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Softball coach leaves U after historic year Jessica Allister is leaving the Gophers to coach at Stanford after a record 56-5 season. BY JACK WARRICK jwarrick@mndaily.com

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Hair stylist Jeanne McCoy cuts and styles Nicole Shuster’s hair at the Masonic Children’s hospital’s new hair salon. Nicole was happy to use the service as her three-month-old son is treated at the hospital.

For patients and their families, comfort with style A new center at the U children’s hospital offers massages, hair cuts and other stress relievers.

Head softball coach Jessica Allister is leaving the Gophers’ program, athletics director Mark Coyle announced Tuesday. She will go to Stanford, her alma mater, to head its softball program. The Gophers softball team reached a new level of success this year under Allister. The team won its most games in program history with 56, finished first in the Big Ten and was ranked No. 1 in the country toward the end of the season. Allister is leaving after seven seasons with the team. “We didn’t see this coming,” former Gophers player Sam Macken said. “We are pretty shocked about it to be honest.” The job at Stanford opened up earlier in the month, July 11, when now former Stanford head coach Rachel Hanson stepped down after a 19-32 record, leaving the position available for Allister, the 2017 Big 10 Coach of the Year. “Minnesota will always hold a special place in my heart,” Allister said in a statement. “It is hard to walk away but the opportunity to coach at my alma mater is something I have always dreamed of.” A Gophers spokesperson said the program will move “as fast as we are able to” name a new head coach. Coyle has not yet named an interim coach. When reached for comment, former Gophers pitcher Sara Groenewegen declined to speak on Allister’s departure. “I’m sad to see her go, but I am happy for her,” Coyle said in a statement. “She earned the opportunity to coach at her alma mater. I know that’s always been a dream of hers.”

HOUSING

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eanne McCoy is par t of a group of volunteers at a University of Minnesota children’s hospital that is giving patients a little style. Since late May, McCoy has worked at the University Masonic Children Hospital’s new Blythe Brenden-Mann Foundation Wellness Center. McCoy and others regularly give young patients and their families haircuts, work on their nails and of fer other styling ser vices. For McCoy, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s L ymphoma in 2005, it has become a way to provide a ser vice for patients and an emotional boon

With this sale, Doran no longer owns any U-area apartments. BY TAYLOR VRANEY tvraney@mndaily.com

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ADMINISTRATION

Kaler talks sexual misconduct plan, largest freshman class in 40 years The president also addressed facilities updates and data on students’ academic progress. BY LAUREN OTTO lotto@mndaily.com

The Minnesota Daily sat down with University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler Monday to discuss the upcoming academic year and look back on the summer’s

events so far, including the newest tuition hike. What have been some of the highlights of your summer? The highlight will be on Saturday … my son Sam is getting married … Then looking for ward to vacation at the end of the month and just getting rested and recharged. Where are you going on vacation?

My father’s family is from southern Maine, and I’ve never been there. And so we’re going to go to southern Maine and southeast Canada. There’s a place called Kalers Corner Road, and there’s a restaurant called Kaler’s Restaurant, and apparently there’s a graveyard where a whole lot of dead Kalers are buried, and so we’re going to go see that… u See KALER Page 8

A local development company sold a pair of student apar tment complexes in Dinkytown Friday. Doran Companies sold The Bridges and The Knoll to TH Real Estate, a global real estate investment company, for $93 million, which some say shows the student housing market remains in high demand. Doran Cos. received multiple offers, but sold to TH Real Estate for its strong reputation, said Anne Behrendt, chief operating officer for Doran Cos. Behrendt said Doran Cos. initially identified a need for student housing that was still absent from the University campus areas. Doran Cos. built Syndey Hall, Dinkydome Buildings, The Bridges, 412 Lofts, The Knoll and Edge on Oak — all located within the University of Minnesota area and heavily concentrated with University students. u See DORAN Page 3

ARTS

Q&A: Scott Seekins on Minneapolis art A&E sat down with painter and icon Scott Seekins to talk art, Britney and PC culture. BY GUNTHAR REISING greising@mndaily.com

You’ve probably seen him around town, wearing a white suit in the summer and a black one in the winter. His name is Scott Seekins. Over the years, Seekins has become an icon in the Twin Cities. His unchanging style and paintings (which often feature him in romantic dialogue with Britney Spears) have generated a cult following. There is even a website and a Twitter page dedicated to tracking his whereabouts, aptly named “Seeking Seekins.” The painter has much to say about art

and culture, so A&E chatted with him to make sure Minneapolis is keeping up with Scott Seekins. In the past, you’ve spoken out about the art scene changing in Minneapolis. What are your thoughts on it? Times have changed; the scene now is weak. On the patron side of it, that is — the support system. It wasn’t great before, but it was better. The art scene here is like a festering pond in the hot sun. The creatures are slithering in the muck, trying for the morsels, and there aren’t enough. So why have you stayed around? I stay here for the fishing. u See SEEKINS Page 4

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Minneapolis artist Scott Seekins poses for a portrait at CC Club in the early hours of the morning on Saturday, July 14 in Uptown. The painter, known for his black or white attire, frequents bars in the area to socialize and sell his work.

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The exterior of Dinkytown’s Varsity Theater on Wednesday, April 26. The theatre was sold for over $2 million by former owner Jason McLean after four lawsuits.

Varsity Theater sold to LA firm The LA firm will bring back music and other events back to the building. BY CHRISTOPHER LEMKE clemke@mndaily.com

The iconic Dinkytown venue Varsity Theater has been sold to a Los Angeles real estate firm. Amid four lawsuits alleging child sex abuse, Jason McLean, owner of Varsity Theater, sold the building to Downtown Proper ties for $2.51 million, according to a government real estate document made public July 11. The firm promises the retur n of concer ts and other events to the site. Dan Lee, senior vice

president of investments at Downtown Proper ties, said in an email the company wants to reopen the venue by the end of the year following some upgrades. “The intent is to continue making it a great venue for the community, hosting some wonderful shows and special events,” Lee said in the email. Four lawsuits were filed against McLean in late 2015 and early 2016, alleging child sexual abuse in the ‘70s and ‘80s while he worked at the Children’s Theatre Company. According to cour t documents, McLean, who now co-owns a r estaurant in California, is selling of f proper ties — and considering divesting

entirely from Minneapolis — to help pay for legal defense and a $200,000 settlement to split among the five plaintiffs. McLean has owned Loring Pasta Bar since 2001 and Varsity Theater since 2005. As of Monday, there is no indication of a sale of Loring Pasta Bar. Va r s i t y T h e a t e r d e clined to comment. I n D i n k yt ow n , l oc a l business leaders looked for ward to the retur n of Varsity Theater, which hasn’t promoted a show on social media since November 2016 and stopped hosting high profile concerts since the lawsuits. Randal Gast, president of the Dinkytown Business Alliance, said if Varsity Theater begins

