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U researchers aim to learn how voters view rights Confusion over the 2016 election pushed U researchers to better understand American voters.

BY ELLA JOHNSON ejohnson2@mndaily.com

In partnership with Human Rights Watch, University of Minnesota researchers are working to better understand U.S. views on human rights following the 2016 presidential election.

By surveying a broad group of the U.S. population, HRW seeks to understand influences on U.S. citizens’ human rights

opinions. HRW researchers hope the project, which is currently underway, will help them appeal to a wider audience.

After President Donald Trump’s election, HRW sensed it didn’t understand the opinions of Trump supporters, said James Ron, a lead researcher on the project and frequent collaborator with HRW. The researchers want to understand current human rights opinions of the U.S. population, as well as factors influencing those opinions. They will also test how the individuals’ opinions can be changed.

Howard Lavine, University professor of political science and psychology, said the researchers will ask participants questions

about their political predispositions, political reasoning and personality traits, which are all factors known to influence political opinions.

The participants are representative of the U.S. population, Lavine said. However, the HRW is surveying a disproportionate number of Trump supporters to better understand their opinions.

Ron, a sociologist and political scientist, said Trump’s supporters have strong values that are nationalistic and at odds with the universal values traditionally tied to human rights. The universal idea of human rights is the belief that all people deserve equal treatment.

The HRW is considering changing its messaging because it struggles to communicate a universal message to nationalists.

Barbara Frey, director of the College of Liberal Art’s Human Rights Program, said messages that may be successful include individual stories about vulnerable groups, such as children, as well as framing protections for human rights as protections that keep the government less involved in the lives of citizens.

Frey said she is not optimistic that HRW will make Trump voters supportive of human rights by changing its messaging, u See HUMAN RIGHTS Page 3

BUSINESS

Dinkytown McDonald’s may get overhaul

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Dinkytown McDonald’s, left, located on the corner of 15th Avenue Southeast and 4th Street Southeast, as seen on Sunday. A rendering, right, shows the planned exterior renovation.

The campus-area mainstay could get a complete revamp if the City Council approves a proposal.

BY J.D. DUGGAN jdduggan@mndaily.com

A decades-old Dinkytown business could get a major facelift.

The neighborhood’s McDonald’s, built in 1962, is looking to remodel its aging exterior, add another drive-thru order point and push toward compliance with Americans

with Disabilities Act standards by improving accessibility to the building from the 15th Avenue Southeast entrance.

Plans for the proposed renovation were presented to the Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association’s Land Use Committee on April 3. The suggested improvements will be presented to the Minneapolis City Planning Commission on Monday. The timeline on the renovation is still unclear.

Jon Larson, McDonald’s area supervisor, said the remodel will result in an “arcadestyle building.”

“It’s just a change to conform with all the other McDonald’s,” he said.

While the building will remain the same structurally, the exterior will be composed of brick, tile, metal fascia and aluminum styling elements, which will considerably alter the appearance, Kevin Shay of Landform Professional Services, LLC, the engineers for the project, said at the MHNA committee meeting.

The second ordering point, which Larson referred to as a “tandem drive-thru,” is meant to improve efficiency with current order demands and possible increases

in the future.

“When you’re able to take two orders at the same time, you can push more cars through,” Larson said.

MHNA members raised concerns at the meeting about adding vehicular traffic to an already-active intersection of Dinkytown.

Shay and Larson both emphasized that the drive-thru won’t impact area traffic. “[Traffic] shouldn’t increase, other than what we currently get through there now.

It will be more efficient. In time, that should u See MCDONALD’S Page 3

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Bill would prevent local governments from regulating to-go containers

Aurora asks for new staff, funds for its outreach

Another state bill would stop Minneapolis from enforcing ranked-choice voting.

BY TIFFANY BUI tbui@mndaily.com

The City of Minneapolis may no longer be able to make businesses use eco-friendly to-go boxes or enforce its ranked-choice voting system if a proposal by state lawmakers is passed.

Bills that would ban local governments

across Minnesota from regulating auxiliary containers is up for consideration on the House floor. A separate bill working its way through the Legislature would roll back city laws by preventing the use of rankedchoice voting in municipal and school district elections.

Lawmakers in favor of these bills say they would resolve drawbacks that arise from existing ordinances. Dissenters, though, argue these decisions should be made at the local level.

At a House Government Operations and Elections Policy Committee hearing

on March 28, local businesses, packaging suppliers and a business association testified in support of the bill that relates to takeout containers. They cited concern that the extra cost of the city-prescribed containers negatively affected businesses’ bottom line.

The bill is meant to address the concerns of local business owners who have been left out of the discussion by local governments, said Rep. Dan Fabian, R-Roseau.

“I understand the consideration that is being given environmentally, but I don’t u See PRE-EMPTION Page 3

Hitchcock and sophomore Ivy Lu tied for 18th place. Both gymnasts earned scores of 9.825. u See GYMNASTICS Page 4

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Gophers fail to make NCAA championships as a team While freshman Lexy Ramler qualified for the meet, she was the only one to pass regionals.

BY ERIK NELSON enelson2@mndaily.com

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Freshman Lexy Ramler finishes her balance beam routine at the Regional NCAA Gymnastics Championship on Saturday in Minneapolis.

Ramler said. “I want to see how far I can go.

I’m excited that I can represent the U in that way.”

On bars, Ramler tied for 12th place, receiving a score of 9.850. Senior Hannah

BY MAX CHAO mchao@mndaily.com

The Aurora Center at the University of Minnesota is calling for more staff, programming and funding during April in response to increasing student needs.

The Fund Aurora campaign will go through the second half of April, coinciding with Sexual Assault Awareness Month efforts, which started with an on-campus candlelight vigil Friday night. Several campus groups are also running separate efforts to support the center.

The Aurora Center, a campus resource offering treatment and education on sexual assault, saw around a 62 percent increase in traffic from spring 2017 to spring 2018.

This increase is likely due to increased awareness of the center brought by the President’s Committee to Prevent Sexual Misconduct, which launched last year, said Minnesota Student Association President Trish Palermo. “[That] is a very significant increase. It’s important that we take a look at that and we respond to that by providing the Aurora Center with additional staffing,” Palermo said.

