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Jaclyn Evert (email evert027@umn.edu) is a journalism student at the University of Minnesota.

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Behind the scenes at three Twin Cities farmers' markets

By Jaclyn Evert, TC Daily Planet

Farmers' markets are in full swing for the season, and there is no shortage of vendors waiting to sell their product. Here is a behind the scenes look at doing business in a farmer's market. MORE »

Extreme couponing, Minnesota-style

By Jaclyn Evert, TC Daily Planet

Due to the current nasty recession, everyone is looking to save an extra buck here and there. Some people are making a sport out of it through a phenomenon known as extreme couponing, in which consumers buy almost every product solely using coupons. Becky Schack, a currently unemployed mother from White Bear Lake, is a super-shopper who saves a lot of money with coupons.MORE »

THEATER | Ballet of the Dolls's "Nutcracker (Not So) Suite" is eye-opening, but uneven

By Jaclyn Evert, TC Daily Planet

Ballet of the Dolls is offering a strange and somewhat kinky twist on a holiday favorite, The Nutcracker, featuring Barbie, Ken, and a whole lot of sparkle and sequins. MORE »

Meals on Wheels packs Blizzard Boxes in Minneapolis

By Jaclyn Evert, TC Daily Planet

"I look down this line at the folks all doing this and I just think it's so cool," said Southeast and Northeast Meals on Wheels volunteer Dawn Malcolm. "Some of our clients, if you don't bring them a meal, they don't eat that day." MORE »

Back to school: Harder when you're homeless

By Jaclyn Evert, TC Daily Planet

As another school year begins, some kids are filled with nervous anticipation or dragged by their parents kicking and screaming to the bus stop, but others are worried about where they are going to sleep tonight. In the past year, the Twin Cities public school system has seen an increase in homeless students, due to housing foreclosures, evictions, and the recession.MORE »

John Poupart: Work on strengthening American Indian communities honored by McKnight Foundation

By Jaclyn Evert, TC Daily Planet

“Our oral history defines who we are. Our language comes from the Creator as a gift to us as a people, and we are the original people of the Western Hemisphere.MORE »

We are the village: Help kids go back to school

By Jaclyn Evert, TC Daily Planet

A new school year is just around the corner and stores are buzzing with the back to school sales. While buying new supplies is an exciting time for many students, hundreds of low-income youth will start this school year without the tools they need.MORE »

Celebrations of Life award for "professional protester" from White Bear Lake

By Jaclyn Evert, TC Daily Planet

“I call myself a professional protester,” said Mary Vaughan of White Bear Lake, and the 76-year-old has a record to prove it. After retiring at the age of 62, the former nun, educator, missionary, volunteer, “prisoner of conscience” and author has dedicated her life to peaceful protest against social and political injustice.MORE »

Helping victims of torture, from Minnesota to the world

By Jaclyn Evert, TC Daily Planet

From counseling torture victims in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to fixing bikes for political refugees in Minneapolis, the Center for Victims of Torture provides healing services that reach around the world.MORE »

"Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther" at Walker Art Center June 5

By Jaclyn Evert, TC Daily Planet

“In the past, we died for free. From here on, we’re going to make our death expensive.” This threat made by the controversial Black Panther member, Eldridge Cleaver, is the premise for director Wiliam Klein’s 1970 documentary, Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther.MORE »

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