For patients and their families, comfort with style Hospital u from Page 1

for her. “I get where they’re at, I’ve been there,” she said. “It’s nice to not even feel the obligation to talk about it.” While other hospitals around the countr y have salons, the Masonic Children’s Hospital stands out by combining the salon, a fitness center and a therapy center into one 700-square-foot space, said Becky Pauly, pediatric program manager for integrated health and wellbeing at the hospital. After parents gave feedback that they wanted to be able to relax and workout while staying close to their child, the hospital decided to star t providing the ser vices, Pauly said. Parents of patients are exposed to a highstress environment and often neglect their own wellness while wor r ying for their childr en, she said. “We believe that taking care of the caregivers helps them to take

care of their child better,” Pauly said. The Center’s fitness room is open 24 hours, and the integrated therapy of fers acupuncture, massage and energy therapy — like the Japanese healing technique Reiki — ser vices. While some ser vices are reser ved for parents, patients are also able to get their hair cut and styled, have their nails painted and receive acupuncture. “[It’s] doing something that doesn’t hur t, isn’t par t of a treatment, something that’s just about feeling good,” said L ynn Gershan, medical director for pediatric health and wellbeing at the hospital. Blythe Brenden, founder of the Blythe Brenden-Mann Foundation, a philanthropy organization focused on local organizations that suppor t medicine, education and the ar ts, is the primar y donor to the Center. The Center’s star ting salon products were donated by the Intelligent Nutrients salon, and exercise equipment was donated by Lifetime

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hosting music events once again, the area will get an increase in traffic. The Minnesota Daily previously repor ted on a decrease in foot traf fic to Dinkytown businesses due to changes at the Varsity Theater. “It was a vital entertainment venue that had hundreds of people visiting ever y week and it will be welcomed in the business community to see people back visiting Dinkytown,” Gast said. Mike Mulrooney, owner of Blar ney Pub and Grill, said Dinkytown’s restaurant businesses will benefit from the traffic that Varsity Theater brings. Meanwhile, the case against McLean has

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“[It’s] doing something that doesn’t hurt, isn’t part of a treatment, something that’s just about feeling good.” LYNN GERSHAN Medical director for pediatric health and wellbeing

Fitness. Brenden hoped the Center would use her interest in a holistic approach to medicine. “I do this so that families that are staying longter m in the hospital… have access to places that can help them,” she said. All stylists at the center are volunteers and all the ser vices are paid for by the hospital. “ We d o n ’ t w a n t [money] to be another bar rier…there’s a lot of financial strain that can happen when your child is in the hospital,” Pauly said.

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moved for ward. The law firm representing the plaintif fs is requesting McLean to take a deposition before the settlement offer is considered, according to cour t documents. McLean has delayed the deposition, citing he needs more money to hire a legal team to help “combat this career-destroying defamation and recover … from the damages done to me and my businesses and the many employees that have relied upon them for their livelihood,” according to cour t documents. The legal team leading the lawsuit against McLean could not be reached for comment.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an Australian woman in an alley shortly after she called 911 to report a possible crime is a young Somali-American and father who felt called to work in law enforcement after getting a college degree in business. Mohamed Noor, 32, joined the police force two years ago and is among more Somalis hired in recent years as the department continues its efforts to diversify. To those in Minnesota’s Somali community, the largest in the United States, he was seen as a role model, and his hiring was celebrated. “Among police, he was one of the good guys,” said Suud Olat, a refugee advocate and interpreter. But Noor is now on paid administrative leave as authorities investigate why he shot and killed 40-year-old Justine Damond, a meditation teacher and bride-to-be. Damond’s fiancé said she called 911 on Saturday night about what she believed was an active sexual assault. She was reportedly standing outside the driver’s side of a squad car when she

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was shot in the abdomen by Noor, who fired from the passenger seat. Authorities have released no details about what led Noor to shoot Damond, whose maiden name was Justine Ruszczyk. She had begun using her fiance’s last name ahead of their August wedding. No weapon was found at the scene. Noor and the other officer did not turn on their body cameras, and authorities have said squad video did not capture the shooting. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, in an inter view Wednesday with Australia’s “Today” show, joined the chorus demanding answers about what happened. “How can a woman out in the street in her pajamas seeking assistance from police be shot like that? It is a shocking killing,” Turnbull said. Noor’s attor ney, Tom Plunkett, released a statement Monday saying that Noor extends his condolences to the family and others affected by Damond’s death. The statement said Noor came to the U.S. at a young age and is thankful to have had many opportunities.

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Marcy Holmes bridge to get overhaul Federal and state money will make the Fifth Avenue Bridge safer. BY MARAYA KING mking@mndaily.com

A heavily used pedestrian bridge that spans I-35W in the Marcy Holmes neighborhood is set to receive a much needed change. State officials will rebuild the Fifth Street Bridge, a popular trail for residents and University of Minnesota students alike, with federal money amid community safety and structural concerns. Ken Slama, project manager for the Minnesota Department of Transpor tation, said the community has pushed for updates to make the bridge more accessible, especially given its

status as the busiest pedestrian bridge in the state of Minnesota. The total cost of the new bridge is close to $2.7 million, 80 percent of which will come from federal grants, while the rest will come from MnDOT, Slama said. The project will create a new bridge next to the existing Fifth Avenue Bridge. Unlike the cur rent bridge, the new version will fit with Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines, as well as include better lighting and structural components. “Our main concern is that the current bridge is not wide enough to make it ADA accessible,” said Marnie Lovern-Bell, member of the Visual Quality Advisor y Committee and longtime resident of Marcy Holmes. Slama said the northwest entrance, with its inclined spiral, is not suitable for ADA rules.

The way the bridge stands now also poses structural issues, as the concrete ages and other aspects of the bridge degrade. T h e c u r r en t b ri d g e does not meet standard regulations with a width of only 10 feet, but will be increased to 14 feet to let bikes pass each other, Slama said. Another glaring error in the current state of bridge is it lack of lighting, making it a likely spot for crime at night, he said. Department of Transportation Bridge Architectural Designer Melissa Schultz said while lights are needed and provide a sense of safety, city ordinances must be considered. For example, Minneapolis’ “dark sky compliance laws,” ensure that LED lights provide pedestrian friendly lighti n g , w h i l e mi n i mi z i n g glare and other unnecessary light pollution.

