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AFTER ORLANDO, SOLIDARITY In the aftermath of the nation’s deadliest massacre in Orlando on Sunday, LGBT and Latino communities are coming together to grieve, resist stigma.

EDITORIAL

Is ‘deadliest’ deadly enough?

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RLANDO, Fla. — When the names of the victims in the worst mass shooting in moder n U.S. histor y are read aloud at memorials around the world, the surnames stand out: Martinez. Fernandez. Guerrero. Most of the 49 people shot and killed were Hispanic, and the tragedy has left Florida’s Latino community hear tbroken over the loss of young lives. Many were also gay — which means that Saturday evening at Pulse was the fateful intersection of two tightknit communities, ones that have existed until recently on the fringes of central Florida’s society. “As a Hispanic, we already have that fear we don’t belong,” said 34-year-old Nicole Neko-Montalvo of Orlando. “We also have that fear as homosexuals. To be targeted twofold is over whelming.” Hispanic residents made up almost half of Florida’s population growth last year, and in Orange County — where Orlando is located — Hispanics comprise nearly 30 percent of the population. The Puer to Rican community is especially robust, with more than 1 million in Florida, nearly the same as New York. “It’s not lost on me that it was Latino night at Pulse,” said pastor Gabriel Salguero of Orlando, adding that some of the victims have fam ily members who attend his large evangelical church. Salguero spoke to thousands Monday night at a vigil in downtown Orlando. He u See COMMUNITIES Page 3

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Mourners grieve at a vigil for the victims of the shooting at Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on Monday.

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Roses line the fence outside of the Gay 90s bar in downtown Minneapolis on Monday to honor those who lost their lives at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., early Sunday morning.

Fifteen times since he assumed office in 2009, President Barack Obama has stood behind a podium, and with downtrodden eyes, decried America’s gun epidemic. On Sunday afternoon, he delivered his 16th speech — this time about the latest, calamitous mass shooting in Florida. H o u r s e a r l i e r, a l o n e assailant — identified as Omar Mateen — toting a legally purchased assault rifle, stormed a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., killing 49 patrons and injuring 53 more. The rampage is the deadliest shooting ever to occur on U.S. soil. For the nation’s LGBT community, the shooting is an odious reminder of the continued persecution of gay people — particularly those of color. Despite the gay community’s long, tumultuous struggle for equality — foregrounded by the Stonewall-era riots in New York — the attack in Orlando bears glum resemblance to anti-gay arsons in New Orleans, Los Angeles and Nashville during the gay liberation movement in the 1970s. Nearly 50 years later, the prerogative of such crimes remains the same — to viciously destroy the few sanctified spaces where gay people feel safe to celebrate their identity openly. Hours after blood soaked the floors of Pulse Night Club in Orlando, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that an Indiana man — armed with assault rifles and explosive material — had been arrested en route to a West Hollywood gay pride parade. Identity aside, the shooting in Orlando was an assault on the American ideal of liberty. For Mateen, freedom — to live and to love — was clearly untenable. u See ORLANDO Page 6

HEALTH

BOARD OF REGENTS

The MPCA is trying to revoke Northern Metal Recycling’s permit following outcry.

arrested after board meeting

Facility spurs community health concerns Six protesters

The protesters resisted tuition hikes in Kaler’s 2017 operating budget on Friday.

BY RYAN FAIRCLOTH rfaircloth@mndaily.com

When Roxxanne O’Brien and her family moved within a mile of Northern Metal Recycling two years ago, they began to notice new health problems. O’Brien, who lives near North Lowry Avenue in Minneapolis, said she and her three kids have had more frequent headaches and respiratory problems since the move. She said it isn’t just her family that’s had health problems, either. “We’ve noticed a lot of headaches over here. I’ve noticed my neighbors, too, have headaches, not just me and my family, but my friends around the neighborhood,” O’Brien said. O’Brien said she thinks pollution emitted from the Northern Metal Recycling plant on North Pacific Street is partially to blame. The NMR plant has drawn controversy in past years due to emissions from its metal shredder, and now the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is trying to revoke the facility’s air quality permit. During a City Council committee meeting at Minneapolis City Hall last week, city officials presented an MPCA plan to revoke the building’s permit. Presenters said the MPCA found the plant contributed to particle emissions that exceeded air quality standards, and the plant failed to disclose such emissions from their operations. The MPCA’s 2015 Nor th Minneapolis Air Monitoring Study found excessive concentrations of lead, cobalt and other heavy metal particles measured by monitors near

BY KEVIN BECKMAN kbeckman@mndaily.com

no longer valid, Smith said. “We don’t think [the permit] represents how the facility is being operated; we don’t think it reflects a fair assessment of how the emissions from the facility are impacting the community, and the evidence of that is that we’ve been doing monitoring around the facility now for a couple years, and we’re seeing continued air quality exceedances,” he said. But Jack Perry, a lawyer representing NMR, said the MPCA falsely claimed that facility owners lied about emissions, and the agency is trying to blame them for pollution caused by other factors.

Six University of Minnesota students were arrested during a protest over proposed tuition increases at a Board of Regents meeting last week. Nearly 30 demonstrators attended the meeting to protest the Twin Cities campus tuition hikes included in University President Eric Kaler’s 2017 operating budget. “We were hoping to … potentially prevent the tuition hikes vote from happening, but more than that we wanted to show the administration that we’re there and we’re watching ... and that their intentions do not reflect us and reflect what we need,” said Alaina DeSalvo, a student in the College of Education and Human Development and one of the six arrested Friday. In the end, the demonstrators failed to persuade regents to reject Kaler’s proposed budget. The board approved the $3.6 billion budget proposal by a 7-2 vote on Friday. The plan includes a 2.5 percent tuition increase for resident or reciprocity undergraduates and a 7.5 percent increase for nonresident, nonreciprocity undergraduates — a decrease from Kaler’s original 9.9 percent increase proposal. The scaled-back increase comes after opposition

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Roxxanne O’Brien poses with her children on the Lowry Avenue Bridge in North Minneapolis on June 9. O’Brien is one of multiple community members who oppose the operations of Northern Metal Recycling due to its contributions to local pollution and health hazards.

the Lowry Avenue Bridge. These elevated concentrations can cause health problems like respiratory issues and developmental problems in young children, according to the study. Jeff Smith, director of the MPCA’s Industrial Division, said these effects could cause the most harm in the long term. “We’re talking about respiratory irritation, damage to lung tissue, those sorts of things,” he said. “On the metals side, the lead certainly … may contribute to developmental problems with young children, and cardiovascular effects in adults.” Now, the MPCA wants to revoke the building’s permit — issued in 2012 — because it is

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Goetz accepts job at UConn Beth Goetz will depart to serve in a UConn athletics officer position. BY JACK WHITE jwhite@mndaily.com

For mer Gophers interim athletics director Beth Goetz— who held the position from August to May — accepted a job as the University of Connecticut’s chief operating officer for athletics. L a t e l a s t y e a r, t h e

Gophers’ athletics director Nor wood Teague resigned amid allegations of sexual harassment. Goetz was appointed as the interim athletics director following Teague’s resignation in August. Goetz expressed interest in assuming a permanent position as athletics director; however, the University’s Board of Regents approved Mark Coyle for the position in May. As interim athletics director, Goetz was involved in the hiring process for the Gophers’ head foot-

ball coach, Tracy Claeys. Claeys was the defensive coordinator for the team before Jerr y Kill stepped down due to health concerns. President Eric Kaler highlighted Goetz’s positive impact on Gophers athletics. “I am extremely grateful for her commitment to the University and the stabilizing leadership she provided, particularly as our interim director during a difficult past year, and wish her the best at UConn,” he said in a statement.

St. Cloud State University President dies in car crash Earl Potter III died on his way to the Twin Cities for a meeting on Monday. BY ELIANA SCHREIBER eschreiber@mndaily.com

St. Cloud State University President Earl Potter died Monday evening after he crashed into a guard rail on I-694 and flipped his car. Potter was on his way to the Twin Cities for a meeting with the SCSU Foundation Board Chair, according to a statement by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Chancellor

Steven Rosenstone. “[Potter]’s passing is a huge loss to SCSU, to the state of Minnesota, and to higher education,” he said in the statement. SCSU Provost and Chief Academic Of ficer Ashish Vaidya will ser ve as acting President, Rosenberg said. “Like ever y member of the SCSU community, my first and foremost concern is with the family. … Our hear tfelt sympathy goes out to [them] at this time,” Vaidya said at a press conference on Tuesday. Potter’s leadership closely connected the city of St. Cloud and the University,

Mayor Dave Kleis said at the conference. “He will truly be missed by so many, but his impact, his leadership will live on with this community and certainly with this university,” Kleis said. Gov. Mark Dayton, who worked with Potter on four international trade missions, commemorated Potter’s memory in a statement Tuesday. “He loved St. Cloud State University, and he loved the students, faculty, and staff with whom he worked,” Dayton said. “I extend my deepest condolences to all of them and to his family for their terrible loss.”

Developer responds to Forest Service BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MINNEAPOLIS — A company that wants to build an underground copper-nickel mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota criticized the U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday for saying it may deny renewal of the mineral leases needed for the $2.8 billion project near Ely. Twin Metals Minnesota said the Forest Ser vice’s statement “suggests a disturbing predisposition or bias” against renewing the

leases even before the federal agency opens a 30-day public comment period next Monday. The company said it’s “evaluating all options” to protect its property and due process rights, and says it’s entitled to renew the two leases, which were first issued in 1966 and last renewed in 2004. The Forest Ser vice announcement was the second major blow to Twin Metals in recent months. In March, Gov. Mark Dayton said the state wouldn’t authorize access to its lands for the

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project. Company representatives had said little publicly since then before issuing Tuesday’s statement, but have been working behind the scenes and lobbied the state’s congressional delegation last month. The federal agency said it had not made a final decision on the renewals. But it said it was “deeply concerned” because the leased areas are within a watershed that flows into the Boundary Waters, and by the “inherent risks” of mining copper, nickel and precious metals there.

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At Connecticut, Goetz will work under David Benedict, who previously ser ved as Minnesota’s deputy athletics director. The two worked together during Teague’s tenure. Goetz joins the University of Connecticut staf f during a time when the athletics program has achieved great success. Since 2000, the women’s basketball team has ear ned ten national championships, and the first three picks in the 2016 WNBA draft were all former Huskies.

The men’s basketball team won the National Cham p io n shi p i n 2014 but lost in the second round of the tournament this season. “It has been a pleasure to work with such outstanding coaches, staf f, student-athletes and fans and I am grateful to have been embraced by this Gopher community during my time her e,” Goetz said in a statement. “While I am excited about the next step in my journey, I will always cheer for Maroon and Gold.”

Man assaulted in Dinkytown Monday BY ELIANASCHREIBER eschreiber@mndaily.com

A man was assaulted by two others on Monday night near campus, according to a University of Minnesota public safety statement. The victim was approached around 9 p.m. near the intersection of 15th Avenue Southeast and Four th Street

Southeast. The three men got into an argument, and the two aggravators pushed the victim onto the ground and dragged him down a hill below street level, according to the statement. The two suspects were last seen leaving the scene of the crime. The victim was hospitalized for his injuries.

Special session talk looks at construction wish list BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ST. PAUL — The Legislature’s failed wish list of $1 billion in public construction took center stage Tuesday, as lawmakers assessed the hope of finding a compromise on the special-session bor rowing package that would satisfy Gov. Mark Dayton. The so-called bonding bill is one of several pieces of unfinished business from the session that ended late last month that has top lawmakers talking about an over time session. Dayton added to the pile by declining to sign a $260 million package of tax cuts and credits, citing a wording error that could have cost the state a hefty sum. The tax fix is ready to

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go, but Dayton says he won’t call the Legislature back to St. Paul without a deal on a public construction package that would incorporate some of his priorities, such as projects on public university campuses. The final decision will come down to Dayton and legislative leaders, who are expected to meet Wednesday for a special session status check. Meanwhile, lawmakers from the Republican-controlled House and Democrat-led Senate searched for a path Tuesday to resurrect the roughly $1 billion public works package that puts a high premium on water quality improvement measures, road and bridge repairs and other basic infrastructure.

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Recycling facility spurs health concerns 2015 NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AIR MONITORING FINDINGS Elevated lead concentrations, measured at

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of the national lead standard. Violations of the daily and annual Total Suspended Particulate (TSP) standards. Elevated TSP concentrations can contribute to respiratory irritation and nuisance dust.

Exceedances of the daily PM10 standard.

Elevated heavy metal concentrations of three metals, measured above chronic inhalation health risk guidelines:

chromium cobalt nickel

Elevated concentrations of PM10 can contribute to respiratory irritation, damage to lung tissue and premature death.

These findings were recorded by air quality monitors set up on Lowry Avenue and Pacific Street. According to Jeff Smith from the MPCA, these air quality monitors are both near Northern Metal Recycling. He believes Northern Metal Recycling contributed to the findings. SOURCE: JEFF SMITH, MINNEAPOLIS POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY

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“They want to blame the industrial area’s air exceedances for large dust particles, caused by truck traffic; they’re trying to blame that all on Nor thern Metals,” Perr y said. “And they said to the press and in this notice of revocation that we didn’t tell them about it.” He said none of the MPCA’s findings can be blamed on a specific plant because the agency’s data describes emissions of the whole area, not just NMR. “They don’t like this facility; they are committed to doing anything nearly possible to try to shut it down,” Perry said. “And they’re doing it based upon a storyline

that doesn’t add up.” However, North Minneapolis residents have raised NMR pollution concerns in the past, said the Sierra Club’s North Star Chapter Senior Campaign and Organizing Manager Michelle Rosier. Rosier said par ticulate emissions from the facility’s metal shredder can be harmful for those with asthma or heart disease. “When you shred up metal and batteries and whatever they’re all shredding … it’s not just that it’s little bits of particles, but it’s actually little bits of pretty poisonous par ticles,” she said. Wa r d 5 C i t y C o u n cil Member Blong Yang, whose district includes NMR, said the emissions pose concerns for residents.

