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The University expects the lot to be ready by the start of football season next fall. BY NICKALAS TABBERT ntabbert@mndaily.com
University of Minnesota students may soon be able to enjoy food, alcohol and entertainment outside TCF Bank Stadium before Gophers football games. In an attempt to bring more students to the stadium, the University is creating a proposal for a student tailgate parking lot across the street from the student entrance of TCF Bank Stadium. Student groups on campus have pushed for a student tailgate lot in the past few years. Nearly a dozen tailgate lots surround the area within a few blocks from the stadium, but none are designated solely for students. Executive associate athletics director David Benedict said the Victory Lot — a parking lot northeast of the stadium behind the Thompson Center for Environmental Management — is the only location the University is considering. The Office of the President organized a committee to begin the design of the tailgate lot. Some of the committee members include University Ser vices, Parking and Transportation Services, University Police, the athletics department and the Office for Student Affairs. Members of the committee met with student organization leaders last month to address what provisions students would want the tailgate lot to have. u See TAILGATE Page 8 A University official said police would patrol the lot but not check IDs.
AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY Biology senior Zach Flessert, right, reads the speech he wrote to his fiancé, civil engineering senior Scott Miller, the day he proposed on July 12, 2012. The couple met their freshman year in a physics class and eventually learned they lived in Middlebrook together. They began dating soon after.
For decades, same-sex student couples have been planning weddings — but a state vote as soon as this week will decide if they can finally make it legal. BY JESSICA LEE jlee@mndaily.com
Nearly 40 years ago, two men, one a University of Minnesota law student, became the first to petition the U.S. Supreme Court that they had a constitutional right to marry. Twenty years ago, graffiti painted on the Washington Avenue Bridge read “Faggots Die,” and students were frequently harassed for their sexual orientation. Today, acceptance is higher on campus and nationally, and engaged seniors Zach Flessert and Scott Miller are more accepted now than they would’ve been decades ago. They’ve been dating since freshman year, when they met in a physics class. After they graduate, they plan to have a small wedding ceremony and a big party. But amid all the wedding planning, one question remains: whether their marriage will be recognized by law. The clock is ticking for the same-sex marriage bills to
clear at the state Capitol, and a final vote could happen as soon as this week. On campus, same-sex marriage supporters spurred national debate starting in 1970. That year, law student Jack Baker and his partner, Michael McConnell, tried to get a marriage license at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. When denied, the couple took their case to the courts, culminating with the U.S. Supreme Court refusing to give it a hearing, saying it was a state issue. Now the high court is tackling the issue with cases surrounding the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8 decades after the Minnesota couple made the country’s first same-sex marriage request. The national attention surrounding the couple, whose request seemed radical at the time, caused the University’s Board of Regents to renege a job offer for McConnell at the St. Paul campus library. Although it started out shaky, acceptance of same-sex couples is now higher than ever, and the push for recognizing same-sex marriages in Minnesota is strong.
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FloCo sees break-ins, violence over weekend Bills to prevent Also, police suspect a connection in two MarcyHolmes burglaries. BY JAKE STARK jstark@mndaily.com
Journalism junior Brie Sievers walked into a chaotic scene at the FloCo Fusion apartment building early Sunday. She and her friend found a man stumbling around a second-floor hallway, his
hands and face covered in blood. When they tried to help him, she said he struggled and punched her in the face. “He missed and only got my lower jaw,” she said. “His hand hit the wall.” Sievers and her friend went downstairs to report the incident to security, she said, but Minneapolis police had already arrived on the scene. “Someone had heard me screaming ‘Stop, stop!’ ” she said. When the officers went to the second floor, Sievers said she heard a girl scream-
ing from the hallway, and the police rushed over to stop the attacker. “It got really quiet,” Sievers said. “The police told me they had to tase him.” The man, who is a University of Minnesota student and resident of FloCo, allegedly broke into four apartments during a 30-minute span, starting at about midnight Sunday, according to a Minneapolis police report. u See CRIME Page 3 The suspect allegedly hit police officers.
For Gunda Georg, writing scientific papers on a weekend is fun. It’s often the
only time she has for that part of her job because the week is full of her other responsibilities. The University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy professor loves what she does,
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University of Minnesota pharmacy professor Gunda Georg will receive the Volwiler Research Achievement Award in July from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
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and her colleagues say that’s what keeps her so dedicated to her many roles. Georg is the director of the Institute for Therapeutics Discovery and Development, head of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. “I enjoy what I’m doing,” Georg said, “so even if I’m working on the weekends, it doesn’t feel like work.” Georg and colleagues from the University and the University of Kansas recently announced a potential male birth control pill, which the Food and Drug Administration will begin reviewing this summer. The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy announced last month it will honor Georg with a research award this July. Georg holds several patents, has published nearly 200 research articles and has mentored more than 110 students, but she insists it’s not that much. “It’s a bit of a juggling act,” she said. Rebecca Cuellar, research assistant professor, said she’s “astounded” by how much Georg gets done ever y day. “They say that people all only have 24 hours,” she said, “but sometimes I’m u See GEORG Page 12 George is co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.
u See BIKE LANES Page 3 Proponents cite Chicago’s bike lane laws as a successful model.
U pharmacy prof ‘unrivaled’ in her field BY REBECCA HARRINGTON rharrington@mndaily.com
The legislation has met opposition from policymakers outside the Twin Cities.
Bicycling advocates in Minneapolis and across the countr y often say they want more of their share of the roads, and pro-bicycling legislation at the state Capitol could help grant that wish. Two bills in the transportation omnibus currently being discussed in conference committee would prohibit cars from driving and parking in bike lanes. While biking enthusiasts say the bills are common sense, some politicians from outside the Twin Cities have criticized the bills as only being necessary in state bicycling havens like Minneapolis and St. Paul and as something that should be left for cities to decide. Sen. David Osmek, R-Mound, said cities have the ability to keep cars from parking in bike lanes. “It’s a solution that’s really in search of a problem,” he said during a recent legislative session. “Local jurisdictions already have the ability to assign these locations.” Speaking to the Senate Transportation and Public Safety Committee, Osmek said prohibiting parking in bike lanes could take away valuable parking spots right in front of local businesses. But safety is at the forefront of the push for bike-friendly legislation, said Sen. Scott Dibble, DFL-Minneapolis. “If folks are parking in a bike lane or pulling into bike lanes without any regard for bicyclists in those lanes,” he said, “obviously that creates a pretty significant traffic hazard for bicyclists and drivers.”
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NDELE, Central African Republic — Armed with rocket-propelled grenades and Kalashnikov rifles, Seleka rebels who ousted Central African Republic’s president six weeks ago are solidifying their control over the country’s lucrative diamond industry and have even been selling some of the stones, witnesses here in the isolated and violent north say. Rebels have for several years controlled some of the diamond-producing areas in the north, but with the overthrow of President Francois Bozize in March the Seleka rebel coalition now is the government, posing one of the greatest challenges in years to international efforts to stem the trade of “blood diamonds.” Fighters are blocking off diamond-producing areas,
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ABBA The Museum opens in Stockholm BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
STOCKHOLM — You can thank ABBA for the music. And so much more. A museum devoted to the pop superstars opening in Stockholm on Tuesday will celebrate the band’s long list of hits. But it will also show off paraphernalia, including the helicopter featured on the cover of its “Arrival” album, a star-shaped guitar and dozens of glitzy costumes the Swedish band wore at the height of its 1970s fame. Some gear is definitely not on show. With a smirk on his face, band member Bjorn Ulvaeus says certain items are “mysteriously ... forever lost,” conceding only that among them are “embarrassing” tight costumes he wore when he was “slightly overweight.” He declined to say more on the matter. Some 40 sets of the trademark shiny flares, platform boots and knitted hats are on display in the museum. But visitors can also see digital images of what they would look like in costumes, record music videos and sing such hits as “Dancing Queen” and “Mamma Mia” on a stage next to hologram images of the band members. A telephone also has been placed in a corner and ABBA members have promised to “Ring, Ring” and speak to visitors occasionally. But the museum also shows a less glamorous, more everyday side of the history of a band that has sold 400 million records and consistently topped the charts in the decade after winning the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with “Waterloo.” The band — made up of Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Faltskog — started out as two married couples, and continued performing after their divorces, before eventually drifting apart in the early 1980s.
viewed on the subject. He is a member of the Seleka alliance, whose fighters have set up checkpoints along the dirt paths leading to mining areas around Ndele. Seleka rebels are now in control there, say residents who fled the town of Sangba, about 50 miles southeast of Ndele. “The diamond business is now forbidden to anyone who is not with Seleka,” said one local official who fled from Sangba. The official refused to be identified because of security concerns. Even more worrisome, the Seleka members are — according to several people who fled Sangba — being aided by armed fighters from neighboring Sudan known as the Janjaweed, who were accused of committing atrocities against civilians in Darfur. Sudan, whose leader is wanted by the International Criminal Court, is not part
of the Kimberley Process. Observers fear many of Central African Republic’s illicit diamonds are being funneled into Sudan. The residents spoke to AP only on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals from the rebels, who roam through the area’s towns in stolen vehicles full of rocketpropelled grenades and other weapons. The Kimberley Process system for cer tifying the origin of diamonds is meant to inform customers about where the stones originated. Diamonds are expor ted with certificates saying they are conflict-free. Countries found to be in violation cannot legally expor t their gems to the major diamond cutting hubs of Belgium, Israel and India. The case of Central African Republic could become the most significant test in years of the Kimberley Process.
