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BASEBALL

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April was Sexual Assault month and the Aurora Center held events to educate students.

Solid pitching and timely hitting led the Gophers past North Dakota St.

She ate an itsy bitsy, teeny weeny, super tasty, home cooked meal-y.

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Drugged assault a focus for Aurora Center

Gophers extend winning College Kitchen: mini streak meals

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AS STANDARDS SKYROCKET, Dean heads SO DO BARRIERS Humphrey

The U’s efforts to become a top school have left some students out.

BY EMMA NELSON enelson1@mndaily.com

Two decades ago, only 15 percent of University of Minnesota students graduated in four years. It was a problem the Board of Regents asked administrators to tackle in the years that followed.

In the early 2000s, re-

gents set a goal that 60 percent of undergraduates would graduate in four years, and administrators started chipping away at it.

So the school restructured its admissions office, revamped first-year programming and instituted the 13-credit tuition charge to meet that goal. Later, administrators set a goal to become one of the top-three public research universities in the world by 2015 — a dream that brought with it the closure of the General College

and the opening of the University Honors Program.

Today, the four-year graduation rate has quadrupled to nearly 60 percent. In fall 2012, the average admitted freshman scored 28 on the ACT and ranked in the top 15 percent of his or her high school class.

“There’s a whole group of excellent students who never would’ve looked at this University as a possibility in the 1990s who now make the University of Minnesota their first choice,” said Robert Mc-

Master, vice provost and dean of undergraduate education.

But as more highly qualified students and those of higher-income backgrounds march in, those who may have attended the University in the past now see it as an elite institution — one that, with its increasing admissions standards and high price tag, might not be the place for them. u See ACCESS Page 6 Studies show a link between income level and test scores.

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with humility President Obama nominated Eric Schwartz to the Commission on Int’l Religious Freedom.

BY ALMA PRONOVE apronove@mndaily.com

On a shelf in a large office overlooking the University of Minnesota West Bank sits a framed photograph of two men.

In it, Eric Schwartz attempts to detail a migration issue while former President Bill Clinton looks down, smiling.

“And as I’m briefing him, he reaches down to my shirt and starts adjusting my tie,” said Schwartz, who heads the Univer-

sity’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs.

Growing up in New York, Schwar tz never imagined he’d meet the president — let alone joke with him.

“I’ve been ver y lucky in many respects,” said Schwar tz, whom President Barack Obama nominated to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom earlier this month.

Although he’s been at the University for only 18 months, Schwartz has traveled throughout the developing world for more than 30 years, negotiating with countless world u See SCHWARTZ Page 5 He has done humanitarian work in more than 70 countries.

SOFTBALL

Freshman pitcher handles life’s curveball

BY DREW CLAUSSEN dclaussen@mndaily.com AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY

University of Minnesota athletes compete against the greek winners, Alpha Chi Omega, Beta Theta Pi, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Alpha Gamma Rho and Lambda Delta Phi, in the tug of war competition during Spring Jam on Monday at the University Fieldhouse.

Police prepped for Spring Jam

BY JAKE STARK

started fires on the streets of Dinky-

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town.

Although it’s been four years

The University of Minnesota and

since then, the University plans on

Minneapolis police forces are not tak-

maintaining a heavy presence of po-

ing any chances with Spring Jam se-

lice and private security to monitor

curity this year.

In 2009, the Saturday of Spring Jam was marked by a riot where hun-

Life threw freshman Nikki Anderson a cur veball a week before she had the chance to throw one for the Gophers.

“I went to the ER for what felt like a hear t attack,” Anderson said.

She had gallstones, pieces of solid material that form in the gallbladder and can block the flow of acids through the intestines.

She needed surgery to remove her gallbladder right before Minnesota’s opening weekend.

She was back on the mound a week later.

The Brainerd, Minn., native has settled in as a reliable No. 2 star ter behind Sara Moulton for Minnesota this season.

She has a 2-2 record during Big Ten play and a 4-3 record overall.

Assistant coach Piper Ritter said Anderson seems to be “coming into her own” during conference play after a couple of rough nonconference outings.

“It didn’t take her very long to bounce back,” he said.

Head coach Jessica Allister said Anderson had lost most of the strength u See SOFTBALL Page 12

RELATED CONTENT For more on Spring Jam, check out A&E. u See Page 14

dreds of people jumped on cars and u See SPRING JAM Page 3

CITY

CSL Plasma could get more relocation options The relocation process will likely delay a new 333-unit apartment complex.

BY KELSEY SHIRRIFF kshirriff@mndaily.com

A plasma collection center that has stalled constr uction of apar tments near the University of Minnesota campus may soon find moving a little easier.

The Minneapolis planning commission approved a zoning amendment that would allow plasma centers to set up shop in more areas around the city. The CSL Plasma center, currently of f University and Washington avenues, would have more options for relocation.

Last fall, developers purchased the proper ty for the 333-unit WaHu apar tment building. But

plans hit a roadblock because CSL can’t move to any nearby site because of current zoning regulations. “[CSL was] only allowed in the most highly intensive commercial zoning district, called C4,” said Cam Gordon, city councilman for the 2nd Ward. “I thought, well, maybe it’s inappropriate that they’re limited so much.”

Scott Newkirk, market-

ing director for CSL Plasma, said the business was suppor tive of the amendment.

The facility employs about 70 people, and representatives are looking at potential locations this week.

Newkirk said he wants the center to stay near campus and transit lines. u See PLASMA Page 8 A CSL rep said donors live within a five-mile radius of their facility.

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Minnesota freshman Nikki Anderson pitches during a doubleheader against Wisconsin on April 7, 2013, at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium.

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Israel: OK to check emails of foreigners at border

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JERUSALEM — Israel’s attorney general on Wednesday upheld a practice to allow security personnel to read people’s email accounts when they arrive at the airport, arguing it prevents militants from entering the country.

The ruling followed an outcry last year when some people trying to enter Israel were ordered to open their emails after hours of interrogation at Israel’s Ben-Gurion airport. In one instance, three Palestinian-American women were forbidden from entering after email checks were conducted.

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Aboud said the checks were justified because there was an increasing risk of foreigners being involved in militant activity. He said security services could not properly investigate the backgrounds of some potential entrants without the additional check.

A Justice Ministry official said the search was conducted only in “extraordinar y cases.” He spoke anonymously in line with ministry policy.

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UK in dark mood Maryland governor White as new recession considering House run may be confirmed

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LONDON — Recession may just be a word. But in Britain it may become a habit — and a dangerous one at that.

It’s possible that official figures on first quarter economic growth, to be released Thursday, could show the country is back in recession, and tension is building.

Although economists on average expect growth of 0.1 percent on the quarter, they warn it would take the smallest statistical variation to put the figure in negative territory. That would place the countr y in recession, typically defined as two consecutive quarters of economic contraction.

Another recession — the third since the 2008 financial crisis — is already being referred to with foreboding in the media as a “Triple Dip.” Experts warn that its confirmation would create a wave of negative media attention that would scare consumers away from spending, feeding into a vicious cycle that has the economy flat-lining.

“It’s psychological — this is all psychological,” said Car y Cooper, a professor at Lancaster University Management School. “It’s about the message that those figures send to consumers and small businesses.”

The government desperately wants a strong number to justify its increasingly criticized policy of painful spending cuts. But recent indicators on Britain’s economy, the third-largest in the 27-countr y EU after Germany and France, have been disappointing.

Inflation is rising faster than wages, cutting into people’s standard of living. Unemployment is up at 7.9 percent.

Two international ratings agencies have downgraded the country’s credit grade from the top level AAA, warning about the government’s fiscal policies.

JERUSALEM — Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, a rising star in Democratic politics, said Wednesday that he is considering making a run for the White House in 2016 and will likely make a decision later this year.

O’Malley, in Jerusalem on a Mideast tour, said he was still undecided but intends to dedicate “reflection time” on whether to seek the Democratic nomination.

“I plan for the latter half of this year to dedicate some more thought time — reflection time — to the question of whether or not I would run in 2016,” O’Malley, a former mayor of Baltimore, told reporters.

“The key question in running for any office is having a clear and refined understanding of the shared reality we face,” he said. “I arrived at that freedom and that clarity when I ran for mayor and when I ran for governor, and the interior challenge is whether or not I can arrive at that clarity, and that freedom and that sense of responsibility and urgency with regard to making a run in 2016.”

O’Malley, 50, is frequently touted as a potential presidential candidate, along with former Secretary of State and U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. He is favored by Democrats who want the party to look to younger candidates, noting that Clinton will turn 69 shortly before Election Day 2016, and Biden will turn 74 soon after.

President Barack Obama, a Democrat, cannot run because U.S. presidents are limited to two four-year terms.

O’Malley has successfully promoted a progressive agenda that includes legalizing same-sex marriage, introducing some of the U.S.’s toughest gun control laws, repealing capital punishment, and enabling some students who are not in the country legally to pay in-state tuition, seen as an important part of immigration reform.

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Drugged assault a focus for Aurora Center April was Sexual Assault month and the Aurora Center held events to educate students.

BY MEGHAN HOLDEN mholden@mndaily.com

Drug-facilitated sexual assault is a problem at ever y university, but some exper ts say there are still many misconceptions surrounding it.

The University of Minnesota’s Aurora Center for Advocacy and Education has held several events throughout April for Sexual Assault Awar eness

Month.

One of the issues the Aurora Center educates the University community on is drug-facilitated sexual assault, or the use of drugs or alcohol to compromise an individual’s ability to consent to sexual activity, said Katie Eichele, director of the Aurora Center. It’s also one of the main types of assault the center helps people with.

There were 18 forcible sex of fenses on the Minneapolis campus in 2011, according to University police. But sexual assaults are widely underreported.

Alcohol is the No. 1 dr ug used by sexual assault perpetrators, accord-

ing to the Aurora Center.

Eichele said ther e’s a misperception that it’s the responsibility of the victim to monitor his or her alcohol intake.

“When it comes to alcohol, there is a lot of victimblaming and a lot of selfblaming,” Eichele said.

But she said the use of alcohol is ver y intentional by perpetrators with their targets.

Another largely used date-rape dr ug among young people is gamma hydroxybutyrate, more commonly known as GHB, said Stephen Thompson, associate professor and sexual aggression ser vices director at Central Michigan

University.

Although GHB has been a known date-rape dr ug for more than a decade, Thompson said there are still misconceptions about it.

GHB is a mixture of toxic ingredients and can be created in liquid or powder form, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. It can be tasteless, odorless and colorless.

It is commonly confused with the eye-drop solution Visine because perpetrators often put GHB in oneounce Visine containers, Thompson said.

When someone consumes an ounce of GHB, they remain conscious but

become hypersexual and experience memor y loss, Thompson said.

An overdose of GHB can result in a coma or death, making the dr ug more harmful, Thompson said.

Because GHB passes through the system quickly, people who think they have been given the drug should see a doctor immediately, Eichele said.

If students suspect someone has been a victim of any form of date rape, it’s their responsibility to say something, Thompson said.

“It’s not [a woman’s] issue,” Thompson said. “It’s our issue as a culture.”

SEXUAL ASSAULT

BY THE NUMBERS

1WOMEN in 5EXPERIENCE RAPE

OR ATTEMPTED RAPE IN THEIR LIFETIME

171 AURORA CENTER CLIENTS HAD “CONCERNS OR EXPERIENCES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT” IN 2012

18 FORCIBLE SEX OFFENSES ON

THE MINNEAPOLIS CAMPUS IN 2011 SOURCE: THE AURORA CENTER FOR ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION, THE ANNUAL SECURITY AND FIRE SAFETY REPORT FOR THE MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL CAMPUSES, THE CDC

Officials: Dead bomber name in terrorism database

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — The federal government added the name of the dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect to a terrorist database 18 months before the deadly explosions, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The CIA made the request to add Tamerlan Tsar naev’s name to the terrorist database after the Russian government contacted the agency with concerns that he had become a follower of radical Islam.

About six months earlier, the FBI had separately investigated Tsarnaev, also at Russia’s request, but the FBI found no ties to terrorism, officials said.

The new disclosure that Tsar naev was included within a huge, classified database of known and suspected terrorists before the attacks was expected to drive congressional inquiries in coming weeks about whether the Obama administration adequately investigated tips from Russia that Tsarnaev had posed a security threat. Shor tly after the bombings, U.S. officials said the intelligence community had no information about threats to the marathon before the April 15 explosions.

Tsarnaev died Friday in a police shootout hours before his younger brother, Dzhokhar, was discovered hiding in a boat in a subur-

ban back yard.

The terrorist database is called TIDE, the Terrorist Identities Datamar t Environment. Analysts at the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center submit names and even par tial names into TIDE. About a year ago, there were some 745,000 people listed in the database. Intelligence analysts scour TIDE, trying to establish connections and update files as new intelligence is uncovered.

For entries with a full name, date of birth and intelligence indicating a reasonable suspicion that a person is a terrorist or has terror ties, the person’s name is sent to a terror watch list, which feeds into lists like the one that bans known or suspected terrorists from traveling on planes.

Officials say they never found the type of derogatory information on Tsarnaev that would have elevated his profile among counterterrorism investigators and placed him on the terror watch list.

Five days after the U.S. determined who was allegedly behind the deadly Boston marathon terror attacks, Washington is piecing together what happened and whether there were any unconnected dots buried in U.S. government files that, if connected, could have prevented the bombings.

Lawmakers who were briefed by the FBI said they have more questions than answers about the investigation of Tsarnaev. U.S. officials were expected to brief the

Senate on the investigation Thursday.

“The review is just beginning, but I haven’t seen any red flags thus far,” said Rep. Adam Schiff, a California Democrat who sits on the House Intelligence Committee and was briefed on the investigation Wednesday.

House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., however, said lawmakers intend to pursue whether there was a breakdown in informationsharing.

U.S. officials described to the AP what the government knew about Tsarnaev since he was first placed on the intelligence community’s radar 18 months ago. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the ongoing investigation.

Russia’s internal security service, the FSB, sent information to the FBI about Tamerlan Tsarnaev on March 4, 2011. The Russians told the FBI that Tsarnaev, an ethnically Chechen Russian immigrant living in the Bostonarea, was a follower of radical Islam and had changed drastically since 2010. Because of the subsequent FBI inquiry, Tsarnaev’s name was added to a Homeland Security Department database used by U.S. officials at the border to help screen people coming in and out of the U.S. That database is called the Treasury Enforcement Communications System, or TECS. The FBI’s Boston office opened a preliminary review of Tsarnaev and searched

Police prepped for Spring Jam Spring Jam u from Page 1

the Spring Jam events. Student Unions and Activities, which hosts the events, will spend more than $12,400 for additional police and security this weekend.

“Pretty much everybody that can work at UMPD is going to be working on campus,” said University police Chief Greg Hestness.

University police will mostly be on campus, he said, and their assignments include helping to secure Spring Jam events like Saturday’s Mat Kearney concert.

They will also be running extra patrols near fraternity and sorority houses, said University police Deputy Chief Chuck Miner.

For University police, the biggest problem during Spring Jam is alcohol use, Miner said. The combination of music events, parties and warmer weather often results in heavy drinking on campus.

“The Saturday music festival is usually the area of the most concern,” he said.

To assist University police, the University has hired Contemporar y Ser vices Corporation security, said University spokesman Tim Busse. CSC staff will be stationed at the weekend concert events.

“We work with them all the time,” Busse said. “They do a pretty good job of helping out our police force.”

Despite the heavy police presence, several University students said they think

Spring Jam security isn’t overbearing.

Kinesiology senior Kayla Olinger said she remembered security “cracking down” on Spring Jam events after the 2009 riots. But she said she thinks the security level now is appropriate.

Architecture senior Robbie Anderson agreed with Olinger. He said security does a good job of keeping the large crowds in line.

“It’s what it should be,” he said.

Off campus With University police primarily concerned with the events on campus, Minneapolis police will handle most of the security of f campus.

“We’re cer tainly available to respond to off-campus stuf f,” Hestness said.

“But, from what I understand, Minneapolis police are not really backing of f there.”

On Friday and Saturday, Minneapolis police will bring in officers from the city’s five precincts to patrol areas like Dinkytown and Marcy-Holmes, Hestness said.

Police will also be on bicycles and horses to control the crowds, with a special operation unit representing Minneapolis police off campus, Hestness said.

Other members of Minneapolis police are working with students and residents to ensure a safe weekend, like Minneapolis crime prevention specialist Nick Juarez.

“Ever ybody has a little piece to making sure it’s an

enjoyable event that doesn’t get out of hand,” he said.

As a CPS, Juarez said his role is primarily educational.

He helps to ensure everyone in the University district is prepared for the large crowds and partying that will take place during Spring Jam. Dinkytown Business Association President Skott Johnson said Minneapolis police have also worked closely with businesses to make sure they are properly staffed for the event.

“It’s actually become a routine,” Johnson said. “We always meet to make sure we are prepared for any major events near campus.”

Although businesses say they’re ready for the crowds, Johnson said he worries less about students and more about people from other parts of the city who come for Spring Jam. “The problem isn’t Spring Jam itself; it’s the people it attracts,” he said. “There are some people who see it as an opportunity to take advantage of people who have been drinking and partying.”

Juarez shares Johnson’s concern.

“Robberies are always an issue,” Juarez said. “Especially when someone’s under the influence, putting themselves in a vulnerable state.”

Despite these concerns, all those involved in security planning said they believe this year’s Spring Jam should be uneventful.

“The last couple years have been very quiet,” Miner said. “We’re taking lots of preventative measures to ensure it’s a safe event.”

government databases for potentially terror-related communications. Investigators looked into whether Tsarnaev used online sites that promoted radical activity.

They interviewed Tsarnaev and his family members but found nothing connecting him to terror activity. The FBI shared that information with Russia and also asked for more information on Tsarnaev, but never heard back.

The FBI’s review into Tsarnaev was closed in June 2011.

Then, in late September 2011, Russia separately contacted the CIA with nearly identical concerns about Tsarnaev. The Russians provided two possible birthdates for him and a variation of how his name might be spelled, as well as the spelling in the Russian-style Cyrillic alphabet.

