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Living behind the lens with Bri Flasch Musician, designer, student, influencer and photographer: Flasch does it all. BY ALEX STRANGMAN astrangman@mndaily.com

On a brisk Saturday morning in January, an unrelenting creative force took over the stone-walled basement of Claddagh Coffee Cafe in St. Paul. Nine models huddled around the large, dining room-esque table, preparing for an upcoming photoshoot. Some were doing their makeup. Others were making last-minute wardrobe changes in the small bathroom tucked away underneath the stairs. One quickly wolfed down a veggie breakfast panini, complete with two eggs, sautéed veggies, pesto and Gouda. As the pre-shoot chaos unfolded, University of Minnesota senior Bri Flasch stood at the center of it all. She hovered over everyone like a new-age fairy godmother, clad in blue jeans, a rainbow puffer jacket and checkered-print boots, long platinum-and-blue extensions hanging down her back. With her camera in hand, Flasch ushered everyone up the stairs and out the door. It was time to shoot. A full-time student majoring in business and marketing education, and part-time photographer, musician, influencer and fashion designer, Flasch manages to make

it all work. “I just don’t know how people have time to turn their brain off. Maybe I just don’t want to,” she said.

“I just don’t know how people have time to turn their brain off. Maybe I just don’t want to.”

Discovering her style Before Flasch became the creative jack-of-all-trades she is today, she was just another amateur photographer, or “iPhone-ographer,” as she puts it. It wasn’t until her junior year of high school that she made the leap towards professional photography, buying a used DSLR T3i Rebel Canon camera in order to capture her life “more cinematically.” When she arrived at the University of Minnesota in 2016, she began to bridge the gap from amateur to professional photography. Flasch says she didn’t know where to start but soon found herself shooting at concerts for local bands Early Eyes and Juniper Douglas. In addition to concert photos, Flasch says during this period she honed her skills at taking “artsy friend photos,” something she would later go on to perfect. It wasn’t long before Flasch began getting more involved in the local photography scene, hosting creative networking events with the University’s photography club. “I didn’t feel powerful enough to do something by myself. Like, no one is going to show up if just I hosted an event,” she said. At this point, Flasch had yet to expand beyond local photography.

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University of Minnesota student and social media influencer Bri Flasch poses for a portrait in Downtown Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 24. (Parker Johnson / Minnesota Daily)

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Research: Men reluctant to take female-dominated jobs Former U student jailed Although the number of traditionally femaleover tweets dominated jobs is rising, men aren’t taking them. BY FARRAH MINA fmina@mndaily.com

A University of Minnesota sociologist co-authored a study earlier this month examining what it would take for men to do something they have historically resisted: entering female-dominated jobs. While some male-dominated occupations, like manufacturing, have been decreasing over the years, many female-dominated jobs are increasing, said Janette

Dill, a professor in the School of Public Health and co-author of the study. Female-dominated jobs — such as nurse practitioners, health aides and medical assistants — are among the fastest growing jobs in the United States, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Despite this, there has not been an influx of men entering these positions, according to Dill. “Since women started entering the labor force in the 1970s, women have gone into lots of jobs that were dominated by men,” Dill said. “But we haven’t seen any of the reverse where we have men going into female-dominated jobs in large numbers.” Over the past decade at the University, female enrollment

in the College of Science and Engineering, a college with a male student majority, has gone up by 40 percent, according to data from the Office of Institutional Research. By contrast, the College of Education and Human Development, which is female-dominated, has seen an approximately 8 percent increase from 2009 in male enrollment. Social stigma, lower pay According to Dill, social stigma is a major deterrent to doing female-dominated work. Men experience labor markets differently than women, said Colleen Flaherty Manchester, a professor in the Carlson School of Management. Where men can be

perceived as competent and likable, women experience the opposite when trying to apply for a male-dominated occupation. “Men are perceived as the traditional gender role as the breadwinner, and women are more constrained by the gender-based social role of caregiver,” Flaherty Manchester said. Because men do not want to be viewed as feminine or weak, they may be less likely to take feminized jobs, Dill said, adding that many of those jobs also pay less. What it takes for male integration In their study, Dill and Jill u See JOBS Page 3

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City of Minneapolis puts all restaurant inspections online The tool went up earlier this month, making it easier to find inspection records for businesses.

BY YVES DE JESUS yjesus@mndaily.com Like many University of Minnesota students, Mohammed Al-Hinaai enjoys the occasional dine-in at his favorite restaurants around campus. Al-Hinaai also puts cleanliness at the top of his priority list. Thanks to a new City of Minneapolis resource unveiled earlier this month, Al-Hinaai can now search his favorite restaurant’s health inspection records online. The new Health Inspection Lookup Tool

allows anyone to look up detailed inspection reports — ranging from food safety violations to general restaurant upkeep — for city establishments. “Because at your home you cook your food, you know how clean it is, and you [see] everything,” he said. “But here in the restaurant, we just get the food, so you know don’t know what’s happening inside.” An analysis of Dinkytown food businesses by the Minnesota Daily showed that all shops are up to code regarding health inspections, with the exception of a few new restaurants which have not yet received an annual check-up. Inspection reports are given a

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The 20-year-old was arrested in China for tweets he posted while a student at the University. BY JASMINE SNOW jsnow@mndaily.com

A former University of Minnesota student who was detained in China for political tweets has since been released, according to a report from the Star Tribune. Minnesotan congress members, including Sen. Tina Smith, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Rep. Ilhan Omar, all voiced their support on Thursday for 20-year-old Luo Daiqing’s release, according to the report. Luo — who was detained in China for tweeting “unflattering portrayals of a national leader” — is currently staying in his hometown of Wuhan, China, which is thought to be the origin place of coronavirus and is subject to a travel ban. On Wednesday, Axios first reported that Luo was detained last summer and sentenced in November to six months in prison on charges of “provocation.” Court documents viewed by Axios say that Luo tweeted more than 40 comments, which “created a negative social impact” while he was studying at the University in September and October 2018. Among his tweets were images comparing Chinese President Xi Jinping to cartoon characters, according to Axios. Chinese students make up the largest portion of international students on campus. In 2018, 2,559 students from China attended the University, good for about 42 percent of all international students.

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University of Minnesota governance examines the needs of non-tenure track faculty A new task force is examining how these faculty are represented in University governance. BY NIAMH COOMEY ncoomey@mndaily.com University of Minnesota governance is examining the needs of faculty who are not on the path to tenure. These employees comprise a large portion of teaching and research roles at the University. The Faculty Consultative Committee and Professionals and Ad-

ministrators Consultative Committee are both working to better understand the unique needs and challenges of individuals in these positions and determine whether they are represented adequately in University governance. FCC Chair Amy Pittengerinitiated a task force as a continuation of earlier work on this topic by last year’s FCC. Ned Patterson, chair of the task force, said in a statement emailed to the Minnesota Daily that there are three general categories of faculty-like positions at the University: tenure-track

faculty who are bound by the tenure code, contract faculty who mainly work on yearly contracts and instructional academic professionals. The task force has been charged with examining representation of these workers in University governance and making any suggested changes, Patterson said in the email. “These people are fulfilling our education mission in the same way, and we just want them to have the same governance voice u See NON-TENURE Page 3

Melissa Kenney, Associate Director of Knowledge Initiatives, poses for a portrait in her home on Sunday, Jan. 26. Kenney’s work focuses on decision making and how that impacts viewpoints on policies. (Parker Johnson / Minnesota Daily) VOLUME 120 ISSUE 33

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8-9 p.m. Goldy’s Gameroom Get a team together and test your knowledge of dinosaurs. Left, demonstrators attending the Global Climate Strike pack the rotunda at the Minnesota State Capitol Building on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. In protest of the current state of environmental legislation and the proposed climate crisis, participants staged a “die in.” Bottom, Director of Black Visions Collective Kandace Montgomery delivers a prepared speech to those gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol Building. One of several speakers at the Global Climate Strike, Montgomery advocated for improved environmental legislation and acknowledged the risks climate change poses to marginalized communities. (Kamaan Richards / Minnesota Daily)

Student group says University should do more for the climate UMN Climate Strike demanded legislative action at the state capitol.

