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The SERU survey will be available to grad students for the first time.
Minnesota’s soccer team fundraised the entire $93,000 spring break trip.
Last week, the U hosted events to honor the late alumnus’s career.
University to pilot global graduate student survey
Gophers traveled to Spain for spring break
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U celebrates Borlaug’s 100th birthday
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STUDENT LIFE
New app could up safety A student-created service lets users request security monitor escorts with their smartphones. BY VANESSA NYARKO vnyarko@mndaily.com
By the end of the month, University of Minnesota students will be able to request a campus security escort on mobile applications or online.
The new service is expected to bolster use of the security escort program by improving access for students with language barriers or deaf students who may have difficulties making a phone call to ask for a safe walk home. A team of seven University students — six engineering students and one design student — collaborated to create the safety program, called Usafe. It will be accessible online and on Android and iPhone applications.
John Wilson, a sociology senior and program director for the Disabled Student Cultural Center, is deaf and said in an email interview that he often has to rely on others to call 624-WALK if he needs to walk home alone late at night. Being able to use the Usafe application to request a security escort would make deaf students or students whose first language isn’t English feel safer on campus, he said. u See SAFET Y Page 3
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Hollins takes court one last time
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MEDICAL SCHOOL
Local high schools host residencies U medical students will work in high school clinics to gain experience with adolescents. BY T YLER GIESEKE tgieseke@mndaily.com
Family medical residents from the University of Minnesota will work in Minneapolis schools as part of a new five-year partnership set to launch next academic year. Minneapolis City Council members approved a plan Friday that gives third-year medical residents from the University’s Family Medicine Residency Programs the opportunity to provide care for youth, while gaining experience and expanding the University’s reach to the community in the process. Prospective medical specialists often complete a residency after graduating from medical school, during which they practice alongside professionals to develop skills specific to their field. Medical director of School Based Clinics Nicole Chaisson said there’s been a movement in the industr y toward training in clinics rather than in hospitals, and now is an opportune time to establish the u See RESIDENCIES Page 12
LEGISLATURE
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Austin Hollins has played more games than any player in Gophers history, and he will finish his run this week. lackluster outing, ready to handle inquiries
BY JACE FREDERICK jfrederick@mndaily.com
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about another potential collapse.
t was the beginning of Februar y, and
That’s been his calling card ever since
the Gophers had just lost 55-54 to
he arrived on campus. Regardless of the sit-
Northwestern at home — their second con-
uation, win or lose, Hollins has always been
secutive loss to a team they should have
there. He’s been the model of leadership,
beaten.
the epitome of consistency.
It was likely the most dejected the locker room was after a game all season. As members of the media poured in, most players scattered to the showers, not wanting to talk about the disappointment.
Those two qualities have led head coach Richard Pitino to repeatedly use the same word to describe the senior guard this season: professional. “We’re going to miss him,” Pitino said.
Amid it all, there sat Austin Hollins
“When he walks in the gym, he’s always
perched at his locker — one of the three
going to bring it. He’s always going to be
or four Gophers who stuck around. Hol-
positive. In every single rep of every single
lins, still in full uniform, sat ready to take
drill, he maximizes his potential. That’s
questions, ready to answer for his team’s
hard to replace.”
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Lawmakers take closer look at study abroad Two bipartisan bills would mandate more transparency on students’ safety overseas. BY HALEY HANSEN hhansen@mndaily.com
State leaders are urging Minnesota colleges and universities to publish safety records of study abroad programs, citing poor safety and the need for transparency between schools and the public. While the University of Minnesota says it already does its best to ensure students’ safety, many agree the change is necessary and students and parents will benefit by having access to evaluate the risks in global areas. “We have tremendous oversight over almost ever ything,” said the bill’s author, Terri Bonoff, DFL-Minnetonka. “But when it comes to sending students into other countries, we don’t have that oversight. The University currently only reports incidents like deaths, accidents, illnesses and sexual assaults upon students’ requests. The proposal mandates that schools display the statistics online and report them to the Office of Higher Education. Without u See ABROAD Page 4
BUSINESS
Drivers dish trade secrets Delivery drivers deal with a lot on the job, from strange customers to physical injury. BY ZACH SIMON zsimon@mndaily.com
This fall, Dave Searle was attacked with a hammer. The man who attacked him made away with $20 in cash, Searle’s bicycle — which he recovered after chasing the man down — and an order of Jimmy John’s sandwiches. Searle, a Jimmy John’s delivery employee, has his share of stories from his time on the job. Employees from restaurants around the University of Minnesota area, who deliver everything from sandwiches to pizza, on bicycles and in cars, have seen it all — injuries, odd customers and even run-ins with the law. Their stories are as diverse as the
customers they serve, but not always what those who haven’t done the job might imagine. “There is no other job like it,” Searle said. “There’s no way I’d be a 26-year-old delivery guy if it weren’t for the bike. If you love riding a bike, it’s worth it.”
Street smarts It took Robin Berenson, a Domino’s delivery driver, about three months on the job to learn all the tricks. On one of his first routes, he visited a maze of an apartment building — a common obstacle for delivery employees. He’s also learned the value of shortcuts, and the importance of bypassing the heavy traffic that GPS directions might lead into. There’s also a lot to be said for knowing how to park efficiently. Many delivery drivers said parking is one of the job’s u See DELIVERY Page 8
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Delivery manager Nate Coles collects orders in preparation for a Mesa Pizza delivery Friday.
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