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see, M.artjuan.a, A3 2010 State of the University of Minnesota Address canceled BY ALICIA LEBENS [email protected]
University of Minnesota President Robert H. Bruin inks cancelled his traditional State of the University of JOE OLIVIERI/STATESMAN Minnesota Address on April 1 due to a case oflaryngitis, A transcript of the speech was made available on the Of A registr3.~o~ ~~rker fist bu~_P,_s -~.. ~~-~~~-~-~~ -~-u~_i~~ - ~~~ ~ul_~-c~-~t~-~ -' .. P~_ar~.3.~-~ -~-~~-~~-nt_?.r~-a~~z~~-~-n's_~°.."~--~ar_~~~ d~.i~~- fice of the President's Web site. ln his speech, Bruininks emphasizes the need for fac ulty, staff and administrators to work together with dear More than 1,000 register views of the challenges the university faces. He also men tions that the most difficult decisions are lelt to come. Some of the biggest decisions mvolve the future budget. to donate bone marrow "This year for the first time, tuition contributes sub stantially more to our budget than our state appropria tion, and that trend is all but certain to continue," wrote to DK.MS, who performs lab work on the with his ''got marrow" sticker he said he BY KRISTEN KREBS Brmninks. cheek swab sample and puts individu• registered to "help out." [email protected] In the budget for next year, there will be an additional als that are eligible to give bone marrow 'Td be pretty excited [ifl got matched]," cut of $36 million, bringing the total budget shortfall on the national "Be A Match Registry." Witzany said. "I think it'd be a pretty cool Last Wednesday at UMD, 1,069 people for the l.010-2011 year to $132.2 million. These cuts .1rc Once on the registry, individuals have the experience:· registered to donate bone marrow. attributed to declining public funding, changing demo chance of being matched to ~omeonc in It was people like Witzany that kept The Multicultural Pharmacy Student graphics, intense competition for resources and an in need of a bone marrow transplant. Maggie Kading, the bone marrow regis Organization put on the bone marrow creasing demand for .iccountability. According to a DKMS representative, trdtion drive coordinator, smiling all day registration drive in conjunction with Even with the current economy situation, Bruininks there are more than 10,000 patients annu• long. the largest international bone marrow re• looks to continue with the achievements made by the ally that could benefit from a bone mar· "People's enthusiasm makes me so hap• cruiter organization, DK.MS. university system. Application numbers, student diver row transplant. Donating bone marrow to py," Kading said. More than 100 volunteers, some in sity, scholarship support, retention and graduation rate, a cancer patient means giving them some Kading was inspired to coordinate the white lab coats, worked at the bone mar and levels of student s.itisfaction continue to trend up of your healthy, blood-forming cells that bone marrow drive after St. Scholastica row registration drive; their enthusiasm ward. The system attracts approximately $700 million in the patient lacks because ofhis or her can held two bone marrow registration drives throughout the day undoubtedly caught grants and contacts, supplying tens of thousands of jobs cer. Tue absence of such cells prevents the in the last two years. From those drives, the attention ofstudents, faculty, staff and and continues to close the gap between the university two people saved the lives of strangers community members as they walked by and other top national schools. by being matched and actually donating the Kirby Lounge and the tabling area UMD was praised by Bruininks for forging a national right outside the bookstore. Tot> scene their bone marrow. reputation as c1. regional comprehensive university. was hard to miss with congregations of "People's enthusiasm Statistically, seven to eight individuals people and a plethora of red tablecloths, makes me so happy." out of the 1,069 that registered at UMD balloons and clothing. will get matched to a patient waiting for a Shouts like, "Do you want to save a life -Maggie Kading transplant. Two could be matched in the today?" and "You look like you want to next year. Eligible donors stay on the na· save a life today sir," resulted in people tionaJ registry until the age of 55 unless Bulld9g Taxi stopping for just 10 minutes to register. they request to be taken off the list. As the Statesman reported last week, patient from fighting infection. Those who missed the registration the registration process involves provid Cody Witzany, a UMD junior, was one drive but would still like to register can do Program revived ing a brief medical history and a cheek of the 1,069 individuals who registered to so online through DKMS, https:/ /www. swab. After that, the information is sent donate bone marrow. As he walked away dkmsamericas.org. BY DAVID COWARDIN [email protected]
