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UMN Code of Conduct may change A new amendment being considered by Regents would broaden student group liability.

BY KELLY BUSCHE kbusche@mndaily.com

University of Minnesota student groups may see new standards of responsibility under a proposed amendment.

The proposal is two-fold. Student groups would be held liable for conduct they direct, sponsor or endorse that violates the University’s conduct code. The groups would also be held liable if a student group’s officers fail to prevent misconduct that occurrs during a group event.

The University’s Board of Regents reviewed the amendment at their December meeting, plans to take public comment until Feb. 2 and will vote on the amendment at their Feb. 9 meeting.

Regent Darrin Rosha said the change makes sense.

“To me, that sounds like a reasonable standard,” he said. “To hold student organizations appropriately accountable for things they actually should be held accountable for.” u See CONDUCT Page 7

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Communications professor Mark Pedelty performs with a band and University dance majors for a music video on Saturday, Jan. 20 on the Washington Avenue Bridge. The music video aims to communicate the effects of using salt during the winter to audiences like local business owners for his project Field to Media: Applied Musicology for a Changing Climate.

Making advocacy musical A University-led team will use musical performance to show the effects of climate change.

New challenges mark Regents’ risk assessment

BY ELLA JOHNSON ejohnson2@mndaily.com

It has been four years since the last survey evaluated potential risks to campus administration.

BY KELLY BUSCHE kbusche@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota Board of Regents is set to consider institutional riskmanagement plans next month as they review the school’s top risk-related priorities.

The institution’s risk profile was last assessed in 2014. While administrators say some risks are unavoidable at a large research university, certain developments, like Title IX updates, require additional risk mitigation plans.

The Board is responsible for managing institutional risks — areas involving legal compliance, or where the University’s reputation could be at risk.

The current risk heat map, which ranks the school’s risks, lists “commercialization of intellectual property” as a low to moderate risk. State funding, “managing brand and reputation” and “human subject research” are among those listed as moderate or high risks for the University.

Regent Linda Cohen said, “members of the committee and I … felt it was important that we take another look at it,” since the regents hadn’t reviewed the risk profile in four years.

Risks may have changed since then, she said. u See RISK Page 6

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Communications professor Mark Pedelty reviews the last take of a his music video on Saturday, Jan. 20 on the Washington Avenue Bridge.

A group of music researchers hope partnerships with communities across the world will raise awareness about environmental issues.

Members of the team of musicologists, led by a University of Minnesota professor, will travel to five locations this summer to make a series of music videos focused on sound-related environmental issues. The researchers believe the videos’ messages will have direct impacts on the communities involved.

The groups will rely on a research methodology developed by University professor Mark Pedelty that aims to u See MUSIC Page 3

SUPER BOWL

Security, staffing and student involvement surge for NFL Honors The event surrounding Super Bowl LII has caused a shuffle in campus policing efforts.

BY ISABELLA MURRAY imurray@mndaily.com

Super Bowl LII’s proximity to the University of Minnesota has warranted extra security measures for campus events like the NFL Honors event and red

carpet show.

University staffing at NFL Honors on Feb. 3 will be prominent, with more UMPD officers working the event and a heightened level of student involvement.

UMPD is increasing staff at all Super Bowl events hosted by the University, including the Startup Capital of the North Showcase in McNamara Alumni Center, Man of the Year Fan Forum at Northrop Auditorium and the NFL Honors show, said UMPD Lieutenant Chuck Miner.

The NFL Honors show celebrates the NFL’s best players, performances and plays from the 2017 season with a two-hour prime-time awards special aired on NBC. The next NFL Hall of Fame class will also be announced.

The show will be the biggest Super Bowl-related event coming to campus.

University and NFL officials worked together to plan and execute the event. u See NFL SECURIT Y Page 2

NEIGHBORHOODS

New wellness hub opens on West Bank The clinic hopes to bridge divisions between medical care and community wellness.

BY CARTER BLOCHWITZ cblochwitz@mndaily.com

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Sahra Noor, CEO at People’s Center Clinic & Services, poses at the entrance of the clinic’s new Wellness Hub in Cedar-Riverside on Jan. 20. The wellness center will open to the public on Feb. 5.

A grant from the Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee helped transform an old Cedar-Riverside gymnasium into a health and wellness center.

The new “Wellness Hub” is an expansion of the People’s Center Clinics and Services, which offers medical services to the West Bank community. The renovated addition to the clinic aims to bridge the gap between community wellness and medical care.

“The concept behind a wellness center inside a clinic is to serve as a bridge between the clinic and a formal, professional gym,” said Sahra Noor, CEO at the People’s Center Clinics

and Services. “This is just a continuation of our journey to add wellness into our care model.”

The Wellness Hub, set to open Feb. 5, was funded by a $300,000 grant from the Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee Legacy Fund and Target. The gift was part of the host committee’s “52 Weeks of Giving” campaign, a year-long effort to award dozens of state communities with grants that promote health and wellness. “[The Legacy Fund’s] whole mission is to make sure once the event is gone there is a long-term impact on the community,” said Cassie Batinich, communications representative for the host committee.

Noor said the idea of turning the clinic into a “one-stop shop” for individual and group fitness in the community had been in the works for several years.

The new space features Zumba and yoga u See WELLNESS HUB Page 2

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Two University students were robbed at gunpoint on Monday, Jan. 22 at 11:17 a.m. near Marcy Park, according to the Minneapolis Police Department.

U students robbed at gunpoint The Minneapolis police responded to multiple thefts and a few robberies.

BY ISABELLA MURRAY imurray@mndaily.com

Multiple robberies and thefts were reported near the University of Minnesota last week as on-campus crime remained relatively quiet.

Two University students were robbed at gunpoint on Monday at 11:17 a.m. on 11th Avenue Southeast near Marcy Park, according to the Minneapolis Police Department. The male and female victims had a wallet, cash, debit card and Minnesota ID taken during the altercation.

An MPD officer responded to a gunpoint robbery on

Jan. 16 at around 1 a.m. A man reported being threatened at gunpoint by two suspects after getting off a Metro Transit bus on Bedford Street Southeast in Prospect Park.

Police records show the suspects drove up to the victim before getting out of their vehicle and demanding money from him. After the victim rejected their demands, they threatened him at gunpoint. The victim wasn’t injured and no losses were reported.

An MPD officer responded to a reported theft on Sunday at 9 p.m. A woman was talking on the phone while walking in front of 1301 University apartments when a suspect wearing a black hoodie and pants snatched her purse off her shoulder.

The purse was reported stolen.

An attempt to cause bodily harm was reported to MPD on Sunday at midnight. A woman was reportedly assaulted at 2725 University Ave SE in Prospect Park. She was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center for minor injuries.

The home of a University student was broken into on Jan. 16, according to MPD. The theft occurred on 6th Street Southeast in

BY KELLY BUSCHE kbusche@mndaily.com

Unionized University of Minnesota service workers accepted a final contract offer from the University Tuesday after months of negotiations, avoiding a potential systemwide, 1,500-person strike.

According to a statement from Teamsters Local 320 — the union representing the University’s

Wellness Hub u from Page 1

areas, exercise equipment, handicap-accessible restrooms and an exam room.

The Wellness Hub is located directly above the current clinic, occupying the space of a former gymnasium used by community youth basketball teams and the University of Minnesota’s Theater Arts and Dance Department.

Dana Nelson, vice president of the host committee’s Legacy and Community Partnerships, said Target deployed team members and other construction partners to perform the renovation.

“This grant was unique because the Super Bowl committee usually gives the grant

area, the University of Minnesota Police Department cited few crime incidents on campus.

A man was arrested at UMPD’s office on Sunday at 9:50 a.m. for an outstanding felony warrant for a narcotics violation. He was booked at Hennepin County Jail.

“Crime trends have been slow on campus. Coming off of break, campus has been ultimately slow,” UMPD community engagement officer Ashlee Lange said.

CRIME SUMMARY MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT WHEN: 4:50 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16 WHAT: Motor vehicle theft occurred while a woman started her car to warm it. She was watching from inside the house when three suspects came and left in the vehicle.

WHERE: 2828 University Ave. SE

UMN service workers avoid a possible strike Many teamsters workers can expect to receive up to $15 per hour increases.

