April 24, 2014 by The Minnesota Daily

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The new Mesa Pizza branch will settle in before asking the city for extended hours.

The Ward 2 City Councilman is pushing old ideas, despite new leaders at City Hall.

The Gophers had a two-week rest and are ready to get back in the water.

No late-night Mesa in Stadium Village

Councilman Cam Gordon keeps goals intact

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Students could see more in-state grants The task A $17.6 million surplus could be divided among Minnesota State Grant recipients. BY BLAIR EMERSON bemerson@mndaily.com

Nearly one-third of University of Minnesota undergraduates could get more state money to help pay their college expenses next year. The Minnesota State Grant program

will have a $17.6 million surplus that could award students receiving the aid up to an extra $200 each. About 30 percent of University undergraduates receive the state grant. On average, their aid will increase by about $137 for the 2014-15 academic year, said Ginny Dodds, the Minnesota Office of Higher Education’s financial aid programs manager. “It’s not a huge increase, but it is a move in the right direction,” Dodds said. The state grant, which is calculated in conjunction with the federal Pell Grant,

is awarded to lower- and middle-income students. Minnesota Student Association members and other students suppor ted increased funding for the state grant program at the group’s lobbying event last month. “State grant recipients are students who have identified financial needs,” said MSA member and Minnesota Student Legislative Coalition chairman Matt Forstie. “Anything that we can do to better meet their u See GRANTS Page 7A

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of getting tenure For faculty across the country, getting tenure can be an uphill battle — and it’s getting tougher. BY MEGHAN HOLDEN mholden@mndaily.com

Getting tenure isn’t easy. University of Minnesota faculty sometimes work for nearly a decade to achieve tenure status. And once they’re through the process, the University can still deny tenure and ask them to leave the institution. Next month, the University’s Board of Regents will vote on whether to approve tenure status for a list of faculty members, determining the applicants’ futures at the institution. In recent years, making it to this point has become more difficult, with fewer job openings in academia and increased requirements for approval. “Let me just say, it’s a ner vous [process],” said Karen Miksch, an associate professor of higher education and law who was granted tenure in 2008. Miksch, who now serves as co-chair of the Faculty Senate Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee, said she went through a rigorous tenure process, including u See TENURE Page 5A

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After riot, cops prep for typical Spring Jam Police said they’re ready for anything but are expecting few problems at this year’s festival. BY NICK STUDENSKI nstudenski@mndaily.com

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For campus police during this weekend’s Spring Jam, it’ll be business as usual. Following the raucous incidents earlier this month during the NCAA Frozen Four hockey tournament, University of Minnesota police say they aren’t anticipating any riots during this weekend’s celebration. In April 2009, more than 500 students took to the streets of Dinkytown in the infamous “Spring Jam riots” that resulted in 12 arrests. University police Deputy Chief Chuck Miner said he thinks the social host ordinance, which the Minneapolis City Council passed in 2010, has helped tame out-ofcontrol parties near campus during Spring Jam and other major celebrations. The ordinance made it a misdemeanor to host a party at which minors are drinking. Underage drinking is one of the most common problems during Spring Jam, Miner said. Muted celebrations or not, Miner said u See SPRING JAM Page 6A

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CSE touts student work The annual College of Science and Engineering week is a chance to court future students. BY KRISTOFFER TIGUE ktigue@mndaily.com

A disc saw screamed in the basement of Keller Hall, spraying a fine mist of wood shavings into the air. The freshly cut board was made to complete the paneling on a homemade arcade game, complete with four controllers for multiplayer mode. A few feet away, physics freshman Mitchell Paull adjusted the decibel levels of his speakers, which then sprayed mineral oil almost a foot into the air and onto the lab table. “It’s going to take some adjustments,” he said, laughing nervously. Both projects will be on display Friday

for the College of Science and Engineering Expo as part of the annual CSE Week. For 100 years, the University of Minnesota has thrown a weeklong celebration dedicated to science and engineering. This year, the Expo is the featured attraction. On April 25, more than 2,000 Twin Cities middle school students will visit campus for a day of about 50 outdoor science experiments and presentations from CSE student organizations. The event aims to encourage students at a young age to start thinking about science in an engaging and meaningful way, said CSE Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs Susan Kubitschek. If outreach for scientific engagement isn’t done until high school, she said, it’s often too late. It’s common for those who choose science as a career path to have u See CSE Page 18A

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Mechanical engineering freshman Micah Lindstrom works on “Strand Beast,” a giant, pedalpowered giant mechanical moving sculpture, outside Rapson Hall on Friday.

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Amid Russia warning, Ukraine finds itself in security dilemma BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DONETSK, Ukraine — Russia’s foreign minister warned Wednesday that attacks on Russian citizens or interests in Ukraine would bring a firm response and drew a comparison to the circumstances that opened the war with Georgia in 2008. “Russian citizens being attacked is an attack against the Russian Federation,” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, a day after Ukraine announced it was re-launching a campaign against pro-Kremlin insurgents occupying government facilities in the mostly Russian-speaking east. “If we were attacked we could cer tainly respond,” Lavrov said, speaking on the Kremlin-funded satellite TV channel RT. Lavrov’s warning came as the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a separate statement demanding that Ukraine pull its armed forces out of the crisis-ridden region. “If our interests, our legitimate interests, the interests of Russians have been attacked directly, like they were

in South Ossetia, I do not see any other way but to respond in full accordance with international law,” Lavrov said, referring to the 2008 war that led to the breaking away of the Georgian republic of South Ossetia. In that conflict, Russia launched an invasion of Georgia after it unleashed an artillery attack on the capital of the separatist region, where Russian peacekeeping forces were stationed. However, unlike the conflict with Georgia, Russia has denied having troops or agents in eastern Ukraine. The Russian warnings came as an accord reached last week in Geneva to defuse the Ukraine crisis continued to crumble, with pro-Russian insurgents in the east defying calls for all sides to disarm and to vacate the buildings they are occupying. On Tuesday, Ukraine’s acting president, Oleksandr Turchynov, ordered resumption of an “antiterrorist operation” against the pro-Russia forces. However, the highly publicized move produced little action

on the ground Wednesday. A previous campaign to reclaim seized buildings showed few results before it was suspended last week. Ukrainian forces claimed to have regained control of one small airport, but insurgents also seized armored vehicles and reports said some Ukrainian soldiers had switched sides. “Security forces are in a state of disorganization and demoralization,” said Kiev-based political analyst Volodymyr Fesenko. “Today, most of them don’t want to fight for anyone because they don’t know who is going to win tomorrow and how all of this will end.” The army is underfunded and poorly equipped after years of corruption and mismanagement under Viktor Yanukovych, the Russiafriendly president who fled the country in February after months of protests. Yanukovych’s ouster sparked wide anger in his support base in Ukraine’s east. The insurgents, who claim Ukraine’s postYanukovych government

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MEXICO CITY — U.S. Defense Secretar y Chuck Hagel said Wednesday he is exploring ways to deepen U.S.Mexican defense ties, including the possibility of training exercises with Mexican forces. Hagel made the comment Wednesday to repor ters traveling with him to Mexico City for talks Thursday with his Mexican and Canadian counterparts. Militar y relations between the U.S. and Mexico have long been troubled, beginning with Mexico’s loss of territor y to the U.S. in the 1800s. More recently, ties have been strained by the battle against cross-border drug trafficking. Hagel said Thursday’s talks would also touch on security threats in the region, such as violent extremist groups, as well as potential areas of cooperation, including disaster relief planning and humanitarian assistance. Hagel also is scheduled to visit Guatemala before returning to Washington on Friday. Hagel, on his first trip to Latin America since he took office in February 2013, said he sees a lot of room for improvement in how the U.S. interacts with the region. “Over the years we’ve probably never done enough to reach out to our Latin American partners,” he said, in part due to an absence of crisis-driven urgency. “The places that get most of the attention around the world are the trouble spots,” he said. Hagel is only the third U.S. secretary of defense to visit Mexico. William Perr y was the first in 1995; the other was Robert Gates, who was here most recently in 2010.

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s powerful army has asked a government regulator to shut down a leading private news channel over what the military calls “false” reports that the country’s intelligence service shot one of its top anchors. Press freedom advocates on Wednesday decried the move against Geo News TV, whose popular talk show host Hamid Mir suffered multiple gunshot in the attack last Saturday. Mir’s shooting has sparked protests by journalists in Pakistan, a country considered one of the world’s most dangerous postings for reporters and where its military and intelligence services still hold tremendous power despite its transition to democracy. The complaint, posted on the website of the Committee to Protect Journalists, said the army wanted the station closed because of its “false and scandalous campaign” against Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence, or the ISI. Mir’s brother, Amir Mir, appeared on the station after the shooting and blamed the ISI for trying to kill his brother, saying he told his family about threats made by the service against him. Since then, the station repeatedly aired the accusations against the spy agency, blaming it for the “assassination attempt” against Mir. The ISI, which has no public spokesman, has not comment publicly about the allegations. However, the defense ministry filed the complaint late Tuesday against Geo to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulation Authority, spokesman Fakhruddin Mughal said. The complaint accuses the station of “undermining the integrity and tarnishing the image of (a) state institution and its officers and falsely linking it with the terrorist outfits.” “The reporting made and the programs aired cannot be viewed as a single event,” the complaint reads. “Geo Network has a history of acting illegally in furtherance of the anti-Pakistan agenda.”

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No late-night Mesa in Stadium Village The new branch of Mesa Pizza will get settled in before asking the city to stay open late. BY NICOLAS HALLETT nhallett@mndaily.com

Mesa Pizza opened its newest pizza-by-the-slice storefront in Stadium Village this month, but this location is without one of Mesa’s most popular allures — late-night hours. For now, the new store, located in the Stadium Village Plaza between Burger King and Darque Tan, will hold off on applying for a city license to stay open late. At first, Mesa Pizza was seeking an extended hours license for the new location as soon as possible, general manager Wade Owe said, but later decided to wait and prove itself to the neighborhood before applying. City code keeps commercial residents from disturbing the neighborhood, Minneapolis Business Licenses Manager Grant Wilson said. The extended hours licensing process requires the business to send a notice to all neighbors within 350 feet, and then the City Council has to approve the license. “Late-night hours do cause problems in some areas,” Wilson said. “You want to go in carefully, I think, and allow the neighbors to get to know you. The neighbors influence the policymakers who grant or deny the license.” The Stadium V illage store is the franchise’s second location near the University of Minnesota. Its third Minnesota-based restaurant is in Uptown. The new storefront will ser ve as an express version of Mesa Pizza, Owe said, and isn’t intended to replace the Dinkytown location, which a proposed Doran Companies development could displace if the

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A Mesa Pizza staff member stands near Washington Avenue to draw more customers to the newly opened restaurant. The new Mesa is currently open until 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday and Sunday, but the restaurant plans to apply for an extended hours license in order to be open as late as the Dinkytown location.

city approves the demolition permits. Mesa Pizza owner David Hathaway said the restaurant will find another location in Dinkytown if the Doran proposal goes through, and he said Mesa signed a “long-term” lease for the Stadium Village property. “All the other stores are doing really well,” Hathaway said. “We kind of wanted to add another store somewhere, and we like the Minneapolis area and have a good reputation with students. So we figured, why not try Stadium Village?” The pizza is the same as Mesa’s Dinkytown location, Owe said, but the Stadium Village branch is missing a

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few of its menu’s more “exotic” flavors, won’t offer delivery orders and stays open until 11 p.m. at the latest. “We are going to try and keep it simple,” Owe said, “at least until we get more business and know we can suppor t having the entire extra stuff.” Architecture sophomore Trevor Kinnard, who lives nearby in Stadium View apar tments, often visits Mesa’s Dinkytown location after midnight and said he’s upset the new location isn’t open late. “It’s kind of disappointing that I have to walk all the way to Dinkytown to get a slice,” Kinnard said. In the past, Prospect

Park has attempted to limit the number of liquor licenses in the area in order to deter late-night parties and crime. Stores with extended hours affect how and when police monitor an area, Wilson said. “That’s a city concern,” he said. “Generally, if it can be done safely and without problems, it’s pretty rare [the license] is denied.” The city annually reviews the license, making it easier to revoke it from businesses that cause disturbances, Wilson said. Businesses usually receive the extended hours license about one month after applying, he said. Senior civil engineering

major Joe Totten said he’s enjoyed the new Mesa and stops in between classes. “I hope they do well, and I hope they sur vive,” he said. “It’s good food.” The Stadium V illage area is growing with a wide array of incoming developments. Hundreds of student housing units are set to open in the coming years, Surly Brewing Co. is moving into nearby Prospect Park and Metro Transit’s Green Line will begin running June 14. “I think that Stadium Village is starting to become one of the most happening places around campus,” Totten said, “especially if stuff like this is allowed to

be open later.” Hathaway said it took the Uptown store about three years to get its extended hours license after it opened in 2011. “It was ver y frustrating for us,” he said. “It was very frustrating because we did a great job [meeting their requirements].” Hathaway said the plan for the Stadium Village restaurant is to wait a couple of months or longer until Mesa proves it’s not going to cause any problems. “We’re trying to just tow the line [and] do everything we’re supposed to do,” Owe said. “Then, as soon as we can, be open late.”

