January 30, 2013

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MnSCU wants better college prep

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Undergraduates should be obligated to complete an internship prior to graduation.

Universities should be clear about privacy regulations for online classes.

Rodney Williams scored 23 to help end a 4-game skid.

A mandatory experience

The percentage of students needing remedial courses has increased since 1999. u See PAGE 4

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GOPHERS 84, NEBRASKA 65

Making MOOCs safer

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Carrying on campus? Current University policy bans guns on campus, except with special permission. BY ALMA PRONOVE apronove@mndaily.com

EMILY DUNKER, DAILY

Musician and Minnesota wrestler Joel Bauman discusses ideas with his producer at Black Apple Productions on Friday, in Minneapolis. Bauman’s latest song, “Ones in the Sky,” recently eclipsed 15,000 views on YouTube.

Bauman aims to inspire

A state legislator wants to allow students and faculty to conceal and carr y handguns on college campuses. Rep. Tony Cornish, RVer non Center, plans to introduce legislation this week that would allow anyone who is 21 years old and has a handgun permit to carr y a gun on campus. His proposal is par t of a wave of pro- and anti- gun legislation introduced recently throughout the U.S.

Cornish believes campuses are not wellprepared to respond to emergency situations like a mass shooting. “The only policy the University of Minnesota has right now is ‘r un, hide, and die,’ ” he said. “Ever ybody agrees that the best way to prevent a shooter is a good guy on the scene with a firearm.” Cornish, who authored the state’s original conceal and car r y bill, said he expects strong opposition and it’s likely his bill won’t pass. “I expect a huge outcr y from the colleges,” he said. University Police Chief u See GUNS Page 10 Many said allowing firearms on campus isn’t a good idea.

The Gophers wrestler makes music, and his latest video passed 15,000 YouTube views. FINANCES

BY DANE MIZUTANI dmizutani@mndaily.com

His self-description includes nothing about being a rapper. That doesn’t mean

Joel Bauman is not a rapper, and he’s very clear about that.

he’s not good at it. And he’s using that skill to his advan-

Bauman, a competitor at 197 pounds for the Gophers wrestling team, identifies himself in various ways.

tage. Bauman has songs on iTunes, and his newest music video for his latest song,

“I’m vulnerable, passionate and determined,” Bauman said. “I am an individual, and my goal is to inspire. I will inspire.”

“Ones in the Sky,” recently eclipsed 15,000 hits on YouTube. “I would love to make music full time to

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PUBLIC SAFETY

Officials discuss safety after assault A Nov. sexual assault prompted the meeting. BY HAILEY COLWELL hcolwell@mndaily.com

In an ef for t to shed light on crime and safety on the West Bank, stu-

dents, police and city gover nment of ficials gathered T uesday at Augsburg College for the Cedar-Riverside Safety Summit. The meeting came in response to the sexual assault of a St. Catherine University student Nov. 19 near Riverside Park.

The female student was walking near campus in the early morning before being approached by a man, grabbed, dragged into the woods and sexually assaulted. The woman was able to escape, and the of fender was apprehended thanks to a police sketch provided to

the community. Representatives from the Minneapolis Police Depar tment, Minneapolis Park Police, the University of Minnesota Police Depar tment and the u See SAFET Y Page 4 One student called for more restorative justice.

Report shows how CLA spends tuition Lowered state funding has increased the ‘tuition burden’ for colleges to pay their bills. BY REBECCA HARRINGTON rharrington@mndaily.com

University of Minnesota students pay more than $13,500 a year in tuition and fees, but they may not know what happens to that money. The College of Liberal Arts posted a report on its blog last week that painted a picture of where its $250 million operating budget comes from and where it

goes. Over whelmingly, the money comes from tuition and fees — 75 percent. With nearly 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students, CLA will collect $177 million from tuition and fees in fiscal year 2013. The next biggest contributor is state funding, which is 19 percent of the college’s revenue. Although it amounts to $45 million this year, the report mentions that it has decreased considerably in the last few years. Tuition made up 58 peru See CLA Page 3 In both CSE and CLA, more than half of the budget pays salaries.

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Honoring a fellow feminist

Anne Truax served as director of the University’s Women’s Center for 20 years. BY T YLER GIESEKE tgieseke@mndaily.com

The late champion of equity for women, Anne Thorsen Truax, was honored at a memorial service Thursday by friends, family and colleagues. She died

Oct. 31, 2012, at age 87. From 1971-91, Tr uax ser ved as director of the University of Minnesota’s Women’s Center and ended her career in the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action. Throughout her time at the University, Tr uax was heavily involved in the women’s rights movement — from supporting gender u See TRUAX Page 3 Truax helped students who filed a Title IX lawsuit against the U in ’74.

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

Attorney Kathleen Kelly speaks during a memorial for Anne Thorsen Truax, the former director of the Minnesota Women’s Center, on Tuesday, at McNamara Alumni Center. Truax served as the center’s director from 1971-91.

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Brazil police: Outdoor flare started club fire BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SANTA MARIA — Penny-pinching by a band known for its onstage pyrotechnic displays may have cost more than 230 people their lives at a nightclub in southern Brazil, according to a police inspector leading the investigation into this weekend’s deadly blaze. Inspector Marcelo Arigony told reporters at a news conference Tuesday that members of the band knowingly purchased flares meant for outdoor use because they cost a mere $1.25 a piece, compared with the $35 price tag for an indoor flare. “The flare lit was for outdoor use only, and the

people who lit them know that,” said Arigony, adding that members of the group acknowledged regularly opting for the less expensive flares. “They chose to buy those because they were cheaper than those that can be used indoors.” Arigony, whose cousin died in the fire, added: “The pyrotechnics were part of their show — the guys even wore gloves onstage so they wouldn’t burn their hands.” The repercussions of the band’s choice to use flares continued to send shock waves through Santa Maria, a college town of 260,000 people that’s been stunned by the early Sunday morning tragedy in the

Kiss nightclub. The Rio Grande do Sul state forensics department raised the death toll Tuesday from 231 to 234 to account for three victims who did not appear on the original list of the dead. Authorities say more than 120 people remain hospitalized for smoke inhalation and burns, with dozens of them in critical condition. The blaze began at around 2:30 am local time, during a per formance by Gurizada Fandangueira, a countr y music band that had made the use of pyrotechnics a trademark of their shows. The band’s guitarist told media that the 615 square-meter (6,650-squarefoot) club was packed with

an estimated 1,200 to 1,300 people. The police have said the capacity for a club of that size is under 700 people. Police said the club’s ceiling was covered with insulating foam made from a combustible material that appeared to have ignited after it came in contact with a spark from a flare lit during the performance. After the fire extinguisher malfunctioned, the blaze spread throughout the packed club at lightning speed, emitting a thick, toxic smoke. Because Kiss apparently had neither an alarm nor a sprinkler system and only one working exit, the crowd was left to search desperately for a way out.

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Suicide bomber kills 2 at Somali president’s villa BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MOGADISHU — A suicide bomber Tuesday detonated explosives outside the prime minister’s home in Somalia’s presidential palace compound, killing two people, security officials said. Al-Qaida-linked militants claimed responsibility. The man blew himself up in the morning when questioned by soldiers at a checkpoint in the palace complex known as Villa Somalia, said Mohamed Ali, a police officer at the official residence in Mogadishu, the capital. Villa Somalia has a large compound with several buildings and checkpoints. The bomber was four more checkpoints away from President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s home, Ali said. The president is said to be out of the country on state business. The checkpoint where the blast took place is near the home of Prime Minister’s Abdi Farah Shirdon, which is also in the compound, according to officials. Shirdon was at home but was not harmed, according to an official from the palace who insisted on anonymity because he is not authorized to speak with the press. Shirdon later released a statement read by Somalia’s information minister saying one soldier was killed in the attack and the attacker is believed to be an operative of the al-Qaidalinked al-Shabab insurgent group. “This inhumane and barbaric attack shows once again the cruel twisted ideology of killing and destruction by the al-Shabab,” Shirdon said. Al-Shabab announced that it was behind the attack. “One of our martyrs from the martyrdom brigade has carried out a successful attack on a house occupied by the intelligence apostates in the presidential palace,” Sheik Abdiaziz Abu-Musab told reporters.

