March 25, 2014

CAMPUS & METRO

MEN’S BASKETBALL

MEN’S GOLF

A new bill aims to close pay and representation gaps in the workplace.

Maverick Ahanmisi has found a niche as a strong player off the bench.

Gophers freshman Jose Mendez led the Gophers with a 2-under par.

Legislators target gender pay gaps

Minnesota’s Ahanmisi shines late in his career

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Minnesota sits alone in fourth after Monday

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STUDENT FEES

Final fees recs barely budge

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STUDENT LIFE

The new social drinking

Northrop, the Minnesota Daily and others saw small increases in recommended funds.

BY BLAIR EMERSON bemerson@mndaily.com

The Student Ser vices Fees Committee released its final recommendations Monday, marking one of the final points before next year’s funding for student groups and administrative units is finalized.

Most of the final recommendations were consistent with the initial ones released last month, and groups are responding in different ways.

Two administrative units with some of the largest discrepancies between their fees requests and final recommendations ­— Northrop Concerts and Lectures and the Minnesota Daily ­— said they don’t plan to appeal the recommendations, though the proposed funding could impact their budgets.

“We felt like we said everything that we had to say, and we were happy about the increase,” said Northrop Student Engagement Coordinator Allyson Taubenheim. u See FEES Page 12

HIGHER ED

U boosts awards to go abroad The University wants half of all students to study abroad in the next five years.

BY MEGHAN HOLDEN mholden@mndaily.com

Taryn Bitterly applied for a scholarship to study abroad last May, but like many University of Minnesota students, her request was denied.

Bitterly had to take out loans and work all semester to help fund her trip to Spain and Morocco — a situation that the University hopes to mitigate by boosting scholarships for students looking to study abroad.

“Clearly, we have a lot more students wanting to get scholarships than we’re able to award right now,” Martha Johnson, the University’s assistant dean of learning abroad.

Following in the footsteps of a national campaign, the Learning Abroad Center is hoping to increase the number of students who study abroad by 50 percent and raise $1.5 million for scholarships annually by 2019.

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Young people worldwide are challenging each other to the social media drinking game “NekNominate,” and some health experts are worried. gained popularity on social media in

BY ALLISON KRONBERG akronberg@mndaily.com

recent months, particularly among

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young men.

down to his boxers, took

The game’s only rules are that af-

a pull of Captain Mor-

ter someone is nominated, they must

gan, pretended to swim

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through a snow bank and crossed a

to outdo the person who nominated

finish line, where his friend tossed

them, film themselves doing it within

him a beer.

24 hours and nominate a few others

The University of Minnesota his-

to do the same. The game reportedly

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began after an Australian rugby play-

filming him and challenged three of

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his feat, and he posted the video on

to do it, too.

Facebook.

Students who reported high-risk drinking in 2013

International news sources have

Dalziel was playing the drinking

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SOURCE: 2013 BOYNTON STUDENT HEALTH SURVEY

STUDENT GROUPS

Queer cultural center investigates missing money A review found that some Queer Student Cultural Center funds may have been misused.

BY ANNE MILLERBERND amillerbernd@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota’s Queer Student Cultural Center is currently investigating potential mismanagement of thousands of dollars in group funds.

The group was one of several University

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

student organizations to undergo financial evaluations by Deloitte and Touche LLP this winter.

The QSCC’s review revealed large discrepancies in its finances, and the group reported “potentially personal use of group funds,” according to Deloitte’s review documents.

Group members said a past QSCC treasurer embezzled money from the group’s bank account, said Benjamin Beutel, Student Ser vices Fees Committee student groups chair.

The QSCC declined to comment because investigation of the potentially misused funds is ongoing.

Fees committee adviser Megan Sweet said QSCC members notified her that they suspected an issue with their funds last fall during an informational session between Deloitte and the student groups set to be reviewed.

In 2012, the QSCC asked then-University student Matt Pang to become its u See FUNDS Page 3

GAPSA hopefuls square off The presidential candidates discussed group leadership problems in Monday’s debate.

BY TAYLOR NACHTIGAL tnachtigal@mndaily.com

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

GAPSA presidential candidates Scott Petty, left, and Alfonso Sintjago debate at Coffman Union on Monday night. Both candidates discussed reforming GAPSA at the debate.

After a year in a graduate student government plagued by controversy, the next president of the University of Minnesota’s Graduate and Professional Student Assembly will likely face continued criticism of how the group’s executive board functions.

Alfonso Sintjago and Scott Petty, the two candidates vying for the spot, outlined their plans to address these issues and reform GAPSA at a debate Monday night in Coffman Union.

Vice Provost for Student Af fairs and Dean of Students Danita Brown Young moderated the debate, which was supervised by the All Campus Elections Commission.

GAPSA’s leadership has been subject to some public criticism in the past year, including issues with how the group initially handled its fees request.

The candidates said GAPSA’s executive board didn’t share its fees request with council members before submitting it.

Petty said he wants to eliminate this lack of transparency by being more open with questions from the Student Services Fees Committee and involving more people in creating GAPSA’s fees request and budget.

Sintjago, who was a member of GAPSA’s executive board when this year’s request was sent, said what happened was “unacceptable” and can’t happen again.

Next year’s proposed budget was based on one from a previous year, he said, which he plans to change if elected president. He said GAPSA’s budget needs to be forwardthinking in upcoming years. u See DEBATE Page 4

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — After 17 days of desperation and doubt over the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, the countr y’s of ficials said an analysis of satellite data points to a “hear tbreaking” conclusion: Flight 370 met its end in the southern reaches of the Indian Ocean, and none of those aboard survived.

The somber announcement late Monday by Prime Minister Najib Razak left unresolved many more troubling questions about what went wrong aboard the Boeing 777 to take it so far off-course.

It also unleashed a maelstrom of sorrow and anger

among the families of the jet’s 239 passengers and crew.

A solemn Najib, clad in a black suit, read a brief statement about what he called an unparalleled study of the jet’s last-known signals to a satellite. That analysis showed that the missing plane, which took off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing early on March 8, veered “to a remote location, far from any possible landing sites.”

“It is therefore with deep sadness and regret that I must inform you that, according to this new data, Flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean,” he said.

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PARIS — France’s unpopular president faces a moment of truth after his Socialist Party suffered a drubbing at the polls and the far-right made advances across the country.

Will his package of spending cuts and reforms wither and die like so many previous efforts to reform France’s economy, following the setback suffered by his party in the first round of municipal elections on Sunday?

France, Europe’s number 2 economy, has been generating a lot of negative headlines and Francois Hollande thinks it needs to move with the times to boost growth and bring down sky-high levels of unemployment.

His new approach, outlined earlier this year, is not what he promised voters in the presidential election of 2012. His stump speech then defended the country’s welfare and labor benefits and a tax squeeze on the rich.

In anticipation of a setback in the elections in towns and cities, Hollande appeared determined to stick the course, telling journalists that France had to lower its labor costs and boost its competiveness.

More clarity may well emerge after the second round of voting next weekend — in France, there’s another round of voting if no one party gained a majority. Hollande is widely expected to reshuffle his government even though the municipal elections don’t directly affect his ability to govern and push through policies.

At the start of this year, Hollande laid out his new approach, promising a 30 billion-euro ($41 billion) payroll tax cut by 2017, in exchange for more investment and hiring by companies.

NOVOOZERNOE, Crimea — Russia’s foreign minister met with his Ukrainian counterpart for the first time on Monday and demanded more autonomy for Ukraine’s regions, even as Ukraine under pressure ordered its troops out from Crimea after the Russian seizure of military bases there.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an unexpected move agreed to the highest level meeting yet between the Russian government and a representative of the new Ukrainian government that Moscow has opposed vociferously over the past month.

Lavrov told Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia that Russia continues to want constitutional changes in Ukraine that would give more autonomy to all regions of Ukraine.

Russia is eager to retain its influence in Ukraine’s Russianspeaking eastern regions and prevent Ukraine from joining NATO. It has pushed for the new Ukraine to become a loose federation — demands the new Ukrainian government has rejected.

With the storming of at least three military facilities in Crimea over the past three days — and the decision by some Ukrainian troops to stay employed by switching to the Russian side — it wasn’t clear how many Ukrainian troops remained on the peninsula. The former chief of Ukraine’s navy, who was charged with treason after he swore allegiance to Crimea’s proRussian authorities and urged others to defect, was named a deputy chief of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.

Ukraine’s acting president, Oleksandr Turchnynov, whose new government in Kiev has struggled to maintain control and cohesion, signed a decree Monday ordering the withdrawal of all servicemen in Crimea to Ukraine’s mainland.

But in remarks that seemed to underline the disarray that has characterized the Ukrainian authorities, the Defense Ministry spokesman later stated he had heard about no such order.

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Legislators target gender pay gaps

EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND LIBRARY

HEALTH DIAGNOSING, TREATING PRACTITIONERS, AND OTHER TECHNICAL

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$44,808 79%

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$60,195 85%

$70,441

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SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA HUMPHREY SCHOOL’S CENTER ON WOMEN AND PUBLIC POLICY

Finance Committee.

