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SPORTS

Public opinion data is revealing a bright forecast for same-sex marriage rights.

Minnesota tied for 18th after a 24th-place finish last season.

Same-sex marriage and public opinion

Gophers step forward at NCAAs

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MEN’S HOCKEY

U groups react to idea of Fairview takeover

Gophers’ season ends with upset loss to Yale

The Med Student Council will discuss the issue at its next meeting.

Minnesota lost nine seconds into overtime in its NCAA regional.

BY BRANDEN LARGENT blargent@mndaily.com

A possible takeover of Fair view Health Ser vices has some University of Minnesota medical stu-

dents and physicians concerned.

Fair view, which controls the University of Minnesota Medical Center, announced last week a merger with the South Dakota-based Sanford Health system is in the “very early stages.”

However, Minnesota Attor ney General Lori Swanson said the talks are

getting serious, and she will be holding hearings at the Capitol to discuss the merger.

“I would hope that the public dialogue that comes from those hearings would help inform the Fair view board of directors as well as to what’s in the best interest to the people of Minnesota,” Swanson said.

Second-year medical

student Evan James said he has some concer ns about the potential takeover’s effects on the University’s medical education and research.

The merger could put the Minnesota nonprofit’s more than $1.2 billion net u See FAIRVIEW Page 3 A change in power could affect the required clerkships.

STUDENT SERVICES FEES

Post-renovation, Northrop may have limited programming

BY DREW CLAUSSEN dclaussen@mndaily.com

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.

— Minnesota freshman goaltender Adam Wilcox probably didn’t see the goal that ended the Gophers’ season go by him nine seconds into overtime Friday afternoon.

He definitely didn’t have time to react to the play, which gave Yale a 3-2 overtime victory over Minnesota in the NCAA West Regional.

“Bad bounce, came into our zone, went behind our net,” Wilcox said. “I kind of lost [the puck] there for a second, and before I knew, it passed right to the guy out in front.

“That was the end of it.”

Jesse Root’s gamewinning goal came before many fans, players, coaches and media members had settled in for over time at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Mich.

“I’m not even sure what happened on that play,” head coach Don Lucia said.

Yale beat North Dakota 4-1 in Saturday’s regional championship game to advance to the Frozen Four.

The Gophers played like a team capable of winning an NCAA championship for the last 10 minutes of the third period in the game against Yale. But for the other 50 minutes of regulation, they played like a team that didn’t belong in the tournament.

“The ef for t was there — we attempted 80 some shots,” Lucia said. “We just missed too many.” u See HOCKEY Page 9 Several players could forgo their senior years to play professionally.

PUBLIC SAFETY

Crime prevention specialists prepare for spring crime spike In 2012, crime near campus increased from the winter months to the spring.

BY JAKE STARK jstark@mndaily.com

Inside of Northrop Auditorium, which is currently under construction.

BRIDGET BENNETT, DAILY

An underfunded fees request will affect some programming.

BY CODY NELSON cnelson@mndaily.com

toric auditorium is scheduled for April 2014, but Northrop

A large crane now sits

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inside Northrop Auditorium.

funded student services fees

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request.

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In Minneapolis, spring means more opportunities to get out of the house and enjoy warmer weather.

But it also means more crime.

In 2012, crime increased by more than 18 percent from the winter months to the spring in neighborhoods surrounding the University of Minnesota. Thefts accounted for a large percentage of the increase.

Rising crime during spring is typical, said Minneapolis crime prevention specialist Nick Juarez.

Juarez ser ves in the 2nd Precinct, which includes the University area.

Burglar y and theft increase more than other crimes during spring, Juarez said, because residents tend to leave windows and doors open to let in the fresh air.

“We’ve been cooped up for five to six months of snow and cold,” he said.

“Now, everybody opens up during spring time.”

The University area is a “hotspot” for these crimes because of its temporar y population, Juarez said.

New students come and go every year, so many are not properly educated in crime prevention strategies.

“It’s a constant message we have to get out,” he said.

In addition, war mer weather usually means more students will be out drinking and par tying, u See CRIME Page 6 Nielson said people let their guard down in warmer weather.

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STUDENT ISSUES

Students call for quicker turnaround on exams U policy requires instructors to grade and return exams promptly.

BY T YLER GIESEKE tgieseke@mndaily.com

For Jillian Johnson, it’s important to get tests back in a timely way — it helps her judge how well

her studying is working and whether she needs to change her strategy.

Although she has had instr uctors who retur n tests within the same week, she said some have taken nearly three weeks, which is “frustrating.”

“I don’t really see any urgency from [some instructors],” she said.

Despite a University

policy that requires instructors to grade exams “with suf ficient promptness to enhance the learning experience,” students say timeliness varies widely with each instructor. No specific enforcement procedures are outlined in the policy.

Besides timely evaluation of coursework, instr uctors must also

“promptly return examinations or permit students to review their exams,” according to the policy.

Instructors are also required to submit grades three days after the last day of finals.

Physiology junior u See TESTS Page 3 Students can report issues to their instructor’s department.

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Team Neutrino captain Jeremy Grzywacz, left, from Ames, Iowa, goes over final strategies at the FIRST Robotics 10,000 Lakes Regional on Saturday at Mariucci Arena. The nonprofit runs competitions throughout the country to encourage science and technology for students in elementary through high school.

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CAIRO — Egypt’s most popular television satirist, who every week skewers the Islamist president and hardline clerics on his Jon Stewart-style show, was released on bail Sunday but could face charges of insulting the country’s leader and Islam.

Bassem Youssef is the most prominent critic of President Mohammed Morsi to be called in for questioning in recent weeks, in what the opposition says is a campaign to intimidate critics amid wave after wave of political unrest in deeply polarized Egypt.

Ar rest war rants have been issued for five prominent anti-government activists accused of instigating violence.

Deputy chief prosecutor Hassan Yassin denied the nearly five-hour interrogation was part of an intimidation campaign and said his department was enforcing

the law and seeking to establish some guidelines on freedom of expression.

“The prosecution is the protector of social rights and we work on implementing the law. ... There must be guidelines for those working in the media to observe so as not violate the law,” Yassin told The Associated Press.

Morsi last week accused private media of fanning violence and argued that it was being used for political aims.

But Yassin denied that the prosecutor’s office was operating at the behest of the presidency to go after Morsi’s critics, saying it has also interrogated and sentenced Islamists. Morsi appointed the chief prosecutor late last year despite an outcry from many in the judiciary who accused him of trampling on their right to choose the top prosecutor.

A court ruling last week declared Morsi’s appointment void, a verdict he will likely appeal.

Afghan leader in Qatar to discuss peace talks

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DOHA — Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with the emir of Qatar in Doha Sunday to discuss the possible opening of a Taliban office in the Gulf state.

The move could foster peace negotiations with the Islamic fundamentalist movement in a bid to stem violence as foreign combat forces prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.

The Qatar News Agency said Karzai met with the emir, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and other senior government officials on Sunday. He also held talks with Qatar’s ambassador to Pakistan during a tour of an Islamic art museum in Doha.

The repor t didn’t give details, but Afghan Foreign Ministr y spokesman Janan Mosazai has said the talks would include the peace process and the opening of a Taliban office.

Karzai’s office said he also met with Qatari businessmen and Afghan businessmen living in Qatar on Saturday, the star t of the two-day trip, to encourage investment in his struggling countr y.

He said there are many oppor tunities in the mining industr y as well as energy, power, tourism, hotels and banks.

Afghanistan has already agreed the Taliban can open an office in the Gulf state if the group breaks all ties with al-Qaida and renounces terrorism. Talks will be led by the High Peace Council, a group of influential Afghans that also includes former Taliban.

“There is no contact between us and the presidency. ... Just like we moved against someone who insults Christianity, we moved against someone who is accused of insulting Islam,” he said.

Youssef is the host of the weekly political satire show known for his skits lampooning Morsi and Egypt’s newly empowered Islamist political class. But he also mocks the opposition and the media.

The fast-paced show has attracted a wide viewership, while at the same time earning its fair share of detractors. Youssef has been a frequent target of lawsuits, most of them brought by Islamist lawyers who accused him of “corrupting morals” or violating “religious principles.”

Yo u s s e f f r e q u e n t l y imitates Morsi’s speeches and gestures. He has factchecked the president, and in one particularly popular episode earlier this year, he played video clips showing

remarks by Morsi, made in 2010 before he became president, calling Zionists “pigs.”

The remarks caused a brief diplomatic tiff with the U.S. administration, and Morsi had to issue a statement to defuse the flap.

In his last episode this week, Youssef thanked Morsi for providing him with so much material.

Youssef has also made regular jokes about comments by Islamic clerics and presenters on Islamic TV stations, exposing contradictions between their comments and public speeches and what he considers the spirit of Islam.

Prosecutor Mohammed el-Sayed Khalifa was quoted on the website of the stateowned Al-Ahram daily that he has 28 plaintiffs in the case against Youssef accusing him of insulting Islam, mocking prayers, and “belittling” Morsi in the eyes of the world and his own people.

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From the Bahamas and Cuba down to Aruba and Suriname, international oil companies are lining up to locate potentially rich offshore deposits in the Caribbean. The countries hope drilling could lead to a black-gold bonanza, easing demand for imported oil and diversifying their economies.

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Youth taste healthy food and higher ed A group aimed to educate high school students about agriculture.

BY HAILEY COLWELL hcolwell@mndaily.com

Growing up, Champlin Park High School freshman Mela Nguyen said her community wasn’t exposed to much healthy food.

“I grew up in nor th Minneapolis,” Nguyen said, “and all I [saw was] fast food.”

Nguyen recently joined the Youth Farm and Market Project, a program that

teaches adolescents about urban agriculture and healthy, sustainable food.

Youth Far m joined a number of organizations Friday for the first annual Growing Food, Growing Youth: The Bud Markhart Urban Youth and Food Day on the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus Markhart, who died last June, worked to increase inter est in agricultur e among students from different cultures.

The event brought together high school students from across the Twin Cities to show how food affects their lives and how it

can be fun, too.

“W ith contemporar y life, [students] tend to see food as beginning in a restaurant or in a grocer y store,” said Food Science and Nutrition professor Craig Hassel. “We’re trying to bring back a more meaningful experience around food for students.”

Throughout the day, students experimented with native Minnesotan food, cooking wild rice and concocting their own all-natural salad dressing.

They learned about hydroponic farming — using all water but no soil to grow crops — and micro greens,

or plants har vested at an early seeding stage that are often used in fine cooking.

