March 11, 2013

CAMPUS & METRO

FBI raids room in Middlebrook Agents were executing a search warrant.

WRESTLING

EDITORIALS & OPINIONS

Gophers finish 2nd to Penn State again

Let’s talk about sex Pornography’s omnipresence misleads us all.

Dylan Ness and Tony Nelson won individual titles for Minnesota.

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HOCKEY

Men, women take WCHA titles

BASEBALL

Windle’s no-hitter highlights sweep

Tom Windle threw the Gophers’ first nohitter since 1993. u See PAGE 9

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REGENTS

Report: U can improve A report requested by the Legislature found the U can improve admin. efficiency.

BY ALEXI GUSSO agusso@mndaily.com

AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY

The Gophers celebrate their second straight WCHA tournament title Saturday against North Dakota. Top-ranked Minnesota holds an NCAArecord 46-game winning streak entering the NCAA tournament next weekend.

The women won the WCHA tournament.

The men won a share of the regular-season title.

BY MEGAN RYAN

BY DREW CLAUSSEN

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Neither Ohio State nor North

BEMIDJI, Minn. — The Go-

Dakota came close to beating the

phers didn’t win the MacNaugh-

No. 1 Gophers women’s hockey

ton Cup outright this weekend,

team this weekend in the WCHA

but that didn’t stop them from cel-

Final Face-off at Ridder Arena.

ebrating.

The Gophers beat the Buck-

The No. 2 Gophers (24-7-5,

eyes 5-0 in Friday’s semifinals and

16-7-5 WCHA) earned a hard-

Nor th Dakota 2-0 in Saturday’s

fought sweep over Bemidji State,

final to win the Western Colle-

winning 4-3 on Friday and 5-1 on

giate Hockey Association tourna-

Saturday at the Sanford Center in

ment for the second year in a row.

Bemidji, Minn.

Minnesota extended its winning

Minnesota celebrated with the

streak to 46 games while tallying

Western Collegiate Hockey Asso-

its sixth straight shutout.

ciation trophy in its locker room

And it wouldn’t be the Gophers

after Saturday night’s win. The

if they hadn’t set a NCAA Division

trophy, which the Gophers won

I record as well — this time for

outright last season, was secretly

wins in a season with 38.

stored in Minnesota assistant

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A recent examination of four University of Minnesota administrative units found the school could increase the number of staff per supervisor to maximize efficiency.

University President Eric Kaler presented the preliminary analysis report conducted by Sibson Consulting, a national human resources consulting firm, to regents Friday.

Over five weeks, Sibson recorded and reviewed the number of super visors and subordinates in the information technology, finance, human resources and purchasing departments.

Sibson will conduct the same analysis on u See REGENTS Page 4 Happy with the findings, Gov. Mark Dayton will include the extra $80M for the U in his budget.

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

Same-sex marriage foes rally

BY JESSICA LEE jlee@mndaily.com

As legislators prepare to push a samesex marriage bill through the state Legislature, opponents say it’s not right for the state.

At the state Capitol on Thursday, nearly 1,000 Minnesotans urged politicians to vote down a bill that would repeal a 1997 state statute that bans same-sex marriage.

About 40 of the 201 state politicians stood against the bill authored by Sen. Scott Dibble, DFL-Minneapolis, which will get its first hearing Tuesday.

“Marriage is defined as the union of one u See RALLY Page 4 A recent poll found 53 percent of Minnesotans are against changing state marriage laws.

MARTIAL ARTS

DIVERSITY

Latinos at U struggle finding community Lila Downs, a ’92 alumna and artist, shared her experience with U students.

BY MEGHAN HOLDEN mholden@mndaily.com

For Lila Downs, being a Latina at the University of Minnesota wasn’t easy.

The recent Grammy winner and 1992 University alumna said her experience during school was sometimes “painful,” as she didn’t have many other Latinos to connect with.

“I didn’t really have a Latino community,” Downs said. “I felt like I was quite alone.”

This can be the reality for many other Latino or Chicano students at the University, who made up 2.6 percent of the Univer-

sity’s population in fall 2012.

About 5 percent of Minnesota’s population identified as Hispanic or Latino in 2011.

On Friday, Downs discussed the struggles she faced being Latina in Minnesota and how she coped through creating music with students from the departments of Chicano and Latino studies and Spanish and Portuguese studies, as well as Latino students from the area.

Downs, who was born in Mexico and grew up in the Twin Cities area, said her bicultural reality caused her to be confused about who she was at times.

Marco Cr uz, Chicano and Latino studies junior, said he can relate to Downs because he’s from Mexico u See LATINOS Page 4 Downs is a role model for Latino students at the University.

ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY

Joe Stifter and senior Juan Fernandez spar during the men’s Kumite event at the University Shotokan Karate Tournament on Saturday at the Bierman Field Athletic Facility. The event was hosted by the University Shotokan Karate Club and drew karate clubs from all over the Midwest.

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KANO, Nigeria — Radical Islamic fighters killed seven foreign hostages in Nigeria, European diplomats said Sunday, making it the worst such kidnapping violence in decades for a country beset by extremist guerrilla attacks.

Nigeria’s police, military, domestic spy ser vice and presidency remained silent over the killings of the construction company workers, kidnapped Feb. 16 from northern Bauchi state. The government’s silence only led to more questions about the nation’s continued in-

ability to halt attacks that have seen hundreds killed in shootings, church bombings and an attack on the United Nations.

The latest victims were four Lebanese and one citizen apiece from Britain, Greece and Italy.

Britain and Italy said all seven of those taken from the Setraco construction company compound had died at the hands of Ansaru, a previously little-known splinter group of the Islamic sect Boko Haram. Greece also confirmed one of its citizens was killed, while Lebanese authorities didn’t immediately comment.

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Italian Premier Mario Monti identified the slain Italian hostage as Silvano Trevisan and promised Rome would use “ever y ef for t” to stop the killers. British Foreign Secretar y William Hague called the killings “an act of cold-blooded murder”

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Monday, March 11, 2013

FBI raids room in Middlebrook Agents were executing a search warrant.

BY EMMA NELSON enelson1@mndaily.com

Minneapolis FBI agents searched a Middlebrook Hall dor m r oom early Wednesday morning.

University of Minnesota spokesman Matt Hodson said the agents had a search warrant, but he didn’t know what the agents were looking for or whether they found it.

Hodson was unable to comment about the status of the student whose room was searched.

The FBI notified University police in advance, said Greg Boosalis, division counsel for the FBI’s Minneapolis division.

“Typically when we do a search warrant, we always contact the local agency to make sure that they know that we’re going to be there and there’s no conflict,” he said.

A University police in-

vestigator assigned to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is continuing to assist with the investigation, even though the case is not a terrorism case, University police Deputy Chief Chuck Miner said.

Miner said he wasn’t sure if Housing and Residential Life was notified in advance of the search but said that’s typical. Housing and Residential Life employees can then help with unlocking doors, for example.

“With a search warrant, you can generally break open a door to get into a residence or an apartment,” Miner said. “But there’s no need to do that in this case when we can get the keys through other means.”

The residence hall, located on the University’s West Bank, houses about 900 students, according to the Housing and Residential Life website.

A number of University students commented on the incident on Twitter, beginning Thursday and continuing Friday.

Disney’s ‘Oz’ bewitches box office with $80M debut

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — “Oz the Great and the Powerful” clicked with moviegoers.

Disney’s 3-D prequel to the classic L. Frank Baum tale “The Wonder ful Wizard of Oz” debuted in first place and earned $80.3 million at the weekend box office in the U.S. and Canada and $69.9 million overseas, according to studio estimates Sunday.

“Oz” tells the origin of James Franco as the wizard with Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz as the trio of witches he encounters after crashing in the mystical realm of Oz. The updated take on “Oz,” which was directed by original “Spider-Man” trilogy mastermind Sam Raimi, was a gamble that looks like it will pay off for the Walt Disney Co. The film reportedly cost $200 million and opened a week after “Jack the Giant Slayer,” another big-budget 3-D extravaganza that reimagines a classic tale, flopped in its opening weekend, debuting with $28 million at the box office.

“Oz” was also golden overseas. The film conjured up $69.9 million from 46 foreign markets, includ-

ing Russia and the United Kingdom. “Oz” could follow in the footsteps of Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland,” another costly 3-D film, which opened on the same weekend in 2010 and went on to gross over $1 billion worldwide. “‘Oz’ is the shot in the arm that the industry needed,” said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. “We had six consecutive weekends where the box of fice was down. As a result, we’re at a 12-and-a-half percent deficit year-to-date on box office revenues versus last year. Not a lot of movies have worked. There have been several underperformers.”

In its second weekend, “Jack” stomped out second place behind “Oz” with $10 million, dropping 62 percent since its opening weekend. It ear ned just $4.9 million overseas.

“Jack,” based on the Jack and the Beanstalk fable, was directed by Bryan Singer and stars Nicholas Hoult and Ewan McGregor.

The only other new release this weekend, the FilmDistrict revenge drama “Dead Man Down” starring Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace, opened in four th place with $5.3 million.

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New sorority to be added to the University this fall

BY KELSEY SHIRRIFF kshirriff@mndaily.com

A new sorority is coming to the University of Minnesota for the first time in decades.

Three national chapters — Phi Mu, Chi Omega and Tri Delta — brought their case to a committee of students, alumni and staff over the weekend.

“It’s a huge deal,” said Matt Levine, program director for the Of fice for Fraternity and Sorority Life. “It is the most exciting thing that they’ve been able to do on the sorority side in a long time. It’s going to bring a ton of energy to our community.”

The committee will make a recommendation to the University’s Panhellenic Council, which will vote on a new sorority by Tuesday night.

The addition is part of the University’s recent initiative to increase greek engagement. The University plans to add one sorority per year for the next four years, Vice Provost for Student Affairs Jerry Rinehart said.

“We haven’t done extension on our campus in over 30 years,” Levine said, “so we need this one to be ver y successful.”

Integration Special considerations are being made to integrate the new chapter.

The new sorority will likely be housed in the new 17th Avenue residence hall and use a different recruitment procedure this fall.

After recruitment, there will be a hold on “snap-bidding” by other sororities in order to promote membership for the new chapter, said Julia Gross, president of the PHC. The process hasn’t been set in stone, but the sorority will have its own period to gain members.

“Basically nobody else can recruit while they’re recruiting,” she said. “So they’ll get help there.”

The University’s Greek Task Force identified overflow as a big issue in sorority houses last year.

The University has set aside up to 200 beds for greek members in the new dorm to alleviate a housing crunch and to accommodate new chapters. Rinehart said the new sorority will likely use the “incubator space.”

Phi Mu, Chi Omega and Tri Delta used to be part of the University’s greek commu-

EMILY DUNKER, DAILY

Field consultant Chelsea Gauchman talks about what it means to her to be a Delta Delta Delta at a sorority extension event Sunday at Hanson Hall.

nity but left years ago, Levine said.

Their departure was most likely because of waning interest and finances, he said. With the return to campus, chapter membership will be vital.

PHC spokeswoman Reed Mosimann said she’s interested in how the new chapter will promote itself.

“I think that will be a really strategic step in the first couple of years so they can gain that member base and really be competitive against other sororities in terms of making numbers,” she said.

The U’s appeal The new sorority is part of a University initiative to boost greek participation though the Greek Task Force.

Caryn Schultz Korman, vice president of outreach for the University Alumni Association, said she’s never seen this level of support before, and the task force’s fall report was impressive.

“We have the growth, we have the numbers and we have the support,” she said. “It’s unique to have that kind of report coming out and to have that kind of alumni and administrators involved.”

The extension council was interested in these three chapters in particular because they hope to draw attention from alumni.

“We want alumni to come back to their homes,” Levine said. Highly involved Greek alumni tend to be good for chapters because of mentorship as well as financial support, he said.

“There’s definitely a financial piece to alumni being engaged, but honestly our focus right now is just getting alumni excited about being greek on campus again,” he said.

The University athletics department is also teaming up with greek students this month to create a Greek-Athletics Task Force to encourage participation in sporting events.

Letitia Fulkerson, national president of Chi Omega, said the University’s report contributed heavily to the chapter’s interest in coming back to campus.

“That was a lot of work,” she said.

