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Grad students mischarged for health insurance

Some students were temporarily charged $950 in the mix-up.
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SPORTS

Diversity advice for university instructors

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Minnesota blew a 16-point lead once Iowa turned to a zone defense.
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Here are some tips to help non-heterosexual students feel welcome.

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MINNEAPOLIS

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MONDAY

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

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LEGISLATURE

Same-sex marriage bills to be introduced

Supporters, hoping to ride the wave of a November victory, still face foes.
BY JESSICA LEE jlee@mndaily.com

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With momentum from the marriage amendments defeat, Minnesota lawmakers will introduce a bill in the coming weeks to try legalizing same-sex marriage. More than 2,000 Minnesotans rallied at the state Capitol on Thursday to drum up support for the forthcoming legislation. Minnesotans United for All Families, which fought the November ballot question that would have constitutionally defined marriage as between one man and one woman, hosted the Valen-

tines Day rally. The group wants Minnesota to join nine other states that have legalized same-sex marriage. Weve been through quite a campaign, weve had quite a debate in Minnesota, and I think its time to consider this debate legislatively, said University of Minnesota law professor Dale Carpenter. While proponents are hopeful, any bill to change marriage laws still faces strong opposition by legislators and the public.
! See MARRIAGE Page 4 A bill will be introduced this week or next. RELATED CONTENT The Us GLBTA Programs Ofce celebrates 20 years ! See Page 4

Minnesota forward Nick Bjugstad keeps the puck from Wisconsin forward Nic Kerdiles on Sunday at Soldier Field in Chicago. The Badgers beat the Gophers 3-2.

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Badgers freeze Gophers outdoors

Minnesota lost its rst outdoor game in the modern era and split its series with Wisconsin.
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games, although many only attended one. Notre Dame defeated Miami (Ohio) 2-1 in the first game. The atmosphere was a hit for the fans. The crowd was evenly divided between Minnesota and Wisconsin fans for the late-afternoon game Sunday. It was amazing, University of Minnesota alumnus Jake Thomson said. A lot of fans traveled from each school. Thompson said he bought his tickets as soon as they went on

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rst outdoor game in the modern era, the Gophers learned Sunday that its nearly impossible to erase a three-goal decit outside. Wisconsin defeated the No. 2 Gophers 3-2 at Soldier Field the football stadium for the Chicago Bears in the second game of the OfficeMax Hockey City Classic. More than 50,000 fans were announced in attendance for both

U to work out kinks of yearround calendar

Financial aid and summer jobs are possible complications.
BY ALEXI GUSSO agusso@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota will implement a year-round calendar pilot program this fall, an alluring prospect to schools around the nation that are under pressure to be more efficient and cost effective. The new year-round option for two College of Design programs mir rors a nationwide trend in higher education. This is the future of higher education, said Edwin Sexton, associate

academic vice president for curriculum at Brigham Young University-Idaho, which went year round in 2007. Colleges cant af ford to just leave their campus sitting empty all summer. Schools see increased tuition revenue, higher student enrollment and year-round facility use as benefits to a trimester system. But schools in a trimester model battle possible complications with financial aid disbursement, employment and inter nship oppor tunities and research conflicts with faculty.
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FACULTY

Prospective faculty members audition

Most candidates give job talks for the hiring process.
BY T YLER GIESEKE tgieseke@mndaily.com

Jazz music screeched loudly for an audience of mostly University of Minnesota faculty members and graduate students as they

waited patiently for musicologist Michael Gallope to explain its signicance. But Gallope, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago, wasnt the traditional lecturer. He was trying to land a job at the University. Many potential faculty members at higher education institutions give

practice lectures as part of the hiring process. These job talks of fer faculty and graduate students the chance to evaluate candidates research and teaching ability. I think [job talks] are absolutely essential, said Keya Ganguly, a professor in the cultural studies and comparative literature de-

partment. Gallope is one of four nalists applying for an assistant professor position within the CSCL depar tment this year. The total number of applications was nearly 600.
! See JOBS Page 4 Graduate students often go to job talks in their department.