Dinkytown near The Marshall apartments.

Her home was left unlocked as she and her roommate went to a friend’s house, according to police reports. The victim’s roommate returned before she did, and texted to alert her about the disarray their living room was in. A wallet, which had been sitting on the couch, and an Apple TV Fire Stick were stolen.

While MPD responded to multiple crimes in the

final contract offer — the offer includes: • A wage increase to $15 per hour for more than 150 Teamster workers, which sets a wage floor for future Teamster workers.

• Union workers can use their accrued leave for six weeks without worry of losing their bid position or work location upon returning from leave. Current policy allows for two weeks.

• Teamsters within range will receive step increases and a $300 lump sum each year of the agreement.

• Union workers at the top of the pay scale will

receive a 2 percent increase to base wages each year of the contract.

Employment issues will be solved continuously through a “meet and confer” process between Teamsters Local 320 and the University’s Office of Human Resources, according to a Teamsters statement.

“Though this vote today is a victory on many pressing items, issues surrounding dignity, respect and working conditions for University Teamsters remain unresolved,” Brian Aldes, Teamsters Local 320 secretary treasurer, said in a statement.

and the organization does the construction,” Nelson said. “In this case, Target gave both.”

Noor said the center will be open to all members of the community, not just patients. Nightly group fitness classes will be advertised in the neighborhood as well as on campus. “[The fitness classes] are really meant to bridge some of the divisions in the community, so that a student of the U can come together with an elder in the neighborhood and long-term residents,” Noor said. “Everybody can come together and be well together.”

Aside from its regular fitness operations, there will be healthy cooking demonstrations and live music Zumba through partnerships with other

neighborhood businesses.

The Wellness Hub will have times each week where the center is open exclusively to women.

“Modesty is important for a lot of women in the community,” Noor said.

Classes will be taught by community members, local chefs and, potentially, University staff, she said.

Noor said she hopes to partner with the University’s School of Kinesiology, as well as integrative community health services like massage therapists and chiropractors.

“A lot of people have trauma ... their own history,” Noor said. “And those kinds of services really compliment what we do and offer people hope and alternative ways of healing the body.”

VANDALISM WHEN: 4:00 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20 WHAT: A suspect broke a passenger front door window on a victim’s vehicle. Approximately 19 other vehicles were damaged nearby.

WHERE: 810 Thornton St. SE

ASSAULT WHEN: 1:10 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21 WHAT: UMPD arrested and booked a male at Hennepin County Jail after he assaulted a female.

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Security, staffing and student involvement surge for NFL Honors NFL security u from Page 1

Northrop as a venue is familiar with working with agencies of a large magnitude.

“We’ve had presidents of countries, both the United States and foreign countries and supreme court justices,” Northrop Marketing and Publicity Director Cari Hatcher said. “The NFL’s regulations would probably compare to that of a world leader or the president of the United States.”

UMPD is also used to working with large agencies. UMPD helped host the Minnesota Vikings at TCF Bank Stadium when U.S. Bank Stadium was under construction.

Security at the event is managed by the NFL, who is working closely with UMPD, the Minneapolis Police Department, county and state law enforcement officials and other agencies.

Student security monitors will also help patrol the events, according to UMPD. Security will focus on event operations and escorting important personnel to the venue.

Staffing for the Honors and red carpet events is funded by the NFL, according to UMPD. Sixty-four University students received paid internship positions for

“The NFL’s regulations would probably compare to that of a world leader or the president of the United States.”

CARI HATCHER Northrop Marketing and Publicity Director

NFL Honors. Additionally, around 200 University community members will volunteer at the show, according to an NFL representative.

Students will work as athlete spotters, trophy presenters, ushers, backstage crew members, talent escorts and in-event production.

This year’s event marks the first time the NFL Honors has opened up internship applications to students, as it is the first time the event will be held at a University, according to an NFL representative.

“With the show taking place on the University’s campus, we saw a unique opportunity to engage with the student body and offer these positions that will allow them to gain valuable experience,” NFL spokesperson Catherine Boyle said in an email.

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U experts turn to musical conservation Music u from Page 1

take “field work and convert it into something that matters for the communities we work with,” he said.

The Field to Media method — which describes projects that involve both an academic and media product — is a solution to what Pedelty calls the humanities’ “scholar critic dilemma”: Too much of the work in the humanities involves criticizing others’ creative products, he said.

This method gives researchers the opportunity to participate as activists in the issues they study rather than remain objective observers, said Rebecca Dirksen, a professor in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University who will travel to Haiti this summer.

Researchers will travel to five separate locations: Haiti, China, India, Tanzania and the Salish Sea. Pedelty will work in the Salish Sea — a region comprising western Washington state and British Columbia — where noise pollution from ships, growler jets and trains interrupt animal

communication. He said he hopes to involve local musicians and singers and dancers from the Lummi nation.

Elja Roy, a University graduate student, will be traveling to the Sundarbans, a shared network of mangroves and inhabited islands on the border of India and Bangladesh.

Her part of the project remains to be defined, but she hopes to form contacts with local musician activists and may explore topics like endangered species.

“Since we are Hindu, we associate supernatural powers with all the environmental resources, and there are gods for trees,” she said.

“There are songs to worship those trees, and perhaps … I can work on that, too.”

Dirksen will travel to Haiti, where she has already done work focused on “musical responses to too much trash and too few trees.” She hopes to use her Haitian film-making contacts to produce two videos — one about sanitation and one about deforestation — with local artists, who could include traditional rasin musicians or rappers who perform rap creole.

“I’d like to involve as many different types of people as possible in these videos,” she said.

The researchers will

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Communications professor Mark Pedelty performs with a band and University dance majors for a music video on Saturday, Jan. 20 on the Washington Avenue bridge. The music video aims to communicate the effects of using salt during the winter to audiences like local business owners for his project Field to Media: Applied Musicology for a Changing Climate.

ultimately return to Minnesota for post-production, where they will put finishing touches on the videos with Karl Demer of Atomic

K studios, a Midwest region Emmy- and Grammy-winning producer.

The researchers plan to ensure the communities

involved retain ownership over the videos and can view them at the end of the project. Depending on the community, the videos may

be disseminated through media such as Facebook, film festivals and a service called Loop used to share videos in Haiti.

Deadline extended for hopeful student representatives The deadline to apply for candidacy has been extended until January 31.

BY MARAYA KING mking@mndaily.com

The deadline to apply to be a student body representative at the University of Minnesota is quickly approaching, yet no one seems to be in a hurry.

The All-Campus Elections Commission is preparing for the upcoming election season, which starts next month, by amending the rule

book and trying to increase student engagement.

Though student interest last year was low, the number of applicants varies from year to year for positions in the Minnesota Student Association, Council of Graduate Students, Professional Student Government and Student Senate.

“My freshman year there was a lot of competition ... and last year there was a shortage of at-large representatives, only 18 people who ran for 20 positions,” said junior Brianna Hanson, Minnesota Student Association representative.

Most of the responsibility for advertising upcoming elections and open positions falls on the current position holder, Hanson said.

“The biggest barrier is just getting people to run.

When only 18 people run for 20 positions, it’s hard to select people that represent your opinion,” she said.

Junior Maria Versteeg, communications commissioner for the ACEC, said the rule book is amended after each election season based on feedback from staff and voters.

In December, an amendment to the rule book

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The Mini Bioethics Academy takes place in Moos Tower this month and next.

BY WESLEY HORTENBACH whortenbach@mndaily.com

Amid a growing national crisis, the University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics is hosting a three-part educational series focused on the opioid epidemic starting this week.

The Mini Bioethics Academy features faculty speakers discussing the opioid crisis, media portrayal and community engagement. Organizers hope the seminars — scheduled for Jan. 23, Jan. 30 and Feb. 6 — will help the public grasp varying aspects of the epidemic.

While the Center for Bioethics has hosted these academies in the past, this year is the first academy to incorporate a unifying topic into all three seminars.

The way people obtain opioids and the race of people affected by opioid addiction set this drug epidemic apart from others in the past, which will be discussed during the series,

said Susan Craddock, University professor and director of the Center for Bioethics.

