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STUDENT LIFE
U names dean candidates The candidates are up for vice provost for student affairs, aka the dean of students.
recess appointment as of Monday, were announced that day. The four candidates — who currently fulfill similar roles at colleges across the country — will speak at public forums April 8-12. The vice provost for student affairs and dean of students oversees the Office for Student Affairs and is primarily responsible for the University’s student services. Many student programming initiatives, like Student Unions and Activities and the Department of Recreational Sports, fall under the vice pro-
BY CALI OWINGS AND T YLER GIESEKE cowings@mndaily.com tgieseke@mndaily.com
Candidates to replace Vice Provost for Student Affairs Jerry Rinehart, who is on a
vost’s umbrella. Rinehart will continue to work through late May, although not full time, said Amelious Whyte, assistant dean of student affairs. An exact date is not set for Rinehart’s retirement, he said, but the reduced appointment is meant to be a transition into full retirement. u See STUDENT AFFAIRS Page 4 Three U students are on the search committee for Rinehart’s replacement.
INTERSTATE 35W BRIDGE COLLAPSE
Bridge relics could find home at U
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RESEARCH
Congress cuts poli-sci research Federal funding for political science research was partly eliminated in March. BY REBECCA HARRINGTON rharrington@mndaily.com
At a time when research funding is hard to come by, political science researchers will find it even harder. The U.S. Congress passed an amendment to the budget bill banning the National Science Foundation from funding political science research unless it’s focused on national security or the economy. Because the NSF is the largest funder of political science research, many believe the amendment could have a serious effect on the discipline nationwide. The agency funds about $11 million in political science research per year, according to the journal Science. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., sponsored the bipartisan amendment in the Senate along with Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Mark Begich, D-Alaska. u See RESEARCH Page 3 The University’s political science department received $270,000 in research funding for FY12.
LEGISLATURE
Outstate intern program stalls at Capitol again Despite bipartisan support over two years, a bill to incentivize internships outside the metro area continues to stall. MARK VANCLEAVE, DAILY
Dozens of pieces of wreckage from the old Interstate 35W bridge lie in storage Monday at a MnDOT facility in Oakdale, Minn. The bridge collapsed during rush hour Aug. 1, 2007, killing 13 people and injuring 145 more.
A bill would allow survivors and some institutions to keep pieces of the collapsed Interstate 35W bridge. BY JANICE BITTERS jbitters@mndaily.com
sits in storage facilities in the east metro and could soon be distributed to
Six years ago, the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed over the Mississippi River.
serve as reminders to one of the worst bridge collapses in state history. A bill working its way through the
Thirteen people died and about 100
state Legislature would allow those af-
were injured while steel and concrete
fected by the collapse and those hop-
beams lay strewn about the river and
ing to learn from it — like university
its banks.
engineering departments — to keep a
Now, what remains of the bridge
piece of the bridge.
State legislators have pushed for two years to fund an internship program that would get students working in outstate Minnesota, but various factors continue to stop them. Backed by the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and Republican legislators have introduced bills that would give a tax credit to outstate businesses for giving paid internships to and mentoring students. Students would also receive academic credit. Legislators and businesses say the workforce in greater Minnesota cities is aging, and that new, younger employees are needed to rejuvenate the area. “Greater Minnesota cities really want students to know that there are really great u See GREATER MINN. Page 4 Current and former legislators say there’s still potential for the bill in future sessions.
u See BRIDGE Page 12
CRIME
BY JESSICA LEE jlee@mndaily.com
FOOTBALL
Wells fills void by moving to cornerback
U area sees bundle of burglaries
Junior Derrick Wells was a top Also, two men were assaulted defensive performer for the Gophers at safety last season. near Van Cleve Park early BY NATE GOTLIEB Saturday morning.
BY JAKE STARK jstark@mndaily.com
POLICE
ngotlieb@mndaily.com
Civil engineering senior Michael Kronzer never thought someone would break into his home while he was there. But that’s exactly what happened to him and his roommates early Saturday. Kronzer and his roommates were in their kitchen just after midnight Saturday when one of his roommates found three men carr ying a TV out of the house, he said. The men dropped the TV and fled after
Derrick Wells was arguably the Gophers’ best safety last season. Now, he’s in a position to be the team’s best cornerback. “He could start at safety, corner,” head coach Jerr y Kill said. “He could probably come over and play wide receiver and start.” Wells, a 6-foot, 206-pound junior with tattooed biceps and dreadlocks flowing out of his helmet, is making the switch from safety back to cornerback. Though Kill has indicated Wells may alternate between the positions, Wells has practiced with the corners this spring. “The big thing is just getting back
u See BURGLARIES Page 4 Four other houses were burglarized near campus, according to reports.
u See WELLS Page 8 Wells bulked up after a quiet freshman season and was the Gophers’ third-leading tackler in 2012.
REPORT
CAMPUS & METRO
Mpls. lags behind in bike corrals The city currently has one corral but hopes to increase that number. u See PAGE 3
A&E
Big ‘Gulp:’ new book gets in your guts Mary Roach’s new book “Gulp” navigates the entrails of the human body from mouth to ass in her voyage down the alimentary canal. u See PAGE 6
AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY
Minnesota defensive back Derrick Wells goes through drills during a spring football practice Saturday at the Bierman Field Athletic Building. EDITORIALS & OPINIONS
SPORTS
The University should continue to be weary of threats as higher education moves online.
Minnesota has yet to announce a replacement for Smith as their men’s basketball coach.
Being cautious about online security u See PAGE 7
Tubby Smith agrees to terms with Texas Tech u See PAGE 8
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LE BOURGET, France — Because of her choice to wear a headscarf, Samia Kaddour, a Muslim, has all but abandoned trying to land a government job in France. Soon, some private sector jobs could be off limits, too. French President Francois Hollande says he wants a new law that could extend restrictions on the wearing of prominent religious symbols in state jobs into the private sector. His new tack comes after a top French cour t ruled in March that a day care operator that gets some state funding unfairly fired a woman in a headscarf, sparking a political backlash. As Christians celebrated
Easter on Sunday, Kaddour attended the four-day Annual Meeting of Muslims of France in Le Bourget, north of Paris. The convention, which last year drew some 160,000 faithful and was expected to grow this year, is billed as the largest annual gathering of its kind in Europe. It is in its 30th year and ended Monday. French law bars state employees from wearing prominent religious symbols such as Muslim headscarves, Jewish skullcaps or large Christian crosses in public schools, welfare offices or other government facilities. Two years ago, France banned Muslim veils that cover faces, such as the niqab, which has a slit for the eyes, or the mesh-screen
burqa, from being worn anywhere in public. Meeting leaders say France has made progress in accepting Muslims and noted that, unlike 30 years ago, women wearing headscarves today rarely draw suspicion, scowls or curiosity. Still, many Muslims — and even some Roman Catholics and Jews — fear France’s insistence on secular values first enshrined in the French Revolution more than two centuries ago is unfairly crimping their ability to express their religious beliefs freely. They also worry that Hollande’s Socialist government, like a conservative one before it, wants to score political points. “Islam has become a political instrument,” said
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BEIJING — Health officials say they still don’t understand how a lesser-known bird flu virus was able to kill two men and seriously sicken a woman in China, but that it’s unlikely that it can spread easily among humans. Two men in Shanghai became the first known human fatalities from the H7N9 bird flu virus after contracting it in February. A woman in the eastern city of Chuzhou remains in serious condition, China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission said. It was unclear how the three patients became infected, the health agency said. It sought to calm fears about the virus but provided few details about each case. Authorities have not described the patients’ occupations or said whether they had come into contact with birds or other animals. The health authority noted, however, that two sons of one of the Shanghai men also suffered from acute pneumonia, one of whom died, and the source of their infection is still unknown. Other people who were in close contact with the victims have not become sick, indicating that the virus is not easily transmitted between humans. “We don’t know yet the causes of illness in the two sons, but naturally, if three people in one family acquire severe pneumonia in a short period of time, it raises a lot of concern,” the World Health Organization’s China representative, Michael O’Leary, said at a briefing in Beijing late Monday. Many epidemiologists regard densely populated parts of China and Southeast Asia, where farmers often live in close quarters with pigs and poultry, as regions where conditions are ideal for nurturing infectious diseases that jump from animals to humans. An earlier deadly outbreak of SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, was linked to wild animals that infected animals, which in turn infected people in that region. Other strains of the H7 family of bird flu viruses have caused mostly mild human infections in the past, said University of Hong Kong microbiologist Malik Peiris, with cases reported in the Netherlands, Canada, the U.S. and Britain — mostly following outbreaks in poultry.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Monday took an emotional, close-up look at the tomb of Peter, the church’s first pontiff, buried beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said. By doing so, Francis became the first pontiff to visit the necropolis, where pagans and early Christians were buried, since extensive archaeological excavations were conducted at the ancient site decades ago, the Vatican said. The 45-minute “visit of devotion to the tomb of St. Peter” was private, the Vatican said, but it later released a video of it. The basilica was built over the location where early Christians would gather in secret, at a time of persecution in ancient Rome, to pray at an unmarked tomb believed to be that of Peter, the apostle Jesus chose to lead his church. The Vatican first said Francis would pray at Peter’s tomb, but later said he prayed instead in the basilica. The new pope “paused in silent prayer, in profound and emotional meditation” in the Clementine Chapel in the vast basilica that is “the closest place (in the basilica) to the tomb of the Prince of the Apostles,” it said. During a tour of the necropolis conducted by its director and an Italian cardinal, the pope “climbed up a bit, got closer to the place where the tomb of St. Peter lies, exactly under the central altar and the dome of the basilica,” the Vatican said. Francis walked down the entire main street of the ancient city of the dead, the statement said. The streets of the necropolis are similar to those of ancient Rome, only they are flanked by tombs instead of shops and apartments. The Vatican said Francis walked to the necropolis entrance from the hotel on the Vatican grounds where he lives, took the tour and later — after paying homage at the tombs of several popes in another underground level known as the grottoes, including Pius XII, Paul VI and John Paul I — strolled back to his residence. The underground excursion was a sharp depar ture from how popes in past years often spent the day after Easter, known in Italy as “little Easter.” Those pontif fs would head to Castel Gandolfo, the Vatican palace in the Alban Hills, a short drive from Rome.
