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Simran Mishra, president of the University of Minnesota undergraduate student body, holds a meeting with Minnesota Student Association staff on Monday, Feb. 4 at her office in Coffman Union.

High demands, low wages

Pay for student body presidents differs between schools, and some say wages affect who can serve.

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As undergraduate student body president at the University of Minnesota, Simran Mishra’s days never look the same. On the first day of spring semester, Mishra woke up around 6 a.m. to get ready for a yoga class at 6:45 a.m. Then she went to three classes, checked in with her colleagues and called University administrators. At the end of the day, she fit in dinner with her friends before working on homework and getting to sleep around midnight. She did all this while getting paid what equates to just over $3 per hour for a 40-hour work week. Despite what many student presidents describe as a demanding workload, compensation for presidents varies from school to school. Pay for student presidents around the country falls anywhere between getting their full tuition waived during their presidential term to receiving no benefits or compensation for their position. Many student presidents need to pay for

COMPENSATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

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As the University of Minnesota works to readjust tuition on the Twin Cities campus, there are conflicting priorities about how the University should balance costs for Minnesota students and those from other states.

FACULTY

UMN professor appears in court after Dec. arrest

Student presidency at the University of Minnesota

According to reports, two more women have accused Aaron Doering of physical abuse.

As student body president at the University, Mishra receives a $6,000 stipend for her yearlong term. Student presidents like Mishra have responsibilities including meeting with University administration and engaging with the student body. For Mishra, that means she is regularly “on-call” in case the University needs her input, meets for hours with MSA members and University administrators and attends at least 16 credit hours worth of classes each week. Last year, outgoing student body president Trish Palermo advocated for a raise to the president’s yearly stipend of $5,000, saying the position warranted more pay. “The reality is, the majority of students have

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The University expects to bump resident tuition by 2 percent next year, according to President Eric Kaler. That comes on the heels of a 10 percent tuition hike for incoming non-resident, non-reciprocity students and 5.5 percent for nonresidents already here, which the Board of Regents approved in December. The latest round of tuition increases are part of the University’s broader strategy: moving tuition for non-residents to the middle of the Big Ten range and keeping resident tuition increases to a minimum. However, not everyone agrees about

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where the University should drawn the line on tuition while still looking out for the school’s bottom line. Some regents are criticizing another resident tuition increase, saying the University isn’t doing enough to prioritize Minnesota students. For non-resident tuition, dramatic hikes in recent years are hurting efforts to attract students from across the country, though school officials say increases are necessary to bring the University in line with its peers. And most

A University of Minnesota professor and arctic explorer appeared in court last Thursday following an accusation of domestic assault. Aaron Doering, 47, was arrested on Dec. 26 for domestic abuse after the victim told police that he had dragged and choked her, according to court documents. Since his arrest, two other women have come forward accusing Doering of physically abusing them, reports say. The woman pressing charges told police he had assaulted her several times before, and that she believed he was going to eventually kill her, the criminal complaint said. Doering was released from custody on $30,000 bail on Dec. 28. Amy Matthews, Doering’s ex-wife, and Nina Orezzoli, his former fiancee, told KSTP they also experienced abuse by the tenured professor. “When I saw the report and the arrest, I thought, ‘This is exactly how it’s going to go down,’” Matthews told KSTP. Matthews, whose divorce from Doering was recently finalized, said the most severe incident took place in 2013 when the two were in Miami together. Orezzoli told KSTP that Doering physically abused her in April 2017 after he came home drunk. A few months later while accompanying Doering on a trip to an educational conference in Europe, he beat her

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Conflicting priorities emerge as the University readjusts tuition

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tuition, housing and cost of living without working other jobs during their presidential term. These steep requirements may preclude some from running for president. “There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think about the privilege I have. The privilege I have and that one needs to have in order to serve in this role,” Mishra said.

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Recent tuition hikes fit into the U’s broader efforts to move to the middle of the Big Ten.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz discussed his political priorities on campus Wednesday amid interruptions by protesters. Walz talked about his upcoming biennial budget proposal, health care and education at the event hosted by the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. The visit comes a day after Walz announced an appeal renewal of the proposed Line 3 Pipeline in northern Minnesota, promoting around a dozen protesters to show up. Former Gov. Mark Dayton filed an appeal of Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 Pipeline with the state in late 2018. Walz also filed an appeal this week to further review the pipeline’s construction. Despite the appeal’s extension, protesters say Walz needs to take

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U undergrad Ben David strums fresh folk and roots in his debut album The singer-songwriter junior will release his first album “Far Off Gaze” next month. BY KSENIA GORINSHTEYN kgorinshteyn@mndaily.com

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Ben Noeldner poses for a portrait in his home on Wednesday, Feb. 13. Noeldner recorded his first album on tape, which requires playing each song straight through with no mistakes.

When Ben Noeldner began writing music, he sampled chord progressions from a Rage Against The Machine song from the “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2” soundtrack to create something all his own. (This was middle school, mind you.) Next month, he’s releasing a folk album. Noeldner, a junior majoring in philosophy at the University of Minnesota, will release his debut album “Far Off Gaze” under his stage name Ben David on March 8. The album reflects the identity he has created

for himself since he started writing music. “‘Songbird Darling’ on the album is one of the first songs I ever finished,” Noeldner said. “I was like, ‘Okay, this is actually a voice.’” Noeldner pulled inspiration from a spectrum of artists running from Pete Seeger to Elliott Smith to create the album’s warm, folksy sound. “It’s pretty easy to tell when something isn’t from the heart,” Noeldner said. “I have two hands, a guitar and a voice, maybe a harmonica. How can [I] use those things as directly as [I] can [in songwriting]?” Before recording the album, Noeldner worked as a camp counselor in northern Minnesota. While at the camp, he met musician John Munson, who mentored him in the recording process. u See BEN DAVID Page 5

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Jewish sorority joins U Greek life The sorority, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi, will merge Greek life with Jewish identity. BY NORAH KLEVEN nkleven@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota is expected to add a new Jewish sorority to its ranks in the coming weeks. The sorority, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi, prides itself on being a “Jewish first, Greek second” organization of women. Previously a student group, it will become a member of the Panhellenic Council, which will connect them to the University’s Greek community. “The purpose of the organization is to bridge the gap between Jewish and Greek communities,” said Emily Gootzeit, president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi’s mission is to serve as a place for women of the Jewish faith to meet and celebrate their cultural identity. “We want to establish ourselves on this campus and grow, and [this] is the best way we determined to do that,” said Gootzeit. Originally founded at the University as a local sorority called Kappa Lambda Epsilon, the sorority became part of the national Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi organization in November 2017. “When I was a freshman, me and a couple friends realized there wasn’t a strong Jewish community for women as there was for men,” said Tracey Warsett, one of the sorority’s founding members and the current fundraising chair. For Warsett, it’s especially exciting to see the current

developments in the chapter. “I’m really excited about this opportunity we have,” she said. “It’s kind of come full circle.” She added that she has been part of the sorority since her freshman year. Jill Yazejian, president of the Panhellenic Council, outlined the steps of the application process. She said the group submits an application to the council, including information on the organization. PHC delegates will formally vote on the incorporation of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi to the council, which will take place in the coming weeks, Yazejian said. If voted into the council, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi will be an associate member of the council. Yazejian highlighted resources and financial support as major benefits of joining the University’s

PHC. Becoming part of the council will be like “plugging into a living, breathing community,” she said. Looking to the future, Gootzeit said the sorority will continue its outreach work by hosting religious events and getting involved with other Greek organizations. Although the sorority was founded to create a community for women to celebrate their Jewish culture, Gootzeit said the sorority does not exclude individuals outside the Jewish faith. Aside from learning about the Jewish culture, Gootzeit said members can gain leadership skills and lifelong friends. Shahar Tsameret, a new member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi, said she chose to join the sorority to combine the social aspects of Greek life with a way to explore her Jewish identity. “It made it feel like I

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was in a community that gave me the same kind of warmth as being at home,” she said. Because she has been a member from the beginning, Warsett said she appreciates all that the sorority has given her. “It’s given me some of the best friends I’ll have in my life,” Warsett said of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi. “It’s just given me a real sense of belonging and home.”