The CIA determined that Tsarnaev should be included in TIDE, and the National Counter terrorism Center added it into the database.

The spelling of Tsarnaev’s name in TIDE was not the same as the spelling the FBI used in its investigation. The CIA also shared this information with other federal agencies in October.

In Januar y 2012, Tsarnaev traveled to Russia and returned to the U.S. in July.

Three days before he left for Russia, the TECS database generated an alert on Tsarnaev. That alert was shared with a Customs and Border Protection officer who is a member of the FBI’s Boston

joint terrorism task force. By that time, the FBI’s investigation into Tsarnaev had been closed for nearly six months because the FBI uncovered no evidence that he was tied to terror groups.

On Jan. 21, 2012, the airline on which Tsarnaev was traveling misspelled his name when it submitted its list of passengers to

the U.S. government for security screening. Airlines are required to provide the list of passengers on international flights so the U.S. can check their names through gover nment databases, including the terrorist watch list. Because his name was misspelled, there was not another alert like there was three days earlier.

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A push for greater MN internships Buinesses would receive tax credits for giving students internships.

BY ALEXI GUSSO agusso@mndaily.com

Policymakers included a bill aimed at increasing student inter nships outside the metro area in the Senate omnibus tax bill, which passed a committee Wednesday.

The bill, introduced several times in the past by members of both par ties, would give tax breaks to businesses in greater Minnesota that hire and mentor student interns.

The proposal failed to get past the House higher education committee earlier in the session but was moved to the Senate tax committee.

Sen. Rod Skoe, DFLClearbrook, who chairs the Senate Committee on Taxes, included the program in his omnibus tax bill, which will likely be voted on by the full Senate soon.

The internship program has received bipar tisan suppor t in both houses, especially from rural legislators.

Advocates have pushed for the program for two years.

Mike Miller, a lobbyist for the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, said the proposal is popular, but it’s unclear if the Legislature

has the money to fund it.

“No one’s ever doubted the power this program could have,” Miller said.

“It’s just a matter of finding the money for the tax credit.”

Sen. Kent Eken, DFLTwin Valley, penned the current version of the bill. In a hearing earlier this month, Eken said the bill is aimed at keeping more young people in our communities and spurring economic growth in greater Minnesota.

Miller said after the economic downtur n in 2008, student internships dropped across the state, especially in cities outside the metro area. Since then, Miller said, students have been drawn to Twin Cities internships.

“They don’t feel there are job oppor tunities in greater Minnesota,” Miller said.

Under the bill, students could only take internships for class credit and that are related to their course of study.

Students also aren’t eligible for an internship if their academic program requires them to take one.

For hiring an inter n, businesses would receive a tax credit of 40 percent of a student’s salary.

Lawmakers have said the measure was unsuccessful in previous years because it was incorporated in omnibus bills that had other measures Gov. Mark Dayton didn’t support.

Rhode Island on way to be 10th state to allow gay marriage

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island is on a path to becoming the 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to marr y after a landmark vote in the state’s Senate on Wednesday.

The Senate passed gay marriage legislation by a comfortable 26-12 margin, following a House vote of approval in Januar y. The bill must now return to the House for a largely procedural vote, likely next week, but the celebration began Wednesday.

Hundr eds of people filled the Statehouse with cheers following the vote.

“I grew up in Rhode Island and I’d like to retire in Rhode Island,” said Annie Silvia, 61, who now lives with her partner of 30 years just across the border in North Attleboro, Mass.

“No. 10 is a nice round number, but I’d like it to be bigger. Fifty sounds good to me.”

Heavily Catholic Rhode Island is the last remaining New England state without gay mar riage. Marriage legislation has been introduced in the state for nearly two decades, only to languish on the legislative agenda.

Suppor ters mounted a renewed push this year, and the Senate vote was seen as the critical test after the

House easily passed the bill. Gov. Lincoln Chafee, an independent, called Wednesday’s vote historic.

“I’m ver y much looking forward to signing this,” he told The Associated Press as he congratulated supporters.

The first gay marriages in Rhode Island could take place Aug. 1, when the legislation would take effect.

Civil unions would no longer be available to samesex couples as of that date, though the state would continue to recognize existing civil unions. Lawmakers approved civil unions two years ago, though few couples have sought them.

Hundreds of opponents also gathered at the Statehouse for the vote, singing hymns and holding signs as the Senate deliberated.

Rev. David Rodriguez, a Providence minister, said he was disappointed by the vote. He said he planned to continue to stand up for traditional marriage.

“Mar riage between a man and a woman is what God wanted,” he said. “We will continue to do what we know how to do: Keep praying and preaching.”

The Roman Catholic Church was the bill’s most significant opponent. During the Senate’s emotional debate several senators said they struggled mightily, weighing their personal religious beliefs against

stories they heard from gay constituents or their families.

Sen. Mar yellen Goodwin, D-Providence, said she lost sleep over her vote but decided, despite opposition from the Catholic Church, to vote “on the side of love.”

“I’m a practicing Catholic. I’m proud to be a Catholic,” she said, adding that it was the personal stories of gays, lesbians and their families in her district who convinced her. “I str uggled with this for days, for weeks. It’s certainly not an easy vote.”

Opponents to the bill tried unsuccessfully to send the question to the voters as a ballot referendum.

After that failed, Sen. Harold Metts, D-Providence, told his colleagues that he couldn’t go against his religious convictions and that residents in his community are more concerned about other matters.

“My constituents are more concer ned with bread-and-butter issues,” he said. “They want food on the table. They want their kids to get a good education.”

The Rhode Island legislation states that religious institutions may set their own rules regarding who is eligible to marry within the faith and specifies that no religious leader is obligated to officiate at any marriage ceremony and no religious

group is required to provide facilities or services related to a gay marriage.

While ministers already cannot be forced to marr y anyone, the exemption helped assuage some senators’ concerns and ease the bill’s passage this year.

Delaware could be the next state to approve gay mar riage. Legislation legalizing same-sex marriage narrowly passed the Delaware House on Tuesday and now heads to that state’s Senate for consideration.

T wo years after gay marriage legislation foundered in Rhode Island, supporters regrouped and this year mounted an aggressive and coordinated campaign that included organized labor, religious leaders, business owners and leaders including Chafee and Providence Mayor Angel Taveras.

The bill’s chances improved further when Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed said she would allow the bill to move for ward, despite her opposition to gay mar riage. The Newport Democrat voted no on Wednesday.

Earlier this week, the Senate’s five Republicans announced they would suppor t the measure. Senate Minority Leader Dennis Algiere, R-Westerly, said the decision came down to core Republican principles.

ASU student, 19, found dead; boyfriend arrested

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TEMPE, Ariz. — The body of an Arizona State University student was found handcuffed and beaten in the bathtub of her boyfriend’s Tempe apar tment, and he’s accused of killing her, authorities said Wednesday.

Luis Soltero, 22, was being held on suspicion of first-degree premeditated murder, with bail set at $1 million, according to Tempe police.

Of ficers said Soltero walked into a Tempe police substation Tuesday morning, told officers his girlfriend was dead and gave them her Minnesota

driver’s license.

Police went to the apartment near the ASU campus and repor ted finding the body of 19-year-old Rebecca Kasper in the bathtub. She was covered with blankets and a rubber yoga mat with a plastic bag over her head.

Court documents show the woman’s wrists were handcuffed and her ankles were bound with clear plastic tape.

The body already was in a state of decomposition and was sprinkled with coffee grounds and baking soda, according to documents released Wednesday.

Police said Kasper had blunt force trauma to her head and face, and a dumbbell covered in blood was

found near the bathtub.

Blood was splattered on the walls and floor.

Police said they learned that Soltero and Kasper had recently broken off a relationship but were still seeing each other. A handwritten note listing the “pros” and “cons” of “breaking up with Becky” was found in the apartment, they said.

Another note found wedged in the bathroom door reportedly stated that Kasper was killed “because I had to end her life” and that she died Saturday.

Neighbors in the apartment complex told police the couple frequently argued, and the leasing office said a front door had to be replaced after it was dam-

aged during an argument, documents showed.

After telling police where they could find Kasper’s body, Soltero also told officers that he had been sitting in a car for 12 hours with the engine running.

He said he felt dizzy and was taken to the hospital for possible carbon monoxide poisoning. He was later released and booked into jail.

Soltero did not have an attorney as of Wednesday evening, and police said he was no longer talking to them about the homicide case.

ASU officials said Kasper was a junior majoring in marketing. Her hometown in Minnesota wasn’t immediately available.

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Dean heads Humphrey with humility

JAAK JENSEN, DAILY

Humphrey School of Public Affairs Dean Eric Schwartz on Wednesday in his office. Schwartz was recently nominated to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, which monitors different circumstances overseas where religious freedom is endangered.

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leaders and establishing himself as a national authority on international relations.

Still, Schwartz is reserved, speaking only of his accolades when pressed and constantly attributing his success to good fortune.

As a kid, Schwartz and his identical twin brother, now a federal public defender, always knew they’d work in public service.

“My parents were very interested in the world outside of our home,” Schwartz said, “and very committed to the idea that we all have an obligation to serve others.”

After graduating from Binghamton University, New York University’s law school, and Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Schwartz landed his first job at Human Rights Watch, an international advocacy organization, which he called his “big career break.”

Since then, Schwartz has worked in public service with the United Nations, under President Clinton’s administration at the National Security Council and at many humanitarian foundations.

During his time in the White House, Schwartz was very influential in Clinton’s decision to join the Interna-

tional Criminal Court, which prosecutes against crimes such as genocide.

Most recently before joining the Humphrey School, Schwartz served at the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration in the U.S. Department of State under then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, whom he described as a “wonderful boss.”

There, he said his greatest accomplishment was doubling the funding for the State Department to support newly arrived refugees.

Despite his impressive résumé, Schwartz said he’s faced some disappointment in his career.

“You don’t always hit a home run or even get a base hit every time you step up to the plate,” he said. “Though overall, my career has been extremely gratifying.”

Schwartz took over as

PHOTO COURTESY OF ERIC SCHWARTZ

Humphrey School of Public Affairs Dean Eric Schwartz meets with elders Oct. 9, 2010, at the Jalozai Camp in Pakistan.

Schwartz visited the community to show U.S. support for those displaced by a massive flooding in 2010.

Humphrey dean in October 2011 and said he’s enjoyed his time on the job.

“It’s fun to be around young people who are so inspired and so committed to not only doing well, but doing good,” he said.

Laura Bloomberg, executive director of Humphrey’s Center for Integrative Leadership, said Schwartz is a very inclusive decision-maker, which makes him a pleasure to work with.

“He has a terrific sense of humor,” she said. “He’s a very jovial guy.”

Schwar tz came to the Humphrey School with the intention of internationalizing the curriculum and establishing ties between the school and Washington.

“Our students and our faculty should be influencing and informing the policy discussion on the biggest issues that the world confronts,” he said.

As far as Larry Jacobs is concerned, Schwartz has exceeded expectations.

“He’s a pretty rare talent. The Humphrey School is lucky to have him,” said

Jacobs, the director of Humphrey’s Center for the Study of Politics and Governance.

Jacobs said Schwartz was the “the right guy at the right moment” as student interest in international affairs has increased in recent years.

Outside of work, Schwartz enjoys vacationing at the beach with his wife and two teenage daughters.

He can also be found at the campus recreational center, where he has run into students in the past.

“I’m always a little embarrassed,” he joked.

Schwartz said he advises students interested in public affairs to get involved and network while they’re young.

“Get out there,” he said.

“Get a sense of what matters to you.”

He’s always found his work to be gratifying, but Schwartz said he hopes the peak of his career is yet to come.

“The focus of a career in public life is on something that is broader than your own well-being. You’re concerned with the well-being of society at large.”

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AS STANDARDS SKYROCKET, SO DO BARRIERS

ADMISSIONS FROM PAGE 1

2012 27.7

2010 27.2

2011 27.5

2009 26.6

2007 25.9

CHANGING DIRECTION The University decided in 2005 that one of its efforts to serve underrepresented students no longer aligned with its overall goals.

A task force reported that the General College should close as part of a larger plan to improve the University’s standing among its peers.

The College, a precursor to modern community colleges, had its roots in the post-WWI era, when 60 percent of University students did not return after their first year. Many of these students — oftentimes veterans — were not prepared for college-level academics.

Arguably the biggest advocate for opening the General College was Lotus D. Coffman, the University’s president from 1920-38. “[Coffman] believed, first of all, that a state university owed an opportunity to everyone. If a student failed, it wasn’t necessarily the fault of the student but more likely the failure of the university,” Allen B. Johnson, a former General College faculty member, wrote in a 2003 essay.

The College’s closure pointed to new values at the University, based largely on improving graduation rates.

While Coffman blamed a student’s failure on a university, administrators today are looking for students who can’t fail.

“The goal is to provide access to success for University of Minnesota students,” the task force’s 2005 report said. “Access that does not produce a degree in four-to-six years does not meet that goal.”

McMaster is hesitant to discuss the General College closing but said administrators at the time felt there were better ways to provide what the General College was offering.

While there are programs at the University, as well as the Post-Secondary Teaching and Learning department, that serve underrepresented students, they don’t serve as many students as the General College did.

TRiO, which was originally part of the General College, is a set of federally funded programs. One of them, TRiO Student Support Services, admits 150 freshmen to the University annually. To be admitted, students must come from a low-income background, be a firstgeneration college student, have a disability or show academic need.

“TRiO is … quite unique in that we’re still serving the population that General College was intended to serve,” said Amy Kampsen, the pro-

[Coffman] believed, first of all, that a state university owed an opportunity to everyone. If a student failed, it wasn’t necessarily the fault of the student, but more likely the failure of the university.

ALLEN B. JOHNSON FORMER GENERAL COLLEGE FACULTY MEMBER

2001 24.5

2002 24.7

2003 24.8

2004 25.0

2005 25.1

2008 26.2

2006 25.2

AVERAGE ACT SCORE OF INCOMING FRESHMAN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, 2001-12

JAAK JENSEN, DAILY Normandale students Mohamed Hassan and Quadsia Anjum work on a chemistry lab Monday at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minn. Hassan is one of many students that are interested in transferring to the University of Minnesota, although retention in the admissions process could make that transfer more difficult.

gram’s director.

But while the General College admitted more than 800 students each year, TRiO is only able to serve about 300 students at once.

The President’s Emerging Scholars program is another that has stepped in to serve about 500 underrepresented students across the University.

But TRiO is the only existing program that serves the exact same population as the College did, Kampsen said.

TRiO students are typically in the program for two years or until they declare a major. When they move into the larger University, Kampsen said, they can feel out of place among more typical University students.

“They might be the only person of color in the room — or ‘The only one like them,’ is what we get a lot in our surveys.”

Carlos Reyes, a senior who started in TRiO, said he’s noticed the level of “cultural understanding” is different outside of the program.

A business and marketing education major, Reyes is the son of Mexican immigrants and the first person in his family to attend college.

“I had potential, and I had drive,” he said. “And I’m happy to say that I made it.”

Because TRiO students take many of their classes together during the first two years, they develop a strong sense of community. And many come from similar backgrounds — whether they came from low-income households, are first-generation college students or went to innercity high schools.

“We’re happy to see each other succeed,” he said, “which can be different from a lot of places on campus.”

JAAK JENSEN, DAILY Alysha Lister, an elementary education junior and co-chair of the TRiO Student Board, participates in a peer assisted learning (PAL) discussion group Wednesday at Nicholson Hall. Lister was accepted to the U through the TRiO program, which helps to admit 150 students annually who come from low-income backgrounds, are first-generation college students, have a disability or show academic need.

DEFINING SUCCESS DIFFERENTLY Kampsen was a low-income, first-generation college student herself.

In high school, she participated in track and field and ended up being recruited by college coaches who, she said, talked to her about sports not school.

“My first year was horrible,” she said. Her GPA was 1.9, and she ended up transferring and thinking about dropping out. Her second year was better, but she struggled to balance two jobs with athletics and academics.

Finally, the athletics director upped Kampsen’s scholarship so she could work less. She found a major she loved and later went on to graduate school.

Her undergraduate degree took five years, she said, “because I was firstgeneration — didn’t know

what I was doing or how to do it.”

Learning skills like how to study and work independently took time, she said.

McMaster acknowledged that not all students can meet the four-year graduation goal — they might change their major, for example, or take time off because of financial difficulties.

“At any major university, you can’t have a 100 percent rate,” he said, but pointed to other Big Ten schools with rates higher than the University’s.

“I’m a competitive guy,” he said, “and so I see that Penn State’s at 65 percent … I think our four-year graduation rate ought to be better than that.”

‘COLLEGE MATERIAL’ To become a top institution, the University has made a habit of targeting

top students.

“Our goal is to admit students who we know are going to graduate in a timely way,” McMaster said.

As standards have increased and University academics have become more rigorous, “the academic profile of our students has changed,” said David Arendale, an associate professor in PsTL. Many of the department’s faculty members, including Arendale, worked in the General College.

Kampsen, who also worked there, said the University is targeting “students that are already college material.”

As initiatives to improve undergraduate education take effect, McMaster said, word spreads to students who may not have considered the University in the past. At the same time, the admissions

office has “refined” its strategies.

Admissions decisions consider both “primary” and “secondary” factors.

Secondary factors are qualitative — community service, for example. Primary factors are more hardand-fast and include test scores, high school GPA and class rank.

At a January meeting of the Faculty Senate Committee on Educational Policy, McMaster said that there’s a correlation between “student success and graduation” and their high school rank and ACT score.

According to the meeting minutes, McMaster told committee members that the University has increased the graduation rate because it has increased the average ACT scores and high school rank of incoming freshmen.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

PERCENTAGE OF UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FRESHMEN WHO GRADUATED IN THE TOP 10% OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CLASS 50%

40%

30% 2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

doubled. At the same time, the number of students from families at lower income levels has decreased, with the biggest drop in the middle-income range.

Despite its interest in increasing diversity, the University is shutting out low-income students in its pursuit of students who were academically successful in high school and can almost certainly graduate in four years.

“It isn’t that the University has to deny admission,” Arendale said.