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Homeowner: 2 teens shot dead were ‘vermin’ BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LITTLE FALLS — Jurors listened Wednesday as a man called two teenagers who broke into his central Minnesota home “vermin” on an audio recording shortly after fatally shooting them. Byron Smith also could be heard saying he was doing his “civic duty” on the recording, which was played during his trial. He is charged with first-degree premeditated murder in the deaths of 18-year-old Haile Kifer and 17-year-old Nick Brady. Smith, 65, claims he feared for his life that Thanksgiving Day in 2012 and shot the teens in selfdefense. He had an audio recorder running during the shootings, and prosecutors have been playing the recording at trial. On the part played Wednesday, Smith was heard saying, “They weren’t human. I don’t see them as human. I see them as vermin.” “I was doing my civic duty,” Smith was heard saying in another part. “I had to do it.” Smith was alone when the teens broke in and didn’t alert anyone about the shootings until the next day. Prosecutors say he planned the killings that stunned Little Falls, the central Minnesota city of about 8,000 people where Smith lives, and stirred debate about how far people can go to defend their homes. Authorities who searched Smith’s home testified Wednesday that they found an audio recorder that was turned on, an operating surveillance system and a cellphone jamming device. A photo displayed in court showed the recorder

nestled on top of books on a bookshelf. Prosecutors say Smith sat near it and waited for the teens to enter his basement. “I noticed it was on,” Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Special Agent William Bennett said in his testimony about finding the device. “I noticed there was batteries in it, almost as if someone turned it on and let it go until it was dead.” On Tuesday, a par t of the recording was played in court that captured the sounds of Smith shooting Brady several times as he was walking downstairs into the basement, including telling Brady “You’re dead” and dragging him into his workshop. A few minutes later, Kifer could be heard walking downstairs and was also shot several times. Another shot was heard soon after. In a statement to investigators, Smith called it a “finishing shot.” Bennett also testified that he saw a DVR recorder on a workbench in the room where the teens’ bodies were found. He said he turned on the monitor and saw that the four cameras it was connected to were operating. Upstairs in the kitchen, Bennett said, he found a device designed to block incoming and outgoing cellphone calls. He said he tested it and it worked. Defense attorney Adam Johnson requested a mistrial on Wednesday, saying the defense hadn’t seen notes on forensic evidence gathered by state investigators, including how far Smith was from Kifer when he fired. Morrison County District Judge Douglas Anderson denied the request but took a break to give attorneys time to go over the material.

Student activists take on Keystone XL pipeline Students from three states are joining a protest this weekend. BY VANESSA NYARKO vnyarko@mndaily.com

A bus of student environmental activists, including some from the University of Minnesota, is headed to the nation’s capital Friday. While in Washington, D.C., they will participate in a weeklong rally called “Reject and Protect” to protest the Keystone XL pipeline. Sections of the pipeline currently run down the middle of the U.S. from southern Canada, and a proposed addition would run over the Ogallala Aquifer in Nebraska. In response, the Cowboy and Indian Alliance — a

group of ranchers, farmers and Native American tribes from Nebraska who would be affected by the pipeline extension — organized the “Reject and Protect” rally because the extension would cut through their land. The group rode into the capital city and set up camp near the White House on Tuesday. Several national groups, concerned citizens and college students have signed on to the effort and plan to join the group this weekend. “The nature of the march is different because it is not led by traditional environmentalists, but frontline communities,” said political science freshman Alex Vagac, who is joining the protest. This is the third time this year that University student environmentalists have traveled to Washington to

protest the pipeline, she said. Vagac last traveled to the capital in March and said she and several others were arrested for civil disobedience. This week’s protest will be more peaceful than resistant, she said. Students from several Minnesota colleges are attending, including Macalester College, Carleton College and the University of MinnesotaDuluth, said Andy Pearson, a recent University graduate. He works as the Tar Sands Coordinator for environmentalist group MN350 and helped organize the student trip. The bus will take off from Minneapolis’ Whole Foods location Friday morning, he said, stopping in Madison, Wis., and Chicago to pick up more students along the way. The group will stay in

Washington, D.C., for one day and head back home Saturday night. Macalester College senior Maria Langholz, who helped organize the trip, said students who travel to Washington, D.C., will benefit by learning from environmentalists with different experiences and backgrounds. Pearson said student activism has contributed to the years of delays in building the controversial pipeline’s most recent expansion. But because the Keystone XL addition may put tribal and ranch lands at risk, Pearson said, students aren’t alone in their protest. “It is something that the opposition to it is so intergenerational, it’s not just young people, it’s not just old people — it’s all people,” he said.

State Senate approves additional aid for women BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Senate passed a cluster of measur es Wednesday designed to help women in the workplace that include steps to level pay, longer parental leave and assurances they have private rooms for nursing when they return. The 51-14 vote sets up a likely negotiation with the House, which passed legislation that goes even fur ther. The Democraticled House also has the option of embracing the Senate version. Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton supports the thrust of the bills and has urged lawmakers to get him something to sign before the May 19 adjournment deadline.

All Senate Democrats voted for the bill, which they framed as overdue steps to give women more employment security. The ef for t dovetails with a national push by Democrats to implement more safeguards for female workers. The Republicans who opposed the measure said it involves too much government interference. The legislation, dubbed the Women’s Economic Security Act by supporters, would require many companies with state government contracts to cer tify they pay men and women similarly. It would prevent companies from retaliating against employees who openly discuss their wage disparities. Nursing rooms would have to be provided,

other than a bathroom or toilet stall, with threats of fines for companies that don’t comply. The bill also establishes a competitive grant program for women who star t their own companies in cer tain fields to help them with training, mentoring and networking. Democratic Sen. Sandra Pappas of St. Paul, the bill’s sponsor, said state leaders should “do what we can to foster women’s par ticipation in the workforce.” Sen. Car rie Ruud, RBreezy Point, said it delivers a disturbing message about reliance on gover nment and could convey they are “victims” in society. “What are we telling women? Unless the government steps up you’re

not smar t enough, you’re not tough enough, you’re not capable enough to be successful on your own?” Rudd said. Republican Sen. Julianne Or tman of Chanhassen, a candidate for U.S. Senate, tried unsuccessfully to break the bill apart so more-popular provisions could travel on their own, such as a doubling of the potential unpaid pregnancy and parenting leave to 12 weeks and permission for women to use sick leave if they are victims of sexual or domestic abuse. The change would put Minnesota among several states that now allow up to 12 weeks for parental leave; Connecticut allows up to 16 weeks for family leave.

For faculty members, the task of getting tenure is growing tougher 2013 UNIVERSITY FACULTY PROMOTION AND TENURE RECOMMENDATIONS 88

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internal and external performance reviews and a vote from colleagues within her department. After the extensive process, she faced Board of Regents approval. Last year, the Board of Regents considered 88 assistant professors recommended for tenure and promotion to associate professor and denied only one. But these numbers don’t paint the full picture of how many University faculty members don’t achieve tenure status. Unlike Miksch, not ever yone makes it to the Board of Regents vote. Tenure-track faculty go through annual reviews within their depar tments, and some aren’t reappointed. Others may decide to leave the University, depending on the feedback they receive. The elements necessar y to succeed are fluid and var y by depar tment, said assistant political science professor Kathleen Marchetti, and reasons for

be more careful about keeping good relationships with their colleagues, who could get a vote in deciding whether they stay. University of MinnesotaMorris biology assistant professor Michael Ceballos said cultural differences can cause difficulties between colleagues. Faculty of color, for example, might not receive as much mentoring if they’re perceived as an “outsider” in the department, he said. Ceballos, who’s on the second year of his tenure track, said he’s r un into these problems before as an American Indian faculty member, but he is hoping that it won’t affect him negatively when it comes time for his reviews. Student evaluations of instructors also play a role in determining a tenure candidate’s success. Assaad said the committee notes when faculty members receive consistently poor reviews from their students in their report to the faculty member. But he said colleagues will typically confront those members about their per formance before the committee makes any

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failure could range from not getting along with colleagues to underachieving in research. “It’s really going to be hard to point to a single cause,” she said. Research institutions like the University will likely put great weight on a candidate’s academic research — an increasing theme in the liberal arts, Marchetti said. Since the Great Recession, competition for jobs in academia has intensified, she said, necessitating more impressive applications filled with significant research. Full-time tenured faculty represented about 17 percent of instructors nationwide in 2011 — a nearly 4 percent decrease from a decade earlier. Ragui Assaad, chair of the Humphrey School of Public Af fairs’ Promotion and Tenure Committee, said the standards for faculty to gain tenure have gradually increased because applicants are making their résumés increasingly competitive. The increased competition could also mean that tenure-track faculty have to

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final decisions. Being denied tenure can be difficult, but Marchetti said it isn’t necessarily the end of the road for scholars. Candidates denied tenure can find success looking

for jobs at different types of higher education institutions or those with similar or slightly lower rankings than the one that denied them tenure, she said. “It doesn’t mean that

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you’re marked as a tenuredenial for the rest of your career,” Marchetti said.

Thursday, April 24, 2014

riots, Gordon’s goals don’t sway Despite no extra Spring The Ward 2 City Councilman is still pushing old ideas, despite new leaders at City Hall.

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BY T YLER GIESEKE tgieseke@mndaily.com

Even after ser ving on the City Council for nearly a decade, Cam Gordon hasn’t strayed from his roots. The Ward 2 City Councilman has served the University of Minnesota and surrounding neighborhoods since 2006, and his ecological and equity goals haven’t wavered — even after an influx of new leadership at City Hall this year. “He looks at the world through green-tinted glasses,” said Jacob Frey, a freshman City Council member who also represents parts of the University area. Since Januar y, Gordon has worked alongside a new mayor and City Council to chart a new course. Still, he said, he’s keeping his guiding principles in mind. Since first getting elected, Gordon has supported initiatives ranging from expanding ordinances for greenhouses to helping urban farmers, and now he said he’s working to further expand those ideas. In Januar y, the veteran City Council member became chair of a new City Council committee focused on health and sustainability issues. It’s currently pushing aggressive greenhouse gas reduction policies. Earlier this year, the committee evaluated a study on how the city should organize its energy policies as city contracts with Xcel Energy and CenterPoint Energy come to an end this year. The City Council will pursue shorter contracts, Gordon said, and will explore new collaborative approaches to achieving long-term environmental goals. Other existing projects include making healthy foods more available to residents, Gordon said.

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Ward 2 City Councilman Cam Gordon stands on the University of Minnesota’s East Bank.

He’s drafting a mobile grocery store ordinance to allow vendors and farmers to more easily collaborate on selling food. He said he’s also hoping a measure known as a “conservation district ordinance” will pass and allow neighborhoods to protect against unwanted development. The proposal would likely af fect the Prospect Park neighborhood and block growth that could affect the area’s character, without going so far as to classify the neighborhood as a historic district. City Council members have unsuccessfully pushed the ordinance for years. “There’s lots of work ahead,” Gordon said.

TCE in Como Frey said Gordon connects with a wide range of stakeholders when he’s pursuing an issue, including the revelation last year that soil vapors containing trichloroethylene could be seeping into some Southeast Como homes. Gordon reached out to Southeast Como residents who were affected by the problem. Jerod Greenisen, a member of the University’s Minnesota Student Association, said Gordon made it a

GORDON’S PROGRESS ON SELECTED ISSUES GOAL: Establish goals for the city and Ward 2. STATUS: COMPLETE GOAL: Require landlords to disclose environmental contamination tests. STATUS: COMPLETE GOAL: Create an efficient energy system for the city. STATUS: IN PROGRESS GOAL: Protect Southeast Como residents from TCE vapors. STATUS: IN PROGRESS GOAL: Allow mobile grocery stores in the city. STATUS: MORE WORK NEEDED SOURCE: WARD 2 CITY COUNCILMAN CAM GORDON

point to help students. Gordon championed a successful proposal in February that now requires Minneapolis landlords to tell tenants the results of environmental contamination testing on their properties — a change that was motivated by the problem in Southeast Como. Besides pushing the new ordinance, Gordon said, he’s met with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and neighborhood organizations to determine effective strategies to mitigate TCE. “There’s going to be some long-term cleanup that will

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permanently restore the area,” he said. Gordon is active in the University District Alliance, a group of University, city and community leaders that meets once a month to discuss the needs of campusarea neighborhoods. Elizabeth Dunens, who ser ves as the University’s Graduate and Professional Student Assembly delegate to the group, said Gordon used his role on the board to address the issue effectively. “He was decisive, and he acted quickly,” Greenisen said.