Partnership sends members to African math institute U professors and graduate students will teach a course at an AIMS center. BY KAIT ECKER kecker@mndaily.com

Professors and graduate students from the University of Minnesota will soon teach a course in Africa as the result of a new international partnership. The University’s School of Mathematics announced its partnership with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Next Einstein Initiative last week. Under the partnership, one professor and a graduate student will go each year to an AIMS center and teach a three-week course in Africa. It will also support the University in recruiting AIMS students into University graduate programs. Math department head Peter Olver was a key figure in attaining the partnership. He said the program will help bridge the international divide between the U.S. and Africa. “This is a way of bringing in underrepresented groups

from other parts of the world,” said Olver. Before doing her postdoctoral work at the University of Minnesota, Isabelle Kemajou-Brown discovered her love for financial mathematics at the AIMS-NEI. Kemajou-Brown, now a professor at Morgan State University in Maryland, credits AIMS with helping her start her career. “My introduction to anything I’m doing now is from AIMS,” Kemajou-Brown said. “AIMS has gotten me where I am today.” Kemajou-Brown, who grew up in Cameroon, said she sometimes experienced culture shock when she first came to the United States. She said it’s important for University faculty to understand cultural differences as the partnership takes off. “It was very, very tough for me at the beginning when I came because sometimes when you’re talking to people, they expect you to be looking into their eyes when you are speaking,” KemajouBrown said. “Sometimes it isn’t easy for somebody who has never been used to that.” Kemajou-Brown is thrilled about the partnership. It’s

a great opportunity for University recruitment because AIMS-NEI selects some of the most talented students in Africa through a highly complex selection process, she said. African students attend AIMS-NEI for extra training after their bachelor’s degree, either to prepare for graduate school or to enhance the educational infrastructure in their country, Olver said. “[AIMS-NEI brings] students from all over Africa with kind of spotty education,” Olver said. “Most of those students would not be able to succeed in a graduate program in a place like Minnesota, so the AIMS degree is kind of a way of bringing them up to speed.” Olver taught at AIMS in 2006. “The students were just amazing. I was amazed at how motivated they were, how smart they were,” he said. The first AIMS center was founded in 2003 in South Africa, and now there are six AIMS centers across Africa. The University is one of three full academic partners AIMS-NEI has in

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to work while they are a full-time student in order to make ends meet,” Palermo said. “When these positions aren’t paid or are paid very low, they become inaccessible to a large portion of the student body.” Palermo said she thinks the University should waive tuition for the student body president because the University recognizes the Minnesota Student Association as a University governance entity. “I think these roles should be officially recognized by the University, and that we should be compensated by the University,” Palermo said. “The way that that should work is having tuition waived,” she said, adding it would allow the president to fully focus on their role and academics. More than 26 percent of students took a job for the first time while in college and more than 42 percent of students said they increased their hours at work to pay for college expenses, according to the University’s 2017 Student Experience in the Research University survey. The University’s Office for Student Affairs’ Student Services Fees provide the funds, and MSA members decide where to allocate their budget, a process that varies depending on what entity funds their budget. Maggie Towle, the University’s interim vice provost for student affairs and dean of students, said in an emailed statement that OSA values the voice

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students remain opposed to tuition increases of any kind, which they say unfairly burden students and their families. These divergent views underscore the University’s difficult position when it comes to setting tuition, increasing enrollment and maintaining its standing as a top institution. Acting Provost Bob McMaster said it’s difficult to find an equilibrium among the University’s goals. “Over the last few years we’ve kind of had it all. Until last year, we’d been increasing the size of the class, we’ve been increasing diversity, tuition rates have been going up, we’ve been increasing the ACT [scores] and we’ve been increasing all our [graduation] rates,” McMaster said. “But there’s a limit to all of that. And I think what we’re experiencing now is a limit.”

Bringing tuition in line

The University currently sits just above the middle of the Big Ten for resident tuition on the Twin Cities campus. Non-resident tuition is a different story. Tuition for non-resident, non-reciprocity students was among the lowest in the Big Ten after the school significantly dropped non-resident tuition a decade ago in a

of student government. She added that the student governments are financially and legally independent of the University. “A tuition waiver may raise several issues that affect that autonomy. … Based on feedback from students in those organizations about the importance of remaining independent of the University, a tuition waiver has not been offered,” Towle said in the statement. Palermo said it’s important that any student who wants the position is able to run for it. “People need to step back and realize what it means when we make these great opportunities unpaid,” Palermo said. “I don’t want to cut out low-income students from these great opportunities.”

Same position, different pay: salary inconsistencies create difficult dilemmas

Student body president compensation across the Big Ten

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Debate about student body president compensation is not a new issue. Pay for those positions varies based on the student government. Daniel Greene, student body president at the University of Michigan, receives no benefits or pay for his position. He quit two work-study jobs to handle the demands of his position. In comparison, Jonathan Allen at the University of Maryland said he receives a $10,595 stipend for his position as student body president, which equates to the cost of in-state tuition and fees. “It would be impossible to do the job of student body

president to my best ability [without the University funds],” Allen said. “I think those that are looking to get involved in student governments ... should be willing to commit their full attention and time to the role, otherwise it only hurts the student body.” More than 65 percent of 203 student body presidents surveyed in 2018 relied on some sort of financial aid to pay for college, according to a report by the National Campus Leadership Council, which provides resources for student leaders across the country. “If [student body presidents] are not able to put in the time, then it is to the

detriment of the student body ... and the ways that student perspectives and stories are making it to the decisionmakers at the institution,” said Andy MacCracken, NCLC’s executive director. Mishra said because her position at UMN is not wellpaid, the undergraduate student government sometimes lacks the voices of those who are of lower socioeconomic status. However, she said MSA actively reaches out to those students. Ac c o r d i n g t o t h e University’s 2017 SERU survey, more than 40 percent of students said that they were concerned or very concerned about paying for their education.

“If you’re saying that a student leader is going to have to go unpaid or have to defer to a paid job on campus ... then you’re really going to force someone to make some tough personal financial decisions, or you’re going to entirely limit who is able to access those leadership roles in the first place,” MacCracken said. Although some believe student body presidents should have their tuition waived or receive an increase in pay, many think that offering tuition for the role will only attract applicants who want the money. “People should do it because they care,” said University of Nebraska-

Lincoln Student Body President Hunter Traynor. “When you add all these crazy benefits to [the position], it calls [motive] into question.” MacCracken said he can understand why some people would think students would run for election because of the position’s benefits. But, he said he thinks those people wouldn’t get elected. “We just want to make sure that any student that wants that opportunity is able to run with their ideas,” Palermo said. “That they’re able to apply for the positions that they’re interested in and that their f i n a n c i a l b a c k g ro u n d s won’t be a barrier to these advocacy opportunities.”

concerted plan to improve outof-state recruitment. In recent years, the school has been reversing that trend. During Kaler’s tenure, tuition for non-resident students has increased by 9 percent per year on average. In that same time, resident tuition has increased by around 1.5 percent per year on average, which is below yearly inflation rates. The University aims to raise non-resident tuition and fees to approximately $35,000 by the 2020-21 school, meaning even more tuition hikes are likely in the coming years. McMaster said the University sets tuition rates with different considerations for in-state students versus those from other states. “For Minnesota, it’s what do we think is fair. What do we think is fair for Minnesotans,” he said. “For non-resident students the question is what’s the market [rate].” However, increases to non-resident tuition could complicated the University’s five-year enrollment goals to bring in more out-of-state students and increase “geographic diversity,” which were approved by regents in 2016. After implementing a 15 percent tuition increase for incoming non-resident students last year — by far the most dramatic in the Big Ten — the University saw a 26 percent drop in the number of non-resident, non-reciprocity

students, which University officials attributed in part to raising non-resident tuition. It was the first major decrease in non-resident, nonreciprocity students in over a decade. There were slight decreases in 2016, 2014 and 2009, but all were less than a 4 percent drop. “We’re moving fairly quickly to the middle of the Big Ten. When we get there I think there’s going to have to be a reflection of what did that do to our yield rates,” McMaster said. The University is now taking steps like adding regional recruiters and adjusting financial aid, which McMaster said he hopes will combat the recent decline. Though he supported the increase, Board Chair David McMillan said in an emailed statement, “We need to be careful not to over-correct and adversely affect our ability to continue bringing the best from around the world to the University of Minnesota.” However, Austin Kraft, student representative to the board, said he is concerned at the rapid rate of tuition increase and its negative impact on students looking to come to the University. “At the aggressive pace in which tuition is being increased, it poses a significant challenge to a lot of students,” Kraft said. “To students and their families, it doesn’t seem like the solution or a sustainable one.”

A Minnesota-first mentality

Minnesota students are essentially subsidizing out-ofstate students’ tuition. “If you look across the country, we have been almost singular in what others states ... consider disfavoring resident students,” Rosha said. “[Minnesota students] and their families have supported the University through their contributions to the state coffers — they should have that access.” In recent years, the University has taken steps to readjust. In Kaler’s first year, the difference between resident and non-resident tuition was $5,000 more for out-of-state students. Now, non-resident tuition is more than double what Minnesotan students pay. Although resident tuition has increased at a far lower rate than non-resident tuition, Hsu said tuition for Minnesota students can be even lower. At this month’s board meeting, he advocated

for a tuition freeze for resident tuition, an issue he’s raised before. University administration also supports limiting resident tuition hikes, but a tuition freeze doesn’t look likely. Kaler said the University would still likely bump up resident tuition next year even if the University’s full $87 million legislative request is fulfilled, a move criticized by many lawmakers who would like to see the school hold the line on Minnesota tuition. For Hsu, keeping Minnesota tuition low is vital as a public land grant institution. “Our mission is to educate Minnesota students. We do not have a mission to educate non-Minnesota students,” Hsu said. “If you’re an Illinois students and if money is a concern for you, you should be going to the University of Illinois.”

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on and off in their hotel room in Amsterdam, she said. “All I could think of was I just have to get out. I have to get out of here. At this point, he’s going to kill me,” Orezzoli said. Doering’s plea hearing was originally for Feb. 1. His lawyer, Christa Groshek, requested it be canceled. Groshek declined to comment. Conditions of Doering’s release included maintaining no contact with the victim, chemical dependency treatment and random testing. Doering was arrested last Wednesday night for violating the no contact order and appeared before a judge Thursday, according to county records. A prominent adventurer and climate change expert, Doering holds the Bonnie Westby Huebner Endowed Chair in Education and Technology in the College of Education and Human Development, where he taught courses based in online and mobile learning. The University put Doering on leave after his arrest. However, University spokesperson Lacey Nygard

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would not disclose if he is still being paid, citing state and federal privacy protection laws. Nygard said three complaints against Doering

have been filed with the University; all complaints were closed with no disciplinary action. Doering’s trial date is set for April 22.

