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FEBRUARY 14, 2013

MUSIC

FACULTY

Female faculty take longer for tenure

Dayton proposed an $80M increase for the grant program.

Often it’s for reasons like pregnancy and caregiving.

BY JESSICA LEE jlee@mndaily.com

Higher education backers are excited that the governor’s budget proposal could substantially increase state grant funding for lower-income students. Gov. Mark Dayton’s biennial budget proposal provides $80 million for the Minnesota State Grant Program — a needbased financial assistance program used by a quar ter of undergraduates at the University of Minnesota. The proposed increase in student aid is the largest in more than 25 years, said Larr y Pogemiller, director of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education. “We’ve slipped behind in higher education, and now we are in a catch-up mode,” said Rep. L yndon Carlson Sr., DFL-Cr ystal. “The governor is tr ying to get us there as rapidly as he can with his proposal.” Minnesota has the third-highest postgraduate student debt rate in the countr y, according to the Institute for College Access and Success. Less than two decades ago, students paid one-third of higher education costs, but because of the state’s recent cuts in u See GRANTS Page 7 Right now, almost 11,000 undergraduates receive financial assistance from the grant program.

ENVIRONMENT

U students to protest crude oil in D.C. BY HAILEY COLWELL hcolwell@mndaily.com

University of Minnesota students will join thousands of environmentalists Saturday as they flock to Washington, D.C., to protest the use of fossil fuel. More than 20,000 people are expected to gather on the National Mall for the Forward on Climate Rally, an effort to convince President Barack Obama to reject the Keystone XL Pipeline Project. The proposed $7 billion pipeline would expand the existing Keystone oil system to span from tar sands in Alberta, Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast. More than 40 people were arrested Wednesday for protesting the pipeline in front of the White House. Among those arrested were the Sierra Club’s executive director Michael Brune, activist Bill McKibben and lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Environmentalists have criticized the 1,700-mile pipeline for its potential to increase greenhouse gas emissions. They also worr y that an oil spill could damage the air, water and terrain around it. Supporters of the pipeline say it will increase jobs and U.S. energy independence. u See PROTEST Page 7 Obama has postponed his decision on the proposed pipeline but is expected to decide soon.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVES AT MNDAILY.COM

BY T YLER GIESEKE tgieseke@mndaily.com EMILY DUNKER, DAIILY

Rapper Joshua Turner aka Dem Atlas in his basement performance space Saturday in Minneapolis. The Twin Cities native released his first EP, Charlie Brown, earlier this month and will be performing at the Triple Rock on Saturday.

Atlas at last BY PATRICK MALONEY

onist and outcast of his comic

pmaloney@mndaily.com

strip. That’s why Atlas named his recently released EP after

Local rapper Dem Atlas

the Peanuts character.

manages to look both cool and

Atlas, known of f-stage as

uneasy as he scans the near-

Joshua Turner, lived in Min-

empty coffee shop. When he

neapolis for seven years before

sits down, his fingers drum on

moving to the suburbs to at-

the table, but his words come

tend the predominantly white

out mellow and deliberate.

Eagan Senior High School.

“Growing up, I was really

“I was the only black per-

popular,” Atlas said, “but I was

son,” Atlas said. “Kids called

also kind of laughed at.”

me Oreo.”

It only follows that Atlas

Atlas found outlets on his

feels a kinship with Charlie

high school speech team and

Brown, who is both the protag-

as the frontman for a rock

u See DEM ATLAS Page 16

One of associate professor Joanna O’Connell’s colleagues pushed her tenure decision date past the typical six years so she could care for her parents who were ill with kidney cancer. Another delayed the process because he was ill himself. Although faculty members at the University of Minnesota might “stop the tenure clock” for different reasons, the majority that choose to do so are women — and those numbers are growing. The percentage of women still on the tenure clock at seven years increased from about 19 percent for female faculty members star ting between 1999 and 2001 to about 23 percent for women starting between 2002 and 2004, according to a presentation to the Board of Regents last year. Success rates in achieving tenure in the standard six years are higher for men at the University. But this is because more women decide to extend the evaluation period for reasons like pregnancy, adoption and caregiving, Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs Arlene Carney said. In addition, fewer women have the higher rank of associate professor than men, Carney said, although the numbers are growing. Currently, about 60 percent of associate professors — the rank just under full professor — are men and 40 percent are women. “There’s still a lot of inertia in the system,” O’Connell said. u See TENURE Page 6 Faculty members have a general apprehension toward “stopping the clock,” Carney said.

RACE FOR MAYOR

Transit in mind, Hodges joins race With a social justice background, Councilwoman Hodges stresses a city for all. BY BRIAN AROLA barola@mndaily.com

Betsy Hodges says some of her proudest accomplishments as a Minneapolis city councilwoman wouldn’t make her popular at a cocktail party. But helping to fix a broken pension system for city employees that saved more than $20 million on property taxes last year should help make her popular with voters, she said. Hodges, who ser ves the 13th Ward in southwest Minneapolis, was one of the first candidates to announce an intention to run for Minneapolis mayor. She said her seven years’ experience on the City Council will set her apart in a crowded race.

Sen. Scott Dibble, DFL-Minneapolis, worked with Hodges on the pension issue and authored the bill to fix it at the state Legislature. It wasn’t the first time the two have worked together. Hodges said Dibble is the one who encouraged her to r un for City Council in the first place; she was first elected in 2005. Dibble, who now co-chairs Hodges’s campaign committee, said she’d be an excellent replacement for current mayor R.T. Rybak, who won’t seek a fourth term. “She does her homework,” he said. “She’s really dug in and solved some difficult and thorny problems.” Hodges said she’s also proud of the work she’s done on public safety. She said she’s worked u See HODGES Page 20 She said expanding transit options in the city will help retain students.

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAIILY

Minneapolis City Council member Betsy Hodges was the first candidate to announce her campaign for mayor.

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N Korea, true nuke power? BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TOKYO — North Korea’s underground nuclear test shows it is making big strides toward becoming a true nuclear power. But the test may also reveal key clues the secretive nation might have hoped to hide about how close, or how far away, it is from fielding a nuclear weapon capable of striking the United States or its allies. Hoping to capitalize on a rare opportunity to gauge North Korea’s nuclear capabilities, intelligence and militar y officials around the region are scrambling to glean data to answer three big questions: how powerful was the device Pyongyang tested, what sort of device was it, and what progress does the test indicate the nation has made. North Korea hailed Tuesday’s test as a “perfect” success, saying it used a device that was stronger and more advanced than those in its past two attempts. Add that to its successful rocket launch in December and the threat of a North Korea ready to strike at the United States, which it sees as its arch-enemy, would appear to be more real than ever. But just how close is it? The main thing intelligence officials want to figure out is what kind of device was used. Was it a plutonium bomb, like the ones it tested in 2006 and 2009, or one that used highly enriched uranium? James Acton, an analyst with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said North Korea’s plutonium stockpile is small and it would be difficult and expensive for the North to produce more. But a test using highly enriched uranium, which is cheaper and easier to produce, would raise the threat that North Korea can expand its nuclear arsenal quickly. “A highly enriched uranium test would be a significant development,” he said. “Unfortunately, we don’t yet have any evidence as to the device’s design yield or whether it was made from plutonium or highly enriched uranium.” Finding that out is a race against time. Joseph De Trani, former head of the National Counterproliferation Center, predicted U.S. intelligence would determine the size and composition of the nuclear device in one to three days based partly on radioactive elements released into the environment.

Gag orders silence Israeli press in digital age

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what’s billed as the world’s biggest Ferris wheel. The project reflects a renewed appetite in Dubai for extravagance as the economy rebounds from a debt-driven slump during the past three years. The official WAM news

agency said Wednesday that the Fer ris wheel — dubbed the Dubai Eye — will stand 210 meters (688 feet), exceeding the London Eye’s 135 meters (443 feet). Constr uction is set to begin this year. Dubai has proposed a

series of mega projects reminiscent of its boom years before the downturn hit in 2009. The projects include theme parks and a satellite city named for Dubai’s r uler, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashin Al Maktoum.

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JERUSALEM — Israel’s militar y censor, which has long ser ved as the countr y’s guardian of state secrets, is suddenly under the microscope following a pair of sensitive reports broken by the international media. An Australian broadcaster’s stor y this week about the suspicious death of an Australian-Israeli prisoner held by Israel, following foreign reports of an Israeli airstrike in Syria last month, have revealed the limits of Israel’s decades-long censorship rules and court-imposed gag orders. In today’s Internet age, many are now asking whether these restrictions are even relevant. The idea behind the objections is that in today’s communications environment, when everybody is essentially a publisher with a potentially worldwide audience, to censor “the media” is somehow akin to censoring conversation itself, which Israel, as a democracy, would never conceive of doing. “(Gag orders) are a tool that can’t deal with the media reality we live in: a globalized, hyper-connected, hyperfast world. There is no real way to control the spread of information,” said Yuval Dror, an expert in digital communications. The censorship office, which emerged from an agreement between editors and the government in the 1950s, has long wielded heavy control over reporting of Israel’s military and intelligence forays abroad and over domestic affairs it wants to keep under wraps. Journalists writing about potentially sensitive news must clear their stories with the censor’s office before they can be published. It has the authority to block or even delete reports deemed threatening to national security, and violations of the rules can result in penalties, including jail time, for journalists. Israel’s security establishment also often seeks court-issued gag orders on certain cases. For years, the system was mostly able to prevent the release of sensitive secrets. But with the advent of blogs, Twitter and global news websites, the censor’s office has appeared increasingly archaic. Today, Israeli media are forced to quote “foreign sources” after international media divulge details, such as the reports of an Israeli airstrike last month on a weapons convoy in Syria. Underscoring the limitations of censor’s office was this week’s report by Australia’s national broadcaster that an Australian-Israeli man who worked for Israel’s Mossad spy agency had hanged himself in an Israeli prison.

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Three battle for at-large Regent spot BY ALEXI GUSSO agusso@mndaily.com

Veterans Linda Cohen and Dean Johnson are looking to defend their atlarge seats on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents as their six-year terms come to an end. They’re facing Belle Plaine School District Superintendent Kelly Smith, who has run for a seat in previous years, including in 2012 when he was considered to replace former Regent Steve Sviggum. Cohen and Johnson were both appointed in 2007. The Minnesota Daily spoke to each candidate separately about their goals as a regent, issues the University needs to address and how each thinks he or she would benefit the board.

Why are you seeking a term on the Board of Regents? Johnson: My first six years were a great honor and privilege to ser ve the people of Minnesota and specifically students, faculty and staf f. I found my niche on the Board of Regents and want to continue in this capacity. I also know that in a couple years we’ll have three of our regents retired, and we’ll for sure have two new ones this year, and so some institutional memor y and some bench strength would be a good thing. You need veterans … who understand the process and the governance process well, and I think I do that. Cohen: I have two major abiding interests: one of which is education and the other is good governance, and I would love to continue working on the education aspect. I think it’s a really meaningful endeavor. Smith: I cer tainly am very active in public education, so I see that as a major skill that I could bring to the Board of Regents. I’m faced with balancing the competing needs of an institution with the available resources, and I think that’s something the University deals with on a regular basis as well.

What unique perspective do you think you bring to the board? Johnson: I’m a firm believer that education for our citizens at any level is a key to a better, healthier, more environmentally sound and competitive society in commerce and business. Another level of experience I bring is that I’ve served on all of the upstanding committees. I currently chair the board’s Facilities [and Operations] committee, and I serve on the Education Policy committee. Cohen: I bring a perspective of education. Just the way it’s ver y important to have people on the board who have expertise in fiscal matters, I also think the quality of education is enormously important, and I bring the educational aspect and the deep desire for educational excellence. S m i t h : Something I would bring to the Board of Regents is certainly an understanding of the first part of our educational system and the desire to make a more seamless system from preschool education right through college.

What are some issues the University still needs to work on?

Johnson: No. 1 is always af fordability of education for students at all levels. I’m pleased that we’re moving forward on a

Carnival cancels 12 more cruises on troubled ship BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Newcomer takes on incumbents Linda Cohen and Dean Johnson.

Kelly Smith

Linda Cohen

Dean Johnson

FROM:

Belle Plaine, Minn.

Minnetonka, Minn.

Willmar, Minn.

EDUCATION:

Doctorate & M.A. in educational psychology from University of Minnesota M.A. in the history of science from Harvard University B.S. in chemistry from Wellesley College

Master’s degree in strategic studies from the United States Army War College Master of Divinity degree from Luther Theological Seminary B.A. in business administration from Luther College

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Current chair of the Board of Regents Member of Wayzata School District Board of Education Former member of the Advisory Council of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs Licensed marriage and family therapist Former consultant for TCF Bank

Parish pastor at Calvary Lutheran Church Former state representative at Minnesota Legislature Former State Senate Majority and Minority Leader Brigadier general in the US Army National Guard Special assistant to the chief of chaplains in the National Guard Bureau

FROM:

B.A. in mathematics education from University of Minnesota-Morris M.S. in educational leadership from Minnesota State University-Mankato Doctorate in educational leadership from University of Minnesota

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Superintendant at Belle Plaine School District Former assistant principal for Belle Plaine School District Former activities director for Belle Plaine School District

zero increase in tuition. The goal — and maybe it’s a non-achievable goal, but it’s something worth working toward — is that [students] can finish their undergraduate debt free. Also, we’re cur rently embarking on cutting something like $25 to $28 million out of administration. I wholeheartedly support that because we have to act and administer in a more efficient way than we have in the past. Cohen: I believe that as

excellent as the University is, we need to move it up an echelon. Also, we want to have affordable access, particularly for our Minnesota resident students, and we want to make sure that we’re running efficiently and effectively, so we need to keep costs down. Smith: I’m not running on any single issue that I would tr y to change. My

ultimate goal as a regent is to provide solid governance for the board and for the University of Minnesota so it can achieve its mission. I think that ever ybody wants the University to be transparent and people to understand where money’s going, and I think that the board and President [Eric] Kaler are tr ying to do that as they meet with the Legislature.

HOUSTON — Carnival Cruise Lines has canceled a dozen more planned voyages aboard the Triumph and acknowledged that the crippled ship had been plagued by other mechanical problems in the weeks before an engine-room fire left it powerless in the Gulf of Mexico. The company’s announcement on Wednesday came as the Triumph was being towed to a port in Mobile, Ala., with more than 4,000 people on board, some of whom have complained to relatives that conditions on the ship are dismal and that they have limited access to food and bathrooms. The ship will be idle through April. Two other cr uises were called of f shortly after Sunday’s fire. Debbi Smedley, a passenger on a recent Triumph cruise, said the ship had trouble on Jan. 28 as it was preparing to leave Galveston. Hours befor e the scheduled departure time, she received an email from Carnival stating the vessel would leave late because of a propulsion problem. Passengers were asked to arrive at the port at 2 p.m., two hours later than originally scheduled. The ship did not sail until after 8 p.m., she said. “My mother is a cruise

travel agent so this is not my first rodeo. I have sailed many, many cruises, many, many cr uise lines. This was, by far, I have to say, the worst,” said Smedley, of Plano, Texas. Rober t Gior dano, of the Oklahoma City suburb of Edmond, said he last spoke to his wife, Shannon, on Monday. She told him she waited in line for three hours to get a hot dog, and that conditions on the ship were terrible. “They’re having to urinate in the shower. They’ve been passed out plastic bags to go to the bathroom,” Giordano said. “There was fecal matter all over the floor.” Even more distressing, Giordano said, has been the lack of information he has been able to get from Carnival, a complaint shared by Vivian Tilley, of San Diego, whose sister is also on the vessel. Carnival, she said, has not told families what hotel passengers will be put in or provided precise information about when they will arrive in Mobile, Ala. And that came after the cruise line switched the ship’s towing destination from Progreso, Mexico, to Mobile. Tilley said her sister, Renee Shanar, of Houston, told her the cabins were hot and smelled like smoke from the engine fire, forcing passengers to stay on the deck. She also said people were getting sick.