University police will be on full alert this weekend, and the majority of the department’s officers will be working. Police increase the number of of ficers on campus during the annual festival, Miner said, much like during other large events, such as football games and concerts. In par ticular, the headlining concert requires extra security because it usually draws the most people to campus. University police of ficers will be working overtime at the Mac Miller concert on Saturday, Miner said. Student Unions and Activities, which organizes the event, will pay for officers’ extra hours. Assistant Director Erik Dussault said SUA worked with Mariucci Arena staf f to develop a safety plan based on previous similar events on campus. Dussault said planning for this year’s indoor concert was a departure from previous years’ outdoor events. Allocating resources is easier with an indoor concer t, he said, because the concert is ticketed and it’s easier to estimate the number of students who will attend. So far, Dussault said, SUA is planning on 6,000 to 7,000 students, on par with last year. Animal science sophomore Lauren Snell said the indoor concer t will likely keep fans subdued. “If it was outside, I think it would be a lot crazier,” she said. The athletic depar tment organizes security for events inside athletic facilities. They’ve hired private help from Contemporar y Ser vices Corpora-

tion to monitor the event as well. University police also work with private security during football games and other large events. Because private security is less expensive than police of ficers, Miner said the University can hire more to help with duties like ushering concer tgoers to their seats. If something more serious happens, private security personnel notify University police. “They’re the first layer of security,” Miner said. Snell said she enjoyed last year’s Spring Jam concert and didn’t see too many people get out of control. This year students are less excited about Miller’s per for mance, Snell said. “I don’t know anyone who’s going, to be honest,” she said. Environmental sciences, policy and management freshman Madeline Carter said she doesn’t expect Spring Jam to get too raucous. It’s inevitable that some students will get a little rowdy, Car ter said, but many will be more responsible, especially after seeing the consequences for bad behavior during the Frozen Four tournament. “I think it’s really what you make it,” she said. FloCo Fusion hosted a block par ty in its cour tyard during last year’s Spring Jam, leasing consultant Mia Fleming said, but police asked the apartment complex hold of f this year because they received too many calls last time. Instead, Fleming said the complex will host “FloCo Field Day” next weekend. “We’re going to turn up the weekend after,” she said.

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Airport official: Teen had no clue he was in Maui BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Long flights can leave anyone a little unsteady, but a teenager who defied the odds, sur viving a flight from Califor nia to Hawaii tucked in a jetliner’s wheel well, was disoriented, thirsty and could barely walk after the freezing, low-pressure ordeal, airpor t of ficials who reviewed video of his arrival said Wednesday. Security video shows the 15-year-old boy dangling his feet for about 15 seconds from the wheel well before jumping 8 to 10 feet to the ground, landing on his feet and immediately collapsing on Sunday mor ning, Maui District Airpor t Manager Mar vin Moniz said. Staggering toward the front of the plane, the softspoken boy in a San Francisco Giants hoodie asked a ramp agent for a drink of water, setting in motion federal and local law enforcement investigations, national calls for better airpor t security and a flurr y of speculation about how anyone could sur vive such a perilous trip. FBI and TSA investigations questioned the boy and fed him like a local with teriyaki meatballs and rice from an airpor t restaurant and a box of Maui macadamia nut cookies. The Santa Clara, Calif., teen, whose name has not been released, had little to of fer in the way of an explanation. He said he had been in an argument at home but couldn’t remember the flight. He didn’t know where he was. When asked if he knew the plane he boarded was coming to Maui, the boy

said: “‘I don’t know, I just got on the first one I came to,’” Moniz said. “He didn’t realize he was in Maui — not at all,” Moniz said. He was clear, however, about how he evaded what was supposed to be a multi-layered airpor t security system back in San Jose: He said he climbed a fence. That hasn’t surprised airpor t security exper ts, who say that for all the tens of billions of dollars the nation has spent on screening passengers and their bags, few airpor ts made a comparable investment to secure the airplanes parked on the tarmac. “No system is foolproof,” San Jose International Airpor t aviation director Kim Aguirre said. “Cer tainly as we lear n more, if we see any gaping holes, we will work to fill them.” Aguir re said a perimeter search found no holes or crawl spaces in the barbed wire fence surrounding their 1,050 acre facility, and of ficials were waiting to finish their investigation before implementing any additional security measures. Santa Clara High School Principal Gregor y Shelby sent a note Tuesday to staf f members saying the teen had been in the U.S. for about four years, speaks English as his second language and had transfer red into the district just five weeks ago, according to Jennifer Dericco, a spokeswoman for the Santa Clara Unified School District. Shelby did not retur n calls from The Associated Press seeking comment. Dericco said confi-

dentiality r ules kept her from confirming the teen was a student at the school. The boy’s father drives a taxi, Aguir re said, but she didn’t know if he works at the airport. Aviation security experts say the San Jose airpor t is hardly alone when it comes to weaknesses in securing its airfield. “What happened in San Jose can happen as we speak at other airpor ts, because nobody can watch all these monitors” that feed video from around the airpor t, said Rafi Ron, former head of security at the closely guarded airport in Tel Aviv, Israel who now r uns a security consulting firm. The fact that the teen sur vived is remarkable: At a cr uising altitude of 38,000 feet, temperatures in the wheel well would have been well below zero and the air so star ved of oxygen that he likely passed out. In response, his body could have entered a hiber nation-like state, from which he emerged once he was back on the ground, experts say. Although he was walking after the flight, he has remained hospitalized since Sunday. The TSA said it has spent $80 billion on aviation security since its inception shor tly after the 9/11 attacks. That does not include perimeter security. “We were investing all our resources in the front door, which were the passengers and their bags,” said Ron, the security consultant. “And we left the back door open. And that was the perimeter and access to aircraft.”

State grants could increase next year MINNESOTA STATE GRANT PROGRAM $17.6M surplus from ’13-’14 $182M $161M

AVERAGE INCREASE PER GRANT RECIPIENT FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

LIVING AND MISC. EXPENSE ALLOWANCE

TUITION AND FEES MAXIMUMS $13,000

$7,900

$8,300

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’14-’15

$13,620

$137

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’14-’15 (projected)

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actual financial needs, I would say, is a good step.” Last academic year, 99,440 students from across Minnesota received about $161 million in state grants. The program is projected to have $182 million next year. Because there’s millions of dollars left over, the Office of Higher Education may also make 200 additional University students eligible for state grants, Dodds said. Valkyrie Jensen, MSA’s University policies and student concerns committee director, receives a state grant that she said helps make it possible to afford college. Jensen said she has to pay all her tuition and living expenses. Even with the financial aid and scholarships, Jensen said, she had to take a job to meet the costs. “The increase in state grant funding is going to be really great for me personally and a lot of other students

as well,” she said. State grant funding levels vary by school. The formula for awarding aid factors in living and miscellaneous expense allowances and tuition and fees. There are caps on how much students can get for each type of expense. But the current caps for tuition and fees don’t reflect the actual costs at some of the University campuses, Dodds said. Under this academic year’s formula, the state grant program caps aid for tuition and fees at $13,000. But this year, University resident undergraduate tuition and fees were $13,620. Dodds said the Office of Higher Education proposed that maximum aid levels for tuition and fees be increased next year so that they match what the University charges.

Living expense funding could also increase

The amount of state grant funding that students receive for living and miscel-

laneous expenses may also increase next year. The Minnesota Senate and the Office of Higher Education have recommended raising the state grant’s cap for aiding these expenses from $7,900 to $8,300 per student next academic year. A conference committee of House and Senate lawmakers will discuss the increase this week. “The main thing with these proposals [is] we’re trying to get a little closer to actual costs students might have,” Dodds said. Living and miscellaneous expenses are commonly modeled after the poverty threshold, which the U.S. Census Bureau determines each year, she said. This funding still isn’t enough, Dodds said, but the Office of Higher Education is currently researching a more realistic estimate of student living expenses. “It does not yet reach even what the poverty level would be,” she said, “but it’s getting closer.”

Syrian activists accuse Assad of government-issued gas attacks BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BEIRUT — Syrian gover nment forces have attacked rebel-held areas with poisonous chlorine gas in recent weeks and months, leaving men, women and children coughing, choking and gasping for breath, according to Associated Press interviews with more than a dozen activists, medics and residents on the opposition side. Syria flatly denied the allegations, and they have yet to be confirmed by any foreign countr y or international organization. But if true, they highlight the limitations of the global

ef for t to rid President Bashar Assad’s government of its chemical weapons. Witnesses near Damascus and in a central rebelheld village told the AP of dozens of cases of choking, fainting and other afflictions from inhaling fumes that some said were yellowish and smelled like chlorine cleanser. Some of those interviewed said they believe the gas was responsible for at least two deaths. They said the fumes came from hand grenades and helicopter-dropped “bar rel bombs,” which are cr ude containers packed with explosives and shrapnel.

Activists have posted videos similar, though on a far smaller scale, to those from last August’s chemical weapons attack near Damascus that killed hundreds of people and nearly triggered U.S. airstrikes against Syria. The new footage depicts pale-faced men, women and children coughing and gasping at field hospitals. The U.N. Security Council called for an investigation Wednesday. Council members expressed “grave concern” over the allegations, said Nigeria’s U.N. Ambassador U. Joy Ogwu, council president. It’s an accusation that

carries high stakes, and the Syrian opposition has an interest in pushing such claims in hopes of spurring the world to take stern action against Assad, who has been locked in a civil war for three years and faces a Sunday deadline for handing over all his chemical weapons for destruction. Chlorine is a potentially lethal chemical with a multitude of ordinary civilian uses, including laundry bleach and swimming-pool disinfectant. In high concentrations, it can attack the lungs and asphyxiate victims. While chlorine was first deployed on the battlefield

in World War I, it is no longer of ficially considered a warfare agent and is not among the chemicals declared by Syria. It is not as effective at killing as sarin — the nerve agent that was apparently used last summer — and experts say it is difficult to achieve high concentrations of chlorine by dropping it from the air. Still, any toxic chemical is considered to be a chemical weapon if used for military purposes. Consequently, Syria’s use of chlorinefilled bombs, if confirmed,

would be a violation of the chemical weapons treaty that Assad’s government signed last year as par t of a deal to hand over its stockpile. On Wednesday, Syria’s U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari said his government categorically denied the use of chlorine gas. Ja’afari further disputed that chlorine gas could be categorized as a chemical weapon, saying “it is a mundane substance used for bleaching clothes in the laundry or disinfecting swimming pools.”

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POLITICS

EDITORIALS

Time to can the Electoral College

University should back patent reform

The National Popular Vote movement is a 21st-century approach to making votes equal.

ov. Andrew Cuomo recently made New York the 11th state to join the fight to effectively end the Electoral College by joining the National Popular Vote. Under the National Popular Vote ef for t, states move away from a system of giving electoral votes to the candidate who wins the state’s popular vote in favor of a system in which the candidate who wins the national popular vote receives electoral votes. The movement won’t actually have any effect until it reaches the 270-vote majority necessary to elect a presidential candidate, but Cuomo’s suppor t brings the movement’s total number of electoral votes to 165. N e w Yo r k l a w m a k e r s passed the bill with overwhelming bipartisan support, much like other states that have passed similar bills. Talk of reforming America’s voting system is nothing

LUIS RUUSKA columnist

new, but change doesn’t come easily, which is why no alternative movement has gained traction. Critics bring up that the Founding Fathers created the Electoral College and that is enough reason to keep it around. However, the Electoral College’s modern incarnation does not function as the Founders likely intended. From their writings, we know many of the Founding Fathers were actually afraid of the corruption of democracy and therefore felt that the decision of electing the president was best left up to qualified people, like lawmakers. This is the reasoning behind

the Electoral College. But, in an age when information is so easily accessible, it’s tough to make the argument that lawmakers are the only ones who have the ability to make a qualified judgment on which presidential candidate should receive a state’s electoral votes. Additionally, the Electoral College diminishes the vote of the political minorities within any state. In a safely blue state, a Republican’s vote is worth ver y little; the same goes for a Democrat in a safely red state. Political minorities feel fur ther isolated because most presidential campaigns tend to heavily focus nearly all of their time and resources on 10 swing states, instead of states that are strongholds or lost causes. We don’t need to look far to see this phenomenon. President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney heavily invested in television advertising during the 2012 election. While Obama spent $314.8 million on television ads and Romney spent $147.8 million, they both spent 99

DEATHS IN IRAQ: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 4,802 — IRAQI CIVILIANS: 122,843- PLUS DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 3,418 — AFGHAN CIVILIANS: UNKNOWN

percent of their money in just 10 states. However, the Electoral College’s biggest shortcoming is in its ability to elect a president who wins the electoral vote but not the popular vote. This scenario played out in the infamous presidential election of 2000 when Vice President Al Gore lost to Texas Gov. George W. Bush through the Electoral College, even though Gore had approximately half a million more popular votes than him. The Founding Fathers were not infallible. Though they had incredible insight, what worked for democracy in the 18th and 19th centuries does not work in the 21st centur y. While the National Popular Vote ef for t does not eliminate the Electoral College, it makes it more ef ficient and democratic. That’s an idea we should all get behind. Luis Ruuska welcomes comments at lruuska@mndaily.com.