While this spike hasn’t caused a negative impact on service provided to visitors, it strained the existing full-time direct care staff, said Katie Eichele, director of the Aurora Center.

Along with a self-run fundraiser with a goal of $10,000, the Aurora Center requested $56,000 in student service fees last month to continue funding for its men’s engagement coordinator.

Malik Mitchell, the coordinator, has been on campus since 2015 and trains male bystanders to actively prevent sexual misconduct and also works directly with male

GYMNASTICS

Minnesota was backed by a home crowd of more than 4,000 people at Maturi Pavilion, but the team could not clinch a berth in the NCAA championships.

The Gophers finished fourth at the Minneapolis regionals and scored 196.100.

No. 1 Oklahoma finished in first place with a score of 198.000. No. 12 Kentucky finished second with a score of 197.050.

Head coach Jenny Hansen said she was proud of her team’s effort, even though Minnesota didn’t advance to the NCAA regionals.

“Our team did a great job. We could have done better, but overall, I’m proud of them,” Hansen said. “They would have had to been lights-out perfect tonight to be able to qualify for the national championships because the other two teams were fantastic.”

Freshman Lexy Ramler qualified to compete in all-around at the national championships. Ramler finished fifth overall in allaround, earning a score of 39.500.

Ramler said she is excited to participate in the upcoming event.

“I came in and didn’t have any set goals,”

Sexual Assault Awareness Month has brought advocacy campaigns for the campus center.

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A simulation of a smartphone app University staff members are creating that will guide users around the Minneapolis Institute of Art looking for clues hidden throughout the museum.

STATE REPORT ST. PAUL POLICE DEVOTE UNIT TO MENTAL HEALTH CALLS ST. PAUL — The St. Paul Police Department says their new mental health unit is dedicated to connecting people with community resources and reducing escalations that could result in use of deadly force.

The four-officer unit formally started last month, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported .

Calls to St. Paul police involving mental health issues have risen from about 4,100 calls in 2004 to about 8,700 calls in 2016.

The unit spends part of the day reviewing mental health-related reports that patrol officers have responded to. Officers look for ways to follow up on the situation to ensure everyone is aware about available mental health services. The mental health unit also monitors emergency radio traffic and responds to some calls.

The unit aims to counter any fear that people may have, said Sgt. Jamie Sipes, the unit’s coordinator.

“We want them to know we’re a different kind of police — we’re not the police that arrest, we’re not the police that write tickets; we’re the police that do follow up and call you and say: ‘Hey, how are you doing today? Are you taking your medications? Have you seen your case manager recently? How did that go?’”

Sipes said.

Some people have questioned why the police department is getting involved in issues that are traditionally dealt with by a social worker. Sipes said people often call 911 when having a mental health crisis because they don’t know what else to do so officers need to be prepared for that situation.

The unit works with Ramsey County’s mobile crisis team when responding to some calls, but the group is looking for more ways to partner with social workers or other mental health professionals.

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University staff are turning the Mia into a giant puzzle room University staff are building an app that will lead users on a hunt for clues.

BY ELLA JOHNSON ejohnson2@mndaily.com

The Minneapolis Institute of Art will be transformed into a giant puzzle room this fall through a collaboration with University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts staff.

University staff members are creating a free smartphone app, set to launch this fall, that will guide users through a hunt for clues hidden throughout the museum — both in the artworks themselves and the descriptions alongside them. The University experts and museum both hope to create a fun, engaging and unusual experience for museum visitors which may appeal to a different audience than they normally reach.

When visitors enter the museum and open the application, they will be given a clue that brings them to a particular place or work of art in the museum. Then, visitors can look around for different clues

or use the application to emphasize certain features of the artworks around them.

However, University Digital Preservation Specialist Sam Porter said she and Technology Architect Colin McFadden, the other lead on the project, are still debating the puzzle’s structure.

While most puzzle rooms would weave each small clue into one large puzzle, McFadden and Porter said this might not be feasible in a museum setting. They hope to create an experience that is flexible and cohesive, allowing groups solving the puzzle together to stay together as they move through the space.

McFadden and Porter are only developing one version of the puzzle right now, so it will be a one-time experience.

If the idea is successful, Porter said they will consider creating more.

While puzzle rooms are typically expensive experiences, the application and admission, as always, will be free, they said.

M c F a dde n an d P o r ter started the project as part of a Mia contest for

projects which relate digital design to the museum in creative ways.

McFadden just started getting into puzzle rooms last fall – something that Porter had been doing for a long time. McFadden said turning the Mia into a puzzle room “clicked” immediately, and the pair won the contest.

The project is a collaboration between several partners. Porter and McFadden are learning from museum employees about art and the museum space, and from another partner, Glitch, about gaming technology, which McFadden says he and Porter hope to apply to their teaching and research at the University.

Glitch is a community arts organization that focuses on game design. They are helping McFadden and Porter with the coding and game design, and will hire University undergraduates to write the app’s code.

Douglas Hegley, Mia chief digital officer, initiated the project as part of his task to take a “more innovative … open-ended approach to technology” as the first

digital-focused, high-level Mia executive.

He said he and the other museum officials hope to change the way infrequent museum visitors see the Mia, such as “smart young geeks who would think of this museum not as some dusty old warehouse, but as an active place, with a dynamic staff.”

Hegley hopes that the project can broaden the Mia’s audience as well. He said the museum is not solely a place to learn and appreciate art but also a place to spend leisure time with family and friends.

Hegley said he and the other executives want the museum to be a place where everyone feels comfortable.

They believe the best way for them to do this is to offer as many different ways to experience the museum as possible.

“You can come into this museum, walk through the doors and be standing in front of a Picasso or a Monet … in five minutes without having paid a penny and that’s rare, so we just [want to] draw as much attention as possible [to that],” Hegley said.

U finds genetic link to brain aging Researchers hope they can use these findings to make anti-aging drugs.

BY WESLEY HORTENBACH whortenbach@mndaily.com

University of Minnesota researchers hope the recent discovery of a gene that prevents aging in the brain could help them develop better anti-aging drugs in the future.

The researchers identified a certain allele — an alternate form of a gene — that preserves brain cells in what they are calling a “breakthrough” finding, according to a report published in the EBioMedicine journal last month.