“I’ve looked at a lot of different institutional reports over the 30 years I’ve volunteered, and theirs was one of the most … put-together.”

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Report: U can improve But in Purchasing Services and the Office of Budget and Finance, super visors manage an average of 3.63 and 3.86 employees, respectively — low by industr y standards.

In a media briefing Thursday, University Chief Financial Of ficer Richard Pfutzenreuter said the low averages indicate “areas of opportunity” in which the University can conduct a more in-depth evaluation.

He said the low numbers, like in purchasing, are an “alert” but don’t necessarily mean that immediate action must be taken.

He said there may be good reasons for the low average of employees reporting to a supervisor.

In a hypothetical example, Pfutzenreuter explained a super visor in finance may oversee only one employee while also managing a $1 billion University debt por tfolio. In that case, Pfutzenreuter said he would not add more reporting employees due to the high level of responsibility for the supervisor.

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the 50 remaining administrative offices by summer.

Kaler said the reports are the first steps in increasing administrative efficiency.

“This is not the silver bullet,” he said. “It calls out areas in need of examination.”

The repor t, which two state legislators requested in January, identified a few areas where the University could maximize the number of employees per super visor.

In Gov. Mark Dayton’s budget proposal, he said an additional $80 million to the University was contingent on Sibson’s findings.

Dayton is happy with the findings and plans to include the funding in his revised budget this week, according to his spokeswoman Katharine Tinucci.

According to the report, each super visor should oversee six or more employees, depending on the job.

It highlighted the Office of Information Technology as a relatively streamlined depar tment. The average super visor oversees more than nine employees and in one case 38.

‘Part of the U’s problem’

Kaler will present the final repor t to the Legis-

lature’s higher education committees Monday and T uesday while continuing to push his $1.2 billion budget request.

Sen. Terri Bonoff, DFLMinnetonka, and Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, requested the University conduct a spans and layers analysis after a late-December Wall Street Journal article used the University to exemplify the issue of administrative bloat.

Bonof f and Bakk requested an interim repor t of the findings no later than March 15 for lawmakers to use as a “strong tool” in formulating the 2013 budget.

Vice President of Human Resources Kathr yn Brown said she and Kaler had talked about doing a spans and layers analysis when Kaler first became president in July 2011. The analysis never happened because of an outdated human resources system and questionable data accuracy.

Brown said after the January legislative request, she and Kaler determined it was a good time to conduct the analysis.

“President Kaler and I agreed we were in a position to move for ward

BREAKDOWN OF SUPERVISOR AND SUBORDINATE DATA IN FOUR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES SUPERVISORS NON-SUPERVISORS

OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES

OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

FINANCE

PROCUREMENT

PERCENTAGE OF SUPERVISORS TO NON-SUPERVISORS 20%

80%

10%

162 TOTAL

90%

449 TOTAL

27%

73%

25%

165 TOTAL

75%

32 TOTAL

AVERAGE NUMBER OF SUBORDINATES PER SUPERVISOR 9.53 4.88

3.86

3.63

AVERAGE SALARY FOR SUPERVISORS AND NON-SUPERVISORS $94,025

$110,078

$102,817

$79,803

$58,876

$71,296

$61,110

$57,524

SOURCES: SIBSON CONSULTING ANALYSIS OF UNIVERSITY OFFICES

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man and one woman for a reason — because government does have an interest of protecting children.

They’re the reason we’re here,” said Rep. Peggy Scott, R-Andover. “It’s not about two adults.”

At the rally, hosted by Minnesota for Marriage, legislators, clergy and traditional-marriage activists stressed the legislation doesn’t match the belief of most Minnesotans.

According to a Star Tribune Minnesota poll released last week, 53 percent of people said they think the Legislature should not legalize same-sex marriage.

But the poll found there’s strong support for legalization in the metro area and from young people.

About 57 percent of people in the Twin Cities area want same-sex mar riage legalized, and more than

half of people ages 18 to 34 are in favor of the change as well.

Despite his party’s platform, Minnesota College Republicans chair R yan L yk, a political science major at the University of Minnesota, released a statement last week supporting the bill.

“I know I speak for many young Republicans when I say that it is time for the Republican Party to move past this issue,” he said in the release.

Susan Eckstein, chair of the University of Minnesota’s College Republicans said L yk’s support doesn’t necessarily mir ror her group’s beliefs.

“Our members have a wide range of views, so we just leave it up to [each member of] the group,” she said. “We don’t plan on making an announcement” either way.

National Organization for Mar riage President Brian Brown spoke at the rally as same-sex marriage

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Rally attendants cheer during the Minnesota for Marriage rally Thursday at the state Capitol.

opponents passed out Bible verses and waved magenta signs reading, “Don’t lie to children.”

Brown pressed the enthusiastic crowd to tell legislators to oppose the bill.

“Proponents of same-sex marriage want us to believe that this is inevitable, that this is going to come no matter what we do, so we might as well pack it up, go back to our worlds and stop fighting,” he said. “We will never stop fighting for the truth.”

Brown said the defeat of the marriage amendment ballot question in the fall was due to expensive advertising from same-sex marriage supporters.

Autumn Leva, spokeswoman for Minnesota for Marriage, also said the results of the election don’t necessarily mean Minnesota voters want to legalize same-sex marriage.

Opponents are coming back to fight the current bill “stronger than before,” Brown said.

Organizers bused people from across the state, especially greater Minnesota, to attend the rally.

High school student Betsy Yoder from Makinen, Minn., and her friends held a large canvas sign that said, “The legalization of homosexuality induce children to gay relationships.”

She said she “hopes people understand that gay marriage isn’t a right.”

Jacob Giese, a member of Yoder’s church, said he suppor ts traditional marriage for more reasons than his faith.

“The natural law says that the happiest, healthi-

with [the analysis] at that time and do a good job of it,” Brown said. “Prior to that, we just weren’t sure whether it would be accurate enough to be wor th the time.”

Rep. Gene Pelowski, DFL-Winona, one of the school’s biggest critics at the Capitol this session, questions whether the University would’ve conducted the analysis had it not been pushed.

“It’s not the U doing it voluntarily; it’s the U doing it because they’re in a situation where they’re forced to,” he said. “Should they have done it voluntarily?

Yes.” The University paid Sibson $48,000 to conduct the initial analysis of the first four offices.

The second spans and layers analysis of the remaining administrative offices will require an additional contract, University spokesman Chuck Tombarge said in an email.

The details and pricing of that work are still being negotiated.

The University also hired Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group to conduct a benchmarking analysis of the University’s administrative costs in relation to peer institutions, as requested by Bakk and Bonoff.

This second analysis will cost the University an additional $495,000 and will be completed by the end of June.

“To spend an additional half-a-million dollars on something they already should have known is par t of the U’s problem,” Pelowski said. “They just don’t seem to be able to get a handle on complex issues.”

At Friday’s meeting, Kaler acknowledged these costs “are not small” but said they’re necessar y because “the status quo is not OK.” After an analysis, implementing changes to large universities can take up to three to five years, but Kaler said he’s not interested in waiting that long and wants an expedited process.

“We will put our foot on the gas,” Kaler said.

At Friday’s meeting, regents applauded Kaler for his commitment to reducing the cost of operation and streamlining administration in a shor t time period.

est homes to raise kids are ones shared by a man and a woman in a monogamous relationship,” he said.

The same-sex marriage conversation shares similarities with the Civil Rights Movement led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Brown said.

“Dr. King knew that the law is supposed to reflect the truth about who we are as human beings, and the truth is that children deser ve the chance to have both a mother and a father,” he said.

The U.S. Supreme Court later this month will take up a challenge to a provision of the Defense of Marriage Act. DOMA denies legally married gay and lesbian couples federal benefits that heterosexual couples receive, like Social Security benefits and tax incentives.

“Gay and lesbian Minnesotans run business, vote, and ser ve in the militar y,” L yk said in his statement.

“They work hard, raise children, and contribute to the same system as the rest of us — and as such, they should have access to the same freedoms and opportunities as anyone else.”

Tuesday, same-sex bills from both houses, authored

by Rep. Karen Clark, DFLMinneapolis, and Sen. Scott Dibble, DFL-Minneapolis, will receive their first hearings in the House Civil Law Committee and Senate Committee on Judiciary.

The House bill is expected to pass, but it’ll still face many hurdles in the full Legislature.

“They do not yet have the votes,” Brown said.

Regents approve arboretum addition, AHC lease

BY ALEXI GUSSO agusso@mndaily.com

University of Minnesota Board of Regents on Friday approved the purchase of a 78-acre addition to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska, Minn.

The $4.3 million purchase will allow the University to preserve several hundred acres of forest, wetland and lakeshore, according to docket materials.

The remaining land at the arboretum will be used for researching plant collections, gardens and environmental models.

The property neighbors the University’s Horticultural Research Center, where Haralson and Honeycrisp apples were developed. The purchase would allow expansion of the center’s apple, tree and grape research.

The Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources and the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council pitched in $2 million and $1 million, respectively, to fund the project.

Remaining funds will be covered by proceeds from the sale of surplus land at the arboretum.

AHC lease The board also approved an eight-year lease for a nearly 17,000-square-foot building on South Washington Avenue in Minneapolis to be used by the Academic Health Center and the Advanced Research and Diagnostic Laboratory.

The AHC and ARDL will use the newly rented building for laboratory and office space as well as for freezer and repository purposes.

The University will pay an estimated $1.2 million to renovate the premises.

The lease will begin in August and continue for eight years. The total rent for the lease throughout the initial eight-year term is about $2.25 million, according to docket materials.

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originally and feels conflicted about who he is at school.

“Lately I’ve been wrestling with the whole issue of identity. I think that’s a big notion for immigrants overall,” Cruz said. “You feel like you’re not from here, but you’re not from back home.”

The small population of Latinos at the University was surprising for chemical engineering graduate student Carmelo Declet, who came to the University after receiving his undergraduate degree in his native Puerto Rico. “ Yo u f i n d y o u r s e l f where there is a very small community of Latino or Hispanic students,” Declet said. “You can feel the difference.”

Many Latino students at the University struggle between their two identities, said Lisa Sass Zaragoza, Chicano and Latino studies professor and coordinator of outreach programs.

“It’s challenging to not see folks who look like you, so you have to figure out how to negotiate a lot of worlds,” Sass Zaragoza said.

Because the Latino population is relatively small in Minnesota and at the University, it’s important that students see someone who is like them and also successful, she said.

She said Downs is an impor tant role model for Latino students because she’s someone who “looks like them” and has similar experiences.

“She embodies somebody who crosses borders,” Sass Zaragoza said.

Downs studied voice and anthropology at the University. In Febr uar y, she won a Grammy for the Best Regional Mexican Album with “Pecados y Milagros.”

William Fenelon, a high school senior at St. Thomas Academy, said seeing Downs and other Latino students at the University

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Grammy winner and University alumna Lila Downs sings and dances to one of her songs at the Regis Center for Art for Academia Cesar Chavez Charter School and El Colegio High School students Friday.

made him feel more comfortable with the idea of attending the University.

“This is ver y influential in my decision, seeing that there’s other Latin Americans and Hispanic people who are out there,” Fenelon said. “It’s a sense of comfort.”

Fenelon said he’s the only Latino at his high school.

“It can be somewhat discouraging at times,” he said.

University students agreed that having events for Latinos is encouraging.

“It’s great that things like this happen,” Declet said.

Downs encouraged Latino students to be proud of their heritage and share it with others.

“Express who you are and teach people who you are,” she said.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LATINO POPULATION IN 2012

2.6%

SOURCES: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS, THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

MINNESOTA LATINO POPULATIONS IN 2011 5% MINNESOTA 7.2% RAMSEY COUNTY 6.9% HENNEPIN COUNTY 3.8% ANOKA COUNTY

SOURCES: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS, THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

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Mile-high lunacy club TSA needs to rethink airline items they allow and ban. f there is anything that Americans despise more than air travel, it is the stress of security protocols.

Once admired as one of the most convenient modes of travel, flying doesn’t make us feel on top of the world anymore. This comes cour tesy of the tribulations to which we are subjected prior to boarding.

We deal with deadlines, leaving our loved ones behind, crowds, overpriced baggage fees and a restricted list of items that one can carr y.