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Mpls. lags behind in bike corrals The city currently has one corral but hopes to increase the amount. BY BRIAN AROLA barola@mndaily.com
Minneapolis and Por tland, Ore., are constantly compared on their bicyclefriendliness, but the northwest cycling haven laps Minneapolis in at least one metric: bike corrals. With just one bike corral, or on-street bike rack, in the city, Minneapolis lags not only behind Portland’s 97, but also other cities like San Francisco, Seattle and New York City. That could change, however, as the wheels are in motion to smooth over the process businesses go through to obtain the corrals. Sam Newberg, a founding member of Northbound Smokehouse Brewpub, said he’s been working with city officials to obtain a corral for the Powderhorn business. He said Northbound is one of several businesses in the city that could use onstreet bicycle parking. “I do believe that there are a lot of commercial corners that could easily accommodate a bike corral,” he said. By Portland’s standards, a business would regularly
need to attract 10 or more bicycles to make a bike corral feasible. Nor thbound meets that threshold, Newberg said. Minneapolis City Councilwoman Sandy Colvin Roy heard about Northbound’s desire for a bike corral and said she hopes to make the process easier. The cur rent problem, she said, is that the process isn’t clearly defined. “We’re sort of in a territor y where it hasn’t been done very much,” she said. Newberg said businesses currently have to acquire an encroachment permit to get bike corrals, which isn’t ideal because the corrals, which are on-street, are put into the same categor y as patios, furniture and tables. Colvin Roy said that should be changed in light of the city’s friendly view toward cycling. “We’re treating biking as transportation, so I don’t think making space for bicycles to park should be considered an encroachment anymore,” she said. Birchwood Cafe in Minneapolis’ Seward neighborhood has the only bike corral in the city. The restaurant obtained a bike corral permit about four years ago, and it has been used steadily during the warm-weather months, general manager Rick Oknick said.
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The Senate passed the amendment March 20. The House passed all of the Senate’s amendments to the bill the next day. Minnesota’s eight Representatives were split on the Senate’s amendments. The Senate voted by a voice vote, so their votes were not recorded. The offices of U.S. Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar did not respond to requests for comment. The University of Minnesota’s political science department received $270,000 in research funding in fiscal year 2012. Raymond Duvall, professor and department chair, said the amendment is “distressing.” “This legislation is a real setback for us,” he said, “for the discipline and for faculty here at the University of Minnesota in this discipline.” Although the amendment wasn’t a surprise because political science has been on the research chopping block for a few years, Duvall said other social sciences might be defunded next. Channing Riggs, director of University Federal Relations, said because the University is involved in so many different kinds of research, it has some “vulnerable areas.” “It’s easy to stand up on the floor of Congress and say, ‘Can you believe we’re funding this?’ ” she said. “So I think that we just all have to be on our toes as much as possible.” Political science professor Howard Lavine currently has an NSF grant proposal under review that might not be funded now. Although Congress has considered cutting funding for the discipline before, Lavine said he didn’t think they would actually do it.
“I never gave it any consideration,” he said. “I didn’t think it would be defunded.” But he wasn’t surprised, either. Lavine said he thinks Congress targeted political science in part because “they don’t want their own behavior to be scrutinized.” Duvall agreed it was a “very political move” to keep researchers from studying Congress. Riggs said the amendment was an “attack” on the peer review process that research undergoes to get funded, approved and published. By Congress deciding to defund this particular discipline, she said it prevents professionals at the NSF from deciding for themselves. Next, the law will go to the director of the NSF for implementation, and she can decide how the agency will interpret it. Riggs said this process could be an opportunity for the public to comment on their opinion of the amendment. For Lavine, that means a few months of waiting to find out if his research can be funded or not. “It is certainly a real impediment for the discipline here and elsewhere,” he said. “I certainly hope the funding gets restored.”
UNIVERSITY POLITICAL SCIENCE
BY THE NUMBERS
$270,000 IN RESEARCH FUNDING, FISCAL YEAR 2012
38 PROFESSORS 74 GRADUATE STUDENTS 7DISCIPLINARY FIELDS SOURCE: POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE, OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH
HOW DID MN REPRESENTATIVES VOTE ON THE BUDGET BILL AMENDMENTS? U.S. Representative
District
Party
Vote
Timothy Walz
1
D
Yea
John Kline
2
R
Yea
Erik Paulsen
3
R
Yea
Betty McCollum
4
D
Nay
Keith Ellison
5
D
Nay
Michele Bachmann
6
R
Nay
Collin Peterson
7
D
Yea
8
D
Nay
Richard Nolan
get bike corrals. In other cities, however, some neighborhoods have opposed bike corrals. New York City, which currently has about 12 corrals, had a dispute between a business that received a corral and a neighborhood that opposed it. Colvin Roy said corrals would only be approved in areas known to have high bicycle traffic. She said she looks for ward to working
with public works and zoning officials on making corrals work efficiently. Installing more bicycle corrals is the next logical step for Minneapolis to take in adding to its probicycling reputation, she said. “Altogether, this has got to add to our city being bike-friendly if you give bikers a secure place out of the pedestrians’ way and out of moving traffic to
park their bikes,” she said. And although Por tland cur rently outpaces Minneapolis in bike cor rals, Newberg said formalizing a process to install corrals will quickly bridge the gap between the two bicyclefriendly cities. “If Minneapolis had approved a process to formalize this, we’d probably be even with Portland,” he said. “I don’t think it’ll take long to catch up to that 97.”
NUMBER OF BIKE CORRALS IN VARIOUS CITIES SEATTLE, 10
MINNEAPOLIS, 1 PORTLAND, 97
NEW YORK CITY, 12
MILWAUKEE, 3 CHICAGO, 4
PHILADELPHIA, 8
SAN FRANCISCO, 32
SOURCES: PORTLAND BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION, CITY OF NEW YORK, CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, CHISTREETSBLOG.ORG, PHILADELPHIA BICYCLE COALITION, OVER THE BARS IN MILWAUKEE, SEATTLE BIKE BLOG
Connecticut reaches deal on tough gun laws after Newtown
Congress cuts poli-sci research Research
The Birchwood Cafe is known as a bike-friendly business — the cor ral, which holds about 10 to 15 spots for bikes, pushes its bike capacity up to about 70 spots. Other business owners have inquired about the process of obtaining a corral, Oknick said, adding that he’d back them in their application process. “We absolutely support anybody in our neighborhood that is tr ying to achieve this goal,” he said. “It’s been a wonder ful asset for the Birchwood.” Bike corrals would actually free up space for pedestrians on the sidewalk, Colvin Roy said — and that’s one of many benefits bike corrals have provided for Por tland, city bicycle coordinator Roger Geller said. With 97 bike corrals on the streets, Por tland has by far the most in the countr y. Geller said since the businesses request them, there haven’t been any complaints regarding the bike corrals since the city star ted installing them in 2004. “A more typical complaint is, ‘Why aren’t you removing my on-street car parking fast enough to get my bicycle corral in?’ ” he said, adding that Portland has about a two-year waiting list for businesses to
SOURCE: U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The proposal includes new registration requirements and the nation’s first statewide dangerous weapon offender registry. BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HAR TFORD, Conn. — Connecticut lawmakers announced a deal Monday on what they called some of the toughest gun laws in the countr y that were proposed after the December mass shooting in the state, including a ban on new high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the massacre that left 20 children and six educators dead. The proposal includes new registration requirements for existing magazines that car r y 10 or more bullets, something of a disappointment for some family members of Newtown victims who wanted an outright ban on the possession of all high-capacity magazines and traveled to the state Capitol on Monday to ask lawmakers for it. The package also creates what lawmakers said is the nation’s first statewide dangerous weapon of fender registr y, creates a new “ammunition eligibility cer tificate,” imposes immediate universal background checks for all firearms sales, and extends the state’s assault weapons ban to 100 new types of firearms and requires that a weapon have only one of several features in order to be banned. The newly banned weapons could no longer be bought or sold in Connecticut, and those legally owned already would have to be registered with the state, just like the highcapacity magazines. “No gun owner will lose their gun,” said House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero Jr., a Nor walk Republican. “No gun owner will lose their magazines.” The bill also addresses mental health and school security measures. The shooting Dec. 14 at Sandy Hook Elementar y School reignited the gun debate in the countr y and led to calls for increased gun control legislation on the federal and state levels. While some other states, including neighboring New York, have strengthened their gun laws, momentum has stalled in Congress, whose members were urged by President Barack Obama last week not to forget
the shooting and to capitalize on the best chance in years to stem gun violence. Connecticut should be seen as an example for lawmakers elsewhere, said Senate President Donald E. Williams Jr., a Brooklyn Democrat. “In Connecticut, we’ve broken the mold,” he said. “Democrats and Republicans were able to come to an agreement on a strong, comprehensive bill. That is a message that should resound in 49 other states and in Washington, D.C. And the message is: We can get it done here and they should get it done in their respective states and nationally in Congress.” The proposal was revealed to rank-and-file lawmakers Monday af ter weeks of bipar tisan, closed-door negotiations among legislative leaders. A vote was expected Wednesday in the General Assembly, where Democrats control both chambers, making passage all but assured. The bill would then be sent to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who has helped lead ef for ts to strengthen the state’s gun laws but has not yet signed off on the proposed legislation. Earlier in the day on Monday, Malloy voiced suppor t for the Newtown families and their desire to ban the possession of large-capacity magazines. Ron Pinciaro, executive director of Connecticut Against Gun Violence, said his group will live with the lawmakers’ decision not to ban them as other states have done. He said the leaders made their decision based on what was politically feasible. “We have to be satisfied. There are still other things that we want, we’ll be back for in later sessions,” he said. “But for now, it’s a good thing.” Rober t Crook, executive director of the Connecticut Coalition of Spor tsmen, contended the bill would not have changed what happened at Sandy Hook Elementar y School, where the gunman fired of f 154 shots with a Bushmaster .223-caliber rifle within five minutes. He went thr ough six 30-round magazines, though half were not completely empty, and police
said he had three other 30-round magazines in addition to one in the rifle. “They can register magazines and do all the rest of this stuf f. It isn’t going to do anything,” he said. Gun owners, who’ve packed public hearings at the state Capitol in recent months, voicing their opposition to various gun control measures, are concerned they’ve been showing up “for vir tually nothing” after lear ning about the bill, Crook said. “Clearly we’ve made our point,” Crook said. “But I don’t know what anybody can do at this point in time.” Six relatives of Newtown victims visited the Capitol on Monday, asking lawmakers to ban existing high-capacity magazines. Some handed out cards with photographs of their slain children. Allowing magazines that carr y 10 or more bullets to remain in the hands of gun owners would leave
