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U leads in women’s coaching

FloCo evac. prompted by gas leak Dangerous levels of carbon monoxide were measured at the FloCo apartments Tuesday.

BY MADELINE DENINGER mdeninger@mndaily.com

Left: Head coach Stefanie Golan talks to the team after the game on Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium. CHRIS DANG, DAILY Center: Lynx guard Lindsay Whalen dribbles the ball during the first game of the WNBA Finals at Williams Arena on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017. MADDY FOX, DAILY FILE PHOTO Right: Head women’s tennis coach Catrina Thompson observes practice on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. JACK RODGERS, DAILY FILE PHOTO

UMN ranks third nationally in ratio of women coaching collegiate women’s teams.

as some sports have two head coaches. Nine of the total coaching positions at the University are held by women.

Nicole LaVoi, report author and senior lectur-

BY DAVID MULLEN dmullen@mndaily.com

er in the University’s School of Kinesiology, said around 42 percent of all women’s college teams are

A new national ranking suggests the University of Minnesota is among the best in the nation for hiring women as head coaches for women’s sports.

The University was ranked third in an annual report from the Tucker Center that examines the amount of women head coaches who are coaching women’s sports at the NCAA Division I level, which is an increase of eight spots from the previous year.

coached by a woman.

Having just over 64 percent of Gopher women’s sports coached by women, Minnesota received a “B”

A carbon monoxide leak at a campus-area apartment building evacuated around one hundred residents from their homes Tuesday night.

At approximately 7:45 p.m., Minneapolis Fire Department, Minneapolis Police Department and Hennepin County Medical Center officials arrived at FloCo Fusion on University Avenue SE. in response to reports of dangerously high carbon monoxide readings of 500 ppm in the building, according to officials.

MFD crews evacuated residents of the 84-unit building before searching for the source of the leak. It was found to be caused by a generator used for a power washer in a closed basement room, according to a MPD official.

Firefighters completed searches in the buildings around 8:50 p.m. and plan to ventilate the building until carbon monoxide readings fall to zero, according to MFD. Betsy Colosimo, a FloCo resident, said the alarms in her apartment went off around 7:35 p.m., prompting her to call 911.

“We’re just sitting here waiting now. I don’t really know the rest of it,” Colosimo said.

The end of the evacuation was delayed by residents entering the building before it was cleared by officials.

As of 10: 50 p.m., residents were unable to return to their rooms.

grade, according to the report.

The University of Cincinnati and University of Central Florida received “A” grades this year.

The University’s national rank rose from 11th in 2017 to third when Catrina Thompson was hired

Of the 12 women’s sports at the University of

as the head coach of the women’s tennis team.

Minnesota, there are 14 head coaching positions

Thompson replaced Chuck Merzbacher when he

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NEIGHBORHOODS

Developers eye Prospect Park’s ‘wild frontier’

HIGHER ED.

Industrial land near campus is garnering attention as new developments gain steam.

University focuses on ways to keep local students in MN for college

BY J.D. DUGGAN jduggan@mndaily.com

A decades-long trend shows MN loses high school grads to neighboring states’ colleges.

BY KATRINA PROSS kpross@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota is considering how to fight an enrollment trend and bolster admissions to its system campuses.

At the June Board of Regents Meeting, the University’s Systemwide Enrollment Planning Taskforce presented potential ways to curb a decades-long trend of Minnesota losing more high school graduates to colleges in neighboring states than it attracts.

The task force aims to increase University enrollment systemwide by 3,000 students, including 2,000 Minnesota residents and 1,000 non-residents, by 2024.

Minnesota has seen more and more students leave the state for college than come into it from neighboring states since the 1980s, according to data provided by the Office of Undergraduate Education. In 2016, the state had a total deficit of 4,930 students to Wisconsin, Iowa and both Dakotas.

“We get our pockets picked every year from states and universities from across the nation,” said Bob McMaster, the vice provost and dean of undergraduate education.

To fight this, the task force is considering ways to encourage students to apply to other University campuses if they are not admitted to the campus of their choice in an attempt to keep students in the University system, said Barbara Keinath, vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at the Crookston campus.

By offering students enrollment at other campuses, the University aims to highlight and promote the specialities of each campus,

Keinath said. For example, the Morris campus specializes in liberal arts, the Rochester campus specializes in health sciences and the Crookston campus has a small-college feel and a popular veterinary medicine program.

“What [the task force is] working on right now is creating a marketing communication plan so we can better articulate to students in Minnesota the quality of each of the [campuses],” McMaster said.

Baylee Mathsen, a University sophomore from Wausau, Wisconsin said she decided to come to the University of Minnesota because she was directly admitted into the Carlson School of Management.

“I knew I wanted to major in business, but a lot of [Wisconsin] schools won’t allow you to apply to their business school until your junior year,” Mathsen said.

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TRANSPORTATION

Parking costs surge in Dinkytown, Stadium Village The rates stayed flat in the University’s neighborhoods for over a decade, officials say.

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STUDENT LIFE

Student group reclassifies as nonprofit org.

Women for Political Change became a nonprofit in late June after years of planning.

BY CLEO KREJCI ckrejci@mndaily.com

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Visitors to high-traffic University of Minnesota areas may need to carry extra change to meet the city’s increased parking fares.

The City of Minneapolis raised parking meter rates in Dinkytown and Stadium Village last month and is looking to do the same in other busy neighborhoods in coming weeks. The effort is meant to close the gap between off-street and metered rates.

The rate increases emerged as a result of the latest city-wide parking review, said Tim Drew, Minneapolis parking system manager. The evaluation showed parking in the University area has a high usage rate during the school year, and on-street parking rates are often cheaper than ramps or garages.

Drew said the increase aims to encourage students and workers, who often park for longer than the legal time limit, to park offstreet, leaving metered spots for visitors and customers.

“We don’t want people parking at meters if they’re going to be working there or a student there. We’d rather have them in the offstreet [parking], the meters are for the businesses,” Drew said.

A sizable portion of industrial land on the north side of Prospect Park is rife with obstacles to development amidst the patchwork of ownership in the sparse, overgrown region.

The area north of University Avenue has been called the “wild frontier” of the neighborhood, littered with old industrial structures and lacking in basic infrastructure, like roads. With the success of Surly’s Destination Brewery and recently-announced developments to the region, the area is garnering a resurgence of attention.

Visions for the section of neighborhood, originally deemed the Southeast Minneapolis Industrial Area in the 1980s, have been created

to get around the metered time cap. The City plans to combat violations with license plate recognition, Drew said.

Cheaper parking may attract those who

Joining the ranks of other University of Minnesota student groups, Women for Political Change recently gained status as a nonprofit organization.

Formed in 2015 to establish a space for people of all identities to hold conversations about political change, WFPC finalized its nonprofit status in June. It hopes to expand its ongoing work of education and empowering young women, transgender and nonbinary individuals.