This is met with a string of easily irritable Transpor tation Security Administration agents who treat ever yone from 10 to 80 years old with the same love and warmth reserved for an al-Qaida operative. I try to avoid seeing TSA agents like I avoid remembering my New Year’s resolution sometime mid-March.

The point is, as unhappy and crabby I may seem, I’m glad that the TSA is there

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with its fleet of impatient agents and privacy-invading pods that resemble a morning stretching routine and all the restrictive policies in the world.

The TSA are like the annoying bug repellent we leave on during summers to detect and destroy the unappealing creatures that insist on disr upting peace. Sure, no one likes the annoying presence, but we tolerate it just enough so that we don’t suffer.

I’m Indian, with a foreignsounding name, so I have come to expect to get pulled aside for random checks upon my international travels. I show them my passport and answer their questions. I am thanked before they send me off to claim my luggage.

Hey, anything to let them catch the bad guys, but we should stand up to the TSA if they make choices that are reckless.

Upon making their intentions public of no longer barring small pocket knives, souvenir-sized baseball bats and golf clubs from being taken on an aircraft, numerous groups from flight attendants, air marshals and the public are out, once again, for TSA’s blood.

It is TSA’s new, relaxed list of banned items set to go into effect April 25, which would allow a dangerous thing such as a pocketknife or a baseball bat on an airplane, making it easier for violence to occur on passenger jets.

Now, I can’t fathom a reason why anyone would want to bring a pocketknife on an airplane. I mean, they have plastic silver ware to spread margarine over what they call food, and the fruit already comes sliced. So why would anyone even bother? Pocketknives are obsolete; I’d be surprised if even the Swiss Army uses them anymore.

DEATHS IN IRAQ: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 4,802 — IRAQI CIVILIANS: 111,555- PLUS DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 3,245 — AFGHAN CIVILIANS: UNKNOWN

And then there’s the suggestion to allow souvenir bats and golf clubs in carr y-ons because that’s completely harmless in a crowded place where you’re strapped for food, space and mental peace.

The bats are simply cheap keepsakes that people who bought them can easily keep with checked baggage. These aren’t objects of tremendous sentimental value, once belonging to a Hall of Famer like Jackie Robinson that you can’t afford to lose sight of.

Now I understand that there are armed federal air marshals and others amid passengers in case someone decides to pull their soon-tobe-legal pocketknife on the cockpit, but why even risk it?

It was just last week that an undercover agent was able to sneak in a fake bomb.

The TSA needs to focus on enforcing cur rent procedures and improving security measures. There is no need for these additional objects on a plane.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Throughout the years, Google has become an amazing tool that has changed the way we learn, act and think.

Although some might argue that it is making us dumber, it has allowed us to search for the world’s information, including Web pages, images, videos and anything one could possibly think of.

Additionally, there is the facet of Gmail and now Google+, where we can video chat with others using a tool similar to Skype.

So far, it has been an amazing ride by making our lives easier and enabling us to keep up with our busy lives.

However, it is a bit unsettling to think that bits and pieces of our personal lives are being used against us behind our backs and sold for purposes of an advertiser’s gain.

What’s really creepy is to think that after sending emails with truly personal details and things we consider or imagine to be private, actually aren’t. The trade-off is convenience for a loss of control over information about you, even words you’ve written. There’s no denying that Gmail is a convenient tool, but the fact that our messages and information are, in a way, owned by Google — that’s scary.

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Columnists’ opinions are their own.

Although it is not clear as to what exact rights Google has over our information, they have been known to sift through our messages in search of keywords in which they use for customizing advertising.

I understand why they do it, but what confuses me is if it’s really the best way to target the consumers, and what does that mean for the future of our culture? I mean, it’s all connected in a way.

One suggested solution is to sell more products to more people, but how can we do that if we’re only flooding people’s online Web pages and email accounts with coupons and advertisements that we think people already have an interest in or know they already have a liking to? Isn’t it better to provide more variety? If anything, I would think it’s a good idea to provide a mix of both ads you know the consumer would like as well as a few new and different ads.

In terms of what kinds of information I would be willing to share and not share, who the company can share information with and how the information can be used, I think it boils down to simple logic.

I believe that the information I provide through email, whether it be a message to my mother or my name and address on my email account

page, should be made exclusive to Google and me.

It doesn’t seem ethical for the company to have their way with an individual’s information however they please, especially since email is such a basic necessity these days.

Even with the explosion of social networking sites, such as Facebook, I think email will continue to have a place. Since it has become such a necessar y thing, it only seems right that there be some rules and regulations set in place.

Like any new communication technology, we need to learn to adapt in order to utilize its capabilities to the fullest. It seems fair these companies search elsewhere for their data. Tracking us like we’re delinquent children is not only creepy, but it may end up hurting us rather than helping. Consumers will get annoyed eventually; and yes, we will find a way to dodge the bullet.

With that said, I realize that at the moment most of my information and email messages are exposed and owned by someone else as well as sold to others.

In the end, I think we will change. Whether it’s for the better, well, that is up to us to decide.

Rebekka Nelson University student

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Energy hike proves tough climb Xcel Energy’s hike plan is too much for consumers to pay.

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ince Jan. 1, Xcel Energy customers in Minnesota have paid 9 percent more on their monthly energy bills than last year.

This interim hike averages to about $8 per bill.

The hike is just part of a proposed 10.7 percent hike Xcel plans to implement later this year.

Xcel proposed higher rates, citing a need to make up investments in its two nuclear power plants, ef ficiency upgrades and a decrease in electricity sales.

Though some of the hike is justified, such as the utility’s transmission upgrades and plant investments, Xcel is asking for far too much in this unprecedented rate increase.

One par t of the plan is to boost the basic residential customer charge from $7.11 to $10 a month or by just more than 40 percent. Xcel customers pay this fee regardless of their kilowatt-hour usage. The energy company should not raise this base charge; rather, it should focus on increasing the cost of energy usage in order to add a disincentive for additional use.

Though small, regular increases are expected, an increase of this magnitude is a shock to many customers and unfairly shifts the burden of making a profit on consumers rather than on Xcel.

The Public Utilities Commission has yet to make a final decision on how much the final hikes will be, but we urge interested students to attend public hearings to be heard on this issue. Though it is in our interest to invest in a diverse energy plan, such as Xcel’s nuclear energy plants, the public is not responsible for the profits of the utility, and the PUC should only allow a fraction of the proposed hike to continue.

Missing the attendance policy Tax credits for Strict attendance policies skew the priorities of higher education.

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ou wake up and it’s 9:14 a.m., and your first class started at 9:05. Scrambling, you br ush your teeth with what you hope was your toothbr ush and decide to grab a quick breakfast. In the midst of the hustle and bustle, you notice the raging blizzard diluting your view of the Minneapolis skyline. Check your email, and it looks like there is no class cancellation. You could always snuggle back into bed, but something stops you — the attendance policy.

Before I get all worked up, let me say I think there is a value to par ticipation points in class. It cushions the final grade and is an incentive to actually show up for a lecture, regardless of how engaging the professor is. However, the current policy in my Spanish department at the University — and perhaps others unknown to me — is that if you have more than five unexcused absences, your grade is reduced an entire letter grade.

What’s more alarming is it will continue to be lowered with each additional absence. In a class that meets daily, five unexcused absences in a semester isn’t unheard of. You could oversleep, miss your bus, get a flat tire, get scheduled for work, have an interview, etc. The list is endless and, ultimately, the policy is absurd.

If we are paying to take a class, regardless of if we are attending it, there should be no further penalty. The stress of catching up, the fact you probably won’t be able to get a letter of recommendation and the monetar y loss from missing a class you paid for should be enough.

On the other end, let’s assume the person is able to keep up on the material without attending class. Shouldn’t the focus be on the mastering of the material, not the course of action it took to master it? Should we not be rewarding those who take the time to study it on their own time versus the guy who shows up but hardly participates? There should be more focus on how mentally engaged a person is in their coursework and not whether they are physically present. Until we can figure out how to do that, we are paying to be penalized.

Joelle Stangler University student

student debt

A bill would give Minnesota students up to $4,000 a year to pay back loan debt.

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he Minnesota Legislature recently introduced a bill that would provide up to a $4,000 tax credit to Minnesotans repaying student loan debt. The credit, titled the Education Opportunity Credit, would provide refundable tax credits for all individuals who pay debts on qualified student loans who graduated from Minnesota nonprofit colleges and universities. It is means tested and scales back at a ratio of $9 to $1 for incomes above $39,000 for an individual and $58,500 for a household.

Although it is not refundable for employers, there is no limit for the number of credits an employer can claim and is also not means tested against revenues or profits. Of note, the proposed credit is bigger — $4,000 versus $2,500 — than the federal tax credit and fully refundable instead of capped at $1,000.

Among the authors of the Minnesota Senate version of the bill is state Sen. Kari Diedzic, who represents much of the University community.

With bipar tisan suppor t, this measure is one that legislative leadership and the governor should consider: Although it does little to address the underlying symptoms that have resulted in skyrocketing college tuition costs, it provides immediate relief for recent graduates.

This proposal shifts much of the debt burden from individual students to the state, which provides a strong budgetar y incentive for the Legislature to solve the problem of the cost of higher education to avoid paying the additional costs incurred through interest on student debt. Students of any political persuasion who wish to see the credit enacted should contact their legislators and lobby them to support it.

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Coding for capitalism

Let’s talk about sex Pornography’s omnipresence misleads us all.

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College dropouts seem to be setting the tone for education.

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ast year, Code Academy challenged Internet users to learn coding. Over one year, inexperienced users could become capable coders. The Code Academy courses were weekly lessons of reading, watching and emulating. These courses were not engaging or intellectually deep; they were utilitarian.

The premise behind Code Academy’s 2012 Code Year is that anyone can and should learn how to code, and Code Academy is the place to learn it. Unfortunately, the arguments surrounding coding as a digital literacy are often colored with hyperbole. Both the proponents and opponents of coding as digital literacy run the gamut of fiery and passionate opinions. Often, these opinions seem to be all or nothing; there is little room for middle ground.

The lack of middle ground stems from a fervent ideology that programming, coding and other computer languages are the ultimate future. These languages are the only way to truly understand the technology influencing our lives. While my attitude on many aspects of education is stained with cer tain zealotr y, it does not extend to coding. This isn’t to suggest that coding is not valuable, but just like math, drama, biology and histor y, coding isn’t for everyone.

My experience with coding is uninspiring. I’ve tried to learn how to code by participating in the 2012 Code Year, and I dropped out after a few weeks. Unfortunately, the type of learning Code Academy required wasn’t accessible enough for me.

Call me old-fashioned, but I like having direct access to an instructor. I like being able to turn to or email one of my course mates for help. In addition, the lessons felt too fast; there was no room for reflection.

If you fell behind, there wasn’t much you could do.

Code Academy ser ves specific types of learners, which is OK, but let’s not pretend ever yone can and should code. This type of technoutopianism is dangerous and foolhardy. I laud anyone who wants to learn to code, and I think programming languages should be offered in high school as electives. Perhaps these languages could even be a part of foreign language options.

Instead of taking French, a high school freshman could take C++ or Java. However, such languages shouldn’t be forced on any student. It takes a certain type of thinker to program.

Despite the dangers of technoutopianism, capitalists, billionaires and luminaries incessantly bombard us with the same message: Coding will save us. It will save our children from digital ignorance. It will save us from an uncertain future. It will save us from unemployment. It will save us from ever ything, except the boogeyman. Wanting to save us, another organization has seized this moment to proselytize: code.org.

Code.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to “growing computer programming education.” As an educator, I support this statement. While this organization is dedicated — in their way — to education,

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there’s something else driving this push for ubiquitous coding knowledge.

Facebook, Microsoft and other technology giants need more programmers. With the support of Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and others like them, code.org seeks to provide those programmers. These directives are disheartening. In their way, people who know nothing about education are setting the tone of public education in the U.S. While imperative for people of var ying experiences to comment on education, there’s more at work than the simple omission of a coding course.

Just like in many other industries, technology industry leaders want more people to help make them wealthier. Thus, they direct educational institutions and organizations to make the skills they want available to students. Directing might be a strong word, but what else would you call it when you put your entire financial authority behind something? It’s hard to ignore.