Even with substantial non-resident tuition hikes every year of President Kaler’s tenure, some regents don’t think the University is going far enough. “We will have to have additional increases in the future if we want to get there [to the middle of the Big Ten],” said Regent Michael Hsu. “I would have hoped that we would have gotten there already.” Hsu said the University could lower tuition for Minnesota students if the school started charging outof-state students more. His view is echoed by others on the board, including Regent Darrin Rosha, who said he would like the University to do more to keep tuition low for Minnesota students. Hsu and Rosha said the University’s relatively high resident tuition means that

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Leg. reacts to potential U tuition hike Updates to the U’s legislative request were discussed at a recent meeting. BY ISABELLA MURRAY imurray@mndaily.com

University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler’s comments on a potential tuition increase next year have prompted some administrators to criticize the school’s approach at the State Capitol. Kaler told lawmakers last month that University resident undergraduate students on the Twin Cities campus could see a tuition increase of around 2 percent if the school’s biennial budget request is met. But some administrators and lawmakers say the University could fare better at the legislature with a proposal that includes freezing tuition. “I’m thinking we may want to update our legislative request to incorporate a freeze so that we can have a more healthy discussion ... of what the future is in terms of resident tuition,” said Regent Michael Hsu at a Board of Regents meeting last week. The Board of Regents agreed upon a $87 million biennial budget request in October, with the stipulation that tuition would increase at or above the rate of inflation. While Kaler proposed a potential 2 percent tuition increase in front of the legislature, no specific figure was agreed upon by the board, said Regent Darrin Rosha. “I first learned about that position through a media report. And I did not recall that being a conversation that we had,” Rosha said. Tuition freezes are ordinarily discussed later in the year, after the legislature

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University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler addresses the Senate Higher Education Committee at the State Capitol in St. Paul on Tuesday, Jan. 15.

allocates money for the University in May, Hsu said. “[The administration is] kind of trying to get [the 2 percent increase] baked into the public psyche before it even shows up at a board meeting,” Hsu said. “I just wanted to recognize that the legislative request that I believe we’ve been putting out there is not accurate because we never said that.” University Vice President of Finance Operations Brian Burnett said the University’s past budget asks included a tuition freeze.

Last session, the University requested $10 million from the state’s budget surplus to freeze tuition. This request was not granted, resulting in tuition increases for resident undergraduates on the Twin Cities and Morris campuses. “We said that the request we put forth didn’t anticipate or contemplate a freeze of tuition or something like that because we had done something like that the year before,” he said. The University informed lawmakers that an additional $34 million would hold

Minnesota undergraduate tuition flat on all five campuses for both years of the upcoming biennium, said University spokesperson Emma Bauer in an email. “We can give them that number and have given them that number and several legislative leaders that number,” Burnett said at the February board meeting. “But when I go back and look at what we did last September and October, I think we made a conscious decision not to ask for a legislative request that included a freeze

Rural parents lack family leave Health resources are difficult for some to access in rural Minnesota. BY DYLAN MIETTINEN dmiettinen@mndaily.com

Nate Erickson, a resident of Willmar, Minnesota, worked four jobs for more than 80 hours per week to support his pregnant wife ahead of her November 2018 due date. Due to financial constraints, Erickson was unable to accept the three-month unpaid leave his company offered. “By the time the baby was on its way, I had four days of vacation set aside for my child’s birth,” Erickson said. According to a report released by the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs in late January, Erickson is not alone. Debra Fitzpatrick, the Humphrey School community engagement director and author of the report, said there is a greater need for paid family and medical

leave in rural Minnesota. This includes better access to health resources focused on the elderly, disabled people and children. “In the metro area, people usually have healthcare close by. In rural communities, oftentimes they have to travel greater distances, which has implications both for them and their caregivers,” Fitzpatrick said. “Even when money isn’t an issue for people in rural communities, simply accessing adequate healthcare can be,” said Nancy Jost, the early childhood coordinator for the West Central Initiative, an organization that serves nine counties in rural Minnesota. “Some people may have to drive an hour or two, sometimes even three, to get to a dentist. We have less of those services available to us, and we have to drive further to get to them,” Jost said. Forming nurturing bonds with their parents in early stages of development is extremely important for infants, Jost said. But according to a study cited in the report, women in rural settings are 24 percent less likely to have

access to paid maternity leave than urban women. “Our brains develop from relationships and attachment. When parents have to go back to work days or weeks after having this baby, it’s harder to build those relationships and that attachment,” Jost said. “In the United States, we often talk about how important children are. But we don’t always practice what we preach. If we do believe children are so very important, then we should support these parents to getting them off to a great start.” The Humphrey School report found that there is a “critical shortage” of childcare, especially infant care, in rural Minnesota. When Erickson and his wife started looking for their son’s daycare in October 2018, a month before he was due, the options were limited. He said his wife once called 12 child care providers in one day to inquire about openings for their son. Some of the soonest openings were in 2020. “My dad was an incredible person, but he passed away two years ago from

complications related to addiction. Though my dad was great, I made a promise to myself that I would always be there in mind, body and spirit for my child. I also made a promise to myself that I would be there for all of the big moments in my child’s life,” Erickson said. “The idea that I have already missed out on those firsts is really hard.” One proposed solution, Fitzpatrick said, is a social insurance program in which small payroll contributions from employees are pooled together in a state fund to pay for medical and family leave. The model has already been adopted in six states and would alleviate the financial burden on smaller rural companies that otherwise have to pay out of pocket. Erickson said a program like this would have alleviated a burden on his family. “After meeting my son and seeing how incredible it is to bring life into the world, the idea of not being able to be a part of that life is just soulcrushing,” he said. “I want to be there for all of those firsts, but the way it is right now, I’m unable to be.”

in in-state tuition.” Sen. Jason Isaacson, DFLShoreview, said while he has discussed a new request with the University, he doesn’t think changing the ask would affect the schools eventual allocation. “I said that’s not going to help you because now this is what people think you really need,” he said. “You’ve got to represent what you need. And if you don’t ask for what you need, we can’t help you.” House higher education committee chair Connie Bernardy, DFL-New Brighton,

told the Minnesota Daily in January freezing tuition is one of her top priorities this session. But Senate higher education committee chair Sen. Paul Anderson, R-Plymouth, said he was receptive to Kaler’s proposal to hold tuition flat on satellite campuses. “My feeling is that the legislature has made it pretty clear that they want us to hold the line on tuition, but they want us to do it on our own, they don’t want it to come off as a threat,” Rosha said.

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will be critical. “If you want to dialogue, come dialogue. If you want to protest, protest, but the two don’t have to be at odds with one another,” he said. After protesters left, Walz continued to discuss his budget. He said his budget proposal would focus on long-term investments like education and health care. “I feel very strongly that a budget is a moral document as well as a fiscal document. It’s going to be a reflection of our values,” Walz told the crowd. Walz also voiced support for felon voting rights and marijuana legalization for adults age 21 and older. “ P ro h i b i t i o n r a r e l y works,” Walz said about marijuana. “I tend to trust adults to make adult decisions.” The protesters wanted to disrupt a standard policy event to bring attention to their cause, said Nancy Feldis, a University senior studying cultural studies and comparative literature. “We were expecting it to be uncomfortable for the audience and uncomfortable for Walz, but the point is it’s uncomfortable for all of us to live in a planet that doesn’t work anymore,” Feldis said.

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a stronger stance on the issue. “Just because he’s continuing the appeals process in no way means the pipeline is going to get stopped,” said Nick Knighton, a University junior studying environmental justice, education and ecology. “We need other means in stopping this pipeline, which is an executive action, and a total stay in construction, which is in his power.” Knighton said the appeal is a political move, not a permanent solution to the problem. “The appeals process is just a guise to satisfy us and to have us stop putting pressure on him,” he said. Protesters held signs opposing the pipeline and calling for more transparency on the issue. They confronted Walz with questions about the pipeline’s affect on the environment and Minnesota’s indigenous communities, but were asked to leave about 20 minutes into the event. While he supported the protesters, Walz said more discussion on the pipeline

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ART

What’s in the cards for tarot as a medium?

CULTURE TO CONSUME BY KSENIA GORINSHTEYN

Listen to this: “Caught It from the Rye” by Tre Burt This album is the perfect soundtrack for driving your car at dusk, alone on the road. The raspiness in Tre Burt’s voice is unique — it’s controlled, yet freeing. Once you learn the lyrics and know all the harmonica solos, you’ll feel so good singing along. “Caught It from the Rye” is one of those feel-good albums that you’ll find yourself coming back to again and again. As a whole, it sounds like what spring feels like.

Twin Cities artists are reinterpreting the tarot deck to better reflect the communities that use it.

BY BECCA MOST bmost@mndaily.com

Do this:

Illustration by Abby Adamski

Sleep OK folks, it’s flu season. People are randomly disappearing from classes, only to come back two weeks later with a note from the emergency room. Take care of yourself! Aim to get the eight hours of sleep that your body desperately wants, so it can fight illnesses more effectively. If you’re not worried about getting sick, get your eight hours anyway. Treat yourself to some quality sleep that you will thank yourself for the next morning.

Eat this: Chili Whether it’s homemade, from a can or frozen, chili is what will save you from all of this incoming snow. It’s hearty with the perfect amount of spice, and you can never go wrong with it. You can serve it over rice, over pasta or just eat it plain. And what’s even better is that a whole slow cooker will probably last you an entire week, which is perfect to use as an excuse to stay inside until it’s at least 30 degrees.