The study compared the amount of grey matter in the brains of two cognitively healthy groups of women — those with the gene allele and those without it — affiliated with the Minnesota Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

“In the group that did not have the allele, they saw what you would expect in terms of brain aging,” said Lisa James, a study author and University professor of Women’s Healthy Aging in the Department of Neuroscience. “[In] the people that did have this allele, there was no atrophy.”

Researchers wanted to study participants with good cognitive health so they could generalize their findings to the wider population, said Lisa James, a researcher at the University’s Brain Sciences Center.

Past research has shown genes play a significant role in people’s wellbeing. For example, some heavy smokers have been found to live long lives because of their genes, but researchers are unsure which specific genes are the cause, said Apostolos Georgopoulos, a study author and director of the Brain Sciences Center.

After a study last year on Gulf War veterans showed

a certain allele may prevent brain atrophy, University researchers wanted to extend the research to the general population.

“This is where the broader implication comes in. [The] Centers for Disease Control is focused on our work as a breakthrough on what the nonveteran population experiences,” said Brian Engdahl, a study author and professor in the Department of Neuroscience. “It’s a window to the larger picture.”

In the future, researchers hope this discovery will serve as a platform for a drug that could prevent brain aging.

Current research in the Brain Sciences Center is replicating the study with more participants, including both men and women.

“We are not meaning to say genetics is destiny and that you are doomed if you have the wrong genotype. There are things you can do as a person to overcome genetics,” Engdahl said.

James hopes the findings will lead the public to view brain aging as a disease, rather than an inevitable process they must accept.

Aging is not only biologically harmful, but also mentally challenging due to the stresses of getting old, said Kaz Nelson, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University. ”You get really used to your brain,” Nelson said. “To walk into a room and not know why you walked into it is extremely frustrating.”

While there are therapies and medications available to help people cope with concerns related to brain aging, especially in regards to maintaining individuals’ identities, future developments based on this research could prevent it altogether.

“If something is wrong with your foot, you don’t take it personally,” Nelson said.

“But when your brain deteriorates, a person’s sense of identity is impacted.”

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UMN researchers ask how voters view rights Human rights u from Page 1

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From left, Elexis Trinity Williams, Nora Radtke and Alyce Eaton meet at Dunn Brothers Coffee shop to discuss research findings on Sunday.

given the group’s power. But Trump voters who interact with more diverse groups of people may be more receptive to HRW’s messaging changes, she said.

The universal idea of human rights dates back to World War II, but only recently took hold in American politics, Frey said.

Conversations in the U.S. historically centered around human rights abroad.

She said that in the past fifteen years, influenced by the human rights abuses by the Bush administration in response to 9/11, organizations such as HRW have been doing more work focused on human rights violations in the U.S. Many organizations working to promote social justice in the U.S. use human rights as a basis for their campaigning, Frey said.

The 2016 election represented a drastic shift in the human rights world, she said.

Frey said Trump has been vocally anti-human rights, such as by supporting the president of the Philippines who murdered thousands of citizens for drug-related offenses.

Past polling showed T ru m p su p po rt e rs are against or indifferent to human rights, Ron said.

Organizations working for social change will depend on information from studies such as this one to continue using human rights as an effective argument for human rights protections.

State bill would change to-go box regulations Pre-emption u from Page 1

think there’s hardly any consideration being given to the small business owners and the customers,” he said.

Fabian said there are alternative methods to achieve city goals, like educational outreach with small businesses.

Consumers should also take responsibility if they’re concerned about the environmental impact of to-go containers, he added.

Some Minneapolis city officials and community members don’t think the preemptive move is in their best interests.

Those testifying against the auxiliary containers bill at the March 28 hearing included city officials, business owners and other environmental advocates. They spoke of the need to reduce environmental waste and the positive results seen by current city laws.

Various Minneapolis ordinances and goals could potentially be affected by the removal of the mandate. The City’s “Green to Go” ordinance requires businesses to place

to-go food and beverages in packaging that is recyclable, reusable or compostable.

The policy serves as a step toward achieving the City’s zero waste objectives and has helped reduce waste, said Ward 2 Minneapolis City Council member Cam Gordon.

“I think that it’s been very popular, and the businesses that have found it challenging at first have made their accommodations and adjustments. I would expect that few would probably go back even if we are preempted,” Gordon said.

This is not the first time state lawmakers have created legislation to nullify a Minneapolis ordinance. The Legislature struck down the City’s ban on the distribution of plastic bags by retailers last year.

Wendy Menken, a Southeast Como Improvement Association board member who was highly involved in discussions about the ban, said this type of legislative move can constrain local choice.

“I don’t like the idea of state overriding a city decision on something this; sometimes it’s the only way things get

changed or move forward.

You have the layers of government there for a reason,” Menken said.

Halting ranked-choice voting The City of Minneapolis would be prevented from enforcing its current rankedchoice voting system in municipal elections if the legislative measure passes.

Sen. David Senjem, R-Rochester, said rankedchoice voting changes the traditional system of voting that is simple and already works well. He pointed to the use of ranked-choice voting in Minneapolis and St. Paul as examples of ballots that were “long” and “confusing.”

“Frankly, you reach a point where the ballot wouldn’t hold enough names,” Senjem said.

The technology used to count votes under the rankedchoice approach is not the same as what is traditionally used to count votes, he said.

Since most local governments get their vote-counting machines from the state, Senjem said the state would have to distribute different kinds of technology.

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Artist Muna Abdulahi performs spoken word inside Northrop during an event hosted by the Aurora Center honoring the start of Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April.

Aurora Center sees increased traffic; calls for more funding Aurora Center u from Page 1

survivors.

“It’s such a valuable position,” Eichele said.

Campus groups are voicing their support for the center as well. MSA will vote on a resolution on April 10 which calls for funding for a third legal advocacy coordinator.

The resolution also asks for the implementation of Callisto, a program created by a sexual assault survivor that allows others to report assaults more easily.

MSA specifically requested that the new staffer be equipped with cultural competency training so they can better serve students who may be hesitant to visit the center, Palermo said.

“Different cultures treat sexual misconduct

differently, and depending on what that may be, there may be a trigger or they might not understand how to be open or speak up about it,” said Jael Kerandi, an MSA intern on the sexual assault task force.