Importantly, though, one doesn’t need to know how to code to be digitally literate.

Digital literacy is the ability to understand online social connections, to interact fluently with computers and Internet tools and to understand the global ramifications of interconnectedness. People don’t need to know how to repair a car engine in order to drive the car. Similarly, you don’t need to know how to print and bind a book in order to appreciate and read one.

Digital literacy is something that is needed for people to productively use the Internet. The ability to code isn’t required to understand the Internet, computers or any other 21st century tool. It is, however, required if we want to constr uct some things on the Internet. Indeed, technology industr y leaders should be commended for their passion in arguing for coding in public education. It’s worthwhile to make learning to code available to anyone who wants it.

But only 40 percent of the global population is online; yet, the big push from corporations that could make a difference is to code. What about expanding Internet access globally? What about strengthening the network in rural areas? What about working on a national Wi-Fi network? All these things are more important and needed before a coding utopia is realized.

Everyone should have a chance to learn.

If you’re good at coding, that’s great. If you’re not, that’s fine, too. We should focus on the interests of individuals — not the wants and needs of capitalists and their corporations.

Trent M Kays welcomes comments at tkays@mndaily.com.

s of March 9, my boyfriend and I have a no-porn pact. We both acknowledge that this will be significantly harder on one of us (no pun intended).

It all started when I read about a proposal that the European Union will be voting on tomorrow. The Report on Eliminating Gender Stereotypes in the EU includes a variety of recommendations from the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, and Article 17 is what’s catching everyone’s eye: a ban on pornography across all media, including the Internet.

Importantly, the European parliament’s decision Tuesday will not officially outlaw anything. If Parliament supports the proposal, the European Commission can then decide whether to create actual legislation to ban pornography. But this proposed ban crops up just weeks after Iceland made headlines worldwide for its efforts to put a widespread check on “violent” or “hateful” porn, suggesting an emerging trend of curbing pornography’s ubiquity.

The EU Committee’s reasons for drafting the bill relate to confronting the gender inequality and potential for child abuse that they identify as associated with pornography. Undoubtedly, the impetus behind the proposal is admirable, as well as dead right.

However, because of outcries of censorship and infringement on freedom of expression, as well as the logistical impossibilities of an enforceable ban, the proposal likely will not come to fruition.

Personally, I would love to return to a time where the only “PornHub” available was the material of yesteryear: a Victoria’s Secret catalog, a cheesy magazine or a naughty video that required mustering up enough courage to face the employee at the checkout counter. Today’s Internet pornography is distinctively concerning, offering the power of endless novelty at one’s fingertips. It’s no wonder that its unique effects and potential to harm are prompting politicians to consider regulation. But despite critics’ protests and generalizations accusing the supporters of the EU and Iceland bans of operating a feminist agenda, it’s important to remember that this is by no means just a feminist issue.

Indisputably, women are indeed widely affected by today’s omnipresence of pornography. The industry has long been condemned for its celebration of the degradation and exploitation of women. As author Andrea Dworkin wrote in 1985: “Pornography is the institution of male dominance that sexualizes hierarchy, objectification, submission and violence.”

However, framing the harmful effects of pornography as strictly a feminist issue erroneously isolates the problem. Both Iceland and the EU Committee acknowledged that the scope of the issue includes not only the potentially dangerous effects on women but on children, too. Still, a vital consideration is missing — why does no one talk about the male children who then grow up to be adults? Why is no mention made about porn’s detrimental effects on men?

Without a doubt, porn has significant effects on men. As two recent TED Talks illustrate, Philip Zimbardo’s “The Demise of Guys?” and Gar y Wilson’s “The Great Porn Experiment,” the documented increases in fear of intimacy and social awkwardness among guys may very well be re-

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lated to excessive Internet use, specifically, pornography.

As psychologist Zimbardo claims, guys now prefer an asynchronistic Internet world to spontaneous interaction and social relationships. Wilson notes that when college-aged guys were asked if Internet porn was affecting them or their attitudes toward women, most said no. But after they have been using it for a decade almost nonstop, Wilson says this is “like asking a fish what it thinks about water.”

The Internet is filled with countless testimonials of men desperate to break their ties to Internet erotica. They flock to websites like Your Brain on Porn and The Good Men Project in search of solidarity for the habit they say has caused sexual performance problems, radical changes in sexual tastes and escalation to more extreme material in order to achieve the same level of arousal and interest. “Widespread youthful ED,” Wilson says, is appearing like never before as a result of porn addictionrelated changes in the brain. Clearly, men are feeling the effects. So why are women consistently identified as the only ones who need to be “saved” from pornography’s influence?

Upon watching the two TED Talks and reading the stories of miserable boys and men, I felt sad. I felt sad for the girls and women who are inevitably put under intense pressure by the attitudes of these men. But I also felt sad that I had not previously recognized that the intense emotional toll that porn culture can have on girls is experienced by many men as well.

Naturally, I wanted all the men I care about to know about this — so I started with my boyfriend.

His first words after watching the two videos were, “Well, I’m not watching porn anymore.” I laughed. “Oh, you think I’m joking.”

Since he was serious, I told him I’d do the same. Porn by no means has a huge role in my life — to be honest, any experience I have had viewing porn inevitably turned into a feminist reading of the material, the depressing turn of which is not at all conducive to feeling aroused. But the topics discussed by Zimbardo and Wilson concerned us enough to inspire our own social experiment.

An attempt at widespread elimination of Internet pornography from European — or any — culture would almost certainly fail, even in the unlikely event that such a ban was legalized. Therefore, the only “check” we have on porn’s effects must come from ourselves. It’s time we consider how the porn industry pervades the ways in which we define our sexuality and think about how distor ted images distor t our own actions.

Bronwyn Miller welcomes comments at bmiller@mndaily.com.

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

Sexual orientation ‘choice’ is irrelevant Whether sexual orientation is a choice should not be a factor in whether you support same-sex marriage.

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e’ve already heard just about every argument against gay rights. The one that concludes that gay people don’t deserve rights because being gay is a choice, however, is a tale as old as time.

At a press conference Feb. 27 regarding the upcoming gay marriage bill hearing, state Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen, R-Glencoe, explained that “there is no gay gene.” Just in case you aren’t following the legislator’s logic on this one, it goes something like this: Because there is no genetic link to having an attraction to the same sex, “homosexuality” must be a choice or the result of environmental factors, and behavioral or environmental corrections must be made rather than government intervention to protect individual rights.

We see this attribution argument everywhere — with gay people, overweight people, alcoholics, etc. If we can attribute choice or environment to a particular phenomenon, then we can blame the individual. Conversely, if we can attribute biological origins to a particular phenomenon, then we can protect that individual from persecution and discrimination. Sometimes, however, a biological attribution is used to take away rights. For example, the old argument that blacks shouldn’t marry whites because blacks are intellectually inferior or women cannot work certain

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jobs because they are “naturally” emotional and lack the rational thinking skills that men possess.

But Gruenhagen isn’t making as radical assertions as one might think. According to a 2011 Gallup poll, a major political research center relied on by political scientists and other researchers, 42 percent of Americans believe “homosexuality” is the result of upbringing or the environment, as opposed to 40 percent of Americans who believe it’s something with which a person is born. This has remained pretty steady since 2001 when the numbers were 40 and 39, respectively.

Some researchers have linked these beliefs to support for same-sex marriage. They find that, if one believes homosexuality to be the result of environmental factors, they can predict non-support for same-sex marriage, whereas, if a person believes homosexuality to be the result of biological factors, they can predict support for same-sex marriage.

The implication is that if homosexuality can

be changed, we should change it rather than support it.

One odd aspect of asking whether homosexuality is a choice is that we ask about “homosexuality,” rather than sexual orientation.

Homosexuality is something “other,” and therefore, a thing to be researched. Do those Americans who believe homosexuality to be a choice also believe heterosexuality to be a choice? Probably not, as not many people question the “naturalness” of male-female attraction. In any case, Gruenhagen’s statement is wrong for several reasons.

First, it isn’t entirely true that there definitely is no “gay gene.” A study quoting the representative reveals that genetics may cause hormonal effects that possibly trigger a change in sexual orientation. Moreover, there are other biological links to sexual orientation besides genetics. For example, birth order, handedness, brain structure and hormones have also linked biology to sexual orientation, or rather, “homosexuality.”

Second, just because something isn’t biological doesn’t make it a choice. Sexual orientation might be the result of larger social forces that shape our sexual fantasies, urges and desires, or it could be a combination of biology and the environment, biology and psychological forces. In fact, the latter view is the view held by many experts in human sexuality, including psychologists, doctors of public health and biologists. Human beings are complex creatures, and the idea that our sexualities can be linked to one single, isolated event doesn’t make much sense to a lot of people who study it.

Third, in the end, it doesn’t matter whether sexual orientation is biological or even whether it can be changed. The fact of the matter is that some people are attracted to the same sex, and more importantly, are capable of forming deep, long-term, affectionate and loving relationships with a person of the same sex, and those relationships should be equally recognized.

Some might point to the way the law treats those with “immutable characteristics,” such as race, sex and national origin.

Perhaps we should care whether being gay is a choice because that affects how the law treats sexual minorities as a legal class. I would nonetheless contend that whether sexual orientation can change does not matter in this context. Although different in many ways, sexual orientation is much like religious identity. Religion, because it is expressed in the federal Constitution as opposed to the other protected categories that are implied, is given the highest level of legal protection. Like religious identity, sexual orientation should be treated as a protected class because it is so deeply intertwined with one’s sense of self that the law should not reasonably expect one to change his/ her sexual orientation.

Frankly, Gruenhagen’s point, regardless if it’s true, is completely irrelevant in the discussion of same-sex marriage in Minnesota; it has no place in any debate over civil rights.

James Castle welcomes comments at jcastle@mndaily.com.

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coach Grant Potulny’s car over the weekend.

None of the Gophers players knew the trophy was present.

“It took till the last game of the year to get to first place,” head coach Don Lucia said. “It’s something extra special when we know it’s the last year of the WCHA to get a piece of that title.”

Minnesota’s game finished well before the game between Wisconsin and conference leader St. Cloud State. The Gophers watched the Badgers defeat St. Cloud State 3-2 fr om the locker r oom.

The room er upted when Wisconsin scored an empty-net goal in the final seconds and went berserk when the final horn sounded “This is the one time a year we cheered for Wisconsin,” junior for ward Zach Budish said. “I don’t think any of us expected for the cup to be here, too.”

Minnesota’s celebration was broadcasted on Twitter and drew backlash from St. Cloud State and North Dakota fans.

The Huskies split their series with Wisconsin and blew their two-point conference lead in the process. They finished tied atop the WCHA with the Gophers.

Nor th Dakota was tied for second in the WCHA entering the weekend and split a series with Minnesota State-Mankato to finish alone in second place.

The Gophers weren’t satisfied with their pedes-

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St. Cloud State Minnesota North Dakota Denver MSU-Mankato Wisconsin Nebraska-Omaha Colorado College Minnesota-Duluth Michigan Tech Bemidji State Alaska-Anchorage

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trian effort in Friday’s win and came out hot Saturday.

“I thought we played a great game tonight,” Budish said Saturday. “Those were a solid three periods top to bottom.”

Erik Haula broke the ice with a goal early in Saturday’s game, and Nick Bjugstad continued his impressive weekend later in the first to give Minnesota a two-goal lead.

Bemidji State regained some momentum after Haula’s goal, but Bjugstad’s snipe quashed it.

The Beavers scor ed a goal in the second, but Budish answered it, and Minnesota pulled away in the third.

“We were up 3-1 going into the third and won the third 2-0,” Budish said.

“That’s a sign of a good team.”

Bjugstad’s two power-

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Minnesota forward Nick Bjugstad handles the puck against Minnesota-Duluth on Feb. 23 at Mariucci Arena.

play goals made the difference in Friday’s win. The Gophers struggled against Bemidji State’s defensive pressure but overcame a third-period deficit to win.

“I thought we played a pretty good 60-minute

game,” Beavers head coach Tom Serratore said Friday. “The thing that’s tough to swallow is you have a third-period lead and you give it up. We’ve done that too much this year.”

Though the WCHA regular season is through, the Gophers will see Bemidji State one last time next weekend.