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Kaler announces interim general counsel William Donohue will replace Mark Rotenberg on May 22 until the University finds a new head lawyer. BY BRANDEN LARGENT blargent@mndaily.com
University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler announced William Donohue as the school’s next general counsel Monday. Donohue has been part of the University’s Of fice of the General Counsel for more than 30 years and will replace Mark Rotenberg, who announced his resignation in April for a position at Johns Hopkins University in Mar yland. Pending approval by the Board of Regents on Friday, Donohue will take over as the University’s top lawyer May 22 and could ser ve until summer 2015, Kaler said in an email obtained by the Minnesota Daily to all faculty and staff. “I’m ver y pleased that President Kaler has enough confidence in me to ask me to do this task,” Donohue said. “I’m looking for ward to doing it.” Donohue, who graduated from the University Law School in 1974, has ser ved as deputy general counsel since 1996, according to the email.
Bike lanes u from Page 1
Sen. David Hann, REden Prairie, said most people in the state aren’t even aware of bike lanes, so a statewide law didn’t seem to make sense. He said the law would only confuse motorists and be a way to collect fines. Confusion about where to park might happen at first, said Sam Newberg, a Minneapolis resident and urban blogger, but people would eventually get used to it. He said there seemed to be a divide between familiarity with bicycling in the Twin Cities and elsewhere in the state. “[The opposition] is coming from a place of, ‘I just don’t see bikes ver y often, and why do we have to accommodate them?’ ” he said. At the Capitol, the bill prohibiting cars from driving in bike lanes drew much less debate. The ban would be welcomed news to bicy-
Donohue worked with Rotenberg on many major cases, including a settlement negotiation with G l a x o We l l c o m e , n o w GlaxoSmithKline, over a University-created AIDS drug. The settlement resulted in more than a half-billion dollars for the University, Donohue said. “We wer e both ver y proud of that, of course,” he said. Donohue’s long experience at the University will help with continuity as the school transitions to a new, permanent general counsel, said Board of Regents Chair Linda Cohen. “I think it’s a ver y wise move,” Cohen said. “I think Bill Donohue’s long institutional histor y will really ser ve us well.” Kaler said the search for a permanent general counsel will begin in the next year and a half. Delaying a search for more than a year will give Kaler’s administrative team more time to assess who they need to lead the office. “It’s an important move to let them catch their
clists on Minnehaha Avenue, said Brandon Wells, spokesman for the south Minneapolis Hub Bicycle Co-op. He said the street, which has bike lanes, often has problems with cars infringing on bicyclists’ space, especially when the motorists are turning right and crossing into bike lanes. The new legislation would remedy those issues, he said. As more people are bicycling in Minneapolis, Dibble said they need to feel like their safety is impor tant. The city has 92 miles of street bike lanes. “This is simply an acknowledgement that bicyclists really do need that consistent message that they need to be treated like any other vehicle using our roads,” he said. Newberg said in urban settings, pedestrians’ and bicyclists’ rights should be placed above motorists, and he’s in favor of the legislation. He cited Chicago’s recently released Complete Streets design guidelines as a good example of a city prioritizing
FloCo sees break-ins, violence over weekend Crime u from Page 1
During the break-ins, he allegedly attacked and injured at least two residents, Sievers said. The door handles of the apartments he had broken into were also stained with blood. While police tried to arrest him, he allegedly resisted by swinging at two of the of ficers, said Minneapolis police Sgt. Steve McCar ty. He hit both officers in their faces, but other of ficers assisted in arresting him. Neither of ficer was seriously hurt by the punches, McCarty said. The suspect didn’t take anything from the apar tments, McCar ty said, but the act of breaking into a private residence is enough for someone to be cited for burglary. Police also cited him for obstruction of justice and fifth-degree assault, the report said. He was allegedly intoxicated during the incident, McCarty said. “The alcohol was probably a pretty big contributing factor in this case,” he said. “These things don’t really happen that often.” No one who was attacked by the suspect required medical treatment,
the report said.
Two off-campus burglaries occur during the weekend
The homes of two neighbors were burglarized in Marcy-Holmes early Friday morning, according to a Minneapolis police report. The victims, who are not affiliated with the University of Minnesota, live separately in a two-story duplex along Seventh Avenue Southeast, McCarty said. The burglar cut through the screen of the front por ch and opened the screen door to gain access to the lower unit, the report said. Then, the burglar entered the second-stor y duplex between midnight and 6 a.m. Friday through an unlocked front door. The burglar took electronics from both victims, McCarty said. They discovered the break-in several hours later. “There’s absolutely a reason to believe these burglaries are connected,” he said. The residents could have prevented the burglary by locking their front door, he said. “You’ve got to lock those doors up,” he said. “It’s warming up, and people are starting to move around more.”
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Deputy General Counsel William Donohue poses in the McNamara Alumni Center Office of the General Counsel. Donohue will replace Mark Rotenberg, who will step down this month after more than 20 years as general counsel.
breath and assess what they really need,” Cohen said. When a successor is found, Donohue could r etur n to his pr evious position as deputy general counsel. He said
means of transpor tation other than cars. Chicago motorists are banned from driving, parking or idling in bike lanes and face a $150 ticket if caught. The Complete Streets design is a comprehensive set of guidelines for transpor tation initiatives in the city. It puts motorists in the backseat of the hierarchy of street users. “All transportation projects and programs, from scoping to maintenance, will favor pedestrians first, then transit riders, cyclists, and automobiles,” the report said. Newberg said something similar should be an example for other cities. Despite the opposition, the laws will likely make it through conference committee, Dibble said. Then the full omnibus bill goes to Gov. Mark Dayton for his approval. Wells said he’ll be happy to know the streets will be safer for bicyclists. “Anything to protect bicyclists in the long run will just be better for ever yone,” he said.
he pr omised Ka ler he would stick ar ound to help his replacement transition. “At that point, I will decide what I should do and what my options are,” Donohue said.
The appointment of Donohue needs to go through the Of fice of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Af fairs on Thursday and the Board of Regents’ vote on Friday, which Cohen said should
be “smooth sailing.” “I am confident that Bill’s leadership qualifications, experience and deep institutional knowledge will enable him to successfully lead the OGC,” Kaler said in the email.
U dermatologists offer free skin cancer screenings Skin cancer rates have doubled statewide in the past two decades. BY BRANDEN LARGENT blargent@mndaily.com
Now that high temperatures and sunshine have reached the Twin Cities at last, University of Minnesota dermatologists are reminding people to protect their skin. The University’s Department of Dermatology offered free skin cancer screenings at the Phillips Wangensteen Building on Monday. On the first Monday of May every year, the American Academy of Dermatology sponsors Melanoma Monday, an event to raise skin cancer awareness and encourage regular skin examinations. Melanoma rates in Minnesota have doubled since 1988,
according to the Minnesota Department of Health. Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. The dermatology department saw a mix of University students and employees come in for specific spot or general screenings Monday, said Sarah Schram, an assistant professor in the dermatology department. “It’s been a nice representation of the people that we have on campus,” Schram said. After screening 211 patients, dermatologists found nine melanoma cases, 33 other cancerous conditions and 75 cases of pre-cancerous conditions, according to the dermatology department. Depending on their findings, dermatologists made recommendations for followups or biopsies after screening patients, she said. Melanoma is the most common form of cancer for
25- to 29-year-olds and the second-most common cancer for 15- to 29-year-olds, according to a National Cancer Institute study. Since melanoma is a risk for college-aged students, Schram said it’s a good time for University students to consider routine skin cancer screenings. Now that the weather is finally warming up, University dermatologists are also reminding people to use sunscreen, seek shade whenever possible and avoid direct tanning. Schram said avoiding those things can reduce the risk of skin cancer and result in less wrinkles and sunspots when people reach their 30s and 40s. “We want ever yone to enjoy the shor t summer we have in Minneapolis,” Schram said. “But we want them to do that in a smart manner.”