“It’s just that those other students — particularly, I think, first-generation and low-income — may not even think of the University as an option.”

assigned to the General College decades ago.

The MnSCU system, which includes community colleges, makes higher education in Minnesota more accessible, Bonoff said, because students can start there and then transfer to the University.

Mohammed Hassan chose Normandale to help him transition to the University. He was born in Somalia and emigrated to the U.S. from Yemen at age 7. Because English is his second language, he said, he decided to focus on academics in high school instead of extracurricular activities.

Normandale helps immigrant students like him make the transition to larger universities, he said.

Once he’s completed his associate’s degree in kinesiology, he plans to transfer to the University.

Though Normandale offers a few technical programs, its primary focus is on fulfilling general education requirements, Crawford said.

GOING ELSEWHERE

PERCENTAGE OF UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED IN FOUR YEARS 1992-96

15%

1996-2000

26%

2004-08

36%

46%

The correlation for SAT scores was so strong, a coauthor of the study thought at first he’d made a mistake.

But Don Orlich, professor emeritus at Washington State University and co-author of the study, said when he asked a statistician friend to do the same calculation, the result was identical.

“No matter how you look at it,” Orlich said, “income plays a role in achievement.”

THE INCOME DIVIDE

58%

19.9

tor — the first in his family.

“My parents keep telling us, ‘We came to this country to give you guys a better life, a better education,’ ” he said. “… We work our hardest so that we can go to university and get a degree and have a job that we love and that we can support our family with.”

Reyes, who will graduate in May, said he has inspired his younger siblings and family friends to pursue higher education.

He does outreach work at area high schools and plans to advocate for the University as an alumnus.

“Students like me … are some of the best advocates for the University, bar none,” he said.

“Not only because I got a chance to graduate from here but because they gave me a shot.”

And though he appreciates that the University is trying to become a top institution, he still wants to see an emphasis on the kind of access that gave him a chance four years ago.

“Access to education is just about giving somebody a shot and making it a possibility of even going there before shutting the door,” he said. “Because at the end of the day, this isn’t Stanford. This isn’t Harvard.”

PERCENTAGE OF UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA STUDENTS AT EACH LEVEL OF INCOME *EXCLUDING “UNKNOWN” INCOMES

IN 2001

IN 2011

25%

24%

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23%

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23.5 18%

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The University, founded in 1851, was made a land-grant institution by the 1862 Morrill Act. Signed into law by Abraham Lincoln, the act intended to make higher education available to more than just the most privileged Americans.

“The fundamental idea was to offer an opportunity in every state for a liberal and larger education to large numbers …” U.S. Sen. Justin Morrill said in 1888.

Hassan said he hopes to enroll in the University’s physical therapy program after completing his bachelor’s degree. His dream is to become a doc-

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some cases, family members may not have credit scores and so cannot take out parental loans.

Though students may receive a lot of financial aid when they’re first admitted to the University, she said, the original package doesn’t always keep up with tuition increases.

For first-generation college students, figuring out how to even apply for financial aid is a struggle, said Arendale, the PsTL professor.

Although administrators encourage students to see college as a long-term investment, some may still be hesitant to take on debt, he said.

Sam Goldberg, a firstyear student at Normandale, decided to start at a community college to save money and decide on a major. He has family help with tuition now but plans to pay his own way with work, scholarships and loans when he transfers to the University in about a year.

In 2012, nearly 31 percent of University students said they were “very concerned” about their accumulated educational debt, according to the Student Experience in the Research University survey.

The same year, nearly 12 percent of students took a community college course to save money.

Meanwhile, students with more money are more common on campus.

Since 2001, the number of students at the University whose families earn at least $110,000 per year has

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Omer Khan, a junior who transferred from Normandale Community College, works at least 30 hours per week and takes out loans to pay for school.

Because he’s also taking 15 credits, he’s had to make sacrifices.

“You don’t hang out with friends anymore,” he said.

In-state tuition has quadrupled since 1992. Despite significant additions to financial aid, tuition costs are still intimidating for many students.

Sen. Terri Bonoff, DFLMinnetonka, said while the Legislature “applauds” the University’s goal to become a top school — and sees the increase in admissions standards as consistent with that — lawmakers are also committed to increasing access for low-income students.

“We want [the University] to be competitive,” she said. “But what we would also say is that we think it is of paramount importance that the low-income best and brightest be able to attend the University.”

Many TRiO students work to pay their own tuition because their families are often unable to help, Kampsen said. In

2008-12

“The fundamental idea was to offer an opportunity in every State for a liberal and larger education to large numbers…”

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Nationwide, many institutions are choosing not to accept students who are less prepared or who cannot meet tuition costs.

In a 2011 survey of college admissions counselors, those at public doctoral institutions identified students who can pay full tuition as the top group for which their institution increased recruitment efforts in the past year.

These institutions are also pursuing out-of-state and international students, who typically pay higher tuition and fees. At the University, out-of-state students without reciprocity and international students pay about $5,000 more than in-state students. International students are charged a $290 fee.

Kampsen said the emphasis on ACT score, in particular, is a major barrier for students. TRiO students’ average high school GPA is 3.5, but their average ACT score is 19, she said.

Alysha Lister, an elementary education junior and co-chair of the TRiO Student Board, was waitlisted when she applied to the University. She was eventually accepted through TRiO but said she thinks she was waitlisted because of her 19 ACT score.

Though she said test scores are important “to an extent,” it’s difficult to judge a student’s ability based on those alone. They may, like her, have done well in high school but have test anxiety.

W h a t ’s m o r e , l o w income students tend to score lower on the ACT than their wealthier counterparts.

A Washington State University study using 2004 College Board and ACT Assessment test score data found an almost perfect correlation between poverty and low ACT and SAT scores.

2000-04

In recent years, students have flocked to community colleges, where admission is less competitive and tuition costs are lower.

At Normandale, the biggest “feeder school” to the University of any college in the nation, enrollment has increased 46 percent since 2000.

More than 70 percent of students indicate on their application that they want to attend Normandale to complete general education requirements, and a quarter of students who transfer out enroll at the University.

“Students are coming in here as if it’s a general college,” said Matt Crawford, Normandale’s dean of enrollment and marketing.

The University’s Minnesota Cooperative Admissions Program guarantees admission for students who transfer from certain two-year colleges and meet specific criteria.

In a way, Minnesota’s community colleges are serving the goal Coffman

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

South Africa: fight over rhino poaching escalates

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

JOHANNESBURG — A U.S. firm recently gave smar t phones to some game rangers in South Africa to help them track poachers who kill rhinos for their hor ns. An antipoaching ad campaign in Vietnam, a key illegal market, shows rhinos with human hands or feet in place of horns, which are made from the same material as fingernails and toenails.

Despite these and other globe-spanning projects to protect the rhinoceros, the rate of poaching in South Africa — home to most of Africa’s rhinos — this year is on track to exceed the record number of illegal kills in 2012, conser vation of ficials say. The more money, innovation and publicity go into the cause, the more poachers, who see rhino horn as a highpriced commodity, seemingly diversify their hunt.

It resembles a tit-for-tat escalation, similar to the old arcade game “Whac-aMole,” in which disparate campaigns can target a poaching tactic or location only for the killing to pop up in other places and forms.

“The demand seems to be such that ever y time there’s a clampdown in one area, another issue e m e r g e s , ” s a i d D r. J o Shaw, a rhino exper t in South Africa for the World Wildlife Fund.

South Africa, a haventur ned-killing ground, was once a big success.

The intensity of the battle here has since made it a cr ucible for experiments and policy debates on how to stop poachers seeking to meet surging demand

in some Asian countries.

Consumers covet rhino horn after it is ground into a powder as a balm for health, despite no supporting evidence.

A South African opposition party has urged the government to label rhino poaching as a national disaster, allowing the allocation of disaster management funds to fight poaching. The Democratic Alliance also called for more discussion about legalizing the trade in rhino hor ns, which can grow back after cutting.

“A total ban on rhino hor n trade will eventually lead to the complete extinction of the species.

A regulated and controlled trade would supply demand and dismantle poaching syndicates through open market pressures,” opposition lawmaker Anthony Benadie said in a statement.

Some conser vationists war n that a legal trade would not necessarily stamp out the illegal one.

Besides, it would require the approval of the Convention on the Inter national T rade in Endangered Species, or CITES. The group, which has 173 signator y countries, met in Bangkok in March and won’t meet again for three years.

Poachers killed 668 r hinos in South Africa in 2012, a 50 percent increase over the previous year. On April 18, South Africa said 232 rhino had been illegally killed so far this year, 70 percent of them in the vast Kr uger National Park.

“The patter ns keep indicating that it will be over 800” this year, said

Shaw of the World Wildlife Fund.

She said the number of white and black rhinos in South Africa, 19,000 and 2,000 respectively, is actually rising. By some estimates, however, the populations will reach a “tipping point” in 2016 and then decline if poaching persists.

Albi Modise, spokesman for South Africa’s depar tment of environmental af fairs, said the use of gun silencers and other sophisticated equipment by poachers “requires that we up our game as well in terms of anti-poaching activity.”

In one success, Shaw said, authorities have stopped Vietnamese and others killing rhinos in South Africa under the guise of legal trophyhunting, and then illegally selling the horns abroad.

South Africa r egulates limited hunting of rhinos, though this practice is coming under increasing scrutiny.

The poaching crisis has triggered an array of measures whose effectiveness is hotly debated.

The private Sabi Sand game reser ve has injected horns of some rhinos with a pink dye and chemicals that could sicken a person who ingests rhino hor n.

The tactic would be tough to implement in the nearby Kr uger park, where rhinos are harder to track in the vast expanse and where rangers sometimes clash with armed poachers from neighboring Mozambique. CITES is pushing Mozambique to get tougher on poachers, and also urging V ietnam to take steps to curb demand.

CSL Plasma could get more relocation options Plasma u from Page 1

“Our donors live within a five-mile radius of our current facility,” Newkirk said. “So we’re looking for oppor tunities within that five miles.”

While finding a new space for the center may be easier for CSL, moving even five miles might pose a challenge for some donors.

Steven Christen, who donates plasma twice per week, said he might not come as often if the center moved farther north or east.

“It could [af fect whether I donate],” he said. “I live over in south Minneapolis, and I bike usually.”

CPM Pr oper ty Management, which has been assisting CSL Plasma in its search for a new home, plans to break ground on WaHu apartments as soon

as the center moves. Daniel Oberpriller, owner of CPM, said the apartments would likely open in fall 2015.

“We’ve been struggling to find a location for the plasma center,” he said. “It’s been a painful process.”

Gun shops, tattoo parlors and pawnshops are the other businesses allowed in the district, and Gordon said he felt that the center should be classified more as a clinic.

CSL is the only plasma center in Minneapolis and collects about 300-400 donations each day. Donors can visit the center twice per week and are compensated for their plasma.

The amendment would allow the blood and plasma centers to be placed in an additional zoning district, OR3 (Institutional Of fice Residence district), opening up more potential locations.

“OR3 zoning is zoning

that’s found on a lot of our larger campus areas — hospital campuses, clinic campuses,” said Kimberly Holien, a senior city planner. The zoning also allows for dense housing.

Riley Nornes, a histor y sophomore, said donating depends on whether the center is within biking or walking distance.

“It would definitely be ver y much about convenience,” he said.

Whether CSL Plasma can find an optimal new location or not, it has to move because its lease is up next April, Newkirk said.

“It has nothing to do with the current zoning,” he said. “We do need to find a new home for our current facility in Minneapolis.”

If approved by the zoning and planning committee next Thursday, the Minneapolis City Council will review the amendment May 10.

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Nation & World 149 die, more cry for help at Bangladesh building collapse

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAVAR, Bangladesh — Workers trapped in the wreckage of a collapsed factor y building in Bangladeshcried out for help Thursday, as r escuers str uggled to reach sur vivors of a disaster that killed at least 149 people and reignited questions about the often lethal conditions the countr y’s garment industry.

Army Brig. Gen. Mohammed Siddiqul Alam Shikder said many people are still trapped in the building, which housed a number of garment factories employing hundreds of people when it came tumbling down Wednesday mor ning. A clearer picture of the rescue operation would be available by afternoon, he said.

The disaster in the Dhaka suburb of Savar came less than five months after a factor y fire killed 112 people and underscored the unsafe conditions faced

by Bangladesh’s garment workers, who pr oduce clothes for global brands worn around the world.

Wo r k e r s s a i d t h e y had hesitated to enter the building on Wednesday mor ning because it had developed such large cracks a day earlier that it even drew the attention of local news channels. Just hours later it came tumbling down.

Tens of thousands of

people gathered at the site, weeping and searching for family members. Searchers worked through the night to get through the jumbled mess of concrete with drills or their bare hands, passing water and flashlights to those pinned inside the building.

“I gave them whistles, water, torchlights. I heard them cr y. We can’t leave them behind this way,” said fire official Abul Khayer.

Abdur Rahim, who worked on the fifth floor, said a factor y manager gave assurances that the cracks in the building were no cause for concern, so employees went inside.

“After about an hour or so, the building collapsed suddenly,” Rahim said. The next thing he remembers is regaining consciousness outside.

On a visit to the site, Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir told reporters the building had violated construction codes and that “the culprits would be punished.”

Abdul Halim, an of ficial with the engineering depar tment in Savar, said the owner was originally allowed to construct a fivestor y building but he added another three stories illegally.

Local police chief Mohammaed Asaduzzaman said police and the government’s Capital Development Authority have filed separate cases of negligence against the building

owner.

Habibur Rahman, police superintendent of Dhaka district, identified the owner as Mohammed Sohel Rana, a local leader of ruling Awami League’s youth front. Rahman said police were also looking for the owners of the garment factories.

Among the textile businesses in the building were Phantom Apparels Ltd., New Wave Style Ltd., New Wave Bottoms Ltd. and New Wave Brothers Ltd. According to their website, the New Wave companies make clothing for major brands including U.S. retailers The Children’s Place and Dress Barn, British retailer Primark and Spanish retailer Mango.

Jane Singer, a spokeswoman for The Children’s Place, said that “while one of the garment factories located in the building complex has produced apparel for The Children’s Place, none of our product was in production at the time of this accident.”

“Our deepest sympathies go out to the victims of this terrible tragedy and their families,” Singer said in a statement.

Dress Barn said that to its knowledge, it had not purchased clothing from the factories involved since 2010. Primark, a major British clothing retailer, confirmed that one of the suppliers it uses to produce some of its goods was lo-

cated on the second floor of the building.

In a statement emailed to The Associated Press, Primark said it was “shocked and deeply saddened by the appalling incident.” It added that it has been working with other retailers to review the countr y’s approach to factor y standards and will now push for this review to include building integrity. Meanwhile, Primark’s ethical trade team is working to collect information, assess which communities the workers come from and provide suppor t “where possible.”

Mango denied repor ts it was using any of the suppliers in the building. However, in an email statement to the AP, it said that there had been conversations with one of them to produce a batch of test products.

K e v i n G a r d n e r, a spokesman at Wal-Mar t Stores, Inc., the secondlargest clothing producer in Bangladesh, said the company is investigating to see if a factory in the building had been producing for the chain at the time of the collapse.

“We remain committed and are actively engaged in promoting stronger safety measures, and that work continues,” Gardner said.

Ch a rl es K er n a g h a n , executive director of the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights, which has an of fice in Dhaka,

says his staff is investigating. He’s hoping his team, working with local workers’ groups, will be able to find out which brands were having their products made at the time of the collapse.

“You can’t tr ust many buildings in Bangladesh,” Ker naghan said. “It’s so corrupt that you can buy of f anybody and ther e won’t be any retribution.”

An enormous section of the concrete structure appeared to have splintered like twigs. Colorful sheets of fabric were tied to upper floors so those inside could climb or slide down and escape.

An arm jutted out of one section of the rubble. A lifeless woman covered in dust could be seen in another.

Sumi, a 25-year-old worker who goes by one name, said she was sewing jeans on the fifth floor with at least 400 others when the building fell.

“It collapsed all of a sudden,” she said. “No shaking, no indication. It just collapsed on us.”

She said she managed to reach a hole in the building where rescuers pulled her out.

Firefighters and soldiers with drilling machines and cranes worked with volunteers to search for survivors.

Rescuers car ried the body of a young boy from the building; it was not immediately clear what he had been doing inside. The

building housed a bank and various shops in addition to the garment factories.

Mosammat Khurshida wailed as she looked for her husband. “He came to work in the morning. I can’t find him,” she said.

“I don’t know where he is.

He does not pick up his phone.”

The morgue of the medical college echoed with the sobs of people waiting for the bodies of their loved ones.

“Where’s my mother?

Where’s my mother? Tell me, tell me, oh Allah, oh Allah!” Rana Ahmed cried.

Asaduzzaman, the local police chief, said nearly 100 bodies had been handed to their families as of Thursday morning.

The collapse was even deadlier than the November factor y fire that drew international attention to working conditions in Bangladesh’s $20 billion-a-year textile industr y. The countr y has about 4,000 garment factories and exports clothes to leading Western retailers, and the industr y wields vast power in the South Asian nation.

The Tazreen factor y in the fire lacked emergency exits, and its owner said only three floors of the eight-stor y building were legally built. Sur viving employees said gates had been locked and managers had told them to go back to work after the fire alarm went off.

Obama and Bush, partisans who share common ground

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Despite vast differences with President George W. Bush on ideology, style and temperament, President Barack Obama has stuck with Bush policies or aspirations on a number of fronts, from counterterrorism to immigration, from war strategy to the global fight against AIDS. Even on tax policy, where Bush advocated lower tax rates for all and Obama pushed for higher rates on the rich, Bush’s tax cuts for the middle class not only have survived under Obama, they have become permanent.

Obama inherited from his predecessor two military conflicts, a war on terror and a financial crisis. He also inherited, and in time embraced, the means with which to confront them.

On Thursday, Obama will attend the dedication of Bush’s presidential library in Texas, a tableau that will draw attention to two distinct men — a Republican and a Democrat from different ends of the political spectrum, political foils with polarized constituencies.