“We didn’t really find a space on campus where in particular women and other people of marginalized identities could come together and organize and... learn about issues and organizing and take action,” said co-founder Sonia Neculescu. “So we just decided to make our own group.”

Rep. Erin Murphy, DFL-St. Paul, who has been familiar with the group for several years, said she’s seen more students are stepping into political leadership roles across the state.

“Young people, women, people of color, indigenous people, nonbinary [individuals], they are people stepping up and demanding urgent action on the tough issues that we face,” Murphy said.

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Forest Lake natives Heather Quarnstrom and Claire Radatz were unaware of the price increase for parking in Dinkytown and Stadium Village. The hourly rate went from $1.25 per hour to $2.00 per hour in Dinkytown and Stadium Village.

Parking in Dinkytown went up from $1.25 to $2.00 an hour. Stadium Village, which had meters charging $1.25 and $1.50 an hour in different areas, now is uniformly priced at $2.00.

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U architects to aid Puerto Rico They aim to help universities utilize their resources to help communities.

BY AMIE STAGER astager@mndaily.com

Researchers from the University of Minnesota are working with a university in Puerto Rico to change the way universities react to communities that have been affected by natural disasters.

Design researchers at the University’s School of Architecture have partnered with the University of Puerto Rico to develop ways to best utilize resources to provide aid following crises. The two schools are working to develop a solar station where communities can charge their electronic devices when electricity is not

available, and are hoping to send it to the island in August.

Following Hurricane Maria, which struck the island in fall 2017, Jacob Mans, an assistant professor in the School of Architecture, wanted to help.

Mans initiated the partnership with the hope of helping universities best utilize the resources they have to benefit impacted communities.

“After Hurricane Maria, many universities converged in Puerto Rico to do everything from humanitarian work to research,” said Cecilio Ortiz Garcia, a professor from the University of Puerto Rico.

In June, students and faculty from the University, along with other U.S. universities, traveled to Puerto Rico for a conference on how colleges can engage with communities and provide aid.

“When the hurricane

happened this last fall, there was a group of students in the School of Architecture who wanted to see the school have a response,” Mans said.

Mans traveled to Puerto Rico with students in March for a workshop and in June for a “Resiliency through Innovation in Sustainable Energy” conference, where they identified ways in which Puerto Ricans are solving their postdisaster infrastructure problems.

Ortiz Garcia said that universities that have come to provide aid in the past have had problems with cultural awareness and sensitivity when intervening, but the groups who attended RISE are working to change how universities engage with these communities.

“In terms of interventions, universities are not designed

to be first responders in disasters,” said University of Puerto Rico professor Marla Perez Lugo.

But universities in Puerto Rico are working to utilize the resources they can offer.

Ortiz Garcia and Perez Lugo asked Mans if he and fellow researchers would take over a project that builds solar stations for the island to help as Puerto Rico struggles to provide electricity to the island following the hurricane.

“These are all very commendable efforts... It became apparent to [Perez Lugo and I] that some sort of platform could actually help universities engage in communities in a more substantial and coordinated way... allowing for a more equal distribution of university resources in situations like these,” Ortiz Garcia said.

The project, called Solar Oasis, is currently being redesigned by University architecture researchers. The University is hoping to place in the infrastructure in gathering spaces where people can charge their devices and reconnect with their communities.

Mans and Alex Heid, an adjunct instructor in the School of Architecture, are designing the station, which is made out of an aluminum frame and fits in a crate that can convert into part of its roof.

The researchers are hoping to send the completed station to Puerto Rico in August and present another station at the Minnesota State Fair.

“The colleagues from the School of Architecture in Minnesota are at the forefront of rethinking what an intervention is,” Perez Lugo said.

Kaler discusses tuition and campus safety If not, we have resources like the Gopher Chauffeur that can help people move around safely.

The U.S. Supreme Court decided last month to uphold the Trump Administration’s travel ban, limiting travel for people from seven countries. Has the University considered assisting students affected by the executive order?

We do have ways to assist students for those activities. We have a set of resources on [the University’s Immigration Response website]... and I encourage families affected by that to go to that site and find out how we can be helpful to them.

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University President Eric Kaler answers questions for the Minnesota Daily on Tuesday, July 10.

Kaler reflects on the summer in an interview with the Minnesota Daily.

BY KATRINA PROSS kpross@mndaily.com

The Minnesota Daily sat down with University president Eric Kaler earlier this week to talk about tuition, increases in enrollment and security on campus, among other topics.

The University of Minnesota Foundation recently purchased parcels of land [on the East Bank], to create a “gateway” from the Twin Cities campus to the broader community. What is your vision for this expansion?

We really have an opportunity here to create a gateway into the campus...

That would... create a great ambiance when you come into

the campus... I think the ability to create that space will be terrific. We don’t have immediate plans to do it, but that gateway will be an important part of the University for a long time.

The College of Liberal Arts is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year and is starting a new initiative to improve the college’s appearance and the perceptions of a liberal arts degree. Why do you think this is necessary?

You should come to college to be educated... Unfortunately, people sometimes focus too much on the job-ready or the career-ready business and don’t consider the power of liberal arts preparing them for a full and rich life. So, I think we need to tell that story better, with liberal arts at the core of the University... and I’m eager to see how [the College of Liberal Arts] sharpens their approach and tells their story.

Conser vative groups on campus are suing the University of Minnesota, alleging discrimination and a violation of First Amendment obligation after Ben Shapiro’s February visit to campus. What is the University’s response to the lawsuit?

We did host Ben Shapiro on campus, but I’m not going to make any comments about ongoing legal situations.

Last week, two separate incidents, both resulting in death, occurred in the University campus area.

Does the University have any plans to change security because of these instances?

Unfortunately those deaths did happen in parts of the University... And it’s very unfortunate when events like this happen and it’s a reminder to all us to be safe, be aware of our environment and whenever possible travel as a group…

This fall, nonresident nonreciprocity tuition at the University will be increasing 15 percent to be more in line with nonresident tuition of other Big 10 schools. Are there other areas that the University wants to raise to Big 10 standards?

In many cases... the Big 10 needs to rise to our standards.

We look at where we stand in many metrics of the Big 10. We’re an above average institution, and we should be very proud of that. The [nonresident, non-reciprocity] conversation is one that the legislators have had that some Regents feel strongly about. The move is to put the University of Minnesota in the middle of the Big 10 in that space, but we don’t intend to be in the middle of the Big 10 in the academic product that we deliver.

The University has seen an increase in enrollment and has fur ther plans to continue to increase it. Does the University

have any plans on how to increase mental health resources for students to accommodate this increase in enrollment?

We certainly will scale all of our student support efforts to grow with the enrollment and we’ve made strides forward in mental health. I don’t think there’s been a... waiting list at Boynton for a couple years now and we have increased staffing there pretty considerably.

The University has enlisted a task force to tr y to keep more Minnesota students in the University system for college and increase enrollment by 2024. If the University wants to enroll more Minnesota students, why was resident tuition increased?

