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Out of the void Black Diet will debut its first album and headline the Hymie’s Record Store Day Block Party. u See DIET Page 9

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OIT cuts student repairs

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Fighting to keep ideas

Officials say the subsidized computer fixes aren’t used, but students have doubts.

BY KRISTOFFER TIGUE ktigue@mndaily.com

If University of Minnesota students need their computers fixed, they’ll soon have to pay full price.

On May 19, the Office of Information Technology will no longer offer discounted computer hardware repairs to students through its Personal Device Repair division. Tech Stop and the support hotline 1-HELP will continue to offer tech support and troubleshooting for software.

While officials cite several reasons for closing the program — like underutilization and a growing number of nearby competitors — the cut has provoked mixed

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Architecture Graduate Student Sophia Skemp shows her final project to previous graduate student and professional architect Julie Macleod in Ralph Rapson Hall on the University’s East Bank on Monday.

In school and the workplace, experts say it’s important for students to know their intellectual property rights.

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BY NICOLAS HALLETT nhallett@mndaily.com

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CBS starts search for new dean

The University of Minnesota’s College of Biological Sciences announced Wednesday that Thomas Hays will serve as interim dean beginning July 1, according to an email sent to CBS students, faculty and staff.

A search committee composed mainly of University deans, faculty members and students will conduct a nationwide search for current CBS Dean Robert Elde’s permanent replacement. Appointment of a new dean is expected by July 2015.

Elde announced in September that he would step down from his post this u See DEAN Page 3

tual property of students and employees.

ntil recently, University of Minne-

If taken to court, the larger establishment

sota students didn’t have rights to

usually wins. For that reason, experts rec-

their own work.

ommend that students and employees keep

That policy changed in Februar y, but

their ideas to themselves.

business and legal exper ts say it’s still

It’s “very one-sided,” said University law

important to be war y when sharing intel-

professor Thomas Cotter, who researches

lectual proper ty, both before and after

intellectual property law.

graduation.

Thomas Hays will serve as interim dean; a replacement will be appointed by 2015.

BY BLAIR EMERSON AND TAYLOR NACHTIGAL bemerson@mndaily.com, tnachtigal@mndaily.com

companies or schools — own the intellec-

“Many people would say that there

Usually institutions — whether they are

ought to be more protection for the

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RESEARCH

To fight off emerald ash borers, U turns to Leg. With state help, the University wants to create a center to research invasive species.

BY MITCHELL YURKOWITZ myurkowitz@mndaily.com

Emerald ash borers are destroying ecosystems across the state, and University of Minnesota researchers are asking for state funding to help stop them.

HEALTH

The College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences is looking for new ways to fight the insect, a terrestrial species that infests and kills ash trees. The college is asking state legislators to approve a multimillion-dollar funding request to create a “virtual center” that would study how to contain the pests.

“We’re unlikely to eliminate these species statewide, but we can make a significant impact in containing them,” said Susan Galatowitsch, head of the Fisheries, Wild-

life and Conservation Biology Department.

CFANS interim dean Brian Buhr said the new center would start operating in 2015 and exist separately from the Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center, which studies Asian carp. The University is asking for funding in its 2014 bonding request to construct a new aquatic facility in St. Paul.

Buhr calls the project a “vir tual center” because there wouldn’t be a physical u See CENTER Page 4

Honoring a healthy passion The U honored alumna and Mpls. Health Commissioner Gretchen Musicant last week.

BY ALLISON KRONBERG akronberg@mndaily.com

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Commissioner of the Minneapolis Health Department Gretchen Musicant received the Gaylord W. Anderson Leadership Award from the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health this month.

Behind Minneapolis Health Commissioner Gretchen Musicant’s unassuming, just-over 5-foot presence is a restless gogetter who has been a driving force behind Minnesota health for decades.

Musicant, an alumna of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and the School of Public Health, received the Gaylord Anderson Leadership Award last week for her work on state and city public health issues.

Gaylord W. Anderson was the first

Dean of the School of Public Health — the school’s most prestigious alumni award is named after him.

“Gretchen is a longtime public health advocate,” School of Public Health alumni relations director Tara Anderson said of the Minneapolis native. “I think she’s a wonderful leader and really knows how to build consensus and use collaboration to solve issues.”

Since getting her master’s degree in public health nursing in 1986, Musicant hasn’t stopped working for more than a couple of months, even during maternity leave.

But she hadn’t always aspired to work in public health.

Musicant received her first undergraduate u See HEALTH Page 16 VOLUME 115 ISSUE 105

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China’s growth slows to 7.4 percent in annual first quarter

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BEIJING — China’s economic growth slowed further in the latest quarter but appeared strong enough to satisfy Chinese leaders who are trying to put the country on a more sustainable path without politically dangerous job losses.

The world’s secondlargest economy grew 7.4 percent from a year earlier in the January-March quarter, down from the previous quarter’s 7.7 percent, government data showed Wednesday. It matched a mini-slump in late 2012 for the weakest growth since the 2008-09 global crisis.

Beijing is trying to guide China’s economy toward growth based on domestic consumption instead of trade and investment following the past decade’s explosive expansion. The top economic official, Premier Li Keqiang, last week ruled out new stimulus and said leaders will focus on “sustainable and healthy development.”

“Chinese growth held

up better than expected last quarter and there are signs that downwards pressure on growth has eased somewhat,” said analyst Julian Evans-Pritchard of Capital Economics in a report.

Retail sales and factory output were weaker than in the previous quarter but improved in March. On a quarter-to-quarter basis, economic growth from Januar y to March slowed to 1.4 percent from the previous period’s 1.8 percent.

The data reflect official efforts to shift emphasis from investment-intensive industry to services such as restaurants and retailing that generate more jobs.

Credit growth slowed in March and the expansion of China’s overall money supply rose at its slowest rate since 1997. Housing sales in the first quarter declined 5.7 percent from a year earlier.

“The continued slowdown in money and credit growth is likely to keep exerting relentless downward pressure on China’s economic growth,”

said Societe Generale economist Wei Yao in a report.

“Without re-acceleration of debt growth, the economy is unlikely to stabilize for another quarter at least.”

Stock markets in Asia and Europe were mostly higher, shrugging off the Chinese figures because growth didn’t slow as much as forecast by analysts.

The latest economic growth is below the official annual target of 7.5 percent announced last month. But Chinese leaders appear willing to miss that target so long as the economy creates enough jobs to avoid potential unrest. In a sign of concern about employment, they launched a ministimulus in March of higher spending on building railways and low-cost housing.

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The past decade’s rapid growth, which peaked at 14.2 percent in 2007, was driven by an export boom and spending on factories, apartment towers and other assets. But that model is losing its ability to drive growth.

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Former diplomat Sub makes second dive apologizes for UN to search for airplane inaction in Rwanda

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UNITED NATIONS — The diplomat who was president of the U.N. Security Council in April 1994 apologized Wednesday for the council’s refusal to recognize that genocide was taking place in Rwanda and for doing nothing to halt the slaughter of more than one million people.

Former New Zealand ambassador Colin Keating issued the rare apology during a council meeting to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the genocide and examine what has been done since to prevent new genocides.

The open session elicited praise for the U.N.’s stepped-up commitment to put human rights at the center of its work but widespread criticism of its failure to prevent ongoing atrocities in Syria, Central African Republic and South Sudan.

The council unanimously adopted a resolution calling on all countries “to recommit to prevent and fight against genocide” and reaffirming their responsibility to protect people from crimes against humanity. It condemned any denial of the Rwanda genocide and underscored the importance of taking into account lessons learned from the slaughter of Tutsis and moderate Hutus.

Keating recalled that New Zealand, Nigeria, the Czech Republic and Spain, supported by Argentina and Djibouti, urged condemnation of the Rwanda genocide in April 1994, the month it started, and called for reinforcement of the U.N. mission in the country, but “most” veto-wielding permanent members objected.

U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power acknowledged that the United States supported extracting U.N. troops rather than reinforcing them, which could have saved thousands of lives.

PER TH, Australia — As a robotic submarine dived into the ocean to look for lost Flight 370, angr y Chinese relatives stormed out of a teleconference meeting Wednesday to protest the Malaysian government for not addressing them in person.

The Bluefin 21 sub surfaced early for the second time in as many missions, this time after experiencing technical dif ficulties. It was sent back into the water after its data were downloaded but there’s been no sign of the plane, according to the search coordinator.

As the search continued, more than 100 relatives of Chinese passengers on the plane walked out of a teleconference meeting with senior Malaysian officials, an act of defiance over a lack of contact with that country’s government and for taking so long to respond to their demands.

The family members had gathered in a meeting room at a Beijing hotel where Malaysia Airlines had provided lodging and food. But they stood and filed out shor tly before the call with Malaysia’s civil aviation chief, Azhar uddin Abdul Rahman, and others as it was about to start.

“These video conference meetings often don’t work, the sound stops and it’s constantly disr upted. Is that how we are going to communicate?” said Jiang Hui, one of the family members, after the walkout. “Do they need to waste our time in such a way?”

Jiang said the Malaysian government had not met demands the relatives had presented to them weeks ago in Malaysia — an apology for the way they’ve handled the matter along with meetings with the Malaysian government and airline of ficials. They also have requested to sit down with executives from Boeing and Rolls-Royce, the manufacturer of the plane and its engines.

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When the U is involved, Frey isn’t shy During his short time at City Hall, Jacob Frey has taken the lead on issues concerning the University of Minnesota.

BY T YLER GIESEKE tgieseke@mndaily.com

Jacob Frey has already made a noticeable mark on Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota, even though he’s been a City Council member for less than four months.

F r e y, w h o a s Wa r d 3 City Councilman represents neighborhoods around the Univesity, took of fice in Januar y and said his new role has strengthened the city’s ties with the institution.

This budding relationship is new and beneficial for the two stakeholders, he said. Although the partnership existed before, Frey said his time in office has deepened the connection, and University of ficials agree.

Specifically, Frey said he’s kept a close eye on Dinkytown development, the Central Corridor light rail project, TCF Bank Stadium construction and crime prevention ef for ts around campus.

University community relations director Jan Morlock said she talks with Frey’s of fice at least once a week about how the city and the University can work together more ef fectively — by increasing collaboration between University and Minneapolis police departments, for example.

“There’s a realization by the city and the University that they’ve got to work together on a problem that af fects both of them,” said Humphr ey School of Public Af fairs political science professor Larr y Jacobs.

Frey joined University administrators last Friday at a press conference addr essing rowdy Dinkytown crowds after the previous night’s NCAA Frozen Four semifinal victor y.

Frey said he was pleased with how the city and University law enforcement of ficials responded to the incident, but he noted that hockey fans can celebrate without “beating the hell out of property.”

Guiding change D e ve lo pm e nt in t h e University area is another issue on Frey’s radar.

The Venue, a new Dinkytown apar tment complex, is set to open by fall 2014. Frey said he’s watching that project closely.

“Dinkytown is hot,” he said. “There are developers who are chomping at the bit to do some impressive projects.”

Frey fills one of the city’s three seats on the University District Alliance, a group of city, University and community leaders that meets to discuss the needs of campusarea neighborhoods.

University-relevant transportation projects are also sur facing on the city level, including the light rail launching June 14.

Once it opens, Fr ey said, the easy commute will make jobs downtown mor e attractive to students.

The University ar ea will see more changes this summer in preparation for the Minnesota Vikings’ arrival in the fall. The team will play at TCF Bank Stadium, which Frey said will benefit local businesses.

Beyond the University, Frey has focused on desegregating neighborhoods by revamping city regulations to allow for a mix of housing stock.

He’s also had a hand in financing a downtown park, changing city code to allow ridesharing companies to operate in Minneapolis and securing funds for a new school in the Nor th

BRIDGET BENNETT, DAILY

City Council member Jacob Frey speaks to the press Friday in Dinkytown about being safe after Saturday’s Gophers men’s hockey team’s NCAA championship game.

“Dinkytown is hot. There are a lot of developers who are chomping at the bit to do some impressive projects.”

JACOB FREY Ward 3 City Councilman

Loop neighborhood.

“I think Jacob brings a spirit of engagement,” Morlock said. “It’s a good sign for [the University’s] future par tnership work with the city.”

‘Spring training’ The learning cur ve for new City Council members is steep, Jacobs said, adding that some new council members are struggling to reconcile the promises they made on the campaign trail.

Seven of the 13 members wer e elected this year, and many are new to holding public office.

CBS names interim dean, starts replacement search Dean u from Page 1

summer, helping prompt talks of merging CBS and the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, which also had its dean position in flux.

University leaders weighed a mer ger for months but scrapped the idea in February after finding that most stakeholders opposed it.

When merger talks died off, leaders from both colleges said they plan to work more closely in the future.

As interim dean, Hays said he will continue CBS’ collaboration with other colleges, including CFANS. “I think that engaging the other colleges on campus is important on all fronts,” he said.

Mostafa Kaveh, College of Science and Engineering associate dean and search committee member, said it’s cr ucial for whoever is chosen to lead CBS to push for more crossover between the colleges with research and curriculum.