Indeed, Obama ran for president in 2008 as the anti-Bush, critical of the war against Iraq and of the economic policies of the preceding eight years.

But in his more than four

years of governing, Obama has also adopted or let stand a series of Bush initiatives, illustrating how the policies of one administration can take hold and how the realities of governing often limit solutions.

Bush’s signature education plan, No Child Left Behind, remains the law of the land, though the Obama administration has granted states waivers to give them flexibility in meeting performance targets. A Bush Medicare prescription drug plan, criticized for its cost, is now popular with beneficiaries, and Obama has sought to improve it by providing relief for seniors with high bills. Obama continued the unpopular bank bailouts and expanded the auto industry rescue that Bush initiated in 2008.

Bush authorized a militar y surge in Iraq in an effor t to tame the conflict there. Obama completed the withdrawal of troops from Iraq but also authorized a military surge in Afghanistan before beginning a drawdown of troops that is expected to be completed at the end of 2014.

“The responsibilities of of fice drive presidents toward pragmatism,” said Joshua Bolten, a former Bush chief of staff. Where those policies are effective, he added, “the successor has good reason to adopt

them.”

Obama, like Bush during his presidency, is seeking an overhaul of immigration laws that give 11 millionimmigrants in the U.S. illegally a chance to get on a path toward citizenship. Bush came up short in 2007, but Bolten believes that six years later the nation and its politicians are in a different place.

“President Bush was just ahead of his time and his par ty in recognizing both the importance of reaching some sort of bipartisan accommodation and on what the elements of that might reasonably be,” he said.

Bruce Buchanan, a government professor at the University of Texas at Austin who specializes on the presidency, says it’s not uncommon for presidents to hand off their agendas to another. Even measures or issues that were unpopular under one president can appear different with the passage of time and under the direction of a new occupant in the White House.

“While the names of the problems are the same, the stage of development is usually ver y dif ferent and the public stance of the president dealing with them is often ver y different,” he said. “You have to be sensitive to those things lest you create the false impression that they are mirror im-

ages of one another, which I don’t think would be accurate.”

Even without the similarities, presidents are members of an elite club, one that gives them a unique appreciation for the travails they each face.

“Regardless of the times when they served and their political and policy dif ferences, there is a commonality of experience that the president believes binds them together,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said. “The responsibilities of the office are the same.”

On no front are the similarities between the two presidents more striking than on counterterrorism.

Obama did vow to end the harsh interrogation techniques such as waterboarding that had been employed during the Bush administration, and he issued an executive order upon becoming president declaring that

the United States would not engage in torture.

But other practices continued and, in some case, expanded under Obama.

“The basic similarity is these are the only two presidents that have governed in a post-9/11 era, where the principal threat to the United States comes from terrorism,” said Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national security adviser. “President Obama believes that we’re at war with al-Qaida and its affiliated groups, has continued to take direct action against al-Qaida networks overseas and has continued to pursue ver y aggressive intelligence, law enforcement and homeland security measures that have been developed since 9/11.”

Jack Goldsmith, who was an assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel during Bush’s first term, says Obama’s use of warrantless sur veillance,

military detentions without trial and increased drone strikes has received less pushback than it would under a Republican president.

Goldsmith, now a law professor at Har vard Law School, argued in a blog post after Obama’s election that the public “generally trust the former constitutional law professor and civil liberties champion more than a Republican president to carry out these policies.”

He added that “many on the left (in Congress and the NGO community, and perhaps the press) who might otherwise be uncomfortable with these policies will give President Obama a freer hand than they would a Republican president.”

Still, Rhodes sees significant differences in Obama’s national security approach.

Bush, Rhodes said, had defined the broad conflict as a war on terrorism and included Iraq as part of that war.

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Minaret of famed mosque in Syria destroyed

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BEIRUT — The 11thcentury minaret of a famed mosque that towered over the narrow stone alleyways of Aleppo’s old quarter collapsed Wednesday as rebels and government troops fought pitched battles in the streets around it, depriving the ancient Syrian city of one of its most important landmarks.

President Bashar Assad’s government and the rebels tr ying to over throw him traded blame over the destruction to the Umayyad Mosque, a UNESCO world heritage site and centerpiece of Aleppo’s walled Old City.

“This is like blowing up the Taj Mahal or destroying the Acropolis in Athens. This mosque is a living sanctuary,” said Helga Seeden, a professor of archaeology at the American University of Beirut. “This is a disaster. In terms of heritage, this is the worst I’ve seen in Syria. I’m horrified.”

Aleppo, Syria’s largest

city and a commercial hub, emerged as a key battleground in the nation’s civil war after rebels launched an offensive there last summer.

Since then, the fighting has car ved the city into rebeland regime-held zones, killed thousands of people, forced thousands more to flee their homes and laid waste to entire neighborhoods.

The Umayyad Mosque complex, which dates mostly from the 12th century, suffered extensive damage in October as both sides fought to control the walled compound in the heart of the old city. The fighting left the mosque burned, scarred by bullets and trashed. Two weeks earlier, the nearby medieval covered market, or souk, was gutted by a fire sparked by fighting.

With thousands of years of written histor y, Syria is home to archaeological treasures that date back to biblical times, including the desert oasis of Palmyra, a cultural center of the ancient world. The nation’s capital, Damascus, is one of the old-

est continually inhabited cities in the world.

At least five of Syria’s six World Heritage sites have been damaged in the fighting, according to UNESCO, the U.N.’s cultural agency.

Looters have broken into one of the world’s best-preserved Crusader castles, Crac des Chevaliers, and ruins in the ancient city of Palmyra were damaged. Both rebel and regime forces have set up bases in some of Syria’s significant historic sites, including citadels and Turkish bath houses, while thieves have stolen artifacts from museums.

The destruction of the minaret — which dated to 1090 and was the oldest surviving part of the Umayyad Mosque — brought outrage and grief.

“What is happening is a big shame,” said Imad aKhal, a 59-year-old Christian businessman in Aleppo.

“Thousands of tourists used to visit this site. Every day is a black day for Syrians.”

T h e m a i n We s t e r n backed opposition group,

the Syrian National Coalition, accused the government of intentionally committing “a crime against civilization and humanity” by destroying the minaret.

“The regime has done all it can to tear apart the Syrian social fabric,” the Coalition said in a statement. “By its killings and destruction of heritage, it is planting bitterness in the hearts of the people that will be difficult to erase for a long time to come.”

There were conflicting accounts about what leveled the minaret, leaving the once-soaring stone tower a pile of rubble and twisted metal scattered in the mosque’s tiled courtyard.

Syria’s state news agency said rebels from the al-Qaidalinked Jabhat al-Nusra group blew it up, while Aleppobased activist Mohammed al-Khatib said a Syrian army tank fired a shell that “totally destroyed” the minaret.

The mosque fell into rebel hands earlier this year after heavy fighting but the area around the compound remains contested, with Syrian troops just some 200 yards away.

An amateur video posted online by the anti-government Aleppo Media Center showed the mosque’s vaulted archways charred from earlier fighting and a pile of rubble where the minaret used to be.

Standing inside the mosque courtyard, a man who appeared to be a rebel fighter, said regime forces recently fired seven shells at the minaret but failed to knock it down. On Wednes-

day, the tank rounds struck their target, he said.

“We were standing here today and suddenly shells started hitting the minaret,” the man said. The army “then tried to storm the mosque but we pushed them back.”

The video appeared genuine and corresponded to other Associated Press reporting.

The destruction in Aleppo follows the collapse a week earlier of the minaret of the historic Omari Mosque in the southern city of Daraa.

The Daraa mosque was built during the Islamic conquest of Syria in the days of Caliph Omar ibn al-Khattab in the seventh century.

In that instance as well, the opposition and regime blamed each other. The state news agency accused Jabhat al-Nusra of positioning cameras around the area to record the event.

Whether the destruction is targeted or not, the damage highlights the difficulties of protecting a nation’s cultural heritage in wartime.

“Culture can only really be protected in peace time.

When you have open warfare, it is impossible,” said Seeden, the archaeology professor in Beirut. “When buildings are under fire, you cannot protect the buildings.

You can’t protect what’s in it, if they are mosaics, wall paintings, architectural details that are part of the building — there’s no way you can protect them.”

After the Umayyad Mosque was first damaged last year, Assad issued a presidential decree to form a

committee to repair it by the end of 2013, although it’s not clear what such a body could do amid a raging civil war.

The mosque’s last renovations began about 20 years ago and were completed in 2006.

The damage in Aleppo is just part of the wider devastation caused by the country’s conflict, which began more than two years ago with largely peaceful protests but morphed into a civil war as the opposition took up arms in the face of a withering government crackdown. The fighting has exacted a huge toll, killing more than 70,000 people, leaving cities, towns and villages in ruins and forcing more than a million people to flee their homes and seek refuge abroad.

Also Wednesday, Syrian church officials said the whereabouts of two bishops kidnapped in northern Syriaremain unknown, a day after telling reporters the priests had been released.

Gunmen pulled Bishop Boulos Yazigi of the Greek Or thodox Chur ch and Bishop John Ibrahim of the Assyrian Orthodox Church from their car and killed their driver on Monday while they were traveling outside Aleppo. It was not clear who abducted the priests.

But Bishop Tony Yazigi of the Damascus-based Greek Orthodox Church said the gunmen are believed to be Chechen fighters from Jabhat al-Nusra. Yazigi declined to say what made it appear that the Nusra Front was involved.

That account corresponded with one provided by the Britain-based Syrian Observator y for Human Rights, which said foreign fighters had abducted the bishops near a checkpoint outside Aleppo. Director Rami Abdul-Rahman said activists in the area said the gunmen were foreign fighters from the Caucuses.

However, the main opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition, condemned the kidnapping and blamed Assad’s regime.

In Rome, Pope Francis called for the rapid release of the two bishops. In his appeal Tuesday, the pontiff called the abduction “a dramatic confirmation of the tragic situation in which the Syrian population and its Christian community are living.”

There has been a spike in kidnappings in northern Syria, much of which is controlled by the rebels, and around Damascus in recent months. Residents blame criminal groups that have ties to both the regime and the rebels for the abductions of wealthy residents traveling to Syria from neighboring Turkey and Lebanon.

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Cue the T-Pain

Spring is sprung, and it’s time you were, too.

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BRONWYN MILLER columnist

the chance to talk to a particular person slip through their fingers. This reality, coupled with the intense — and instantaneous — popularity of the page, begs the question: Why are countless people failing to strike up conversations in person, then taking to the digital world to publicly share how much they regret missing the opportunity? Why, in an environment brimming with young, sexually interested individuals, is this medium necessary?

It’s certainly not the first of its kind. Missed Connections has been a major highlight of Craigslist since its inception.

And am I the only one who was here when LikeALittle.com got huge? Fruit names? Still with me?

With Secret Admirers, the concept has become more specified, elaborate and sophis-

ticated, with a heavy emphasis on crowdsourcing. We have developed a deliberate, highly crafted method to accomplish exactly what the simple act of going up and talking to someone would do but without that whole putting-yourself-out-there part. Yet it hardly feels like an achievement.

Our lives have become so saturated by technology that we have begun using it as a crutch, not because we have to, but because it now feels most natural.

Our obsession with technology risks dehumanizing our culture to such a degree that striking up a conversation with a stranger, commonplace for every prior generation, feels too confrontational and imposing.

So, we keep our headphones in and our faces buried in our phones, occasionally struck by a cute passerby. We think about approaching him or her, but the unprecedented control we have over our presentation and communications through orchestrated and oft-retouched texts, emails, posts, Instagrammed photos and tweets makes the realness and intimacy presented by a spontaneous in-person interaction feel way too threatening. Perhaps knowing we have Secret Admirers (or Facebook

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in general) as a resource causes us to feel optimistic enough about the opportunity to later “interact” with this person that we can justify avoiding any real expression of interest. That way, we can avert the risk of rejection.

But we’re missing out. Secret Admirers might be a prime source for a temporary feelgood moment, but if anything, it’s further distracting us from engaging in real-life relationships. Settling for online communication means missing out on the incredible moments to be had by living three-dimensionally, like nightlong makeout sessions and getting fingerbanged in the alley behind Mesa Pizza. I want these things for you.

Rid yourself of the crutch that technology so alluringly provides. Look people in the eye as you go through your day.

Take a chance.

Your pool will never run so wide and deep as it does right now. If someone does not return your affection, learn from it and keep moving. But you have to dive in first.

Bronwyn Miller welcomes comments at bmiller@mndaily.com.

ELECTION

Minnesota’s second District The GOP-leaning district will be home to an interesting midterm election next year.

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of industrial companies.

While many of them have responded by getting their own power generators and regulators to help minimize the risks, they warn that companies might be forced to leave if the government doesn’t deal with the issues.

It was 3 a.m. on a Wednesday when the machines suddenly ground to a halt at Hydro Aluminum in Hamburg, Ger many.

The rolling mill’s highly sensitive monitor stopped production so abr uptly that the aluminum belts snagged. They hit the machines and destroyed a piece of the mill. The reason: The voltage of f the electricity grid weakened for just a millisecond.

To suppor t Germany’s renewable energy program, electric customers now pay a surcharge of 5.28 euro cents/kwh (7 U.S. cents).

That’s more than the 4-5 cents/kwh wholesale cost of electric power production from U.S. fossil fuel and nuclear power plants.

Jürgen Grossmann, the CEO of Germany’s largest power utility, recently told Der Spiegel magazine that “subsidizing solar panels in Germany was about as useful as growing pineapples in Alaska.” I suggest the same analogy applies for Minnesota.

innesota’s 2nd Congressional District has proven to be a red stronghold in our consistently blue state, with Republican Congressman John Kline firmly holding on to the seat. The year 2012 provided the closest race Kline has seen since being elected in 2003, yet he still won handily against DemocraticFarmer-Labor Par ty challenger Mike Obermueller with more than 54 percent of the vote.

The 2014 midterm elections, however, have been shaping up to make the 2nd District an interesting race to watch. In addition to Obermueller looking for a rematch, CEO and founder of CaringBridge, Sona Mehring, has thrown in her hat as a DFL challenger to Kline. For those who don’t know, CaringBridge is a social network designed to help families, friends and communities stay connected during times of health crises.

Aside from founding and serving as the CEO of CaringBridge, Mehring has been recognized as one of the “Most Influential Women in Technology” by Fast Company, as well as one of 25 “Women Industry Leaders” in the Twin Cities by the Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal. She does not have traditional political experience but has received a Cer tificate of Special Congressional Recognition for her service to the community.

Meh ri n g ’s c r ed en t i a l s an d strong community investments promise to craft an interesting challenge to the incumbent. Kline is currently known as the most conservative member of the Minnesota delegation, scoring only 2.8 percent progressive on an assortment of issues in a third-party test. Kline has a solid résumé in Washington, albeit a strongly partisan one. In the House, he currently ser ves on the Armed Ser vices Committee and chairs the Education and the Workforce Committee, however, he is also prominently remembered for his push to place former President Ronald Reagan on the $50 bill in 2005.

The 2014 elections will be impor tant to watch for an ar ray of reasons, and Minnesota will definitely receive some national attention for the rematch between Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and challenger Jim Graves. However, while most likely not garnering as much attention, the 2nd District race may turn out to be just as interesting.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR New tax for solar energy

Barely noticed in legislative debates over taxes and budgets, House File 956, an omnibus energy bill, is quietly working its way through committee hearings on its way to the floor of the Minnesota House of Representatives.

A related bill, Senate File 901, is on a similar path in the state Senate.

HF 956 is sponsored by Democratic-Farmer-Labor Reps. Melissa Hor ton and Bill Morgan. It imposes a new Renewable Energy Standard requiring investor-owned utilities to get 40 percent of their electric energy from renewable fuels like wind energy by 2030. This is a big increase over the existing, and probably unattainable, 25 percent RES. The bill also adds an additional mandate for investor-owned utilities to get 4 percent of their energy fuel supply from solar energy by 2025.

The Energy Information Administration repor ts that for all of 2012, the U.S. got a little more than 3 percent of its electric energy from wind power and one-half of 1 percent from solar. Although Minnesota gets more energy from wind than most other states, the leap from the typical 3-4 percent to 44 percent from wind and solar is huge, even if we count on some help from other r enewables such as bur ning biomass and

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STUDENT LIFE

he change in seasons can mean only one thing — time for a spring fling.

Look no further than the University of Minnesota Secret Admirers Facebook page to find plenty of people who agree.

Between heavy emoticon usage and puns ranging from witty to weird, it’s confirmed: People all over campus are feeling thirsty.

In many ways, the page is quite entertaining. Writing about someone is a surefire way to make his or her day, and leaving a more cryptic post engages others as they try to figure out who the subject may be. The ability to reveal one’s desires completely anonymously is appealing. Also, the idea of a secret admirer is notoriously embraced by our culture, an infamous and exciting “movie script” experience.

However, while some of the posts on Secret Admirers are simply meant to serve as “random act of kindness” compliments, many of the things people write have a genuinely wistful, disappointed tone. People lament how they allowed

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some small hydroelectric power systems.

Intermittent wind and solar energy are more expensive than conventional energy fuel sources like coal, natural gas and nuclear. To support this costly new state mandate for solar energy, HF 956 imposes a tax of 1.33 percent of utilities gross revenues.

The proceeds, at least $30 million per year from Xcel Energy customers, will subsidize solar installations throughout the state.

In meeting with a number of state legislators this week, I got the impression that they are inspired by the example of Germany, the poster countr y for solar. Using $10 billion annually in subsidies, Germany now has more than a quar ter million roof-top solar installations and 40 percent of the world’s solar capacity. In 2012, Germany produced 28 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity from solar, 5.5 percent of its total electric demand.

Germany also subsidizes large amounts of wind power, and wind and solar combined provided a variable 16 percent of electric demand in 2012. This required backup natural gas plants to run in an inef ficient star t-stop mode, increasing greenhouse gas emissions, wasting fuel and stressing machinery.

Sudden fluctuations from renewables in Germany’s power grid are causing damage to a number

Drug testing legislators is bad policy Despite the march toward privacy, Minnesota is moving the wrong way.

