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Fee penalities have financially handicapped some criminals. PG 3
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Police: Student who fell in river is still missing Park police are still looking for biological sciences senior Chris Stanley, friends and family say. BY NATALIE RADEMACHER nrademacher@mndaily.com
Police, family and friends continued to search over the weekend for a University of Minnesota student swept into the Mississippi River last week. Chris Stanley, a 22-year-old neurobiology senior, was last seen the evening of April 25 when he fell into the river while he and a friend were sitting near the water, the Minneapolis Park Police Department said. The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office has searched the river with help from Minneapolis Park Police. As of Sunday afternoon, there were no new updates in the search. “We will have people searching ever y day,” a Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said. The Park Police has asked for the public’s help in the search. The search began near St. Anthony Falls, where Stanley was last seen. Since then, it has moved towards the Bohemian
President Eric Kaler fields questions from the Minnesota Daily in his office in Morrill Hall on Friday.
President Kaler talks tuition increase, Trump budget
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U grad directors question benefit of student fees
President Eric Kaler sat down with the Minnesota Daily Friday for his final Q&A of the semester, where he also addressed Aurora Center funding. BY RYAN FAIRCLOTH rfaircloth@mndaily.com
The Minnesota Daily sat down with University President Eric Kaler on Friday for the semester’s final edition of “Kickin’ it with Kaler.” Kaler discussed the consequences of diminished state funding, President Donald Trump’s proposed budget and funding for the Aurora Center.
Thirty-six graduate program directors sent a letter to school officials critizing costly fees.
Do you have any fun summer plans? We are going to go to Maine and southern Canada, a little bit of a driving tour. My father’s family is from southern Maine, and there’s actually a little Kaler corner’s road and there’s a
BY OLIVIA JOHNSON ojohnson@mndaily.com
Many graduate program directors challenged the ethics and transparency of graduate student fees at the University of Minnesota in an April 20 email sent to University officials. The 36 directors signed an email addressed to Provost Karen Hanson and Dean of Graduate Education Scott Lanyon requesting to meet and discuss increasing international graduate fees, whether students are benefitting from the fees and ways to relieve students’ financial burdens. Lanyon said in a statement his office has been in touch with the directors who sent the letter. “We are in the process of gathering information on the topic, and we plan to call a meeting with the directors to discuss this issue further and our options in addressing students’ concerns,” the statement said. David Valentine, director of graduate u See FEES Page 3
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graveyard where a lot of my ancestors are buried. And I’ve never been there, so my wife and I are going to go, going to meet some friends and just kind of chill out. The University asked the Legislature for a $147.2 million increase to its biennial budget this year. Cur rent proposals from the House and Senate would only fund up to 20 percent of that, or $29.6 million. You said in a statement last week that the proposed allocations would necessitate program cutbacks. Can you talk a little bit more about that? Well, it’s too early to talk about specifics. We haven’t gotten that far down the road yet. |
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ENVIRONMENT
U study focuses on climate change impact in Duluth Duluth residents acknowledge that climate change is happening, according to the U project. BY NEHA PANIGRAHY npanigrahy@mndaily.com
University of Minnesota researchers are looking for ways to tackle the impact of increasingly severe weather on residents of
the upper Midwest. The research, presented Thursday at the University’s St. Paul campus, determined that people from the Duluth area acknowledge climate change is happening, and most of them perceive the community to be exposed or sensitive to extreme weather. To understand the community impact, Holly Meier, a University graduate student, interviewed 27 Duluth residents and
decision makers between March and August 2015 to better understand their infrastructure and protocol for extreme weather. The research shows several opportunities and threats emerge that can help and hinder climate preparedness. “In June 2012, Duluth, Minnesota and neighboring communities experienced extreme precipitation and flooding, resulting u See CLIMATE Page 6
BUSINESS
Dinkytown businesses feel effects of Varsity slowdown The venue hasn’t held a public event since 2016, some say the inactivity has cost them business. BY BELLA DALLY-STEELE Idally-steele@mndaily.com
The exterior of Varsity Theater in Dinkytown on April 26.
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Some Dinkytown restaurants are missing the late-night crowds that came from from Varsity Theater concerts. In the months since its last show in December 2016, nearby restaurants say they miss the crowds the theater brought. The venue stopped hosting high-profile concer ts after four lawsuits were filed against owner Jason McLean for alleged child sexual abuse in the ’70s and ’80s. When the Varsity hosted shows,
nearly 20 percent of attendees would stop by Mesa Pizza, said Mahalia Williams, general manager at Mesa. But now that shows are infrequent, those bonus rushes have disappeared. “We’ve definitely noticed a change,” Williams said. “We would get business from even small events like weddings if they weren’t fully catered.” Given the large number of other events in the Dinkytown area, she said the drop in Varsity-goers isn’t detrimental, but it is missed. Joe Berg, general manager at the Librar y Bar, said the inactivity has cut into the bar’s happy hour rush but hasn’t made a big dent in sales. u See VARSIT Y Page 3 VOLUME 117 ISSUE 58
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STATE REPORT STUDENT BOYCOTT PLANNED AT ST. OLAF OVER RACIST MESSAGES NOR THFIELD, Minn. — Students are planning to boycott classes at St. Olaf College on Monday over a string of racist incidents on campus. The latest happened Saturday when a woman found a note with a racial slur on her car that after noon. The note demanded that she “shut up or I will shut you up.” That prompted students to swarm the interior of Buntrock Commons on the Nor thfield campus Saturday night. St. Olaf President David R. Anderson acknowledged in an email to student April 21 that there have been numerous racist expressions on campus going back to last fall. The Minneapolis Star T ribune repor ts Anderson told students he is “as angr y and fr ustrated as you are,” and that he would love to find out who is responsible and remove them from campus.
POLICE ARREST 4 IN FATAL SHOOTING IN BLOOMINGTON BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Police have ar rested two men and two women in the shooting death of a 19-year-old man in Bloomington. Police had in custody a 20-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman from Lakeville, a 20-year-old woman from Prior Lake and a 33-year-old man from Minneapolis. Deputy Bloomington Police Chief Denis Otterness told the Star Tribune his depar tment is not saying yet who pulled the trigger. Of ficers were sent to the Hampshire Hill Apartm ent s i n Bl o o m i n gto n shor tly befor e 11 p.m. Thursday where they found the victim dead from a gunshot inside one of the units. Police don’t believe the shooting was random. The victim’s name has not been released. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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COGS changes representative to regent selection process Policy dictates that student government groups need to agree on the process. BY DAVID CLAREY dclarey@mndaily.com
Last week, the Council of Graduate Students adopted a new process to choose Board of Regents representatives. At the April 24 meeting, COGS voted to elect its student representative to the Board from its own body. Currently, representatives from Minnesota Student Association, Professional Student Government and COGS are chosen by a committee of the outgoing and incoming presidents of each student government along with the outgoing student representative.
