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SCIENCE

U research focuses on retroviruses New findings clarify aspects of retrovirus replication and could advance anti-HIV drug creation.

BY KEATON SCHMITT kschmitt@mndaily.com

MADDY FOX, DAILY

Freshman animal science major Danielle Johnson feeds calves at the Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research facilities on the St. Paul Campus. The St. Paul Campus hosted its first Explore Ag Careers Day on Feb. 15, which provided information on agricultural careers to middle and high school students in an effort to encourage them to pursue careers in agriculture.

About 120 secondary-school students attended the inaugural event last week to learn about opportunities in agriculture. an expert panel discussion and toured the

BY TAYA BANJAC tbanjac@mndaily.com

A

“We know that we’re not preparing our

sarily require previous farm experi-

young people enough to understand the

ence.

variety of careers that there are in agricul-

To address qualified worker shortages,

ture,” said Colleen Sanders, program lead-

youth groups and the University of Minne-

er for University of Minnesota Extension.

sota are working to educate students about

“We’re really excited about the interest that

the wide swath of careers in the agriculture

people have.”

industry.

The event was a pilot to show how other

About 120 middle and high school 4-H

campuses in the region can connect young

program students came to the University’s

people to higher education opportunities in

St. Paul campus last week for the inaugural

agriculture, Sanders said.

Exploring Agricultural Career Day, part of

The percentage of Americans who grew

a University push to teach youth about agri-

up on farms has dropped drastically in the

cultural jobs. Visitors filled surveys, joined

past 70 years, said Extension Specialist

u See AGRICULTURE Page 3

The University of Minnesota’s greek life office is under new leadership.

In a recent shift in the University’s greek life administration, former student activities employee Anna Jankord has replaced outgoing director Matt Levine.

After ser ving as the program director for the Office of Fraternity and Sorority life

BOR campus housing talks continue After student population hikes, the U is debating a new plan that would revamp Superblock.

BY YOUSSEF RDDAD yrddad@mndaily.com

sorority on a national level, creating new chapters across the country.

“We’re looking for someone who … has experience advising greek chapters and that has probably worked for a greek life office,” Hylton said.

Jankord said she will not be making any major changes from Levine’s leadership, adding that her position isn’t permanent, so her main priority is to keep the greek community confident in its direction.

The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life hopes to have the position filled by the middle of the summer. u See JANKORD Page 10

u See HOUSING Page 10

Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life names interim leader for four years, Levine said he has moved into a role working with assessment and benchmarking for the Office for Student Affairs.

Jankord will be the interim replacement while the Office for Fraternity and Sorority life launches a national search for a permanent replacement. She took over the role in November.

As a University of Minnesota graduate and former Gamma Phi Beta sorority leader, Jankord fit the criteria to fill the interim position, said Vice Provost for Student Affairs and overseer of Fraternity and Sorority life Lamar Hylton.

Additionally, Jankord worked for the

BOARD OF REGENTS

After months of discussion, plans to upgrade the Superblock and renovate Pioneer Hall remain unchanged.

The Board of Regents heard a presentation of the University of Minnesota’s 30-year plan for on-campus housing at board meetings earlier this month. The plan includes concentrating student housing along the Mississippi River on the East Bank campus and close to the academic core of campus.

Rates would likely increase with new or renovated housing options on campus, said Vice President for University Services Pamela Wheelock at a board committee meeting.

Student housing costs were the lowest in the Big Ten this year.

The plan comes as the student population at the University is projected to swell and current on-campus housing options age. At the same time, a boom in private apartment construction around the edges of campus has forced the University to confront student

GREEK LIFE

BY ISABELLA MURRAY imurray@mndaily.com

u See DISCOVERY Page 3

campus.

career in agriculture doesn’t neces-

Anna Jankord will replace Matt Levine as Program Director of the U’s greek life community.

After almost a decade of research, exper ts at the University of Minnesota found that a retrovir us similar to HIV acts dif ferently than previously thought, which could enable the creation of more effective anti-HIV drugs.

According to University research published last week in the science journal Nature, the Rous sarcoma vir us forces host cells to copy with “claws” made of eight molecules — twice the number scientists had previously predicted. The finding suggests drugs that target these claws could be made to fight related viruses like HIV. A retrovirus is different from a normal virus because it directly inserts DNA into a host’s genetic information, said Hideki Aihara, co-author on the study and University professor.

Integrase, the molecule that makes

SPORTS

Gophers earn revenge sweep Minnesota won twice against Wisconsin at Ridder Arena to close its regular season.

BY EMILY NICOLE POLGLAZE epolglaze@mndaily.com

The Gophers were locked in an overtime tie with Wisconsin on Saturday night when the Badgers turned the puck over in the neutral zone.

Sophomore forward Cara Piazza fed the puck to sophomore forward Kelly Pannek, who got ahead of the defense. Pannek shot at the top of the net and scored with 54 seconds left in overtime, giving Minnesota a 4-3 victory.

The goal secured a sweep for the No. 3 Gophers at Ridder Arena after the team blanked No. 2 Wisconsin 4-0 on Friday in front of its best home crowd of the season.

“There was great resiliency from our team,” head coach Brad Frost said Saturday. “We weren’t perfect tonight. It was

more of a classic Wisconsin-Minnesota matchup where both teams were exchanging blows and everybody had chances.”

The Gophers (29-3-1, 24-3-1 WCHA) struck quickly with two first-period goals on Friday against Wisconsin’s No. 1 ranked defense, which allows on average less than one goal per game.

Junior defenseman Megan Wolfe and senior forward Amanda Kessel each scored on Badgers goaltender Ann Renee-Desbiens, and sophomore defenseman Sydney Baldwin added another goal in the second period to make the score 3-0.

Kessel scored again in the third period for her 100th career goal, in front of a season-high crowd of 3,288 fans. She became the fifth player to pass the mark after linemate Hannah Brandt became the fourth earlier this season.

“I didn’t even know that it was coming up,” said Kessel, who returned to the team u See HOCKEY Page 4

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Gophers forward Dani Cameranesi controls the puck while playing against Wisconsin in Ridder Arena on Saturday afternoon.

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STATE REPORT MAN DIES AND ONE FIREFIGHTER HURT IN MINNEAPOLIS HOUSE FIRE MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis fire of ficials say a man is dead after a house fire in south Minneapolis.

The Fire Depar tment says the fire broke out in the single-family home around 4:30 a.m. Sunday.

The Star T ribune repor ts the man who died probably lived in the home. He was the only one home at the time of the fire. His body was found on the second floor, where Assistant Chief Br yan T yner says fire bur ned through the roof.

One firefighter was hur t when he fell in the slipper y conditions, but he was not seriously hurt.

The name of the victim has not been released.

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DALAI LAMA ASSURES HE’S IN GOOD HEALTH MINNEAPOLIS — The Dalai Lama is assuring his followers that he is in good health, despite receiving treatment in the U.S. for a prostate condition.

The 80-year-old Tibetan Buddhist leader spoke to about 3,000 people Sunday at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

The Dalai Lama arrived last month at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

The Star Tribune repor ts he told the crowd he’d been receiving treatment for prostate problems.

Instead of making the faithful travel to Rochester, the Dalai Lama decided to come to Minneapolis to give a shor t talk and celebrate the Tibetan new year.

Speaking in both English and Tibetan, the Dalai Lama spoke about values, compassion, humility and the duty of elders and adult Tibetans to pass on the culture and religion of his homeland to a new generation.

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U.S. Bank Stadium faces a construction roadblock Repairs will begin Monday on leaky gutters and could cost up to $4 million.

BY ANNALISE GALL agall@mndaily.com

Leaky gutters running along the exterior of the new U.S. Bank Stadium

will increase the building project’s cost by up to $4 million, construction firm Mortenson Company said in a statement.

Repairs will begin Monday and will continue for about three months, though the issue isn’t expected to delay the building’s set completion date in July.