If you look over the time I’ve been President... resident tuition has increased at a rate that hasn’t been seen lower in 58 years. So it’s pretty clear that we make keeping tuition increases low a very high priority... We work hard to control tuition costs but we also recognize that despite our efforts to cut administrative expenditures... The institution does need revenue... The state of Minnesota appropriation [this year was] less than [last] year... So unfortunately we have to ask students and their families to pay a little bit more of the cost.

I know the state fair is coming up next month, but what has been your favorite part of the summer so far? ...It’s always fun to see my granddaughter Ophelia and watch her play and interact with her grandmother. It’s a very special thing to see.

Conservative groups sue University for discrimination The lawsuit claims the decision to host Ben Shapiro in St. Paul is proof of bias.

BY MADELINE DENINGER mdeninger@mndaily.com

The conservative student group that sponsored Ben Shapiro’s February visit to campus is suing the University of Minnesota, alleging discrimination and a violation of First Amendment obligations.

Following the University’s decision to host Shapiro’s lecture on the St. Paul campus, the Young America’s Foundation cited the incident as an example of

bias on the school’s part in a lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday. The lawsuitlists YAF, Students for a Conservative Voice and Shapiro as plaintiffs.

The lawsuit alleges the University held the event, hosted by SFC, Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow and Minnesota Students for Liberty, in the North Star Ballroom on the St. Paul campus instead of a larger venue on the Minneapolis campus due to the threat of a protest despite the student group’s requests.

“As a result of the forced relocation to the [North Star] Ballroom, many students were prevented from attending and participating

in the speaking event, and Shapiro was forced to speak to less than half the number of students that desired to attend,” the lawsuit reads.

University Relations Vice President Matt Kramer denied the decision to host Shapiro in St. Paul was evidence of any bias by the school at a press conference leading up to the event. Kramer said the University has welcomed and will continue to welcome conservative speakers on campus.

The University is aware of the complaint and plans to review it carefully to determine its next steps, said University spokesperson Chuck Tombarge.

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Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro speaks in the Northstar Ballroom of the St. Paul Student Center on Monday, Feb. 26.

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University clinical trials use new treatments to fight brain cancer Department of Neurosurgery tests new procedures for glioblastoma.

BY MICHELLE GRIFFITH mgriffith@mndaily.com

In 2015, engineer Brian Braun endured an invasive brain cancer surgery that required a three-week recovery in intensive care. When his tumors came back in 2018, he thought he would have to undergo the harsh procedure once again.

However, cutting-edge clinical trials at the University of Minnesota allowed him to undergo a less taxing laser treatment with a shorter recovery time instead. After the new surgery, Braun was back to work in two weeks.

The laser treatment is part of a series of clinical trials being held by the Department of Neurosurgery to treat glioblastoma— an aggressive brain cancer. The trials include laser treatment, engineered

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guarantee of being admitted into the business school was too concerning, she said.

Wisconsin has reciprocity with Minnesota, so Mathsen still pays resident tuition.

While some students come to Minnesota for select benefits, others leave the state is because of opportunities elsewhere.

“I really wanted to go to a place that I didn’t see myself living in for the rest of my life. [I wanted] to see what it’s like to live in a smaller town… The [University] was too familiar to me,” said Gillian Holte, a senior journalism student at Iowa State University from Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

McMaster said that many Minnesota students choose

viruses and a drug that helps identify where tumors are located.

“These advances are kind of space-age. If I were to tell you, ‘I’m gonna inject a virus into your brain,’ it’s pretty weird right?,” said Dr. Clark Chen neurosurgeon and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery.

The brain is surrounded by a protective barrier that shields it from toxins but also prevents many treatments, such as chemotherapy, from reaching the brain, Chen said. The methods used in the University’s clinical trials are designed to reach the cancer cells directly, ensuring the most success, he said.

One of the treatments the University is testing is called laser ablation, which uses a laser to heat and kill the cancer cells. This process is not as invasive as other brain surgeries and uses a magnetic resonance imaging machine and laser to erode the tumor, Chen said.

Braun said his laser ablation experience

to go to colleges in Iowa despite the lack of in-state reciprocity tuition because these universities offer large amounts of financial aid to Minnesota students to compensate.

Zophia Raleigh, a University senior from Blaine majoring in agricultural and food business management, said she decided to stay in Minnesota and attend the University to stay close to her family and take diverse courses but considered going out-of-state for college.

“I liked the idea of going somewhere new where I could learn more about myself in the process,” Raleigh said. “[At the University] I’m able to take classes that aren’t specifically related to my major but still don’t negatively impact my graduation date.”

was positive.

“It has been just a tremendous recovery compared to more invasive brain surgeries,” he said, adding he had an increased appetite and more energy.

The University is also exploring the use of viruses to combat brain cancer. In one method, a virus engineered to combat glioblastoma called Tocagen is injected into a patient’s brain after the majority of the tumor is removed in surgery. The patient then takes a drug that only affects parts of the body where the virus is located. The trial is in its final stages, and Chen hopes to have results in the coming years.

Another treatment uses a person’s immune system to ensure the tumor doesn’t reappear after surgery. Like the other virus method, a patient undergoes surgery, has the bulk of the tumor removed and is exposed to the virus. The patient also takes a drug that kills the virus and reacts with the immune system to stop the growth of

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Signs aim to reduce Como burglaries

BY HANNAH OVCHARCHYN ovcharchyn@mndaily.com

Neon yellow Crime Alert signs around Southeast Como are a new community outreach tactic by the Minneapolis Police Department to combat the high rate of burglaries in the area.

MPD Crime Prevention Specialist Nick Juarez said these bright, eye-catching posters placed around Como are to draw attention to the simple strategies homeowners can use to prevent crime, particularly burglaries. Incidents of burglaries, the second most common crime in the neighborhood behind auto thefts, have risen significantly in the past year.

“We wanted good visibility that shows there’s been burglaries in Como and the police are aware,” Juarez said.

The number of burglaries in the Second Precinct, which includes Como, Prospect Park and MarcyHolmes, have jumped more than 39 percent from May 2017 to May 2018, according to the MPD crime dashboard. There have been four burglaries in the Como neighborhood in the past

week alone.

Cody Hoerning, Southeast Como Improvement Association board member, said burglaries are incredibly common around the neighborhood.

“Theft, theft involving a motor vehicle and residential burglary comprise nearly 75 percent of all crime that takes place in the Como area,” Hoerning said in an email. “These are crimes that can largely be prevented with simple actions.”

The majority of burglaries in Como occur when homeowners fail to lock their doors, Juarez said.

Burglars tend to enter open homes late at night when residents are asleep and steal readily available valuables.

Homes in Como are often occupied by several people, which can create confusion.

It can be hard to determine if a noise heard in the middle of the night is a roommate or a burglar, Juarez said.

It’s also difficult to prevent burglaries when residents fail to report to the police, Juarez said. Residents often turn to online community forums, like a neighborhood Facebook page or the Nextdoor mobile app to air their concerns, he said.