Mexico’s new president mum on drug violence BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MEXICO CITY — Two months after President Enrique Pena Nieto took office promising to reduce violent crime, the killings linked to Mexico’s drug cartels continue unabated. Only the government’s talk about them has dropped. Eighteen members of a band and its retinue were kidnapped and apparently slain over the weekend in the northern border state of Nuevo Leon by gunmen who asked them to name their cartel affiliation before they were shot and dumped in a well. Fourteen prisoners and nine guards died in an attempted prison escape in Durango state. Nine men were slain Christmas eve in Sinaloa. In the state of Mexico, which borders the capital, more than a dozen bodies were found last week, some dismembered. The difference under this administration is that there have been no major press conferences announcing more troops or federal police for drug-plagued hotspots. Gone are the regular parades of newly arrested drug suspects before the media with their weapons, cash or contraband. Pena Nieto has been mum, instead touting education, fiscal and energy reforms. On Monday, he told a summit of Latin American and Caribbean leaders in Chile that he wants Mexico to focus on being a player in solving world and regional problems. Some political observers praise him for trying to change the conversation and presenting an alternative face of Mexico. Critics suggest the country’s new leaders believe that the best way to solve a security crisis is to create distractions. “What Pena Nieto is doing is ... sweeping violence under the rug in hopes that no one notices,” said security expert Jorge Chabat. “It can be effective in the short term, until the violence becomes so obvious that you can’t change the subject.”

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CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

Minneapolis City Councilman Gary Schiff kicked off his mayoral campaign Tuesday night at Blarney Pub and Grill in Dinkytown with about 100 students. A University of Minnesota alumnus, Schiff said current students will play a key role in his campaign. Along with speeches by Schiff and Minnesota Student Association President Taylor Williams, Brother Ali, a friend of Schiff’s, performed a 20-minute set.

—Brian Arola, barola@mndaily.com

Activists say 65 bodies found in Aleppo BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BEIRUT — The bodies of at least 65 people, some with hands tied behind their backs, were found in Syria’s nor thern city of Aleppo Tuesday as the government and rebels tr ying to over throw it blamed each other for the latest mass killing. Also Tuesday, a bomb wounded former legislator and once governor of the central province of Hama, Abdul-Razzak Qtini, as he was in his car, the Britainbased Syrian Obser vator y for Human Rights and a neighbor of Qtini said. The neighbor, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals, said Qtini is receiving treatment in a Damascus hospital. The bodies, almost all of men in their 20s and 30s, were discovered in the

contested neighborhood of Bustan al-Qasr, the director of the Britain-based Obser vator y for Human Rights, Rami Abdul-Rahman said. Intense clashes between rebels and government troops have raged in the district since opposition forces launched an offensive on Aleppo in July. Abdul-Rahman said the identities of the dead were unknown, and it was not clear who was behind the killings or when they occurred. A government official told The Associated Press in Damascus that the dead were residents of Bustan al-Qasr who were kidnapped and later killed. Syrian state TV said the men were killed by members of Jabhat al-Nusra, an al-Qaida-linked group that the Obama administration has labeled as a terrorist organization. It said the

men were killed after they demanded members of the group to leave their areas. Another activist group, the Local Coordination Committees, put the number of bodies found at 80. It blamed gover nment forces for the killing. Such exchanges of accusations over killings have been common in Syria since the countr y’s conflict began in March 2011. With lawlessness and joblessness now rife in many areas, kidnappings for ransom are not uncommon. An amateur video posted online showed dozens of bodies placed in rows on the ground and wrapped in blue blankets. A crowd of men, many covering their noses with scar ves, walk among the dead, apparently trying to identify them. A voice in the background says “number

Honoring a fellow feminist Truax u from Page 1

equity at the University to teaching the first women’s studies course — which her colleagues recounted at the memorial. Attendees filled the room in the McNamara Alumni Center on Tuesday night. After the planned speakers had finished, several others stepped up to share their thoughts and stories about Truax. “Anne’s friends were many,” said University professor Ruth-Ellen Joeres, who was both a colleague and a close friend of Truax. Tr uax was especially passionate about gender discrimination in education, employment and the legal rights of women, said Arvonne Fraser, senior fellow emerita of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. “Anne was just always in the thick of [feminist politics],” Joeres said. Fraser said she worked with Truax in the Women’s Equity Action League to help pass Title IX in education, which opened up law, medicine, engineering and architecture to women. Before Title IX was enacted in 1972, Fraser said, these programs either had quotas for women partici-

pants or simply did not take women at all. Truax also helped provide data and evidence of discrimination when students filed a lawsuit under Title IX against the University in 1974, said Kathleen Kelly, who was a student in the first women’s studies class, co-taught by Truax. “I am one of the legions of women who can say that Anne changed my life,” Kelly said. “I became a lawyer because of Anne.” Among the findings students presented was evidence that men received more financial aid than women and that professional schools used female admission quotas. Women also needed a B average to be admitted while men needed only a C-average. “While she may have given this University trouble, she revered this great institution,” Fraser said. “She had opponents but never enemies.” The lawsuit came soon after a 1973 suit in which faculty member Shyamala Rajender sued the University’s Department of Chemistry for gender discrimination after she was denied a tenure-track position. After the University lost the suit, women’s salaries wer e adjusted to be more equitable, said Ann Pflaum, a University historian.

them,” while another says “pray for them.” At one point, a man stops at a body and breaks down into tears, shouting: “he’s my brother.” The video appear ed genuine and corresponded to other AP repor ting on the events depicted. The Obser vator y said a total of at least 160 people were killed in Syria Tuesday, while the LCC put the figure at 162. They numbers included the bodies of the men found in Aleppo. The violence came a day ahead of a donors conference for the Syrian opposition headed by U.N. Secretar y-General Ban KiMoon in the oil-rich Gulf state of Kuwait. In Washington, President Barack Obama authorized an additional $155 million in humanitarian aid for the Syrian people Tues-

day, as his administration grapples for a way to stem the violence without direct U.S. militar y involvement. The fresh funding brings the total U.S. humanitarian aid to Syria over two years to $365 million, according to the White House. Of ficials said the money was being used to immunize one million Syrian children, purchase winter supplies for a half million people, and to help alleviate food shor tages. The U.S. has long called for Syrian President Bashar Assad to leave power and says the fall of his regime is inevitable. In addition to the humanitarian aid, the White House has also ratcheted up economic sanctions on Assad’s regime and recognized the rebel-led Syrian Opposition Council as the legiti-

mate representative of the Syrian people. Also, EU humanitarian aid Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva said the EU committed another $134 million in help, bringing the overall EU total so far to 360 million euros. Earlier in the day, Syrian rebels stormed a government intelligence complex in the oil-rich east of the countr y, freeing at least 11 people held in a prison at the facility, activists said. After five days of heavy clashes around the intelligence compound in the city of Deir el-Zour, rebels finally over ran the complex early T uesday, the Obser vator y said. It was not immediately clear whether those freed from the compound’s prison Tuesday were fighters or activists.

CLA

and then the colleges pay it back for different spaces and services. Cost pools are the second largest chunk of both colleges’ budgets. These are incidental costs the University needs for day-to-day essentials like Internet, heat and libraries. Each pool has a different way of calculating how much the colleges have to pay. To determine the amount a college pays for heat, for example, the administration looks at square footage. But some cost pools depend on how many faculty members, staff and students a college has, so CLA has to pay more for those because it’s the largest college. Kaveh said CSE has to pay more for lab space required for teaching and research. “When you’re teaching students chemistr y, they have to do chemistry labs and engineering labs,” he said. “Those are expensive enterprises.” But research also draws more funding for CSE. Kaveh

said they get more external research funding than CLA, which helps pay for research lab space. Gustafson said that the colleges don’t control the amount of state funding they receive or how much they have to pay for cost pools — the University’s central administration decides that. Since colleges classify expenses dif ferently and have dif ferent funding sources and costs, Kaveh said it’s “tricky” to compare them. CLA has seen less money coming in than they need to operate, Gustafson said in the report, mainly because of changes in tuition and state funding. “[This] will necessitate difficult decisions within the college,” he wrote, “about how to better align revenues and expenses in the future.”

