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Right-wing commentator Lauren Southern gives a talk to a crowd in Anderson Hall on West Bank on Wednesday, Oct. 25.
Protests, arrest at right-wing talk Approximately 200 protestors stood outside West Bank to protest Lauren Southern, a right-wing speaker
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Protest, an arrest and fights marked the campus’ reaction to right-wing commentator Lauren Southern’s talk at the University of Minnesota Wednesday night. A group of nearly 200 demonstrators gathered outside Anderson Hall where around 80 listened to the Canadian YouTube personality give a talk on “the evils and inefficiencies of socialism and the necessity of free speech in political discourse.” One person was arrested for
disorderly conduct by the end of the event. Southern is a self-proclaimed “identitarian” — a movement associated with white nationalism — and has become associated with alt-right figures like Milo Yiannopoulos and Richard Spencer. Critics call her a white nationalist, a title she disavowed in her talk. Once announced, the event was met with backlash from left-leaning and far-left students and community members for its u See PROTEST Page 8
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Minneapolis police officers create a perimeter outside of Anderson Hall after a scuffle at the protest against rightwing commentator Lauren Southern on Wednesday, Oct. 25.
A Twin Cities area sexual assault advocate and a U.S. senator from Minnesota are working together on a bill to improve interactions between victims of sexual assault and the police. The bill, the product of a partnership between recent University of Minnesota graduate Abby Honold and Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., would award grants to police departments that undergo trauma-informed training to share best practices for initial interviews of sex assault victims. Honold — who fought for a conviction for her rapist, former University student Daniel DrillMellum, while pursuing her undergraduate degree — said her first interview with police after the rape was damaging. “I had a really rough experience with the police and I think some of it, of course, was a lot of very purposeful victim blaming... but I think also a large percentage of it was that they simply didn’t understand how victims of sexual assault respond, how trauma affects the brain,” Honold said. She doesn’t know if officials would have had enough information to prosecute Drill-Mellum if her forensic nurse hadn’t used a sensory form of questioning called a Forensic Experiential Trauma Interview, which the bill could provide training for. While police officers traditionally receive lots of training on how to gather as much information as possible from victims and suspects, these techniques can fail when used u See SEXUAL ASSAULT Page 3
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Members of the Anti-Fascist group speak out against right-wing commentator Lauren Southern outside of Anderson Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 25.
The list compiles bad landlords and will be followed by a state legislation push in the spring. BY MAX CHAO mchao@mndaily.com
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LEFT: Chicago based band, Lala Lala, plays a set at Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis on Monday, Oct. 23. RIGHT: Triple Rock Social Club as seen on Tuesday, Oct. 24. Triple Rock recently announced that it would be closing in November.
Local musicians say goodbye to Triple Rock Social Club The legendary Minneapolis music venue will be closing at the end of November. BY MADDY FOLSTEIN mfolstein@mndaily.com
For 19 years, the Triple Rock Social Club was West Bank’s punk hub for local music and high-quality vegan brunch. This month, news reverberated across the Minneapolis music scene and social media that the Triple Rock will close Nov. 22. The Triple Rock’s Facebook post announcing the news received over 4,000 reactions, and fans of the venue are left wondering where to turn next. “I’m going to miss having a place that felt independent [and] that I could relate to,” said Luke Michaels, a graphic design senior at the University of Minnesota who serves as Radio K’s director. “It’s a place that felt a little more connected to the Minneapolis DIY [music] community and the
art community.” The Triple Rock was the ideal venue for students — affordable tickets and a close walk from West Bank campus made the setting an easy introduction to the local music scene. “One of my first shows in Minneapolis was at the Triple Rock,” said Sylvia Jennings, a senior studying economics and communication who hosts Radio K’s local music show, “Off the Record.” “One of my friends was going to the show, and we took the Green Line over from Superblock… Triple Rock is easy to get to, and you don’t really have to figure out transportation that much.” Over the course of its 19-year life, the Triple Rock stayed in the hands of its owners Gretchen and Erik Funk, a rare occurrence for a local venue. “This one never changed hands in the 19 years that it’s been in existence,” said Natalie Krueger, a Twin Cities musician who performed at the Triple Rock. “That’s insane to have the same place for 19 years
and be in charge of it… So you know what? If they’re ready to be done, they’re ready to be done.” Most regulars have a favorite Triple Rock memory, whether it’s jumping on stage to play with a favorite band or being able to break out a new idea for a song. “My favorite memory was during our release show with the Florists. We have this long sort of dance-y song, and we collaborated with some University of Minnesota dancers,” Michaels said. “We miked the floor, so the dancers were creating percussion along with the band… The Triple Rock was so down to… do something different… You could experiment with ways that the show looked or sounded to people.” With such a long-standing reputation in the music community, the Triple Rock fostered a tight-knit, distinctly Midwestern community unseen in other venues. With its commitment to local and national bands, music fans of all genres found a home at u See TRIPLE ROCK Page 2
Students at the University of Minnesota will soon have access to a list identifying landlords who violate housing policies, along with other resources to protect them from landlord mistreatment. In late November, MSA plans to launch a landlord accountability campaign that educates students on housing issues, increases awareness of troublesome landlords and features an eventual state-level legislation push. “Last spring, this was a top issue on our platform. It’s something almost every single student can relate to, especially considering that the vast majority of students live off campus,” said Trish Palermo, the University’s student body president. The campaign will promote existing resources offered by University Student Legal Services and Off-Campus Living, such as free legal assistance to students who pay the student service fee. MSA will distribute a list of common myths about leasing and a list of landlords who have repeatedly violated student rights compiled by USLS and Off-Campus Living. The website will be promoted by an informational video outlining problems students often face. Landlord issues comprise around one third of cases reviewed by USLS. The office hopes that the increased availability of resources will decrease future cases, said Hunter Pederson, student chair of USLS. “I’m really excited that USLS and MSA are working together on this because this is one of the issue areas where we have a ton of overlap and a lot of common interest,” Pederson said. In addition to the accountability campaign, MSA is also working with Rep. Ilhan Omar, DFL-Minneapolis, to make changes at the state level. “Students recognize that there’s only so much that the University themselves can do,” Palermo said. Omar drafted legislation to address three main goals identified by MSA: short-end leases, limiting mandatory arbitration clauses and requiring leases to be unit-specific. These goals seek to protect students from signing confusing leases and getting trapped in restrictive housing situations. Omar is currently looking for co-sponsors for the bill and plans to bring it to the Legislature in the spring, Palermo said. The list will be available on the OffCampus Living website later this fall, said Kendre Turonie, program director of OffCampus Living, at an MSA forum meeting on Oct. 10.