Syedah said conflict is unlikely. Still, she said that the selection committee helps make sure there is a teamlike aspect of the student representatives to the board, Syedah said. “I just like the idea of being able to pick them as a group of people that complement each other’s skills and talents,” she said. Because COGS selected the same representative as the committee did this year, COGS President Nicholas Goldsmith said the changes won’t be an issue for now. While he said the policies will likely get adjusted, it still depends on what future governments want. “It just depends on how the [gover nments] get along,” he said.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. — President Donald Trump is turning from his dramatic debut as an outsider president to focus on advancing his plans to cut taxes and get tough on trade deals. “We are not going to let other countries take advantage of us anymore,” he said Saturday in Harrisburg at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center. “From now on it’s going to be America first.” But even as he returned to friendly political turf in Pennsylvania, Trump seems caught between his role as an outsider candidate and that of a now-elected negotiator. He’s still figuring out how to deal with the ver y insiders he vowed to drain from Washington’s “swamp.” He’s spent 100 days being educated on the slow grind of government even in a Republican-dominated capital, and watching some of his promises —from repealing former President Barack Obama’s health care law to temporarily banning people from some Muslim nations — fizzle. Even with his return to Pennsylvania, Trump seemed torn between who he was courting. He opened the rally with an extended attack on the media, pointing out that he was choosing to stay away from the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. “I could not possibly be more thrilled than to be more than 100 miles way from Washington’s swamp,” he said, “spending my evening with all of you and with a much, much larger crowd and much better people, right?” He then suggested that he might attend the dinner next year — but added that he’d also consider returning to Pennsylvania.
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Lauren Mitchell, current COGS student representative and president-elect, said she pushed for the change because it makes the selection process more transparent and in line with COGS’ democratic voting style. “That’s the way all of the COGS [executive positions], other than this are selected,” she said. “I think graduate students are best informed to select those who represent them at the regent level.” Past applicants have focused more on undergraduate issues, Mitchell said. Putting COGS in charge of electing their own representative ensures they pick someone that better serves graduate
students, she said. COGS’ switch in the election process came after the selection committee had already chosen the representative. After COGS voted to change the process in the future, they also held an impromptu election and chose the same person, said Mia Divecha, chemical engineer and material science Council of Graduate Students president. The Board of Regents’ policy dictates each of the student governments must all agree on the same selection process, though they don’t each have to pick their representatives in the same way. While PSG and MSA still need to approve this change in their own policies for future appointments, MSA president Abeer
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studies in the Department of Anthropology, said the email was prompted by international students continually approaching graduate program directors for departmental help covering the $300 difference that international students pay in annual fees each year versus domestic students. “ We w e r e c o v e r i n g a cost that, in my view, shouldn’t be [paid] by the department,” he said. Valentine spoke with other directors in the College of Liberal Ar ts and found their students were also upset and str uggled to cover the increasing fees. The international fees are supposed to fund the International Student and Scholar Ser vices of fice, which is also funded by other means, he said. “There’s no real transpar ency on how those fees are benefitting students,” Valentine said.
“Are graduate students getting 100 percent more benefit from the ser vices covered by the fee?” The email also highlighted that international students usually cannot legally take a job outside the school to cover the additional costs. “The U of M claims to be a world-class university. Par t of the reason you can make that claim is because we have an enormous amount of international students,” he said. “Moreover, a lot of U of M research takes place in non-U.S. places, where we rely on citizens from other countries.” Though Valentine said it’s important to recognize that funding can be tight at the University, the current budget model sees graduate students as costs or liabilities rather than as assets to the University. Nicholas Goldsmith, president of the Council of Graduate Students, said the issues outlined in the email often came up in the last few years
among graduate students. “Par t of it is about the fact that fees can’t be covered by our assistantships,” he said, “which is a common complaint that would be nice to fix.” Goldsmith said the fees often take the full first paycheck of a teaching assistant. He said in one case three years ago, the fees were due before teaching assistants received their first paycheck for the semester, and they were charged even more fees for late payments. He said graduate students had to work with administration to waive the late fees. “I think the ideal thing would be for assistantships to cover fees,” Goldsmith said. “Compared to tuition and health insurance, the fees are quite small. But compared to a paycheck [they are] quite large.” He said that realistically he doesn’t know how things will change because of the email but is encouraged by the directors of graduate students working on solving the issues.
U of M research team helps lead study on monetary sanctions Minnesota joins in study to unearth monetary inequality in justice system. BY CHAD FAUST cfaust@mndaily.com
Penalties for low-level criminals have put people in cycles of debt in Minnesota and eight other states, according to an ongoing national research project. The University of Minnesota is one of eight schools par ticipating in the planned five-year study, which aims to show how monetar y sanctions and fees for crimes unequally af fect people in the U.S. University of Washington sociology professor Alexes Harris star ted the project while it was funded by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation — an organization that donates to education and criminal justice reform causes. “Our project is designed to see how Minnesota compares with Georgia, Texas, California and other states to see how they and their
municipalities address certain issues,” said University professor of sociology and law Christopher Uggen. There is a wide countyto-county disparity in the way criminals are financially handicapped across Minnesota, according to Uggen. “In the last 10 years, we’ve really discovered in criminology that there’s been a real growth on monetary sanctions, particularly charging people in the criminal justice system fines and fees to fund the system, and the costs have risen in recent years,” Uggen said. People have dif ficulty paying the sanctions in Minnesota, but the number of cases is low compared to other states around the country. Uggen pointed to Philando Castile, who claimed he was trapped in a vicious cycle of low-level traffic violations he couldn’t pay before St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez fatally shot him in July 2016. Prior to the project, Harris said when journalists would inter view her about crime, they often
asked about trends outside Washington, which she wasn’t able to answer. “I’m the first academic that has really studied this process, and in all of the interviews, journalists would say, ‘Well, we know a lot about Washington, but how about other states?’” In its second year, the project’s team has examined the ins and outs of monetar y sanction laws within Minnesota, and researchers in other states have done the same. The next par t of the study will consist of researchers interviewing citizens from Minnesota counties who have been involved in monetar y sanctions within the criminal justice system to find any patterns of inequality. “It’s an exciting study, and there’s nothing like it right now. It’s a neat collaboration of both faculty and graduate students,” Har ris said. “It’s a logical process to bring in a whole team of researchers from dif ferent levels of experience to study this par t of the criminal justice system all around the United States.”