CULTURE COMPASS

When the word “tarot” comes to mind, it brings a lot of associations with it. Maybe it reminds you of that creepy “Ouija” movie you saw a couple years ago. Or perhaps an expensive deck of cards you once saw resting on one of those weird wooden tables at Anthropologie. Tarot readers in the Twin Cities are trying to move away from the stereotypes associated with their work. And, in the bid to get people interested in tarot, artists are working not only to make the practice more accessible to others, but to change the traditional cisgender, white and heterosexual tropes on classic decks that may keep potential clients away. Lacey Prpic Hedtke is the owner of The Future, an artist residency, magical library and spiritual shop in south Minneapolis. Like many tarot readers, she takes pride in offering

spiritual guidance and emotional healing through her practice. But she’s noticed some of the cards she uses aren’t necessarily representative of the clients she meets with. “People other than white, cis and hetero people have always been around,” Prpic Hedtke said. “But I feel like now people are expecting it to be the norm that other people are represented. I think tarot cards are reflecting that, you know, we’re not all happy with this one representation of this very specific group of people.” J. Ryan, a tarot reader and the owner of Queer Street Tarot, designed his own set of cards to serve this very purpose. With three different decks, “Divine Feminine,” “Divine Masculine” and “Divine Spirit,” Ryan gives buyers the option to pick and choose what deck appeals to them the most. He makes a point of being

BY KSENIA GORINSHTEYN

“Moulin Rouge”

Where: Landmark’s Uptown Theatre, 2906 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis Hours: 11:59 p.m. Cost: $9

Saturday: Electric Fetus Valentine Sale If there’s a record you’ve always wanted, this weekend is the time to get it. Electric Fetus’ first sale of the year means 20 percent off almost the entire store from Feb. 13-17. Even if there’s nothing on your wish list, it’s worth checking out. You never know when you might find a sick new band or a witty pair of socks that you don’t already have.

Where: Electric Fetus, 2000 4th Ave. S., Minneapolis Hours: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Sunday:

Where: Icehouse MPLS, 2528 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis Hours: 7 to 9 p.m. Cost: $12 in advance, $15 at the door

J. Ryan Queen Street Tarot owner By doing so, Ryan challenges what cards like “the lovers” or a “queen” mean in their traditional, gendered contexts. He promotes a

in the gender, women and sexuality studies program at the University of Minnesota, worked with the Asian American Literary Review to develop and design a set of tarot cards that specifically addresses mental health in the Asian-American community. She has used the deck as a teaching tool in some of her classes and emphasizes the importance of being able to intervene in the storytelling and conversations in her own community. “A lot of us, through colonialism, have been disallowed from practicing our magic. Disallowed from practicing our faith. Disallowed from using our languages and our stories,” Kang said. “And so, having such an acceptable media that more and more people are coming to use and understand and engage with, [one] that is specifically centered on Asian-American stories, is actually incredibly enormous.”

A&E Roundup: A badass guide to V-Day BY SAMIR FERDOWSI sferdowsi@mndaily.com

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hocolates? Flowers? Teddy Bears? Thank u, next. If you’re all about a cliche Valentine’s Day, stop reading this. If you want to actually enjoy Valentine’s Day — with or without a significant other — A&E has put together a guide to the most adrenalineinducing, frenzy-filled go-to activities near campus on Thursday. “Valentine’s Day DJ Night” Crush on walls on Thursday at Minneapolis Bouldering Project. The bouldering gym will offer a stellar deal on climbing throughout the night — bring someone to hang with between attempts. The night will feature a live DJ, food trucks, sweet lights and a dog-kissing booth (we don’t know what that means either), so there won’t be time for awkward silence. Get pumped, crush and ‘scend — the only teddy bears here will be the dogs. Where: Minneapolis Bouldering Project, 1433 W. River Rd. N., Minneapolis

When: 5 to 11 p.m. Cost: $5 Sledding! Yes, seriously. Sledding may be a forgotten activity of winters past — we’re here to change that. With the pow we’ve been hit with this winter, a trip to any hill around the metro will make for a stellar time. Unlike with skiing or snowboarding, sledding is completely free and you don’t need any prior skill to shred on the slopes. (Well, that’s what most people say.) Ideal snowy dunes can be found near “Mount Como” aka Como Park Ski Center. Enjoy these runs and warm up with some cozy drinks afterward. Cowabunga, my dudes. Where: A hill near you When: Whenever Cost: Free “Fireside Snowshoeing” Can’t stop, won’t stop! Trudge through the snow and work up a toasty sweat on V-Day night. Hosted by the nearby Kroening Interpretive Center, this event is all about the winter ambience. Located on the Mississippi River, snow and ice will illuminate some beautiful scenery as you grind

Button Poetry Great food paired with great poetry is a duo that’s hard to turn down. This month’s Button Poetry features Brenna Twohy, Robert Mitchell and TaneshaNicole, all of whom are seasoned and passionate poets. TaneshaNicole is a Twin Cities-based poet too, which brings the event a little closer to home. Button Poetry is the perfect event if you’re looking for a little bit of inspiration.

“I think [showing diversity] humanizes people in a way that hasn’t been done through traditional means.”

build-your-own style tarot deck, hoping people can find cards they can relate to. “I want people to not be combative when they come to the tarot,” Ryan said. “And I think [showing diversity] humanizes people in a way that hasn’t been done through traditional means.” In their experience, Cassandra Snow, author of the book “Queering the Tarot” that comes out in May, said they’ve seen a shift in the tarot community. It’s become more inclusive, which ultimately lends itself to better representation. “So much of my experience has been with healing from the tarot,” Snow said. “Tarot, like any spiritual tool, can be a really powerful tool for liberation and empowerment.” This is especially true for Simi Kang, who uses tarot as a way to reclaim Asian-American narratives and identity. Kang, a Ph.D. candidate

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Friday: This early 2000s classic will be playing at the Landmark’s Uptown Theatre all weekend. Just because it won’t be Valentine’s Day anymore, that doesn’t mean love won’t still be in the air. Bring your best friends and wear your cutest heart-themed outfit to watch Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor fall in love. Romance movies the day after Valentine’s Day are totally necessary.

racially diverse, and features queer and non-binary bodies in his cards as well.

through the woods with your crew. It’s important to remember winter boots for this one! Snowshoes and hot cocoa are provided, though. Where: Kroening Interpretive Center, 4900 N. Mississippi Dr., Minneapolis When: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Cost: $7.50 Ages: 18+ Crampon 5K Crampons are metal spikes that can be strapped onto the sole of any pair of boots. Some use them for mountaineering, but you can use them for a 5K. Head to the University of Minnesota’s Recreation and Wellness Center to rent a pair for the day, then traverse over to the East River Flats. Hiking, jogging or running along the Mississippi is a beautiful way to get steamy exercise. Grab a partner and race along the banks, or simply enjoy a slipfree walk in the University’s backyard. Find the slipperiest of sections and see who can get to the top first — it’s crazy what these bad boys can do. While running an actual 5K probably isn’t the best idea in crampons, the world is your oyster.

Where: Anywhere When: Whenever Cost: $5 rental from the RecWell Your own fry shack Do you really want to be at a horrifically mediocre and violently generic restaurant on Valentine’s Day? Candles, ill-fitting formal wear and mediocre pasta should not be on your to-do list. Instead, have some fun and make some real food. Grab your go-to protein and vegetables to fry up some goodness on the 14th. Get a pan and put a healthy amount of oil in it (you can interpret that as you will). Then, grab your favorite spice and add it into a flour and baking powder mix. Want it hot and spicy? Add some thai chili pepper flakes and black pepper. Want it slow and melodic? Some lemon zest and cinnamon should do the trick. Cost: Varies by ingredient

cle groups. Dumbbell bench presses are usually a good call. Then, isolated workouts work well. Back, shoulder or chest — it’s your call, just have fun with it! See how many sets each of you can do (while being safe), and push each other to the limit. Get in some cardio with dumbbell renegade mountain climbers. After these sets, move onto a push up, pull up and burpee compilation. Whoever wins gets to choose the movie!

Workout routine The gym can be a place of fun, too. Grab a partner and head over to the rec center for an hour or so. Start by stretching and move onto an exercise that uses many mus-

Movie time Why are rom-coms a thing on Valentine’s Day? We have no idea. Instead of wasting your time watching a piece of money-grabbing trash, try a real adventure flick. Netflix hosts some great options like “Meru” and “Valley Uprising” to get the adrenaline flowing. If documentaries aren’t your thing, check out “Pulp Fiction,” “The Godfather,” “Scarface” — you get the picture, the classics. Then, head over to Hulu for the best in cartoons. “Rick and Morty,” “Adventure Time,” “The Regular Show,” they’ve got it all. Last, for some beautiful background noise, check out “Planet Earth” on Netflix.

the future. “I don’t really want to write any more love songs with a capital L,” Noeldner said. “I’m just trying to have more fun I guess. Taking things less seriously, that’s been a big thing.” This experimentation has widened the singer-songwriter image that Noeldner has carved out for himself. “He’s definitely not of his age,” Munson said. “He wants to create something that’s timeless and stands outside of the current moment. But at

the same time, I feel like he’s very much of his time.” Although simple, the album carries a weight that resonates with listeners. This is partly thanks to its poetic lyrics, gentle finger picking and the occasional harmonica riff. “One day he was asking me, ‘Is anyone going to get this? Just me blabbering about my own stuff?’” Weise said. “Some of [his] stuff speaks louder than he thinks, and I think that’s a really special quality.”