Mass. funeral director considers burial offers BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON — A Massachusetts funeral director said Monday he has received burial offers from out-of-state cemeteries for the body of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect who was killed in a gun battle with police, even as Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s mother told him she wants the body returned to Russia. But Worcester funeral home director Peter Stefan said despite the request, he doesn’t think Russia will take Tsarnaev’s body and he is working on other arrangements. He declined to be more specific. Meanwhile, a friend of the surviving suspect in the bombings was released from federal custody Monday amid a swell of support from family and friends, but was under strict house arrest and only allowed to leave his home to meet with lawyers and for true emergencies. Also, the administrator of the One Fund Boston released the protocol for payouts of the fund, with the families of those who lost loved ones and individuals who suffered double amputations or permanent brain damage in the bombings receiving the highest payments. The question of where Tamerlan Tsarnaev will be buried dragged on for another day, and the issue seemed far from resolved. Stefan said he plans to ask for a burial in the city of Cambridge, where Tsarnaev lived. Cambridge has asked him not to do so. Cambridge City Manager Robert Healy urged the Tsarnaev family not to make a request. “The difficult and stressful efforts of the citizens of the City of Cambridge to return to a peaceful life would be adversely impacted by the turmoil, protests, and wide spread media presence at such an interment,” Healy said in a statement Sunday. Stefan also said he had out-of-state
burial offers but refused to give additional details, adding he was worried protests will rise up at any place that agrees to the burial, as they have at his own funeral home. “Once the neighbors find out who’s coming, they’re going to come out,” he said. The founder of the organization that built Colorado’s largest mosque, Sheikh Abu-Omar Almubarac, says he is offering to bury Tsarnaev in a Denver-area Muslim cemetery. He says he’ll bury Tsarnaev as long as his family can get the body to Denver. If Russia refuses to accept the body, Cambridge may be forced to take it, said Wake Forest University professor Tanya Marsh, an expert in U.S. law on the disposal of human remains. Massachusetts law requires every community to provide a suitable place to bury its residents, she said. Cambridge’s appeal to the family not to ask it to bury the body is likely a way to set up its defense if the family goes to court to try to force the burial, Marsh said. Such a case would be unprecedented in Massachusetts, she said. She added that even in a country that’s had its share of notorious accused killers, this kind of opposition to a burial is unheard of and is exposing holes in the law, Marsh said. “It’s a mess,” she said. “We’re really sort of in uncharted territory.” Gov. Deval Patrick said the question of what to do with the body is a “family issue” that should not be decided by the state or federal government. He said family members had “options” and he hoped they would make a decision soon. He declined to say whether he thought it would be appropriate for the body to be buried in Massachusetts. “We showed the world in the immediate aftermath of the attacks what a civilization looks like, and I’m proud of what we showed, and I think we continue to do
that by stepping back and let the family make their decisions,” the governor told reporters. Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s uncle, Ruslan Tsarni, of Montgomery Village, Md., and three of his friends met with Stefan on Sunday to wash and shroud Tsarnaev’s body according to Muslim tradition. Tsarni told reporters that he is arranging for Tsarnaev’s burial because religion and tradition call for his nephew to be buried. He would like him buried in Massachusetts because he’s lived in the state for the last decade, he said. “I’m dealing with logistics. A dead person must be buried,” he said. As the fate of the body remained unclear, Robel Phillipos, a friend of bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was released on $100,000 bond while he awaits trial for allegedly lying to federal investigators probing the April 15 bombings. Phillipos, 19, who was a student at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth with Tsarnaev, was charged last week with lying to investigators about visiting Tsarnaev’s dorm room three days after the bombings. He faces up to eight years in prison if convicted. Prosecutors initially asked that Phillipos be held while he awaits trial, arguing that he poses a serious flight risk. But prosecutors and Phillipos’ lawyers agreed in a joint motion filed Monday that Phillipos could be released under strict conditions, including home confinement, monitoring with an electronic bracelet and a $100,000 secured bond. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler agreed to the request during a hearing Monday, saying he would be under “strict house arrest,” and only allowed to leave his home to meet with his lawyer and for true emergencies. “We are confident that in the end we will be able to clear his name,” defense attorney Derege Demissie said.
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Engaged at home, but not married
SAME-SEX FROM PAGE 1
ABOVE: AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY Biology senior Zach Flessert and his fiancé, Civil engineering senior Scott Miller, met their freshman year in Middlebrook and began dating soon after. After being together for 3 years, the couple is planning a small wedding ceremony after they graduate this year. BELOW: PHOTO COURTESY OF BERTRAINE HEINE COURTESY OF MN HISTORICAL SOCIETY In this May 18, 1970, photo provided by The Minnesota Historical Society, Mike McConnell, left, and Jack Baker attempt to obtain a Hennepin County marriage license in Minneapolis.
CAMPUS OPENS UP
Nearly two decades ago, an undergraduate’s dorm room door was spit on and damaged because of her progay stickers, posters and magazine clippings. A woman felt like she needed to lie about her sexual activity to physicians at Boynton Health Service’s Women’s Clinic because they assumed she was heterosexual. A student veteran compared the University’s acceptance of gay people to the Navy. The University, they wrote, “doesn’t seem to be a whole lot different for me.” In 1993, the Select Committee on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Concerns published a report — “Breaking the Silence” — that outlined the University’s attitude toward non-heterosexual lifestyles. It was nearly 20 years after activists like Baker and McConnell fought for similar efforts. Baker, who was student body president while attending the University, said in a 1972 article that the school wasn’t completely accepting but was making steps toward improving the climate. The report eventually led to the creation of the University’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Ally Programs Office. There were some “outspoken folks” at the University and clear cases of homophobia despite non-discrimination policies, said alumnus John Gustav-Wrathall, who served on the committee. Around the same time, Congress and the states strengthened their hate crime laws. Gustav-Wrathall’s foster son, University urban studies junior Glen Haslerud, is planning a “huge” 2014 wedding for his fiancé, Will Black.
In an atmosphere paved by generations before him, Haslerud said he’s experiencing a different climate than his foster dad did. “We hope that we have full marriage equality in the state by the time Will and Glen get married,” GustavWrathall said. Haslerud and Black plan to travel to Iowa to marry if the bill to repeal Minnesota’s 1997 statute banning samesex marriage doesn’t pass in the Legislature. “It would be very exciting for our own marriage to be recognized in our home state,” said Flessert, one of the engaged seniors.
PART OF A NATIONAL CONVERSATION
Baker and McConnell’s case came up this year at the Supreme Court — this time in arguments about overturning the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8. Gustav-Wrathall married his partner in California in 2008, before the state’s same-sex marriage ban was passed. Justices indicated they’re likely to strike down DOMA, which defines marriage as between a man and woman for federal benefits. The court’s decision is due next month. In the past decade, the nation’s approval of same-sex marriage has increased by 16 percentage points, according to the Pew Research Center. Now, two-thirds support it. “The issue has been around for a while, and people
CIVIL UNIONS, DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAWS IN THE U.S. STATES WITH STATUTE OR JUDICIAL DECISION ALLOWING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE STATES WITH STATUTE ALLOWING CIVIL UNIONS STATES WITH CONSTITUTIONAL BANS ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE STATES WITH STATUTES ALLOWING CIVIL UNIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL AND/OR STATUTORY BANS ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE STATES WITH STATUTORY BANS ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE WITHOUT CIVIL UNIONS STATE WITH NO LEGISLATION ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE OR CIVIL UNIONS
have had a long time to think about it,” said Kathleen Hull, a sociology associate professor who specializes in social movements, gender and sexuality studies. Even if DOMA is struck down, that would not allow same-sex couples in Minnesota to claim benefits because the state’s law stops them from legally marrying. And by May 20, 201 state legislators will have to decide whether to change that and legally recognize unions like those of Flessert and Miller, and Haslerud and Black. “I sometimes wish I was straight only because it would make my life easier,” Haslerud said. “I would have a hundred percent of my human rights.” These engaged couples aren’t alone — they’re surrounded by more than 3,500 same-sex couples in Minneapolis, according to 2010 U.S. Census data, compiled by the Williams Institute, and Hennepin County has the highest number of same-sex couples in the state. “Here in the Twin Cities, it’s largely not a big deal,” Gustav-Wrathall said. “There’s a lot of acceptance. In my dayto-day life, I’m not having to deal with homophobia.” A February Star Tribune poll found 57 percent of people in the metro area think same-sex marriage should be legal. “Every day I walk around, and I really feel like my life looks like everyone else’s,” alumna Amanda Tufano said of her fiancée. “We garden together, watch the news, show up at work every day, pay our bills and taxes and we love each other. It’s totally the same to me. I forgot it was different until all this marriage discussion came up.” Outside the Twin Cities, however, three-quarters of Minnesotans are against it. Rep. Tim Faust, DFL-Hinckley, said same-sex marriage has caused more concern than any other public policy he’s dealt with. “There are very strong feelings both ways,” he said. Opponents have fought long and hard to keep traditional marriages in the state, often for religious reasons. “When I hear it’s because of religious reasons that they’re against my lifestyle, it makes me angry,” Haslerud said. “I didn’t make a choice at this.” He said it’s important for opponents of same-sex
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BY THE NUMBERS
ABOUT 9 MILLION
THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBT
10,207 OR ABOUT 3 PERCENT
THE NUMBER OF SAME-SEX COUPLES WHO LIVE IN MINNESOTA
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THE NUMBER OF MINNESOTAN SAME-SEX COUPLES WHO LIVE IN MINNEAPOLIS GRAPHICS SOURCES: NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES, MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO, OUTFRONT MINNESOTA, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, UNIVERSITY GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, ALLY PROGRAMS OFFICE, THE MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, PEW RESEARCH CENTER`
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REASONS CITED FOR CHANGE IN OPINION ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
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IT’S INEVITABLE/THE WORLD IS DIFFERENT NOW
18%
EVERYONE IS FREE TO CHOOSE, AND THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD STAY OUT
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BELIEVE IN EQUAL RIGHTS
5%
MORAL OR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
Over the past 10 years, there has been a growth in nationwide support of same-sex marriage.