Phillipines says Trump called Duterte BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MANILA, Philippines — U.S. President Donald Trump has called Philippine leader Rodrigo Duter te and expressed Washington’s commitment to their treaty alliance and his interest in developing “a warm, working relationship,” a Filipino official said Sunday. Presidential spokesman Ernie Abella said Trump mentioned he was looking for ward to visiting the Philippines in November to attend an East Asia summit that Duterte will host with several world leaders and that Trump invited Duterte to visit the White House. “The discussion that transpired between the presidents was warm, with President Trump expressing his understanding and appreciation of the challenges facing the Philippine president, especially on the matter of dangerous dr ugs,” Abella said in a statement. A White House statement described late Saturday’s call as “very friendly” and said the U.S.-Philippine alliance “is now heading in a very positive direction.” Trump’s chief of staf f, Reince Priebus, said the friendlier ties are needed even with concerns about Duterte’s human rights record, which includes extrajudicial killings of suspected drug dealers and users as part of the government’s drug war. Priebus cited the
militar y threat of Nor th Korea. “The purpose of this call is all about North Korea,” Priebus told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday. “It doesn’t mean that human rights don’t matter.” Abella’s remarks reflect the friendlier attitude Duter te has taken with Trump versus the antagonistic stance he had toward President Barack Obama, who he once asked to “go to hell” for criticizing the Philippine leader’s bloody anti-drug crackdown. During Obama’s final months in of fice, the Philippine president moved to build closer economic ties with China and Russia while repeatedly threatening to end his nation’s longstanding militar y alliance with the U.S. Duterte’s apparent dislike for Obama began when the U.S. State Department expressed concern over his drug war — which has left thousands of suspects dead — and asked Philippine government officials to take steps to stop extrajudicial killings. At one point Duter te suggested he may even move to abrogate a 2014 defense agreement that allows U.S. militar y access to five Philippine military camps. He has walked back most of those threats but has proceeded with his effor ts to align closer with China. On Sunday, three Chinese navy ships, including
a guided-missile destroyer and a guided-missile frigate, were welcomed in Davao city, Duterte’s southern hometown, by officials, including presidential daughter and city Mayor Sarah Duterte, militar y officials said. Asked if the rare Chinese naval visits wer e a sign that Duter te was backing away from Washington, Depar tment of National Defense spokesman Arsenio Andolong said: “We are not veering away from the U.S. but rather we are expanding our relations with our fellow nations in the global community.” Abella said without elaborating that concern over Nor th Korea came up in Tr ump’s talk with Duterte. Priebus indicated that the issue was T r ump’s primar y concern, citing a Nor th Korean threat “so serious” that it will require cooperation from Asian countries in the region. “So if something does happen in Nor th Korea, ... we have ever yone in line backing up a plan of action that may need to be put together with our partners in the area,” he said. Duterte suggested in a news conference Saturday that the Tr ump administration should back away from an intensifying standof f with Nor th Korea, not in surrender, but to avoid risking a nuclear holocaust that could smother Asia.
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General B and the Wiz perform during a private event at the Varsity Theater in Dinkytown on April 7.
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“We would get a preconcer t rush from four to six,” he said, “it was nice but not huge.” Berg said aside from the Librar y, Loring would be the restaurant most likely to feel the effects of Varsity’s inactivity. Cleon Pavlicek, store manager at Insomnia Cookies, said the drop in shows hasn’t af fected his store, adding this is probably because most of their business comes from campus not Dinkytown. Randal Gast, president of the Dinkytown Business Alliance, said it’s hard to quantify how the Varsity’s inactivity has affected restaurants. “I can’t tell that my business is down right now,” he said, “But I know that in the past there were events [at the Varsity], and now there’s not nearly enough going on.”
He said while there are other factors at play, the Varsity’s change of schedule has contributed to a drop in Dinkytown foot traffic. “I know there’s not as much business going on at the Varsity because I’m not blind,” Gast said, “And that has to have some effect.” Mike Mulrooney, owner of Blar ney Pub and Grill, said while he can’t quantify the loss in sales, the Varsity’s inactivity has harmed his and other businesses. “The emptiness of [the Varsity] and the failure to utilize the space is a disappointment,” Mulrooney said, “Any vacancy that happens in the area hur ts
the area.” He said the inactivity means fewer people are being drawn to Dinkytown, and the appearance of vacancy diminishes the neighborhood’s appeal. “It lowers the value of the businesses and the proper ty in the area,” he said. Mulrooney said he has not received any updates on the Varsity’s future plans, and he has reached out to the theater with no response. He also contacted the DBA, whose members he said were also unsure of the venue’s plans. Jason McLean and the Varsity Theater did not respond to requests for comment.
“The emptiness of [the Varsity] and the failure to utilize the space is a disappointment. ... Any vacancy that happens in the area hurts the area.” MIKE MULROONEY Owner of Blarney Pub and Grill
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of M tennis teams lose Minnesota sweeps U in Big Ten tournament in senior weekend Chuck Merzbacher coached his final dual at Minnesota over the weekend. BY DREW COVE dcove@mndaily.com
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Gophers senior Sam Macken hits the ball against Purdue at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium on Saturday.
The Gophers bested Purdue by a score of 29-3 in their last Big Ten home series. BY EMILY POLGLAZE epolglaze@mndaily.com
Four years of hard work culminated into one last home weekend could put pressure on any senior. Minnesota softball’s veterans answered with a nohitter, a grand slam and two additional solid performances on the mound in a weekend sweep of Purdue. “Sometimes you worr y that [the seniors] are going to put a little too much emphasis on it and put too much pressure on themselves,” said head coach Jessica Allister. “But to see them come out and have the performances they had, it was a lot of fun.” The Gophers kicked off the celebratory weekend with a lights-out performance from Sara Groenewegen. The senior threw her seventh career no-hitter Friday, the first of the season, and struck out 12. Minnesota’s offense was sharp as it has been all season. Each game ended in a mercy rule with senior Sam Macken was a catalyst for the hot bats. The No. 4 Gophers now have 21 mercy-rule wins this season Macken had two home runs in Friday’s game, with
one being a walk-off in an 8-0 victory for the Gophers. She came up big again in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader when she stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the fourth with bases loaded and two outs for her last home at-bat. Macken launched a blast straight back for a grand slam and put Minnesota up 12-0 in the 12-2 victory. “It’s awesome. It was a fun day,” Macken said. “There was a lot of people out here to watch, and it just so happened to be a good time to get a hit like that.” Senior transfer Tori Finucane, who is in her first and final season with Minnesota, saw time on the mound in both of Saturday’s games. She came in for the final two outs of game one with one strikeout and closed out game two with a strikeout. Minnesota scored in all but one inning of Saturday’s first 9-1 victory. Freshman Kendyl Lindaman led the charge at the plate with four RBIs. Lindaman — the program’s leading home run scorer — added No. 17 and No.18 in the second game. Junior Sydney Dwyer also hit one of her own in the bottom of the second inning, her ninth of the season. Dwyer also recorded five RBIs on the day and is just five away from breaking the record for most in a single season — 74.
The Gophers got on base during Saturday’s games with bunts, passed balls and stolen bases. Minnesota stole 10 bases during the day. The team only had 24 all season prior. “We were just put in situations where we could use our speed,” Macken said. “We had a lot of base runners, and that allowed us to show the other team that we are fast.” Minnesota is on a 19-game win streak, is one win away from tying a single-season record at 49 and has a two-game cushion in the Big Ten for its first outright regular-season title since 1991. The Gophers are playing some of their best ball in years and for the seniors, it’s been a special ride. “As a freshman, and even when I got recruited … it was a completely different looking team, a different culture,” Groenewegen said. “To be a part of that change and that flourishing team, it’s an honor. I’ve learned more about pride in these four years than I’ve learned in my entire life.”