Progress Card, yearly administrator reports are focus of regent meeting President Kaler and Athletic Director Coyle presented reports. BY MAX CHAO mchao@mndaily.com

This fall will see the largest University of Minnesota freshman class in 40 years. In the Boar d of Regents’ first meeting led by new Chair David McMillan, administrators and of ficials repor ted Wednesday on plans for the fall and its new crop of students, along with updates on the past year’s progress in athletics and long term academic goals. University President Eric Kaler detailed the incoming freshman class in his annual repor t to the board. He said the new class was the largest in 40 years with around 6,000 students. The class also includes the largest share of rural students in 25 years. Kaler also discussed the recent research exchange agreement with the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In Athletic Dir ector Mark Coyle’s annual repor t, he detailed his first year, which included a depar tment record 3.24 cumulative GPA. University athletics in Coyle’s first year fell under scrutiny for incidents surrounding sexual assault and a high-profile boycott of the football team. Gopher athletics led all public schools for the fourth consecutive year in NCAA Academic Progress Rate Awards, given to the top 10 percent of teams in each spor t that maintain academic progress, he said. Coyle said mandator y finance and sexual harassment training for student-athletes will star t

in the fall, led by the Office of Equal Oppor tunity and Affirmative Action and the Office of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity. Several resolutions faced votes Wednesday, including one which would require high-cost, high profile staff to be approved by the board. Progress on the amendment stagnated after a 6-6 final vote. In the last five years the University hired several new athletic head coaches, drawing concern from some on the board. In 2013, the University hired men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino. His contract was extended to 2020-2021 and increased his annual salar y to $1.84 million, plus incentives. Th e U nive r sity al s o hired new head football coach P.J. Fleck to a five year, $18 million contract. The regents also voted on a resolution suppor ting Minnesota’s bid for the 2023 World Fair Expo. Several new University personnel were introduced at the meeting, including new Humphrey School of Public Affairs Dean Laura Bloomberg, and Vice President and Chief Infor mation Of ficer of Infor mation Technology Ber nar d Gulachek. Progress Card The University Progress Card, a repor t that tracks various key student metrics, was presented to the Board in its annual update. Lincoln Kallsen, finance director for the University Budget and Finance Office, manages the project and gave the presentation. The median undergraduate debt has decreased for the four th year in a row, Kallsen said. Student-athletes at the University also posted a 90.4 percent graduation success rate, higher than

“In my 25 years here, this has had the most staying power and the most high-level…. involvement and interest.” LINCOLN KALLSEN Finance Director

schools like the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of California - Los Angeles, he said. The card is designed as an understandable reference point for regents, the administration and the public, Kallsen said. According to the report, the University’s fouryear graduation rate rose to 65.2 percent in 2012, up from 59.1 percent in 2009. The University’s goal for 2017 is to maintain a 65 percent graduation rate. The progress card also dictated other goals like raising average ACT scores over 28 for incoming freshman, lifting the University’s medical school ranking to a top 20 placement by 2021 and keeping the University’s ranking as a top-10 public r esear ch school. Kallsen said the Progress Card isn’t the first program of its kind the school has tried. “In my 25 years here, this has had the most staying power and the most high-level…. involvement and interest,” he said. In 2015, the progress card was first discussed by regents as a way to quantify the University’s progress. At the time, Kaler said the progress card would be the University’s “North Star.” The annual assessment was fully instituted by the University in 2016.

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Aside from the creation of the 17th Avenue Residence Hall in 2013, there has been no new University built housing. In lieu of that, several other options have come up for students, like Doran’s. The University area also saw the rise of WaHu Apartments in 2015 and other housing projects and proposals have been built in the Marcy Holmes and Southeast Como neighborhoods. With the sale of Tthe Bridges and The Knoll, Doran has now sold all its main University apartments. While this sale marks the end of the Doran’s develop-

ment plans in the University area for now, it signifies a strong demand for student housing. “The demand is driving strong prices,” Behrendt said. “It was the right time to sell.” In an email, TH Real Estate’s Director of Asset Management Public Relations, Daisy Okas , said the property will remain as student housing. Ed Goetz , a University professor who specializes in housing, said there is a significant demand for student housing opportunities near the University. “It’s a great market niche to get into, so a lot of developers are responding to it,” Goetz said.

Several new apartment complexes under way also indicate a hot market, he said The Rise in Prospect Park, and The Hub in Stadium Village both plan to host various kinds of tenants, including students. Both are currently under construction and The Hub plans to open in the fall of 2018 . Goetz said the University area housing market will go onlast for a while without becoming too saturated with housing options. “[The University] was primarily a commuter school and the development both on campus and directly off campus housing is … fairly new,” he said, “So I think there’s still some room in the market.”

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The 10th Street SE walking bridge is seen on Wednesday, June 21. The bridge, used to cross I-35W by cyclists and pedestrians, will undergo renovations in Spring 2018.

Renovation plans began in 2014 as the community expressed concern over the state of the bridge and now almost thr ee

years later the designs are being realized as funding comes through. MnDOT’s plans for renovation beat out 31 other organizations

for the federal grants. Construction is expected to begin in the spring of 2018 and last approximately six months.

University to sell land at UMore Park for housing development The research land originally planned for a sustainable community. BY CHRISTOPHER LEMKE clemke@mndaily.com

Over 400 acres of University of Minnesota land near Rosemount, Minnesota, will go on sale to housing developers later this summer. University leaders presented the plan to the Board of Regents at a July 12 meeting. The 435 acres is just part of the school’s 3,049-acre UMore East, which the University plans to sell off piece by piece. “We think we can make enough money on it to create a large scholarship legacy fund,” said Regent Richard Beeson. UMore East makes up nearly two thirds of the larger 4,771-acre UMore Park. The federal gover nment gave the University the area in the 1940s after a World War II gunpowder factor y closed there. In 2015, the Board of Regents abandoned plans for the University to develop its own sustainable community at UMore Park and instead

chose to sell the land. “The University just isn’t in the business of building cities,” said Thomas Devine, who ser ved as a regent from 2012 to 2017. Par ts of the land are used for University teaching, research and outreach, said Associate Vice President for University Finance Michael Volna. A n ad d i ti o n al 2, 822 acres, called Vermillion Highlands, is co-owned by the University and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for research, recreation and wildlife management. Steven Lott, chief operating officer of the College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Sciences, said in an email UMore Park and Vermillion Highlands are currently used for University agriculture and related research. It hasn’t been decided how much land will be kept for future use, Lott said. But, Devine said, keeping some land for agricultural use will factor into the University’s plans. University leaders expressed interest in private developers pursuing the University’s original sustainable community plan, but

recognized there are other factors to take into account. “What still needs to be fleshed out are development principles that [Rosemount] and the University can agree on,” Beeson said. Rosemount Community Development Director Kim Lindquist said the sustainability concept would be approached from a land use perspective. Rosemount has developed right up to the border of the University’s land, Lindquist said. The city wants the area to be vibrant by mixing higher density housing with single-family homes and businesses, she said. Regent David McMillan also said fewer restrictions on developers makes it easier to sell the land for a higher price. The University estimates $139 million from future UMore Park land sales, with an added $20 to $34 million coming in from phased sand and gravel mining on 1,722 acres that make up the rest of UMore Park. After costs from infrastructure and environmental damage, the University estimates its final proceeds will range between $37 million and $149 million.

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Minneapolis artist Scott Seekins poses for a portrait at Nightingale, July 13 in Uptown. The painter, known for his black or white attire, frequents bars in the area to socialize and sell his work.

