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REGENTS

Admins talk out-of-state tuition hike

Provocative speakers spur free speech discussion

Leaders debated a measure that would raise out-of-state tuition $3,200 a year over four years.

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Protesters stand outside of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs on Wednesday evening, when Students for a Conservative Voice hosted an event entitled “CALM DOWN!! Restoring Common Sense to Feminism.” The event featured speakers Milo Yiannopoulos and Christina Hoff Sommers, whom protesters believe are proponents of hate speech and should not be brought to campus with University funding.

Pending approval from the Board of Regents, tuition and fees for nonresident undergraduates at the University of Minnesota could reach roughly $35,000 by 2020.

Although University President Eric Kaler proposed to raise nonresident tuition to the midpoint among Big Ten schools last December, regents discussed the plan with school administrators at last week’s board meetings. Under the plan, financial aid awards would also increase.

While some regents were receptive to increases on nonresidents, most members of the board either said the proposed timeline moved too quickly or were uncomfortable with any sort of tuition hike.

“Historically, the perspective of the University was low tuition for all,” said Regent Darrin Rosha at Friday’s meeting. “That way, anybody from any walk could afford to come to the University, get a degree, pursue the

Protesters did not deter Milo Yiannopoulos and Christina Hoff Sommers from speaking Wednesday at an event on campus.

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modern feminism — outnumbering protesters rallying feet away.

“We stand against hate speech, and we think Milo absolutely embodies hate

The demonstrators called for the University of Minnesota not to fund hate speech — which they said includes

Over the next five years, $1.5M could help Asian-American and Pacific Islander students.

speech,” Students for a Democratic Society spokeswoman Stephanie Taylor said.

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another source.

While scientists have tested general relativity before, they’ve never corroborated it on this large a scale, he said, adding the theory “came through with flying colors.”

It is the first strong evidence for the existence of ver y high-stellar-mass black holes and has other implications for science in general — for example as a tool for learning about the early structure of the universe, Mandic said.

The discovery’s practical uses aren’t yet clear, but other breakthroughs that initially lacked a clear ever yday benefit are now used commonly, like how general relativity

Increasing numbers of under-resourced Asian-American and Pacific Islander students earned the University of Minnesota a designation last week from the U.S. Department of Education that could give some students a chance at more federal grants.

The new designation could help the growing number of the student body who identity as AAPI receive up to $1.5 million in grants over five years.

Maikha Xiong, an Asian-American Student Union officer, said she was shocked when she found out about the school’s designation as an Asian-American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions Program.

“This designation was definitely needed for Asian-American students,” Xiong said. “We want to know why it’s only now that the U is becoming more designated for Asian-Americans and Native American Pacific Islanders.”

More than 3,000 undergraduate AAPI students registered during fall, according to

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SCIENCE

U researchers contribute to historical physics breakthrough The first observation of gravity waves helps confirm Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity.

BY KEATON SCHMITT kschmitt@mndaily.com

Researchers from the University of Minnesota helped detect a type of wave — predicted by Albert Einstein — emitted 1.3 billion years ago when two black holes collided.

The scientists confirmed they observed a gravitational wave, which provides stronger evidence than ever before for Einstein’s theory of general relativity. Experts say the

news could create a new branch of astronomy and lead to practical technologies.

General relativity compares how the mass of things like black holes bends space time with an apple thrown onto an outstretched sheet of linen, said Vuk Mandic, University physics professor and collaborator with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory — the mutli-university project that observed the wave.

In the apple metaphor, when the apple strikes fabric, “waves” move away from it in the way gravity waves do, he said.

LIGO scientists detected the waves in September, Mandic said, but the team spent five months making sure the wave wasn’t caused by an environmental error or

DINING

Restaurant Week dishes deals Since 2007, Metro-area eateries have catered to new crowds by offering special menu items.

BY YENA LEE ylee@mndaily.com

Restaurant Week is back again from February 21 through 26. For a limited time, you can try out some of the Twin Cities’ finest digs at an affordable price.

Prices will be dependent on each restaurant, but you can expect to pay $10-25 for lunch and $15-35 for dinner.

With more than 10 new restaurants joining Restaurant Week, A&E got the scoop on some of the latest additions.

Citizen Supper Club Nestled inside of the multi-million-dollar, renovated InterContinental Hotel in St. Paul, Citizen Supper Club is still much more than a hotel restaurant.

The eatery brings back the ’60s supper club theme with classic dishes like chicken and dumplings. Executive chef John Occhiato and chef de cuisine Jennifer Farni play with comfort dishes to fit into the restaurant’s classy-yet-homey aesthetic.

Overall, the menu beyond Restaurant Week’s discount is a bit pricey for college students; however, the food delivers. It makes for a wonder ful special occasion restaurant, or, if you have the financials to back it up, throw back a Citizen Burger at least once a week.

Citizen Supper Club’s Restaurant Week offering menu is huge, so here are a few recommendations to help out with the decision-making process: Citizen Burger: The namesake burger is so simple yet so well done. The patty’s seasoning shines. The Velveeta cheese and red wine butter lend the burger a balanced flavor profile, which will make you want u See RESTAURANT Page 9

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Citizen Supper Club, located within the InterContiental hotel in downtown St. Paul, will be participating in Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine’s Restaurant Week from Feb. 21 to Feb. 26.

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STATE REPORT ENBRIDGE SAYS SANDPIPER LINE WON’T START UP UNTIL 2019 MINNEAPOLIS — Enbridge Energy Par tners said Wednesday that it expects to push back until 2019 the star t-up dates for both its proposed Sandpiper cr ude oil pipeline across nor ther n Minnesota and a replacement for its existing Line 3 pipeline because of the need for an environmental review.

Company executives t o ld a n a ly s t s d u rin g a quar terly ear nings call that their “preliminar y assessment” is that the pipelines won’t go into ser vice until early 2019. Enbridge had projected that date as sometime in 2017.

President Mark Maki said the company also expects costs will be “a little bit higher,” but declined to predict how much. Enbridge had pegged the cost at $2.6 billion.

The 616-mile Sandpiper would car r y Nor th Dakota cr ude oil across nor ther n Minnesota to Enbridge’s ter minal in Superior, Wisconsin. The 1,097-mile Line 3 car ries Canadian cr ude from Alber ta. It was built in the 1960s and is operating at reduced capacity for safety reasons. The fate of its proposed replacement is tied up with Sandpiper because they would share much of the same route across Minnesota.

Environmentalists have fought the projects, saying they threaten ecologically sensitive areas.

The Minnesota Cour t of Appeals r uled in August that Sandpiper requires a full environmental review before the state Public Utilities Commission can grant it a cer tificate of need.

The PUC had planned to a somewhat less extensive r eview later. That forced the PUC to restar t the process so the full review can be conducted first. Maki said he expects the per mitting process to last into 2017.

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NATIONAL BRIEFING

St. Paul Officer accused of posting about protesters resigns

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — A St. Paul of ficer has resigned a month after writing a Facebook post that urged drivers to run over pr otesters who rallied against the police killings of two black men in the Twin Cities last year, the Police Depar tment said Wednesday.

The depar tment said in a news release that Sgt. Jeff Rothecker has left the police force, ef fective immediately. It said no additional details were available.

Rothecker, who apologized days after the post, was put on leave while the

privacy law prohibits the city fr om commenting about the Police Depar tment’s investigation or Rothecker’s reason for resigning. “ R u n t h e m o v e r, ” Rothecker told motorists in his social media post.

He also explained how they could avoid being charged with a crime if they struck someone during the Martin Luther King Day march and rally on a bridge linking St. Paul and Minneapolis, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

The St. Paul Police Federation released a statement from Rothecker days after the post in which he apologized, saying he was

“extremely sorry” for what he did and understood it was “insensitive and wrong.”

“My poor choice of words conveyed a message I did not intend and am not proud of,” he said.

“Shor tly after submitting my post, I re-read and deleted it. As a law enforcement officer, I would never intentionally encourage someone to commit a crime. I ver y much regret my actions.”

Black Lives Matter St. Paul lead organizer Rashad Turner said the group believes that Rothecker’s resignation is long overdue and that he should be criminally charged.

Climate activists Feds discover weapons disrupt Utah oil at Oregon Preserve and gas auction

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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah environmentalists hope their disruption of a federal oil-and-gas lease auction and the purchase of development rights on a small stretch of land by an author and activist bring attention to a nationwide push to halt fossil fuel extraction on Western lands.

But oil and gas industr y of ficials say environmental writer Terr y Tempest Williams’ bid on at least 800 acres is insignificant. And, they say the group’s refusal to stop singing that led them to be escor ted from the Tuesday auction in Salt Lake City will give the industr y fuel to push the BLM to hold online auctions in the future.

The events evoke memories of climate change activist Tim DeChristopher, who ser ved 21 months in prison for sabotaging a 2008 Utah auction to thwar t drilling near Utah’s national parks by bidding on $1.8 million of lands he couldn’t pay for.

But, Williams is not expected to face any consequences as long as she pays several thousand dollars she’ll owe for the rights.

Tempest Williams’ made her bid after nearly 100 protesters were escorted peacefully out of the auction when they refused to stop singing, said Bureau of Land Management spokesman Ryan Sutherland. There were no arrests or confrontations.

Holding signs that said, “Our lands, our future” and “#KeepItInTheGround,” they marched to the convention center and took their seats in the galler y before breaking into song with the refrain, “I hear the voice of my great granddaughters saying, keep it in the ground.”

Tempest Williams said she purchased the lease rights to shine a light on the negative effects of climate change.

She is set to pay $1,600 for 800 acres near Arches National Monument, with several thousand more acres pending approval.

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St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman said he was pleased Police Chief Thomas Smith accepted Rothecker’s resignation and that the of ficer is no longer a member of the depar tment. Rothecker had been a St. Paul of ficer for more than two decades.

“I believe it was the quickest and most certain way to reach a final outcome,” Coleman said in a statement. “The actions Mr. Rothecker admits he engaged in were disgusting, harmful and out of step with the values of the Department and the community it serves.”

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Investigators combing through an Oregon wildlife preserve occupied by an armed group for nearly six weeks have so far discovered firearms, explosives and trenches dug near an area containing tribal artifacts, according to federal prosecutors.

The FBI also was concerned that numerous vehicles found at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge might be boobytrapped, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ethan Knight and Geoffrey Barrow said in a court filing Tuesday. They did not describe the type of firearms or explosives or say what led investigators to think the vehicles might be booby-trapped.

“Occupiers appear to have excavated two large trenches and an improvised road on or adjacent to grounds containing sensitive artifacts,” prosecutors wrote. The refuge contains artifacts and burial grounds sacred to the Burns Paiute Tribe.

Investigators also found human feces in one of the trenches and spoiled food in the living quarters.