Mor tenson spokesman Cameron Snyder said the constr uction and design teams will cover the cost, which is between $3 million and $4 million.

The company found water seeping into an outside wall last fall, Snyder said. Of ficials took several months to identify and

determine a fix for the damage, he said.

Metal panels and the U.S. Bank Stadium sign will be temporarily removed to repair the gutters, according to a Mor tenson statement. “[Repairs] will be completed … well in advance of the conclusion of the project,” Snyder said.

NATIONAL BRIEFING

Clinton turns back Sanders challenge with Nevada win

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LAS VEGAS — Hillar y Clinton seized the momentum in the fierce fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, tur ning back a challenge from Bernie Sanders in Nevada’s caucuses on Saturday and pushing toward even friendlier primaries in the South.

“The future that we want is within our grasp,” the former secretary of state, first lady and senator told cheering supporters after her Nevada win.

In her victor y speech and address to suppor ters gathered for a latenight Texas rally, Clinton shifted her message from her White House qualifications to what Americans can accomplish together.

Moving into primar y contests across the countr y in the coming weeks, Clinton planned to highlight the need for the countr y to work collectively to tackle the biggest problems, said an aide.

“We’re going to build ladders of oppor tunity so that every American can go as far as your heart will take you,” she told about 2,000 suppor ters gathered on Saturday night in Houston.

“We are in this together.”

The numbers back her

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up in her second bid for the presidency. If Clinton solidifies her support among black voters over the next month and wins the Souther n contests, she could amass a significant number of delegates in the push toward the 2,383 needed to win the nomination.

There are more than 1,400 delegates at stake in states such as South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Louisiana, and depending on the outcome and proportional allocation of delegates, Clinton could build a comfortable lead.

Wins also could drive superdelegates to her candidacy. She currently holds a sizable lead among those elected leaders and par ty officials.

Still, Sanders told his supporters after his Nevada loss: “The wind is at our backs. We have the momentum.”

Clinton fired back with a retooled attack, tr ying to turn Sanders’ greatest strength — his economic message — into a weakness. In Houston, Clinton said she respects Sanders “passion and commitment” but argued that he can’t deliver on his promises of single-payer health care and tuitionfree public college.

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Search continues after Long Island plane crash

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PORT JEFFERSON, N.Y. — Fighting frigid water temperatures and racing against the clock, officers grabbed anything they could to try to rescue three men who were aboard a small plane that crash-landed in the Long Island Sound, less than a mile off the New York shoreline.

The search continued Sunday for one person who was still missing.

It was around 11 p.m.

Saturday when the Piper PA28 landed in Port Jefferson Harbor, about 60 miles east of New York City, authorities said. It was pitch black when officers responding to a 911 call made their ways to the shoreline.

“When we came up, we heard them yelling,” said Suffolk County Police Officer Matthew Merced, who helped rescue the men. “We decided the only way we could get to them is to take the kayaks out there and see if we could support them so they could survive.”

And that’s what they did.

The officers commandeered kayaks from houses along the shore and began paddling out into the harbor, using their flashlights to guide them toward the voices crying for help.

Four people were aboard the plane. Three made it to the shore.

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the Bronx, was flying at the time the plane ran into engine trouble and he turned controls over to the 36-yearold instructor pilot, Nelson Gomez, of Queens. All four men exited the plane into the water. Ramirez, Gomez, and a third person, Wady Perez, 25, of Queens, were rescued by Suffolk County police.

One of the men was wearing a lifejacket and was losing consciousness when officers reached him, police said. An officer used his duty belt to hold another afloat atop a kayak and the third made it nearly to the shoreline when an officer threw him an inflatable ring to grab ahold of.

“If it weren’t for the bold actions of the Suffolk County police of ficers standing behind me . we don’t think the three individuals would have sur vived,” Suffolk County Police Commissioner Tim Sini said at a news conference at the scene Sunday afternoon The three were treated and released at Stony Brook University Hospital.

The four th, Gerson Salmon-Negr on, 23, of Queens, remained missing on Sunday.

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Junior animal science major Janet Kano feeds cattle at the dairy cattle teaching and research facilities on the St. Paul Campus.

U educates students about ag careers Agriculture u from Page 1

Josh Rice.

Some students who go into agriculture have never handled cows or other farm animals before.

“We see a lot more urban kids going into agriculturally related careers because agriculture encompasses so many different jobs that are available, whether it’s marketing, distribution, processing or the scientific aspect,” Rice said.

According to a U.S. Depar tment of Agriculture 2014 sur vey, 10 percent of American farmland — about 91.5 million acres — is expected to change hands by 2019, and an increase in technology integration and advancements has also increased need for education, Rice said.

“We’re really tr ying to encourage [youth] to see what stuf f they should need to be taking now that can help them get into college or trade school and into a career that they’re interested in,” he said. “If we want kids to be able to take over those farms and to enter into the ag businesses industr y, we need to give them r elevant, hands-on experiences.”

“We’re really trying to encourage [youth] to see what stuff they should need to be taking now that can help them get into college or trade school and into a career that they’re interested in.”

JOSH RICE University of Minnesota extension specialist

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are 25,700 new jobs in agricultur e management and business each year, as well as 14,600 in science and engineering, many of which affect Minnesota.

The ag career day is par t of a bigger vision.

Five years ago, regional agriculture companies found they didn’t have a ready field of future workers from universities, said Dorothy Freeman, associate dean of Extension Center for youth development and state 4-H director.

“We at 4-H needed to create oppor tunities,” Freeman said. “We want 70 percent of our young

IS bombings rock Syria as world powers seek truce

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BEIRUT — Bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in the Syrian cities of Damascus and Homs killed nearly 130 people on Sunday, highlighting the threat posed by the extremists as the countr y’s warring factions fight for the nor ther n city of Aleppo and world powers chase an elusive cease-fire.

The blasts came as Secretar y of State John Kerr y said that a “provisional agreement” has been reached on a cessation of hostilities that could begin in the next few days. But he acknowledged that it’s not finalized and all parties might not automatically comply.

A series of blasts ripped through the Sayyida Zeinab suburb of Damascus, killing at least 83 people and wounding more than 170, the official SANA news agency said.

The Britain-based Syrian

Obser vator y for Human Rights, which relies on local Syrian activists, said the blasts killed 62. SANA said the bombs went of f near schools during the afternoon rush hour.

The neighborhood is home to one of Shiite Islam’s holiest shrines, which his heavily guarded

by Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement and other Shiite militiamen from Iraq and elsewhere. Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV said the blasts were caused by a car bomb and two suicide bombers.

The bombings in the central city of Homs killed at least 46 people and wounded dozens, according to Syria’s Foreign Ministr y. The Obser vator y said 57 people, including 11 women, were killed by two car bombs set of f in a mostly Alawite neighbor hood. Syrian Pr esident Bashar Assad hails fr om the Alawite mino rity, an of fshoot of Shiite Islam.

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Senior psychology major Ben Hanks milks cows at the dairy cattle teaching and research facilities on the St. Paul Campus. The St. Paul Campus hosted its first Explore Ag Careers Day on Feb. 15.

people that come through the 4-H program to aspire and or be ready to go onto higher education.”

While the youth group has spread into many areas like robotics and engineering, she said, 4-H has always been tied

to agriculture.

Freeman said the career fair is the first step to finding and understanding agriculture careers, along with the impact agriculture has on daily life.

“When you really think about it you can’t do

anything without agriculture, including br ushing your teeth,” she said The ag career day is a good way for young people to explore dif ferent careers before going to college and spending thousands of dollars,

Freeman said.

“Young people don’t come out of college anymore thinking that they’re going to work in a ver y defined box,” she said. “They come out college thinking they’re going to work the world.”

Findings could advance HIV drugs Discovery u from Page 1

up the claws in RSV, isn’t found in host cells.

Researchers could theoretically make a drug to target it and stop the virus without harming human cells, said Aihara.

