April 10, 2013

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Nat’l Pay Day recognizes Baseball, softball Students call for teams find success wage theft awareness disparities Women in Minnesota earn 77 They hope the U will heighten amid rain and snow cents for every dollar men make. the community’s awareness. u See PAGE 3

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Three weeks into spring, snow

BY T YLER GIESEKE tgieseke@mndaily.com

April snow showers will bring “hazardous or impossible” driving conditions this week.

The National Weather Service issued an alert early Tuesday morning warning of an impending winter storm for several southern Minnesota counties, including Hennepin. A winter storm warning will go into effect 7 p.m. on Tuesday and end 1 p.m. on Thursday.

A wintry mix of rain and sleet moved toward the Twin Cities Tuesday afternoon before spreading east later Tuesday night.

“Anytime you get a winter storm in April … it gets to be pretty unique. They don’t happen every year,” said Jacob Beitlich, a National Weather Service meteorologist. “This is a significant storm.”

A powerful storm system coming off the Pacific coast, combined with cold air from the north, will produce the snowfall, he said, adding that snowfall will occur mostly between late Wednesday and midday Thursday.

“This is a long duration event,” Beitlich said.

A covering of ice is expected to form beginning late Tuesday due to sleet, according to the alert.

Although 15 to 18 inches of snow are expected near the western border of Minnesota, Beitlich said the south metro should anticipate three to seven inches in total.

Travel will be “very hazardous or impossible” during the storm, the alert warns, adding that potentially powerful winds are possible.

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Students brought out their umbrellas as rain, snow and sleet fell periodically throughout the day Tuesday. According to the National Weather Service, snow and sleet are expected to continue late into the week.

Though travel will likely be difficult Wednesday morning, Beitlich said the worst snowfall — and the worst commute — will come Thursday morning.

“It’ll slow things down,” he said.

LEGISLATURE

Senate funds U tuition freeze Lawmakers said they were disappointed with the way Kaler framed the U’s request.

BY JESSICA LEE jlee@mndaily.com

A state Senate higher education committee voted to increase the University of Minnesota’s funding by $80 million Tuesday, despite some reser vations from policymakers.

The Senate’s recommended allocation comes after both the House committee and Gov. Mark Dayton proposed increasing state funding, something the University said was crucial to freeze tuition for undergraduate in-state students in 2014 and 2015.

The bill splits higher education funding almost evenly between the University, state-funded colleges and universities and the Minnesota State Grant Program, which mirrors what the governor recommended in his initial budget proposal.

“We really did do what the governor requested,” said Sen. Terri Bonoff, DFLMinnetonka, who chairs the committee.

University Chief Financial Of ficer Richard Pfutzenreuter said the committee’s action is “terrific news” for Minnesota u See BUDGET Page 4 Legislators voiced concerns that money for tuition relief wasn’t used to offset costs for students.

DEBT

In House bill, more projects for U U, state raise Legislators included $47.5 million to relocate the Bell Museum.

BY ALEXI GUSSO agusso@mndaily.com

The Minnesota House of Representatives unveiled an $800 million bonding bill Tuesday morning that includes roughly $100 million for building construction and renovation on the University of Minnesota Twin

Cities campus.

The bill, presented by Rep. Alice Hausman, DFLSt. Paul, is larger than Gov. Mark Dayton’s $750 million proposal and car ves out about $30 million more for the University in projects and upkeep than the governor’s.

The House gave more money to the University and to a wider variety of projects than Dayton suggested, while also providing more funding for building upkeep.

STUDENT ISSUES

The University asked for about $170 million from the state in its 2013 capital budget request in December.

Dayton’s proposal granted none of the requested building projects; the House proposed funding most of it.

While Dayton recommended full funding for a complete renovation of the Tate Laboratory of Physics, the House Capital Investment Committee proposed money for a variety of projects, most notably relocating the Bell Museum of

Natural History.

For more than 10 years, Hausman said, she’s tried to relocate the museum — which now also includes the Minnesota Planetarium Society — to St. Paul.

“We just want to get it done,” she said. “… The students shouldn’t have to pay for it.”

The museum is part of the University’s six-year u See BONDING Page 10 The House gives the U twice as much as Dayton for general upkeep.

HEALTH

Teen HPV vaccine rates Working to walk streets without fear still low, despite push While catcalling isn’t a crime, it can have serious effects, experts say.

BY MEGHAN HOLDEN mholden@mndaily.com

While walking down University Avenue Southeast on Saturday night, a group of men yelled at Colleen Jaskulski and her girlfriends.

Although shouting “cutie” at someone isn’t a crime, University of Minnesota students, professors and community members argue that it can lead to negative body image, emotional distr ess and sometimes violence.

“It star ts with the catcalling,” said Jaskulski, a theater freshman, “but you

never know where it can lead.”

In a 2008 Stop Street Harassment online survey, 99 percent of women said they had experienced some form of street harassment.

“It can make the victim feel unsafe in their own body,” said Zenzele Isoke, an assistant professor in the Depar tment of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies.

Street harassment is “unwelcome words and actions by unknown persons in public which are motivated by gender and invade a person’s physical and emotional space in a disrespectful, creepy, startling, scar y or insulting way,” according u See HARASSMENT Page 3 U groups held a panel Monday to address street harassment.

For various reasons, more parents are refusing to vaccinate their children.

BY BRANDEN LARGENT blargent@mndaily.com

Today’s college students went through their teen years watching advertisements for the newly recommended Human Papillomavir us vaccine, but vaccination rates still aren’t as high as doctors would like.

Despite the medical community’s incr eased push for the vaccines, the percentage of parents who refused to let their children ages 13 to 17 get them rose 4 percentage points from 2008-10, according to a study published in Pediatrics last

month.

University of Minnesota pediatrics professor Mark Schleiss said the increase is a “big concern” in the medical community.

Just under 35 percent of 13- to 17-year-old girls received all three necessar y HPV vaccinations, according to 2011 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.

Cer tain strains of HPV can lead to genital war ts and different types of cancer in both men and women. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection among University of Minnesota students, according to the 2010 Boynton Health Ser vice College Student Health Survey. u See HPV Page 4 In 2011, the CDC started recommending the vaccine for males.

debt awareness State agencies are focusing this week on financial issues for college students.

BY JANICE BITTERS jbitters@mndaily.com

Debt is a widespread worry, but some — including college students — are hit harder than others.

Last week, Gov. Mark Dayton declared April financial literacy month in Minnesota in an ef for t to educate people about debt and how to avoid it.

Various state agencies will host nearly 40 outreach events this month, and each week’s events will be geared toward a dif ferent demographic, from youth to senior citizens. This week is dedicated to higher education.

The state Of fice of Higher Education and the Department of Commerce are leading to the charge to help college students understand the far-reaching implications of student debt.

According to a study by the Institute for College Access and Success, two out of three college seniors in 2011 had student loan debt, with an average of $26,600 per student. Nationally, the accumulated college student loan debt totals about $1 trillion — in June 2010, it surpassed total national credit card debt.

Minnesota’s student loan debt is the third-highest in the nation, according to the study. The average u See DEBT Page 3 The University offers financial counseling for students.

TOP FIVE: AVERAGE STUDENT DEBT BY STATE New Hampshire

$32,440 Pennsylvania

$29,959 Minnesota

$29,793 Rhode Island

$29,097 Connecticut

$28,683 SOURCE: INSTITUTE FOR COLLEGE ACCESS AND SUCCESS

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South Africans: Did Thatcher help or hinder apartheid?

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

JOHANNESBURG — Nineteen years after the end of apartheid, South Africans are still passionately divided over whether Margaret Thatcher helped or hindered the cruel system of white rule and prolonged the incarceration of Nelson Mandela.

The heated discussions triggered by Thatcher’s death show how influential South Africans believe she was on the fate of the last bastion of whiteminority rule in Africa.

The former British leader supported the apartheid government when it was at its deadliest, killing many in the late 1980s in state terrorism at home and abroad in bombings and cross-border raids on neighboring states accused of harboring guerrilla fighters, said Pallo Jordan, a former Cabinet minister and stalwart of the governing African National Congress.

“Maggie Thatcher and Britain were important figures ... they were defending (apar theid) South Africa, they were preventing international sanctions,” said Jordan to The Associated Press.

“Many lives were lost (as a result of the apartheid regime). I don’t think it’s a great loss to the world,” Jordan said of Thatcher’s death.

She died after a stroke Monday at the age of 87.

“I say good riddance,” he said Tuesday on South Africa’s Talk Radio 702.

Thatcher branded Mandela and his ANC movement “terrorist,” amid concerns that they received backing from the former Soviet Union during the Cold War era and because of their guerrilla war for democracy.

Jordan was at Mandela’s first meeting with Thatcher after his release from 27 years in jail, at Downing Street in London in 1990.

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Albania to put trash import plan to referendum

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TIRANA — Albania pledged Tuesday to hold a historic referendum on whether to scrap waste imports, a moneymaking program strongly opposed by environmentalists who say the poor Balkan country is already buried under its own trash.

A law passed in 2011 allows the import of non-radioactive waste for destruction or recycling in factories. But litter clogs rivers and piles up on the side of roads, and activists say the government can’t be trusted to track the imported garbage.

The referendum is a major step for a country still working out its democracy some two decades after the fall of the repressive regime of communist dictator Enver Hoxha.