When the women’s tennis team fell behind 3-0, it looked like head coach Chuck Merzbacher would end his career with a blowout loss. But the team tied it up at 3-3, only to fall in the dual’s final match of the day. The women’s team lost 4-3 on Thursday against Nebraska while the men won Thursday versus Indiana 4-2 but lost at the hands of Ohio State 4-0 on Friday. “They just fought so hard,” said head coach Chuck Merzbacher. “We battled back down 3-0, but we were in charge of three other [matches] … so really only a couple of games from getting the match clinched.” The Gophers’ loss marked the last game coached for Merzbacher, as he announced his intention to retire at the end of the season earlier this month. Minnesota needed a victory to advance in the conference tournament, but they just weren’t able to fight through Nebraska’s game all the way to the fourth and clinching point. The loss also brings about the end of a college career for one Gophers player as well, senior Maja Vujic. She played Thursday in her last collegiate match and
ended up falling in the third singles spot. “We’ve been in battles like that before,” Vujic said. “It’s better to go down fighting hard.” The Gophers finished with junior Caroline Ryba, freshman Tina Kreinis and sophomore Caitlyn Merzbacher getting points in their singles matches while down 3-0 at the time, and it came down to Vujic, who got her match to a third set, but fell 6-1. Nebraska, ranked No. 9 in the tournament, took the doubles point with a 2-1 advantage in the matches. No. 8 Minnesota was able to tie it briefly and still fell, but that means the team’s focus can now transition to next season. Although Merzbacher retired and Vujic is graduating, much of the rest of the Gophers stay intact. “We had three kids with over 20 wins,” Merzbacher said. “I think they were forced to step up when they did, so I’m really encouraged.” The men’s team prolonged their conference tour nament appearance with a victory against Indiana 4-2 Thursday but ended with the same fate as the women on Friday, this time losing 4-0 to the Ohio State Buckeyes. Minnesota faced Indiana just four days prior to their meeting Thursday, which resulted in a tense 4-3 Minnesota victory. The opening match of the Gophers Big Ten Tournament campaign ended 4-2,
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2 4 West Lafayette, Indiana
Minnesota Ohio State
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Champaign, Illinois
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with Minnesota winning the doubles point and the third, fifth and sixth singles points. Giving themselves a solid start, Minnesota took the doubles point by two matches to one. With the victory, the Gophers moved on to face another tough opponent, this time No. 2 Ohio State. No. 2 overall singles player Mikael Torpegaard beat Minnesota’s junior Felix Corwin in two sets for the first singles point. The Gophers had a similar fate two weeks prior to the match against Ohio State, losing 6-1 in midApril. No. 38 Minnesota lost the doubles point and the first three singles matches, giving them an early exit from the Big Ten tournament. The men’s team still has a shot at making the NCAA tournament, but it is still uncertain if they are going to make the trip.
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Runs 0 8 SATURDAY Runs 1 Purdue No. 4 Minnesota 9
Hits Errors SCORE
Purdue No. 4 Minnesota
0 0 0 9 0 8 Hits Errors SCORE 2 1 1 12 0 9
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Freshman Tina Kreinis returns the ball during the match against Ohio State on April 14.
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Gophers outscored 28-10 by Illini in third straight Big Ten series loss Brian Glowicki tied a school record for saves in the series opener on Friday.
BASEBALL RESULTS
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BY LUKE HANLON lhanlon@mndaily.com
The Fighting Illini had no shortage of offense in their series against the Gophers. Minnesota gave up 23 runs to Illinois on Saturday, losing both games of a doubleheader and dropping its third-straight conference series. The Gophers kicked off the weekend with a 5-4 victory on Friday. The lineup had no trouble with Illini pitching, racking up 13 hits in the game. Despite all the baserunners, most of the run production came from the bat of Toby Hanson. Hanson went two for four from the plate, with four of the team’s five RBIs. Three of those RBIs came in the third inning when he hit a home run to right field. He knew it was out right when he hit it, so he took his time watching it leave the park, which the home-plate umpire did not appreciate. “Umpire just told me, ‘Next time… don’t do that again,’” Hanson said. Pitcher Brian Glowicki came into the game to close it out, up 5-2. He gave up
Minnesota Illinois
Runs 4 5 Runs 5 9
Minnesota Illinois
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Illinois Minnesota
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Hits Errors SCORE 6 0 4 13 1 5 Hits Errors SCORE 11 2 5 10 2 9 6 11
3 1
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Junior Toby Hanson bats for the Gophers during their game against Illinois on Saturday at Siebert Field.
two unearned runs but still locked up his 15th save of the season, giving him the most in the country, and tying him with Scott Matyas for the most in a season in school history. “It’s always been in the back of my mind … but it’s never really the first thing you’re thinking about,” Glowicki said, regarding
the record. Due to the weather forecast on Sunday, the two teams played a doubleheader on Saturday, where the Illini won the first game, 9-5. Minnesota trailed 2-1 after giving up two runs in the fifth inning, but they would take a 5-2 lead after scoring four runs in the sixth. Luke Pettersen, Jordan
Kozicky, Terrin Vavra and Micah Coffey all had consecutive RBIs. The ninth inning brought trouble for the Gophers as the bullpen gave up seven runs. Tyler Hanson was replaced by Glowicki after Hanson gave up two hits. Glowicki faced four hitters, giving up two hits, one walk and a hit by pitch. Glowicki
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was charged with four earned runs, increasing his 0.37 ERA to 1.85 on the season. When Glowicki was replaced by Tim Shannon, the bases were loaded with one out, and the game tied at five. Illinois’ Jack Yalowitz was the first batter Shannon faced, and he hit a game-winning grand slam. Yalowitz wasted no time
getting the Illini back on the scoreboard at the start of the second game of the day, hitting another home run. This was the first of many runs for the Illini, as they won 14-1. Minnesota’s starter, Toby Anderson, gave up four more runs in the third, ending his day after two-plus innings pitched. The Illini would end up scoring eight runs in the third inning, giving them a 100 lead. “I think it had an impact on us, no question about it,” Anderson said about the ninth inning meltdown in the first game. “They had the momentum, and we allowed them to keep it [with] the two home runs in the first inning.” Anderson is now looking forward to Tuesday, when the team starts a two-game series against Georgia State. “We can overcome today if we can show back up here on Tuesday with the right attitude,” Anderson said.
Editorials & Opinions COLUMN
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Conservatives aren’t the only ones silenced Students who painted divisive panel have spoken little on the actual policy it supports.
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et’s start off with some good news: If anyone reading this is disappointed Ann Coulter couldn’t talk freely at UC-Berkeley last week, you can read her 12 bestselling books, join the 1.49 million people she regularly updates on Twitter or watch one of over 500,000 YouTube videos of her speaking. These can be quickly and easily accessed on and off campus, so her conservative views are never at risk of being truly silenced.