Until this study, biochemists thought HIV and other r etrovir uses had just four integrase copies, because of previous studies with a virus less similar to HIV than RSV, he said.

“For HIV and other viral systems, we had this rough idea of how it would do the job. … Basically, it looked ver y dif ferent [from what was expected],” said Aihara The discover y adds insight into how RSV acts, he said, because on a small scale the dif ference of a few molecules can change how integrase behaves.

This news could also help researchers understand how HIV infects host cells, Aihara said.

“Now that we have this

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND DIFFRACTION

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CRYSTALLIZATION The molecule is turned into a crystal structure to diffract rays.

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY The crystallized molecule is hit with X-rays, which scatter based on the structure of the molecule, where the X-rays scatter is recorded.

RESULTS Based on where the rays scattered, the researchers can determine the structure of the molecule.

SOURCE: HIDEKI AIHARA AND SURAJIT BANERJEE

RSV str ucture, probably we can predict how HIV integrase functions,” said Aihara.

The team cr ystallized the vir us and hit it with rays in a process called Xray diffraction, said Surajit Banerjee, study co-author from Cor nell University who measured the scattered rays.

When a ray hits a molecule, it scatters, and when researchers measure the scattering, they can figure

out the str ucture of the molecules, said Banerjee.

He said he gathered data at a multi-university lab with advanced facilities to show the str ucture more clearly.

“With this resolution, we can explain all the atomic details,” Banerjee said.

Zhiqi Yin, a University of Minnesota researcher and co-author on the study, said the team has worked on this project

since 2008 but first had success in 2011 when he joined the team and they star ted to use a new approach.

Now that they’ve found the str ucture of RSV, the researchers plan to map the str ucture of HIV, he said.

“Ultimately, if you really want to develop the best str ucture-based dr ug, we need to have a high resolution structure of HIV-1,” said Aihara.

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Monday, February 22, 2016

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JOE SULIK, DAILY

Gophers forward Amanda Kessel controls the puck while playing against Wisconsin in Ridder Arena on Saturday afternoon.

W. Hockey u from Page 1

three weeks ago. “When they announced it, I was kind of surprised, but it’s just a testament to how good our teams are.”

Minnesota’s four goals on Friday were the most the Badgers (30-3-1, 24-31 WCHA) have allowed to

any team in one game all year. Friday also marked the third time this season Wisconsin was shutout.

Senior goaltender Amanda Leveille had a seasonhigh 35 saves and earned her 30th career shutout in the game.

The Gophers scored twice in the first period again on Saturday, with goals from freshman

for ward Sarah Potomak and junior for ward Kate Schipper.

Wisconsin scored before the end of the period to make it a one-goal game, and the two teams continued to go back-and-forth.

Each team had a secondperiod goal, and the Badgers had a chance to tie the game with a penalty shot.

Sophomor e for war d

Annie Pankowski beat Leveille to tie the game. The game went into overtime, where Pannek was able to break away in the final minute to give the Gophers a victory.

The game mir r or ed the first one the two teams played this season, when the Badgers won on Dec. 4 with 55 seconds left in overtime.

The sweep didn’t help

the Gophers in the standings, but the team now heads into the postseason on a four-game winning streak. “[We know] that we can face adversity. We can be up; we can be tied and go through ups and downs,” Pannek said. “We can still come out and battle. It’s a huge momentum and confidence builder.”

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Gophers lose two as regular season wanes Rachel Banham broke the Big Ten’s all-time scoring record on Sunday.

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Minnesota Wisconsin

1 2 0

2 1 0

3 1 0

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SATURDAY Minnesota Wisconsin

1 2 3 OT FINAL 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 3

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M. BASKETBALL

Upset leads to storming

BY RYAN FALK rfalk@mndaily.com

BY KAITLIN MERKEL kmerkel@mndaily.com

A 52-point performance by redshirt senior guard Rachel Banham wasn’t enough to lift the Gophers over No. 25 Michigan State.

Minnesota lost 114-106 on the road to the Spartans on Sunday, with Banham breaking the Big Ten’s all-time career scoring record.

She passed Penn State’s Kelly Mazzante and currently has 2,921 career points.

“I had no idea that I was getting close to breaking it, so that’s cool that it happened,” Banham said. “I wish we could’ve gotten the win for our team goals and looking toward the NCAA tournament, but I’m proud of myself for being able to do that.”

Minnesota (18-9, 10-6 Big Ten) also lost its first game of the weekend 93-79 at Indiana, ending a four-game winning streak.

Banham scored 26 points in each half on Sunday, and the Gophers trailed by two at halftime in East Lansing, Mich.

Minnesota fell behind quickly in the third quarter, and the Spartans took a 13-point lead the Gophers were unable to overcome in the fourth.

The team scored more than 100 points for the fifth time this season but lost for the first time when hitting that mark.

“When you give up 114 points, you aren’t going to win. We’re just very disappointed about our defensive effort,” head coach Marlene Stollings said. “If we just step up and get five or six more

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

KATHRYN CHLYSTEK, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota guard Rachel Banham carries the ball at Williams Arena on Feb. 15. Banham scored the winning basket to defeat Iowa 78-76.

stops at any point in the game, we still win. It’s just an area that we have to continue to focus on.”

Minnesota shot 47.2 percent from the floor, while Michigan State shot 54.5 percent.

Five Spar tans players scored in double digits, with redshirt junior forward Aerial Powers totaling 40 points.

“They have a lot of different people who can score.

They don’t just have one player. Powers is great, but they were able to take advantage of us in other ways,” junior guard Joanna Hedstrom said. “Bottom line, we didn’t adjust well to what

they were doing.”

Sophomore guard Carlie Wagner scored 20 points, and Hedstrom added 16 behind Banham.

The Gophers were also outrebounded 40-36 by Michigan State and committed 16 turnovers in the game to the Wolverines’ 11.

“We made it too easy for them. They got a lot of really good looks and a lot of open shots,” Banham said. “They kept running the same play and scoring the same way. …

It’s just a matter of playing defense. It’s pretty simple.”

Minnesota shot 46 percent from the floor in Thursday’s loss and made three

3-pointers. The Hoosiers drew fouls and get to the line often, making 28 of 42 free throws in the game.

“We put them to the free throw line way too many times, and they outrebounded us,” Banham said. “We’ve got to be tougher.”

Banham led the team with 29 points, while senior guard Shayne Mullaney added 17.

The Gophers now have only two games left on their regular season schedule as the team tries to make a late push for the NCAA tournament.

“We’ve got to be really ready to play, and I think we need to go in there with a little

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RESULTS THURSDAY Minnesota Indiana

1 2 3 4 FINAL 17 19 21 22 79 15 28 25 25 93

SUNDAY 1 2 3 4 FINAL Minnesota 21 31 19 35 106 Michigan St. 37 17 30 30 114

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

bit of anger,” Banham said.

“We need to be ready and really, really focused and ready to dominate and come out punching.”

The Gophers’ two-month losing streak ended Thursday night with a court storming.

Minnesota upset No. 6 Maryland 68-63 in front of a crowd of 10,768, picking up the team’s first Big Ten victory. “[The court storming] was a blur for a minute there,” senior for ward Joey King said. “The fans stuck with us all year. There [were] a lot of people there tonight, and they were able to experience a great win.”

Sophomore guard Nate Mason led the team with 18 points. Freshman for ward Jordan Murphy added 17 and grabbed 11 rebounds, and King scored 15 points.

The Gophers (7-19, 1-13) made seven 3-pointers in the first half and shot 46.7 percent from the field.

The Terrapins trailed 4029 at halftime but took the lead with under three minutes left.

For the first time in the conference season though the Gophers finished well.

“It’s insane how many close losses we’ve had in two years,” Pitino said. “[Winning close games] comes down to one or two plays, and we found a way to make them tonight against a very good team.”

MEN’S BASKETBALL RESULTS

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BASEBALL

Minnesota starts season 3-1 in Arizona The team only lost its last game of the weekend against No. 5 Oregon State.

