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ENVIRONMENT
Plant-based plastics?
The group is set to spend more than last year on stipends, but it will cut down in other areas. BY HALEY HANSEN hhansen@mndaily.com
After a push to involve more members and be more transparent with its budgetmaking process, the Minnesota Student Association passed its new budget Tuesday night with little debate among members. At its first forum of the year, the student government approved its $177,450 budget after months of review from its members, who say they plan to use the money to help students rather than spending it on MSA members. MSA failed to agree on a budget at its first meeting last fall, partially due to disagreements over group leaders’ stipends, which some argued were too high. u See BUDGET Page 4
RESEARCH
Professors take issue with review As an examination of the U’s clinical research begins, some say the process is flawed. BY TAYLOR NACHTIGAL tnachtigal@mndaily.com
While a team of outside reviewers is on campus this week to begin evaluating the University of Minnesota’s clinical research on human subjects, some faculty members are questioning the process. The panel of experts is coming to the University after a group of 12 professors sent a letter on Sunday to the school’s administrators criticizing the panelists, citing concerns about conflicts of interest and the scope of the review. The faculty members took issue particularly with the third-party firm managing the review — the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection u See REVIEW Page 12
CORA NELSON, DAILY
U professor Marc Hillmyer helps graduate student Morgan Schulze with plastic research Monday in Smith Hall. A $20 million federal grant was awarded to the University’s Center for Sustainable Polymers to explore more environmentally friendly alternatives for plastic.
The Center for Sustainable Polymers received a $20M grant to research environmentally friendly alternatives to plastic. CSP director Marc Hillmyer said the
BY PARKER LEMKE plemke@mndaily.com
F
center will provide initial research that will
rom electronics to tableware, plastic
make sustainable plastics more competitive
is ever ywhere and varies by shape
on the market alongside their petrochemi-
and size.
cal cousins.
Despite plastic-made products’ differ-
“We are working more on the front end
ences, most share a common origin as fos-
of this effort,” he said. “We are laying the
sil fuels drilled out of the ground.
basic research foundations to allow tech-
Now, equipped with a recently awarded federal grant, University of Minnesota re-
nologies to ultimately be translated in the marketplace.”
searchers are working to even the playing
Normally petroleum products, such as
field between traditional plastics and more
oil and natural gas, are refined into large
environmentally friendly alternatives.
molecular building blocks called polymers,
The University’s Center for Sustainable Polymers received the five-year, $20 mil-
from which plastics are then processed, Hillmyer said.
lion grant from the National Science Foun-
CSP researchers instead want to source
dation last month to research disposable,
the same chemicals from plant-based ma-
non-toxic plastics created from renewable
terials, like sugars, carbohydrates and veg-
resources.
etable oils, Hillmyer said. u See CSP Page 3
STUDENT LIFE
ATHLETICS
Even with all-day kindergarten in Minnesota, student-parents still encounter child expenses.
Penn State’s postseason ban
Despite new law, child care still costly NCAA lifts BY JOHN THOMAS jthomas@mndaily.com
Christa Johnson spends all of her wages on childcare for her 5-year-old daughter. “I go to school full time and only work on the weekends, so literally my entire paycheck goes for paying for day care,” the family social science senior said. A new state policy aims to alleviate that burden. Gov. Mark Dayton signed a measure last year that made all-day kindergarten available to around 60,000 students this fall. Although the policy reduces the cost of child care, some University of Minnesota student-parents say their needs aren’t completely met. Johnson said the measure cut child care costs for her daughter in half, but she said she’s still paying $120 a week for afterschool child care. Student-parents can find help and resources through the University’s Student Parent Help Center, but some said the University’s childcare is far beyond their price range. At the University’s Child Development Center, a family with an income lower than about $55,000 would pay $820 per month for an older preschool student to receive full-time care during the work week. Most parents carr y the burden of expensive child care because the country and state have too few policies, like paid family u See KINDERGARTEN Page 5
The ban was one of several sanctions handed down in light of the Sandusky scandal. BY SAM KRAEMER skraemer@mndaily.com
The NCAA restored Penn State University’s football postseason eligibility Monday, lifting one of several sanctions it handed down in 2012 after finding that the school had mishandled the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Beginning next season, Penn State will have all of its scholarships reinstated, and starting this year, the school is eligible to play in a bowl game if the team qualifies. The sanctions also included a $60 million fine, vacation of victories from 1998 to 2011 and five-year probation. Those sanctions, however, remain intact. Minnesota doesn’t play the Nittany Lions this season, but Gophers head coach Jerr y Kill said he was on board with the decision. “I always go by what’s best for the players u See FOOTBALL Page 7
ZACH BIELINSKI, DAILY
Five-year-old Harlee Sheid with her mother, University student Stevie Sheid, at the after-school program Minneapolis Kids on Monday afternoon in Minneapolis.
RELATED CONTENT Riding the Pine: Penn State football should serve a stronger sentence after the scandal. u See Page 7
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MINNEAPOLIS — An ex-nurse who admitted going online and encouraging people to kill themselves was convicted Tuesday of assisting the suicide of an English man and attempting to assist in the suicide of a Canadian woman, following a legal battle that has spanned more than four years and led to the reversal of par t of a Minnesota law that outlaws the practice. Rice County District Judge Thomas Neuville ruled that the state proved that W illiam Melcher tDinkel, 52, of Faribault, assisted in the suicide of Mark Dr ybrough, 32, of Coventr y, England. He said the state failed to prove Melcher t-Dinkel’s assistance was a direct cause of the suicide of Nadia Kajouji, 18, of Brampton, Ontario, but found him guilty on a lesser charge of attempting to help her take her life. Melcher t-Dinkel plans
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Former GOP Tom Gov. Dayton: State has Horner backs Jeff enough for flood costs Johnson for gov. BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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ST. PAUL — Republican nominee Jeff Johnson’s bid to unite his party base in the Minnesota governor’s race got a boost Tuesday with an endorsement from someone chastised by the GOP for running as an independent four years ago. Public relations executive Tom Horner, a moderate who abandoned the Republican Party in 2010, backed Johnson while describing him as the candidate with the strongest ideas and temperament for the job. Horner was the Independence Party’s nominee in a governor’s race that Republicans narrowly lost to Democrat Mark Dayton. Horner’s roots are in the GOP but he considers himself a political free agent now, offering examples of Democrats he has supported in other fall races. Johnson, a Hennepin County commissioner, said it’s vital for his party’s base to be fracture-free for him to defeat Dayton. “I can’t win this race unless I get all the Republicans on board and more than half of the independents and hopefully a handful of Democrats as well,” Johnson said. Johnson said it was a mistake for the state’s Republican Party chairman in 2010 to brand then-candidate Horner and his GOP supporters “quislings” — a label for traitors once attached to Norwegian Nazi collaborators. Horner won 12 percent of the vote in a race Dayton won by less than a halfpercentage point over Republican nominee Tom Emmer. “I wouldn’t be so arrogant to think my endorsement alone moves those 12 percent,” Horner said, adding that he’s hoping voters look beyond the caricature of Johnson being created by television ads branding him a “tea party Republican.”
ST. PAUL — Existing emergency accounts are probably sufficient to cover state costs related to severe June flooding and avoid the need for a special session of the Minnesota Legislature, Gov. Mark Dayton said Tuesday. That message was delivered to leading lawmakers in a memo from budget chief Jim Schowalter and emergency management head Kris Eide. They provided a financial assessment that shows there is enough money in a new $3 million contingency fund to match anticipated federal disaster assistance. Combined with some transpor tation funds the state can tap, Dayton said there’s likely enough money to cover repair costs from summer flooding until lawmakers return to the Capitol in Januar y, making a special session unlikely. “It’s our judgment that it’s not necessary at this time,” Dayton said, before adding that he could change course and call a special session later on if cost estimates mount beyond what the state can currently pay. Damage to public assets from summer storms topped $40 million. Thirty-seven Minnesota counties are part of a federal disaster declaration and two others — Morrison and Dakota — will likely qualify for state assistance despite being excluded from the federal program. The Federal Emergency Management Agency covers 75 percent of recover y costs and the state matches the remaining 25 percent. The memo said the state’s contingency account is likely enough to keep aid flowing between now and January. In addition, the state allows local governments to seek an advance of their regular state aid payments to help them through the recovery. The memo cautions that administration officials lack the ability to transfer money from other state accounts without legislative consent.