The FBI expects to take three weeks to process the nature preser ve seized Jan. 2 by occupiers demanding the government relinquish control of public lands. More than two dozen people have been charged in the standoff, which petered out after its leaders were arrested Jan. 26 in a traffic stop that also left an Arizona rancher dead.

Four holdouts remained until last Thursday, when they surrendered and investigators were able to move in to search for evidence. FBI spokeswoman Beth Anne Steele said Wednesday that she could not release details during an ongoing investigation.

Prosecutors provided the information in response to a motion from defense lawyers who want immediate access to the site. The government is willing to let the defense and its investigators examine the refuge after evidence has been collected but before it reopens to the public, Knight and Barrow said.

They said the defense teams must be escorted by FBI personnel and cannot disturb or remove items. All evidence seized by the FBI will be available for inspection at the agency’s field office in Portland.

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Thursday, February 18, 2016

BUSINESS

Can Target see the bullseye on its back?

Target was once a strong retailer.

Now the cracks in its foundation threaten to topple the company.

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cross the United States, a handful of cities have become famous for a special kind of ser vice that only they can offer. For example, San Francisco is known for housing tech giants and the star tup culture. New York City has its banking. But Minneapolis? It’s a retail hub.

Target is one of the main retail companies headquar tered in Minneapolis. You hopefully know of Target because it’s ever ywhere in Minnesota and not because it’s been all over the news recently as a result of its struggles in Canada and its layoffs of new hires.

More change is coming for the company — this time in the form of its human resources staff. Jodee Kozlak, who has been Target’s human resources chief for the past nine years, is moving to Alibaba, the Chinese online retailer which made history in 2014 when its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange was the highest ever recorded.

I think this personnel change weakens Target’s position as a strong Minnesota business. While an employee moving

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between companies is not out of the ordinary, the shakeup Kozlak’s departure could cause is bigger than we might expect.

Alibaba is a fast-growing company on the verge of a retail revolution, and Kozlak’s decision to leave Target in favor of a major global retailer shows the cracks in the Minnesota company’s foundation. Not only was Kozlak a high-ranking professional within Target, but she also helped to cultivate its reputation as a Minneapolis business by actively involving herself in the Carlson School of Management and the Guthrie Theater.

In Minnesota, prominent community members and their word can go a long way to win over the public. That’s why Kozlak’s departure represents a substantial loss for the Minnesota community — it will be hard for Target to replace someone who has the knowledge and influence that she does.

Her move also shows that Target needs to take its competitors seriously. Alibaba is

an international retailer, and analysts consider it to be a highly valuable investment.

Kozlak will prove ver y valuable to Alibaba as it moves for ward. I think Target, meanwhile, will remain in the awkward position of being a large enough company to lose leaders to prominent competitors but not so power ful a company as to return the favor by taking away its competitors’ leaders.

Finally, Kolzak’s departure shows that Alibaba is willing to take bold moves. As its ill-fated expansion into Canada shows, Target is no stranger to boldness, but its schemes seem to have bad luck.

We can attribute this luck to a strategy problem. I think Target is tr ying to be a company that it’s not. Right now, the retailer needs to focus on its core strengths, such as customer ser vice and quality product offerings. It cannot tr y to be Alibaba — it just doesn’t have the flexibility and agility to do so.

A small change in staff can make a big ripple in the future of the company. Target needs to focus on retaining leaders and developing new talent to match its competitors before it’s too late.

Martha Pietruszewski welcomes comments at mpietruszewski@mndaily.com.

DAILY DISCUSSION Yiannopoulos spreads hate speech Milo Yiannopoulos has spoken out against same-sex marriage in England despite being gay himself.

By funding Students for a Conservative Voice (the organization that brought Yiannopoulos to campus) with the student services fee we all pay, the University of Minnesota has made me complicit in spreading hatred against my friends.

Really, whether you like a group or hate it, ever yone should have time to speak without being shouted down or menaced.

Objectors can always have their turn at refutation after the initial speaker is finished.

If you shut down another’s speech, your speech may be next.

Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians is a tragedy. But divesting could simply drive Israel to Russia or some other weapons supplier.

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What if Obama wants Trump to be the Republican candidate?

President Barack Obama held a press conference this week during which he said, “I continue to believe Mr. [Donald] Trump will not be president.”

I believe he’s sincere about that, but it makes me wonder if Obama realizes he has effectively endorsed Trump for the Republican nomination. If you’re Republican and you don’t know who to vote for, the easy choice is to vote for the guy Obama doesn’t want you to vote for.

Either Obama wants Trump to be the nominee, or else he didn’t think things through very well. Either way, it’s disturbing.

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SOCIAL JUSTICE

Step up to end child abuse now Across Minnesota, children facing abuse need to wait too long to meet with people who can help.

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n New Year’s Eve, a young boy displaying clear signs of abuse arrived at an Edina hospital. However, instead of delivering the child instantly to a social worker, child protection services remained closed for the long weekend.

In 2014 alone, there were nearly 6,000 cases in which a Minnesota child was unable to talk to a social worker within the time period state law guarantees, which is between one and five days after someone lodges an allegation of abuse.

Many counties struggle to meet the state law’s requirements. That’s why, this year, Minnesota legislators have decided to allocate nearly $40 million to hire an additional 400 social workers.

The problem is, although the state has passed legislation to improve the issue in the past, child abuse remains one of the most serious social issues in our community today.

Providing additional exposure may help to make the public aware of the issues which

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This school has an aristocracy

The Minnesota Student Association, Professional Student Gover nment and Council of Graduate Students have become official legislative bodies on campus.

The real question is this: Who are they legislating for?

Not all students participate in student elections, and few people actually r un for office. “Elected” leaders do little campaigning other than some golf cart runs up and down the bridge.

In the 2014-15 academic year, MSA, PSG and COGS together received more than $490,000 dollars from the entire student body. So why should the student body accept the role of ser vant to their demands? Well, because this is an aristocracy.

An aristocracy is a society governed by people who have special titles and,

U should listen to divestment calls

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arlier this week, Students for Justice in Palestine, faculty and a group of more than 30 student organizations urged the University of Minnesota to divest from companies that they say “profit from human rights abuses and violations of international law.”

Their initiative calls on the school to financially disassociate from four major companies — Caterpillar, Elbit Systems, G4S and Raytheon — that provide equipment, supplies and weapons for the Israeli Defense Force.

In a statement released Monday, SJP said the University’s investment in the corporations “shows implicit support for the decisions and actions of these companies … which include the killing of civilians and violations of their basic human rights.”

Humphrey School of Public Affairs professor Ragui Assaad said that while divesting from a handful of companies wouldn’t have a great financial effect on the University, it could ameliorate its public relations with student groups.

This month marked the one-year anniversary of a sit-in staged by Whose Diversity?.

The protest called for action on campus diversity issues, which members say continues to be slow-moving.

“Students, rightfully so, are very tired of the slow processes that have happened for years, months,” said Vice Provost of Student Affairs Danita Brown Young at a meeting between administrators and student leaders.

Considering that student activism is rarely so straightforward and low-risk, we urge the University to react to SJP’s call for divestment as a show that it is responsive to student concerns.

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Engage people to prevent terrorism

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traditionally, more money and power than others. Our “leaders” have special titles that give them access to money and power.

They receive stipends, access to the most impor tant people on campus and (most importantly) power.

So why do the people in these groups run for of fice? Is it to represent the student body? No, it’s because they have time and want power.

This is evidenced by a quote from the Student Body Vice President Abeer Syedah, who said, “I am really attracted to governance and other power systems that change things.”

I am not accusing anyone of evil intentions, but most people in power do not believe they are doing evil things. I am sure our “leaders” just want the best for us, and I am sure they know what that best is. A student needs to look no further than MSA’s annual trip to Washington,

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abused children are facing. I find it absolutely outrageous that the state isn’t further prioritizing child abuse cases. While people are arrested and convicted for petty crimes each and every day, too many others continue to get away with the torture of innocent children.

Our state representatives have taken a step in the right direction by hiring more social workers, but they need to continue to educate the public on this issue and help us understand what we can do to prevent it from occurring.

This way, every child who needs to speak with a sympathetic adult can do so, and we can prevent abuse from occurring — creating a safe, healthy environment for our state’s children.

Maddie Eaton welcomes comments at meaton@mndaily.com.

D.C., where a select group of leaders gets to take a trip on the student body’s dime to develop relationships with D.C.-based leaders.

We should require a person to review who should be eligible to run for student of fice. Many students do not have time to do so because they fill their schedules with a full credit load, work and family obligations.

I have met young single mothers, students who work full-time to help their families pay the bills and students who study all the time to keep up. Do we expect them to have the time to run for student government? Do we expect them to take the time to even know what our student government is doing?

But don’t worr y, fellow students. Just like in any other aristocracy, we just need to trust that our student leaders are more able to make decisions regarding our campus than we are.

arlier this month, Abdirizak Mohamed Warsame pled guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS. In his account, a group of his friends discussed plans of going to Syria to join the terrorist organization. They had communicated with Syrian fighters as they finalized their plans.

Now, Warsame is anticipated to join the only counterterrorism rehabilitation program in the country. This type of program aims to encourage terrorism offenders to correct their ideologies.

A congressional report released last September revealed that Minnesota leads the country in the number of people who have pledged allegiance to ISIS. Several members of the Somali community in the Twin Cities area have also left to join Al-Shabaab, a terrorist group based in Somalia.

While correcting the actions of criminals is a noble goal, there is little positive evidence for the efficacy of de-radicalization programs.

In part because of the variety of backgrounds which could lead an individual to join a terrorist group, there is currently no blueprint for successful disengagement. A rehabilitation program, experts argue, is limited to cases pertaining to brainwashing.

While rehabilitation programs have value, we urge Minneapolis and the state at large to place more resources in preventative anti-recruitment measures. Officials’ main efforts should focus on integrating marginalized communities into the city’s network of economic and social opportunities. As an example, local mentorship programs in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood are something to emulate. Fostering community engagement programs like these will help build trust and prevent recruitment.

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Thursday, February 18, 2016

State eyes new policies Municipal gov’ts and the state are in a stalemate over paid sick leave proposals.

BY KEVIN BECKMAN kbeckman@mndaily.com

Minnesotans have grappled with whether to require employers to let workers earn paid sick leave for some time, but cities considering the issue are unsure if they can take action without the state.

The St. Paul City Council unanimously passed a resolution earlier this month to convene a task force to examine the possibility of extending earned sick and safe time to all employees in the city.

A similar proposal was introduced in Minneapolis last year. Called the Working Families Agenda, the ordinance would have included measures to address fair scheduling, earned sick time and wage theft.

