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A committee met Tuesday and will finalize the funding later this week.

Kaitlyn Richardson and Tyler Walker led the charge for the junior class.

Business leaders in the U area say they may have to raise prices to adjust.

House, Senate hash out U funding differences

Coach Allister’s first recruiting class shines

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Minimum wage hike reaches beyond workers

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Employees take on bullying Some say U leaders need to lead a culture change that includes stronger anti-bullying policies. BY MEGHAN HOLDEN mholden@mndaily.com

Bullying isn’t just a problem in middle schools. University of Minnesota of ficials are addressing bullying in the workplace, but some say the issue stems from the top and the institution’s leaders need to set a better example. The Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action commonly reviews cases in which University employees report harassment or discrimination against their supervisors, office director Kim Hewitt said. The of fice held a workplace bullying workshop Tuesday at the McNamara Alumni Center to provide resources and discuss the issue with faculty and staf f. Some employees said creating a friendlier work environment should begin with supervisors and administrators showing their subordinates respect. “The culture change needs to start from the top,” said an office super visor at the

Call spikes strain security program This fall, calls for a safe walk home climbed with every crime alert, stretching the Security Monitor Program thin.

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St. Paul leaders call for fewer farm antibiotics The City Council supports a law that would ban some uses of potentially harmful antibiotics. Top: Security monitor Will Burnton gets an escort request while walking across the Washington Avenue Bridge during his shift Thursday. Bottom: Security Supervisor Bryan Kotschevar searches a room in Johnston Hall after seeing two men hop out of a window Thursday.

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nce the sun sets, the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus becomes a void. Its paths are lit only by the occasional lamppost, its buildings drained of their 70,000 daytime inhabitants. Only the scratch of walkie-talkies and roving footsteps break the silence as campus security monitors make their rounds, walking the late-night studiers and stragglers home late into the night. “You definitely get to see a whole other side to campus,” said JD Counsell, a freshman and former security monitor. “It was like a pressing kind of loneliness you got. ... It was just — humbling, almost.” During the fall semester, bouts of crime punctured the University’s nightly emptiness. And at the urging of

BY ALLISON KRONBERG akronberg@mndaily.com

every consequent crime alert, use of the Security Monitor Program spiked. The program, also known as 624-WALK, employs students to be 24/7 eyes and ears for University police and to escort callers home. It’s not a job for everyone. For up to 60 hours a week, they patrol buildings and escort people home into the early morning hours. Then they go to class. “They warn people: Don’t do too much, too fast, too hard,” said Henry Gray, a sophomore and former monitor. “People burn out quickly.” Former and current security monitors say that after a while, quitting is the only option. Calls to the service increased with each crime alert this fall, according to Minnesota Daily analysis of security monitor call logs. However, security monitor staffing remained the same, raising questions about whether the program is equipped to handle the influx of calls.

At least 23,000 Americans die every year from antibiotic-resistant infections, some of which may come from exposure to livestock antibiotics that end up in food. To prevent these deaths, researchers and lawmakers are looking for ways to keep those antibiotics from getting into food in the first place. The St. Paul City Council passed a resolution this month supporting federal legislation that would ban unnecessar y antibiotics — those that aren’t directly used for treating sick animals. The resolution supports barring “nontherapeutic use” of antibiotics, or when farms administer small amounts of antibiotics to entire herds every day to prevent the animals from getting sick. Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria that can cause illness evolve to withstand the medication used to eliminate them. With increased use of antibiotics,

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Most University of Minnesota undergraduates didn’t see a tuition increase this year, but others weren’t so lucky. Undergraduates who pay in-state tuition have saved hundreds of dollars since state legislators approved a tuition freeze last spring. But non-resident and graduate students aren’t reaping the benefits. Tuition prices for non-resident and graduate students have increased since last year, and University administrators say hikes could reach undergraduates who pay in-state tuition once the freeze dissolves in 2015. Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education Robert McMaster said Uni-

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$33,796 $12,908

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versity officials are discussing tuition rates for when the freeze ends — and noted that increases are possible — while state legislators are hoping to have a stronger voice in the tuition conversation. State legislators and Gov. Mark Dayton approved a boost to the University’s budget last spring, which allowed for the tuition freeze. During the lobbying process, University officials stressed the need to give Minnesota resident students a tuition break because of their importance to the University’s land-grant mission. Many legislators agreed. “This is the University of Minnesota, so I think we should be concerned with Minnesota students,” McMaster said. “At the same time, we modestly increased non-resident tuition.” Students who felt the ef fects of the freeze — undergraduates from Minnesota and states that receive reciprocity rates —

$40,392 $13,142

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K I E V, U k r a i n e — Ukraine’s acting president ordered security forces to resume operations in the countr y’s east on Tuesday after the bodies of two people allegedly abducted by pro-Russia insurgents were found and a military aircraft was reportedly hit by gunfire. The developments — just hours after U.S. Vice President Joe Biden left the Ukrainian capital — raised fears that last week’s international agreement on easing Ukraine’s crisis was unraveling. The accord calls for all sides to refrain from violence and for demonstrators to vacate public buildings. It does not specifically prohibit security operations, but Ukraine suspended its socalled “anti-terrorist operation” after it was reached. Pro-Russia insurgents who have seized police stations and other public buildings in easter n Ukraine are defying the call to vacate, saying they were not

party to the agreement by Ukraine, Russia, the United States and the European Union. In a statement, acting President Oleksandr Turchynov said the two bodies found Tuesday in Slovyansk bore signs of torture. One of the victims was a member of the city council and a member of Turchynov’s party, he said. Terrorists “are beginning to torture and kill Ukrainian patriots. They are impudently rejecting the calls of not only our country but of all the world’s society when they demonstratively mock the decisions taken in Geneva,” he said. “These crimes are being done with the full support and connivance of Russia,” Turchynov added. The acting government, which took over after President Viktor Yanukovych fled to Russia in February, says Russia is behind the unrest in eastern Ukraine which it fears Moscow could use as a pretext for an invasion. Last month, Russia annexed Crimea weeks after seizing

control of the peninsula. The Defense Ministr y said gunfire hit an observation plane over Slovyansk but the aircraft landed safely without injuries. Standing alongside Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Biden called on Moscow to encourage proRussia separatists in eastern Ukraine to vacate government buildings and checkpoints, accept amnesty and “address their grievances politically.” Biden said Russia needs to act “without delay,” adding, “We will not allow this to become an open-ended process.” Yatsenyuk was harsher in his characterization of Russia. “No countr y should be able to behave like an armed bandit,” he said. “Russia should stick to its international commitments and obligations. They should not behave as gangsters in the modern century.” Also on Tuesday, U.S. Secretar y of State John Kerr y in a phone call with Russian Foreign Minister

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Cries of anguish Most Sherpas leave Mt. Everest for season as South Korea ferry toll tops 100 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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JINDO, South Korea — For a moment there is silence in the tent where bodies from the ferry disaster are brought for identification. Then the anguished cries begin. The families who line up here to view the decomposing bodies have not known for nearly a week whether they should grieve or not. Now that they know, they sound like they’re being torn apart. “How do I live without you? How will your mother live without you?” a woman cried out Tuesday. She was with a woman who emerged from the tent crying and fell into a chair where relatives tried to comfort her. One stood above her and cradled her head in her hands, stroking her face. “Bring back my daughter!” the woman cried, calling out her child’s name in agony. A man rushed over, lifted her on his back and carried her away. The confirmed death toll from the April 16 disaster off South Korea’s southern coast reached 113 on Tuesday, officials said, and about 190 people were still missing. Four crew members accused of abandoning the ship and failing to protect the passengers were arrested, three days after warrants were issued for the captain and two other crew. The victims are overwhelmingly students of a single high school in Ansan, near Seoul. More than three-quarters of the 323 students are dead or missing, while nearly two-thirds of the other 153 people on board the ferry Sewol survived. The number of corpses recovered has risen sharply since the weekend, when divers battling strong currents and low visibility were finally able to enter the submerged vessel.

KATMANDU, Nepal — Most Sherpa mountain climbers have decided to leave Mount Everest, a guide said Tuesday, confirming a walkout certain to disrupt a climbing season that was already marked by grief over the 16 lives lost in Everest’s deadliest disaster. “It is just impossible for many of us to continue climbing while there are three of our friends buried in the snow,” said Dorje Sherpa, an experienced Everest guide from the tiny Himalayan community that has become famous for its highaltitude skills and endurance. “I can’t imagine stepping over them,” he said of the three Sherpa guides who remain buried in ice and snow after Friday’s deadly avalanche. Thirteen bodies have been recovered. The avalanche was triggered when a massive piece of glacier sheared away from the mountain along a section of constantly shifting ice and crevasses known as the Khumbu Icefall — a teacherous area where overhanging immensities of ice as large as 10-story buildings hang over the main route up the mountain. Special teams of Sherpas, known as Icefall Doctors, fix ropes through what they hope to be the safest paths, and use aluminum ladders to bridge crevasses. But the Khumbu shifts so much that they need to go out every morning — as they were doing when disaster struck Friday — to repair sections that have broken overnight and move the climbing route if needed. Earlier Tuesday, Nepal’s government appeared to agree to some of the Sherpas’ demands in the threatened boycott, such as setting up a relief fund for Sherpas who are killed or injured in climbing accidents, but the funding falls far short of the Sherpas’ demands. After the avalanche, the government quickly said it would pay the families of each Sherpa who died about $415.