Bowing to a petition signed by 64,000 people, the president’s office on Tuesday set Dec. 22 as the date for the vote — the first forced by popular demand since the countr y gained independence from Ottoman Turkey in 1912.

The conservative government insists that the program is drawing foreign investment and has created some 3,000 badly needed local jobs to one of Europe’s poorest countries. But environmentalists say the small country is in danger of turning into a garbage dump, and that the government must first build new landfills and take care of its own trash before it tries to take on more.

“How can we try to help the recycling business at a time when the country has not resolved its own waste management?,” asked Zamir Dedej, who heads the Institute of Nature Protection in Albania.

man (Mandela) more than anything else was that here she was engaging in a conversation with this man that she thought an arch-terrorist.” He said Mandela’s inherent charm disarmed “the Iron Lady,” and the meeting passed without confrontation.

Thatcher’s spokesman said in 1987 that anyone who thought the ANC, then the leading anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, would govern South Africa was “living in cloud cuckoo-land.”

But others argue that Thatcher was strongly opposed to apartheid and racism and helped influence the white government to free Mandela.

“Thatcher did more to release Nelson Mandela out of prison than any of the other hundreds of anti-apartheid committees in Europe,” Pik Botha, the last foreign minister of the apartheid regime, said Tuesday on Talk Radio 702 in Johannesburg.

F.W. de Klerk, the last apartheid-era president of South Africa, said in a statement that Thatcher, whom he called a friend, was “a steadfast critic of apartheid.”

He said she had a better grasp of the complexities and realities of South Africa than many of her contemporaries.

“She exerted more influence in what happened in South Africa than any other political leader,” de Klerk said.

He said Thatcher “correctly believed” that more could be achieved through constructive engagement with his government than international sanctions and isolation of the South African government.

Thatcher argued that sanctions were immoral because they would throw thousands of South African blacks out of work. Her stance allowed British companies to continue operating in apartheid South Africa, where the United Kingdom was the biggest trading partner.

Iran says 37 killed in earthquake in south

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TEHRAN — A 6.1 magnitude earthquake killed at least 37 and injured hundreds more in a sparsely populated area in southern Iran on Tuesday, Iranian officials said, adding that it did not damage a nuclear plant in the region.

The report said the earthquake struck the town of Kaki some 60 miles southeast of Bushehr, a town on the Persian Gulf that is home of Iran’s first nuclear power plant, built with Russian help.

“No damage was done to Bushehr power plant,” Bushehr provincial governor Fereidoun Hasanvand told state TV. He said 37 people had died so far and 850 were injured, including 100 who were hospitalized.

The plant’s chief, Mahmoud Jafari, confirmed the site’s condition to semi-official Mehr news agency, saying that it is resistant to earthquakes of up to magnitude eight.

Water and electricity were cut to many residents, said Ebrahim Dar vishi, governor of the worst-hit district Shonbeh.

The UN’s nuclear watchdog agency said on its website that it had been informed by Iran that there was no damage to the plant and no radioactive release and, based on its analysis of the earthquake, was not seeking additional information. The International Atomic Energy Agency statement indicated that it was satisfied there was little danger.

Shahpour Rostami, the deputy governor of Bushehr province, told state TV that rescue teams have been deployed to Shonbeh.

Three helicopters were sent to sur vey the damaged area before sunset, said Mohammad Mozaffar, the head of Iran’s Red Crescent rescue department. He said damage was particularly bad in the village of Baghan.

Kaki resident Mondani Hosseini told The Associated Press that people had run out into the streets out of fear.

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Students call for wage theft awareness They hope the U will heighten the community’s awareness.

BY KIA FARHANG mfarhang@mndaily.com

Students in a Migrant Far mworkers class will educate community members about labor rights Thursday, launching a campaign that may call on the University of Minnesota administration to get involved.

Labor Rights Violations on Minnesota Industrial Farms will focus specifically on wage theft at industrial farms throughout the state.

Wa g e t h e f t i s w h e n workers aren’t paid wages they’re owed, said Lisa Sass Zaragoza, the Chi-

cano and Latino Studies instructor who teaches the class.

“So they work, but maybe they’ve worked overtime and they haven’t gotten over time [pay]. … Or maybe they were fired and they didn’t get their last paycheck,” she said.

Most migrant farm workers come to Minnesota from Texas or Mexico to work in seasonal canning jobs in the southerncentral par t of the state, according to Centro Campesino, a Minnesota group that connects workers to labor resources.

“Even though they play such a huge role in how we produce and distribute food in the United States, they are consistently a group of folks who work in terrible living and working conditions,” Sass Zaragoza

Ex-Ill. lawmaker elected to succeed Jackson Jr.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO — Former Illinois state Rep. Robin Kelly, whose campaign received a $2 million boost from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, easily captured Tuesday’s special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. The win for the Matteson Democrat was widely expected as the Chicago-area district, which Jackson represented from 1995 until late last year, has been a Democratic stronghold for roughly six decades. Kelly emerged from a crowded field in the February primary by focusing heavily on anti-gun efforts and was helped by ads from Bloomberg’s super PAC. Kelly, 56, vowed to become a leader in the federal fight for gun control legislation and echoed the promise after her win.

“I’ll continue to speak about it in the district. I’ll continue to be in touch with those who have lost their children.

I’ll speak out where I can in D.C.,” she told The Associated Press before her victory

Harassment u from Page 1

to nonprofit Stop Street Harassment. As par t of Anti-Street Harassment Week, several University groups held a panel Monday to address the normality and dimensions of street harassment — and how to take action against it.

Isoke grew up in an urban area where she said she was harassed on a daily basis while walking to school. This is especially a problem for women who rely on public transportation, she said.

“For poor women, it’s a regular part of life,” said Isoke, adding that street harassment isn’t just restricted to urban areas.

University police Deputy Chief Chuck Miner said he frequently hears street harassment during weekends in Dinkytown.

Because it’s not a crime, Miner said the police don’t know how often it actually happens on campus.

Some female University students said they feel unsafe walking around campus at night, especially on the weekends.

“When I’m walking at night I don’t want anyone to notice me,” mathematics freshman Clare Lawrence said. “I just want to get to where I’m going.”

Emily Mickelson, a bioproducts and biosystems engineering sophomore, said she usually tries to walk in groups at night to avoid unwanted harassment.

“I’d be more vulnerable, especially as a female, if I’m walking around campus at night,” she said.

More than just an issue for women

speech in Matteson.

She easily won over Republican community activist Paul McKinley, three independent candidates and a Green Party candidate in the district that includes city neighborhoods, suburbs and rural areas.

Her win also marked the end of an era for voters who had supported Jackson at the polls with healthy majorities each election after he took office. The Chicago Democrat stepped down in November after a mysterious medical leave where full details were never disclosed to the public. He cited his health and acknowledged he was under federal investigation in his resignation letter.

Months later — as campaigning to replace him ramped up — he pleaded guilty to charges that he misspent $750,000 in campaign funds on ever ything from toilet paper to furs.

Jackson was the third congressman in the district to leave under an ethical cloud, and many voters said Tuesday that they were just ready for a change.

Street harassment is most commonly thought of as a problem for women, but it doesn’t confine itself to one group, said Paridise Valentino, who works for the Trans Youth Suppor t Network.

Valentino is a transgender woman and said she and others in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community experience street harassment frequently.

When riding the bus, a man once yelled discriminator y comments about Valentino’s gender after she asked him why he was looking at her strangely.

“A lot of times when the LGBT community goes out and express themselves, it kind of brings a panic to society because they think we’re tr ying to rebel,” she said.

More than half of all transgender and gender non-conforming respondents repor ted being “verbally harassed or disrespected” in public in a 2011 National Center for Transgender Equality and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force report.

Because street harassment is common for members in the LGBT community, they’re not able to be themselves in public, Valentino said.

Katie Eichele, director of the Aurora Center for Advocacy and Education, said harassers often oppress people who are LGBT because they see them as a target to dehumanize.

“They have a need for power and control,” Eichele said.

Despite her negative experiences, Valentino is hopeful street harassment will end if people keep fighting it.

“Change is going to come one day,” she said.

said.

Ever yone is “intimately connected” to farm work, said freshman Claire Karsting, an organizer of the event.

“It’s impor tant for ever yone to be aware of the conditions under which their food is produced,” she said.

Two Minnesota farms paid back unpaid wages to workers in the past two years.

I n J a n u a r y, H a d e r Farms of Zumbrota agreed to pay more than $17,000 in a settlement with the Minnesota Depar tment of Labor and Industr y for failure to pay over time wages to farm workers.

The Minnesota Cour t of Appeals or dered Daley Farm of Lewiston to pay more than $86,000 in unpaid over time to workers

last year.

The University could get involved, Karsting said, by conducting a quantitative study and getting data on wage theft occurrence.

“The University has contributed to great agricultural advancements in this state,” Karsting said.

“This issue is something that the University is obligated to address.”

The University of Minnesota Extension conducts workshops to educate employers about labor laws, said Extension Dean Bev Durgan. Those laws can be confusing to farms new to hiring.

“I don’t think that we have a large number of employers that are malicious and doing this out of intent,” Durgan said. “I think that they just don’t

understand the laws.”

Extension staf f members have met with labor organizations in the past, Durgan added.

