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Federal judge to discuss prejudice in S. Dakota
• SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) -- The chief federal district court judge in South Dakota is talking about prejudice in the Black Hills during a speech at Black Hills State University on Tuesday.
• Jeffrey Viken's presentation at 7 p.m. will discuss the history of Native American and non-Native American people in the region and discuss ways both can coexists in the Black Hills.
• Viken was appointed chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota by President Obama. He was sworn in on Sept. 30, 2009.
• Viken's speech is part of BHSU's Madeline A. Young Distinguished Speaker Series. It is free and open to the public.
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University suspends donor talks amid Sanford deal
• ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- The University of Minnesota will suspend talks with donors linked to a proposal that would give a South Dakota-based company control over Fairview Health Services, officials announced during a public hearing Sunday.
• Sanford Health of Sioux Falls, S.D., has proposed acquiring Fairview Health Services, which owns the University of Minnesota Medical Center. Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson, who has expressed concern that putting one of the state's largest hospital systems in the hands of an outside company is not in the best interest of Minnesotans, pressed for information during a public hearing on the issue Sunday at the state Capitol, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
• In response to Swanson's questioning, the newspaper reported, university general counsel Mark Rotenberg told Swanson the university had placed a moratorium on any fundraising discussions that could raise a conflict-of-interest question until merger talks are complete.
• The Star Tribune reported that the university noted that any moratorium would cover potential gifts from T. Denny Sanford, a wealthy university alumnus who has been courted for donations to the Gophers' athletic fund.
• Sanford launched Sanford Health in 2007 with a $400 million donation, the Star Tribune reported.
• Rotenberg said the new policy will assure Minnesotans that any acquisition talks (Continued on page 20)
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