If approved, the bill would increase the state’s pregnancy and parenting leave from six to 12 weeks and require employers to provide pregnant women with additional seats, restroom breaks and guide-

lines to limit heavy lifting.

Rep. Andrea Kief fer, R-Woodbur y, testified at a committee meeting earlier this month, saying that women should not be singled out in legislation to address workplace disparities.

Leah Olm, a women’s advocate from WomenVenture, a nonprofit that works to promote businesses owned by women, testified at a dif fer ent meeting Thursday in support of the bill.

She said her friend was

threatened with termination after drawing attention to the wage dif ferences between men and women at her company.

“That was when I realized how little I was worth to the world as a woman,” Olm said.

Binge drinking trend goes viral Drinking u from Page 1

against the societal and health implications of highrisk drinking.

Dalziel said he got a few concer ned responses to the video on Facebook but mostly received likes and laughs.

“When my buddy did his, his was really good, so that kind of set the bar high for me,” he said. “I kind of wanted to do something funny or creative.”

Dave Golden, Boynton Health Ser vice director of public health and communications, said he worries not only about alcohol poisoning or death as a result of highrisk drinking, but also about other possible consequences, like sexual assault, fights or drunk driving.

“Any challenge to increase your blood alcohol content as fast as you can is really a dangerous idea,” he said.

Health exper ts also warn about mixing alcohol with extreme cold — a situation in which they see some of the most severe frostbite cases.

According to the most recent Boynton survey, about 30 percent of students on the University’s Twin Cities campus reported that they had taken part in high-risk drinking in the past two weeks. While this is a high percentage, Golden said, the number is average when compared to dif ferent regions nationally.

Assistant journalism professor Shayla Thiel-Stern, who studies the effects of

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treasurer to help with financial issues.

“The reason I was brought on was because they had filed their taxes late,” he said. “And therefore, the group was in financial trouble.”

Pang said he brought in a legal consultant and an accountant to help r econcile lost r ecor ds, file the group’s taxes and set up an accounting system.

After he left, he said, he tried contacting the QSCC’s next executive board to explain how to handle the group’s finances, but the members didn’t respond.

Despite the ongoing investigation, the QSCC was recommended about $49,000 in student services fees, close to the

STUDENTS WHO REPORTED HIGH-RISK DRINKING IN 2013 43.2% 37.0%

35.2% 30.5%

30.3%

26.9%

26.0% 21.3%

17.0% FEMALES

BEIRUT — Hard-line Islamic rebels captured a small town in northwestern Syria near the Turkish border as part of their offensive in the rugged coastal region that is a bastion of support for President Bashar Assad, activists said Monday.

Fighters from an array of armed opposition groups seized the predominantly Armenian Christian town of Kassab on Sunday. The rebels, including militant from the al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front, have also wrested control of a nearby border crossing to Turkey.

The advances, while minor in terms of territor y, provided a boost to a beleaguered rebellion that has suffered a string of battlefield losses in recent weeks.

Forces loyal to Assad have captured several towns near Syria’s border with Lebanon as part of a government drive to sever rebel supply lines across the porous frontier.

Rebels launched their of fensive on Friday in Latakia province, which is the ancestral home of the Assad family and a stronghold of his minority Alawite sect, the Shiite of fshoot community that is a main pillar of support for his rule.

Since then, the fighting has focused around Kassab and the nearby border crossing.

A member of the president’s family who was also an army commander was buried in Latakia on Monday a day after he died in the battle for Kassab, the Syrian state news agency SANA said. Hilal Assad was the commander of the pro-government National Defense Forces.

Rebels were in control of the center of Kassab on Monday but clashes were raging in the hills outside of town, said Rami Abdurrahman, the director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Government warplanes were conducting airstrikes on several positions in the area, including Nabeh al-Mur r and the scattering of homes and fields surrounding Kassab, the Obser vator y said. There was no immediate word on casualties.

A Syrian state reporter speaking on TV from outside Kassab Monday said the government had captured several Nusra Front fighters, and that the army is determined to take back the ground it has ceded. A

pillar of white smoke could be seen rising above the green, forested hills behind the reporter.

In an amateur video posted online, two opposition fighters stand on a rooftop in Kassab and raise their arms in celebration. A checkpoint near the post office, replete with sandbags and oil drums painted like the Syrian flag, sits abandoned. The streets are deser ted. The camera pans past the base of a smashed statue that the nar rator says was of Assad’s late father and Syria’s former leader, Hafez.

Damascus claims the rebels entered Syria from Turkey, and has accused Ankara of pursuing “aggressive policies” toward Syria. On Sunday, Turkey’s militar y said it shot down a Syrian MiG-23 after it entered Turkey’s airspace.

Syria says the jet was flying over Syrian territory when it was hit.

Turkey, a NATO member, is one of the main backers of the 3-year-old rebellion against Assad.

Ankara allows rebels to use Turkish territory as a logistical and support base, and weapons and fighters move fairly freely across the border into opposition-held parts of northern Syria.

The ongoing rebel offensive in Latakia is not the opposition’s first significant incursion in the province.

Last August, a mix of moderate and extremist rebel brigades captured around a dozen villages in the Latakia mountains, before a government counteroffensive expelled them.

After ward, Human Rights Watch said nearly 200 civilians, including children, the elderly and the disabled, were killed in the attack. It said rebel abuses during the operation amounted to war crimes.

Now in its fourth year, Syria’s conflict has killed more than 140,000 people, forced more than 2 million people to seek refuge abroad, and triggered a massive humanitarian crisis across the region.

The U.N. Security Council last month demanded immediate access ever ywhere in Syria to deliver humanitarian aid to millions of people in need. It also called for an end to sieges of populated areas, and a halt to all attacks against civilians, including indiscriminate shelling and aerial attacks using barrel bombs in populated areas.

COMPUTER AND MATHEMATICAL

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MANAGEMENT

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Syrian rebels take small town near Turkish border

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Legislators are mulling proposals this session that aim to reduce gender segregation in the workplace by promoting nontraditional occupations and alleviating payment disparities between men and women.

Sen. Melisa Franzen, DFL-Edina, is sponsoring a bill that appropriates $500,000 for job development programs in industries where women make up less than a quarter of the workforce and $250,000 to promote nontraditional apprenticeships.

“Gender ster eotypes about the jobs that men and women can and should do — and women’s lack of knowledge about these types of careers — are significant obstacles to increasing their representation in these fields,” said Debra Fitzpatrick, director for the Center on Women and Public Policy at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs.

In 2012, the average median ear nings for women working full time was about 80 percent compared to men in

MEDIAN EARNINGS OF MINNESOTA WORKERS

$57,996 78%

BY MITCHELL YURKOWITZ myurkowitz@mndaily.com

Minnesota, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The large pay gap is par tly due to a concentration of women in cer tain fields, according to a 2014 Humphrey School repor t, “Status of Women and Girls in Minnesota.”

Technical fields with two-year programs, such as plumbing and construction, lack women. This adds to the problem because they train for highwage jobs, Franzen said.

Women ar e also sometimes paid less for working the same jobs as men, she said.

Five states have passed similar bills to r educe wage gaps in the last two years.

Women are often perceived as caregivers and are expected to hold parenting responsibilities, Fitzpatrick said, which can limit access to promotions and high-paying jobs.

The bill is a par t of a larger proposal that targets gender disparities.

The Women’s Economic Security Act includes state funding to help suppor t women-owned businesses, requires additional accommodations for pregnant and nursing women and guarantees unemployment benefits for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.

A Senate committee heard the bill Wednesday and passed it to the

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A new bill aims to close pay and representation gaps in the workplace.

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digital media on culture and society, said she believes the basic principles that make up social media probably contributed to the popularity of nomination games like “NekNominate.”

“It plays into this characteristic of social media users to want to do something that they think is novel and fun that you can actually visibly see,” she said.

And because the game is circulated from friends within a network to other friends, she said, people are more likely to find it appealing or relevant.

The “NekNominate” Facebook page has more than 16,500 likes. Dalziel said he thinks young men in particular like the game because of their competitiveness.

Architecture senior Juan Acosta, who also played the game, agrees.

“I liked the challenge a little bit, I guess,” he said,

QSCC’S RECOMMENDATION $68,741

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SOURCE: STUDENT SERVICES FEES COMMITTEE

amount it received last year.

The fees committee discussed whether to cut more from the group’s mor e than $68,000 r e quest, Beutel said, but it opted to not factor in the potential misuse of funds because it was an isolated

“and I didn’t want my friends to rag on me at all.”

When he nominated three friends of his, Acosta said he chose those he thought would be most likely to keep it going.

Acosta wor ried about some friends, parents or employers seeing the video, he said, so he changed the privacy settings to prevent those over a certain age from viewing it.

“It’s becoming increasingly common for people to maintain a social media in which certain people are able to see certain aspects of their identity and others are not,” Thiel-Stern said. “People used to use a disposable camera to take pictures of these sor ts of things, and they would only show some close people.