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MN archbishop gives deposition on sexual abuse BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ST. PAUL — Twin Cities Archbishop John Nienstedt said in a recent sworn deposition that he hasn’t reprimanded or disciplined anyone for the way church of ficials have handled allegations of clergy sexual abuse, and he doesn’t think he should have, according to a recording of the deposition that was made public Tuesday. During the inter view, the head of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis said he does not believe any priests or church leaders mishandled allegations of abuse. He also said his staff told him there was nobody in ministr y who had credible accusations of child abuse made against them, and that he believed another church official was responsible for notifying parish officials about problem priests. Attor neys for victims of alleged sexual abuse by priests said the deposition, recorded April 2, shows an ongoing practice of denial and deflecting responsibility. Attorney Jeff Anderson said Nienstedt lied during the deposition, but when asked what he believed was a lie, he said there has been a “longstanding pattern of deceit and deception.” In response to Anderson’s comments, Jim Accurso, a spokesman for the archdiocese, told The Associated Press that Nienstedt “was under oath when he gave that deposition.” Anderson released snippets of the recorded deposition and a full transcript Tuesday. The archdiocese also posted a transcript on its website, and released the full recording to show the “full context of what took place on April 2.” The archdiocese said Nienstedt answered all questions and the deposition was being posted in full “as part of our renewed commitment to transparency.” The deposition was taken as par t of a lawsuit filed by a man who claimed he was sexually abused by a priest in the 1970s. The church had tried to block the deposition, saying it was not relevant to the case. But a Ramsey

County judge and the Minnesota Cour t of Appeals disagreed. The deposition marked the first time since Nienstedt became archbishop six years ago that he has answered questions under oath about the way officials handled allegations of sexual abuse of minors. Anderson’s legal team also deposed the Rev. Kevin McDonough, a top church of ficial who led the archdiocese’s child safety programs until last September. McDonough’s deposition has not yet been made public. During the inter view, which lasted more than four hours, Anderson asked Nienstedt about specific priests as well as about what Nienstedt knew and when he knew it. Nienstedt said his staff had told him that there was no one in ministr y who had credible accusations of abusing children levied against them, and he saw no reason to release the names of the accused priests until he had a “conversion” in 2013, after talking to other church officials. Nienstedt also said during the inter view that McDonough once told him some information should not be put in writing to keep it out of litigation, and he admitted that he followed that advice on less than a dozen occasions. He also said that the archdiocese provides information to police when police ask for it, or when the archdiocese believes an accusation is credible. The deposition ended with a heated exchange between attor neys, as counsel for the archdiocese accused Anderson of creating sound bites by suggesting the archdiocese is controlling and concealing infor mation, instead of turning the files over to authorities. Nienstedt said a consulting firm is cur rently reviewing priest files and he’ll “do what we have to” when the review is complete. Anderson said the archdiocese has tur ned over 20,000 to 30,000 pages of documents to his legal team, and they have in turn given it all to police.

House, Senate hash out U funding differences A committee met Tuesday and will finalize the funding later this week. BY ROY AKER raker@mndaily.com

Aside from the University of Minnesota’s multimillion-dollar request for constr uction and upkeep projects throughout its five-campus system, more state dollars are on the line this session. A conference committee of House and Senate lawmakers got one step closer to finalizing how much funding the state will appropriate for research at the University on Tuesday. State leaders will decide on final bills before the end

of the week. After that, the full House and Senate will vote on a single version before it heads to Gov. Mark Dayton’s desk. Here’s what Minnesota legislators are cur rently mulling:

MINNEAPOLIS — The FBI asked for the public’s help Tuesday to identify at least 90 potential victims of a suspected child predator who worked at 10 American and other international schools abroad for more than four decades before committing suicide last month in Minnesota. William James Vahey, 64, killed himself in Luverne on March 21, the FBI said. That was two days after agents in Houston filed for a warrant to search a computer thumb drive that belonged to Vahey, a U.S. citizen with residences in London and Hilton Head Island, S.C. An employee of the American Nicaraguan School in Managua, where Vahey had recently taught ninth-grade world history and geography, gave the drive to the U.S. Embassy there. The storage device contained por nographic images of at least 90 boys, ages 12 to 14, who appeared to be drugged and unconscious, the FBI said. The agency’s spokeswoman in Houston, Special Agent Shauna Dunlap, told The Associated Press that investigators suspect all of the boys in the images were students of Vahey’s, going back to 2008, and that he had molested all of them. “When confronted about the images by a school administrator, Vahey confessed that he was molested as a child and had preyed on boys his entire life, giving them sleeping pills prior to the molestation,” according to a statement posted

prominently on the FBI’s website, www.fbi.gov, with links for potential victims. The photos were catalogued with dates and locations that corresponded with overnight field trips that Vahey had taken with students since 2008, but he had led students on such trips for his entire career, the FBI said. “I’m concerned that he may have preyed on many other students prior to 2008,” Special Agent Patrick Fransen of Houston said in the statement. “I’ve never seen another case where an individual may have molested this many children over such a long period of time.” The director general of the American Nicaraguan School, Gloria Doll, said by phone from Managua that Vahey was “famous for wanting to lead student experience trips.” She said that’s why several of his previous schools hired him. Doll said that, as far as she knew, none of her students had been molested. Vahey started teaching at her school last August but had not led any trips for her school before the allegations surfaced. She said he had been due to take a group to a model United Nations event in the Dominican Republic the very next day. “We realized we had probably been spared what was happening,” Doll said. Doll said Vahey’s flash drive had been taken by his domestic employee, who returned it to the school and urged officials to take a look. The FBI said Vahey was

$450,000 boost for regenerative medicine research at the University, which includes studies on stem cell treatments. The Senate version includes a much larger amount — $5 million each year until 2015. It also requests that an advisor y group with at least one member from the University decides how to best utilize the funds.

Terrestrial invasive species research center

The House has set aside $5.3 million for a new “virtual center” to focus on ways to stop the spread of invasive species, like the emerald ash borer. The Senate version includes just $560,000 for the project.

bill. The House didn’t include any funding for the initiative.

Swine disease research

The University hopes to continue its ef for t of combating a deadly swine epidemic through fur ther research. The House recommended $1.2 million for the University’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laborator y to fight the virus. The Senate included $100,000 for the effort.

Forever Green initiative

The decades-long planned project outlines strategies to increase Minnesota’s crop yields by keeping winter-hardy crops and perennials in the soil year-round. The Senate included $1.2 million for the ef for t in its

Regenerative medicine

Also included in the House bill is a one-time

UMD financial help The Senate set aside $2.5 million to help the University’s Duluth campus stabilize its operational budget. The House didn’t include any funding relief.

U employees take on workplace bullying Bullying

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event who asked to remain anonymous for fear of losing her job. University administrators need to make anti-bullying efforts a priority, she said. “I’m not sure that an email from President [Eric] Kaler talking about being respectful in the workplace is really going to do it for me,” the employee said. To star t fixing some of these issues, Of fice of Equal Oppor tunity and Diversity and Af firmitive Action officials advised supervisors to think about the tone they use while speaking to employees and to focus on finding solutions to problems instead of pointing fingers.