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Triple Rock Social Club as seen on Tuesday, Oct. 24. Triple Rock recently announced that it would be closing in November.
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the Triple Rock and were supported by the owners and management. “They know a vast majority of their patrons on a first name basis,” Tommy Rehbein, a Twin Cities musician who also performed at the Triple Rock, said. “I also noticed that the Triple Rock is very good at listening to people if they have a concern, or if they feel that they’re underrepresented in the shows.” Earlier this summer, for example, the Triple Rock management reached out to Krueger about doing a residency in August, which eventually developed into a
series of shows called “The Gay Agenda” that benefited the Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition. “They were super intimate, really fun shows,” Krueger said. “I just asked bands that had queer people that I really liked in them … It wasn’t just to have shows for the crowds, but it was more to be like ‘hey, here are your buds. Go play with them.’” Some Triple Rock regulars see the closure as further evidence of a larger trend of gentrification in the Twin Cities — the Reverie, another vegan restaurant that hosted nightly live music, closed in July. “There’s some gatekeeping in the music scene, and I think that’s a symptom of
the serious gentrification that’s been going on in this city,” Krueger said. “That’s what breaks my heart. I’m seeing the culture get run down by these luxury condos... [and] the clubs that don’t cater to those people are left behind.” Many patrons are left wondering what’s next for the venue and the Minneapolis music scene in general. “I don’t know what exactly is going to happen… If someone who reads this has $100,000 that they’d like to donate to me, I will open my own spot. I would make that happen,” Krueger said. Even if such a venue was to open, it might take years to rebuild the atmosphere that made the Triple Rock
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Triple Rock Social Club as seen on Tuesday, Oct. 24. Triple Rock recently announced that it would be closing in November.
when you have a spot… that really centralizes things, that’s where things start to grow,” Krueger said.
Police report crimes on homecoming
Sex assault reported by TCF Bank Stadium
Officers responded to incidents of theft, assault and property damage. BY MADELINE DENINGER mdeninger@mndaily.com
The victim was assaulted after the homecoming concert on Friday. BY MADELINE DENINGER mdeninger@mndaily.com
The University of Minnesota Medical Center, as seen on Monday, Oct. 23.
complex on 1022 University Ave SE on Saturday around 12:35 a.m. Security notified residents that the party needed to be shut down. While residents were leaving the party, a group of male suspects entered the apartment and stole property. The suspects left on-foot and were gone when MPD arrived. An MPD officer responded to a report of an assault on 327 14th Ave SE on Sunday around 1:50 a.m. The victim said he was standing outside
when the suspect accused him of talking about him. The suspect then struck the victim, leaving him with a small cut on his temple. The victim refused emergency medical services. UMPD responded to a reported assault after a combative patient assaulted two security guards at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, East Bank on Sunday at around 8:53 p.m. A woman reported being robbed at 515 14th Ave SE
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on Friday around 2:33 a.m. to MPD. The victim had her iPhone and wallet taken by a male suspect. She refused emergency medical service. MPD officers responded to a reported shooting on 814 Franklin Ave SE on Thursday around 4:27 p.m. The male victim was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center. The suspect was gone when police arrived. Gun shell casing and clothing were collected, and the investigation is ongoing.
CRIME SUMMARY WHEN: 2:00 p.m. Saturday WHAT: A woman had her ID and season football pass stolen from her. WHERE: 2009 University Ave SE
THEFT WHEN: 6:56 p.m. Friday WHAT: A woman reported finding that WHAT: A woman reported having her there were two pending transactions bag stolen from her vehicle while on her debit card after leaving her seeing a show at Northrop auditorium. wallet in the restaurant. WHERE: 84 Church St SE WHERE: 825 Washington Ave SE WHEN: 10:30 p.m. Thursday
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home for musicians and listeners alike. “It’s a place where so many people connected, and
The University of Minnesota Police Department and Minneapolis Police Department responded to reports of assault, theft, robbery and property damage during homecoming week. UMPD Lieutenant Chuck Miner said the week’s celebrations kept officers on their toes. “It was a pretty big weekend in regards to alcohol-related crime, and homecoming probably had something to do with that,” Miner said. Property damage was reported when UMPD officers were dispatched to 516 Delaware St SE on Saturday around 12:16 a.m. Upon arrival, officers found two males holding a broken parking ramp gate arm. The two males were cited for minor consumption of alcohol and are being investigated for the gate damage. Security officers arrived at a large party of approximately 100 people in the apartment
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The Minneapolis Police Department received a report Saturday of a possible sexual assault outside TCF Bank Stadium on Friday night. The incident, which occurred around 10:10 p.m. Friday, happened as the victim reportedly left the University of Minnesota’s homecoming concert, according to a University timely warning. The victim reported being approached and verbally harassed by three men while walking along University Avenue Southeast near Oak Street Southeast. The victim reported being possibly physically and sexually assaulted by suspects. The victim received treatment at a nearby hospital. MPD is currently investigating the case. If anyone has information about the incident, call MPD at 612-692-TIPS (8477) and reference case number MP17-406506.
BUSINESS Genevieve Locke Sales Manager glocke@mndaily.com CORRECTIONS An article in page 2 of Monday’s newspaper titled “Pain, from Mogadishu to Minnesota” misattributed a quote. The quote was said by Betsy Hodges. An article in page 8 of Monday’s newspaper titled “NPHC hosts homecoming step competition” misstated how many judges were part of the competition. There were 9. Additionally, the same article misspelled the name of sorority. It’s Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. An article in page 5 of Monday’s newspaper titled “Minnesota loses to Ohio State 2-0 on its senior day” misstated the score of the game. Minnesota lost 2-1. An article in page 3 of Monday’s newspaper titled “Transgender oral history exhibit opens on University West Bank” misstated Andrea Jenkins’ title. She is the oral historian for the Transgender Oral History Project. Corrections The Minnesota Daily strives for complete accuracy and corrects its errors immediately. Corrections and clarifications will always be printed in this space. If you believe the Daily has printed a factual error, please call the readers’ representative at (612) 627–4070, extension 3057, or email errors@mndaily.com immediately. THE MINNESOTA DAILY is a legally independent nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization and is a student-written and student-managed newspaper for the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus. The Daily’s mission is: 1) to provide coverage of news and events affecting the University community; 2) to provide a forum for the communication and exchange of ideas for the University community; 3) to provide educational training and experience to University students in all areas of newspaper operations; and 4) to operate a fiscally responsible organization to ensure its ability to serve the University in the future. The Daily is a member of the Minnesota News Council, the Minnesota Associated Press, the Associated Collegiate Press, The Minnesota Newspaper Association and other organizations. The Daily is published Monday and Thursday during the regular school year and weekly during the summer, and it is printed by ECM Publishers in Princeton, Minn. Midwest News Service distributes the 13,000 issues daily. All Minnesota Daily inserts are recyclable within the University of Minnesota program and are at least 6 percent consumer waste. U.S. Postal Service: 351–480.
