The Bark student newspaper uncovered “inappropriate” emails from Kirby Student Center staff. Written By: Izabel Johnson | Andee Erickson | 8:13 am, May 9, 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)
DULUTH A data request made by student journalists has revealed expletive-laden emails from University of Minnesota Duluth staff sparked by a dispute over office space.
The almost 900 pages of staff emails, many sent by staff members of Kirby Student Center, include comments comparing The Bark student news organization 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 p
UMD administrator lambastes student newspaper in e-mail She sent a profane e-mail calling the campus newspaper fake news. May 7, 2021 9:53am Text size Copy shortlink:
A University of Minnesota Duluth administrator called the school s student newspaper the Ministry of Propaganda, and likened it to fake news in an e-mail with numerous expletives that was sent to one of her colleagues and obtained by student reporters as part of a public data request.
A monthslong battle between student journalists and school officials came to a head this week when the newspaper published the results of the request that was answered in March, seven months after it was made. The more than 800-page response showed the extent of the animosity between the administrator, Jessi Eaton, and the student newspaper.
By Mark Nicklawske
As the great pandemic bludgeoned the live entertainment industry it caused many musical heartbreakers - take Dave Simonett for example: The Trampled by Turtles frontman released his first album under his own name - the gorgeous
Red Tail, - on March 12 of last year. Shortly afterwards, stage lights went dark forcing the songwriter to cancel a tour and lose the valuable promotion associated with it.
Rather than take the next 12 month off, Simonett found a safe, socially-distanced activity to ride out the shutdown. He retreated to his South Minneapolis basement and created a new record all by himself. Those solitary recording sessions produced the five-song EP
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.
Looking back, the last large-scale events we attended last March sound other-worldly. Written By: Christa Lawler | ×
Matt McGrath (from left), Mare Winningham and Todd Almond perform a scene in “Girl from the North Country” which opened about a year ago on Broadway, but quickly closed down because of the pandemic. (Photo by Matthew Murphy)
It was a band that holds the metaphorical key to the city that played one of the last large-scale events in this region before everything was locked down in mid-March 2020.
Wilco’s concert was at Symphony Hall and, according to reviewer Tony Bennett, opened with “Bright Leaves,” featured a solo by Nils Cline “at times playing speedy jazz-rock runs … and at other times letting loose with atonal smears of color and behind the bridge squalls,” and had a guest appearance from Low’s Alan Sparhawk, known friend of the band.