes in the district over the past several years. Under Superintendent...
View ArticleMinnesota students support Mizzou, make demands of their own
The University of Missouri has dominated national headlines of late, after students fed up with racism on campus occupied the quad and forced the university president of the university to resign. A...
View ArticleMinnesota is the second smartest state in America
Are you smarter than a Minnesotan? Hell no, you aren’t! According to another infallible list by the Washington Post,, Minnesota is the second smartest state in the nation. Our intellectual superiority...
View ArticleThe 10 best and worst reactions to UND's new nickname
For the past few years the University of North Dakota has been at the center of the not-your-mascot debate. The school’s Fighting Sioux nickname was deemed offensive to Native Americans, who currently...
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