Q&A: Keeping up with Scott Seekins A&E sat down with artist and Minneapolis icon Scott Seekins to talk the Minneapolis art scene, Britney Spears and neo-fascism. Seekins u from Page 1

Your studio is right next to the new sculpture garden. What do you think of it? I’ve seen [the new sculpture garden] from the bus. To me, it seems kind of thin. I’m not connected to [the Walker]. Ninety-nine percent of the working artists in town have no connection there. I’ve never tried to be a part of it. It stands for everything that I don’t. They pick things that are not from around here generally because they feel things around here are kind of inferior. Did you hear about the “Scaf fold” sculpture they had to tear down? The public reaction was

similar to some of your shows regarding Native Americans. [The Walker] had that controversy and I was roped into it because of a show I had previously. But that was people playing out their own narratives and agendas. For the record, I am not associated with the Walker at all — I’ve never been there, never set foot in the place and I had nothing to do with that sculpture that they took down. The rest of the stuff [at the sculpture garden] … well it’s a big area, but it doesn’t seem exciting to me. So you think you did the Dakota histor y more justice than the Walker did? I’m a historian type person … the Dakota conflict is representative of a lot of states — the influx of whites coming in and tak-

ing over these lands. And legitimately that was a holocaust, coming across the land from East to West. It seemed like I was doing these things for a number of years, but when I did the show at Flanders about 1862, that’s when social media took of f. A lot of people that were upset weren’t even Native. They were white, and also they hadn’t seen the show I had up. They made a judgment about political correctness. They perceived me to be white, but I don’t know what I am. I was abandoned as a baby and then [placed] in a foster home. I still don’t know what I am, but now I’ve made a point of not even tr ying because I think the ar tist should be an individual and not just what percent they are of something.

There were some pretty harsh ar ticles written about your show. At the Daily Planet there was a woman, she was a white woman, she had a ver y vicious ar ticle that came out for that show; it was poorly written. The journalism par t was terrible, but I don’t know where she was getting off because she wasn’t from that culture — she was white as snow. Do you think social media is limiting the freedom of artists? [Social media] does that to ever yone. They hide behind their computers in their basements and attack people. Not just me, but anything. There was an artist online … one of his references was ‘dirty street clown’ to me. It was really vicious. His ar t when he was

here was kind of mediocre. And a lot of these people, the ones who were doing the most name-calling, their own work just wasn’t that good. They couldn’t draw or paint. That’s not my fault. It’s really similar to … 1933 Germany. Political correctness is a form of fascism? Yes, neo-fascism. I study history and it is. But it’s left wing, it’s coming from the left. You have a lot of paintings of Britney Spears. What’s your fascination with her? I picked [Britney Spears] because she was one of those pop stars you see in the tabloids. Who knows the real Britney? You can’t get through to her. She’s surrounded by this cocoon. I thought it was interesting how she’d go up and

down and up and down but never go away. It’s not that she’s the best singer, I don’t think so at all. I mean, I like some of the songs, the early Britney. What have you been painting recently? I call it, “The New Alchemy.” It’s symbolism painting. As far as the outfit goes, do you ever get tired of it? I think ever yone should be themselves, not just one person or two people. I get called Elvis a lot but I don’t think I look like Elvis. And I get called Prince a lot, but I looked this way before Prince was around … so who’s copying who? Editor’s note: this interview has been edited for length and clarity

ROLE PLAY

Live action role play group calls Van Cleave Park home Local Dagorhir realm Frozen North finds comradery in foam swords, wooden shields and sparring. BY KATIE LAUER klauer@mndaily.com

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ater breaks are an impor tant par t of any active spor t, from basketball to tennis. They’re even more impor tant when the players wear long cotton tunics, leather armor and boots. That’s the uniform of a handful of men and women who play Dagor hir, a type of live action role play. The group, Frozen Nor th, practices sparring in Van Cleve Park. “We show up, we hit each other, we go home,” R yan Toppin, who has played for 15 years, said with a laugh. Translating to “battle lords” in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Sindarin Elven language, Dagorhir is played with foam weapons that range from swords and shields to arrows and spears. But injur y isn’t the point of the sport. “It’s a lot of dif ferent

things for dif ferent p e o p l e , ” To p p i n s a i d . “Some people just show up for practices, while others focus on training, weightlifting and practicing at home.” The spor t may seem simple to play at its most basic level, but there are plenty of rules, classifications and techniques to perfect. Rules of the field While some say it only takes 10 minutes to understand the r ules of Dagorhir, it helps to see play on the field. Organized in free-forall, pair and team style battles, weapons are used to hit par ts of the other players’ bodies. A successful shot to a limb removes that limb. Another hit to the body, and you’ve died. A single shot to the torso? You’re dead in one hit. While the spor t seems gr uesome, Adalhaide

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Stanley said it’s a great way to work out and make friends doing it. “It’s really fun to fight and be physical and be friends after,” Stanley said. Local realms After seeing a practice while living in Chicago in 2013, Stanley was instantly interested and found her place within the sport. “It really transformed my life,” Stanley said. “There’s room for finding your own place in this.” For Frozen North, however, this element of community and comrader y is relatively small. Compared to realms around the countr y, that is. W ithout a sponsored club or team at the University of Minnesota, there is a smaller population of people the group can reach out to and connect with. Can anyone go out and do this? Members of Frozen Nor th all say

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Deforis Nash, left, spars with Chris Polys on Friday at Van Cleve Park.

yes. Teaching their own players during practices, they help build the spor t from within. “There’s really nothing stopping anyone from playing,” Toppin said. Social stigma While accessible to ever yone, there’s still an

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element of social stigma that comes with Dagorhir. Some may consider the fantasy spor t “nerdy” and something they wouldn’t want to do in their spare time. To that thought, those who play say the first step is just tr ying it out. “I just want people to

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pick up a sword,” Stanley said. “It would change their perspective, rather than just being a passive obser ver.” Toppin agreed. “Those people really wish they could be doing what we’re doing,” Toppin said. “They wish they had the courage to go out.”

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Gophers deal with early decommits Noah Shannon decommitted from the Gophers and chose Iowa in July. BY DREW COVE dcove@mndaily.com

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Left defender for the Walser team and former Gopher Ryan Zuhlsdorf carries the puck against left defender for the RBC team Aaron Ness at Da Beauty League on Wednesday, part of a weekly series of games where college and professional athletes come together to play at Braemar Arena in Edina, Minnesota.

At Da Beauty League, Gophers players face off against pro talent Casey Mittelstadt, Jake Guentzel and Nick Leddy all play in the league. BY JACK WARRICK jwarrick@mndaily.com

It’s a big Gophers hockey family reunion ever y Wednesday night at Braemar Arena in Edina, Minnesota. Gophers fr om ever y era can be found at the arena playing, coaching and watching hockey. “There’s a bunch of college guys out here, a lot of pro guys,” said Gophers player Tyler Nanne. “You can’t even pay to see those guys sometimes during the NHL season, so to see them here, locally, is pretty nice and convenient.” Da Beauty League is a six-team, four-on-four summer league for college and professional hockey players. The league r uns for about a month from July to August and it is in its second year. Players such as the New York Islanders’ Nick

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Leddy and the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Jake Guentzel play against competition from mostly local hockey players in Da Beauty League. The Gophers’ newest freshman center, Casey Mittelstadt, was a crowd favorite. Young kids lined the tunnel shouting his name as he got off the ice. Mittelstadt said he was learning a lot from the other skaters in the league. “I think you can learn a lot of things like what you need to work on,” Mittelstadt said. “For me, it’s just fun to play with guys I’ve never played with before and see where I need to go.” Nanne is a native of Edina and returned home to his high school rink on Wednesday. “Just looking for ward to getting back on the ice,” Nanne said. “This is kind of the start to next season, so I think ever yone’s starting to get anxious and get the rust off.” A total of 65 players on the roster are from the state of Minnesota, and

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Linemen for the Walser team aJared Bethune battles for the puck against the RBC team on Wednesday, part of a weekly series of games where college and professional athletes come together to play at Braemar Arena in Edina, Minnesota.