EDUCATION

TED talk bitterness is unwarranted A Daily columnist shouldn’t be so quick to write-off TED talks.

Maxwell Smith welcomes comments at msmith@mndaily.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Unions are vital to college-based issues The headlines are Northwester n University and unionized college sports, but the storyline is universal and highlights an opportunity for us all. Forget the fretting pundits who conjure up endless ‘what ifs.’ The truth is that the football players at Northwestern understand the power of collective action and the meaning of a fair deal. We’d all be better off understanding the same. You see, one player standing alone against institutions as powerful as Northwestern or the NCAA faces some pretty tough odds. But when a majority of players come together, that’s a game changer. That’s how collective bargaining lifts up whole groups of people – from individual workplaces to the community at large. Students and universities, in general, could do with more than a little lifting up. That’s why it’s so disappointing to hear university representatives echo the kind of comments we hear from anti-worker politicians and CEOs, who cajole and bully workers with lies and scare tactics. We deal with this kind of stuff every day. America has been playing college football for more than 100 years, and we’ve cheered for our school teams every season. But college football is no longer just an extracurricular activity or a booster for alumni. It’s big business. The truth is, the NCAA makes a lot of money from college sports and so do universities. Both also exert control over pretty much every aspect of

the student-athletes’ lives, and the pressure on players to produce is at an all-time high. But that’s just it — no one has sat down to seriously address the impact of this new regime on the players. And that’s why the Northwestern players stopped waiting for someone else to come up with a solution and have stood up for themselves collectively. The NCAA is a financial powerhouse with assets of more than a half-billion dollars. The universities, too, are major institutions. They’re not push-overs. No one has to worry about their interests. No corporation or institution of that size will change easily or overnight — and the effects won’t be isolated to Northwestern or football players. Think of the era, not long ago, when universities outsourced official apparel to the developing world where textile companies forced workers to labor in dangerous conditions for rock-bottom wages. Students organized themselves and founded United Students Against Sweatshops, which has built a powerful presence on more than 150 campuses over the past two decades and have won ground-breaking campaigns for fair labor practices for the men and women who make college gear. Last month, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, highlighted the big problem of student debt, which has topped $1 trillion, and he pointed out the increasingly stratified world of higher education, where a low-per forming, high-income high school student has an 80 percent chance of going to college,

compared to a high-performing, low-income student, who has only a 20 percent chance of going to college. That’s wrong. America’s post-secondar y education system should be a defender of meritocracy, not the opposite. That’s why earlier this year students and organizations like the AFL-CIO launched the Higher Ed Not Debt campaign to tackle the crippling and ever-growing issue of student loan debt in America. And the growing movement doesn’t stop there. When adjunct professors at Duquesne University were being denied fair benefits and pay, they organized in collective action. When food service workers at Pomona College were being treated poorly, they organized in collective action. The atrocities of sweatshops. Growing student debt. Low pay for adjunct professors. Mistreatment of food service workers. These issues need rebalancing in the modern era. Certainly, most people recognize the need for a similar rebalancing when it comes to the NCAA. Who better to provide that balance than the student-athletes themselves? What’s happening in college sports is another movement of people understanding what’s possible through collective action. And it’s being led by the people who know it best, who live it and work it every day. These are the kinds of movements that give us all hope and help to lift us all. Liz Shuler Secretary-treasurer AFL-CIO

n an April 21 column, Trent Kays expressed a rather dismal attitude with regard to this year’s upcoming TEDxUMN event. It appears to me that his column unjustly placed TED talks in a negative light in order to promote his own educational ideals. Kays said the TED talks will only be accessible to those who attend the event in person by shelling out the ticket fee. This absolutely not the case — TED talks are posted online for anyone to see at any time for free. From Kays’ article, it is clear that he knows this, yet he continues to argue as though the talks will only benefit those “privileged” enough to attend in person. Next, Kays bemoans the dreary teaching style of the lecturer and passive audience. I agree that this instructive method can be mindnumbing when a teacher simply parrots a textbook in a longer amount of time than it would have taken to read the book. But TED talks are meant to present fresh work regarding a speaker’s experiences, research and findings. These are ideas so new and exciting that they aren’t found in textbooks yet. TED talks are meant to tell a story to a large online audience and inspire similar innovative thinking internationally. It’s not feasible to reinvent TED talks to be based on audience participation without diluting the experience of the larger audience that watches the event online days or months later. Kays waxes philosophical, asking, “[W]hat’s the point of any TED or TEDx event?” If it doesn’t “[help] the unprivileged, the impoverished and the enslaved,” then it’s nothing but “intellectual masturbation.” This argument is absurd. It implies that any academic work — participation in any event or organization, really — that does not make its first priority to eradicate human suffering is a complete waste of time and immoral. This problem is not exclusive to TED talks, Kays, so why stop there? Why do humans do anything that does not directly benefit others? Why do we selfishly go to the movies when we could instead spend the two hours volunteering at a soup kitchen? Why should we bother to save money at all when it could be going to buy food and shelter for the homeless? Surely you can’t blame TED talks specifically for doing what they do, rather than rushing straight to the aid of the oppressed. I appreciate Kays’ humanitarian vision. However, he has unfairly slighted TED in an effort to shoehorn his own views regarding education and social justice. Aaron Nisley University student Please send comments to lettes@mndaily.com.

University officials shouldn’t impede on progress to curb the costs of so-called patent trolls.

ne of the few bills in Congress that could actually become a law this year is one that works to stop the work of so-called “patent

trolls.” Patent trolls are companies that own patents on ideas they did not produce and do not turn into products but procure millions of dollars through intellectual property infringement lawsuits and licensing deals. Patent trolls hurt the economy by sitting on inventions without using them to make products. They also cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars each year. According to a study out of Boston University, patent trolls cost the economy $29 billion in 2011 alone. So, it’s not surprising that efforts to curb patent trolls are receiving bipartisan support in Congress. But many research universities are questioning it. The Minnesota Daily reported Monday that University of Minnesota officials are concerned about fee-shifting, which would allow a judge to make one side of a lawsuit — often the loser — pay the legal fees for the other side. Fee-shifting is meant to deter patent trolls from filing lawsuits, but universities are worried it could make it harder to enforce intellectual property rights. We are sympathetic to the University’s concerns about enforcement, but officials must also recognize the government’s interest in minimizing the damage patent trolls inflict on the economy. Though the University is generally supportive of patent reform, it must explain its indirect ties to the controversial firm Intellectual Ventures, which many consider a patent troll. It should also offer alternative ways to curb trolls if officials are not satisfied with current proposals. Both Minnesota Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will take up the bill next week. We suggest concerned University officials make their concerns known without acting as a barrier to necessary reforms in patent law.

‘Underwater basket weaving’ isn’t worthless Some courses invite snapjudgment, but that doesn’t mean they’re without merit.

n a Star Tribune op-ed Monday, Vascular Solutions chief executive Howard Root took it upon himself to pass judgment on the University of Minnesota’s academic rigor. Root cited recent applicants for his company’s apprenticeship program and cited one recent graduate in particular, whose transcript included many electives. Vascular Solutions opted to leave one position unfilled. “In reality, the only jobs these college graduates are qualified to perform are the same jobs they could have performed without a college education,” Root wrote. “So that is where they end up working.” Root blames the University, but the whole op-ed paints a narrative on college students that’s as easy as it is misleading. The piece makes snap judgments based on course titles, and Root seems to assume entire degrees are built on these courses. Coincidentally, the Minnesota Daily’s Ronald Dixon discussed some of the same courses in his column Monday. Dixon praised science courses aimed at non-science students, like Sehoya Cotner’s award-winning class Evolution and Biology of Sex. While that course title may raise eyebrows for Root and others, that doesn’t mean it provides a subpar science education. STEM courses aimed at reaching the humanities-minded are important and can be more difficult to craft than major courses. The University has given Cotner’s course acclaim, and it would do well to ensure that other similar courses meet her standards. In turn, Root and other employers should take a deeper look before tossing out an applicant’s transcript.

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

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Froment, Hamburg aim for NCAA berth Mathieu Froment and Jack Hamburg went 13-2 as a duo during the season. BY JACE FREDERICK jfrederick@mndaily.com

Jack Hamburg and Mathieu Froment didn’t identify as doubles players when they first arrived on campus. Like many successful tennis players, they came to college focused primarily on the singles game. A few years later, things have changed. These days, Hamburg and Froment appear most comfor table standing side by side on the tennis court. Both players have been ser viceable on the singles courts this season — Hamburg is 10-9, primarily at the No. 3 spot, and Froment is 12-7, mainly at the No. 4 spot. When asked if they take more pride in singles or doubles, the two smiled and responded in near unison. “Doubles,” they said. What’s sparked the newfound pride? Success. That has molded the two into a tenacious tandem. Hamburg and Froment went 13-2 during the regular season, which featured a 13-match winning streak. That record has the two sitting at No. 27 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s rankings. They are on the fringe of an NCAA tournament bid — something Hamburg said the duo is well aware of heading into this weekend’s Big Ten tournament. “That is definitely on our minds,” he said. “We just need to stay focused and try to do our best each match.” Froment said the possibility of making the NCAA tournament wasn’t even on his radar entering college, especially not in doubles. He and Hamburg first joined forces last season and went a mediocre 7-8. They experienced success during fall 2013, which sprouted confidence coming into the spring season. “I think we’ve found that we can beat some really good teams,” Hamburg said. “We’re like, ‘OK. Any team we play we can stand up against.’ That’s been our attitude whenever we go out on the court.” Froment said he and Hamburg have complementar y strengths. Gophers

LISA PERSSON, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota doubles partners Mathieu Froment and Jack Hamburg celebrate after a victory against Tulsa at the Baseline Tennis Center.

head coach Geof f Young called Hamburg’s serve “exceptional” — the same adjective he used to describe Froment’s return. Those strengths meld well together and allow the two to be the aggressors in each match. “We want to be the ones who, in the volleys, are finishing at the net,” Hamburg said. Hamburg credited the aggressive mentality for a portion of the duo’s success, but Froment attributed the success to familiarity — something Young said certainly helps in doubles. “We know exactly what shots we’re going to hit on cer tain points,” Hamburg said. “We know where we’re going to stand. We know which balls are going to be to which guys. … I think all that just adds up.” It adds up to a confidence in each other, Froment said. He said the duo faced three or four match points this year, and each time, he felt

2014 BIG TEN MEN’S TENNIS TOURNAMENT THURSDAY, APRIL 24

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THURSDAY, APRIL 24 #8 Michigan State MATCH 1 10 A.M. #9 Iowa

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#4 Purdue

#5 Northwestern MATCH 2 10 A.M. #12 Iowa

2014 BIG TEN WOMEN’S TENNIS TOURNAMENT

MATCH 6 10 A.M. MATCH 11 CHAMPIONSHIP NOON

#2 Illinois

2014 tournament champion

MATCH 7 2 P.M.

#7 Minnesota MATCH 3 2 P.M. #10 Indiana

#3 Penn State

#6 Michigan MATCH 4 2 P.M. #11 Wisconsin

MATCH 10 2 P.M.

#5 Illinois MATCH 2 10 A.M. #12 Nebraska #7 Indiana MATCH 3 2 P.M. #10 Penn State #6 Minnesota MATCH 4 2 P.M. #11 Wisconsin

MATCH 8 2 P.M.

FRIDAY, APRIL 25 #1 Michigan

Froment said. “That’s a big difference. We know each other. We know that we can do big things.”

SUNDAY, APRIL 27

MATCH 5 10 A.M. #4 Purdue

MATCH 9 10 A.M.

MATCH 6 10 A.M. #2 Northwestern

MATCH 11 CHAMPIONSHIP NOON

2014 tournament champion

MATCH 7 2 P.M. #3 Ohio State

MATCH 10 2 P.M.

MATCH 8 2 P.M.

