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Some state legislators are pushing to revamp the city of Rochester in an effort to keep Mayo Clinic a world-renowned medical institution. I n J a n u a r y, M a y o a n nounced its “Destination Medical Center” plan, a 20-year, $5 billion expansion that University of Minnesota officials hope will benefit their 370-student Rochester campus. “If it’s good for Mayo and it’s good for their patients and their visitors, it’s good for us as an institution,” UMR Assistant Vice Chancellor Jay Hesley said. “Having those resources in place helps us with our recruitment and our retention of students, faculty and staff.” But before the plan moves forward, the clinic wants $585 million from the state to bolster infrastructure in the city. Rep. Kim Nor ton, DFLRochester, proposed the bill to fund the infrastructure renovations around the clinic earlier this month. “[Mayo Clinic] is most interested in growing here in Minnesota,” Norton said. “In order to do so, amenities are needed and development is needed in Rochester to support their growth.” The Rochester campus has a close working relationship with Mayo, the biggest private employer in the state. “I think that the idea of the Mayo Clinic and their reputau See MAYO Page 5 Other states have supported medical center expansions.
If the initial student ser vice fees committee recommendations stick, University of Minnesota students could see one of the largest year-overyear fees increases in recent years in 2013-14. Each semester, each student would pay nearly
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$430, a proposed increase of about $37 over 2012-13, according to the initial recommendations the Student Services Fees Committee released Monday. Despite the overall increase, eight groups that previously received student ser vices fees were denied funding for 2013-14. Boynton Health Ser vice also requested more than $380,000 for expanded mental health ser vices in FY2014. The SSFC recommended funding about $290,000
to fund four of six requested staf f positions and remove the current co-pay and advised Boynton to absorb the cost of the other two positions. One of the largest funding decreases was recommended for Campus Crusade for Christ, which was recommended to receive none of its nearly $24,000 request. In 2012-13, the group received almost $26,000. “The committee feels that CRU has not been responsible with its financial obligation in re-
cord keeping,” the SSFC said in its initial recommendation rationales. The SSFC initially planned to give the group a 25 percent penalty, but fur ther unresolved errors caused it to recommend no fees funding. There will be hearings for student groups to address the SSFC on Tuesday and Wednesday and for administrative groups on Thursday. u See FEES Page 5 The committee cited carryover in multiple denials.
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Recruiting rule change draws mixed reviews The NCAA wants to allow unlimited contact with recruits. BY NATE GOTLIEB ngotlieb@mndaily.com
Compliance director J.T. Bruett has to make sure ever y mailing a Gophers coach sends to a recr uit complies with NCAA law. With coaches from the University of Minnesota’s 25 varsity sports programs constantly contacting recruits, such strict oversight can be difficult. “For us to have to go in and look at the size of a piece of paper and what color it is and what it can have on the front and where the writing can be,” Bruett said, “it gets to be a little ridiculous.” But rules approved by the NCAA Board of Directors on Jan. 19 would allow coaches to have unlimited contact with recruits for all sports after their junior year of high school. That means coaches could call, text message or mail recruits without having to report the communication to compliance officials. Big Ten football coaches and athletics directors issued a statement opposing the changes, expressing concern about the two rules regarding the deregulation of communication and an increase in coaches that can be involved with recruiting. Previously, coaches were allowed one phone call a week and were not allowed to text recruits. The proposed new r ules are under a 60-day “override period.” If enough schools vote against the rules during this period, they’ll be rescinded. If not, they’ll take effect this summer. Bruett said the new rules would allow him to focus on enforcing more complex rules, like those about amateurism,
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u See RECRUITING Page 8 The University spent $1.2 million per year on recruiting from 2007-11.
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Alumni lip balm startup helps fund cleft palate surgeries in Ethiopia
On an average Friday night in 2011, University of Minnesota alumni Travis Brew and Jimmy Ennen decided they were going to improve access to health care in developing countries. They didn’t donate all of their money to a charity or buy plane tickets to see the problem firsthand — they made lip balm in their kitchen. That first batch of balm has evolved into their business, Face to Face, which donates $1 for each tube of purchased lip balm to a charity that helps provide care for children in Ethiopia with conditions like cleft lip, cleft palate, nomas or tumors. University students at any campus can purchase the lip balm at the book-
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store, including Cof fman Union’s. In two months, Face to Face has raised $1,200 — enough to fund three surgeries that restore basic functions like eating, speaking and smiling. Chris Tastad, the company’s vice president of operations, said although surger y’s price tag seems small in the U.S., its benefits in Ethiopia are immense. The relatively inexpensive surgery can “ultimately have a large impact on the quality of life of a child,” he said. Ennen said the inspiration for the late-night batch of lip balm came from his study abroad experience in rural Ecuador. “While I was there I really realized providing people with health care is the greatest gift you can give another person,” he said. “I saw just how powerful that could be.” That commitment to u See FACE Page 5 Untreated facial deformities can impact functions like speaking.
U students lobby for clean energy Activists want legislators to raise renewable energy standards. BY HAILEY COLWELL hcolwell@mndaily.com
Packed together on the main staircase of the state Capitol on Monday, a group of about 100 students sang “You Are My Sunshine” behind the bright face of a papier-mâché sun. Instead of the conventional lyrics, they sang of solar and wind power, ending the song with the words, “please don’t take my future away.” The singers gathered from across Minnesota at the Capitol to lobby for cleaner energy standards. The lobby day was held in conjunction with Sunday’s Next Generation Environmental Congress, an event geared toward getting more youth involved in environmental policy decisions. Students met with legislators, asking them to support a 40 percent renewable energy standard, a 10 percent solar energy standard and clean energy policies. Though affecting energy policy is a complex process,
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University of Minnesota-Morris junior Matt Fredericks meets with Rep. Jay McNamar, DFL-Elbow Lake, at the State Office Building on Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, in St. Paul. Students across Minnesota joined Fredericks on Energy Lobby Day to meet with legislators about renewable energy policies.
it’s still accessible to students and young people, said Josh Winters, executive director of the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group. “We understand that a lot of this stuff gets complicated, but at the end of the day, this is really simple,” Winters said. “We need to advance a clean energy
economy, and that’s what we’re here today to do.” Supply chain and operations sophomore Hunter Johnson said it’s important for students to be involved in energy policy. “These decisions are going to affect us more than anyone,” Johnson said. He said students need to take action now so as to
not pass on today’s energy problems, he said. “Some people argue about the urgency of it,” he said. “I think it’s unethical if we put that off to the next generation.” u See ENERGY Page 3 Several legislators encouraged students’ energy policy efforts.
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JOHANNESBURG — Oscar Pistorius on Monday informed South African authorities that he wants to resume athletic training while on bail for the murder case against him, a government official said. A spokeswoman for the Olympic runner, however, denied that he was making immediate plans to return to the track while awaiting trial for the Feb. 14 shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. “Absolutely not,” said spokeswoman Janine Hills. “He is currently in mourning and his focus is not on his sports.” The double-amputee Paralympian discussed bail terms with his probation of ficer and a correctional official at the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court in the capital, according to correctional officials. The guidelines will determine his daily routine until his next court appear-
ance on June 4. “It’s his wish to continue to practice,” James Smalberger, chief deputy commissioner of the depar tment of cor rectional ser vices, said in a telephone inter view with The Associated Press. Smalberger said the issue came up because authorities need to know his movements whenever he leaves the home where he is staying. The timing of any resumption of training was uncertain. Pistorius’ longtime coach, Ampie Louw, declined to comment on any training plans for the runner, referring questions to a spokeswoman for the athlete’s family. Louw had said when the r unner was in detention that he wanted to put him back into training in the event that he was granted bail. But he had also said Pistorius could be “hear tbroken” and unwilling to
immediately run again. Pistorius, who was released on bail Friday, is staying at the house of his uncle, Arnold, in the affluent suburb of Waterkloof in Pretoria. He faces life imprisonment if convicted. Pistorius is charged with premeditated murder in the killing of Steenkamp, in the early hours of Valentine’s Day. Prosecutors say the pair had an argument before Steenkamp was killed; Pistorius says he mistook her for an intruder and shot her accidentally. Smalberger said officials will visit Pistorius at his uncle’s home at least four times a month, and that the runner indicated his interest in training again. More planning must occur before the start of any training. “We want a training program from his coach so that we have backup for his movements,” Smalberger said. “He’s not under house arrest, but his movements
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Ikea withdraws meatballs in more than 20 countries
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STOCKHOLM — Swedish furniture giant Ikea became entangled in Europe’s widening meat scandal Monday, forced to withdraw meatballs from stores across Europe amid suspicions that they contained horse meat. Stores in the U.S. and Canada were not affected, Ikea said. The company reacted after authorities in the Czech Republic said they had detected horse DNA in tests of 1-kilogram (2.2-pound) packs of frozen meatballs that were labeled as beef and pork. The Czech State Veterinar y Administration said it tested two batches of Ikea meatballs and only one of them contained horse meat. It did not say how much. Meatballs from the same batch had been sent from a Swedish supplier to 12 other European countries — Slovakia, Hungar y, France, Britain, Por tugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Ireland — and would be pulled of f the shelves in all of them, Ikea said. Later Monday, the company expanded the withdrawals to stores in 21 European countries and in Hong Kong, Thailand and the Dominican Republic, all of which were getting meatballs from the same Swedish supplier. Ikea spokeswoman Ylva Magnusson said that included most European countries, but not Russia and Norway, which use local suppliers. Stores in Poland and Switzerland use both local suppliers and the Swedish one, but would now only use locally produced meatballs, she said. “This is an extraordinar y effort to ensure that no one is worried,” Magnusson told The Associated Press. She added that two weeks ago Ikea tested a range of frozen food products, including meatballs, and found no traces of horse meat. The company plans to conduct its own tests to “validate” the Czech results, she said. Ikea’s North America branch said the U.S. stores get their meatballs from a U.S. supplier.