Painkillers — the opioids driving the epidemic — can be obtained legally through prescriptions, unlike other drugs that have been abused on large scales, she said.

Additionally, Craddock said opioid usage hasn’t been criminalized, as white people are those primarily abusing the drugs. The crack epidemic in the 1980s was criminalized because it was a more prominent issue among communities of color, she said.

“Some people have criticized opioid addiction of getting kind of a softer, more public health oriented response versus to other drug addictions that are not in a white, middle-class demographic,” said Kayleen Jacobson, programming and communications manager for the Center for Bioethics.

According to the Minnesota Department of Health, nearly 400 people died of opioid-involved overdose in 2016, compared to 229 in 2010.

Craddock said doctors contribute to the growing opioid epidemic by not researching medication guidelines, but she pins most of the blame for the

crisis on pharmaceutical companies. “[The companies] have admitted that they knew long ago that the drugs that they were producing were highly addictive drugs that are multiple times the strength of morphine,” Craddock said.

“They basically pressed forward with the production and marketing of their drugs ... instructing physicians that they were safe and effective.”

The dangers of opioid abuse have received more media attention recently because of celebrity overdoses, like that of singer Tom Petty, which raise awareness among the public, said Sarah Gollust, associate professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management. Gollust will speak at the academy on Jan. 30.

“It’s not just people you know succumbing to the same problems, which helps to spread the sentiment that even if you have wealth and power and prestige, these things are extremely real,” she said.

The Mini Bioethics Academy takes place in Moos Tower. Registration costs $10 per session for the general public or $5 for students.

lowered the spending limit for dual-ticket campaigns — a campaign where a presidential and vice presidential candidate pair up — from $2,000 to $1,000.

The out-of-pocket funds provided by the candidate can be used for a variety of things, such as paying those who worked on their campaign or paying for social media marketing, Versteeg said.

In addition to the spending cap, the ACEC worked to amend the complaints process for constituents, Versteeg said.

“We received feedback

from some students and Un ive r s it y c o m m u n it y members to let us know that they did not know how to report a suspected rules violation,” she said.

The ACEC added a point system into its election process, which lets the commission remove points from a candidate if they do not follow the rules outlined in the election rule book updated in December.

If a candidate drops below a certain number of points, they could be subject to fines or disqualification, Versteeg said.

“The amendments made

to the rule book this year were for clarity’s sake,” she said.

MSA President Trish Palermo and Hanson said they are urging students to run and take advantage of the opportunity to prompt real change.

The annual positions up for election this year include student body president and vice president, student senators, 20 at-large positions and more.

The deadline to file for student government candidacy is Jan. 31 and campuswide elections will be held March 5-7.

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Gophers seniors finish play at Ridder Sydney Baldwin, Sidney Peters, Cara Piazza and Caitlin Reilly are all seniors.

BY MAX BIEGERT mbiegert@mndaily.com

Minnesota is just one of two women’s hockey programs to have its own stadium.

For the Gophers, though, Ridder Arena is just known as home.

The Gophers (17-8-2, 10-6-2 WCHA) will take on Mankato (3-20-1, 1-15 WCHA) during senior weekend at Ridder Arena on Friday and Saturday.

This is the last time the Gophers seniors will play a regular season home series at Ridder Arena.

Seniors Sydney Baldwin, Cara Piazza, Caitlin Reilly and Sidney Peters will be celebrated on Saturday evening before the second game of the series against the Mavericks. Minnesota will look to bounce back at home after dropping its first two road games, coming against Ohio State.

The losses dropped them to third in the WCHA league standings, two points behind second place Ohio State.

“We are looking forward t o being back at

Ridder Arena and celebrating senior weekend,” head coach Brad Frost said.

The trio of Baldwin, Peters and Piazza were a part of back-to-back national championship teams their freshman and sophomore year. Reilly transferred from Penn State after her freshman year.

The senior class also included Kelly Pannek, but she decided to forgo her senior season to help train for the Olympics. Pannek was chosen as one of the six former Gophers to play for team USA in the upcoming Winter Olympic Games.

“For me, this is just a good time to reflect and just really thankful because this has been such a good opportunity. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else,” Piazza said.

“I’m really excited for the weekend.”

Baldwin has played in 141 career games. She eclipsed the 50-point career mark earlier this season. Piazza has scored 35 goals. Reilly is having her best year this year leading the team in multi-point games and tally ing 20 points. She has recorded 45 points since coming to the team. Peters has an overall record of 46-14-6.

Though the games this

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Senior goaltender Sidney Peters guards the goal in the third period at Ridder Arena on Sunday, Oct. 29.

weekend are the team’s last at Ridder Arena, Minnesota hopes it gets to continue playing there.

Th e F rozen F our run s through Ridder Arena this season.

Minnesota made six of the last seven Frozen Fours and, having fallen to third in the WCHA, they will have to find another gear to go back. This year,

the Gophers have accumulated eight losses, which matches their total losses last year.

“Everyone has bought in, we want to accomplish everything and win games, but we approach every game as the most important game,” Piazza said. “If you know you have given everything you got, we can make it really far.”

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VS MINNESOTA 17-8-2 WHEN: 6:07 p.m. Friday & 4:07 p.m. Saturday

MANKATO 3-20-1 WHERE: Ridder Arena SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Minnesota looks for improvement in its offensive production lately

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Senior Caroline Ryba looks to return the ball at Baseline Tennis Center on Saturday, Mar. 4, 2017.

Women’s tennis heads into spring dual season Head coach Catrina Thompson is in her first Spring season with the Gophers.

BY MAX BIEGERT mbiegert@mndaily.com

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Sophomore forward Rem Pitlick skates with the puck on Saturday, Dec. 2 at 3M Arena at Mariucci.

The Gophers look to make a push for the NCAA Tourney in the final games.

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BY DREW COVE dcove@mndaily.com

After being one of the top five offenses in the country last year, the Gophers should have no trouble finding the net this season.

The team brought in a strong freshman class and returned scorers, but the Gophers have still struggled as of late.

No. 13 Minnesota (15-121, 6-9-1 Big Ten) faces off against No. 1 Notre Dame (19-4-1, 13-1-0 Big Ten) this weekend. The Gophers will look to boost their offense after numerous shakeups in an effort win more games in the last four series of the season.

“We’re going to have to play with some skill and be harder on pucks,” forward Casey Mittelstadt said. “One of the main things we’ve been struggling with was just getting some consistent offensive zone time.”

Last season, Minnesota scored 141 goals in 38 games, which averaged to 3.71 goals per game. This

NO. 13 MINNESOTA WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday & Saturday

NO. 1 NOTRE DAME WHERE: 3M Arena at Mariucci SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

season, the Gophers have scored 75 goals in 28 games, averaging 2.68 goals per game.

Offensive production has been hard to come by for the Gophers this season. Even when the team has found the net, the consistency has still been lacking. Minnesota tried to get scoring going in Thursday’s game against Michigan State. The team tallied five goals, but then came back to score just two in the Saturday game.

Whether it’s on the power play or even strength, Minnesota hasn’t scored like they did last season, but they think that can change.

Associate head coach Mike Guentzel said the power play and even strength scoring have to improve in order for the team to win.

“I think depth in our

lineup [helps us score],” Guentzel said. “[Jack] Ramsey shows up, [Darian] Romanko shows up, we get a goal here and there from our [defensemen]. It’s that depth you like to have throughout your lineup ... you’d like to have [lines] two, three and four that have some significant value in the offensive end, too.”

Right now, for the Gophers, those lines are as fluid as they have been all season. Minnesota has toyed and tinkered with its lines and with eight games left in the regular season, the process continues to roll on.

Forward Scott Reedy has been part of Minnesota’s most recognizable line this season. The ‘RPM’ line, named to reflect the first initial of the players’ last names, has been productive. Reedy, along with the

team’s leading scorer Rem Pitlick and Mittelstadt make up the line. Even that line, which has produced much of the Gophers offense this season, may be changing.

“I definitely like playing with those guys,” Reedy said. “I’m not sure what the lines will be coming up this week, because we’ve got some guys out and I think our team has great chemistry as a whole, and we’ve just got to find who we’re playing with.”

In addition to the planned line changes, Minnesota has numerous members of the team out with illnesses from practice this week.