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Ward 6 sees record absentee voting Almost 1,000 more absentee ballots than in 2013 have been tallied so far. BY MADELINE DENINGER mdeninger@mndaily.com
Residents in CedarRiverside, Seward and surrounding neighborhoods aren’t waiting until Election Day to cast their votes. Minneapolis’ sixth ward has already broken its own record for absentee voting ahead of the Nov. 7 election. As of Oct. 19, 2,607 absentee ballots had been tallied in Ward 6, nearly 1,000 more than in 2013. Officials say the community has become more active due to greater political representation. Ward 6 City Council Member Abdi Warsame believes the East African community in Cedar-Riverside has turned out in greater numbers than in past years because the campaigns are focused on resident issues. “People have a great deal of fear regarding the Trump administration. People want jobs for their children and for themselves. This is their city, and the way to be a part of the city is to vote,” Warsame said. “That’s why all the candidates are coming to our ward.” Warsame said the community’s turnout this year is “unprecedented.” “City government is very important in our lives. Our volunteers have done a good job getting that message to the community,” he said. The number of absentee ballots filed in Ward 6 during the past two municipal elections shows a steep increase in political engagement across the neighborhoods. In 2005, 120 absentee ballots were filed in Ward 6. That number dropped to 65 ballots in 2009.
Total voter turnout in Ward 6 has also seen an uptick in past years. In the 2009 municipal election, 14 percent of the ward’s residents voted, compared to 33 percent in 2013. Ward 6 Minneapolis City Council Candidate Mohamud Noor thinks Ward 6 voter turnout could reach 50 percent this November. “The expectations of the community are really high. They want to fight for social justice, and they want to see a candidate fight for a certain agenda,” Noor said. A.K. Hassan is a candidate for District 3 of the Minneapolis Park Board. As second-term chair of the DFL Somali American Caucus, Hassan believes he’s helped engage the East African community through campaigning. “People say to me ‘I can’t vote’ — especially elders. So I have to give them all of their options. I’ll give them ... absentee ballots, and then they’ll call me and say ‘I voted,’” he said. Nearly four times more people voted absentee in Ward 6 than any other ward in 2013. “The East African community travels a lot, back home or out of the country. So we want to give them the option to vote early,” Hassan said. “We’ll give rides to people who don’t want to do absentee.” Noor said residents in Ward 6 seem more willing to engage with candidates, and attributed the neighborhood’s participation to the record absentee numbers. “We are engaging more people. When you talk to more people, more people turn out to vote,” he said. Warsame said community members take pride in their election participation. “They understand how important it is historically for marginalized communities to even have the ability to vote,” Warsame said.
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Ward 6 City Council Member Abdi Warsame knocks on doors of community members on Saturday, Oct. 14 in Minneapolis.
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Less than half of college students are aware that the First Amendment protects hate speech, and about a third of those believe hate speech shouldn’t be protected, according to a new survey of students’ opinions on campus expression. The October study from the nonprofit, nonpartisan group Foundation for Individual Rights in Education showed partisan divides on many subjects, like campus protests and guest speakers. Some members of the University community say they see this ideological gap growing more evident on the University’s campus. FIRE conducted this survey of 1,250 students because many other analyses of free speech attitudes haven’t focused specifically on students, said Nico Perrino, director of communications for FIRE. “We’ve always wanted to get data on what students actually think about their free speech and how comfortable they are expressing themselves on campus,” Perrino said. The study found almost all students support the First Amendment in the abstract, he said. But when it comes to speech they find offensive or harmful, many no longer support its protection, the survey shows. Students may not understand First Amendment protections because they simply haven’t read the amendment or learned about it, said Jane Kirtley, a journalism and law professor at the University. “The bottom line is the First Amendment protects thoughts and speech that we don’t like,” Kirtley said. “If it only protected the speech that everybody agreed with, there would be no need for a First Amendment.”
Campus protests are a polarizing issue for students, the study found. About onefourth of self-identified Democrats agreed with the statement “I should not have to walk past student protests on my college campus,” compared to 60 percent of Republicans. Many students feel that speech they consider to be hurtful or disrespectful shouldn’t be allowed, Kirtley said. “These feelings are certainly legitimate feelings. They just happen to be wrong from a legal perspective,” Kirtley said. “We’re a state university, which means that, without question, we are subject to the First Amendment here.” The survey’s findings also demonstrate a partisan gap on the subject of guest speaker disinvitations. Seventy-eight percent of very liberal students support the withdrawal of a guest speaker’s invitation in some cases, and 38 percent of very conservative students feel the same way. Democrat students are most likely to support the disinvitation of a speaker with racist views, while Republican students are most likely to support disinvitation of a speaker with anti-American views, according to the study. The invitations of guest speakers at the University should be considered on a case-by-case basis, said Braxton Haake, president of the University College Democrats. “In general… I’m not for de-platforming speakers, even conservative speakers whose views I might find abhorrent,” Haake said. “I think you still have to let them speak.” Haake said he thinks the University climate generally supports free speech. “As far as I can tell, the University seems open to hearing a diverse range of opinions from a diverse range of people,” Haake said. Sym Clough, president of the campus Minnesota Bipartisan Issues Group, said
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60% agree that they shouldn’t have to walk past student protests on campus GUEST SPEAKERS VERY LIBERAL STUDENTS
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especially in the last couple years, many students feel like they are being silenced. “At the University, people tend to get shut down if you have an opinion that the majority doesn’t agree with you on, and that goes both ways, for conservatives and liberals,” Clough said. Kirtley agreed that the political climate is more polarized than it has been in a long time. “I don’t think Mr. Trump invented this situation, but he has exploited it,” Kirtley said. “There’s a perception that people that have had thoughts that many would characterize as hate speech for a long time now feel freer to express those thoughts, so in a way the veneer of civility that existed before has now been revealed to be a pretty thin one.” The president of the University’s College Republicans did not respond to requests for comment, and a representative from conservative student group Turning Point USA was not available before publication.