This is just a more hightech way of doing that.”

Both Acosta and Dalziel said they have seen less of

the game online these days and think the fad might be dying out.

Golden said although it might have been fun for some, he’s glad it seems to be losing popularity.

Students need to look out for each other when drinking, he said.

They should call 911 immediately if they experience negative consequences from drinking or if a friend is not responsive after drinking, he said. Because of the medical amnesty law that passed last year, an underage student will not be charged for drinking if they call to help an impaired friend.

“Generally, students here make really good decisions,” he said. “They take advantage of Gopher Chauf feur, and they look out for each other. I do have a lot of confidence in our population.”

incident. Because the QSCC has handled the issue well by making changes in its leadership and funding requests, Beutel said, fees funding wasn’t affected.

“We are not really in the business of punishing groups for the actions of individual members,” he said.

The committee investigated nearly half a dozen student groups for similar issues this year, Beutel said.

U-Finance Pr esident Steven Kislenko said groups don’t always have systems in place to assist them in fund management. One of the best methods for avoiding things like embezzlement, he said, is to have more than one person manage funds.

“Being able to kind of segregate the control of cash within your

organization is absolutely impor tant,” he said.

Sweet said she recommended that the QSCC file repor ts with both the police and the Of fice for Student Conduct and Academic Integrity, as well as tr y to reconcile any missing funds.

But Kislenko said it’s usually dif ficult, if not impossible, for groups to get back money they’ve lost.

Because student group leaders are often new to handling finances, Pang said, it can be a daunting process to keep track of thousands of dollars.

“Finals happen, homewo rk hap p en s … they forget about stuf f, or they get over whelmed,” he said. “And as a result, these small mistakes happen and tend to have ver y big consequences for the student group.”

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Hemp bill could benefit U research College of Biological Sciences professors say the bill could expand crop studies.

BY ROY AKER raker@mndaily.com

Legislation that would authorize the University of Minnesota to perform agricultural or academic research on hemp is moving through the state Capitol this session, gaining support from some faculty members.

Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFLMinneapolis, is sponsoring a bill that would authorize higher education institutions to perform industrial hemp research by allowing the Commissioner of Agriculture to administer the growth and cultivation of the crop through a pilot program.

Plant biology professor David Marks said the College of Biological Sciences is currently restricted to industrial hemp research in a smallscale growth facility and that the state’s legal restrictions make it challenging to study.

“There’s all kinds of different possibilities,” Marks said.

“The door would be opened if we could grow more plants.”

He said that if the University would make larger-

scale hemp research legal, researchers would study genetic mutations of the industrial crop and study new uses. Research funding would also be more accessible then, Marks said.

Due to provisions in the recently passed federal farm bill that allows academic researchers to cultivate industrial hemp, Kahn said support for the proposal this session is strong. Individual states need to pass laws for the research to be legal in respective areas.

If Minnesota made it legal, Kahn said, industrial hemp research would benefit the economy because of the high demand for the crop’s oil, seed and fiber used in pharmaceuticals, foods and building materials.

Cur rently, Minnesota manufactur ers pr ocess hemp into various products by importing the raw crop from Canada or China, where growth is legal.

But opponents of the bill say that by loosening the restrictions to grow hemp, people who are allowed

permits could potentially grow illegal marijuana on the plots, Kahn said.

Because people with the licenses would be required to disclose the location of their plots, Kahn said, law enforcement would be able to easily track any illegal growth.

Marks said that the argument is flawed because cross-pollinating the two types spoils the marijuana crop and industrial hemp contains fewer mind-altering ingredients than marijuana.

The plant biology depar tment is exploring the genetic dif ferences between industrial hemp and marijuana by looking at the crops’ levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, a mind-altering ingredient, he said.

According to the bill text, only 0.3 percent of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, would be allowed in the industrial hemp. The average THC concentration in marijuana is 1 to 5 percent.

“The main thing about hemp is that it doesn’t contain enough tetrahydrocannabinol to be considered a drug,” Marks said.

Regardless of its lower levels of THC, the Depart-

Campus sees less crime during spring break Police arrested a man for disorderly conduct at CVS.

BY NICK STUDENSKI nstudenski@mndaily.com

With many students off campus for spring break last week, crime took a vacation, too.

Aside from a handful of thefts and minor crimes, campus was quiet, except for an incident the morning after St. Patrick’s Day. While Matthew Wiermaa was working at CVS Pharmacy in Stadium Village at about 8 a.m. last Tuesday, a man approached him who appeared to still be drunk from celebrating the night before.

“He was clearly wasted,” Wiermaa said.

The man asked to be transported to a detox clinic, Wiermaa said. When he heard the man’s request, Wiermaa contacted his manager, who called the police.

Wiermaa said when the man realized police were coming, he became

RECENT CRIMES NEAR CAMPUS Crime: When: Where: Info:

Disorderly conduct Saturday 20th and Como avenues southeast An officer saw a man aggressively yelling and cussing at a woman on the sidewalk. The man was carrying two bottles of liquor and three cans of beer. The man was arrested for underage drinking and disorderly conduct.

Crime: When: Where: Info:

Bike theft Sunday Mill and Mains apartments A bike and lock were stolen from a bike rack in the secured garage of the building.

Crime: When: Where: Info:

Damage to motor vehicle Sunday University Avenue parking ramp A man called University police regarding damage to his vehicle that occurred during the Gophers men’s basketball game. The scratch did not appear to be an accident.

SOURCES: MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, UMPD

belligerent.

According to the University of Minnesota police report, the man refused to respond to commands and became physically aggressive.

Police arrested the man for disorderly conduct, obstr uction of legal process and use of force, the repor t said. Of ficers took the man to the Hennepin

County Jail.

CVS shift supervisor Mo Murray said the incident didn’t cause any damage.

She said that because the incident happened in the morning, the store wasn’t as busy and the situation was easier to control.

Neither the man nor the of ficers sustained serious injuries, according to the police report.

LEGALIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP LAWS THAT LEGALIZE THE GROWTH AND MARKETING OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP

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CALIF. W. VA. COLO.

KY.

SOURCE: NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES

ment of Justice currently views hemp the same as marijuana, Marks said.

Thom Petersen, a representative of the Minnesota Farmers Union, said to a House committee meeting Friday that if the bill passes, farmers could benefit finan-

cially because hemp is a highly valued crop.

Currently, North Dakota State University is allowed to import and resell industrial hemp seed, and any resident is allowed to grow the crop if it meets certain stipulations, according to a

state statute.

Legislators will review the proposal in the Ways and Means Committee in the coming weeks, but an of ficial date for a hearing hasn’t been set yet. A Senate version of the bill is gaining traction as well.

University adds scholarships to boost study abroad numbers Abroad u from Page 1

students nationwide who study abroad by the end of the decade. Currently, about one-third of T win Cities campus graduates leave with an international experience.

The University ranked third in the nation for the number of students who studied abroad for credit in the 2011-12 school year.

Although the University’s study abroad rates are high, Johnson said, with the incr eased scholarships, even more students will have access to the programs.

About one-four th of students who applied for scholarships were given awards in the last round of applications, according to the Lear ning Abroad Center.

“I have friends who haven’t studied abroad because of the financial cost,” Bitterly said. “I wanted to go badly enough that I was willing to take out loans and stretch means to do

it, but for some students, that’s not feasible.”

The Lear ning Abroad Center is working with college deans and department heads to raise the money.

Donations from alumni and corporations are a key component of funding for scholarships, said Anne D’Angelo, assistant dean for global initiatives in the Carlson School of Management.

CSOM students have been required to study abroad since 2008, giving the school an initial push to increase its donation effor ts. This approach has been successful in Carlson, where last year, about 60 percent of its students who applied for study abroad scholarships received awards.

Mechanical engineering sophomore Aaron Grant said he’ll star t applying for scholarships through the College of Liberal Ar ts in the fall, but he might have to delay his plans to study abroad next summer by a year to save up money if he isn’t awarded one.

“I’m just going to be tr ying my best to find ever ything I’m eligible for,” he said.

Despite the costs, study abroad is an important learning experience, Grant said.

Business leaders on the Carlson Global Institute’s advisor y council have told the college that they’ve seen a shor tage in applicants with a global mindset, D’Angelo said.

Less than 10 percent of students in the U.S. graduate with s tu dy ab r o ad experience, according to a 2013 IIE Open Doors report.

Studying abroad helps students lear n to communicate with and understand other cultures, Johnson said, and that will put them ahead in the job market.

“It has a positive impact, and to make that available to as many students as possible is a good thing,” she said.

Blair Emerson contributed to this story.

GAPSA presidential candidates debate at Coffman UN: 2013 extreme events a good relationship with more horizontal leadership portional representation. due to warming Earth Debate COGS, but he stressed the structure.

The two candidates u from Page 1

Both candidates expressed concer n about resolving the Council of Graduate Students’ messy split from GAPSA, effective this summer.

“Conflict with COGS seems to be the excuse for GAPSA’s failures, and you can’t use that as an excuse,” Petty said.