Problems with the policy

Some workshop attendees said part of the bullying problem stems from a lack of clear-cut discipline policies for occasions when employees are mistreated. Hewitt said her office gets a lot of reports of mistreatment by colleagues or supervisors that don’t necessarily violate University policy, so it’s hard to push disciplinary action.

jailed for child molestation in California in 1969, but Doll said his arrest didn’t turn up when the Nicaraguan school checked his criminal background. She said he came highly recommended and had been “probably one of the finest teachers” at her school. Vahey’s career included posts at the Tehran American School in Iran from 1972-73; the American Community School of Beirut in Lebanon, 1973-75; the American School of Madrid in Spain, 1975-76; the Passargad School in Ahwaz, Iran, 1976-78; the American Community School in Athens, Greece, 1978-80; the Saudi Aramco Schools in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1980-92; the Jakarta International School in Indonesia, 1992-2002; the Escuela Campo Alegre in Caracas, Venezuela, 2002-09; and the Southbank Inter national School in London, 20092013. He coached boys basketball at several schools, the FBI said. Such schools typically ser ve a mix of students from those countries, as well as the children of U.S. diplomats, military personnel and other American citizens working abroad, and the FBI said it believes his victims are multinational. The FBI is concerned that some victims might not even know they were abused. “He had access to children because of his position of trust,” Fransen said. “He created a system that gave him the oppor tunity and the means to molest

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According to University policy, bullying reports become an Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity and Affirmitive Action issue when the reported person’s behavior is related to a protected class or identity, like race or gender. People report mistreatment at the University, ranging from discrimination to sexual harassment, through a confidential website. Hewitt said most of the reported incidents come from faculty and staff. About one-fifth of reports in 2013 were concerns of discrimination, harassment, equal oppor tunity issues, sexual harassment or retaliation for reporting a problem. The Of fice of Equal

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children. The manner in which he committed these acts — while the boys were unconscious — may have inhibited them from knowing what happened, making it impossible for them to come forward at the time of the molestation.” The FBI’s Houston office is leading the investigation because its squad for crimes against children often goes to Latin America to assist with investigations, Dunlap said. Vahey’s death didn’t stop the investigation because the FBI is obligated to reach out to the potential victims, she said. FBI officials declined to say why they believe Vahey went to Luverne, a town of about 4,700 people about 160 miles southwest of Minneapolis, where he killed himself at a motel. The FBI spokesman in Minneapolis, Special Agent Kyle Loven, said it was “plausible” that he had relatives there. Vahey is not known to have taught anywhere in Minnesota, he said. A notice in the bulletin for St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Luverne for March 29-30 asked parishioners to “pray for eternal rest for Bill Vahey,” who was identified as the son of one parishioner and brother of another. They did not have working listed phone numbers. The notice said his funeral Mass was scheduled for “his home parish in South Carolina.” The St. Catherine’s parish administrator said she couldn’t comment on whether the notice referred to the same William Vahey who committed suicide in Luverne.

Opportunity and Diversity and Affirmative Action investigates whether these concerns violate University policy or state or federal law. Many of them don’t violate the statutes, Hewitt said, and are more problems within work environments. She said statewide discussions about bullying also play a role in the University’s increased interest in the problem. Currently, there are no state laws against bullying in the workplace, though some legislators have tried to address the issue in the past. Sen. Ron Latz, DFL-St. Louis Park, introduced a bill in 2011 that would prohibit an abusive work environment, and he is planning to

reintroduce it next legislative session. He said defining bullying in the workplace is especially difficult because adults are often expected to “suck it up” when managers treat them poorly. “You’ve got a hierarchy in the workplace, and there are managers who rule by fear,” Latz said. The University office super visor said the problem could be solved if leaders simply treated employees with the respect they deserve. “You just have to create an environment regardless of classification, regardless of education, experience,” she said. “… That we just treat each other like humans.”

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A year out, U reflects on tuition freeze Tuition u from Page 1

account for more than 84 percent of University undergraduates. Graduate students, who make up about 21 percent of the total student body, also saw increases. The last time resident undergraduate tuition didn’t increase was during the 19992000 school year, when it dropped 2.5 percent. “It’s a substantial amount of money to be able to achieve a tuition freeze,” Board of Regents Chair Richard Beeson said. “It’s not inexpensive to maintain a freeze.”

Non-resident tuition spike

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tuition has increased in the last year, University officials say the price is relatively low compared to other Big Ten schools.

Tuition for non-resident undergraduates rose nearly 6 percent to $18,310. McMaster said the hike is justified by the school’s improving reputation and reflects a national trend. The University needs to stay competitive with other universities, McMaster said, and that usually means implementing hikes. In the coming years, he said, the University’s tuition rate will rise from one of the cheapest for non-residents to one of the more moderately expensive. The University has one of the lowest non-resident tuition rates in the Big Ten. McMaster said the school will eventually have to raise its prices to maintain its rankings in areas like research and athletics.

Schools like the University of Michigan and the University of Wisconsin have strong reputations, he said, which justify their high non-resident tuition rates of more than $40,000 and $26,000, respectively. As the University’s reputation and rankings improve, tuition rates will have to adjust to reflect the institution’s national standing, McMaster said. Mass communications sophomore Madeline Davis is a non-resident student from Missouri and faced a tuition increase this year. “It was definitely noticeable,” she said. Biochemistr y freshman Elizabeth Odegard is from Illinois, also a non-reciprocity state. She said she didn’t care that she wasn’t included in

the tuition freeze because she thinks non-resident tuition is reasonable in comparison to other Big Ten schools.

‘More aggressive’ Legislature?

Sen. Terri Bonoff, DFLMinnetonka, said many people play a role in decisions about tuition, and the best results are achieved when there’s a strong relationship between school officials and the state Legislature. She said state legislators may start using a heavier hand to make sure students receive the best tuition rates, because it’s the most effective way to save college students money. “I think you’re going to see us be even more aggressive in terms of what can be done,” Bonoff said.

Animal science senior Stacey Glaess is a resident student set to graduate this spring. She said she didn’t notice the tuition freeze, but she expects it to pay off in the future. “In the long run, I’m sure it makes a lot of difference,” she said. Even though many students were left out, Minnesota Student Legislative Coalition Chair Matt Forstie said the freeze was worthwhile and helpful for the majority of University undergraduates. “Given the high cost of college and the numerous different costs that make up going to college,” he said, “a few hundred dollars a semester makes a big difference in the lives of a lot of students.”

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Navajo tribe looks at junk-food tax BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Facing a high prevalence of diabetes, many American Indian tribes are returning to their roots with community and home gardens, cooking classes that incorporate traditional foods, and running programs to encourage healthy lifestyles. The latest effort on the Navajo Nation, the country’s largest reservation, is to use the tax system to spur people to ditch junk food. A proposed 2 percent sales tax on chips, cookies and sodas failed Tuesday in a Tribal Council vote. But the measure still has widespread support, and advocates plan to revive it, with the hope of making the tribe one of the first governments to enact a junk-food tax. Elected officials across the U.S. have taken aim at sugar y drinks with proposed bans, size limits, tax hikes and warning labels, though their ef for ts have not gained widespread traction. In Mexico, lawmakers approved a junk food tax and a tax on soft drinks last year as part of that government’s campaign to fight obesity. Navajo President Ben Shelly earlier this year vetoed measures to establish a junk-food tax and eliminate the tax on fresh fruit and vegetables. At Tuesday’s meeting, tribal lawmakers over tur ned the veto

Sanctuary for cats to improve practices BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SANDSTONE, Minn. — A sanctuary for exotic cats in east-central Minnesota has agreed with the state attorney general’s office to improve its business practices after the head of the nonprofit acknowledged misusing thousands of dollars in donations, the sanctuary said Tuesday. As part of the agreement filed in Ramsey County, The Wildcat Sanctuary in Sandstone must hire an outside monitor for the next two years to improve the way it does business. The sanctuary’s statement Tuesday did not identify the personal items that executive director Tammy Thies purchased. But the agreement filed in court said there was “extensive use” of the sanctuary’s credit cards “for personal expenses” by Thies, the Star Tribune reported. Among the items Thies acknowledged spending donated money on included women’s underwear, movies, hair removal products and two books by comedian Chelsea Handler. Thies also received “double reimbursements” from the sanctuary for the same expense, had an oil change paid for on her personal vehicle and a dog run built on her property, the document said. As part of the settlement with the attorney general’s office, the sanctuary agreed to review and collect all expenditures due to be reimbursed, sanctuary spokesman Robb Leer said Tuesday. Sanctuary employees first made the allegations against Thies to the organization’s board in March 2013. Later that year, the board placed Thies on paid administrative leave for a few months while an investigation continued. “Our donors have stayed with us even as we have stumbled and made mistakes,” Thies, who was reinstated by the board as executive director, said in a statement. “They deserve a professional and transparent organization that unfailingly meets the needs of the animals they support.” Founded in 1999, the fenced sanctuary about 90 miles northeast of Minneapolis is home to more than 100 lions, tigers, cougars and bobcats on 37 acres with natural habitats for all of the animals.

on the tax cut, but a vote to secure the junk-food tax fell short. Lawmakers voted 13-7 in favor of it, but the tax needed 16 votes to pass. The Dine Community Advocacy Alliance, which led the effort, said it plans to revise the proposal and bring it before lawmakers again during the summer legislative session. “We’re going to keep moving on it,” group member Gloria Begay said. “It’s not so much the tax money — it’s the message. The message being, ‘Let’s look at our health and make healthier choices.’ We have to go out and do more education awareness.” Shelly said he supports the proposal’s intent but questioned how the higher tax on snacks high in fat, sugar and salt would be enacted and regulated. Supporters say the tax is another tool in their fight for the health of the people. “If we can encourage our people to make healthier choices and work on the prevention side, we increase the life span of our children, we improve their quality of life,” said professional golfer Notah Begay III, who is among supporters. American Indians and Alaska Natives as a whole have the highest age-adjusted prevalence of diabetes among U.S. racial and ethnic groups, according

to the American Diabetes Association. They are more than twice as likely as nonHispanic whites to have the disease that was the fourth leading cause of death in the Navajo area from 2003 to 2005, according to the Indian Health Service. Native children ages 10 to 19 are nine times as likely to be diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, the IHS said. The proposed Navajo Nation tax wouldn’t have added significantly to the price of junk food, but buying food on the reservation presents obstacles that don’t exist in most of urban America. The reservation is a vast 27,000 square miles with few grocery stores and a population with an unemployment rate of around 50 percent. Thousands of people live without electricity and have no way of storing perishable food items for too long. “They have a tendency to purchase what’s available, and it’s not always the best food,” said Leslie Wheelock, director of tribal relations for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wheelock said the diabetes issue in tribal communities is one that has been overlooked in the past or not taken as seriously as it could be. It has roots in the federal government taking over American Indian lands and introducing food that tribal members weren’t used to, she said.

