January 29, 2013

CAMPUS & METRO

EDITORIALS & OPINIONS

Voting process may shut out students

Leave no woman behind

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MnDOT will reintroduce sound walls for 35W despite concerns.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Banham scores 37, but comeback stalls

Allowing women to fight combat provides numerous benefits for the U.S. Armed Forces.

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Colleges look past applicants’ test scores

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MINNEAPOLIS

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STUDENT ISSUES

CITY GOVERNMENT

Schiff joins race for Mpls. mayor

Experts say other variables can level the playing field.

Gary Schiff has served on the City Council since 2001.

BY TYLER GIESEKE tgieseke@mndaily.com

DePaul University in Chicago recently enrolled its first class of students without looking at any standardized test scores.

Instead, the students’ applications included short-response questions designed to evaluate whether they possessed certain “noncognitive” variables, like leadership, long-term goals and the ability to deal with setbacks, which can help predict collegiate success.

While many colleges and universities are looking beyond test scores and GPAs in the admissions process, academic performance is still widely used as the first consideration.

The University of Minnesota uses a holistic admissions process in which academic preparation is the primary factor, said admissions director Rachelle Hernandez.

Most studies demonstrate that grades

AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY

Strategic communication junior Karen Elizondo lights microbiology junior Dane Elmquist’s candle during a vigil for University student Matt Challou on the Washington Avenue Bridge on Monday. Challou committed suicide Jan. 21.

Gathering to remember U students held a vigil Monday night to remember a friend lost to suicide.

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BUSINESS

Mpls. looks to regulate pubs on wheels

BY ALMA PRONOVE apronove@mndaily.com

mental illnesses are espe-

BY BRIAN AROLA barola@mndaily.com

Minneapolis City Councilman Gary Schiff will formally announce his candidacy for mayor Tuesday night at Blarney Pub and Grill in Dinkytown.

Schiff, a University of Minnesota graduate, filed paperwork to run in December and has been raising money and gaining supporters since.

Councilwoman Betsy Hodges announced in November she would run and Councilman Don Samuels is launching his campaign on Wednesday.

After three terms, Mayor R.T. Rybak announced in late December that he would not seek a fourth.

A councilman since 2001, Schiff is wellliked by small business owners and was the driving force behind easing regulations on micro-breweries.

Schiff said creating jobs is one of the most important issues facing the city and small businesses play a key role in providing work.

“If small businesses can’t succeed in Minneapolis, nobody succeeds,” he said.

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New measures would be similar to St. Paul’s 2012 pedal pub ordinance.

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BY BRIAN AROLA barola@mndaily.com

committed suicide last

Monday night vigil.

Monday.

The Minneapolis City Council moved to regulate pedal pubs Monday, looking to deter noise and curb unruly riders.

The new restrictions, proposed by Councilwoman Diane Hofstede, include requiring operators to keep noise levels down and mandate on-site bathrooms at pick-up and drop-off areas.

At the public hearing Monday, many

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The two were friends in

Studies have found that suicide is one of the leading

high school, and they both attended the University.

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u See PEDAL PUBS Page 5 One councilwoman questioned why pedal pubs are legal in the first place.

A Dinkytown lifer to close shop Laurel Bauer — a true Dinkytown lifer — might be moving on soon.

BY MARION RENAULT mrenault@mndaily.com

JAAK JENSEN, DAILY

House of Hanson, owner Laurel Bauer’s claim to Dinkytown fame, has been in her family for 80 years. Bauer recently signed a purchase agreement with developer the Opus Group and will be closing the store.

If there’s one thing Laurel Bauer knows, it’s Dinkytown.

She grew up in Marcy-Holmes.

She went to Marshall University High School, just across the street from her family’s Dinkytown grocer y store. She met her husband at the University of Minnesota, and each of her children attended her alma mater.

Now she is looking to close the final chapter on the more than 80-year story of her family business, House of Hanson.

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GOLF

THE TRANSITION what comes next for student-athletes

Former Gophers golfer Donald Constable qualified for the PGA Tour in December.

BY NATE GOTLIEB ngotlieb@mndaily.com

It took him more than three months and a lifetime of practice. He was living out his dream and carr ying on the legacy of his father, who passed away when he was a junior in high school. He was finally a member of the highest level of golf in the world.

And he was exhausted.

After 17 rounds of tour nament golf over three months, Donald Constable had qualified for the PGA Tour.

Constable, who golfed with the Gophers from 2010-11, was one of the last few to make the tour in his group. He obtained his tour card through the PGA’s three-month qualifying process known as Q-school.

But it didn’t matter how he made it.

He was now on the same stage as Tiger Woods and the world’s other pre-eminent golfers.

“It’s weird being around all of these guys that you’ve watched on TV for so many years,” Constable said, “and now you’re sitting at breakfast with them and hitting balls with them before you tee off.”

Constable, 23, became, in December, the four th former Gophers athlete to qualify for the PGA Tour.

He played for the Gophers for a season and a half after transferring from the University of Texas. He finished his career with the fourth-lowest scoring average in Gophers histor y.

While Constable hasn’t made the cut in either of his two tour events thus far, those who know him well think he has the ability and temperament to make it on the tour.

“He needs to keep believing in his ability because he has a high level of golf u See CONSTABLE Page 8 Constable will need to finish in the top 125 on this year’s PGA Tour money list to keep his tour card.

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BRISBANE, Australia — Thousands of Australians huddled in shelters Tuesday as torrential rains flooded cities and towns in the northeast, killing four people and prompting around 1,000 helicopter evacuations.

With floodwaters expected to peak in most of the worst-hit areas later Tuesday, officials were rushing to move those in the highest-risk areas to safety.

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Around 1,500 residents fled to evacuation centers, while patients at the local hospital were being airlifted to Brisbane as a precaution.

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“You see a lot of locations where there are literally sort of rapids. There’s white water out there, so it is very dangerous.”

Queensland residents and of ficials were being particularly cautious, after floodwaters from heavy rain in late 2010 and early 2011 left much of the state under water in the worst flooding Australia had seen in decades. The 2010-2011 floods killed 35 people, damaged or destroyed 30,000 homes

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Dutch Queen Beatrix abdicating, son will be king

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Netherlands’ Queen Beatrix announced Monday that she is ending her reign after 33 years and passing the crown to her eldest son, who has long been groomed to be king but who will have to work hard to match his mother’s popularity.

The widely expected abdication comes at a time of debate over the future of the largely ceremonial Dutch monarchy, but also as calm has descended upon the Netherlands after a decade of turmoil that saw Beatrix act as the glue that held together an increasingly divided society.

“Responsibility for our countr y must now lie in the hands of a new generation,” Beatrix, one of Europe’s longest-ser ving monarchs, said in the simple, televised speech announcing her abdication.

The queen, who turns 75 in just a few days, said she will step down from the throne on April 30. That same day, her eldest son, Willem-Alexander, will be appointed king at an inauguration in Amsterdam. He will be the Netherlands’ first king since Willem III died in 1890.

Willem-Alexander is a 45-year-old father of three young daughters, an International Olympic Committee member, a pilot and a water management expert.

Over the years, he has struggled to win the affection of this nation of 16 million, but his immensely popular wife, the Argentine-born Maxima, has helped him gain more acceptance ever since she brushed away a tear during their wedding in 2002.

Lawyer fired in 9/11 case at Guantanamo

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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — A Guantanamo Bay prisoner charged in the Sept. 11 attacks fired one of his military attorneys Monday in an apparent sign of distrust of his Pentagon-appointed legal counsel.

Waleed bin Attash at first refused to speak when questioned by the judge about his desire to dismiss one of his three lawyers, Marine Corps Maj. William Hennessy. He hinted at his motivation later in an exchange with the judge about whether he wished to attend future sessions of the court.

“We have been dealing with our attorneys for about a year and a half and we have not been able to get any trust with them,” the Yemeni said through an Arabic translator.

The dismissal of the attorney came at the start of what is expected to be a four-day hearing to address a wide range of often abstract pretrial legal issues.

Bin Attash is one of the lesser figures among the five defendants in the Sept. 11 case. He allegedly ran an al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan where two of the 19 hijackers in the terrorist attacks trained. He is also believed to have been a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden.

Defendants in the military tribunal have civilian counsel in addition to military lawyers. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has portrayed himself as the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, added an additional death penalty specialist, California lawyer Gary Sowards, to his team Monday.

The lawyer ousted by bin Attash said in an interview outside court that he is prohibited from discussing the details of his conversations with the defendant. But he said there was no specific incident that precipitated his dismissal.

“It had nothing to do with substance, nothing to do with my work on the team, no disagreements over anything,” he said.

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Voting process may shut out students

BY KELSEY SHIRRIFF kshirriff@mndaily.com

Residents in the MarcyHolmes neighborhood will vote on a proposed noise barrier for Interstate 35W in April, but University of Minnesota students may not have much say.

Due to the weighted voting process conducted by the Minnesota Depar tment of Transpor tation, renters adjacent to the $5 million project can’t give as much input as property owners.

The sound wall, which would r un along both sides of I-35W from Fourth Street to Johnson Street Nor theast, was initially voted on in fall 2011 but was suspended because of residents’ complaints.

MnDOT of ficials want to build the sound walls because federal law requires them to address the noise impact, said Scott Pedersen, MnDOT Metropolitan District West Area engineer.