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Top: Members of the North Minneapolis community come together on the Lowry Avenue Bridge in unity against Northern Metal Recycling, seen in the distance behind them, on June 9. Bottom: Northern Metal Recycling, located along the Mississippi River in North Minneapolis, as seen on the evening of June 6.

“When you look at the Hawthorne neighborhood … it has the highest rates of asthma, highest rates of lead poisoning, and … these rates are some of the highest in the state, if not the highest in the state,” Yang said. Smith said if the MPCA is successful in revoking the permit, NMR cannot operate unless they apply for a new one. If they don’t apply and continue to operate without a permit, the MPCA could proceed to shut down the facility, he said. Meanwhile, Yang said this outcome may be welcomed. “If somehow, magically, Nor ther n Metal leaves the area, I think most of us would be ver y happy,” he said.

Orlando brings Latino, LGBT communities together Orlando u from Page 1

addressed the crowd in both English and Spanish, calling for “no mas” gun violence and proclaiming “si, se puede,” — yes, it is possible to rebuild the community after such a tragedy. Many have hope that the shooting will make everyone — gay, straight, white, black, Hispanic — come together, be more tolerant. “It’s opening eyes to our community,” said Jason Primar, whose two friends, Xavier Serrano Rosado and Leroy Valentin Fernandez, died in the shooting. Primar also attended the vigil and tearfully released a gold balloon as a memorial to his friends. “It’s time we’re accepted by all,” he said. “For the purpose of love, not to hate.” Said Tabbitha Segui, a 23-year-old originally from Puerto Rico, who also knew Xavier Serrano: “We’re all just one person. We all have the same blood, the same heart.” In the wake of the shooting, two dozen national and regional Latino groups are trying to do just that. They’ve

formed a coalition called “Somos Orlando” (We Are Orlando) to offer counseling and therapy to people who have been affected. And everyone, it seems, knows someone who was involved, injured or killed. Jose Calderon, the president of the Hispanic Federation, said the attack struck a community that had long been in the shadows of society and had sought “a safe space,” like the Pulse nightclub, to be together. “What little safe space they had created with this club in Orlando has been stripped from them,” he said. “Their once safe place, where they could be with people who loved them and didn’t judge them, is now gone.” He says it’s especially painful for LGBT Latinos because they endure a “double stigma,” being gay and being Latino. Pastor Salguero said that stigma must be removed. “I don’t think the Latino community is any more biased than any other community,” he said. “We’re all fallen, and we’re all broken, and we have to do something

to get along without killing each other.” Stories of the victims emerged as the families prepared for burials. Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22, told his family only a few months ago he was gay. His cousin, Rober t Guerrero, said the family accepted it and embraced the person with whom he was in a relationship. “He was always this amazing person, (and) he was like a big brother to me,” he said of his cousin. Edward Sotomayor, 34, died in the attack. Sotomayor was well-known because he worked for a company that organized gay cruises. He always wore a top hat during the cruises. His cousin, David Sotomayor, is a drag queen who appeared on “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” The two discover ed they were related after meeting at Orlando’s annual Gay Days festival around a decade ago. They texted regularly and kept in touch, last seeing each other earlier this year at a filming of the television reality show. “You never think that’s going to be the last time you speak to him,” said David

After Orlando shooting, Kaler asks U to unite against violence BY ELIANA SCHREIBER eschreiber@mndaily.com

In a statement Monday, University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler expressed suppor t for the LGBT community and encouraged the University community to unite against ter r or and violence in wake of the Orlando, Fla., shooting. Gunman Omar Mateen shot and killed 49 people and injured more than 50 at Pulse Nightclub early Sunday morning. The incident was especially sensitive because it occurred during LGBT pride month and the Mus-

lim holy month of Ramadan, Kaler said. “We are saddened by this extreme violence targeted towards LGBT communities, as well as the terrible Islamophobic responses emerging in the wake of this tragedy,” he said in the statement. Kaler added that each University of Minnesota coordinate campus will hold a food and resource drive to suppor t LGBT organizations and their communities. “ We k n o w m a n y o f you across the University system are grieving,” he said. “We are all responsible for creating

the kind of campus climate where ever yone feels respected ever y day.” Kaler encouraged the University community to use resources as necessar y for healing and to work together to move for war d in light of the tragedy. “ We w i l l c o n t i n u e working … to respond to these and other issues that impede our commitment to modeling the kind of living, lear ning and working community that recognizes, confronts and eliminates acts of bias, hate and ter r or,” he said.

Sotomayor. “It’s just heartbreaking to know it just can happen anytime.” Vivian Rodriguez said she feels the pain and agony of Sunday’s mass shooting in Orlando on so many fronts: as a gay woman, as a Puerto Rican and as a retired New York City police detective who served on a task force to fight global terrorism following the Sept. 11, 2001,

attacks. “I can’t even find the words to describe or understand this act of hatred,” says Rodriguez, who lives in Orlando and is the first openly gay president to lead the Democratic Hispanic Caucus of Florida. She said the attack was both a hate crime and a terrorist act, saying the gunman was clearly targeting the

LGBT community. “Investigators will determine if he also was targeting Latinos,” she said. As a former New York City police detective, Rodriguez equated the terror attacks of 9/11 with Sunday’s mass shooting in Orlando. “It was an attack on America,” she said. “It was a dark period then; it’s a dark period now.”

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Four Gophers taken in MLB Draft Senior Dalton Sawyer was the highest draft pick for Minnesota.

BY JACK WHITE jwhite@mndaily.com

Four Gophers and one incoming freshman realized lifelong dreams when their names were called in the MLB Draft over the weekend. Seniors Matt Fiedler and Austin Athmann, graduated players Jordan Jess and Dalton Sawyer and incoming freshman Eli W ilson were all selected over the course of three days. Sawyer was selected 262nd overall by the Oakland Athletics, the highest draft pick for the Gophers this year. “It was super cool,” Sawyer said. “This was always the dr eam that you have as a kid — being able to play professional baseball — and I am just really humble and grateful for this opportunity.” Sawyer was one of the two main starting pitchers for Minnesota last season.

The senior finished his final year with a record of 7-7 and a 3.33 ear ned r un average. Sawyer said Oakland Athletics scouted him in high school. “In terms of this draft, they weren’t completely out of left field, but I was a little surprised because I hadn’t heard a ton from them throughout,” he said. Fiedler heard his name called shor tly after Sawyer. He was chosen by the St. Louis Cardinals with the last pick of the ninth round. Fiedler — a successful two-way player who batted .366 and posted 39

RBI this season — was named the Big Ten Player of the Year this year. He was 7-4 as a starting pitcher and had an ERA of 4.32. Fiedler said he will forgo his senior season at Minnesota to play with a Cardinals minor league affiliate next year. “It’s a huge honor,” he said. “It’s something I worked for my whole life and it’s something you dream about, but you’re never really sure it’s going to happen.” The Detroit T igers selected Athmann with the ninth pick of the 14th round of the draft. Athmann led the team in bat-

ting average as the star ting catcher. The Cold Spring, Minnesota native said he grew up a Twins fan, but will now play for a division rival of his former favorite team. “When the Tigers came to town, yep, I’d go for the T wins,” Athmann said. “I used to be a die-hard Twins fan, but it looks like I have to change that now.” Jess was the third Minnesota pitcher taken in the MLB Draft. He was the closer for Minnesota this season and earned 10 saves for the team. Jess bounced back from an injur y in 2013, and a

disappointing 2014 where he had a 0-6 record, to win the Gophers George Thomas Most Improved Player award before his final year with the team. The final Minnesota player selected was one that has yet to play in college. The Seattle Mariners picked incoming freshman Eli Wilson in the 37th round of the draft. Both of W ilson’s parents attended the University of Minnesota, and he will play with the Gophers first instead of heading straight for the major leagues. Although the chosen now know that there is a

career for them beyond college, they credit what they’ve lear ned in Minnesota for getting them to this point. “I lear ned a lot of things in the last three years that you really don’t understand until you go through it,” Athmann said. “It’s maturing both physically and mentally, and ever yone in the University athletics program has really helped me out with that, and that’s something that’s invaluable that I will take with me for this next however many years of baseball I have left, and the rest of my life.”

WHO WAS DRAFTED Dalton Sawyer

Ninth round Oakland, Calif., Athletics Organization

Matt Fiedler

Ninth round St. Louis, Mo., Cardinals Organization

Austin Athmann

14th round Detroit, Mich., Tigers Organization

Jordan Jess

31st round Pittsburgh, Penn., Pirates Organization

Eli Wilson

37th round Seattle, Wash., Mariners Organization SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

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Left to right: Jordan Jess, Austin Athmann and Matt Fiedler. Not pictured: Dalton Sawyer.

ATHLETICS

Struggling sports look to rebound Both football and men’s basketball suffered losing seasons last year. BY JACK WHITE jwhite@mndaily.com

Head coaches of Minnesota’s “Big Three” sports Richard Pitino, Tracy Claeys and Don Lucia all spoke at the Gophers Road Trip event in Rochester, Minn., on June 8, and each talked about necessary improvements that need to be made. Football finished 5-7 in the regular season, and the men’s basketball team’s eight victories out of 31 games were the fewest total since the 1967-68 season. Men’s hockey did not make the NCAA Tournament after a loss in the second round of the conference bracket. All three coaches have pressure to succeed as soon as next season. Pitino searches for consistency Despite leading the Gophers to a National Invitation Tournament championship in his first year at the helm, head basketball coach Richard Pitino has hit a down period with his team. Pitino is 51-51 in his time at Minnesota and has yet to earn an NCAA tournament berth. The Gophers have suffered two consecutive losing seasons and didn’t secure a spot in the NIT in 2015 or 2016. “I was always concerned about taking a step back in year three,” said Pitino. “We took a bigger step than we needed to, but I think in year four, we will have our most talented team, our most expe-

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University head men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino fields questions from the press during the Gopher Road Trip: Chalk Talk 2016 at the Somerby Golf Club in Byron, Minn., on June 8.

rienced team.” The Gophers will look to bounce back through the experience of older transfer students. Senior guard Akeem Springs transferred from UW-Milwaukee, and senior forward Davonte Fitzgerald will be eligible to play this season after sitting out last year due to NCAA transfer rules. “It was difficult to run offense last year because we were not a good shooting team,” Pitino said. “I think with Davonte Fitzgerald will really help; he’s a very good

shooter. You look at Akeem Springs — he’s a very good shooter. So this is much more of a complete team.” Claeys counts on Leidner, recruits Minnesota’s football team is coming off of a losing season and barely ended it with a bowl game. The main factor getting the Gophers their Quick Lane Bowl appearance was their academic progress report rather than their 5-7 overall record. Redshir t senior Mitch Leidner has played in at least

10 games since his freshman year, and he is in his final year of collegiate eligibility. The team will look for Leidner to step up after throwing 14 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in 2015. Minnesota also has a top-50 recruiting class via scout.com and rivals.com, which remained intact despite changes in Minnesota staff after former head coach Jerry Kill’s departure due to health concerns. “You can’t win the Kentucky Derby with a mule;

it just isn’t going to work,” head coach Tracy Claeys said. “Recruiting is a big part of it, so we got done with the season, [and in] recruiting this year, we felt like there were 10 kids in the state of Minnesota that were Big Ten-type quality kids, and we were able to keep eight of them at home.” Lucia meets pressure as end of contract looms Minnesota’s hockey team has been solid in conference recently, winning the title in the Western Collegiate

Hockey Association and the Big Ten for the past five years in a row. The Gophers haven’t been as impressive in the postseason. The team advanced to the National Championship in 2014, but has declined since. Minnesota fell in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in 2015 to in-state rivals MinnesotaDuluth and failed to earn a spot in the postseason tournament this year after losing in the Big Ten Tournament championship. “We were so close,” Lucia said. “Last year was disappointing and rewarding all at the same time. When the year began, basically half our team was new; we had a large senior class, three upperclassmen turned pro. ... When the year began, we had our struggles, but the rewarding part of it as a coach was watching how much our team improved throughout the year.” The team went just over .50 last season, posting a 2017 mark, and has a losing record of 5-13 against in-state opponents over the last two years. Lucia’s contract ends after the 2016-17 season, and his performance at the head of a program which last earned a national title in 2003 has seen increased scrutiny from fans of late. Eyes are on Lucia as well as the other “Big Three” coaches to succeed, especially in new athletics director Mark Coyle’s first year. “[I’m] meeting with head coaches from each sport,” Coyle said. “I want to hear from them, and then we can start to make some decisions.”

