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The key guiding document for the University will go to the Regents for review next week. BY BLAIR EMERSON bemerson@mndaily.com

After a year of discussions, the University of Minnesota’s strategic plan is nearly finished. The proposal — which includes objectives like increasing interdisciplinary work and jumpstar ting diversity initiatives — went through one of its final rounds of feedback on Wednesday. Nearly 100 people gathered in the West Bank’s Cowles Auditorium on Wednesday night to hear the plan and pose questions to administrators, including President Eric Kaler. Many attendees expressed excitement for the plan, and some offered suggestions as officials work to finish the final draft. If all goes well, administrators will launch the plan next academic year. The Board of Regents will review the document next week before its final vote for approval in October, and members of the University community can comment on the plan from Sept. 15-25. The plan includes specific goals like

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Students and parents bring belongings to their apartments on move-in day at The Venue on Friday. The Venue is a new luxury apartment complex on campus.

With two new luxury apartments now open, some Dinkytown business owners are anticipating a boost in revenue.

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the added people will make up for lost prof-

BY ANNE MILLERBERND amillerbernd@mndaily.com

CAMPUS

Local cops help bust crime ring

Four UMPD officers worked undercover part time to assist with a national investigation.

fter summer construction on new

Tony’s Diner owner Tony Nicklow said

Dinkytown kept foot and car traffic at bay,

he thinks his business will benefit from the

about a thousand potential customers made

increased customer base, adding that his

the area their home last week.

location draws customers mostly from foot “More people in Dinkytown is good for

1,000 beds filled and can house almost 350

the business,” he said. “You want to have

more people combined, has business own-

foot traffic; you want to have people in this

ers and others in the University of Minne-

area.”

due to the recent influx of residents. While some area business owners say

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milling the area, he doesn’t believe they’ll

HIGHER ED

Int’l students could bolster economy, report finds With many students at the U on visas, the school wants to help them find local jobs. BY TAYLOR NACHTIGAL tnachtigal@mndaily.com

As international students continue to saturate the nation’s universities, some experts and lawmakers are worried federal immigration policies aren’t offering enough assistance to these students as they attempt to enter local job markets after graduation. Providing that type of help to students, they say, could substantially benefit local

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economies and foster important connections to businesses abroad. From 2001 to 2012, the number of international students in the U.S. boomed from just above 100,000 to more than half a million, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution. And with one of the largest populations of students with F-1 visas in the nation, the University of Minnesota wants to strengthen its programs to better prepare foreign students to enter the local job market and ultimately contribute to the economy. Among other data, the Brookings Institution report released Friday examined the number of international students on F-1

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student visas in the U.S. and their economic impact in 118 metro areas throughout the nation, including the Twin Cities. The repor t’s author, Neil Ruiz, said federal lawmakers haven’t done much to promote the benefits of international students, though it would be in local gover nments’ best interest to allow more students to stay in the area after they graduate. “I think metro leaders and state leaders need to realize that foreign students can kind of serve as bridges back to their growing home markets,” he said. A report on international students by u See VISAS Page 4

Students could shake vote Some campus organizations are pushing for more young voters, which might affect some races.

69.0%

2008

But Burrito Loco owner Greg Pillsbury said while he’s happy to see more people

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traffic.

shall, which reported that they have about

sota neighborhood anticipating changes

A team of University of Minnesota police spent the past 10 months working undercover part time to help bust a national ring of cellphone thefts. Working with local and national law enforcement, the officers helped with an investigation that led to the indictment of 20 members of a Twin Cities-based crime syndicate. Authorities said one low-level associate may have stolen more than $2.7 million in phones over six years. “The UMPD did a lot of surveillance and gathering of evidence, sometimes in the middle of the night,” said police Chief Greg Hestness. “It’s not glamorous, but they supported when needed.” St. Paul police noticed a trend of missing, stolen and fraudulently obtained phones last summer, Hestness said. When those phones seemed to be part of a larger operation, the depar tment turned to UMPD, Minneapolis police, the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the FBI and the Secret Service.

town’s sudden added population.

luxur y apar tment complexes in

The opening of the Venue and the Mar-

BY NICK WICKER nwicker@mndaily.com

48.5%

its, others are less concerned about Dinky-

BY KEVIN KARNER kkarner@mndaily.com

If college students statewide turn out at the polls this Election Day, some experts say they could shake up the election’s results, since voter participation tends to dip in non-presidential elections. “We’re bound to see a number of Minnesota House and statewide elections that will be close, decided by a small number of voters,” said Humphrey School of Public Affairs professor Larry Jacobs. “If students show up, they could be the kingmakers.” While Minnesota is a national leader for youth voter turnout during presidential election years, non-presidential elections still draw far fewer voters — a trend some

RELATED CONTENT Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., came to campus for a rally of student voters on Wednesday night. u See Page 4

University of Minnesota student groups hope to change this year. The state’s last non-presidential election in 2010 drew less than two-thirds of registered voters under the age of 24. Two years later, more than 90 percent of registered citizens in that age range cast a ballot. To attract University students to the polls this fall, several student groups plan to hold events to help them register. “We always partner with as many student groups as we can — College Democrats, College Republicans, Minnesota u See TURNOUT Page 3

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Gov. Dayton: Communication key to Red River diversion plan BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MOORHEAD — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton said Wednesday the notion that Minnesota and North Dakota residents who live upstream from a proposed Red River diversion project are being sacrificed for commercial development in Fargo has some merit. Backers of the project disagree, saying it is meant to protect the current residents. Dayton spent two days in the southern Red River Valley talking mainly with people who are unhappy the proposal includes a massive holding area that would swamp farmland, cemeteries and buildings south of Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead during times of serious flooding. Opponents

believe there’s a cheaper plan that doesn’t require a staging area. Dayton said after Wednesday’s meeting that Fargo authorities “pretty much acknowledged” they have rejected the smalltown complaints in favor of expanding Fargo, and that’s hurting the process. “If you create the best possible working relationships, you are still going to have major challenges,” Dayton said during a briefing. “If you don’t create those working relationships, there’s going to be just gridlock and I think deadlock.” Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Authority Chairman Darrell Vanyo told Dayton during the meeting that the nearly $2 billion diversion was advanced by the

Army Corps of Engineers to protect 200,000 current residents, not to spur development. Vanyo added the authority is not opposed to a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources review that is at the center of the controversy. “The corps of engineers does not take their marching orders from Fargo. The DNR does not take their marching orders from Fargo,” Vanyo said. “So this is not something that is designed in a vacuum and then placed out there as though this is for the purpose of development for Fargo.” Dayton’s comments create a “back and forth” that won’t help the issue, either, Vanyo told The Associated Press. “I don’t know how he got

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Nat’l GOP spends Nuisance claim against $1 million in ads to church moves forward oust Rep. Nolan BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ST. PAUL — National Republican groups are pouring nearly $1 million into advertisements for the 8th Congressional District race in this month alone — the latest and largest sign that the northeastern Minnesota district will be a big-dollar battleground this fall. The National Republican Campaign Committee, House Republicans’ main campaign arm, reserved $960,000 in airtime at Twin Cities TV stations for ads to bash Democratic Rep. Rick Nolan or prop up GOP challenger Stewart Mills, according to public filings. More than 200 30-second spots will start their two-week run next week on an ABC affiliate alone. An NRCC spokesman confirmed the ads will focus solely on the race in the sprawling 8th District, which also includes Duluth’s media market. With the district flipping between parties since veteran Rep. Jim Oberstar’s shocking defeat in 2010, Nolan has been pegged as one of the most vulnerable incumbents come November as House Republicans try to shore up their majority. Outside groups spent millions there in 2012, when Nolan made Republican Rep. Chip Cravaack a one-term congressman and resumed his own political career after 30 years away from Congress. Combined with the latest ads, the race between Nolan and Mills has seen more than $2 million come from outside groups, according to Federal Election Commission records. A Democratic stronghold for decades, the district is one of the few competitive ones this election season. Republicans have also targeted Democratic Rep. Collin Peterson in northwestern Minnesota, but spending there hasn’t matched the fervor in Nolan’s re-election bid. The conservative-leaning U.S. Chamber of Commerce backed Mills early with $500,000 in ads playing up his business background from his family’s company, Mills Fleet Farm.

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MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota judge has ruled that a man who says he was sexually abused by a priest in the 1970s can move forward with his claim that church leaders created a “public nuisance” by failing to warn parishioners about the priest. The case against the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the Diocese of Winona is believed to be the first clerical sexual abuse case nationwide to use the public nuisance theory at trial, attorneys for the victim said Wednesday. The public nuisance claim has already led to the unprecedented disclosure of tens of thousands of church documents and the names of dozens of accused priests, and the victim’s attorneys said Wednesday they will seek even more disclosures. “Failing to disclose information about an accused priest is akin to, and conceivably more offensive and dangerous, than other acts that have been considered public nuisances,” Ramsey County Judge Van de North wrote, adding that acts such as swearing in public have been found to be public nuisances. Lawyers for the church had argued the case should be dismissed, saying it doesn’t meet the legal criteria for a public nuisance, which Minnesota law defines as “unreasonable interference with a right common to the general public.” Tom Wieser, an attorney for the archdiocese, said Wednesday that the ruling shows the judge believes there is enough information under the law to allow the claim to move forward. The Diocese of Winona released a statement saying that it will vigorously defend against that claim. Jeff Anderson, an attorney for the victim, called the ruling a breakthrough in child protection efforts. This lawsuit was filed in May 2013 under a law that opened up a three-year window for victims of past sexual abuse to file claims that were otherwise barred under the statute of limitations. The plaintiff, identified in court documents as Doe 1, claims he was abused by Thomas Adamson in 1976 and 1977, when the victim was an altar boy at St. Thomas Aquinas in St. Paul Park.

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State aims to improve Med School’s rep In August, Gov. Dayton created a committee to revamp the college. BY KAYLEE KRUSCHKE kkruschke@mndaily.com

Gov. Mark Dayton applied to the University of Minnesota Medical School when it was a top leader in medical research decades ago, and now he has set the goal of returning it to its former glor y. After years of concern surrounding the school’s repor ted declining status, members of the Blue Ribbon Committee — which Dayton created last month — have begun forming plans to improve its reputation and fur ther its research. The committee’s list of goals includes expanding the University’s clinical ser vices and taking advantage of Minnesota’s investments in biomedical research. In December, the Blue Ribbon Committee will recommend policy and budget changes to state lawmakers for the 2015 legislative session, said Lar r y Pogemiller, the state’s commissioner

of higher education and a member of the committee. A 2012 external review of the University’s Academic Health Center noted that some faculty, staf f and administration had “great concern” about the Medical School’s reputation and ranking, which the review said have gradually declined. The review also found that those people frequently brought up the school’s status in inter views and sur veys. Par t of the Medical School’s falling reputation is based on the decreasing number of grants it has received from the National Institutes of Health, Pogemiller said. The Medical School’s overall funding has declined along with NIH grants to the University over the past three years, according to annual reports from the Office of the Vice President for Research. Jesse Klingelhoets, an of ficer for the Medical Student Council, said he noticed the school was tr ying to increase its national competitiveness even before the committee formed. “[It was] tr ying to get rid of that ‘Minnesota nice’

modesty thing and tr y to actually brag about the things that we do at the Medical School,” he said. In a 2015 national ranking of medical schools pu b l i s h ed b y t h e U . S . News and World Repor t, the University came in 34th for research and sixth for primar y care. More than a dozen people from both inside and outside the University sit on the Blue Ribbon Committee. They will work to explore which fields of medical research they can “beef up” and ensure that the best researchers are leading those studies, Pogemiller said. Elizabeth Seaquist, a committee member and University professor of medicine, said pursuing medical discoveries will be a critical focus for the group, along with preparing Minnesota’s future crop of doctors. “We need to make sure we continue to meet the manpower needs of the state and are on track to achieve the goals to meet the manpower needs in the future,” she said. More than 70 percent of Minnesota’s physicians have attended classes or earned a medical degree from

LA ruling breaks pro-gay streak BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge upheld Louisiana’s ban on same-sex marriages on Wednesday, a rare loss for gay marriage supporters who had won more than 20 consecutive rulings overturning bans in other states. U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman also upheld the state’s refusal to recognize same-sex marriages performed legally in other states. His ruling was the first to uphold a state ban since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act last year. Feldman himself acknowledged that his won’t be the final word. “Clearly, many other courts will have an oppor tunity to take up the issue of same-sex marriage; cour ts of appeals and, at some point, the U.S. Supreme Court,” he wrote. “The decision of this Court is but one studied decision among many.” Gay rights advocates said they would carr y the case to the 5th U.S. Circuit Cour t of Appeals, which already has before it an appeal by the state of Texas of another federal judge’s r uling that str uck down that state’s gay marriage ban. In 2004, 78 percent of Louisiana voters approved an amendment to the state constitution banning gay marriage. Gay marriage is legal in 19 states and the District of Columbia. Isabel Medina, a professor at the Loyola University New Orleans law school,

said she didn’t see the ruling as a significant road block for gay marriage advocates. Even a 5th Circuit decision upholding Feldman’s ruling would af fect only three states: Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, she noted. It’s likely the Texas case will be the first to go to the 5th Circuit, and cases elsewhere likely will reach the Supreme Court before Louisiana’s, said Professor Carl Tobias of the University of Richmond School of Law in Virginia. Nevertheless, he said, Feldman’s ruling is significant. “It is important, because Feldman is a ver y experienced federal district judge, and no other federal judge has ruled that way at the trial level,” Tobias said in a telephone inter view. Feldman was appointed to the bench by President Ronald Reagan in 1983. Feldman said gay marriage suppor ters failed to prove that the ban violates equal protection or due process provisions of the U.S. Constitution. He also rejected an argument that the ban violated the First Amendment by ef fectively forcing legally mar ried gay couples to state that they are single on Louisiana income tax returns. Feldman sided with the state, which had argued that the nation’s high cour t, in the Defense of Marriage Act decision, recognized the rights of state voters and legislatures to define marriage. “Although opinions about same-sex marriage

will understandably var y among the states, and other states in free and open debate will and have chosen dif ferently, that does not mandate that Louisiana has overstepped its sovereign authority,” he wrote. The conser vative Louisiana Family For um praised the ruling. “This r uling confirms that the people of Louisiana — not the federal cour ts — have the constitutional right to decide how marriage is defined in this state,” Gene Mills, the group’s president, said in a news release. Gay marriage advocates argued that the ban violated constitutional due process and equal-protection rights. “Ever y citizen of the United States deserves protection of their rights, uphill climb or not,” said Mar y Griggs, chairwoman of Forum for Equality Louisiana. Feldman said the Supreme Cour t decision “correctly discredited” the Defense of Marriage Act’s effect on New York law legalizing same-sex unions. But he also noted language in the decision outlining the states’ historic authority to recognize and define marriage. He also said that neither the Supreme Court nor the 5th Circuit has defined gay people as a protected class in discrimination cases. “In light of still-binding precedent, this Cour t declines to fashion a new suspect class. To do so would distor t precedent and demean the democratic process,” Feldman wrote.

