Daily Breakdown

Monday, Sept. 8, 2025

Hello everyone, it’s Monday, which notoriously has a bad reputation, but let’s look for the positive. So yes, it is Monday, but that means you get to read this newsletter filled with at least three new stories from our campus, sports, and arts and entertainment desks.

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Stay golden,

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

Top Story

The post from UMN’s Career Services was eventually taken down, but the event was still held on Sept. 3 — Image by Summer Rabold

UMN Career Services’ broadcast of U.S. Border Patrol Recruitment webinar sparks outrage

by Isabella Morden Wheeldon | Published September 7, 2025

The University of Minnesota’s Career Services website advertised a virtual event for Sept. 3 hosted by the U.S. Border Patrol, which sparked outrage among the University community.

Though the event was still held, the Career Services website deleted the event listing prior to the webinar.

The webinar, which aimed to recruit members of the public for roles in Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol, had faculty calling student safety into question as a result of the departments’ potential campus presence.

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Arts & Entertainment

‘North Star’ shines bright at the Cedar Cultural Center

by Ziggy Keairns | The Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis transformed into a sanctuary of sound and storytelling Thursday as indie-folk-rock artist Kaitlin Cassady celebrated the release of her sophomore album, “North Star.”

Sports

The Gophers soccer team takes on the 2025-26 season

by Regan Guirguis | The Gophers soccer team, only a few weeks into the 2025 season, prepares for the conference games ahead.

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