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Friedman: ‘Time was right to step down’ He served as U’s Medical School Dean and AHC VP for three years. BY BRANDEN LARGENT blargent@mndaily.com

After three years as vice president for health sciences and dean of the University of Minnesota’s Medical School, Aaron Friedman said in a statement Monday that he felt the time was right to step down at the end of 2013. His impact on the University ranged from pediatrics to a leadership position during the constr uction of the Amplatz Children’s Hospital. “This is a great time to wel-

come a new leader aboard to take the Academic Health Center into this next phase,” Friedman said in the statement. University President Eric Kaler announced Friedman’s decision Friday in an email to faculty and staff. Friedman is currently out of the countr y and should return within two weeks, according to the Academic Health Center Office of Communications. As a result of Friedman’s decision, Wesley Miller agreed to extend his term as chair of the Depar tment of Medicine through 2014. Miller said it was sensible to prolong his term a little bit so the search for a new dean can begin before the search for a new department chair.

“I’m personally disappointed with [Friedman’s] decision to step down primarily because I really enjoy working with him,” Miller said. “But I think that his reasons for stepping down are his own, and I think they are ver y well-founded.” Friedman’s term was originally intended to last up to three years, but Miller said he had hoped Friedman would sign on beyond that term. Before his current positions, Friedman ser ved from 2008 to 2010 as Ruben-Bentson chair of pediatrics and as pediatrician-inchief of the University’s Amplatz Children’s Hospital. “He was a wonder ful colleague to work with,” said Kathie Taranto, Amplatz Children’s Hospital president.

Tears and applause for pope at last public Mass BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

VATICAN CITY — With a humble “Grazie” as bishops doffed their mitres and applause echoed through St. Peter’s Basilica, a frail Pope Benedict XVI began his long farewell by presiding over Ash Wednesday services in a tearful, final public Mass. “We wouldn’t be sincere, Your Holiness, if we didn’t tell you that there’s a veil of sadness on our hear ts this evening,” said Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Benedict’s longtime deputy, his voice breaking. “Thank you for having given us the luminous example of the simple and humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord,” Bertone said, quoting Benedict’s own words when he first appeared before the faithful above St. Peter’s Square after he was elected pope. Smiling and clearly moved, Benedict responded, “Grazie. Now let us return to prayer” — his words bringing to an end the resounding

applause that had grown in intensity over several minutes. Then, in a rare gesture and sign of respect, the rows of bishops, some with tears in their eyes, removed their mitres. One prelate dabbed at his eyes with a handkerchief. “Viva il papa!” someone in the crowd shouted as the pope slowly made his way down the steps of the altar, assisted by two clergymen. He then departed St. Peter’s for the last time aboard a wheeled platform, sparing him the long walk down the aisle. Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, the most solemn season on the church’s liturgical calendar that ends with Holy Week, when the faithful commemorate the death of Christ and his resurrection on Easter Sunday. By this Easter, on March 31, the church will likely have a new pope. In his final homily as pontiff, Benedict sent a clear message to his successor and those who will elect him

of his hope for the future: a united church that isn’t “defiled” by internal rivalries. Each Christian, he said, is called to bear witness to the faith. “I think in particular of the attacks against the unity of the church, to the divisions in the ecclesial body,” he said. “Experiencing Lent in a more intense and evident ecclesial union, moving beyond individualisms and rivalries, is a humble and precious sign for those who have drifted from the faith or are indifferent to it.” Earlier in the day, the scene was festive as Benedict took the extraordinary step of speaking directly to the faithful about why he had broken with 600 years of tradition and decided to retire on Feb. 28. “As you know, I have decided to renounce the ministry that the Lord gave to me on April 19, 2005,” Benedict told thousands gathered for the traditional Wednesday general audience. “I did this in full liberty for the good of the church.”

“He is passionate about health care for children, and it really came through in ever ything we did together until he moved into the deanship,” Taranto said. Friedman was instr umental in moving the organization forward so the hospital could be ranked among the top academic children’s hospitals in the countr y, Taranto said. As a leader at the time the children’s hospital was being built in 2010, Taranto said Friedman helped ensure it was designed with the input of patients and families. “I think he played a ver y big role in helping it be one of the best facilities in the countr y for care for kids,” Taranto said. A national search for a new

Medical School dean and vice president for health sciences will begin as soon as possible, according to the AHC Of fice of Communications. Both positions will remain combined and directly report to Kaler. “The University was lucky to have him, and I was lucky to have him as a partner,” Taranto said. “He’s just a great man in my estimation and a great leader.” Friedman said in the statement that although he felt the need to step down, his work at the AHC is not yet finished. “We have a lot of work in the next 11 months and I am committed to ensuring that we have a strong and smooth transition into the next phase of the AHC,” he said.

Little change in Honduras prison where 362 died BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

JUTICALPA, Honduras — On the 14th day of each month, Jesus Garcia joins other relatives to hoist a cardboard coffin and carry it in a macabre procession down a road to the prison where two cousins died with 360 other inmates in the worst prison fire in at least a century. It’s their way to demand justice in the deaths of Antonio and Franklin Garcia, who were among many left locked in their cells as fire raced through the wooden barracks on Feb. 14 last year, and the handful of guards on duty ran for their lives. “We go to the jail, in a symbolic procession with a casket, to ask for justice, but we get no answers,” Garcia said. “We go to the minister of human rights and she passes it along to the president and he passes it along to the first lady, but

then nothing gets done.” A year after the fire in Comayagua, about 60 miles from Tegucigalpa, the investigation remains open and prosecutors have filed no charges. The burned cells and electrical system are still being repaired. While the government created a new agency told to replace the police in the prisons with specially trained guards, social workers and doctors, the threeperson commission that started working last week was given no budget and has no office, according to its director, Agusto Avila. Even the inmate who was the hero of the fire, finding keys and freeing hundreds of men, was never pardoned as President Por firio Lobo had promised. Honduran law forbids commuting a murder sentence, so Marco Antonio Bonilla is still ser ving his time, working in the prison infirmar y, where he was awakened that night by the

screams of inmates as they were devoured by flames. “There was no mechanism to extinguish fires, no evacuation plan. The firefighters were not allowed to get there quickly and the guards, instead of acting appropriately, only fired shots in the air, supposedly because that is the established procedure in case of escapes,” said government human rights prosecutor German Enamorado, who led the investigation for the Attor ney General’s Office. Garcia is in a position to know it can happen again. Besides being a relative of the dead, he is the warden of the Juticalpa prison nor theast of the capital in rural Olancho state. A fire today in the Juticalpa facility of 500 inmates could cause similar devastation because it doesn’t have r unning water to fight a blaze, despite the fact it is one of the countr y’s modern facilities, built in 2007.

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Pa. student sues BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EASTON, Pa. — Talk about grade inflation. Graduate student Megan Thode wasn’t happy about the C-plus she received for one class, saying the mediocre grade kept her from getting her desired degree and becoming a licensed therapist — and, as a result, cost her $1.3 million in lost earnings. Now Thode is suing her professor and Lehigh

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Newly hired, tenuretrack faculty members at the University are typically allotted six years to develop a por tfolio of research, teaching and ser vice that demonstrates they deser ve tenure. During the final year, the por tfolio is evaluated at the depar tmental, collegiate and University-wide levels. “It’s a ver y intense experience,” O’Connell said. “You spend a year biting your fingernails.” If faculty members are awarded tenure, they’re guaranteed the ability to teach and research freely until retirement. If tenure isn’t awarded, they’re given a year to continue at the University while searching for another job. Nearly 60 percent of faculty hired between 2002 and 2004 successfully received tenure in six years — this number includes those who stayed at the University and those who left prior to the decision year. For this hiring group, about 64 percent of men and 53 percent of women received tenure in six years. The discrepancy is due to the increasing number of women delaying their decision year, an action often called “stopping the clock” among faculty, Carney said. Faculty members can apply for a longer period before the tenure decision for reasons like childcare and illness, but it isn’t guaranteed. But faculty members have a general apprehension toward stopping the clock, Carney said. “Some people are afraid that it makes them look

University in Bethlehem, claiming monetar y damages and seeking a grade change. A judge is hearing testimony in the case this week in Nor thampton County Court. Lehigh and the professor contend her lawsuit is without merit. Nor thampton County Judge Emil Giordano declined to dismiss the suit Wednesday, r uling that there was enough evidence for the suit to proceed, ac-

cording to The (Easton) Express-Times. Thode took the class in the fall of 2009. Her instr uctor, Amanda Eckhardt, testified this week that she stood by the grade, saying Thode failed to behave professionally and thus earned zero out of 25 points in class participation, bumping her down a full letter grade. “I ... believed she received the grade she earned,” Eckhardt said.

PERCENT OF FEMALE FACULTY ON TENURE CLOCK AT SEVEN YEARS

TENURE SUCCESS RATE FOR INCOMING FACULTY 2002-04

23.3% 19.6%

21.0%

21.8%

58.9%

OVERALL

63.5% 52.8%

MEN

WOMEN

2001-03 57.6% 1999-2001 2000-02

2001-03

63.2% 50.3%

2002-04

STARTING DATES SOURCE: MAY 2012 REPORT TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS

like they’re not as serious about their work,” she said. Car ney said she tries to convince faculty there aren’t penalties or judgments attached to stopping the tenure clock. If faculty members need an extra year to be successful, they should take it, she said. O’Connell said delaying the decision year is misunderstood, but it’s becoming more routine. “The University does not want attrition,” she said. O’Connell said she remembered a faculty member once claimed a tenure candidate had received an extra year after stopping the clock, but the department chair immediately read the section of policy stating that it wasn’t an unfair advantage. American Indian studies assistant professor Clint Carroll said his “gut feeling” is that there’s a stigma

OVERALL

MEN

WOMEN

2000-02 55.3%

62.7% 45%

OVERALL

MEN

WOMEN

SOURCE: MAY 2012 REPORT TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS

against delaying the tenure decision, but he said there shouldn’t be. Family commitments put an added strain on a faculty member tr ying to do research and publish articles, he said. “When you throw [kids] into the equation, things get more dif ficult,” Clint said.

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Environment policy key for some DFLers

Staying green and saving green

To steer people away from flying to the rally, environmental groups and climate rally organizers 350. org and the Sierra Club have organized trains to transport participants to Washington, D.C. “Ideally, we don’t want to use fossil fuel to go out to D.C. to try to stop fossil fuel usage, but [the train] is the most efficient way to get people out there,” said Paul Densmore, University alumnus and volunteer with MN350, Minnesota’s chapter of 350.org. Since the train’s infrequent trips would cause students to miss school, 350. org organized buses that will take people directly to the rally and back. The bus tickets were subsidized by the Sierra Club and reduced to $100 each, making the commute much more af fordable than the originally $360 train ticket. Having a reduced-price bus ticket available to students makes going to the rally a much more realistic option, said evolution, ecology and behavior freshman Keisa Helgerson. Varin said she and Helgerson originally looked into driving to the rally, which would have cost more than $300. “The fact that they have transportation for kids is so nice,” Varin said. She said she’s looking forward to representing the University at the rally because she wants to help persuade the president to look

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last week to promote his new book and discuss the need for environmental policy change. Gore summarized 2012 as the year of climate crisis, pointing to Hurricane Sandy and droughts nationwide. This heightened public awareness, he said, makes it a good time for lawmakers to take action. “We’re in trouble [with the climate], and we have

the ability to stop the worst of it. But we’re kind of sleepwalking to the edge of a clif f here,” he said. In his State of the Union Address on Tuesd a y, P r e s i d e n t B a r a c k Obama promised to prioritize environmental issues. “The good news is, we can make meaningful progress on this issue, while driving strong economic growth,” he said. “I

urge this Congress to pursue a bipar tisan, marketbased solution to climate change … but if Congress won’t act soon to protect future generations, I will.” Marty believes lawmakers can find a bipar tisan solution to the climate crisis. “There are disagreements between parties and within par ties, but I think people realize that there is only one planet to live on.”

STATE GRANT SPENDING FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

$17,227

UTAH

$17,447

Number of recipients State Grant spending Average state grant

HAWAII

$18,879

CALIFORNIA

$19,950

ARIZONA

$19,954

BASE, JANUARY 2013

NEVADA

$28,783

CONNECTICUT

$29,097

RHODE ISLAND

HIGHEST AND LOWEST AVERAGE STUDENT DEBT BY STATE

$29,793

Despite the potential to be taken into custody, one University student says she’s still excited for the protest. “It’s a huge thing for progress on climate change,” said biology and Spanish freshman Paige Varin, “so I feel like the chance of getting arrested for this is well worth it.” Varin said she called her mom for advice before deciding to go to the rally. “I told her about possible arrests, and she was just like, ‘Oh my gosh, you need to go. This is going to be the moment of your life.’ ” Obama has postponed his decision on the proposed pipeline because older versions of its route cut through ecologically vulnerable land in Nebraska, but he is expected to announce his final decision soon. In his State of the Union address Tuesday, Obama urged Congress to take steps against climate change. He said he will use his authority to reduce greenhouse gas pollution if Congress fails to act.

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Former Vice President Al Gore speaks about his new book, “The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change,” at the Westminster Town Hall Forum on Feb. 7 in Minneapolis. Gore is a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize and the author of five books.

Dayton’s proposal could boost U’s state grants to approx. $28 million

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at renewable alternatives to crude oil. “The pipeline could potentially be ridiculously hazardous to health as well as, obviously, the environment.” Two “climate buses” will leave the Twin Cities on Saturday and drive directly to the rally, which begins Sunday morning, Densmore said. During the 18-hour bus ride to Washington, D.C., passengers will discuss climate change, watch documentaries and send out mass social media posts to raise awareness about the rally, he said. “We’re definitely working on keeping people engaged and getting them excited about the rally.” Medical student Simone Childs-Walker said she’s going to the rally because she’s never participated in a protest of this size. “I’ve known that the climate is a really important issue for a long time,” ChildsWalker said, “and I feel like the movement is really taking off.” Childs-Walker said she looks for ward to connecting with other climate-concerned students on the long ride. “It will be a lot of bus time,” Varin said, “but it’s worth it.” Margaret Levin, state director for the Sierra Club’s North Star Chapter said the rally’s organizers have seen a lot of student leadership on Keystone protest efforts. “Young people are bringing inspiration [and] they’re bringing optimism, but they’re also adding to the sense of urgency to this growing movement for solutions to the climate crisis,” she said. In addition to participating in the Forward on Climate rally, students from about 230 college campuses have begun fossil fuel divestment campaigns, pushing their schools’ administrations to remove endowment funding from fossil fuel companies, said 350.org spokesman Daniel Kessler. “Over the last few months, we’ve seen unprecedented enthusiasm coming from college campuses,” Kessler said. Students also play a major role in the movement by diversifying the population of people pushing for renewable energy, he said. “It’s really encouraging to see the level of student enthusiasm on climate change.” Helgerson said it’s important for students to understand how climate issues affect their lives. “This is our future,” she said. “It’s what we’re going to have to live with later on once we’re out of college.”

