Can you believe it is already Friday? I can’t. This week was so long. I am glad it is Friday. Mostly because that means the weekend is here, but also because I get to ramble to you all and share what our newsroom has for you as you go into your weekend.

A campus article explores out-of-state students’ experiences during this winter in Minnesota. We have a column about the proposed Minneapolis Safety Training City. And our sports desk wrote about the future of Gophers women’s basketball. Take a look!

Stay golden,

Although this winter saw less severe weather than previous years, many out-of-state students said this winter was the most severe they had experienced. Initially shocked by the cold, many quickly found ways to adapt and fall in love with the snowfall and low temperatures.

Maya Sompalli hails from Fremont, California, a city set between San Jose and San Francisco. Weather in Fremont rarely gets below 43 degrees in the winter, and Sompalli said she has never experienced snow there. Snow, coincidentally, was a prominent concern for her coming to the University.

“The one thing I was worried about is getting to class on time. That’s the biggest concern,” Sompalli said. “I didn’t know how it was going to be like walking in the snow, but after your first time walking through the snow, it’s totally fine.”