“I don’t think we have a good handle on how big the problem is, how widespread the problem is,” she said. “I think that one of the issues is how to best come up with that data.”

The University has a responsibility to teach the community about wage theft, said Er nesto Vélez, executive director for Centro Campesino, “or to maybe even just say, ‘This is something that happens … ever y day, to people around the state.’ ” Once students are aware of the issue, Vélez said they can make a call to action or repor t problems when they see them.

WAGE THEFT EVENT Labor Rights Violations on Minnesota Industrial Farms WHEN: 6:30 p.m., Thursday WHERE: 706 N. First St., Suite 110, Minneapolis

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The University could star t by making students, especially those in the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, aware of the issue, said Paige Varin, one of the event’s organizers and a biology and Spanish freshman.

“Right now there’s a bunch of material on how to be sustainable,” Varin said, “but there’s hardly anything when it has to do with the actual workers.”

University, state raise debt awareness Debt u from Page 1

FINANCIAL LITERACY EVENTS OHE Twitter Chat WHEN: 1–2 p.m., Wednesday #FinLitMN #WaysToSave2

College Planner App Release WHEN: Friday www.ohecollegeplanner.com

LLAS “Cash Cab” WHEN: Noon–2 p.m., April 23 WHERE: Washington Avenue at Science Teaching and Student Services building

SOURCE: ONE STOP STUDENT SERVICES, MN OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Minnesota student has nearly $30,000 in student loans.

But even as the numbers continue to rise, students may not realize the implications of taking on debt.

Sociology and Spanish senior William Sturtz said students don’t always consider the debt they’ve borrowed before they graduate.

“I feel like a lot of what is happening with many of our students is that they are trying to bide their time on the promise of future income,” he said, “and that terrifies me.”

Statewide initiatives

As part of Higher Education Week, state agencies planned 10 events focused on financial literacy for college students.

The Office of Higher Education will host a Twitter chat Wednesday, where students will be able to tweet financial questions related to higher education using the hashtags #waystosave2 and #FinLitMn, said Sandy Connolly, communications director for OHE. “We are looking for students who have questions like how to approach student loans, how to manage student loans well, how to pay for college,” she said. “We are hoping that someone will throw a question out and another student can throw an answer back out at them.”

On Friday, the Minnesota OHE also plans to unveil College Planner, a website and mobile application for Minnesota students.

“We are hoping that students will love it and use it as their own personal toolkit,” Connolly said. “So much of what they need to know is included.”

The free app will aim to help students keep track of college events and learn about financial aid options and schools in the state.

This month, the Minne-

sota Department of Commerce has 30 financial tips on its website — one for each day. One of the most important tips for college students, Connolly said, is to consider job prospects before taking out loans.

“We have a rule of thumb we talk about a lot,” she said.

“You should consider your debt to be about the same amount of your first year’s income of the job you are going to work.”

University resources At the University of Minnesota, there are a number of ongoing initiatives and resources in addition to those planned for this month.

The University offers ongoing financial counseling for students through One Stop Student Ser vices and Boynton Health Service, said Julie Selander, director of One Stop Student Services and University Veteran Services.

“We have students where [debt] causes a lot of stress and mental anxiety,” she said. “We want to get them into the hands of a professional or someone who can guide them.”

All students who take out federal or University-administered loans must also complete exit counseling before graduation, which educates

students how to repay loans after school.

In 2008, One Stop Student Services launched the Live Like a Student campaign to promote financial literacy on campus.

“We were starting to see the rise of overall debt for University students and were not really sure if they understood what they were getting into when they were taking out these loans,” Selander said.

To promote financial literacy month, Live Like a Student will partner with Money Revolution — a financial outreach program for college students — to host its own version of “Cash Cab,” the popular Discovery channel game show.

The game, originally planned for this week but rescheduled due to poor weather conditions, will take place April 23 near the Science Teaching and Student Services building.

During the event, students can ride in a pedicab across the Washington Avenue Bridge while answering financial literacy questions. The event will be videotaped, Selander said, and students who par ticipate could be part of future videos for the campaign.

“Any question in the world of financial literacy is fair game,” she said.

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Nat’l Pay Day recognizes disparities Women in Minnesota earn 77 cents for every dollar men make.

BY T YLER GIESEKE tgieseke@mndaily.com

Despite a 2009 amendment to the Civil Rights Act and a national day of recognition, pay inequalities between men and women have remained largely unchanged in recent years.

Women made 77 cents for every dollar men did in

2011, showing no significant change from 2010, according to U.S. Census data.

National Equal Pay Day, which Obama declared Tuesday, recognizes the ongoing inequality. The day of recognition falls in April to show women need to work more than 15 months to earn what men do in a year, according to the president’s proclamation.

In his proclamation, Obama said he will continue to push Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would pre-

vent employers from paying women less than men for equal work and also protect women who speak out about pay inequities.

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which Obama signed soon after taking office, allows an employee to file a complaint about unequal pay within 180 days of receiving the violating paycheck and restarts this clock with each paycheck.

It’s “ver y hear tening” that pay equity is being taken seriously across the nation, said Peg Lonnquist,

director of the University of Minnesota’s Women’s Center.

“The disheartening part is that we’re not there yet,” Lonnquist said.

Minnesota’s ear nings ratio is slightly above that of the nation as a whole — women in Minnesota earn about 80 percent of men’s average salary, according to a report released this year by the American Association of University Women.

Pay equity has been a past issue in the state.

A 1982 bill for pay equity

in state government jobs passed with no testimony in opposition. The act stated pay must be determined based on the value of the work performed.

Nationwide pay disparities are “appalling,” said Charmaine Stewart, chair of the University’s Women’s Faculty Cabinet, which ser ves an advisor y role to the provost on issues concerning women faculty.

A pay equity study the cabinet released in 2010 showed a pay gap of 6 percent between male and

female University faculty members. The University is currently conducting a similar study to determine whether this gap still exists, Stewart said.

Inequities might not be deliberate or intentional, she said, but awareness is the first step in removing them.

National Equal Pay Day helps increase this awareness, Stewart said.

“It causes you to stop,” she said. “Reflection with action [is] what we need, I think.”

Syrian militant group unites with al-Qaida in Iraq

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BEIRUT — Al-Qaida’s branch in Iraq and the most power ful rebel extremist group in Syria have officially joined ranks against President Bashar Assad to forge a potentially formidable militant force in the Middle East.

The merger of the Islamic State in Iraq and Jabhat alNusra forms a new entity that could be an even stronger opponent in the fight to topple Assad and become a dominant player in what eventually replaces his regime.

The new group, called the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, underscores the growing confidence and muscle of Islamist radicals fighting on the rebel side in Syria’s civil war. It also bolsters the Syrian government’s assertions that the regime is battling terrorists and that the uprising is a foreign-backed plot.

While the U.S. and its European and Gulf allies are concerned about the rising prominence of Islamists among the rebels, the merger is unlikely to prompt a shift in the international support. Late last year, Washington declared that Jabhat al-Nusra had ties to al-Qaida and designated it a terrorist organization.

To tr y to counter the rising influence of Jabhat al-Nusra and other Islamic extremists in the civil war, the U.S. and its allies have

boosted their suppor t for rebel factions deemed to be more moderate.

On the political front, they helped created the opposition umbrella group, the Syrian National Coalition, in the hope that it will serve as the united face of those trying to unseat Assad and administer much of the territory in northern Syria that rebels have managed to pry away from regime forces in the past year.

The U.S. and other countries also have stepped up covert support for rebels on the ground by helping to coordinate shipments of new weapons and training rebels in Jordan, officials say. Those receiving training are mainly secular Sunni Muslim tribesmen from central and southern Syria who once served in the army and police.

The force is seen as a counterbalance to the Islamic militant groups — chief among them Jabhat al-Nusra — that have proven to be among the most ef fective of the myriad rebel factions fighting Assad’s forces, officials say.

The merger was announced by the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in a 21-minute audio message posted on militant websites late Monday. A website linked to Jabhat al-Nusra known as al-Muhajir al-Islami — the Islamic emigrant — confirmed the merger.

Together, the groups will now be known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, al-Baghdadi said. The Levant is the traditional name referring to the region from southern Turkey to Egypt on the eastern Mediterranean.

“It is time to announce to the Levantine people and the whole world that Jabhat alNusra is merely an extension and part of the Islamic State of Iraq,” he said.

He said the Iraqi group was providing half of its budget to the conflict in Syria, and that Jabhat al-Nusra would not have a separate leader but instead be led by the “people of Syria themselves” — implying that he would be in charge in both countries.

The announcement comes two days after the leader of al-Qaida, Ayman alZawahiri, urged Islamic fighters in Syria to unite in their efforts to oust Assad.

Jabhat al-Nusra, which has welcomed militants from across the Muslim world into its ranks, has made little secret of its links across the Iraqi border, but until now it has not officially declared itself to be part of al-Qaida.

The Syrian group, which wants to oust Assad and replace his regime with an Islamic state, first emerged in a video posted online in January 2012. Since then, it has demonstrated its prowess — and ruthlessness — on the battlefield.

It has claimed responsibility for many of the deadliest suicide bombings against Syrian government institutions and military facilities. The group’s success helped fuel a surge in its popularity among rebel fighters, although it has also emerged as a source of friction with more moderate and secular brigades in Syria.