a gaping loophole in the law, said Mark Barden, whose 7-year-old son, Daniel, was killed in the shooting. “It doesn’t prevent someone from going out of the state to purchase them and then bring them back. There’s no way to track when they were purchased, so they can say, ‘I had this before,’” Barden said. “So it’s a big loophole.” Barden and other victims’ family members who visited the statehouse earlier on Monday did not immediately respond to messages seeking their reactions to the agreement. Jake McGuigan, a spokesman for the National Shooting Spor ts Foundation, which is based in Newtown, said he wouldn’t comment on the proposal until he saw it in the writing, but he questioned the mechanics of a registr y for magazines. “How will they register a magazine? It seems a little weird,” he said.
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
VP for student affairs candidates announced Student affairs from Page 1
Each candidate will deliver a presentation discussing the role of student affairs at public research universities. All sessions will be held in Keller
Hall, Room 3-180, and will be streamed live and posted on the OSA website. Three University of Minnesota students, including the
presidents of the undergraduate and graduate student governments, served on the search committee for Rinehart’s replacement.
Brittany Edwards, president of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, said students can get involved in the selection process by
meeting the candidates at the presentations, asking questions and filling out an evaluation form online. “Of all the different admin-
istrators that have been hired over the past few semesters,” she said, “this is really one that directly affects student life.”
Danita Brown
John Saddlemire
Michael Gilbert
Gary Ratcliff
Dean of students at Purdue University
Vice president for student affairs at the University of Connecticut
Vice president for student life at the University of Delaware
Assistant vice chancellor of student life at the University of California-San Diego
3–4:30 p.m., April 8
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3–4:30 p.m., April 10
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Danita Brown, who has ser ved in her current role since March 2011, is the only candidate who is currently part of a Big Ten school administration. Brown has also been involved in student affairs at West Virginia University at Parkersburg, Ohio University and Loyola University Chicago. She has extensive experience as an adviser for greek chapters, which she would oversee at Minnesota. When Brown earned her Ph.D. in higher education at Ohio University, she wrote her dissertation on sorority and fraternity leadership behaviors.
John Saddlemire, who has held his current role since June 2003, has worked in student affairs for nearly 30 years. He started as an assistant residence hall director at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Conn. At Hartford, he oversees many of the same departments he would at Minnesota, like student health services. Saddlemire also has Big Ten experience in student affairs at Penn State University, where he earned his doctorate in higher education administration.
Michael Gilber t has held his present post since July 2007. Previously, Gilber t bounced around the Big Ten, filling positions in student affairs at three Big Ten institutions since 1979. At Delaware, Gilbert developed a residential plan which will result in 1,500 new beds for students. He oversees 12 departments, including new student orientation and the university’s student center.
Ratclif f has ser ved in student af fairs roles at the University of California-San Diego since 2000, after working as director of the student union at the University of Montana and as an assistant at Penn State — the Big Ten school where he also earned his doctorate in higher education. At California, Ratcliff is chair of a coalition leading the assessment of students’ needs through surveys and focus groups. He also coordinated a $70 million renovation of two of the school’s student union facilities.
NKorea taps reformist premier amid nuclear tension BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s parliament approved the appointment of a new premier seen by outside experts as an economic reformer one day after top party officials adopted a declaration making nuclear arms and a stronger economy the nation’s top priorities. The U.S., meanwhile, made its latest conspicuous display of firepower, announcing it had sent F-22 stealth fighter jets to participate in annual U.S.-South Korean war games that Pyongyang calls preparation for an invasion. The new South Korean president, who has a policy meant to re-engage Pyongyang with talks and aid, told her top military leaders Monday to set aside political considerations and respond strongly should North Korea attack. The re-emergence of Pak Pong Ju as premier at an annual spring parliamentar y session is seen by analysts as a clear signal that leader Kim Jong Un is moving to back up recent vows to focus on strengthened economic development. The U.N. says two-thirds of the country’s 24 million people face regular food shortages. Pak was the North’s premier in 2003-07, according to Seoul’s Unification Ministry. He was sacked initially because of a proposal for an incentive-based hourly, rather than monthly, wage system deemed too similar to U.S.-style capitalism, Japan’s Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported in 2007. Pak replaces Choe Yong Rim, who is 82. “Pak Pong Ju is the face of economic reform, such as it exists — reform with North Korean characteristics as they say,” said John Delury, a professor and North Korea analyst at Seoul’s Yonsei University. Any economic changes
won’t be radical, Delur y said, and, for the time being, they’re mostly aspirational. One possible change could entail a shift of part of the country’s massive military spending into the economy as a whole, he said. Pak is widely known for spearheading reforms in 2002, when the government began allowing some markets, although it later backtracked, said Koh Yu-hwan, a Nor th Korea analyst at Seoul’s Dongguk University. His appointment could be a message to the outside world that North Korea wants to calm tension and focus more on economic revitalization, Koh said. Pyongyang has reacted with anger to the U.S.-South Korean military drills and to a new round of U.N. and U.S. sanctions that followed its Feb. 12 underground nuclear test, the country’s third. Analysts see a full-scale North Korean attack as unlikely and say the threats are more likely ef for ts to provoke softer policies toward Pyongyang from a new government in Seoul, to win diplomatic talks with Washington and to solidify the young Nor th Korean leader’s military credentials at home. White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday the U.S. has not detected any military mobilization or repositioning of forces from Pyongyang to back up the threats. Despite the rising hostility, recent rhetoric has focused on efforts to turn around a moribund economy and nuclear development. “There was a danger that this was getting to the point ... of a permanent war footing,” Delur y said. “In the midst of this tension and militant rhetoric and posturing, Kim Jong Un is saying, ‘Look, we’re still focused on the economy, but we’re doing it with our nuclear deterrent intact.’ ”
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jobs out there,” said Rep. Kim Norton, DFL-Rochester, whose bill wasn’t given a hearing this session. Legislators behind these proposals hoped getting students outside the metro area would encourage more to work in other parts of the state after college. “The idea is that employers become really successful in creating and developing these jobs so the paid interns end up being long-term employees,” said co-author Rep. Erik Simonson, DFL-Duluth. Two DFLers proposed the internship program this session, but two Republicans authored identical bills in 2012 that met the same fate. Former Rep. King Banaian, who pushed the measure last year, said it was unsuccessful because it was included in an omnibus bill — several bills put into a proposal that must be signed as one — that had other attachments Gov. Mark Dayton didn’t support. Banaian said there’s still potential for the bill to move on in future sessions. “The success will depend on getting it in a place where it’s not attached to other legislation that might be disliked by the Legislature or by the
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being discovered, Kronzer said. He and his other roommates had no idea the burglary was happening. “No one even knew what was going on until [his roommate] called us,” he said. Kronzer and his roommates were not the only University of Minnesota students whose homes were broken into last week — four others were burglarized near campus, according to Minneapolis police reports. The burglaries began late Wednesday night, when three homes near the Como Student Community
governor,” he said. Banaian, a current economics professor at St. Cloud State, said he thought the governor would actually support it on its own. Amanda Duerr, spokeswoman for the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, said the proposal met bipartisan support in the Senate this session, and last year it had DFL and Republican backers in the House and Senate. CGMC has been a prominent supporter because its members hope the measures would encourage interns to stay in greater Minnesota, Duerr said. Although the proposal hit another wall in 2013, she said she still has hope it’ll work in the future. “I would not say that the proposal is dead,” Duerr said. “It just might have to take another avenue.” This year, Norton’s bill in the state House was referred to the Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee, where Chair Rep. Gene Pelowski, DFL-W inona, didn’t want to give it a hearing, she said. Norton said some legislators don’t like tax credits, “which makes it a little bit of an uphill climb to start with.” The Senate version received a hearing last month in the Committee on Higher Education and Workforce De-
velopment and was referred to the Taxes Committee. But without the House version, it won’t move further. Students supported the measures both years, and some said they’d be interested in interning outside of the metro. Emily Goff, secretary of the Crookston Student Association on the University’s Crookston campus, said the program would expose metro-area students to the family and community values of rural Minnesota. “Everybody knows everybody,” she said. “They say ‘hello’ and smile, and students could learn what it’s like to live outside the big city.” She said towns in greater Minnesota, like Crookston, would also benefit from the program because the newly educated and young workers would fill jobs and spur the communities’ economies. “It would allow people an opportunity to explore what it’s like outside the cities and have an outlet to go to after they graduate,” University marketing freshman Samantha Lee said. “They could establish a job.” Lee is originally from McIntosh, Minn., a town near the North Dakota border that has a population of fewer than 700 people. The program would provide students with experienc-
es that would contrast living in the Twin Cities area, she said. “When you get out of the cities, out of the suburbs, things are less fast-paced and a lot more relaxed,” Lee said. “Employers really care about the happiness of their employees and community involvement.” The program would be beneficial for metro students to explore something new, she said, and would give outstate students the opportunity to work and receive academic credit in their hometowns. “People from that area would be able to go back and have that comfort of their community,” Lee said. Nor ton said although the bills haven’t made much headway, legislators are still pushing for higher education at the Capitol. Although it’s stopped for now, legislators, like Simonson, said the proposal to get students working outside the metro could benefit the state, and they would like to see it move forward in the future. “These interns will come, they’ll do their work and they’ll leave, and that’s going to leave that opening for someone, and it will create a job,” he said. “I think that we can expand business by providing these opportunities. Every job we create helps the economy.”