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MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

Gophers sweep All-American honors Minnesota had six representatives compete in three events at the meet. BY CARISSA POLO cpolo@mndaily.com

The six Gophers who set out to compete at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore., last week all came home with All-American awards. “I’m ver y proud,” said head coach Steve Plasencia about his team. “Ever y year what’s required at the national level keeps getting higher and higher. The bar is ever-increasing, so it never gets any easier.” Redshir t senior Sean Donnelly, a four-time NCAA Division III national champion, kicked of f the competition for Minnesota on Wednesday in the hammer throw. Donnelly didn’t disappoint in his first NCAA Division I Championships performance. He finished fourth overall in the event with a 71.28 meter throw. The mark is the best in Minnesota NCAA Championship histor y and earned Donnelly First Team AllAmerican honors. “For a first-time Division I athlete, it’s quite an accomplishment.” Donnelly said. “I’m ver y happy with it.” Donnelly’s performance adds to a successful streak by recent Minnesota throwers; the team has had an AllAmerican thrower in each of the past six seasons, and the Gophers have received eight total honors in that span. “Sean Donnelly’s performance … that was really outstanding,” Placensia said. “He’s just been doing

Senior Sean Donnelly practices the hammer throw at an outdoor practice field on June 4.

a great job all year and continued to throw really well at that meet.” Donnelly’s championship meet was his last as an NCAA athlete, but he isn’t done competing for the summer. He said he will also return to Eugene in July in an attempt to make the

U.S. Olympic team for the first time in his track and field career. Redshir t junior Mitch Hechsel made his first NCAA Championships appearance at last week’s meet and competed in the 800-meter run. Hechsel placed 14th overall in the race with a

time good enough to receive a spot as a Second Team AllAmerican. “I was hoping to come away with a season PR, but I came up just short,” Hecshel said. “But this is one of the toughest 800 groups I’ve ever been with, so I’m happy with where I ended up.”

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Minnesota’s last event at the meet was the 4x400 meter relay. The team of freshman Jack Wellenstein, redshirt sophomore Brad Neumann, redshirt junior Nate Roese and senior Goaner Deng finished 16th in the race and earned Second Team All-American honors.

The high note to the end of the season makes the team already optimistic for what’s to come next year. “I hope we’re going to win an indoor Big Ten title,” Hecshel said. “It’s far away now, but it’s what we’re going to be training for all fall and winter.”

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

Minnesota caps off successful season at national championships

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Shanique Wright charges forward while competing in the long jump event on Jan. 23.

Minnesota saw five of eight athletes earn AllAmerican honors. BY CARISSA POLO cpolo@mndaily.com

Once again, the Gophers made history with its performance in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon last week. T wo weeks after the team tied a program record by sending eight athletes

to the championships, five of Minnesota’s representatives earned individual All-American honors — the most individual awards for the program during a single season ever. “It was a really good meet,” said head coach Matt Bingle. “I think the ladies did a good job in that environment of competing well and staying focused.” Junior Nicolle Murphy earned the first All-American title for Minnesota on the first day of competition. Murphy placed fourth in the javelin with a career-best

throw of 55.84 meters. The throw moved Murphy to second-best in program history and earned her second First Team All-American nod of her career. Redshirt senior Lyndsey Thorpe followed up Murphy in the hammer throw. She placed sixth in the event with a throw of 63.30 meters in her first NCAA Championships appearance. The throw broke a school record that Thorpe had previously set and secured her a spot on the All-American First Team. “I was in the first flight of the hammer, so I knew I had

to get a big throw to make top nine to get to finals,” Thorpe said. “Just seeing that big number was super exciting because I knew that I had a pretty good shot to make finals.” Redshir t senior Jess Lehman competed in the heptathlon at the meet for the second time in her career and finished in seventh place to make First Team AllAmerican honors. Lehman finished her college career as a four-time AllAmerican following her last meet. “I’m really sad it’s over.

Track has been such a big part of our lives, and all my best friends are on the team,” Lehman said. “It’s going to be hard to say goodbye but, you know, that’s just how it goes.” Fr es hm an S han i q u e Wright competed in the triple jump and placed 12th after a 12.99 meter mark and received Second Team AllAmerican accolades. Sophomore Agnes Esser also earned a place on the All-American Second Team and finished 15th in the discus with a throw of 52.61 meters.

The meet was the first appearance at the NCAA Championships for Wright and Esser and the All-American plaudits are the first of their careers. The team tied for 22nd place in the meet overall, the best Minnesota mark since 2009, and hopes to continue the hot streak in the coming seasons. “We’re actually looking at the next few years, trying to make a plan and see where we’re at,” Bingle said. “I think we can be pretty good, but we’re trying to see what we can do to be great.”

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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Summit tackles campus sexual violence More than 50 Minnesota colleges and universities were represented at the summit. BY RYAN FAIRCLOTH rfaircloth@mndaily.com

Minnesota campus officials and sexual assault advocacy groups met Thursday to discuss ways to address sexual violence on college campuses. With colleges and universities under enormous pressure to adequately address sexual violence on campus, representatives from 57 institutions statewide — including the University of Minnesota — gathered for the start of a two-day campus sexual violence prevention summit to listen to guest speakers and participate in skills-based workshops. The event is the first of its kind. The summit could help college officials see what other campuses are doing in terms of prevention strategies and survivor counseling, said Becky Redetzke Field, the University’s Aurora Center’s legal advocacy coordinator. The workshops addressed Title IX policies and procedures, prevention-based sexual violence approaches, survivor confidentiality protection and how to implement legislation passed last year. Yvonne Cournoyer, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault prevention program manager and summit organizer, said the event emerged from group input on state legislation passed last year that targeted sexual assault on campuses. Minnesota State Rep. Marion O’Neill, R-Maple Lake, authored the bill, which included a provision that targeted sexual assault on

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Katie Eichele, Director of the University’s Aurora Center, gives a presentation during the MN Campus Sexual Violence Prevention Summit at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul on Thursday. The summit, designed for campus administrators and prevention staff, aimed to share best practices for preventing sexual violence.

college campuses and was also a speaker at the event. “[Campus officials] have to educate the students; they have to educate their staff. They have to have a memorandum of understanding with local law enforcement so that if something happens, they know exactly who to go to and what to do,” O’Neill said. She said she hopes that the summit will promote increased awareness of sexual

assault on Minnesota campuses and create open discussions. “Let’s move from the shock and dismay to … how do we fundamentally change … how we address sexual assault, and one of the ways we do that is by really holding people accountable who sexually harm, sexually assault,” Cournoyer said. About one-four th of students on the Univer-

sity’s Twin Cities campus repor t being sexually assaulted within their lifetime, according to a 2015 Boynton Health Ser vice sur vey. Since 2009, the University has handled about six cases of sexual misconduct per year through its inter nal adjudication pr ocess, according to University records. For a change in culture to happen, there needs to

Regents mull athletics pay status Faculty salary will undergo review after criticisms of unfair pay levels. BY KEVIN BECKMAN kbeckman@mndaily.com

Additional discussions are needed are needed before the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents will make a decision on additional oversight for the athletics department. Since April, the board has mulled extra oversight of high-paying University salaries, including coaches in the athletics department. At Friday’s meeting, the board decided further discussions are needed before a final decision can be made on salary oversight. While regents have expressed concerns that Minnesota taxpayers may expect regents to have control over

the University’s highest-paid positions, they also acknowledged more oversight might be unnecessary. The discussion stems from an April resolution introduced by Regent Michael Hsu, which did not pass, that called for large coaching contracts to receive regent approval. Though the resolution didn’t pass, it sparked a larger discussion about high salaries at the University. At meetings in May and June, the Board’s Governance and Policy Committee discussed setting a possible threshold beyond which salaries would require the Board’s approval. “When the discussions started about the athletics department … it opened up a bigger, broader topic about salaries,” said Regent Thomas Devine. Devine said conversations have included asserting regent oversight of salaries

higher than University President Eric Kaler’s, which currently stands at $625,250. “The salar y thing wasn’t directly driven at just the athletics salaries, but it was salaries in general,” Devine said. “At what point should the Board reassert itself?” Regents expressed reluctance over unnecessar y oversight in May but said they recognized the need for closer scrutiny of highearning administrators. “I don’t want to make decisions about how much [coaches] get paid,” said Regent Darrin Rosha. “But I do think that the people of the state do expect us to be indicating and making decisions with the administration on what we should expect from our athletic department.” With a par tnership between Fair view’s hospital system and University of

Minnesota Physicians in the works, Devine said the regents have also star ted discussing compensation for doctors, which he said has complicated matters. “What is the appropriate level of compensation for a doctor who is working at the U and is also working at Fairview?” he said. “That is a storyline that has not yet unfolded.” Devine said Regents wanted new athletics director Mark Coyle to provide feedback on what oversight the Board should have over salaries in the athletics department. “I don’t think anybody is going to move on anything,” Devine said. “They’ll give time for [Coyle] to get in, get settled, look at what he would like to see us do, and then the conversation will open back up probably later into the fall. … It’s still on the table.”

Stabbing suspect: ‘I just killed a police officer’ BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PARIS — In a video released by the Islamic State group and recorded in the suburban Paris home of his victims, a former jihadi recruiter confessed to killing a police officer and his female companion and listed other prominent people he planned to target. The attack late Monday touched already raw nerves. It recalled elements of the Orlando, Florida, killings at a gay nightclub days earlier, and revived French concerns about the IS threat after the group targeted Paris in November, killing 130 people. A state of emergency is still in place, and 90,000 security forces are now deployed to protect the European Championship soccer tournament taking place across France. On T uesday, French President Francois Hollande urged heightened vigilance after what he said was “incontestably a terrorist act.” The video reflects a pattern within IS of individuals pledging allegiance and then staging attacks that the extremist group calls its own — and the violence shows the group’s continued ability

to attract followers despite being under attack in Syria, Iraq and Libya. It was as surprising as it was bloody. The suspect, Larossi Abballa, a 25-year-old Frenchman once convicted of jihadi recruitment for Pakistan, staked out off-duty police commander Jean-Baptiste Savaing and stabbed him in front of his house in the suburb of Magnanville, about 35 miles (55 kilometers) west of Paris, according to police. Abballa then entered Savaing’s house and stabbed his female companion, a 36-year-old police administrator in the attacker’s hometown, then took their 3-year-old son hostage, Prosecutor Francois Molins said. For about three hours, police surrounded the building as Abballa first made demands — and then apparently made the video. About an hour after the video was posted on Facebook, police stormed the house, killing Abballa and rescuing the child, Molins told reporters. Abballa’s Facebook page was taken down, but the Islamic State group’s Amaq news agency later released the video, which appears to

have been filmed inside the couple’s home. “I just killed a police officer and his wife,” he says, adding: “The police are currently surrounding me.” He then listed other planned targets, including rappers, journalists, police officers and police officials. Unusually, the video was edited. The victims do not appear. The timing may not have been coincidental: The killings came after IS urged supporters to carry out attacks in Europe or America during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which is currently under way. Abballa made the declaration of allegiance to the Islamic State in response to IS calls to “kill non-believers where they live,” and with their families, Molins said. Salvaing, 42, was a police commander in the Paris suburb of Les Mureaux; his companion has not been identified. Authorities have not said whether there was any link between Abballa and the victims. The main question for anti-terrorism investigators now is whether Abballa had accomplices or was part of a larger network. Interior

Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said late Tuesday on France 2 TV that it appeared at this early stage “most probable” that Abballa acted alone, though that must be confirmed by the investigation. Earlier in the day, three people —ages 27, 29 and 44 — were detained in the investigation, Molins said. Two had been convicted with Abballa in 2013 for involvement in a network recruiting for jihad in Pakistan, a French official said. Hollande said after an emergency security meeting Tuesday that France faces a threat “of a very large scale,” then added: “France is not the only country concerned (by the terrorist threat), as we have seen, again, in the United States, in Orlando.” Hollande also spoke Tuesday night with President Barack Obama. The two leaders decided to increase security cooperation after the latest attacks. Hollande’s office said in a statement that the two leaders talked about “the constantly evolving threat” and said France and its allies “will continue to confront barbarity with the forces of democracy.”

be earlier education on the topic, said Amy McDonough, director of gover nment and community relations for Minnesota’s Private Colleges. “A lot of these issues … happen to young people, and this is maybe the first time they’ve ever talked about these issues,” she said. “So many experts would agree that you have to start talking about healthy relationships at a younger age, in

high school.” Field also said educating students about consent and sexual assault prevention is necessary at an early age. “I know by the time I speak with most college students at 18, when they’ve had a lot of years of coming from whatever background they might come from … almost across the board, people are not getting comprehensive sexual education,” she said.

Man assaulted in Dinkytown Monday BY ELIANASCHREIBER eschreiber@mndaily.com

A man was assaulted by two others on Monday night near campus, according to a University of Minnesota public safety statement. The victim was approached around 9 p.m. near the intersection of 15th Avenue Southeast and

Fourth Street Southeast. The three men got into an argument, and the two aggravators pushed the victim onto the ground and dragged him down a hill below street level, according to the statement. The two suspects were last seen leaving the scene of the crime. The victim was hospitalized for his injuries.

United Nations: Risk that Rio Olympics will spread Zika is very low BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

GENEVA — There is “a very low risk” that the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Olympics will accelerate the spread of the Zika virus around the globe, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. After convening a meeting of its independent Zika experts, the U.N. health agency reaffirmed its previous advice that only pregnant women should skip the Aug. 5-21 games in Brazil, the epicenter of the ongoing outbreak. The explosive spread of the Zika virus was declared a global emergency in February. The disease is largely spread by mosquitoes, but in rare cases can also be transmitted via sex. In most cases, Zika causes only mild symptoms like a fever and rash, but it is also responsible for severe birth defects including babies born with abnormally small heads and a rare neurological syndrome that can cause death or temporary paralysis. After numerous outsiders raised concerns about whether or not the Rio games should be moved or postponed because of the Zika threat, WHO said the issue would be considered at its Tuesday meeting. The exper t group acknowledged that mass gatherings like the Olympics “can result in the amplification of transmission” but still insisted that “the individual risks in areas of transmission are the same whether or not a mass gathering is conducted.”