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“When I listened to his stuff a little bit more closely, I was really impressed,” Munson said. “[It’s] much better than your average counselor sitting down and strumming for people on the edge of the lake. … These are actual songs.” Munson had invited Noeldner to record a few demos using an old Tascam recorder

to see if it would be a project worth pursuing. After hearing the four demos, it became obvious that Noeldner’s folk and roots sound was unique. “He left and went to go pick his kids up from school and I went to the library,” Noeldner said. “An hour later, he emailed me and was like, ‘I like what you’re doing,’ and then that finals week, we recorded.” Singles “Blueberry Island” and “Rosealene” echo Noeldner’s originality. They also

include candid reports of his own experiences. “He’s writing something that’s just really honest and he’s not … trying to please anybody,” said Ethan Wiese, Noeldner’s friend. “He’s just writing music from his heart, which is super cliche to say but … it’s really cool to have that.” Noeldner addresses romance, mundanities and social issues on the album, but he hopes to move forward and push his songwriting limits in

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MEN’S HOCKEY

Top line scoring continues with losses The “GPS” line has combined for 37 points in the last eight matchups. BY JACK WARRICK jwarrick@mndaily.com

As the Gophers have struggled in recent games, losing six of the last eight to Big Ten opponents, the top line of forwards’ production hasn’t stopped, stuttered or even plateaued. In fact, it’s gone up. “Those top guys, to me, have been very strong for us and they continue to be playing at a real high level,” said head coach Bob Motzko. “I feel bad for that group right now, of our older guys, because they’ve played hard, they’ve been great teammates. Our attitude, as down as we’ve been, they’re positive.” The top line of forwards is made up of a group of three upper classmen: senior wingers Brent Gates Jr. and Tyler Sheehy and junior center Rem Pitlick. The three forwards account for a combined 37 points in the last eight games, which is an average of 4.6 points per game. The two seniors have never had a losing record with the Gophers in their four years, but now the team needs to win five out of the last six games to end the regular season above .500. The three averaged 2.7 points per game together in the 21 games at the beginning of the season. The “GPS” line, as they’ve been called, didn’t start the season skating together

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Top line members Brent Gates Jr., Tyler Sheehy and Rem Pitlick congratulate teammate Brannon McManus after he scored a goal on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 3M Arena at Mariucci.

exclusively. They started playing as a line during the 10th game of the season against Michigan State, when Minnesota won 7-2. Motzko saw what the three could do and decided it would be a powerful line. They’ve been together ever since. Gates, Sheehy and Pitlick are the top three leading

Gophers point scorers. They combine for 93 total points on the season, the same as the next six players on the stat chart combined. “I played a little bit with each of them in the past, and really liked playing with those guys. And both can really shoot the puck,” Sheehy said. “I think right

now, with those guys scoring a lot of goals, I’ve just kind of been trying to put the puck on their sticks as much as possible.” The trio shines in the power play as well, leading the Big Ten with a 26.7 percentage of success when a conference opponent takes a penalty. Sheehy and Pitlick

have skated with each other in previous seasons, though they don’t spend much time outside hockey together, Pitlick said. “I think we get a lot of that on the road, to be honest, there’s a lot of ways to look at it,” Pitlick said about the importance of spending time outside hockey. “Yeah,

I think it’s good to be friends with everyone, but obviously people are doing different things all the time. We have school, we have other commitments and stuff like that, so we spend a lot of time at the rink, and then on the road as well, so I think that’s where we build a lot of our relationships.”

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Three-point shooting slumping when Gophers need it most Minnesota ranks last in the Big Ten in 3-point field goal percentage at 30.5. BY NICK JUNGHEIM njungheim@mndaily.com

During this frigid Minnesota winter, perhaps the coldest place in Minneapolis has been the 3-point line inside Williams Arena. During a Feb. 6 game against Wisconsin, freshman Gabe Kalscheur scored the Gophers’ first points of the evening on a shot from behind that line. Minnesota proceeded to take twelve more 3-pointers in that game — none of which went in. According to head coach Richard Pitino, the issue that evening wasn’t shot selection. “We went cold,” Pitino said after the game, a 56-51 Gophers loss. “I thought we got some good looks but we

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Dupree McBrayer dribbles the ball during the game against Wisconsin on Feb. 7 at Williams Arena.

just couldn’t hit them. We just couldn’t hit some open looks. If you can’t hit 3-point shots to space the court, it’s going to be hard for everybody.” An inability to make open 3-pointers has plagued the Gophers in the majority of their losses this season. In fact, they’ve shot an abysmal 20.6 percent from beyond the

arc in defeats this season. In its first defeat of the season, a 68-56 loss at Boston College, Minnesota attempted 30 3-pointers and made five. Senior Dupree McBrayer had a particularly difficult shooting night. He shot 0-8 from the court, all coming from 3-point range. According to McBrayer, the team has to

work to find better opportunities from the three-point line. “We’re shooting contested shots,” McBrayer said earlier this week. “We have to work inside-out more or drive and kick, stuff like that.” In their next loss, a 7959 blowout at Ohio State, the Gophers combined for a goose egg, missing all 13 of their 3-point attempts. The trend has since continued, as Minnesota has only made over 40 percent of their 3-pointers twice in their last 16 contests. The Gophers rank last in the Big Ten with a 3-point average of 30.5 percent. Kalscheur has been the team’s lone threat from distance this season. He’s solidified himself as a dangerous shooter and the team’s best option from long range. However, even his production has tapered off. After beginning the season 23-42 (.548), he’s gone just 27-92 (.293) on 3-point attempts over the last 17 games. At 37.3 percent, his

season average ranks 25th in the Big Ten. “There will always be cold nights,” Kalscheur said after the Wisconsin loss in which he went 1-5 on 3-pointers. “That’s the game. I’m a shooter, so I have to keep shooting.” Sure enough, Kalscheur responded to his poor performance against Wisconsin by going 3-4 on 3-pointers in his next game against Michigan State, a 79-55 defeat. However, the rest of the team made two total: one from McBrayer and another from redshirt senior Brock Stull. Stull is a player Pitino hopes to get more involved in the offense, as he’s shot 9-17 (.529) on 3-point field goals this season. Last season at University of WisconsinMilwaukee, he shot 37.9 percent from beyond the arc. Through 24 games, just 21.4 percent of Minnesota’s points come from 3-pointers, one of the lowest totals in Division I. Not presenting

a threats to opponents from deep complicates other aspects of the game, as senior Jordan Murphy knows. “I think one miss led to another,” Murphy said following the loss to Wisconsin. “We got in our heads a little bit down the stretch on offense and let that affect our defense and our rebounds.” Pitino understands that improving 3-point shooting is necessary if the team has aspirations of making a run in the NCAA tournament. Just because the shots haven’t fallen all season doesn’t mean he’s discouraging his players from taking them. “I want them to shoot [3-pointers] when they’re open,” Pitino said following a Jan. 30 victory over Illinois in which Minnesota went 6-19 on 3-point shots. “That’s too big of a part of the game, you have to shoot [3-pointers].” Jack Warrick contributed to this story.

WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS

Ivy Lu seeks perfection once again for Minnesota The junior scored a perfect 10 beam routine last year as a sophomore. BY PAUL HODOWANIC phodowanic@mndaily.com

Nearly one year ago on Feb. 16, Gophers gymnast Ivy Lu achieved perfection. Lu wrote her name in the Gophers’ record book that day as the second gymnast in program history to hit a perfect score on the balance beam. “It was my first year competing on beam, so honestly I didn’t really have any expectations. I just wanted to go out there and compete the way I practice at the gym,” Lu said. “I remember that day warmups were going really well and I just hit that routine and hit every single skill perfectly. Once I landed my dismount, I didn’t think I was going to get a perfect 10.” Fast forward a year later and Lu has her eyes set on rarefied air once more, this

time on a new event, the uneven parallel bars. Lu, a junior, is already tied for the highest score in Gopher history on the uneven parallel bars with a 9.975. A 10 would put her atop the record books as the only gymnast in the team’s history to hit a perfect score on bars. “I was really close last year, two weeks in a row. That was for sure my goal last year,” Lu said. “But I still have half a season this year and all of the next season, so getting that 10 on bars is my ultimate goal.” Head coach Jenny Hansen said she’s seen a shift in Lu this season. “I see a difference in her this year where she feels she can hit almost every time she goes,” said Hansen. She added that Lu strives for perfection. This season, Lu has already flirted with the score, finishing with scores of 9.950, 9.900, 9.875 and 9.850 in Big Ten competition. She’s also ranked as the 15th-best gymnast on the uneven parallel bars in the country. “Overall, I have a pretty

in club. So learning all that was a long process, but with experience and time it is all good now,” Lu said. With two seasons under her belt, Lu has began to transition into a leader for her team. “I just try to lead by example and share my own experiences [with the other gymnasts],” Lu said.

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Junior Ivy Lu performs on the uneven bars on Saturday, Feb. 2 at Maturi Pavilion.

packed routine. It’s really hard to hit every single handstand and stick every landing,” Lu said. “Then it really depends on ... the judges, so I can’t really control the scoring. I can just only control how well I do.”

