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■■ University student calls for bail system reform

THE DAILY SPOKE WITH DAYTON LAST WEEK.

■■ At state Legislature, bonding bill priorities vary

Cecil Simon works for the Minnesota Freedom Fund. PAGE 7

The House has yet to introduce its bonding bill. PAGE 10

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U Medical School may adopt passfail system

Resolution asks for U expansion of medical amnesty

The grading change is geared toward first, second year students.

The Student Senate is calling for drugs to added to the policy.

BY DAVID CLAREY dclarey@mndaily.com

The University Student Senate passed a resolution asking the University to expand its medical amnesty guidelines to include drug use in the case that current state laws change. The resolution passed at an April 6 Student Senate meeting, notes some students are concerned they can’t call for medical help in situations involving dr ugs because they’re afraid of legal repercussions. Currently, the University’s student conduct code aligns with the state’s medical amnesty law, which provides legal immunity to underage drinkers who call for medical help for themselves or an underage friend. And while the state Legislature is not proposing a bill to add drugs to the law this session, the Student Senate hopes that if the law is adjusted, the student conduct code can promptly follow. “This is to streamline [the change] next year, and when we do advocate for it to say ‘the University supports this,’” said Trish Palermo, Student Senate chair and Minnesota Student Association president-elect.

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Demolition of the Electric Steel grain elevators continues on the edge of the East Bank campus on April 8.

Amid legal contention, U razes elevator towers The U’s new Recreational Sports Bubble will take the place of the elevators. BY KEVIN BECKMAN kbeckman@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota is proceeding with the demolition of the Electric Steel elevators near TCF Bank Stadium despite legal attempts to halt the process. Demolition of the elevators began last month, during an ongoing legal dispute with the Friends of the Electric Steel Elevators, LLC — a group trying to preserve the structure, which they claim is historic. The elevators are being torn down to make way for the Recreational Sports Bubble, which will be

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displaced by the construction of a new track and field facility. Erik Hansen, attorney for the Friends of the Electric Steel elevators, said the city of Minneapolis has protections for historic buildings, but the University argued it is autonomous from the state and city codes don’t apply. Still, the electric elevators never got city historic designation. The group argued that, as a state entity, the University must cooperate with other state agencies like the Minnesota Historical Society. The lawsuit claims the Electric Steel Elevators are the last of their kind in Minnesota and have historical significance because they

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As scores of medical schools across the nation have changed grading scales, the University of Minnesota is considering following suit. Currently, the school uses a pass-fail-honors scale, but the Medical School Student Council decided at a recent meeting to ask the school to change it to pass-fail for first and second-year students. Supporters tout it as a tool to increase the mental wellness of students. The current system at the University assigns the top 20 percent of the first and second-year medical students as honors, and the rest as either pass or no-pass. According to March 1 Medical School Student Council meeting minutes, a majority of students in the council supported the change. The Committee on Undergraduate Medical Education Duluth has already voted for the change at its campus. It’s now being reviewed by the University medical school committees and administration. Medical School administrators and student council representatives declined to comment, citing the preliminary nature of the discussion. Student council members from the Duluth campus

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University groups push for parent leave reform

Jambo! Kitchen opens doors on West Bank

A recent U esolution requests equal paid leave for adoptive and birth parents.

BY CINDY SIMBA csimba@mndaily.com

BY RILYN EISCHENS reischens@mndaily.com

Three weeks after the birth of her first child, Austin Calhoun retur ned to work, shut her office door and cried. Calhoun took the two weeks paid parental leave guaranteed to her as a University of Minnesota academic employee, plus a week of vacation when her wife gave birth to their son. “Any parent will tell you that’s not enough time to support your partner in this complicated … stressful, anxiety-inducing, wonderful time,” Calhoun, chief of staff in the Office of Medical Education, said. On Friday, the University Academic Professionals and Administrators Senate unanimously passed a resolution requesting the University provide equal amounts of paid leave to

adoptive and birth parents. This push is the most recent ef for t from several University groups that have been encouraging reform of the school’s leave policies. Organizations representing University employees, faculty and graduate students have been working to fix various aspects of parental leave policies, from perceived inequities to giving new parents the option to take a temporary leave. The efforts come amid an increased focus on parental leave. At the University of Michigan, graduate students are working for a new leave agreement, and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, faculty members and employees have requested improved policies, even after the recent implementation of a modified duties policy. u See LEAVE Page 5

Located in Afro Deli’s former storefront, the restaurant offers East African cuisine.

Jambo! Kitchen, a new West Bank r estaurant, opened its doors last week with free bowls of food and tacos. The menu features food fr om the Middle East, Easter n Africa and Asia. The eater y is situated in the African Development Center space for merly occupied by Afro Deli, which is now on Washington Avenue in Stadium Village. “Our mission is to provide great food and a great experience,” said Mahad Ibrahim, Jambo! Kitchen’s manager and coordinator. The newly renovated space features more seating, improved lighting, more charging outlets and fresh paintings to attract more customers. “We’re hoping to offer more than just food” Ibrahim said.

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Kitchen staffer Francisco Flores prepares chicken for tacos at Jambo! Kitchen on April 5 on West Bank in Minneapolis. Jambo! opened in the space previously occupied by Afro Deli.

The restaurant also has online ordering and a mobile kiosk for people to grab and go. Jambo! Kitchen has

par tnered with Peace Coffee to provide local coffee. The restaurant is dedicated to source as many ingredients as possible

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1866 The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by philanthropist and diplomat Henry Bergh, 54. HISTORYCHANNEL.COM/TDIH

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A parking lot located at 1721 Como Ave SE is the proposed location for a new three-story multi-use building.

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Southeast Como to host new multi-use apartment Construction for the project is set to start in June. EMUN SOLOMON esolomon@mndaily.com

A new multi-use building is on its way to the Southeast Como Ave. neighborhood. The proposed building at 1721 Como Avenue SE will have one or two retail locations on the ground level and three apartments on the second and third floors. The lot, owned by developer Greg Jansma, is cur rently vacant and

had previously been a service station. At a March 29 Southeast Como Improvement Association meeting, attendees expressed enthusiasm for the new development. “The neighborhood is always looking to attract a diverse mix of residents that vary in age and income as well as a good mix of renters and homeowners,” said Cody Olson, SECIA neighborhood coordinator. “The most important thing this building does is bring a new, unique rental opportunity to the neighborhood.” SECIA was involved in

the final stages of the process, Olson said. He said Jansma and the architect, Pat Mackey of Mackey Malin Architects, have been cooperative and shown interest in working with the neighborhood. “There was an overwhelmingly positive response to the design and materials of the building,” Olson said. The building will have a red brick facade, which drew praise from meeting attendees. It will have three two-stor y, three-bedroom apartments. At the meeting, Jansma

said he estimates the units will cost $650-700 a month per bedroom. The lot will have partially- covered vehicle and bicycle parking as well. Some residents brought up concerns, such as the building blocking sightlines for passersby on the intersection of 18th Avenue and Como Avenue. Still, Jansma said at the meeting he and the architect may adjust the building so that it doesn’t block the sightlines. Pending city approval, construction is set to start in June.

the cuisine. The eater y has been in the works since Januar y. To engage the area’s student community, the restaurant par tnered with University of Minnesota student gr oup 180 Degrees Consulting. “ We w a n t t o m a k e Jambo! Kitchen a tasty and friendly option for the student community,” Ibrahim said. The par tnership began after Huda Khatoon, a math senior, reached out to the African Development Center. The s tu d en t g r o u p was i n volved in critiquing the newly r enovated space and of fering input to ensure that it will attract students. “It’s a unique opportunity for students to provide their input into a business,” said economics sophomore Alex Becker. In the future, customers can expect r e ward programs and events to engage the community.