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Study shows students confused, divided on First Amendment Political views show split on campus protests, guest speakers.
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on victims who have recently undergone significant trauma, said Gavin Grivna, assistant director of The Aurora Center. “When it comes to survivors of sexual assault and sexual violence, there is a trauma associated with what has happened to them, and that trauma has an impact on their ability to recall memories in a chronological way,” Grivna said. Grivna said trauma affects a victim’s neurobiology and can make them recall events out of order, which sometimes leads investigators to think victims are lying. Asking questions related to sensory input can help victims better remember what happened, allowing officials to collect the best possible evidence, he said. Some police departments statewide, like the University of Minnesota Police Department, already provide traumainformed interviewing training for officers. Between 60 and 70 UMPD officers underwent traumainformed training in June, said Chief Matt Clark. At the training, officers learned how to conduct Forensic Experiential Trauma Interviews. “We want to be sure that, as best we can, we can be at the cutting edge and the forefront of how to best deal with victims and with trauma,” Clark said. Honold reached out to Franken’s office about a year ago. Her rapist had interned for the senator, which she saw as an opening to discuss sexual assault and police training. “I was really happy... they let me sit and talk to them about what I wanted to be different in the world, and an actual piece of legislation came out of it,” Honold said. At the University, Clark said the UMPD has been working with the Aurora Center and other organizations to make sure they have the best possible training and resources to deal with sexual assault. “We recognize that, across university campuses, sexual assault, victimization and underreporting are issues, and we’ve been pushing pretty hard… sending out the information that we really want
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Sexual assault advocate Abby Honold speaks to a crowd on East Bank on April 18.
victims to come forward,” Clark said. The language of the federal bill is almost finalized and will likely be introduced in
November. The Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault also has a similar Minnesotaspecific pilot program underway, Honold said.
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Running back Shannon Brooks runs with the ball on Saturday, Sept. 30 at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
Gophers excel with three-back system
Shannon Brooks, Rodney Smith and Kobe McCrary are sharing time. BY DREW COVE dcove@mndaily.com
The Gophers running backs have a situation they are used to — splitting time and finding success. When the Gophers go down to Iowa to meet the Hawkeyes for the two teams’ 111th matchup, the Gophers will play all three of their running backs. The three backs, Rodney Smith, Shannon Brooks and Kobe McCrary have produced in different games for the Gophers. The trio has been
together since the start of the 2016 season, and the backs have filled in for one another throughout. “I think we have three really talented backs,” said head coach P.J. Fleck. “I think they all play really well, and it’s up to us as a coaching staff to make sure that what their true strengths are, and what plays they’re really good at, that it just becomes second nature for them.” Brooks missed three games all of the 2016-17 season, including the first two. Smith had 125 yardsand two touchdowns in the first game of the 2016-17 season, and it was the other leg to the trio, McCrary, that filled in the second game.
Against Indiana State last season, McCrary and Smith both got 17 carries each, but McCrary ended up with 176 yards and two touchdowns, and Smith finished the game with 74 yards and a touchdown. “I just run hard,” McCrary said. “When Coach calls my number, I need to go out there and make plays, and that’s my mindset going in.” This season, each of the three backs has a game with 100 yards or more, and Smith and McCrary have two each. Smith and McCrary have both run for more than 100 yards in the same games. The games were against Middle Tennessee State and Illinois — two games that
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U wins with 2 goaltenders Sydney Peters is 3-1 in the net, and Alex Gulstene is 2-1-1 for the team.
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Playing two goaltenders is a problem head coach Brad Frost is fine having. Redshirt senior Sidney Peters and freshman Alex Gulstene have both seen quality ice time this season as the Gophers are 5-2-1 on the season and starting to get hot after sweeps of Bemidji and Duluth on the road. Peters has played in four games this season and won three, while Gulstene has played in five games and holds a record of 2-11. Peters has a save percentage of .909, while Gulstene holds a percentage of .915. “We are really confident when we have Peters or Gulstene in net on any given night,” Frost said. “That goaltending position is not easy, but there is some good healthy competition there and they are both playing well.” Last year, on the way to the Frozen Four, Peters played in 37 games and had a save percentage of .917 and a goals against average of 1.66. She finished the season with a record of 25-8-4 and looked to have a pretty firm lock on the position going into the year. She had offseason hip surgery and knocked out the rust in the first month of the season. Still, she finds herself in a competition for ice time with the highly touted
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recruit, Gulstene. “When I was a squirt or pee wee I wasn’t super worried about ice time or any of those things,” Peters said. “That is my focus right now, when I am on the ice I’m having fun and enjoying my teammates, and when I’m on the bench, I’m just enjoying being a part of something special.” Gulstene comes into Minnesota with a decorated past. The Vancouver, Canada native, who holds citizenship in both Canada and the U.S., won two gold medals in 2016 and 2017 playing for the U.S. in the U-18 Women’s World Championships. During those world championships, she was named one of the three best players from the U.S. She also played for the Okanagan Hockey Academy where she won the league championship with one of her teammates here at Minnesota — Olivia Knowles. The goalie has shown she can compete with NCAA talent, too. She has a goals against average of 2.16 and a total of 107 saves to lead the team in that category. A highlight from her early career is when she
stopped nine pucks in overtime against Ohio State to help the team fight off a strong attack from the Buckeyes and win earlier in the season. She understands that ice time will be shared and looks forward to the challenge. “I prefer to be playing, everyone loves to play, but whatever situation I am in is the best situation for me,” Gulstene said. “I’m out here to support [Peters] in every way I can and do my best to fulfill my role for the team.” Both of the goaltenders are coming off weekends where they were at their best. On Friday night, it was Peters who got the call and delivered. She had 35 saves on 36 shots, helping the Gophers to a 4-1 victory. Gulstene got the start on Saturday night in Duluth and delivered 26 saves to help the Gophers stay within one before their comeback effort began. As for the rest of the season, Frost isn’t going to change what is working. “I would love to have two great goalies and have that problem,” Frost said. “Right now, they are playing great and we have that good problem.”
