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How to drop a class
If you drop a class through Sept. 12 this year, you’ll receive a full refund. If you drop a class after that date, you won’t receive a full refund, and by Oct. 4, there will be no refund. Additionally, if you drop a class after Sept. 19, there will be a W on your transcript for that class. Every undergraduate student is allowed one W on their transcript.
A-F grades when they register for classes through the MyU portal.
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If you’re considering selecting S/N for a course, you should check with your academic advisor before making the selection.
If you live near Marcy Homes or Dinkytown, Alma has some of the best coffee in the area and introduces unique flavors with the turn of the seasons, so get ready pumpkin spice latte and peppermint mocha lovers for Alma’s more bourgeois spinTheyoffs.also have good pastries, but be advised that other people think so too and they tend to sell out quickly through the morning.Forfood options, this one goes out to all the restaurants along Como Avenue near Van Cleve Park. Just a few blocks from Dinkytown, there is a block of restaurants
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Taking college classes can be overwhelming, especially if you’re taking more than the standard 13-credit full course load. The need to drop a class every now and then comes for almost every student, so don’t worry if/when it happens to you.
that are all solid — honorary mentions to Blue Door Pub and Black Coffee and Waffle Bar — but the star of Como Ave’s 1500 block is Ramen
credits will not count toward your degree progress.Aninstructor assigns an N grade if the students’ work was either completed but at a low quality or if the student did not complete the course work.
Finally,Kazama.toexperience Minneapolis’ local music scene for a more affordable price, keep an eye out for shows at the Cedar Cultural Center. The venue is located just off the West Bank light rail station so you don’t have to venture as far out as necessary for shows at First Avenue or the Armory.
Restaurant Alma sits next to a space formerly occupied by Dunn Bros on Monday, July 6, 2015. (Christopher Wakefield/ Minnesota Daily)
Every undergraduate student is allowed to take up to a certain number of Satisfactory/Not Satisfactory (S/N) credits.These credits will allow you to pass a class without the grade counting toward your GPA, but the credits will count toward your degree progress.
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Students will have up until the end of the second week of classes to change a course’s grading scale.
Ticket prices usually range from $10 to $20 — good for college students on a budget — and brings in smaller acts and more widely known local musicians, like Miloe, who performed there this past spring.
Follow these steps and keep these guidelines into consideration when you’re contemplating dropping a class. Most of the time, students can drop a class on their own through myU. Similar to when you register for classes, to drop a class go to the Academics tab in myU, click on Registration and then select Register. Select the Drop button and then the appropriate semester. Check the box for the class you want to drop, confirm and then view the results. You’re good to go if you get a green checkmark next to the class you want to Somedrop.important things to keep in mind though are that there are deadlines for dropping classes and it can impact your financial aid and estimated graduation date.
While the University of Minnesota is not in deficit of coffee shop options, restaurants and entertainment — Bordertown Coffee, Afro Deli and the Weisman Art Museum never disappoint — sometimes you may wish to stray away from campus.
take a five to ten minute walk off campus:
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The Faculty Senate deals with issues of faculty welfare as well as educational and research matters.
Prior to her time at the University, Gabel was the executive vice president and provost at the University of South Carolina. She was also the dean of the University of Missouri’s Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business. Gabel also attended law school at the University of Georgia and earned her law degree before joining the field of academia and administration.
Keep up with the Daily throughout the year for exclusive Q&A sessions with Gabel in our At the Table with Gabel segments. If you have a question you’d like us to ask Gabel, please reach out via email or social media to submit it. (Question submissions do not guarantee that the question will be asked and answered).
The Board of Regents is the top governing body of the University of Minnesota, including all of its system campuses — Twin Cities, Duluth, Rochester, Morris, Crookston. The board oversees the rest of University governance including the president, the provost and theThesenates.board was established in 1851 and consists of 12 unpaid, elected members. Each member serves a sixyear term and represents a different geographic area of the state. There are eight members to represent Minnesota’s eight congressional districts and there are four who represent the state at-large, one of whom is a student at the time of the election.Thejoint convention of the state Legislature elects each board member. The Regent Candidate Advisory Council recommends potential regents to the
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Each senate contains several committees that complete most of the senate work, and then the senates, which generally meet once a month during the academic year, typically make governance recommendations to the president and the Board of Regents.
The representatives consist of faculty from each University campus except Crookston.TheStudent Senate represents students at all five of the University campuses. This senate’s mission is to ensure there is a student voice in University policy and process decisions. The P&A Senate represents Academic Professionals and Administrators at the University.Thefour primary areas the senate works in are benefits and compensation, communications, outreach and professional development and recognition.P&Ajob positions range include conducting research, teaching students, directing programs and more.
- Mary Davenport, at-large
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The Civil Service Senate represents civil service employees at the University. Many of the senate’s responsibilities concern civil service employment conditions.
The University of Minnesota’s University Senate was established in 1912 and originally only consisted of faculty members.
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Joan Gabel is the 17th and current president of the University of Minnesota. Gabel was elected in 2019 and is the University’s first female president.Aspresident, Gabel has created certain initiatives such as the current President’s Initiative to Prevent Sexual Misconduct as well as the President’s Initiative on Student Mental Health. Gabel and her office are also in charge of drafting the University’s annual budget, which includes any tuition increases or decreases and is then approved by the board.
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“When you’re making a decision to have a tuition increase, there has to be buy-in from students,” he said. “The students that I heard from were opposed to the tuition Bettenhausenincrease.”said it’s frustrating to be receiving a tuition increase especially when student workers at the University are making less than the City of Minneapolis’ minimum wage, which increased to $15 per hour on July 1.
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“It’s a lot of hours of work for me just to get $1,000,” she said.
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An increase in tuition combined with money from student loans is causing students to graduate with a large sum of debt.
Regent Doug Huebsch said the tuition increase is important because it allows more money to be allocated to students.“Thisbudget has a good balance between tuition increase and wage increase and we need both,” Huebsch said.Although a majority of board members approved the tuition increase, there were multiple concerns highlighted by regents and student representatives.RegentDarrin Rosha said the increase will affect students’ finances in the long term.
“It’s just making it more difficult for people to afford going to school,” said Ally Rettler, a fourth year student from Wisconsin. “Things were already steep when we started college here, and now it’s just getting worse.”
“I know that inflation is one of the biggest factors at play,” said Nikhil Kumaran, a fourth year student who is from Minnesota and receives in-state tuition. “It just sucks that we’re in a generation where school costs this much and is getting more and more expensive by the Out-of-stateyear.”
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He also said the University must maintain professors, so there is a “3.58% increase in staff pay...”
“I’m not thrilled about the tuition increase, I feel even worse for everyone who is an out-of-state student,” said Kumaran. “They have to worry about rent and the cost of living a lot more than in-state students do. In-state students have the option of saving costs and living with family.”
The University is raising tuition 3.5% for resident and nonresident undergraduate students at the Twin Cities campus.
The tuition increase falls below the current national rate of inflation of 8.6%.The increase is part of the recommended Annual Operating Budget proposed by President Joan Gabel, which includes a 4-8% increase in the room and board costs and a 3-5% increase in other operating costs.
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Vice Chair Steven Sviggum was one of the many Regents in support of the tuitionSviggumincrease.said in order to keep certain programs at the University, like counseling services and the Promise scholarship programs, tuition needed to be increased.
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents approved a 3.5% tuition increase on Thursday, a motion that comes during a period of inflation and financial instability for some students.
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The University of Minnesota Board of Regents announced in June a tuition increase for University students. Some other universities in the Big Ten also decided to increase tuition, while others kept tuition frozen for the 2022-23 academic year.
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“None of us are thrilled with the tuition increase at 3.5%,” Board Chair Kendall Powell said. “I think the fact that we landed it well below inflation … I can live with that.”
The Board of Regents approved a 3.5% tuition increase for the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus earlier this month in an 11-1 vote. Now, in-state students will be charged an additional about $500 for tuition and out-of-state students will be charged an additional about“I’m$1,000.already paying $30,000, and an additional $1,000 may seem insignificant, but it really is very significant,” said Yael Bettenhausen, a fourth year out-of-state student from Illinois.Currently, Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota have reciprocity agreements with the University of Minnesota, meaning students from these states will pay the same amount as students from Minnesota. However, the extra dollars are not lost on any student.
students pay more than double the amount that in-state students pay to attend the University of Minnesota. Tuition and fees rates for the 2021-2022 school year were set around $15,000 for in-state students, while outof-state students paid around $33,000.
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Student loans, groceries, rent, grad school. This is what students at the University of Minnesota would be spending their money on if they were not allocating additional funds towards the increase in tuition.
In addition to tuition increasing and the average student debt rising, college students who live off campus said they also have to worry about paying monthly rent and groceries as inflation continues to rise.Looking at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Purdue University, the University of WisconsinMadison, Michigan State University and the University of Iowa, here are the tuition increases, average student debts and costs of living between these Big Ten universities.
Many students highlighted the already unaffordable tuition rates, especially as inflation increases across the country.
Fourth year student Abdulaziz Mohamed, who is the former president of the Minnesota Student Association, said that the Board made the “wrong decision” as many students are currently dealing with food and housing insecurity and other financial hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the board’s bylaws, the chair’s duties are to preside over the Board of Regents meetings, name and identify committees’ duties and responsibilities and fill committee vacancies. The chair can also “execute such instruments and documents which would devolve upon the principal corporate officer.”
The 2018 contract also states establishing future incentive compensation would be “awarded at the board’s sole discretion,” not the chair’s.
at the time of the election.
According to the Board Operations and Agenda Guidelines Regents Policy, the president’s compensation should be set by the board at a public meeting. “It shall be the responsibility of the chair, in consultation with the vice chair, to recommend presidential compensation and other contract terms for board action,” according to the policy.
The University’s Charter states, “the government of this University shall be vested in a board of 12 regents, who shall be elected by the Legislature.”
In November 2021, Gabel announced the University of Minnesota-Duluth’s
The Board of Regents consists of 12 unpaid elected members, each one serving a six-year term. According to the board’s website, the board “articulates a vision for the University and works to ensure the University of Minnesota fulfills its mission of education, research andOutoutreach.”ofthe12 regents, eight are elected by the state Legislature from each of the congressional districts. The legislature elects the remaining four from the state at large, with one being a University student
The 2021 contract does state the board will evaluate Gabel’s performance annually and have discussions about mutually established goals, objectives and accomplishments. This language contradicts what is previously stated regarding Gabel’s bonuses.
Rosha, former Minnesota governor Arne Carlson and University law professor Richard Painter sent a letter to the Legislative Audit Commission (LAC) in June requesting an audit of the Board of Regents. They cited possible ethical issues with the language in Gabel’s contract and the University of Minnesota-Duluth (UMD) chancellor search. The board will vote on a search committee’s recommendation for UMD chancellor at the July board meeting on Wednesday.TheLACresponded to the letter on June 27 stating the issues raised are “complex.” The commission stated it will put the University Board of Regents on the topics list for the LAC to consider during the topic selection process for next spring.
The individuals who signed and submitted the LAC letter said they believe the language in the 2021 contract violates the board’s ethics and policies because the chair now has the authority to decide the president’s goals, objectives and total
compensation.“There’snothing more fundamental in managing and overseeing and strategic planning for the University than the goals and objectives for the coming year,” Rosha said. “To take that away from the full board and put it in a single regent is outrageous.”Roshasaid determining the goals and objectives is what determines things like the University’s focus and where the University invests its resources.
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Accordingmeeting.to the letter, the contract “expressly gives the board chair the sole power over the president’s performance assessment, financial bonus and the president’s goals and objectives without any approval by the remaining 11 regents.”Regent James Farnsworth said he was “concerned about the power the chair has” and said there was an imbalance of power between the regents.
The review committee consists of regents the chair appoints, according to the board’s website.