We rally around the loudest, most polarizing figures in defense of free speech instead of elevating the wide range of opinions that occupy the space in between. However, we still need to discuss the speech we keep off college grounds — beyond those from well-established provocateurs like Coulter and Milo Yiannopoulos. Conser vatives feel their voices are being stifled on liberal campuses nationwide, and there is some credence to that. Do you remember campus the day after Trump was elected? You’d have thought ever y liberal student’s grandmother died, and conservatives couldn’t so much as sneeze without implicating themselves as grandma murderers. Never theless, the current debate on campus free speech presents a false dichotomy: progressives and conser vatives as two singular ideologies rather than two vast spectrums of thought. We rally around the loudest, most polarizing figures in defense of free speech instead of elevating the wide range of opinions that occupy the space in between. By taking a narrow progressive view on college campuses and characterizing all conser vatives as Coulters, we not only lose valuable partisan voices; we silence the variety of other perspectives that exist on campus between the ends of the political pole. Chance Wellnitz welcomes comments at cwellnitz@mndaily.com
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p until last week I was a playful agnostic. On both sides of the fence when it came to the question of whether God exists, I was mostly just annoyed by people who took it upon themselves to convince me either way and enjoyed goofing on them. Last Monday, however, the University of Minnesota’s Student Unions account tweeted: “This week, we’re featuring food and giving out gift cards galore! R T this breakfast par fait from Gopher Express West to win $25! #UMNYum [licking lips emoji].” The text of the tweet is not what disturbed me, but the attached picture of a parfait tipped over with its contents spewing out onto the table has haunted me ever since. In my lifetime, I never thought I would lay witness to devastation on par with that of the ancient explosion of Mt Vesuvius in Pompeii. But there it was: a purple puddle of put-away par fait desires with a handful of granola sprinkled on top just screaming for me to help it. But just like the volcanically preserved corpses found millennia later in Pompeii, it was much too late to help the granola curds featured in that photograph. Chaos — total and absolute. I wept in its face, for I knew that not only were the rules I had lived my life by moot, but the ver y idea of living life by any set of rules now seems foolish. How was this ad made? Did the par fait tip over accidentally? Did the photographer deliberately choose not to clean up the mess
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due to their lack of work ethic? Or did someone make the decision to leave it on its side — oozing and broken — on purpose? If the latter was the case, how did they convince ever yone else involved in the project to just go along with it? This must have been a company made up entirely of the darkest of demons. And if demons exist, must not there be a god for them to forsake? Just two days ago, I went to a Dunn Bros in Roseville to have cof fee with my mother. I thought I might have a pastr y as well, but as I gazed into the display case I saw a bowl of oatmeal tipped over across a plate. As if that was supposed to make me want to eat the oatmeal. I could hear the soul of the universe cackle at me, and I knew then that I had only one option. I ordered the oatmeal. So yes, I guess you could say I’ve found God, but it may be more accurate to say He’s found me. What will I see tipped over next in an adver tisement? A can of Mountain Dew? A cauldron of forbidden coins? This, I do not know. I simply wait with each breath ticking away at the countdown clock that point to my end. Why would such an entity not tip over things of greater consequence, eventually? The economy, nuclear silos? Surely, those pushes will eventually come to shove. A cr uel god? I don’t know if I would say that. But a messy god? Most certainly so. Grace Thomas welcomes comments at jthomas @mndaily.com
L.C. Graber welcomes comments at msmith@mndaily.com.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Weeding out diversity in future nurses
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he University of Minnesota has lost the oppor tunity to develop a diverse set of future nurses by no longer accepting transfer students into the Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) program in the T win Cities. This decision was made to improve four-year graduation rates, according to school officials at a public forum I attended on March 29, 2015. The School of Nursing’s transfer option lowered the University’s four-year graduation rate — according to the same of ficials — because it accepted students regardless of the number of years of previous college experience. However, the program is suf fering great losses as a result of prioritizing the University’s statistics over the quality of education. Diversity enriches a lear ning environment, and without the diversity gained from the transfer option, the nursing school’s Twin Cities campus may ver y well be left with a primarily white, straight, female, suburban, upper-middle class cohort. When I was accepted to the school through the transfer program in 2014, the percentage of students of color was 27.4 percent; however, with each year as the transfer option phases out, the percentage is dropping, landing the sophomore class this year at only 21.7 percent. Additionally, without the transfer program, my cohor t would be reduced from 34 students of color to only six. The transfer option has brought in an average of 15 males per year over the past six years, whereas the freshman
guarantee program has only recruited an average of six. Because of perceived gender stereotypes and stigma, many young males won’t admit they want to pursue a femaledominated career. They may not realize the career oppor tunities nursing can provide until later in life when they have gained the confidence to step outside the norm. Finally, the age range which used to include non-traditional students up to the age of 52 will now be narrowed down to 18-20- year-olds, most of whom haven’t had the oppor tunity to gain wisdom thr ough br oad life experiences, which diminishes the lear ning envir onment of the whole cohort. This seems to contradict the School of Nursing’s inclusivity and diversity statement. You might be wondering what options ar e left. The Rochester campus is the only remaining option for students looking to transfer. How ever, ther e ar e ver y few openings, and why limit diversity to just one city? Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of this decision is that administration didn’t consult students. In fact, we voiced concerns through a public forum and a petition, but the decision was already made, leaving us no opportunity to advocate for future cohorts. This issue not only affects our campus community but also the greater nursing community of the Twin Cities. In 2014, the Minnesota Depar tment of Health issued a health equity report that identified a lack of diversity in the workforce as a major barrier to health equity. It identified a dire “need to recruit students from
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Does God exist? I’m usually annoyed by people who take it upon themselves to convince me either way.
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Diversity enriches a learning environment, and without the diversity gained from the transfer option, the nursing school’s Twin Cities campus may very well be left with a primarily white, straight, female, suburban, upper-middle class cohort.
