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Health care issues spur requests
With clock ticking, students pushed to vote
The U is seeking $34.5M from the state to address a wide range of health care problems. BY BLAIR EMERSON bemerson@mndaily.com
University of Minnesota health leaders want to tackle the state’s health care shortfalls — but they say they need more state funding to do it. The University is requesting $34.5 million from the state Legislature in its 2016-17 biennial budget. If allocated, the University says the money would help address shortages of health professionals, improve care for the elderly, strengthen research in chronic diseases and increase the public’s access to health care resources. Minnesota’s changing demographics, health care disparities and reformed health care models are the leading motives behind the school’s request, known as the “Healthy Minnesota” initiative. If the state provides the funding, it would go toward increasing scholarships and geriatric training for students. It would also boost University research of chronic diseases, like cancer and heart disease. “We play a ver y important role in the u See BUDGET Page 3
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Undergrads win nat’l award for pollution fix A 24-person team developed a technology that can help clean up pollution from mining. BY PARKER LEMKE plemke@mndaily.com
Environmentally unfriendly and expensive chemicals are one of the few methods for cleaning up pollution caused by mining operations — like those in northern Minnesota — that can let harmful substances into the earth. But thanks to University of Minnesota student research, efforts to undo mercury pollution in waters contaminated by mining might have a new tool. A 24-person team of mostly undergraduates has developed tiny beads filled with genetically engineered bacteria that can clean up mercur y and other poisonous heavy metals, said team leader and microbiology senior Basem AlShayeb. His group joined 245 other research teams from around the world at a competitive synthetic biology jamboree in Boston last week. On Monday, the University project won the award for best environment project. “I think it’s still sinking in for most of us, u See BEADS Page 12
Volunteers made their best attempts to rally student voters, who often avoid the polls. BY LOGAN WROGE lwroge@mndaily.com
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n the brisk early after noon hours of Halloween, a group of costume-clad campaigners went door-knocking — not to collect candy but to collect signatures. The volunteers were working to persuade people to vote and tracking youth voting habits as part of an effort led by the University of Minnesota’s chapter of the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group, a non-partisan student organization. In the weeks leading to Tuesday’s election, University students in several political groups went door to door to try to boost traditionally low student turnout at the polls. “We think midterm elections ultimately affect presidential and the bigger ones,” said Alexandra Vagac, the group’s chair of the Board of Directors, “so it’s really important that students vote in all of them and are making decisions about who they want.” Minnesota consistently has one of the highest voter turnout rates in the country. In the 2012 presidential election, which also carried two hotly contested ballot questions, about 76 percent of eligible Minnesotans went to the polls — the highest in the nation for that election. But it seems challenging to persuade younger demographics to vote. Of Minnesotans who were between the ages of 18 and 29 in 2012, about 58 percent went to the polls, according to census data.
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Above: Student and MPIRG volunteer Jennifer Landry goes door-to-door knocking in Dinkytown on Monday. MPIRG and other political groups campaigned to increase historically low student voter turnout on Election Day. Below: University students and MPIRG volunteers Jennifer Landry and Samantha Beck get ready to go door-knocking in Dinkytown on Monday.
But some student volunteers hope to change that this election. Political science and communication studies sophomore Samantha Beck, an MPIRG member, has spent parts of the last few months knocking on doors to raise awareness about political candidates and collect
“Students are a large part of this area statistically, and we have a really powerful voice if we get out to the polls and cast our vote.”
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Success against the odds After overcoming financial and social hurdles, Malik Day hopes he can help struggling students. BY CHRIS AADLAND caadland@mndaily.com
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Malik Day volunteers at the Fred Wells Tennis and Education Center on Saturday with New Lens Urban Mentoring. Day is a University sophomore who comes from a low-income family and high school, which has made his transition to college difficult at times.
Most would agree that Malik Day’s high school resume is impressive. Besides a 3.75 GPA, Day was a member of the National Honor Society, a volunteer, a boxer and a varsity football player — all while working nearly 40 hours a week to support his family. But Day’s experiences in high school, and his high GPA at the University of Minnesota, aren’t what make him stand out among his peers. The finance and information management systems sophomore comes from a family of poverty living in north Minneapolis. Day attended Patrick Henr y High School, which has recently been cited as successfully fighting the achievement gap, but it’s a place where college isn’t always the natural step after graduation.