Cooperative were broken into, the reports said. In all three cases, suspects broke into the homes through unlocked windows. The other burglar y occurred Thursday night in an apartment near the University Fieldhouse, according to the repor t. Police again found that there was no forced entr y into the room. The burglars took the victims’ laptops and iPod. The rash of burglaries didn’t surprise Minneapolis crime prevention specialist Nick Juarez. More burglaries tend to occur during spring because people open up their homes more often, he said. “When people are home, they think ‘Oh yeah, we can leave the door open
because we’re home,’ ” he said. “Well, some of these places are so big you can be upstairs or downstairs and not hear people breaking in.” To prevent break-ins, Juarez said residents should keep their doors and windows locked at all times, even when they’re home. Kronzer said he and his roommates learned their lesson from the break-in. “I had no idea anyone would be bold enough to come into a house when people were home,” he said. “Keep your doors locked.”
Saturday, according to a Minneapolis police report. The victims, who are not affiliated with the University, were walking home from a par ty when three men jumped and beat them, the report said. Both were punched in the face multiple times, and one was knocked unconscious. The suspects fled the scene before police arrived, the report said. Paramedics transported one victim, who was knocked unconscious, to the University Medical Center. The victims had confronted the suspects earlier in the night at a party, the repor t said. The suspects tried to enter a party they had not been invited to, and the victims told them to leave.
Two men assaulted near Como
Two men were assaulted on Como Avenue Southeast near Van Cleve Park early
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Nation & World Suspicion in DA death shifts to white supremacists BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KAUFMAN, Texas — Suspicion in the slayings of a Texas district attorney and his wife shifted Monday to a violent white supremacist prison gang that was the focus of a December law enforcement bulletin warning that its members might try to attack police or prosecutors. The weekend deaths of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, who were found fatally shot in their home, were especially jarring because they happened just a couple of months after one of the county’s assistant district attorneys, Mark Hasse, was killed near his courthouse office. And less than two weeks ago, Colorado’s prison chief was shot to death at his front door, apparently by a white supremacist ex-convict who died in a shootout with deputies after fleeing to Texas. The Aryan Brotherhood of Texas has been in the state’s prison system since the 1980s, when it began as a white supremacist gang that protected its members and ran illegal activities, including drug distribution, according to Terry Pelz, a former
Texas prison warden and expert on the gang. The group, which has a long history of violence and retribution, is now believed to have more than 4,000 members in and out of prison who deal in a variety of criminal enterprises, including prostitution, robber y and murder. It has a paramilitar y structure with five factions around the state, Pelz said. Each faction has a general, who is par t of a steering committee known as the “Wheel,” which controls all criminal aspects of the gang, according to court papers. Four top leaders of the group were indicted in October for crimes ranging from murder to drug trafficking. Two months later, authorities issued the bulletin warning that the gang might try to retaliate against law enforcement for the investigation that also led to the arrest of 30 other members. At the time, prosecutors called the indictments “a devastating blow to the leadership” of the gang. Pelz said the indictments might have fragmented the gang’s leadership. Hasse’s death on Jan. 31 came the same day as the first guilty pleas were en-
Arkansas’ GOPled Leg. passes voter ID law BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas legislators passed a law Monday requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, overriding Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe’s veto of the bill, which he called an expensive solution to a nonexistent problem. The Republican-led state House voted 52-45, largely along party lines, to complete an override that started in the GOP-controlled Senate on a 21-12 vote last week. Only a simple majority was needed in each chamber. “We are trying to protect the integrity of one of the most fundamental rights we have here in America,” said state Rep. Stephen Meeks, a Republican from Greenbrier and the bill’s House sponsor. House Speaker Davy Carter, a Cabot Republican who did not vote for the bill when it passed the House last month, supported the override. The governor, who last week called the bill “an expensive solution in search of a problem,” told reporters earlier Monday he had talked with some lawmakers to explain his veto, but had not urged them to vote against an override. “He made his case as to why he thought it wasn’t going to be good for Arkansas, but they have the final say and they’ve had that say,” Beebe spokesman Matt DeCample said after the vote. Rep. John Walker, a Little Rock Democrat and noted civil rights lawyer, warned lawmakers to “not go back on history” by enacting the requirement. Critics of such voter ID laws say the type of in-person voter fraud they are meant to prevent is extremely rare, and that the laws are really designed to make it harder to vote for certain groups that tend to back Democrats, including minorities, students and the elderly. Black lawmakers in Arkansas have compared the new voter ID law to poll taxes used in the Jim Crow era. “I dare say you’ll find any of your colleagues in this body of my color who will support this. It doesn’t matter what their leanings are. What you’re doing in effect is saying we don’t care about what you think, we’re going to do this anyway,” said Rep. John Walker, D-Little Rock, who is black. “If you have the majority of course that’s what you can do, but do you really uni-
formly to a person by party disrespect us so much?” One Democrat, Rep. Fred Love of Little Rock, was listed as voting for the override, but he said planned to file a letter with House clerk stating that he intended to vote against it. The letter wouldn’t change the official vote count. “I think SB2 is bad policy for Arkansas and historically have suppressed voting in minority communities; especially African Americans,” Love, who chairs the Legislative Black Caucus, told The Associated Press in an email after the vote. “So this was definitely a mistake.” Sen. Br yan King, who sponsored the bill in the Senate, said after Monday’s vote that he was relieved by the results. “This bill has had the most debate about it, it’s had the most scrutiny of any bill this session,” the Republican from Green Forest said. “It’s going to become the law of the land here in Arkansas, and that’s a great thing. An overwhelming majority of Arkansans support it.” The new law will require Arkansas to provide a free photo ID to voters who don’t have one and will cost the state an estimated $300,000. The requirement won’t take effect until there is funding for the IDs or until January, whichever occurs last. Rita Sklar, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas, called the override a “terrible shame” and said the group is prepared to sue to block its enforcement. “At this point, it looks like we’re going to court to defend those disenfranchised by this bill,” Sklar said. While Arkansas poll workers must ask for identification under current law, voters don’t have to show it to cast a ballot. Under the new law, voters who don’t show photo identification can cast provisional ballots. Those ballots would be counted only if voters provide ID to county election officials or, before noon on the Monday following an election, sign an af fidavit stating they are indigent or have a religious objection to being photographed. Arkansas is among 19 states where proposals to enact voter ID laws or strengthen existing requirements have been introduced this year, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
tered in the indictment. No arrests have been made in his killing. McLelland was par t of a multi-agency task force that investigated the Aryan Brotherhood with help from the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration and police in Houston and Fort Worth. McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, were found shot to death Saturday in their rural home just outside the town of Forney, about 20 miles from Dallas. Detectives have declined to say if the Aryan Brotherhood is the focus of their investigation, but the state Department of Public Safety bulletin warned that the group is “involved in issuing orders to inflict ‘mass casualties or death’ to law enforcement officials involved in the recent case.” Killing law enforcement representatives would be uncharacteristic of the group, Pelz said. “They don’t go around killing of ficials,” he said.