The moves by both cities follow similar proposed state legislation that has been consistently introduced since 2008.

“It’s always good to have a level playing field across jurisdictions overall,” said Rep. John Lesch, DFL-St. Paul, who has been trying to push a statewide paid sick leave bill through the House of Representatives since 2008. “It’s better to have a state system than it is to have a local patchwork of systems.”

About 43 percent of the private sector workforce in Minnesota doesn’t have access to paid sick days,

ACCESS TO PAID LEAVE AROUND THE NATION

according to a 2015 study by Cities that currently offer some the Main Street Alliance. version of city-wide paid sick leave As cities address the quesordinance: tion, some say that they want 1. San Francisco, CA state legislation to address 2. Oakland, CA the issue first.

3. Emeryville, CA “I’d prefer to see it happen 4. New York City, NY at the state level. That way 5. Newark, NJ 6. Passaic, NJ you don’t have every city with 7. East Orange, NJ a different set of ordinances 8. Paterson, NJ States that currently offer some to follow,” said Minneapolis 9. Irvington, NJ version of a statewide paid sick Ward 12 Council member An10. Trenton, NJ leave law: 11. Montclair, NJ drew Johnson. “But the Leg12. Bloomfield, NJ Connecticut islature hasn’t taken a leader13. Jersey City, NJ California ship role on this important 14. Elizabeth, NJ Massachusetts public health issue until this 15. Philadelphia, PA Oregon 16. Pittsburgh, PA point. That’s why the city has 17. Washington D.C. Counties that currently offer some to step up.”

18. Seattle, WA version of a paid sick leave law: Statewide sick leave bills 19. Tacoma, WA haven’t made much progress 20. Spokane, WA Montgomery County, MD because of concerns from CURRENT ACCESS TO PAID SICK LEAVE IN ST. PAUL businesses.

By occupation Percent with paid sick time “We have resistance from Service 34% 53% … the business community, Natural resources, construction and maintenance 40% Paid Sick Time Access Rates by Earnings as they don’t want the state to Production, transportation and material moving 43% require any mandates on their for Full-Time Year-Round Workers Sales and office 57% local businesses,” said Sen. Annual personal earnings Percent with paid sick time Total Workforce 58% Sandra Pappas, DFL-St. Paul, Less than $35,000 Education, legal, community service, arts and media 69% the current Senate bill’s spon$35,000-$64,000 80% Healthcare practitioner and technical 73% sor. “It’s kind of a knee-jerk reaction, just saying ‘Don’t Management, business, and financial operations 80% $65,000 or more 86% Computer, engineering, and science 81% regulate us.’ ” Total workforce 72% By race/ethnicity and gender Percent with paid sick time Johnson said that if the Men 56% state makes significant headWomen 60% way on the sick leave issue, Paid Sick Time Access Rates by Hours Worked he wants the Minneapolis White 63% Hours worked per week Percent with paid sick time ordinance put on hold so that Black 47% less than 35 hours 24% the state can take over.

Asian 53% But Pappas said she’s un35-39 hours 50% Hispanic 45% sure if the senate will move Other/more than one 56% at least 40 hours 71% forward with the issue this Total Workforce 58% Total workforce 58% year.

Private Sector 54% “We want to see how SOURCE: INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN’S POLICY RESEARCH, Public Sector 83% things go in the city of St. Paul A BETTER BALANCE and Minneapolis and other cities that are considering it,” Affairs, Senate Majority Lead- contradict each other. leave policy, said Regina Dick- figure out how to negotiate she said. er Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, said California’s state-wide Endrizzi, executive director of between the local law and the At a legislative preview family sick leave is one of his paid sick leave law created the city’s Office of Small Busi- state law,” she said. “If someevent earlier this month at top priorities this session. implementation problems ness. thing enacts at the state, you the University of Minnesota’s It’s not uncommon for lo- in San Francisco — the first “That puts the business need to be prepared to make Humphrey School of Public cal and state regulations to city to implement a paid sick in this quagmire of trying to some adjustments.”

GLITCH partners with PR firm to promote gaming Gage will be providing free representation for the nonprofit.

BY BEN FARNIOK bfarniok@mndaily.com

When video game programmer Shanti Pothapragada’s living room proved too cramped to work in, he decided to move his workspace to a local games culture group.

After the shift to GLITCH — a company star ted by University of Minnesota students — he and two coworkers hoped the new digs would help find a solution to his new problem: marketing.

Last week, GLITCH announced a partnership with Minneapolis-based public relations firm Gage, which has worked with companies like Microsoft and Sony, major electronics corporations with significant gaming divisions.

GLITCH was originally a student group at the University of Minnesota, but it split off

to become its own nonprofit located on the West Bank.

Now, they frequently hold events on and near campus.

Gage hopes to support the local independent gaming community by attracting local and national media attention, said Michelle Hoffman, a senior public relations specialist working with GLITCH. “Previously, [GLITCH] didn’t really have anyone supporting them with press releases or media outreach, so we are hoping to do that for them,” Hoffman said.

Hoffman said she is now part of GLITCH’s advisory council, making recommendations for the group on top of other work Gage will provide for free.

Hoffman — a 2007 University alumna — said she has worked with major games publishers like Konami Digital Entertainment and THQ. Hof fman also worked on a public relations strategy for Planet Michael, a multiplayer vir tual world based on the singer

Michael Jackson.

Pothapragada said marketing is one of the biggest challenges for him and his coworkers at his company, Naming is Hard, LLC. “Marketing is definitely one of the most intimidating things for an indie developer like us,” he said, adding he feels time put into marketing takes time away from making a better product.

“It’s scary that you could put out a quality game that is actually well polished and fun to play, and then no one could find it, and it could be a complete financial failure,” he said.

Pothapragada said he hopes Gage will be able to help him and his company when their game, “Chimera Genesis,” is released later this year.

Pothapragada is one of four regulars in GLITCH’s residency program, which allows developers to rent a desk space in the GLITCH office, giving him space for equipment.

In June, GLITCH will

KATHRYN CHLYSTEK, DAILY

Local game developer Shanti Pothapragada works at GLITCH headquarters on the West Bank on Tuesday night. GLITCH is a nonprofit that works with indie game developers in Minneapolis.

start their “Incubator” program to teach game developer hopefuls how to start their projects.

While Gage will not be representing each developer on their own, they will be teaching them how to start their own media campaigns with the program.

GLITCH also lets the groups access a variety of game development tools, like software, 3D modeling tools and game engines.

Pothapragada said their time with GLITCH has already given them opportunities to show off their game, including a chance to have

their project play-tested at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis.

Evva Kraikul, executive director for GLITCH, said she is looking for ward to working with the firm.

“Having [Hof fman] on as an incubator mentor is really going to be powerful and game-changing,” she said.

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MADDY FOX, DAILY

Author, feminist and former philosophy professor Christina Hoff Sommers and journalist Milo Yiannopoulos respond to questions at Students for a Conservative Voice’s event “CALM DOWN!!

Restoring Common Sense to Feminism” at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs on Wednesday. Both speakers are known for their critiques of modern feminism.

Guests spur protest and discussion on campus Protest u from Page 1

student David Melendez said the event’s content didn’t qualify as free speech, calling it hateful.

“Freedom to print whatever, freedom to say whatever — it’s not the same

thing,” he said.

Despite backlash, Y iannopolous and Sommers spoke as planned, and SCV Vice President Henr y Car ras said the group wasn’t fazed by the disruption.

“That’s their First Amendment right,” he said.

MADDY FOX, DAILY

Junior Connor Mikre holds up a sign near the group of protesters outside of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs on Wednesday. Though he does not agree with the opinions of the speakers featured at the Students for a Conservative Voice’s event, he said, “If you want to figure out why someone is wrong, you need to hear them speak. [Milo Yiannopoulos] should be able to display his stupidity on a pedestal.”

University research team pushes biomanufacturing A new study will help change waste into sustainable consumer products.

BY ELIANA SCHREIBER eschreiber@mndaily.com

Food scraps destined for the compost bin might not have to go to waste.

A recent University of Minnesota study discovered a new biopathway — a process organic materials go through to create new chemical compounds — that will allow scientists to convert compost into a sustainable resource for products ranging from

“We made sure to use sugars that are … inedible, so [we could] avoid this controversy of food versus fuel or food versus chemical.”

POOJA JAMBUNATHAN Chemical engineering and materials science graduate student

clothing to household fixtures.

The research concluded that the new biopathway could lead large commercial manufacturers to adopt biomanufacturing, which is the practice of using living organisms to create products, said Kechun Zhang, lead researcher and chemical

engineering and materials science professor. “[This process] enables the manufacturing of a variety of chemical products, so that’s why we are excited about this,” he said.

The pathway discovered is much more ef ficient than ones previously used because it

conver ts more sugar and produces a greater yield, said chemical engineering and materials science graduate student Pooja Jambunathan.

Right now, most companies that use biomanufacturing rely on glucose, she said.

They could benefit economically from converting other types of sugars and could make more products with the same amount of starting materials.

The three sugars the researchers tested make up about one-third of a typical biomass, Jambunathan said.

The study utilized sugars not typically used in biomanufacturing as well

Campus thefts on the rise near East Bank Also, a woman was assaulted in Dinkytown near McDonald’s.

BY TIFFANY LUKK tlukk@mndaily.com

The r ecent tr end of thefts around the University of Minnesota continued this week, in addition to one assault near Dinkytown.

Most of the repor ted thefts happened at the University of Minnesota M e d i c a l C e n t e r, F a i r view, on Har vard Street Southeast.

University of Minnesota Police Depar tment Deputy Chief Chuck Miner said he expects crime rates to increase as the temperature rises.

Thefts A series of thefts occurred on and near Harvard Street Southeast and Washington Avenue Southeast throughout the past week.

Four thefts happened at the Fairview Hospital Plaza Friday evening and Saturday.

At least three cell phones and one purse were stolen, Miner said.

Three women were arrested for one of the cases involving a stolen cell phone, he said.

“It’s not uncommon to have a wave of thefts occurring in one area like that. …

It could certainly be the same group that’s responsible,” Miner said. “Nothing’s established yet that the females we arrested were affiliated with the other cases.”

Another two thefts happened between Feb. 10 and Feb. 11 on Washington Avenue Southeast.

Of those thefts, one involved a woman who allegedly stole from the Commons Hotel, and according to a police report, she was seen carrying hotel property out of the building.

Commons Hotel Employee Tevin Stevens said he called UMPD when his coworker saw a woman walk outside from an employeeonly back room.

“I went down there to look around, and I noticed all the lockers were open.

So she must have been rummaging through stuff, taking stuff out of the lockers,” he said. “I noticed she stole my book bag.”

Stevens said he and his coworker called the

police again to report things missing.

as making use of food that would other wise go to waste, she said.

