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Monday, Nov. 3, 2025

November 03, 2025

Halloween is over. And technically, Thanksgiving is next, but if you go to a store right now, snow is on the ground and Christmas is a week away. I admire the effort that workers have to put in to just change seasons in one night. Anyway, we don’t have any Christmas stuff yet, but we have relevant news, so scroll and read.

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Shelves at Joyce Uptown Food Shelf filled with canned vegetables and cereal. | Photo by Shay Scanlan, Minnesota Daily

SNAP benefits’ lapse deepens Minneapolis food strain

by Shay Scanlan | City Reporter | Published Nov 2, 2025

When new people visit Minneapolis food shelf Harvest From the Heart, it is not uncommon for them to cry, overwhelmed by the free, quality food available to them, Director Chris Pangle said.

Pangle said there has been no shortage of new faces lining up outside the shelf’s doors in recent years, and the demand continues to grow.

This November, about 41 million people nationwide, including 440,000 Minnesotans, will not receive their monthly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, commonly known as food stamps.

 

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News

New Eastcliff deal offends former and current University regents

By Isabella Morden Wheeldon | Campus Senior Staff Reporter

A curtailed discussion about the fate of one of the University’s most valued historic buildings raises a question about autonomy.

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Opinion

Editorial Cartoon: An exaggerated disdain for peaceful protest

Editorial Cartoon: An exaggerated disdain for peaceful protest

by Nhiache Xiong | Cartoonist

The Republicans’ depiction of the “No Kings” protests as hate for America uncloaks the movement’s true advocacy for democracy.

Arts & Entertainment

Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ brings new depth to a classic story

By Emma Vasa | A&E Reporter

The 2025 release of “Frankenstein” reimagines the 19th-century gothic novel with gruesome displays of humankind’s capacity for brutality.

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Sports

Gophers football team narrowly keeps their home win streak going

By Regan Guirguis | Sports Reporter

The Gophers football team won against the Michigan State Spartans in their first overtime game of the season.

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Podcasts

More than a t-shirt: The competitive nature of intramural sports

Intramural athletes share how intensity, passion and pride drive games that are supposed to be “just for fun.”

by Atticus Marse