Good morning everyone,

Hope your Thursday is going well. No jokes today, just a request — if you see ICE detain or arrest someone on campus, let us know. Appreciate your consideration.

Anyway, today’s newsletter has an informative overview of last Tuesday’s Graduate protest and snapshots of earlier Opinions and A&E stories.

Take a break, catch up on the news. You deserve it.

Leave no crumbs,

 Sam Hill | Managing Editor | [email protected]

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Graduate Hotel protest sees 3 arrests from University police

by Isabella Morden Wheeldon | Campus Reporter | Published Jan. 21, 2026

Hundreds of anti-ICE protesters brought pots, pans, guitars, smoke detectors and whistles to what organizers called a “noise demonstration” outside the Graduate Hotel on the night of Jan. 13, following allegations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s occupancy in the hotel.

The protest, organized by the University of Minnesota Students for a Democratic Society, aimed to urge Graduate Hotel management to take action and disrupt ICE officers who they believed were staying at the hotel.

Addressing the protest and arrests in a statement, the University said the protest conditions resulted in property damage and hazardous conditions, according to WCCO. In dispersing the crowd, the University said the officers from the Minneapolis Police Department, Hennepin County sheriff’s office and state patrol office were recruited for assistance.

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