Although this creates awareness among residents, Juarez said it’s strongly

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Minneapolis police posted signs on Como Avenue SE urging people to lock their doors and keep lights on because of an uptick in burglaries in the area.

Burglaries in the area have increased more than 39 percent in the past year.

future cancer cells. Clinical trials for this method will begin in the fall.

In a few months, another University clinical trial will test a drug called 5-ALA, which allows surgeons to identify a tumor’s location using special lighting. It is often difficult to discern tumor from brain matter when looking at the brain, Chen said.

Glioblastoma is the most common form of brain cancer that creates tumors and will affect an estimated 24,000 people in 2018, of which about 17,000 will die, according to the National Cancer Institute.

“This tumor is so aggressive that it basically eats up the brain,” Chen said. “This disease is so devastating because it fundamentally erodes what we consider to be human.”

If glioblastoma is left untreated, most people die within three months. If chemotherapy is unsuccessful, then a person is expected to live four to nine months, Chen said.

encouraged to file a report with MPD so officers can be aware.

“If there’s someone in the garage you don’t know, call the police,” Juarez said.

“That way we can increase patrol and direct our resources to keep residents safe.”

Officers in the Second Precinct first used these signs in fall 2017 after a string of burglaries afflicted Northeast neighborhoods. MPD found great success in making residents aware and decided to bring the tactic to Como, Juarez said.

Como has a large student population, who mostly rent houses or apartments for short periods of time.

Because reaching these residents, who may not be involved in the community, can be a challenge, MPD decided to utilize the Crime Alert signs in the neighborhood.

Como resident Sasha Hendrickson said it was easy to see the Crime Alert signs when walking down Como Avenue SE. “Since I’m renting just for the summer, I don’t have many connections in my neighborhood,” Hendrickson said. “But the signs have opened up an avenue to talk about crime with my neighbors.”

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and altered for decades. With collaboration from a wide range of groups, including Prospect Park Association members and the University of Minnesota Foundation Real Estate Advisors (UMFREA), property owners are urged to be a part of that vision.

“If you care about the neighborhood as a whole, you actually get more value out of your own piece [of property],” said Vince Netz, president of PPA. “Everybody is doing something better than what you would’ve done on your own.”

Area ownership is thinly spread between the University and UMFREA, Prospect Park Properties, Hubbard Broadcasting, Wall Companies and two different railroad companies. This spotty ownership and lack of existing infrastructure has made collaboration and development difficult, Netz said.

Developers want properties to be “shovel-ready.”

The neighborhood organization hopes new developments in the region will bring variety of housing, research and small entrepreneurial spaces. The goal is to bring industrial jobs for the 21st century into the area, said John Kari, co-chair of the PPA Planning and Land Use Committee. The original plan for Wall Companies’ Malcolm Yards project was a University-related research park, although future plans have yet to be decided.

“It was pretty hard for [developers] to see what it could be when it’s just an empty piece of industrial land with no roads at all,” Netz said.

One of the neighborhood’s concerns is that the vision will get lost in the details of complicated partnerships, causing developers to revert back to standard apartment buildings with ground-level retail spaces.

“What we’re afraid of, of course, is as it gets complicated, then the default is going to be to six-story buildings made of stick,” Netz said.

The location has been a major draw for developers due to its proximity to the University of Minnesota, public transportation, Interstate 94 and the established distinct residential neighborhood.

The City has not provided the neighborhood adequate support as it navigates new development and infrastructure for the region, Netz said.

“When you are talking about something very sparkly and new, it’s very hard for [the City] to put that in their regulatory machine. They don’t know how it fits,” Netz said.

But Heather Worthington, director of long-range planning for the City, said they have been working closely with Prospect Park and the other groups involved.

Although there are some challenges regarding multiple layers of infrastructure and ownership for the redevelopment, these challenges are not unique to the north side of Prospect Park, | she said. “ T h e n e i g h b o rh o o d has been very clear about their desire to see something happen there and we support that vision, generally,” Worthington said. “But I think there’s a lot of moving parts to make that happen.”

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retired from the job in April 2017.

“I think for the success Minnesota athletics has had, [the ranking] doesn’t surprise me at all,” Thompson said.

This is the sixth annual report conducted by the Tucker Center, which is associated with the University through the College of Education and Human Development.

The report takes an in-depth look at athletic departments from seven major women sports conferences, including the AAC, ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, PAC-12 and SEC. Each athletic department receives a grade which is scaled A through F, which is based on the percentage of women head coaches for women’s teams.

The grading scale for the report card is different from a typical class’ scale – anything above 70 percent is an A, 55 to 69 percent is a B and 40 to 54 percent is a C. LaVoi said the University has always received a “B” grade.

Wendy Davis, who started the University’s women’s rowing program in 2000 and serves as its head coach, said she has seen changes over the years in regard to women coaches.

During her time as a student-athlete rower at the University of California at Los Angeles, Davis said she

only had a handful of women coaches. She said Title IX not only opened the door for women participating in sports but also coaching.

“Now we have high quality women with the perspective, the knowledge, and they know what it’s like to be a female athlete,” Davis said.

While Title IX opened the doors for women to play and coach sports, LaVoi said the number of women coaches is declining.

“Both male and female athletic directors cite family obligations as a reason for why there are fewer women,” she said.

The decline has been reflected in women’s rowing, Davis said.

“There are eight Big Ten schools that have a women’s rowing program, but only two have women head coaches, Davis said. “It used to be 50 percent, but now it’s not.”

The Tucker Center’s goal is to raise awareness of the lack of women coaches and stimulate dialogue to hold decision makers

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“Now we have high quality women with the perspective, the knowledge, and they know what it’s like to be a female athlete.”

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accountable, LaVoi said.

Since the data was collected, the University has added Lindsay Whalen as the women’s basketball coach. This will not affect the University’s ranking as she replaced former head coach Marlene Stollings.

Although the University’s rank is not likely to change this year, athletic leaders say it’s an example for athletic directors across the U.S. “They jumped [up] in one year, so Minnesota is a nice example of how to do it right,” LaVoi said.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA RANKING % OF HEAD COACHES THAT ARE FEMALE

YEAR

NATIONAL RANK

BIG 10 RANK

2012-13

22nd

7th

46.7%

2013-14

12th

4th

53.3%

2014-15

5th

1st

57.1%

2015-16

9th

3rd

57.1%

2016-17

11th

3rd

57.1%

2017-18

3rd

1st

64.3% SOURCE: TUCKER CENTER

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Nayoka Clunis to represent Jamaica at Athletics World Cup The first Athletics World Cup takes place in London this weekend.

BY DREW COVE dcove@mndaily.com

A Minnesota studentathlete will go to Europe to represent her country.

Nayoka Clunis, a member of the women’s track and field team for Minnesota, will compete at the first-ever Athletics World Cup in London this weekend.

Clunis will participate i n t h e h a m m e r t h ro w event at the tournament and represent her home

country of Jamaica. She finished first in that event at the Jamaica National Senior Championship last month.