The group also has tried to provide basic services in the parts of northern Syria under rebel control, including security and food to civilians struggling to survive.

Bilal Saab, director of the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis, Nor th America, said the merger will make Jabhat alNusra an even more formidable force in Syria.

“I think you’re going to have a pooling of resources, a more massive influx of fighters coming from Iraq into Syria. It will help them better position themselves in the period after Assad. It will certainly better help them defeat the Syrian regime more quickly,” Saab said.

“It does matter for them that they’re getting more materiel and more people and more expertise, especially Iraqi veterans who have really been vetted on the battlefield and who have fought coalition forces since 2003,” he added.

Al-Qaida in Iraq arose after the 2003 U.S. led-invasion of Iraq, and fought a bloody insurgency against American

troops and Iraqi government forces. Generally, the group has not operated beyond Iraq’s borders.

The union with al-Qaida also poses risks for Jabhat al-Nusra.

Coming under the banner of a non-Syrian group could tarnish the group’s image in the eyes of some rebels and Syrian civilians, particularly if the group tries to impose its strict Islamic beliefs.

“It has the potential to backfire, and help marginalize the group from other fighting factions and from the civilian population,” said Elizabeth O’Bagy of the Institute for the Study of War. She said by email that the merger could prompt a growing number of Syrians to view Jabhat al-Nusra’s actions “as an outside imposition that is detrimental to Syria’s future.”

For now, it is unlikely to undermine Jabhat al-Nusra’s standing in the eyes of the broader rebel movement, which desperately needs the group’s unmatched skills on the battlefield to defeat a government war machine that enjoys far superior firepower with its tanks, helicopter gunships, fighter jets and artillery.

Still, for rebels who favor a civil state in post-Assad Syria, the presence of jihadi fighters presents a dilemma: It helps their immediate goal of getting rid of Assad, but it hurts them politically to have a

group designated as a terrorist organization on their side.

“Their thinking is ... ‘let’s deal with the problem right now of deposing the regime, and then take care of these rogue, radical elements later when we have international support,’ ” Saab said. “For now, they need them. When everything is over, there’s going to be a huge fight over basically all of Syria.”

Among those most concerned by the merger is Iraq, whose Shiite-led government has been tr ying for years to snuff out an alQaida-led Sunni insurgency.

In a column published Tuesday in the Washington Post, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki warned that a Syria controlled by al-Qaida and its affiliates “would be more dangerous to both our countries than anything we’ve seen up to now.” He added that such a scenario “grows more likely by the day.”

A top Iraqi intelligence official told The Associated Press in Baghdad that his organization has always known that “al-Qaida in Iraq is directing Jabhat al-Nusra.” He said the groups announced their union because of “political, logistical and geographical circumstance.” The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media, said Iraqi authorities will take “strict security measures to strike them.”

Teenage HPV vaccine rates still Senate funds University tuition freeze despite concerns from policymakers low, despite push HPV u from Page 1

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS

BY THE NUMBERS

35% OF GIRLS AGES 13 TO 17 RECEIVED ALL THREE HPV VACCINE DOSES IN 2011

8% OF BOYS AGES 13 TO 17 RE-

CEIVED AT LEAST ONE HPV VACCINE DOSE IN 2011

4% INCREASE IN PARENTS

REFUSING HPV VACCINES FOR THEIR CHILDREN FROM 200810 (40% TO 44%)

Almost 5% OF SURVEYED UNIVERSITY

OF MINNESOTA STUDENTS REPORTED BEING DIAGNOSED WITH HPV WITHIN THEIR LIFETIME IN 2010 (HIGHEST OF ANY STI) SOURCES: BOYNTON HEALTH SERVICE COLLEGE STUDENT HEALTH SURVEY, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, AND PEDIATRICS

Most sexually active adults will come in contact with at least one strain of HPV in their lifetime, and the vaccine protects against cancer-causing strains, said Lisa Randall, a Minnesota Depar tment of Health adolescent and adult immunization outreach coordinator.

The assumption that the vaccine will increase sexual activity is one reason some parents don’t allow their children to get it, Shleiss said.

But a study published in Pediatrics in October 2012 showed no significant dif ference in sexual activity between vaccinated and unvaccinated girls.

Shleiss said par ents

should consider that young childr en ar e also typically vaccinated against Hepatitis B, which he said was the most common STI before a vaccine was available.

“It’s about cancer,” Randall said. “It’s not about sex.”

Some parents believe there’s a connection between vaccines and autism, she said, but those concer ns lack scientific basis.

“I think that it all starts with education,” Schleiss said. “I think one of the most important things that can be done is to educate people about the real riskbenefit ratios of vaccines.”

Randall said fainting is one of the only common side effects of the vaccine, and that’s common for most vaccines.

Physicians are ordering fewer HPV vaccines, she said, so the MDH sent out reminders and educational materials.

The depar tment is also collecting adolescent HPV vaccine data from dif ferent clinics and sending each clinic a repor t of its own vaccine rates, Randall said.

“We’re serious about HPV,” Randall said. “It is ever y bit as impor tant as the childhood vaccines and other adolescent vaccines.”

In 2011, the CDC started recommending the vaccine for males, so data for them won’t be available until later this year, Randall said.

HPV vaccines are recommended for women up to age 26 and men up to age 21 for the vaccines to be the most cost effective, Randall said.

“If you’re a college student and had some doses,

it’s not too late,” Randall said.

Carleton College freshman Mollie Wetherall was skeptical of the vaccine as a teenager because of the pain the shot can cause and because it was recently developed.

“I haven’t considered it recently since I’m too old to be at my prime for the shot,” Wetherall said.

She said she’s still considering the vaccine and will talk with her doctor about it more in the future.

“My skepticism has dissipated over the years,” Wetherall said. “It’s also just a matter of getting motivated to go and do it.”

The ef fectiveness of the vaccine drops from 97 percent to 44 percent if the patient is already sexually active, said Boynton Women’s Clinic associate director Dr. Lisa Mattson .

“But that’s still better than nothing,” Mattson said.

Boynton has added a question to its 2013 student sur vey asking if students have received the HPV vaccine, Boynton spokesperson Dave Golden said. “ We ’ r e h o p i n g t h a t most of our students have been vaccinated prior to coming to campus,” Golden said. “But it’s still a relatively new vaccine.”

Boynton’s Student Health Benefit Plan covers the cost of the vaccines for male and female students, Golden said.

Schleiss said the public has historically been resistant to new vaccines, so he’s optimistic the HPV vaccine will eventually become more popular.

“It’s a good, safe, effective vaccine,” Randall said.

“People don’t need to be worried about it.”

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undergraduate students because it would hold tuition down for the next two years.

“We’re really thrilled that the Senate has agreed with the governor on that proposal,” he said.

While the House, Senate and governor each allocated $42.6 million to freeze tuition, the House gave $18 million less for research. It also proposed giving about $11 million to the state grant program, about $70 million less than the governor and Senate.

Although passed, several legislators proposed amendments and voiced concer ns about the University’s request for increased state funds.

Bonof f said she “didn’t appreciate” the University’s approach.

“We did actually meet the University’s request for funding, but I felt as though it was a … threat and wasn’t the way I like to work,” she said.

At the hearing, Sen. Kathy Sheran, DFLMankato, presented an amendment, which was defeated, to the bill that would have increased the Minnesota State Grant Program’s allocation by nearly $24 million — money that some legislators suggested would have come from the University’s portion.

She said she would rather have the state dollars go directly into the hands of students for financial aid instead of into the institutions to decide where to spend.

Some voiced concerns the state money set aside

for tuition relief wouldn’t be used to offset the costs for students.

Sen. Julianne E. Or tman, R-Chanhassen, said she was concer ned with where state appropriations would be going in light of the news concerning the University potentially buying Fair view Health Services.

“I don’t want this $80 million to be put into a pot” for expenses that don’t benefit the University’s students, she said.

Bonof f said she plans to schedule a committee hearing in the upcoming weeks to evaluate the University’s role in the Fairview talks.

Sen. Eric Pratt, DFLPrior Lake, of fer ed an amendment, which was later withdrawn, that would have required the at least 50 percent of the University’s portion of the state funds go toward academics.

“I don’t think it’s our r ole, the Legislatur e’s role specifically, to numerate ways the University spends money down to the percentage,” Sen. Branden Peterson, R-Andover, said.

“But I do in some respect blame the University for their approach in par ticular this biennium” as to why legislators are proposing these regulations.

Julie Tonneson, associate vice president for budget and finance at the University said the institution would need time to evaluate Pratt’s proposal to “gauge what it really means.”

Pratt said the amendment will get another look when the bill moves to the House Finance Committee next week.

The $80 million allocated in the bill for the University would freeze

undergraduate resident tuition for the next two years and aid in funding research initiatives.

The legislation would save families thousands of dollars and help relieve the financial burdens students face, Bonoff said.

Not just yet Like in past years, the University must meet three of five per formance goals in order to get all of its funding. But this year, 5 percent of money for operations and maintenance could be withheld — not 1 percent.

One of the goals aims to decrease the University’s budget on administrative oversight — an action following criticism of alleged administrative bloat.

Bonof f said at T uesday’s hearing that reports analyzing administrative costs, similar to the March analysis, must continue throughout the year.