BY KAITLIN MERKEL kmerkel@mndaily.com

The Gophers baseball team opened its season in Surprise, Ariz., over the weekend and won three of four games.

Minnesota’s lineup hit well to open the season, outscoring opponents 3113 in the four games.

The team beat Utah 6-1 on Friday, Utah Valley 8-2 on Saturday and split a doubleheader with Utah and No. 5 Oregon State on Sunday. The Gophers beat Utah 9-3 in the two teams’ second game and lost to Oregon State 8-7. “ We c a m e i n t o t h i s weekend thinking we were a really good team, and I think we’re leaving knowing that for a fact,” junior outfielder and pitcher Matt Fiedler said. “We played really well in all phases of the game — pitching, hitting, running, defense.

And a lot of guys stepped up. It wasn’t just a couple of guys.”

Fiedler star ted Minnesota’s first game of the season Friday and allowed one run on two hits in fiveand-two-thirds innings.

He received plenty of suppor t from his of fense, which totaled 12 hits from

BASEBALL RESULTS

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eight dif ferent players.

Fiedler himself went 3-4 with one RBI, while sophomore first baseman Toby Hanson had three hits, including a home run in the fifth inning.

Minnesota added 11 hits from nine players on Saturday against Utah Valley in the team’s second victor y. Senior pitcher Dalton Sawyer started the game and str uck out five batters while giving up three hits in four-and-twothirds scoreless innings.

The Gophers pitchers then dominated Utah in the team’s early game Sunday, with star ting pitcher Toby Anderson and relievers Cody Campbell and Nick Lackney combining to take a no-hitter into the eighth inning.

“It worked out for us because all of our starters got us into the four th or fifth inning with their pitch counts, and that really helps,” head coach John Anderson said. “And the fact that we scored some runs in ever y ballgame.”

The Utes broke through with a hit in the eighth and recorded three runs in the bottom of the ninth, but it wasn’t enough against a relentless Gophers offense.

Four freshman — center fielder Ben Mezzenga, second baseman Ter rin Vavra, designated hitter Eddie Estrada and shor tstop Riley Smith — made their first starts for Minnesota in the victor y.

The four combined for seven hits, six r uns and

SOFTBALL

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Gophers outfielder Matt Fielder runs to third base at Siebert Field on April 28, 2015.

four RBIs in their starting debuts.

“We played two games [Sunday], and it was warm, and we didn’t want to have to play some of the guys,” Anderson said.

“There was freshmen at the top [of the lineup batting] … and they did a nice job.”

Minnesota took a 5-3 lead over the Beavers in

Gophers defeat Cyclones in last regular season dual

BY JACK WHITE jwhite@mndaily.com

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Sophomore pitcher Sara Groenewegen pitches on May 1, 2015, against Purdue.

Groenewegen throws no-hitter

BY EMILY NICOLE POLGLAZE epolglaze@mndaily.com

The Gophers split its games at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge in Tallahassee, Fla., over the weekend, with Sara Groenewegen tossing a gem Friday night.

The junior pitcher threw a no-hitter against Virginia Tech to start the weekend, and the Gophers added another victory over the Hokies on Saturday. Minnesota lost its final two games to No. 13 Florida State Saturday and Sunday by three runs.

“We were really resilient,” senior Paige Palkovich said Sunday morning. “We were able to string together at-bats and [were] ready to do whatever it took to get on base or move a runner.”

No. 20 Minnesota (5-4) won 8-0 on Friday and put up two runs against Virginia Tech (1-8) in the first two innings.

The Gophers of fense exploded in the third inning with five runs scoring in the frame. Junior Sam Macken hit a double. Sophomore Danielle Parlich had an RBI single, and later, Palkovich hit a three-run home run to clear the bases. Senior Sydney Fabian recorded an RBI before the inning was over to put the Gophers up 7-0.

The lead was more than enough from Groenewegen, who threw the fourth no-hitter of her career. In her five

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The teams traded runs back-and-for th after ward and were tied 7-7 heading into the eighth inning.

Oregon State scored one r un in the bottom of the eighth, and the Gophers lineup couldn’t come up with a final r un with the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the ninth.

WRESTLING

The team had two consecutive pins at 149 and 157 pounds at Williams Arena.

The junior pitcher’s performance helped her team finish 2-2 over the weekend.

the top of the third inning during their second game Sunday, due to a three-run home run by Hanson.

“Obviously, there was a lot of excitement to get outside finally and star t playing,” Hanson said. “As far as my approach, I just wasn’t tr ying to do too much. Just put some nice swings on the ball, and good things were able to

SOFTBALL RESULTS

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innings of work, she had 10 strikeouts and one walk on 68 pitches.

“Going into each game I have the same mentality that it’s going to be hard, so I honestly don’t pay attention to that,” Groenwegen said. “Yes, I came away with a no-hitter, but it’s a testament to the team, too.”

Minnesota used another big inning to defeat Virginia Tech again on Saturday 9-3, with four of the team’s runs coming in the fourth inning.

Sophomore Sydney Dwyer, Fabian and Macken all tallied RBIs in the fourth, and Palkovich hit a bases-clearing double toward the end of the inning.

Groenewegen pitched four innings and allowed one hit, while sophomore Kylie Stober earned her first save of the season in a three-inning outing.

Minnesota lost 5-4 in its second game Saturday to No.

13 Florida State (7-3). The Seminoles scored two runs in the first innings, but Macken responded with a solo home run in the third.

Florida State added another run in the bottom of the inning, and both teams scored one run in the sixth. The Gophers tied the game 4-4 in the top of the seventh, but the Seminoles hit a walk-off home run to win the game.

“Even though the result didn’t go our way yesterday, we built a lot of confidence,” Palkovich said. “The game didn’t end up how we wanted, but even when we were down it didn’t feel like we were down.”

Neither team scored in the first six innings on Sunday, until Florida State put up two runs in the top of the seventh and held on for a 2-0 victory.

Groenewegen allowed the two runs on four hits and had five strikeouts and two walks in the game.

When redshir t junior Brandon Kingsley pinned Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer, the Williams Arena crowd erupted.

Minnesota ear ned its second consecutive technical fall with the victor y and took an 18-3 lead over No. 14 Iowa State. The Gophers dominated the first duals of their last regular season meet and held on for a 30-10 victor y Friday night.

“Anytime you can get some momentum, I think [it’s] really good, and the way they wrestled was really good,” head coach J Robinson said. “Brandon Kingsley, he hung in there, and I think he’s seeing the dif ference of what intensity and some focus and endurance can do.”

R ed s h i r t f r es h ma n Steve Polakowski opened the dual for Minnesota at 125 pounds. He earned the first points of the night with an escape in the second period and later had a takedown in the third. He held on for a 3-2 victor y to give the Gophers a 3-0 lead.

Redshir t junior Ben Morgan lost a 10-5 decision in the next match,

WRESTLING RESULTS

MINNESOTA VS. IOWA STATE No. 17 Minnesota No. 14 Iowa State

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and Iowa State tied the dual. But Minnesota won the next three matches.

No. 6 Tommy Thor n won his match in a 4-0 decision, riding out the victor y in the third period.

No. 16 Jake Shor t pinned his opponent at 149 pounds in the first period to earn a technical fall and give Minnesota a 12-3 lead.

Kingsley had a near fall in the next match to take a lead and finished his match by getting the pin.

“A pin is always my ultimate goal,” Kinglsey said.

“It got me really fired up to see [Short] get that pin.

It’s always a big momentum-booster for whoever’s coming out next.”

Redshir t freshman Brandon Krone avoided a pin in the following match but lost 13-2 by major decision to No. 10 Tanner Weatherman.

The Gophers came right back with another victor y as redshir t sophomore Nick Wanzek used a third period takedown to win his four th match in a row.

