Gopher Women's Rugby players Caroline Deiters, left, and Alexis Altmann celebrate their teammates' performance from the sidelines of their game against Wisconsin in Saint Paul, Minn., on Oct. 18, 2025.
Gopher Women's Rugby player Mya Yourczek pushes past her opponents on the Wisconsin team during their game in Saint Paul, Minn., n Oct. 18, 2025.
Minneapolis mayoral candidate DeWayne Davis gives a speech at his election night party at LUSH Lounge and Theater in Minneapolis, Minn., on Nov. 4, 2025. This mayoral election was decided on by ranked-choice voting, and Davis had just made it past the first round of vote counting.
Jia Starr Brown, who introduced DeWayne Davis before his election night party speech, watches him speak at LUSH Lounge and Theater in Minneapolis, Minn., on Nov. 4, 2025. Brown is a co-founder of the Reaching Up Ministries non-profit and an ordained minister.
Drummer and vocalist Maria Arriola records a song with her band, False Start, in Ferguson Hall at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities in Minneapolis, Minn., on Nov. 24, 2025. Arriola is studying at the University of Minnesota for her PhD in music composition.
Cinematographer Touchaingkong Yang stands for a portrait in Rarig Stuido E on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus in Minneapolis, Minn., on Sept. 29, 2025. Yang helps with a variety of video classes in Rarig, and says his favorite part of working on campus is having access to all the restaraunts in the area.
University of Minnesota students Harrison Grant, back left, Caulin Belford, back right, Zayd Naseem, center, and Isiah Theisen pose for a portrait on the front steps of their apartment building in Minneapolis, Minn., on Sept. 29, 2025. The four of them decided to relax outside after a stressful day of midterms.
Anya Westrich smiles as she looks at the character makeup Eli Hayden did for her at the first shoot for the student short film “Girls’ Night” on Nov. 2, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minn. Westrich commented that, in the 80s-inspired outfit, hair and makeup, she looked like some old photos of her mother.
Eli Hayden, left, and Grant Hayden cover the camera and lights with umbrellas to shield them from the rain outside Bordertown Coffee in Minneapolis, Minn., on Nov. 2, 2025. Eli invited her brother, Grant, to help shoot the student short film “Girls’ Night” because, “We need all hands on deck. He’s got hands– and we’ve got the deck!”