Sintjago said it’s important for GAPSA to have

impor tance of reaching out to all GAPSA council members.

Much of the candidate’s discussion Monday night focused on the details of the split, however, rather than providing a concrete solution for how to fix problems resulting from it.

Petty and Sintjago a g r e e d t h a t G A P S A’ s leadership has too much power, and each said that if elected, they would create a

Sintjago said GAPSA recently revised its bylaws and constitution to redistribute power, but those changes haven’t yet been fully implemented.

If elected president, Sintjago said he’d ensure this revised leadership structure would take effect.

Petty, however, was critical of these changes and suggested a different plan that focuses on greater pro-

also agreed that graduate students need to be propor tionately represented in the student senate. At a senate meeting earlier this month, a bylaw amendment was pr oposed to guarantee senate seats for graduate students.

“We ar e a vital par t of this body,” Petty said.

“The student senate must have GAPSA student representation to be a student senate.”

Al-Jazeera journalists trial to resume March 31

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CAIRO — Defense lawyers in Egypt’s trial of three journalists and 17 others cross-examined prosecution witnesses Monday, grilling them over seized equipment and footage shot by the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera English that the prosecution says undermines national security.

The trial has drawn international uproar. The group faces ter rorism-related charges, based on authorities’ accusations that they provided a platform to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group, but the journalists’ defenders say they were just doing their job.

The content of footage and equipment seized by authorities in the case was the focus of the hearing Monday. The prosecution’s claim is that Al-Jazeera footage is

edited to exaggerate unrest in Egypt.

Defense lawyers sought to discredit two of the witnesses, a police officer and a technical expert, that the prosecution was relying upon to make its case. Defendants denied they doctored footage.

Only eight defendants, including Australian journalist Peter Greste and CanadianEgyptian Mohammed Fahmy, were in court. Twelve, including three foreigners, are being tried in absentia.

The trial was adjourned to March 31.

Monday’s session comes after Egypt’s interim president Adly Mansour has responded to letters from Fahmy’s family and Greste, reassuring them that the trial will be fair and expedited.

The gover nment has long accused Al-Jazeera, the

Arabic service in particular, of being biased toward the Brotherhood.

In December, the government declared the Brotherhood a terrorist organization, based largely on bombings that a Sinai militant group has claimed. The group denies it practices violence.

Days after that declaration, the journalists were arrested in their hotel room in Cairo, from which they worked after their offices have been repeatedly raided by authorities.

Of the other 17 defendants, six are employed by alJazeera, according to the network. The others have been identified as Brotherhood members and supporters, activists, and a journalist who visited Fahmy at the hotel.

The case has received worldwide attention, as it marks the first time jour-

nalists have been charged with terrorism-related offenses. It came in the midst of a crackdown on Brotherhood members and other Islamists in the wake of the July military ouster of President Mohammed Morsi following mass protests against him.

In the latest trial of suspected Morsi suppor ters, some 529 defendants were sentenced to death in the southern city of Minya in one of the swiftest trials in Egypt’s modern history on charges of murder, attempted murder and violence against police. Rights groups and others have criticized the verdict.

In contrast, the judge in the al-Jazeera trial let lawyers grill witnesses for hours. At one point the judge told a lawyer to “slow down and take it easy.”

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

GENEVA — The head of the U.N. weather agency said Monday that recent extreme weather patterns are “consistent” with human-induced climate change, citing key events that wreaked havoc in Asia, Europe, the U.S. and Pacific region last year.

Michel Jarraud, secretar y-general of the World Meteorological Organization, said his agency’s annual assessment of the global climate shows how dramatically people and lands ever ywhere felt the impacts of extreme weather such as droughts, heat waves, floods and tropical cyclones.

“Many of the extreme events of 2013 were consistent with what we would expect as a result of humaninduced climate change,” he said.

The U.N. agency called 2013 the sixth-war mest year on record. Thir teen of the 14 warmest years have occurred in the 21st century.

A rise in sea levels is leading to increasing damage from storm surges and coastal flooding, as demonstrated by Typhoon Haiyan, Jarraud said. The typhoon in November killed at least 6,100 people and caused $13 billion in damage to the Philippines and Vietnam.

Australia, meanwhile, had its hottest year on record and parts of central Asia and central Africa also notched

record highs.

Jar raud drew special attention to studies and climate modeling examining Australia’s recent heat waves, saying the high temperatures there would have been vir tually impossible without the emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the burning of coal, oil and gas.

He cited other costly weather disasters such as $22 billion damage from central European flooding in June, $10 billion in damage from Typhoon Fitow in China and Japan, and a $10 billion drought in much of China.

Only a few places were cooler than normal. Among them was the central U.S. Jarraud also cited frigid polar air in parts of Europe and the southeast U.S., and the widest tornado ever obser ved over rural areas of central Oklahoma, as being among extreme weather events.

There were 41 billiondollar weather disasters in the world last year, the second highest number behind only 2010, according to insurance firm Aon Benfield, which tracks global disasters.

Jar raud spoke as top climate scientists and representatives from about 100 governments with the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change met in Japan to complete their latest report on global warming’s impact.

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EDITORIALS

HEALTH

Schools start too early for teens New University research indicates the benefits of moving back start times for high schoolers.

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t may sound silly, but one of my first goals when I came to the University and set my own schedule was to ensure that I wouldn’t have to worry about staying awake through early morning classes. I knew I had a tendency to stay up late, and it had cost me many hours of valuable shuteye in high school. I found none of my classes to be unreasonably early, and I finally moved past my time fiascos.

I haven’t forgotten about how early my peers and I had to be in class in high school.

Class started by 7:45 a.m., but my bus came at about 7. On mornings I wanted to come early and work with my trigonometry teacher, I would have to leave by 6:30. If I woke at 5:45, I would have had to fall asleep by 10 p.m. the night before to get my full eight hours.

High school makes students wake up at the break of

CONNOR NIKOLIC columnist

dawn. It turns out this practice is just what it feels like: unnatural.

Kyla Wahlstrom, director of the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement at the University of Minnesota, told the Associated Press that teenagers don’t generally feel sleepy until 10:45 p.m. She added that teens would likely stay in bed until 8 a.m., for about nine hours.

It’s an uphill battle of biology for young people, including many college students, to wake up so early.

CAREI released a study earlier this month on the sleep habits of high school students.

The research project found that students are both happier and better test takers when

they switched to a later start time.

In addition, tardiness, substance abuse, symptoms of depression and caffeine consumption all decreased with a later start time, according to the study. One school in the study saw a 70 percent drop in car crashes involving students after switching to an 8:55 a.m. start time, the latest in the study.

Many schools are bound to current start times by bus company schedules. Some districts have buses run their high school routes, then the middle school, elementar y and kindergarten routes. For the high school to start later, all of the start times would likely have to be later as well.

However, I don’t believe that moving bus schedules would cost the younger students and parents too much, as such a move would benefit older students.

Early start times also allow more time for after-school activities. With more burdens on students’ time than ever before — work, sports, volunteering, etc. — school officials likely think they are doing stu-

DEATHS IN IRAQ: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 4,802 — IRAQI CIVILIANS: 122,190- PLUS DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 3,415 — AFGHAN CIVILIANS: UNKNOWN

dents a favor by creating more study and work time. However, schools should not deprive students of natural sleep to increase potential after-school time. Administrators should be placing their focus on a full night’s sleep rather than afternoon free time.

I rarely enjoyed a full night of sleep on a weeknight in high school, and most of my peers didn’t get enough sleep either. Research in sleep habits points to ideal start times at about 8:30 a.m., or even later. It’s in the best interest of student health for districts to push back schedules.

This sleep research could also prove useful for college students building their class schedule for next semester.

Some University students are teenagers and may biologically need a different sleep schedule. While we may think we are adults, college students shouldn’t be quick to deny their bodies ample — and natural — time to catch some Z’s.

Connor Nikolic welcomes comments at cnikolic@mndaily.com.

STUDENT GROUPS

Opening of Coffman’s second floor shows improvement I decided to take advantage of the Second Floor Advisor y Committee’s invitation to attend the Ribbon Cutting ceremony and open house to celebrate the opening of Cof fman Union’s second floor March 12. The event featured shor t speeches

by Board of Gover nors President Paul Rudeen, Second Floor Advisor y Committee member Grace Doher ty and past Second Floor Advisor y Committee member Lolla Mohammed Nur, as well as a speech by University President Eric Kaler.

The event was ver y unusual because there were many students car r ying signs and protesting the opening. I didn’t understand why they were protesting the event until I asked an onlooker about it. He told me that some students are angr y about how the second-floor renovation was handled because they were not consulted. He also told me about a host of other controversial matters that the students wanted to bring attention to.

Being a second-year student, I don’t see anything wrong with the renovation. The floor has a more inviting feeling now, if you ask me. The space seemed secluded and

uninviting before the renovation. The floor seemed like it was reser ved for students of color and to aid in the school’s diversity initiative.