While Day stands out at the University as someone who overcame obstacles to attend college, he says his stor y is all too common among those who come from adversity. As the University looks to increase its number of students from diverse backgrounds, some of those students, like Day, are faced with large financial and social obstacles while they try to succeed in a higher education setting. Day originally wanted to attend a historically black college or university, but the financial aid packages they offered would have burdened him with debt. So he turned to the University. Day said because of his relatively low ACT score, the school probably didn’t accept his application right away. “The University needs to consider not just the test scores, but what the kids really go through,” said Day, who was the only person in his household who had a job and the first person to graduate high school. And when he did get into the University, u See MALIK Page 4
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Senate, House, gov. are MN prizes BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota joins the rest of the nation Tuesday in a midterm election for ever ything from governor to local school board seats, with most polling places opening at 7 a.m. and all closing at 8 p.m. Some key things to know about what’s at stake:
Top of the ticket Democrats headed into Election Day tr ying not to blow leads in the two biggest races — governor and U.S. Senate. Gov. Mark Dayton and Sen. Al Franken mostly held their lesserknown challengers at arm’s length through the fall.
Hennepin County Commissioner Jef f Johnson sought to portray Dayton as incompetent and unaware of some things happening in his administration, such as his surprise over pricey Vikings seat licenses in a stadium heavily backed by public money. Dayton, meanwhile, says he knows the big picture, and touted Minnesota’s robust economy and achievements dear to his base, such as increasing the minimum wage. In the Senate race, Republican investment banker Mike McFadden’s first campaign included some early missteps, including suppor ting the use of Chinese steel — if it was
cheaper — to build a massive pipeline. He portrayed Franken as too closely tied to an unpopular president and blamed him for, among other things, a lengthy approval process for coppernickel mining on the Iron Range. But McFadden struggled to find an effective issue against the incumbent.
The real prize The biggest story of the election might be which party emerges with control of the Minnesota House. Democrats’ two-year grip on the chamber — plus the Senate and governor’s of fice — gave them car te blanche to pursue the party
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Minnesota counties prepare to process MNsure applications BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Minnesota counties are gearing up to begin processing thousands of paper applications for the state’s online health insurance exchange next month. The Minnesota Depar tment of Human Ser vices is shifting its backlog of unprocessed paper applications to counties star ting Nov. 17, as well as any new paper applications after that date. Local officials say the move will create even more work for counties that have already added additional health care duties as a result of the Affordable Care Act. The state was awarded $155 million in federal grants for the creation of MNsure, an online health insurance exchange, the St. Cloud Times reported. Although the new system encourages Minnesota residents to apply online, officials are legally required to provide paper applications as well. A plethora of technical issues have driven many people to submit paper applications, according to Janet Goligowski, gateway services director in Stearns County’s human services department. “Presumably, the concept is that the online system will be so easy and so intuitive and user friendly that no one would really think to go to paper applications, which are very hefty and very long,” she said. But the exchange has become so backlogged that it’s unable to quickly process applications, so “people just really naturally gravitated toward the paper applications,” Goligowski said.
Ebola ads color final day of Minnesota campaign BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s political candidates labored Monday to stir voters to the polls for the midterm election, and a race long regarded as comfortable for Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton turned fier y amid new GOP radio ads accusing him of leaving the state unprepared for Ebola. Dayton called the late-breaking ads “fear tactics” while Republican challenger Jeff Johnson said the topic was fair game. The radio spots from the state Republican Party features a woman voicing worry about Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton’s ability to manage a potential yet unrealized health crisis and saying, “I’m not voting for Dayton; I’m not letting my family get put at risk.” The commercials are a companion to full-page GOP ads that ran Sunday in many Minnesota newspapers that also raised doubts about the state’s Ebola preparedness. Dayton has convened two dozen high-level meetings on Ebola in the past month, and he laid out a monitoring program for travelers and health workers who arrive from West Africa, where the virus has hit hardest. “They’ve gone from the garbage can into the sewer,” Dayton said of his political opponents. “It’s just so untrue.” Although Johnson distanced himself from the production of the party ad, he said the topic was relevant to the race. In recent debates, he refrained from criticizing Dayton’s Ebola approach. “I’ve been talking about competence and been talking about having an engaged governor who is able to make things work and I think it’s fair to question that,” he said.
