Laura Yuen

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Features Columnist at The Minnesota Star Tribune

Features columnist @StarTribune. @SahanJournal board member. Pickleball. Wordle. Nerd. Allowed to opine. Previously @MPRnews. 📫: [email protected]

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Articles

Feng shui your fridge: Your fridge is a place where fresh food goes to die. That doesn't have to happen

2 days ago | thedailynewsonline.com | Laura Yuen

MINNEAPOLIS — Do you feel ashamed when you toss out rotting food? Maybe it’s a produce bag of slimy green onions decomposing in the bowels of your fridge. Or a forgotten bin of leftovers that would have made a terrific reheated lunch, if only you had noticed it earlier. Jiaying Zhao used to feel guilt-ridden, too. But she says wasting food is not entirely our fault. kAm“x 5@?’E E9:?< E96 7C:586 :D 56D:8?65 H:E9 9F>2? 3692G:@C :? >:?5[” +92@ D2:5] “%96 56D:8?
Feng shui your fridge: Your fridge is a place where fresh food goes to die. That doesn't have to happen

3 days ago | thelcn.com | Laura Yuen

MINNEAPOLIS — Do you feel ashamed when you toss out rotting food? Maybe it’s a produce bag of slimy green onions decomposing in the bowels of your fridge. Or a forgotten bin of leftovers that would have made a terrific reheated lunch, if only you had noticed it earlier. Jiaying Zhao used to feel guilt-ridden, too. But she says wasting food is not entirely our fault. kAm“x 5@?’E E9:?< E96 7C:586 :D 56D:8?65 H:E9 9F>2? 3692G:@C :? >:?5[” +92@ D2:5] “%96 56D:8?
Why Minnesota high school students shouldn't opt out of standardized tests

6 days ago | startribune.com | Laura Yuen

Standardized test scores are not the end all and be all. But they matter. At least, they should. Testing season is wrapping up in Minnesota schools. Every spring, students around the state are asked to give their best shot at the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment tests, known as MCAs, to gauge their understanding of math, reading and science. In many Minnesota high schools, a startlingly high proportion of students refuse.
Community news is under threat as more Minnesotans cut their cable cords

1 week ago | startribune.com | Laura Yuen

Dave Kiser welcomed the mayor of Osseo at the entrance of the CCX Media cable TV station for their regular televised catch-up. The mayor, Duane Poppe, knew exactly what to do: He miked himself with a lavalier and quickly settled into a familiar armchair in a spacious professional studio for his latest recording of "Mayor's Minutes." Before the cameras started rolling, Kiser, a fixture of the station since the 1980s, reminded the mayor of what was on their agenda.
Run for the beer, stay for the life changes

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Laura Yuen

What if that 5K you think you can't hack was followed by a pint of beer, an invitation to socialize and increased motivation to hop off the couch? Since organizing their first beer-themed fun run in Minnesota 13 years ago, Morgan Jappe and Nate Herrington have heard countless stories from people who say their events have changed their lives.
Paige Bueckers the superstar teaches us how to be an elite human

3 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Laura Yuen

By Laura Yuen, The Minnesota Star Tribune Plenty of youth sports parents would love for their kids to achieve athletic greatness. Chances are they won't grow up to be elite players. But they can grow up to become elite human beings - who stay grounded, stand up for others and lift up everyone around them. They can grow up to become a little more like Paige Bueckers.
How Minnesotans can dress a little less 'safe'

3 weeks ago | startribune.com | Laura Yuen

How does one define men's contemporary Minnesota fashion? You may not notice a distinctive regional style here until you take a trip out of state and return home to a sea of hoodies and Carhartt tan. Brewery-merch ballcaps, jeans and Vikings sweats. A polo shirt or a quarter-zip if they want to class it up. Denimani Livingstone is more concise. "Safe," he tells me. "Minnesotans dress very safe."The 31-year-old Twin Cities clothing designer doesn't mean to offend.
Laura Yuen: Paige Bueckers the superstar teaches us how to be an elite human

3 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Laura Yuen

Plenty of youth sports parents would love for their kids to achieve athletic greatness. Chances are they won't grow up to be elite players. But they can grow up to become elite human beings - who stay grounded, stand up for others and lift up everyone around them. They can grow up to become a little more like Paige Bueckers. This week my family and I watched the Minnesota native moments after she was announced as the WNBA's No. 1 overall draft pick.
Laura Yuen: Paige Bueckers the superstar teaches us how to be an elite human

3 weeks ago | swoknews.com | Laura Yuen

Plenty of youth sports parents would love for their kids to achieve athletic greatness. Chances are they won’t grow up to be elite players. But they can grow up to become elite human beings — who stay grounded, stand up for others and lift up everyone around them. They can grow up to become a little more like Paige Bueckers.
Paige Bueckers the superstar teaches us how be an elite human

4 weeks ago | startribune.com | Laura Yuen

Bueckers made it known to everyone that she wouldn't abandon Starks. Eventually Starks and Bueckers branched off to join the Minnesota Metro Stars Basketball Club and brought several teammates from the old program with them. "I don't think she realized how much that meant to me, as a 16-year-old young lady fighting for a Black woman," Starks said. Starks felt that she was being discriminated against because of her race and gender.