Lawyer finds no charges for Brown BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CLAYTON, Mo. — The 18-year-old fatally shot by a suburban St. Louis police of ficer didn’t face any juvenile charges at the time of his death and never was charged with a serious felony such as murder, robbery or burglary, a juvenile cour t system lawyer said Wednesday. Those details emerged at a hearing in which two media organizations sought the release of any possible juvenile records for Michael Brown. An attorney for the Brown family called the effort to get the records “shameful” and motivated by “character assassination.” Cynthia Harcour t, the St. Louis County juvenile office’s attorney, offered the most specific public details on whether Brown faced legal trouble before his 18th birthday — a subject of intense speculation in a case that has garnered global attention. The 45-minute hearing before a St. Louis

County family court judge didn’t reveal whether Brown had ever been charged with lesser offenses as a juvenile. Juvenile records are confidential in Missouri, but under state law, being charged with certain violent crimes removes those juvenile privacy protections. Police have said Brown had no adult criminal record. Joe Martineau, an attorney for the St. Louis PostDispatch, cited an overriding public right to know Brown’s histor y after his early August shooting death by Ferguson officer Darren Wilson sparked more than a week of sometimes-violent protests and drew international scrutiny. “There is interest in knowing Michael Brown’s background,” Mar tineau said. “What we’re asking for here is just verification, one way or the other ... We’re acting in a vacuum here.” A nor thern California journalist joined the St. Louis newspaper in seeking the records. Harcour t said that

“simple curiosity” doesn’t trump the state’s legal interest in protecting minors accused of crimes. “The court of public opinion does not require the release of juvenile records,” she said. Brown family attorney Anthony Gray said that even if Brown did have a brush with the juvenile court system — including for such low-level of fenses as truancy — those details are irrelevant to the question of whether Wilson acted with excessive force. “I don’t know what would be the relevance of that ... after this young man was executed in broad daylight,” said Gray, who attended the hearing but did not speak in court. The civil lawsuit by Charles C. Johnson of Fresno, California, cites a 1984 Missouri Court of Appeals ruling that allowed the release of the juvenile records of an 18-year-old who was killed by a security guard while shoplifting at a supermarket in 1979.

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the school, according to Dayton’s press release. “The future health of Minnesotans depends on what we do now to train the next generation of medical professionals,” Dayton said in the release. Though the committee is helping to address some of the school’s broadest concerns, it will take a limited approach, Pogemiller said. “It’s not our intent to try to assist [Medical School Dean Brooks Jackson] or President Kaler in running the University Academic Health Center and Medical Health School,” he said. The committee will meet a handful of times, Pogemiller said, and is soliciting student, staf f and faculty input from across the University’s health science schools for its

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upcoming mid-September meeting. “We haven’t come to any sor t of suggestions yet,” Seaquist said. “There are a

whole lot of questions that we have to answer about what are the best ways to improve the Medical School.”

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Public Interest Research Group,” said Drew Coveyou, communications director for the Minnesota Student Association. “That helps us broaden our reach.” To target freshmen who may be changing their permanent address for the first time, MPIRG and MSA will canvass dorms on the day before elections, MPIRG cochair Nolan Schmidt said. “More than any segment of the population, young voters are more mobile and less tied to an address,” said Doug Chapin, elections administration expert and teaching specialist for the Humphrey School. “The question of ‘How do I get registered in my jurisdiction?’ can be a barrier.” By tabling at events like the Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence Kickoff and Explore-U, Schmidt

said the groups hope to register 5,000 students. “If they’re on the edge of voting, it’s easier to do it now, instead of at the polls,” he said. “With midterms around election time, it’s really important to register earlier.” Schmidt said similar voter outreach has been successful in the past, claiming that his group’s efforts boosted voter turnout for the last fall’s city election compared to the 2009 mayoral vote. The possibility of low turnout for young voters creates a different electoral landscape for officials who won their races during presidential elections, Jacobs said, like Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., and the DFLmajority state Legislature. Voter turnout can be influenced by whether an individual feels their vote will count or how convenient a trip to the polls is, Chapin said. But he also noted that the most significant fac-

tor is whether a person gets a sense of satisfaction through civic engagement. “Registration goes up as age goes up,” Chapin said. “It has a lot to do with a sense of connectedness — you settle in a community, you own a house, you’ve been there for a while. That’s where the civic duty aspect kicks in.” According to a review of the 2010 Census by Nonprofit VOTE, there was a 34 percent gap in voter turnout between individuals who had lived in their current location for less than a year and those who had resided there for at least five years. While issues like the legalization of marijuana or same-sex marriage tend to capture public attention, Chapin said, smaller elections tend to gain less traction with voters. “Voting for president — we’re all connected there,” he said. “I think not everyone feels that way about down-ballot races.”

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Report calls for more public space

ELECTION 2014

But the University area already has the highest amount of land open to the public along the Green Line light rail. BY JOHN THOMAS jthomas@mndaily.com

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About 50 students gathered on the University of Minnesota’s East Bank on Wednesday evening when Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., came to campus. At the event, Franken discussed issues in higher education, like college affordability, and encouraged students to vote. Some protesters came to the event — one wearing a chicken suit and another holding a sign touting the phrase, “What is Al Franken afraid of?” Franken recently denied the Minnesota Student Association’s request for an on-campus debate between him and Republican challenger Mike McFadden.

Int’l students could help economy Visas

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT AT THE U*

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5,537

5,165

4,716

4,299

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FOREIGN STUDENTS 2012-2013 BY THE NUMBERS

6,178 foreign students AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA $147,454

TOTAL CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMY (LIVING EXPENSES, TUITION AND FEES) BY FOREIGN STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY

2,179 jobs

NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED/SUPPORTED BY FOREIGN STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY

$332,246,000

NET CONTRIBUTION TO STATE ECONOMY BY ALL FOREIGN STUDENTS IN MINNESOTA UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES

13,254 students

TOTAL NUMBER OF FOREIGN STUDENTS AT ALL UNIVERSITIES IN MINNESOTA SOURCE: NATIONAL ASSOICATION OF FOREIGN STUDENT ADVISORS: ASSOICATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS

NAFSA: Association of International Educators found that from 2012 to 2013, international students contributed $24 billion to the nation’s economy through tuition and living costs. They contributed $332 million in Minnesota over that period. Ruiz said this economic impact is cr ucial to local economies, but leveraging international business connections is equally important. Sen. Ter ri Bonof f, DFL-Minnetonka, said inter national students can contribute a lot to local businesses after they graduate and the federal gover nment could do more to keep them here. “Most of the barriers are due to federal immigration policy,” she said. She also said Minnesota should assess what kind of programs the state can develop while the students are in college “so they can work for us when they’re done.” Barbara Kappler, assistant dean of the University’s Inter national Student and Scholar Ser vices, said this is a large concern for many inter national students, which totaled nearly

6,000 at the University last fall. The of fice conducted a sur vey last year of the University’s international students and found their main concern was finding a job after graduation. Takehito Kamata, a graduate student from Japan and president of the University’s Council for International Graduate Students, came to the U.S. as an undergraduate. He said finding a job in order to stay in the states is a burden for many students like him. Additionally, many employers are not familiar with the process of sponsoring potential employees to receive a work visa, Kamata said. As a global leader, Kamata said, it’s impor tant for the U.S. to understand the value of these students and their potential to create inter national connections. Kappler said ISSS is reviewing the feedback from students who took last year’s sur vey and is working to provide the students with more career resources in addition to those it currently of fers, which includes résumé critiques, practice inter views and workshops.

Obama calls Ukraine ‘a moment of testing’ BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TALLINN, Estonia — President Barack Obama on Wednesday harshly condemned Russian aggression in Ukraine as a threat to peace in Europe and pledged that NATO will protect allies who fear they will be Moscow’s next target. Standing on Russia’s doorstep, Obama declared “this is a moment of testing” for the Western alliance to stand up to the Kremlin. At the same time, the Pentagon announced that 200 U.S. soldiers would participate in an exercise in western Ukraine starting next week. Though largely a symbolic move, distant from the conflict with Russian-backed separatists, it would mark the first presence of American ground troops in Ukraine since the crisis began. Obama’s tough words set the stage for a pivotal summit of the 28-nation NATO alliance beginning Thursday in Wales. For years, Moscow seethed as NATO expanded its membership and pushed its reach to Russia’s borders, encompassing former republics of the Soviet Union. The backlash from Moscow was a long time coming, but now Vladimir Putin seems determined to assert Russia’s role as a

great power. Obama offered no new prescriptions for solving the central conflict that has put Eastern Europe on edge: Russia’s monthslong incursion in Ukraine. Multiple rounds of U.S. and European economic sanctions have done little to shift Putin’s tactics, and Obama remains staunchly opposed to U.S. militar y inter vention. Unlike the Baltics and other Easter n European nations, Ukraine is not a member of NATO, meaning the U.S. and other allies have no treaty obligation to come to its defense. Following Obama’s remarks in Estonia, Putin spelled out a seven-point plan for ending hostilities in eastern Ukraine. The Russian leader said the rebels should halt their offensive and the Ukrainian government forces should pull back to a distance that would make it impossible for them to use artiller y and rockets against residential areas. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s office said he was indeed working with Putin on a ceasefire. But Western leaders were skeptical, noting it wasn’t the first attempt to halt the deadly conflict. Poroshenko is to meet with Obama and European leaders on Thursday

on the sidelines of the NATO summit. The West’s inability so far to stem the crisis has compounded fears in Eastern Europe that Putin could feel emboldened to make moves in other former Soviet territories. White House officials said Obama’s visit to Tallinn was meant to both reassure Baltic leaders that the U.S. would defend their sovereignty if that happened and to warn Putin that he would be risking a confrontation with the American militar y should he move in that direction. “We will defend our NATO allies — ever y ally,” Obama said in a speech to young people as well as political and civil leaders. “In this alliance, there are no old members or new members, no senior par tners or junior partners - there are just allies, pure and simple. And we will defend the territorial integrity of ever y single one.” In r esponse to the Ukraine crisis, the U.S. will contribute troops and equipment to a rapid response force in Eastern Europe that would be able to deploy within 48 hours. NATO has already stepped up its air, land and sea rotations in the region. And Obama

announced Wednesday that he would send more Air Force units and aircraft to the Baltics, likely to Estonia’s Amari Air Base. The three Baltic nations - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - have long had an af finity for the U.S., which never recognized the Soviet Union’s nearly five-decade occupation of their territories. After the Soviet Union disintegrated, the Baltics turned to the West and joined the European Union and NATO in 2004, much to the chagrin of Russia. The leaders of Latvia and Lithuania traveled to Estonia Wednesday to meet with Obama. While they welcomed U.S. commitments to the region, they pressed for more, including permanent NATO bases near their borders. Other alliance members are loath to take that step because of a 1997 agreement with the Kremlin in which NATO said it would not have a permanent troop presence of a significant size on Russia’s border. Estonian President Toomas Hendrick Ilves said NATO should have the flexibility to sidestep the agreement because security conditions have shifted drastically since its signing.

The opening of the Green Line light rail has environmental advocates and others evaluating the University of Minnesota’s amount of green space. A repor t released last week says the University and surrounding neighborhoods should make way for more public spaces, as an influx of residents is expected in the area along the light rail in the next decade. The report, released by the Minnesota chapter of the Trust for Public Land, says additional households near the Green Line, which cuts through the hear t of campus, could contribute to the overcrowding of public spaces, including those on and around the University. Despite the report’s findings, University of ficials say they’re not concerned about adding more public spaces. Pamela Wheelock, vice president of University Ser vices, said the University considers green space a priority, but she said the school isn’t planning on converting any of its land into public parks right now. The repor t estimates that as many as 1,600 new households will pop up in the University’s area within the next 10 years. The University and its sur rounding area have a high amount of public space, according to the repor t. About 11 percent of the area is already available for the public, and that number is the highest of any area along the Green Line, the report says. Wheelock said there are already many public places on campus for people to enjoy. Specifically, she mentioned Northrop Mall and the Gateway Plaza near the McNamara Alumni Center. “I can guarantee you that it’s not just the campus community, but [also] members of the public, [who] enjoy those spaces,” Wheelock said. Tim Busse, communications director for University Ser vices, said there is green space around the Green Line on campus, including trees and other landscaping amenities along Washington Avenue Southeast. Although the report says the expected population

PERCENTAGE OF PARKLAND NEAR THE GREEN LINE 1.7% Midway West subarea 2.3% Midway Central subarea 2.8% Downtown Minneapolis subarea 3.2% Midway East subarea

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increase could put stress on public land resources, it also outlines a variety of paths the University could take to achieve a greener, more publicly accessible environment. One option is to begin “stacking” green infrastr ucture onto existing structures, the report said. The University could achieve that by creating parks and green spaces under bridges, power lines or other unconventional, publicly owned land, said Jenna Fletcher, program director of Trust for Public Land. Though the tr ust advocates for a variety of public land uses such as parks and other amenities, Fletcher said there isn’t enough public land when considering the amount of green space that’s needed for a high quality of life in the Twin Cities. Parks won’t be enough to alleviate the coming stress on public places, she said, adding that it will be impor tant to make some privately held land available for use.

WHO says New Ebola fears mount in Nigeria BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DAKAR, Senegal — An ill doctor in southern Nigeria exposed dozens of people to the Ebola virus by continuing to treat patients before his death, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday as it announced the toll across West Africa had surged above 1,900 fatalities. Officials in Nigeria had believed that Ebola was largely contained within Africa’s most populous country after a sick traveler from Liberia brought the disease to Lagos. However, a man who had had contact with the ill visitor later evaded his surveillance and traveled to the oil hub of Port Harcourt where he triggered a second cluster of cases. A Port Harcourt doctor and another patient there are now dead, and the doctor’s widow and sister are sick with Ebola. About 60 other people are under sur veillance after having “high-risk” or “very high-risk” contact with the infected doctor, WHO said. More than 140 others are also being monitored. “Given these multiple

high-risk exposure oppor tunities, the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Port Harcourt has the potential to grow larger and spread faster than the one in Lagos,” WHO warned. Nigeria’s health minister has said there is no reason for people to panic in Port Harcourt. The U.N. health agency, though, said it feared civil unrest and public fear of Ebola could further the crisis, saying “military escorts are needed for movements into the isolation and treatment center.” Nigeria’s Ebola toll so far has been limited in comparison to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea where hundreds have died in each country. Nigerian authorities say five people have died in Lagos, and the doctor in Port Harcourt and the other fatality there bring the national toll to seven. The man who infected the Port Harcourt doctor was later found after a four-day manhunt and is recovering. WHO said Wednesday that the physician continued to see patients after the onset of Ebola symptoms and even operated on two people.