TEHRAN — Iranian officials on Monday dismissed the Oscar-winning film “Argo” as pro-CIA, anti-Iran propaganda, but some young, moderate Iranians welcomed it as a fresh view of recent history. The movie, based on the escape of six American hostages from the besieged U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979, has not been screened in any Iranian theaters. But many Iranians have seen it nevertheless. In downtown Tehran, bootleg DVDs of “Argo” sell for about 30,000 rials, or less than $1. Iranians who took part in the 1979 Islamic Revolution picked apart the portrayals of Tehran at the time. But those too young to recall the events had a different view. “I want to know what the other side is saying,” said Shieda, a 21-year-old University of Tehran student, who gave only her first name for fear of a possible backlash for speaking with foreign media. Tehran City Council member Masoomeh Ebtekar — who was one of the students who occupied the U.S. Embassy and acted as the spokeswoman for the captors— says the film exaggerates the violence among crowds that stormed the compound in November 1979. Fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days, but a handful of Embassy staff were sheltered by the Canadian ambassador. Their escape, using a fake movie as a cover story, is recounted in “Argo.” Ebtekar insists the hostage-takers were mostly students. But other accounts suggest militants and members of the country’s powerful Revolutionary Guard were involved. Iranian Culture Minister Mohammad Hosseini criticized the film: “The movie is an anti-Iran film. It is not a valuable film from the artistic point of view. It won the prize by resorting to extended advertisement and investment,” he said, according to the official IRNA news agency.
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Light rail may challenge bicyclists
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Campus traffic is light Saturday morning at Harvard Street and Washington Avenue. Some are concerned with the design of intersections near light-rail construction on Washington Avenue because it could be dangerous for bicyclists and pedestrians.
Bikers will need to be more alert in busy intersections off Washington Ave. BY BRIAN AROLA barola@mndaily.com
Students lobbying together in this magnitude can affect environmental legislation, said Dave Frederickson, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. “Sometimes 10 people with the same issue is a mandate for a legislator,” Frederickon said. “So does it make a difference? Absolutely it makes a difference.”
The student message A group of high school students spoke with Rep. Alice Hausman, DFL-St. Paul, about solar energy, an issue she said she’s passionate about. She said the students she spoke to understood how renewable energy can be good for the economy because it keeps energy investment within Minnesota. “They know energy is the potential economic driver in their near future,” Hausman said. She said she encouraged the students to continue their environmental lobbying ef for ts throughout the legislative session. “These are such important issues,” she said. “It
voices not represented, especially with college and high school,” she said. “It’s really exciting [to show that] constituents still matter, and these issues still affect us.” R e p . J a y M c N a m a r, DFL-Elbow Lake, who represents the University of Minnesota-Morris district, said lobbying at the Capitol can be a learning experience for students. He said it’s impor tant for students to take action on the issues they care about. “You can always have interests, but if you don’t do anything about it,” McNamar said, “what good does it do?”
YOUTH CLEAN ENERGY AGENDA, 2013 LEGISLATIVE SESSION Key issues from the Feb. 25 Youth Energy Lobby Day 1. Implement solar standards 10 percent by 2030
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ing with buses, people and the light rail on a really busy street,” he said. In 2013, light-rail construction will mostly consist of installing overhead wires and communications equipment, Baenen said. 94 Eventually, bus routes will open on the tracks and test runs for the light rail will begin.
Sanders said once test runs begin, a comprehensive, University-wide campaign will be launched to educate people on how buses, trains, pedestrians and bicyclists will move along the corridor. Baenen said bicyclist representatives were involved with the design outline of the light rail and will continue to
be involved in making biking safe around routes. Sanders said everyone will be working together because the highest priority is safety. “Ever ybody wants the same outcome,” he said. “With all of us working together, I’m confident that we’ll come up with a good solution for everyone.”
Senators to talk Sunday liquor store sales BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesotans who want liquor stores to open on Sundays said it’s about convenience, but opponents argued at a Senate committee hearing Monday that many liquor stores don’t want to increase costs by opening for another day. Minnesota is one of 12 states that outlaws Sunday liquor sales. It’s an issue that comes up year after year, but has never made much headway at the Capitol. There was little evidence fortunes have changed when the Senate Commerce Committee discussed Sen. Roger Reinert’s bill during rapid-fire hearing on 13 alcohol-related proposals. Reiner t, DFL-Duluth, called it a “courtesy hearing,” and told The Associated Press in an interview that he knows his bill won’t succeed until everyday Minnesotans get behind it. The committee didn’t vote on the bill. “People like the idea, but they’re not willing to do anything to make it change,” he said. “I’m just the vehicle, not the engine.” Jason Alvey, owner of the Four Firkins liquor store in St. Louis Park, told the commit-
tee Monday that consumers want Minnesota to become the 10th state in the past decade to allow businesses like his to open on Sundays. “It is the year 2013, yet I pay rent 52 days a year that I’m not allowed to open my business, and I think that’s very frustrating,” Alvey said. Reinert’s bill would also allow liquor stores to open on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. He and Alvey stressed that the bill would not force liquor stores to open Sundays, but give them a choice. But opponents say that in practice, it would force liquor stores to stay open seven days a week. “If you don’t open on seventh day and your competitors do, there goes your customer base,” said Edward Reynoso, political director for Teamsters 32 Joint Council. Mar yann Campo, who opened South L yndale Liquors in Minneapolis in 1975, said the bill would raise her store’s labor costs without boosting profits. “We don’t see any economic advantage,” Campo said. “Our customers have never asked us for Sunday sales.” The Minnesota Licensed Beverage Association has effectively lobbied against the
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won’t happen over night, but don’t give up.” Shira Breen, a junior at South High School in Minneapolis and a member of Youth Environmental Activists of Minnesota, said it’s important for students to realize what their state representatives can do for them. “It’s really great that we have people that represent us, and we should utilize that,” she said, “and take advantage of the people who are there to suppor t us.” Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFLMinneapolis, whose district includes most of the University campus, said though she wasn’t able to speak with students Monday, she’s glad they turned up at the Capitol. “It’s very important that they talk to their own legislators and be persistent,” Kahn said. University anthropology senior Elena Haynes said meeting with Rep. Jim Davnie, DFL-St.Paul, was ver y successful. Though he had questions about the issues she was lobbying, she said he was very receptive. Haynes said this day was an ef fective way for students to have their voices heard in the Legislature. “So often ar e youth
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“We want everybody to be safe here,” he said. “It’s a new situation, so we know there’s going to be a learning curve here.” Laura Baenen, spokeswoman for the Central Corridor project, said there are ways bicyclists can cross safely. “When bikes want to turn at Union, Harvard, Walnut and Church [streets], they may be required to pull over to the right and cross the tracks at a right angle,” she said in an email. “That will help cyclists look left, right and down the tracks.” Both Sanders and Baenen said their organizations are looking into the possibility of signage to instruct bicyclists how to properly cross the street along the light-rail route. Computer science freshman Nate Fikru said biking along Washington Avenue will likely be smoother than it is now once the light rail begins but said he would like signals or signs to make it easier to cross the street. “I wouldn’t want to just rely on my own instincts cross-
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Bicyclists at the University of Minnesota could face new challenges along Washington Avenue when the Central Corridor light rail starts running in 2014. Bicyclists turning left from Washington Avenue will have to pay attention to buses, cars, trains and the tracks, said Steve Sanders, the University’s alternative transportation manager. He said he’s concerned bicyclists will face a steep learning curve adjusting to the new layout. “If you make a left turn, you have to look behind you, in front of you and be aware of the tracks,” he said. With so much bike traffic around the University, Sanders said safety is especially important to consider. He said Washington Avenue has some of the highest concentrations of bicycle traf-
fic in the state. Its bridge, according to the city of Minneapolis, was the top bicycling location in the city by estimated trips per day in 2011. There were 19 collisions from 2000 to 2010 on Washington Avenue near the University’s East Bank, according to an analysis of Minneapolis accidents. Industrial engineering freshman Anthony Sarvello said he thinks biking along Washington Avenue will be a lot more hectic once the light rail starts running. “It’s definitely going to be a little more confusing because there’ll be so much more going on,” he said. Sanders said having bus routes on the light-rail tracks sets Minneapolis apart from other cities. “I don’t know many other places in the United States that have buses on the tracks,” he said. Much of the construction on the light-rail project is complete, so Sanders said the job now is to educate bicyclists about how to safely travel in the new transportation system, Sanders said.
change every year with the same argument: Its member stores want one day off a week, and that the extra day would merely spread six days of sales over a full week. Reinert introduced the same bill in 2011. It stalled after passing the Commerce Committee. A similar, Republican-backed amendment to a larger House alcohol bill last year failed by a wide margin. Also Monday, Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington, unveiled a bill to allow liquor stores to open on Super Bowl Sunday in 2014. He called it a one-year pilot for a day that could generate huge sales for liquor stores. If it works, the Legislature could permanently legalize Super Bowl Sunday liquor store sales. Garofalo opposes broader Sunday sales, which he said would increase stores’ labor costs, only to be passed on to consumers. “It means higher liquor prices. The public doesn’t understand that,” he said. House Democrats also introduced Monday a bill that would increase taxes on alcohol sales. Revenue from those taxes would be used to fund several programs, like increased dr unken driving patrols and domestic violence prevention grants.
