The 2025 fall semester was almost like any other. I spent it running between classes, editing multimedia projects, squeezing volunteer hours in between activities and getting dreadfully little sleep.
Late in the semester, Minnesota received more national attention thanks to fraud allegations targeting Twin Cities communities (the subject of my final column of the semester). While there was lots of media attention, it was initially more talk than action, and I still looked forward to what the Spring semester would bring.
I don’t think I or anyone else in the Twin Cities appreciated just how much our lives were going to change in just a few months as Operation Metro Surge escalated…