diverse communities.” Therefore, the elimination of the transfer option only further contributes to these health equity barriers. As a consumer of healthcare, do you really want a homogenous population ser ving you at your bedside? Or would you rather have a diverse set of future nurses who utilize rich backgrounds and experiences to learn from and challenge each other to provide the best patient care possible? I was lucky enough to join the BSN program as a transfer student while it still existed. Future students will not have that option unless a change is made. I invite students at the University of Minnesota to consider the detrimental impacts of this change, and I strongly encourage administration of ficials to reverse the policy. Mara Smith, BSN Transfer Student School of Nursing, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Student services fees should not be made optional
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ast week, the Minnesota Daily repor ted on a legislative proposal that could impact funding for a number of groups and students resources on the University of Minnesota campus, including the Boynton Health Ser vice and the Aurora Center. The proposed change would require the school to make its student ser vices fee optional. If the University does not comply, the state could withhold a significant amount of funds that would otherwise go to the institution. University of ficials have questioned the constitutionality of the proposal. Some Board of Regents members and legal experts believe the bill compromises the University’s protected autonomy from the state. The measure is part of a bill authored by Rep. Drew Christensen, R-Savage, a recent graduate of the University who told the Minnesota Daily that “the constitution doesn’t say anything as far as how much money the Legislature has to allocate to the University of Minnesota.” Many student groups such as the Minnesota Student Association and the Professional Student Gover nment oppose making the student ser vices fees optional. “I’m quite worried,” Minnesota Student Association President Abeer Syedah told the Daily. “I think what concerns me the most is that this is a process that students have been ver y vigilant about … in some ways this takes some of [students’] autonomy away.” More than 60 student government leaders signed a letter urging legislators to reject the measure. We concur with those student-leaders, members of the Board of Regents and all those on and of f campus who view this measure as entirely unacceptable. If the state government will not fund the University adequately enough to provide for such necessar y resources as the Boynton Health Ser vice, the Aurora Center and the variety of professional and hobby groups that give shape, meaning and futures to the lives of the majority of students who attend the University of Minnesota, they cannot also unreasonably restrict the means in which the University is able to fund those ser vices. We wrote in Thursday’s editorial about the rough year the University has been having at the State Legislature and the trend of the University receiving less money from the state since the Great Recession when you factor in inflation. The legislature cannot continue to inadequately fund our school and then threaten it with even less funds if the University doesn’t conform to the tuition structure they wish to impose.
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Kaler talks tuition hike, Trump budget Kaler u from Page 1
The proposed allocations at the House and Senate level really are woefully inadequate for what the University needs in order to continue to deliver on the mission we’re delivering today, which is extraordinarily high-quality research and education and a terrific outreach to the state. So if we don’t get the funding that we need to continue at that level, we’re going to have to cut back … You’ve also said students could see tuition hikes this fall due to the lack of state suppor t, with resident tuition increasing up to 5 percent and nonresident tuition up to 10 percent. Just last month, you had said that resident tuition was likely to increase around 2 percent. Why the jump? Because the House and Senate numbers are as low as they are. We had hoped to see some upward movement, and we haven’t seen that. As we run the numbers, we’re in the 5 percent neighborhood, and that is a ver y difficult decision to make. It’s not one that we take lightly, and it’s not one that we enjoy. Some Regents have suggested tuition could be frozen for several million dollars in internal reallocations. Would you suppor t that idea, and will your administration propose to freeze tuition based on that suggestion of internal reallocations? We do [a] considerable amount of internal reallocations already. I don’t think it’s possible to have enough internal reallocation without damaging the deliver y of our mission to freeze tuition. The student ser vice fee model [is] included in the House omnibus bill and now the joint omnibus bill as of yesterday. If the University declined to implement that optional fee model, the bill would penalize the University by withholding state funding dollars. Do you see this as a violation of the U’s autonomy? I think it’s an interesting question about whether this violates the autonomy or not. We are autonomous to act, but we also depend upon the state for funding. So, this is an area where we’ll have to look carefully again depending on what the final language in the bill, if it becomes law, looks like.
President Eric Kaler fields questions from the Minnesota Daily in his office in Morrill Hall on Friday.
Last month, the Board of Regents announced it would conduct an internal review of the University’s handling of the Gophers football sexual assault case. What do you expect to come of this investigation? Well first off, I support the investigation, and I think it’s appropriate to do. We had planned to look [on] our own, from an administrative point of view, at what we could learn from that action. I support it, and I think we’ll see some valuable lessons of things that were done correctly and opportunities to do things better in the future. Do you think you and your administration handled the case well? I think, by and large, we did the right thing. I think we made the right decisions. I think there’s always questions about how well we communicated and what we were allowed to communicate and when that happened… Student leaders recently voiced concer n over a lack of mental health ser vices at the University’s coordinate campuses, which don’t have access to the same amount of resources as the Twin Cities campus students. Are there any plans to allocate more budget resources to
U study focuses on climate effect in the Midwest Climate u from Page 1
in more than $50 million in infrastructure damage,” Meier said at the presentation. The research participants noted concern over water systems, biological systems and community and social systems. They also noted concerns over wildlife, infrastructure, businesses and families of vulnerable populations. “Our whole education system surrounds human capital preparedness. Our fire system is part of a risk we assume,” said forest resources professor Kristen Nelson, who helped with the study. The research generates a dialogue about climate change and climate preparedness in people in the
community as well as decision makers, said Mae Davenport, a forest resources professor who helped with the study. “We were lucky to have a lot of willing participants who wanted to talk about climate change in the Lake Superior Headwaters,” Davenport said. A lot of current research surrounding climate preparedness focuses on barriers in the community, Meier said. In the future, Meier wants to focus on opportunities for climate preparedness as well as engaging the broader community and getting their input. “The project kind of holds a mirror up to the community. It helps them reflect and have a more open dialogue,” Davenport said.
“We were lucky to have a lot of willing participants who wanted to talk about climate change in the Lake Superior Headwaters.” MAE DAVENPORT Forest resources professor
coordinate campus mental health ser vices? I asked in response to that for the chancellors to include appropriate mental health funding in their budgetary requests ... And those are again in process as we land on the final University budget. I don’t know off the top of my head what those allocations will be, but we intend to be responsive to the needs of our students. Amid a significant increase in sexual assault cases at the University, student leaders across campus have been organizing to raise money for the Aurora Center, which they say is currently underfunded. Are there any plans by the University to allocate more money to the Aurora Center in the future? Right now, because of the flexibility in the Aurora Center budget, they are not in a deficit, and they don’t project a deficit going forward. Do you agree with the position that the Aurora Center is underfunded? We respond to needs that the Aurora Center and all of our studenthealth and well-being programs count on. Ever y one of those units could probably use additional resources, but we plan to be fair and equitable as we allocate.