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In addition to helping Rajender during her case, the Women’s Equity Action League also helped open up the Rhodes Scholarship to women, Fraser said. In 1990, Truax worked with Janet Spector and Patricia Mullen to move forward a plan offering courses and advising to women seeking to enter or re-enter higher education, Pflaum said. The University has offered a women’s leadership scholarship in their names since 1997. Besides gains in education equity, Fraser said she and other activists witnessed the explosion of women back into the workforce. “We sor t of had a revolution — peaceful, that is — but there’s still a lot to be done,” she said, naming pay equity as an example. Current director of the Women’s Center Peg Lonnquist spoke similarly. One of the things the Women’s Center continues to work on, Lonnquist said, is providing suppor t for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. She also said there’s a focus on aiding women of color. “I think the University is doing a lot of things positively,” Lonnquist said, “and there’s more left to do.”

cent of revenue in 2008, while state funding accounted for 32 percent, according to CLA finance director Brent Gustafson. The two have since swapped. Mostafa Kaveh, the associate dean for research and planning in the College of Science and Engineering, said the proportion of tuition and state funding was about the same just a few years ago. “The state part of the funding for our colleges — both CLA and other colleges — for the most part, have gone down significantly,” Kaveh said. “And of course, the tuition burden has gone up.” In both CSE and CLA, more than half of the budget pays the salaries of faculty and staff in the college. Kaveh said CSE paid nearly $17 million for teaching assistants alone in 2012. When the University receives funding from the state, it gives it all to the colleges

PREDICTED 2013 CLA EXPENDITURES

CLA BUDGET SOURCES 2008

2013 Salaries and fringe $138.6 million

Tuition and University fees $138.0 million

Tuition and University fees $177.3 million

Cost pools $90.2 million

State appropriation $45.0 million

State Appropriation $76.0 million Other

Other $3.8 million

Gifts and endowment income $9.9 million

SOURCE: CLA FISCAL ADMINISTRATION OFFICE

Other $8.3 million Student Supplies, equipment, assistance expenses $10.1 million $9.1 million

SOURCE: CLA FISCAL ADMINISTRATION OFFICE

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MnSCU wants better college prep The percentage of students needing remedial courses has increased since 1999. BY MARJORIE OTTO motto@mndaily.com

An increasing number of Minnesota high school students are struggling to be fully prepared for college classes. The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system — which includes all state-funded colleges besides the University of Minnesota — has found that more and more students need remedial courses. A 2010 report found that 40 percent of those who graduated in 2008 needed remedial courses two years after leaving school — a 7 percent increase from 1999. That increase is leading more students to take longer to earn a degree and in many cases, not at all. In conjunction with the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota Office for Higher Education, MnSCU produced a four-point plan to help high school students prepare for college earlier. The group wants to require high schools to administer a test for college readiness that aligns with state-standardized testing in high school.

PERCENTAGE OF MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES THAT TOOK REMEDIAL COURSES TWO YEARS AFTER GRADUATION 60%

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Align high school assessment with measures of readiness for post-secondary education. Students who meet proficiency guidlines for high school graduation should be prepared to begin post-secondary education.

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If students are not on track to being ready for postsecondary education, provide targeted support while students are in high school.

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When high school students are ready for post-secondary education, increase the opportunities for them to earn post-secondary credits earlier (including post-secondary education options, advanced placement, concurrent enrollement, International Baccalaureate etc.).

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Better align students’ educational plans with workforce needs. Better inform students about career options and market needs; implement personalized student education and work plans.

SOURCE: MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, MINNESOTA OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

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“If you can align assessment then you’re in a situation where you can be more proactive earlier on with students who are not on track to be ready,” said Karen Hynick, MnSCU Director of College Transition. Public schools can currently opt into this plan to test students for college readiness along with state standardized testing. Test results can show if a student needs to catch up or if they’re prepared for secondar y education.

If they’re behind, they can take appropriate classes in high school to close the gap, and if they’re ahead, students can star t taking colleges classes while in high school — something some high school students already choose to do. The 2010 study by the University and MnSCU found that the majority of students who took remedial courses two years after they graduated were predominantly in the MnSCU.

The repor t notes that since 2000, the University has become increasingly selective, and students who need to remedial courses are most likely not admitted to the University. Of those that graduated in 1999, 33 percent took remedial courses two years after graduating. Fifteen percent took those classes at the University, and 37 percent took them at a MnSCU school. In 2008, 40 percent took remedial courses two years

after college, and only 2 percent of those went to the University, and 48 percent went to a MnSCU school. The drop in students taking remedial courses at the University, said Hynick, can be attributed to the school’s increasing selectivity. In 2005, the University Board of Regents voted to eliminate the General College, a school within the University that catered to underprepared students. Students could later transfer to other colleges within the University. The 2010 repor t found that nearly all University remedial courses are in

mathematics. MnSCU and its partners are hoping to sell their four-point plan to legislators by highlighting the tax benefits. They say if the plan is required in all schools, taxpayers will see a quicker return, as in students graduating from college quicker and entering the workforce earlier. They also note the plan is more cost ef fective because it targets students more directly, making the education system more effective. “Students are not like a conveyor belt. They are each unique,” said Hynick.

Egypt army chief warns state could collapse BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

POR T SAID, Egypt — Residents of this Mediterranean coastal city burying their dead from Egypt’s wave of political violence vented their fury at Egypt’s Islamist president and the Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday, demanding his ouster and virtually declaring a revolt against his rule, as the head of the military warned Egypt may collapse under the weight of its turmoil. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’ strongly worded comments, his first since the crisis began, appeared aimed at pushing both sides in Egypt’s political divide to reconcile and find a solution to the rapidly spreading protests and riots across much of the country the past six days. But his breaking of his silence falls heaviest on President Mohammed Morsi, who has been unable to contain the unrest by trying a tough hand, as protesters defied his declaration of a month-long state of emergency and curfew in Port Said and two neighboring cities. At least 60 people have been killed and hundreds injured since Thursday in clashes between police and protesters angry over what they call Islamists’ moves to monopolize power and failure to address the country’s multiple woes. In his comments, el-Sissi signaled the military would not move to put down protesters, saying troops are in a “grave predicament,” forced to balance between “avoiding confrontation” with citizens and protecting state institutions.

In Cairo on Tuesday, rock-throwing protesters clashed with police firing tear gas for another day in battles that escalated after nightfall near Tahrir Square. The mayhem forced the nearby U.S. Embassy to suspend public services Tuesday, and the night before masked men tried to rob the neighboring five-star Semiramis Hotel, a Cairo landmark, trashing the lobby before being forced out. Protesters in many cities around the country have battled police, cut off roads and railway lines and besieged government offices and police stations. But the most dramatic fraying of state control has been in the three cities along the Suez Canal, particularly Port Said, at the canal’s Mediterranean end. Violence exploded in Port Said on Saturday, leaving more than 40 dead since. The provincial governor has gone into hiding. Police are hunkered down. Tanks are in the streets by government buildings, but army troops have balked at enforcing Morsi’s curfew order. Residents in all three cities flouted the restrictions with huge marches in the streets Monday and Tuesday night. “The independent state of Port Said,” proclaimed one protester’s sign as thousands marched through the city Tuesday in funeral processions for two of those killed in the unrest. “Down, down with the rule of the Guide,” mourners chanted, referring to the Brotherhood’s top leader, known as the general guide, who opponents see as the real power behind Morsi’s

government. Mourners carried images of young men shot to death by police and accused Morsi of ordering the security forces to open fire. Many said the Islamist president should be put on trial like ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak, who was sentenced to life in prison in connection with the deaths of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising against his rule, though he has been granted a retrial on appeal. “God wreak vengeance on Morsi, who gave the orders to shoot at the protesters of Port Said, the city that fought three countries,” said Ayman Mohammed AbdelFatah, holding a picture of a slain 22-year-old relative who he said was shot four times by police during protests outside Port Said’s prison. “As long as the president’s hands are stained in blood, he must leave,” said Mohammed el-Assfouri, a lawyer, standing outside the Mariam mosque where mourners prayed for the dead. Egypt’s unrest began Thursday and accelerated the following day when clashes erupted nationwide amid protests by the opposition marking the two-year anniversary of the start of the uprising that toppled Mubarak. Por t Said’s violence was touched off Saturday when a court issued death sentences against 21 people — mostly local soccer fans — over a bloody soccer riot in the city a year ago. Youths infuriated by the verdicts marched in the streets and clashed with police at a police station and the prison.