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Individuals within the University of Minnesota community have recently pointed out concerns about President Joan Gabel’s December 2021 contract and the University’s search for Duluth’s nextRegentchancellor.Darrin
The 2021 contract language is different from Gabel’s original contract from December 2018, which states she will submit a statement with her objectives to the board annually. This is listed as one of the president’s duties and responsibilities. The 2021 contract no longer includes this provision in the Duties and Responsibilities section.
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The Minnesota Daily was unable to receive statements from Gabel and Board Chair Kendall Powell before publication.
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Along with a pay increase, the December 2021 contract states any bonuses Gabel receives will be based on metrics, goals and objectives she and the board chair annually agree upon. It also states “the bonus amount for each fiscal year will be determined by the chair, in the chair’s discretion” after the chair consults with the Board’s Presidential Performance Review Committee.
Additionally, the Reservation and Delegation of Authority Regents Policy states the board’s authority “resides only with the board as a whole and not in its individual members, except as the board itself may have delegated specific authority to one of its members or one of its Thecommittees.”Charter, which is also a part of the Minnesota Constitution, specifically states there will be a 12-member board because 12 members provide a range of experiences and perspectives, Rosha said.“The [2021] contract … specifically proves that the president’s compensation is decided by this one individual and only needs to reach agreement on goals and metrics with one individual,” Rosha said. “That clearly is not a governing board. That’s an individual.”
Controversial language in Gabel’s 2021 contract
The board typically meets once a month to discuss important issues at the University. They approve new policies, certain financial decisions like tuition, the president’s performance and much more. The decisions they make affect the University community, including students, staff and faculty.
Gabel is eligible for up to an extra $50,000 for the 2022 fiscal year and up to $100,000 for each subsequent year,
The LAC letter outlines concerns that Gabel’s December 2021 contract gives the board chair more power than the other 11 regents. The board approved Gabel’s 2021 contract in a 9-2 vote at the December board
according to the 2021 contract. This is in addition to retirement benefits and a $649,600 salary that increases each year.
The Minnesota Daily was unable to receive a statement from McMillan prior to publication.Aftercommunity members like Carlson raised questions about Gabel choosing the interim chancellor and McMillan applying to the position, she sent the UMD campus a message on June 22 announcing she would not choose the interim chancellor and instead delegate that decision to the original search committee.“Whilethe president has the authority and discretion to appoint an interim chancellor, I have charged the search committee to, solely at their discretion, review the applications, interview candidates as needed and ultimately recommend to the Board of Regents who the committee believes should serve as interim chancellor,” Gabel said in her message.Theboard will vote whether to approve the search committee’s recommendation for interim chancellor at the July board meeting on Wednesday, according to the meeting docket. The search committee chose McMillan as its recommendation to the board, according to the docket.
During the 2021-22 school year, Gabel announced the search committee found three candidates for UMD chancellor before announcing the search failed.
Additionally, Rosha stated in the letter that while the University does have constitutional autonomy for issues like academic freedom, that autonomy “does not place the University above the law or beyond review by the Legislature or the courts.”“Itreflects a view among the board’s current leadership that the University of Minnesota is an independent fiefdom above any review or oversight by our electors in the legislature or any other entity,” Rosha said in the letter.
Clarification: A previous version of this article misstated who the University paid $166,000 to conduct the UMD chancellor search. The University paid a search firm $166,000, and the firm worked with the search committee to conduct the search.
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On May 23, Gabel announced to the UMD campus that the committee found three candidates, but the search ultimately failed and the University would be accepting applications for a two-year interim chancellor through June 15. Gabel would then have chosen the interim chancellor after consultation with other constituencies, she said.
“Someone in her position would normally be considered natural for an interim appointment,” Farnsworth said.
chancellor, Lynn Black, was retiring, leading to a University search for his replacement.Gabeloriginally created a search committee consisting of 18 people who all have ties to UMD and the University system in general. The University paid a search firm, Korn Ferry, $166,000 to conduct a search and bring back three candidates to the search committee, one of whom the committee would choose as a possible recommendation to the board for the next chancellor.
Amy Hietapelto, the interim executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at UMD, submitted her application to the search committee but was not
because a majority of the board voted to approve the contract and asking the legislature to change the result “would be an improper intrusion into the board’s constitutional autonomy.”
In the letter, Rosha said, “regents have a fundamental right to express their views as they deem necessary and appropriate,” citing the First Amendment.
McMillan has previously served as board chair of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, the Natural Resources Research Institute, the Area Partnership for Economic Expansion and Goodwill Industrial Vocational Enterprises.
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“An appropriate and qualified person who would have the confidence of the students, staff and faculty at UMD was simply not found in the process,” Kenyanya said in an email to the Minnesota Daily. “The worst mistake you can make is appointing someone just to doAccordingit.” to the recommendation letter from Myron Frans and Jennifer Mencl, the search committees’ co-chairs, to the board, “no other candidate is more suitable for this interim role than Mr. McMillan.”
The Minnesota Daily was unable to receive statements from Powell and Sviggum before publication.
While multiple people signed and submitted the letter to the LAC, Rosha was the only regent to sign it. After the signatories sent the letter to the LAC, board Chair Powell and board Vice Chair Steve Sviggum sent a letter to Rosha on June 27 responding to the concerns in the LAC
Corey King would have been UMD’s first Black chancellor. Debra Larson would have been the school’s second female chancellor.
“As far as I know, he has no background in academic administration whatsoever,” CarlsonMcMillansaid. graduated from UMD in 1983 and studied economics and history. After he graduated, he attended the University’s law school and graduated in 1987. Starting in 1989, McMillan began working for Minnesota Power, an ALLETE electric utility company based in Duluth. After serving in a variety of roles at Minnesota Power, McMillan became
Carlson said this is a conflict of interest and potential quid pro quo because McMillan helped hire Gabel as the University’s president and was part of the group that gave her the pay increase. He added that he questions the qualifications McMillan has for this position.
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Gabel has not issued a public explanation for why she deemed the original search a failed search.
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the executive vice president for the company and was senior vice president for external affairs for.
contacted for an interview, despite her qualifications, Regent Farnsworth said.
Sviggum cited the Regents Policy for code of conduct in their letter, which states a “review of an alleged violation by a regent…shall be initiated when seven regents sign a written complaint…and deliver it to the board chair.” They said in the letter that Rosha signing and sending the letter to the LAC exemplified a “disrespect for good governance.”Additionally, they said the assertions questioning the ethics and possible quid pro quo of McMillan running for the UMD chancellor position in the letter to the LAC were “baseless and reckless’’ and have been “flatly denied by both President Gabel and David McMillan.”
A contradicting board opinion
The letter also stated Gabel’s 2021 contract does not violate any policies
Regent Mike Kenyanya said a failed search is not out of the ordinary and that it has happened at the University in recent years.
He also said in the letter that the code of conduct regents policy was not applicable in this situation because it addresses acts by an individual regent and not the board as a Roshawhole.stated, “the concern[s] about the UMD chancellor matter raised in the LAC letter are appropriate and based on objective facts.” He also said in the letter, “no regent or even a majority of the board has the authority to remove the constitutionally-granted governance authority of any other regent.”
Clarification: A previous version of this article misstated who Amy Hietapelto sent her UMD chancellor application to. Hietapelto sent her application to the search committee.
Regent David McMillan, who was the board chair when the board hired Gabel as the University’s president, resigned from the board after Gabel’s message and announced his run as a candidate for the interim chancellor position. McMillan also supported the board approving Gabel’s 2021 contract. A regent resigning in this way is not something that typically happens, Rosha said.
Rosha sent a letter to Powell and Sviggum in response on July 5.
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Johnson is a graduate from the University’s Law School and recently retired from the University system where he pursued many roles throughout his time. His most recent position was as the University’s first senior director of American Indian Tribal Nations Relations. He was also the director of graduate studies for the Department of American Indian Studies and a professor at the UMD campus.“Iwant to speak for the voices that are
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The board also talked about President Joan Gabel’s performance bonus pay and the University’s campus safety plan heading into the new academic year.
After a Morris student’s research in 2018 led to the uncovering of death notices for children who died at the school and a federal investigation was launched into the U.S.’s once 350 boarding schools, the student group Circle of Nations Indigenous Association started a petition in July 2021 for Morris to search the school for the unmarked burial sites of the
Despite the recent controversy surrounding McMillan’s application for interim chancellor, the regents approved McMillan for the position in a 9-2 vote after the search committee presented him as its recommendation. Regents Darrin Rosha and James Farnsworth were the two regents to oppose McMillan’s appointment.
On Tuesday, the board received a letter from Minnesota state representatives and senators. The letter stated the board should be careful about how they approach the decision with McMillan, Regent Steve Sviggum said at the meeting.Several members of the board, including Regent Mary Davenport, said at the meeting McMillan is qualified and the right person for this position.
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Board Chair Ken Powell said at the meeting the board was not able to disclose who the other candidates for the position were due to protecting private personnel data.
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Before the board voted, Gabel said at the meeting the allegations made against her and McMillan are inaccurate, “hurtful” and “cause reckless damage.”
McMillan represented the 8th Congressional District, which covers much of northeastern Minnesota including some tribal nations. However, a redrawing of district boundaries has led to the 8th Congressional District representing all tribal nations across the northern part of the state.
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McMillan announced his resignation from the board on June 14, with his term expected to expire in June 2023.
not heard often enough by the regents; the students, the educators, Native Americans, rural Minnesotans and the working class. That’s where I come from and that’s who I am,” Johnson said in the press
Accordingrelease.toDylan Young, the president of the Morris Campus Student Association and member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, the University has had strained relationships with tribal nations in the past but has taken some action to improve their relationship.
Thevictims.petition states that Morris has a moral obligation to search the sites and “this is an essential action step towards fulfilling Morris’s policy of truth telling, understanding and healing in regards to our institution’s history as a former Indian boarding Representativesschool.”from the Morris Campus Student Association drafted a letter on June 20 petitioning for Walz to appoint a tribal member from the 8th Congressional District to the University’s Board of Regents. Representatives from the Minnesota Student Association cosigned the petition.
The petition was written due to the lack of student involvement in the selection process of the new regent appointed and to work toward creating a more diverse board in the future.
“I am proud to appoint Regent Tadd Johnson — the first Native person ever appointed to this board,” Walz said in a press release Wednesday from the governor’s office. “With a background in leadership, education and deep understanding of government on all levels, he brings a wealth of higher education expertise to this group.”
Board of Regents convene for September meeting at the McNamera Alumni Center on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. (Liam Armstrong / Minnesota Daily)
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents approved former regent David McMillan as the two-year interim chancellor for the University of Minnesota-Duluth (UMD) campus at their meeting on Wednesday.
A boarding school for Native American children used to stand on the grounds of the University of MinnesotaMorris’ campus and banned these children from speaking their home language or practicing their cultures.
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Gov. Tim Walz appointed Tadd Johnson to the University of Minnesota Board of Regents on Wednesday as former regent David McMillan’s replacement. Johnson is the first Native American member to serve on the board and is an enrolled member of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa.
Some of the University’s actions to try to mend the relationship between tribal nations include the Native American Promise Tuition Program and the return of sacred objects in the University’s possession, Young said.
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No injuries were reported and the petroleum’s source and location are still unknown. Public officials asked the public to avoid the campus area, according to a press release from Minneapolis Assistant Chief of Administration Melanie Rucker.
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UPDATE (3:22 p.m.): No injuries have been reported and the petroleum’s source and location are still unknown. Public officials are asking the public to avoid the campus area, according to a press release from Minneapolis Assistant Chief of Administration Melanie Rucker.
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The Minneapolis Fire Department (MFD) confirmed a petroleum leak near Williams Arena on Tuesday.
Minneapolis Fire Department (MFD) responded to a fire and explosion along the intersection of University Avenue SE and 17th Avenue SE, according to a SAFE U notification sent out around 3 p.m. on Thursday.According to a Citizen livestream, firefighters first responded to a report of a basement fire in a building located along the 1700 block of University Avenue around 2:30 p.m.