“We want to make Jambo Kitchen a tasty and friendly option for the student community.” MAHAD IBRAHIM Jambo Kitchen’s manager and coordinator

Top national security US nuclear plant owners advisor tapped to be expand search for rescue envoy to Singapore BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PALM BEACH, Fla. — A top national security adviser to President Donald Trump is the latest official heading out in an ongoing shuffle within the National Security Council. K.T. McFarland came into the White House as a deputy to Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn. Flynn was asked to resign in February amid revelations that he misled senior administration officials about his contacts with Russian government officials. McFarland’s impending move was confirmed Sunday by a senior administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official announcement hasn’t been made. The administration is still awaiting approval from Singapore and the post requires Senate confirmation. Flynn’s replacement, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, has freely made changes to the national security structure since assuming the role. McMaster immediately expressed a desire to run a less hierarchical organization and be more accessible to his staff. Another White House official, Dina Powell, was recently named deputy national security adviser for strategy and has been present in the recent high level meetings with delegations from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and China. Powell joined the White House to work with Trump daughter Ivanka on women’s empowerment issues. She had previously served as assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural

af fairs under President George W. Bush before joining Goldman Sachs. But Powell soon began attending senior-level staff meetings with the president himself. Her promotion to deputy national security adviser last month triggered early speculation that McFarland’s days on the National Security Council were numbered. On Thursday, as the president huddled with top national security and Cabinet officials to trigger U.S. missile strikes on Syrian government installations from a newly built situation room at Trump’s Florida resort, Powell was among the attendees. McFarland was not. McFarland had been working as a Fox News analyst before joining Trump’s national security team. She previously worked for three Republican presidents — Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan. Among the most notable changes to take place under McMaster was the removal of Trump’s chief strategist, Steve Bannon, from the National Security Council, reversing an earlier, contentious decision to give Bannon access to the group’s highest-level meetings. A senior White House official said Wednesday that Bannon was initially placed on the National Security Council during Flynn’s tenure as a measure to ensure implementation of the president’s vision, including efforts to downsize and streamline operations at the NSC, and that McMaster quickly gained the confidence of the administration, eliminating the need for additional oversight.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — The natural gas boom that has hammered coal mines and driven down utility bills is hitting nuclear power plants, sending multibillion-dollar energy companies in search of a financial rescue in states where competitive electricity markets have compounded the effect. Fresh of f victories in Illinois and New York, the nuclear power industr y is now pressing lawmakers in Connecticut, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania for action. Lobbying efforts are bubbling up into proposals, even as court battles in Illinois and New York crank up over the billions of dollars that ratepayers will other wise foot in the coming decade to keep nuclear plants open longer. Perhaps nuclear power’s biggest nemesis is the cheap natural gas flooding the market from the nor theast’s Marcellus Shale reser voir, the nation’s most prolific gas field. Meanwhile, electricity consumption hit a wall after the recession, while states have emphasized renewable energies and efficiency. “You put all of this together and it’s a perfect storm,” said John Keeley, a spokesman for the Nuclear Energy Institute, an industry group. Opposition to a so-called nuclear bailout is uniting rivals and the natural gas exploration industr y. The potential for a hit to utility bills is drawing pushback from the AARP and manufacturers. Subsidizing nuclear power could chill investment in lower-cost energy sources and erode competitive markets, critics say, and, with

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natural gas prices expected to stay low for some time, shutting down nuclear plants may have no impact on electricity bills. For steel companies, paper companies, food processors and pharmaceutical makers whose electric bill might be their biggest expense, “a mil of an increase in a kilowatt hour turns into a lot of money,” said David Kleppinger of the Industrial Energy Consumers of Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, the nation’s No. 2 nuclear power state after Illinois, it could mean propping up five nuclear plants to help feed the sprawling mid-Atlantic power grid that stretches from New Jersey to Illinois. The owners of the 11 nuclear plants in Connecticut, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania are no small potatoes: Exelon, PSEG, FirstEnergy and Dominion, among them. The plant owners’ strategy is similar to that in Illinois and New York: give nuclear power megawatts the kind of preferential treatment and premium payments that are given to renewable energies, such as wind and solar. The industr y’s pitch is par t economic, part environmental. A plant shutting down would devastate a local economy, they say. And, nuclear waste and water consumption issues aside, zero-carbon nuclear plants are better suited than natural gas or coal to fight climate change, they say. The claim to environmental credentials has drawn jeers from nuclear power’s traditional critics. “When did highly carcinogenic toxic waste become green?” said Eric Epstein, a longtime nuclear power watchdog in Pennsylvania.

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Amid legal contention, U razes elevators TIMELINE OF THE STEEL SAGA Nov. 17, 2015 The University purchases the Electric Steel Elevators October 2016 Friends of the Electric Steel Elevators filed a complaint against the University, asking the school to not demolish the structures Dec. 9, 2016 Friends of the Electric Steel Elevators files for a temporary restraining order to halt demolition Dec. 14, 2016 The University files its response to the restraining order Dec. 15, 2016 A hearing is held in Hennepin county district court Dec. 29, 2016 Both parties file opening briefs in Hennepin County District Court Jan. 13, 2017 The court denies the restraining order Jan. 17, 2017 Response briefs are filed by both parties Jan. 23, 2017 Reply briefs are filed by both parties Jan. 26, 2017 Hearing held in Hennepin County District Court April 26, 2017 A ruling must be given on the case

Demolition of the Electric Steel grain elevators continues on the edge of East Bank campus on Saturday.

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embody a time when Minneapolis was the milling capitol of the world. The University’s Board of Regents voted 11-1 in November to demolish the buildings, even after many community members voiced their opposition.

Eric Amel, secretar y of the Prospect Park Association, previously told the Minnesota Daily the school’s choice to demolish the buildings raised concerns about the school’s autonomy from the state. In an inter view Friday, Amel said the University is operating within the bounds of the law, but that “They’re wrong. They’re just wrong.” Hansen said while the

“We’re in higher ed. We don’t have money. We’re fighting for every dollar we have. And I think we’ve spent a fair amount of resources trying to accommodate people by not tearing it down sooner.” MICHAEL HSU Regent

University has the legal right to proceed, he’s frustrated the school decided to move forward with the lawsuit still pending. “This is part of the issue in preservation cases where you have a developer … with a great deal of monetary resources that are intent on destroying something,” he said. “The ability to put that on hold is very limited.” Dan Herber, a University attorney, said both parties asked the court to make a ruling by April 26, though both Herber and Hansen said they expect a ruling any day. Friends of the Electric Steel Elevators filed a temporary restraining order in December to halt demolition, but it was rejected. Herber said after the group ser ved a complaint

in October, the University voluntarily withheld going forward with demolition until the court decided to reject the group’s restraining order. They’ve started demolition now to meet the regents’ timeline. If the court rules in favor of the group, an injunction will be granted and demolition will have to stop. Large portions of the buildings have already been destroyed. It will cost the school just over $3 million to demolish the buildings, funded with University debt. The cost was upped by $1.8 million when asbestos was found at the site. In total, the University will spend $19 million to build the new track and field facility, relocate the sports bubble and construct a new softball field at the site.