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Brooks didn’t play in. “They can all see it,” Fleck said. “He’s played two games and he’s ran for over 100 yards in both, and a lot of his yards come from after contact.” The three backs stabilized the offense last season, and now with two developing quarterbacks, specifically Demry Croft, they will provide the groundwork for the next five Big Ten games. Smith was the top rusher for Minnesota last season, and he is currently the leading rusher this year as well. The running back had almost 1,200 yards last season, and has close to 550 yards through seven games this year. “I think we all have pretty
different running styles,” Smith said. “I would say [that] I enjoy ‘wiggling’, making guys miss.” The Gophers also have Brooks, who, despite some injuries in the recent seasons, manages to perform close to Smith’s production. Brooks was the leading rusher for the Gophers back in 2015. He emerged with
709 yards over Smith’s 670 yards, despite Brooks not getting any yards in the first three games of the season. “We talk about it during the week, how we’re going to try to split the carries,” said offensive coordinator Kirk Ciarrocca. “It’s always a fluid situation; injuries, who has the hot hand, how the game’s going [all factor in.]”
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Isabel Enns, left, Tessa Dahlgren, middle, and Kate Powers, right, discuss their work in the play “In the Next Room” on Friday, Oct. 20 in the Rarig Center on West Bank. The play debuts at the Rarig Center on Nov. 2.
Bringing buzz to the invention of the vibrator
The Rarig Center will open its new show, “In the Next Room (Or The Vibrator Play)” Nov. 2.
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he Vibrator Play” was originally written and published by playwright Sarah Ruhl in 2009. T h i s p ro d u c t i o n i s
directed by Kate Powers, who came to the University last fall to teach a course on women in theater. An allfemale crew has been putting the show together since spring. Set early in the age of electricity, the play focuses
on the use of the vibrator in Victorian times as a cure for “hysteria,” a medical diagnosis for generalized depression and anxiety, typically in women (it’s no longer recognized as a legitimate medical condition). Tessa Dahlgren, a junior majoring in theater and psychology, elaborated on the premise of the show: “It takes place in the home of a couple and it’s the next room, which is the operating theater that Dr. Givings operates in. Sabrina Daldry is one of his patients and Catherine Givings, the wife, doesn’t really know anything about his practice. Over the course of the show, the two befriend each other and delve into something that’s not talked about at all. It becomes a fascinating kaleidoscope of race and gender and class.” The play balances comedy with drama, or maybe the other way around. “Because we’re a bit removed from it now, we’re able to laugh at how rigid and strict Victorian binaries were,” said Isabel Enns, a sophomore in the theater program. “But [we need to] look at how that’s translated into our current lives.” “I have said that this play is a powerful antidote to a pussy-grabber-in-chief because it’s about women finding their voices,” said Powers. “As much as it’s about discovering what an orgasm is, it’s also about learning to ask for what you want.” The cast recognizes it may take the audience a moment to adjust when
“I have said that this play is a powerful antidote to a pussy-grabber-in-chief, because it’s about women finding their voices. As much as it’s about discovering what an orgasm is, it’s also about learning to ask for what you want.” KATE POWERS Director
approaching such a private topic. “I hope people will bring a willingness and openness to be uncomfortable and surprised, and to still be there with it, not check out,” said Enns. “And I hope they get a sense that they’re not alone, a sense that things can change.” The play is important because it calls attention to the roles that our conceptions of sex play in our everyday lives. “You have to realize that there are social, sexual identity scripts in place before you can start to question them,” said Dahlgren. “It’s startling how similar [today] is to the Victorian time period … you’re supposed to know everything that’s going to happen, and it’s supposed to go according to plan, and no one’s gonna bonk heads.” “The constraints look different,” said Powers. “The corsets are gone. But we still have all kinds of judgments that we draw.” But how do you communicate about sexuality if you’re not sure what you want to say, nor how you want to say it? “It’s difficult to make a choice about how much you
want to share with other people if you don’t have the vocabulary already,” said Enns. “Asking questions, knowing how everything works and how to keep yourself safe, how to enjoy yourself and make sure that your partners are enjoying themselves — once you have that foundation, you can choose whether this is something you feel comfortable talking about with other people.” “Authenticity doesn’t mean that you have to present all of yourself, all the time, to everyone,” said Dahlgren. “It’s having the freedom and comfort to choose, and like you [Enns] were saying, if you don’t have the vocabulary, then it’s not a choice — you’re forced to keep it private and maybe not even acknowledge it yourself.” Turns out we can relax about the whole ordeal, sit back and enjoy the show, so long as we keep talking about it afterward. And Powers makes a good point: “Serious sex sounds so boring.” Opens at the Rarig Center on Nov. 2, 7:30 pm Tickets $7 students, $12 staff
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Isabel Enns, a sophomore at the University, discusses the upcoming play “In the Next Room” on Friday Oct. 20 in the Rarig Center on West Bank. The play debuts at the Rarig Center on Nov. 2.
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Vine was a place where weirdness was OK
Health providers should mandate vaccinations
It has now been a year since Twitter shut down Vine, a special place on the Internet.
