In This Issue:

Students favor traditional classes:
Class-types survey reveals Metropolitan State University students’ preferences

During December and January, The Metropolitan newspaper surveyed Metropolitan State University students about their likes and dislikes of the four different class types offered. The classic face-to-face lecture method classroom style, where students attend at least one class a week at a set time and place, was the favorite among the 304 respondents...

"TANGO" Opens March 31 at Metropolitan State University

"TANGO," by Polish playwright, Slawomir Mrozek, will open March 31 at the Stagedoor Theater, on Metropolitan State University’s Minneapolis Campus, colocated with MCTC. The small, intimate theater is situated in the Whitney Fine Arts Center complex at 15th and Hennepin...

Trio of artists featured at Third Floor Gallery

Nancy Robinson, Jacqueline Kielkopf and Tiffany Besonen were featured for their creative work regarding identity at the “Memory, Myth and Metaphor” art exhibit opening. It was presented at The Third Floor Gallery located in Metropolitan State University’s Library and Learning Center...

The Power of You program: Questions and answers

Editors note: The following was received as an email attachment from Esther Peralez, Metropolitan State University’s vice president for student affairs. It provides an in-depth, comprehensive look at the new Power of You program...

March is Women’s History Month

To address the absence of information about women in America’s schools, the National Women’s History Project led a movement to have Congress designate a celebration to recognize women’s historic achievements. The goal was to ensure that information about the myriad ways women have changed America would be part of our children’s education...

Commit to a new habit for a "better" you

While New Years day has receded into the horizon of memory, and most resolutions have fallen off the wagon, so to speak, it’s time for a fresh beginning. I’m not too fond of the traditional New Years set-yourself-up-for-failure resolutions, so, as with most everything, I approach resolutions a little differently...

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,
I read with interest the Wednesday, 1 February, St. Paul Pioneer Press article about St. Paul’s proposed student fee. I found it ironic that the administrations of St. Paul’s colleges and universities are so opposed to this student fee. It was only a matter of time that civil government would want in on the student fleecing that colleges have been perpetrating for years...

What Do You Think?

"What is your favorite class type (i.e. online, Web-enhanced, in-class, independent study, etc.) and why?"

Average tuition and fees set to increase by $288 for 2006-2007

On the average, students will pay $288 more a year in tuition and fees to attend Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) this fall under a budget approved by the Board of Trustees in late January. The increases bring the average tuition and fees to $5,656 for a full-time state university student and...

Sports: Black coaches still being slighted in the NFL?

I challenge each and every person who reads this article to answer one question: How can the NFL, which is made up of 65 percent black players, only have 19 percent (6 out of 32) of black coach representation? Fritz Pollard was considered the first black pro football coach in 1921. He coached the Akron Pros; another black coach wouldn’t get a sniff for 68 years...

Twin Town Sound: Contradiction to the norm - Humility suits local rapper’s music

"Me and my iPod are gonna kill it!" said P.O.S. as he took to the large empty stage all alone at First Avenue. The young rapper, with his eyes obscured by the black Pittsburgh Pirates hat on his head, knelt down at the edge of the stage and took the crowd gathered in front, scooped them up in his palm and had them shouting and bouncing at his will. P.O.S. (born Stefan Alexander) is poised to ascend to the next level of fame with the release of his second full-length album, "Audition."

Chew On This: Blink Bonnie offers food at reasonable prices

Did you know that Metropolitan State University has a Scottish cafeteria? It’s on the St. Paul Campus, down on the second lower level of New Main on the north side of the building. Blink Bonnie is its name and the current company running the cafeteria...

A Woman's Place: Celebrating Friendship

When I received a card of celebration in the mail the other day, I had to wonder why. It wasn’t my birthday or a holiday. So when I read the card that lauded me as a "terrific friend," I was stuck questioning the accountability of such high praise. Turning it over and over in my brain, I wondered if I could uncover any books with research results of qualities "necessary" to high-caliber friendships...