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Saturday sees student assault and fight A University student was hospitalized after fighting outside Blarney. BY JAKE STARK jstark@mndaily.com
A University of Minnesota student was assaulted by a group of men early Saturday near the University Fieldhouse, according to a University police report. Business manage-
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ment junior Cor t Lunke was walking with several friends at about 2:30 a.m. on Saturday when a group of four men jumped him and one of them punched him in the side of the head, the report said. Before the fight, the
man who punched Lunke had yelled insults at him, and Lunke made comments in return, he said. “I didn’t really take offense,” Lunke said. “But I didn’t want to pass up an oppor tunity for human interaction on a Friday night.” University police arrived at the scene as the men tried to flee, the repor t said. The of ficers arrested all four men one block away. One of the men was cited for fifth-degree as-
sault, fleeing police and consumption of alcohol by a minor, the repor t said. The of ficers booked him at Hennepin County Jail, but he’s since posted bail. The man was the only member of the group cited for assault because he was the only one who actually hit the victim, said University police Deputy Chief Chuck Miner. The other three men were cited for minor consumption and were released at the scene, the report said.
Man assaulted outside Blarney
A second assault involving a University student occurred around the same time Saturday outside Blarney Pub and Grill, according to a Minneapolis police report. The victim, 21, was standing outside of Blarney at about 2 a.m. on Saturday when another man made a rude comment about his girlfriend, Minneapolis police Sgt. William Palmer said. A fight ensued between both men, and the
victim suffered serious head injuries. Witnesses called Minneapolis police to the scene and paramedics transported him to the University of Minnesota Medical Center, the report said. The man who injured the victim arrived at the medical center shortly afterward, seeking treatment for an injury to his hand, the report said. The victim told officers he didn’t want to press charges because the fight was mutual, the report said.
High-stakes trial begins over 2010 Gulf oil spill BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW ORLEANS — BP put profits ahead of safety and bears most of the blame for the disastrous 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a U.S. Justice Department attorney charged Monday at the opening of a trial that could result in the oil company and its partners being forced to pay tens of billions of dollars more in damages. The London-based oil giant acknowledged it made “errors in judgment” before the deadly blowout, but it also cast blame on the owner of the drilling rig and the contractor involved in cementing the well. It denied it was grossly negligent, as the government contended. The high-stakes civil case went to trial after attempts to reach an 11th-hour settlement failed. Eleven workers were killed when the Deepwater Horizon rig leased by the BP exploded on April 20, 2010. An estimated 172 millions of gallons of crude gushed into the Gulf over the three months that followed in the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Justice Department attorney Mike Underhill said the catastrophe resulted from BP’s “culture of corporate recklessness.” “The evidence will show that BP put profits before people, profits before safety and profits before the environment,” Underhill said in opening statements. He added: “Despite BP’s attempts to shift the blame to other parties, by far the primary fault for this disaster belongs to BP.” BP attorney Mike Brock acknowledged that the oil company made mistakes. But he accused rig owner Transocean Ltd. of failing to properly maintain the rig’s blowout preventer, which had a dead battery, and he claimed cement contractor Halliburton used a “bad slurry” that failed to prevent oil and gas from traveling up the well. BP has already pleaded guilty to manslaughter and other criminal charges and has racked up more than $24 billion in spill-related expenses, including cleanup costs, compensation for businesses and individuals, and $4 billion in criminal penalties. But the federal government, Gulf Coast states and individuals and businesses hope to convince a federal judge that the company and its partners in the ill-fated drilling project are liable for much more in civil damages under the Clean Water Act and other environmental regulations. One of the biggest questions facing U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier, who is hearing the case without a jury, is whether BP acted with gross negligence. Under the Clean Water Act, a polluter can be forced to pay a minimum of $1,100 per barrel of spilled oil; the fines nearly quadruple to about $4,300 a barrel for companies found grossly negligent, meaning BP could be on the hook for nearly $18 billion. The judge plans to hold the trial in at least two phases. The first phase, which could last three months, is designed to determine what caused the blowout and assign percentages of blame to
the companies involved. The second phase will determine how much crude spilled into the Gulf. During opening arguments, BP and its partners pointed the finger at each other in a tangle of accusations and counter-accusations. But BP got the worst of it, from its partners and the plaintiffs in the case. Jim Roy, who represents individuals and businesses hurt by the spill, said BP executives applied “huge financial pressure” to “cut costs and rush the job.” The project was more than $50 million over budget and behind schedule at the time of the blowout, Roy said. “BP repeatedly chose speed over safety,” Roy said, quoting from a report by an expert who may testify. Roy said the spill also resulted from Transocean’s “woeful” safety culture and failure to properly train its crew. And Roy said Halliburton provided BP with a product that was “poorly designed, not properly tested and was unstable.” Brad Brian, a lawyer for Transocean, said the company had an experienced, welltrained crew on the rig. He said the Transocean workers’ worst mistake may have been placing too much trust in the BP supervisors on the rig. “And they paid for that trust with their lives,” Brian said. “They died not because they weren’t trained properly. They died because critical information was withheld from them.” A lawyer for Halliburton defended the company’s work and tried to pin the blame on BP and Transocean. “If BP had shut in the well, we would not be here today,” Halliburton’s Donald Godwin said. Underhill, the Justice Department attorney, heaped blame on BP for cost-cutting decisions made in the months and weeks leading up the disaster. He said two BP rig supervisors, Robert Kaluza and Donald Vidrine, disregarded abnormally high pressure readings that should have been glaring indications of trouble. Kaluza and Vidrine have been indicted on federal manslaughter charges. Brock, the BP lawyer, said Transocean employees on the rig also played roles in misinterpreting the “negative pressure test.” “It was a mistake made by several men from two different companies,” Brock said. “They were trying to get it right. They were trying to do the right thing.” Hundreds of attorneys have worked on the case, generating roughly 90 million pages of documents, logging nearly 9,000 docket entries and taking more than 300 depositions from witnesses who could testify at trial. “In terms of sheer dollar amounts and public attention, this is one of the most complex and massive disputes ever faced by the courts,” said Fordham University law professor Howard Erichson, an expert in complex litigation. The spill fouled marshes, killed wildlife and closed fishing grounds. Scientists warn that the disaster’s full effect may not be known for years. But they have reported dying coral reefs and fish afflicted with lesions and illnesses that might be oil-related.
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Startup helps fund surgeries in Ethiopia Face u from Page 1
service, Tastad said, drives the business. “We make sure the idea of social good, not just in the interest of profit but in the genuine interest of impacting lives, is at the fore of what we do,” he said. Face to Face is partners with Project Harar Ethiopia, which organizes the surgeries through Ethiopian hospitals. “They’re not sending over surgeons from developed countries to developing countries and sor t of maintaining this cyclical, dependent model,” Ennen said. By offering medical care, rehabilitation and long-term care to patients suf fering from noma, tumors, animal attacks, cleft lip and cleft palate, Project Harar Ethiopia helps make the cost and trip of a doctor’s appointment more bearable for rural Ethiopians. In the U.S., most children with facial deformities are treated, said Anna Thurmes, clinic coordinator at the University Amplatz Children’s Hospital’s Craniofacial Center. Because of the multiple surgeries, speech therapy
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University alumni Jimmy Ennen and Travis Brew created a business called Face to Face, which sells lip balm and donates one dollar from each sale to health care for children with facial deformities in Ethiopia. The company began selling its lip balm in January and is currently selling the product in University bookstores.
and or thodontic care are often necessary; repairing a cleft lip or palate can cost an American hundreds of thousands of dollars. The challenges in Ethiopia, she said, are more than monetary. “One of the major barriers in Africa right now is
the financial cost and also just the distance most families have to travel to get the medical centers,” Thurmes said. Left untreated, children could lose physical functions like speaking or eating, she said, which can impair hearing or other health.