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In an email statement, Interim Vice President for University Ser vices Mike Berthelsen said the school plans to finish the demolition this spring. “It’s important to note that demolition at this time will allow the University to keep its commitment to the students to have the recreational dome and fields completed by November 2017 as well as to keep the … Track and Field project on schedule,” the statement said. Regent Michael Hsu said the University has already spent significant time and money trying to find ways to use the structure, but ultimately the school has a better use for the land. “Autonomy is autonomy,” he said. “We’re in higher ed. We don’t have money. We’re

July 2017 Demolition is expected to be complete November 2017 The rec sports bubble will be moved to the Steel Elevator site SOURCE: UNIVERSITY ATTORNEY DAN HERBER, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA BOARD OF REGENTS DOCKET MATERIALS

fighting for every dollar we have. And I think we’ve spent a fair amount of resources trying to accommodate people by not tearing it down sooner.” He said the school is lucky urban explorers haven’t died in the elevators, adding from a liability perspective they should have been torn down long ago. “The fact that we didn’t — we’re just lucky that nothing bad has happened,” he said. Demolition is expected to end in July, and the sports bubble is expected to be relocated by November.

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Three years ago, the Women’s Faculty Cabinet began drafting a policy to give tenured and tenuretrack faculty time to care for a new child and continue professional activities by temporarily reducing their teaching responsibilities. The policy was approved by the provosts and about to be implemented when University faculty filed to unionize in early 2016. As a result, a status quo order was put in place, meaning faculty working conditions can’t be changed until the vote takes place, said Jeannine Cavender-Bares, WFC senior co-chair. However, deans and department heads have always had the discretion to grant modified duties for parents who ask because there aren’t rules prohibiting it, but a lack of official policy means managers are free to deny these requests, she said. “It’s super fr ustrating because what’s happened is dif ferent colleges are implementing it,” Cavender-Bares said. “It’s not uniform. Some deans don’t see any need for it and others really see the value.” The WFC is working to increase awareness of this option, as many faculty members, department heads and deans aren’t aware of it. In March, the Women’s Faculty Cabinet presented the unof ficial policy to a University governance committee. Additionally, the group will host a dean’s panel in May that will include discussion of the pr oposal and parental leave,

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After unanimously approving a resolution pushing the University to give all parents at least six weeks paid leave after the birth or adoption of a new child last week, the P&A Senate is awaiting a formal response from University administrators. Under the current policy, adoptive parents are allowed two weeks paid and four weeks unpaid leave. Female employees who give birth receive six weeks paid leave. Union-represented faculty and staff members are excluded from the policy. Besides Ohio State University, the University of Iowa, the University of Nebraska and Minnesota , all other Big Ten schools offer birth and adoptive parents the same amount of paid leave. The Parental Equity Resolution outlines several P&A concerns about the discrepancy in paid time off for birth and non-birth parents. It states that adoptive parents often need more than two weeks to bring a child home, adding that same-sex couples are disadvantaged by the policy. It also says licensed daycare centers rarely accept kids younger than six weeks old. The University’s Office of Human Resources, which is responsible for the parental leave policy, declined to comment. A University spokesman also didn’t make an administrator available for an interview. According to a 2013 repor t from the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, same-sex couples are four times more likely to raise adopted children than heterosexual couples. This puts same-sex

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the same parental leave policy. Last October, the University’s Council of Graduate Students passed a resolution requesting equal amounts of leave for employees of all genders. Cur rently, the policy says females may take six weeks paid leave while males are eligible for two weeks leave.

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Palermo said she’s working on drafting legislation with House Minority Leader Melissa Hor tman, DFL-Brookyln Park, and doesn’t expect heavy pushback. It will be a priority for MSA’s legislative team, she said. “We’re going to tr y to find suppor t from both sides of the aisle next year,” Palermo said. “It’s not a political resolution. It’s about student safety.” It’s unclear whether the University could update the student conduct code to include dr ugs in their medical amnesty policy, she said. Palermo said most administrators she’s talked with say they wanted to avoid superseding the law. But Regent Darrin Rosha, who supports adding drugs to the medical amnesty provision, said the school’s policy could be changed without legal issues. He said because the code deals with strictly University affairs, it could be adjusted to provide immunity from student conduct violations, regardless of state law. “I respect [that] the Student Senate is deferring to the state to make the change first, but I’m not sure that is necessar y,” he said. During last year’s discussions to adjust the University’s medical amnesty policy, most of the questions focused on who the amnesty would cover and not what substances it would include, Rosha said. “My expectation is in the coming months we’ll be taking a review of the student conduct code as a whole … I expect this is a topic that will be a part of this conversation,” he said.

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couples at a disadvantage under the current policy, said Ian Ringgenberg, a P&A senator who helped write the resolution. P&A Senator Steven Shore and his wife are waiting to be matched with a child to adopt. Once a match is found, they will travel to meet the bir th mother and fill out paper work, which normally takes two weeks, Shore said. “There’s my two weeks [paid leave] right there, waiting for paper work and not really bonding with the baby,” he said. Calhoun, a P&A Consultative Committee member, has taken leave both as a non-gestational parent and as a bir th mom. She took two weeks paid leave plus a week of vacation in 2013 when her wife gave birth to their first son and six weeks paid leave when she gave birth to twins in 2015. The policy doesn’t allow sufficient time off, she said. A parent shouldn’t be denied leave just because they aren’t physically recovering from birth, Calhoun said. “Our current policy really makes assumptions about what … family structure looks like,” Ringgenberg said. “The idea of parental leave isn’t [just] to recover physically from giving birth. It’s to bond with the family.” The P&A Consultative Committee is also mulling another parental leave resolution passed in January 2016. The proposal has been shelved by the P&A Senate for now, Riggenberg said. This resolution requests the University administration “investigate the possibility of increasing paid parental leave,” citing a number of large Minnesota corporations like 3M and Wells Fargo that offer more than six weeks paid leave. “We’re trying to be pretty realistic in dealing with the most egregious circumstances right now,” he said. Graduate students are also mobilizing to reform

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Cavender-Bares said. “[New parenthood] is a make-or-break point for a lot of academics. That is a bottleneck point where academics fall through the cracks,” she said, adding that many faculty members hit professional roadblocks, like not achieving tenure, when they become parents. In fall 2016, veterinar y medicine assistant professor Meggan Craft took a modified duties semester following the bir th of her child. She said the arrangement eased the transition from leave to full-time work. The exhaustion of being a new parent probably would have negatively impacted Craft’s teaching and research if she hadn’t been granted the temporar y teaching release, she said. “It allowed me to just focus on advising my grad students and my postdocs

and my research … while dealing with the demands of parenting,” she said. In the Big Ten, other faculty have also taken family policy into their own hands. At the University of Wisconsin in 2013, female faculty members developed a policy allowing them to use paid sick hours to take temporar y leaves from teaching to care for a new child because the school doesn’t of fer any paid parental leave, said UW English pr ofessor Christa Olson, who used the policy to take teaching leaves after both her children were born. However, this policy is not university-wide, Olson said, and it’s not an adequate substitute for paid leave. “It’s better than nothing … [but] there are many things that are wrong with it,” she said.