Dr. Bruce Aylward, WHO director of emergency programs, said that the increase in travel to Rio because of the Olympics would be “ver y, very marginal.” “I am not invested in whether or not the Games happen in Brazil or not. I mean, it would be great if they do: I think the Olympic Games are a great thing, and I think the world needs them now more than ever,” Aylward said. The committee issued various recommendations to Brazilian officials and said authorities should intensify mosquito control measures and “ensure the availability of sufficient insect repellent and condoms for athletes and visitors.” Last week, Brazil’s new health minister said there was practically “zero” risk that any of the expected 500,000 Olympic visitors would be infected with Zika. Some athletes, journalists and others have expressed reservations about attending the games. One of the leading critics of the WHO says he was invited to sit on the emergency committee, only to have his invitation rescinded when he refused to sign a confidentiality clause. Last month, Canadian professor Amir Attaran and more than 200 colleagues wrote an open letter to WHO, accusing it of shirking its responsibilities by not considering whether to recommend delaying or canceling the Rio Olympics. He then received an invitation from WHO to sit on their Zika committee.

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ART

Beginnings on the bridge Sam Fleming sold his first drawing last weekend, and he’s ready to take the festival circuit by storm. BY SOPHIA VILENSKY svilensky@mndaily.com

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hen ar tist Sam Fleming traveled to Chicago last weekend, he wasn’t going to a show at Second City or taking a picture by the Bean — the 19-year-old was working his booth at the Wells Street Art Festival. This weekend, Fleming — who sells his line drawings — will be closer to home. The Minneapolis-native is among the youngest ar tist showcased at the Stone Arch Bridge Festival June 17– 19. This time, he’ll be at booth 20. Because the festival features live music and takes place on Father’s Day weekend, it caters to a par ticularly young demographic. The blind jur y that selects the festival’s showcased ar tists is always looking for work that will freshen up the event. Sara Collins, the festival’s sponsorship and media coordinator, is also on the festival’s jur y. Collins found Fleming’s work to be unique in the midst of repetitive entries. When sending in applications, ar tists must supply a photo of their proposed booth. Fleming set up a makeshift booth in his basement with some sheets. His creation caught the attention of the jur y. “The value of the booth shot is to see the diversity and presentation of the booth as a whole. His was fun — he’s got a wide variety there,” Collins said. Fleming uses a crosshatching technique in his work. His prefer red medium is ink pen. While always a hobbyist, Fleming began working on ar t

Art by Sam Fleming.

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Local artist Sam Fleming poses for a portrait by the Mississippi River on Monday. Fleming’s artwork will be shown in the Stone Arch Bridge Art Festival, which runs from June 17-19.

seriously after a trip to New York with his father when he was 14. Seeing all the str eet vendors, he thought to himself, “I could do that.” Fleming’s works are self-described as realistic or grotesque — often a combination of the two. “I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t drawing something,” said Fleming. A 2015 graduate of De La Salle high school, Fleming now attends Macal-

ester College, where he plans to study economics. He lists Pablo Picasso and Kehinde Wiley as ar tistic inspirations. Wiley’s piece “SantosDumont — The Father of Aviation II” piqued Fleming’s interest when he saw it on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. “Wiley was the first artist I ever saw who put African Americans in a realistic por trait style piece. Ever ything I created before

then, I used white people because I just saw Picasso and such,” Fleming said. Today, Fleming’s pieces draw inspiration from political issues and social strife. A piece entitled “East to West” is a callout for peace between East and West coast gang violence. Fleming also contributes cartoons to the MN Spokesman-Recorder, the oldest African-American newspaper in Minnesota. Fleming hopes to self-

PHOTO COURTESY OF SAM FLEMING

publish a book of cartoons. “Ever y chance I get, I’m tr ying to make something,” Fleming said. And his youthful eagerness shows: “I don’t have anything to compare it to, but I know I’m really, really excited and really optimistic. I’m ready to dive in,” Fleming said. Fellow Stone Arch Bridge Festival artist Kaitlyn Stock, 24, is not new to the festival circuit. As the owner and designer for jewelr y company Cecelia Designs, Stock has come to realize that although she is no amat e u r, f e s t i v a l s c a n b e unexpected. “They’re so crazy, and there’s lots of stimulation,” Stock said. “In small towns people don’t want to be talked to. … It’s like an intrusion on their privacy. At

Stone Arch Bridge Festival When Noon – 8 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday Where Stone Arch Bridge, 100 Portland Ave., Minneapolis Cost Free

the Edina Art Fair, if I didn’t talk to people they’d keep walking. They wanted to be tended to.” Fleming is not fazed by unknowingness. “I’ll know a lot of people who will come and support me, and knowing that a lot of people get to see my work is a feeling I’ve never had before,” Fleming said.

FOOD

Eat This: Spitz Mediterranean Popular West Coast-based restaurant Spitz opens in Minneapolis BY JOE CRISTO jcristo@mndaily.com

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his May, a new West Coast Mediterranean streetfood restaurant — Spitz — opened a Minneapolis branch. At Spitz, a variety of wraps and sandwiches are ser ved — all of which feature the traditional method of spit-roasting meat called “doner.” Inspired by a trip that founder Br yce Rademan made to Europe in college, Spitz’s mission is to ser ve traditional Mediterranean food at a cost-ef fective price. “An impor tant element about this business is that it star ted out for college kids,” Rademan said. “It’s the perfect food to soak up all that alcohol after a long night out.” Spitz, which has entrees priced around $9 with sides for $4, isn’t the cheapest food establishment around. But considering the amount of food that is ser ved, it’s definitely a fair price — you basically score two meals for the price of one. I ordered their most popular menu item, the Street Car Doner with a side of thin-cut fries. Each sandwich is made with focaccia

bread or a traditional lavash (flatbread) wrap, along with your choice of protein. I chose chicken and a lavash wrap to keep it classic. The sandwich itself was huge and packed with meat and fillings. It was gooey and easy to eat. The real key to this sandwich is the garlic aioli which is made fresh ever y morning. It’s just the right level of spicy and savory, and the tzatziki sauce helps cool the whole concoction down. Meanwhile, the thin-cut fries were about as good as can be. Spitz covers their fries in herbs and spices and cuts them thin so that they’re crisp on the outside while soft and fluffy on the inside. The Zesty Feta Doner was also well-balanced. I got mine filled with falafel because at a Mediterranean restaurant, falafel is a must. For a side, I ordered fried pita chips and hummus — classic dishes that can either make or break a place like Spitz. They didn’t disappoint. The falafel was crispy and delicious, and the feta provided savoriness that would normally be absent without meat. The pita chips were a bit large and hard to manage but well seasoned. The hummus wasn’t

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extraordinary, but it got the job done. I washed ever ything down with a spicy mango chelada, a traditional Mexican cocktail. Having never tasted a spicy alcoholic beverage before, I wasn’t exactly impressed. To be fair,

though, spicy drinks aren’t my thing. The walls of Spitz are lined with pictures of pop icons, and album sleeves sit above the bar, displaying a wide variety of musical luminaries. Ever ything is decorated haphazardly,

but Spitz doesn’t look like a suburban garage sale. Each table has a dif ferent card game that you can play with your friends or family. The staf f is great, the food is good and the fare is decently priced. All of this adds up to an above-aver-

Spitz’s Chicken Street Cart Doner Wrap with thin cut fries.

RADIO K TOP 7

1. White Lung, Below 2. Big Black Delta, Strange Cakes 3. Pity Sex, Bonhomie

4. A Giant Dog, I’ll Come Crashing 5. Andy Shauf, The Worst In You 6. Anohni, 4 Degrees 7. Fog, Kid Kuma

age dining experience — a fancier version of casual Mediterranean food and liquor. A word of advice: Go during their happy hour — Monday-Friday, 3-7 p.m. — so the price doesn’t sour your appetite.

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CULTURE to CONSUME /

By Sophia Vilensky

Listen to this:

Watch this:

Drink this:

“Stranger to Stranger”

“The Conjuring 2”

The Pink Drink

Paul Simon plays at the Orpheum tonight, but those without tickets can still get a taste of the artist’s new antics. “Stranger to Stranger,” Simon’s 13th solo album since breaking away from Garfunkel — released on June 3 — has received wide critical acclaim. Full of Simon’s beloved silly lyrics and brave new arrangements, the album is ideal for an evening drive contemplating all of life’s quirks. These are the days of miracle and wonder, after all.

Everyone is talking about it, so you might as well check out what the fuss is about with James Wan’s newest film. “The Conjuring 2” is another “true” story from the case files of ghost hunter couple extraordinaires Ed and Lorraine Warren — this time taking place in Enfield, England, in 1977. Since the location is so far away from us, there’s no reason to really be scared, right?.

Starbucks is no stranger to the Instagram world, but the new secret menu item “pink drink” has put the Internet in its largest frenzy to date. Created by adding coconut milk instead of water to a strawberry acai refresher, the taste is reminiscent of a strawberry and cream Frappuccino, minus the icy texture. Luckily, the drink really does taste as nice as it looks. No filter needed.

CRAYONS

Coloring book “Crayola Experience” at Mall of America offers the prospect of escapism — for $24.99. BY SOPHIA VILENSKY svilensky@mndaily.com

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n a Friday mor ning, the Mall of America is still quiet. “Crayola Experience,” however, is already bustling. As a young boy uses motion-sensing technology to dab crayons on a screen, a group of children enjoy themselves in an area dubbed “Scribble Square,” where patrons are encouraged to color anywhere and ever ywhere. They doodle furiously, eventually stepping back to admire their work. “#illuminati” is written across the wall, accompanied by the All Seeing Eye drawn in unmistakable 9-year-old scrawl. Their masterpiece is complete. Having opened in May, the Minneapolis “Crayola Experience” is the third of its kind in the country, after Pennsylvania and Florida. A family destination, the location hosts school groups and birthday parties. As children ran in ever y direction, adults slyly

enjoyed some of the attractions themselves. Print a personalized label for a crayon? Might as well. Watch your drawing “come to life” on a giant screen? Don’t mind if I do. Ilyssa Perez, marketing assistant for Crayola, ran a tour of the 60,000-square-foot concept, kept busy by phone calls as she prepared for a Twin Cities Live feature later in the day. “Can you ask Mike if he can bring the big crayon things to the stage?” Perez asked someone on the other side of a headset. Color is the first thing you notice when you walk into the admissions area of the Crayola Experience. An array of perfectly pointed crayons decorates the admission desk, awaiting the first stroke. Though it was only 10:45 a.m., Betsy Wilker — the Community Education Program Specialist for the Owatonna School Age Care summer program — and the 94 kids enrolled in the program made the hourlong pilgrimage to the crayon mecca. “At first the younger kids were overwhelmed, but then they realized they can just sit and color, and they were OK,” Wilker said. In the midst of activity, Riley, 11; Megan, 10; and Madi,

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Ella Williams, age 7, colors a picture with her mother Kelly and brother Aiden at the Crayola Experience at the Mall of America on Monday.

10 chatted excitedly. Their favorite colors are blue, black, green; purple, magenta; and teal, respectively. Riley, who prefers abstract art, found her calling in the melted wax art area. “So far I think we’ve had a pretty good day,” she said. Is there anything that the girls don’t like? “Brussel sprouts,” Riley said.

“Anything at the “Crayola Experience?” “Um, no.” A gaggle of elementaryaged boys strutted around the space. Too cool for whatever happened around them, a particularly shaggy-headed ragamuffin eventually broke the silence. “ Wa n t t o g o m a k e crayons?” They run.

As the day went on, children ran from one activity to another, ending up at their favorites again and again. At a photo booth station, patrons took home their photos as coloring pages. A young girl posed against a greenscreen backdrop as her mom pressed the button to take a photo. She smiled, double peace signs flashing. “We have to drive all the

way back to Minnesota after this,” Kalbach said. We are in Minnesota! “No … we’re in Crayola World.” Eventually the Rainbow Rain stopped, and everyone retreated into the overcrowded mall. “It’s more than an experience,” Megan said. “It’s an experience … filled with colors.”