$29,959

Protest

PENNSYLVANIA

Some Democratic-Farmer-Labor party members in the state want to push forward on environmental policy this legislative session. Sen. John Mar ty, DFLRoseville, chairs the Minnesota Senate Environment and Energy Committee and said he expects big changes from his committee this year. “The biggest urgency facing our state, and frankly our planet, is climate change,” Marty said. “We’re going to need to move more aggressively than we’re acting right now.” The committee will be very busy in coming weeks, covering a broad spectrum of issues from renewable energy to water conser vation to game and hunt issues. “We’re going to have some really good discussions about how to balance envir onmental impacts and long-term, sustainable jobs,” said Sen. John Hoffman, DFL-Champlin, vice chair of the committee. Dr. Harvey Thorleifson, a University of Minnesota

emphasis on scientifically supported decision-making.” The state House Energy Policy Committee has already held a few informational hearings on bills focused on wind and solar energy, among other topics. “We’re going to try and focus on solar as we move into the future,” said Rep. Will Morgan, DFL-Burnsville, vice chair of the committee, “and we think it’s going to be great for renewable energy; it’s great for the environment, but more importantly right now with our economy, it’s going to be great for jobs in Minnesota.” Morgan hopes to introduce his own solar power bill by next week. In his State of the State Address earlier this week, Gov. Mark Dayton highlighted the need for change in environmental policy. “I challenge this Legislature to work again with our state’s visionar y clean energy advocates, large energy providers, large energy users, other stakeholders,” Dayton said, “and my administration … to use your past achievements as springboards for Minnesota’s next big leap toward a sustainable energy future.” Former Vice President Al Gore spoke at the Westminster Town Hall Forum in downtown Minneapolis

$32,440

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ear th sciences professor, is one of several professors who have testified on climate change at the Capitol. “There is a ver y active discussion taking place in the Legislature,” Thorleifson said. Jonathan Foley, director of the University’s Institute on the Environment, coordinated the hearing where faculty and students testified in front of several committees. He said University faculty and students presented information but weren’t there to pursue an agenda. Marty said he wants to make Minnesota a leader in environmental policy again. “I’m optimistic with public support, which is strong out there, and with new legislators coming in who are strong environmentalists,” he said. Foley said several legislators told him they were interested in environmental issues and wanted to hear from researchers and students from the University. “Our job as educators and scientists is to learn about the world but also share what we learn,” he said. Graduate student and research associate at the Institute on the Environment Bonnie Keeler thought the testimonies went well. “Everyone is really committed to finding solutions to problems, and there’s an

NEW HAMPSHIRE

In his State of the State Address, Gov. Dayton discussed the environment.

11,070 $35.73 mil $3,228

GOVERNOR’S ANNUAL RECOMMENDATION IN HIS BUDGET PROPOSAL Number of recipients State Grant spending Average state grant

11,814 $49.56 mil $4,195

*Proposed 13.83 million dollar increase

SOURCE: MINNESOTA OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

HIGHEST AVERAGE STUDENT DEBT

LOWEST AVERAGE STUDENT DEBT

SOURCE: THE INSTITUTE FOR COLLEGE ACCESS AND SUCCESS, THE PROJECT ON STUDENT DEBT, PETERSON’S UNDERGRADUATE FINANCIAL AID AND UNDERGRADUATE DATABASES

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funding, the roles have been flipped, Carlson said. “That’s why we see students graduating with greater debt than probably any students in histor y,” Carlson said. “They’re paying 60 percent or more of the cost.” Due to inflation in recent years, universities and colleges have been forced to increase their tuition costs and fees because the state hasn’t provided the appropriate funding, he said. Doctoral candidate seeking a degree in higher education Cody Mikl chairs the Student Representatives to the University’s Board of Regents.

PROPOSED STATE GRANT INCREASE BREAKDOWN Private colleges $34.6 million

University of Minnesota $27.6 million

$80 MILLION TOTAL

MNSCU Universities Privates for $1.3 million profits $8 million

He said with rising tuition costs, it’s becoming harder for lower- and middleclass students to af ford the University. “It’s putting students in lower or moderate income levels in a tougher position because the prices go up faster than families can afford,” Pogemiller said. Of the proposed $80 million increase, the University would receive approximately $28 million more in funding for grants. R i g h t n o w, a l m o s t 11,000 undergraduates get financial assistance from the grant program, said Kristine Wright, director of the Office of Student Finance. She said the proposal would increase the spending per award but not the amount of awards. Regent Linda Cohen, chair of the University’s Board of Regents, said students should be thrilled with the gover nor’s

National average:

Minnesota average:

66%

71%

of graduates have debt

SOURCE: MINNESOTA OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

NUMBER OF MINNESOTA MINNESOTA STATE GRANTS YEAR RECIPIENTS (iN MILLIONS) 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2011 2012

32,532 53,036 46,523 70,565 62,802 73,410 103,544 88,823 95,000

$20.60 $44.40 $54.70 $88.60 $109.54 $124.44 $168.50 $119.89 $142.70

SOURCE: MINNESOTA OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND OFFICE OF GOVERNOR MARK DAYTON

Republican lead for the House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee, said he suppor ts Dayton’s higher education spending. But Nor nes said he, other legislators and the governor will have a clearer picture of the likelihood of Dayton’s proposal and the state’s budget after Minnesota Management and Budget announces the next budget forecast later this month.

STUDENT DEBT RATES FOR 2011 GRADUATES

$26,600

MNSCU 2-year colleges $8 million

proposal. She said the proposed spending increase for the grant program, in combination with the pending state funds for the University’s anticipated tuition freeze, would help level the school’s demographics. The University is already a selective institution academically, Pogemiller said, but it shouldn’t put students in a position where they don’t have an equal oppor tunity financially. Aside from the money for the Minnesota State Grant program, the gover nor wants $80 million more for tuition relief for the University and $80 million for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system — totaling a $240 million spending increase for higher education in the state. Rep. Bud Nor nes, RFergus Falls and the

PAST MINNESOTA STATE GRANT SPENDING

$29,793

of graduates have debt

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus average:

$28,407

63%

of graduates have debt

SOURCE: THE INSTITUTE FOR COLLEGE ACCESS AND SUCCESS, THE PROJECT ON STUDENT DEBT, PETERSON’S UNDERGRADUATE FINANCIAL AID AND UNDERGRADUATE DATABASES

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V-Day isn’t D-Day It might be D-in-theV-day, depending on what you’re into. iz Lemon of 30 Rock once said, “Valentine’s Day is a sham created by card companies to reinforce and exploit gender stereotypes.” Look, I love Liz Lemon — almost as much as I love talking about gender stereotypes. But I think she got it wrong here. I’ve always been a big fan of Valentine’s Day. I like hearts, and the prospect of scads of candy going on clearance is generally all it takes to get me excited. I’ve spent a large portion of my life as single as a dollar bill, but that’s never made me want to go Grinch on any Walgreen’s displays or post insecure Facebook posts about how if I’m dying alone at least no one’s counting how many Kit Kats I’ve eaten today. My anti-V-Day counterparts often argue that today is a “corporate holiday” existing only to celebrate consumerism. But by that logic, what holiday isn’t? Cheesy decor

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and clichés define most of our celebrations, yet for some reason only Valentine’s Day becomes the scapegoat for all that’s wrong with society. Let’s be honest: College students’ observance of most holidays involves getting drunk and by the end of the night, you’re still laying on the kitchen floor double-fisting a burrito and a donut, so the line between, say, St. Patrick’s Day and any given Thursday suddenly feels rather blurred, doesn’t it? If anything, a holiday with the implicit mission of celebrating human connection is a welcome change. People gripe that Valentine’s Day forces romanticism when it should be spontaneous and unexpected. Sure, and it would also be great if we studied for tests weeks

in advance, but we still tend to cram the night before. The fact is that we regularly rely on deadlines and significant dates to remind us to do things that we perhaps “should” be doing anyways. Maybe we’ve been meaning to make our par tner breakfast-in-bed or call our grandma for a month now, but it just hasn’t happened — Valentine’s Day can serve as that nudge. People complaining about this holiday being a lose-lose seem to assume that all girls have been so brainwashed by chick flicks that unless you come at us with “If you’re a bird, I’m a bird,” we’re going to hate and reject you. Guys are painted as ignorant, oblivious gift-givers who will crack under pressure and end up disappointing. People do realize that this is still the person you’re dating the other 364 days of the year, right? There may be many things I dislike in this world — like watching other people brush their teeth and when things are sticky for unknown reasons — but an excuse to tell people I’m psyched they’re in my life

DEATHS IN IRAQ: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 4,802 — IRAQI CIVILIANS: 111,151- PLUS DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 3,245 — AFGHAN CIVILIANS: UNKNOWN

is not one of them. Instead of picking sides in the singles vs. couples battle, let’s channel the ’90s versions of ourselves, who spent hours gleefully addressing valentines to every one of our classmates. Today is about all the love we are lucky enough to have in our lives, not just the kind you clean up with a mop and bucket. The beauty of Valentine’s Day is that it now has something for ever yone — from those embracing “Singles Awareness Day” to those who want to go Allen Iverson broke by planning something extravagant for their partners. Like all holidays, it’s what we make it; celebrate in a way that’s comfortable for you. Whether you’ve got a plus one or you’re ridin’ solo, avoid the allure of the Facebook news feed, which feels like a passive-aggressive competition for who can brag or not care the most this time of year. Remember: Your flowers are just as real if you don’t Instagram them. Bronwyn Miller welcomes comments at bmiller@mndaily.com.

LOVE

Love me twice today Valentine’s Day is special, well, sort of.

Maxwell Smith welcomes comments at msmith@mndaily.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Global lukewarming: adapt or mitigate?

Blizzard Nemo follows Hur ricane Sandy, and drought spreads from the plains to the American Southwest. Last year was the warmest U.S. year on record. The media reminds us that extreme weather is a consequence of global warming and that we can expect more such events as the atmosphere warms. But as to storms, we note that the past seven years overall have been one of the quietest hurricane periods in the past century. And we should remember storms like the Long Island Express of 1938, which killed more than 600 people and the Midwest’s Great Blizzard of 1978. Category 5 hurricanes Andrew (1992) and Camille (1969), along with others, were much stronger than Sandy. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service using tree ring data have identified six multiyear droughts between 1750 and 1950. All of them were more severe than anything in recent memory because they persisted for years. We now have data on world 2012 temperatures from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which monitors global temperatures. Our recently warmer lower 48 is less than 2 percent of the earth’s surface. Despite our high temperatures, the average global surface temperature for Jan.-Dec. 2012 was 1.03 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th century average but essentially unchanged from average global

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temperatures in the 2003 to 2012 period. Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to rise, but global temperatures are taking a 10-year breather for reasons that are not well understood. Perhaps we are entering a period of global lukewarming, and that adaption will be as effective as costly mitigation programs. Mitigation programs are focused on reducing the burning of carbon-based fossil fuels by substituting renewables like wind, solar and biofuels. Intermittent and costly wind and solar are not effective as large-scale additions to carefully balanced electric grids. Germany is the poster country for solar energy with half a million roof top and other solar panel systems. These require $10 billion in annual subsidies. The German Physical Society writes, “Photovoltaics are fundamentally incapable of replacing any other type of power plant.” Essentially, every solar array must be backed up with a conventional power plant as a reserve, creating an expensive double infrastructure. The same is true for variable output wind turbines. We currently use 40 percent of our corn and 40 million prime crop acres to produce ethanol, which meets about 6 percent of our gasoline consumption. The result is increased world grain prices and stresses to soils, ground water and the environment from monoculture corn and additional nitrogen fertilizers. A University of Minnesota study also showed that on average in the United States, 142 gallons of water

are needed to grow and process the corn for 1 gallon of ethanol. Congress passed the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act. That act called for the production of 100 million gallons of non-food cellulosic biofuel in 2010, rising in stages to one billion gallons in 2013. But there is no effective production process for cellulosic or algae biofuel, and the most we have produced in any year is about 5 million gallons at a very high cost. Undaunted, President Barack Obama’s administration has awarded $510 million for the construction of cellulosic and algae biofuel production plants for military jet fuel. The motive is to lessen dependence on countries “that don’t share the same values as the United States.” But there is a new reality with U.S. energy production and consumption. New oil and gas supply is emerging and fossil fuel demand is being reduced by conservation and costs. Oil imports are declining to the point that all our needs may soon be coming from friendly Western Hemisphere sources. It’s time to join the pause in global lukewarming by pausing in the building of multibillion-dollar renewable energy projects which produce little usable energy. There is time to put some of the money on research into what is really happening with our climate. Rolf Westgard guest faculty University Lifelong Learning program

oday is Valentine’s Day, the one day in the year dedicated specifically to love. Now, I’m no Dr. Date, but “love” is as complex of a word as HEMANG it is an emotion. SHARMA “I love you, columnist bro,” “love you, mom,” “OMG, I love Taylor Swift,” “I love this, [expletive]” — all are varied expressions of the care, appreciation and affection we feel for someone. Feb. 14 continues to define love in purely a romantic context. It is but one day when the gifts are special, the dresses are cuter, the restaurants are high-end, the wines are pricier and the sex is hotter. Proclaiming your love to that special person, and to the rest of the world via social media, is increasingly becoming a V-day tradition. Then there are the haters — the proud single people, either by choice or often the lack thereof. These people believe that V-day is a silly concept and curse the concept of love in general. Less aggressive ones argue that every day is a day for love. They’ve got a point, too. I mean why shouldn’t you drop 20 bucks on roses, spend extra time grooming yourself, tr y to rhyme lines on a card or buy teddy bears everyday of the year, right? The ner vous smile on the connector, the small talk before classes, the late-night texting, a few dates, the Facebook of ficial relationship status — as college folks, we all have been there. Things are going solid until you or your squeeze decides to drop the “L word.” Things are never the same again. I have friends who had freak-outs and ran for their lives, and friends who are planning their wedding to a person they met just last week because they believe themselves to be characters of a Shakespearean romance saga. My point is, the intensity of everyone is different, but saying “I love you” is still very much a big deal. Say it only if you mean it. We are Americans. We love celebrating things by the day. Mothers, veterans, pancakes — everything gets a day, so why not love? So take this day to tell that special person in your life that you love them. And for the rest of you that are single, well, I’m looking. Hemang Sharma welcomes comments at hsharma@mndaily.com.

