April 10, 2014

Rivalry renewed Minnesota will pursue a sixth NCAA title at the Frozen Four. Its first obstacle: familiar foe North Dakota. see HOCKEY page 9

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U, police Research on the front lines take riot precautions With the Gophers favored in the Frozen Four, officials are taking precautions this week.

BY CODY NELSON cnelson1@mndaily.com

The last time the Gophers men’s hockey team won a national championship, there were riots in Dinkytown. That was in 2003.

As the No. 1-ranked team heads to Philadelphia for the Frozen Four this weekend, the University of Minnesota and Minneapolis police are taking precautions to halt any potential violence by reminding students of consequences, boosting police presence on and around campus and coordinating with neighborhoods.

Vice Provost for Student Af fairs and Dean of Students Danita Brown Young said u See SAFET Y Page 3

GREEK LIFE

Fraternity aims to stay this time After leaving the U four times in 97 years, Tau Kappa Epsilon rechartered Saturday.

BY ANNE MILLERBERND amillerbernd@mndaily.com

A war, a house purchase and a reputation for hazing all contributed to Tau Kappa Epsilon’s four failed tries at establishing itself at the University of Minnesota.

The fraternity had its charter ceremony on Saturday, its fifth appearance at the University since 1917. This time, chapter leaders hope to make it last.

Though a history of financial issues and unsuccessful recruiting lingers, fraternity President Andrew Cumming said he thinks members’ dedication and passion for making the fraternity sustainable will have a u See FRATERNIT Y Page 4

HOLLY PETERSON, DAILY

Lab worker and future med student Gretchen Floan demonstrates intubation on a mannequin at Commons Hotel on Tuesday. The U.S. Defense Department provided the grant funding that professor Pamela Andreatta and her team used to create the $50,000 mannequin.

With $60.5 million in contracts from the Department of Defense, U researchers are revamping military medicine. in the fallout of a terrorist attack — were

BY NICOLAS HALLETT nhallett@mndaily.com

G

created by University of Minnesota asso-

unshots ring out as thick smoke fills

ciate professor Pamela Andreatta and her

the room. There’s a pile of what ap-

team using millions of dollars in U.S. De-

pears to be bodies, and their clothing is

partment of Defense funding.

soaked with blood. A first responder has

“You need to see it in person to under-

seconds to attend to the would-be victims,

stand,” Andreatta said. “The whole concept

and the surrounding conditions will only

of it is creating a realistic environment for

get worse.

our first responders so they don’t have

The simulation has begun.

that overload and can handle the worst

The sound is recorded, a machine is bel-

routinely.”

lowing smoke, and the bodies, or patient

Ever y year, the University receives

simulators, are $50,000 mannequins made

about $10 million in biomedical research

of proprietar y materials developed at the

grants from the department. This funding

University of Minnesota.

has grown in importance in recent years,

The exercise and incredibly lifelike

said associate vice president for research

mannequins — designed for militar y first

Tucker LeBien, as the National Institutes of

responders to train for a mass casualty site

Health have reduced their contributions by

u See DEFENSE Page 7

CAMPUS

LEGISLATURE

With U’s help, pay gap bill clears hurdle Students take on diversity

Humphrey School experts cited their research when testifying in support of the bill.

Whose Diversity? wants an inclusive campus, without help from administrators.

BY ROY AKER raker@mndaily.com

At age 16, Danielle Hans asked for a raise so she’d be paid the same as her male co-workers. Her boss denied her request and threatened to fire her.

It was the first time Hans felt the effects of wage discrimination — a less experienced male employee received higher pay for similar work, she said.

On the state Capitol steps Wednesday morning, Hans joined Minnesota legislators and advocates to tout the Women’s Economic Security Act, a measure that focuses on improving working conditions for women.

The proposal, which many say is a long overdue step toward equality for women in u See GAP Page 6

BY VANESSA NYARKO vnyarko@mndaily.com

PATRICIA GROVER, DAILY

Caroline Palmer, law and policy manager for the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault, speaks in support of the Women’s Economic Security Action at the state Capitol on Wednesday.

Members of a growing student movement at the University of Minnesota are raising issues with a lack of diversity on campus and how the institution’s leaders are dealing with it.

Whose Diversity? — an independent student collective — wants to challenge the University’s core values of diversity to promote greater social justice and equity on campus.

The group started gaining its footing on campus at the end of last semester. It has since distributed newsletters to groups on Cof fman Union’s second floor and held u See DIVERSIT Y Page 5

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

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1866 The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is founded in New York City by philanthropist and diplomat Henry Bergh.

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PARIS — NATO’s top militar y commander in Europe, drafting countermoves to the Russian militar y thr eat against Ukraine, said Wednesday they could include deployment of American troops to alliance member states in Eastern Europe now feeling at risk.

U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove told The Associated Press he wouldn’t “write off involvement by any nation, to include the United States.”

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en Breedlove until Tuesday to propose steps to reassure NATO members nearest Russia that other alliance countries have their back.

“Essentially what we are looking at is a package of land, air and maritime measures that would build assurance for our easternmost allies,” Breedlove told the AP. “I’m tasked to deliver this by next week. I fully intend to deliver it early.”

Asked again if American soldiers might be sent to NATO’s front-line states closest to Russia, the fourstar U.S. general said, “I would not write off contri-

butions from any nation.”

In March, Russian troops took control of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, whose inhabitants then voted in a referendum to secede and join Russia. The U.S. and other Western countries have accused Moscow of massing troops on Ukraine’s border to maintain the pressure on the government in Kiev, and possibly for military use.

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Pistorius refuses to Agreement mounting view crime photos in Iran nuclear deal

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PRETORIA, South Africa — A shaken Oscar Pistorius refused to look at a gruesome photo of his slain girlfriend’s bloodied head on Wednesday, telling a prosecutor through tears, “I don’t have to look at a picture. I was there.”

“It’s time that you look at it,” chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel said during a fierce first day of cross-examination in which he doggedly pressed the double-amputee Olympian to “take responsibility” for killing Reeva Steenkamp.

The 27-year-old Pistorius is charged with premeditated murder in the Valentine’s Day 2013 shooting of Steenkamp, who was hit three times — in the head, arm and hip — as she cowered behind a locked toilet door. Pistorius says he shot the 29-year-old model and law school graduate by mistake, thinking she was a dangerous intruder.

“I will not look at a picture where I’m tormented by what I saw and felt that night,” Pistorius said, becoming distraught and breaking into sobs. “As I picked Reeva up, my fingers touched her head. I remember. I don’t have to look at a picture. I was there.”

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VIENNA — Iran’s foreign minister said Wednesday his country and six world powers are in “50 to 60 percent agreement” on the shape of a deal meant to crimp any potential Iranian attempt to build nuclear arms in exchange for an end to crippling economic sanctions.

Speaking for the six, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton was less upbeat as the talks reached the half-way mark toward their informal July deadline. But she said that after several rounds of exploratory talks the two sides were now ready to bridge remaining gaps standing in the way of agreement.

The talks paused until May 13 amid stern warnings from Iran’s supreme leader, whose message has varied over the past months between support for the discussions and accusations of bad-faith negotiating on the part of the United States and its allies.

“Our negotiators should not accept any coercive words from the other party,” Khamenei told Iranian nuclear scientists in a speech marking Iran’s National Day of Nuclear Technology.

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Officials dish global issue onto U’s plate Food security is one of several global issues the U wants to tackle.

BY MITCHELL YURKOWITZ myurkowitz@mndaily.com

Working out of a r undown building in the corner of the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus, graduate researchers are attempting to solve issues far bigger than the facility housing their research.

The Bee Lab researches bee populations, whose recent diminishment could pose a major threat to the world’s food systems.

The work is part of the University’s big-picture idea of securing resources beyond campus through outreach and research. Now, school officials want college departments to boost their efforts in these fields, and many agree the time is right.

“Food security is of the utmost impor tance to the world’s population, both now and in the future,” said Board of Regents Chair Richard Beeson. “The U is at the forefront of this work and brings a broad set of expertise to solve this pressing problem.”

In University President Eric Kaler’s State of the University address last month, he encouraged school leaders to combat society’s “grand challenges,” including food security. At last month’s regents meeting, the board discussed ways to allocate University resources in a globally responsible way. Regents also noted the importance of community outreach by departments.

College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences interim dean Brian Buhr said the issue is important to discuss now as natural resources deplete, climate change affects crop

yields and ecosystems suffer worldwide.

The college already focuses on increasing crop productivity to combat this problem, Buhr said.

“We’re constantly evaluating how to conserve natural resources and generate the best versions of crops to resist diseases,” he said.

Buhr said food security is “central to everything we do as a college.”

Members of the Bee Squad, a division in the Bee Lab that focuses on education, connect with community members who keep bees to make sure they’re fostering hives properly, in an effort to improve the local bee population.

Bee Squad coordinator Becky Masterman said bees are a crucial factor in the balance of the ecosystem. They pollinate an estimated one-third of the U.S. food supply, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Bee populations shrank significantly in r ecent years, she said, which is an alarming problem.

In its 2014 capital request, the University is asking for state bonding dollars to upgrade the Bee Lab. Even if the request is granted and the upgrades are made, Buhr said, it will take collaboration at the departmental and Universitywide levels to tackle a challenge like food security.

The University’s Stakman-Borlaug Cereal Rust Center is dedicated to educating and training new students tr ying to alleviate cereal rusts — fungi that destroy cereal plants. The center works to combat crop disease by continuing research and educating farmers statewide, said plant pathology professor Brian Steffenson.

The center, along with the Bee Lab, attempts to

Iowa State halts celebration after student injured

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AMES, Iowa — A popular Iowa State University celebration was suspende d We d n e s d a y a f t e r a student was seriously injured in a rowdy, late-night cr owd that over tur ned cars and toppled light poles near the campus, the school’s president announced Wednesday.

Authorities said two people have been arrested, but they did not release additional details.

University President Steven Leath said any students linked to the overnight incident could face criminal charges or school disciplinar y action.

Leath said at a news confer ence Wednesday after noon at the Ames campus that Veishea, a multi-day celebration designed to showcase the educational establishment, its students and alumni, would be suspended as of 5 p.m. Of ficials have not decided whether to hold it in future years.

The celebration, which star ted days earlier, features a popular parade, music and other entertainment.

A male student was seriously injured after the cr owd gather ed in the Campustown area of Ames late T uesday and pelted of ficers with rocks and beer cans. None of the of ficers required medical treatment. The crowd over tur ned at least two cars and knocked down two light poles, striking the student who was badly hurt.

P o l i c e C m d r. G e o f f Huf f estimated the crowd number at 1,000 people or more. They dispersed early Wednesday.

The school has not identified the student or the extent of his injuries.

Leath said the student is in the intensive care unit at a Des Moines hospital. He is stable and conscious, the

president added.

Of ficials at the news conference said police and firefighters had to press thr ough the thr ong to reach the injured student.

The university president said he was extremely disappointed by the events and that he was embarrassed for the university.

“This type of conduct is not going to be tolerated by me or the university,” he said.

Ames Police Chief Chuck Cychosz said authorities have received tips from the public in an effort to help identify people involved in the vandalism.

“In particular we’re very interested in finding the people who may have been involved in the incidents that led to this injur y.” he said. “We appreciate the help we’re getting from the community. ... It will help us to file charges in those incidents where they’re appropriate.”

It was not clear what caused the crowd to gather or what led to the disruptive behavior. The celebration’s schedule indicated that the last school-sanctioned events of the night began hours earlier.

The Des Moines Register repor ted that Veishea, which dates back decades, was marred by violence in 2004, resulting in dozens of arrests and tens of thousands of dollars in damage.

The university canceled the celebration the following year.

Leath said a task force will be created to examine the celebration. He said he will decide by the end of the school year whether to cancel Veishea indefinitely.

Leath said safety is the school’s top priority, “and unfortunately the true purpose of Veishea has been overshadowed by too many acts of this nature, which jeopardize the safety of our students and really the entire Ames community.”

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

Bee Squad Coordinator Becky Masterman shows a frame from a hive used to keep bees and collect honey in St. Paul on Wednesday afternoon.

“Food security is of the utmost importance to the world’s population, both now and in the future.”

RICHARD BEESON Board of Regents chair

solve these types of problems by engaging people beyond the five-campus system, Buhr said, and the implications reach people around the world. “[The University is] positioned in one of the most resource-rich and diverse landscapes on the planet,” Buhr said in a presentation at last month’s regents meeting.

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

Bees fly around hives in the Mentoring Apiary, which is maintained by the Bee Lab, on the St. Paul campus Wednesday afternoon.

Signals raise hopes Flight 370 will be found

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PERTH, Australia — After a navy ship heard more signals from deep in the Indian Ocean, the head of the search for the missing Malaysian jetliner said Wednesday he believes the hunt is closing in on the “final resting place” of Flight 370.

The Australian vessel Ocean Shield picked up two signals Tuesday, and an analysis of two other sounds detected Saturday showed they were consistent with a plane’s flight recorders, or “black boxes,” said Angus Houston, the Australian official coordinating the search for the Malaysian Airlines jet.

“I’m now optimistic that we will find the aircraft, or what is left of the aircraft, in the not-too-distant future,” Houston said. “But we haven’t found it yet, because this is a very challenging business.”

Finding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders soon is important because their locator beacons have a battery life of about a month, and Tuesday marked one month since Flight 370 vanished March 8 en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing with 239 people aboard.

If the batteries fail before the recorders are located,

Riot u from Page 1

the University’s efforts, which include a door-knocking campaign telling campus-area residents how to protect themselves, are precautionary.

“We’re just really trying to get ahead of it,” she said.

A University-wide email will be sent before the weekend outlining information regarding student behavior, but University police wouldn’t provide specifics about its contents or law enforcement plans for the weekend.

The Gophers take on rival North Dakota on Thursday night. If they win, the team will play in the national championship game on Saturday.

Minneapolis police public information officer John Elder said it’s protocol for police to boost presence and take certain precautions for large events.

finding them in such deep water — about 4,500 meters, or 15,000 feet — would be difficult, if not impossible.

“I believe we are searching in the right area, but we need to visually identify aircraft wreckage before we can confirm with certainty that this is the final resting place of MH370,” Houston said.

“For the sake of the 239 families, this is absolutely imperative.”

The search zone for Thursday had been narrowed to its smallest area to date — 57,923 square kilometers (22,364 square miles) of ocean that extended from 2,280 kilometers (1,417 miles) northwest of Perth, Houston’s coordination center said.

The Ocean Shield would continue to draw the pinger across the northern end of the zone on Thursday while the British ship HMS Echo and China’s Haixun 01 were using underwater acoustic equipment to search the southern end of the same zone.

The center’s statement on Thursday did not say whether any further sounds had been heard since Tuesday.

The hope expressed by Houston on Wednesday contrasted with the frustrating monthlong search for the

Boeing 777, which disappeared shortly after takeoff in one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history. The plane veered off-course for an unknown reason, with officials saying that satellite data indicates it went down in the southern Indian Ocean off the coast of western Australia.

The black boxes could help solve that mystery.

The signals detected 1,645 kilometers (1,020 miles) northwest of Perth by the Ocean Shield’s towed ping locators are the strongest indication yet that the plane crashed and is now at the bottom of the ocean in the area where the search is now focused.

A data analysis of the signals heard Saturday determined they were distinct, man-made and pulsed consistently, Houston said.