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Call spikes strain SMP

Security Supervisor Bryan Kotschevar talks on his phone to request assistance from police in apprehending two men he saw climb out of a window in Johnston Hall during his shift Thursday.

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SECURITY from page 1 ‘You can only ask so much of students’

Each night, calls are split between a crew of six to 12 security monitors. Some nights average about a dozen calls, but one night in early December topped out at 100. Earlier that day, an email crime alert warned students, faculty and staff about an armed robbery at a University Village bus stop the previous Saturday morning. Like all alerts, it dissuaded people from walking alone and encouraged them to call 624-WALK. After each of these emails, calls to the Security Monitor Program jumped and then dwindled until the next alert. As alerts kept coming throughout the fall, sometimes days apart, overall usage climbed. In the final weeks of the semester, the number of nightly calls barely dropped below 60, more than double the nightly average earlier in the fall. Computer science senior Matt Koski used the program just once, in early December when demand was highest. “I half used it out of curiosity and half because I was nervous that walking home that night I might be mugged,” Koski said, adding that the string of crime alerts had unsettled him. “I did feel safer.” It takes monitors about 20 minutes to arrive and pick up a caller on average, but it can take an hour or more. Counsell said he sometimes spent nights crisscrossing campus with backto-back escorts: a drop-off in Southeast Como followed by a jog to Walter Library on the East Bank, then an escort home to the West Bank. After each crime alert, Counsell said, escorting became the majority of his workload. “Sometimes it’d be a little swamped,” he said. “I shouldn’t be going from one escort and then automatically get a, ‘Hey, you’ve got another!’” The total time devoted to each trip — from when someone calls to when they’re dropped off — averages a little over two hours. On the most hectic nights, supervisors are pulled to help out as a last resort. But every couple of weeks, monitors are spread so thin that dispatchers have to warn callers they might wait 20 or 30 minutes before a security monitor is available, Counsell said. It’s enough to keep some callers from waiting for a walk home. “Eventually you’d arrive there, and there was nobody there. They had just left on their own,” Counsell said. “They just didn’t want to wait that whole time. They’d rather brave it by themselves.” Even with pushes to hire more students,

Security Supervisor Bryan Kotschevar searches a room in Johnston Hall after seeing two men hop out of the first-story room's window.

security monitor staffing has remained steady, bouncing between 120 and 135. “Out of every three people we hire, two people are done in six months, probably,” said ecology, evolution and behavioral science senior Alex Best, who has worked for SMP for three years. “It’s kind of a plague of the system.” Former monitor Gray said a friend he recruited was a monitor for two weeks before quitting. For those who do stay, pressure has mounted. “They call you a lot,” Counsell said. “Three-quarters of the calls I received [fall] semester were from SMP asking me to pick up shifts and work extra. ... You’re held accountable to an extreme degree.” Best said monitors feel responsible for making sure people have someone to walk home with. “It’s hard to say no when you’re talking about safety,” he said. Meghan Ruff, a political science senior and escort for a year and a half, said the program is struggling to increase its staff.

Until it does, the program’s increasingly large workload has to be split among those who can handle the job. “With the current demand in escorts and the reluctance to work the job, there’s not much they can do,” she said. “You can only ask so much of students.”

‘Some people burn fast, some people burn slow’

The grueling hours and unorthodox nature of the job are the main reasons the program struggles to recruit and retain staff. Gray had insomnia when he was younger. Working for the Security Monitor Program brought back the listless, sleepless nights of his childhood, he said. “It felt a little something like that,” Gray said, “except you’re afflicting it on yourself.” From early evening until 7 a.m., security monitors are out in full force, patrolling campus, camping out in residence halls and libraries and escorting people home. “It’s of tremendous value,” said University police Deputy Chief Chuck Miner. “There

are more security monitors than there are police officers, so we rely on them a fair amount.” Monitors make sure University buildings are locked and empty, that nothing has been stolen or damaged and that the community feels safe. But at about 3 or 4 a.m., exhaustion hits. Counsell chugged a gallon of water each night he worked to keep himself uncomfortable and alert. Gray stayed on his feet even during breaks, ambling halfasleep under fluorescent lights that disguised the time of night. Ruff — sick of treating candy, coffee and Red Bull like fuel — took to toting around a bag of baby carrots for a sugar spike. “For the first few hours, you’re fine,” said Counsell, who worked at SMP for two and a half months this fall before quitting. “And then it really hits you — the lack of sleep.” Ruff said at one point she was working 50 hours and almost every night of the week. “I have these permanent bags under my eyes from that job,” she said. Security monitor program manager Justin

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more escorts. Most employees are undergraduates, but Yarrington said graduate students and temporary workers are also an option as the program aims to distribute the workload among more monitors. “The more people we have, the more we can accomplish and the more we can serve the University,” Yarrington said. Yarrington, who has served as program manager since 2009, said monitor morale rose with the calls, not despite them. “[The crime in fall] wasn’t causing people to feel down about that extra workload. They felt good about it,” he said. “They felt tired after their shift … but it’s that good kind of tired.” Ruff said it was a point of personal pride to be entrusted with that responsibility. “We’re very proud of the service we provide,” she said, “Safety to others.” The program has a proven track record, whether or not crime alerts are frequent. No one has ever been attacked while walking home with a security monitor. But right now, the service is mostly used reactively when crime or fear hit campus. Miner said the goal is to prevent crime proactively by normalizing use of security monitors. “Ideally we would like to see students start using the escort service on a regular basis, not just in the couple of days after getting a crime alert from us,” he said. “Rather than having peaks and ebbs and flow, there would be a constant demand.”

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POLITICS

EDITORIALS

Will money corrupt our elections?

OIT is losing sight of its own mission

Increased campaign spending isn’t as daunting as it seems.

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here is a lot of anger over the recent U.S. Supreme Cour t decision in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, which struck down limits on the amount that individuals can donate to political campaigns. People from across the political spectr um — right, left and center — are concerned that more money in politics is a bad thing. It quite possibly is. However, there are at least a few silver linings to the ominous dark cloud of big campaign contributions. There is one thing that ever y member of Congress has in common: They are all incumbents. It follows that campaign finance restrictions are one of the few issues that receive bipartisan support because they invariably benefit incumbents. Incumbents receive all kinds of free publicity from the media for years before voters even know the name of any challengers.

DEREK OLSON columnist

Challengers need a lot of money just to inform voters of their name, let alone to convince voters they’re a better candidate. It partially explains the puzzling irony of Congress’ abysmal approval rating. It’s lower than public support for cockroaches, yet we only vote a few of them out. If that’s not shocking enough, Congress is less favorable than Nickleback. Studies have found that political advertisements increase voter knowledge, interest and turnout. The election process simply isn’t democratic if voters don’t know anything about the candidates. Neither is it democratic to give big election advantages to those who already hold power. It’s generally tr ue that

candidates who raise the most money win the most elections. However, we can’t be certain about the direction of the correlation. It’s arguably true that winning candidates raise the most money precisely because they have the most support. Money can’t buy elections. Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman is all too familiar with this tr uth. Whitman spent $144 million of her own money on her California gubernatorial campaign and still lost to a candidate who didn’t raise half that amount. To put that in perspective, there are fewer than 2,700 families in the United States who have a net worth over $100 million. Whitman blew such a colossal heap of personal money that it was large enough to be among America’s wealthiest fraction of 1 percent. Interestingly, there is little correlation between wealth and political opinions. According to a recent Gallup poll, just 39 percent of the nation’s wealthiest 1 percent identify as conser vative and 20 percent as liberal. Among the remaining 99 percent, 40

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percent identify as conservative and 21 percent as liberal. Among moderates, too, the difference was just a few percentage points. There’s no evidence that additional campaign spending will inevitably create a flood of policies that favor the rich. The ire that emerged from the cour t r uling isn’t entirely rational, but that doesn’t mean I welcome more campaign spending with open arms. Alas, there is a clear way to curtail the largess of money in politics: make the size and scope of gover nment smaller. There is so much money in elections because there is so much power riding on the outcome. If a corporation pays $1 billion in taxes, it has a billion-dollar incentive to buy itself a politician, and with that a special exemption. The less power politicians have, the smaller the incentive to buy their influence. Derek Olson welcomes comments at dolson@mndaily.com.