NATIONAL EVENTS MINNESOTA EVENTS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EVENTS 1970 University law student Jack Baker and his partner, Michael McConnell, apply for a marriage license in Hennepin County. 1971 The Minnesota Supreme Court rules that two men could not legally marry. 1972 The U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Jack Baker and Michael McConnell’s case, Baker v. Nelson. At the Democratic-Farmer-Labor state convention, the party platform calls for same-sex marriage, ending the war in Vietnam and legalizing marijuana. 1973 Maryland becomes the first state to define marriage as only between one man and woman. The American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from its list of mental disorders. 1974 A gay rights committee is established by a state senator.
1977 A human rights ordinance in Florida bans discrimination based on sexual orientation in housing, employment and public accommodation. The Legislature amends the state’s marriage statute, defining it as “a civil contract” between a man and a woman.
Minneapolis City Hall. “We’ll have a ceremony and a dance,” she said, “and it will look just like every other wedding ceremony.”
1980 Rep. Clark is elected as the first openly gay Minnesota lawmaker.
BEYOND MARRIAGE
1982 Wisconsin becomes the first state to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation.
1987 Originally named the Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council, OutFront Minnesota begins.
1990 1991 The Select Committee on Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns is established to investigate the University’s attitude.
1993 “Sexual orientation” is added to the Minnesota Human Rights Act. The Select Committee publishes its final findings in a report called “Breaking the Silence.” It makes recommendations in an effort to eliminate LGBT discrimination at the University. The University GBLT Programs Office is founded as the first collegiate office in the Midwest with “transgender” in its name. 1995 Utah passes a law prohibiting same-sex marriage, and more than 30 other states follow. 1996 The Federal Defense of Marriage Act is passed, defining the word “marriage” as being only between one man and woman for federal benefits. 1997 The Minnesota Legislature passes the state’s Defense of Marriage Act that prohibits the state from recognizing same-sex marriages from other states. Rep. Karen Clark, DFL-Minneapolis, introduces the state’s first same-sex marriage bill. The state’s Legislature passes a bill adding sexual orientation to Minnesota’s human rights law.
2000 Vermont becomes the first state to legalize same-sex civil unions and later becomes the first state to allow gay marriage by legislative ruling rather than a court action.
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Flessert said he wants to get his teaching license from the University so he can teach high school students about LGBT rights and help those who face challenges because of their sexual orientation. They’re students like Haslerud, who struggled growing up as a homosexual teen and had parents who didn’t fully accept homosexuality. He said he felt uncomfortable about sharing his homosexuality in a home where his father disapproved of such relationships, calling them “disgusting.” But his father passed away when Haslerud was 13 and never knew his son’s sexual orientation. Haslerud was placed in foster care soon after, eventually living with the Gustav-Wrathalls, who used their own experiences to help him. “I wouldn’t be who I am today if I hadn’t gone through all that,” Haslerud said. “I wouldn’t have met Will, I wouldn’t be planning this wedding and I wouldn’t be engaged.” Flessert said it’s the everyday discrimination in society that makes the same-sex marriage conversation so important, and legalizing it in the state would be a milestone for LGBT people. “It doesn’t stop at marriage,” he said. “In the whole grand scheme of things, marriage is just symbolic of legal things that make our life easier, but a lot of people can get by without marriage.” Marriage is more than just a piece of paper, he said — it’s an equality issue. “It’s what it stands for,” he said. At the time of Baker and McConnell’s union in 1970, McConnell predicted it would take 30 years for same-sex couples to legally marry. Now both 70, the pair has stepped out of the public eye, and a new generation is fighting for same-sex marriage, which, by McConnell’s standards, is overdue. “Working together, Minnesotans used the power of ideas to define the Modern Gay Movement,” Baker wrote in a 2012 blog post. BRIDGET BENNETT, DAILY “Michael McConnell and Alex Sand, left, and Nam Dorjee as the marriage amendment I remain proud to have igfails to pass at the Minnesotans United election party Nov. 7, nited a dream that contin2012, in St. Paul. ues to transform an entire world.”
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marriage to understand they don’t have to agree with his lifestyle but just have to see that he’s being denied rights. “It’s not that I want holy matrimony,” Black said. “I want a legal marriage.” Faust, an out-state Lutheran pastor, announced his support for the legislation Monday. The House’s bill cleared a committee on Monday, and the Senate’s version is set to get a hearing in the Finance Committee on Tuesday. Legislators are reviewing the state’s cost for the legalized marriages — estimated to be $678,000 annually. “It’s kind of out of our hands right now,” Haslerud said. University political science professor Kathryn Pearson said legislators are listening to what constituents are telling them but also thinking about how history will judge their vote. “When women got the right to vote, that wasn’t the end of a movement — that was the start,” said Humphrey School alumna Laura McCarty, a board member for OutFront Minnesota. “It’s not over yet.” The trends of growing acceptance will only continue, experts say, so legislators want to make sure they keep up with the changing public opinion. “We’ve seen people grow to accept same-sex marriages at a much more rapid pace than any other public policy issue in the modern times,” Pearson said. Gov. Mark Dayton said he will sign the bill if it makes it to him. “I will put my wedding dress back on and go back and stand in line at the courthouse on August 1 if that’s what happens,” McCarty said. “I want to be recognized and legalize it as soon as I possibly can.” Either way, McCarty and her fiancée, Tufano, are planning a wedding ceremony next month in the rotunda of
TIMELINE OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE EVENTS AND CASES
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25%
GROWN MORE OPEN TO IT
PORT SUP SUPPORT NT CE CENT R PE
32% KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS GAY
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2004 Same-sex couples legally marry for the first time in Massachusetts.
2008 Connecticut’s Supreme Court rules same-sex couples have a right to marry. California’s Supreme Court overturns its ban on samesex marriage in the spring, but months later voters approve Prop 8, a constitutional amendment to stop the marriages. 2009 Legislators in Washington, D.C., Vermont and New Hampshire legalize same-sex marriages. The Iowa Supreme Court strikes down the state’s ban.
2010 2011 New York’s Legislature approves same-sex marriage. The Pentagon’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is repealed. The Republican-led Legislature says voters should decide whether there should be a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Minnesotans United for All Families begins. 2012 Same-sex marriage is legalized in Maine, Maryland and Washington for the first time by voters. President Barack Obama speaks in support of same-sex marriage, the first president to do so. In Minnesota, the constitutional same-sex marriage ban is defeated. 2013 The U.S. Supreme Court holds hearings about the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California’s ban on same-sex marriage. A decision is expected in June. Rhode Island Legislature clears same-sex marriage. Supported by Gov. Mark Dayton, the Minnesota Legislature takes up same-sex marriage bills.
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MARK VANCLEAVE, DAILY Wells Fargo manager Will Black and urban studies junior Glen Haslerud have been dating since October 2009 after being set up through a mutual friend. The couple is planning a huge wedding for Sept. 20, 2014, and plans on driving to Iowa after the celebration if their marriage is not legally recognized in Minnesota.
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The Fashionista is in: leaving on a jet plane Trusted travel solutions for the fleeing fashionista. BY SHANNON RYAN sryan@mndaily.com
A heady bout of travel anxiety is the common preface to a trip well-traveled. Questions arise from the ambiguity of suitcase packing — how many blouses is really too many blouses — to the memory of what items are essential suitcase stuffers — oh where, oh where is my iPhone charger? I’ve compiled a list of preplane, train or automobile travel tips to ease your fleeing mind and body. Overall, it’s about how to minimize stress when traveling, yes, but it’s also a farewell piece from this resident fashionista. Do remember the apparel advice I’ve tossed your way in earlier columns, and I’ll leave you with this: To the senior class, happy graduation and to all students, safe summer travels. Keep on stylin’.
Pre-packing wisdoms Grab a notebook and a pen — or your fingertips and an iPhone — and scroll down your trip’s essentials:
its length, the predicted temperatures and any paramount activities you have scheduled. Now note how many clothing items, shoes, technologies, shades of lipstick, etc., you’ll need. This is the scripture to follow throughout the packing process. Pull out all the garments you anticipate needing, and then cut those in half. Select tops and bottoms by creating outfits in your mind; don’t select items arbitrarily. Make sure to grab dresses, skirts, shorts and pants to add dimension to your take-away wardrobe, and always pack more tops than bottoms. Keep fabrics in mind when choosing clothes. Knits, wools and cottons tend to resist wrinkles more than silks and linens, so be alert to that. Consider packing a petite steamer if you’ll be in a location without an iron. Wrinkles are the acne of clothing — icky.
Packing to perfection Advising someone to roll instead of fold their garments when packing is like telling someone to wear running shoes with denim skinnies — it’s lousy guidance. Folding your clothes is more of a space-saver.
Lay T-shirts flat to save suitcase space for summer traveling.
Put shoes on the bottom of the suitcase, as they’re the most difficult items to stow. Place items inside of them; stuf f socks, underwear, tights, etc., to con-
serve space. Wrap breakable items in bulky sweaters, and place them in the middle of your goods. Make sure those items are wholly surround-
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ed by soft fabrics and are separated from each other. Stow inexpensive jewelry pieces in a seven-day plastic pillbox or store them in a 35-millimeter film container
lined with tissue. If you find it pertinent to take precious, expensive jewels during your travels, then I suggest wearing them to reduce the risk of loss or theft.