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like Hamburg was going to make a big play. “I’m really confident in Jack, more than last year,”

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Hamburg and Froment both hope to do one last big thing this season and ear n that elusive NCAA

doubles bid. “It would be great,” Froment said. “It’d be such a great experience.”

WOMEN’S GOLF

Gophers appear ready for Big Tens Minnesota placed eighth in the Big Ten in each of the past two seasons. BY DAVID NELSON dnelson@mndaily.com

In 2009, Golf Digest and GOLF Magazine dubbed the Pete Dye course in French Lick, Ind., as America’s Best New Public Golf Course. This weekend, members of the Gophers women’s golf team will challenge that course at the Big Ten championships. “You have to play it smart,” head coach Michele Redman said. “It’s tempting to maybe take a chance on a shot that you maybe should not. And I think my kids are smar t. … Not ever ybody has that.” Redman praised junior Carmen Laguna in particular for her “smarts” on the golf course. Laguna, who has been the team’s most consistent golfer this year, has used that intelligence to her advantage en route to three top-20 finishes during the spring season. “She’s a hard worker. She’s ver y consistent,”

Redman said. “I told her this for the last couple of weeks: ‘You are the smartest player in this conference.’ ” Laguna’s play down the stretch has paced the Gophers, helping the team finish in the top half of the standings in all but one tour nament during the spring season. Redman said the team’s ability to defeat high-ranked opponents this season is very encouraging. “It’s one thing winning tournaments, but it’s another thing winning tournaments when you have higher-ranked teams there,” Redman said. Freshman Emie Peronnin has been another strong presence for the Gophers. She boasts a pair of top-20 finishes during the spring, and she has competed in all five tournaments. “Emie’s getting a lot more consistent with her ball striking,” Redman said. “She’s got the potential to be an All-American.” Though the Gophers certainly bring talent to the Big Ten championships, Redman said she’s kept her expectations to a minimum to avoid adding extra pressure. “I told them all I expect … is for them to bring their

“I told them all I expect … is for them to bring their best. If we stick to our game plan and not worry about the outcome as much, we’ll get the result that we want.” MICHELE REDMAN Gophers head coach

WOMEN’S GOLF PREVIEW

BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

MINNESOTA All day Friday, Saturday and Sunday in French Lick, Ind.

PREVIEW: After finishing sixth at the Web.com Intercollegiate to end the regular season, the Gophers women’s golf team heads to French Lick, Ind., this weekend for the Big Ten championships. Minnesota comes in with a bit of momentum after solid showings throughout the spring, placing in the top half of the standings in all but one of its tournaments. Northwestern remains the arguable favorite to win this weekend after finishing its season as the 15th-best team in the nation — the highest ranking of all Big Ten teams. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

best,” Redman said. “If we stick to our game plan and not worr y about the outcome as much, we’ll get the result that we want.” The Gophers retur n to the Big Ten championships after finishing eighth in each of the last two sea-

sons. Minnesota should have some confidence as it approaches its third conference tournament under Redman’s direction. “They’re ready to play,” Redman said. “I’m excited with some results I’ve seen this spring.”

CHRISTOPHER SELLECK, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota’s Carmen Laguna practices putting, April 17, 2012, at the Les Bolstad Golf Course in Falcon Heights, Minn.

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

ROWING

Minnesota rowers prep for Hawkeyes

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

Minnesota’s rowing team practices on the Mississippi River on Tuesday afternoon in preparation for its regatta against Iowa on Sunday.

The Gophers had a two-week rest and are ready to get back in the water. BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com

The Gophers won just one race in their last regatta. This weekend, after two weeks off, they’re focusing on making sure that doesn’t happen again. Minnesota will travel to Iowa City, Iowa, this weekend for its last regatta of the month and its second-to-last competition before the Big Ten championships. Gophers senior coxswain Rachael Rogers said

the team knows it needs to improve on its previous performance. “These past couple races, we haven’t been exactly ourselves,” Rogers said. “I think what we want to focus on is having a good race.” Minnesota has emphasized technique leading up to this weekend’s races. Gophers head coach Wendy Davis said one key point of technique has been lengthening the stroke — keeping the blade in the water longer by leaning further back in the boat. “We want to stay long through the water so we can get as much out of our stroke as we can,” Rogers said. Minnesota has also spent ample time tr ying to

get its fitness level back up. Davis wants her team to start peaking physically in time for the Big Ten championships. She said she would like to see her team get to a stroke rate of 35 strokes per minute. “We wanted to make sure we got some good volume in,” Davis said. “It’s time to bring the rate up.” Though the team is fresh off an extended bye week, it saw its fair share of hardships preparing for Iowa — two minor injuries have shaken up the lineups. Gophers sophomore Jessica Flakne is not practicing this week after spraining her ankle, and freshman Sonia Dunklebarger has also been sidelined. Davis said both are questionable for

Sunday’s contest, but she expects Flakne and Dunklebarger to race. Mari Sundbo, usually a member of the first varsity four, practiced with the first varsity eight this week to account for Flakne’s absence. The Gophers’ first varsity eight features a diverse set of rowers, from veteran Rogers to sophomores Lisa Weeks and Sara Scarbro. “They haven’t completed their first varsity racing season yet,” junior L ynn Hodnett said. “Then you’ve got people like the seniors that have been around and really know what they’re doing.” Rogers said personnel changes are not ideal at this point in the season, but she’s confident her team

ROWING PREVIEW

@ MINNESOTA

IOWA Sunday in Iowa City, Iowa

PREVIEW: The Gophers will take to the water Sunday after a twoweek rest. Minnesota last raced on April 12 in Ann Arbor, Mich., falling to both Michigan and Michigan State. Since then, the Gophers have had plenty of time to practice on the Mississippi River and clean up some of their technical issues. Minnesota has focused specifically on lengthening its stroke and finding continuity from boat to boat after switching up its lineups in the past few regattas. Minnesota’s boats have seen more personnel changes this week after several minor injuries have sidelined rowers. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

can work through the adversity against the Hawkeyes. “It makes my job a little bit more interesting,” she

TRACK & FIELD

DMR looks to match last year’s performance The Gophers will take most of their roster to the Drake Relays in Iowa. BY MEGAN RYAN mryan@mndaily.com

There have been 104 Drake Relays in the history of the prestigious meet, but it’s hard to beat last year’s for the Gophers women’s track and field team. Minnesota’s distance medley relay team last year relied on current senior Laura Docherty to pull the team from fourth to first, which helped Minnesota claim its second title in the Drake Relays event and broke the school record set in 2007. This weekend, the Gophers aren’t putting too much pressure on themselves to one-up that result. “Even though, obviously, we have this kind of historic tradition there … ever y year is a new year,” assistant coach Sarah Hopkins said. And this year will be especially different. Not only will some big-name teams from across the country make an appearance at the meet after skipping it in past years, but Minnesota will compete without Docherty, last year’s star and distance runner leader. After a long year of cross countr y and indoor track and field, Docherty is resting most of this outdoor season to save herself for the postseason. She competed amid an undisclosed injur y and some discomfort during the indoor season. “She’s really disappointed about [the] Drake [Relays]

MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD PREVIEW

DRAKE RELAYS, GUSTAVUS DRAKE ALTERNATIVE, UC SAN DIEGO TRITON INVITATIONAL

Thursday to Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa, St. Peter, Minn., and San Diego

PREVIEW: The Gophers kicked off their busy week Monday night at the Tomcat Twilight, winning 14 event titles. That was just the beginning for Minnesota. A majority of the Gophers’ top athletes will travel to Iowa this weekend for the Drake Relays, where the Gophers have won the 4x800-meter relay in three consecutive years. Minnesota’s throwers will head to California, while the rest of the team will compete at Gustavus’ Drake Alternative.

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD PREVIEW

HAMLINE TWILIGHT, DRAKE RELAYS, GRAND VIEW VIKING CLASSIC, UC SAN DIEGO TRITON INVITATIONAL AND MACALESTER INVITE

Wednesday to Saturday in St. Paul, Minn., Des Moines, Iowa, and San Diego

PREVIEW: Starting Wednesday evening, the Gophers will split their time at five separate meets through this weekend in three different cities. Minnesota’s pole vaulters and a high jumper will compete at Hamline, and its distance runners will head to the Drake Relays and the Viking Classic. The Gophers’ sprinters, jumpers and multi-eventers will travel to California, while a small contingent will remain in the Twin Cities for the Macalester Invite. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

just because she obviously had a great experience there last year and is really tied to it,” Hopkins said. Gophers senior Te’Shon Adderley will be the only member of the record-breaking relay team who will compete again this year. She ran at the Drake Relays for the first time last year and called it one of the greatest experiences of her life. “Just the intensity there, it just wakens us up,” she said. “It just puts you in a

different mood.” Minnesota senior Maggie Bollig will be one of the new faces on the distance medley relay team, running the mile leg that Docherty championed last year. “I’ve never been on a relay with any of the girls that are going to be on this team,” she said. “So I’m just excited to see what we can do.” Bollig is aware of what a “very big deal” the Drake Relays are for the team. She is also running with a group

Gophers postpone games

BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

MINNESOTA

BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

Minnesota’s baseball team won’t make up its midweek game with Hamline.

MINNESOTA

said. “When the lineups get switched around like that, it really depends on the way the rowers respond to it.”

AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota’s Maggie Bollig practices at the Les Bolstad Golf Course on Sept. 4, 2013.

of fifth-year seniors in the 4x1,600-meter relay, an event Minnesota holds the meet record in from 2010. The Gophers also have records in the 4x800-meter relay from 2007 and the triple jump from 2003. Hopkins said the team feels privileged

to compete at such a storied meet where the Gophers have a legacy of battling for the win. With tradition looming, Adderley said Minnesota can only do one thing. “Just expect greatness,” she said.

April showers forced the postponement of Gophers baseball and softball games Wednesday. Minnesota’s baseball team was scheduled to take on Hamline at Siebert Field, and its softball team was scheduled to play a doubleheader against North Dakota at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium. The Gophers baseball team has postponed multiple games this season. Minnesota made up the postponed game against Nor th Dakota State but did not make up its postponed game against St. John’s. This week’s game against Hamline was originally scheduled for April 15, but it was rescheduled to accommodate Hamline’s conference schedule. The Gophers softball team canceled a home game against Wisconsin earlier this season. It won’t make up the doubleheader against Nor th Dakota, according to a team release. Both teams are set to take on Penn State this weekend.

Thursday, April 24, 2014

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SPRING JAM

From the files of Poliça squad Minneapolis synthpoppers inject much-needed local flavor into the Spring Jam lineup.

DAILY FILE PHOTO, MARK VANCLEAVE

Polica performs June 24, 2012, at the River’s Edge Music Festival in St. Paul. BY GRANT TILLERY gtillery@mndaily.com

ince their genesis in 2011, Poliça has quickly become one of Minneapolis’ most buzzed-about bands, thanks to the way that Channy Leaneagh’s ethereal vocals mesh with a dreamy synthesizer menagerie. Their two albums, “Give You the Ghost” and “Shulamith,” have established Poliça as a natural progression from the hazy, cherrycolored funk of the Cocteau

Twins, with trip-hop hints reminiscent of Air. The band is rounded out by producer and local jackof-all-trades Ryan Olson, bassist Chris Bierden and drummers Ben Ivascu and Drew Christopherson (who also share drum duties in Marijuana Deathsquads). “[Olson] saw Chris Bierden singing [at] a Brian Eno cover night and said, ‘You guys would work well together,’ ” Leaneagh said. Olson and Leaneagh collaborated in local supergroup Gayngs. He discov-

ered Leaneagh’s voice at a birthday party for former Swiss Army and Communist Daughter drummer Steve Yasgar. For someone with a folk music background — Leaneagh fronted the band Roma di Luna along with ex-husband Alexei Moon Casselle — Leaneagh is equally as adept as a pop singer, in par t due to her naturally breathy whisper that’s trendy among female vocalists these days. Leaneagh grew up steeped in traditional music and was

smitten with gospel, R&B and folk singers. “It’s kind of a mundane taste in music,” she said, recounting days spent listening to musicians as disparate as Mahalia Jackson, Aaliyah and Joni Mitchell. “I was really into lyrics and songwriting as a kid, and that really affected me as a folk singer. Folk plays a huge part in the way I write songs now.” Leaneagh is currently going through her selfdescribed “hardcore rebellious teen phase.” She’s been listening to the Dead

Kennedys and Bikini Kill, a depar ture from Poliça’s suave production. “As I’ve gotten older, I want more abrasive things,” Leaneagh said. “I can’t really stand the smooth ’90s R&B that I used to listen to. I want either hardcore or Bach concertos.” This intense music gives Leaneagh a strange sense of calm — the unsettling leaves her settled, and she finds peace of mind through trashing drums and distorted vocals and guitar. “ Yo u r p e r s o n a l l i f e

influences the kind of notes and tones that you want in your ears,” Leaneagh said. “Crystal Castles and Crass seem [to be] settling in the way that Babyface and Toni Braxton used to be to me. It’s in the same way that getting a good punch in the face can chill out a really obnoxious drunk, or if I’m really stressed out and go running — doing some sort of abusive thing to my body is kind of is relaxing.” Sonic harshness hasn’t translated to Poliça’s music, though Leaneagh finds it as “a breath of fresh air.” She has a love-hate relationship with the ’90s R&B influences she’s tr ying to wean herself of. “If [I] listen to something that’s sexy and smooth, it makes me irritated,” Leaneagh said. Yet she acknowledged that Poliça’s music is smoother than ever, though she doesn’t exhibit a tortured artist syndrome over this paradox. Leaneagh’s biggest challenge in Poliça is actually the business side of showbiz. She lamented that the music business is a full time job — a 70-30 compromise to songwriting and performing. But Leaneagh’s visionary acumen is the force that drives her through these trivialities. “I’m oftentimes fighting for what’s right for the music,” Leaneagh said. She noted it’s dif ficult to retain control, especially when the powers that be make demands that detract from the creative process. “It feels like I’m working for an advertising firm, but I have only one client, and that’s my band. You have to be on your toes and make sure your music isn’t being directed by people that aren’t making it.”

