January 24, 2013

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Researchers at the U applied for 5,332 grants in 2011, and 4,606 were accepted.

The election task force has issued a blueprint for change.

Forget expensive cosmetics; essential makeover toos await in the kitchen cupboards.

Mandate for election reform

Faculty carry the admin. research burden

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STUDENT ISSUES

FACULTY

Profs to protest closings of TCF student accounts

U on track with Big 10 contract faculty rate

Several faculty members will move their direct deposits to other banks this week.

BY T YLER GIESEKE tgieseke@mndaily.com

A group of University of Minnesota faculty members will begin moving their TCF direct deposits to other banks this week in protest of the clos-

ing of several Iranian students’ accounts.

At least eight Iranian students received a letter during winter break saying their TCF Bank accounts would be closed in Januar y. The letter offered no explanation, but TCF said it was adhering to rules and regulations and would examine each case on an individual basis if the students contacted the bank.

The University faculty members planning to move

their direct deposits drafted a letter to send to TCF outlining their actions. The letter refers to the closure of the Iranian students’ accounts as “textbook prejudice.”

Because the University has a royalty agreement with TCF Bank, students can choose to link their TCF account to their U Card for free, but it’s not required, said Leslie Bowman, University executive director of contract administration.

When public health gradu-

ate student Alireza Asar y received a letter stating that his TCF accounts would be closed Jan. 29, he said he was “quite shocked.”

Asar y, an Iranian student studying in the U.S. with a student visa, said he was first concerned when he tried to use his checking account but was denied. u See TCF Page 7 Accounts were closed due to “problematic” transactions.

BUSINESS

Tenure and tenure-track employees earn higher salaries.

BY KIA FARHANG mfarhang@mndaily.com

Most faculty members at the University of Minnesota are here to stay.

The Twin Cities campus employs a high proportion of instructors who have tenure or are on track to receive it — 61 percent, just above the Big Ten average of 59 percent.

But many conference schools are increasingly relying on contract faculty, including adjuncts, to ease budget woes because those employees typically receive fewer benefits and lower pay than tenure and tenure-track instructors.

At the University, contract faculty members made an average of $62,000 in 201112 — about $30,000 less than those on the tenure-ladder.

But contract faculty at the University receive the same benefits as those on the tenure ladder, said Arlene Carney, vice provost for faculty and academic affairs .

“Many have been here for 10 or more u See ADJUNCTS Page 7 Most contract faculty members at the University are employed in the Academic Health Center.

MEN’S HOCKEY

Star freshman goalies to face off at Mariucci

BY DREW CLAUSSEN dclaussen@mndaily.com Peppermint Park reopened its doors Wednesday with markdowns on clothes. The store originally opened in September.

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It’s rare for a freshman to stand out in his first year of college hockey. It’s even rarer for a freshman to flourish in net, but Adam Wilcox and Stephon Williams are doing just that.

The two freshman goaltenders will battle this weekend when Wilcox’s No. 1 Gophers and Williams’ No. 14 Mavericks, from Minnesota State-Mankato, conclude their regular season series with two homeand-home contests.

The goalies split a similar series earlier this season, with both teams winning at home.

Wilcox ranks first in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association in goals-against average and winning percentage and fifth in save percentage. Williams is second in GAA, four th in winning percentage and four th in save percentage. They’re the only freshmen in the top five of each category. u See MEN’S HOCKEY Page 9

FUNDING

Kaler brings legislative priorities to campus The U is banking on student support to get more money from the state.

BY BRIAN AROLA barola@mndaily.com

University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler spoke in front of an estimated 500-plus crowd Wednesday night, calling students, faculty and alumni to support the University during the

legislative session.

While the University is making its own case to the Legislature, it will rely on current and former student voices to convince legislators why the school is a good investment.

“There is nothing more impor tant to legislators than what their constituents are thinking,” said Linda Cohen, chair of the University Board of Regents, who spoke briefly and identified the role students and alumni can play as advocates.

T uesday, Gov. Mark Dayton proposed an $80 million increase in funding for tuition relief at the University.

While the proposal is a good sign for the University, the funds depend on legislators and a review of University spending.

From Twitter to “good old fashioned talking u See LEGISLATURE Page 6 Kaler also plugged the upcoming “Support the U Day” Capitol rally.

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University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler gives his annual legislative briefing to alumni and faculty Wednesday at McNamara Alumni Center.

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AMMAN — Jordanians voted Wednesday for a parliament with wider authority, as the king cedes some of his powers to tr y to prevent simmering dissent from boiling over into a full blown Arab Spring uprising.

The new legislature will choose the prime minister and run day-to-day affairs, powers that used to reside with King Abdullah II. Foreign policy and security matters remain in the hands of the king.

Abdullah has introduced the reforms in a measured manner, trying to manage the pace of change.

Critics charge that the reforms are too mild and the election is not enough of a

change. The main opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, boycotted the voting.

The 2011 Arab Spring uprisings in the region set of f a wave of demonstrations in this usually placid U.S. ally. They have included unprecedented calls for the king to step down, raising alarms about the depth of the unrest.

The protests in Jordan have not been on the scale of the uprisings that toppled leaders in Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Tunisia, or the bloody civil war in neighboring Syria.

Nearly 300,000 Syrian refugees have fled to Jordan, some suspected of links to the Syrian regime. Some in Jordan worry that they could be a destabilizing element.

At a polling station at an

Amman high school, Islam Qandil, 29, wearing an Islamic niqab covering her whole face except her eyes, said she didn’t agree with the opposition boycott. The opposition has “the right to express their views, but the rule in Jordan is fair,” she said, expressing trust in the king.

Outside another polling station across town, convenience store clerk Mohammed Abu-Summaqa, 21, said he would not cast a ballot.

“Members of parliament will not be able to do anything for us because they are controlled by the king and Cabinet, so why should I vote?” he asked.shore up areas at risk for more slides, the mayor said.

Because of the Brotherhood’s absence, the next

parliament is likely to be a mix of independents with little political experience and pro-king conservatives, as previous ones were.

Nearly 1,500 candidates, including 191 women, ran for the 150-seat parliament.

Woman have 15 seats reser ved for them under a quota, and Christians, who make up 4 percent of the countr y’s 6 million population, will get at least nine.

Polling stations stayed open for an extra hour to accommodate late voters.

Independent Electoral Commission spokesman Hussein Bani Hani said turnout was about 56.5 percent of Jordan’s 2.3 million registered voters, slightly more than the last election in 2010. Unofficial results were expected on Thursday.

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New pipeline attack shows Nigeria unrest

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AREPO — Thick plumes of smoke rose into the sky and fire danced across the fuel-slicked waters surrounding the Nigerian pipeline, another attacked and vandalized so thieves could steal the gasoline inside.

But this attack didn’t happen in Nigeria’s oil-rich and unrestprone Niger Delta, where crude oil pipelines are routinely targeted. Instead, this attack occurred in Nigeria’s southwest, signaling a worrying expansion in the unstopped thefts hitting the country’s petroleum-based economy.

“It’s just like farming. It’s just like banking,” said Jacob Oladapo, an assistant commandant general with Nigeria’s Security and Civil Defense Corps. “They are trying to make a living ... and they find new ways to do it.”

The corps, charged with defending and monitoring the pipelines crisscrossing Nigeria, discovered the pipeline on fire Wednesday morning in the midst of a gun battle with oil thieves, Oladapo said. His men returned fire, but no one was injured in the firefight, he said.

Later Wednesday, officials with Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency found at least three burned bodies at the site of the pipeline attack, local spokesman Iyiola Akande said. Journalists from The Associated Press who arrived at the pipeline fire late Wednesday afternoon could not reach the site, as it was deeper into a mangrove creek and there were no boats. In the distance, however, flames could be seen across the muddied waters of the creek.

In the past, attacks on oil pipelines saw rebel and criminal groups detonate explosives to damage the lines and halt production by the foreign oil companies operating in Nigeria.

Q&A about China and North Korea

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BEIJING — China took a step against longtime ally North Korea on Tuesday by voting in favor of a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Pyongyang’s long-range rocket launch in December. Beijing is concerned that North Korea’s nuclear ambitions are destabilizing the region, but is willing to go only so far to punish its economically struggling neighbor. Here are some questions and answers about China’s role: WHY DOES CHINA SUPPORT NORTH KOREA? Beijing fears a collapse of the North Korean regime could send a massive flow of desperate, starving refugees into northeastern China and lead to a pro-U.S. government setting up across its border. Chinese firms could lose their leading position in North Korea, while South Korean investment in China would be diverted to help rebuild the devastated North’s economy.

WHAT ABOUT NORTH KOREA’S MISSILES AND NUCLEAR PROGRAM? China wants a stable, peaceful Northeast Asia and doesn’t want the North to provoke retaliation from the South, Japan or the United States. China calls for denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, though Beijing’s leaders are seen as resigned to the North possessing some sort of atomic weapon.

WHAT APPROACH DOES BEIJING RECOMMEND? China typically calls for dialogue instead of sanctions, and has hosted successive rounds of talks also involving the two Koreas, Japan, Russia and the U.S.

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Faculty carry the admin. research burden

BY REBECCA HARRINGTON rharrington@mndaily.com

From a researcher’s point of view, the University of Minnesota doesn’t have enough administrators.

The University has endured criticism over the last month after a Wall Street Journal article scrutinized its administrative spending, but many professors say they have taken on more administrative responsibilities throughout the years.

Principal investigators, or PIs, are the primar y grant holders and are now spending 42 percent of their time on administrative tasks rather than on research, according to a recent study that sur veyed more than 23,000 PIs at research universities.

At the University, research-related administrative work can mean applying for grants, spending grant money cor rectly, handling research group finances, adhering to federal research r ules and filing patents.

And that’s just for one grant. Most PIs have multiple grants at one time, and they are always applying for more.

The Of fice of the Vice President for Research’s mission is to make research run smoothly at the University, which includes tr ying to make the grant process easier for PIs. As research funding has gotten more competitive and federal regulations have become stricter in the past several years, PIs have to spend more time on ad-

ministrative duties.

Having support The amount of grantrelated administrative work professors have to do varies across colleges and across departments. Each entity is like a silo, with its own administrative staff.

Alvaro Alonso, an associate professor in the School of Public Health, said the accounting and administrative staf f in his department is great.

“It depends from department to department at the University,” he said. “I know that there are some other depar tments that I know [have] people who have more problems.”

The staff makes his job easier, Alonso said, because he wasn’t trained as an accountant — he was trained as a scientist.

Professors joke that they wish they could do less administrative work, but many say they know the work is necessar y in order to get funding for the research.

Civil engineering associate professor Paige Novak said she’s thought about how to relieve an administrative burden for faculty members.

But she said she hasn’t come up with a solution because people would have to be trained in both the science and the administrative procedures.

“It’s hard to figure out who would do it,” she said. “I think it’s just the common thing of the secretaries have too much to do, too, and the accounting staf f probably has too much to do. So it’s difficult.

But, of course, I wish.”

Claudia Schmidt-Dannert, biochemistr y, molecular biology and biophysics professor, compared managing a research group to running a small business.

“You have to think about keeping it r unning,” she said.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE LIFE OF A GRANT

Oversight Many of the dif ferent units within Of fice of the V ice Pr esident for Research exist to make sure researchers comply with funding agencies’ and the federal government’s requirements.

The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, for example, reviews and approves animal research and use so it is humane and doesn’t violate any federal regulations.

Cynthia Gillett, IACUC executive director, said about 90 percent of what the committee asks researchers to repor t to them is required by the federal gover nment and funding agencies.

“Federal law requires institutions to have animal care committees … before they release any funds for research activities,” she said.

The Human Research Protection Program regulates research that uses humans — like human trials in cancer research, for example. It also oversees research using potentially dangerous biological compounds to protect the researchers using them.

Debra Dykhuis, executive director of the HRPP, said PIs understand that these are federal requirements in place to protect people, so they are willing to fill out the extra paperwork.

“I think the committee and the staff … are generally very good about trying to help people,” she said.

“Most of the PIs that we’ve worked with have been ver y happy, ver y satisfied with how we’ve helped them try to figure it out.”

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Responsibilities As a College of Pharmacy professor, Raj Sur yanarayanan gets most of his research funding from companies.

In addition to writing a grant proposal for this kind of funding, researchers have to negotiate an agreement with the company that decides the legal issues.

These negotiations have to happen quickly if the University is going to get the funding. Sur yanarayanan said that if the Univer-

sity had more people who were trained in negotiations, it would make things easier.

Sur yanarayanan said the individuals doing administrative work are doing great jobs — it’s the system as a whole that needs work.

“There is a new layer of work for ever ybody,” he said. “That is our problem. In the whole system, there is a lot of extra work that ever ybody has to do.

It makes us all, in my judgment, less efficient.”

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Low-energy settings over break prompt savings

University residence halls were heated over break to prevent water pipes from bursting, Green said.

Though residents had no control over heat levels, Facilities Management and Housing and Residential Life made ef for ts to save electricity by educating residents on sustainability through the “Live Green Games.”

For the December challenge, students were encouraged to unplug ever ything in their rooms, close windows and defrost refrigerators before leaving campus, said Chris Kelleher, Facilities Management spokesman.

Half of the University’s 10 residence halls were completely closed over break, Kelleher said.

Facilities Management estimated a 37 percent decrease in residence hall electricity use from Dec. 21 to Jan. 21, compared to a month-long period during the semester, he said.

While it’s difficult to determine how much of these savings came from sustainability initiatives, Kelleher said a large par t of these savings were attributed to fewer students living in the residence halls over break.

“W ith people not being here, they’re not using their electricity, so you gain a little bit there,” he said.

Elsa Gaikwad, a commu-

ELECTRIC SAVINGS STEAM SAVINGS

BY CODY NELSON cnelson@mndaily.com

Cross-conference energy

Other Big Ten universities have similar energy policies to the University.

At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, academic buildings automatically tur n to weekend status over break, said Kirk Conger of the university’s Facilities Management and Planning.

Conger said Nebraska shut down the campus from Dec. 22 to Jan. 1, saving an estimated $35,000.

“You’d think it should be a lot more,” Conger said, but he said the buildings that have ener gy levels tur ned down over break use much less energy than research labs and other facilities that remain running.

“The buildings we shut down are our lowest energy users to star t with,” he said.

Much like the University of Minnesota, the University of Wisconsin-Madison stays open for most of winter break, said Faramarz Vakili, the university’s sustainability director.

The campus also turns to conservation mode when buildings aren’t occupied.

Vakili said more than 65 percent of the university’s energy usage has nothing to do with how many people are there.

Power priorities In December 2010 and Januar y 2011, the University shut down for 10 days, saving an estimated $10,000

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U ENERGY SAVINGS DURING Transportation issues and legislative WINTER BREAK* priorities were also discussed.