“They don’t draw heat upon themselves.” But Pelz, who worked in the Texas prison system for 21 years, said the gang has a history of threatening officials and of killing its own members or rivals. The 18-count indictment accused gang members of being involved in three murders of rival gang members, multiple attempted murders, kidnappings, assaults and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine. Some of the attempted murders in the indictment involved gang members who were targeted for not following orders or rules or who were believed to be cooperating with law enforcement. The indictment also alleges that gang members discussed killing a police officer in 2008 and allegedly ordered a subordinate gang member to kill a prospect “and to return the victim’s severed finger as a trophy.” Meanwhile, law enforce-
ment agencies throughout Texas were on high alert, and steps were being taken to better protect DAs and their staffs. In Kaufman County, deputies escorted some employees into the courthouse Monday after the slayings stirred fears that other public employees could be targeted. Law enforcement officers were seen patrolling outside the courthouse, one holding a semi-automatic weapon, while others walked around inside. Over the last centur y, 14 prosecutors have been killed in the U.S., according to news reports and statistics kept by the National District Attorneys Association. Deputies were called to the McLelland home by relatives and friends who had been unable to reach the pair, according to a search warrant affidavit. When they arrived, investigators found the couple had been shot multiple times. Car tridge casings were scattered near
their bodies, the affidavit said. Authorities have not discussed a motive. The slayings also called to mind the death of Colorado’s corrections director, Tom Clements, who was killed March 19 when he answered the doorbell at his home outside Colorado Springs. Two days later, Evan Spencer Ebel, a white supremacist and former Colorado inmate suspected of shooting Clements, died in a shootout with Texas deputies about 100 miles from Kaufman. In an Associated Press interview shortly after the Colorado killing, McLelland himself raised the possibility that Hasse was gunned down by a white supremacist gang. After that attack, McLelland said, he carried a gun ever ywhere around town, even when walking his dog. He figured assassins were more likely to try to attack him outside. He said he had warned all his employees to be constantly on the alert.
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The Fashionista is in: defying April showers RUBBER, PLEATHER, GEL AND MORE — TRUST IN THIS TOOLKIT TO VANQUISH RAINDROP FOLLIES. BY SHANNON RYAN sryan@mndaily.com
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ay it with me, “April showers bring May flowers.” This we know and this we accept. In our minds we limit the heavy rainfall and monsoon minutes to a span of four weeks, though it too often exceeds this preconceived stretch, and we end up staying mostly indoors for the month of April with a strong distaste for its weather. And that’s blasphemy if I’ve ever heard it! Of course walking 20 minutes to class in a torrential downpour is not ideal, but who made the r ule that your mood needs to match the weather? I’ve got a few tips, tricks and wardrobe words of wisdom for those
of you interested in breaking the r ules. Cheers to looking lovely in the rain.
Outerwear
Th e tr ansition fr om snowflakes to raindrops marks a significant change in outer wear, specifically the coat. We see a sharpening of the silhouette and a lightening of fabrics — sayonara goose-down parka! In this conversion, however, we must still be mindful of the new season’s weather adversities and select a coat that works well when the weather is not. Seek shelter in a trench coat, a canvas jacket or a waterproof poncho. The trench is an impeccably sharp and seasoned vet in the trend world, showing no signs of ever going out of style. And because you can wear this type of coat into autumn, too, choose one in a neutral color: ecru, khaki, navy or black. Similar rules apply for a canvas jacket,
which is slightly heavier than the trench, though a bit more protective. As for the poncho, purchasing one that is anything but a hideous shade of McDonalds’ yellow is appropriate, though dark tones will draw less attention to you. And though less tailored than the other two, the poncho’s redeeming quality is the hood, the key to hair-happiness.
Footwear
In terms of footwear, the choices are slim to have tr uly pleasant and dr y little piggies in a rainfall, coming down to one option: the rain boot. Investing in a pair with a bit more room — opting for a half size up — will allow you to put on a pair of socks for added warmth and protection. Color choices are up to the wearer, though I will note that a dark shade of navy, forest green or classic black looks more sophisticated than a pair
of pastel or polka-dotted wellies. And because the right pair of rain boots will last for seasons upon seasons, choosing a color that is less likely to go out of style might be a wiser investment in rubber. Note: If you have a strong aversion to the rain boot, a waterproof pair of leather boots is an alternative, though they more often than not will need repairing after a few seasons. Regardless, an alternative they are.
Accessories
If you’ve stayed mostly muted in your rain gear up to this point, things are about to get freaky. Go wild with a printed umbrella, ella, ella, eh. Umbrellas are fun, and they’re cheap. Purchase a few in various colors and prints with panache, but don’t spend too much money on them. A leftover umbrella in a lecture hall is like a solo mitten on the sidewalk — a depressing and all-too-
common sight at the U.
Cosmetics
There is nothing more unfor tunate than looking like a rainy day vis-à-vis your makeup and hair. On a dreary day, less is certainly more. Choose a tinted moisturizer in lieu of a heavy foundation, and use a waterproof mascara to prevent raccoon eyes. The weather will add a dewy glow and a pop of color to your cheeks, so limit the use of blush, and add a berr y stain for a flush to the lips. Fight the ultimate rain demon of frizz by braiding your hair or pinning it into a tidy ballerina bun for a feminine frizzfighting do. Looking sharp in a rainfall does require a bit of planning in advance, but once you’re locked and loaded in a water-resistant outfit, you’ll find a bit of solace in the gray shades and raindrop gifts of April. Stay dr y without sacrificing style.
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BOOKS
Big ‘Gulp:’ new book gets in your guts MARY ROACH’S NEW BOOK “GULP” NAVIGATES THE ENTRAILS OF THE HUMAN BODY FROM MOUTH TO ASS IN HER VOYAGE DOWN THE ALIMENTARY CANAL. BY JOE KLEINSCHMIDT jkleinschmidt@mndaily. com
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typical subjects rarely faze Mar y Roach, a science writer who has penned books about ever ything from cadavers to the feasibility of sending humans to Mars. For the latest line in her taboooriented books, “Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal,” Roach leads a journey through the miraculous inner workings of the human body akin to a factfilled version of “Fantastic Voyage.” “Gulp,” available in bookstores Tuesday, reads as stomach-chur ning at times and thoroughly enlightening at others, an expedition devoted to the overlooked milieu of a topic considered foul. “It’s interesting to look at why things are taboo because they tend to be things that are a par t of ever yone’s life: death, sex, eating, excreting,” she said. “These are all things we all do, and yet we don’t want to think about them.” Her previous book about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s research into the hazards of human space flight provided plenty of coarse material. As she pored over scientific literature for 2010’s “Packing for Mars,” she found a choice ar ticle to help guide her exploration of all things related to guts. “It was the weirdest study I’d ever seen,” she said. “A bunch of students were put into a metabolic chamber and were ser ved a slurr y of dead bacteria — they were looking into bacteria as space food for a
PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRIS HARDY In “Gulp,” Mary Roach uncovers the science behind fecal transplants — how another person’s bacteria can cure a condition called Clostridium difficile.
Mars mission.” The paper’s title sums up the study’s excruciating backfire for the six young men who gave up several days to perilous research in 1968: “Human Intolerance to Bacteria as Food.” Even if the concept of “bioregenerative” foods farmed from astronauts’ waste never took of f after the ar ticle’s publication, the study gives Roach a comic and viscera-covered launching point for “Gulp,” a noholds-barred approach to enter taining and informative science reportage. “It just got me thinking of eating not as a sensual pleasure, but a physiological, biological process,” she said. “We tend not to think about it that way.” Roach relishes the absurdity of her subject while grounding the bizarre his-
tor y and current research with infor mational factoids. As she explores the complex ecosystem of the mouth, “Gulp” enlightens with facts about the immense antiviral properties of saliva, which is not just a “bacterial cesspool,” she said. Working her way to the anus, she makes a stop along the tour to discuss the rectum in all its glor y as a storage facility. She doesn’t just take cues from scientists — Roach contacted the California Depar tment of Cor rections and Rehabilitation to get an inside peek at prisoners who brazenly use their rectums as “handy pockets,” she said. “It was sor t of a oncein-a-lifetime scenario to sit down and talk about rectal smuggling with an inmate
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who was a convicted murderer,” she said. The prisoner informs the anus-centered chapter of “Gulp” as well as the historical figures and researchers also backing the book. Roach also discovered the backdoor cavity’s immense potential: Prisoners regularly smuggle
cellphones, rolling papers, tobacco and other drugs. Roach plunges into her subjects as an ignorant and sarcastic outsider, wholly interested in her subjects without the technical exper tise to bog down a casual read. “Gulp” may not represent a thoroughly methodical account, but that’s
hardly the point. “I don’t necessarily always want to go to a lab or a hospital — that’s not always the best way into the subject,” she said. “This isn’t a book about digestive health. It’s about the human food processor, a marvelous and ver y strange machine.”
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The glass slipper breaks The historic run of Cinderella team Florida Gulf Coast ends, but reminds us that hope is the most exciting element of sports.