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mid the debate on drug testing as a prerequisite to receive welfare benefits, the Minnesota House of Representatives adopted an amendment to the Health and Human Services budget that would require mandatory drug testing for state legislators.

When an amendment was proposed to require mandatory drug testing for welfare recipients, instead of rejecting the amendment on the grounds that such tests are racially discriminatory and motivated, a waste of money and an invasion of privacy, Rep. Tina Liebling, DFL-Rochester, responded with an argument that parity was necessary and that if such a program were implemented, state legislators should be forced to undergo drug screening as well.

The amendment she offered to that effect passed overwhelmingly.

While state legislators are certainly public figures and therefore subject to a lower expectation of privacy, the message such strong support gives erodes the notion that one’s body is inherently private and free from state interference.

Second, drug testing welfare recipients in other states has proved to cost more money than the state saves. Florida spent $118,140 to reimburse people for drug testing costs and lost a total of $45,780 after factoring in the savings from those who failed such tests.

Although smaller in scale, surely the Minnesota Legislature will see an even poorer return on their investment — wasting valuable taxpayer dollars in a budget that cuts $150 million.

Finally, it is ultimately up to the voters to decide the qualifications necessary of their representatives.

If voters in certain districts wish to ensure that their representative is drug-free, it should be the responsibility of the candidates to undergo such screening at the expense of their campaign, not the taxpayers of the rest of the state.

The Health and Human Services budget passed the House and will go to conference committee with the Senate. Senators should work to protect Minnesotans’ privacy from the implications and insinuations of this amendment.

Ease up on the 60-40 rule Local restaurants struggle to obey an overburdening city ordinance.

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arlier this week, the Minnesota Daily reported that two members of the Minneapolis City Council are looking to change a 1983 ordinance that regulates alcohol sales in restaurants. Outside of the downtown area, at least 60 percent of a restaurant’s revenue must come from food sales while only the remaining 40 percent can come from alcohol sales.

While many restaurants in the University of Minnesota area try their best to meet this goal, it is sometimes impossible. As Greg Pillsbur y, owner of Burrito Loco Bar and Grill in Dinkytown, puts it: “You’re not going to have three entrées and a beer, but you might have an entrée and three beers.”

The ordinance was originally designed to curb excessive drinking in residential neighborhoods, but many see it as a burden on small, independent businesses.

The Daily repor ted that councilmembers Gar y Schif f and Meg Tuthill have proposed changing the ratio to 50-50. The Daily Editorial Board agrees that the city should make it easier for independently run businesses in our communities, including more residential areas.

By changing this ordinance and easing up on regulations, these businesses outside of the downtown area will be able to flourish without badgering patrons to purchase an extra plate of food. Instead of focusing on cooperative businesses that have struggled to maintain this arbitrar y ratio, the City Council should focus on businesses that repeatedly violate regulations.

The modest proposal to alter the ordinance will give some relief to restaurant owners while still keeping a check on alcohol consumption.

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Freshman pitcher handles life’s curveball Anderson was a standout at Brainerd High School, where she was named Minnesota’s Ms. Softball and Minnesota’s Gatorade Softball Player of the Year in 2012.

Though most of the players on the Gophers’ roster are either from the Twin Cities metro area or out of state, Anderson was on Allister’s radar right away.

“We kept hearing about

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she had built up during the preseason, but she has shown “a vast improvement” over the past month.

“We knew it was there,” Allister said. “It was just a matter of her getting back to the form that she was in.”

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5 p.m., Friday; 1 p.m., Saturday and noon, Sunday in Columbus, Ohio

MINNESOTA: Right as the weather in Minnesota starts cooperating with the team, the Gophers will head to Columbus, Ohio, to play their first scheduled Big Ten weekend road series since the end of March.

With a 9-5 record, Minnesota is tied with Northwestern for fourth in the Big Ten. OHIO STATE: The Buckeyes entered Wednesday’s games in eighth place in the Big Ten with a 6-9 record.

Four Ohio State pitchers have tossed more than 39 innings this season. Alex DiDomenico led the team with a 12-7 record and a 2.61 ERA entering Wednesday’s games.

a hard-throwing lefty up in Brainerd,” she said.

But Allister and Ritter had a tough time scouting Anderson because Minnesota’s high school softball schedule aligns with the Gophers schedule.

While a shor t drive to watch a player in the metro area was feasible, a fourhour round-trip up nor th was not.

“Minnesota’s high school softball [season] is really short and compact,” Ritter said. “And then ever yone goes out and plays summer ball. That’s where they continue where they left off in high school.”

Ritter finally got a good look at Anderson at a national tournament in Tennessee.

“I liked her feistiness,” Ritter said. “She competed with every batter.”

Anderson made an immediate impact during her first semester at Minnesota. Allister said she made tremendous strides in the weight room during her fall semester, which translated to her success in the pitching circle.

In a way, Anderson ending up at Minnesota makes perfect sense — her grandfather won a national championship with the Gophers baseball team in 1956, and her aunt is a member of the Minnesota Softball Hall of Fame.

“When coach Allister contacted me, I definitely knew this was where I wanted to be,” Anderson said.

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Gophers take two from Iowa State The games were moved to Ames, Iowa, because of bad field conditions in MN.

BY DREW CLAUSSEN dclaussen@mndaily.com

Minnesota (28-15, 9-5 Big Ten) swept Iowa State in a doubleheader Wednesday in Ames, Iowa. The Gophers won the first game 12-6 and the second game 13-1.

The Gophers are 5-0 in home games that have been moved to their opponent’s venue.

Minnesota took the lead in the first game on a tworun home run by freshman Kayla Wenner. Sophomore Tyler Walker added another two-run homer in the top of the sixth, giving Minnesota a 9-1 lead.

The Cyclones chased five runs across the plate in the bottom of the sixth but could not complete the comeback.

In game two, Minnesota scored three runs in the first inning and three in the third to jump ahead 6-1 after three innings.

Wenner had a two-run triple in the third for Minnesota. The Gophers added runs in three of the final four innings to cruise to the victory.

Junior pitcher Sara Moulton won both games.

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FOOTBALL

Gophers extend winning streak

Spring game to cap month of practice

Solid pitching and timely hitting led the Gophers past North Dakota St.

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BY NATE GOTLIEB ngotlieb@mndaily.com

Sophomore shor tstop Michael Handel drove in three runs as the Gophers defeated Nor th Dakota State 5-3 at Siebert Field on Wednesday for their sixth straight win.

Minnesota (24-13) overcame a slow offensive start to sweep its season series with Nor th Dakota State.

The Gophers beat the Bison 4-2 at the Metrodome on Feb. 27.

Minnesota is now 4-1 at the new Siebert Field.

Head coach John Anderson said he was impressed with the pitching staf f ’s performance Tuesday after a week of no games.

“It’s hard to stay sharp when you don’t get work,” he said. “I thought, overall, we pitched well and played pretty good defense.”

Minnesota used five pitchers T uesday. They combined to give up three earned runs and five hits while striking out nine.

Nor th Dakota State used eight pitchers Tuesday, which kept the Gophers’ hitters uncomfor table, Handel said.

Playing for the first time since April 16, the Gophers’ offense was sluggish early in the game, recording one hit in the first four innings.

Minnesota finally broke through in the fifth inning, thanks in par t to one of three Nor th Dakota State fielding errors.

With the Gophers down 1-0, senior Troy Larson reached on an er ror by North Dakota State’s third baseman. He advanced to third base on a wild pitch and scored on a passed ball.

The Gophers took a 2-1 lead later in the inning when Handel dr ove in sophomore second baseman Connor Schaefbauer with a single.

Handel gave the Gophers a 4-1 lead in the seventh, drilling a fastball over the left-field fence for a two-run home run on a 3-1 count. The Gophers added another run in the inning when pinch-r unner Jake Bergren scored on a Dan Olinger single.

Nor th Dakota State scored two r uns in the eighth, but Gophers senior

MINNESOTA SPRING GAME 1 p.m., Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium

PREVIEW: The Gophers’ offense is expected to utilize a power running game and option plays Saturday. Coaches have stressed creating manageable second- and third-down opportunities this offseason, so the offense should run a lot on first down.

Sophomore Philip Nelson is the team’s starting quarterback and should carry the job into the fall. Nelson started the final seven games of last season but was inconsistent.

Freshman quarterback Mitch Leidner should get a lot of reps Saturday. Leidner, who redshirted last season, has impressed coaches this spring with his arm strength and running ability.

Coaches have indicated that junior Donnell Kirkwood, the Gophers’ leading rusher last season, will see limited action Saturday. The coaching staff will evaluate other potential running backs such as sophomore Rodrick Williams Jr. and junior David Cobb.

Williams Jr. and Cobb have seen extensive action in the Gophers’ two scrimmages so far this spring. Williams Jr. rushed for 261 yards and two touchdowns in 57 attempts last season. Cobb rushed 10 times for 57 yards two seasons ago.

The defense is led by senior defensive tackle Ra’Shede Hageman and an experienced secondary. Junior Derrick Wells, arguably the Gophers’ top safety last season, moved to cornerback after the team’s Dec. 28 bowl game and has impressed coaches at his new position.

Junior college transfer Damien Wilson and redshirt freshman Jack Lynn have split time this spring at middle linebacker. Both are competing for the starting middle linebacker position.

The game is free to the public.

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Minnesota’s Troy Larson bats against South Dakota State on March 27 at the Metrodome.

CHUCK’S CORNER Sports editor Charlie Armitz’s predictions for Gophers sports games this weekend

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closer Billy Soule shut the door on a potential comeback in the ninth. After a leadoff walk, Soule induced a 6-4-3 double play and struck out the game’s final batter.

The Gophers’ winning streak dates back to an April 7 win at Nor thwestern. They have held their opponents to 1.7 runs per game during the streak.

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Minnesota shortstop Michael Handel prepares to swing April 5 against Ohio State at Siebert Field.

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TENNIS

Youth fills void for women’s team

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Women well-rested entering Big Ten meet Poor spring weather has limited outdoor practice time for the men’s and women’s teams in the weeks leading up to the Big Ten tournament in Indiana.

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Minnesota’s Jessika Mozia returns the ball against Montana on Jan. 19 at the Baseline Tennis Center.

Two underclassmen have helped the Gophers amid a tough season.

zbacher said of his freshman class. “We had three ver y good returners not in our singles lineup, and those guys stepped up.”

Rincon Otero is 12-16 this year after she was forced to miss the first third of the season due to eligibility issues. Mozia is 22-16 and the only regular player on the team with a winning record this season.

Rincon Otero, a native of Madrid, Spain, was a touted international recruit. She has shown to be a tactician on the court, but her game has lacked consistency.

Merzbacher raved about Rincon Otero and the talent she brought to the team at the start of the season, but Mozia has been more impressive thus far.

BY DANE MIZUTANI dmizutani@mndaily.com

Minnesota’s women’s head tennis coach Chuck Merzbacher has acknowledged all season that his roster is littered with youth.

That youth that has led the team at times.

Though a junior and a sophomore hold the top two spots in the singles lineup, freshmen Paula Rincon Otero and Jessika Mozia have contributed greatly to the Gophers.

“They really kind of in a way saved the season,” Mer-

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A native of Littleton, Colo., Mozia was a four-star tennis recruit out of Colorado Academy high school and has proven that rank this season. Though she usually plays lower in the lineup at the No. 4 or No. 5 singles position, she has emerged as a leader on the team.

Less than three months ago, Mozia talked about butterflies in her stomach before matches.

Those butterflies seem to have dissipated.

“They were both kind of thrown in the fire and saw some success,” Merzbacher said of the two freshmen. “They were definitely stretched. We had an immediate need for them, and they both responded well.”

Mozia’s response and consistent play as of late was recognized in a big way in mid-

April as Merzbacher awarded her a full scholarship for the 2013-14 school year.

Men used loss as a turning point

The Gophers men’s team started the season 3-5 and lost four straight matches at one point.

But a loss to rival Wisconsin that dropped the team to 3-6 was the turning point in the season.

Senior Rok Bonin said the team realized it had talent but needed to change things up on the court.

“We changed some stuff up and gained our confidence back after that loss,” Bonin said.

That confidence has resulted in success. The Gophers have won nine of their last 10 matches entering the Big Ten tournament this weekend.

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Thursday through Sunday in Columbus, Ohio

PREVIEW: Minnesota enters the Big Ten tournament as the No. 2 seed. This is the first year since 2000 the Gophers have finished second in the Big Ten standings.

The Gophers tied for second with Michigan, but they held the headto-head tiebreaker.

Minnesota will have a first-round bye before playing Michigan State or Nebraska in the second round. The Gophers beat Michigan State 4-3 in March and beat Nebraska 5-2 a week ago.

A win against either of those teams will likely set up a date with Michigan in the semifinals. Minnesota beat the Wolverines 4-3 earlier this season and has played even better in recent weeks.

Ohio State is the overwhelming favorite to win the Big Ten title. The Buckeyes didn’t lose a single match in conference play and finished the regular season 28-2. They beat the Gophers 7-0 about a month ago.

PREVIEW: Minnesota enters the Big Ten tournament as the No. 10 seed after a disappointing end to the regular season. The Gophers won six straight matches early in the season, but they lost eight of their last nine matches.

Minnesota will face No. 7 seed Penn State in the first round of the tournament. The Gophers beat the Nittany Lions 4-3 in early April.

If Minnesota beats Penn State again, it will face Nebraska in the second round. Nebraska beat Minnesota 6-1 last weekend.

Michigan and Nebraska are the two heavy favorites for the Big Ten title. Both teams finished 10-1 in the Big Ten.

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BIG TEN TOURNAMENT

Thursday through Sunday in Bloomington, Ind.

TRACK & FIELD

Pole vaulter hitting stride in second season Zach Siegmeier wants to become an All-American at the NCAA meet.

Part of Siegmeier’s success may stem from senior teammate and decathlete Jack Szmanda, whom he met at a summer camp.

Siegmeier attended Cuesta College in California at the time, but Szmanda thought Siegmeier would strengthen the Gophers’ pole vaulting team.

“I knew we were graduating a couple of our really good pole vaulters … and we needed some more good jumpers,” Szmanda said. “I had actually seen him jump throughout that week at the camp, and I told him, ‘You should come to the U.’ And he got really excited, and it kind of all came together.”

Siegmeier visited Minnesota that winter and competed in an open meet before of ficially signing.

The Illinois native said he

BY MEGAN RYAN mryan@mndaily.com

Junior Zach Siegmeier sort of fell into pole vaulting. He picked up the event his freshman year of high school to avoid offseason football conditioning and placed most of his focus on another spring spor t, lacrosse.

Fast-forward seven years and Siegmeier is having a standout second season pole vaulting for the Gophers.

His eyes are set on a lofty goal — to finish in the top six and become an All-American at the NCAA outdoor championships in June.

had never thought about coming to Minnesota before Szmanda’s suggestion.

But Siegmeier’s first season with the Gophers was riddled with injuries that interrupted his progress. He had surger y last summer for a groin strain and hernia.

This year, Siegmeier has been able to continuously train.

“It’s been amazing to be able to be healthy the whole time and just to continue to build on everything I’ve been working on,” Siegmeier said.

Siegmeier set a new personal pole vault record of 5.31 meters two weeks ago at the John McDonnell Invitational.

Szmanda said Siegmeier’s success this outdoor season was only a matter of time.

“Everybody knew it was

going to happen,” Szmanda said. “That’s kind of the way pole vault works. You just keep going at it and keep positive, and you’re going to end up going higher.”

Szmanda called his r oommate deter mined, which is apt considering the two share a friendly rivalry.

“We’re definitely pushing each other,” Siegmeier said. “I don’t know if it’s as much for him as it is for me — because for me, I only have pole vault, so my only thing to beat him in is the pole vault.”

Even with the competition, Siegmeier knows he owes a lot to Szmanda. “ We ’ r e l i k e b e s t friends,” Siegmeier said, “and it’s really nice to have someone like him, because pole vault really is his favorite [event].”

BY NICKALAS TABBERT ntabbert@mndaily.com

Redman said.

The Gophers women’s golf team purposely stayed home the past two weekends to prepare for the Big Ten championships.

A busy spring schedule, with practice on the first day of spring semester, took Minnesota out of the Midwest for all five tournaments.

This weekend the Gophers will travel their shor test distance of the spring — about 700 miles — to French Lick, Ind. Coach Michele Redman said the team was simply worn out after playing in the Rebel Intercollegiate in Mississippi three weeks ago.

“That’s going to happen when you play as many tournaments as we play,” Redman said after the tournament.

Last year the Gophers played in a tour nament the weekend before champ i o n s hi p s , wher e they placed eighth. Redman said they are more rested this year because they stayed home.

Redman said she’s considering changing the team’s spring schedule next season to give the team a break somewhere near the middle of the schedule.

The team’s typical fall schedule — four tour naments in roughly seven weeks — is much more manageable for the golfers, she said.

But traveling has allowed the Gophers to play in warmer conditions, as a late spring has kept Minnesota of f its own golf course.

Redman said she hopes the lighter schedule this month will bring better results this weekend. All of Minnesota’s players in the lineup have already played the Donald Ross Course, where the championships will be held.

“I think that’s a big advantage for us,” she said.

The Gophers will have to focus on course management and making smar t golf decisions this weekend to score well,

The men’s golf team has played only one round of golf in Minnesota this spring.

Coach John Carlson said he had to determine his lineup based on tournament results and headto-head matchups between players.

“I t was n ’t a p er fect solution to really set the team,” he said, “but I’m really confident with the guys that are going.”

Carlson said the team needs consistency this weekend, especially in the opening 36 holes Friday.

“That really set us up confidence-wise,” he said of having a strong star t.

“We’ve been able to really maintain a good finish if we had a good start.”

A good start will be impor tant this weekend at the Pete Dye Course, one of the most difficult courses in Indiana. Carlson said the course is dif ferent than most because of its elevation, tight fair ways and length.

“It’s a monster,” he said. “The Pete Dye golf course is just something that most Big Ten teams just don’t face on a normal scale.”