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Students learning virtually from raptors The U’s Raptor Center is using a state grant to develop an interactive course. BY KAYLEE KRUSCHKE kkruschke@mndaily.com
The University of Minnesota’s Raptor Center is digging its talons into middle school science classrooms by opening a virtual window for adolescent students into the center’s work rehabilitating sick or injured birds. The center, located on the St. Paul campus, is developing a new online curriculum aimed at instilling seventh- and eighthgraders with a passion for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. “We want to create a more sustainable world,” said Julia Ponder, the center’s executive director, “and we do that by teaching students about what’s happening out there.” In July, the center received a $186,000 grant from the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund to develop and pilot the program, called the Raptor Lab, said Mike Billington, an interpretive naturalist at the Raptor Center. Forgoing the usual textbook-and-lesson approach, middle school students will instead lear n scientific investigation skills by obser ving raptor rehabilitation in real time via webcasts, videos and photos, Billington said. “Students are watching videos of a bald eagle snatching a fish out of water,” he said, “or [ospreys]
diving in headfirst with their feet completely extended over their head when they are hitting the water — and most people don’t even know that happens.” With its recent funding, the Raptor Center will develop the site as a tool for junior high teachers across Minnesota — though how many schools will par ticipate and whether there will be a fee to use the program have yet to be decided, Ponder said. As par t of “adventure learning,” classes will be able to virtually peek into the Raptor Center and keep up with its progress, said Aaron Doering, associate professor and co-director of the Learning Technologies Media Lab, which is helping create the curriculum’s website. “[It bridges] that distance between the classroom and the Raptor Center and [does] it in a way that’s experiential,” Billington said. Students will hear directly from veterinarians caring for birds and will play the role of researchers by analyzing blood data and radio graphs provided by the center in order to learn about the diagnostic process, he said. Another component of the lab pushes students outdoors to do their own investigative research on any topic of interest, Ponder said. Developers are striving to design the interactive website in a way that will keep young students
Propane suppliers prepare to avoid another shortage BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. PAUL — Minnesota officials and propane suppliers say they’re better prepared to avoid repeating the shortages that hit much of the Midwest last winter. Propane supply and demand are always at the whims of weather, but last year’s one-two punch of a wet fall harvest that used up more fuel and a brutally cold winter created one of the worst shortages in recent memory. With another cold winter approaching, Gov. Mark Dayton said he’s confident the state has taken steps to ensure Minnesota residents have access to propane. Several propane storage facilities in the region have increased capacity, and more farmers and homeowners have filled up their fuel supplies early. “We’re in as good of shape as we could be today,” Dayton said after meeting with industry officials Tuesday. But the state’s efforts to ensure adequate fuel supplies could be hindered by a key pipeline that’s no longer shipping propane into Minnesota. The Cochin pipeline, which once supplied about 40 percent of Minnesota’s propane, was switched over in the spring to move petroleum products into Canada. Dayton said filling that
gap is one of his top concerns. To help, the state will lean on railroads, which Dayton has pressed to address months of backlogs that have hit farmers with delays. “There’s no question the rail transport system in this state is very seriously overextended,” the governor said. “We’re going to be on them very rigorously to find out what their situation is, to monitor what they’re doing.” Dayton said the state will continue meeting with industry officials and monitoring propane supplies as winter approaches. The late start to last year’s planting season pushed harvest back into a wet fall, requiring more of the fuel to dr y out corn and other grains. The cold winter drove up propane demand to heat more than 200,000 Minnesotans’ homes, raising prices and making supply scarce. A wet spring pushed back planting this year too, Minnesota Corn Growers Association spokesman Adam Czech said. Despite the late start, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is projecting a record corn crop in Minnesota — a crop that may need plenty of propane for drying. Farmers can use more than 1,000 gallons of propane daily to dry their crop. The association started warning farmers in June to stock up on propane.
JULIET FARMER, DAILY
Joanne Peterson moves a bald eagle from its cage to a new location on Sunday at the Raptor Center. The Raptor Center, located on the St. Paul campus, recently received funding to create an online-based curriculum raptor lab for seventh and eighth graders.
interested and engaged, said Jeni Henrickson, media development specialist at LT Media Lab and a learning technologies doctoral student. When the Raptor Center released a bald eagle tagged with a GPS transmitter in 2010, researchers first had the idea of sharing the experience of veterinarians and field biologists with adolescents, Billington said. “That was the first iteration was this idea of,
‘How neat would it be for students to learn from the clinic how this bird was rehabilitated?’” he said. “What can this one bird teach us about the population of bald eagles as a whole?” The Raptor Lab, set to be complete in 2016, will also help introduce students to potential careers in science, Ponder said. “We want to get students engaged in science and specifically veterinarian
medicine,” Ponder said. “We all know that there’s challenges in the science education as far as students following those [career] paths.” The upcoming course is rooted in the success of a pilot program developed by the center and implemented in metro area schools in recent years, Billington said. For that ongoing program, students crunch raw data on the number of raptors at the center and interpret them for trends, said
Jamie Madson, the STEM integration specialist for Rockford Middle School — Center for Environmental Studies. He said Billington also brings birds to schools and presents about raptor topics. “I tell the kids, ‘You have no idea how lucky you are,’” Madson said. “You just spent an hour sitting 3 feet from a bald eagle or turkey vulture or whatever it happens to be. People don’t get [that] opportunity.”
Grant boosts alt. plastic research CSP u from Page 1
But new plastics, he said, must also match the quality of current ones at a comparable cost in order to succeed. Department of Chemistry Chair and CSP researcher William Tolman envisions a cyclical future for sustainable plastics. “You start with plants, and you take some plant-based feedstock, conver t it into some kind of plastic [and] use it for something like a yogurt container,” Tolman said. “At the end of its life cycle, it gets tossed into a composting pile and gets converted back.” Hillmyer said researchers eventually hope to convert waste biomass into plastics — though he said that development is a ways off. In the meantime, some petroleum-based plastics can pollute the environment for generations, Tolman said. “Once they’re done being used, they basically don’t degrade for 10,000 years,” he said. “We’re trying to develop replacements and new types of polymers that are derived from renewable resources and ultimately are also biodegradable.” Kathleen Schuler, a program director from statewide nonprofit Conservation Minnesota, said her group’s efforts to promote non-toxic products aligns with the center’s mission. “Plastics are a huge prob-
lem,” she said. “Moving away from petrochemicals reduces the impact on the climate, and that’s one of the principles of green chemistry.”
‘High-risk, highreward’ research
Beyond informing the public about green chemistry, CSP also gives students a chance to work in an environment where discoveries are building toward future breakthroughs. “Students can understand and see how the fundamental science they’re doing can have a real impact on environmental stewardship, sustainability and real applications,” Tolman said. Upwards of two dozen University graduate students and postdoctoral researchers will toil away at the center this year, focusing on topics like feedstock conversion and hybrid materials, Hillmyer said. “It’s just a good opportunity to work on high-risk projects we might not normally get funding for,” said Debbie Schneiderman, a materials chemistry doctoral student. “High risk, high reward, hopefully.” Schneiderman added that plastics need to become more renewable, and she said CSP director Hillmyer has the energy to guide the center’s research in that direction. Despite the increased national funding, research at the center remains highly
PLASTIC
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32 million tons PLASTIC WASTE GENERATED IN THE U.S. IN 2012
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competitive, Hillmyer said. “All the senior investigators in the center vie for these funds by writing proposals. … We use those proposals to rank the ideas we want to support,” Hillmyer said. “There are more ideas coming from the Center for Sustainable Polymers than we can fund.” Currently, more than 40 projects are already up and running at the center, he said. “Basic research is a long-term endeavor,” Hillmyer said. “At the end, we hope to have generated the knowledge that is needed to take this field to the next level.”
Garnering support around the nation
Under the CSP’s umbrella, scientists from the University are joined by partners from Cornell University, the University of Califor nia-Berkeley and
more than 30 companies nationwide. But when it launched in 2009, the University had to help get the center of f the ground using start-up money. In 2011, the University attracted an initial threeyear $1.5 million grant from the NSF, which acted as a trial run for additional backing, Hillmyer said. Last year, CSP competed in a vigorous review process to receive a second stage of funding, said Katharine Cover t, a program director from the NSF’s chemistry division. Resear chers flew to Washington, D.C., to pitch their cases, and a panel of 15 national and international experts reviewed proposals from a number of candidate centers, she said. Ultimately, CSP came out on top. “ We m a d e a h a p p y phone call to Minnesota,” Cover t said, adding that the center’s commitment to forging ties with industr y gave it an edge. “They are going to be leaders in the field.” The grant establishes CSP as one of eight Centers for Chemical Innovation, all of which Covert oversees, to per form groundbreaking research with the NSF’s support. “In all of our programs, we start with funding great science,” Covert said. “It’s great chemistry with great societal impact.”
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Grad students help find solar hot spots A group of graduate students mapped the solar potential of the entire state. BY KEVIN KARNER kkarner@mndaily.com
The solar industr y is taking root around the state, and University of Minnesota students are contributing. This summer, a team of University graduate students created a web application to explore viable places for solar panels across the state, a technology that some say could receive wide usage. Their project, called the Minnesota Solar Suitability Analysis, comes at a time when some experts say there will be a nearly 30-fold increase in solar capacity by the end of the decade, driven largely by policies passed in Minnesota’s 2013 legislative session. As a result, exper ts expect a statewide solar boom.