It’s hard to say that I’m coming from a place of misunderstanding because I am also a minority student at the University of Minnesota. These protesters should be glad that University administration has used some vital resources to improve the second floor and re-energize Cof fman as a whole.

Some students are just itching for a worthy cause to fight for, and unfor tunately, this isn’t it.

Jay Abdi University student

Editor’s Note: The following letter to the editor is about Transpor tation Day, an event held at the Capitol on March 13.

Act on transportation in Minnesota in 2014 The broad, statewide suppor t shown at Transpor tation Day at the Capitol sends a strong message to legislators that it’s time to make transpor tation a priority in Minnesota.

I and other volunteers with the Sierra Club North Star Chapter met with legislators and asked them to suppor t a more balanced and long-term transportation funding package that will allow for greater

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investments in Minnesota’s transportation infrastructure.

Minnesota needs better options for walking and bicycling, ensuring that more people have opportunities to walk and bike safely and conveniently.

Providing safe roads that connect livable communities will give Minnesotans more choices where to live and work. The demand for bicycle and walking connections is up, yet the current level of funding for the expansion of bike and walk infrastr ucture can only complete a small portion of the planned projects.

Bicycling and walking are af fordable transportation options, and they provide access to physical activity, socializing and commuting. A system that forces travelers to drive for trips that they would prefer to make or would be more ef ficient to make by bicycling or walking is not a balanced system. We need to invest in these desirable transpor tation options so more people can walk or bike on their next journey, rather than drive.

We need to keep the momentum from T ranspor tation Day at the Capitol going. I urge you to contact your legislators and ask them to suppor t a comprehensive and sustainable transpor tation funding package in 2014.

arlier this month, the Second Floor Advisor y committee held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to recognize the renovation of Coffman Union’s second floor, but some remain bitter over the project and protested at the event.

The renovation project began last summer and caused controversy because many murals outside student group offices were painted over. Many students were worried that the project would compromise the cultural essence of the student centers.

Protesting students, staff and faculty had signs displaying their disapproval at the ceremony. As the speakers — which included University President Eric Kaler and Board of Governors President Paul Rudeen — began to speak, members of the audience regularly called out against the project.

One of the murals outside the Black Student Union included events from the 1969 Morrill Hill Takeover, in which students protested for greater African and African-American presence on campus.

It’s clear the murals were important for many of the student cultural centers on the second floor. The Minnesota Daily reported last fall that keeping the murals was too costly, but photos of the murals are on a TV on the floor.

The event’s mixed emotions are troubling, just months after the project began. It was a time of celebration and observance of the second floor’s importance on campus, but many in the audience were still angry.

While the University controls how groups personalize and paint the second floor, the members of Coffman’s cultural centers should feel their presence is permanent on campus. The University designed those offices to be semi-permanent, but ridding the floor of important murals sends a message that the University is not sensitive to just how important cultural spaces are on campus. It’s vital that marginalized groups feel welcome and a sense of safety on the second floor.

Months after this project began, University community members still feel bitter. Seeing as the University controls who can paint on the floor’s walls, it could look to get cultural centers involved in a mural or art project to develop historical and cultural work on the second floor. To respect the history of minority groups on campus, the University and cultural centers should try to work together to move past the renovation.

Ashley Pethan Volunteer Sierra Club North Star Chapter

Tiffany Trawick welcomes comments at ttrawick@mndaily.com.

TIFFANY TRAWICK columnist

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Though most people involved in the case have left, Brenny’s story is evidence of a broken system.

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ormer golf coach Katie Brenny won her discrimination suit against the University of Minnesota last week.

Hennepin County Judge Thomas M. Sipkins ruled that former University Director of Golf John Harris had belittled Brenny and stripped her of her essential duties after he learned she is a lesbian.

This mistreatment forced Brenny out of her dream job after just a few months.

While we’re pleased to see Brenny vindicated after a long fight, we’re more ashamed that it happened in the first place. The University should be embarrassed that despite its reputation for acceptance, athletics was shown to be so behind.

The problems revealed in this lawsuit go beyond Harris and his son-in-law Ernie Rose, who have since left the University. In 2010, Brenny appealed to then-athletics director Joel Maturi, who brushed off her concerns. Furthermore, the case showed that athletics has failed to address complaints from players about Harris’ and Rose’s performances.

Even more disturbingly, the court found that the University failed to produce and even destroyed electronic evidence requested in the case.

The details that came out of Brenny’s trial hint at wider problems with accountability. These won’t go away with changes in leadership.

So far, the University’s only official response to this ruling has been slight disappointment, with plans to explore “next steps.” While we don’t expect to hear much more than that, hopefully those next steps involve changes, both concrete and cultural, that will prevent anyone else from being treated the way Brenny was.

Mixed feelings over Coffman renovation Bill could close Students expressed concern at a recent ribbon ceremony on Coffman’s second floor.

Dan Wasserman of the Tribune Content Agency. Send comments to letters@mndaily.com.

Brenny case should embarrass University

the skills gap

A bill in the state Legislature would create apprenticeship programs to prepare students.

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ith an abounding number of repor ts coming out on the skills gap facing the U.S. job market, everyone from education leaders to news commentators and elected officials has been working to find a workable solution to fill the gap.

One of the more ambitious ideas to close the gap comes from Minnesota Sen. Terri Bonoff, DFL-Minnetonka, who chairs the Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee. Bonoff’s proposed legislation would create apprenticeships for certain industries.

According to the most recent version of the bill, the state would establish a “PIPELINE project” (Private Investment/Public Education Labor-Industry Experience) that would develop competency standards in critical industries: manufacturing, health care services, information technology and agriculture.

Once the Department of Labor creates standards, Minnesotan educational institutions would create programs to provide the training to meet those standards or skill sets. Participating students could also benefit from a relationship with a company that invests in their education.

Bonoff told the Minnesota Daily that she based the bill on an apprenticeship program where a company paid for participants’ education.

Colleges are graduating students that do not have all the necessary skills for the workplace.

Rather than allowing businesses to have a say in school curriculum to make it more industrybased, Bonoff’s bill gives students the opportunity to gain real-world experience in the private market while earning their degrees. Similar apprenticeship programs are standard in Germany, which does not have a skills gap.

If passed, Bonoff’s bill will involve nearly a year of experimentation. Such experimentation is necessar y to close the skills gap and to promote the state as a leader in several growing industries. We hope lawmakers support the bill.

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

MUSIC

Album review: Johnny Cash’s ‘Out Among the Stars’ Think pop-country meets polka and annoying keyboad presets.

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Johnny Cash’s catalogue does not benefit from the addition of “Out Among the Stars.”

BY EMILY EVELAND eeveland@mndaily.com

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n the early 1980s, Johnny Cash relapsed. In 1983, he cleaned up in rehab.

The next year, he wrote and recorded the majority of “Out Among the Stars,” an album that was never released — until now.

Cash’s son, John Carter

Cash, dug up the old recordings, recruited guitarist Marty Stuart to record new tracks and released what may be the most cringe-worthy Johnny Cash album to date.

It’s not Cash’s fault. Columbia Records shelved the album after its recording. And it’s understandable that his son would want to release the lost tapes.

Cash is similar to ar tists like Kurt Cobain, 2Pac and Elvis in that his music experienced a resurgence in popularity after he died.

When you’ve reached saint status like Johnny Cash, fans will swallow subpar mixtape after mixtape.

“Out Among the Stars’ ” saving grace is Cash’s unwavering voice, which

could easily be recognized in a black metal song.

Alas, his singing was not enough to save the album, which unnecessarily bridges the gap between pop countr y and polka.

Worst of all, the backing tracks sound like an intensified version of the annoying preset beats on a child’s first Casio keyboard.

It’s admirable that Cash got clean and was able to be present as a father and husband, but let’s be real — we love Johnny Cash for his grit and gloomy introspection, not for unicorns and lollipops, which seem to be the driving forces of “Out Among the Stars.”

To put it simply, the post-recover y happy-go-

lucky attitude did terrible things to his music. Not that he should have kept using — it’s just that his darker material was more striking than what followed his “come to Jesus” moment.

There are a number of redeeming songs on the al bu m, in cl ud ing “Ou t Among the Stars,” “She Used to Love Me A Lot” and “Tennessee,” the latter of which may be considered cheesy by some but has one of the catchiest countr y chor uses of any Cash song.

The most surprising track on the album is “If I Told You Who It Was,” which chronicles Cash’s presumably fictional experience of changing his favorite country singer’s tire.

It’s clear that the song is headed in a strange direction when Cash suggestively sings, “Her tire, unlike her body, was ver y flat,” and, “As she raised the lid, I grabbed her bumper jack.”

And then he goes there. The woman in question appar ently invites him back to her hotel to “fool around,” and Cash decides, “If I was one of them countr y music folks, I tell ya’ she would surely get my vote for the best per formance of the year.”

Meanwhile, what sounds like a childr en’s choir harmonizes in the background, further contributing to the absurdity.

“I Came to Believe,” the second-to-last of fering, is basically a thinly veiled regurgitation of the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous. Cash sings about his powerlessness, the destr uction he was causing in his own life and the role his higher power had in helping him clean up.