The reality of local elections Important choices for City Council and mayoral races are made long before Election Day.

oter turnout in Minnesota this past November for the presidential election was quite high — approaching 76 percent of eligible voters, the highest in the nation. However, even though national elections draw considerably more media attention, it is the local elections that impact day-to-day life. For example, the development in Dinkytown, regardless of one’s opinion on the matter, is city zoning and economic conditions that precipitate such events much more than which major political party is in control of Congress or the White House. Yet, voter turnout in Minneapolis’ local elections is significantly lower. When so many factors that directly impact day-today life are dependent on local elected officials, including zoning, parking, transportation and even what time the bars close, why is turnout so low? One possible answer lies in the heavily Democratic-leaning politicians of Minneapolis. By the time a Democrat ends up on the ballot, they are likely to be elected, regardless of voter turnout. Voters that turn out only on Election Day have relatively little say as the candidates have been chosen long beforehand. A common sentiment regarding voting on Election Day is the notion that voters are casting their ballot for the lesser of two evils or against one of the candidates. But there is a way to fix this: Get involved in the process that puts candidates on the ballot. The April 16 DFL caucuses and endorsement conventions will likely decide who the next City Council member is in Ward 3 (encompassing Dinkytown) and the next mayor. The Ward 3 convention will occur May 4, and the city convention will occur June 15. To truly have any say in which candidate will be your City Council member or mayor, become a delegate to the conventions at the party caucus and make your voice heard.

Guidelines for the greek housing boom The University should be mindful of the risks with adding greek life to residence halls.

ncreased cooperation between the University of Minnesota and the Office for Fraternity and Sorority Life since University President Eric Kaler took over has further affirmed the University’s support for greek life on campus. Though the University has the lowest greek-life participation rate among the Big Ten, participation in fraternity and sorority life on campus has steadily increased since 2004. But now the greek community is experiencing growing pains as many chapters have more members than they do room in their chapter houses. To meet housing demand, a third of the 600 beds in the new 1701 University Avenue residence hall will be reserved for fraternity and sorority members. If the greek community continues to grow, the University could build more facilities for greek students, Vice Provost for Student Affairs Jerry Rinehart told the Minnesota Daily last week. While both greeks and the University can benefit from this partnership, it is important to consider some of the less-positive effects of these new arrangements. For freshmen residing at 1701, living alongside older members of the University’s greek community could be problematic. The “everybody’s greek here” perception could lead them to feel pressured to join a fraternity or sorority. Not to mention that their proximity and access to the high-risk drinking environment known to be perpetuated at fraternity parties is just blocks away from their residence. Current fraternity and sorority members thinking about living in the new residence hall should also consider that living in University housing with other greek members is not the same experience they will get living in their chapter’s house with its unique and rich history. The University and the greek community should consider these factors before further pursuing the housing partnership.

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Outdoor game in Chicago highlights series with Wisconsin The Gophers and Badgers will play the second game of their weekend series at Soldier Field for the OfficeMax Hockey City Classic.

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Minnesota defenseman Mark Alt battles for the puck against Minnesota State-Mankato on Jan. 25, 2013, at Mariucci Arena. BY DREW CLAUSSEN dclaussen@mndaily.com

Many things will be different between the Gophers’ game Friday at Wisconsin and their game Sunday against the Badgers. The two teams will be playing in a different city and wearing different sweaters. And they’ll be playing outside. After facing of f inside Wisconsin’s Kohl Center on Friday, the border rivals will play outside at Soldier Field in Chicago as a part of the OfficeMax Hockey City Classic. Though the outdoor game in Chicago is the highlight of the weekend, Gophers head coach Don Lucia was quick to point out that Friday’s game is important as well. “We’re going to worr y about the Chicago game on Saturday,” Lucia said. “I think the excitement will

be there on Saturday when you get an oppor tunity to skate outside, but we just want to make sure we have a good week of practice.” Junior defenseman Mark Alt said even though the emphasis has been on Friday’s game all week, it’s hard not to think about Sunday’s contest. “Definitely still in the back of your mind you’re excited for [Sunday],” Alt said. Saturday’s skate at Soldier Field will be the first time the Gophers practice outside. The team had an outdoor practice scheduled two weeks ago, but it was canceled. Lucia said he had a conversation with Michigan Tech head coach Mel Pearson about the importance of practicing outside before an outdoor game. Pearson told Lucia that the skate before the game would be enough practice. Lucia said he’s never

coached outdoors, but he reminisced about flooding the pond in his backyard when his sons were younger. He said that he learned hockey outside and that when he was young, all practices were outside, with games being held indoors. “Back in the day, our power skating was getting a snow shovel and clearing off the ice,” Lucia said. Finland native Erik Haula shared a story similar to his coach’s. “In Finland, that’s kind of where you learn to play,” the junior forward said. “I remember having team practices outdoors, too, because there weren’t that many rinks where I was from.” Sunday’s game throws a wrench in the Gophers’ typical road schedule, which usually includes Friday and Saturday games in the same city. Lucia said the adjusted schedule doesn’t scare him. Alt said traveling Saturday

will have an impact on the team. “It’s going to be a grind of a weekend,” Alt said. The two teams ahead of Minnesota in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association will be idle this weekend. The Gophers are five points behind St. Cloud State and two behind North Dakota. Minnesota has played at least two fewer conference games than ever yone else in the WCHA.

New threads Minnesota will wear commemorative jerseys in Sunday’s game. The maroon jerseys are styled after the jerseys the team wore during the 1960-61 season. The Gophers will auction off the game-worn jerseys to benefit Defending the Blue Line. Wisconsin, Notre Dame and Miami will also wear special jerseys at the Hockey City Classic.

MEN’S HOCKEY PREVIEW

@ MINNESOTA

WISCONSIN

7 p.m., Friday in Madison, Wis.; 3:30 p.m., Sunday in Chicago

MINNESOTA: Defenseman Nate Schmidt has scored a goal in the Gophers’ past four games. Schmidt has eight goals and 20 assists this season. Minnesota dropped to No. 2 this week in both the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll after sitting atop both polls for six straight weeks. Quinnipiac is now the No. 1 team in both polls. Minnesota owns a 155-86-20 all-time record against Wisconsin. The series has been close when the games are played in Madison, with the Gophers holding a 61-52-13 advantage. WISCONSIN: After a dreadful start, Wisconsin (7-2-2) has clawed its way back into the top half of the WCHA. Wisconsin goaltenders Joel Rumpel and Landon Peterson are in the top five in the conference in both goals-against average and save percentage. After sitting out 10 games for violating an NCAA code of amateurism, highly touted freshman Nic Kerdiles has four goals and nine assists in 18 games for the Badgers. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Hard Hat tradition brings Gophers together Ex-Gophers captain Sarah Erickson introduced the “Hard Hat Player of the Game” last year. BY MEGAN RYAN mryan@mndaily.com

In the locker room or during inter views after a Gophers women’s hockey game, one player is always spor ting a maroon hard hat with the Minnesota ‘M’ on each side. No, the Gophers haven’t decided to help out with the campus light-rail construction. The “Hard Hat Player of the Game” is actually a tradition introduced last year by former Gophers for ward and captain Sarah Erickson. “I’d seen the hard hat … [in] the NHL and men’s college teams,” Erickson

said, “and I thought it was a cool idea, whether win or lose, to give credit where credit is due.” She said the hat would also ser ve as motivation for players to stand out individually in addition to helping the team win. Erickson and fellow 2011-12 captain Jen Schoullis got the idea from th e H B O sh ow “ 2 4 / 7” about the NHL W inter Classic, where one of the teams had a similar ritual. “Ever y good idea is stolen from somebody or other,” head coach Brad Frost said. Erickson said she and cur r ent captain senior defender Megan Bozek drove around the metro area one day looking for the perfect hard hat. “We ended up going to Home Depot and asking the guy at the counter, and he’s like, ‘What the heck do you guys need a hard

hat for?’ ” Erickson said. “And we said, ‘It’s for business.’ ” Once Erickson obtained the hard hat, she explained to the team how it worked. Frost would give out the hard hat after the first game of the season. After that, it was up to the most recent winner to decide which player received the honor next. The team took to the idea pretty quickly, senior for ward Becky Kor tum said. “Ever yone loves the hard hat because a lot of times not ever yone feels recognized or feels like people notice them,” Kortum said. “It’s a way to let people know that you notice their hard work.” Kor tum likened wearing the hard hat to winning an award, but she said it isn’t all glamorous. “I don’t want to call it hazing, but like it’s teas-

ing,” Kor tum said. “If you wear the hard hat, yeah, it’s special. But you also have to be embar rassed and wear it around ever ywhere. Even when you go talk to your parents, you have to wear it.” Junior for ward and captain Bethany Brausen said with talented players like junior for ward Amanda Kessel, freshman for ward Hannah Brandt and senior goaltender Noora Räty, the choice for Hard Hat Player of the Game is sometimes obvious. “They’re getting it ever y other game,” Brausen said. “We joke to them, ‘Keep it for yourself,’ after games.” But Brausen said she makes an effort to give the hard hat to players who are more under the radar. “I really tr y to look more than just who scored the most goals,” Brausen said. “I really want it to go

to the player that’s working their hardest and making a big dif ference that way.” While Erickson instituted the hard hat as a way to reinforce the team’s motto

of “tough, grateful, disciplined, devoted,” she said the ultimate goal was “to have a little fun.” “It’s all about bringing the team together in the end.”

WOMEN’S HOCKEY PREVIEW

VS MINNESOTA

BEMIDJI STATE

7:07 p.m., Friday; 4:07 p.m., Saturday at Ridder Arena

MINNESOTA: The No. 1 Gophers reached 30 wins in a season for the sixth time in history last weekend in a 5-2 and 5-3 road sweep of Ohio State. Now 30-0-0 overall, Minnesota has gone 38 games without a loss. BEMIDJI STATE: The unranked Beavers are not faring as well. They’re 6-20-2 this season and are coming off back-to-back losses at North Dakota. But Gophers coach Brad Frost isn’t overlooking them. “They just took North Dakota, who’s a very good team toward the top of our standings, to overtime,” Frost said. “In our league there is no guarantees game to game. So you have to be at your best each night.” SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

Thursday, February 14, 2013

MEN’S BASKETBALL

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Smith takes the Unsung hero Noga gets it done with defense, lead as midseason shooting woes continue Head coach Pam Borton said guard Sari Noga is the team’s glue. Noga is second on the team in minutes per game.

Minnesota has lost six of eight games after a strong start to conference play.

BY SAM GORDON sgordon@mndaily.com

BY ANDREW KRAMMER akrammer@mndaily.com

Andre Hollins is only a sophomore, but he knows when it’s time to right the ship. Hollins and coach T ubby Smith had lunch together Wednesday to discuss the Gophers’ 2-6 record in their past eight Big Ten games. Minnesota hosts No. 20 Wisconsin on Thursday in a rematch of the Gophers’ last-second loss to the Badgers on Jan. 26. “We need to fix our mistakes and fix them fast,” Hollins said. “We feel like ever y game, we’ve been in the hunt to win.” The point guard and his coach discussed what Smith wanted out of him and the things Hollins is seeing out on the court. Hollins admitted Smith has tightened the leash, calling more plays than before, as the team keeps losing. “Any coach would when you’re on a losing streak,” Hollins said. “You have to gain control.” Last time Minnesota and Wisconsin met, the Gophers were ranked No. 12 and the Badgers were the ones reeling, tr ying to claw back from back-toback losses. This time, momentum favors Minnesota’s easter n rivals. Not only are the Gophers str uggling now, but they’ve gone 3-15 in Februar y the last three seasons. “It’s tough to beat [Wisconsin] at their game,” Smith said, “if you can’t force the tempo or if you like r unning, which we

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Minnesota head coach Tubby Smith yells out to his players in the Gophers’ loss to Illinois on Sunday at Williams Arena.

do.” The Gophers dropped out of The Associated Press top-25 rankings this week for the first time since November after losses to Illinois and Michigan State last week. “Obviously we’re down after you lose a game at home,” Smith said. “We had chances, just haven’t made the right decisions or right calls from the bench.” Rodney Williams said he will return from a sore left shoulder that kept him out of Sunday’s loss to Illinois. Smith said W illiams

MEN’S BASKETBALL PREVIEW

VS MINNESOTA

WISCONSIN

6 p.m., Thursday at Williams Arena

MINNESOTA: The Gophers’ fall from grace took another step toward completion last week. Six losses in eight games have sent Tubby Smith’s squad (17-7, 5-6 Big Ten) into a tailspin, just as it welcomes newly ranked Wisconsin to Williams Arena. Sophomores Joe Coleman and Andre Hollins shot 3-for-18 from the floor in the Gophers’ loss to Illinois on Sunday. WISCONSIN: Coach Bo Ryan’s Badgers are getting hot at the right time. After a four-game stretch during which Wisconsin won one game — against Minnesota on Jan. 26 — the Badgers (17-7, 8-3 Big Ten) have won three in a row. They beat Iowa in double overtime last week and beat then-No. 3 Michigan in overtime Saturday. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

would “probably star t,” but he eluded that he’d consider star ting Elliott Eliason again. Williams said his shoulder was “85 percent” close to being healthy. Eliason star ted at center against Illinois, which moved Trevor Mbakwe to power for ward. The two worked well together in the post, as Eliason was second on the team in assists, the bulk of them coming to Mbakwe. “Elliott’s a ball mover,” Smith said. “He doesn’t hold it long. He’s looking to make ever ybody better. He understands and accepts his role.” Eliason helps create offense, which the Gophers have str uggled to find lately. Minnesota averages more than 70 points per game, but it has averaged about 57 during its last six games – including 44 against Wisconsin on Jan. 26. The Badgers allow 56.5 points per game, which ranks 11th in the countr y. Hollins hasn’t evaded the of fensive woes — he averages 43 percent shooting this season, but he has shot 29 percent the last three games. “Our confidence is still high,” Mbakwe said. “We still believe we’re one of the best teams in the countr y.”

Gophers junior guard Sari Noga doesn’t lead the team in any major statistical categories, and she doesn’t play the flashy brand of basketball most fans adore. But that doesn’t mean her game isn’t effective. Noga’s contributions, especi a ll y on d efen se, have helped her become an invaluable cog in head coach Pam Bor ton’s lineup. She is second on the team to star guard Rachel Banham in minutes per game (33.1) and is one of three players who see regular playing time to have not fouled out of a game this season. “She’s really the glue to our team,” Borton said. “When she’s rebounding and playing defense and knocking down a couple shots, we’re pretty good.” Defensively, she’s often given the dubious task of guarding one of the opponent’s top perimeter players. On of fense, she’s a good spot-up shooter who helps space the floor for Banham and the Gophers’ post players. Noga said she knew what she needed to do to play more this year. Still, she didn’t expect to play as much as she does.

“I was told … if I put that effort out and play defense and rebound, then I’d have that opportunity,” she said. Noga only played about 18 minutes a game as a sophomore last season. A nagging back injur y plagued her into the of fseason, and she spent the summer months rehabbing and getting into better shape. She said her improved conditioning has helped her on the cour t this season. It shows, too. Noga has started ever y game in 2012-13. She’s second on

the team in three-pointers made (34) and third in rebounding (4.7 per game). Fellow junior teammate Kionna Kellogg said Noga has made significant improvements since her freshman year. “She’s put in so much work,” Kellogg said. “She was out for almost all of preseason or summer workouts and came back and did all this work on her own.” As one of only two upperclassmen guards on the roster, Noga has also emerged as a leader, Borton said. “When Sari doesn’t play well, we’re probably not going to win,” Borton said. “She’s been a constant force for us, and she’s really grown her leadership skills as well.”

