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The athletics department will stop its controversial ticket bundling policy next year. BY HALEY HANSEN hhansen@mndaily.com

After an outcry from Gov. Mark Dayton and student leaders, the University of Minnesota’s athletics department will return to previous student ticket bundling practices. This season, the University sold season tickets in bundles before it put individual season tickets on sale. The school reversed that system hours after Dayton sent a letter to University President Eric Kaler criticizing the policy and less than a day after the University’s Student Senate passed a resolution in opposition to the practice, saying bundling season tickets limited student choice and indirectly affected students who can’t afford the more expensive multi-sport bundles. The University previously sold separate season tickets for football, men’s hockey and men’s basketball. Last year, bundled packages and individual season tickets went on sale at the same time. The “gold package” cost students $258 for season tickets for football, hockey and basketball. An alternative package allowed

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Minnesota tight end Maxx Williams, left, watches his old high school team from Waconia, Minn., with his dad, Brian Williams, on Friday evening in Orono, Minn. Before an NFL career, Brian Williams played offensive lineman for the Gophers.

Gophers tight end Maxx Williams’ performance with the University is continuing a legacy his father left behind.

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see his son celebrating on the field.

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Strat plan gets faculty criticism

“Just the look in his eyes, you know, it’s

Amid a mob of teammates, Maxx Wil-

really special,” Brian Williams said. “Just to

liams stood on the field after the University

see that look in his eyes … that will be put

of Minnesota football team’s 30-14 victory

in the back of my head forever.”

at the University of Michigan last Saturday.

In 1986, Brian Williams was in the same

The victory gave him more than the Little

position as his son, knocking off Michigan

Brown Jug rivalry trophy — he completed

to win the oldest rivalry trophy in college

a family legacy.

football. Brian Williams was an offensive

Moments after his performance on the

lineman at Minnesota from 1986 to 1988

Some voiced uncertainties with the strategic plan at a Faculty Senate meeting on Thursday.

field ended, Williams couldn’t wait to find

before a decade-long career with the NFL’s

his father.

New York Giants.

As Wolverines fans filed through the

“After the game,” Maxx Williams said,

BY TAYLOR NACHTIGAL tnachtigal@mndaily.com

exits, Brian Williams hustled down the

“when I won it, I gave him a hug. That was

bleachers of the nation’s largest stadium to

kind of the coolest part for me. Knowing

Many faculty members have reser vations about the plan that will set the longterm course for the University of Minnesota. A group of faculty voiced their uncertainties with the University‘s strategic plan at Thursday’s Faculty Senate meeting, with many calling for it to include clearer implementation plans and specific goals for increasing diversity. The plan — which President Eric Kaler called a “road map for reinvigorating the University of Minnesota” at the meeting — aims to make the school a leader in solving global problems through fresh curriculum and research and by increasing collaboration across disciplines. The Board of Regents will vote on the plan this week. While the plan states the University’s desire to address diversity issues, philosophy professor Naomi Scheman said she’s concerned the plan doesn’t adequately address both racial and economic diversity at u See SENATE Page 4

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Unanimous council vote regulates military actions Future Defense Dept. training exercises will need consent from City Council members. BY NICK WICKER nwicker@mndaily.com

Black military helicopters swept Minneapolis’ skies in August, flying close to highrise buildings and surprising residents. Now a new ruling by the Minneapolis City Council means the U.S. Department of Defense must first seek council approval before carrying out any training exercises like the ones in August. Council members voted unanimously

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to approve the measure, aiming to prevent such activity from occurring without proper public notice. Under the new rule, the city can’t authorize any funding of military training without the council’s go-ahead. The motion, proposed by Ward 5 Councilman Blong Yang, included a second provision that calls for the development of a process through which the council would consider requests for disruptive activities in Minneapolis, like August’s training. Most of the exercises late this summer took place at night in the Cedar-Riverside and Seward neighborhoods, along with downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul, said Ward 2 Councilman Cam Gordon, who coauthored the proposal.

In January, the Department of Defense requested to conduct “tactical urban counter-terrorism training exercises” in the city, a spokesperson for Mayor Betsy Hodges’ office said in an email. The mayor’s office consented, but the federal agency asked local jurisdictions to limit the amount of information shared about the training’s timing and nature, citing security and safety reasons, the Hodges spokesperson said. Now, Hodges’ office “will set the expectation that they provide clear notice to our residents,” the mayor’s office said in the email. u See HELICOPTERS Page 4

New tool maps biz clusters University researchers helped make an interactive map that shows U.S. industry clusters. BY KEVIN KARNER kkarner@mndaily.com

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Lee Munnich, Humphrey School senior fellow and director of the State and Local Policy Program, moderates a panel discussing cluster mapping in the Cowles Auditorium on Tuesday.

Academics, business leaders and federal officials gathered at the University of Minnesota last week to celebrate the release of an online tool that lets users visualize where businesses cluster in specific areas. The two-day event, called “Mapping the Midwest’s Future,” was held at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs and featured discussions about the University’s role in economic development and in researching industry clusters, or geographic concentrations of related companies or organizations. Researchers developed the tool over the last four years through research from the

Harvard Business School and partnerships like that with the University of Minnesota, said Lee Munnich, director of the State and Local Policy Program at the Humphrey School. The interactive map’s primary function is to serve researchers in business and academia, said Munnich, who teaches a course on clusters. But he said the tool is also simple enough for individuals to use for their own purposes; for example, people who are job searching can browse areas to see which areas are suitable. Some students think the new tool could help them decide on a career path. “I think it looks ver y useful and creative and could be a huge help,” said freshman Zack Klesch, who is in the process of choosing either biomedical or chemical engineering to study. “I want to pick the u See HUMPHREY Page 3

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WASHINGTON — Patting his notes for emphasis, Sen. Al Franken made an impassioned case: The Internet needs to be free for all, he said, not customized so that big corporations can optimize it. “We’re talking about whether the Internet should remain an open platform where ever yone can participate equally,” Franken, a Minnesota Democrat, said during a Senate hearing last month. “Or whether we hand the Internet over to those who can pay the most for it.” Franken arrived in Washington known better for his past as a comedian and “Saturday Night Live” performer than for his politics. The senator who’s emerged is something else altogether: a techie. Franken has steeped himself in debates like net neutrality, the idea that Inter net ser vice providers should treat all Internet traffic equally rather than

moving some content faster than others. He has also led Senate hearings on so-called stalker apps, questioned big technology companies like Google, Apple and Samsung on their use of fingerprint and facial recognition technologies, and loudly criticized big mergers like ones that would link Time Warner Cable and Comcast, and AT&T and DirectTV. In doing so, he’s answered one of the main questions that greeted him when he became a senator: What policy areas would he dig in on? “We now have this incredible acceleration of information technology and there are privacy issues that are both sort of constitutional issues, but also commercial issues,” Franken said in an interview with The Associated Press. “All of this stuff is happening and it’s moving faster and faster.” Franken, who faces Republican Mike McFadden in his bid for a second term, said his focus comes naturally as an outgrowth of his

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Trial ordered for 5 charged in killing of gas station killing 20-year-old in Superior near St. Paul BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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ST. PAUL — A 44-year-old man has been ordered to stand trial after authorities allege that he killed his ex-boyfriend and business partner at a suburban St. Paul gas station. A judge found probable cause Friday for the case against L yle “Ty” Hoffman to move to trial, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Hoffman also pleaded not guilty Friday to intentional second-degree murder in the shooting of 48-year-old Kelly Phillips at an Arden Hills gas station Aug. 11. Hoffman eluded police for a month before being arrested Sept. 11. A witness spotted him outside a fast-food restaurant restaurant in Shakopee and called 911. He’s also accused of robbing a bank in Blaine. The pair had opened Lush Food Bar, a popular Minneapolis club, in 2009. Court documents described Phillips as the owner and Hoffman as the manager. At some point after they broke up, Hoffman was fired and evicted from Phillips’ Minneapolis residence, according to the charges. Phillips, an attorney and top executive at Boston Scientific, became engaged to marry another man Aug. 11, 2013. Exactly a year later, Phillips went to a gas station around 8:20 a.m., when witnesses heard arguing from the car, then saw Phillips run out. A man later identified as Hoffman followed, shooting, according to the charges. No date was set for his next hearing.

SUPERIOR, Wis. — Five people have been charged in the killing of a 20-year-old man during an attempted robbery in Superior. Chance Andrews, 17, is accused of shooting Garth Velin on Tuesday evening, according to WDIO-TV. Andrews faces a felony murder charge. The others — Kyham Dunn, Teah Phillips, and brothers Kane and Dallas Robinson — are charged with being accomplices to felony murder. They range in age from 17 to 20. The charges occurred Thursday and Friday. A criminal complaint says Phillips told police the group traveled from Duluth to Superior on Tuesday and that Andrews told her they were going to get some money. Once they reached Velin’s home, Phillips knocked on the door and said she was looking for a lost dog, according to the complaint. According to WDIO, police said Velin’s picture was pulled up on Facebook to confirm he was the one who answered the door. The complaint says Andrews, Dunn and Dallas Robinson left the car to go to Velin’s house. Phillips told investigators the three young men returned a short time later and said “it went bad.” She said Andrews claimed he pulled a gun on Velin and that Velin grabbed it and it accidentally went off, according to the complaint. Online court records don’t list attorneys for any of the suspects. Phillips and the Robinsons are scheduled to have a preliminary hearing Wednesday. Andrews and Phillips are from Superior. Dunn and the Robinsons are from Duluth, Minnesota. Police said there was evidence of illegal drug activity, according to KBJR-TV.