MUSIC
A trip to “Maraqopa” with Damien Jurado Exploring urban-folk musician Damien Jurado’s ineffable dream-turned-latestalbum, “Maraqopa.” BY SHANNON RYAN sryan@mndaily.com
Singer-songwriter Damien Jurado has built up a strong catalog of music in the indie-folk scene. And with detours in pop, Christian rock and electric indie rock, Jurado ensures that his body of work is impossible to pin down. The Seattle native’s moody vocal deliver y and knack for delivering a memorable hook in his tracks has quietly built the musician a heady inventor y of albums. His label, Secretly Canadian, released his latest full-length, “Maraqopa,” in February 2012, bringing his total collection to 12 studio albums. Jurado’s musings on his records are as varied as the genres his work can be classified as — 2010’s “Saint Bartlett” was the 12-track tale of a friend’s living realities, and “Maraqopa” is the ineffable narrative of a fictional dream character born out of Jurado’s mind in early 2011. “I remember having the dream and being so freaked out by it that I got up immediately and went to find a piece of paper, and I scrawled the word Maraqopa down,” Jurado said. “And I remember my wife said, ‘You spelled it wrong,’ and I said, ‘No, that’s exactly how it’s spelled.’ ” And within a week of the dream, all 10 tracks of “Maraqopa” were written. The ar tist insisted it was the most vivid dream he’d ever had. The plot of Jurado’s vision-turned-concept album is one of a famous man disappearing from the small town of “Maraqopa” and leaving no traces of his whereabouts. The album’s tracks are a mix of viewpoints from
those who were familiar with Maraqopa’s disappearing celeb — journalists, fans and publicists — and the mind of the star himself. “ ‘ Working T itles’ is from the viewpoint of the fan,” Jurado said. “And the line ‘You’re no him, but he’s you, only better’ is a stab at the guy’s public image. They’re saying that’s not him, and even though it looks good, they know his personal life is terrible.” Jurado compared his dream character to legendar y Nir vana rocker Kur t Cobain and the public’s emotions sur rounding his death. Jurado insisted many people were sad but also angr y at Cobain’s decision to end his life, comparing those emotions to those of the fans who are vexed at the disappearance of Maraqopa’s most wellknown man. Though the premise for the album is based on ideas from Jurado’s subconscious mind, the tracks are still entirely familiar and easily identifiable. His lyrics are laced with longing and love, drenched in the sort of steady melodic rain that his native city is known for. However, Jurado admits his work is, for the most part, entirely fictional, ostensibly because the musician seeks solace in places outside of the spotlight. “I don’t like singing about me; I don’t like being in the spotlight. Some artists love it — it’s a real release, very cathartic — but I can’t do it,” Jurado said. “I don’t like it.” WHAT DAMIEN JURADO WHEN 8 P.M., WEDNESDAY WHERE TURF CLUB, 1601 UNIVERSITY AVE., ST. PAUL COST $13 IN ADVANCE; $15 AT THE DOOR AGE 21+
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out on the little things in life that really make you happy and make you question your priorities toward the end. Ask yourself this: When the Grim Reaper arrives, would you be able to say that you lived a life that made and kept you happy? Or would you, like many others, have regrets? “I wish I hadn’t worked so hard. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. I wish that I had let myself be happier.” The aforementioned are the five biggest regrets people have had, as documented by a palliative nurse in Australia. Bronnie Ware chronicled the remorse of her dying patients, who had long, eventful lives yet were left
wishing they had taken a moment to appreciate the beauty in life. Because, believe it or not, it is often too convenient to lose sight — to lose track of people, things and ideas that make us who we are in an attempt to be something or somewhere that we have prophesied ourselves to be. Ask yourself, are you happy? Are you enjoying life with your friends and family? Are you making time for fun? Are you making time to do the things you love, the things that make you smile? Because if you’re not, then you’ll regret this lost time. This is our time. We are at an age where many responsibilities aren’t there to weigh us down. Use this time; live it. No regrets. As many Facebook picture captions say: YOLO. Explore, travel, volunteer, have experiences, make questionable decisions, fall in love, do what makes you happy. Don’t get a job unless you’re hurting for money. And if you do, do something that makes you happy because a job that pays a few less dollars but allows you a chance to do something you love and/or to have evenings and weekends off will be a more fun job, and you’ll be
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happy. I’m not saying give up on your final interview to join NASA and go hike Mount Everest tomorrow. You must find the right balance between what is important and what is necessary. If your job or money makes you happy, if you want flashy cars and a big house desperately, then that’s your happiness — and don’t steer from it. But find time for the people who love and care for you because these people will always be there for you, regardless of your successes and failures. I read the premise of Ware’s book last year and was haunted by the nightmarish scenarios that these people described. I moved to the city of my dreams on pure instinct to chase my dreams. I knew it would make me happy. I’m more ambitious than anyone I know. I believe in hard work and giving your all. But no matter how hard you work, always make time for fun, to tell the people in your life that you love them and show them that you care. I can assure you I’ll have no regrets when I die. Can you? Hemang Sharma welcomes comments at hsharma@mndaily.com.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Smoking on University campus isn’t the only secondhand health problem Befor e I begin, you guessed it — I smoke cigarettes. However, to ever y person that has written for a smoking ban on campus, I’m 99.9 percent sure you don’t smoke and have never smoked. Now it’s time to read this opinion from a person who has been on both ends of the spectrum. Simply put, banning cigarettes on campus is the most ludicrous idea imaginable. Let me enlighten you. First, smoking is unhealthy for ever yone involved. I think anyone who is able to read the words that I am writing understands that smoking cigarettes is unhealthy, so enough of the obvious. What many people don’t understand is that the delicious combo meal they just bought from a block of f campus is just as unhealthy. According to the Los Angeles Times, twothirds of Americans are over weight or obese and are at greater risk of getting, and dying of, cancer. The Institute for Cancer Research estimates that about 20 percent of deaths in women and 14 percent of deaths in men could have been avoided if they had kept their weight in check. Obesity has always been on the rise and will continue to rise. Don’t believe me? According to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and tripled in adolescents in the past 30 years. Don’t even get me started on adults. I strongly believe that deaths due to obesity will soon exceed the amount of deaths due to smoking. For the people who are sitting there thinking, “But aren’t more people smoking these days as well?” Check again. In 2010, Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Ser vices expressed that the amount of smokers fell from 22.7 percent in 1993 to 18 percent in 2008, while obesity rates rose from 14.5 percent to 26.7 percent over the same time period. Do yourself a favor — look around campus and ask yourself if you see more people smoking cigarettes or more people who are over weight or obese? How does secondhand smoke compare to obesity? I believe all students can agree that the most annoying thing that can happen in class is when a student unwraps a juicy burger or a foot-long sub. As the aroma of the food passes by each student’s nostrils, their stomachs begin to rumble until they think to themselves, “I got to get me some of that.” This must be the reason why the McDonalds line in Dinkytown is squished up to the entr yway ever y time I walk by. Ultimately, this scenario leads to high-
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n a few days, the University of Minnesota campus will resemble a post-apocalyptic ghost town, when most of us will rock this casbah — leaving behind the diabolical chaos of finals, the over-caffeinated beverages, meteoric stress levels and a devastating sleep schedule. We will be liberated from lengthy readings, classes, assignments and even the annoying rants of Minnesota Daily columnists. The end of another school year is a reason to be happy. Happiness, they say, is a state of mind. Most of you reading this would define “happiness” in your own way, and rightfully so. Some would point to a car, a significant other, yoga pants or a burning ambition. But the idea of happiness is universal; it makes us rejoice, smile and be thankful and gives a reason to live. I speak to everyone, especially to the graduating seniors who will have their own oysters after commencement speeches, no matter what idea of happiness they perceive. Do not get caught up in your desire to succeed to the extent that you miss
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caloric foods having an indirect ef fect on the student body. I like to call it “secondhand smell.” I have always found it interesting that our society believes it’s OK to offend smokers by publicly adver tising the repulsive outcome if one is to continue smoking. You know e x a c t l y w h a t I ’ m t a l king about — those commercials with the people pushing buttons in order to speak and the fathers who can’t play basketball with their children anymore. However, the moment someone brings up the word “obese” or “over weight,” a red flag is thrown, and the offensiveness is inevitable. I hope you can realize the double standard that is evident within the correlation of obesity and smoking. If you don’t, start from the top, and read again. The objective of this letter is not intended to offend anyone but rather to instill the notion that cigarettes are not the only hazardous product being consumed on campus. If the University of Minnesota is to ban cigarettes, then we must be inclined to ban all high-caloric products. I wonder what would ensue if high-caloric foods were banned on campus? It’s unimaginable, impossible, a blasphemy. Instead, how about I’ll have my cigarette and you have your Big Mac. Sounds reasonable to me. John Callen University student
f you are enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, you have probably been lectured by parents, former teachers, RONALD DIXON friends, relatives columnist or even online trolls that your degree will guarantee you a position at the local fast-food restaurant. These snide remarks are often presented by those who are pursuing a degree in the science, technology, engineering or mathematics fields. As the “lazy” and “degenerate” CLA students pursue “useless” degrees, or so they say, the “intelligent” and “hardworking” STEM students will land jobs that will pay much more than the average wage. A recent study, however, dispels this myth. According to the Economic Policy Institute, universities are producing approximately 50 percent more engineers than the market is demanding. Furthermore, as liberal arts students have long faced the reality that they will more than likely work in a field that is unrelated to their major, many STEM students are also taking jobs in other fields that are unrelated to their degrees. As the economy only makes modest gains in employment, hiring is slowing down in almost every industry. STEM fields are not an exception to this economic reality. What does this mean? I don’t wish to argue that STEM fields are not worthwhile collegiate options, but the STEM myth should be dispelled from the cost-benefit analysis of college. In general, college degrees offer skills and credentials that increase the probability of obtaining a career. Moreover, a college education, particularly the specific study of the humanities, develops students into well-rounded individuals. When high school and college students decide what they would like to study, they should not be deterred by condescending attacks against the humanities or the unfair proclamations against the students who have passions for non-science or non-business areas. They should be informed that with any college major they may need to accept employment in an unrelated field. As a CLA student, I have accepted this reality and do not mind a desk job if it means a decent standard of living. STEM majors must also realize that the almighty market doesn’t come with guarantees. Ronald Dixon welcomes comments at rdixon@mndaily.com.