MSA interns are hosting a dinner on April 22 focused on sexual misconduct, especially among people from different backgrounds and international students. The dinner will include a panel of speakers to discuss and raise awareness of the issue, Kerandi said.

In addition to its work with the Aurora Center, MSA will officially launch the It Ends Here campaign — partnering with groups around campus.

As part of the campaign, an MSA-produced video will air ahead of the Gopher football team’s spring game on April 14 and players will don a logo of support on

“Different cultures treat sexual misconduct differently, and depending on what that may be, there may be a trigger or they might not understand how to be open or speak up about it.”

JAEL KERANDI MSA intern on the sexual assault task force

their helmets.

“It’s been a huge, awesome collaborative effort with the Athletics department,” Palermo said.

Kayla Song contributed reporting for this article.

McDonald’s could get major remodel

Students line up for food at the Dinkytown McDonald’s on April 7, 2017.

McDonald’s u from Page 1

allow more cars to come through the drive thru,” Larson said.

Marcus Mills, a member of MNHA’s executive board and 17-year resident of the neighborhood, expressed his approval of the building reaching ADA compliance, though he raised some concerns about the restaurant shutting down during remodeling.

Mills said if McDonald’s shuts down temporarily, it could impact how many people frequent the neighborhood.

“I and many of the residents of Marcy-Holmes, who care about diversity and inclusion, really like having more contact points where students come out into the neighborhoods and have a chance to interact with people,” he said.

Mills said he does not expect the renovation to cause traffic disruptions since the drive-thru feeds back into the parking lot.

“I think there will be an extension of the drive thru out into the fifth street traffic … but that’s only if this remodel manages great popularity,” he said. “Which, again, since the student population is finding more of

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“I and many of the residents of Marcy-Holmes ... like having more contact points where students come out into the neighborhoods and have a chance to interact with people.”

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their services on campus, is potentially less likely.”

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UMN splits short series against Michigan State Minnesota played a weather-shortened series against the Spartans Sunday.

BY DREW COVE dcove@mndaily.com

ELLEN SCHMIDT, DAILY

Ciara Gardner competes on the balance beam at the Regional NCAA Gymnastics Championship on Saturday.

Gophers fail to make NCAAs Gymnastics u from Page 1

Ramler finished second on beam with a score of 9.925.

Junior Mary Korlin-Downs tied for 15th place with a score of 9.775.

“We want to make sure the athletes go after the routines in a way they know how and not let the environment overtake their emotions,” Hansen said.

Sophomore Paige Williams tied for second on floor with a score of 9.950. Ramler tied for 21st, earning a score of 9.850.

Ramler tied for sixth on vault with a score of 9.875.

Hitchcock tied for ninth place in the vault, her final event, with a score of 9.850.

Hitchcock said it felt great to compete at Maturi Pavilion one last time.

GYMNASTICS RESULTS

TEAMS 1 Oklahoma 2 Kentucky 3 Denver 4 Minnesota 5 Iowa State 6 Iowa

SCORE 198.12 196.8 196.785 196.25 196.045 195.775

MINNESOTA LEADERS Williams, 9.95 Floor Ramler, 9.875 Vault Ramler, 9.925 Beam Ramler, 9.85 Parallel Bars

T-2nd T-6th 2nd T-12th

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“I have never competed at the Pavilion in front of this many people,” Hitchcock said.

“The energy was insane.”

Minnesota’s 2017-18 season is over after competing in its 23rd consecutive NCAA regional. Hitchcock said the team can use Saturday’s competition as a learning experience.

ELLEN SCHMIDT, DAILY

Assistant Coach Geralen Stack-Eaton runs to congratulate Freshman Lexy Ramler on her balance beam routine at the Regional NCAA Gymnastics Championship on Saturday.

“Our best event is usually bars. We started off slow on bars, but we came back and had our best floor and vault of the season,” Hitchcock said.

“We tried to stay focused and not worry about the scores.

We learned that a comeback

is possible.”

The 2018 NCAA championships start on April 20 in St. Louis.

“I’m going to keep trying to do what I do in practice and continue working hard,” Ramler said.

Minnesota had another weekend of weather-related changes.

The Gophers (21-14, 4-3 Big Ten) went to East Lansing, Michigan to face off against Michigan State (1419, 2-6 Big Ten) for a threeday, three-game series. By the end of the weekend, it turned into a one-day doubleheader.

Minnesota split the shortened series with a 3-2 loss in the first game and a 6-2 victory in the second.

“I think they handled the results of the first game really well,” head coach Jamie Trachsel said. “We came out right away. We battled even better the second game than probably the first game.”

Minnesota’s first game of the day began early in the morning Sunday, but the Gophers could not score runs until late in the game.

Michigan State went ahead 2-0 with runs in the second and fifth innings.

Spartans starting pitcher Bridgette Rainey threw a nohitter against the Gophers through the fifth inning.

That no-hitter was broken up in the sixth with two-consecutive home runs off the bats of catcher Kendyl Lindaman and first baseman Sydney Dwyer.

Lindaman hit her solo shot to get the Gophers on the board for the first time Sunday. The home run was her team-leading 13th of the season.

“I’m feeling very comfortable in the box right now,” Lindaman said. “When I see [the pitch], I’m not afraid to go after it.”

Besides the two home runs to tie the game 2-2, the

Gophers couldn’t hold the Spartans off the board in the bottom of the sixth inning. First baseman Kelcey Carrasco hit a solo home run to give Michigan State a 3-2 lead, which would hold be the final score.

Minnesota pitcher Amber Fiser started in game one, but collected her eighth loss of the season.

Minnesota turns on offense In their second game, the Gophers’ offense came alive earlier.

Outfielders Dani Wagner and Maddie Houlihan each collected an RBI in the first inning to give Minnesota a 2-0 lead. Michigan State came back to tie the game 2-2 in the third inning.

Wagner came back to the plate in the seventh inning and blasted a two-run home run to increase Minnesota’s lead to 6-2.

“I think I just made adjustments and was attacking strikes in the box,” Wagner said. “Working through my atbats so it felt really good to get that there in the end.”

Pitcher Carlie Brandt came in to start the second game after Fiser started the first game. Brandt pitched five innings, allowed six hits and gave up two runs, one of which was earned.