Besides protests that it

would remove trees and gardens, block sunlight and encourage crimes like graf fiti, members of the Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association are concerned that the voting process will shut students out.

MnDOT decides whether a wall should be built based on votes from residents or building owners the depar tment has determined would experience a noise reduction of at least five decibels, Pedersen said.

The votes from each affected building are given dif ferent weight based on ownership, number of residents and proximity to the project.

Proper ty owners’ votes hold the most leverage, followed by residents and then renters, who have the least amount of say.

Furthermore, Pedersen said in larger buildings, only renters facing the interstate and with a patio would be able to vote.

Frater nities and sororities located along the highway would only receive one vote because they have one owner, despite their high capacities, Pedersen said.

“It’s a highly unfair —

almost you would think illegal — kind of process,” said Melissa Bean, the executive director of the Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association.

“We argue that the process doesn’t work in urban areas,” said Ar vonne Fraser, vice president of the MHNA. “The rules are written for the suburbs … it doesn’t work in a neighborhood like ours.”

But Katie Sisum, who owns a condo adjacent to the proposed wall, agrees with the voting policy.

Renters are less engaged in the community, she said.

“Nobody cares if they’re renting,” she said.

“They don’t have as much of a vested interest.”

Fraser said that because the area is primarily rental, it’s too dif ficult to figure out who’s eligible to vote as a resident, owner or renter.

“Some students can vote, if they live in a benefited receptor house,” she said. “But who’s going to determine which students can vote and which can’t?”

The system is also problematic, Bean said, because the sound walls would still affect residents

who don’t r eceive five decibels of noise reduction.

“They would have the same physical impact looking out their window ever y day,” she said. “Only they don’t get a say in it.”

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Responses The last time sound walls came to a vote, Pedersen said, only 22 percent of neighborhood residents responded.

Non-responses count as “yes” votes according to the MnDOT noise policy guidelines — something else the MHNA takes issue with.

“How do they determine the number of nonrespondents? I assume they determine it by how many letters they sent out,” Fraser said. “But if the letters are wrong, then the vote count is wrong.”

Fraser and Bean said MnDOT doesn’t take into account multiple occupants when notifying residents of an upcoming vote and therefore doesn’t distribute the correct number of ballots.

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In 2011, the ballots were sent by a consulting firm to residents as prepaid post cards. The ballots were sometimes mistaken for junk mail, Pedersen said, which kept residents from responding.

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just thrown it away,” Bean said.

MnDOT will distribute and tally the votes themselves this April, Pedersen said.

He said 51 percent of polled residents will need to vote against the proposal to keep the sound walls from going up.

“If people who would benefit from the construction don’t want the wall,” Pederson said, “we won’t build the wall.”

Gathering to remember Vigil u from Page 1

the bridge to show how he lit up our lives,” Schliesing said. “He was the last person you would expect to [commit suicide]. He was the life of the party.”

Challou’s friends from his hometown of White Bear Lake and Hill Murrary High School came to pay their respects, along with his family and his priest.

The vigil began inside the Washington Avenue Bridge walkway, where Schliesing spoke about the importance of community and passed out candles adorned with a poem about Challou.

The group then moved outside to look down on the south end of the Mississippi River.

As they stood, three Uni-

versity counselors waited in silence behind the group.

They had come to of fer suppor t for anybody who wanted it.

“This is a tragedy we never want to see happen again,” said senior psychologist Robert Seybold.

Candice Price, an urgent counselor at Boynton Mental Health Clinic, said the University offers counseling for those in need.

“We’re here to help, and there are therapies and treatments that can assist someone in managing their depression and recovering,” she said.

The University of fers 35W the Boynton Mental Health Clinic on the East Bank and University Counseling and Consulting Ser vices with of fices on both the East Bank and St. Paul campus.

The University is making mental health resources a priority in 2013, starting with the addition of a

new mental health clinic on the St. Paul campus.

On its website, Boynton said that due to an “unexpectedly high demand,” it would likely be a month or more before a student could get a new appointment for therapy. But the site also notes group therapy sessions meet once a week and are open to all students with a $5 co-pay.

For urgent situations, students can call Boynton’s Crisis Connection.

At the vigil, Challou’s friends and family talked about how he was a sailor, a band mate, a friend and a constant source of laughter.

Others were silent, unable to describe their emotions.

“It’s hard to put into words, but it’s like I’ve always said: ‘He was the most genuine dude around and his laughter could light up the whole room,’” said psychology junior Tom Welle.

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Elora Koepcke, a friend of Matt Challou, lights a friend’s candle on the Washington Avenue bridge on Monday.

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Student victimized by online financial scam Also, a U student was arrested for assault after a fight.

BY JAKE STARK jstark@mndaily.com

A University of Minnesota student discovered he was the victim of an online financial scam Friday, according to a University police report.

Twenty-year-old Yiqun Zhang signed up to work as a tutor on UniversityTutor.com, a site for students to find tutors, and worked with a student on the website by the name of “John Metcalf” from Lebanon, Miss.

After he tutored Metcalf, Zhang r eceived a check for $2,800, but it was made out by a “Warren Erickson” from Suwanee, Ga. Before he cashed the check, Metcalf, whom Zhang never met in person, asked him to send $2,000 via MoneyGram to

someone in Florida, who the suspect said needed the money.

After Zhang sent the check to Florida, he said his bank told him the original check he received had bounced.

Zhang repor ted the scam to University police Friday.

University police Deputy Chief Chuck Miner said he’s seen students victimized by similar scams on websites like Craigslist, but had never heard of UniversityTutor.com.

He said scammers typically send a check wor th more money than the victim asks for and then ask the victim to send back cash to make up the difference.

“Then, [the victims are] out their money because the check was bogus in the first place,” he said.

The website warns users about potential scams.

It tells them to never accept checks from people far away, wire unknown

people funds or deal with someone who refuses to meet face to face or talk over the phone.

U student cited for assault

A University student was ar rested near Como Avenue Southeast late Sunday night after a fight with another man not affiliated with the University, according to a Minneapolis police report.

Connor Chapman, a pre-medical junior, was ar rested on suspicion of fifth-degree assault just after 11 p.m. on Sunday after a fight broke out between him and his roommate’s boyfriend, Joe Chase, 18, according to the report.

Chase said the fight star ted when both men were arguing in separate rooms when Chapman allegedly burst through the door and slammed Chase multiple times against the wall.

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week over things,” he said.

Police ar rived and arrested Chapman shor tly after war d. Police cited him for fifth-degree misdemeanor assault, meaning he intentionally tried to harm Chase, and released him.

But Chapman told a slightly different stor y. “[Chase] has been causing issues for God knows how long,” he said.

Chapman said Chase punched a hole through Chapman’s bathroom door while the two were arguing. Instead of calling the police right away, he said he lost his temper and the two began to shove one another until Chase called the police.

“Not a single punch was thrown,” Chapman said.

The police repor t said officers found enough evidence to cite Chapman for the assault.

Both men said they received scratches during the fight, but neither sustained serious injuries.

Scouts considering retreat from no-gays policy

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — The Boys Scouts of America is considering a dramatic retreat from its controversial policy of excluding gays as leaders and youth members.

Under the change now being discussed, the different religious and civic groups that sponsor Scout units would be able to decide for themselves how to address the issue — either maintaining an exclusion of gays or opening up their membership.

Monday’s announcement of the possible change comes after years of protests over the policy — including petition campaigns

that have prompted some corporations to suspend donations to the Boy Scouts.

Under the proposed change, said BSA spokesman Deron Smith, “the Boy Scouts would not, under any circumstances, dictate a position to units, members, or parents.”

The Boys Scouts, which celebrated its 100th anniversar y in 2010, has long excluded both gays and atheists. Smith said a change in the policy toward atheists was not being considered, and that the BSA continued to view “Duty to God” as one of its basic principles.

Protests over the nogays policy gained momentum in 2000, when the U.S.

Supreme Court upheld the BSA’s right to exclude gays.

Scout units lost sponsorships by public schools and other entities that adhered to nondiscrimination policies, and several local Scout councils made public their displeasure with the policy.

More recently, amid petition campaigns, shipping giant UPS Inc. and drug-manufacturer Merck announced that they were halting donations from their charitable foundations to the Boy Scouts as long as the no-gays policy was in force.

Also, local Scout officials drew widespread criticism in recent months for ousting Jennifer Tyrrell, a lesbian mom, as a den leader of

her son’s Cub Scout pack in Ohio and for refusing to approve an Eagle Scout application by Ryan Andresen, a California teen who came out as gay last fall.

“An end to this ban will restore dignity to countless families across the countr y, my own included, who simply wanted to take part in all scouting has to offer,” Tyr rell said. “My family loved participating in scouting, and I look for ward to the day when we might once again be able to take part.”

Many of the protest campaigns, including one seeking Tyrrell’s reinstatement, had been waged with help from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

Sales tax plan would be boon to some Minn. cities

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

ST. PAUL, Minn. — About two dozen Minnesota cities and counties whose sales taxes piggyback on the state’s would see a gusher of new money if Gov. Mark Dayton’s proposed sales tax expansion prevails.

Most of the local taxes are temporar y and dedicated to specific purposes, which could mean quicker repayment of public debt on civic centers, airports, stadiums and sewer projects.

That would mean the local sales taxes would end sooner. Other cities have more flexibility on how they could spend a windfall from taxes that either never expire or won’t for decades.