I
still remember the first Vine I ever made. It was on one of those mid-summer days in high school where all the fun activities you planned sitting in class had been done a million times JONATHAN ABABIY and the late summer columnist panic of “Oh my gosh, school starts in two weeks” had not yet set in, leaving you in a boredom as constant as the heat. For some reason that summer, I thought that recording my life through the calculator-worthy camera of my iPod touch would perhaps bring me some entertainment. My first Vine was dumb and boring, just clips of my living room couch and a funny face in the mirror spliced together into six seconds, but it was my virgin dip into the Vine’s deep well of culture. It’s been almost a year since Twitter shut down Vine, yet its cultural fruit remains a kind of internet delicacy. A scroll through my Twitter timeline always surfaces a #RIPVine thread, and a dorm neighbor quotes iconic Vines like a bearded,
wire-rimmed glasses-wearing poetry professor recites Shakespeare’s sonnets. I see no issue in this nostalgia as a columnist/paid-complainer — every single thread exposes me to a new Vine that makes me laugh. Rather, those six second videos of absurdity make me miss what was perhaps the Internet’s most pure and funny form of self-expression ever. In a time where technology companies can make cars drive themselves and simulate human brains, but “mistakenly” allow white supremacists to gain massive followings, the youthful optimism and vigor of Vine is dearly missed. Vine was a place where it was OK to be weird. There was no aunt or elder peeping on what you were doing, like on Facebook. Neither did it have that vitriolic battleground of egos that Twitter so commonly erupts into. It was unfiltered self-expression, unconstrained by media’s traditional boundaries of who could say what. The world’s pop culture phenomenons — “What are those,” the Running Man Challenge, Nae Naes — were not subject approval to the tastes of old, conservative white men like our traditional media. It was an intimate creative space for the world’s youth, where they could simply be their weird, sometimes dumb selves and watch other people do the same. There was no bar of professional quality for creators to reach, just an expectation of authenticity. The app was remarkably
organic, constantly surging with currents of allusions and memes. Vine somewhat formed a royalty of famous Viners, but the app never got the bourgeois-proletariat dynamic that YouTube is creatively constrained by. Bored teenagers, particularly minorities, were the creative fuel of the app. Yet Vine was always a product of our modern business environment. The New Yorker’s Brian Patrick Eha described Vine as a “rare corporate product that feels like a public good.” In fact, it was so much a unique ecosystem that Twitter never found a way to make it profitable. Vine never aspired to replace the profitable movie or TV; at its best, it simply filled in the spaces of our cultural discourse that we had always ignored. The ultimate tragedy of Vine is that such a positive, creative force for young people died. It was one of the purest distillations of the positive qualities of technology. Unfortunately, the monolithic internet companies that continue to smother us in their all-encompassing embrace haven’t demonstrated to us that they are willing to build a similar environment. Vine is dead and we may never get a place like it back. Jonathan Ababiy welcomes comments at jababiy@mndaily.com.
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It’s appalling that vaccines for health providers are not mandatory. When patients enter a clinic or any other health facility, they ought to expect a safe environment without having to worry...
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DAILY DISCUSSION Schools shouldn’t ban classic from class
It’s not the first time and likely will not be the last. “To Kill a Mockingbird” has been banned again, this time pulled from the eighthgrade curriculum in Biloxi, Mississippi. With wide dissemination through traditional and social media, the recent action to ban the book resulted in lots of objections from the public. And for good reasons. In the past 50 years, numerous objections have surfaced over discussion of sexuality and rape and use of the n-word in the book. (Proving once again that criticism needs context because the word is used in dialogue spoken by characters who would realistically use that language.) Here’s the surprise, though. The Biloxi school administration’s reason for removing the book from the classroom was that it makes some people uncomfortable, according to the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom. Making readers squirm is exactly what classic literature is supposed to do. A classic is deemed so because it stands the test of time, getting people to think about how conditions have evolved or not evolved, and identifying common themes that have surfaced throughout people’s existence. For many, this book has introduced them to a world that tries to understand why humans act as they do. As Scout’s father, Atticus, tells her: “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view — until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” If the students in Biloxi are at all like Scout — who wouldn’t like one bit being told what she can’t read — they will find their way to read “To Kill a Mockingbird.” And the adults in their lives should pave the way to make sure that happens. Editor’s Note: This editorial was originally published in the Mankato Free Press
Robert McGrady welcomes comments at rmcgrady@mndaily.com.
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Peeking into the world of private Instagrams Within our public social media presences, there is a core of shrouded honesty.
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hen I joined the legions of iPhone users in 2015, one of the first things I did was download Instagram. Shortly after that, friends nudged to “follow my secret Insta.” Guilelessly, I did, and made my own KATE MCCARTHY while I was at it. My first columnist post featured me alone at my reception job, imitating a video of someone painfully covering Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud.” Sometimes called a secret Insta, a ‘sinsta’, sometimes called a fake Insta, a ‘finsta’, private Instagrams are nebulous gems of expression, and are hard to pin down yet ubiquitous. My first few secret Insta posts continued to skew benign and goofy — videos and pictures taken at a Bernie Sanders rally, at a bus stop on a late Wednesday night, in my freshman dorm as I peered close into the camera. But more serious fare began to appear as well — posts addressing fears concerning maintaining people’s love, chastising myself for poor self-care like all-nighters, expressing relationship struggles, posts about all sorts
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ecently, a labor union in the Duluth area filed a complaint with a federal judge that, if allowed, would block Essential Health from firing an employee that has refused to get a flu shot. The company had released a statement in early September that it would, with limited exceptions, require vaccinations for all employees, and employees that failed to do so would be fired from their respective job. Currently, flu vaccinations for employees of healthcare providers are required in 18 states — Minnesota does not have those policies. It’s appalling that vaccines for health providers are not mandatory. When patients enter a clinic or any other health provider facility, they ought to expect a safe environment without having to worry about getting illnesses from the staff that works there. When healthcare providers and their respective employees elect to work in the healthcare industry, they should submit to the reality that the priority will always be the safety of the patient and that any effort to compromise this will result in being fired. For this reason, we strongly urge Essential Health to not give any reconciliation for employees that refuse vaccination without any legitimate, medically justified reason.