While it’s still a small industry, a recent report by the Solar Foundation notes that solar-related jobs in the state have grown by 73 percent since 2012. The “Solar Dream Team” of students who worked on the app collaborated with industr y consultants to tailor their technology to the needs of local businesses and government officials, said andy Walz, a master of geographic information science student who worked on the project. To create the Minnesota Solar Suitability Analysis, the students used aerial imaging technology to detect how much solar radiation hits the ground on average in a year, Walz said. Clean Energy Resource Teams, which par tners with the University of
Minnesota Extension, hopes to take the technology and promote it for use across the state with the help of the U.S. Depar tment of Energy grants that support solar energy. The project’s potential benefits have already caught the attention of solar panel installers, said Len Kne, associate director of U-Spatial, the office that oversaw the app’s development. “It’s good for the homeowner and the installer if they can find the hot properties for solar without visiting them,” Kne said. The idea is to make the student-developed technology ready for use by Minnesota’s local gover nments, utility companies and solar installers, said Dan Thiede, a communications manager for Clean Energy Resource Teams and the U Extension. The app will help solar installers locate ideal properties
“People currently tend to take sunlight for granted.” ANDY WALZ Geographic information science master’s student
for individual and community solar panels. “Instead of using three or four tools, they can use one,” Thiede said. Besides individual solar panel installations, the 2013 legislation encouraged the use of cooperatively owned panels, he said. The students’ tool could see more use in the near future. The state’s solar mandate requires large utilities like Xcel Energy to derive 1.5 percent of their energy from solar power by 2020. This year, the University team won the Esri Climate
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Resilience App Challenge for their ef fective use of highly detailed imagery. This semester, the students aim to make existing solar assessment maps more interactive. “ We t h i n k t h a t t h e
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additional functionality will help people think of solar as a resource similar to fossil fuels or things that are more tangible than sun,” Walz said. “People currently tend to take sunlight for granted.”
Courts hear arguments over Gov. Walker case BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LIAM JAMES DOYLE, DAILY
MSA President Joelle Stangler speaks at the first forum meeting of the year Tuesday at Fraser Hall. MSA has been working on its budget since April and voted to pass the proposal at the meeting.
board knew what the budget contained. In the future, Stangler said she’d like to see even more feedback from members during the budget planning process. Even though MSA leaders fr equently emailed members updates on the new budget, Ramirez said, that doesn’t necessarily mean they looked at it. Still, Ramirez said MSA is heading in the right
direction by sending the budget out sooner. “It’s a great step forward in getting to be more transparent and making sure ever yone has a say in the budget,” he said. Alpha Gamma Rho’s representative to MSA, Connor Klemenhagen, said although the budget was passed more quickly than he thought it would, he noticed a lot went into its creation.
Ramirez said passing the budget was just the first par t of being able to accomplish MSA’s goals for the year, and the student gover nment leadership wants its members to focus on that aspect. “ We d o n ’ t w a n t t o make it about the money,” Ramirez said. “We want people to be here because they want to be here, they want to contribute to the University and they want
to make a dif ference on campus.” With the new budget in place, Stangler said the group can now direct its attention to its main goals for the year. MSA will discuss its platform in the coming weeks and will meet again later this month, she said. “For us, it’s less of a budget and more of a framework of where our priorities are,” she said.
Jake Leinenkugel announces retirement from craft brewery MILWAUKEE — Jake Leinenkugel announced Tuesday that he is stepping down as president of the craft brewery started by his greatgreat-grandfather and will be succeeded by his younger brother Dick Leinenkugel, who formerly led economic development ef for ts in Wisconsin. Jake Leinenkugel, 62, is familiar to beer drinkers as the star of ads promoting his family’s brand. He took over day-to-day operations of the company a year after its 1988 merger with Miller Brewing Co., now MillerCoors, and oversaw recent rapid growth fueled by the popularity of the lemonade-flavored Summer Shandy. Leinenkugel said he learned something from each of his 13 bosses at
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MSA quietly moves ahead with budget Almost 20 percent went to the of ficers’ pay last year. Though this year’s budget allocated mor e funding for leaders’ stipend pay, some positions r eceived pay cuts and some previously unpaid positions will now receive stipends. Other areas received cuts, like food budgets for MSA meetings, which shrank about $4,000 from last year. The group also eliminated its annual banquet. The budget also outlined funding for a par tnership with the Aurora Center for Advocacy and Education and events like Suppor t the U Day and Voterpalooza. MSA President Joelle Stangler said funding should go toward students rather than spending money on MSA members. Domingo Ramirez, the group’s chief financial officer, said another reason the budget didn’t pass immediately last year was that it was released to for um members only a few days prior to the meeting and there wasn’t enough time to review it. In order to prevent repeating last year, MSA leadership continuously updated its members on the working budget since spring, Ramirez said. Over its leadership retreat this summer, Stangler said the team reviewed its budget line-by-line to ensure that the executive
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MillerCoors and the partnership “worked for a lot of different reasons.” “We well exceeded what I thought our success measures would be,” he told The Associated Press on Monday in an interview ahead of the announcement. “Quite frankly, I’m very proud” of the growth, he said. Leinenkugel’s, with its 147 years of family history, picturesque Nor thwoods brewery and expanding line of flavored beers, has been a near-perfect fit for the millennial market. Eighteen- to 25-year-olds crave variety, but they also want authenticity, said Andrea Riberi, a senior vice president at Nielsen, which tracks beer sales. Leinenkugel’s has made the most of its story with marketing that emphasizes the outdoors and includes “family reunions”
that draw 10,000 people to the flagship brewery in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, each year. Sales, excluding those at bars and liquor stores, grew about 130 percent over four years to $161 million in 2013, according to Nielsen data. Jake Leinenkugel said the company brewed about 1 million barrels of beer last year, twice as much as he envisioned when he became president 25 years ago. Both brothers served in the Marines before going to work for the family company, following an example set by their father, Bill Leinenkugel. Jake Leinenkugel inherited his father’s gregariousness. He loves mingling with beer distributors and drinkers, created the festival-like family reunions and, on tough days, gets a boost by stopping at a bar to
mingle with fans. “I love bringing people together,” Jake Leinenkugel said, adding, “I would say, I’m a very good coach, and I love being involved in tactical things, selling beer.” Dick Leinenkugel, 56, describes himself as the more deliberate brother, the one who pays attention to details and balances his brother’s “go with my gut” style of making decisions. He served as commerce secretary under former Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat, and then ran as a Republican for U.S. Senate in 2010 before bowing out in favor of Sen. Ron Johnson. A third brother, John Leinenkugel, works for Leinenkugel’s in marketing in Minneapolis. Their father, who died in 2008, taught them to appreciate their differences. “He said, ‘The other
brothers compliment Jake and bring other things to the business. If all three of them thought the same, two of them wouldn’t be necessar y,’” Dick Leinenkugel said. Jake Leinenkugel’s tenure has been shaped by the partnership with MillerCoors. He learned a tough lesson early on, when he gave Miller permission to brew Leinenkugel’s in Milwaukee without setting brewing or taste-testing standards. “I lear ned that, holy smokes, ‘There’s people in Chippewa Falls who could taste the dif ference,’” he said. The company now has teams that ensure batches made at its Eden, North Carolina, brewery match those produced in Chippewa Falls. A third brewery in Milwaukee produces ales.
CHICAGO — Wisconsin prosecutors on Tuesday tried to persuade a federal appeals cour t to let them to resume their investigation of Gov. Scott Walker’s recall election campaign, in a case that touches on broader issues about just what constitutes constitutionally-protected political activity. In more than 90 minutes of questioning, three judges on a panel at the 7th U.S. Circuit Cour t of Appeals in Chicago didn’t give a clear indication of which way they might be leaning. But two of the three repeatedly broached questions about whether federal judges should intervene in what appeared to be a state matter. When it comes to federal cour ts dictating to states about criminal investigations or anything else, Judge Frank Easterbook said, what precedent demands is, “Be modest. Be careful.” The arguments in a downtown Chicago building took place two months before Walker — a Republican seen as a potential 2016 candidate for president — faces a closely contested reelection against Democrat Mary Burke. Walker made a national name for himself when he took on public sector unions in 2011. That fight led to the 2012 vote to recall Walker, which he won. The recall battle ultimately led to the legal dispute now in the Chicago court. No one has been charged in the investigation and prosecutors have said Walker isn’t a target. R e p u b l i c a n s h a v e d i smissed it as a partisan witch hunt against conser vative groups, while Democrats say it has revealed serious questions about possible illegal activity by Walker and his backers. The case centers on the type of political activity done by the conser vative groups during the recall campaign and whether that work required them to follow state laws that bar coordination with candidates, require disclosure of political donations and place limits on what can be collected. Much of Tuesday’s arguments focused on the intricacies of Wisconsin’s criminal system.
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Push to raise cigar prices could reach Minneapolis St. Paul passed an ordinance raising cigar prices to curb youth tobacco use. BY KATE CLARK kclark1@mndaily.com
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Harlee Sheid and her mother, University junior Stevie Sheid, attend the after-school program Minneapolis Kids.