The inaugural tournament is a track and field competition between eight nations. The countries included are the United States, Jamaica, the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, Poland, Germany, China, France and South Africa. The top prize for the winning country is $2 million.

The competition features 34 total events between the two days, although Clunis will participate in only one.

Though she will just compete in the hammer

throw, Clunis has done more events in her time with the Gophers.

The Kingston, Jamaica native competed in the hammer throw, weight throw, shot put and discus in both the indoor and outdoor seasons in 2018.

Clunis has been with the Gophers for one year; she competed for two seasons with Cloud County Community College in Concordia, Kansas. The incoming senior will play one more year with Minnesota once the fall season starts.

Clunis and her country will start competition Saturday evening at London Stadium and play for the final trophy on Sunday.

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This documentary, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, is about one of the most beloved children’s shows of all time, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” covers the life and work of Fred Rogers, who started his show at a public television station in Pittsburgh.

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Dangerous, daring and on display: The Poster Factory, 1970 “I Want to Make This Perfectly Clear” features anti-war propaganda made by former University students.

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oinciding with height of the Nixon administration and the Vietnam War, the 1970s were filled with fear, paranoia and unrest.

While hordes of people took to the streets to voice their concerns, a small group of students from the University of Minnesota took a nontraditional route — printmaking.

The group, titled The

The long-awaited grand opening of the new Bell Museum is finally happening this weekend.

On Friday night, head over to the St. Paul campus to see the new exhibits, preview the planetarium and enjoy refreshments and live music.

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rom “Big Little Lies” to “Killing Eve,” television shows are digging into the minds and feelings of complicated women. HBO’s “Sharp Objects” is the latest to follow the trend of examining these difficult figures.

Based on a novel by “Gone Girl” author Gillian Flynn, HBO’s miniseries follows Camille (Amy Adams), a St. Louis reporter sent to investigate a series of murders in her small, Southern hometown, Wind Gap. On its surface, Sunday’s premiere mirrors last year’s successful “Big Little Lies.”

The pilot includes long, contemplative montages of Amy Adams driving, a gritty soundtrack and a veneer over a seemingly perfect town.

But this first episode reveals itself to be far darker than most. Camille drinks a lot, smokes a lot, drives while drunk a lot and has a past of self-harm. Adams plays Camille with a twinge of a Southern accent. It fades in and out at times, like her ability to cover up her past in Wind Gap. When we meet Camille’s mother, Adora (Patricia Clarkson), she’s as saccharine as she is intimidating.

We can tell there’s something happening beneath her cover of floral wallpapers and pastel pink, floorlength dresses. Her husband, Camille’s stepfather, toys endlessly with his sound

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anonymous because of the political climate at the time.

“Nixon had an enemy’s list... and no one wanted their name on it,” said Joan Steiner, one of the few students who signed their work. A prominent focus of the posters were on the scope of presidential powers, Mullin said.

Steiner, a Minnesota native, has two pieces in the exhibit, one of which is an image of a Vietnamese couple carrying a child.

She said she was fearful

about signing her work at a time when “campus was crawling with FBI agents.”

But she continues to be proud of what she created.

“What are you yourself going to do?” Steiner asked.

“Get on the side of the truth.”

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the decades-old posters in storage. Unaware of the posters’ significance, they decided to inquire more and contacted the Weisman.

More than 50 posters were discovered with criticisms ranging from wartime efforts to environmental threats.

“Each of the posters were made to promote protests,” Mullin said.

Erin Lauderman, communications director for the Weisman, said almost all of the artists chose to remain

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Poster Factory, learned the art of poster-making and focused their sights on antiwar creations. A collection of these newly-rediscovered posters is now on display at the Weisman Art Museum.

The exhibition is aptlynamed “I Want to Make This Perfectly Clear,” a phrase often repeated by Nixon when addressing the nation.

Diane Mullin, senior curator at WAM, said the University’s Student Union Association stumbled upon

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system, underscoring many of the scenes in the house with driving classic music.

Amma, Camille’s 13-year-old half-sister, shows off her dollhouse — a pastime that seems juvenile for her age.

With only one episode released, “Sharp Objects” is still just a collection of symbols and clues. Director Jean-Marc Vallée spends time lingering on the neon lights of Wind Gap’s bars, the graffiti scribbled on the town’s main street and the tiny vodka bottles in

Camille’s bag.

Notably, many of the montages in the premiere take place in near-silence. When combined with the use of close-ups and shaky camera movement, this lack of dialogue indicates that “Sharp Objects” is invested in introspection. Our tendency to believe that something seedy is happening below the surface of Wind Gap — even below the surface of the murder investigations — is confirmed in these montages.

The premiere of “Sharp Objects” indicates the rest of the season will explore a world even darker than Flynn’s “Gone Girl” and its film adaptation. In “Sharp Objects,” Adams inhabits a twisted inner life entirely reflective of her skillset as an actress.

Adams’ character development is supported by the work of “It” actress Sophia Lillis, who plays young Camille. The two iterations of the character frequently

cross paths in flashbacks, indicating that Camille is truly running from her former self.

Come for expectations of “Big Little Lies.” Stay for an even darker story and a stellar performance by Amy Adams.

“Sharp Objects” is worth paying for an HBO subscription — or just continue stealing your parents’ login information.

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MAVNI enlistee contracts for citizenship should be honored Disbanding MAVNI, a seven-year program providing naturalization in return for military service, is cruel and unnecessary.

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n July 2002, after 9/11, U.S. President George W. Bush issued an executive order to expedite the naturalization of immigrants serving in the American armed forces in order to increase military power for the war on terror. Then in 2009, the UMA VENKATA U.S. Department of Decolumnist fense operationalized the initiative by launching the Military Accessions Vital to National Interest recruitment program, or MAVNI, which oversees immigrant enlistment into the U.S. military. MAVNI increases American military capability in medical skills and, more notably, cultural and linguistic expertise in 44 foreign languages and their countries.

MAVNI has so far sworn 10,400 immigrants into the U.S. armed forces. Around 1,000 people are waiting to join but have been stalled by a September 2016 memorandum from the Obama

administration, which significantly increased the vetting requirements for MAVNI applicants. Though the September memorandum claimed to strengthen MAVNI, it effectively paused the whole operation – especially because in 2017, Secretary of Defense James Mattis applied more background requirements. Those 1,000 enlistees waiting to join will be in limbo for two years this October.

But the stalling of the enlistees is not the greatest concern. In the last few weeks, the DOD has been quietly and unexpectedly dismissing more than 40 MAVNI enlistees with an “uncharacterized discharge,” a discharge that is neither dishonorable nor honorable. All of these enlistees had signed their contracts and taken the Army’s oath. Furthermore, a memorandum from within the DOD stated that officials are recommended to cancel the enlistment contracts of 1,800 recruits who are waiting to begin basic training and to cancel MAVNI altogether.