Head coach Don Lucia was one notable absence from practice. Guentzel said the team trainers are currently the most important players, with the role of keeping bodies as healthy as possible.

“When we scored five goals, we felt pretty good about ourselves and then I look up [at the scoreboard] with three minutes left Saturday, it’s 1-1 again, so it’s day-to-day, period-to-period,” Guentzel said. “We’ve gotten goaltending, we’ve defended well and there are certain numbers that are trending the right way.”

The Gophers have had little time to practice with the coaching staff as the spring season approaches, but that does not mean they will be unprepared.

Minnesota’s last match was on Nov. 5. Since then, the Gophers went through a noncontact period between coaches and players for about a month and a half. The NCAA restricts the amount of time the coaches can be around the team. Senior Mehvish Safdar said the girls had to stay disciplined and continue to work on their games, even though there were not any scheduled practices.

“We have to find the heart to make sure we were staying on top of things,” Safdar said.

“We were doing a really good job of keeping each other accountable.”

Minnesota will play on Friday against Northern Iowa before playing a double header on Saturday against Sacramento State and South Dakota State. First-year head coach Catrina Thompson will make her spring season debut for the Gophers along with her assistant coach Brian Ward.

“We are excited to play the first three matches at home,” Thompson said. “These are the first [spring] home matches for this coaching staff and for the girls, so we couldn’t ask for a better opening.”

The Gophers enter the season with two seniors on the roster in Safdar and Caroline Ryba. Ryba was named All-Big Ten last season after going 15-7 in singles, while playing in the No. 1

singles spot. Safdar played in the No. 1 doubles spot with her partner, junior Caitlyn Merzbacher, and the duo went 11-12. Thompson said she will rely on both of their experiences as the season gets on its way.

“They have been through quite a few matches and they know what it is like to compete for the Gophers,” Thompson said.

They both have played numerous tennis matches and have gone through a coaching change right before their last year in school. The previous head coach, Chuck Merzbacher, left to coach men’s tennis at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.

Thompson was hired in July, along with her assistant coach, Ward. In the fall, the Gophers played in four tournaments, where players were split up from each other.

Thompson said she and Ward worked with each other from September to November, and that she used the time to implement her own philosophy.

She also got to know the girls on an individual level and see how they play.

“The new coaching staff has really made us tough in all aspects,” Safdar said.

“They are very driven, focused and have pushed us to our limits.”

Safdar is excited to start the last spring season of her career. She said lining the sides of the court watching or playing in the deciding match is as exciting as anything.

The Gophers have set goals of making a run at the Big Ten title and an NCAA berth, but Safdar knows it won’t come easy.

“I think we know that to get to those goals we have to get that work in,” Safdar said.

“Main goal is to make sure myself and our team come out of the season knowing we put it all on the line.”

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A&E’s guide to this semester’s nonrequired reading A roundup of the books you wish you were reading for class

BY SOPHIE VILENSKY svilensky@mndaily.com

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ou know how sometimes you’re shopping in the University of Minnesota bookstore and you see a book that looks fabulous, but you know you’ll never be able to fit that class into your schedule? We have you covered — just don’t forget to bring your U-Card to checkout.

“Citizen” by Claudia Rankine Literature and Public Life (English 1501W)

Published by Minnesota’s own Graywolf Press, this poetry collection was dubbed “relevant” by the New York Times upon its release in 2014. Commenting on racial aggression in the United States and divided into seven chapters with topics ranging from Serena Williams to police shootings and the motif of the hoodie, it’s still relevant.

Surprise, surprise.

“The Yamas & Niyamas” by Deborah Adele

Hatha Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle and Ethics (Center for Spirituality and Healing 4312) Deborah Adele’s slim little number is best read when you’re feeling inspired — like on a day when you finally turn all the brown bananas in your freezer into a smoothie. Covering the first two parts of the eightfold path of the Yoga Sutras, “The Yamas & Niyamas” offers guidelines for individuals to “take control of their life.” And with instruction to ponder at the end of each chapter, you might just teach yourself something.

“I Contain Multitudes” by Ed Yong

microbes mold our minds and bodies. Did you know that our microbes overwrite a new home within 24 hours of moving in? Good luck finding a subletter for summer.

the internet says they’ve been looking for this book forever since losing their copy, so it’s pretty cool that the bookstore sells it. The linen cover is really pretty, too.

“Pippi Longstocking”

by Astrid Lindgren

“Selfish” by Kim Kardashian

Children’s Literature in Scandinavia (Scandinavian 3613)

Oh, you wore the costume for Halloween when you were little, but haven’t read the book? Fake fan! Jump into the world of Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Ephraim’s Daughter Longstocking with Astrid Lindgren’s Swedish classic.

Maybe the strongest girl in the world will inspire you to hit the rec.

Antibiotic Resistance: How Can We Avoid the Apocalypse? (Grand Challenge Curriculum 3016)

“Restorative Art” by J.

Called “science journalism at its best” by Bill Gates, Ed Yong’s “I Contain Multitudes” tells us how

Ever wanted to learn how to prepare a body after death?

Probably not. But isn’t it nice to know you can? Everyone on

Sheridan Mayer

Restorative Art (Mortuary Science 3051)

Reading Culture: Theory and Practice (Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature 1301W) This book comprises Kimberly Noel Kardashian West’s selfies, and it’s glorious. With photo evidence of the time West had a terrible sunburn, “surprise” shots for Kanye and memorialized 2006 hangouts with Paris Hilton, the only downside is that Chicago isn’t featured yet (you’ll have to buy the updated copy next year).

“Why We Buy” by Paco Underhill

Retail Environments and Human Behavior (Retail Merchandising 4117W) Did you buy new Pilot G2’s this semester in the hopes

they’d inspire you to take better notes? Paco Underhill helps us understand our consumption, detailing internet buying habits (I see you, neighbors with new Amazon Prime orders every day), tips for enticing customers and information on the most innovative stores around the world.

Cha-ching.

“Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Puzzles in World Politics (Political Science 1054) Written as a letter to the author’s son, Ta-Nehisi Coates’ 2015 autobiography is required reading for at least six University classes.

Inspired by a too-respectful meeting with Barack Obama and James Baldwin’s “The Fire Next Time,” Coates meditates on growing up black in America - and everything that comes with it.

“Fun Home” by Alison Bechdel History through Memoir (History 3284W)

Based on her childhood journals, famed comicillustrator and creator of the “Bechdel test” Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home” is a graphic memoir more real than cutesy. “The writer’s business is to find the shape in unruly life and to serve her story,” writes Bechdel. “Not, you may note, to serve her family or to serve the truth, but to serve the story.”

“The Design of Everyday Things” by Don Norman Human Factors in Design (Design 5185)

Any good product — any good anything really — requires good design. But what makes one product easy to use and one absolutely horrible? Originally released in 1988, “The Design of Everyday Things” is still an Amazon bestseller. Why do you care less about one reusable water bottle getting lost on a Friday night than you do another? You’ll never look at a BlenderBottle the same way again.

CITY

A&E’s guide to Super Bowl week Skiing, celebrities and NFL stars — navigate Super Bowl week like a pro with these tips.

BY KATE DRAKULIC kdrakulic@mndaily.com

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t’s not every day the Super Bowl comes to town!

With concerts, clubs and cover charges exceeding hundreds and hundreds of dollars, Super Bowl week may seem a bit intimidating, if not entirely impossible. Luckily, there are a number of free and low-cost events happening all over Minneapolis for those of us who can’t afford to party with JT and Cardi B. NFL Honors Contrary to popular belief, the giant white tent that has been sitting in the middle of the campus mall, blocking pedestrian traffic and ruining snowy Snapchat videos, is actually going to be put to use! On Feb. 3, or “Super Bowl Eve,” if you will, NFL superstars will strut the outdoor red carpet as they arrive for NFL Honors. With prior registration, you can attend the event for free and maybe even snag a signature from your favorite football star.

When: Saturday, Feb. 3.

Where: Northrop Mall, 84 Church St. SE, Minneapolis Note: 18+ Free Concerts at Nicollet Mall In the name of inclusivity, or perhaps pity, the Super Bowl is sponsoring 10 days of free concerts that will occupy six blocks of Nicollet Mall. With names like Twin Cities Community Gospel Choir, Morris Day and the Time, Skylar Grey and Brother Ali, the lineups are sure to provide something for everyone.

