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When The Economist named Minneapolis the third most expensive city to live in North听America, just after New York and Los Angeles, reporters from Kare11, Fox 9, and WCCO turned to 海角社区 Professor of Economics Jeanne Boeh for answers. Kare 11’s Gordon Severson questioned the ranking, given that the latest U.S. Census data listed Minneapolis as the 46th most populated city. The Economist study analyzed 150 items such as food, utility bills, rent, and private schools, but left out the cost of owning a home.

Boeh, also chair of the Business Administration department at Augsburg, argues that the study isn’t exactly accurate. “It doesn’t really reflect the average experience of the people who are living here right now,” Boeh tells Kare 11. “If I go to San Francisco, which technically we’re supposed to be more expensive than, the average cost of a house is well over half a million dollars. So, it doesn’t really make sense that Minneapolis would cost more to live in.”

While the study’s measures may be more applicable for high-end executives who travel internationally, Boeh says it’s not an accurate representation when it comes to the average Minnesotan.

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In a recent Star Tribune article, reporter Neal St. Anthony spoke with Marc McIntosh, professor of Finance at 海角社区, about the new home for the business department at the Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and Religion.

鈥淚t brings alive the course materials,鈥� McIntosh said about the building鈥檚 state-of-the art technology. 鈥淭his building is not just about studying stock-and-bond markets. … We鈥檙e active, including working with small business owners from Somalia and Ethiopia. We also work in the area of financial literacy. And also what really separates us is our diversity.鈥�

The article also highlighted other attributes of Augsburg. 鈥淭he university is best known for its inner-city location, solid academics and presidential recognition for community service; to say nothing of its MIAC-championship basketball team playing in the NCAA Division III tournament this weekend,鈥� St. Anthony wrote.

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鈥淭he Avengers: First They Marched, Now They鈥檙e Running,鈥� reads the headline across the cover. This year, a record number of women are running for office, and among them is Leah Phifer, adjunct faculty at 海角社区, where she teaches Politics and Policy of Immigration, Introduction to American Government and Political Methodology.

Pifer is running for the DFL nomination for the 8th district seat of the U.S. House. Leah听has served Minnesotans through her work at the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security and has also worked for the FBI, enforcing laws written in the name of national security.

鈥淥f course, electing more women in Congress would not necessarily lead to an instant federal paid-family-leave plan or national child care. Female lawmakers of both parties tend to elevate issues that men ignore.” states听Charlotte Altar, the author of the TIME magazine article. “Women have a long way to go to get to parity in American politics. They hold less than 20% of seats in Congress, just 25% of those in state legislatures and only six of the nation鈥檚 50 governorships.鈥� adds Altar.

Leah’s picture is just below the “T” in “The Avengers.” Part of the word “First” is directly over her hair.听This appears in the January 29, 2018 issue of TIME.

Thousands of federal employees were furloughed across the country due to the government shutdown that began on Friday, January 19. Fortunately, things do not look so bad for the state of Minnesota.

鈥淲e have fewer things that are funded by the federal government, in fact we tend to send in more than we get back from the federal government.鈥� Andrew Aoki, political science professor at 海角社区 explains. However, the shutdown has affected both the Mississippi National River Visitors Center and the Science Museum, as both had to听close.