The Bark student newspaper uncovered “inappropriate” emails from Kirby Student Center staff. 9:39 pm, May 5, 2021 ×
Grace Henriksen, business manager for The Bark, works on her laptop in July of 2020 in the boxed-up space that the publication occupies in the Kirby Student Center at the University of Minnesota Duluth. (File / Tyler Schank / News Tribune)
A data request made by student journalists at the University of Minnesota Duluth has revealed almost 900 pages of staff emails regarding The Bark student news organization.
The emails, many sent by staff members of Kirby Student Center, include comments comparing The Bark to the “Ministry of Propaganda” and stating that if The Bark wants to “play hardball,” then one Kirby staff member has “one f - of a cutter,” a reference to a specific type of baseball pitch.