November 22, 2000 - MPR’s Patty Marsicano reports on the University of Minnesota's Women's Athletic Department turning 25. She interviews a variety of student athletes including volleyball and basketball, as well as the athletic director at the University of Minnesota. Marsicano shares how the department has grown since its start in 1975.
November 3, 2000 - The University of Minnesota has named Tom Moe the PERMANENT Men's Athletic Director. Moe's career has been spent in law and not athletics, but the University sees him as the ideal person for the job. Minnesota Public Radio's Patty Marsicano reports:
October 27, 2000 - The University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus contains the biggest student voting block in the state. With almost 27,000 undergraduates alone the University of Minnesota is fertile ground for candidates courting the youth vote. But campaigns are finding apathy remains a big problem among young voters. Minnesota Public Radio's Patty Marsicano reports.
October 25, 2000 - The University of Minnesota says it accepts the sanctions imposed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association for the men's basketball academic fraud scandal. The NCAA is requiring the school to surrender some scholarships, curb recruiting, erase several post-season appearances from the record books, and put the school's athletics on probation for four years. Minnesota Public Radio's Patty Marsicano reports.
October 13, 2000 - The University of Minnesota Board of Regents is asking the legislature for an additional 221-and-a-half million dollars from the state over and above its base funding in the next two-year budget cycle. Minnesota Public Radio's Patty Marsicano reports.
October 13, 2000 - University of Minnesota athletes showed academic improvement last year, good news for an athletic program still awaiting NCAA sanctions for academic fraud in the basketball program. The U of M Regents also got a progress report on efforts to improve academic integrity campus-wide. Minnesota Public Radio's Patty Marsicano reports.
October 9, 2000 - People in the fifth congressional district will have a choice of five candidates in November. Stalwart Martin Sabo is running again as are four OTHER candidates who aren't letting Sabo's seeming lock on the seat stop them from making a run for it. Minnesota Public Radio's Patty Marsicano reports:
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July 11, 2000 - In its 15 years, the Center for Victims of Torture in Minneapolis has become a vital part of the internationa campaign for human rights. Where it once solely treated torture victims, it now does research, training, and advocates public policy. Minnesota Public Radio's Patty Marsicano reports.