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Kaler talks ticket policies, tuition freeze He also addressed the declining condition of some University buildings and tuition for out-of-state students. BY BLAIR EMERSON bemerson@mndaily.com

Just a week before the Board of Regents will vote to approve University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler’s 2016-17 biennial budget request, the Minnesota Daily sat down with him on Friday for its monthly Kickin’ it with Kaler interview. The president discussed his intentions to roll out the institution’s strategic plan, educational events the University will offer the week before the Washington Redskins play on campus, and his experience taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. In your biennial budget request, you have proposed additional funding to go toward health care, mining sustainability and “improving community vitality.” How did you choose these initiatives? We talked to the deans, the provosts, other stakeholders and those emerged as ver y good candidates. We tried also to be, obviously, strategic about what the needs of the state of Minnesota are. And, as we’ve done in MnDRIVE two years ago, we really tr y to line up the strengths of the University against problems that the state needs to have solved. … Members of the University community have expressed concern about the strategic plan “sitting on a shelf collecting dust” and not being implemented in a timely manner. How do you intend to make sure the plan rolls out? We are not going to let it sit on a desk, that’s for sure — or the table, or the chair, or wherever it’s supposed to sit. We will have a robust implementation activity, and the deans will be incorporating these principles into their planning. And we will centrally incorporate them as we allocate budgets. S o , t h e d i r e c t i o n a lity around the grand challenges will be important. Of course, not everything that is done here will align with a grand challenge, but I do think it will set the stage for some new initiatives. Your new approach to requesting Higher Education Asset Preser vation and Renovation

funds has received mixed reviews from state legislators. Some say your proposal to lower the HEAPR request by $5 million and instead request this money for the operating budget is “double dipping” into state funds. How do you respond to this? I don’t think it’s double dipping at all. What we’re doing is opening a conversation about dif ferent ways that our infrastr ucture could be maintained, and we are falling behind in that maintenance. ... The HEAPR funding … while substantial, is unfortunately not enough to keep up with our needs. … Your biennial budget request proposes a tuition freeze for graduate and professional students. Some school leaders have expressed concerns about this proposal, including how the tuition freeze could in turn affect funding levels within the graduate and professional schools. … Could this freeze potentially af fect their funding at all? No, because the way funding is allocated is that it is state funding that is distributed just as if it were tuition. So, for the deans managing their budget, it is completely as though there were a tuition increase. So they can’t have a concern about that. Your proposed tuition freeze for undergraduate students only covers students paying in-state tuition. Do you plan to address tuition rates for students paying out-ofstate tuition as well? … There is legislative concern about the fact that our out-of-state tuition is amongst the lowest in our peer group. So, we will over time move that tuition more towards the middle of our peer group. It’s dif ficult to explain to a legislator why an outof-state student should not be paying more than an instate student. Many schools nationwide have enacted a tuition freeze in recent years, similar to the freeze you recently proposed to continue. Some legislators have expressed concerns about

No challenge expected on Missouri abortion law BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A new Missouri law requiring a 72-hour abortion waiting period is set to take ef fect this week, and the state’s only licensed abor tion clinic isn’t planning to tr y to stop it. Although Planned Parenthood of ficials have denounced the Missouri law as “onerous” and “burdensome” for women, the organization isn’t planning to file a lawsuit before the measure takes ef fect Friday. That’s because abor tion-rights gr oups have determined that their chances of success aren’t that good. “We’ve had our national attor neys from all of the leading women’s health organizations in the countr y work with us, and we have a consensus that we do not have a route at this time to go to court and to stop this law from going into ef fect — as disappointing and as frustrating as that is,” said Paula Gianino, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri. An attor ney for the American Civil Liber ties Union, which has challenged other abortion laws, said it also has no plans to tr y to block the Missouri law from taking effect. Missouri’s law will impose the second longest abor tion waiting period in the nation behind only

South Dakota, where the 72-hour period can sometimes extend longer because it doesn’t count weekends and holidays. Utah also has a 72-hour requirement, but unlike Missouri, Utah allows exceptions for rape, incest and other circumstances. Utah’s law has not been challenged in court. A Planned Parenthood affiliate filed a federal lawsuit against South Dakota’s law after it passed in 2011 and obtained a preliminary injunction that temporarily blocked it from taking effect. The lawsuit asserted that the waiting period imposed an “undue burden on women’s reproductive rights” and violated their constitutional right to equal protection. But that challenge was dropped in Februar y 2013 at the request of Planned Parenthood. The organization noted that it had adjusted physicians’ schedules at its only clinic in Sioux Falls to avoid weeks-long delays and didn’t feel confident it could prevail in the 8th U.S. Circuit Cour t of Appeals, which it said had “r uled against women’s interests time after time.” Missouri is covered by the same St. Louis-based federal appeals court. Suppor ters of the 72-hour waiting period hope it will lead to fewer abor tions by causing women to reconsider whether to go through with the procedure.

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University President Eric Kaler discusses campus issues, like bundling student season tickets and his proposed tuition freeze, Friday afternoon in his office in Morrill Hall.

this trend and believe administrators should look to cut costs rather than rely on increased funding from the state. Do you have any other plans to cut the cost of higher education in addition to the tuition freeze? We obviously are cutting administrative costs. We are $36 million down the road to a $90 million reduction in administrative costs. … We have two sources of revenue to direct to our educational program: tuition and state appropriation. … So I think we need to rebalance the contribution of the state and those of students and their families. Yesterday, the Student Senate passed a resolution asking Gophers athletics to discontinue current bundling of sports tickets and refund students who purchased football tickets they no longer want. Gov. [Mark] Dayton sent a letter to you [on Friday] saying he was opposed to the bundling practice. How do you respond to this, and do you have any plans to address these concerns? We’ve already released a statement addressing that. We clearly should have provided single-season or single-sport tickets for Gopher hockey. … When you look last year, 70 percent of the students who bought

hockey tickets also bought football tickets. This year, by selling hockey and football together at a discount, those students actually saved money. Unfortunately, there were students who didn’t want football tickets, and we should have had a way to provide for hockeyonly tickets … What kind of caused this change in the bundling practice? The student concerns. We heard good comments from the students who wanted to buy both tickets, but as this rolled out and there was increasing student concern about the lack of a single-sport ticket for hockey, we looked at that issue and decided that we’d make that change. You mentioned last month that the University is par ticipating in an ongoing conversation with the Minnesota Vikings regarding the use of the Washington Redskins’ name in materials for the Nov. 2 game at TCF Bank Stadium. … Have you heard back from the Vikings, and what do you plan to do if they don’t comply? I don’t believe we’ve heard back from the Vikings. … We are lining out a variety of educational initiatives around racism and issues associated with using names like that for sports

STUDENT QUESTIONS FOR KALER ON TWITTER @radiofreeumd Budget deficit at @umnduluth at [millions of dollars]. Are you satisfied with current enrollment, or should #umd grow? If so, how much? #qwithkaler A: I think increased enrollment up to [Duluth’s] capacity is certainly warranted, and I know it’s a priority of the chancellor. Getting students to come to Duluth in majors that they have capacity [for] has been a challenge for them, but I know they are working on this very hard, and I have every confidence the chancellor and his team will get to a balanced budget. @louismielkeway Why won’t the UMN divest from fossil fuels and invest in clean energy solutions? #qwithkaler A: I think a blanket divestment is not in the best interest of the University. We do have a social responsibility clause in our investment policy, and our investment managers are actively supporting investments in companies for clean technology. But the current investments in oil and gas companies are also supporting research by those companies, much of which is in the renewable energy space. And finally, the worst fuel from a greenhouse gas point of view is coal, and we own very little stock in coal companies. And that what we do is part of large, diversified investment funds.​ SOURCE: MN DAILY REPORTING

teams … We are leasing the stadium to the Vikings, but our contract does not allow us to dictate their schedule and who they play. But we have made a request that they not use that name in the stadium or promotional material. You par ticipated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge at a Gophers game last month. What was that experience like, and how was it different from

your past game-day appearances? I like a good challenge, so it was good to be a part of fundraising for ALS. Fortunately, it was a pretty warm day, so as for the initial chill, it didn’t feel too bad. And the difference is I normally don’t have to change my clothes completely during a football game. Editor’s note: Kaler’s responses were edited for clarity and accuracy.

Police search for missing student BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Charlottesville’s police chief said Sunday that an anguished statement from the parents of a missing University of Virginia student has given investigators the resolve to carr y out a dif ficult search of hundreds square miles of countryside. Police Chief T imothy Longo said that law enforcement is aggressively searching areas surrounding Charlottesville — many of which are mountainous, hilly or thick with brush — for Hannah Graham, who disappeared on Sept. 13. A team of about 100 law enforcement of ficers and other trained searchers were combing through the countr yside Saturday

and Sunday looking for any sign of the college sophomore. Teams have been searching ever y day since Graham was repor ted missing. On Saturday, her parents made an emotional plea for whoever is responsible for the 18-year-old’s disappearance to help find their daughter. In the videotaped statement, Sue Graham said: “Please, please, please help end this nightmare for all of us.” The Grahams also thanked law enforcement for their efforts. Longo said the statement shows the “pain, the grief and the anguish” that the Grahams are going through. He read their words aloud to the search team on Saturday.

“They went out here yesterday with a clearer understanding of the impor tance of finding Hannah Graham,” he said. Longo said that law enforcement has received more than 3,300 tips for their search. He asked area property owners to check their land. “If you have a well on your property, search that well. If you have an abandoned str ucture, search that structure,” he said. Longo also said allter rain vehicles, aircraft and mounted of ficers are searching rural Albemarle County, parts of which are hilly or mountainous. “Lots of these areas are ver y difficult to get to,” he said. Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr., a 32-year-old Charlot-

tesville man, has been charged with “abduction with intent to defile” in the disappearance of Graham. Police say forensic evidence also connects the 32-year-old Charlottesville man to the 2009 slaying of Morgan Harrington, a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student. Longo declined to answer questions on the case against Matthew. He also said he couldn’t discuss the investigation into Harrington’s death. Sharon Jones, a canine handler and president of the nonprofit search organization Dogs East, has been assisting the search with a black German Shepherd named Gyro. Gyro is trained to detect the scent of any living human or body.

Interactive tool maps business clusters nationwide Humphrey u from Page 1

major that promises the most options for success in the future.” Past research on clusters in Minnesota revealed some unsurprising local industries, like medical devices, food products, heavy industr y and publishing, Munnich said. But the tool’s statistical methods picked up on some other clusters that might other wise go under the

radar — like recreational vehicles, glass production and footwear. Corporate headquarters, too, are concentrated in Minnesota’s economic area, Munnich said. “They pr ovide for a training and breeding ground for star tups,” he said. The mapping tool has also sparked statewide interest in other emerging clusters relating to robotics, biorenewables and water technology. Munnich said many local

business leaders are unfamiliar with how they could par tner with the University, so the institution’s officials plan to actively cultivate more collaboration. “There’s been a focus from President [Eric] Kaler on how to make the ‘U’ more relevant in terms of economic development,” he said. “There’s research here that might be directly relevant to some of the problems those companies face.” With its concentration of rail lines, the Midwest

largely transpor ts the goods it produces to other par ts of the world, said Thomas Horan, a professor at Claremont Graduate University’s Center for Information Systems and Technology. Horan released a paper at last week’s event that detailed transpor tation’s role in suppor ting trade-based business clusters across the Midwest economy. Minnesota is a key player in shipping expor ts by freight rail, Horan said.

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The University will host film screenings, panels and exhibits later this month. BY HALEY HANSEN hhansen@mndaily.com

University of Minnesota of ficials can’t stop the Washington Redskins from playing at TCF Bank Stadium next month, but administrators are using the team’s presence on campus as an educational opportunity. The team name has stir r ed contr oversy on campus, as some students and school leaders say it is derogator y and of fensive to the state’s large Native American population. On Friday, the University announced a series of educational programs leading up to the Nov. 2 game against the Minnesota Vikings. The events, which

include film screenings, panels and exhibits, begin Oct. 24 and last until Oct. 30. Vice President for Equity and Diversity Katrice Albert said in a conference call Friday that the University hopes the programs engage people on all sides of the issue. “Our hope is that we raise awareness for our c o m m u n i t y, ” s h e s a i d . “That’s the University’s responsibility and role — to facilitate dialogue and to educate and to provide resources around this game.” University President Eric Kaler sent a letter to Democratic Congresswoman Betty McCollum in early August condemning

the Washington football team’s name, adding that he wanted to eliminate the use of the logo and name on all game-day material. Alber t said on Friday that the University won’t be able to turn fans away for wearing Washington football gear on game day. Student groups on campus have also addressed the mascot issue. The Council of Graduate Students approved a letter last week that asks University of ficials to use the game’s profits to create scholarships for Native American students on campus. Input from members of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and the National Coalition on Racism in Spor ts and Media helped create

the educational series, along with feedback from students, faculty and staf f members. Some students, faculty and staf f members are planning to protest the use of the name before the game starts. “Some of our community think the Washington team name is of fensive, and other parts of our community just really don’t understand why it’s [offensive] and why we would have this educational programming around it,” Albert said. The events are free, open to the public and cosponsored by the American Indian Student Cultural Center, the Department of American Indian Studies, the Of fice for Equity and Diversity and the Circle of Indigenous Nations.