7% or $1,930

University of Minnesota junior Molly Weaver noticed no change in heating or lighting in the silent Social Sciences building where she worked over winter break.

Weaver, who managed the front desk, said though few people passed through, the building operated at full energy.

“Ever yone’s still acting as though there are people in [the buildings],” she said.

Though many students and staf f members left the University over the holidays, the campus itself stayed open for most of the break.

Lights stayed on and the heat roared in many buildings, but University Facilities Management officials said efforts are made each year to save energy and cut costs over break. “ T h e U n i v e r s i t y r eally never sleeps,” said Jim Green, assistant director of Facilities Engineering.

Green said while classrooms and offices are shut down over break, residence halls and buildings used for research need to be kept running for safety reasons.

“A lot of people are surprised that we can’t just shut ever ything off except for a few lights and call it good.”

Facilities Management cut energy costs during the University’s official closing days — Dec. 24 and 25 — by powering the campus to the lower energy settings used on Sundays, Green said.

About $8,700 on electricity and about $8,300 on

nity advisor in Middlebrook Hall, said she saw students turning off lights in public areas consistently and filling out the winter break conservation checklist.

“The students have been ver y receptive to it,” said the psychology graduate student, who stayed in the building over break.

4% or $5,379.11

BY HAILEY COLWELL hcolwell@mndaily.com

steam power were saved across the Twin Cities campus on those closure days compared to Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 — two days when the campus was open.

The campus was also set to Sunday mode Monday for Mar tin Luther King, Jr. Day, Green said. Besides these three days, the campus ran normally over break.

7% or $6,798.16

Cost-centric shutdowns lead to some energy efficiency.

GAPSA passes grant process revisions

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*these savings are calculated for the period of Dec. 24–25 compared to Dec. 31–Jan. 1

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per day in energy costs, Green said.

The closure included a three-day furlough, during which some University employees were forced to take unpaid time off. Green said the University is unlikely to have another shutdown of this length without a savings incentive like salar y cuts.

“The real savings were in the payroll,” he said.

“The energy was just a little decoration on the cake.

It wasn’t even the frosting.”

Though Facilities Mana g emen t w i l l c on t i n u e its conser vation ef for ts, Green said any change isn’t likely to be major.

“We only want to save energy if people don’t notice it,” Green said. “Anybody can save energy by making people uncomfor table. We want to do it smarter than that.”

The University of Minnesota Graduate and Professional Student Assembly passed a resolution to change its grants process Wednesday night.

C u r r e n t l y, G A P S A awards various grants for academic initiative, travel and social events.

Amendments to the current grant application focused on making the process clearer for students.

Previously, some students were “inflating” their expenses, so the new application of fers more specific guidelines, said Zahra Forouzan Karimian, GAPSA’s vice president for grants.

Fur ther amendments to the grants process are expected as GAPSA restr uctures, but immediate changes were passed at the group’s Wednesday meeting.

The resolution was an “over haul” to GAPSA’s grants process and made it easier for students to apply, said GAPSA president Brittany Edwards.

Other changes to the process included more responsibility put on applicants and dif ferent application dates for next year.

Transpor tation issues regarding the Central Corridor light-rail line were also discussed Wednesday night.

The possibility of a farefree light-rail zone and elimination of a bus route along Washington Avenue were the group’s main concerns.

Members said that

they’ve had dif ficulty working with Metro Transit of ficials to address their concerns.

GAPSA member and Council of Graduate Students Vice President for University Relations Scott Petty, said Metro Transit was particularly against effor ts to establish the farefree light-rail zone. “[Metro Transit] seems to be ver y actively tr ying to obstruct this,” he said.

Perr y also said he was concerned that a bus route connecting East and West Banks along Washington Avenue would be eliminated and cause transpor tation problems for graduate students.

“Ef fectively, it’s going to be two years before they can bring the circulator back,” Perr y said.

To address these issues, Edwards said GAPSA plans to form a joint transpor tation committee with the Minnesota Student Association.

The assembly also ratified the Minnesota Student Legislative Coalition’s platform for the 2013 state legislative session.

The most impor tant issue for GAPSA this session is the open textbook initiative — a push for legislation to incr ease the availability of online free or cost-reduced textbooks, said Chet Bodin, GAPSA vice president for student affairs.

Alfonso Sintjago, GAPSA’s executive vice president, said the group is also working with Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to coordinate open-content advocacy efforts.

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Former Obama staffer visits University Bill Burton, a U alumnus will reflect on Obama’s first term.

BY MEGHAN HOLDEN mholden@mndaily.com

President Barack Obama’s inaugural ad dress Monday marked the beginning of his second term as president of the

United States.

The president’s former Deputy Press Secretar y Bill Bur ton will speak Thursday at the University of Minnesota to reflect on Obama’s first term and look ahead to where his second term will bring the country.

Bur ton, a University alumnus, will speak with Larr y Jacobs, director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance in

the University’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs.

The two will discuss whether the Obama presidency has transfor med America in a constructive way.

“It’s a great opportunity to talk with an Obama insider about the president’s inaugural address and about where the president hopes to take the country,” Jacobs said.

Inauguration lends unique perspective to U student A grad student had the opportunity to attend Obama’s inauguration.

BY MARJORIE OTTO motto@mndaily.com

Not many students get the opportunity to go to a presidential inauguration while in school, but University of Minnesota student Takehito Kamata was lucky enough to have that opportunity.

Kamata, a doctoral candidate from Japan, is studying higher education here at the University and was able to go to Washington, D.C., because he’s a member of the Golden Key International Honor Society, a group that gives students with high academic success networking oppor tunities around the world.

As an international student, Kamata said he had a unique perspective on American politics.

He visited the nation’s capital for five days to witness the presidential inauguration as well as dip his toes into American politics.

Kamata said that in Japan, citizens are not as involved in politics as Americans are, so it was a learning experience for him.

“I think the cultural foundation of the United States is ‘Never stop fighting for democracy, diversity and freedom,’ and I really respect these cultural foundations,” Kamata said. “The

public was ver y enthusiastic in selecting leaders in the United States, and I am so amazed by the American passion … in politics.”

The goal of students visiting D.C. isn’t just about being in the capital for the inauguration but networking and exploring politics and the presidency.

During the excursion, students participated in a panel discussion with Mar y Matalin and James Carville and listened to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson. They also had early morning private access to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and viewed the public inauguration ceremony.

“This is the final stage of the U.S. presidential leadership selection process, and

I was so glad to see the inaugural address with people from different backgrounds and locations domestically and internationally,” Kamata said.

After Kamata receives his degree, he plans on working at an embassy. He said that his inauguration experience helps him and other leaders understand American politics and leadership.

“Spending time with the participating scholars, leading decision makers, political exper ts and public officials from different academic and professional backgrounds will enable me to understand and reconsider the leadership philosophy at the individual, local, state and national levels,” he said.

Bur ton said Obama’s second term will focus especially on “the president’s evolution of the issue of gay marriage” — a controversial part of his inaugural address.

“The president has followed a course the nation has been on, which is one of openness and total equality for all citizens, regardless of whether you’re gay or straight,” Bur ton said.

“I think that will be a very important part of the Obama legacy.”

Burton has worked on several political campaigns in the past, most notably Obama’s first campaign for president.

He was one of the first hired when Obama began campaigning, according to the Humphrey School’s website. He now works for Priorities USA Action, a Super

PAC for Obama.

Burton said he anticipates that gay marriage and gay rights will be a priority for his conversation with Jacobs.

The talk is free and will be held at noon at the Cowles Auditorium in the Humphrey School. It’s expected to draw at least 100 attendees.

Students can register at the Humphrey School’s website to ensure a spot.

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Kaler brings legislative priorities to campus Legislature u from Page 1

face-to-face,” Kaler said to the audience at McNamara Alumni Center, any form of communication with politi-

cians can be effective.

The University organized the tables in the main hall by legislative district with infor mation about their respective representatives so attendees would know who to contact.

The crowd was enthusi-

astic and at one point erupted into applause after Kaler promised to freeze tuition.

Making his case for more funding, Kaler said Minnesota’s funding for higher education has decreased more over the last 12 years than the national

average.

Kaler also plugged the upcoming “Support the U Rally Day” at the Capitol as an important event for advocates.

Matt Forstie, chair of the Minnesota Student Legislative Coalition, which ser ves as the student lobbying body of the University, is helping to organize the rally.

The mathematics and finance junior has testified in front of higher education committees in the past and said he spends a couple of days per week at the Capitol lobbying for students when the Legislature is in session.

Forstie said he became involved as an advocate for students during his freshman year and said the rally is a way for University

students to meet legislators and show them what their education is doing for them.

“We’re a public institution and receive public funding, so [legislators] should see the results of our work and what we’re doing.”

Kaler, legislators and some “surprise” students will speak at the event, Forstie said.

The event also featured surprise guest speaker Bill Bur ton, a former deputy press secretar y for President Barack Obama.

Bur ton, a 1999 University English graduate, became involved in politics while a student at the University and recently co-founded a super PAC to help Obama get re-elected.

Burton said the Univer-

sity opened up a world of possibilities for him, and he was happy to come back to support it.

“It of fers such a broad and diverse range of experience,” he said. “It really sets you up for anything.”

Bur ton, from Buf falo, N.Y., said he didn’t originally have the University on his college radar, but after visiting he loved it so much it ended up being the only school he applied to.

T wo state legislators, Rep. Ron Erhardt, DFL-Edina, and Sen. Jim Carlson, DFL-Eagan, also registered to attend the event.

As the University gathers support from students and alumni, they’ll hope to gather steam to convince a state facing a $1.1 billion deficit that the University is a worthy investment.

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Professors to protest closings of TCF Bank student accounts TCF u from Page 1

Of the 67 Iranian students at the University, International Student and Scholar Services has heard from between eight and 14 who said they received this letter, said Meredith McQuaid, associate vice president and dean for international programs.

Asary said he knew of at least 21 Iranian students who received the letter.

Now, faculty members

from across the University are sending their own letter.

Addressed to the TCF vice president and executives, the letter outlines the faculty members’ disappointment with the closures and the bank’s handling of the aftermath, relaying that the group will begin to move their direct deposits to other banks this week.

“We no longer feel comfortable having TCF be the responsible institution for our deposits,” the faculty wrote in the letter.

Faculty members will also

begin to close their mortgages and other accounts with the bank if TCF continues “with such anti-social tactics without apology and with impunity.”

Asary said he was very happy to hear that the faculty members were planning to protest the closures.

Jason Korstange, a TCF spokesman, said the bank sent closure letters to more than just students and Iranian individuals and that not every Iranian student at the University received a letter.

He said TCF closes many

accounts ever y month for reasons like nonuse or if the account has been overdrawn, but in this case, some of the transactions were “problematic.”

With most foreign students, he said, they try to find out where the money from a transaction is coming from.

If the money comes from organizations they can’t accept, they have to refuse it or close the account.

“We don’t close accounts just to close accounts,” Korstange said.

Nearly all trade and invest-

ment activities “with Iran by U.S. persons, wherever located, are prohibited,” according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

In addition, U.S. depository institutions can’t process transfers that involve Iran even if they originate and end with non-Iranian foreign banks.

But the Iranian students didn’t seem to be involved in any irregular banking activity, said anthropology professor and chair William Beeman, who has worked closely with

JAAK JENSEN, DAILY

Graduate student Alireza Asary was one of several Iranian University of Minnesota students notified in December by TCF Bank that their accounts would be closed. The University is currently working to help resolve eight cases.

University on track with Big 10 contract faculty rate Adjuncts u from Page 1

years,” Carney said, adding that contracts with such faculty members are renewed annually.

Tom Wilsey, a communications senior, has had positive experiences with contract faculty in the past.

“Ever y time I’ve had someone come in and t e a c h o n e c l a ss a s a n accomplished person,

they seemed to car e a lot more,” W ilsey said.

“But I see a benefit from both [approaches]. [Contract faculty] could have a fresher mind from the field, but they could be a lousy teacher.”

Non-tenure and adjunct faculty members are usually brought in for their professional experience, said Michael Tanner, vice president for academic af fairs at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. For example, a successful local business owner could be hired to

PERCENTAGE OF CONTRACT FACULTY AT BIG TEN UNIVERSITIES

University of Iowa 24.7% CONTRACT

Michigan State University 31.2% CONTRACT

teach a marketing class.

Those credentials can provide a valuable “reality factor” for students, Tanner said.

Most contract faculty members at the University are employed in the Academic Health Center, Carney said. Many of them do not collect a salar y and instead donate their time in a super visor y role.

Brianna Lillo said one of her teachers in the Academic Health Center also works at a hospital.

Lillo, a genetics, cell biology and development freshman, said it’s important for teachers to have experience.

“I think it’s a better idea to have someone in the field [teaching the class],” Lillo said.

Conference comparisons

With state and federal funding dr ying up, it may seem obvious to turn teaching over to contractual faculty.

The average Big Ten university employs more than half of its instructional staff on the tenure ladder, but many schools have

University of Nebraska 32.6% CONTRACT

Purdue University 33% CONTRACT

University of Illinois 37.1% CONTRACT

University of Minnesota

AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY OF FACULTY MEMBERS 2011-12

38.2% CONTRACT

Indiana University 39.4% CONTRACT

University of Wisconsin, Madison 45.3% CONTRACT

Penn State University 46.1% CONTRACT

TENURE OR TENURE-TRACK FACULTY $97,224.54 CONTRACTUAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY $61,650.32

University of Michigan 46.3% CONTRACT

Ohio State University 55.4% CONTRACT

Northwestern University 58.2% CONTRACT SOURCE: DATA FROM RESPECTIVE UNIVERSITIES

SOURCE: OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH

moved away from hiring new tenure-ladder employees.

“We had a number of faculty choose to retire … and many of them have not been replaced,” said Monica Bielski Boris, an assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “If they have been replaced, it’s been with adjunct professors.”

Though long-term data for the university was not available, Bielski Boris said her school’s move toward more contract faculty is a trend at public universities nationwide.

“It’s definitely concerning to a number of faculty on campus,” she said.

It creates a problem, she said, for people considering pursuing a career in higher education and a fear that professors will lose their job security.

The University of Iowa had the highest proportion of contract faculty members among Big Ten universities in 2011-12 — three quarters of teachers are non-tenure or adjunct faculty members, according to university data.

Tom Moore, a spokesman for the University of Iowa, said the school has made a concerted effort to move faculty onto the tenure track.

Carney said she doesn’t see the University leaning toward employing more contract faculty members in the future.

“I think it’s tempting for some institutions, but I don’t think we would do that,” she said. “Our mission is to make sure students have the best instruction.”