Minnesota will host the Beavers at Mariucci Arena in the opening round of the

WCHA playoffs.

“They’re a good team,” B j u g s t a d s a i d . “ We ’ v e played them at our place befor e, and we’ve had some success.”

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“This is an unprecedented thing that you’re seeing here with Minnesota,” Buckeyes head coach Nate Handrahan said after the Friday loss.

Nor th Dakota head coach Brian Idalski sang similar praises of the Gophers, who also won the WCHA regular-season title.

“I’ve only been around for 10 years or so, but that’s one of the most complete hockey teams I’ve ever seen in women’s hockey, easily,” Idalski said Saturday.

Freshman for wards Hannah Brandt and Mar yanne Menefee, senior defender Megan Bozek and senior goaltender Noora Räty made the all-tournament team. The conference named Räty the most valuable player of the tournament.

Räty made 24 saves against Ohio State and 30 saves against North Dakota.

“I just wanted to win so bad,” Räty said.

North Dakota held the Gophers scoreless in the first period of Saturday’s final while outshooting them 11-10.

The game grew tense at the end of the first period and early in the second as both teams committed several penalties while tied 0-0.

The Gophers capitalized on Nor th Dakota’s third penalty four minutes into the second period.

Senior defender Mira Jalosuo sent a blistering slap shot from the blue line and junior forward Kelly Terry deflected the puck into the net. But the referees reviewed the goal and called it off because of a high stick.

Bozek said the team huddled during the review and realized it had the momentum whether the goal counted or didn’t. Less than 30 seconds later, she scored the game’s first goal with a slap shot from the left circle.

“They have all year long

Minnesota defender Megan Bozek controls the puck during the WCHA tournament title game Saturday at Ridder Arena.

answered the bell when something goes wrong,” Idalski said. “You score, they answer back. They have some adversity, they come back and they go a little bit harder. … That’s a huge trait of being a championship team.”

The Gophers continued their momentum two minutes later when Menefee stole the puck to earn a breakaway and roofed a twisted wrist shot.

Gophers head coach Brad Frost said North Dakota played “desperate,” and Brandt said Nor th Dakota is known for being physical. But Brandt said

her team showed discipline by not reacting to the rough play and limiting its penalties to three.

Nor th Dakota had its only two power plays of the game in the third period — one of which came at the end of the game when Nor th Dakota also pulled its goalkeeper.

Nor th Dakota had a 6-on-4 advantage with the extra attacker but the twogoal deficit was too much to overcome.

The Gophers players mobbed Räty, and equipment littered the ice as the final buzzer sounded.

In Friday’s semifinal

against Ohio State, Menefee scored twice for the Gophers. Menefee’s first goal gave the Gophers a 1-0 lead, but Bozek said the turning point came on their second goal, which Brandt scored off a pass from junior defender Baylee Gillanders.

The game intensified in the second period as the Gophers committed three penalties and the Buckeyes committed two. The teams nearly came to blows several times.

Jalosuo incurred a penalty for tripping before adding a third goal for the Gophers at about six minutes into the second period.

Bozek had a penalty for roughing but made up for it with a blistering shot from the blue line about 11 minutes in the third period.

“I kind of saw the goalie was out of the net, so [I] had to take a big wind-up and hope for it to go in,” Bozek said.

Junior for ward Amanda Kessel played the whole weekend but was not at 100 percent, and she only managed one assist against Nor th Dakota. She had played a limited role, if at all, the previous two weekends, Frost said.

With the tournament victory, the Gophers earned an

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automatic bid to the national championship, which they won last year.

Minnesota received the No. 1 seed for the NCAA tournament Sunday and will face North Dakota again in the quarterfinals next Saturday.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY RESULTS

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Monday, March 11, 2013

WRESTLING

Gophers finish 2nd to Penn State again Dylan Ness and Tony Nelson won individual titles for Minnesota.

BY DANE MIZUTANI dmizutani@mndaily.com

The top-ranked Gophers wrestling team has made a name for itself all season, dominating in the upper weights of competition.

It got a taste of its own medicine over the weekend at the Big Ten championships in Champaign, Ill. Penn State won four straight individual titles from 165 to 197 pounds Sunday to r un away with the Big Ten team title for the third straight season.

The Gophers placed second to Penn State for the second year in a row.

Minnesota was in contention with Penn State and Iowa for the team title most of Sunday, but the Nittany Lions’ run through the back half of the tournament proved to be the difference.

The Gophers finished with 139 team points, 12 points behind Penn State and 5.5 points ahead of Iowa in third place.

“I know the guys aren’t happy with second place,” assistant coach Brandon Eggum said, “but they realize they’re making good gains.”

Sophomore Dylan Ness and junior Tony Nelson made the biggest gains and collected individual titles for the Gophers. But top-ranked Logan Storley was upset on the first day, and the sophomore was forced to wrestle in the consolation bracket.

WRESTLING RESULTS

BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 125 Thorn 133 Dardanes, Ch. 141 Dardanes, Ni. 149 Ness 157 Zilverberg 165 Yohn 174 Storley 184 Steinhaus 197 Schiller HWT Nelson

PLACE 6th 4th 3rd CHAMPION 5th 3rd 7th 2nd 2nd CHAMPION

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Minnesota trailed Penn State by 10.5 points after the first day of competition.

It pulled even with Penn State after the 157-pound matches Sunday before the Nittany Lions made their run.

Nelson repeated as the Big Ten heavyweight champion in impressive fashion.

He got to the finals with two shutout wins and handled his business in the finals against Mike McMullan of Northwestern.

Nelson allowed only one point to be scored against him over the weekend.

“He’s really dif ficult to score on. He can get away from people, and he can ride anybody,” Eggum said of Nelson. “He’s showing right now why he’s the No. 1 heavyweight in the nation.”

Ness dominated 149 pounds over the weekend en route to his first career Big Ten title. He had two pin fall victories, including a well-executed pin to defeat Jake Sueflohn of Nebraska in the title match.

Sueflohn looked to have the upper hand early in the second period, but N e s s s c r a m b l e d a w a y,

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Minnesota heavyweight Tony Nelson grapples with Virginia Tech’s David Marone on Feb. 22 at Williams Arena.

rolled Sueflohn over and got the pin.

“We’ve seen Dylan do that 100 times,” Eggum said. “It looks like he puts him in danger … but when he rolled him over we knew lights were going to be out.”

Sophomore Scott Schiller and junior Kevin Steinhaus captur ed secondplace finishes, and sophomore Nick Dardanes and senior Cody Yohn placed third.

Storley was the biggest disappointment of the

weekend for the Gophers.

He entered as the topranked, 174-pound wrestler in the nation and No. 1 seed in the Big Ten, but he lost to No. 8 seed Dan Yates of Michigan in his first match of the weekend.

Storley, who had one loss all season before the tour nament, lost in the consolation bracket as well and finished seventh in the Big Ten. “He’s disappointed with that because he knew he could win that tour na-

ment,” Eggum said, “but he has to shake it off with the national tour nament here in a couple weeks.”

Though some of his wrestlers underperformed, Eggum said he was satisfied with the way his team competed.

“We didn’t win, but the thing I saw … that we’re doing better than anyone in the countr y is our intensity,” Eggum said. “That is something that helped us in the National Duals and might again in the NCAA tournament.”

Minnesota, which won the National Duals two weeks ago, will compete at the NCAA championships March 21-23. The Gophers qualified all 10 wrestlers for the tournament for the first time since 2005.

“Nothing changes for us in that time,” Eggum s a i d . “ We ’ v e d o n e t h e work, and our guys have shown they can compete with anybody in the nation.”

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Gophers get No. 9 seed in Big Ten tournament after loss to Purdue

Loss to Ohio State likely ends Gophers’ NCAA chances

Minnesota will face Illinois, the No. 8 seed, in the first round Thursday.

The Gophers shot 30 percent in an 11-point loss to Ohio State in the first round of the Big Ten tournament.

BY SAM GORDON sgordon@mndaily.com

BY ANDREW KRAMMER akrammer@mndaily.com

Andre Hollins tried to buoy the Gophers’ offense Saturday, but the anchor of inconsistency on both ends of the cour t was too damning.

Minnesota lost its eighth straight road game, this time to Purdue, 89-73 at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Ind. The Gophers, once ranked eighth in the nation, finished tied for seventh in the Big Ten with an 8-10 conference record.

They have the No. 8 seed in the Big Ten tournament and will play No. 9 seed Illinois on Thursday in Chicago.

Minnesota finished with a losing Big Ten record for the third straight season.

The Gophers played victim in the secondstraight Senior Day after demolishing Penn State by 29 points on their own Senior Day on March 2.

Minnesota has not led at any point in its last two games.

Hollins finished with 24 points — his most since the Gophers’ Jan. 12 loss to Indiana — and a careerhigh nine assists.

Tubby Smith switched back to his original lineup including Hollins and Joe Coleman after star ting reser ve seniors Julian Welch and Andre Ingram for two games.

It didn’t stop the Gophers from digging themselves a 30-9 hole to star t the game.

Purdue shot 12-for-21 from the field to begin the game. Minnesota’s 3-for18 shooting str uggle in that stretch didn’t help its cause.

The Gophers, usually stout defensively, gave up uncontested layups and dunks as Purdue shot 54

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Minnesota guard Andre Hollins drives the ball to the basket against Penn State on March 2 at Williams Arena.

percent in the game.

Minnesota gave up 89 points, tying its seasonhigh for points allowed, which it set in a loss to Duke on Nov. 22.

Trevor Mbakwe struggled all afternoon against seven-footer A.J. Hammons, who finished 6-for-6 from the floor with three blocked shots.

Mbakwe sat out most of the first half because of two early fouls, but he was ineffective on offense anyway, making just one shot on six attempts when he headed to the bench.

Gophers reser ve big men Elliott Eliason and Mo Walker failed to prod u c e i n M b a k w e ’ s a bsence, as the Boilermakers outscored the Gophers 42-28 in the paint.

Smith, burdened by a 17-point deficit at halftime, star ted reser ve guard Maverick Ahanmisi in place of Coleman in the second half.

Ahanmisi manned the point, allowing Hollins — a shooting guard in high school — to move back to his natural position.

It worked briefly, and then Minnesota’s of fense and defense fell apart.

Hollins opened up the second half with three

BIG TEN STANDINGS Indiana Michigan State Ohio State Michigan Wisconsin Iowa Purdue Illinois Minnesota Nebraska Northwestern Penn State

14-4 13-5 13-5 12-6 12-6 9-9 8-10 8-10 8-10 5-13 4-14 2-16

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straight three-pointers as the Gophers pulled within seven.

That’s as close as it got. Minnesota went on a three-minute scoring drought as Purdue took a 15-point lead with 11 minutes left.

Hollins continued to hit shots, aided by Rodney W illiams and Coleman, who were both held scoreless against Nebraska on Wednesday.

Williams finished with 13 points, the most for him since Minnesota’s Jan. 29 win against Nebraska.

But the Gophers failed to make the necessar y stops, allowing Pur due to shoot 47 percent from three-point range.

Boiler makers senior

PURDUE 89, MINNESOTA 73 Minnesota Purdue

27 46 44 45

— 73 — 89

MINNESOTA FG FT Reb Player Min M-A M-A O-T Ast PF Pts Mbakwe 22 2-9 2-2 2-10 0 2 6 Williams 33 4-5 4-5 5-6 1 2 13 Hollins, An. 37 8-16 2-2 0-4 9 1 24 Coleman 20 5-7 0-0 0-0 1 3 10 Hollins, Au. 34 4-8 2-4 1-2 1 5 12 Ellenson 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Osenieks 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Ahanmisi 22 0-4 2-2 0-1 5 5 2 Walker 3 0-3 0-0 1-1 0 0 0 Ingram 11 1-2 0-0 1-2 0 0 2 Eliason 12 2-4 0-0 1-4 0 1 4 Total 200 26-60 12-15 11-30 17 19 73 Percentages: FG .433, FT .800. Three-pointers: 9-23, .391 (Hollins 6-11, Au. Hollins 2-5, Williams 1-2, Ahanmisi 0-3, Coleman 0-1, Osenieks 0-1). Blocks: 5 (Mbakwe 2, Williams 2, Au. Hollins). Team rebounds: 0. Turnovers: 13 (Mbakwe 4, Eliason 2, Williams 2, Coleman 2, Ingram, Osenieks, An. Hollins). Steals: 4 (Au. Hollins 2, Mbakwe, Ahanmisi).