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leave, to help, said Catherine Squires, director of graduate studies in the University’s gender, women and sexuality studies department. “We have an individualistic notion that families should take ever ything on themselves, socio-economic status aside,” she said. That lack of support can be financially and socially crippling for many parents, and it often makes them choose between paying for child care and pursuing an education, Squires said. She said all-day kindergarten is beneficial, but it’s also not enough. Psychology senior Tandra Jef ferson agreed. She said all-day kindergarten has made both of her children eager to lear n, and more play time keeps her youngest excited for school. But she said there is more to be done, like making after-school child care programs free. Having a job or another productive outlet outside of the home is good for mental health, Squires said, so even families who can afford to have a parent stay at home to care for children are often still adversely affected by lack of affordable child care. Given her family’s fi-
nancial situation, Johnson said she and her husband are often unsure who will watch their children because of the patchwork of providers, family and friends that they rely on for care. And sociology senior Stevie Sheid was told her only option to cover child care costs for her daughter was to use welfare services. “My paycheck was just enough to pay [for] her child care or live,” she said. While family members covered some of the costs, Sheid said she had to take out a loan to cover the rest. Although all-day kindergarten might not solve the child care problem, child psychology associate professor Kathleen Thomas said she thought it was long overdue. Many other countries already have the program, she said. “From a cognitive development perspective, children who can continue to practice and work on their cognitive skills without large [half-day] gaps … are going to do better,” Thomas said. She said she hopes policy initiatives like allday kindergarten will lead to broader educational refor m like year-round school. “All-day kindergar ten is really bringing us into the 21st centur y,” Thomas said.
A recent push to raise cigar prices and keep young people from smoking could soon catch on in Minneapolis. Late last month, the St. Paul City Council unanimously passed an ordinance that would increase the price of single cigars to $2.10 before sales tax. This movement could spread to Minneapolis, and some University of Minnesota students say they would be supportive. The measure closely follows a similar price hike enacted earlier this year in Brooklyn Center that aimed to deter young smokers from purchasing tobacco. “We know … that one of the most effective ways for reducing tobacco use is to raise the price of tobacco,” said Alicia Leizinger, the Ramsey Tobacco Coalition’s program and policy specialist. The group
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advocated for the Brooklyn Center ordinance and talked with St. Paul’s City Council about underage cigar purchases. L a t r i s h a Ve t a w, t h e program coordinator for the Breathe Free Nor th Project, said her group collaborates with the Ramsey Tobacco Coalition and is tr ying to pass similar restrictions in Minneapolis. She said she is currently working with Ward 5 City Councilman Blong Yang to raise cigar prices. “That is what ever yone is talking about right now,” Vetaw said. “It has been ef fective, so we’ve been working on a policy around flavored little cigars, single cigar pricing and minimum pack size.” The ordinance focuses on small or flavored cigars,
which Leizinger believes is being targeted to youth. “Kids have told me that they prefer the flavored products because it masks the harshness of the tobacco,” Leizinger said. Child psychology and philosophy junior Erin Lowenthal, who smokes, said she can understand the increased prices when it comes to preventing young smokers. “If it’d decrease youth smoking, I’d be fine with it,” she said, adding that she doesn’t want young adults smoking. She said the ordinance would likely be effective. “[Young adults] smoke those little cigars, so that might actually divert them from smoking those if they raised the price,” Lowenthal said.
In May 2013, the Ramsey Tobacco Coalition looked at stores around St. Paul and found that the average price for a single cigar was $1.08, while others sold for only 50 cents, Leizinger said. Cigarette smoking among youth has decreased to 15.7 percent — the lowest on record, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Sur veillance. Cigars allow the tobacco industr y to evade the heavy restrictions placed on cigarettes, Leizinger said. Minnesota sets minimum prices for cigarettes, and nationwide they cannot be sold in packs fewer than 20 or be flavored with anything other than menthol. Sometimes, the only difference between the two products is that the cigars contain finely milled tobacco in their papers, Leizinger said. Because of the lower level of scrutiny, cigars are viewed as a safer alternative to cigarettes, although they are equally harmful, she said.
Bombing kills leader of Syrian rebel group BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIRUT — The leader of an ultraconservative Islamic rebel group in Syria was killed Tuesday in a suicide bombing along with other of its top officials, its allies said, weakening the ranks of the country’s already shaky armed opposition. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack that killed Hassan Aboud and other leading members of Ahrar al-Sham, part of the strongest front that challenged the Islamic State group, which holds wide swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria. But given that forces loyal to President Bashar Assad’s government do not typically use suicide bombers, it appeared likely that forces in the murky mix of opposition fighters in Syria’s 3-year-old civil war were involved. The attack str uck a high-level meeting of Ahrar al-Sham, or The Islamic Movement of Free Men of the Levant in English, held in the northwestern town of Ram Hamdan in the Syrian province of Idlib, one of its strongholds. A statement from the group said the blast killed Aboud, also known by the nom
de guerre Abu Abdullah al-Hamwi, along with 11 other top leaders. “They were martyred ... in an explosion inside their meeting headquarters,” said a statement on the Twitter feed of the Islamic Front, the rebel coalition to which it belonged. An activist collective called the Edlib News Network, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Syrian state media also reported Aboud’s death. The activist reports said the men died in a suicide bombing. The Edlib News Network said over 40 people were killed in the blast. The Observatory, which relies on a network of activists in Syria for its reports, said “tens” of people were killed. Differing casualty figures are routine immediately after attacks in Syria. Ahrar al-Sham was part of the Islamic Front, an alliance of seven power ful conser vative and ultraconservative rebel groups that merged in late November. The Islamic Front wants to bring rule by Shariah law in Syria and rejects the Western-backed Syrian National Coalition, but cooperates with some of their fighters
on the ground. While Ahrar al-Sham was an ultra-conservative group, its leadership, including Aboud, sought to balance “the group’s fundamentalist platform with a relatively pragmatic political strategy,” said Noah Bonsey, a Syria analyst for the International Crisis Group. Aboud had even once met with a top U.S. State Department official, Bonsey said. On Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to lay out a plan to the American people on what course of action should be taken to challenge the Islamic State group, which Ahrar al-Sham opposed. Bonsey said it was unlikely that Ahrar al-Sham would have been a direct recipient of American aid, because, despite its moderation, it still remained too hard-line for the West. But the bombing likely would significantly disrupt or possibly destroy the group as a whole, he said. “Ahar al-Sham had been one of the best led and most organized, and overall, one of the most effective groups on the ground,” Bonsey said. “It’s a loss of talent within the rebel spectrum as a whole. Ahrar al-Sham was one of the strongest, if not
the strongest rebel group, and the question is, what will it look like going forward?” Syria’s conflict began as large demonstrations against Assad’s rule that collapsed into a war with sectarian undertones. Rebels are over whelmingly from Syria’s Sunni Muslim majority. Many in Syria’s minority groups have backed Assad or remained neutral, fearing for their fates should rebels come to power. The conflict has been further complicated by militants of the Islamic State group, whose mass killings, beheadings and targeting of minority groups has sparked inter national outrage. Obama is now tr ying to gather an international coalition to challenge the group. Ahrar al-Sham had blamed the Islamic State group for the killing of one of their leaders in February, a man known as Abu Khaled al-Souri, a confident of former al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden. Meanwhile Tuesday, the new United Nations special envoy to Syria began his first visit to the country, entering Damascus amid heavy exchanges of mortar and shelling between government forces and rebels.
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LEGISLATION
EDITORIALS
Editorials & Opinions Consent law offers freedom, not limits California’s new “yes means yes” bill promotes honesty and open communication. Other states should take note of this.
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n Aug. 28, the California Senate unanimously approved a bill that defines sexual consent as a clear “yes” rather than the absence of a “no” on the state’s college campuses. This bill supports victims of sexual assault and encourages a powerful culture of consent that promotes honesty throughout all life relationships. This bill comes shortly after the U.S. Department of Education released a list of 55 institutions under investigation for possibly violating federal law in how they handled sexual violence and harassment complaints. If Democratic California Gov. Jerr y Brown approves the law, as he’s expected to, colleges and universities would be required to adopt affirmative consent standards in order to receive state financial aid funding. The bill is ver y clear on what doesn’t qualify as consent: a lack of protest, protracted silence or being too intoxicated to understand what’s happening. However, consent’s actual definition is not as clear — the bill
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only defines it as “affirmative, conscious, and voluntar y agreement[s] to engage in sexual activity.” That language is a bit ambiguous. What does “af firmative, conscious, and voluntar y” actually mean in real life? However, this ambiguity is what makes the bill beautiful — consent isn’t a one-size-fits-all procedure. What’s OK for one person won’t be for another. This bill requires par tners to openly, honestly and expressly communicate about what consent means to them. These stipulations don’t attempt to control or regulate sexual interactions. Rather, af firmative consent culture creates more freedom and space for people to really get what they need to feel safe, respected and positive during sex. This increases protections for sexual assault victims, too. Under the measure, sexual assault reports won’t be dismissed just because there wasn’t a “no.” The
bill also requires schools to implement sexual assault prevention and outreach programs, which will hopefully spark thoughtful conversation about what consent means. Affirmative consent bills like the one passed by California’s Legislature should be adopted by all states, including Minnesota. These laws don’t allow us to take sex for granted, and that’s a good thing. Encouraging honesty and communication for one of the most intimate, universal and nevertheless least-discussed human activities will have ripple effects far beyond the bedroom. Emotional and physical honesty improve all relationships, not just sexual ones. People are happy when they get what they want and are comfortable. It’s true for a one-night stand, friendship or workplace interaction. And if partners can successfully navigate the sometimes-murky territory of sexual consent, they’ll be able to be honest and open about more of life’s situations. “Yes means yes” for sexual consent, as well as for increased positivity and self-awareness for everyone. Camille Galles welcomes comments at cgalles@mndaily.com.
