Daily Breakdown

Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025

September 23, 2025

Buenas,

Hey, great to see y’all. It’s Tuesday, and I’m still riding the high of watching Trampled by Turtles at Farm Aid 40. I flew a little lower on the Bob Dylan performance, but I digress.

Read our article on Farm Aid 40 if you haven’t — but just as importantly, check out some stories about the Middlebrook flooding, Joey Tepper making the USA national swimming team and Minneapolis immigration activists fighting for a stronger separation ordinance.

Stay tuned for our incoming newsletters. We might get a little … political.

Fleek regards,

Sam Hill | Managing Editor | [email protected]

Top Story: Campus

Middlebrook Hall on the West Bank. | Photo by Ash Jones, MN Daily

Sprinkler system failure floods Middlebrook, damaging student property

by Ash Jones | A&E Editor | Published Sept. 22, 2025

A sprinkler system failure caused flooding and property damage to dorm rooms in Middlebrook Hall on Sept. 10, according to a statement from University of Minnesota Director of Housing & Residential Life Susan Stubblefield.

A sprinkler on Middlebrook’s 11th floor burst around 5 p.m., causing water damage in 13 rooms, according to the statement. Twenty-six residents were affected, and housing and residential services were temporarily relocated.

Stubblefield said University housing staff are currently investigating why the sprinkler burst. She does not believe the sprinkler was faulty.

 

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News: City

Minneapolis immigration activists launch ‘Real Sanctuary Now’ campaign

By Shay Scanlan | City Reporter

Immigration activists launched a list of demands Friday intended to strengthen a Minneapolis separation ordinance.

 

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Sports

Graduate swimmer Joey Tepper makes the USA national team

By Regan Guirguis | Sports Reporter

Growing up, Gophers graduate swimmer Joey Tepper followed in both his older brother’s footsteps and chose a life in swimming. This choice would lead him to swim for the 2025-26 USA national team.

 

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The Gophers football team suffered their first loss of the season

 

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