Collaborations have been useful so far, he said.

“It’s something that we’ve been doing increasingly and I expect with the next dean,” he said.

Elde said the new dean will be charged with mentoring faculty members so they work together.

“It’s all about capitalizing on the incredible strength of our own college as well as the other colleges here at the University,” Elde said. “I think Tom will do that, and I think that is where our future is brightest.”

Senior Vice President for Academic Af fairs and Provost Karen Hanson said in an email that Hays has already strengthened research programs in CBS, something he’s expected to continue as interim dean.

“The CBS already has a ver y strong research program, and he’s a very capable scientist,” said genetics, cell biology and development assistant professor Anindya Bagchi. “I’m ver y optimistic that he will do justice and even better the research environment at the CBS.”

Hays became a University faculty member more than two decades ago and is currently an associate dean for research and graduate education and a professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development.

“He really understands the impor tance of the teaching mission of our college,” said David Greenstein, a professor in Hays’ department.

Few details about the search committee’s plan were available Wednesday, but its chair — College of Veterinar y Medicine Dean Trevor Ames — said the search process will evolve in the next few weeks.

He said the committee will likely discuss with Hanson what it’s looking for in a permanent dean.

“We’re looking for a person that can lead us into the future [and] to capitalize on the new technologies and the new things that are happening in biology, for both teaching and research,” said Gar y Muehlbauer, search committee member and agronomy and plant genetics professor.

US judge overturns abortion ban

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BISMARCK, N.D. — A federal judge on Wednesday over tur ned a Nor th Dakota law that bans abortions when a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks into pregnancy and before many women know they’re pregnant.

U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland said the law is “invalid and unconstitutional” and that it “cannot withstand a constitutional challenge.” The state

attorney general said he was looking at whether to appeal the decision by the Bismarck-based judge.

North Dakota is among several conser vative states that have passed new abortion restrictions in recent years, but abor tion rights suppor ters called Nor th Dakota’s fetal hear tbeat law the most restrictive in the countr y. A fetal heartbeat law passed in Arkansas would ban abortions at 12 weeks into pregnancy, but it was over turned by another federal judge. The

state’s attor ney general has said he will appeal.

Nor th Dakota’s hear tbeat measure was among four anti-abortion bills that Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed into law last year with over whelming suppor t from the state’s Republican-led Legislature.

Backed by the New Yorkbased Center for Reproductive Rights, the state’s only abor tion clinic, the Red River Clinic in Fargo, filed a lawsuit against the hear tbeat law last July.

“I see this as really an adjustment period,” Ja c ob s s a i d , c a l l i n g i t “spring training.”

New members have to get up to speed with current city projects, he said, which could potentially reverse plans that have been unfolding for years with informal city approval.

For example, the 2014 City Council denied Doran Companies a permit to demolish proper ties in Dinkytown, which Jacobs said affects the long-term plans of stakeholders involved.

“Now [developers] are pretty confused,” he said.

“They don’t really know

FREY’S PROGRESS ON SELECTED GOALS GOAL: Invest in a school for the North Loop district.

STATUS: COMPLETE GOAL: Promote desegregation of neighborhoods through more affordable housing.

STATUS: IN PROGRESS GOAL: Narrow the achievement gap between whites and minorities.

STATUS: MORE WORK NEEDED GOAL: Promote ridesharing companies to lower car dependency.

STATUS: IN PROGRESS GOAL: Connect university students with jobs downtown after graduation.

STATUS: IN PROGRESS SOURCE: JACOB FREY

where the City Council is going.”

Ward 5 City Councilman Blong Yang, who’s also in his first year on the council, said it takes time to learn city government and how to work

effectively with city departments.

Learning quickly is part of the job, Frey said, and despite the challenge, the rewards outweigh the struggle.

“It’s been an absolute whirlwind,” he said.

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fight off emerald ash Kill switch garners To borers, U turns to Leg. industry support Beginning next summer, most new smartphones will be equipped with a theft deterrent.

The leading trade group for cellphone manufacturers announced Tuesday that companies will equip smartphones made after July 2015 with a “kill switch” that would clear the phone’s memory and render it useless, following legislative pushes from around the country.

Minnesota Student Association President Mike Schmit recently testified at the Capitol in support of a bill in the Minnesota Legislature that would require kill switches.

He said this technology would benefit students on the University of Minnesota campus because it could deter theft.

“I think the ultimate goal is the change of perception that thieves have about stealing from students,” Schmit

said. “Right now we’re easy targets; we’re seen as bigmoney robberies.”

About one-third of robberies in the U.S. involve cellphone theft, according to the Federal Communications Commission.

CTIA-The Wireless Association, a nonprofit that represents the wireless communications industry and announced the voluntary effort to implement kill switches, said in a press release that major smartphone manufacturers — including Apple, HTC, Google, Sprint and TMobile — have all agreed to the plan.

This agreement follows legislative pushes in some states, including California and New York, and a federal version of the bill sponsored

by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, DMinn.

The CTIA previously opposed kill switches because of the potential for phones to be disabled maliciously, preventing emergency calls.

Under the current plan, the phone’s authorized user would also have the ability to

restore the phone’s data and functionality.

In Minnesota, Rep. Joe Atkins, DFL-Inver Grove Heights, authored a kill switch bill and said he’s pleased with the CTIA’s announcement. Now, he’s contemplating whether the industr y agreement will be ef fective enough, or if legislation mandating kill switches still needs to be pushed.

“I think the agreement is a very positive step forward,” he said. “Whether or not it alleviates the need for passing the law, I guess I’m still visiting with some folks, like officials at the U and the city of Minneapolis and St. Paul … and the law enforcement community.”

Minneapolis Police Department spokesman John Elder echoed support and said Minneapolis police backs kill switch bills at the state and national levels.

“The belief is that if we make the item being stolen not worth anything, then that should in fact drive down the demand for it,” he said.

building designated for the terrestrial invasive species research. Rather, many departments across the college would conduct the work.

Legislators are mulling proposals that would provide up to $5.3 million — a onetime boost — for the new terrestrial invasive species center. In the coming weeks, they will try to compromise on an exact amount to put towards the center.

Buhr said the University isn’t requesting state dollars to construct a new research facility right now but wants funding to pay researchers and buy equipment.

If approved, Buhr said, the money would pay graduate students for their work. Each graduate student researcher receives about $40,000 per year, he said.

The center would have a faculty researcher who would report the new findings to the college’s dean and coordinate projects across departments.

Researchers in entomology, plant pathology and horticulture science would have a role in the terrestrial invasive species center as well.

$59.4 BILLION ANIMAL

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$39.7 BILLION MICROBIAL

An industry trade group plans to require the theft deterrent.

ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TERRESTRIAL INVASIVE SPECIES IN THE U.S.

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Center

SOURCE: AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMIC REVIEW, 2006

“We need to come up with research priorities and focus on the issues where we can make an impact,” Galatowitsch said.

Buhr said the new center would allow different disciplines to hold more structured discussions on other terrestrial species, like the spotted wing Drosophila. The

fly is damaging soft berries, ultimately affecting the agricultural industry.

The University already has partnerships with organizations like the Department of Natural Resources and Minnesota Department of Agriculture, but Buhr said creating the new center would strengthen those ties.

Galatowitsch said the departments should prioritize the research projects based on their individual cost and level of impact.

These invasive species take a significant toll on the state’s economic well-being, she said, because they affect commercial land, ecosystems and the agricultural industry.

Gypsy moths are also destroying trees and forests throughout the Midwest, including eastern Minnesota.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture plans on placing a quarantine in the affected area.

Buhr said invasive species affect state terrains, ranging from wetlands to prairies, and it is crucial the state provides the funding so the research can move forward to contain them.

“We are looking forward to collaborating with the state in order to address this serious problem,” he said.

No-parole sentence reinstated for MN man MNsure names Deloitte

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of release for a man who was two months shy of his 18th birthday when prosecutors say he raped and killed a teenage girl, stabbing her 29 times with a screwdriver.

In its majority opinion, the state Supreme Cour t found that a lower cour t erred when it retroactively applied a federal ruling that banned mandator y no-parole sentences for juveniles.

The lower cour t changed Tony Roman Nose’s sentence to give him a chance to seek parole — a decision the Supreme Court reversed Wednesday.

Roman Nose, now 31, was convicted in the July 2000 killing of Jolene Stuedemann of Woodbur y.

Under state statutes he received the mandator y sentence of life in prison without release, and Stuede-

mann’s family thought he would never be free.

Years later, in 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that mandator y life without parole for juveniles was cruel and unusual punishment, and therefore unconstitutional. The court didn’t rule out such sentences for teens altogether — only the mandatory aspect. A judge could still issue a no-parole sentence, but would have to take into account “the mitigating qualities of youth,” such as a failure to understand the ramifications of their actions.

The U.S. Supreme Court didn’t say whether its decision was retroactive, leaving the 28 states with mandatory no-parole life sentences to grapple with the issue.

Just last year, the Minnesota Supreme Court found that the federal ruling is not retroactive, and Wednesday’s decision follows that precedent.

“I’m ver y happy that the Supreme Cour t upheld his original sentence

and he’s not going to get out and threaten anyone ever again,” said Jim Stuedemann, Jolene’s father. “I feel safer. We’ll sleep better, just knowing that there’s not this chance that he’s going to get before a parole board.”

The justices note that going back in time and assessing whether the 17-year-old Roman Nose had mitigating factors that would warrant a different sentence is difficult. Doing so “will not ensure the fair administration of justice. Instead, the integrity and public reputation of the court will be undermined if Roman Nose receives a reduced sentence simply because the passage of time prevents meaningful implementation of the (federal) procedures,” Chief Justice Lorie Skjer ven Gildea wrote.

“In light of Roman Nose’s age, the brutal nature of his crime, and the overwhelming evidence of his guilt, such a windfall would undermine the public confidence in the judicial system,” Gildea wrote.

Fred Fink, criminal division chief in the Washington County Attorney’s Of fice, said prosecutors are pleased with the decision. Roman Nose’s attorneys did not

immediately return messages seeking comment.

Among other things, they had argued that if the prior sentence was reinstated, the justices would be violating the constitution in light of the new federal ruling.

The Supreme Court disagreed, saying the defense argument was a mischaracterization and the Supreme Court is simply reinstating the original sentence.

Justice Barry Anderson wrote in a concurring opinion that there was no compelling reason given in this case to overrule the court’s prior decision on retroactivity, but that some elements of the analysis are troubling.

He wrote that it’s important to recognize that the federal decision and the var ying opinions on retroactivity create disparity.

“Put more bluntly, some defendants, after decades of incarceration, will have at least an opportunity for release, and others will certainly die in prison,” he wrote.

In another concurring opinion, Justice David Lillehaug said “one can only hope” the U.S. Supreme Court clarifies the issue of retroactivity at its earliest opportunity.

as vendor to overhaul site

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota’s online health insurance marketplace announced Deloitte Consulting on Wednesday as the lead manager to overhaul its troubled website and computer systems, citing the company’s record of success in other states.

MNsure’s contract with Deloitte is worth $4.95 million and will run through the end of the year once the federal government formally approves it. MNsure’s interim CEO, Scott Leitz, said federal officials understand the urgency so he hopes to get that go-ahead within a week or two.

Deloitte’s main task will be to provide a better experience for consumers when the next open enrollment period begins Nov. 15, as well as for the insurance plans, counties and others who also work with the system, Leitz said.

Deloitte of ficials told MNsure’s board they’ll have a better idea of what needs to be done to fulfil those goals after a 60-day assessment period, but said their team includes people

who have helped set up successful exchanges in other states.

“We’ve got a ver y experienced team that we’re bringing on site and are really excited to get going,” Deloitte partner Steve Dahl said.

New York-based Deloitte was one of the original bidders for the contract to build Minnesota’s exchange, but Deloitte wanted $20 million more than the state was willing to pay at the time. The contract went instead to Reston Va.based Maximus Inc., but the state took back control of the project early last year amid concerns about slow progress and missed deadlines.

Te c h n i c a l p r o b l e m s marred MNsure’s launch last October and persisted for months, fr ustrating thousands of people who tried to meet deadlines for enrolling for health care coverage set by the federal Affordable Care Act. Minnesota’s legislative auditor, James Nobles, said last week that he plans to conduct an independent review of what went wrong.

Nearly 190,000 Minnesotans have signed up for coverage through MNsure, however, and the exchange offers some of the lowest premium rates in the country. Minnesota was one of 14 states plus the District of Columbia that opted to set up their own exchanges instead of sending their residents into the federal exchange.

MNsure’s announcement pointed to Deloitte’s success in designing and developing exchanges for Connecticut, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Washington state, which it called “national models of simple design, ef fective technology, and stable websites.”

Minnesota joined Maryland and Nevada in turning to Deloitte for help with their struggling exchanges.

Mar yland decided earlier this month to scrap its badly flawed system and replace it with technology Deloitte developed for Connecticut.