MUSIC

Minneapolis fat cats Minneapolis rock band Catbath returns after a six-month respite. BY JOE CRISTO jcristo@mndaily.com

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heir songs are deceptively simple, yet layers of harmonies and shifting rhythmic str uctures give Catbath’s songs a pure, pop edge. After living together, singer and guitarist Travis Franklin and drummer Cr ystal Stocker t founded Catbath in Februar y of 2013. “We didn’t expect much to come of it,” Stocker t said. “I had been playing bass in [the band Skipper] and didn’t consider myself a drummer.” Franklin and Stocker t are long-ter m par tners and have both been in other bands in the Twin Cities. The two share a love for pop songs, but heavier bands like Black Sabbath and the Melvins influence them, too. “Sometimes I refer to how we sound as musical ADHD,” Franklin said. “But eventually ever ything sounds ver y similar to what they were doing in the ’90s — the stuf f I sor t of grew up listening to.” Initially a duo, Stockert began to develop harmo-

nies and background vocals for the Catbath songs Franklin was writing. The band then began to search for a bassist to complete the lineup. Stocker t set her sights on Kristin Kosieracki. “I didn’t know any more eligible bass players in the Twin Cities,” Stockert said. “So I cold called her at the salon she works at in the middle of the day. The woman who answered asked me ‘What’s your name?’ and I sighed and said ‘It doesn’t matter, she doesn’t even know who I am.’” With their sound beginning to fill out, a distinct songwriting process developed. Franklin would write entire songs or a rif f, and the rest of the band would help flesh out the tune. Stocker t and Kosieracki both sung ’60s girl-group inspired background vocals that became an important element of the music. Catbath soon set up a mini recording studio in one of their houses and began live tracking their debut, “It’s Bathtime.” “We used the whole house as recording studio,” Stocker t said. “We moved all the fur niture

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out of the house. We put the mixer in the kitchen, and it became the control room, and each of our amps wer e in separate rooms to isolate sounds. Then we all played live in the living room.” For a time, the band operated as a three-piece, but felt like something was missing. “Most of the songs were written and recorded with second or third guitar par ts in mind,” Franklin said. “So [Matthew Graves], who was just at a lot of shows, joined. Ever ything sounds fuller, and it’s easier to sing, obviously. ” After a six-month hiatus, Catbath debuted their new line-up opening for Skating Polly at the Triple Rock Social Club in March. “The reaction was kind of crazy,” Kosieracki said. “After not playing any shows for a while, it was unexpected how people responded to it.” Their wild live show has already been roadtested with a resume that includes an opening for The Polyphonic Spree’s tour, slots at Summer fest and Vans Warped Tour and

PHOTO COURTESY OF KRISTIN KOSIERACKI

Members of the band Catbath, who play at the 331 Club on June 17.

tours in the Midwest and East Coast. “The Polyphonic Spree thing was weird,” Kosieracki said. “I literally just messaged them and they let us open up for them.” R i g h t n o w, C a t b a t h is looking to finish their second album by fall. The record will be tracked in

Franklin and Stocker t’s house and will be preceded by a two-track single released at the end of the summer. “ We w a n t t o f i n i s h this next recor d really soon,” Franklin said. “But we don’t know a label that can put out vinyl. And if they just do digital

d i s t r i b u t i o n t hen l i k e, what’s the point? We could just do that ourselves.” For the time being, Catbath is focused on live per formances. Their next show is at the 331 Club, where they played their ver y first public show, with Ego Death and Straya on June 17.

By Sophia Vilensky

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Be Heard MN Youth Poetry Slam Send Off Show

Rock the Garden

Minnetonka Symphony Orchestra at the Arboretum

With members ranging from 13 to 19 years old, each year the Be Heard MN youth poetry slam series brings together poets who work to carry on the legacy of youth spoken word in Minnesota. Before they set off in July for the international youth poetry slam in Washington, D.C., the six 2016 Be Heard team members are giving the community a final chance to bid them farewell.

While the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is under construction, The Current’s annual music festival moves to Boom Island Park. Featuring an array of eight acts, from hometown heroes Hippo Campus to Chicago’s Chance the Rapper, the festival will take place on two stages, promising something for everyone. Park yourself down and kick back to the sweet sounds of Poliça. Dancing is encouraged, of course.

Where Rarig Center, 330 S. 21st Ave., Minneapolis Hours 7 p.m., Friday Cost $5

Where Boom Island Park, 724 Sibley St. NE, Minneapolis Hours 2:30 p.m., Saturday Cost $64

With a focus on introducing children to classical music, the Minnetonka Symphony Orchestra will play one of their 10 seasonal shows on Sunday afternoon. Make a day out of it by packing a picnic and enjoying the spring blooms. The music starts at lunchtime — just as your brunch will have begun to settle.

Where Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Dr., Chaska Hours 1 p.m. Cost Free with $12 arboretum admission

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U Rocket Team ready to blast off in Utah The IRE Competition, held in Utah, is host to univeristies from around the world. BY DAVID CLAREY dclarey@mndaily.com

As a University of Minnesota sophomore, Chris Gosch vividly remembers his first official launch on the school’s rocket team — a fier y explosion 80 feet in the air. Now graduated and in the final stretch in his presidency of the University of Minnesota Rocket Team, Gosch is prepared to compete in Wednesday’s Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition with higher hopes and expectations. The annual competition takes place in Green River, Utah, and is the largest collegiate rocket competition in the world. Each year, the team designs its rockets in the fall, building them throughout the spring semester. This year, the team’s objective is to have its rockets reach 10,000 feet and be recoverable after the launch. “It’s a really, really cool and captivating process. You get to see something go completely from something in your head to flying, literally, in front of you,” Gosch said. A part of the team since the summer after his freshman year of college, Gosch has seen the team grow from nine to 60 members. This past school year, the team created a separate group which focused on designing rockets and competing in the Space Grant Midwest High-Power Rocketry Competition, a smaller annual conference. “It was a lot of basic lear ning experience our first year,” Gosch said. “After that year we said, ‘OK, we’ve gotten through this, but next year we’re gonna push ourselves a little

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Rocket structure team lead, David Barwin, looks down the rocket at the camera mount to make sure it is properly placed in Akerman Hall on June 8.

more. Achieve more than we did the previous year.’” Like other teammates, Gosch became involved with the rocket team after taking a freshman seminar on high-power rocketry. David Barwin, who manages the construction of the rocket, discovered the team through the same seminar. He said he was active in sports in high school, and the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition appeals to his competitive nature. “I love to win, and flying and testing my rocket compared to 50 other universities’ rockets is a big draw to the competition,”

he said. The team’s vice president, Alexander Halaszyn, said his passion for rocketry rests in its “importance for humanity” and its capabilities in discovering outer space resources. “Ever y little bit of me that can wants to contribute to that effort,” he said. Michael Siirila, who focuses on the rocket’s engine, said rocketr y has been a lifelong passion for him. “Growing up, I was very interested in science in general, especially chemistry,” he said. When Siirila was 12, his parents bought him toy

rocket kits, and he would cut open the different parts to learn more about how they worked, he said. “It started out like a toy and turned into a little bit of a hobby. Now its very much a passion of mine,” he said. Matthew Ellengold, director of competitions for the IREC, said aerospace industr y exper ts judge rocket teams based on three criteria: flight performance, whether the rocket functions as designed and the team’s ability to analyze the contraption’s performance. “The students come out of this experience actually having an in-depth and

intimate understanding of how the industr y came to those solutions to begin with by replicating them themselves,” Ellengold said. “And maybe, just maybe, in that process you’ll stumble across an answer no one else has.” The University’s team has stood out to Ellengold as one that readily heeds to judges’ critiques and uses advice to refine their future projects. “I look forward to seeing their project this year, with ever ything they lear ned last year incorporated into it,” he said.

This year, the team’s rocket will have an intenal rover that will assist the its landing with a parachute. Once the rover reaches the ground, it will drive on its own — but can also be controlled by the team via radio signal. The rover also has live-feed cameras, Gosch said. “I think that experience of seeing something you put a lot of time and energy into literally leave the ground and go really high up in the air to the point you can’t even see it anymore, it’s just a spectacular one,” Gosch said.

MAKING A ROCKET STRUCTURES The structures team manufactures the rocket’s body tubes and completes final construction of the rocket body. RECOVERY The recovery team designs and creates the parachute of the rocket for safe recovery post-launch.

AVIONICS The avionics team works on the rocket’s altimeters, custom flight computer and ground station.

SIMULATION The simulation team is responsible for the modeling and simulating of different flight scenarios.

PAYLOAD The payload team designs the carrying weight of the rocket, in this case a semiautonomous rover.

PROPULSION The propulsion team designs the engine system of the rocket.

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The University Rocket Team stands with their rocket in Akerman Hall on June 8. The team will be using the rocket at the 2016 Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition this week.

SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ROCKET TEAM

University awards Prince with honorary doctorate The Board of Regents showed unanimous support of the award after decades pending. BY RAJU CHADUVULA rchaduvula@mndaily.com

He went by Prince, then an unpronounceable glyph, and now another moniker has been added to the mix: Dr. Prince. On Friday, the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents unanimously voted to award an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters to Prince. The preeminent Minnesotabor n singer, songwriter, actor, producer and multiinstrumentalist passed away on April 21. William Tolman, chair of the University Senate’s All-University Honors

Committee, said although the award is being conferred posthumously, the final process for honoring Prince began in fall 2015. The approval process requires many documents, such as nominations, letters from University heads, and a list of outstanding accomplishments. The Honors Committee then reviews this package to assess the candidate, Tolman said. There was support for awarding Prince the doctorate from the beginning, Tolman said. The final review package for approval arrived after Prince’s untimely death. Michael Kim, University School of Music director, said Prince was a unique combination of sheer talent, intelligence and persona — among the ranks of Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and

Luciano Pavarotti. The honorary doctorate recognizes both his musicianship and his influence, he said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if other universities followed suit [in awarding him],” Kim said. Even though the doctorate was awarded after his death, attempts to honor Prince began 24 years ago. Prince was first considered for the award in 1992-93 in efforts led by Regent Darrin Rosha. Rosha, who joined the board in 1989, discussed the idea of commemorating Prince with former Board member Alan Page, Hall of Fame football player and retired Minnesota Supreme Court judge. With the cutting-edge, sometimes controversial nature of Prince’s music and

performances, Rosha said he was concerned that the Honors Committee and some regents might question the nomination. Nonetheless, Rosha, along with the College of Liberal Arts, began collecting documents for submission, he said. Rosha said despite t h e s ec r et i v e n omi n ation process, he contacted Prince’s representatives at Paisley Park and asked if Prince was interested in accepting such an honor from the University. His management responded, Rosha said, with Prince’s one-word response to the inquiry — “Cool.” Near the end of 1992, as the nomination process continued, Sting — lead singer of the band the Police — was awarded

an honorar y doctorate from Nor thumbria University in England. Around the same time, Prince changed his name to a symbol. Worried that the University’s commemoration of Prince would bear resemblance to Sting’s award, and unsure of how a committee would react to nominating a “symbol” for a doctorate, Rosha set the project aside. In 1995, Rosha left the Board for 20 years. When he returned in 2015, he decided to revitalize the operation — and this time there was even a Northrop ceremonial concert in the works, Rosha said. “ T h e i n t en t w as t o use the resources to establish a scholarship fund in Prince’s name to benefit kids from his old

neighborhoods in nor th and south Minneapolis,” Rosha said. Unfor tunately, by the time the documents and package were ready for approval, Prince had passed away, he said. Although an honorar y doctorate cannot be given posthumously, University President Eric Kaler reviewed the rules and decided to honor the award because the nomination process began while Prince was alive, Rosha said. “It means a lot that Prince knew how much we respected his accomplishments and how much he meant to Minnesota,” he said. When Rosha inquired about Prince’s interest in the award 20 year later, Prince again replied with one word — “Cool.”

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Lenfestey’s poem anthology creates buzz James Lenfestey published an anthology of poems about bees. BY ELIANA SCHREIBER eschreiber@mndaily.com

For decades, writer James Lenfestey has been enraptured by bees — and he isn’t the only one. Last month, the poet published “If Bees Are Few” — an anthology of poems with the topic of bees at the forefront — and is donating all the proceeds to the University of Minnesota Bee Lab in an effort to help protect bee populations. Some of his friends had considered compiling similar bodies of work, Lenfestey said, because of the prevalence of bee allusions in the poetic canon. Emily Dickinson, for instance, wrote 26 poems featuring bees, nine of which are included in Lenfestey’s anthology. “Almost ever y poet worth anything has written a poem about bees,” said poet and Loft Literary Center teacher Thomas Smith, who has a few poems included in the book. Smith was one of Lenfestey’s English students at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in the 1960s. The two bonded over their interests in environmentalism. Bees are rich in symbolism, making them perfect subjects of poems, he said. “It was a book that was waiting to happen,” Smith said. “If [Lenfestey] hadn’t done it, somebody else probably would’ve.” Lenfestey said he always found bees interesting and kept some of his own in the 1970s. “I’ve been fascinated by bees ever since.” Marla Spivak, entomologist at the University’s Bee

Lab, helped galvanize him to write the book, Lenfestey said. Lenfestey followed Spivak’s pollinator research over the years and decided he had a chance to make a difference. Spivak and her lab will collect the royalties from the book, published with the University of Minnesota Press. Lenfestey has worked with the press before on another book, and the printers were excited to work with him again, said UMP’s Regional Trade Editor Erik Anderson. Anderson said Lenfestey’s passion shows through in all of his projects. The press has published a considerable amount of material concerning Minnesota’s natural histor y, from Department of Natural Resources projects to lyrical memoirs about resource protection, Anderson said, and it was there that Lenfestey’s collection found a home. He said the book’s preorders were ver y strong, showing a public interest in the material. “That [prepublication] buzz was ver y good,” he said. While he doesn’t expect to raise a significant amount, Lenfestey said money from the book raises bee awareness. The relationship between bees and humans is important, he said, which is why humans need to be proactive and help bees when their ecosystems and livelihood are in danger. The Bee Lab recently launched its Bee Arts Program, which uses art to promote awareness about bees, and coincidentally, Lenfestey’s book fit their criteria, Spivak said. “If you look back in art worldwide, the bee is always there because human

BEE-INSPIRED POETS THROUGHOUT HISTORY 6TH CENTURY BCE “Fragment,” Sappho (Greece) 1ST BCE “Georgics Book IV,” Virgil (Italy) 13TH CENTURY CE “When Grapes Turn to Wine,” Rumi (Turkey) 16TH CENTURY CE “Where the Bee Sucks,” Shakespeare (England) 18TH CENTURY “Of A the Airts the Wind Can Blow,” Robert Burns (Scotland) 19TH CENTURY “The Humble-Bee,” Ralph Waldo Emerson (US) “Untitled,” Emily Dickinson (US) 20TH CENTURY “The Lake Isle of Innisfree,” William Butler Yeats (Ireland) “Last Night as I Lay Sleeping,” Antonio Machado (Spain) “The Bee Meeting,” Sylvia Plath (US)

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Former Star Tribune editorialist Jim Lenfestey holds open a copy of his anthology of bee-related poems at his home on Monday. The anthology, titled “If Bees Are Few,” was published with the University of Minnesota Press, and all proceeds will be donated to the University’s Bee Lab.