Several Twin Cities-area counties impose a quartercent sales tax to pay for re-

gional mass transit projects, and the amount raised from that would shoot up.

The trickle-down effect of Dayton’s sales tax proposal has garnered little attention since the Democratic governor released his budget plan last week. Dayton’s budget would subject a range of consumer and business ser vices — haircuts, tattoos, legal bills and accountant fees among them — to the tax while lowering the state’s overall rate from 6.875 percent to 5.5 percent.

As it is now structured, the local sales taxes would remain at their current rates but apply to everything the state considers taxable.

Early estimates by the Minnesota Department of Revenue provided to The Associated Press show that cities and counties with

their own sales tax could expect to take in 60 percent more than they take in now.

Counties would be in line for $79 million more in 2014; cities with extra sales taxes would gain a combined $60 million. The actual amount each city or county could expect would vary because consumption of the newly taxed goods or ser vices isn’t the same from place to place.

Duluth’s 1 percent sales tax could generate an extra $8 million per year, according to a separate House Research estimate. Mayor Don Ness said it would come at a critical time, given a recent court loss that deprives the city of $6 million in annual payments from an American Indian band that operates a downtown casino.

“We’ve been on the ra-

zor’s edge with our budget for over a decade in the city of Duluth, and while we’re getting close to finding stability, we still have a long way to go,” Ness said Monday. Ness envisions using the revenue uptick to plug the hole from the casino decision and pay off other debt, but he’s well aware that the expansion is no sure thing.

St. Paul, which levies a half-cent sales tax, is also taking a wait-and-see mentality. Sixty percent of those proceeds go for neighborhood or cultural development, with the rest used to repay debt from the city’s convention center. City economic development projects could benefit, but city officials said it’s too soon to say precisely how.

Mpls. police officials discuss gun control in D.C.

BY ALMA PRONOVE apronove@mndaily.com

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Minneapolis police Chief Janeé Harteau and Hennepin County Sheriff Richard Stanek were among the 13 law enforcement officials invited to the White House to discuss gun control Monday, according to the Star Tribune.

President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretar y Janet Napolitano were all in attendance at Monday’s meeting.

Har teau and Stanek were invited as part of the Major Cities Chiefs Police Association and the Major County Sheriffs’ Association, according to CBS News. The president invited police from cities that have recently suffered through a high-profile mass shooting, such as Newton, Conn., and

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STAND Aurora, Colo.

Obama is also committed to fighting urban gun violence in addition to mass shootings, according to CBS News.

This meeting represents the latest installment of Obama’s push for tighter gun control across the country, according to Reuters. Outspoken support from law enforcers would help the president rally the support he needs in Congress for his proposed guncontrol legislation.

Obama unveiled his gun proposal Jan. 16 and included in it a ban on militarystyle assault weapons and a requirement of universal background checks on gun owners.

U outlines finances at Capitol, lawmakers skeptical One rep said the U needs to show more examples of where it’s struggling.

BY JESSICA LEE jlee@mndaily.com

University of Minnesota administrators are becoming regulars at the state Capitol, and legislators aren’t holding back.

In the continued effort of petitioning for state funds, administrators are presenting overviews of the University to prepare the lawmakers for the school’s official budget request in the coming weeks.

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee Chair Rep. Gene Pelowski, DFL-Winona, along with other members, grilled the University officials Monday about student debt, tuition and excessive spending — a conversation that will continue for weeks.

“Legislative oversight is an on-going duty of the Legislature,” Pelowski said in a statement. “Before we can determine whether the current budget requests for more state revenue are valid, we have to understand where current and past state revenues have been spent.”

University Chief Financial Officer Richard Pfutzenreuter said the conversation about freezing tuition should be discussed openly, “flat, square in the middle of the table.”

Pelowski criticized the University’s approach with legislators thus far.

“The University of Minnesota has apparently no prob-

lem, in the course of any legislative session, showing us how successful it has been in any given area,” said Pelowski at the committee meeting Monday. “Where it appears to have great difficulty is showing us where it’s had to make tough choices.”

He said he wants to forego the “ra-ra … glittering, sparkling snowflakes” of the University and look at where the University is hurting and at what’s being overlooked.

Pfutzenreuter said more details about the University’s spending will be presented in future hearings.

The University has faced scrutiny from legislators and constituents alike since being deemed an example of administrative bloat in a December Wall Street Journal article.

That said, the request for an 8.4 percent increase in state funding comes at an unfortunate time.

The University budget request depends on a data-driven, in-depth analysis of administrative costs, requested by Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, and Sen. Terri Bonoff, DFL-Minnetonka, that will be presented by March 15 for lawmakers to review.

Gov. Mark Dayton allotted the University an $80 million increase for tuition relief and research in his state budget proposal last week.

Monday’s meeting will reconvene Wednesday, and the committee will look at the House’s research on the election process for the University’s regents and more details regarding the institution’s spending.

Colleges look past applicants’ test scores Admissions u from Page 1

are the greatest predictor of college success, said Jerome Lucido, executive director of the University of Souther n Califor nia’s Center for Enrollment Research, Policy and Practice, but these aspects are tied with economic advantage.

Noncognitive variables can level the playing field, he said.

“These variables have real promise to differentiate among applicants, particularly those applicants who have come from disadvantaged backgrounds or backgrounds that are less familiar with the college environment,” he said.

University applicants have the option to write a personal statement to give more information.

The University looks for “overcome factors” — like an educational or financial barrier a student has dealt with — in the student’s personal statement, Hernandez said, adding that students comment more often than not.

“I think [noncognitive variables] need to play an increasing role,” Lucido said.

Many schools base their evaluation of noncognitive variables on the research of William Sedlacek, a University of Mar yland professor and pioneer in the field.

Throughout several decades of research, Sedlacek has identified eight variables, including positive

self-concept, an ability to navigate the collegiate system and having a strong suppor t person. These variables can be measured through letters of recommendation, essays, interviews and self-assessment.

Sedlacek provides his research on the topic to universities without charge.

“I think that’s the way that you get change,” Sedlacek said. “By making it in the person’s self- interest.”

While a systematic and codified look at noncognitive variables hasn’t grown, Lucido said, an increasing number of schools are using holistic review — paying attention to both in-school and out-of-school experiences.

Chemistr y sophomore Callahan Clark said she

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thinks admission should be based on a combination of factors.

“I think academic success should be heavily weighted,” she said. “But I definitely think test scores don’t tell the whole story.”

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has a similar admissions strategy to the University’s. John Lucas, a university spokesman, said of ficials use a

comprehensive review in which academic preparation is the most important factor.

Applicants to Wisconsin can also provide a personal statement.

Alternatively, University of Nebraska-Lincoln admission officials don’t look at noncognitive variables, said Alan Cerveny, the school’s dean of academic ser vices and enrollment management

WILLIAM SEDLACEK’S NONCOGNITIVE VARIABLES 1. Positive self-concept 2. Realistic self-appraisal 3. Understands and knows how to handle racism: navigating the system 4. Long-range goals 5. Strong support person 6. Leadership 7. Community 8. Nontraditional knowledge acquired SOURCE: PROFESSOR WILLIAM SEDLACEK

He said the university is always interested in what other schools are doing to improve admissions decisions, but people are ver y familiar with the standard forms of measurement.

“I do think it’s a fascinating topic,” he said.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Minneapolis looks to regulate pubs on wheels Business u from Page 1

r esidents of neighborhoods along pedal pub routes voiced their displeasure with the moving pubs.

Ben Hoefer said he lives near one of the pedal pub endpoints in Nor theast Minneapolis, and the noise and intoxication levels are nearly driving him to move.

“We would like to raise a family in our neighborhood,” he said. “But we’ve consider ed moving because of these problems.”

The new measures provide reasonable regulations without restricting the enter tainment business, said Linda Rober ts, district super visor for Licenses and Consumer Services.

The restrictions also include requirements for drivers to be licensed, mandator y inspections of vehicles, $2 million insurance, 10 p.m. tour conclusions and license fees per operator and vehicle.

Councilwoman Lisa Goodman, who said she agreed with the measures, went a step fur ther by questioning why the pedal pubs are legal in the first place.

“I think it’s a ter rible idea to allow open bottles on public right of ways,” she said.

While residents voiced their displeasure, pedal pub representatives said they’re fine with the restrictions and are open to work with community members.

Al Boyce, a managing partner for PedalPub, said his company already has most of the regulations in place.

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He said the required of f-street parking and bathroom facilities are the only things that will be a strain to accommodate.

The r estrictions ar e similar to St. Paul’s pedal pub industr y, which the city regulated last year.

Ellie Thorstad, a recent urban studies graduate of the University of Minnesota, said she went on a St. Paul pedal pub last year with some friends and the operator did a good job ensuring ever yone behaved. “[The operator] gave us the ground rules … and definitely made sure no inappropriate things were being yelled at pedestrians,” she said.

Thorstad said she’s planning on taking a pedal pub in Minneapolis and said if the new restrictions are similar to St. Paul, they won’t limit any of the fun.

“I don’t think there was anything that would be a deterrent to going again,” she said.

The measur e unanimously passed the Regulator y, Energy and Environment Committee on Monday and will now head to the full council for approval.