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Gophers sweep first Big Ten home series

Minnesota tallied two run-rule wins and outscored the Hoosiers 29-8. BY KYLE STEINBERG ksteinberg@mndaily.com

Of fense has been the stor y for the Gophers softball team as of late, and the scoring showed no interest in a conclusion this weekend. With a big weekend from the middle of the lineup, No. 7 Minnesota (35-3, 8-1 Big Ten) swept Indiana (17-21, 3-6 Big Ten), boosting the Gophers to a tie for first place atop the Big Ten. “We swung the bats well,” said head coach Jessica Allister. “I thought we stayed tough, stayed gritty, and found a way to win them all.” The offense started the weekend strong on Friday night and scored 11 runs to offset an off-night from its bullpen. The highlight of the evening came in the bottom of the sixth inning when freshman catcher Kendyl Lindaman hit her 14th homerun of the season over the left field fence. She is now just

“We made some mistakes Friday night that weren’t necessarily errors on the scoreboard, but they just weren’t sharp.” JESSICA ALLISTER Head coach

one short of the Minnesota single-season record with 16 games left. “It’s amazing just being close to the record,” Lindaman said. “It would be such an honor to get the record.” The Gophers fell behind early after CaraMia Tsirigos hit a three-run home run to center off of Sara Groenewegen, who has given up just 11 total runs all year. Minnesota’s response was swift, however, as the Gophers scored five runs in the bottom half of the inning to take a lead it didn’t surrender. Danielle Parlich, MaKenna Partain and Lindaman each had multi-hit games in the victory. The Gophers shored up some of Friday’s rough spots in a Saturday doubleheader after Sunday’s game was rescheduled due to weather. Groenewegen once again took the circle for Minnesota and this time held Indiana to just two runs over five innings. The Gophers also played sound defensively, rebounding after they committed three errors on Friday. “We made some mistakes Friday night that weren’t necessarily errors on the scoreboard, but they just weren’t sharp,” Allister said. “We have a good defensive team; I just continue to remind them of that.” Both of Saturday’s victories ended by run rule at 10-2 and 8-0. In game one, the Gophers drew nine walks and tallied four hits, which made up for much of the Minnesota offense.

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Shortstop Allie Arneson stole the show in the third inning with a grand slam for her fourth home run of the season to give Minnesota a 9-2 lead. Left fielder Sam Macken tacked on another run with a solo shot in the next at-bat. Groenewegen cemented the win in the circle in five innings. Game two started with a bang as first baseman Sydney Dwyer hit Minnesota’s second grand slam of the day in the first inning to put the Gophers up early. “You always want to score early,” Dwyer said. “Doubleheaders are hard, so scoring as many runs as you can when you can is really important.” Amber Fiser picked up her seventh win of the season in the circle, limiting the Hoosiers to two hits over five innings. Minnesota closed out the game early for an 8-0 victory. Dwyer added to her Big Ten-leading RBI total in the fifth and final inning with a double off the top of the center field wall, just missing a home run. “It was kind of funny that it hit the top of the wall, ever yone’s telling me that I need to hit the weight room,” Dwyer said.

GYMNASTICS

Minnesota takes third

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Freshman Kendyl Lineman catches the ball during a game against South Dakota on April 4.

ROWING

Gophers finish in fourth at Big Ten Double Dual amid illness Minnesota earned one first place finish during the weekend meet in Michigan. BY JACK WHITE jwhite@mndaily.com

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Justin Karstadt competes on the parallel bars against Penn State on Jan. 23, 2016.

Head coach Mike Burns also received Big Ten Coach of the Year honors. BY JACK WHITE jwhite@mndaily.com

Head coach Mike Burns went to Champaign, Illinois for the Big Ten Championships and left as Big Ten Coach of the Year. Burns coached his team to a third place finish, as No. 5 Minnesota earned a 413.300 in the meet. “That was a pretty humbling moment,” Burns said. “I thought there were others that were maybe a little more worthy, but I do appreciate them voting for me.” Burns earned the Big Ten Coach of the year for the second time; his first honor came in 2007. Gophers gymnasts had 10 routines in the individual event finals for the

GYMNASTICS RESULTS

TEAMS Penn State Minnesota Illinois Ohio State

SCORE 411.200 413.300 416.400 418.600

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conference championships. Junior Alex Wittenberg finished first place in the floor exercise with a 14.550. Wittenberg said he didn’t know what to expect from the score after completing the routine. “I knew I hit a pretty clean set,” Wittenberg said. “Scoring has been up and down this season, so when I saw that I was first after my score came, it was just pure disbelief.” Witttenberg is Minnesota’s seventh Big Ten floor champion in history; its last came in 2003. The Gophers hadn’t had an individual event champion in the Big Ten since 2015. Sophomore Justin Karstadt was the next-best finisher for the Gophers. Karstadt earned a share of the silver in the pommel horse. “I knew it was going to be tough going in,” Karstadt said. “I tried to give it all I got; I upgraded my dismount onetenth, and luckily, it paid off.” Junior Jalon Stephens placed first among three Gophers finalists in the high bar. Stephens tallied a 14.075 to finish in fifth. Junior Tristan Duran tied for sixth, earning a 13.725, and junior Joel Gagnon rounded out the Gophers

gymnasts in the high bar, finishing ninth with a 13.525. Junior Yaroslav Pochinka finished first among Minnesota gymnasts in the vault finals and third overall with a 14.750 in the meet. Senior Zach Liebler finished just behind Pochinka and scored a 14.625 for fourth place. Senior Mitchell Soukup participated in the rings final and earned ninth place, but he did take home Minnesota’s Big Ten Sportsmanship award. Minnesota scored a 71.900 on vault in team action on April 7. Pochinka led the team in vault for that day as well, scoring a 14.900. Liebler and sophomore Vitali Kan both tied for third with a 14.700. Minnesota ear ned a 69.300 for the parallel bars during the championships. Karstadt scored a 14.850, which was a season-best for him. Duran was second among Gophers gymnasts with a 14.050. Minnesota heads to the NCAA qualifying rounds on April 21 for its next meet. “We’ve got to regroup a little bit and analyze the problems we did have,” Burns said. “There are solutions; we’ve just got to implement those solutions.”