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But Gordon said simply notifying residents is not enough to protect them from the drills, which he said he feared could have led to a crash. “City Council should have the authority to restrict what they can do, prohibit what they can do and control what they can do,” he said. “It’s not just notification.” Past actions have led to a perceived breach in trust, he said, which could have future consequences. “Because of the way they handled this incident, we might say ‘No, go to another city,’” he said. The Defense Depar tment had conducted similar, routine training in 2012, according to an Aug. 19 press release from the Minneapolis Police Department. But past militar y exercises, which sometimes involved dive training in the Mississippi River, were smaller and never as invasive, Gordon said. MPD’s release said the “training sites and time [had] been carefully select-

WEST BANK RESIDENTS SOUNDED OFF ONLINE Scary & traumatic for some of us who survived civil war in Somalia seeing military copters in the dead of the night hovering over our home. -Mohamed It’s just past 11:30PM and I’ve seen several, what I assume to be Blackhawk helicopters flying low and within probably 100-200 yards of Riverside Plaza... In the most immediate sense of disturbing, it is past 11:00PM on a week night when I assume many people have to work early shifts in the morning. -Ben I’m not bothered by military presence at this time in history, unless this neighborhood has been profiled as potentially dangerous due to it being a potential home to terrorists who will go back to Africa to fight among warring factions. -Barry It sure seems like a simulated urban battlefield, or fully abandoned section of a city, would be a more appropriate training ground than an inhabited city. -Peter There are many autism children in this area who are bothered by loud and un-expectant noises which can create meltdowns behaviors that can last for hours. I think this is inconsiderate and lacks care for the safety and well being of the residents of this area, in particular those with special needs... -Idil SOURCE: MINNEAPOLIS CEDAR RIVERSIDE NEIGHBORS FORUM

ed to minimize the impact on the daily routine of residents.” But a number of constituents contacted City Council members when the flights started Aug. 18, up-

set with the unannounced militar y presence, Gordon said. Others shared their concerns on an online neighborhood forum. “Scar y [and] traumatic

for some of us who survived civil war in Somalia seeing militar y copters in the dead of the night hovering over our home,” said one poster, named Mohamed Ali. Another voiced distress for how the training af fected any of the neighborhood’s children with autism. “[They] are bothered by loud and un-expectant noises which can create [meltdown] behaviors that can last for hours,” posted Idil Abdull. “I think this is inconsiderate and lacks care for the safety and well-being of the residents of this area, in par ticular those with special needs.” Others argued the latenight Blackhawk helicopter flights were disruptive for anyone trying to sleep. Gordon, as well as some of the online posters, said they would rather see militar y training happen at proper facilities than inhabited urban areas. “They have training facilities that were ver y expensive,” Gordon said. “I heard they even basically set up pretend cities in places so they can practice these maneuvers somewhere else.”

Hong Kong protesters at odds over pullback plan BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s pro-democracy activists agreed Sunday to remove some barriers blocking roads and sidewalks ahead of the government’s deadline to scale back their protests. But the demonstrators appeared to be divided, and others refused to budge, with only hours to go. An alliance of students said it had tried but so far failed to reach agreement with officials on a plan to begin talks on their demands for wider political reforms. The group vowed to continue protests until details of the talks might be worked out. “If the government uses force to clear away protesters, there will be no room for dialogue,” Lester Shum, one of the group’s leaders, told reporters. Earlier in the day, students occupying the area just outside city government headquarters agreed to remove some barricades that were blocking the building’s entrance, after the government said it would do whatever was necessary to ensure 3,000 civil servants would have full access to their offices on Monday. The par tial withdrawal appeared to be part of a strategy to regroup in another part of town, as protesters were urged to shift from other areas to Hong Kong’s Admiralty shopping and business district, a central location near the government’s main offices that has served as an informal headquarters for the protests. Alex Chow, another student leader, said he was not worried about the crowd

dwindling as people prepared to return to work and school on Monday. “Because people need rest, but they will come out again. It doesn’t mean the movement is diminishing. Many people still support it,” Chow said. Of ficials said they intended to have key streets open for schools and offices by Monday morning, but it was unclear whether they would act to clear the streets and other areas by force or just settle for a partial victory in clearing some roads. The government announced a reopening of schools and some roads, but indicated some disruptions were likely to continue. “To restore order, we are determined, and we are confident we have the capability to take any necessary action,” police spokesman Steve Hui said. “There should not be any unreasonable, unnecessary obstruction by any members of the public.” Television footage showed a man shaking hands with a police officer outside government headquarters and the two sides removing some barricades together. About 300 demonstrators stood by outside the government building’s main entrance, but then many sat back down and refused to leave. Later in the evening, some barriers along walkways into the building were moved out of the way. “I’m against any kind of withdrawal or tendency to surrender,” said Do Chan, a protester in his 30s. “I think withdrawing, I mean shaking hands with the police, is a very ugly gesture of surrender.”

The situation remained volatile across the harbor in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok district, a shopping area where ugly confrontations broke out Friday and Saturday after opponents of the protesters tried to force them out. Many demonstrators heeded calls to head home or shift to the Admiralty area. A few hundred, however, appeared determined to stay. As the evening wore on, some sang songs and clapped, while groups of older men lingered nearby, smoking and drinking, as police stood watch. “I don’t know what the next step is, but I will not retreat. The people you see here will not retreat,” said Burnett Tung, an 18-year-old student who has served as a volunteer at a food-supply station outside government headquarters all week. In Mong Kok late Sunday, police officers carrying guns patrolled the area, and at least one officer was seen carrying tear gas canisters. “This is a public place. People need to use this road. People need to live here,” said Johnson Cheung, 26, who works in a duty-free shop. “The students don’t need to make a living. Their parents pay for them. But we have jobs. We have to live.” Tens of thousands of people, many of them students, have poured into the streets of the semi-autonomous city since Sept. 28 to peacefully protest China’s restrictions on the first-ever direct election for Hong Kong’s leader, promised by Beijing for 2017. The protests are the strongest challenge to authorities in Hong Kong — and in Beijing — since the former British colony

returned to Chinese rule in 1997. China has promised that Hong Kong can have universal suffrage by 2017, but it says a committee of mostly pro-Beijing figures must screen candidates for the top job. The protesters also are demanding the resignation of Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, the city’s current leader. He has refused to step down. With the standoff stretching into a second week, tempers flared and patience was waning among residents who oppose the occupation of the streets and the disruption it has brought. Police said they had arrested 30 people since the start of the protests and that they used pepper spray overnight Saturday on crowds that had provoked officers with verbal abuse. Protesters, meanwhile, complained the police were failing to protect them from attacks by mobs intent on driving them away. The students say police have allied themselves with criminal gangs to clear them, but the government has denied the accusation. Some protesters kept masks and goggles handy in case police used tear gas to disperse them, as they did the previous weekend. University administrators warned students to leave the streets. “I am making this appeal from my hear t because I genuinely believe that if you stay, there is a risk to your safety,” said Peter Mathieson, president of Hong Kong University. “Please leave now. You owe it to your loved ones to put your safety above all other considerations.”

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the school. The plan failed to make specific goals to address diversity and social justice through curriculum and research, she said. Scheman said increasing the number of faculty of color and retaining them could help diversify the University. She suggested using cluster hiring, or hiring many faculty members for interdisciplinar y positions, to attract and retain faculty of color. Sociology professor David Pellow, who said he has handled some cluster hires at the University, said the plan does include the idea of cluster hiring, but it should include how it could boost diversity. Others criticized the plan for not clearly addressing the role racism plays in the global issues the school hopes to tackle. At the meeting, Zenzele Isoke, an assistant professor in the gender, women and sexuality studies depar tment, called on the University at the meeting to “bring out strong language about ending racism.” She said the discussion on diversity should be “intimately inter woven” with the University’s strategies identified in the plan to solve global challenges. The working draft of the plan identifies three “grand challenges,” or global issues like climate change and creating sustainable food systems. The University wants to address these items by increasing its research and focusing curriculum on the issues in upcoming years. Increasing interdisciplinary work, the plan says, is key to solving the challenges. During the hour-long discussion on Thursday, faculty also questioned Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Karen Hanson on how the school would implement the ideas laid out in the expansive document. Anthropology professor Bill Beeman said at the meeting that he’s concerned faculty won’t have

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the time or money allocated to them to work on the grand challenge-focused curriculum and research. “I don’t see anything in the plan that really commits to finding these additional resources,” he said. Beeman also said adding more interdisciplinar y work, in which faculty work across departments, is complex and will cause problems when it comes time to allocate funding for individual colleges and departments. “There are significant financial difficulties in working across colleges,” he said at the meeting. “This infrastructural problem is really a more general problem that must be solved if we want to go for ward as a major educational institution.” Hanson emphasized at the meeting that the specifics of the plan aren’t yet finalized and the document will continue to evolve once the regents approve it. She said two separate teams will establish implementation priorities within the plan and another will assess the financing of the plan. She said faculty concer ns are impor tant and will be considered when the University starts implementing the plan. “We want to move quickly, but we want this to be a collaborative process, so we’re going to be talking about various ways in which we can reach out in this next stage,” Hanson said at the meeting.

Dog named ‘Lazarus’ survives euthanasia BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OZARK, Ala. — Animal control officer Wanda Snell knows what she saw: A veterinarian inserted a needle into the black-and-brown mutt and injected a chemical meant to euthanize the dog no one had adopted. The animal moved a bit and was still and quiet by the time she left the shelter for home. What Snell can’t explain is how or why a mixedbreed dog that nobody wanted recovered overnight and has since bounced back fully from what should have been a lethal injection. Less than a month later, the dog lives with a family in a suburb of the Alabama city of Birmingham, where the animal romps and plays with another rescue dog. His sur vival seemed all the more surprising since the same dog already been struck by a car before arriving at the Ozark City Animal Shelter. A rescue worker who retrieved the roughly 4-yearold male dog after the failed pr ocedur e named him “Lazarus” after the man the Bible says Jesus brought back to life. Snell has another name for that escape artist of a dog. “I call him Houdini,” she said. No one connected with the shelter is exactly sure what happened to prevent Lazar us’ death, and of ficials declined to release the name of the contract veterinarian who performed the injection. Shelter volunteer Cortney Blankenship has an idea, however. “His body overcame and he had a will

to live and somehow, someway he made it through,” said Blankenship. Records show the dog arrived at the shelter on Aug. 19 after being dropped off by its owner, who Blankenship said was moving and could no longer care for it. The animal was cut and bloody after being struck by a car and a pad on its left rear foot was missing. Blankenship tried to find a rescue home through social media, but no one stepped up to adopt. So the dog’s scheduled date with death arrived on Sept. 10. Snell said the vet arrived late that afternoon to euthanize animals due to be put to sleep. Snell said she accompanied the veterinarian and witnessed the entire procedure. The dog moved a bit when injected, almost as if fighting the drug before it quieted and was still, Snell said. The animal was left for dead inside a pen, its body to be removed later. But when Snell arrived for work the next morning, she saw the dog standing in an outdoor pen linked to the interior kennel. The dog had walked out and helped himself to some water. “He was back up and breathing and going right about business like it’s nothing,” said Ozark police Capt. Bobby Blankenship, who super vises the city shelter and is Cor tney Blankenship’s father. Capt. Blankenship doesn’t have any doubt the veterinarian tried to euthanize the dog. In fact, the dog was “wobbly” and unsteady for some days afterward, he said. Those problems have since passed.