“In the third period, that’s how we train,”

“It got me really fired up to see [Short] get that pin. It’s always a big momentumbooster for whoever’s coming out next.”

BRANDON KINGSLEY Redshirt junior wrestler

Wanzek said. “[Robinson] talks about how our whole team, our [strength] is in the third period. When their guys get tired, we get to take advantage and wrestle through periods when guys might take breaks.”

Redshir t sophomor e Chris Pfarr lost his match 9-2, but the Gophers led 21-10 with two matches to go.

Minnesota dominated the two heaviest weight classes to end the dual, star ting with No. 3 Brett Pfarr earning a major decision at 197 pounds. No. 9 Michael Kroells capped the dual with a 15-0 victor y in the heavyweight class, which earned him a technical fall.

“There’s some improvement from last week, and that’s the way you want to look,” Robinson said. “You want to feel positive about what we’re doing, where we are. The hard work we’re putting in, it’s going to pay off for us.”

SAM HARPER, DAILY

Junior Brandon Kingsley pins an Iowa State opponent Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer Friday night at Williams Arena. Kingsley made one of two pins for the team’s 30-10 victory.

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Monday, February 22, 2016

WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS

Gophers floor Iowa State and Air Force Lindsay Mable won the all-around and three other events on the road Friday.

BY TOMMY JAAKOLA tjaakola@mndaily.com

Lindsay Mable put together another unstoppable per formance in Ames, Iowa, Friday night.

The senior won the all-ar ound competition with a score of 39.550 and claimed individual titles on vault, uneven bars and beam.

Behind Mable, the Gophers defeated Iowa State 195.525-195.075 on the road, with Air Force finishing in third at 190.200.

“The victor y is ver y nice,” said head coach Jenny Hansen. “We didn’t quite per form to the level we were hoping to, so that was disappointing. But we had three ver y good events, and beam was uncharacteristic of us. That’s usually a great event for us, and tonight it wasn’t quite there. But I was really proud of the other three events.”

The Gophers had the top team score in three of their four events in the victor y, starting the night on the uneven bars.

Mable scored a 9.900, and senior Madeline Hanley finished second with a 9.850.

The beam was Minnesota’s next event, the only one the team did not finish in first place.

Mable took first as an individual with another

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Senior Lindsay Mable performs her floor routine at the Sports Pavilion on Saturday. Mable claimed first place on the floor with a score of 9.900, the highest of the night.

score of 9.900, and junior Rachel Haines was four th with a 9.800.

The Gophers had their highest team scor e of the night on floor with a 49.150 during the third rotation.

Sophomore Ciara Gardner tied for first place with a 9.900, while Mable notched a 9.875 to finish in fourth.

Mable earned 9.875 on the vault for her third individual victor y of the night.

Junior Bailey Aber nathy tied for second place in the event with a 9.825.

“It’s all about the little things that make a big dif ference,” Mable said.

“Those little improvements day in and day out

TENNIS

Teams combine to lose three duals Both teams lost to Dartmouth on the road and the men lost to Columbia.

MEN’S TENNIS SUNDAY First Match

BY JACK WHITE jwhite@mndaily.com

Dartmouth Minnesota

The Gophers women’s tennis team played Dar tmouth in the fall and came away with one singles and one doubles win.

Little changed when the two teams met again on Saturday as Minnesota lost 7-0 to Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H. “I mean, they just absolutely played lights out, their team,” head coach Chuck Merzbacher said. “They played well in every singles spot. It’s hard to be disappointed in your team when the other team played that well.”

The Gophers lost the doubles point after falling in all three matches.

Minnesota also lost six singles matches, with all of them being decided in two sets. Senior Jessika Mozia lost a close second set in her match 7-5 in the No. 4 singles spot.

“If I felt like [the team was] doing something wrong, I would tell them,” Merzbacher said. “They just played ex-

Second Match Columbia Minnesota

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tremely well. Their coach even said, ‘We couldn’t play any better.’ ”

Men lose twice The men’s tennis team also played Dartmouth and ended with a result similar to the women’s team.

The Gophers lost 5-2 on Friday and also lost to No. 16 Columbia 7-0 on Sunday in the two teams’ second meeting in the spring season.

“Well, I think it’s a good way for us to learn how to win more points,” head coach Geoff Young said. “These teams, they don’t don’t miss much, so you really have to earn those points.”

Minnesota took the doubles point against Dartmouth with two victories from the No. 2 and 3 doubles spots.

Junior Jeremy L ynn and

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Gophers sophomore Matic Spec returns the ball to South Florida in the Baseline Tennis Center on Feb. 5.

sophomore Matic Spec, paired together in the No. 2 spot, won their four th straight match together on Friday.

Spec also won in the No. 1 singles spot, coming back after losing the first set.

He was the only Minnesota player to win a singles match, and the Gophers lost the dual 5-2.

Minnesota then faced Columbia on Sunday for the second time, after losing 4-0 in New York City on Jan. 24.

Once again, the Gophers were unable to score a point

WOMEN’S TENNIS RESULTS SUNDAY First Match Dartmouth Minnesota

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against Columbia, losing every doubles match. The team was also swept in singles, with all matches being decided in two sets, and lost 7-0.

“It’s good, because it really exposes where we can start [improving,]” Young said.

TRACK & FIELD

Men’s team earns five titles at Snowshoe Open The women’s team won five titles at the Parents Day Invite on Saturday.

BY RYAN FALK rfalk@mndaily.com

The Minnesota men’s track and field team ended their indoor home schedule with five event titles on Friday at the Snowshoe Open.

Senior Goaner Deng won the 800-meter run with a time of 1:49.82, which is only a quarter of a second of f from the Minnesota Fieldhouse record.

“When he’s near the front [of the pack], that’s his best suit in terms of getting good results,” head coach Steve Plasencia said.

Six Minnesota runners finished in the top-seven spots in the 800-meters, including runner-up redshirt

sophomore Derek Wiebke.

The Kasson, Minn., native had a time of 1:52.57.

“It was huge to see everyone compete the way we did,” Deng said. “Another consistent per for mance ahead of the [Big Ten Championships].”

Four Minnesota r unners also took the top-four spots in the 600-meters behind freshman Jack Wellenstein’s Snowshoe Open record time of 1:19.49.

The team also took up the top-four spots in the weight throw and six of the top-eight.

Senior Sean Donnelly came in first, competing unattached in the event with a distance of 21.79 meters.

Senior Gian Ferretti came in second with a distance of 20.83 meters. “[Ferretti] is one of the top guys in the countr y,” Plasencia said. “[Young

guys] see what he does, and they have more confidence in their coach because they see that their coach can get guys to that level.”

Women win five titles

The Minnesota women’s track and field team also picked up five titles competing at the Parents Day Invite on Saturday at the Fieldhouse.

“As a team we had so many personal bests,” redshir t junior Caitlin Dillon said. “All around a great day for everyone.”

Minnesota won both of the throwing events, with redshir t freshman Kiley Sabin winning the shot put and redshirt senior L yndsey Thorpe winning the weight throw.

Sabin set a career-best in her event with a distance of 15.39 meters, which is

seventh-best in program history.

Thorpe cleared a distance of 19.61 meters in her event for her second-best throw of the season.

Two other seniors besides Thorpe finished in the top-10 in their events. Kelly Flynn placed in the long jump and graduate student Rebecca Wesley finished eighth in the 800-meters.

“It was definitely a big day for us seniors,” Dillon said.

Dillon also ran seasonbest 5:29.09 in the mile to finish 19th in event.

Redshir t freshman Bolande Jinadu won the 400-meters in a time of 57.32 seconds, finishing 1.74 seconds ahead of the next runner.

“Our team as a whole is the best we’ve ever had since I’ve been here,” Dillon said. “As a whole, we have so much confidence.”

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Minnesota finishes third in the Big Ten

BY TOMMY JAAKOLA tjaakola@mndaily.com

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RESULTS

TEAMS Minnesota Iowa State Air Force

SWIMMING & DIVING

Junior diver Yu Zhou won Big Ten Diver of the Year for the second time.