“They believe the signals to be consistent with the specification and description of a flight data recorder,” he said.

To assist the Ocean Shield, the Australian navy dropped buoys by parachute in a pattern near where the signals were last heard.

Royal Australian Navy Commodore Peter Leavy said each buoy will dangle a hydrophone listening device about 300 meters (1,000 feet) below the surface. The hope,

he said, is the buoys will help better pinpoint the signals.

Houston acknowledged searchers were running out of time, noting the last two signals were weaker and briefer than the first pair heard Saturday, suggesting the batteries are failing. One lasted two hours and 20 minutes and the second lasted 13 minutes; those heard Tuesday lasted just 5 1/2 minutes and 7 minutes.

“So we need to, as we say in Australia, ‘make hay while the sun shines,’” Houston said.

The weakening of the signals also could indicate the device was far ther away, U.S. Navy Capt. Mark Matthews said. Temperature, water pressure or the saltiness of the sea could also be factors.

Leavy said thick silt on the ocean floor also could distort the sounds and may hide wreckage from the eventual visual search.

Houston said a decision had not yet been made on how long to use the towed ping locator while knowing the beacons’ batteries will likely fail soon, saying only that a decision to deploy an unmanned submarine in the search was “not far away.”

Though this weekend’s game is hundreds of miles from Minneapolis, the 2003 Dinkytown riot followed a game played in Buffalo, N.Y. It’s unclear whether anything will happen if the Gophers win a championship, but Elder said having safeguards is important.

“You plan for the worst, you hope for the best,” he said.

Police in campus-area neighborhoods have already alerted residents to call 911 if they see anything suspicious, Elder said.

On Saturday night of the 2003 riots, University police filed more than 40 crime reports and responded to nine arson calls and 12 calls about damage to property. Minneapolis police arrested 11 people.

In addition to legal consequences, Brown Young reminded students they will face “severe sanctions” if they

violate any part of the Student Conduct Code during festivities after this weekend’s games.

If the Gophers pull out a championship this weekend, Brown Young said she hopes students keep their parties safe.

“I’m really hoping and optimistic that we will have a victory and that we know how to celebrate our success with class and dignity and that we’re not disruptive,” she said.

A few campuses nationwide have experienced mass violence in recent weeks, with two prominent incidents following sporting events.

University of Connecticut fans vandalized areas near campus earlier this week after the men’s basketball team won a national championship, leading campus police to make 35 arrests by the morning after the game, the Associated Press reported.

When the University of

Arizona’s men’s basketball team lost in the Elite Eight late last month, an AP report said, fans erupted in rioting, with some hurling bottles and firecrackers at police.

A campus festival at Iowa State University, Veishea, was suspended earlier this week when a crowd flipped cars and knocked down two light poles, one of which injured a student, the AP reported.

The most recent riot at the University of Minnesota came during Spring Jam 2009 when more than 500 students took to flipping cars, tearing down signs and starting fires at a party that turned violent near Dinkytown’s Seventh Street Southeast. Police attributed that violence to alcohol, participants’ young ages and festival headliner Talib Kweli’s late cancellation.

Jessica Lee contributed to this report.

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Tau Kappa Epsilon returns to the U Fraternity u from Page 1

hand in ensuring that this charter sticks.

Matt Levine, director of the Office for Fraternity and Sorority Life, said formally chartering is good for a fraternity because it’s then more likely to stay on campus. Tau Kappa Epsilon chartered four out of five of its appearances on campus.

But ultimately, a chapter’s ability to survive depends on its financial stability, said Nick Mertes, historian for the University’s Tau Kappa Epsilon chapter.

Low membership is often a key issue for struggling fraternities, but because the University’s greek community is in a period of growth, Tau Kappa Epsilon may have a better chance of staying.

Money aside, Cumming said, members are likely to be the difference between crumbling and remaining sustainable.

He said he intends to instill a “want” in members and encourage them to be as passionate as some others have been about making the chapter solid.

“Sometimes I worry that [freshmen aren’t] going to step up and take leadership,” he said. “But I’ve been proved wrong, especially in these last few weeks.”

A plagued past When the fraternity first appeared on campus nearly a century ago, members purchased a large house that they couldn’t afford to maintain, Mertes said.

World War I also played a role in keeping the fraternity from taking off, he said, as many men enlisted in the service, limiting the number of members the chapter could gain.

The University’s chapter chartered a second time in 1949 and remained until 1963.

Mertes said Tau Kappa Epsilon had a reputation for hazing during this period, which tended to deter students from pledging.

The fraternity’s most recent charter came in 1979.

This lasted until the mid1980s, but members during that time partied frequently and faded out.

The Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity members hang out on the lawn of their fraternity house located on Sixth Street SE on Monday.

“It’s my understanding that they didn’t get along super well with the U — they were kind of an “Animal House”-type frater nity,” Mertes said. “They ended up dying out because of financial constraints.”

Finally, in 2003, the fraternity surfaced once again, but it didn’t charter before departing for a fourth time in 2006. Cumming said alumni from that time don’t often reach out to current members, so the group knows little about that period on campus.

Interfraternity Council President Cameron Schilling said University fraternities are using a new form of recruiting, which has benefitted chapters across campus.

The process now takes potential new members through different houses and discusses each fraternity, Mertes said, which educates them about each chapter and about greek culture on campus.

Tau Kappa Epsilon has been a strong chapter in its most recent spell on campus, Schilling said, and he thinks members will continue doing positive things for the community.

“One thing that I really appreciate about their chapter

TAU KAPPA EPSILON’S PRESENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY ’17–’29

First appearance Chartered

’49–’63

Second appearance Chartered

’79–’86

Third appearance Chartered

’03–’06

Fourth appearance Did not charter

’10–present

Fifth appearance Chartered

SOURCE: TAU KAPPA EPSILON’S DATA

is how friendly and inclusive they are to the entire community,” he said. “They’ve done a lot for the IFC as well.”

Cumming is confident the group that brought Tau Kappa Epsilon back to the University in 2010 would take pride in where the chapter is today.

“The people that originally started this,” he said, “I don’t think they could have imagined what it would be in just four years.”

ALICIA MCCANN, DAILY

Tau Kappa Epsilon president Andrew Cumming welcomes guests and introduces the TKE evening celebration in Bloomington on Saturday. The fraternity became a chartered chapter again Saturday, after not being one for nearly three decades.

Swiss unveil new solar plane for global flight

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PAYERNE, Switzerland — The Swiss-made airplane built for the first round-the-world solar flight has wings longer than a Boeing 747 jumbo jet yet weighs only about as much as a large car.

The Solar Impulse 2, unveiled to the world Wednesday at Switzerland’s Payerne Air Force Base, is a bigger and better version of the single-seater prototype that first took flight five years ago.

The original plane demonstrated that a solar-powered plane can fly through the night, hop from Europe to Africa and cross the width of the United States.

But its successor needs to be able to stay in the air far longer, because the pilots expect the lumbering aircraft to take at least five days and five nights to cross the Pacific and Atlantic oceans on its journey around the globe next year.

The new version can theoretically stay airborne indefinitely, according to Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, who founded the Solar Impulse project over a decade ago. Piccard and Borschberg, who will pilot the plane, admit that now they are the weakest link.

To help them, the plane has an autopilot function, a toilet, a comfortable business-class seat and enough space in the ergonomic cockpit for the pilot to lie down and either exercise a little bit, or get some rest.

“I mean, the airplane can fly a month. The question is, What can the pilot do?”

Borschberg said in an Associated Press interview. “So we have a sustainable airplane in terms of energy; we need to develop a sustainable pilot now.”

American businessman and adventurer Steve Fossett completed the longest non-

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stop flight in aviation history in 2006, flying 26,389 miles in about 76 hours but stopping early because of mechanical problems.

Compared to its predecessor, Solar Impulse 2 has better batteries for storing energy soaked up from the sun by the roughly 17,200 solar cells that cover the massive wings, which at 72 meters (236 feet) are equal to those of the largest passenger airplanes.

The wingspan, in fact, is eight meters longer than the first prototype — longer even than the wings of a Boeing 747 — but the entire airplane still weighs only 2.3 metric tons (2.54 tons), about the same as a family vehicle.

To maintain its weight budget, the materials in the updated plane are lighter than before, and it has more efficient electric motors.

That’s important, because while the journey will be

broken up into several stages, the aircraft’s maximum speed of 140 kilometers per hour (87 mph) means it will have to stay in the air for several days in a row during the long transoceanic legs.

“I think we’re going to be in this cockpit being aware of the privilege it is to fly in the first and only airplane that can stay in the air forever,” Piccard told AP. Borschberg said the trip next year would take about 20 flying days, spread over three months. The pilots said they wanted to unveil the plane now because they just finished building it and will test it during May and June.

The first plane needed perfect weather each day to recharge the battery, and it was smaller and not built to be as trouble-free.

The new plane can cross small cloud layers, and “if it’s partly cloudy during the day we can cope with that as

well,” Borschberg told AP. It can’t fly in thunderstorms, but because it has no fuel restrictions the pilots can more easily wait out bad weather.

Borschberg said the pilots are training to fly long periods in a flight simulator, then resting for very short periods, using yoga, meditation, and breathing techniques. In simulations the pilots also are experimenting, he said, with flying four days and sleeping just two hours a day, split into 20-minute stages.

“It’s learning how do I feel, how do I react when I am too tired? It’s an exploration of oneself at the same time,” he said.

The solitary nature of the flight could be a problem. But adding a second seat would have meant adding too much weight to the plane because another parachute and more oxygen, water and food also would have been needed.

MNsure review planned

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s legislative auditor said Wednesday he plans to conduct a thorough, independent review of the troubled launch of Minnesota’s health insurance exchange.

“The evaluation will be a comprehensive, in-depth evaluation of many issues related to the development of the website but also many other issues as well,” Legislative Auditor Nobles told a House-Senate MNsure oversight committee. The exact scope of the inquiry is still being determined, he said.

Republican lawmakers had hoped to use Wednesday’s hearing to raise questions about what Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and other administration officials knew about MNsure’s problems in the weeks before its Oct. 1 rollout, and when they knew it. But they said after ward that they’re confident Nobles will do a thorough job.

GOP Sens. Michelle Benson and Sean Nienow and Reps. Tara Mack and Joe Hoppe issued a statement Monday saying they wanted current and former Dayton administration and MNsure officials to testify about why they decided to go live with a website “that simply was not and currently is not ready for consumers.” That followed a report by the Star Tribune of Minneapolis on Sunday that MNsure leaders chose to launch the system even though they knew it was loaded with bugs and that MNsure’s executive director at the time, April Todd-Malmlov, warned the governor at a meeting 12 days before the system went live that nobody was certain if it would work.

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Minn. minimum wage rise bill near approval

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ST. PAUL — Minnesota is on the cusp of adopting one of the nation’s highest minimum wages after the Senate voted Wednesday to gradually boost it to $9.50 per hour.

The 35-31 vote, with three Democrats joining all Republicans in opposition, brings the bill a step from a supportive Gov. Mark Dayton. The House planned to vote on the measure Thursday.

The state would push its floor wage from $6.15 per hour now to $9.50 by 2016, with increases after that tied to inflation. The raises come in three steps, starting with a bump to $8 this August, then $8.50 in 2015 followed by another increase of a dollar.

Sen. Jef frey Hayden, DFL-Minneapolis, said the increase won’t solve all problems for those at the bottom of the economic rung. But, he said, Minnesota would “at least have a floor that starts to get them toward a living wage.”

State data shows that as many as 350,000 people could be in line for a bigger paycheck, 60 percent of them women.

Minnesota is one of four states cur rently beneath the federal minimum wage of $7.25, though many workers automatically receive the federal rate.

Some workers such as baby-sitters, taxi drivers, nonprofit volunteers and others are exempt from the minimum wage. The Minnesota wage hasn’t gone up since 2005.

When fully phased in, the new wage could be in the nation’s top five. Washington state currently leads at $9.32 per hour, but Connecticut and Mar yland recently enacted laws to get to $10.10 within a few years.

With Congress showing little movement on President Barack Obama’s plea to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10, many states have been plowing

ahead independently. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 34 states have had minimum wage increase bills befor e them this year. Advocates have been successful in four so far — West Virginia and Delaware as well as Connecticut and Maryland.

Minnesota’s rate would be linked to inflation, capped at 2.5 percent per year, providing annual raises from 2018 for ward. If economic conditions deteriorate, the Department of Labor and Industr y under a future gover nor could suspend the formula.

The bill actually lays out several minimum wages, expanding a tiered str ucture the state curr ently has. Businesses with gross sales beneath $500,000 will see the wage top out at $7.75 in 2016.

Workers younger than 20 would be subject to a lower training wage and companies could continue paying 16 and 17 year olds less.

Business groups, from retailers to grocers to restaurant owners, pushed back against the wage hike in letters to Minnesota lawmakers. They argued an increase could backfire if employers have to reduce hours or introduce more automation for tasks people now perform.

Sen. Dan Hall, R-Burnsville, questioned why Minnesota has a minimum wage at all as he railed against the steep increase.

“The minimum wage is a false hope. It tells many people you’re going to get more money,” Hall said, arguing businesses will respond by cutting positions or raising prices to compensate.

Hall said workers shouldn’t depend on gover nment to guarantee a cer tain wage. “If they’re wor th more, they’ll get mor e,” he said. “Work h a r d e r, i m p r o v e y o u r skills, look for a better education or find another job.”

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panels and meetings to discuss diversity issues that members say are rarely brought up.

“This University is really run with the idea of being a top research institution, which leaves out a lot of voices,” said individualized studies senior Tori Hong.

“I can’t speak to what has happened in the past, but I can speak for what is going on currently and in the future while I am here.”

DANITA BROWN YOUNG Vice provost for student affairs and dean of students

About one in six University students is a student of color, and only about one in every 27 students is black.

University administrators have acknowledged the institution’s lack of diversity. At a Board of Regents meeting earlier this semester, Vice Provost for Equity and Diversity Katrice Albert outlined plans to increase the number of students of color on campus, starting with a focus on growing the black student population.

Still, Whose Diversity? wants to emphasize action in addressing diversity issues at the University instead of just education, said global studies senior Leah Prudent.

Whose Diversity? doesn’t plan to become an official University student

group, as Prudent said its members don’t want to be subjected to the University’s rules and code of conduct or held accountable by the institution.

The collective’s efforts are inspired by past activist displays from multicultural groups, Hong said, including the Afro-American Action Committee’s takeover of Morrill Hall, the University’s main administrative building, in 1969.

Hong said she feels there isn’t a safe space for her and other students of color on campus.

“I don’t think as a student of color, as a woman of color at the U, [my voice] is really privileged here,” she said. “My voice is often silenced and marginalized.”

Danita Brown Young, vice provost for student affairs and dean of students, said she’s concerned with the “overall student experience” of students who have traditionally been marginalized on campus.

The current University administration aims to ally with all students, she said.

“I can’t speak to what has happened in the past, but I can speak for what is going on currently and in the future while I am here,” she said.

Brown Young said she has reached out to Whose Diversity? organizers and asked to meet with them to discuss issues, but a meeting has yet to happen.

Hong said the group has debated whether to meet with University administrators like Brown Young but opted to not speak with anyone as a group at this time so the collective can remain autonomous. Individual group members may meet with administrators if they choose to, she said.

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U researchers: Hunting with lead poses food risks Lead bullet fragments in meat can contain contaminants that are impossible to see.