BY MOHAMED IBRAHIM AND JASMINE SNOW mibrahim@mndaily.com jsnow@mndaily.com A University of Minnesota student group is calling on the school to do more to address climate change. University of Minnesota Climate Strike met with lawmakers and administrators Friday to lay out a list of demands. The group insists the University divest from fossil fuels and establish more curriculum around the topic, among other actions. Climate Action Caucus meeting The student group met with lawmakers as part of a joint meeting between the House higher education committee and the newlyformed Climate Action Caucus. The joint committee heard testimony and discussed issues related to

climate change with administrators, faculty and students from colleges and universities statewide. University of Minnesota Climate Strike’s demands for the University include declaring a climate and ecological emergency, developing an environmental justice major and discontinuing investment in fossil fuels. “We’re personally frustrated with the University’s focus on sustainability and focus on individual action by students on campus to reduce emissions and to make change, and that we don’t really talk about the systemic ways that the institution of the University of Minnesota can make change,” said Savannah Wery, a co-founder of the group. University Vice President for Research Chris Cramer outlined several ways the University is attempting to address climate change. In the last 12 years, the University established the Institute on the Environment research program and various undergraduate and graduate climate-related ar-

eas of study. Cramer also pointed to sustainability efforts in the University’s operations and facilities. The Climate Action Plan implemented by former-University President Eric Kaler in 2011 aims to reduce carbon emissions by 50 percent by 2020 and offset 100 percent of emissions by 2050. As of 2018, the University has reduced emissions by 37 percent on the Twin Cities campus and 32 percent system-wide, Cramer said. “Climate change is real. It affects our state, it’s affecting our University too — our students, their families [and] our facilities,” Cramer said at the meeting. Divestment meeting Representatives from multiple student groups, including University of Minnesota Climate Strike, also met with staff from the University’s Office of Investments and Banking Friday. With help from an independent financial adviser, the groups discussed the feasibility of divestment

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Students from across the University were studying resiliency efforts in Puerto Rico when disaster hit the island earlier this month. The University’s Global Convergence Lab is a collaborative effort meant to explore energy alternatives in the face of natural disaster. The class, which focuses on community resiliency and infrastructure, returned to the island on Jan. 3 for its second year, just days before record earthquakes hit. Masters student Shannon Evans Engstrom said that the class is looking at how Puerto Rico is working to recover from the earthquakes while continuing to face the effects of Hurricane Maria in 2017. “There’s a lot of smaller communities and municipalities that are thinking about, after a natural event, where people can go to charge their phones, where can they refrigerate things like insulin,” Engstrom said. Last January, the Convergence Lab focused

on power and energy operations after Hurricane Maria. “Last year the power was still not on,” Engstrom said. “This year, they have power but then there were earthquakes. It’s just a different class every year due to the circumstances.” The class also worked alongside members from Resilience through Innovation in Sustainable Energy. RISE is an initiative by the Instituto Nacional de Energía y Sostenibilidad Isleña working to examine ways in which universities can better interact with communities affected by disaster. Javier Nieves Torres, a representative from INESI, said the response after Hurricane Maria was sometimes disorganized, and members of university outreach efforts often lacked cultural sensitivity. “We found that after Hurricane Maria, a lot of universities in the U.S. would come down into Puerto Rico and we found that they normally didn’t know where to go,” Torres said. “[T]here wasn’t really a lot of coordination or communication.” While university aid has sometimes fallen short, frustrations have also arisen from local and federal government mismanagement of

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from fossil fuels with Stuart Mason, OIB associate vice president and chief investment officer, and Andrew Parks, OIB senior director of investment strategy and research. Mason and Parks explained the University’s investment process and more sustainable initiatives OIB is already taking part in, like excluding coal in their portfolio. The two administrators also discussed how hiring managers to specifically divest from fossil fuels would be more expensive. Mason said that while OIB would always be looking for cleaner options, there was only so much the department could do to make large strides towards sustainability without involvement from the Board of Regents. Students said they felt frustrated over the lack of information available to students, including some of the University’s investment portfolio, which is not subject to Freedom of Information Act laws. “There were times when

I personally felt … it was like tense and uncomfortable … But then there were other times when it seemed like he was really genuinely willing to work with us and hear us out,” Wery said. Friday’s events were part of a larger movement on campus to address climate concerns. Other actions included a climate strike on the St. Paul capitol building in September and an on-campus protest in December. Going forward, Wery said the group will look to balance policy discussions with administrators and mobilizing students. The group will participate in Fossil Fuel Divestment Day on Feb. 13, which lines up with next month’s Board of Regents meeting. “We are the ones affected by the decisions the Board of Regents makes, and our generation is the one who will have to deal with the consequences of climate change that our University is currently contributing to,” said group member Zach Fisher in his testimony in front of lawmakers.

Students abroad rocked by earthquake The Convergence Lab was in Puerto Rico during the recent earthquakes.

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Professor Marcel Castro Sitiriche address the UMN Global Convergence Lab class in Puerto Rico. Courtesy of the Community Resiliency Blog 2020. recovery resources. Protests the continued earthquakes “Being a Puerto Rican broke out across Puerto Rico and aid issues. diaspora right now, there’s in response to the discovery “I think everyone has been a lot of issues,” he of unused and expired aid been affected in some sort said. “Your family is suffrom Hurricane Maria. of way,” he said. “My fami- f e r i n g a n d t h e r e ’ s n o t “In Puerto Rico … they ly and their houses are fine much you can do … It’s been deal with [territory] status … They decided to sleep in mostly a lot of psychologiand what that implies,” tents because that felt saf- cal trauma for my family Engstrom said. “...They er. A lot of the earthquakes and almost everyone who are trying to figure out are happening at night … lives in Puerto Rico.” how they can make sure which means that everyLópez-Justiniano that they can rely on them- one is in their houses.” said that those wishselves because they can’t López-Justiniano has ing to help should dorely on the government.” been in Minnesota since n a t e t o h i s g o f u n d m e , Recent University grad- just before Hurricane Ma- “Relief for Puerto Rico’s uate Iván López-Justiniano’s ria struck the island. He e a r t h q u a k e v i c t i m s , ” family still lives in Puerto said distance from his fam- which he said is more Rico. He talked about the ily has added to the stress directly impactful than uncertainty resulting from and uncertainty. national efforts.

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grade out of 100 points. Violations deduct between zero and four points, depending on the severity. Businesses with an inspection report below 90 is automatically subjected to a follow-up to ensure the violations are resolved. Minneapolis Health Department inspector Logan Ebeling said the department had seen an increase in public information requests regarding inspection health. On top of that demand, just last year the University’s Public Health school conducted a survey at the Minnesota State Fair found more than 90 percent of respondents said they wanted better access to these records. “So by putting [the records] out there, it makes it easily accessible,” said Minneapolis environmental health community liaison Leslie Foreman, who worked on group outreach and public engagement for the project.

Before the lookup tool was available, inspection records were only available through a public records request — which could take up to a week, she said. Second-year sociology student Saulkdi Yangh said while the city’s move is a good start, students should also have better inspection information access to University-operated food services, especially because some students rely solely on dining hall meal plans. “I definitely feel that the University should be very clear about the food that they’re serving,” Yangh said. “It’s important to have security [at] the places that you eat …” The University is in a separate jurisdiction from the city when it comes to inspection and enforcement codes and is not subject to the new tool. Food service operations at the University is contracted to private food service providers like Aramark. Aramark-operated restaurants conduct their own inspections separate from the University.

“If there’s a violation, say I notice a staff making sandwiches without washing their hands and putting gloves on first, then it’s up to the operator manager to fix that … so it doesn’t happen again,” said University Environmental Hygiene Officer Mark Rossi. City health department officials said the new tool is only for the benefit of the public to make more informed decisions. “Hopefully it just allows people to make their own informed decision [and] not to let us make that decision for them,” he added.