NEW RESTRICTIONS ON COMMERCIAL PEDAL PUBS IN MINNEAPOLIS • Inspections of vehicles required • Requirement for $2 million insurance • Tours must have private property assembly site where customers can gather and conclude • Assembly site must have off-street parking and restrooms • Tours must conclude by 10 p.m.

• Requires drivers to regulate noise and behavior of customers • Administrative fines will be same as alcohol-related fines, starting at $500

SOURCE: MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL

JAAK JENSEN, DAILY

Warmer temperatures Monday melted the previous day’s fresh snow and filled the Dinkytown streets with an obstacle course of puddles and slush for students to navigate.

Schiff joins race for Minneapolis mayor Schiff u from Page 1

In 2012, the Twin Cities Business Jour nal named Schif f as Minneapolis’ most business-friendly City Council member, citing his “desire to simplify regulations that make it challenging for businesses to get started.”

Mike Stebnitz, president of Stillwater Companies in Minneapolis, said Schif f’s reputation is wellearned.

“He seems ver y interested with what’s going on in our neighborhood,” he said. “We’re suppor tive of him.”

Along with announcing his candidacy T uesday, Schif f will release a list of 100 small business owners who will suppor t his mayoral run.

Despite the accolade from the Business Journal, the publication also notes that Schiff is “by no means universally beloved by Minneapolis business people, largely because of opposition to a tax-supported Vikings stadium.”

Brew backer Along with small businesses, Schif f has established himself as a major suppor ter of micro-breweries in Minneapolis. He changed laws restricting micro-breweries from selling their own products on site in Minneapolis, which has led to several micro-

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

Minneapolis City Council member Gary Schiff is announcing his candidacy for Minneapolis mayor Tuesday night at Blarney Pub & Grill. The University alumnus has been a City Council member since 2001.

brewer y licenses being approved by the city in the last few years.

Jeremy Pr yes, who’s nearing the opening of his Uptown-area micro-brewer y, said Schif f has been a major advocate for local brewers.

“He’s gone out of his way to not only contact us and help us when we’re in need, but he’s also been there any time we need help,” he said.

Pr yes said he and his company will suppor t

Schif f ’s mayoral campaign.

“We’d definitely support Gar y in his future endeavors,” he said. “He’s a good man.”

It was no coincidence that a large group of business owners hosted a fundraiser for Schif f at Dangerous Man Brewing Co. in Nor theast Minneapolis in December.

Dangerous Man’s owner Rob Miller was initially unable to open the brewer y because it was across

the street from a church.

Schif f said he quickly changed the law.

“Being able to help an entrepreneur by changing a law so they can follow their dream is just a great feeling,” Schiff said.

University support By holding his campaign kick-of f event at Blar ney, Schif f said he feels like he’s coming home.

“I feel like I’ve spent half my life at the Univer-

sity of Minnesota.”

Schif f is a 1994 graduate of women’s studies at the University. From there he worked as a teaching assistant at the Humphrey School of Public Af fairs before r unning for the ninth ward seat in 2001.

Schif f said his histor y at the University can ser ve the city well.

“I think there are a lot of untapped par tnerships between City Hall and [University administration headquar ters] Mor-

rill Hall that need to be leveraged so that students graduating know that there will be a job waiting for them when they get out,” he said.

Students will play a major role in his campaign, he said, and the event at Blarney is the first attempt to engage them.

Schiff’s campaign kickoff will be at 5 p.m. at Blarney Pub and Grill. Rapper Brother Ali, a friend of Schif f ’s, will be at the event to support him.

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FASHION

The Fashionista is in: style mixology 101 THREE OUTFITS, TWO SHOPS, ONE STUDENT AND A HANDFUL OF DECADES COMPOSE THIS WEEK’S WARDROBE MIX.

BY SHANNON RYAN sryan@mndaily.com

Style me pretty was the name of the game this week, and I was playing with vintage and modern finds to ease the daunting task of mastering how to incorporate vintage digs into your modern-minded wardrobe.

I created three dif ferent outfits pulling from two Nor theast natives: Parc Boutique and Rewind Vintage. Parc specializes in the current fashion landscape whereas the thrifter’s darling, Rewind Vintage, serves you dimes from previous decades.

Pairing vintage with modern pieces adds depth and expression. Quit playing the same chords; go major instead of minor.

as guard to the uncovered chest. Leave it up to your footwear to take the look where you want it to go. For this, a dolly pair of camelheeled oxfords will take you into the foyer of a delightful Minneapolis restaurant on the arm of a potential new beau.

At the viable alternative of you dr owning in yawns and merlot instead of dipping

in delight, swap the oxfords for a pair of vampy stilettos, and taxi to a swanky late night to meet your girls.

On Jenna: blouse ($16), Rewind Vintage, 2829 Johnson St. NE, Minneapolis; trousers ($56), Parc Boutique, 320 E. Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis; heeledoxfords ($84), Parc; skinny belt ($38), Parc;

bralette ($17), Parc; beaded necklace ($22), Rewind; bracelets ($10 ea.), Rewind.

Outfit No. 2:

Ditch your fixed mindset of skinnies and a buttondown as casual event wear, and click attendee with a dif ferent set of digs in mind. For this look, button all the way up in an eclectic and oversize blouse doused in a rich, tri-color rose print. Loosely tying the ends of

the blouse will give you a shape — key to any outfit’s success. Pairing it with a heathered-brown maxi skir t creates a comfor table bohemian flare. Accessorizing the look with a Wester n-tinged sterling necklace sounds unconventional by e a r, though quite charming by eye; it’s in

Outfit No. 1: Swim in the color ful canvases of first-date emotions in an outfit that’s one part trendy boutique, one par t treasured thrift and another part coy sex appeal.

A pair of ankle-length fitted trousers in a rich shade of mustard pairs wonderfully with the semi-sheer onyxand rose-dyed, floral-printed blouse. The cut of the blouse allows visibility of a high-waist pant, and in this case, a playful display of peek-a-boo midriff fine for a social setting. The deep vneck front closure exposes a daring décolletage, too impish if left bare, though a layered beaded necklace fits in pleasant harmony

these risky pairings that a sense of style is born. To house your personal treats of the evening, an angular, metallic purse adds panache, and a pair of structured, cher r y-leathered boots completes your new low-key event wear.

On Jenna: maxi skir t ($48), Parc; blouse ($80), Parc; necklace ($18), Rewind; bralette ($17), Parc; cuf f ($50), Parc; purse ($12), Rewind; boots ($30), Rewind.

Outfit No. 3:

This third outfit confronts an intriguing paradox: There is little skin visible, yet a certain eroticism exists. You can link that eroticism to the fur cape. Real or faux, adding fur to an ensemble ups your lush factor and makes the outfit feel a tad more provocative and alluring. In this case, contrasting a delicious and supple royal blue shirtdress with a fur cape adds depth to the outfit and takes the look from innocent to intriguing. When toying with such a bold piece, accessories must be neatly considered and kept minimal; a light pair of gold danglers and a charming cuff is enough candy for the evening. A set of patent leather croc-embossed heeled booties are a terrific addition to the ensemble, and holding a medium-sized carryall balances the heaviness of the upper-body decor.

By pairing this outfit with the right amount of smirk, your status is left deliberately open to interpretation, and you’ll leave passersby stunned in a smoky haze of curiosity: Who’s that girl?

On Jenna: dress ($98), Parc; fur cape ($128), Rewind; earrings ($8), Rewind; cuff ($10), Rewind; skinny belt ($38), Parc; booties ($24), Rewind.

OPERA

MUSIC

Review: “Doubt: An Opera”

Album Review: “Hummingbird”

by Local Natives

THE MINNESOTA OPERA’S REVISIT OF THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PLAY HAS OMENTS OF PROMISE BUT NEVER QUITE WORKS.

BY JOE KELLEN jkellen@mndaily.com

John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt” is a stor y about knowing. What can we really know about what goes on outside our own head?

The new opera poses this question within the confines of a Bronx-area Catholic school in 1964.

The piece began its life as a play in 2004 that met critical acclaim, winning both the Tony Award for best play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and continued thriving in its second life as a film in 2008.

Entering its third form of

existence, the opera begs the question — is it worth the retell?

The stor y is definitely relevant to modern times, detailing the moral battle between Sister Aloysius (played by Christine Brewer) and Father Flynn (Matthew Worth). She accuses the priest of having an inappropriate relationship with a student, and the plot thickens as evidence piles up against both characters in the swirling dust of the school’s conference room.

This production successfully communicated the nuanced ambiguity of the original through the cast’s acting and vocal strength. Brewer’s standout per formance created a strong jour ney for her character with a reedy, bell-clear soprano and curmudgeonly persuasive

demeanor. Her work was reactionar y and in the moment of each scene, illuminating the depth of Aloysius.

Other highlights in the cast include the cellovoiced Worth’s charmingly mysterious Flynn and the University of Minnesota’s own Adriana Zabala, whose air-light tonality and earnest nature gave dimension to Aloysius’ innocent protégé, Sister James.

One of the major issues in “Doubt” was Shanley’s libretto and its relationship with Douglas J. Cuomo’s music. The text of the opera almost completely borrows from the play, and in the context of sweeping, diatonic arias, the words lose the play’s rhythmic impact. Phrases like, “Look at my nails. They’re long.

