Daily Breakdown

Friday, April 4, 2025

April 04, 2025

Good morning,

Happy Friday Freakazoids. Another week in the books, another week closer to our untimely demise. And by demise, I mean graduation. You’ve only got about a month left of me, so soak it in while you can. One day, you’ll think back on the weird editor of your college newspaper and his few sentences of insanity each morning and think “Man, I hope he’s doing good wherever he wound up. Probably with tissue boxes for shoes and a tinfoil hat, but what are you gonna do?”

What I mean to say is, enjoy what you got while you got it. And if you’re really gonna miss me (shameless plug incoming) you can follow me on X and Bluesky (shameless plug has arrived).

Take it easy,

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

Top Story

Protesters gather in front of police officers outside Huntington Bank Stadium on April 3.

UMN protest of Israeli diplomat’s speech prompts UMPD barricade

by Sam Hill | Published April 4, 2025

Pro-Palestine student groups marched to Huntington Bank Stadium from Coffman Union to protest an Israeli diplomat’s speech Thursday afternoon. 

The speech was given to a private audience inside Huntington Bank Stadium as security personnel, caution tape and barriers prevented protestors and reporters from entering. 

According to Students Supporting Israel vice president Tagore Pathak, the speech was a private event for SSI members and other people on an invite list. He said the diplomat, Yinam Cohen, was going to discuss Israeli diplomacy and was not planning on discussing anything University-specific.

Cohen is responsible for assisting and promoting U.S. and Israel relations in nine Midwestern states, including Minnesota. 

Reporters met Cohen at a table near the John and Nancy Lindall entrance to ask him questions. He did not talk to reporters, who were not allowed to enter the building, and only ushered in people who were allowed into the event.

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By Rachel Hoppe | A study from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health conducted in 2023 found that retailers selling THC products often failed to comply with age restrictions for selling those products. 

The study found that 56% of all stores failed to verify the age of a customer when they purchased a THC product. According to state law, you cannot purchase THC products if you are 21 or younger in Minnesota. 

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By Sophia Bablitch | Jenny Hansen is known for the success and accolades she brings to the Gophers gymnastics program as head coach, but before she was a coach, she was a gymnast herself. 

Native to Ripon, Wis., Hansen started coaching at 13 years old. She worked in gyms with preschool and elementary kids every summer, finding joy in helping others succeed.