of loneliness. Sometimes random follow requests pop up. Sometimes slight acquaintances do as well, and you quietly remove them. Sometimes you make a post at 2 a.m. and delete it within minutes, while sometimes you make the most triumphant post in the world and return to it every so often to feed off that glow. Sometimes you go back to locate a post from the depths of your self-loathing, frustration and helplessness, and wonder how you climbed out of that hole. You don’t remember exactly how, despite having the time marked in pictures along the way, but you’re glad you did. Though a somewhat toxic habit, I love to go back and look at my secret Insta posts from exactly a year ago on any given day, which can be both bolstering and disappointing. Then I end up scrolling to the top, retracing my steps until this very moment, when perhaps I’ve just posted a video of me lovingly terrorizing my roommate with a French accent. Everyone’s private Insta is different, from identifying terminology to content, but mine has been a constant to me in recent years. Sure, social media is public and performative by nature, but it’s possible to carve out private niches. This is the account for half of half of half the followers, twice the posts, and a combination of raw emotion met with digital age immediate gratification. Some friends’ accounts I follow are extremely honest and often bleak, and I end up feeling all at once a holy reverence for my admission into this select group, and also a feel-
“Some friends’ accounts I follow are extremely honest and often bleak, and I end up feeling all at once a holy reverence for my admission into this select group, and also a feeling of utter instrusion.” ing of utter intrusion. I’m under the influence of the illusion that I really know this person and am in their life, but it doesn’t quite have the same dimension. My own account is about updating far flung friends en masse, looking for connection amidst the spontaneity of day to day that you may not need to broadcast to your larger circle, but want to revel in with your smaller one. It’s certainly jarring when the disconnect manifests between truly knowing someone, versus harsh exposure to the most honest fiber of their life. Is such a split between your private and public self healthy? I’m not sure, but I can refer to my small group of die-hard finsta friends to kick around some thoughts and wring even a little bit more connection out of the day. Kate McCarthy welcomes comments at
Furthermore, we urge the federal judge asked to side with the union to reject their demands. United Steelworkers, the union filing the complaint, is arguing that Essential Health is discriminating against and is publicly shaming people that are not getting the vaccine. First, it’s important to note that if an individual is not vaccinated at any healthcare facility, this should be public knowledge — failure to provide this information publicly is directly violating an individual’s right to controlling their bodily integrity. For example, an individual who is immuno-compromised has the right to know which of the individuals around them carries a virus or is not vaccinated for a disease that they may contract by contact with them. This should not be a matter for public debate — vaccines have directly saved millions of lives around the world and getting vaccinated should not only be a directive for public health, the requirements should be embedded into legal practice. Finally, we demand the state Legislature pass legislation that brings Minnesota up to par with many states around the country in requiring vaccines at healthcare facilities. There is absolutely no room for half-baked policies when it comes to vaccinations. According to the latest figures, 10 million individuals are immunocompromised in the United States. Our current mandates have adjusted building codes and a variety of other rules to accommodate for individuals with all types of disabilities. In a healthcare facility, ensuring that an immuno-compromised individual does not contract the flu is at the lowest rung of the accessibility ladder. If people still choose to live in a prehistoric era, that is their prerogative. This doesn’t entitle them to decide the medical fate of millions of people, and we should treat this issue with the same partiality.
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SUDOKU
DR. DATE Dr. Date,
I can’t get over my ex-boyfriend. We were together for five years, and about a year ago, we were at a point where we were struggling to move our relationship forward, and he decided to break up with me. I was devastated. He cut off all communication, so we haven’t talked at all or seen each other since our breakup. To try to get over him, I haven’t Facebook stalked him; instead, I’ve done counseling, focused on myself and my friends, gone on some really cool solo trips and even started dating again. I’ve done all the prescribed remedies to move on. But I just can’t get over the idea that he was “the one” for me. I think I’m still in love with him. From mutual friends, I know he moved on to a new serious relationship within a few months of the breakup. What else can I do to get over him?
—Devoted
Heart Pangs,
Ya know what they say: Time heals all wounds. But I say “they” are full of baloney. Time doesn’t heal all wounds; it just makes you forget about the festering sore on your heart and accustoms you to living with it. How can you be expected to get over a five-year relationship in a snap? Your feelings are logical, whereas his foray into a committed relationship so quickly after the breakup is disconcerting. I’m a little concerned that you are patting yourself on the back for not Facebook stalking him, but other than that, you are taking the appropriate steps. More of the same is the best regimen I can think of. I know hearing “hang in there” is about as helpful as a Folex stopwatch, but it’s the only healthy advice I can give. It will get better, slowly. One night you’ll realize you didn’t think about him at all that day. From then on, he’ll
start becoming a fleeting memory, rather than a mental squatter refusing to leave your head.
—Dr. Date
Dr. Date,
My boyfriend recently told me that he’s interested in experimenting with bondage. The idea makes me a little nervous, and frankly, I was surprised when he brought it up. He’s a pretty quiet guy, and he hasn’t ever expressed interest in other bedroom fantasies. Should I try this out with him, even though I don’t really want to? And if we do try it, is there a way to keep it from being weird?
—Unbound
All Tied Up,
It’s always the quiet ones … Look, if you think it’s weird, it’s impossible to keep it from being weird. That’s just how you feel. But what did his suggestions entail? Was he the one who wanted to be bound, or did he want to bind you? If he wants to tie you up out of nowhere, that seems stranger than him wanting you to do the tying. But consider this: He’s a quiet guy, but he spoke up about bondage. Do you realize how difficult it probably was for him to communicate this desire to you? At the very least, be impressed by the level of comfort he feels with you. And you say “experiment,” so maybe he won’t even like it once he’s had a taste. Heck, you could dig it. Have an open mind and keep it on the lighter side the first time. Maybe just some cuffs. I also hear pantyhose works well (if a trip to your local purveyor of sexual equipment is too much trauma for one day). Honestly, if it’s too much of a hurdle for you, be as open with him as he was with you, and express your reservations.
—Dr. Date
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content and student service fee funding. Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow President Michael Ziebarth said his group and Students for a Conservative Voice wanted the event to help raise awareness of conservatives on campus. “We wanted a speaker who would provoke a real discussion on campus about conservatism,” he said. “I think campus got the idea that there are conservatives on campus. This opinion isn’t shared enough.” While event organizers said the event was at capacity, just over 80 people attended and there were several open seats in the hall. Still, the University of Minnesota Police Department turned those away not on a reserved ticket list. This left some who hoped to attend the event outside with protesters. Multiple scuffles broke out in the middle of the crowd between protesters and other attendees. Police officers sprayed a chemical irritant into the crowd and called for protesters to stop the fighting, at various points in the evening. Following the conflict, police called for protesters to stop engaging in violence and later on to disperse. Organizers at the protests attempted to bring demonstrators back to order after the confrontations and mostly managed to regroup them. “There’s hate in that building. I’m appalled at how the administration at the U allowed this to happen,” said John Thompson at the protest, a community activist who led chants throughout the protest. “They’ll say it’s freedom of speech... I would’ve said no to that. I wouldn’t have let them spew that hate.” Demonstrators chanted phrases like, “any time, any place, punch a Nazi in the face” and “say it loud, say it clear, immigrant lives are welcome here” throughout the evening. By around 7:45 p.m. police armed with batons and riot shields formed a line between the Washington Avenue Bridge and the West Bank courtyard where the protests were taking place. Attendees discreetly left the building through a door away from the protesters. University police escorted Southern out of the building afterwards. “I don’t think we need to have this big protest for someone speaking their mind about something,” said Turning Point USA member and strategic communications sophomore Sam Bevacco. “I don’t think I’d get this upset over a leftist speaking. I don’t think anyone in
Protesters speak out against right-wing commentator Lauren Southern outside Anderson Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 25th.