To find the biopathway, the researchers assembled DNA into 10 mega proteins that create biochemical r eactions.

These proteins conver t sugar into chemicals which are then used to create recycled products, Zhang said.

Over the past several years, he said controversy emerged over whether scientists should convert food, such as sugar, into fuel or chemicals. Some say the food could be eaten instead of being transformed into a chemical or fuel, Zhang said.

RECENT CRIMES AROUND CAMPUS THEFT FROM BUILDING

Assault near Dinkytown

One woman, 23, was assaulted by another woman on 15th Avenue Southeast and Four th Street Southeast on Monday night, said Minneapolis Police Depar tment Public Information Officer John Elder.

Mechanical engineering junior Cole Carlson, who witnessed the crime, said one woman pushed the other to the ground and fled in a vehicle with two other women.

“We followed them in their car down the road, and eventually we got them to stop and pull over, and we asked them what they did,” Carlson

“We made sure to use sugars that are … inedible, so [we could] avoid this controversy of food versus fuel or food versus chemical,” Jambunathan said.

The new biopathway can also help create new fuel sources, said recent University graduate and researcher Cole Stapleton.

He said the study was funded because of its use of inedible biomass.

“We’ve [also] been designing new chemicals that can produce plastics that are sustainably produced and alleviate some of the need for petroleum-based plastics,” he said.

ASSAULT

Fourth Street Southeast & 15th Avenue Southeast Feb. 15 89 Church St. SE Feb. 14 300 Washington Ave. SE Feb. 11

615 Washington Ave. SE Feb. 10

500 Harvard St. SE Feb. 12 (1 incident) & 13 (3 incidents) SOURCE: UMPD

said. “They avoided the question, and two of them got out of the car and ran away, so my buddy chased them, and I stayed with the driver.”

The women said the woman who was pushed

made inappropriate comments befor ehand, Carlson said.

According to a police repor t, the woman who was pushed called the police but refused medical treatment.

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Sports

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WOMEN’S BASKETEBALL

Gophers hoping for late run to tourney Rachel Banham has never played in a NCAA tournament game in her career.

BY KAITLIN MERKEL kmerkel@mndaily.com

Rachel Banham has broken Minnesota’s career-points record, tied an NCAA single-game record with 60 points and hit a buzzer-beating 3-point shot her redshirt senior year.

But there’s one thing missing on her long list of accomplishments: an NCAA tournament appearance.

“That’s just been my goal the whole time,” Banham said. “We’ve got to get there. … We’re beating really good teams, and we’re doing it with last-second shots or over times, and we’re still coming out with the win.”

Banham has never played in an NCAA tournament because she was forced to watch from the bench last year with a torn anterior cruciate ligament as the Gophers lost in the first round to DePaul.

Head coach Marlene Stollings said a tournament appearance would be the per fect end to Banham’s collegiate career after she returned this season after an 11-month rehab process.

“It’s set up here for a storybook ending if we can keep winning,” Stollings said.

“I’m just so proud of Rachel, coming back from what she’s been through and performing at the level that she’s performing. It’s unprecedented on many levels.”

The Gophers currently rank 76th in the NCAA ratings percentage index, which measures a team’s record and strength of schedule and is factored in when selecting teams for the NCAA tournament.

Minnesota (18-7, 10-4) has four remaining games in the regular season, three

SAM HARPER, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota guard Rachel Banham looks up the court while shielding the ball from Northwestern guard Ashley Deary at Williams Arena on Jan. 20, when the Gophers won 95-92.

of which are on the road.

The team will end the season playing three consecutive ranked teams.

“It’s real important that we stay urgent and focus. … We have a tough part of the schedule remaining, and we’re very well aware of that,” Stollings said. “We say, ‘No one cares about your story until you win, so just win.’

We have that hanging in our locker room.”

The Gophers will need a strong finish to the regular season and a good showing in the Big Ten tournament to crack the NCAA bubble, but senior guard Mikayla Bailey said the team wants to make it for Banham.

“We know what we have our eyes set on and our goal, and that’s to make it to the NCAA tournament,” Bailey said. “Rachel’s an incredible basketball player, a great leader, and she’s really carried our team thus far. … She deser ves all these moments, and we’re going to make it to the tournament for her.”

Minnesota is on a fourgame winning streak heading into its last four regular season games and has won eight of its last nine games.

The Gophers are also third in the Big Ten standings.

“We’re just starting to see the bigger picture, and our defense is coming together.

We’re smoother on the court, and we’re communicating a lot more,” Gophers sophomore Carlie Wagner said. “We’re peaking at the right time, and it’s showing on the court right now the way we’ve been playing and winning some close games.”

Banham said an NCAA tour nament appearance would cap off all her comeback year milestones if the team can make it.

“I never expected anything like this, and I can’t even explain it. It’s been so crazy and weird, and it just keeps happening,” Banham said. “I hope that we can continue to stay on this high the rest of the year.”

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PREVIEW

VS MINNESOTA 18-7, 10-4 Big Ten WHEN: 6 p.m. Thursday

WHERE: Bloomington, Ind.

VS MINNESOTA 18-7, 10-4 Big Ten WHEN: 12 p.m. Sunday

MICHIGAN STATE 18-7, 9-4 Big Ten WHERE: East Lansing, Mich.

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Young guards developing amid losing streak Nate Mason, Kevin Dorsey and Dupree McBrayer totaled 35 points on Sunday.

BASKETBALL

Morris taken off U’s roster

BY RYAN FALK rfalk@mndaily.com

BY RYAN FALK rfalk@mndaily.com

The Gophers’ younger guards have played a lot of minutes during a disappointing season, but their growth is one of the team’s only silver linings.

Sophomore Nate Mason and freshmen Dupree McBrayer and Kevin Dorsey have provided much of Minnesota’s of fense for the last few games in the midst of its extended losing streak.

“Last game, [Mason] had zero points in the first half versus Iowa, and where in the past he may have lost confidence, he got it back in the second half,” Pitino said. “[Dorsey] is getting more stable, tuning the ball over less, and [McBrayer] is showing good gradual improvement.”

Mason leads the Gophers in scoring with 13.7 points per game, assists with 4.52 per game and is tied for steals with .88 per game.

He was held scoreless in the first half of the team’s last game at Iowa but finished with 14 points. He, McBrayer and Dorsey combined for 35 of the Gophers’ 71 points in the game.

The trio also showed potential Jan. 30 at Indiana, combining for 50 points and 10 assists in a 74-68 loss.

Mason and Dorsey

INDIANA 17-9, 9-5 Big Ten

SAM HARPER, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Freshman guard Dupree McBrayer drives toward the basket at Williams Arena on Jan. 27.

each scored 21, while McBrayer added eight.

The two freshmen both have str uggled to shoot well this season, but Pitino said he’s seen progress from McBrayer. “[McBrayer] has shown to be a better shooter than he is,” Pitino said before last week’s game against Michigan.

“With strength, it’ll help [his shooting].”

McBrayer is also second on the team in assists with 57 and tied with Mason and freshman for ward Jordan Murphy for first in steals with 22.

McBrayer, who stands 6 feet 4 inches, uses his

frame to create turnovers, and Pitino said the freshman star ted seeing the cour t more due to his defense.

“He’s a bit of a pest defensively,” Pitino said.

“He’s got long arms [and] gets timely deflections. We need length at the guard spot, and that’s why he’s playing more. I think he can be a really good defender.”

Dorsey has also shown pr omise on the defen sive end but still has not star ted a game this season.

He has 31 assists and 12 steals while averaging 17.5 minutes per game,

MEN’S BASKETBALL PREVIEW

VS MINNESOTA

MARYLAND

WHEN: 7 p.m. Thursday

WHERE: Williams Arena

but he also has 32 tur novers.

The Waldor f, Md., native may play more often with Mason now with senior guard Carlos Morris being dismissed from the team on Wednesday, and the two have the speed to

challenge teams r unning down the court.

“I feel like no one can stay in front of us,” Mason said. “It’s dangerous to have me and him on the court at the same time because we can get past anyone.”

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

Senior guar d Carlos Morris has been taken of f the Gophers basketball team, head coach Richard Pitino announced Wednesday.

The reason for the senior guard’s dismissal was “conduct detrimental to the team,” according to a press release, and Pitino declined to address the specifics of the decision.

“Cer tainly [a] disappointing tur n of events,” Pitino said. “He’s of f the team, and we move on. It’s always tough when something like that happens, but you move on and prepare for Mar yland.”

Mor ris’ name did not appear in a search of court documents on Wednesday.

The Apalachicola, Fla., native averaged 9.8 points per game for the Gophers this season and started 16 of the team’s 25 games. He averaged 11.1 points per game while star ting 25 of 33 games last year after transferring from Chipola College.

Morris was replaced by freshman guard Dupree McBrayer in the star ting lineup Jan. 12 at Nebraska and never star ted another game.

He played only four minutes in Minnesota’s last game against Iowa.

Mor ris will stay on scholarship and will have access to academic services for the remainder of the year, according to the press release.

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WRESTLING

Strong wrestling trio leads Minnesota Brett Pfarr, Tommy Thorn and Michael Kroells have a total duals record of 43-8.

BY JACK WHITE jwhite@mndaily.com

The Gophers are ranked No. 18 in the country, and the team has three wrestlers to thank for that.

Redshirt freshman Tommy Thorn, and redshirt juniors Brett Pfarr and Michael Kroells are a combined 43-8 in duals this season.

“I think one of the things they do is they play to their strengths,” head coach J Robinson said. “They wrestle where they’re good, and they make their opponents wrestle where they’re good. I think some of the other guys are trying to learn that lesson.”

Thorn is in his first year starting and is ranked No. 6 in the 141-pound weight class.

When Thorn competed in open meets as a freshman, he was 32-5 overall.

“My redshirt year was very helpful,” Thorn said. “I wrestled [teammates] Nick [Dardanes] and Chris Dardanes a ton, and they helped get me prepared for this year.”

Kroells and Pfarr are captains and start at the two heaviest weight classes. Kroells is ranked No. 9 in the heavyweight class, while Pfarr is ranked No. 3 at 197 pounds.

The two warm up for each meet by wrestling each other since no other heavyweights travel with the team.

“It’s kind of a brotherhood,” Robinson said. “They

LIAM JAMES DOYLE, DAILY

Minnesota wrestlers Michael Kroells, left, Tommy Thorn and Brett Pfarr pose for a portrait together before their practice in the Bierman Field Athletic Building on Tuesday. The trio have a combined duals record of 43-8.

live together, they’re best friends [and] they hang out together.”

Kroells also started for the Gophers last year and has improved his second this season from 27-17 to 26-6.

As a captain, he said he’s helped mentor Thorn this season.