They also got a taste of college by exploring the St. Paul campus and learning about the University’s admission process — a new experience for some students.

“Not everyone is able to have a campus tour,” said Elizabeth Zalanga, a junior at Central High School in St. Paul. “It’s really interesting, and it gives people an insight into what college is like.”

Markhart’s friends and colleagues created Friday’s annual event to carry on his

work.

“Bud always placed his students first. One of the things that he wanted to do was not just go out [to the community] but to bring folks here,” said University alumnus Seitu Jones, a visual artist and friend of Markhart’s.

Jones said it was “refreshing” to see a diverse group of students interested in sustainable food at the University.

“All too often,” Jones said, “we see a group of kids of color and … the perception is that these kids have no interest or no desire in agriculture, and here they are.”

About 76 percent of students enrolled in the University’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences this spring are white, according to the Office of Institutional Research.

Sen. Foung Hawj, DFLSt. Paul, who represents

the city’s East Side, told students in a speech that diverse youth involvement is essential for the future of farming.

“We need young people who are the cutting edge of technology in agriculture,” Hawj said.

Hassel said he hopes showing students how food relates to their lives beyond consumption will nur ture their interests in agriculture. “[It’s] something that is part of their connection to place, their connection to community and their connection with family.”

Nguyen said the event inspired her to bring what she’s lear ned about sustainable agriculture and healthy food back to the neighborhood she grew up in.

“I could probably speak to the people of north Minneapolis so they open their eyes and see that what they’re eating is unhealthy.”

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High school student Deqa Mahamoud, right, from Youth Farm in south Minneapolis tries on a beekeeping suit Friday at Hodson Hall. About 100 high school students from urban farming programs throughout the Twin Cities visited the St. Paul campus.

Students call for quicker turnaround on exams Tests u from Page 1

to return an exam if students took it just before he left for a research conference.

Enforcing the policy Taysha Clark said she thinks instr uctors are consistent in reviewing exams in case students have questions, but timeliness in returning exams varies depending on the class.

For example, she said tests taken on a multiplechoice answer sheet, like Scantron, sometimes take a week or two to be returned, although a machine can grade the tests quickly.

She also said instr uctors might announce a return date for an exam only to say that they’ll need more time.

“When you think you’re going to get it back and you don’t, it’s frustrating,” she said. “Sometimes I want to know right away.”

Clark added she understands why some tests could take longer to grade, like if an exam included only open-response questions.

But one of her instructors returned a test Monday after students took it Friday, she said.

“If he could grade all those, then why can’t other teachers with [teaching assistants] grade faster?”

Clark said.

There are several reasons why instr uctors could take var ying amounts of time to grade and retur n exams, said Rober t Schlauch, director of undergraduate studies for the Depar tment of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences.

For him, he said it depends on his schedule and his TAs and also the types of questions on the exam.

Because his tests often include open-ended questions, Schlauch said he’ll usually look over the tests himself after the TA has done an initial evaluation.

Grading student work is “necessarily time consuming,” Schlauch said, especially if the instr uctor wants to give detailed feedback.

In addition, Schlauch said it would take longer

Students should first talk to their instr uctor if there’s a concer n about timely evaluation of work, said Suzanne Bardouche, assistant vice provost for undergraduate education, in an email.

As director of undergraduate studies in his depar tment, Schlauch said undergraduate students could bring concer ns to him as well, adding that he didn’t think there is currently a problem with timeliness.

“If I don’t receive any queries, then I don’t know that there’s a problem,” he said.

Biochemistr y and Spanish senior Rachel Drake said students will ask instr uctors how long it would be until exams were returned, but they won’t directly ask instructors to speed up the process.

“Students don’t usually voice those frustrations,” she said. “We can’t force professors to have a passion for teaching, and I think that’s really what it comes down to.”

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B. Responsibility to Provide Students with Access to and Feedback on Their Work 1. Instructors must evaluate examinations and other student work with sufficient promptness to enhance the learning experience.

Instructors must promptly return examinations or permit students to review their exams to request clarification of grades. …

3. Instructors are strongly encouraged to provide sufficient graded feedback early in the term and before the deadline for withdrawing from classes to enable students to assess their progress in the course.

4. Instructors must turn in grades within three business days after the last day of final examinations.

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University groups react to idea of Fairview takeover Fairview u from Page 1

worth into the hands of an out-of-state company, Swanson said.

“I’m sure the University is on top of that,” James said.

“But just the continued emphasis in educating the next generation of physicians would be my main concern.”

James said he hopes Sanford would continue to support physician’s research in the same way Fairview has.

A change in power could af fect the required clerkships — practical medical experience in a hospital — of third- and fourth-year medical students, said Amin Alishahi, University Medical Student Council president.

University hospitals can shift resources to accommodate more student clerkships when there are too many for other hospitals, Alishahi said.

If Sanford is not able to

make the same accommodations, he said, it could be more difficult for medical students to complete their required clerkship.

“I don’t anticipate that to happen, but that’s kind of the big concern,” Alishahi said.

He said Fair view also of fers simulation labs to supplement the University’s medical curriculum.

“Taking that control out of the University obviously can create tension, and maybe different resources would be shifted differently,” Alishahi said.

Alishahi will bring up the potential takeover with the MSC executive council, and possibly the entire council, during the next meeting April 10.

Fair view is the largest partner of University of Minnesota Physicians, CEO Bobbi Daniels said in a written statement Friday.

“Any potential change in UMPhysician’s relationship with Fairview must be care-

fully evaluated in order to assure that we can continue to meet our various missions,” Daniels said in the statement.

Eighty percent of UMPhysician’s patient care occurs in Fairview facilities.

Fair view took control of the UMMC in 1997 and made a commitment to support research and education.

The University Of fice of the General Counsel will be investigating the governance, financial, legal and structural aspects of the

potential takeover, General Counsel Mark Rotenberg said.

“We’re kicking the tires, so to speak,” he said.

Swanson is hosting the public hearings at the Capitol on April 7 to address public concern, she said.

“It’s something important not just for the University, not just for the [Academic Health Center] but really for all of Minnesota,” Swanson said. “It’s a ver y, ver y impor tant issue for the entire state.”

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U quiz team gets delayed recognition

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Third-year law student and member of the University of Minnesota graduate quiz bowl team Andrew Hart reads questions for a high school quiz bowl competition Saturday in Blegen Hall. After a cheating scandal at Harvard University, the University of Minnesota team was retroactively given 2009 undergraduate and 2011 graduate titles for the National Academic Quiz Tournament.

The team received two championship titles after a cheating scandal.

BY ROY AKER raker@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota Quizbowl Team has had a presence on campus for more than a decade but has become more competitive in the past few years.

It plays by the r ules, though, which brought it a retroactive victor y recently — the team was awarded the National Academic Quiz Tournaments championship titles for 2009 and 2011 after NAQT found evidence that a Har vard University team member had cheated in four instances.

The University had finished second place in two of those.

The University’s team has had significant growth in recent years, sending 12 students to tour naments last year, cur rent President Gaurav Kandlikar said.

Quizbowl questions are set up in a pyramid-style format with four or five lines of clues that get progressively easier, he said.

Unlike “Jeopardy!” or “Trivial Pursuit,” the orally presented questions appear in paragraph form and participants may interrupt the question and answer at any time.

The University’s team par ticipates in a number of tournaments, including ones for NAQT and the Academic Competition Federation.

The team hosts high school and college competitions in the fall and spring as fundraisers. It uses some of that money to travel to the three to six competitions it attends per year, most often in Illinois and Michigan.

Kandlikar said it’s important for people to know Quizbowl isn’t a niche group, and its team members represent a wide array of majors and personalities.

He said several mem-

bers are graduating this spring, opening the door for new members to move up.

“Next year will be a rebuilding year,” Kandlikar said.

This fall will be a great opportunity for new members to shine, said chemical engineering junior Srijay Rajan, who joined the team last fall.

Rajan said Quizbowl questions in a typical round range all across the academic spectrum.

“All majors can par ticipate, and all sor ts of people are on the team,” Rajan said.

Cheating instances Higher-level Quizbowl members often write questions for NAQT competitions in which they will not be participating.

But Andrew Watkins, who competed for Harvar d’s team in its four championship victories between 2009 and 2011, took advantage of a security loophole online to illicitly view game questions for competitions he would be participating in, according NAQT’s website.

Andrew Hart, a University of Minnesota Quizbowl Team member who competed in both years, said it’s unfortunate members weren’t recognized at the time.

“It’s still good to see the recognition now,” said Har t, who is cur rently a graduate student at the University.

Har t said r umors had been cir culating about Watkins possibly cheating before an of ficial investigation by NAQT. In an inter view with Har vard’s student newspaper, NAQT President Rober t Hentzel said the company r esponded to complaints made after a 2010 competition, but the review didn’t uncover anything suspicious at the time.

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Senators caution immigration deal not final

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Even with one of the largest hurdles to an immigration overhaul overcome, optimistic lawmakers on Sunday cautioned they had not finished work on a bill that would provide a path to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants.

The AFL-CIO and the pro-business U.S. Chamber of Commerce reached a deal late Friday that would allow tens of thousands of low-skill workers into the country to fill jobs in construction, restaurants and hotels. Yet despite the unusual agreement between the two powerful lobbying groups, lawmakers from both parties conceded that the negotiations were not finished.

“With the agreement between business and labor, every major policy issue has been resolved,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat who brokered the labor-business deal.

But it hasn’t taken the form of a bill and the eight senators searching for a compromise haven’t met about the potential breakthrough.

“We haven’t signed off,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. “There are a few details yet. But conceptually, we have an agreement between business and labor, between ourselves that has to be drafted,” he added.

Yet just before lawmakers began appearing on Sunday shows, Sen. Marco Rubio warned he was not ready to lend his name — and political clout — to such a deal without hashing out the details.

“Reports that the bipartisan group of eight senators have agreed on a legislative proposal are premature,” said Rubio, a Florida Republican who is among the lawmakers working on legislation.

Rubio, a Cuban-American who is weighing a presidential bid in 2016, is a leading figure inside his party. Lawmakers will be closely watching any deal for his approval and his skepticism about the process did little to encourage optimism.

Rubio, who is the group’s emissary to conservatives, called the agreement “a starting point” but said 92 senators from 43 states haven’t yet been involved in the process.

The detente between the nation’s leading labor federation and the powerful business lobbying group still needs senators’ approval, including a nod from Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican whose previous efforts came up short.

“I think we’re on track.

But as Sen. Rubio correctly says, we have said we will not

come to final agreement till we look at all of the legislative language and he’s correctly pointing out that that language hasn’t been fully drafted,” Schumer said.