Students appreciate the regularity and research oppor tunities tenured faculty members provide, Carney said.

“They like knowledgemakers, not presenters.”

the students.

Asar y said his account activity included depositing money he brought with him to the U.S., making online purchases and using his account for shopping.

Besides an overdraft fee and a $5 donation to Wikipedia, he said he didn’t use his account for anything unordinary. He also said he made no international transactions.

After receiving the closure letter, Asary said he followed up with the bank to determine the cause. In response, he was sent a questionnaire asking him how he anticipated using his account in the future, which Korstange said is part of standard procedure.

Since Asary said he didn’t know how to answer some of the questions, he consulted with the University Student Legal Service, where he was advised to close his account to avoid an involuntary account closure.

McQuaid said the University understands that TCF must follow federal rules and regulations but told the bank it would have liked to have been contacted before the students were sent the letter.

“We have let them know very strongly that this is upsetting to us,” she said.

Korstange said if something of this nature happened again, TCF would contact the University in advance.

“We did not contact them before, and we apologize for that,” he said.

TCF also has contracts with other universities, including the University of Michigan and the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign.

Asar y said he believes TCF should be held accountable, and the University should continue to search for answers because the Iranian students haven’t had success.

“We do not have any power.”

Peppermint Park refreshes

AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY

Peppermint Park employee Emily Kaehler and Vice President of Operations Danielle Klein check barcodes on Wednesday, in Dinkytown.

Peppermint u from Page 1

shopping in the flagship store, said Danielle Klein, vice president of Peppermint Park.

“So we decided just to get rid of it,” Klein said. “It’s much simpler this way.”

University jour nalism and political science junior Meghan Ruff said she “hesitantly” signed up for a membership after shopping at the store as a non-member in the fall.

Although Ruff said she initially saved money, she didn’t find the membership to be a good deal.

“You have to pay up front, and what college student has money up front all the time?” she said. “If you have to be consistently paying to get those good deals, it’s not always worth it.”

Peppermint Park has also disbanded the Candy Girls, a University student group created to promote the store, but it will maintain a connection to the University, Klein said.

Student groups and sororities can set up private parties at the store.

Three retail stores have closed in Dinkytown in the last three years, but Klein said

proximity to the University gives Peppermint Park staying power.

Small retailers can close for a number of reasons, said Dave Hopkins, director of the University business school’s Carlson Brand Enterprise.

“In a very fashion-driven business, there’s a lot of things that can happen,” he said.

Peppermint Park has also shuttered its online store and consolidated all of its stock to the Dinkytown location, according to Anna Giles, merchandising and inventory manager at Peppermint Park.

Three Dinkytown sales associates were cut in the warehouse move, Klein said.

According to Giles, more jobs will open later this spring.

Peppermint Park now uses a smaller eBay store to sell merchandise online, Klein said.

Last fall, Peppermint Park CEO and founder Jessie Conners told the Minnesota Daily that she hoped to expand Peppermint Park to other college campuses.

Giles said the company is looking at two or three possible locations, while Klein was optimistic about expansion.

“You can definitely be looking around for us at other college campuses,” she said.

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Cruel exploitation Victims of the “revenge porn” trend don’t deserve cruel treatment.

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EDITORIALS

INTERNET

n today’s digital world, we have become curiously tolerant of leading increasingly public lives. We “check in” to post our real-time locations, “friend” and communicate with people who are often only vaguely connected to us and publish photos and opinions for any inquiring mind to discover. We now embrace transparency in nearly every area of our lives.

But accompanying the shift is a new breed of problems.

Those of us facing societal backlash for compromising or raunchy photographs that somehow went public can attest to this. Although the subjects of these photos generally never intend for them to get out, we still tend to blame them for their own exposure.

The focus is always on the photo’s subject, not he who publicized explicit pictures only meant for one person’s eyes.

We convince ourselves that the hapless victim in the situation

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BRONWYN MILLER columnist

deser ves our judgment because she dared to engage with her sexuality — too commonly deemed improper behavior for females. We do so to comfort ourselves by forcing a distance between us and the photo subject to somehow distance ourselves so that we could never be subject to such misfortune.

Websites like The Dirty, Is Anyone Up and countless spinoffs are breeding grounds for these “slut-shaming” practices. They allow users to post defamatory photos, videos and statements about others. Even worse, these posts are typically sent along with identifying information like a Facebook profile link. With worldwide circulation and a frightening permanence, these websites are a “Burn Book” 2.0 with consequences that go well

beyond what we saw in Mean Girls. Lost jobs, decimated reputations, mental health issues and unrelenting harassment are considered common outcomes. A young teenager haunted by blackmailing and bullying that resulted from the exposure of a photo captured without her knowledge took her own life this fall.

The vital issue here is not that women need to make socalled “good choices” and simply avoid taking a sexy photo.

The root of the problem is that these “revenge porn” websites grant perpetrators the ability to wreak complete havoc on someone’s life for an indefinite time period with absolutely no requirement of cause or consequences.

Protected by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, operators of these websites cannot be held liable for content posted by their users, even though material often appears to violate defamation, libel and privacy laws. With no obligation to take anything down, the men behind these websites notoriously ignore the pleading of the people who ask to be removed from the sites, getting money

DEATHS IN IRAQ: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 4,802 — IRAQI CIVILIANS: 110,991- PLUS DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 3,243 — AFGHAN CIVILIANS: UNKNOWN

from the anguish of others.

The CDA was meant to protect a safe internet, but the federal statute has inadvertently served to shackle each of us to a digital identity that may be entirely dictated and manipulated by others. A culture that permits the unmitigated pursuance of arbitrary “revenge” and “punishment” through public shaming epitomizes the way in which an “eye for an eye” leaves us all blind. All we accomplish is fueling a society in which trusting anyone appears risky — as well as assuring that pretty much no one in our generation will ever be able to run for public office.

The era of screenshots and sophisticated search tools leaves a steady trail of ruined lives.

A class action lawsuit filed against a prominent revenge porn website and its hosting company this week offers an important opportunity for Section 230 to be amended. In the meantime, we must focus on developing our own new-age method of forgiving and forgetting.

Bronwyn Miller welcomes comments at bmiller@mndaily.com.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Getting caught in the crosshair The U.S. must rethink its relationship with Pakistan.

Mandate for election reform The election task force has issued a blueprint for change.

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n November, voters rejected the proposal to amend the state constitution to require photo identification in order to vote. The campaign urging voters to reject the amendment overcame early polling of nearly 80 percent approval on the premise of sending the broken proposal back to the Legislature.

As the state Legislature convenes, establishing the health insurance exchange mandated by the Affordable Care Act and fixing the state budget have taken center stage. However, equitable election access and integrity continues to be a contentious issue, both nationally and in Minnesota. Gov. Mark Dayton’s election task force has issued a report providing recommendations for reforming Minnesota’s election system.

With exceedingly close state elections, like Sen. Al Franken’s 312 vote margin of victor y in 2008, Minnesotans deser ve a modern system to ensure both equitable access and confidence in the integrity of the fundamental process underlying our representative democracy. The task force recommended the consideration of electronic poll books, online voter registration, early voting and an evaluation of restoring felon’s voting rights upon release from incarceration. Such measures will address the concerns of election integrity by allowing election judges to verify identity and poll location electronically.

The proposals also improve access. Early voting would ensure long lines on Election Day (often caused by antiquated paper poll books) would not prevent voters from casting ballots.

Given the public’s mandate, the Legislature has both the opportunity and the obligation to prioritize an investment in modernizing Minnesota’s election system to ensure both voter access and election integrity.

Keeping campus flu-free Students should take extra precautions in the face of a nasty outbreak.

HEMANG SHARMA columnist

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A misguided gun control agenda

This is a response to Professor McDowell’s Jan. 22 letter to the editor, “Guns kill people, Mr. Pier re,” in which he decried firearm ownership and called for additional gun control legislation.

I understand the desire to do something after the recent tragedies. However, it is impor tant to avoid knee-jerk reactions and instead formulate a response based on data rather than emotions and ignorant assertions.

First of all, it is essential to consider both the benefits and the costs of an item. McDowell focuses exclusively on the costs of firearm ownership and implies that benefits are nonexistent. This is a fatuous asser tion as firearms are useful self-defense tools.

Criminologist Gar y Kleck researched the defensive use of firearms and concluded that people lawfully use firearms 2.5 million times each year to defend themselves from criminals.

With approximately 30,000 deaths related to firearms each year, this means that firearms are used to defend life 80 times more often than they are used to take it.

The case in Georgia, in which a woman successfully used a handgun to defend herself and her children from an intruder, is one recent example of this

self-defense benefit.

McDowell goes on to decr y assault weapons.

However, what he fails to understand is that “assault weapon” is a media invention.

The rifles he describes are actually ordinar y semiautomatic rifles. They are not machine guns, and they are not militar y rifles.

They function identically to rifles that have been on the market for over 100 years. Millions of law-abiding owners have these socalled “assault weapons,” and they are widely used for competitive shooting, target shooting, pest control and self defense. The only difference when compared to other rifles is their appearance.

The “high capacity” magazines are actually standard magazines.

The 10-round limits are completely arbitrar y, and handguns and rifles have been produced with standard capacities of more than 10 rounds since the 1930s. These magazines are widely used in competition and hunting and are essential for self defense as criminals frequently attack in groups and are often not stopped with one shot. Needless to say, lawabiding citizens deser ve the means to defend themselves and should not be restricted to the inferior self-defense capabilities provided by these reduced capacity magazines.

Apar t from his ignorance about what he wants to ban, McDowell also ignores the fact that there is simply a lack of credible evidence that an assault weapons ban would reduce crime involving gun violence. Numerous studies, including those from the Department of Justice and the National Research Council, concluded that the last assault weapons ban had no effect on reducing the number of violent crimes.

Broader studies from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Criminal Justice Refer ence Service concluded that there is no clear evidence that any existing gun-control laws reduce violent crime.

Chicago, with its over 500 murders and draconian gun-control laws, epitomizes the inef fectiveness of these policies. Criminals, who are deter mined to break laws for a living, do not abide by firearm regulations.

Rather than discredited, stricter gun-control agendas, we should focus on measures that would actually be effective in reducing gun violence, such as improving the data in the National Instant Background Check System and actually enforcing existing gun laws.

Stuart Baker University student

t’s no secret that radical Islamic militant groups plague Pakistan.

These organizations, such as Tehrik-i-Taliban and Lashkar-e-Taiba, despise the democratization of the Middle East and the country’s relationship with the U.S., having carried out numerous acts of terror in and outside of Pakistan. Ten Pakistani, trained and aided by that nation’s military by their own admission, carried out suicide terror missions inside India in 2008, resulting in more than 160 deaths.

Recently, Pakistani soldiers violated ceasefire, crossed into the Indian Territory and attacked two Indian soldiers. In a display of medieval culture, they took the dead soldiers’ heads as trophies. Barbaric acts like decapitation are unacceptable in armed combat, especially when there is no active military engagement. The international community collectively considers cruelty of these sorts, even between armies, as uncivilized.

The unprovoked attacks have shamed India’s do-nothing government into sending a clear message to the Pakistanis that such acts will not be tolerated and that India is prepared for anything. The military of the world’s biggest democracy is outraged and has bolstered its numbers alongside its border with Pakistan.

Seeing as India’s military strength can outpace and outlast them, by their own defense minister’s admission, Pakistan might need to reach out to friends like the U.S. for help. If that happens, the U.S. should not offer them support. Both nuclear powers have always had a love-hate relationship since their independence in 1947, resulting in four full-on wars.

President Barack Obama should remember that housing Osama bin Laden, jailing the doctor that helped us locate him, aiding the Taliban and openly operating terror camps are not things allies do. With the two nations on the brink of open battle — perhaps nuclear war — the U.S. must prepare for the worst. The U.S. should stop paying money to Pakistan for its unfruitful and unwilling cooperation in the War on Terror and let India and Pakistan work out their own issues.

Hemang Sharma welcomes comments at hsharma@mndaily.com.

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pring semester means spring fever, but for now, Minnesota’s intolerable January chilliness is keeping ever yone trapped indoors, making it hard to avoid the illnesses spreading around the state. It’s flu season, and this year’s outbreak has been particularly nasty.

This year’s flu season started in December and has already been wreaking havoc. According to the Minnesota Department of Health, 476 people were hospitalized with lab-confirmed influenza during the week of Jan. 6-12, and 1,842 people have been hospitalized with influenza in Minnesota since the start of flu season.

Though getting a flu vaccine now might not be as effective against contracting influenza as having been vaccinated in September, a vaccine still offers some protection against the more nasty symptoms and length of illness. According to the CDC’s early estimates of flu vaccine effectiveness, this year’s vaccine effectiveness is 62 percent, though variance exists among the effectiveness of the vaccine depending on which strains of the flu are contracted (flu A or flu B).

It is difficult for public health researchers to determine how long or how severe a flu season will be.

Still, there are steps we can take to protect ourselves against the outbreak. While it may be old fashioned, washing hands, when done thoroughly, is still one of the best ways to keep from coming down with an illness or spreading it to others. And while it’s difficult to miss class this early in the semester, students should consider staying home if they have a cough and fever-like symptoms. It is also possible to get antiviral medication if one goes to the doctor within two days of feeling flu-like symptoms.

Let’s be smart this flu season and hope that while we may get sick of class, we won’t get sick in it.

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Sports

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Star freshman goalies to face off MEN’S HOCKEY PREVIEW vs MINNESOTA NO. 1 MINNESOTA NO. 14STATE

7 p.m., Friday at Mariucci Arena 7 p.m. Saturday in Mankato, Minn.

MINNESOTA: The top-ranked Gophers (17-3-4, 9-3-4 WCHA) are 32-9-6 all time against Minnesota StateMankato, although the series has been closer as of late. In the last 10 meetings, Minnesota holds a 6-4 advantage. The two teams have split two games this season.

Home teams have dominated the rivalry as of late. The last time either team won on the road was in 2009-10. This is the firs t season since 2008-09 that the in-state rivals will face off more than twice.

Junior Erik Haula will play as a wing on the top line again this weekend. Haula returned last weekend from an injury he suffered against Boston College in late December, but he has yet to return to his natural center position.

Minnesota is unbeaten in its last 10 games.

The last time the Gophers lost was Nov. 30 against Nebraska-Omaha.

MINNESOTA STATE-MANKATO: The No. 14 Mavericks (15-8-3, 9-8-1 WCHA) have cooled off since winning 11 of 12 games earlier in the season. Mankato rebounded from a disappointing home sweep at the hands of Wisconsin by taking three points at AlaskaAnchorage last weekend.

