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Mark Rotenberg

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Steve Sviggum: Legal opinions find conflict of interest between his U of M, MNGOP gigs

    ​Former Minnesota GOP Speaker of the House Steve Sviggum is an unpaid University of Minnesota regent. He is also executive assistant to the Senate GOP caucus.But according to two legal opinions released yesterday by the U of M, he should no longer do both."This systemic conflict cannot be eliminat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Amanda Tatro, still upset about Facebook-post punishment, may appeal to U.S. Supreme Court

    ​Amanda Tatro is still upset the University of Minnesota disciplined her for tongue-perhaps-in-cheek Facebook posts threatening violence against an ex-boyfriend. So upset, in fact, that she may end up appealing her case to the U.S. Supreme Court.The Minnesota Supreme Court heard oral arguments ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Amanda Tatro and Facebook threats: U of M wins against former student

    Fox9Tatro got an "F" for threats in a Facebook post.​The threatening messages a University of Minnesota student posted to her Facebook page in December 2009 were fair grounds to punish her, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled yesterday. Amanda Tatro, then a 29 year old mortuary science student, p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2011

    Linda Zinter appeals U of M 'bad advising' lawsuit ruling

    Linda Zinter says her U of M adviser wasted her time.​All Linda Zinter wanted was a little advice from her grad school academic adviser. But when that advice turned out to be unhelpful--the courses her adviser suggested weren't required, and Zinter earned an "F" in one of them--she sued the U ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Charles Schulz cleared in U of M investigation

    Courtesy of Mill City Video ServicesThe author of the allegations disputes the U of M's response.​The University of Minnesota has found no violations in an internal investigation into Department of Psychiatry Chair Dr. Charles Schulz, according a letter signed by Mark Rotenberg, the college's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    Dan Markingson's suicide: U of M attorney responds [UPDATE]

    Courtesy Mary WeissMarkingson committed suicide in 2004 while enrolled in an experimental study at the U of M.​University of Minnesota counsel Mark Rotenberg will meet with the Board of Regents to discuss a letter requesting an independent investigation into events surrounding Dan Markingson's ... More >>

  • News

    June 3, 2010

    J Robinson wrestling real estate probe

    Investigation by U of M finds no NCAA violations

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    U of M wrestling-real estate investigation lingers

    The U's lawyers originally predicted they would wrap up the investigation in a few weeks. That was four months ago.

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    U wrestling-real estate investigation taking longer than predicted

    The U launched the internal probe in mid-December in reaction to a report from The Minnesota Daily.

  • News

    June 19, 2002

    If They Build It, U Will Pay

    Flawed contracts. Cut corners. Inadequate inspections. Complaints about conflicts of interest. University of Minnesota president Mark Yudof might be getting out just in time.

  • News

    July 4, 2001

    Bitter Pills

    The AIDS drug Ziagen has brought healthy windfalls to the University of Minnesota and GlaxoSmithKline. But it isn't doing anything at all for the millions who are dying of the disease in Africa.

  • News

    April 18, 2001

    Sunken Treasures

    The University of Minnesota calls its new underground library a triumph of design and function. Never mind the mold that feasts on pollution, a multimillion-dollar legal dispute, and those pesky health complaints.

  • News

    April 9, 1997

    Destroying the University to Save the University

    A long and rancorous effort to do away with tenure and run itself more like a business has set the University of Minnesota back for years to come.

  • News

    March 6, 1996

    The Trials of David Lillehaug

    In the wake of Najarian and Shabazz, the U.S. attorney and former DFL prodigy finds his once-bright political future in question.

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