“There’s a lot of myths that you just fix the lip and you fix the palate and it all works out, but there’s so much function that happens as you grow,” she said. “That’s where it’s really a lifelong treatment.” And that treatment, at least when Face to Face is
Mayo upgrade could boost Rochester campus Mayo u from Page 1
tion is a draw for students who choose to come to school here,” Hesley said. Undeclared freshman Keith Kallmes went to Mayo High School in Rochester and now attends the Twin Cities University campus. He said growing up in a medical community was very influential. “The Mayo clinic is Rochester,” he said. “My dad is a doctor and he knows all my friends’ parents because they’re all physicians, too.” Kallmes said many of his friends went to college with the intention of following in their parents’ footsteps. “The whole skyline is made up of Mayo buildings. All the famous people who come through town, like the Dalai Lama and all these kings, are there for the Mayo Clinic,” he said. “I mean, makes being a doctor look like a pretty good gig.” To fund its expansion, Mayo would put up $3.5 billion in capital investment, and the rest would be
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Groups may also file appeals, which are due on March 29. Final fees recommendations will be released on April 2. The Ayn Rand Study Group, which received $12,100 from the SSFC last year, also was recommended to get none of its requested $32,700. Vincent Brinker, an officer for the group, said he believes there has been a change to “promote more liberal groups on campus” in recent years. “Groups that are conservative by nature or are not favorable by liberal ideals or socialist ideals are usually kind of hit hard,” he said. “I think the Ayn Rand group was one of those.” But in its rationale, the SSFC said it believes the group can continue its programming with its projected budget carryover from last year. The committee also said the group didn’t address several payment support issues, which resulted in the recommended elimination of SSFC funding. Brinker said the group uses its funding for events, speakers, technology and other materials.
covered by private investments. “Our goal is to be known as the best health destination in the world,” said Lisa Clarke, co-chair of the Destination Medical Center initiative. UMR has been ver y vocal about its support for the expansion. “Without the resources of Mayo Clinic, we couldn’t run our UMR programs,” Hesley said. “There is a lot of institutional knowledge over at the clinic, and we can bring that knowledge into the classroom to support the academic process. That means ever ything from bringing in speakers to opportunities for student employment.” Health science senior Nicole Yates, a member of UMR’s Pre-Professional Club, said Mayo has a strong relationship with the college. “Our club collaborates with Mayo to bring in speakers and talk with potential employers all the time,” she said. “And my biology class works with cadavers over there.” Yates is hopeful the Mayo expansion could bring more students to
UMR. “The expansion will open up oppor tunities for ever yone on campus,” she said. “Maybe it will entice more students to come here.” Mayo’s expansion in Minnesota is contingent on getting the state’s funding. “If that doesn’t happen, we’ll step back, re-evaluate and find someplace that will allow us to grow,” Clarke said. Nor ton said her bill moved through the House Jobs and Economic Development Committee with ease earlier this month. “[Mayo’s expansion] will produce a lot of jobs, somewhere between 25,000 and 35,000 new jobs,” she said. “It will be wonder ful not only for construction jobs, but the Mayo also employs lots of people from around the state.” Rep. Greg Davids, RPreston, a co-author on the bill, said state-suppor ted medical expansion efforts are not uncommon. “Other medical facilities like [Massachusetts] General, Johns Hopkins and the Cleveland Clinic have gone through this same thing,” he said. “They re-
ceived large government subsidies, comparable to those we’re hoping to offer Mayo.” Clarke said Mayo did extensive research before requesting state support and found gaps in the “patient experience” in downtown housing, retail, research and arts and culture. “These renovations are necessar y to satisfy the customers and their families while they’re in town,” Norton said. The Rochester community has had a mixed reaction to the Mayo expansion proposal. “The Mayo Clinic employs thousands of people in Rochester,” Norton said. “But some people are a little ner vous about who will have control over city development. People want the city to be in charge of construction, not Mayo.” Nor ton’s bill will be heard by the House Government Operations Committee on Tuesday. “We feel very optimistic that we can work together to secure Minnesota as the destination medical center,” Clarke said. “This is the opportunity of a generation.”
Several other student groups, including the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Amnesty International, the Fraternity Purchasing Association, Summer Cultural Programs and Voices Merging, were denied funding. The SSFC said in its rationale that the American Society of Civil Engineers, like the Ayn Rand group, has enough carryover in its budget to continue without additional funding from fees. Nate Warner, the group’s president, said the group has many expenses but understands the committee’s recommendation.
“We can’t really argue with their logic,” he said. “We feel that we would be more comfor table with a higher [fees recommendation].” Voices Merging, an arts and multicultural group, and the University’s chapter of Amnesty International didn’t provide enough information in their applications, according to the repor t, which is why neither was recommended to receive any funding. The Fraternity Purchasing Association was denied its $10,000 request because its member organizations could be directly charged for any costs, according to the rationale. The SSFC rec-
ommended the group offer more services to non-members if it wants to receive fees in the future. “It would be inappropriate to assess the general student body any fees associated with FPA,” the committee said in its recommendation. The Minnesota Daily was recommended $435,000 in fees — $505,000 with a $70,000 “balance sweep.” The SSFC also recommended no funding for Summer Cultural Programs, an administrative unit that requested $75,000. The program hosts concerts on the Twin Cities campuses during the summer, according to its website.
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involved, now begins at an unusual source — lip balm. “It’s a product that’s a ver y small part of people’s lives as a whole. When joined with this mission,” Tastad said, “it becomes much more significant.” The team is also looking to launch new flavors and a
tinted line in the next couple of months, Ennen said, and will eventually include other personal care products. Stephanie Tomczyk, a business senior and friend of Ennen, said the idea of donating $1 for one lip balm is something she expects people will respond well toward. “People don’t necessarily have as much discretional income,” she said. “So being able to purchase a product that not only they desire but that’s also doing good is sort of the best of both worlds.” Suppor t for facial reconstruction is often overlooked because the conditions it addresses aren’t fatal. To Brew, this makes the cause more worthy of giving toward. “These deformities ar en’t necessarily lifethreatening,” he said. “But they are life-changing in an incredible way.” And because the surger y, unlike food or clothing, never gets old or goes bad, the benefits of their work last. “It’s not like we’re just giving them something and there’s an expiration date,” said Kevin Walker, vice president of sales. “This surgery sticks with them for the rest of their lives.”
Tepid response in Miami over Castro retirement BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI — For more than five decades, Cuban exiles in Miami have waited for the Castro brothers to be out of power. The firmest step toward that happening came Sunday when Raul Castro announced he plans to retire as president within five years. And yet, when the news reached Florida's shores it created little more than a quiet ripple of apathy. “Cuba doesn't matter to me anymore,” Luis Sanz, 85, said as he watched friends play dominoes. A year after the 1959 revolution, Sanz left behind his clothing store in the Cuban city of Camaguey and star ted a new life in Miami. He never returned. Many older Cubans vowed not to return until the Raul and Fidel Castro were dead. Now it appears retirement — rather than death — will mark the end of their days in power. Raul Castro has tapped Miguel Diaz-Canel to be his top lieutenant and possible successor. So there is no celebration in Miami. And no protest either. “I think ever ybody thought there would be a way of getting even for all the things that had taken place,” said Andy Gomez, a senior political fellow at the University of Miami's Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies. “It's a little bit almost anticlimactic. It's a little bit of the same.” Raul Castro has instituted numerous economic and social reforms since taking power after his older brother fell ill in 2006. Under his leadership, private enterprise has expanded, a real estate market was legalized and travel restrictions relaxed. In his speech Sunday, Castro said he hopes to establish two-term limits and age caps for political offices as well. But the core tenets of socialism will remain, he vowed. Domingo Amuchastegui, a former Cuban diplomat in Guatemala, said the 52-year-old Diaz-Canel is unlikely to make any major depar tures from Raul and Fidel Castro's ideol-
ogy. “He will continue redesigning the system in Cuba, as they are redesigning it now,” he said. “It's a new conceptualization, a redesign of the socialist system, adapting, improving it.” Cuban exiles and politicians in Miami resoundingly said they will not recognize Diaz-Canel a legitimate leader if he rises to the presidency. “What today was white, tomorrow is red and yester day was blue,” said Alber to Faustino, 74, describing what he sees as the Cuban gover nment's erratic decision making. Faustino left Cuba 12 years ago to join his two sons in the United States. He said the selection of Diaz-Canel is no change at all. And Raul Castro's announcement caused him neither happiness nor anger. “Nothing,” he said. In the past, an announcement like the one Castro made on Sunday might have provoked a stronger public reaction. But that has changed in r ecent years as the first generation of exiles dwindles and newer arrivals have more economic concerns. Patricia de la Rosa, 45, the manager of an ice cream shop in Little Havana, said her mother's generation has mostly abandoned the idea of returning or seeing change in Cuba. “For me, I think anything is possible,” de la Rosa said. “Who's to say that things won't change? But it's going to take a lot.” On Monday, there was little excitement over that possibility in Little Havana. Tourists arrived on a double decker bus and took pictures of exiles playing dominoes. Salsa music and the sounds of a man playing a conga drum rang out from a store selling T-shir ts with Cuban sayings. Among each other, the old Cuban men only sighed with disappointment. “We've waited a ver y long time, and to wait five more years, it's a bad dream,” Gomez said. “It's a novela that has been written ver y wrong, and we just don't see the end.”