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Dinky business owners look for a boost Housing u from Page 1

have a large impact on his business. “If you’re standing in front of my place and your apartment is 30 feet away and you can get a burrito or you can go make Ramen,” he said, “it just depends on your budget.” The Venue’s leases run anywhere from about $525 to $1,100 per month, according to its website. The Marshall has similar pricing. With both complexes located above fledgling businesses — the Venue is above Goodwill’s Gina +

Will store, and the Marshall sits on top of TargetExpress — the apartments are some of the closest to Dinkytown’s core. But the new residents could bring changes beyond extra business for Dinkytown stores. Book House owner Kristen EideTollefson said she’s worried about a potential increase in crime with the added population, a problem she said businesses will tr y to prevent. But despite those concerns, she said she’s looking forward to the boost in business. The Marshall’s close proximity to campus con-

tributes to the apartment’s appeal, said Susan Jennings, vice president of corporate communications for the apartment’s developer, Education Realty. In turn, residents will likely engage with area businesses, she said. “We have a Target in the bottom floor,” Jennings said. “But then you have that great night life right there in Dinkytown and yet you’re still close to campus.” General Manager at the Librar y Bar and Grill Joe Berg said the establishment didn’t suffer from area construction because the bar has its own parking lot, a

Slain US journalist confirmed to also be a citizen of Israel BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

JERUSALEM — Israel confirmed on Wednesday that slain American journalist Steven Sotloff was also an Israeli citizen, while President Barack Obama vowed to build a coalition to “degrade and destroy” the extremist group that carried out the videotaped beheading. Sotloff’s Jewish faith and Israeli citizenship were not widely known before his death — in part because Israel’s military censor apparently kept a lid on the story for his safety — and his killers may not have known about his background either, since they made no mention of Jews or Israel in the footage released Tuesday. Sotloff, a 31-year-old from suburban Miami who freelanced for Time and Foreign Policy magazines before he was captured in Syria a year ago, became the second American newsman to be beheaded by Islamic State militants in two weeks, killed in retribution for U.S. airstrikes against the group. The video horrified Americans and journalists around the world and touched a

nerve in Israel, where news that Sotloff had connections to the countr y dominated newscasts and brought condolences from Israelis who knew the Miami-area native. “Steve was part of a group of young Jewish Americans who are enamored with Israel and enamored with the Arab world,” said Ehud Yaari, an Arab affairs commentator for Israeli Channel 2 who met Sotloff. “They were dying to know and enter all the dangerous places, and that’s how he behaved.” The killing also put pressure on the Obama administration to act more forcefully against the extremist group that has conquered a swath of Syria and Iraq. “Our objective is clear, and that is to degrade and destroy ISIL so that it’s no longer a threat,” Obama said during a visit to Estonia, using an acronym for the group. “We will not be intimidated. Their horrific acts only unite us as a countr y and stiffen our resolve to take the fight against these terrorists,” the president said. “And those who make the mistake of harming

Americans will learn that we will not forget, and that our reach is long and that justice will be served.” During an appearance in Maine, Vice President Joe Biden declared that the U.S. will pursue the militants to “the gates of hell.” Obama also sought to clean up the political damage inflicted when he said last week that “we don’t have a strategy yet” for dealing with the Islamic State. “It is very important from my perspective that when we send our pilots in to do a job, that we know that this is a mission that’s going to work, that we’re very clear on what our objectives are, what our targets are,” the president said. Paul Hirschson, a spokesman for Israel’s Foreign Ministr y, said on his personal Twitter account that Sotlof f held Israeli citizenship. Israel’s censor cleared the information for publication Wednesday, suggesting the country had tried to conceal the news to protect Sotloff. The Sotloff family could not be reached for comment on his citizenship.

luxur y few other Dinkytown businesses share. The Bridges, a large complex located on University Avenue along Interstate 35W, also welcomed its first residents this year, along with the Rail, a Marcy-Holmes apartment. The Rail rents apartments starting between $450 and $675. Like the Marshall, assistant leasing manager for the Venue Samantha Teller said the location was one of the main selling points for filling the apartment. “Location is ever ything for students right now, especially being right in the hear t of Dinkytown,” she said.

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Creditor wants 75 cents on the dollar to settle debt BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DETROIT — An attorney for one of Detroit’s creditors told a judge overseeing the city’s historic bankr uptcy Wednesday that Detroit could afford to pay 75 cents on the dollar to settle its debt if it sold some masterpieces from the art museum. But an attorney for Detroit told federal Judge Steven Rhodes in his opening statement that the debtrestructuring plan focused first on resolving a dire financial situation and does not discriminate against creditors. Syncora Guarantee attor ney Marc Kieselstein said the debt-restructuring plan would pay some creditors less than 10 cents on the dollar. Rhodes asked Kieselstein the percentage he believed Detroit could of fer the New York-based bond insurer and where the money would come from. “There’s the ar t,” Kieselstein said, referring to city-owned ar twork at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

“You could sell one or two pieces. You can finance some of the pieces to get that number.” Detroit wants to cut $12 billion in unsecured debt to about $5 billion through its plan of adjustment, which must be approved by Rhodes. Most creditors, including more than 30,000 retirees and city employees, have endorsed the plan of adjustment. Syncora, who has said its claims are about $400 million, is not one of those creditors, and has said Detroit’s blueprint for emerging from the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. histor y is unfair for financial creditors. The trial’s second day began with attorney Bruce Bennett explaining that the plan, put together by stateappointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr and his restructuring team, has to be followed in order for Detroit to be stronger and viable. “The city did all of this with the proper purpose of restructuring its financial affairs,” Bennett said,

adding, “The facts will show Detroit has ear ned this court’s help.” During his op ening statements, Kieselstein characterized the city’s plan “so flawed in its structure, so dismissive of basic fiduciary duties and so lacking in evidentiary support that it cannot be confirmed without doing serious mayhem to the rule of law.” The threat of selling the artwork prompted the creation of the so-called Grand Bargain — commitments from the state, major corporations, foundations and others to donate more than $800 million over 20 years to soften cuts to city pensions while placing pieces in the museum into a trust and out of the reach of debtor demands. Pensioners this summer voted in favor of Orr’s plan, which calls for general retirees to take a 4.5 percent pension cut and lose annual inflation adjustments. Retired police officers and firefighters would lose a por tion of their annual cost-of-living raise.

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police help New research on demise U with federal of once-abundant bird investigation The passenger pigeon is a good example of overconsumption. BY PARKER LEMKE plemke@mndaily.com

Billions of passenger pigeons once darkened the skies above North America. Then, in only a few decades, they became extinct. Now, a recent collaboration between researchers from Taiwan and the University of Minnesota’s Bell Museum of Natural History marking the 100th anniversary of the species’ extinction can better explain how humans hunted the birds out of existence. The study highlights why passenger pigeons are still relevant a century after the last of their kind died in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo on Sept. 1, 1914. The team of Taiwanese and University researchers found that the species’ population — believed to have peaked between 3 billion and 5 billion — fluctuated dramatically before mass hunting of the bird for commercial purposes took off in the 19th century. “Usually you think of rare species as being vulnerable to extinction — not super-abundant species,” said Robert Zink, an ecology, evolution and behavior

professor at the University and a researcher for the study. Though humanity’s role in the passenger pigeon’s demise is well-established, former University graduate student and lead researcher Chih-Ming Hung said he wanted to examine the history of its population to find an additional factor to explain the rapid decline. Before moving back to Taiwan to work as a postdoctoral associate at the National Taiwan Normal University’s department of life science, Hung extracted dried tissue samples from the toe pads of four preserved passenger pigeon specimens, a majority of which came from the Bell Museum. Hung and his colleagues were then able to sequence the genomes of three out of the four birds and compare their genetic diversity. “We realized that if we could get a lot of DNA from passenger pigeons, we could answer the question of whether passenger pigeons have always been super abundant,” said Zink, who serves as the Bell Museum’s curator of ornithology. Assistant ecology, evolution and behavior professor Keith Barker, who is the current curator of genetic resources at the Bell Museum, said the samples showed less genetic variation than expected, suggesting a natural

boom-bust population cycle. Before humans permanently disrupted the species’ natural life cycle, Hung said, environmental conditions like nesting habits and the availability of food like acorns played a factor in the passenger pigeon’s fluctuating population.

A contemporar y lesson

Although popular belief has long held that 19th-century Americans shot the passenger pigeons out of the sky until they vanished, Zink said a combination of commercial hunting, recreational shooting and habitat destruction doomed Nor th America’s once most-common bird. “All the local predators put together couldn’t put a dent in their numbers,” said Zink, noting that for people at the time, the birds provided a seemingly limitless source of revenue and nutrition. “This was an era of abundance. No one ever dreamed that you could bring about the extinction of something so common,” he said. “But it turns out, they could.” Barker said what happened to the passenger pigeon serves as an example of how adverse the results can be when human activity is combined with nature’s unpredictability. He pointed to the problem of over fishing the world’s oceans as a

contemporar y example of how resources that seem to be inexhaustible are not necessarily so. “We have no idea where the soft spots of these ecosystems are and how far we have to push things before we get catastrophic change,” Barker said. Hung also cited overfishing as a modern comparison. “People see marine fish as an unlimited resource,” Hung said. “The consumer [doesn’t] care about how [many] are still there.” Other birds today face familiar threats like habitat destruction and the looming consequences of climate change, said Mark Martell, the director of bird conservation for nonprofit organization Audubon Minnesota. “Already we see changes in bird migrations, in bird wintering sites,” Mar tell said. “Going forward, we’re going to have a real impact on birds, other wildlife and certainly humans.” For Mar tell, the passenger pigeon is both a reminder of the harm humans can do and an iconic symbol for conservation. He likened massive flocks that could reportedly take days to fly over a given spot to the buffalo herds that once roamed the Great Plains. “It was probably an overwhelming sight,” he said, “and something we just won’t ever have again.”

Investigation u from Page 1

Members of the crime ring signed up for family plans with stolen identities to get smar tphones and tablets at discounted prices before selling them back to outlets run by the Mustafa family, according to the FBI. The ongoing investigation began more than a year ago and has so far led to the August indictments of the Mustafa family and their associates. A spokesman for U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger said in an email that UMPD was a “key partner.” The University depar tment’s four-member Coordinated Response Team helped with sur veillance and other tasks related to the investigation, star ting about four months after it began, Hestness said. The depar tment hasn’t tracked exactly how many hours the officers worked, Deputy Chief Chuck Miner said. “Sometimes it could be several days in a row; sometimes it could be one day a week,” he said. Miner said there’s not yet any way of knowing whether the rash of violent robberies on and around

“The UMPD did a lot of surveillance and gathering of evidence, sometimes in the middle of the night. It’s not glamorous, but they supported when needed.” GREG HESTNESS University police chief

campus last fall was connected to the Mustafas. But teams of plainclothes officers will observe behaviors on campus and focus on crime trends this fall, Hestness said. Police aren’t the only ones concerned about cellphone theft. A state “kill switch” bill requires smartphone manufacturers to include a remote shut-down function on their products after July 1, 2015. Minnesota was the first state to enact such a law, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., has proposed a similar bill at the federal level. “Our hope is that cutting off the pipeline and ready disposability of the stolen property will mean there is less incentive to steal, rob and commit fraud to obtain phones,” Hestness said.

Biden: We’ll follow terrorists to ‘gates of hell’ BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

KITTER Y, Maine — Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday said America will follow the terrorists who posted videos showing the beheading of two journalists “to the gates of hell.” Speaking at the Por tsmouth Naval Shipyard, Biden said the Islamic State militant group responsible for beheading James Foley and Steven Sotloff won’t intimidate the United States. “The American people are so much stronger, so much more resolved than any enemy can fully understand,” Biden said. “As a

nation, we’re united. And when people harm Americans, we don’t retreat, we don’t forget.” A videotape showing Sotloff’s murder was broadcast Tuesday, two weeks after the same group released a video showing Foley’s killing. Foley was from New Hampshire and Sotlof f attended school there, bringing their killings close to home at the shipyard situated on an island in a river that runs between Maine and New Hampshire. “We take care of those who are grieving and when that’s finished, they should know we will follow them

to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice,” Biden said. “Because hell is where they’ll reside.” Biden’s used “gates of hell” before, invoking it in an October 2012 vice presidential debate when talking about the killing of Osama bin Laden. The vice president visited the shipyard to see the results of an agreement between labor and management that promotes collaboration and efficiency. “This is what industr y should do across the board,” Biden said while visiting with workers in a training area that included

a full-size mock-up of part of a hull from a Los Angelesclass submarine. Joining Biden at the shipyard were Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Rep. Carol Shea-Porter of New Hampshire, along with Reps. Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud of Maine. Shaheen, Shea-Porter and Pingree are up for re-election. Michaud is running for governor in Maine. Biden is a potential 2016 Democratic candidate for president and trips to the shipyard have become a popular stop for those seeking their party’s nomination.

Minnesota police chief apologizes to boy for killing pet chicken BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATWATER, Minn. — A Minnesota police chief apologized to a 5-year-old boy for beheading his pet chicken, more than two weeks after he killed the animal with a shovel and left the head lying by its coop. Atwater Police Chief Trevor Berger told The Associated Press on Tuesday night that he didn’t realize the chicken was a pet when

he killed it Aug. 16. Berger said he went to the house after a neighbor repeatedly complained about a chicken loose in the yard. “I honestly didn’t know that the chickens were his pets,” Berger said. “Once I found out they were his pets, I felt obviously terrible about what I had done.” The boy, Phoenix Turnbull, and his mother, Ashley Turnbull, accepted his apology on Tuesday, Berger said. Ashley Turnbull had said in a complaint to the city that Berger trespassed and committed animal cruelty, the Star Tribune reported. Phoenix often pulled the chicken, named Carson Petey, in a small wagon and snuggled it “like a puppy,” she said. Fowl aren’t allowed under city ordinance, and Berger said he was concerned the bird was a public health issue. “Chickens carry a lot of disease,” he said. The house is across from an elementary school park. Ashley Turnbull said she came home to find the chicken’s head lying by its coop. She said she discarded the head before Phoenix could see it but a child next door announced to him, “The cops killed your chicken!” Berger said he didn’t realize he had beheaded the chicken. “I never meant to leave anything behind,” he said. He said he still plans to propose allowing chickens within city limits at Wednesday’s City Council meeting. The council had asked him to draft the proposal earlier this summer.

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Samsung kicks off battle for holiday spending BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ZACH BIELINSKI, DAILY

Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Karen Hanson and University President Eric Kaler answer a question from the audience Wednesday afternoon at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Administrators held the meeting to discuss the University’s strategic plan draft, which they will present to the Board of Regents next week.

U plan nears completion Plan u from Page 1

decreasing the amount of time staff and faculty members spend in meetings by 25 percent. Of ficials also discussed expanding the University’s liberal education requirements to include curricula on solving large, societal issues, which they call “grand challenges.” Although administrators say the plan will guide the Twin Cities campus for the next 10 years, it will also outline specific steps they will take in the next three to five years. But Joe Konstan, a computer science and engineer-

ing professor who is helping draft the proposal, said at the meeting that sweeping changes won’t come right away. Officials want to slowly build on what the institution is already doing, he said. To fund the initiatives, University administrators will tap into the recent $15 million cut in administrative spending, Kaler said at the meeting. The cut was part of his plan to slash $90 million in administrative overhead by 2019. Donations and state funding will also finance the plan, he said. Kaler appointed nearly 200 faculty, staff members, administrators and students to help develop the plan. Five “issue teams” discussed the

goals of the plan, which include increasing community outreach and recruiting diverse faculty members. Officials could start working the “grand challenges” curriculum into liberal education requirements through a pilot program for honors students or a seminar for graduate teaching assistants, said Renee Cheng, professor and head of the School of Architecture and co-chair of one of the issue teams, at an August meeting. Some students also expressed suppor t for the proposed plan. Sociology senior Christian Glanville, one of the few students in attendance Wednesday, said he was pleased that the plan

calls for more interdisciplinary work. That type of study, he said, often addresses the global issues the University wants to tackle. The proposal also highlights areas in which the University could increase diversity. Susannah Smith, managing director of the University’s Institute for Advanced Study, said she would like the strategic plan to prioritize recruiting minority faculty members. “What I hear when people talk about what worries them a lot about the University,” she said, “is the University of Minnesota has had some spectacular losses of faculty of color.”

BERLIN — Samsung unveiled two smartphones and a virtual-reality headset Wednesday in a bid to draw consumer attention before its fierce rival, Apple, announces its holiday lineup next week. Samsung, whose phones have gotten progressively larger each year, has decided that bigger isn’t better this time. Instead, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4 retains the 5.7-inch screen of last year’s model, but adds a speedier processor, a better screen, better cameras and software to fit more people into selfies. The announcement at the IFA trade show in Berlin comes as Samsung’s smar tphone sales fell 4 per cent in the second quar ter, compared with a year ago, even though it launched the Galaxy S5 in April. According to IDC, Samsung’s share of the global smartphone market fell 7 percentage points to 25 percent. “Samsung needs the Galaxy Note 4 to be a hit,” said Ben Wood, chief of research at CCS Insight. “It has to make up some of the ground it lost as a result of the relatively poor reception to the all-plastic Galaxy S5.” Wood said the new metal-based design of the Note 4 could of fer the kind of premium look and feel that Samsung needs to compete with Apple’s much-anticipated iPhone 6. Apple’s iPhone 6 is widely expected to have a 4.7-inch screen, up from the current 4 inches, to make it more competitive with

larger smartphones made by Samsung and other companies. There has been speculation that Apple may also unveil an iPhone with a 5.5-inch screen, putting it in competition with the Note 4. A computerized wristwatch might come from Apple, too, competing with Samsung’s own smar twatches. Besides the Note 4, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note Edge with a side display for quick access to the camera controls, news and frequently used apps. Ian Fogg, an analyst who follows the mobile industry at IHS in London, said the side display distinguishes Samsung’s phone from others, but Samsung will need to persuade app developers to take advantage of it. Samsung’s earlier attempt to introduce finger levitation, allowing users to hover their fingers over a device and not touch the screen, didn’t take off. Developers didn’t build the technology into their apps. But some of those who got their hands on the Edge at the IFA show were enthusiastic. “Users often don’t know what they want until they see it, and I think this will be one of those features,” said Martin Gicheru, managing editor of Techweez, a technology news site based in Nairobi, Kenya. Alongside its new phones, Samsung launched an eye-catching virtual-reality headset called Gear VR. It uses sensors to gauge the head’s position, giving people an immersive experience with concerts, aerial footage and games.