Sophomore Matt Leitner leads with Mavericks in points with 29, Eriah Hayes leads them with 12 goals.

The Mavericks are third in the WCHA in scoring defense and give up 2.31 goals per game.

A key to the series will be Minnesota State’s ability to stay out of the penalty box. The Mavericks average more than 13 penalty minutes per game, which is fourth-highest in the conference, and they will face Minnesota’s top-ranked power play.

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MARK VANCLEAVE, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota goalie Adam Wilcox.

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The Wilcox file Facing Michigan Tech on a Friday in the second weekend series of the year, Wilcox replaced Michael Shibrowski, who had given up four goals in a little more than one period of work.

Wilcox hasn’t looked back since.

The South St. Paul, Minn., native star ted the next 21 games for the Gophers. His season record is 16-2-4, which includes big wins over then-No. 1 Boston College, then-No. 2 Notre Dame and rival North Dakota.

“I’ve been confident, and that’s definitely helped

my play a lot,” Wilcox said.

“The past couple games there’s been a few bad bounces, but that happens, especially in the middle of the year.”

Some of that confidence comes from the Gophers’ solid defensive unit, which prevents many shots from getting to him. Throughout the season, Wilcox has given a lot of credit for his success to Minnesota’s defensemen.

Defenseman Nate Schmidt said the players know that if they lapse, Wilcox will have their back.

“You know the kid’s a gamer, you know he’s going to give you his best shot,” Schmidt said of Wilcox earlier in the season.

The biggest question about Wilcox this season has been whether his stami-

na would hold up after playing so many games. That question doesn’t seem to bother head coach Don Lucia.

“The week off [after the Mankato series] will be good for him,” Lucia said.

“There’s times in practice that we have talked to him about staying out of the net for a while.”

Lately, Lucia has given Wilcox a day off from practice throughout the week to keep the goalie fresh.

“I don’t like to skip practice or anything like that, but if [Lucia] feels I need rest, then I do whatever he wants to do with me,” Wilcox said.

Lucia said he might play Shibrowski somewhere in the final stretch of the season, but he said there’s no official plan. If Wilcox

plays the rest of the way, the Tampa Bay Lightning draftee would likely benefit from it.

“For goalies, it gets you into a rhythm,” Wilcox said of playing consistently.

Wilcox played in the United States Hockey League for two years before he arrived on campus.

He said that experience has helped with his stamina this season.

“It would have been a tough jump to come right from high school,” Wilcox said. “So playing two years of juniors definitely made a night-and-day difference.”

The Williams file Where Wilcox used his defense to get comfor table with college hockey, Williams used a winning streak.

“I’ve definitely gained a lot of confidence with our team having success,” Williams said.

After starting the season 0-2-1, Williams led the Mavericks to a sweep of Wisconsin at the Kohl Center.

Since then, Mankato has gone 10-3-2 with Williams in net.

“He’s been spectacular since he’s taken over,” Lucia said of Williams’ play.

Though the winning streak has helped his confidence, Williams, like Wilcox, gave a lot of credit to his defensemen.

“When we went on that seven-game win streak, I think we gave up an average of 20 shots,” Williams said. “With defense like that in front of you, you start to feel more comfor table in net.”

Though he’s started 15 straight games, Williams doesn’t consider himself the No. 1 goalie on the Mavericks.

“I don’t think there’s ever been a day I’ve come to the rink … and knowingly known that I’m going to start,” Williams said. “Me and Phil [Cook] push each other every day in practice, and we’re both ver y hard competitors.”

Cook, a senior, started both games against the Gophers earlier this season.

He has a 3-2-1 record.

Williams is also a veteran of the USHL and played two seasons in the league before attending Mankato.

He said that working with the defense in early-season practices helped the transition, but he said it wasn’t seamless.

“Going from one level and then going to the next level up is always going to be a challenge,” Williams said.

Like Wilcox, he said playing in the USHL has improved his stamina.

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Border battle takes on new meaning as Gophers aim to break Wisconsin’s unbeaten streak record Minnesota has a chance to break Wisconsin’s streak of 32 games without a loss at the new LaBahn Arena.

BY MEGAN RYAN mryan@mndaily.com

This weekend’s women’s hockey matchup between Minnesota and Wisconsin isn’t an ordinar y border battle.

For the Gophers, it’s a chance to break another record. For the Badgers, it’s a chance for revenge.

When the two teams meet in Wisconsin’s new LaBahn Arena on Friday and Sunday, the Gophers will look to stay unbeaten and claim another NCAA record in the process.

Fittingly, W isconsin set the 32-game unbeaten

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NO. 8 WISCONSIN

2 p.m., Friday and Sunday in Madison, Wis. MINNESOTA: The No. 1 Gophers swept their series with Wisconsin in December with 4-1 and 2-0 victories. Minnesota is undefeated this season at 24-0-0, and it will look to further its 32-game winning streak and break Wisconsin’s 32-game unbeaten record this weekend.

WISCONSIN: Wisconsin is 9-8-5 overall and sits at No. 2 in the WCHA. The Badgers are coming off a loss after splitting a series against Miami last weekend.

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record twice — in 2006-07 and last season. Even more fitting, it was Minnesota that ended the Badgers’ streak last season with a 3-2 upset on the road.

Both Gophers senior defender Megan Bozek and Badgers senior for ward Brianna Decker are aware of the coincidence.

“Obviously, our team is kind of aware of it,” Decker said. “But they beat us when we set the record … and now it is a chance for us to beat them.”

Adding to the intensity, Minnesota won the NCAA championship last year against W isconsin even though the Badgers won the WCHA and were ranked above the Gophers.

“I think we just want to be able to get back at them a little bit,” Decker said.

“So, yeah, I think there’s a little more on top of it.”

The feeling is mutual.

Bozek said she remembers the way her team struggled against its eastern rivals in her first two years.

In 2009-10, the Gophers had a 1-3 record with the Badgers. A year later, the team had a 1-2-1 record and lost to the Badgers in the WCHA Final Faceoff.

“I think they play with a chip on their shoulder,” Bozek said. “But then again, we play with a chip on our shoulder for our junior and seniors that struggled against them our first

two years.”

Bozek attributed her freshman and sophomore struggles against Wisconsin to key former players like Meghan Duggan, Hilar y Knight and Carolyne Prevost.

However, the momentum shifted last year as the Gophers boasted a 2-1-1 record in the regular season with Wisconsin before their defining national championship win.

In early December, the Gophers beat the Badgers 4-1 and 2-0 at home in the teams’ first meetings this season.

“I think that we’ve really proved ourselves last year and this year so far against them,” Bozek said.

Minnesota head coach Brad Frost said the backand-for th nature of the rivalr y has only helped his team’s conviction.

“I think it’s been real impor tant over the last year and a half here for us to actually have some good success against them,” Frost said, “because there was a stretch there where we weren’t really having much success against them at all.

“It’s intensified the rivalr y from our players’ standpoint because now they know they can beat Wisconsin.”

Frost pointed to key Wisconsin players his team would focus on, such as Decker and junior goaltender Alex Rigsby.

Bozek said she thinks

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Minnesota defender Megan Bozek chases the puck down the ice against Wisconsin on Dec. 2, 2012, at Ridder Arena.

Decker and Rigsby are two of the best players for their positions in the world.

“Brianna Decker has speed, a shot, hands and leads that team like no one I’ve ever seen lead a team before,” Bozek said.

Decker pointed to junior for ward Amanda Kes-

sel and senior goaltender Noora Räty as threats for the Gophers.

Bozek called Minnesota and Wisconsin “one of the best rivalries in hockey histor y” and said a recordbreaking game against the Badgers might parallel the NCAA championship win.

“It’s an incredible accomplishment here to put on that jersey ever y day with the ‘M’ and know that you’re making histor y ever y game,” Bozek said. “And making histor y against W isconsin — I don’t think that there’s anything better.”

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

WRESTLING

Elite competition, emotion mark rivalry with Iowa The Gophers have lost six of their last seven meets with Iowa, but they won the last one.

BY DANE MIZUTANI dmizutani@mndaily.com

In the late 1990s, the Gophers wrestling team was on the verge of a major breakthrough.

Minnesota’s hardnosed squad allowed the team to contend with nearly ever y program in the nation, but Iowa was a conundrum it could not solve on the big stage.

Then in 1999, wrestler Brandon Eggum and his team busted down the door and took a seat among the Big Ten’s best.

“We beat Iowa in the Big Ten finals,” said Eggum, who is now an assistant coach for the Gophers.

“It was a big step for us as a program. That was the breakthrough.”

The Hawkeyes had won 25 consecutive Big Ten titles to that point. They were the most dominant team in the nation until Eggum and his squad unseated them.

Eggum said even with the win, Minnesota didn’t get the type of respect it felt it deserved.

“Iowa always got all the hype … and that was the one thing that bothered us the most,” he said. “We felt we deser ved some of that recognition.”

That same season — amid the loss in the Big Ten finals — the Hawkeyes still walked away NCAA national champions. They repeated as national champions in 2000 as well.

Eggum said that fr us-

trated the team but also led way to a new era of Gophers dominance.

Minnesota won three straight Big Ten titles from 2001 to 2003. It won the NCAA title in 2001 and 2002 as well.

Eggum graduated in 2000 and never experienced the success as a wrestler on the squad.

Luke Becker did.

Becker, who also coaches the cur rent Gophers team, was also a part of the team that defeated Iowa in 1999. He was a main cog in the Gophers’ dominance in the early 2000s.

“We were the one team in the nation that wouldn’t back down from Iowa,” he said. “We stood in there, and we battled with them … and that’s when we kind of started our era.”

That’s when the rivalr y between Minnesota and Iowa really took off.

Eggum and Becker joined the Gophers coaching staff in 2001 and 2009, respectively, and both said the rivalry has intensified.

Eggum spewed with emotion this week talking about the rivalr y and the Gophers’ upcoming dual with the Hawkeyes.

Sophomore Logan Storley, the starter for the Gophers at 174 pounds, was about 8 years old when the rivalry started to heat up.

“It’s a big deal,” he said.

“We don’t like them. They don’t like us. It’s definitely going to be an exciting match.”

Storley said he was im-

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NO. 4 IOWA

8 p.m., Wednesday in Evanston, Ill. MINNESOTA: No. 3 Minnesota (11-1, 5-0 Big Ten) has lost six of its last seven matches with Iowa. It lost in the regular season to the Hawkeyes last season but defeated them in the National Duals.

The Gophers still boast an unblemished Big Ten record this season after they narrowly escaped Illinois 18-14 on Monday at the Sports Pavilion.

Minnesota is led by its upper weights of Logan Storley , Kevin Steinhaus , Scott Schiller and Tony Nelson .

“We know we didn’t wrestle very well and we’re going to have wrestle a lot better to beat Iowa,” Steinhaus said. “I think everyone will stay on top of things in practice to make sure we stay ready for that match.”

IOWA: Iowa (14-1, 4-0 Big Ten) has had Minnesota’s number in recent years, but it is one spot below the Gophers in the national polls. The Hawkeyes lead the all-time series 69-25-1.

Iowa’s only loss came against Oklahoma State, the same team that handed Minnesota its only loss of the season.

The Hawkeyes are led by 125-pounder Matt McDonough , 133-pounder Tony Ramos and 157-pounder Derek St. John . Those three wrestlers are undefeated this season. McDonough has won 40 straight matches and will be heavily favored in his matchup this weekend.

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mersed in the thick of the battle last year. He said it was a challenge to enter Car ver-Hawkeye Arena as a true freshman, but he said he learned a lot in that match.

Minnesota lost last year’s regular-season dual with Iowa, but it beat the Hawkeyes at the National Duals. The Gophers have lost six of their last seven meetings against Iowa.

Junior Kevin Steinhaus said the crowd will play a role because it can help dictate momentum in a dual of this caliber.

“It’s an added ef fect because if I’m down in the tunnel warming up and the crowd is going crazy, that gets me amped up,” he said. “If the crowd is on our side, it’s definitely in our favor.”

The Gophers may need Storley, Steinhaus, Scott

GYMNASTICS

Freshman Mable impresses early, shows potential with Gophers Lindsay Mable was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week after a strong meet at Penn State.

BY NICKALAS TABBERT ntabbert@mndaily.com

Fresh off an all-around win at Penn State in her first road meet with the Gophers and Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors, gymnast Lindsay Mable has shown she has the potential to be a mainstay in the lineup this season.

Mable attributed par t of her early success to her confidence level.

“Going in and just feeling confident and calm within the team and myself helps me,” she said. “I feel like whenever I see someone else do so much better, I feel the confidence in myself even more to do what I know how to do.”

Head coach Meg Stephenson said Mable has adjusted well to competing ever y weekend. She said she has high expectations for Mable this season.

“I think she obviously has done what she needs to do mentally to prepare to be ready to do the job,” Stephenson said.

Mable has confidence from her teammates both on and off the mat.

“I lean on her for a lot of my events,” sophomore Jenny Covers said. “I can go to her for anything, and she’d always go out of her way to help me.”

The Gophers are coming off a quad meet victory over Penn State, Kent State and Towson last Saturday.

Covers recorded career-

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AIR FORCE

NO. 12 MINNESOTA

MINNESOTA: The No. 7 Gophers will look to improve after a fourth-place finish at the Windy City Invitational in Chicago last weekend. Minnesota will return many of the same competitors from last week’s lineup, with the exception of John Scallon on pommel horse. The Gophers have beaten Air Force the past three seasons.

AIR FORCE: The Falcons will be away from home for the first time this season. Last week, Air Force had its best team score of the season in a six-point win over Army.

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best scores on all four events. Mable won the all-around with a score of 39.325. She and sophomore Kylie Schermann won the floor exercise with a score of 9.875.

Women’s lineup Stephenson said Minnesota’s focus Saturday will be to finish routines.

“If we do that, I think we’re going to be ver y pleased with how the outcome is,” she said.

The Gophers’ veteran gymnasts will fill more spots in the lineup this week, Stephenson said.

Senior Shannon Golich and sophomore Cierra Tomson in par ticular will play a larger role this week, Stephenson said. Golich has only competed on bars this season.

Junior Dusti Russell was a key all-around competitor last season. She has not competed this season because of an injury, and Stephenson said she will not be ready this weekend.

Men’s lineup Gophers head men’s coach Mike Burns said the

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1 p.m., Saturday at Sports Pavilion NO. 20 CENTRAL MICHIGAN

NO. 1 MICHIGAN

6 p.m., Saturday at Sports Pavilion MINNESOTA: The No. 12 Gophers are off to a 2-0 start after a comeback win over Penn State. Coach Meg Stephenson said senior Shannon Golich will compete in additional events this week. The senior has only competed on bars through two meets this season, but she competed on vault, beam and floor for much of last season. Junior Kayla Slechta is tied for the best average vault score in the nation (9.938) through two weeks. Slechta nearly missed a perfect score in her last home meet two weeks ago against Washington.