Lu, a Montreal native, had a unique transition to the team when she arrived as a freshman, adjusting not only to college gymnastics but also to English. Lu is trilingual, speaking English, Mandarin Chinese and French. When

competing as an amateur, all of the technical language was taught in French, so she had to relearn it in English. “I remember my first year was really hard because all the technical stuff was all in French for me back

The women’s team faced off against Nebraska on Saturday in Lincoln and came away victorious, winning 196.600-196.375. Lexy Ramler continued to lead the way for the Gophers, finishing first on beam scoring 9.900. She also tied for first on vault with a 9.875. The teams leading scorer on the floor exercise, Paige Williams, continued to dominate for Minnesota, finishing tied for first in the event with a score of 9.900. The team will hit the mats again on Friday at home against Maryland on cancer awareness night.

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Thursday, February 14, 2019

The U expands its travel abroad tracking The University has proposed a change to its policies around traveling abroad. BY JAKE STEINBERG jsteinbergl@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota sends approximately 6,000 students abroad each year, and it wants to have a better idea of where they are. A proposed change to the University’s student travel policy would require students to notify the University any time they travel independently while abroad. The change would improve the University’s ability to

send help if a student ends up near an emergency like a terrorist attack, natural disaster or dangerous riot. “We believe we have a responsibility to our students when they’re on our programs to make sure we can provide them with appropriate duty of care. And that means that we have to have a basic sense of where they’re going,” said Kevin Dostal Dauer, health, safety and compliance director for the Global Programs and Strategy Alliance. The GPS Alliance oversees all University travel systemwide, including study abroad, department-organized trips and research travel. The

proposed policy changes would require all GPS Alliance units implement a system for gathering and tracking when students leave their host site. “This is free weekend travel during program dates, not before or after the official program,” said Dostal Dauer. The changes will go through a public comment period after being presented to the March 1 President’s Policy Committee. The GPS Alliance monitors global events that might require they check on their students. In the event of an emergency, students’ Universitymandated travel insurance

covers medical expenses and evacuation. But Dostal Dauer said it only works if they know where students are. “When the Paris attacks happened, we had a number of students who were on our program in Montpellier who had not notified us that they were going to be traveling,” he said. “We looked at our rosters and said, ‘Oh we don’t have anybody in Paris,’ when in reality we had eight students that were there.” Agricultural communication and marketing junior Cyrus Gottlieb said it was inconvenient to fill out an independent travel form every time he left Buenos Aires while studying abroad.

“You kind of question it. It’s kind of weird that all these people know what you’re up to,” he said. “We would travel a lot, and I’d forget and then be like, ‘Oh I’m not gonna do that now.’” The University of Minnesota-Duluth doesn’t make students report their independent travel, said Duluth’s International Programs and Services associate director Lyndsey Andersen. “We do ask our faculty to have discussions about it before they go,” she said. “But we don’t give them a form to fill out.” The Learning Abroad Center at the Twin Cities campus makes students document their independent

travel. The changes would make the practice consistent across all University travel programs. Dostal Dauer said the tracking program is not an approval process. The only time the GPS Alliance would step in would be if a student tries to travel to a country determined by the Department of State to have a travel advisory level of 3 or 4 — something students already sign a waiver not to do before traveling abroad. “Travel tracking simply means we know where you are,” said Dostal Dauer. “[Some think] that means we’re going to put chips on people, and we’re definitely not doing that.”

UMN Morris campus leads nation in stability Nearly 70 percent of electricity on Morris campus comes from renewable sources. BY NATALIE RADEMACHER nrademacher@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota-Morris has a biomass plant that burns corn cobs to heat and cool campus, gusting prairie winds and frequent sunlight – all of which help make the Morris campus a national leader in sustainability efforts and renewable energy sources. The campus has a goal of being carbon neutral by 2020, which means it will produce the same amount of energy it consumes. To help achieve this goal, the Morris campus has created a community-scale energy initiative powered by wind turbines, solar panels and a biomass plant on campus – an initiative they hope can be replicated in other communities. “I think Morris exemplifies a lot of what the University [system] is doing ... well in sustainability,” said Shane Stennes, sustainability director at the Twin Cities campus. “They have made it part of their campus culture. … Morris is about a sustainable renewable education.” A green campus The Morris campus is ranked fifth out of participating baccalaureate colleges around the country for overall performance in sustainability, according to the 2018 Sustainability Campus Index. This is a comprehensive annual report on college sustainability by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. The index is meant to show

colleges where they can improve, according to Monika Urbanski, author of the SCI. The report examines areas like water conservation, public engagement and waste management. Through the Institute on the Environment, the Morris campus partners with officials in Saerbeck,Germany to share knowledge and experiences surrounding sustainability initiatives. The partnership has influenced some of the city and University’s energy and sustainability goals, said Blaine Hill, city manager for the City of Morris. About 70 percent of electricity used on the Morris campus comes from renewable energy sources, according to Morris campus Sustainability Director Troy Goodnough. To address the remaining 30 percent, the campus is working on enhancing energy conservation and encouraging local electric utility companies to reduce carbon emissions, he said. The campus’s biomass plant, which helps cool and heat the campus by burning things like corn cobs, is on track to offset 70 percent of the University’s fossil fuel usage by 2020, Goodnough said. Students take on sustainability Students at Morris have played a large role in the sustainable initiatives on campus. The campus organics collection system was started because of a push from students, according to Bryan Herrmann, vice chancellor for finance and facilities on the Morris campus. The campus recycling program is also studentled, and some students take on roles as Green

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Ambassadors, leading tours on campus to show visitors the sustainability initiatives on campus. The campus is also taking its sustainability efforts to the surrounding community as part of the Morris Model, a partnership with groups like the City of Morris and Stevens County. Goodnough said the group was created because the town is already a model community in clean energy and sustainability, but they wanted to do more. “The corner of the Morris Model is students. They have been involved every step of the way for years now,” Goodnough said. The Morris Model team has created around 100 projects that help with

Regents float idea of purchasing University Village apartments UMN reviewed the prospect of buying student apartment building nearby. BY IMANI CRUZEN icruzen@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents reviewed a potential purchase of the University Village apartments Thursday, which members said could help preserve affordable rents. University Village, located at 2515 University Ave. SE. in Prospect Park, is expected to be purchased by the University for $43 million in March. The apartments offer a more affordable housing option for students and present a long-term development opportunity for the University, said Senior Vice President for Finance and Operations Brian Burnett. “As you might know, not all of our students can afford some of the high-end student housing that’s been built,” Burnett said at Thursday’s meeting. “And so this facility actually helps keep prices reasonable in that regard, in a very key location.” The University’s Housing and Residential Life office currently holds a master lease on 112 units in the property, which is expected to end in August. The board is now looking to purchase all 199 units and take control of the property.

Properties on the edge of campus are a good investment for the school, said Chief Investment Officer Stuart Mason. “It’s right on the edge of the campus. We make a habit of, maybe, not always trying to purchase, but at least evaluating if it makes sense for us to purchase any land or any building that is on the edge of campus,” Mason said. “Because we know we’re growing.” The creation of a private LLC called the 2515 University Avenue SE. LLC was approved by the regents in September with the University as sole member as part of an effort to manage the property. The University’s temporary investment pool is used to pay University staff and other University expenses. The consolidated endowment fund is a longterm fund that pays out a set percentage of money to the University each year and funds University expenses like scholarships. About $35 million going toward the purchase of University Village will come from TIP and the remaining $8 million will come from CEF. This money will need to be repaid by University Village profits. Regents expressed support for the purchase, despite some initial concerns. Regent Michael Hsu questioned the property’s relationship with the TIP.

“I support purchasing the property, but this just seems very complicated,” said Regent Michael Hsu. “If this [LLC] is a vehicle to help TIP make money, then we’re not doing what we said we were going to do in terms of keeping the cost of housing down, if we’re actually trying to make money off of it.” Burnett said the benefits of the property are worth the investment. “No question it’s more complex,” Burnett said. “We saw an opportunity because we’ll have control over this as the LLC to ensure that our returns come back to CEF and to TIP at the same time, [so] we [can] preserve the land for future University use down the road.” Another concern raised by regents regarded the property’s tax exemption. Regent Steve Sviggum said University Village, which was built by a nonprofit organization, would add to a burden of similarly tax-exempt properties in the area. Despite this exemption, taxes are paid on the retail portion of the property, said assistant vice president for planning, space and real estate Leslie Krueger. A decision on the purchase from the board is not expected until March. “I’m supportive of [the purchase], I think it’s a good investment and it makes sense,” said Regent Abdul Omari.

sustainability on campus and in the community. One of the projects includes getting more solar energy on campus. “We can be a model community for the state of Min-

nesota,” said Mckenzie Dice, a student at University-Morris and an intern with the Morris Model. According to Dice, the Morris campus has a good relationship with the

city, county and school system in part because of these initiatives. “Students have a huge connection with the community here,” Dice said.

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Minnesota sidewalks should be higher priority Complete Streets Policy radically departed from decades of carcentric thinking in Minneapolis.