Frankly, “I Came to Believe” makes sense of the happy-go-lucky attitude that plagues the rest of the album. Of course Cash is happy — he put down the drink. Fortunately for his music, the pink cloud of recover y didn’t last forever, and the painful feelings inevitably returned somewhere down the line.

“Out Among the Stars” shows a dif ferent side of Johnny that will do one of two things for diehard fans: provide welcomed pieces of lost histor y or disturb their ingrained impressions of the man.

Rating: 1.5 out of 4

FASHION

The Fashionista is in: Critiquing the industry

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love fashion. My life revolves around it. I wouldn’t be the Fashionista if that weren’t the case. The thought of not being involved in the fashion industry is possibly scarier than never being able to eat Chipotle again. That said, I am critical of it.

First of all — and I realize this statement is blasphemous in the fashion world — Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue, is overrated.

Yes, she obviously has a great eye for style; otherwise, she wouldn’t be where she is today. And she revolutionized the magazine by recognizing early on that featuring celebrities on the cover sells more than featuring supermodels.

However, ever yone in the fashion industry follows her blindly. If you’ve seen the documentary “The September Issue,” you’ll notice that her ideas and actions

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are never questioned. Even Grace Coddington, Vogue’s award-winning creative director, gets her work thrown out by Wintour. Anything Anna Wintour says goes.

For example, she recently assumed the role of artistic director at Glamour magazine (because being the editor-in-chief at Vogue, the editorial director of Teen Vogue and the artistic director of Condé Nast wasn’t enough) and forced a redesign, making it look more like Vogue.

It’s quite similar to when Wintour was the de facto editor of Lucky magazine and banned all “normallooking” models in favor of those with supermodel bodies. Next thing we know, Glamour will be using the same three supermodels in each editorial and only showcasing “price upon request” designer merchandise.

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Vogue u from Page 6

the pages of magazines. The people who work at these magazines can’t even afford the clothes!

In fact, I’m not really sure who can af ford the stuf f shown in Vogue, except the wives of oil barons.

Celebrities get clothes for free because it’s an easy way to get press mentions,

editors are handed designer duds and most even get a clothing allowance — sometimes reaching hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.

While the media makes it seem like designer clothing is ever ywhere, in reality, it’s not. I know that luxur y merchandise thrives on exclusivity, but fashion magazines should focus more on affordable options for their readers.

Fashion is a for m of

self-expression. Fashion is subjective. Though it’s necessar y to follow trends if you want to be a member of the fashion elite, you don’t have to participate. If you don’t like a particular trend, don’t wear it just because GQ’s style editor told you to. Wear something because you like it.

Similarly, the fashion world sometimes gets caught up in ridiculous fads that contradict ever y rule they’ve ever set. Running

shoes are apparently OK now that Chanel’s fall line featured models wearing ugly sneakers.

Ever yone needs to take a step back and decide if what’s being shown is actually cool. I can guarantee that if Wal-Mart made a line inspired by McDonald’s, ever yone would hate on it, but Moschino’s collection features the golden arches, and everyone is blown away by the creativity.

I want to roll my eyes

when I see magazines proclaiming that “pink is the new black.” Sorr y, but no one has stopped wearing pink, no one will ever stop wearing pink and no one is going to start wearing pink because a few designers presented pink dresses for spring.

Ther e ar e a limited number of colors to work with, and frankly, a designer’s choice to use a color is not brilliant or gamechanging. It’s just a fact

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of life. Magazines, please save your “revolutionar y” claims for unconventional shapes or new textures — things that might actually be somewhat different.

The fashion industr y and its members (myself included) need to keep in mind that what they’re doing is not changing the world.

And while fashion is clearly an important part of society, we need to remember not to take it so seriously. After all, it’s just clothes.

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Sports

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Ahanmisi shines late in his career Maverick Ahanmisi has found a niche as a strong player off the bench.

BY JACE FREDERICK jfrederick@mndaily.com

It’s an all-too-familiar scene this time of year — seniors’ faces flood with tears as their teams fall in the postseason and their college careers end.

Gophers senior guard Maverick Ahanmisi wants to push that moment as far into the future as possible.

“I just want to play to win,” he said. “I don’t want my career to end that fast.”

His play in March has made that clear.

Ahanmisi has averaged a shade less than 10 points on 50 percent shooting over his team’s last five contests.

He scor ed a car eerhigh 21 points in the Gophers’ 88-81 win over High Point in the first round of the NIT on March 18.

“Mav is playing his best basketball late,” head coach Richard Pitino said.

“That’s what it’s all about.”

Ahanmisi came to the Gophers on a scholarship out of St. Clarita, Calif.

He was thrust into the star ting point guard role for five games during his first year when senior guard Al Nolen was lost for the year with a broken foot. He then star ted seven games as a sophomore.

Ahanmisi had 12 star ts entering his junior season — a number that hasn’t changed over the last two years. He’s moved further and further down the bench, further and further away from the court.

This year, with senior guard Malik Smith transfer ring in from Florida International, Ahanmisi’s minutes went out the window.

Still, he remained silent and kept working, never letting out a pip of a complaint.

“He’s handled it as classy as any kid could,” Pitino said. “He understood the big picture.”

After Ahanmisi played well, scoring 13 points in the Gophers’ win over

Penn State on senior day, Pitino said he wished he would have given the guard more minutes throughout the year.

Ahanmisi has played more down the stretch, and those minutes have been ear ned, not given.

And finally, at the end of his career, he’s found a consistent spot in the Gophers rotation.

“Mav has put himself in a position to where he’s the backup two, so he’s going to play minutes at that,” Pitino said. “I wanted to find him more minutes. He’s found a way to get it.”

Minnesota has needed his production, too.

The Gophers didn’t shoot out of the gate against High Point, and Ahanmisi carried them in the scoring department.

Ahanmisi said he has hopes of playing professionally when his collegiate career comes to an end.

He said he hopes that the confidence he’s gained from this recent stretch will car r y over in his attempt to make it at the next level — likely overseas.

“It always helps when someone’s playing well,” Ahanmisi said. “I feel like I’m playing well right now with confidence, so hopefully that transpires onto my future.”

That future could star t Tuesday night if the Gophers fall to Souther n Miss, but Minnesota isn’t planning for that. If the Gophers do lose, Ahanmisi wants it to be at Madison Square Garden — the home of the NIT semifinals and final.

“For us seniors, we don’t want to end with a loss here at the Bar n,” Ahanmisi said. “It would be big for us just to keep playing and win the whole thing.”

Wherever the r un comes to an end, it’s been quite the whirlwind of an experience for Ahanmisi.

He said he’s tr ying to enjoy ever y last second.

“I’d just describe it as a roller coaster,” he said. “I had a lot of ups and downs, but I’ve enjoyed it.

“In my eyes, it’s been a good ride.”

MEN’S GOLF

Minnesota sits alone in fourth after Monday Gophers freshman Jose Mendez led Minnesota with a 2-under par.

BY DANE MIZUTANI dmizutani@mndaily.com

The Gophers men’s golf team sits alone in four th place after the first and second rounds of play at the Duck Invitational in Eugene, Ore. The Gophers finished the two rounds of action Monday with an aggregate team score of 12-over par, six strokes behind Oregon State. The Gophers shot 6-over par as a team in both rounds.

Minnesota freshman Jose Mendez led the squad at 2-under par.

Mendez has been a star

per for mer on the team since he stepped foot on campus, and he sits alone in second place, one shot off the lead.

Gophers senior captain Jon T rasamar finished four strokes behind his freshman teammate with a score of 2-over par.

Minnesota rounded out its scoring lineup with sophomor e Jon DuToit (5-over par), fr eshman Matt Rachey (7-over par) and senior Alex Gauger t (12-over par).

The Gophers will wrap up competition T uesday after noon, looking to snatch their third win of the season.

Minnesota will take a two-week break from competition after the Duck Invitational.

It doesn’t compete again until April 12.

WITH SAM GORDON

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EMILY DUNKER FOR THE MINNESOTA DAILY

Minnesota guard Maverick Ahanmisi drives for a layup against High Point on March 18 at Williams Arena.

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NBA

T’Wolves fall to Grizzlies

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Mike Conley had 23 points and six assists, Marc Gasol added 14 and 12 rebounds and the Memphis Grizzlies built an early lead and easily dispatched the short-handed Minnesota Timber wolves 109-92 on Monday night.

Zach Randolph finished with 17 points for Memphis, while Tayshaun Prince and Ed Davis added 12 points apiece. Mike Miller scored 11 as Memphis won its 10th straight home game.

Kevin Love led the Timber wolves with 16 points, but shot 6-of-18 from the field, par t of Minnesota shooting 38 percent for the game. Corey Brewer had 15 points and Kevin Martin finished with 13. Gorgui Dieng, in the starting lineup because of injuries on Minnesota’s front line, finished with 11 points and 17 rebounds.