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., also noted the significance of the truce between labor and business but added that this wasn’t yet complete.

“That doesn’t mean we’ve crossed every ‘i’ or dotted every ‘t,’ or vice versa,” said Flake, who is among the eight lawmakers working on the deal.

Schumer negotiated the deal between AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka and Chamber of Commerce head Tom Donohue during a late-Friday phone call.

Under the compromise, the government would create a new “W’’ visa for low-skill workers who would earn wages paid to Americans or the prevailing wages for the industry they’re working in, whichever is higher. The Labor Department would determine prevailing wage based on customary rates in specific localities, so that it would vary from city to city.

The proposed measure would secure the border, crack down on employers, improve legal immigration and create a 13-year pathway to citizenship for the millions of illegal immigrants already here.

It’s a major second-term priority of President Barack Obama’s and would usher in the most dramatic changes to the faltering U.S. immigration system in more than two decades.

“This is a legacy item for him. There is no doubt in my mind that he wants to pass comprehensive immigration reform,” said David Axelrod, a longtime political confidant of Obama.

During the last week, an immigration deal seemed doomed. But the breakthrough late Friday restarted the talks.

Ultimately the new “W’’ visa program would be capped at 200,000 workers a year, but the number of visas would fluctuate, depending on unemployment rates, job openings, employer demand and data collected by a new federal bureau being pushed by labor groups as an objective monitor of the market, according to an official involved with the talks who also spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of a formal announcement.

A “safety valve” would allow employers to exceed the cap, the official said, if they could show need and pay premium wages, but any additional workers brought in would be subtracted from the next year’s cap.

The workers could move from employer to employer and would be able to petition for permanent residency and ultimately seek U.S. citizenship. Neither is possible for temporary workers now.

“As to the 11 million (illegal immigrants), they’ll have a pathway to citizenship, but it will be earned, it will be long, and it will be hard, and I think it is fair,” Graham said.

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The renovated auditorium, which costs about $100 million and was paid in part with Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement funds from the state and private donations, will provide more public space, including rehearsal, meeting and performance spaces for students.

Northrop officials hoped to use fees funding to subsidize rent of these spaces for low-cost student use beginning immediately next spring, said Northrop director Christine Tschida.

The renovations were designed to encourage more student use of the auditorium.

“The idea is to have it really active and open all the time,” Tschida said.

But the fees committee didn’t provide funding to subsidize use of the spaces in 2013-14.

Discussion of funding “focused on the unlikelihood of students needing a full 40 hours per week in the summer,” the commit-

tee said in its final rationales.

It will be expensive for students to rent the spaces without subsidies, said Rah Riley, a member of the Northrop Student Advisory Committee.

The group will push for the space subsidies in future fees requests.

Nor throp leaders also hoped to of fer many free and subsidized event tickets for students, Tschida said.

The committee decided not to fund this request for 2013-14 because events are held off-campus during renovations, according to its rationale.

During r enovations, Nor throp events have been held at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Minneapolis and the O’Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University in St. Paul.

“We still wanted to have the University of Minnesota students to be able to come for free,” Tschida said.

However, $10 student rush tickets will continue to be available during the 2013-14 season, and Tschida said they plan to ask for

free and subsidized ticket funding in 2014-15 when the auditorium will be open all season.

Some student inter n positions and a full-time student engagement coordinator position were also not funded in the final recommendations.

Tschida said Nor throp hoped to pay more interns.

“We know how hard the interns work, and we want to pay them well,” she said.

The fees committee liked Nor throp’s ideas overall, Riley said, but didn’t offer complete funding because it will only be open for two months during the next school year.

“There are only so many fees to allocate,” Riley said.

The fees committee did provide funding for some expanded programming, like Nor throp’s involvement with Spring Jam. In its fees request, Northrop said it would offer its space and production crew to Spring Jam headlining artists for free.

Nor throp will also use part of its student ser vices fees to expand the Summer Music Festival into the spring and fall.

especially during major campus events like Spring Jam, Juarez said.

Other par ts of the city face similar problems, said Carla Nielson, one of three crime prevention specialists for the 1st Precinct.

For example, she said she sees more people walking or r unning outside with headphones on, not paying attention to their sur roundings. Listening to music can make people easier targets for thefts or robberies. “ We l e t o u r g u a r d down,” she said. “We’re decr easing the senses you’ve been given for your own personal defense.”

‘Our name is proactive’

Though police of ficers are responding to more calls in spring, crime prevention specialists say they are just as busy.

When crime increases, the specialists become

mor e impor tant as r esources and organizers for residents, said Rowena Holmes, a 4th Precinct crime prevention specialist.

Crime prevention specialists primarily act as inter mediaries between the police department and civilians, Holmes said. If police are persistently responding to cer tain areas or crimes, it’s the job of the specialists to address the issues with residents.

“We’re resources; we’re not regulators,” she said.

“We have so many things at our disposal to help people get the results they want to have.”

Communication between police and specialists is critical to create a crime-free environment, said Minneapolis police Sgt. Steve McCar ty. Since some people don’t like dealing with police officers, crime prevention specialists can become the voice of the department.

“They’r e not in uniform,” he said. “I think that makes a lot of people more comfortable.”

Crime prevention specialists also often need to ser ve as educators, Juarez said. They need to teach civilians to be active in the community and become the “eyes and ears” of the police department.

Members of the police depar tment hope to address the seasonal rise in crime through events like Police Week and National Night Out. Both events, which take place in May and August, respectively, of fer residents the chance to voice their concerns about criminal activity for spring and summer.

Holmes, Juarez and Nielson all said they want to use these opportunities to hear about neighborhood issues and hopefully come up with proactive solutions to crime.

“I think in the hear t of ever y crime prevention specialist is a little bit of a social worker,” Holmes said, “Our name is proactive — crime prevention — we want to prevent any crime that is going to affect the areas we ser ve.”

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Motive remains unclear in Newtown shooting

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NEW HAVEN, Conn.

— Newly released search warrants in the Newtown school shooting have revealed that gunman Adam Lanza’s home was packed with weapons and ammunition, but the documents do not shed any new light on what could have driven him to massacre 20 children and six educators inside an elementary school.

Lanza left behind journals, which state police turned over to the FBI for analysis, but if investigators have any ideas about his motive, they aren’t saying.

“Why is the big unanswered question,” said Nicole Hockley, whose son Dylan was among the children killed at Sandy Hook Elementar y School. “So I have to come to grips with the fact that I might never know why he did what he did. But knowing how he did it and what we could do to prevent someone else doing that, those are valuable lessons that we can learn.”

Wa r r a n t s r e l e a s e d Thursday provide the most insight to date on the world of the 20-year-old gunman, a recluse who played violent video games in the Newtown home where he lived with his mother.

On the mor ning of Dec. 14, he took four guns but left behind firearms, knives and more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition at his spacious, colonial-style

home.

He loaded the weapons into his car, drove to his former elementar y school, and within five minutes of blasting his way into the building, he fired of f 154 shots with a Bushmaster .223-caliber rifle as he gunned down the firstgraders and educators. He killed himself with a final shot from a Glock handgun.

The weapons used in the shooting had all apparently been purchased by Lanza’s mother, according to prosecutor Stephen J. Sedensky III, who said in a statement accompanying the warrants that the gun locker was open when police arrived at the house and there was no sign it had been broken into. Lanza shot his mother, Nancy Lanza, in her bed before carrying out the massacre.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy expressed incredulity over the access that the troubled young man had to a cache of weapons.

“There are parts of this stor y that are unfathomable,” he said. “How anyone would have maintained that household that way is difficult to understand.”

Sedensky, the prosecutor overseeing the investigation, said Connecticut State Police, Newtown police and other state and federal agencies are still compiling repor ts and statements from witnesses and testing physical and digital evidence.

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Sympathy for the devil Viewers of “The Bible” mini-series believed Satan resembled President Obama. lipping through TV channels Easter Sunday, amid a candy coma, I chanced upon a scene involving Jesus coming back to life.

I guess I wasn’t fortunate enough to bear witness to the Second Coming of Christ because it was just the series finale of “The Bible” on the History Channel.

I immediately Googled it and was shocked to see that “The Bible” is causing controversy after casting an actor who resembles President Barack Obama as Satan — you know, the one that the Rolling Stones wrote a song about. I thought Google had linked me to a “mocumentary,” but I remembered Bill O’Reilly laughing it off with comedian Dennis Miller on his show whether the president is really “The Fallen One” as opposed to what the left deemed him, The Chosen One. Even notorious right-winged talking heads Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh seem to agree

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with O’Reilly that the character looks like Obama, with Limbaugh calling it “uncanny” and a “dead ringer.”

I usually don’t pay any attention to any theological production, but “The Bible” has taken misrepresentation to a different level. Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni, the actor who plays Satan, looks very little like Obama out of costume. Ouazanni is a Moroccan actor, and does not remotely resemble the president racially. Yet in the series, one could justifiably make the comparison.

Both the History Channel and “The Bible” producers claim this was coincidental, saying, “It’s unfortunate that anyone made this false connection.”

The producers of “The Bible” did not do this inten-

tionally, though they probably should have spent more time editing. The problem here is the racial subtext of biblical interpretation. In the series, Jesus is played by Diogo Morgado, a white Portuguese actor. The subtext here is so blatant — Jesus is lighter-skinned, Satan is darker-skinned — that it becomes difficult to sympathize with the producers. You’d think that the viewers of the History Channel would not need these media-driven queues and would respect some realism. Christ wasn’t Caucasian, as the actor playing him is; Christ was a dark-skinned Jewish man.

Obama would more readily resemble him, but I’ll leave the job of comparing Obama to Christ with the pundits at MSNBC. Speaking of miracles, people are seeing another president in HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” when a mask of George W. Bush was used as a severed head. To their credit, HBO apologized, citing the mask as the only available cut out during filming. While the distinction is not as obvious, the History Channel and “The Bible” producers should follow suit.

As a film major, I understand

DEATHS IN IRAQ: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 4,802 — IRAQI CIVILIANS: 111,840- PLUS DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 3,258 — AFGHAN CIVILIANS: UNKNOWN

the need to make characters embody “evil” for maximum effect. But I also understand the tremendous complications that go along with racial misrepresentation: Arabs as terrorists, blacks as thugs, Jewish people as greedy — is this not old?