25 are current or former Gophers hockey players. Members of Octagon — a large spor ts and enter tainment agency — star ted the league last year. Octagon provides agency ser vices for many players in Da Beauty League and its members run the games. Gophers hockey alumnus and ex-NHL player, Keith Ballard, is one of the founders of the league. He was the coach of

Mittelstadt’s team on Wednesday night. Ballard said there was nothing like the Da Beauty League when he was with the Gophers from 2001-04, but he wish there had been. “Whether it’s a Casey Mittelstadt watching a guy like Brock Nelson, or another top NHL guy, they can see what they do on the ice, how they create chances,” Ballard said. “It’s just really good for kids.”

Jalen Mayfield, a four-star recruit from Michigan, announced on Twitter he was committed to the Gophers on Feb. 18. In late March, Mayfield had decommitted from Minnesota, and later announced he had chosen Michigan. The Gophers have a 29th-ranked recr uiti ng class for 2018 via 247Sports, but four have already decommitted over the last three months. “The strategy to get guys to commit early, it’s ver y dif ferent than what we saw with the previous staff,” said Kyle Goblirsch, a publisher for 247Sports. “It is a strategy that [head coach P.J. Fleck ] has used for years, dating back to his Wester n Michigan days.” Of Minnesota’s four decommits for the 2018 season, Mayfield committed as early as Februar y. Another recruit, defensive tackle Noah Shannon, decommitted in May and committed to the Hawkeyes on July 4. Oyenmwen Uzebu, a three-star recr uit on 247Sports, also decomitted from the Gophers in late May. Allen Trieu — the Midwest recr uiting manager for Scout — said players decommitting is are becoming more common each year for a school like Minnesota and a coach like Fleck. “I think in comparison to a lot of other Power Five schools, [Fleck] is on the aggressive end of it,” Trieu said. “It’s not anything

that’s way off the spectrum, but I’d say he’s on the more aggressive end.” Fleck got to recruiting early and often, with almost 20 recruits for 2018 in midJul, and in late August he will have to focus on making his first season in Minnesota successful. “If they can have a 7-5 season going into postseason play, I think it’s going to be neutral,” said Ryan Burns, a publisher for Scout Recruiting and Gopher Illustrated. “If something happens, they could be 4-8, and if things bounce their way they could be 9-3.” Burns also said if the Gophers record is where he expects, around 7-5, the per formance on the field would have no impact on the stability of the recruiting class. While Minnesota’s 2018 is ranked 29th, it was ranked as high as 11th earlier this year but has fallen due to some of the decommits, and other schools have jumped ahead of them. The Gophers might have lost its highest-ranked recruit in Jalen Mayfield, but the team still has 19 commits for next year. Trieu said Fleck is aware that players might decommit with his recruiting strategy. “[Fleck] is going to have some decommitts,” Trieu said. “In the long run, you’re going to retain more of those guys than you’re going to lose.” No r ecr u i t i n g cl as s under Jerr y Kill or Tracy Claeys had ever been ranked higher than 46th . “You look at the people who win the national championship or [are] in the college football playof f, they’re usually the ones in the top-10, top-15 in recruiting rankings ever y year,” Burns said. Jack White contributed to this report.

BASKETBALL

Joey King continues pro career by signing with Belgian team King played for a professional basketball team in Finland last season. BY JACK WARRICK jwarrick@mndaily.com

Former Gophers forward Joey King took his talents overseas last year, where he played with a Finnish professional basketball team. Next season, King is overseas again, this time with a team in Belgium. “As of now, I’ve got a contract over there,” King said. “So I’m locked in for now. Obviously, I don’t know how long I’ll play … I have a lot going on over in the states.” Going to Finland King played with Kataja Basket Club, a professional basketball team in southeast Finland. He averaged 10.6 points per game last season where he played in ever y game of Kataja’s season. He averaged 32.0 minutes per game, the second most on the team. “[King] is planning to do it again,” said Gophers head coach Richard Pitino. “To see how long he can possibly do it, to save your money and go tour the world.” King said the contracts in Finland are usually oneyear deals. Tommi Huolila, King’s Finnish teammate with Kataja, said foreign players usually only stay for one year in Finland because if they stay for two, the taxes

make it ver y expensive to live there. “[King was] of course a rookie, and trying to learn the European ways,” Huolila said. “But, he was interested in the culture, and he really did his effort to get to know how things work here.” Kataja is in the Basketball Champions League, a European professional league that saw its first year of play in the 2016-17 season. King and the Kataja team traveled to countries all over Europe in a four month season, from late September to late January. Back to the states King said he came back home to Minnesota during the basketball season for only two days during Christmas. The team played almost every week and it had to travel hundreds of miles to places like Ukraine, Israel and Turkey. “I used to think three hours was a long way away, getting down to Des Moines,” King said. “Now, spending six months away from home, it totally changed the game.” King came back to Minnesota after the season ended and has been staying busy. He has been running clinics for young basketball players in grades 6-11 this summer. He is also competing in the six-team Twin Cities Pro Am tournament which takes place at DeLaSalle High

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Minnesota forward Joey King pushes through Indiana’s defense at Williams Arena on Jan. 16, 2016.

School and features current Gophers such as Amir Coffey and incoming freshman Isaiah Washington. King recently got engaged as well. “Fortunately, when you play here, people know who

you are and it opens up great opportunities,” Pitino said. “When you’re running a corporation [or] a business you want people like that who are team guys, and Joey was that.” King shot 88.6 percent

from the free-throw line in his senior year with the Gophers (2015-16) and led the team in 3-point shooting too. Pitino said King helped lay the foundation for what the team does well.

“He came here and he was probably that first guy that came to play for the name on the front of the jersey, not the back,” Pitino said. “He came on to do it that way, teaching those young guys.”

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Editorials & Opinions COLUMN

Coming to terms with mature content Sometimes, we view media at an age when we can’t relate to it emotionally or maturely.