Minnesota finished four th out of four teams Saturday in the Big Ten Double Dual. T wo Gophers rowers stayed home due to strep throat, and the team couldn’t find a way to fill the void. “[The] Big Ten is a really fast league,” said head coach Wendy Davis. “Two people from our top boat didn’t even go, and then we had more people who were sick who actually raced.” Minnesota’s second varsity eight ear ned the lone first-place finish of Minnesota’s dual. The team finished in 6:43.51 to beat Michigan State and capture the win. “We were in the second eight, so we star ted out a little behind,” said junior Allison Ster neman. “The

last four th of the race we had open water … we just kept walking away from them.” The first varsity eight followed that performance with a second place finish behind the Spar tans. The first varsity eight also finished in second during the dual’s mor ning session. Minnesota’s second varsity four and third varsity four both finished in third place behind Wisconsin and Michigan. Wisconsin and Michigan are ranked No. 2 and No. 3 in the central region, respectively. Freshman Sarah Von Der Goltz said the team needs to compete its hardest against those teams. “We knew [their rankings] before,” Von Der Goltz said. “I think it’s good we tried to compete with the best.” Minnesota’s first varsity four finished in second place behind Michigan. The novice eight featured Gophers rowers who were in their first

ROWING RESULTS

SESSION 1

SCORE

Minnesota Michigan State Michigan Wisconsin

20 22 44 46

SESSION 2

SCORE

Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan State Michigan

26 28 34 44

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dual match. The group finished in second place in the morning session behind Michigan, and the novice boat was bested by the Spartans in the afternoon session. Minnesota’s next dual comes in Clemson, South Carolina for the Clemson Invite on April 22. The Gophers should return the two rowers who were out for this meet and hope to get back on track. “To get r eady for Clemson, if we get h e a l t h y, I t h i n k w e ’ r e going to showcase our speed a whole lot better,” Davis said.

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Junior Anna Greene rows during the University’s team practice on the Mississippi River on April 18, 2016.

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Gov. Dayton talks higher education Dayton discussed the U’s budget request and higher ed omnibus bills. BY RYAN FAIRCLOTH rfaircloth@mndaily.com

The Minnesota Daily spoke with Gov. Mark Dayton Wednesday about how higher education has fared in this year’s legislative session. Dayton discussed the University of Minnesota’s budget request, the House and Senate higher education omnibus bills and the consequences of inadequate state college funding. O v e ra l l , h o w d o e s higher education funding stack up for you compared to your other priorities? I have a number of priorities because Minnesota has a number of priorities, but higher education is cer tainly one of my ver y top priorities because … it’s so crucial to the future of our state. I think my funding proposals support that. T h i s y e a r ’s H o u s e and Senate [higher education] omnibus bills of fer far less than what the University asked for in its $147.2 million request. The House bill would pr ovide a $22 million increase while the Senate recommended $29.6 million. You pr oposed at the beginning of session a $96.8 million increase to the U’s budget. Why is there such a lar ge gap between what you recommended and what the House and Senate have recommended? You have to ask the House and Senate why they prioritize their tax bills over doing what higher education needs for the future of the state. I think it’s seriously misguided to have them not support the University and the Minne-

sota State systems. With a $1.65 billion budget surplus, [it] just means their priorities are wrong. I’ve heard many legislators say that basically, [the Legislature is] funding higher education like we’re on a recession budget instead of the fact that we have a surplus. Why do you think that is? They’re cutting ever ything. They’re equal oppor tunity destroyers. They’re looking at a number on the bottom of a spreadsheet, they’re not looking at the consequences of those cuts ... They want to hold tuition down, and then they won’t provide the wherewithal to do that. It’s ver y poorly thought through, and we’re going to have ver y contentious final weeks to get to something we can agree on, which we have to do … Regarding tuition, I know the University is cur rently mulling preliminar y tuition hikes for students … President Kaler has said before that the tuition hike is the result of the Legislature not granting the University all of its requested funding in past years. How do you feel about that? Do you think a lack of state funding over the years is to blame for tuition increases? I think it’s cer tainly par tly responsible. I can’t give you the exact per centages but … because the University has other resources, but basically if … state suppor t is cut back, one of the ways to make up for that is through tuition increases. And as I’ve said before, with the state funding share dropping in real dollars in 2012 — the lowest it’d been since 1981 — and so you had a decline in state suppor t over those years, that’s definitely been a driving

Gov. Mark Dayton answers questions during a press conference Feb. 28.

factor in raising tuition.

by the Legislature so far.

I’ve also seen in the omnibus bills that the House at least recommended a $93 million increase over the next biennium for Minnesota State, funding roughly half of their request. The $22 million allocated for the University’s $147.2 million request only fulfills about 15 percent of that request. Do you think there’s a prioritization of Minnesota State over the U among legislators? I think they’re both being treated ver y unfairly. More legislators have Minnesota State campuses in their districts than the University campuses, so I think that gives a cer tain home-field advantage in that way. But again, I hate to compare Minnesota State and the University. I think they’re both being treated ver y badly and ver y unfairly

Talking about how the legislators have a lot of the Minnesota State schools in their backyards, do you think there’s a r ural/ metro split at the Legislature underlying that increased funding for Minnesota State over the University? I don’t want to pit Minnesota State against the University. There’s a $1.65 billion budget surplus. We have the resources to do justice to both of them and provide them with what’s needed so they continue to provide world-class educations and world-class facilities …

Carlson student targets bail reform through nonprofit The Minnesota Freedom Fund bails people out on small charges. BY RAJU CHADUVULA rchaduvula@mndaily.com

Since last fall, Simon Cecil has bailed 39 people out of jail — some for as little as $78. Cecil, a third-year graduate student in a dual degree program at the Carlson School of Management and the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, started Minnesota Freedom Fund — a nonprofit organization that bails people out on small, misdemeanor charges. But now, Cecil hopes to use the group to help spur bail system reform. Bail is typically used to ensure people will show up to their court date; the amount is based on a court judge’s determination of the potential risk a person poses if released and the likelihood of their appearance at their court date. Of the 39 people that Cecil’s organization bailed out since they started, only two people failed to show to their court date. Cecil said he started the organization after realizing many of those who cannot post bail are immediately at a disadvantage. If the bail isn’t posted during the pre-trial phase, Cecil said, then it puts pressure on the person to take a plea bargain. “It’s simply unconscionable that there should be a difference in the level of

access to justice that a person has depending on their level of income,” Cecil said. If someone can post bail, then they have the freedom to pursue whatever level of justice they feel they deserve, Cecil said. Often, people are far more likely to get less severe charges if they post bail and pursue trial than if they cannot. “First of all, money as a criminal justice stakeholder is unfair,” said Rachel Sottile Logvin, vice president of the Pretrial Justice Institute. Oftentimes people who have committed low-risk offenses, but do not have available cash, get incarcerated, Logvin said. If a person cannot get the bail amount, they can go to a bail bond agency, he said. The agencies require a 10 percent stake of the bail amount, as well as collateral in case the defendant fails to show up for court. “The U.S. and the Philippines are the only countries in the world that have for-profit industries built around bail,” he said. The Freedom Fund deals with low-level, small bonds because bail bonds agencies are reluctant to write small bonds of less than $1,000, and few will go as low as $500, said Joshua Page, a sociology professor who’s done research in the bail bonds industry. With the current political climate, Cecil said he has seen several immigrant families post bail even though they cannot afford to because they fear their family member in jail could get picked up by U.S. Immigration and Cus-

toms Enforcement and be deported. As a result, Cecil and his organization are par t of a larger nationwide movement that aims to reform bail policies and procedures — and advocacy has risen due to jail overcrowding, Logvin said. The bail reform and pretrial movement goes back to the early 1960s, when pilot programs let people out of jail on their own accord as long as they promised they’d show up to their court date, Page said. The initiatives found that people showed up about as often as those issued bail amounts, he said Since 2000, jail populations have increased 9 percent, despite a decrease in total crime in the countr y since 1980, Logvin said. Keeping people in jail is costly, too. Cecil said it costs nearly $140 a day to keep one person in jail in Hennepin County. Cecil said Minnesota Freedom Fund is working on fostering par tnerships with other likeminded organizations to bring more attention to bail reform. Group leaders also hope to work with legislators to push policy changes. “We want a system where people who need help can get it, and people can be held accountable for their actions, and we don’t want … to be throwing away a ton of money on what is ultimately a system that does not make us safer or address any of the underlying issues,” Cecil said.