TECHNOLOGY

A case of Heartbleed The NSA left the public vulnerable to a security flaw while exploiting it.

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Maxwell Smith welcomes comments at msmith@mndaily.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR UMN-TFA partnership can reinvigorate education in Minnesota This past September, the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development and Teach for America announced a proposed partnership that offers an alternative path to a state teaching license. The program would admit at least 40 recr uits annually and streamline the process to become a certified teacher. From the moment of its conception, the plan has encountered stiff resistance from licensed teachers and some University students who hope to become certified themselves. For those who aren’t familiar with the organization, TFA recruits college graduates to teach in lowincome, underperforming schools across the United States for a two-year minimum commitment. It provides a niche for those not originally set on a teaching career upon entering college, but eager to improve grade school education in our country. For the TFA alumni eager to continue working as educators, the CEHD partnership offers a simplified path to cer tification with less bureaucratic red tape. This can put well-performing college graduates into our nation’s classrooms sooner. Naturally, University of Minnesota students currently pursuing traditional

postgraduate education degrees or teaching certification are upset. They may feel that others will be allowed to rush through important parts of the process and will lack the requisite “experience” for becoming a teacher. Licensed educators in Minnesota also feel threatened. If some are allowed to bypass or speed past certain requirements, there could be fewer positions available in the future. Worse yet, their own jobs may be threatened by a younger generation of teachers. Should we be surprised to see such heavy hostility? Of course not. They have an economic stake in this, pure and simple. That must not, on the other hand, prevent qualified, passionate alumni of the TFA program from becoming educators, too. We need to examine the use of the word “experience.” What does it mean? How do you obtain it? Does it really demand spending more than a year with an instructor in a room studying the behavior of children as though they are mysterious creatures? The answer is no. This may surprise you, but each and ever y one of us is a teacher. We all have some amount of experience. You gain it when you tell someone how to fix a car, ride a bike or explain a difficult homework problem to a friend. Remember that inspiring professor who got you passionate about something? Look at their curriculum vitae. You’ll notice they likely don’t have

a teaching license. What qualifies them is their body of knowledge and a degree. They didn’t need to obtain “experience” through a licensing program to be a great instructor. Don’t forget the bad professors you had, either. They are the ones who cared less or simply couldn’t communicate well. Great teachers engage in self-criticism and constantly tweak their technique.Years of cer tification courses won’t change that. When you hear licensed educators arguing about a lack of “experience,” they are simply concerned about losing their entrenched positions. They are buttressed by a license that on its own says nothing about their abilities — only that they passed the requirements. Is it no surprise that our countr y’s children scored below the international average at reading and math? We need new educators with fresh perspectives on teaching. The UMN-TFA program can help, but it needs approval by the Minnesota Board of Teaching. Unfor tunately, five of the board’s 11 members — all appointed by Gov. Mark Dayton — have leadership positions with Education Minnesota, the state teachers’ union. After Dayton vetoed $1.5 million of funding proposed for TFA, can we expect the Board of Teaching to spur innovation in our school system? Probably not. Benjamin Pearce University student

y now you’ve likely heard about or taken actions to protect yourself from the Hear tbleed bug. The bug made as many as two-thirds of the world’s websites vulnerable LUIS RUUSKA by exploiting a columnist flaw within popular OpenSSL software. It hit popular websites like Instagram and Pinterest, which advise changing your passwords. Although the public and tech industr y only became aware of the Heartbleed bug earlier this month, there are allegations that the National Security Agency has known about the bug for at least two years and has been exploiting it the entire time. So far, NSA officials have maintained their innocence and said they, too, only became aware of the Hear tbleed bug earlier this month. Naturally, the bug would have made it extremely easy for the NSA to mine for the valuable sor t of data it collects supposedly in the interest of national security. But while its intentions through using the bug may have been legitimate, the fact that the NSA exploited the bug while leaving the American public open to a potentially catastrophic act of cyber warfare is extremely unsettling, not to mention contradictor y to the entire purpose of the NSA. In response to these allegations, President Barack Obama and his Review Group on Intelligence Communications Technologies have both reaf firmed their commitment to instituting what they call the “Vulnerabilities Equities Process.” Under this process, government agencies like the NSA would have to disclose information about security risks like the Heartbleed bug to the public unless there is a national security or law enforcement need. Though the American public really doesn’t have any other choice, it still has to put a great deal of tr ust into gover nment agencies and their ability to draw a clear ethical line in their work. If the allegations against the NSA are true, it’s clear that its professional values and ethics do not involve breaking the line, but instead bending it as far as possible. However, I don’t see much of a difference between the two. Luis Ruuska welcomes comments at lruuska@mndaily.com.

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Subsidized computer repairs for students are being cut, and the U’s bottom line is set to benefit.

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or the second time in a year, the University of Minnesota Office of Information Technology is cutting a relatively small but important service, passing on the cost to students. In both cases, OIT blamed declining student demand. In both cases, University Bookstores — which is struggling to make ends meet — has stepped in with a more expensive alternative. Canceling student discounts for Microsoft Office was just the first step. Axing subsidized computer repairs has cemented a disappointing philosophical shift at the University — treating student technology needs as opportunities for revenue rather than service. “The bookstore’s got it; the private sector’s got it,” Vice President and Chief Information Officer Scott Studham told the Minnesota Daily last week, referring to the repair services. “The University shouldn’t be spending students’ tuition money on offering the same services from multiple locations.” This statement is only partially true. Until very recently, University Bookstores’ computer services were limited. The company announced a slew of new repair options Monday — services that will begin the day after subsidized OIT repair stops. Studham and OIT as a whole have tried to frame device repair service as a redundancy and a waste of students’ money. In fact, the service cost only about $150,000 annually, employing six students and one full-time employee who performed on average 90 repairs per month. The ser vice wasn’t redundant until OIT made cuts and the bookstore announced a full-price alternative. OIT is meant to ser ve the entire University, and subsidized repair ser vices are an important part of that mission. Cutting them in favor of full-priced bookstore repairs is a disservice to students in exchange for a little boost to the University Bookstores’ bottom line.

Don’t attack campus media Regardless of the dispute between a campus newspaper and teacher, there’s a bigger issue at stake.

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t the University of Minnesota-Morris, there is controversy between a student newspaper and a biology professor. The professor criticized a satirical piece in the Morris Northstar, which was immediately followed by thefts and vandalism of papers. The piece that sparked controversy came in November and included a photo of Trayvon Mar tin’s deceased face with a caption that read, “Trayvon Mar tin: victim of racism and fascism, and what does [school administration] have to say about it? Nothing. Not a single thing.” Professor Paul “PZ” Myers wrote in a blog post to “Treat their scattered papers as hatefilled trash and dispose of it appropriately.” Nor thstar’s publisher, John Geiger, told City Pages earlier this month that after ward there were four thefts in a two-week period, which began after Myers’ post. Geiger is considering a First Amendment lawsuit and said Myers is “advocating censorship.” While it’s unclear that the Nor thstar has much of a case, the potential harm to campus media is disturbing. As staf f in a student-run newspaper in the University of Minnesota system, the Minnesota Daily Editorial Board empathizes with the Nor thstar. Geiger estimated the thefts cost Northstar nearly $1,000, and at a time when newspapers nationwide are cutting circulation or going out of business, school-funded media may be especially vulnerable. Regardless of whether you agree with the content, these thefts have the potential to harm crucial dialogue around campus. Instead of throwing away papers, Mor ris students, staf f and faculty should actively read campus media, or simply leave it on racks.

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SOFTBALL

Allister’s first recruiting class shines SOFTBALL PREVIEW

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MINNESOTA: No. 13 Minnesota will look to bounce back after a 1-2 series loss at No. 3 Michigan this past weekend. The Gophers gave up only four runs in the first two games of the series with the Wolverines, but their bats managed only four runs in the entire series. Minnesota freshman Sara Groenewegen and senior Sara Moulton make up what is one of the best pitching duos in the Big Ten. That duo has contributed to a 1.93 team ERA, second best in the conference. In the batter’s box, junior infielder Kaitlyn Richardson will look to improve on her .444 batting average, third-best in the Big Ten. She’ll be joined by fellow junior infielder Tyler Walker, whose .395 average sits sixth in the conference. NORTH DAKOTA: UND’s softball team is 4-31 this year, having lost its last eight games and 13 of its last 14. That 4-31 record comes while UND pitchers have surrendered a team ERA of 10.85. UND sophomore first baseman Emily Bell’s .354 batting average is the highest on the team. Her teammate, senior outfielder Amanda Johnson, leads the team with three home runs and a .547 slugging percentage. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

class is that Walker and Richardson are both from the West Coast — the same part of the country that Allister calls home. Allister, a graduate of Stanford and former assistant coach at Oregon, said her West Coast ties helped her with recruiting Richardson. “There were a couple coaches with whom I have ver y good relationships who came to me and said, ‘We can’t believe this girl is still available. You have to come take a look,’ ” she said. Allister followed that bit of advice, and since then, Richardson has developed into one of the best players in the country. Walker, on the other hand, had already committed to the Gophers before Allister was in charge. She said Allister’s vision for the program reaffirmed her decision to come to the Twin Cities. “When Coach Allister came along with the plans she had for the program, I knew for sure, 100 per-

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Minnesota infielder Tyler Walker attempts to steal a base against Wisconsin on April 7, 2013, at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium.