Fiser came back into the second game in relief. She pitched the sixth and seventh innings with a bang, recording two strikeouts in each frame.

Despite Lindaman getting on the board with a home run in the first game, she only got credit for two at-bats in the doubleheader. She went 2-2 with an RBI. She was walked five times between the two games, with three intentional and one hit-by-pitch.

“I’ll get on base any way I can,” Lindaman said. “If it is an intentional walk, I’m just as excited as if it’s a home run.”

BASEBALL

Minnesota sweeps Penn State in relocated series Patrick Fredrickson threw seven hitless innings and seven strikeouts Saturday.

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With less-than-ideal weather conditions canceling a Minnesota series earlier in the week, the team was forced to reschedule to West Lafayette, Indiana to play Penn State.

The Gophers had a gritty mentality to get through the weekend.

The Gophers (21-10, 5-1 Big Ten) shook off the cold weather and completed a three-game sweep of Penn State (7-18, 1-8 Big Ten) at the neutral site.

“They were committed to what they wanted to try to accomplish here,” head coach John Anderson said. “I was impressed just [with] the way they’ve handled the whole scenario.”

The series sweep was completed on Sunday after the Gophers got on the scoreboard first. With help from Terrin Vavra and Eli Wilson batting in runs, the Gophers were on the board in the third inning and never gave up the lead.

Reggie Meyer started at pitcher and tallied the victory for the Gophers, holding the Nittany Lions to five scoreless innings in the 8-2 victory.

“The defense was making a lot of good plays behind me,” Meyer said. “They obviously scored enough runs to get the win.”

The Gophers run away with the second game on Saturday

Micah Coffey, Alex Boxwell and Vavra all hit home runs as the Gophers were winning 12-0 after seven innings of play.

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Senior Alex Boxwell bats during the game against St. John’s University on Saturday, March 31 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.

Penn State scored one run in the eighth inning and another run in the ninth, but it wasn’t enough, and Minnesota took its highest scoring victory of the year 17-2.

Pitcher Patrick Fredrickson threw seven hitless innings and seven strikeouts. Junior Jake Stevenson took over on the mound for the last five outs of the game.

“I felt pretty good warming up and I had my curve ball going yesterday,” Fredrickson said. “It was one of the only times this year I could throw it for a strike most of the time. And that was important getting some guys out later in the game.”

The first game started on Friday, but was suspended after the fifth inning due to cold weather.

The Gophers were losing 5-4 when the game stopped Friday. On Saturday, however, Vavra walked home for the tying run and Wilson hit a two-RBI single in the sixth inning that would spell a 7-6 victory for Minnesota.

Freshman Max Meyer closed out the game with the final two outs to record his eighth save of the season.

“It’s going to be interesting to see how we respond and regroup after this weekend and

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the long bus ride ... back home and coming back,” Anderson said. “But I wouldn’t count these guys out based on what they’ve showed me this year.”

Minnesota played in Indiana, where Purdue plays its home games. Purdue’s facility was between Penn State and Minnesota. The Boilermakers didn’t have anything scheduled at the field, which led to the decision, a Minnesota baseball spokesperson said.

The Gophers will come back to West Lafayette next weekend to play the Boilermakers in another three-game conference series starting on Friday.

The Gophers now sit at second in the Big Ten behind Michigan. The Wolverines are undefeated in the Big Ten.

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New MN Nice Cream location now open in Northeast The soft serve business, with a newly expanded menu, offers ice cream and a rainbow of toppings.

BY MADDY FOLSTEIN mfolstein@mndaily.com

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N Nice Cream, the colorful soft serve truck that’s been seen everywhere from Twin Cities block parties to the Eaux Claires music festival since 2016, has found a new home in Northeast as of March 16.

Its brick-and-mortar location is filled with rainbow stripes, succulents and a fluorescent ice cream cone sign. In other words, it’s Instagram heaven, and owner Katie Romanski has designed the business as such since she opened her first truck.

“My main goal was to keep it Instagram-able because Instagram was just on the up-and-up, and I love Instagram,” Romanski said. “I [decided] to just make everything cute with stripes, glitter and fun.”

Along with offering Northeast residents Romanski’s colorful soft serve, the new location is a home for MN Nice Cream’s two trucks and a trailer, which will be traveling around the Twin Cities and beyond this summer.

“I bought another truck, and I have a trailer for festivals, so I needed a home,” Romanski said. “I can’t keep using other people’s commercial kitchens, and I saw this popped up. I love Northeast … and Uptown and South [Minneapolis] are really saturated with ice cream.”

The Northeast location offers a menu that extends beyond ice cream, with breakfast burritos, sandwiches, soup, coffee and pastries. “[The ice cream] is really light, and it’s all about my homemade toppings,” Romanski said. “Now that I have my own kitchen, I can do the cheesecake, the puppy

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Madison Thorsfeldt and Anne Johansen hold up their ice cream to take photos at MN Nice Cream in Northeast Minneapolis on Sunday.

chow, the cookie dough, the brownies — everything we load on there. It’s all made in my kitchen, and we just started making tie dye waffle cones.”

MN Nice Cream’s cones are topped with everything from puppy chow to their signature edible glitter, and each cone comes with three toppings. A customer (and employee) favorite? The Fun Cone, topped with sprinkles, Fruity Pebbles, gummies and glitter, of course.

“The name says it all,” said

Erin Mackaman, a new MN Nice Cream employee and a University of Minnesota student studying strategic communications.

Romanski is partial to the puppy chow.

“Puppy chow is the newest addition, which my mom used to put in my lunch box when I was little,” Romanski said. “What’s not to love about crunchy powdered sugar and peanut butter? With the ice cream, it’s really good.”

The opening has been, for the most part, an Instagram

MUSIC

Review: Cardi B’s debut album is better than okurrrr It’s called “Invasion of Privacy.” We’ll gladly trespass.

BY SOPHIE VILENSKY svilensky@mndaily.com

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eleased Friday, Cardi B’s debut album “Invasion of Privacy” is racing to the number one debut slot on Billboard’s 200 chart.

If this happens, she’ll be the first female rap artist to snag the spot since 2012, and one of just five overall.

The placement makes sense. Having spent only 10 months in the mainstage spotlight, Cardi B has already inserted herself into our public consciousness.

It feels like she’s been around forever.