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hen Sweden natives David Lehnberg and Elin Lindfors star ted making music together, they had no idea it would evolve into what it is today — a worldrenowned experimental band on a national tour. Atmospheric electronica outfit The Deer Tracks was born out of a quest for sweetened vocals and an ineffable connection of their spirits. David was mesmerized by Elin’s voice at a performance with her old band and felt compelled to create music with her. “David asked me to come sing backup vocals for him, so I went to the studio, and we started recording and we kept on recording,” Lindfors said. “There was a connection that I felt right away, so I kept going [to the studio].” The duo’s stage name functions as an homage to the woodland creature, originating from a shared theory about the allegorical interpretation of the inscrutability of a deer’s gaze. “When a deer comes out
of the woods and looks at you, it’s ver y intense, but you can’t read anything off of their eyes,” Lehnberg said. “So we’re thinking if you follow their tracks you’ll discover something — like treasure or something magical.” The duo’s casual acceptance of the surreal and intrinsic value for the gifts from nature permeate its music, ostensibly in the band’s ethereal trilogy “The Archer,” its latest recorded effort. Released in three separate albums, accompanied by a prologue of five tracks, “The Archer” shifts between trance-like melodies and heavily synthesized pop textures. Lindfors’ dreamy vocals soar above enigmatic soundscapes in tracks like “Road To” and “Lazarus,” both notable for their quixotic blends. The two artists recorded the trilogy in a number of peculiar places — a remote cabin in Sweden, an island’s lighthouse and an old factor y — discovering the variety of organic elements to be the inspiration for their sound. “We feel very connected to nature and the universe, and we want to be in different places just to experience dif ferent things,” Lehnberg said. “If you record ever ything at the same place ever y time, it’s
going to sound the same.” Sonically, The Deer Tracks thrive from the fusion of Lehnberg’s electronic prowess and Lindfors’ haunting vocals; however, that union wouldn’t be as intertwined without their holistic — and somewhat vague — spiritual beliefs. “I think we are all connected, and ever ything we do is out of love or out of lack of love,” Lehnberg said. “And I believe in the self: myself.” “For me,” Lindfors said, “I believe in myself, and I believe that ever yone has the tools to be ever ything they want to be.” “If you find inner peace and harmony, you can do anything.” The intergalactic haze and other worldly, organic vitality of the duo hits Minneapolis on Tuesday at the Entry. Realists encouraged to apply; surrealists and dream weavers, no applications necessary.
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self now. With hundreds of embellished bodices, slinkand-sexy necklines and layers of taffeta to choose from, which type of gown were you and what does that say about you now?
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Wo w i n g t h e c r o w d , court and royals in a sleek and elongated number, you chose a mature silhouette in a presumably silk, satin or light chiffon fabric to be your eye candy of the evening. Either a sweet, solid shade or a wild and whimsy print — depending on your teen mood and level of af fection for Rihanna — either choice reflects a similarly modish sartorial mind.
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et’s head back a few years to the chiffon and tulle times of papier-mâché magic, courtship qualms and queens and kings honored in popularity. The hairspray is heavy, and the bobby pins are plenty. The girls are beautified, and the boys ready for the post-event bubbly. You wake up with a streak of glitter here, a dash of regret there and a faint sound of “Boom Boom Pow” thumping against your temples, greeting your morning rise. Hello again, prom. Undoubtedly labeled as one of the most memorable events of your teen years, prom had an entire page of diar y scribbles and an entire day’s wor th of locker room yak. And though the ratio of hair-bounce-perstep and the precise number of nail coats you painted are since long forgotten, one factor remains crisp in your mind: your prom dress. Its exact color, how it made you feel, where you bought it and all its other darling details r emain strong in your mind. Much more than just accidental details, they were direct style choices, reflecting your sense of sartorial self then and hinting at a similar, more evolved sartorial
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NOW: TRENDSETTER The slim and supple nature of this type of dress suggests you adore the Hollywood starlets and seek a look more refined and ripe. You follow trends more closely than your peers and are generally more comfortable in your own skin, owning your personal style to the nines.
THEN: BALL GOWN BEAUTY A Cinderella darling was your decision for the evening of partying, posing and picture snapping, which speaks to the traditional and fairytale femininity you seek in apparel. With warm weather comes warm color palettes and pretty pastels, your dress-color decision assumedly taking the form of a light yellow or a deep periwinkle.
NOW: FEMININE BELLE Steering your ship far away from the gripping, body-conscious numbers seen on the fashionistas of your par ty pack, your bubblegum princess pick indicates your draw toward the traditional and craving for fantasy. Perhaps you find solace in button-downs and blouses, pleated skirts and perfected ringlets, but you seek a fine sequin top and lacey undergarments to feed your craving for the fantastic.
THEN: SHORT AND SASSY SISTA Rogue and rebellious and a rather raucous choice amongst the floorlength fabrics that doused your peers, your alternative choice no doubt garnered stares and snickers though left you unabashed and unbridled on the dance floor. Your nearingknee-length playful treat of tulle and taf feta construction, perhaps saturated in a shade of romantic red or venomous black, mirrored your playful take on style and attraction to the unconventional.
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Perhaps char med by neon palettes and Betsey Johnson charisma, you experiment with your wardrobe, unaffected by trends and seeking to sar torially please no one but yourself. You find yourself laughing at the recent revelation of mixing bold prints — a statement you’ve been wearing since childhood — and build your closet one found hoodie at a time.
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Hookah myth is up in smoke Hookah isn’t healthier or safer than cigarettes.
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done puffing away in about five minutes, yet they are forced to take it to the streets, while we devote Persian rugs and state-sanctioned, dimly lit establishments to enjoy the hookah experience. Risks of cigarette smoking are better known, but most people don’t believe that hookah is a health hazard, too. According to a 2012 repor t from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, smoking in a hookah bar creates more inhaled toxins than one cigarette. And let’s not forget all the secondhand smoke one takes in while the hose is being passed around the group. Hookah bars are more dangerous than smoking the many flavored types of the tobacco product in your own living room. In an ideal situation,
your hookah is cleaned after each use and you have proper ventilation. At a hookah bar, there are often more hookahs in close proximity, resulting in more smoke to inhale, and ventilation is usually poor. The CDC lists it as a health risk and advises pregnant women and minors about its ef fects. The repor t by the CDC marks the increased patterns of hookah’s acceptance by young people, even as cigarette smoking decreases. A typical hour-long session of hookah is equivalent of 100200 times the smoke from one cigarette. So much for being healthier. Minnesota hookah bars rely on underdeveloped laws, as they fall under a provision in the 2007 state ban on smoking in bars and restaurants that allows tobacco shops to offer smoking inside. I don’t smoke hookah. That doesn’t make me any better or worse than the people who do. It’s a good social recipe; invite a bunch of people over, or go to a hookah bar where you can smoke, drink and eat, indulge and puff your troubles away. I can understand the appeal; I just wish that people saw the
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perceived double standard for these two types of smokers. The acceptance of hookah has progressed enough for it to be considered mainstream in American society. There’s a store on campus that sells everything — the coal, the hookah, the plastic suction pipes in case you break yours, along with the hose that you so desperately need to keep clean. There are many more in and around Minneapolis and St. Paul, along with many hookah bars within a few miles from the University of Minnesota campus, where people can be seen making circles of smoke on any Thursday evening. There isn’t a level playing field when it comes to persecution of smokers. Both are harmful, yet the dangers aren’t perceived to be the same — general guidelines and behaviors toward tobacco products vary. Both our laws and our behavior should be consistent: Regardless of the tobacco product, we need to realize the potential health effects. Hemang Sharma welcomes comments at hsharma@mndaily.com.
