Daily Breakdown

Friday, Sept. 11, 2025

September 12, 2025

It’s Friday. This week has been … eventful, to say the least. So eventful that I think I am going to keep this newsletter brief. I hope everyone enjoys their weekend, but before you do that, please read the newsletter.

Stay golden,

Alexis Letang | Editor-in-Chief | [email protected]

Top Story

A UMPD threat assessment team has determined the threat does not warrant further action at time of publishing. — Image by Pooja Singh

UMPD determines emailed racial threat does ‘not warrant further action,’ cultural student groups close

by Ahmed Hassan and Sam Hill | Published Sept. 11, 2025

Campus offices and student groups closed without warning on Thursday after a threat was emailed to the University Office of Equity and Diversity, according to Black Student Union President Gutu Chinksso.

Chinksso said he heard the OED received an email earlier in the day threatening to shoot Black people on campus through different individuals involved in the OED and in the BSU group chat.

UMPD released a SAFE-U alert at 3:30 stating the threat assessment team determined the threat was not credible.

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Arts & Entertainment

The Sunday Morning Club: Connecting Twin Cities women one coffee-walk at a time

By Emma Vasa

The Sunday Morning Club, the Twin Cities’ newest women’s walking club, offers a welcoming community for women of all ages to connect over coffee and a stroll through the city.

Japanese Breakfast contrasts and celebrates musical melancholy

By Emma Vasa

The Palace Theatre in St. Paul hosted indie-dream-pop band Japanese Breakfast on Tuesday for their Melancholy Tour.

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Podcasts

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