These representations may have real effects. “A picture speaks a thousand words. Any questions?” read a controversial tweet earlier this week by Robert Zimmerman Jr. He is the brother of George Zimmerman, who was charged with shooting Trayvon Martin in April 2012, which was believed to be a result of Martin’s racial identity and clothing. The tweet had a picture showing Martin next to a black teen suspected of shooting a baby in an attempted robbery.

For an industry that seems to be making attempts at inclusivity, Hollywood has its regressions. In a country where our president has been accused of being the Antichrist, the media needs to be aware of the representations they perpetuate.

Hemang Sharma welcomes comments at hsharma@mndaily.com.

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

Same-sex marriage and public opinion Public opinion data is revealing a bright forecast for same-sex marriage rights.

I Collin Randolph welcomes comments at crandolph@mndaily.com.

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The Minnesota Daily editorial board wrote on March 27 that the University of Minnesota should strive to play a role in producing the country’s finest teachers in math and science. Their interest was to promote a program called UTeach — a reputable program of study for future teachers begun at the University of Texas at Austin that now has a lot of federal funding attached to it.

Had the editors called us to talk about the teachers we license at the University, we would have shared with them information about the excellent teacher preparation programs — that are grounded in both rigorous theory and field-based experiences and are contextually and technologically current — that we currently offer. Potential science and mathematics teachers (there is no science, technology, engineering and mathematics license in Minnesota yet) enter our licensure programs offered through the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education and Human Development after they have already earned their bachelor’s degree in mathematics or a scientific discipline. This means that graduates of our teacher education programs have stronger content preparation than would the typical UTeach graduate.

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language is not English, differentiate instruction for students with special needs and integrate technology into the learning experiences they design for their classrooms.

Our teacher licensure programs are designed to ensure that graduates exit with both solid content knowledge and the skills necessary to teach in contexts of diversity in an era marked by rapid technological innovation and globalization.

Unlike our curriculum, the UTeach curriculum does not focus on such skills.

And these are skills that are at the top of Minnesota’s school priorities for improving the educational experience for all students and closing the substantial achievement gap among students from different backgrounds.

The teachers we prepare are highly rated by their school employers on our annual employer survey, with more than 90 percent agreement that our teachers know how to support the learning of culturally and ethnically diverse student populations.

Furthermore, for potential teachers who may wish to seek an alternative pathway into teaching after a few years in a STEM career, our programs provide an avenue.

And if the editors had asked us, we would have also told them that high-performing mathematics and science undergraduates at the University need only to apply to our DirecTrack to a teaching program to earn and keep a spot in our post-baccalaureate programs. In this program, the students earn their bachelor’s degree in their field while fulfilling early teaching

pre-requisites. Students also complete 100 hours of service learning in schools as part of their course requirements. These students are in our urban centers tutoring and teaching as undergrads before they begin their professional preparation as teachers. We know through our ongoing program evaluations that they love this part of their career exploration before committing to one of the toughest professions in the nation.

Finally, we want to note that our science licensure program has been nationally recognized through the Promising Practices award from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities for the ongoing support our post-baccalaureate graduates receive from us after they graduate and begin their teaching careers. Students in both DirecTrack and the post-baccalaureate licensure program also have opportunities to apply for competitive scholarships through a grant we have from the National Science Foundation with lead faculty in both CEHD and the College of Science and Engineering.

Given that our mathematics and science programs have more than 95 percent job-placement rates for our graduates and knowing that their employers value the skills they bring into Minnesota schools, we know that we are already producing the finest teachers in math and science in the nation.

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n an incredible showing, suppor t for same-sex mar riage has incr eased by appr oximately 23 points between 1996 and 2013, according to Gallup and American statistician Nate Silver. Ever y generation polled by the Pew Research Center, with one exception, has seen an increase in suppor t by at least six points each, including those between the ages of 67 and 84, who have seen an increase of 10 points.

Those red equal signs you saw as many Facebook users’ profile pictures aren’t statistical anomalies; they are a tr ue example of what is actually happening to the suppor t of same-sex marriage in the U.S. right now.

As a generation, I don’t believe we’ve seen that kind of uptick in support for anything along those lines. Heated issues such as abor tion have been at a relative standstill, and presidential and congressional suppor t tends to move with greater positive and negative fluctuation, but this is different. This is an unprecedented increase at unprecedented speed.

Save for another Great Awakening involving America diving headfirst into fundamentalist policy, suppor ting the idea of samesex marriage is the “new normal” and will soon become the “normal normal.” Silver, as noted in the past two presidential elections, is a man whose numbers you should never doubt. Silver projects that by 2020, only one state will be somewhat opposed to same-sex marriage if it is placed on a ballot initiative, in comparison to 21 such states in 2008.

Opponents of same-sex marriage, whose views I respect, albeit in disagreement, have all but lost in the public eye. Ever y small victor y that could be given to these opponents will be slammed down with a harder defeat.

Even if, hypothetically speaking, the Supreme Court allows the Defense of Marriage Act to retain its constitutionality, it will still probably be thrown aside by the American public within the next few decades. In other words, the train isn’t coming. It has already passed.

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University interests in merger

A potential Fairview-Sanford Health merger should not contrast with University interests.

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innesota Attorney General Lori Swanson made public a potential Fair view Health Ser vices and Sanford Health merger Tuesday. CEOs from the two hospital conglomerates say they’re in the informal planning stages of a possible merger.

Fairview owns the University of Minnesota’s teaching hospital, the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview and University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital. Fairview has operated the University’s medical center and clinics since 1997.

South Dakota-based Sanford Health — named after a University alumnus — would potentially acquire one of the nation’s top hospitals, the University of Minnesota Medical Center, according to a U.S. News & World Report. Sanford, self-described as the largest rural, not-for-profit health care system in the nation, does have experience with operating medical training institutions. Currently, it is unclear how the nonprofit would affect clinical training, research or control of University medical facilities.

While this potential merger is seeing the light of day now, largely due to Swanson’s doing, the University’s interests need to be heard in talks between these two nonprofits. The state assets in this deal are of great importance to the University, as well as all Minnesotans. Across the nation, many academic medical centers are being acquired by universities who sold them in the past. This deal would further private control over the University’s educational medical facilities.

Swanson said she hopes Sanford and Fairview will take part in a public hearing she plans to hold regarding the potential deal April 7.

Though more details due to be released are necessary to critique the potential merger, the University should be conscious of its great stake in any merger.

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NCAA Lies are clouding out facts surrounding the welfare work requirement.

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s the NCAA tournament continues, most viewers will notice promotional portions of the broadcast containing former players and their classic “one shining moments.” Importantly, the NCAA uses these videos without making any royalty payments to former student-athletes.

This is a result of Form 08-3a, in which players must sign away the rights to their likenesses for the promotion of NCAA athletics free in order to play in the NCAA. This is the core of Ed O’Bannon’s case against the NCAA, which was recently certified as a class action lawsuit.

O’Bannon alleges that the NCAA’s practice of forcing players to sign away their likeness rights constitutes a violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, which prohibits artificially fixing prices.

While it has been upheld in the courts that the NCAA’s interest in ensuring amateurism of student-athletes — and therefore their ability to prohibit endorsement deals and payments to studentathletes — O’Bannon’s suit is able to distinguish itself because he is suing as a former athlete. His likeness was used in NCAA Football, a game by EA Sports, as part of a “classic” UCLA Bruins team.

A ruling in favor of O’Bannon could fundamentally alter the way the NCAA does business. It is likely that the NCAA would have to establish some form of a trust fund to make payments to former athletes. However, this raises significant Title IX issues, which mandates that men and women receive roughly equal opportunities in higher education.

Administrators argue that this would make it harder for the revenue sports, such as men’s football and basketball, to support the non-revenue sports. While some funding would be diverted, these athletes deserve some form of payment — perhaps in the form of continued medical insurance coverage.

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A neoliberal fetish

Rethinking health Our concept of wellness should encompass what we serve to gain, not lose.

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Higher education reform shouldn’t be stolen by neoliberal agendas.

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he dominant narrative in higher education reform is the disruption of current practices. The idea of reforming higher education is not novel. As long as there’s been higher education, there have been calls to reform it. Yet, the uptake of uniquely business jargon to describe the catalyst of change is unfortunate and ill conceived.

Higher education does need reform.

There’s too much overtly wrong to just let it limp along. However, the reform of higher education is being unfairly corrupted by capitalist market-driven ideology. This should not come as a surprise. The U.S. is a nation wholly consumed by the end product and not the process. But when “disruption” becomes the go-to word to describe how to change higher education, there is a huge problem.

This language does more to complicate than simplify. The problem arises out of the social contract and mandate of higher education. Contemporary higher education must work to uplift and enlighten society.

However, finding disruption as the terminology of enlightenment is unacceptable.

Disruption is more at home in the wood paneled halls of a corporation than in the classroom. Indeed, this type of corporate ethos fulfills a cer tain neoliberal fetish, where higher education becomes beholden to the free market rather than an obligation to society.

The most notable example would be massive open online courses, or MOOCs. These courses are often touted as disrupting higher education. They shake things up, and they change the outlook and access to institutions. But, there’s very little that is disruptive about MOOCs. More often than not, MOOCs are simply the reincarnation of previous — failed or successful — online teaching ventures. They aren’t new nor are they innovative.

Perhaps more damning than seeing incongruity and disruption, reform zealots also see higher education as something to be packaged and delivered. The experience is secondar y. By “disruptive,” these evangelists mean to make higher education subservient to market-driven forces, where shareholders are placed above students and educators.

No matter what ridiculous title you want to give these people — disruptors, thought leaders or change agents — one thing is for certain: They want to disrupt only insomuch as it benefits them. The idea and promise of the social contract is lost upon them.

It’s become obvious how little our society truly values education given the budget cuts and rising tuition. If our society valued it, education wouldn’t suf fer budgetar y cuts at all. The funding allotted to education by government entities is insignificant compared to other allotted programs. Budget slashing is old news and unsurprising.

However, it seems that because of these cuts, we have given rise to our own demise.

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society has failed to live up to its part of the social contract. Instead of securing an equitable higher education system, our society has all but gutted it. Our instant gratification culture — spurred on by capitalistic thinking — has found higher education wanting.

Higher education is not an instant gratification venture; it is a venture of patience and determination. So, as the disruptors work to “shake up” education, it becomes imperative that they answer an exigency, a situation calling for them: the financial gutting of higher education. Many of these so-called thought leaders’ messages are tempting; they will deliver us from the struggling system into the supportive arms of a strong free market utopia.