“A lot of times he’s such a

SOFTBALL

talented wrestler that I don’t even know how much I have to offer technically to him,” Kroells said. “Sometimes I mention [tips] to him watching some of his matches if he does something maybe that’s [in that situation] not so smart.”

Pfarr is a returning starter and has an undefeated

dual record this season after moving up a weight class.

Kroells was an All-American last season, and Thorn will have a chance to join them this season and become Minnesota’s fifth All-American at 141 pounds in team history.

The trio will have to

continue to wrestle well for Minnesota, as the rest of the team has struggled with consistency. The Gophers are 42-77 in dual meets in the other seven weight classes this season.

“Before you wrestle, you look at who’s going to win.

Who can we count on to make sure we win this dual meet?”

Robinson said. “Kroells is going to win. Pfarr is going to win. Thorn is going to win.

So we got three wins. I think that helps the other guys pick up the pace and say, ‘Hey, somebody else has to step up this time; a couple guys have to step up this time,’ and that makes guys want to be the guy that steps up to win.”

BASEBALL

Macken leads off new lineup to strong start The junior totaled eight hits in 17 atbats last weekend to start the season.

batting .444 and slugging a team-high .667 at the NCAA Regional in Tuscon, Ariz.

When Macken gets on base, she’s shown a knack for getting in scoring position. She’s a perfect 22-for-22 in stolen base attempts in her career.

“I’ve definitely gotten better at stealing here. The coaches are phenomenal at teaching us the tricks that you need that make you faster,” Macken said. “I’m looking for ward to getting on more and stealing more, so hopefully that can be a big part of my game.”

Macken drove in five runs last weekend at the Sportco Kickoff Classic in Las Vegas despite hitting leadoff.

Sophomore Danielle Parlich, who batted second behind Macken in all five games, said the third baseman sets the tone for the top of the order.

“She’s also a leftie, so it’s really nice to see what pitches she’s going to get and what type of mentality to go into the box with,” Parlich said. “She’s a great leadoff hitter, and she gets a great energy going to start us off.”

With Macken batting leadoff the Gophers scored 21 runs and went 3-2 during their opening weekend.

She said all her time at the plate in her first two seasons made her confident stepping to the plate first each game.

“I’ve always been a pretty aggressive hitter, so now that I’m comfortable in the box and can swing at my pitches, it’s really helped me succeed,” Macken said.

BY EMILY NICOLE POLGLAZE epolglaze@mndaily.com

Junior Sam Macken has already asserted her place at the top of the Gophers lineup.

She had eight hits in 17 at-bats in her first five games this season in the leadoff spot, including three doubles and a home run.

“She’s doing a tremendous job,” head coach Jessica Allister said. “She came through in some big situations as a freshman, which showed she had the mental makeup to be a successful hitter at this level. She had a great season last year, and she came out this season ready to go.”

Macken played in 43 of the Gophers 57 games her freshman year and had a batting average of .258.

She was ninth on the team in runs batted in and had a walk-off single against Michigan on May 10, 2014, that clinched the Gophers first Big Ten tournament title in 15 years.

The Rochester, Minn., native started all 60 games at third base her sophomore year and improved her batting average to .363. She hit first or second in the lineup every game and scored 57 runs, which tied a school record for second most in a season.

She improved her numbers in the postseason,

SOFTBALL PREVIEW

B1G/ACC CHALLENGE

VS VIRGINIA TECH 1-4

NO. 20 MINNESOTA 3-2 WHEN: 3 p.m. Friday, 1:30 p.m. Saturday

WHERE: Tallahassee, Fla.

VS NO. 20 MINNESOTA 3-2

NO. 13 FLORIDA STATE 4-1

WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, 11:30 a.m. Sunday

WHERE: Tallahassee, Fla.

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

New fall caps motivate Gophers Head coach John Anderson did not give the team “M” hats in fall practice.

BY KAITLIN MERKEL kmerkel@mndaily.com

Minnesota head coach John Anderson did something differently during fall practice this season.

Instead of giving out the team’s traditional baseball caps with an “M” logo, he gave each of his players a hat reading “Me/We.” Anderson said he wanted the players to focus on team chemistr y instead of individual performances and to teach the team that their caps needed to be earned.

“They come up through a culture where it’s just about themselves, showcasing their talents and skills and trying to get recruited. There isn’t as much emphasis today on being on a team,” Anderson said. “I wanted the kids to understand that to wear the ‘M,’ it’s not a right, it’s not a privilege, it’s something you have to earn. … I think it pushed them back a little bit.”

Junior pitcher and outfielder Matt Fiedler, who will start the first game of the season Friday, said the new hats helped focus the team.

“Coming into this year as a team, we wanted to kind of be a little more united and not really have anything given to us,” Fiedler said. “Coach [Anderson] explained it to us as, ‘Are you out here for yourself, or are you out here for the team?’ … That was a really creative idea by him, and guys bought it.”

Anderson decided to give out the hats as a way of recentering the Gophers baseball culture after a down 2015.

The Gophers finished 21-30 last year, their first losing season since 2008.

Anderson, who is beginning his 35th year as Minnesota’s head coach, said he wanted the team to understand the program’s history and tradition of success.

The Gophers have won three national championships, and under Anderson the team has won nine Big Ten regular season titles and nine Big Ten tournament championships.

“This is the 128th season of Gophers baseball, and there’s been a tremendous group of young men that have

LIAM JAMES DOYLE, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Senior outfielder Dan Motl sprints at Siebert Field, where the Gophers took on Penn State on April 18, 2015.

come through this program.

And they’re the ones that have established the standard,” Anderson said. “I just wanted them to have a visual so that everybody would be reminded every day of why we’re here and what the expectations are … and I think [the hats have] done that.”

Last year, the team lost its first seven games and played 21 consecutive road games, which challenged players.

This year, Minnesota starts with 20 road games in a row, and Anderson said he hopes his team is refocused and ready for all the traveling. “[There’s] travel, hotels, sleeping in different beds and changing time zones,” Anderson said. “You get three days back here, basically, where you have to rest and recover and prepare for the next weekend, get your schoolwork done and get recentered.”

BASEBALL PREVIEW

VS UTAH

MINNESOTA WHEN: 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. Sunday

WHERE: Surprise, Ariz.

VS UTAH VALLEY

MINNESOTA WHEN: 11 a.m. Saturday

WHERE: Surprise, Ariz.

VS MINNESOTA WHEN: 2 p.m. Sunday

OREGON STATE WHERE: Surprise, Ariz.

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

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MEN’S GYMNASTICS

Young Gophers flying high in rankings No. 4 Minnesota has six first-year and 10 second-year gymnasts in 2016.

BY TOMMY JAAKOLA tjaakola@mndaily.com

The Gophers are ranked No. 4 in the nation this season thanks to the young players on the roster.

Minnesota has only two seniors and one junior in a sport that stresses team depth and instead relies on many of its 10 sophomores, one redshir t sophomore and six freshmen to contribute.

The mostly inexperienced team posted a score of 424.500 at the Windy City Invitational, its first meet of the season, but the Gophers haven’t posted a score under 430 since.

Minnesota had its highest team score in program histor y on Feb. 6 against Air Force with a 438.500.

“Usually it takes us a few meets in the early part of the season to get to the hit percentage level that we’ve been at,” head coach Mike Burns said. “We got there pretty quick, and that’s been a real pleasure. We were able to put together a really good meet together [at] the second meet, and we’ve done the same thing ever since.”

The Gophers had a lot of underclassmen last year, when the team finished 0.2 short of a berth to NCAA team finals. This season, the team is on pace to go to the finals for the first time since 2007.

“I knew the team had the potential that we’re showing right now,” sophomore Jack Kramer said. “There is so much talent on this team; it’s unbelievable, especially from the freshman class.

They’ve really surprised me as far as how well they’re performing this soon in the year.”

Many of Minnesota’s younger gymnasts are already among the best in their events.

Sophomor e Yaroslav Pochinka is the top-ranked gymnast in the NCAA on vault with an average score of 15.383.

Fellow sophomore Alex Wittenberg is ranked eighth in the floor exercise with an average of 15.400.

Tristan Duran, also a sophomore, is No. 7 in the parallel bars with an average score of 14.983.

Freshman Justin Karstadt is ranked eighth in the all-around with an average total of 84.550, and he’s also ninth in the pommel horse with an average of 14.967.

“We said it from the star t that we wanted to win Big Tens, and that’s not something that we’re just throwing out there but something we’ve fir mly believed since the star t,”

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Rincon-Otero on spring singles winning streak The senior has won her last four singles matches in a row in the spring season.

BY JACK WHITE jwhite@mndaily.com

Paula Rincon-Otero knocked of f University of New Mexico sophomore Dominique Dulski at the Courtside Classic on Feb. 7, which gave her a fourth consecutive singles victory.

The senior has been nearly unbeatable five weeks into the spring season, with a 5-1 record in singles and a 7-1 record in doubles.

“She’s really, really talented. I think we’ve always known that,” head coach Chuck Merzbacher said.

“Now it’s just she’s matching mental toughness with that talent. She’s matching intensity and focus with that talent, and that’s why she’s been really tough to beat.”

Six of Rincon-Otero’s seven doubles victories this season have come alongside freshman Annemarie Emme. The pair competes

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Sophomore Yaroslav Pochinka competes on the still rings at the Sports Pavilion on Saturday.

in the Gophers top doubles spot and is 6-1 this spring.

“Whenever I miss a shot, she tries to bring me back up. There’s never any negativity, really,” Emme said.

“We always try to stay positive, no matter what’s going on. We know what level we can be at, so no matter how we’re playing, we just try to do our best.”

In the fall, Rincon-Otero was paired with redshir t senior Julia Cour ter and freshman Camilia Vargas Gomez and finished with an overall record of 5-4.

She car ried an eightmatch winning streak from fall to the spring until she and Emme were defeated for the first time on Feb. 6 by a DePaul doubles pair.

The senior is also 10-3 in singles overall this year and finished 3-0 at the team’s last fall tournament, the Big Green Invite. She was named to the all-tournament team for her performance.

“It was my last fall tournament ever, so I wanted to do great, and it worked,” Rincon-Otero said. “I was ver y focused ever y single match.”

Rincon-Otero’s success this season came after the senior arrived in Minnesota looking for tougher tennis competition.

The Madrid, Spain native competed for a Madridbased club and studied at the Autonomous University of Madrid before deciding to challenge herself further on the court.

“I realized that it was very difficult back home to keep a good level of tennis and get a degree,” RinconOtero said. “I knew in the U.S. it was going to be easier to keep up both things at the same time and still keep a high level of tennis, and that’s why I decided to come here.”

Rincon-Otero is handling the increased competition this year, and Merzbacher said it goes back to her footwork.

