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May 09, 2006
What's happened since . . ?
An updated look at some things Local covered earlier in the semester
On February 3, The Oracle reported on plans to revamp North Snelling avenue with a Hamline-Hancock mural and planters along the avenue. The mural has been placed on the south side of the Hubbard and Snelling, just north of Hancock’s parking lot, instead of the corner of Snelling and Englewood. It features brightly colored depictions of Hancock and Old Main as well as smiling college and elementary students. The mural is most visible to traffic heading south on Snelling. The planters mentioned in the article are scheduled to make an appearance in the coming months. The Hamline Midway Coalition also did a cleanup along the avenue on May 3.
St. Paul’s smoking ban took effect on March 31 and, for now, the effects have been minimal. As The Oracle reported on February 28, many felt (and still feel) that the bars won’t be hit with damaging effects until the winter months come around once again. Patrons of the Midway’s Turf Club and Big V’s currently enjoy their smokes in the comfort of the warm spring air, and for the most part don’t seem to mind going out for a bit of fresh and cancerous air. City council members have been touting the ban as a success, but many bar owners don’t seem like they’ll be convinced one way or the other until a few winters come and go.
On April 11, The Oracle reported on a recent rise in crimes in the Midway area. According to the St. Paul Police Department’s Weekly Crime Report, the crimes in the Midway area have plateaued at an elevated position since the original article in both quantity and severity. There have been, however, a larger number of robberies and attempted robberies at Hamline as well as other colleges in the area.
The Oracle reported on a march for immigrants rights that occurred on April 9. On May 1, immigrants did not go in to work as a demonstration their power in numbers. La Invasora, Spanish AM 1400, went commercial free all day to chronicle the event. Schools in the Twin Cities reported that half of Latino students showed up to school as over 300 businesses closed completely, and many others were short-handed. The effect in the Twin Cities was comparatively smaller than Chicago which had a downtown march 20 blocks deep.
Posted by dwright at May 9, 2006 02:04 PM
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