Around the world in one evening
ISO hosts Annual Cultural Night

The International Student Organization (ISO) at Metropolitan State University hosted their Annual Cultural Heritage Night on Friday, Nov. 4, 2005.Rightly themed “Around the World,” the rich, colorful cultural program consisted of two parts: Guests were first served with a delicious Middle Eastern dinner and Spanish dessert; then they experienced a vivid and exhilarating cultural show. The cultural show was comprised of performances that aptly reflected the broad cultural diversity of Metropolitan State University......
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The history of MnSCU

Did you know Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) educates more than half the state’s new teaching graduates? It affects seventy-eight percent of the state’s new nursing graduates; ninety-two percent of the state’s law enforcement officers; ninety-one percent of new graduates in the construction trades; forty-eight percent of the state’s new business graduates and nine thousand fire fighters and emergency first responders each year.....
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St. Paul Campus Parking Notice

As a courtesy to our neighbors, please consider not parking on the streets in front of homes around campus. Many homes within this area do not have driveways or garages and off-street parking is limited. Neighbors, who are senior citizens or may have small children, have expressed concerns over having to park blocks from their homes due to university employees or students using those spaces.....
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Two entrepreneurship courses to be offered Spring 2006

Metropolitan State University’s College of Management’s Center for Women Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship Education will be launching another new course in spring 2006—Entrepreneurship and Law (MGMT 486, 4 credits). The course is designed to cover basic legal and human resource issues that business owners encounter in starting and growing a business......
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Federal student aid at risk: MN senators asked to vote against budget reconciliation

Students attending Minnesota’s state colleges and universities asked Senators Norm Coleman and Mark Dayton to vote against the budget reconciliation on Thursday, Nov. 3. Tuition has increased significantly in recent years, and federal student aid has not kept pace, making it more and more difficult for students to afford higher education.......
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H-Project raising awareness for the Hmong left behind in Laos

Akin to the “We are the World” album single released in the 1980s for the famine in Africa, the “H-Project: Silence No More” compilation CD is hoping to raise awareness for the Hmong trapped in the jungles of Laos. Featuring artists such as Delicious Venom, Shattered Echo’Z, and Watching Leona, the CD has a variety of music, including spoken word, hip-hop, and rock. “The H stands for Hmong,” explained Kathy Mouacheupao, an organizer and sponsor of the CD.......
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Get Involved!

Metropolitan State University offers a variety of student organizations. A comprehensive list, with contacts and information on how to get involved has been compiled......
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She double dares you: M. Laurel Walsh creates edgy literary ezine

If you have ever been told you, your language, or your writing, needs to be toned down, then you should check out Double Dare Press. Creating a “lunacy-orphan fringe” by accepting work that most other publications are afraid to publish, Double Dare Press fosters a home for any author or artist who is not afraid to be different. Be warned though, that if you submit anything that includes babies, squirrels, lakes or rhymes, you will be rejected......
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