Other goals per tain to increasing graduation rates and the number of science, technology, engineering and mathematics degrees awarded at the University.

Other stipulations attached to the University’s funding require it to improve health care in rural communities, show progress in specific agricultural initiatives and improve its mental health centers by increasing the number of professionals.

The House Higher Education and Finance Committee, chaired by Rep. Gene Pelowski Jr., DFLWinona, is scheduled to vote on its omnibus higher education bill Monday April 15.

Pfutzenreuter said the University will keep “making their case” until the session adjourns in May.

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STUDENT LIFE

Pitino power

An admissions lie

Despite what teachers or advisers may tell you, it is important to know your major before starting college.

When we are kids we all dream of what we will be in the future. At one point I wanted nothing more than to be a veterinarian. Seeing that I am currently an English major, my plans have obviously changed.

According to a study done

by Dr. Fitz, the founder of mymajors.com, 80 percent of college-bound students have yet to choose a major.

I remember the day I sat in my high school classroom listening to college recruiters attempting to sell their campus community to a room full of wide-eyed 17-year-olds. At one point, the notion “don’t worry about knowing your major” was certainly embedded into students’ minds.

This, however, was wrong.

From my personal experience, I think it is vital to have a direction when you start college. If you don’t, you will wind up taking various classes that more than likely will have noth-

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ing to do with your final major and could potentially ruin your GPA. I understand the supporting arguments of why it’s important to take liberal education classes: one reason being the opportunity for a well-rounded education. But, in my eyes, all that my liberal arts experience has given me is a few grades and experiences I would soon like to forget.

College recruiters feel the need to tell prospective students that they don’t need a direction when they come to school. I’m sure they do this to help with the stress that high school students feel when approaching school.

But what does this cost us?

Not only are students set up for initial years of confusion and tireless attempts to find themselves, they are also draining

their bank accounts to do it.

Over the past 30 years, college tuition in the U.S. has tripled.

It’s important for students who are still in high school to not be fed the idea that they can bum around college for a few years to find who they truly are. They need to start doing that soul searching when they are still in the comfort of a high school education. Having decided your major will inevitably help you decide on what university to attend or what specific goals you may have in a department.

Students need not dwell on making the most money or carrying on their family’s law firm after Dad or Mom kicks the bucket; the decision needs to be made by the student. It doesn’t matter if your final career goal doesn’t happen right away, but being truly inspired by a subject is the key. If you love what you are studying, you will do better.

Obviously most students who will read this are already in the midst of their college career. However, it is necessary to make this problem known, especially because many of us are the ones who wound up with the short end of the stick.

In this day and age, student

DEATHS IN IRAQ: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 4,802 — IRAQI CIVILIANS: 111,885- PLUS DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 3,264 — AFGHAN CIVILIANS: UNKNOWN

loan debt surpasses credit card debt. It is becoming increasingly important to graduate on time. Not only do universities model their programs for a fouryear graduation plan, but scholarships, financial aid and other opportunities may only benefit students for this limited time.

One way to ultimately improve your college experience is to come into it knowing what you want to do, or at least having a good idea.

There are times when I regret jumping directly into a college environment right out of high school. Sometimes I feel that if I had been living at home with my parents and working full time the fire would have been fueled, and I would be a more successful student overall.

Rather than thinking about college as a time to “find yourself,” students should be aware that their university experience will ultimately be improved by choosing a major, or even a career trajectory. High school students should be told they need a direction; a college education is too expensive not to.

Meg O’Connor welcomes comments at mo’connor@mndaily.com.

RELIGION

The freedom of the melting pot Many Americans prefer an official state religion and English speaking requirements.

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

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A pause is not a barrier to act

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

The April 8 guest column

by Rolf Westgard, “Global warming pause,” stated that global average temperatures have not risen appreciably since the late 1990s. Although Westgard is quite right that global warming appears to have slowed for the moment, ongoing research into its causes ought to be acknowledged. A growing number of scientists, including me, are driven to better understand the mechanisms that produce fluctuations in the pace of global warming.

Observational data from multiple climatic datasets show that the pause is primarily a winter time phenomenon. While wintertime temperatures have remained constant over the oceans and even cooled over some land areas during the last decade, summertime temperatures have continued to rise, particularly over land. This fact has serious consequences for agriculture, ecosystems and human health.

In light of this more nuanced view of the hiatus, Westgard’s suggestion that society curtail investments in renewable energy appears misguided at best and extremely dangerous at worst for two key reasons.

That the rise in global temperatures has slowed over the past decade does not imply that global warming has stopped. The climate system is subject to both human and natural forces. While the human drivers of climate change continue to increase due to unabated greenhouse gas emissions, natural drivers of climate change fluctuate spontaneously in strength, at times accelerating global

warming and at others counteracting it. It is plausible that the present pause in warming reflects a temporary cancellation of the human-induced warming by natural processes, such as variations in heat uptake by the deep ocean. Reducing investments in energy systems that emit less carbon would hamper our ability to control greenhouse gas emissions if the effect of natural variability reverses.

Moreover, the benefits of renewable energy extend beyond the outcomes that would accompany stabilized atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, renewable energy sources emit less air and water pollutants than fossil fuels, impacting local environmental quality and public health for the better. In a warmer world, reductions in pollution associated with renewables would partially remedy human health losses related to more frequent heat-related illness.

As Twins fans continue to buy tickets at Target Field in spite of this week’s cool temperatures, so too should we continue to invest in carbonfree energy amid the current hiatus in global warming.

Our understanding of the seasons assures us that summer is on its way, although we do not know precisely when it will arrive. Similarly, our knowledge of the climate system is sufficient to give us confidence that the pace of global warming will eventually increase, although we do not know exactly when or by how much. A lack of certainty is not a barrier to action. It drives scientists to discover and compels citizens to consider climate change as a risk

worth addressing.

Brian Smoliak post-doctoral associate Department of Soil, Water, and Climate

A new road The poetry unit was one of my favorite units in middle and high school English classes; the rhyming and articulation of feelings was challenging but rewarding for me. Each year, without fail, my English teacher would have us read Robert Frost’s famous poem, “The Road Not Taken,” and I loved it more with each passing year.

His proposition made sense; taking the road less traveled would lead to a more fruitful life. I found inspiration from his majestic lyrics. And for all those years, I bought into Frost’s sentiment.

Now a junior in college, Frost’s famous poem reappeared in one of my courses.

As I read it with more experienced eyes, his sentiment didn’t resonate with me as it had before. My question for Frost: Why take the road less traveled when there is an abundance of space available for the forging of new paths?

Why do something that has been done before, even if only by a select few? My new encouragement for you is to forge a new path: Start your own business; be the first person in your family to go to graduate school; run a marathon; organize a new student group; do something totally new. Go beyond where others have gone. Exceed your own expectations. Take the world by storm.

Mariah Mousel University student

wo Republican l eg i s l ators in Nor th Carolina drafted a bill to declare a state religion, where- RONALD DIXON by rendering columnist the Constitution in the southern state as null-andvoid. The house speaker blocked the legislation from reaching the House floor, but I was still shocked to read about conservative lawmakers in the South attempting to circumvent the Constitution.

What I found surprising, however, was a recent poll conducted by the Huffington Post and YouGov, which showed that 34 percent of Americans would prefer Christianity as their state’s official religion, and 32 percent of Americans would prefer Christianity as the national religion.

The notion that a religion should be officially instituted into a government is, without a doubt, unconstitutional. Although several conservatives tout the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, which grants the ability to practice a religion, they conveniently ignore the Establishment Clause of the amendment. The latter prevents the government from promoting or establishing a religion, and it applies to both the national and state levels.

The amount of ignorance is shocking, but we could compare this logic to the ones who support English as an official language. Although they are not identical issues (the Constitution says nothing about language), both show the egotism that is palpable among many who fall within majority groups throughout the nation.

The people who want English and Christianity as standards for government take this view out of the false premise that their religion is superior because they are members of the majority in a nation with like-minded individuals. They ignore the fact that many Americans are not Christians and do not speak English, and the Constitution should not promote barriers to those who do not share the same views or primary language as the majority. They have a disdain for the the nation being a melting pot of different cultures, heritages and perspectives.

Hindering the rights of others only serves to obstruct basic Constitutional protections. A promotion of a better understanding of the Constitution is a just alternative to the circumvention of freedoms.

Ronald Dixon welcomes comments at rdixon@mndaily.com.

Rich Pitino is an exciting choice to head the Gophers men’s basketball team.

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n Monday night, legendar y Louisville coach Rick Pitino and his team were crowned national champions after defeating Big Ten powerhouse Michigan. Here’s hoping that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

Also on Monday, the Minnesota Daily reported that Richard Pitino, Rick’s son, had accepted the position as the University of Minnesota’s men’s basketball coach. Pitino’s contract is wor th about $1.2 million per year, which includes annual raises and various incentives, the Daily reported.

It’s not exactly a secret that athletics director Nor wood Teague didn’t get his first choice when it came to filling veteran coach Tubby Smith’s vacancy. ESPN reported March 31 that former NBA coach Flip Saunders turned down an offer to be the next head coach at Minnesota.

However, the selection of Pitino is an exciting one, especially given Teague’s earlier success with discovering Shaka Smart at Virginia Commonwealth. There’s no question about the high level of risk involved when selecting someone as young as Pitino, but with his experience as an assistant under a couple of extraordinar y coaches, as well as his successful season as Florida International’s head coach (giving the school its first winning record in 13 years), we believe he is a smart choice.