BY ALLISON KRONBERG akronberg@mndaily.com

University of Minnesota researchers found that using lead ammunition in hunting could endanger the health of bald eagles in 2008, but they now warn that it could have health risks for humans, too.

University Raptor Center Executive Director Julia Ponder and the School of Public Health issued a policy brief last month to Minnesota lawmakers about the use of lead bullets to hunt game and the implications for humans.

The brief cited several studies, which found that meat harvested from animals killed with lead ammunition may be contaminated with lead fragments and that eating this meat could present health risks.

“The biggest risk is pregnant women or children,” Ponder said, “[so] questioning whether or not the deer was shot with lead ammunition is a rational thing to ask.”

The brief recommended that hunters consider alternatives to lead bullets, like copper or steel.

Mechanical engineering sophomore Lucas Sudman said he sometimes buys lead bullets because they are cheaper than other bullets.

Sudman is one of the more than 10 million deer hunters in the United States who spend about $33.7 billion annually on hunting products, stimulating local and national economies and controlling deer populations.

“I don’t really get concerned about lead in my food,” he said. “We usually tr y to clean [the meat] as soon as possible, so there’s not a whole lot of time for the lead to disperse in there.”

Because of their high intensity, Ponder said, lead bullets can fragment into pieces so small they can’t be seen or

tasted.

A study of bullet fragmentation by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources found that some bullets containing lead could distribute nearly 500 fragments on impact, with the most concentrated amounts in the two inches around the bullet hole.

The brief also reported that hunters who regularly consume meat har vested with lead bullets have higher lead levels in their blood than those who don’t.

Serious health damage can occur in healthy adults at about four times the typical amount present in the blood and people may not have symptoms, according to the New York Depar tment of Health. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determined in 2007 that any amount of lead in the blood could be hazardous for children.

Mike Bazinet, director of public affairs for the National Shooting Spor ts Foundation, said lead has been popular since some of the first forms of ammunition were made with it, like musket balls. Lead remains one of the most popular ammunition options because it’s cheap and malleable, he said.

Alternatives to lead ammunition can be up to four times the price, Bazinet said.

The policy brief suggested that Minnesota ban the use of lead bullets outright or encourage hunters to stop using them. California banned the sale of all lead ammunition last year.

“We’re not against hunters having a range of options to bullets they pick,” Bazinet said, “but we just think that mandatory statewide ban on traditional or lead ammunition is unjustified.”

A ban like this could

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threaten Minnesota’s hunting industry, he said.

Bazinet said a better option could be a voluntar y non-lead ammunition adoption program. With a marketplace of hunters voluntarily buying non-lead ammunition, the price of alternatives would decrease, he said.

In 2009, the Minnesota Department of Health coordinated with the DNR and the Department of Agriculture to implement a program that showed meat processors how to clean, manage and screen meat in order to avoid lead contamination after the state Department of Agriculture announced that venison donated to food shelves contained lead fragments in 2008.

Since then, Minnesota has seen a decline in the amount of lead-tainted meat, said Daniel Symonik, Department of Health Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program supervisor.

Randall, Minn.-based Old World Venison Company

owner Peter Bingham said he never buys meat from hunters who may use lead bullets, opting to buy from facilities that have passed state or U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection.

“We’re not here to tell people not to hunt, but if you’re harvesting with a lead bullet, you should be aware of the effects,” said Minnesota Department of Health lead epidemiologist Stephanie Yendell.

Nationwide emphasis has been on protecting children and pregnant women from lead poisoning, Ponder said, because they are the most vulnerable to developmental health risks.

From 1997 to 2012, children in Minnesota with elevated blood levels decreased almost fivefold, according to the CDC. “In non-lead based ammunition, the ballistics are excellent, it’s equally as good, and it works,” Ponder said.

“Using something that is safe for ingestion is good common sense.”

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Students get brewing down to a science The University’s Biochemistry Club is hosting a home brewing seminar on Thursday.

BY KRISTOFFER TIGUE ktigue@mndaily.com

Biochemistr y senior Danielle Harding is surrounded by home brewers.

Her friends, her boyfriend and even her father brew their own beer, so it comes as no surprise that she’s taken an interest in it as well — though hers is scientific.

Harding is the president of the University of Minnesota Biochemistr y Club, which is putting on its first home brewing seminar Thursday to explain the science behind brewing beer.

Harding said the club created the seminar to cater to the growing number of students and faculty who are interested in learning how to make their own brews.

“I have family members and friends who have been brewing beer for quite a while now, and none of them have any real background in the biological sciences,” she said. “But … I noticed that it had a lot to do with biology and yeast and things I’ve learned about in my biological science classes.”

She said seminar attendees will not only learn about the brewing process but also the science behind it, including reasons for using different types of yeast and why alcoholic content varies among beers.

While Harding doesn’t brew herself, she said the process can be enjoyable purely from a scientific view — for example, she’s interested in the different yeast strains used in brewing.

“Being a biochemistr y major … I’ve had a lot of experience in yeast and growing yeast in different labs,” she said. “That really piqued my interest.”

Biology professor Jim Cotner will speak at Friday’s seminar. He said he star ted home brewing 12 years ago because he couldn’t find good beer in Texas, where he taught at the time.

Now Cotner teaches the University’s first brewing class — Brewing: The Biology, History, and Practice.

In the class, students learn the brewing process and the science behind it, such as how seed germination produces enzymes that convert the barley into sugar or what the correct temperature is to add yeast to a batch without killing it.

In the lab, Cotner said, students get to test out what they’ve lear ned by brewing and then sampling their own beers.

“When they’re making beer, it’s pretty cool,” he said. “They’re brewing the pots, and it smells really

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A student in the biology class “Brewing: The Biology, History, and Practice” pours a beer sample to taste during class Monday at the Biological Sciences Center.

awesome in there — even the next day you can smell it.”

For field trips, the students visit breweries and other industr y establishments. Cotner’s favorite tour so far was a malting facility in Shakopee, Minn., he said.

“That’s where they conver t the grain so you can get sugar out of it,” he said — an essential, but lesserknown part of the brewing process.

This semester’s class filled up in three days, Cotner said, but it’s unlikely that he’ll be teaching the course every semester, because he has to get back to his “real job” — studying lakes.

Biochemistr y junior Christopher Basting said he started brewing beer a year ago, about the same time he joined the Biochemistry Club.

“It seemed like a cool hobby,” he said. “It was kind of cool to actually kind of do a science experiment that yielded some drinkable beer.”

He typically brews about 5 gallons per batch, he said, which rounds out to about 50 bottles of beer.

He said understanding brewing on a molecular level makes the process extrainteresting.

But the biggest lesson someone can take from applying lab work to brewing is how to avoid contaminating an experiment, Basting said.

“I found out that most of what I’ve learned in class and in labs is how to be sanitary,” he said. “Sanitation is really key in brewing.”

BREWING PROCESS

1.

MALTING The grain, typically barley or wheat, is mostly insoluble starch and must be germinated in order to be converted into sugar (like glucose and fructose), which is food for the yeast. Malting takes about a week and requires a good amount of attention, so most home brewers will buy pre-malted grain for brewing.

2.

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Growlers of hoppy beer brewed ferment during the “Brewing: The Biology, History and Practice” class Monday in the Biological Sciences Center.

“When they’re making beer, it’s pretty cool. ... They’re brewing the pots, and it smells really awesome in there — even the next day you can smell it.”

Third-year law student Dominick Grande has been brewing for four years and is par t of the West Bank Brewing Association, a student group that he said originally aimed to influence Minnesota brewing laws.

The association wanted to curb restrictions for smaller breweries so they could compete with larger ones, he said.

In 2011, Minnesota amended liquor licensing policies to allow small breweries to sell beer onsite — legislation often re-

3.

TEA’S READY And like tea, you want to consume only the tea, not the teabag. Here, the grain is filtered from the wort.

4.

BOILING THE WORT Boiling the wort for about an hour will sterilize the solution and also add additional color to the beer, as the sugars will caramelize. At the end of this stage, hops are usually added to the brew to balance out the sweetness of the grain sugars.

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JIM COTNER University of Minnesota biology professor

Tapping into the local economy

MAKING WORT Wort is the solution created when the malted grain is broken down and converted into sugar. This process is much like making tea. Malted grain is added to hot water (not boiling) for about 20 minutes. Enzymes created during the malting process are reactivated and continue breaking down the grain and converting it into sugar, which dissolves into the water.

ferred to as the “Surly bill,” after Surly Brewing Company.

Now, brewers producing fewer than 250,000 barrels of malt liquor annually can get special licenses to sell directly to customers onsite, which Grande said makes them much more money.

While this doesn’t put breweries like Surly in the running with national chains, he said, small local brewers now have a fighting chance.

“It’s easier to get started,” he said. “Volume was a huge advantage, and it was ver y dif ficult to compete with that.”

COOLING OFF Many home brewers will simply let the wort cool off on its own, but many brewers will send the solution through copper tubing to cool it off as it transfers to its next container. If the solution isn’t cooled down, the high temperature will kill the yeast.

6.

ADDING THE YEAST Yeast is the essential part to making beer, since it’s what ferments the beer and creates the alcohol. After the yeast is added, depending on the type of beer, the brew will sit and be left to ferment from anywhere between two days and two weeks. Using the right container, which allows air to escape but not get in, is vital for safety and preserving the taste of the beer.

7.

BOTTLING/KEGGING Once fermentation has finished, the beer is ready to be bottled or siphoned into a keg. Additional hops (called dry hopping) can be added here just before the bottling/kegging process; this is how certain beers like India Pale Ales are made.

8. CARBONIZATION A small amount of additional yeast can be added to bottled beers to

naturally carbonate the brew, or carbonation can be forced into the brew using a keg.

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With help from U experts, pay gap bill clears hurdle STATES THAT PASSED EQUAL PAY LAWS IN 2013 STATES THAT PASSED LEGISLATION RELATED TO EQUAL PAY IN 2013

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lators on Wednesday, using the research the suppor t her argument.

If gender pay gaps are narrowed, the state’s economy would benefit, she said, because women workers would be earning more and spending that income.

The Women’s Economic Security Act enforces equal pay laws for businesses with state contracts over $500,000 and provides a new grant program that aims to increase the num-

ber of women in highwage, high-demand and nontraditional occupations.

The proposal garnered strong support from House Democrats, but some Republican representatives opposed the legislation, citing negative implications for small businesses.

Opponents argued that some operations would have to change their salary distributions, ultimately affecting their overall bottom line. They noted busi-

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Minnesota, passed the House on Wednesday with bipartisan support.

Minnesota women currently make 80 cents to their male counterpar ts’ dollar, according to a 2014 report from the Humphrey School of Public Af fairs Center on Women and Public Policy.

“That’s a house, that’s college education for two kids, that’s food on the table, that’s paying the bills … all of that’s going right back into the economy,” Hans said.

House speaker Paul Thissen, DFL-Minneapolis, approached the Humphrey School and asked University exper ts to share research suppor ting the argument.

According to the report, Status of Women and Girls in Minnesota, pay gaps are problematic because women are increasingly becoming primar y breadwinners for Minnesota families.

Center director Debra Fitzpatrick, who led the report, testified before legis-

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ness owners, who could be women, would feel those negative effects.

Suppor ters say the argument doesn’t hold much weight.

“While there’s been a lot of focus on costs to businesses, it’s important to also remember that there are important costs to women and their families if we don’t act,” Fitzpatrick said.

The U.S. Senate failed to pass equal pay legislation Wednesday.

Beyond addressing gender pay gaps, the Minnesota act expands benefits for pregnant women and new parents, and it allows those who have experienced stalking or sexual assault to use existing paid sick leave.

Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-

Minneapolis, holds the House seat for the University’s district and has a long histor y of advocating for women’s rights, stemming from her work at the University. She said Wednesday’s floor vote continues her mission of ending gender disparities in Minnesota.

Part of the act includes a bill Kahn authored to expand the minimum amount of unpaid leave for new parents from six to 12 weeks.

For decades, state lawmakers have been generally complacent about passing laws ensuring gender equality in the workplace, said Sen. Sandra Pappas, DFL- St. Paul.

“We assume, incorrectly, that because we passed these laws 50 years ago that we now have equal pay for equal work and women are fully accepted in the workforce,” she said.

It’s unknown exactly when the Minnesota Senate will vote on its version of the act, but it will be in the coming weeks. Gov. Mark Dayton will be required to sign the legislation before it is enacted into Minnesota law.

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nearly $5 billion since 2000.

LeBien said money from the department is “vital,” even though it’s dwarfed by the approximately $150 million in NIH funding the University receives each year.

“That’s a pretty significant difference,” LeBien said, “but on the other hand, if you eliminated DOD funding completely … then these remarkable projects would cease to exist.”

University contracts with the Department of Defense for biomedical research date back to 1993. Projects include University associate urology professor Rob Sweet’s Combat Casualty Training Consortium, with its goal of developing the best model for tactical field care by simulating injuries and medical problems experienced on the battlefield.

Sweet said they’re exploring the difference between live animal models and simulators in the attempt to replace the use of live tissue.

The Department of Defense has tremendous interest in Sweet’s project, LeBien said, because it will innovate a process that’s been used for hundreds of years and is far more cost-effective than traditional medical resources.

“He couldn’t get that type of grant support from the NIH,” LeBien said. “In an area this specific, the DOD is more of a tailored partner for

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$2.5 million PREVENTION/TREATMENT OF HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK

$2.2 million HIBERNATION-BASED THERAPY TO IMPROVE SURVIVAL OF SEVERE BLOOD LOSS

$1.4 million PORTABLE THERAPY FOR SEVERE BLOOD LOSS

SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

this type of opportunity.”

University researchers also develop non-medical technology for the Department of Defense. Altogether, the University has about $60.5 million in military research contracts.

LeBien said the department, along with the NIH and the National Science Foundation, is among the top three sources of support for medical research and makes some of the most significant projects possible.

Andreatta said the department asked her and Sweet to develop the next generation of training systems for clinical

HOLLY PETERSON, DAILY

Patient simulators that University of Minnesota researchers use to train for mass casualty events were on display Tuesday at the Commons Hotel.

care, with a focus on emergency medicine and trauma management.

“Historically, it’s very difficult to train clinicians for those types of events,” she said, “especially situations with mass casualties and nonconventional weapons.”

The Department of Defense awarded Andreatta $3.4 million for the research.

Using mock scenarios, the

project aims to train military first responders and Twin Cities emergency personnel to respond to a chemical weapons attack. Next week, Andreatta’s team will simulate a sarin gas attack with the Plymouth Fire Department.

Though the intensity of the simulation can make the attack feel real, the key is the mannequins, which, with pseudo-skin and a complete

set of faux organs, are fully functional replicas of the human body.

“We can make them bleed,” she said.

Andreatta said the researchers want to make the mannequins as realistic as possible; they’ll use patient actors from time to time so responders also have to “manage human terror.”

Unlike real patients, the

mannequins provide analytics. Andreatta and Sweet said they hope to collaborate on a new project that would add sensors to the fake organs, so they can also measure the effectiveness of a trainee’s care.

“No one has ever done this before,” Andreatta said.

“It’s revolutionary work, and it’s going to change the way we do clinical education.”

Hall of Famer: Gay athletes faced with old questions

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AUSTIN, Texas — NBA Hall of Famer Bill Russell said Wednesday that gay athletes’ current fight for equality and acceptance reminds him of some of the same struggles black athletes faced in the 1960s.