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Student’s business promotes positivity The 22-year-old budding entrepreneur hopes to inspire and empower others with his “bright side of life” clothing line. BY SARAH CONNOR sconnor@mndaily.com
Jacob Giebel, who sports long dreadlocks and a laid-back disposition, realizes he may come across as somewhat of a “hippie” at first glance. But making snap judgments and stereotyping “just isn’t what it’s about,” says the business marketing education senior. “Negativity is literally ever ywhere. You can’t get away from it,” Giebel said. “Positivity is something people need to start spreading around more.” For the past two years, the student has worked to spread his beliefs about the power of a positive mindset across the University of Minnesota community and the nation through his clothing line, Above N’ Beyond. The message is simple: positivity over everything. The clothing line
originally started as part of a project in his marketing promotions class, but Giebel said it quickly became more about spreading optimism than selling T-shirts and hats. The clothing line — which currently consists of mostly screen-printed T-shir ts, tank tops and snapback hats — is “a way of celebrating his own life and creating a future that he wants for himself and for others,” said Frank Plachecki, Giebel’s former University marketing professor. Plachecki, who became Giebel’s mentor after Giebel took his course, said he and Giebel have a similar outlook on life and sees a younger version of himself in the 22-year-old student. During their talks outside of class, the two “talked a lot about waking up ever y day and finding what’s wrong and looking for oppor tunities to
Egypt, Gulf Arabs propose alliance to stop Islamic militants BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CAIRO — Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait are discussing the creation of a military pact to take on Islamic militants, with the possibility of a joint force to intervene around the Middle East, The Associated Press has learned. The alliance would also serve as a show of strength to counterbalance their traditional rival, Shiite-dominated, Iran. Two countries are seen as potential theaters for the alliance to act, senior Egyptian militar y officials said: Libya, where Islamic militants have taken over several cities, and Yemen, where Shiite rebels suspected of links to Iran have seized control of the capital. The discussions reflect a new assertiveness among the Middle East’s Sunni powerhouses, whose gover nments — after three years of post-Arab Spring turmoil in the region — have increasingly come to see Sunni Islamic militants and Islamist political movements as a threat. The U.S. Arab allies’ consideration of a joint force illustrates a desire to go beyond the international coalition that the United States has put together to wage an air campaign against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have participated in those strikes in Syria. The officials said the alliance under consideration was not intended to intervene in Iraq or Syria but to act separately to address other extremist hot spots. Three Egyptian military officials discussed details of the talks and a fourth confirmed their comments. A Gulf of ficial, who is aware of the discussions, also told The Associated Press that the governments were coordinating on how to deal with Libya, and the talks were “ongoing on wider cooperation on how to deal with extremists in the region.” He and the Egyptian officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks remain secret. Talks on an alliance against extremists are well advanced, the Egyptian officials said. But the further idea of forming a joint force is more distant, and there are differences among the countries over the size of any force, funding and headquarters, and over whether to seek Arab League or U.N. political cover for
operations, one of the Egyptian officials said. Past attempts at a pan-Arab military force have fallen apart. Still, even if no joint force is agreed on, the alliance would coordinate militar y action, aiming at quick, pinpoint operations against militants rather than longer missions, the officials said. The countries have already shown an unprecedented willingness to inter vene together. Egypt and the UAE cooperated in carr ying out airstrikes against Islamic militants in Libya during the summer, according to U.S. and Egyptian officials, and last month Egypt carried out strikes of its own. Egypt’s government has denied both operations. Egypt’s president, former militar y chief AbdelFattah el-Sissi, has warned repeatedly that Islamic extremists must be dealt with in multiple places, not just in Iraq and Syria. In a September inter view with the AP, he said “a comprehensive counterterrorism strategy in the region” is needed. In Washington, asked if the U.S. was aware of the discussions, Pentagon press secretar y Rear Adm. John Kirby said, “We’re not privy to that. I wouldn’t speak to it.” He would not elaborate. The spokesman for Egypt’s presidency, Alaa Youssef, denied that creating a joint rapid deployment force, complete with a headquarters, was part of the “routine” discussions between Egypt and its Arab allies on a strategy to combat extremism. The Egyptian militar y officials said top generals from the countries — including at times, their chiefs of staff — have held multiple rounds of talks. Two of the Egyptian militar y officials said they had participated in the discussions, while the other two said they had been briefed on them. Under consideration, they said, is the establishment of a core force made up of elite troops with aircraft and access to a pool of intelligence gathered by members of the alliance. To prepare for such a force, bilateral and multilateral war games have been held over the past year among the countries to promote harmony among their troops and weapons systems, the Egyptian officials said. Egypt and Saudi Arabia, in particular, have elite counter-terrorism units, and the Gulf countries have sophisticated air forces, largely purchased from U.S.
create a positive energy in the world,” Plachecki said. “And that’s what his clothing line does,” adding that he considers the student a “visionary.”