Oregon’s severely troubled exchange terminated a limited contract with Deloitte for advice on future technology options and is considering switching to the federal website instead of adopting technology from another state, but Deloitte still remains involved with Oregon’s turnaround efforts.

Leitz told reporters that MNsure is not currently considering replacing its system and is focusing instead on making the necessary improvements.

And Leitz deftly ducked a question about whether MNsure should have picked Deloitte in the first place — a decision made long before he was brought in.

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OIT cuts discounted student repair service Repairs u from Page 1

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responses from students.

“The [University] bookstore’s got it; the private sector’s got it,” said Vice President and Chief Information Officer Scott Studham.

“The University shouldn’t be spending students’ tuition money on offering the same services from multiple locations.”

The decision to cut Personal Device Repair is the second instance in a year that OIT has eliminated a subsidized technology program for students. Last summer, the University stopped offering students a discount on Microsoft Office products because sales had fallen almost 50 percent since 2010.

Associate CIO and Information Technology Director Craig Bantz said the device repair program was “ver y small.” He said OIT decided to end the ser vice due to decreasing demand and the growing number of nearby businesses that offer similar services.

“There’s kind of a plethora of other services providing this around the campus and even on campus,” he said. “They’ll fix your phone, they’ll fix your game console, they’ll come to your house.

We don’t have any expertise in any of those spaces.”

Personal Device Repair isn’t supposed to turn a profit, Bantz said — just break even.

The ser vice has been around in various forms since the mid-1990s and operates on a budget of approximately $150,000, User Support Service Director Donna Edelen said in an email.

For now, the program employs one full-time employee and six students, she said, and on average repairs about 90 devices a month.

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be repairing hardware, Edelen said in the email, all seven employees will be offered jobs to continue working in IT suppor t, although she didn’t specify doing what.

“Nobody is being laid off,” Studham said.

The employees will no longer repair hardware, he said, but will instead be assigned different jobs “in user support,” like troubleshooting with students over the phone for 1-HELP. “We’re trying to meet what the students are asking for,” Studham said. “So the students are asking for more software support, and there’s less asks for hardware support.”

Computer science sophomore Karteek Agarwal said he doesn’t buy that Personal Device Repair has little student demand.

“If you’re telling me that the service is being underutilized, I find that hard to believe,” he said. “I always see some people standing [at Tech Stop] in line. I had to wait 15 minutes just to get served.”

Information Technology senior Adrian Chum worked for Personal Device Repair

for about nine months with a dozen other students, he said, before leaving for an internship last month.

He agrees with OIT officials that the service is underutilized, but he said that’s mostly because students don’t know it exists.

“No matter how many suggestions I’ve suggested to my manager about marketing, nothing ever happened,” he said. “How could students know about our service if we never advertise about them?”

Students would often go to a well-known repair service like Geek Squad instead, Chum said, or buy a new computer entirely.

Agarwal said both he and a friend have gone to Tech Stop for hardware issues, and his friend got his laptop fan fixed for only $50. He said ending the service altogether is going to be “a big issue” for students if they’ll need to start getting their repairs from more costly alternatives.

Bantz said it may seem like students are losing out on a discounted service, but it could save them money in the long r un because ser vice subsidies like Personal Device Repair could increase tuition and fees.

The University should reduce their operation costs, Agar wal said, but “there’s no point in closing it entirely.”

Chum said he sees it as a rather simple transaction to reduce cost and simplify the departments.

“It’s all business,” he said.

“If we don’t profit from our computer repairs, which a lot of the time we didn’t, then why keep the program?”

Editor’s note: Minnesota Daily web editor Jeff Hargarten is also employed by OIT’s Personal Device Repair division. He was not involved in the writing or repor ting of this story.

Obama, Biden announce $600M in grants to spur job creation

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OAKDALE, Pa. — Emphasizing skills training as key to a growing middle class, President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced $600 million in competitive grants to spur creation of targeted training and apprenticeship programs to help people land good-paying jobs.

“When it comes to training our workers, not all of today’s good jobs require a four-year college degree,” Obama said. “But I promise you, there’s not a job out there that’s going to pay a lot if you don’t have some specialized training.”

With the economy recovering and unemployment still stubbornly high at 6.7 percent, Obama portrayed skills training as critical to maintaining the U.S. competitive edge in a global economy that has rapidly changing

technology and competition from countries like China.

Commerce Secretar y Penny Pritzker, who traveled aboard Air Force One with Obama, said businesses spend $400 billion a year to train their workers. She said a goal of the new programs is to encourage employers to make that training available to others.

Obama announced two programs, the larger of which will put nearly $500 million toward a job-training competition run by the Labor Department and designed to encourage community colleges, employers and industr y to work together to create training programs for the jobs employers need to fill. Applications were to be available starting Wednesday and due

by July 7.

The program is part of an existing competitive grant program for community

colleges that train dislocated workers for jobs.

A priority will be placed on par tnerships that include national entities, such as industr y associations, that pledge to help design and institute programs that give job seekers a credential that will be accepted by employers across a particular industry.

Under the second program, scheduled to begin in the fall, the Labor Depar tment will put an additional $100 million in grants toward rewarding par tnerships that expand apprenticeship programs.

This competition will focus, in part, on partnerships that create programs in high-growth fields, such as information technology, health care and advanced manufacturing, as well as programs that provide college credit or industry-wide skills certification.

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First-year architecture graduate student Sam Clausen works on a project Monday in Ralph Rapson Hall on the University’s East Bank.

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employees or students,” Cotter said. “But in the United States, rightly or wrongly, we leave it up to the individuals to protect themselves.”

Employees — especially those fresh out of school — often don’t have a choice. Carlson School of Management senior lecturer Rand Park said companies usually write intellectual proper ty restrictions into employment contracts — something that’s especially tr ue in cr eative vocations. He said it’s a good idea to check the employment contract.

“You’d usually be ver y much on notice that the work that you’re doing is going to be owned by your employer,” he said.

But having employees sign over their intellectual proper ty can be counterproductive for both sides.

A study published this year in the Har vard Business Review found that motivation suf fered dramatically when subjects signed over ownership of their ideas.

The study offered more than 1,000 par ticipants paid work and placed them

into two groups: those with ownership of their work and those without.

Of the non-ownership group, 61 percent simply gave up on their task and sacrificed gett i n g p ai d . No n - o w n er s were also twice as likely to make mistakes and spent less time on their work.

The study said not allowing people to keep their ideas sapped them of their desire to exert themselves and develop their skills.

In many other countries, Cotter said, employees have laws protecting inventors, stating that they are due a minimum amount of compensation no matter what an employment contract says.

“Maybe our laws ought to be more favorable to [individuals],” he said.

In Februar y, the Board of Regents appr oved a policy change granting University students the rights to work they create in classes. The old policy required students to disclose their inventions to the Of fice for Technology Commercialization before securing this right.

But the policy still requires that the University receive a percentage of royalties if the invention starts making money, Park said.

“The University wants to incentivize future scientists to make new things,” he said. “But they can’t just let scientists invent things and walk out the door and have no opportunity to recoup some of the costs.”

Park said professors and researchers at the University have had “a lot” of intellectual proper ty conflicts in the past.

Still, he said, institutions “definitely have deeper pockets” than individuals.

Companies may also swipe an idea or concept from a business proposal or job interview, Park said, and those fresh out of college are the most susceptible.

“There are ver y few entr y-level applicants that are going to have the resources to fight back,” he said. “Plus, it would be pretty hard to prove. But does it happen? Yeah, it probably can happen.”

Park said if someone is asking too many leading questions, it could be a sign to be careful and only speak in generalities about an idea.

“If you feel like you’ve got a killer idea or invention,” he said, “the best protection is not to share it.”

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EDITORIALS

TUITION

A new kind of indentured servitude Course evals should be made public A new bill seeks to set up the path for investors to invest in the higher education of students.

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f the approximately 20 million Americans who attend college each year, 60 percent take out loans to cover their education.

Today, student loan debt in the United States totals between $902 billion and $1 trillion. The average borrower owes just over $24,000.

This problem is one that Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Rep. Tom Petri, R-Wis., are seeking to tackle with a new bill, the Investing in Student Success Act of 2014.

The bill hopes to authorize the use of income share agreements that allow two par ties — a student and an investor — to enter into a contractual agreement in which the investor finances the student’s postsecondar y education. In return, the student pays a percentage of their post-graduation income for a set period of time.

Several companies such as

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UpStart and Pave work as online crowd-funding platforms similar to Kickstarter and allow investors to connect with students. This bill hopes to set up a legal framework for these types of operations.

The clear distinction between income share agreements and private loans is that there is no actual loaning going on in an income share agreement.

Students wouldn’t actually be indebted to their investor(s) upon graduation in the sense that there would be no balance to pay off each month.

Of course, this is where the catch is for the investors.

Because they are not simply receiving repayment for a private loan, investors have a chance to capitalize on their human investments.

Since the program would tie repayment of the agreements to a student’s future income, it’s in the best interest of investors to invest in students who are planning to major in desirable science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. These degrees will presumably lead to high-paying jobs and a greater return on investment.

Ultimately, students may end up paying back far more than what their education actually cost. Of course, they may end up paying less, too, but smart investors will likely know which students they can capitalize on.

Some critics likened income share agreements to indentured servitude, claiming they give all the power and profit to the investor and little protection to the student.

However, this isn’t entirely true.

For one, a student’s future income cannot be more than 15 percent. Additionally,

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an income share agreement cannot exceed more than 30 years initially, though parties may extend the agreement if students can’t make minimum payments.

Furthermore, the investor has no actual control over the individual. Investors cannot force graduates to take certain jobs or make certain career or financial moves so that they see the greatest return on their investment.

Although I would never enter one, other students might find that the advantages of an income share agreement far outweigh the risks.

For instance, students could have a professional mentoring relationship with their backer throughout their education and beyond. Others might see a debt-free life as the main draw.

Ultimately, I’m open to any plan that of fers a solution to the student debt crisis in this countr y, and this plan does just that — it’s just not for me.

Luis Ruuska welcomes comments at lruuska@mndaily.com.

SOCIAL MEDIA

The Internet opens our business prospects Young people should use social media sites for more than just chatting.

Maxwell Smith welcomes comments at msmith@mndaily.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Revisiting Rice’s invitation to speak In response to the invitation to bring Condoleezza Rice to speak at the University of Minnesota this week, a faculty petition has been generated in protest. I write to make clear that some of us who signed on would do the same if the invitation had been extended to someone from the current White House administration or President Barack Obama, who has executed more “suspects” via drones and deported more undocumented immigrants than George W. Bush ever did.

What I find particularly objectionable is the official rationale for the invitation from the Humphrey School of Public Af fairs. Rice’s talk, President Eric Kaler explains, “will be speaking about her personal stor y of overcoming adversity as a black woman who faced discrimination growing up in the segregated and racist South. Her appearance on campus is part of the Humphrey School’s yearlong series about the Civil Rights Act of 1964.”

I can’t help but be reminded of another Washington operative, also with blood-stained hands: Robert McNamara, who, as a key architect of the U.S. war in Vietnam, also, in subsequent years, tried to repaint himself in softer, warmer hues. Unlike McNamara, however, Rice attempts to do so on the backs of those who realized one of the noblest moments in the history of the democratic quest in the U.S. As someone who also grew up in the world of Jim Crow, I see nothing remarkable about her stor y — in fact, it is “ordinary,” as she

conceded in her 2010 autobiography. Hers is a narrative about how a particular black family coped with, and refused to be broken by, that system. I, too, could claim such a story, along with hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of others. Much more inspiring are the stories of those who went from strategically coping and/ or exiting to outright public resistance. In 1963, Birmingham, Ala., was ground zero for the then-8-year-old Civil Rights Movement.

The 9-year-old Rice had opportunities that others of us could only have wished for: to make history. But she was missing in action. Some estimates say that 90 percent of her cohorts made the decisive contribution for the victory, the Children’s Crusade, when the masses took to the streets — the turning point in that historic epic.

She claims, no doubt true, that her parents prevented her from taking part. But many of the participants did so against parental wishes.

There’s nothing in her account to suggest that she, too, wanted to be so rebellious.

The class divide in Birmingham’s black community and its implications for the movement — lamented in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” — probably best explains her absence. I recognize, of course, that we’re not responsible for the families that we’re born into and the politics they may have. I was privileged to have had parents who supported my youthful steps into the fight against Jim Crow in New Orleans. But we can be held accountable for choices we make as we grow into adulthood.

So what was Rice’s later trajector y? How did she advance the civil rights struggle that would warrant such a lucrative invitation, $150,000, from the Humphrey School? Since she missed — through no fault of her own, I’m willing to concede — the decisive fights that led to the overthrow of officially sanctioned American racial segregation, where was she when the opportunity arose to take part in the next stage of that fight — the overthrow of the apartheid regime in South Africa? It lasted from about 1976 to 1994, but there is not even a hint in her autobiography that she embraced it, despite the fact that it was then that she began to see herself as a cosmopolite.