Russell, who won 11 NBA championships with the Bos-

ton Celtics, said talk about whether gay athletes can be good teammates or if they might disrupt locker rooms are the same questions black athletes heard years ago, when colleges and professional leagues were struggling with the concept of integration.

“It seems to me, a lot of questions about gay athletes,

were the same questions they used to ask about us,” Russell said during a panel discussion at the L yndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, which is hosting a summit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. Russell said he would have only one question about a gay teammate: Can he play?

Russell, 80, joined NFL

Putin turns up economic heat by demanding advance payment

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin turned up the heat on Ukraine on Wednesday by threatening to demand advance payment for gas supplies, a move designed to exer t economic pressure as Ukraine confronts possible bankruptcy, a mutiny by pro-Russian separatists in the east and a Russian military buildup across the border.

NATO’s top commander in Europe warned that the alliance could respond to the Russian military threat against Ukraine by deploying U.S. troops to Eastern Europe, but Putin’s latest tactics suggest he may be aiming to secure Russia’s clout with its neighbor without invading.

Speaking at a Cabinet session, the Russian leader voiced hope that diplomatic efforts to ease the Ukrainian crisis would yield “positive results,” an apparent reference to talks set for next week that will bring together the U.S., the European Union, Russia and Ukraine for the first time.

Russia wants the talks to focus on a roadmap for Ukraine that would include constitutional reforms to turn it into a federation and guarantee its neutral status.

Those demands reflect the Kremlin’s hope of retaining influence over its neighbor and ensuring it does not join NATO. Ukraine has responded by saying it will not be dictated by Russia.

Taking a tough stance before the negotiations set for next week, Putin instructed the government to be prepared to charge Ukraine in advance for gas supplies — a step that would inflict more pain on a nation already teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. He said the change needed to be taken if “additional consultations” with the European Union fail to yield results.

Russia has already eliminated a gas discount it had given Ukraine, arguing that it was tied to a lease for Russia’s Black Sea Fleet base in Crimea, a Ukrainian region that Russia annexed last month. And Ukraine has promised the International Monetar y Fund that it will cut energy subsidies to residents in exchange for a bailout loan of up to $14 billion. That means gas prices were set to rise 50 percent on May 1, even before the latest salvo from Putin.

The Kremlin pressure comes as pro-Russia protesters have continued to occupy government buildings in eastern Ukraine.

Ukraine and the West have accused Moscow of fomenting the unrest to create a pretext for another Russian militar y incursion similar to last month’s takeover of Crimea.

Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said the standoff in Luhansk and the two neighboring Russianleaning regions of Donetsk and Kharkiv must be resolved within two days.

“I want to repeat that there are two options: political settlement through negotiations and the use of force,” Avakov told reporters. “We are ready for both options.”

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov quickly r esponded by war ning against “making 48-hour ultimatums.”

“The situation can only be settled through an equal and respectful dialogue,” he said.

All the cities af fected by the uprisings are in Ukraine’s industrial Russian-speaking heartland in the east, which has a large population of ethnic Russians and strong economic and cultural ties to Russia.

Many residents are suspicious of the government that took power in February after pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych

fled the capital following months of protests.

While Putin kept a militar y option on the table, saying that “all means” could be used to protect Russian speakers, Moscow is clearly concerned about the grave militar y, political and economic consequences of invading eastern Ukraine.

The West, which has slapped Putin’s entourage with travel bans and asset freezes in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, has made it clear that it will introduce far more painful sanctions against Russia’s energy industries and other economic sectors if Moscow sends troops into eastern Ukraine.

Unlike Crimea, which was quickly swept by Russian forces who met no resistance from Ukrainian troops, an invasion into the east would likely trigger fighting that could quickly erode public suppor t at home for Putin’s expansionist drive.

And from an economic viewpoint, taking control of a huge swath of territor y in the east, which accounts for nearly a quarter of Ukraine’s population of 46 million and the bulk of its industrial wealth, would require huge investments that could be beyond Russia’s capacity.

F y o d o r L u k y a n o v, chairman of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, an association of leading political exper ts, said making Ukraine a federation would allow the Kremlin to retain control by rendering the countr y too amorphous to join any Western blocs.

Lukyanov war ned in remarks on the Slon.ru online newspaper that even though Putin may prefer to achieve his goals by non-militar y means, bloodshed in the east would likely trigger a Russian invasion.

Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown, 78, on a panel about sports and race during the three-day Civil Rights Summit. Former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to address the summit Wednesday night, and President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak Thursday.

Brown and Russell were key figures, as athletes and

black leaders, during the civil rights movement. Both men said they approached civil rights as a struggle for respect for human beings based on their character and merit, not the color of their skin.

Their comments came just hours after UMass basketball player Derrick Gordon became the first openly

gay player in Division I men’s basketball.

The former athletes also addressed the question of whether college athletes should be able to form unions and collectively bargain with their universities. Brown said he opposed unionizing college athletes, but also said he disliked the model of the NCAA.

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more likely to occur by government officials in some future U.S. administration or elsewhere in the world.”

When the government fails even to investigate such alleged perpetrators, against whom a strong prima facie case could be made, the r esponsibility falls on all of us to hold them accountable. I am not suggesting vigilante justice; I am only suggesting refraining from honoring them.

Some have claimed the University is not honoring Rice. It is not conferring to her an honorar y degree, for example. This is myopic, if not hiding one’s head in the sand. How can someone deliver a Distinguished Carlson Lecture and not be honored? If Rice were to give the “War Criminals Carlson Lecture,” or even the “Alleged War Criminals Carlson Lecture,” I would probably not object.

The University and the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, in honoring Rice with this invitation, are becoming enablers of future human rights violations. If that is part of the University’s mission, will someone please tell me where to return my two University diplomas?

pon graduating from the University of Minnesota, I made the decision to move to Israel.

The reactions to this choice were varied. Some thought I was crazy, others admirable. Many people would look at me with a quizzical expression on their faces. “Isn’t it like a war zone?” After having spent much time here as a tourist, student and now as a resident, I have learned a lot about Israel. Although being a country that is in many ways foreign, Israel shares several values with the U.S., like respect, tolerance and appreciation of diversity.

I live on the West Bank. One of the fascinating places in this area is a grocery store called Rami Levi. The scene that I encountered upon my first visit to this store was very different from that which is portrayed in the media.

Palestinians and Israelis, Jews and Muslims were shopping, working and coexisting together. The bakery and pizza shops were filled with Arab and Israeli families living and enjoying life.

In the aisles of Rami Levi, one could forget that in the newspapers, there exists an Arab-Israeli conflict.

One of the incredible privileges that I have had during my time in Israel has been an internship at a center for elderly people with Alzheimer’s. Many of our members are Jewish people who originated from Arabic-speaking countries and who often speak Arabic.

When we close, vans arrive to take these people back to their homes — vans that are driven by Arab Israelis who take exceptional care of these disease-stricken Jews. The Jews who do speak Arabic converse affably with their drivers. Although I do not understand Arabic, the tone of the conversations and the smiles on their faces do not indicate conflict.

Ever y time I walk through the streets of Jerusalem, travel on buses or order coffee, I am truly amazed by this countr y, where multitudes of languages, customs and ideas abound. In this outstanding democracy, where everyone has a voice and an equal chance, I am so thankful that in the Middle East there exists a land in which human rights are truly upheld.

In the coming weeks, many campuses across the world will hold Israeli Apartheid Week, in which they will tr y to portray Israel as a state that is analogous to the apartheid in South Africa. They will likely malign Israel, and they will compare the countr y to a system of governance in which one race was more valuable than another. I believe that many of the people who will be protesting have never been to Israel. They do not know the Israel that I know.

Israeli Apartheid Week is not a solution to the conflict. The reality is that actual coexistence is occurring in Israel. It is about time that this truth is recognized.

Chuck Turchick University alumnus

Shira Frishman University alumna

Maxwell Smith welcomes comments at msmith@mndaily.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Northrop should be open to all When I first heard of the renovation of Northrop Auditorium during my freshman year, I was under the impression that the new space would house not only stages for per formances, but also space where students could study.

In the years since then, more information has been released about what Northrop will actually hold.

Nor throp will have study space, but this study space is for students within the College of Design, the Institute for Advanced Study and the University Honors Program.

I am upset to hear that space will be limited to these programs, despite Northrop being a large par t of the University of Minnesota as a whole. I believe that with these renovations, the University should have made specific space for all students to study.

I know from personal experience that it is often hard to find an open, quiet place to study on campus, especially during midterms and finals. I think it would be in the best interest of the University to provide more study space for all students, no matter what program or college.

Kiara Lenford University student

Honoring Rice enables future human rights violations

As a University of Minnesota alumnus, I have been following the debate on whether it is appropriate to host Condoleezza Rice as par t of the Distinguished Carlson Lecture Series next week. I have read many ar ticles and comments and also attended the discussion at the University Senate on April 3.

And I keep hearing and reading comments from people who say they opposed vir tually all of the most notorious activities of the George W. Bush administration, but they still support Rice’s appearance.

Their logic escapes me.

If they really opposed these practices — my main concern is torture — presumably they would want to do everything they could to prevent them from recurring. So I ask: Does honoring a key perpetrator in authorizing those policies — who has not yet been held accountable — help prevent or enable the recurrence of those practices?

This is not a case of “I disagree with what you say, but I will defend unto death your right to say it.” Rather, it’s “I disagree with what you did, but I will do what I can to make that behavior

PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN MEDIAN ATHLETICS SPENDING PER STUDENT-ATHLETE

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Israel offers coexistence

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DEATHS IN IRAQ: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 4,802 — IRAQI CIVILIANS: 122,524- PLUS DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 3,418 —

Luis Ruuska welcomes comments at lruuska@mndaily.com.

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he NCAA is a frequent target for criticism for promoting college sports at the expense of academics and sometimes the players themselves.

This editorial board in particular has been critical of how the NCAA neglects the health and safety of college athletes through its ambiguous concussion policy and decision to leave drafting and enforcing specific protocol to each individual school.

The NCAA has a clear role in promoting the exploitation of student-athletes, particularly Division I athletes who are pivotal in making college sports a multibillion-dollar industry.

However, in many ways, the central governing structure over college sports often casts a shadow over the role that individual colleges and universities have in promoting sports over academics.

Last fall, Grambling State University football players refused to travel for a scheduled game in order to protest the poor conditions of their athletic complex, citing issues with mold, mildew and poorly cleaned uniforms that can cause staph infections. The Grambling State case served as a graphic reminder that colleges often have just as much a role in exploiting student-athletes as the NCAA, if not more. We believe college administrators should receive more scrutiny for their work in prioritizing athletics over academics.

The American Association of University Professors released a repor t Monday, which revealed that while spending on instruction, research and public service declined or remained flat, most colleges and universities have rapidly increased their spending on sports, The New York Times reported.

The most surprising aspect about the report, titled “Losing Focus,” is that the increased spending is not restricted to Division I schools, but in fact, it found that the fastest growth in athletic spending was at Division III schools without football programs, where spending for each student-athlete more than doubled in eight years.

The spending patterns at community colleges are similarly disturbing. According to the report, from 2004 to 2011, community colleges’ educational spending declined while athletic spending increased by 35 percent per athlete.

A figure that may be particularly surprising to University of Minnesota students and faculty is that public four-year colleges in all divisions have increased athletic spending by 24.8 percent even as public service and research expenditures declined, according to the report.

Saranna Thornton, a co-author of the report, told the Times that athletic spending at Division II and III schools and community colleges has attracted little notice because they don’t receive much television time or attention from the media. But what’s been missing is the fact that lower division colleges have been creating strong and well-funded sports programs to use as a recruitment tool.

If anything, this report demonstrates that the practice of promoting athletics over academics is far more pervasive in higher education than we once thought. Though Division II and Division III colleges don’t see the millions that Division I colleges do from lucrative TV contracts and ticket sales, administrators clearly find spending on athletics to be beneficial as a means of recruiting students, even as spending on academics remains flat or stagnates.

Telling college officials to reprioritize academics is unlikely to do much good. But we hope that this report will spur more research and media attention on the issue and result in more scrutiny of the college athletics spending that is happening in all divisions.

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individuals can still only donate a maximum of $2,600 per candidate, they can do so for as many candidates as they wish.

By principle, the same goes for political parties and PACs. Though individuals will still be limited to spending $74,600 per party or PAC, they can donate to as many as they’d like.

Of course, this rule does not apply to so-called Super PACs, which can’t donate money directly to candidates, unlike ordinar y PACs, but can raise unlimited sums of money in order to advocate for candidates.

This ruling opens the door for dangerous scenarios in which donors could ef fec-

Schools nationwide have been investing more and more money into athletics rather than education.

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LUIS RUUSKA columnist

2012 elections.

So, if this ruling does protect the First Amendment for Americans, it is only doing it for the 1 percent and the 1 percent of the 1 percent.

The average American’s voice is now going to be as worthless as it’s ever been.

Candidates will continue to say they are running to represent the American people, but realistically, they’re going to go the extra mile to represent those who are funding their campaigns and keeping them in office.

If this is how “democracy” in the United States is going to work from here on out, then we are no different from countries like Russia or India, where political cor r uption and campaign financing go hand in hand.

Only time will tell what kind of effect the McCutcheon v. FEC ruling will have on future elections, but I suspect we’re entering the next phase of big money politics, and now there’s no going back.

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n a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal aggregate limits that individuals could contribute to candidates, political par ties and political action committees (PACs) in the McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission case last Wednesday.

Shaun McCutcheon challenged FEC rules that capped individual spending to a total of $123,200 per election cycle — $48,600 was the aggregate limit for candidates, and $74,600 was the aggregate limit for parties.

Because the maximum limit of spending on an individual candidate per election cycle was and remains at $2,600, a person previously could only donate to a total of 18 candidates because 19 would have exceeded the $48,600 aggregate limit.

After this ruling, however, those aggregate limits are gone, and so even though

tively finance and flood a race with so many minor parties and organizations that closely align with their political beliefs that they ultimately succeed in drowning out their opponents’ message and campaign.

The Supreme Court’s decision was split along par ty lines, with the conser vative justices invoking the First Amendment and the right of citizens to spend their money how they see fit.

To a degree, this ruling does protect the First Amendment right of some, but it comes at the expense of the majority of Americans.

The non-par tisan Center for Responsive Politics tracks political money and found that in the 2012 elections, only about 1.3 million Americans, or less than 1 percent, donated more than $200 to federal candidates, par ties and PACs. Based on these numbers, it should come as no surprise that only about 600 Americans, 0.000002 percent of the population, hit the maximum donation limit to federal candidates in the

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Campaign finance spending is currently out of control and only getting worse.

36.1 47.0 58.7 111.7 *includes University of Minnesota

SOURCE: 2013-14 ANNUAL REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC STATUS OF THE PROFESSION

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MEN’S HOCKEY

Gophers prepare for UND, Frozen Four

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Minnesota forward Nate Condon controls the puck against Michigan on Feb. 14 at Mariucci Arena.

Minnesota lost to Boston College in the Frozen Four two years ago.

BY MEGAN RYAN mryan@mndaily.com

When players reflect on past games, they tend to think about fantastic goals, acrobatic saves or the big win.

That’s not the case when the Gophers men’s hockey team reminisces about rival North Dakota. Those memories aren’t quite as fond — not even close.