Guatemala bishop’s killer ran alleged multimillion-dollar jail empire BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

GUATEMALA CITY — A Guatemalan ar my captain sentenced to 20 years for the slaying of a Roman Catholic bishop was charged with money laundering and organized crime for allegedly building a multimillion-dollar illicit prison empire based on threats and corruption. Prosecutors said Wednesday that Byron Lima Oliva took money from

other inmates in return for favors such as prohibited cellphones and appliances, as well as special food and conjugal visits. “Lima represents for many of the inmates the true authority, and so they turn to him to seek transfers, favors and rights. Lima Oliva exerts undoubtable influence in the penitentiar y system,” Ivan Velasquez, head of the U.N. International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala told reporters.

The U.N.-backed team of police and prosecutors targets crime and corruption in Guatemala. Reached by phone, Lima denied the allegations and said he is the target of a vendetta by gover nment of ficials because he prevented extortion and other crimes in the prison. “They are looking for revenge because I did not let them put an inmate in this place ... whom they wanted to assassinate,” Lima told

The Associated Press. Velasquez, Attor ney General Thelma Aldana and Interior Secretary Mauricio Lopez Bonilla announced the investigation, which began last year and identified Lima as the lynchpin of a criminal organization that has been in place for at least 15 years. National prison system director Sergio Camargo, who allegedly received money from Lima, was also charged and appeared

before a judge Wednesday. Lima was expected to be moved to a different lockup, and he said he feared his life could be in danger elsewhere. Prosecutors said at least 12 other people were implicated in the case. Police raided several homes of of ficials and associates of Lima in search of evidence. Lima, 44, has boasted in the past of having a friendship with current President Otto Perez Molina, also a

former soldier, and says he had campaign T-shirts printed for the 2011 election. On Wednesday, he said he also provided the campaign with money from businessmen, delivered through Lopez Bonilla. The president’s office declined to comment Wednesday. Lima was sentenced in 2001 along with three other men for the killing of Bishop Juan Jose Gerardi, an activist clergyman.

Editorials & Opinions

Thursday, September 4, 2014

FINANCIAL AID

DREAM Act has room for improvement Undocumented students face obstacles at a federal level when applying for student aid.

t’s been more than a year since Gov. Mark Dayton passed the Minnesota’s DREAM Act, which allows undocumented students residing in the state to apply for financial aid. By filing an application, undocumented students who aspire to attend college can now become eligible for a Minnesota State Grant if they meet certain requirements. The DREAM Act application does not require of ficial documentation for those who are unable to provide it, but any college hopeful must have graduated high school in Minnesota and be able to prove that they are applying for lawful immigration status. This step toward equality was monumental, and it has certainly provided oppor tunities to those that deser ve them. However, some of this program’s inconsistencies seem to have been overlooked. Federal aid increases or decreases along with a student’s academic credit load, among other factors — students who take a full load of credits or come from a disadvantaged family generally receive more federal grant money.

KEELIA MOELLER columnist

One problem is that undocumented students cannot receive federal aid from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. In fact, the DREAM Act fact page actually warns against applying for FAFSA aid. Without being eligible for this money, undocumented students must resor t to working longer hours, which in turn drives up their income and lowers the amount of aid they are able to receive at the state level. This formula presents no problems to students who are eligible to receive federal Pell Grants. However, undocumented students are legally prohibited from receiving money from the federal government. Taking more credits in turn does not correlate to increased aid from the state. Students hoping to graduate in four years must combat working longer hours to af ford their classes and decreased amounts of time to study. In many cases, this formula forces undocumented students to lighten their

academic workloads in order to maximize the financial benefits they receive from the state. This is rather disheartening for those who are hoping to complete their academic journey in a reasonable amount of time and actually focus on their studies. Even with its drawback, there are still many benefits. Undocumented students are able to pay in-state tuition, receive privately funded aid and still have an opportunity to do this while working on becoming legal residents. It is not perfect, but it is a start. We should not let this discourage the nation from working toward change. With great changes come great flaws, but not insurmountable ones. Regardless, the Minnesota DREAM Act is an enormous step in the right direction. Allowing undocumented students to go to college, find a decent job and contribute to society while tr ying to attain their green cards — and ultimately citizenship — benefits ever yone. More needs to be done to address the gap between state and federal aid for undocumented workers, as having conflicting laws just confuses everyone and benefits no one. Please send comments to letters@mndaily.com.

DAILY DISCUSSION Oppressive Sunday liquor sales laws should be voted on When will Minnesota put Sunday liquor sales laws to a ballot vote? The tragedy about this topic is the lack of discussion throughout the year. The few who champion for Sunday sales are sometimes assumed to be alcoholics, or raging drunks. To the contrary, the person against oppressive liquor laws, perhaps, can be seen as merely questioning unjust business practices. What kind of American wants to be limited in their right to work, their right to vote with their dollar and their right to choose? Why should the taxpayers of Minnesota be prevented from the option to purchase the product they desire on the day they desire to purchase it? I believe that laws regulating when a business should be open or closed monopolizes the market for certain businesses that pay interest groups to keep others closed. I have yet to meet a Minnesotan who agrees with the prohibition of Sunday alcohol sales. Put Sunday liquor sales to a ballot vote, and end this oppressive and unlawful activity for good, for Minnesota. Cheers! Terry Niebeling University student

University should work to preser ve fading languages Some University of Minnesota faculty members in the Department of American Indian Studies are waging a push to create undergraduate major programs for the Ojibwe and Dakota languages, the Minnesota Daily reported Wednesday. There’s an alarmingly small number of people currently alive who speak this language, and it must be a part of the University’s mission to do all it reasonably can to help prevent these languages from disappearing. We praise those faculty members advocating for these major programs and hope they get the support they need. The Minnesota Daily Editorial Board CONTACT THE EDITOR Martin Jaakola mjaakola@mndaily.com @mjaakola1

The backpacks are full of new pencils, erasers and notebooks. There’s a buzz in the air as kids prepare to head of f to school again to tackle a new year of classes and activities. So here’s a tip for drivers on roads, starting this week: Put down your phones and pay more attention. Star ting Tuesday, there will be a noticeable increase in traf fic as fall classes begin. Buses will be r unning, students will be walking and biking to school and many parents will be driving their kids to school. It’s time for all motorists to pay lots of attention to what’s going on. Tragedy is lightning fast. That’s not just a trumped-up warning.

EDITORIALS New Light Rail line bill passed May help reduce traffic, but further investments needed.

he Minneapolis City Council approved the Southwest Light Rail Transit Project in a 10-3 vote Friday, providing the final consent necessary to begin construction. Scheduled to open in 2019, the Southwest Corridor is estimated to cost $1.65 billion. The route will begin in downtown Minneapolis and connect with St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Minnetonka and Eden Prairie. The project’s proponents believe the Southwest line will reduce traffic congestion on major freeways and provide a more affordable transportation option for low-income commuters. Opponents of the SWLRT Project, however, worry that the extension will damage the water table or the chain of lakes. Several council members expressed concern about voting before the publication of an updated review of the project’s environmental effects. Since the vote already commenced, regardless of these concerns, some of the plan’s opponents are planning to sue. Other critics of the SWLRT project argue that taxpayers are being forced to fund a route that does little to benefit the residents of downtown Minneapolis. The 21st Street station, in particular, attracted criticism for its low-density population and wooded surroundings. While we commend the Minneapolis City Council for taking steps to improve the city’s public transportation options, we also hope to see further projects directed at improving public transportation for residents living in the downtown Minneapolis area. Investment in city buses could help to extend bus routes to neglected areas, improve lighting and shelters around bus stations, and increase the number of buses servicing heavily trafficked areas.

Updated bus line begins circulating The University Avenue campus bus line is now in a pilot stage.

Helen Teague welcomes comments at hteague@mndaily.com.

POLITICS

Even Obama requires a break The president needs a welldeserved vacation to recharge.

ate last month, President Barack Obama returned from a two-week vacation to Martha’s Vineyard, an island off of the coast of Dukes Country, Mass. His time out of the Oval Office prompted many Republicans, and even some Democrats, to criticize Obama for taking time off during major news events. Despite the fact that there’s a wealth of important international issues at the forefront today, Obama was justified in taking a vacation with his family. First, negative events, both domestic and international, are always happening. Due to the burdens placed upon the job of being president, who knows when his next vacation would be scheduled for. Perhaps when he leaves office in 2017? Moreover, workers need vacation time in order to relax and rejuvenate. Vacations enhance worker productivity and reduce stress. This is especially true for national leaders, as their jobs are arguably the most stressful positions that can be undertaken. Also, when we consider how connected world leaders must be to their jobs, one

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Our view: No room for distraction in school zones

In July, a Minnesota woman on a bicycle pulling a passenger trailer holding her young daughters was hit by a distracted driver. The driver was using his cellphone to do mobile banking, looking at the phone and listening to menu options on the voice recorder, the criminal complaint said. Two weeks ago, an 11-year-old Nor th Branch boy died of his injuries after being struck while walking with his father on the side of a road. Glancing down at a text or checking a cellphone for messages is more than enough time for disaster to happen. Students walking to and from school also have a responsibility to pay attention to what they’re doing. Cellphones shouldn’t be the focus of attention as students cross roads. And young adult

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RONALD DIXON columnist

could argue that Obama’s “vacation” wasn’t much of a vacation at all. He even took an extended break from the trip to head back to Washington. Finally, is it really fair to critique Obama for taking vacations when other presidents have taken far more time off during their tenures in office? For example, as of Aug. 22, Obama had taken only 138 days of vacation, whereas George W. Bush had used 407 days by the same point in his presidency. Ronald Reagan had a total of 349 days. Finally, the GOP-controlled House is slated to work for only 112 days throughout the entire year, showing that the “do nothing” Congress works far less often than the President. Ultimately, ever yone needs a break, including the leader of the country. Ronald Dixon welcomes comments at rdixon@mndaily.com

drivers need to put their phones away as they drive. At one Mankato intersection, you can see young drivers lined up at a stoplight in the morning, looking down, texting as they wait for the light to turn green. Drivers behind them often have to beep to get them to move — and who knows if they are noticing pedestrians as they are jarred into awareness and accelerate through the intersection. It’s illegal to text and drive — even when sitting at a traf fic light. Drivers of all ages need to get their priorities straight when taking to the road and make driving their focus — or the consequences could change a number of lives in a flash. This originally appeared in the Mankato Free Press on Sept. 1, 2014. Please send comments to letters@mndaily.com.

ith the addition of a few new campus bus stops as well as the University Avenue Circulator line, students have an increased number of options available to them. This increase in access to convenient, safe and reliable public transportation is crucial for University of Minnesota students. After the Minnesota Student Association and Parking and Transportation Services worked together to gather data about student transit needs, the new stops and circulator should target areas that were previously difficult to reach, required line changes or were plagued by construction. Still, it’s important to note that the University Avenue Circulator is a pilot program and its operation time is scant. In service on Thursday to Saturday from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m., this bus line is currently not operational during morning, lunch or evening rush hours when students could use extra transportation options. We believe that any effort to reach out to students and factor in their views is worth applauding, but with only a few new stops, expansion will likely be necessary to increase the effectiveness of campus bus routes. If the University Avenue Circulator is successful, it should act as an impetus for further expansion. That should first begin in the form of longer hours of service. If the line’s ridership is high enough, PTS officials should consider expanding University-run buses into other main student neighborhoods, rather than just main roads in Dinkytown and Marcy-Holmes. 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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ATHLETICS

U, Land O’Lakes announce donation

ELIZABETH BRUMLEY, DAILY

University President Eric Kaler and President and CEO of Land O’Lakes Christopher Policinski celebrate a $25 million donation from Land O’Lakes on Wednesday outside Northrop Auditorium.

Land O’Lakes donated $25 million to the University of Minnesota on Tuesday. BY SAM KRAEMER skraemer@mndaily.com

University of Minnesota athletics director Norwood Teague’s $190 million facilities plan took a major step forward Tuesday with a $25 million contribution from Land O’Lakes. University President

Eric Kaler and Land O’Lakes President and CEO Chris Policinski officially announced the collaborative partnership Wednesday afternoon at a press conference on Northrop Mall. “Today, our partnership with Land O’Lakes, which has been strong for 40 years, has become truly historic,”

Kaler said. About $21 million of the donation will go toward a 60,000-square-foot center in a new “Athletics Village,” which will house academic, leadership and nutritional programs for students and student-athletes. “It’s great to get a Minnesota company,” Teague said. ”It’s a great shot in the arm.” Teague said $40 million of the $190 million has been raised as of Wednesday, but

that could change by the end of the week. “Honestly, after really beginning significant asking at the beginning of this summer, I’m really pleased to be at that point at this moment,” Teague said. He said he expects more donations in response to the commitment by Land O’Lakes, something he has seen happen in previous endeavors. “I feel like when a group

FOOTBALL

Freshmen have chance to step up

like Land O’Lakes steps up, it shows how much they believe in what we’re really doing,” Teague said. He also said the design stage of the athletics facilities plan will begin at the end of September. The plan is to break ground behind the track and parking lot at Bierman Field Athletic Building, Teague said. He said won’t feel relieved, however, until all of Athletics Village is finished.

SOCCER

Coaches pushing for split soccer season An existing proposal would extend the soccer season into spring. BY SAM KRAEMER skraemer@mndaily.com

BRIDGET BENNETT, DAILY

Minnesota players walk off the field Thursday evening after the game against Eastern Illinois at TCF Bank Stadium. The Gophers will play Middle Tennessee State on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium.

Minnesota will rely on freshmen to step up against Middle Tennessee State. BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com

The Gophers coaching staff has remained quiet regarding the extent of Alex Keith and Yoshoub Timms’ leg injuries suffered in Minnesota’s 42-20 win over Eastern Illinois last Thursday. But redshirt senior defensive lineman Cameron Botticelli has been loud in the locker room, helping true freshmen prepare for Saturday’s game against Middle Tennessee State. As a senior leader, it’s important to interact with the younger players, he said. “You should get around those [young] guys. I have; older players have,” Botticelli said. Junior Scott Ekpe was expected to replace Ra’Shede

Hageman at defensive tackle alongside Botticelli, but he’s now out for the season with a knee injury — leaving a big hole in the middle. “That’s a major blow,” Gophers head coach Jerry Kill said. Without Ekpe and with Keith and Timms’ availability in doubt, the Gophers will have to rely on the freshmen trio of Steven Richardson, Andrew Stelter and Gaelin Elmore to play more snaps. Richardson and Elmore combined for five tackles in their career debuts last week, and Stelter didn’t record any statistics. This weekend, senior Michael Amaefula will likely start at defensive end after missing last week’s game due to injury. Redshirt junior Robert Ndondo-Lay should also see more playing time on the defensive line. Although Botticelli praised Amaefula and redshir t junior Theiren u See FRESHMEN Page 13

FOOTBALL PREVIEW

VS MINNESOTA

MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE

2:30 p.m. Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium

MINNESOTA: Minnesota (1-0) is coming off a stellar defensive effort in its 42-20 season-opening victory against Eastern Illinois with the first-team defense not giving up any points. Yet the team’s defensive depth has taken a serious hit up front. Defensive lineman Scott Ekpe was ruled out for the year with a leg injury. Fellow defensive linemen Yoshoub Timms and Alex Keith are also nursing leg injuries, but it’s unclear how long they will be out. Minnesota’s offense is filled with proven playmakers like David Cobb and Maxx Williams and skill players the coaches project to have a major impact going forward. Running back Berkley Edwards and receivers Donovahn Jones and KJ Maye are the latter. If they can reach their potential, Minnesota’s offense might become as good as its defense down the road. MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE: Middle Tennessee State (1-0) is coming off a 61-7 blowout victory over Savannah State. Reggie Whatley and Tony Rowland led the team in rushing with a combined 128 yards, while sophomore quarterback Austin Grammer completed 15 of 17 passes for 250 yards. The game was Grammer’s first collegiate start. Grammer and the team’s young receivers will likely have a much tougher time against Minnesota’s deep secondary. But the tandem of Whatley and Rowland might be trouble for Minnesota now that its defensive line depth is in question. With less experience in the trenches, Minnesota could struggle stopping the run. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

“We’ve just got so much work to do,” Teague said. “But ther e’s so much potential.” A great portion of that work will be raising the remaining $150 million for the project. Still, Teague is adamant about allowing the process to play its course and not pushing it. “Fundraising is just a process that you have to put in place and abide by,” Teague said.