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y the time you’re in college, it’s been years since you were kept away from something because it was “inappropriate.” Once you hit 18, nothing is out of bounds. But is it possible for certain media and messages to be inappropriate in deeper, emotional ways? It’s been said before, but bears repeating here for context: the age of Netflix and internet indubitably did big things in terms of kids having access to pretty much ever ything, whether emotionally ready or not. But once you reach the teenage years, just by being around other kids, you have a pretty good landscape for all things “inappropriate.” You’re ready for “rated R” at 13. Then, with the constant bombardment of media, easily accessible at our fingertips, you’re seeing ever ything. It’s a tenuous age. I remember being about 15 when “Orange is the New Black” came out. The show cer tainly has mature content, but nothing I didn’t feel ready for, nothing I hadn’t heard recounted in cafeteria stories or seen snippets of elsewhere. But what I maybe couldn’t fully grasp at that age were the emotional complexities below the surface. Being roughly between the ages of 1520 is a time in which you’re watching and technically ready for shows like “Orange

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is the New Black” or “Girls” or fill in the blank, no shock value is too extreme, but you can’t emotionally identify with the shows. My friends and I were freshmen in college when “Master of None” came out. We spent a few weekend nights diving into the show, and it was right in that sweet spot of college interest — grounded by a comedian we knew and loved (Aziz Ansari), featuring hip music and aesthetic choices, an authentically diverse perspective, and issues of sex and relationships we could see ourselves in. But as the season ended, some mature themes came into play: when you’re in your midtwenties to early thirties, how do you approach your relationships, as conventions like marriage and kids loom? How do you approach your career and join it with your passions? For a long time after wards, I was anxiously thinking about these themes. I was suddenly acutely aware of the tribulations that belong to people a decade older than me, and took them on as my own. A prime example: in my own romantic relationships, dating at 19 and 20, I couldn’t stop thinking about far of f problems like the passion fading or settling for someone because it’s convenient — all sor ts of

A prime example: in my own romantic relationships, dating at 19 and 20, I couldn’t stop thinking about far off problems like the passion fading or settling for someone because it’s convenient . . . things that shouldn’t have been governing my life. In watching TV shows like this (and most movies too), it wasn’t any shock value inappropriateness that stuck with me, but rather themes that I wasn’t equipped to fully understand or deal with yet. Perhaps it’s not about cut-and-dr y readiness for explicit content, but rather for themes that are too mature and can work their way into the mind in harmful ways. But maybe seeing these issues emerge first in our enter tainment softens the blow for later. I’m in no way suggesting we halt the consumption of great TV just because some of the themes make us squeamish. However, I do think it’s impor tant for young viewers to keep in mind that these themes are real, but for a dif ferent time of life. Kate McCarthy welcomes comments at kmccarthy@mndaily.com.

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GUEST COLUMN Dear campus, consider writing a guest column for the Daily. Today, we are happy to introduce a brand new feature to the Minnesota Daily’s Editorials & Opinions page: The guest column. Star ting next week, each paper will highlight the perspective of a dif ferent member of our community. Whether you’re the leader of a student group on campus — or a perceptive individual that has an engaging stor y wor th sharing — we’re looking for your voice. The new guest column section will replace the content traditionally housed in “Daily Discussion” — readers’ comments from our website, which the Minnesota Daily’s editorial board decided was not cultivating a thoughtful, productive dialogue on issues af fecting our campus community. While we’ve always accepted letters to the editors from our readers, we hope this new section will ser ve a broader purpose. If you’re a leader of a group on campus, you could use the space to pitch your group to perspective members; or iron out misconceptions some may have about the purpose of your organization. Or perhaps you’re a student wanting to articulate your opinion on a University policy that affects our campus community; or maybe you’d like to illicit suppor t for a specific event that your fellow students may find important. Our hope is that this space will be a hub for discussion of impor tant campus topics. We want our readers to be engaged and learn from the great diversity of perspectives and lived experiences on our campus. Have an idea? Email our Editorial & Opinions editor, anaik@mndaily. com if you are interested in par ticipating. We look for ward to hearing from you.

Flaws in university enrollment Enrollment rates have been falling and it’s time to address the issues of higher education.

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hough the incoming class at the University of Minnesota will be the largest the school has seen in 40 years, these numbers are an anomaly among cur rent trends in university enrollment nationwide. 2017 marks the fifth consecutive year in which numbers have fallen, according to data from the National Student Clearinghouse. The rate of college-bound high school graduates in Minnesota fell below 70 percent this year, according to the state Office of Higher Education. This continuing and rapid decline has hurt the Minnesota State college system especially, with several of its institutions under close financial monitoring. Some of this decrease is simply due to demographics, specifically a dip in the bir th rate — but it’s also because tuition costs are steadily rising. Some colleges have attempted to remedy this issue, like Concordia University, which in 2013 cut its tuition cost by 34 percent and saw increased enrollment as a result. Improving college resources, like internship and study abroad oppor tunities, to make higher education a worthwhile investment is another important facet of the solution. A potential explanation for the University’s rising enrollment rate is perhaps the school’s myriad resources and

2017 U.S. GUN VIOLENCE Total gun-related incidents: 34,009 Total number of deaths: 8,457 Total number of mass shootings: 194

A policy proposal to limit public input at Nor th Mankato City Council meetings runs the risk of limiting legitimate debate and creating public perception that the council is not open to public criticism. City staff will research an idea to limit public testimony at its meetings because of what Mayor Mark Dehen described as repeat appearances of a few individuals “harassing the council.” It apparently was a reference to residents Tom Hagen and Barb Church, who make repeated visits to the council meetings and, in the view of Dehen, bring up the same issue over and over even though city staff are working on it. Dehen argued those individuals monopolize the public comment period.

The rate of college-bound high school graduates in Minnesota fell below 70 percent this year, according to the state Office of Higher Education. value for money, attracting a wide range of students. Cost of tuition, of course, still plays a role in determining these trends, and cuts should be advocated to make higher education more accessible and solvent for all. The issue of high tuition cost and the inadequacy of financial aid is only going to become more pronounced, since students are predicted to be increasingly low-income racial and ethnic minorities, which is the type of student who typically requires more financial aid. This is a problem we should confront now, before future high school graduates are unfairly limited in their post-grad opportunities. Ellen Ailts welcomes comments at eailts@mndaily.com.

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But Hagen, a former mayoral candidate, and former Councilmember Kim Spears, say the repeated appearances are necessar y to get the city to act on issues in a timely manner. City attor ney Michael Kennedy will research the legal aspects of limiting public speaking time. The focus would be on repeat speakers. City Administrator John Har renstein said past legal cases have shown city councils have wide latitude to limit public comment periods. That may be true, but it’s important to consider the right thing to do over the legal thing to do in this case. Hagen and Church and others who make repeated appearances may be an annoyance to city leaders and council members, but that’s par t of the how democracy works. It isn’t always pretty or polite. Other cities, including Mankato, have

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set reasonable guidelines that mostly allow the mayor or council president to cut people of f in the interest of time to allow others to speak or to limit a speaker who is behaving without civility. That’s fair game. Mankato changed its public for um policy earlier this year to limit a speaker if they had raised the same comment or concern in an earlier meeting. The mayor would have the discretion to manage the public forum and judge whether the same issue is being raised again and again. Speakers in Mankato are limited to 5 minutes. Nor th Mankato is tr ying to create a policy similar to Mankato’s policy. And that’s a reasonable goal. The Mankato policy allows people to have their say but leaves it up to the mayor to limit debate, presumably in consensus with other council members.