The verdicts were seen by residents as unfairly targeting Port Said. They also tapped into a vein of resentment in a city of 600,000 that prides itself as a national symbol of resistance after being on the front lines of multiple wars with Israel since 1956. Many are convinced Morsi and the Brotherhood are trying to sideline the city because of a tradition of defying authority. They were further outraged when Morsi went on TV Sunday night and declared the state of emergency and curfew in Port Said, Suez and Ismailiya. Wagging his finger and shouting, Morsi supported the actions of police in confronting the protesters and warned of stronger measures if calm is not restored. Mourners on Tuesday spoke of police on rooftops and roving in armored vehicles firing wildly during the weekend mayhem around the police station and prison in the city’s al-Arab district, hitting bystanders blocks away. On Sunday, a funeral of some of those killed came under fire — residents blame police — causing panic as mourners dropped some of the bodies they were carrying on the ground. Ayman el-Sherbini said his 23-year-old brother Osama was walking in the al-Arab district on the way to buy food when a bullet hit him in the face, killing him. El-Sherbini, who wore the beard of a conservative Muslim, blamed Morsi and said his Islamist leadership had brought shame on religious people. “Now people spit in the face of anyone with a

beard because of Morsi,” he said. Women in face veils screamed anti-Morsi slogans in the funeral march. One woman, Faten el-Tahan, a government worker in a conser vative Muslim headscarf, said she wished her “hands were cut off” the day she voted for Morsi in last year’s presidential election. “My children told me not to vote for him,” she said. “I thought he was a faithful man who knows God. But he tur ned out to be not faithful and he doesn’t know God. I made a big mistake.” The city now feels under siege. Shops are closed. Fearing the violence, trucks have stopped bringing in produce. Drivers refused to bring in oxygen supplies for a private hospital after their truck came under fire by unknown assailants, a worker at the hospital said. The city is awash with weapons and known criminals are seen on motorcycles brandishing automatic weapons. Seaside hotels are totally empty during a midyear school holiday when normally they are full of Egyptian tourists. Soot, shattered glass and burnt furniture are scattered outside police and army clubs which are located in front of the cemetery where slain protesters were buried and which were attacked by protesters. Tuesday evening, Morsi’s of fice issued a statement saying the curfew and state of emergency could be lifted or shortened if the security situation improves,

apparently tr ying to ease the anger. Throughout the crisis, presidential of ficials and the Brotherhood have depicted the unrest as caused by thugs and supporters of Mubarak’s regime — and they have suggested that the political opposition is using the turmoil to overturn the results of elections that Islamists have repeatedly won the past year, bringing them to power. The opposition contends the crisis is caused by Brotherhood attempts to monopolize power and can only be resolved if it makes major concessions to loosen its grip, including forming a national unity government and rewriting contentious parts of the Islamist-backed constitution. The Brotherhood has dismissed those demands, and Morsi has instead invited the opposition to join a broad dialogue conference. The opposition has refused it as mere window dressing. The army chief’s comments suggested the military’s impatience with politicians’ power struggles. “The continuation of the conflict between the different political forces and their differences over how the countr y should be run could lead to the collapse of the state and threaten future generations,” el-Sissi said, speaking to militar y cadets in comments posted on the armed forces’ Facebook page. He also spoke of a “realistic threat” facing the nation from its mounting political, economic and social problems.

ing to the statistics, crime rates have decreased in the past two years. Nielson said 2012 was a “proactive” year compared to others. “As a whole, the statistics look really well,” she said. UMPD of ficer Luke Huck spoke at the meeting about safety on campus. He said it’s impor tant for students to be aware of their surroundings and electronics. Cellphone theft has become a major issue on

campus, Huck said, particularly with iPhones — called “apple-picking.” Huck suggested using the iCloud app to track iPhones if they’re stolen. He also said staying aware of sur roundings and not walking with headphones on is key to preventing theft and staying safe. “If you’re safe on campus and you use these simple things, like paying attention and being aware of your surroundings, you can bring that onto the streets, and you can bring that into your home life.”

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Minneapolis City Council addressed students and residents from the area Tuesday night about preventing crimes like the November assault. Cam Gordon and Rober t Lilligren, who represent the West Bank on the City Council, spoke to attendees about the role of community gatherings in crime prevention. “[The meetings’] greatest successes come from the community identifying what the safety needs are,” Lilligren said.

While the University campus is constantly patrolled by police and security guards, of ficials at the meeting also informed people about neighborhood safety resources such as the safety center opened last May in the Riverside Plaza. University student Hani Mohamed said though efforts like the safety center have helped the community, more restorative justice effort is needed. “Sentencing and arresting doesn’t solve the problem, it’s a short-time solu-

tion,” he said. Mohamed works as the program manager for the Cedar Riverside Neighbor hood Revitalization Program. She said rather than taking action simply to eradicate crime in the area, programs should be star ted to make the community safer from the inside-out. “ We n e e d t o f o c u s justice to our neighborhood.” Representatives from the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office spoke about community impact state-

ments, which people not directly involved in crimes can submit to the court. The statements are used by judges in ever y case they hear, said Carla Nielson, crime prevention specialist for MPD, and can aid in the judges’ decisions. “They really are a way for us to have a voice to the cour ts,” Nielson said, “[and] to be involved working together to solidify a safe community.” Representatives from MPD also shar ed 2012 crime statistics. Accord-

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A mandatory experience Undergraduates should be obligated to complete an internship prior to graduation.

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hether you are an aspiring neuroscientist, mechanical engineer or fashion designer, internships should be a mandatory part of the undergraduate curriculum. According to 2012 statistics from the Census Bureau, more than 30 percent of American adults hold at least a bachelor’s degree. So, what are you able to do to separate yourself from your peers? The short answer: internships. Whether they be unpaid, in your hometown or abroad, internships are critical to developing professional skills and obtaining an understanding of your desired field. As students, we have a responsibility to ourselves to be more than just a seat holder in the classroom; we need to be active participants in our community. This is why I believe that a semester-long internship

should be required for University of Minnesota students to qualify for graduation.

This is not only a problem for the individual — who more than likely will struggle to find a job directly out of college — but it poses an issue for future employers. We’ve all heard our professors talk of “life after college” and “when you get your first job,” as they prepare us to be successful for when we step foot outside of this campus. Yet, many students will graduate and only then start to gain professional experience. This is not only a problem for the individual — who more than likely will struggle to find a job directly out of college — but it poses an issue for future employers. Employers seek graduates with a bearing for the field. Certainly, the implementation for internships across all

majors and in all departments is a bit advantageous. Some programs would prove to be more difficult in the structuring piece. Take, for example, any one of the science-oriented majors. Under such circumstances it would fall to the department to sort out the best way to go about getting students hands-on experience. This may be a course designed and modeled around a simulated work environment that you may encounter. It may be a preparation course, helping to vamp up your résumé, simulate the interview process, bringing in professionals from the field to give advice and offer assistance. These experiences are key. Once one lands an internship, it can also be a way for students to weed out possible career paths. By really getting in the realm of work you would be doing, it can be very telling as to whether you are suited to that major or subject matter. Not only is getting “realworld” experience beneficial for a student’s growth, but it could lead to quality contacts in the field and may even result in a job offer.

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

As seen in a study by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, in 2009 employers extended job offers to nearly 70 percent of their interns. Even if a job wasn’t offered at the end, you would still walk away with a semester of experience and a handful of professional contacts in your back pocket. I have held three internships in my field of interest. Each varying slightly but all modeled similarly. By developing a love for the environments that I have been able to work in, I am now much more eager to be successful in school, to graduate on time and to start working in my desired field. Enacting mandator y internships for all undergraduate students would no doubt be a tr ying task. Faculty would have to be just as committed and involved as the students. But the word that continues to come back is “experience,” a vital token for finding success beyond our four or more years at the University. Meg O’Connor welcomes comments at mo’connor@mndaily.com.