Amidst the excitement and hype surrounding a new head coach, it should also be noted that the construction of a full-time practice facility for the team is a necessity if Minnesota truly wishes to compete at a high level in the Big Ten. We hope that Pitino feels welcomed as he becomes more acquainted with Minnesota and knows that he’s got the full support of the students behind him.

We would also like to thank Smith for the time and devotion he gave to the University and wish him much success at Texas Tech University.

The evolving Dinkytown culture Artistic inspiration should draw from today’s students, not the Dinkytown of the past.

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he subject of Dinkytown’s culture and “character” has been a focal point for discussion amid the unveiling of plans for new luxury apartment developments and other proposed changes to the area, which at first don’t appear to be student-driven.

A Minnesota Daily article published April 3 reported about the teaming up of local artists with Minneapolis city planners for a Dinkytown “small area plan.” The project, which hopes to garner student attention and involvement, “aims to preser ve the town’s character and guide future developers of the area.”

While this project’s goal of engaging students in a local community is commendable, it has come time to point out that the “culture” of Dinkytown — though such a distinct term isn’t really appropriate for the area — is not the same as the atmosphere that existed in the 1960s and 1970s. The Bob Dylan era, as historic and meaningful to the student ambiance as it may have been, is not really evident in the Dinkytown “character” of 2013.

While it is important to revere such a historic time period, especially one with intense student involvement in political activism, we must seek to create a new character, one that accurately and positively reflects University students and the Dinkytown of this decade.

Involving students in the College of Design is a good way to allow more student-inspired art and urban design in the Dinkytown area.

We hope the student voice will be represented throughout the course of the project, and that future students and artists will continue to leave their mark, using inspirations uniquely relevant to them and the ever-changing, multi-faceted spirit of Dinkytown.

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Cousins fight for time at linebacker, running back David Cobb and Damien Wilson came to Minnesota from the South.

BY NATE GOTLIEB ngotlieb@mndaily.com

Off the field, David Cobb and Damien Wilson are cousins and roommates. But on the field they put their personal relationship aside.

“We come out on the field, we don’t know each other,” Cobb said. “But after that, it’s all good.”

Wilson will compete for a starting linebacker position while Cobb looks to earn time at running back. The cousins are “one in a kind,” senior linebacker Aaron Hill said.

“They’re probably one of the funniest people on the team,” Hill said March 28.

“They come from the South, got the Southern accent, so they like to have fun.”

Cobb said he and Wilson grew up together in Mississippi and were very close.

Both had successful high

school football careers. Cobb rushed for nearly 3,000 yards and 35 touchdowns as a three-year starter at Ellison High School in Texas. Wilson led his team in tackles during his senior season at Amite County High School in Mississippi.

The pair originally went to different colleges. Cobb signed with Minnesota, and Wilson signed with Alcorn State, a Football Championship Subdivision school in Mississippi. Wilson transferred to Jones County Junior College before the 2012 season.

Wilson became a junior college star. He recorded 122 tackles in 2012, the fifth-most in the nation by any junior college player, and committed to Minnesota in December.

Cobb said Wilson has handled the transition well.

The Gophers could use an immediate contribution from Wilson. Since top middle linebacker Mike Rallis graduated, Wilson will compete with freshman Jack Lynn for the starting spot.

“That’ll be a good, healthy battle,” defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys said March 30.

While Wilson competes for a starting spot on defense, his cousin will fight for playing time at running back. Cobb has played in eight games during his two seasons at Minnesota. But the Gophers return Donnell Kirkwood and Rodrick Williams Jr., their top two running backs last season.

“You come to college, and you want to play,” Cobb said.

“But at the same time, it kind of humbles you. It lets you know that this is not high school. You have to compete, and you have to come with it every day.”

Of fensive coordinator Matt Limegrover of fered no guarantees about Cobb’s playing time, but he said Cobb may have the best vision of the Gophers’ running backs. Cobb said he hopes to earn a starting role this season, either at running back or on special teams.

“Coach emphasized being a star ter,” Cobb said,

“so I’m out here tr ying to go hard every day.”

Kill cancels Masters trip

Head coach Jerr y Kill has canceled his trip to the Masters golf tournament, the Star Tribune reported Tuesday night.

Kill was scheduled to attend the tournament as a guest of athletics booster T. Denny Sanford, the Star Tribune reported Monday.

Sanford is the namesake of Sanford Health, which is in talks to merge with Fairview Health Ser vices, the system that controls the University of Minnesota Medical Center.

The University placed a moratorium on all donations or charitable gifts that could present a conflict of interest as the potential merger is discussed.

Sanford donated more than $6 million to the University for construction of TCF Bank Stadium.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Kellogg granted release from team

BY SAM GORDON sgordon@mndaily.com

Gophers junior forward Kionna Kellogg has been granted a release from the team, the University of Minnesota announced Tuesday.

The team did not specify why Kellogg left.

Kellogg star ted all 32 games for Minnesota this season and averaged 6.5 points and 5.4 rebounds.

“We appreciate the contributions Kionna has made to our program the last three years,” head coach Pam Bor-

ton said in a release. “We wish her the best of luck.”

The Gophers went 18-14 in 2012-13 and lost in the first round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament.

Minnesota is expected to add depth to its frontcourt next season when Amanda Zahui B., a 6-foot-5-inch Swedish recruit, plays her first games. Zahui B. was expected to redshirt this season and did not play in any games.

The Gophers are also set to return four of their starters, including leading scorer Rachel Banham.

GOPHERS IN THE POLLS LAST WEEK’S RANKING

THIS WEEK’S RANKING

19 22

CHANGE

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MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

MEN’S TENNIS

37 40

-3

SOURCES: USTFCCCA.ORG, ITATENNIS.COM

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

UConn women rout Louisville for 8th title

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW ORLEANS — Geno Auriemma and Connecticut are back on top. With freshman Breanna Stewart leading the way, it might be a while before they relinquish that spot.

Stewart scored 18 of her 23 points in a dazzling first half and Connecticut won its eighth national championship with a 93-60 rout of Louisville on Tuesday night. It was the most lopsided victory in a title game.

The title tied Auriemma and the Huskies (35-4) with Pat Summitt and Tennessee for the most in women’s basketball history.

“The fact that I tied Pat Summitt’s record puts you in the categor y of the

greatest women’s basketball coach that ever lived,” Auriemma said. “I’m just thrilled for our seniors.

This team accomplished an amazing feat this last month.”

It might not take long for Auriemma to pass Summitt the way Stewar t and the rest of his Huskies played.

His prized freshman was unstoppable, hitting shots from ever ywhere on the cour t to earn Most Outstanding Player honors for the Final Four. Even her father in the stands watching repeatedly said “wow” as his daughter took the game over.

“This is unbelievable,” she said. “This is what we’ve thought about since the beginning of the sea-

son. And now to be here and actually win it, it’s a great feeling and I don’t think it’s going to set in for a while. I just played really confident and stopped thinking. When I secondguess myself, nothing good comes out of that.”

The loss ended an unprecedented tournament run by Louisville. The Cardinals became the first No. 5 seed to make the championship game, pulling off the greatest upset in tournament histor y when they beat Brittney Griner and Baylor in the regional semifinals. Jeff Walz’s team then beat Tennessee in the regional final before topping Cal in the Final Four.

The Cardinals just didn’t have enough to beat their

Big East foe. Louisville was tr ying to become just the second school to win both the men’s and women’s championship in the same season and the first since UConn in 2004.

Louisville men’s coach Rick Pitino, fresh of f his team’s 82-76 win in the title game over Michigan on Monday night, was sitting behind the Cardinals bench, trying to spur on the women’s team. He talked to the players at their pregame meal and told them to just enjoy the moment and have fun in the game.

It wasn’t to be, and Pitino was thoroughly impressed

by Stewart, too.

“This is one of the best freshmen in basketball,” he said in a halftime interview.

This trip to the Big Easy marked the beginning of the Stewar t era.

The heralded freshman had one of the most remarkable runs of any first year player in the histor y of the NCAA tournament.

She finished with 105 points in the tournament in only five games — she missed the first round rout of Idaho to rest a sore calf.

It’s the most by any firstyear player since 2000, according to STATS. UConn’s Maya Moore held the previous mark with 93 points.

The 6-foot-4 star passed Moore with a neat tip-in with 7:04 left in the first half. She scored seven points during a 19-0 r un that tur ned a four-point

deficit into a double-digit lead and put the Cardinals in a hole they couldn’t climb out of.

“We r ushed a lot, we star ted to panic a bit,” Louisville coach Jef f Walz said. “They started executing.”

Stewar t later swooped in for an incredible offense rebound that she put back to make it 39-23. The Huskies led 48-29 at the half as Stewar t had 18 points.

The 19-point advantage fell four points shor t of the championship record set by Tennessee against Louisiana Tech in 1998.

UConn dashed any hopes of a Louisville comeback going on a 12-2 r un after the Cardinals had cut its deficit to 60-44.

WEATHER

Baseball, softball teams find success amid rain and snow

BY SAM GORDON AND DREW CLAUSSEN sgordon@mndaily.com dclaussen@mndaily.com

Brutal weather in the upper Midwest has thrown a

wrench in many people’s daily routines this spring.