Would you sign an omnibus bill with what the House and Senate recommended for the University right now? No. What

would

that

amount need to be closer to for the U? Closer to what I proposed. Unfortunately, we’ll have to make some concessions to the Legislature in order to get an agreement, but I’m going to hold out for the numbers that I think are in my budget because I believe those are appropriate and necessar y … Some legislators have said that the U’s requests, in this year and in years past, both bonding and budget, have reflected wants, not needs. How do you feel about that? I think they’re needs. The bonding, we’re seriously behind [on] … the capital improvement needs of the University and of MNSCU. Those are serious needs and just the basic upkeep and maintenance … has been seriously under funded ... You’re not going to have world-

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class educations in oldworld facilities. I totally disagree with that view, and I think it’s a cop-out on the part of the legislators who really don’t understand or care about what the real needs are of both systems. What do you think are the long-ter m consequences if the Legislature continues to underfund the requests of higher education institutions like the U and Minnesota State? Well, tuition will have to go up. It makes college less af fordable for more and more students and their families. It increases the debt that students have to incur in order to complete their educations. It puts an unfair burden on your generation and on you and your fellow students. It shor tchanges the future of the state of Minnesota because well-educated, productive citizens are our number one asset.

Editorials & Opinions COLUMN

Food industry leads in livable wage fight Several local restaurants have made a livable wage possible depite worries over wage hikes.

ast week, I wrote a column asking the University to take a stand in the push for a livable wage since many of its students and employees make below the proposed $15 per hour. This has yet to happen. However, proactive change is starting to take hold elsewhere in the Twin Cities. City Pages reported that Butter Bakery and Common Roots Cafe have both eliminated tipping and upped their employees’ pay to at least $15 hourly, including paid time of f and a retirement contribution match. Common Roots needed to increase its menu prices roughly 15 percent to accommodate the change, a caveat cited by many critics of the proposed minimum wage increase. However, owner Danny Schwartzman told City Pages that he “hasn’t received any negative face-to-face feedback.” These restaurants join the ranks of establishments like Byte and the Seward Co-op Creamer y cafe, which opened with employees’ livable wages already built into their business models, and both establishments have been well-received by customers and staff.

CHANCE WELLNITZ columnist

This is the kind of proactive approach that will greatly benefit local businesses as Minneapolis continues the debate for a higher city-wide minimum wage. Pushback is an important component of the conversation, but building better and more sustainable business models now rather than when it’s forced upon employers would guarantee a smoother transition. When the Daily ran a stor y in late March detailing local businesses’ anxieties regarding the potential wage increase, Dinkytown Business Alliance president Randal Gast acknowledged that while he’d like to see the change phased in over a few years, he thinks “wage increases are inevitable over time.” Furthermore, the restaurant industr y itself is changing, with fast-casual concepts becoming increasingly popular and many fast food restaurants experimenting with self-ordering kiosks. So, in a way, critics are correct: certain restaurant ser vice jobs may be going away soon. However, to

place the blame solely on people’s push for a higher minimum wage is grossly disingenuous. Some local restaurants say that an increased minimum wage would force them into a system of no tipping and higher prices like Common Roots Cafe and Butter Bakery. This in turn would cut the pay of some servers who are able to make over $15 per hour in tips. However, this argument seems shortsighted and driven more by fear than by logic. If every restaurant in the city had to propor tionally increase its menu prices to account for the higher minimum wage, then things would remain largely the same. Restaurants would remain competitively priced with one another, and a 15 percent increase in prices wouldn’t drive people to leave the city to find a place to eat. Jobs wouldn’t have to be cut, and servers would still be able to receive tips. The food service industry is the largest employer of near-minimum wage workers, so its fears are understandable. But let’s not let our anxieties steer us away from the greater good, and let’s support the businesses who are leading the pack. Chance Wellnitz welcomes comments at rdixon@mndaily.com.

2017 U.S. GUN VIOLENCE Total gun-related incidents: 15, 897 Total number of deaths: 4,004 Total number of mass shootings: 90

DAILY DISCUSSION Syria: U.S. must take action

Editor’s Note: This editorial was originally published by the Mankato Free Press. CONTACT THE EDITOR Grace Thomas jthomas@mndaily.com

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COLUMN

Raucous caucus falls short As seen last week, this grand tradition of democracy can fail to work for its participants.

h e caucus might be my favorite weird feature of our democracy. It’s an oftcontentious group effort — strangers shoved together and tripping over each other to get through the event’s semantics. It’s one of the most uniquely democratic practices I’ve ever seen and always makes me think, “Ah, this is what old town hall meetings must have been like!” It’s unfortunate, however, to see how the system sometimes chokes itself into inefficiency. The Brian Coyle Center rocked with frantic energy. Somali women, men and children had come out in huge numbers for their Ward 6 City Council candidates — incumbent Abdi Warsame and Mohamud Noor — and cheers erupted each time one was mentioned by name. In an unforeseen turn of events, the fire department came to shut down the overly packed gymnasium and relocate us to the adjacent soccer field. It was essentially downhill from there.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR About that ‘Limited Data’ – schools didn’t withhold their data Last month, the Minnesota Daily published a letter to the editor about MN Comeback’s new “Minneapolis School Finder” guidebook, which includes information for parents on 100 local K-8 schools and 37 high schools. Contrar y to the letter, 78 percent of schools did not withhold their academic performance information. While some schools have incomplete data in our parent resource, here’s the context. New schools have limited or no data: Because three years of Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment proficiency and growth data determine ratings (and for high schools, ACT data), new schools don’t have enough data. Some high schools have opt-out rates: If

EDITORIALS New CA Title IX push is apt move According to a Minnesota Daily report last week, Tina Marisam — the University of Minnesota’s Title IX coordinator — discussed new training procedures for residence hall community advisors to address sexual misconduct. She argued the training will cover student concerns and provide information to CAs on what resources students have access to on campus. The involvement of the school’s Office of Equal Protection and Affirmative Action in the new CA training initiative is a very welcome and important move. Former CAs on campus — some of whom were MSA members — felt that current training protocols do not adequately equip CAs on how to address cases of sexual misconduct. This interaction between EOAA and Housing and Residential Life will ensure that CAs are more comfortable reaching out to the resources on campus. It will also ensure that there is a suitable network of people to help students who are seeking resources. In a time where issues surrounding sexual misconduct have garnered more visibility on campus, focusing on residential halls is a way to educate students about campus resources earlier on in their college career. We hope the new CA training will have a positive impact on residential life and help CAs ensure that firstyear students are being conscious of their decisions and the impact of those decisions. CAs are a vital way to disseminate information on resources, and their frequent interactions with underclassmen could have longlasting impacts.