When: Jan. 26 – Feb. 4.

Where: Nicollet Mall Cost: Free!

D r a k e ’s C R A V E I c e Lounge No, it’s not the real Drake. However, the lounge does have a good chance of attracting celebrity-status guests with its icy appeal. Drake’s Organic Spirits is taking over CRAVE’s rooftop to create a wonderland made completely from ice. In addition to an ice fishing house and selfie throne, frozen sculptures, furniture and a bar will be among the

main attractions of the Ice Lounge. Bundle up! Registration includes admission and a drink ticket.

When: Jan. 31 – Feb. 4.

Where: CRAVE American Kitchen & Sushi Bar, 825 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis Cost: $35 Note: 21+ City of Lakes Loppet Pack up your skis and escape the city (sort of) at the City of Lakes Loppet Festival. The week-long cross-country ski festival will hold multiple races scheduled each day for all ages, plus snow sculpture competitions, ice biking and a “Luminary Loppet.”

On the night of Feb. 3, luminaries will light the course around Lake of the Isles while fire dancers, an ice pyramid, food trucks and other entertainment occupies spectators.

When: Jan. 27 – Feb. 4.

Wher e: Loppet Village (near Lake Calhoun Center), 3033 Excelsior Blvd., Minneapolis Note: Race registration required

Bold North Zip Line The rumors are true.

For a fee, you can risk your life and your mother’s chance of a heart attack by zip lining over the Mississippi River! At a height of 100 feet, you can ponder whether or not flying across the river was worth the windburn. Online tickets sold out in less than 36 hours, so be sure to register ASAP! When: Jan. 26 – Feb. 4.

Where: Nicollet Island, 16 Wilder St., Minneapolis N o t e : Registration required Fan Galler y & Radio Row Located on the third floor of the Mall of America, the Fan Gallery is a free opportunity to wander through broadcasting booths and witness a number of radio broadcasters, athletes and guest celebrities go on the air during Super Bowl week.

When: Jan. 29 – Feb. 3.

Where: Third floor of Mall of America, 60 E Broadway, Bloomington

Super Bowl Experience Driven by Genesis Free autographs from NFL professionals, photo ops with the Vince Lombardi Trophy and NFL virtual reality — all at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Described as an interactive theme park, the Super Bowl Experience offers something for| all ages.

When: Jan. 27 – Feb. 3.

Where: Minneapolis Convention Center 1301 2nd Ave. S, Minneapolis Cost: $35 St. Paul Winter Car nival Since 1886, St. Paul has celebrated winter and community with the St. Paul Winter Carnival, and they aren’t about to stop now!

Events will take place each day throughout the 17-day festival, and include ice palaces, parades, treasure hunts, cat shows and snow plow competitions.

When: Jan. 25 – Feb. 10.

Where: Rice Park, 109 4th St. W, St. Paul N o t e : Registration required for competitions

Super Bowl Breakfast An annual honorary event, the 2018 S uper Bowl Breakfast Bart Starr Award will go to Benjamin Watson of the Baltimore Ravens for his “outstanding character, integrity and leadership in the home, on the field and in the community.” Hear from retired Vikings and special guests.

When: Saturday, Feb. 3.

Where: Minneapolis Hilton, 1001 Marquette Ave. S, Minneapolis Note: Tickets required Built Ford Tough Sleigh Ride What’s better than taking a ride in the Official Truck of the NFL and Super Bowl LII? Taking a ride in a sleigh that’s pulled by Official Truck of the NFL and Super Bowl LII of course! Ford trucks will pull sleighs and sleigh riders from 8th Street and Marquette to 12th Street and 2nd Avenue in downtown Minneapolis.

When: Jan. 26 – Feb. 4.

Where: 8th St. and Marquette, 12th St. and 2nd Ave., Minneapolis

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East Bank businesses brace for sales spike

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A light rail train departs from the Stadium Village station for downtown Minneapolis.

Local businesses expect an increase in sales due to the light-rail checkpoint.

BY KASSIDY TARALA ktarala@mndaily.com

Stadium Village businesses are expecting a spike in sales when Super Bowl LII comes to Minneapolis next weekend.

Super Bowl ticket holders will flock to the Stadium Village light rail station on game day. The Green Line

stop will be the check-in point for ticket holders boarding nonstop Metro Transit trains to U.S. Bank Stadium.

“We’re all expecting the entire week to be ridiculously busy, especially with the check-in point so close to our place,” said Jason Bolan, manager of Sally’s Saloon.

The Stadium Village to U.S. Bank Stadium light rail corridor and the entire Blue Line will be reserved strictly for ticket holders on Super Bowl Sunday. But Green Line stops from Stadium Village to St. Paul’s Union Depot will remain open

to the public.

While the arrangement has received mixed responses from residents who rely on public transit, it’s gained nothing but support from some Stadium Village businesses.

Bolan said he expects large crowds at Sally’s Saloon, resulting in a boost in sales. He added that the bar won’t have any specials or deals that weekend.

Already a Stadium Village hot spot for students, staff of Sally’s Saloon expect the busy weekend will bring an increase in

New challenges mark Regents’ risk assessment Risk u from Page 1

The Board is also reassessing risks to ensure compliance with certain laws, Cohen said, in “areas where it’s not easy to just carry on day-to-day.”

The process of assessing University risks will also change, with increased administration involvement and a speedier process, Cohen said.

At the upcoming meeting, audit committee members will identify what they believe are the “most crucial risks,” she said. They will also discuss mitigation plans for these risks, which differs from the existing process.

Currently, regents pinpoint risks but don’t develop action plans, Cohen said.

“The University will not be, nor would it be helpful to be, a risk-free institution, we probably wouldn’t be doing the best research … in that case,” Cohen said.

Cybersecurity is a prominent risk impacting not only the University, but campuses nationwide, said Brian Burnett, the University’s senior vice president for finance and operations. The “new phenomena” of card chip readers being used across campus poses a cybersecurity risk officials must continuously address, he said.

Burnett said finding the balance between protecting access to University information and allowing students and faculty to continue their work and research is another important cybersecurity mitigation decision.

“Data privacy/security” is currently listed as high risk

on the University’s heat map of institutional risks.

Title IX compliance is a new risk in the University’s profile, Burnett said, but this has been mitigated by mandatory training for all faculty and students.

The need for risk mitigation isn’t unique to the University, Burnett said.

“This isn’t just a University of Minnesota discussion — this is a national discussion among Universities that look like us,” Burnett said.

Regent Darrin Rosha said the board participates in risk oversight of significant University expenditures and policy changes “to ensure that resources are being protected.”

The risks the board oversees are determined by comparative size of the University budget, Rosha said.

pre-game and post-game business.

A f ro D e l i m a n a g e r Danny Herrera also expects a spike in sales during the Super Bowl, though they didn’t hear of the Stadium Village check-in point until recently.

“We weren’t told anything about [the light rail check-in] until just the other day, but we’re definitely expecting it to be busier because so many people will be in the area,” Herrera said.

Afro Deli won’t have any Super Bowl specials that weekend either. Still, some staff are anticipat-

ing owner Abdirahman Kahin to plan something the weekend of the event.

Herrera said restaurant staff expect more customers who aren’t attending the game to visit Afro Deli, as it is “right in the center of the action.”

Stub and Herb’s, which sees a lot of traffic during Gophers football games, is expecting a similar turnout during Super Bowl weekend.

“We’re expecting it to be busy, mainly with people looking to get drinks with friends either before or after the game,” manager Regan Haffele said.

“We’re all expecting the entire week to be ridiculously busy, especially with the check-in point so close to our place.”

JASON BOLAN Manager of Sally’s Saloon

CFANS works for diversity by hiring two new staff members Two positions were filled last semester in CFANS to focus more on inclusivity.

BY LEW BLANK lblank@mndaily.com

The College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences at the University of Minnesota, historically a majoritywhite college, hired two staff members last semester who are out to change how minorities are represented in the school.