21ST CENTURY “In the Matter of the Human vs. the Bee,” Sherman Alexie (US) “Bees,” Carol Ann Duffy (England) “The January Bee,” Paula Meehan (Ireland) “Bees,” Diane Fahey (Australia) SOURCE: JAMES LENFESTEY

beings have almost universally recognized the importance of bees to our lives,” Smith said. Bees influence pollination, human food supply and have always been appealing to ar tists of all kinds, he said. “Anthology … means the gathering of flowers,” Lenfestey said. “And if you think of that, referring to the bees, isn’t that kind of a beautiful metaphor for what the bees do?”

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Former Star Tribune editorialist Jim Lenfestey poses with copies of his anthology of bee-related poems at his home on Monday. The anthology, titled “If Bees Are Few”, was published with the University of Minnesota Press, and all proceeds will be donated to the University’s Bee Lab.

Regents approve Kaler’s $3.8 billion budget proposal TUITION INCREASES FOR U OF M

2017 UNIVERSITY REVENUE SOURCES 26.59%

RESIDENT/RECIPROCITY

0% INCREASE FOR CROOKSTON,

DULUTH, MORRIS, AND ROCHESTER CAMPUSES.

2.5% INCREASE FOR TWIN CITIES

16.03%

CAMPUS.

University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler and the Board of Regents talk before voting on the University’s new budget at McNamara Alumi Center on the morning of June 10.

Tuition hikes and mental health funding are part of this year’s budget. BY KEVIN BECKMAN kbeckman@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents approved University President Eric Kaler’s $3.8 billion budget proposal Friday, which included tuition hikes for some. Kaler’s budget plan includes a 2.5 percent tuition increase for resident or reciprocity undergraduates and a 7.5 percent increase for nonresident, nonreciprocity undergraduates on the Twin Cities campus. Tuition will also increase for many graduate and professional students. The plan also provides increased funds for mental health ser vices on the Twin Cities campus. Regents say the increase in nonresident tuition was part of a move to position the University somewhere in the middle of the Big Ten with regard to tuition costs for out-ofstate students. Hikes in nonresident tuition were scaled back from a 9.9 percent incr ease proposed last

“We … are working closely with faculty governance to identify other steps we can take to address this as the comprehensive public health issue that it is.” ERIC KALER University President

month after opposition fr om stude nts. A t t h e Board meeting on Friday, 30 demonstrators showed up to protest the tuition increases, and six students were arrested. Regents had mixed reactions to the budget, which was passed by a 7-2 vote. Regent Patricia Simmons said the budget was a well-thought-out agreement that takes into account a litany of complex factors. “The … thing about this budget that I appreciate is the respect that’s in it,” she said. “Respect for students and their families, respect for the faculty and the employees as we strive to improve our quality … in order to really fulfill our strategic objectives, fulfill our mission and to ser ve the needs of Minnesota.” Regent Thomas Devine said although he supported the budget, he was

concerned about increased room and board costs. Under Kaler’s budget, room and board will increase by 1.2 percent on the Crookston campus, 3.5 percent on the Duluth campus, 1.4 percent on the Morris campus and 3.6 percent on the Twin Cities campus. The Rochester campus will experience no increase. “I don’t think we should be increasing room and board rates much beyond what is the per functor y inflationar y increases,” Devine said. “It’s a pretty significant increase overall in the cost of attendance.” He added that private housing complexes may follow the University’s move in increasing costs. “When we raise our room and board rates that much, that allows the private markets to do the same thing,” Devine said. “They monitor what we do on our room and board

CAMPUS.

SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA BOARD OF REGENTS

rates very, very closely.” Regent Michael Hsu, who voted against the budget proposal, said he had serious concer ns about what he called a “bloated” incremental budget. “We act like we’re poor, but we waste money all over the place,” he said. “We have waste in the system, but we don’t have the will at the board level to look at where the waste is and get it out.” Hsu said he would have liked to see the board have more discussions on areas where costs could be reduced, rather than consistently building on budgets from previous years. “We have opportunities to save money that we’re not looking at,” he said. “[The budget] goes up every year regardless of what the costs actually are.” The budget reallocates $27.5 million in inter nal costs, including $15 million in administrative expenses as part of Kaler’s pledge to reallocate $90 million in administrative costs over six years. Following concer ns from students about

Auxiliary Enterprises

TOTAL EXPENDITURES: $3,060,761,082

SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA BOARD OF REGENTS

CAMPUS.

16.8% INCREASE FOR MORRIS

9.72% 9.45%

Scholarships and Fellowships

4.58%

Institutional Support

Public Service

Research

7.5% INCREASE FOR TWIN CITIES

Instruction

CAMPUS. ZACH BIELINSKI, DAILY

5.73%

7.78%

Student Services

AND ROCHESTER CAMPUSES.

Academic Support

0% INCREASE FOR CROOKSTON, 2.5% INCREASE FOR DULUTH

10.57%

9.56%

Operations and Maintenance

NONRESIDENT/ NONRECIPROCITY

2017 UNIVERSITY REVENUE SOURCES

Sales, Fees, Misc. 9%

Internal Sales 6%

Indirect Cost Recovery 3.6% Auxilary Enterprises 9.3% Gifts & Endowments 6.4%

Grants, Contracts, Misc. 9.3%

TOTAL REVENUE:

$3.8 BILLION

State Support 17.3%

Sponsored Grants 15.3% Tuition 23.4%

Fed. Appropriations 0.05%

SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA BOARD OF REGENTS

insuf ficient funding for mental health resources in the original budget proposal, an additional $200,000 fr om discr etionar y office budgets in the next two years — on top of the $97,200 investment from student service fees — was included to address mental health. The total funding is enough to staff 6.5 full-time mental health clinicians and counselors who will

work with students. “Student mental health is a top public health issue across our system,” Kaler said in his repor t to the Board of Regents. “Our approach to addressing mental health issues on all of our campuses does not end here. We … are working closely with faculty governance to identify other steps we can take to address this as the comprehensive public health issue that it is.”

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Muhammad Ali and activism at the U The famous boxer spoke at the U following the 1969 Morill Hall takeover. BY AARON JOB ajob1@mndaily.com

As many mourned the passing of Muhammad Ali last week, a University of Minnesota student from the 1960s looked back with admiration on the role his humanitarian efforts played in their activism. The late 1960s saw protests and demonstrations ripple across the nation’s campuses. At the University, seven members of the AfroAmerican Action Committee occupied the University’s administrative headquarters, Morrill Hall, on Jan. 14, 1969. The group presented then-University President Malcolm Moos a set of demands to improve racial disparities on campus. By the end of the 24-hour sit-in, the group swelled to about 60 students, and the University pledged to meet an altered version of their demands. “They told us we’d get money [for the black conference], but we haven’t received it. We want to know why they lied to us. We’re just gonna have to hold that cat [Moos] until he drops some coins,” Rose Mary Freeman, then-president of the AAAC, told the Daily in 1969. The students’ activism garnered the draft-refusing boxing champion’s attention and approval. Nearly a month after the protests, Muhammad Ali spoke at the school’s Black Conference. His speech left a lasting impact on many of the student activists protesting both for civil ights and against the war in Vietnam, including Hattie Webb — one of the seven students who initiated the sit-in.

Ali at the University Ali was impressed by the students’ ability to accomplish so much with so little, Webb said. “We were very young, in our late teens and early twenties,” she said. “The only way to change things is to take a stand, which is why Ali was so impressed with us — because there were just a few of us in a predominantly white state, white town and white college that we had the courage to do what we did.” The following month, Ali gave a one-hour speech kicking off the University’s “black conference.” The Daily reported that Ali spoke to an audience of about 500 about “the ideas of black Muslims.” Ali maintained a serious appearance, far from his boastful boxing persona, the Daily noted. “He didn’t come to Minnesota as a boxer, ‘I’m Ali,

and I’m big time,’ or all that kind of stuff,” Webb, who also reported for the Daily at the time, said. “He came here as a humanitarian. He came here to give support to black students for what we had done and what we continue to do and continue to fight.” During the speech, two young black men flanked Ali at the podium, and about a half-dozen others stood along the front of the Northrop stage. Some were dressed in blue denim coats, jeans and black berets, the Daily reported. Ali described the racial conflict in the United States as snowballing and said black people are conditioned by white society “to unconsciously hate ourselves.” “We’re up 100 years from slavery,” Ali said during the speech. “We blacks in America have one common enemy — white America. Black and white [will] never get along because they are two opposites.” Ali then highlighted that he didn’t condone violence or personal hatred of white people. “Not that I literally hate white people. It’s just natures that won’t integrate. … We are not hate teachers; we [are] Muslims.”

Race on campus in the ’60s

As a resident of Hinckley, Minn., her entire life, Webb said she was already familiar with the discrimination she felt during her freshman year at the University. “There wasn’t very many black students. I think 100 total, and that included the football and basketball players,” Webb said. “We were a ver y close bunch. We all knew each other. We sort of became like a family.” Webb said she felt at home with the AAAC, and participating in the Morrill Hall takeover was a step toward better understanding the countr y’s ongoing civil rights issues. “ We m a d e n a t i o n a l news; we made the Walter Cronkite evening news,” Webb said. “Here we were, just a few black students at a time when most people didn’t even know there were black people in Minnesota.” Webb said not ever yone supported the demonstrations. Several student groups protested their occupation, and some professors condemned their actions. “If you look at the old pictures from that time, [police] all had their rifles pointed at Morrill Hall. And that was during the days when students were being killed,” Webb said. “There were a couple of black teachers there who were, even to this day, ver y unhappy with what we did.” To remove the black students from the building, all 50 University of Minnesota

ZACH BIELINSKI, DAILY

Hattie Webb, a University alumna, stands on Sunday in front of Northrop, the place she met and was asked to dinner by Muhammad Ali.

Police Department officers and at least 300 Minneapolis Police Department policemen would’ve been needed, Moos estimated, according to a a Jan. 21, 1969, Minnesota Daily article. At the time, Moos told the Daily he thought the agreement created new avenues for the University to communicate with minority groups and represented a “long stride forward in community understanding.”

Dinner with Ali Webb, whose brother was deployed in Vietnam, said she had hoped to hear Ali’s stance on the war and his decision to dodge the draft. So when he approached her after the speech, she took the opportunity to get to know him. “When he was done speaking … he was walking around shaking hands,” Webb said. “And he just walked up to me and asked, ‘Can I take you to dinner?’ And I said, ‘Me?’ And he said, ‘Yeah, you,’ and I said, ‘Sure.’ ” Web b s a i d s h e w a s raised on boxing; her father was a boxer in the army during World War II, and the sport was influential to her and her brother. When they got to Ali’s hotel restaurant in downtown Minneapolis, Ali told her to order what she wanted, Webb said. She said she ordered pork, not knowing Muslims didn’t eat pork. Webb said Ali was furious and said, “What? I ain’t paying for no pork,” and asked the waitress to bring her chicken instead. He then gave her a five minute lecture on the “evils

MINNESOTA DAILY ARCHIVE

Minnesota Daily archive photo of Muhammad Ali speaking at the University of Minnesota, originally published Feb. 13, 1969.

of pork,” Webb said. Webb said she confided in Ali her feelings on the war and her concerns about her brother. “That’s where my mind was. I was naive, and I was desperate and afraid. He really supported and put a validation on my feelings about the war,” she said. “I think he was the first and only person who ever did at that time.” Webb said Ali gave her his Chicago phone number so that she could keep him updated on her

brother’s status. “My brother was so impressed with that,” she said. Webb’s brother was killed in Vietnam on April 11, 1969. Webb called Ali, who expressed his sympathies and sent a telegram to her parents. “It was a short period of time in my life — just three months — from the time we had the takeover to the time he came to when my brother died. … [Ali] was really my only support system; nobody else really understood,” she said.

Webb said she thinks she was in the right place at the right time, and she’s grateful to have met and connected with Ali at the level she did. “All the stories people were telling, you know, that’s how he was,” she said. “That little bit of time he gave me, just talking about the war, he could’ve just brushed it off. But that’s not who he was. It seemed like in that short period of time, I saw the man, the humanitarian, the ambassador within him.”

Melissa Bean leaves Marcy-Holmes Association Initial interviews for the executive director position have concluded. BY RAJU CHADUVULA rchaduvula@mndaily.com

After 23 years under the same executive director, Marcy-Holmes is looking for a replacement to lead its neighborhood association in the future. Melissa Bean, executive director of the MarcyHolmes Neighborhood Association, will end her tenure this summer to move to St. Louis to continue working on ar t and painting with her husband. The association has already begun to search for her successor. In the more than two decades she led the association, Bean oversaw two neighborhood master plans. She said seeing the community work together to plan for the future was a highlight of her career. “We did a good job of working on that,” she said. Among her achievements, Bean said the beautification efforts she’s helped with stand out as well. As a working ar tist, Bean and her husband, Scott, led ef for ts to bring

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Executive Director of the Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association Melissa Bean poses for a portrait outside of her office on Tuesday, her final day holding the position.

ar tists into the neighborhood association and started the Creative Places Committee. Bean was also integral in reconstructing the A-Mill Lofts, which had deteriorated for much of her tenure. The neighborhood, she said, was able to repurpose the historic building with an artistic flourish.