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lthough I haven’t been going t o t he University of Minnesota’s Recreational and Wellness Center, I’ve been jumping a lot the past couple weeks. I’ve been JONATHAN ABABIY jumping from columnist the bus to the curb, praying I will make it past the foot of dirty, wet snow between the curb and me, and praying I don’t slip on the patch of ice waiting for my gripless shoes when I land. I do it on almost every bus I’ve gotten off since it got cold and the snow fell. Then, once I’m off the bus, I have to penguin-shuffle across blocks of sidewalks slicked with ice. I’m not always particularly

successful in keeping myself off the sidewalk in this step of the process. Our dry first half of the winter spoiled us, but now we know. We’re experiencing firsthand how bad mobility is when you’re not using a car in Minneapolis or on campus. Our sidewalks, bus stops and bike lanes simply haven’t been a priority like our roads. We have bumps and bruises to prove it. Emily Seifriz, a University student I reached through Facebook Messenger, told me she slipped and fell as soon as she got off the bus, bruising her right knee. “I fell completely down hard, landed on my knees and hands,” she said. For someone like, Maria Wardoku, president of Our Streets Minneapolis’ Board of Directors, a pedestrian and bike advocacy group, this is a systems issue. “No, we don’t actually have to live like this,” she told me. In 2016, Our Streets, which went by the name Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition at the time, worked with a coalition of other groups to push the city to adapt a companion item to the City’s transportation action plan called the “Complete Streets Policy.” This new policy codified a framework that prioritized public right-of-way use for walking, biking, transit and motor vehicles, in

that order. The policy radically departed from decades of the city’s car-centric thinking, where the ability of cars to move as quickly as possible took precedent in transportation decisions. “We’re working against decades of thinking about public spaces in a certain way,” Wardoku said. Historically, the policy is in line with how Minneapolis used to think about transportation in the pre-war era. Much of Dinkytown was built around streetcar lines, and many of these old streetcar lines are now Metro Transit routes. Metro Transit Route 3, the lifeline of every Como resident, was a streetcar line from 1898 to 1954, when it was replaced by buses. The trouble with the policy is it’s simply a framework made to inform decision-making, not an actual rule. The Complete Streets Policy says one thing, but Wardoku said, “You can see actually what happens during a snowstorm ... it’s really reversed. We’re plowing for vehicles. We’re not clearing street corners and bus stops for days, sometimes weeks.” Crucially, the City of Minneapolis is considering changing this. The City Council is debating getting tougher on enforcement for winter sidewalk maintenance and possibly clearing sidewalks itself, like it does roads.

The City Council is debating getting tougher on enforcement for winter sidewalk maintenance and possibly clearing sidewalks itself, like it does roads.

Sidewalks are a serious issue, and the Council should come up with a solution soon. In 2016, nearly 60,000 Minneapolitans walked, biked, or took transit to work every day. So why are we forgetting them? As long as we do, people will keep slipping, sliding and falling.

Jonathan Ababiy welcomes comments at jababiy@mndaily.com.

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MPD continues to misunderstand and neglect sexual assault victims Officers in the Minneapolis Police Department recently showed a disappointing lack of empathy.

Robert McGrady welcomes comments at rmcgrady@mndaily.com.

Following an attempted sexual assault attack on a University of Minnesota student last Friday, a Minneapolis Police Department Public Information Officer stated in a press conference that the victim “wasn’t willing to just shut up and go along with it.” We believe this statement is a grave misunderstanding of the realities of sexual assault and implies there are victims who are willing to “shut up and go along with it.” We believe this to be both dangerous and unnerving, in that those who are supposed to protect and get justice for sexual assault victims seem to be perpetuating a victimblaming culture. After the Minneapolis woman was grabbed and pulled into a bush on 8th Street Southeast in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood, she was able to fight back and got away. However, this may not be the case for many sexual assault victims. “Denied Justice,” an investigative series from the Star Tribune, reports on how victims of sexual assault are failed in Minnesota. The series has reported that MPD is under-trained and thinly staffed, leading to hundreds of cases in which detectives have failed to question suspects or collect evidence. The Minnesota police licensing board offers nearly 50 classes on sexual assault investigation, but only 0.002 percent of officers across the state have taken one single class. In 2016, MPD had eight sex crime detectives and 412 cases, meaning that one detective was assigned to 52 cases. Conversely, homicide cases assigned one detective for every 16 cases. This startling difference

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Pyramid schemes have infiltrated University of Minnesota and they need to be stopped Southwestern (takes) Advantage of University students on campus and students should report them.

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hen I was a freshman sitting in Coffman Union, a girl came up to me with a slip of paper and frantically said, “I’m trying to get as ALEEZEH HASAN many of these columnist filled out as fast as I possibly can, so can you please just fill it out.” I agreed and quickly wrote down my name, year and email. A couple weeks later, I received a phone call from a woman offering me a summer internship that would pay me upwards of $15 an hour. As a young freshman, I was intrigued and decided I would attend an orientation seminar. During the seminar, it took me a little under half an hour of watching a colorful presentation to realize the whole thing was a scam. The presenters painted the experience of selling textbooks door-to-door as a fulfilling and exciting one, but failed to mention how it usually leads to students losing money or dropping the job after just a couple of weeks. The organization that presented these materials goes under the title of Southwestern Advantage. While promoters of the organization boast that students could make thousands of dollars, they do not specify that work is

not paid on an hourly rate. Students need to buy the expensive textbooks with their own money and then sell them in order to turn any profit. Most of the interns make just a couple dollars over minimum wage. Considering these negatives, the University of Minnesota needs to be doing more to ensure students do not fall victim to pyramid schemes. Recently, Southwestern Advantage has been spotted with booths filled with its promotional materials in Coffman and the Recreational and Wellness Center. They are specifically hoping to reach vulnerable college students that will oblige, hoping to easily receive some cash from a summer job. Employees of the company prey on young and broke students, promising them thousands. When in reality, they are seeking out cheap labor. Pyramid schemes are inherently harmful and should not be allowed to advertise on our campus. This group does not have good intentions, and allowing them to have their booths set up in common, heavily trafficked campus spaces only leads to the exploitation of students. Coffman’s event planning staff require groups to fill out a permit before they are allowed to promote materials at their tables, but they could monitor this process more heavily. Groups that are not affiliated with the University are not allowed to solicit to students on campus. The University is attempting to fight against groups that promote scams, but the act of a student handing out slips to strangers on campus violates university rules. People who witness these acts should speak up and report these actions to Student Unions and Activities or can call the main Coffman line to express concerns related to this.

Pyramid schemes are inherently harmful and should not be allowed to advertise on our campus.

In the past, students have reported that a company called College Works Painting had recruiters come directly to their classrooms. These recruiters would claim that employees could make $10,000 over just one summer, but even the CEO of College Works Painting says that this is not a guarantee. These predatory companies should stay away from the university, and recruitment of employees while they are in classes should be completely forbidden. While SUA can play a role in limiting these groups access to our campus, as students, we can also avoid interacting with these groups. When approached and asked for our information we can decline. When we receive suspicious job opportunities, we should take the time to research the background of the organization.

Aleezeh Hasan welcomes comments at ahasan@mndaily.com.

MPD needs to make use of the resources provided by the state and must offer adequate training to their officers and detectives. is one in a long string of neglecting sexual assault cases on the part of MPD. Sexual assault cases, like other violent crimes, require time, effort, resources and a specific skill set. However, MPD is continuously dismissing these victims and neglecting their crimes. The spokesman also stated that, “It’s frustrating to do all the steps and take all the measures that you take and have this happen.” However, based on the Star Tribune’s reporting, it is obvious that MPD has not taken every step possible in preventing sexual assault from occurring. These statements show clear lack of empathy and neglect for victims of sexual assault, which is problematic in itself. Though MPD has taken a step in the right direction by implementing a policy that prevents officers from citing sexual assault reporters for minor offenses, sexual assault victims are still consistently underserved by Minneapolis officers and detectives. MPD needs to make use of the resources provided by the state and must offer adequate training to their officers and detectives. Without the correct training, victims of sexual assault will continue to be underserved and misunderstood. We want to make this very clear: no victim is willing, and no victim is shutting up and no victim is just going along with it. EDITORIALS & OPINIONS DEPARTMENT Editorials represent the voice of the Minnesota Daily as an institution and are prepared by the editorial board. 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.

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HOROSCOPES Today’s Birthday (2/14): Communication profits this year. Share your affection and kindness steadily. Study to unveil a mystery. Summer glory for your crew comes before physical obstacles alert you to stop and smell the roses. Follow your heart this winter. Express your creativity and passion.

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

Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is an 8 — With focus you can grow your savings over the next 45 days with Mars in Taurus. Self-esteem grows with your account balances.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is an 8 — Expand your horizons. Grow your family assets with careful tending. Collaborate for a shared financial goal over the next six weeks with Mars in Taurus.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 9 — It could get lucrative. You’re motivated and empowered, with Mars in your sign. Take advantage of this energy burst to realize a personal dream.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is an 8 — Partnership flowers over the next six weeks, with Mars in Taurus. Work together for a shared vision. Your collaboration could get lucrative.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is an 8 — Take care of yourself. Clean closets, garages and attics over six weeks with Mars in Taurus. Clear out clutter, organize and make plans.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is an 8 — Collaborate on practicalities with your partner. Take your physical performance to new levels. With Mars in Taurus, the week can be energizing.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 7 — Friends are your secret power. Together anything seems possible with Mars in Taurus over the next six weeks. Coordinate and strategize privately.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 9 — Get moving! Your actions speak louder than words over the next six weeks. Romance and passion take new focus. Practice what you love.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is an 8 — Take bold action. Advance in your career over six weeks, with Mars in Taurus. Pour energy into professional growth and development. Friends can help.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is an 8 — Get cozy with someone sweet. Improve your living conditions with Mars in Taurus. Home beautification and renovation especially satisfy.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 7 — A business trip could be fun. Your wanderlust grows with Mars in Taurus. Research and study fulfills provides satisfying results. Learn by visiting the source.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 6 — Home draws you in. You’re intent on getting the whole story. Writing projects flow with ease. Get the word out with Mars in Taurus.

