Daily Breakdown

Friday, May 2, 2025

May 02, 2025

Happy Friday,

We are coming up on the last week of classes and, for many of us, the last week of college. Soon comes the mass summer exodus of Dinkytown. Next week is my last as the editor of this here newspaper-turned-online publication, and next Friday will mark the last newsletter I will write for you all. Hopefully, I’ve annoyed you all enough that my departure won’t make anyone too upset.

But I still have one more week of invading your inboxes, so I’m going to make the most of it. While you soak in the last few days of the school year, don’t forget to spend some time with your people and, often forgotten, with yourself. And I don’t mean paper-writing or exam cramming. Just some passive time. Maybe, in those few moments of calm you allot yourself, you should read some news.

Take it easy,

Spencer White | Editor-in-Chief | [email protected]

Top Story

Craig makes a crowd gunning for the DFL’s senate nomination, joining Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and former state Senate Majority Leader Melisa Lopez Franzen.

Rep. Angie Craig announces U.S. Senate campaign

by Grace Aigner | Published May 2, 2025

Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) officially announced her campaign for a Minnesota seat in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday.

Craig is one of three candidates gunning for the DFL party’s 2026 senate nomination. She joins Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and former Minnesota senator Melisa López Franzen in the DFL’s race for Sen. Tina Smith’s soon-to-be-vacated seat. Retired Navy SEAL Adam Schwarze and the 2024 Republican candidate for Senate, Royce White, are both running in the GOP for the seat.

Craig said she planned to run for Smith’s seat in February after Smith announced her retirement from the Senate.

Flanagan also promptly announced her senate campaign after Smith shared her retirement plans. Her campaign officially launched on March 27.

In her campaign announcement video, Craig said she would fight back against President Donald Trump’s Republican administration and criticized Republicans for letting the Trump administration and billionaires like Elon Musk damage democracy.

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News

USG campaign calls for door locking mechanisms on classroom doors

By Ahmed Hassan | The Undergraduate Student Government at the University of Minnesota launched a door locking petition Tuesday, calling for every instructional space to be securely locked from inside to help protect students, staff and faculty.

The University is in the planning stages of installing locking mechanisms on all classroom doors. Though it can refer to different kinds of locks, in this case, door locking mechanisms refer to locks that lock from the inside of classrooms.

Students in bands strive to make it in the Minneapolis music scene

By Trent Curry | As the sun takes longer to set, the music scene in Minneapolis is starting to wake back up, and University of Minnesota students in bands are ready.

With many bands scattered throughout the cities, it is not uncommon for house shows or gigs at bars to pop up, allowing students to take the stage. From playing shows on the weekend to taking exams during the week, these students juggle their passions for music and pursuing their academic careers.