Monday, October 6, 2014

Editorials & Opinions SCIENCE

Animals used in research have rights, too There is a line that no scientist should cross when testing on animals in the laboratory.

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or centuries, medical progress has relied on animal testing. Because testing primitive drugs on humans was completely out of the question, scientists took the liberty of using animals — often mice, rats or primates — as test subjects. In April 2013, the British Union for Abolition of Vivisections accused Imperial College London of treating its lab rats harshly and brutally. The allegations accused the college of “guillotining” its rats and forcing them into small, cramped areas only to lead them to their certain deaths. Recently, the BUAV withdrew its allegations that any such practices occurred at the college. Despite the withdrawal, much of the scientific community has been trying to put animal rights into perspective. Ever y year, more than 115 million animals are used in laborator y experiments around the world. Theoretically, animals’ responses to drugs or treatments will parallel humans’ responses. However, studies show that nine out of 10 drugs that work successfully on mice fail when they are actually sent to the clinical trial phase.

ANANT NAIK columnist

Critics of animal experimentation argue that this suggests a failure of the scientific method and say we must end animal testing. I would argue a middle ground — animal testing has its merits. Often, the benefit is that one drug out of 10 actually succeeds in clinical trials and benefits humanity. But by thinking of lab animals simply as a means to an end of human progress, we dehumanize ourselves. The research community shouldn’t use animal testing as a beginning step for research projects. In the initial stages of research, there’s a lot of trial and error. We don’t know what procedures or solutions will work. We don’t know whether our study or research will have any impact on the problem we are tr ying to solve. Thus, beginning uncertain research on animals imposes a risk that if the test goes wrong, the animal will suffer unnecessarily. Star ting research projects with cell studies and in vitro analyses thus becomes almost a moral imperative. Just like we

perform human clinical trials as a final test, we must treat animal testing in the same manner. Some people may ask why it’s a bad thing for a rat or a mouse to suffer for the sake of science. After all, we use the research and data collected to aid societal progress. This utilitarian idea deser ves a utilitarian response. Jeremy Bentham, the founder of modern utilitarianism, states, “The question is not ‘Can they reason?’ nor ‘Can they talk?’ but ‘Can they suffer?’ ” Bentham argued that if a being or creature can suffer, it deser ves equal consideration with humans. In other words, it deserves rights. Animals have the capacity to suffer. They have the same neurological pathways that result in pain as you and I. I don’t claim to have a specific policy suggestion for universities. There isn’t a law that could make people compassionate. But the sooner we realize that compassion shouldn’t only encompass those with who we can regularly communicate, but rather with ever y living being in our community, the sooner we can take solace in our humanity. Anant Naik welcomes comments at anaik@mndaily.com.

DAILY DISCUSSION University and state to employ more people with disabilities

I’m the mother of an 18-year-old son with autism. I want to show my support for Minnesota’s decision to hire more people with disabilities. It is impor tant to give them more opportunities since they are subjected to the biases of employers. People with disabilities have a lot to offer if they are given a chance. My son worked at the local library through his Individualized Education Program this summer and did an excellent job. Nevertheless, I am concerned whether he will get employed in the future without assistance, due to the biases. All I am hoping for is for employers to open the door a little wider and give them a chance to show what they can do. As a recent Minnesota Daily ar ticle noted, some in society are afraid to hire people with disabilities because they are not “familiar” with them. I think that Minnesota’s decision will help society become more familiar with people who have disabilities. Eriko Sato

Glass and the Vikings stadium Two of the great issues of this century are the environment and conser vation. President Barack Obama recently said we all must all sacrifice and do our part. How is it then that Minnesota is not taking a stand on the glass of the new Vikings stadium? Migrating birds are in danger of crashing into this glass, as it reflects the sky and clouds. The Audubon Society is involved. There was a peaceful demonstration on Sept. 27. The Vikings have indicated that the money is there, but the suggested changes to protect birds are not going to take place. I have sent a similar letter to a number of officials but have received no response to date. Please help me understand how the Vikings owners can just ignore the situation and the wishes of citizens of the state of Minnesota. Will the Minnesota Daily take a stand on this issue? Antoinette Arnett CONTACT THE EDITOR Martin Jaakola mjaakola@mndaily.com @mjaakola1

I must admit that I ver y often see Gov. Mark Dayton as a man of basic good intentions without the intellectual tools to ef fectively govern; instead, he is gover ned by close corporate and political handlers who prepare his messages and roll him out to the podium. Many do not see this image, but they may have par tisan and/or financial investments in most outcomes. I do not. I believe it is most appropriate to view Dayton as a sincere, somewhat scattered, earnest man of soul and fairness. He is not suited to the traditional executive suite. Therefore, much of his image is crafted by others to meet such expectations. Dayton is not the visionar y thinker who plans big things. He is better suited to the smaller things that reach his personal value

EDITORIALS Ticket policy fails amid criticism The U will revert to offering both bundled and single-sport deals.

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he University of Minnesota is revoking its new season ticket bundling policy, which required students who wanted hockey or basketball season passes to also purchase the less-popular football package. The athletics department claimed its new bundling policy was a way to reward fans, saying in a statement that the packaging deal aimed to “make it possible for our most engaged students to attend the sporting events they desired at a discounted price.” However, the policy saddled some students with extra costs for tickets they may not have wanted. This spurred criticism from many students and even Gov. Mark Dayton. “The Legislature and I did not provide the additional funding for the University to freeze students’ tuitions over two years so that you could invent other ways to increase their costs,” Dayton wrote in a letter to University President Eric Kaler on Friday morning. After the letter went public — creating a public relations nightmare for the University — the school’s athletics department announced it would return to its previous student ticket bundling practices next school year. These practices include both bundled options as well as single-sport deals. It’s clear that Gophers football isn’t as popular as men’s hockey, but we believe that’s no excuse for the University to take advantage of its students’ wallets to “boost” football ticket sales. We applaud the stern criticisms by Dayton and many students, which got the University to reverse a policy that shouldn’t have existed in the first place.

Animal decline reports alarming Humans may be responsible for drops in various species. Dan Wasserman of the Boston Globe. Please send comments to letters@mndaily.com.

POLITICS

Biden’s gaffes signify hypocrisy While he makes regular gaffes comparable to President Bush, little criticism has been made.

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month before the 2014 midterm elections, former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney offered some useful advice for anyone wishing to run for office: Always have a cameraman follow your every move. “If I had been able to see the camera, I would have remembered that I was talking to the whole world, not just the man,” Romney told Mark Leibovich of the New York Times, referring to his infamous remark that “47 percent of the people … will vote for the president no matter what.” While one could certainly apply Romney’s suggestion to many other politicians, there’s still one that doesn’t seem to care whether he commits gaffes in the limelight: Vice President Joe Biden. Biden has been known to cause controversy with his off-the-cuff statements. Last month, for example, he referred to bankers as “Shylocks,” an anti-Semitic slur. He also called Asia “the Orient” and complimented

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Fairness, common sense and Gov. Dayton’s response to U

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system and penchant for equity and common sense. Case in point: After getting far too far down the bureaucratic road, the University of Minnesota’s absurdly unfair and (yes) malicious scheme of bundling student season tickets [forcing students to purchase football passes in order to buy basketball tickets, for example], came to Dayton’s desk and conscience. He did not require an executive panel or administrative repor t to settle this egregious scheme. Dayton, CEO of Minnesota, simply wrote to University President Eric Kaler, telling him this was just not appropriate. Dayton stopped this viral outbreak with one letter. Of course, the University now must form yet another review panel to seek other options. Yes, many other governors would have done the same thing, perhaps earlier in

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a former senator who resigned from office after multiple sexual harassment allegations. Last week, when a Harvard student speaking to Biden identified himself as the vice president of the student body, Biden joked, “Isn’t that a bitch?” Interestingly enough, none of these examples made the front-page news, and progressives aren’t holding Biden’s remarks against him. Perhaps it’s because he is well-known for his political incorrectness? Regardless of reason, we should be more critical of Biden’s remarks. After all, progressives were the first to laugh at President George W. Bush’s gaffes. Ronald Dixon welcomes comments at rdixon@mndaily.com.

Dayton is not the visionary thinker who plans big things. He is better suited to the smaller things that reach his personal value system and penchant for equity and common sense. the process. However, the forces of simplicity and fairness within Dayton made a properly human decision to stop the nonsense. This stor y is a tiny capsulized example of just how amok bureaucracy may run and how simply it sometimes can be restrained. As an aging football marching band member of the 1960s, I salute the governor: Yay, Ra-Ra, Dayton!

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orldwide populations of mammals, birds and other vertebrates have fallen by an average of 52 percent in the past 40 years, according to the Living Planet Index report recently released by the World Wildlife Fund. Many forms of human activity are responsible for the alarming rate of animal decline. Habitat depletion, overexploitation, pollution, invasive species and other problems all contribute to the loss. Climate change is both a cause and a result of species and habitat loss. The World Wildlife Fund released its report just a week after the United Nations Climate Summit, a series of meetings meant to spur global action on climate change. During the summit, leaders in government, finance and business promised to improve sustainable practices and to mitigate climate change. The United States is the second-largest overall contributor to climate change through carbon pollution. Additionally, it is the largest per-capita contributor. The country is set to fulfill some of its environmental promises, including a 17 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2020. The Living Planet Index’s eye-opening report — half the planet’s vertebrates gone in four decades and little likelihood of improvement without concrete action — is a reminder of the need for improved environmental policies. We urge leaders in both politics and business in the U.S. to consider these numbers and to follow through on their commitments. We must protect the environment and help stem accelerated global climate change if business is to continue as normal. 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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Blocking in tight end Williams’ blood Legacy u from Page 1

that he was on that jug and now my legacy will be on that jug.” After what was arguably the football program’s biggest victor y in head coach Jerr y Kill’s tenure, the Williams boys were celebrating together. And between the duo’s football practices, mor ning workouts and nationally televised games, they’re pretty much inseparable. Most Gophers fans may know Maxx Williams for his highlight-reel plays that appear on SportsCenter. Ye t B r i a n W i l l i a m s ’ favorite par t of his son’s football games is when he makes a great block. After all, blocking has always been in Maxx Williams’ blood. “It’s the name of the game. I’m a tight end; we have to block. I just go out there, just do what [the coaches] ask,” Maxx Williams said.