The Gophers’ baseball and softball teams have found success amid the bad conditions, which have caused several games to be postponed

or canceled.

Both teams won two of three games at home last weekend, when snow and rain hit the University of Minnesota campus.

The baseball team opened its new on-campus ballpark, Siebert Field, to snow flurries Friday and rain Saturday.

The weather interrupted two of the Gophers’ three games against Ohio State and forced a doubleheader Sunday.

Minnesota was also scheduled to host Winona State on Tuesday at Siebert Field, but freezing rain in the morning prompted a cancellation before noon.

We d n e s d a y ’ s g a m e against St. John’s was also postponed because the Johnnies are using the day to make up a conference game.

Prior to last weekend, the baseball team played its home games at the climatefree Metrodome. The dome, which has served Gophers baseball since 1985, will be demolished after the Minnesota Vikings complete their 2013 season.

The $7.5 million Siebert Field is a blessing for the Gophers, who haven’t had a reliable home on campus in recent years. But like any outdoor stadium, it’s subject to the conditions.

“Be careful what you wish for,” head coach John Anderson said after Sunday’s game.

“You go back outside and

AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota junior Tom Windle pitches through sleet and snow during the opening game at Siebert Field on Friday.

you’ve got to deal with the weather. That’s always the thing you can’t control.”

Minnesota will travel to Evanston, Ill., this weekend for a three-game set against Northwestern, and the climate could cause problems there, too.

Forecasts call for temperatures around 50 degrees and chances of rain Friday and Sunday.

The Gophers softball team was scheduled to play a televised doubleheader Wednesday against Nebraska in Lincoln. But it was postponed Monday because of looming

bad weather conditions and instead will be played next Tuesday — untelevised.

The Gophers had their home opener against Wisconsin last Friday postponed to Saturday because of snow and rain.

Minnesota won the opener, which featured a 147-minute rain delay.

“We do really well when we have rain delays,” pitcher Sara Moulton said Sunday after the team split a doubleheader with Wisconsin. “We stay mentally in it.”

Both teams played in better weather Sunday before

the conditions worsened again to start the week.

Softball head coach Jessica Allister said the Gophers have become accustomed to playing in and waiting out the elements.

“Our girls love the rain delays,” Allister said.

“They’ve really embraced it as a team, which has played a huge role.”

Allister said it seemed like ever y home game the team had last season was rain delayed.

“You can’t control it,” Allister said. “It’s part of playing an outdoor sport.”

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

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BACKTALK sudoku

horoscopes

Complete the grid so each row, clumn and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9.

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

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

4/10/13

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

All rights reserved.

Today’s Birthday (4/10): It’s a year of personal transformation. Communications fly, motivating action and growth. Group efforts are super-charged. Career shifts could occur around early March and late September.

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

Written By Linda C. Black

Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is an 8 — New opportunities open up for your relationships.

Let go of old views, and create from zero. Get excited about a new possibility.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 9 — You’ve let go of an old habit. No more procrastination.

Enter a new, more receptive period; go on intellectual alert. Team efforts work best now.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 9 — The home decisions you make now may very well last for generations. You’ll fare better if you consciously intend to enjoy the process.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is an 8 — Passions stir a shift in priorities. Declare your intentions, promising what, by when. It’s a powerful moment. A new phase begins.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 9 — The workload is intense. Shift into higher gear and rake in the bucks. Keep organized. You’re in your element. Push for what you want.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is an 8 — Make travel plans for a spiritual adventure.

Your actions improve a situation considerably. Have confidence in yourself.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 9 — Go with your instincts. You’re energized by love, quite irresistible. There’s a completion and new beginning at work.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 9 — Try not to get impatient, impetuous or angry.

Remember what you’re doing it for. You’re feeling more secure. A temptation’s strong now.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 9 — A rush job demands attention. There’s more work than you can possibly do. Eliminate surplus by delegating.

Enjoy the satisfaction of a job well done.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is an 8 — Simplify matters. Clean your closets. Mull them over. Start or end a trip. Increase your security. A new stage begins at home.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is an 8 — Things are getting stirred up at home. You don’t want to go anywhere. Exceptional patience is required. Meditate before taking action.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is an 8 — Focus your intention, and dig deeper. Passion surrounds you. Start a new art project. Keep track of the money.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

overheard Professor: “What’s the biggest poison that affects all of humanity?”

Student: “Time?”

Professor: “No, testosterone!”

—Unknown

“Wisconsin is in Illinois, right?”

—On the 16 bus

Guy: “Oh my good golly gosh, how scrum-diddly-umptious!”

—Middlebrook dining hall

“Damn, this is cold rain! Either Mother Nature is just a [expletive], or the dementors are breeding.”

—Outside of Grand Marc

Professor: “[Expletive], I can’t even take this test!”

—Unknown

Girl: “I don’t know what it is about older men that I find incredibly sexy.”

Guy: “Wrinkles, saggy skin, erectile dysfunction and a checkbook. Did I miss any?”

—Unknown

Substitute professor: “As you can see, Sarah’s sex-change operation went really well.”

—Unknown

Professor: “American Eagle employees usher out all the fat people. You know it’s true.”

—Unknown

Blonde girl: “Blondes are so stigmatated in today’s society.”

—Middlebrook Hall

What did you overhear?

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

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crossword

FOR RELEASE APRIL 12, 2013

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

ACROSS 1 Least ancient 7 Some TVs 11 This second, briefly 14 Forward, to Fiorello 15 City SW of Buffalo 16 Christian sch. since 1963 17 Extra effort 19 Shoofly __ 20 Skittish NBC show?

21 “That’s rich!” evoker 23 Jellied item in British cuisine 25 “Days of Grace” memoirist 26 Relaxed 27 GRE components 30 Doubter’s question 32 Note promising notes 33 Letter-routing letters 36 Big-eared flier of film 40 Take on responsibility 43 Finish 44 It may be spare 45 “Progress through Technology” automaker 46 “Awesome!”

48 Original Speed Stick maker 50 Awesome, in a way 53 Used to be 56 Giant of note 57 It usually involves rapping 60 Rock’s __ Fighters 63 Maker of SteeL kitchen products 64 Filing option, or what can be found in four long answers?

66 Beret, e.g.

67 __ Accords: 1993 agreement 68 Having trouble 69 Charles V’s domain: Abbr.

70 Light submachine gun 71 Forgetful, maybe

4/12/13

By Julian Lim

DOWN 1 Murphy’s and Godwin’s, for two 2 Shakespeare’s flower?

3 Carving area 4 It’s bigger than the neg.

5 Unwavering 6 Buster Brown’s dog 7 Causes a stink 8 Collide with 9 Where the slain roll?

10 “I __ beautiful city ...”: Dickens 11 Dad 12 Preserves, in a way 13 Editor’s request 18 Genetic letters 22 Prone to snits 24 Grab a sandwich, perhaps 27 65-Down shade 28 Women 29 __ Miguel: Azores island 31 Suffix with ox34 Like many a brisk 45-minute walk 35 General on a menu

Tuesday’s Puzzle Thursday’s PuzzleSolved Solved

(c)2013 Tribune Media Services, Inc.

37 View from Tokyo 38 Wished 39 Valhalla chief 41 Reuters competitor 42 “I wonder ...”

47 Breakfast cereal magnate 49 With 50-Down, when modern mammals emerged

4/12/13

50 See 49-Down 51 “Brave” studio 52 “Fingers crossed” 54 Bad sentence 55 Round no.

58 Parts of la cara 59 1978 Booker Prize recipient Murdoch 61 Kind of exam 62 “I got it” 65 Darken in a salon

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

dr. date Dr. Date,

I accidentally sent a rather racy text that was meant for my boyfriend to one of my close guy friends (they have the same name). That in itself wouldn’t be a big deal, seeing as I played it cool, but this friend has a crush on me, and now I’m worried he thinks I’m trying to put the moves on him. How can I explain the text was not intended for him without looking like a jerk?

—No Shame Sexter

Unintentional Sexter,

You are the sexting queen, young and sweet, only — whatever age you are. Here’s what I’m questioning, honey: When you “played it cool,” didn’t you jokingly alert your friend that it was unintended for his eyes? If not, how did you exactly “play it cool” so that he still thinks the sext was meant for him? IDGI. The Doc doesn’t have much patience for tending to ailments that don’t sound like anything requiring a dose of medicine. Quit being a hypochondriac! If your guy friend starts acting flirtatious with you, ostensibly due to the sext, then casually bring up how hysterical it was that you accidentally sent the teasing text to him and not your boo. Joke around.

Laugh and smile. Change the subject shortly after.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

I’m sure this is a malady the Doc hears about daily, but how can I get my guy to give me more attention in the sack? He finishes without fail every time we get down, but I take longer to get to my finish line, and in the heat of the moment, it’s hard to tell him exactly what he should do. How can I get what I want out of things without making him feel incompetent?

—Me2

Gimme More,

Girl, I must ask — are you faking the big O every time? Your answer depends on my diagnosis, so I will split my prescription into two parts.

If you do play the lead vocalist of oohs and ahs, then your man probably assumes you’ve reached the finish line at the same time he has. You should alert him of where you’re at in the race, if you’re almost there, still coming or far behind so he can plan accordingly.

