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Students studying abroad have been evacuated from Cairo in the past.
University police have never had to fire their semi-automatic weapons.
Minnesota went 3-9 in head coach Jerry Kill’s first year with the program.
Egypt deemed unsafe for student travel
Gophers grow since loss to NMSU
UMPD stays safe with heavy weaponry
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MOSTLY SUNNY HIGH 82° LOW 68°
U OF M
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THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
U weighs new college BY ALEXI GUSSO AND KIA FARHANG agusso@mndaily.com mfarhang@mndaily.com
The University of Minnesota announced Wednesday it will consider creating a new college by integrating the College of Biological Sciences and the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences. Just a few hours ear-
lier, CBS Dean Rober t Elde announced he’ll retire at the end of June after 18 years in the position. CFANS Dean Allen Levine stepped down in August and has been replaced by interim dean Brian Buhr. Both Elde and Levine
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ADMINISTRATION
After the CBS dean retires in June, the college may combine with CFANS.
SPORTS
had discussed the creation of a new college in the past. With their depar ture, Karen Hanson, senior vice president for academic af fairs and prou See COLLEGE Page 6 Students, colleagues said Elde had a hands-on approach.
STUDENT LIFE
Grad takes thesis on the road
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HIGHER ED
Law schools: Third year is too crucial to lose Obama suggested schools cut a year to lower student costs. BY ROY AKER raker@mndaily.com
After President Barack Obama’s recent criticisms of U.S. law schools, many law students and faculty members spoke out in defense of their current systems. Obama suggested in a speech last month that law schools should cut program length by a year to lower costs for students, the Associated Press reported. But at the University of Minnesota and nationwide, some students and administrators say two years isn’t enough time. “My sense is that it’s probably not a good approach,” said University Law School Dean David
Wippman, adding that making the transition to a twoyear system would be extremely difficult. Wippman said that he doesn’t believe Obama’s proposal would save as much money for students as proponents say, and that it could also lower bar exam scores. Tasha Everman, assistant dean and director of career ser vices at the University of Nebraska College of Law, said she thinks Obama’s comment took the discussion “a little too far.” “We can’t have lawyers out there who are less educated,” she said. Some schools, including Nor thwestern University, have adopted an accelerated two-year law program, but tuition costs at Northwestern remain the same as u See LAW Page 4 Schools have been criticized for graduate unemployment rates.
STATE GOVERNMENT
DREAM Act opens with low numbers BRIDGET BENNETT, DAILY
Architecture graduate student Hank Butittas and Justin Evidon put cushions back in the seating area on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, in Minneapolis.
Hank Butitta designed a new take on the mobile home and crossed the country in it. BY ANNE MILLERBERND amillerbernd@mndaily.com
slist and conver ted into a small living space.
Hank Butitta paid no at-
Butitta got his master’s
tention to the falling objects
degree in architecture last
and open shelves as his mo-
spring and took the bus on
bile home turned a corner
a nearly month-long tour
in Uptown Minneapolis last
across the western half of
week.
the United States late this
While a friend drove
summer.
around the neighborhood,
The bus has garnered
the University of Minnesota
international attention since
alum relaxed on a couch
the road trip star ted, and
inside his graduate thesis
Butitta said the University
project — a $3,000 school
provided him with the re-
bus he purchased on Craig-
sources and flexibility he
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TRANSPORTATION
Neighborhoods nix sound walls
Fewer students have applied for in-state tuition than expected. BY RICARDO ROMERO rromero@mndaily.com
Fewer undocumented students have applied for increased financial aid and lower tuition under the new DREAM Act than state officials anticipated. When the state Legislature passed the measure giving in-state tuition and aid to cer tain undocumented students in May, state of ficials estimated that more than 600 students would apply. But as of Wednesday, only 160 students have applied for the program, according to the Minnesota Office of Higher Education. “I think internally we always knew this wasn’t going to be that large of a
group of people,” said Larry Pogemiller, the office’s director. Four teen University of Minnesota students have applied, said Ginny Dodds, the office’s state grant program director. It was difficult to predict the number of people who would utilize the program, she said. “A lot of undocumented people don’t identify themselves,” Dodds said. 109 students have applied in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, she said. It’s unclear if applications will increase in the future, Pogemiller said. The University is trying to raise awareness about the application process and the opportunities available for undocumented students, said Rachelle u See DREAM Page 8 The law’s author said the act is important, despite low numbers.
BUSINESS
Caffetto keeps community brewing
In an unlikely victory, Como and Marcy-Holmes both voted down the walls.
Among the last of its kind, the Uptown cafe offers a haven to painters, musicians, tarot readers and their pets.
BY JANE CAMPBELL jcampbell@mndaily.com
BY EMILY EVELAND eeveland@mndaily.com
Celebratory red stickers were stamped on lawn signs around the University of Minnesota this week after an unlikely victory. Marcy-Holmes and Southeast Como residents struck down the construction of four sound walls along Interstate 35W Friday. Kevin Gutknecht, Minnesota Department of Transportation communications director, said sound wall votes typically succeed. “It is highly unusual to have people fight against this,” he said. Residents voiced concerns for environmental impact and quality of life, as well as the effect the sound walls’ decreased visibility could have on area crime. Cor delia Pierson, Marcy-Holmes
It’s not often you stumble upon a drooling French Mastiff named Skinny when wandering through a coffee shop, but when you’re at Caffetto, it’s just part of the routine. Catering to local artists, musicians, mathematicians and French Mastiffs alike, Caffetto is one of few remaining coffee shops doubling as an intellectual and artistic hub. “There’s always been artists hanging out here. ... It’s been sort of a collaborative place for people,” barista Matthew Harris said. The shop’s character is apparent immediately: The front room is lined with 122 paintings of ships. When a customer gave the owners a velvet portrait of an old sail boat, others started bringing ship-related artwork in hoards,
u See WALLS Page 7 Neighborhood officials said MnDOT’s voting procedures are unfair.
u See CAFE Page 14 For some, Caffetto’s regulars become a second family.
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Caffetto Cafe regular Mark Bailey paints a portrait of friend Kehlyn Lumley outside the cafe in Minneapolis on Monday, Sept. 2, 2013.
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