A proposal to extend the Division I soccer schedule is quickly becoming more popular across the countr y. The pr oposal would extend the season — currently played in the fall — into the spring, according to West V irginia athletics director Oliver Luck, a key suppor ter of the proposal. Luck wrote a letter to all Division I athletics directors indicating what the proposed schedule would be like. As of now, Luck estimated that 90 percent of men’s soccer coaches are on board with the change, while discussion is just star ting on the women’s side. Gophers women’s soccer coach Stefanie Golan said she is also on board with the proposed schedule change. “From a health standpoint of the players, and actually being able to build a program, I think it’s great,” she said. Luck said teams would still play the same number of games but would have more time to prepare and practice, rather than just recover. He said the schedule as it stands is “ver y compressed.” “[Players] don’t have time to work on technique too much. The majority of coaches believe a change would be appropriate,” Luck said. Luck named two main reasons for the new

schedule proposal: academics and the difficulty of games on weeknights. On top of that, Luck said soccer has become a more physical sport that’s taxing on the body. Becky Burleigh, head coach of the women’s soccer team at the University of Florida, said she agreed. “I think if we decided to play two games of football a week, the world would think we’re crazy,” she said. Florida’s schedule includes many games on Fridays and Sundays, sometimes including travel from Friday’s game to Sunday’s game. “The Sunday games are just bad. The quality is bad. The pace of it is bad. It’s just hard to tur n around like that,” said Burleigh, who has coached the Gators to 16 NCAA championship berths. Burleigh also said the new proposal would be a much better model for player development. “I know that our U.S. Soccer Federation is ver y much in suppor t of it because college soccer plays a great role in development of our athletes,” Burleigh said. Still, Golan said there could be financial dif ficulties for the Gophers because of travel from the frigid upper Midwest to war mer climates in the spring. “We would need a huge budget to travel, because we wouldn’t be able to play at home at that time of year,” Golan said. “That’s something I’m willing to do if it keeps our players healthier.” Ben Gotz contributed to this report.

Thursday, September 4, 2014

FOOTBALL

Leidner shifts away from running game Mitch Leidner will run less this year, partially to avoid a potential injury.

BY GRANT DONALD gdonald@mndaily.com

Mitch Leidner burst onto the scene last year in his first career star t against San Jose State, r unning 24 times for 151 yards and four touchdowns. Gophers fans likely won’t be seeing that video game-like stat line from the quar terback this year. That’s not because he isn’t capable; it’s because the system won’t allow it. “We can get the ball in dif ferent guys’ hands. [It] doesn’t have to be quarterback centered nearly as much as it was,” of fensive coordinator Matt Limegrover said. This year, the Gophers feature four running backs that have proven they can car r y the ball. Wide receivers Donovahn Jones and KJ Maye can also run the ball for Gophers in the form of reverses and jet sweeps. With all of these possible ball carriers, Leidner shouldn’t have to carr y it 102 times like he did last year. His coaches don’t want him r unning that much anyway. “An important factor as we move for ward is making sure that we’re not intentionally putting him out there more than we need to, more than what fits into what our bigger game plan is,” Limegrover said.

Last year, Leidner was splitting time with former Gophers quarterback Philip Nelson. This season, Leidner is the undisputed star ting quar terback, and with that comes an added emphasis on keeping him healthy. “It’s dif ferent. It’s a dif ferent style of play for me, but it’s something I’ve done in the past in high school,” Leidner said of his new role. Leidner is a dangerous r usher and should still get chances to run. In the Aug. 28 opener against Eastern Illinois, he carried the ball seven times for 15 yards and two touchdowns. On his second touchd o w n o f t h e o p e n e r, Leidner ran over three Panthers defenders at the goal line for the score. “When you are at the goal line, you have to get in the end zone. I feel like any quarterback would do the same,” Leidner said. Limegrover said it’s not in Leidner’s DNA to shy away from contact. “No one is going to think less of you if you don’t step out and gain that extra yard, but you don’t get hit by three defenders as well. We’r e working on that all the time,” Limegr over said. Leidner and Limegrover have also been working to settle down the quar terback early in the game, possibly by running the ball. “What he’s talked to me about is getting a run in there early on,” Leidner

ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota quarterback Mitch Leidner runs past San Jose State on Sept. 21, 2013, at TCF Bank Stadium.

said. “Maybe lowering my shoulder or getting out of bounds. It really helps me get in the game a little more.” Head coach Jerr y Kill praised the way his quarterback ran against East-

ern Illinois, noting that he had lower pad level than a year ago. “A q u a r t erb a c k w i l l always have to take care of himself. It doesn’t matter if you are in the National Football League or

VOLLEYBALL

Wilhite slides into increased role Sarah Wilhite had a career-high 25 kills in Saturday’s match against Louisville.

For Dyson, the sport is in the family

BY AIDAN COLEMAN acoleman@mndaily.com

When one’s parents are both r unners who met at the track, it’s a pretty good indicator of what the future will hold. Such is the case with Gophers redshir t junior runner Becca Dyson. “My parents met at the Austin Track Club when my mom was at [graduate] school,” Dyson said. “I guess [my dad] was the local ‘cool guy.’” However, Dyson didn’t always know she wanted to be a r unner. She said her parents encouraged her to tr y several different sports. “Running wasn’t my goto spor t,” Dyson said. “I played soccer all the way up until my junior year of high school, and that’s

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ZACH BIELINSKI, DAILY

University of Minnesota outside hitter Sarah Wilhite lunges for the ball Saturday night at the Sports Pavilion.

than playing in the Sports Pavilion. “The Pav is great,” McCutcheon said, “but there’s a lot of emotion in that gym.” With the Gophers still playing nonconfer ence matches, McCutcheon said he hopes to get a good look at the entire team’s play this weekend. “I would expect that we’ll tr y to get ever yone in,” McCutcheon said. “I think we’ll be able to mix and match a bit.” Last weekend’s loss to Louisville showed Minnesota’s weaknesses, but McCutcheon said the team will take it as a learning experience. Looking for ward to this weekend, McCutcheon and Wilhite both said the team needs to work on its discipline.

VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW

VS NO. 18 MINNESOTA

YALE

BOSTON COLLEGE

ALBANY

6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday in New Haven, Conn.

PREVIEW: The Gophers will hit the road for their first away matches of the season. Minnesota split two matches last weekend in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Gophers defeated Notre Dame to open the season before losing to Louisville. In Minnesota’s last match, Sarah Wilhite led the team with 19 digs and 25 kills. Both numbers were career-highs for the sophomore. Minnesota will travel to Connecticut to take part in the Yale Invitational. It will take on Yale (0-0), Albany (0-3) and Boston College (2-1). Minnesota has played each school once and has defeated all three. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

“[We] need to hold each other to a little higher standard,” McCutcheon said. McCutcheon also said he hopes to see the team improve its consistency. “There were some

flashes of brilliance over the weekend and some pretty big chunks of mediocrity,” McCutcheon said. “It’s about smoothing that out and getting into a good space.”

his role will var y by game. “Can’t say it’s going to be seven [carries] ever y week,” Limegrover said. “Could be four one week, could be 11 another. But we want him upright and being our quarterback.”

CROSS COUNTRY

The Gophers star’s mother and sister both ran collegiately.

BY RACHEL TIMMERMAN rtimmerman@mndaily.com

Last season’s close marked the end of Ashley Wittman’s highly successful career with the Gophers. To help replace her production, the Gophers have turned to sophomore outside hitter Sarah Wilhite, who has impressed in her new star ting role. She led the team with a career-high 25 kills on Satur day night against Louisville. “I just went out there and kept my head high,” Wilhite said. “I definitely fed of f of my teammates’ energy and encouragement.” Sophomore setter Katie Schau recognized Wilhite’s success on Saturday. “Sarah was the hot hitter that night,” Schau said. “I kept giving it to her because she kept killing it.” In two matches this season, Wilhite has played in all seven of the team’s sets. She played in just 65 sets last year, compared to Wittman’s 124. “Sarah is taking on a full-time load as an outside hitter,” head coach Hugh McCutcheon said. Though W ilhite will be par tially responsible for filling Wittman’s role on the cour t, the loss of the two-time captain has opened the door for new leadership. However, Wilhite said she sees this as a chance for anyone on the team to become a leader. “Ever yone has the potential to rise up,” Wilhite said. “We aren’t gonna turn to one person if we’re in a r ut. We’re gonna turn to each other and work as a team.” The Gophers will have a chance to do so this weekend as they head to Connecticut to compete in the Yale Invitational. This weekend’s tournament will mark the first away games of the season for Minnesota. Though road games can prove difficult in any sport, McCutcheon said it could be easier

what — they are going to have to scramble and do things,” Kill said after the season opener. Though the coaches are tr ying to limit Leidner’s car ries, Limegrover acknowledged that

Cockran’s collective presence at defensive end, more production from the inexperienced trio of freshmen could go a long way. “I think they know,” Kill said. “I don’t think we have to tell them to step up.” The Gophers like to rotate eight defensive linemen in and out of the game to keep players fresh. This strategy also gives young athletes experience. Defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys said playing real snaps is the best way for blossoming linemen to improve, but teaching in the film room is an added bonus. “At least we have a little bit of film to go off of,” Claeys said. “They’re going to get the oppor tunity to play.” Botticelli said overall, the biggest thing the defensive line needs to shore up is its pad level. Staying low up front could prove crucial going up against Middle Tennessee State’s talented backfield. “They r un a little bit

really what I wanted to do.” But with time, she began to see track and field and cross countr y as her best option. Dyson’s mother, Mar ybeth, ran track and cross countr y for W isconsin, and her sister, Katie, ran for Minnesota. Now, Becca Dyson is one of the top runners on a young Minnesota team. W ith more pressure on her this upcoming season, she said she isn’t too nervous about expectations for her. “I feel a lot more comfor table and confident,” Dyson said. “I’ve been around our system a long time, and I tr ust in our coach and her cross countr y training system.” Head coach Sarah Hopkins said she has big goals for Dyson in the season. “[Dyson] was 18th in the region last year,” Hopkins said. “Improving on that would be great.” u See DYSON Page 14

of power. But they really spread the field a lot. … The backs are good,” Claeys said. “They’re going to run a lot more screens than what we saw last week. We’re going to have to make sure we have good leverage and tackle the ball.” The Blue Raiders walloped Savannah State 61-7 on Saturday, scoring six rushing touchdowns along the way. Middle Tennessee State is not one-dimensional, either. Sophomore quarterback Austin Grammer completed 15 of 17 passes for 250 yards in his first career start, but he could have trouble against the Gophers’ seasoned secondary. If that happens, Middle Tennessee State might pound the ball up the gut with its running backs, challenging Minnesota’s nowyouthful defensive line. But with the help of Botticelli, it seems like the freshmen are ready for the challenge. “The heater’s been turned up a little bit, and they know they have to perform to replace some of the guys,” he said.

Thursday, September 4, 2014

MEN’S GOLF

Youthful team set to begin

Dyson

Urick said she expects Dyson to be one of the team’s best runners. Dyson finished seco n d at l as t week ’s i n trasquad meet behind redshir t junior Liz Berkholtz. Dyson and Berkholtz are the only two retur ning Gophers runners who competed in last year’s NCAA championships. Now, at the top of the team, Dyson will be a leader on the course. “She’s a really good student of the sport,” Hopkins said. “She sees the big picture.”

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Hopkins also said being named to the All-Big Ten team is on Dyson’s radar, but that could prove challenging in a strong field of runners. Teammate Kaila Urick said she typically r uns with Dyson during practice and sees how hard she trains. “She definitely is one of [the runners] who likes to run harder,” Urick said. “That helps me be able to run my runs faster.”

CROSS COUNTRY PREVIEW

OZ MEMORIAL

MINNESOTA 6:30 and 7 p.m. Wednesday at Les Bolstad Golf Course

PREVIEW: Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams will begin their seasons Friday at the Oz Memorial. Last year, the women’s team dominated the meet, taking 22 of the top 25 spots. The men’s team also won the Oz Memorial, taking five of the top seven spots. Minnesota’s Steve Sulkin was the school’s first individual winner of the meet since 2009. Minnesota’s women’s team held an intrasquad meet last weekend, and redshirt juniors Liz Berkholtz and Becca Dyson led the way for the Gophers. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota’s Jose Mendez plays at the season-opening Gopher Invitational at Windsong Farm Golf Club on Sept. 9, 2013. Mendez is the Gophers’ top-returning golfers.

Minnesota boasts a young roster with only two upperclassmen. BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com

When Jon T rasamar graduated, the Gophers didn’t just lose one of their best golfers — they also lost their captain. Minnesota will open up its fall slate at the Gopher Invitational with just two upperclassmen on its roster, allowing the opportunity for new leaders to step up. Tyler Lowenstein is the team’s only senior, and Jon DuToit is the lone junior. “I think over the course of the year, we’re going to see [Lowenstein] move into a leadership role and hopefully take Jon DuToit with him in that role,” head coach John Carlson said. Lowenstein said the pair has tried to help its younger teammates acclimate to collegiate golf. “We’re just tr ying to help the younger kids learn what college golf is about,” Lowenstein said, “[and] how to handle

themselves on the course and off the golf course.” Some of the “younger kids” have become leaders in their own right. That includes sophomores Jose Mendez, the team’s top golfer, and M a t t R a c h e y, a m o n g others. “Matt Rachey is a l e a d e r, ” C a r l s o n s a i d . “The guys look up to him. He’ll be an Academic AllAmerican someday. So of f the course, I don’t have to worr y about him at all. Matt’s going to be that guy, I think, going forward.” R a c h e y, w h o w a s a captain of his high school basketball and golf teams, said he has been tr ying to pass tips to his younger teammates. “[I’m] just giving them advice. … I know that the guys last year did it for me, so I’m just going to relay the message onto these new guys,” Rachey said. Rachey said a group of golfers, including himself, was going to have to step up this season. “Even though it’s an individual sport … there’s still a big team aspect to it,” Rachey said. On the course, Mendez is the team’s top golfer.