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University President Joan Gabel announced on July 12 the formation of a Strategic Safety Advisory Committee to address public safety concerns in off-campus neighborhoods, though the official role of the committee has not been announced. The committee will include University students, family members, staff, faculty and representatives from the University of Minnesota Police Department (UMPD) and the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD).Thecommittee will begin their work this week, according to a Universitywide email sent by Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations Myron Frans Tuesday.Themeeting began with statements from Gabel, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, UMPD Chief Matt Clark, MPD Interim Chief Amelia Huffman and Senior Vice President of Finance and Frans.“Iknow we’re a room full of people who are deeply concerned and care about our University community and our city,” Gabel said during the meeting. “All of us have the same goal of reducing crime, eliminating crime. It’s our number one priority.”Gabelattended the meeting virtually and left before the Q&A session with parents concluded, which visibly frustrated parents.
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Over 100 University parents packed into Nicholson Hall for a University public safety forum, expressing frustration at a lack of response and action from University and city officials. One event that galvanized parents was the shooting of a 15-year-old in May that occurred in front of a property on University Avenue and had been the site of violent crime.
A social media message shared with a Daily reporter said the fire could have originated in the boiler room of fraternity Delta Tau Delta. A student within this fraternity reported that the frat’s fire alarms went off and the house evacuated; after this, the explosion occurred and three members of Delta Tau Delta claimed to have seen the manhole covers blow up off University Avenue for about three blocks.
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Any residents who have been evacuated are able to go to Northrop Auditorium for shelter, according to a SAFE U notice.
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KSTP reported that by 4 p.m., buildings between 15th Avenue and Oak Street and between Fourth Street and Pillsbury Drive were evacuated.
MFP tweeted that no injuries have been reported and the cause of the incident is most likely a flammable gas spill rather than natural gas.
Parents of University of Minnesota students on campus July 11 became emotional as they described the danger they believe students face in their daily lives due to a recent uptick in violent crimes on or near campus.
“I called my son the morning after the shootout,” Melissa Runkel said, tearing up. “I wanted to know if he was safe and discuss what I needed to do … I love these kids. I am so proud of them. And I’m here to speak up for them because they are afraid of retaliation.”
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FollowingKSTP. the initial notification, there was a follow up request for residents of the 17th Ave Residence Hall to evacuate, citing a nearby structural fire and a possible natural gas leak.
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Areas near the University of Minnesota campus have experiences safety issues over the summer with both crime and gas leaks. Firefighters were called to University Avenue in August after a petro leum leak. Photo courtesy of Girard Goder.
Emergency crews monitored a large area for petroleum – East Hennepin Avenue from Hoover to Stinson to 33rd Avenue Northeast, 18th Avenue to Elm Street, and 4th street and University Avenue from 14th Avenue to Oak Street – and evacuated areas as needed, according to the press release.
This is the second potential gas leak that has occurred on University Avenue this summer. Residences along University Avenue were evacuated on June 30 after a fire, explosion and possible gas leak at the intersection of University Avenue and 17th Avenue SE.
MFD’s hazmat team was called to the scene and the State Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Teams are taking samples of the liquid.
According to the press release, MFD was initially called to Oak and Fifth streets southeast around 11:30 a.m. after Met Council contractors working in the sewer system reported hazardous material.
While responding to the fire, MFD reported receiving news of a sewer explosion that blew manhole covers off the road between 10th and 18th avenues along University, according to reporting from
this difficult process – our hearts go out to those who have been affected by these tragic events,” the Students’ Cooperative said in an email to The Minnesota Daily.
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“We’re on 13th Avenue, the main area of concern, which is not where the
crime around the Twin Cities campus sinceThe2019.University held its own public safety forum on Monday with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Minneapolis Interim Police Chief Amelia Huffman and UMPD Chief Matt Clark in attendance to address public safety updates and field questions. University President Joan Gabel attended via Zoom.
Last year, parents organized a Facebook group called “U of MN parents – campus safety and call to action topics” to address public safety issues. But after recent crimes in front of a property on University Avenue, a block where many students live and visit regularly, the group’s membership rose to over 1,800 people.
Director of Local Government and Community Relations Tina Erazmus and Community Engagement Liaison for the University Department of Public Safety Nick Juarez spoke at the DBA meeting, addressing business leaders’ thoughts. During the meeting, Erazmus said the committee decided to eliminate parking
Al’s Breakfast, a popular Dinkytown restaurant. (Kamaan Richards / Minnesota Daily)
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“When we heard that it was very effective, I said ‘we need to try it here,’ because we have to try something,” Erazmus said, addressing the attendees. “I know the most frustrating thing is when people feel that they are not heard or they’re not being listened to, and that’s not my intention at all. We want your feedback.”Otherconcerns that arose during the meeting include the lack of parking, as this could discourage people from visiting Dinkytown businesses, and the decision to close down 14th Avenue instead of 13th Avenue, which some owners said has more frequent problems with crime, including a shooting at Burrito Loco on July 8.
Videos of fights breaking out in front of the Students’ Cooperative building on 1721 University Ave. gained widespread attention on social media in May, and on June 3, a 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg near the property. Squatters were evicted from the building on June 4, according to a June 7 email to The Minnesota Daily from the affordable housing provider Students’ Cooperative Inc., who owns the property.
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Dinkytown Business Alliance (DBA) meeting on Wednesday, many business owners said they had not been warned of this plan and expressed frustration that the decision to designate the area as pedestrian-only had been made without their input.
barricade is,” Karyn Zweig, director of property management at Riverton Community Housing, said. “We wanted to have a say beforehand. Like could we talk first before you just do that?”
The Strategic Safety Advisory Committee, formed after pressure mounted at the University from parents of University students, drove the development of the Dinkytown Safety and Pedestrian Access pilot program.
and driving through those streets to distance people who come to Dinkytown to commit crimes from their vehicles. She said blocking off the street can prevent people who participate in street racing or get into fights, for example, from escaping the area quickly.
To execute the project, the University of Minnesota Police Department funded the barricades and contracted a private company to ensure that 5th Avenue SE between 13th and 14th avenues, and 14th Avenue SE between 4th and 5th streets, are pedestrian-only zones over three weekends.Thestreets will be barricaded from 4 p.m. on Thursdays through 10 a.m. on Sundays. Parking meters will be closed
Since the incident, city and University officials have organized meetings to hear student and parent perspectives and brainstorm potential solutions to prevent and address violent incidents in the future. Ward 2 Council Member Robin Wonsley Worlobah held a town hall meeting June 21 at Van Cleve Park, and Regent James Farnsworth held a meeting at the state Capitol on July 6.
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In June, the University of Minnesota Police Department (UMPD) reported there has been a 45% increase in violent
Parents of University of Minnesota students banded together to pressure University and Minneapolis leaders to take action after a recent rise in violent crime on and near campus.
On July 26, the University of Minnesota announced traffic would be blocked on two busy Dinkytown streets between Thursday afternoons and Sunday mornings, beginning Thursday, July 28 and ending Sunday, Aug. 14. Some local business owners expressed frustration that they were not included in the decision-making process at a public meeting following the announcement.
Erazmus said Ward 3 Council Member Michael Rainville said during a committee meeting this type of strategy had proven effective in the Mill District and on Main Street SE.
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The building has since been secured and boarded up, and the University hired 24/7 security at the property for a 10-day period, which ended June 30.
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Of the four U.S. states that surround Minnesota, all are on track to ban abortions. North and South Dakota had trigger laws in place to outlaw abortion in the case Roe was overturned, Wisconsin had a law put in place in 1849 predating Roe that bans abortion, which is now effective again, and Iowa already banned abortion after six weeks of conception.
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“You don’t need a higher standard… you just need to have a really good reason,” Johnson said. “And protecting life is clearly rational according to the Court.”Johnson and Savage, one of his former
The Supreme Court building captured on Nov. 21, 2019. (Alex Steil/ Minnesota Daily)
Abortion will still be a protected right in Minnesota under Doe v. Gomez, a 1995 case that ruled abortion is protected under the state constitution.
The court also ruled in Friday’s decision to overrule Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992), a case that affirmed Roe and established the undue burden standard for abortions.
graduate students, have been working together to change their lectures in their judicial process courses at the University and“[Savage]Loyola. and I are fundamentally changing our lectures on precedent because it’s unclear how powerful precedent will be from here on out,” Johnson said. “That is something students need to learn.”
Now that those judges are deviating from their own ideas of precedent, Savage has had to rework how she teaches her classes due to the increase in political polarization within the current Court.“We’re asking the wrong question, because we’re treating precedent like this rule that justices are violating when it doesn’t seem so much like that anymore,” she said. “It seems like precedent is a strategic tool that they use when it is to an ideological advantage.”
This means if a state legislature is going to pass a law that might violate somebody’s freedom, the government would need to have a rational reason for doingWithso.the Dobbs decision, the Court said a desire to protect fetal life counts as a rational reason, Timothy Johnson, a political science professor at the University, said.
The Dobbs v. Jackson decision, which effectively overturned Roe v. Wade and returned the decision of abortion legality to the states, holds that abortion regulation is subjected to rational basis review, according to Hasday.
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positions…have explicitly said for years that they were looking to appoint justices who would overturn Roe,” Hasday said. “It was still a shock because overturning Roe v. Wade in one fell swoop is a tremendous expenditure of institutional capital by the Supreme Court.”
Savage said in constitutional law classes, the first lesson is often on the notion that precedent is a rule or norm that the Supreme Court follows most of the time. Savage has taught her students that it is rare for justices to deviate from precedent.“Withnew cases that have been being decided, I’ve noticed students raising their hands and going, ‘but wait, they didn’t follow this rule at all,’” Savage said.
“If you have an issue, you go to the Supreme Court to fight for your rights,” Savage said.
The decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and its impacts on the political climate in the United States is causing many professors within the law school and the political science department to change the way they teach students about constitutional law and the Supreme Court.Jill Hasday, a law professor at the University of Minnesota Law School whose expertise includes constitutional law and legal history, said the Supreme Court’s decision was “striking,” but not necessarily surprising.
Many professors agreed that Dobbs v. Jackson’s decision would shift attention to state legislatures to protect civil rights.
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As a constitutional law professor, Savage said she had always told students the Supreme Court would never overturn Roe v. Wade.
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University of Minnesota undergraduate and graduate student, when asked if she thought she would see Roe v. Wade overturned in her lifetime.
Hasday said the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will change the way she teaches her classes, “without question.” She is currently deciding where she wants to put the Dobbs v. Jackson decision within her syllabus.“Mycurrent thought is to put it toward the end because I think that this decision overturning Roe may be a harbinger of what’s coming,” Hasday said. “Students might be in a better position to understand this position, having read the previous precedents that now look more unsettled than they did two weeks ago.”
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“I thought that they were scared enough of their own legitimacy that they would never do it,” Savage said. “I’m as shocked as anybody and have gotten a dozen or so emails from students being like, ‘but wait, you promised’.”
The Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade Friday in a 6-3 vote, overturning the nearly 50-year-old right to abortion. The Court ruled that the Constitution does not provide the right to have an abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, effectively overruling Roe v. Wade. The court upheld a Mississippi law that does not allow abortion after 15 weeks of conception. The right to abortion is now turned back to the states.
For other protesters, it was more personal.“I’mhere because I’m somebody who would access an abortion if I ended up pregnant, I’m non-binary and never want to have children, also I have $10 in my bank account right now,” Victoria Larson said. “I’m here to fight.”
be controlled. We are sovereign in our bodies, we are sovereign in our souls.”
“This is a terrible decision for this country,” Sauers said, arms wrapped around a sign that read ‘Keep abortions legal.’ “This isn’t the last thing – they are
“I’m really quite devastated to imagine the rights that I have enjoyed all of my reproductive years — my own daughter will no longer have them,” said Laura Clay, who attended the protest with her children, Amaya Colby-Clay, 14, Max Colby-Clay, 12, and husband David Colby.
Most protesters said they were angry and upset but glad to be at a place where people from all backgrounds came together to voice their emotions.