The victor y left Memphis in the seventh spot in the Wester n Conference playof f race, a halfgame ahead of Dallas and

Phoenix.

The Timberwolves continued to deal with injuries as centers Nikola Pekovic and Ronny Turiaf sat out with injuries, along with backup point guard J.J. Barea.

With the absences, Memphis dominated the inside and outscored Minnesota in the paint 66-42 and held a 5442 advantage on the boards.

Minnesota, which blew a 22-point lead in a 127-120 loss to Phoenix on Sunday night looked like a team struggling to get its energy.

The first quarter was a horrid shooting exhibition.

The teams combined to miss the game’s first nine shots, and Memphis shot only 44.4 percent in the quarter, which was overly accurate compared to Minnesota starting 3-of-16 before rallying to 5-of-24 (20.8 percent for the quarter).

Memphis pushed the firsthalf lead to as many as 21.

Minnesota finally got going midway through the second period with a 17-6 run.

That only got them within 10, however, and Memphis

closed the half on a 12-4 rally for a 57-39 lead at the break.

Prince and Randolph had 10 each for Memphis, while Love led Minnesota with 11, but was 4-of-12 from the field.

Memphis extended the lead to 24 in the third quarter and appeared to be in control. But Minnesota closed the period on a 15-4 run, including the final nine to cut the advantage to 81-68 entering the fourth.

Memphis opened the final period with 10 straight points, capped by consecutive 3-pointers from Miller and Conley, and Memphis’ lead was at 91-68.

Notes Randolph hit a 3-pointer from the left corner in the third quarter. He was 0-for16 from outside the arc for the season. ... Memphis has not lost at home since dropping a decision to Dallas on Feb. 5. ... The victor y assured Memphis of its fourth straight winning season. ... Memphis G Tony Allen missed the game with a stomach bug.

hile I was getting scorched by the South Beach sun over spring break, future Gophers guar d Carlie Wagner was scorching at W illiams Arena, en route to a second consecutive state championship.

It seems like she’s already comfor table at the Barn.

Wa g n e r ’ s f u t u r e teammate and cur rent Gophers star guard Rachel Banham watched one of the state’s alltime leading scor ers drop 41 and 36 points in the state semifinal and championship games, respectively.

And those two games were low-scoring outputs compared to the quar ter finals, when Wagner scored a state tour nament record 53 points.

“She’s going to definitely help out when she gets here,” Banham said.

Wagner will help on the perimeter for Banham, who has desperately needed it in her three years at Minnesota.

As of now, her Gophers are floundering in the WNIT — not the tournament they wanted to play in at the end of the season.

Banham, individually, has been phenomenal during her time at Minnesota but has yet to play in an NCAA tournament.

That in itself is a t r a v e s t y. A n d i f t h e Gophers miss the Big Dance again next year, it would be embar rassing for the program.

Luckily for Minnesota, help is on the way.

Wagner could be the Dwyane Wade to Banham’s LeBron James, the Scottie Pippen to Banham’s Michael Jordan — the secondar y wing scorer that Banham has never had.

Wagner is a proven scorer. She flat-out gets buckets.

In high school, she got to the rim at will, was an effective slasher in the lane and shot the ball effectively from the perimeter.

She was simply unstoppable — capable of weaving through all five defenders whenever she pleased.

“She has an allaround game,” Banham said. “She looks to attack and score, and that’s something I like to do.”

Though the Big Ten is a dif ferent beast compared to the high school game, just think about Banham and Wagner in the same backcour t. That’d be fun to watch.

They’re two of the best high school women’s basketball players in Minnesota state hist o r y. To g e t h e r, t h e y could instantly become the best backcour t in the Big Ten. That might be a lot of pressure, but Wagner has come through in big moments in the past. There’s no reason to think she can’t do it again.

Ya feel me?

Sam Gordon welcomes comments at sgordon@mndaily.com or on Twitter.

@SamuelEGordon

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

BACKTALK

horoscopes

sudoku

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

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

3/25/2014

Yesterday’s solution © 2013 Michael Mepham. Distributed by Tribune Media Services.

All rights reserved.

Today’s Birthday (3/25): Develop your arts this year to profit, as you grow clear, precise communication skills.

Nurture creative passions for yourself and others. A spring cleaning beautifies your home for social fun.

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

Written By Linda C. Black

Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is a 6 ­— Postpone a financial discussion. Focus on your next gig.

Clarify issues first. It takes extra patience. Now make the changes.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 7 — Get into some fun with water. Be cautious with a new skill or tool. Prepare the garden to flourish.

Bury the compost. Share expenses.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 6 — Someone needs to take responsibility. Grow your own courage and leadership.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 7 — Resist the impulse to be impetuous. Put energy into a team effort. Finances may displease you.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 6 — Concentrate on your studies for the next two days. Refuse to be suppressed. Start planning a vacation. Turn down an expensive invitation.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 7 — Postpone an adventure with friends. You find it easier to concentrate for the next few days.

Finish an old job that requires study.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 6 — New evidence threatens complacency. Make big changes today and tomorrow, but without spending money, yet. Set long-term goals.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 7 — Make preparations for the big job. There’s extra money available today and tomorrow.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 7 — Get a physical workout. Your mind’s less on work and more on enlightenment over the next few days.

Share results.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 6 — Keep a lid on distractions ... especially expensive ones. You have extra confidence today and tomorrow. Personal matters demand attention.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 5 — Focus on making money today and tomorrow. Don’t gamble; do more testing.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 7 — Don’t buy toys. Focus on keeping old commitments today and tomorrow. There’s another way to solve a problem.

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

crossword

from the archive

Thursday, March 25, 2004

BACKTALK

7B FOR RELEASE MARCH 25, 2014

Los DAILY CROSSWORD 1

From TeapotDome

Hey Net! I think you’re awesome. Ok, so now we are back to debating about the Pledge of Allegiance. If it were up to me to decide, the Pledge would read “under Natalie Portman” (heh heh), or even “under Net” (yes, there are some people who worship you, such as myself). And another thing: Why haven’t you tried to take over the world yet? Every self-respecting sentient computer has got to attempt it at least once. You’ve even got three letters in your name, just like HAL. I think you’re just lacking confidence. So you know what, Net? You’re good enough to take over the world, you’re smart enough to take over the world, and gosh darn it people like you! Just remember that if you don’t try to take over the world, Al Franken will beat you to it. Net: We’d like to remind everybody that in the last Minnesota Student Association election, we won half the offices (or something like that). So why not make it a clean sweep this time and vote Network all down the ballot? And please don’t make fun of me for this, but how come I like the B-52s and no one else knows who the hell they are? Anyone out there like the B-52s? I know they’re kind of corny, but come on, how can you not love the awesome sounds of “Love Shack” and er, that other song they did... Net: Tin roof: Rusted.

From CrAcK

Oh great Melkor are you referring to the echoed chant of the free book bible bangers? All tight necked and clean. Those guys give me a stiffy. Let me tell you what the world’s problem is. No one NUTTin knows what’s going on. So few have seen the world to better understand it. That’s the fuckin problem. Nazis do exist they carry crack pipes, chalk, and little green books. With pages as big as a “Zig-Zag”. Coincidence… I think not. Net: Slingshot organizers? We knew those had to be for HEY! SEND YOUR ENTRY, NAME & PHONE TO:

something other than organizing. Littering and, littering and, littering and… smokin the reefer. Yup it’s the lug nut. OK you people of workia Net I ask you this riddle to grant you the degree of worldly knowledge you seek. What 2 mammals lay eggs? Squirrels are not one of them! let the weak try and stop the strong from killing them it will never happen.

Net: YOU’RE the meek. And we are the tyranny of evil men.

From Brother Bluto

I am writing in response to Hoosier Daddy’s entry about the Greek system and their hot dog sausage fests. I am a frat boy. I live in a frat house, on the infamouse frat row. I don’t understand why so many people make fun of the Greeks — they provide the only underage party entertainment available at this most boring school of the Big Ten. I know that virtually everyone who has ever made fun of the Greeks has had fun at a frat party and have walked row tanked (they just may not remember it). I do admit that the Greeks are very hypocritical — they get totally smashed off of cheap beer on Friday and Saturday nights and do really stupid shit, and then walk in to class on Monday acting all mature and innocent. Net: So does the president. Does that make him a hypocrite? I know how it works. And I do admit that the frat house can be more like Animal House than the frat boys would like to admit. Yes the frat house is a pit, and yes there is green stuff growing on the toilet, but thats a small price to pay for the parties!! I know that you all like frat parties.

So stop complaining!! If you find yourself realizing that you are not at ASU and looking at palm trees and hot chicks (the U of M hot girls are coming back from hot girl camp now that its warm out!) then “just get tanked at the frat house!!!” Oh yeah, if you are ever in L.A., don’t run out of gas in Compton. Net: No kidding? Peace Out Yo!