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WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS

in the gym are really going to car r y us through individually and as a team.

Because if you do your job and hit your landing on any event, it really transfers to the team score.”

Junior diver Yu Zhou highlighted the Gophers’ third-place finish at the Big Ten Championships over the weekend, winning three events to earn her second consecutive Big Ten Diver of the Year award.

The Gophers, finishing third on the day, ended with a team score of 927.50 points in Ann Arbor, Mich., breaking the team’s streak of four Big Ten titles in a row. Michigan took first with 1,361 points, and Indiana placed second with 1,207.5 points.

“It was a true team effort, and I’m really proud of how the team responded and how they really came together, and the divers did a tremendous job,” head coach Kelly Kremer said.

Zhou won the 1- and 3-meter dives for the second consecutive year, scoring 352.45 and 407.05 points in each event, respectively. She also scored 363.20 on the platform dive for her third conference title of the meet and fifth of her career.

Junior Lexi Tenenbaum finished third on the 3-meter dive with 354.80 points and fourth on the platform with 305.40.

In races, Minnesota’s 200 medley relay team of freshmen Zoe Avestruz, Rachel Munson, sophomore

WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING RESULTS

2016 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAMS University of Michigan Indiana University University of Minnesota

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Danielle Nack and senior Lauren Votava took second place in a time of 1:37:27.

Avestruz, Nack, Votava and junior Abagail Raatz finished fifth in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:29.72.

Sophomore Brooke Zeiger was second in the 400 individual medley with a time of 4:08.18. Junior Breanne Siwicki finished close behind in a season-best time of 4:10.19.

Nack placed second in the 200 butterfly for the second year in a row with 1:56.55 and finished third in the 100 butterfly with a personal-best time of 52.64.

Votava finished fourth in the 100 freestyle in a time of 48.48 and in the 400 freestyle relay with Nack, Avestruz and Raatz.

“I think finishing third behind Michigan and Indiana was respectable,” Zeiger said.

“I think the loss will help us realize what our goals are and what needs to be done as a team if we want another title.

The whole meet was a good learning experience for everyone, though. It was exciting to see a few freshmen step up and rise to the challenge during such a high-stress meet.”

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Gophers sophomore Brooke Zeiger competes in the women’s 400 individual medley finals on Dec. 5, 2015.

Editorials & Opinions

Monday, February 22, 2016

SOCIETY

Objectively, no one can ever be unbiased It’s time to let go of “impartial journalism” and accept that bias is just another fact of life.

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ith the Minnesota caucus approaching (it’s on March 1, so go out and get involved), many of my friends have taken up canvassing for their favorite candidates. Others have adamantly refused to do so — especially my friends who work in journalism.

They’d like to canvass, they tell me. It’s just that it would go against either their personal or professional code of ethics to participate in something that could mark their writing as “not objective.”

While I respect my friends’ obligations to their employers, I find these ideas ridiculous. We need to forever banish the idea of “pure objectivity” to Dante’s ninth and final circle of hell — the one reser ved for the treacherous.

Bias is everywhere. It lies in our syntax and word choice. We organize our stories with bias, creating a hierarchy of the mostto-least important pieces of information.

Bias appears in the layout of print publications, the choice of which images appear in color, the structure of websites, the arrangement of their featured stories and the times of programming on radio and TV.

ALIA JERAJ columnist

We show our prejudices in the very stories we choose to write about, displaying bias as we research and reflecting it as we decide which sources to cite and to what extent we want to use them.

Perhaps some of the most insidious forms of bias are visible in who is present in newsrooms, who writes stories, who edits them and who presents them.

We do not live in fishbowls — if we did, there would be no need for journalism at all. Innumerable thoughts, people and events influence us on a daily basis. These experiences shape how we perceive the world. We reflect our personal thoughts and perceptions in the things we produce, whether or not we intend to.

This is all to say that even the most skillful, best-intentioned journalist writes with bias. This is no one’s fault. However, it is something we need to acknowledge and accept.

Rather than pretend or even to tr y to write without bias, I think journalists and

repor ters would inform people much more successfully if they were transparent about their positions and their intentions.

When we read academic papers or even novels, we are often curious about the author’s identity. “How much of their life are they projecting into this work?” we wonder.

“What are their qualifications to write about these subjects?”

These questions lead to deeper analyses of the writing, encouraging us to think more critically about the texts we read.

Why should we treat journalism any differently?

If journalists stated their biases for the audience’s benefit, readers could then interpret the stor y with those biases in mind, provoking thought about the reasons why the repor ter told the stor y in such a way.

As a result, rather than leading to a less-informed audience, transparent bias would actually help readers become more knowledgeable. Not only would they understand what they’re reading — they’d also understand its source. And that’s something we should all aspire to.

Alia Jeraj welcomes comments at ajeraj@mndaily.com.

DAILY DISCUSSION Comment on “This school has an aristocracy” If you don’t have time to evaluate two or three candidates for student government leadership, how do you expect that you’ll have time to evaluate the various decisions that need to be made about the campus? It’s not like Minnesota Student Association President Joelle Stangler or other student leaders are secret about their platforms, nor are the various representatives for smaller constituencies to the governments.

Just because you’re unwilling to engage in campus governance doesn’t mean that people who are willing to do so have evil intent.

Comment on “U should listen to divestment calls” Here’s a serious question — can we get a list of all nations that the University of Minnesota could boycott?

I’m curious how we’re doing with a boycott of China, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Cuba, Syria or Russia.

DavefromMinn via mndaily.com CONTACT THE EDITOR Brian Reinken breinken@mndaily.com

Paige Holgate welcomes comments at pholgate@mndaily.com.

ENVIRONMENT

Poaching still threatens wolves Recent killings violate the ban on hunting wolves, reminding us the species still needs our protection.

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innesota needs to step up and protect its wolves. The federal government currently considers the gray wolf a “threatened” species under the Endangered Species Act. This means the species will likely be endangered in the future.

Except in defense of a human life, hunters cannot kill a gray wolf. The law imposes a fine of up to $25,000 for each violation, in addition to up to six months in prison. But despite these crackdowns, poaching in Minnesota is still an issue. Officials recently found the carcasses of three gray wolves along a Minnesota highway after someone called a tip-line.

Killing one member of a threatened species (let alone three) is a serious crime. But some hunters are fed up with the protection wolves enjoy. They blame the animals for declining deer and moose populations.

This frustration may be why someone killed these three wolves. Evidence from an animal crime lab indicated they were killed elsewhere and then moved to the roadside.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR It’s time to elect Ilhan Omar University of Minnesota students have many reasons to pay attention in the upcoming election. We are burdened with expenses at a higher rate than ever before, yet our state Legislature continues to reject proposals to freeze costs for students. It’s dif ficult to feel as though our state leaders care about student needs at all.

But Ilhan Omar, a candidate running for State Representative in District 60B, is different. Omar’s lived experience with the public school system and her commitment to student representation make her the only candidate in the 60B race who will prioritize the needs of students.

As student body leaders, we are only as ef fective at representing students as the allies we have in the Legislature. We know Omar will be the ally we need. We

Admins should reject tuition hike

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t their February meeting, members of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents voiced concern about President Eric Kaler’s plan to hike up tuition for out-of-state students by $3,200 per year for four years.

“Historically, the perspective of the University was low tuition for all,” said Regent Darrin Rosha at the meeting.

Rosha and other regents are right to be worried about the proposal, under which tuition for non-residents could reach about $35,000 by 2020.

As a public institution, the University exists as an alternative to pricey private schools.

It is supposed to be an accessible combination of world-class education and affordability. Being a land-grant university should not exclude non-Minnesotans from that option.

In fact, in 2008, the school lowered tuition in order to attract more out-of-staters.

Kaler has said the proposal will raise nonresident tuition to the Big Ten conference’s midpoint.