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All day Sunday, Monday at Windsong Farm Golf Club

PREVIEW: Minnesota will begin its fall schedule this weekend with the Gopher Invitational at the Windsong Farm Golf Club. The Gophers finished tied for fifth last year at the Gopher Invitational. Then-junior Tyler Lowenstein was the team’s top finisher. He finished in a tie for 10th place overall. The Gophers return Jose Mendez, last year’s Big Ten Freshman of the Year. The team will rely on Mendez to lead the young team on the course. Last year, he finished with a 71.97 stroke average. This year’s Gopher Invitational will have a field of 14 teams. Two other Big Ten teams — Michigan State and Nebraska — will compete in the tournament. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

Mendez was the 2013 Big Ten Freshman of the Year and tied for first individually at the Big Ten championships. Mendez is one of the team’s four retur ning sophomores, and he gained a wealth of tournament experience last season. “We’r e all tr ying to compete with him, and he’s kind of leading us, golfing-wise,” Rachey said. Of the returners, Mendez, DuToit and Lowenstein saw the most tournament play last season. “We’r e going to win against some really good

fields, and then there’s going to be some rounds where I’ll be doing some head scratching and tr ying to figure out why we played the way we did, but I also am going to understand that these young guys are going to make mistakes,” Carlson said. Despite that, he seemed confident his young team would find its way. “I think we’re going to have a little bit more up and down this year, but I also think our up is going to be better than it’s ever been,” Carlson said.

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Minnesota’s Becca Dyson runs the final stretch of the Intrasquad 5K on Friday at Les Bolstad Golf Course.

SOCCER

Sophomore Kolander develops into scoring threat Simone Kolander has scored more goals as a sophomore than she did last year. BY BEN GOTZ bgotz@mndaily.com

Last year, head soccer coach Stefanie Golan told then-freshman Simone Kolander she had one mission for her sophomore season: score more goals. Four games into the season, Golan seems pleased with the sophomore’s progress. “She has a lot more confidence,” Golan said, “and she is starting to embrace the fact that we want her to be a for ward and we want her to be a goal scorer.” Kolander scored two goals during her freshman year but led the team in assists with five. However, she admitted she wasn’t fully comfor table yet and knew there was room to improve in 2014. “Last year, I didn’t really know what to expect,” Kolander said after the team’s exhibition game last month. “I think I took a more supporting role last year.” But Kolander said she knew she would have to better herself in her sophomore year to help improve a Minnesota attack that

finished the 2013 season scoring just 1.29 goals per game, even if it wasn’t necessarily in her nature. “I’m really unselfish. I really love to assist and play the ball,” Kolander said. “But we didn’t score a lot of goals last year. I knew coming into this season I would have to step up.” Something that helped fuel Kolander’s development was time spent training with the Colorado Pride women’s soccer team, a par t of the United Soccer League’s WLeague, the longest-standing women’s soccer league in North America. While Kolander was unable to crack the top group on the Pride and didn’t compete with them, Golan said she still learned some valuable lessons out West off the pitch. “For her to see how those kids go about their business is outstanding,” Golan said. “She’s holding herself to a higher standard, which is great.” Kolander’s coaches saw her improvement right away when they star ted training, and associate

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MINNESOTA: Minnesota leads the Big Ten in goals, and freshman Sydney Squires leads all Big Ten freshmen with four goals. The Gophers received votes in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America coaches’ poll after a sweep at home last weekend to improve to 3-1. OLE MISS: Ole Miss is 2-1-1, after tying with Georgia in its first conference game. Sophomore Addie Forbus currently leads the team with three goals and eight points. Goalkeeper Kelly McCormick has given up three goals in 380 minutes in net this season. AUBURN: Auburn is tied for the SEC lead in assists with 12 and is tied for fifth in the conference with nine goals on the season. The Tigers have won three in a row after losing their opening game at Clemson. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

head coach Kr ystle Seidel mentioned her before the season as a player who could step up. “I think that experience has helped her grow,” Seidel said before the season. The results are continually evident, as Kolander currently appears on several of the Big Ten leaderboards early in the season. She’s tied for sixth in goals, third in points and tied for first in assists in the conference. Kolander has already topped her stats for last year in terms of both goals and points, and her coach

said opposing teams will start focusing in on her as a result. “As she drives, things are going to open up,” Golan said. “And opponents will start targeting her, which will open some things up for other players.” Which means, ironically, Kolander can stay unselfish in her new role, even though it puts her in the spotlight. And it’s a role the team sorely needs. “We talked about it at the end of the spring: We need a goal scorer,” Golan said. “She’s been great at that.”

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Gophers forward Simone Kolander dribbles the ball in front of Marquette’s goal Friday evening at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium.

Thursday, September 4, 2014

MUSIC, FOOD

Nuclear Nectar: Spicing up the beats

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Nuclear Nectar owner Rob Gilbert sells his salsa on Sunday at the Farmers Market Annex. Gilbert creates his own products and sells them at farmers markets and restaurants such as Pyscho Suzi’s and the Sea Salt Eatery.

BY JACKIE RENZETTI jrenzetti@mndaily.com

ob Gilber t’s drive to succeed spices up the lives of those around him. This past spring, the 25-year-old go-getter founded his own hot sauce line and record label under the same name of Nuclear Nectar, a unique concoction that found some positive results. “We can’t run out. My 9-year-old son loves it,”

Nicole Stewar t said Saturday at the Minneapolis Farmer’s Market. Stewar t r uns her own stand, Comfort Candy, and is a regular customer of the Nuclear Nectar ’Nero Red hot sauce. Brian Cooper, a longtime Arizona resident visiting home in Minnesota, found the sauce to meet his Southwestern standards. “Some stuff is over-thetop hot. This stuff keeps the flavor,” Cooper said. Cooper’s response illustrates Gilbert’s ultimate goal: to create a sauce zesty

enough to satisfy the spice lovers, but mild enough to act as a gateway for those still new to the game. “It’s about capturing the fruit out of the chili pepper,” Gilbert said over the phone while blending his product. The entrepreneur estimates that he spends 40 hours a week making his sauce. “Whether it’s increasing your metabolism or clearing your sinuses or just elevating your sense to the moment … it’s all about the moment; it’s just kind of

one of the simple pleasures in life,” he said. Recently, Gilber t organized the now-canceled food tr uck celebration “ H e a t U p Yo u r L i f e , ” which was meant to celebrate local spicy cuisine by bringing hot sauce vendors and food tr ucks together for zingy combinations. Gilber t canceled the event with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board after finding that they required 20 percent of the proceeds. Still, he plans to host the event

at a taproom in the near future. Additional future goals for Gilbert include selling the hot sauce in supermarkets and releasing Nuclear Nectar salsa, curries and barbecue rubs. “I’m kind of taking the Sriracha approach and just driving the brand home with one product. You don’t want premature releases,” he said. He currently vends his hot sauce at four farmers markets and various taprooms. Local restaurants Psycho Suzi’s and the Sea Salt Eatery buy his product as well. Next week, Gilbert will work with a manufacturing company to begin cooking his first batch of hot sauce for large-scale production. Additionally, he’ll have more time for his independent record label, Nuclear Nectar Records. Gilber t has been making music for years, honing his skills in composition at Por tland State University for two years and at the University of Minnesota for another two, but he left the college path in 2012 without graduating. “For me, it was really all about the learning experience. I’m not even that concerned with the degree itself … but the education is priceless,” he said. Gilbert primarily made the label official so that he could produce his own work, but he hopes for other bands to sign in the distant future. Under the name of Mr. Fuzz, Gilber t composes electronic music zanier than his hot sauce. Breaking away from the often-repetitive structures of electronic pieces, Gilbert focuses on harmony, melody and consistent rhythmic shifts as his tenets. His lyrics often fall on the existential side, and each track feels musically complete with careful variety.

In the fall, Mr. Fuzz will release two EPs — one with Brianna Arneson and another with Justin Spenner. Both bring soulful voices to complement Gilber t’s trippy tunes. Ar neson spoke of his makeshift recording booth — three mattresses standing upright, lined with foam. “One time, he made hot sauce right before I came over to record, and I couldn’t do it. It was affecting my throat,” Arneson said with a laugh. Watching the 1990s disco film “Boogie Nights” inspired Gilber t to create a backstory for his untitled EP with Spenner. “The whole stor y line is that Eddie Grandelo is a retired German porn star, and he has just received a lifetime achievement award … and realizes that ever y single moment of his life was for absolutely nothing,” Spenner said. To combat this fate, Eddie decides to become a disco star instead, and the songs he would have written make up the EP. Both Ar neson and Spenner referenced Gilber t’s distinct creative stubbornness. They both agreed that whenever Gilbert insists on using a specific note or rearranging an entire melody, it’s with careful reasoning. “Not only does he know how to make a song sound good, but also he knows the musical basis behind it,” Spenner said. Citing Walt Whitman, Gilber t said he would rather keep it simple and leave his work as art than analyze the relationship between his two dif ferent professions. “It’s kind of natural to me,” Gilber t said. “That’s what I have to offer to the world, is the spice, I guess … to get people to live a hotter life.”

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MUSIC

College Kitchen: DIY tacos

Jayhawks to play at Turf Club

Let’s get nerdy about taco night and ditch the cans and packets for once.

Minneapolis altcountry pioneers the Jayhawks reunite for the reissue of three classic albums.

BY CECILIA MAZUMDAR STANGER cmazumdar_stanger@ mndaily.com

aco night is easy and accessible — it’s an all-around good time. Tor tillas, pre-shredded cheese, pre-cut lettuce and meat, seasoned with a packet of tasty powder. But what keeps the lettuce crisp? What is the mysterious coating on each individual cheese shred? And why is that tasty powder so dar n tasty? Processed ingredients are the “Mean Girls” of the grocery store: Their per fection is misleading. With a little extra time and ef for t, you can leave behind the popular kids and get to know some wholesome taco pals with these recipes.

Can-less black beans Ounce-per-ounce, dried and canned beans cost about the same. But when you cook dried beans, they double in size. Dry beans have better value than canned, and by cooking them, you can control your sodium consumption. They do, however, take much more time and effort to prepare. But if you work with beans often and want to switch to dr y, invest in a pressure cooker. That way, black beans usually take about 5 to 10 minutes to cook.

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Quick and spicy guacamole from scratch.

Dried black beans 1. Soak the dried beans for 6 to 12 hours. The best-textured beans are soaked for the longest amount of time. Cooks debate about the best time to salt beans. Salting the cooking water supposedly toughens the skins and slows the cooking time. However, beans cooked in salty water are more flavor ful. One solution is to salt the soaking water to brine the beans and reduce the cooking time. 2. Drain the soaked beans and put them in a heavybottomed pot with enough water to reach about an inch above the beans. Heat until boiling.

3. Reduce the heat to a simmer, and cook until the beans have reached the desired texture. This takes about 45 minutes. 4. Store your beans in the cooking liquid, and use within three to four days. If you want to make a large quantity of beans to use later, store them in jars or plastic bags without the cooking liquid and freeze.

DIY Taco Seasoning This seasoning gives your taco filling a spicy, satisfying flavor, whether you choose to fill your tor tillas with meat, vegetables, tofu or beans. You can extend your taco meat by adding mushrooms, peppers and zucchini.

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This method attains the b eef y t a s t e a s s oc i a t ed with tacos while incorporating other flavors and textures. Buying whole spices and grinding them yourself is ideal, but preground spices are also acceptable. 3 tablespoons ancho chile powder 2 teaspoons powdered oregano 1 teaspoon chipotle chile 1/2 teaspoon cumin 1/2 teaspoon corriander 1. Combine spices and seal in an airtight container to preser ve freshness. The more vibrant the spice colors, the fresher they are. u See KITCHEN Page 16

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ary Louris leaned against his periwinkle 1990 Mercedes-Benz in the gravel parking lot of St. Paul’s City Sound rehearsal spaces. Louris looked like the rock star he is while he glanced out at the abutting railroad tracks, clad in tartan sneakers, dark blue skinny jeans, Ray Ban Clubmasters and an ingrained sneer. Though his pristine car shone like a million dollars under the drizzling skies, Louris bought it for an outstanding bargain. “I got it in 2005 for a dollar,” he said. “It was through a relative. It was a South Carolina car, so it has no rust.” Louris is the longtime vocalist of the Jayhawks. The Minneapolis alt-country mainstays formed in 1985 with Mark Olson at the helm. Louris joined the band three weeks after they formed. The duo shared vocal duties until Olson departed in 1995. After Olson left, Louris steered the band’s sound between Gram Parsons and Graham Parker before returning to their roots on 2003’s “Rainy Day Music.” The Jayhawks reunited this April, commemorating the reissuing of three of their albums: 1997’s “Sound of Lies,” 2000’s “Smile” and “Rainy Day Music.” The

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band’s current incarnation is a carbon copy of the 1997 touring lineup, featuring bassist Marc Perlman, drummer Tim O’Reagan, guitarist Kraig Johnson and keyboardist Karen Grotberg. They’ll stop by the reopened Turf Club on Thursday and are playing a two-night stint at First Avenue on Friday and Saturday. The band just returned from the European leg of their tour and will embark for the South and the East after the Minneapolis gigs. Louris is glad to be back in the saddle with his electric guitar. “I put on my electric guitar, and I feel like I’m 10 feet tall,” he said. “It brings out a part of my personality that’s more aggressive and darker. It’s really cathartic to play.” The cur rent reissues best capture Louris’ electric guitar prowess. They keep the country-derived riffs that their first four albums featured, but the Neil Young influences diminished as Louris gave the band a peppier timbre. Louris argued that 2011’s “Mockingbird Time” is the nadir of the Jayhawks’ oeuvre. That record marked the brief return of Mark Olson, and the duo’s folk-rock harmonies provided a spectacular backbone to each track. The album was a critical success, but it left Louris with a bad taste in his mouth. “I don’t like [it],” Louris said. “The intent was good — we wanted to not just put out a reissue, but actually show that we could still make u See JAYHAWKS Page 17

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

MARCHING BAND

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hen Ryan H a r d i n g came to the University of Minnesota as a freshman four years ago, he didn’t know how to maneuver campus, but playing in the marching band gave the team lead and tenor saxophone player a chance to flourish. Har ding, a biochemi s t r y s e n i o r, s a i d t h e mar ching band’s training program at the beginning of the school year, Spat Camp, helped him acclimate to the new environment. “Spat Camp helped shrink down the campus a little, and I got to make some friends right of f the bat,” Harding said. Spat Camp — coined as such because of the spats that marchers wear on their feet instead of boots — is an annual two-week boot camp that takes place at TCF Bank Stadium. The camp ended Sunday with an end-of-summer special per for mance in the Minnesota State Fair parade. At the camp, veteran players greet old friends and prepare themselves for another intense season, and rookies lear n what’s in store for them at their new second home, TCF Bank Stadium. Spat Camp is a 13-hour, daily process, and philosophy senior and dr um

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The University marching band performs on Aug. 31 at the Minnesota State Fair. The band members have been training at SPAT Camp, where they have been learning music and marching routines.

major Joe Walsh said that for the most par t, the participants stay tr ue to the camp motto, “Eat, march, eat, march, eat, play, party, sleep.” Camp activities alternate from music rehearsals to marching practice to choreography to sectionals. Walsh said players still manage to have fun during the arduous process, making friends and enjoying a

one-of-a-kind opportunity. “We star t each day in the morning with marching fundamentals and drill, music and sectionals in the afternoon and marching at night again to stay out of the heat,” Walsh said. Theater arts junior and flute/piccolo leader Mimmie Sjöberg finds Spat Camp helpful in mor e ways than just providing early practice.

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“I have lear ned the impor tance of time management, dedication and teamwork, among many things,” Sjöberg said. “This [marching band] has given me the opportunity to pursue music throughout my college career, even though it isn’t my major.” Even though new connections are forged, players say par ticipating in the marching band puts

a strain on their personal lives. Cinema and media culture major senior Magee Glenn Bur ns is the second-year team lead of the color guard. She said with classwork on top of required rehearsal hours and per formances, she’s left with little free time. “My roommates who aren’t in band complain about never seeing me,” Burns said. “[But] there’s

Kitchen

MUSIC

Little Mekong district Int’l Reggae All Stars spin celebrates Asia

mellow into gold

The International Reggae All Stars’ brotherly bond has kept the local band tight and the runes mellifluous for more than 20 years. BY JARED HEMMING jhemming@mndaily.com

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Junior Chai Lee leads a group of students playing flute-like instruments called qeejs in traditional Hmong art on Monday.