And it’s easy to chalk her up to passing fad. She makes a great headline and is always one to provide a viral interview clip.

With “Invasion of Privacy,” quote-hungry fans are satisfied right off the bat.

The album starts strong with “Get Up 10,” an autobiographical look into the proud stripper-turned-superstar’s background.

And if we bite, we’re more than rewarded with a wealth of information. The gal has no filter — on her mouth or on her selfies.

“Went from makin’ tuna sandwiches to makin’ the news [ … ] real bitch, only thing fake is the boobs,” she raps.

Except the butt is fake too, she said. It’s not like we weren’t curious.

With about half its songs featuring another artist, the album’s flow is perfectly curated. Cardi’s voice isn’t great when she takes on the hooks, but she does it so rarely that when it happens it’s endearing.

Such is the case with “Be Careful,” the final

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single released before the album’s debut. Always one for a biting line, Cardi goes soft in the song’s chorus, warning someone to be careful with her fragile heart. The youthful sound of her voice is sweet and — surprise! — relatable.

Then we have the features. With perfectly matched cool-girl vocals and lyrics, “Ring” with Kehlani is the perfect Friday-night-getting-ready groove. Great on first listen, it gets better with each revisit.

The album’s finale, “I Do” with SZA, will fit on the pregame playlist too.

Though Cardi is engaged, the song is not even a little bit about a wedding day.

“I do what I like, I do, I do,” SZA repeats.

But love does come into play, and its connection isn’t always great for the artist.

The album’s second song, “Drip,” features Migos — which means the addition of Cardi’s fiance, Offset, to

her creative universe.

He comes in too early and is only offered one verse, though. It feels like Cardi is the feature in her own song.

Of f s e t , b a b y , w e ’ r e here for our girl.

Providing a mass of Spotify “listening now” screenshots, most fan comments mention the album’s motivational nature.

While a number of lyrics would make for a great statement tee, it feels nice knowing Cardi probably didn’t formulate them with a monetary agenda.

There’s no doubt female empowerment is selling, but Cardi’s selflove is what she knows and believes. The stacks are just a plus.

Oh, “Bodak Yellow” and “Bartier Cardi” are on the album too.

They still hold up.

Grade: A-

secret for the store’s loyal online following.

“It’s kind of like a speakeasy. If you don’t know that we’re here, you can’t find us,” Romanski said. “We’re kind of hidden in that way. People are embracing that a bit.”

Despite the snow and freezing temperatures that have lingered since MN Nice Cream opened in March, customers have still been lining up. Even at 9:30 a.m. last Friday morning, with heavy wind and 18-degree weather, parents brought in

their kids to have MN Nice Cream for breakfast.

“The opening exceeded all of our expectations as far as the reception … but the weekend days are primetime for ice cream, and it’s still only 20 degrees out,” said Brett Ley, Romanski’s boyfriend who has watched the business grow from the beginning.

Romanski, along with a small team, opened the Northeast location in about 10 days, which speaks to the dedication and passion behind the business.

“She’s the crux and the heart of the whole operation. … She is nothing but one of the hardest workers I know, and she is extremely passionate about the idea and the concepts,” Ley said. “What really drives that passion is not for money. … What drives her is seeing those people smiling as she’s handing over those beautiful, crazy concoctions on ice cream cones.”

Where: MN Nice Cream, 807 Broadway St. N.E. #102, Minneapolis

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COLUMN

Meat or no meat, that is the question Millennials are spearheading the worldwide shift away from meat.

We should keep up the trend.

I

am a lifelong omnivore, and I have only recently considered making the switch and cutting out meat cold turkey.

But I’m in the minority among my peers — ELLEN AILTS turns out, millennials columnist are ruining the meat industry. There’s been a global shift away from meat consumption in recent years, spearheaded by millennials. Seventy percent of the world population is either reducing their meat intake or going completely meat-free. The number of self-identified vegans in the U.S. has increased by 600 percent in the last three years.

Lots of people are reluctant to believe in the sins of meat consumption, and perhaps rightly so. The University of Minnesota Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives Institute held a symposium on April 6 entitled “Meat or No Meat?” addressed this dilemma. Tamar Haspel, a food and nutrition journalist, discussed how much research

is biased since confirmation bias rules the human psyche. Most published research findings are false, Haspel said, citing a paper by Stanford professor John Ioannidis.

She asserted that what we know about nutrition is dwarfed by what we do not, and she distrusts anyone who approaches the issue with absolute certainty.

This is important to keep in mind in our discussions around nutrition (or anything, really); to be overly righteous about any particular diet is only disclosing your own ignorance. But the question should still be considered — what are the implications of a vegetarian versus an omnivorous diet?

You might consider going meat-free for health reasons. A few years ago, the WHO classified red meat and processed meat as carcinogens. David Klurfeld, a researcher for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, addressed the claim at the symposium by discussing his experience at the conference that concluded red meat is a carcinogen.

He explained that IARC ignored some complicating evidence and used research that only suggested possibility, not certainty — both contributing factors to a less-thansatisfactory examination of evidence. Essentially, the link between red meat and cancer is scientifically unproven.

But this doesn’t mean that red meat is necessarily good for you, either. Professor Karen Jaceldo-Siegl presented research

that showed Seventh-Day Adventists, whose followers practice vegetarianism, have a dramatic extension of life expectancy compared to the rest of the U.S. population. She also asserted that a vegetarian diet pattern is associated with a better metabolic profile.

If you’re not swayed by the prospect of becoming healthier, the environmental impact of meat-eating is arguably more compelling. Michael Clark, a Ph.D. candidate, presented research about how our diets affect the environment. Agriculture is a main source of greenhouse gas emissions and the single largest threat to biodiversity. The meat industry uses the most energy and land, as well as produces the most greenhouse gas. If we continue consuming meat as we have been, it’s projected that by 2050 there will be a 50 percent increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, with a 40 percent increase in nitrogen and 80 percent in phosphorous. The individual matters; one person’s decision to not eat meat saves land and reduces pollution.

It’s up to us as consumers to reverse unsustainable trends that are harming our planet and maybe even become healthier in the meantime.

Ellen Ailts welcomes comments at eailts@mndaily.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Article on Mitchell Hoenig incredibly disrespectful and irresponsible

I’m writing regarding the article from April 5, “UMN fraternity member’s death caused by alcohol poisoning.”