Worry no more; the Bulldog Taxi Program has been 2010/2011 Student Service Fees revitalized, and students can once again take advantage of the inexpensive transportation. BY SYLVIA KROHN short presentations from the lhe program was on the verge offoldinguntil the UMD [email protected] groups that try to explain Top 10 SSF recipients Administration agreed last month to provide funding for their purpose and request Health Services/Health $1,412,250 the remainder of the academic year. Go to a movie, a museum or a concert for funds. Services capital IMP Bulldog Taxi Director Kara Hargesheimer requested for free this week. Well, actually, you al· Once the committee has $7, I 00 from the administration. According to Vice Chan ready paid for them. finished deliberating on the cellor Jackie Millslagle, the administration will cover any Along with tuition, students are budget they send their rec• Rec Sports Outdoor Prg./ $1,117,737 deficit the program is Jett with at the end of the year. charged a Student Service Fee (SSF) ev• ommendations to the chan RSOP capital IMP "I think we all agreed it was a program that the students ery year. The total amount gets distribut cellor. Alter any appeaJs are liked," Millslagle said. Before agreeing to help i.n funding ed to campus organizations that request a resolved, the budget is finally Kirby Student Center/KSC $1,265,207 this year, Millslagle said they wanted to see the program budget to provide valuable opportunities sent to the Board of Regents capital improvement make changes to avoid future deficits. and services to students. for approval. Hargeshcimer said possible changes to the program "I think it's a really good investment,tt The four organizations Intercollegiate Athletics $698,000 could include higher rates, limited availability and a said sophomore Nicole Brinkman, who that receive the greatest por registration fee. has gone to some Late Night Kirby tion of the funds are Health Kirby Program Board $110,000 This year, the program received $25,000 in student events. "More people should take advan• Services, Athletics, KSC and service fees, however, that amount was not enough to tage of it." the Recreational Sports Out• KUMD $75,000 cover monthly bills and a deficit of roughly $6,000 car• The fee this year was $279.32 per stu door Program. ried over from last year. dent, adding up to a grand total of more "I think it's nice that we What went wrong? The program was simply too pop• than $5 million. Next year projects higher pay extra so that we don't Music Organizations $55,000 ular for it's own good. enrollment, about 400 students more, and have to pay later," said Ex It works like this: a full-time student pays $2 for a the fee will be slightly higher at $293.61. ercise Science major Anika Theatre $47,500 Custom Cab ride and the remainder of the fare is picked After a multi-step recommendation Theisen. "I can just go to one up by Bulldog Taxi. Since so many students, roughly process run by the Student Service Fee of the movies if I want to." Student Association $43,000 3,000 in January, utilized the program, Bulldog Taxi Committee, this money is distributed Not only that, the fee al could not make up the difference. among student organizations that submit lows students to seek out Statesman $40,000 Next year, Bulldog T.1xi will receive $30,000 in stu a budget. The committee consists mostly counseling and medical as dent service fees, $5,000 more thdl1 they received last of students with faculty and staff who re sistance, work out at the year. Hargesheimer hopes that the increase in fund view all budget applications. gym, .ittend tons of events, In these hard economic times, students ing will allow Bulldog Taxi to stay open seven days per "We try to get a good mix of people to take a cheap taxi ride and even have a will want to get the most for their money. week, opposed to service limited to the weekends. be on the committee," said Pat Keenan, school newspaper, all for very little. To do this, Keenan stressed that students Millslagle said the .id111inistration's decision to help associate director of Kirby Student Cen While most organizations' budgets should join a club, read the Statesman, Bulldog Taxi was made out of a concern for student ter (KSC). have remained the same, some have in visit the Tweed Museum or check out safety and convenience. She said she is not positive Applications are submitted to the SSP creased due to construction or increased KSC events. which university budget the funding will come from; Committee who then view a series of operational costs. That decision, she said, will be left to the chancdlor.
