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Monday, June 22, 2025
If you are reading this, you most likely survived the heat this weekend. And as all true Midwesterners know, it’s not the heat that gets you, it’s the humidity. Whether you braved the outdoors or tried to stay inside, you made it.
So, now you can read the articles we put out.
Stay golden,
Alexis Letang | Editor-in-Chief | [email protected]
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You can’t fight fire with fire. — Image by Ava Weinreis
Desk Decision: Divisive rhetoric breeds political violence
by Opinions Desk | Published June 22, 2025
In the era of political firebrands like President Donald Trump, it is difficult not to conclude that political violence is becoming normal.
Many of us grew up watching political leaders lean into partisan narratives and personal insults, deepening the divide that pits citizens against each other.
This divide came to a head in Minnesota with the fatal shooting of former Democratic state House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and the shooting of Democratic state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, on June 14.
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 | Fourth annual West Broadway Block Party celebration for JuneteenthBy Addie Manthey | The community of West Broadway in Minneapolis celebrated Juneteenth with their annual block party stretching from Lyndale to Emerson Avenues North. |
Sports
 | Men’s basketball adds a plethora of new players to their 2025-2026 rosterBy Regan Guirguis | The Gophers men’s basketball team is going into the new season with almost a completely new roster of players. |
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