Poliça Where Front Plaza, Coffman Union, 300 16th Ave. SE, Minneapolis When Noon Friday Cost Free

SPRING JAM

Cocktail matches for Spring Jam performances Because no one should be forced to drink cheap beer all weekend. BY MELANIE RICHTMAN mrichtman@mndaily.com

pring Jam: the last hurrah befor e finals. There is something about a weekend filled with concer ts that makes college kids want to drink for a week straight. After your fourth Natty Light (honestly, it’s impressive that you made it to four without experiencing extreme self-loathing), you’ll probably want to drink something — really, anything — else. Here are some Spring Jam cocktails inspired by the weekend’s artist lineup. Note: I’m not an experienced mixologist. I just like drinking.

Performance: Gloriana Drink: Spiked southern tea If you plan to see this countr y music group, you probably like whiskey (or at least pretend to). Step one: Break out that old bottle of whiskey and pour a shot or two into your mason jar. Step two: Make some sweet tea (which is essentially chilled black tea with sugar). Step three: Add lemons slices and mint leaves. Voilà: You now have a

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Spencer Doar sdoar@mndaily.com

refreshing drink fit for a Nashville summer, instead of standing on the front lawn of Cof fman Union, sur rounded by a bunch of girls wearing plaid and cowboy boots.

Performance: The Mowgli’s Drink: Mowgli’s jungle juice Regardless of whether you like the Mowgli’s, you at least recognize the name from “The Jungle Book,” which means this concer t is the per fect oppor tunity to drink some jungle juice — except this version won’t be dispensed from a shady Gatorade cooler. For Mowgli’s jungle juice, you’ll need vodka, peach schnapps, coconut r um, strawber r y Fanta, whatever fruit juice you can find and some strawberries. Mix the ingredients together for a strawberr yflavored, somewhat potent version of jungle juice.

Performance: Poliça Drink: Bloody Mary After Thursday night, you’re definitely going to need a drink that’ll help with your hangover, considering the Poliça concert starts at noon. This classic cocktail is a perfect way to get your day started and is really easy to make because it basically has two ingredients: vodka and bloody mary mix (unless you’re re-

ally ambitious and want to make your own mix). The most fun part about bloodies is deciding which “garnishes” you want. This is inevitably going to be your breakfast, so make it count. Olives, pickles, bacon, celer y, shrimp, mini cheeseburgers, you name it. If it can be put on a toothpick, it should go in your drink.

Performance: Mac Miller

DRINK: Spiked Southern tea INGREDIENTS: 1-2 shots of whiskey Sweetened black tea Lemon wedge Mint leaves Ice

PERFORMANCE: Poliça DRINK: Bloody Mary INGREDIENTS: 1-2 shots of vodka 8 oz. bloody mary mix Sriracha (if desired) Ice Every garnish you can find (bacon, shrimp, olives, etc.)

Drink: Purple drank (not the kind you’re thinking) Not sure why the rap community decided cough syr up was a tasty mixer, but it did. Unless you actually have a cough, I don’t recommend drinking cough syrup. But you can make a delicious drink that is also purple with just a few strategically colored ingredients. Just like in your preschool art class, you need mixers that, when blended together, turn purple. Cranberr y juice and Blue Curacao combine to make an interesting shade of purple that can be adjusted depending on the amount of Curacao you use. If you want the full “drank” experience, you can use grape vodka. If you don’t hate yourself, I would try a milder flavor of vodka, like lemon. Mix the three ingredients, and add some ice. You now have a super-cool “purple drank,”

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PERFORMANCE: Gloriana

PERFORMANCE: Mod Sun PERFORMANCE: Mac Miller DRINK: Purple drank INGREDIENTS: 1-2 shots of vodka 8 oz. cranberry juice Pour of Blue Curaco (until desired purple color is achieved) Ice

though this one might be slightly less dangerous to your health.

Performance: Mod Sun Drink: Vodka lemonade This drink is as complex as Mod Sun’s lyrics. The rapper mentions his

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PERFORMANCE: The Mowgli’s

DRINK: Vodka lemonade

DRINK: Mowgli’s Jungle Juice

INGREDIENTS: 1-2 shots of vodka 8 oz. of lemonade Ice

INGREDIENTS: 1 shot of vodka 1 shot of rum Pour of peach schnapps Strawberry Fanta Ice Fresh strawberries

love for vodka and lemonade in “Happy As Fu*k,” so you should oblige and drink this “original” concoction. You can go the basic r oute by mixing vodka with lemonade mix, or you can class it up a bit (I recommend the latter) with some store-bought raspber r y or strawber r y

1. Black Diet, Thrown Stones 2. Manchester Orchestra, Cope 3. Modern Baseball, Your Graduation

lemonade. If you really want to go all-out with this cocktail, blend some fr uity lemonade yourself by pureeing fresh strawberries, blueberries or raspberries. Mix with vodka, and you’ve got yourself a Mod Sun-approved drink.

4. Future Islands, Seasons (Waiting on You) 5. Angel Olsen, Forgiven/Forgotten 6. La Dispute, For Mayor In Splitsville 7. Tycho, Awake

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

CULTURE COMPASS /

By Spencer Doar

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

“The LEGO Movie”

Heiruspecs “Night Falls” Album Release

“Young and Innocent”

Thank heavens for Denmark — there’s a lot more to this country than Lego, TivolI and Hans Christian Andersen, but they had me at Lego. The toy company’s recent jump to the big screen successfully translated their Simpsons-yellow colored characters to the cinema with surprisingly developed humor, a compelling plot and stellar voice acting. Case in point: It’s rocking 96 percent on Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomatometer with an 89 percent audience approval rating.

It’s hard not to like live instrumentation with your hip-hop. And Heiruspecs have been together nearly long enough to buy cigarettes, so they’ve earned their cred. Besides, it’s hard not to love a group with an emcee who goes by Paul Atreides’ assumed name in “Dune,” Maud’dib. Allan Kingdom, Dem Atlas and Neviator will be opening — be sure to check out Friday’s A&E online exclusive interview with Mr. Kingdom!

Stan Lee’s cameos are highly anticipated, but no one comes close to that portly tuxedoed man, Hitch. You’ve got plenty of chances to see the master of suspense’s work on the big screen during the Sixth Annual Minneapolis Hitchcock Festival. This weekend’s offering at the Trylon, 1937’s “Young and Innocent,” is one of those lesser-known examples of Hitchcock’s brilliance from before he was a household name in America. Keep an eye out for one particularly exquisite crane shot at the end reveal.

Where Coffman Union Theater, 300 Washington Ave. SE, Minneapolis Hours 7 and 10 p.m. Cost Free

Where Amsterdam Bar and Hall, 6 W. Sixth St., St. Paul Hours 9 p.m. Cost $12-14 Age 21+

Where The Trylon, 3258 Minnehaha Ave., Minneapolis Hours 5, 6:45 and 8:30 p.m. Cost $8

SPRING JAM

Bringing the sunshine wherever they go The Mowgli’s aim to make this year’s Spring Jam as free-spirited as they are. BY ZACH SIMON zsimon@mndaily.com

olin Louis Dieden, lead singer and guitarist for the Mowgli’s, associates their hit song “San Francisco” with the smell of the ocean breeze with maybe “a little bit of marijuana smoke mixed in there.” The Mowgli’s, a sundrenched folk-pop sevenpiece, got their moniker from a former band member’s dog — named for the iconic character in Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book.” “We took the name for the free spirit that Mowgli represents — he hasn’t been af fected by society and stays free and naïve,” Dieden said. “He is totally wild and in love with his surroundings, which really encompasses the personality of every member [of the band].” They are trying to create a “love movement,” similar to that of the ’60s and ’70s. Taking influence from acts like Grouplove and Walk the Moon, as well as Crosby, Stills and Nash, the group wants nothing more than to spread their sunny dispositions. The opening lines of “San Francisco,” their most popular song, illustrate the point: “I’ve been in love with love / And the idea of something binding us together / You know that love is strong enough.” But those sorts of songs may not be in their repertoire for long — Dieden made a point to say that the Mowgli’s next album won’t have the same Venice Beach sea breeze about it. The first record evolved

naturally out of the coastal California sunshine. Dieden said the next is being “written from the world” — likely a much different style than what diehard fans are accustomed to. The Mowgli’s are a charismatic group, from the substantial social media presence backing ever y band member to the thick chemistry they exhibit onstage. “We like to leave people feeling better than when they walked in [to the show]. We’re all friends, and for all intents and purposes, we’re all brothers and sisters,” Dieden said. “We want people to have a fun time and experience true happiness, so we use banter to try and bring down the wall between the audience and band.” Having visited Minneapolis on multiple occasions, including a visit to First Avenue last October, the California natives are “super stoked,” as Dieden put it, to be playing in the cities once again. Still, it isn’t all bubbles for this indie-pop outfit. The septet, previously an octet, recently saw the departure of guitarist and vocalist Michael Vincze and must now adapt without one of their brothers. “We have to keep going. There’s an obligation to the fans to keep playing the music,” Dieden said. “Michael is a brother — always will be — but he has a separate path, and we’re still trying to make the whole world fall in love.”

The Mowgli’s Where Coffman Union Great Hall, 300 Washington Ave. SE, Minneapolis When 8:30 p.m. Thursday Cost Free

It’s more than just the bare necessities for this folksy septet.

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MOWGLIS

Thursday, April 24, 2014

CULTURE to CONSUME /

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By Spencer Doar

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Watch this:

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archive.org

“The Boondocks”

King Los’ “Zero Gravity 2”

This website is a treasure trove of all things public domain. So, if you’re like me — the kinda weirdo who likes digging through attics for cool old crap — you’ve just found an unending source for freebie radio, movies and literature (and a ton of other stuff). If you want to watch a young Steve McQueen in 1959’s “The Great St. Louis Bank Robber y,” you can. If you want to watch that heavyweight title bout from way back when, you can. It’s real cool beans.

Season four finally came home to roost after a nearly four-year hiatus. Sadly, it was met with very mixed reactions. The show is moving forward without its creator, Aaron McGruder, which is a darn shame and probably indicative of a rocky fourth installment after three seasons of unmitigated awesomeness. I mean, it’s hard when you lose the mind behind one of the most scathing graphic novels of all time, “Birth of a Nation.” So before passing judgment on the new iteration, take a look at the classic first three seasons.

Generally speaking, mixtapes are an overlooked source for free new music. They hint at new directions for artists, offer increased opportunities for collaboration and, like I said, are free. King Los is cut from the same cloth as fellow LA rapper Kid Ink, who shows up on the tape — and that is not a bad thing. He strays into the same banal territory that many rappers do — the misplaced R&B ballad. But it’s a solid tape, as are a lot of the offerings I find hidden in DatPiff’s thumbnails.

MUSIC

COMEDY

Werewolves, triangles Lizz Winstead: Political and present and French TV Lizz Winstead combines her politics with probing and punchy humor. BY JOE KELLEN jkellen@mndaily.com

PHOTO COURTESY OF DAN MONICK

We Are Scientists hypothesize about reptiles and make pop music.