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PREVIEW

VS MINNESOTA

NORTHWESTERN

2 p.m., Sunday at Williams Arena

MINNESOTA: The Gophers, who are tied for eighth in the Big Ten, are 4-7 in conference play and will need to go 4-1 the rest of the way to meet their goal of finishing .500. “It’s all about playing in February and playing in March,” junior forward Kionna Kellogg said. “We really have to get these wins at home.” NORTHWESTERN: The Wildcats, who are tied for 10th in the Big Ten, are struggling this year. And like the Gophers, they have trouble on the road (3-5). Forward Kendall Hackney leads Northwestern with more than 14 points per game. Maggie Lyon and Dannielle Diamant both average more than 12 points. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

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Minnesota guard Sari Noga holds the ball against Iowa on Feb. 7 at Williams Arena.

Thursday, February 14, 2013

BASEBALL

Veteran Gophers open season at UCLA Minnesota is ranked fifth in a Big Ten preseason poll. The Gophers return nine of their top 10 hitters, but they will have to replace two starting pitchers. BY SAM GORDON sgordon@mndaily.com

It’s the middle of winter in Minneapolis, but the boys of summer are back. The Gophers base-

BASEBALL ROSTER

NO. NAME

POSITION

19 Abrahamson, Ryan Infielder 10 Bergen, Jake

YR SR

Outfielder

22 Brettingen, Joey

Third Base

17 Canakes, JT

Outfielder

40 Crawford, Alec

Pitcher

2 Bettenburg, David

7 Crocker, Kyle 33 Ghelfi, Drew 6 Halloran, Matt

Second Base

Pitcher

Catcher

9 Handel, Michael

Short Stop

13 Henkemeyer, Andy

Outfielder

21 Jess, Jordan

Pitcher

20 Juan, Bobby

Outfielder

43 Kray, Kevin

Pitcher

In/Outfielder

39 LaShomb, Alex

First Base

27 McDevitt, Ty

Pitcher

28 Meyer, Ben

Pitcher

30 Motl, Dan

Outfielder

32 O’Shea, Kyle

Pitcher

41 Olinger, Dan

Infielder

37 Sawyer, Dalton

Pitcher

18 Schaaf, Chris

Infielder

4 Schaefbauer, Connor Infielder

3 Larson, Troy

15 Schlangen, Kurt

Catcher

1 Skjefte, Tony

Infielder

36 Smith, Jordan

Outfielder

29 Snelten, DJ

Pitcher

35 Soule, Billy

Pitcher

16 Stemper, Matt

In/Outfielder

8 Tatera, Mark

Cather/Utility

42 Thonvold, Lance

Pitcher

23 Traxler, Troy

Catcher

44 Tukey, Alex

Pitcher

38 Windle, Tom

Pitcher

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ball team will kick of f its 2013 season this weekend with a three-game series against UCLA in Los Angeles. Minnesota was voted to finish fifth out of 12 teams in the Big Ten Preseason Coaches Poll. Minnesota has been practicing at the GibsonNagurski Football Complex since Jan. 25. The Gophers spent the fall practicing outside at the new Siebert Field complex. “[It was fun] getting out there in the fall and seeing the progress that was made,” senior relief pitcher Billy Soule said. Soule is one of several veterans on the team. This year’s squad is deep and experienced with seven seniors and 11 juniors. “ We ’ r e r e t u r n i n g a lot of players — a lot of key players,” sophomore shortstop Michael Handel said. “We want to make the Big Ten tournament again this year.” Stud pitcher T.J. Oakes, however, is of f to play in the big leagues, and threeyear star ter Austin Lubinsky is gone, too. Junior star ter D.J. Snelten is back, and junior Tom W indle is moving back into the rotation after injuries forced him into the bullpen last season. Windle, who was last season’s Big Ten Pr eseason Pitcher of the Year, is making his second straight appearance on the Big Ten Preseason Players to Watch list.

BASEBALL SCHEDULE LOCATION

OPPONENT

DATE

Feb. 15

8 p.m.

Los Angeles, Calif.

UCLA

April 3

3 p.m.

LOCATION

OPPONENT

Brookings, S.D.

Feb. 16

4 p.m.

Los Angeles, Calif.

UCLA

April 5

South Dakota State

3:05 p.m.

Siebert Field

Feb. 17

3 p.m.

Los Angeles, Calif.

UCLA

Ohio State

April 6

1:05 p.m.

Siebert Field

Feb. 22

6 p.m.

Metrodome

Ohio State

Western Michigan

April 7

1:05 p.m.

Siebert Field

Feb. 23

2 p.m.

Ohio State

Metrodome

Western Michigan (DH)

April 10

3:05 p.m.

Siebert Field

Feb. 24

St. John’s (Minn.)

12:05 p.m.

Metrodome

Western Michigan

April 12

3 p.m.

Evanston, Ill.

Northwestern

Feb. 27

6:35 p.m.

Metrodome

North Dakota State

April 13

1 p.m.

Evanston, Ill.

Northwestern

March 1

6:35 p.m.

Metrodome

Dartmouth

April 14

1 p.m.

Evanston, Ill.

Northwestern

March 2

6:35 p.m.

Metrodome

Utah

April 16

3:05 p.m.

Siebert Field

Augsburg

March 3

3:05 p.m.

Metrodome

Northern Illinois

April 19

3:05 p.m.

Siebert Field

Michigan State

March 6

6:35 p.m.

Metrodome

Hamline University

April 20

2:05 p.m.

Siebert Field

Michigan State

March 8

6:35 p.m.

Metrodome

Western Illinois

April 21

1:05 p.m.

Siebert Field

Michigan State

March 9

2:05 p.m.

Metrodome

Western Illinois

April 23

6:30 p.m.

Fargo, N.D.

North Dakota State

March 10

1:05 p.m.

Metrodome

Western Illinois

April 26

6:05 p.m.

Iowa City, Iowa

Iowa

March 12

6:35 p.m.

Metrodome

Nebraska-Omaha

April 27

1:05 p.m.

Iowa City, Iowa

Iowa

March 13

3:05 p.m.

Metrodome

Nebraska-Omaha

April 28

1:05 p.m.

Iowa City, Iowa

Iowa

March 15

6:35 p.m.

Metrodome

Indiana State

April 30

3:05 p.m.

Siebert Field

St. Thomas (Minn.)

March 16

2:05 p.m.

Metrodome

Indiana State

May 3

5:05 p.m.

State College, Pa.

Penn State

March 17

12:05 p.m.

Metrodome

Indiana State

May 4

1:05 p.m.

State College, Pa.

Penn State

March 19

6:30 p.m.

Manhattan, Kan.

Kansas State

May 5

12:05 p.m.

State College, Pa.

Penn State

March 20

3:00 p.m.

Manhattan, Kan.

Kansas State

May 8

3:05 p.m.

Siebert Field

Milwaukee

March 22

6:35 p.m.

Metrodome

Texas

May 10

3:05 p.m.

Siebert Field

Nebraska

March 23

2:05 p.m.

Metrodome

Texas

May 11

2:05 p.m.

Siebert Field

Nebraska

March 24

1:05 p.m.

Metrodome

Texas

May 12

1:05 p.m.

Siebert Field

Nebraska

March 27

6:35 p.m.

Metrodome

South Dakota State

May 16

3:05 p.m.

Siebert Field

Illinois

March 29

5:05 p.m.

Ann Arbor, Mich.

Michigan

May 17

2:05 p.m.

Siebert Field

Illinois

March 30

3:05 p.m.

Ann Arbor, Mich.

Michigan

May 18

1:05 p.m.

Siebert Field

Illinois

March 31

12:05 p.m.

Ann Arbor, Mich.

Michigan

DATE

TIME

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Gophers head coach John Anderson said the coaching staf f is working to develop two or three more starters. Sophomores Ben Meyer and Jordan Jess will move into the rotation. Meyer was an All-Big Ten freshman last year, and Anderson said Jess made significant improvements in the offseason. Alec Crawfor d, who was a junior college AllAmerican in 2012, is expected to eat some innings as well, Anderson said. “We feel comfor table,” Anderson said of the pitching rotation. “We have some players who are a

year older. It’s never one guy who will replace [the players we lose]. It’s got to be multiple guys.” Minnesota’s pitchers will need some r un suppor t — something last year’s star ters didn’t receive on a consistent basis. Last season, the Gophers hit .266 as a team. The good news for Minnesota is that nine of its 10 top hitters are back. “I think there’s been some improvement based on what I’ve seen in intersquad games,” Anderson said. “We have to improve of fensively, and I believe we will.”

BASEBALL PREVIEW

@ MINNESOTA

UCLA

8 p.m., Friday; 4 p.m., Saturday; 3 p.m., Sunday in Los Angeles, Calif.

MINNESOTA: The Gophers will kick off their season with a three-game series at UCLA. Tom Windle is expected to start Friday for the Gophers, followed by Ben Meyer and Jordan Jess. Lefty starter DJ Snelten won’t pitch. He’s expected to miss a few weeks with a sprained elbow. UCLA: The Bruins have won the Pac-12 title each of the last two seasons. They qualified for the College World Series in 2012, too. Friday’s starter Adam Plutko was an All-American last year, when he went 12-3 with a 2.48 ERA. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

SOFTBALL

Young guns lead Gophers offense Minnesota has 13 freshmen and sophomores on this year’s team. BY DREW CLAUSSEN dclaussen@mndaily.com

The ideal team is an even mixture of experienced players and the youngsters waiting to take over for those players in the future. The Gophers softball team doesn’t have that mix. Minnesota has three seniors and two juniors on its 18-player roster. “You hoped to have a little bit more of a balanced roster, and I think we will going forward,” head coach Jessica Allister said. “But youth has some positives, too. The enthusiasm, the excitement — it brings a lot of good things.” The early indication is

that Minnesota’s of fense, like last year, will be led by its underclassmen. The Gophers hit a wall after a hot start last season, but Allister said that served as a learning experience for the entire team. She said she doesn’t expect the team to hit a wall this year. “We started off hot, and we were a young team,” sophomore Kaitlyn Richardson said. “The games that challenged us were the games that we were supposed to win. … We just needed to learn to be mentally checked into ever y single game.” Sophomore Tyler Walker and Richardson led the team in batting average last season as freshmen. Richardson has picked up where she left off, batting .500 with two home runs and six RBIs in the opening weekend of play. “I’m very comfortable — I felt great this past weekend,” Richardson said. “I

think we’re going to grow from last weekend.” Both Allister and Walker said having so many youthful players means veteran leadership takes on another dimension of importance. But Walker called the

team’s youth a “good thing.” “ We h a v e s o m u c h depth, and we ar e so young,” Walker said. “It’s awesome to see us younger kids stepping up and competing like we’re seniors.”

SOFTBALL PREVIEW

VS MINNESOTA

ILLINOIS STATE

NORTHERN IOWA

ARIZONA STATE

1:45 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., Friday; 1:45 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., Saturday; 2:15 p.m., Sunday in Tempe, Ariz.

PREVIEW: The Gophers will play five games in three days at the Arizona State Littlewood Classic. Arizona State advanced to the Women’s College World Series last season and won a national championship in 2011. The Wildcats are 7-0 this season and will not play a road game until the middle of March. Illinois State, which plays the Gophers twice, advanced to the NCAA Regionals last season. Northern Iowa, which also plays the Gophers twice, will compete outside for the first time this season. UNI hosted the UNI-Dome Classic last weekend in Cedar Falls, Iowa. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

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Minnesota’s Kaitlyn Richardson prepares to run to second base during a game against Nebraska on April 1, 2012, at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium.

Thursday, February 14, 2013

GYMNASTICS

Bars present challenge amid success MEN’S GYMNASTICS PREVIEW

@ MINNESOTA

OKLAHOMA

7 p.m., Saturday in Norman, Okla.

MINNESOTA: The No. 6 Gophers scored their lowest point total of the season in a loss to Iowa last week. Minnesota competed without three of its top gymnasts – Ellis Mannon, Daniel DiBenedetto and Zack Chase, who competed in the Winter Cup in Las Vegas. This week, the Gophers must bring their A-game against a Sooners team that averages seven points higher per meet. The only event Minnesota ranks higher on is vault – Minnesota is third, Oklahoma is fourth. OKLAHOMA: The No. 2 Sooners have been the away team in all four of their meets, but they’ve been beaten only once in 12 tries. Oklahoma was ranked third in the coaches’ preseason poll and hasn’t been lower than No. 4 through five weeks of competition. The Sooners lead the nation on floor exercise and are ranked in the topthree in four other events. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS PREVIEW

VS MINNESOTA

GUSTAVUS

HAMLINE

WINONA STATE

6 p.m., Saturday at Sports Pavilion

BRIDGET BENNETT, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota’s Cierra Tomson performs on the floor exercise Saturday at the Sports Pavilion. Tomson scored a 9.85 in the event.

Minnesota has struggled on the uneven bars this season. BY NICKALAS TABBERT ntabbert@mndaily.com

The Gophers women’s gymnastics team has solidified itself among the top dozen programs in the country this season. But what separates the elite teams from the good teams is the ability to consistently post high scores on every event. So far, Minnesota has been consistent with its team

score, but it hasn’t scored high on every event. The uneven bars apparatus has been the biggest struggle for the No. 11 Gophers. The team has averaged 48.71 points through five weeks, which ranks seventh out of eight teams in the Big Ten Conference. In three of the team’s five meets, its lowest score has been on bars. As a result, bars is the only event for which the team does not have a national ranking. Last week against Illinois, however, the Gophers seemed to figure things out, scoring 49.275 points on bars,

its highest of the season. Five of the six Gophers gymnasts to compete on the apparatus scored higher than they did the previous week. Sophomore Cierra Tomson and senior Janell Campbell tied for first on the event and set season highs. Freshman Lindsay Mable improved her score by fourtenths of a point. The Gophers have relied on younger talent on bars this season. Minnesota has used two freshmen and two sophomores in every meet except one — junior Justine Cherwink replaced sophomore Jenny Covers at Michigan State when Covers was

scratched from the competition with a slight concussion. Those four underclassmen represent four of the Gophers’ top-six scorers on bars this season. Junior Kayla Slechta has the highest average score. Campbell said being young isn’t necessarily bad since it provides opportunities for new, fresh routines. It also gives them a lot of experience for their junior and senior years, she said. Covers said the young team has “overcome hiccups” but was able to pull everything together against Illinois. “Everyone has figured out what they need to do to be

PREVIEW: The No. 11 Gophers are the third-ranked Big Ten team in the nation. Minnesota (11-0) edged Illinois last week with a strong performance on floor exercise. The Gophers remain ranked in the top 25 in three of four events. Minnesota has not lost the Best of Minnesota meet since it began during the 1996-97 season. All three of its opponents are affiliate members of the Division III Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in gymnastics. Hamline is winless in six meets this season. The Pipers broke the 180-point mark for the second time Monday in a loss to WisconsinEau Claire. Gustavus beat Hamline last Friday for its first win since 2010. The Gusties’ Jamie Ries was named WIAC All-Around Gymnast of the Week on Tuesday after she tallied three season-high scores against Hamline. Winona State traveled to Minneapolis about a month ago when it won a triangular meet over Gustavus and Hamline. The Warriors scored their highest total, 186.075 points, in a triangular meet last week in Louisiana. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

successful in their routines,” she said. While bars hasn’t been the team’s strength this season, Covers said the gymnasts will continue to focus on hitting routines, knowing the scores will rise. Tomson, who scored a career-high on bars against Illinois, said it was comforting to have her success in practice translate to a meet. But she left room for improvement. “When I got off the bars, [it] still wasn’t my best rou-

tine I had ever done,” she said. “So that’s exciting for me to know that I have stuff I can still work on.”

