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Two Macalester students were assaulted by a group of five men 15-20 years old on bicycles Friday night along Snelling Avenue near the campus.

As H1N1 cases rise in Minnesota, Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Diseases Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, expects a surge in cases in the next six to eight weeks.

With that, he fears that there will not be enough of the vaccine in time for Minnesotans.

“I’m afraid too little vaccine is going to get here before the peak hits,” Osterholm told about 600 people at a flu summit organized by the Minnesota Department of health.

Twenty-one of the cases were self-reported on the university’s pandemic-planning website, while the other five were seen at the health service clinic.

The stage was set and the Target Center was filling up. As 1 p.m. inched closer, audience members were loud and excited. 

Even before 5:15 a.m., people lined North Sixth Street in downtown Minneapolis alongside the Target Center in anticipation of President Obama’s speech. 

The Zero Adult Providers project is undergoing a change.

“The ZAP project is currently in a state of confusion,” said James Sachs, assistant dean of students.

ZAP was designed to help prevent underage drinking, according to the Minnesota Institute of Public Health.

“Preventing underage drinking is not just about getting kids to say no to alcohol. It’s also about getting adults to stop providing alcohol to kids,” according to the Institute of Public Health’s Web site.

A comfortable place for students to study, larger rooms and a bigger chapel are some of the expected benefits of the Sitzmann Hall renovation. Sitzmann Hall, built in the 1920s and located on the corner of Summit and Cleveland Avenues, was originally constructed as a family residence, much like the rest of the stately homes …

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