INDEX: News: Al -A3 Variety: AS Sports: Bl Outdoors: B4 Opinion: B6 STATESMAN CENTRAL WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7 A2 Movie Listings Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis Zinema 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 222 East Superior St. Across www.zinema2.com 1 Date with an MD 15 218. 722.7300 5 Horse of a certain color 18 9 One of the March girls Disttict 13: Ultimatum {Ban lieue 13 · Ultimatum) (R) 13 Runny fromage 21 Fri : 9:20 PM . 14 "La __ e mobile": "Rigo Sat: 5:10, 9:20 letto" aria Sun: 7:10 PM 15 Declare openly Mon - Thu: 9:15 PM 16 Extremely defensive The Last Station {R) state of mind Fri: 4:50 PM 19 Pablo Neruda work Sat & Sun: 3:00 PM 20 Landlocked Asian sea Mon - Thu: 4:55 PM 21 Spats spots Nine (PG-13) 22 Trial in simulated condi Fri : 7:00 PM tions Sat & Sun: 2:55, 7:00 24 Short orders in a lun Mon - Thu: 4:50, 7:00 cheonette? Crazy Heart (R) 25 Giant Mel 49 50 51 Fri & Sat: 7:10 PM 26 Retired Cunard liner, Sun: 5:00 PM briefly 54 55 Mon & Tue: 7:10 PM 27 '60s protest gp. Thu: 7:10 PM 30 Physical play 57 58 Oscar Nominated Shorts 34 Joint problem 2010: Animation (NR) 35 Pig Latin refusal 60 61 Fri: 9:10 PM Sat: 5:05, 9:10 36 Precipitous start? Sun: 5:05 PM 37 Limoges product Down 29 Headline (in) Mon - Thu: 9:05 PM 38 Gardener's areas 1 Monk's superior 30 Teases 39 Abstinent one 2 Bluenose 31 Beasts of burden 41 Caps or Cat preceder 3 Sappy trees 32 Word processor com- 42 Seedless bit of flora 4 Drug in Shatner novels mand 43 Channel where Susan 5 Like I, in some cases 33 La Scala production Lucci hawks her jewelry line 6 Turow work about first-year 34 Togo neighbor 1) Porn in Tobies park 44 Funny Fey law students 37 Medical imaging proc. 45 Ghoulish ing lot! My siblings are 7 Political commentator 39 Stiffen 49 __ rod: powerful Old Tes- scarred .. Coulter 40 They held Tara's title tament tool 2) is it weird that i am 8 Hollywood's Wood 42 Helsinki native 52 Luminous glow 9 Goofs on the mound 44 "... newt and __ frog": just trying Oatmeal for 53 Objective 10 Activity from below? "Macbeth" the first time in 21 years 54 Sam-I-Am's story 11 Schlep 45 Like some basements now?! 57 Margarine 12 Major rtes. 46 Religion founded in 19th- 58 Condos, e.g. 3) in the library, listen 14 Diminutive celeb sexolo- century Persia 59 Like Cheerios ing to the backstreet gist , 47 Cowboy's rope 60 This puzzle's theme boys, and reading about 17 Like garden smells 48 Small-screen awards according to Twain, it's "a good 18 Not behind 49 Wide-eyed activity-based costing walk spoiled" 23 Frat party garb 50 Woody's offspring and joint cost allocation. 61 Insignificant 24 Assailed 51 Fishing gear Happy Easter to meeeee 62 Prejudice 26 Part of 52 Not fer 4) My 13 year old just 26-Across 55 Wildebeest said "dude" 4 times in one 27 Dirty 56 Driver's lie. info sentence! I told him to 28 Beach sight "be cool man"! 5) watching the search for spock. definitely hope its better than the wrath of khan ... 6) Is on her brother's iPad. 'l1i£ ~OKA\ ~F fCJZZt.El By The Mepham Group
Sexyyyy i 7) Put the bunny rnarsh 8 ' 3 9 9 ma!lows in the eggs and 6 2 5 2 5 1 7 we're gonna have family fun, dammit! Happy Eas 6 7 3 4 2 ter everybody 8) had a zornbie apoca 6 7 8 6 7 9 3 lypse dream last night. 8 5 4 2 6 3 Who knew her subcon scious was that interest 1 4 8 1 9 3 8 ing?? 9) #4 to the casino this 4 3 6 3 4 week .... l think I have a 9 6 8 4 7 1 6 2 problem. 1O) doesn't really under 6 1 5 I 8 stand the Man thong or bikini. Is anyone really into this?! SUDOKU I SUDOKU 2