With rich politicians, professional administrators and venture capitalists creating their vision of higher education, we will be left with nothing more than universities reminiscent of production lines. Students will pay tuition, they will enter, they will be fed information and then they will receive diplomas. This is the terrible future of higher education, and it is a future we have brought upon ourselves.

It’s easy to not think about education when one is not in the midst of it. It’s easy to shave a little money off a budget one isn’t intimately involved with. It’s easy to blame teachers instead of those who control budgets. All of these things are easy to do because they require minimal thought and responsibility.

The rise of state-sponsored MOOCs, forprofit education ventures and shrinking budgets all reinforce one thing: the shirking of state responsibility to educate its citizenry.

We are expendable, but the financial driven bottom line is not. Our priorities are most certainly not what they once were.

These business ventures do more to cloud the issue of reform than aid it. Throwing hollow language like “disr uption” around doesn’t create a solution. It doesn’t really do anything. Higher education reform is a serious issue and requires serious thought. We need to address the budget cuts and demand reinvigorated state support. We need to work to make education equitable and accessible again.

Finally, we need to show the general public that state-sponsored higher education is imperative to our society and our lives. The value of higher education is defined by lifetimes — not by years. We shouldn’t let such definitions be stolen by those more concerned with profit than with education. It’s time to take back what is rightfully ours.

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

his year, I’m applying spring cleaning to more than just my overflowing closet. As the slush melts away and beauty is restored in nature, I hope to similarly renew my appreciation for the beauty I’ve lost sight of in my own life. In conjunction with the transition between seasons, I too am on an endeavor for change: new beginnings, new aspirations and a new sense of clarity.

If your life has gone anything like mine has this year, winter was rough. With the perpetual forecast of freezing and gray, my motivation for pursuing excitement — in other words, leaving the warm cocoon of my couch — dwindled, and I slipped into a monotonous routine. To add insult to injur y, I faced an unusually long list of responsibilities and an ever-increasing level of senior year stress and anxiety. Somewhere along the way, my priorities became skewed, and taking care of myself physically and mentally fell by the wayside.

A particularly climactic series of events a few weeks ago served as my wakeup call, and I realized I needed an outlook overhaul to return to my happiest and healthiest. In my experience, one of the best ways to cause a revolution of the mind and spirit can be a focus on the body. Feeling strong on the outside can ser ve as an excellent shortcut to feeling strong on the inside, so my primar y reaction to a stress-fest often includes a health makeover.

In the past, I’ve guided this lifestyle alteration with a pursuit of the latest and greatest tips and tricks to drop weight, believing triumph lied in a smaller number on a scale. Low caloric intake was inherently equivalent to progress, and feeling skinnier was how I could feel healthier and, thus, better.

It never quite worked as planned.

Making stringent rules about how much I was allowed to consume and when was exhausting, and I quickly tired of the system of deprival that inevitably led only to self-disappointment. Though I may have momentarily felt better when I put on my looser-fitting jeans, it was not sustainable.

I was not empowering myself nor pursuing a more balanced way of life. I was not taking control of my happiness or, for that matter, of anything; on the contrary, I was giving it away. I granted numbers, often founded on unrealistic expectations, the power to dictate my mood.

Back then, I was obsessed with discovering ever y diet secret, ever y list of “eat this not that,” ever y miracle workout — any and ever y piece of advice I could seize to feel confident that I was “healthy.” But the search for tips was overpowering; I was so inundated with information that it actually hindered my progress. I felt comfor t in feeling like I was omniscient in the realm of health advice, but I was over whelmed into inaction. I was aiming for a materialistic type of health, not considering how to actually make my body feel good.

It’s not just me who has been led astray by what “healthy” means. The per vasive messages of the weight loss industr y, wor th about $60 billion in the U.S. and growing , relentlessly attempt to influence our self-images. Marketers play to our vulnerabilities while simultaneously promising the miracles we’ve been praying for. And in a per fect storm of false hope, insecurity and desperation, we buy

BRONWYN MILLER columnist

into it. We flock to the low-fat, low-carb, fortified this and organic that without actually thinking about what we’re consuming, confident we can have our cake and eat it too (as long as it’s gluten-free).

In many ways, the colloquial concept of being healthy has become a punishment, with loss — more specifically, weight loss — inherent in its ideals. But it’s not getting us anywhere. Although the recently released results of two federal studies show that Americans are eating fewer calories than we did a decade ago, obesity rates are not tapering. Clearly, there is more to the stor y than quantity; it’s the quality we must examine.

Moreover, we need a new outlook on health and nutrition that does not place weight loss as the sole marker of success.

As the 2010 experiment of a human nutrition professor at Kansas State University revealed, it is not unheard of to eat predominantly junk food and see weight loss as a short-term consequence. Mark Haub lost 27 pounds in two months on what he referred to as the “convenience store diet,” a steady intake of Hostess and Little Debbie snacks. While it’s easier to focus on numbers on a scale than consider what we cannot measure — like long-term health — we’re not doing ourselves any real favors. The greater picture of what we are putting in our bodies, like the consequences of ingesting the chemicals, synthetics, preser vatives and other additives in processed foods, must supersede our one-dimensional weight loss-driven view of health.

This time around, my idea of a “health makeover” is drastically dif ferent from my past approaches. I’m not counting calories and placing limits. For me, an impor tant component of clarity and happiness is the sense of inner peace, achieved by a mind free of toxic thoughts.

To wholeheartedly accomplish this goal, I want to take a holistic approach. What’s become most important is the knowledge that the food I put in my body, just like the thoughts I put in my head, is as free of toxins as possible.

Therefore, my mission is simply “back to basics.” I’m practicing clean eating and spending at least an hour each day being active in the fresh air. I’m not interested in a quantifiable, time-specific end result, like a goal weight. Instead, I’m changing my relationship with food, embarking on a journey with no end point. There are no all-or-nothing policies, but I’ve noticed that the longer I supply my body with only whole foods, the less it craves their processed counterpar ts, recognizing them as poison. So rather than polluting my mind and body with the latest diet fads and products, I’m going with grassroots — literally.

Bronwyn Miller welcomes comments at bmiller@mndaily.com.

GENDER

The problem with top or bottom Restrictive sex roles for gay men need to be scrutinized.

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raditional gender ideology demands that straight couples function in complementary and dichotomous ways.

Straight men are expected to be dominant and strong, while straight women are expected to be submissive and soft, among other things.

This ideological structure is also reflected in straight couples’ sexual activities, where men penetrate women’s bodies — though men are capable of being penetrated by women as well.

Over time, gay men have adopted these dominant and submissive roles, particularly with respect to sexual activity. Men who penetrate other men are “tops,” while men who get penetrated by other men are “bottoms.”

Gay men grow up in heterosexual worlds and are taught in school and from friends about straight sex. They are socialized to believe that, in a two-person sexual encounter, one person should play the dominant-penetrating (male) role, while another person should play the submissive-receptive (female) role. But a problem exists when these men are stigmatized, as well as permanently and exclusively branded as one role or the other.

In a recent YouTube video gone viral, “Boy Is A Bottom,” a trio of drag queens parody an Alicia Keys song while calling out some young gay men on their perceived preference to be sexually receptive. Although the video is intended to be funny — albeit incredibly juvenile — it is nonetheless reflective of the problems that stem from the top-bottom binary in gay male culture.

JAMES CASTLE columnist

First, the video is centered on humiliating gay men who enjoy being sexually receptive.

The implication is that identifying as a bottom is something of which to be ashamed: that a gay man is somehow less of a man for engaging or desiring to engage in sexual activity that places him in a submissive and, thus, feminine role.

Second, the stigma associated with identifying as a “bottom” incentivizes many gay men to identify as “top” or “versatile,” regardless of whether they actually desire those roles. To be a top is to be more masculine because a gay man who tops is assuming the role analogous to that of a straight man, and, in our society straight men have a higher status than straight women.

Third, stigmatizing a bottom identity also is offensive to straight women. Women are not somehow lesser than their male partners for being sexually receptive. In shaming gay men who bottom, however, the suggestion is that straight women are also lesser than the men

who penetrate their bodies. Indeed, gay men who bottom and straight women are often referred to as “bitches” and other like terms. To be a bottom is to play “the woman” in the relationship, and being the woman is a bad thing apparently.

Lastly, stigma aside, just because a gay man identifies as “top” or “bottom” at one point or engages in one act or the other at one point or from time to time does not mean the identity or behavior is somehow static and can’t change. As the “Boy Is A Bottom” clip illustrates, when one is identified as one position, that man is forever a “bottom” or “top.” This simplistic and restrictive thinking limits gay men’s sexualities, which are complex and fluid. Just because a man desires to receive or penetrate at a given time with a given person in a given place does not mean that same man is incapable of performing the other in the same place or in a different place with a different person(s) at a different time.

One source of this top-bottom problem is the way masculinity is constructed in our culture. We expect men to act masculine, to be strong, dominant, confident, rational, etc.

Identifying as gay, however, is an inherently feminine act because gay men like other men, just like straight women do. In order to compensate for this feminine act and continue the effort to meet culturally dominant expectations for masculinity, there is an incentive for gay men to identify as “tops” because that is the more masculine role. The idea is that, while one has feminized himself by identifying as gay, he still maintains his masculinity by identifying as a top because a top performs

the same sexual role that a straight male does when having straight sex. Furthermore, when a gay man identifies as a top, the assumption is often that he also possess many of the other characteristics that straight men possess. The converse is true for assumptions about men who identify as bottoms.

The reality is that there’s nothing wrong with bottoming. There is nothing to be ashamed of about desiring to be sexually receptive; it’s just a sex role. It doesn’t make one less of a man, and it doesn’t make one less desirable. Indeed, one could even use ideas about traditional masculinity to argue that being sexually receptive in a gay male sexual encounter is in fact more masculine because receiving can often be less comfortable than penetrating, and capacity to deal with discomfort or pain is a traditionally masculine characteristic.

Gay male culture should work to purge the stigma associated with a bottom identity and to deconstruct the restrictive top-bottom binary. The same social and cultural forces that compel us to stigmatize bottoming are the same forces that compel homophobia. These forces demand men behave a certain way, and any man who doesn’t meet those expectations deserves to be shamed. Gay men have a responsibility to fight this stigma and these restrictions and to define for themselves what it means to be masculine, what it means to be a man.

James Castle welcomes comments at jcastle@mndaily.com.

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Monday, April 1, 2013

Sports

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MEN’S HOCKEY

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Like they had throughout the playoffs, the Gophers struggled to simply get the puck on net. Minnesota attempted 81 shots Friday, but 25 were blocked by the defense, and 27 did not hit the net.