Finding his position When he was bor n 20 years ago, Maxx Williams’ parents — Brian Williams and mother Rochele Williams — added an extra “x” to his name to be “unique,” his father said. And while Maxx Williams plays the same sport as his father did at the University, he’s found a way to be unique by playing a different position. But he wasn’t always a tight end. Maxx Williams was a linebacker when he first star ted playing for Waconia High School as a sophomore, which followed an injur y-plagued freshman season. By his junior season, then-head coach Pat Foley star ted experimenting with him at fullback and tight end. But after making one throw in a preseason practice, Maxx W illiams was Waconia’s quarterback. “Because he was so skilled at so many things … he was just too valuable as a skill player,” Foley said. “Sometimes you’ve got to have those big kids playing in spots where they can help you the most.” Even in high school football, the father-son duo was together — Brian Williams was Waconia’s offensive line coach during most of Maxx Williams’ high school career. But Brian Williams said he didn’t see his son as a natural fit under center. “He was a terrible quarterback — let’s just get that straight,” he said. “We all laugh about it.” But even though Maxx Williams spent the bulk of his high school

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Minnesota tight end Maxx Williams, right, watches his old high school team from Waconia, Minn., with his dad, Brian Williams, on Friday evening in Orono, Minn.

career throwing passes, he caught one in an October game during his senior year — a play that foreshadowed the downfield weapon he would eventually become for the Gophers. “We scored in the last play at Grand Rapids, where it was basically just kind of an alley-oop pass to him,” Foley said, “where he went up and just took the ball from a defensive back.”

Father-son workouts Ever y day this summer, Maxx Williams and his father got up shor tly after sunrise to bond. They were together, doing ever ything from weightlifting to cardio — even engaging in friendly games of basketball. And while the exercise helped Maxx W illiams avoid a sophomore slump, it also strengthened his relationship with his father. “Ever y day getting up, knowing I’m going to go lift with Dad, work out and get my run in — it’s just kind of that bonding experience,” Maxx Williams said. It’s not hard to tell Brian Williams works out — his strength is noticeable by just shaking his hand. And as the 48-year-old has aged, his kids have helped him learn how to do healthy lifts. “My father played college football at Notr e Dame,” Brian W illiams said, “and [he] was drafted

by the Chicago Bears. We had the same relationship growing up. I think we moved on to becoming friends more than just a father-son. … Maxx and I definitely are friends.”

Tunnel vision Last Friday, the fatherson duo sat in the stands at Orono High School to w a t c h Ma xx W i l l i a ms ’ alma mater Waconia lose 28-14. In between chats with old Waconia friends who were walking past the pair, Maxx and Brian Williams studied the field and broke down each play. They understand things that even avid football fans don’t see, like blocking assignments and technique. And when Maxx Williams is on the field, those are the things Brian Williams focuses on. “It’s fun because I can concentrate and watch him and understand what he’s doing. When he starts talking routes and stuf f like that, he loses me. I’m like, ‘Maxx, whatever. Just tell me about your blocking.’ That’s the fun par t, because I did it, [I] understand it.” Even if fans aren’t enthralled with Maxx Williams’ blocking, his teammates are. “He’s kind of underrated as a blocker because how athletic he is, but he really gets down with [defensive] ends,” senior running back David Cobb

said. “He clears up the picture for me. He opens things up, and he’s ver y decisive.” While the Williams boys notice just about ever ything on the football field, they put blinders on to tune out what people say about Maxx Williams off it. “[He’s] definitely the best tight end in the Big Ten — hands down, hands down,” Cobb said. And an NFL career seems inevitable for the Gophers’ acrobatic pass catcher. Maxx Williams has a team-high 10 receptions for 161 receiving yards and three touchdowns. And 10 of those targets came in Minnesota’s 307 loss at TCU last month, where Gophers redshir t sophomore quar terback Mitch Leidner str uggled against TCU’s stout defense. “ Yo u ’ r e r o l l i n g o u t , you’re in trouble, you need to get rid of the ball, he’s a guy that can go up and get the football and come down with it,” Leidner said. Maxx Williams’ hype continues to grow, whether it’s through catching a touchdown pass in his first college game, hurdling over defensive backs, bringing in a pass onehanded while blanketed by a defender, or — his dad’s favorite — pancaking an opposing defender with a block. But Brian Williams

SOCCER

Gophers earn one point in weekend Minnesota lost to PSU on Friday but tied OSU on Saturday. BY BEN GOTZ bgotz@mndaily.com

In two close matches at home over the weekend, the Gophers weren’t able to come up with a victory. After losing by one goal to Penn State on Friday, the team recorded its first tie of the season Sunday against Ohio State. On Friday, for the first 90 minutes, the Gophers (6-6-1, 3-3-1 Big Ten) played a close game against No. 7 Penn State. But in the end, just one mistake prevented the team from pulling off an upset against the Nittany Lions.

The Gophers played hard enough defensively and didn’t give up any goals to the high-scoring Penn State offense. But an early miscommunication, which resulted in an own goal, proved to be the difference in the 1-0 loss. “Obviously, we’re disappointed,” head coach Stefanie Golan said. “We felt like we were right there with them.” The Gophers’ defenders were dealing with Penn State’s aggressive forwards early in the game when a back pass from sophomore defender Rashida Beal to goalkeeper Tarah Hobbs found its way into the net. The ball initially looked like it would be swallowed up, but it cut sharply — possibly due to the wind — and Hobbs sprinted to catch it but came up inches short.

“It was just a miscommunication between the back pass and the keeper,” senior defender Becca Roberts said. “Nothing you can do about it. It happens.” Despite the own goal, the Gophers held Penn State’s for wards in check. One big reason why was junior defender Haley Helverson, who chased down several Penn State forwards in the open field and took away several opportunities. “She was player of the match, for sure,” Golan said. “She faces a lot of the team’s best attacking players. The kid that she was up against today, [Frannie Crouse], she did outstanding against. [Crouse] creates a lot of opportunities for them, a lot of looks, and she wasn’t able to do it today.”

SOCCER RESULTS FRIDAY Penn State Minnesota

1 1 0

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SUNDAY Ohio State Minnesota

1 2 OT 2OT FINAL 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1

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The Gophers played another tight game on Sunday against Ohio State. And despite the score staying low, both teams had multiple chances to secure the victor y late in regulation and in overtime. “That’s par t of the game,” Schultz said. “We just have to keep putting our chances away.” u See SOCCER Page 8

once gave him advice to focus on the task at hand instead of thinking about what’s next. And beyond giving advice, Maxx Williams’ father is always there — whether it’s watching Gophers practice or going to all of his games. “I just [have to] look ahead to what I can do today,” Maxx Williams said of his NFL prospects. “If the cards fall right, you know, I want to. It’s always a dream to play in the NFL, but I can’t look ahead.” Maxx Williams could declare for the draft as early as this spring. It seems the only thing that could derail an NFL career is a catastrophic injury. He tweaked his knee in Minnesota’s bowl game last season and rested during spring practice. “He’s been good since the day he started playing tight end. I mean, he’s just good,” Kill said. “You do a little histor y on his bloodline and it’s good, too. He’ll play at the next level someday if he stays healthy,” Maxx W illiams also missed Minnesota’s game against San Jose State in September with a calf injur y. When asked about what it was like to miss a game, he choked on his post-practice protein shake and str uggled to find words to express his frustration. “It sucked,” he said. But now things ar e looking up, and Maxx Williams has plenty of reasons

MAXX WILLIAMS 2014 SEASON BY THE NUMBERS 3 TOUCHDOWNS 10 RECEPTIONS

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to be confident in his abilities. As the year’s first wave of cold weather r olled through Friday night, the W illiams boys were together — bundled up in Gophers gear — watching the game they love. But unless Maxx Williams plays for the Minnesota Vikings, someday the Williams boys won’t be together as much as the father-son combo would like. “We talk about dreams and how to get there, but you can’t control tomorrow. You can only control today,” Brian W illiams said.

CROSS COUNTRY

Dyson, Minnesota take SDSU Classic Redshirt junior Becca Dyson placed first overall in the meet on Saturday. BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com

The Gophers have historically run away from the competition at the SDSU Classic — literally. It wasn’t easy on Saturday, but Minnesota still came out with another team victory. The Gophers headed into the meet planning on asserting themselves early, and they did. But this time, they weren’t alone. “I think in years past, other teams and other indi-

viduals just kind of go, ‘Oh, we’re going to let them go and we’ll race for sixth or seventh or eighth,’ and they decided not to do that today, which I think is great,” head coach Sarah Hopkins said. “And it definitely helped them, and it helped us.” Two runners from South Dakota got out particularly hard, causing Minnesota to adapt its strategy mid-race. “When we had two [kilometers] to go, I think we kind of decided we weren’t going to let a couple kids from South Dakota beat us, so we ended up making a move,” Hopkins said. Redshir t junior Becca Dyson, who finished first in the race, went first, with u See DYSON Page 7

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Rau leads Minnesota to exhibition win The team’s three goalies combined for a shutout. Each played a period. BY BEN GOTZ bgotz@mndaily.com

Despite shaking of f some r ust early in the game, the Gophers looked strong competing on the ice for the first time this season, defeating the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology 5-0 on Saturday in an exhibition game. The Ooks outshot the Gophers in the first period, but thanks to senior captain Kyle Rau’s two goals and a shutout shared by the team’s three goaltenders, the Gophers came away with a convincing victory. Minnesota had a few early miscommunications in its first taste of competitive hockey as a team since last April. The Gophers actually had their first official practice of the season hours before the game, so a few first-period miscues didn’t seem to come as a surprise. “In the first period we were … tr ying to sor t it out,” Rau said. “But that’s to be expected — it’s our first go-around. We’ll pick it up.” The Gophers had a few early turnovers in the first period that the Ooks generated shots from, but goaltender Adam Wilcox stood firm in the net. And despite some sloppy play, the Gophers entered the locker room with the lead thanks to a goal from freshman defenseman Jack Glover. In the second period, the Gophers began to take control of the game. After firstperiod jitters, Minnesota outshot the Ooks 28-12 the rest of the way. Rau scored twice to give the Gophers a 3-0 lead after the second period. The first goal came less than a minute into the period, and the second came with nine seconds remaining. Senior for ward Travis Boyd said Rau’s second goal sparked the entire team. “It just kick-started us, woke us up,” Boyd said. “And that’s what a captain

Gophers forward Travis Boyd controls the puck on Saturday at Mariucci Arena against the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology.

is supposed to do. He’s supposed to get you going, and he did a good job of that tonight.” The Gophers widened their lead in the third period with goals from senior for ward Christian Isackson and Boyd, pushing the score to 5-0. The Gophers freshmen ended up as big contributors in the victor y, with three of them recording a point. Rau said it was good for them to finally get a taste of college hockey. “You can tr y to get in shape as much as you want,” Rau said. “But you can’t get up to game speed, so it’s good to experience that.” Both backup netminders — junior Ryan Coyne and freshman Nick Lehr — got some playing time behind the star ter, Wilcox, and contributed to the team’s shutout.