I like them a little long,

PHOTO COURTESY OF MINNESOTA OPERA Matthew Worth plays Father Brendan Flynn alongside Christine Brewer’s Sister Aloysius Beauvier in an operatic reboot of John Patrick Shanley's “Doubt.”

but look at how clean they are. That makes it OK,” sounded genuinely ridiculous coming out of Worth’s mouth against the busy dissonance of Cuomo’s orchestration.

This problem occurred throughout the entire piece and reflected the main issue of it all: “Doubt” is meant to be a play. While the strength of the cast managed to pull of f delineating the theme, the grand production value that goes hand-in-hand with an opera in a venue as massive as the Ordway gave it a heavy-handed, almost didactic aesthetic.

When a production’s concluding scene includes a giant Christ figure above a children’s choir endlessly repeating the word “noel” to get its “ambiguous” point across until cut of f by a random, sliding violin chord, something isn’t working correctly.

So, is the existence of “Doubt: An Opera” merited? Perhaps uncertainty is worth looking at from multiple angles, but the only things that really worked about the second revamp were what had worked before: the characters, situations and message, which just might insinuate that the contemporar y parable had already said what it needed to.

WHAT “Doubt” WHEN 7:30 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday; 8 p.m., Saturday; 2 p.m., Sunday WHERE Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, 345 Washington St., St. Paul COST $20-$200

RAUCOUS LULLABIES FLY INTO AN ABYSS OF UNLIMITED ADVENTURE.

BY SHANNON RYAN sryan@mndaily.com

Those seeking a repeat of the instantly catchy “Gorilla Manor” are likely to be disappointed by Local Natives’ latest full-length, “Hummingbird.” The band hooked us in with their delightfully harmonic indie-rock debut in 2010, but things are different this time around. The band has embraced change and branched out, and just as their musical vibe has deviated, so too has the music. The band has expanded their palette with this new album.

Local Natives decamped Los Angeles first to Montreal and then to Brooklyn to lay down their efforts. Their touring buddies not only influence their recording location choices but also their production. The National’s Aaron Dessner was at the helm of this trip. The end result of their labor is “Hummingbird,” released today via Frenchkiss Records/Infectious Music.

Thematically, “Hummingbird” is somewhat dark with lyrical explorations of the price of fame. It’s an album you’d want to hear live to feel the band’s energy so often lost through the speakers.

“Breakers,” the album’s first single, was released in late November to reintroduce the band to the scene.

Its busy instrumentation and multi-layered harmonies,

spearheaded by twanged guitar riffs, is textbook to Local Natives’ sound.

As each track turns, it’s apparent which artists are influencing the band. You detect Fleet Foxes in the onpoint harmonies, and the coo of Jim James vocally binds to lead singer Kelcey Ayer in a handful of tracks. Sounds of others, The National and Bon Iver, are subtly referenced throughout “Hummingbird,” but as much as Local Natives may wear their influences loud and proud, it comes down to inspiration over imitation.

This sophomore album opens with the track “You & I,” which possesses new rhythmic patterns and an intriguing sense of familiarity. The song grants an all-new appreciation for Taylor Rice’s individual vocal prowess; his falsetto soars and is experienced again with the pastel track “Three Months.”

The word hummingbird is mentioned only in the song named after Ayer’s mother, “Columbia.” It’s a heart-wrenching track focused on the lyrics instead of instrumentals, which overall sound mushy and unfocused.

“Hummingbird” launches the sounds of a more mature Local Natives and is a sophomore album that should be seized. It would sound best if performed live, though played as a road trip soundtrack, windows and hair let down, would take a close second.

Rating: 7.5/10

Editorials & Opinions www.mndaily.com/opinion

Leave no woman behind Allowing women to fight combat provides numerous benefits for the U.S. Armed Forces. hen a person enlists in the U.S. Armed Forces, the countr y is counting on its uniformed saviors to get the job done.

Choosing to fight for one’s countr y is one of the most honorable choices one can pursue. I couldn’t care less about the race, sexual orientation or gender of the soldiers that safeguard our countr y.

This is why I’m glad that women in the Armed Forces will now be able to engage in combat positions.

The Pentagon’s long-awaited announcement overturns a 1994 ruling that restricted female soldiers from the frontlines of the war, holding key leadership positions, operating certain equipment, indulging with hostiles and ultimately a chance to fully utilize their potential as soldiers.

The origins of the limit were based in notions of

HEMANG SHARMA columnist

strength and sexism. Men are, on average, typically stronger and taller. Most armies of the world, historically, have been led by and comprised mostly of men.

Recently, President Barack Obama made headlines by appointing men to key national security positions. But soldiers in the warzones are required to exhibit much more, such as resilience, specialized combat training, problemsolving skills and survival instincts, among others.

We have the best equipped military in the world; we possess better, stronger weapons than anyone; we provide our soldiers with all the necessary training and support that they need. Why policy makers delayed this decision is beyond me. Allowing women

who are already soldiers to further play an important role in warfare is sensible and natural. Militar y leaders should have no reason to doubt their abilities. Whatever the requirements are for being in combat, both male and female soldiers should be trained and tested to exhibit satisfactor y results before being cleared for combat by their superiors. Fighting for your country, on any level, should be supported for all genders.

The Pentagon and the Armed Forces should congratulate themselves that although, in essence, this is a late move, it is still a welcome decision. This will fur ther support the fact that women have already been endangering their lives for this country and have spilt blood for American citizens. They comprise 15 percent of the cur rent Armed Forces, an extremely valuable contribution.

The move will ultimately have to address the roadblocks that female soldiers continue to face in the Armed Forces, such as equal treatment, sexual assault and bars from leadership positions.

DEATHS IN IRAQ: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 4,802 — IRAQI CIVILIANS: 110,991- PLUS DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 3,245 — AFGHAN CIVILIANS: UNKNOWN

Before this verdict, women that were serving, even in wars, couldn’t get promotions because of a requirement of combat experiences to be eligible. This decision will only further the necessary visibility women should also have as contributing members of our militar y forces. I can fill the Minnesota Daily with the alarming sexual harassment nightmare that the Department of Defense is tr ying to handle. Having women in combat positions may also be eye-opening in many Muslim countries. In some of these areas, women aren’t allowed to talk to men that aren’t family members. Our female soldiers on the ground can and will be an essential tool to interact and intercept targets.

This decision will raise the possibilities for many young Americans who have traditionally shied away from the Armed Forces. This will tell them this isn’t a man’s world and that they can be just as, if not more, effective.

Hemang Sharma welcomes comments at hsharma@mndaily.com.

CONGRESS

Reforming filibuster laws The Senate must take rudimentary reforms to this procedural tool.

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Maxwell Smith welcomes comments at msmith@mndaily.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Guns kill people, revisited

This is in response to Stuart Baker’s Jan. 24 letter to the editor, “A misguided gun control agenda.” As I read his letter, I immediately perceived that it was influenced by information from the National Rifle Association’s website and printed literature. And it was.

Sir, I don’t state ignorant assertions, and the purpose of my letter to the editor was not to state which guns should be banned. This week Congress will begin to discuss the gun issues. So let’s wait and see what develops over the next month, and let’s see how President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden approach the issue.

I must admit that Baker has a sense of humor. He used Gary Kleck’s research from 1997 to claim that 2.5 million times each year people lawfully defend themselves from criminals — this would mean an average of 6,700 times a day, 50,000 a week and more than 200,000 a month. How many people do you know who have used a gun to defend themselves?

Kleck’s research is flawed.

He also claims that the Department of Justice and National Research Council concluded that the assault ban had no effect on reducing the number of violent crimes. I am familiar with this report, and it is incomplete. I suggest Baker listen to Tom Brokaw’s interview with President Bill Clinton about the Brady Law’s contribution toward reducing violent crime. Clinton said it

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gave us a 35 percent drop in gun crime, and the number of murders fell by 29 percent from 15,463 to 10,977.

What is most troubling about Baker’s response to my letter is that he does not address the mass murders at Columbine, Virginia Tech, Tucson, Aurora and Sandy Hook. He seems more interested in gun competition and hunting. These activities are important, but not as important as the well-being and safety of the American public. Law-abiding citizens do deserve the means to defend themselves, but neither the good guys nor the bad guys should have assault weapons.

I have a suggestion: Wayne LaPierre of the NRA and his associates should tour sites of mass murder and talk to the victims’ families.

I agree with Baker that improving the data in the National Instant Background Check System will save lives.

I assume Baker agrees with me that background checks should occur in purchasing any firearm and all guns should be registered.

I still believe that it is time to revisit the Second Amendment with the needs of American citizens in mind.

Former Har vard Law School Dean Er win Griswold had this to say: “To assert that the Constitution is a barrier to reasonable gun laws, in the face of the unanimous judgment of the federal courts to the contrary, exceeds the limits of principled advocacy. It is time for the NRA and its followers in Congress to stop trying to

twist the Second Amendment from a reasoned (if antiquated) empowerment for a militia into a bulletproof personal right for anyone to wield deadly weaponry beyond legislative control.”

Earl E. McDowell professor emeritus University of Minnesota

A century of income taxes

On Feb. 3 we will obser ve the hundredth anniversar y of the income tax.

In 1913, only a ver y small percentage of wage earners were subject to the tax.

As time has gone by, practically all of us have come under expanded provisions, including withholding and payroll taxes. What started so innocuously in 1913 has become a dead weight on our economy.