One of the event’s speakers, Rev. Kelli Clement, called the protest a “grieving space” for the loss of federal abortion rights.“Even as we knew this was coming, it feels like a death … it is deeply personal,” Clement said. “To the young people here, we’re sorry. We’re sorry that we couldn’t protect it better for you.”
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UnRestrict Minnesota, a campaign working to protect access to abortion healthcare in Minnesota, organized the vigil along with Planned Parenthood, ACLU of Minnesota, Family Tree Clinic, First Unitarian Society and the National Jewish Council of Women.
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A group of 10,000 protesters of various backgrounds took to the streets of Minneapolis Friday evening, condemning the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and strip constitutional protection from women’s right to receive an abortion in a 6-3 majority Minnesotaruling.isset to become a safe haven for those seeking abortions in the Midwest. All four states surrounding Minnesota — North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Iowa — have banned or could restrict abortions. Out of the five states, Minnesota is the only one where abortion is constitutionally protected, due to a 1995 court case.
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Protesters met on the West Bank campus before marching to the courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. (Ellie Roth / Minnesota Daily)
These are the lyrics hundreds of people sang as they gathered in front of the courthouse in downtown Minneapolis Friday. The protesters were gathered for a vigil to protest the Court’s decision.
Many in the crowd also shared concerns about the implications of Roe v. Wade’s overturn on other major decisions. In his concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that the Court should “reconsider” similar cases that guaranteed rights to same-sex marriage and contraception.
Melody Mae and Quinn Iversen said they rescheduled their wedding to August out of fear that LGBTQIA+ rights would be limited in the near future.
Protesters ended at the courthouse in downtown Minneapolis for a vigil.
Many drivers whose journeys had been halted by the march to the courthouse got out of their cars to wave at protesters, some even handing out plastic water bottles.
Diane Sauers was among the elderly in attendance and marched in her wheelchair. She said she was not among the protesters who advocated for abortion rights prior to 1973 but that something was different this time.
Speakers led protesters in a variety of exercises to help process emotions from the Court’s decision. The crowd lowered their heads in a moment of silence, followed by a collective scream as cars honking in support passed by.
Rev. Jia Starr Brown said the emotions were reflective of activists’ work in the past and will fuel activists’ work in the future.“This morning when I woke up and read the news, like many of you, I wept,” Starr Brown said. “Every generation hopes that the next will have more than they did … to all who fought and ran successful campaigns for women’s reproductive rights over the decades, we thank you for your work. It matters. It stillProtestersmatters.” attending the vigil were there for a variety of different reasons, from rallying for change to showing support.“Imainly wanted to come to show respect for women,” said Abby Eickhoff. “I don’t feel that you should have restrictions on your body at all.”
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Many families attended the protest.
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Meredith Aby Keirstead, a spokesperson for the Anti-War Committee and a social studies teacher at Bloomington Public Schools, gave the evening’s first speech. Keirsted said in 1972, her mother witnessed a woman being carried down from their apartment building in Georgia, bleeding to death after attempting to perform an illegal“Thisabortion.decision has been law the entirety of my life,” Kirstead said. “We are talking about a generation of people who have had the understanding that we have the right to control our own bodies and they think they can roll that back.”
The protest and march, organized by the University of Minnesota student group Students for a Democratic Society, began outside of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. After hearing speeches from community activists, protesters marched through the West Bank campus to the Diana E. Murphy U.S. Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, where other protesters held a vigil organized by UnRestrict Minnesota.
“I’m feeling really pissed off,” UMN student Wulan Macdonald said.
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“When the Thomas opinion came out today, it pretty clearly said out loud that that’s what he thinks [the Court] should go after,” Mae said. “It’s terrifying.”
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Thousands gathered outside the Capitol holding signs and wearing t-shirts advocating for reproductive rights. (Devlin Epding / Minnesota Daily)
“Our primary campaign right now is pressuring the University to be on the frontlines leading the fight for more abortion access,” SDS member Olivia Crull said as she addressed the crowd. “It’s about the people in power actually prioritizing the needs of the people who are being affected by these issues.”
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Abraham said she is optimistic about the future of the abortion rights movement and hopes it will gain more activists of color and LGBTQ+ activists. She said UnRestrict’s strategy to fight abortion restrictions differs from movements before Roe.
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The University was unable to release a statement addressing the demands of SDS before publication.
this issue,” Altobell-Resendez said. “We really just want to keep the ball rolling with that for as long as we can so that we can reach a victory for our demands.”
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A group of students from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities chapter of Medical Students for Choice sat in the shade, watching the speakers.
The protest on Saturday was the second protest that SDS organized in response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, removing constitutional protection for abortion. The first protest organized by SDS condemning the ruling took place after the decision was announced on June 24, with about 10,000 protestors in attendance.Thegoalof the protest Saturday was to carry on the momentum from the first protest and keep people passionate about the issue, said member of Freedom Road Socialist Organization Mira AltobellResendez, who graduated from the University in May.
About 5,000 people marched from St. Paul College to the Capitol to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and listen to speakers express continued support for abortion rights.
The demands include the creation of a reproductive health training module to be included in freshman orientation and a “reproductive health advocacy and education center” on campus, as well as the opening of an abortion clinic on campus.TheUniversity of Minnesota operated an abortion clinic on campus that closed in 1975 because three members of the OB-GYN department quit, and “there were no other people to fill these positions,” according to record of a 1977 Board of Regents meeting. University President from 1974 to 1984, Peter Magrath, released a statement that year saying he supported keeping the clinic closed because “this was not a number one priority item,” and 10 to 15 other Twin Cities clinics and hospitals performed abortions at the time.
Gender Justice, ACLU of Minnesota, ERA Minnesota, Jewish Community Action and the Minnesota Coalition for Reproductive Choice. The event attracted people of all ages to protest on the Capitol’s lawn to increase access to reproductive health care both within and outside of Minnesota.
As rain poured down on campus Saturday, student protesters gathered at the McNamara Alumni Center plaza to call for the University of Minnesota’s support of abortion rights for students andUniversityfaculty. student group Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) organized the protest, presenting demands for University President Joan Gabel to provide abortions on campus and establish a center to provide reproductive services to students, among other measures. About 100 people marched down Washington Avenue to Morrill Hall, where Gabel’s office is located.
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Michele Bevis was one of thousands rallying at the state Capitol on Sunday afternoon for increased access to abortion care in Minnesota. She said she came to fight on behalf of her nieces, daughters and granddaughters.
“Organizing has changed so dramatically for us in terms of being more inclusive, having different ways of connecting with people,” Abraham said. “Years ago, it focused a lot on the federal level, and I think the work now is a state-based problem. So I think that there’s just more opportunity for people to organize locally with their neighbors and to really teach the next generation what’s happening because this is gonna be a long Towardfight.”the end of the rally, Minneapolis Ward 2 Council Member Robin Wonsley Worlobah and Ward 10 Council Member Aisha Chughtai announced a campaign to fund abortion in the city, partnering with organizations Our Justice and Pro-Choice Minnesota.
“This is a stark reminder that once a right is won, it has to be protected,” U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar said on stage. “I wonder how many of us imagined we would be hereTheagain.”rallywas organized by UnRestrict Minnesota, Planned Parenthood,
“I want them to have privacy in their lives,” Bevis said. “It gives me some hope to see all these other people. I’m hoping the politicians are watching and care.”
UnRestrict Campaign Director Abena Abraham said Black people will be criminalized at a high rate in a postRoe world, and that for her, racial and reproductive justices go hand in hand. According to data from the Minnesota State Department of Health, Black people represented 30% of those who received abortions in Minnesota in 2019.
“Every person should have the right to access safe and affordable abortion in a city that prides itself on being a liberal champion,” Wonsley said. “We should want to protect our rights here for our residents but also seek to be a refuge for many working class people who no longer have that right.”
Brisbois initiated a series of phone calls to the alleged victim, which were made while Cui and a JD.com employee were on speakerphone. Cui recorded the phone conversations without the student knowing he was on the call, Brisbois said during deposition, according to the memorandum.Cui’sconduct in the aftermath of the alleged assault led University Corporate Law Professor Richard Painter to question whether Cui violated University policy on sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking and relationship violence through acting against his student’s best interests after she claimed to have been raped by a participant in the Global DBA program.
The student is suing Liu and his company, JD.com, in excess of $50,000, according to the complaint. She is seeking punitive damages to punish Liu for harmful conduct.
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The University of Minnesota’s Deputy Associate Dean for the Global Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program was accused of actively working to undermine his student after she was sexually assaulted, in a memorandum by the student’s legal team released June 16.
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“The University can do what the University thinks is appropriate,” Painter said. “The University has had two years to conduct an EOAA [Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action] investigation. We have not heard anything about it.”
In an email to the Minnesota Daily, the University stated that it is legally prohibited from releasing information about specific allegations or investigations.“TheUniversity fully and appropriately responded to this situation when it arose in 2018, and we disagree with any allegations to the contrary,” according to a statement from the Director of Public Relations Jake Ricker. “The University’s response was consistent with the rights of victim-survivors, due process and all applicable University policies.”
The day after the arrest, Sept. 1, 2018, former Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) Investigator Matt Wente became involved in the case, leading to a “woefully inadequate” criminal investigation, according to the memorandum.
The program is tailored for top-level executives working full-time in China and teaches students to better face business challenges and innovate with a global mindset, according to the Carlson SchoolHaitaowebsite.(Tony)
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The alleged assault took place in August 2018 by Richard Liu, billionaire and founder of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com. He was attending the residency portion of the Global DBA program, which is a degree the Carlson School of Management offers in partnership with the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management in China.
The lawsuit is expected to go to trial in September.
Cui has been a Carlson School faculty member since 2005 and invited the alleged victim, who was a University undergraduate student in 2018, to join the DBA China program as a volunteer. The alleged victim was told she would have the opportunity to “interact and network with top-level business executives,” according to the civil complaint filed by the victim against Liu in April 2019.
as a business networking event on behalf of AccordingJD.com. to the complaint, the student felt uncomfortable when she learned she had been singled out for an invitation but did not want to insult the powerful business executive who invited her on Liu’s behalf by not attending the dinner.Liucoerced the student to drink alcohol at the dinner, according to the complaint. When the student tried to arrange for a ride home, she was instead directed into a limousine with Liu, who allegedly groped her and tried to remove her clothing despite her repeatedly asking him to stop.
While a Hennepin County judge had determined there was probable cause to arrest Liu and hold him without bail, Wente disagreed, saying in the deposition that he would not have arrested Liu because there was no probable cause, according to the memorandum.
After the alleged incident, Cui acted as a liaison between Liu and his legal counsel, which was confirmed during deposition by Liu’s lawyer, Jill Brisbois, according to the June 16 memorandum.
Cui’s attorney, David Wallace-Jackson , wrote a statement on behalf of Cui in an email to the Minnesota Daily. WallaceJackson said Cui is “constrained” in what he can say about his involvement with the case and wanted to clarify that much of the information offered in the memorandum is “significantly disputed.”“Oncehe was alerted to the situation, Dr. Cui joined others at the University who did their exhausted best to work tirelessly that night and the next day to support the plaintiff and the defendant as they followed University policies while trying to safeguard the respective rights of both parties,” Wallace-Jackson said. “Dr. Cui has cooperated fully in answering questions … And he is not aware of any finding that his actions violated the law or any University policy.”
Minnesota Daily policy is to not name individuals who claim they have been sexually assaulted, unless given permission.
Editor’s note: This article discusses sexual assault. If you or anyone you know has experienced abuse or assault, the Aurora Center’s 24-hour helpline can be reached at (612) 626-9111.
The Carlson School of Management on Thursday, June 23. (Ray Shehadeh / Minnesota Daily)
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Liu allegedly assaulted the student after a dinner in Minneapolis that she had been told was to celebrate volunteers of the program, according to the complaint.Thealleged victim was the only volunteer present, according to the complaint. Instead, several DBA China program executives attended the dinner
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Upon arriving to the student’s apartment, Liu allegedly followed her upstairs and raped her in her room, according to the complaint. The student messaged another volunteer in the program about the assault, and he called the police, who subsequently entered the building and arrested Liu.