“I remember going up there and having [Kyle] Rau get pulled out of the line when we’re shaking hands,” senior captain Nate Condon said, “or having Kevin Wehrs getting blown up in the corner, and it started a

brawl between periods.”

Minnesota and North Dakota will add another chapter to the scrapbook Thursday when they face off in the Frozen Four in Philadelphia.

This is the Gophers’ second trip to the Frozen Four in the past three years. They lost to Boston College in the semifinals two years ago.

Minnesota and North Dakota battled annually from 1948 to 2013, but the conference realignment put a temporar y hold on one of the most intense rivalries in college hockey.

They won’t meet again in the regular season until 2016-17, but fate stepped in and made sure hockey fans weren’t denied the bloodbath this season.

Gophers freshman forward Justin Kloos said after winning the West Regional that his class was concerned

it would miss out on playing the traditional foes.

Condon said the freshman anticipation is just more proof that the tension between the two teams hasn’t lessened, even in separate conferences.

“There’s no motivation needed,” he said.

Gophers head coach Don Lucia said he’s sure fans will appreciate the matchup of two brand-name schools, but he said he’s more concerned with how similar the two teams are.

“They’re balanced,” he said of North Dakota. “They skate very well. They bring a lot of offense from their defensemen as a group, like we do. And they have a very good sophomore goaltender.

In many ways, I look at North Dakota and see ourselves.”

No matter the similarities, Condon said competing against North Dakota is al-

ways exciting.

“Every time we play them, it [is] always a really fun game,” he said. “It’s always been physical, up and down the ice, and they’ve got some talented players.”

Condon recalled that most games against North Dakota in his career were tight oneor two-goal competitions, and he said he expects the same in the Frozen Four.

After the West Regional, Minnesota sophomore goaltender Adam Wilcox said that destiny probably couldn’t have planned a better game.

“I think that’s what both teams wanted,” Wilcox said.

If Minnesota beats its biggest rival Thursday night, it will play either Boston College or Union for the NCAA title Saturday night. The Gophers haven’t ended a season as national champions since 2002-03.

MEN’S HOCKEY PREVIEW

VS NO. 2 MINNESOTA

NO. 13 NORTH DAKOTA

7:30 p.m. Thursday in Philadelphia

MINNESOTA: After beating Robert Morris 7-3 and St. Cloud State 4-0 in the West Regional, the No. 1-seeded Gophers will head to Philadelphia to face longtime rival North Dakota in the Frozen Four.

Minnesota last traveled to the Frozen Four two years ago when it lost to Boston College in the first game, and the Gophers last won the national championship in 2003.

The Big Ten regular-season champions sport a 27-6-6 overall record. If the Gophers win, they will face either No. 3 seed Union or No. 2 seed Boston College.

NORTH DAKOTA: After sneaking into the postseason, North Dakota beat Wisconsin 5-2 and Ferris State 2-1 in the Midwest Regional to become the only unseeded team to reach the Frozen Four.

This is North Dakota’s 12th consecutive NCAA tournament berth, the longest active streak in Division I. It last won a national championship in 2000.

North Dakota is 25-13-3 overall this season. The national championship game is set for 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Pitino and players ready for first offseason together The Gophers closed out the first year of the Richard Pitino era with a title.

BY JACE FREDERICK jfrederick@mndaily.com

DeAndre Mathieu didn’t have a true offseason a year ago.

He spent his summer taking care of academics while the rest of his teammates learned new head coach Richard Pitino’s offensive and defensive schemes. Still, when Mathieu did arrive on campus, there was no learning curve.

Pitino said his junior point guard was consistently the Gophers’ best player all season. Mathieu was named AllBig Ten honorable mention at the end of the season.

Now, after a season of great success, come great expectations for next year.

The season will also bring him a lot of attention from future opponents.

“He understands that,” Pitino said. “He needs to make that next step, and strength will be huge for him.”

Mathieu said his strength and further developing his outside shot are two areas he’s hoping to improve for next year.

Mathieu hit 49 percent of shots from beyond the arc this season but also took just 45 attempts.

“I’m going to shoot a lot of jump shots so guys can’t go underneath screens,” Mathieu said. “It’s just going to be a big summer for me.”

Mathieu said he was most motivated by not making any of the three All-Big Ten teams this season. He’s looking forward to getting to work this offseason.

“He’s chomping at the bit to get back to it,” Pitino said.

Hollins hobbled Pitino said he didn’t think junior guard Andre Hollins was 100 percent healthy at the end of the season.

Hollins never seemed to fully recover from a left ankle sprain he sustained against Wisconsin in January, but Pitino said it was actually Hollins’ hip that plagued the junior guard down the stretch.

Pitino said the team will have the injury checked out this week.

Pitino said Hollins “probably didn’t think he had a great year,” but he doesn’t expect that to carry over to his senior campaign.

“He needs to get right physically,” Pitino said. “I don’t worry about him moving forward. I think he’s going to have a huge senior year.”

Summer of McNeil Gophers sophomore forward Joey King staked his claim for the starting power forward spot next season with his play down the stretch.

Pitino hopes freshman Daquein McNeil will do something similar to the small forward position this summer.

“I think Day-Day has the potential to take a big step,” Pitino said. “I told him this morning when I spoke to him, ‘You’re the only pure small forward in our program right now.’ ” McNeil and incoming junior college transfer Carlos Morris should be the candidates to fill that starting spot at the three, left vacant with the departure of Austin Hollins.

“That’s healthy competi-

BRIDGET BENNETT, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota head men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino watches his team play at the NIT final at Madison Square Garden in New York on April 4.

tion,” Pitino said.

Year 2 Pitino’s summer will be strange because this time, he’s likely staying put.

His previous three summers involved transitioning from Florida to Louisville, then from Louisville to Flor-

ida International, and finally from FIU to Minnesota.

This time, there will likely be no packing and no moving, just coaching a group of guys he already knows. A group of guys who just completed a season featuring a school-record 25 wins and an NIT championship.

Still, there’s room for improvement and plenty of time to improve.

“This summer, I don’t need to install my offensive or defensive system,” Pitino said. “Now we can really just work on their games. That’s exciting. I’m excited about that.”

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MEN’S GYMNASTICS

Gophers ready for redemption at NCAAs Minnesota placed fifth at the Big Ten meet a couple of weekends ago.

BY DAVID NELSON dnelson@mndaily.com

Zack Chase’s walk-up song doesn’t have a heavy beat, loud guitar rif fs or lyrics about overcoming struggles.

Gophers fans know the senior gymnast is ready to per form when Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel” plays over the loud speakers of the Sports Pavilion.

“It’s always kind of funny to play it and see people’s reactions,” Chase said.

Though Chase’s song selection provides its fair share of quizzical looks, there’s no questioning the senior’s talent when he starts his routine.

“He’s had a pretty successful season thus far, which has been good to see,” head coach Mike Burns said. “He’s had a couple meets this year where he’s gone over 15 on all three events.”

Chase’s talents helped him earn a nomination for the Nissen-Emer y award, which recognizes the top senior gymnast in the nation. If he wins, Chase would become just the fourth Gophers gymnast in program history to do so.

“It’s a huge honor to be nominated as one of the top gymnasts in the country,” he said.

After missing the NCAA meet last season because of an ankle injury, the senior will get a shot at redemption this year.

Chase, who finished third on vault at the Big Ten meet, said his attention remains on the team competition.

“I’m just really focusing on what I can do for the team,” he said. “I just want to make sure I get out there and do what I’m capable of.”

The Gophers’ current senior class hasn’t been able to move past the qualifying rounds of the team competi-

JAAK JENSEN, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota’s Zack Chase celebrates after his vault performance on Jan. 26, 2013, at the Sports Pavilion.

tion. The group is hoping to finally move past that roadblock this season.

“We know we have the capability to be in the top six,” Chase said. “We’re just going to prove that we are one of the top six teams in the nation.”

Though the team performed well in the individual portion of the Big Ten meet, it left unfulfilled after regressing from a third-place finish in the 2012-13 season to a fifthplace finish this year.

“I think in some ways a little disappointment can be good motivation,” Burns said. “It can go one of three ways: As a team, they can do better, they can do worse

or they can stay the same.

We’re looking for them to step it up a notch.”

The Gophers started the Big Ten meet with a poor showing on high bar and floor and fell behind in the second-biggest competition of the year.

“You kind of think to yourself, ‘We’ve got to redeem ourselves. No more mistakes. We’ve got to keep pushing,’” sophomore Paul Montague Jr. said.

Minnesota rallied down the stretch but ultimately came up short of where it wanted to finish in the competition.

While the Gophers learned their lesson from the event,

Montague said the team isn’t dwelling on the results.

“It started off rough, and we had our rough spots in between,” he said, “but looking at the numbers, it was a good meet.”

As the Gophers continue to shake off the rust, Burns said they expect to hit their stride at the NCAA meet.

“We had our peak performance last year at Big Tens and then at NCAAs, we were a little down,” Burns said. “We weren’t quite at our peak at Big Tens [this season], so we’re looking at this meet as this is when it’s going to happen.

“If we can pull it all together, it’s going to be a good outcome.”

GYMNASTICS PREVIEW

@ NO. 7 MINNESOTA

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

6 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich.

MINNESOTA: The Gophers are in search of some redemption this weekend at the NCAA championships in Ann Arbor, Mich., after their fifth-place finish at the Big Ten championships a couple of weeks ago.

Minnesota is one of 12 schools competing in the team qualifier Thursday, with the top-three finishers advancing to the next round Friday night. The individual championships will be held Saturday night.

The Gophers shined in the individual competition at the Big Ten meet after placing four competitors in five events. Minnesota junior Ellis Mannon led the team and claimed the Big Ten title on pommel horse, while senior Zach Chase took third on vault.

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

TENNIS

Toledo on the cusp of NCAA berth

WOMEN’S TENNIS PREVIEW

VS MINNESOTA

MICHIGAN

MICHIGAN STATE

Noon Saturday and Sunday in Ann Arbor, Mich., and East Lansing, Mich.

PREVIEW: The Gophers are 6-1 on the road this season, one year after going winless on the road.

Minnesota should have a good chance to improve that road record Sunday. The Gophers haven’t loss to Michigan State since 2007.

Gophers junior Aria Lambert has provided a spark at the bottom of the lineup all season long. Lambert has won nine of her last 11 singles matches.

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

MEN’S TENNIS PREVIEW

VS MINNESOTA

MICHIGAN

MICHIGAN STATE

6 p.m. Friday and noon Sunday at Baseline Tennis Center

ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota’s Leandro Toledo plays against Drake at the ITA Central Regional Championship on Oct. 21, 2012.

Leandro Toledo has won his last four matches and is ranked No. 41.

BY JACE FREDERICK jfrederick@mndaily.com

Leandro Toledo doesn’t hide from it. He said the thought sits in the back of his mind. It drives him forward and pushes him to improve.

Toledo badly wants to earn a berth in the NCAA tournament this season.

And two victories over top50 opponents last weekend have him on the cusp of his first NCAA singles appearance.

Toledo topped eighthranked Peter Kobelt last Friday before besting No. 50 Leonard Stakhovsky on

Sunday. That pair of wins — both coming in straight sets — moved Toledo up 25 spots to his current ranking of No. 41, likely good enough for an NCAA bid.

“I’m actually in reach of the NCAA [championships],” he said. “I’m within those qualifying spots, so that motivated me a lot to practice and actually stay there to actually make it.”

Toledo is now 5-1 this season against ranked opponents and 6-1 in Big Ten play. He was named Big Ten Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week for the second time this season Tuesday.

“He’s definitely one of the best players in the Big Ten,” head coach Geoff Young said.

That might seem surprising, considering that Toledo made the jump from No. 2 singles to No. 1 singles this

season. Still, Young said he expected this type of performance from his ace.

“Though he was playing No. 2, he was still playing at the level of a No. 1 player,” Young said. “He’s doing a great job, and he’s striking the ball really well.”

Young said the key to Toledo’s success stems from the very beginning of each point: his serve. Toledo uses his serve to put pressure on his opponent from the get-go.

“That’s been the difference in my last two matches,” he said. “I think every time it got close and I needed to have a free point — I got that with my serve.”

Toledo’s ser ve and the other physical aspects of his game have always been there, but the key has been sustaining his mental toughness.

Young said he’s seen an

improvement to this point of the season, though Toledo’s mental fortitude hasn’t yet been tested.

“You don’t really know until he’s really tested and some bad things happen to him,” Young said. “That’s when it really matters. That’s what I try to impress on him.”

Toledo will be tested down the stretch.

As he inches closer to that NCAA tournament berth, each match, each set and each point grows in importance.

That can be a lot for a player to deal with, assistant coach Rok Bonin said.

Bonin was in a similar position a year ago as the team’s No. 1 singles star. He spent the stretch run fighting for a spot in the postseason, which he said tested his mental strength.

Bonin entered a match

PREVIEW: The Gophers (9-10, 3-4) look to bounce back after losing two home matches in a row to top-25 opponents last weekend.

Minnesota hasn’t lost three consecutive matches at the Baseline Tennis Center since 2008.

While the Gophers have struggled of late, junior Leandro Toledo has shined. Toledo has won four consecutive matches and is currently ranked No. 41 in the nation.

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

against Nebraska last year, facing an opponent who “was not that good.” Still, Bonin said all he could think about during the match was, “If I lose this one, I’m not going to make NCAAs.” “I wasn’t thinking about the match; I was thinking about the future,” Bonin recalled. “It makes it tougher because it’s not supposed to be like that.”

Toledo said he hasn’t talked to Bonin, who did qualify for the NCAA championships last season, about what to expect down the stretch.

Toledo is the favorite in both of his matches this weekend, but this late in the season, nothing is a given.

Toledo’s performance will be pivotal as the season nears a close, and maintaining his focus will be paramount.

“I’m just trying to go from

match to match from now on, not being distracted by the NCAA [championships],” he said. “That’s the best way to look at it.”

Young said he thinks Toledo is handling the pressure well.

Toledo lives for these moments.

“He’s always been a guy that, the more carrots you hang in front of him, the more motivation he has, the better he plays,” Young said. “I’d expect more of the same [moving forward].”

Hamburg on the mend?

The Gophers played without Jack Hamburg last weekend as the junior was out with a back injury.

Young said the odds of Hamburg returning this weekend are around “50-50,” though he is “hopeful.”

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BASEBALL

Minnesota struggles in loss to SDSU young pitchers’ confidence and helping them grow.

“We … understand that you’ve got to keep a healthy perspective here and try to help these kids get better here and not beat them up anymore,” he said. “That game beat them up enough today.”

Gophers junior pitcher Neal Kunik was a bright spot for the pitching staff Wednesday, not allowing a hit or run in 3.1 innings pitched.

Though Kunik halted the Jackrabbits’ offense, the team never recovered from the early deficit.

Still, John Anderson said his team handled the situation well.

“I thought our kids competed and battled, but it’s a big hole that we dug for ourselves to try to get out of,” he said.

Gophers junior third baseman Tony Skjefte led the team offensively, going 3-for-4 at the dish with one run scored and another batted in. Skjefte said he feels more comfor table at the plate now than he did in past years and earlier in the season.

Minnesota replaced most of its starters near the end of the game.

“A lot of people came off the bench and had good, quality at-bats,” Skjefte said.

“That’s all we’re looking for is quality at-bats, so I think

The Gophers gave up nine runs in the first two innings of the contest.

BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com

The Gophers jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning of Wednesday’s matchup against South Dakota State, but they struggled on the mound and lost 13-4.

Minnesota starter Cody Campbell recorded just one out before he was yanked in favor of fellow freshman pitcher Toby Anderson.

Campbell walked three batters and hit two in his outing. He left the game with three baserunners on, all of whom wound up crossing the plate.

Anderson didn’t fare much better. He eventually got out of the first inning and then gave up four earned runs of his own in the second. Minnesota trailed 9-1 after two innings.

“I’ve learned over a long coaching career coaching … amateur players that there are going to be days like today,” head coach John Anderson said.

Campbell and Toby Anderson took 85 pitches to record five outs.

Now, John Anderson said, the focus is on building the

TRACK & FIELD

Gophers improve under new coach it an awful lot like he did as an athlete,” he said. “He’s really, really hardworking.”

Stanford said she has already noticed how passionate and energetic her new coach is as he gets excited about setting personal records.

Miller, who was a captain his senior year but by no means a “superhero” in terms of results, said, “It’s fun to work with athletes who are way more talented than I ever was.”

This is his first year as a coach with the Gophers, but Miller hasn’t hesitated in setting — and achieving — lofty goals.

For the Big Ten indoor championships, he wanted the throwers to score just one point for the team — something that hadn’t been done in four years. They scored five.

For the outdoor conference team title, Miller is expecting his group to contribute 25 to 30 points.

If early-season success is a barometer, the group could accomplish that goal.

That’s all just part of the plan for the debutant coach.

“I didn’t want to be looked at as a first-year coach,” Miller said. “I think that a lot of people expect a transition and expect the first year to be a challenge. … I wanted immediate results. That’s why I took the job.”

BY MEGAN RYAN mryan@mndaily.com

Change is hard, but change after 33 years of consistency is even harder.

When throws coach Lynne Anderson retired this summer after more than three decades as an assistant coach for the Gophers women’s track and field team, it was just the beginning of a series of switches for the throwers.

That young group — which has no seniors this season — also lost its strength coach, athletic trainer and academic adviser.

As junior Devin Stanford said, it wasn’t the ideal situation.

“It’s a big change to switch coaches like after I was working with L ynne for three years,” she said. “It wasn’t exactly what I was hoping for.”

There has been at least one point of calm amid all the turbulence — new throws coach Peter Miller.

Miller threw for the Gophers men’s team from 200308 before coaching at River Falls and North Dakota.

Gophers men’s throws coach Lynden Reder was a fifth-year senior when Miller was a freshman and said he kept track of his former teammate’s coaching career.

“At each place, he pursued

MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD PREVIEW

SUN ANGEL TRACK CLASSIC HOLST INVITATIONAL

@ MINNESOTA

All day Friday and Saturday in Tempe, Ariz., and St. Paul

PREVIEW: After sending close to a 30-man contingent to Wednesday’s rescheduled Hamline Invite, the Gophers’ throwers and some sprinters and jumpers will head to the Sun Angel Track Classic at Arizona State this weekend.

The Gophers’ throwers will also do double duty at the Mesa Classic at a nearby community college for more training. The rest of the team that’s not traveling will compete at Concordia.

“We’re in the time of year where now we just want to get a lot of reps,” assistant coach Lynden Reder said. “That’s a perfect opportunity to kind of get in good weather and get a couple competitions in.”

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WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD PREVIEW

@ MINNESOTA

SPEC TOWNS INVITATIONAL/ HEPTATHLON CONCORDIA ST. PAUL INVITATIONAL

All day Friday and Saturday in Tempe, Ariz., and St. Paul

PREVIEW: The Gophers will be sending almost their entire team, minus a few high-level distance runners, to the Spec Towns Invitational in Athens, Ga. “It’s another big team invitational that we want to do well in as team,” assistant coach Peter Miller said. “So we are competing everybody that we can.”

Minnesota won a meet last weekend at South Florida without its distance group, including nine event titles.

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Minnesota third baseman Tony Skjefte runs to first base at Siebert Field on March 29.

the team did well.”

The Gophers will now turn their attention back to Big Ten play with an impending home series against Nebraska.

Skjefte said this loss could be used as a wake-up call for the team.

“That’s what failure is all about,” John Anderson said.

“It’s an opportunity to learn and grow and tr y to do it better the next time. We’re going to digest it [and] take information out of the game that will help us improve and get better.”

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SOFTBALL

Moulton, Groenewegen lead in pitcher’s circle Minnesota’s onetwo punch has not given up an earned run in six games.

BY JARED CHRISTENSEN jchristensen@mndaily.com

This year’s Gophers softball team has made scoring runs look fairly easy. Still, Minnesota hasn’t needed to score all that much because the team boasts two of the Big Ten’s best pitchers.

That dynamic duo consists of first-team All-Big Ten pitcher Sara Moulton and freshman Sara Groenewegen. They will again lead No. 14 Minnesota this weekend as the Gophers look to stay hot when they take on Northwestern in a three-game series at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium.

Minnesota is fresh off an impressive pair of wins at Iowa Tuesday night, a doubleheader in which the pitching staff shut out the Hawkeyes twice.

It was the Gophers’ 17th and 18th shutouts of the season. They also extended their streak to six consecutive games without allowing an earned run.

Minnesota’s one-two

punch in the circle has proven to be nearly unhittable since Big Ten play started, and the two have combined for four Big Ten Pitcher of the Week awards.

Groenewegen, who won her first of those awards after a two-hit, nine-strikeout performance against Wisconsin on Sunday, said she was humbled by the award. Still, she kept her focus on the team as a whole.

“It’s an honor to be recognized by the Big Ten,” she said, “but the most important thing right now is that we are continuing to win games.”

And winning games has been common for this team.

The Gophers clinched their fourth 30-win season in as many years under head coach Jessica Allister with two wins Tuesday night.

Allister said the pitching staff has been instrumental in this year’s success.

“They have done a tremendous job,” she said.

“We are going to lose a lot of innings when [Moulton] leaves next year, but we’re excited about what we’re seeing from Sara so far.”

Moulton, a senior, will move on to play professional softball next year after being drafted fifth overall by the Chicago Bandits in the 2014

SOFTBALL PREVIEW

VS NO. 14 MINNESOTA

NORTHWESTERN

6 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium

MINNESOTA: The Gophers are fresh off a 2-0 doubleheader sweep at rival Iowa on Tuesday night, with starting pitchers Sara Groenewegen and Sara Moulton continuing to dominate opponents from the circle.

After not surrendering a single earned run Tuesday, the duo extended its streak to six consecutive games without an earned run.

NORTHWESTERN: Northwestern, ranked in the coaches’ poll, comes into the series with a 22-9 record, good for third-best in the Big Ten. In a thrilling upset, Northwestern lost its last game to Iowa, which scored a walk-off run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning.

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National Pro Fastpitch draft last week.

That just added to a long list of individual accolades for Moulton, who holds program records in complete games, wins and shutouts and is just one strikeout shy of tying pitching coach Piper Ritter’s school record of 1,222.

Moulton downplayed the importance of individual accolades like her counterpart Groenewegen, stressing that this year is all about winning a Big Ten title.

“We want to win a Big Ten

title,” she said, “and that’s been the No. 1 goal since the beginning.”

This weekend will be an important test against a strong Northwestern team, which is ranked No. 23 in the nation and holds the thirdbest overall record in the Big Ten. “They’ve beat us a few times the last couple years, and they are a tough team again this year,” she said of the Wildcats. “We’re excited to play them on our home field, and we plan to beat them three times.”

ROWING

Minnesota set to open up Big Ten play in Ann Arbor The Gophers will compete in the Midwest for the first time all year.

BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com

For the past two months, the Gophers escaped the frozen Mississippi River for regattas in California, Tennessee and Boston.

Now, as the Minnesota winter finally turns to spring, the team’s Big Ten season begins.

“It’s all about the Big Ten,” head coach Wendy Davis said.

“Here we go.”

The Gophers will compete against Michigan and Michigan State in Ann Arbor, Mich., over the weekend.

This event was originally scheduled to take place in East Lansing, Mich., but was moved to Ann Arbor because the lake Michigan State competes on is still frozen.

“You kind of have to wait for things to thaw out around here,” Davis said.

Minnesota made a personnel change in time for

the opening of its Big Ten season, moving senior coxswain Rachael Rogers into the first varsity eight boat.

Rogers, 23, said her age and experience played a big role in the team’s decision to move her up to the top boat.

“If you’re a confident 20-year-old, you’re going to be an even more confident 23-year-old,” Davis said.

Rogers’ teammates supported the promotion.

“She knows how to motivate us toward the finish line in the fastest way possible,” junior L ynn Hodnett said.

“I’m really happy that she’s in our boat.”

Taylor Gainey was with the first varsity eight before the switch, but Davis said the move has been a “win-win” as the sophomore has meshed well with the second varsity eight.

Though the Gophers’ first boat is starting to click as an important part of the season commences, Davis was quick to point out that its rowers are still learning.

“We’re still on this high trajectory of learning and improving a lot more than other first varsity eights around the country,” Davis said. “It’s

ROWING PREVIEW

VS MINNESOTA

MICHIGAN STATE

MICHIGAN

WISCONSIN

Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich.

PREVIEW: The Gophers were in Boston last weekend for the Boston Challenge and will travel again this weekend to Ann Arbor, Mich.

Minnesota will face three familiar Big Ten foes in Michigan State, Michigan and Wisconsin. The Gophers will only compete against Big Ten opponents for the rest of the season.

Minnesota appears to have solidified its lineups in time for conference play as coxswain Rachael Rogers moved onto the first varsity eight last week.

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been fun to watch them jell.”

The Gophers will see just how strong their first unit is Saturday, going up against stif f competition.

Michigan is ranked 10th in the country, and Michigan State received five votes toward a national ranking.

The Gophers received two votes, and a strong showing against tough teams could increase that number next week.

“Michigan was second in the nation in 2012,” Davis said. “That’s nothing to

sneeze at. This league is really tough.”

Wisconsin, ranked 15th, will also be in Ann Arbor this weekend. The Gophers won’t race against the Badgers but should get a good look at their rival when they come to Minneapolis next month.

“It’s going to be helpful to see how we compare to them,” Hodnett said, “so having them at Michigan and seeing how they pull against Michigan and Michigan State is going to be a huge advantage.”

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

MUSIC

Dean of the students A&E catches up with indie rock progenitor Dean Wareham.

Indie rock legend Dean Wareham stops by the Turf Club on Saturday.

BY GRANT TILLERY gtillery@mndaily.com

W

hen Dean Wareham is in South Carolina, he eats fried bologna sandwiches.

He’s also partial to lettuce and Vegemite sandwiches, according to his wife and musical partner, Britta Phillips.

These two offbeat choices

describe Wareham’s personality to a T — he’s an irreverent, magnetic rock ‘n’ roller who finds success going against the grain. His bands have been cult favorites for 25 years for their dark, tongue-in-cheek wordplay and dreamy melodies.

Phillips giggled when describing Wareham, who she finds bittersweet and balanced — similar to his music.

PHOTO COURTESY OF LUZ GALLARDO

“He’s sweet and sour, beautiful and sad. And funny,” she said. “[Dean is] very healthy and normal as far as musicians go.”

Wareham’s equanimity has propelled his career; his bands Galaxie 500 and Luna (which Phillips joined as a bassist in 2000, before forming Dean & Britta after Luna’s breakup) set the sound for things to come, while

also keeping an ear to the past with a Lou Reed-centric sound. Though a comparison to the Velvet Underground often gets slapped on Luna, Wareham is quick to dismiss it.

“I learned when touring with [them that] nobody sounds like the Velvet Underground,” he said in his soft-spoken New Zealand accent. “They have a drummer

who stands up, a screeching viola player. Different people take — from the Jesus and Mary Chain to Sonic Youth to Galaxie 500 — different elements [of their sound].”

Wareham and Luna headlined several of Reed’s and the Velvet Underground’s tours in the 1990s, so it was natural that Salon commissioned him to write an elegy for Reed.

“It wasn’t a total shock, his death,” Wareham said.

“I think back to the morning I heard about it and I thought, ‘Oh, well. That’s kind of expected.’ But then, I started listening to his songs, driving home from Las Vegas. We had just performed this show we do, ‘13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests,’ and [Reed is] one of the figures in the show — they’re frozen portrait films we set music to. On his final night, he was up there on stage with us in a sense.”

Reed’s legacy lives on through Wareham, who released his first solo album, “Dean Wareham,” in midMarch with help from Jim James of My Morning Jacket. James produced the album, but the sound is unmistakably Wareham — though it deviates from the snarky Reedian influences ingrained in his first two bands and, to some extent, Dean & Britta.

“Dean Wareham” echoes the sounds of ’70s Laurel Canyon, a creative hub in Los Angeles, and sounds like an introspective David Crosby or Warren Zevon record. The canyon influences are most pronounced in the second half of the album; “Love Is Not a Roof Against the Rain” sounds like it could be straight off CSNY’s “Déjà vu,” with its slow strums, dark melodies and hauntingly quiet vocals.

“Holding Pattern” gives a subtle nod to the sunny jangle and atmospheric hooks of the Mamas & the Papas. “I Can Only Give My All” keeps in mind the bleak, esoteric wordplay and radio-friendly riffs of Zevon, combined with driving guitars à la Fleetwood Mac. And “Happy & Free” could have easily been a song that Dennis Wilson sang in one of his happier moments.

These influences have likely become even more prominent in Wareham’s mind after his move last year to Los Angeles — in the “foothills near the Hollywood Bowl” — from his longtime home of Brooklyn.

“I moved out there because my teenage son moved there with his mother,” Wareham said. “I didn’t want to live on the opposite side of the country for the next four years.”

Despite embodying a toocool-for-school New York beatitude, Wareham loves Los Angeles so far.

“It can be hideous and annoying, but so can Manhattan,” he said. “What we like about it is the weather. We missed the winter from hell.”

When he’s not making music and enjoying the idyllic L.A. weather, Wareham moonlights as a writer. He released his tell-all memoir, “Black Postcards: A Rock & Roll Romance,” in 2008, and he has kept busy writing essays for the Talkhouse and Salon, where he recently went head-to-head with writer Rick Moody over Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories.” “[Moody] posted a thing on Facebook saying that one of the worst records of the decade won best record [at the Grammy’s],” Wareham said. “And I was like, ‘What?

That’s my favorite album of the decade!’”

Though Wareham downplays his writing credentials, he inevitably wins the battle because of his vast compendium of music knowledge combined with his experience on the stage.

As to where he’s going musically, mum’s the word.

“I have another project this year that I’m not allowed to talk about yet,” he said.

“The next thing is that Britta’s going to finish her record — we’ll see if there’s still a music business next year!”

Dean Wareham Where Turf Club, 1601 W. University Ave., St. Paul When 8 p.m. Saturday Cost $15 Age 21+

VIDEO GAMES

Community promotes video games for a cause A small, competitive video game community creates more than mindless, explosive fun.

BY ZACH SIMON zsimon@mndaily.com

O

ne more point and Grape would beat Ma3la. In a desperate move, Ma3la jumped at Grape, only to be met with a shotgun blast.

Match over.

That was just the final seconds of one “Team Fortress 2,” or “TF2,” tournament held during the Tip of the Hats 36-hour stream-a-thon for charity in March.