Kaitlyn Richardson and Tyler Walker have led the charge for the junior class. BY JARED CHRISTENSEN jchristensen@mndaily.com

When head coach Jessica Allister ar rived on campus four years ago, she inherited a program which hadn’t placed in the top four of the Big Ten in more than a decade.

Now, four years later, the Gophers softball team is ranked 13th in the nation, has won 33 of its first 41 games and is in line to finish with the best regular season in program history. And much of that success stems from Allister’s first recruiting class, which

entered its junior season this year. That class is led by AllBig Ten infielders Kaitlyn Richardson and Tyler Walker. Richardson, whose lofty .444 batting average is the highest on the team and third-highest in the conference, has paced the team at the plate for much of her career. Walker, whose .395 average is sixth best in the

Big Ten, hasn’t been far behind in terms of offensive production. Allister said the coaching staf f had to quickly throw together a recruiting class after they arrived on campus and said they were fortunate it’s worked out. “We put together a class of seven players in just two months,” she said. “It was absolutely crazy.” A unique quality of that

BASEBALL

Minnesota powers through slew of injuries The Gophers have sustained injuries to numerous key players this season. BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com

Matt Halloran, Dan Motl, Ty McDevitt, Austin Athmann, Dan Olinger, to name a few — and now, starting shortstop Michael Handel. Injuries have ravaged the Gophers baseball team’s roster this season. During Saturday’s game, Handel pulled his hamstring, becoming the latest addition to the seemingly never-ending list of injured players. Though some players have returned from their early-season ailments, the team has spent most of the year working around the slew of injuries its players have faced. “You can’t lose your star ting catcher and your star ting shor tstop and your star ting center fielder [and] a key guy in your bullpen and expect that it’s going to go smoothl y, ” h e a d c o a c h J o h n Anderson said. NCAA college baseball teams are allotted a maximum of 11.7 scholarships, making it tougher to find equivalent replacements for injured starters. “You don’t have the talent in your backups to replace those kinds of players, so we’re doing fine,” he said. “We’re piecing it together.” Minnesota, which lost its second consecutive series over the weekend, is 19-16 on the season

despite the injuries. “In a lot of ways, we’re probably doing better than some people were thinking we could do,” Anderson said. The Gophers have had to shuf fle players around all year, but the team has responded well for the most part. “ We a l w a y s e m p h a size the next man up, so if someone gets hur t, whoever’s playing in their position always has to be ready,” outfielder Jordan Smith said. When Motl went down during the first weekend of the year, Smith, a freshman, made starts in center field. The team stresses the next-man-up mentality, but that’s been easier said than done at the catcher position. When Halloran got hur t, Athmann stepped in. When Athmann went down, Mark Tatera took the role. Athmann, who has since returned to the lineup, said earlier this month that it was fr ustrating to sit on the bench knowing he couldn’t help the team. Still, even with all the injuries, the Gophers have found viable alternatives. Smith said he thinks adaptability has been one of the team’s greatest strengths — a trait he said was also evident amid the numerous travel and schedule adjustments they needed to make at the beginning of the season. Now, as the Gophers seek a Big Ten tour nament bid, they’re not focusing on the injuries. The Gophers sit eighth

cent, there was no place I’d rather play.” That vision has helped the softball program grow, but sophomore catcher Taylor LeMay said the success isn’t all about recruiting — she credits Allister with being able to develop quality talent, too. “When I got to [Minnesota], I was ver y raw,” she said. “I had never really had great coaching before, but Coach Allister has shaped me into a much better player than I was before.” A further testament to Allister’s player development skills is in the way the current junior class has developed. Still, both Richardson and Walker found success as freshmen –­ evidence of the talent Allister has brought to the program. Tonight, the Gophers will showcase that talent in a doubleheader against North Dakota at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium. It’ll be a quick turnaround after that before conference play resumes with a threegame home series against Penn State this weekend.

NHL

Cooke to sit down with NHL BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MARK VANCLEAVE, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota catcher Matt Halloran celebrates with his team after hitting a two-run home run against Iowa on April 27, 2012, at the Metrodome.

in the conference with a 6-9 record. The Big Ten tournament expanded this off-season to include eight teams, rather than the usual six. Minnesota would be in the field if the season ended Wednesday. There’s still work to be done, though, because the Gophers have nine conference games left, including three this weekend against Penn State. “We’re not going to use [injuries] as an excuse, but it’s reality,” Anderson. “It’s an honest perspective of what’s going on. The kids are going to finish up strong here. I trust they will.”

BASEBALL PREVIEW

VS MINNESOTA

HAMLINE

4:05 p.m. Wednesday at Siebert Field

MINNESOTA: The Gophers enter this midweek game against Hamline with a 19-16 overall record. Minnesota is 2-6 in its last eight games. It’s fairly safe to assume that either freshmen Cody Campbell, Toby Anderson or freshman Brian Glowicki will get the nod against Hamline. Those three pitchers have gotten midweek starts for the team this season. HAMLINE: Hamline is 11-12 this season and just split a doubleheader with Carleton on Tuesday. Hamline has played in only two true road games this year and is 0-2 in those contests. These teams met once last year, and Minnesota won 3-1 at the Metrodome. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The momentum of this first-round playoff series has shifted to Minnesota. For the Wild to keep their edge, or for the Colorado Avalanche to halt their momentum, they’ll have to come up with a counter for the loss of an important player. W ild left wing Matt Cooke was summoned for a hearing at the NHL office in New York regarding his kneeing penalty that injured Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie on Monday night in Game 3.The league said Cooke’s meeting will be Wednesday. Guys don’t travel cross country to defend themselves against simple fines, so Cooke is bound to get a multigame ban. “Obviously things you don’t want to have happen. I think we all want to play good, physical, intense hockey,” Wild coach Mike Yeo said. “At the same time, I know that they want to do the same to us. Neither side wants to see anyone get hurt.” Barrie will need four to six weeks to recover from a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee. Avalanche coach Patrick Roy maintained Tuesday his stance from the night before, that the kneeon-knee incident in the open ice during the second period was the most important moment in Minnesota’s 1-0 overtime win. Roy said Cooke should have received a major penalty (he got two minutes in the box) that could have taken the Wild out of their rhythm.

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

BACKTALK

horoscopes

sudoku

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve sudoku, visit sudoku.org.uk.

4/23/2014

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

Today’s Birthday (4/23): Mercury enters Taurus today, encouraging calm reflection. Stop and consider what you really want this year. Research, travel and explore over springtime.

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

Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is a 5 — It’s all about action today (with a Grand Cross in cardinal signs), but the one who initiates loses. Test before pushing ahead.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 5 — Base financial decisions on fact rather than fantasy this month. Update plans and budgets with conservative figures.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 5 — Keep communications grounded in facts this month, with Mercury in Taurus. Postpone travel, risk and expense today ... it could get explosive.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 5 — Someone has a hair-trigger temper ... avoid setting them off. Private actions go farther, with less friction.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 5 — Keep your communications stable, consistent and solid this month. Provide support at home and work. Grab a good deal quickly.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 5 — Breakdowns and obstacles slow things. Get multiple bids for major repairs. Take extra care with kitchen utensils.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 5 — Community and group efforts thrive by weaving together resources, talents and support structures over the next month.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 5 — It’s easier to express your love for a month with Mercury in Taurus. Plant seeds hidden in messages.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 5 — Your communications skill advances your career this month, with Mercury in Taurus. Avoid debate, risk or spending today.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 5 — With Mercury in Taurus for a month, have your home express what you love. Resist the temptation to over-spend.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 5 — Gardening and outdoor activities satisfy this month, with Mercury in Taurus. Fall in love with a fascinating subject.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 5 — Consider the impact of your words before speaking, with Mercury in Taurus for a month. Ground arguments in fact.