Yes, there is a backlog in background screenings. But dismissing enlistees entirely and without reason is alarming, and the dismissed

immigrants in the MAVNI program have been consciously prevented from pursuing their American citizenships. One reason may be that the DOD could be trying to disincentivize foreign nationals from pursuing American citizenship through military service, but it’s highly unlikely this is the only motive at play. Through MAVNI so far, fewer than 11,000 immigrants have been granted American citizenship, and in our nation of nearly 326 million, eleven thousand is a smattering. What’s more probable is the DOD intends to clear the ranks of foreign-born nationals from within the armed forces, which is being accomplished by disbanding MAVNI. This is nothing short of folly. It harms the immigrants who lend their blood, sweat and tears to our country through military service by denying them the citizenship they bargained for, as well as weakens our own military by restricting the cultural and linguistic fluency that MAVNI enlistees have been contributing in droves.

In the name of national security, almost anything can be done. It’s often quite difficult to argue against, because as civilians, we are not privy to our national security officers’ inner workings and concerns. But consider this. The MAVNI concept had been successful for seven years

before its official launch. Since incorporated officially, it administered extensive background screening to every enlistee prior to deployment.

As hard as I look, I can’t find a single instance of a security infraction from any MAVNI enlistee. What this means is that MAVNI should not go. There is no reason for the U.S. to pursue weakening our military and fail to honor contracts that it wrote itself by denying citizenship through the MAVNI program or canceling it.

We are currently fighting wars in seven countries: Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Niger, Yemen and Libya. Our military is strong, but especially considering the rhetoric of the party that is overseeing the MAVNI dismissals, there is no reason for it not to become stronger in order to remain in safe standing in our conflict zones. Otherwise we fail the immigrants, who could face the prospect of fighting against their homeland in the name of the United States.

It’s the least we can do when those soldiers are prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice.

Uma Venkata welcomes comments at uvenkata@mndaily.com.

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#YouAreWelcomeHere should be further expressed to show campus support With the recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban comes another example of how driven our current administration is to put forth policy fueled by fearmongering, all while trying to skirt accusations of Islamophobia with the inclusion of Venezuela and North Korea on the list of countries whose citizens are refused visas. It is obvious from how few people of said countries will actually be affected by the ban that it is simply a Trumpian (read: ineffective and transparent) attempt at deflection. Trump and his administration have long exhibited Islamophobic tendencies, the cultural results of which have been chilling and even dangerous. Blatantly anti-Muslim sentiment has increased in the U.S., evidenced by the Council On American-

Islamic Relations’ figures that show a 15 percent rise in hate crimes and a 17 percent increase in anti-Muslim bias incidents between 2016 and 2017. Racists and bigots feel comfortable openly expressing their bias in Trump’s America. For the sake of our country and the well-being of our Muslim and Muslim-American friends, neighbors, teachers and citizens, these sentiments must be loudly and emphatically rejected.

This travel ban could also be costly for higher education and for the U.S. as a whole.

Based off the April 2017 version of the travel ban, NPR reported on a study found that it would cost the U.S. economy approximately $500 million, based on how much students from the affected countries bring into our economy each year. International students

from across the world bring enormous amounts of money and talent, but the number of international students enrolled in U.S. universities has declined in general since Trump took office, dropping around 4 percent between 2016 and 2017. The Trump administration has been making it increasingly difficult for students to obtain visas, with a recent example being the new policy limiting the visas of Chinese international students to one year.

Such actions will only continue to discourage individuals from learning, teaching and researching in the U.S., to the detriment of us all.

Higher education needs to do all it can to combat the hostile message the Trump administration is sending to international students.

The #YouAreWelcomeHere campaign is an example of this, whose mission statement

upholds that “…our institutions are diverse, friendly, safe and committed to student development.” The goal is to spread the welcoming message of acceptance through any kind of creative expression — photos, videos and more.

A show of solidarity is absolutely necessary at this moment when our government is actively bigoted and many American citizens are following suit with displays of prejudice and antiMuslim and anti-immigrant sentiments. The University of Minnesota is driven to do worldclass research, and, despite being part of the #YouAreWelcomeHere campaign, they should make further statements in support of the talent that will propel us forward. We are in strong support of the students, faculty and staff who are affected by this ban and by an intolerant administration. You are welcome here.

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building a broad coalition of support. Before running for office, Erin was a registered nurse and later became the Executive Director of the Minnesota Nurses Association, the largest union of nurses in the state. During her time with the MNA, Erin organized and helped establish MinnesotaCare, a program that provides cheaper coverage for residents who do not otherwise have access to affordable health insurance.

Now that she’s running for governor, Erin wants to open this program to any Minnesotan who would like coverage, irrespective of socioeconomic or employment status. Her eventual goal is to transition Minnesota to a single-payer system, where we can keep costs low by contracting directly with the care providers. I am confident that Murphy has the experience necessary to fix our state’s rising healthcare costs and that she can eliminate the equity gaps that exist among marginalized populations.

Erin’s commitment to Minnesotans has been evident for the past twelve years, during which she has served District 64A in the House of Representatives. She has personally been a champion for worthy causes such as same-sexmarriage, gun violence prevention and affirmative consent legislation for college campuses.

Many politicians are afraid to take strong stances on certain issues, but not Erin. She has always been a fighter for what she believed was right, even when it wasn’t popular or politically advantageous in the moment.

I have connected with Erin multiple times over the past two years, and still each time I hear her speak, I am more excited to vote for her next month. I have never met a political candidate that has the sheer positivity and energy that Erin has. She makes it abundantly clear that she cares about each individual she will represent and will do her best to serve them.

I urge every Minnesotan to support Erin.

Her bold leadership style is the kind that will make sure we have a state that works for everyone. Vote Erin Murphy for Minnesota governor on August 14th.

U area crime is increasing with no end in sight

Robert McGrady welcomes comments at rmcgrady@mndaily.com.

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A guide to living with others

One of college’s most difficult, but valuable lessons: don’t be the problem roommate, but do advocate for yourself.

I met my freshman roommate over Facebook. It was May 2015, just before we graduated from high school. We connected after I posted in the class of 2019 Facebook group. It was the first time I had PALMER HAASCH ever been obligated to columnist share a room, and knowing my roommate in advance assuaged some of my fears.

Things turned out fine. My roommate and I hit it off. Three years later, we still live together. I got lucky with a perfect match-up and found my best friend. In the years since, I haven’t been quite as fortunate. Whether I was living with friends or strangers, I’ve learned how to navigate many of the most common snags that arise in living situations. It’s not uncommon knowledge that a person’s college years are some of the most formative of his or her life, and some of the toughest lessons come from coexisting with other stressed human beings in cramped environments. As much as I’d love to believe that I’ll move into my own place and live alone when I graduate, I know that’s not going to be feasible. And frankly, I get lonely and sad when living alone. Sharing space will remain a necessary reality for many of us. Better to learn lessons now rather than later.