DAILY DISCUSSION
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As a small business owner we currently start at $10.50 per hour with our top pay at $23 per hour. Our employees who show skill, potential and value are quickly moved up the pay scale because they are worth it. However, we have to show some employees to the door rather quickly because they simply do not have the motivation or desire to work or show improvement. They are not worth $15 an hour.
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Penn State bowl game ban not long enough
Penn State’s football team will be allowed to compete in bowl game this year after its eligibility was reinstated by the NCAA. The football program will also be able to grant scholarships to players again next year. The sanctions, of course, stemmed from the Jerr y Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, and despite an NCAA official’s claim that “Penn State has made remarkable progress over the past year,” we feel that a two-year ban is not stringent enough. By negating the sanctions, the NCAA is implying that football trumps the consequences of the alleged cover-up by some at Penn State. The Editorial Board CONTACT THE EDITOR Martin Jaakola mjaakola@mndaily.com @mjaakola1
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STUDENT LIFE
What happened to free events? Fun events free of charge are beginning to dwindle, resulting in fewer opportunities to mingle.
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hat’s going on down there tonight?” That’s the text I’ve received from a few friends most weekends for the past two years. More often than not, we manage to put together an agenda of places to go and people to see. When I began college, I met new people through the University of Minnesota’s free activities. However, I realized early on that most students aren’t interested in attending or paying for the types of activities that the University organizes. Soon after that, I lost interest, too. I don’t like to spend money. If something costs more than a few dollars, I probably won’t go unless I have a vested interest, as I do in Gophers sports games or shows in which my friends participate. Remember the free Spring Jam concerts that we used to hold behind Coffman Union? I never minded if the headlining artist was a joke (here’s looking at you, New Boyz). Rather, what intrigued me about these shows was that anybody could come and mingle with their fellow students and let loose as one student body — for free. In a world after free Spring Jam headliners,
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR New report showed that 3,000 high school students sustained concussions last year A new repor t that shows high school athletes are getting concussions in shocking numbers should motivate coaches, parents and athletes to redouble ef for ts to educate on concussions and help prevent them. The Minnesota Department of Health released a repor t Thursday that showed some 3,000 high school athletes at 36 Twin Cities-area high schools got a concussion in the last school year. The issue has gained momentum in the past few years among amateur and pro athletes alike. Tougher r ules for restricting play after concussions and more testing have been adopted, but the culture of playing with injur y is hard to change from high schools to the pros.
A bicycling club encourages all to bike by promoting diversity.
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he Major Taylor Bicycling Club of Minnesota is devoted to encouraging cycling among African-American residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Through group rides, races for different causes and a bike donation program, the club’s members hope to address inequalities in their communities and a lack of diversity in the Twin Cities bicycling scene. All of Minnesota should agree that breaking down barriers to get people cycling is an important step to take. We feel that the University of Minnesota is a safe space to make some progress on that issue. We already see a collage of backgrounds among campus cyclists. However, we can all do more to encourage all types of people on campus to choose biking as one of their transportation and recreation options. The University has some of the best cycling infrastructure in the nation, helping Minneapolis consistently rank among the most bike-friendly cities in the United States. Amenities like extensive cycling lanes, bike parking and several bike shops are available to everyone on campus. Additionally, easyto-use bike programs abound: Nice Ride offers bike sharing, and the University’s Zap program rewards bikers with prizes. These benefits for campus cyclists make cycling a worthwhile option for anyone who would like to participate. We encourage all students, staff and faculty to give cycling a try, no matter where you come from or who you are.
Work together to stop terrorist recruitment
From Anthony Wessel via MNDaily.com
It’s very true that for-profit schools confuse students. Students are led to believe that “national” accreditation must be better than regional because it’s “national.” Rarely do the students who get suckered into these “schools” have enough information or life experience to make a sound decision. Further, we should be teaching students in high schools that the “counselor” at a for-profit school is nothing more than a salesman who doesn’t care about you but just wants your student loan money.
Everyone should be able to cycle
We all like a winning team, but if we’re not vigilant on concussions, all the athletes will be losers in the long run. A few years ago, the Minnesota High School League implemented r ules that prep athletes be given a “pre-test” of brain activity before par ticipating in a spor t. Then, if it appears they may have gotten a concussion, they take the test again, only being allowed to play after brain activity has returned to normal. This was a big stride for ward in the protection of athletes who get concussions. Still, there is much room for improvement, especially in the areas of training athletes on how to avoid getting
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what other free events attract a large percentage of University students? The occasional football games for which some free tickets are given? I’m sure that the University can come up with something better. As fun as free events such as Trivia Night in Goldy’s Gameroom or free movies outside the St. Paul Student Center sound, a very small percentage of our tens of thousands of students are probably going to attend. This is partially due to lack of advertising, but also because most students just aren’t interested in these activities. I’m not saying that the University needs to bring back its former Spring Jam format. But the addition of an event that a large proportion of students could and would want to participate in, whatever that may be, would go a long way toward making everyone’s experience that much more memorable. Connor Nikolic welcomes comments at cnikolic@mndaily.com.
a concussion and avoiding contact that might give another athlete a concussion. The Minnesota Legislature passed a law in 2011 that requires coaches to remove athletes from a game if they show signs of a concussion. The law will only be good if coaches take it seriously by not looking the other way when a star athlete looks “woozy” from a recent collision. Coaches must be vigilant even in practice if they see an athlete using a technique that may cause a concussion. The long-term ef fects of concussions and brain injuries have shown themselves in tragic ways with some professional athletes. Young retired pro athletes find themselves with memor y loss and other brain function problems. We all like a winning team, but if we’re not vigilant on concussions, all the athletes will be losers in the long run.
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federal grand jury in St. Paul is currently investigating who is behind the recruitment of Somali-Americans from Minnesota into foreign terrorist organizations. Minnesota has long been a site of foreign terrorist recruitment. In 2007, about two dozen Somali men from Minnesota left the United States to join the terrorist organization al-Shabab. More recently, a Minnesota man became the first American to die while fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL. Three Minnesota women, including one from St. Paul, left the U.S. earlier this month and are currently believed to be aiding fighters in Syria. Overall, it is estimated that 100 Americans have joined the insurgents in Iraq and Syria. Responding to the crisis, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., spoke to Attorney General Eric Holder last week, pressing for more federal involvement in preventing foreign terror recruitment in Minnesota and the rest of the country. Franken expressed concern that the Obama administration has not done enough to stem the tide of recruits leaving the U.S. Senate candidate Mike McFadden, however, criticized Franken’s actions as being too little, too late. Now, McFadden is urging bipartisan cooperation to prevent terrorist recruitment. We feel that ending foreign terror recruitment is an issue that stands apart from political parties, and we hope to see more bipartisan efforts to develop feasible preventative measures. Moreover, we urge the grand jur y to work with, not against, the Muslim-American community as it continues to investigate who is responsible for terrorist recruitment. 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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Leidner’s status still uncertain T
Minnesota quarterback Mitch Leidner runs the ball against Middle Tennessee State on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium.
Mitch Leidner left Saturday’s game in the fourth quarter with a knee injury.
Despite injuring his left knee in Saturday’s victory over Middle Tennessee State, redshirt sophomore quarterback Mitch Leidner might play this weekend against Texas Christian University. Gophers head coach Jerry Kill said Leidner “moved around” on Sunday and that he would practice Tuesday. “He’s a tough son of a
gun, and that’s straight-up,” Kill said. Leidner’s teammates and other coaches reiterated Kill’s sentiments when asked about his status. Redshirt sophomore tight end Maxx Williams said there’s “no doubt” in his mind Leidner will play. Offensive coordinator Matt Limegrover said his gut told him Leidner would suit up. “We’re in there preparing right now for practice and expect to be at full force,” Limegrover said. While the prospect of Leidner playing is promising for Minnesota, the Gophers have to be careful he doesn’t exacerbate his knee on the field.
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and what’s fair,” Kill said. Sandusky, 70, was a former defensive coordinator at Penn State. He was convicted of sexual abuse in 2012, and he is currently ser ving a prison sentence of 30 to 60 years. Monday’s decision was based on the recommendations of for mer Sen. George Mitchell, who was hir ed after Sandusky’s case to monitor Penn State. “In light of Penn State’s responsiveness to its obligations and the many improvements it has instituted, I believe these student-athletes should have the oppor tunity to play in the postseason should they ear n it on the field this year,” Mitchell wrote in a September report that outlines the school’s progress. In a teleconference Tuesday, Penn State head football coach James Franklin said his players heard of the news through social media. “Although we had the team meeting and brought ever ybody together, I’d say 99 percent of the whole team knew already,” he said. Franklin also said the change in scholarships would not af fect his recruiting. Penn State is 2-0 this season and likely on track for a bowl game. Jack Satzinger contributed to this report.