Well-funded research and academic support make us competitive. Responsive governance and well-behaved administrators make us competitive. Diverse faculty make us competitive. High price stickers do not.

A tuition hike makes the University less attractive to potential students and unsympathetic to current enrolees. Our graduates already graduate, on average, with about $28,000 in debt.

Most regents expressed that the proposed hike was either too extreme or would progress too quickly. We urge the board to continue pursuing solutions for their concerns and to reject Kaler’s misguided plan at its March meeting.

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Response to “Don’t discard the Paris Agreement”

Rolf Westgard via mndaily.com

EDITORIALS

Don’t let politics obstruct justice

Colage via mndaily.com

Since the toothless Paris Agreement pledges are voluntary, discarding them is not a loss.

As to China, it pledged at Paris to continue increasing emissions until 2030 when it would level off. As to India, its leaders made clear their priority is 300 million people without electric power.

As to forcing around-the-clock power plants onto wind and solar, someone must be joking.

If you want close a huge coal plant like Sherco, build a nuclear plant. Like the one at Prairie Island, it would be on night and day, wind or calm, rain or shine.

If you want to use Minnesota roofs to cool the planet, paint them white or some other reflective color. Some people say that works as well as solar panels, and it’s much cheaper.

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trust her because of her steadfast belief that ever yone is entitled to the oppor tunity education can provide. Omar is a graduate of the public school system herself, and she’s still paying off her student loans. She knows how the system works — or doesn’t work — for students.

Minnesota’s extreme educational disparities and the fight for diversity at our own University are evidence that too few Minnesotans of color are able to access a quality education. We need someone who will challenge the unacceptable status quo. Rep. Phyllis Kahn has represented our district for more than 43 years, and it’s time for a new vision for the future.

As an immigrant and woman of color, Omar’s background allows her to understand what must be done to make our education system more representative of the diversity in our state. We know she will fight to make sure all students have

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It’s necessary to exclude people caught in life-and-death situations from the ban on killing wolves. But poaching these animals in a tantrum over deer and moose populations would be absurd and, frankly, childish.

If the wolves are removed from the endangered species list, the state should enforce hunting laws to prevent the killing of these animals unless they threaten a human life.

While many believe the wolf population is fully recovered and shouldn’t receive any kind of governmental protection, the animals are considered “threatened” for a reason. This stability will dissipate in the future if hunters are allowed to open fire on the wolves once more.

Keelia Moeller welcomes comments at kmoeller@mndaily.com.

access to education and that their voices are heard at the state government, too.

Omar’s commitment to student representation isn’t just empty talk. Throughout the race, she has been present in ways the other candidates in the District 60B race have not. She is the only candidate who has consistently sought out the opinions of students, whether at “Cof fee with the Candidate” events in campus neighborhoods or during on-campus caucus trainings. Many students are planning to attend the March 1 caucuses for presidential candidates, but this local race is just as important. We’re caucusing for Omar, and we urge all students to suppor t the one candidate who is dedicated to supporting them.

Joelle Stangler President, Minnesota Student Association

n Feb. 13, Supreme Cour t Justice Antonin Scalia passed away of natural causes at a Texas resor t.

Scalia, during his long ser vice with the cour t, was well known for his conser vative zeal and strict understanding of the Constitution.

His death has reinvigorated a politically charged battle between Democrats and Republicans in the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, has vowed to block all efforts of President Barack Obama to nominate another Supreme Court justice. Many of the Republican presidential candidates agreed this was the right move and that the president should hold off nominating anyone to the court.

However, the Constitution empowers the president to nominate a justice once a spot in the Supreme Court opens.

The court’s role in politics has varied in the past — some argue it should remain above the realm of politics, while others argue politics actively shape the judicial process. In any case, the highly politicized opposition to Obama’s right to appoint a new justice effectively prevents the Supreme Cour t from operating at its full power and thus directly undermines the Constitution.

Considering how many members of the GOP have previously demanded that Obama limit his actions to what the Constitution demands, it’s ironic that they are now reprimanding him for doing his job.

We urge Congress to allow Obama to fulfill his responsibility to nominate a Supreme Court justice and not to block this process simply for the sake of par tisan obstruction.

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HOROSCOPES Today’s Birthday (2/22): Persistent professional efforts pay off this year. Expand your networks. Personal discovery precludes a turning point in shared finances, which thrive over a two-year phase beginning.

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

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Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is a 7 — Embrace your creative inspiration at work under the full moon in Virgo. Apply artistry to your efforts. Hold off on making decisions.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 7 — This full moon shines on a spiritual fork in the road.

Complete old projects and begin a new phase.

Love’s a requirement, not an option.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 5 — Take time over the next two days for fun with family and friends. One game folds as another begins under this full moon.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 7 — A new social phase sparks under this full moon.

Doors close and open with friendships. Share appreciations.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 5 — A turning point at home draws you in with this full moon.

Domestic changes require adaptation. A new phase in family life dawns.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 6 — Reach a full moon turning point in your career.

Shift focus toward your current passions. Expect a test. Begin a new professional phase.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 6 — Begin a new phase in communications, intellectual discovery, creative expression and travel with this full moon.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 6 — The full moon reveals a new educational direction. Begin a new phase in an exploration. Wax philosophical as you experiment with new concepts.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is an 8 — Profitable new opportunities bloom under the full Virgo moon. A turning point arises in your income and finances.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 5 — Consider the emotions involved before taking action. A full moon turning point develops in shared finances.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 7 — This full moon in your sign illuminates a new personal direction. Push your own boundaries and limitations. It could get exciting.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 6 — A fork in the road appears. Begin a new phase in partnership with this full moon. It could get spicy.

Compromise and work together.

DR. DATE Dr. Date,

My friends pressured me into finally getting a Tinder account, but so far it hasn’t been going very well. I’ve never been the kind of person to put on any kind of act to attract other people, but it seems like that’s what dating apps are all about. It just feels fake to put up a flirty bio and sexy pics of myself when that’s not how I usually am — I’m just keeping it honest.

That’s not to say I haven’t gotten any matches, though. I’ve had a couple, but I always fall flat when it comes to messaging other people. You see, I have a very specific sense of humor that I don’t think most people get. I’ve been told my humor is very dry. I feel like it almost might have to do with the fact that a lot of people seem to think dry humor is a thing only guys can do. It’s dumb.

So my bottom line is this: I want to see if anything good can come from having this Tinder account, but I also want to be myself. Is there a way I can do both, or should I just give it up before I sink any more time into it?

—Underrated Humor Underrated Humor,

In a lot of ways, Tinder is kind of the worst thing ever. It’s almost like the dating app version of the upside-down smiley face emoji: Nobody really plays by the same rules and expectations when they use it. Sure, there’s a set of common expectations and etiquettes, but it’s hard to know how to fit in if you’re not instinctively intuitive about Tinder’s complex workings.

So maybe your humor isn’t for everyone — so what? Humor is a relationship currency that carries a lot of weight. It’s the kind of thing you should always stick with because compromising your humor is just the worst. Keep it true and real, and you’ll probably find someone who can get down with it.

It’ll probably be a bit of a wait, but there is one advantage of Tinder besides using it to distract yourself from work — it can sometimes get people into contact who otherwise wouldn’t even know about

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SUDOKU each other. The hopeless romantic in me, who got a love Ph.D., thinks there’s someone out there for you in the Tinderspehere. Or, like, maybe real life.

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

—Dr. Date

For strategies on how to solve sudoku, visit sudoku.org.uk.

Dr. Date,

So something kind of strange happened the other night. I had a very vivid, involved sexual dream about a friend of mine, and I don’t know how to feel about it.

The friend I dreamed about is someone I’ve always felt very platonically about, and I’m not especially physically attracted to her. I mean, I definitely think she’s great and everything, but what does it say about my brain that I’d dream about something like this with her? I’ll spare you the filthy details, but this sex dream was intense.