“Hopefully it just allows people to make their own informed decision [and] not to let us make that decision for them.” MARK ROSSI university environmental hygiene offcier

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and protections,” Pittenger said. Contract faculty cannot be elected members of the FCC under the current Senate constitution, Patterson said in his emailed statement. The task force also determines the number of individuals in each job classification. John Deen, chair of the Academic Health Center Faculty Consultative Committee, said often contract faculty are not as embedded in longer-term activities at the University because they have annual contracts. The reasons for the continuation of their contracts are much more immediate, Deen added, typically dependent on current needs within individual units or departments. Melissa Kenney, the associate director of Knowledge Initiatives at the University’s Institute on the Environment, oversees contract research

Yavorsky — a sociologist at the University of North Carolina — asked whether unemployment would make men more likely to do femaledominated work. “We really wanted to know whether an economic strain or economic push would cause them to … do this thing that men historically have been resistant to do,” Dill said. They found that men who were unemployed were more likely to go into female-dominated jobs. Without an economic disruption “to ‘shock’ men into considering female-dominated jobs as a potential option,” many men were less likely to consider shifting to a femaledominated occupation, the study says. According to Dill, those who did make the shift experienced a pay bump. “It’s not that these female-dominated jobs are paying so well. It’s probably that men are just not willing to take them unless it comes with a little bit of a pay bump,” she said. “Men, they

faculty and falls under that category herself. Often contract faculty, specifically researchers, have a higher burden when it comes to funding because they have to fund the majority of their salary through external grants, she said. When money is more competitive, job uncertainty becomes more of a challenge which can make these jobs more stressful, Kenney added. Pittenger said job security was another challenge specific to contract faculty. Academic freedom is typically not as protected outside of tenure positions. “Part of our job is to question and to explore new areas and to be able to do that without fear that you’re going to be fired,” she said. Some work can get controversial, Kenney said, which is why tenure can be a powerful benefit. However, much of the limitation for contract research faculty often comes from the financial piece, she said. Because contract re-

don’t want to take these jobs, so there has to be a little extra incentive.” If wages in female-dominated jobs increased, they would become more desirable and less stigmatized, Dill said. However, regardless of male integration, there are reasons these wages should increase. “They’re among the fastest growing jobs in the United States. Female-dominated, healthcare jobs make up about half the list [of the fastest growing jobs in the U.S.],” she said. “These jobs are in demand. These workers are in demand — so I think that pressure could raise wages.”

“We really wanted to know whether an economic strain or economic push would cause them to … do this thing that men historically have been resistant to do.” JANETTE DILL professor in School of Public Health

searchers are a large portion of University faculty, it is important for them to have voices within the governing body, Kenney said. Often for tenured faculty, it is clear that the University is making an investment in them. This is sometimes less clear to contract faculty, she said. “We don’t want to lose capacity for people who have devoted their career to research,” Kenney said. “It benefits and enlivens the University to bring the strengths of contract faculty to the table.”

“Part of our job is to question and to explore new areas and to be able to do that without fear that you’re going to be fired.” MELISSA KENNEY university faculty member

Gabel talks tuition, mental health, crime near campus The Minnesota Daily interviewed President Joan Gabel last week. BY CLEO KREJCI ckrejci@mndaily.com The Minnesota Daily sat down with University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel last week to talk about pressing campus topics like tuition, the University’s role in fighting climate change and the rise of crime near campus.

Can we expect a tuition hike next fall? Have you talked about it? We’ve talked about what we’re going to do. It’s too early to give a formal answer because we have no idea what the overall picture will be with the Legislature, although this is year two of the biennial budget, so we have a pretty clear picture. What we don’t have a clear picture of is our expenses fully, yet … I’d like to think that it would be low enough that you wouldn’t call it a ‘hike,’ if we have to raise it, [and] that it would be well below inflation. We’re not required to keep tuition increases below inflation, but that’s our internal working rubric … I have no reason to think we wouldn’t be able to do that this year. How are you feeling about the budget? Were you happy with Gov. Walz’s capitol bonding proposal of $224.2 million for the University? They’re about to go into session; it won’t be for general revenue, but it will be for our infrastructure … we would really love for those resources to come in because those projects have to happen, so in order to be safe and greener and all the things we aspire to be, to maximize learning and research on the campus. So if we don’t receive those resources, it hits in the general revenue side

of things down the road. We’re always trying to not let that happen. Yes — we were happy that he kicked off his listening tour on campus, and we were very happy to be able to participate in partnership with Minnesota State with the budget announcement. Our ideal would be to get everything we ask for — we ask for it for a reason — but given the competitive landscape [Walz] deals with … we were very grateful for the support. The University recently conducted a sur vey of mental health on campus. What’s the big takeaway? We sent out a survey to every [department with a budget] to ask them how much of their budget they were spending on counseling services and other types of services, like wellness and mental health. And we received all that data, and it shows us first … lots of people are deploying resources around counseling services. We knew we had a gap over on the West Bank; we saw that before the study was even done. And as you may know we’ve started the process of expanding [to the West Bank], so we’ve identified space, and they’re fixing up the space so that the counselors can move over there I think sometime this semester. Probably in the latter part of this semester. We know that there’s obviously a very big commitment [to mental health on campus] — that’s very apparent from the study. We know that there are lots of different approaches beyond counseling services that different campuses and different units are taking … [We can see that] people care a lot and are devoting resources and time to it, but there’s probably some value in trying to

President Joan Gabel fields questions in her office in Morrill Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 15. (Mrunal Zambre / Minnesota Daily) harness some of that sup- ners for people who are cold, and it is cold, so I UMPD will have three port into a few pieces that looking to either learn would say that the projec- more sworn officers, meanwould lift up out of each more for their own practice tion has turned out to be ing they’re badged and of the individual projects or around what the policy the reality. We’ve done a armed. [From 55 to 58]. And to programs. So now, we’re implications are and, being few things on campus like then we’re going to be havtrying to figure out where scholars, so that we study changing the security pro- ing more security officers that would be and get some environmental impact. We tocols south of Washing- who are not police officers best practice insight into have people in poles all the ton [Avenue]. We’ve also for patrol and presence. that … way to the day-to-day sus- committed to hiring more tainable plastics. You name police officers and more Do you have a dog? We’ve gotten some let- it, we have people working security for surrounding Yes. I love my dog. My ters to the editor about on it. And so all of that is areas, in addition to main- dog is still in South Carothe University divesting part of our commitment to taining our strong partner- lina, because my youngest from things like coal, the positive contributors to ship with the Minneapolis son is finishing high school and there have been a sustainable future, broad- Police Department and St. down there, and it made some protests about ly speaking. How funds Paul Police Department more sense for the dog to that, too. Is the Uni- are invested, some of them and thinking about how to stay with that piece of the versity considering any aren’t managed by the Uni- be good neighbors. family. But she is a six-andsort of formal action in versity, they’re managed There are also things a-half pound toy poodle fighting climate change, by the foundation, and how that are tangential that that we carry around like such as combating our those funds are being man- I think are important to a baby. She is the absolute environmental imprint? aged is more of a question remember, like what we adored princess in our famYes. The environment, for the CFO and what their do as neighbors to try to ily, and I love her and miss broadly speaking, is ex- plans are. make this a good place: the her. Her name is Anise, pected to be a prominent health care clinical work, which is the French word part of the new strategic What is the University’s education programs, after for the seed that licorice plan, which would include role in preventing crime school programs, things comes from. She is French our own campus being near campus? like that that are intended Canadian, and so she has a greener, the whole system We all live here, in a to elevate the community French name, but we call being greener, which we manner of speaking. So at large. Because it’s not her Annie. have been proving over there is clearly an uptick just about police, it’s about time — that we need to be [in crime near campus]. I an entire sense of being This interview has been continually intentional understand that this is of- a neighbor, and we have edited for length, grammar about that, being conve- ten cyclical when it gets work to do there. and clarity.