President Donald Tr ump’s budget would likely lead to less federal research funding at the University. Do you know what sor t of an impact that would have on University research? It has the potential to be devastating. The proposed reductions in NIH funding alone would take tens of millions of dollars away from the University … I don’t think that the recommended cuts or suggested cuts will be implemented. But if they were, it would be a terrible outcome, not only for the University and the state, but for the United States. Why is that research impor tant here at the University? Research is the seed corn of the future. We are competing with countries around the world for talent and for economic activity. An investment in research is, in my opinion, one of the very best decisions a country can make to ensure its future. A recent report from U.S. News and World Repor t revealed that the University’s medical school ranking slid from 35th to 44th this year. What is the University currently doing to reverse the medical school’s downward trend? We a r e c e r t a i n l y concerned about that trend
…But we are in conversations with our partner, Fairview Health Services, around how we deliver our clinical care, and we have request for support of the medical school as a part of our state appropriation. So part of the solution is bringing more resources to help the medical school, and we’re working hard on that on a couple of fronts. With the school year winding down, is there anything you’re especially proud of that the University did this year? Well I think we’re proud of [a] variety of things. In the student success area, I’m proud that again, our fouryear graduation rates are improving ... In the research space, again [the University had] a record number of startup companies last year, 17 startup companies. [We also had] very strong research funding — the eight-largest public research university in the country. And our service and outreach, I think we continue to be a strong partner with agriculture in greater Minnesota, providing social and educational ser vices around the state. So all in all, I think we’ve had strong per formances in all three areas of our mission... Looking for ward, are there any unfinished goals you’d like to meet by this time next year? The conversation with
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our state leaders about the need to invest in the University, both in terms of our operations and next year should be a bonding year. We desperately need a bonding bill this year. I hope we still get one out of the Legislature … Is there anything you feel like you could’ve done better, or anything you’re not par ticularly proud of this year? I think ever ybody has opportunities to do better. I wish we were having a better outcome in the legislative session. I wish that our student mental health programs were such that our students were feeling less stress and more comfor t; there’s always room to do things better. What are the longter m consequences if we see the Legislature … continue to underfund the University’s requests? I think you really only have two possible outcomes. One is your quality goes down, or the amount of stuff you do goes down. Those are kind of the only options that you have. And I have no interest in watching the quality of the institution go down, so I think that ultimately means we have fewer programs, we have a smaller impact across the state. And I think that’s a bad direction for us to go …
Police: Search for missing U student persists Search u from Page 1
Flats, said a Hennepin County Sherif f ’s Of fice spokesperson. Stanley’s family and friends have voiced support on social media while the search continues. “He is our friend. He is an intelligent, passionate and kind hear ted young man who touches the lives of ever yone he meets,”
the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group, of which Stanley was an active member, posted on Facebook. Students and community members have gathered at vigils to pray and show support for Stanley and his family. Stanley’s mother, Melissa Melnick, has used social media to update friends and family using the hashtag, “Find Chris.” “I have great confidence
the water patrol is doing ever ything they can to #findchris. Please continue to pray for them as they do this ver y emotionally difficult and physically exhausting and dangerous work,” Melnick wrote in a Saturday Facebook post. On Saturday, a climate march in downtown Minneapolis ended where Melnick and others were praying near the Stone Arch Bridge and where
the search for Stanley was being conducted. The organizer of the event knew Chris and asked those present to keep Chris, an environmental activist, in their thoughts and prayers, Melnick wrote in a Facebook post. Melnick’s post also described the importance of faith in Stanley’s life. “I told Chris he would someday be a preacher. I think he already is a preacher.”
Ros-Lehtinen, first Cuban-American rep, to retire BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. Rep. Ileana RosLehtinen of Florida, the first Cuban-American elected to Congress, is retiring at the end of her term next year, saying it’s time to move on after 38 years in office. The 64-year-old Republican was elected last November to Florida’s redrawn 27th district, a stretch of s ou t h ea s t Mi a mi -D a d e County that is heavily Democratic. Hillary Clinton won it over Donald Trump by 20 percentage points, and RosLehtinen was able to win it by 10 percentage points. The Congresswoman explained her decision in a piece published by The
Miami Herald on Sunday. She called it “a personal decision based on personal considerations.” “The most difficult challenge is not to simply keep winning elections; but rather the more difficult challenge is to not let the ability to win define my seasons.” She said she’s confident that she would be re-elected if she chose to run again. “I will not allow my season in elected office be extended beyond my personal view of its season, simply because I have a continuing ability to win. We all know, or should know, that winning isn’t ever ything. My seasons are defined, instead, by seeking out new
challenges, being there as our grandchildren grow up, interacting with and influencing public issues in new and exciting ways.” Her unexpected retirement will give Democrats an opportunity to pick up a South Florida congressional seat in 2018. The Miami Herald first reported the retirement Sunday. The congresswoman’s spokesman Keith Fernandez confirmed the announcement with The Associated Press. In Congress, Ros-Lehtinen staked her ground as a foreign-policy hawk, becoming the first woman to chair the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. She cur rently chairs the
subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, and sits on the intelligence committee. House Foreign Af fairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce, R-Calif., called her a “trailblazer.” “She’s been a relentless advocate for human rights, and a powerful voice on the need to address the dangerous Iranian regime, defend allies like Israel, and so much more,” he wrote. “Ileana’s retirement is well-deserved, but I’m glad we are not losing her yet. We’ve got important work to do for the American people over the next year and a half, and I know Ileana will continue to play a leading role.”
Monday, May 1, 2017
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DR. DATE Dr. Date,
I’m a gay guy, but I’m just really curious about what sex with a girl would be like. My girlfriends and I joke around all the time, like making out and groping, but I think it might be really fun to go all the way. And it’s not cheating if I’m just having straight sex for fun, right? I have a boyfriend right now.
—Curious George
I Kissed a Girl (And I Liked It),
That’s considered cheating — but only if you hide it beforehand. If you’re in an open relationship (or you and your boyfriend are open to one), what’s the harm in having a little fun with the opposite gender? There’s no reason to go through life wondering how it would feel to have sex with a woman. If you don’t do it, you’ll regret forgoing the opportunity. From what I can tell, there’s a good chance you’re bisexual. Embrace it. Let your boyfriend know where you stand, and tell him you’d like an open relationship or a free pass to sleep with a girl. Open relationships and honest communication
prevent cheating. Sleeping around in secret is cheating.
I go through the same routine every day, and I’m starting to think I’m a lost cause when it comes to dating. I never get hit on, and I can’t remember the last time a guy asked for my number. I’m extremely busy working and going to school, but I really want to find love. What can I do to balance real life and maybe a romantic one?
This reminds me of a message I’ve wanted to tell my brethren for ages: Even if you strike out, remember the girl is always rooting for you. She wants you to be the one who sweeps her off her feet. I’m not advocating for becoming a white knight, but chatting up someone cute is not a crime. You’ll make both her day and yours because it’s so out of the ordinary. This goes both ways. Why not approach a guy you’re attracted to for a change? Chances are he’s rooting for you, too, and he’s glad to go out with you.
One Less Lonely Girl,
Dr. Date,
—Dr. Date
Dr. Date,
—Hopelessly Alone
Most guys would be thrilled to hear that you appreciate a little daytime flirtation, since they’re under the impression that it’s off-limits. It requires immense chutzpah — in this day and age of Tinder, online dating and drunken hookups — to approach a classmate or an attractive stranger on campus and risk getting shot down. No one likes rejection, and gaining a reputation as the campus creep would suck.
—Dr. Date
This guy and I always see each other at parties, and we always end the night by hooking up. It’s never sober and we don’t talk about it the next day, but it’s been happening for a good month or so. I’m cool with it, except yesterday I saw him in Dinkytown, and he was holding hands with a girl — they looked pretty exclusive. To be honest, I always wanted our
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hookups to turn into something more. He’s so hot, and I don’t know what to do. Do I act like I didn’t see him gallivanting around with another girl and have sex the next time we’re out? Or should I call him out on it? I don’t want things to get weirder.