Russell may return this weekend

Gophers coach Meg Stephenson said junior Dusti Russell may see exhibition action on bars and balance beam this weekend. Russell, an all-around competitor in the NCAA championships last season, has not been in the lineup so far this season.

TRACK & FIELD

Snowshoe, Parents Day invites to decide Big Ten teams The Gophers’ coaches will determine the final 32-athlete roster for the conference indoor championships after this weekend’s meets. BY MEGAN RYAN mryan@mndaily.com

The Snowshoe Open and Parents Day Invite will be small home meets for the men’s and women’s track and field teams this weekend. Many top athletes will rest or train this weekend in preparation for the Big Ten indoor championships Feb. 22-23. For some of their teammates, though, these meets provide a last chance to make the 32-athlete roster for the conference championships. “On a team this deep and a team this good, there’s always bubble people,” volunteer assistant women’s coach Sarah Hesser said. “And speaking personally, I was always one of them when I was an athlete here, so I know how it goes.” Hesser said the coaches won’t be pitting athletes head-to-head with the winner competing at the championships. Instead, she said the coaches are mostly looking for standout performances. Last year Claire Rindo, who was essentially off the Big Ten team before the meet, ran a personal best mile time of 4:59 to earn a Big Ten spot, Hesser said. Head women’s coach Matt Bingle said there are five or six spots to be determined at the Parents

Day Invite on Saturday. The coaches will also use the meet to decide which events athletes will compete in. Head men’s coach Steve Plasencia said the relaxed vibe of Friday’s Snowshoe Open might help some athletes on the bubble break into the championship team. Plasencia said the meet provides a loose atmosphere that allows team members to “up their level.” Both the men’s and women’s teams will make final decisions about the Big Ten teams this weekend after the meets. “Steve [Plasencia] pulls the entire staf f together, and we go through it guy by guy, tr ying to see where he stacks up in the Big Ten,” assistant men’s coach Paul Thor nton said. “But we do look at this meet, and there are some guys in the past that have made the Big Ten meet from this meet.” For some members of the men’s throws team, the Snowshoe presents another opportunity. “For Micah Hegerle and Justin Barber, they are both … tr ying to get a mark that’ll get them into the national meet, too,” said assistant men’s coach L ynden Reder. “They’re both solidly going to the Big Ten meet.”

Reder said it’s ideal for throwers to not have to wor r y about throwing a national-caliber distance

at the Big Ten championships and instead focus on scoring points for the team.

CHUCK’S CORNER

Sports editor Charlie Armitz’s predictions for Gophers sports games this weekend

GOPHERS

MEN’S VS BASKETBALL

GOPHERS

MEN’S @ BASKETBALL

WOMEN’S VS BASKETBALL

TBA Friday in University Fieldhouse

PREVIEW: The Gophers men will have a low-key weekend in comparison to last weekend, when the team split up and traveled to Iowa, Ohio and Washington. The Gophers will compete at home for their last meet before the Big Ten indoor championships Feb. 22-23 in Geneva, Ohio. The Gophers will introduce the Devil’s Mile, where the runner in last place after every lap will have to drop out of the race. The event is open to anyone with a sub-5:30 mile time. This will also be Minnesota’s last official home meet this indoor and outdoor season.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

GOPHERS BASEBALL

PREVIEW: The Gophers women will field a limited number of athletes in their last meet before the Big Ten championships Feb. 22-23 in Geneva, Ohio. After competing at the Iowa State Classic last weekend, most of the team will rest in preparation for the conference meet while others will seek to make the 32-woman Big Ten team. This will also be Minnesota’s last official home meet for the indoor and outdoor season. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

LOSS

GOPHERS

@ MEN’S GYMNASTICS OKLAHOMA

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

TBA Saturday in Minneapolis

WIN

LOSS LOSS

UCLA

MEN’S TENNIS

MINNESOTA

WIN

BEMIDJI STATE

GOPHERS

PARENTS DAY INVITE

WIN

WISCONSIN

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

PREVIEW

WIN

MEN’S @ HOCKEY VS

GOPHERS

MINNESOTA

WIN

NORTHWESTERN

GOPHERS

SNOWSHOE OPEN

WIN

IOWA

GOPHERS

MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD PREVIEW

WIN

WISCONSIN

LOSS

WIN

MARQUETTE

GOPHERS WOMEN’S TENNIS

WIN

NORTHERN IOWA

GOPHERS VS

WOMEN’S TENNIS

WIN CARLETON

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YVALENTINE’S DAY

No reservations FIND THE BEST DATE PLACES WITH SPACES — AT THE LAST MINUTE. BY LUCY NIEBOER lnieboer@mndaily.com

pring semester gets crazy quickly. There are assignments that are overdue and adviser appointments that need to be scheduled to discuss graduation. Through it all, significant others are expected to sway politely in the background, putting up with homework headaches, messy rooms and general chaos. They lay in wait, silently expecting you to pull out all stops come Feb. 14. Alas, the day has arrived, and you have no restaurant reser vation, gift or measly bouquet for your dearest darling. Fret not — A&E has found restaurants that don’t require reser vations, so go take your neglected lover out on the town. This one’s on us.

FOR THE ROCKY BALBOA AND ADRIAN PENNINO COUPLE: BRODERS’ PASTA BAR 5000 S. Penn Ave., Minneapolis For Rocky and Adrian, the perfect date restaurant has fuel enough for a heavyweight champion and refinement enough for a lady. For the Italian stallion and his mare, Broder’s Pasta Bar is the quintessential romantic restaurant without the fussy and rigid atmosphere. Twinkle lights and well-groomed shr ubber y set this oasis apar t as a cozy neighborhood spot that attracts visitors from downtown and the suburbs alike. In a dining room set up like a huge household kitchen, you can relax while you await the mounds of fresh pasta that will whet your appetite for romance. For Valentine’s Day, Broder’s will serve up a $30 per person set-price menu with an extra $20 for wine pairings. If you want to shorten your wait time, call an hour ahead of your arrival.

FOR THE JUNO MACGUFF AND PAULIE BLEEKER COUPLE: FASIKA ETHIOPIAN RESTAURANT 510 N. Snelling Ave., St. Paul Juno and her track shor t-clad boy toy aren’t the type to get all dolled up for a Hallmark holiday. They’d prefer a spot where they can go have a meal to remember and then go home. Fasika is a delightful hole-in-the-wall that will blow your average date night out of the water without breaking your piggy bank. For $37 you can get the Ultimate Combination, a gargantuan sampling platter of beef, lamb, chicken and vegetarian dishes all ser ved on Ethiopian Injera bread. Injera is spongy, tangy flatbread that ser ves as both a side dish and eating utensil for this meal, where forks are absent, but intimate moments for the quirky couple blossom.

AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY Katie Starks and Ariel Leaf wait for their food Tuesday at Brasa Premium Rotisserie in Minneapolis. Starks said the slow-roasted pork seasoned with garlic and lime is her favorite.

FOR THE TOM HANSEN AND SUMMER FINN COUPLE: TILIA 2726 W. 43rd St., Minneapolis We w a t c h To m a n d Summer fall in and out of love for 500 days. They go on dates in diners, bars and parks all over Los Angeles, but somehow we never get to see their cour tship in the confines of a chic, romantic restaurant. In a restaurantfocused remake, Tilia is a “new American” eater y that dishes up classic, meat-focused meals with a touch of elegant sophistication, often involving a charred exotic vegetable or puree, which in foodie standards is about as hip as Zooey Deschanel’s vintage dress collection. The moder n decor at Tilia could at first seem cold as Summer’s heart, but once the food arrives, the passion and warmth of this Linden Hills locale is on full display.

AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY Diners enjoy their meals Monday at Broder’s Pasta Bar in south Minneapolis.

FOR THE ALLIE HAMILTON AND NOAH CALHOUN COUPLE: BRASA ROTISSERIE 600 E. Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis or 777 Grand Ave., St. Paul Present-day classics are hard to come by. Teenage girls everywhere will argue that the love story in “The Notebook” crushes the romance between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet, rivals the affair of Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler and doesn’t

come close to the ultimate tryst of Romeo and Juliet. Brasa, too, has a following of diehards that would rather eat at this low-key locavore cafe than at the fanciest, Michelin-star rated dining rooms in the world and with good reason. Brasa takes classic Southern dishes like creamed spinach and slowroasted pork and ser ves them up with a touch so familiar and elegant they could grace the table of any Southern banquet à la the family of Allie Hamilton. However, in this no-frills environment, even pauper Noah would feel comfortable.

AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY Cook Charolette Backee finishes prepping an entree Monday at Broder’s Pasta Bar in south Minneapolis. Broder’s will be featuring a fixed-price menu all night long on Valentine’s Day.

Comedian Tom Reed, one of last year’s winners, even managed to skirt the topic of sex itself. “I’ve never taken it seriously in an erotic kind of way,” Reed said. “I did a poem about loving candy — grotesque, intense detail about how much I love the taste of Fun Dip.” That’s not to say that the slam isn’t aptly named. “A lot of people do deadly serious poetr y that is ultra-revealing,” Reed said. “There will be some stuf f that is drippingly graphic.” The competition is open

to anyone, from first-time poets to writers who have made it their tradition to perform. However, that means that you might see people on stage you’d rather not associate with erotica. “I saw my mom read a dirty haiku last year,” Broeren said. “It was pretty scarring.” That might not even be the worst of it. In reference to the most scandalous poem she’s seen at the event, Broeren said “there were some donkeys involved.” This year’s slam promises just as many sexy

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THURSDAY

hen it comes to erotic poetry, Minneapolis is not in virgin territory. “We’ve seen the whole gamut between really beautiful love poetry, to really disgusting stuff, to just the right amount of raunchy,” said Allison Broeren, who has run Poetr y SlamMN!’s annual

Erotica Slam since 2006. “You see a little bit of everything.” Perhaps this variety is what has made the slam so popular. City Pages named it the Twin Cities’ best spoken word event of the year, and the show has a longstanding tradition of selling out. “[The Erotica Slam] was the ver y first poetr y slam they ever had in Minnesota,” local poet and Erotica Slam champion Cynthia French said. “It was kind of a gimmick to sell the slam to Minnesota audiences.” “The thing about poetry slam is that it’s not scripted,”

French said. “It’s not planned in advance. Whoever shows up makes the show.” French has been involved in the slam scene since 1998 and is currently the Minneapolis Women’s Poetry Slam champion. She also ran the monthly slam at Kieran’s Irish Pub for several years. French has attended almost ever y Erotica Slam in the event’s 17 years in the Twin Cities and has won more than a couple of them. “I’ve never actually written an erotic poem,” French said. “I write a lot of humorous poems about sex and dating.”

“HAPPY PEOPLE: A YEAR IN THE TAIGA” To escape the commercial trap of V-Day, spend an evening with Werner Herzog. The German documentary filmmaker never compromises his own passions — he’s got true grit unlike those pithy Hallmark cards. The man has led a colorful life to say the least, which lends wholeheartedly to the many thoughtful meditations among his filmography (see: “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” and “Grizzly Man”). For “Happy People,” Herzog culls 94 minutes from a four-hour documentary from fellow director Dmitry Vasyukov. While the movie is no traditional Herzog documentary, he adds his narration and insight to Vasyukov’s footage of day-to-day life in a remote Siberian village.

u Where: Uptown Theatre, 2906 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis u When: 7 p.m. u Cost: $12.50

FRIDAY

FIND YOUR FETISH AT THE TWIN CITIES’ ANNUAL EROTIC POETRY SLAM.

KISHI BASHI WITH PLUME GIANT Loops and repetition drive the music of Kishi Bashi, a Seattleborn multi-instrumentalist. Often compared with Owen Pallett and Andrew Bird, he deserves more recognition given his highly inventive (and infectious) 2012 release, “151a.” Usually Kishi Bashi tours with of Montreal so his upcoming solo show marks an opportunity to hear his classically trained talent without the obnoxious wailing of Kevin Barnes. Listen to “Bright Whites,” and prepare for his strange-yet-stunning sensibilities. His techno wizardry using loops even garnered the attention of Microsoft, surely the epitome of cool.

u Where: Triple Rock Social Club, 629 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis u When: 8 p.m. u Cost: $12

SATURDAY

Let’s slam about sex surprises as previous slams. “I am attempting to write a love poem to Jack Black to debut,” French said. “It talks a lot about his eyebrows.” WHAT POETRY SLAMMN!’S 17TH ANNUAL EROTICA POETRY SLAM WHEN 8 P.M., THURSDAY AND FRIDAYWHERE KIERAN’S IRISH PUB, 601 N. FIRST AVE., MINNEAPOLIS COST $8 AGES ALL AGES

TEN THOUSAND THINGS THEATRE, “THE SEVEN” Melding hip-hop and theatre, Will Power is one of several pioneers of a new genre of performance. Throughout his career as an actor, rapper and playwright, he’s garnered international acclaim for his variety of theatre. Fusing music, rhymed dialogue and choreography, Power adapts the Greek tragedy “Seven Against Thebes” in “The Seven.” Power tells the story of two brothers attempting to peacefully live in spite of their father’s curse. Guest directed by Sarah Rasmussen, the performance runs through March 10.

u Where: Open Book, 1011 S. Washington Ave., Minneapolis u Time: 8 p.m.

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One of the highlights of A$AP Rocky’s debut album “LONG.LIVE.A$AP,” “1Train” accomplishes more than most hip-hop tracks. More than six minutes, it packs in some of the best acts currently rhyming. Kendrick Lamar, Joey Bada$$, YelaWolf, Danny Brown, Action Bronson and Big K.R.I.T. join A$AP to create an unhinged, fier y por trait. “1Train” of fers multiple channels with so many talented voices — the Brown’s car toonish yelp and Lamar’s pointed verses occupy both ends of the gritty, fully realized spectr um.

“COMMUNITY,” NBC, 7 P.M., THURSDAYS Quit mourning the patron saint of “Community” creator Dan Harmon leaving the beloved cult show, and tr y to reconcile with the semi-cloying new season. Let’s remember when the show provided some of the most irreverent 22 minutes of television with “Advanced Dungeon & Dragons” and “Remedial Chaos Theor y.” At least tune in to see how the downward spiral of Chevy Chase plays out — apparently he walked of f the set of this season and won’t appear in the last two episodes. Some things never Chang.

