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A committee met Tuesday and will finalize the funding later this week.
Kaitlyn Richardson and Tyler Walker led the charge for the junior class.
Business leaders in the U area say they may have to raise prices to adjust.
House, Senate hash out U funding differences
Coach Allister’s first recruiting class shines
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P.M. RAIN HIGH 49° LOW 42°
Minimum wage hike reaches beyond workers
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U OF M
MINNEAPOLIS
ST PAUL
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WEDNESDAY
APRIL 23, 2014
ONLINE EXCLUSIVES AT MNDAILY.COM
FACULTY/STAFF
Employees take on bullying Some say U leaders need to lead a culture change that includes stronger anti-bullying policies. BY MEGHAN HOLDEN mholden@mndaily.com
Bullying isn’t just a problem in middle schools. University of Minnesota of ficials are addressing bullying in the workplace, but some say the issue stems from the top and the institution’s leaders need to set a better example. The Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action commonly reviews cases in which University employees report harassment or discrimination against their supervisors, office director Kim Hewitt said. The of fice held a workplace bullying workshop Tuesday at the McNamara Alumni Center to provide resources and discuss the issue with faculty and staf f. Some employees said creating a friendlier work environment should begin with supervisors and administrators showing their subordinates respect. “The culture change needs to start from the top,” said an office super visor at the
Call spikes strain security program This fall, calls for a safe walk home climbed with every crime alert, stretching the Security Monitor Program thin.
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AGRICULTURE
St. Paul leaders call for fewer farm antibiotics The City Council supports a law that would ban some uses of potentially harmful antibiotics. Top: Security monitor Will Burnton gets an escort request while walking across the Washington Avenue Bridge during his shift Thursday. Bottom: Security Supervisor Bryan Kotschevar searches a room in Johnston Hall after seeing two men hop out of a window Thursday.
Words by Marion Renault Photos by Patricia Grover
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nce the sun sets, the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus becomes a void. Its paths are lit only by the occasional lamppost, its buildings drained of their 70,000 daytime inhabitants. Only the scratch of walkie-talkies and roving footsteps break the silence as campus security monitors make their rounds, walking the late-night studiers and stragglers home late into the night. “You definitely get to see a whole other side to campus,” said JD Counsell, a freshman and former security monitor. “It was like a pressing kind of loneliness you got. ... It was just — humbling, almost.” During the fall semester, bouts of crime punctured the University’s nightly emptiness. And at the urging of
BY ALLISON KRONBERG akronberg@mndaily.com
every consequent crime alert, use of the Security Monitor Program spiked. The program, also known as 624-WALK, employs students to be 24/7 eyes and ears for University police and to escort callers home. It’s not a job for everyone. For up to 60 hours a week, they patrol buildings and escort people home into the early morning hours. Then they go to class. “They warn people: Don’t do too much, too fast, too hard,” said Henry Gray, a sophomore and former monitor. “People burn out quickly.” Former and current security monitors say that after a while, quitting is the only option. Calls to the service increased with each crime alert this fall, according to Minnesota Daily analysis of security monitor call logs. However, security monitor staffing remained the same, raising questions about whether the program is equipped to handle the influx of calls.
At least 23,000 Americans die every year from antibiotic-resistant infections, some of which may come from exposure to livestock antibiotics that end up in food. To prevent these deaths, researchers and lawmakers are looking for ways to keep those antibiotics from getting into food in the first place. The St. Paul City Council passed a resolution this month supporting federal legislation that would ban unnecessar y antibiotics — those that aren’t directly used for treating sick animals. The resolution supports barring “nontherapeutic use” of antibiotics, or when farms administer small amounts of antibiotics to entire herds every day to prevent the animals from getting sick. Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria that can cause illness evolve to withstand the medication used to eliminate them. With increased use of antibiotics,
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HIGHER ED
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$28,664 $16,090
$26,931 $8,061
$26,674 $10,424
$25,726 $10,010
Illinois
Purdue
Penn State
Iowa
Wisconsin
Ohio State
$18,310 $12,060
$28,304 $10,002
North- Michigan Michigan Indiana western State
$21,388 $8,060
$30,228 $15,602
RESIDENT
$32,350 $10,208
Most University of Minnesota undergraduates didn’t see a tuition increase this year, but others weren’t so lucky. Undergraduates who pay in-state tuition have saved hundreds of dollars since state legislators approved a tuition freeze last spring. But non-resident and graduate students aren’t reaping the benefits. Tuition prices for non-resident and graduate students have increased since last year, and University administrators say hikes could reach undergraduates who pay in-state tuition once the freeze dissolves in 2015. Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education Robert McMaster said Uni-
NON-RESIDENT
$33,796 $12,908
BY HALEY HANSEN hhansen@mndaily.com
versity officials are discussing tuition rates for when the freeze ends — and noted that increases are possible — while state legislators are hoping to have a stronger voice in the tuition conversation. State legislators and Gov. Mark Dayton approved a boost to the University’s budget last spring, which allowed for the tuition freeze. During the lobbying process, University officials stressed the need to give Minnesota resident students a tuition break because of their importance to the University’s land-grant mission. Many legislators agreed. “This is the University of Minnesota, so I think we should be concerned with Minnesota students,” McMaster said. “At the same time, we modestly increased non-resident tuition.” Students who felt the ef fects of the freeze — undergraduates from Minnesota and states that receive reciprocity rates —
$40,392 $13,142
The freeze has been effective for some students, but it has left others out in the cold.
BIG TEN RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT UNDERGRADUATE TUITION RATES FOR FRESHMAN
$46,836 $46,836
U reflects on tuition freeze
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