“If she gets her legs underneath the ball, she’s going to be able to hit a good shot because she’s so talented,” Merzbacher said.

“She used to just kind of reach for those balls, and now she’s getting her feet there.”

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Gophers senior Paula Rincon-Otero returns the ball to South Dakota in the Baseline Tennis Center on Jan. 30.

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Karstadt said.

The Gophers also have a bigger goal in mind this year, competing as a team for one more day at the NCAA Championships.

“I think these guys are bound and determined to do it,” Burns said. “It’s one

IOWA STATE

MINNESOTA WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Friday

WHERE: Ames, Iowa

of our team goals this year.

When we got back from the finals from the NCAA’s last year, that was the first thing we wrote on the dr y

eraser board over by the pommel horse. We’re committed to that, and we’re going to do what it takes to get there.”

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Minnesota back to border battle Wisconsin swept the Gophers for the first time since 2009 in December.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY PREVIEW

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BY EMILY NICOLE POLGLAZE epolglaze@mndaily.com

The Gophers lost the Western Collegiate Hockey Association r egular season crown for the first time in four years last weekend, as W isconsin clinched the title on Feb. 14.

Minnesota can still exact some form of retribution this weekend when they play the Badgers, which swept the Gophers earlier this season.

“People think we’r e having a bad year be cause Wisconsin beat us or that they were down the last four years,” head coach Brad Frost said.

“They haven’t been down.

We just happen to have their number. So we’ll tr y and get back at them this weekend a little bit.”

The No. 3 Gophers (27-3-1, 22-3-1 WCHA) won two of the last three WCHA tournament titles in addition to their three regular season championships.

Wisconsin finished third in the conference in the 2012-13 season and second each of the past two. The Badgers also played Minnesota in the Frozen Four the past two s ea s on s a n d l os t b ot h games.

This year No. 2 Wisconsin (30-1-1, 24-1-1 WCHA) pieced together a team that swept Minnesota for the first time since the 2009-10 season.

“We always talk about having respect for our opponent, and we as a team have a lot of respect for their of fense,” freshman defenseman Sophie Skarzynski said. “They don’t give up, and they have a lot of grinders out there who do whatever they can to put the puck in the net.”

W isconsin’s biggest strength this season has been a dominant defensive

NO. 2 WISCONSIN 30-1-1, 24-1-1 WCHA

NO. 3 MINNESOTA 27-3-1, 22-3-1 WCHA WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday

WHERE: Ridder Arena SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

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Gophers forward Kelly Pannek skates to the net in the NCAA Women’s Frozen Four semifinal round against Wisconsin in Ridder Arena on March 20, 2015.

corps. The Badgers are first in the nation in total defense, allowing only .56 goals per game. Its penalty kill is also the best in the countr y with a 94.6 percent kill rate.

Junior goaltender AnnRenee Desbiens leads the nation with 16 shutouts in 30 games and boasts a .607 goals against average.

Wisconsin has allowed only 18 goals all season.

Minnesota, the four thranked defense in the countr y, has let in 40.

The team’s veterans will look to avenge their earlier losses in the upcoming series, which doubles as senior weekend.

“The way our schedule works, it worked well for us to play ranked teams at

“We always talk about having respect for our opponent, and we as a team have a lot of respect for their offense.”

SOPHIE SKARZYNSKI Freshman defenseman

the end of the year,” senior captain Hannah Brandt said. “This weekend will be good leading into the playoffs, and hopefully we can improve ever y game going for ward.”

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THEATER

‘What womanhood is’ High school seniors Scarlett Thompson and Alexandra Hatch produce their first GIRL Theater show.

JOE SULIK, DAILY

Actresses Noa Beckham-Chasnoff, left, Simone Williams, Holo Lue Choy, Atlee Jensen, Alyssa DiVirgilio and Jillian Duffy of GIRL Theatre rehearse “Into the Red” in the Bryant Lake Bowl and Theater on Tuesday afternoon. “Into the Red” premieres Thursday and will run until Feb. 27.

BY AUSTEN MACALUS amacalus@mndaily.com

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carlett Thompson and Alexandra Hatch, like most high school seniors, are busy handling school, applying to colleges and making time for friends.

But unlike most of their peers, the two students are the founders of an independent theater company: GIRL Theatre.

Created by Thompson and Hatch last summer, the company will open “Into the Red” Thursday at Br yant Lake Bowl.

The original piece, written, directed and produced by Thompson and Hatch, is GIRL Theatre’s first production.

“Into the Red” follows

the journey of a young girl as she falls asleep. In her dream, she meets a series of women who tell diverse stories regarding the complexities of womanhood.

W ith a disconnected, tangential style, the piece is a series of scenes about gender-biased education systems, misogynistic comments by news anchors, sexual assault and an overarching sense of fear.

“All of these things [that women] experience ever y day, but we never talk about,” Thompson said.

At its core, the show is about expressing female identity.

“It’s not necessarily about social justice issues — we aren’t pushing an agenda like the pay gap —

it’s more explaining what womanhood is,” Hatch said.

Longtime friends Thompson and Hatch met while attending St. Paul Conser vator y for Performing Artists.

Hatch made her directing debut at age 14, and Thompson has produced a handful of shows. Last year, the two worked together to create an all-female production of “Hair.”

The two girls conceived of GIRL Theater in English class at SPCPA. Thompson and Hatch were inspired after reading Sylvia Plath’s “The Bell Jar” and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper.”

“It star ted by talking about these old female authors,” Thompson said.

“Then [Hatch] said, ‘Why

don’t we do a show with these ideas?’ ” After receiving advice from teachers at SPCPA, the two set up GIRL Theatre.

With auditions held in August, Thompson and Hatch star ted practice in September. The r e hearsal process began as a monthly meeting, in which per formers discussed the work of Plath and Gilman, as well as their own experiences.

Thompson said the group used poems as inspiration to create shor t, improvised scenes.

“We had no idea what the show was going to be.

We just had so much faith that something would come together.”

With time, the group star ted to see familiar

themes arise within their improvisations. The performers decided to combine these moments to form what Thompson called “a string of vignettes.”

“We would star t with a discussion, find something that we all had a lot to say about and make a piece about it,” Hatch said.

“That’s how most of the scenes came to be.”

W ith a focus on collaboration and discussion, Thompson and Hatch made sure women were the center of the show.

The two said women are often limited in theater with their roles onstage and offstage.

There isn’t a lot of room for female roles in contemporar y or older pieces, they said.

“Into the Red” Where Bryant Lake Bowl, 810 W. Lake St., Minneapolis When 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 7 p.m.

Feb. 25–27

“The reason we wanted to do this show so badly is because all of our lives all we have seen are ridiculous por trayals of women onstage,” Thompson said.

“Not only can we tell stories about women but we can make them ourselves.”

For the two women, the show’s purpose is to display understanding and empathy.

“We want them to see the beauty of womanhood,” Thompson said.

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another one. Plus, the fries are excellent — crispy and perfectly seasoned.

Shaved Cauliflower: Don’t overlook the shaved cauliflower appetizer.

I know the name sounds severe, and you’ll probably wonder why anyone would choose something called shaved cauliflower when you can have something like deviled eggs — which are delightful, by the way.

The cauliflower salad is a reinterpretation of Caesar salads, and somehow the addition of cauliflower works.

This dish will have you seriously reconsidering what cauliflower means to you.

Citizen Supper Club 11 E. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul $15 for lunch, $30 for dinner (Restaurant Week prices)

A&E EDITOR

Joe Kellen jkellen@mndaily.com

Scena Tavern The menu at Scena Tavern is the brainchild of chefs Jamie Malone and Erik Anderson, and it doesn’t disappoint. The restaurant’s Italiancentric menu is vibrant with complex flavors.

Located in Uptown, the restaurant’s space is enticing and romantic. The atmosphere is darker, but individual lights at each table brighten up the whole place. It’s a great date-night pick.

Scena Tavern’s Restaurant Week menu is concise and to the point. It features fun dishes that are sure to please a big crowd.

Pappardelle with veal tongue Bolognese: Bolognese is a meat-based sauce with hours of work put into it, and the veal tongue elevates the dish. The pappardelle noodles are made in-house and cooked to al dente — the perfect “firm to the bite.” The Bolognese sauce is hearty, but not heavy, and has a perfect balance of acidity.

Alongside the pasta dish comes house-made bread,

and it’s a great accompaniment to the dish. Whether you decide to devour it with loads of butter or dip it into the pasta sauce, the breads are phenomenal.

Scena Tavern 2943 S. Girard Ave., Minneapolis $25 for dinner (Restaurant Week price)

Vieux Carré

Housed in the Hamm Building alongside other St. Paul favorites like Meritage, Vieux Carré brings a splash of Creole-inspired cuisine to the Twin Cities.

If you’re looking for a place to wind down at night with some live tunes, Vieux Carré has the perfect atmosphere for that. The restaurant is dim with soft lights, which makes for a cozy atmosphere. The stage at the far end of the restaurant is used every night with lively music. Plus, the bar offers some amazing cocktails and an impeccable selection of wines and beers.

ASSISTANT A&E EDITOR Jared Hemming jhemming@mndaily.com

MADDY FOX, DAILY

A reimagined Old Fashioned, deviled eggs, and chicken and dumplings sit on display at Citizen Supper Club, located within the InterContinental hotel in downtown St. Paul. The restaurant will be participating in Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine’s Restaurant Week from Feb. 21 to Feb. 26.

Although the Restaurant Week menu was not available for preview, A&E got to try the Jazz Fest Gumbo.

In line with all Creoleinspired cooking, there was spice, heat and a whole lot of

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love that went into the gumbo. This dish is no joke — it’s cooked for 14 hours. And unlike the traditional Creole dish, Vieux Carré’s take on gumbo is to serve it with basmati rice. The flavors are all

1. All Dogs, Skin 2. Julia Brown, An Abundance of Strawberries 3. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Hell

there, and the bowl will leave you feeling full.

Vieux Carré 408 St. Peter St., St. Paul $25 for dinner (Restaurant Week price)

4. The James Hunter Six, (Baby) Hold On 5. Savages, Adore 6. Allan Kingdom, Interruption 7. Baroness, Try to Disappear

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CULTURE to CONSUME /

By Austen Macalus

Listen to this:

Watch this:

Read this:

Shovels and Rope “Busted Jukebox, Vol. 1”

“The Returned” on Netflix

Mark Twain’s “Library of Humor”

With the folk-rock duo accompanying Jason Isbell next week at Northrop, now is the perfect time to check out their latest project, “Busted Jukebox Vol. 1.” Released last November, the eclectic album consists entirely of covers, ranging from Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day” to Neil Young’s “Unknown Legend” and “Patience” by Guns N’ Roses. Even more exciting, Shovels and Rope worked in collaboration with other musicians to create the record. Shakey Graves, Lucius, J.D. McPherson and the Milk Carton Kids are featured throughout the album.