MEN’S HOCKEY RESULTS SATURDAY NAIT Minnesota

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“Coxy was great, as usual — nothing really new there,” Boyd said. “But I was really surprised and really happy to see Coyner and Lehr get in the net and be able to post shutouts, too.” Even though it wasn’t always pretty, head coach Don Lucia seemed pleased with his team’s season opener. “It was what I expected. We were a little scrambly in the first period,” Lucia said. “But all in all, we did a lot of good things. We moved the puck well. … It was a good team effort for us.”

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Gophers forward Leon Bristedt fights for the puck on Saturday at Mariucci Arena against the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Gophers sweep opening weekend Special teams led Minnesota to wins over Penn State and Boston University.

CROSS COUNTRY

Dyson, Minnesota take SDSU Classic Dyson u from Page 6

BY GRANT DONALD AND RACHEL TIMMERMAN gdonald@mndaily.com rtimmerman@mndaily.com

When the Gophers’ schedule came out, head coach Brad Frost noticed a stretch of seven consecutive games against ranked opponents early in the season. On Saturday, after defeating unranked Penn State the night before, the Gophers started that stretch with a 5-2 victory over No. 6 Boston University. The Terriers had plenty of opportunities to cut into the lead throughout the game as they went on eight power plays, including two 5-on-3 advantages. But the Gophers held strong and didn’t allow any power-play goals. “In the third period, we were down 5-on-3 for almost two minutes again and really played exceptional, blocking shots, doing the little things that are necessar y to win hockey games and be successful,” Frost said. The power play kill was also effective in the Gophers’ 8-0 victory against Penn State. The Nittany Lions came up empty on all four of their power-play opportunities Friday. While their opponents struggled on the power play, the Gophers had no problem finding the back of the net when they had the man advantage. Minnesota scored on six of its nine power plays over the weekend, two of which came Saturday.

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Gophers forward Rachael Bona plays at Ridder Arena on Friday. The Gophers shut out Penn State 8-0 in their first game of the season.

“We did a lot of [work on the power play]. We knew that could win us some hockey games here in the first weekend or two, and I thought our power play all weekend was tremendous,” Frost said Saturday. The Gophers played without junior forward Maryanne Menefee. Menefee recorded 37 points a year ago, and Frost said she didn’t play because of a coach’s decision. He said he would re-evaluate her situation this week. The Gophers did, however, welcome back redshirt sophomore defenseman Lee Stecklein. Stecklein missed last year to compete in the 2014 Olympics for Team USA. Stecklein racked up four assists over the weekend. “I’ve been waiting for this since I played my last game [for the Gophers]. To finally put that jersey back on is what

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I needed,” Stecklein said. Boston also welcomed back senior for ward and Olympian Marie-Philip Poulin. Poulin played on the Canadian national team and scored the game-winning goal in overtime to help Canada win the gold medal in Sochi, Russia. Poulin did not find the same success against the Gophers, as she didn’t record a point. Gophers junior goaltender Amanda Leveille made 26 saves Saturday night after redshirt freshman Sidney Peters made 15 saves to shut out Penn State in her first collegiate start in goal Friday. “It was good to get the first [save] under my belt,” Peters said. “You’re out there and the crowd is new [and] everything about the experience is different, so getting that first save was reassuring that I can do this. This is what I’ve been

WOMEN’S HOCKEY RESULTS FRIDAY Penn State Minnesota

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doing my whole life.” Minnesota now goes on the road to face No. 10 Minnesota-Duluth, a test Frost said he believes his team will be up for. “We wanted to try and see where we would be at after this weekend because coming into tonight with some young kids playing some big minutes, you just don’t know,” Frost said Saturday. “It doesn’t get any easier. It will be our first road trip into a fun environment and a hostile place.”

teammates Kaila Urick and Liz Berkholtz following her lead. Berkholtz said she heard Hopkins yelling to them. “Hop definitely yelled, ‘Hey, it’s time to be assertive,’ to all three of us. Me and Kaila were ahead of Becca for the whole beginning of the race, and then Becca was the one who decided to take off,” Berkholtz said. Berkholtz said the team was going at one pace but took off for a minute and a half to take the lead before settling down. “We had to get away from them a little bit,” she said. Dyson put on a big surge to take the lead. “[Urick and Berkholtz] saw that I was going, and they were able to re-gear and get moving, too,” Dyson said. Hopkins said she thought the trio did a good job of adjusting its race plan on the fly. “They kind of r eal ized after about two [kilometers] that those guys weren’t going to go anywhere and they had to be asser tive,” Hopkins said. “It wasn’t like, ‘Oh, well, they’re going to fade pretty soon.’ It was, ‘Oh, they’re not fading, and we have to do our job to tr y to get up and press the issue a little bit.’” For a race the Gophers typically dominate, Berkholtz said it was nice to be able to have another team to key off of. “I think it actually took

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

SDSU CLASSIC 1. Minnesota 2. South Dakota 3. South Dakota State 4. North Dakota 5. North Dakota State

SCORE 19 54 92 107 148

UW-EAU CLAIRE BLUGOLD INVITE 1. Carleton 2. St. Olaf 2. Minnesota 4. St. Benedict 5. UW-Eau Claire

SCORE 49 105 105 122 134

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

the pressure off,” Berkholtz said. “Usually we come to this meet and Minnesota goes 1 to 12 and we have to push each other to make the race move.” The meet of fered the Gophers’ top trio a chance to work with each other, and Saturday was particularly key for Dyson after a 112th-place finish at the Roy Griak Invitational. “It was really important for me to come out and make sure I got everything back in check,” Dyson said. The Gophers also sent a group of runners to the UW-Eau Claire Blugold Invite, and they came away tied for second place. Hopkins said she was happy with the team’s performance at the meet. Freshman Emily Castanias, who ran unattached, finished second overall in Wisconsin. “It’s fun to watch those guys really be aggressive and stick their nose in there and not take a back seat to anybody, even as freshmen,” Hopkins said.

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Freshmen make mark The Gophers have three freshmen on their roster.

ready know your background and you’re able to talk about a lot of different things with … made it a lot easier on the transition,” Kuenster said. The three seem to be settling in well on the course, too. Kuenster, a two-time Minnesota 3A state champion, was included in the team’s lineup at the Minnesota Invitational. For the upcoming second tournament, both Garrison and Kuenster cracked the lineup and Ciskowski will compete as an individual. Garrison said Redman and assistant coach John Cleary have helped her both with her confidence and with her consistency. Her first performance as a college golfer seemed to reflect that. “My goal was to just experience the college tournament and not be overly focused on score, and that, in fact, helped me play really well,” Garrison said. “I’ve been working on a few swing changes, and that had really helped me gain some consistency.” Garrison competed in the Minnesota Invitational as an individual, and her inclusion in the lineup would’ve helped the team finish closer to the top. Redman said she’s excited to see the class come in and be able to make a difference, which Kuenster and Garrison will have a chance to do this week. “We’ve been recruiting them so long and we know them, so they kind of just slid right in,” Redman said of the trio. “They’ve all three done well. They adjusted well.”

BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com

Gophers defenseman Haley Helverson dribbles the ball at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium on Friday.

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Senior for ward Olivia Schultz put the Gophers ahead early after one-touching a cross from Helverson. The Buckeyes did not let up, however, and they tied the game late in the first

half off a deflection from a corner kick. Hobbs often prevented her team from losing, making six of her nine saves in the first 10-minute overtime period. “She probably saved our team multiple times,” Schultz said. “I’m really thankful for that.”

After the game, Hobbs said she knew that one slipup in overtime could be the clincher, and she did her best to keep her team in the match. “I knew it was overtime. It was the golden goal, and I just had to stay solid,” Hobbs said. The Gophers won’t be

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able to analyze this weekend’s results for long, as they have a shor t tur naround before playing Nebraska at home on Thursday. “We had a few opportunities [and] couldn’t capitalize,” Hobbs said, “but we have to move for ward to Thursday now.”

VOLLEYBALL

Northwestern sweeps Minnesota The Gophers were swept for the second time this week on the road. BY RACHEL TIMMERMAN rtimmerman@mndaily.com

Coming off a loss to Illinois last week, the Gophers looked to bounce back against Nor thwestern on Sunday. But instead, Northwester n defeated Minnesota, marking the second time the Gophers were swept this week. Minnesota was ahead in the first set, but its lead diminished. Head coach Hugh McCutcheon said the team had good offensive rhythm and passed well Sunday afternoon. “It was an OK all-around per formance,” McCutcheon said. “We just need to asser t ourselves at the right times.” The Gophers have had problems staying consistent throughout matches. “We str uggled a bit at finishing plays,” junior outside hitter Daly Santana said. “When the game gets to the red zone, we just [have to] make sure we stay focused.” Coming into the second set, Northwestern took an early 12-5 lead, and it carried that lead throughout the set. “We are a little too worried about making little

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For Leandro Toledo, the Saint Francis Health System Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Championships were a chance to prove himself to be better than the No. 22 ranking he earned before play began. He did just that. The senior upset No. 13 Mackenzie McDonald of UCLA 6-4, 3-6. 6-3 and finished 2-1 in the tournament. H o w e v e r, T o l e d o dropped his round of 16 match on Saturday against No. 20 Romain Bogaer ts from Wake Forest 6-0, 6-2. The loss ef fectively

PREVIEW: The Gophers will travel to Illinois to compete in their second tournament of the year. Minnesota will be part of a 15-team field in the competition, which is hosted by Northwestern. Other Big Ten competitors include Ohio State, Purdue and Wisconsin. Minnesota finished 13th out of 15 teams in last year’s Windy City Collegiate Classic. The Gophers were led by Carmen Laguna, who tied for 41st place overall. The Gophers have played in one tournament so far this season, and finished seventh overall. Senior Anna Laorr finished second overall with rounds of 70, 71 and 74. Freshman Sabrine Garrison, who was competing as an individual, tied for third.

Gophers outside hitter Daly Santana hits the ball against Tulsa on Sept. 12 as part of the Diet Coke Classic at the Sports Pavilion.

mistakes,” sophomore setter Erica Handley said. “We just need to be confident that we are capable of making the plays we need to make to win the next point.” At the end of the second set, Minnesota reduced the deficit to 23-22, but it ultimately lost the set in extra points. McCutcheon said the team couldn’t sustain its rhythm on defense, so he made changes in the lineup. Freshman Maddie Beal came in halfway through the second set for senior Adrianna Nora, and fresh-

men Alyssa Goehner and Dalianliz Rosado switched roles as well. McCutcheon said it was nice to have other players come in and contribute in different roles. Sophomore setter Katie Schau was injured on a play at the beginning of the third set, and Handley replaced her. McCutcheon said he thought Schau would be OK. The Gophers are now riding a three-match losing streak and are 1-3 in the Big Ten. After the three losses, Handley said the team

VOLLEYBALL RESULTS SUNDAY 1 24 Minnesota Northwestern 26

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needs to get its confidence back. “We learned that sometimes things won’t go our way [and] we just need to move on to the next point, keep our head up and stay positive the whole time,” Handley said.