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s the seconds wound down on the Florida Gulf Coast University season, the significance of their accomplishments began to set in. They beat San Diego State University. They beat the Georgetown Hoyas. This group of unknowns, a No. 15 seed, made it fur ther than any other ever had. Now their dance is done. Friday night was wild from the start. The Louisville Cardinals displayed their dominance, the Duke Blue Devils controlled Michigan State University and the genius of Trey Burke sent the Kansas Jayhawks packing. None of it touched the excitement of the FGCU Eagles. The high-flying young men from Fort Myers, Fla., played an electric brand of basketball,
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and their status as the most exciting Cinderella team in the history of the tournament immediately endeared them to almost everyone watching. The defense of the Florida Gators, the No. 3 seed in the Southern Region, reminded us that midnight always comes. Less than 1 percent of people who submitted brackets predicted that FGCU would make it to the Sweet 16. Their game on Friday began well, and 10 minutes in, they led 17-6. The Gators, down 11, rallied to take the lead and ended the half on a 16-2 run, up 30-26. The Eagles never led again and played as if turnovers were the most valuable column on the stat sheet. They lost by 12, and the eclectic group of spirited young men whom we had come to adore
faded from the national spotlight almost as quickly as they had stolen it. It takes a certain level of emotional abandon to cheer for underdog teams. We know our hopes will probably end in disappointment, but on those rare occasions when David topples Goliath, we rejoice as if we felled the giant ourselves. It is one of the most beautiful happenings in sports. For those fleeting moments of glory, we are no longer sitting on couches and chairs watching young men or women compete through small rectangular screens. We become those competitors, sharing every triumph and failure and hoping that against all odds we can accomplish something previously considered impossible. The night that FGCU won their first game against Georgetown, I ran around my apartment in my boxers, jumping up and down and howling. Every year we hope for a Cinderella team to capture our thoughts, and, clad in blue and green, one had just appeared. As their game against SDSU ended, I exchanged excited text messages with my
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friends, exclaiming my undying allegiance to coach Andy Enfield’s explosive group of young men. It was the first time I had felt this passionate about a team that a week earlier I had never heard of. The tournament has lost some of its luster now that the Eagles are gone. In a typical year, the Wichita State Shockers would be a more than adequate Cinderella. But FGCU came to embody ever ything great about underdog teams: Nobody gave them a chance, their cast was diverse and charismatic and they made you believe that anything was possible. When we watch sports, we allow the games to become metaphors for our own lives. It is what makes underdog stories so engaging. Ever yone has to struggle, everyone wants to achieve their dreams and everyone feels small at one time or another. When we see a group of people succeed in the face of impossibility, it gives us hope that we can do the same. Matt Hoy welcomes comments at mhoy@mndaily.com.
ECONOMICS
Goodbye, Cyprus Cyprus should leave the euro and the European Union behind.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Growing Food, Growing Youth Day
Limiting the tax gap through the FairTax
Growing Food, Growing Youth Day on Friday, March 29, was a new annual event for urban high school youth to engage their interest with career pathways at the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences and with the proposed new food systems major. The event honored the late Bud Markhart and celebrated his passion of engaging youth in urban agriculture and food in his role as a University of Minnesota horticulture professor. Minnesota Sen. Foung Hawj from Senate District 67 spoke. “I’m here to encourage young students to get involved in farming, especially minority students, and tell you that farming is a noble profession,” Hawj said. Beth Markhar t, Bud’s widow, reminded students of Bud’s passion for science, that “asking questions and following a path to discover the answers and to look beyond the comfortable” were hallmarks of Markhart. Thank you to Luke Nichols, the community engagement coordinator, and the various staf f and depar tments that made this event successful. The students who attended broadened their cross-community network, engaged in the day and were empowered.
T ime Magazine repor ted this week that the estimated tax gap — the amount of money the IRS fails to collect due to misfiling or tax cheaters — is an estimated $385 billion to $600 billion. The fact is, this money that goes uncollected ultimately increases the tax rates and the amount of money that you and I pay. An article about a 2002 study by the Government Accountability Of fice showed that “56 percent of [tax] returns prepared by a paid preparer had errors in comparison to only 47 percent prepared by the taxpayer.” In short, more than 50 percent of tax returns filed in the 2002 study were wrong, and we “only” had 53,280 pages of tax code back then. Fast for ward to 2012, and the code has grown to more than 73,000 pages. That’s taxation without comprehension, and it is only expanding the tax gap. Studies show that simplifying the code leads to better compliance. That makes sense, but what makes a lot more sense is to throw out the entire income tax code and switch to a national retail sales tax like that proposed by the FairTax bill. The FairTax is simply a dif ferent way to collect taxes, taxing consumption rather than income. Under the FairTax bill, the gov-
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ernment would collect the same amount of money without the complexities of the income tax. In fact, the FairTax bill is only 133 pages double-spaced. The number of “filers” would be reduced from 150 million individual returns to simple sales reports from approximately 20 million businesses. Yes, it’s possible to cheat a sales tax, but unlike income tax where it takes only one person to cheat by not reporting or underrepor ting their income, a sales tax takes two people to cheat — the person selling and the person buying. In addition, the bill specifically includes provisions to reward whistle-blowers, which makes it a little less likely people will cheat. Not to mention that well over 80 percent of retail sales are through big chain stores like Wal-Mar t or Target, and they a not going to risk their business by cheating the system. Used items are not taxed under the FairTax, so there’s no compliance issue there. After 100 years of income tax and the code growing from 400 pages in 1913 to more than 73,000 pages last year, it’s time we do something that makes sense. Tweaking the code hasn’t worked. Let’s throw it out and switch to the FairTax. James Donnell Daily reader
he nation of Cyprus, an island that is par t of the European Union, is currently in hot water over its banking and monetary systems. There are several reaRONALD DIXON sons as to why columnist Cyprus is now locking down its banks, only allowing for citizens to withdraw 300 euros — or 5,000 for businesses — in fear of a “run on the banks.” What we should be discussing, though, is a long-term solution to Cyprus’ economic situation. Accepting a bailout package from the superpowers of Europe, such as Germany, would come at the harsh cost of strict austerity measures. As in the nations of Greece and Spain, the tremendous cuts would harm the economy. What is Cyprus to do then? They should leave the euro. Because Cyprus lacks an independent currency, they cannot do what the U.S. has the capacity to enact: Keynesian stimulus. Cyprus cannot purchase its own bonds if investors refuse to spend, and the island nation lacks the capacity to invest in areas of the economy to create jobs. Unfor tunately, the European Union has consistently required harsh austerity as a punishment of receiving aid. Therefore, although an economic restructure, as well as a potential drop in its post-euro currency, would be necessary for Cyprus in the short-term, they would be able to maintain a strong economy in the long-term. Professor Peter Morici of the University of Maryland compared a potential Cyprus recovery to that of a similar island nation: Iceland. They had a big fall, but because they were able to determine their own solutions, they witnessed a remarkable recovery. Paul Krugman, a Nobel Prizewinning economist, notes in his 2012 book “End This Depression Now!” that the European obsession with debt as the root to all their problems is the “big delusion.” The idea that austerity is the solution is ludicrous, and because Germany fails to realize this crucial fact, an exit is the most viable alternative. President Nicos Anastasiades of Cyprus declared that they were not going to leave the euro. For the best interests of his country, though, he should reconsider — the well-being of Cyprus depends on it. Ronald Dixon welcomes comments at rdixon@mndaily.com.
Paying our public servants A modest bump in annual salary for the state Legislature is in order.
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oney should be the last reason a lawmaker, or anyone in government, decides to go into public ser vice. A job that provides the opportunity to directly improve the lives of citizens should be its own reward, and taxpayers should not be expected to pay for exuberant salaries like that of a CEO in the private sector, even if the jobs are equally difficult. However, there are limits to how little we can pay our public officials without seeing diminishing returns in the quality of work they are able to produce. Members of the Minnesota House and Senate are expected to travel across the state, meeting with constituents and the media, keep up with complex issues and work to pass legislation, in addition to their obligations as spouses and parents. They are expected to do this all with the measly sum of $31,140 a year. The state Compensation Council is trying to change that and is recommending that the annual salary of state legislators be increased from $31,140 to $40,890 in 2015, MinnPost reported last month. The salar y increase would be the first since 1999. Even including the additional money made through per-diem expense payments, state lawmakers make considerably less than similar positions in the state. Minneapolis City Council members receive $80,345, MinnPost reported. The long delay in a pay raise isn’t surprising. An attack ad aimed at an incumbent who voted to raise his or her own salary could almost write itself. But we can’t expect legislators to fulfill all their duties with such little compensation. The Council also recommended that pay be tied to the salary of the governor in the future. This is a practical measure, which would help avoid making annual salaries a political issue. State lawmakers and their constituents should support the Council’s modest proposals.
Being cautious about online security The University should continue to be weary of threats as higher education moves online.
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ampus security is often associated with the University of Minnesota police and the walk escorts, with physical persons as the first line of defense against threats. But there are other, equally dangerous threats online that college students face. Officials say the University of Minnesota is a safe environment for students to share information and collaborate effectively online. A Minnesota Daily article published March 13 noted the University provides students with necessary tools to secure their electronic devices, including Symantec Antivirus. According to the Daily, the University has also shown interest in cloud-based security systems and “negotiated for increased protection with Google, since their large contract covers Gmail and other apps.” In an increasingly wireless and online world, where an exorbitant amount of data can be transferred from multiple computers and across several networks, the “cloud” seems ideal. However, students and universities across the nation should maintain a healthy wariness of the security of their personal information and data when it has the potential to be accessed by a multitude of other users and companies. Google recently came under fire for what Microsoft suggests is a lack of regulation in student data collection, a dailytech.com article reported. Though the regular ads are turned off in Gmail, it is still possible for Google and companies like it to collect information through other applications and can potentially exploit it for commercial purposes. As mass-produced e-books and apps become more utilized in higher education, it’s important to remember that security and convenience rarely go together.