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Attendees of Lauren Southern’s event at the University of Minnesota applaud during her talk in Anderson Hall on West Bank on Wednesday, Oct. 25.
this room is a Nazi.” As event attendees lingered after the event, some disputes occurred between talk attendees and protesters. University alumnus Gus Pollock, 32, instigated arguments with protesters. At one point police had to separate him from demonstrators and told him to leave. “I’m very disappointed by our lack of free speech in America,” he said. Protester Max Franz said he was protesting because “Lauren Southern is an explicit white nationalist who’s worked with Neo Nazi groups across America.” Franz started protesting in high school. “I’m involved when Nazis are involved,” he said.
The lead-up to protests University student groups Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow and Students for a Conservative Voice organized the visit of Lauren Southern, known for her harsh criticisms of immigration policy, feminism, the LGBT community and the Black Lives Matter movement. Demonstrators began organizing several days before the event. A call to protest Southern’s speech was posted on far-left websites on Sunday. Protesters were encouraged to bring friends and protect their identities from cameras.
Protest organizers also shared fliers noting the event’s funding on social media that read, “Shut down white supremacy paid for with your student service fees” while encouraging demonstrators to meet at the Washington Avenue Bridge prior to the event and bring signs. On Facebook, the conservative student groups acknowledged the potential for demonstrations. “We are well aware that there will be protestors [sic] at this event,” CFACT posted on the event’s Facebook page. “Do not engage with protestors. Respect their First Amendment rights as we ask them to
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Right-wing commentator Lauren Southern gives a talk to a crowd in Anderson Hall on West Bank on Wednesday, Oct. 25.
respect our First Amendment right to host this event.” In an emailed statement, University spokesperson Evan Lapiska said the University did not host, endorse or sponsor the event. CFACT and SCV are both registered student organizations funded by the University’s student service fee process.
“We were allocated student services money to bring in a speaker,” said David Blondin, CFACT vice president. “I’m not validating saying her opinion is the correct opinion at all. I’m saying that if we want to find out what is the most accurate and the best solution, you have to explore all options.”
Grad students ban old funding system New University clinic The Council of Graduate Students amended its bylaws to ban passthrough funding. BY ELIANA SCHREIBER eschreiber@mndaily.com After realizing the current funding system was benefiting some graduate students more than others, the Council of Graduate Students voted to outlaw it last month. In a meeting on Sept. 25, COGS voted to amend its bylaws to prohibit the council from participating in “passthrough” funding, a system put in place two years ago. Effective next academic year, COGS will no longer participate in passthrough funding, COGS President Lauren Mitchell said in an email. The passthrough system dispersed the same amount of money to each council that oversees the different graduate student programs, though some programs have more students than others. Additionally, some graduate programs don’t have councils and can’t access the funds, so students in nontraditional programming do not benefit from certain programming even though they pay for it, said Nick Ames, COGS member. “Passthrough has historically been an inequitable, contentious and unnecessarily complicated funding system,” Mitchell said in the email. The council started using passthrough in 2015, after the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly split into COGS and Professional Stu-
dent Government in 2015, Ames said. Instead of passthrough, the council will now use community grants, which will consist of money that goes into COGS that can be accessed by any member of the group, he said. The council discussed abandoning the system for the past year, and Ames said the Office for Student Affairs disliked that COGS officially ended passthrough. OSA spokesperson Steve Henneberry denied the claim and said the office is actively working to explore other options for funding. “The Office for Student Affairs is aware of [the] COGS’ constitutional amendment passed Sept. 25,” said OSA Associate Director Sara Carvell. “OSA has pulled together a consultative group to explore options to ensure graduate and professional academic student councils have funding for co-curricular activities.” The money from passthrough was largely used for council-specific programming, travel fare and some smaller events, he said. In the future, there will be expanded travel grants through COGS. This decision means students like Ames, a Ph.D candidate in applied plant sciences, who aren’t part of a council now have access to general COGS funds. Though many saw
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passthrough funding as inequitable, some councils benefitted from the old system. GradSEHD, or the Graduate and Professional Students in Education and Human Development council, received the most money from pass-through. Without access to these funds, fewer students in GradSEHD will be able to participate in research or conferences, said GradSEHD President Eugene Hall. GradSEHD has one of the largest graduate student populations, he said, and now there will be a lot less support for these students, especially within CEHD. “Now I think we’re going to be very limited in what we can do,” Hall said.
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provides walk-in care for athletic injuries One of few clinics where patients can be treated by sports injury specialists. BY HELEN SABROWSKY hsabrowsky@mndaily.com A new University clinic aims to provide members of the public with specialized, same-day athletic care. As part of a growing trend in medicine, the University Health Sports and Orthopaedics Walk-In Clinic, which opened early this semester, connects patients with Gophers athletics’ physicians. It is one of few in the area staffed by professionals trained in treating sports injuries. Maggie Peck, a junior studying sociology and technical writing, was suffering from severe shin splints she feared might become a stress fracture earlier this fall. Unsure where to find treatment on campus, she visited the Orthopaedics Walk-In Clinic and saw a doctor within half an hour. While Peck was overwhelmed by the size of the clinic at first, and said she “could tell the nurses and doctors were there to help.” David Jewison, a University Health sports medicine physician, said the clinic strives to give same-day care to people with sportsrelated injuries not considered life-threatening, like Peck.
Many patients who go to emergency rooms or urgent care clinics with sports injuries are met with long waits, only to be referred to a specialist anyway, Jewison said. “Same-day access, diagnosis and treatment are all really important in terms of health care today,” Jewison said. The clinic primarily serves the University community and surrounding neighborhoods, Jewison said, and is the only orthopaedic walk-in clinic within a 6 to 8 mile radius. David Sannerud, a biology, evolution and behavior senior and rugby player, visited the clinic when Boynton Health couldn’t treat his injured knee cap. While the size of the clinic was also hard for him to take in at first, Sannerud said he received quality care and found the location of the clinic near Stadium Village convenient. Additionally, the clinic is staffed by Gophers athletic team physicians and staff, said Jewison, the University’s football and men’s hockey team physician. The University’s clinic is also different from others in the area in that patients are treated by sports specialist physicians trained in sports injuries, Jewison said. “We’re providing the highest level of orthopedic care on a walk-in basis,” Jewison said. “We’re very proud to take care of our University community.”