“When you’re not getting pucks to the net, you don’t get an opportunity to get second shots,” Lucia said. “You don’t get an opportunity to create some momentum.”

The Gophers held the momentum entering overtime after juniors Nate Schmidt and Zach Budish scored in the game’s final 10 minutes to tie it at 2-2.

“We’re a confident team, and then we got those two goals in the third,” Budish said. “It just ended so quickly.”

The Gophers had a couple of chances to score the gamewinner after Budish’s goal.

They outshot the Bulldogs 12-6 in the third period but to no avail.

Then in overtime, Root’s goal happened in the blink of an eye.

The Gophers won the faceoff, and sophomore Ben Marshall corralled the puck behind the net. In one fluid motion, Yale’s Kenny Agos-

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tino robbed Marshall of the puck and passed it to Root, who was waiting on the back door.

“I tried laying down in front, tr ying to block the pass,” Gophers junior Nick Bjugstad said, “and it was in the back of the net before I could even see anything.”

Schmidt, Budish and Erik Haula represented the Gophers in the postgame press conference. Many fans wonder whether any of them will return for their senior seasons at Minnesota or sign professional contracts.

Budish was the only one who gave a verbal commitment that he will return.

Haula and Schmidt said they hadn’t put any thought into the situation yet.

“We’ve got a veteran team, and with only one senior, we should have a group of guys coming back,” Budish said. “I can’t wait to play again in six months.”

Minnesota’s locker room was dead silent after the game as players sat in their lockers with blank stares on their faces.

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Minnesota forward Nick Bjugstad tries to keep the puck away from Colorado College on March 22 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

More than 30 minutes had passed since Yale won, but Bjugstad was still wearing all of his equipment, including

his skates. Bjugstad is another Gophers player whom many have speculated will leave the team after this season.

SWIMMING & DIVING

Gophers step forward at NCAAs Minnesota finished tied for 18th after finishing 24th last season.

MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING 2013 MINNESOTA ALL-AMERICANS Jared Anderson Hrvoje Capan

100 breast* 200 free relay* 400 free relay* Ben Griggs 200 free relay* 400 free relay* Jordan Lesser 1-meter diving* Mikey Ross 3-meter diving* Felix Samuels 200 free relay* 400 free relay* CJ Smith 1650 free* Derek Toomey 200 free relay* 50 free 100 free* 400 free relay* *All-American Honorable Mention

BY NATE GOTLIEB ngotlieb@mndaily.com

The Gophers men’s swimming and diving team took a step in the right direction at the NCAA championships this weekend, improving on last season’s disappointing finish.

Minnesota accrued 53 team points at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis and tied for 18th place, six places higher than last season.

“We had a pretty simple goal coming in here: to finish higher than we did a year ago,” head coach Kelly Kremer said. “We’re moving back in the right direction.”

Junior captain Derek Toomey made sure the Gophers had no letdown at the championships, setting the tone early with a third-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle.

Toomey swam the event in 19.18 seconds Thursday night after posting a time of 19.10 seconds in Thursday morning’s preliminary round.

“All year, you could tell he was just swimming great,” senior captain Jared Anderson said. “It’s cool for all of us because you knew something big was coming at the end of the year.”

Toomey shaved more than half a second off his 50 freestyle time throughout the past month. He credited the

ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota’s Derek Toomey swims in the 100-yard breaststroke during the Minnesota Challenge on Feb. 9 at the University Aquatic Center. Toomey earned four All-America honors at the NCAA championships this weekend, bringing his career total to 10.

improvement to his regimen near the end of the season — resting, shaving and wearing a faster swimsuit — and the excitement of the championships.

But Toomey wasted no time in thinking about next season.

“For next year, I really want to get at least one national title,” he said, “and I want to be able to get top eight in both my individual events and help three, maybe four of my relays into the top eight or top 16 as well.”

Toomey earned four AllAmerica honors at the championships, increasing his career total to 10 and solidifying him as one of the most decorated Gophers swimmers in recent history.

But he wasn’t alone.

Eight Gophers swimmers and divers earned All-America honors, including Anderson. In his first NCAA championships, Anderson finished

10th in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 52.90 seconds, becoming the first Minnesota athlete to swim the event in less than 53 seconds.

“Every race was just getting a little bit closer,” Anderson said. “To look up at the finals and finally see that 52 was just a really nice release from being so close for so long.”

Divers Jordan Lesser and Mikey Ross scored in 1-meter and 3-meter diving, respectively. Lesser took 10th in the 1-meter Thursday, and Ross finished 13th in the 3-meter Friday.

Sophomore CJ Smith was Minnesota’s other individual All-American, finishing 13th in the 1,650-yard freestyle.

The Gophers tied for 18th place with Arizona State but were unable to crack the top 15 for the second consecutive season. The team finished in the top 15 at the championships every year from 1990-

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2011.

“Top 15 was the kind of like the really big, high goal that was going to take a lot,” Anderson said. “By the time we started looking at the scoreboard Saturday night … it was like, ‘Boy, if we can stay in the top 20, that would be really good.’ ” Michigan (480 points) won its first NCAA championship since 1995, while twotime defending champion California finished second (406.5). Michigan’s title was only the second for the Big Ten in the last 40 years.

The Gophers, who finished fourth at the Big Ten championships earlier in March, were the fifth-highest placing Big Ten team at the NCAA meet.

“I definitely think next year will be better than this year,” Toomey said, “and even closer to where we want to be in the coming years, too.”

SOFTBALL

Richardson breaks nose as Gophers drop 2 of 3 Minnesota scored 14 runs in its lone win of the weekend at Northwestern.

BY ANDREW KRAMMER akrammer@mndaily.com

The Gophers could use power hitter Kaitlyn Richardson’s broken nose as an excuse for no hits in a 6-2 loss to Northwestern on Friday in Evanston, Ill. But with Richardson back in the lineup Sunday, Minnesota lost 4-2. Minnesota’s lone win in the three-game series came Saturday.

“We left 10 runners on base [Sunday],” head coach Jessica Allister said. “It’s a game of timely hitting. They got some, and we didn’t.”

Inconsistency at the plate plagued Minnesota (21-12, 4-2 Big Ten) in its second conference series of the season. The Gophers had six home runs in a 14-9 win Saturday, when they posted their highest run total since March 25, 2012.

Richardson, who broke her nose in Friday’s game, retur ned Saturday with two hits and four RBIs. The sophomore is hitting .462 this season.

Allister said Richardson’s injury wasn’t serious.

“She’s doing fine,” Allister said. “Tough kid.”

Richardson was positioned at third base when a ball deflected off her glove and hit her in the face. She was replaced by freshman Paige Palkovich in the line-

up for the rest of Friday’s game.

Wildcats pitcher Amy Letourneau threw a no-hitter Friday, but nine walks allowed the Gophers to score two runs.

The Gophers held Iowa to five total runs in their

first Big Ten series, but they sur rendered 19 to Nor thwestern this weekend.

“I don’t think it was necessarily a letdown,” Allister said. “Nor thwestern is a great team, and sitting at 4-2 in the Big Ten isn’t all bad.”

“This is one of the best years of my life, one of the best group of guys I’ve ever been with,” Bjugstad said af-

ter Friday’s loss. “I don’t even want to think about it right now. I get choked up thinking about it.”

BASEBALL

Strong pitching leads Gophers to series victory in Michigan Ace Tom Windle threw his fourth straight complete game Friday.

earned run and kept Minnesota in the game when its offense was struggling.

Crawford str uggled in his last start against Texas, but he said he worked on his deliver y during the week, and it made a significant difference.

“The coaching staf f does a great job of getting our guys ready,” Crawford said. “We’ll be in a lot of close ball games. To get one today was big knowing that we got [our first oner un win] under our belt, and we can do it again.”

Junior lefty DJ Snelten took over for Crawford in the sixth inning and didn’t allow a run the rest of the way.

Anderson said he p l an n ed to p i tch b o th Crawfor d and Snelten.

Snelten picked up the win.

Senior left fielder Andy Henkemeyer’s RBI double in the seventh inning proved to be the game-winning hit.

W ith W indle on the mound Friday, the game was never in doubt. The junior continued his dominance this season with his four th straight complete game in a 3-1 win.

Windle struck out a career-high 13 Michigan batters on just 103 pitches.

“Phenomenal. Just phenomenal stuff,” Anderson said. “He got a lot of strikeouts with three or four pitches … just a dominating per formance from Tommy.”

The win came at a cost, though, as sophomor e shortstop Michael Handel suffered an apparent leg injury while turning a double play.

“He’s hobbling pretty good,” Anderson said.

Handel will be evaluated Monday. Anderson said he’s hopeful Handel can return by the end of the week.

BY SAM GORDON sgordon@mndaily.com

Junior ace Tom Windle opened the Gophers’ weekend with another dominant per formance. Minnesota closed it with its first onerun victory of the season.

Not a bad way to begin Big Ten play.

The Gophers won two of three games at Michigan in their first conference series of the season.

It was Minnesota’s first road series since it played at Kansas State on March 19-20. Senior Kurt Schlangen said the team was comfortable being back in the elements.

“We were dressed for the cold weather, we were expecting the cold weather and we actually got two really nice days to play ball,” he said. “We were prepared, and it worked out pretty well.”

On Friday, game of ficials, fearing poor weather Sunday, decided to play a doubleheader Saturday instead.

The Wolverines shelled Minnesota 11-3 in the first game Saturday, which Gophers head coach John Anderson said was his team’s worst per formance of the year.

“Ter rible baseball game. The game had no flow or tempo,” he said.

“We’re trying to piece it together again.”

The Gophers showed improvement in Saturday’s second game, which it won 2-1.

Junior righthander Alec Crawford was solid in his third star t of the season.

He threw 5.1 strong innings, allowed one un-

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Monday, April 1, 2013

TENNIS

Men’s upset streak continues at home RESULTS

MINNESOTA 4, NORTHWESTERN 3 W W W W L L

Doubles Hamburg/Froment Bonin/Ramirez Frueh/Toledo

W 8-4 L 8-5 W 8-5

6-2, 6-3 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 7-6 (8), 4-6, 3-3 6-3, 6-1 7-6, 6-2 6-3, 6-1

BY MEGAN RYAN mryan@mndaily.com

The Gophers men’s and women’s track and field teams are still working out the kinks in their transition from the indoor to outdoor season.

The teams competed in their first full meets of the outdoor season this weekend at the Stanford and Arkansas invitationals. They have had limited training outside to start the outdoor season because of lingering winter weather.

“March is sometimes kind of rough,” head men’s coach Steve Plasencia said.