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comfor table,” Wells said, “ ’cause I’m used to being in the box, making a lot of calls. Moving to corner, I’m not making as many calls.” Wells was an unheralded and undersized recruit out of Lehigh High School in Southwestern Florida. He weighed 160 pounds and had just two scholarship offers. After a quiet freshman season at Minnesota, Wells bulked up to 205 pounds and moved to safety. He recorded eight tackles and two interceptions in his first start last season, a 30-27 triple-overtime win over University of Nevada-Las Vegas. That performance earned him Big Ten and national defensive player of the week honors. Wells finished last season as the third-leading tackler on a vastly improved Minnesota defense. With seniors Troy Stoudermire and Michael Carter graduating and plenty of depth returning at safety, the Gophers coaching staff asked Wells if he would move back to corner. He said yes. Wells is spending the spring adjusting back to the position he played in high school. The coaching staff seems to have faith that he will succeed at his old position. “He’s got some great length to him, and he’s very fast,” defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys said. “We won’t change scheme-wise, but we should be more efficient with him out there.”
A defensive ‘bell cow’ The Gophers coaching staff has lauded senior Ra’Shede Hageman’s work
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Minnesota defensive back Derrick Wells tackles Purdue wide receiver Gary Bush inches short of the goal line Oct. 27, 2012, at TCF Bank Stadium.
ethic and offseason improvement. The 311-pound defensive tackle had a strong offseason in which he improved his athleticism, according to Kill. Hageman benched 465 pounds, squatted 500 pounds and recorded a 37-inch vertical jump, Kill said. Hageman delivered the highlight of Saturday’s practice — the first spring practice in full pads — when he pancaked 288-pound offensive lineman Joe Bjorklund in a linemen drill. “He’s locked in,” Kill
said. “He’s focused. This is the [most] focused I’ve seen Ra’Shede since I’ve been here.” After recording six sacks his junior season, Hageman is trying to make the most of the time he has left at Minnesota — and hopefully draw the attention of NFL scouts. Claeys said Hageman has the potential to be a force in the middle. “Even last year, Ra’Shede, still learning the game, wasn’t truly a ‘bell cow,’ ” Claeys said. “Now he’s a ‘bell cow.’ People are going to have to figure out
what they’re going to do to handle him.”
Notes 4 Wide receiver Jamel Harbison tore his anterior cruciate ligament last year during the UNLV game, but he’s looked comfortable this spring. The redshirt freshman is participating in practice but is wearing a green “limited contact” jersey. 4 With linebacker Mike Rallis graduating, the middle linebacker position is open for competition. Redshir t freshman Jack Lynn and ju-
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nior college transfer Damien Wilson are the favorites to earn the job, and both have impressed coaches so far. The 234-pound L ynn has worked with the first-team defense, while the 254-pound Wilson has worked with the second team.
4 The Gophers have opened each practice with a moment of silence for former linebacker Gary Tinsley, who died of an enlarged heart last April.
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Tubby Smith agrees to terms with Texas Tech
Colombian native Juan Pablo Ramirez is a regular singles and doubles player.
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Gophers junior tennis player Juan Pablo Ramirez may never get used to winter in Minnesota. He grew up more than 3,000 miles away in Bogota, Colombia, and said the weather change has been a tough adjustment. This year has been especially hard, as temperatures remained in the teens into March. But the cold weather didn’t affect his choice to play for the Gophers. “I knew I was coming here as soon as I stepped foot on these courts,” Ramirez said. “I told [head coach] Geoff [Young], ‘I’m coming here,’ as soon as I visited. He told me I have to look at other schools, and I told him, ‘There’s no way. I want to come here.’ ” Nearly three years later, Ramirez is a regular in Minnesota’s tennis lineup. Ramirez went 0-4 last weekend in matches against Northwestern and Illinois. Days earlier, he had been named Big Ten Tennis Athlete of the Week after going 4-0 against Michigan State and Michigan. Ramirez has seen moderate success in his third season with the Gophers in both doubles and singles. He is living a dream he constructed as an adolescent in Colombia. Ramirez said he first picked up a racket at 6 years old and got serious about tennis six years later. “I remember I turned 12, and I told my parents I really wanted to play [in] college,” he said. “I’ve kind of been working toward it since then.”
DERRICK WELLS CAREER STATS AT MINNESOTA
A week after being fired from the University of Minnesota, Tubby Smith has agreed to terms with Texas Tech to become its next men’s basketball coach. Texas Tech will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. on Tuesday to announce Smith as the coach. The Red Raiders will be Smith’s fifth college head-coaching position. He coached the Gophers for six years before first-year athletics director Norwood Teague fired him last Monday. Smith compiled a 124-81 record at Minnesota but finished 46-62 in conference play. The 61-year-old coach, who won a national championship with Kentucky in 1998, earned the Gophers’ first NCAA tournament game win since 1997 this season. He will be the fourth person to lead Texas Tech in as many seasons. The Red Raiders have won four conference games in the past two seasons. The Gophers have yet to announce Smith’s replacement.
GOPHERS IN THE POLLS LAST WEEK’S RANKING
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Minnesota’s Juan Pablo Ramirez plays doubles against the Arizona Wildcats on Feb. 11 at the Baseline Tennis Center.
Ramirez had helpful ties to the Gophers program, as two former players were also from Colombia. Young said those players helped Ramirez with the process and informed Young about him. Young took notice but never saw Ramirez play live. “I only watched him on video,” Young said. Ramirez said he visited Indiana and had moderate interest in Virginia Tech and DePaul, but he was hooked as soon as he came to the
Gophers. Ramirez said the atmosphere around the team and the coaches played a pivotal role in his decision. “They really care about me as a person and not just a player,” he said. “That really affected my decision, too.” Ramirez played mostly doubles in his first two years on campus. He got frustrated at times because he wasn’t in the lineup consistently, but he said he understood his role. He transitioned this year into the singles lineup, where
he has an 11-11 record. He said he prefers to play doubles but enjoys singles as well. Ramirez has paired with sophomore Leandro Toledo in the past, but he was placed with senior Rok Bonin earlier this season. “I felt putting them together along with our other two doubles pairs gave us the best chance to win a doubles point consistently,” Young said. “We now have three doubles pairs that on any given day can win for us.”
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horoscopes
Today’s Birthday (4/2): Let go of limitations this year. A steady pace keeps you humming. Communications go far until June, when your energy shifts to domestic pursuits and pleasures. Expect more community activities.
Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is an 8 — Others wonder if you’re ready for more responsibility. Get prepared for inspection over the next two days, and show your stuff.
Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is an 8 — Combine two old ideas into a new one. Don’t apply new skills at work yet. Organize the information. A gentle approach works best now.
Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 7 — Free your imagination but not your purse strings, at least not to outside interests. Creative energy abounds. You’re developing good habits.
Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 7 — Your smarter self emerges as if from a cocoon. Research the details. Resist the temptation to make expensive promises. Assume authority.
Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9.
Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is an 8 — For the next two days, study money. Negotiate without being impetuous. Changes are proposed. There’s a choice to make.
Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 9 — Today and tomorrow are good for making money. Re-check the bottom line, and cash flow improves. Resolve a disagreement.
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Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is an 8 — You’ll have more help. Finish a shopping trip and a lesson. Check for authenticity. Spend time with your partner. Finish up old business.
Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 7 — Take on a leadership role. Do the research before discarding. Take careful, measured actions. New evidence threatens complacency.
Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is an 8 — Things could get profitable, although it’s not a good time to gamble. If you’ve played by the rules, you’ll get good references. Delve into details.
Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is an 8 — Somehow, you just know what’s needed. Anxiety could push you to act too soon. Get an update, and review plans.
Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 7 — Keep recycling, and save. Buy in bulk to save more. Choose secure investments now. Don’t fall for a trick or get your hopes up. Add structure.
Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is an 8 — Launch your next adventure soon, as long as it’s solidly grounded in reality and includes partnership. Fantasies may have to be delayed.
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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Professor: “Wow, just imagine a whole bunch of furries ganging up on Goldy — ‘Spin your head!’ — and Goldy trying to escape on his segway. ‘You can’t get away!’”
—Middlebrook dining hall
Guy: “Do you see the food that you’re putting out for us to eat? We pay so much money, and this is what you give us in return? This dining hall is so chaotic; you have no idea how to run a business.” Manager: “Oh, yeah? And how would you know?” Guy: “I’m getting a degree in business management.”
—Comstock dining hall
“I never knew my dad was a polygamist. The things you learn in the Middlebrook dining hall.”
—Middlebrook dining hall
Girl: “I don’t know how anyone can go a day without eating a tomato!”
—McNeal Hall
Girl: “Have you ever been on a booze cruise?” Guy: “If you mean got drunk on a boat — yeah, I’ve gotten drunk on a boat.”
—Unknown
“I wanted to be a model when I was younger, but then I ate food.”
—Willey Hall
Person 1: “So, how was your first Easter mass?” Person 2: “Didn’t go ... I was too hung over.” Person 1: “I’m sure Jesus will understand.”
—Sanford Hall
“Ever since a goat chewed on my cord, it doesn’t work very well.”