Dr. Date, My girlfriend and I met when we were living in single dorms last year, so we got used to privacy. But in our new apartments, we both share a room with someone else — bunk beds and all. My roommate is a little weird, but hers is a total nightmare. Each time we want to get busy, her roommate refuses to leave, barges in and out or tells us she’s fine with watching. Last week, she left for a while, only to come back with some Tinder date. She then asked us to leave. When we tried to protest, she said we could always join in! According to my girlfriend, she’s not normally like this. But I can’t deal with it anymore. How can I get her roommate to back off for good?

—Not Into It Dear Not Into It, Either she really hates you, or she’s also trying to see you naked. She wants to watch? And she brought over her own partner just to find out your thoughts on orgies? Seriously, it sounds weird. Her behavior seems a little more thoughtout than general hatred. Before you jump to conclusions, get a lock on your girlfriend’s door, have her figure out a time schedule for when she’s alone and go over to your place more often. A roommate that’s a little weird beats one that wants to join in on the fun.

— Dr Date Dr. Date, My boyfriend and I were recently experimenting with kink — not just whips and paddles, but the whole slave-and-master thing. I don’t want to get into the details, but it went well. Now, we both want to do it again. However, he doesn’t seem to realize that the night ended. He’s been calling me his slave and ordering me around in public. At first I thought it was an inside joke, but I think he’s being serious! He told me to get on my knees and beg at McDonald’s when I asked if he could pay for my french fries. Not that that’s the worst thing Dinkytown has seen at 2 in the morning, but still!

It’s been three days, and he’s still telling me to call him master. What can I do?!

—On My Knees Dear On My Knees,

If you really want to drive the point home, switch up the roles — every time you’re around his friends or people he knows, call him your dirty little slave. Throw in some “call me your, ‘mommy’ or ‘daddy.’” He should realize why this kind of stuff is best kept in the bedroom. If he still doesn’t get it, ask yourself if you should be with someone who blatantly disrespects you like this. I’m sure there are tons of men out there who will keep your sex life private, especially while paying for a Big Mac.

— Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

I went out with this super cute girl from work last week. We went to a pretty decent rom-com, grabbed some Thai food for dinner and went to the bar for a couple of drinks after. She kissed me goodbye and told me she’d like to go out again sometime. I think we had a pretty good time and I really like her, but now I’m not really sure how to act at work. Should I be flirty and open about it or should I try and maintain a level of professionalism? What about something in between? I’ve never really been in this position before and don’t want to mess up a good thing we have going.

—Work Flirt

Work Flirt,

Speaking as someone who’s worked with a significant other, I can say from experience you should be professional in the workplace no matter what. Keep the love talk confined to your time off. Besides, no one—coworkers and customers alike—wants to see you and your lovebug all cuddled up.

—Dr. Date

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The varied love stories of UMN students Unconventional couples share their stories with the Minnesota Daily. BY DYLAN MIETTINEN dmiettinen@mndaily.com

Among thousands of University of Minnesota students, some couples have found happiness despite eyebrow-raising from their peers. From the strings of wedding bells to “no strings attached” and everything in between, couples in unique relationships shared their stories this Valentine’s Day. Anna Sherlock and her boyfriend got married before they ever started dating. Of course, they didn’t get married in real life, just on the online gaming platform Minecraft. Although they’ve been in a relationship for five months, the two met for the first and only time in person last October. Sherlock, a Carlson School of Management student, said that distance isn’t a huge issue for her, which is helpful as her boyfriend lives more than 1,200 miles away in Edmonton, Canada.

“It’s definitely different. But I’d say I actually prefer this ... because I’m doing a full-time internship right now, and I’m also going to school full-time and I just don’t have time for things,” Sherlock said. Reactions to their relationship have been mixed, she said. While many of her friends are supportive, others think that romantic bonds are too difficult to form over webcams. “You need to find your own happiness; I’ve found mine. Just be happy for my happiness,” Sherlock said. A second-year student at the University, who declined to reveal her identity for privacy reasons, is in a casual relationship with a man in Iowa. The couple has occasional sex with no romantic feelings, otherwise known as “friends with benefits.” “It’s very honest, there’s no pretending that it’s one way or the other. It is pretty much strictly sexual. We just meet up, have sex or send sexual content of ourselves to each other,” she said. Of course there are ground rules, she said, like routine screenings for

sexually transmitted diseases and absolutely no sex if one is in a committed relationship. Her friends are often surprised that she has been in an on-again, off-again friends with benefits relationship since age 14. She said the relationship isn’t going any further than that, which she prefers. “It can be a fallback, in a way. Like if I’m talking to a boy and it doesn’t really go anywhere, I can just turn around and say, ‘At least I can have sex with this guy,’” she said. According to her, it really comes down to comfort around each other and fulfillment of needs that each other has. “It’s someone I feel really safe with. It’s a guaranteed good time,” she said. “If I agree to meet up with him, I’m not going to be nervous or wonder if it’s worth my time, because I know it is.” In contrast, fourth-year students Alyssa Nelson and Daniel Olson, who met their junior year of high school in band, have been engaged for over a year. Olson proposed to Nelson last January and had it all planned out: they

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Anna Sherlock and Ron Biggs speak together via Google Hangouts on Saturday, Feb. 9.

would be heading to see the Stillwater ice castles, and he would pop the question there. However, the two ended up stuck in a snowedin parking lot. “It was one year to the day that I had left to study abroad, and when I left to study abroad, Alyssa got mad and told me I could never leave her like that

again,” Olson said. “So I got on a knee and promised I wouldn’t be leaving ever again.” Just because they are engaged doesn’t mean their lives differ that much from other college students. In addition to the added stress of college life however, Nelson and Olson are planning a wedding.

“I’ve known Daniel enough to where I’m not worried, I’m only excited,” Nelson said. “A lot of people tend to think that, when you’re engaged, you’re giving up on the fun parts of life, but I’m just excited because I have someone who I can share all the fun, new things that are happening in life with.”

Research on aging is maturing at the University An institute at the University has now enlisted members to research aging. BY KATIE SALAI ksalai@mndaily.com

A team of researchers is working to gain a foothold at the University of Minnesota by recruiting new faculty members to assist in their research on the biology of aging. Funded by a state initiative for biomedical research, the Institute on the Biology of Aging and

Metabolism within the University’s Medical School is not looking to expand lifespans but to make them healthier. The institute aims to recruit researchers from various disciplines to improve the experience of aging. “Because of baby boomers, 10,000 people are going to turn 65 every day for the next 15 years and we’re just, as a society, not prepared to deal with that,” said Laura Niedernhofer, director of iBAM. “We have been at the forefront of thinking about how to deal with it in terms of planning.” Started last year, iBAM is

one of four Medical Discovery Teams in the Medical School that address critical health issues in the state, such as addiction, aging, rural health and brain science. Niedernhofer and Associate Director Paul Robbins are leading an effort to develop a class of drugs to target senescent cells. Senescent cells are damaged cells that no longer multiply. When younger, a person’s immune system eliminates these cells — but as they age, senescent cells build up in the body. “It turns out the cells that accumulate in your body as

Arrest is made after double homicide in Marcy-Holmes

A 46-year-old man booked for double homicide in MarcyHolmes on Monday. BY NORAH KLEVEN nkleven@mndaily.com

Minneapolis Police arrested a man suspected of committing double homicide in Marcy-Holmes on Monday. MPD arrested and booked the man in suspicion of committing the double

homicide of 67-year-old E i l e e n M a rk a n d h e r 42-year-old daughter Jennifer Angerhofer, according to John Elder, an MPD spokesperson. The mother and daughter were killed Saturday evening in Mark’s apartment in the Holmes Park Village Apartments located in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood near the University of Minnesota campus. The Star Tribune reported that the suspect is a 46-yearold man who lives in a unit

adjacent to Mark’s. The same report states that the suspect was arrested Monday evening near the intersection of East Hennepin Avenue and University Avenue Northeast. According to jail records, the suspect was taken into custody at the Hennepin County Jail Monday evening at about 9:30 p.m. He was booked on charges of probable cause murder. Charges are expected to be filed Wednesday, according to the Star Tribune.

you age that aren’t cancerous are actually similar to cancer cells,” said Robbins. “Some of the drugs that are used to clear cancer cells as they grow actually can [also] kill the damaged cells.” Drugs identified by the team in recent years are already in use at the Mayo Clinic for treating age-related conditions. The class of drugs used includes those that have been repurposed from treating cancer. “Our experience is in testing drugs that target fundamental aging processes,” Niedernhofer said. “Paul has developed a very good cell-

based screening for drugs, and I developed a strain of mice that age six times faster than normal mice so we can test drugs in a matter of months as opposed to years.” Fernando Santiago, a postdoctoral researcher in iBAM, is analyzing how to use the parts of a cell shed by tumors and stem cells to better deliver drugs into a patient’s body. “What we’re looking for, from a therapeutic standpoint, are drugs and natural products that will either specifically eliminate senescent cells from the body or inhibit their ... negative function,” Santiago said.

To expand its research, iBAM is looking to recruit six to eight new faculty members over the course of the next year. They hope to discover new areas to target besides senescent cells. Niedernhofer said aging affects everything: the eyes, immune system, heart and brain. “The [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] has never considered aging a disease. … They are now at least more accepting of clinical trials focused on aging,” said Robbins. “They’re realizing the root cause of most diseases that they are approving drugs for, the root cause is aging itself.”