DINKYTOWN

Co-op wants to save Dinky

The group is opposed to changes to the areas zoning and character.
BY MARION RENAULT mrenault@mndaily.com

At the University of Minnesotas Students Co-op, the kitchen is the heart of the beast. Racks of spices, containers of grains and a hodgepodge of cans and boxes sit across from a wall dotted with painted stars. The co-opers pull tofu out from industrial-sized fridges and plop dishes in equally huge sinks. They prop their

elbows on the counter to grab a bite over an hour or two of socializing. In a house full of bike racks, mismatched furniture and murals, it seems it all belongs to no one and yet to everyone. Its that sense of sharing and pooling of resources that influenced the group of 29 students and alumni to vote to officially support the Save Dinkytown coalition. The two groups oppose changes to the zoning and character of Dinkytown. The Save Dinkytown group began in response to the for thcoming Opus development, which will re-

place the building that holds House of Hanson, Book House and The Podium. No other student group on campus has ofcially supported the coalition. Resident and University alumna Jilla Nadimi said theres a perception that needs to change that students arent invested in their communities. If you invest in your students, they will invest back in the community, she said. Weve seen that. Student cooperatives are
! See CO-OP Page 14 The co-op is part of a national student housing cooperative. Students Co-op members and guests gather for a Chinese New Year dinner Saturday at the co-op.
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the polar opposite of luxury apar tment projects like Opus, said co-op President Corey Poland. The cooperative, which sits in the middle of University Avenues greek stretch, was originally a fraternity house. During World War II, all but two of the Psi Upsilon chapter members enlisted, forcing the conversion of the former fraternity into the existing cooperative in 1940. The co-op members each own a share of their University Avenue home, which allows them to set low rent rates $300 per month on average with a meal plan included. The cooperative structure, Poland said, is a student housing model worthy of investment. The University districts heavy development could also affect the co-op in other ways, said member Ryan Below, by raising property taxes and threatening historical buildings like the co-ops 105-year-old house. Rebecca Orrison, another student co-oper, said she worries more about the effect of razing older buildings and replacing them with new ones. She pointed to Loring

Former co-op member Alex Beyer leaps into member Andrew Morrisons arms Saturday at the Students Co-op.

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Pasta Bars renovation of an old drugstore as the kind of development she wants to see more. Thats the kind of evolution that allows you to still appreciate the character and historic value of Dinkytown, rather than a Walgreens down the street from a CVS and a six-story shadow cast over Fourteenth [Avenue] and Fifth Street, Orrison said.

The cooperative model

The cooperatives near campus have a vested interest in the increased development because theyre so rare. But at other large universities, like the University of Wisconsin-Madison and

the University of Michigan, cooperatives are well-established on campus. Founding a new co-op on campus requires nding the funds to buy the right kind of building outright, Below said. Oftentimes, he said cooperatives search for large, abandoned buildings to purchase which is made dif ficult at the University because large buildings are often purchased to tear down and develop into newer projects. Funding a new co-op is also dif ficult because the real estate and financing markets often overlook cooperatives, said Ryan Allen, associate professor at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. [In] todays real estate market, the cooperative structure is sort of an afterthought, he said. You either rent or you own, those are kind of the options you have. Since cooperative houses are bought outright, Allen said, theres no payoff for a bank to help finance the original purchase of a house. Co-opers are skeptical of luxur y housing because of the high cost of living, loss of green spaces around campus and the lack of diversity. Theres been a redefinition of what it means to have af fordable housing, Orrison said. Theres an expectation youre going to have to take out loans to pay for the cost of living. An excess of luxur y housing influences students expectations, Nadimi said. If youre going to be more surrounded by luxury apar tments, youre going to think that thats a standard way of living, she said. You are going to want that.

Sharing space, resources, culture

Sharing is more than just caring for the cooperative members: Its a way of life. Food, furniture, appliances and their three bathrooms are shared by 29 people. Its really satisfying to live with people, to share our resources, to share our food, to share our time and to build back up this house a place we all love and cherish, said house member Jennifer Schreiter . Sharing resources also has ecological benets, said Robin Welling, a biological sciences junior. I like the idea of having a smaller environmental impact, she said. For Below, its the sharing of culture that makes the cooperative experience so valuable. The co-op is home to people from Malaysia, Canada, Somalia and Belarus and is not limited to students. Allen said cooperatives are useful places for learning, since students manage a proper ty on their own, with an equal stake in major decisions. Its a good model for helping people learn how to operate in a democratic society, he said. Its also certified by the North American Students of Cooperation, which means its only one of hundreds of co-ops across the country. W ithin the national NASCO community, houses pool their resources. The Universitys house has lent money to other co-ops for things like food and now that theyre looking to expand, they said theyd rely on those connections.