I’ve hung out with her a few times since having the dream, and it’s been super weird. I just can’t get it off my mind, and part of me thinks it would be cathartic to tell her what happened. Is that a mistake? I’m getting a little stressed out about it, and I don’t want it to make our friendship weird. What do you think?

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—Dream Girl Dream Girl,

It’s always the ones you’d never expect to have sex dreams about that seem to pop in there. I’ve had a few patients tell me in the past about confusing sex dreams, and what I can conclude is that they don’t always have to mean anything.

Dreams are weird, and sometimes they just kind of, like, happen.

I wouldn’t put too much effort into thinking about this. Maybe it was a symbol of your unknown, insatiable lust for your friend, or maybe it was just your brain’s way of manifesting your feelings of admiration and respect for her. At the end of the day, I feel like you’d be able to tell if you were actually attracted to her, and it seems like you’re not.

Don’t talk to her about the dream. That would be just awful.

—Dr. Date

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

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Monday, February 22, 2016

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Start part-time now, and then once school is out work more hours over the summer. The position will require some weekends.

We offer a brand new work facility and casual friendly work environment. We are a fast-growing e-commerce company located in St. Louis Park, Minn. — looking for people who are detail orientated, dependable and hard working. Candidate must be able to lift 30-50 pounds. The duties involve picking/packing of orders, making UPS labels and inventory counts. Send resume and availability to jobs@coolibar.com. Visit our web site at www.coolibar. com. Email: adanaher@ coolibar.com.

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WHAT: Film Screening: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Beyond the Steps WHO: Northrop WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Thursday WHERE: Northrop PRICE: Free and open to the public This dazzling cinema verite documentary follows the extraordinary dancers and renowned choreographers of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as they do everything it takes to keep American modern dance fresh and its legacy alive. “Beyond the Steps” intertwines the dancers individual tragedies and triumphs with breathtaking performance footage from their journey, shining a spotlight on the story of one of America’s most beloved cultural institutions. This full-length film is also accompanied by additional short documentaries about the creation of current work in the company’s repertory.

WHAT: Hippolytos WHO: Theatre Arts & Dance WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday WHERE: Rarig Center, Kilburn Theatre/Liu Stage PRICE: Free admission, reservation recommended Directed by Dario Tangelson, the BFA junior class performs Hippolytos, the ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides, translated by Anne Carson. Hippolytus is a mortal prince who prefers chastity and hunting to the pursuits of love. He therefore worships Artemis, goddess of the hunt and virginity, as opposed to Aphrodite, the goddess of love.

Aphrodite avenges her honor by causing Hippolytus’ stepmother, Phaedra, to fall in love with him.

WHAT: Saturday with a Scientist: Mars Rovers & NASA Women Engineers WHO: Bell Museum of Natural History WHEN: 11 a.m. Saturday WHERE: Bell Museum of Natural History PRICE: Free and open to the public Engage in authentic science and inquiry learning … and have a lot of fun. Saturday with a Scientist is designed for all ages and provides a unique opportunity to explore and participate in hands-on activities inspired and led by University of Minnesota researchers and special guest experts. Explore what it takes to build a Mars rover, and try your hand at designing test wheels for the next mission. Erin Carroll and Rochelle Brooks from the Society of Women Engineers at the University of Minnesota will lead us in what it takes to design parts for NASA missions.

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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 30-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Regents continue to discuss housing Housing u from Page 1

Centennial Hall: established in 1950. approximately 700 residents

Middlebrook Hall: established in 1969 with the east wing expansion added in 2001.

900 residents

Pioneer Hall: established in 1930 (south side), 1934 (north side) 718 residents

Territorial Hall: established in 1958, expanded in 1999.

695 residents

Frontier Hall: established in 1959.

735 residents

KEY Academic

Student service and residential

Outreach and public-focused*

Mixed-use

*research, patient care and athletics SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

housing issues, especially for underclassmen and transfer students.

Under the current plan, Pioneer Hall, which was built in the 1930s, would be renovated, along with additional improvements to the Superblock — the campus housing complex comprised of four residence halls.

Regents have debated in past months whether to renovate or raze the 718-resident Pioneer Hall.

Previously, upgrades to the Superblock have been favored over the future needs of the Academic Health Center.

At the meeting, Wheelock said surrounding academic areas with housing would help improve safety and reduce travel time for students.

She also said studies show students who live on or near campus tend to have higher GPAs. The University’s plan also

called for potential student housing facing the Mississippi River.

But some regents questioned whether students would prefer living near the river instead of campus.

“Before we commit to building on the river, we have to see if there are other options nearby,” Regent Thomas Devine said.

The University’s housing strategy also includes a goal of housing 90 percent of freshman, up to a quarter of sophomores and 10 percent of fall semester transfer students in campus housing.

“There’s a number of students who would like to live in [student] housing second year, and we only have room for a relatively small percentage of students,” Devine said, adding that transfer students have to find their own housing. “There is increased demand.”

The University has room for 23 percent of undergraduates, which is the lowest in the Big Ten.

“There’s a number of students who would like to live in [student] housing second year, and we only have room for a relatively small percentage of students.”

THOMAS DEVINE Regent

Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education Bob McMaster said 12-month leases, which are common in off-campus housing, can be problematic for recent graduates and students who want to study abroad because they’re locked in to their leases.

“I think there’s been some surprise with how these relatively high-end apartment complexes went up around campus,” he said.

Interim director for Gunman kills 6 at car dealership, restaurant greek life announced

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jankord u from Page 1

Since Levine started as Program Director in 2012, he said the greek community has grown from around 1,800 students to almost 3,400 students. Levine also worked with the community to add two permanent governing councils with the addition of the National Pan-Hellenic Council — whose chartering ceremony is this semester — and the Multicultural Greek Council.

“We have accomplished a great deal since my arrival,” Levine said, as he also

oversaw the successes of a greater focus on bystander inter vention training and mental health and sexual assault awareness.

Jankord said she isn’t worried about filling Levine’s shoes. Since she began the new position, she said she’s remained focused on the well-being of the students in the greek community and on moving forward with current policies.

“I like working with college students because … they have such a potential to impact the community, and they also impact me to see things differently,” Jankord said.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A gunman who seemed to choose his victims at random opened fire outside an apartment complex, a car dealership and a restaurant in Michigan, killing six people in a rampage that lasted nearly seven hours, police said.

Authorities identified the shooter as Jason Dalton, a 45-year-old Uber driver and former insurance adjuster who police said had no criminal record.

They could not say what motivated him to target victims with no apparent connection to him or to each other in the Saturday night shootings.

“How do you go and tell the families of these victims that they weren’t targeted for any reason other than they were there to be a target?” Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff Getting said Sunday at a news conference.

Dalton, who was arrested in Kalamazoo following a massive manhunt, was expected to be arraigned Monday on murder charges.

Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas described a terrifying series of attacks that began about 6 p.m. Saturday outside the Meadows apartment complex on the eastern edge of Kalamazoo County, where a woman was shot multiple times. She was expected

to survive.

A little more than four hours later and 15 miles away, a father and his 17-year-old son were fatally shot while looking at cars at the dealership.

Fifteen minutes after that, five people were gunned down in the parking lot of a Cracker Barrel restaurant, Matyas said. Four of them died.

“These are random murders,” Matyas said.

Dalton was ar rested without incident about 12:40 a.m. Sunday after a deputy spotted his vehicle driving through downtown Kalamazoo after leaving a bar parking lot, authorities said.

Matyas declined to

disclose anything found in the vehicle except for a semi-automatic handgun.

By midday, authorities were investigating a Facebook post that indicated the suspect was driving for Uber during the manhunt and had taken at least one fare, Getting said.

A spokeswoman for Uber confirmed that Dalton had driven for the company in the past, but she declined to say whether he was driving Saturday night.

Uber prohibits both passengers and drivers from possessing guns of any kind in a vehicle. Anyone found to be in violation of the policy may be prohibited from using or driving for the service.