Statesman

Last Thursday, Associate Elementary Education Professor Joyce Strand apologized to a group of angry elementary education majors who had been informed earlier in the week that their graduation plans would be delayed. Elementary education major Elisabeth Dalton and a posse of elementary education students and their parents bombarded the department with complaints and concerns after receiving the news about the changes.… Post the First Comment

Numerous students who consider themselves seasoned veterans of the Duluth Transit Authority (DTA), have been surprised by the over-packed busses this year. DTA General Manager Dennis Jensen is "very happy with the student rider total at the end of September," which reached 60,800.… Post the First Comment

Halloween weekend was a busy one for university police. They gave out 29 underage consumption tickets and sent five people to detox. Of those offenses, most were not out of the ordinary and called in through 911 for disturbances related to noise and drinking on campus.… Post the First Comment

Last Saturday at 2:34 a.m., an 18-year-old Oak Grove male suffered life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle across from Campus Park apartments on Rice Lake Road, according to a Duluth Police Department press release. The victim, Alexander Michael Balluf was walking toward Boulder Ridge apartments with three friends, all of whom were visiting Duluth for the weekend according to investigator Randy Morris.… Post the First Comment