Diggin’ the St. Paul campus: UMN students judge dirt as pastime

"On the St. Paul campus, a group of students often climbs into pits in the dirt, taking samples, doing tests and recording measurements on the soil that they find. While this may look strange to observers, it is routine for the University of Minnesota’s Soil Judging Team.

"The Soil Judging Team has been competing against other universities since 1958. Last month, the team placed first in the group category and fifth overall at a regional competition in Kansas." Continue reading the story in MN Daily.