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It wasn’t until she caught the eye of California-based production and marketing company, The H Collective, that she began taking the steps toward becoming the photographer, musician, designer and influencer she is today. Impressed by her ability to get creatives together, they invited Flasch to an influencer summit in Los Angeles in the fall of 2017. It was at the summit that Flasch began meeting other influencers and really started thinking about personal branding, and more importantly, who she wanted to be. “I was like, who am I? Like actually, branding aside … After that I was really inspired to hone in on who I actually was,” she said. Skip ahead to 2018. Flasch went to Asia for six months, backpacking around the continent for weeks before starting her studies at East China Normal University in Shanghai, China. When she arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in January, she wasn’t sure who she wanted to be. “I was like, I can either be an influencer, travel blogger or something while I’m abroad. Or, I can get rid of everything I own and just live in the moment and try to exist,” Flasch said. She chose the latter. Before she left for Asia, Flasch got rid of everything she owned — except for a pair of pants, a skirt and a couple shirts — leaving her winter jackets with her dad. During her time in Asia, Flasch says she found inspiration around her, and in turn, a new eye for photography. Inspired by Chinese and Japanese fashion and photography, Flasch’s creative style went in a new direction upon her return to the states. “I was like alright. My 20th birthday is coming up. Why shouldn’t I just be who I want to be? I started dying my hair and getting rid of all my clothes I didn’t resonate with, and I was really starting to feel like myself again,” she said. Throughout her process of self-rediscovery, Flasch began to gain back the confidence and originality that, according to her brother, Branden Flasch, had always been her style. “She’s kind of always been a trendsetter of sorts, kind of blazing her own path whether others encourage it,

University of Minnesota student and social media influencer Bri Flasch poses for a portrait in Downtown Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 24. Bri seeks to inspire others through her social media presence, promoting freedom of expression through her hashtags #DoEverythingYouLove and #WearWhateverYouWant. (Parker Johnson / Minnesota Daily)

support it, or even like it. She did it anyway,” he said. According to friend and musical collaborator Kiddest Sinke, Flasch’s confidence is infectious, causing those around her to explore different sides of themselves. “She’s really good at capturing people and their

natural emotions and making them feel really confident in different and crazy outfits … helping people step out of that comfort zone,” Sinke said. Expanding her portfolio Her rediscovered confidence paved the way for

Flasch to begin exploring other creative outlets. In August of 2019, Flasch and Sinke, who she met in third grade through an online forum for the game “Build-A-Bearville,” created the musical duo cybergirlfriend. While the duo only has

three songs in their repertoire: “text me back,” “airplane mode” and “VSCO Girl,” they hope to drop their debut album this spring. According to producer and cybergirlfriend “shadow member” Zack HagstromSkalnek, people should be ready for cybergirlfriend to

MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2020 start gaining some traction. “I’m not an industry predictor or anything, but I do think [Flasch’s] music could go somewhere. She’s talented, got good songwriting sense, and a good voice,” he said. Earlier this month, Flasch released her very first clothing line, “Flasch Fashion,” inspired by colorful and fun patterns, vintage fashion, Chinese and Korean streetwear and kids’ clothing. The clothing brand, which Flasch only started working on in October 2019, includes sweaters, beanies and a wide range of accessories. According to one of the models for the collection, Jenna Zifchock, the fashion line is the embodiment of Flasch’s never quit, always creating mindset. “It’s so cool to watch her go after whatever she needs or whatever she wants. She’s never sitting there questioning anything. She’s always like ‘I’m gonna do it, and it’s gonna happen.’ It’s incredible to watch,” Zifchock said. Flasch Fashion is “a clothing line made for everyone. All genders. All styles. All comfort zones,” according to her website. This mission statement reflects Flasch’s goal in all she does: She wants to inspire others to be the best version of themselves they can be. “I think everyone is original and interesting and super deep and has something bubbling underneath that’s absolutely crazy and so them. But, I don’t think everyone has a chance to unlock that, and that’s something I want to unlock in others,” she said. That “can do” energy that Flasch brings to everything is truly contagious. As she posed models against the blue wall outside Bad Weather Brewing Company in St. Paul, she exclaimed, “OK! OK! I see you!” with every snap of the camera, causing everyone to genuinely smile for their photographer-in-chief. Self taught in almost everything she does, Flasch hasn’t let her lack of conventional training stand in her way. As one of the shoot’s models grabbed a camera and began snapping away, she said, “I took one photography class; now look at me!” With a toothy grin from behind the camera, Flasch responded, “I took none; look at me now.”

FASHION

Yarborough Print Shop: where clothing meets sustainability Ethan Buck uses ethically made materials to give back to charities and the planet. BY KSENIA GORINSHTEYN kgorinshteyn@mndaily.com

Clothing and sustainability aren’t mutually exclusive for Ethan Buck. Instead, he believes that the former should always come with the latter. Buck began a project called Yarborough as a skate brand about four years ago. He had just learned how to screen print and wanted to use the extra funds he made from selling shirts to donate to charities. “I figured if I’m going to be doing this service that is just helping other people make their clothes, I don’t need to be making a bunch of money off of it,” Buck said. Throughout these past four years, Buck has posted designs on Instagram, telling his followers that in exchange for a charity donation, he would send them his T-shirts, tote bags or other creations. “I just wanted to be an outlet to give people cool artwork so that they want to give back,” Buck said. “Like, I’m helping you be more sustainable, and we can give back to charities while I print your artwork on T-shirts.” Buck wants to keep the process as open as possible. If customers want their own art on the shirt, he’s happy to print it. “I can just go to him with

any ideas. There’s no pressure,” said Dakota Knight, a friend of Buck’s and freelance artist. “I’ve been to other screen printers and vendors and they don’t really seem to care. They just want to do it and cross it off the list. [Buck] takes the time to make sure it’s perfect and how I want it to be.” He does this all in an effort to get people to buy sustainably and ethically-made materials, all while contributing to an organization that means something to Buck or the customer, like the Save Our Monarchs Foundation or The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES). “Everybody has their own values,” Buck said. “If I’m making shirts where the money is going to a certain charity and somebody says they prefer their money go somewhere else, I’m not going to write back and be like, ‘Sorry, no, I’m giving all the money to this thing, too bad.’” In accordance with Yarborough’s mission of sustainability, Buck uses waterbased inks instead of plastisol ink to screen print as one way to cut down on his use of plastic. Plastisol ink is petroleum-based, meaning it’s a form of plastic. While it’s convenient to use, it defeats the purpose of using ethically and sustainably made 100 percent cotton shirts. “If you have a 100 percent plastisol print, the shirt will deteriorate but whatever is printed on it will just stay

there forever,” Buck said. In October 2019, Buck decided to transition Yarborough from a side project to a business and signed a lease on a workshop space. Having a brick-and-mortar space provides a better opportunity to shift the arts community toward more sustainable practices. Buck aims to spread awareness in the Twin Cities by inviting people to observe the print-making process while he’s working in-shop. “[Buck] adds his own unique voice and beliefs [to the arts community] and creates that through his drawings and art,” said Muriel Margaret, Buck’s friend. He was able to raise the funds from family and friends who wanted to contribute to his business. Buck hopes to open the shop in mid-February and business hours will be posted on his Instagram, @yarboroughprintshop. The business plan would follow what Buck has kept central to his project — money doesn’t go into his own pocket. He wants to continue to source materials sustainably and ethically while donating to the charities that are important to him and others. “Understandably, some people don’t have the means to shop or spend the money on more expensive clothing,” Buck said. “And I don’t want to make any more clothes. We don’t need any more clothes on this planet. I’m only making them because if I don’t do it, somebody else is going to do it worse.”

Printmaker Ethan Buck poses for a portrait outside his local, eco-friendly print shop, Yarborough, on Saturday, Jan. 25. Buck hopes that his store would inspire other young people to start their own businesses. (Nur B. Adam / Minnesota Daily)

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The kids are not all right

We need to address adolescent depression and mental health issues in Minnesota and beyond.

