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FOR YOUNG FILMMAKERS, A CHANCE ON THE SILVER SCREEN PAGE 7
■■ Rep. Ellison introduces campus gun policy
THREE SHORT FILMS WILL PREMIERE THURSDAY.
■■ Minnesota runners look to 31st Roy Griak
The bill aims to make gun-related crime transparent. PAGE 2
The Hasz sisters will make their debut this weekend. PAGE 10
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Attorney to give speech after U ban Local lawyer Jordan Kushner is suing the U for allegedly violating his first amendment rights. BY OLIVIA JOHNSON ojohnson@mndaily.com
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Artist Yuya Negishi poses for a portrait in front of his second mural, which he created on Sept. 16, a block away from his home studio in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis. The mural was painted by Yuga for protection for a friend that passed away.
After being banned from the University of Minnesota’s West Bank for almost a year and filing a lawsuit against the school, Minneapolis civil rights attorney Jordan Kushner will speak to students on campus Thursday. The event, “Freedom of Speech,” was organized by several student activist groups while Kushner’s trespass ban was still in effect, said John Bruning, a thirdyear law student and co-chair of the University’s National Lawyers Guild chapter. A week ago, University of ficials lifted the ban more than a month early, according to an email sent to Kushner by the school’s Office of the General Counsel. After it was lifted, Kushner said in an email that the ban was “only par t of one of the issues in the case” and that he will continue his lawsuit against the University, which was filed in August. u See SUIT Page 3
For local muralist Yuya Negishi, one concept guides his work — which appears throughout Minneapolis — ‘get people together.’ BY GUNTHAR REISING greising@mndaily.com The art studio, apartment or disco (depending on the time of day) lies between an upper-middle class yoga studio and a vacant lot hiding empty bottles of vodka. Within the house, psychedelic color schemes, life-size Buddha sculptures and an expansive collection of West Coast ‘90s rap records exist harmoniously — thanks to the eccentricities of Yuya Negishi. Muralist and painter Negishi is a burgeoning name in the Twin Cities. You can find his murals from Uptown to Oregon. “Working with him … it’s interesting. Ever y day is new,” Negishi’s roommate and fellow ar tist Joel Coleman said in a testament to Negishi’s peculiarity.
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Amid a strong herbal odor, Negishi reminisced about his childhood in Japan where his creative spirit began its cultivation. “[I] played outside,” Negishi said. “Instead of [being] stuck in the house playing video games. Back then it wasn’t like that at all. We had to create our own toys — such as [a] samurai sword.” Negishi, like all students in Japan, had to take calligraphy classes from ages six to 18. He now incorporates these skills and other iconic Japanese symbols, such as the dragon and koi fish, into his work. Despite an early passion for ar t, Negishi has never sought formal training. “I have no education in art, so I can be a free spirit,” Negishi said. “All [of] my art is [an] experiment.” Since moving to the United States with
Ruling clears way for faculty union vote U administrators had fought to limit the union to solely tenuretrack faculty members. BY LAYNA DARLING AND JESSIE BEKKER ldarling@mndaily.com, jbekker@mndaily.com
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they’ve received many comments opposing the demolition, including a letter from the Prospect Park Association. “The comments have all been, ‘we think that the elevator structure should be preser ved,’” she said. MacKenzie said comments opposing the demolition only cited the proper ty’s historical significance rather than possible ways to re-commission it. Regent Thomas Devine said they hired third-par ty evaluators to assess if
Contingent faculty members — positions like teaching specialists and lecturers — can be included in a faculty union at the University of Minnesota, the state Bureau of Mediation Ser vices r uled Tuesday. The ruling clears the way for a faculty union vote at the University. Although no date has been set, organizers say the vote could come as soon as this fall. The bureau’s decision was praised by union suppor ters, who had battled the University in cour t since March. The University wanted to limit the union to tenure-track faculty, arguing that contingent faculty should be considered professional and administrative staff instead of instructional. “Tenure-line and contingent faculty are forming a union together because we are all dedicated academics,” said Jerr y
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ATHLETICS
Proposal calls for demolition of historic grain elevators The grain elevators near TCF Bank Stadium may be the site of a new track and field facility. BY RYAN FAIRCLOTH rfaircloth@mndaily.com
A proposal to build a new track and field complex may cost more than the facility’s $13 million price tag. The University of Minnesota is taking comments through Sep. 23 on the proposed demolition of 115-year-old grain
elevators near TCF Bank Stadium. The plan to build a new track and field facility near the Athletes Village, which the University’s Board of Regents will vote on in October, would displace a spor ts bubble and recreation field. The University suggested moving the recreational area to the grain elevator site in September — a plan that would add another $6 million to the overall track project. Monique MacKenzie, director of planning, space and architecture for capital planning and project management, said
TECHNOLOGY
In Greenland, a search for the perfect astronaut Dr. Gloria Leon studies groups of people in isolation to gauge the compatibility of astronauts. BY MELISSA STEINKEN msteinken@mndaily.com
From above, an isolated militar y base in Greenland — 800 kilometers from the nearest village and cloistered by mounds of snow — appears to be teeming with activity. “If you see it from the air, you would think it is five hundred people living there, but it is only five,” said Aalborg University psychology student Jesper Corneliussen. Dr. Gloria Leon — a retired University of Minnesota professor emerita in
psychology — works to analyze the interpersonal interactions of military personnel at Station Nord, a Danish military base in nor theastern Greenland. Her research sheds light on the way astronauts interact during long, confined space missions. At the station, Leon assesses the impact that personality, cultural factors and antistress methods have on small teams coexisting in extreme environments. Her work has been used by NASA when sending teams to space. Leon last visited the station in July, and she has spent the time since poring over biweekly evaluations the five members of Station Nord are required to fill out which u See NORD Page 4
Dr. Gloria Leon poses for a portrait on Tuesday at Elliott Hall.
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