EDITORIALS & OPINIONS
CAMPUS & METRO
Friedman, AHC VP, to step down
Dr. Aaron Friedman was only set to occupy the position for two to three years. u See PAGE 5
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Prostitution should be legal
University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler announced Friday that students entering two degree programs in the College of Design can take yearround classes and graduate in three years, starting this fall. The University is using the graphic design and retail merchandising programs to test the water before deciding whether to allow year-round courses for all degrees. The pr ogram is designed to give students the option to take full course loads in the summer. The traditional four-year option will still be available. Last year, Kaler said
The Gophers played well but ran into a hot Huskies goaltender.
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U OF M
MINNEAPOLIS
U to test year-round calendar BY ALEXI GUSSO agusso@mndaily.com
GOPHERS 4, ST. CLOUD 2 GOPHERS 3, ST. CLOUD 4
Laws criminalizing adult prostitution need to be re-examined.
REGENTS
Kaler made the announcement at the regents meeting Friday.
SPORTS
in his State of the University Address that he had assembled a committee to examine how the University could better utilize its academic programs and facilities in the summer. The committee came up with a three-point plan, which includes the College of Design pilot program. Kaler’s plan would also standardize most summer undergraduate courses to a seven-week term that would begin and end on the same date star ting in 2014. In 2012 there were 69 different star ting dates and 59 different ending dates, he said. The three-point plan would require every categor y in the liberal education
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MONDAY
ST PAUL
The U hired a firm to review administrative structure.
AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY
Freshman Emily Simmons gazes at James Rosenquist’s “World’s Fair Mural” on Jan. 24 at the Weisman Art Museum. Simmons says she tries to come into the museum once a month because she finds art very relaxing, and it takes her mind off other things.
In a crunch, turning to art Small schools selling art for profit has some worrying about the effect on the industry. had officially resigned from her position and the
BY EMMA NELSON enelson1@mndaily.com
paintings — worth millions — were gone. In recent years, money woes have led col-
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On a quiet Monday evening in October 2007, police in Lynchburg, Va., surrounded the Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College.
GUN LAWS
State is torn on gun proposals Hearings last week drew hundreds to the Capitol for gun law proposals. BY JESSICA LEE jlee@mndaily.com
From the University of Minnesota to Washington D.C., gun control is taking center stage. State legislators heard a slew of bills last week in the House of Representatives that would tighten gun regulations, and last Monday, President Barack Obama came to north Minneapolis to tout his gun proposals. The increased focus on firearms comes after several mass shootings in the past year that have drawn the attention of legislators and the public. In November, Mageen Caines, a University gradu-
ate student in Community Health Promotion, surveyed students about their attitudes toward guns on campus. The study found about two-thirds of students surveyed favored the current University policy, which bans guns except for a few exemptions. But after the Sandy Hook shooting in mid-December and recent gun control bills, Caines repeated the study and found about 86 percent now favored the same no-gun policy. “What we’d like to do with this data is reinforce that we have a strong opinion against wanting to have guns on campus,” Caines said. “U of M students don’t want exposure [to guns], and they don’t feel safe if u See GUNS Page 5 The Senate will hold similar hearings later this month.
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ART
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leges nationwide to find new ways to stay in the black. Randolph-Macon was one of the first in a line
The president of the college strode into the museum with art handlers, an attorney and
of cash-strapped schools that turned to their art collections for a bailout.
members of his staff and told the museum
Selling or sharing art —perhaps one of the
director that a truck from Christie’s Auction
most unusual ways — has become increasingly
House was on its way to pick up four paintings.
common. Some in the higher education com-
Phone and computer lines in the museum
munity argue that selling art is the only way to
had been cut, so staff members inside couldn’t
stay afloat. But to the art world, where selling
tell anyone what was going on. When people
pieces for financial gain is typically taboo, it’s a
outside tried to find out what was happening, a
controversial trend — especially as recent cases
police officer said there was a bomb scare.
give rise to fears that this will become the new
By the next morning, the museum director
norm.
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HOUSING
In housing boom, U of M is not alone Development is on the rise across Big Ten campuses. BY MARION RENAULT mrenault@mndaily.com
More than 1,000 highend luxury-apartment units are planned for around the University of Minnesota in
MOVING UP?
THE CHANGING BUSINESS OF STUDENT HOUSING
the next two years, but Minneapolis is not alone in a development boom. Across the Big Ten, university districts are experiencing a boom in off-campus student housing development, especially luxury,
high-rise apartments. “We’ve heard very clearly that we’re not an anomaly here,” said Minneapolis principal city planner Haila Maze. “There is a national trend in student housing to build sort of higher-amenity housing.” There’s a push to construct in West Lafayette, Ind. — home of Purdue Uni-
versity — said development director Chandler Poole. “The pressures we have here are pretty immense,” he said. “[There’s] tremendous pressure for more dense, nicer, student facilities with more amenities.” u See HOUSING Page 4 Some worry there will be more housing than students.
LEGISLATURE
STUDENT ISSUES
Volunteers train for the Aurora Center A record-high 45 volunteers signed up for the training. BY MEGHAN HOLDEN mholden@mndaily.com
ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY
Senior Jaekook Lee and University sign language interpreter Melissa Lund act out case studies during a 40-hour volunteer training session at the Aurora Center on Friday in Scott Hall.
Positivity filled the room where 45 new faces trained to be volunteers for the Aurora Center for Advocacy and Education last week, with the highest number of volunteers ever for the annual training process. Each year, the Aurora Center holds a weeklong, 40-hour training session for new advocates and
educators to lear n to be violence-prevention educators and helpline and office advocates. T h e A u r o r a C e n t e r, which ser ved 465 new clients last school year, provides information and advocacy to members of the University community on sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking. Throughout the week, volunteers learned how to help clients while working through various scenarios that could occur while volu See AURORA Page 5 This is the first year men can go to the hospital with victims.
Students rally at Capitol Students directly lobbied for the tuition freeze. BY CODY NELSON cnelson@mndaily.com
More than 200 University of Minnesota students crowded the state Capitol rotunda Thursday to demand higher education support from state legislators. Issues like a proposed tuition freeze, medical amnesty and student debt brought out more students to Support the U Day from all University campuses than in past years.
The day began with a rally that included speeches from students, state lawmakers and University President Eric Kaler and allowed students the chance to meet with legislators. Both legislators and students, like finance freshman Domingo Ramirez, said Thursday that student lobbying efforts impact policy decisions. “If we don’t rise up and actually say what we want, no one else is going to help the students out,” Ramirez said. u See SUPPORT Page 4 Kaler proposed a tuition freeze dependent on state funding.
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