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esterday my younger sister, an 11th grader, came home from school and said that her classmate had tried to commit suicide. Nobody knew the reason, nobody knew she was not all right.

Meanwhile, about 25 percent of high school students in Hennepin county report signs of depression. Another number is even scarier — more than half of those cases remain untreated. Minnesota’s rate is two times higher than the national rate. Though some may say that unstable state of mind is inherent in transitional age, let’s clarify: Depression is not “just being in a bad mood.” Minnesota is proudly ranked sixth among all states by the number of mental health facilities providing support for depression. However, a larger half of youth do not receive the services they need, which means depression is not being recognized, which has yet to be changed. Untreated depression increases chances of dropping out of school by two times, which is followed by doubling the difficulties in employment and delinquent behavior. We know that high school dropouts are 63 times more likely to be jailed than college graduates. And this is not the end of the chain. The chances to suffer from substance misuse are elevated, as are possibilities to get serious physical injuries and related somatic disorders. Finally,

the thought that is on everyone’s mind, but too uncomfortable to say out loud: Suicide risk is always there. It is the third leading cause of mortality among adolescents in Hennepin county. As we look at the numbers, we see the rate going up more dramatically from the beginning of the century. Why? What did the century bring us? Social media. Impairment of personal communication due to social media is responsible for a 71 percent increase in chances of getting depressed if a teen spends five or more hours daily online. A significant number of teens admit they have to check it “almost constantly” or “hourly” and “feeling mostly negative” while using it. Another possible reason hides in the most commonly spread activity — homework. The USA is among the most homework intensive countries in the world. Failure to cope with class requirements provokes stress, which is known to be a depression trigger. Heavy homework causes a stressful environment not only for students, but also for teachers and parents, which affects their ability to pay attention to their child’s well-being. Organizing trainings for school employees,

parents or guardians, siblings, other family members, and concerned members of the community could bring the difference. Existing legislation recommends such trainings for teachers and students, however, making it mandatory and reaching out to larger groups of people will create a better chain of support. Frankly speaking, recognizing depression early will not eliminate the issue completely, since it is not aimed at incidence, but will solve the problem of untreated depression, so the prevalence will decrease. Such an amendment into the section 120B.21 of Minnesota Statute 2018 was introduced to the legislature by senators Jensen, Draheim and Klein a year ago. It has not passed yet. Dear legislators, are your kids all right? This letter to the editor was written by Anna Shchetinina, who is getting a master’s degree in Public Health at the University of Minnesota. This letter to the editor has been lightly edited for style and clarity.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The University must declare a climate emergency The University should follow in the City’s footsteps in declaring a climate emergency.

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e are calling on the Minnesota Student Association, President Gabel, the University

EDITORIAL

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bjectivity is one of the main pillars of journalism. As journalists, we should seek out information that serves the truth — not special interests. The aim of objectivity is encouraged to reach past our work life and into our personal decision making. Everything from accepting

I’ve been dating my girlfriend for six months now and it’s been going great. One problem — she pretends we’re not together online. The day she asked me to be her girlfriend, she requested I keep our relationship off of social media. I figured it was an understandable request, even though I’ve never been one to spam people on Instagram with kissing photos. She doesn’t have any social media, so who would I tag? However, now that we’ve been dating for more than a few months, I’ve wanted to do something to prove I’m in a relationship. I haven’t even been able to change my status on Facebook! Any subtweet I have about my relationship ends up being screenshot and sent to me by her with the caption “Seriously?” I don’t know what’s going on with her, but I’m starting to think she’s either cheating or embarrassed to be seen with me. How can I convince her to let me show my love?

–No Posting Allowed

Dear No Posting Allowed,

You’re positive she doesn’t have a partner on the side? (Considering she doesn’t have any social media and you two are publicly together, that’s hopefully unlikely.) But seriously: if I understood your post right, you both identify as women. Is it possible she’s not out to everyone in her life and doesn’t want

Climate Emergency, and agreed to undertake a three-point plan to address the crisis through their work with students [including]: 1. Committing to carbon neutrality by 2030 or 2050 at the latest; 2. Mobilizing more resources for action-oriented climate change research and skills creation; 3. Increasing the delivery of environmental and sustainability education across curricula, campus and community outreach programs.” Following in the footsteps of the City of Minneapolis and thousands of schools and universities around the world, the University of Minnesota must declare a climate emergency. On Dec. 6, UMN Climate Strike led a campus strike demanding the University declare a climate emergency, develop a climate justice studies program, disclose investment information, divest from fossil fuels and reinvest in community-controlled funds. We have been denied two meetings with President Gabel to discuss her stance on

declaring a climate emergency. We received a message at 8:30 p.m. the night before our strike that the President was predisposed and unable to meet before the strike. We requested another meeting for spring semester, receiving a message saying the President was somehow already booked through April and to try to request a meeting again in early April. While Gabel makes an effort to hear student voices through utilizing her semester office hours, two 90-minute blocks with brief 10-minute meeting slots is too short a time to talk policy, strategy and crisis. This is unacceptable considering the urgency of the climate crisis. The University of Minnesota must demand a climate emergency now. Written by the University of Minnesota Climate Strike. This letter to the editor has been lightly edited for style and clarity.

Citizen, first? Or journalist?

Journalists are members of our society, too, so why are we encouraging them to give up their rights?

Dr. Date,

Senate, and the Board of Regents to declare a climate emergency at the University of Minnesota. One month ago, the City of Minneapolis declared a climate emergency. According to the resolution passed by the Minneapolis City Council on Dec. 2, the City of Minneapolis “has acted and will take even more aggressive action to halt, reverse, mitigate, and prepare for the consequences of the climate emergency.” In its climate emergency declaration, Minneapolis joins the U.S. House of Representatives, youth and environmental organizations including Minnesota Youth Climate Strike, Sierra Club Northstar Chapter, Extinction Rebellion and IMatter, scientists and more than 900 jurisdictions in 18 countries worldwide, including the European Union. According to a UN Environment Programme press release in July, “networks representing more than 7,000 higher and further education institutions from 6 continents announced that they are declaring a

gifts from sources to donating to political campaigns can tarnish writing careers and put people at risk for losing their job. But with an upcoming presidential election and a polarized political landscape, the question of whether or not journalists should be allowed to vote, especially in the primaries, is circulating among both the media and the public. Last week, Kelly McBride, senior vice president of the Poynter Institute, tweeted out the question: “Should journalists vote in primaries? Go.” The debate that followed echoed the same concern that media ethics professionals have been arguing back and forth for years. The Society of Professional Journalists outlines on its website that journalists shouldn’t engage in “any” political activity. This avoids all conflicts of interest and prevents journalists from losing their credibility. But voting in primary elections doesn’t guarantee the same level of anonymity that general elections do. To vote in a primary election, you need to be a registered member of a political party.

Minnesota’s own Laura McCallum, interim director at Minnesota Public Radio, is considering enacting a newsroom-wide policy that would keep MPR’s journalists from voting in the primaries. The hope is that it would prevent campaigns from accessing the personal political positions of its journalists and spreading that information widely. Vincent Duffy, the newsroom director at Michigan Radio, votes without issue. He said that the standards within his newsroom’s editorial process are complete enough to pick out biases if they arise. But, at this point, both media entities agree that the decision should be left to the journalist themselves. Journalists should consider that being able to refrain from voting is a very privileged position to take in the first place. As the world of journalism shifts from a whiter male standard and welcomes more diversity, we have to think of the communities we come from. In the past, journalists may have been able to remain unaffected by abstaining their vote.