Now, if you aren’t faking the vocals and it’s apparent you’re still in reach of the climax, then your man sounds like a selfish little doggy. He’s not interested in makin’ you scream. Real dudes ask their ladies what it takes to get them to that important vowel, so let him know how to get you to that 15th letter of the alphabet. If he’s not interested, then find a man who is.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

My guy farts around me all the time but seriously insists that if I do, it would really, really weird him out. He even farted during sex recently! The one time I did that, he was so grossed out he couldn’t even finish what he started. What’s with the double standard? I get that he can’t change how he feels about things, but it’s not fair he just gets to be gross around me and then hold me to some higher standard!

—Girls DO Poop

Poopin’ Patty,

Farts are gross, and pooping is a repulsive topic, but that doesn’t mean any human is exempt from doing either. Everyone knows this; however, many of us choose to ignore this when in a relationship. It can take the romance out of the affair.

Your boo is probably worried about spoiling the intimacy and sexiness between the two of you too soon. Because let’s be honest, a bowel movement is not sexy. You should ask yourself this: If he wasn’t asking you not to fart or poop around him, would you feel comfortable openly doing those things in front of him?

If you would, then confront him about his double standards and decide on an equal solution: You both get to openly poo or neither of you do.

—Dr. Date

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

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U prof travels to Arctic for climate change The North of Sixty expedition will document stories of people affected by climate change.

BY HAILEY COLWELL hcolwell@mndaily.com

University of Minnesota associate professor Aaron Doering has spent the past decade exploring the Arctic and four other continents — all in the name of sustainability and storytelling.

With a team of four, Doering left again Wednesday for the Arctic, where he will visit remote communities for the North of Sixty expedition, an initiative to collect stories of how climate change has affected the lives of people living there.

“Climate is changing within these environments,” Doering said. “As a result of it, people are needing to adapt to this changing world.”

The team members will travel for about two weeks, star ting at a community school in Qikiqtarjuaq, an island community in eastern Canada. They’ll then ski more than 100 miles to Pang-

nirtung, an Inuit town where they’ll inter view students and elders about how their traditions have changed with the climate.

Team members will transport food and gear in pulks, high-tech sleds that can support several hundred pounds. They’ll work in tents at night to upload photos and videos of the interviews onto the expedition’s website so University students and others can follow the expedition, said doctoral candidate and team member Jeni Henrickson.

The team connects to the Internet via satellite and charges laptops with a solar blanket laid atop their sleds as they ski, Hendrickson said.

“We’re trying to do things that are environmentally responsible when it comes to taking that type of technology into a wilderness area,” she said.

Hendrickson said the Arctic is often misinterpreted as a place where no one lives.

“There are actually very vibrant communities that have been there for thousands of years,” she said, and the team is working to help people understand this.

“It’s important that the

American Eagle pilot charged in alcohol incident

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MINNEAPOLIS — An American Eagle pilot was char ged T uesday with three gross misdemeanors after authorities said he failed a blood-alcohol test as he was preparing to fly a plane from Minneapolis to New York City in January.

Kolbjorn Jarle Kristiansen, 48, was arrested at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Jan. 4 after airpor t police and a Transpor tation Security Administration officer said they smelled alcohol as they walked past a group of four pilots around 5:30 a.m.

Authorities said a preliminary test revealed Kristiansen’s blood-alcohol content was 0.107, more than double the legal limit for pilots.

Kristiansen, of Raleigh, N.C., was charged in Minnesota’s Hennepin County District Cour t with three counts related to attempting to operate an aircraft under the influence of alcohol.

Each count carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail and a fine of $3,000.

Kristiansen’s attorney, Peter Wold, said he hadn’t seen the charges but they were expected.

“He never operated the aircraft. He never touched the controls,” Wold said.

“That’s just the fact.”

According to a criminal complaint, two officers approached Kristiansen and

noted he had “glassy and water y eyes and was slow in responses to officer questions.” The complaint said Kristiansen admitted that he consumed alcohol the night before and was planning to fly.

After the preliminar y test, a subsequent blood test revealed Kristiansen’s blood-alcohol level was 0.09. Pilots are prohibited from flying if they have a blood-alcohol level of 0.04 or higher, half the level allowed for motorists.

American Airlines uses American Eagle to operate shorter connecting flights.

Back in Januar y, American Eagle spokesman Matt Miller said Kristiansen had been suspended, and an internal investigation was being conducted.

“The pilot involved in this matter continues to be withheld from ser vice,” Miller said in an email Tuesday. “American Eagle has a well-established substance abuse policy that is designed to put the safety of our customers and employees first.”

Miller declined to comment when asked about the status of the internal investigation.

A message left with the Air Lines Pilots Association, Kristiansen’s union, was not returned.

The flight, with 53 passengers, was delayed about 2 1/2 hours as the airline found a replacement pilot.

EARTHDUCATION EXPEDITIONS

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Expedition 0: North America (Nunavut, Canada) Expedition 1: Burkina Faso, Africa Expedition 2: Norway

Expedition 3: Australia Expedition 4: South America Expedition 5: North America (Nunavut, Canada) SOURCE: CEHD LEARNING AND TECHNOLOGIES MEDIA LAB

outside world sees what’s going on over there and how things really are,” said Matti Koivula, who maintains the website from the expedition’s “base camp” at the College of Education and Human Development’s Learn-

ing Technologies Media Lab. The team’s time in the Arctic will also contribute to its Earthducation project, for which Doering has taught sustainable practices in communities in Africa, Europe, Australia and South America.

Doering said one of the lessons he has learned during his expeditions is that as traditions change with the climate, people want their education systems to reflect that change.

“They want not only to

adapt to the new, but they also don’t want to lose the culture which makes them who they are,” he said. “It’s this balancing act throughout these two worlds that you are seeing throughout the entire world.”

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capital investment plan, and it has requested state funding for a new facility for years.

In 2008, the Legislature approved $24 million in funding for a new museum, but then-Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed it.

Then, in 2009, the Senate version of the bonding bill included $24 million in funding for constructing a new museum, which the House did not include.

Basement flooding, corroded plumbing and rodent infestations are recurring problems at the museum, putting “irreplaceable state assets valued at more than $20 million” in danger, according to the museum’s website.

The likelihood of relocating the museum is unclear; Hausman said funding for the proposal could be moved to veterans’ affairs projects.

How they differ Dayton’s proposal partially funds an $85 million renovation of the Tate Laboratory of Physics, with the state providing more than $56 million for construction of the project. The House bill allots only $6 million for the project, which would cover pre-design and design fees.

“The governor doesn’t like to fund pre-design and design. … He likes to build the building,” Hausman said. “The University asked for pre-design and design with construction to follow, and what he did was fund the whole project because he wants to see the building built.”

The House allocated $30 million to the University for Higher Education Asset

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Legislators proposed funding Tuesday that would move the Bell Museum to the St. Paul campus.

Preser vation and Replacement, or general upkeep of BONDING BILL PROPOSALS FOR University buildings. Dayton UNIVERSITY PROJECT FUNDING suggested $15 million for HEAPR. House of Representatives’ proposal Gov. Mark Dayton’s proposal The House bill also includes $9.7 million for Eddy $30 million Hall renovations, $4 million Higher Education Assest Preservation and Replacement to replace a laborator y on (HEAPR) $15 million the St. Paul campus and $6 million to improve research $9.667 million Eddy Hall Renovation laboratories, all projects that are absent from Dayton’s $6 million proposal.

Tate Laboratory Renovation University Chief Finan$57 million cial Officer Richard PfutzenJames Ford Bell Natural History reuter released a statement $47.5 million Museum and Planetarium Tuesday in response to the St. Paul Campus Laboratory bonding bill proposals. $4 million Replacement “We are thankful for the Governor’s support, recog- Research Laboratory Improvement $6 million nizing our priority building SOURCE: MINNESOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OFFICE OF GOV. and infrastructure projects,” MARK DAYTON Pfutzenreuter said. “We will continue to work with the House, Senate and governor was “more geographically thought Hausman penned to fully fund priority projects diverse” than Dayton’s and “a pretty good bill.” that will create jobs and en- more likely to receive the Some lawmakers exhance the educational expe- supermajority necessary to pressed concerns about the rience for University of Min- pass. portion of Hausman’s bill alnesota students.”

“The way [Dayton’s located to veterans’ affairs. proposal] is str uctured Dayton’s bill includes The State certainly could not receive nearly $58 million in fundRep. Greg Davids, R- the votes needed to pass,” ing to veterans programs, Preston, said Hausman’s bill Davids said, noting that he including constr ucting a new Veterans Home that would provide 100 beds for homeless veterans. Hausman’s proposal includes $5.3 million to veterans affairs and doesn’t include funding for the home.

Hausman said she expects lawmakers to propose amendments aimed at increasing funding to veterans affairs and implied that some funding to higher education projects — like the Tate Lab and the Bell Museum — may be compromised.

“They’ll probably want to take all of those things and build veterans’ homes instead,” she said.

Both proposals from the House and the governor include a $109 million renovation to the state Capitol, the largest amount allocated to a single project in both bills.

Hausman requested all amendments to the House bill be introduced by Wednesday morning. The House is expected to finalize its bonding bill after a public hearing is scheduled for Thursday. It is unclear whether the Senate will introduce its own bonding bill.