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maximum of 74 hours that police officers can work each week and clarifying levels of discipline for specific policyReactionsviolations.todisciplinary updates are mixed.Updates to the levels of discipline went into effect June 1, with policy violations categorized in five discipline levels classified in a matrix from A to E.
Rainville did not respond to the Minnesota Daily’s requests for comment.
According to the discipline matrix, A-level violations result in “nondisciplinary corrective action,” like coaching, and apply to violations such as failure to appear in court and failure to properly inspect one’s vehicle.
Rainville released a statement later that day apologizing for his comments. In the statement, he said he meant to communicate that “we need more support for our youth,” but acknowledged “the way I said it was not appropriate and I wrongly singled out Somali youth.”
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Interim Minneapolis Police Chief Amelia Huffman announced in a press conference on June 13 changes to the disciplinary and wellness policy for the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD), as an attempt to improve accountability andWhiletransparency.somelocal activists see the reforms as positive steps toward ending police brutality against people of color, others are skeptical they will make a difference.Thereforms and policy changes come after the Minnesota Department of Human Rights released the results of their investigation into MPD on April 27.
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Over the weekend, multiple incidents of violent crime occurred, including a shooting at Boom Island Park and people shooting fireworks at buildings and cars while driving downtown.
The Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan Act is a $1.9 trillion spending package designed to facilitate recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Minneapolis received $271 million to be spent in two phases on projects meant to aid that recovery.
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In the days following Rainville’s comments, nine council members released statements denouncing his rhetoric, using language like “racist” and “xenophobic.”Rainvilleheld a rally on July 9 called “Take Back the Street,” where he doubled down on his stance to toughen up on crime. At one point during his speech, he warned attendees about other attendees recording Rainville’s speech and the event.“We are being filmed by people who don’t understand living in the violent atmosphere you have,” Rainville said during his speech. “Be aware of what you say and who you say it to.”
Rainville organized a gathering to discuss public safety on July 8 at Kramarczuk’s and expressed outrage about the violent incidents. He said
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but was brought forward by Ward 1 city council member Elliott Payne and Ward 11 city council member Emily Koski on May 18. The council unanimously approved the motion and moved the funding from the proposed $1 million for the Minneapolis Police Department.
he was going to go to a Northeast Minneapolis mosque to tell Somali elders “their children can no longer have that type of behavior,” according to a tweet from Wedge LIVE.
The Department found that MPD engages in a pattern of race discrimination caused by an organizational culture of flawed training, deficient accountability systems and a lack of collective action from MPD and City of Minneapolis leadership.Thereforms include setting a
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The offenses and their assigned disciplinary action increase in seriousness with each level.
“His initial apology we accepted, welcomed,” Hussein said. “Then the night after that, he walked it back by encouraging watching what you say and actually talking about the hurt that he hasWhilecaused.”some said Rainville should be forgiven for his comments at the meeting, others said he needs to face consequences to prevent future rhetoric that could pit people against Somali residents.
The BCR program was launched in December 2021 to offer an unarmed response to nonviolent 911 calls. Some Minneapolis citizens called for public safety reform after high profile police killings such as when Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd in May 2020.
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Minneapolis City Council passed the final round of spending from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) on May 26, dedicating $160,000 for two new vans for the city’s Behavioral Health Crisis Response team (BCR) pilot program.Thefunding was not part of the mayor’s original $43 million proposal
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E-level violations, which result in the officer’s termination, include acts of bias or discrimination and unnecessary use of force likely to cause serious injury or Thisdeath.specific outline of violations and the discipline to be enforced for each is meant to improve accountability for officers who cause harm, according to the City’s June 13 press release.
Mental health responders from Canopy Mental Health and Consulting intervene in cases of mental or behavioral health crises, offering support such as counseling and referrals to outside organizations.Theteamcurrently uses two borrowed vans to respond to calls across the city. The city ordered new vans last summer but still has not received them due to material shortages, Payne said.
After blaming Somali youth for violent crime over the Fourth of July weekend in Minneapolis, Ward 3 Council Member Michael Rainville faced backlash from those who said they feel they have been unjustly targeted.
This rhetoric caused Executive Director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Jaylani Hussein to question the sincerity of Rainville’s apology.
Police have not released information related to the ethnicity of the people involved in the crime from that day.
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Afro Deli uses a rented commercial kitchen in St. Paul to distribute free meals to anyone in need in Minneapolis, Kahin said. Afro Deli’s kitchen has fed thousands of people in need in the Uptown and St. Anthony neighborhoods and will now extend to Cedar-Riverside.“Wetelleveryone that they are welcome to come here,” Kahin said. “If you have thoughts or concerns about the community, you can talk to me … and I’ll be willing to help in any way I can.”Kahin said he hopes the newest Afro Deli restaurant will help bring the neighborhood closer together.
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Minneapolis City Council approved a proposal to allocate $50,000 toward culturally specific communication programs for East African communities. The funding comes from the second phase of the American Rescue Plan, which was approved on May 26.
“I want to meet the community where they are,” Lindsay said.
The UTP allows students to ride all regional transportation, including the Metro Transit light rail and buses, for free. The pass will connect to students’ U Cards if they pay the transportation and safety fee, which is included in most students’ tuition.
After getting married in Hawaii, Lee and Lana Sayt decided to open their own poke restaurant in 2017. Since then, the co-owners of The Cove in Dinkytown have been forced to make substantial changes to keep their doors open.The two discovered poke during their travels in Hawaii and decided to make the popular Hawaiian dish a large part of their new restaurant. At The Cove, the dish is customizable, and customers can choose the types of protein, rice and other ingredients in theirLeebowls.Sayt, who is an University alumni, said The Cove became almost instantly popular due to being one of the first poke restaurants in the neighborhood.
Rose Lindsay, deputy director of the communications department for the City of Minneapolis, said the funds will be an opportunity to expand upon the department’s previous efforts. Since 2016, the department has contracted four different radio partners with over 100 radio programs in Spanish, Hmong and Somali to distribute city news.
The COVID-19 pandemic forced many University of Minnesota-area restaurant owners to make changes to their businesses over the past two years. While some businesses are returning to pre-pandemic levels, others are still working to stay afloat.
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“It’s so special because this is where Afro Deli was born,” Kahin said. “I know the neighbors, I know the streets … I feel I belong here. It’s an honor for me to come back.”
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roughly 2,400 meals per week in the Cedar-Riverside community.
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The UTP will transport riders as far as Anoka, with an extra fee to go further on the North Star Line. Students will also be able to travel as far as the Lakeville area in the south metro, Stillwater heading east and Mound heading west of the metro.
“We’ve been in discussion with Metro Transit for the last three or four years,” Ross Allanson, director of Parking and Transportation Services at the University, said. “[UTP] is very supportive of students’ success and community belonging.”
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The newest Afro Deli location opened on June 8 and moved into space that was previously filled by Campus Cafe. Kahin said he was able to purchase the space after the cafe closed in 2020 due to struggles from the COVID-19 pandemic.AfroDeli began a partnership with Minnesota Central Kitchen near the beginning of 2021 to feed people in need across the metro. Kahin said he believes his business can provide
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Lindsay said past efforts to improve communication with East African communities were “limited” in reaching everyone equitably.
The Minneapolis Communications Department proposed the funding on May 20, which included plans to work with local vendors and media outlets to bring news in Somali and Oromo directly to East African communities.
Vendors will be government contractors responsible for taking city news and making it easily accessible to previously unreached East African residents.Thegoal of the proposal is to equitably distribute information directly from the city to East African residents. Distributed news will include any city news, from public safety updates to program resources and newsletters.
Abdirahman Kahin grew up in Cedar-Riverside, the neighborhood where he helped open the first Afro Deli in The2010.
African fusion restaurant closed its Cedar-Riverside location in 2016 after a contractual lease dispute with the African Development Center. Despite the closure, Afro Deli expanded to three locations in Downtown West, Stadium Village and St. Paul. After buying out his business partner in 2021, Kahin said it was time for the business to return to Cedar-Riverside.
Shashank Murali, a thirdyear student and Infrastructure Committee director for the Minnesota Student Association, played a major role in advocating for the UTP for students.
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The U-Pass was first implemented in 1999 and cost $50 per semester. The UTP will now cost students $45 per semester, including summer, according to Drew Kerr, the Metro Transit communications manager.
Over the past two years, some restaurant owners near campus have taken opportunities to grow their businesses. In the same time, COVID-19 has continued to negatively impact other businesses, forcing them to make changes to keep their restaurants open.
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The University of Minnesota Board of Regents approved the Universal Transit Pass (UTP) for undergraduate and graduate students at the July board meeting. It will replace the U-Pass starting this fall semester and grant students access to public transportation at a lower cost.
Hollerud said an important part of the captionists’ work is through a tactic called meaning captioning, where they use context clues around class discussions and lectures to formulate better captions for users.
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The University of Minnesota Disability Resource Center’s (DRC) team of seven full-time captionists are still asking the DRC for the reasoning behind the decision to terminate their positions earlier this summer.
“While this is a very difficult decision, it was based on a determination that the transition will result in highly accurate captioning services and in cost savings that will enable the reallocation of resources to programs that proactively promote accessibility,” Marisam said in an email to The Minnesota Daily.
On June 3, AFSCME requested data from the DRC that would prove the decision to terminate the captionists’ positions would result in cost savings and to explain why they were being laid off, according to Hanson and Hollerud.
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Ricker.AFSCME is also claiming the layoff of the captionists is not a real layoff because there are no alternate positions at the University available for captionists.
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“When you are laid off, you have rights to other positions at the University, but only in the job class that you were in,” Austin said. “The only captioners [at the University] are pretty much at the DRC … and then the vendor that [the DRC] is trying to privatize with does a different type of captioning, so they can’t necessarily even go and be hired by thatAsvendor.”University community members, Hanson and Hollerud said they believe the captionists have a greater advantage to provide quality captioning services because they are familiar with the school, school acronyms and events happening around the Twin Cities.
“We had continually said we are stretched to the max and we can’t cover as much as is being asked,” Hanson said. “Instead, they told us that they were going to lay off our whole entire team.”
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Captionists and some caption-users have expressed fear that the decision may create more barriers to equitable education at the University. A petition to save the University’s captionistists has over 450 signatures to date, with professors, alumni, students and community members voicing opposition to the termination of the captionists.
Captionists Hanson and KeriAnn Hollerud said they attended a meeting with DRC and the Interpreting/ Captioning Unit management on May 31, expecting management would announce the three captionist positions that had been vacant since the 2020-21 fiscal year would not be refilled.
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Captionists’ union questions the layoffs and requests data AFSCME Local 3937, the union that represents University captionists, has filed a class action grievance against the DRC for refusing to provide AFSCME with data used to justify the layoffs for the full-time captionists. Mary Austin, president of AFSCME 3937, said AFSCME is advocating for the captionists to be reinstated with full wages and benefits.
contractually obligated to share data regarding layoffs with AFSCME, according to Austin, the DRC has yet to provide the union with the data without requesting a fee, a move that Austin said the union believes is a violation of Article 25 and Appendix D in the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the University and AFSCME locals 3937 and 3801.“We are left in the dark and there is not much to talk about,” Austin said. “They are frustrating the process.”
The captionists are full-time University workers who provide transcription services for students, staff and faculty who are Deaf or hard of hearing. Many people use captioning services because they are not proficient in sign language, according to Sina Hanson, a captionist whose position was terminated.TheDRCstated the decision is a “costsaving measure” and has decided to utilize their outside vendors full time starting Aug. 15, which the University believes will provide an enhanced service to caption users, according to the University’s Director of Public Relations Jake Ricker. The DRC has used these vendors for 16 years, and it currently provides 70% of captioning services.