I find this article incredibly disrespectful, irresponsible and devoid of any information of use to the University of Minnesota community. The Minnesota Daily and the authors of the article likely had valid intentions and a desire to educate the community about the dangers of alcohol and drug abuse. I also understand the Daily’s desire to call out the fraternities and sororities involved for irresponsible actions and policy violations. However, I do not feel that the article productively accomplishes either of those goals. All it does is drag a very successful and promising young man through the mud after his tragic, and avoidable, death. Despite one mention of his status as a College of Biological Sciences Dean’s List honoree, the article fails to say anything positive about Mitchell Hoenig for 1,139 words.

I understand and highly respect the Daily’s stated desire to “pursue the truth” and to generally engage in publication of information that involved parties might not want to be published, but this article crosses a line.

An in-depth description of a man’s actions before his death are wildly unnecessary and not productive.

Regarding the violation of sorority policies: everyone on this campus is aware that underage drinking happens at parties. Taking this into account, a more effective use of the Daily’s print space would have challenged college drinking culture by encouraging students to take care of their friends and monitor their own consumption and that of others.

It would have also mentioned medical amnesty policies of both the University and the state of Minnesota. In Mitchell’s memory, it is on us as a University community, not University administration, to prevent deaths like this from happening. As Mitchell’s parents stated, “[our] hope is that this incident reminds everyone to look out for one another.”

The article published Thursday by the Daily does nothing to support that goal.

This letter has been lightly edited for clarity and style.

Jordan Anderson is a senior at the University of Minnesota studying political science and sociology of law, criminology and deviance.

DAILY DISCUSSION Sexual harassment rules must be adopted Two legislators resigning last year over egregious and serious sexual harassment allegations. Minnesotans were even more shocked to learn the Legislature had no real sexual harassment policies, which have been required in other workplaces for decades.

The Legislature had very few policies to deal with sexual harassment allegations against elected officials, or nonstate employee victims of sexual harassment such as lobbyists and others.

Minnesotans took legislative leaders at their word at the beginning of the session, when they vowed to tackle the issue of sexual harassment at the Legislature in a nonpartisan way.

Leaders of both parties need to work together and get back to the business of creating a sexual harassment policy before the session ends.

All agree there must be urgency on this issue. Minnesotans expect the Legislature to approve a policy this session.

We urge both parties to work together to pass a policy this session that at minimum involves a neutral third party to do the investigations. This is too serious a matter to be torpedoed by partisan politics.

Editor’s Note: This letter has been edited lightly for style and clarity.

This letter was originally published in the Mankato Free Press

Robert McGrady welcomes comments at rmcgrady@mndaily.com.

COLUMN

Keep health and the law separate People dealing with mental health issues aren’t criminals and shouldn’t be treated like it.

S

ince the shooting that occurred at their school, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas teens have showed a remarkable amount of bravery and courage.

They’ve founded a naJONATHAN ABABIY tional movement and columnist helped orchestrate one of the largest protests in American history. Our country’s tradition of inaction after mass shooting has become almost cliche, but the MSD students have countered that completely. One of the students, Cameron Kasky, roasted his U.S. Senator on stage, and another, David Hogg, got 19 companies to boycott Fox News personality Laura Ingraham’s show after she inappropriately harassed him. The MSD teens have changed the national conversation on gun control through their activism.

Members of MSD’s school newspaper wrote a manifesto or series of policy proposals in the Guardian. The proposals were mostly good — allow the CDC to do research on guns, universal background checks, ban bump stocks — but there was one that has made me scratch my head: changing privacy laws to allow mental health care providers to communicate with law enforcement. I do not mean to blame the MSD students because their proposal comes out of the misguided way our society thinks about mental health and gun violence.

Mental health care professionals already somewhat have the ability to communicate with law enforcement. The

American Psychological Association’s Code of Ethics states that therapists have to report to the police if clients are victims of abuse or are talking about inflicting violence on others. Changing the laws would just create an oversight.

There is a lot of danger in this oversight because, as the authors of one study suggest, the “connections between mental illness and gun violence are less causal and more complex than current U.S. public opinion and legislative action allow.” It pushes a dangerous assumption to treat mentally ill people as potential criminals. People dealing with mental health issues are not going to be propelled to cause mass shootings. In fact, research even shows that there is no significant link between mental illness and extreme violence.

A communicative therapist would also breach one of the biggest principles of therapy — secrecy. It would be much harder for clients to talk and confide in their therapists knowing that law enforcement is listening, too. Of course, many people have not done anything wrong and have nothing to hide, but the definition of “wrong” can change very fast. People don’t have the criminal code memorized, so a simple slip in therapy could lead to their therapist ratting on them.

The MSD manifesto is flawed, but the movement that the students have created isn’t. The pivotal thing is that the kids are talking about mental health because our country has forgotten that it matters and given it an ugly stigma. We need to reexamine the way we think about mental health, and one of the ways we can do that is by looking at the manifesto.

Jonathan Ababiy welcomes comments at jababiy@mndaily.com.

Why we publish

M

itchell Hoenig’s death is a tragedy.

The 20-year-old was a star student who aspired to become a doctor in order to help others, and his life was cut short in late February. Although the story was hard to report, we believe that it was important to share.

Excessive alcohol consumption and drug use are all too common in the college community, though they rarely result in death. It is important to note that many University of Minnesota students’ weekends look a lot like Mitchell’s last night on campus. We go out with our friends. We drink. Most of us would not be shocked to see casual drug use at a party. However, if we are not careful, this will happen again.

The Minnesota Daily’s Thursday article on the circumstances of Mitchell’s death brought back painful memories for those who knew him, a fact that was made clear by readers’ emails, Facebook comments and texts sent to members of the Daily. Mitchell was beloved and he meant a lot to many people. People questioned the Daily’s decision to publish the story against the wishes of the family and University officials. We struggled with the decision ourselves. In the end, however, in hopes of preventing another tragedy we felt that Mitchell’s story deserved an honest account.

Gamma Phi Beta members brought this to our attention when they approached the Daily to talk about their sorority’s involvement. The members were upset that there was an outright refusal to talk about that night and how to learn from it. They felt that serious violations had occurred and that nobody was taking action. Mitchell’s story needed to be shared with people outside the Greek community.

