Local view: Sexual harassment at UMD? ‘Rod was just being Rod’
I was utterly disgusted to read the articles about Rod Raymond and the accusations of sexual harassment (“Report recommended UMD instructor Rod Raymond be fired,” Oct. 25). I wasn’t disgusted with Raymond but with the vicious attacks against him.
RELATED CONTENTOur view: Troubling questions persist in wake of UMD probe
Sexual harassment is not tolerated at the University of Minnesota Duluth, but fitness instructor Rod Raymond remains on the job, even after an investigation found he sexually harassed two female students.
RELATED CONTENTThe OId Scout: Life’s variety pack is inherently unfair
It costs $722 to fly from St. Paul/Minneapolis to Bismarck, N.D., and you can fly from St. Paul/Minneapolis to Paris for $754. Life is unfair; we all know this. Big prizes go to mediocrities while you struggle on, unappreciated. The righteous suffer while the wicked prosper. Bernie Madoff danced around the Securities & Exchange Commission to the tune of billions and the Immigration & Naturalization people deport a good Vietnamese woman for a minor error.
National view: Retooling transportation is our 21st century challenge
In the 20th century, the development of new infrastructure helped turn the U.S. into the greatest superpower the world has ever seen. Electrifying rural America, providing phone service, the interstate highway system, airports for the jet age, even opening the Great Lakes to the oceans of the globe with the St. Lawrence Seaway gave our society mobility for people and products, as well as the ability to communicate instantly across vast distances.
RELATED CONTENTOur view: Reinforced Duluth divide has silver lining
Anyone with any doubt going into Tuesday’s elections should be clear now: Duluth is a city divided, split over the best way to repair and improve school buildings and learning environments.
RELATED CONTENTU.S. needs health care like Two Harbors Community Health Clinic
As someone covered for the first 21 years of his life by the Two Harbors Community Health Clinic cooperative, and as someone who has been covered by Medicare/Medicaid since 1991 due to disabling arthritis and AIDS, it is my belief that all Americans should have the care Two Harbors residents once had and that Medicare/Medicaid recipients presently have — as do all our Scandinavian and European brethren.
RELATED CONTENTSen. Yvonne Prettner Solon: Grateful for everyone’s well wishes
I would like to extend a sincere thank you to everyone for the well wishes extended to me during my recent surgery and recovery. The outpouring of support through cards, letters, flowers and phone calls helped buoy my spirits and assisted me on the road to full health.
RELATED CONTENTSteve Decatur and Pam Kramer: Dig deeper to keep United Way’s safety net in place
Today we find people struggling at all levels and in all walks of life, but imagine what this economy has done to those whose lives are a struggle even in the best of times. The use of food shelves has increased
RELATED CONTENTOur view: Taxpayers wouldn’t have been so polite
On the heels of a News Tribune report that Duluth has hit an historic debt level of $200 million — $2,372 for every man, woman and child in the city — Mayor Don Ness and Chief Administrative Officer David Montgomery faced the public yesterday.
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