“It’s a time when you can pick up some more injuries.

People can be a little more erratic performance-wise.

So we saw a little bit of that as well.”

No team scores were kept at any meets this weekend, but some athletes had standout per formances.

Senior Har un Abda placed first in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:48.64, the fastest-time in the nation so far this season.

“Today I was just there to kind of race people in-

MINNESOTA 4, ILLINOIS 3 Singles W 6-1, 6-4 Bonin W 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 Toledo W 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 Hamburg W 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3 Froment L 6-1, 6-2 Ramirez L 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 Weber Doubles Hamburg/Froment Bonin/Ramirez Frueh/Toledo

L 9-8 (4) L 9-7 W 8-4

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WOMEN’S TENNIS RESULTS

NORTHWESTERN 7, MINNESOTA 0 Singles Pintusava Brichacova Rincon Otero Mozia Lambert Umanets

L L L L L L

Doubles Pintusava/Brichacova Umanets/Palen Otero/Mozia

L 6-6, abandoned L 8-0 L 8-1

6-4, 6-1 7-6 (6), 1-6, 1-0 (0) 6-4, 6-4 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 6-3, 6-0 6-2, 6-2

ILLINOIS 5, MINNESOTA 2 Singles L 6-3, 6-0 Pintusava L 6-0, 6-0 Brichacova L 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (6) Rincon Otero L 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 Mozia W 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8) Lambert W 6-2, 6-3 Umanets Doubles Pintusava/Brichacova L 8-1 W 8-1 Palen/Muravnik L 8-4 Otero/Umanets

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The Gophers women lost both of their matches to higher-ranked foes.

BY DANE MIZUTANI dmizutani@mndaily.com

The Gophers’ Mathieu Froment watched his Illinois opponent’s shot sail out of bounds then looked at his teammates and let out a roar.

The sophomor e was met seconds later by a mob of teammates. His three-set win capped a 4-3 comeback win over No. 19 Illinois on Sunday at Baseline Tennis Center — the Gophers’ second upset victor y of the weekend.

Minnesota (8-8, 4-1 Big Ten) has won four straight matches — all against higher-ranked opponents — and looks to have hit its stride in the last few weeks.

“I’m so proud of the guys and so happy for

Minnesota continues to work out kinks at first full outdoor meets Junior Laura Docherty broke the school record in the 10,000-meter run.

MEN’S TENNIS Singles Bonin Toledo Hamburg Froment Ramirez Weber

TRACK & FIELD

stead of going for time,” Abda said. “I’m not tr ying to run [a] really fast time right now. … It’s just to see where I am compared to last year.”

Abda also ran in the 4x400-meter relay with senior Kevin Bradley, junior Jacob Capek and senior Cameron Boy. The team finished second with a time of 3:09.12.

Boy placed second in the 200-meter dash in 21.10 seconds.

In the field, junior Zach Siegmeier placed second in the pole vault invitation on a judge’s decision after clearing 5.25 meters.

Senior Oladipo Fagbemi placed second in the long jump invitational at 7.31 meters.

Senior Quentin Mege placed second in the hammer throw invitational at 66.22 meters. Sophomore Justin Barber won a separate hammer throw event, the collegiate hammer throw, at 56.76 meters.

A small group of distance r unners from the women’s team also traveled to California.

Junior Laura Docher ty highlighted the women’s results by breaking the school record in the 10,000-meter r un in her first outdoor meet of the season. Docher ty ran 33:24.93 to break the record — that has stood

since the late 1980s — by more than seven seconds.

She placed 15th in her section.

Head women’s coach Matt Bingle said Docher ty’s record-breaking per formance shows how much work she has put into her r unning and the Gophers program.

“It’s well-deser ved, and it’s exciting for her,” Bingle said. “It’ll be exciting to see what happens [the rest of the season].”

The Gophers had six event wins at the Arkansas Invitational.

Senior Todea-Kay Willis won the long jump at 6.17 meters and also finished third in both the 100-meter dash and 4x100-meter relay.

“I’m feeling hopeful,” Willis said. “It’s still early in the season, so things are a little rusty right now, but … it’s a good way to start.”

Senior Alena Brooks placed first in the 400-meter dash in 54.27 seconds while junior Te’Shon Adderley placed first in the 800-meter r un in 2:10.36.

Both were also a par t of the winning 4x400-meter relay along with junior Megan Geyen and sophomore Jessica Waldvogel.

Redshir t freshman Becca Dyson won the 3,000-meter run in 9:39.39 while junior Ashlie Decker won the seeded 1,500-meter run in 4:32.73.

EMILY DUNKER, DAILY

Minnesota’s Juan Pablo Ramirez serves the ball against Illinois on Sunday at the Baseline Tennis Center.

them,” head coach Geof f Young said Sunday. “They won’t roll over. [Illinois] plays with more energy than any team we have played. It was a wake-up call for our guys, and they responded.”

Minnesota beat Nor thwester n 4-3 on Friday night after defeating Michigan State and Michigan a week ago.

The Gophers won the doubles point against Nor thwester n, which proved pivotal in the win.

But against Illinois, they squandered a match point in doubles and allowed the Illini to take a 1-0 lead.

Rok Bonin, Leandro Toledo, Jack Hamburg and Froment all won singles matches to lead Minnesota’s comeback Sunday.

Young hugged Froment after the match and reiterated he feels that his team is starting to hit its stride.

But Young said winning against higher-ranked teams doesn’t hold much merit in his mind.

“We don’t really pay too much attention to the rankings,” Young said.

“It’s a good win because it’s a win. It’s an indicator that we’re getting better.”

Women drop two on the road

The Gophers women’s tennis team battled two of the better teams in the Big Ten over the weekend, and it showed.

Minnesota fell to 2-3 in the Big Ten (8-9 overall) with a 7-0 loss at Nor thwestern on Saturday and a 5-2 loss at Illinois on Sunday.

Both matches were played outside, which put the Gophers at a disadvantage, as they have yet to practice outside this season.

Aria Lamber t and Alexa Palen were the only singles players to win for the Gophers over the weekend. Palen won 6-2, 6-3 at No. 6 singles Sunday in her first singles match back from mononucleosis.

MEN’S GOLF

Gophers post best team score in three years at California meet Minnesota tied for 12th out of 18 teams despite a solid weekend.

BY NICKALAS TABBERT ntabbert@mndaily.com

The Gophers men’s golf team used its best team score in three years to tie for 12th out of 18 teams at the U.S. Intercollegiate tour nament during the weekend.

Minnesota shot 18-over par at the Stanford Golf Course in Palo Alto, Calif., to finish tied with Big Ten rival Iowa.

The tour nament featured many Pac-12 teams, including host Stanford, which won with a score of 23-under par. The Cardinal led the tournament all three days. TCU finished second at 17-under par.

Erik Van Rooyen led Minnesota with a tie for ninth place. He challenged for the lead through two rounds but fell out of contention with a 3-over par 73 in the final round.

MEN’S GOLF RESULTS

GOLFER Van Rooyen Bell Lowenstein Trasamar Gaugert

RD1 66 75 75 72 77

RD2 70 68 73 77 76

RD3 73 69 70 74 71

TOTAL 209 212 218 223 224

TEAM 1. Stanford 2. TCU 3. St. Mary’s 4. San Francisco 5. UC Davis 12. Minnesota

RD1 272 274 273 275 280 288

RD2 271 280 286 284 288 287

RD3 274 269 280 282 279 283

TOTAL 817 823 839 841 847 858

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Minnesota distance runner Laura Docherty leads the pack at the Jack Johnson Invitational on Jan. 19 at the University Fieldhouse.

Minnesota Daily Athletes of the Week SPORT: baseball POSITION: pitcher YEAR: junior

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The senior tied his season-low score of 66 on Friday in the first round.

Senior Rober t Bell finished three strokes behind Van Rooyen in a tie for 26th place. Bell recorded a season-best tournament score of 212 with rounds of 75, 68 and 69.

The Gophers’ score of 858 is their best since the Alister Mackenzie Invitational in October 2010. Minnesota shot a 7-under par score of 845 to tie for 10th

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Minnesota’s Erik Van Rooyen demonstrates his golf swing March 29, 2012, at the Bierman Field Athletic Building.

out of 16 teams that weekend.

The Gophers will face Iowa again April 13-14 at the Hawkeye Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa.

TOM WINDLE Windle threw his fourth consecutive complete game, allowing one earned run and striking out 13 in a 3-1 Gophers victor y at Michigan. The junior ace improved to 4-2 and lowered his ERA to 1.44. Windle’s recent success has put him on the radar for All-America honors as well as the 2013 MLB Draft.

SPORT: track and field POSITION: distance runner YEAR: junior FEMALE

LAURA DOCHERTY Docherty broke the Minnesota school record in the 10,000-meter run by seven seconds, finishing in 33:24.93. The record had stood since the late 1980s.

The junior placed 15th in her section of the event at the Stanford Invitational.

Monday, April 1, 2013

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EMPLOYMENT BARTENDING! $300/Day potential No Exp Nec, Training available. Age 18+ OK. 1-800-965-6520 xt114

Deja Vu is hiring entertainers for day & night shifts. Flexible hours, great for students have cash everyday you work.

Full & P.T. hours, you pick your own schedule, no experience needed.

Apply in person or at dejavu.com 612-333-8130. must be 18+ Love People?!!Love Cleaning?!!Love Dogs?!!Downtown Dogs is looking for fun energetic dog handlers! Please apply at 821 2nd Ave N, Mpls MN 55405. You can get direction off of our website www. downtowndogsminneapolis.com.

HOUSING CLASSIC CITY APTS Dinkytown/Stadium Village AVAIL FALL 2013 Rooms, Studios 1 BR, 2 BR, 5 BR Units OPEN HOUSES Check our website at WWW.classiccityapartments.com for Dec/Jan Dates & Times.

5BR/2BA Lofts incl 46 inch TV starting at $2700/mo. Call 612-623-1888 for appt.

Email info@classiccityapartments.com WHY share a room when you can stay in an apt for around same price???

HOUSING Ever wonder what the house on University Ave. with the bike in the window is?

Well, wonder no more: It’s a co-op!

The Students’ Cooperative at 1721 S.E. University Ave. has been around since the 1940s and is a group of 29 men and women who share a home. Living rooms, porches, bathrooms, parking lot, kitchen, and more are shared. Bedrooms are private or semi-private.

Interested in applying? Check us out at studentscoop.org.