Passing the DREAM The Legislature should pass a bill allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition.
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ast week, the Minnesota Senate passed a version of the DREAM Act, which would allow Minnesota’s undocumented students to apply for financial aid at Minnesota colleges and universities and would equalize the cost of tuition to an in-state level. We strongly urge the Legislature to approve this bill without significant delay and pass it on to the governor’s desk for signing. The DREAM Act is not about comprehensive immigration reform — which ultimately needs to come from Congress — it’s about providing equal oppor tunity to all Minnesota students. This should not be a partisan issue, as a primar y goal for both Republicans and Democrats is to improve access to education and remove barriers keeping kids from attending institutions of higher learning. University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler has already stated his support of the act in the past and has told the Minnesota Daily he would recommend the Board of Regents adopt it if approved by the full Legislature. Though the University may lose money as a result of this measure, the University is capable and willing to “absorb” the estimated $175,000 per year it would lose from additional students paying in-state tuition. According to the chief author of the bill, Sen. Sandy Pappas, DFL-St. Paul, it is more likely to pass in the House now than when similar versions were heard in previous years. The bill’s chances have been improved since several key members of the House are now behind the measure and also because Pappas is on the conference committee called to resolve differences between House and Senate higher education omnibus bills, which is likely where this measure will be addressed.
The burden of investment The current method of paying for a public degree is overly burdensome on the student.
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hough post-graduate employment numbers remain low and tuition continues to rise, at least two private universities are willing to go to the extreme to receive payment from students. On April 29, the Minnesota Daily reported that the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University have both sued former students because of Perkins loans — which provide low-interest loans to needy students — that went unpaid. While the University of Minnesota declined to comment on whether it had sued former students in a similar situation, the Daily article did note that it can withhold transcripts from students with unpaid loans and will also resort to collection agencies to collect payments. While these tactics may seem harsh and unforgiving — at least for a public university — they are less surprising when given the broader context of how higher education is paid for. While politicians at both the state and national level like to throw around rhetoric like “investing in the future” or “producing human capital” with regard to public colleges and universities, the reality is that, though subsidized, students purchase a higher education from the state just as they would purchase a car, home or ser vice. As the Minnesota Daily Editorial Board noted earlier this year, higher education runs on a funding model where all of the risk of the “investment” is placed on the student, not the state. Instead of this model, where students are punished if they cannot pay back their loans shor tly after graduation, public universities could let students pay for their education throughout a longer period of time, and the payments could be based of f the income of students. The state would then show an actual interest in the success of each student and thus be making an actual “investment.”
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University plans tailgate lot for students u from Page 1
“I think that the fact that they came to students first really speaks to how much they want it to benefit students,” said Joelle Stangler, a Minnesota Student Association member who attended both meetings. “I felt it went really well.” MSA was one of 55 student groups at the meetings, Benedict said, which took place at the stadium over the course of two days. The lot will be structured similarly to current University tailgating lots, but students discussed 12 to 15 “issues” concerning the proposed student tailgate lot, said Amelious Whyte, assistant dean of student affairs.
“It’s dif ferent from the regular tailgating lots,” he said. “And so that will bring some different challenges.” The proposal would allow all students to enter the lot. The University will probably charge for parking reservations, Stangler said. Students suppor ted allowing alcohol and food in the lots, and they showed interest in having entertainment within the lot on special occasions, Whyte said. Both minors and adults who are older than 21 would be allowed in. Whyte said police would patrol the student tailgate lot similar to any other tailgate lot, but he made it clear students would not be carded at the entrance. “The expectation would be if you’re not 21, you’re not going to be drinking,”
he said. Whyte said the students at the meetings considered the idea of having student volunteers patrol the lot during games and assist anyone who needs help. Stangler said people discussed the concern of underage drinking at the meeting, but it wasn’t deemed a big concern. “I think students were more concerned with making sure that we have a space to go before games,” Stangler said. Chris Hawthorne, a senior kicker on the Gophers football team, said responsibility was one of the key themes in the meetings. The students also favored the idea of closing the lot before the football game starts. Whyte mentioned the idea of having the march-
ing band play a few songs in front of the students and then lead them into the stadium for the game. The feedback produced from the student meetings will be included in a proposal to the University administration, Whyte said. The proposal will be drafted and presented to the committee in the next few weeks. The goal is to have the tailgate lot ready for Minnesota’s first home game on Aug. 29 against UNLV. Benedict and Whyte said there are no real barriers to stop the lot from being ready before then. Hawthorne said the University needs to develop a culture of students attending football games to complete the game-day experience. “I think for too long ath-
STUDENT TAILGATE LOCATION
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letics have been viewed as kind of a luxury and not part of the essential foundation of being a student, regardless of where you are,” he said. A full student section has an influence on the team’s
performance and its ability to recruit, Hawthorne said. “It really goes a long way in enhancing the complete game-day experience,” he said. “Students are the core of that.”
BODYBUILDING
U student Dalluge shows balance as bodybuilder Jordan Dalluge will compete in an amateur show this Saturday. BY DANE MIZUTANI dmizutani@mndaily.com
Tim Dalluge once issued a challenge to his son in the form of a yellow Post-it note stuck to the refrigerator. “If Jordan can bench 135 pounds for five reps he’ll earn $100,” the note read. That was nearly eight years ago. Jordan Dalluge, now a University of Minnesota architecture junior, was 13 years old and had just started lifting weights. That Post-it note — a little more weathered and a little less adhesive now — still hangs on the refrigerator in the Dalluge household. It has aged but so has Jordan. “He’d be embarrassed if he heard 135 pounds now,” his dad joked. “I don’t know if I ever pulled my end of the bargain paying him, but he definitely pulled his end of the bargain.” Jordan Dalluge muscled up five reps at 135 pounds to win the bet and has steadily increased his bench press since. He’s following the footsteps of his dad and uncle, who have competed as amateur bodybuilders, and he will compete at the Mr. & Mrs. Natural Minnesota show May 11 — an all-natural bodybuilding show in Bloomington, Minn. Dalluge said he didn’t always enjoy the gym. “It used to annoy me,” he said. “I never wanted to go to the gym when I was 14 or 15, but my dad would drag me
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Architecture junior Jordan Dalluge lifts at the University Recreation Center on Monday. Dalluge has been training since September for the Mr. & Ms. Natural Minnesota Bodybuilding show in Bloomington, Minn., on May 11.
there.” Tim Dalluge competed as an avid amateur bodybuilder in the 1980s. His brother, Jordan’s uncle, is a current power lifter at the amateur level. “It’s been a big part of my life, so Jordan has always seen it,” Tim Dalluge said. “It was something he was kind of destined to do at some point.” He said his son had a per-
fect physique for the sport — a symmetrical body makeup with “diamond calves to match since the day he was born.” Though he had the build, Jordan Dalluge said he didn’t grow passionate about lifting until his junior year in high school. He said that even then, he never saw himself as a bodybuilder.