A&E talks with W.A.S. members about reading material and their new album. BY JACKIE RENZETTI jrenzetti@mndaily.com

hile touring, guitarist Keith Murray and bassist Chris Cain of We Are Scientists always pack a copy of Rober t McCammon’s “The Wolf ’s Hour,” which chronicles the adventures of a werewolf who must disr upt Nazi plans during World War II. The indie pop duo feels that McCammon’s work — in addition to a selection of Lee Child novels — demonstrate the moral aims and perspective of We Are Scientists, making it especially important to bring them on their current tour so their newest dr ummer, Keith Carne, could get acclimated. “If a person is going to be living with us … they need to understand that if we catch wind of a Nazi plot, we’re going to dive headlong into the effort to put a stop to it,” Cain said. “That surprises some people, unless they’ve read ‘The Wolf’s Hour.’ ” Mur ray and Cain met in 1997 while attending Pomona College in California. After graduating two years later, the pair moved to Berkeley, Calif. Murray, a literature major, worked in the University of California-Berkeley admissions department, while Cain worked for a consulting company focused on assimilating foreign companies into the U.S. “They weren’t terrible jobs; they just weren’t specifically what we were dreaming we would do,” Murray said. To spruce up their mundane work days, they started the band and eventually moved to New York City in 2001. The band has seen a revolving cast of dr ummers since its inception. But that aside, their sound has changed significantly since their first album in 2005, which was purposefully influenced by local sound-alikes such as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. A sophomore record was similarly akin to David Bowie. But when the time came for a third and fourth album, the group decided to write as organically as possible, with results similar to that of the OK Social Club and Young Buffalo.

The duo chose their newest album’s title, “TV en Français,” to match its lyrical content. The group found that watching television in a foreign language is similar to experiencing a breakdown in communication, fitting with the album’s lyrics that deal with the emotions accompanying a faltering relationship. “You understand essentially what you’re seeing, but you are missing all the dialogue and so much of the meaning,” Cain said. “We felt that was an apt way of describing faltering relationships.” Though the lyrics often deal with painful scenarios, the music retains up-tempo choruses and crescendoing guitar solos. There’s even the tinkling pitter-patter of a triangle to add a contemplative feel to “Make It Easy.” “Keith Carne not only can [play triangle], but he can play it one-handed,” Murray said.

Carne uses a special, horseshoe-shaped triangle on tour that he can play with one hand. “It’s been lauded with rave reviews … mostly from my parents,” Carne said. Now, horror fiction in hand, the band is currently back on the road for a tour. “It feels like how a vampire must feel like when he crawls out of the coffin. It’s great. And we are feasting on the blood of the young and the mor tal as well,” Cain said. “Not literally. It’s great to be back on the road, playing shows.”

We Are Scientists with PAWS Where 7th Street Entry, 701 N. First Ave., Minneapolis When 8 p.m. Saturday Cost $15 Age 18+

tired, half-bored Lizz Winstead sat in a bar on a blind date, watching the first Gulf War unfold on television. Before entering the unremarkable New York City establishment, the comedian and future co-creator of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” had recently moved to the Big Apple. The Minneapolis native began her career in the Twin Cities and was in the process of reaching a larger audience while her date quickly lost steam. Winstead was entranced by what was happening on the screen. She saw colorful graphics and attractive reporters and didn’t think she was getting the full story. “I had to ask myself,” she said. “‘Are they trying to report on a war or trying to sell me a war?’” Having worked as an observational comic who avoided political humor, she said this was the moment she knew it was time to focus her comedy on the democratic process. “I’m ver y interested in, like, media and politics coming together and speaking truth to their power,” she said. “I like to expose people with their own words and make use of satire.” Her twist on comedy is snappy and scathing, usually aiming jokes directly at the egos of politicians in the news. From war to the Affordable Care Act, Winstead picks apart quotes and uses the sound bites to reveal her take on a story. Winstead tur ned this now-familiar method into a career that has spanned two decades. In addition to implementing the technique

PHOTO COURTESY OF LIZZ WINSTEAD

Lizz Winstead adds political sass to her Minnesota nice.

as a “Daily Show” head writer, she co-founded and directed programming for Air America Radio, starting in 2003. She said this niche is a way for her to reach out to the American public in a way she’s always wanted to. “I just want people to be part of the political process, to be inquisitive,” she said. She said she feels comedy is one of the only ways to speak candidly about political complexities around the globe. “Comedy for critique has this opportunity to not talk down to people,” she said. “I think it’s crazy that comedians have to be the ones calling the bullshit, but it makes sense at the same time.” Winstead will retur n to her hometown in a few days to headline MinnPost’s “MinnRoast,” which features

local politicians and journalists in comedy sketches. She said she’s a little worried people are expecting her jokes to be mean, but she’s looking forward to the event. “It’ll be lighthearted, with a little bit of ‘Ouch!’ ” she said. Ultimately, W instead wants her time as a comedian and writer to add up to something. “I like that I can look in the mirror at my body of work and see that I’ve done something I’m proud of,” she said. “If you don’t define yourself, someone else will.”

“MinnRoast” Where The State Theatre, 805 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis When 7:30 p.m. Friday Cost $35-200

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THEATER

MUSIC

20% Theatre tackles feminism Surely, Temples Playwright Gina Gionfriddo tackles contemporary feminism with humor. BY JOE KELLEN jkellen@mndaily.com

s each hour of rehearsal ticked by, director Anya Kremenetsky and the rest of her company tried to perfect the pacing of “Rapture, Blister, Burn.” Kremenetsky said this play, put on by 20% Theatre Company, is challenging in the way its characters are constantly shifting paradigms. “The women in the play bounce back and forth from traditional to progressive to radical philosophies on how to navigate romantic relationships, careers, families,” she said. “We find that the only rule may be that there aren’t any rules.” “Rapture, Blister, Burn” centers on a feminist academic named Catherine. She’s published two books, speaks at esteemed institutions and is considered important in the world of women’s studies. However, “Rapture” finds her in a moment of vulnerability — early on, she expresses regret about not settling down and starting a family. When she returns to her hometown to take care of her sick mother, Catherine unexpectedly reconnects with an old flame who’s married to her best friend. As things get complicated, all of the characters are forced to reconcile

PHOTO COURTESY OF JAMES LOVEDAY

Indie psych rockers Temples channel a different era.

PHOTO COURTESY OF 20% THEATRE COMPANY

Actors Renee Werbowski, left, Randy Funk and Kelli Gorr.

with a question articulated by one of Catherine’s students: “You either have a career and wind up lonely and sad, or you have a family and wind up lonely and sad?” The play fits in with 20% Theatre Company’s mission of supporting the work of female and transgender theater artists. It’s something Renee Werbowski, who plays Catherine, said is indispensable to the Twin Cities theater community. “What attracts me to this play is its sneaky humor mixed in with this great big discussion about where we stand as a society with regard to the value of women,” she said. For Werbowski, “Rapture, Blister, Burn” has been a challenge she’s loved taking on.

“What’s challenging for me is to play an accomplished, confident person who is also at the most vulnerable point in her life so far,” she said. “What excites me is the challenge to make this real — to really reach each person in the audience in one way or another.” The play was similarly enticing for Kremenetsky, who said she felt like she couldn’t avoid doing the play once she’d read it. “We’ve had a great time in rehearsal discussing the inner lives of these characters and how we can personally relate to what they’re going through,” she said. “It seems this play brings up issues that we’ve all been itching to talk about.”

Kremenetsky said she wants audiences to leave with more questions than answers — for her, social change begins with a dialogue. “What drives the choices we make? What is empowering for women, and who gets to decide? Is there a formula for happiness and fulfillment?” she said. “For me, these questions are what make this play important.”

“Rapture, Blister, Burn” Where Minneapolis Theatre Garage, 711 W. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis When 7:30 p.m. April 25May 10 Cost $5-25

Temples’ music appropriates sacrosanct ’60s pop elements for today. BY GRANT TILLERY gtillery@mndaily.com

ritish indie group Temples takes music seriously. Tr y getting them to talk about anything other than their music — they won’t. Evasiveness isn’t part of that equation, though. Guitarist Thomas Warmsley explained that music is the psych-rock quartet’s reason for living, as well as their sustenance. The luscious-locked British quartet even listens to music during interviews — Kid Cudi’s “Pursuit of Happiness” was audible in the background of Warmsley’s phone. But the distraction wasn’t

pretentious or rude. Instead, it is a testimony to the power of constant immersion, stemming from the band’s workhorse ethos. Their debut album, “Sun Structures,” was self-produced and released by Heavenly Recordings this February. “From the ver y beginning, we had a strong idea of how we wanted it to sound and what we wanted to achieve with it,” Warmsely said. “The whole time we were focusing on that. How we were being received — we weren’t really conscious of that. The fact that people became so familiar with us is incredibly strange and wonderful to be a part of.” The psychedelic indie rockers from Kettering, U.K., came together in 2012, aiming to merge the sounds of ’60s Brit-pop and the warm, West Coast production of the same era. If given the chance, Warmsley could go on for hours about arranging. “We’re big fans of Jack Nitzsche,” Warmsely said. Nitzsche, who was famous for slick, jangly pop conducting, led legendar y Los Angeles session musicians the Wrecking Crew and worked closely with Phil Spector. This influence initially seems at odds with Temples’ sound, which is more reminiscent of the Zombies’ “Odessey and Oracle” than the Byrds or Buffalo Springfield. But Warmsley acknowledged parallels between the two. “We’re really big fans of ’60s pop — not necessarily just British ’60s pop,” Warmsley said. “It has an intricate and fantastical [sound] to it, and quite whimsical.” Warmsley mentioned Gar y Usher’s production on the Byrds’ “The Notorious Byrd Brothers” as his favorite of all-time, citing the band’s Celtic and British folk influences and their production trickery. “They discovered synthesizers, samples and tape loops, which is always interesting in a pop group,” he said. Taking a closer listen to “Sun Structures,” it’s obvious where these influences come into play. The minor, Easter n-influenced harmonies pay homage to the Byrds-styled spooky strumming but electrify it and take the tempo up a couple notches. Tambourine jangles pulled straight from “Mr. Tambourine Man” are front and center on several of the tracks. The Zombies’ influence is most evident in vocalist James Bagshaw. His timbre channels Zombies frontman Rod Argent’s with its haunting, breathy mysticism. Bagshaw’s phrasing is similar, too. Legato and languorous, it’s the sonic equivalent of tripping. Despite these influences, Warmsley made it clear that they’re not aiming to replicate one sound or the other. In the future, they want to continue the bright, sonic warmth prominent in “Sun Structures.” Temples plans to release another album in the near future, but there’s no set timeline for release, and no new tracks have been written yet. “We’re enjoying touring — it’s a luxury,” Warmsley said.

Temples Where First Avenue Mainroom, 701 First Ave., Minneapolis When 8 p.m. Thursday Cost $15 Age 18+

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Classifieds

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EMPLOYMENT

HOUSING

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CLASSIC CITY APARTMENTS In Dinkytown/Stadium Village Now Accepting Applications for 2014 Rooms, Studios 1 BR, 2 BR, 3BR Units

DINKYTOWN

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LOST & FOUND LOST SILVER BRACELET “Rosie” engraved on one side and “8.21.2013” engraved other side with a heart carved out. High sentimental value. If found, email awadx022@umn.edu

ADOPTIONS ADOPTION A loving secure safe happy family home awaits your newborn baby. Lisa 866-7072572. Expenses Paid.

HELP WANTED-TEMPORARY Need help with cleaning out old house on campusOrganize, price and help w/estate sale Sharon 571-0354Email s-ruhl@ umn.edu

JOB OPPORTUNITIES for students We are now hiring for a car rental company located near mall of america. Part time and full time, must be responsible, over 21 years old and have a current Driving License.Call 612-294-6627 for more info.

UNIVERSITY POSITIONS Landcare Student Worker Positions Available for immediate employment. Must be an undergraduate UMN student. PT during the school year and FT employment the summer. Mon-Fri, Wed-Sun, Sat-Wed. 7:00 am -3:30 pm. $8.25 hr. Go to http://z.umn.edu/landcarestudent

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UPCOMING EVENTS WHAT: Seasons of Music: Pianist Ivan Konev & MN Orchestra String Musicians WHEN: 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday WHERE: MacMillan Auditorium, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Drive, Chanhassen PRICE: $25 for members, $35 for non-members. Renowned pianist Ivan Konev and string musicians from the Minnesota Orchestra — Helen Craig and Natalia Moiseeva (violin), Susan Janda (viola) and Sally Dorer (cello) — celebrate spring with a performance of works by Brahms, Dvorak and Bach, accompanied by a medley of photos from the Arboretum Photographers Society. Cash bar and light refreshments available, beginning at 6 p.m.

WHAT: Taste of Stadium Village WHEN: 4 p.m. Thursday WHERE: Stadium Village PRICE: $1 food, $2 beers This is a big event that we put on twice a year in Stadium Village. The idea is to get people to try some of the many food options that the area has to offer and let them know what businesses are in the area. We have 14 restaurants participating in the $1 food items, with foods ranging from pulled pork sliders to mini blizzards. Thousands of dollars in prizes will be handed out, and there are seven bars that will be offering $2 summit beers from 4 p.m. to close.