The DRC directed AFSCME to file a public records request through the University’s Data Request Center to obtain data regarding the layoffs. Marshall said when a public records request is filed, the request center decides what information to release; the DRC does not decide what information to make available. The University did offer to give the data to AFSCME for a $200 fee, which the union did not pay, according to
The contracted agency will now only offer CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) verbatim captioning, directly translating audio. Hollerud said she believes without context clues around class discussions and lectures, captioning-users will lose out on accurate captions, which could create educational barriers. Hollerud also shared concerns that computer microphones may not pick up everything.Marshall said students requesting real-time captioning generally express a preference for the verbatim captioning that vendors can provide.
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The outside agency would primarily provide remote services, a move that captionists said they believe will cause issues for in-person learning. Hollerud said remote captionists often do not have access to classroom materials like slideshows or presentations.
The University of Minnesota’s Disability Resource Center Office in the McNamara Alumni Center on Thursday, Jan. 20. (Andrew Stoup / Minnesota Daily)
president of the Office for Equity & Diversity, said her office and the DRC decided to transition to full use of realtime vendor captioning services.
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In an email to The Minnesota Daily, Scott Marshall, the DRC’s interim director, said the seven captionists “are being afforded rights required by the labor agreement between the University and their union.”
“I will say the same things about Varsity Theater that I said to the folks at First Ave. We’re disappointed that they’re hosting Dave Chappelle,” Kat Rohn, executive director of the LGBTQ+ rights advocacy group OutFront Minnesota,
said. “We feel strongly that platforming the sort of potentially transphobic rhetoric that has popped up through a number of Dave Chappelle specials will cause harm for our community.”
Dinkytown’s Varsity Theater picked up Chappelle’s show and added two extra dates to his stop in Minneapolis, making a total of six performances (two per day).
First Avenue was originally supposed to host the comedian but canceled just hours before showtime due to backlash from the venue’s workers, community members and LGBTQ+ activists who have accused Chappelle of transphobia following a pattern of comments, most recently in his 2021 Netflix special, “The Closer.”“Tostaff, artists and our community, we hear you and we are sorry. We know we must hold ourselves to the highest standards, and we know we let you down,” part of First Ave’s cancellation post read. “We believe in diverse voices and the freedom of artistic expression, but in honoring that, we lost sight of the impact this would have.”
Dave Chappelle’s stand-up shows at Varsity Theater inflamed tensions between his fans and transgender rights protesters on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights amid controversy over the comedian’s comments about transgender people.
More than a third of transgender or nonbinary youth reported incidents of physical harm or threats on the basis of their gender identity this year, according to a 2022 national survey by the Trevor Project. LBGTQ+ youth are also significantly more likely to consider or commit suicide than their straight and cisgender peers, according to a study published by the CDC in 2019.
“I’m Team TERF. I agree. I agree, man. Gender is a fact,” Chappelle said in his most recent special, “The Closer,” weighing in on a previous J.K. Rowling controversy. TERF, meaning trans-exclusionary radical feminist, is a term that describes a group who argue transgender women do not qualify as women and therefore should not share the same
Protesters stood outside of Varsity Theater with signs while show attendees stood in line waiting for the show to start. (James Schaak / Minnesota Daily)
The cancellation news gained the attention of local, national and international publications alike, bringing the world’s heated discussion of transgender inclusion to Dinkytown. For three days, transgender rights protestors gathered outside of Varsity as fans lined up for each show.
At a time when reported anti-trans violence has reached a record high and legislators across the country have begun to advocate to roll back LGBTQ+ rights, protesters said Chappelle’s comments felt especially dangerous. .
“A lot of it is a joke and a lot of it doesn’t come from a place of anger where you think it’s a hate crime-y kind of thing,” Chappelle fan Nicole Caine said on Thursday.Chappelle made his name as a comedian in the early ‘00s for stirring controversy and pushing the boundaries of America’s conversations on race,
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Fans waiting in line for Chappelle on Thursday did not express a similar concern and said Chappelle’s boundarypushing comedy targets all groups equally.“He jokes about everybody. I understand that some people are more sensitive than others, but it doesn’t bother me,” Chappelle fan Mel Melchizedek said.The protestors that gathered in front of Varsity Theater argued that transgender people are particularly vulnerable to hate speech and hate crimes.
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Prior to publication, Varsity Theater had not responded to the Minnesota Daily’s requests for a comment.
Lydia, a protester who did not want to give their full name for privacy reasons, also said she was disappointed with First Ave.“It sounds like they’re being complicit and they just canceled it because of public outcry,” Lydia said. “Not because they actually care.”
“LGBTQ youth, particularly trans and gender-diverse youth, are impacted by an overall climate of transphobia,” Rohn said while explaining the negative effect comedians can have when they normalize transphobic language.
Despiterights.stark disagreements over the content of Chappelle’s performance, both protestors and fans alike expressed skepticism about First Ave’s decision to move the show. The sentiment expressed on both sides may signal a stain on Minneapolis’ most famous venue’s reputation.“Theyhad already decided to book him and everything, canceling at the last minute doesn’t really seem like they mean anything that they were saying,” Robert Johnson said while waiting in line for the show. “It just seems like they switched last minute because of the flack they were getting.”
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politics and identity. Like Ricky Gervais and many other comedians of his generation, Chappelle’s comments have begun to attract more fervently negative attention from social activists recently.
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Sitting just off Nicollet Avenue in south Minneapolis, the Museum of Russian Art (TMORA)’s new exhibit, “Say No to War: Political Cartoons by Ukrainian and Russian Artists,” addresses the newfound global significance of the region’s culture.
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Rob and Sherri Shellman brought their 8-year-old daughter, Maggie, to see her first concert.
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In 2002, an art dealer and collector named Raymond E. Johnson founded TMORA in its original Bloomington location after obtaining a large collection of Russian Realist paintings. Three years later, the museum moved to its current location in a distinctive reconstructed church with white arches that peek over the nearby I-35 walls.
As they took the stage, Mila de la Garza, barely tall enough to see over the drum set, banged her drumsticks together three times and the room erupted with the sharp crunches of their electric guitars and cheers from the crowd. They started off the set with a cover of “Linda
Although its name may suggest an affiliation exclusively with Russia, the depth of the museum’s content has always contained art and culture from every former Soviet country, including Ukraine.
Michelle Zauner of “Japanese breakfast” bangs a gong during a performance of “Be Sweet” as her hus band, Peter Bradley, plays piano at First Avenue in Minneapolis. (Maya Marchel Hoff / Minnesota Daily)
“This organization is not a Russian organization, it’s a cultural organization that deals with the art and culture of all 15 countries of the former Soviet Union,” said Mark Meister, the president of TMORA. “The name has always meant to be an overarching name.”
“I was drawn to Japanese Breakfast because they are low stress, well-written and unique,” said Kevin Buschkowsky, 23. “It’s cool that they are giving the Linda Lindas a platform to show people that they are more than their age. I am excited to see where they end up going.”
“I never thought I would be able to play First Avenue again,” said Michelle Zauner, the 33-year-old lead singer of Japanese Breakfast, as she caught her breath in between songs. “Last time I was here, I cried in the parking lot for an hour because the concert didn’t go as well as I wanted it to. This show is definitely a redemption.”OnJuly11, less than a year after Zauner cried in the parking lot, Japanese Breakfast played a sold out show at First Avenue once again, this time with the help of teen band openers The Linda Lindas. The Linda Lindas, a Southern Californian punk-rock band consisting of four tween and teen girls, are drawing the attention from listeners of all ages as they usher in a new generation of music.
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took the stage, they brought their recent music industry ascent along with them.
“The Linda Lindas’ music is a big part of our family,” said Rob Shellman, 45. “My daughter could not be more excited to be here right now.”
Since then, both Zauner and her band have enjoyed an elevation in stature and fame that’s included two Grammy nominations, a Time 100 entry, a shoutout from Barack Obama and more.
As Eloise Wong screamed with a guttural tone into the microphone during “Racist, Sexist Boy,” and Lucia de la Garza threw her long, black hair back during guitar solos, everyone in the crowd from age 8 to 60 sang along.
“I first heard of them through ‘Racist, Sexist Boy’ and introduced them to my daughter, who loves them,” Carly Schmaltz, 45, said while explaining why she brought her 8-year-old daughter, Matilda, with her. “The Linda Lindas are cool because they show young kids that they can use their voices.”
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At an 18+ show, the large number of kids in attendance with their parents to watch the opener was noteworthy, arriving all decked out in cat ears and Linda Lindas shirts.
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Japanese Breakfast’s 2016 debut, “Psychopomp,” expertly introduced the band with shoegaze and lo-fi sounds. In 2021, everything changed when Zauner released her critically acclaimed and best-selling memoir, “Crying in H Mart” just weeks before Japanese Breakfast released their similarly successful third studio album, “Jubilee,” an upbeat dream pop record.
Linda,” by Japanese punk rock band, The Blue Hearts, accompanied by head banging and hair whipping.
The band’s distinctive sound, a deeper bond to the music created by “Crying in H Mart,” and music that’s both emotionally complex and lighthearted were all oft-mentioned during a canvas of the crowd that night.
After initially forming in 2018, the band rose to popularity with a viral video of them performing their song called “Racist, Sexist Boy,” in the Los Angeles Central Library last year. “Racist, Sexist Boy” was written after one band member experienced racist comments from a fellow student before the COVID-19 lockdown in the spring of 2020 due to her Chinese heritage.
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in 2008 with a degree in psychology. After taking a year off, I went to Globe University for their music business program and ended up applying for a scholarship called the “Do you want to be a DJ?” scholarship. I ended up getting it and got to go to the University of St. Louis for their journalism and broadcasting program. Since then, I have worked at 89.9 KMOJ, myTalk 107.1 and eventually at MPR.”
“We really were super busy during the school year. But once summer came around, we just couldn’t keep ourselves afloat,” Campbell said, citing rising costs across all industries as a factor. “It’s a hard time for a lot of restaurants.”
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took a hit during that. It was harder to sort of pull ourselves back up after that period.”Gray’s opened in its most recent state as a cafe and restaurant in December 2020, although the team has occupied the space that was formerly the Loring Bar and Restaurant for the last five years. Since the rebranding, Gray’s had operated with a few core values in mind — sustainability, creativity, independence and the ability to source and support local. According to their Instagram, serving the University of Minnesota community was a tradition held in order to help students and community members “escape the sameness of fast food chains and corporate coffee shops.”
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Why is it called Carbon Sound?
After a long career in the radio and music business, Sanni Brown is leading a new Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) music stream onto the scene as its host. Last month, The Current launched Carbon Sound, which will showcase the diversity and range of Black musicians outside of the current molds society places them in. University of Minnesota graduate Julian Green works as the content director and Andre Griffin works as the community engagement specialist.Agraduate of Concordia University, Brown has experience in everything from teaching kids at the YMCA to musical performances and radio production. As the new host of Carbon Sound, Brown is more than ready to help lead public radio into the ever changing future of music. The Minnesota Daily caught up with her to talk about everything from genre labeling to Legend of Zelda to her prophetic stay in a shelter home.
While business may have waned in warmer months with classes paused, the loss of one of the only coffee shops in Dinkytown will likely have an evident impact on students once classes resume.
“It was something that they [the owners] had been working through. I think they wanted to avoid it for as long as possible,” Samantha Campbell, a manager at Gray’s, shared. “Because of Covid, we closed for a month and we
“I graduated from Concordia, St. Paul
“So the show that I have been hosting for the Current over the last five years is called The Message and we pretty much do hip-hop and R&B. When I think of music, I don’t really think about Black people making electronic, punk, rock or all these other genres that they’re clearly making. Carbon Sound is not just another hip-hop and R&B stream. It’s all the genres. And it’s based on Black musical expression. That’s why I’m so honored to be on it.”
“Carbon is in everything around us. When you think about Black musicians and the styles that they created, it’s used in everything in music today.”