He wrestled for Mankato West High School and didn’t spend as much time lifting in season as in the offseason. He wasn’t an exceptional wrestler for Mankato West, but he looked the part. “He had kids that told him if he wrestled like he looked, he’d win every match,” Tim Dalluge said. “He always had the right build. He would intimidate the hell out of some kids.” Jordan Dalluge excelled in his senior year of wrestling, but he never garnered any scholarship offers from major programs. So he decided to hang up the singlet and attend the University of Minnesota. His wrestling career ended with that choice, but his amateur bodybuilding career was about to begin. Dalluge said he has always had a love-hate relationship with weightlifting since he started to lift more as a junior in high school. He said there were stretches when he wouldn’t miss a workout for two months and then he’d hit a plateau and avoid the weights for weeks at a time. “I didn’t really start taking it real seriously until freshman year of college,” he said. “I started college, and I got unlimited food in the dorms. That was my motivation to stay healthy and work out more.” He said instead of gorging on the buffet-style dorm food like many freshmen, he strategically pieced together meals that kept him healthy
and maximized his protein intake. Dalluge said he wanted to enter the Gopher State competition — a statewide meet for bodybuilders — in high school. “I always thought I could compete with those kids … and I probably could have done pretty well at the teen division, but I never really got around to it,” he said. “I turned 20 and then you’re competing with all those guys that are steroid-ed out.” Tim Dalluge pushed his son to compete in competitions from an early age but said his son never seemed to latch on to that type of competition in high school. “I wouldn’t say he had the drive I had at that age, but he had his priorities in line,” Tim Dalluge said. “He had his school studies, whereas I was kind of living and eating bodybuilding at his age.” Jordan Dalluge began to prioritize bodybuilding more this year after watching the movie “Pumping Iron” with a few of his buddies. The movie chronicled the lives of amateur and professional bodybuilders in preparation for the 1975 Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe contests. He said that was all the motivation he needed. He has watched the movie countless times, and the impact has always been the same for him. “It is the biggest inspiration for any aspiring bodybuilder or any athlete trying to put on muscle [to see those
results],” he said. “It’s a thing where a girl will tell you that it’s not attractive at all, but for a guy it’s like, ‘I don’t even care. I just want to look like that.’ ” Dalluge and a couple friends formed a coalition to attack the weights after they watched the movie. He said they planned to enter the Gopher State at first but then thought better of it. “We didn’t really want to get embarrassed by the guys that use steroids, so we figured we’d have a better shot at the all-natural show,” Dalluge said. Aaron Callister is the main promoter for the Mr. & Mrs. Natural Minnesota show, which Dalluge and his friends will compete in. Callister said the natural side of the sport has started to take off at a state and national level in the past few years. “I had 198 competitors last year in my show, and that’s the biggest show ever in Minnesota,” Callister said. “I [had] double the entries that the non-dr ug-fr ee shows get. There are just more people interested in staying natural.” Dalluge and his friends are a par t of the growing group of natural bodybuilders. The sport has become a passion for Dalluge, but he said ultimately it’s for fun. “It’s a lifestyle … but right now I’m not letting it control me,” he said. “It’s not about the end result and coming in first at all.”
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UPCOMING EVENTS WHAT: Great River Gathering celebrates the best of Saint Paul WHO: Saint Paul Riverfront Corporation with support from the Saint Paul Foundation WHEN: 5-8:30 p.m., Wednesday WHERE: Saint Paul River Centre, 175 W. Kellogg Blvd., Suite 501, Saint Paul PRICE: $65 per person As a marquee event during the second annual Placemaking Residency, the Great River Gathering brings people from diverse backgrounds and organizations together to celebrate the best of Saint Paul today; but even more importantly, it will spark conversation about where we want to go tomorrow.
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WHAT: The art songs of Jocelyn Hagen, a recital and CD release party WHO: Jocelyn Hagen, 2010 McKnight fellow and composer WHEN: 7:30 p.m., May 18 WHERE: The Baroque Room, 275 E. Fourth St., Suite 280, St. Paul PRICE: Free Join Bradley Greenwald, baritone; Linh Kauffman, soprano; Gary Ruschman, tenor; Sonja Thompson, piano for a program of songs by 2010 McKnight fellow/composer Jocelyn Hagen.
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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve sudoku, visit sudoku.org.uk. Visit mndaily.com to see the solution to today’s puzzle.
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Today’s Birthday (5/7): Enjoy career and financial ease to July. Stash nuts for later, and dance into bustling activities with community, friends and family. Honor teachers, and teach what you love. Partnerships grow.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Written By Linda C. Black
Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is a 9 — Kick back, play and think big. Ask probing questions, and don’t worry about results. Love gives you the advantage. Convince through logic.
Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 9 — Try out a new idea and get creative. Friends offer good advice. Tell the truth, and ask probing questions. Learn new skills from a master.
Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is an 8 — You have extra resources for a household project, if you need them. Follow a hunch. Heed advice from family. Listen for the best plan.
Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is an 8 — Ask for what you want, and accept a generous offer. Keep track of your promises. Work can be fun, too, you know. Don’t forget to invoice.
Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is an 8 — You and an expert can solve a tough problem. Follow a friend’s recommendation. Love and truth get you past any tough spots with grace.
Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is an 8 — Accept an honor and a great suggestion from a child. Your imagination is greatly admired. Control your personal spending.
Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 9 — An important person comes through for you again. Accept more responsibility with a challenge gracefully. Stick with what you know works.
Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is an 8 — Keep track of your winnings. Get it in writing. Arrange financing or play with investments. You may have more than you realize.
Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 9 — Welcome a visitor from far away. Consider a new possibility, and make a wise move on to the next adventure. Follow a great suggestion.
Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is an 8 — Collaboration is a good idea. This could even be enjoyable. Turn down a risk. Persuade with the evidence and clue your friends in.
Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 9 — A dream figure shows you how to make a change. Meanwhile, accept a gift for your home. Bring out valuables you’ve kept hidden.
Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 9 — Consider another profitable idea. Accept a new assignment on your conditions. Confirm plans in writing. Believe you can succeed.
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overheard Professor: “Give me the name of someone who is a female singer and sings really high.” Two guys, simultaneously: “Justin Bieber?”
—Unknown
Girl 1: “My sister will visit me after the finals, and I don’t even know where to take her!” Girl 2: “That’s crazy. You’ve been in Minneapolis for almost a year.” Girl 1: “I don’t even know where that apple on the spoon is.”
—The Purple Onion Café
Student 1: “Next time I’m going to lace my chips with mariju--” Student 2: “That’s something Regina George would do in an alternate universe”
—Middlebrook Hall
Guy: “If I went home this weekend and did not study for my finals, can I use the excuse that I was celebrating Mother’s day? Do you think he’ll let me off the hook?” Girl: “Um, how about no.” Guy: “I really do love my mom.”
—St. Paul Student Center
“You just don’t have sex with your sister.”
—Middlebrook Hall
Guy 1: “I want to study at home, but I know I’ll get nothing done. Guy 2: “Yeah, I won’t get much done either. But I don’t have to wear pants, so I am definitely going home.”
—Akerman Hall
Professor: “Right now, I’m shooting lots of radiation at you. It’s fine, you’re young.”
—Tate Laboratory of Physics
Girl: “We’ll discuss this when we’re sober.” Guy: “I don’t want to [expletive] talk to you when we’re sober!”
—Tate Laboratory of Physics
Person 1: “Why do they have celery with buffalo wings?” Person 2: “So you don’t feel so much of a fat-ass.”
—Pioneer Hall
“Is it just me, or do you feel as if the basis of all of your happiness revolves around alcohol and drugs?”
—Coffman Union
“Was Beyoncé a Cheetah Girl?”
—Coffman Union
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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
ACROSS 1 Help for the poor 5 Buffalo bunches 10 Florida resort, familiarly 14 Quick look 15 German sub 16 Cowardly Lion actor 17 Old Sinclair Oil rival 18 “Throw __ From the Train” 19 Soap Box Derby state 20 Defend a position 23 Bind with a band 24 Pinup’s leg 25 Water under the bridge 28 One in a church chorus? 30 Brit. fliers 33 Walk-off home run, often 35 Horne of jazz 36 Metallic mixture 37 Homie 38 Honda compact 39 Fast-talking 40 Explodes with rage 42 PC panic button 43 Rounded hammer end 44 Filled flapjack-like food 45 Assist 46 Bow-toting deity 47 With “The,” PBS show for kids, and a hint to the ends of 20-, 33and 40-Across 55 Put in cargo 56 Swashbuckler Flynn 57 Space 58 Prepare, as rice 59 Petty 60 Swed. neighbor 61 “The Thin Man” terrier 62 Tones down 63 Before long DOWN 1 “Tarzan” characters 2 “__ we forget”
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By Jack McInturff
3 Colorado’s __ Verde National Park 4 Toon fry cook in The Krusty Krab restaurant 5 “Just go along with what I said” 6 WWII investment 7 “When in __ ...” 8 River projects 9 Walk drunkenly 10 Come into one’s own 11 Hawaii’s most populous island 12 Stubble spot 13 Yankee slugger, familiarly 21 Bridget Jones’s book 22 Was on the ballot 25 __ fright 26 Cultivates 27 Thing of the past 28 Soap Box Derby city 29 Ask for Friskies, maybe 30 Accelerate, as an engine 31 Licorice-flavored seed
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32 Stands up to 34 Competent 35 Cradle-to-grave stretches 38 Billiards bounce 40 Doctor’s advice 41 Uses a mouse wheel 43 Poe’s “The __ and the Pendulum” 45 Amtrak speedster
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46 Pierre’s school 47 Isle off Tuscany 48 Cambodia neighbor 49 Revise copy 50 “Joy of Cooking” writer Rombauer 51 Study all night 52 Suffix with buck 53 Emperor after Claudius I 54 Show fatigue
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dr. date Dr. Date,
My friends and I are all in periods of transition right now, and for me that means saying goodbye to a lot of really close friends who are moving away for jobs. I’ve found myself leaning a lot on my boyfriend, who will be staying around, to get through this time, but I want to make sure I’m not just using him as someone to spend time with or that I don’t turn into a bad girlfriend that takes more than she gives. How can I make sure the support he gives me is a healthy amount and that I don’t just use him for the wrong things, like coping?