Wednesday July 19, 2017

EDITORIALS More should be done for sexual health awareness

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ecently, President Eric Kaler told the Minnesota Daily that the University of Minnesota had developed a heavily comprehensive sexual harassment and sexual assault prevention and education program. This comes at a time where the University has been involved in many sexual harassment cases — the most recent case involving an administrator in the athletics department. A report in 2015 by the Office for Higher Education posited the University had the highest number of sexual assault cases of any Minnesota college, at 47 cases reported. One demonstration of such policy enacted recently was the creation of the Sexual Health minor in the School of Public Health. This minor, currently only available to graduate students, shows promise, considering how many issues of sexuality are related to public health. However, the University’s unwillingness to make this open to all students shows hesitation in committing to education in this field. Furthermore, to address something so fundamental as sexual assault on campus requires a more infrastructural response. The University ought to redesign online courses that students must take, and require more personal interaction for completion of the course. This course should not be just something to complete in order to enroll for classes — rather something which our campus demands each student understand and incorporate into their day to day life. These types of actions would add more gravitas to Kaler’s commitment to reducing sexual assault on campus.

Charging stations needed at the U

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lectric cars are quickly gaining popularity within our state. Starting this Januar y, Minnesotan owners of fully electric cars will be required to pay a fee each year to make up for the gas revenue that is lost. Expectations of electric car purchases have increased rapidly within the last year. This goes to show that electric cars have made an economic impact in our state and on our roads. The advantage to owning an electric car is that they are much more environmentally friendly and save the owner money on gas. While this is an incentive to purchase electric cars, the reason for lack of electric cars on campus could be because of the small number of charging stations present. Currently, many of the parking ramps on campus do have one or two charging stations, but most of them require drivers to pay for entr y and to charge. Charging stations outside of parking ramps need to be more available. There are two outside of The Commons Hotel, but these are only on one side of our large campus. Our campus has pushed to become more sustainable. With the current lack of action in our federal government, it is vital for us as a campus community to make a dif ference in whatever ways we can. The University of Minnesota has outlined a goal to reduce its carbon emissions by half before 2020. Other steps have already been taken, such as replacing light bulbs, so other improvements would be sensible. Traditional vehicles on our campus are harmful to this goal. If our University created more access for electric cars, we would better uphold an environmentally friendly campus.

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DR. DATE Dr. Date,

I had been on a few great dates with this guy. We had an instant connection. (Our first date lasted six hours.) We ended up having sex on the third date, but about a week later, he slowly distanced himself. Is the third date the new trend to have sex at an appropriate time? Or what is the appropriate time to do it?

—Better Now Than Later

The Right Time for Sexy Time,

Sex happens when it’s supposed to happen, whether on the first date or the third. Dr. Date has done the deed on a handful of first dates, and they often end up leading to one-night stands or short-term flings. While waiting to have sex is tough, resisting the temptation is worth it if your goal is a longterm relationship. What concerns me is that the guy in question started distancing himself after having sex with you. This puts you in a tricky position because you’re unsure what you should be thinking: Was he just in it for the sex? You caught a classic case of the feelings, and there’s no shame in that. Feelings ex-

ist for a reason. People crave being wanted, held and loved, and you thought your crush was going to potentially provide that for you. To avoid this situation in the future, set a clear precedent beforehand. But remember that there’s no general guideline for when to have sex. You’ll know when it’s right.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

OK, let me paint a picture for you: This absolutely per fect guy — he’s handsome, smar t, funny, athletic, the total package — is in my lab class. We’re pretty good friends now, considering the amount of time we spend together in class, but I can’t tell if he likes me as something more. I definitely have a crush on him, and I sort of get the sense he feels the same, simply based on our flirting and how he acts around me. But I don’t know what to do about it. I’ve talked to my friends about this high school-esque scenario, and their advice is to get drunk with him and see what happens. Is that the best option? We haven’t hung out outside of class yet, and I’m nervous about asking him to do something. What if

I’m reading the signs wrong? What if he just sees me as a really good friend and I embarrass us both by thinking there is room for us to be something more?

—Science of Attraction

Love in This Lab,

Flirting is generally a good indicator of shared interest, so there’s no question as to whether you should move forward. It’s the 21st century, so it’s OK for you to make the first move. He’ll probably be glad you did. Invite him out for something, but don’t get drunk with him unless you’re looking for a friends-with-benefits situation. There are better things to do on a first date than getting wasted, like maybe getting coffee or dinner and then doing a night out on the town. Liquor can be part of the equation, but don’t make it the centerpiece of your courtship. Ask him if he wants to do something on a Friday night. Or better yet, invite him for coffee after a lab session one day and let things roll from there. Whatever you do, don’t hold back because this could be the beginning of something good.

—Dr. Date

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A ‘cool’ development in cryopreservation University of Minnesota researchers freeze and thaw the first live fish embryo. BY SYDNEY BAUM-HAINES sbaum-haines@mndaily.com

For the first time ever, a fish embryo survived being frozen and thawed, which could help preserve species and repopulate oceans. For decades, researchers have successfully cryopreserved — frozen and thawed — mammal embryos and a variety of animal sperm, but scientists were unable to do the same for fish embryos. Now, with a pairing of gold nanoparticles and lasers that thaw at millions of degrees per minute, University of Minnesota scientists successfully cryopreserved zebra fish embryos. “The ability to freeze [fish] down is like an insurance policy … Even if all of them died, you have them somewhere … and you can use it for research [or] for repopulating the oceans,” said Kanav Khosla, Ph.D. student in the University’s department of mechanical engineering The paper was published in the academic journal ACS Nano Thursday. Mary Hagedorn, marine biologist at the Smithsonian Conser vation Biology Institute, worked to cr yopreserve fish embryos for 20 years, but it wasn’t possible until she used the University’s technology. “No eggs or embr yos from any non-mammalian

species have ever been frozen, so this is a gateway for all of that,” Hagedorn said. Ice, gold and lasers The key to successful cryopreservation is the ability to warm the embryo fast enough so no ice cr ystals form in it, Khosla said. “The cr ystalline structure of ice basically pierces through the cell walls and destroys them,” he said. To solve this, researchers injected the embryos with antifreeze chemicals and gold nanoparticles, then dipped them in liquid nitrogen to freeze them, Khosla said. Hagedorn said because most cells are translucent, thawing them with a laser does not work. Pairing the laser with the injected gold particles, which absorb the energy, allowed the embryos to warm successfully. George Seidel, a professor at Colorado State University who specializes in cryopreservation, called this method innovative. Right now, Khosla said only about 10 percent of embryos survive the thaw. He said those that do survive typically died after 24 hours, but some managed to survive up to five days — a significant benchmark in an embryo’s development. Applications of cr yopreserved embryos

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Marc Tye, manager of the Zebrafish Core Facility, counts the number of zebrafish in a tank on Thursday, July 13 in the University’s Molecular and Cellular Biology Building. The room is kept at high temperatures to maintain the 28 degrees zebrafish need.

Hagedorn started delving into cryopreserving fish embryos in 1993 with little luck. “Like many other people before me, I failed. But what I did do is I found out why we could not cryopreserve them,” she said. The fish embryos’ size, much larger than mammal embryos, and their impermeable membranes made them incredibly difficult for Hagedorn and others to cryopreserve. Now, with the lasers and

gold nanoparticles opening the door for a breakthrough, she hopes the findings will lead to research, species conservation and food production. Researchers commonly use zebra fish to study human diseases, she said. Scientists genetically modify the fish to model different diseases. By freezing them, the processes can go faster and researchers can save the different versions, Hagedorn said. Freezing fish embr yos

can let fish farmers raise fish at a low price year round instead of just during spawning season, she said. Seidel said this technique could improve mammal cryopreservation, including on humans. The team said they hope the research’s next step is to apply it to conserving reptiles, amphibians, bir ds and other fish. “Frogs, for instance, are dying around the world and we cannot cr yopre-

ser ve frog embr yos, but with this new technology, we will be able to,” Hagedorn said. Cur r ently, they ar e working on applying it to coral preservation, Khosla said. “We’ve lost almost a thousand kilometers of the Great Barrier Reef and if you had frozen embryos from many of those species,” Hagedorn said, “you could basically just thaw them out and get them started.”

PTSD patients offered cannabis as treatment Doctors’ own preconceptions hinder prescribing cannabis for PTSD. BY BELLA DALLY-STEELE Idally-steele@mndaily.com

Next month, Minnesotans with post-traumatic stress disorder will be able to register for cannabisbased therapy. Minnesota is now the 25th state to recognize PTSD as a cannabistreatable condition after the Of fice of Medical Cannabis opened registration July 1, and patients will star t receiving the medication Aug. 1. Exper ts say conflicts in the medical community may still prevent widespread treatment. “I think people who are open-minded will look at this as another tool in the toolbox for patients,” said OMC Director Michelle Larson. To register for treatment, Larson said patients must be cer tified by a physician. Patients will then be directed to a patient care center, where they can get prescriptions from one of the state’s manufacturers, Leafline Labs or Minnesota Medical Solutions, a Vireo Health company. The prescriptions are refillable on a monthly basis. Though the pr ocess itself is straightfor ward, Larson said, many bar riers still exist to those with PTSD seeking care. The first hurdle is simply education, said Sarah Overby, medical science liaison for Minnesota Medical Solutions. Despite the limited care available to PTSD patients, few are aware medical cannabis is a treatment option, and few physicians actually suggest it, she said. Even if a patient is a w a r e o f t h e t h e r a p y, getting cer tified by a physician is complicated. Gar y Starr, chief medical of ficer at Leafline Labs, said doctors hesitate to cer tify patients for medical cannabis due to a lack of understanding of the dr ug, inter nalized biases against it and worries that their reputation will suf fer from repeated certifications.

“The reality is that a lot of people with PTSD are using street marijuana right now . . .” THOMAS ARNESON Research Manager, OMC

This division in the medical community has and will continue to make cer tification for PTSD communities especially difficult, Starr said. Most notably, the U.S. Depar tment of Veterans Af fairs, a main medical provider for a community widely af fected by PTSD, has historically prohibited doctors from cer tifying patients for medical cannabis, he said. If this trend continues, veterans seeking care may be forced to get cer tification from someone other than their primar y physician, which complicates the process, Starr said. To address this disconnect in the medical community, Larson and Overby said their teams ar e do ing outr e ach t o give medical professionals the cannabis education they didn’t get in medical school — due to the drug’s legal classification, it has not been included in standard curriculum. Star r said physicians should also understand cannabis’ positive side effects. PTSD patients often turn to self-medication due to the lack of of ficial resources available to them, he said. “The reality is that a lot of people with PTSD ar e using str eet mari juana right now, and if they do, they don’t know what’s in it,” said Thomas Ar neson, research manager at OMC. Overby said of ficial therapy could also help self-medicating PTSD p a t i e n t s d i t c h d a n g e rous self-medications like opioids and alcohol. Despite these challenges, Larson said she’s hopeful the new expansion will continue to improve the lives of Minnesotans. “This is my first time in public health where I’m seeing people’s lives actually changing,” she said.

University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler fields questions from the MN Daily on Monday, July 17.

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What challenges and benefits do you anticipate this fall as a result of the finalized tuition increase? Well, the benefits are that we balance our budget and we’ll be able to provide some merit-based salar y increases … Of course the challenge is that [it] requires us to ask families and our students to pay that increased tuition. And I’m disappointed that we were at that position after the Legislative session… In May, confidential information about sexual harassment by a University employee was leaked. Are there any updates regarding the ongoing investigation of the leaked information? There are no updates that I know of, no. During the most recent Board of Regents meeting, you gave an update on the University Progress Card goals. What were the most significant insights from the progress update? It’s significant that things like our four-year graduation rate are moving in the right direction … We a r e c o n c e r n e d about things that aren’t moving in the right

direction, and cer tainly continued attention to the medical school rankings is war ranted when we’re spending a lot of ef for t to turn that around … We were able to lower the median [student] debt … it’s about $1500 lower than it was six years ago, so many things are moving in the right direction. How do you think the completion of Tate Lab’s renovation and other campus construction projects will impact campus this year? Well, it’s all about providing facilities for our faculty to teach new research and our students to lear n in 21st centur y facilities. That’s r eally impor tant. And Tate Lab was badly out of date, and it really needed a redo... And I think that will help us attract first rate faculty and enable our students to have a better experience. What do you think of the new name for the 3M Arena at Mariucci? I think that represents the reality of college athletics right now. It’s a facility that has a lot of visibility, and the opportunity for us to par tner with one of Minnesota’s iconic companies, 3M, is significant. What are some things you’r e hoping for with the Board of

Regents this year? … The big work in front of us this year at the legislature is a bonding bill, and so we will be developing a proposal for that that the board needs to review and approve. Last year, Delta Upsilon was suspended due to issues with sexual assault. What was the thought process behind the decision to allow Delta Upsilon to be reinstated as a frater nity at the U? They remain on probation as they work out their redevelopment plan, and that’s a pr ocess that’s monitored by the Of fice of Frater nity and Sor ority Life. And again, we are ver y mindful of what they’re doing, and they need to continue to develop a ver y robust plan to be sur e that their members are educated and that their activities are really above reproach. With sexual assault as a whole on campus and tying to that frater nity, what ar e some steps that the University needs to take? We have a really comprehensive sexual harassment and sexual assault prevention and education plan. I’ve charged five committees to move forward in [the President’s Initiative to Prevent Sexual Misconduct] … This is, at the end of the day,

a public health challenge and we believe we have the exper tise to r eally move this for ward … What is your reaction to President Tr ump’s second travel ban, and how do you think this ban will af fect University of Minnesota students? We put in place an immigration response team as this whole issue arose. So they will continue to work to be sure that all the people that ar e affected by this get the information and the support that they need. But we are open and welcoming to all people from all around the world… Looking to the year ahead, what seems most significant about the incoming freshman class? What are your biggest hopes for the class of 2021? We’r e excited about the entering fr eshman class. It’s larger than we had planned, we had a target of about 5,800 first-year students, and we may have as many as 6,200 … They are the most academically qualified class ever, in terms of [ACT scores] …we’ll look for ward to congratulating them as they cross the stage four years from now. Editor’s Note: This Q&A has been edited for length and clarity.