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Tiny Yurt

I have an interest in covering stories about the environment, sustainability, corporate interference, and consumer rights and human rights. I want to use this space to tell the stories that need to be told—stories that resonate, inspire, and empower people to get involved and help transform our communities for the better.

Why Tiny Yurt? For me, yurts are symbolic—they allow people to come together, and they allow people to easily move around and gather experiences. And everywhere a yurt is erected, it leaves leave a tiny imprint. This is my attempt at leaving a tiny imprint and connecting with people who have ideas bigger and better than my own.

U of M faculty members call for an investigation into death of research subject

By Molly Priesmeyer, Tiny Yurt

Dan Markingson was deemed incompetent. Then, days later, he was deemed competent enough to take part in a research study that ultimately netted the U of M hundreds of thousands of dollars-and possibly led to Markingson's violent death.MORE »

Questions still linger on "Troubled Waters"

By Molly Priesmeyer, Tiny Yurt

"Troubled Waters," the U of M film that has garnered plenty of attention since U of M VP Karen Himle pulled it from TPT on September 7th, premiered as scheduled tonight to a packed house at the Bell Museum.MORE »

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