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March 2006
Volume 21
Online Issue #7

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Tuition Meltdown heats up university students

Tuition costs have hit crisis levels in Minnesota and some students have had enough. On Jan. 25, Metropolitan State University’s student senate and the Minnesota State University Student Association (MSUSA) set out to educate students about tuition hikes and how to do something about them...

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"Meet the Pros"
Network with professional communicators in the Twin Cities

The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Minnesota will be hosting a communications seminar, "Meet the Pros," on Thursday, March 8 from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Students will hear communications professionals speak about external marketing communications, how to get an internship, blogging to get a job, media relations with an agency and on your own, coordinating internal communications, and working in sports communications...

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Student Spotlight: University journalist gains national attention
Abdi Aynte

Abdirahman Aynte has been fascinated with writing and journalism since he was a child in his home county Somalia. Aynte, a senior, transferred from the University of Minnesota to Metropolitan State University for a more flexible schedule...

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Domestic abuse shelter
Cornerstone helps victims

Cornerstone, a domestic abuse shelter in the city of Bloomington, is offering its first annual conference called, "The Three Faces of Domestic Violence: Perpetrator, Victim and Youth" on Feb. 6. The conference will be held at Colonial Church in the city of Edina from 8 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

The conference’s goals are to explore the interconnectedness of relationships affected by domestic violence, to create synergy within the domestic violence field and to gain new ideas for providing services to clients at shelters...

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Star Tribune editor comments on the state of newspapers

Newspaper journalists are between a rock and a hard place these days. A turbulent industry, due to the increasing popularity of the Internet and other forms of visual media, has resulted in consistently decreasing circulation and revenues. An avalanche of newspaper sales has taken place across the country, including our own hometown giant the Star Tribune. These events caused many print journalists to question the direction of newspapers and if they will even survive. Not Tim O'Brien...

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