Giddy-up! A&E got the skinny on Canterbury Park, straight from the horse’s mouth. u See PAGE 14
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Facilities plan to rely on donors
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Native students look to learn, give back
BY BRANDEN LARGENT blargent@mndaily.com
BY JACE FREDERICK jfrederick@mndaily.com
EMILY DUNKER. DAILY
Chef and instructor for the School of Public Health Jason Champagne prepares Red Lake walleye for friends at the Department of Indian Work Monday at the St. Paul Area Council of Churches.
4 A men’s and women’s basketball practice facility 4 A football complex 4 A women’s gymnastics facility 4 An Olympic sport indoor practice facility 4 An outdoor Olympic sport track 4 A wrestling training facility 4 An academic center 4 A training table dining area u See FACILITIES Page 11 The public reaction to the plan has been mostly positive, but the price tag has some concerned.
Native American scholarship recipients are graduating and planning ways to give back to their communities. BY BRANDEN LARGENT blargent@mndaily.com
lied on tribal-funded scholarships to help pay for his college degree.
Although Jason Champagne
The fall of 2009 marked the
didn’t grow up on a Native Ameri-
first year University students
can reservation, he visited relatives
were awarded the Shakopee Mde-
on them growing up and saw nutri-
wakanton Sioux Community En-
tion was a major issue.
dowed Scholarship, which aims
Now, the 37-year-old Univer-
to increase Native American stu-
sity of Minnesota graduate student
dents at the University and is of-
wants to change that.
fered in part on students’ intent to
Like many Native American students in Minnesota, Champagne re-
ser ve native societies when they graduate.
u See EGYPT Page 8 The students were conducting a field work project at an NGO.
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National protests hit home Man banned BY ROY AKER raker@mndaily.com
Thousands of people carr ying handmade signs and chanting “No justice, no peace,” packed the Gov-
ernment Plaza in downtown Minneapolis Monday evening to protest the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last year. Zimmerman, a Sanford, Fla. neighborhood watch volunteer, was cleared of all charges Saturday in the shooting. Mar tin’s death sparked national debate
Four University of Minnesota graduate students sealed themselves in their downtown Cairo apartment for four days while Egypt’s second revolution in two and a half years was happening right outside their window. With enough food to last them a week, they rarely left the two-bedroom apartment, a 10-minute walk from Tahrir Square, the epicenter for millions of protesters nationwide. “We were just right there,” said Edwin Dorbor, one of the graduate students. “It strengthened our relationship. We got to learn more about ourselves and each other.” The Humphrey School of Public Affairs students — who are all pursuing master’s degrees in international development practice — left Egypt on July 3, the day President Mohamed Morsi was ousted by the nation’s militar y. Now, all University students wishing to study in Egypt must get approval from the school. Amid escalating unrest, the U.S. Depar tment of State issued a travel warning for Egypt on June 28. The students agreed to
u See NATIVE Page 9
TRAYVON MARTIN
Thousands demanded justice for Martin and a Mpls. man killed by police.
Unrest forces grads home Four U graduate students cut their a short amid the Egypian coup.
The $190M, privately funded plan would build a multi-sport complex on 15th Ave. SE.
University of Minnesota athletics director Nor wood Teague’s $190 million plan to build a multi-sport athletics complex on campus will require an unprecedented fundraising effort. Teague presented the plan to the University’s Board of Regents on July 10. He told the regents that the department intends to raise the money privately, meaning it will rely heavily on donors. “We have a lot of passionate people out there,” Teague said at a media session after the meeting, “and I’m trusting if we sell a big vision, we’ll find that we’ll have a great response.” Teague said he hopes the plan will be completed six to eight years from the launch of a fundraising campaign. The plan includes eight facilities to be built at an expanded Bierman Field complex on 15th Avenue Southeast:
EGYPT
over Florida’s Stand Your Ground law and racial profiling. The Minneapolis rally was organized by the nonprofit MN Neighborhoods Organizing for Change. Monday night’s speakers demanded justice for both u See RALLY Page 5 Several University student groups took part in the rally.
Concerns persist from West Bank over UMore Park Police said area bathrooms have had problems with sexual behavior for 10 years.
Some worry about available resources for the proposed 20,000-plus housing project.
BY KIA FARHANG mfarhang@mndaily.com
BY LIBBY RYAN eryan@mndaily.com
University of Minnesota police banned a man from all West Bank buildings because of suspected sexual behavior in a bathroom stall in Anderson Hall last week. Deputy Chief Chuck Miner said University police have received complaints about sexual behavior and invasion of privacy on the West Bank for more than a decade. “It’s an ongoing problem,” he said. In March, the department’s Coordinated Response Team used plain-clothes officers to arrest five people for “inappropriate activities” in an Anderson Hall bathroom. “Generally, the folks we’re dealing with, as is the case here, are not affiliated with the University,” Miner said. “They come here for this specific purpose.” Anderson Hall gets the most complaints, he said, but police also hear about incidents in Blegen and Willey halls.
After decades of controversy over the University of Minnesota’s UMore Park, community members continue to voice their concerns over its development. A public comment period on the proposed plans for the 5,000acres of land, located 25 miles southeast of the metro, ended July 10, and worries remain about water use and population growth. Approved by the Board of Regents in 2008, development plans for UMore include a self-sustaining community for 25,000 people, a sand and gravel mine and industrial areas. The Rosemount City Council has to approve the plans in September before the University can move for ward. Carla Carlson, executive director of UMore Development LLC, estimated the annual budget for upkeep and planning the development is about $1 million. Community members and agencies were commenting on the Alter native Urban Areawide Review of the proper ty released in May, which modeled scenarios for the area’s future and addressed
RELATED CONTENT A carjacking on campus was followed by a tense police altercation at the McDonald’s in Dinkytown. u See Page 20 EMILY DUNKER, DAILY
Supporters march through downtown Minneapolis at a rally responding to Saturday’s “not guilty” verdict of George Zimmerman in the trial over the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on Monday.
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u See BATHROOM Page 4 Police were installing a camera to track restroom use when the incident occured.
u See UMORE Page 3 The proposed housing development would be a self-sustaining model for other cities to mirror.
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