Although the American revamp lasted only one season, season two of the French TV show, “Les Revenants,” came out on Netflix this Wednesday. The show revolves around grieving families’ experiences with loved ones coming back from the dead. With an atmospheric take on the zombie thriller genre, the supernatural drama concerns itself with character tension, dialogue and philosophical questions rather than the traditional blood, gore and action. The show also features a chilling soundtrack by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai.

The anthology features a slew of humorous short stories, tall tales, fables and satires. Comprising work by Twain’s contemporaries, the book includes Twain’s own classic tales, such as “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” and “How I Edited an Agricultural Paper.” Intertwining the work of Twain’s contemporaries, the book also includes stories from Harriet Beecher Stowe, Washington Irving and William Dean Howells. Although most of the comedic works are no longer gut-busters, the intricacies of the craft are worth reading.

FOOD

College Kitchen: Frozen foods How to make your own version of premade cheap meals.

BY YENA LEE ylee@mndaily.com

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n-the-go, microwavable foods are essential to most collegiate diets. However, all these cheap options leave a little bit to be desired in the flavor department.

Turns out, it’s easy to ser ve up college staples like Pizza Rolls and Hot Pockets from scratch. The hardest thing about making them homemade is the dough, but using premade dough from a can works just as well.

So instead of heading straight to the frozen aisle at your local grocer y store, gather the ingredients and give the following recipes a shot — they taste so much better. Plus, these pepperoni pizza rolls won’t be pockets of hot molten sauce.

Pepperoni pizza rolls

If you’re a vegetarian, follow the recipe without the pepperoni.

1 can of refrigerated premade dough from a can (crescent or pizza dough) 2/3 cup of pizza sauce Enough pepperoni to cover the dough 3/4 cup of shredded cheese (your favorite kind) Sprinkle of oregano Sprinkle of garlic powder 1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

2. Pop open the can of

MADDY FOX, DAILY

Homemade pizza rolls are a great twist on a classic frozen snack.

premade dough. Roll out of the dough onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.

3. Generously spread pizza sauce on top of the dough.

4. Sprinkle some oregano and garlic powder for some extra seasoning.

5. Spread the cheese evenly throughout. Then add the pepperoni.

6. Roll up the dough according to the instructions.

7. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until they’re golden brown.

8. Serve the rolls up with

some dip to add more flavor.

Optional: If pepperoni isn’t your thing, then fill it with something else. Swap out the pepperoni, oregano and garlic powder with 1/3

cup of chopped ham for a ham and cheese pocket.

Also optional: This is a great recipe if you want to make a big batch and freeze them for later.

ART

Cutting-edge American art The MIA’s “State of the Art” exhibition features under-theradar artists of today.

BY DANYLO LOUTCHKO dloutchko@mndaily.com

T

he curators of a new exhibition have attempted to create a complete experience about American art as it exists today.

“State of the Art,” an upcoming exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, features under-recognized contemporary American artists from diverse backgrounds all across the country. The exhibit opens Thursday with free events and talks by some of the artists.

“It was really surprising to me how many talented artists are in the show that I wasn’t aware of,” said Dennis Michael Jon, associate curator at MIA. “And that’s the point of the show, to feature artists that were unheralded. And just the wide, wide variety

among the media — there are videos in the show, there’s photography, printmaking, painting, sculpture, some installations and interactive video.”

“State of the Art” at MIA is a 10,000-square-foot exhibition that features 134 works by 52 artists. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas originally organized the exhibition. The original curators traveled more than 100,000 miles across the United States and made more than 1,000 visits to the different regional artists’ studios.

Only 102 ended up in the final show, and about half of those are featured at MIA’s iteration of “State of the Art.” Minnesota multimedia artists Chris Larson, Andy Ducett and Cameron Gainer all have work traveling with “State of the Art.” “[The curators] had in mind specific ideas about how they might organize the exhibition,” Jon said. “One of the premises was that art is a form of communication — the maker and the viewer

CULTURE COMPASS /

“State of the Art” exhibition Where Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2400 S. Third Ave. When Opening night events 6-9 p.m. Thursday, exhibition runs through May 29 Cost Free opening night, other days $20

SAM HARPER, DAILY

A piece by Vanessa German advocating for protecting children endangered by their circumstances sits at the “State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now” exhibit in the Minneapolis Institute of Art Wednesday. The exhibit, which has been described as a glimpse of contemporary America, opens Thursday and will feature more than 130 pieces and live music.

are two halves of a conversation. They felt that contemporary art should be a form of communication to inspire, to teach and to evoke emotion.”

Additionally, the aim was to create an exhibition that was an equal representation of the wide variety of contemporary American art, something not often collected and

displayed in one place.

Consequently, the exhibition is equally balanced in terms of region and medium, in addition to the age, gender, race and religion of the artists. The ages of the ar tists range from 24-87.

Twenty-seven of the ar tists represented in the MIA exhibit are women, and 25

are men.

The exactitude of the variety in “State of the Art” was very deliberate. The organizers decided on the art with three criteria: engagement, virtuosity and appeal.

“Engagement is the artists being active within their own community,” Jon said.

“And these artists, in most

cases, had local and regional reputations. The second, virtuosity, is simply mastery of material techniques and concepts.

The third categor y, appeal, he said, was more subjective and involves how the work challenges its viewers.

These standards, along with the sheer breadth and volume of artists interviewed, led to a cohesive and powerful exhibition of high-quality art.

“Out of all the things that stood out was how accessible the art and the artists were,” Jon said. “Some observers critique contemporary art as being inaccessible, a private language, impossible to decipher. But this show is going to be accessible to the average viewer, and I think people are going to come away feeling very positive about the show and not scratching their heads.”

By Austen Macalus

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Noura Mint Seymali

Sherman Alexie

Boy Kisses Comedy Showcase

The Mauritania singer performs all around the world, but on Friday night she’s bringing her experimental sound to the Cedar Cultural Center. Born into a family of North African griot — a class of traveling poets, musicians and storytellers — Seymali mixes traditional Moorish music with contemporary influence. She will be accompanied by funk bass, drums and psych guitar played by her husband Jeiche Ould Chighaly.

The award winning poet, writer and filmmaker will be speaking on campus. Author of titles including “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” and “Reservation Blues,” Alexie’s works are often influenced by his childhood on the Spokane Indian Reservation. This Saturday, he will be discussing his life experiences and “highly irreverent look of the world.”

If you have yet to check out the wacky comedy showcase, there is no time like the present. Curated by local comedians, Turner Barrowman, Collin Klug, Robert Fones and Drew Janda, the weekly show features sketch, characters, music and stand-up comedy. The group has developed a dedicated following and is continuing to expand — in larger part a result of their affinity for the unexpected.

Where Northrop (Carlson Family Stage), 84 Church St. SE, Minneapolis Hours 7:30 p.m.

Cost $5

Where Universe Games, 711 W. Lake St. Suite 103, Minneapolis Hours 7:30 p.m.

Cost Free

Where Cedar Cultural Center, 416 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis Hours 8 p.m.

Cost $25

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the Office of Institutional Research.

That number is on the rise, said Office for Equity and Diversity Assistant Vice Provost, Virajita Singh.

“The Asian Pacific Islander students have been advocating for more involvement and focus on their needs,” Singh said. “This designation helps the institution to help more tangibly in terms of serving these students.”

The University will apply for grants from the U.S Department of Education. The College of Education and Human Development will announce the results soon, Singh said.

Funding from the grant program can be used for projects like renovating or building classrooms, libraries and laboratories, purchasing equipment and funding faculty positions, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

“The Asian Pacific Islander students have been advocating for more involvement and focus on their needs.”

VIRAJITA SINGH Assistant ice provost, Office for Equity and Diversity

In 2010, the Asian American Studies program applied for the designation with the College of Education and Human Development, but suggested later that OED take on the application because the original would have only applied to students in the Asian American Studies Department.

While the Office for Equity and Diversity took on the responsibility of submitting the application, the entire application process was a cross-departmental effort, according to Director of

University of Texas head begrudgingly OKs campus gun rules

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AUSTIN, Texas — Concealed handguns will be allowed in University of Texas classrooms but generally banned from dorms under rules begrudgingly approved Wednesday by the school’s president, whose hand was forced by a new state law.

Like many who study or work at the school in liberal Austin, President Greg Fenves opposes allowing guns on the roughly 50,000-student campus.

Texas’ universities had been gun-free zones under the state’s previous concealed handgun laws, but the

Republican-dominated Legislature voted last year to force public universities to allow license holders to bring their guns to campus starting Aug. 1.

“I do not believe handguns belong on a university campus, so this decision has been the greatest challenge of my presidency to date,” Fenves said in announcing his decision to adopt rules recommended by a campus study group in December.

Gun-rights activists insist the right to have weapons on campus falls under the Second Amendment and they call it a critical self-defense measure.

Communications for OED, Anitra Cottledge.

Singh predicts the designation will also help all students of color on campus.

“It has been documented that students of color often struggle with completion of their education because of issues with our institutions and other factors,” she said.

In September, about 20 students from the unofficial student group Asian and Pacific Islanders for Equity and Diversity protested a perceived lack of transparency in the Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence and OED. The group also demanded more faculty members who are Asian or Pacific Islander.

“I feel that this designation will really help with having more representation of Asian-Americans and Native American and Pacific Islanders on campus,” Xiong said. “Our representation does matter. There is no transparency for us on campus.”

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career of his or her interest and pay forward to the next generation through taxes.”

If approved, tuition would increase by about $3,200 a year over the next four years.

After the state Legislature didn’t fully fund a requested tuition freeze during last year’s session, rates for resident undergraduates increased by 1.5 percent and 7 percent for nonresident, nonreciprocity students.

The plan to increase tuition comes after the school lowered tuition for nonresidents in 2008 in an effort to lure more out-of-state undergraduates to the school.

This year, with fees included, resident undergraduates at the University will pay the seventh-highest tuition rate in the Big Ten conference, while nonresident, nonreciprocity students pay

the lowest rate.

The proposal also comes after the University has received pressure from state legislators to increase tuition for out-of-state students in order to keep prices lower for residents.

Rep. Bob Barrett, R-Taylors Falls, who has previously supported a tuition hike for nonresidents, said he supports Kaler’s plan as long as it benefits students from Minnesota.

“The bigger issue isn’t the amount or the time frame but how they spend the money,” he said.

To help keep tuition for resident undergraduates reasonable, the plan proposes to keep costs for those students in the middle of the Big Ten. But student government leaders say they oppose any increases to tuition.