Journalists today are not always afforded that same advantage. How can we ask a gay journalist, or a journalist of color, to abandon their identity and pretend that the decisions our citizen appointed leaders make do not affect their everyday lives? Our role as journalists is to serve the people and the communities around us. The more we seclude and separate ourselves from those around us, the easier it is for the idea of “Us vs. Them” to be perpetuated. In a media minefield full of distrust and misinformation, one of the most important things for us to do is engage; for some, that means with voting, and for others, it does not. Journalists have to make the personal decision of whether or not to vote — especially in the primaries, where their political affiliations are somewhat out in the open. Deciding just how to do that, whether it be with newsroom policies or not, is what’s up to debate. We don’t have an answer per se; but as the debate continues, journalists should remember why we are here in the first place.

people she hasn’t told to see her cuddled up with her girlfriend? Either way, I don’t think you should try to “convince her.» It’s something she told you up front when you first started dating — compromise is better than forcing the other into changing their decision. If she’s not super comfortable with appreciation or anniversary posts, ask if you can change your status to “In A Relationship,” even if it doesn’t have the name of your partner attached.

have been fired. Seriously, what a health code violation! I know that this is apparently your thing, but subjecting unwilling people to your sex life is creepy and gross. It’s not like someone walked into your bedroom — you chose to do it in a semi-public place and it’s not fair to those around you. You definitely can’t go back to his boss and beg for his job back, but you can profusely apologize for your part in the matter and help him look for a new place of work. Like I said, you’re both in the wrong here, but he’s the one to face all the consequences. And make an agreement that when the mood strikes again, you consider your surroundings first, unless you both want to end up on an offender list.

SHARE YOUR VIEWS The Minnesota Daily welcomes letters and guest columns from readers. All letters must include the writer’s name, address and phone number for verification. The Daily reserves the right to edit all letters for style, space, libel and grammar. Letters to the editor should be no more than 500 words in length. Guest columns should be approximately 350 words. The Daily reserves the right to print any submission as a letter or guest column. Submission does not guarantee publication.

–Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

Not to brag, but my sex life is pretty great. My boyfriend and I follow one simple rule: when the mood strikes, let’s do it, location be damned. We’re not exhibitionists, but we’ve definitely hooked up in a few public places with no consequences. That is, until last week. He was having a rough day at work, so I went to visit him on my day off. One thing led to another and we were going at it in the stockroom freezer. We were having a great time — then, his boss opened the door. Talk about a mood killer, but it gets worse: my boyfriend got fired on the spot. Deserved? Yeah, maybe. But ever since that day, he’s refused to talk to me. I feel awful! How do I fix his bad mood with something other than sex?

–Not Too Cold

Dear Not Too Cold,

At least you recognize that he should

–Dr. Date

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SCOREBOARD JAN 23

Men’s Basketball Minnesota: 62 Ohio State: 59

JAN 24

Women’s Tennis Minnesota: 0 UCLA: 4

Men’s Hockey Minnesota: 6 Ohio State: 3

Women’s Tennis Minnesota: 0 UCLA: 4

Men’s gymnastics Minnesota: 402.800 Illinois: 402.900

Women’s Hockey Minnesota: 4 Wisconisn: 5

JAN 24

Men’s Tennis Minnesota: 7 BYU: 0

Women’s Hockey Minnesota: 0 Wisconsin: 3

Women’s Gymnastics Minnesota: 196.300 BYU: 195-225

Men’s Hockey Minnesota: 4 Ohio State: 1

Women’s Tennis

Minnesota: 4 Gonzaga University: 0

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Men’s Tennis

Minnesota: 1 Harvard University: 6

Men’s Basketball Minnesota: 52 Ohio State: 70

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No. 2 Minnesota swept by No. 1

It was the first time this season that the Gophers have been swept. BY MATTHEW KENNEDY mkennedy@mndaily.com The Minnesota women’s hockey team experienced their worst weekend of the season in a rematch with the top-ranked team in the country, the Wisconsin Badgers. On Friday, the Gophers erased a 3-1 deficit to force overtime but couldn’t complete the comeback, falling 5-4 in overtime. On Saturday, it wasn’t nearly as close and the Gophers lost 3-0. Furious comeback comes up short in overtime The Gophers looked overmatched for the first two periods on Friday in Madison. After the Badgers led 1-0 after the first period, Wisconsin grew its lead to 4-1 at the conclusion of the second. “In the second period, the game got away from us a little bit and Wisconsin scored three quick ones, so we need to defend a little better and capture the momentum at times a little better,” head coach Brad Frost told Gopher Sports. The Gophers didn’t let their confidence fade, however, and the third period was some of their best hockey all season. Grace Zumwinkle scored her second of the game and the Potomak sisters, Sarah and Amy, both scored goals, with Amy Potomak tying

Gophers Defense Olivia Knowles scuffles with an opponent at Ridder Arena on Friday, Jan. 17. Minnesota suffered a 1-4 loss to Ohio State. (Kamaan Richards / Minnesota Daily)

the game with five minutes to play. Minnesota seemed to have all the momentum going into overtime but 52 seconds into the period, Sophie Shirley, the nation’s second leading scorer, scored her 21st goal of the season and left the Gophers with a bittersweet ending to a tremendous comeback. “I’m really proud of our team,” Frost told Gopher Sports. “Obviously it hurts to lose this one here tonight in overtime. Down 4-1 in the third period and just the belief that our team had that they could come back

— and they proved it, getting it to 4-4 and sending it to OT.” Gophers shut out for first time this season on Saturday, 3-0 Despite losing Friday’s game, the momentum was seemingly on the Gophers’ side following their furious comeback attempt in the third period. That wasn’t the case on Saturday. Both teams put 22 shots on goal, however, only one team was able to put any past the opposing goaltender as the Badgers scored

three times to easily sweep Minnesota. After letting in five goals just 24 hours earlier, Sydney Scobee struggled once more against the offensive attack from Wisconsin. The game featured strong defense from both teams, and as said before, both teams only allowed 22 shots and no first period goals. However, in the second period, Wisconsin’s Presley Norby scored twice and the Gophers could not recover like the night before, with Watts sliding in an empty-netter to seal

the win. “We couldn’t get the same magic we had last night. We had some great chances, but we couldn’t find the back of the net,” Frost told Gopher Sports. “We’re disappointed to not come away with any points here this weekend, but we’re going to regroup and be ready to go against Duluth. We’re looking forward to another strong matchup.” That matchup, at Ridder Arena next weekend, is against another highly ranked team, the No. 9 Bulldogs.

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JAN 26

Women’s Basketball vs. Indiana 5:00 p.m.

Source: Gophers Athletics. Times and scores accurate as of time of publication.

Gophers’ men’s hockey sweep Ohio State

A new second-line helped the Gophers topple the No. 6 team in the country. BY JULIANNA LANDIS jlandis@mndaily.com Following a 2-1 exhibition loss to the U.S. Under-18 team last week, head coach Bob Motzko thought the team’s energy was lacking. There was no lack of energy this weekend. The Gophers swept the No. 6 Ohio State Buckeyes, in what was their most complete series of the year. It was the second series sweep this season and first since Oct. 19. Gophers put together best of fensive per formance of their season In what was expected to be a close, one-goal game, the Gophers scored six goals against one of the top teams in the country en route to a much-needed 6-3 win in Friday’s series opener. “That doesn’t happen to Ohio State hardly ever, and that was one night. Tomorrow’s going to be a different story with them, they’re an excellent defensive team, and [Nappier] has been an awful good goaltender,” head coach Bob Motzko said. While two of the goals were empty-netters, courtesy of Sampo Ranta and Brannon McManus, Minnesota

Gopher defender Ryan Zuhlsdorf collides with an Ohio State forward at 3M Arena at Mariucci on Friday, Jan. 24. The Gophers went on to defeat Ohio State 6 to 3. (Liam Armstrong / Minnesota Daily)

put four goals past Buckeyes goaltender Tommy Nappier, who before this weekend allowed an average of 1.83 per game. The goals came from players up and down the lineup, with Ranta, Jaxon Nelson, and Jonny Sorenson scoring. It was a lineup that looked a bit different than usual with the loss of Scott Reedy, who was described as week-to-week with an upperbody injury. In his place, Ben Meyers moved up to join Ranta and McManus on the second line. “We had the puck a lot,

and when we have the puck, we can do a lot of things,” Ranta said. “Offense is the best defense, right?” The new line had noticeable chemistry, combining for six points in the game. Meyers started the scoring for the Gophers just minutes later, taking the puck in from the center line and putting it past Buckeyes goalie Tommy Nappier to tie the game. “That Ben Meyers goal, that’s fuel for us,” Motzko said. “The energy just got back on our bench, and that’s

one thing we’ve been lacking this year is timely offense and we’re getting a little bit of it now, so that’s great.” Gophers complete the sweep on Doug Woog night The Gophers capped off their weekend on Saturday with a sweep of Ohio State, which was extra special as the 4-1 win came on Doug Woog night, as the team and family of the former Gophers player, coach and broadcaster celebrated his legacy.