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TBA, Thursday through Sunday in St. Paul, Minn., Des Moines, Iowa, and Indianola, Iowa

MINNESOTA: The Gophers women have a busy week ahead. The team will split up and divide its time between the Hamline Twilight on Wednesday, the Drake Relays from Thursday to Saturday, the Simpson College Kip Janvrin Open on Friday and Saturday and the Macalister Janis Rider Invite on Saturday.

The Gophers won five events last weekend at the Musco Twilight and one title at the LSU Alumni Gold meet.

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Notes 4 This is the second year the men’s and women’s championships have been held at a neutral site together.

4The women’s lineup this weekend will fea ture sophomores Carmen Laguna, Anna Laorr, Sarinee Thitiratanakor n and Taylor Quinn, junior Banchalee Theinthong and senior Jackie Shepherd.

4 The men’s lineup will feature freshman Jon DuToit, sophomore Tyler Lowenstein, junior Jon Trasamar and seniors Erik Van Rooyen and Rober t Bell.

4Though both teams will play at the French Lick Resort this weekend, they will likely only see each other at Thursday night’s banquet for the seniors.

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Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Pete Dye Golf Course in French Lick, Ind.

PREVIEW: The Gophers finished seventh at last year’s Big Ten championships. Minnesota has won the event seven times in school history, including 2007, when the team hosted it.

Illinois and Northwestern are the highest-ranked teams entering this year’s championships. Minnesota has faced only Northwestern this season.

Senior Erik Van Rooyen has led the Gophers in this tournament the past two years. He finished fourth in 2011 and seventh in 2012. He leads Minnesota in scoring average this season.

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TBA, Thursday through Sunday in Des Moines, Iowa, San Diego, Calif. and Palo Alto, Calif.

MINNESOTA: The Gophers men will split up this weekend. The majority of the team will travel to the Drake Relays. A small group of distance runners will travel to Stanford, and the throwers will compete in San Diego.

The Gophers won four titles at the Musco Twilight last weekend.

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BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Donald Ross Course in French Lick, Ind.

PREVIEW: The Gophers finished eighth in the Big Ten championships a year ago. They won the tournament in 1989, but they’ve finished in the top five only seven times in the 23 tournaments since then.

Junior Banchalee Theinthong has been Minnesota’s best player this spring. She leads the team in scoring average, she’s the only player with two top-10 finishes and she’s the only player to have all of her rounds count toward the team’s score.

Purdue is the highest-ranked team entering the championships.

Minnesota has not faced the Boilermakers since the Mary Fossum Invitational in September.

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13 Things to Know About Spring Jam ’13

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Students and the public attend the Battle of the Bands on April 20, 2012, in front of Coffman Union.

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chorus of disapproval met the Spring Jam lineup when it was announced online a few weeks ago.

On the Student Unions and Activities Facebook page, comments ranged from incredulous to disappointed to downright pissed — one of the most liked and frequently echoed simply asked: “Who’s Mat Kearney?”

That’s a good question, considering Kearney scored Saturday night, the premium slot in the three-day festival.

The short answer is that he’s a workhorse of a musician, a marginally successful alt-folk Christian strummer, and that maybe he’s not the biggest or rowdiest artist, but who cares? If you’re the kind of person who goes to Spring Jam, you’re the kind of person who has fun no matter who’s playing. Here’s the long answer — 13 things you might not know about how Spring Jam entertainment gets picked and how you’re involved.

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No. 1: The headliners are chosen by students, really.

It’s not some pencilpushing group of grown-ups that picked this lineup. The truth is that students — a program board of 11 people, four coordinators and their advisers — work in SUA to organize homecoming,

No. 2: They start early.

Contracting with artists starts in November, but research star ts long before that. The biggest outreach push to figure out what students want is during homecoming, when SUA sends out volunteers with clipboards and T-shirts who ask whom people want to see during Spring Jam. “We instruct all our volunteers or whoever’s doing that role to write down anything a student tells them, whether that’s a specific artist or a genre or even a location,” said Ashley Kaser, a psychology senior who works as the programs coordinator.

No. 3: The list of possible artists gets huge.

“Having 50,000 students on our campus means that we have 50,000 different artists that students are going to tell us — and that covers different genres, that covers everything,” Kaser said. She estimates that organizers considered about 250 artists for this year’s Jam. No. 4: Mat Kearney wasn’t the first choice for this year’s headliner.

Once all the ar tists were poured through the availability and price filters, Kear ney rose to

Art in Bloom Celebrating its 30th anniversary, Art in Bloom brings floral artists to the Minneapolis Institue of Arts for a four-day tribute to all things art, flowers and gardening. If plants don’t get you excited for the yearly event, consider that the event includes a cash bar and performances from Pavel Jany and The Talking Strings.

The signature artwork for this year’s event is Jennifer Steinkamp’s “Hurdy Gurdy Man (Chrysanthemums),” a video installation that will premiere at the museum Thursday. The video unites the world of fine art and flowers with Donovan’s late-’60s song of the same name. Expect hippies and flower-lovers of all kinds. u Where: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2400 S. Third Ave., Minneapolis u When: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. (through April 28) u Cost: Free

the top. “Of our available ar tists, he was our top choice,” said Karly Wallack, a strategic communications senior and the marketing coordinator.

No. 5: But that doesn’t mean SUA isn’t pleased about it.

“Yeah, he has a style of music, and maybe that’s a little mellower, but him live is not,” Kaser said. Kearney interacts with his audience, making up songs for them and doing covers.

“I think it was a shock to the system,” Kaser said of the student response. And that, she said, was intentional. “We’re ver y aware of how much hip-hop has been brought to campus, and I think we wanted to give other students who aren’t so hip-hop focused something to get excited about,” Kaser said.

No 6: There was a big push for country this year.

The homecoming surveys showed students w a n t c o u n t r y, h e n c e crooners Greg Bates and Kayla Conn. “For us, it was ver y impor tant to get a ver y real, authentic countr y ar tist,” Kaser said. “Last year, we dipped our toes into countr y with Jessie James and had an awesome response from students.”

No. 7: The genre balance must be maintained.

One of the trickier parts of organizing Spring Jam is making sure that the bill isn’t stacked with

one genre or another. This year, Kearney, Bates and Conn will be balanced by up-and-coming rapper Theophilus London, Tennessee-to-Twin-Cities singer Chastity Brown, Minnesota bluegrass crew Per t Near Sandstone and hyped-up rockers The Kicks.

No. 8: SUA students and staff maintain that memory of the 2009 riots doesn’t figure into choosing artists.

In 2009, Talib Kweli was slated to be the Spring Jam headliner. The University of Minnesota was going to pay $27,500. But Kweli got stuck in Chicago and never showed up. The riots of that night, which some blamed partly on the cancellation, have since become legendar y: More than 500 students ran wild in the streets of Dinkytown, star ting fires and smashing car windows.

That night ended in riot sticks, backyards full of tear gas and 12 arrests.

“The [Spring Jam] activity that we had had no connection to the riots whatsoever,” said Erik Dussault, assistant director at SUA. “So for us, we were pretty removed. We didn’t have any kind of dealings with what was going on because the riots wer e happening in the Dinkytown neighborhood.”

No. 9: Our urban setting does matter.

Dussault, who’s been working at SUA for a de-

Danny Brown with Kitty Hip-hop needs more eccentric characters like Danny Brown. As the story goes, G-Unit nearly signed the Detroit rapper, only to retract the offer after meeting him because Brown refused to ditch his skinny jeans. Whether you choose to write him off as a yelping outcast or another misogynistic lyricist, the Bruiser Brigade leader crafts complex songs with attention to detail. 2011’s “XXX” showcased his incredible range — from the hedonistic title track to more poignant “DNA,” Brown built a fully realized autobiographical narrative. What’s more, his esoteric references to pop culture make his songs endlessly entertaining. His latest album “Old” comes out later this August, so expect a preview of what’s to come at Friday’s show. u Where: Triple Rock Social Club, 629 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis u When: 8 p.m. u Cost: $20 u Age:18+

cade, notes the office can’t really compare spring festival notes with other Big Ten schools — there are too many places in the T win Cities that ar tists can perform instead of the Riverbend Plaza. “It’s not as easy to just look at what Madison or Ohio State is doing because they don’t have the venues that they’re competing with like we do,” Dussault said.

No. 10: Popularity of artists matters, too.

One of the ways SUA scopes out perspective ar tists is by taking various snapshots throughout time of the number of likes ar tists have on Facebook, both in general and from University students. They also look at the char ts you can see on Facebook — is an ar tist’s popularity on the rise? Have they remained steady?

“That gives them a little bit of the scale of the popularity of that ar tist within the campus community — we don’t always have to rely just on sur veys of people saying they want this person to come in,” Dussault said.

No. 11: The tradition of ticket-less concerts is important.

We all pay for Spring Jam through our student ser vices fees. As the Minnesota Daily has reported, Kearney cost $35,000. Last year, New Boyz and The Cataracs cost $30,000.

Bringing in bigger artists would mean charging at the door. About five months

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Spring Jam and events in between. They’re the same people who cover the walls in Coffman Union and the St. Paul Student Center with art; they’re the same people who have brought B.J. Novak, Sarah Silverman, the comedians of “Chelsea Lately” and others to campus.

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Here’s the lowdown on the U’s warmweather fest.

ago, SUA posted a poll on its Facebook: “Would you pay to have a big name artist kick-off Spring Jam on Thursday, April 25?” Eightysix percent of respondents said “yes.” But a bigger name would necessitate a venue change. Dussault wondered: “Would that change Spring Jam and make it something that students aren’t interested in?

So if Spring Jam were to happen in Mariucci [Arena], for example, is that still Spring Jam?” No. 12: You can’t sit in on the Spring Jam or homecoming meetings for next year unless you get involved with SUA. Meetings of the program board are not public, and minutes are not taken.

This is partly because artist information is confidential. It’s also because the minutes wouldn’t make sense: “Our meetings are rather infor mal,” Kaser said.

No. 13: The kids behind the Jam want to hear from you.

They routinely recr uit volunteers, and there are a few paid positions as well.

But you don’t have to up and work for SUA — just give ’em a holler.

“We encourage people to engage with us via social media, like on Facebook — we definitely take all of their comments into consideration when planning for next year’s Spring Jam — I know they’r e already looking at that stuff,” Wallack said.

West Bank Ride Meet at Murphy Park on the Augsburg College campus for a day of biking and boozing (if you so choose). You can choose to ride solo or with a group of friends as you take in the sweet smell of springtime on the seat of your two-wheeled vehicle. Take advantage of the numerous drink and food discounts for West Bank venues as well (Palmer’s Bar, Cedar Cultural Center and Whiskey Junction, to name a few). The event will feature a scavenger hunt and a bunch of after parties to follow the family-friendly ride. Sounds like a choice way to either sober up after Spring Jam or enjoy a drunken ride through the West Bank neighborhood’s choice bars. u Where: Augsburg College, 2211 Riverside Ave., Minneapolis u When: 1-4 p.m. u Cost: Free

CULTURE COMPASS BY JOE KLEINSCHMIDT

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DAFT PUNK Since teasing audiences with a 70-second advertisement for their new album on “Saturday Night Live,” the French electronic duo fur ther cemented their status for inciting myster y over for thcoming projects. The first single of f of the upcoming “Random Access Memories” features shiny pop sheen with a rif f reminiscent of disco thanks to guitarist Nile Rodgers. Rapper-producer Pharell gives the track’s sound a 2013 update to the classic Sister Sledge-style rif fs —a good indication of the types of collaborations to follow on the highly anticipated album. Apparently, Julian Casablancas and Animal Collective’s Panda Bear will also appear on “Random Access Memories.”

“Tim & Eric’s Go Pro Show” on YouTube The comic absurdist team Tim & Eric launched a new web series as part of JASH, a new YouTube joint channel with Michael Cera, Sarah Silverman and Reggie Watts. Tim & Eric are back to biting satire in short form, something lost due to the ending of their Adult Swim show and premiere of their movie. The duo’s foray into longer stories didn’t translate nearly as well as the 11-minute cult classic, but “Go Pro Show” revives the absurdity. Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim strap small cameras to their foreheads in an effort to document their lives as part of the reality show. Tensions run high as Tim refuses to perform any of the extreme stunts Eric wants to do.

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CULTURE COMPASS BY JOE KLEINSCHMIDT “The Martian Chroniclers”

BY BURKHARD BILGER FOR THE NEW YORKER Now in its sixth decade, the search for life on the red planet continues with NASA’s latest rover, Curiosity. More than 40 spacecrafts haven’t found any fossils or living things, yet Mars remains a destination for our high-tech toys. Bilger recounts the strange histor y of our fascination with Mars, beginning with an Italian astronomer who dreamed of an interstellar paradise and ending with the current exploits of Curiosity. Maybe the strangest news will unravel in the future, as a Dutch company wants to send volunteers to colonize the planet in 2023. Will this be the greatest reality TV show ever broadcast? Could Tim & Eric even predict, through farce, this level of insane television?

MUSIC

Theophilus London calling The rising Brooklyn hip-hop mogul and Spring Jam opener wants a number one single.

BY JOE KLEINSCHMIDT jkleinschmidt@mndaily.com

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elving into the list of influences that inspire Theophilus London feels dizzying. His culture-hopping retrospective of a first album embraces so many styles that it’s no surprise that he watched Gaspar Noé’s psychedelic “Enter the Void” before recording “Timez Are Weird These Days.”

His fashion ideal graced the cover of the 2011 album, homage to soul singer Leon Ware. Style remains key for the 25-year-old, an artist who signed deals with fashion giants Bushmills and Cole Haan before ever releasing a proper album.

He’s not shy about capitalizing on deals with Mountain Dew or Bing either, so long as he extends the Theophilus London brand.

“I don’t want to take any credit, but I built a new way how ar tists can market oneself, and it’s how I got where I am now,” he said.

His “new way” might not be so revolutionary, but he sees his penchant for selfmarketing as necessar y in a dying industr y. London cites a neurotic need for control as reason for selfpromotion.

“I don’t trust anyone in

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this world to really hold my vision and see it through 100 percent,” he said. “Ever y second, I have to be there if it’s my vision.”

But the Theophilus London brand feels weirdly calculated — the hype man spends more time focusing on the cultural references to gain credibility with an omnivorous audience than understanding the final product. When fellow contemporaries join him, he’s at his best. London’s a sort of nostalgia-loving collaborator.

A$AP Rocky joins him on “Big Spender,” a satisfying take on the Broadway classic. Meanwhile, Sara Quin sings backup on “Why Even Try” for an infectious hook. London exudes an encyclopedic pop range that makes his music mostly void of any lasting appeal.

Lately his ability to curate the cultures around him leads to a satisfying result on his latest single “Rio.” Inspired by his 2010 trip to Brazil, complete with conversing in Por tuguese and r unning from gangsters, the singer commemo-

Theophilus London is a rapper, a brand and a quickly rising star.

rates his experiences on the ’80s throwback song recorded for his forthcoming “Vibezz.”

“We got to spend like two weeks in the countr yside, taking in all the vibes of the city whether it’s bad or good, positive or negative,” he said. “It was great.”

Rio de Janeiro’s beaches become a sun-soaked background to the synth-heavy

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song, a soul-inspired track for the versatile rapper. Although London grew up in Brooklyn, he was born in Trinidad, a fact interesting to consider given his capacity as a musical sponge.

Describing himself as a “culture leader,” London sometimes lets the music take a backseat. His character, a sunglasses-wearing, fashion-loving badass,

remains paramount.

Here’s his extensive list of descriptors for his ostentatious character: “Gets all the girls, super confident, per fectionist in the way he dresses, great smile, adventurous, n a u g h t y, m i s c h i e v o u s , charming — so many different characteristics that represent him,” he said.

“And that’s the definition

of me.”

If the Theophilus London brand looks better on paper, he’s succeeded.

London may not live up to his astronomical aspirations, but he’s still an ar tist representative of his time — though he begs to differ.

“I’m living in this weird time,” he said, “but I’m not of the time.”

ing up to trans narratives,” he said. “Poetry is expanding to encompass a larger breadth of the population.”

In his years of performing at slams, Walser noticed his unique perspective had a palpable effect on his audience as well.

“I often feel odd by how often folks approach me and say, ‘That meant a lot to me to hear that, you don’t know how much I related to that poem,’ ” he said.

Inciting empathy and sharing meaningful stories is Walser’s main goal. He hopes to accomplish that in more than one way in his collection by avoiding a sole focus on his struggles.

“I write a lot about feeling marginalized and oppressed as a trans person, but I also try to write about being a man and being fairly privileged and fortunate,” he said. “I tr y to hold all of those things within the same body of poems and acknowledge that they’re all combined.”

It’s a simple and difficult objective that has resonated throughout Walser’s work as a writer and as a person.

The poet’s future entails not only more publishing but hopefully an active role as a teacher as well as a performer.

“I love doing creative writing work with young

people,” he said, “so I hope I get more opportunities to be a visiting ar tist and to create curriculum around per formance poetr y and writing.”

Walser will head out on a year-long U.S. tour later this year to promote “What the Night Demands,” and after that, he isn’t sure what’s next. The only certainty he endorses is that he’ll keep writing and try to come closer to fulfilling his definition of what a poem is.

“Poetr y is a necessar y answer to the seemingly hopeless question of what it is to be a living, breathing human being in the world,” he said.

POETRY

Breaking the binary

PHOTO COURTESY OF WRITE BLOODY PRESS Midwest poet Miles Walser blends a powerful mixture of identity and society with the hopes of making “What the Night Demands” accessible to readers of all backgrounds.

Slam poet Miles Walser gives A&E the goods on the April 25 release of his sociallycharged collection of poetry, “What the Night Demands.”

BY JOE KELLEN jkellen@mndaily.com

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iles Walser was finishing the final semester of his undergraduate career at the University of Minnesota when he got the news.

Months before, Walser entered a poetr y compe-

tition with Write Bloody Publishing, the winners of which would receive a publishing deal with the company.

In April of last year, Walser found out that he had qualified as a finalist in the competition and was commissioned to write a 40-poem manuscript. The only catch?

He had three weeks to submit it.

