November 3, 2014

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U OF M

MINNEAPOLIS

ST PAUL

MONDAY

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

‘we are NOT A MASCOT’

ONLINE EXCLUSIVES AT MNDAILY.COM

Thousands protested against the Washington redskins name sunday. By daily staff

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hants and dr um beats rang out Sunday mor ning as hundreds of people marched down University Avenue Southeast in what some called the largest protest of the Washington Redskins’ name in the NFL team’s history. “Change the name! Change the name!” demonstrators repeated as they joined other groups protesting outside TCF Bank Stadium. About 3,500 people crowded near the stadium’s Tribal Nations Plaza, some of whom gathered hours before the Minnesota Vikings faced the Washington Redskins. The game followed months of controversy over the visiting team’s moniker, which many have called demeaning and offensive to American Indians. Thousands of frustrated protesters joined city, state and federal leaders for one of the largest oncampus demonstrations in the University of Minnesota’s history. But school and city officials have said they have no legal authority to ban the name or logo from campus.

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In the background, south Minneapolis resident Patricia Siebert, middle, holds a sign and yells at a man in a Washington Redskins jersey. Amanda Snyder, Daily

i’M ADDRESSING EVERY wASHINGTON FAN. wE DON’T WANT TO BE THEIR MASCOT. mY SON DOESN’T WANT TO BE THEIR MASCOT. OUR CULTURE ISN’T FUN AND GAMES. ... wE’RE EDUCATING PEACEFULLY.

SAMUEL WOUNDED KNEE American Indian, South Dakota

Mikah Burnette, 7, holds a sign surrounded by other protesters outside TCF Bank Stadium on Sunday. Amanda Snyder, Daily

SPORTS

S G S S G

ELECTION 2014

Protest aside, typical day in the stadium Campus target

in the 11th hour

Washington Redskins team buses got into an accident before the game’s beginning.

Jeff Johnson and a star actor campaigning for Al Franken visited campus last week.

BY SAM KRAEMER skraemer@mndaily.com

It was a regular Sunday inside TCF Bank Stadium, despite a more than 3,000-person protest right outside the University of Minnesota stadium’s gates. But as one of the largest demonstrations in campus history stirred, creating a commotion on the facility’s lawn, the NFL players didn’t seem distracted. After the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Washington Redskins 29-26, tight end MarQueis Gray said the Vikings blocked the protest out of their minds and only focused on playing football. “We were on the field playing, so we had a bigger distraction in tr ying to win this game,” Gray said. There were no visible posters and signs, or audible chants, protesting the Redskins name inside the stadium. And as protesters u See GAME Page 6

BY TAYLOR NACHTIGAL tnachtigal@mndaily.com

LIAM JAMES DOYLE, DAILY

Vikings cornerback Captain Munnerlyn intercepts the ball against the Washington Redskins on Sunday at TCF Bank Stadium.

Just days before voters hit the polls, University of Minnesota students and employees became targets for the campaigns vying to win two of the highest offices representing Minnesotans. Republican gubernatorial candidate Jeff Johnson made a last-minute pitch on Thursday, discussing his platform with students and faculty members. And the next day, U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., apparently flexed his Hollywood ties, as comedian and actor Fred Armisen made a stop on campus to campaign for the incumbent. Johnson, who ser ves as a Hennepin County commissioner, is running against Democratic incumbent Gov. Mark Dayton u See CAMPAIGNS Page 4

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