Toledo bows out of ITAs after third round

BY SAM KRAEMER skraemer@mndaily.com

WINDY CITY COLLEGIATE CLASSIC

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MEN’S TENNIS

Senior Leandro Toledo now has 16 wins against ranked opponents.

In her first college tournament, freshman Sabrine Garrison turned in a top-five finish. Fellow freshman teammate Celia Kuenster tied for sixth in the competition. Those two, along with Heather Ciskowski, make up a talented and highly touted freshman class, bringing excitement to the golf program. “After waiting three years to get them, yes, it’s exciting to have three — almost four — years with them,” head coach Michele Redman said. But Redman’s not the only one who’s excited. “We have room to grow, and we will grow as individuals and as a team, so it’s going to be a really exciting process,” Ciskowski said. It’s a process that the trio will have an opportunity to tackle together. “Celia, Heather and I had a chance to bond before coming here, which was great. We [got] here, and we had the relationship formed,” Garrison said. The three golfers first met during their official visit to campus, and they had the opportunity to compete in some of the same tournaments over the summer. A knowledge and familiarity with future teammates has helped ease the jump to college. “Just being able to move in and knowing people who al-

eliminated him from the tournament, but that isn’t to say Toledo didn’t learn a thing or two from playing against the best competition in the nation. “I think it’s a big accomplishment winning two matches, especially in the first match beating one of the top guys in the country,” Toledo said. He said this preseason action can put his team on the right track moving forward. Toledo said it’s a good start to the season, especially considering the competition includes some of the best players in the country. Toledo, a 2014 First Team All-Big Ten selection, said he learned to focus on his game and be more aggressive in Tulsa, Okla. Associate head coach Urban Ljubic traveled with the Gophers competing in the ITAs — Toledo, Jack

Hamburg and Mathieu Froment. He said he was happy with Toledo’s performance on the national stage. “The win versus McDonald was a really good match for him,” Ljubic said. “It’s the first time in a while for a Minnesota player to make it to the round of 16 at an AllAmerican tournament.” Ljubic said Toledo has been an instrumental leader for the Gophers. “He’s been working extremely hard all fall. The guys look up to him,” he said. Hamburg and Froment both competed in the singles qualifying draw, and they competed together in the doubles main draw. The pair won their first match against Jordan Angus and Filip Vittek of the University of San Diego 3-6, 7-6, 1-0 before falling to the top-seeded doubles pair of

MEN’S TENNIS RESULTS

SAINT FRANCIS HEALTH SYSTEM ALL-AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Singles Leandro Toledo

W 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 W 6-2, 6-2 L 6-0, 6-2

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Mikelis Libietis and Hunter Reese from the University of Tennessee 6-0, 6-2. “They won one of the craziest matches I’ve ever seen,” Ljubic said. The ITA All-American Championships feature the top collegiate players from across the nation and give players a chance to assess their skills before heading into conference play. While only a few Gophers competed at the event, Ljubic said the experience they gained will benefit the team moving forward.

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

SWIMMING & DIVING

Gophers defeat ASU BY DAVID NELSON dnelson@mndaily.com

Blame it on the outdoor air or the adrenaline from their first swim meet, but something seemed to ignite the freshmen on the Gophers men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams. In their first — and the team’s first — competition of the season, Minnesota outpaced Arizona State on both the men’s and women’s sides in Tempe, Ariz. The men’s team took first by a final of 181-117, while the women won their meet 191101 over the Sun Devils. “We weren’t quite sure what to expect,” head coach Kelly Kremer said. “Coming away from that, I couldn’t be happier with how our team performed. It was the perfect start to the year.” Freshmen Danielle Nack and Brooke Zeiger both accumulated two individual victories each. Nack showed of f her abilities as a swimmer by winning both the 100-yard and 200-yard butterfly events. Zeiger, younger sister of senior Blake Zeiger, took first in the 200-yard individual medley and the 200-yard backstroke. “I feel like they’re going to have an incredible freshman year,” junior Kierra Smith said. Freshman Conner McHugh was phenomenal in his Gophers debut. He took first in the 100-yard breaststroke while finishing second in the 200-yard breaststroke. Senior C.J. Smith said that he was impressed with the

SWIMMING AND DIVING RESULTS MEN’S Minnesota Arizona State

FINAL 181 117

WOMEN’S Minnesota Arizona State

FINAL 191 101

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freshman’s debut. “As a freshman going into your first dual meet, there’s always some nerves to shake off, and I don’t really think Conner had too many of them,” Smith said. “Conner is definitely someone to look out for in the Big Ten in the breaststrokes this year.” Smith himself performed well in his first meet of the season, winning both distance freestyle events. Kierra Smith added two of her own event victories on Saturday, as did fellow juniors Lauren Votava and Samantha Harding. “It’s so great to see them having success in the pool,” Kierra Smith said of her classmates. Gophers divers also added three individual event victories of their own. The Gophers looked good in the first meet of the year, and confidence seemed to be as high as it did before they traveled to Tempe. “So many individuals stood out,” Kremer said. “That’s how we ended up having a really dominant performance this weekend.”

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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.

10/6/2014

Thursday’s solution © 2013 Michael Mepham. Distributed by Tribune Media Services. All rights reserved.

Today’s Birthday (10/6): You’re clear what’s important this year. Connect with friends, groups and family. The two eclipses this month (10/8, 10/23) incite changes in partnership and new profitable opportunities.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Written By Linda C. Black

Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is an 8 — Complete the task at hand and then venture farther out. Expand your influence with help. Mobilize team efforts. Do it with passion.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 9 — Discover a whole new batch of options. Resist temptation to run away or spend carelessly. Accept an offer for more authority.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is an 8 — Disciplined collaborative effort surges forward and pays off. Plan and prepare. Steer a steady course and tie up loose ends.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 9 — Don’t push too hard. There’s more money coming in. Grasp a potent opportunity. Beat out the competition.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 9 — Consider a steady income. Think about a partner’s good idea. Let yourself get persuaded. Think quickly, but move slowly.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is an 8 — You can see the road winding into the distance. There’s a way around this problem. Invest in long-term solutions.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is an 8 — Take the practical path and the most direct route. Update your equipment. Discover imaginative ways to save money.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is an 8 — Work could interfere with travel or transportation. Do your share of the chores. If you’ve kept your word, you gain status.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is an 8 — Get empowered by love. You’re even more attractive now. Your fame travels far and wide. It’s okay to be proud of an accomplishment.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 9 — Keep your focus and maintain momentum to profit. Team projects go well. Your partner adds to the excitement. Friends offer good advice.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is an 8 — Invest in your home. It doesn’t need to be expensive. Use something you’ve been saving. Let circumstances dictate the time.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is an 8 — Finish a project that you’ve been avoiding. Completion leads to opportunity. Imagine perfection. Passion can move mountains.

Monday, October 6, 2014

from the archive

Monday, October 3, 2005

crossword

7B FOR RELEASE OCTOBER 6, 2014

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Los DAILY CROSSWORD 1

From TWONUTS

Net, buddy old pal, I am now realizing that Dr. Date is now a man. Net: Don’t be so sure. Just like Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust phase, the good doctor has mastered the art of androgyny. All of my fantasies from last year of a brainy hottie in nothing but a white, flowing lab coat are crushed. Net: Not necessarily. If you’re willing to drop some cash, we know some ladies who will dress up in anything you like. So I sent him a personal ad and he refused to print it. Prove to everyone that you’re the pitcher in the relationship and one up him — not literally of course, unless you’re in to that sort of thing (Not that there’s anything wrong with that). So here’s what’s up... Single male seeks double-jointed supermodel that owns a brewery and grows her own stuff. Net: Seems perfectly reasonable to us. Access to free concert tickets a plus, as is an open-minded twin sister. Net: Now you’re just dreaming. I’m out like morning wood in boxers that don’t sport a button. Net: What about snaps?

From Flip Flop Flunky

So I am sitting in my Friday morning lecture, Net: Read that sentence again and we think you’ll discover the root of your problem. reading the back page and about to commence the crossword when these two floozies behind me start doing the crossword together and loudly! Who does that? Net: If the only thoughts going through your head involved sororities, “The OC,” and how wasted you got at Blarney last night, you would need help doing the crossword too. It is never okay to ruin the crossword for somebody else, especially if you suck at it! Thus it ruined my concentration and disabled me to complete the crossword myself, leaving me no other option than to pay attention! Net: Learning? Ugh! How rude! I had come to class totally committed to not paying attention, and I was flouted! Net: Damn those floozies and their teamwork. The crossword is a time honored HEY! SEND YOUR ENTRY, NAME & PHONE TO:

shirking technique and there are several unspoken rules you follow when engaging in said activity. Secondly, what the hell is it with cheating on the crossword? I was sitting next to a dude who was totally looking at my crossword and filling in the answers! What the hell? You are a poser. What do you get out of cheating on the crossword any way? Net: The answers. The crossword is sacred people! Let’s respect the rules here!

From Season Pass

Holla Networkia! Net: Holla! I don’t know about you all, but I am ecstatic about the Fall TV season. Net: We can’t help but be a little disappointed NBC didn’t add a fourth “Law & Order.” There are great new shows like “Threshold” about paranormal experiences Net: Any show starring Carla Gugino, the guy who played Data on Star Trek and a dwarf has to be worth watching. and “E-Ring” about the Pentagon starring Benjamin Bratt and Dennis Hopper. If only I could take all my favorite actors, including Steve Carell, Jason Lee, William Peterson and Jennifer Love Hewitt to create my new show “CSI: Comedy City.” Net: Yeah, we really like Jennifer Love Hewitt’s “acting” too. The setting would be Bismarck, N.D., and everyone would be funny except William Peterson, since he isn’t funny. Net: As if! You obviously haven’t seen “Young Guns II.”

From Fuzzy Cuddly Badger Fan

Ahhhh yes. Breathe it in Gopher fans. Fall is here and once again our beloved Gophers are choking on the autumn air. All this talk last week about how the Gophers are a contender and how this year is finally it. I laugh at the mere thought of that. Net: What? You’ve never seen a contender lose 44-14 to an unranked team? Whether or not you get a new stadium on campus, you’re still left with the same old NUTT team. Net: At least the Marching Band will have a nice practice field. Go Badgers. 5-0 BABY! YEAH!

NETWORK@MNDAILY.COM

Minnesota Daily Volume 107, Issue 20 October 3, 2005 Dear Dr. Date,

I was talking with my girlfriend online the other day, when she revealed to me that she has been tending toward anorexia for about two months. This is not her first bout of the eating disorder (though it was more than five years ago). I want to help her overcome it in any way I can, but I am separated from her by about 750 miles. We talk over the phone and online every day, and we have seemed to overcome the struggles of a longdistance relationship, but with this monkeywrench in the machine ... I just don’t want to lose her to this disorder. How can I help her through this with such a vast distance between us? I don’t want to say or do anything that risks her recovery.