MICHIGAN: The No. 1 Wolverines enter Saturday’s matchup ranked second on floor, third on uneven bars and balance beam, and tied for 10th on vault.

Michigan features two elite all-around competitors in Joanna Sampson and Katie Zurales. The Wolverines beat Minnesota at the Sports Pavilion by 0.15 points last season.

CENTRAL MICHIGAN: No. 20 Central Michigan lost to Ball State in its Mid-American Conference opener last week. The Chippewas went undefeated to win the MAC a season ago.

IOWA STATE: Saturday will be the first road test for the Cyclones. Iowa State (2-0) beat Kent State by 0.05 points Jan. 11.

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team’s lineup will remain close to the same as it was at last week’s Windy City Invitational in Chicago. He said injuries and illness may elicit some changes.

John Scallon will not compete in the pommel horse due to wrist pain, Burns said.

Junior Nathan Fortunato will likely take Scallon’s place in the lineup.

“It will be great to see him in a competition setting,” Burns said of Fortunato.

Minnesota has been battling the flu this week, which could further impact the lineup, Burns said. Freshman Michael Farquhar, who competed on rings last weekend, has missed practice time with the flu.

Burns said this weekend presents an opportunity for other gymnasts to compete.

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Minnesota’s Kevin Steinhaus wrestles Northwestern’s Marcus Shrewsbury on Dec. 7, 2012, at the Sports Pavilion.

Schiller and Tony Nelson to lead them against the Hawkeyes, just as they’ve done all season.

“We match up better against Iowa with our upper weights, and that’s the area we’re going to count on some wins,” Becker said, “but our lower weights have to come out and be ready to wrestle as well.”

Robinson continues to recover

Minnesota practiced

without head coach J Robinson for the second week in a row in preparation for its meet with Iowa.

Robinson didn’t travel with the team to Ohio State or Indiana during winter break due to a knee infection.

He has since received surger y and is recovering away from the team.

“We’ve never experienced this, so it’s different,” Eggum said of Robinson’s absence.

“We’re staying in good contact with him, though.”

Eggum said Robinson has still had input among the team in preparation for Iowa.

“I think the big thing for him is he needs to take care of himself,” Eggum said.

“He’d like to come in and do more, but that would just slow him down,” Eggum said, “so he’s just doing what he can to get back with the team as soon as he can.” @dailyonthemat

TRACK & FIELD

Competitive throws team trains, prepares for bigger meets Head throws coach Lynden Reder called the team “the best group” he’s ever coached.

BY MEGAN RYAN mryan@mndaily.com

While most of the Gophers men’s track and field team will travel to either Iowa or W isconsin this weekend to compete, one section of the team is taking the weekend off.

The throwers will not be heading to the Bill Bergan Classic in Ames, Iowa, or the Warren Bolus Open in Menomonie, Wis., but their weekend will hardly be a break.

The “off” week is so the team can completely train through the week, assistant coach L ynden Reder said in an email. The team will lift weights Saturday as well.

“Januar y is really used to get guys strong and throwing well again after the holiday break,” Reder said in the email. “And then Februar y will be finetuning things and getting them more explosive as we head into the championship meets.”

Reder said sacrificing results for more training in the beginning of the season makes for better performances at the end of the season.

But thr owers junior Jon Lehman and seniors Quentin Mege and Micah Hegerle have still managed to notch some impressive distances.

In fact, Lehman achieved the far thest weight throw in the NCAA this season at 20.74 meters during one of the first meets of the season.

While Lehman earned his first Big Ten weekly

award for his performance, his success is following that of his teammates.

Mege is a two-time Big Ten outdoor champion in the hammer throw and is the school record holder in the event. Hegerle is a two-time Big Ten indoor champion in the weight throw and holds the school record for that event. He’s also a Big Ten outdoor champion in the hammer throw.

“This will be by far the best group,” Reder said about this year’s team. “In fact, I joke with a lot of the coaches. … I’ll tell them this is definitely the high watermark. We’ll never be this good again, I’m 32, and it’s all downhill from here.”

Hegerle said what makes this group successful is the driven dynamic.

“I think we’re all just super competitive,” Hegerle said. “It’s nice to see guys do well, but at the same time you want to do just as well.”

Lehman said wanting to outdo his teammates helps ever yone push each other in practice and earn better marks at meets.

But the main goal is never individual accomplishment.

“Our main goal as a team is to win a Big Ten championship,” Lehman said. “I mean, we all would like another ring.”

All three have experienced success, but Reder said they all have a different style.

“Quentin is an outstanding technician and not necessarily a powerhouse strength-wise,” Reder said.

“Where Jon is at the opposite end of the spectr um where he’s maybe not quite as good of a technician yet, but he’s 6 feet 5 inches and 280 pounds … and then Micah is kind of the hybrid of the two.”

Mege, voted a team captain this year, almost didn’t come back for his fifth year of eligibility in order to take a job. But the calm he finds in the throwing circle was enough to lure him back.

“The fewer things I’m thinking about means the more I’m ready to go,” Mege said. “So I just kind of enjoy the sensations I get during a throw.”

The indoor season may have just star ted, but the three throwers know there is a lot of anticipation surrounding their results this season.

“I think there’s definitely an expectation,” Hegerle said. “It’s easy to look ahead and psych ourselves out and feel like we need to repeat … but at the same time we just need to go out and compete at the meet we’re at.”

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MINNESOTA TBA, Saturday in Ames, Iowa

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MINNESOTA TBA, Saturday in Menomonie, Wis.

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MANKATO STATE

TBA, Friday and Saturday in Mankato, Minn.

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Freshmen seeing big minutes as Big Ten play continues WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PREVIEW

@ MINNESOTA

Third straight loss comes in ugly fashion The Gophers scored 21 points in the 2nd half in an upset loss to Northwestern.

NO. 8 PENN STATE

5:30 p.m., Thursday in University Park, Pa. MINNESOTA: The Gophers (13-6, 2-3 Big Ten) , losers of back-to-back games, need a win to avoid losing three straight for the first time this season.

Minnesota will likely need point guard Rachel Banham to play better. Banham, who ranks second in the conference with 20.3 points per game, is 13for-44 from the floor in her last two games .

“She just needs to keep taking her shots and they’ll go,” head coach Pam Borton said. “She has to get her confidence back. It’s just a matter of time.”

PENN STATE: The Nittany Lions (15-2, 5-0 Big Ten) are the class of the conference. Penn State boasts the highest national ranking — No. 8 — of any Big Ten team.

Guard Maggie Lucas (19.8 ppg) and forwardcenter Alex Bentley (12.9 ppg) are two of the top players in the conference.

Both have been named to the Wooden Award midseason top-20 list. The Wooden Award is given annually to most outstanding player in the country.

BY ANDREW KRAMMER akrammer@mndaily.com

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Shayne Mullaney, Mikayla Bailey and Kayla Hirt have played significant minutes lately.

BY SAM GORDON sgordon@mndaily.com

Thr ee fr eshmen ar e playing a significant number of minutes for the Gophers women’s basketball team.

But head coach Pam Borton said that’s not necessarily a good thing — especially as the Big Ten season intensifies.

Guards Shayne Mullaney and Mikayla Bailey and for ward Kayla Hirt — all first-year players — were on the cour t together at points during Minnesota’s 84-63 loss to Nebraska on Sunday.

And though each player has chipped in with key contributions this season, Borton said she’d prefer to play one at a time.

“We’ve got to tr y and keep our experienced kids on the floor and out of foul trouble,” she said.

Nebraska did that Sunday, and only one Cor nhuskers freshman saw the floor.

“I don’t think a lot of other Big Ten teams have freshmen out on the floor right now,” Bor ton said.

“If they do, they have one player, and she was maybe a top player coming out of

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Minnesota guard Shayne Mullaney dribbles past Nebraska guard Tear’a Laudermill on Sunday at Williams Arena.

high school.”

M u l l a n e y, a c o m b o guard, has started the past 12 games and ranks third on the team in minutes per game (27.9).

At times, she’ll assume ball-handling duties, which allows star guard Rachel Banham to play off the ball and focus more on scoring.

“It was my goal to play a lot. I wasn’t expecting to start,” Mullaney said. “Aim high and have big goals. It’s been a lot of fun.”

She was thrust into the lineup when Bailey, who star ted the first seven games at the off-guard position, fell ill with mononucleosis.

The debilitating illness kept Bailey, a good spotup shooter and one of the team’s top on-ball defenders, out for nearly a month.

She’s been coming of f the bench as she gradually works her way back into

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game shape.

“I’ve never dealt with something like this before,” Bailey said of her illness. “I couldn’t condition.

I couldn’t shoot. I couldn’t do anything.”

Bailey said coming of f the bench has been dif ficult in the sense that she sees dif ferent minutes every game.

Hirt hasn’t had to make any adjustments. She’s been coming off the bench all season.

In the sixth-man role, Hirt is fourth on the team in scoring with 7.3 points per game. Twice this season, she’s been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week.

“I knew Kayla would get out there, and hopefully one of our other freshmen would step up,” Bor ton said. “They’ve just got to keep learning and take advantage of ever y opportu-

nity they get in games.”

Minnesota’s young guns will have that chance Thursday when the Gophers play at No. 8 Penn State.

Mullaney said to this point Big Ten basketball hasn’t been as “tough as I thought,” though she acknowledged the distinguishable difference in the speed of the game compared to high school.

Minnesota’s veterans, however, are quite familiar with Penn State’s personnel.

The Nittany Lions knocked the Gophers out of the Big Ten tournament last year in a 78-74 thriller.

“We match up well, especially with our post players,” Borton said. “I think it gives [our team] a lot of confidence.

“We’re on the road. We’ll have to play extremely well to have an oppor tunity to win.”

There’s something about Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill. No. 12 Minnesota dropped its third straight game to Northwestern, 5548 — its fifth straight loss at the Wildcats’ arena dating back to 2008.

Trevor Mbakwe recorded his fourth-straight double-double with 14 points and 16 rebounds in the losing effort.

The Gophers took a 2724 lead into halftime, but they collapsed in the second half as they failed to find a secondar y scorer to Mbakwe.

Mbakwe was the only Gophers player to score in double figures.

The Wildcats’ tough 1-31 zone defense held Minnesota to a Big Ten-season low 48 points.

Austin Hollins fouled out with 11:47 left and Minnesota up 37-36, and it all unraveled from there.

Nor thwestern went on an 18-5 run in the second half and stifled any attempt at a Gophers comeback.

Despite the loss, Minnesota avoided its biggest scare of the night — a late injury to Mbakwe.

The sixth-year senior slammed onto the floor with 1:44 left, landing on his right arm as he tipped in a missed layup by Rodney Williams.

Mbakwe laid there for a few minutes and remained on the bench for the rest of the game, but his injury did not appear to be serious.

Even with Mbakwe’s impressive stat line, the sixthyear senior shot 2-for-8 from the charity stripe and contributed to his team’s struggles at the line.

The Gophers shot 7-for17 in free throws. They’ve combined to shoot 55 percent in their past two games — losses to Michigan and Northwestern.

Minnesota’s lackluster bench play continued, as senior guard Julian Welch contributed all seven of the Gophers’ bench points.

Welch shot 3-for-11 from the field and tied Williams with the most shot attempts on the team.

Williams continued his shooting slump, shooting 3-for-11. The senior co-captain has combined to shoot 7-for-23 in the two previous losses.

Minnesota handed the Wildcats their first home victory of the Big Ten season. Northwestern is now 1-3 at home, and the Gophers are 1-2 on the road.

The Gophers head to Madison, Wis., to play the Badgers on Saturday. @dailyinthebarn NORTHWESTERN 55, MINNESOTA 48 Minnesota Northwestern

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MINNESOTA FG FT Reb Player Min M-A M-A O-T Ast PF Pts Mbakwe 34 6-7 2-8 9-16 0 3 14 Williams 29 3-11 1-2 0-3 1 2 7 Hollins, Au. 19 1-5 3-3 0-1 0 5 6 Coleman 32 3-6 1-2 3-8 1 2 8 Hollins, An. 35 2-9 0-0 0-4 4 2 6 Welch 27 3-11 0-0 1-3 2 3 7 Ahanmisi 7 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 2 0 Eliason 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Osenieks 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Walker 4 0-1 0-0 0-2 1 2 0 Ingram 5 0-2 0-2 3-3 1 0 0 Ellenson 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 Total 200 18-54 7-17 17-42 11 23 48 Percentages: FG .333, FT .412. Three-pointers: 5-19, .263 (Andre Hollins 2-7, Austin Holisn 1-4, Welch 1-4, Williams 0-2, Coleman 1-1, Ahanmisi 0-1). Blocks: 8 (Mbakwe 3, Williams 3, Eliason, Osenieks). Turnovers: 15 (Andre Hollins 7, Coleman 3, Mbakwe 2, Welch 2, Ellenson) Steals: 4 (Mbakwe 2, Austin Hollins, Coleman).

NORTHWESTERN FG FT Reb Min M-A M-A O-T Ast PF Pts Player 39 6-10 3-6 3-8 1 1 16 Swopshire 32 1-2 1-2 0-1 3 3 3 Olah 38 3-8 7-10 0-5 0 2 13 Hearn 37 1-2 3-8 2-5 5 3 5 Sobolewski 22 3-10 3-4 0-1 1 1 10 Demps 18 2-4 0-0 0-1 1 1 6 Marcotullio 0-1 0-2 0-1 0 1 0 6 Cerina 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 4 2 6 Turner 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Abrahamson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Montgomery 1 250 17-40 17-40 5-23 11 22 55 Total Percentages: FG .425, FT .531. Three-pointers: 4-12, .333 (Demps 1-4, Marcotullio 2-4, Swopshire 1-2, Sobolewski 0-1, Abrahamson 0-1). Blocks: 3 (Olah, Hearn, Turner). Turnovers: 11 (Olah 3, Hearn 3, Swopshire 2, Demps, Marcotullio, Turner).

Steals: 9 (Marcotullio 3, Swopshire 2, Hearn 2, Sobolewski 2).

MEN’S SWIMMING

Toomey leads Gophers by example with strong work ethic Six-time AllAmerican Derek Toomey hopes to keep improving.

BY NATE GOTLIEB ngotlieb@mndaily.com

Junior captain Derek Toomey leads the Gophers men’s swimming team by example.

A six-time All-American, Toomey has competed in eight dif ferent events this season. He is well respected by his teammates and coaches because of his work ethic and leadership.