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Rising third-year University student Krys Mustwillo said she would spend hours at the cafe every week alongside her“Itfriends.waslike my little pocket of the world where I could escape all the stress and noise of college,” Mustwillo said. “Gray’s has this castle-like aesthetic that really fuels my creativity.”
While Gray’s will cease to exist, there’s hope yet for the future of the space it once occupied. The historic Dinkytown building has yet to be purchased, although Campbell mentioned that potential buyers had expressed interest.
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“I feel like this was really unexpected, especially because it was so popular with students,” rising third-year University student Jessica Pilon said, emphasizing how shocked she was at the abrupt announcement. “I feel like there’s going to be a lot less study spaces now, for one thing.”
“It’s with a mixture of sadness and celebration that we announce Gray’s will be closing in July,” a post on Instagram from July 1 reads, announcing the closure. “We thank our amazing staff for their loyalty and hard work. We thank our incredible customers – our regulars, our irregulars, the beautiful freaks, the lovers, the maestros, the muses – and all our friends who made this place the heart of WhileDinkytown.”thenewsseemingly arrived out of nowhere, Gray’s did not go quietly into the night. Instead, the business’ final weeks of operation included two weeks’ worth of live music from a variety of local musicians alongside their regularly scheduled Salsa Saturday event.
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Gooey artichoke dip, funky bathroom mirrors, ornate tablecloths, the only living bottomless mimosa special in Dinkytown — these are the things we bid farewell to when beloved campus cafe Gray’s closed Sunday.
How is Carbon Sound different from the other shows and streams that the Current has launched in the past?
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“Honestly, I was looking for more money because I had exhausted all my funds with my undergrad, but it also came from a childhood fascination with radio. When I was young, having your own boombox was like having your own phone today. When you didn’t have enough money to go buy cassette tapes, you would record songs off the radio. I started editing the tapes to have space between like produced records. Then I started recording my voice, making up songs, listened to how people talked on the radio and recorded my own commercials. It blew my mind that I could press record and pick up the sounds around me. I’ve been infatuated with sound ever since then. If you ask me how I got here, that’s how.”
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Following a first round loss in the Big Ten tournament to Penn State, the Gophers men’s basketball team will look to make improvements in their second season under head coach Ben Johnson.
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This would put a rift in the regular PAC-12 versus Big Ten bowl games such as the Rose Bowl, and more teams like Oregon could jump ship and follow soon. It also brings up the question of national college conferences, with California schools in the same conference as eastern schools like Maryland, Penn State and Rutgers. Unlike Texas’s and Oklahoma’s moves to the SEC, these two teams are in different time zones and vastly different climates than the other Big Ten schools.
Four freshmen will join the team next season, headlined by Braeden Carrington. The Park Center High School graduate won Minnesota Mr. Basketball, averaging 17.8 points per game in his senior season, and will look to now give the Gophers a spark of offense and three point shooting.
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The Gophers will graduate eight players from last season’s team, including team captain Eric Curry. This season, they will have a young rotation
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UCLA and USC planning to leave PAC-12 for Big Ten
In 2021, the Gophers played their best game of football in Boulder, Colorado as they shutout the Buffaloes 30-0. Colorado
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The UCLA Bruins and USC Trojans are in talks to realign conferences from the PAC-12 Conference to the Big Ten Conference as early as 2024, according to Jon Wilner on Twitter Thursday. Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated confirmed on Twitter that there are ongoing negotiations. Wilner said nothing has been finalized by the “highest levels of power.”
back group. Expect this to be the Gophers toughest game on their schedule. This is Minnesota’s biggest test defensively all season with a younger core than last season, coupled with this being the first road game on their schedule.
Jarek Broussard, who transferred out of Colorado, will be the Spartans starting running back in 2022 filling the hole left by Walter Camp National Player of the Year, Kenneth Walker III, who declared for the NFL Draft. Even without Walker III, Michigan State should be as lethal on the offensive side of the ball with an experienced passing attack. QB Payton Thorne is a proven winner, cool under presser, mobile in the pocket and is a great decision maker. Add Jayden Reed, who was a 1,000 yard receiver in 2021, Tre Mosely returning (63 catches) and Illinois transfer TE Daniel Barker (11 career TD receptions), this is an incredibly dangerous air attack. On the other hand, on defense, Michigan State hopes to improve on their dead last ranking in passing yards allowed. Georgia transfer cornerback Ameer Speed joins the roster to help an expected improved defensive
P.J. Fleck has had Purdue head coach Jeff Brohm’s number, going undefeated against the Boilermakers since 2018. Purdue enters 2022 without its best player on offense (WR David Bell) and defense (DE George Karlaftis). QB Aidan O’Connell returns and will be targeting TE Payne Durham frequently. Durham led all Big Ten tight ends in touchdown receptions in 2021 (6). Purdue’s strength on defense in 2022 should be in its secondary with three returning starters including 6’3, 215-pound Cory Trice who has three career picks. They also return three starting defensive lineman even though their two top pass rushers from 2021 (Karlaftis and DaMarcus Mitchell) are gone.
led by junior Jamison Battle, who led the team in points (17.5) and rebounds (6.3) per-game last season.
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“[Our freshmen] are going to compete, they’re eager learners, zero ego … It’s fun to plug them in and see what they can and can’t do,” head coach Ben Johnson said.“We’ve got a group where each one of those guys brings something a little different, and they all have versatility, but they’re all pretty skilled, they should all be ready to go physically, they’re just enjoying competing.”
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Last summer, Texas and Oklahoma shocked the college football landscape by announcing to leave the Big 12 for the SEC. One year later, two more athletic goliaths from a weaker Power 5 conference are interested in moving to one of the top two college football conferences (Big Ten and SEC).
In 2021, the Leathernecks finished with a record of 2-9 with their lone wins over Youngstown State and Illinois State. Western Illinois will be without their leading passer, rusher and receiver in 2021, who all graduated. On defense, there is major turnover as most of their starters have either graduated or entered the transfer portal. Without much returning experience on both sides of the football, this should definitely be the Gophers easiest game on their schedule.
New Mexico State head coach Jerry Kill returns to Minnesota coming off an abysmal 2-10 season in 2021. The Aggies lost their leading passer (Jonah Johnson) and rusher (Juwuan Price) to the transfer portal but have three starters returning on the offensive line. On defense, New Mexico State averaged 489 yards allowed and 40 points allowed in a game. This should be a very winnable game for the Gophers, but with their inconsistent track record playing down to their non-power five opponents, anything is possible for Jerry Kill.
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offensive coordinator Mike Sanford Jr. returns to Minneapolis, where he was the Gophers offensive coordinator for the last two years. The Buffaloes enter 2022 with six starters transferring from the program including 2020 PAC12 Offensive Player of the Year Jarek Broussard. Where Colorado is most dangerous is their defensive line, with standout defensive tackle Jalen Sami and defensive end Guy Thomas. Colorado is still in a heavy rebuild and will be in the basement of the Pac-12 again.
RB Chase Brown, the Fighting Illini’s MVP in their upset win over the Gophers in 2021 (33 rushes for 150 yards), is back for another round. Besides Brown, there’s not much to boast about. Syracuse transfer QB Tommy DeVito will try to replicate his 2019 season, where he threw for over 2,300 yards and tossed for 19 touchdowns. story at
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Holloway said she learned that creating healthy habits can often translate to better production on the court. In fact, she’s made a career out of it. She has improved her speed and endurance through a recognition of patterns between the sports’ stretches and drills, helping her become a complete player.
So in true basketball player fashion, the freshman looked to the veterans for“Myhelp.parents [told] me make sure you value the time you have for yourself,” Holloway said. “If you have time to take an hour nap, take that time.”
Fox played three seasons at Northern State in Aberdeen, South Dakota before coming to Minnesota in April 2021.
‘Little Nia’ spent her childhood in Eden Prairie with her parents and four siblings. During this time, her family taught her the values of being goaloriented and competitive, but also to remain tightly-knit and supportive of oneSheanother.continued to practice these values in areas including, but not
“Parker did the best job I’ve been around as far as the rehab process,” he said. “He first did it before he was committed and I pretty much told him he’s out for the year. There was never a rush on this end. Because of that, he took his time and he was diligent. I thought our training staff did a great job. I know he was confident and playing well.”
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Fox injured his left knee in April 2021 and was also out for the 2021-22 season. He began to practice with the team toward the end of the season in late February, and he had been practicing with the team for the last four months before his most recent injury.
Forward Isaiah Ihnen suffers his second season-ending knee injury
limited to, the classroom, on the track and on the court.
He ended his career at Northern State as the NSIC North Division Defensive Player of the Year and the Player of the Year.
“I know that my family has my back, so why wouldn’t my team family have my back the same? And why wouldn’t I have their back,” Holloway said on the topic of family Transitioningvalues.from being a multisport athlete in high school to focusing on a single sport may sound like a lighter load, but incoming freshmen, such as Holloway, are quick to find out otherwise.“It’smore busy than you think it is,” Holloway said. “At first a lot of people, even me, thought I’m going to have so much free time, but [now] I have all this stuff, classes, workouts, individuals, meetings.”
Nia Holloway is primed to lead the Gophers next generation of female athletes. She was a multi-sport athlete in high school, ranking No. 45 in the nation in basketball, according to Prep Girls Hoops, and winning the state high jump event twice in track.
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Gophers men’s basketball forward Isaiah Ihnen suffered a season-ending knee injury in practice last week and will undergo surgery, the head coach Ben Johnson announced Monday in a press release. He missed the entire 2021-22 season with a torn ACL.
“I will address one thing. I won’t go into crazy detail about it,” Johnson said at a press conference Wednesday. “We did have an incident yesterday during practice with Parker Fox. He’s dealing with a knee right now. We will get with the medical team and figure out the severity of it. Figure out the next steps. He will be off until we get further information.”Johnsoncommented on how well Fox did in recovery with his last knee injury.
Redshirt junior teammate Parker Fox suffered a knee injury in June and will also miss his second-consecutive season. Fox and Ihnen will spend the upcoming season recovering together for the second straight year.
Editor’s Note: Holloway suffered a season-ending knee injury last week, Lindsay Whalen announced Tuesday.
As Holloway’s accolades and recognition grew, the Star Tribune took notice and featured her, along with seven other accomplished women athletes, in a piece under their “Title IX Turns 50” series. In this piece, they labeled Holloway as “The Rising Star.”“I honestly think it’s amazing,” Holloway said. “Little Nia would probably be like, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re doing so well now.’ It’s so cool to see my work paying off in that way.”
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As a heralded international prospect from Boeblingen, Germany, Ihnen was rated as the No. 89 prospect in the 2019 class, according to 247sports. His potential continues to be hindered by unfortunate injuries.
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Nia Holloway talks college, basketball, social justice
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Head men’s basketball coach Ben Johnson announced Wednesday Parker Fox, a forward on the men’s basketball team, will not be playing in the 202223 basketball season after suffering an injury on his right knee during a team practice Monday.
“They gon’ feel us kid, might not be today, tomorrow or the next day, but they gon’ feel us kid,” Fox posted on Twitter Monday.
As the lone remaining player that was recruited by and played for former head coach Richard Pitino, Ihnen was set to be one of the most experienced players on the young Gophers roster.
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In his last action during the 2020-21 season, Ihnen averaged 2.8 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. He was expected to have a larger role this season and provide veteran leadership to a very young roster.
“It’s disappointing to see Isaiah go through this after he worked hard to get back on the court this year and made significant strides to his game this summer,” Johnson said in the press release. “We will be with him every step of the way in his road to recovery.”
After the recent decision in Dobbs v. Jackson overturning Roe v. Wade, liberals need to make sure we can protect abortion rights in states where we have control. This will become especially relevant if a federal abortion ban ever gains traction.
Before I get to the justices’ opinions, it is important to note that all nine justices on the Court are incredibly intelligent. This makes deciding what opinions are most compelling far more difficult; if you read only one opinion, it’s easy to be swayed by it, as the justice that wrote it is one of the brightest legal minds in the country.Themajority opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, did not pull any punches. It boils down to this quote: “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damag ingTheconsequences.”majorityopinion focuses on the doctrine of stare decisis, which is Latin for “to stand by that which is decided.”