—Bailey Hall
Girl 1: “We missed ‘Hakuna Matata’ and ‘Can You Feel the Love Tonight?’” Girl 2: “This movie is totally worthless now.”
—Dinkytown
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ACROSS 1 “SNL”-like show filmed in Canada 5 “Doctor Who” network 8 Rafters shoot them 14 Pre-Euro Italian coin 15 Nest egg letters 16 With 3-Down, way west for many American pioneers 17 __-Iraq War: ’80s conflict 18 Crooner Perry’s ad? 20 Self-righteous sort 21 Manicurist’s aid 22 Rage inwardly 23 Space pilot Han’s shirt? 25 Through 26 Classic racecars 27 Lighthouse light 30 Nouveau __ 33 U2 frontman’s bit of naughtiness? 36 Back in the day 37 Bedevil 39 PC monitor type 40 Cartoon possum’s corporate symbol? 42 Chilean range 44 Camera stand 45 Roman 1,051 46 Winery container 47 Japanese general Hideki’s talisman? 53 Triumphant cries 55 Disconnect 56 Explosion sound, in comics 57 Movie pooch’s picture? 59 Poetry unit 60 Church key, e.g. 61 “__ My Party”: Lesley Gore hit 62 Fairly matched 63 Great suffering 64 Easter egg dip 65 “That didn’t go well” DOWN 1 Pink ones are unwelcome— except in lingerie
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2 Prefix with cumulus 3 See 16-Across 4 Self-portraitist with a bandaged ear 5 Bodybuilder’s “guns” 6 __-Seltzer 7 Desert safari beast 8 Pink-cheeked 9 Dada pioneer Jean 10 __ Gulf: Arabian waterway 11 Reason given for calling in sick 12 Rounded roof 13 Winter whiteness 19 Pizarro’s gold 24 Broad-brimmed hat 25 Chaste priestesses of ancient Rome 27 “__ appétit!” 28 Fairy tale start 29 Dozes 30 Like one who can’t put a book down 31 Composer Stravinsky 32 Ponders
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33 Male sib 34 “Egad!” in an IM 35 Opposite of paleo38 Long in the tooth 41 Tommy Dorsey hit tune 43 Less clumsy 45 Sullen 47 Internet slang based on a common typo 48 Egg-shaped
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49 Harbor wall 50 Eight-time AllStar Tony of the ’60s-’70s Minnesota Twins 51 Sister of La Toya 52 Warning signs 53 Elemental particle 54 Arizona native 55 Twinkle-toed 58 Rev.’s message
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dr. date Dr. Date,
My boyfriend keeps making me do really serious stuff with him that makes me think we have a future, but when I want to actually talk about our future, he beats around the bush. I have been engaged before, so I am just waiting for things to pick up.
extra careful to make sure he is not being foolish or acting in a way that could end up hurting him. How can I advise him on this since it’s more my generation than his anyway? I don’t want our relationship to get weird, but I don’t want to see him get cyberheartbroken.
Dear Signals,
Dear Cyber Savior,
—Mixed Signals
I’m sorry that you’ve found yourself in this weird unknown zone. Since it takes two to tango, the complicated dance known as “the serious relationship” is sometimes difficult to master. With some fancy footwork as well as mutual love, everything should work out fine. Before I go on with my advice, Signals, I want to get some things straight. Are you really in love with your boyfriend, or are you in love with “the serious relationship?” I know your type. I refer to young lovers like you as the “Pinterest Girl.” You love weddings and Nicholas Sparks. You assume that, one day, you’ll be in an all-consuming relationship with some muscled hunk and you’ll finally be fulfilled. You put little actual work into relationships with the right guy — instead opting for the first guy who is malleable enough to fit your Prince Charming mold. Wake up and smell the cliche, lady. You were engaged once before, and I’m assuming that didn’t end with a big white dress and happily ever after. What seems serious to you may be normal for your boyfriend, and he may be nervous about talking about the future because the future is hella scary. Duh. Enjoy your relationship for what it is and the commitment that you share with your partner — don’t measure his worth against your unrealistic fantasies or past relationships.
—Dr. Date
Dr. Date,
My parents recently divorced, and my dad is ready to get back in the dating scene. He has started online dating, and I am so worried that he will get hurt since he hasn’t dated someone new in 20 years! When he talks to me about it, I am weirded out but also
—:/
May I recommend a one-day tutorial session for your old man? Show him how to set up his profile. Explain which pics are creepy and which ones are flattering. Take him through a few sample messages. Give him the virtual tools to woo his .com mistress and step away. Believe it or not, your daddy dearest is still a man with some strong romantic gumption. If he’s taking the initiative to date again, he’s got the stuff to catch a keeper. A gentle and helpful nudge in the right direction is all your pops needs to master the 21st century language of love.
—Dr. Date
Dr. Date,
My girlfriend and I had been having some problems, so she wanted to take a break. I agreed but was crushed for about a month. Last night she called me and said she thinks we should get back together. I was just starting to feel OK on my own, but I still really love her. What now?
—Second Time’s A Charm?
Dear 2-Timer,
The thing about on-again/off-again relationships is this: When do they ever end up being on-again? Oh, that’s right — never. Breaking up once and then accepting someone’s apology is setting a bad precedent. When you willingly leap back into her open arms, you’re saying, “My love will always be here for you no matter how poorly you treat me. Dump me a million times if you want — my devotion is expendable.” Move on. One day you’ll thank me for not indulging in one of “those” college relationships that finally ends in an explosive bout of tears and screaming.
—Dr. Date
Need relationship advice? Email Dr. Date at drdate@mndaily.com.
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The Minnesota Department of Transpor tation, which is heading the initiative, contacted the University of Minnesota in January to see if the school was interested. Joseph Labuz, interim director of the civil engineering depar tment, said the University accepted in hopes of creating an educational display. “We are seeing that as an oppor tunity to remind ourselves and our students of the impor tance of our work,” he said. Tentatively, the department plans to display the bridge remnants with research papers and books written by University faculty about the collapse. Because of the University’s proximity to the bridge, the collapse has had a notable impact on the community and the school’s curriculum. Professors have taught classes solely focused on the collapse, and civil engineering professors often use the incident to show the importance of accuracy. “If you think about a mechanical engineer or a
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This steel debris from the collapse have been stored at MnDOT’s Oakdale, Minn., facility since 2010.
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Dozens of pieces of wreckage from the old Interstate 35W bridge lie in storage Monday at a MnDOT facility in Oakdale, Minn. The bridge collapsed during rush hour Aug. 1, 2007, killing 13 people and injuring 145 more.
chemical engineer, if their designs go wrong — like your iPhone or a cleaning product — those are things you can generally live without,” said Nathan War ner, president of the American Society of Civil Engineers at the University. “But if a civil engineer makes a mistake, then that can result in a significant loss.” Under state law, remnants from the bridge are
required to be melted down and sold, and the money would be returned to the state general fund. The proposed bill would create an exception so the state could honor the requests from sur vivors — who make up the bulk of requests — and others, like the University. But not ever yone’s request will be filled, and the proposed bill creates a priority list of people and orga-
nizations that can receive a piece. The first and second tiers are reser ved for the Minnesota Historical Society and sur vivors, while higher education institutions are four th, behind certain government agencies. “The intent is to give it to people who have some connection with the str ucture or the collapse, or people who might use it for instr uction and education,” said MnDOT spokesperson Kevin Gutknecht. Pat Nunnally, the coordinator for the University’s River Life Program, said the incident af fected more than just those on the bridge. “Nearly ever ybody had some kind of stor y where they knew someone who had that ‘there, but by the grace of God,’ moment,” he said, “or had been directly involved, or had been part of the aftermath — the response teams and cleanup and things like that.” Nunnally helped edit a
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The energy of the collapse was great enough to bend the thick steel beams like twist ties.
book, “The City, the River, the Bridge,” on the collapse and taught a one-time class at the University studying the impact of the incident. Civil engineering professor Roberto Ballarini uses the bridge in his lessons at the University. “I use [the bridge] to describe how materials behave and how str uctures behave and how structures collapse,” he said. Ballarini, whose work appeared in “The City, the River, the Bridge,” researched the collapse for two years. Because of his involvement, he said he would appreciate having a bridge piece for his office and to use in class. Currently, approximately 9 million pounds of the bridge are being stored in
Oakdale and Afton, Minn., Gutknecht said. If the legislation passes, MnDOT will have six months to fill requests, but preparing the steel for distribution may not be easy, Gutknecht said. “We know there will be some organizations who will want a larger piece to set up as a monument, and there will be other people who will want a smaller piece as a memento on a book shelf,” Gutknecht said, “But the steel right now is in great big pieces.” The civil engineering department hasn’t decided the details of their MnDOT request — like the size and where it’ll be displayed at the University — but Labuz knows the limitations. “Steel is a very high unit weight, so it doesn’t take much to make it heavy,” he said. “So we have to be able to have it mounted safely.” Labuz said the installation will be “respectful of the tragedy that occurred” and will primarily ser ve an educational purpose on campus. “Some people may be using it as an opportunity to set up a memorial, but that is not the case from our perspective,” he said. “It’s more about a lesson learned — a reminder of this tragedy and the importance of good analysis and design.”
REQUESTER PRIORITY LIST 1
THE MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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SURVIVORS
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FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
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HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF ENGINEERING
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OTHERS DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE COLLAPSE AT THE COMMISSIONER’S DISCRETION SOURCE: BILL SF. 1305