“He’s a leader by just showing them [his teammates] what hard work

does,” said Ben Griggs, a senior on the men’s team.

“He has that right attitude at meets, and he doesn’t complain. He doesn’t put down other people. Instead, he just tries to make himself better.”

Toomey’s teammates elected him captain for this season because of his leadership both in the pool and away from it, according to men’s and women’s head coach Kelly Kremer.

“He has so many strengths,” Kremer said.

“But I think his passion and love for this sport and his work ethic are two of the things he brings to this team that everybody recognizes.”

Toomey has displayed

this work ethic since his freshman season.

As a freshman, Toomey won a Big Ten title and set a conference record in the 200-yard freestyle relay. He anchored the same relay team to a seventh-place finish at the NCAA championships and claimed three All-American honors that season.

Toomey ear ned three more All-American honors his sophomore season, again leading his 200-yard freestyle relay team to a top-15 finish at the NCAA championships.

To o m e y h a s h a d a strong junior season thus far, winning multiple races in meets against Iowa and Wisconsin.

Both the men’s and the women’s teams recently took a three-week training trip to Hawaii. Toomey said training five to six hours a day in Hawaii was taxing, but he doesn’t plan on letting it slow him down.

“Even though I’m broken down and tired from the tough winter training, I just want to be as fast as I was when I wasn’t quite broken down,” he said.

While Toomey aspires to compete for Big Ten and NCAA titles in March, his season will not end there.

He will compete for the U.S. this summer in the World University Games in Kazan, Russia.

Toomey qualified for the games at the U.S. Open

Championships last August.

Kyler Van Swol, a junior on the men’s team, and Ashley Steenvoorden, who graduated from Minnesota last spring, will also participate in the games. Kremer will accompany them as a U.S. coach.

Though Toomey has an international summer trip to look for ward to, he is focusing on ending this season strong as the Gophers try to improve on last season’s 24th-place finish at the NCAA Championships.

Kremer does not want his workhorse to press, however.

“I just want Derek to be Derek,” Kremer said, “And we’re going to be in really good shape.”

MEN AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING PREVIEW

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NORTH DAKOTA

5 p.m., Friday at University Aquatic Center NORTH DAKOTA: North Dakota’s men’s team has lost seven straight dual meets. The women’s team is 3-4-1 in its last eight duals. Twenty-four members of North Dakota’s men’s and women’s teams attended high school in Minnesota.

MINNESOTA: The No. 15 Gophers men’s team (3-1) and the No. 13 women’s team (6-0) will compete for the first time since both teams defeated Hawaii on Jan. 12.

Junior Kyler Van Swol is academically ineligible to compete this spring. Van Swol, a four-time All-American, earned national swimmer of the week honors in early November after winning three events in the Gophers’ dual meet against Iowa on Nov. 2.

Freshmen Logan Redondo and Lauren Votava earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors on Jan. 15. Redondo won the 500-yard freestyle (4:29.66) against Hawaii, and Votava won the 50 freestyle (23.58), 100 freestyle (50.69) and 200 freestyle relay (1:33.91).

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FOOD

College Kitchen: Beauty and the eats FORGET EXPENSIVE COSMETICS: ESSENTIAL MAKEOVER TOOLS AWAIT IN THE KITCHEN CUPBOARDS.

WITH OLIVE OIL Treat: Olive Oil Body Scrub Minnesota winters can suck the life out of skin. This potion can renew your babysoft birthday suit after only a few uses. Olive oil’s healthy fats seal moisture into skin and serve as a protective barrier from the elements without clogging delicate pores.

Salt and sugar act to strip the skin of dead skin and old dirt that has built up over time.

1 part coarse raw sugar

Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Massage into dr y patches of skin and rough areas such as elbows and knees. Rinse with warm water.

Eat: Lemon-Basil Olive Oil Sugar Biscuits Olive oil is an unsaturated fat, so it’s good for your skin and your waistline. These cookies put butter to shame in a light dessert treat.

2 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil 2 eggs 2 teaspoons lemon zest 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh basil leaves 1 pinch salt Pr eheat the oven to 350 degrees. Combine all dr y ingredients in a large bowl. Separately, mix sugar and olive oil. Add eggs.

Beat until fluf fy. Add zest, juice and basil. Combine the wet and dr y ingredients.

On an ungreased cookie sheet, drop spoonfuls of the dough about three inches apar t. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.

Adapted from Mark Bittman’s Saf fron Olive Oil Cookies.

WITH BANANAS AND OATMEAL Treat: Oatmeal Banana Face Mask Using oatmeal baths to soothe the itch of childhood chicken pox may be a distant memory, but those who have reached adulthood can still benefit by using this super grain as a skin saver. Oatmeal contains a natural anti-inflammatory agent that can soothe the itch of pox or the irritation of winter’s harsh winds.

1 banana 1 egg 1 cup oatmeal 1 teaspoon olive oil Mash the banana so it is a fine paste. Beat egg. Mix all ingredients together. Carefully wipe small globs onto your face and let sit for 15-20 minutes. Rinse with warm water.

Eat: Bananas Foster Breakfast Porridge The soothing fibers of oatmeal clean your skin and digestive tract. This filling breakfast will keep you full and focused for the hours of class ahead.

2 bananas 1/4 cup brown sugar 2 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup oatmeal 1 cup soy milk Using soy milk, cook oatmeal as directed. Cut banana into long diagonal slices. In a small skillet melt butter over

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Squeezing it out

BY SPENCER DOAR sdoar@mndaily.com

FRIDAY

From the flickering fire of a gypsy encampment to a raucous New Orleans band hall, Patrick Harison can create the requisite aura with his weapon of choice: the chromatic accordion.

Cur rently based out of Minneapolis, the intrepid Harison plays solo as well as with Patty and The Buttons, Jack Klatt and The Cat Swingers and Eisner’s Klezmorim to name a few — groups that range from jazzy swing tunes to traditional Easter n Eur opean klezmer music.

His father was an accordionist who guided Harison to the instr ument, whose intricacies he studies with a childlike enthusiasm.

“My dad got into [the accordion] from a door-todoor salesman,” Harison said. “They’d go ar ound giving accordion aptitude tests, and believe it or not, ever y person who the salesman saw possessed the aptitude.”

W ith that musical inheritance at age 13, Harison started squeezing and never looked back.

In 2006, a 19-year-old Harison was awarded the McKnight Fellowship for per for ming musicians, allowing him to travel and

PHOTO COURTESY OF PATRICK HARISON Patrick Harison jamming on his 40 pound accordion--essentially a bellows powered harmonica.

hone his trade in New York and New Orleans.

“You can’t beat $25,000 out of thin air for doing nothing,” Harison said.

In a way, Harison is reinventing the wheel. He is introducing an instr ument to newer generations still stuck with the idea that the accordion is a curmudgeonly, squeaking box, one best ser ved at some cor ny Lawrence Welk production, huf fing and puf fing to bluehaired bitties str uggling to keep the polka going.

“The accordion is a working-class instr ument meant to fill up a band hall,” Harison said. “There is not pretentiousness sur rounding the reper toire — it is best ser ved playing for happy, dancing people.”

ICE CHAMBER AND ICE CASTLES Stuff made of ice is cool when it’s purposeful and doesn’t take the form of sidewalks or roads. The Mall of America’s Ice Castles boasts a family-oriented setup that covers an acre and is made from fused icicles. An exercise in wasteful architecture? Sure, but the appearance is pretty slick. Le Méridien Chambers Ice Chamber occupies the hotel’s outdoor courtyard and sports James Bond-themed ice sculptures as well as an ice bar for your martini — shaken, not stirred. u Ice Chamber: Le Méridien Chambers Hotel, 901 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis u Price: Free u Ice Castles: Mall of America 60 E. Broadway, Bloomington, Minn. u Price: $10 u When: All Day

BRIDGET BENNETT, DAILY A body scrub made of ingredients that you can find in your kitchen leaves your skin smooth.

medium-low heat. Add sugar.

When the sugar has dissolved, add the bananas. Stir gently until the bananas begin to brown and are coated evenly in the syrup. Pour the entire contents of the skillet onto the cooked oatmeal.

1 part warm water Mix and pour into spray bottle. After a shampoo, generously spritz the mix into your hair. Let sit for several minutes and rinse with lukewarm water.

WITH APPLE CIDER Treat: Apple Cider Vinegar Hair Rinse The harsh acid of apple cider vinegar balances the pH levels in your scalp and hair, leaving your locks shiny and renewed.

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PATRICK HARISON BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN MISGUIDED SENTIMENT AND THE ACCORDION.

What role the accordion takes in making people dance widely varies. One of its unique abilities is its wide range of emulation — its versatility is informed by the other instrumentation.

“I was in New Orleans after [Hurricane] Katrina,” Harison said. “All of the pianos were messed up, and there weren’t any piano tuners, so I got really familiar playing piano par ts on the accordion for New Orleans jazz bands.”

While this means the Top 40 may not make it on Harison’s set list, it’s a wholly Americanized sentiment.

“I play Third World Top 40,” Harison said. “In other places, accor dionists are the ones you want to be.”

If there’s one thing Harison suf fers from, it’s an eagerness to explore a theme, sometimes exhausting a shallow well, while doggedly charging toward some chromatic nir vana.

WHAT Patrick Harison WHEN 6 p.m., Thursday WHERE Icehouse, 2528 S. Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis COST Free AGE All

Eat: Apple Cider Vinaigrette Along with a small kick of acidity, apple cider vinegar is naturally sweet. Complement this sweetness with a splash of orange juice for a light dressing that is made for a non-fuss bed of greens.

In a small bowl, mix all ingredients with a whisk.

Pour over salad. Toss.

Resuming classes after a long break can be draining. Fill up, and put your best face for war d with these all-natural beauty remedies and recipes.

Spilling Guts ONE VENUE AT A TIME, STORY CITY BRINGS LOCAL STRANGERS’ RAW TALES TO THE STAGE.

BY JOE KLEINSCHMIDT jkleinschmidt@mndaily. com

When Adam Marquardt took the stage at Honey for Stor y City’s “Haunted” event, he told a tale about his stint as a grotesque clown for the Soap Factory’s Haunted Basement.

“The kind of feeling that you get when you see people reduced to tears, cowering in the corner, soiling themselves — even vomiting in fear before you — can only be described as power,” he said, recounting his story, “Predator and Prey.”

“And it can give you a hangover.”

The spontaneity of each stor y, with pauses and “um’s” included, lends to a conversational quality missing in more refined tales via This American Life. Although the two founders of the event select each performer based on the descriptions they receive, Story City is often unpredictable.

HUGE ANNIVERSARY SHOW This event marks the passing of two years of improvisational humor at Uptown’s HUGE Improv Theater, an all-volunteer nonprofit. Since this is a special event, the setup is a bit different, but on nights with multiple shows, your ticket is usually good for all of them. This is cool on Fridays, allowing you to pick some improv and skip down the street to Muddy Waters for a bite and a brew. Not to say that you can’t drink at HUGE — they do have a bar. A Grain Belt can come in handy as this is improv, and any night holds the potential to be the next “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” or the next “John Carter.”

u Where: HUGE Improv Theater 3037 S. Lyndale Ave., Minneapolis u When: 8 p.m.

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“My favorite parts are the side notes or just the raw way people end up telling their story,” cofounder Lara Avery said.

For the upcoming themed event at the Loft, “My First Time,” Avery and fellow Macalester College alumna Jemma Brown cull from a slew of stories submitted involving multiple interpretations of the suggestive prompt — though no deflowering sagas so far.

“It definitely has a sexy undertone,” Brown said.

“We haven’t gotten any legit my-first-time stories. I think everyone is just too darn creative to follow the beaten path.”

“Well, most people’s first time stories have pretty much the same elements — it was awkward, it was painful, it hurt a little bit,” Avery said.

After detailing her time as an Applebee’s waitress (and “ribpublican”) for the Moth, a national storytelling outlet, Avery connected with Brown. Drawing from Avery’s background in improv as well as Brown’s time working for StoryCorps, a national nonprofit oral history project, the two carve out a local storytelling niche in a performing world dominated

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azily waking in the wee afternoon hours, performing at-home manicures after watching multiple reruns of “Behind the Music,” eating meals with more than one course: Was it all a dream?

Sadly, the winter break days of having hours to prepare meals and indulge in self-pampering are over. Once again we hit the books and forgo above-average hygiene and sophisticated eating habits.

Whether your vacation was spent being catered to by parents or partaking in solo spa treatments, transitioning back to reality can be sudden and abrasive for the mind and body.

The College Kitchenista has prepared a back-to-school survival guide so you can eat well and look great.

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BY LUCY NIEBOER lnieboer@mndaily.com

by artful perfectionists.

Never settling in one location for its live offerings, Story City seeks an everexpanding pool of performers.

“We like to think that the atmosphere and the kind of people that would go to one space would change at each event,” Brown said.

For a past event’s theme, “The Great Outdoors,” storytellers gathered around a bonfire at Stone’s Throw, an urban farm in Minneapolis. Story City vows to never use the same locale twice, sort of an appeal for the unexpected.

Avery and Brown see the event as providing a physical space for stories where an increasingly digital culture consumes stories without face-to-face interaction. The event fosters a kind of communal structure where participants can safely spill their guts.

“The appeal of storytelling is trying to bring that back into a physical space,” Avery said. “You spill your guts on Facebook or Twitter or you post embarrassing pictures of yourself, but it’s all interface. It’s all digital.”

“This is the bricks and mortar,” Brown said.

BODY WORLDS & THE CYCLE OF LIFE Walking through the Body Worlds exhibit is about as close as I’d ever want to be to feeling like I was one deranged psychopath away from a kill-scene in a slasher flick. Dr. Gunther von Hagens’ plastination process allows for patrons to see the body in various states of activity and development, all without the interference of skin and various internal necessities. This is the sort of exhibit that puts others to shame by virtue of its sheer shock value — a true scientific anomaly. u Where: Science Museum of Minnesota 120 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul u Price: $19-$27 u Who: All Ages

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Tr uly great, bad hip-hop is a thing of beauty. Chicago native Chief Keef, has solidified himself as one of the game’s best of the worst with this first album.

His life is a movie in the making: He was arrested for brandishing a firearm at law enforcement, implicated in the murder of a rival rapper, chastised for gang involvement by other Chicago rappers and now he’s being sued for child suppor t — all by the ripe ol’ age of 17. Listening to Keef may lose ya a few brain cells.

HONEY Did you know that honey actually is good for coughs? It is not the old wives’ tale that some may think. Research suggests that it helps suppress coughs in the same manner that codeine does. So grab a bottle, and star t chugging away — at the ver y least your lunch-time companions will do a double take.