What about the domestic struggle, especially in the world in which she operated — the fight to diversify the academy? She rightly acknowledges that she was a beneficiary of affirmative action. But when she became provost at Stanford University, from 1993 to 1999, she opposed efforts to employ affirmative action when it came to granting tenure.

Can those who extended the invitation to her provide any evidence, aside from improving Stanford’s financial picture, that her time as provost improved the diversity of its tenured faculty?

Unless the inviters and their defenders know something about her civil rights record that’s not available to the public, they are simply enabling her rehabilitation campaign and need to explain why.

August Nimtz Jr. University professor of political science and African American and African Studies

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ike most college students, I’m ver y involved with multiple social networking websites like Twitter and Facebook. Of course, these websites are a great way to keep in touch with my family and friends, but I’ve also fostered my own ambitions outside of the classroom and have found more uses for these same online tools. As young people, we should take advantage of the open resources online.

Obser ving my own circles, I found it common for college students to have a passionate and entrepreneurial mindset, but it sometimes seems as though our time and resources are limited. It’s clear why. Outside of being a fulltime student, I run my own online magazine, and I am also a musician. While working two jobs and taking classes, it can be difficult to find time to go to the studio or set up a board meeting, but changing the way I’ve traditionally used social networking, I have been able to pursue both my music and my business while still maintaining my credit load.

I have seen many students use the Inter net to build their own online stores, sell products, share their talents and even bring in revenue, all while still pursuing their studies. College student Gerald Edwards Jr., who went to high school in Minnesota, is the founder, CEO and designer of Never Stop On Dreams Clothing.

He’s found success promoting his business online through a huge Instagram following, as well as on Facebook and Twitter.

A recent sur vey shows 95 percent of college students use Facebook, 80 percent are on Twitter and 73 percent use Instagram.

Social networking platforms have become one of the best resources for startups, especially for college students who live and breathe it.

Social networking makes it easy to locate one’s target audience, create ef fective marketing strategies and tell stories on young people’s level.

While many students are on social networking sites, many do not use them to market themselves to the world. Utilizing these tools with an entrepreneurial attitude could lead to a job or even use your education in new and interesting ways.

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Tiffany Trawick welcomes comments at ttrawick@mndaily.com.

A proposal before the Faculty and Student senates would allow students to look up course ratings.

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n 2003, student government leaders at the University of Minnesota pushed to make student course evaluations accessible to the students.

More than a decade later, the evaluations may finally go public.

A Faculty and Student senate proposal would allow students to see what others have to say about a certain course on the University website, the Minnesota Daily reported this week.

Teacher evaluations are private data under state law, and public colleges cannot release them like other state documents. Under the proposal, students would only be able to see the course ratings.

Releasing course information but keeping evaluations about teachers private makes sense.

Course ratings will give students sufficient information about classes without establishing a popularity contest among faculty.

However, as we stated in a March 10 editorial, the state Legislature should revise the law so that willing parties could review teacher evaluations under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. It doesn’t make sense that we give teacher evaluations so much protection.

Critics say that making course evaluations public will result in courses catering more to student satisfaction than the quality of education.

Whether classes change because of student evaluations is up to the instructor, but when students are paying $463.85 or $704.24 per credit at the University, depending on their residency, it’s important they have enough information before enrolling in classes for the semester.

There is an assumption that students merely evaluate courses on whether it was an easy class or not, but this is false. Students routinely recommend classes on the basis that it was a fulfilling learning experience and that they enjoyed the material.

We hope the senates approve the proposal and give students more information for selecting courses.

Minn. should reconsider antigay therapy ban Lawmakers should have passed a bill to ban sexual orientation change therapy for minors.

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innesota minors may not get the protection they deser ve regarding sexual orientation identity now that a bill to ban anti-gay therapy fell short in the state Legislature.

Support for the bill grew after two University of Minnesota political science students created an online petition requesting its introduction. The petition received more than 110,000 signatures.

The Minnesota Daily Editorial Board supported the bill and suggested it would be easy to get bipartisan support for an issue that affects Minnesota minors in such a personal way. Unfortunately and surprisingly, there was not enough support for a hearing of the legislation. Lawmakers cited lack of information and knowledge of impact as the main reasons for blocking the bill.

We are disappointed that the bill did not get a hearing and are puzzled that a clear-cut issue of protecting minors from psychological duress has somehow turned into a gray area in the minds of lawmakers.

While we agree that a full ban on conversion therapy would be excessive, a ban on this kind of therapy for minors makes sense. The bill would protect children who may not have a choice from undergoing potentially harmful mental and emotional stress.

We hope that lawmakers reconsider their position in the future and continue to actively work with University students to foster greater education and advocacy for the cause.

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SPRING JAM

This ain’t bush league Leagues prove that there’s more to Nashville than country and rockabilly.

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Leagues are a little bit country, a little bit rock ‘n’ roll.

BY GRANT TILLERY gtillery@mndaily.com

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eagues are a band of happenstance.

They’re proof that things happen when you pick up the phone.

When Leagues formed, guitarist Tyler Burkum and dr ummer Jeremy Lutito were touring with last year’s Spring Jam headliner Mat Kearney. Playing in Kearney’s band created a serendipitous domino effect leading to Leagues.

“We [Burkum and Lutito] got a phone call from a mutual friend, a friend of mine who was going to star t a band with [lead singer Thad Cockrell],” Burkum said. “[He] said, ‘I want to get this guy Tyler and see if he wants to be a part of this.’ Thad was like, ‘I want to get this guy named Jeremy.’ ” Burkum’s friend called him and Lutito separately, and it tur ned out both were interested in joining Leagues. Burkum was curious about who would be the

drummer and was floored to discover it was Lutito.

“I was like, ‘We’re on the road together right now,’ ” Burkum said.

The road and the studio are the only time when L ea g u es a r e t og et h er.

Though Leagues is an indie rock band with a Southern twang, the members hail from various par ts of the country — Burkum lives in New Brighton, Minn., while Lutito and vocalist Thad Cockrell represent Nashville, Tenn.

Cockrell attended Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., before setting out on an alt-country career.

Burkum hails from a musical family — his younger brothers are Minneapolisbased troubadours, the Cactus Blossoms. He was a guitarist with Grammywinning Christian rock band Audio Adrenaline and has played with alt-country bands and the Backstreet Boys. But Burkum dismisses these gigs as uninspiring studio work to pay the bills.

“I’m tr ying to make [Leagues’ music] absolutely nothing like Christian rock at all,” Burkum said. “This is a chance for me to play what I wanted to play for years but never got to do that.”

Leagues are thankfully a departure from the members’ previous gigs, combining the jangly psychedelica of The Black Keys with the twee peppiness of Ben Folds.

Hints of Nashville are evident on their debut album, “You Belong Here.”

A 10-track af fair, it was named one of Amazon’s “Top 100 Albums of 2013,” despite gar nering little critical and popular attention. It features Cockrell’s signature succinct, whimsical songwriting, which he honed during his countr y days.

The opening track, “Spotlight,” is particularly catchy. It sounds like it should have been on The Black Keys’ “El Camino.”

The immediate drumbeat is struck with fer vent conviction and is bolstered by the simple two-chord guitar lick. The first verse is pared down to drums and vocals, creating a ceremonial chant ef fect. The band jumps back in with subtle bombast at the refrain, and the guitar solo in the middle of the track is pieced together with vocabular y from The Allman Brothers Band’s Dickey Betts.

Their home-cooked Souther n unpretentiousness makes Leagues an intriguing choice for a Spring Jam act, a sharp left turn from the radio-friendly, adult alternative image of the Mowgli’s, the irreverence of Earl Sweatshirt and the driveling Mac Miller.

Leagues were caught of fguard when asked to play the festival, something Burkum was at loss to explain.

“Whoever put it together may have heard our music,” he said.

Despite their indie rock status, Leagues are rock ‘n’ rollers aiming for fame.

“We would love to be able to play an arena and not make music for tiny groups of people,” Burkum said.

Fame or no, Leagues are bent on dismantling the misconception that Nashville is merely a country town.

“The countr y music is the shiny part — it gets all the attention,” Burkum.

“I’ve been working in Nashville for almost 20 years.

There’s a reason why The Black Keys and Jack White live there; you can actually touch the roots of rock ‘n’ roll there, whereas a lot of other places, it’s faded away.”

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SPRING JAM

Mod Sun oozes positivity, raps fast and loves life The Minnesota native will open for Mac Miller at Spring Jam’s headlining concert.

BY ZACH SIMON zsimon@mndaily.com

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fter a long, hard day of recording and relaxing, Minnesota native Mod Sun unwinds with some mangos, his go-to in the munchies department.

That fr uit choice embodies the peace-loving, positivity-infused musical energy that emanates from Mod Sun. The long-locked rapper will open for Earl Sweatshirt and Mac Miller in next weekend’s Spring Jam. Hailing from Bloomington, Minn., he’s the only headliner with local ties, adding a dimension of psychedelic happiness to the festival’s main event.

Mod Sun, aka Dylan Smith, has made music since he was 17, pulling from a variety of influences, including Miles Davis, Jim Morrison and G-Eazy, as well as local artists.

“Atmosphere have been doing it for 20 years

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without managers or labels and even before social media,” he said. “It’s beautiful.”

It’s no surprise Smith derives a lot of positive lessons from his Minnesota background.

“At 6 a.m., going to school when it was still dark and zero degrees outside, standing at the bus stop — it teaches you that no matter what, you gotta learn to enjoy it and learn to enjoy ever ything,” he said. “You just gotta close your eyes and imagine you’re on a beach somewhere.”

Smith’s music as Mod Sun sends a resounding message of positive thinking. However, it wasn’t always this way for the selfproclaimed “hippy-hop” pioneer.

Before tur ning 19, he was the dr ummer in two successful rock bands — Four Letter Lie and Scar y Kids Scaring Kids — both with screamo and posthardcore leanings.

But for Smith, the jump from darker, more angst-ridden songs to sunsoaked hip-hop was a simple one. “[The transition] boils down to one thing, a point

Spring Jam headlining show Where Mariucci Arena, 1901 Fourth St. SE, Minneapolis When 7:30 p.m. April 26 Cost $20-45

of reinvention: the law of attraction, when mentality becomes reality,” he said.

“The universe is unbiased and gives you ever ything you ask for … I found out about it at age 19 and overnight, [it] completely changed my identity.”

When Smith tossed aside the drum sticks for an emcee’s mic, he did away with producers and record labels, opting to chase his hip-hop dreams on his own.

Exactly how he presents his message varies.

On “Tye Dye Ever ything” with Schoolboy Q, Smith opts for a fuzzy, syncopated beat to back his rapidly delivered desire for more tie-dye.

He goes even more lowfi on the anthemic “My Hippy,” wher e he asks anybody who sees him to say, “What’s up?”

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Mod Sun reps locks larger than your nearest smithy.

This isn’t a surprising request, given that he calls his fan base his “friend base.” Regardless, Smiths weed-rap lovefest message remains the same, and it’s all embodied by his name — which stands for “Movement-On-Dr eams

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Stand-Under-None”.

Smith tells listeners to empower themselves and to “become the exact person that you want to be and control your own life.”

Smith has always wanted to play Spring Jam. He’s attended the festival many

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times and knows countless students at the University of Minnesota, which made his enthusiasm palpable.

“Minnesota is one of the greatest states in the entire world,” he said. “[I] can’t wait to come back and play.”

4. Future Islands, Seasons (Waiting on You) 5. St. Vincent, Digital Witness 6. Tune-Yards, Water Fountain 7. Sisyphus, Rhythm of Devotion

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SPRING JAM

A musical Friday night fight A&E takes a look at the five acts in Spring Jam’s Battle of the Bands.

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MALE MODELS

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Eccentric rap duo Dan Forke, left, and Eric Wells, right, pose for a portrait on Wednesday.

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Editor’s note: Alex Breyfogle, Griffin Fillipitch and Jenny Ackerson of Male Models work at Radio K where Zach Simon currently volunteers.

Fillipitch and Breyfogle are also former Daily employees.

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t the Spring Jam Battle of the Bands next Friday, five student bands will slug it out for the chance to play in front of their largest crowd ever — opening for the festival’s headliner, Mac Miller.

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The closest thing this competition has to a Vampire Weekend sound-alike, Hippo Campus brings a high-energy indie pop that the rest of the acts lack. Verging on indie folk, the quar tet creates a nervous energy for listeners.

Their sound is downright cloudy but in a big-whitecotton-ball way. As the fog machines settle, these high flyers are looking to come out on top. And they may win “Most Intriguing Name,” too.

The musical style of this self-proclaimed “dreamfunk” seven-piece isn’t to be trifled with. With vocals from Gabe Rodreick reminiscent of Tom Waits, the roaring jazz saxophone of Tyler Croat, smooth guitar licks and a heart-thumping bass, it might be hard to fathom that these cats have never played in any musical competition before. Their strong yearning style feels like treading water in a smooth, yet frantic, doggy paddle.

Wistful wordsmith Dan Forke, or Wealthy Relative, is no stranger to performing in front of large masses offered by Spring Jam. Having competed in last year’s Battle of the Bands as a solo act, Forke is excited to show judges what he can do now that he has childhood friend Eric Wells, Sayth, by his side. The duo creates an existential and eccentrically moody rhythm, forming a concrete foundation for melancholy skyscrapers made of the pair’s lyrics.

With just a Facebook page and a YouTube channel marking their existence online, these five rockers have their work cut out for them. Only recently conceived, the fledgling band augments their indie rock style with various covers, most notably a rendition of The Black Keys’ “Lonely Boy.” With a slight punk twist, the group showcases screaming guitar solos from Grant Marks and powerhouse vocals from lead singer Maeve Moynihan.

A soothing tide of indie rock and pop flows from Male Models, a four-person band of musicians from the University of Minnesota.

With wildly different vocal styles, dual lead singers Alex Breyfogle and Griffin Fillipitch change not only the tempo but the mood of their songs as they switch off. This platoon of versatile musical assassins is an indie garage band one second and a slowed, almost countr y-rock outfit the next.

MUSIC

José James rebels against constrictions of ‘jazz’ José James proves that modern jazz transcends its constricting definition.

BY GRANT TILLERY gtillery@mndaily.com

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inneapolis native José James is r evolting against jazz.

Though considered a jazz vocalist, James rejects the label because he says it narrowly typecasts him and leaves no room for growth or permutations of outside influences.

“The major artists who we consider the creators of jazz got to a point where they stopped using it,” James said.

“Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, John Coltrane — they rejected the term because they felt that it got to a point where it limited them. It immediately sums up one of two things — pop like Michael Bublé or 1950’s bebop. It’s difficult to use the term and present

something new because people say, ‘This isn’t jazz.’ ” James’ music is neither.

He channels rich vocal traditions established by Billie Holiday and Nat King Cole and fuses them with hip-hop.

Despite James’ father’s career as a tenor saxophonist, James never gave music a serious consideration until he was a teenager.

“My voice changed when I was 14, and people would say, ‘Why don’t you try singing?’ ” James said. “I joined choir because there were a lot of girls in it.”

Though James is not a musician looking for validation, he gleefully admitted this decision proved fruitful.

“I wasn’t tall enough to play basketball, so you have to do something,” James said.

Joining Minneapolis South High School’s renowned jazz band fur ther imbued the love of the music in James, setting him on a trajectory that led him to the New School for Jazz and Contemporar y Music in

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New York City. Though he was only there for one year thanks to a record deal, the school gave James opportunities to play with other star-power talent (alumni include Brad Mehldau, Roy Hargrove and Robert Glasper) and an endless web of connections.

The New School made James realize jazz existed beyond the narrow, media-safe definition of the genre. It’s not just the dictionary definition of “jazz” James finds pejorative, but the audience’s unchanging perception of the word.

“Depending what country you’re in, jazz has a different meaning,” James said. “For me, jazz means a high level of artistry and musicianship, and some form of improvisational expression. It’s splintered off into hundreds of subgenres.

I don’t think there’s any one definitive movement or personage the way it has been historically.”

By that definition, James

is a jazz musician. But labeling him is a fool’s errand, since he draws inspiration from countercultural pop luminaries. His latest album, “No Beginning No End,” melds the R&B slickness of Bilal with the testimonial power of Frank Ocean and the minimalism of James Blake.

James also has a deep love of classic R&B. Marvin Gaye is one of James’ musical heroes, and he’s attracted to Gaye’s sleeper albums — jazzier, funkier records that weren’t chart toppers.

“My favorite Marvin Gaye album is ‘I Want You,’” James said. “It’s such a full album, and I love Leon Ware’s writing. He] came from jazz, and you can hear the complexity.

I love the lush harmonies.”

Beyond his American peers, James draws elements from international music trends. He’s been surprised by places such as Finland and London, which have excellent, little-known jazz scenes.

“They’re aware of the

American jazz scene, but they’re also free to do whatever they want,” James said.

“They don’t have the same cultural weight.”

James is also fascinated by the jazz culture in Japan, where it has more youth appeal than other countries.

“Japan has something called club jazz — I’ve actually considered club jazz over there — and it’s more connected to DJ culture and playing the club,” James said. “You’ll find a lot of musicians working with DJs, working with different setups, and it’s not about long solos and improvisation. It’s about dancing and making music that grooves hard.”

Making music that grooves hard is James’ strong suit and is what he aims to continue doing on his next album, “While You Were Sleeping,” set to release June 10 on Blue Note.

It dif fers from the rest of James’ oeuvre because it was written mostly on

guitar, which James picked up during a touring lull last year. “ Wr i t i n g o n g u i t a r lends itself more toward rock, singer-songwriter or folk, and it felt refr eshing,” James said.

“I wanted to make an album that felt more of its time and rocked a little harder.”

Appropriating these elements furthers James’ crusade, taking him one step closer to the genre-less world he envisions.

“What’s happening now is that people are more into ar tists and not genres,” James said. “What I would love is that people would listen to music without thinking about, ‘What is it?’”

José James Where Cedar Cultural Center, 416 S. Cedar Ave., Minneapolis When 7:30 p.m. Monday Cost $20-25

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Friday

Saturday

Sunday

“Hamlet”

TYTE JEFF Album Release Show

Beenie Man

It’s the Bard’s age-old psychological thriller. Something’s awry in Denmark, and the skull-touting prince must face ghosts, foreign armies and the weight of his own existence. This production puts the play in a dystopian universe with the entire cast acting as a theater troupe putting on the play. Barbra Berlovitz directs a legion of theater students in this interpretation of the famous tragedy.

The Plastic Constellations have been broken up for a long time, and TYTE JEFF is the project that’s risen from their ashes. Their sound is reminiscent of TPC, but with bigger choruses, deeper sonic layers and a prevalent crunchiness that feels a bit rawer than the previous outfit. This show is bound to have surplus energy for you, making it a Saturday night choice that will certainly involve some grooving.

Let’s not kid ourselves — we’re all aware of what will be going on at the Cabooze on 4/20. The Daily doesn’t condone drug use, but if you check out reggae superstar Beenie Man on the widely celebrated stoner holiday, it’s a safe bet that you do. Of course, we shouldn’t generalize. Beenie Man is a talented artist with a lot of chops in the scene. His 2000 record “Art and Life” scored him a Grammy, and his amiable demeanor will guarantee a show full of good vibes and cheer.

Where Rarig Center, 330 S. 21st Ave., Minneapolis Hours 7:30 p.m.

Cost $6-16

Where Turf Club, 1601 University Ave., St. Paul Hours 8 p.m.

Cost $5 Age 21+

Where Cabooze, 917 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis Hours 8 p.m.

Cost $23-30 Age 21+

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By Joe Kellen

Make this:

Eat this:

Follow this:

Flower pots

Grilled asparagus

@ConorTripler

We’ve been experiencing colder days this week, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be accepting the fact that we’re almost out of winter’s oppressive grasp. It’s time to experiment with that potential green thumb of yours and start gardening. Take a class at the Northern Clay Center, or try to make some ceramic art on your own. Your front porch will look incredible when the sun comes out and those flowers sprout up.

We’re going to reiterate this until our faces turn blue — it’s SPRING, everybody! All of these “second winter” jokes are totally out of the question now. That’s why it’s time to break out the grill and start cooking veggies until you have a feast on your hands. Asparagus may get a bad rap, but we’ll be damned before we admit that those green rods aren’t delicious. What are you waiting for? Grab some charcoal.

Twitter is stupid. @ConorTripler revels in this stupidity better than most participants in the “Weird Twitter” community. This user doesn’t acknowledge his goofy musings, instead opting to stay in character.

Tweets like, “this kid david once tried to convince me some mushrooms growing in the woods were his cousins and i just now realized david was cool as f**k,” sum up @ConorTripler’s stories.

MUSIC

Out of the void

Black Diet will debut its first album and headline the Hymie’s Record Store Day Block Party.

BY JACKIE RENZETTI jrenzetti@mndaily.com

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arrison Grouse didn’t expect to find himself being chased by chickens after waking up in a tent in Austin, Texas. But for the bassist, it was just another part of the ride.

After just one year of playing together, the six-piece Minneapolis band Black Diet is facing a whirlwind of success.

“It came out of nowhere,” vocalist Jonathan Tolliver said.

After being named one of the seven “Best New Bands of 2013” at First Avenue in January, Black Diet quickly garnered attention. Ultimately, they landed a spot in Vita.mn’s “Are You Local?” contest and won first place and a trip to play at SXSW. This Saturday, the group will headline the Hymie’s Record Store Day Block Party and celebrate the release of their first album, “Find Your Tambourine.”

Authentic soul and Motown elements are abound throughout the album, especially on the first track, “Don’t Sleep Alone,” in which minimal keys accompany a fourpart harmony sung into an omnidirectional microphone.

At the same time, Black Diet puts their own twist in soul. David Tullis’ drumming, Mitch Sigurdson’s guitar riffs, Sean Schultz’s groovy keyboard parts and Grouse’s bass mix garage

Six-piece Minneapolis band Black Diet, photographed in Minneapolis on Tuesday evening.

rock sounds with the fervent passion of Tolliver and back-up vocalist Margaret “Mugsy” Keller.

The band still vividly recalls a time before a dozen emails a day, a period of playing as much as they could, wherever they could. Though there were small victories here and there, all of their work seemed to be going under the radar — until January.

“It was basically like we were shouting into a void for

the longest time, and then someone yelled back,” Schultz said.

“Thank you for shouting back,” Keller added.

Since Tolliver first began his quest in 2011, members have come and gone — the current combination has been together for roughly a year. Tolliver wrote the songs on “Find Your Tambourine” before all the present-day members were together, but each individual’s experience

and talents helped develop their current sound.

“This music is organic to us,” Tolliver said.

The group doesn’t seek to recreate picturesque suit and tie soul music, but rather to perform the type of music they enjoy while skillfully making it their own — a sentiment corroborated by the fact that most of the members’ other bands are R&B- and blues-focused.

“We’ve played this set,

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like, come on, how many times? And it’s exciting every time,” Tullis said.

However, the group is excited to be more involved in the creative songwriting process for a future album, which is currently in the works.

“Now we get a chance to interact with a song in its most infant stage,” Keller said. “This new [future] album will involve all of us much more.”

Though most were absent

for the origins of the tracks, each member has a chance to shine on “Find Your Tambourine,” which epitomizes the group’s aim for perfection with room for personable quirks.

The album’s fifth track, “It’s No Secret,” is a jam session that was recorded by accident.

This spontaneity contrasts sharply with the structured nature of the other songs, in part because of their age.

The album was recorded on a 2-inch analog tape three different times for the sake of improvement. The group opted for minimal editing, leaving in human moments such as vocal peaks on the mics, two coughs and a bottle being thrown.

Though it reps some finetuned songs, the album itself is an almost untouched recording of a live performance in Garrison’s basement, completed in one day.

Despite their growing local acclaim, band members remain modest with a sense of humor.

“I just want people who aren’t my friends to like [the album],” Schultz said.

Hymie’s Record Store Day Block Party Where Hymie’s Vintage Records, 3820 E. Lake St., Minneapolis When 11 a.m.–9 p.m.

Saturday Cost Free

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ART

‘Lord build me a sculpture’ Local artists Chad Rutter and Amy Toscani open up about their new exhibits at the MIA

BY MELANIE RICHTMAN mrichtman@mndaily.com

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my Toscani doesn’t take herself too seriously, and that’s why the local artist decided to commission some chainsaw ar t for her upcoming exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

One year ago, she and fellow Minnesota ar tist Chad Rutter found out they would be producing work to be displayed at the Minneapolis Institute of Ar ts.

Though they had never met and their work is thematically dif ferent, their proposals were hand-selected from a highly competitive pool by the Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program to each produce a brand-new exhibit.

“The Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program is an interesting model because it’s based solely on the merit of that one application,” Rutter said. “It’s given opportunities to a lot of artists who wouldn’t get the oppor tunity otherwise.”

Chad Rutter’s first solo museum show, “Floodplain,” is an exploration of how humans interact with landscapes using references to natural disasters and construction.

“The show itself is about both physical and philosophical events and processes that force change,”

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Minnesota artist Amy Toscani arranges her sculptures at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts on Tuesday in preparation for Thursday’s opening of the exhibition.

Rutter said. “So I decided to name it ‘Floodplain’ because a floodplain is a natural feature that is both the evidence and promise of change.”

The backbone of Rutter’s installation is “Pond,” a programmed highway

message board with excerpts from “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau. This piece exemplifies Rutter’s interest in cultural geography.

Toscani analyzes landscapes in a dif ferent capacity. The MAEP galler y adjacent to Rutter’s

houses “CHASTUSHKI,” seven sculptures that Toscani describes as folk art you might find in a yard in Middle America. Toscani used what she found at thrift stores as the pieces’ material.

“CHASTUSHKI” has

a humorous, playful aesthetic, much like the artist herself. “’Chastushki’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means something like ‘little lyric’ in Russian. It’s just ridiculous and absurd,” Toscani said. “It’s actually

better not knowing what it means. Although I think the association with tchotchke is fitting.”

Toscani talked excitedly about two pieces in particular, mostly because they incorporated chainsaw art, which Toscani recently fell in love with.

“I commissioned this guy to make a bear out of wood using a chainsaw to use in ‘Sugar Bear,’ and now I’m going to have to star t doing some chainsaw ar t,” Toscani said.

“It’s so violent. It’s kind of fun.”

One of Toscani’s pieces, titled, “Lord build me a cabin,” features deconstructed landscape pictures placed around a sign that says, “Lord build me a cabin.”

The whole array rests on a log.

“The name ‘Lord build me a cabin’ is a line from a religious song, and I thought that was a hilarious name for a song,” Toscani said. “Maybe I should’ve named my piece ‘Lord build me a sculpture.’”

“Floodplain” and “CHASTUSHKI” Where Minneapolis Institute of Arts When Opening reception 7-9 p.m. Thursday; exhibit runs April 18-June 29.

Cost Free

MUSIC

Mixing the sauce back up G. Love and Special Sauce’s sloppy brand of blues rock has only gotten looser after more than 20 years.

BY JOE KELLEN jkellen@mndaily.com

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arrett Dutton, better known as G. Love, won’t ever forget the first time his band G. Love and Special Sauce came to Minneapolis.

The guitarist, harmonica player and vocalist for the funky three-piece said playing in Minneapolis almost feels like playing in the band’s hometown of Philadelphia.

“The first time we came out here, we played the Uptown Bar, and there was a big line down the block,” he said. “We were so confused and asked people what the [expletive] was going on, and they looked at us and were like, ‘This is for your show.’”

The nostalgia is especially strong now that the original lineup is back together for the first time in eight years.

Formed in 1993 with drummer Jeff Clemens and bassist Jim Prescott, G. Love and Special Sauce found success in the ’90s, scoring a hit on MTV with their single “Cold Beverage.” Their signature mix of hip-hop, blues and jam rock netted them an international fan base. After touring all over for years, Prescott officially called it quits in 2008.

Things changed in 2013.

Dutton didn’t see Prescott for five years, until the group was drafting plans to record their latest album, “Sugar.”

“We had a heart-to-heart, and he said he would love to do some recording,” Dutton said.

After playing a session together and having “an incredible time,” Prescott agreed to come back, and the original lineup was intact once again.

“A band’s chemistr y is fueled in a way that’s a lot like how people describe falling in love,” Dutton said.

“Musically, Jim, Jeff and I share that same continuity.”

It’s audible on “Sugar.”

With Prescott back in the studio, the band recorded tracks live. The record brings back memories of their self-titled 1994 debut.

Lazily delivered rap sections, funky guitar grooves and free-flowing, scalesoaring solos color the collection.

G. Love and Special Sauce have some tricks up their sleeve, too — on tracks like “One Night Romance,” Dutton duets with legendar y “Gimme Shelter” backing vocalist Merry Clayton. With the repeated mantra “Come get un-lonely with me,” the song captures the passion and playfulness that G. Love and Special Sauce have always emitted.

“I push for a euphoric thing when I play, when ever ything is hanging out and the bass cuts in and ever yone in the room is connected through that,” Dutton said.

As far as getting back on the road again, Dutton said the group couldn’t be more pleased with the results. They’ve been playing two sets each night, the first of which is a playthrough of their first record. Their second set is a collection of songs from “Sugar” and selected jams from the rest of their discography.

After more than 20 years in the music business, Dutton said he wouldn’t leave it for anything.

“Ever ything else is bullshit. The money, the lifestyle, the traveling, the industr y, all that,” he said.

“Music is the only thing in your life that’s never gonna lie to you.”

G. Love and Special Sauce with Ethan Tucker Where First Avenue, 701 N. First Ave., Minneapolis When 7:30 p.m. Thursday 29, 2014.

Cost $25 Ages 18+

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GYMNASTICS

Mable, Nordquist prepare for NCAAs The Gophers did not qualify for the team portion of the NCAA meet.

BY DAVID NELSON dnelson@mndaily.com

Hanna Nordquist spent the last month of her sophomore season unable to compete due to illness.

She worked on her balance beam routine just three times before competing in front of a Sports Pavilion crowd at the Big Ten meet, trying to earn a spot at the NCAA meet.

“If anyone has it in her, it’s Hanna,” head coach Meg Stephenson said. “I think that shows the kind of mental strength and belief in herself she has.”

Minnesota’s raucous fan base intensified at the conference meet when Nordquist finished her routine and dismounted, landing a 9.9 score and securing a spot at nationals.

“I was proud of myself, but I really couldn’t have done it without the team,” Nordquist said. “They were just amazing.”

Now, with two weeks worth of practice, Nordquist has been able to get a few more reps in before heading down to Alabama for the NCAA meet.

“It’s been good for Hanna to get some more [practice] in,” Stephenson said.

Gophers sophomore Lindsay Mable will join Nordquist at the NCAA meet after winning the all-around competition at the Big Ten champion-

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PREVIEW: Minnesota sophomores Lindsay Mable and Hanna Nordquist head to Alabama this weekend to represent the Gophers at the NCAA meet after qualifying two weeks ago.

Mable will compete in the all-around competition following her firstplace finish while Nordquist performs on beam after winning the event with a 9.9 score.

Nordquist tied for second on that event at last year’s NCAA championships. Mable, on the other hand, took fourth and fifth place for her performances on floor and vault, respectively.

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ships two weeks ago.

Mable remained a consistent cog in Minnesota’s success this season, participating in every meet.

In the last month alone, she scored the first 10 of her collegiate career and broke Minnesota’s all-around record — twice.

“Lindsay’s been amazing since freshman year,” Nordquist said. “She definitely holds her own out there.

She’s kind of a beast.”

The duo has been very impressive as sophomores, which isn’t a surprise after the production they brought as freshmen.

At last year’s competition, Mable tied for fourth and fifth on floor exercise and vault, respectively, while Nordquist tied for second on balance beam.

“They came in ready to play,” Stephenson said. “It just speaks volumes for them to have made it in again.”

Though Mable and Nordquist produced impres-

sive numbers a year ago, Stephenson said she’s asked them not to dwell on those results.

“It can be a distraction,” Stephenson said. “If you’re thinking about the outcome, you’re going to maybe not do as well as [you] need to do.”

Though both gymnasts have done their best to follow their coach’s instruction, Mable said there are some benefits to remembering last April.

“It could be a helpful factor to remember how the competition felt, what the equipment was like, what the atmosphere is like,” Mable said. “It’ll be good because when we get there, it won’t be a surprise.”

Mable said she’s excited for the weekend, but she and Nordquist are trying to not put too much pressure on themselves.

“We’re just going to do everything we can do to put on a good showing for everyone there,” Mable said.

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Minnesota’s Lindsay Mable executes her balance beam routine at the NCAA regional competition April 5 at the Sports Pavilion. Mable won the all-around competition and qualified for the NCAA individual meet.

TRACK & FIELD

Fountain surges in his first season Rashawn Fountain has already become a key contributor on the track team.

BY MEGAN RYAN mryan@mndaily.com

A fifth-grader tearing through a 400-meter dash, afro blowing in the wind as he leaves his competition in the dust, may sound like the epitome of fun.

Rashawn Fountain didn’t think so at first.

After his family moved from Detroit to Eden Prairie, Minn., his father began coaching a track and field team. He didn’t give his son much of a choice about participating.

“He goes, ‘Hey, son. You want to come check out practice today?’” Fountain said. “I go, ‘No, I don’t.’ He goes, ‘All right, cool, get in the car.’ So I got in the car.”

And when the team wanted to see how the coach’s son stacked up, there also wasn’t much discussion.

“He said, ‘Hey, son. You want to jump in the 400?’”

Fountain recalled. “I was like, ‘No, I don’t. I don’t want to be here right now.’ He was like, ‘All right, jump in lane eight.’”

It turns out that father does know best. As reluctant as Fountain was at first, he was hooked on running after that race.

A current redshirt freshman on the Gophers men’s track and field team, Fountain needed a similar push when switching events this year. His coach asked if he’d played wide receiver in high school and deemed Fountain athletic enough to become a hurdler — an event in which he didn’t have much experience.

It seems to have turned out for the best again.

In just a few short meets as a 400-meter hurdler,

Fountain is already sixth on Minnesota’s top-10 all-time list. He said he plans to continue to climb that list before the end of the season, with goals to break 52 seconds at next weekend’s Drake Relays and 50 seconds by the Big Ten championships or NCAA regionals.

These are lofty goals for a program that hasn’t had a strong tradition of hurdlers in several years — the last Big Ten champion and AllAmerican in the event was in 2002.

Minnesota assistant coach Paul Thornton said the decision to groom Fountain as the new face of Gophers hurdling was a matter of finding where Fountain’s strengths most helped the program.

“It was a lack of people in that event on our team,” he said. “This provides him with the greatest opportunity to be able to score at a conference meet.”

Fountain’s roommate, sophomore Goaner Deng, said the two often muse about where they can propel their team.

“We always sit in our apar tment and talk about the condition of our team and what it will look like moving for ward,” he said.

“For our program to begin to have an in-depth group of hurdlers, it’s going to start with a guy like him.”

Thornton said there was no question that Fountain could become a leader on the team. And Fountain said he thinks he can start a hurdling trend in the next four years.

He added that he’s on the early side of the learning cur ve and has much room for improvement — promising, considering he’s already broken into the top-10 list in his first year of competition.

“He’s going to continue to get better,” Thornton said.

While Fountain is mak-

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Gophers play in final tune-up tournament Minnesota will play for the conference championship in two weeks in Indiana.

and has followed suit so far in the spring season.

“I found something in my swing that made me feel better [and] more confident,” Mendez said.

Mendez’s confidence is certainly showing after he tied for first in Oregon in late March and took third at Iowa a week ago.

Gophers fifth-year senior Jon Trasamar, who pairs with Mendez on road trips, has helped his development. Still, Trasamar has produced his own impressive numbers over the past couple of weeks.

“Jon Trasamar’s played ver y solid,” Carlson said.

“I expected him to have a good spring. He’s had three top-20 finishes, and that consistency has really been important.”

Though Minnesota can celebrate its success, Carlson said he recognizes the team is far from a finished product.

Now the Gophers have their sights set on the Rutherford Intercollegiate in Pennsylvania and the oppor tunity it gives them to improve before the Big Ten championships in two weeks.

“We expect to go to Penn State and win,” Carlson said. “We now expect that every time we tee it up.”

MINNESOTA All day Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday in Walnut, Calif., and Northfield, Minn.

PREVIEW: With Thursday’s St. Thomas TomCat Twilight canceled because of weather, the Gophers will focus mainly on the Mt. SAC meet in California.

Minnesota won nine titles at the Hamline Invite, four titles at the Holst Invitational and one title from sophomore long jumper Trevor Yedoni at the Sun Angel Track Classic last week.

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD PREVIEW

@

CARLETON RELAYS

MINNESOTA All day Saturday in Northfield, Minn.

PREVIEW: The Gophers women’s squad will take this week relatively easy at just the Carleton Relays.

Minnesota won three events at the Hamline Invite and four at the Spec Towns Invitational in Georgia last week.

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

ing great strides in his career on the track, he gets some flak from his teammates off the track — for his fashion sense.

Fountain likes clothes.

His roommate, Deng, likes shoes. So one-upping each other’s outfits is commonplace.

“I am pretty shallow when it comes to shopping,” Fountain said. “I spend money on a lot of things I probably shouldn’t spend money on.”

Fountain said one of his weaknesses is the athletic clothing store Lululemon.

“I get made fun of a lot for it because a lot of the guys think it’s just a female brand,” he said. “It’s totally not.”

In fact, at the large warehouse sale Lululemon held at the Minneapolis Convention Center a few weekends

“For our program to begin to have an in-depth group of hurdlers, it’s going to start with a guy like him.”

BY DAVID NELSON dnelson@mndaily.com

The Gophers men’s golf team ended its fall season on a sour note with three of its last four tournaments ending in eighth-place finishes or worse.

But with the way the team has played this spring, it seems the flowers aren’t the only things starting to blossom.

“When we won at Seton Hall [in October], that win has really propelled us to thinking more like winners,” said head coach John Carlson. “I’ve got a bunch of really confident guys right now.”

Minnesota freshman Jose Mendez has helped lead the Gophers to three consecutive podium finishes.

“I think our leader on the golf course is Jose Mendez,” Carlson said. “He’s certainly the best freshman in the Big Ten, and he plays like it every week.”

Mendez has been a revelation for Minnesota. He’s produced the best round average for the team in the fall

GOANER DENG Sophomore

ago, Fountain bought golf shirts, jackets and skull caps — no yoga pants.

Deng said his roommate’s father influences Fountain a lot, but there’s one thing he didn’t inherit: persuasion.

“He tried to drag me along [to the warehouse sale],” Deng said. “I told him, ‘I’m not coming. You couldn’t give me a million dollars to go.’”

MEN’S GOLF PREVIEW

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RUTHERFORD INVITATIONAL

MINNESOTA All day Saturday and Sunday at State College, Pa.

PREVIEW: Fresh off a third-place finish at the Hawkeye Invitational, the Gophers travel to Pennsylvania for the Rutherford Invitational. It represents Minnesota’s final event on its schedule before the start of the Big Ten championships in May. Gophers freshman sensation Joes Mendez has put up solid numbers this year and should continue that success in Pennsylvania.

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

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BASEBALL

Minnesota welcomes Athmann’s return Austin Athmann missed more than a month of action with an injury.

BASEBALL PREVIEW

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BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com

MINNESOTA

There wasn’t any question of who would star t for the Gophers behind the plate heading into this season.

Minnesota senior Matt Halloran was supposed to be the team’s primar y catcher. That was the plan, at least.

Halloran had an arm injur y that flared up during the first game of the season, and he hasn’t caught a game since.

As a result, the position has been a revolving door of sorts for the Gophers.

Minnesota freshman Austin Athmann, Halloran’s backup, got off to a hot start until he went down with an injur y of his own last month. He returned behind the plate Tuesday for the first time since March 9.

With Athmann out, junior Mark Tatera took over most of the catching duties. Troy Traxler did some catching as well, and even Matt Stemper, who head coach John Anderson said hadn’t caught since early high school, played the position.

In late March, starting pitcher Ben Meyer said it was an adjustment with different catchers behind the plate because the staff is so used to Halloran.

IOWA

6 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday in Iowa City, Iowa

MINNESOTA: Minnesota will return to Big Ten play seeking a better result than it had against Nebraska last week. The Cornhuskers swept the Gophers at home last weekend. This weekend, they will travel to Iowa to take on the Hawkeyes.

As of April 13, the Hawkeyes were the top-hitting team in the conference, with a .300 team batting average. Minnesota is second to last at .239, but it sports a better team ERA at 4.01 to Iowa’s 4.74.

IOWA: The Hawkeyes are 5-7 in conference play. They took two of three games from Northwestern last weekend.

Minnesota won the series against Iowa last year, losing the first game and winning the second two.

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

“It’s kind of a learning process for both us and the catcher, but it’s gone pretty smoothly so far,” Meyer said.

Now, with Athmann back, the Gophers might regain some normalcy.

“He was doing a ver y good job for us before he got hur t,” Anderson said.

“Mark Tatera’s done a very nice job for us, but Austin was recruited here to be our catcher.”

Athmann went 3-for-3 with a walk, a run scored and an RBI in during Tuesday’s win over Nor th Dakota State.

Anderson said he’s going to be cautious with the freshman catcher, making sure to not rush him back.

“We have to protect his arm,” he said. “If we don’t, he’s going to end up back in the same place.”

Anderson said he’s hoping Athmann can catch one game a weekend to start.

Athmann’s return might be slow, but the Gophers are happy to have him back.

“It’s just good to have a guy back there who’s done quite a bit of catching and can help us defensively and offensively,” first baseman Dan Olinger said.

Tatera has started all but one game this season playing both corner infield positions — first base and third base — as well as catcher.

Athmann is strictly a catcher.

Halloran has ser ved as a mentor to Athmann, and Athmann said he tried to help others while he was out with injury.

“I was kind of tr ying to do [Halloran’s] part like he did for me, just tr ying to help the catcher … be the

SOFTBALL

Gophers ready for a test Minnesota will take on Big Ten leader Michigan in a crucial midseason series.

best catcher they can,” he said.

His head coach said Athmann picked up a thing or two while on the bench.

“He’s paid attention, he’s watched the game,

In the midst of the best regular season in program history, No. 13 Minnesota will face a huge test this weekend when it travels to Ann Arbor, Mich., for a three-game set with the third-ranked Wolverines.

Michigan sits atop the Big Ten with a 12-0 conference record and hasn’t lost a game since March 7.

Still, if there’s one team in the conference capable of stopping that run, it’s Minnesota.

The Gophers have used stellar pitching all season to crawl their way up in the national rankings.

That pitching staff, which earlier this month went six consecutive games without allowing an earned run, will face Michigan’s stacked lineup over the weekend.

The Wolverines feature five batters with averages of .400 or higher. Among them is sophomore shortstop Sierra Romero, whose .515 average is the highest in the nation.

Minnesota sophomore catcher Taylor LeMay said she’s excited to see her team’s pitching staff take on Michigan.

“We have great strikeout pitchers,” she said. “And they have a couple great players we all want to strike out.”

Gophers freshman pitcher Sara Groenewegen said she won’t be intimidated facing a top-five team on the road.

JAAK JENSEN, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota’s Sara Moulton pitches during a doubleheader against Wisconsin on April 7, 2013, at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium.

“I don’t care about the rankings,” she said. “I think all that matters to me is that there’s a field to play on.”

She’ll have a field to play on — weather permitting — and will share it with a number of stars from both squads.

Two players from each squad are finalists for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award.

Gophers junior infielder Kaitlyn Richardson — whose .451 batting average is second in the Big Ten, behind only

SOFTBALL PREVIEW

@ NO. 3 MICHIGAN

5 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday and noon Sunday in Ann Arbor, Mich.

MINNESOTA: No. 13 Minnesota currently sits second in the Big Ten with a 32-6 overall record and 10-3 conference mark.

Gophers junior infielder Kaitlyn Richardson’s .451 batting average is second best in the conference, behind Michigan’s Sierra Romero.

Minnesota’s pitching staff has been dominant this year: Senior Sara Moulton, who just broke the program record for strikeouts in a career, holds the second-best ERA in the Big Ten, and freshman Sara Groenewegen’s rate of 11.4 strikeouts per seven innings is the fourth best in the country.

MICHIGAN: No. 3 Michigan currently sits atop the Big Ten, sporting a 12-0 conference ledger and a 33-6 overall record. The Wolverines have won 19 games in a row.

Michigan sophomore shortstop Sierra Romero is the only hitter in the country with a batting average over .500 ­— hers currently sits at .515.

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

Romero of Michigan — and senior pitcher Sara Moulton occupy that list for Minnesota.

Romero and senior pitcher Haylie Wagner, whose 0.95 ERA is the best in the Big Ten, are the two representatives from the Wolverines.

Minnesota utility player Hannah Granger said the key to this series will be respecting Michigan as an opponent but remembering that her squad is also elite.

“Michigan has a great team, and they’ve always had a great team,” she said. “We just have to be aggressive and remember that we are great, too — and capable of beating anybody in the country.”

A huge piece of that potential to win comes from the dominant pitching staff, Gophers head coach Jessica Allister said.

“They really give us the chance to beat anybody in the country any day of the week,” she said.

This weekend will play a pivotal role in the way the rest of the season plays out, as both programs are fighting for a conference title.

“A Big Ten championship,” junior Tyler Walker said. “That’s been our goal all year. We’re excited for this series, and we’re ready to take it to them.”

he’s watched the way people are pitching people,” Anderson said. “You can learn a lot by watching if you pay attention and apply some of the things you learn.”

Though he lear ned while watching from the bench, Athmann is more than ready to be playing again.

“It feels absolutely great to be back,” he said.

TENNIS

Lambert emerges in third year Aria Lambert, 15-5 this season, has served as a key cog in the lineup.

BY JACE FREDERICK jfrederick@mndaily.com

BY JARED CHRISTENSEN jchristensen@mndaily.com

NO. 13 MINNESOTA

COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

Gophers catcher Austin Athmann swings at a pitch Feb. 21. Athmann recently returned from an injury.

The Gophers women’s tennis team has been unpredictable at the top of the lineup this season.

Tereza Brichacova, Natallia Pintusava and Jessika Mozia have experienced peaks and valleys at the No. 1 singles, No. 2 singles and No. 3 singles spots, respectively. The trio has delivered huge wins for the team but has also suffered through its fair share of struggles.

But amid the inconsistency at the top, Minnesota has been one of the steadiest teams in the Big Ten, reaching six conference victories for the first time since 2003.

That’s because the Gophers have had a strong anchor at the bottom of the lineup, holding things down when times are tough.

Minnesota junior Aria Lambert is a stellar 15-5 this season, doing most of her damage at the No. 5 singles spot. And for a team that’s won two of its past three matches via a 4-3 tally, every point matters.

“It means a lot to me,” Lamber t said of her success. “If you can get a point on the board, it means so much.”

Lamber t hasn’t always been such a consistent source of positive results.

She’s been a major contributor since her freshman year, but the junior lingered around the .500 mark in each of her last two seasons.

These days, though, wins are expected of her and losses are few and far between.

Lamber t said this year she’s been taking command of points instead of

WOMEN’S TENNIS PREVIEW

VS NO. 59 MINNESOTA

NO. 43 ILLINOIS

NO. 13 NORTHWESTERN

3 p.m. Friday and noon Sunday at Baseline Tennis Center

PREVIEW: The Gophers wrap up their regular season at home with a pair of matches against ranked opponents. A weekend sweep would dramatically help Minnesota’s NCAA tournament chances while locking up a share of third place in the Big Ten. This season marks the first time since 2003 that the Gophers have notched at least six conference wins.

Minnesota’s bottom of the lineup continues to carry the team this season. The Gophers are 50-15 at the No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 singles spots.

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

MEN’S TENNIS PREVIEW

@ NO. 51 MINNESOTA

NO. 10 ILLINOIS

NO. 35 NORTHWESTERN

3 p.m. Friday and noon Sunday in Evanston and Champaign, Ill.

PREVIEW: The Gophers (11-10, 5-4) hit the road after winning two home matches last weekend, likely needing at least a weekend split to improve their NCAA tournament hopes.

It’s not an impossible task. Minnesota swept Illinois and Northwestern in the same weekend last season — when both teams were again ranked higher than the Gophers.

Leandro Toledo continues his hike up the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings. He moved into the No. 39 spot in the singles rankings this week, up two spots from a week ago.

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

letting her opponents seize control. That mentality has yielded improved results.

“That’s the goal — as I get older, I want to play better,” she said. “I’m definitely reaching my goals.”

Lambert said this is the best tennis she’s played in her collegiate career. It’s also the most confident she’s felt all season.

Now, even when Lambert loses, she pushes her opponents to the limit — three of her five defeats this season have come in thirdset tiebreaks, including the only two losses in her last 10 matches.

“She’s doing a great job,” head coach Chuck Merzbacher said. “She’s playing every point really hard and just sends that message.”

Merzbacher said performances from Lambert and junior Julia Cour ter have established the bottom of the lineup as the Gophers’ strength, but the two need help from the players at the top.

“Those guys [at the top] aren’t going to go away — they can play with anyone,” he said, “but we’re happy to have such a strength [at the bottom].”

Lambert and her teammates at the bottom of the lineup seem more than capable of carr ying the load, pushing Minnesota close to an NCAA tournament bid.

“We have such a deep lineup — ever yone’s good, ever yone’s playing well,” Lamber t said. “It’s just been great.”

Thursday, April 17, 2014

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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.

4/17/2014

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

All rights reserved.

Today’s Birthday (4/17): Fun and creativity highlight this year. Two eclipses this month (for six months) affect partnerships and finances. Tune infrastructures at home and work, making repairs and revisions.

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 7 — Travel and adventure calls to you. Keep the big picture in mind. Does this trip forward the dream? Set long-term goals.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 6 — It’s easier to learn for the next two days. Study instructions first. Talk to someone who’s been there, done that. Creative work pays well.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 6 — Get into the details today and tomorrow. Consider resources and supplies, logistics and team management and finances.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 7 — Pay attention to finances. Fill orders and rake in the money. Schedule a sit down meeting. Pull strings to get a compromise.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 7 — Let your partner drive. Collaboration gets you farther than playing Lone Ranger. Practice your arts and beautify your surroundings.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 5 — Generate enough to cover expenses in a test of your frugality skills. There’s more money coming your way.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 7 — Practical considerations hold your concern.

Follow safety rules and high standards. Sort through feelings as they arise.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 6 — There’s more work and the pressure’s rising.

Take a philosophical view. You’re making an excellent impression.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 7 — Lay down the law. Make every attempt to follow the rules. Even if you make mistakes, you’re charming. Work out kinks in private.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 6 — Get together with friends today and tomorrow.

Share emotional support and laughter. Invent new goals and reaffirm previous ones.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 6 — Home and family take priority today and tomorrow.

Settle into your nest. Good deeds you’ve done bring benefits.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 6 — Career matters occupy your time now. There’s a rise in status available. Prepare for a test or challenge today and tomorrow.

Thursday, April 17, 2014

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overheard

FOR RELEASE APRIL 17, 2014

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Professor: “Sixty-five degrees and you guys act like oversexed teenagers!”

—STSS

Officer: “We’re gonna need more cars.”

—Dinkytown

“No, no, no. All I’m saying is I think that several years from now, we are going to look at ‘50 Shades of Grey’ as a postmodernist classic.”

