Pulse of the Twin Cities
June 1 - June 7, 2005
Volume 9, Issue 9 * Free
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"Your Locally Grown Alternative Newspaper"
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1. Native Tribes Struggle to Reclaim Sacred Sites
by Joel Helfrich, Dwight Metzger and Michael Nixon
http://pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=1865
Dozens of the largest astronomical research institutions will gather
this week in Minneapolis to laud and promote their endeavors at the
biannual meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS).
Representing major universities, scientific foundations and U.S.
military-industrial interests, the astronomers will present to each
other grand plans for future discoveries, conquests and dreams.
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2. Storm over General College
U of M division used by poor, minorities may close next year
by Lydia Howell
http://pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=1863
“The University began as a land-grant university and it shouldn’t be
turned into an elitist club!” declared teaching assistant, union
organizer and graduate student Issac Komola at a recent rally supporting
University of Minnesota’s General College (GC).
For 63 years, the semi-autonomous General College has specialized in
serving “nontraditional” students—largely poor, minority, older or
immigrant students, many the first in their families to go to college.
The college’s intensive remedial courses, small classes and creative
teaching methods are designed to help students climb out of a
disadvantaged background.
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3. Green leader takes on the man
Cobb was ‘04 presidential candidate
by Nancy Sartor
http://pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=1862
It matters little whether your belief in “the man” to provide you with a
life of security and abundance is the result of grandiose delusion,
blind faith or simple naiveté—it’s time to wake up and smell the
Starbuck’s, folks.
If you’re not willing to support your caffeine addiction by buying
fair-trade java from the local coffee shop; if you won’t forgo the
slippery allure of a gas-guzzling SUV; or if you don’t vote for
candidates who support sustainable lifestyles, things are going to get
very, very messy indeed.
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