Sandra Mitchell and Joseph Ballard II were hired last October to fill positions focused on diversity within CFANS. Mitchell, CFANS’ intercultural education program specialist, filled an open position focused on helping faculty and staff understand and accommodate students of all cultures.

Ballard serves as the department’s coordinator for diversity retention and recruitment, a new position that involves working directly with disadvantaged students.

“We all recognize, in

Minnesota, the data that we see on achievement gaps by school districts,” said CFANS Dean Brian Buhr. “One of the things we’ve been trying to do, as many places are, is try to improve access for underrepresented, under-resourced populations.”

For faculty, Mitchell conducts training sessions for professors on implicit bias, explores ways to diversify lab teams, implements curriculum that works for all students and brings in speakers that reflect the diversity of the student body.

Mitchell also contributes to the Teach i n g Ac ro s s D i f f e r e n c e p ro g r a m , w h i c h w o rk s to incorporate cultural perspectives into courses and their content, said Karl Lorenz, the director of diversity programs for CFANS. Another of Mitchell’s responsibilities is working directly with department chairs to ensure diversity and inclusion are addressed in annual departmental reviews, she said.

“So far, I’ve met with 22 department chairs to talk about their diversity

goals,” Mitchell said.

In tandem with Mitchell’s work with faculty, Ballard has addressed diversity and inclusion issues for CFANS students.

One of Ballard’s main projects is establishing a social space where students from diverse backgrounds can connect with one another in a setting focused on minorities, Lorenz said.

Ballard also developed a mentor program that lets undergraduate students of color connect with a graduate student adviser.

Additionally, Buhr said, over the past two years, CFANS has invested heavily in finding an advising model for students that gives them a primary adviser and a secondary adviser specialized in the student’s program.

“We come from backgrounds that are unique to us, that make sense to us and that should be valued,” said Lorenz. “So, in order to do that, you really need a robust diversity initiative to provide people with the opportunity to learn from those various perspectives.”

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Conduct u from Page 1

Under the change, he said the University would have to identify that the misconduct occurred at a group event or that the organization endorsed the behavior in order to punish the groups.

“At [student group] events, they have an obligation to reasonably oversee the activities of their membership,” Rosha said.

Mary Fischer, an officer of the University’s Collegiate DECA, said she doesn’t support the change.

“I don’t think officers should be held responsible for what their members try to do because we’re all adults,” Fischer said. “Adults are going to make their own decisions.”

But, if changed, Fischer said the code likely won’t impact her group because she already takes responsibility for member actions.

Shamus Zenk, officer of the University Running Club, said the amendment wouldn’t change how the club runs because members already hold one another accountable.

“I think [it] makes sense, I think that it’s a job that officers do,” he said. “It definitely is a good reminder that … we have a role to play within the student conduct code itself, rather than just our club.”

The University does not expect the change to impact the student group conduct process, rather it will further clarify the student group section of the code, said Steve Henneberry, a spokesperson for the University’s Office for Student Affairs, in a statement.

“The proposed amendments don’t change the jurisdiction of the code; instead, they seek to further clarify this section,” the statement explained.

Rosha said this standard better defines when the conduct code is broken for groups.

“I’m interested in the feedback from student groups and others that would weigh in on it,” he said.

Students and student group leaders can submit their comments at policy.umn.edu/other/ student-conduct-code.

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Student hunger program follows up on successful fall semester

Jinghui Zhou of University Dining Services swipes in a student for dinner at Bailey Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 23.

Swipe Out Hunger will launch a second pilot run in the spring and will start distributing meal cards to students.

BY MAX CHAO mchao@mndaily.com

After a successful first semester, a University of Minnesota hunger relief program is hoping to carry its momentum into the spring.

Swipe Out Hunger, a national nonprofit that allows University students to donate up to 10 unused dining hall meal swipes to food-insecure students, concluded a semester of testing and planning.

Now, plans are being put into place for a second donation drive during spring semester.

The date and exact length of the drive are being decided, but it is expected

to be between one and two weeks long, said junior David Begelman, founder of the Minnesota branch of Swipe Out Hunger.

The original pilot ran from Nov. 6 through Nov. 17, with volunteers collecting swipes from students in dining halls and through an online form. The meals are now being distributed through five-meal cards to students in need.

During the pilot, 2,570 swipes were donated by 541 students, an equivalent of $23,130. The swipes were turned into 500 meal cards, which were given out on a case-by-case basis.

“I saw a lot of positive responses,” said junior Lauren Ware, who volunteered

during the donation drive.

“It’s something that they already have that they’re not going [to] use anyway, so I thought that it was awesome to see.”

Rebecca Leighton, food pantry coordinator for Boynton Health, said they were pleasantly surprised by the number of students who donated.

Distribution of meal cards largely began in late December, and are only available through a practitioner referral at Boynton Health. Availability could be expanded in the future, Leighton said.

Currently, only around 10 of the 500 cards have been accessed by students, she said.

Leighton added that this low usage works to the program’s advantage, giving them a steady balance of supply and demand.

“We’re OK with it going out a little bit slowly. It’s given us time to develop a pretty thorough evaluation that we can give to students who use the meal cards,” she said.

Boynton expects an increase in usage as students start their regular appointments at the beginning of the semester, she said.

Throughout the semester, Boynton will be sending surveys to meal-card recipients to collect demographic data and track where and when the meal cards are used. This data will be compiled at the end of the semester and analyzed over the summer to decide the future of the program, Leighton said.

“I think we will have a lot clearer understanding of what we want to do going forward after this pilot phase and after we get evaluation

JACK RODGERS, DAILY

“We’re OK with it going out a little bit slowly. It’s given us time to develop a pretty thorough evaluation that we can give to students who use the meal cards.”

REBECCA LEIGHTON Boynton Health food pantry coordinator

data back,” she said.

The date of the spring semester drive is expected to be finalized within the next month, Begelman said.

“I’m seeing a lot of potential for this program. … I’m really enthusiastic to see where this goes,” he said.

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The “Me Too” movement is not hysteria

Stay mentally healthy in 2018

Don’t be fooled into thinking a woman’s ability to accuse is a feminist inquisition.

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ince the “Me Too” movement has taken hold, it’s received significant coverage as numerous sexual assault claims are b ro u g h t a g a i n s t various celebrities and influential men.

ELLEN SCHNEIDER Recently however, columnist some have criticized the movement for transforming into a witch hunt of sorts. The movement’s critics claim that its only objective is to tarnish the reputations of those in the limelight and sensationalize sexual assault.

I resent this idea. The “Me Too” movement is one of empowerment — cultural revelation that signifies a turning point in the treatment and equality of women. This should not be dismissed as hysteria. Some critics feel the movement is embodying female helplessness by reverting to old ideas of sexual violence and women without agency. However, the focus should remain on dismantling a sex culture that urges women to prioritize the desires of men above their own. Don’t allow the fear of destroying the careers of talented men distract us from this.

It is no secret that college campuses foretold the “Me Too” movement. Sexual assault has been pertinent on campuses for years and continues to be a fierce battle for students.

We have seen the prevalence of sexual assault play out most fervently at the University of Minnesota within our athletics department. Reggie Lynch, a basketball player at the University of Minnesota, was recently accused of sexual assault for the third time.

Yet Lynch is still practicing with the team, and reaping the benefits of being a Division I athlete at a Big Ten university.

Lynch’s attorney, Ryan Pacyga, stated in a news conference covered by KSTP News that what Lynch is facing, as an alleged assaulter, is comparable to the hysteria surrounding the World War II Japanese internment camps.

Yes, you read that correctly.

Pacyga believes the fear surrounding sexual misconduct is the equivalent to one of the greatest crimes in U.S. history, which resulted in the mass incarceration of over a hundred thousand people.

This feeble attempt to paint Lynch as a victim should not be indulged. Let me make myself perfectly clear: Reggie Lynch is no victim. In fact, he has been allegedly victimizing women for what seems to be several years, and I refuse to feel sorry now that he is facing the consequences for that.

Three separate women coming forward is not a coincidence or a conspiracy. Don’t allow misguided fears of uncharted territory distract you from the facts. Lynch has been accused by multiple women, throughout multiple years. He determined his own fate. He is not a casualty of the “Me Too” movement, he is a predator.