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President Donald Trump faced his first world humanitarian crisis last week, and he rightly did not hesitate to act decisively against the Assad regime and its Russian enablers carrying out atrocities in Syria. By all credible accounts, Assad’s government unleashed chemical weapons on the Syrian opposition, killing dozens of men, women and children in a gruesome attack. The world stood in shock as it watched rescue workers spray down babies with fire hoses to rid them of the chemicals coating their bodies. It was an attack on humanity and should be met with a swift response. Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations , warned the the world body that if it did not act, the United States would. And we did. The president was clearly moved by these brutal world events. While the president continues to note the Syrian situation has existed for years, he acknowledged now it is his responsibility. Many of our allies and other countries around the world support the limited, targeted strikes. Not surprisingly, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Iran call them a violation of international law. Experts say Russia should also be “put in a corner” to relinquish its support for the Assad regime. Trump must now rally the world and be forceful with Putin, who he has lauded in ways Americans reject. Now, he must be the American leader that stands up for the vulnerable civilians that have died at the hands of Assad and Putin. This resolute action may help define Trump’s presidency, but it’s more important now because it will define America’s humanity.

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more than 40 percent of students opt-out of the MCA, the school’s average ACT score determines its rating, but there have to be enough students taking the ACT for it to be statistically relevant. Independent schools can choose to administer a variety of tests, not only the MCAs, meaning many don’t have three years of MCA data. They also have the autonomy to decide how much information they want to disclose (if they shared it with us or make it available on their website, we included it). What’s more, schools didn’t withhold demographic information, nor did we measure the ratio of teachers to students at all. Instead, we included the following demographic information: 1) The percentage of teachers of color at each school; 2) The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch; 3) The percentage of students who identify as Asian, black,

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KATE MCCARTHY columnist

Assembling the masses again, counts and recounts were demanded, duplicitous accusations made and general shouting ensued. Critical mass couldn’t be reached, none of the steps of the caucus were carried out, and it was eventually rescheduled. This was not a case of political apathy or lack of opportunity. An eager electorate came out, excited to participate and be involved. Rather, it was the murky logistics that robbed them of the chance to engage, and that’s perhaps something to remember as we think about what from our political past should remain and what should be reformed. Kate McCarthy welcomes comments at rdixon@mndaily.com.

Hispanic, Native American or white. With the exception of independent schools, MDE makes this information available to the public, contrary to the published letter. We believe Minneapolis School Finder is a great step toward closing the parent information gap. Toward more diversity in our schools, we awarded $568,500 to support locally-led solutions, largely focusing on increasing the diversity of our teachers and school leaders through targeted recruitment and retention efforts. We’re also the largest funder of the Minneapolis Residency Program, a Minneapolis Public Schools effort that’s increasing teacher diversity. However, even with these efforts we know undoing generations of structural inequities in K-12 education will take a sustained level of intentionality and collaborative work across school sectors and communities.

Last week, spending bills, which would affect how much funding the University of Minnesota gets from the state, passed at the Minnesota Legislature — but not without political division. The House’s omnibus bill, which packages together multiple agendas for higher education, passed with a 77-53 vote. The bill recommends the University receive $22 million of $147.2 million that the school requested in its biennial budget. The Senate’s version, also passed last week, would provide $29.6 million of the University’s request. Gov. Mark Dayton told the Minnesota Daily last week that he would veto the current higher education bills — imploring state legislators to come closer to $96.8 million in state funding, which he recommended for the University in January. “With a healthy budget surplus, there’s no justification for not doing what we need to do for … areas like higher education, which is so critical to our future,” the gover nor told a Minnesota Daily reporter. The budget request comes at a time when the potential tuition hike looms. President Eric Kaler said an increase could be in the works even if the school receives its full state request; University Gover nment Relations Vice President Matt Kramer said the school would freeze its tuition for two years if it received at least $128.6 million in state funding. With a more than $1 billion budget surplus, state legislators should see the benefit in investing in higher education. We hope that, despite a Republicancontrolled Legislature, lawmakers will come together and realize divesting from education is both ill-advised and myopic. There’s no justification for these cuts, and their ideological origins don’t match up with the real life needs of today and tomorrow’s students. EDITORIALS & OPINIONS DEPARTMENT Editorials represent the voice of the Minnesota Daily as an institution and are prepared by the editorial board.

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CROSSWORD Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle FOR 2017 FOR RELEASE RELEASEAPRIL APRIL 10, 7, 2017

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

HOROSCOPES Today’s Birthday (4/10): Opportunity rides with change this year. Review, consider and plan over springtime. Partnership flowers in June. A community collaboration shifts direction this August, leading to blossoming creativity and romance.

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

Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is an 8 — With this Full Moon, a turning point arises in a partnership. Avoid arguments. Balance old responsibilities with new.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 9 — Reach a fork in the road. This Full Moon in your sign illuminates a new personal direction. Expand your boundaries and limitations.

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Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 6 — One door closes as another opens. This Full Moon shines on a spiritual turning point. Your heart guides you. Ritual and symbolism satisfy emotional creativity.

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Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is an 8 — A new phase in communications, intellectual discovery and travel dawns with this Full Moon. Shift your research direction.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 7 — This Full Moon illuminates a new educational direction. Initiate the next phase in an exploration. Experiment with concepts and ideas.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 9 — Profitable opportunities bloom under the Full Moon. A financial turning point arises. Cash flows in and out. Keep track, and strategize for growth.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is an 8 — Redirect shared finances over the next two weeks under this Full Moon. Balance old responsibilities with new. The stakes may seem high.

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Pretty sure I just destroyed one of my longest-standing friendships. I’ve been really close friends with this girl for more than ten years, and over time I developed some pretty strong feelings for her. I spent the whole day with her yesterday, and when we were say ing goodbye, for some reason, like an idiot, I blur ted out “I’m in love with you!” We were both horrified and neither one of us knew what to do. I basically shouted it at her. “Anyway, see you later!” I said, and scampered away like a wounded dog. I texted her this morning apologizing and groveling and backtracking like a politician caught in a damnable lie. She never responded. I’m pretty sure I just ruined a very good friendship, and I don’t know what to do.