Living with strangers can be both a blessing and a curse — you don’t have to worry about confronting a friend, but communication boundaries become a bit blurrier. Last summer, I moved into an apartment in Los Angeles when I relocated for an internship. I had one roommate that was constantly and noisily in and out at odd hours and left the living room filthy only to com-

plain (loudly, at 8 a.m.) that her pizza had grown mold during its week-long residency on our kitchen table. When I arrived, I had to clean an apartment that looked like it hadn’t been swept in a year and clear out a kitchen full of rotting food and drain flies. When I had to share a room, my sanctuary disappeared and I spent almost all of my time outside of the apartment that felt dominated by other roommates. The situation necessitated a delegation of responsibilities, but as a subletter I felt too out-of-place to confront the girls that had been living there for months.

So I got smart. This summer, I’m living with strangers in New York and was sure to ask the right questions and confer with other roommates when problems arose. I wasn’t going to be coerced out of my own living space again. If you’re paying rent, you have every right to be there even if you’re temporarily taking over a lease. Being on good terms means a positive living experience, or at the very least, a civil one.

In Minneapolis, I’m lucky to live with my best friends. We communicate well, which I know because I get slammed in the group chat for leaving out empty cans of La Croix Sparkling Water. My own faults aside, communication is the most important skill we have to learn. Candid discussions about issues like rent, chores or use of common space can be uncomfortable but are ultimately necessary. Bottling things up not only doesn’t address the problem but leads to further resentment and further tension. Extenuating circumstances exist — always take care of your health first — but generally we owe it to ourselves and our roommates to keep communication channels open and flowing. It’s crucial for our current and future living spaces.

Palmer Haasch welcomes comments at phaasch@mndaily.com.

The University of Minnesota and University District neighborhoods just experienced a crime spike that this area has not seen in years.

Two homicides, a string of robberies and numerous burglaries and assaults cumulated a tumultuous few days. However, this “crime spike” may not be a spike at all, but part of a larger problem of increasing crime in the University area. Add these two recent homicides to the fatal shooting in Dinkytown in January, and the area is starting to feel very unsafe for students living there. The statistics tell a similar story, year-over-year we see an increase in crime in the area, as the Daily has been reporting since February. In fact, over 1,000 crimes were reported in the University area during the 2017-2018 school year. In a national report on campus safety, the University of Minnesota ranked 199 out of 243 universities for safety (when looking at universities with over 10,000 students). The problem is dire.

I have been working on public safety in the University area for two years and I can tell you that the issue is much worse than it appears just based off of these simple statistics and anecdotal evidence: Within the past five years, the University of Minnesota Police Department along with the Office of University Services, has reduced their “Timely Warning” reporting of on- and off-campus crimes. There were two recent homicides, just feet from official campus property, and the campus community was not notified. I am concerned this could be a concerted effort to hide these dangers from current and prospective students and parents. Not reporting homicides that occur on or near campus property is an oversight that puts students in danger.

To compound the issue, the 2nd Precinct of the Minneapolis Police Department, which is responsible for the safety of campus neighborhoods around the University, has the same level of staff (85 sworn officers and civilians), as they did in 2008. If you have driven through the University area, you have seen the explosive development in the last ten years. It is surprising that 2nd Precinct staffing levels remain the same as they were in 2008. Staffing is clearly not keeping up with population growth in this area.

Finally, to make matters worse, the safety block clubs that keep many neighborhoods in Minneapolis safe, are all but absent in the University neighborhoods. The transient student population and lack of permanent residents makes long-term safety organization near impossible. The prevalence of absentee landlords, who put profit over safety only increase the risk, and the lack of safety outreach means students, unbeknownst to the dangers of a big city, walk alone at night and keep valuables in plain sight. These students become easy targets for opportunist criminals.

We need to have a conversation about the safety of students and residents in and around the University. Without a renewed commitment to public safety, more students and neighbors will be hurt and victimized.

Cody Hoerning is graduate student at the University of Minnesota and a board member of the SE Como Improvement Association.

Erin Murphy is the right fit for the U community I enthusiastically urge members of the University community to support DFL-Endorsed Erin Murphy for governor in the upcoming August 14th primary.

I’m supporting Erin because she is a strong progressive and has been traveling the state for twelve years, listening to Minnesotans and

Bobby Barclay is an access assistant at the University of Minnesota’s Disability Resource Center.

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SUDOKU

DR. DATE Dr. Date, My girlfriend is horny all the time, and I’m exhausted. Don’t get me wrong, I love our sex. But I feel like I don’t have enough energy to give it as much as she wants. Is there a secret to keeping a fiery, constant sex life despite a busy, energy-draining daily routine?

—Burned Out Insatiable Girlfriend, Most people would envy your active sex life. Frequent sex is one of the best things you can do for your physical and mental health, and it is an important part of creating a lasting relationship. In this regard, your girlfriend knows what’s up.

There’s no magic pill, potion or remedy that will help alleviate your sexual stymie. However, try having sex right before bed. It will tire you out and provide some of the most blissful, deep sleep you can experience.

Plus, it’ll give your girlfriend what she desires and help keep the fire burning in your relationship.

—Dr. Date Dr. Date, My friend and I went on a three-day vacation last weekend, just looking for some fun and adventures, and we ended up meeting these really cute girls at the bar the last night. I’m single, and he’s not.

But it was a still a perfect setup because he is a great wingman (or at least, I used to think that). We instantly paired up with these girls; he chatted with one so I could make the moves on the other. But a few drinks in, “my girl” mentioned that she has a boyfriend. Damn.

We didn’t bail or anything because the chicks we were hanging with were genuinely cool. But I eased off my plan of hooking up. We hung out for a few hours or so, took multiple Bacardi shots, got pretty drunk and the next thing I knew, I woke up with puke crusted to my face on a bathroom floor. I had no clue where I was or what had happened.

Stumbling to make my way into the apartment’s living room, I came across my friend, naked and lying

on the couch. And on top of him lay — yep, you guessed it — the girl who I had been eyeing and who allegedly has a boyfriend.

Not only did my friend cheat on his girlfriend back home, but he also went for a girl I had been trying to get with hours before. Now, he’s putting the pressure on me to not tell his girlfriend and “pretend like this didn’t happen” because “we were all so drunk anyway.”

What do I do? I really want to tell his girlfriend because I feel like he deserves that. But then again, he is my best friend, and I think he just made a mistake because he was wasted. The whole one-night stand thing is really out of character for him.

—Intoxicated Infidelity Cheating is Cheating, Just because your friend was drunk doesn’t mean he has a Get Out of Jail Free card. Cheating is cheating, whether someone is drunk or sober.

Your friend’s relationship with his girlfriend sounds strictly monogamous, so his decision to fool around was a bad idea.

But your friend seems to lack guilt or remorse about the situation, and that’s confusing to me. If his girlfriend knew about the one-night stand, she’d be hurt, and there’s a good chance she would dump him. Maybe the situation is eating him up inside, but the way he is pressuring you not to tell his girlfriend makes it seem like he’s not truly sorry it happened.

