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University of Minnesota student leaders call for Sviggum to resign

University of Minnesota student leaders on Wednesday called for Regent Steve Sviggum to resign, saying they doubted the sincerity of his apology for remarks questioning whether the school's Morris campus had become "too diverse."

Tribune News Service · Dec 14, 2022

Sviggum steps down as vice chairman of University of Minnesota regents

University of Minnesota Regent Steve Sviggum stepped down Tuesday as vice chairman of the board that oversees the statewide system amid growing outrage over his question about whether the Morris campus is "too diverse."

Tribune News Service · Oct 25, 2022

Editorial: Lessons learned from Sviggum's blunder

There's a happy ending to be had in the sorry story of Steve Sviggum's theorizing about the enrollment decline at the University of Minnesota's Morris campus. That would be a sudden surge in enrollment by students who actually seek the environment that the regent questioned as possibly "too diverse."

Tribune News Service · Oct 21, 2022