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T wo proposals at the state Capitol could make college cheaper for undocumented students in Minnesota. The proposed measures would allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition at state colleges and universities in Minnesota and receive scholarships and grants. Gov. Mark Dayton wants the state to adopt federal guidelines on admitting undocumented students, while two state legislators have a bill that would ease restrictions for students to receive in-state tuition. Many smaller state schools allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition if they charge a flat
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MINNEAPOLIS
Two proposals could help undocumented students BY JANICE BITTERS jbitters@mndaily.com
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Dayton included one proposal in his budget; legislators also intro’d a bill.
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rate for all students, but a few, including the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, charge these students at out-of-state tuition rates. Currently, undocumented students are not eligible for state grants or private scholarships in Minnesota. In his 2014 budget proposal for higher education, Dayton suggested Minnesota adopt the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — federal guidelines that would allow undocumented students to qualify for temporar y residency status. The Pr osperity Act, proposed by St. Paul Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party members Rep. Carlos Mariani and Sen. Sandy Pappas, would have fewer requirements for students to increase the pool of undocumented students who
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HEALTH
Potential Fairview merger raises concerns
The state AG is troubled partly by the possible impact on U hospitals. BY MARION RENAULT mrenault@mndaily.com
Fair view Health Services, which controls the University of Minnesota Medical Center and clinics, could be acquired by Dakotas-based Sanford Health. The possible merger hasn’t been formally an-
nounced, but according to a statement released by Fair view on Tuesday, the talks are in “very early stages” and would not move for ward without the approval of the University. Minnesota Attor ney General Lori Swanson told the Star Tribune that the negotiations are more advanced and getting “pretty hot and heavy.” Swanson said she will host several public hearings at the state Capitol starting April 7 concerning
the proposed acquisition. In a press release Tuesday, Swanson said she was “troubled” that discussions of “a matter of such sweeping consequences” have so far been private. “There was over one year of public debate before Fairview … took control of the University of Minnesota Medical Center in 1997,” she said. “There should be robust public discussion and input now too.” Swanson said she was
concerned about the possibility of the University’s teaching and research hospital being put under the control of an out-of-state organization. That’s an “unfor tunate characterization,” Kelby Krabbenhoft, president and CEO of Sanford Health, said in a statement Tuesday since Sanford has more than 6,000 u See FAIRVIEW Page 3 The U has been aware of a potential merger with Sanford.
RAPTOR CENTER
Keeping wild birds wild BY BRANDEN LARGENT blargent@mndaily.com
Bubo, a great horned owl, is physically healthy, but he cannot be re-
u See TUITION Page 10 Twelve other states have requirements like in the Prosperity Act.
leased from his home at the University of Minnesota Raptor Center. The owl has spent most of his 12 years in captivity and can’t be released
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DFL lawyer Lillehaug named to Supreme Court
mans as an owlet. When newly hatched birds spend too much time around humans, it causes an irreversible mental condition known as imprinting, said Adam Barnett, an interpretive naturalist at the Raptor Center. Great horned owls begin to hatch
Lillehaug has represented the U, Al Franken and Gov. Dayton. BY BRIAN AROLA barola@mndaily.com
Gov. Mark Dayton ann o unc e d T u e s d a y th at David Lillehaug, a Democratic-Farmer-Labor lawyer, will fill the soon-to-be vacant spot on the Minnesota Supreme Court. Lillehaug, who has in the past represented the University of Minnesota, will replace Justice Paul Anderson, who’s stepping down in May after reaching the mandator y retirement age of 70. Lillehaug was one of thr ee candidates for a previous Supreme Cour t opening and was chosen this time through a separate process, Dayton said. Lillehaug said his work ethic will help him make
the transition from trial court to the bench. “Anyone who knows me … knows that when I focus on something, I really throw myself into it,” he said. Appointing justices with partisan pasts is nothing new to the highest cour t in Minnesota, but Lillehaug’s connections to the DFL Party run particularly deep. In a 2011 profile, Capitol Repor t called him the “DFL’s man on the inside.” He represented both U.S. Sen. Al Franken and Dayton in their recounts and the DFL Par ty during last year’s redistricting. Anderson said having a justice with a political background ensures people know where the justice — whom they can vote for or against — will stand on u See LILLEHAUG Page 4 Lillehaug will be up for re-election in 2014.
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Two cows eat their lunch Tuesday at the feeding sheds on the St. Paul campus.
in March, initiating baby raptor season. After birds start hatching, the Raptor Center receives phone calls from people throughout Minnesota who find baby raptors on the ground or in their backyards, said Lori Arent, the Raptor Center’s clinic manager. AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY
Bubo, a great horned owl, is an educational bird at the Raptor Center on the St. Paul campus. Bubo is used specifically for educational purposes and can’t be released into the wild because of too much interaction with humans at a young age.
By the middle of August, the center
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STUDENT ISSUES
Grad students raise issues with fees U grad. and prof. students are concerned with fees transparency. BY CODY NELSON cnelson@mndaily.com
Some University of Minnesota graduate and professional students say increasing fees are creating a financial burden. To begin discussion on the fees — which are higher for inter national students — the Council of Graduate Students released a preliminary report this month outlining University fees. “People are really starting to be agitated by these fees,” said Scott Thaller, a COGS member who worked on the report. Graduate and professional students pay several fees, including the student ser vices and capital en-
hancement fees, plus varying collegiate fees for each school. The report found collegiate fees are much higher at University graduate and professional schools than at peer schools. The University Law School, for example, charges its students a $475 collegiate fee. At Northwestern University, law students pay a comparable activity fee of only $150. Many graduate assistants are forced to live off their stipend because they sign a contract that doesn’t allow them to take outside employment, COGS President Aaron Beek said. Graduate assistants pay at least 4 percent of their stipends in fees, according to the repor t. In the College of Science and Engineering, fees can be 11 percent of that stipend. About 10 percent of Sara Nelson’s wages go to
fees, she said. “Our wages haven’t even kept up with inflation,” Nelson said. Nelson, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geography, Environ-
ment and Society, said she’s frustrated with the capital enhancement fee, u See FEES Page 10 Some grad. programs don’t include estimated fees in their offers.
COLLEGIATE FEES PER SEMESTER FOR FULL-TIME GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS $110 COLLEGE OF FOOD, AGRICULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE SCIENCES $110 COLLEGE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION $145 SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH $155 COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS $160 COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT $175 SCHOOL OF NURSING $206 COLLEGE OF PHARMACY (Graduate students) $250 HUMPHREY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS $275 MEDICAL SCHOOL $300 COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING $350 SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY $400 COLLEGE OF PHARMACY (PharmD students) $475 LAW SCHOOL $525 COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE $580 CARLSON SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT SOURCE: ONESTOP
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