In an era of sluggish economic activity and depressed federal revenues, Congress is turning a critical eye to the income tax. Right now we have several “fixes” vying for the spotlight, including tweaking the current system, various flat tax plans, Valued Added Tax and the FairTax. The FairTax is the only plan that replaces the income tax.

Congressman Erik Paulsen has a critical role to play in these discussions, sitting as he does on the House Ways and Means Committee, where all tax reform must start. Ask him to support the FairTax and report it out of committee for Congressional debate.

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n tr ue Congressional fashion, a fundamental government issue is becoming a partisan political showdown. The Senate is currently debatRONALD ing on changing DIXON rules on its use of columnist the filibuster.

The filibuster is a procedural tool that enables the obstruction of debate of Senate bills. Under current rules, a senator can thwar t legislation anonymously, preventing harm to their own image. Moreover, senators can conduct the filibuster in a tag-team format, prolonging the filibuster for virtually as long as they like. Finally, in order to end the filibuster, the opposition requires 60 votes, also known as a supermajority.

Unfortunately, all of these procedural delay tactics are easily performed. These blatant acts of obstructionism are common occurrences in Congress. Senate Majority Leader Harr y Reid upset his fellow Democrats by backing out of promises to reform the filibuster. The filibuster has been largely used recently by Republicans to thwart all bills introduced by the 53 Senate Democrats and President Barack Obama.

In an efficient and fair Senate, the rules would be changed so that anonymous filibusters would be eliminated in order for the public to identify the culprits. Moreover, the silent filibuster should be replaced with the “talking filibuster.” This is the kind used in the classic movie “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” where a senator must continuously speak in order to prevent action in the Senate. Finally, in order to end the filibuster, the ef for t should be shifted from 60 members who disapprove of the filibuster to 41 senators who want the filibuster to continue.

I am fundamentally opposed to the notion that senators should be prevented from conducting the business that constituents elected them to per form. In order to enable a more efficient government, the Senate should take bold actions to make r udimentar y reforms to the filibuster to reduce abuse, expose the obstructionists and to reverse a trend of congressional disapproval.

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NCAA’s concussion policy The NCAA must provide a better policy that protects players from severe brain damage.

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ollege sports are a multibillion dollar industr y, one in which student-athletes compete on a national stage and are treated like professionals as the colleges and universities they play for gain millions from lucrative TV contracts and ticket sales. Because so much is at stake, scandals often arise when schools are so desperate to win that they violate NCAA regulations in order to gain an edge or prevent a potential setback for their athletics program.

The NCAA is responsible for regulating college sports and looking out for the interests of student-athletes. However, the association has failed to develop a comprehensive policy regarding head injuries that occur during competition.

As more research continues to show the severe, life-long damage head injuries can cause, better management and an updated protocol must be put in place to ensure the health and safety of players. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell seems to understand this as the league’s policies regarding concussions have been strengthened, and teams that violate mandated procedures face financial penalties. The NCAA is still in the dark ages, providing only an ambiguous concussion policy and leaving a specific protocol, if any, to be determined by each school individually. As a result, players who suffer head injuries, which are most common in football, could be sent back into the game only plays later. Additionally, college football players, unlike their NFL counterparts, don’t get the benefits of a union, and there’s no mandated health care coverage for them either.

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A third party for the budget Outside perspectives can shed light on where the University needs to make cuts.

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within him,” said John Carlson, the Gophers’ head men’s golf coach.

“He’s going to do well out there. He’s a confident player. We can’t wait to watch him develop on the PGA Tour.”

Qualifying for the tour To make the PGA Tour, Constable had to finish in the top 25 in Q-school’s six-r ound final tour nament. To make the final, Constable had to play well enough in the first three tournaments of Q-school.

Constable advanced through the tournaments with 11th-, second- and 19th-place finishes.

He was getting closer to his goal, but he managed to stay calm all the way through.

“Even now, talking to him as he went through Q-school, he really felt like he had nothing to lose and ever ything to gain,” said John Coatta, Constable’s coach at Minnetonka High School.

“And if he didn’t make it, he was going to end up on the Web.com Tour [the PGA’s developmental tour].”

The final qualifying stage took place Nov. 28 to Dec. 3 in LaQuinta, Calif., and Constable was ready.

He shot a 5-under-par 67 in his first round and played all six rounds un-

der par. He finished the tournament tied for 22nd at 17-under par — just good enough to qualify for the PGA Tour.

“All of us girls called him, and we were excited, freaking out,” said Kate Constable, one of Donald’s three sisters. “He was calm. I think it hadn’t really hit him yet, and I think he was just emotionally exhausted, almost more than physically, just after that full week.”

Constable said he was thrilled to make the tour.

“But I was kind of winding down from my extreme high,” he said. “I was just kind of exhausted and tired from it all.”

Work left to do C onstable p lay e d i n his first PGA Tour event, the Sony Open at Waialae Countr y Club in Hawaii, star ting Jan. 10, but he didn’t make the cut.

He played in his second tour event, the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, Calif., last weekend.

After a first-round 75 on Thursday, Constable was able to relax Friday, Kate Constable said.

“He looks like he’s having fun,” she said after Donald had completed his first nine holes Friday.

“He’s relaxing a little bit more.”

Constable shot a 3-under-par 33 on the back nine of his second round and a 2-under-par 70 for the round. He missed the cut by two strokes.

Woods shot 14-under

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par to win the event.

Although Constable has his PGA Tour card, he can’t play in ever y single PGA event.

He’s automatically qualified for a few PGA To u r e v e n t s , b u t h e ’ l l have to qualify for most other events. He can do so by improving his results or through Monday qualifying rounds.

Constable can also play in any Web.com event he wants.

To keep his card for next season, Constable will have to finish in the top 125 of the PGA Tour money list or finish in the top 25 of the Web.com Tour money list.

If he finishes No. 126 to 200 on the PGA Tour money list, he’ll have to r e-qualify for the tour through three end-of-season tournaments.

Family support Growing up with three sisters made Constable a more compassionate person and thus helped his game, Kate Constable said.

“He’s really protective over all of us, and he’s constantly checking in with us,” she said. “He’s more caring, and I think that can kind of translate into his game a little bit — just kind of being more calm and not getting so uptight about things.”

Constable learned golf from his dad, but he didn’t exclusively focus on it until high school. Playing professional golf didn’t become a dream of Con-

stable’s until high school, Coatta said.

“I think he r ealized then that he had a gift,” Coatta said. “And that’s where he probably was really looking serious at playing competitive golf.”

But in March 2005, during Constable’s sophomore year of high school, his dad was diagnosed with lung cancer.

He died in April 2006.

Two months later, Constable won the Minnesota State High School individual golf championship.

By then, Constable was determined to make the PGA Tour.

“When he [his dad] passed, I think he just kind of wanted it that much more for my dad and because that was something my dad wanted for him,” Kate Constable said. “It just kind of put another little fire under him.”

Constable played for Texas for a little more than two seasons after high school and transferred to Minnesota in January 2010.

While at Minnesota, Constable was named second-team All-Big Ten in 2011 and had a top-50 NCAA ranking.

He spent the 2011-12 season playing in amateur events while finishing his degree.

After graduating from the University last May, Constable played a national amateur schedule this summer.

Carlson said Constable practiced with the Gophers while preparing for Qschool.

“I could see that he had a dif ferent motivation,” Carlson said, “just a differ-

PHOTO COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ATHLETICS

Donald Constable, who played for the Gophers from 2010-11, qualified for the PGA Tour in early December.

ent level of focus that he was putting in, mainly to his short game.”

Constable has been a mainstay at Minnetonka High School, too. He spoke last season at the golf team’s banquet, and Coatta said current golfers look up to him as a role model.

While he enjoys spending time in Minnesota, Constable hopes to become a mainstay on the PGA Tour.

“I would rather just keep my card,” he said, “and not have to go back.”

DONALD CONSTABLE’S FIRST TWO PGA EVENTS SONY OPEN

WAIALAE COUNTRY CLUB, HAWAII (PAR 70)

RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 72

74

MISSED CUT

FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN

TORREY PINES GOLF COURSE, CALIFORNIA (PAR 72)

RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 75

70

MISSED CUT

SOURCE: PGATOUR.COM

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Banham scores 37, comeback stalls

Midseason funk adds pressure to home game

Minnesota lost its fourth straight Big Ten game despite a career night from Rachel Banham.

BY SAM GORDON sgordon@mndaily.com

With her team mired in a three-game losing streak and trailing to Illinois by 11 at halftime, Minnesota star guard Rachel Banham used the second half to remind people just how special she is.

And it still wasn’t enough.

Banham exploded for 37 points — 27 in the second half — and scored her 1,000th career point, but no other Minnesota player scored more than 11, and the Illini held on for a 9186 victor y.

The Gophers have lost four straight games and haven’t won a Big Ten game since Jan. 10.

Trailing by 14 midway through the second half, Banham scored 15 of her team’s next 19 points to pull the Gophers ahead by

one.

“I was just being more aggressive in the second half,” Banham said. “I knew I needed to start taking over.”

Illinois, however, resisted the takeover, made key plays and closed the game on a 10-4 run.

“They did what they needed to do to finish,” Gophers head coach Pam Borton said. “We put a lot of pressure on them. …

They executed down the stretch.”

Minnesota had multiple chances to tie the game or take the lead, but untimely fouls and turnovers in the final minutes prevented a final comeback.

“We didn’t play real smar t basketball in the last three minutes,” Borton said. “We didn’t do the little things tonight.”

