Students may pay more to live on-campus next year. A 4 percent increase in room fees and a 3.6 percent increase in board fees have been proposed for the 2012-2013 school year, which will raise the cost of a renovated double room by $95. Heather Phillips, director of housing and residential life, proposed the increase …
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Student launches music website
When other fourth-graders went out to and play during recess, MSUM film senior Michael Schreifels would ask his teacher if he could stay inside and work on his website. That was Schreifels’ first website. Now, years later, Schreifels has launched his most recent website — an independent music discovery service called albumcorner.com. The idea to …
Professor exemplifies sustainable living
From becoming an aerospace engineer to creating a completely sustainable energy-efficient home to building an electric airplane, Dennis Jacobs has accomplished many of his life long goals. Professor Jacobs has been teaching physics and sustainability at MSUM for 26 years. He went to college for aerospace engineering at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and got …
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International student balances work, life
As three-credit courses subside into three-question evaluations, many students dream of summer: languid and idyllic. But even in the lingering weeks of spring semester, every day is a work day for Adriana Clavier Michelena. She deals with freshmen mostly, and in more jobs than one. You might have seen her leading a family around campus …
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