VOTING

Preserve the Electoral College We must protect the Electoral College system from being corrupted.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A cleaner energy opportunity for Minneapolis

Late last year, the Minneapolis City Council updated their Climate Action Plan with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent by 2025 using 2006 numbers as a baseline. The council recognized climate change as a problem and the added benefits that clean energy alternatives such as wind, solar and biomass bring to a city. Local jobs, improved public health with pollution reduction and a diversified energy supply will strengthen Minneapolis moving forward. This and next year, the 20-year contracts with Xcel Energy and Centerpoint Energy are coming up for renegotiation. Now is the time to make strong commitments to emission reductions and to meet these city goals. However, right now we have no leverage in these negotiations. This is why Minneapolis residents have created the Minneapolis Energy Options campaign to keep the city’s energy options open. Our leverage comes through a citywide ballot initiative. In November, Minneapolis residents can vote to give the city the authority to create an energy utility if it can prove to provide cleaner, affordable, local and reliable energy.

If voters provide Minneapolis with this option, we will have the leverage we need to pressure Xcel Energy and Centerpoint Energy into providing us with the cleaner power Minneapolis deser ves. Be a part of this once per score opportunity by getting involved. Emma Wright Martin Gordon Minnesota Public Interest Research Group

Making a connection with philosophy

“Philosophy” is a term often bogged down with the assumption that it is the province of precocious and stuffy intellectuals asking questions that do not matter. U n f o r t u n a t e l y, t h i s is sometimes ver y tr ue. Those who are interested in philosophizing at the University of Minnesota are tucked away in their own depar tment, free to muse to themselves. But this isolation in a silo represents neither intellectual health nor freedom. Philosophy is supposed to be concerned not only with understanding what is meant by “the good life” but with actually living it. In May of 2012, I attended Philosophy Camp, a four-week residential course that takes place in southwestern Minnesota. Befor e ar riving, I was

over whelmingly skeptical about what value I might find in it. I worried that we would spend our days arguing about whose philosophical teachings were best, invalidating arguments and generally being miserable. Philosophy, to me, was a process of intense discomfor t that, in the end, only created ideological cliques and strife. As we proceeded through the course, it became clear to me that the problem with philosophy wasn’t necessarily the intent but the practice. Instead of being encouraged to argue, I was extended an invitation to live authentically, to reflect on questions about myself, my future and my community that actually mattered to me, to tell my stor y and to listen carefully as other people told theirs. In no other class have I experienced such a profound sense of freedom. It spur red for th a deep satisfaction that I did not know was possible in myself. I laid my soul forth for these complete strangers to see. At my most vulnerable, when I was the most afraid that I would be rejected, I looked into the eyes of the people around me. There, where I expected judgment, I found connection. Anthony Streiff University student

n recent months, some Republicans have expressed an interest in reforming the Electoral College system in order to award votes by proportional RONALD DIXON allocation. columnist Why would some Republicans flirt with the idea of a change to the Electoral College? Well, the answer is that Republicans would greatly benefit from it. Under the current system, each state awards Electoral College votes based upon the majority of votes within each state. Maine and Nebraska are the only two states that award votes proportionally based upon the majority of votes in each Congressional district. The Republican Party would benefit because the odds for them taking the presidency would increase greatly. And Republicans know this. Pete Lund, a Republican state representative in Michigan, was quoted in a Jan. 25 article in the Detroit News, saying, with regards to a similar measure he proposed in 2012, “It got no traction last year. There were people convinced Romney was going to win, and this might take (electoral) votes from him.” For example, President Barack Obama beat Republican challenger Gov. Mitt Romney, both in the popular vote (62,611,250 to 59,134,475), as well as in the Electoral College majority (332 to 206). If we had a proportional Electoral College system, though, Romney would have defeated Obama (273 to 262). Romney would have won under this system because state legislatures, many of which are Republican-controlled, gerrymandered the congressional districts so that Republicans have a significant edge. The process involves “cracking” solidly Democratic districts into pieces, absorbed by several Republican districts, and by “packing” liberal constituents into tighter districts, leaving conservative majorities in other districts. This is why the populace can vote for more Democrats in the House than Republicans and yet the Republicans can still maintain a majority. In order to guarantee fair elections, we can’t decide the winners by cheating the system. Instead, let us keep the current system in order to prevent electoral abuses from conservative politicians. Ronald Dixon welcomes comments at rdixon@mndaily.com.

Making MOOCs safer Universities should be clear about privacy regulations for online classes.

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ublic universities across the nation are embracing a method of learning in online education known as Massive Open Online Courses. According to a The New York Times article published Jan. 23, Arizona State University, the University of Cincinnati and the University of Arkansas systems will begin offering selections from their normal online classes as MOOCs for credit. Students registering for these MOOCs will be able to get credit for them and even use the credit toward a college degree. The program, called MOOC2Degree, aims to attract online students by offering them a free first MOOC in the hope that they will continue to enroll in university-sponsored, for-credit classes. What originally was an idea to increase university enrollment may well become a very real form of degree attainment. However, many have expressed concern at the lack of a standard of regulations surrounding online courses. An article published in The Chronicle of Higher Education on Jan. 23 reported the gathering of well-known online educators in Palo Alto, Calif., to discuss student and consumer rights in the sphere of online education. They even drafted “A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital Age,” listing some of the privacy rights and regulator y measures students should ask from the companies providing the courses. There is no question that all forms of education are becoming increasingly social. Universities should be wary of efforts to enhance enrollment if the method sacrifices quality, integrity or individual privacy of students. Higher education is not a packaged product, and regulations should be put in place to ensure privacy and fairness for students taking online course.

Subsidizing higher ed Congress should replace existing higher education tax credits with more direct financial aid.

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espite the discouraging unemployment numbers among recent college graduates, higher education remains one of the best investments a person wishing to move up in the job market can make. The economy as a whole also benefits greatly from a more educated and skilled workforce, especially in our increasingly globalized job market. Yet, the increasing costs associated with completing an undergraduate degree or higher exclude many Americans from enrollment. To make higher education more affordable, the federal government traditionally subsidizes college in two ways. The first is through Pell Grants, which is money awarded directly to students with the most financial need. The second way is through tax credits, of which there are 14 different kinds that students and their parents can qualify for. The application process to receive these tax credits can be complex, and students are unlikely to see their benefits until well after they’ve already paid tuition. There isn’t much evidence that suggests these tax credits actually provide more incentive for people to enroll in a college or university. Congress should strongly consider eliminating these tax credits, which totaled up to $18 billion in 2009, according to an article published in the Christian Science Monitor last year. It could use the money it saved to instead spend on additional Pell Grants or another more effective way to reduce costs and encourage more enrollment in higher education. High-paying jobs in the U.S. increasingly require a bachelor’s degree or higher. To ensure that the American workforce keeps up with the demands of the job market, Congress must work to subsidize higher education in the most efficient way possible. We recommend eliminating the education tax credits and, instead, increasing financial aid in more direct and effective ways.

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Bauman aims to inspire with music Bauman u from Page 1

inspire people, but music is not the goal,” Bauman said. “It’s about impact for me because impact is always greater than success.”