Illini for war d-center Karisma Penn demanded extra attention all game.

She had 21 points and 12 rebounds.

“We’ve had to rely on [Penn], and she’s had to do more than most kids should,” Illinois head coach Matt Bollant said.

Penn had plenty of help, as three other Illini players scored 16 or more points.

“Of fense wasn’t our issue. It was our defense,” Borton said.

Both teams star ted out slowly, but Illinois pushed the pace and tur ned the game into a track meet.

Neither team took a sizable lead until about midway through the first half, when the Illini parlayed a 12-0 run into a 28-17 lead.

“We have to get of f to better star ts at the beginning of games,” Bor ton said.

Instead of withering away like they have several times this season, the Gophers responded with their own 12-4 r un and trimmed the lead to three.

But Illinois, the worst statistical three-point shooting team in the conference, made several three pointers at the end of the half and seized a 52-41 halftime lead.

The Illini controlled the first part of the second half until Banham took over.

Banham is the 21st player in Gophers histor y to score 1,000 points.

She’s only a sophomore, and bar ring a major injur y, she’ll break Lindsay Whalen’s record for most points through two years (1,092).

“It’d have been better if we won,” Banham said.

PENN STATE 64, MINNESOTA 59 Minnesota Penn State

29 30 — 59 31 33 — 64

MINNESOTA FG FT Reb Player Min M-A M-A O-T Ast PF Pts Banham 38 6-17 6-6 0-3 3 2 19 Mullaney 37 2-5 1-1 0-4 4 2 5 Kellogg 35 3-7 2-4 2-6 1 2 8 Riche 23 5-7 2-2 0-2 1 4 12 Noga 28 1-3 2-2 0-4 0 2 4 Cotton 15 3-5 1-2 0-4 0 5 7 1-3 0-0 0-2 0 0 2 Hirt 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Bailey 2 Loberg 16 1-2 0-1 2-6 0 2 2 Total 200 22-49 14-18 9-39 9 20 59 Percentages: FG .449, FT .883 Three-pointers: 1-8, .125 (Banham 1-4). Blocks: 4 (Riche 2, Bailey 1, Loberg 1). Team rebounds: 8 Turnovers: 23 (Kellogg 7, Banham 5, Mullaney 4, Riche 2, Noga 1, Cotton 1, Hirt 1). Steals: 6 (Mullaney 2, Kellogg 1, Riche 1, Noga 1, Bailey 1).

PENN STATE FG FT Reb Min M-A M-A O-T Ast PF Pts Player 28 1-3 1-2 1-1 4 4 4 Taylor 31 6-16 0-0 1-2 3 1 12 Bentley 32 1-7 1-2 2-3 1 0 3 Nickson 35 9-18 7-7 1-6 4 1 26 Lucas 28 3-11 3-4 5-13 0 3 9 Greene 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 2 0 5 Agee 0-0 0-0 1-1 1 1 0 7 East 19 2-6 2-4 0-1 0 2 6 Edwards 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 4 7 Studevent 0-3 0-0 3-4 0 2 0 8 Waldner 200 24-68 14-19 18-37 13 16 64 Total Percentages: FG .353, FT .737. Three-pointers: 2-7, .286 (Lucas 1-5, Taylor 1-1). Blocks: 8 (Waldner 5, Greene 1, Lucas 1, Taylor 1). Team rebounds: 5.

Turnovers: 12 (Lucas 4, Nickson 2, Bentley 2, Taylor 2, Greene 1, Waldner 1 ). Steals: 11 (Taylor 3, Lucas 3, Greene 2, East 1, Nickson 1). A: 4,089 Officials: Laura Morris, Mark Zentz, Michael McConnell.

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Minnesota guard Rachel Banham pushes though Illinois’ defense Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, at Williams Arena. Banham scored her 1,000th point during the Gophers’ 91-86 loss.

BY ANDREW KRAMMER akrammer@mndaily.com

Austin Hollins knows Minnesota needs to stop the bleeding.

Hollins called Tuesday’s home game against Nebraska a “must-win” after four straight losses.

Down 11 spots in the most recent Associated Press poll, the No. 23 Gophers will look to get out of the “funk” head coach Tubby Smith said some of his starters are in.

Rodney Williams, Joe Coleman and Hollins combined to shoot 2-for-22 in Saturday’s loss to Wisconsin.

Williams and Hollins have particularly struggled offensively, combining to shoot 6-for-32 from the field in the previous two losses to Northwestern and Wisconsin.

Smith and his players haven’t blamed injuries or said they were physically bested but instead have pointed to repeated mental errors.

“Austin’s a hard worker, he’ll be fine,” Smith said of the co-captain’s slump. “It’s all mental, I think, with Rodney. I think physically he’s fine.”

Trevor Mbakwe, in his fourth season at Minnesota, said he recognizes a pattern and doesn’t want this season to go down the same path as 2010-11, when the Gophers lost 10 of their final 11 games to close out the Big Ten season.

“Most of these guys were here during that stretch,” Mbakwe said. “None of us want to relive that. We have a better team.”

The Gophers were ranked No. 16 in early 2011 before winning two conference games the rest of the way.

“There’s some similarities with the way [games] were lost — especially against Wisconsin,” Mbakwe said. “But the last couple of games have definitely been mental mistakes.”

Mbakwe reinjured his right wrist in the loss to Wisconsin and said he’ll have it wrapped up for Tuesday’s game.

“Obviously you want to

be 100 percent, but when you have a nagging injury like that, it’s mental,” Mbakwe said. “You have to play through it.”

Smith was quick to say there’s a “panic” in his team right now, but then he softened his statement.

“I don’t know if panic is the right word, but there’s a sense of urgency that we have to get better,” Smith said.

Hollins said the team’s improvement starts with returning to a fast break-style offense after losing to Wisconsin and Northwestern, which forced the Gophers into a slow, half-court style of basketball.

Mbakwe leads the Big Ten in rebounding with 8.7 per game and said this team is still one of the best in the country.

“We just need to come out and play like it for 40 minutes,” he said.

Smith relayed Mbakwe’s words, adding there’s still plenty of basketball to be played.

“We haven’t peaked yet,” Smith said.

MEN’S BASKETBALL PREVIEW

VS NO. 23 MINNESOTA

NEBRASKA

8 p.m., Tuesday at Williams Arena MINNESOTA: The No. 23 Gophers (15-5, 3-4 Big Ten) are looking to snap a fourgame losing streak.

Minnesota dropped 11 spots in the rankings after losing at Northwestern and Wisconsin last week. The Gophers are 10-1 at home this season.

The four-game skid is Minnesota’s longest since its six-game losing streak last season.

The Gophers snapped that streak at home against Nebraska on March 3, 2012.

The Gophers are trying to get a sputtering offense back on track–the team has not had two double-digit scorers since its Jan. 17 loss to Michigan.

NEBRASKA: The Cornhuskers (11-10, 2-6 Big Ten) have won two of their last three after starting the conference season on a five-game losing streak.

First-year coach Tim Miles inherited a Nebraska team that went 4-14 in the program’s first Big Ten season.

Miles’ squad is fresh off a win over Northwestern at home–a group the Gophers lost to Jan. 23. Cornhuskers senior guard and leading scorer Dylan Talley shot a conference season-best 53 percent against the Wildcats.

The Cornhuskers are 0-2 versus the Gophers and 2-11 on the road in their brief Big Ten history.

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

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Today’s Birthday (1/29): You can transform old habits now. You’re in a six-month creative phase. Explore, invent, have fun and get involved with other partners in the same game. Expect a profitable rise in career status.

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

Written By Linda C. Black

Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is a 7 — When it comes to productivity, you’re on fire. But don’t push yourself so hard that you get ill. Rest is especially important now.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 6 — Embrace your mistakes. Creativity grows from the broken pieces. Expect to be pleasantly surprised.

Happiness shows up sooner or later.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 9 — If you discover you have more than enough, leave it where it is for now. Follow the rules to the letter. A conflict of interests arises.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is an 8 — The more you work, the more you make and save.

Just keep plugging away, even if you don’t see immediate results. Resist impulses.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 9 — Prioritize now. Delegate a difficult job to someone with experience. Visit a gallery for inspiration, but otherwise stay close to home for comfort.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is an 8 — Expand boundaries to discover new career opportunities. Play with fire and learn about burns. ... Push the envelope cautiously.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is an 8 — Get that gift for yourself that you’ve been thinking about. See where your ideas take you.

Something doesn’t add up, though.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is an 8 — Venture farther today and tomorrow, well equipped and in the right company. Advance slowly and steadily.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 7 — Make sure you’re aligned. Compromise may be required, and you’re good at it now. When you’re at a loss for words, find a friend to support you.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 6 — Pay attention to finances and revise your budget.

Add glamour to your event without breaking the bank. Friends offer valuable insights.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 9 — You’re more connected to your community than you think. Use your newly gained power to advance together through the challenges.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is an 8 — Consider that you don’t have the answer but rather plenty of questions, and that’s the fun part. Open your mind. Enhance your community.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

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FOR RELEASE JANUARY 29, 2013

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

“The way I see it ... I’m in a solid relationship with Miller Lite, but sometimes I slip up and have a onenight stand with Smirnoff or Bacardi on the weekends. It happens to the best of us.”