The Daily article raises other questions that need to be discussed. How often do Greek organizations violate their own underage drinking policies? What is being done to ensure policies are being followed?

What is the University doing to learn how Hoenig’s death can help keep other students safe? How prevalent is the use of cocaine at the University?

These discussions will be difficult for everyone, and particularly painful for Mitchell’s friends and family. However, this information is important to know so that better precautions can be taken in the future, either by students or by the University.

Harm caused by and resulting from excessive drinking and drug use is not a hypothetical situation. It happened to Mitchell; it can happen again to any of us.

We need Mitchell’s story as a reminder to take care of ourselves and our friends. We hope knowing his name and his story will help dispel any notions of “this would never happen to me.” Mitchell’s story reminds us how precious life is.

Nothing will get better without open discussions on the circumstances of his death. Those who knew Mitchell well will never forget him, but others could forget the story, and we could lose another beloved member of the University community as a result. The Daily has a responsibility to keep members of our community informed on important issues, positive and negative.

It will be hard to confront Mitchell’s death. Many people are grieving, and the article was not going to help that process.

Yet we must be willing to look past the pain and learn from an ordinary night that went so wrong. Mitchell’s story shows tragedy can happen to anyone. We cannot hide from that. We need to address it and learn from it.

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HOROSCOPES Today’s Birthday (4/9): Work together for an especially profitable year. Meditate on what you truly want. Reduce, revise and simplify. Lay professional plans for a coordinated summer push.

Domestic comforts and joys nurture your family and sweetheart.

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Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is an 8 — Concentrate on your message through tomorrow.

Writing projects thrive with disciplined efforts.

Stick to solid ground; avoid fantastical illusions.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is an 8 — Relax, and enjoy yourself. Have fun with people you love. Talk over your latest ideas and find out the latest. Play together. Listen and learn.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 9 — A professional opportunity requires spontaneity.

Can you manage it without overextending? It’s possible.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 7 — Domestic renovation projects come into focus.

Discuss with family what changes to prioritize.

Research for best value and quality.

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Make reservations and handle arrangements.

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Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 9 — Make financial arrangements, transfers and decisions.

Talk with your partner to get on the same page.

Listen with your heart. Get everyone paid.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 9 — Pour on the steam for increased income. Repay debts and favors. Invest in home, family and real estate. Call in reinforcements if needed.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 9 — Conversation can spark into romance with your partner.

Listen, and affirm that you heard. Your creative collaboration is getting even more interesting.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 9 — You’re attracting attention. Polish your presentation and appearance. Pamper yourself to feel your best. Prepare your words and actions.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 9 — Dig into a big job. Your work and time are in demand.

Guard health and fitness routines that build and maintain your energy. Practice moderation.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 7 — Contemplate your next move. Find a private spot for peaceful meditation. Listen to your heart and intuition.

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top CSE students hopeful for Michigan’s court hearing more diversity and inclusion cases over guns Students partnered with faculty for an event exploring diversity in CSE.

BY LEW BLANK lblank@mndaily.com

The College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota held a workshop Saturday morning to explore diversity and better integrate underrepresented students into the college.

The event — called Inclusivity in CSE — was attended by about 30 students and several faculty members. During the two and a half hour event organized by CSE students, attendees engaged in activities to discuss privilege and a poetry writing session.

According to 2016 data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 19 percent of Minnesotans are

people of color, and according to the Office of Institutional Research, 19 percent of the University’s student population are people of color. However, the percentage of CSE students of color is lower, at just 15 percent.

Furthermore, while the University as a whole is split almost evenly between males and females, enrollment in CSE is skewed heavily towards men, with just 27.5 percent of its students identifying as female.

“I want people to become more aware of exactly how inclusive is CSE at this moment because right now ... it’s predominantly white males,” said Abigail Valero, a MexicanAmerican junior studying aerospace engineering and mechanics.

After a short presentation on the demographic makeup of CSE, students took part in a

privilege circle, where about 40 questions were asked pertaining to housing, food security, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and other issues. If the question asked pertained to them, the students would step forward.

After the privilege circle, students were invited to write “Where I’m From” poems exploring their identities and backgrounds.

One of the purposes of these activities was to delve into the human, emotional side of diversity in CSE, said Jennifer Arsjad, an Indonesian senior who helped organize the event.

“When we’re talking about diversity and inclusivity, it is definitely more than just facts, more than numbers, more than data,” she said.

Toward the end of the event, students brainstormed ways to make the CSE environment more open for diverse students. Some students

suggested adjusting the CSE curriculum to emphasize diversity, instructing faculty to use the correct pronouns and analyzing CSE’s programming through a lens of equity.

According to Sasanehsaeh Pyawasay, Diversity Program Coordinator for CSE, the event demonstrated the importance of students working with administration.

“I think it’s a collaborative effort,” she said. “We have to do our best as administrators to create an environment where our students feel [included].”

Stef Jarvi, the Director of Education at the Office for Equity and Diversity who facilitated the event, agreed that everyone’s voice is needed to make changes. “[It is] important to have all of us ... working on inclusivity — not just administration, not just students, not just faculty,” they said.

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A gun openly carried by a spectator at a school concert in 2015 has turned into a major legal case as the Michigan Supreme Court considers whether the state’s public schools can trump the Legislature and adopt their own restrictions on firearms.

The case from Ann Arbor has been on the court’s docket for more than a year. But arguments set for Wednesday are getting extra attention in the wake of a Florida school shooting in February that killed 17.

There’s no dispute that Michigan law bars people from possessing a gun inside a weapon-free school zone.

But there’s a wrinkle: Someone with a concealed pistol permit can enter school

property with a gun that’s openly holstered.

Though rare, it happened three years ago at a choir concert at Ann Arbor Pioneer High School, scaring teens, staff and spectators. The school board responded by banning all guns, with exceptions for police.

“If a student were to bring a gun into a school, that would be worthy of an expulsion,” said Jeanice Kerr Swift, superintendent of Ann Arbor schools. “So why would it be different for other folks? ... What this case is about is local communities having a choice.”

Separately, the Clio district, north of Flint, has a similar policy. The Supreme Court is hearing challenges from gun owners in both communities.