Sincerely,

Forever Friends Dear Friends,

Yeah, that’s a really tough one. I think it’s okay for you to have professed your feelings — it’s important to be honest. I would recommend you tell her how much your friendship means to you and that you don’t want to wreck that. Maybe you can pretend like the whole thing never happened. I’m assuming that she didn’t reciprocate your feelings, which sucks. Hopefully, you can move past it, though. Again, I would urge you to tell her how much her friendship means, that you’re okay with her not reciprocating your feelings. Hopefully, she’ll be mature about it and you guys can get past it. Sincerely,

Dr. Date

Dear Dr. Date,

Have you ever heard the tragedy of

Darth Plagueis the Wise? Sincerely,

The Senate

Dear Senate,

I have, but it’s not a story the Jedi would tell you. It’s a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the midichlorians to create life. He had such a knowledge of the dark side, he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, and his apprentice killed him in his sleep. Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself. Sincerely,

Dr. Date

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U Med School may change grade scale Grades u from Page 1

didn’t respond to interview requests. If approved, the University would follow a wave of other medical schools changing grading scales to pass-fail for first and second-year students. According to an Association of American Medical Colleges report, in 2012-2013 there were 71 schools with a pass-fail grading scale. In

2015-2016, that number was 89. Most schools that have made the switch keep the pass-fail-honors or lettergrade system for third-year medical students because it helps residency applications, said Stuart Slavin, associate dean for curriculum at Saint Louis University’s School of Medicine. Supporters say the change helps relieve the notoriously stressful medical school atmosphere. In a 2008 study in the

Annals of Internal Medicine journal, about 50 percent of students across seven medical schools reported they had experienced burnout. “There’s certain kinds of stress we want medical students to experience, like something going wrong in an operating room,” said Robert Bloodgood, a professor in the University of Virginia School of Medicine. “The kind of stress associated with [exams] is not something we want.” In schools that have implemented changes,

mental wellbeing has improved and competitiveness among students has decreased. In 2009, Bloodgood conducted one of the first studies looking at the effects of switching grading scales. Then, only 33 schools had a two-measure grading scale like pass-fail. His study found positive results. Bloodgood’s study at the University of Virginia found that by almost every measure the students’ mental health had improved.

Students reported increased satisfaction with their education and personal life. “Suicide [and] depression are unusually high in medical students. There was a real goal to reduce this unnecessary stress,” he said. At the University of Virginia, some faculty worried there would be decreased attendance in classes, and students were concerned it could affect their residency placement. However, the study showed neither of those things happened.

In addition to adjusting curriculum content and time spent in courses to alleviate mental health problems, Saint Louis University’s School of Medicine changed their grading scale to pass-fail. Slavin said changing the grading scale was critical in improving student mental health. The change gave students more time for activities outside of school. “I think the University of Minnesota may be an outlier,” Slavin said.

In MN House and Senate, bonding bill priorities vary The House has yet to introduce a bonding bill, while the Senate’s is ready to be voted on. BY RYAN FAIRCLOTH rfaircloth@mndaily.com

State lawmakers in the House and Senate are split over when to tackle a bonding bill this year. As the Minnesota Senate’s bonding bill continues to lie in wait, members of the House have yet to introduce their own version of the bill. When legislators return from spring recess April 18, there will only be about a month left in this year’s session. If lawmakers don’t pass a bonding bill before the session ends, funding for University of Minnesota capital projects and other state infrastructure needs will be shelved for the second straight year. The Senate’s bonding bill passed through last month’s committee hearing and now awaits floor action. The bill contains

roughly $81 million for University projects, including higher education asset preser vation and replacement (HEAPR), a chemistr y and advanced materials science building on the Duluth campus and a Twin Cities plant growth research facility. The University requested $245.1 million in capital funding this session, while Gov. Mark Dayton recommended $154.7 million for the school in his Januar y bonding proposal. The Senate’s legislation is the same as the bill lawmakers failed to pass in the waning minutes of last year’s session, said Sen. Sandy Pappas, DFL-St. Paul. But one key University project was left out, Pappas said. “The concer ns … for the U are not putting the health sciences building in,” she said. “That’s kind of a key core mission of the University is the medical school.” Funding for the proposed health sciences building was included

in Dayton’s $1.5 billion bonding recommendation. University senior vice president for Finance and Operations Brian Burnett said he’s hopeful lawmakers will include the health sciences building in a final bonding bill. It’s the school’s top priority, Bur nett said. “It’s critical to the education of our medical school and all our … health sciences programs.” Along with the University’s health sciences building, Pappas said she wants more funding for HEAPR and a Pillsbur y Hall r enovation in the Senate bill. The Minnesota Daily previously repor ted that Pillsbur y Hall will be shuttered this fall without funding for the renovation. “The Senate bill is shor t for the U of M,” she said. But because bonding bills must originate in the House, the Senate can’t vote on its bill until the House sends over its version — which representatives have yet

to introduce. Rep. Dean Urdahl, RGrove City, chair of the House capital investment committee, said the committee is waiting for a goahead from House Speaker Kur t Daudt before moving on the bill. “I’ve got a spreadsheet and some ideas, but we have not been cleared for takeoff,” Urdahl said. A bonding bill will likely be addressed after lawmakers finalize the state’s budget for the next biennium, he said. “At some point I expect the bonding bill to be a par t of the equation that brings about the end of session,” he said. Rep. Raymond Dehn, DFL-Minneapolis, a member of the House capital investment committee, said the committee has held discussions on the potential bill, which would likely give less than the Senate’s. “The discussion right now is, we’re probably looking at an $800 million bill this year and possibly an $800 million bill next

year,” he said. This means the University and other state projects may get considerably less funding than they requested, Dehn said. University of ficials say bonding funding is needed soon to keep projects moving along. Campus buildings d e p r e c i a t e e a c h y e a r, University Regent Richard Beeson said, so new HEAPR funding is needed to maintain them. “Capital dollars are the economic equivalent to roads and bridges, in that they allow us to conduct our business ef ficiently and ef fectively,” Beeson said. Brian Bur nett said projects will grow more expensive if the Legislature puts of f a bonding bill for the second year in a row. “The sooner we can get them down… the less it will cost both the University and taxpayers,” Burnett said. Sen. Dan Schoen, DFLSt. Paul Park, a member of the Senate’s capital

“The discussion right now is, we’re probably looking at an $800 million bill this year and possibly an $800 million bill next year.” RAYMOND DEHN DFL Rep. Minneapolis

investment committee, said the governor and Republican lawmakers will have to bridge ideological dif ferences to pass a bonding bill this year. But Gov. Mark Dayton is in position this session to hold firm on his ideals, Schoen said, since he won’t be up for reelection. “The gover nor is the one who gets to sign, to have it placed into law or to veto it,” he said. “That pen is pretty strong in comparison to all 201 legislators when … Dayton has the option to just say ‘no.’”

Russia and Iran affirm commitment to Syrian gov BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BEIRUT — Russia and Iran renewed their support for the Syrian government in a flurry of calls on Sunday, saying last week’s U.S. missile strike violated Syrian sovereignty but failed to boost the morale of “terror groups” in Syria. In a phone call with Syrian President Bashar Assad, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called the strike on Friday a “blatant violation” of Syrian sovereignty, Syrian state media reported. Assad accused the U.S. of trying to boost the morale of “terror groups” in Syria. The government refers to all those fighting against it as terrorists. A statement carried on the militar y media arm of Hezbollah condemned the American strike in much stronger language, saying it had “crossed red lines” and vowing to “reply with force” to any future aggression “in a variety of ways.” The Lebanese militant group has invested thousands of fighters in the defense of Assad’s government. The statement was made in the name of a previously unheard of “shared operations room” between Russia, Iran and allied forces. There was no comment from Russia or Iran about the statement. The Kremlin said in a statement Rouhani also spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone. “Both sides noted the inadmissibility of aggressive U.S. actions against a sovereign state in violation of international law,” the statement said. “Vladimir Putin and Hasan Rouhani spoke in favor of an objective, unbiased investigation of all the circumstances of the chemical weapons incident on April 4 in the Syrian province of Idlib.” Rouhani said the U.S. strike would not af fect Iran’s Syria policy, while Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran would not withdraw in the face of similar aggressions.