—Leech
Dear Bloodsucker,
Well you’ve got one thing that many leeches in the sea lack, self-awareness. Sure, it’s a sticky situation, but now that you’ve admitted to being a stage 5 clinger it will just take a little time and determination to get you back on your own two feet again. It’s time to bust out Doctor Date’s famous Anti-Clinger Tool Kit. The first thing the doc has for you is a hefty can of kickass. It’s great that your friends are going off and achieving their dreams. How ’bout you? How ’bout working on those dreams? Hmm? It’s time to shake a leg, sister. You’re never going to be happy if you don’t achieve things you’re proud of, and if you’re not happy, guess where you’ll end up? Dumpsville, that’s where. Also in the tool kit is a new friends starter guide. Step 1 — Go sit in coffee shops and other cool public places alone. Strike up conversations. Step 2 — take up a new group hobby. Step 3 — Get an easy summer job where all your coworkers are young and dumb and fun. As for thanking your old ball and chain for being the rock upon which you stand — a nice, old-fashioned beej never hurts.
—Dr. Date
Dear Dr. Date,
To say I am inexperienced at relationships is a bit of an understatement. I’ve never dated anyone, and at 22, I just lost my virginity. That’s where my question comes in. During a drunken night of flirtation, I lost it to a guy who has been a close friend and confidante for about 8 years now. He has a long
list of sexual partners, including a good friend of mine who still has feelings for him. I have often affectionately referred to him as a “man-whore” when he has relayed his problems about women to me. Up until the incident, I have never really considered him “boyfriend material.” We were the perfect Harry and Sally, minus the sexual tension. Afterward, we toyed with the idea of becoming more than friends. However, after Spring Break, he won’t even hug me “hi” or “bye” anymore. I’m pretty sure he doesn’t want a romantic relationship, but going back to being just friends makes me feel sick and kind of angry at him. Is my anger irrational? If he doesn’t want a romantic relationship anymore, should I end the friendship as well? Also, we didn’t tell anyone what was happening, and my friend keeps asking why he doesn’t return her phone calls. Do I have to tell her I was the reason why?
—Sally
Meg Ryan, My Butt,
Listen honey, I’ve watched “When Harry Met Sally” nearly every Sunday morning since freshman year. I know it line for line, scene by scene, and you ain’t no Sally. What you’re feeling is natural. After giving someone — even someone you like and trust — your most precious gem, if you will, it’s OK to feel vulnerable and confused. I think you’re confused. You and this “man-whore” are friends. You are friends who had sex — once. This doesn’t mean he wants a relationship, but it also doesn’t mean you should feel like you want one either. He is probably acting cold toward you now because he doesn’t want you to get the wrong idea about what that one drunken night meant to him. I think the friendship is salvageable, but it’s going to take some time. As for the other gal, let’s call her Helen Hillson for the sake of continuity, there’s no reason why she has to know about your night of romance. I wouldn’t assume that you’re the reason he’s not calling her back. When you assume, you make an ass out of Harry and Sally.
—Dr. Date
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Syrian rebels shoot down regime helicopter in east BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIRUT — Syrian rebels shot down a militar y helicopter in the countr y’s east, killing eight government troops on board as President Bashar Assad’s troops battled opposition forces inside a sprawling militar y air base in the north for the second straight day, activists said Monday. The downing of the helicopter was a welcome victor y for rebels fighting to oust Assad as the two sides remain locked in stalemate in the more than 2-year-old conflict. In Geneva, a U.N. commission probing alleged war crimes and other abuses in Syria on Monday distanced itself from claims by one of its members that Syrian rebels have used the ner ve agent sarin, but not the regime. The panel said it has no conclusive evidence about the alleged use of sarin as chemical weapons. In Washington, White House spokesman Jay Carney said it’s highly likely that the Assad regime and not the Syrian opposition was behind any chemical weapons use in Syria. The dueling statements highlighted the difficulties of investigating allegations of chemical weapons use. President Barack Obama has said the use of chemical weapons by the regime is a “red line” but he needs more time to determine if Assad’s forces had used chemical weapons in the Syria’s civil war. The latest controversy was sparked by Carla Del Ponte, a former war crimes prosecutor. She told the Italian-language Swiss public broadcaster SRI in an interview late Sunday that her panel’s investigators have “strong, concrete suspicions but not yet incontrovertible proof of the use of sarin gas from the way the victims were treated.”
“We have evidence on the use of chemical weapons, in par ticular sarin. Not by the government, but the opposition,” Del Ponte said, adding that this was based on inter views with victims, doctors and field hospitals in neighboring countries. On Monday, the commission said that it “wishes to clarify that it has not reached conclusive findings as to the use of chemical weapons in Syria by any parties to the conflict.” As a result, “the commission is not in a position to fur ther comment on the allegations at this time,” a statement said. The four-member panel was appointed by the 47-nation Human Rights Council, the U.N.’s top human rights body, to gather evidence on suspected war crimes and other abuses. It began its investigation in August 2011. It has had almost no access to Syria, though earlier this year it said it had conducted at least 1,500 inter views and exhaustively corroborated its findings with other sources. The U.S. has said intelligence indicates Syria has used the ner ve agent sarin on at least two occasions, but Obama has stressed that he needs more definitive proof before making a decision about how to respond — and whether to take military action. Fighting in Syria continued unabated on Monday as Assad’s warplanes pounded rebel positions inside the Mannagh air base in the north and government troops regained control of six villages along the strategic road that links the nor ther n city of Aleppo with its civilian airport, the countr y’s second largest. In the past months, rebels have frequently targeted militar y aircraft and air bases in an attempt to deprive the regime of a key weapon used to target opposition strongholds and reverse rebel gains.
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convinced that she’s made some sort of deal and gotten more.”
Juggling roles at the U
Ever y morning, Georg reads and reviews articles for the Journal of Medicinal Chemistr y — the premier publication for the field — of which she became co-editor-in-chief in 2011. Then, depending on the day, she could go solve pr oblems with her lab group, grab lunch with faculty members or organize a seminar for the depar tment. She co-founded the Institute for Therapeutics Discover y and Development when she came to the University in 2007 to translate discoveries in the lab into pharmaceutical realities. Georg had nearly $700,000 in grant money on the books for the 2012 fiscal year alone, according to Of fice of the Vice President for Research data. Since her ar rival, the Depar tment of Medicinal Chemistr y has more than doubled the amount of grant funding it receives from $1.8 million in 2007 to $4.2 million in 2012 — par tially due to Georg’s own grant money, hiring new faculty members and fostering research in the department. The ITDD lab is large and employs many people. More than 40 faculty, staff and students work in its 20,000 square feet developing dr ug applications for cancer, Alzheimer’s and male contraceptives. Cuellar came to the ITDD as a post-doctoral researcher and said she has stayed because of Georg’s guidance. “She is so well respected in her field,” Cuellar said, “but she is ver y down-to-ear th and ver y easy to talk to, ver y approachable.” Vadim Gur vich, ITDD associate director, said
Georg’s collaborative leadership style and hardworking attitude inspire students to work as hard as she does. Jill Kyzer, a third-year graduate student, said independence is essential for working in Georg’s lab. “ D r. G e o r g i s v e r y hands-of f,” she said. “She is obviously ver y busy … so we’re given free rein on our projects.” But if members of the group are stuck on a project, Kyzer said Georg always has advice on how to fix it. Georg star ted working on developing a viable male birth control pill when she was at the University of Kansas in 2001. The National Institutes of Health called for grant proposals to fund a male contraceptive project. Georg said she thought it was interesting. “As women, in par ticular, I think we are ver y concer ned about bir th control,” she said. “Certainly it would be good if males shared a little bit more of that, if they had the equivalent to the female pill.” Since then, Georg and her colleagues in Kansas have patented the dr ug Gamendazole, which has worked to block sperm after just one dosage in animal models. Georg said the dr ug may be the first non-hormonal male bir th control pill under FDA review. But its road to approval and distribution is long, she said, because the pill would have to be free of any side effects — a “ver y high hurdle.”
Teaching more than she knows
B o r n i n G e r m a n y, Georg did her undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Marburg. She came to Canada and then the U.S. to work because she said there were more oppor tunities for women in science than in Germany. Gur vich said Georg can remember specific things she did on a research project or paper a decade ago,
which she can apply to her current work. Each of her roles is like a full-time job, he said, but Georg’s commitment and passion allow her to accomplish ever ything. As knowledgeable as Georg is about her field, Cuellar said Georg isn’t afraid to admit she doesn’t know ever ything — unlike many people who are experts in their field. “She is never shy to say that there’s something that she doesn’t know or doesn’t understand,” Cuellar said. Georg’s most rewarding role is training students, she said, because she loves to watch them grow and learn about the specifics of their research. “The best is if they know more than I do,” she said, “and they should, and they do.” While being known as a “pioneer” in male contraceptives is a dr eam of hers, Georg said she realizes the recognition will likely go to researchers and clinicians fur ther down the line of drug development. Like all of the work she does — from mentoring students to editing the Jour nal — Georg feels the greatest achievement when she sees others’ successes. “You know you’ve participated,” she said, “and helped move things forward.”
Gunda Georg College of Pharmacy professor Medicinal Chemistry department head Robert Vince Endowed Chair McKnight Presidential Chair in Medicinal Chemistry Institute for Therapeutics Discovery and Development director Journal of Medicinal Chemistry co-editor-in-chief B.S. 1975 at Philipps Universität Marburg, Germany Ph.D. 1980 at Philipps Universität Marburg, Germany Postdoctoral 1982 University of Ottawa, Canada Came to University of Minnesota 2007 195 scientific articles published 110 students mentored $687,418 in grant funding for fiscal year 2012
SOURCE: GUNDA GEORG, OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH