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ADMINISTRATION
Two incumbents among 4 selected for regent seats The new picks include former Regent Steve Sviggum and General Mills’ CEO. BY KEVIN BECKMAN kbeckman@mndaily.com
MADDY FOX, DAILY
Maddie Bolatto paints a jacket for local clothing brand Pacify. The brand, created by three local female artists, focuses on creating original pieces from thrifted clothing.
Recycled duds with a social justice focus Two University of Minnesota students helped create a clothing brand that uses primarily recycled materials. brand by printing handmade designs on
BY MADDY FOLSTEIN mfolstein@mndaily.com
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mostly recycled clothing.
acify MPLS is an anti-label, pro-envi-
A&E spoke with the women behind Paci-
ronment streetwear brand — it takes
fy about their histor y, inspirations and goals.
inspiration from pressing social jus-
tice issues and its creators’ artistic, though un-
What are your backgrounds in fashion
trained, impulses.
and design? Have you had any training?
It’s also the brain child of three friends:
Gabby Bolatto: I had a brand before,
Gabby Bolatto, a senior in high school; her
but that kind of fell through once Pacify
older sister Maddie Bolatto, a senior study-
started.
ing Spanish and psychology at the Universi-
Maddie Bolatto: We all have experience
ty of Minnesota, and Lisa Persson, a senior
in the arts, but not so much fashion. I think
studying biology at the University.
we’re all just creative people, and we decided
Together, the trio has created the
to put it together.
u See PACIFY Page 4
T wo incumbent regents, a former regent and the CEO of a For tune 500 company were elected to the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents Wednesday. Incumbents David McMillan and Darrin Rosha were reelected. Former Regent Steve Sviggum was also elected. McMillan was chosen for the state’s eighth congressional district seat, Rosha the third district and Sviggum the second.
General Mills CEO Ken Powell was elected to the board’s at-large position, ousting cur rent Regent Thomas Devine. “It is what it is,” Devine said. “They decided the future as a new type of leadership, and that’s what it’s going to be.” Sviggum, a former Minnesota House Speaker, was forced to resign from the board in 2012 after one year when he took a job with the state Senate Republicans Caucus, which some on the board saw as u See REGENTS Page 3
NATION
U law center plans for steady influx in immigration cases Work hasn’t slowed since Pres. Trump’s Janurary order. BY MAX CHAO mchao@mndaily.com
A University of Minnesota law center focused on immigration is bracing for more work as it expects another policy announcement from President Donald Trump. The University of Minnesota Law School’s James H. Binger Center for New Americans provided free legal ser vices to immigrants in response to Trump’s original travel ban. Now, students and faculty members anticipate
their help will stay in-demand if Trump signs new immigration orders. The CNA, which formed in 2013, is a set of legal clinics that pair students and faculty to do pro-bono work on immigration law cases. The center recently received a $25 million gift to ensure its long-term operations. While the original Januar y executive order has been stalled while it’s challenged in court, those from the Muslim-majority countries it targeted still feel its impacts. The center’s ser vices were also af fected in the aftermath. u See IMMIGRATION Page 8
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
GREEK
Greek membership MSA hopefuls square off in debate highest in decades President and vice president candidates talked campus climate, leadership experience. In 2016, 10 percent of undergraduates were in greek life. BY BELLA DALLY-STEELE Idally-steele@mndaily.com
Par ticipation in greek life at the University of Minnesota is the highest it’s been in years. Last spring, 10 percent of undergraduates were members of a University frater nity or sorority, up from 6 percent in 2011, according to a repor t presented to the Board of Regents earlier this month. The increase surpassed a University Greek Community Strategic Task Force’s goal participation rate of 9 percent by 2017. Still, the rate of greek life par ticipation is lower than the Big Ten average of 13 percent. Regent Thomas Devine said recruitment garnered
17 percent of first-year students last fall, the highest number since the 1960s. In a presentation to regents Feb. 9, the Office for Student Af fairs attributed this rise to steps recommended by the task force. The task force included regents, administrators and alumni. Lamar Hylton, assistant vice provost for student life, said the task force looked to boost par ticipation for many reasons, including the fact that fraternities and sororities overall boast higher grades and four-year graduation rates than the rest of the student body. Average frater nity GPAs are lower than the average GPA of the student body, however. Devine said minimum GPA requirements and the pressure to graduate with u See GREEK Page 3
BY NATALIE RADEMACHER nrademacher@mndaily.com
Four sets of candidates took the stage Wednesday night for a debate ahead of undergraduate student government elections next week. About 100 students attended the Minnesota Student Association presidential election debate at Coffman Memorial Union. About half the questions wer e posed by the All Campus Elections Commission and about half came from students on Twitter. Main topics included administration relationships, candidate qualifications and campus climate at the University of Minnesota. The candidates talked about their current associations with administrators and how they would bring those relationships to their roles if elected.
MEAGAN LYNCH, DAILY
MSA candidates make their opening statements at the MSA Debate in Coffman Memorial Union Theatre on Wednesday.
“Top priority is making sure we preser ve relationships and hold leaders accountable,” said presidential candidate Nick Alm.
His running mate, Makda Biniam, emphasized reaching out to administrators who are willing to work with them. “There is a dif ference
between having a conversation and having a relationship with administrators. It is u See MSA Page 8 VOLUME 117 ISSUE 41