“THE WAY YOU WEAR YOUR HAT” BY BILL ZEHME

read this

With “Archer” as the series’ leadin, it shouldn’t be hard for Jim Jef fries’ foray into TV comedy to get some traction with fans. The caustic, dr unken lout of a stand-up from Australia continues the trend of Louis C.K.’s “Louie.” It is a comic playing himself in scenarios derived from his own stand-up.

The first episode revolved around one of Jef fries’ bits about taking a friend’s paralyzed, virgin brother — played to a T by DJ Qualls — into seeing a hooker before he kicks the can.

CHIEF KEEF’S “FINALLY RICH”

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“LEGIT” ON FX

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It’s subtitled “Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin,’ ” and that says it all.

This profile of a true baller is a breeze to read, full of fresh anecdotes and illuminating examples of the way Ol’ Blue Eyes did things. He used to drink a bottle of Jack a day, and his favorite toast was “Here’s to the confusion of our enemies!” Plus, with Frank comes the trappings of the Rat Pack and all of those livin’ shenanigans.

FOOD

The Twin Cities’ best dumplings T

he tale of the ugly dumpling is a sad one.

Too often dry, starchy wrappers and bland, unidentified filling are plated with a too-sweet or too-salty sauce and whisked off to meet disappointed diners under the guise of the best appeteasers in town.

In reality, a dumpling should entail a savory morsel of juicy filling with complementary notes of heat, acidity and fat concealed in a doughy jacket.

A&E has scouted the best bites around to save you the horror and dismay of the ever-present ugly dumpling.

For the cheeseloving Wisconsinite: Moscow on the Hill 371 Selby Ave., St. Paul When ingesting large amounts of strong liquor, it’s vital that hearty eats also grace the menu. This Russian vodka lounge supplies diners with the strong libations they love and the stomach-settling food they need to keep the drinks down.

Nothing takes the burn off quite like a steaming plate of this spot’s “Peasant Pelmeni.” Delicate layers of tender dough encase a salty nugget of a beef and pork mixture.

A creamy mushroom sauce seeps in between every crevice of the dumplings, softly balancing the sharp kick of salt with the mellow, earthy flavor of fresh mushrooms.

The crowning glory of this plate is a thick blanket of broiled, squeaky cheese that emerges as long strings with every pull of the fork.

For the adventurous carnivore: Gorkha Palace 23 Fourth St. NE, Minneapolis Anthony Bourdain consistently devours strange animal meat as if it’s his average, middle-of-the-road side dish.

If you’re unwilling to spring for cross-continental airfare for an exotic feast, consider Gorkha Palace’s “Yak Momo.” These steamed treats confine a small ball of succulent, pepper y yak meat, enhanced by a heavy dose of ginger and garlic, to a paper-thin dough wrapper.

Each plate of dumplings is accompanied by a small dish of tomato chutney, which is equally intense in flavor.

Gorkha is well-known for its Tibetan, Nepali and Indian flavors. They somehow manage to recreate the dishes of far-off places with mostly local ingredients. The yak used in the momo is raised in Cold Spring, Minn.

For the potato purist: Kramarczuk’s Sausage Company 215 E. Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis The lunchroom-style dining at Kramarczuk’s may generate terrible middle school flashbacks, but fear not — the food here is anything but the generously flung slop of those hallowed halls.

Although Kramarczuk’s is a famous sausage emporium, one of its best dishes is meat free entirely. The Ukrainian Varenyky here are silky

BRIDGET BENNETT, DAILY Potato Varenyky with a side of horseradish sour cream from Kramarczuk’s in Northeast Minneapolis.

pasta envelopes filled with an uncomplicated potato and cheese mixture. With a touch of salt and pepper, these dumplings are boiled and served with a side of horseradish cream sauce: subtle, simple and superb.

For on-the-go gourmet: Keefer Court Bakery 326 S. Cedar Ave., Minneapolis In the super-sized American food-scape, it’s tricky to find a meal that’s filling enough to qualify as more than a snack and small enough to carry in the palm of a hand. Nowadays, burritos are as big as newborns, and subs are literally a foot long.

Where to turn for a dish that satisfies a growing student’s appetite and constantly mo-

bile schedule? Keefer Court Bakery.

This Cedar-Riverside hang is only a hop, skip and jump away from campus and boasts some of the best Chinese delicacies in the Twin Cities.

For a quick lunch, a sure bet is a steamed barbecue pork bun. This pillow-soft roll is crammed with sweet bits of shredded pork that have been drenched in a tangy sauce. At $1.50 a piece, two or three of these portable dumplings make a deliciously cheap meal and leave plenty of leftover cash for one of the baker y’s tempting sugar y pastries.

The ugly dumplings of the Twin Cities will never transform into beautiful and graceful starter courses, but with the vast array of delicious dumplings to choose from, they are easily avoided.

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Fangs Out: Catching up with Actual Wolf ACTUAL WOLF AKA ERIC POLLARD ISN’T LOOKING FORWARD AS HE USES HIS GRAND RAPIDS CHARM AND FOLKY TENOR CROON TO PUMP OUT HIS NEW RECORD.

BY JOE KELLEN jkellen@mndaily.com

As far as Eric Pollard is concerned, cool is nothing subjective.

“Cool is it, i-t. It. My uncle said to me once that you either have it or you don’t,” said the sunglasses-covered face of Actual Wolf.

Pollard’s presence in multiple publications last year insinuates that his solo work has a surplus of “it.”

The Americana splashed alt/countr y sound and nar rativebased, Hank Williams-influenced songwriting has ear ned him praise from local critics and audiences alike, appearing at First Avenue’s Best New Bands event last Friday and making countless top10 lists in 2012.

As of late, Pollard has been completely focused on the music, producing over 100 songs independently since the beginnings of Actual Wolf.

Previously working in music as a dr ummer and keyboardist in well-known

nor thern outfits Retribution Gospel Choir and Low, Pollard already had a burgeoning music career before Actual Wolf. It took facing legal repercussions for growing and selling marijuana a couple years ago for him to step up and create solo material. His ar r est and subsequent probation barred his ability to leave the state for more than 15 days, forcing him to stay in Minnesota and embrace the local scene.

“I remember the cop walking me up the stairs to give me a ride home and go ing, ‘ N ow’ s t h e time to star t doing music full time,’” he said.

And it’s ver y clear that he has — Pollar d has moved his energy from the high-power art rock of Retribution Gospel Choir in favor of the Actual Wolf aesthetic, recently adding a full band to his wandering, folksy melodies and contemplative lyrics. He’s been cleaning up his act as well as his sound and is getting closer to the date that his legal restrictions are lifted.

“I’m looking for ward to sharing more music with more people,” Pollard said.

Star ting work on a new record produced by Alan Sparhawk in the beginning of this year and looking at a release date before the end of the sum-

mer, Pollar d has made sure to come to the project prepared. He writes lyrics and melodies ever y day, whether they’re in his head or on the dictation application on his iPhone.

Strict consistency aside, the singer-songwriter tries not to take himself too seriously.

“It’s just ar t, man,” he said. While it’s an audacious statement, he feels other ar tists in the music scene could learn a lesson from it, stating that the indie-folk movement is star ting to sound labored, par ticularly in the lyrical department.

Although Pollard is a wordsmith himself, taking influence from fellow nor ther ner Bob Dylan and Rodgers & Har t, he asser ts that it’s better to let a listener feel the words rather than tur n them into something hyper-literar y.

“Why don’t you tr y to be less like Hemingway and just make a lyric that isn’t too self-involved?”

Pollard asked.

This is precisely what Pollard is going for: straightfor ward sensibility, tight songwriting and an emphasis on appealing to a wider audience, not just “record store people.”

All in all, his goal is to set the bar high.

“I don’t just make music for me,” he said, “I make music for people.”

The cool kids table THE MEMBERS OF BOMBA DE LUZ MAY STILL BE HIGH SCHOOLERS, BUT THEY’RE WELL ON THEIR WAY TO THE SUCCESS OF A BAND TWICE THEIR AGE. JOE KELLEN JKELLEN @mndaily.com

L ydia Hoglund’s house wasn’t supposed to become the prime make out spot when she was in seventh grade. But then again, if it hadn’t, Bomba de Luz may not exist as it does today. Dr ummer Jonas Taghavi used to bring his tween girlfriends over to Hoglund’s place when he wasn’t working on percussion. The house has now become a creative space in the wake of the band’s growing popularity.

The alter native folk quartet met in junior high, though they didn’t begin producing their jazz and Latin inspired soundscapes until their sophomore year of high school.

Fast for ward to their senior year, and it’s clear that puberty, two critically acclaimed albums and a full schedule has matured the eclectic band’s dynamic.

“It’s been an incredible experience,” Hoglund said. It’s a sensible evaluation of the quick progres-

All about the Hamiltons LIVING IN A DREAM STATE OF DISBELIEF, RYAN HAMILTON SEES STABILITY IN STAND-UP COMEDY.

BY SPENCER DOAR sdoar@mndaily.com

Ryan Hamilton spends almost all of his time in nightclubs and bars and does not drink, frequently finding himself on a social see-saw where he is somehow the balanced one — an awkwardly handy situation for a single stand-up comedian.

A former public relations specialist who desired to be a journalist, Hamilton fell into a familiar trap: the allure of the open mic.

“I’m still doing this thing, and somehow I’ve fooled ever ybody,” Hamilton said.

It’s not fooling someone ,though, if the perception of the performer is accurate, and this effusive, “you can see all of my teeth when I smile” comedian is funny.

The material is almost secondar y to a stage persona that in itself is worthy of a chuckle. He’s so good natured, positively beaming after every chorus of laughter, that it’s impossible to

not be entertained.

He says he’s not a “bearall type of comedian.”

That’s only logical upon seeing Hamilton offstage, a much more reser ved, borderline-shy guy when out of the spotlight.

“Growing up, doing stuff in groups was never a problem,” Hamilton said. “One on one was more difficult.”

Some things never change: Hamilton is single, which has provided much fodder for new material.

He jokes about the inadequacies of hot-air ballooning for a date — the mere presence of fire and wicker in a flying device was enough to put Hamilton off.

His choices are primed for comic sentiment.

“I got stood-up on a picnic,” Hamilton said.

“I mean, who has picnics these days?”

Exclamations like these lead to a revelation: Hamilton is eerily similar to Jerry Seinfeld in cadence and occasionally in delivery.

But, for good or for ill — and it can be both — that is his voice.

When starting out, Hamilton admits it was easy to emulate other comedians; Seinfeld was not one of them.

In fact, one of his favorite comedians was Mitch Hedberg, to whom Hamilton shares almost no similarities when it comes to comedic style.

“It’s a weird desire to want to stand in front of people every night,” Hamilton said. “Something is off, I think.”

Maybe he’s making up for lost time. Hamilton grew up in the town of Ashton, Idaho, a booming potato metropolis with a whopping population of about 1,000.

While he jokes about his upbringing and Rockwellian pastimes, there is more small-town boy left in Hamilton than he might care to admit.

WHAT Ryan Hamilton WHEN 8 p.m., Thursday; 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday WHERE Acme Comedy Club, 708 N. First St., Minneapolis COST $15 AGE 18+

WHAT Brian Laidlaw and the Family Trade with Bomba de Luz and Chastity Brown Trio WHEN Friday, 10:30 p.m.

WHERE The Icehouse Restaurant, 2526 S. Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis COST $6 AGE 21+

Hip-hop anonymous

BY SHANNON RYAN sryan@mndaily.com

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recently asked to collaborate on a full-length album with P.O.S. “I thought, ‘Okay, now, we’re a par t of somethi n g , ’” Ho g l u n d s ai d .

Evan Slack also knew that this was something more than what they’d initially bargained for as a band.

“I was like, ‘Yeah, so, about college…’ It told us that this was serious,” he said.

And it only gets more serious from here on out if their plans for the coming years are any indication. They’ll begin work on a new album, book bigger shows and engage in another business that they insisted on keeping under wraps.

“We don’t know where it’s going to go, but we’re approaching it much more maturely than we did,” Slack said.

MUSIC

LOCAL RAPPER SEAN ANONYMOUS TALKS BEGINNINGS, BEATS AND BIRTHDAYS OVER A CUP O’ JOE.

EMILY DUNKER, DAILY Actual Wolf’s Eric Pollard finishes a cup of coffee outside his favorite Minneapolis haunt, The Coffee Shop Northeast, before driving back to his native Grand Rapids, Minn., on Jan. 18.

sion the group has had, having been featured in an in-studio session for 89.3 The Current and enjoying a coveted spot among First Avenue’s Best New Bands.

The attention is focused on their passionate sound.

The funky, fluid guitar work of Evan Slack paired with the aching resonance in Hoglund’s Buckleyesque deliver y jives well with Taghavi’s complex grooves and the circling jazz walks of bassist Gavin Taylor-Stark, suggesting that they’re making music beyond their years.

“We don’t get intr oduced as the high school band,” Taylor-Stark said.

The band’s animated, firecracker of a front woman has a lot to do with this.

“L ydia is someone who draws a lot of diverse attention to us. The hip-hop scene likes her, the rock scene likes her, the folk scene likes her,” Slack said.

The age label doesn’t have a huge effect on their identity as artists, either.

“I don’t think it bothers us as much as it makes us worr y about what will happen when we get older,” Hoglund said. It definitely hasn’t stopped other local artists from wanting to collaborate with them: Bomba de Luz opened for Heir uspecs at the Tur f Club last year, and Hoglund was

Making a casual and ef for tlessly swag-withoutpretention entrance into the Java Hut, it’d be dif ficult for any non-Minneapoline to know that this guy is a maverick in the world of underground hip-hop, with more than a decade of spittin’ under his belt and a fresh EP that has spent three months on the CMJ charts.

“I don’t consider myself a celeb; I feel like a normal dude,” Sean Anonymous said. “I ride the bus, I ride my bike around and I hang out with all of my friends.”

Beginning his rap game s pi t t i n ’ t o t h e r h ymes of Eminem and Snoop D og g f l ow i n g t h r ou g h the school bus speakers, it took the curiosity of a 13-year-old coupled with the beats of Dr. Dre, Del the Funky Homosapien and Deltron 3030 to get this kid creating his own music.

“I started freestylin’ on those ever y day and wrote my own songs,” Anon said.

“I had maybe two songs to each beat on the Deltron instrumentals. I just wrote to ever ything.”

His ascension into the world of rap-dom hasn’t faltered in more than a decade, instead heightening

upon joining the independent hip-hop group Wide Eyes in 2004, a group he is still producing and creating underground rap with.

Anon’s solo album “Anonymo” was released last July and was developed after more than a year-and-a-half of working in between layers of performances, tours and collaborations on songs with his band Wide Eyes and the satirically loaded hiphop group Bottom Feeders, among others.

Anonymous is always working on the next thing.

Whether that includes another solo project with Wide Eyes confidante Dimitr y Killstorm or generating lyrics and beats with the band for a soonto-be-r eleased EP with Phillip Morris, the emcee doesn’t stop.

“I’ve learned the difference between good busy and bad busy,” says Anon, “And I’m mostly good busy. [Good busy] is doing things like this inter view and per forming, things I like to be doing anyways.”

The 25-year-old rapper doesn’t stop his flow for much. He has been performing on his past five bir thdays, a tradition that shows no sign of stopping any time soon.

“This is the sixth year in a row that I’ve thrown my own birthday party, so that probably means I’m of ficially lame,” Anonymous said. “But I can’t think of anything else I’d rather be doing on my bir thday than per forming

for a big crowd.”

Releasing a distinct amount of ener gy and conviction through his onstage self, it’s no surprise last year’s bir thday bash was sold out. Anonymous’ tack of performing is more about retur ning to the mindset he had when creating each track.

“I tr y to picture what I’m saying, I tr y to picture the lyrics and get into the same feeling I had when I wrote the song, and I tr y to recreate that on stage,” he says. “Thinking about the words brings out these feelings, and it’s a natural response.”

Sean Anonymous is a Minneapolis emcee with an equal amount of humility and self-assurance.

“I don’t think I’m all that,” he says. “I’m confident. I think I make good music. And I’m quite sure I’m gonna do well, because I don’t have a backup plan.

[Rapping] is pretty much the only thing I focus on; it’s the thing I do the best and what I do most.”

WHAT Sean Anonymous’ Birthday Bash WHEN 8 p.m., Thursday WHERE Triple Rock Social Club, 629 S. Cedar Ave., Minneapolis COST $5 in advance, $7 at the doors AGE 18+

EMILY DUNKER, DAILY Minneapolis rapper Sean Anonymous at Cause Spirits and Soundbar in his LynLake neighborhood.

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

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01/24

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

All rights reserved.

Today’s Birthday (1/24): The first six months of 2013 are especially creative; set financial goals to take advantage. All this energy is attractive, too. Your social life bounces. Travel and explore.

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 9 — Keep your objective in mind and focus. Distractions could trigger an emotional breakdown. Cooperate with one who has what you lack.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 7 — Practice obedience, and get stronger. Team projects go well. Accept spiritual encouragement, and open the door to a romantic adventure.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 6 — You’re extra brilliant for the next few days. Others may object to a plan, so devise a persuasive argument, and dress it glamorously. Get to

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is an 8 — Break out of your shell, and shatter your next ceiling. Expansion can be sustainable if done with respect for the shared environment.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 6 — The next phase could be profitable and perfect for traveling but more fun with a partner. Imagine a future goal realized.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 7 — Now’s a good time to pay bills and complete past homework. In the face of controversy, consider another perspective.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 9 — You’re awesome and extremely creative, even under pressure. And you’re getting stronger. Look forward to two days in the spotlight.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is an 8 — Update your skills and make inroads quietly. You don’t have to brag about your accomplishments. Just believe in yourself.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 5 — If you’re going to worry, do it effectively and where you can make a difference. Some of your best work comes from confronting the difficulties.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 7 — Somebody very interesting finds you fascinating; stay cool. Don’t go shopping for treats yet. Focus on making money instead.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 9 — You’re doing a great job with what you have; search for allies anyway. You don’t have to go at it alone. Imagine your space reorganized.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is an 8 — By now you should have done the homework. If you haven’t, don’t put it off anymore. Move up the ladder with increased confidence.

Thursday, January 24, 2013

overheard “Dude, this weekend we can go to the bars cuz you’re 21 now, and we’re both awesome!”

—Knoll Area bus stop

“Like, can you eat a fetus?”

—Unknown

“Dude, are those bootcut jeans?”

—Middlebrook Hall

“What are cotton balls made of?”

—Middlebrook Hall

Professor: “Seriously, you’re already on your phone?”

Student: “Sorry. I’m just Instagraming your shoes.”

—Murphy Hall

Guy 1: “So, was your job actually legal?”

Guy 2: “Well ... I’m actually not sure.”

Student 2: “Welcome to the first three years of my college career taking engineering classes. If there were girls, they sure didn’t look like it.”

—Green Hall

Professor: “You get three tries at your graded online quizzes. This is because I understand something may distract you while you are taking a quiz, like your cat may come over and decide to do the tango on your keyboard.”

—Willey Hall

Professor: “I like when people are direct. Come up to me and say ‘Ms. ____, I’m not going to be in class tomorrow because I’m ... getting a hamster.’ And I’ll say, ‘Good luck with the hamster. I know exactly where you’re going to be. Appreciate it.’”

—Unknown

—Frontier Hall

Professor: “Last semester I swear I had the classroom where whiteboard markers went to die. It brought a whole new meaning to the term ‘50 Shades of Grey. ’ ”

—Statistics class

Guy: “I know when pictures of my mom are hot!”

—Smith Hall

“I can’t wait to go to your funeral!”

—Middlebrook Hall

Student 1: “Where are all the girls in this class?”

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FOR RELEASE JANUARY 24, 2013

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

ACROSS 1 Polynesian tongue 6 Early Democrat’s foe 10 Diary closer 14 Pump name 15 Premoistened cloth 16 Still-life subject 17 Luminous Spanish king?

19 Practitioner of meditation 20 Lassie’s “In a pig’s eye!”

21 Monopolize 22 Seed source of omega-3 23 Back-of-the-book items 27 Bloodhound’s 48Across 29 Chart containing only threes?

31 Salt’s “Halt!”

35 Flat hat 36 Like a comics Pea? 37 Close tightly, as one’s hand 38 Groggy response 40 “Welcome to Maui!”

42 Seldom seen, to Seneca 43 Grinch portrayer 45 Myrna’s “Thin Man” role 47 KoKo or YumYum, in Lilian Jackson Braun mysteries 48 Plus 49 Turkish sty leader?

51 Bulldogs’ home 53 Seven-time MLB All-Star Soriano 54 Fair 57 Sighing sounds 59 Consume 60 Bee’s charge 61 Rock in actress Susan’s path, perhaps?

66 Hon 67 Lang of Smallville 68 “Monster” (2003) co-star 69 Like many LAX flights 70 First place?

71 Trap

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By Michael Sharp

DOWN 1 Large body of eau 2 Dismiss 3 Acne treatment brand 4 Longtime “60 Minutes” pundit 5 Babies 6 Teens conflict, briefly 7 Up in the air 8 Droid alternative 9 Day one, informally 10 Casual greeting craze?

11 One who might get caught off base 12 Company with a hedgehog mascot 13 __ fixe 18 Took out in handcuffs, say 23 1971 prison riot site 24 Works on stage 25 Expresses doubts 26 Biblical brother 28 ESPN reporter Paolantonio 30 Sierra __ 32 Analgesic brand

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33 Skinny types 34 “Oh, really?”

37 Itinerant Yuletide singer 39 How owls know when mice are bluffing?

41 Georgetown player 44 LAX posting 46 Business matters 49 Execute, in old France

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50 Deep-dish comfort food 52 Soup dispenser 54 Author Picoult 55 Supported by 56 Bank deposit 58 Last word on New Year’s Eve? 62 Brown in a bed 63 Loan no.

64 Old French coin 65 Upholsterer’s target

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dr. date Dr. Date,

I have an old-fashioned crush Q for you. I like this girl I used to work with, but now I don’t work there anymore.

I thought the feelings would pass along with my employment ending, but I still get the feelings when I see updates or photos from her on Facebook. We had very little in common and didn’t talk much. So how do I 1) find a “normal” reason to talk to her so we can get to know each other more and 2) make my move?

—Running Out Of Time

Slow Mover,

Facebook crushes are my least favorite kind of crushes. Actually, scratch that — ALL online crushes are my least favorite kind.

When you’re crushing on someone in-person — even if they’re on the opposite side of a lecture hall — at least your lust is directed at a real human being.

You may not know much about them, but you CAN see a certain amount of imperfection (the dumb comment she makes in class, the bad tattoo on his forearm) that can help you decide whether to pursue them further.

On the Internet, though, everyone is careful to show only the best possible version of themselves — the one with a gazillion friends who eats only Instagramable food and doesn’t sometimes spend the weekend wearing a dirty sweatshirt while watching “The Hills.”

You probably already know all of this from seeing “The Social Network” or just from being, you know, alive, but my point is this: It’s possible that your feelings are not for this girl but for her Facebook profile.

You say you didn’t really talk with her when you worked together. Why not? Is it because, like you say, the two of you don’t have much in common? No matter the reason, it’s not fair to you or to her if you don’t take a chance and find out how the two of you get along as living, breathing people.

Start chatting with her the next time

she’s online, look for an opportunity to move things offline (“Hey, are you going to the show at First Avenue this weekend?”) and figure out if you actually DO have anything in common.

If yes, great. If not, look around for someone you actually see in real life — and try to hold off looking through her spring break photos.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

How does one deal with an S.O. that goes cray when he’s drinking? I love my guy, but sometimes when we are all out with him and his guy friends, after a few too many he’s just too out-of-control — he isn’t the best boyfriend, and he’s just obnoxious. How do I talk to him about that without coming off like a wet blanket or like I’m trying to change him?

—A Sobering Issue

Sober Up,

For me, this is pretty cut-and-dry.

If your boyfriend embarrasses you in front of anyone — his friends, your friends, total strangers — it’s a problem. Asking him to behave in a way that makes you proud isn’t the same as being a wet blanket. It’s not like you’re telling him not to go out with his friends or not to drink — you just want him to act like an adult.

Bring up your concerns in a way that’s not aggressive or accusatory. Explain how it makes you feel when he behaves this way, emphasizing the fact that when he drinks he is (I assume) different than when he’s sober. Tell him, as you told me, that you love him and you’re not trying to change him.

Because, of cour se, you can’t change someone, and you really shouldn’t try to. But if stopping this pattern of drinking so much that he becomes a bad boyfriend would mean a major character change for him, then maybe it’s time to look for a new boy.

—Dr. Date

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

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

After shootings, states rethink mental health cuts

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DES MOINES, Iowa — Dozens of states have slashed spending on mental health care over the last four years, driven by the recession’s toll on revenue and, in some cases, a new zeal to shrink government.

But that trend may be heading for a U-turn in 2013 after last year’s shooting rampages by two mentally disturbed gunmen.

The reversal is especially jar ring in statehouses dominated by conser vative Republicans, who aggressively cut welfare programs but now find themselves caught in a crosscurrent of pressures involving gun control, public safety and health care for millions of disadvantaged Americans.

In many states, lawmakers have begun to recognize that their cuts “may have gone too deep,” said Shelley Chandler, executive director of the Iowa Alliance of Community Providers. “People star t talking when there’s a crisis.”

About 30 states have reduced mental health spending since 2008, when revenues were in steep decline, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

In a third of those states, the cuts surpassed 10 percent.

As a result, nine stater un psychiatric hospitals were closed and another 3,200 beds for mental health patients were elimi-

nated, dramatically reducing treatment options for the poor and people in the criminal-justice system.

Thousands of patients were turned onto the streets.

Making matters worse, the cuts came as unemployment was rising, causing more people to lose private insurance and forcing them to shift to public assistance.

The steepest drop by percentage was in South Carolina, where spending fell by nearly 40 percent over four years — an amount that Republican Gov. Nikki Haley has called “absolutely immoral.”

Now Haley, who took office in 2011, has pledged to bolster a mental health system that dropped case workers, closed treatment centers and extended waiting lists. She also wants to expand remote access to psychiatrists through video conferencing.

Both Pennsylvania and Utah have put aside plans to scale back their mental health systems.

And Kansas, which cut mental health spending by 12 percent from 2008 to 2011, announced this month a new $10 million program aimed at identifying mental health dangers.

“I don’t think we’re well set as a state at all to be able to deal with these intensive cases” of mental illness, acknowledged Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, usually an avid proponent of downsizing social programs.

The sudden pause reflects anxiety from last

year’s shootings in a Colorado movie theater and a Connecticut elementar y school. Although little is known about the mental health of either gunman, the attacks have shaken state legislatures that until recently didn’t intend to consider more social spending. In some cases, gunrights advocates are seeking mental health reforms as an alternative to more gun laws.

Jon Thompson, spokesman for the Republican Governors Association, said many budget-cutting governors are having second thoughts, including whether to reform mental health policies “to further invest in the safety of their citizens.”

South Carolina eliminated 600 full-time case workers and closed five treatment centers. That led to an increase in the number of people with mental illness in jail in Columbia — so much that it now exceeds the patient total at the city’s public psychiatric hospital.

“We’ve been unable to maintain those preventative measures to keep people out of jail,” said Bill Lindsey, director of South Carolina’s National Association on Mental Illness.

During for mer Gov. Mark Sanford’s term, the fiscal pressure was inescapable. The recession cut state revenue by more than $1 billion from 2008 to 2011.

“It wasn’t really Sanford’s fault,” said former state Rep. Dan Cooper, Republican chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.

“There just wasn’t enough money to go around.”

Revenues have since recovered somewhat, and are projected to be at levels last seen in 2008.

In Kansas, under thenGov. Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, state psychiatric hospitals began treating only the most dangerous cases. Caseloads at the Johnson County Mental Health Center near Kansas City rose from the recommended 15 per caseworker to more than 30 in 2010.

Tim DeWeese, the center’s clinical director, said one of his patients who had finished college and gotten a job and an apartment became homeless after his doctor visits were cut off.

“It came crashing down all the way,” DeWeese said.

Oklahoma also cut mental health programs in 2010 and 2011. But Republican Gov. Mary Fallin, a conservative elected in the GOP landslide of 2010 on a promise to cut spending, reversed course last year after grim warnings about the effect on public safety, and after several teen suicides in Oklahoma City.

“Ther e just wer en’t enough resources,” said Harry Tyler, director of the Mental Health Association of Central Oklahoma.

Fallin approved a 20 percent budget increase and has pledged to make mental health a priority again this year.

“You’ll see more emphasis on being able to identify people that might have mental health challenges,” she said.

Tyler said he would encourage Fallin to provide more money for screening teenagers who could endanger themselves or others.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, another Republican, has promised to fully implement a new program under which people are required to take medication and attend therapy if a judge believes they pose a risk.

Mike Hammond, executive director of Kansas’ Association of Community Mental Health Centers, said his state’s governor is looking for new ideas on mental health care.

“I think he’s realized what’s happening in our system,” Hammond said.

To be sure, Republicans have not given up on keeping state government lean and taxes low. And some party members question how much mental health spending will be approved.

“I’m not telling you she gets the money,” former South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson said of Haley.