With that in mind, the team is also prepping backup quarterback Chris Streveler in case he needs to play. “We cer tainly won’t wear [Leidner] out today. [It] wouldn’t be very smart. We’ll give Chris Streveler a lot of reps,” Kill said. “I can’t guarantee anything, but I can guarantee you that he’s going to practice today and that will help us determine some things.” While Leidner came into the 2014 season as Minnesota’s undisputed No. 1 quarterback, he’s been shaky in his first two games. The Lakeville, Minn., native said he was nervous in the home opener, but he gained momentum as the game wore
on to complete nine of 17 passes for 144 yards. Last Saturday, he was even worse; he was uncharacteristically overthrowing receivers. Leidner finished with just 67 yards passing, conver ting five of 11 attempts for one touchdown and one interception before going down. Streveler came into the game and didn’t attempt a single pass, instead opting to hand the ball off to Minnesota’s talented running backs. Streveler replaced Leidner in the season opener as well, only after the 42-20 victor y over Eastern Illinois was well in hand. He attempted one pass.
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“He’s a ver y confident kid. Been successful in everything he’s done,” Limegrover said of Streveler.
Rallis out for season While Leidner’s availability for Saturday’s game isn’t set in stone, one thing is for certain — Nick Rallis is out for the season with a knee injury. The redshirt sophomore linebacker was arguably Minnesota’s most experienced backup behind star ters Damien Wilson, De’Vondre Campbell and Jack Lynn. “We pulled a redshirt off Everett [Williams], and he’s got to step up. That’s really all you do,” Kill said.
Big Ten football looks to rebound BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
There are a couple of tough nonconference tests on the Big Ten schedule this week and rivalr y games, too, but this week is more about recovery. The proud brand took a hit with decisive defeats by Michigan State, Ohio State and Michigan to highprofile opponents, and the Spar tans have this Saturday off to recuperate from a decent per formance at Oregon that got out of hand at the end. They pivoted nicely last year from an early loss to Notre Dame, bouncing back after a bye to win at Iowa — and every game after that, including the conference championship and the Rose Bowl.
“ We l o s t a f o o t b a l l game, but I don’t think we lost our team and there’s a big dif ference there,” coach Mark Dantonio said Tuesday. “When you climb the mountain, you get up high, and the peaks are very steep.” Wisconsin lost to LSU in its season opener, fading late in the game. The Badgers, albeit against an FCS team, took out their frustration with a convincing victor y over Western Illinois. “I didn’t feel a hangover. I didn’t think they had a problem,” coach Gar y Andersen said. “It hur t ‘em, and they’re not going to forget the loss, but I believed they’ve moved on in a professional manner.” The Buckeyes (Kent
S t a t e) a n d Wol v eri n es (Miami of Ohio) host MidAmerican Conference teams that were slated as 30-plus-point underdogs on betting lines this week. Ohio State stumbled against Virginia Tech last weekend in the program’s first nonconference loss at home to an unranked team since 1982. Michigan was shut out by Notre Dame, snapping an NCAA-record streak of scoring in 365 straight games that began in 1984. Both teams could use the apparent break against a school outside of the power 65 teams, though the MAC is always extra motivated against the Big Ten as Central Michigan reiterated last Saturday with a three-touchdown
victory at Purdue. The 20-7 collective record so far is the worst nonconference record of the five major leagues. There were some shaky wins last week, too, with Nebraska (McNeese State), Iowa (Ball State) and Illinois (Western Kentucky) barely getting by lower-tier foes with late surges. Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer said he didn’t notice the other scores around the conference until the next morning when he sat down to vote in the Top 25 poll. “Keep recruiting,” Meyer said, when asked how the Big Ten could avoid a repeat of this humbling weekend. “There’s no easy answer.”
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Bob Suter, 1980 Olympian, dies Tuesday at 57 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bob Suter, a member of the “Miracle On Ice” team that won the Olympic gold medal in 1980 and the father of Minnesota Wild star Ryan Suter, died Tuesday at the age of 57. Suter died suddenly in his hometown of Madison, Wisconsin, and is the first player from the famed 1980 Olympic men’s hockey
team that upset the Soviet Union and beat Finland for the gold medal to pass away. Suter did scouting work for the Wild and was a pillar of the youth hockey community and owned a sporting goods store in Madison. “We are ver y saddened by today’s news that Minnesota Wild scout Bob Suter suddenly passed away,” the Wild said in a statement.
“The W ild organization sends its condolences to the entire Suter family during this difficult time. Not only was Bob a great hockey ambassador, he was a terrific person off the ice who will be greatly missed by all of us.” Bob Suter was born in Madison in 1957, starred in high school at Madison East and went on to play for the University of Wisconsin
where he helped the Badgers win the national title in 1977. “This is a heartbreaking day,” said Wisconsin men’s hockey coach Mike Eaves, who was teammates with Suter in college. “Bob was the ultimate teammate. He could skate like the wind and was as hard of a competitor that I ever knew. He has passed much too young.”
he NCAA should be ashamed. Not even 30 months removed from levying sanctions against the Penn State football program following the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, the NCAA made the decision Monday to lift the penalties inflicted on the school. The penalties lifted included a four-year postseason ban and a four-year reduction of scholarships. Forgive me for not cheering. For comparison purposes, when the NCAA sanctioned the University of Southern California in 2010 for giving improper benefits to student-athletes, the school’s penalties included a ban from postseason play for two years and a loss of scholarships. With the four-year sanctions lifted on Penn State two years early, the NCAA basically just told the world that the punishment owed for a scandal of Sandusky’s size is on par with giving college kids some nice presents. Perhaps the NCAA isn’t as cowardice as the men of Penn State who reportedly covered things up in order to keep their noses clean, but they come very close with this decision. Instead of standing by its convictions, the NCAA chose to let Penn State off for making progress and lift some of the school’s punishments. Perhaps the NCAA feels like justice has been ser ved. Perhaps it feels like the incarceration of Sandusky and the removal of all the people at the school who were involved in the scandal means things should be allowed to go to back to normal. However, there are many victims of Sandusky’s actions whose lives have been affected forever. Even though the sanctions levied against the football program might have meant nothing to Sandusky’s victims, the Nittany Lions won four bowl games with its leaders reportedly having knowledge of what transpired. That’s appalling. Penn State more than deserves to serve its full sentence, regardless of the fact that the current players and coaches had nothing to do with what happened. The players had every right to transfer after the sanctions were levied, and recruits knew that a shot at the postseason was off the table if they went there. I hold no sympathy for them. Now the program — currently sitting at 2-0 — has a shot to go to a national championship. Isn’t it a happy coincidence that this news broke a few days after many media pundits said the Big Ten’s playoff chances were gone? Forgive me for sounding like a merciless, cynical curmudgeon, but the punishment definitely fit the crime on this one, and the NCAA simply backed down. I’m sure the NCAA thought it was being gracious when it decided to lift the sanctions. But instead, they’re taking away part of the justice that Sandusky’s victims deserved. David Nelson welcomes comments at dnelson@mndaily.com or on Twitter.
@DavidNelson18
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SAME SPORT vastly different teams
With different roster sizes, the Gophers men’s and women’s cross country teams must cope with different challenges. BY AIDAN COLEMAN acoleman@mndaily.com
When comparing Minnesota’s women’s cross country roster to the men’s, it could look as if there is a mistake. The women’s team has nearly three times the number of runners as the men’s team. With different roster sizes come different challenges, but both teams said they have chemistry and talent — no matter the size.
men’s
women’s TEAM SIZE = 5 women
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48 team members SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
17 team members SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
BENEFITS Senior Blayne Dulian said the men’s team has had great chemistry this season within the smaller team, beginning with preseason camp. He said they implemented a policy that prohibited cellphones and laptops at camp, which allowed for better team bonding, particularly with new teammates.
CHALLENGES But with fewer runners, there’s also more pressure to perform, Dulian said. “With a smaller team … you do need more people to perform on a consistent basis,” he said. “Asking [younger teammates] to come in and contribute right away is something that’s tough to do.”
BENEFITS With 48 runners on the roster, senior Chelsea Pettit said the women’s cross country team’s preseason camp gives them a chance to bond before the season starts. “[At camp, we] get a feel of what our goals are for the team,” she said. Pettit said that they try to continue team bonding throughout the season. “We make an effort to meet every week as a whole team,” she said. “Everyone … looks out for each other.”
CHALLENGES Junior Anne Ferguson said while there are more challenges with a larger team, the runners still manage to work really well together as a group. “It’s harder to communicate with [all of our teammates] and stay on the same page sometimes,” Ferguson said. “But it’s nice as a big group. Everyone brings something to the table.”
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horoscopes
Today’s Birthday (9/10): Capture your flowering creativity this year. Communications and networking provide extra power through 12/23. After that, begin a new domestic phase. Family comes first.
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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Yesterday’s solution © 2013 Michael Mepham. Distributed by Tribune Media Services. All rights reserved.
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 — Work out a compromise. You’re very attractive intellectually. Being busy looks good on you. Partner up with a gracious person. Chores take priority.
Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 7 — Invent new possibilities in a partnership, and schedule who does what. Write down your creation and share it.
Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 7 — Learn even more about love. Smart investments now can increase your security. Your own wit and effort makes the difference.
Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 7 — The first reaction could seem negative. Don’t get stopped. Clarify any miscommunications. Balance family and social activities carefully.
Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 7 — Talk about what you love and a possibility grows closer to realization. Share the value you see. Conditions seem unstable.
Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 6 — Get playful for unexpected discoveries. Take the student role. Listen to an older person’s concerns carefully. Be willing to compromise.
Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 6 — Career efforts could stall. Persuade your audience, and your message travels. Work on family projects. Increase productivity by cutting frills.
Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 6 — Keep it vague about finances. It’s not a great time to talk about money. Be patient with someone who’s not.
Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 7 — Reach out and connect with people. Write down your latest fantasies. Don’t be afraid of a mess; clean as you go. Collaborate.
Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 6 — It’s a good time to travel or launch projects. Indulge in a favorite luxury. Answer questions directly. The best things in life are still free.
Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 7 — You can afford a communications upgrade. Develop a comprehensive plan to increase efficiency. Something you try doesn’t work.
Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is an 8 — Don’t make assumptions. Remain skeptical of something that sounds too good. Sign up once you’ve reviewed from all angles.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
from the archive
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
From DinkytownWonders
Dearest Net, first things first, I want to thank you for my afternoon-hungover-wish-I-were-in-bed-but-Ihad-to-pretend-to-be-productive chuckles from reading today’s entries on my walk home. The backlash comments were great, especially towards Monster’s Ball; keep it up! Net: We’ll try, but jokes like those don’t write themselves, you know. Now, this being my second year living in Dinkytown, I thought I’d share some of the joys of such a fantastic neighborhood. A few weeks ago I was walking home on a Saturday morning when I got to my house and the yard was different; something was missing. Net: Your youthful innocence? Once again hungover, it took me a few moments to piece it all together and realize that my tree, the one the city planted a short few months ago, was missing from my front yard. Net: We’re just impressed that the city accomplished something. Completely appalled by the situation and a little bit tearful that I missed out seeing random drunkards ripping a tree out of the ground, I went inside. Oh, I also forgot to mention that the thieves left a big PEACE sign sticking out of the empty dirt hole, it’s kind of an oxymoron to the situation but the culprits probably were oxymorons. I know what you’re thinking, who does this?!?!? Seriously! Where else does random NUTT like this happen? Net: Have you ever been to Madison, Wis.? No other but our very own Dinkytown. So anyways, an hour later I leave with my neighbor and we’re walking back through Dinkytown and mid-sentence he points across the street and yells, “there it is!” What do you know; the tattered tree was lying on the sidewalk, roots intact. Of course we were not going to lie down after this attempted tree slaying and let it shrivel up and die. Net: A lot of men get upset when their wood shrivels up. Oh no, my roomie’s nature boyfriend hauled the thing home, replanted it, and nursed it back to health the whole next week. As if we don’t have to worry enough about people break-
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ing in to our houses to steal what’s inside of them, now we have to beware of our trees ... and to that I can only say, oh Dinkytown. I mean lawn ornaments I can understand, but things that are actually planted and growing out of the ground? So for those of you new to the neighborhood, good luck and for those of us at it for another year, what the hell were we thinking!? Net: Sounds like you make a lot of decisions while drinking, so that’s probably it.
From Slanted&Enchanted
Yo Net! Whats the deal with you lately? Net: Don’t patronize us! It seems you’ve lost a bit of your edge since last spring. Net: We just haven’t been the same since the General College was dissolved. Don’t tell me you’ve lost your zeal for humiliating the weak and stupid. Net: That’s something we’ll never lose. Sure, sometimes you might hurt some feelings. But sometimes the truth hurts. Net: As NBC likes to say, “The more you know.” Besides, these ass-goblins that have been writing in deserve your wrath. Speaking of ass-goblins, someone needs to get Gyro Gearloose a Xanax or something. Net: His Caps Lock key was broken. That dude needs to chill the NUTT out (or maybe just get laid). For the record, Queereyeontheblogguy had it right, MSA is worthless. Net: Hey, they have a cool logo though, right? When’s the last time they actually accomplished anything of value? Net: How about eating 20 grand’s worth of student-fee-funded pizza? And no, eating twenty grand worth of student fee funded pizza doesn’t count. Net: Dammit. Which reminds me, they might want to update their webpage since it still lists everyone’s favorite hippie-feminist, Cox-Bahls, as their president. Net: MSA has a Web site? Speaking of feminism, I want to applaud all the ladies who continue to proudly wear their gaucho/genie pants. Your strength in displaying your camel toes and lumpy asses, no matter how grotesque, is a true inspiration.
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Doc I need your help! I am turning over a new leaf this year. I am beDear Rue Rue, ing more girlie, I am losing weight, and I am wearing You make some valid arguments there. And the more feminine clothing. This is not my true dilemma idea about saying you’re Fun Bobby’s lovechild is in writing here today. I have, dare I say it, a crush or killer … I’ll have to use that one sometime. more. It occurs to me that the happy fun days of worryI have tried to control myself as far as falling for free Facebook stalking will soon end, what with the guys that don’t have a connection with me. So I’ve uproar over privacy levels after the recent news-feed been friends with this guy since German 1001. It debacle. More people are changing their privacy setwas a five-credit class so we had to see each other tings and shielding their personal information from every single day. Sometimes we went out to lunch the random Facebooker. So enjoy it while you can. and had these really deep conversations. We talked In-person advances are always preferable. But about relationships and marriage and school and in the event you find someone who is everything money and I can truly consider him my best guyso scared of him rejecting me. It would you’ve ever wanted and more, go ahead and send friend. stumbled way ’em a message. Can’t really hurt, I s’pose. Last Friday His IAura was definitelymy a light shadeinto of blue andbe really awkward if he said no, because Just don’t poke. Poking is for prids. he made me feel something whenever I was aroundwe see each other every day at school. the bathroom at a show, and with my — Dr. Date him. He looked great in a tuxedo and bowtie. Is it I’m almost 99 percent sure he’s not weird that I am sad when I don’t see him? Or that vision spinning, I relieved myself. Then, Dear Dr. Date, I see guys on the street with his build or what-not interested, and our friendly conversathe bathroom door suddenly opened — Occasionally we hear stories about people of difand I perk up just to get a glimpse of his gorgeous ferent faiths coming together in love despite re- were smile? still down — and a chick tions aren’t anything unique for him. my their pants ligious differences. However, I have a different twist I’m not in any classes with him this semester havetime. beenand eyeing for me a while walked in. on this which has left me confused forIsome that makes sort of depressed. I wish thatUgh. I have never been particularly religious. I think it is German 1001 commented had never ended. on We could She sarcastically my laugh wonderful to believe in something, but I have not about stupid jokes or laugh at words like stick and toldand me hurry up. found that “something” for myself yet. junk and then balls HAHA we to could hang out andWe just talk. I The problem this brings up for me exchanged is that I feel miss that. more drunken words a few awkward about trying to start a relationship with I remembered I was having a tough year when I You and I aren’t so different, you then, before I could realize what someone who does have a strong faith.and I fear that I was in German class and he comforted me. I was will draw a red flag from a girl if she learns about my on, crying onewere day andmaking he wiped the tear off my cheek.know. Just a few years ago, the Dr. Date was going we out. agnostic stance. Now me being the crazy hormone-driven, uterus-totI know everybody is different, but I’m curious as ready ing female, I ... appreciated andwould thought that noyou know and trust often wallowed in I was to see how farthat she to how important religion generally is as a dating guy had ever done that before. and had no confidence. let me go; she seemed into it. I pulled upand if nervousness criteria (perhaps an open forum if you have a slow I have so many fond memories of him I day). Also, do you have any advice on her how toskirt work and diedguided today, I would always. And my last You must remember that these quesmycherish way them in. We were around this difference if it comes up between me I will share, was when we were in opera having sex.memory and a girl I am interested in? workshop together. We had this exercise to squishtions in your head are not your friends. — Anxious Agnostic as close as we possiblywithout could and I exwas in theSure, you ought to be rational and think We left the bathroom middle and he was right next to me and his scruffy changing names or numbers, and I may Dear AA, beard rubbed up against my cheek. I told him thatabout how you want to approach a posReligion rarely is a problem in the dating sphere. felt weird but then he did itnever even further. It was hilari-sible relationship, but questioning never see her again. I’ve been It can actually make for a topic of healthy debate. ous but it tickled. someone to have random hookups; it’s When the dating turns into longer-term relationI hope to find the right guy someday, but currently,whether you’re “good enough” for anothships and eventually marriage, things get a out bit of hecharacter has all the qualities that every guyI should have.er person is only going to hurt you. really for me, and feel squeakier. And he has a nipple piercing Remember that no one is out of your because …more I know several interfaith couplesextremely who have guilty — Friend but wants
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Dr. Date,
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Friendly But Awkward,
have Dr. a girlfriend. Do I tell her about Need relationship advice?I E-mail Date at drdate@mndaily.com. it?