On page 48, the majority writes that “Roe’s failure even to note the over whelming consensus of state laws in effect in 1868 [when the Fourteenth Amendment was passed] is striking, and what is said about the common law was simply wrong.”
Our youth need more attention from us, but we have forgotten them behind closed doors and alone with their devices.Igrew up in Ethiopia, surrounded by people who looked like me, spoke the same language as me and valued the same things. I always followed the same routine: waking up, going to Islamic school and then to a private English program, then hanging out with friends and talking about our religion and culture.Those were beautiful days. We became closer to our culture and religion as we advanced our education. Of course, not every experience was delightful — especially those one goes through when coming of age — but life was wonderful regardless.
My younger siblings came here at a young age, and some cultural differences between Ethiopia and the U.S. shocked them. Some of the aspects of American culture that surprised them included mosques segregated by ethnic group, a lack of religious education and gunTheculture.segregation of mosques by community came as a shock to me too. At some mosques, nearly all of the attendees are from one ethnic group. I don’t understand – aren’t we all praying to the same God? Why are our places of worship segregated by community type?
In other words, the stereotype about federal Democrats and state-based Re publicans isn’t always true.
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Just as the Christian right movement has long desired, and just as former President Donald Trump intended with his three picks for the Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey – two SCOTUS decisions that federally protected the right to abortion – are no longer the law of the land. States are now free to ban abortion as they see fit, all the way up to conception if they wish – even in cases of rape, incest or when the life of the mother is at risk.
The Court ruled 5-4 to explicitly overturn Roe and Casey, with Roberts
In fact, I believe that liberals may have to use state and local government to accomplish their goals in the near future. Democrats will likely lose control of at least one house of Congress in Novem ber, and the nation’s highest court has a solidly conservative majority.
joining the liberals on the Court. I will say more about Roberts’ decision later. States with Democratic state legis latures and/or Democratic governors (like Minnesota) will see no changes to abortion restrictions as long as Demo crats are in power. On the other hand, around 25 of the most conservative states will see new abortion restrictions implemented in their state.
That all changed when my family arrived in the U.S. I was mature enough not to get influenced by all that was new to me, and I am grateful for that.
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But what about our younger siblings and children who grow up in an entirely different cultural environment? Do we let them figure their way out of this confusion on their own? Or do we hold hands with them and guide them, cultivating our values in them?
Conservatives and racists are not the only ones in America who can make use of our federal system.
The Court ruled 6-3 to uphold the Mississippi law, with Alito, Roberts, Ka vanaugh, Barrett, Thomas and Gorsuch voting to uphold the law, and the liberal bloc of Breyer, Kagan and Sotomayor voting to strike down the law.
The words that came across my Twitter feed two weeks ago still make me“Held:quiver:The Constitution does not con fer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives.”
By Sean Ericson, July 11 sericson@mndaily.com
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A state’s right to what?
In short, they focus on the concept of precedent, and whether Roe and Casey were “egregiously wrong” to the point where they need to be overturned.
Wealthy, primarily white Americans that live in states with an abortion ban will still be able to get one if they wish, it will just require more travel and money to do so. These new laws will dispropor tionately and overwhelmingly impact people of color and poorer Americans who don’t have the luxury of traveling long distances to get an abortion.
I read the Dobbs decision so you don’t need to
The abolition of slavery. Women’s right to vote. Desegregation of schools. The Civil and Voting Rights acts. Same-sex marriage.Allofthese victories for progress have one thing in common: they involve the imposition of federal power over the states.Indeed, the old neo-Confederate line on the Civil War is that it was about “states’ rights.” But I think it’s worthwhile to consider a classic reply to that.
Andrew Karch is a political science professor at the University of Minnesota who studies federalism in public policy. He said it’s true there are “general ten dencies” in which liberals tend to favor federal power (and local power in large, blue cities) more than conservatives. However, those principles “can sort of be downplayed if it’s in the pursuit of certain goals that these parties also find really important,” Karch said.
In the case at hand – Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization – the Court was asked to decide the constitu tionality of a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. This is in direct conflict with Planned Parenthood v. Casey – a 1992 decision that protects a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion up until fetal via bility (generally considered around 24 weeks into the pregnancy).
By Luul Boru, June 29 lboru@mndaily.com
Constitutional law can be confusing. Because of this, and because under standing such a consequential ruling is so important, I decided to break down the Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization so every one has a better idea of what the deci sion and the justices’ opinions mean.
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Looking for great views of the city? The Stone Arch will take you there. This iconic, one of a kind bridge is a popular place for tourists, but don’t let that dissuade you. There are still creative and unique ways to photograph the bridge and the city.
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In and around the Campus Mall area, you’ll be able to relive your days as a Freshman touring the campus, and capture that nostalgia with your camera. The architecture in this area is very diverse as well. Pro-tip, make sure to visit Northrop during its public hours so you can get photos of the elegant, neoclassical interior!
Having hobbies is a very important part of living a healthy and enriching life. They relieve stress from the everyday grind, allow you to bond with others of similar interest, and increase your knowledge by developing new skills. Personally, I’ve found photography to be an exciting hobby that has altered the way I perceive the world on a day to day basis. With the integration of advanced cameras into cell phones, it has become easier than ever to get into photography. As a photographer, whether you’re brand new to the field or a seasoned vet, it’s essential to know the best spots to get the best shots. Luckily, the U has a ton of scenic locations in and around campus that make for great photos; whether they’re taken on your phone, on film, or with a digital camera.
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The Weisman is one of those spots that photographers tend to gravitate towards. The building was designed by Frank Ghery, an internationally acclaimed architect, so you’ll be taking photos of a very important architectural landmark. The unique form and chrome plated exterior will make for entrancing photos at any time of day.
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If you like photography,streetDinky is a great place on campus to do it. This iconic set of street blocks sets the scene for busy weekday hustle, and immersive nightlife. The architecture is very interesting as well, from the brutalist style Chateau building to the art-deco Varsity Theater.
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Did you know that changing up your studying location can significantly improve both productivity and memory recall? Make sure to take this fact into consideration and explore the variety of study spaces that the U has to offer! Here are some popular study spaces around campus that will hopefully make exam season a little bit easier:
Places to Study Around Campus
Walter Library
Bruininks Hall is a gorgeous academic building located right on the river. Each of its floors have spaces for students to sit right next to huge windows with plenty of natural light. Go to Bruininks if you would like to prepare for your exams with a view!
Not only is Walter Library arguably the most popular study spot at the U, but it is also one of the most aesthetically pleasing. The open study rooms have high ceilings, a mix of beautiful natural and artificial lighting, and amazing architectural design. Choose from rooms like the Great Hall for a quiet study environment, or hit up the Wise Owl Cafe on the basement floor to chat with friends.
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The Mall is an area in the center of the East Bank campus that is bordered by academic buildings. This area contains a perfectly sculpted grass field that students enjoy sitting on. The Mall is a perfect study spot during the warmer months — you can textbooks.sunbathesimultaneouslyandreadyour
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The best place to start is by sectioning the stuff you bring in chunks like clothing, toiletries/ bathroom, kitchen, bedding/laundry, decor, and storage. Start packing what you don’t use daily first so you can pack sooner rather than later. Pack the boxes to move the same way you packed them with the least used things first.
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• 2 tablespoons finely shredded Mexican cheese blend
There are many food options on- Campus and off- campus. You can use your FlexDine Dollars at any place that is on campus property. Those places include Starbucks, Panda Express, Baja Sol Tortilla Grill, Topio’s Pizza, Chick-fil-A and Einstein Bros. Bagels. Carlson School of Management has Panda Express, Tu Taco, and Caribou Coffee. The Rec & Wellness center has French Meadows and Moos Tower has Caribou Coffee. There are also many other places in Stadium Village and Dinkytown to eat, but if you want to make your own food, you can get groceries at Dinkytown Target, Fresh Thyme Market in Prospect Park and Stadium Village CVS or Walgreens. There are obvious options like cereal, a cup of mac ‘n cheese, or ramen — or you can spice things up with recipes like the ones listed below.
Steps:
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• In a microwaveablesmall bowl, microwave ground beef on High for 30 seconds or until slightlybagheated.thoroughlySqueezetheofchipstocrush
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• 1⁄4 cup refrigerated taco sauce with seasoned ground beef (from 18 oz container)
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• Season with salt and pepper
• 2 tablespoons diced onion
• Season the salmon with salt and pepper
• 1-2 tablespoons of sriracha sauce
• Microwave the fish for 3.5 minutes
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• Garnish with additional parsley and lemon wedges
• Generously spread the mayonnaise mixture on top of the filet
• 1 tablespoon parsley
• Rinse salmon filet with cold water and pat dry
• 1 tablespoon skim milk
• salt/pepper
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• Pour the mixture into your mug
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• In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise and sriracha sauce
• Stir in the flour, milk, cheese, and diced vegetables
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• 2 large eggs
• 1⁄2 boneless skinless chicken breast filet (prebaked if possible)
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• 2-3 fresh-cut lemon slices
• Cover the dish tightly with a microwave-safe plastic wrap
• Salt and pepper
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It is always nice to find time to unwind on the weekends. Fortunately, the University of Minnesota campus has a ton of fun things to do after a long week of classes. Check out this list of weekend activity suggestions that are within walking distance of your house, dorm, or apartment!
Stadium Village, Dinkytown, and all of the surrounding areas of campus are filled with amazing restaurants to try out. CruncChees, a brand new Korean hot dog restaurant in Dinkytown, is a must-try.
Go hammocking!
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Attend a sporting event!
The U has sporting events going on all year long. Put on some maroon and gold and go cheer on the Gophers with your friends! You can get your tickets here!
Grab a bite to eat!
See a concert or show!
Concerts and shows are always a blast. Check out Varsity Theater or Coffman Memorial Union and see if a performance you want to go to is coming up.
The U has many grassy areas with trees that are perfect to hang your hammock on and chill out.
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Say it’s the day of a Fall midterm. It’s at 8:15am. On a Friday morning. Say you didn’t get to bed until after 2am the night before. It’s now 7:45 and you just woke up. Uh oh. You’re probably going to need to know how to get to your class as quickly as humanly possible. Luckily, there are many great options at the U to do just that!
Getting from Point ‘A’ to Point ‘B’
GopherTrip Scooters & Bikes Rideshare
Good walkingold-fashioned(orrunning)
Don’t want to mess with the above options? No problem. The UMN campus is pedestrian friendly with sidewalks, bike lanes, tunnels, and pedestrian crossings. Although this might be next to impossible in the subzero temperatures of late January, it’s still always an option.
The GopherTrip system is made up of 5 different routes (120-124) that navigate the entire UMN TC campus. The buses are equipped with wheelchair lifts and bike racks. Whether you need to go to West Bank, St. Paul campus, or even just get around East Bank quicker, there are multiple routes you can take. Just download the GopherTrip app to see the routes, their schedules as well as bus capacity. However, at rush times like the morning, buses can fill up very quickly, which could result in the bus being too full to ride. So if you’re in a pinch, I personally wouldn’t bet on these to be your best option.
As you’ve wandered across the campus these past few weeks you may have noticed some Lyft bike stations, as well as various scooters chained up to random bike racks. Although locked, these are available for public use throughout the campus and across the city. All you need to do is download the designated app (whether that be Uber, Lyft- or Spin), set up your goodinformation,paymentandyou’retoride.Thesecan be an effective and fun way to get around. Just remember to use the bike lanes and not the sidewalks when riding.
You probably have experience already using rideshare apps such as Uber and Lyft, but when you’re really in a pinch for time, these can be lifesaving. There are seemingly endless amounts of drivers in Minneapolis that will get you where you need to go. You can even schedule a pick up time the night before if you’re self aware enough to know you’re chronically late.
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