“I said to my parents, ‘I promise you I will not flunk out of college this semester, but I cannot promise you anything better than that,’ ”

Walser said. “I just had to dive in. I forced myself to write about things I’d been avoiding writing about. In those three weeks, there was no more time to wait.”

The Madison, Wis., native took those 21 days and earned a win. After months of editing, the release of his first collection of work, “What the Night Demands,” is finally happening.

“It is a look at a lot of boxes and binaries that we decide exist within ourselves,” he said, “and how we can bring forth the idea of identities that can coexist and how we can break down binaries you get trapped into.”

The collection deals with Walser’s struggles in owning his identity as a transsexual man. Primarily a slam poet, Walser’s pieces are lyrical and confessional, favoring fluid language and punctuated rhythms to get their messages across.

Walser will be putting these autobiographical poems into per formance on his upcoming book tour, which slaps an additional layer of vulnerability on to the content.

“There are absolutely moments of hesitance. I was lucky. I grew up in a ver y accepting community and then went to Minneapolis,” he said. “It was a ver y safe space for me to come into that identity as a performer and as a human being.”

“What the Night Demands” is something of an anomaly in the poetr y world due to its detailed accounts of trans experiences.

In a community that hasn’t yet begun to see these ideologies represented in published work, Walser is happy to be a pioneer for voicing the issues.

“I think they’re open-

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FOOD

College Kitchen: mini meals

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Raspberry filling oozes from freshly baked miniature pastry.

She ate an itsy bitsy, teeny weeny, super tasty, home cooked meal-y.

BY LUCY NIEBOER lnieboer@mndaily.com

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merica: land of the free and home of the supersize.

Only here can you buy a half-pound hamburger, subs by the yard and Gatorade by the barrel. Having a big appetite isn’t a crime, but consuming massive amounts of tasteless slop deserves at least a hearty citation. Every meal should be an adventure of different flavors, textures and combinations.

Stop cramming that gaping trap with Duggar familysized portions of bland mush, and take a minute to taste your food. To reawaken the taste buds, try serving this three-course menu, prepared in small bites to hit every sour patch, sweet spot and salt lick.

First course: Little Latkes A much-needed shakeup in the monotonous fried po-

tato routine is just what the Kitchenista ordered. These small hash brown patties, like our other favorite crisped taters, go with everything. They’re crunchy, salty finger-food nuggets of fried carbs — what more could we ask for?

3 large russet potatoes 1 carrot 1 1/2 large yellow onions 2 eggs 1/4 cup flour 1 tablespoon salt Pepper Peanut oil Peel the potatoes. Use a grater with a fairly large grain to grate the onions, potatoes and carrots into a large bowl. Crack the eggs, and mix them into the bowl.

Add the flour and salt. Stir all the ingredients together into a uniform mixture.

Using your hands, form the mixture into small patties. Heat the oil over high heat until it is very hot but not smoking. Gently drop the patties in the oil. Wait until they get ver y brown on the bottom and flip only once using a slotted spat-

ula. When both sides are brown, let the latkes drain on paper towels. Salt and pepper the finished product generously.

Second course: Spicy Sliders A pulled pork sandwich can go south quickly when the soft burger bun disintegrates and a mound of juicy meat falls — splat! — onto your lap. Because these little guys are so small, you should have plenty of time to make it from plate to mouth before an accident.

2 pounds boneless pork chops 1 tablespoon chili powder 1/2 large yellow onion 1 cloves garlic 1 teaspoons salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1 cup no-salt tomato sauce 8 small Hawaiian sweet rolls Butter Mayonnaise Freshly sliced jalapeno peppers Iceberg lettuce

Sauce 1 teaspoon cracked red pepper flakes 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar 1/4 cup brown sugar Salt Pepper 1/4 cup ketchup 1 tablespoon hot sauce (optional) Dice the onion and garlic. Add them, along with the pork, chili powder, salt, pepper and tomato sauce to a slow-cooker. Let the meat cook on low for eight to 10 hours.

When your meat is nearly done, prepare this tangy sauce to top it off. In a small bowl, mix together all the sauce ingredients until a uniform mixture is achieved. You can pour the sauce directly over the meat in the slow cooker.

In a small skillet, melt a small knob of butter. When it is frothy, press the cut rolls down until they have a crispy golden crust. Prepare your toasted rolls with a spread of mayo, a couple slices of peppers and a leaf of lettuce. Using a slotted spoon, add a small heap of

meat to the rolls.

Third course: Petite Pastries In the dessert world, nothing is daintier than a flaky pie crust. When the crust is cut down into adorable individual crusts with ruffled edges, that cute factor doubles.

Crust 2 1/2 cups flour 1 cup (2 sticks) butter 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt Ice water 1 egg Filling 5 cups fresh or frozen raspberries 1/4 cup water 1/2 cup sugar 2 tablespoons cornstarch 3 tablespoons lemon juice.

Zest of 1 lemon In a food processor, blend the flour, cold butter and salt.

When the butter is evenly spread throughout the flour, add some ice water, a teaspoon at a time, until a dough texture is achieved. Gather the dough into a ball, wrap it

in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 20-30 minutes.

While the dough is chilling, you can work on the filling. In a small sauce pan, cook the berries, lemon juice, lemon zest, sugar and water until the mixture reaches a low simmer. Simmer for about seven minutes. Add the cornstarch. Stir vigorously until the mix begins to thicken. Remove from the heat, and let cool.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Roll out the chilled dough onto a floured surface. Try to roll it as thinly as possible. Using a large glass or cookie cutter, cut circles in the dough. Remove the circles, and in each, plop a small spoonful of raspberry mixture. Fold over the edges, and press them with a fork to make a patterned edge. Place the finished pastries on an ungreased cookie sheet.

Mix the egg with a tablespoon of water. Brush the mixture over the top of the finished pies right before putting them into the oven.

Make three small slits in the top of the pies. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

THEATER

Play spotlights celebrity chef James Beard Audiences meet the man behind the name in the Illusion Theater’s “I Love to Eat,” a oneman portrayal of the original celebrity chef, James Beard.

BY LUCY NIEBOER lnieboer@mndaily.com

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wo men sit facing each other on the stage of the Illusion Theater going over a set of notes. The topic at hand is how to properly chop onions. Director Michael Robins tells actor Garry Geiken it was OK that onions were scattered all about the counter top that faces the audience.

“I hate that kind of theater that’s so neat when life isn’t neat,” Robins said.

Robins, artistic director of the Illusion Theater, was drawn to James Still’s play “I Love to Eat” because so little was known about James Beard outside of his culinary achievements.

“We’re in a period right now where ever yone is a foodie, and here’s a guy who started it for us, and we don’t really know anything about him,” he said.

The play, set toward the end of Beard’s life, takes place in the middle of the night at Beard’s apartment. Through phone conversations and trips down memory lane, the audience fully experiences the private and public sides of Beard.

Geiken, admittedly not a foodie, studied cookbooks and cooking shows to accu-

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mulate culinary knowledge.

He also had a lesson with Twin Cities chef Seth Bixby Daugherty to hone his knife skills and kitchen etiquette.

Now, wearing a fat suit and robed in burgundy velveteen pajamas, Geiken makes a convincing chef in his athome, late-night kitchen.

Robins explained that Beard was so accessible to so many because his recipes were simpler than others of that era.

“He talked about cooking and cookery not haute cuisine,” he said.

Geiken agr ees that Beard’s lessons in cooking were ahead of their time.

“He had the desire to connect simply with people, and through that are the culinary progressive ideas that have come down to us from him — simplicity, local, fresh ingredients and very little fuss,” he said.

As it turns out, although Beard was a jovial and enthusiastic character in the public eye, he struggled in his private life.

Beard, like many celebrities of his era, harbored the secret of being a closeted man. Although the play deals with this sadness, it focuses more on Beard’s jovial spirit.

Robins explains that although Beard’s full story was never

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY Garry Geiken rehearses the one-man play, “I Love To Eat: A Love Story With Food” on Tuesday at the Illusion Theater in Minneapolis. Geiken stars as TV’s first chef James Beard in a show that runs Thursday through May 18.

brought to light while he was living, he tried to live a full life.

“He loved life so much he wasn’t a character that was going to be a Walter Mitty,” he said.

As a young man, he wanted to be an opera singer but simply didn’t have the talent.

Unable to pursue that career path, Beard turned to food.

“I think that he was a very important man in his world, but his world wasn’t his first choice,” Geiken said.

Beard is now a legend in the culinary world. The high-

est level of culinary awards are named for his foundation, as is a house in New York City that’s one of the most prestigious places a chef can be invited to cook. Most importantly, he pioneered the TV chef personality structure that now dominates the Food Network, the Cooking Channel and network television.

Geiken explained that he feels Beard’s success was an outcome of his big spirit.

“He had a huge appetite for all things: for culture, for food, for conversation, for

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fame, for connection,” he said.

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FASHION

Clear out your wardrobe for spring A cathartic act of ridding the old to be replaced with the new.

BY SHANNON RYAN sryan@mndaily.com

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aintaining a closet full of aged blue jeans and twotimes-too-many sweated tees from high school is equivalent to never washing your face at night: You’re clogging your sartorial pores, readers!

Throughout the years, clothes, accessories, heels and trivial trends find a home in your closet, and it’s easy to let them pile up without realizing it. Too often we leave that already tight space with little room to breathe or grow in the right direction: towar d contemporar y wardrobe staples and trends with shelf lives longer than fruit.

With winter on its way out, it’s appropriate for dead clothing weight to be booted out back, too. I did a trial cleanse with the goods in my closet, and readers, losing those extra wardrobe pounds felt delightful. I’ve got some advice on how to make the most of your armoire’s purge.

Prepping

Only begin your closet cleanse in a clean and organized space. If the rest of your room is in a fur y, your mind will be as well.

Set the ambiance. Light candles in your boudoir, pour yourself a glass of wine, and play music you vibe with — this is a process of purification.

Have your organizational tools in tow. Make sure to have a notepad out

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Spring cleaning your closet can get rid of old clothes and out-of-style pieces.

to document items you need to replace; make labels for piles of “maybe,” “give away” and “alter,” and have a laundr y basket nearby to toss in clothes that need to be laundered.

Be comfor table in your outfit. You’ll be putting on and taking of f clothes all afternoon, so wear something that makes it easy to do so. In addition, make sure the item or items of your base outfit are not ones that you’ll be getting rid of.

Item removal

The cardinal r ule to this entir e pr ocess is: Thou shalt tr y things on.

You may think an item is a definite keep or a definite

toss, but put it on for one final decision. Will you really ever wear that ruf fled blouse again? Several items will surprise you; this I vow.

Take however many grade school T-shir ts you think you need and divide that number by three. You only need a few for nostalgia purposes.

After you glance at the height of your give-away pile and the fear of loss sinks in, remind yourself that this downsizing is in preparation for a major reconstruction.

The aftermath

Once your piles have been made and your hangers are less dishev-

eled, physically remove all give-away items from your room. They no longer belong to you. Don’t tease yourself by dangling them in front of your eyes.

Sell proper brand names and recently ontrend items to consignment stores, spending the cash — which will not be copious — on clothing that needs to be replaced. Ever y penny toward newness helps.

Be mindful of the types of clothes you are letting go. This cleanse functions as a learning process for building a lasting wardrobe. If the majority of the items you’re getting rid of are low-cost, seasonal trends, then steer away

from indulging in those purchases from now on.

Replenish your wardrobe with pieces that are unlike the current par ty hanging inside your closet.

Ask yourself if another black blazer is imperative to your success. Be daring, and go for navy instead.

A successful closet cleanse will soothe your wardrobe wor ries and make purchasing for the upcoming seasons much more enjoyable. It should be a revelation of your retail purchasing habits, unveiling tendencies to keep and to discard. I urge you to take a stab at this latest cleanse to hit the market — perhaps you’ll find a bit of solace in the process.

Places to donate clothing: Salvation Army, 900 N. Fourth St., Minneapolis Savers, 2124 E. Lake St., Minneapolis Goodwill Industries, 2505 W. University Ave., St. Paul

Places to sell clothing: Buffalo Exchange, 2727 S. Lyndale Ave., Minneapolis Everyday People Clothing Exchange, 2912 S. Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis My Sister’s Closet, 2741 S. Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis

TELEVISION

Even in death, a master of suspense Monday marks the passing of Alfred Hitchcock. A&E takes a look at some of the best episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”

BY SPENCER DOAR sdoar@mndaily.com

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rom the Seussian theme music to the silhouette of the man himself, “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” is the most telling look at Hitchcock the person while still being an exhibition of Hitchcock the auteur.

The 30-minute program, which ran from 1955-62, gave Alfred Hitchcock the opportunity to showcase his uncanny, inherent hosting abilities, acting like a dr y, sardonic distant relation all while sporting the look of a regal English butler.

Airing concurrently with “The Twilight Zone,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” was a fitting companion, providing a less surreal and supernatural alternative while being in the exact same vein.

Oddly enough, Hitchcock only directed 17 of the nearly 300 episodes. What follows is the cream of that crop.

“Revenge,” Season 1, Episode 1 Starting a series off on the right foot is a tricky science: You need to represent the tenor of what will follow yet focus on the current production without letting quality suffer.

This episode did that perfectly. What starts as nine minutes of placid domestic life for a married couple shifts gears when the wife is assaulted by an enigmatic culprit.

Taking matters into his own hands, the husband’s grim determination to do right in the only instinctual, Neanderthal way he knows ends poorly.

This is the unifying factor for every episode in the series: a series of events befitting a Lemony Snicket title.

“The Case of Mr. Pelham,” Season 1, Episode 10 One of the greatest

strengths, or rather accomplishments, of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” is the ability to build a taut story and resolve it satisfactorily in only 20 minutes.

“The Case of Mr. Pelham” makes this list for embodying that talent.

The eponymous lead starts questioning reality as coworkers and acquaintances reference seeing him at times and locations when he was somewhere else.

The only explanation appears to be that Mr. Pelham has a double who, for an unknown reason, decided to drive him into an identity crisis of epic proportions. But who is the real Mr. Pelham?

Is there a real Mr. Pelham?

“One More Mile to Go,” Season 2, Episode 28 As Hollywood has demonstrated many times, the crime is frequently easy and the getaway hard.

The plot, like so many of Hitchcock’s brilliant choices for stories, is simple: A man murders his wife and must get rid of the body. In this

instance, eight straight minutes of nonexistent dialogue bring tension to a feverous head.

As he is driving on the road, the husband gets pulled over for a broken taillight. This is the first of multiple instances with the same motorcycle cop — each scene driven by the expected discovery of the body.

Look for ward to a particularly harrowing moment with a crowbar.

“Dip in the Pool,” Season 3, Episode 35 Roald Dahl wrote this story and three others in the series — yeah, the “James and the Giant Peach” Roald Dahl.

Keenan Wynn (an indomitable character actor) is a compulsive gambler who finds himself in over his head while on a cruise.

Wynn makes a bet on the distance the ship can travel in a day, thinking that he has the inside scoop. When you-know-what hits the fan, Wynn ends up going to desperate measures to affect the course of the ship’s travel.

Like the rest of the best, “Dip in the Pool” gets your Spidey sense tingling without fully revealing the reason why you suddenly have a feeling of impending doom.

“The Horseplayer,” Season 6, Episode 22 Much like “Dip in the Pool” and numerous other installments of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” this short

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When Alfred Hitchcock moved to television, none of his talents were wasted or lost — his suspenseful skills a mainstay of production and story choices.

story is anchored by an established versatile actor, in this case Claude Rains.

Rains finds himself in an ethical and spiritual dilemma as a priest receiving huge donations from a gambler who makes his money at the track. The gambler attri-

butes prayer to his success, and while Rains wants the man to stop praying for his bets, he equally desires the proceeds for his dilapidated church.

But even the holiest among us can get bogged in their greed.

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MUSIC

Ivan & Alyshoa revealed Chief vocalist, lyricist and acoustic guitarist Tim Wilson talks truths about the public’s misconceptions about the band.

BY SHANNON RYAN sryan@mndaily.com

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he name Ivan and Alyosha sounds eponymous until you realize the band is a quartet. The indie-pop-laced-with-rock group of Tim Wilson on acoustic guitar and lead vocals, Ryan Carbar y and Tim Kim on electric guitars and Pete Wilson on bass is a musical project with roots in Seattle — not a city in Russia, as the band’s moniker may suggest.

The name came into being as a careless suggestion from Eli Thomson, a friend of the foursome and the producer of the band’s first EP. Ivan and Alyosha are fundamental characters in a 19th centur y novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

“The Brothers Karamazov” is noted for its philosophical explorations of God, free will and morality, which are occasional themes in the band’s songs.

It’d be logical to assume the band formed with the intent to highlight some of the specific themes of the novel; however, Tim Wilson informs us that the members weren’t

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familiar with the novel before Thomson’s suggestion of its characters for the band name.

After reading the book, the four men noted eerie parallels between their music and the themes of Dostoyevsky’s novel, with one specific part taking the reins for influencing the band’s music.

“The part that has really influenced us is called ‘The Grand Inquisitor,’ ” Wilson said. “Ivan and Alyosha have some very interesting philosophical discussions, and that’s definitely part of our story for sure.”

After a series of EPs, the band’s contemplative lyrics and tethered rock-pop instrumentals came together in Ivan and Alyosha’s first fulllength album, “All the Times We Had,” which is the central part of their current tour. The album dropped in February, released by Dualtone Music Group. The band’s attraction for philosophical posings wields ardent lyrics, which is an ostensible part of this first

PHOTO COURTESY OF VERONICA ALBA Ivan & Alyosha will present their 11 track first full-length album, “All the Times We Had,” for a crowd at the Entry on Monday night.

full-length.

Hinting at those deeper concepts is common in the band’s lyrics. The subject of God and referencing him in a number of tracks has led to the band being considered a form of Christian rock,

though Wilson denies that the foursome only has ties to the Christian scene. The bandmate says fans, critics and others create musical categories as par t of the business to make the music easier to digest, though Ivan

and Alyosha does not intend to stick to one group of listeners, regardless of their beliefs.