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

crossword

from the archive

Friday, April 23, 2004

BACKTALK

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FOR RELEASE APRIL 23, 2014

DAILY CROSSWORD Los

From Khyron

First time writer here Net, but I have got to get in my two cents on this battle of the sexes. First off, to Sk8rzsister and partly femme fatale, Correct, tank tops and sexy clothes are not an invitation for sexual harassment, but I don’t understand why you would be surprised that guys will stare at your chest. Lets face it, girls want to feel sexy; hell, most NUTTing clothes today are created for that sole purpose. Net: “Let’s face it” is a construction that can only be followed by some gross generalization about things which the person writing or speaking has no personal experience. (I.e. Those shirts with one side over the shoulder and the other side like a tube-top or those shorts/pants with logos written on the ass.) If no guys ever glanced at your body when you wear clothes that flaunt it, you’d probably be sorely disappointed. So every time you go out at night (or during the day, depending on how you dress) remember: you’re only wearing these things to make yourself look good for the other half of the human race (unless you’re a lesbian, but I won’t get into that here). Secondly, to Dwnwitfatties and femme fatale, I agree with Dwn, fat girls should not go around in skin-tight clothes that expose their midriffs. I’m not saying girls with a belly, or girls a bit bigger than normal, I am only saying I’m sick of seeing a girl in a tank showing her stomach who’s got a belly button ring hanging down with the rest of her fat, totally covering her goddamned belt! I am not skinny, I know guys that are fat, believe me, you’d be bitching if you saw them in skin-tight shirts and the like. Last I checked Femme, you don’t need to show skin to show your personality. Also, you’re right, most of you do not care what your cleavage does for our penis, but you do care what it does for our attraction to you, which (since we are guys after all) is similar. Net: That’s putting it mildly. Finally, I’d like to comment on D-Man and ChauvinisHEY! SEND YOUR ENTRY, NAME & PHONE TO:

tic_View. Girls can be very helpful, yes. However, that does not mean they’re slaves. I’m not sure about View’s comment about a man always being better than a girl. When I read that, I interpret it as “please, flame me.” Finally, I’d like to address the equality issue. I will use collegiate sports. Women’s hockey is a joke. If these women think they are just as good as the men, then how about this: we’ll cancel women’s hockey, and let you all try out for the men’s team. If you can beat them out for these positions, you’re welcome to play college hockey. Otherwise, admit that you are not equal in all aspects of life. I completely understand that I’m not as good at many things as women are. I suppose this is already too long an entry already. Feedback appreciated. Net: How about we just forward your identifying info to the women’s hockey team?

From elpha

ok, both sides of this debate are stupid. “skankgate” as i am now referring to it, is an easily solvable problem. girls! if you object to being objectified, dress less like objects. and guys! even when dressed as such, do not treat the girls as objects. there, now everything is settled. but network isn’t really about settling differences, but more about yelling at people you don’t know using the great and mighty internet. sooo, to keep the controversy moving, i’d like to propose that all CLA majors be barred from ... i donno, using rollerblades until such time as they can form a sentence that doesn’t have the word “like” in it, and isn’t about drinking, or smoking drugs. in addition, i know its late, but what the NUTT was with that MSA candidate fiasco on the mall? literally bread and circuses? jesus, sometimes i think i’m the only sane one left... which may be the surest sign of insanity. Net: How ‘bout the guy on the Mall with the big picture of Andy Gibb that says “Do you know this man?” Crazy!

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dr. date Dr. Date,

I’ve been with my partner for approximately three years. We live together and (finally!) got married. However, there is one looming topic that has always proved troublesome in our relationship: He’s a staunch Republican, and I am most definitely not. I love him dearly, but occasionally — OK, frequently — his union-busting, fiscal conservatism takes me aback. He comes from a conservative family, and I know it was hard to come out to them, but he very much retains that upbringing despite their dislike of his life choices. Another big issue is that our friends (gay or otherwise) always think he’s joking. It leads to some pretty awkward social situations. Thoughts?

—My Gay Lover Likes Bush

Elephant In The Room,

Well, considering he’s your partner, you’ve known about these issues for a while. Why is it bothering you now? You know you can’t completely change his political views (although hopefully you can sway him a little), so maybe instead you should talk to him about not ranting about Obama in public. Public discussions about politics never end well, so make that the topic of conversation, rather than his Republican beliefs. That way, the issue is his loudly expressing opinions in front of people, not his conservative antics.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

Before the jokes start piling on, I’m being serious. I always had a deep crush on my best friend’s mother. She was younger, attractive and one of the kindest people I’ve ever known. She was a single mother, and I always thought that after I graduated high school (in the same class as her son), there was a bit more to our daily exchanges. Recently, she was diagnosed with a terminal cancer and passed away last month. I’m feeling a lot more grief than I expected, but I don’t feel like I can talk about it to anyone (let alone my best friend). How can I deal?

—Nowhere To Turn

MILF-less,

Well, sorry for your loss, bro. But there isn’t much the doctor can do to help. If you want to talk candidly, your best bet is to chat with someone who is far removed from the situation. Please do not talk to your best friend about how you miss checking out his mom. That will not console him. I’m sure whatever your best friend is going through is approximately 10 times worse. He just lost his mom; you lost your crush. That being said, are there support groups for this kind of thing? Maybe you should start a journal and write to sort out your feelings. You’ll feel better eventually — it’ll just take some time.

—Dr. Date

Need relationship advice? Email Dr. Date at drdate@mndaily.com.

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Min. wage hike reaches beyond workers Business leaders in the University area say they may have to raise prices to adjust. BY MITCHELL YURKOWITZ myurkowitz@mndaily.com

Though many minimum wage earners are celebrating an upcoming pay hike, University of Minnesotaarea businesses are reluctantly preparing for the change. Local business owners say they may adjust their hiring practices and increase prices to adapt to the minimum wage hike Gov. Mark Dayton signed into law last week. They’ll have until August 2016 to iron out the details of how they’ll transition from $6.15 per hour to one of the highest rates in the nation — $9.50. The increase will roll out in phases, with the first pay hike taking ef fect in August. Greg Pillsbur y, owner of Bur rito Loco Bar and Grill and acting president of the Dinkytown Business Association, said he’s concerned about Dinkytown businesses sur viving the change. Many will have to adjust their practices in the coming years to make smooth transitions, he said. “Ever yone thinks that bars and restaurants make all this money, and they don’t, especially on campus,” he said. “Most [business owners] don’t have

six figures laying around at the end of the year to pay extra in labor.” Business owners say they may also have to increase pay for workers not making minimum wage to stay competitive and retain employees, which would cost even more. Stadium Village Commercial Association president Joe Walvoord said this may be the case at the Applebee’s location he manages. “I wouldn’t be surprised if we have to increase their wages, too, to keep them on staff,” Walvoord said. Businesses may also have to lower employee hours or cut staf f to account for added expenses, he said, but none will face extreme losses. “It’s already tough to survive, and [the minimum wage increase] will make it a little harder,” he said. Walvoord said he’s going to wait until the law is fully implemented before he decides to raise other workers’ wages. He said he plans to increase wages only as required, adding that he hopes to keep costs down for as long as possible. “Normally when there are increases like this, the increases are smaller, so it’s easier to adapt,” Walvoord said.

St. Paul leaders want fewer farm antibiotics Antibiotics u from Page 1

bacteria can develop resistance more rapidly and the drugs become less ef fective. “We’re hoping that St. Paul is one of many cities that speaks out about it and that will influence higher levels of government,” said St. Paul City Councilman and resolution co-author Dave Thune.

The impact on farmers

When the sheep on University of Minnesota animal science junior Jaclyn Dingels’ hobby farm get sick, she administers antibiotics to make them better, as she has done for 14 years. Dingels, a member of the University’s Agricultural Education Club, said she only uses antibiotics when an animal is sick and doesn’t administer them non-therapeutically. Across the United States, farmers use more than 29 million pounds of antibiotics for livestock annually, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. While Thune said he doesn’t know of any specific local examples of antibiotic overuse, he said it is a national concern and more people should be aware of the issue. Assistant organic dair y management pr ofessor

ANTIBIOTICS

BY THE NUMBERS

29 million POUNDS OF ANTIBIOTICS ARE USED IN LIVESTOCK FARMS ANNUALLY.

70 percent

MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF ANTIBIOTICS ARE GIVEN TO ANIMALS IN FEED.

23,000

DEATHS RESULT FROM ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE ANNUALLY.

2PEOPLE million BECOME INFECTED

WITH BACTERIA THAT ARE RESISTANT TO ANTIBIOTICS ANNUALLY.

1ALMOST out1of 5 OUT OF 5 EMER-

GENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS FOR ADVERSE DRUG EVENTS RESULT FROM ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE.

