MPIRG-Morris

05/02/2018

Interested in getting more involved next year? Come to MPIRG's final meeting tonight at 7pm on the Mall! Bring some food and see what positions we have open for next year!

04/12/2018

The outdated monolith utility structure is crumbling and Xcel is aware.

A newly-released parody video makes Xcel Energy’s top priority clear: maximize profits for shareholders, even if that comes at the expense of the country’s most successful community solar program. Supporting analysis of a leaked draft bill from Xcel lobbyists illustrates this further and points ...

04/07/2018

Good report on the loss of the on campus election day polling location.

Thanks to Tom and TBH News for putting this together.

This is a feature story from my KUMM news show, "TBH News, Wednesday". It was aired on 4/4/2018. It is about the University of Minnesota, Morris Campus Polli...

03/30/2018

Come to Imholte 109 to watch "Black Snake Killaz: A Story" with us and some of the folks from Unicorn Riot!

03/30/2018

Very unfortunate. This decision can only serve to make it harder for students to vote.

The city of Morris will have three election polling sites for the 2018 primary and general election. None will be at the University of Minnesota Morris which concerns a group of students who spoke at the March 27 Morris City Council meeting."The way I see it, is almost every point that (city ma...

03/30/2018

T minus 40 minutes to lunch with Unicorn Riot!

03/27/2018

Hey friends of Morris MPIRG! There is a local issue that we think would be of interest to everyone here, if people are not already aware of it. Recently, the City Council of Morris voted to reduce the number of election day polling locations from the historic six, down to just three. This action will only serve to make it harder for every person in the Morris community eligible to vote to exercise that right. This is especially relevant to students because in the Council's discussion of this issue, the on campus polling location was the first proposed cutback.

If you want any more detail about the discussion that took place at the council meeting where this was decided, here are the minutes: http://ci.morris.mn.us/council-minutes/2017/2017-11-28.php

A group of folks, both students and non-students, have elected to write a letter to the city council that can serve as both a response and a list of actions that we want taken. We have three demands in the letter. We are demanding that the City Council reverse their decision to reduce the number of election day polling locations and return it to the standard six, that it be put down in city code that there must always be a polling location on the university campus for easy student access, and also that there must be a publicized public hearing before any future change be made to the number of polling locations. We plan to deliver this letter as a group to the City Council today at their scheduled meeting.

If you would like to read the full letter, here is a link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hlKsTHu5hle8iKVfwbCfL4F_f3H9H7Y8g0N0XE6hGgg/edit?usp=sharing

FOR ACTION: We are passing around a google form for people to sign onto this letter and stand with us. We are also asking for any organizations that people are a part of to sign on collectively as well, and asking for folks to help deliver the letter. Please fill out this google form and add your support! We would love to have it: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJKHzlVifiqfBDtBPF8xC6YY107Oc0IXbJpVaWbcUjVxFmLg/viewform

PLEASE DO THIS BY 4:00pm TODAY!

Thank you!

02/01/2018

We had a great discussion at out first housing campaign event! Head on over to the campaign page to keep yourself up to date.

Morris MPIRG's new campaign intended to build a student focused and led discussion about the costs, benefits, problems, challenges, and rewards of renting in Morris.

01/30/2018

Folks with our housing campaign, making great connections.

01/24/2018

Teamster workers voted to accept the University of Minnesota’s final contract offer. Teamster workers and the UMN averted a system-wide strike involving 1500 service workers.

01/24/2018

This semester our Democracy Task Force is building a student led and focused discussion all around student housing in Morris. Check out this page and leave a like to stay up to date on all of the events, actions, and conversations that we will be building as well as get involved!

Morris MPIRG's new campaign intended to build a student focused and led discussion about the costs, benefits, problems, challenges, and rewards of renting in Morris.

12/14/2017

What could be even more exciting than seeing the newest Star Wars movie?? How about seeing it for FREE!
We're giving one lucky winner 2 tickets, a large popcorn, and two medium pops.
To enter, simply comment on this post with your favorite Star Wars character.

Be sure that you like and follow this page. Winner will be posted here tonight!