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The weekend featured mostly alcohol-related crimes.
More hardware to increase Internet access should be installed early next year.
Josh Martin gave his commitment to Minnesota on Monday afternoon.
Minnesota ranks 108th in the nation with six sacks in the 2013 season.
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Police report typical homecoming weekend
University asks for feedback to boost Wi-Fi
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BY NATHANIEL RABUZZI nrabuzzi@mndaily.com
For the first time in 17 years, the U.S. federal government has shut down. Nonessential federal offices and departments will close their doors, agencies will run on minimal staf f, and several programs will face delays until a budget resolution is passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama. Nearly 800,000 federal government employees will be furloughed — put on a temporary, unpaid leave — and those remaining won’t be paid. But the ef fects of the shutdown reach past the federal government. “A lot of people are affected beyond furloughed federal employees, particu-
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larly the longer a shutdown lasts,” said Kathr yn Pearson, an associate professor in political science at the University of Minnesota. After the U.S. Senate passed a budget resolution Friday, Republicans in the House of Representatives added an amendment that would delay implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Because of that amendment, most democrats in Congress don’t support the budget bill as is. This kept it from being passed by Sept. 30, the end of the federal fiscal year, and caused the shutdown. “For the majority of Republicans, it seems … that altering the Af fordable Care Act is a bigger priority than keeping the government open,” Pearson said. The shutdown will have some impact on higher
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Construction is underway on The Venue, a six-story, 140-unit apartment complex near Burrito Loco Bar & Grill in Dinkytown. Businesses and community members have complained about noise and vibration from the construction.
Dinkytown residents and businesses say they’ve been disturbed by nearby work. BY JANE CAMPBELL jcampbell@mndaily.com
Dinkytown construction made bottles vibrate at Burrito Loco Bar and Grill last
u See SHUTDOWN Page 3 Funding for some higher ed programs could be delayed.
week. “It kind of shook the ground and was kind of noisy,” weekend manager Patrick Sandoz said. “They told us to tape the shelves
WEST BANK
Years of trouble, but no answers For years, police have heard complaints of sexual behavior on West Bank. BY NICK STUDENSKI nstudenski@mndaily.com
University of Minnesota police have responded to repor ts of sexual behavior in West Bank bath-
complaints since 2012. But while the problem isn’t new to police, many students said they were unaware of it. University Deputy Police Chief Chuck Miner said he’s seen repor ts of inappropriate conduct in the bathrooms since he started at UMPD 18 years
rooms for years, despite their efforts to combat the issue. Anderson Hall and Wilson Librar y are two hotspots and have collectively had at least a dozen
ago. “It’s been going on for quite some time,” he said. The most recent case involved a man masturbating on an Anderson Hall staircase while a student u See WEST BANK Page 3 Many students haven’t heard about the complaints.
MISSING U STUDENT
Schunk’s family continues to search Anarae Schunk’s family has enlisted volunteers to help find the U student.
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of liquor at the bar to the wall.” The Venue at Dinkytown, a six-stor y, 140-unit apar tment complex, is being built by The Opus Group along Fifth Avenue in Dinkytown, and community members say they’ve been disturbed by the
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them today to give us more information, and they just can’t,” he said. Schunk, 20, was reported
missing last Monday. She was last seen with her exboyfriend, Anthony Lee Nelson, and his cur rent
u See SCHUNK Page 12 A man whose sister disappeared in May is helping in the search.
construction. Matt Rauenhorst, senior director of real estate development for Opus, said the company has given Dinkytown businesses consistent u See DINKY TOWN Page 3 One U student said she’s been sleeping with earplugs in.
FACULTY/STAFF
Group reunites U employees of color After decades, the Black Faculty and Staff Assn. re-formed in May. BY HAILEY COLWELL hcolwell@mndaily.com
After years of hiatus, a group for African-American faculty and staff members re-formed in May and is now examining the black employee experience at the University of Minnesota. The Black Faculty and Staff Association is looking to curb the isolation that some employees of color still experience on campus after a similar organization at the University disbanded decades ago. Some of the group’s members are the only facul-
ty or staff members of color in their depar tment, said Alysia Lajune, the group’s president and assistant to the University’s vice president for equity and diversity. The BFSA recently held a gathering called “The Only Ones” for these employees to meet and share their experiences. “There’s still that feeling of, ‘I have to carry myself a certain way,’ ” said Lajune, who has experienced being a department’s only person of color. The group is also conducting a sur vey to gain a better understanding of black employee satisfaction at the University. u See GROUP Page 5 Other employees of color are looking to form their own groups.
NEIGHBORHOODS
U-area brewery OK’d Surly’s $20 million Prospect Park brewery was approved Monday. BY NICOLAS HALLETT nhallett@mndaily.com
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The family of missing University of Minnesota student Anarae Schunk is asking the public for help in their search for evidence. While police continue looking for Schunk, her family has star ted their own search, looking in areas around Rosemount, including Lebanon Hills, Farmington, Apple Valley, Lilydale and Mendota, where they think she could be. The family met with Burnsville police Monday morning to discuss the highpriority areas where volunteers should search, Schunk’s brother Tyson Schunk said. “The police department has become a lot more cooperative, a lot more open to the idea of us publicly searching,” he said Monday. Burnsville police told the family Monday that they’re sure Schunk was killed, but they wouldn’t give specifics when the family asked for more details, Tyson Schunk said. “We really, really pressed
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BUSINESS
Without deal, gov’t shuts down Congress couldn’t agree on a budget plan by the Sept. 30 deadline.
Gophers nab first 2014 Minnesota defense recruit in Pitino era lacks strong pass rush
Surly Brewing Co. is one step closer to building a large brewery and taproom in Prospect Park. The Minneapolis City Planning Commission unanimously approved the Brooklyn Center-based brewery’s new project Monday after debating the details for more than an hour. Ther e wer e numer ous points of contention that ultimately proved to be minor details in a project that all par ties wanted to see advance.
“It’s going to be an exciting year. It’s going to happen fast,” said Steven Dwyer, architect of the project. The $20 million, 50,000-square-foot development, which many have called a “destination brewer y,” will include a restaurant, beer garden, bar, rooftop terrace and event center. Tom Hauschild, a partner with the pr oject’s management firm, said he expects constr uction to star t Jan. 1. The brewer y is planned to open in late 2014. The commission and Surly wer e divided on many citizen-based issues, u See SURLY Page 5 Surly has received $2 million in grants to clean up the site.
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