WHAT: The Deaf Duckling WHO: Mixed Blood Theatre at the Parkway Theatre WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday WHERE: Parkway Theatre, 4814 Chicago Ave. S., Minneapolis PRICE: $8 for adults, $5 for children 12 and under. The Deaf Duckling offers a warm and insightful look at how one family bridges deaf and hearing cultures.

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Thursday, April 24, 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.

4/24/2014

Today’s Birthday (4/24): Plan multiple routes to adventure this year. Revise writing, make repairs and reconsider feelings before presenting. Past issues can resolve easily.

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 — Your dreams seem prophetic today and tomorrow. Something’s coming due. Clarify your direction with friends and dispel confusion.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 5 — The impossible looks easy. Dive into some intensity at work today and tomorrow. It’s an excellent moment for romantic dreaming.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 6 — Plan parties, and get together with groups today and tomorrow. Creative collaboration builds a dream. Play, but remember your budget.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 5 — Time for fun and games today and tomorrow. The best results come from playful experimentation.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 6 — A dream seems newly achievable. Take on new responsibilities today and tomorrow, and prepare for inspection.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 5 — Your spiritual practices clear your mind. Dreams and visions make sense. Allow yourself some poetic license.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 5 — You’d rather play than work today and tomorrow. Do your homework. Travel conditions improve, with caution.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 6 — Gather information today and tomorrow. Catch up on studies. Write, record and make plans. Get a contract in writing. Study and practice.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 5 — Financial planning is more fun with another today and tomorrow. Your partner’s vision inspires. Figure the costs to make it happen. Be on time.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 5 — Watch for a new source of income. Make sure you’ll earn enough to pay expenses. Show your team how much you believe in them.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 6 — Fantasize about your perfect job today and tomorrow. Consult with a partner who can see your blind spots.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 6 — Life seems easier for the next few days. Consider the consequences before taking actions. Assert your desires (once you’ve figured them out).

Thursday, April 24, 2014

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crossword

overheard

FOR RELEASE APRIL 24, 2014

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle “I nicked my nipple shaving with a picture.”

—Middlebrook dining hall

Girl: “Oh my gosh! You’re like a mythical creature — you only exist on Twitter!”

—Outside Coffman Union

“I’m telling you — tonight I am going to have stuff in my hair and on my face that is going to be REALLY gross to wash out.”

—ASL class

“It’s a Tuesday morning, and I’m completely hammered.”

—Northrop Mall

“I’m getting a couple of horses for my Kentucky Derby party so we can take horse selfies.”

—Sociology

“You steal our sriracha, we steal your friends!”

—Bailey dining hall

“I hate it when all the procrastinators take up all the Internet Sunday night. Some of us are still trying to procrastinate.”

—GrandMarc apartments

Guy 1: “I forgot my balls today.” Guy 2: “Don’t worry; we can issue them from the equipment room.”

—Recreation center

“So today I met a girl with a moustache. I’d never been so aroused in my life.”

—Unknown

Girl 1: “My cousin from Germany was here, and I had no idea what he was saying.” Girl 2: “Was he hot?” Girl 1: “He’s 8 ...”

—Dinkytown

Aerospace engineering professor: “I never really was very good with chemistry. People are either good at chemistry or good at engineering, but not both.” Student: “CHEMISTRY IS BLACK MAGIC!”

—Unknown

Tour guide describing Rapson Hall: “There’s the ugly part and the fancy part. Not sure what their priorities are over there.”

—Unknown

“I’ve learned pretty much everything I know from Drake songs and Food Network.”

—Campus Connector

What did you overhear? 4Post submissions on the “Overheard at U of M” Facebook group. 4Visit mndaily.com and look for the “Connect with the Daily” box on the homepage. 4Email submissions to overheards@mndaily.com.

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

ACROSS 1 __ comedy 6 First vice president 11 Tar’s direction 14 Hike 15 Not adept in 16 Prefix with state 17 Nobody special 19 No. that may have an ext. 20 Lab subjects 21 Arrest 22 Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy 24 Nobody special 29 “They made us!” 30 “Bring on the weekend!” 32 Edna Ferber novel 35 24-hr. news source 37 Cartoon monkey 38 Museum supporter, familiarly 40 Complain 42 Heathrow approx. 43 Speeding sound 47 Waist-reduction plans 48 Sharpen 50 Stuck on a stick 52 Nobody special 57 City northeast of Colgate University 58 ’60s hot spot 59 Yalie 60 Superdome city’s Amtrak code 61 Nobody special 66 Suffix with alp 67 Parting word 68 Commandeer 69 Selected on a questionnaire, with “in” 70 Cinque plus due 71 “Enigma Variations” composer DOWN 1 Halloween carrier? 2 Grub or chigger 3 Quinn of “Elementary” 4 Emmy-winning forensic series 5 “Women in Love” director Russell

4/24/14

By Jeffrey Wechsler

6 Father of Isaac 7 They’re handy for overnight stays 8 Small, medium or lge. 9 “A revolution is not a dinner party” statesman 10 Guide 11 Enjoying a Jazz performance? 12 Organization that supports the Dalai Lama 13 Money drawer 18 Lit. compilation 23 Asian holiday 25 Victory cry 26 Much of Israel 27 Place to get off: Abbr. 28 Jones who plays the announcer in “The Hunger Games” 31 Apparel sometimes protested 32 Chicken paprikash, e.g. 33 “Hmm ... I was thinking of something else” 34 Tormented, as with doubt

Wednesday’s Puzzle Solved

36 West Pointer 39 Spotlit number, perhaps 41 Dress length 44 Texting exclamation 45 Good scoring opportunity, in hockey 46 Rhesus monkey, e.g. 49 Gumshoe 51 Sagging

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53 South Asian rulers 54 Woody Allen mockumentary 55 “My Fair Lady” lady 56 Sweeter, in a way 57 Windows alternative 62 Pindar product 63 Parade member? 64 Put into operation 65 __ canto

dr. date Dr. Date,

I’ve essentially been single since breaking up with my girlfriend a year ago and am starting to fantasize about getting back together with her. There were a couple “whoops-we-accidentally-slepttogether” situations right after our initial breakup, but nothing for the past several months. We’ve both dated other people, but nothing too serious, though I guess I can’t say that with absolute certainty. I can really only speak for myself and the bits of information I’ve gotten about her through friends. When I think objectively about the problems we had, I know a lot would have to change for us to be together again. But I also know I still have feelings for her. She makes me laugh, and she was the best sex of my life. Is this just a symptom of being lonely, or should I go get her before it’s too late?

—Last Chance?

Missing That Good Lovin’,

At least you realize that your relationship ended for legitimate reasons, but there’s no way to “think objectively” about the problems you had. When it comes to issues of the heart, it’s just not possible. If anything, I’d say the “best sex of your life” is the biggest factor in your continued pining for this lady. I honestly don’t think you’re actually in a “she’s the one, and I gotta make this happen” situation. I can say with confidence that I’m still attracted to most of my exes, that they can still make me laugh and that the sex would still be awesome (when applicable…). There’s absolutely nothing unusual about feeling that way, which is to say you shouldn’t read too much into those emotions. I wouldn’t necessarily pin it on loneliness, either. You just need to go for long

enough without any more of those “oopsie” hookups with your ex to really be able to evaluate. Dating other folks a bit doesn’t really matter if you’ve still been falling back into your old ways from time to time, you know?

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

I’m a straight woman who’s occasionally thought about being with another woman. It’s something I’d like to try before leaving college, but I have no idea how to make it happen. Should I go for it? My one worry (I know it’s kind of silly, but it’s there) is that I’ll like it more than being with a guy. I’m not sure if I’m ready to face a realization like that. So I guess I kind of have two questions. Sorry.

—Anonymous

Girl Power,

First, I’d go about it the exact same way you usually go about meeting people. Show your face, meet some folks, chat ’em up, get some numbers, see where the cards fall. This ain’t magic, folks. If you’re worried about potential social awkwardness, given that isn’t your modus operandi, turn to technology. All the kids are doing it these days. You’re not the only woman looking for another woman. As for your second question, I think you’re just apprehensive, not worried. If those feelings are a bridge you have to cross at a later date, I doubt you’ll be worried or have trouble dealing with your newfound interest. You’re approaching the scenario from your current viewpoint. Once it isn’t such a foreign concept to you, much of that nervous energy will have departed. Hell, it might actually be a relief.

—Dr. Date

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

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CSE Week shows off student work CSE u from Page 1

parents who were scientists or engineers, she said. “Students make ma jor decisions in their life in middle school,” she said. “By the time you’re in ninth grade, you’re already making those commitments in what kind of classes you’ll be taking.” Events like the CSE Expo help level the playing field, Kubitschek said, showing a broad range of science professions to students who may not have had much exposur e to those fields. Not all middle school students will respond to the same things, said physics junior and CSE Expo student group President Ben Ihde, so the Expo aims to showcase dif ferent areas of science in order to change the limited perception some students may have of it. “It’s not just going into a lab and playing with test tubes,” he said. “It’s flying hovercrafts, playing with robots, building a model of a building and seeing how it stands up to an ear thquake … you can do with it whatever you want to.” The Expo also gives CSE students a chance to take skills and knowledge they learned in class and use them in a real scenario with real problems, he said. “Lab work is predefined,” he said. “You go in, you read the instr uc-

“It’s not just going into a lab and playing with test tubes. It’s flying hovercrafts, playing with robots ... you can do with it whatever you want to.” BEN IHDE CSE Expo student group president

tions, you use all the ingredients that are set out for you and you get a result that you could predict beforehand.” Applying those lab skills to real-world projects is much more fluid, he said, and students have to figure out how to do science on a team while dealing with limited budgets and unforeseen problems. Working on the Expo project was completely dif ferent from working in class labs, Paull said. Not having an instr uctor to of fer guidance and maintain motivation was “a real wake-up call,” he said. Paull joined graphic design senior Matthew McVeigh last fall to create Project Vulcan, which they will show at the Expo. The visual ef fects machine explores how sound waves travel through dif ferent types of material, such as mineral oil, salt and ferrofluid, a liquid that responds to magnetic fields. The materials react differently when music plays through them, and the pat-

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

Mechanical engineering freshman Michael Rosplock and aerospace engineering junior Caleb Carlson work on a helicopter for CSE Week.

terns then project onto a screen. M c Ve i g h s a i d t h e y didn’t anticipate how complicated the logistics of the project would be. He said he thought they could finish the project in six weeks, but they had to keep the budget low, wait for materials and find people who knew more about the subject than they did,

which made the endeavor take much longer. Other Expo projects include a waterproofing spray for protecting personal devices, a twopassenger hovercraft, a Formula 1 racecar and a quar tet of singing robot head replicas of University President Eric Kaler. Statistics sophomore Mia Bronstein is in charge

of the event’s logistics. She said she’s excited to see the Strandbeest, an 11-foot-tall pedal-powered walking machine. She’s been putting the event together since last October, she said, so she’s excited to see the middle school students arrive and all her hard work pay off. M c Ve i g h s a i d t h e event is a great oppor tu-

nity for college students who need more real-world experience but that it’s also a way for the University to recr uit future scientists. “It’s a way for kids to be inspired by science,” he said. “The way science is taught in schools is ver y uninspiring. If it was taught like this, I would have loved it.”

Lawmakers wrestle with data privacy BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ST. PAUL — Minnesota lawmakers entered final negotiations Wednesday on a bill intended to stop public employees from snooping in citizens’ private data. The potential for abuse of gover nment-held databases was highlighted when a Department of Natural Resources employee was accused of improper driver’s license lookups some 19,000 times over several years. In other cases, local gover nments were sued by citizens over improper lookups. Members of a HouseSenate conference committee face the task of creating a comprehensive but fair law is complex. Issues that came up during the discussion included the dangers of releasing the names of public employees just doing their jobs when viewing private citizen data; developing reliable methods of tracking workers who inappropriately look up personal data; and enforcing the new law. The bill’s cur rent language requires identifying government employees who access private data, even when it’s for a legitimate purpose. Rep. Debra Hilstrom, DFL-Brooklyn Center, cautioned against releasing the names of any and all government employees who access personal data as part of their jobs. As an example, she cited the potential for harm from people involved in child support or child abuse cases who might want to lash out at someone. Sen. Warren Limmer, RMaple Grove, cautioned his colleagues from coming up with “a black and white yes or no” for all situations. “An individual should have the right to know who’s digging into his personal record,” Limmer said, par ticularly if the person who’s digging has “less vir tuous” motives. Disgruntled employees or even criminal elements could be involved, he said.