The event was put on by a niche community of “TF2” competitive gamers who raised a brain-melting $105,519.33 for the Children’s Oncology Ser vices and One Step programs.

The charities raise money to help children with cancer attend summer camps, among other things, and it gave gamers the opportunity to demonstrate that gamers can do more than just play.

Inside the game Released in 2007, “Team Fortress 2” made a name for itself as a quality time-sink for those who like their bloody rocket giblets with a side of light humor.

A fast-paced, team-oriented, first-person shooter,

A&E EDITOR

Spencer Doar sdoar@mndaily.com

“TF2” is centered on controlling key map points by using the abilities of nine uniquely skilled character classes.

“TF2” became free to play in June 2011 and formed its own economy. In-game items can sell for unbelievable amounts of cash. For example, the Unusual Killer Exclusive, a hat that gives the user’s character a fiery halo, is currently selling for $11,000.

Small sub-communities have cropped up, augmenting the rolling plains of the game’s geography into an intricate mountain range of hats and flamethrowers.

Tip of the Hats As a high-level player and popular streamer, Sean “Seanbud” Stradley felt there was untapped potential to both grow the “TF2” competitive scene and give back to the community at large.

Stradley joined close friends and fellow “TF2” players Alex “Lange” Van Camp, Kurt “TrukTruk” Russ and Jason “WhiskerBiscuit” Baxter to organize the Tip of the Hats Tournament, asking for donated in-game items to help get the event up and running.

The “TF2” community met the tournament with enthusiasm, and the first Tip of the Hats extravaganza was broadcast on the front page of video game streaming website Twitch.tv in April 2013.

The broadcast — which included raffles for valuable

TIP OF THE HATS

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$108,060.53 TOTAL RAISED

5,647

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$19.14

AVERAGE DONATION SOURCE: TEAM FORTRESS

in-game items and pick-up games pitting donors against pros — was only projected to generate about $5,000 for One Step, Stradley said. But the first iteration pulled in roughly $35,000, with more than 65,000 viewers tuning in.

The second Tip of the Hats event pulled in over $100,000. The stream featured an appearance by Marcus “djWHEAT” Graham, who is, according to Baxter, the “Grandfather of e-sports.”

Tight-knit competition For Carl “Enigma” Yang-

ASSISTANT A&E EDITOR Emily Eveland eeveland@mndaily.com

PHOTO COURTESY OF ESEA LAN TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS

From closest to farthest: Tyrone “enoryt” Wang, Dante “Shade” Funari, Grant “B4nny” Vincent” and Paul “Cyzer” Sandhu play at the ESEA Season 12 LAN Tournament.

sheng, the competitive “TF2” scene is a “collection of talented, motivated individuals — all of whom are dedicated to the community voluntarily.”

As founder and sole proprietor of the competitive “TF2” hub “Teamfortress.tv,” Yangsheng has been heavily involved in the community since the game’s release with Valve’s “Orange Box.” He is regarded as one of the top players in the game and a huge influence in creating a place for players to gather and come together as a unit.

Similarly, Eric “Sala-

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mancer” Smalley, a popular shout-caster for ‘TF2’ match broadcasting, commented on the scene’s lack of outside support over the last seven years from either sponsors or other leagues.

“The community is special and not special — it’s a niche that has its small following that really enjoy it,” Smalley said. “The thing that really sets it apart is that ‘TF2’ players are so good at finding the tiniest scraps [of outside support] and turning them into something great.”

It’s even more remark-

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able when considering the small number of “TF2” diehards, some 800 according to popular “TF2” figure Wyatt “Ma3la” Smith.

So when someone does contribute, it’s like dropping a boulder in a glass of water, rather than a pebble in ocean. With role models like Van Camp, who has created numerous facilitating programs for the community, it’s no wonder others are motivated to put thousands of hours and more money than they’d like to admit into a video game.

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

13A

MUSIC

A career out of serendipity The Coathangers’ drive and humor persist.

BY JACKIE RENZETTI jrenzetti@mndaily.com

T

he Coathangers stumbled upon their instr uments in 2006 with a simple “carpe diem” attitude.

Since that day in Atlanta, Ga., the three-woman punk group has released four albums, the new est of which, “Suck My Shirt,” came out in March.

They’ve toured the U.S. and Europe, playing with the likes of the Black Lips.

Their initial carefree experiment soon “snowballed out of control,” guitarist Julia Kugel said.

Musician friends convinced them to play a show, which resulted in some label interest. They were asked to record a 7-inch, which the members initially assumed was a joke and ignored, Kugel said.

After realizing it wasn’t a joke — and then making the 7-inch — the band began work on their first self-titled album, released in 2007. The album boasts fan favorites that they’re still asked to play, such as “Shut The [Expletive] Up” and “Nestle In My Boobies.”

Despite their playful nature, all of the songs come from authentic experiences.

“Shut The [Expletive] Up,” which tells the tale of being disgr untled with a whiny boy, was inspired by experiences like bar tend-

The Coathangers are determined to travel the world — and possibly take over.

ing and washing dishes.

“It freaking sucks having people constantly tell you what to do and treat you like you don’t matter,” drummer Stephanie Luke said. “Sometimes you just want to be like, ‘Shut the [expletive] up!’”

“Stop Stomp Stompin’”also exemplifies the group’s

straightfor war dness — quite simply, it’s a song about bassist Meredith Franco’s roommate clanging around upstairs.

As the Coathangers have progressed as a band, they’ve tried to make their songs less situation-specific and more relatable.

“Suck My Shir t” cer tainly

PHOTO COURTESY OF RYAN RUSSELL

has less definitive, concrete stories in its lyrics. They’ve matured and left more room for developed guitar rif fs and smashing drum parts, as well as more variation in vocal techniques.

However, their candid, whimsical elements remain, as in the album’s second track, “Shut Up.”

The Coathangers stay in the present and maintain a sense of humor — which is evident when asked about their future plans.

“We’re gonna take over the world, OK — that’s No. 1,” Luke said.

Their recipe of spunk, dedication and modest

expectations has remained intact.

“The goals are basically the same, but they’ve grown along with the band,” Luke said, explaining that they’re now able to reach for bigger goals that, as a young band, they couldn’t imagine.

Franco said they’re always tr ying to improve their craft.

“Ever yone should be in a band,” Luke said. “It’s so much fun; it’s easier than you think.”

Each of the Coathangers had musical experience prior to forming the band but not much with the instruments they currently play. Luke had experience with saxophone and violin, Franco played clarinet and Kugel was in chor us and played piano and acoustic guitar. Now, they play drums, bass guitar and lead guitar, respectively, and each member sings.

“I think life is all about experiences,” Luke said.

“We get to experience a lot of [expletive] ever y day, and I highly recommend it.”

The Coathangers with Audacity and Kitten Forever Where The Turf Club, 1601 W. University Ave., St. Paul When 8 p.m. Thursday Cost $8 in advance; $10 at the door Age 21+

14A

Thursday, April 10, 2014

FOOD

Chef returns with new culinary delights Café Boulud’s Gavin Kaysen is headed home to Minneapolis to open his own restaurant.

BY GRANT TILLERY gtillery@mndaily.com

G

avin Kaysen has a chef ’s dream résumé.

At 19, he left Bloomington, Minn., to enroll at the New England Culinar y Institute in Vermont. After an internship with Domaine Chandon in Napa Valley, Kaysen crossed the Atlantic to Lausanne, Switzerland, to cook for Auberge de Lavaux, and then headed to London to sharpen his skills at the formerly Michelin-starred L’Escargot.

A dart thrown at a map took Kaysen to San Diego, where he won a Best New Chef award from Food & Wine in 2007 while at El Bizcocho. Shortly after winning the award, he moved to the Michelin-starred Café Boulud in New York.

In early June, Kaysen will pack his bags, head home to Minneapolis and open his own restaurant, Merchant, in the Nor th Loop. A&E caught up with him to ask about Café Boulud, Merchant and what he eats outside the restaurant.

PHOTO COURTESY OF GAVIN KAYSEN

Chef Gavin Kaysen hams it up in the Cafe Boulud kitchen.

How did you end up at Café Boulud?

GK: I met Daniel Boulud about 10 years ago — I was participating in a cooking competition called the Bocuse d’Or, which basically is our Olympics of cooking. It’s not ver y well-known in America because it’s a European-style competition, but ver y difficult nonetheless. I com-

peted and represented the United States back in 2007, and Daniel — shor tly before that — and I became ver y close friends. We had a good dialogue about Bocuse d’Or and everything I was going through, and he offered me the position to take over as the chef of Café Boulud.

You’re the second Food & Wine Best New Chef who’s moving back to Minneapolis — Erik Anderson (who opened The Catbird Seat in Nashville) is coming back to town as well.

GK: I talked to Erik this morning, actually.

Was that one of your reasons for coming back? Why did you decide to come back to Minneapolis?

GK: My reasoning was purely personal. I didn’t know Erik was coming back when I made my decision, but I heard and read about it and since have reconnected with him.

My interest in coming back was that [Minneapolis] is a beautiful place to live. I have two young boys — 2 and 4 and a half — and it’ll be a great place for them to grow up. And I’ve always seen Minneapolis as an incredible opportunity to help grow and expand business.

What’s going to be the hardest thing about leaving New York City?

GK: My entire life is within eight city blocks. I haven’t driven or owned a car in eight years. That’ll be dif ferent — having to

drive to the bank or having to drive to the store. Most of my grocer y shopping is done online and delivered to my address.

Speaking of groceries, what do you eat at home?

GK: I usually have one day off a week — Sunday nights — so whenever I’m home and I’m of f, I cook pretty simply. The other day I did a chili-rub skir t steak with a baby jam and radish salad, with a little dill vinaigrette. The week before that, it was seared trout with haricot vert, toasted almonds [and] lemon.

What are your thoughts on the Minneapolis food scene? It could be the next Portland.

GK: I agree with you.

One thing Minneapolis is great at doing is preserving the talent that’s there and in some ways keeping a bit of a secret. The chef community in Minneapolis is one of the strongest I’ve ever seen.

Before I had announced publicly that I was going to move home, I called a few of the chefs in Minneapolis to let them know. They’re friends of mine, and I didn’t want them to find out through a media outlet.

What is the concept of Merchant, and when is the opening date?

GK: It’s late 2014 — you can guess whatever that means. The restaurant is in the Nor th Loop — I’m not ready to disclose the u See BOULUD Page 16A

MUSIC

The Persuasions uphold an a capella tradition They may not have invented it, but the Persuasions have kept a cappella alive for nearly five decades.

BY JOE KELLEN jkellen@mndaily.com

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cappella music toes a careful line. For a truly gr eat per formance to emerge, each element must converge at the perfect moment.

Bass vocalist Jimmy Hayes maintains that the advent of his group, the Persuasions, came together like a well-done song. He said the group hooked up through “divine inter vention” in the mid-1960s.

“None of us were from New York. We all came around the same time and moved into the same neighborhood,” he said. “That was how the Persuasions came to be.”

The group’s members happened to be neighbors who enjoyed blowing of f steam after work by singing together and playing basketball in the Big Apple’s city parks.

Successful groups like Boyz II Men and the Nylons have found inspiration in the quintet’s work, but the idea that they’d become so influential never crossed Hayes’ mind when they first started singing together.

Hayes and his four comrades got serious when they began to busk in the subways, before the group even had a formal name.

“We couldn’t wait to get home ever y day and go down to the subway station

and get that echo,” Hayes said, championing the acoustics at the Lafayette Avenue station in Brooklyn as the best in the city.

Singing in public inspired the crooners to finally name their band. Hayes said since they were always working so hard to get passersby to stop and listen, it felt like they were persuading pedestrians with their voices.

By 1968, the soul singers had been regularly scoring gigs around New York, but they remained relatively obscure. This changed once Frank Zappa — at the insistence of the band’s future manager David Dashev — agreed to listen to some of their recordings over the phone. After that one listen, Zappa decided he was going to produce their first album, “Acappella,” in 1970.

The record established the powerful sonic foundations of the Persuasions.

Whether Herbert Rhoad’s silky baritone was soaring through a bouncing harmony or Hayes’ honeythick bass was laying melodic pavement, the group’s signature synthesis made the soul- and gospel-filled track list of “Acappella” feel united.

The Persuasions eventually became known for their uncanny knack of being on the same page — the group often sounds as if they’re one multi-layered force.

The Zappa-produced effort was only the beginning of their series of collaborations with other legendary artists.

“Anyone you can name, the Persuasions have probably sung on the same

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The Persuasions have the dynamic duo on their side: talent and charm.

bill with them or did background singing for them,” Hayes said.

In their nearly half-century-long career, the Persuasions have performed with the likes of Liza Minnelli, Joni Mitchell and Stevie Wonder, to name a few. Their adaptability has also allowed them to cover a wide variety of artists, including Zappa and the Grateful Dead.

Today, Hayes and Jayotis Washington are the only remaining original members.

While the lineup has seen artists come and go, Hayes said the sound remains the same.

“It’s love that you have. I think that’s the only way you can do a capella,” he said.

“That passion, to me, is what soul is.”

Even after years in the group, Hayes said this passion is what keeps him on the road, sharing his music.

Mikalyna Sell, a member of a University of Minnesota student a cappella group called the Enchantments, was in the audience at a 7Days A Cappella concert when she first felt that same sense of soul that vocal-only music can provide.

“I like that we can per-

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form at anytime, anywhere,” the pre-veterinary medicine sophomore said. “We’re able to collaborate so much with only our voices.”

Sell respects a cappella pioneers like the Persuasions, but she takes more detailed notes from contemporar y acts like Pentatonix — an outfit that Hayes finds par ticularly impressive.

“I guess we are old school, like the old gospel groups we used to listen to,” he said. “People today do hip-hop and boom box sounds. They’re fantastic.”

Like Hayes, Sell feels a strong dedication to the genre and said she’s made some of her closest friends through singing.

Hayes couldn’t agree more.

“This is what makes me happy, and I’ll keep doing it for as long as I can,” he said.

The Persuasions Where The Cedar Cultural Center, 416 S. Cedar Ave., Minneapolis When 8 p.m. Friday Cost $25-28

By Grant Tillery

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

April Showers Bring Bitch Flowers

Dillinger Escape Plan with Trash Talk

Chelsea Handler

I have a confession to make: I’ve never been to a drag show. That being said, the Varsity’s seventh annual April Showers Bring Bitch Flowers looks like a great introduction to the world of drag.

Though spotlighting local grand dame Bitch Flowers, the show features a cast of who’s who in the drag scene, including Pandora Boxx of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”

Trash Talk are helping out mathcore favorite Dillinger Escape Plan with their latest tour. Known for their off-the-chain antics and chaotic performances (cops have been summoned to break up their shows), they evoke a strange hybrid of Black Flag and Slipknot, but they fortunately come across as more punk than screamo.

The rumored heir to David Letterman’s throne, Chelsea Handler’s humor is even more ribald than the late-night king’s. She’s famous for her refreshingly lewd frankness, kick-started by her 2005 book “My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands,” and popularized by her show on E!, “Chelsea Lately.” She’ll also be hosting an author event at the Coffman Union bookstore at 2 p.m.

Where Varsity Theater, 1308 Fourth St. SE, Minneapolis Hours 9 p.m.

Cost $20-60 Age 18+

Where First Avenue, 701 N. First Ave., Minneapolis Hours 7 p.m.

