I certainly wouldn't do so - this looks like it was a research topic by one professor and one grad student... So nearly no one with a degree from UMN was involved with this. Even the specific grad student was college aged at the time and we all did stupid stuff when we were young. I think this only really rubs off on the professor since they clearly should've known better. Honestly I think the biggest blow to the university will be when it comes to hiring CS professors - those are the only folks likely to do the due diligence on this topic or be passively aware of it.