Many criticisms of “Me Too” also surfaced with the Aziz Ansari story. Critics began speaking about feminists going “too far” after Ansari was accused of sexually assaulting a woman.

Ansari, a comedian and self-proclaimed feminist, was accused of sexually assaulting a woman called “Grace,” according to a story on Babe.net. Grace recounted a date she had with Ansari, which she says resulted in assault.

Grace claims to have given “verbal and nonverbal cues” to signify her discomfort, which Ansari ignored, in an attempt to continue their sexual encounter.

Because Grace did not get up or leave, and because Ansari doesn’t seem to have physically forced her to continue the encounter, many people don’t consider this an assault. Lucia Brawley, an opinion writer at CNN, urged the public not to destroy careers over “consensual” sex. She goes on to make the distinction that “Ansari is not Harvey Weinstein.”

It’s easy to chalk this story up to bad sex with an awkward and overly excited partner. However, Ansari doesn’t need to be a serial sex offender and world-class predator to be a part of the problem. Sexual assaults are not all the same, and just because this one may seem less violent, or even a little familiar, doesn’t mean we should dismiss it completely.

Feminism has not gone too far. There’s nothing dangerous about striving for empowerment and equality, and it isn’t something that we should apologize for. If we allow the “Me Too” movement to be brushed aside and labeled a feminist frenzy, an uneven gender power structure and rape culture will remain. Don’t dismiss this movement, and don’t put it on hold to ensure that men like Lynch and Ansari can emerge with their reputations intact.

Ellen Schneider welcomes comments at eschneider@mndaily.com.

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s all students know, staying mentally alert and healthy can be one of the most difficult challenges that students face. It’s no news that mental health becomes harder to manage during the winter — the reduced daylight, cold temperature and snow can adversely affect our ability to stay mentally healthy.

Furthermore, college students are one of the prime groups affected by declining mental health and illness — something that national data shows that many colleges are ill-equipped to deal with.

For this reason, we believe that a timely reminder is important. During this upcoming semester, we want to encourage every student to take proactive steps in ensuring that they will remain mentally well throughout all the stresses they may face. The University of Minnesota has many important resources to note.

The main resource available to students is Student Counseling Services. In this facility located in Appleby Hall 340, counselors work closely with students to offer the best advice for the student’s concerns. When there is adversity at the campus-wide level that may cause students a great amount of stress, the Student Counseling Services takes walk-in appointments and is readily available to help however they can. Anyone can schedule an appointment at 612-624-3323.

Student Counseling Services also runs multiple group sessions that allow students to work with others to talk through their personal issues. These groups teach skills and connect students with others that may be dealing with similar problems. They hold specific sessions based on specific mental health issues.

Another way to manage one’s workload in relation to mental stress is to schedule an appointment with the Disability Resource Center. The office is located in McNamara Hall and they can be reached by phone at 612-626-1333. The Disability Resource Center primarily works with students that may be falling behind in school due to a disability. The center asks the student what they struggle with the most and they work to contact professors and to ensure the student can have flexible deadlines or longer testing sessions. The center arranges highly specific accommodations and is a great resource to have on this campus.

Boynton also has a specific mental health clinic that assesses students, and students can meet with a doctor to talk about if medication is a good fit for them.

Boynton’s mental health clinic also offers urgent care crisis counseling.

Mentalhealth.umn.edu is a resource for any student who might not have the time to physically meet with someone. The site details and links to many available resources. These can be specific to international students that might be dealing with homesickness, or can be useful for those that have had a death in their family. Regardless of anyone’s circumstances, we encourage everyone to engage with the resources offered by our institution, and inform us and the University of areas for improvement.

SEXUAL VIOLENCE

Robert McGrady welcomes comments at rmcgradyr@mndaily.com.

Only 20% of female student victims, age 18-24, report sexual violence to law enforcement.

Source: RAINN

DAILY DISCUSSION Minnesota recently lost its bid to land a second Amazon headquarters and a potential 50,000 jobs, but unfortunately Minnesota taxpayers won’t know much about the bid.

The state Department of Employment and Economic Development and Greater MSP, a nonprofit development organization that submitted the bid, have declined reasonable requests to make it public, even with the state no longer in the running.

That rejection of public disclosure goes against the spirit of the state’s open records law, if not against the letter of the law itself.

DEED rejected the request for disclosure from Public Record Media, a St. Paul nonprofit, saying first that it did not have a copy of the full bid and second that because it outsourced the job to a nonprofit, it wasn’t required to disclose the information.

The Minnesota Data Practice Act requires disclosure of the information in a contract between the government and a vendor if the vendor is performing a “government function.”

The bid contained state tax incentives and other details about infrastructure and other “government functions.” So to suggest Greater MSP was not performing a “government function” is a bit of a stretch.

Public Record Media also made a request of Greater MSP for a copy of the proposal.

Greater MSP said it could not disclose the bid because it has signed a confidentiality agreement with Amazon. But now that the bid has been rejected, it seems disclosure would be the right thing to do in the interests of transparency.

The public has an interest in learning the details of the bid. There was a lot at stake with an Amazon headquarters and word was out that Minnesota submitted an underwhelming bid, possibly influenced by a desire for existing businesses in the state to avoid competition for wages and labor.

This editorial was originally published in the Mankato Free Press

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The media’s vital art of privacy It is common courtesy to never blur the line between tragic news and entertainment in the media.

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n Jan. 18 in Perris, California, David and Louise Turpin pleaded not guilty to 12 counts of torture incited by the captivity and torture of their thirteen children. The subsequent UMA VENKATA week or so witnessed columnist flurries of news regarding the horrific crimes conducted by the Turpin couple. In order to avoid recounting them here, I assume the readership is familiar with the case’s further generalities because, gruesome as they were, they found themselves in the news’s most-consumable front lines.

It was a story of true cruelty that does reasonably belong in the news. The publicized consequences — a 94-year-minimum sentence for the Turpin couple — may discourage someone from committing a similar act, even though, given the personality of such a person, this may be unlikely. The situation’s normal facade reminds the public that some cases that do merit saying something when seeing something, even though it’s astoundingly difficult, to say the least. The victims deserve sympathy, support and respect from the public; a little solidarity can go a long way.

But in all such cases, there can be overexposure. It’s important that all news platforms choose their content responsibly because, for better or worse, it plays a significant role in shaping public opinion. Because of this

influence, it is vital for the public’s good that its opinion be well-informed and calm, not hysterical or desensitized enough to consume the pain of others as entertainment.

I do not believe — or at least, I am not so concerned — that we have reached such a point with the Turpin case. The reasons listed above, among others, largely outweigh the risks inherent in the story’s circulation thus far. The general treatment of the case has been satisfactory to me, mostly because the names and faces of the children remain unavailable to the public.

Maybe it’s more resistible to preserve their anonymity because there are 13 of them — whereas, in the Casey Anthony case tried in 2011, the strangled toddler’s name and image were plastered across televised news. In this case, the line was crossed from human-interest news to emotional exploitation for the sake of a form of voyeurism. When the family should have been left in peace to grieve, Anthony’s trial was a national fixture. In June of 2011, the New York Times ran an article that HLN host Nancy Grace had generated an identity from airing Anthony’s trial, similar to CNN and Court TV (a reality channel) with the OJ Simpson case in 1995. The flagrant focus and intrusion into the matter was an abuse of power that successfully boosted commercial-interest ratings, without affording routine respect.

The media are human by being vested in their own interest. The media can improve, and in the meantime, we must also remember to consume news equally responsibly. If we do, those who need to will catch on to leading by example.

Uma Venkata welcomes comments at uvenkata@mndaily.com.

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DR. DATE Dr. Date,

I’ve just about had it with all these boys, Doc; I need a man. No matter how many times I’ve been hurt, taken time to heal myself and put myself back out there to find someone, I always seem to end up with the same kind of guy who ends up driving me crazy (in the bad way).

Each time I work up the courage to get myself back out there, I start off with so much hope things will be different. Spoiler alert: nope. All the guys out there are either too immature, unrefined, unattractive to me physically or just plain dumb. The list of eligible bachelors seems to shrink by the hour, so I can’t help but feel like I’m running out of time every day I waste with the wrong people.

