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Upcoming Undergraduate Student Government annual elections

Annual elections for the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) are coming up and will be taking place in February and March. USG serves over 220 on campus student organizations; they are used as support and fund new experiences and opportunities to all organizations that reach out, allocating $800,000 annually to student

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This week at USG

This week, President Zachary Olson began this week’s meeting by welcoming back students, saying “We [USG members] are all very excited to get back to work.” This message was seconded by Ethan Gerds, the new Vice President of USG. Joining the new Vice President was a new College of Engineering

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Sports report

On Dec. 29, the Huskies men’s hockey team opened play in the 56th Great Lakes Invitational with a scrappy 0-0 stalemate in Ann Arbor against the third-ranked Michigan Wolverines. Blake Pietila stopped all 30 shots he faced to ensure the shutout, as Michigan Tech killed off two Wolverine power plays

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COVID testing for students and employees

As the spring semester begins, Michigan Tech remains under Campus Health and Safety Level Two. This requires students to wear a mask when inside campus buildings. With the omicron variant of COVID-19 spreading throughout the United States and the Upper Peninsula, many students have voiced concerns on Discord and Reddit

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Student organizations began month-long winter carnival sculptures

Student organizations at Michigan Tech began working on their month-long snow sculptures for Winter Carnival. Members from Delta Zeta and Sigma Phi Epsilon started work on their sculpture in front of the Memorial Union Building. This is the first collaboration between the fraternity and sorority in the past five years,

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Houghton City Council

Houghton City Council met on Jan. 13 for the first meeting of 2022. As the city begins work driving support piles into the canal bed for the upcoming pier, a set of cables owned and operated by AT&T are posing some challenges. Despite the city making contact initially in May

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Upcoming events (1/13-1/18)

All events are free unless otherwise noted   Thursday, Jan. 13 Physics Colloquium – Dr. Nadir Jeevanjee 4 – 5 p.m. — Virtual Event NSF CyberCorps Scholarship Info Session 5 p.m. — Rekhi 112 Let it Go: Plate Smash by Delta Zeta Sorority 6 p.m. — Delta Zeta House Open

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