‘Ones in the Sky’ Bauman’s fifth concussion of his career, on the mat in mid-November, reignited his career in the studio. He has been around the team since then, but he has not been cleared for contact. Bauman admitted his latest concussion was a low moment for him, but the timing turned out to be perfect. A few days after he suffered the concussion, Bauman said a representative from a “pretty big” record label contacted him about some of his old music. Bauman said he thought it was a joke at first because he hadn’t written a lyric in eight months. It wasn’t. That representative mentioned that some higher-ups at the record label had listened to Bauman’s music and loved it. Bauman picked up the pen and paper after an eightmonth hiatus. He wrote “Ones in the Sky” a day later. He said writing the song was about a seven-hour process. He listened to the beat for about two hours, but the words wouldn’t come out. “I was about to give up and then I asked myself … ‘If you could talk to the world for five minutes, what would you say?’” Bauman said. “And once I had that in my mind, I wrote the song like that.” Bauman said that when he wrote “Ones in the Sky,” a female vocalist sang the chorus in his mind. He turned to a woman he’d met less than two months earlier to provide that voice. Ash Webb transferred to

the University of Minnesota from a school in New Jersey this year and met Bauman on the first day of classes. Bauman had never heard her sing, but he said as soon as he heard her in action, he knew she was the person for the part. Webb said she had collaborated with others in the past, singing at places like coffee shops. She was surprised when Bauman took her to a professional studio to record the song. Still, Webb said she had no idea “Ones in the Sky” would turn out to be this huge. Bauman said the premise of “Ones in the Sky” was going after dreams, and he hoped the music video would help emulate his message. In the video, Bauman, Webb and videographer Cole Schrupp walked around the Mall of America and asked people to write down their dream on a note card. Then they filmed each person holding the note card with their index finger pointed in the air. Bauman said he has received positive feedback in the two months since the video dropped. “It’s beautiful because I’ve got a tragedy over here,” Bauman said, referring to his concussion, “and on the other side, we are out here inspiring and changing lives with music.”

A gift for music Bauman said for as long as he has written music, he’s never been consistent with it. He said the time away from music varies each time, as do his reasons for leaving it. He said every time he steps away from music, it makes him better. Bauman’s latest break from music came because of the song, “Ill Mind of Hopsin 5” by Hopsin, a rapper based out of California. Bauman said he has al-

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Musician and Minnesota wrestler Joel Bauman, left, discusses ideas with producer Chad Helmonds at Black Apple Productions on Friday, Jan. 25 in Minneapolis. Bauman suffered a concussion in mid-November and hasn’t returned to the mat since.

ways been a fan of Hopsin because of the message he sends through his music. In the specific song “Ill Mind of Hopsin 5,” he speaks out against the current state of hip-hop and challenges the minds of the youth that listens to it. “That’s kind of the message I want to convey to people [in my music],” Bauman said, “but he beat me to it.” Bauman said he stopped making music after that because Hopsin had said everything he wanted to vocalize to the world. It took a concussion and a call from a record label to change his mind. “I realized I have a gift, and I have to use it,” Bauman said.

Always a dreamer Bauman said he has always been a dreamer, but he admitted his music didn’t al-

ways represent that persona. He grew up around music and has studied it since he was a young child growing up in Kerkhoven, Minn. “I’ve been writing music ever since I was a little kid, but I was doing it wrong,” Bauman said. “I was the only African-American in my community, and I saw people on TV that were my color … so I kind of got into music for the wrong reasons.” Bauman said he used to tr y to emulate the personalities he saw on television and was never truly himself through his music. That has changed in the past year. “I wrote music to tr y to impress people instead of trying to make an impact,” Bauman said. “That’s gone. … I’m not tr ying to make people think I’m cool.” His producer Chad Helmonds said Bauman, who

was intense from the moment Helmonds met him, has shown an added fire in recent months while changing his music. “He’s tr ying to connect with people and spread that positivity,” Helmonds said, “which is not a common thing in hip-hop business.” Bauman lives a lifestyle that emphasizes finding the “why” in life. His Twitter handle is @MrWhysGuy, and on Facebook he’s “Joel WhysGuy Bauman.” “ ‘ WhysGuys’ find their ‘why’ and then they got out there and do it,” Bauman said. “And I think the biggest thing for me is that I’ve found my ‘why’ in life.” Webb said it’s hard to tell if Bauman makes music because he enjoys it or because he wants other people to feel good. “I think it’s a combination of both, but he seems more

focused on making others happy,” Webb said, “and that’s a refreshing thought.” Though many sing Bauman’s praises, wrestling teammate Kevin Steinhaus grew up with him and said he’s the same guy he’s always been. “I know him more on a personal level, so I think people who know him a little less might be more inspired by him,” Steinhaus said with a chuckle. “It’s always good to have a guy like that around the team, though.” Bauman said he would like to make music his career but wouldn’t necessarily want to be signed by a major record label. “I don’t want to fit a label,” he said, “because labels don’t want the message that I have to offer people.” @dailyonthemat

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Williams, Gophers bounce back against Huskers Rodney Williams scored 19 of his 23 points in the first half of a blowout win at home. BY ANDREW KRAMMER akrammer@mndaily.com

Rodney Williams only needed the first half of Tuesday’s game to answer his critics. The senior co-captain scored a Big Ten careerhigh 23 points in an 84-65 win against Nebraska, including 19 points in the first half. No. 23 Minnesota snapped its four-game los-

ing streak in flashy fashion, stretching the floor and getting back to its fast-paced style of basketball. Williams added five rebounds and shot 8-for-13 in front of an announced crowd of 12,672 at Williams Arena. “ To n i g h t w e h a d a chance to run up against a team that … we can force them into hurrying,” coach Tubby Smith said. “I’m not naive enough to think we can do that against Wisconsin or Michigan.” W illiams and fellow co-captain Austin Hollins dunked their way out of the

shooting slump they had been in during back-to-back road losses to Wisconsin and Northwestern. “Getting those dunks really helped get the frustration out,” Williams said. Hollins finished with 13 points, five assists and three steals. The pair had scored 17 points on 32 shots in losses to Northwestern and Wisconsin. “Seeing the ball go through the basket, no matter how, is really a confidence boost,” Williams said. Against Nebraska, it

became evident early that coach Tubby Smith wanted to get the two going. Williams and Hollins had 14 of Minnesota’s 29 first-half shot attempts. W illiams opened the game with a dunk. “It didn’t surprise us,” Trevor Mbakwe said. “He just needed to get aggressive, and once he got the quick dunk off the tip, that got him into a rhythm.” At his locker after the game, Mbakwe sat with a bag of ice on each knee and one on his injured right wrist, which he said was a “little sore” after the game.

“It was good to get [Williams] going early,” Mbakwe said. “I’m happy for him. He’s taken a lot of criticism lately.” Minnesota took a ninepoint lead into the locker room at halftime, but the gap could have been much wider. The Cornhuskers’ Ray Gallegos shot 80 percent in the first half and had 20 points to keep the game within single digits. But the Gophers held Gallegos to 10 second-half points, and Nebraska shot 46 percent in the final 20 minutes. Smith’s star ters combined for 61 of 84 points, as

the reserves served more as a time management tool. Minnesota, averaging 14 turnovers per game, took care of the ball with six turnovers Tuesday. It had nine in its loss to Wisconsin last Thursday. “We played smarter,” Hollins said. Just as Williams got his frustration out on the court, his coach seemed to blow off the steam of losing four straight after the game. “We had enough negative over the last two weeks, enough garbage.” Smith said. “Garbage in, garbage out.” @dailyinthebarn

MINNESOTA 84, NEBRASKA 65 Nebraska Minnesota

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NEBRASKA FG FT Reb M-A M-A O-T Ast PF Pts 3-8 3-4 2-3 3 1 10 6-7 0-0 1-1 0 5 13 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 4 0 12-17 0-1 0-4 1 1 30 2-7 1-2 0-4 2 2 6 0-1 1-2 0-3 6 2 1 0-0 2-2 0-1 0 2 2 1-1 1-2 1-1 0 0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 24-44 8-15 4-19 13 17 65 Percentages: FG .545, FT .533. Three-pointers: 9-14, .643 (Gallegos 6-9, Talley 1-2, Shields 1-2, Ubel 1-1). Blocks: None. Team rebounds: 2. Turnovers: 13 (Talley 4, Gallegos 2, Parker 2, Shields, Ubel, Rivers). Steals: 2 (Ubel, Gallegos). Player Shields Ubel Rivers Gallegos Talley Parker Almeida Tyrance Menke Total

MINNESOTA Player Williams Mbakwe Coleman Hollins, Au. Hollins, An. Ahanmisi Eliason Welch Osenieks Ingram Walker Ellenson Halvorsen Shell Total

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PF 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 13

Pts 23 4 7 13 14 9 2 2 4 2 2 2 0 0 84

Percentages: FG .542, FT .696. Three-pointers: 4-12, .333 (Andre Hollins 1-5, Ahanmisi 1-2, Coleman 1-1, Williams 1-1, Austin Hollins 0-2). Blocks: 3 (Mbakwe 2, Williams). Team rebounds: 2. Turnovers: 6 (Andre Hollins 4, Mbakwe, Osenieks). Steals: 10 (Austin Hollins 3, Coleman 2, Williams 2, Andre Hollins, Ahanmisi, Osenieks). A: 12,672. Officials: Tom Eades, Mark Whitehead, Paul Janssen.

