MINNEAPOLIS – The president of the University of Minnesota tried staring down her ethics critics but has given up. Joan Gabel confirmed her resignation moonlighting on the the governing board a St. Paul insurance company that does business with the university. Gabel tried to spin her resignation as serving a bigger good. It was, she said, “out of respect for the U and to eliminate any further distraction.” The he university’s regents had approved Gabel’s arrangement with the insurance carrier Securian, but critics, including some legislators, would have no hearing of it.
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