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Desensitized Americans The American people are unaware of the economic impacts of our manufactured budgetary issues.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The importance of student government
In the midst of the Minnesota Student Association’s success in introducing a bill at the state level for medical amnesty, the University of Minnesota’s student gover nment has taken the stage as a force to be reckoned with. It demonstrates the impact student gover nment can have on serious issues, such as af fordability of education. Student gover nment has the potential to change the public image of the University, as well as the influence students have in regard to decisions being made at a state level. With the potential to be a group incapable of being ignored, affordability could be a reality. However, the potential is untapped, and frankly, most people seem to be unaware as to what MSA does or even what it is. With elections for student body president coming in just under two months, I challenge the student body to take the time to assess the candidates, meet with them and ask them for their platform and what they stand for. Ask about the issues and how they are going to be proactive. Ask why they deser ve your vote. Ask how they plan on uniting the campus and advocating for each student. We know student government can have an impact at the university and
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moking hookah is now one of the most common college pastimes, as one in three college students has reported smoking hookah. What people don’t always realize, though, is that hookah isn’t any healthier or safer than cigarettes. Hookah smokers have an easier life compared to their counterpar ts who prefer to get their tobacco fix the old fashioned way via cigarettes. Cigarette smokers are the ones who get constantly hassled by the law, restaurants, housing authorities, friends and strangers who give them a look of disgust. It’s as if lighting one up on the way to class on a Monday morning is a crime. Cigarette smokers are usually found outside a building, bearing the unforgiving elements of the Minnesota weather while hookah smokers get proper bars and lounges dedicated to them. On one hand, we have the smokers who are
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state level; now we just need a leader capable of making that impact. Joelle Stangler MSA intern
Opponents of samesex marriage
In response to Luke Wolf’s Feb. 20 letter to the editor saying that those against same-sex marriage don’t necessarily hate gay people: Please, share your insight with the rest of us. I fail to see how it is possible to oppose same-sex marriage without looking down on gay people. Gay people are treated like secondclass citizens; I honestly can’t understand why anyone would keep them from marr ying the person they love. It is tr ue, however, that you may not hate gay people. What is clear is that you don’t respect gay people, and there is no good reason for that. Monica Goodman University student
An unsung hero You’ve probably never heard of Matt Forstie, and in all fairness, on a campus with 60,000 people, there are a lot of people you haven’t heard of. However, I’d like to take this time to give him just a small piece of the recognition he tr uly deser ves. Forstie is the chairof the Minnesota Student Legislative Coalition. If
you saw, heard or were bombarded by people with information about Support the U Day, they were probably the people doing it. A well-dressed, well-spoken group of students armed with emerging passions in politics, MSLC ser ves as the student representation at the Capitol. Backed by research and anecdotal evidence, MSLC has brought the pertinent and relevant issue of medical amnesty to legislators’ attentions. To be brief, medical amnesty refers to the legal protection of an underage drinking ticket to persons who make the decision to notify medical and/or legal enforcement in cases of a person being unresponsive. With chief and co-authors already signed on in both the Minnesota State House and Senate, it’s set to be introduced in committee today. When it passes, as it most cer tainly will, it’s likely the bill itself will get the attention and not those who put in numerous hours to bring it to realization. While the ef for t was one on behalf of the entire MSLC, Forstie’s leadership was cr ucial in keeping the momentum of the project going. So here’s to him, the unsung hero of medical amnesty and many more projects in the future as well. Joelle Stangler MSLC member
f Congr ess is unable to forge a budgetar y deal by March 1, then the economy will enter s e q u e s tration, triggering $85 billion wor th in cuts RONALD DIXON that would trim columnist approximately 700,000 jobs. The economic consequences would be obvious. With sudden, drastic cuts and with so many people out of work or under-employed, economic growth would regress. This is a point that concerns me, but something that is almost as concerning is the lack of concern from the American people about our looming economic crisis. The theme of Congress seems to be partisanship, mainly from congressional Republicans. The GOP’s intransigence is worrisome — they have had many more cloture motions recently, 60 percent more in the Senate, compared to the previous Senate before the Democrats took over in 2007. With more post-midterm leverage, Republicans blocked the previously nonpartisan issue of raising the debt ceiling back in the summer of 2011. This happened again last December with the extension of the Bush tax cuts, when the nation almost went off of the “fiscal cliff,” which would have caused disastrous economic impacts. It seems ever y major deadline Congress must act upon is now the scene for the most necessar y political dialogue. Why these deadlines must be paired with extraneous, partisan issues is the result of the political game. Through all of these economic crises, including our current threat of sequestration, the American public has taken a passive role, watching the political power plays. With each crisis, the media builds up the political partisanship, yet the consensus and compromise never seem as important. We have become desensitized to the gravity of economic turmoil. As we approach the March 1 sequestration deadline, we face a great threat to the state of the nation, but the par tisanship of current congressional politics is turning off the American public. I am not sure what scares me more: the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs or the palpable political ignorance of the electorate. Ronald Dixon welcomes comments at rdixon@mndaily.com.
MSA increases budget transparency A new bylaw allows for more transparency and access in student government.
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he Minnesota Student Association passed a bylaw last week that will increase its budget transparency. The Minnesota Daily reported on Feb. 20 that the bylaw’s passage means MSA will take steps to make its budget more accessible to the public, including posting it online and having hard copies available in its office. MSA has also increased its fees request for next year, asking for around $14,400 more than last year, which in total adds up to about $186,000. In a school as large as the University of Minnesota, student government and administrative transparency is not always easy to come by. MSA’s effort to make students and the University community aware and more involved in budget proceedings is commendable. While it is somewhat surprising that major ef for ts to increase budget transparency have not been taken advantage of in the past, we hope that MSA’s new bylaw, which passed unanimously, will lead to greater undergraduate and graduate student input in the University’s student-run governing bodies. The more input and interest that is given to MSA and the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, the better those organizations can ser ve students. Though MSA collects only about $3 in fees from students per semester, we deser ve to know where and how our dollars are being spent, regardless of the amount. Students should take advantage of MSA’s ef for ts to be more inclusive and open in its budget process and voice their opinions about where MSA plans to use its proposed increased funding for next year.
Computer hacking in the information age From universities to large banks, the threat of hacking should be taken seriously.
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he age of the Internet and access to an endless amount of information has brought plenty of new risks along with its many advantages. The millennial generation, among others, has largely come to grips with the likelihood that their personal lives will never be entirely personal, and the knowledge that not taking precautions with passwords and usernames has dangerous consequences. However, as more services, transactions, storage of data and other information is done online, the potential damage criminal computer hackers can do grows larger. Gone are the days when the worst things an insidious hacker could do was hack email accounts or wipe away a computer’s memory with a virus (as if those things weren’t bad enough). The victims increasingly being targeted by skillful hackers are universities, large corporations and government agencies. The stakes are high as control over electrical power grids, gas lines and water systems can be hijacked by someone sitting at a computer miles away. Some of the nation’s largest newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, have reported being targeted by hackers and have traced attacks back to an office tower halfway across the world in Shanghai. Lockheed Martin, the nation’s largest defense contractor, has also been a victim of hacking. What this means is that institutions, including large research schools like the University of Minnesota, have to consider computer security just as much a priority as locking the doors at night and maintaining a strong police force. Leaders and policy makers from the state Legislature up to the U.S. Congress should be creating ways to standardize and ensure protection against cyber warriors both domestic and foreign.
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Rule change Gophers’ struggles temper draws mixed expectations for upsetting Indiana reviews MEN’S BASKETBALL
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improper benefits and agents. Br uett said Big Ten coaches and athletics directors might oppose the rules because they are worried about adding expenses to their budgets. The University spent $1.2 million per year on recruiting from 2007-11, amounting to about 1.7 percent of its total athletics expenses. Bruett also said coaches are also worried about intruding on the privacy of prospects. Eden Prairie High School head football coach Mike Grant said he’s against the deregulation of communication between high school prospects and college coaches. Grant, whose program regularly produces Division I players, said the recruiting process is overwhelming in its current form. “Every kid I’ve ever had is relieved when it’s over,” he said. The text messaging rule is
intended to give recruits control of handling the recruiting process, Bruett said. “It’s kind of an unenforceable rule, difficult to monitor phone calls and text messages,” he said. “Prospects communicate via text messaging so much now that a lot of coaches felt it was important to communicate the way [the prospects] communicate.” In June 2012, the NCAA deregulated phone calls, text messages and other forms of communication with men’s basketball recruits for what Bruett called a “pilot program.” Gophers head men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith said the rule has been a positive change because it allows coaches to gauge recruits’ interests better than before. But Grant was apprehensive about what the new policy will mean for the privacy of prospects. “I’m trying to figure out what’s the end going to look like,” he said, “because everybody’s going to try and do more.”
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Minnesota’s single-digit loss to Indiana at Assembly Hall on Jan. 12 left many Gophers fans smelling blood in the water for Tuesday’s rematch at Williams Arena. Minnesota, then ranked No. 8 in the nation, spotted then-No. 5 Indiana a 23-point lead entering halftime. It responded with 52 second-half points to pull within three points with 19 seconds left, before ultimately falling short. Six weeks later, head coach Tubby Smith’s squad has scored more than 52 points just twice in its past five games. The Gophers haven’t topped 30 points in a single half in those five games. Minnesota’s of fensive struggles and 3-8 record in its past 11 games have tempered high expectations for the rematch with the Hoosiers. “I hope they keep it respectable,” University of Minnesota junior Garrison Shepard said. “When you lose to teams like Northwestern, lose by over 20 to Iowa, it puts a damper on your season.”
slump, has Minnesota’s offense playing like one of the worst in the conference. Hollins has contributed to the Gophers’ poor shooting. In the team’s first seven Big Ten games, the sophomore shot 49 percent from threepoint range. In the past seven, Hollins has made 29 percent of his three-pointers. “I’m still young. There are things I can work on,” Hollins
said. “But bottom line: We need to win.” As Minnesota continues to struggle, Hollins said Smith has turned up the heat in practice, making the entire team run sprints when one person turns it over. “We had a two-a-day practice on Saturday,” Hollins said. “That was intense with all the turnovers.”
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MINNESOTA: The Gophers (18-9, 6-8 Big Ten) lost 88-81 to the Hoosiers on Jan. 12 in Bloomington, Ind. In the 10 games since, Minnesota is 3-7 and has eclipsed the 80-point mark only once. Andre Hollins, who played a key factor in Minnesota’s near-comeback at Assembly Hall, has shot 24 percent in his last two games, including 20 percent from three-point range. INDIANA: The top-ranked Hoosiers (24-3, 12-2 Big Ten) are 9-2 since beating the Gophers and have dropped only one home game all season. Guard Victor Oladipo is making a case for player of the year. The junior averages 14 points behind 64 percent shooting, including 51 percent from long range. Oladipo has played well in Indiana’s toughest games. He lit up Ohio State two weeks ago for 26 points on 80 percent shooting and combined for 40 points in two wins over Michigan State. He also had 20 points on 80 percent shooting the last time he faced the Gophers. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
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Many fans expected Minnesota to contend for a Big Ten title after a strong start to the season, but some have given up on this year before it’s over. “Anything can happen,” University senior Jacob Dunn said, “but after that Ohio State game, I’m expecting a 30-point loss.” The manner in which the team has lost recently — 21and 26-point losses at Iowa and Ohio State, respectively — has Smith questioning his team’s psyche. Smith had a sports psychologist talk to his team during the past week, freshman Wally Ellenson said. “I hope they come out angry,” Smith said, “[and] play with a sense of urgency.” Sophomore point guard Andre Hollins, who’s in an uncharacteristically bad shooting slump, said the Gophers need to stop the excuses. “We need to get this thing together immediately,” Hollins said. “There’s not much more I can say about it.” Minnesota has struggled with the basics, and Smith said he’s stripped his team’s practices down to the fundamentals in recent weeks. The Gophers had a season-high 24 turnovers in their loss at Ohio State on Feb. 20. That turnover problem, coupled with the team’s shooting
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Minnesota guard Andre Hollins dribbles past a Wisconsin player Feb. 14 at Williams Arena. Hollins has struggled in his past seven games after a strong start to Big Ten play.