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Minnesota forward Trevor Mbakwe drives toward the hoop against Nebraska on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at Williams Arena.

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Minnesota forward Rodney Williams dunks the ball against Nebraska on Jan. 29, 2013, at Williams Arena.

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horoscopes

Today’s Birthday (1/30): You’re in for some fun! This next six months is a creative phase of exploration, fun and discovery. Write, record and communicate. Grow your partnerships.

Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is a 7 — Now and for the next few months, it’s easier to find money for home improvements. It’s better to maintain now than to fix it later (and cheaper).

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 6 — Don’t get impatient. You’ll advance in strides, especially around personal finances. Give the eggs some time to hatch. Meditation brings peace.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 9 — Your confusion at work is clearing up. Loved ones are even more supportive for the next few months.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is an 8 — You’re gaining confidence each day. Projects that had been delayed will go forward. Consider joining an organization that makes a difference.

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

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 9 — Get the house the way you want it, right now and over the next few months. A financial matter moves forward now. There’s plenty of work coming in.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is an 8 — Your dreams are prophetic. Exercise muscles you normally don’t use so they don’t atrophy. Try something new.

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

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is an 8 — You’re lucky in love for the next few months. You have a lot to say, so say it with words, movement or pictures. Express yourself.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is an 8 — Career advancement is easier soon. You’ll acquire wisdom with the assistance of your team. Be willing to listen to new ideas.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 7 — Advance a work project. It’s easier to get the money now. You can really be lucky in love and lucky at games at the same time.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 6 — For the next few months, you’ll meet important, interesting people with powerful ideas that will stretch your mind. Pay close attention.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 9 — You’ve managed to swim through raging emotional waters, and now you’re rewarded. Your effectiveness increases. Others are listening.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is an 8 — It’s all about your relationships. You can get further than expected, together. Organize your time around the people you love.

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To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Written By Linda C. Black

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overheard Girl 1: “I’m not ready yet.” Girl 2: “Wait, why?” Girl 1: “Because I’m still not over bar chocolate.”

—Unknown

Professor: “Anatomists are all dirty old men, regardless of their age or sex.”

—Moos Tower

“I just love the smell of squash.”

—Near Jones Hall

“And then all of a sudden it was a vagina.”

—Washington Avenue

“I don’t like to drive when I eat weed; my arms feel like Gumby.”

—Coffman Union

Girl 1: “Nobody ever overhears us.” Girl 2: “Yeah, we’re always alone.”

—Washington Avenue

Guy 1: “Oh man, I’m so glad that I didn’t smoke before class today.” Guy 2: “Why is that?” Guy 1: “Because we had to get into small groups and actually talk with other people.”

—Pioneer Hall

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FOR RELEASE JANUARY 30, 2013

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

ACROSS 1 Net help pages, briefly 5 County counterpart, in Canterbury 10 Boring 14 Longtime Stern rival 15 Little bits 16 Baltic capital 17 New Orleans team confused? 20 __ Who 21 Little bits 22 Silly 23 Musical quality 25 Chooses 26 New York team punished? 31 Fail to mention 32 Picky eaters of rhyme 33 Different 36 “Network” director 38 Old West mil. force 39 Andrea Bocelli, e.g. 41 Half a fly 42 More than a sobber 45 Small or large 46 Indianapolis team stymied? 48 Loads to clean 51 Person in a sentence, say 52 Convention pinon 53 Heroic poems 56 “Homeland” airer, briefly 59 San Diego team upset? 62 Hardly friendly 63 Go on and on 64 Take on 65 Golf rarities 66 Fur fortunemaker 67 Football positions DOWN 1 Punch source 2 Indian nursemaid 3 Being alone with one’s thoughts

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4 IRS ID 5 TV drama about Alex, Teddy, Georgie and Frankie Reed 6 Vagabond 7 News piece 8 X-ray units 9 Linguistic suffix 10 Pickled 11 Purple __: New Hampshire state flower 12 Word with travel or talent 13 Underworld 18 Zippy flavor 19 Most nasty 24 Bone: Pref. 25 NH summer hours 26 Quite a blow 27 Tall runners 28 Footnote ref. 29 Mount Narodnaya’s range 30 __ orange 33 Thin paper 34 Nap 35 Slave Scott

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37 Like many omelets 40 “Mi casa __ casa” 43 Gore and Hirt 44 Stock market VIP? 46 Casual wine choices 47 Not bad, not good 48 Modern witch’s religion

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49 For this purpose 50 Old, as a joke 53 Goofs 54 Exam sophs may take 55 Colon, in analogies 57 Sheep together 58 Keats works 60 Org. concerned with greenhouse gas 61 Ally of Fidel

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dr. date Dr. Date,

I have been seeing a great guy, but over the months, we have lost our sparkle. He used to get me flowers for no reason, surprise me for lunch and text me sweet nothings. Now, even though we are in a happy and healthy relationship, I get none of that. I feel like it’s because he knows he has me so he doesn’t have to work hard like he did at first. But it makes me feel like he’s taking me for granted. Thoughts?

—No More Bed Of Roses

Every Rose Has Its Thorns,

Ah, my dear, this sounds like a classic case of the “lazy bones.” Your honey badger is so comfortable with you he’s gotten romantically lazy, and it’s seeping deep into his bones. Thank goodness you’ve consulted the Doc because there’s a light of missionary position and peeing with the door open — icky — at the end of this track if you don’t take control. Fear not, however, because romance is a mere utterance of the dreadful words “we have to talk” away. You should confront your man about sprucing things up and lovingly remind him that chivalry can only be dead when he is. Grab his attention by grabbing something else of his, and start with some spice in the bedroom — those spices are bound to be dashed elsewhere once opened.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

What are your thoughts about jumping into dating versus building a friendship with someone you are attracted to and letting it turn into more?

—Long Haul

Haul On The Reins,

Unless you desire to drown in the icy waves of a relationship tempest, I suggest taking a friendship ferry to the nearest port. You see, when people take the darkened path into commitment alley after only a brief encounter of delight with that special someone, they rarely make it out without a stab or two to the potential friendship that could’ve been. Bottom line is, if you bypass the friendship stage of a relationship and

the two of you fail as a couple, you will never have a friendship with that person because you weren’t ever friends. You were something else.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

By way of coincidence, happenstance and matchmaking, my two best friends and I are dating three guys that are themselves best friends. Our triple dates are awesome, and we are all friends across genders, but I worry about what will happen if one of the couples breaks up. Will everyone else question their own relationships? Will there be a lot of fallout? How should we maintain some semblance of boundaries in case the inevitable occurs?

—Triple Trouble

Triple Order Of Topperstix,

Well, well, well, sounds like your saucy six-some has a whole bunch of toppings that could wind up on your order. I’ve got a couple of deals for you to choose from, so don’t hang up that dial. 1. Turn it into a game. You could all recognize these dazzling duos as mere dalliances and place bets on who will last the longest. Friendships will stay intact at each downfall because, duh, don’t hate the player, hate the game. 2. Rate the six of you on a scale of drama-llama to chill.com and see where each of you falls at the present time. If one of your gals or one of the boys is a definitive diva already, then try to limit your Red Dog six-pack hangouts because one pierced can may destroy the whole pack. 3. Step out of your plaid skirt, undo your pigtails and drop the schoolgirl mentality: Just because Billy may dump Jane doesn’t mean you will have to dump Billy as a friend. If you’re all real friends now, you’ll be able to sift through the awkwardness of postbreakup blues and shift back into friendship mode again. Above all, recognize the fact that you’re not dating a group; you’re dating a person. If you aren’t canoodling with the others in the bedroom, then you don’t need to canoodle in their drama.