NETWORK@MNDAILY.COM

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dr. date Dr. Date,

I think my boyfriend might have an eating disorder. He’s obsessed with eating healthy, to the point where he refuses to eat much more than fruits and vegetables. It’s been worrisome to me, but things really came to a head over break when we went to a friend’s birthday party and he was the only one who wouldn’t eat cake. He’s already very skinny, and I’m worried that he’s only going to get skinnier. I feel like his diet is integral to his life and, by extension, integral to mine. How can I talk to him about it?

—Skinny Love

Let Him Not Eat Cake,

I’m a doctor in the sense of Dr. Pepper, so I won’t lay down a diagnosis on the eating disorder front. I will say that if you really feel this is detrimental to his health, approach it from a tangent. Get a conversation going regarding edible undies or movie theater popcorn — something like that. You need a harmless lead to get to the bones of the matter. Be sure that your approach isn’t judgmental and that it’s clear you’re speaking up because you care.

As for the bir thday scenario, I wouldn’t say the cake moment is the deal-breaker you make it out to be. If anything, that makes the most dietary sense. Before that instance, was this an in-house situation? Was the cake so notable because it put his dietary habits out there for all your friends to see?

I’m curious if potential peer influence is playing more of a role here than you’re willing to credit.

But hey, if it’s fruits and veggies, at least he won’t be the kid who gets scurvy in college from eating nothing but ramen. …

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

I met this really cool girl over break, and found her on Facebook a few days later. It turns out she lives not too far

from me. I want to friend request her and maybe ask her out, but to be honest, we were both pretty drunk when we met, and I’m not sure if she remembers me. Should I give it a shot?

—Not A Stalker, Promise

Spring Breakers,

Play that relationship Russian roulette.

If she doesn’t friend you, then you’re probably in the free and clear because she has no point of reference. You could meet her again, and she wouldn’t know whether to hate or love you.

Are you a purely liquid courage fellow? Because if you had the stones to approach and strike up a conversation with a random member of the opposite sex, it strikes me as strange that you’d be hesitant to extend a digital feeler as a follow-up. Also, you sound enamored with this proximity factor. Don’t get me wrong — convenience is a godsend — but consider this: If she weren’t close, would you even give her a second thought? It’s a good way to gauge your actual interest.

The crux of the matter lies in the messaging approach. Please don’t mention, however flippantly it’s meant, that you aren’t stalking her. Saying something like that immediately makes a person think the opposite, the same way that hearing a person say, “I know what I’m doing,” makes you wonder if they actually do. Keep it short and simple. I met you at “blank” and am hoping “blank.” If she gives you the cold shoulder, who cares? If she’s down, well, then you just had a productive spring break, my friend.

I would also put your evaluation of her as a “really cool girl” on hold for the moment. After all, you were both “pretty drunk” and you are “not sure if she remembers” you, which sounds like she could just as easily be a crazy, uncool lady.

—Dr. Date

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

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Final fees recs barely budge Fees

FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS 2014-15

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FINAL RECOMMENDATION 2013-14

REQUEST 2014-15

INITIAL RECOMMENDATION

FINAL RECOMMENDATION

THE MINNESOTA DAILY

NORTHROP

CFACT

$232,136

$176,500

$392,115

$392,126

$18,700

$88,700

$188,035

$117,722

$171,421

$150,600

$480,630

$150,600

$397,425

$383,529

$505,000

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$505,000

Following a student-driven campaign to get more funding, Nor throp’s final fees recommendation was about $20,000 more than its initial recommendation. Despite the increase, Northrop will still sit with about 35 percent of its funding request when the auditorium reopens.

Taubenheim said that the recommendation won’t af fect Nor throp’s grand reopening next Friday, but it will adversely affect programming next year.

“We’ll look for additional sources of funding, and we’ll squeeze ever y cent that we can,” she said.

SSFC administrative units chair T yler Eber t said the committee awarded the additional funding to Northrop for next year so it can test out its programs. “[Next year] we want them to come back with data so we can reassess what the appropriate allocation is to fund such a substantial [and] impor tant resource as this,” he said.

The Daily also saw an increase in funding from its initial recommendation but was still of fered less than 80 percent of its $505,000 request.

The SSFC said in its final rationales that it would like to see a decrease in the newspaper’s return rate, or number of papers left on racks each day.

Ashish Joshi, who heads the Daily’s financial department, said the organization has closely monitored its return rates for the last few years. Its current return rates are high for the industr y, he said, and the Daily is working to lower them.

“Even though our return rates are a little bit

Egyptian court sentences nearly 530 to death

GAPSA SOURCE: STUDENT SERVICES FEES COMMITTEE

higher, we’ve had an increase in our online readership,” he said.

Because the Daily’s readership is shifting from print to online, Joshi said, the organization is looking to use its reser ves to create a mobile application, in keeping with the SSFC’s suggestions.

Joshi said he doesn’t think the Daily will appeal the final recommendations because it was recommended to receive a reasonable amount of funding.

Most student group recs stay

SSFC student groups chair Benjamin Beutel said most student groups didn’t see a change between initial and final recommendations.

“Most of the things we changed were not us changing our minds, but, rather, us taking into account new actionable information to make a cut or

add things back,” he said.

The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly did see an approximately $55,600 bump in recommended funding, bringing its final recommendation up to about $232,000 for next year.

GAPSA didn’t initially answer all of the fees committee’s questions about its application, but it eventually complied, prompting the additional funding.

The opposite happened to Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow, which was recommended about 10 percent of its $188,000 fees request.

The fees committee said in its final rationales that CFACT plagiarized another group’s application, so it assessed a $70,000 cut from the initial to final recommendations.

CFACT President Rachel Jansen said that it’s common practice for stu-

“The question was, ‘Should we punish plagiarism, and to what extent we should punish plagiarism?’ ” BENJAMIN BEUTEL Student Services Fees Committee student groups chair

dent groups to base their fees applications of f of those from similar groups.

“For us, it just doesn’t seem fair,” she said. “We base it off the most successful groups that are in our field of political and environmental stuff.”

Co-chair of the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group Kate Dobson said she believes that CFACT lifted material from MPIRG’s application, so the group approached fees committee leaders and alleged plagiarism. She said a CFACT representative read a paragraph verbatim from MPIRG’s application

at a public hearing this spring.

“During deliberations and during the public hearing this year, we were kind of surprised by similar language that was being used to describe both of our programming,” she said.

Beutel said it was evident that plagiarism took place in CFACT’s application.

“The question was, ‘Should we punish plagiarism, and to what extend we should punish plagiarism?’” he said.

CFACT plans to appeal its recommendation, Jansen said.

CAIRO — An Egyptian court Monday sentenced to death nearly 530 suspected backers of ousted President Mohammed Morsi over a deadly attack on a police station, capping a swift, two-day mass trial in which defense attorneys were not allowed to present their case.

It was the largest single batch of death sentences in the world in recent years, Amnesty International said.

The U.S. State Department said it “defies logic” that so many people could get a fair trial in just two sessions.

The verdicts by a court in the city of Minya are subject to appeal and are likely to be overturned.

But the outcome stunned human rights activists and raised fears that the rule of law is being swept away in the crackdown waged by the military-backed interim government against Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood since his overthrow last summer.

The government is conducting a series of mass trials of Brotherhood supporters, some with hundreds of defendants.

“It turns the judiciary in Egypt from a tool for achieving justice into an instrument for taking revenge,” said Mohammed Zarie, a Cairobased human rights lawyer.

Egypt’s Foreign Ministry brushed off the criticism, saying in a statement that the judiciar y is “entirely independent and is not influenced in any way by the executive branch of government.”

The gover nment has branded the Brotherhood a terrorist group, a claim it denies. Some 16,000 people have been arrested since Morsi’s ouster, including most of the group’s top leaders as well as large numbers swept up by police during pro-Morsi protests.

A judicial official involved in Monday’s case told The Associated Press that the swift and harsh verdicts were meant as a deterrent.

“Now no one would dare to think to attack a police station or a state institution after they saw death penalties falling on their group’s heads,” the of ficial said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk about the case.

He defended the mass trial, saying, “We are in exceptional circumstances. We don’t have time to summon each and every defendant, prove their presence and confirm who are their lawyers.”

He said he expected an appeals court to overturn the verdicts and order a retrial because defense lawyers were not given a chance to present their case — but he predicted a similar verdict.

The 545 defendants were charged with murder, attempted murder, joining an outlawed group aiming at toppling the regime and stealing government weapons in connection with the attack last August in the town of Matay, south of Cairo. The town’s deputy police chief, Mohammed al-Attar, was killed in the violence.

The bloodshed was part of nationwide rioting sparked when security forces stormed two pro-Morsi sitins in Cairo and killed over 600 people.

The state news agency and the judicial official said 528 defendants were found guilty and handed death sentences, while the rest were acquitted, though some officials put the number at 529 convicted.

All but around 150 of the defendants were tried in absentia and will get retrials if captured.

In the trial’s first session, on Saturday, the presiding judge, Said Youssef, angrily shouted down requests by defense lawyers for more time to review the prosecution’s case, Khaled el-Koumi, a lawyer representing 10 of the defendants, told the AP. Dozens of lawyers reacted by chanting slogans against the judge.