Nora Leinen

About me

Nora Leinen (nora@tcdailyplanet.net) is an English Literature major at the University of Minnesota with an interest in theory and American studies. Previously held an internship with the Twin Cities Daily Planet. Interested in exploring community organizations that use art and diverse creative ventures to promote or encourage social movements.

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OPINION | Federal financial aid legislation fails to solve the runaway cost of college

By Nora Leinen, The Minnesota Daily

On March 21, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2010 passed as a part of the health care reconciliation bill.

Under this legislation, the federal government has made college affordable, insured the increased success of community colleges and put American education back into the hands of the students ... April Fools!MORE »

OPINION | Optimism in the "jobless" economy

By Nora Leinen, The Minnesota Daily

For those of you planning to graduate this spring, the finish line is finally in sight. Suddenly, you realize after four years of long, tiring work, and probably some play, that you still don't have a job or a concrete idea of what you are going to do when May gets here and that real world smacks you in face.MORE »

OPINION | Slow down, green movement

By Nora Leinen, The Minnesota Daily

For those interested in researching cutting-edge environmental and sustainable technology, the University of Minnesota is increasingly becoming the place to be.MORE »

OPINION | Who's dismantling the Ivory Tower?

By Nora Leinen, The Minnesota Daily

It's hard to find a day we aren't inundated by the news of more financial troubles for the University of Minnesota and higher education in general. It's hard not to feel students' educations are being left on the bench in place of a profit-driven administration. MORE »

OPINION | Get off the social host bandwagon

By Nora Leinen, The Minnesota Daily

Please spare me another news report with stereotypical college students chugging endless amounts of alcohol that leaves me wondering, "who agreed to do this on camera?" However ridiculous, videos like these explicitly show the reality of underage and binge drinking on college campuses.MORE »

Olympic Biathlete from Battle Lake, MN

By Nora Leinen, TC Daily Planet

Wynn Roberts was introduced to biathlon just as one might expect in small town Battle Lake, Minnesota. At a cross country ski meet, his dad ran into another competitor's mom whose child also participated in biathlon and mentioned that Wynn might be interested. And for the five years since then, it's been biathlon for Roberts. MORE »

OPINION | The dangers of a "post-racial" society

By Nora Leinen, The Minnesota Daily

At the University of Minnesota on Nov. 4, 2008, there was yelling and cheering in the mall outside Northrop Auditorium. Along the streets of the West Bank, celebrations could be heard as a nation rejoiced at a racial and political victory long deserved.MORE »

OPINION | The dangers of a ‘post-racial’ society

By Nora Leinen, The Minnesota Daily

At the University of Minnesota on Nov. 4, 2008, there was yelling and cheering in the mall outside Northrop Auditorium. Along the streets of the West Bank, celebrations could be heard as a nation rejoiced at a racial and political victory long deserved.MORE »

St. Paul psychic looks to 2010 and beyond

By Nora Leinen, TC Daily Planet

Looking back on the past 12 months reveals a whirl of events - new president, nuclear proliferation, health care, war in Afghanistan, global warming, terrorist plots, H1N1. We didn't start the fires, but someone keeps throwing logs on and we really wish they'd cut it out. And what's ahead in 2010? MORE »

Human trafficking in Minnesota

By Nora Leinen, TC Daily Planet

"I got my life back, that is why I'm standing up, to put a face on the story" began Bukola Oriola, who was a journalist in Nigeria before marrying a United States citizen, a family friend from Nigeria. After they were married, they moved to Minnesota. Then, Bukola says, her husband "changed from someone very gentle and kind to someone I'd never met." Bukola was not allowed to see neighbors or form relationships. Her husband forced her to work 14 hours a day braiding hair, without pay, even when she was pregnant. After the birth of their child, her husband often threatened to divorce and report her to immigration officials. Her son, as a U.S. citizen, would stay in the country. MORE »