—Dr. Date

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Wash. will try to keep weed in state Drug trafficking prevention efforts may include a digital plan. BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEATTLE — So far, no one is suggesting checkpoints or fences to keep Washington state’s legal pot within its borders. B u t G o v. J a y I n s l e e insists there are ways to prevent the bulk smuggling of the state’s newest cash cr op into the black market, including digitally tracking weed to ensure that it goes from where it is grown to the stores where it is sold. With sales set to begin later this year, he hopes to be a good neighbor and keep vanloads of premium, legal bud from cr uising into Idaho, Oregon and other states that don’t want people getting stoned for fun. It’s not just about generating goodwill with fellow gover nors. Inslee is tr ying to persuade U.S. Attor ney General Eric Holder not to sue to block Washington from licensing pot growers, processors and sellers. Marijuana remains illegal under federal law.

“I am going to be personally committed to have a well regulated, well disciplined, well tracked, well inventor y-controlled, well law-enforcement-coordinated approach,” said Inslee, who expects to give Holder more details by next week. Keeping a lid on the weed is just one of the numerous challenges Washington state authorities and their counterpar ts in Colorado — where voters also legalized pot use — will face in the coming months. The potential of regulator y schemes to keep pot from being diver ted isn’t clear. Colorado already has intensive r ules aimed at keeping its medical marijuana market in line, including the digital tracking of cannabis, bar codes on ever y plant, surveillance video and manifests of all legal pot shipments. But law enforcement of ficials say marijuana from Colorado’s dispensaries often makes its way to the black market, and even the head of the Colorado agency charged with tracking the medical pot industr y suggests no one should copy its measures. The agency has been

beset by money woes and had to cut many of its investigators. Even if the agency had all the money it wanted, the state’s medical pot rules are “a model of regulator y overreach,” too cumbersome and expensive to enforce, Laura Harris said in a statement. Last fall, voters made Washington and Colorado the first states to pass laws legalizing the recreational use of marijuana and setting up systems of state-licensed gr owers, processors and retail stores where adults over 21 can walk in and buy up to an ounce of heavily taxed cannabis. Both states are working to develop r ules for the emerging pot industr y. The Obama administration could sue to block the legal markets from operating, on the grounds that actively regulating an illegal substance conflicts with federal drug law. The DOJ is reviewing the laws but has given no signals about its plans. It has never sued states like Colorado that have regulated medical marijuana, even though it could under the same legal principles. Par t of the DOJ’s po-

litical calculus in deciding whether to sue is likely to be how well the depar tment believes the two states can keep the legal weed within their borders. During a meeting with Inslee last week, Holder asked a lot of questions about diver sion, Inslee said. Alison Holcomb, who led Washington’s legal pot campaign, said it’s important to respect states that haven’t legalized weed by not flooding their black markets. The first step, she said, is for the state to figure out how much pot should be produced, and then grant licenses accordingly. “Excess supply creates incentive to divert outside the state,” she said. Washington’s Liquor Control Board is planning a comprehensive sur vey to estimate how much marijuana is consumed in the state. Inslee has boasted about the ef fectiveness of the State Patrol’s highway interdiction program in stopping drug traf ficking. Traditional police work, combined with inventor y controls, will be key to clamping down on diversion, he said. Digital tracking of the

weights of marijuana shipments between processors and retailers would help make sure there isn’t “10- to 20-percent shrinkage that’s going to the black market,” he said. But even if the state can prevent bulk pot from being diver ted, there’s nothing to keep customers from walking into multiple stores, or returning to the same store, to collect more than their 1-ounce limit. Some traffickers could recr uit many people to buy weed for them. Tom Gorman, head of the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Dr ug-Traf ficking Area, said ef for ts to keep a lid on legal marijuana simply don’t work. Pot fr om Colorado’s medical marijuana system — often described as the most closely r egulated in the world — routinely makes its way into Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming and points east, often fr om dispensaries that have sold out the back door, he said. A brief law enforcement sur vey the organization conducted last summer turned up numerous cases in which suspects had made purchases at Colorado dispensaries before be-

ing busted in other states. In the past two years, Colorado’s medical pot regulators have levied 54 fines against licensed businesses, but have never revoked or suspended a license. Matt Cook, the former director of Colorado’s Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division, defended the “seed-to-store” regulations in the state. Cook, who is applying for a job as a consultant to Washington’s marijuana regulators, noted that at any time of ficials could check the digital records, pull the sur veillance video or drop in for an inspection — and the fear of getting busted keeps people in line. Bob Hoban, whose law fir m r epr esents nearly 100 medical marijuana businesses in Colorado, agreed, and noted another incentive for dispensaries to behave. “It’s a cutthroat business,” he said. “If somebody sees something unusual, they’re going to provide a tip. ... There’s just about as good of a safeguard as you can have for diversion in the state of Colorado, and a lot of that is Big Brother watching you.”

Cornish will also draft a bill allowing 21-yearolds with a handgun permit to car r y guns inside K-12 schools after providing the administration with written notification. “The K-12 car r y will be modeled exactly after the Capitol,” he said. “In other words, if you notify the principal or superintendent that you’re going to be car r ying, then you can carr y.” The 10-year legislator hopes to introduce both bills this week. University political scie n c e p r o f e s s o r We n d y Rahn said she expects significant pushback if Cornish’s bills pass. “My gut instinct would be that representatives who represent legislative districts where there are more gun owners would be mor e suppor tive of this,” she said. “I would imagine that there would b e l ob b y in g a g a in st i t from gun control advocates and maybe even the University.” Cor nish foresees the same hurdles. “Rather than admitting that they can’t do anything to prevent a tragedy from coming to them, [colleges will] say they have it under control,” Cornish said. “They’re going to have cameras and secure doors. But there’s no way you can make a college totally secure.”

Because of the University’s autonomy from the state, even if Cor nish’s bills wer e passed into law, the Board of Regents wouldn’t have to revise their current policy to adhere to them. “The Board of Regents has the power to gover n free from legislative control,” Rotenberg said. The University’s weapon policy is pretty similar to other Big Ten schools. According to their campus website, the University of WisconsinMadison does not allow students or staf f to carr y on campus unless the carrier is granted permission by the campus dean. Similarly, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln pr ohibits anyone aside from authorized personnel from carr ying guns on campus. To get a conceal and car r y permit, one has to apply for the permit with the local police depar tment, undergo a background check and go through range training with a state-cer tified instructor, according to the Minnesota Depar tment of Public Safety website. A permit doesn’t allow someone to carr y at a private establishment that has posted a ban sign, or at public colleges and universities that have a noguns policy in place. The campus carr y and

the K-12 car r y bills will join another bill Cor nish already authored this legislative session. Cor nish, who was a peace of ficer for 32 years, introduced a bill that would allow retired officers to car r y without a permit. For the time being, Rotenberg doesn’t see the Regents reviewing their weapons policy. “I haven’t heard any recent discussion over the weapons policy,” he said, “but I will say that when it was established in 2003, it was the result of a unanimous decision.” Child psychology freshman Hannah Gr unewald said she opposes Cornish’s bill. “I believe in the right to bear ar ms, but [Cornish’s bill] sounds kind o f s c a r y, ” G r u n e w a l d said. “I think people can be a little dramatic about regulation. It’s not like your rights are being taken away, it’s just making guns safer for ever yone.” Political science and global studies sophomore Shaili Zappa also said she wouldn’t suppor t such a bill. “It of fends me, especially after so many shootings have taken place across the U.S. in the last few years,” Zappa said. “Those shootings just prove that we need more gun control.”

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Gr eg Hestness doesn’t think Cor nish’s proposal is necessar y. “Ver y rarely do we run across firearms on campus,” Hestness said. “Few people have requested the right to carr y on campus. The University put that policy into place for spe-

cial circumstances.” In 2003, the Board of Regents adopted its current policy, which bans guns, with a few exceptions. “The Board of Regents thought it essential that ever ybody be able to feel safe on campus,” said University General Counsel Mark Rotenberg. Under the policy, law enforcement and militar y personnel can carr y,

along with those in militar y training and those who receive presidential approval. Hestness’s greatest concern with firearms on campus has to do with an individual’s decisions. “It has more to do with judgment, when you should and should not fire your weapon,” he said. “I would be concerned that the judgment training would be inadequate.”