U of M President: 'Staff were terrified' leading up to student arrests
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The University of Minnesota has been under a microscope in the last week, with 11 students arrested on the Twin Cities campus after occupying Morrill Hall, which holds the office of the president. Student groups say all 11 students got an interim suspension and are asking people to call the president to demand that those suspensions be lifted. This all comes at a busy time for the University as it gears up for the legislative session, in hopes of getting the funding request the board of regents just recently passed. University of Minnesota President Dr. Rebecca Cunningham spoke with MPR News host Nina Moini about it all.
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