“A lot of students choose this university, especially outof-state students, because they can get a world-class

education at a reduced, more affordable price compared to elsewhere,” said Minnesota Student Association Government and Legislative Affairs Director Nick Wilson. “In Minnesota, there’s an average of $30,000 in student debt by the time they leave with a four-year degree. We need to take our students’ future into account and make school more affordable.”

Callie Livengood, chair of the Student Representatives to the Board of Regents, said tuition increases could impact the University’s efforts to recruit diverse students.

“When we start raising tuition … it makes it harder to attract more broad, diverse groups of students,” she said.

This year, resident undergraduates will pay $12,240 in tuition compared to $20,660 for nonresidents.

The Regents are expected to vote on Kaler’s proposal in March.

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is used in GPS systems, he said.

“The most important aspect of this [discover y] is … contributing to the general knowledge and culture of mankind,” Mandic said.

“I’m sure that practical applications will come, but it’s a matter of time.”

The discover y may create an entirely new field of astronomy, said Evan Skillman, director of the Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics.

Whenever exper ts find new kinds of information about the universe, it opens a new area of study, said Gwynne Crowder, a

“The fact that they essentially turned things on and discovered one right away tells you that this is no fluke. This is just the first of a flood.”

EVAN SKILLMAN Director of the Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics

University researcher who works with LIGO. “It is hard to undersell how big a deal this is,” Skillman said.

Still, it is possible there won’t be new discoveries after this one, said University physics professor Keith Olive.

“No one knows how rare or common those kind of collisions [are],” said Olive.

Astronomy has seen

expansions in the field before — but not all of them have had far- r eachi n g implications. The discover y of radio waves helped researchers lear n about the universe. But the 1987 detection of neutrinos — a type of fundamental particle — has yet to be obser ved since, he said.

Skillman said he thinks advancement in detection tools and more sensitive

equipment will let researchers detect waves more frequently over time.

“The fact that they essentially turned things on and discovered one right away tells you that this is no fluke,” Skillman said. “This is just the first of a flood.”

Additional detections and data could be used to understand the demographics of black holes, Skillman said.

“These sorts of observations will allow astronomers to ask and answer completely independent questions,” he said.

Mandic said LIGO researchers wrote a paper to discuss possible implications of the discover y, which was submitted for review and should be released in coming weeks and months.

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CROSSWORD Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle FOR RELEASE FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

HOROSCOPES Today’s Birthday (2/18): Mobilize community actions for positive change this year. A financial breakthrough could alter your educational plans. A two-year travel and study phase begins.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Written by Nancy Black

Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is a 6 — For the next four weeks, under the Pisces sun, ponder big questions. You’re especially sensitive to spiritual inquiry. Review the road traveled for insight ahead.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is an 8 — Your work is in demand this month, under the Pisces sun. Pay attention to your health. Monitor medications carefully. Get rest and exercise.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 7 — Get social this month, with the sun in Pisces. Find what you need in your network. Get out and explore, especially today and tomorrow.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is an 8 — Expand your territory. Pursue a passion where it takes you this month, with the sun in Pisces.

Relax and play with people you love.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 9 — Advance in your career this month, with the sun in Pisces.

Today and tomorrow get especially profitable.

You’re especially persuasive. Make a firm offer.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 7 — Collaborate to grow family finances. Monitor expenses and income, especially regarding home improvements over the next month.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 9 — Higher education, studies, research and travel provide avenues of exploration over the next month under the Pisces sun.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is an 8 — Writing, research and communications projects go well this month, with the sun in Pisces. Words come with greater ease. Study and practice.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 7 — This month could prove lucrative for shared accounts, with the sun in Pisces. Collaborate to grow assets and reserves.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 9 — Your work is in demand. Concentrate on making money during a peak month, with the sun in Pisces.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 7 — Friends are a big help over the next few days. Support each other through changes. Begin a partnership phase this month, with the sun in Pisces.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is an 8 — Take time for love. Family comes first. Stay out of another’s argument. You’re in your element this month with the sun in your sign.

DR. DATE Dr. Date,

Over winter break I took a road trip down south with some of my gal pals, and it was great. We took a couple days to just run around, catch some concerts and enjoy the beautiful weather before returning to the icy North. While we were staying in a hostel, we befriended some guys from Australia, and we really hit it off.

One of these young gentlemen took a liking to me, and he’s remained in constant contact to this day over social media. He inboxes me on Facebook and Twitter daily, and he’s making no secret about his romantic feelings for me. This part doesn’t bother me so much. Sure, it’s weird to be messaging with someone whom I’ll probably never see again, but it’s fun to be wanted.

But he won’t stop asking me to move to Australia with him. He keeps telling me how he got a nice new job that makes him a good amount of money, and he basically wants me to fly out to be his wife. It’s completely bizarre and unrealistic. How do I get this Aussie off my back?

—Crikey Crikey,

Sheesh. I won’t lower myself by trying to make some lame joke involving Australian slang, but lord knows I want to. If my semi-annual viewings of “Kangaroo Jack” have taught me anything, it’s that you should avoid Australia at all costs. The whole country is like living in “The Revenant,” except the animals are wearing jackets rather than the other way around.

This dude’s playing himself. I don’t know much about you, but I can pretty much guarantee he’s going to need to throw in a little more than that (like a killer personality and/or a pile of marsupial pelts).

I know it’s fun to be wanted — especially by someone with a goofy accent — but you have to cut this guy off. He doesn’t have much say in the matter. Like, what’s he going do? Fly out and make an extravagant show of his love for you and a willingness to do anything for you? I hope that happens for your sake.

—Dr. Date

ACROSS 1 “Pay attention!”

(Ford) 6 Time for new growth: Abbr.

9 Minute Maid Park player (Chevy) 14 Select group 15 Eastern ideal 16 Absolute 17 Summer Olympics competitor 18 Symmetrically placed Monopoly sqs.

19 Bambino’s parent 20 Musical narrated

by Che 21 Squeeze (out) 22 Cosmetician Adrien 23 Info-gathering mission 24 Entanglement 25 Guffaw evokers 26 Way up the mountain 29 Slowpokes 33 1945 battle setting, familiarly 34 “Macbeth” witches, e.g.

38 Car mishaps that occur at this puzzle’s four circles 41 Jabbers 42 Lip-reading alternative: Abbr.

43 Subtlety 44 Writer who used his actual middle name as a pen name 46 Venomous snake (Dodge) 50 Place for a key: Abbr.

51 Atlas, for one (Nissan) 56 Pianist known for his Beethoven interpretations 57 Most preferred, in texts 58 RollerCoaster Tycoon World publisher 59 Pope after John X 60 Seine sight

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61 Can’t be beaten 62 Not yet up 63 Yalie 64 Calf-roping loop 65 Monopoly stack 66 67-Acr. has one 67 Show contempt DOWN 1 Sound mixing control 2 Bar staple 3 Type of pride (Honda) 4 Be of __: help 5 Suppress 6 Scattered 7 Subject to ticketing 8 NCAA’s “Granddaddy of them all” 9 Capital of Eritrea 10 Lewis with Lamb Chop 11 Beat (Ford) 12 Convened again 13 Educational hurdles 27 Prize for a picture 28 Beef cuts 29 Rooting place 30 Larry O’Brien Trophy org.

31 “Fine with me!”

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32 Connections 34 Familia member 35 Harry’s Hogwarts cohort 36 Firm ending?

37 Verb ending 39 Hardens into bone 40 Keeps up 44 Ancient Celtic priests 45 Present to the public

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46 Well-founded 47 Adler of Sherlock Holmes lore 48 Space explorer (Ford) 49 Like many roofs 52 “Challenge accepted!”

53 Western skiing mecca (Chevy) 54 Got up 55 Gunpowder ingredient

SUDOKU Dr. Date,

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9.

I’m going crazy, Doc. My girlfriend and most of my friends are all vegetarians, which means I’m missing out on my favorite food group whenever I’m with them.

A weekly ritual we have is to make some meals together, which is sweet and relaxing, but it always means we can’t include anything with meat or meat products, which usually leaves me feeling a little unsatisfied.

I just love eating meat. It’s part of my family: My dad works at a restaurant known for its steaks. So I grew up eating meals he would bring back after work; it’s a soul food in my book. I have no problem with my girlfriend’s choice to be vegetarian since I respect the decisions she makes for herself and how it’s a healthy diet, but it’s influencing a lot of what I eat.

Now I’m just feeling resigned to eating food I actually like once in a blue moon, and it’s not fun.

Do you know how I can work around this? I need meat, Doc.

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—Carnivore Carnivore,

Dude, chill out. You’re talking like someone who’s seen “The Revenant” three too many times. The vegetarian lifestyle is growing, so you might as well get used to being around people who practice it.

Sure, eating things with parents is great, but this is an opportunity to expand your palate. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn to like some healthier foods while your GF is doing you the solid of showing you the ropes. Meat is a pretty dope food, but veggies also have a lot to offer in terms of flavor.

Sure, it’s hard to miss out on foods you’d rather be eating (you better believe I’d rather be tucking into a bag of Flamin’ Hots rather than this pitiful rice cake) but I’m sure you have plenty of your own time to bust into it. I can picture you now, swaddled in front of a hot solo Netflix session while mutton drippings roll down your laughing face. You beautiful beast, you.

—Dr. Date

Need relationship advice? Email Dr. Date at drdate@mndaily.com.

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Thursday, February 18, 2016

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EVENTS WHAT: The Spanish Paradox: Spain as a Passive Accomplice and “Savior” to the Holocaust WHO: Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies WHEN: 4 p.m. Thursday WHERE: Social Sciences, Room 710 PRICE: Free and open to the public Join the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies for a lecture by Pedro Correa Martin-Arroyo, who is currently the Diane and Howard Fellow at the USHMM and Ph.D. candidate a the London School of Economics. His research interests gravitate around the role of the neutral countries during the Holocaust. In particular, his doctoral project addresses the international management of the Jewish refugee crisis in Spain and Portugal during World War II. His presentation, “The Spanish Paradox: Spain as a Passive Accomplice and ‘Savior’ to the Holocaust,” highlights the various links between Francoist Spain and the Holocaust and assesses the role of the Spanish government in relation to the treatment of the Spanish Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe.

WHAT: Energy Consumption and Economic Growth WHO: Institute for Advanced Study WHEN: 4 p.m. Thursday WHERE: Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts PRICE: Free and open to the public The talk will explore the origin of the relationship between energy consumption and economic growth and why it has held so much meaning in the technical, policy and cultural realms. It will also examine the causes of recent changes in the relationship and some consequences of those changes. Paying special attention to the connections between economic growth and electrical energy consumption, the presentation and subsequent discussion will interrogate the role of new methods to generate and use electricity that have contributed to economic growth without greatly increasing the amount of energy consumption.

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