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The man behind one of 2012’s best albums, “Channel Orange,” does not tr ust journalists. As Frank Ocean explained to The New York Times’ Jef f Himmelman, “The most impor tant thing is to just press play.” Even though the hip-hop and R&B crooner doesn’t like to open up to the press, he grants access in an extended profile here. Himmelman paints a satisfying por trait of the 25-yearold up-and-comer and Odd Future member, apparently at work writing a book.

YVALENTINE’S DAY

College Kitchen: sweets for your sweetie TREAT A SPECIAL SOMEONE. BY LUCY NIEBOER lnieboer@mndaily.com

t. Valentine’s day can drain a student’s budget faster than a night on the town. The love tokens we give so freely in Febr uar y — the tickets to a show, the candles and flowers — all add up quickly and deal a harsh blow to our bank statement come March. Homemade treats show hear tfelt ef for t and are more economical. Tell your sugar pie honey bunch that you love them with a desser t that is just as sweet as they are.

CHALLAH HEARTS Bread baking is a labor of love. To construct a beautiful dough creation, you must have passion enough to knead until ar ms ache, tender ness enough to handle malleable dough and thoughtfulness enough to ensure the bread rises to an appropriate level. With these ingredients you can have a lasting relationship — at least with carbohydrates. 1 tablespoon active dr y yeast 1 tablespoon sugar 1/2 cup warm water 1/3 cup honey 1 teaspoon salt 6 tablespoons olive oil 2 eggs Toppings 1 well-beaten egg 1/2 cup water al)

Poppy seeds (option-

Sesame seeds (optional) To begin, dissolve the

ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY For a fun Valentine’s Day treat, you can twist challah dough into hearts and treat your loved ones with delicious bread.

yeast and sugar in the warm water. Stir until the sugar has completely dissolved and there are no lumps of yeast floating in the mixture. Whisk in the olive oil, honey, salt and eggs. Once this mixture has reached an even consistency, gradually begin adding flour. When all the flour is added, the dough should not be sticky. You should be able to work it with your hands and not have any residual dough stuck to your fingers. Keep adding flour to keep the dough workable. In a large bowl or on a clean, flat sur face, knead the dough for about 10 minutes.

When the dough is strong enough to bounce back from a firm poke of your finger, it has been kneaded enough. Put the dough in a greased bowl. Cover it tightly, and set in a warm place. If you have a drafty apartment, set the oven to 150 degrees and then turn it of f. The dough will rise wonder fully in the warm oven. Let rise for two hours. Punch the dough down after the allotted time has passed. Let it rise again, this time for 45 minutes. Punch the dough down again, and remove it from the bowl. Preheat the oven to 350

degrees. Cut the dough into six evenly sized chunks with a sharp knife. Roll each chunk into a long rope. Twist each rope so it has a swirled texture. Take both ends of the rope and firmly twist them together. On a greased baking sheet, lay the dough in a heart shape. Combine the beaten egg and water. With a pastr y brush or a moistened paper towel, brush the egg wash over the top of your hear ts. If you wish, sprinkle poppy seeds, sesame seeds or a combination of the two over the rolls. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Slather the fresh, sweet bread in one of the following decadent homemade

butters.

SPREADS

T he A r chi es s ho u l d give you all the inspiration you need to indulge your sweet tooth one step further. Whether it’s sugar or honey, these loves will leave you wanting more. Sugar, Sugar 1/2 cup unsalted butter 2 tablespoons powdered sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon cardamom or

Honey, Honey 1/2 cup unsalted butter 2 tablespoons powdered sugar 1 tablespoon honey 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 squirt lemon juice 1 dash salt Mix all ingredients with an electric mixture or by hand until light and fluffy. Pet names aside, spreading the love with a thoughtful gift that doesn’t break the bank is the best idea ever. Your significant other — and your stomach — will thank you.

MUSIC

Big pimpin’ BROOKLYN’S THE PIMPS OF JOYTIME MAKE IT EASY TO GET DOWN WITH THE GET DOWN.

BY SPENCER DOAR sdoar@mndaily.com

eclining in a hammock in Costa Rica at an of f moment between gigs and sporting a wry smile, Brian J seems perfect for the role of frontman and guitarist for the funky group he founded eight years ago, The Pimps of Joytime. “I’d had bands before, but this came from a desire to create a movement,” Brian J said. “In ’05 I was like, ‘I’m doing this for real.’ ” With a pencil thin mustache tracing his upper lip and a penchant for tight guitar riffs, there’s a definite bit of Prince-iness in Brian J. While he is reluctant to accept that compliment, it’s stylistically appropriate. Brian J draws from a wide range of influences, many traceable to his formative years as a teen in Brooklyn — afrobeat, hiphop, salsa and electronica to name a few. “I love this new kind of hipster-disco movement, but at the end of the day, it’s just music,” Brian J said. “I aspire to transcend the la-

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bel ‘funk,’ but if that means the core of what [funk] is, that’s really special.” Funk, more than perhaps any other style of music, relies on cohesion — ESP-like levels of understanding between musicians that, in the end, lets them become one sex machine rather than a group of collaborating individuals. That’s been difficult as Brian J has dealt with a revolving door of other musicians, so much so that he is the only original member of the group. But they have overcome that with apparent ease. While some artists’ choral or hook repetitions lead to a fr ustrating musical impasse, The Pimps of Joytime, like any great, synced, moder n funk derivative, blast undeniably catchy riffs to bring listeners to a trancelike I-can’t-stop-moving state. For all of his ability to write addictive dance

Brian J, center, leads The Pimps of Joytime on an uproarious ride.

hooks, Brian J and The Pimps of Joytime continue to struggle getting to that next level. He seems wistful when imagining the money that would entail — not for personal enrichment, but for expanding their horizons musically … and maybe the luxury of not sharing

hotel rooms. As for that name, it was uttered by a friend and just fit. “It’s like a suit that isn’t what you usually wear, so you put it in the closet until you’re feeling really good, and you’re like ‘All right, I’m going to wear

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that suit tonight,’ ” Brian J said. “It’s audacious and has some attitude, and at that time I felt like I’m really going to have to back this up.” They do. While Brian J recalls that some of his craziest shows have happened in Idaho, anywhere they

go has the potential to be a dance party. Brian J, the epitome of a man who rolls with the punches, is the catalyst for these sets, though ironically, he’s just as ready to spend time with a good book or boogie down in the kitchen.

Thursday, February 14, 2013

THEATER

Bridging the Gap GHOSTBRIDGE THEATRE STRIVES TO CONNECT ITS YOUNG VOICE TO THE TWIN CITIES THEATER SCENE WITH A REWORKED PRODUCTION OF THE NEW PLAY “FOUR ACTORS IN SEARCH OF A MOMENT.” BY JOE KELLEN jkellen@mndaily.com

allout Ar ts is getting the full aural treatment. Endless amounts of noise have been reverberating inside the space this week: the howl of orangutans, the scurr ying stutter step of squirrels and a three-piece band named The Poor Nobodys underscoring it all. Sound chaotic? That’s because it is, and it’s only a warmup in an average rehearsal of “Four Actors in Search of a Moment.” The ensemble of G h o s t b r i d g e T he a t r e ’ s premiere of the sur real jour ney has taken on a dr eamlike aesthetic in their exercises. This cast has done ever ything from rampaging around their rehearsal room in the roar of noisemakers and wild shouting to transforming their characters into untamed animals in order to discover the rhythm of the contemplative, absurd comedy. “I want to see how many different ways I can come at the audience from an unexpected angle,” playwright and director Jef f Nichols said. “Four Actors in Search of a Moment” follows four people stripped of their identities and sense of reality only to find themselves lost on a stage. E v e n t u a l l y, t h e g r o u p comes to realize that they’re actors playing characters through repeated moments of meta theater; there’s a character named Stage Directions, for example. The four pass the time with genre-hopping acting school-style impr ov scenes, including dramatic monologues about made-up car accidents and fighting a riotous “imaginar y war” with each other. They can only maintain the façade for so long, though, because each individual slowly becomes aware that they’re living in a non-fictional

reality. This leads to the complete dissolution of the world they created, leaving nothing but the real-life actors to present themselves characterless to the audience. Adam Scarpello, one of the per formers in the ensemble, has never had the experience of coming onstage as an unembellished version of himself. “How am I a human being on a naked level? It’s hard because you’re tr ying to strip ever y single wall you’ve ever built up to tell an audience, ‘This is who I am right now,’ ” he said. It’s an unorthodox task for actors, and this reflects what Ghostbridge seeks to produce in its future. Ar tistic dir ector Nichols’ young company took its cur rent form in 2011 when he moved back to the T win Cities after attending graduate school in southern Illinois. His return with executive director Karen Elaine Massey marks the beginning of what the pair hopes will be a successful vehicle for producing new work

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and conjuring the experimental — something they feel the local theater scene could use more of. “Theater is a ver y particular art form, so if you’re going to go, it should be giving you something different,” he said. “Four Actors in Search of a Moment” caters to his sentiment well, combining a live score that builds toward circling, delirious soundscapes and sections of abstract theater dance. All in all, the play could easily overwhelm and detach an audience with its frenzied action. Eric Cohen, an actor in the production, insists that this is all a part of having a visceral experience with the work.

ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY Actors Karen Elaine Massey, Eric Cohen and Adam Scarpello play the roles of Echobell, Always Listening and Stage Directions in “Four Actors in Search of a Moment” Tuesday at the Fallout Arts Initiative co-op space in Minneapolis.

“The script is a little bit obtuse, but there’s more to it than that.” Nichols agrees, stating that overstimulation has become normality in the information age. He asserts that the play isn’t just a re-

sponse to the conventions and str ucture of theater; it’s a commentar y about the characters people adopt when they go in public and an exploration of how possible it is to reach deep, intimate contact with another

person. “To me, the play is very humanistic — experiences have value when we find that moment we’re all in search of, this moment where we can really connect with someone.”

I even write it down, I will sor t of talk to myself and sor t of memorize something and see how it sounds.” Set in r ural upstate New York, “We the Animals” follows the trio of brothers growing up amid the chaotic relationship between their par ents, refer red to as “Ma” and “Paps.” “We the Animals” uses its compact length and rhythmic language to break free of a convention Torres sees as well-worn. “I wanted to go against the ‘coming-of-age’ genre,” Tor res said. “I wanted to do something a little bit dif ferent that wasn’t quite about one character, the individual identity of a character coming into awareness gradually over time.” Encouraged by an instr uctor from a writing class he took with a friend in New York, Torres eventually landed in the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He first developed “We the Animals” through the rigor of a graduate program, far removed from his humble upbringing. “When I got there, I wasn’t coming from anywhere — I was a [expletive] college drop-out,” he said. “I had to race to come up with my own set of beliefs. I was forced to ar ticulate the way that I believe fiction should work.” Snapshots in “We the Animals” mir ror the author’s own experiences coming to terms with his

sexual identity and mixedrace heritage, growing up with a Puerto Rican father and a white mother. Labels make Tor res’ coming-ofage novel popular in high s cho o l s , b u t the b o o k packs fewer prescriptions and more punches. On his visits to schools, he emphasizes the same candidness in conversation with students. “It might not be the first time that they’ve met a writer, but it’s the first time they’ve met a writer who talks like they talk,” Torres said. “I’m not particularly interested in being an elitist. I tr y to be frank and honest.” That visceral aesthetic so palpable in “We the Animals” initially clashed with the literar y circles he finds himself in now as a fellow at the Radclif fe Institute for Advanced Study at Har var d University, where he’s working on a new book. “I’m r unning in these circles that are so far removed from the world that I grew up in — like so far removed,” Tor res said. “It’s weird. It’s definitely weird.”

BOOKS

Beasts of the Northern Wild JUSTIN TORRES’S DEBUT NOVEL, “WE THE ANIMALS,” CHRONICLES THE CHILDHOOD OF THREE BOYS ON THE PROWL IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. BY JOE KLEINSCHMIDT jkleinschmidt@mndaily.com

PHOTO COURTESY OF SIMON KOY Both Dorothy Allison’s “Bastard Out of Carolina” and Jim Grimsley’s “Dream Boy” influenced author Justin Torres as he wrote “We the Animals.”

o language obscures the lucid power Justin Torres wields in his debut novel, “We the Animals.” The young “animals” include Manny, Joel and an unidentified narrator, who wildly mocks strangers and begs for attention. The three boys share one voice for much of the slim 128-page book, a collective howl in defiance of ever yone within their sights. Torres paints a semi-autobiographical sketch with his novel, an episodic ode to boyhood. “We were six snatching hands, six stomping feet; we were brothers, boys, three little kings locked in a feud for more,” Torres wrote, establishing a firstperson plural perspective early on. The 2011 book launched Torres into the literar y spotlight, garnering accolades from fellow authors Paul Harding and Dorothy Allison. The prose of “We the Animals” bounces between the minimalist language Raymond Car ver popularized and a lyrical beat derived from Torres’ writing process. “I read aloud a lot,” he said. “All the time. Obsessively. Oftentimes before

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MUSIC

FASHION

Hunting high and low

Fashion forecast: Fall 2013

TWO DECADES IN, KELLEY HUNT CANNOT SEE HERSELF DOING ANYTHING ELSE BESIDES EXPRESSING HERSELF THROUGH MUSIC. BY SPENCER DOAR sdoar@mndaily.com

s an intrepid 18-yearold at the University of Kansas, Kelley Hunt didn’t care how she got her talent out there. She just wanted to perform. That resulted in the car-less, dor m-residing Hunt toting an old Fender Rhodes piano, a 12-string guitar from a pawn shop and a beat-up PA through the streets of Lawrence, Kan., looking for a gig. She eventually landed one for tips in a tough basement bar called the 7th Spirit Club. “I had a lot of ner ve, jumping out there at a young age,” Hunt said. “I just assumed it would go well, and the amazing thing is that it did.” She played until 2 a.m. and convinced the club owner to give her a ride home after ward. Those rough and tumble night owls became the first fans of her powerful gospel-folk-

blues crooning. “It helped me become savvy and smart about what to do,” Hunt said. “If someone is going to fall on your piano, what are you going to do? Keep playing.” More than two decades later, Hunt tours with her sultr y voice and quiet charisma, gaining traction through sheer merit and talent. “I feel I was born a musician — I didn’t become one,” Hunt said. “I never decided to do this; it was always there, and I never questioned it.” That is not surprising given she star ted playing the piano by ear at the ripe old age of 3 and became fascinated with writing shortly thereafter — thus the singer-songwriter is born. Add an air of quiet excitement around Hunt, which lends itself so seamlessly to song, and the result is a riveting stage presence that sucks audiences into the landscapes she paints. Lines like “I’ve got a nasty aftertaste like swallowing pollution,” her extended analogy of Oz in the Iraq War-themed “Emerald City” and something as simple as the title for her most recent album, “Gravity Loves You,”

are highlights of her writing ability. From rollicking rock ‘n’ roll-ish tracks suited for a young Little Richard to shuf fles reminiscent of early Elvis to country-styled ballads, Hunt’s genre-bending style has wide appeal. It’s even more amazing when one considers the vocal register of Hunt, hitting the highs and lows as effortlessly as batting-practice fastballs for Mickey Mantle. “I grew up in a family of strong personalities, and I had a lot of encouragement and high expectations around me,” Hunt said. “I loved that.” Hunt continues to thrive in the face of challenges, frequently playing so much that her management worries she’s overdoing it. But through it all, Hunt remains set in her desire to exercise her thoughts WHAT KELLEY HUNT WHEN 8 P.M., FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WHERE DAKOTA JAZZ CLUB, 1010 NICOLLET AVE., MINNEAPOLIS COST $20 AGE ALL AGES

PEEKING AT THE RUNWAYS REVEALS SLEEK SILHOUETTES, BROODING COLOR PALETTES AND BOLDLY JUXTAPOSED FABRICS THIS FALL. BY SHANNON RYAN sryan@mndaily.com

espite a raging blizzar d gifted fr om Ms. Mother Nature, models stomped the runway, critics peeped the delicious designs and fashion enthusiasts braved the storm all in the name of Fall 2013 ready-to-wear. New York Fashion Week ends today after eight days of showcased fashion collections unveiling styles for this year’s autumn and winter seasons. Though a vast number of dif ferentiating silhouettes, shapes, prints and embellishments were viewed on the runway, certain patterns and palettes were consistent among the designers: Greetings, inception of trends.