140,000

MORE THAN 140,000 PEOPLE VISIT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS FOR REACTIONS TO ANTIBIOTICS ANNUALLY. SOURCE: CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

Bradley Heins works on the University’s Morris campus with two dairy herds — one that doesn’t get antibiotics and one that does. Heins said he hasn’t done specific research on antibiotics comparing the two herds, so he couldn’t draw comparisons on any differences in their health. When cows in the herd that does not receive antibiotics get sick, he said, they administer antibiotics directly. They almost never put antibiotics in feed, he said, which could expose other cows to the drugs. “I think most farmers are using the antibiotics according to their label and that most farms want to have a good wholesome product, so they watch it ver y closely to see if they are giving it cor rectly,” Heins said. The FDA and U.S. Depar tment of Agriculture require farmers to work closely with a veterinarian when giving antibiotics to their livestock. The FDA also sets caps on the amounts of antibiotics that can be present in the edible tissues of livestock and will send warnings to farms that exceed those limits. Minnesota Pork Producers Association Executive Director David Preisler said the farms he works with sometimes use antibiotics in feed during a stressful period in an animal’s life, like weaning or moving to a dif ferent farm, in order to keep it from getting sick. But he said they heavily monitor animals after ward and coordinate doses with a veterinarian. Preisler said he’s more concerned about how humans are affected by antibiotics they take directly, rather than those they get through food. Thune said he doesn’t worr y as much about antibiotics that humans take directly, because insurers and clinicians are more aware of their adverse health effects. He said food consumers, on the other hand, may not be as informed. Dingels said she suppor ts limitations on antibiotic use, but extreme restrictions aren’t necessary. “As a farmer myself, it is my whole goal to raise a safe and healthy product for consumers, and I think that is unanimous with all farmers across the state and the countr y,” she said. “That’s why we what we do and get up ever y day at 6 a.m. to feed the sheep. It’s all so that we can help feed our community.”

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

Burrito Loco employees prepare food for customers Tuesday afternoon. Burrito Loco is a local business that pays some employees minimum wage, so it will be affected by a proposed minimum wage increase.

Minnesota’s new law mandates that by Aug. 1, large employers must pay their employees at least $8 per hour. By 2015, that rate jumps to $9, with the final $9.50 rate set to take effect in 2016. After that, the state Legislatur e could halt

increases or change the rate in the case of an economic downturn. Walvoord said he hopes state legislators consider modifying the minimum wage law to lower wages for employees who receive tips, noting that this would affect many of his business’s

employees. Supply chains and operations sophomore Dylan Diekmann works as a security officer in Minneapolis and makes more than $9.50 per hour. He’s hopeful for a raise because of the minimum wage hike, he said. Many minimum wage

workers, like sophomore Maria Ruddle, who works as a tutor, are excited for the change. “It’ll be really nice to have a little more money in my pocket ever y month,” she said. “It’s not going to pay of f my loans, but it’s something.”

U gauges study abroad safety risks The Learning Abroad Center evaluates travel alerts on a case-by-case basis. BY TAYLOR NACHTIGAL tnachtigal@mndaily.com

Katie Norlund is hoping to hone her Russian this summer when she studies abroad in St. Petersburg. Norlund, a political science sophomore, will spend her summer in Russia, despite a travel aler t issued for the countr y because of ongoing tensions with neighboring Ukraine. “As far as my safety goes … I don’t have any worries,” Norlund said. The Lear ning Abroad Center and the University of Minnesota assess student risk on a case-by-case basis and consider a variety of factors when making the decision to allow study abroad programs in areas with travel warnings. In March, the University’s study abroad program to Venezuela was canceled because of protests over crime and economic issues.

Protests have cropped up across the countr y in recent months, sometimes turning violent. In Mérida, where the s t u d y a b r oa d pr og ra m was based, protesters clogged the main square and blocked traf fic, said program director Holly Zimmerman-LeVoir. The protests in Mérida w er en ’t d a n g er ou s f or students, Zimmerman-LeVoir said, but they inhibited travel enough that the Lear ning Abroad Center decided the overall student experience would be diminished. “The buses would be shut down; it was hard to get taxis. The students couldn’t get around as easily as we wanted,” Zimmerman-LeVoir said. “I didn’t think it was fair that they couldn’t get around and move as freely.” Individual students and the Learning Abroad Center

work with the International Travel Risk Assessment and Advisory Committee, a group of University officials who help assess the risk of traveling to countries with U.S. State Depar tment-issued travel warnings. If a student wants to travel to a countr y with a travel war ning, the committee weighs the educational benefits against the travel risks and assesses safety plans. The committee also consults repor ts from the World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said University International Health, Safety and Compliance Director Stacey Tsantir. The St. Petersburg program will go on despite tension between the U.S. and Russia because the risk to students is minimal, said Thuy Doan, associate advising director for the Learning Abroad Center. The region has been a source of tension in the inter national community since Russia annexed

Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula a month ago. Z i m m e r m a n - L e Vo i r said programs aren’t often canceled, but there have been a few instances in which students have been pulled out of a countr y because of risks during their time abroad. In 2009, University students had to leave Mexico after an outbreak of the H1N1 virus. When Japan was hit by a tsunami in 2011, University students were evacuated because of concerns about exposure to radiation from damaged nuclear facilities. That same year, students in Egypt were evacuated during the revolution against then-Pr esident Hosni Mubarak. “Safety of the student is always our No. 1 concern, so if we don’t think the students aren’t going to be safe, we will cancel it,” Zimmerman-LeVoir said. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

In Ukraine’s east, mayor held hostage by insurgent BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine — When armed men seized the police station in this eastern Ukrainian city, mayor Nelya Shtepa declared she was on their side. She changed her story a few days later. Then she disappeared — the victim of an apparent abduction by the man who now lays claim to her job. On Tuesday, she resurfaced, expressing support once again for the pro-Russia insurgents — but possibly no longer as mayor. The mayoral mess, which pits the flamboyant leopard print-clad Shtepa against a mysterious rival who favors black baseball caps, reflects the anger, confusion and lawlessness that have gripped eastern Ukraine as armed groups opposed to the countr y’s interim government seize police stations and government buildings. In town after town in the beleaguered east, it’s hard to tell who’s in control — and the situation in Slovyansk is just one of the most dramatic examples. Since the unrest began, pro-Russia insurgents have adopted a strategy of electing so-called people’s leaders: mayors and regional governors who claim to represent the people’s will, despite their questionable background and skills for the job. One reportedly is under criminal investigation, another is an

Internet blogger. Caught in the middle of the turmoil are bewildered and anxious residents, for whom daily life proceeds blocks away from seized buildings surrounded by barricades and manned by masked gunmen. “We’re tired. We need only one thing: peace and quiet. It’s not important who guarantees it, Moscow or Kiev,” said cook Irina Grivets. The man who now claims to be mayor says Shtepa was under the care of his comrades in the pro-Russia forces. But Vyacheslav Ponomarev is himself a dubious figure: No one seems to know his past and Ponomarev refuses to give any clarification. Shtepa, famous for her platinum-blond hair, championed the insurgents’ cause when they seized the police station on April 13 — saying she agreed with their demands of holding a referendum on the region’s status. “These are not some kind of out-of-towners from western Ukraine,” Shtepa, dressed in a bright pink down jacket and high heels, told a crowd through a loudspeaker, as masked men in body armor cheered her on. But as central authorities dispatched troops and military vehicles to retake the buildings and key infrastructure facilities in the east, Shtepa quickly changed course. She called the men

insurgents and their presence an “occupation.” She complained that they had seized and demolished her office and began referring to army troops dispatched by the Kiev government to fight the gunmen as “our, Ukrainian troops.” Shtepa explained her Uturn, saying that she had pretended to be on the gunmen’s side in order to free dozens of hostages from the buildings that the insurgents stormed. Speaking on a popular TV show last Wednesday, Shtepa complained of lootings by the insurgents and claimed that they were the Russian military: “Today, these already are Green Men,” Shtepa said in a reference to military men aligned with Moscow. Little is known about the armed men other than their pro-Russia sentiments; it’s not even clear whether they are Russian or Ukrainian or a mixture of both. The following morning, she walked into city hall for a meeting with Ponomarev — and wasn’t seen again for five days. On Tuesday, the Russian news site LifeNews ran a video interview with her — in what the site said was her former office — praising the insurgents as men with “strong souls” and thanking Russian President Vladimir Putin for annexing Crimea. The report also showed what it said was a resignation letter that Shtepa

willingly signed. Unlike Shtepa, who was elected in 2010, Ponomarev’s identity is a mystery to everyone. By his own account, he served in the Soviet army and in special forces after the fall of the Soviet Union. Until recently, he was running a tailor’s shop and now heads a company that produces soap. Asked about the specifics, or even his residence and citizenship, he typically answers: “I’m not going to tell you.” Tanned and rugged like a construction worker, Ponomarev sounds like a military man although his accent is difficult to pin down and it’s not clear whether he has any ties to Slovyansk. He is usually seen in an entourage of masked gunmen and two women, one of whom is a local lawmaker. The women seem to be clueless about Ponomarev’s past, too. Ponomarev brushes off questions about his legitimacy or even details of how he was elected. Residents seem to be unaware of exactly how the army veteran came to replace the middle-aged woman and are only praying the stand-off will end. “Under Shtepa, things were quiet and the streets were clean,” said teacher Andriy Khoronenko. “Now we’ve got barricades and drunken activists with automatic rifles and Russian flags. How am I supposed to feel about it?”