PURDUE FG FT Reb Player Min M-A M-A O-T Ast PF Pts Hammons 22 6-6 2-2 3-6 0 3 14 Byrd 33 5-9 4-5 0-7 5 2 18 Johnson, T. 35 5-13 0-0 1-3 5 1 12 Johnson, R. 34 5-12 3-6 1-2 5 3 14 Davis 29 6-8 6-7 1-2 4 2 18 Johnson, A. 19 3-8 3-4 1-3 1 1 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Toyra 1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 Anthrop 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Hale 4 Beshears 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 Carooll 5 Marcius 14 1-2 0-0 0-2 0 2 2 Total 200 32-59 18-24 10-33 20 15 89 Percentages: FG .542, FT .750. Three-pointers: 7-15, .467 (Byrd 4-8, T. Johnson 2-6, R. Johnson 1-1). Blocks: 4 (Hammons 3, Davis). Team rebounds: 7. Turnovers: 8 (R. Johnson 3, T. Johnson 2, Byrd, Davis, Marcius). Steals: 6 (Byrd 2, T. Johnson, R. Johnson, Davis, Marcius). A: 14,082. Officials: Mike Kitts, Ted Valentine, Glenn Mayborg.

D.J. Byrd finished 4-for-8 from deep, taking advantage of the Big Ten’s worst perimeter defense.

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Pam Bor ton’s Gophers packed for a four-day stay at the Big Ten Tournament in Hoffman Estates, Ill. They only lasted one.

Minnesota’s women’s basketball team fell to Ohio State 58-47 in the first round of the conference tournament.

At 18-13, the Gophers are a long shot to qualify for the NCAA tournament.

They haven’t ear ned a berth since 2009.

Minnesota, the No. 8 seed, held a 25-16 lead midway through the first half, but the No. 9-seeded Buckeyes closed the half with an 8-0 run and parlayed that momentum into a dominant second-half per formance.

OSU outscored the Gophers 34-22 in the second stanza.

“It was definitely a tale of two halves for us,” Borton said. “I felt like we gave up the momentum of the game.”

Ohio State, led by Minneapolis native Tayler Hill, opened the second half on a 19-4 run to take a 43-29 lead.

Tenacious team defense by the Buckeyes forced the Gophers into careless turnovers, and Minnesota str uggled to get quality shots. The Gophers shot 29.5 percent from the field for the game.

Minnesota star Rachel Banham, who opened the game 5-for-7 from the floor, couldn’t find open shots in the second half. She finished with 20 points on 7-for-16 shooting.

“I wasn’t finishing. I wasn’t being as confident as I was in the first half,” Banham said. “I don’t know if it was much of their defense. I think it was more my mindset.”

Every time the Gophers made a push, the Buckeyes

responded and extended their lead.

Hill torched her hometown team with 25 points, including 15 in the second half.

She only shot 6-for-16 from the floor, but she made 11 of 14 free throws.

“Our coach did a good job making the adjustments of r unning dif ferent plays to get the floor spread and to get the ball in my hands,” Hill said.

Ohio State center Ashley Adams added 14 points on 7-for-8 shooting and eight rebounds. Bor ton said the Gophers played good enough defense to win, but “turning the ball over, missing a lot of layups inside … obviously affected what we were doing offensively,” she said.

The NCAA tournament bracket will be revealed March 18.

“I felt like we’re right there, Borton said about a tournament ber th. “We’ll just let the basketball gods figure it out.”

OHIO STATE 58, MINNESOTA 47 Ohio State Minnesota

24 34 — 58 25 22 — 47

OHIO STATE FG FT Reb Player Min M-A M-A O-T Ast PF Pts Adams 36 7-8 0-2 2-8 1 0 14 Alston 37 1-6 3-4 3-10 4 2 5 Stokes 40 2-13 2-4 1-2 2 3 6 Ferguson 34 3-8 1-3 2-7 2 1 8 Hill 40 6-16 11-14 0-3 4 0 25 Kynard 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 Moore 4 0-0 0-0 0-3 0 1 0 Scullion 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Total 200 19-53 17-27 12-41 13 9 9 Percentages: FG .358, FT .630. Three-pointers: 3-13, .231 (Hill 2-5, Ferguson 1-6, Stokes 0-1, Kynard 0-1) Blocks: 8 (Adams 4, Ferguson 2, Alston, Hill). Team rebounds: 8. Turnovers: 10 (Alston 4, Ferguson 2, Hill 2). Steals: 7 (Alston 2, Stokes 2, Ferguson, Hill, Kynard).

MINNESOTA Player Riche Kellogg Banham Noga Mullaney Cotton Hirt Bailey Loberg Total

Min 33 35 39 40 30 4 5 6 8 200

FG M-A 3-10 3-9 7-16 2-7 1-12 0-0 0-2 0-1 2-4 18-61

FT Reb M-A O-T 0-0 5-15 0-1 1-6 2-2 1-3 0-0 3-7 2-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 5-7 15-44

Ast 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 9

PF Pts 4 6 4 6 2 20 3 6 4 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 21 47

Percentages: FG .295, FT .714. Three-pointers: 6-17, .353 (Banham 4-8, Noga 2-5, Mullaney 0-3, Hirt 0-1) Blocks: 3 (Riche, Noga, Mullaney). Team rebounds: 8. Turnovers: 16 (Banham 5, Riche 5, Kellogg 3, Mullaney 2, Noga). Steals: 2 (Banham, Noga). Officials: Jesse Dickerson, Barb Smith, Michael McConnell.

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Monday, March 11, 2013

TRACK & FIELD

Gophers tie for 12th at NCAA championships Minnesota had six first-team AllAmericans and one second-team AllAmerican.

While the distance medley relay placed the best, junior John Simons in the mile run was a “nice, surprising development” of the championships for the Gophers, Plasencia said.

Simons ran the last qualifying time in preliminaries to advance to the final at his first national meet. And while Simons said he planned to just have fun and enjoy the experience, he placed fifth with a time of 3:59.71.

Simons hadn’t trained for the mile this season and is more of a 3,000- or 5,000-meter runner.

But he ran a sub-four minute mile at the last chance meets the week before the championships.

His time put him on the bubble of qualifying for the NCAA meet, which he made after a few scratches.

Simons equated his quick rise to that of a minor league baseball player sent to the major leagues.

“It’s your moment, time to really capture it,” Simons said.

Simons called his jour ney this indoor season “wild,” and Plasencia called it “remarkable.”

Simons didn’t have the accolades that his

BY MEGAN RYAN mryan@mndaily.com

The Gophers men’s track and field team tied for 12th at the NCAA indoor championships Friday and Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark. Minnesota scored 18 points and had six firstteam All Americans as well as one second-team AllAmerican.

The distance medley relay of seniors T ravis Burkstrand, Cameron Boy, Harun Abda and Nick Hutton tallied the highest finish for the Gophers with a third-place time of 9:34.21.

“It played out pretty much exactly how we thought it would go and how we wanted it to go coming in,” Burkstrand said. “Any time you can be third in the nation in the relays, it’s always a good thing.”

Head coach Steve Plasencia said the distance medley relay was in the mix to win the race until the last 200 meters.

MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 8 9 9 9 12 12

Arkansas Florida Wisconsin Texas A&M Texas Tech Oregon Arizona Oklahoma State Virginia Tech Penn State Indiana Mississippi State Minnesota

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competitors in the mile had, which made his topfive finish pretty special, Plasencia said.

Abda also competed in the 800-meter run and finished fifth at 1:48.24. He and Boy competed in the 4x400-meter relay with junior Jacob Capek and redshirt freshman Goaner Deng, but the team placed last in the 12-team field.

Junior Jon Lehman took fifth place in the weight throw with a toss of 21.35 meters. Senior teammate Micah Hegerle placed 12th at 20.19 meters.

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Minnesota runner Travis Burkstrand leads the pack at the Jack Johnson Invitational on Jan. 19 at the Fieldhouse.

BASEBALL

Windle’s no-hitter highlights sweep the weekend] with the win on Friday,” Anderson said.

“He pitched outstanding from the first inning to the last pitch of the game.”

Windle struck out eight and walked one.

“I wasn’t really thinking about [throwing a nohitter] too much,” he said.

“Between innings I was just tr ying to follow the same routine and put up another zero.”

Windle str uck out the final batter he faced, and teammates stor med the mound to celebrate.

Sophomore righty Ben Meyer, perhaps inspired

by Windle’s dominance, followed suit with another stellar pitching per formance Saturday.

Meyer allowed one run in eight innings en route to a 5-1 victor y. Meyer has pitched eight innings in each of his last two outings.

The Gophers’ of fense scored three r uns in the first inning, which was ample support for Meyer.

Left fielder Troy Larson went 2-for-5 and drove in a

Tom Windle threw the Gophers’ first no-hitter since 1993.

BY SAM GORDON sgordon@mndaily.com

A no-hitter, a pair of star ters’ returns from injuries and a three-game sweep highlighted a phenomenal weekend for Minnesota baseball.

The Gophers swept Western Illinois in impressive fashion this weekend to improve to 10-5 on the season.

Junior lefthander Tom Windle threw a no-hitter in Friday’s 3-0 victor y — the program’s first since 1993.

He needed just 94 pitches to do it.

Gophers head coach John Anderson, who’s been with Minnesota since 1981, said W indle’s nohitter is one of the more impressive pitching performances he’s seen.

“He set the tone [for

BASEBALL RESULTS

Western Illinois Minnesota

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2 0 0

3 0 0

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E 3 2

Western Illinois Minnesota

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2 0 0

3 0 0

4 0 0

5 1 0

6 0 1

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E 3 0

Western Illinois Minnesota

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WOMEN’S GOLF

Laorr paces Minnesota to best score of spring Minnesota finished 8th out of 16 teams at the Clover Cup.

BY NICKALAS TABBERT ntabbert@mndaily.com

BRIDGET BENNETT, DAILY

Minnesota’s Ben Meyer pitches against Western Illinois on Saturday at the Metrodome.

pair of runs. Right fielder Bobby Juan went 1-for-3 with two RBIs. Ever y Gophers starter had a base hit.

Minnesota welcomed back a pair of key players Saturday, too. Catcher Matt Halloran and left fielder Andy Henkemeyer both returned from shoulder injuries.

Halloran star ted the game and went 1-for-3 as the catcher. Henkemeyer was a pinch hitter late in the game.

Henkemeyer returned to his usual lead-of f spot Sunday as the designated hitter and went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Anderson said their returns from injur y were a big boost and a key factor in securing the sweep.

On Sunday, star ter Jordan Jess allowed a pair of runs in the first inning and a third r un in the third

inning.

Jess passed the baton to reliever Lance Thonvold, who kept Western Illinois hitters at bay for 3.2 innings.

Minnesota scored three r uns in the four th inning and tacked on an insurance r un in the seventh.

The Gophers’ bullpen shut down Leathernecks hitters the rest of the way. Closer Billy Soule picked up his fifth save of the season.

The Gophers have won eight of their last 10 games.

Of fensively, Minnesota tallied 10 base hits Saturday and Sunday.

“Guys are having better at-bats and getting more confident at the plate,” Henkemeyer said.

The Gophers will have Monday of f to prepare for a midweek series with Nebraska-Omaha.

The Gophers women’s golf team shot 40-over par to finish eighth out of 16 teams at the Clover Cup in Mesa, Ariz.

Minnesota shot a team score of 904 at the Longbow Golf Club — its best score of the spring season by 17 strokes.

Oklahoma ran away with the tournament, finishing with a team score of 862.

Souther n Methodist finished second at 18 strokes behind the Sooners.

Sophomore Anna Laorr tied for 19th to lead the Gophers with a season-best score of 223. She shot 7-over par in her first top-20 finish of the spring season.

Laorr said the team played its first solid tournament of the spring.

“We played pretty well,” she said. “We finished higher in the tournament than we were supposed to.”

Heavy rain and lightning forced the first round to be played Saturday, Laorr said.