The Little Mekong district is preparing for another community festival inspired by the night markets of Asia. BY CECILIA MAZUMDAR STANGER cmazumdar_stanger@ mndaily.com

ust steps from the Green Line light rail sits a vibrant new night market that intends to showcase St. Paul’s Asian business and cultural district. This summer, the Asian Economic Development Association created a new event to celebrate and stimulate their neighborhood. Relying heavily on volunteer support,

the association conceived the Little Mekong Night Market — a community-oriented event that seeks to provide economic opportunities for local businesses. Little Mekong, which is located between Mackubin and Galtier streets on University Avenue West, had more than 2,000 attendees at each of the first three markets, a much greater turnout than the hundred or so attendees the association initially expected. Organizers hoped to emulate the colorful atmosphere of night markets common in many Asian cities and fuse it with a touch of Minnesota. Va-Megn Thoj, the association’s executive director, said eastern markets are interactive experiences that give the

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attendee a “good sense of the local culture, the local communities and the people who live and work there.” Vendors, artists and musicians meet in the streets and share their unique skills. The previous markets featured primarily Minnesotan vendors, artists and musicians. A class of students between 10 and 17 years old u See MEKONG Page 17

he Inter national Reggae All Stars are brothers from other countries. Despite having members from different parts of Jamaica, Trinidad, Venezuela and Ghana, IRAS (pronounced Eye-Rahz, as in ‘Rasta’) considers the Minneapolis reggae scene to be its home. Though the band formed in the early 1990s, all of its members migrated to Minneapolis in time for the Twin Cities’ emerging pop, R&B and reggae communities in the mid-1980s, when dancehall and traditional reggae acts like Shangoya and Ipso Facto were established on the scene. “There’s always been a reggae scene and support system,” drummer Brian Alexis said of the metro area. “The Twin Cities music scene has always been very vibrant underneath. I don’t care what type of music you’re playing — it’s always been there.” The International Reggae All Stars began as a one-off collaboration between Alexis, percussionist Tony Paul and singer Lynval Jackson, among a wider group of area reggae musicians in 1991. “We really didn’t think

nothing like r un-cadencing on to the field for pregame and per forming with 300 other people for an audience of hopefully 50,000.” Despite the significant number of marchers, one in par ticular will be missed. Less than a month ago, the marching band lost fellow member and student Rober t Brau to a motorcycle accident. Brau, 21, had a passion for music that never ceased, Walsh said. Brau was studying for a major in classical guitar per formance, and he ser ved as a student leader for the 2013 and 2014 marching band seasons. Brau called the University’s marching band his “Away from Home Family,” according to his obituar y in the West Central Tribune. Walsh said in memor y of Brau, the band will wear black memorial bands on their shoulders during games that are imprinted with the initials “RJB.” “These marchers take care of one another at all times,” he said. “And this year, we come together to remember Rober t for all he gave to us.” Each member could likely come up with his or her own stor y of how the band maintains a sense of community and family, but Harding gave a perfect summation: “We build the pride of Minnesota together.”

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we were going to be here 20 years later, because it was more like a fun thing,” said Jackson, who also works as a transit coordinator for Hennepin County Schools. “We booked a weekend of shows. From there, it just kind of took off.” These days, Paul said the band remains one of the few reggae acts from the early 1990s that still plays in Minneapolis. “It’s one big family. We support one another — we got to,” he said. “Otherwise the scene will die.” Manager Jeff Taube originally founded IRAS as a Bob Marley tribute band to play the Cabooze every February. The group now sells out the venue each year for the tribute, but their performance has evolved into more than a Marley act. “It’s difficult to watch the band and sit still. There’s never any bad vibes,” Taube said. Today, the band’s liquid gold catalogue ranges from Peter Tosh to Gregory Isaacs and an even vibier version of “Let’s Get It On.” “When people come out to hear a reggae band they’ve u See REGGAE Page 17

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2. To season meat, veggies, tofu, beans or a combination of ingredients, sauté an onion and a few cloves of cr ushed garlic in oil. Add a spoonful of the spice mix and salt (to your taste) and toast for a couple of seconds. Next, add your vegetables and proteins and cook as desired.

Guacamole Guacamole should be the last dish you make on taco night, as avocados oxidize ver y quickly. To keep them green for a little longer, use plenty of citr us or seal them tightly with plastic wrap. Avocados, lime and salt are the only essential ingredients to good guac — keeping it smooth without other veggies is great for spreading on sandwiches. (I like to add onion, tomato, cilantro and garlic to my dip version of guacamole, but have fun with this. Heck, tr y it with bacon.) 1 lime 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 small onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, crushed and minced 1 small tomato, diced A small bunch of cilantro, chopped finely (about 10 stems) 2 avocados 1. Combine the ingredients in the order listed. (That way, the aromatics have a little extra time to marinate in the lime juice — it allows the oniony flavor to permeate the guacamole.) 2. Use a fork to mash the avocado into the rest of the ingr edients. Make it smooth, chunky — however you like it.

By Jackie Renzetti

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

“Don’t You Feel It Too?”

Linda Aarons

“From There to Here”

Bring some headphones and boogie out of your comfort zone. Six years ago, Marcus Young created “Don’t You Feel It Too?” as a way to celebrate self-expression. Anyone — and everyone — can come and jam out to music for the event using his or her own headphones. Two sessions remain for this year’s season, which Young has dedicated to the passing of Minnesota’s Marriage Equality Act. The night starts off with an instructional warm-up, breaks into individualistic groovin’ and ends with an opportunity for discussion.

Don’t let Linda Aarons’ shy stage presence fool you. The local comedian’s endearingly timid demeanor matches her matter-of-fact sense of humor, making for a hilarious night. Aarons’ credentials include performing with Stevie Ray’s Improv Company and Brave New Workshop’s Six Ring Circus. While on the University of Minnesota Comedy Team, she and her teammates won the Rooftop National Comedy Competition. This former Gopher is guaranteed to make you smile.

Local artists Xavier Tavera, Wing Young Huie, Ashley Hanson and Katherine Turczan encourage you to celebrate the new Green Line light rail and contemplate its effects on the community with their exhibit “From There to Here.” Through photography, storytelling and performance, the exhibit explores the human connections born because of the Green Line. Why not take the transit line over to the museum and thoughtfully consider the new futuristic thing that zings through campus?

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

CULTURE to CONSUME /

By Jackie Renzetti

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“The Wilderness Downtown”

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“Summer Noon” by Tweedy

Waves of nostalgia emanate from this project — an interactive music video created by Chris Milk featuring Arcade Fire’s “We Used To Wait” and Google Maps. Upon arriving at thewildernessdowntown.com, you’ll be asked to provide the address of wherever you grew up. Make sure your browser allows pop-ups, hit Enter and cry your eyes out while reminiscing on sweet or not-so-sweet childhood memories.

This account tweets verbatim fragments from New York Times articles, making for an intriguing, often hilarious addition to your feed. Golden tweets include “french toast is a fine way to start your journey” and, on the more thought-provoking side, “eat the door.” Its sister account, @NYTPlusContext, responds to each tweet with a link to the original article. Follow both accounts for the whole picture, or stick with no context, if you think you can handle it.

Tweedy, comprised of Wilco front man Jeff Tweedy and his son, Spencer, are set to release their first album, “Sukierae,” on Sept. 23. They released “Summer Noon” as a single in July. Rather than invoking nostalgia, the tune captures the feeling of a quiet, unplanned summer afternoon. The reflective, melancholic yet pleasantly relaxing tune perfectly fits a study break during this first weekend of the school year.

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learning the qeej — a Hmong instrument made with bamboo pipes and copper reeds — has performed at two of the markets. Chai Lee, one of two qeej instructors for the Hmong Cultural Center, said the instrument has a mythology: It was made to prevent the resurrection of the dead. True to its origin stor y, the Qeej produces an eerie tone that contributed to the magical atmosphere of the earlier markets. For this week’s market, the available food ranges from Vietnamese to Mexican cuisines. In addition to full meals, there are several frozen treat vendors, including the popular “Lily Bean’s Ice Desserts” stand. The market has had a variety of interactive ar t booths, including henna and face paint. Thoj said the family-friendly activities intend to encourage attendee participation. While the final night market for the summer is Saturday, there will be an additional daytime market Sept. 21. University Avenue West will close from Lexington Avenue to Marion Street during the day market. The Little Mekong district hopes to continue these events in the future with a few improvements. Vendors and attendees said they want a bigger market that r uns more frequently. “This first year is really a test run for us, so anything can happen next year,” Thoj said.

“It was pretty nuts to have John Oates show up,” Lindhome said. Lindhome and Micucci have both had busy individual careers prior to Garfunkel and Oates. Of Lindhome’s many credentials, she’s appeared in “Million Dollar Baby” and “Gilmore Girls” and wrote, directed and produced her own short film, “Life is Short.” Likewise, among many things, Micucci has popped up on “The Big Bang Theory” and “Adventure Time.” The two met through commercial auditions, in which they vied for the roles of aliens and elves. After seeing each other around enough, they eventually hit it off. Going even further back, Lindhome majored in communications in college, while Micucci studied art. Lindhome’s flute skills, visible in one of their earlier videos, “Silver Lining,” may have come from her time spent with her campus orchestra. And Micucci said that she

was a part of “Catholic Jokes,” a campus improv group, for about a semester. When asked about advice for college students, they both agreed that the most valuable part of a college experience is the education and personal growth, rather than getting straight A’s. “I needed college for life lessons more than I did to learn about World War II or something like that,” Micucci said. “Well, I went to college to learn about World War II,” Lindhome said jokingly. Lindhome gave some solid advice for aspiring entertainers. “Start doing it. There’s no path; you just have to start trying it.”

music. The chemistry wasn’t there. Some people like it; it wasn’t a good period of my life. I was battling drug and alcohol addiction. It could’ve been a great record, but I don’t think it was.” Tension between Olson and Louris as well as Louris’ struggle with substance abuse contributed to the band’s breakup in 2012. Louris emerged clean and played several solo gigs around town in 2013. Despite his recovery, he approached this year’s Jayhawks reunion with trepidation. He made it clear that the band has no intent to record any new material any time soon, if at all. “I’m definitely tepid about recording again,” Louris said. “Doesn’t mean it wouldn’t happen, but most likely not. I’ve tried to carve out a life after the Jayhawks, but it keeps pulling me in. As long as I’m not doing it 24/7, I really like it, especially with this group of people. Once I’m in it, I’m into it.” The other part of Louris’ hesitation to regroup stems from his need to look ahead. “You want to feel like you’re not just living in the past,” he said. “If you are just visiting — especially when you’re celebrating these reissues — it makes sense.” Outside of the Jayhawks, Louris is working on a couple collaborations, as well as a solo electronic album. “I’m taking things off my record collection and manipulating them and adding weird shit,” Louris said. “[I’m] making stuff that maybe only I would like.” With the Jayhawks’ reunion tour and a predisposition to both curiosity and procrastination, the album remains without a timetable. “That’s something I have to work on — finishing,” Louris said. “Without a collaborator — if you don’t have somebody cracking the whip — it’s hard to finish stuff.” The album represents Louris’ listening habits. Though he’s one of the seminal figures of alt-country, he doesn’t listen to other music from the genre at all. He grew up steeped in classic rock, which morphed into an obsession with art rock and the New York punk scene over time. “I was more experimental in my approach before the Jayhawks star ted,” Louris said. “I listened to a lot of krautrock. I don’t listen to much song-oriented stuff. That’s where my interest lies. I just haven’t figured out how to find a niche and how to make it something I can live on.”

Garfunkel and Oates

The Jayhawks

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Sylvan Esso finds the click with the machines

work on the dizzying blend of spare, cinematic production styles and air y, sirenesque harmonies that became Sylvan Esso. In fact, the “Sylvan” in their name comes from a certain enchanting fairy. “There’s a game called Swor d and Swor cer y,” Meath said. “You run into this thing called a Sylvan Sprite. When you’re doing ever ything right, it comes out of a tree and sings at you.” According to Meath, the name Sylvan Esso sounded memorable and plays into their buzz. “It makes people frustrated because they don’t know what it means, so they think about it a lot, which is helpful,” she said. While Meath and Sanborn worked on their debut from late-winter 2013 into early 2014, each fragment

of their poly-genre sound pieced together into something more. “Par t of the intention was to make songs that are both weird and strange sounding but also fit into the pop sensibility,” Meath said. “It feels similar to a puzzle when you solve it.” The puzzle is complete on the single “Hey Mami,” a tune about cat-calling bros that affixes warm harmonies with handclaps and resolves with a crisp, beatheavy groove. “It’s like making a meal, just watching ever ything get created,” Meath said. Meath and Sanborn made their debut self-titled to serve as an introduction to the band’s polished sound. “Our first record, it’s our coming out party,” Meath said. “Our name’s Sylvan Esso, hello, nice to meet you.”

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Guitar player and vocalist Tenn “Jah-Bee” Bennett preforms on Tuesday at Bunker’s Music Bar & Grill. International Reggae All-Stars are a diverse reggae group featuring members from Jamaica, Trinidad, Venezuela and other countries.

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never heard before and you start playing Marvin Gaye, they’re like, ‘Whoa,’” Jackson said. Fleshed out by keyboardist Charles “Chilly” Petrus, guitarist Tenn “Jah-Bee” Bennett and bassist Sei “Bingo” Kpolar, the band attributes their steady traction to brotherly natures. “We go way back. We like being around each other, simple as that. There’s no egos,” Jackson said. “You find some bands, the singer’s like,

‘I make this happen.’ We’re not fussy people. Without everybody here, it wouldn’t be what it is.” On the band’s steady sound, Jackson calls their particular blend of R&B, calypso, reggae and afrobeat “Lover’s Rock.” “Well, reggae’s not hard to dance to, but [Lover’s Rock] is a little more mellow,” Jackson said. “It’s more relaxing.” Bennett, who joined the band a year after its formation, says the All Stars emphasize their own take on reggae standards. “We improvise, put our own color into it, decorate

it,” Bennett said. “You’ve got to get a different flavor every time you play.” IRAS plays down its members’ global heritages and emphasizes the Twin Cities as its home base. At its start, IRAS originated as the Minneapolis Reggae All Stars and served as a supergroup of various other local reggae acts, particularly 1970s holdover Shangoya. “A lot of musicians started there,” Alexis said of Shangoya, which broke-up after singer Peter Nelson passed away in 2004. “The musicians kept on playing chess. There’s only so many musi-

cians playing reggae stuff.” Though Minneapolis and reggae aren’t culturally synonymous, Jackson laughs off the typical Midwestern diversity. “We’ve gone to places where the band is the only set of black people. It’s actually fun. People embrace you,” Jackson said. After playing gigs in the Midwest for 23 years, Alexis said the music has always broken down the band’s and the audience’s heritage differences. “At the end of the day, it’s reggae. It’s one common denominator.”