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Complete the grid so each row, clumn and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve sudoku, visit sudoku.org.uk. Visit mndaily.com to see the solution to today’s puzzle.
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Today’s Birthday (2/26): Constant monitoring gets you ahead financially this year. Group efforts advance the furthest. Fix your place up for happy times at home until summer, when your playful side gets sparked.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Written By Linda C. Black
Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is an 8 — Allow yourself more quiet time this month. You may as well tell the truth; it saves hassle. Stick to old rules and your schedule.
Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 7 — The days ahead are good for achieving romantic or creative goals. Take action. Keep checking the quality and integrity of the project.
Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is an 8 — Dress for power and practice success. Watch for short tempers if you’re going to be late for a family affair. Group activities go well.
Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is an 8 — Full speed ahead; you’re in high gear and extra lucky. Watch for opportunities at the top; you can be well paid.
Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 7 — For the next month, it’s easier to advance your agenda, especially by listening to other people’s considerations.
Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is an 8 — Household chores are more enjoyable. Keep home fires burning by updating finances. Gossip could arise, which should be avoided.
Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 7 — You overcome new challenges and set ambitious goals to further your career. A glitch in the communication could rain on your parade.
Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is an 8 — Get off to a quick start. You’re even smarter than usual. Discover hidden resources. Keep on schedule for best results.
Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 7 — It’s becoming easier to save, not just now but for the next month. It’s also easier to make money. Offer a calming voice to a loved one.
Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 7 — Be patient with a passionate partner and get rewarded. Re-evaluate your work habits for greater fulfillment.
Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 9 — You have superpowers to clean up messes now. Move quickly through your stack of stuff and request promised benefits.
Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is an 8 — You’ll feel especially appreciated for the next four weeks. Offer corrections to erroneous assumptions; you may find some resistance.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
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FOR RELEASE FEBRUARY 26, 2013
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Girl 1: “Oh my God, he’s sooo hot!” Girl 2: “Umm … besides the fact that his head is shaped like it just came out of his mother’s vagina ...”
—Unknown
“The fact that people before the 20th century had sex freaks me out. I mean, George Washington probably got a blow job, and it makes me super uncomfortable.”
—Science Teaching and Student Services building
“There’s this girl that I’ve liked for a while, but she considers herself my mom. ... I’ve been mother-zoned!”
—Frontier Hall
“Caffeine is like water; I need an intravenous injection of cocaine to keep me awake.”
—Bioscience Lab
“Yeah, you were so drunk that you gave a random stranger you met on the street a blow job ...”
—Centennial Hall
Professor: “An Amber Alert went out? I hope it’s one of my grad students.”
—Tate Laboratory of Physics
Girl: “He pulled this really unattractive face, so I told him, ‘That’s a really unattractive face,’ and then he said, ‘Um, do you own a mirror?’ ”
—Frontier Hall
Guy: “Did I ever tell you about how the police call me the coke guy?”
—Folwell Hall
Guy 1: “You can’t drive to all 50 states!” Guy 2: “Well, that’s because you don’t have a water boat!”
—Nils Hasselmo Hall
“Everybody wants to have gecko nipples!”
—University Recreation Center
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ACROSS 1 Leftover bit 6 Kitchen meas. 10 Highland tongue 14 Thrill to pieces 15 Commuter’s option 16 Cuts short 17 “Understood!” 18 Egg on 19 Debt-heavy corp. takeovers 20 Pittsburgh fan base, collectively 23 A pop 24 Confirmation or bar mitzvah 25 Tons of, casually 27 Philatelist’s pride 31 Pet welfare org. 32 Tie up loose ends? 33 Shed a few tears 34 “Bus Stop” playwright 37 Radar’s favorite drink 40 Butter on the farm? 43 Windy City trains 45 Solemn promises 49 Annual political speech 54 Appeared on TV 55 Penlight batteries 56 AFL affiliate 57 Commercial interruptions literally found in this puzzle’s three other longest answers 61 Just as you see it 62 City near Sacramento 63 Young neigh sayers 65 Adjust, as strings 66 Close 67 Slippery as __ 68 Israel’s only female prime minister 69 Nile threats 70 Toy bear named for a president DOWN 1 Line piece: Abbr. 2 Places to hide skeletons? 3 Dilapidated dwelling
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4 End in __: come out even 5 He refused to grow up 6 Faithfully following 7 Oil units 8 Talk with one’s hands 9 Earnest request 10 Nixon attorney general Richardson 11 Like some of Michael Jackson’s moves 12 Advertiser 13 Twisty curve 21 DMV certificate 22 Dr. Mom’s specialty 23 “This is your brain on drugs,” e.g. 26 Unspecified quantity 28 12th century opener 29 Deighton who wrote the “Hook, Line and Sinker” trilogy 30 40-Across mate 35 Prefix with thermal 36 Santa’s helper
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38 Pet on your lap, maybe 39 Author Fleming 40 Cape Town’s country: Abbr. 41 Being debated 42 Bond’s is shaken, not stirred 44 Comedy genre 46 Got a giggle out of 47 Raised, as a flag 48 Nestlé’s __-Caps 50 Movie trailer, e.g.
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51 Boston summer hrs. 52 Nuns’ clothing 53 Kernel holder 58 Rick’s love in “Casablanca” 59 Fireworks responses 60 Top-shelf 61 Way to check your balance, briefly 64 Sneaky
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dr. date Dr. Date,
Do you have any advice for people who are just starting the online dating thing?
—Online For the First Time
Dear Virtual Virg,
I’m all for meeting new homies in any kind of situation. Study buddies, coffee shop gossip gals and coworkers are all possible bones to add to your dog house. For some reason, the old-fashioned, technology-free romantic in me just will not die. I want all ya’ll Ski-U-Mahers to have real human experiences. I want you to kiss on the lips and get steamy in the sheets and whisper sweet nothings in each others’ ears. The image of an online romance with creepy old cougs/ sugar-daddies and photo-shopped toolios sends my love of love into a headfirst tailspin. Try and meet a real lover in the real world. But sometimes getting to that requires meeting someone from the wonderful World Wide Web. If you are going to take that route, (and it should only be taken as springboard into a blissful, physical, real relationship) there are some precautions you can take. There are red flags: Is his or her profile constantly updated and as personalized as your middle school MySpace? Too into the Web scene. Does his or her profile seem too good to be true? Too good to be true. Is his profile picture a car? Too bad. There is always a sense of mystery and, with it, danger in dating on the WWW. But it can also be a way for you to find someone with your same interests, who’s your age and who’s looking for something similar. Take the good with the bad, be careful and jump to the nondigital dating world when you’re ready, and online dating will be worth the try.
—Dr. Date
Dr. Date,
So unlike a lot of other girls out there
who claim to be “normal” and “pretty” and “can’t find a boyfriend,” I’m going to be honest and say that I’m super awkward and never grew out of the “I can’t let a boy know that I like him” phase. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a looker, but unlike Zooey Deschanel, I can’t make my awkwardness work out in a cute, endearing way. How can I stop self-sabotaging myself? My single-ness is becoming a joke among my friends, and I get a disappointed/confused “huh?” when I tell my relatives that yes, I’m still single. How can a girl hit on a guy without seeming desperate? Better yet, how can I let the RIGHT guys know that I’d like some attention without being obnoxious? One quick thing: Please don’t tell me to “live it up;” I’m not looking for someone who’s only going to text me after 2 a.m. on the weekends. Also, I don’t ask guys on dates, I haven’t sunk that low yet.
—Being Single Blows
Honey Fool Fool Child,
You’re being dumb. I’m not sure how you rung in the New Year, but guess what? It’s 2013. Asking guys on dates isn’t desperate. It’s hot. Get a little pep in your step and self-confidence in your stance. You can’t just wait for love to find you and ask you out. We all gots nosey kin. My favorite one-liner to drop at holidays and functions on their intrusive behinds is, “can’t be tamed.” Brings down the house every time. I’m not going to tell you to “live it up,” but I will say this: loosen up. A relationship will not make your college experience. It will most likely complicate it. Make some cool single friends to hang out with. I feel your pain from hanging with a bunch of wifed-up squares. Bonus: Single friends have other single friends who could be potential boos. There is a Michael Cera out there for your Zooey, I promise.