—Campus Connector

Professor: “He certainly did not need Viagra. I can’t speak about my situation there ...”

—Religious studies class

College of Science and Engineering Guy 1: “Don’t you ever wish you could go to class and actually enjoy it?”

CSE Guy 2: “Yeah, I also wish that I could go to class and there’d be a girl in the room, but I don’t see either phenomenon happening any time soon.”

Professor: “You know, I never saw anyone ice fishing before I moved here. I saw this guy on a frozen lake with a bucket, and I thought I was going to have to call 911.”

—McNeal Hall

Girl 1: “Everything tastes better with hot sauce.”

Girl 2: “Not peanut butter, I tried it.”

—Unknown

“You’re not allowed to slap certain parts of my body anymore.”

—Sanford Hall

Community adviser: “No sexy talk until 10!”

—Middlebrook Hall

—Tate Laboratory of Physics

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22 Salad fish 23 Make illegal 24 Spy for Moses 26 Bit of schoolyard disagreement 29 Gardner of Hollywood 32 Under the covers 35 “The Shield” force, briefly 36 Diabolical sorts 39 “Norma __” 40 Pooling vehicle 41 *Broom alternative 42 www bookmark 43 Org. with many specialists 44 Online newsgroup system 45 Nora was his mistress 46 Justin Timberlake’s former band 48 Fir feller 49 Bok __: cabbage 50 Nudges 53 Corrosive stuff 55 Cashless deal 57 Designed for two functions, and a hint to the answers to starred clues 63 Buffalo’s lake 64 Not nuts 65 Run to the window 66 Gave for a while 67 Malevolent 68 Great enthusiasm 69 Colony critters 70 Riga resident 71 Scatter about

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DOWN 1 Adapter letters 2 Carolers’ offering 3 Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s __” 4 Sleepy Hollow schoolteacher Crane 5 Plates for company 6 Side with a sandwich 7 Bridal gown trim 8 Ancient Mexican 9 Italian scooter 10 David Letterman list 11 *Scouring aid 12 Genghis __ 13 Tofu source 21 Bureaucratic bungles 25 Speech therapist’s concern 26 Highway to Fairbanks 27 Sirs’ counterparts 28 *Graffiti maker’s medium 30 Clamping device 31 MetLife competitor 33 Turn a deaf __ 34 Airport annoyance

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38 “I’m listening!”

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45 Prevailed against, slangily 47 Common rental restriction 51 Four-wheeled flop 52 Dry Italian wine

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61 Mal de __: Henri’s headache 62 “That hurts!”

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dr. date Dr. Date,

I’ve been struggling with this for a long time, and I just got to get it out: What’s an adequate amount of sexual partners to have had in college? Five?

10? 20? I’ve been keeping my tally, and I’m starting to worry that I’m a slut. Without broadcasting my number all over campus, can you ease my conscience?

—I’ve Been A Little Saucy

Hot Sauce,

You like a little variety of spices in your love life, and that’s awesome. An appropriate number of past sexual partners is — get this — how many you’ve had. You are a unique individual who has experienced a multitude of unique sexual encounters. Go you!

Unless you’re getting seriously involved with someone, there is no need to share your number with anyone. The doc is giving you the A-OK for lying when playing Never Have I Ever, Truth or Dare or any other dumb game your roommate’s friends from high school can think of.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

What are your thoughts about timing in relationships? Is it possible to have met the right person at the wrong time in each other’s lives?

I ask because I am 20 dating a 26-year-old, and we are at two different places in life right now. I can tell I’m not as mature or wise as he is.

He’s the man of my dreams, but I’m not sure if I’m ready for that yet. I just wish I was a few years older before we

had met.

—Tick Tock

Dear Dickory Dock,

You need to give yourself a tad more props. If you’re with this 26-yearold, I’m sure you’re totally mature and plenty wise. The real issue here is if you think you’re “ready.” He’s your dream man. Grab life by the balls, or in this case, your man.

The pair of you may be going through different life changes right now. Living like a student versus jobhunting and bill-paying can be awkward, but it sounds like you and your man could have the time of your lives together.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

I always seem to keep getting knocked down by love. Whenever I get my heart broken, I get back up again and tell myself that love will never keep me down, but I just feel like I’m pissing my youth away. Drinking whiskey drinks and vodka drinks hasn’t helped, and neither has singing the songs that remind me of the good times. Don’t cry for me, doc, but do you have any tips to keep getting back up after I keep getting knocked down?

—Tubthumper

Dear Tubs,

Besides your poor taste in ’90s tunes, it seems like you’ve got a good thing going. Keep getting back up. You haven’t stayed down yet. Love’s never going to keep you down.

—Dr. Date

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A Dinkytown lifer to close shop Bauer u from Page 1

business and build an apartment complex in its place.

First opened by Laurel Bauer’s grandfather as a cafe, House of Hanson evolved into a soda fountain and eventually the existing grocery store.

The family celebrated its 80th anniversar y last year. According to Laurel’s husband Perr y Bauer, the milestone was the result of the family’s strong business ethic.

“Eighty years of continuous business by a single family is not an accident,” he said. “It happens with a lot of hard work.”

Accor ding to Laurel Bauer, House of Hanson is one of Dinkytown’s three “original” businesses, along with Al’s Breakfast and Vescio’s Italian Restaurant.

While House of Hanson was built on family traditions, Laurel Bauer r uns the store in a nontraditional way.

She manually orders all of her products, which allows her to customize her orders based on the sched-

ule of college students.

During finals, she said she makes sure she’s fully stocked with notecards and highlighters; when the architecture classes make bridges out of playing cards, she puts in extra orders to accommodate them.

“My holidays are midquar ters and finals,” she said.

It’s just one of the ways she tries to live up to her motto: “Make them leave smiling.”

‘A rock’ Though she’s doesn’t lead in a formal way, Laurel Bauer’s experience and established presence make her an authority in Dinkytown.

Other business owners often seek her out for guidance, said Skott Johnson, president of the Dinkytown Business Association.

“Ever y or ganization has elected leaders and assumed leaders,” he said.

“She’s one of the assumed leaders.”

An active member of the DBA, Bauer frequently donates her time and effort to support it, Johnson said.

“She is a rock,” he said.

“She’s always right in front

to do whatever is needed for Dinkytown.”

For Laurel Bauer, volunteering her time is a matter of responsibility.

“Being needed is a good thing,” she said. “It keeps you going. I don’t mind being needed.”

Even right outside her doorstep, Laurel Bauer keeps tabs on the students from P.E.A.S.E. Academy, a nearby sober high school, who can be seen outside her store most days.

Josh Caldwell was one of those students. He said the relationship between the students and Laurel Bauer could go one of two ways.

“If you were a disrespectful punk, you didn’t get to know her,” he said.

“Anyone who got the chance to know her was really lucky.”

Caldwell often plowed the parking lot behind her store and swept the sidewalk in front of it. Though he got school credit for his help — in addition to Laurel Bauer paying him — Caldwell said he would have done it without the perks.

Laurel Bauer said she tries to get the students to appreciate the activity and

character of Dinkytown and to make good choices.

“I make it a point to tell one every day to quit smoking,” she said.

She has taught the students to tie rubber bands around the cigarette packs as a trick to help them quit.

Andrew Bauer said his mother’s investment in all aspects of Dinkytown reflects how much the area means to her.

“Her whole life pretty much has been within [a] one mile radius,” he said. “I don’t think there’s anyone that cares more about Dinkytown than my mom.”

‘The knock-out punch’

House of Hanson began losing business when a CVS Pharmacy opened a few blocks away in 2011.

Then plans were approved to raze the University Technology Enterprise Center — which formally housed Laurel Bauer’s high school — and replace it with student housing. The new apar tment complex was also originally designed to include a grocer y store, just across Fifth Street from her shop.

“It was kind of the first

jab,” Bauer’s son said.

“But now this feels like the knock-out punch.”

Developer the Opus Group approached Laurel Bauer for her key corner location, she said, and a student housing project there is now in its infancy.

“I have fought the fight for a lot of years,” she said.

“But I think things have to evolve.”

The plan to build a sixstor y, mixed-use apar tment complex has upset some; a “Save Dinkytown” group has been established to try and stop the project.

Laurel Bauer said some of the blame has been cast on her.

“The word I hate the most … is greed,” she said.

“It’s not about the money.

It’s about sur vival and doing what’s right for my family.”

For her, the sale was about closing shop before she became “the gen eration that ran it into the ground.”

Jim Sander, whose wife owns Kafé 421, said the issues facing Dinkytown go beyond Bauer’s decision to sell to Opus.

“Laurel is just one piece of that bigger puzzle,” he

said.

Whether the apar tment complex will replace House of Hanson, there are cer tainly people who will miss the corner grocery store.

“It’s convenient,” engineering junior Logan Markuson said. “It’s like one of those hole-in-thewall places.”

Katie Fritze, a cashier at the store, said she’s sad to see it go and irritated with the development.

“It’s annoying,” she said. “But you can’t get in the way of progress.”

For now, Laurel Bauer said the store is going strong.

“We’re still alive and kicking,” she said. “I’m doing business as usual.”

Once the store is closed, she said she’ll be back to visit her favorite restaurants and watch the Gophers play football. She said she was also looking for ward to volunteering more at her church.

“It’s been my life to come back to Dinkytown ever y single day,” she said. House of Hanson or not, she shows no sign of changing that life anytime soon.