That said, because he’s the one who cheated, he should be the person to break the news of infidelity to his girlfriend. Encourage him to fess up, and let him know it’s the right thing to do even though it will hurt. If he brushes you off, then you should consider telling her. No matter what, she has a right to know.

—Dr. Date

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Email Dr. Date at drdate@mndaily. com

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Student group reclassifies as nonprofit

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The group educates people about various ways way to get involved in politics and offers such things as issue-based trainings on a range of topics.

“We want to tackle issues that affect women and young people, and that’s all

issues,” said Felicia Philibert, a co-founder of WFPC. “We recognize the validity of all of these issues affecting us...

Everybody is affected by immigration and police brutality and [all of] these issues that are so completely related to our personal and professional lives.”

Patrick Haught, student activities advisor for Student

Unions and Activities, said he has seen an increasing number of student groups undergoing the process of filing for legal nonprofit status.

Although the filing process is complex, Haught said the University encourages groups to file partly because of the many financial benefits.

Becoming a nonprofit will accelerate WFPC’s

development of a program called Girls Who Write, which aims to help middle school-aged students explore their identities and build composition skills with blogging, podcasting, writing, slam poetry, videography, photography and other forms of art.

Co-founder Olivia Hanson said the program is designed to help students understand

their intersectionality and identities, all while building a cultured sense of self.

“Our intention is to really explore… identity, mental health – some of these things that are a huge struggle for middle schoolers,” Philibert said.

Neculescu said the group’s membership is around 300 people.

“When we looked out and saw all the people that were there [at a recent event]... there was a moment when we all realized that… they were just like community members coming out and not just students,” Neculescu said.

WFPC plans to celebrate its nonprofit status with an official launch party on Thursday.

Meter increases for Dinkytown, Stadium Village 2017 STADIUM VILLAGE AND DINKYTOWN PARKING RATES*

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Executive director of the SE Como Improvement Association, Alex Farrell, poses for a photo in Van Cleve Park on July 10. *Event parking rates may apply

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would otherwise bike or use public transportation to drive and park for a long time, said Ward 3 Council member Steve Fletcher.

“The idea is to match the cost to people’s perception of what would make them not use the space if they don’t need to, so then more parking spaces will be available to people,” Fletcher said.

Adding new meters in Stadium Village resulted in rate and time limit variance throughout the area.

According to Drew, the new $2.00 per hour cost is meant to alleviate confusion and make pricing consistent.

“We went from nine different rates before around the University, to basically

one [rate],” said Drew.

Mike Mulrooney, who owns Blarney Pub & Grill in Dinkytown, isn’t convinced price hikes will discourage people from going over the metered time limit.

“Jumping the rate… isn’t going to deter the people that are abusing [the meters] to stop abusing [them], because where else are they going to go?”

Mulrooney said.

Metered parking spaces line the block in front of Mulrooney’s business. He said parking isn’t an issue for his customers, and he doesn’t see students overstaying the time limits.

“I see parking spots come and go all day long in front of my place… there’s always someone leaving,” said Mulrooney.

SE Como: new executive director arrives U of M alumnus Alex Farrell to take on executive director role.

BY J.D. DUGGAN jduggan@mndaily.com

After nearly three months without an executive director, Southeast Como Improvement Association’s hunt to fill the position has landed on a University of Minnesota alumnus.

Alex Farrell graduated from the University with a bachelor of arts degree in anthropology and lived in the Southeast Como neighborhood for two years while he was an undergraduate student.

Farrell hopes to use his previous experience in managing grants, fundraising and event planning to build upon SECIA’s

work while he returns to the University for graduate school.

As a student in the neighborhood, Farrell was familiar with the transitory state of student renters.

After returning to the area to pursue a master’s degree in project management, he is interested in seeing the perspective of long-time residents.

“I thought [Como] was a great place to live. It’s got its own feel, like all the different neighborhoods in Minneapolis,” Farrell said. “I think Como is unique in that it’s got a nice balance of local residents, people who have lived there for a very long time, and… students who are… kind of passing through.”

SECIA members are passionate about creating a welcoming atmosphere, and the neighborhood is now housing more residents from different

communities and cultures, he said. He looks forward to his involvement with this developing landscape.

Farrell was a volunteer coordinator in Guatemala after graduation, working closely with indigenous women at a small nonprofit to fundraise and coordinate daily activities.

“He’s worked in multiple other kind of community projects,” said Cody Hoerning, SECIA hiring committee member. “He traveled abroad… [and] organized some community projects when he was abroad.”

Following his work in Guatemala, Farrell moved to New York to work with United Way, where he operated health initiatives and organized meetings. He was involved in preparation and recovery with Hurricane Sandy relief efforts as chair of the county’s disaster coalition.

“He brought a lot of energy and he also came very well-prepared and organized, and that’s something that’s really important for an executive director,” Hoerning said.

Most recently, Farrell worked for the Minnesota Disability Law Center working in grants management and advocacy. He hopes this experience will allow him to work closely with the volunteer base at SECIA to secure more funding and engagement for the organization.

Karl Smith, president of SECIA, said many on SECIA’s hiring committee viewed him as the best candidate.

“Some people thought he was the best choice… mostly because of his experience and the commitment he was willing to make,” Smith said.

KSTP talk show host, politician Barbara Carlson dies of lung cancer at 80

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MINNEAPOLIS — Barbara Carlson, a former radio talk show host with a bold, unfiltered personality, has died at the age of 80.

Carlson’s daughter, Anne Carlson, said her mother died Monday surrounded by family and friends. She had been diagnosed with lung cancer.

Anne Carlson told the Star Tribune that before her mother died, she said: “I wasn’t a great mother. But, damn, I was a fun mother.”

Barbara Carlson’s brother, George Duffy, confirmed her death Tuesday to The Associated Press.

Barbara, known as “Babs,” divorced Arne Carlson in 1977, before he became Minnesota’s

governor.

She gave up her career in real estate and became a politician herself, serving on the Minneapolis City Council in the 1980s.

In 1990, her life became even more public as she began her career as a bombastic talk show host on KSTP radio. Her show was known for being outrageous, sometimes airing from her

hot tub.

The show was popular, partly because fans could never predict what Carlson would say. On the air, and in her 1997 book “This Broad’s Life,” Carlson shared intimate details about sex, divorce, depression, alcoholism and stabbing Arne Carlson twice during a tumultuous marriage.

She retired from radio

in 2002 after a series of health issues.

After Carlson learned she had stage 4 cancer, she threw a party in February, while she could still enjoy it. About 300 people showed up.

Carlson was a Republican, but leaned left on social issues, like abortion. She had a high-profile falling out with the

Republican Party in 1984.

Anne Carlson said it was sometimes a challenge to have a mother with such a huge personality.

“But she loved so much. She was quick to anger. Quick to forgive. And quick to love.

And I am a better person for having known her,” Anne Carlson said.