Jan Morse, the association’s president, said the neighborhood thrived under Bean’s leadership. “[She] was at the center of many accomplishments that helped better the community and the health of the neighborhood,” she said. Morse said a crowning achievement of Bean’s tenure was protesting the construction of walls bordering

I-35W. In 2013, when the city proposed the idea to limit noise in the neighborhood, Bean spearheaded the community’s criticism of the initiative’s potential benefits. Bean said the wall would have blocked light to the neighborhood and attract graffiti. “It was an intense time for the neighborhood,” she said.

Bean’s impact can also be seen in her advancement of MHNA’s operations, Morse said. Bean helped to implement technology across the association, especially establishing email and phone connections, she said. “[She] made the neighborhood [feel] like a small town,” Morse said. John Capecci, MHNA’s secretar y, said Bean “master fully” managed all the changes seen in her tenure. Capecci said Bean was unique as executive director because she worked as an artist at the same time and worked to bring artistic quality to the neighborhood. “Her institutional knowledge of the neighborhood, the surrounding areas and the city was invaluable,” said Chris Lautenschlager, communications director for MHNA and an applicant for Bean’s position.

Finding new leadership

Capecci said applications for the executive director position closed June 10, adding that applicants are from both within and outside of the organization. Morse said the association wants to find someone with a professional and nonprofit

background, along with experience with city contacts. Capecci said candidates don’t need to be from MarcyHolmes, but familiarity with the area would be useful. Any new pick for executive director also needs the ability to handle relations between the city of Minneapolis and the neighborhood, he said. Lautenschlager said Bean plans to stay until June 17, when he will become interim executive director if the search committee hasn’t chosen someone yet. Neighborhood officials said there are many issues the next director will be faced with, like development of the Ninth Street Industrial Area, transportation concerns and local park renovations. The appointee will also need to make connections within MHNA, across surrounding communities and with the University of Minnesota, Morse said. She said the inter view and selection process could take weeks or even a couple months, but preliminar y inter views have already been done. “[The search committee] is not in a rush; it’s important to get the right person [for the job],” Morse said.

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Editorials & Opinions KICKER

Police insurance doesn’t solve the problem Requiring individual officer liability insurance still fails to address many underlying issues.

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dvocates of police reform are pushing for a ballot measure that would require Minneapolis police officers to carry liability insurance. Similar to how car accidents raise your insurance premiums, misconduct would raise the cost of an officer’s insurance, and would essentially price bad cops out of the force. While this may seem like a simple, creative way to deal with rampant police misconduct, it fails to address the underlying pressures of a culture where punishment is not enforced, and would create further tensions among police. In professions ranging from medicine to accounting, it’s easy to get hit with lawsuits over malpractice. To protect themselves, professionals in these fields choose to purchase individual liability insurance to cover the cost of legal fees. In areas of heightened political protest, officers often appeal for liability insurance. The link between an officer’s reckless

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behavior and their worry over ensuing insurance implications is tenuous at best. I highly doubt that an officer making decisions in flight-or-fight scenarios would begin to contemplate their insurance premiums. The long-term pricing-out model in which premiums continually rise thus eventually forcing rogue cops out of the department — another supposed benefit of the insurance measure — is flawed because it overstates the impact of insurance premiums. It is unlikely that paying increased insurance premiums would be consequential enough to force officers out of the market. The provisional amendment is also vaguely worded and logistically inauspicious. There is no system in place to address the “base rate” that may be reimbursed by the city. For example, some officers who consistently work in high-crime areas may be more likely

to face lawsuits, regardless of wrongdoing. It is indisputable that police departments need to hold officers accountable for their actions. Some have suggested that police must be required to live in the communities they ser ve; others suggest officers wear body cameras. There are merits to assessing financial risk; however, individual liability insurance is not the most viable option. One solution would be requiring cities to hire actuarial contractors, who would draft yearly reports on police departments and calculate each officer’s financial risk. The contractor’s findings would then be presented to the heads of internal affairs or city councils. In the end, insurance models are oversimplified and present idealized ways to address police misconduct. Yes, police unions command unjust influence, and oftentimes cities end up paying for officer misconduct. But to address this, it would be more effective to compile actuarial reports on officer risks, rather than rely on finances to price cops out of existence. Jasper Johnson welcomes comments at jjohnson1@mndaily.com.

EDITORIALS A gun violence retrospective: Roots run deeper than Orlando

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n Thursday, 10 people were killed and nine others were injured during a shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon. This is not the first Minnesota Daily editorial about guns. On Sep. 14, we urged legislators not to “postpone a conversation that we desperately need to have.” If another editorial about guns seems redundant, that’s because the problem has become numbing. America has a higher rate of gun violence than any other developed countr y in the world. There have been more than 40 school shootings in 2015 alone. A mass shooting does not seem like breaking news anymore. For many of us, learning of these tragic stories has become routine. Still, we are writing another editorial on guns because we refuse to be par t of America’s resignation to the alarming frequency of gun-related tragedies in our countr y. We are writing another editorial on guns because a shooting at a quiet community college with a low crime rate could have easily been a shooting at a school in Minnesota. We are writing another editorial on guns because staying silent means that we are part of the problem. If you are tired of reading about gun violence, call your representative. Call your senator. Call them again. Make sure your friends do, too. Congress needs to pass common-sense gun control laws, and they need to pass them now. But Congress is gripped tightly by a powerful gun lobby. Unless Americans demand action, gun-related tragedies will remain routine. Editor’s note: The Daily’s editorial board originally published the following editorial on Oct. 5, 2015. EDITORIALS & OPINIONS DEPARTMENT Editorials represent the voice of the Minnesota Daily as an institution and are prepared by the editorial board. CONTACT THE EDITOR Brian Reinken breinken@mndaily.com

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ unexpected success in the primar y has come in spite of the Democratic National Convention blatantly favoring Clinton in debate scheduling, public remarks and committee rosters. It has come in spite of mysterious voter purges, party flips and rule changes in various state primaries. It has come in spite of the press persistently minimizing Sanders by underreporting positive developments inhis campaign (how many of you know who Tulsi Gabbard is?) and by including “superdelegates” in repor ted delegate counts throughout the primar y (many of them pledged suppor t for Clinton before any

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On Sunday, Obama ar ticulated these sentiments: “This is a reminder that attacks on any American — regardless of race, religion, or sexual orientation — is an attack on all of us and on the fundamental values of equality and dignity that help us as a country,” he remarked. While attacks of vitriol may engender fear, solidarity in the face of violence will always triumph. As with Aurora, Newton, Charleston, Isla Vista, Roseburg, and many others — the bloodshed in Orlando has, justifiably, raised public furor. Concerned citizens question the action of elected officials — many of whom vetoed legislation that would prevent people on the F.B.I. watch list from purchasing guns. Some lawmakers voted against classifying anti-LGBT attacks as hate crimes, and some have recklessly accepted campaign funds from gun-supporting special interest groups. And yet, elected officials continue to offer condolences — now rote, as the death toll from gun violence in America has climbed to more than 6,000 in 2016 alone. There is no longer room for prayers or succor. Action must be taken to ban high-powered assault rifles in the United States; combat weapons have no peaceful purpose in the hands of ordinary citizens. With a presidential election looming in November, some candidates will surely make sweeping, populist appeals to gun control. As voters, we must realize that unfettered gun access will continue to have devastating effects on American society if action is not taken. In this election, ever y vote matters — the only antidote to gun violence is our own political agency.

Put healing ahead of political rivalry Helen Teague welcomes comments at hteague@mndaily.com.

KICKER

Put a stop to inhumane pet shops The poor conditions at Har Mar Pet in St. Paul point to a larger issue of animal maltreatment.

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ast week, the GOP held the Republican National Convention (RNC) and officially declared Mitt Romney as its nominee for the 2012 presidential election. The RNC should have been a great opportunity for the Republican Party to defend its views in a bold and honest manner. They could have seized the chance to coherently provide logical arguments as to why President Barack Obama does not deserve re-election. Yet another pet store with unhealthy conditions for animals was unearthed last week — and this one’s a little too close to home. After inspection, Har Mar Pet in St. Paul was discovered to have decomposing hedgehog corpses, hamsters with missing eyes and dogs with respiratory conditions and sores. The animals’ wounds had healed over, meaning they had endured the injuries for some time. Har Mar Pet failed to report them to a veterinarian. Unfortunately, the discovery of sick animals at the shop doesn’t surprise me. I’ve passed by several times while shopping, and the stench emanating from the business was always so powerful I could smell it before entering the store. Naively, I assumed it was normal because it was a small pet store without much ventilation.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR An open letter to Minnesota superdelegates

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votes were cast, but the DNC rules and directives state that such delegates do not have a vote and should not be counted until they are polled on the convention floor). The press has used the ar tificially inflated delegate counts to harp insistently that Clinton’s delegate lead was “insurmountable,” then reporting in primar y after primar y that although Sanders would win (or had won), it would have no effect on Clinton’s delegate lead. The people of Minnesota have made their choice decisively clear. Like many others, we cer tainly don’t want a President Tr ump. It’s evident that our candidate of choice, Sanders, has a much better chance of defeating Tr ump that Clinton does.

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Ultimately, Har Mar Pet’s unhealthy living conditions and neglectful behavior are part of a larger issue. Pet stores around the nation have been criticized for their notoriously poor care of animals. The animals sold in these shops are often the product of backyard breeding operations or puppy mills that involve cramped and inhumane living conditions. The demand for specific dog breeds, exotic animals or “starter pets” — like hamsters and rats — are what keep these reprehensible pet stores in business. Eliminating all pet stores is not a viable option, but it’s crucial to be aware of pet stores with unhealthy living conditions. If you see a sick animal, report it to local animal control or the police. I strongly encourage future pet owners to consider adopting animals from humane societies rather than fueling pet shop businesses that raise animals in cruel conditions. Keelia Moeller welcomes comments at kmoeller@mndaily.com.

“The people of Minnesota have made their choice decisively clear. Like many others, we certainly don’t want a President Trump. It’s evident that our candidate of choice, Sanders, has a much better chance of defeating Trump.” It is time to stand up and declare publicly to the people of Minnesota, and the countr y, where your allegiance lies. Is it with the people of our state and the future of the countr y we all dearly love, or is it with the Democratic Party and their tooquickly anointed presidential pick? Gerald Ganann Daily reader

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ast week, a devastating shooting in an Orlando bar left 50 people dead, including the shooter. Fifty-three more were injured. Days later, the nation continues to reel from the event — described to be the worst mass shooting in U.S. history — and the largest attack since 9/11. Immediately after — before the community surrounding the area, the state of Florida, and the nation could catch their breath — an onslaught of news stories appeared, discussing the ethnicity of the shooter. Yes, situations like this are inherently political. Mass shootings today have political repercussions. But the media’s portrayal of the event is steeped in a long tradition of targeting — and depicting — immigrants as harmful. Immediately following the travesty, Donald Trump tweeted that he “appreciated the congrats” on being right about radical Islamic terrorism. Subsequently, news anchors and television show pundits began the routine dialogue about immigration, terrorism and ISIS. What they didn’t talk about was how to help Orlando. Before we could help the people afflicted by the event, the media immediately began denigrating people outside of our country, and wrongly conflated the religion of Islam with acts of political extremism. Instead of brash profiling, there are real, ongoing initiatives that we should all discuss. Immediately following the shooting, blood donation centers opened. We should be reporting on that. Today, the OneOrlando fund was started by the Mayor of Orlando to provide help to the families affected by the shooting. We should be reporting on that. Politicians and news organizations have the power to positively impact communities. The way in which breaking news is reporter, has real impacts on diverse communities. 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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Six students are arrested by University of Minnesota police for protesting during the Board of Regents meeting in the McNamara Alumni Center on June 10. The individuals were part of a larger group of about 30 who gathered in demonstration to voice their opposition to tuition hikes.