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Kiwanis SPEAKER: Joseph Makeer, Lost Boy of 42nd Annual Kiwanis TV Auction, April 24th, Sudan tune in to WDIO TV (channels 10 or 13) at Tue. April 13, 7PM-9PM 6:00 PM to help raise money for youth pro Where: Montague 70 grams in the region. Together we can make a difference Trivia Night! Tue. April 13, 9PM-11:30PM Where: Rafters Kirbv Student Center Back by popular demand ... trivia quiz bowl Game f.light: Board Games! style! Free for UMD students. Wed . April 7, 9PM-12:00 AM Where: Rafters UMD Women's Resource & Tickets for TWINS GAME Action Center Thur. April 8, 11AM-12PM Brown Bag: Sexual Assault on College Cam Where: Outside UMD Bookstore puses Game on April 18 Presented by: Sarah Fries of PAVSA (Pro 50 Tickets on sale until sold out. Up to 2 gram to Aid of Victims of Sexual Assault) tickets per person, bring a U-card for each Wednesday, April 14th 12PM-1PM ticket. Where: KSC 268 (in the Multicultural Center) Free 8-Ball Tournament Thur. April 8, 9PM-11:30 PM Student Grief Support Where: Kirby Underground Student Grief Support Group meets Sign up in advanced, in person, or by call ing Wednesday afternoons from 4 pm to 5:30 726 .. 8734. You can just show up the night pm in Kirby 361. of, tool Prizes! Free for UMD students only. Any student who is struggling with grief is welcome. Tickets for TWINS GAME Fri. April 9, 11AM - 12PM Where: Outside UMD Bookstore Local Artist GAME on April 18th The Statesman is proud to announce that Tickets on sale outside UMD bookstore at Joe Olivieri, our beloved Photo Editor, will 11AM. ON SALE UNTIL SOLD OUT Up to 2 be featuring his breath-taking photography . Tickets per person, bring a U-card for each at Pizza Luce for the entire month of April. ticket. Opening reception will be held on Thur. April 15 from 7PM-9PM. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7 A3 Victims have a choice with Weekend drug bust seizes new sexual assault policy $1 million in marijuana BY ALICIA LEBENS arrest. fully increase the number of victims AND KRISTEN KREBS Fl1ote is believed tl, be the he,1d who are willing to come forward [email protected] and of a large network of local, indoor \,\onu~n ·s Reso J with reports. [email protected] growing operations. Another "We weren't getting reports," Pe w,urant w,,s issued 011 Thursday ...~ tt'rsen-Perlman said, "and that's not On April 2, police arrested the to a house at 103 65th Ave. W. in Duluth were Foote was staymg 1 realistic:• alleged ringle,, versity police identified him and he tured in the surveillance photo pic Indirect lending institution loan proce admitted to shoplifting items from tured below was involved and is a dures will change, but direct lending CRIME the store. person of interest. Anyone with in Upon further investigation, it was formc1tion regarding the incident or institution procedures will stay the sarne. found that the suspect had a war whereabouts of the person of inter BEAT rant out for his arrest due to another est is asked to call university police BY KRISTEN KREBS Superior College, use hanks as a BY VERONICA WILSON shoplifting incident, Huls said. at 726-7000. [email protected] middleman to service and initiate The suspect was transported to 'The case is still open and no fur [email protected] loans between the Department ot jail and lodged on account of his ther details about the incident can Education and the student bor 'TI1erc is a part in the health care warrant, according to Huls. He was be released at this time. rower. bill, signed by President Obama also charged with two addition,1] Because the loan is serviced by two weeks ago, that will bring new counts of shoplifting. 11,e male was a private institution, the Depart Student shoplifter and significant changes to student not a student at UMD. ment of Education has to pay th.it loans. 'The bill includes climinat• A 19-year-old male was charged University police would like to re institution up to 4 percent of the ing the Federal Family Education April 2 with two counts of shoplift mind students th,1t there are several loan amount. With the elimina Loan Progr.im. This program uses ing after stealing grocery items from surveillance cameras in the UMD tion of the Federal Family Educa banks as a mid Wanted! .Dt-1tlDp .)fy Oy\ 3 P'-'\o\t (.I Volunteers needed beginning Fall 201 O ~f a.~iil~ ~\d\\$. A~d v~\uo.h\t.. \<.,d~J..~k,f S~l \t~ 1'0 \f 1>\Jf!