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U fraternity no longer on suspension The University’s chapter of Delta Upsilon faced allegations of sexual assault this spring. BY BELLA DALLY-STEELE Idally-steele@mndaily.com
A University of Minnesota frater nity rocked by sexual assault allegations last fall this spring has been reinstated. Delta Upsilon was removed from its temporar y suspension Friday but will r emain on pr obation until it completes a r edevelopment plan drafted by Delta Upsilon’s inter national of fices, said James Ehr mann, Program Director of Frater nity and Sorority Life. While on probation, the fraternity won’t be able to self-gover n, and all the chapter’s decisions must be appr oved by the headquar ters, Ehrmann said. “Any policy, program or events that the chapter wants to update or host must be approved by the headquarters office,” he said. Some details of the probation are still being decided, like the extent to which the fraternity can par ticipate in Interfrater nity Council activities, like recr uitment. “Moving for war d, we’r e continuing to work with both the fraternity as well as the IFC to suppor t the chapter as they’re working through redevelopment phase but also to determine what their engagement looks like,” Ehrmann said.
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University of Minnesota alumna and researcher Mariah McMahon prepares media that will house cells on Monday, June 26. The Odde Lab, run by Dr. David Odde, researches cell behavior as applied to brain cancer progression, including with tumor cells from surgical cancer patients.
U team works to slow cancer A group of professors are working on a drug that would slow the rate cancer cells can spread and infect parts of the body. BY BELLA DALLY-STEELE idally-steele@mndaily.com
While most engineers work to make the most ef ficient machiner y possible, one University of Minnesota professor is doing just the opposite when it comes to engineering cancer cells. Scientists may be able to stall antsy cancer cells mid-spread by tricking them into sluggishness, according to ongoing resear ch led by David Odde, a biomedical professor at the University and key investigator in a nationwide initiative bringing engineers and other disciplines in treatment research.
CRIME
Man carjacked in parking lot of Dinkytown McDonald’s
Last fall, with an $8.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, the University launched the Physical Sciences in Oncology Center to pioneer a nontraditional, engineering based approach to cancer research. The University’s is one of ten such centers in the U.S. Odde’s research into how to block cancer cell migration and infection is the product of this new approach, which seeks to draw on the strengths of various STEM fields. “It’s a way for us to jump for ward from basic incr emental knowledge building to a place where we can have an impact today,” said Bo Connelly, the center’s project manager.
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The victim, 25, was run over with his own car after trying to POLICE buy his assailant a meal.
With new training, officers hope to minimize harm for trauma victims
BY NICK WICKER nwicker@mndaily.com
A man had his car stolen at gunpoint in Dinkytown Sunday night. Just after 11 p.m., a suspect ran down the man with his own car after he tried to buy the assailant a meal. The victim, 25-years-old, had picked up the man near the Dinkytown McDonald’s after he asked the driver to give him $5 for bus fare, according to a police repor t. The driver of fered to buy him a meal at the restaurant. Together in the car in the store’s parking lot, the victim opened his wallet to get money for the suspect’s food, the repor t said. The man then tried to grab all his money and stuck a gun to his side. The driver left his door and moved to the suspect’s window, tr ying to pull him out of his car. According to the repor t, that was when the suspect shifted seats and star ted to drive. The victim jumped on his car’s hood, the repor t said, and the suspect jerked to the left and right until he fell from it. In an inter view, the victim said he was r un over and in pain. He called for help and searched for his phone. He remembered watching bystanders leave the scene despite his cries. He was transpor ted to Hennepin County Medical Center, the repor t said, and the suspect sped away down 5th Street SE. The victim said he was br ought home from the hospital Monday morning, where he str uggled with pain to his back, shoulders, head and hands, making it dif ficult to per for m basic tasks and forcing him to sleep most of the day. H is c o u s i n s l a t er found h is car abandoned with the keys on the floor, he said. The University of Minnesota Police Department provided video footage of the incident, the report said.
The University of Minnesota Police Department learned the new interview method Tuesday. BY BELLA DALLY-STEELE Idally-steele@mndaily.com
When dealing with victims of trauma, changing how police of ficers ask questions can make the biggest difference. Former Special Agent Russell Strand visited the University of Minnesota Police Depar tment Tuesday to train the force on how to conduct Forensic Experiential Trauma Inter views, a special type of inter view that maximizes information
collection and minimizes harm when talking to trauma victims. Funded by University Ser vices and the University’s President’s Of fice, the training was offered to the UMPD as well as 39 other local agencies, including the Minneapolis Police Depar tment, said UMPD Chief Matt Clark. Nearly 129 law enforcement officers attended. Strand said the one-day training included lectures on the neuroscience behind trauma, video examples of FETI inter views and individual exercises officers could use to help them understand what the process looks and feels like for the inter viewer and inter viewee. A longer two or thr ee day FETI
training would include more hands-on exercises, he said. One of the most important parts of FETI inter viewing, Strand said, is letting the trauma sur vivor r un the inter view, not the officer. “The [victim] should do about 80 to 90 percent of the talking,” Strand said, “It’s their experience, you got to let them take their time.” He said he encourages of ficers to think of themselves as facilitators rather than inter viewers since the victim provides most of the information. He said the FETI inter view style also u See POLICE Page 8
ENTERTAINMENT
The Academy keeps pro wrestling alive in Minneapolis The school’s leaders say an open door policy has carried them through the industry’s changes. BY GUNTHAR REISING greising@mndaily.com
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Coach Shawn Daivari demonstrates a move on a student in the ring while other students observe at The Academy in Minneapolis.
In the lobby of The Academy’s warehouse, a cabinet of action figures lines one wall, with plastic versions of coaches throughout their careers as professional wrestlers. In the training room, a ring is surrounded by 10-foot tall prints of the coaches, glaring in their pre-fight stances. The Academy: School of Professional Wrestling opened a year and a half ago, continuing a history of Minnesota-based pro wrestling training that started in the ‘80s with a man named Eddie Sharkey. “He’s a huge deal,” Shawn Daivari, former WWE wrestler and co-founder of The Academy, said. “He’s one of the reasons that we came back to Minneapolis. It’s kind of a hotbed for pro wrestlers.” While Sharkey was training pro wrestling legends like the Road Warriors, he u See ACADEMY Page 4
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