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from students over Kaler’s initial recommendation. The increases will be abated for students whose families make up to $120,000 a year, which will impact about 10,000 students, according to the University. The other five arrested students were Irina Barrera, 27, Max Franz, 20, Melinda Lee, 26, Rahsaan Mahadeo, 34 and Jose Santillana Jr., 32. DeSalvo said she was disappointed about the arrests. “We’re more likely to see a criminal record than our degree,” she said. “It’s just really disappointing and really sad that we all have misdemeanors on our record right now.” Many of the protesters

who demonstrated at the meeting were members of a coalition called Differences Organized, which is made up of about 15 different student organizations, including Whose Diversity?, said coalition organizer Joanna Nunez. “This administration has failed to listen to students multiple times,” said Nunez, a 28-year-old doctoral student in feminist studies and a Whose Diversity? member. “We don’t feel like it’s okay for this University to try [to] fund itself on the backs of both outof-state students and … local communities.” University Spanish senior teaching specialist Mary Pogatshnik, who participated in the protests, said the tuition hikes would burden students who are already overworked as a result of funding their

CSE appoints Samuel Mukasa as new dean Mukasa previously served as a dean at the University of New Hampshire. BY ELIANA SCHREIBER eschreiber@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota announced the appointment of Samuel Mukasa as the new College of Science and Engineering dean Tuesday. Mukasa will ser ve as chief executive officer and chief academic of ficer for the college, which spans 12 depar tments, ef fective August 31. P r e v i o u s l y, M u k a s a worked as a professor of geochemistr y and dean of the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of

New Hampshire. Prior to his work at UNH, Mukasa ser ved as depar tment chair of geological sciences at the University of Michigan. Mukasa completed his undergraduate degree at UNH in geology, received a master’s in geology from Ohio State University and holds a postdoctoral degree in geochemistr y from the University of Califor nia-Santa Barbara. “[Mukasa] will work to preser ve and enhance the excellence of the college and that balance, and he will also collaborate with other campus deans to strengthen the University’s collective mission,” said University Provost Karen Hanson in a statement.

education. “My problem with this is watching students fall asleep in my class, not being able to come to my class, not being able to enjoy my class because they just worked a double shift,” she said. “It’s too much to ask of our undergraduates to assume the fiscal and mental … un-health because of this.” The protests began at the beginning of the Board’s meeting and lasted about fifteen minutes before six of the demonstrators were arrested. The rest of the protestors were warned to leave the building by University of Minnesota Police Department officers. The students were cited for unlawful assembly and released, according to a police report.

DeSalvo said she and the others who were arrested may contest the charges in court. “We’re going to gather as a group and decide how we want to proceed with this,” she said. While Matt Sumera, director of communications for the University’s Office of Student Affairs, declined to say whether disciplinary actions would be carried out by the University, it appears that the arrested students could have committed at least three punishable offenses — refusal toiIdentify and comply, disorderly conduct and disruptive behavior — under the Board’s Student Conduct Code. “There’s nothing we, as an office, can really say about these issues,” he said. “All student conduct cases are

protected by [the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act], and the University is not allowed to speak about them.” Board Chair Dean Johnson said he was advised by UMPD Chief Matt Clark to give the protesters 10 to 15 minutes to demonstrate before warning them they would be arrested if they failed to leave. “They have every right to protest,” he said. “I don’t like to arrest people because of free speech, but having said that, we needed to talk about the budget, the capital projects issue and a whole series of other business. … This is one of our most important meetings that we have in the year.” Some regents, including those who voted for the tuition increase, acknowledged

the concerns of the protesters. “This is real from them,” said Regent Abdul Omari. “Whether we agree with the means by which we saw actions take place … we also represent [those] students.” Kaler said he was disappointed with the protests, adding that the University works hard to address students’ concerns. “We work hard with a variety of things around campus climate,” he said. “I listen to student voices across the spectrum. I respect their point of view, but when you protest a tuition increase that’s reserved only for families, that feels that we’re not representing the fact that we’ve frozen tuition … for low and mostly middle-income [students].”

Former UMD employee sues over sexual orientation discrimination Angie Nichols filed the lawsuit against the Board of Regents last Wednesday. BY DAVID CLAREY dclarey@mndaily.com

A former administrator claims the University of Minnesota-Duluth discriminated against her based on her sexual orientation and disability. In the lawsuit filed against the University’s Board of Regents in Hennepin County District Court last Wednesday, Angie Nichols — the former director of UMD’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Ser vices — alleged that she experienced months of discrimination and faced retaliation after she raised concerns about the school not renewing the contracts

of four openly gay or bisexual UMD women’s athletics coaches. The school’s decision over the coach’s contracts sparked a wave of criticism at UMD from students, advocates, lawmakers and Gov. Mark Dayton. As a result of the school’s decision, a national LGBTQ advocacy group — Campus Pride — struck UMD from its nationwide ranking of top LGBTQ-friendly campuses. After 15 years at UMD, Nichols resigned from her role last September, but claims the school created “an environment designed to force [Nichols] to resign,” according to court documents.

“UMD treated [Nichols] with hostility and retaliated against her because she repor ted sexual orientation discrimination to UMD, made statements to the public that she believed that the four GLBT coaches were terminated due to their sexual orientation, and because she is openly gay and advocated for equality at UMD,” according to the lawsuit. Nichols’ claims follow a lawuit filed last September by three of the coaches who did not receive renewed contracts. The lawsuit asserts that they were discriminated against based on their sexual orientation, gender, age and advocacy for gender equality. In December, three of the former coaches and five

former or cur rent UMD student-atheletes lodged a Title IX complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights against UMD. The complaint af firms that UMD treated women’s athletics unfairly and created a culture of exclusion at the school. Lynne Williams, UMD’s marketing and public relations director, said the school is aware of the lawsuit and “prepared to dispute the allegations through the legal process.” UMD plans to fill the LGBT director position this summer, she said. When reached on Monday, University attorneys said they were not prepared to make comments at the time.

Brazil’s suspended president favors new elections if she is first returned to office BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BRASILIA, Brazil — Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said Tuesday she would favor new elections to help Latin America’s largest nation emerge from a political crisis — if she is first returned to office. In an interview with foreign news agencies, Rousseff said she must first survive an upcoming trial in which senators will decide whether to permanently remove her from office. Rousseff said the countr y was experiencing a

political “weariness” and that many citizens no longer believed in the process. “This has to be overcome,” she said, speaking from the Alvorada presidential palace, where she is allowed to remain while suspended. “If there needs to be new elections, I would be in favor.” Rousseff was impeached and suspended by the Senate last month for allegedly using fiscal tricks to hide yawning gaps in the federal budget. She has repeatedly denied wrongdoing, insisting the proceedings were a “fraud” and a “coup” plotted

by allies turned enemies. She has argued that many lawmakers really wanted her out so as to water down a colossal investigation into billions of dollars in kickbacks at state oil company Petrobras. In the last two years, several top politicians and businessmen have been arrested and jailed in the investigation. Rousseff paid for it politically — much of the graft happened while her Workers’ Party was in office — but she repeatedly refused to do anything that might alter a process she said Brazil badly needed.

In the hour-long interview, Rousseff floated the idea of a plebiscite on her mandate, though she didn’t provide details on how it would work. “I don’t have any problem asking what the people want,” said Roussef f. “In any case, the only way that a president’s mandate should be interrupted is via a plebiscite.” Getting to new elections before 2018, the end of Rousseff’s term, would be a tall order. In order for that to happen, both Roussef f and interim President Michel

Temer, her vice president before getting impeached, would have to resign or be removed from office. Temer’s allies have rejected growing calls from some lawmakers for new elections. Still, a series of scandals hounding his fledgling administration have led to some senators saying publicly that they might rethink their vote. Some of the scandals have included leaked recordings of Temer allies strategizing about how to tamp down the Petrobras investigation, adding to Roussef f’s contention that ousting her

was about that, not about sleight-of-hand accounting maneuvers. Last month, the Senate voted 55-22 to remove Roussef f, one more vote than will be necessar y during the trial to permanently remove her. Rousseff said she spends her days strategizing with activists and friendly lawmakers about how to change senators’ minds. She also said she is working on a letter of intentions to be published sometime before the impeachment trial, offering a new platform should she be returned to office.

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CROSSWORD Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle FOR RELEASE JUNE 15, 2016

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

HOROSCOPES Today’s Birthday (6/15): Family fun takes priority this year. Supporting your partner pays long-term dividends. A home addition this autumn leads to a turning point in your career as you begin a two-year passion phase.

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 — Attend to shared finances today and tomorrow. You’re earning your pay. Heed a call to action. A balanced checkbook is only part of the story.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is an 8 — Focus on making money over the next two days. Track income and expenses, and keep it positive. You’re gaining respect as well as income.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is an 8 — Partnership makes a difference over the next two days. Collaborate on shared goals, and take substantive action.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 9 — Begin a two-day self-confident phase. You’re even more powerful than usual; avoid stepping on anyone.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 9 — Clean up messes at work over the next few days. A creative whirlwind blows through. Come up with inventive solutions as demand for your time grows.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 5 — Peace and quiet soothe your spirit over the next few days. Exercise and meditate. Consider all options before committing.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 7 — Relax and play over the next two days. Ask irreverent questions. Practice your game. Love blossoms when least expected.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 7 — Confer with your allies over the next two days. Your friends are your inspiration. Guard against being impetuous.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 6 — Family matters take center stage for the next two days. A private gift comes your way. Share heartfelt confessions and dreams.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 7 — A professional challenge has your attention today and tomorrow. The financial situation may be unstable. Slow down to navigate rocky waters.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 7 — Get into academic studies, research and writing over the next few days. Don’t cut corners in your work; do the homework. Include new developments.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 7 — Get adventurous over the next two days. Let an exploration carry you off into new realms. Discover something you’ve been looking for.

DR. DATE Dear Dr. Date,

I recently graduated and moved on to the big leagues in more than a couple ways. I’m working a few part time jobs, getting my money up and living in my own apartment. You know, grown-up stuff. I’m even dating this totally gorgeous woman who’s a few years older, so it’s like I’m taking my love life to the big leagues, too. But there’s a problem. Of course there would be a problem once things start going my way for once. I thought it would be amazing to date an older woman: extra maturity, some prior experience in relationships — that kind of stuff. And for the most part things are good, but she babies me constantly. There’s only three years separating our ages, but sometimes it feels like three decades. She’s always talking about how young I am and how there’s so much for me to learn about life, and it’s awful. I get that she’s been around the block a little longer than I have, but come on — I’m still a somewhat smart guy with some common sense. I still want to try to make things work with this woman, but things have got to change. How should I come at this?

—Cougar-ish Cougar-ish,

There’s a word for when a fantasy turns into a low-key nightmare … but I don’t know what it is, so I’ll just call it “The Drake Syndrome.” If you and I were face-to-face, I’d give you dap. Since we’re just talking through a newspaper, though, drag page 12 across your palm and that’s about as close as we’ll get. Yuh. Cool. OK, business time. There’s nothing better than killing two birds with one stone. Except, like, getting two cookies for one request or anything else that doesn’t involve slaughtering wildlife. You just gotta lay it out for your sweet cougar-ish (semi-cougar?) slayer and tell her you don’t wanna get treated that way anymore. If she’s as mature as you say she is, she’ll respect your assertiveness and ability to demonstrate your own maturity. There’s always the small chance that she’s with you because she wants a younger man, but my fingers are crossed that she’s the real deal. If this works (it will), you might get to live the low-level cougar fantasy while maintaining your own strength. Meow. Roar?

—Dr. Date

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SUDOKU Dear Dr. Date,

I’ve been interested in this one guy for quite some time, and we finally started going on some dates this summer. He’s really sweet and funny, so it’s always a good time when we hang out. Also, he’s really cute, so that’s a bonus. Also, though, he’s deeply religious. I knew this about him for as long as I’ve known him, but what I didn’t know was that it meant he won’t have sex until he’s married. To be perfectly honest, I respect his personal choices, but I find nothing wrong with having sex before marriage. I was hoping he would reconsider his stance on the subject once we started getting physically close, but no such luck yet. The closest we’ve ever gotten to doing the deed happened one night when we were both naked but he still refused to do anything further. Then, to my surprise, he started jacking off right next to me. It was super random, and I felt kind of weird about it, but I didn’t want to stop him from doing him, you know? Plus, I’m still hoping we can escalate things physically at some point. What do you think, Doc — is it worth waiting things out and hoping we can do it someday, or should I move on to someone who can give me what I want?

—The Path The Path,

Homie, don’t go chasing waterfalls. That’s a phrase I totally made up and I stand by it. I understand wanting to hold out and hope someone will change slightly to make things easier for the relationship, but this isn’t the kind of thing to actively root for if you ask me. I won’t tell you some silliness about how you gotta love everything about someone as they are for things to work, but what I will tell you is that this guy has clearly set this goal for himself, and it’s probably pretty uncool to try to seduce him out of it. As weird as this sentiment is, the good news is that he’s into you enough to jack off next to you. Ugh. That’s worth … something, at least, I guess. But that’s also about as far as he’s gonna go with you, I assume. If a sexual relationship is what you’re looking for, move on. If you can get by with a relationship that maybe involves anything/everything but penetrative sex, then maybe you two can get to cooking.

—Dr. Date

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WHAT: Music on the Plaza: Cafe Accordion Orchestra WHO: Northrop WHEN: Noon, Wednesday, June 15 WHERE: Northrop Plaza, 34 Church St. SE, Minneapolis PRICE: Free Dan Newton’s Cafe Accordion Orchestra (CAO) performs an eclectic mix full of French flare, Latin heat and Bohemian attitude. The heart of the CAO repertoire is the romantic, Roma-influenced valse-musette. The group complements the musettes with swing, ballads, tangos, cha chas, rumbas and cumbias to create a wonderfully varied show. They inject their music with good humor and expressive abandon. WHAT: Traces: Landscapes in Transition on the Yellow River Basin WHO: Institute for Advanced Study WHEN: 7 p.m., Wednesday, June 15 WHERE: Best Buy Theater, Northrop, 10 Church St. SE, Minneapolis PRICE: Free with admission/membership Photographer Ian Teh presents a series of panoramic photographs of the ever-changing landscapes along the length of China’s Yellow River. Historically a symbol of enduring glory, a force of nature both feared and revered, the river lays claim to the birth of Chinese civilization. Set against the river’s cultural and historical significance and its recent environmental decline, the images aim to explore the delicate balance between development and the environment, as well as the threads of influence from economic to political that form its present outward manifestations.

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