—What You Don’t Know Won’t Hurt You Ya Douche,
You shouldn’t be writing to me about this. What you should be doing is fessing up to your girlfriend. When you establish monogamy with someone, you aren’t just entering an emotional commitment. Your girlfriend is under the impression that you are not sleeping around with strange bathroom folk. You could be exposing her to all kinds of potential harm by lying about this, which I can’t imagine she consented to. Tell your girlfriend. She’ll probably break up with you. You deserve it. Learn from this.
—Dr. Date
Dr. Date,
I’m a virgin in every sense, and I’ve never been on a date. My lack of experience isn’t that big of a deal to me because, until now, I hadn’t met anyone who I’d consider going for. But I met someone recently, and I want to go for it. It seems like we have a good connection, but then again, he’s a really friendly guy who gets along with everyone. I can’t tell if he’s interested in me or if he’s just being himself. I really want to ask him out, but I’m
league if the chemistry is right — if this dude is really the friendly guy you’re making him out to be, then your relationship won’t be awkward if he doesn’t end up interested. You can’t lose anything from giving it a shot. Follow your heart, fellow awkward friend.
—Dr. Date
Dr. Date,
My girlfriend and I decided to “take a break” a few days ago, and she’s subtweeting about it like it’s her job. She constantly keeps posting things like, “If only you knew what you were doing” or “I thought you loved me.” It’s nonstop and embarrassing. I don’t want to call her out on it, because that’s the sort of attention she’s looking for. What should I do? Some of my friends have even commented on it and brought the issue up to me. She just looks pathetic!
—Cyber Sadness
You Can’t Tweet the Tweeter,
So don’t even try. Let the subtweeting run its course. Like you said, this is clearly a ploy for attention. Don’t give in just because you feel uncomfortable — soon she’ll realize the error of her ways and stop. Continue being the mature cat you are, and if your friends ask you about it, tell ‘em the truth: You’re staying out of the drama.
—Dr. Date
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City loosens booze ratio An ordinance that prevented restaurants from making more than 40 percent of their profit from liquor may be repealed.
BY ANNE MILLERBERND amillerbernd@mndaily.com
An ordinance to repeal the decades-old rule regulating restaurants’ food-toalcohol sales ratios moved through a Minneapolis City Council committee on Tuesday — the final step before going to a full council vote. The Committee on Community Development and Regulator y Ser vices voted to remove an ordinance requiring many eateries to sell about 40 percent liquor and 60 percent food, a decision business owners say will simplify their jobs. The law, which Ward 3 Councilman Jacob Frey called “archaic,” was implemented in 1983 to discourage excessive partying or alcohol consumption, particularly in less commercial areas. It was also meant to set a distinction between restaurants and bars.
But as the economy has changed and alcohol has grown more expensive, some say the rule — which prohibits businesses from making more than about 40 percent of their revenue from liquor — has become outdated and counterproductive. “A fairly typical meal will be a burger, a side salad and two beers,” said Frey, who was one of the driving forces behind the initiative. “Just that … and you’ve gone beyond the rule … it just doesn’t work for businesses anymore.” Instead, the city could place special conditions when granting restaurants liquor licenses or require more alcohol education for servers, Frey said. Repealing the rule would primarily affect restaurants outside of downtown, including areas like Dinkytown, Stadium Village and the West Bank.
Frey said he’s confident that the full City Council will follow through with the decision and rid Minneapolis of the ordinance permanently at its upcoming meeting. In recent histor y, the r egulation has been a source of fr ustration for University-area business owners. When customers order one or two alcoholic beverages with their meal, which they typically do, said Bur rito Loco owner Greg Pillsbur y, his restaurant falls out of compliance with the rule. But many restaurants subject to the rule notice that even when a customer orders only one beer, the balance could be lost. Craft beers, which are traditionally more expensive than others, have become a staple in many Minneapolis establishments, making it even harder for restaurants to sell enough food to comply. As a result, Frey said, some businesses ser ve
cheap, low-quality alcohol in an attempt to even the sales out. Republic owner Matty O’Reilly said though his eater y has not str uggled to fall in line with the rule, the price of craft beer makes it seem senseless. “When it was written, cheeseburgers were $5 and bottles of beer were a dollar,” O’Reilly said, “but now a good beer is $7 and our happy hour tacos are $6.” Pillsbur y said the city has taken time to examine the issue, so it hasn’t been harshly enforced. “According to the people I’ve talked to, they’re not actively closing people down,” he said, “If they were, [a lot] of people would’ve closed down already.” The Librar y Bar and Grill manager Joe Berg said the prospective change would be good for bars, especially because a Surly Brewing taproom set to open just a few miles away wouldn’t have to abide by the ratio rule.
Reforms in Ferguson met with resistance BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FERGUSON, Mo. — Efforts by city leaders in the St. Louis suburb where an unarmed black 18-year-old was fatally shot by a white police officer to repair the local government’s fractured relationship with its residents got off to a rocky start Tuesday at the first public meeting of elected officials since Michael Brown’s death. The shooting last month exposed an undercurrent of racial unrest in Ferguson and other nearby suburbs in mostly black communities of north St. Louis County and prompted days of sometimes violent protests. The Ferguson City Council announced a set of proposals in a press release Monday that include reduc-
ing the revenue from court fines used for general city operations and reforming court procedures. Critics say reliance on court revenue and traffic fines to fund city services more heavily penalizes low-income defendants who can’t afford private attorneys and who are often jailed for not promptly paying those fines. The city also plans to establish a citizens’ review board to help guide the police department. Within minutes of the start of Tuesday night’s meeting — where the proposals were being discussed — several demonstrators stood up and shouted as the council tried to cover some routine business. After a brief calm, others stood up and chanted, “Shut it down!” while raising their hands in
the air. Protesters have used the gesture because several witnesses say Brown had raised his hands in the air as officer Darren Wilson shot him. The first speaker to take the microphone during the public comment period said he was there for the mayor’s job. The meeting on the onemonth anniversary of Brown’s death was the council’s first public session since he was killed and was held in a local church to accommodate a crowd of several hundred. The U.S. Justice Department announced last week that it was launching a broad investigation into the Ferguson Police Depar tment, looking for patterns of discrimination. That inquiry is separate from the one into
Brown’s death, which a local grand jury is also investigating. Ferguson, a city of 21,000, is about 70 percent black. Its 53-member police department has just three black officers. The mayor and five of the six City Council members are white. A 2013 repor t by the Missouri attorney general’s office found that Ferguson police stopped and arrested black drivers nearly twice as often as white motorists, but were less likely to find contraband among the black drivers. In the last fiscal year, cour t fines and fees accounted for $2.6 million, or nearly one-fifth of the city budget. That’s nearly twice as much as the city collected two years earlier.
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Programs Inc. — and the three reviewers conducting the investigation. The firm and the experts, they wrote, have conflicts of interest that won’t let them objectively look at the University’s clinical trial process. In June, the University signed a nearly $142,000 contract with AAHRPP, following a Faculty Senate resolution from last winter requesting a review of the school’s clinical practices involving human subjects. The resolution was prompted partially by calls from faculty members for a review of the suicide of Dan Markingson, a participant in a 2004 antipsychotic drug study at the University. When the University first announced the review team, associate bioethics professor Leigh T ur ner said AAHRPP shouldn’t oversee the review because it accredited the University’s Human Research Protection Program in 2005, 2007 and 2010. Karen-Sue Taussig, an associate anthropology professor who signed the letter, said while she is pleased that the University agreed to perform an investigation, she also has issues with the perceived conflicts of interest. “The big difference that I see is that [AAHRPP] sees conflicts of interest as something that needs to be managed,” she said, “whereas I think conflicts of interest are inherently problematic.” Turner noted that one of the three experts conducting the review, Jeremy Sugarman, previously worked for Quintiles, which helped manage the dr ug trial Markingson was involved in.
Despite pushback, the University is moving forward with the review, Vice President for Research Brian Herman said in an email statement on Tuesday, adding that AAHRPP itself is not conducting the review — it’s simply managing the process. “From the start, our goal has been to ensure a vigorous process that fulfills the Faculty Senate’s resolution to conduct a thorough, professional, independent and transparent review of our human subjects research practices,” he wrote. The investigation will span back to 2011 and include the University’s Institutional Review Board, but the professors say it should span further to look at serious past allegations relating to past practices, which could include the controversy surrounding Markingson’s death. “I think [faculty members and administrators] have an obligation,” Turner said. “We can’t just wash our hands [of the Markingson case]. It has become a part of our responsibility.” Will Dur fee, who was the Faculty Consultative Committee Chair when the resolution was passed, said it’s up to the review committee to decide how far back the review will span. Naomi Scheman, a philosophy professor and coauthor of the letter, said even though faculty members want a more extensive examination, those selected shouldn’t perform the review. “[It doesn’t] make sense to say, ‘Please do this,’ while we’re [also] saying, ‘We’re not sure if we trust you to do this,’ ” Scheman said. The team will complete the review over the next couple of months and present its findings to the Faculty Senate in December.