Cost $20 Age 18+

Where Target Center, 600 N. First Ave., Minneapolis Hours 8 p.m.

Cost $59.50-69.50

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By Grant Tillery

Read this:

Watch this:

Eat this:

“Fanfarlo” by Charles Baudelaire

“Californication”

Grilled cheese

Novellas are too often dismissed because people don’t know how to categorize them. They’re too short to be a novel, too long to be a short story and too cohesive to be a chapbook. Fortunately for us, Melville House decided to publish “The Art of the Novella” series, giving more attention to the rarified literary format. Among the best of the titles is Charlie Baudelaire’s “Fanfarlo,” a ditty about a young artist who falls head over heels for a burlesque dancer. At 64 pages, it’s a quick read and tailor-made for a Saturday afternoon lounging in the sun.

What? This show is still on the air? Though it’s overdone and passé, I have a soft spot for “Californication” (maybe it’s because I wish I was Hank Moody) and am anticipating the seventh and final season, which begins Sunday night on Showtime. Though the last couple seasons were duds, Tom Kapinos will hopefully script a satisfying conclusion for Moody (David Duchovny) and the love of his life/baby mama, Karen Van Der Beek (Natascha McElhone).

April is grilled cheese month, and there’s no better food to eat on a rooftop patio on a spring day. The Twin Cities has no shortage of excellent grilled cheese — restaurants like the Depot Tavern and Hen House Eatery devote extensive sections of their menu to the people’s sandwich, though many believe the Lowry in Uptown serves up the best in town (their rendition is topped with Tillamook and Vermont cheddar, tomato chutney and a tomato soup shooter).

THEATER

FASHION

A starchy star is born Sentient starch takes the spotlight in Sibyl Kempson’s odd examination of what’s beyond the physical world and the possibilities of theater.

BY JOE KELLEN jkellen@mndaily.com

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burlap sack full of big brown Boise potatoes isn’t average fodder for an evening of theater.

But when the contents of that straw-colored bag grow minds of their own, it makes for an enticing oddity. OK — maybe this sounds like the logline for the B-reel horror flick of the centur y, but it’s also the thematic center of envelope-pushing playwright Sibyl K emp son ’s w ork “Potatoes of August.”

“It str uck me, when I read the play, that it was related to our relationship with the physical world.

The play raises the question of what is known in the universe,” director Steve Busa said. “How much confidence can we have in what we think we know?”

The play focuses on four retirees whose mundane lives are interrupted when they encounter sentient potatoes.

It only gets more surreal from there — these potatoes seem to be om-

Local shopping caters toward different crowd Step up your style game by shopping at some local stores.

some pretty cool stores around the Twin Cities that you should check out.

BY MELANIE RICHTMAN mrichtman@mndaily.com

Primp

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t’s sometimes hard to build a wardrobe that’s different from your peers’. With the college-kid budget basically ranging from Goodwill to Target, it can be a challenge to find items that aren’t owned by at least three of your neighbors.

If you’re tired of buying all your clothes at Forever 21 and H&M, there are

Since 2010, this “cheap chic” boutique has quickly gained popularity, garnering over 30,000 Facebook likes and opening four locations around the metropolitan area. Primp’s owners launched their own line last summer, Henr y + Martin, which is exclusively sold at the store.

If you’re looking for going-out dresses or u See FASHION Page 16

FASHION BOUTIQUES CLOSE TO CAMPUS MILES FROM CAMPUS PHOTO COURTESY OF LIZ JOSHEFF

Potatoes come to life and paradigms shift in Sibyl Kempson’s “Potatoes of August.”

niscient and may or may not be up to no good. As the super natural begins to over take the retirees’ lives, the characters question ever ything from their personal relationships to the contours of existence.

Full of musical numbers — Kempson’s play makes use of music from

composer Johannes Kepler along with other classical ar tists — and with an unwavering dedication to the absurd, “Potatoes of August” refuses to give audiences material that’s easy to digest.

“I love where her mind goes,” Busa said of Kempson. “She explores this illusion-versus-reality concept

that makes sense to me.”

Busa said that seemingly “impossible” plays are keeping theater alive. He believes that the challenges they put forth force artists and audiences to think more creatively and potentially discover aspects of the medium that they never u See POTATOES Page 16A

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address. There’s going to be two private dining rooms: a 14- to 18-seat room and a 20-plus-seat room.

I’ve seen a lot of chatter on whether it’s going to be fine dining or not. There’s no intention to make it fine dining; there’s no intention to have tablecloths. My goal is to bring food that’s accessible and delicious and for people in the neighborhood to come and eat more than once a week.

Café Boulud [is], by definition, a neighborhood restaurant. I cook for the same people ever y week; I cook for their children’s graduations, bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, and I’m a part of their life.

How does the idea of a neighborhood restaurant differ in New York and Minneapolis?

GK: It’s not comparing apples to apples. [A] Café Boulud diner’s check covers over $100 a person.

Mine would be substantially less — half, if not more, of that. You have to read and understand the demo-

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affordable accessories, like cool statement necklaces and $10 sunglasses, look no further than Primp. But be warned — because items go quickly, their selection is constantly changing. Follow Primp on Instagram if you want to see what they have — and claim it — before it’s gone.

618 Selby Ave., St. Paul primpyourself.com

Parc Boutique

Located in Nor theast Minneapolis, Parc Boutique has an eclectic mix of trendy yet affordable pieces. After living in California for a few years, owner Thao Nguyen decided to open her own store, offering ever ything from basic T-shir ts and jeans to cool midi dresses. In fact, she still impor ts brands from San Francisco, making Parc Boutique a great place to visit if you’re looking for brands you won’t typically find in the Midwest.

Although it’s not wardrobe related, Parc has a great selection of awesomesmelling candles. The Illume “Thai Lily” is to die for.

320 E. Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis parcboutique.com

Showroom

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graphics you’re in, in order to give back to them. Merchant isn’t going to come to Minneapolis and be a Boulud-style restaurant.

What are your food guilty pleasures?

GK: My guilty junk food pleasure is Cheetos. I love them; they’re so good. I try to stay away from them, but they’re delicious. You can’t go wrong with a really good Rice Krispies bar — the homemade stuff. The blue package — stay away.

What’s the best restaurant meal you’ve ever had?

GK: In 1999, I moved into a house in Napa Valley. My roommate worked at a restaurant that I hadn’t heard of at that point. It was called the French Laundr y, by Thomas Keller. I went and had lunch the next day, and I had no idea what to expect. It was my introduction to fine dining, and I had the pleasure of meeting Thomas Keller.

Do you remember what you ate?

GK: We had 19 courses, so no. But I’m sure I could dig up the menu.

Heartbreaker Hear tbreaker is like a locally owned Forever 21. Thanks to the sheer volume of Hear tbreaker’s inventor y, you can always find something you like.

Hear tbreaker of fers inexpensive, stylish items, so you won’t feel guilty if you buy something only to wear it twice.

Go to Hear tbreaker if you’re in need of jeans. The seven Minnesota locations carr y an impressive selection of both affordable and designer denim, including ever ything from 7 For All Mankind and Hudson jeans to nameless brands.

2941 S. Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis shopheartbreaker.com

B. Resale

This locally owned consignment shop sells oneof-a-kind reused pieces, as well as some new products. B. Resale is the place to visit if you want to add a street-wear vibe to your current look.

B. specializes in urban apparel from stores like Anthropologie and American Apparel for only a quar ter of the cost. If you want high-quality merchandise at an af fordable price, this consignment store is the per fect solution.

2613 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis bresale.com

If you’re interested in suppor ting local fashion designers like Marissa Bridges and Tessa Louise, you’ll have to check out Showroom. Adding some pieces from local designers is a sure way to update your closet with cool, unique pieces.

Showroom doesn’t just sell clothes — it’s also an outlet for local artisans to sell jewelr y, furniture and art. Showroom hosts events throughout the month, including private fashion shows and galler y openings, so you can shop and attend cultured art exhibits.

BlackBlue

615 W. Lake St., Minneapolis showroommpls.com

614 Selby Ave., St. Paul blkblu.com

Potatoes

their separate ways.”

Busa and company took Kempson’s unorthodox approach and ran with it, using all-brown, tastefully saggy costuming for their potatoes and projections to set the backdrop for their world on stage. On the whole, this production of “Potatoes” seeks to unapologetically investigate the weird and unknowable, all with a kooky smile on its face.

“I don’t like rules,” Kempson said. “Unless they’re acting as something to push against.”

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knew were possible.

“The limits are sort of exploded,” Kempson said. “You can’t write something that’s impossible to do on the stage because there’s always a way to do it.”

Kempson said she isn’t interested in the notion of an “intelligent” play. “Potatoes of August” deals with heady concepts by embracing the ridiculous — a tactic that Kempson uses to separate philosophical notions from the loftiness attached to them.

“They’re not that far beyond any of us. Those ideas came from people who just took the time to be interested,” she said. “I love that it’s so stupid and these four people have to deal with it in

If you’re looking for cool menswear and accessories, BlackBlue should be your go-to place. This is where Kanye West would shop for well-designed, rugged pieces. BlackBlue of fers clothing from designers like A.P.C. Clothing, but it excels at accessories.

Check out BlackBlue’s selection of nice leather shoes, Duluth Packs and distinctive ties. The store, which is adding some womenswear to its ranks, is also conveniently located right next to Primp’s St. Paul location.

“Potatoes of August” Where Red Eye Theater, 15 W. 14th St., Minneapolis When 7 p.m. or 8 p.m. April 11-27 Cost $8-30

Thursday, April 10, 2014

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EMPLOYMENT

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HOUSING

DINKYTOWN

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WHAT: Coalesce WHO: University of Minnesota’s Student Dance Coalition WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Studio 100, Barker Center for Dance PRICE: $6-12 The University of Minnesota’s Student Dance Coalition presents the 2014 Student Choreography Showcase: Coalesce. Featuring choreography by Laura Osterhaus and Emma Barber, Megan Luken, Michael Lynch and Malcolm Peterson, Erin Coyne, Rachel Horner, and Carissa Ashly Logghe.

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BACKTALK

horoscopes

sudoku

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.

4/10/2014

Yesterday’s solution © 2013 Michael Mepham. Distributed by Tribune Media Services.

All rights reserved.

Today’s Birthday (4/10): Pursue love and happiness this year, and find it easily. Creativity abounds, with artists (of all media) especially favored. Home renovations spruce up for parties this spring.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Written By Linda C. Black

Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is a 5 — You’re entering a two-day busy phase with steady, creative work and some unexpected circumstances to dodge.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 6 — Face something you’ve been avoiding, and conclude arrangements. It’s especially satisfying to check it off your list.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 5 — The information you seek may not be in the manual. Speak with an expert friend or two for a new view.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 6 — Handle the paperwork and update budgets for extra profits. Hide out, if necessary. Stifle your rebellious tendencies.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 7 — Today and tomorrow favor household changes and domestic bliss. Clean house and discover forgotten treasures.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 7 — Career matters demand your attention today and tomorrow. This project raises your status.

The profits come later.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 7 — You learn quickly today and tomorrow, so pay attention. Measure thrice and cut once. Go faster by taking your time.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 7 — Review your accounts, pay down debt and stash funds for a rainy day. Find new ways to be resourceful.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 7 — Today and tomorrow could get expensive without a plan or guidelines. Focus on bringing funds in, and spend within your budget.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 6 — Financial planning keeps your boat afloat, especially today and tomorrow. Adjust and prepare. Write down what you want.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 6 — You’re in the driver’s seat today and tomorrow. Expand your territory without overspending. Follow a hunch.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 6 — Hold yourself to high standards. Love pushes you onward and upward. Postpone chores and finish an old job.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

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crossword

overheard

FOR RELEASE APRIL 10, 2014

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Person 1: “My son is taking medicine to increase his appetite since he’s such a picky eater.”

Person 2: “Oh, really? What is it, medical marijuana?”

—Walter Library

TA: “I was supposed to be studying, but instead, I just spent 10 minutes looking at cowboy boots on Etsy!”

—Unknown

Guest speaker: “A lot of what I’m saying here may or may not be true.”

“Well, I cried, so she gave me two extra minutes.”

—Unknown

“I went to see ‘Noah,’ but it was more fictional than real. It wasn’t really based on the true story.”

—Unknown

“If I’m paying for my car insurance, you can be sure I’m gonna use it.”

—Unknown

—Ecology class

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dr. date Dr. Date,

There’s this guy I met during Welcome Week three years ago. We immediately hit it off — hanging out every day; eating breakfast, lunch and dinner together; watching movies at night and sometimes falling asleep together. He was my best friend and, as I’m sure you guessed, someone I quickly fell in love with.

But then he went abroad spring semester of our freshman year, and he came back with a girlfriend. I was heartbroken, a feeling made worse by the fact that he essentially dropped off the face of the earth. He started hanging out with his girlfriend all the time, and I just didn’t see him anymore.

Eventually, my heart started to mend.

I dated other guys, I hung out with my friends and I did a lot of exciting things during college. I didn’t forget about him, but I missed him less.

Then, about a week ago, I got a call from him — the first in over three years.

I was shocked. He said things aren’t going that well with his girlfriend and that he needed me. So I went over to his place, and we talked for hours, as if we’d never been apart. At the end of the night, he said he’s finally realized that he’s always been in love with me.

This was, of course, exactly what I wanted to hear. But I also don’t know if I should trust him. Is he just using me?

Will he leave his girlfriend? Am I being stupid for even asking?

—Anonymous

No Take Backs,

You hit the nail on the head. He’s using you. He may very well love you, but if he was actually deserving of you, he never would have abandoned you for another girl he met abroad. At the very least, he would have made more time for you while dating her. The fact that he totally ignored you for three years tells me that his recent interest in you is an entirely selfish move.

What makes this situation even suckier is that he reopened a wound that sounds like you already healed. You moved on with your life. You didn’t need him. You still don’t.

As hard as it sounds, I would advise you to tell him you’re not ready to invite

him back into your life. If you feel like it, you can explain that you had feelings for him for a long time and were hurt when he came back from his trip with a girlfriend. But you don’t have to. If he’s capable of stooping low enough, he may even take advantage of your vulnerability.

Chances are, he’s going to mend things with his girlfriend, and they’ll get back together after a period of him stringing you along. If he does happen to break up with her and immediately start dating you, you’re basically his rebound, and everyone knows how that usually goes.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

Is there a way for a straight woman to date in a healthy way if she kind of hates men? I don’t hate all men — I’ve dated a lot and have had some serious boyfriends who I definitely loved. In general, though, men — and college men in particular — infuriate me. Thoughts?

—Dirty Love

Man Eater,

Interesting question, but you’ve made some incredibly broad generalizations without context.

Is there a specific reason you hate college men so much? Without background information, it’s hard for me to know whether this stems from something petty, like age, or something more serious, like abuse.

Let’s start with the former. If you hate college men purely on the basis of them being in college, why not check out a punk show? You’ll run into plenty of college dropouts with lots on their minds.

But let’s be real — they’ll probably infuriate you, too.

Your first step is to drop the attitude.

If you’re set on the idea that all college guys suck, you won’t find a college guy worth dating. Your mind won’t be open to it.

Have you ever considered that you might not be sexually attracted to men at all? Do women appeal to you? Maybe it’s time to do some exploration in the sexuality field. That, or stop judging so harshly.

—Dr. Date

Need relationship advice? Email Dr. Date at drdate@mndaily.com.

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