As a result, the greens were slow and soft in the opening rounds but sped up for Sunday’s final round.

“I definitely think that the short game was a lot more difficult,” Laorr said about Sunday’s conditions. She said players had to be more conservative because of the fast

SOFTBALL

Junior pitcher Sara Moulton dominated as Minnesota went 3-2 in California.

BY NICKALAS TABBERT ntabbert@mndaily.com

The Gophers softball team went 3-2 on the weekend at the Stanford Louisville Slugger Classic in Palo Alto, Calif.

Minnesota (13-9) won a

Sunday with a 3-run homer in the fifth inning.

Sophomore Tyler Walker finished 2-for-3 with a run scored.

The Gophers’ two games against Stanford played out much dif ferently.

Stanford edged the Gophers 2-1 in eight innings Friday. In the top of the eighth inning, sophomore second baseman Erika Smyth tripled in freshman Hannah Skallman to give

Minnesota a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the frame, Minnesota couldn’t close it out, committing two errors that allowed Stanford to score twice.

Stanford jumped ahead 9-0 after the first inning S a t u r d a y. M i n n e s o t a trimmed the lead to 9-7 by the fourth inning but drew no closer.

Minnesota will play next weekend at the Florida State Sunshine Classic in Tallahassee, Fla.

WOMEN’S GOLF RESULTS

GOLFER LAORR THEINTHONG LAGUNA SHEPHERD THITIRATANAKORN

RD1 RD2 RD3 73 74 76 74 74 78 75 78 74 74 78 79 80 78 76

TOTAL 223 226 227 231 234

TEAM RD1 RD2 RD3 1. Oklahoma 281 289 292 2. Southern Methodist University 299 284 297 3. Texas Tech 296 293 293 4. Tulsa 303 295 293 5. Northwestern 285 303 305 8. Minnesota 296 304 304

TOTAL 862 880 882 891 893 904

*out of 16 teams

SOURCE: GOLFSTATRESULTS.COM

SOFTBALL

Moulton helps Gophers win three of five pair of games over Pacific University but lost a pair to host Stanford. Minnesota beat Florida Gulf Coast on Sunday after noon to close the weekend.

Junior Sara Moulton (13-5) was the winning pitcher in all three victories. She allowed one earned run and struck out 23 batters in 24.1 innings during the weekend.

Senior catcher Kari Dorle provided all the offense Minnesota needed

and firm greens.

Laorr said the course was deceivingly windy at times as well.

Junior Banchalee Theinthong finished three shots behind Laorr in a tie for 28th after shooting a 74 in each of her first two rounds. Sophomore Carmen Laguna had the Gophers’ best round Sunday, also a 74.

Laorr said the Gophers had struggled in their past few tournaments when Laguna and Theinthong were out of the lineup. Both returned to the lineup this week.

Another incentive was to play well in the absence of coach Michele Redman, who did not travel due to a death in the family. Assistant coach John Cleary traveled with the team instead.

Laorr said the team’s schedule for the rest of the year is favorable. Minnesota’s next event will be the BYU Entrada Classic on March 1819 in St. George, Utah.

RESULTS

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2 0 0

3 0 0

4 0 0

5 0 1

6 0 0

7 0 X

R 0 1

H 3 2

E 1 2

2 0 0

3 0 0

4 0 0

5 0 0

6 0 0

7 0 0

8 1 2

R 1 2

H 4 6

E 3 0

Pacific Minnesota

1 0 1

2 0 0

3 0 1

4 0 2

5 2 0

6 0 0

7 0 X

R 2 4

H 7 7

E 0 2

Minnesota Stanford

1 0 9

2 3 0

3 0 0

4 4 0

5 0 0

6 0 0

7 0 X

R 7 9

H 7 9

E 1 3

Minnesota Florida Gulf Coast

1 0 0

2 0 0

3 0 0

4 0 1

5 3 0

6 0 0

7 1 0

R 4 1

H 7 3

E 1 2

Pacific Minnesota Minnesota Stanford

1 0 0

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

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GYMNASTICS

Floor leads women to victory again

The men lost at Illinois using an experimental scoring format.

Rowing team succeeds despite bad OKC weather The Gophers won three-fourths of their races at their season’s first meet.

BY NATE GOTLIEB ngotlieb@mndaily.com

BY NICKALAS TABBERT ntabbert@mndaily.com

The Gophers women’s gymnastics team knows it has a lot of work to do before the Big Ten championships.

Saturday night was a step in the right direction.

Minnesota beat No. 12 Nebraska and No. 24 Arkansas at the Sports Pavilion in front of an announced crowd of more than 2,100 people.

The building was loud throughout the meet, but Nebraska fans were louder than Gophers fans for most of it.

But when Minnesota took to the floor exercise in the final rotation, its fans came to life.

The Gophers put the meet away with five solid routines on the event, bringing the crowd to its feet.

Coach Meg Stephenson said floor exercise is fun for both the fans and the gymnasts.

“We really talk a lot in practice about performing,” she said. “Our fans have always been really receptive to our type of choreography in our routines, and I think they just appreciate the athletes.”

It was community night for the Gophers’ Hanna Nordquist, but the freshman said she felt no added pressure despite competing in front of family and friends.

Stephenson said Nordquist was sick for most of the week. Still, she scored 9.9 to win the balance beam.

Although the Gophers won, Stephenson and her gymnasts said it wasn’t their best performance of the season.

“But we were still able to beat some good teams,” Stephenson said. “I think it shows the quality of the team.”

There’s a lot to look forward to Saturday when Minnesota hosts Ohio State.

The Gophers can tie Michigan for the Big Ten regular-season title with a win. The meet is also the Gophers’ last chance to boost their best home score.

High scores at home next week and at the Big Ten championships will be crucial for seeding at the NCAA regional April 6.

ROWING

BRIDGET BENNETT, DAILY

Minnesota’s Cierra Tomson competes on the vault Saturday at the Sports Pavilion. Tomson tied for sixth place with a score of 9.85.

Men lose at Illinois

The Gophers men’s gymnastics team proved Friday night that not all experiments go as planned the first time around.

Using a new competition format and scoring system to make the meet easier for fans to watch, Minnesota struggled on vault and high bar and lost to Illinois 430.6420.65 in Champaign, Ill. The Illini won 21 of the 30 head-to-head matchups. They swept all five points on two events and won five of the six events.

Coach Mike Burns said the hardest part of the competition style was not knowing how each routine scored on an event while trying to decide which gymnast to pick for the next event.

Both teams had only 30 seconds to pick their gymnast after watching the other team’s gymnast perform.

Since the coaches had to decide which gymnast to compete spontaneously, all five Gophers gymnasts on the event had to be ready to compete at a moment’s notice.

“It’s a different mentality,” junior Justin Morinishi said.

“It makes you more conscious of the whole meet.”

Morinishi said the meet format could be good for gymnastics someday because it brings out the competitiveness in each gymnast.

Minnesota’s best event of the night came on the parallel bars, where it took three of the five points. Sophomore Steve Jaciuk and junior Harris Coleman led the way.

But it was the only event the Gophers won in the head-tohead format.

The biggest surprise of the night came on vault. Minnesota has a better vault team than Illinois but was swept 5-0 in the head-to-head matchups.

Burns said his team had an uncharacteristically bad night while the Illini stepped

up.

“It was a little hard to get up after that,” Burns said of the sweep on vault, adding that he thought the team could have won 5-0.

Despite the str uggles Friday, Burns said he enjoyed the style of the meet.

He said there are “some bugs” to work out of the new system, particularly the time of the meet.

Burns said the meet Friday took more than three hours. Meets using the old format typically take between two and three hours.

Bur ns and Morinishi said the team was fatigued by the end of the meet.

It showed on high bar, the meet’s final event, when Illinois swept the top-four spots individually and won all five points in the head-tohead scoring.

Minnesota will travel to Lincoln, Neb., next weekend to face Nebraska and Iowa.

WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS RESULTS

TEAMS Minnesota Arkansas Nebraska Centenary

SCORE 196.6 196.35 196.15 190.425

MINNESOTA LEADERS Vault Uneven bars Balance beam Floor exercise

SCORE Mable, 9.9 Campbell, 9.85 Nordquist, 9.9 Mable, 9.975

The Gophers women’s rowing team faced a “smorgasbord” of weather conditions this weekend at the Oklahoma Invitational in Oklahoma City, according to head coach Wendy Davis.

But the conditions didn’t stop the Gophers from making their first event of the spring successful.

The Gophers won three-four ths of their races, notching victories over

RESULTS

TEAMS Minnesota Illinois

SCORE 420.65 430.60

MINNESOTA LEADERS Floor Pommel horse Still rings Vault Parallel bars High bar

SCORE Frey, 14.8 Mannon, 15.3 Metcalf, 14.7 Bauer, 14.6 Jaciuk, 14.9 Smith, 14.1

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

Thom.

“You can fix as much as you want during practice,” Thom said, “but until you are 1,500 meters into a race, you won’t be able to simulate the same fatigue and technique necessary to finish strong.”

Despite the early mistakes, the Gophers won nine of their 13 races Saturday and six of seven races Sunday.

The Gophers have finished fifth in the Big Ten for the last three seasons, but Davis said they have the pieces to improve their standing in the conference.

“We’re nowhere near top-caliber at this point,” Davis said, “but we’re well on our way to being a legitimate contender.”

FOOTBALL

WR McDonald to miss spring practice with personal issues McDonald had an up-and-down freshman season with the Gophers.

BY NATE GOTLIEB ngotlieb@mndaily.com

Gophers wide receiver Andre McDonald will miss spring practice because of personal issues, a team spokesperson confirmed Friday.

McDonald was last enrolled at the University in fall 2012, according to the school’s director y.

Minnesota head coach Jerr y Kill declined to comment on the situation. McDonald, a former Hopkins High School standout, did

not respond to calls from the Minnesota Daily.

Hopkins head coach John DenHar tog didn’t comment on McDonald’s current situation but said it’s unrelated to the Gophers or their coaching staff.

“I think he’s being treated ver y fairly,” DenHartog said.

McDonald str uggled early in his Hopkins career because of a turbulent family life and had a GPA below 1.0 after his freshman year in high school.

He tur ned around his grades and found his athletic potential when he moved into the house of Jenny Blomgren, whom he met through a family

friend.

McDonald caught 19 touchdown passes his junior season and became one of the most highly sought-after recr uits in the state. He initially committed to Minnesota but flipped his commitment to Vanderbilt early in his senior season. He recommitted to Minnesota late in the recruiting process.

McDonald said he carried a 3.6 GPA during the 2012 summer ses sion at the University and planned to major in elementar y education.

He played eight games for the Gophers last season but missed the team’s Dec. 28 bowl game after violating team rules.

Minnesota Daily Athletes of the Week

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

MEN’S GYMNASTICS

Kansas, T ulsa, Kansas State and Oklahoma. The team’s first and second varsity eight boats went 6-0 during the weekend.

The team endured crosswinds and thunderstorms Saturday morning but raced in favorable conditions for the rest of the weekend, Davis said.

“To be able to go through those kinds of conditions is really important,” she said. “And so I’m glad we experienced them, and I’m glad we lear ned how to handle them under stressful situations.”

Davis said the Gophers made mistakes early in the weekend, but they corrected them in later races, according to senior Kayla

SPORT: baseball POSITION: pitcher YEAR: junior MALE

TOM WINDLE Windle threw the Gophers’ first no-hitter since 1993, striking out eight and walking one in Minnesota’s 3-0 victory over Western Illinois. He threw 60 of his 94 pitches for strikes. The junior’s feat set the tone for the Gophers’ weekend sweep, their first of the season.

SPORT: women’s hockey POSITION: forward YEAR: freshman FEMALE

MARYANNE MENEFEE Menefee had three goals as the Gophers beat Ohio State and North Dakota to win the WCHA tournament for the second year in a row. The freshman stepped up in place of junior and national scoring leader Amanda Kessel, who was limited with an injury. Menefee was named to the WCHA all-tournament team along with three other Gophers players.

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BACKTALK

horoscopes

Today’s Birthday (3/11): With the new moon in Pisces today, consider where you’d like to be in a year. Home life has your focus until June, when adventure calls.

Roll with financial changes.

Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is an 8 — Not everything is perfect, but you can ride out the bumps with grace. There’s room for romance when you think about it.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 9 — New data support your intentions, and there’s more work coming in. Love is the bottom line; communicate this. Assign a designated driver before.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 6 — New opportunities to complete upsets emerge this coming week, especially in terms of romance. Use your emotional powers.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 9 — Choose your battles well. Accept a challenge or an excellent opportunity. Keep track of what you’re learning. Count your blessings.

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 — Your treasure is at home. Share feelings with your partner and be rewarded. You bring out the best in each other.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is an 8 — Push past old barriers and gain career stature with a surge of energy. Don’t give up. You’ve got the right stuff. Discover another way to save.

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

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 9 — Your fears are not necessarily real. Have someone listen to them, then step beyond your comfort zone to discover something surprising.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 9 — You have the power to succeed. Review your budget. Send out feelers. The new moon in Pisces could inspire new income.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 9 — A change of procedures may be in order, but that’s no problem. You’re brilliant. The money’s there, but don’t get pushy. Do the math.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 9 — The more, the merrier. Intimidate the competition with your great attitude. Compromise to make sure. Go the extra mile for your friends.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 7 — You can do it with their help. Even work seems like fun now. Study with passion, renewed excitement and enthusiasm. Accept encouragement.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 7 — Arguing doesn’t work so well in the heat of the game.

Debate could actually be fun if you keep it light. Let a common vision inspire.

sudoku Visit mndaily.com to see the solution to today’s puzzle.

3/11/13

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

All rights reserved.

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

Written By Linda C. Black

Monday, March 11, 2013

overheard “I just had sex with two people. Mind blown! I only knew one of them ...”

—Centennial Hall

Girl: “I hate that I have a mustache.”

—Middlebrook Hall

Guy: “I don’t mean to make this weird, but your ball just popped out ...”

—Unknown

“I would not advise traveling by camel.”

—Dinkytown

Girl: “For the record, I’ve never done anything with your older brother.”

Guy: “Want to give me a leg up then?”

—Unknown

Guy 1: “What if we blew up the moon?”

Guy 2: “Whoa, that would like, actually cause some problems.”

—Comstock Hall

Girl 1: “Zero plus zero is zero, right?”

Girl 2: “Well, one plus zero is one, so yeah, I think so.”

—Akerman Hall

“I’m deflowering this virgin snow!”

—Unknown

[Talking about dating] Girl: “Finding a guy in CSE: The odds are good but the goods are odd.”

—Coffman Union

Girl 1: “She had a ... what’s it called?

Overhang?”

Girl 2: “Hangover?”

—Coffman Union

Girl walking into a midterm: “I’m not sitting in the front ... then I can’t drink my wine!”

—Hanson Hall

Girl: “Were dinosaurs around when Abraham Lincoln was living?”

—Walter Library

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4Post submissions on the “overheard at U of M Facebook group.

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crossword

FOR RELEASE MARCH 11, 2013

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

ACROSS 1 Money under a mattress, e.g.

6 Poses a question 10 Hired rides 14 Singer Lena 15 Apt name for a windstorm?

16 Hollywood celeb 17 Cyclone center 20 Spotted 21 Pitcher’s mistake 22 Feral no more 23 Adds highlights at the salon 25 Sources of storage chest wood 26 Roy Orbison hit featured in a Gere/Roberts film 31 By surface area, second-largest Great Lake 32 Rent-a-car choice 33 Apply daintily 36 Ladder rung 37 Taj __ 39 Gospel singer Winans 40 Needing no Rx 41 Late-night Jay 42 Coffees, in slang 43 Exerciser’s motto 47 Shipping container 49 Inaugural pledge 50 Sarandon of “Thelma & Louise” 51 Channel for business types 53 Magna __ laude 56 Debtors’ documents suggested by the sequence of the first words of 17-, 26- and 43Across 60 50-and-over org.

61 1,000 meters, briefly 62 Hindu guru 63 Loch of legend 64 “By Jove!”

65 Extremely pale DOWN 1 Her, subjectively 2 Hot Wheels and hula hoops 3 Region

By Jeff Chen

4 Flower that usually blooms in winter 5 Playboy founder, for short 6 Thunderstruck 7 Bellow in a library?

8 Spock’s captain 9 Photog’s camera choice 10 Large, noisy insect 11 Starters of the first race?

12 Silly mistake 13 Winter coasters 18 Help illegally 19 List components 24 Japanese money 25 Spiral shape 26 Too-too 27 Sci-fi’s Jabba the __ 28 Forerunners 29 Search engine name 30 Appalachian state: Abbr.

34 Berry in modern diet supplements 35 Oscar category word 37 Chow __ 38 Picnic pest

3/11/13 Thursday’s Puzzle Saturday’s PuzzleSolved Solved

(c)2013 Tribune Media Services, Inc.

39 Reliable moneymakers 41 Téa of “Tower Heist” 42 Scribble (down) 44 Postal purchases 45 Drink named for a Scottish hero 46 Like some nighties 47 Channel for political types 48 Psychic glows

3/11/13

51 Forensics team members: Abbr.

52 The Big Easy acronym 54 The Beehive State 55 Kid’s enthusiastic “I do!”

57 Compete in a slalom 58 Clandestine govt. org.

59 Admission in a confessional

Visit mndaily.com to see the solution to today’s puzzle.

dr. date Dear Dr. Date,

My girlfriend is very close with one of her guy friends. I try to ignore it, but it bothers me. How can I bring it up to her without getting into a fight?

—Left Out

Nosey Nellie,

Don’t bring it up. Just add “chilling out and trusting your girlfriend” to your own personal list of things that you need to work on.

You’re the one she’s holding hands with; you’re the one she gets nasty with. Trust her, and don’t make her feel weird for having a close friend.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

I got in a fight with my man recently, and now I’m in the “doghouse.” He said we are “exclusive” but no longer boyfriends. While select people know that we are an item, we are not “out” to the world on Facebook. He was making a comment on a mutual friend’s wall about my cool new vehicle he rolled around in and when asked whose it was, he was typing a response on the wall and then explained to me saying, “I’m not calling you my boyfriend on Facebook,” then realizing his Freudian slip said, “Well, technically, you’re in the doghouse.”

An hour later, I heard the noise for a Grindr message come from his cell. When we started dating I deleted Grindr from my phone, but he continued using it sporadically. Not wanting to start a fight I didn’t say anything, but when I got home I verified he was indeed using Grindr, which concerns me. I got a friend of mine to send him a message asking what he was looking for and he said “not sure,” and my friend then said, “I’m looking for a hookup or a friend with benefits” to which my man said, “Haha yeah def wouldn’t mind either.”

What do I do? Is it worth me even trying to get out of the doghouse at

this point since it seems like he’s looking around for the next best thing? Or do I bust his ass about what I know and dump him? Keep in mind he told me we were moving back in the direction we were in, but we’re not there yet.

—Snoopy

Snoop Lion,

The doghouse, with its harsh wooden interior and feces-covered floor, can be a scary place — especially on these cold, dark nights. The doc has sent a few lovers out there to sit a spell and think about what they’ve done, and they always come back, tail betwixt legs, ready to bark it up and repent. Woof.

But sometimes, just sometimes, a puppy dog is sent to the doghouse unjustly when he hasen’t done anything, and that’s you, my dog. Ain’t love just a byotch!

We’ve got to get you outta that doghouse. Let’s go for a little walk. Come on. I’ll take you out to the side yard, and we can pee together.

Because truth is, Snoop, it’s your guy who belongs in the puphaus, shivering and whimpering and gnawing on an empty Taco Bell cup. He’s led you on to believe that you’re meaningful to him, but his actions show that he doesn’t care about being committed to you.

He’s still on Grindr? I’m sorry, but that’s absolute baloney. For real? For real? He’s DTF? FOR REAL? When he’s got adorable YOU to grind with? You should be so pissed. Honestly? Let’s find his bowl of kibbles and bits and PEE IN IT. He told you you’re “moving back” in that direction? Nuh uh. I don’t want you moving in ANY direction with this chump.

Dump him.

It’s one thing to not want to slather your business all over social media — I don’t think being FBO is a key part to any relaysh — but it’s a whole other thing to treat the one you’re with like a disposable doggy bag.

—Dr. Date

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

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Female chimps more hostile with each other U research found more aggression and competition among females.

BY REBECCA HARRINGTON rharrington@mndaily.com

Humans may be more like monkeys than they realize.

New research from the University of Minnesota published online last month in the American Journal of Primatology shows female chimpanzees gesture more aggressively with each other than they do with males.

Nicole Scott, doctoral candidate at the Brain Sciences Center and author of the research, said she wanted to compare humans with their closest living relative, the chimpanzee.

She studied 30 chimps ages 2 to 40 years at Chester Zoo in England. Scott said she videotaped the chimps and then reviewed the tapes to categorize the gestures.

Some examples of ag-

gressive gestures, she said, were slapping the ground, raising an arm up and tapping for attention.

Scott said the most striking finding was that females changed their behavior based on gender while males didn’t.

“Females get upset with each other and then that’s it,” she said, “They act aggressively and there’s no apology; there’s no reassurance. It’s just, ‘I’m done with you.’ ” Accounting sophomore Baza Haile-Selassie said she sees a parallel between the two species’ gesturing because women tend to fight less and talk more, which has more gesturing.

John Stanoch, linguistics sophomore, said he didn’t think the research directly applied to humans because men are typically more competitive with one another than women are.

“Men are always trying to sort of one-up each other and make a competition out of things,” he said, “whereas women are more focused on

making connections.”

But female chimpanzees are naturally more competitive with one another.

Scott said female chimps leave their family’s troop and join a new one when they are old enough to reproduce.

The females have competition “built in” since a new female could take food, males, resting spots and attention from existing females, Scott said.

“They don’t necessarily need to be friends,” she said, “because there’s that competition.”

Scott said she was hesitant to directly apply the research to humans, but she’s seen the same competitive behaviors in her experience, too.

Since many women still “rely more on men” for promotions and job advancement, Scott said, it’s more beneficial for women to compete with each other — but that should change.

“We need to be less like chimpanzees and learn to help each other out.”

CHIMPANZEE GESTURES Scott studied 30 chimpanzees ages 2-40 years old at Chester Zoo in England for three months.

Cardinals say Mass, seek prayers ahead of conclave

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Type of gesture: Affiliation | Name: Head-butt | Male on left, female on right

Type of gesture: Aggression | Name: Tap | Male on left, female on right

Type of gesture: Reassurance | Name: Bite | Male on top biting, female below SOURCE AND PHOTO CREDIT: NICOLE SCOTT

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals took a break from maneuvering ahead of this week’s papal conclave to fan out across Rome and celebrate Sunday Mass at local parishes.

The worship ser vices provided a chance to see the cardinals up close and hear them pr each two days before they enter the conclave. Roman Catholics and others packed the churches, holding up cell phones to take photos and video.

The cardinals said Mass in their titular churches, the parishes that according to church tradition are assigned to them as clergy of Rome, creating a symbolic bond with the pope. The conclave, with 115 cardinalelectors, is scheduled to start Tuesday.

The cardinals have been holding meetings and informal gatherings ahead of electing a successor to Benedict XVI. Several church leaders acknowledged the historic moment at Mass.

“This Sunday is also special because today we prepare for the conclave,” said Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley, in his sermon at Holy Mar y of Victor y church. “Let us pray that the Holy Spirit illumines the church to choose a new pope who will confirm us in our faith and make more visible the love of the good shepherd.”

The parish priest who introduced the cardinal was more direct, describing O’Malley as “humble, but decisive,” and saying he hoped his next visit to the church would be as pontiff. The leading Italian newspaper, Corriere della Sera, has cited the Boston archbishop as a favorite, despite past resistance to the idea of a superpower pope.

Cardinal Peter Erdo, the archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, said Mass at Basilica of Santa Balbina on the Aventine hill, where the first known Hungarian cardinal, Istvan Vancsa, was buried in the 13th centur y. Erdo, a canon lawyer and theologian, is considered a possible compromise candidate. He would be the second pontif f to come from eastern Europe, following Pope John Paul II. “Let us all pray for the Conclave that will gather the day after tomorrow,” Erdo said. “Let’s call the Holy Spirit to descend upon the Holy Church.”