Do you have any pointers for someone who keeps making the same mistakes? I’d love to upgrade my dating life, but I’ve accepted the fact that I could use some advice first.

—Same Old Love

Same Old Love,

Here’s a few spoiler alerts for you. You’re not going have any better luck if you don’t change up the guys you go after. Sometimes you have to make yourself try new things. My expectations for Drake’s new album were too high, but it’s still pretty good.

A lot of people say love is like a drug; they’re not totally wrong. What they should say is that it’s like a drug you don’t build up a tolerance to and end up hating real quick.

And honestly, it seems pretty clear you’ve been going over the counter for some boys when you should be getting a prescription for a real man. Wow. The tough part here is changing your own behavior. A lot of people develop their romantic preferences when they’re young and still into energy drinks, so it’ll be a challenge to make yourself try new kinds of people. After you find some better treatment with new people, then it’ll click in terms of what to look for to find what you really need. And just like the movie “Click,” I believe in your ability to learn a few things about yourself (aw).

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

I’m a pretty active guy. I like to go out on hikes and explore and be outside a lot; it’s

fun and keeps me healthy. My girlfriend, though — love her to death — is more of a chill person who is into restaurants and movies and other relaxing activities.

In no way, shape or form do I hold this against her. I can totally appreciate the fact that not everyone wants to be outside whenever possible. But I do have an issue with how my GF reacts when I do my outdoor activities with my close, platonic female friend. Emphasis: Nothing romantic is going on between this girl and me. Regardless, my GF gets really jealous whenever I do activities with my friend because she feels threatened. I always try my best to make it clear that nothing like that is happening or will ever happen, but she’s not convinced.

She basically wants me to stop hanging out with this female friend of mine. My relationship with my GF is really important to me, so I need to figure out a way to tell my friend we can’t hang out anymore. You got any tips for breaking up a friendship, Doc?

—Outdoorsy Jealousy

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SUDOKU

Outdoorsy Jealousy,

Dude, I think you should worry less about how to break up your friendship and worry more about how to dig your GF’s jealousy claws out of your upper back. She sounds like one of those girls who watched Beyonce’s “Lemonade” and thought it was about how all men will cheat on their significant others.

What year is it? Last time I checked, guys can hang out with girls without it turning into a game of body Twister. It’s maybe a little understandable for your GF to side-eye a new girl hanging out for a bit, but if she trusts you then she should be able to accept it’s just a platonic thing. Plus, I don’t see her wanting to go out and adventure with you. So many missed opportunities for bonding and couples’ Instagramming and making out under waterfalls. Sigh. This is Minnesota, girl.

If you’re really going to just roll over and break up this friendship just because wifey wants you to, then be honest with her and tell her your GF is insecure and you’re too spineless to stand up to her and demand some fair treatment. Just saying. [Sips tea].

But seriously, you know what you should do.

—Dr. Date

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.

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MSA seeks self-operated dining service MSA recommends U dining changes and an on-campus grocery store.

BY MARAYA KING mking@mndaily.com

Instead of suggesting a new dining vendor at the University of Minnesota as the current contract approaches expiration, the Minnesota Student Association is pushing for a selfoperated dining service.

Along with the dining service suggestion, MSA discussed nutrition, sustainability and dietary restrictions Tuesday afternoon at the first student government forum of the semester.

The current contract with food supplier Aramark, which was renewed in 2008 and began in 1998, expires in 2020. Previous to that, the University managed its own food services.

At the forum, MSA recommended the University operate their dining services and cater them specifically to the student body.

The University is the only publicly-owned university within the Big Ten to have a contract with an outside vendor.

University administration will make the final decision on how dining services will operate. Regard-

less of the outcome, administration will consider an MSA report recommending dining hall changes.

Along with the recommendations, MSA’s dining subcommittee also outlined areas that could be improved within the new dining contract.

S u g g e s t e d i m p ro v e ments include extending dining hall hours, offering higher quality fresh produce and allocating spending efforts to more sustainable resources.

In addition to these potential improvements, MSA proposed an on-campus grocery store.

“The construction of a grocery store will alleviate the lack of affordable and fresh grocery store options on and near campus and open up a new channel of potentially lucrative revenue,” said a report submitted by the dining subcommittee.

MSA has been working with environmentallyconscious student groups since fall semester to identify top priorities when it comes to dining advocacy, said Will Macheel, director of MSA’s sustainability committee.

The sustainability committee reached out to students who have varying perspectives and backgrounds to ask what they wanted in the future of campus dining, Macheel

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Jeff McKinley, resident district manager for the University’s food supplier Aramark, fields questions from MSA representatives about the University’s dining contract during forum in Fraser 102 on Tuesday, Jan. 23.

said.

Along with student groups, the sustainability committee was in contact with students from the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences.

CFANS student senator Dominic Christensen said he and his colleagues

reached out to local farmers to discuss issues like GMOs and rBST — a hormone produced by cows — when it comes to campus dining.

A portion of the recommendations were based on a set of standards adopted from the Real Food Challenge, an organization

started by college students.

“The purpose is to shift some of the purchasing power towards more sustainable and ethical food sources,” said Elayna Shapiro, president of U Students Like Good Food.

Many schools across the country are adopting the

standards set by the Real Food Challenge to ensure quality options for their students, Christensen said.

“The hope is that whoever ends up in charge of dining halls on campus ... will use these sustainability and dietary recommendations that we have put together,” Shapiro said.

University sees international student rates drop This year marks the first time the University of Minnesota has seen international student enrollment decline since 2006.

BY LEW BLANK lblank@mndaily.com

Nationwide enrollment for international students at universities is dropping, and the University of Minnesota is no exception.

Studies released last fall and this week show international student en-

rollment numbers dropped from 2016 to 2017.

A study from the National Science Foundation released this week shows that student enrollment dropped by 2.2 percent for undergraduate students and 5.5 percent for graduate students from 2016 to 2017.

During the same period, the University also experienced a decrease in international student enrollment, from 6,470 in 2016 to 6,363 in fall 2017, a drop of 1.7 percent. This is the first time international student enrollment has dropped since 2006.

Additionally, a study

released last fall by the Institute of International Education looked at the student body makeup of 500 colleges across the U.S. IIE found that universities experienced “an average decrease of 7 percent in the number of new enrolled [international] students” between 2016 and 2017.

An additional IIE study found this decline to be less intense, with a drop of about 3 percent.

“Right now, from students that we talked to who are outside of the United States, it’s not where in the United States should I go — it’s should I go to the United States at all?” said Aimee Thostenson, the director of international student recruitment for the University. “ It ’ s not a u t o m a t i ca lly assumed that if you want to study in an English language environment that you’ll come to the United States.”

Pro s pe ct ive int e r na tional students coming t o t h e U.S . m a y b e i n fluenced by affordability, economic conditions of their home countries, career prospects and perceptions of safety, Thostenson said.

She said President Donald Trump’s rhetoric regarding foreigners “certainly doesn’t help” declining international enrollment rates and might dissuade students from studying in the U.S. “It’s an unusual time with so much rhetoric nationally,” added Barbara Kappler, assistant dean of International Student and Scholar Services.

The federal travel ban may also discourage international students from enrolling in U.S. colleges.

“Where we saw the most fallout was definitely the Middle East,” Thostenson said.

The University is working on several projects to maintain high levels of enrollment among in t e r n a t io n a l s t u d e n t s , including an International Student Ambassador program, which allows potential students to connect with international students already enrolled at the University, and have in-person conversations with prospective international students in their home countries.

“Our recruitment team has worked hard to have significant face-to-face time with families over-

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS 840,160 808,640 747,400

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673,480 633,070

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seas,” Kappler said.

Regent Steve Sviggum said he is also optimistic about the future of international student enrollment on campus.

“The hope that I have is that our product is of great value, and students around the world realize that,” Sviggum said.

He added that, while international students are an important part of the University, mandatory quotas for international students could come at the expense of prospective students from Minnesota.

“Personally, I want to try to get as many students from Montevideo and Marshall and Alexandria and Mankato as possible, too,” Sviggum said.

“Right now, from students that we talked to who are outside of the United States, it’s not where in the United States should I go — it’s should I go to the United States at all?”

AIMEE THOSTENSON Director of International Student Recruitment