—Dr. Date
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Nation & World Skeptical Syrian opposition to attend Rome talks BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BERLIN — Skeptical Syrian opposition leaders agreed Monday to attend an international conference in Rome after first threatening to boycott the session that was to be the centerpiece of Secretary of State John Kerry’s first overseas mission in his new job. Opposition leaders had protested what they see as inaction by other nations in the face of violence from Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime. Kerry not only made a public plea at a joint news conference Monday with British Foreign Secretary William Hague, he also called Moaz Khatib, leader of the Syrian Opposition Council, “to encourage him to come to Rome,” a senior U.S. official said. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly on the matter, described the conversation as “good” but declined to offer more detail. Spokesman Walid al-Bunni said the council had decided to send a delegation to Rome after all. Al-Bunni told Al-Arabiya TV the decision was made based on guarantees al-Khatib heard from western diplomats that the conference would be different and that the opposition would receive real commitments this time. “We will go and we will see if the promises are different this time,” he said. After speaking with Khatib, Kerry flew to Berlin from London, the first stop of his first trip as secretary of state — a hectic nine-country dash through Europe and the Middle East. Kerry had also dispatched his top Syrian envoy to Cairo in hopes of convincing opposition leaders that their participation is critical to addressing questions from potential donors and securing additional aid from the United States and Europe. “We are determined that the Syrian opposition is not going to be dangling in the wind, wondering where the support is, if it is coming,” Kerry told reporters in London after meeting British Prime Minister David Cameron and Hague. “We are not going to let the Syrian opposition not have its ability to have its voice properly heard in this process.” Vice President Joe Biden also reached out Monday in a phone call to Khatib. Biden commended him and other members of the Syrian Opposition Coalition for their courage. He also emphasized President Barack Obama’s commitment to a post-Assad government that protects the rights of all its citizens, according to a description of the call provided by the White House. For his part, Hague said the violence in Syria, especially recent scud missile attacks on the city of Aleppo, was unacceptable and that the west’s current position could not be sustained
while an “appalling injustice” is being done to Syrian citizens. “In the face of such murder and threat of instability, our policy cannot stay static as the weeks go by,” Hague told reporters, standing beside Kerry. “We must significantly increase support for the Syrian opposition. We are preparing to do just that.” Kerry agreed. “We are not coming to Rome simply to talk, we are coming to Rome to talk about next steps,” Kerry said, adding that he was sympathetic to opposition complaints that they were not getting the support they need to defend themselves against the Assad regime or oust him from power. “I am very sensitive to that frustration,” recalling that as a U.S. senator he was one of several who pushed the administration to consider military aid to the Syrian opposition. “But I am the new secretary of state ... and the president of the United States has sent me here and sent me to this series of meetings and in Rome because he is concerned about the course of events. “This moment is ripe for us to be considering what more we can do,” he said, adding that if the opposition wants results, “join us” in Rome. Meanwhile, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said Monday the Assad regime was ready to hold talks with opposition leaders, the first time that a high-ranking Syrian official has stated publicly that the government would meet with the opposition. Al-Moallem made his comments after meeting in Moscow with Russian officials. In Washington, State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said Moallem’s remarks appeared positive but expressed caution about the seriousness of the offer. “I don’t know their motivations, other than to say they continue to rain down horrific attacks on their own people,” Ventrell told reporters. “So that speaks pretty loudly and clearly.” If the Assad regime is serious, he said, it should inform the U.N. peace envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi of its readiness for talks. Ventrell said the Assad regime hasn’t yet done that. Obama administration officials have debated whether the U.S. should arm the rebels, with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey having said they urged such a course of action. The White House has been unwilling to do so for fears the weapons could end up in the wrong hands. Currently, the U.S. provides only non-lethal support and humanitarian aid. The United Nations says at least 70,000 people have been killed in Syria’s 2-year civil war, which began as an uprising against Assad’s regime.
British cardinal will skip upcoming papal conclave BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VATICAN CITY — In a season of startling change for the Catholic Church, the latest break with tradition was as unexpected as it was a wake-up call to the 115 men who will elect the next pope. Britain’s highest-ranking Catholic leader resigned and removed himself Monday from the upcoming conclave, saying he did not want allegations that he engaged in improper conduct with priests to be a distraction during the solemn process of choosing the next leader of the church’s 1.2 billionmember flock. It was the first time a cardinal has recused himself from a conclave because of personal scandal, according to Vatican historians. The Vatican insisted that Pope Benedict XVI accepted Cardinal Keith O’Brien’s resignation purely because O’Brien was nearing the retirement age of 75 — not because of the accusations. But O’Brien himself issued a statement Monday saying he would skip the conclave because he wanted to avoid becoming the focus of media attention at such a delicate time. “I do not wish media attention in Rome to be focused on me — but rather on Pope Benedict XVI and on his successor,” said O’Brien, who had been archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh. “However, I will pray with them and for them that, enlightened by the Holy Spirit, they will make the correct choice for the future good of the church.” Through his spokesman, O’Brien has contested allegations made Sunday in a British newspaper that three priests and a former priest had filed complaints to the Vatican alleging that the cardinal acted inappropriately with them. There were no details about the behavior, and the Observer newspaper did not name the priests. It said the allegations date back to the 1980s. The cardinal’s action
comes in the wake of a grassroots campaign to shame another cardinal, retired Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony, into refraining from participating because of his role protecting sexually abusive priests. Mahony, however, has defiantly said he would participate in the voting for the new pope. The dif ference boils down to the fact that O’Brien himself was accused of improper behavior, whereas Mahony was shown to have covered up for other priests who raped and molested children. That distinction has long shielded bishops from Vatican sanction. Several other cardinals who will elect the next pope have been accused — and some have admitted — to failing to protect children from abusive priests. If all of them were to recuse themselves for negligence, the College of Cardinals would shrink by quite a few members. Terrence McKiernan of BishopAccountability.org, an online database of records on clergy abuse cases, urged other whistleblowers to come forward if they have information about other compromised cardinal electors. “It is a public demonstration of the role that clerics with inside information can have in bringing accountability to a church where secrecy has led to a crisis of sexual misconduct,” he said. “Cardinals who are tainted by the crisis cannot choose the person who will solve it.” With O’Brien’s recusal and the decision of a frail Indonesian cardinal to stay home, there are expected to be 115 cardinals under age 80 who are eligible to vote in the conclave. S e p a r a t e l y M o n d a y, Benedict changed the rules of the conclave, allowing cardinals to move up the start date if all of them arrive in Rome before the usual 15day waiting period between the end of one pontificate and the start of the conclave. It was one of his last acts as pope before stepping down Thursday.
The date of the conclave’s start is important because Holy Week begins March 24, and Easter Sunday is March 31. In order to have a new pope in place for the church’s most solemn liturgical period, he would need to be installed by Sunday, March 17, a tight timeframe if a conclave were to start on March 15, as previous rules would have required. Also Monday, Benedict decided that the contents of a secret investigation into the 2012 leaks of Vatican documents won’t be shared with the cardinals ahead of the conclave. Benedict met Monday with the three elderly cardinals who conducted the probe and decided that “the acts of the investigation, known only to himself, remain solely at the disposition of the new pope,” a Vatican statement said. Speculation has been rife in the Italian media that the three cardinals — Julian Herranz, Jozef Tomko and Salvatore De Giorgi — would be authorized to share the information with fellow cardinals before the conclave. That assumed the cardinal electors would want to know details about the state of dysfunction in the Vatican bureaucracy and on any potentially compromised colleagues before possibly voting one into office. Benedict appointed the three men last year to investigate the origins of leaks, which revealed petty wrangling, corruption, cronyism and even allegations that senior Vatican officials conspired to out a prominent Catholic newspaper editor as gay. The pope’s butler was convicted of aggravated theft in October for having stolen the papers and given them to a journalist who then published them in a blockbuster book. The three cardinals cannot share the full contents of their investigation, but it’s unclear if they could give subtle hints about potential papal candidates to the electors. The Vatican’s assertion that only the pope knew the contents of the dossier was a clear message to readers of Italian newspapers, which have run several articles purporting to know the contents of the report. O’Brien’s decision to remain home rather than participate in the conclave made his the first head to roll in the remarkable two weeks since Benedict, 85, stunned the world and announced he was becoming the first pope in 600 years to resign. Monday’s action marked a dramatic end to a career that got off to a rocky start when in 2003, as a condition of being made a cardinal, O’Brien was forced to issue a public pledge to defend church teaching on homosexuality, celibacy and contraception. He was pressured to make the pledge after he had called for a “full and open discussion” on such matters. At the time, O’Brien said he had been misunderstood and wanted to clarify his position. But it’s clear now he never really changed his mind. On Friday, three days before his resignation was made public, O’Brien told the BBC that celibacy should be reconsidered since it’s not based on doctrine but rather church tradition and “is not of divine origin.” It appeared to be something of a parting shot, reasserting beliefs that he had kept quiet for a decade. At home, at O’Brien’s St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral in Edinburgh, his decision was met with shock and disbelief. “There are a lot of unanswered questions here, and I am unhappy about that. People can make such serious charges while remaining anonymous,” said David Murphy, an administrator from Edinburgh. “It’s like he’s been hounded out of of fice without a proper chance to defend himself.”