It was a continuation of Friday’s performance as the Gophers’ second line showed up again. Meyers, Ranta and McManus all scored a goal. Of the ten goals the Gophers scored on the weekend, seven came from the second line. “We were talking all the time on the bench, the chemistry was there. It was a lot of fun this weekend to play with them ...[Meyers] is an all-around great player, he’s really made an impact so far,” McManus said. The only other goal came from Bryce Brodzinski, who opened the scoring for Minnesota five minutes into the first period. In the second period, McManus scored off a fortunate deflection that bounced off the the skate of a Buckeyes defender to make the lead 2-0. The line combined for the next goal just three minutes later, this time with Ranta scoring from a nice passing play orchestrated by Meyers. Meyers scored the fourth goal of the night on a powerplay in the third period. The goal added insurance after Ohio State got on the board earlier in the period. “It’s so much fun to work hard when you’re winning,” goaltender Jack LaFontaine said. “To do it against a team like this is not only important, but it was so awesome. I think this team’s going somewhere special.”

WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS

Lexy Ramler hits a perfect 10 in back-to-back weeks Ramler is one of three women to ever earn a perfect score for the team. BY PAUL HODOWANIC phodowanic@mndaily.com For just the fourth time in the history of the Gophers’ women’s gymnastics program, Lexy Ramler scored a perfect 10 on the balance beam in Minnesota’s 196.300195.225 victory over Illinois on Saturday. She joins Hanna Nordquist

and teammate Ivy Lu as the only women to complete the feat on the balance beam. What’s more impressive is that it’s the second 10 in as many weeks for the junior from St. Michael. Ramler scored her first perfect-10 score on the balance beam in the Rutgers Quad meet on Jan. 18. It was the first 10 to be scored at Maturi Pavilion in any event. “It was so great to be back at the Pav, we had a tremendous crowd there tonight,” head coach Jenny Hansen said. “... Beam again was just fabulous.

Whenever anybody scores a 10, it’s a fantastic night. The whole beam team did a fantastic job.” Ramler is currently ranked as the No. 1 balance beam gymnast in the country. Minnesota as a team is also ranked No. 1 in the event. Ramler also owns the Gophers’ highest all-around score in program history with a 39.725 on Feb. 15, 2019. Ramler, a 2019 firstteam All-American, finished runner-up in the all-around and uneven bars at the 2019 NCAA Championships. She

is in pursuit of becoming just the second Gopher women’s gymnast to win a national championship. Marie Roethlisberger won the uneven bar title at the 1990 NCAA National Championships. Junior Lexy Ramler competes on the beam during the Gophers’ meet against the University of Illinois, which they won with a score of 196.300 to 195.225, at the Maturi Pavillion on Saturday, Jan. 25. (Jasmin Kemp / Minnesota Daily)

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Gophers win in Big Ten opener against Illinois Junior Shane Wiskus set a NCAA season high with 84.600 as an all-around score. BY AJ CONDON acondon@mndaily.com

In their first home meet of the season, the No. 9 Gophers’ men’s gymnastics team pulled out a close win over No. 6 Illinois 402.800400.900 to secure their first victory of the young season. Junior Shane Wiskus had another stellar night, finishing first in the floor exercise with a score of 14.650 and in the parallel bars with a career-high score of 15.100. Wiskus set a new NCAA season-high in both the parallel bars and all-around with a score of 84.600. This was the second week in a row Wiskus has finished first in the parallel bars, floor exercise and all-around score. “It’s just important that every meet you build upon previous performances and I knew going into this meet that I had a goal score of an 84.000,” Wiskus said. “I knew I needed to go about a tenth better on every event, and it ended up averaging out and I went 84.600, so I hit my goal.” It was the second time in six days the two teams had faced off. Both teams were a part of the annual Windy City Invitational on Jan. 18. The Gophers topped Illinois that night too, finishing second in the tournament with a score of 398.750, beating out Illinois’ score of 394.200. Fellow teammate senior Timmy Kutyla took home the first-place finish in the high bar with a score of 13.850. This was Kutyla’s first career-event win and capped off a short but memorable night for the senior captain. “It really means a lot. I’ve gone three years just working so hard and it’s finally just coming together this year,” Kutyla said. “It’s really exciting for me and to have such an electric team behind my back it just motivates me more.” The Gophers got their night started on the pommel

horse where sophomore David Pochinka scored a season high 13.400 to lead the Gophers to a 64.250 team total. Next for the Gophers they headed to the still rings as sophomore Mike Moran set a career high with a score of 13.200, but Wiskus led the Gophers with a 13.950 on the rings. On the floor exercise, the Gophers, as a team, were able to set a season high with a score of 66.950. Then came time for the parallel bars. Wiskus set his new career high and the Gophers recorded a score of 70.150, their highest score since 2018, behind an electric crowd. The Gophers ended their night with the vault where they totaled a score of 70.050 to give them a total of 402.800 which surpassed their scores from the previous two weeks. Head coach Mike Burns knew Illinois was a tough

team after seeing them just a week prior and knew they needed a high-level performance like the one they got Saturday. “It was an electric feeling tonight and the team was just on a roll,” Burns said. “The thing that was even better than the great moments was how they managed the setbacks and how they got back on track and kind of rekindled the momentum they had from the get-go.” Next week the Gophers will travel to Iowa City, Iowa to face Iowa/UIC. The meet begins at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1. “Starting out this season with a Big Ten win is huge for us,” Wiskus said. “Last year we started the Big Ten regular season with two losses, and we still won, so being ahead of that and giving us more cushion is incredible, and I can’t think of a better way to start the season.”

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Above, The Gophers cheer for a teammate during their meet against against the Fighting Illini at the Maturi Pavilion on Friday, Jan. 24. Below, Junior Shane Wiskus performs on the rings during the meet. (Parker Johnson / Minnesota Daily)

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Jael Kerandi said she hopes to empower other young women in politics and policy. BY SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON shendrickson@mndaily.com

The Minnesota Daily recently sat down with Jael Kerandi, the new president of the University of Minnesota’s undergraduate student government, discussing advocacy and the spring semester. Kerandi’s assumption of the Minnesota Student Association presidency follows the mid-year resignation of former president Mina Kian, who said she left her position for an internship with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Last fall, some students rose concerns surrounding MSA’s leadership and its ability to accomplish advocacy on behalf of the student body. In the interview, Kerandi discussed future advocacy plans, concerns with internal culture and her transition into the new role. Are there any new g o a l s a n d i n i t i a t iv e s that you are putting into practice this semester as the new president? I’m excited about everything. The reason I say that is because through our transition meetings ... I’ve been very involved in what our committees are taking on. Then it’s hearing

Monday, January 27, 2020 all the different legislation that [the Government and Legislative Affairs] is working on, and [the Non-Citizen Immigration Task Force] and the collaboration that we’re seeing across committees. … I don’t know if there’s one single thing I’m like, ‘Yes, this is going to happen’, because everything is so new. Your presidency has come in the middle of the year, which isn’t typical. ... How’s the transition going? How are you feeling about your new role? What’s important is that we don’t leave any student advocates unsupported because that will t ra n sla t e in t o how w e serve our student body. My biggest concern throughout this transition has been with switching over to different teams … how those teams will be supported, and how I can best support the presidential teams and making sure they can do the work that’s set out to do for the student body. I think what’s been hard or challenging about it has been navigating what I don’t know and what I need to know very quickly.