—Unknown

Drunk guy being chased by riot police: “DUDE, I SAID NO TAGBACKS!”

Student: “So which exceptions are we catching?”

Professor: “For now, we’re gonna catch ’em all ...”

“If we win, we riot. If we lose, we riot.

If the U cancels Spring Jam over this, we riot.”

“I just don’t get why they were chanting USA?! We’re all from the same country.”

—Unknown

—Coffman Union

—CSCI 1933

—Dinkytown

Two elementary school boys looking at Northrop: “Wow! It’s the WHITE HOUSE!”

—Northrop Auditorium

Person 1: “Why’s it called the Frozen Four?”

Person 2: “It’s precisely how many frozen f**** I give.”

—Unknown

Guy: “Identity theft is so difficult to do.

I mean, someone could just mug me and take my driver’s license.”

Girl: “Does that have your social security number on it?”

—Keller Hall

“You were supposed to use Wolfram Alpha to bring balance to the equations, not destroy them!”

—Tate Lab of Physics

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ACROSS 1 59-Across role in 27-Across 5 Yenta 11 Sneaky chuckle 14 Fish found in a film 15 Finger-shaped dessert 16 __ pro nobis 17 1978 film cowritten by 59Across 19 Ross musical, with “The” 20 Reached, as goals 21 Zapped 22 Sly 24 Server’s warning 26 1997 Home Run Derby winner Martinez 27 1984 film cowritten and costarring 59Across 33 “__ la vista, baby!”

36 Stout sleuth, in more ways than one 37 Drench 38 Pacers, e.g.

39 “That’s enough!”

40 “Smiling, petite ball of fire,” to Philbin 41 Not paleo42 Arrive 43 Assuages to the max 44 1993 film cowritten and directed by 59Across 47 Skye slope 48 Medicinal syrup 52 Pastoral poems 54 5th Dimension vocalist Marilyn 57 Horseplayer’s hangout, for short 58 Turkey 59 This puzzle’s honoree (19442014) 62 Funny Philips 63 “Lost” actress de Ravin 64 Fade 65 GI’s address 66 Bulletin board admins

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By Stu Ockman

67 59-Across was its original head writer DOWN 1 As a friend, to Fifi 2 “The Balcony” playwright 3 Neglects to mention 4 2-Down, par exemple 5 Italian dessert 6 Protest singer Phil 7 Gin fizz fruit 8 King Faisal’s brother 9 “__ for Innocent”: Grafton novel 10 On the nose 11 “‘Sup?” 12 Scary-sounding lake 13 Not clear 18 Don Ho “Yo” 23 Aardvark snack 25 5’10” and 6’3”: Abbr.

26 Titmouse topper, perhaps 28 Mown strip 29 “Pagliacci” clown 30 Showy jewelry 31 Clue weapon

Wednesday’s Puzzle Solved

(c)2014 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

32 Cruise ship conveniences 33 Chill out 34 AMA member?: Abbr.

35 “Ruh-roh!” pooch 39 Give up 40 Comedic Martha 42 Grinds in anger, maybe 43 Flavor 45 Modern address 46 Some are lightemitting

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49 “Cathy,” for one 50 Skewed 51 “The Amazing Race” network 52 Flash, perhaps 53 Get rid of 54 3-D images 55 USAF Academy home 56 Swindle, in slang 60 March girl 61 Baby-viewing responses

dr. date Dr. Date,

My boyfriend has a really stressful job/class schedule this year, and he gained about 40 pounds. I feel bad for saying this, but it’s really, really bothering me. I don’t find it attractive, and honestly, I think his stress is just an excuse.

I exercise every day and eat healthy, and I don’t think it would be that hard for him to do the same.

How can I motivate him to lose some weight and get back to being the guy I started dating?

—Annoyed

Weighting For Change,

Well, I’d avoid berating him. I guarantee you he’s well aware of his weight gain and is likely pissed at himself/the situation, especially if he knows how unattractive his girlfriend finds him.

See, you’ve been working out and eating healthy for a while, right? Your boyfriend, on the other hand, needs to appropriate what is probably a new, foreign habit — diet and exercise.

Lord knows I’ve been acquainted with some dudes who never exercised, got away with eating nothing but gas station food and were frickin’ nailin’ in the hot bod department.

If those cats suddenly gained weight, they wouldn’t have the tools at their disposal to deal with the fat. Give him time to establish new habits.

Also, I wouldn’t be so quick to call him out on the stress rationale. It’s a very real phenomenon. (Has he started eating worse at the same time?)

If it’s a deal-breaker — no matter how superficial it may make you — it’s a dealbreaker. Staying in a relationship because you feel like you have to is just as destructive.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

I’ve been in a stable, loving relationship for about a year. My boyfriend is great, and we’re in love.

Sounds great, right? Well, it is, and I should be really happy, and there are definitely times when I am. But lately, I’ve been feeling more and more restless. This sounds cliché, but I used to have a pretty exciting life. I dated a lot of guys, went out a lot with my friends and basically did whatever I wanted

-whenever I wanted. Since I started dating my boyfriend, though, most of my time is spent with him. We spend most nights together, eat most meals together and have boring conversations about the same stuff we always talk about.

My eye is starting to wander, and I feel awful about it. But I’m also annoyed at my boyfriend — and myself — for letting things get so dull.

Is my relationship over? Am I giving up too easily?

—Bored

Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself,

The first step is to regain some of the space that he’s taken up. You shouldn’t feel bad if you star t arranging things with just your friends.

There’s the very definite chance that he is clingy and suffocating — give yourself a taste of the former fun that characterized your life, and take it from there.

But honestly, you’re full of crap and clearly don’t get it. Why don’t you quit lamenting your former ballin’ lifestyle and figure out why you’re so dead set on sabotaging something (supposedly?) good in your life?

You’re a chaos addict. You thrive on drama and want it back. That’s not his fault, though it’s not necessarily yours, either. Some folks are built on crazy — just the way the cookie crumbles.

Were you the kid who asked for a shiny new bike for Christmas, got it and then bitched because it wasn’t the right shade of baby blue? Because you sure sound like it.

I don’t get why people say they’re in love and then follow up with how boring and lame their significant other is. The heck kind of love are you practicing?

You don’t like his company anymore, you feel like he’s detracting from other opportunities and you’re eyeballing other options — do you think it’s over?

I do. I also think you’re giving up too easily. But that sounds like exactly what you want to do.

Relationships are work. Put in the work, and you’ll be rewarded. Sit on the sidelines wondering what could be, and of course this thang won’t be successful.

—Dr. Date

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

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degree in biology from St. Cloud State University and considered becoming a teacher. But after trying out a job in a nursing home, she learned health-focused jobs fueled her passion.

That passion has endured. In the past 30 years, Musicant has had a career that she describes as many “stumbles in the right direction.”

Many of her past jobs, which have ranged from pediatric nursing to lobbying for public health issues at the Capitol, sprang out of the ties she built in the community.

Public health was where she fit, she said, because it incorporated society, politics and health in one job.

Musicant passed those passions on to her son Max Musicant, 30, who said he was knocking on people’s doors talking about health and local politics before he entered college.

“She is just like everyone else, but she has a responsi-

bility to be more than that,” he said.

One of Gretchen Musicant’s first jobs was pediatric nursing at the University.

Her patients intimately welcomed her into their lives, she said, whether it was to assess everyday symptoms or help a family overcome a child’s illness.

These days, she is welcomed into a much larger cultural and geographic community — the city of Minneapolis — to solve problems as a public official, speaker and listener.

Since she began as commissioner in 2005, Minneapolis teen pregnancy was reduced nearly in half in a five-year period, child violence dropped dramatically and lead poisoning fell by 80 percent since 2002. Her department has confronted a wide range of issues, including teen violence and environmental health disparities.

But it wasn’t a smooth road to the job, she said.

In 1999, Musicant’s husband died of kidney cancer after living with the disease

GRETCHEN MUSICANT’S MILESTONES 1978

Received bachelor’s degree in nursing at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing.

1985

Worked as a government affairs specialist for the Minnesota Nurses Association.

1986

Received master’s degree in public health nursing from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

1994

Worked as vice president of community health for the Minnesota Hospital Association.

2000

Appointed director of public health initiatives at the Minnesota Health Department.

2005

Appointed Minneapolis health commissioner.

2007

Received Paul and Sheila Wellstone Public Health Achievement Award.

2009

Designated as one of the 100 Distinguished Alumni by the University of Minnesota’s School of Nursing.

2014

Received Gaylord W. Anderson Leadership Award from the School of Public Health.

SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

for five years. She continued with her career but dedicated her efforts to parenting Max, who was 15 at the time.

“I think having someone die gives you a sense of the preciousness of each day, and if you want to accomplish things, you might as well try to do them right

now,” she said. “I think it gave me, as a professional, kind of a special kind of urgency.”

Musicant’s coworkers agree that her professional determination is evident.

“Gretchen’s ver y forthright in her opinions,” said Minnesota Council of Health Plans director Janny Brust,

who has served on different committees with Musicant for more than 20 years. “In my view, that’s a good thing because you know her opinion and then you can either agree or disagree.”

She has a unique ability, Brust said, to make public health issues understandable to everyone inside and out of the health community.

“I understand that processes are necessary sometimes to get people lined up and thinking in the same direction, and I believe in that, but I’m also anxious to get busy addressing pressing problems,” Musicant said.

Keeping her alma mater in mind

Musicant remains involved with the University long after her graduation.

“My education, both in the School of Nursing and the School of Public Health, has provided me with such strong foundations that as a student I didn’t fully recognize,” she said. “It gives me frames for almost everything I encounter.”

As a past School of Public

Military presence increased in the East

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BRUSSELS — NATO is strengthening its militar y footprint along its eastern border immediately in response to Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, the alliance’s chief said Wednesday.

Secretar y General Anders Fogh Rasmussen

said NATO’s air policing aircraft will fly more sorties over the Baltic region west of Ukraine, far from the tensions in the eastern part of the country. He said allied warships will also deploy to the Baltic Sea, the eastern Mediterranean and elsewhere if needed.

NATO’s supreme commander in Europe told reporters that ground forces could also be involved at some point, but gave no details.

NATO members Poland and the Baltic countries Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia have been war y following Russia’s annexation

of the Ukrainian Crimean Peninsula, demanding a more robust militar y posture to counter neighboring Russia.

Rasmussen said the new NATO deployments are about “deterrence and de-escalation” in the face of Russia’s aggressive behavior in Ukraine, which is not

a member of the 28-nation alliance.

The move was supported by the White House.

“We fully endorse the actions the alliance has taken to reassure NATO members and to bolster NATO’s presence in the Baltic nations,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said.

Health alumna board chair, Musicant has worked on the school’s advisor y committees, written grants with the school’s faculty and mentored students and interns.

In a recent mentoring experience, Brust said, Musicant helped a University graduate student present a complex health topic before a group of health officials.

Musicant treated the student more like a colleague, Brust said, and she offered several thumbs-ups and smiles during the presentation.

Anderson said many of the school’s students go on to work in administrative positions for the city and state department of health.

Students should be interested in their community’s role in health, Musicant said, because health is relative to everyone’s work.

“It’s more clear now than it has been for some time that so many things influence health,” she said, “and whether or not it’s your frame of reference, health is one way to measure how successful we are as a city.”

Boston Marathon prospected to be safe

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOSTON — The arrest of a man with a rice cooker in his backpack near the Boston Marathon finish line led police to step up patrols Wednesday, while organizers sought to assure the city and runners of a safe race next week.

The actions of the man, whose mother said he had a mental disorder, rattled ner ves as Boston pr epared for the annual race, but authorities said they did not consider it a security breach. Of ficials also expressed confidence in heightened security measures for Monday’s event while acknowledging the challenge of protecting an estimated 1 million spectators and 36,000 runners across 26.2 miles and eight Massachusetts communities.

Security plans include thousands of uniformed police, hundreds of plainclothes officers and about 100 strategically positioned video cameras that will monitor the crowds. Police also strongly discouraged spectators from bringing backpacks.

“I believe this will be the safest place on the planet on April 21,” said Dave McGillivray, the long-time race director for the Boston Athletic Association.

Boston police detonated the suspicious backpack Tuesday night, along with a second backpack that was later found to have been left behind by a journalist covering the day’s remembrances, Police Commissioner William Evans said.

Neither bag was determined to have explosives.

The 25-year-old suspect, Kevin “Kayvon” Edson, was arraigned Wednesday on several charges including threatening battery and possession of a hoax device.

Bail was set at $100,000 and a judge ordered that Edson be evaluated at a state psychiatric hospital.

Evans said that Boylston Street, where the finish line is located and where twin bombs killed three people and injured more than 260 others last year, was not in lockdown when Edson walked down the street barefoot in the pouring rain, wearing a black veil and paint on his face. Along with the rice cooker, a robot mask was also found in the backpack, officials said.

“That individual, like anyone, had the right to basically walk up the street,” Evans said. Because he was acting suspiciously, however, police quickly intervened, he said.