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I think a view of the Northrop Mall would be esthetically superior to the picture that is displayed here now. Are any good pictures of it in the public domain and on the web where they can be copied? Michael Hardy 23:11, 2 Feb 2004 (UTC)

This article should be moved to University of Minnesota, and the current article there moved to University of Minnesota system. john k 00:18, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I finally moved the twin cities article as suggested. The University of Minnesota page now describes the main campus, as U of Wisconsin links to the Madison campus and Michigan to the Ann Arbor campus. Subsurd 07:31, 18 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Campus Size

I'm wondering about the acreage figures used in the article. I found information from the school's web sites that suggests that the Minneapolis campus is 2000 acres with an additional 730 in St. Paul. Figures in the article suggest that the Minneapolis campus is spread across less than 400 acres. I have to question that, as that amounts to about 1.6 square km, and that seems to be quite small for such a large university, but conversely, the figures I looked at put the Minneapolis campus at 8 square km, which seems a little much. My information came from http://www.irr.umn.edu/stsur/stsur96.htm Subsurd 03:44, 9 June 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I added aerial photos of both campuses (taken from when I was flying to DC), and added red lines to show, based off of the official campus maps available on the university's website, the area of the campus. Actually, on the Minneapolis campus I did end up adding the areas immediately next to the river which are considered parkland and not part of the U. As a person who went to the U for grad school, I must say that you're correct: for over 50k students its relatively small. Bobak 21:19, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Improvement Drive

The related articles History of Minnesota, American Empire,National Football League and Space program of the United States have been listed to be improved on Wikipedia:This week's improvement drive. To support one of these articles you can add your vote there. Also, Rodgers and Hammerstein is nominated at the Biography Collaboration. --Fenice 18:16, 14 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Parking At the U

how many parking spaces are available at U of M — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.112.24.54 (talk • contribs)

The short answer is not enough. From Parking and Transportation's FAQ there are 21,000 spaces available for 24,000 daily commuters. Students enter a parking lottery for a small subset of parking facilities on campus (I believe they can also enter a separate lottery in their dorm for spaces nearby, if there are any), ranking three of their top choices. I always "won" the lottery, so I'm not sure how rare it is not to get a contract for a semester. For faculty and staff, they enter a waiting list for an expanded list of facilities at will. More popular facilities like the Washington Avenue ramp have waiting lists in the 1500s (rumor has it that the Northrup garage has a waiting list which would take years to get through), but the more common number is around 100-300, with some facilities having no wait. As far as daily parking goes, rates are somewhat high if you're parking for the entire day, generally around $12. — wheresmysocks 03:34, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Barnyard

Hi. I've been putting together pages for each of the Big Ten's basketball student sections and was wondering if someone would be interested in expanding and maintaining that of the Barnyard. Thanks! --BroadSt Bully 13:35, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

one of the external links is blind.

one of the external links is blind: The Wake Student Magazine.--Pejman47 07:44, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Urban flagship university

Isn't U. of Minnesota unique in that it is one of two flagship universities to be located in a large urban area as opposed to a college town, the other being Washington? 4.224.120.52 23:06, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure about its overall uniqueness, but it is one of the main selling points used in prospective student literature. [1] — wheresmysocks 00:40, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]