— Hungry for Love

Dear Hungry for Love,

I think that the worst thing you could do, in this case, is nothing. I was in a similar situation with someone I once knew very well and when we did nothing, the results were disastrous. It’s not easy for people to reveal their potential eating disorders to people they know, especially loved ones. It obviously is a concern of hers if she told you, and I think that you have to be proactive. Talk to her about it every day. Encourage her to tell her parents and seek counseling. You have so much influence over this problem of hers, and you can’t let it fall by the wayside. You don’t want to be pushy and force her to do anything she won’t do, but this is something that could potentially have a huge threat to her life. Above all else, listen to her and be supportive. But since you can’t be there physically, it’s ultimately important for her to try to deal with this problem with parents and counselors. Please try to encourage her to do this.

— Dr. Date

Dear Dr. Date,

I have one simple question and I hope you can answer it, but I bet you can’t or won’t. OK, there’s a massage parlor, fully stocked with hot young Asian women and offering such things as “sensual” massage on the floor, on a futon. My problem is, I can’t figure out if this is one of those places where I can get a “happy ending” or just one of those sleazy, teasy places which is all bucks and no bang. I’m new to Minnesota and away from my favorite AMP (Asian massage parlor) in a highly metropolitan part of Canada, where it’s oh-so-liberal. Help me, Dr. Date, you’re like my only hope to avoid blowing $80 and not getting blown!

— Action Jackson

Dear Action Jackson,

First off, don’t ever presume you know what the good doctor won’t or can’t answer. My knowledge is immeasurable and my tolerance for inappropriateness is pretty high. That being said, if you want to know if this particular massage parlor is like the ol’ Tug and Pull Parlour in Montreal, you’ve either got to start asking around or you’ve just got to go get a massage. So feel it out (so to speak) and if it looks like a house of hand jobs, it talks like a house of hand jobs, well, it’s probably … you get the idea. The only way you’re going to find out whether they provide a yanking with their massage is if you actually go in and get one. That way, you don’t end up wasting your cash on a rubdown where you can’t get off. I think the more important point to be made here, though, is that either way you’re going to be wasting your money. The question you need to ask yourself is: What

kind of man even likes hand jobs, let alone hand jobs with a price tag? Now, I know the women in these places are professionals, and know a thing or two about the massage. But when it comes to unloading your gun, no one knows how to do it better than the man with the permit. And that’s you. Don’t think I’m condemning spending some dough for a game of touch (foot)balls, because I’m not. That’s pretty much what dating is, right? I kid. I’m just saying that if you’re going to spend money, might as well get your money’s worth. A hand job, even when given by a trained professional, is like negative ass. It ranks just below getting kicked in the nuts. You can do it better, and when it comes down to it, it’s more pain than pleasure (all tugs and raking nails). You’ve been training on that equipment your whole life and, frankly, your palm knows your piece more intimately than any woman’s ever will. So I suggest you head down to the parlor, get a massage and see what happens. Worse comes to worst, you get a good massage that cures what’s aching you and inspires you to go home and clean your loaded gun.

Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

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— Dr. Date

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Dear Dr. Date,

I have been living with this one roommate of mine since midway through August, but have known her for just over a year now. We are somewhat friends, but I must attest that we are more roommates than friends. She has a boyfriend that she has been dating for something like six or seven months. I’ve been seeing a lot of him lately, as he comes over to our place all the time to hang out, but lately it’s been more like me and him have been hanging out, not her and him. A week ago when she was not in the room, he told me that he has had feelings for me, and that he has had them for a while now. He then kissed me and we ended up making out quite steamily for the next five minutes and were almost caught by my roommate when she returned to the room. It might only be a physical thing, but while talking to him I really get the impression that his feelings go quite a bit deeper. He came over last night because my roommate was not here, and we were making out and whatever else for a while before I found my head, and remembered that she could be once again coming home any minute. He wants to see me again, and my roommate would never know, ... but it’s still wrong isn’t it? I suppose I should I tell him that until he’s done with my roommate he’s gotta forget about getting with me? Or is that just going to increase my guilt knowing that I basically made him break up with her, especially when all I am offering him is a physical relationship .... and he might just be totally in love with me. And once I have told him that we can’t keep doing this, do I tell my roommate that she should break up with him, or would it be justified for me to just shut my mouth and forget about it?

— Desired and Confused

Dear Desired and Confused,

Be the better woman. Even if the roomie isn’t your best friend, hopefully you respect her enough to think she deserves to know when she’s getting screwed … or when you’re getting screwed? Let her know her dude’s no good and let him know you can’t keep seeing him, if only to save yourself some terribly awkward moments. Come to think of it, if I were you, I’d just break my lease; your whole living situation is going to blow up into one giant awkward situation after this shi(r)t hits the fan.

— Dr. Date

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

Dr. Date,

I’m a full-time student, and I work almost 60 hours a week. I feel like I don’t have any time for dating, and I’m stuck in this endless cycle of working, going to school, sleeping and then repeating the schedule the next day. I can’t remember the last time I went on a date. How can I work love into my busy life?

—Single and Stressed

Dear Busy Body,

Right now, with your hectic schedule, it’ll be nearly impossible to work love into your rigorous routine — something has to give before you’ll be able to find the time for a one-night stand, let alone a relationship. You might feel trapped in this schedule right now, but you’ll eventually burn out if you don’t change something soon. I understand that it might seem impossible, financially or otherwise, to curb some of your responsibilities, but you have to find a way. I’m worried about you, and I don’t even know you, so I bet a lot of your friends and family are worried as well. Ask for help; I’m sure you’ll find it. Then when things settle down a little, that’s when you can start looking for Mr. or Mrs. Right.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

I just moved to campus a month ago, and I’m living in the dorms. My girlfriend lives across the country — back home — and our relationship is doing great, despite the distance. But we’re lacking in the sex department. Skype sex seems to do the trick, but I’ve hit a roadblock with my new living relationship: My roommate won’t get out of the room when I’m trying to get naked with my computer and my girlfriend. It’s awkward talking to him about it because we just met and we’re not that close yet. I don’t want to weird him out. My girlfriend is getting really frustrated, though, and if I don’t do something soon, I will literally explode. Help!

—Long-distance Woes

Dear Roommate Problems,

It can be awkward to talk about your sexual needs to someone you’ve known

for years, yet alone an ancillary character who’s been roped into them by circumstance. That said, and I’m sorry about this, there’s really only one way to go about this: Talk to the man. You don’t have to be explicit; just tell him you want some alone time, and specify exactly when you want that time to be. (Now, I’d say that you wouldn’t even need to bring up the sexual nature of the request, but if you didn’t and he caught you mid-act, it could be really awkward.) That’s really all there is to it. He might be spooked by it, but I’m sure you’ve found a few things he’s done a little weird, too. Sex is just something you have to contend with when you’re living in close quarters with each other, and it’s best to have an up-front discussion about it before anything happens.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

I like to go out and have a good time — hell, vodka is my best friend. But I haven’t tried any hardcore drugs before, and I’m not a huge fan of them. (My boyfriend knows this.) I just found out he did ecstasy without telling me. When I confronted him about it, he said it’s not up to me and he can do whatever he wants with his body and he’ll try the drug again in the future. I still have issues with it, and I worry about his safety. But he doesn’t listen to the points I try to make, and he just scuffs the situation off. Should this a deal breaker?

—Trippin’ Relationship

Dear Booze-only,

He’s right — you don’t own his body. And frankly, I don’t think there’s anything to worry about. But if he doesn’t have a discussion with you about it, that could be a problem. When someone enters into a romantic entanglement, he or she can’t expect the other person to not care about the other’s behaviors — and that is exactly what your boyfriend seems to be doing here. Bring it up again. If he still doesn’t talk about, well, then that’s a deal breaker.

—Dr. Date

Need relationship advice? Email Dr. Date at drdate@mndaily.com.

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LIAM JAMES DOYLE, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Spectators watch Minnesota’s game against Middle Tennessee State on Sept. 6. This season, students had to purchase football season tickets in order to obtain men’s hockey season tickets.

U changes controversial ticket policy Bundling u from Page 12

students to bundle football season tickets with either hockey or basketball for $174. Season tickets for football and basketball ranged from $90 to $99. Students didn’t have the opportunity to purchase individual hockey season tickets this fall because they all sold out in the bundles. Dayton’s letter to Kaler on Friday laid out his concerns with the ticket bundling practices. “The Legislature and I did not provide the additional funding for the University to freeze students’ tuitions over two years so that you could invent other ways to increase their costs,” Dayton wrote.

The University said in a statement on Friday that by bundling student season tickets, it hoped to reward avid Gophers fans with a discounted bundling option. “We clearly should have provided … single season or single-spor t tickets for Gopher hockey,” Kaler told the Minnesota Daily on Friday. In its resolution, the Student Senate also called for the University to refund students who bought the bundle but didn’t want football tickets. “Next year, [the University] will be exploring ways to provide refunds to students who haven’t used their football tickets,” Kaler said in an interview. Student Senate Chair Valkyrie Jensen said the group was excited to see

such a quick turnaround from the resolution and its suppor t from outside officials. “We are ver y appreciative of Mark Dayton looking out for students,” she said. Kyle Kroll, the Law School’s Student Senate representative who authored the anti-ticket bundling resolution, said he hopes the change will set a precedent for the way the University addresses student concerns in the future. “This is really the bestcase scenario,” he said. “Students will be able to buy the bundle and have the small discount if they want it, but they’ll also be able to buy the single season ticket.” Computer science senior Anthony Nixon said he usually buys season tickets

for both Friday and Saturday night hockey games, along with a season ticket for football games. But because of the change in the bundling system, Nixon said he had to purchase two bundled packages in order to attend all home hockey games. While Nixon said the ticket bundles work well for many students, he’s happy to see the system reversed so other students don’t have to deal with the hassle of selling unwanted tickets next year. “We heard good comments from the students who wanted to buy both tickets,” Kaler said. “But as this rolled out and there was increasing student concern about the lack of a single-sport ticket for hockey, we looked at that issue and

decided that we’d make that change.” Kaler noted that 70 percent of students who bought hockey tickets last year also bought football tickets. Senior Associate Athletics Director for Strategic Communications Chris Werle said football season student tickets sales are up 25 percent from last year. He added that a number of factors — like the football team playing better and the University creating a better atmosphere at games — have contributed to the increase. Kroll said that while the bundling concept worked well for the school, it’s important that students’ needs are par t of the decisionmaking process. “Ultimately, we have to

STUDENT SEASON TICKETS BY THE NUMBERS

25 percent

INCREASE IN FOOTBALL STUDENT TICKET SALES FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR

$258 PRICE OF A STUDENT SEASON

PASS BUNDLE FOR FOOTBALL, HOCKEY AND BASKETBALL

$174

PRICE FOR A STUDENT SEASON PASS BUNDLE FOR FOOTBALL AND HOCKEY OR BASKETBALL SOURCES: GOPHERS ATHLETICS, MN DAILY REPORTING

balance revenue generation and those kinds of interests against student interests,” he said, “and I think this is a good balance.”