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Minnesota Student Association President Jael Kerandi poses for a portrait in the Carlson School of Management on Wednesday, Jan. 22. (Jack Rodgers / Minnesota Daily)

Last semester, there were concerns about a “toxic internal culture”... and then a closed session, which was called to discuss [them]. How do you plan on addressing these concerns that MSA members have? What’s important to know is how important that those concerns are raised in the first place. I don’t want to make anything that won’t be sustainable for the organization. So I still think we’re ... assessing what I think has been years of understanding what the MSA culture is. Taking time to truly understand it then best translates into how we can start to shift that culture. For me, to tell you that that’s going to change by the end of my term would not be factual because to change it and sustain a culture, [it] has to happen over time. ... Taking these smaller steps to start to lay the groundwork of what precedent should be … is my wish by the end of my term. What is your hope for MSA this semester? Working healthier boundaries into the organization. My hope is to instill these healthier boundaries continuously. Empowering student advocates streamlines into how exactly we serve the student body. If our members within the body aren’t empowered, aren’t motivated and don’t believe in our mission, how can we then go serve our body?

Empowering student advocates streamlines into how exactly we serve the student body. If our members within the body aren’t empowered, aren’t motivated and don’t believe in our mission, how can we then go serve our body? JAEL KERANDI president of the Minnesota Student Association

Ensuring that others feel that same passion for serving the student body is very important to me because then the work isn’t work anymore. It’s what you want to do and it’s what you’re happy to do every day ... I want to ensure that student voices are continuously brought where they need to be brought in. The last thing that I think is really important to note is representation. That’s something that matters a lot to me and not necessarily just for the position or the role, but to what that might mean to somebody else is to see a black woman who is leading an organization that represents [about 31,000] students at one of the largest institutions in the country. It is extremely important to empower younger women that look like me, that might want to do this or might want to enter into politics or policy.

After increased crime, Marcy-Holmes looks to future Communication and lighting remain major concerns for the community. BY J.D. DUGGAN jduggan@mndaily.com

Tonya Green plans her evenings carefully. She rushes home from work when she clocks out late and checks in with her roommates to make sure everybody is safe. Green, a third-year neuroscience major, moved into Marcy-Holmes last September with four other women. Recent high-profile incidents have not only inspired Green to take more care when walking home, they have prompted the re-establishment of a new neighborhood committee. Four homicides and an increase in violent crime in the neighborhood last year have sparked neighbors to act. Along with the committee, the community is trying to address issues like poor lighting and unclear communication while urging residents to advocate for their own safety. “While these incidents were anomalies and rare occurrences, these horrible crimes shocked the community and the police

Vic Thorstenson, President of the Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association, speaks at an inaugural safety committee meeting at First Congregational Church in November. (Parker Johnson / Minnesota Daily)

creating much concern and fear in the hearts and minds of the citizens,” said Minneapolis Police Department Inspector Todd Loining in an email. Concerns came to a head after one of the homicides, and the organization saw an immediate need to reignite the committee. Ben McKibben, a University alumnus with a

double major in criminology and political science, took the helm as the chair of the Marcy-Holmes N e i g h b o rh o o d A s s o ciation’s public safety and infrastructure committee last week. McKibben hopes the committee will hold its first meeting in February. “We appreciate the e f f or t s t h a t a r e b e i ng taken by law enforcement

officials, and we definitely support them 100 percent,” McKibben said. “But, you know, there are some things that we feel that we could possibly do on our own.” He hopes to promote crime prevention tactics — locking the door, not posting your vacation days online — to the broader community. McKibben

also wants to strengthen relations with local law enforcement. McKibben is still mulling over ideas for initiatives the group could undertake. Conversations so far have especially revolved around street lighting and community engagement. Marcy-Holmes residents have pointed to lighting as a perennial concern, said MHNA President Vic Thorstenson, who first got involved with the neighborhood in the early ‘80s. The recent incidents have amplified this conversation. “It’s actually kind of obvious, but sometimes obvious isn’t fun,” Thorstenson said. “We’re trying to, you know, do what the what a group of neighbors can do effectively — and ligh t ing is kind o f an obvious one.” Many of the lights in the area illuminate the street but cast shadows onto sidewalks. MHNA hopes to approach the city and county about improved sidewalk illumination. Thorstenson is pushing residents to turn on their porch lights. McKibben said board members have brainstormed the idea of funding new lamp posts and seeking

subsidies for homeowners to purchase motionsensing lights. Thorstenson said building awareness can also be difficult. Only University community members automatically receive SAFE-U alerts. On the other hand, students may not be signed up for Minneapolis Police Department crime alerts. Green, along with many other students, isn’t familiar with the neighborhood organization or some of the city’s crime work. Although there has been an increase in University SAFE-U alerts, the college has no obligation to notify community members when a crime happens outside of designated boundaries. “Unless you really search for like, the crime itself, you don’t get updates about it,” said Green, who lives west of 35W in the area where many of the crimes have recently occurred. “For example, when a person died about two blocks away, they were stabbed, and the only way we found out about it was through a Facebook post.” Non-University residents often hear about University alerts secondhand. “There’s going to be a delay in doing that,” Thorstenson said.

Graduate student government seeks to place requirements on fees The referendum would be placed on the campus election ballot this spring. BY EMILY SIZEN esizen@mndaily.com The University of Minnesota’s graduate student government is aiming to introduce a campuswide referendum to place stipulations on mandatory student fees. The Council of Graduate Students’ proposal would require the creation of a student advisory board when mandatory student fees are introduced. Additionally, it seeks to place a two percent annual increase cap on all mandatory fees. The referendum would be placed on the all-campus election ballot in April, if approved. It comes after the University implemented a mandatory one-time fee for academic records, which

many graduate students say is an additional fee they do not need. In preparation for another potential student fee, COGS wants these stipulations implemented to get students more involved in the process. “There is no condition ... to communicate to students that they are going to levy a fee,” said Deepak Haarith, COGS vice president.“We are just trying to make sure that graduate students don’t get any shocks.” Currently, the Student Services Fee already has a growth cap. In 2017, the state passed a law prohibiting the fee from increasing by a margin of more than two percent, unless otherwise voted on by the student body. COGS Speaker Scott Petty said that this rule should apply to every mandatory fee and that having student involvement is equally important in the conversations

about fees. “If your unit is going to be funded by a mandatory fee ... that means you invite students in to your administrative function and that there needs to be a student advisory component,” he said. Getting the referendum on the all-campus election ballot requires student support. COGS leadership has to gather at least 600 handwritten signatures before the election. Last year, only 400 signatures were required. Digital signatures do not count, which Haarith said makes it especially difficult and time-consuming for the graduate student government. However, Haarith said COGS leadership hopes that digital signatures will be allowed in time for the upcoming election and is currently w o rk i n g w i t h S t u d e n t Unions and Activities. COGS President Kriti

Agarwal said overall there is not enough student involvement in making decisions about mandatory fees but that a student advisory board can remediate that. “I think from a student perspective, it gives you a better understanding and it gives some level of comfort when you know ... that there were students involved who deemed that these services merit this fee,” Agarwal said. The goal for this referendum, Agarwal said, is to look out for students and student interests. She said it is frustrating when there is a lack of communication between administration and students on what a fee is paying for and when it will be introduced. “That’s what my aim is — to add accountability, to add information,” she said. “Every dollar matters when student debt is already such a big crisis.”

The Council of Graduate Students’ proposal would create a student advisory board when mandatory student fees are introduced. The proposal also seeks to place a two percent annual increase cap on all mandatory fees. (Illustration by Sarah Mai / Minnesota Daily)