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Tag: Oct 2017

Don’t swap free speech for safe space at Metro State

Posted on October 1, 2017February 14, 2018 by Guest Writer

I read with inter­est Mitesh Rai’s opin­ion piece (“Char­lottesville on my mind”) in the Sep­tem­ber 2017 issue of The Met­ro­pol­i­tan. I agree with Rai that the events in Char­lottesville on August 11 – 12 were tragic and rep­re­sented a sig­nif­i­cant step back­ward as a nation.

This is the house that Alison built

Posted on October 1, 2017March 19, 2019 by Tara Guy

It’s been a great joy for me to be here. It’s been the heart and soul of my teach­ing,“ said Cre­ative Writ­ing Pro­fes­sor Ali­son McGhee of her career at Met­ro­pol­i­tan State. She will retire at the end of the fall semes­ter, cap­ping 28 years of teach­ing and advis­ing Metro State students.

Beat back writer’s block at the Writing Center

Posted on October 1, 2017February 9, 2018 by Scott Lindell

Metro State stu­dents have reams of writ­ing assign­ments every semes­ter. And the check­list for a qual­ity paper is daunt­ing: cor­rect punc­tu­a­tion, proper gram­mar, flaw­less cita­tions and clear writ­ing. Luck­ily, there’s help to be had on campus.

A hawk’s-eye view of high school

Posted on October 1, 2017February 14, 2018 by Dominique Hlavac

Sur­real. That’s the only word I can find to describe my emo­tions that day. It’s one thing if you see a dis­as­ter hit some­where else and you think, “Oh, those poor people”.

Don’t let local elections go below the radar

Posted on October 1, 2017February 9, 2018 by Ed Day

The list of issues that affect our day-to-day lives goes on and on: body cam­eras on police offi­cers; well-maintained roads; bike lanes; fair and afford­able hous­ing; prop­erty taxes; parks and libraries; garbage col­lec­tion; good schools; and the fight over the $15 min­i­mum wage.

Mascot for Metro State?

Posted on October 1, 2017February 9, 2018 by Kathryn Ganfield

Share this article: “It’s some­thing you assume your col­lege has. And I feel slighted that we don’t,” said Jes­sica Maistro­vich, Stu­dent Sen­ate Trea­surer, in explain­ing her drive to cre­ate a mascot for…

Nature’s fingerprints gracing gallery walls

Posted on October 1, 2017February 9, 2018 by C.T. Corum

St. Paul artist brings mixed media works and glass mosaics to ‘By Nature We Are Connected’.

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