MUSIC

Garfunkel and Oates to play Varsity Theatre The comedic musical duo shares college wisdom in light of their show on campus. BY JACKIE RENZETTI jrenzetti@mndaily.com

hen Riki Lindhome first uploaded her whimsical duets with Kate Micucci to YouTube, she wasn’t expecting an audience larger than her parents. Needless to say, the pair didn’t foresee John Oates acting as a porn shop owner on their very own TV show, either. Since singer-songwriter pair Garfunkel and Oates made their casual debut on the grainy YouTube screen in 2007, the duo has progressed to full-out snazzy music videos, poking fun at topics ranging from snooty pregnant women to medical marijuana. Hilarious honesty shines through each of the compositions,

which they put together in four albums, with another one on the horizon for next year. Their self-titled TV show piloted earlier this month on IFC. Gar funkel and Oates’ simple comedic style mirrors their “carpe diem” attitude toward their careers. “It wasn’t crazy planning in the beginning. It was just like seeing what happens,” Micucci said. While they may not have had a set plan going in, they didn’t lack ambition. Their creative process includes months of brainstorming, and they don’t hesitate to cut projects that fail to meet their own standard for funniness. Dedication to their fans also shows in their history. Once, the duo drove eight hours to a show, only to drive eight hours back for another show the next day. “It was the one time we splurged, and we spent all the money we were making on the gig to hire a driver. We

completely broke even. It was like, ‘Oh well,’” Lindhome said. They’ve per formed in venues across the country over the past five years, but Garfunkel and Oates’ upcoming visit to the Varsity Theater will be part of their first official tour, which is set to go through December. Their Dinkytown stop also marks their first visit to Minnesota. In their earlier years, John Oates contacted them via Myspace to let them know that he approved of their chosen title, granted that he receives free beer at their shows. And his support doesn’t end there — the duo opened for him in the past, and he later guest starred in the second episode of their TV series. In the show, “Garfunkel and Oates,” Lindhome (Garfunkel) and Micucci (Oates) play fictional versions of themselves, with their sidesplitting tunes woven into the off-beat humor of the show.

MUSIC

BY JARED HEMMING jhemming@mndaily.com

ith the buzz sur rounding Sylvan Esso’s eponymous debut, singer Amelia Meath makes it clear that “folk” is not a part of the band’s vocabulary. “I understand the impulse to talk about how I have a folk vocal,” Meath said. “But honestly, there’s no such thing.” The success of the electronic-glitzed “Sylvan Esso,” released on Partisan Records in May, brought the indie electropop duo to No. 39 on the Billboard char ts last spring. Meath and producer/bandmate Nick Sanborn grew tired of

comparisons in music media to their efforts in previous folk bands. “People are like, ‘Oh, it’s folk-tronic,’” Meath said. “It’s all dumb. Folk is music of the people, so it’s any sound a person can make.” The sounds made on Sylvan Esso’s album range from gliding harmonies by Meath to Sanborn’s tight, punchy beats. The collaboration results in sparse, untouched vocals breezing a listener through unexpected rhythms and subtle drops. “I write the lyrics and melody; sometimes the melody is infor med by Nick’s beats,” Meath said about the band’s songwriting process. “Sometimes we have little bits of each

thing. It’s not formulaic in any way.” Though Sanbor n and Meath each got their start touring in other bands (Sanborn in Megafaun and Made of Oak, Meath in the women-vocal trio Mountain Man), their performances as Sylvan Esso have continued to evolve over time. Live, the band is delivering a more sonically diverse palette, using combinations of live samples and, occasionally, real drums. They brought that experiment to Minneapolis’ First Avenue on Wednesday night. “It started in the studio, and then we transitioned into playing live,” Meath said of Sylvan Esso’s performance style. “The main difference is that I went from

singing with two women to singing to a click. It’s weird to start singing with a machine.” Meath, a 26-year-old originally from Cambridge, Mass., met Sanborn, 31, when their bands shared a bill at the Cactus Club in Sanborn’s native Milwaukee in 2010. After asking Sanbor n to remix a Mountain Man song, Meath said it became clear that the two were musically compatible. “[With] collaboration, you have to find someone you can hang out with all the time,” Meath said. “I could tell that we were friends pretty immediately.” After relocating to Durham, N.C., between 2012 and 2013, the duo set to

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

BACKTALK

horoscopes

sudoku

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve sudoku, visit sudoku.org.uk.

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Today’s Birthday (9/4): Benefit comes through transitions and personal development this year. Practice skills for mastery. Focus on networking, communications and connections for greatest gain through 12/23.

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 — Talk is cheap. Take a long shot. Communications could get difficult. You’ve already made the plan.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 7 — Listen rather than talk. Handle household chores. Study leads to discovery. Wait to see what develops before signing on. Don’t fall for a sob story.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is an 8 — Completion fosters creativity. A new journey beckons. Choose the direction that looks the most fun.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 7 — Postpone travel. Unexpected loss could change plans. Dip into savings as necessary. Do what you can to help. You can afford what’s needed.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 7 — Better leave some things unsaid. Have important conversations another day and avoid gossip altogether. Veto power could get exercised.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 9 — Don’t waste energy. A moment of transformation could catch you by surprise. A career or status rise becomes suddenly available.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is an 8 — Choose your battles carefully. Work out a longterm issue with a partner through action rather than words. Postpone travel and new projects.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 9 — Consider travel demands. Get rid of excess baggage. Can you do your research from home? Imagination takes over. Don’t buy luxuries yet.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 9 — Find the sweet spot at work. Not everything you try works. Provide excellent service for good pay. It could get intense ... keep on your game.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 7 — Postpone big meetings. Handle a job you’ve been putting off. Quiet productivity gets farther than expected. Go around roadblocks. Make a key discovery.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 7 — Snooze a bit longer. Your credit is in good shape. Don’t travel or talk much about what’s going on. You already have most of what you need.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 7 — It’s not a good time to travel. You never know what you may catch. Friends have tons of ideas. Don’t do everything suggested, but take note.

Thursday, September 4, 2014

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Thursday, September 7, 2006

BACKTALK

crossword

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should be MSGay (not in the two dudes marrying kind of way, but in the way Daunte Culepper folds under any kind of pass rush gay, there is a less-than-subtle difference). Net: Obviously. I did some research and found out that M-S-A stands for Minnesota Student Association — our less than friendly student government. Net: How much research did you have to put into that? It should be pretty obvious that they’re screwing everyone over as we speak. They have all sorts of meetings where kids can go talk about highfalutin’ concepts when they don’t have real government internships. Net: They really shouldn’t take after our “real” government’. What’s worse is that students fund it! Someone needs to do something about this do-nothing pile of NUTT. That someone is you Net! Net: What? Us? You need to run for MSA president to end this abomination. Net: You’re right. Save us our 10 cents Net! Net: Well Networkia, make sure you write in “Network” for president next MSA elections. Whenever those are.

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You can try to chalk it up to situationground. ality, but more than likely it is more than an Then again, the problem could very well be issue of mentality. you and your admitted reliance on your good Moving on, it’s unfor tunate you care so looks. Have you no personality? No interests deeply because it sounds like your concern of your own? Perhaps if you found yourself is genuine. Her behavior, on the other hand, some of those, you might be able to talk to does not equate to caring in any way shape or some of these hottie tottie vets-to-be. form; she “cares” that you’ll do anything for Any fella you wanna make your man likely her. Wow, what a sentiment. I never thought I would bewhat thehappens one to will have other interests — and other women Stickin’ around to see in this present — in his life. Treat this situation situation expert, is like waiting a bombI have to explode. write tonoa dating but,foralas, differently than going after any guy you’re ga- Don’t risk the hurt when you can walk away a dilemma: My girlfriend really wants to ga about. And hey, once you’ve come across safely. something of interest in yourself you’d likeatothreesome, — Best, Dr.and DateI’m against the have share (besides your looks), chances are he’ll We’veDear talked about it again and be ready and willing to spend a littleidea. QT talking Dr. Date, about something other than neutering. Hi. What’s up?toJust a quick question, I again, andknow she seems think it would — Dr. Date the good Doctor is busy. I’m not unatI’m pretty sure I don’t be a fun tractive, way toandspice things up. have Shea bad Dear Dr. Date, personality, but I seem to be unapproachable anything wrong with it. I just transferred in this year as doesn’t a junior, assee to the male gender. well as a girl that I used to have a strong rela- plan, Basically, I never get on or hit The according tohither, is uptofor a tionship with for almost two years. She broke conversation. I’d like a boyfriend or just some have she one guy of her friends female) it off because of a problem she thought friends. How can(aI make myselfjoin more apcould fix herself and didn’t tell me about. us in the proachable? bedroom sometime and just Soon after the breakup she star ted dat— Easy to Resist “goofwith ing another guy, this new relationship hers the flow.” This friend is in our lasted almost a year, the last half of which Resisted, social circle Well, andEasily someone we hang out she was cheating on him with me because There is one method of being irresistible with quite that a bit. gettime kinky she missed everything I did for her. Towards has How workedcan time Iand again.with And that, the end of this period of deception she started my friend, is being confident enough to make someone to have casual Friday telling me how happy she was that we were we’re the first set move. going to the same school and thatnight I woulddrinks be Next youlater? see a fine specimen of man withtime days able to take care of her and that we would be you’ve gotta have, do something about it. If knowsandwich, it’s most able to hang out more without worryingLogistics about youaside, wanted aI turkey you guys’ wouldn’t sit people finding out. andthink wait forI can a clubgo subthrough to walk up to dream, butaround I don’t Eventually she broke it off with the other you and ask you to start chowin’ down. Why withtimes. it. I just want my girlguy after he had cheated on her three shoulddon’t your love life beto anylet different? He on the other hand has no ideafriend what was I or know; it’s scary. But the first really time off the down start a fight. She going on between her and I. high board makes it easier to jump in the pool this.again. And darlin’, maybe the ego boost should She spent one of her first nightswants here over at my house but since then we’ve barely com- come without the need to meet and greet. “I’m municated because she assumes that all we not unattractive, and I’m pretty sure I don’t are going to do is argue, which I admit hap- have a bad personality”? You don’t have to pens half the time over stupid subjects be- jump to Ms. Diva, but there is certainly room cause we are both stubborn people. on the confidence spectrum to be explored. A few days ago we saw each other atYou’re a bus- Once stop thinkin’ easyguys to resist, in ayou position thatyou’re most stop and she cuddled with me to keep warm, you won’t be.

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Dr. Date,

—Three’s a Crowd

The More the Merrier,

(and many girls) would covet. You’re in a healthy relationship, and you’re allowed to sleep with someone else with your girlfriend’s approval (and with your girlfriend). Say yes to the threesome. That said, adding a mutual friend to a ménage à trois is risky business. There’s a chance one of you will develop a lasting attraction to her. Talk with your girlfriend about considering a third person whom neither of you know. I’m guessing you’re thinking that your girlfriend’s proposal of a threesome is a signal that the spark in your relationship is fizzling. This may be the case, so take the chance to reignite the flame. Remember that people have fantasies. They should be able to live them out in a safe

Need relationship advice? E-mail Dr. Date at drdate@mndaily.com.

and enjoyable manner. Embrace your girlfriend’s request, and who knows, you might have the time of your life.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

I’m moving into a new apartment complex this week, and a girl I chatted with last year in one of my classes is going to live down the hall from me. She’s super cool and really down to earth, and I could really see us hitting it off. Nothing has happened between us besides casual conversations, but I’m crushing on her hard. I’m scared to make the first move. The only reason I know she lives in the apartment is that I Facebook stalked her. We haven’t talked since school ended last year. Anyways, what can I do to get on her radar?

—Anonymous

The Girl Next Door,

No. 1: Act surprised that she’s living in your apartment complex. While it’s natural to take a few cursory looks at your crush’s Facebook page every now and then, alluding to the truth would come off as creepy. You sound like an earnest, good guy, so play it cool. The best way to her heart is through authenticity. Don’t go the asshole route, as tempting as it may seem. No matter what misguided pickup artists tell you, that strategy doesn’t help spark meaningful attraction or create long-term relationships. Ask her out sooner, not later. Making the first move is scary, but it’s worth it even if she turns you down. Pushing past the fear of rejection is petrifying, but worth every second of anguish.

—Dr. Date

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

TRACKING THE ORANGE CONES BY BARRY LYTTON blytton@mndaily.com

The city of Minneapolis is known for its winters, long seasons blanketed by somber streets and bitter cold. But after the snow melts, summer’s sawdust collects and streets roar alive with the buzz of jackhammering and the melodic beep of backing trucks. This summer was no exception. At least 19 major constr uction projects — ranging from building renovations to street reconstruction — are underway in the University of Minnesota area. “We tr y to focus [constr uction ef for ts] when students aren’t on campus,” said Monique MacKenzie, director of architecture and planning for the University’s Capital Planning and Project Management office. 1

Ambulatory Care Center Start date: November 2013 End date: September 2015 Cost: $165 million

Combined heat and power plant Start date: November 2014 End date: June 2016 Cost: $96 million

The city’s Public Works department is leading nine of the projects, while the other 10 on-campus projects are progressing under CPPM. The average University project costs about $53 million, though the cost range is wide. For example, the ongoing construction of a new Ambulator y Care Center has a $165 million price tag. Minneapolis has the potential for even more gr owth, said associate professor of urban and regional planning Car risa Schively Slotterback. “There is an interest at looking at higher-intensity places … that are ser ved by transit, where there is already a high intensity of activity [and] a mix of residential, commercial, office and public uses like parks 2

Microbiology research hall Start date: March 2014 End date: December 2015 Cost: $60.56 million The creation of a new laboratory devoted to microbiology research

Amundson Hall Gore Annex addition Start date: April 2013 End date: September 2014 Cost: $29.7 million

and recreation,” she said. Construction in the campus area is split among private development, public works and the University, with no official liaison between them. That requires close communication between the University and the city as each entity plans for projects in close proximity, MacKenzie said. “I would call it an interactive system to get projects approved and underway,” she said. The city’s constr uction season only lasts from “April until Thanksgiving,” Deputy Director of Public Works Heidi Hamilton said. Though the projects slated on this map only run until 2017, construction in a large city is never really over. 3

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Humphrey School of Public Affairs Start date: September 2013 End date: August 2014 Cost: $1.2 million Phase two of an exterior renovation that will replace damaged concrete and bricks and include sidewalk repairs

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Williams Arena and the Sports Pavilion Start date: Unknown End date: October 2014 Cost: $7.5 million

10th Avenue Southeast Bridge Rehabilitation Start date: 2015 End date: 2016 Cost: Unknown

A rehab of the bridge to repair deteriorated concrete areas Cedar Avenue Sidewalks Start date: Aug. 2014 End date: 2015 Cost: Unknown Reconstruction and expansion of sidewalks and treescape. Reconfiguration of Cedar Avenue into a three-lane road with added parking

Fourth Street South Ramp and auxiliary lane Start date: February 2014 End date: November 2014 Cost: $13 million

A new ramp to northbound Interstate 35W at Fourth Street Southeast and an extra lane on University Avenue Southeast connecting to Stinson Boulevard Northeast

Roof replacement on Williams and the Pavilion that is anticipated to put a roof over Gophers athletes’ heads for 60 more years

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A complete reconstruction of Church Street, including a pedestrian bike mall, improved lighting and utility

The creation of a four-story, about 40,000-square-foot addition to Amundson Hall for laboratory and office spaces

An overall renovation to the Old Main Heating Plant Building, originally built in 1912

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University of Minnesota Physicians and the Medical Center, Fairview, are partnering to build an academic ambulatory care center

CITY AND CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Bluff Street Bicycle Trail Start date: 2014 construction season End date: July 2014 Cost: Unknown

A repavement and addition of sidewalks, boulevards and lighting extending from 15th Avenue Southeast eastward to the street’s end

An off-road trail connecting downtown through the University’s East and West banks under I-35W

Interstate 94 Exit Ramp to Seventh Street Start date: May 2014 End date: 2015 construction season Cost: Unknown Reconfiguring the exit ramp from Fifth Street Southeast to Seventh Street Southeast

Eighth Street Southeast paving Start date: Summer 2014 End date: Postponed to 2015 Cost: Unknown

15th Avenue South and Fourth Street South reconstruction Start date: June 2014 End date: November 2014 Cost: Unknown A full removal and reconstruction of the streets

Pleasant Street Southeast resurfacing Start date: August 2014 End Date: Mid-August 2014 construction season Cost: Unknown Street resurfacing from Washington Avenue Southeast to just south of Arlington Street