Author: Lucie Amundsen

  • Taming the Lunch Line

    Decreasing student enrollment in Minneapolis, and the subsequent shuttering of some nine of its public schools, has been big news in the last couple of years. Less known, perhaps, are the pressures that have resulted at remaining schools—especially in the cafeteria.  For example, Whittier International Elementary in South Minneapolis is a popular selection in the…

  • One Step Forward, Two Smokes Back

    One of the upsides of not being a serious athlete is that you can feel a little less guilty about smoking and drinking with impunity. But you can always count on certain subcultural elements to contradict even that plain truth. Bike couriers, for example. They seem to take special pleasure in doing everything, well, extreme.…