ANIMAL PRINT

No need to stash or mute your wild side this autumn, it’s still going to be a growler. Big prints, small prints, tans, taupes and colored prints roamed the runway from accessories to sweaters. DKNY had a few pieces doused in animal prints, namely an oversize, tunic-length sweater in cheetah. Tracy Reese, in contrast, had animals running wild in her collection, from cheetah-print coats

and tunics to zebra-print trenches. Get prepped for a playful fall.

LEATHER

Leather is bountiful in the Fall 2013 ready-towear collections. It has become a staple in many pieces for fall, from mere trimmings to composing an entire outfit reminiscent of the “Matrix.” Joseph Altuzarra and Prabal Gur ung donned sleek leather dresses in each of their collections, and Rachel Comey, Band of Outsiders and Billy Reid all used leather to create elongated skir ts. The fabric was showcased in black in collections by Charlotte Ronson and Sally Lapointe. Leather is dominant in this year’s fall fashion; don’t shrug it of f quite yet.

FABRIC BLOCKING With the fleeing of 2012’s bold trend of color blocking enters an equally bold and more sensory stimulating trend of fabric blocking. Skirts, dresses, coats and pants are composed of unexpected fabric mixtures from leather and satin to velvet and silk to the four of them fused in one article of clothing. Seen at Victoria Beckham, Jason Wu, Alexander Wang and Catherine Malandrino, among many other runways, this trend flir ts with femininity and androgyny for a contemporary twist.

SLEEK SILHOUETTES Get ready for a tightening of the silhouette. Fall introduces much more structure and sharpness to clothing. Skirts and dresses are elongated and sleek, seen at Reem Acra, Catherine Malandrino, Joseph Altuzarra and Alexander Wang, creating a ver y strong and slim silhouette.

MIXED PRINTS

2012 flirted with the idea and execution of mixing bold patterns and prints, but 2013 will enter into a long-term relationship with the trend. Fall 2013 combines fanciful prints with geometric lines and a fear of nothing; it’s anything but monolithic. Catherine Malandrino mixes shapes with embroidered patterns and BCBG Max Azria layered printed and shirred furs atop patterned tunics. This season’s mixtures bring together ancient artistry and a contemporary ethos.

DEEP COLOR PALETTES Colors are deep and rich for fall, nothing too ostentatious or deviant from the traditional fall palette. Think aubergines, deep greens, brilliant purples and navy interspersed among classic camels and blacks, favorites to The Row’s and Derek Lam’s collections. Is anyone else ready to fast forward to fall?

MUSIC

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band called The Argonauts. Both allowed him to perform in front of an audience, but while speech offered a rigid set of rules, rock had a distinct freedom to it. In his music, Atlas represents both camps, combining sharp flows with laid-back melodies and the occasional James Brown-esque squawk on top of drum-driven percussion and piano loops.

PHOTO COURTESY OF KELLEY HUNT Kelley Hunt’s calm demeanor is indicative of her onstage control.

As influential as these co-curriculars were for Atlas, they didn’t make up for his distaste for school. “I’m sick of sitting in fluorescent classrooms with lights beaming down on me,” Atlas said. “I like dimness.” That’s where the former half of Atlas’s stage name, Dem, comes from. The latter is a reference to the Greek god Atlas. “Dim Atlas is a contrast between man and god,” he said. “We’re dim, we’re unenlightened.” Although Atlas only

moved out of his mother’s house recently, he’s been playing shows nonstop for the last few months and is now working on projects with other local artists, including one with Bomba de Luz’s L ydia Hoglund. Although Atlas and Bomba de Luz might have dif ferent styles, Atlas has already proven his ability to find a middle ground between binary opposites. “I think of it like a collage,” Atlas said. “Music should be a mix of all sorts of ideas and abstract paintings.”

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

BACKTALK

horoscopes

Today’s Birthday (02/14): Pablo Neruda said, “Laughter is the language of the soul.” Take this to heart, as springtime romances your schedule with social events. The spotlight is on, so play to the crowd.

Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is a 9 — Quit dillydallying, and surrender to your passion. The action is behind the scenes. Confer with family on decisions. Put in the extra effort.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 9 — Opportunities arise in your social network. Consult an expert, use your partner’s ideas, and accept tutoring from a loved one.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 6 — There’s light at the end of the tunnel, but why rush out when you can dance in the dark? Reveal your adorable side.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is an 8 — Necessity birthed invention. A creative solution provides ease. Get others to help. You’re making a good impression on an older person.

Complete the grid so each row, clumn and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 7 — It’s all about partnership. Rely on your team, and get inspired. Share your winnings. Pretend the work is fun, and it will be.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is an 8 — Follow your wise partner’s advice and encouragement. There’s good news from far away. Get something that will grow in value.

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Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is an 8 — It’s a good time for romantic plans. Grasp an opportunity, and you may get a bonus. Make subtle refinements along the way.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is an 8 — Housework is satisfying. You have valuable resources hidden. Get a boost from a partner. Romance blossoms at a distance.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is an 8 — Dress well, and relax with confidence. Your friends are saying nice things about you. You’re in charge of your happiness.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is an 8 — What you give freely returns to you tenfold. Build up savings by avoiding letting others spend for you. Love finds a way. It’s easy to understand.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 7 — Provide leadership. Work that you love pays well now. Find another way to cut expenses. Shop carefully. It’s an excellent time to fall in love.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is an 8 — You’re learning good stuff. Keep your long-term goals in mind, and add a touch of elegance. Love hits you like a feather. Hold a social gathering.

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

Thursday, February 14, 2013

overheard Instructor: “Experiments are a lot like relationships. They’re all about manipulation and control.” —Bell Museum auditorium Guy: “Like after 15 minutes of a girl giving me a blow job, it’s like ... yeah, we could do something else?” Girl: “Fifteen minutes?!?! That’s like a quarter of an hour!” —Middlebrook Hall “The sun is as bright as a thousand white hot suns.” —Amundson Hall Guy: “I had you pegged for a koi fish breeder.” —Hanson Hall “I want the Furby to infiltrate their household.” —Folwell Hall Professor [discussing Salem Witch Trials]: “What was happening at the time when they were fingering the little girls ...?” —Blegen Hall “For Lent, I’m giving up sex. Starting tomorrow.” —St. Paul Student Center Subway “May the mass x acceleration be with you.” —Bathroom graffiti in the Physics building

“Every Greek had seen goats having sex. Maybe there was a hornier animal in South America, but the Greeks didn’t know about it.” —Nicholson Hall TA: “I just got a text from the professor. He forgot about class, so the class is canceled.” —Molecular and Cellular Biology building Professor: “That’s actually why I’m single. If your divorced dad is taller than me and looking ...” —Unknown “That’s what you get for putting a potato up the vag.” —Middlebrook Hall

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crossword

FOR RELEASE FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

ACROSS 1 Geometry subject 6 Vend 10 “Don’t let anyone else hear this” 14 Cowboy, at times 15 Palm product 16 Classic creamfilled snack 17 For the birds? 18 Agile deer 19 Actor Ken 20 Stout 23 Seaside raptor 24 Have to thank for, with “to” 25 Horn sound 26 Belgrade native 28 Lawn option 29 Nova Scotia hrs. 32 Relative via remarriage 36 Shell out 37 Stout 40 Gremlin and Pacer 41 Able to come back 42 Cole Porter’s “__ Clown” 43 Bond, for one 45 “Heavens to Betsy!” 46 Place to tie up 48 “__ we having fun yet?” 49 Intractable beast 52 Stout 57 Dead set against 58 Ram, e.g. 59 Significant 60 Sax immortal Getz 61 Politico Bayh 62 Blue hue 63 Reaction to being cut off 64 Not a good mark 65 Hem again DOWN 1 Talk and talk 2 Casanova 3 For the bees 4 Tide type 5 Cubemaster Rubik 6 Milkshake choice

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7 Gradually vanish 8 Cobb of “12 Angry Men” 9 Not get the better of 10 Flickr image 11 Ring insert 12 Knife in “West Side Story” 13 Shape (up) 21 Tire-shaped 22 New England catch 26 Nos. for beachgoers 27 Chemical suffix 28 Cryptozoologist’s quarry 30 Name meaning “young warrior” in Old Norse 31 Short communication 32 Work on a deck 33 Large volume 34 Yosemite attraction 35 Not a good mark 36 Crossword component 38 Rival of Rory 39 Greeting in Rio

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43 When doubled, a breath freshener 44 Specialized undergrad course 47 Permanently 48 Liam Neeson voiced him in “The Chronicles of Narnia” films 49 Like many a prime rib serving

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50 One in a Lincoln quartet? 51 Scatter 52 Reason for stitches 53 “Do __ ...” 54 Late-inning achievement 55 Barbra’s “Funny Girl” co-star 56 Flabbergast

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dr. date Dr. Date,

I’ve been dating my boyfriend for two weeks. He always talks about how he wants to try this new position called the “Flying Grasshopper” with me. We haven’t had sex yet, but he tells me he loves me. I am really into him, and I don’t want to let him down, but I’m not sure how I feel about popping my cherry in some kind of unorthodox way. I’m into nature, but maybe not this much.

—Bugged Out

Ladybug,

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Let’s step back a second and look at what’s going on here. First, you’ve been dating your boyfriend for two weeks, and he says he loves you. What?! I’m not one for putting an embargo on the L-word, but in this case, I wish your boy had consulted me first. Two weeks is too soon, and in this case, it means only one thing: He wants to get in your pants. I’m sorry to be blunt, baby girl, but there it is. Guys (and girls) get horny, yes. But two weeks in (I repeat, TWO WEEKS IN), it’s a little crazy to start talking about weird sex positions. OK, now. This is all important, but the most important thing is this: “popping your cherry,” or whatever you choose to call it, should happen in a nice way. The position isn’t really the issue — it’s more important that you feel comfortable with the other person and that it’s the right time for BOTH of

you, not just bug boy. Don’t worr y about letting him down. Just tell him you like him a lot but you’re not ready, and you’ll let him know when you are. If he doesn’t like that, he can bug off. Pun intended.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

Any tips for making Valentine’s Day romantic? My guy and I aren’t the super Hallmark-y/box of chocolates type, but I want to do something special for him anyway. What are some general, non-cheesy V-Day tips you have?

—<3

Sweetheart,

There are lots of ways to make Valentine’s Day special — and actually, I think it’s more romantic to steer clear of the CVS greeting card aisle. Think of something meaningful you can do together in the way you would on a birthday or an anniversary. What was the first movie you watched together? Where did you have your first kiss? Relive some of those old memories, or make some new ones. (I realize this is getting cheesy, but stay with me). Is there a bar you’ve both been wanting to try? Is there a band you want to see? Tonight’s the night. Now, if all else fails — or you’re too tired from school/work/winter, you can always just hop into bed. Together, of course.

—Dr. Date

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Minn. man charged with murder BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota man accused of standing in the street and firing at passing cars — killing a 9-year-old boy — had roughly 200 rounds of ammunition stuf fed into his jacket pocket, a backpack and the fanny pack he was wearing when arrested, prosecutors said Wednesday. Nhan Lap Tran, 34, was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder and other counts in Monday’s shootings in the St. Paul suburb of Oakdale. Fourth-

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to fund domestic violence programs and increase the number of 911 operators. But some city employ-

grader Devin Ar yal died in the shootings, and his mother and another woman were injured. Two other motorists escaped as they were being fired upon, according to the criminal complaint. Authorities said Tran, of Oakdale, admitted shooting at the vehicles but did not say why. A Washington County District Court judge ordered Tran to undergo a mental health examination. Tran has no criminal record, and authorities have said they don’t know of any past mental health issues. “This case is simply a

senseless tragedy,” Washington County Attor ney Pete Orput said. “We cannot comprehend a situation where a parent loses their child in any manner, much less in this way.” Along with bullets, Tran was carr ying two loaded 9 mm magazines and two large knives when he was arrested. A loaded 9 mm handgun, with a bullet in the chamber, was found just feet from him. He admitted he tossed the gun aside when he saw authorities closing in, the criminal complaint said.

ees say the cuts she’s made aren’t in the best interest of public safety. Mark Lakosky, the head of the city’s firefighters union, said Hodges has to bear some of the blame for cuts made to the fire department while she was

chair of the Council’s Ways and Means/Budget committee. Cutting crucial staff, he said, contradicts her propublic safety stance. “She’s come out and said she’s pro-public safety, but to me over the last couple of years she’s been just the opposite,” he said. The Minneapolis firefighters union on Wednesday announced its endorsement of Hodges’ fellow councilmember Gary Schiff in the mayoral race, but Hodges has garnered a wide range of supporters elsewhere. Along with Dibble, civil rights advocate Josie Johnson ser ves on Hodges’ campaign committee. Former DFL director Andrew O’Lear y is her campaign manager. Before ser ving on the council, Hodges worked for social justice as a fundraiser for the Minnesota Justice Foundation. She played a big role in campaigning against the marriage amendment last fall. Hodges said she hopes to address transit issues as mayor and supports expansion and innovation in the city’s public transit. In the city’s 2011 resident sur vey, 21 percent of respondents said transportation-related issues were the biggest challenges facing Minneapolis in the next five years. “Street cars and light-rail [lines] are foundational for the city of the future,” she said. Building up transportation options in the city will help retain students, she said. “What’s important is how the city is going to be set up for folks to stay in it once they’ve graduated,” she said. “If we can answer that question properly, we will have built the city of the future.” Dibble said Hodges’ work on social justice was one of the reasons he encouraged her to run for City Council in the first place, and people don’t realize how much work she put into the “vote no” campaign. “I would wager this: no other councilmember that I’m aware of did more to defeat this amendment than Betsy Hodges,” Dibble said. Hodges said she’s always wanted to include all people in the democratic process, and as mayor, that would continue. “I’m a progressive that can organize people,” she said. “I can bring ever ybody to the table, and that’s where the real progress can happen.”