—Anonymous
You Can’t Always Get What You Want,
I hate to break it to you, but this is a classic case of lust, not love. We all enjoy the post-coital embrace of a warm, attractive stranger. In that moment, one or both parties crave something more, thanks to our good friend oxytocin. But you’re fooling yourself if you think your relationship with “Bradley beefcake” extends beyond the bedroom. As much as people claim intelligence and personality are attractive, sometimes the heart (and genitals) just wants someone hot. There are plenty of eligible bachelors out there who fit that criteria and have a better character than your crush — a probable cheater. Pursue one of them instead.
—Dr. Date
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Coyle talks future of Gophers athletics Q&A: Mark Coyle discussed Gophers seasons and his first year on the job. BY MIKE HENDRICKSON mhendrickson@mndaily.com
Athletics Director Mark Coyle sat down with the Minnesota Daily for his sixth Q&A, and last of the semester. Coyle discussed the softball team’s success, his first year on the job and the future of the athletics department. How do you feel about the state of the softball program? It’s amazing. Coach [Jessica] Allister and that pr ogram have done so much. I can tell you I’ve really gotten to enjoy spending time with Jessica. She makes no excuses. … I think you see that in her team. Obviously, what Kendyl [Lindaman] is doing as a freshman with the home run record … [is] incredible to see … We set a record this past weekend. I think it was just under 1,400 fans ... We’r e so thankful for the community really embracing that program ... What about the future of the program? Jessica has come in here and put together a great foundation … I think once you create that foundation, the expectation is to compete at a high level and they have that expectation now. … We’re just so thankful for Jessica and that team and how they’re playing, how they’re responding, how they’re representing this institution. The baseball team is
having a strong season as well, what’s it like to have two strong spring sports? First of f, coach [John] Anderson is a legend. 36 years. He’s probably one of the most r espected baseball coaches in the countr y … People thought and understood that we’d be pretty good, and there’s a lot of questions about pitching and what we do there, and now we’ve had good pitching this year. That’s a credit to John and his coaching staf f. Most importantly, that’s a credit to those young men on that team. It’s almost been a year since you were named AD, how would you grade your first year? I would ask you to ask my staf f how they would grade my first year. I can tell you what I love about being athletic director is you learn ever y day. You have an oppor tunity to impact people in a positive way. I can tell you I’m thankful to be here. I’m excited about the future … I’ve really enjoyed working with the staf f and the students and coaches. On the list of things you wanted to accomplish in your first year, do you think you’ve met most of those? There’s two things. If you go back to when I was hired, one thing I really talked about was tr ying to establish some consistency. I’m the four th athletic director since 2012. I think we’ve had eight senior executive ADs transition out of here in the past four or five years. I’m hopeful that I’m providing consistency for our staf f
here … The second thing I talked about was a lot of listening. … We talk about making data-driven decisions. Those are two areas that I think we need to continue to do. We need to continue to provide consistency … We need to continue to listen. I also think, I’ve made it ver y clear; we didn’t come here to be .500. We want to compete at the highest level ... We want to make sure we always compete, and compete at a high level. Do you feel Gopher athletics is better now than when you first came here? I don’t know if it’s fair for me to say it’s better or worse. What I do feel comfor table in saying is that I think people understand the direction of where we want to go. What I mean by that is, I’ve talked a lot about internally, we want to make sure we’re defined by our actions. We want to make sure we focus on honesty ... We want to focus on transparency, and sometimes we can’t be transparent with the dif ferent issues we might be dealing with but we want to be as transparent and as accessible as we can … The last thing we talk about is being innovative. What I mean by that is, how do we maximize our resources? By resources, I don’t necessarily mean our finances, I mean our people resources and how do we get the best out of me and ever ybody else we work with ... Besides Athletes V illage, what do you look at as the future of Gophers Athletics?
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University of Minnesota Athletics Director Mark Coyle speaks with the Minnesota Daily on Jan. 23 at TCF Bank Stadium.
The big thing is, we have such a broad-based program that is ver y successful across the board. … I want all of our programs to compete at a high level. It can be done. I want to make sure we understand that and we expect that, but at the same time, I want to make sure we appreciate that. It’s ver y har d to do what our softball program is doing right now. It’s ver y hard to do what our baseball team is doing now. It’s ver y hard for our men’s basketball team to go from [8-23] to [24-10]. I want to make sure we take time to celebrate the successes. That takes a lot of hard work. Nor th Dakota recently had to cut a few of its programs. Do you envision that happening here? We’ve not had any conversations. I think you always look at your spor t
of ferings and you want to make sure you match what the state population is doing with high school spor ts and those types of things but we’ve had no conversations about that at all. What do you want to improve on yourself, personally, in the future at the University? I want to be visible, more visible to our student athletes and coaches and more visible to our staf f and more visible to our fans. This year, we’ve been through a lot. I think it’s impor tant for me to work closely with our students, our staff, our coaches, and to be more visible and tell the stor y of all the positive things that are going on. Again, it’s one step at a time and we’ll continue to take those steps, but we want to be consistent and intentional with the steps we take …
After the boycott, how do you feel your relationship is with the football players? Obviously, when we hired coach [P.J.] Fleck, [we] brought him in here to work closely with that team. Again, I’m thankful for our football team. I’ve had a chance to go to many practices, had a chance to go to the spring game. As you know, that team has been through a lot and the students on that team have been through a lot. … I’m thankful for how har d they’ve worked, academically and athletically. I’m thankful for the commitment they’ve shown coach Fleck. I want to do ever ything I can to support them and all other 24 teams that we have here. Editor’s Note: This Q&A has been edited for clarity and length.
MN town to offer class on Somali culture BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. JOSEPH, Minn. — A new class will teach the basics of Somali culture and how central Minnesota has influenced it. The Central Minnesota Community Empowerment Organization and Cultural Bridges are of fering the course called “Somali Lives and Cultures in Central Minnesota,” the St. Cloud Times reported. It’ll include four classes over four weeks, starting April 27, and is a follow-up to a brief Somali language course taught last fall. Much of the discussion will surround chapters of “From Somalia to Snow: How Central Minnesota Became Home to Somalis,” a new book by local educator and writer Hudda Ibrahim. “With Hudda’s book coming out, it was the perfect text for that,” said Ron Pagnucco, a professor at the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University and part of the community empowerment organization. The book is based on nearly 35 inter views with members of the Somali community in central Minnesota. “People talk about living here in St. Cloud, things like Somali views and life. ... and issues of integration and assimilation,” Pagnucco said. It also discusses the ways many Somalis practice Islam, which can be different from the practices of other Muslims, and the challenges many Somalis faced before they got to St. Cloud. She also looks at Somalis as workers and business owners, in health care and education. “It’s important for people to remember these are refugees,” Pagnucco said. “Sometimes immigrant is used interchangeably with refugee, but they’re ver y different.” The book also highlights some of the challenges for the community. For instance, some of the older Somali people in the area can’t read or write in English or Somali because their education was disrupted by the civil war in Somalia.