3 BR Apt. Newer. 2 BA. Central Air. Off st prkg. Great price. Call Jake 612-600-9101

*1 br, 2 br Avail 9/1 4 blks to U. 813 University Ave SE. Hdwd flrs, french doors, wifi, garage, Pics: www.813university.com 612-379-1843

DINKYTOWN Dinkytown 615 15th Ave SE 1 BR $675-$725 near McDonalds Free parking avail 9/1 612-331-4398

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UPCOMING EVENTS WHAT: Special speaker WHO: Ishmael Khaldi WHEN: 5 p.m., Wednesday WHERE: Coffman Union, Room 303 PRICE: Free Ishmael Khaldi, a Bedouin Muslim-Israeli will speak about his experiences as a minority in Israel. This event is free and open to the public.

It is sponsored by CAMERA and Students Supporting Israel.

WHAT: 2013 Dog Olympics WHO: Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association WHEN: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., April 14 WHERE: Leatherdale Equine Center PRICE: $5 Bring your dog for a fun day of games and competition! There will also be people games, trivia, face painting, photo booths, food and demos.

WHAT: Great Chefs of Minnesota dinner and auction WHO: National Kidney Foundation WHEN: 5-8 p.m., April 28 WHERE: DoubleTree Hotel, 7800 Normandale Blvd., Bloomington, Minn.

PRICE: $125 Sample from the menus of 20 area top restaurants and chefs. Enjoy the excitement of silent auctions as well as the live entertainment. To RSVP contact the National Kidney Foundation at 651-636-7300 or email Stephanie Kass at Stephanie.kass@kidney.org.

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Monday, April 1, 2013

BACKTALK

horoscopes

Today’s Birthday (4/1): You’re no fool. Increase community activity with friends, siblings and neighbors. It keeps you connected, and communications thrive until June. Check insurance coverage, and stay flexible.

Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is a 9 — It could get foolish; work causes delays, so call if you’ll be late. Talk about money later. Consider what’s best for home and family, and work it out.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is an 8 — You tend to overestimate your powers and underestimate costs. Everything seems possible. Pad the budget for the unexpected.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 9 — Think then talk. Work on the big picture first. Your influence grows. The more you plan, the more you profit. Use your good judgment.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 9 — See friends later; work is busy. Be prepared to applaud your team. Past efforts represent you well. Think quickly while moving slowly.

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 an 8 — If you don’t find out, ask again. You’re in a state of disruption. ... There’s some chaos. You look good, nonetheless.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is an 8 — There may be a setback or temporary confusion. Accept enthusiastic coaching.

Reassure someone who’s uncertain.

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

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 9 — Use your persuasive skills. Be brief, however, if it costs you money. Emotions are all over the map. There’s more work coming.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 9 — Review details, and postpone travel as complications arise. Pay an old debt, or put in a correction. Notice your wealth with gratitude.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 9 — Don’t gamble, discuss money or play the fool.

Provide excellent service, and make a good impression.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 9 — A distress call comes in. Use something you’ve been saving. Ask for more, and say please. Turn down an expensive invitation.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 7 — Controversy arises. Acknowledge considerations, and provide for others. Get a friend to intervene if necessary.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 9 — Don’t make expensive promises or believe everything.

There’s another test: Challenge authority to get the truth. Keep pursuing a dream.

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

4/1/13

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, April 1, 2013

overheard “There’s nothing like a good anal slurping.”

—Middlebrook dining hall

Person 1: “What if the building is really burning down?”

Person 2: “There’s people saying ‘hi’ through the window ...”

Professor: “There are three ways to get undergrads involved: fire, parafilm and sex!”

—Unknown

Person 1: “I was in the shower when the fire alarm went off.”

Person 2: “That’s why I pulled it.”

Girl 1: “If I was in a frat, I would have to run like 40 miles a day to make up for all the beer I drink.”

Girl 2: “That’s why they have trilliondollar gyms in the basements of all the houses.”

Girl 1: “Really?!”

Girl 2: “... No.”

Guy 1: “Everyone has a good hand job story!”

Guy 2: “I don’t ...”

“I’m really afraid of fruit. Like, if I get in a fight with someone and they hold up a banana, I’m done.”

Professor: “As you probably noticed, I’m not Professor Jalan. I think he got the T-1 virus from ‘Resident Evil.’ ”

Professor: “I painted my nails pink. ... Does that counteract the death comment?”

—Middlebrook Hall

—Middlebrook Hall

—Comstock dining hall

—Amundson Hall

—Campus Connector

—Walter Library

—Smith Hall

Professor: “In what country is corn produced the most?”

Student: “Iowa!”

—Willey Hall

Guy: “I love midterms because they just yell, ‘Prepare for me!’ but those stupid quizzes just lie to you, they’re like, ‘Don’t worry, I’ll be here for you,’ so I never end up studying for them.”

—Nicholson Hall

What did you overhear?

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

4Visit mndaily.com and look for the “Connect with the Daily” box on the homepage.

4Email submissions to overheards@mndaily.com.

crossword

FOR RELEASE APRIL 1, 2013

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

ACROSS 1 Bouncing toy 5 What waiters wait for 9 Finishes making, as a black-andwhite cookie 13 __ vera lotion 14 Length times width 15 Arm of a sea 16 *Evangelist honored with a basilica in Venice 18 Resell at a big profit 19 Flatter the boss for personal gain 20 English class assignment 22 Huck Finn’s ride 25 Astrological edges 27 Pyromaniac’s crime 31 Lock horns (with) 33 Figs. well above 100 in Mensa 35 Marsh grasses 36 BBC nickname, with “the” 37 Juan’s water 38 Spawned 39 Ice show site 40 “Hud” Best Actress Patricia 41 Yours and mine 42 Dean’s __ 43 Inelegant laugh 44 ICU personnel 45 Campaign sticker, e.g.

46 Cold hard cash 47 Cubes in a bowl 49 Folk icon Seeger 51 Spiteful, as gossip 53 Antitheft noisemakers 58 Bracelet site 60 Cry heard today, and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues 63 Deep trepidation 64 Not hypothetical 65 “Not only that ...”

66 Mayo holders 67 Beaver-built barriers 68 Conserve energy

4/1/13

By Patti Varol

DOWN 1 Soak up the sun 2 Jai __ 3 Superman’s Lane 4 Binoculars part 5 __ Bay Rays 6 Composer Gershwin 7 Pay-__-view 8 Sushi bar cupful 9 Machu Picchu builders 10 *Trapshooter’s target 11 Snakelike swimmer 12 Longtime auto racing sponsor 15 Newsletter edition 17 Spins in board games, say 21 Reef explorer’s gear 23 Seamstress’s purchase 24 *Tapped maple fluid 26 Unhip type 27 Ann __, Michigan 28 “Seinfeld” episodes, now 29 *Lightweight, crinkled material used for suits

Thursday’s Puzzle Puzzle Solved Saturday’s Solved

(c)2013 Tribune Media Services, Inc.

30 Betting info 32 Soft-hearted 34 Thirst-inducing, like potato chips 37 Year, on monuments 39 Vigilant 43 Aroma 45 Passé 48 Grand parties 50 Coin toss choice 52 Scotland __ 54 Quite a distance

4/1/13

55 Actor’s cameo, e.g.

56 Forest-floor plant 57 One-armed bandit 58 Descriptive wd.

59 Org. that created American Hunter magazine 61 Potpie veggie 62 Chrysler truck that sounds hardhitting

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

dr. date Dr. Date,

I have two good friends who recently broke up after many years together.

The reason for the split is that the guy cheated on the girl. They are both devastated, as would be expected. However, as he is in the wrong, I’m not really sure how to comfort him. He regrets what happened, but I still do not know what to say. What, if anything, can I say to help? Or do I give him the cold, hard truth and tell him he’s an idiot for his lapse in judgment and should be ashamed and that I have nothing to say to make him feel better?

—Not Sure Whether To Back Up My Bro Bro-backer,

Bro, sometimes you gotta step back and stay back. This isn’t time for you to be the big, bad Judge Judy bro, and it’s not time for you to be the god bro.

You’re just the bro. You’re there to lend an ear, and you’re there to lend a shoulder to cry on. If either of your friends pressures you to pick a side, well, that sucks, and you should try to deflect the pressure as graciously as you can.

Until then, they don’t need you to try and “help” — mother-lovin’ idiots have been cheating on each other since the dawn of time, and this too shall pass. They may not ever be friends again, and you may lose your third-wheelin’ license, but you can hang back and let the chips fall where they may. Be friends with all the chips, and if you’re starting to feel like you might get embroiled in the dramz, look to your other chips for companionships — or maybe to real chips? Yummers.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

I don’t like my guy’s hairstyle. How

do I tell him in a nice way? His friends don’t like it either.

—Not So Great Clips

April Hare,

Dude! Dude. Dude. Imagine if the tables were turned! If you got a text from your dude that was like, “Um, babe, by the way, your haircut is whack, ha, lol, no offense babe, see ya.” You’d be like, WTF! LOL! And even if he said it kindly in person to your face with respectful words, you’d STILL be like “Um, WTF!” And that’s just the way it is. People don’t like to be criticized unless they’re being criticized about something they don’t care about, which brings me to my big Q: Does your guy care about this hairstyle? If it’s the kind of hairstyle that his friends hate, it must be kind of showy, maybe something ironic or otherwise noticeable? A disco fro? Riff Raff-style cornrows? Uh, dreads? Shaggy and in pigtails? I don’t know!

If it’s just a heinous cut that your guy doesn’t tie closely to his precious identity, be like “Yo, babe, do you ever think you’d look better with a different hair cut? Cuz I’ve been thinking about your steez, and I honestly feel like you could look 20 times hotter than you already look — which by the way, is SUPER hot!

Love you.”

If he does care about his haircut and it is a big part of his identity and you hate it, maybe his identity clashes with your aesthetic instincts. Maybe he likes things to look differently than you like them to look. Maybe he wants a different reputation than the kind you want.

Does this say a lot about who you two are as people? Does this mean you’re incompatible in other ways? Maybe, baby. It’s probably time to have a big-ass talk about your sensibilities, hairy and otherwise.

—Dr. Date

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

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Monday, April 1, 2013 EMILY DUNKER, DAILY

Team mascots dance the “Funky Chicken” during the FIRST Robotics 10,000 Lakes Regional on Saturday at Mariucci Arena.

University hosts robotics contest

EMILY DUNKER, DAILY

Robots from the Blue Alliance climb the pyramid at the FIRST Robotics 10,000 Lakes Regional on Saturday at Mariucci Arena. Teams gained extra points by having their robots lift onto the pyramid at the end of the game.