- 11e SU tt'tt. 3 FREE TANSI ....,_. 111' 10 ~ - ~...... 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Their unique sound Where is your favorite place to play? come out. Let them see that, "Wow, some of and smooth beats make them a band you Brandt: Besides Fitger's, our favorite place my teachers do something different." don't want to miss. They will be playing at to play is usually Madison, Wisc. There's the Brewhouse Fri., April 9 at 10 p.m. always so many friends at our shows in What's your favorite song off your recent The hand will be performing songs from Wisconsin and fans and they're always so album~ their most recent album ''Bring in the Sailst supportive. Brandt: 'I knew' because it's a song I wrote as well as songs otf their older albums like Strahan: It's fun to travel for a gig • you for Dave in the band, his wedding and it "Amelia's Boot." Members of the band make an adventure out ofit, and I've found kind of tells the story about how he and his include Erik Brandt, acoustic guitar and people are more receptive if you're 'not from wife met. It displays this beautiful electric accordion, Chris Jones, mandolin and banio; around here·. Fitger's is great, and I like 331 guitar that sounds like an old cl.issic Jay hawks record. David Strahan, electric guitar; and Mike Club in Minneapolis. BRYAN AAKER/PRESS PHOTO Jones: I love playing folk music festivals the Jones: "Rambling" without a doubt. It's the Shultz, electric bass. Erik Brandt, of the Urban Hillbilly Quartet, most. They appreciate diversity and are usu catchiest song on the record. Following is a Q&A with the band. I w,1s will be at Fitger's Brewhouse on April 9 at ally a great listening crowd. Shaw no has a able to do a phone interview with Brandt and 10 p.m . .u1 e-mail interview with Strahan .rnd Jones. great summertime fest. 1he Forget Summer How did you get into the UHQ~ Arts Festival in Saskatchewan was the bee's Brandt: I started it with some guys I was in What other artists have you worked withr knees. college with while we were finishing college, Jones; llovc Ry Cooder's first four records. Brandt: We've done a lot of shows with and we just won't go away. It's one of those John Hartford's last two records. TI1ese days Romantica. We've only done one show with What else do you do for a living? things that it's what we do. I'm such good I really dig R.1yna Gcllert's solo record and Charlie Parr ... We'd love to do more; he's Strahan: Computer Programmer. Guitar friends witb these people, and what we do is anything by The Hot Club Of Cowtown. amazing. amp sales, studio recording and just about make music. Ifwe didn't make music we'd I've been super digging Old UHQas well Strahan: Real Sippin' Whiskeys, San Fran anything else. drink beer all the time. 1' d rather make "Amdi.1's Boot" .1nd Erik's Green Eyed cisco. Billy Talbot, San Francisco. Ada Jane, Jones: I am a full-time stay-at-home dad money while drinking beer. Record has some of the best songs on it. Minneapolis. Romantica, Minneapolis. who teaches music lessons and performs at Who/what are some of your influencesl Favorite beer? Jones: I play guitar and sing with the award night. I have two great kids, seven and five Brandt: Today, they happen to be the Brandt: I'm Gram Belt premium kind ofguy . winning bluegrass quintet "1he Whistlepigs years old. Jay hawks, the Waterboys, and the Grateful It's awesome and always reliably awesome. String Band." Brandt: I'm a high school English teacher. dead. Ask me tomorrow, you might get some Strahan: Fitger's El Nino, though they are different answers. all great. Where do you usuaUyplay? How is it playing in the band and being a Strahan: Jay hawks, Beatles, Big Star, Uncle Jones: Easy question, anything really hop Brandt: 331 Club or The Turf Club, those teacher? Tupelo, Trip Shakespeare, Neil Young, and py! arc the two main places. We do a wide Brandt: Great. It just leads to a lot of sleep Paul Westerberg. First dance Dlarathon Apple iPad: Good for what? in Minnesota planned BY ADAM WHEELER [email protected] BY EMMA FROMBERG style dances. [email protected] "You can and will learn the Thriller The hype is almost unbear dance if you come," Schimke said. able. It seems like any time Who thinks they can dance for 12 There are already 65 people regis Steve Jobs holds a shiny thing tered for the dance-a-thon, but they hours straight? on a stage there is ,1 collective The new student organization, Dance want more. Last year, the most money fit of excitement from all Ap· Marathon, does. And they want to see raised from a dance marathon was Penn pie product owners. TI1e btest you try. State, who raised $7.S million, accord stroke of genius is known as the The Dance Marathon group, who ing to Schimke. iPad. is working with the Attitudes Dance The Dance Marathon organization It launched this Saturday and group on campus and the Duluth com is still looking for members interested I was fortunate enough to brief munity, is working toward a goal of in helping set up the event, as well .is ly get my hands on one. hosting a dance marathon: a fundraiser sponsors or people willing to donate. Just by looking at it you'd for the Gillette Children's Specialty Midwest Communications is already think someone just stretched Healthcare program where participants helping out with some advertising, but out an iPod touch. It's nearly will dance, among other activities, at an they are hoping to be successful in their 10-inch screen allows you to all-night event next October. fundraising. do everything that you can do The organization formed recently 111e sign-up fee is $20, but Dance on an iPod, just requiring much when Gillette approached a group of Marathon encourages participants to less precision with your fingers. UMD students asking them to host the fundraise for the cause also. Gillette Despite its large and flat marathon. More than 150 campuses supports children and families with shape, it's surprisingly com around the U.S. already have hosted short- and long-term disabilities that fortable to hold in your hands a marathon before, but this will be the began during childhood. TI1ey will be or to lay it flat on a table and first dance marathon to be held in Min inviting patients and their families to play with it. TI1ere are also ac nesota. attend the marathon, and hope that oth cessories you can buy to make The group has high hopes for the er families from the Duluth community it stand up- similar to how you event. The main objective for partici will attend. would use a laptop. JOE OLIVIERI/STATESMAN pants is to stay on their feet for 12 hours, "It's really supposed to go as far to One topic of debate before Students and faculty test out Apple's new iPad at the UMD Store. but organizers will supply them with include the whole community, Jnd it launched was whether or not hopefully statewide," said Bryan more than just music for dancing. Presi go the iPad would be ,l legitimate awkward on the device and the sleek and intuitive and will dent Cedar Schimke said they plan to Burns, a member of the Dance Mara outlet for gaming. TI1is is still one racing game (Need For please anyone tlHt was looking include concerts, deejays, dance perfor thon group. open for debate as there arc Speed) was nothing speci.1I. for a step up from their iPod. mances, games like "Capture the Flag" Anyone interested in helping or par plenty of games yet to be re All the iPod and iPhone ap· It does have a fully function and of course, snacks. Choreographers ticipating can contact the group through leased for it. plications can be found for the ing web browser and a word from Attitudes will also be present to their e-mail address, dmduluth@gmail. But from what [ can tell, first iPad. TI1e biggest difference processor that was not as awk teach dance techniques and different com. person shooters would be very is that many new Jpps can be ward as you'd think. 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