“At the end of the day, rock ‘n’ roll came from the church,” Wilson said, “and that’s certainly where we are

coming from as well. That’s not something we’re going to hide from, but I don’t think we need to limit our audience by claiming that’s only who we are for. People should like our music regardless of what we adhere to personally.”

MUSIC

You’re in for it Mindless Self Indulgence’s front man, Little Jimmy Urine, riffs at a mile-aminute.

BY SPENCER DOAR sdoar@mndaily.com

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ith the moniker of some unfortunate fairy tale child of old, Little Jimmy Urine’s music and performances are befittingly out there.

Urine fronts Mindless Self Indulgence, whose jungle-electro-glitch-rap rock was born out of a specific desire to combine hodgepodge interests into a pseudo-cohesive whole.

His sobriquet, derived from his own disbelief that no one made fun of his birth name of Euringer, indicates his utter disregard for the mainstream.

“At the time that we [formed], it was ver y antiestablishment,” Urine said.

“We were like, ‘Well, what are people doing? They have guitar solos. So no [expletive] guitar solos in this band. What are they

doing? They’re doing ballads. OK. No [expletive] ballads in this band. What are they doing? They’re going really, really slow. OK. Ever ything’s really fast in this band.’ ” Formed 15 years ago, Mindless Self Indulgence hasn’t changed much, though audiences have.

“We wanted to build this band from the future, and now we’re in the future and everybody kind of gets it,” Urine said. “People understand glitched-out beats, and they listen to dubstep; they understand having your choruses being ‘[expletive] you;’ they understand not just being singer-songwriters; they understand a bunch of high-energy people dressing up.”

High energy is right. It is essential for their chuckit-in-a-blender-and-shout-itback formula for music.

However, the clamor of their alternative fans has not garnered mainstream success. But even that has worked to MSI’s benefit.

“We have total freedom in a lot of ways — MTV never gave a [expletive] about us.

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Radio never gave a [expletive] about us,” Urine said. “I wrote a song called ‘Fuck Machine,’ and I don’t have to change it.”

The band’s recent album, “How I Learned to Stop Giving a Shit and Love Mindless Self Indulgence,” also boasts songs like “Kill You All in a Hip Hop Rage,” “Jack You up” and “Stalkers (Slit My Wrists).”

So, there’s that.

But this semblance is not all that surprising when Urine speaks of early childhood interests. He speaks of sci-fi classics “Blade Runner” and “Heavy Metal” before mentioning that he loved R. Crumb comics.

“It makes sense when I look at the band and we aren’t Duran Duran,” Urine said. “The band is basically a living ‘Rocky Horror Picture

COMEDY

The Midwestern vaudevillian Comedian and actor John Bush never lost the entertaining bug he caught as a child.

BY SPENCER DOAR sdoar@mndaily.com

A

t the end of a performance of “Triple Espresso,” a madcap dash through the lives of three performers vying for stardom, an old man approached comedian John Bush.

He swore that he’d seen a similar shadow puppet act as the one contained in the show in 1924.

It was at that moment that Bush remembered his greatgrandfather entertaining him and his sister at family gatherings with shadows.

After a few queries to other family members, Bush had more background on Francis Ferguson Bush, who was part of a vaudevillian duo working the Orpheum circuit in the 1920s.

This unexpected coincidence affirmed Bush’s lifelong love of entertaining.

“I was doing skits in the neighborhood; I was in a band; I was the kid making announcements,” Bush said of growing up.

Even now, Bush jumped

at the opportunity to officiate a friend’s wedding so that he could join in the spotlight.

A longtime Minnesota resident who now lays his head in Des Moines, Iowa, Bush appeared on HBO, Comedy Central, “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and “Law and Order.” It’s the record of a journeyman comic and actor who has skimmed the surface of success. “[After Minnesota] I was in New York for a while, and my career just skyrocketed and sent me to Des Moines,” Bush said. “Quite frankly, it’s the perfect spot; it’s right in the middle of everything.”

But his Edina, Minn., roots stuck with him over time.

His brother and sister both still live in the Twin Cities — his brother does digital graphic work, and his sister owns a St. Paul vintage clothing store, Lula.

“When I’m back I’ll throw in more Minnesota flavor,” Bush said of his standup. “But when I travel and talk about it, people are fascinated by Minnesota everything.”

Bush recalled when the smoking ban went into effect while he was at the Bryant Lake Bowl. A couple left, nachos still on the table.

Bush and his wife ate the re-

mainder, only to realize a few minutes later that the couple had merely stepped out for a square.

“People may have done things as bad as that, but tonight it’s not them doing it,” Bush said. “I like that aspect of comedy.”

Besides standup and acting, Bush is always working on scripts for pilots and is getting a podcast up and running. He frequently works with fellow comedian Kyle Dunnigan, now the beau of Sarah Silverman.

In many respects, not much has changed since Bush left Edina.

“You know, Edina — Every Day I Need Attention,” Bush said. “But it really is that way for me.”

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Show’ in a sense.”

Much like “Rocky Horror,” MSI operates with an

ever-present air of unpredictability.

Yet, here they are, still

touring, shocking and smashing their way across the country.

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BACKTALK

horoscopes

Today’s Birthday (4/25): Good financial fortune shines for the first half of the year. Take advantage of this golden chance to save. Your social life takes off. Play, share and reconnect; partnerships develop new opportunities.

Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is an 8 — Figure out your finances. If you asked for a tax filing extension, now may be a good time to complete your return. Don’t wait for October.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 9 — It’s getting lucrative, but it’s too easy to spend new income. Shop to get the best deal. Act quickly but not impulsively. Love is all around.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is an 8 — Vivid expressions of love and creativity bubble forth.

Your team is on fire with productivity, and your leadership capabilities impress.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is an 8 — The next few days get active and fun. A turning point regarding home and career keeps you busy. Use your experience wisely.

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

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 9 — Get inspired by your work. The action may be backstage, but you can still participate. It’s a great time to write your novel.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 7 — Curtail spending for now, and review priorities and plans. Deadlines are looming; keep your focus. Clean out closets. Distribute wisely.

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

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is an 8 — Stifle outrage for now. Distractions are abundant.

Keep focusing on what you want, especially your financial objectives. Relax with friends.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is an 8 — A new money-making scheme tempts, and a scheduling tool opens new possibilities. Your public life interferes with privacy.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 7 — Put your own oxygen mask on so you can help others.

Keep your nest tidy. Someone surprises you by acknowledging you for the value you provide.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is an 8 — Take responsibility. Choose strategies and budget.

Accept coaching from the competition. Tempers could flare; stick to cool efficiency.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is an 8 — It’s all so clear now. Handle priorities first, and explain it to co-workers. Accept a creative assignment.

Also offer your support for another’s project.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 7 — You’d rather play than work; take advantage of the mood for future planning. Communication around scheduling eases crankiness.

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

4/25/13

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

All rights reserved.

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

Written By Linda C. Black

Thursday, April 25, 2013

overheard Student: “But otters hold hands when they sleep!”

Professor: “You know who else held hands? HITLER!”

—Folwell Hall

“… Blackula ruined me.”

—Coffman Union

“Wanna see my boyfriend’s nipples?

They’re so brown. You gotta admit for a white guy those are some chocolate nipples.”

—Campus Connector

Professor: “All right, now let’s gossip about the other teachers.”

—Unknown

“Oh, didn’t he play Macbeth in that Romeo and Juliet movie?”

—Coffman Union

Medical students studying: “… Partial pressure of CO2 is always higher than partial pressure of O2, even in penis blood.”

—Starbucks on Washington Avenue

“I was 1 year old in the ’80s. I definitely heard some stuff”

—Nicholson Hall

Professor to class: “I’m going to take one more question on sex. So next week, I’ll get to suicide”

—Blegen Hall

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crossword

FOR RELEASE APRIL 25, 2013

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

ACROSS 1 Dot-__ printer 7 Hash house sign 11 Org. that financed many public murals 14 Brand with a Justice For Potatoes League 15 Inside information?

16 Ancient pillager 17 Pop 20 Air France-__: European flier 21 Cathedral areas 22 Place in a 1969 Western 23 Tech staff member 24 Camel hair colors 26 Pop 32 Bat mitzvah locale 33 Bands from Japan 34 Gp. concerned with dropout prevention 35 Run smoothly 36 Condor’s booster 39 Ruckus 40 “__ you sure?”

41 Charcutier offering 42 2010 Angelina Jolie spy film 43 Pop 48 “Sooey!” reply 49 “Goodness gracious!”

50 Kitty’s sunny sleeping spot 52 TV and radio 53 Toulouse : oeil :: Toledo : __ 56 Pop 60 An official lang. of Kenya 61 The “a” in “a = lw” 62 First word of Longfellow’s “Paul Revere’s Ride” 63 Technique 64 Chews the fat 65 First step toward nirvana DOWN 1 Poke fun at 2 Shrinking sea 3 Duration 4 Poke fun at

4/25/13

By Jeffrey Wechsler

5 Defensive denial 6 Second word of Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan” 7 Outdoor security options 8 Battling god 9 Itty bit 10 Pink Floyd’s Barrett 11 Pentecost 12 Flat-bottomed boat 13 “Put Your Head on My Shoulder” singer 18 Claim with conviction 19 Truckee River city 23 II into D 24 “Yay, the weekend!”

25 Short right hand?

26 “Balderdash!”

27 Chekov bridgemate 28 Quantitative “science”?

29 Bulls’ org.

30 “Jurassic Park” co-star 31 Father of modern Italian, per linguists 36 Very soon after

Wednesday’s Puzzle Solved

(c)2013 Tribune Media Services, Inc.

37 President between Tyler and Taylor 38 No and Who: Abbr.

42 Messy room 44 Excalibur part 45 Change the colors of, say 46 Wavy lines, in music 47 Justice who’s the son of an Italian immigrant

4/25/13

50 Get into a lather 51 New Rochelle college 52 Overly submissive 53 “The Simpsons” bus driver 54 Poke fun (at) 55 Intro to science?

57 Put into words 58 It’s usually FDICinsured 59 Bassoon end?

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

dr. date Dr. Date,

My man graduated in December and got a full-time job right away. I’m ecstatic for him, but lately I’ve been worried that he is struggling to mesh me (still in college and living near campus) with his work life (of other young professionals who live in the city). I almost get the sense he is ashamed of my situation and is embarrassed for me to meet his new work friends because I’m “just a college student.” He tends not to invite me to work gatherings unless they’re very formal, and when he hangs out with me and his old college buddies, he doesn’t invite work friends. How can I bring this up to him and make sure he is still comfortable being with me?

—Tiny Generational Gap

Gen. Gap,

Your situation isn’t unique. In fact, it’s probably rarer that two people date in college and graduate the same semester. That being said, it’s a question worth asking. It could be that he’s ashamed of his work friends. (Are they a bunch of accountant nerds or business bros?) Or maybe he just doesn’t like to mix work and pleasure. And even more likely, he probably assumes you don’t want to hang out with people he grazes the cubicle farm with all day.

Either way, you shouldn’t assume he’s embarrassed of you until you know exactly where he’s coming from. I’d be as straightforward with him as possible and let him know what you’ve been thinking.

I hope this is just your man making the normal, difficult transition between college student and young professional. But if it’s not, root out the reason why and make sure he knows you don’t like it.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

My work is a big part of my life, and

I don’t think my boyfriend cares/shows he cares about it enough. I’ll tell him a long story about work (even though he didn’t ask me how work is going) and then he doesn’t comment on it or ask any questions; he just nods and then changes the subject. It makes me feel silly for talking about work so much, but I can’t help it — it’s a big part of who I am. When I confront him about this, he says he doesn’t know what to ask because he doesn’t know a lot about where I work and that he’s just happy to listen. But I want him to discuss things with me so after a long day I can decompress and talk to him about stuff. How do I get him to understand that just listening is not enough, especially when he thinks he’s doing nothing wrong?

—Need A Sign

Dear Workaholic,

Just how often do you talk about your work? And how often do you ask him about his job and his life? If your work dominates the conversation every day, as it sounds like it might, you could be marginalizing your boyfriend and his interests. For a relationship to work, they need to balance out.

Let’s assume, though, that you talk about work an average amount.

If that’s the case, and your boyfriend isn’t responding, you’ve got to figure out why. Does he lack technical knowledge about your job? Don’t talk about the intricacies of transmyocardial laser revascularization when you can tell an equally compelling story about regular ol’ heart surgery. Dumb it down for him.

But does he have a general lack of interest in what you’re doing? If the answer is yes, you might want to think about cutting him loose. You don’t want to spend your entire professional life with someone who doesn’t care for what you’re passionate about.

—Dr. Date

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

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Republican businessman to run for Minnesota governor in 2014

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota’s slow-starting 2014 governor’s race got its first serious Republican contender on Wednesday when a successful businessman and political newcomer launched a campaign.

Scott Honour revealed his plans in an email and the launch of a campaign website. A Minnesota native and investment banker who lives in Orono, Honour started several businesses and has been a prolific political donor mainly to Republicans, though he has also given to Democrats.

Honour, who is not well known even among state Republicans, declined interview requests on Wednesday. He planned a round of inter views on Thursday

that guaranteed a second day of media attention.

In a video on his campaign website, Honour criticized Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton for what he called a lack of leadership.

But he also rebuked Republicans at the state Capitol, saying both political parties lack vision.

“It’s time to return real leadership in the governor’s office,” Honour said in the short video. “We need a leader who understands how to create jobs and grow the economy. Someone who will reform gover nment, who will take a fresh look at things and ask, ‘Why are we doing this and how can we do it better?’ ” Dayton has said he will seek a second term. On Wednesday, he said he expects other Republicans to emerge. Of Honour,

he said: “Until about two weeks ago, I had never heard of him.”

On his campaign website, Honour, 46, stresses humble roots. He writes that his parents lived in a trailer park in Fridley when he was born, and he says his father lost his job and pension when Honour was in high school.

“After getting degrees in business and economics, I pursued a career in the private sector that has blessed me and my family more than I could have imagined,” Honour said.

His LinkedIn page says Honour worked as an investment banker in Los Angeles from 1991 to 2002, then moved to The Gores Group, a venture capital and private equity firm where he ser ved as senior managing director through

last October. He, his wife, Jamie, and their three children moved back to Minnesota, where Honour and his brother founded FirstCNG, which operates natural gas filling stations.

Minnesota Democrats played up Honour’s wealth.

Alliance for a Better Minnesota, a DFL-allied political group, blasted him as a “corporate CEO with megamillions.” Carrie Lucking, the group’s executive director, tweeted a picture of his Lake Minnetonka mansion.

Last summer, the Honours hosted a Mitt Romney fundraiser at their home featuring New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and top Minnesota Republicans.

In a statement, DFL Chair man Ken Mar tin called Honour ”Minnesota’s Mitt Romney.”

Honour donated thousands to Romney’s two presidential campaigns. He also gave to former Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Sen.

Norm Coleman, U.S. Reps.

Michele Bachmann, Erik Paulsen and John Kline, 2012 Republican Senate candidate Kur t Bills and other Republicans around the country. But he has also given money to Democrats, including the presidential campaigns of former Vice President Al Gore and former Florida Sen. Bob Graham.

Honour has lined up at least one state GOP campaign veteran. Pat Shor tridge, the recently departed state Republican Party chairman, was fielding media calls for Honour on Wednesday. Shortridge managed Mark Kennedy’s 2006 U.S. Senate race in Minnesota and also has deep ties to Republicans in Washington.

But Honour’s website and campaign video show an interest in running as a political outsider. He singles out Republican lawmakers for criticism from

when they controlled the Legislature in 2011-12.

“Two years ago, I was somewhat shocked to hear my own par ty applaud a plan that merely cut the rate of spending increases, not actually cut spending,” Honour says on his campaign website. Several of his potential GOP rivals are Republican lawmakers.

Those include former House Speaker Kur t Zellers, Senate Republican leader David Hann, and his fellow state senators Dave Thompson and Julie Rosen.

Other possible Republican contenders include Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek and Jeff Johnson, a Hennepin County commissioner.

Honour’s personal wealth could be an asset, given financial struggles of the state Republican Party.

In Dayton, Democrats have a candidate who has tapped his own wealth to fund past campaigns.

Drug czar: Pot legalization won’t change mission

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BALTIMORE — The nation’s dr ug czar said

Wednesday the legalization of marijuana in Washington state and Colorado won’t change his office’s mission of fighting the countr y’s

drug problem by focusing on addiction treatment that will be available under the federal health overhaul.

Gil Kerlikowske, director of the National Dr ug Control Policy, released President Barack Obama’s 2013 strategy for fighting dr ug addiction Wednesday at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. The strategy includes a greater emphasis on using public health tools to battle addiction and diver ting non-violent dr ug offenders into treatment instead of prisons.

“The legal issue of Washington and Colorado is really a question you have to go back to the Department of Justice,” Kerlikowske said when asked about the impact the two states would have on national drug policy.

The key to the administration’s efforts to deliver health care to drug addicts is in the federal health care overhaul because it will require insurance companies to cover treatment for substance abuse disorders, as they currently do for chronic diseases like diabetes.

That change could lead to addiction treatment for several million more people.

“Treatment shouldn’t be a privilege limited to those who can afford it, but it’s a service available to all who need it,” Kerlikowske said.

The strategy outlined by Kerlikowske also supports a greater emphasis on criminal justice reforms that include dr ug cour ts and probation programs aimed at reducing incarceration rates. It also will include community-based policing programs designed to break the cycle of drug use, crime and incarceration while steering law enforcement resources to more serious offenses.

Kerlikowske, a former Seattle police chief, said addiction needs to be acknowledged as a disease that can be diagnosed and treated. He said the debate over the nation’s drug problem has become locked in a highly charged ideological debate in which there are no simple answers.

“We’re not going to solve it by drug legalization, and we’re cer tainly not in my career going to arrest our way out of this problem, either, and these two extreme approaches really aren’t guided by the experience, the compassion or the knowledge that’s needed,” Kerlikowske said.

Kerlikowske was joined

by Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse; Anthony Batts, Baltimore’s police commissioner; and Dr. Eric Strain, director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and Research at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.