Spreading the message
Giebel didn’t always have a positive outlook on life. In his senior year of high school, Giebel said, his life took a dark turn after a series of life-changing events. “But I had this huge epiphany,” he said. “I just needed to pick myself up. That’s when I star ted my positive mindset.” Because of the challenges he has faced, Giebel said he’s able to help fans of his clothes who reach out to him for advice, which has inspired him to keep moving for ward with his business. “I’ve gotten probably 10 to 15 emails — suicidal emails — from people I don’t know who just want to talk,” he said. “Helping people and realizing that I could make a living out of that is when things started to change.”
Since first marketing his clothes to the public in summer 2012, Giebel said, the line’s popularity has ballooned. The line’s initial release had a small order of about a dozen T-shirts. His most recent order, which he plans to release later this fall, includes 300 to 400 shir ts, among an array of other items like beanies and bucket hats. “It’s really blown up,” he said. He’s also received clothing orders from more than 15 states, he said, and even a few from Europe. Along with global customers, pre-teen skateboarders have also reached out to the budding entrepreneur after finding his line on social media. The young skaters ask him to sponsor them by sending his merchandise, he said, and then Giebel sends them clothes and features their stories on his website. While his passion has driven the business, Giebel credits a great deal of his line’s success to the
“Above N’ Beyond for me is about pursuing passions. I see the clothing as just a catalyst to start a conversation about ... focusing on positivity.” DAN LOEHMANN Graphic designer for Above N’ Beyond
support of volunteers who have helped him get its name out to the community. Dan Loehmann, a 2014 University graphic design graduate, took on the task of branding and marketing the line free of charge. “Above N’ Beyond for me is about pursuing passions,” he said. “I see the clothing as just a catalyst to start a conversation about pursuing your own passions and focusing on positivity.” T r e n t o n K e n n e y, a 19-year-old local photographer, signed on to take photos for the brand after being inspired by Giebel’s outlook. The three, along with other volunteers, can be seen handing out merchandise around campus events, occasionally giving free clothes to homeless people
in Dinkytown. “His message is ver y power ful,” Kenney said. “It’s something that people tend to overlook in life and wonder why they’re feeling down in life, when really it’s just a matter of perspective and how you want to look at things.” With the newest line release, customers will also have the option to donate to a number of charities when completing their purchase. While Giebel said he wants the brand to keep expanding beyond the state, for now he’s focusing on spreading his message in a world he says is too quick to revert to pessimism. “It’s all about just doing that one extra step,” he said. “It’s about going above and beyond.”
Health care issues spur requests Budget u from Page 1
health of Minnesota, and we do that by educating and training about 70 percent of the health care professionals in the state,” said Terry Bock, associate vice president and chief of staf f at the University’s Academic Health Center. By 2020, the number of older Minnesotans, or people age 65 and older, will outnumber school-age populations. Because of this, the demand for health care will increase, Bock said, and the state will see growing numbers of people retiring from the current health care workforce. About $5.75 million of the University’s request is designated for addressing specific workforce needs, like geriatrics. “We need to do a much better job in terms of preparing our students and current practitioners in the care of the elderly,” Bock said. Dr. Robert Kane, a professor at the University’s School of Public Health and director of the Center on Aging, said the availability of well-trained academic professionals is in short supply, adding that few investigators are skilled in clinical care and aging research. Students need specialized training to diagnose and care for the elderly, Bock said. “We are way behind the curve in this,” he said. “We also need to recognize that we’re playing catch-up; that
basically, most academic health centers have already invested — in many cases substantially — in geriatrics.” As the state’s population ages and retires, demand for health care professionals is expected to jump. “What we do know is we certainly have a shortage of primary care providers,” Bock said, “and we know we have some very immediate needs. And that’s actually how we built this whole proposal — around the workforce.” About $10.25 million of the University’s request is for revamping curriculum — which includes ef for ts to shorten the time it takes for students to graduate — and finding additional training sites for students, Bock said. Some of the workforce shortages also include rural dentists and psychiatrists, he said. Another $3.75 million of the University’s request would address diversity in the health professional workforce. Of that amount, $1.75 million would go toward pipeline programs designed to recruit students from under represented communities. “[The workforce] is not as representative of the diversity of the state as we should be,” Bock said. Of the 170 students who enrolled in the University’s Medical School in 2013, 41 were “multicultural” students, according to school data. “We have a number of people [from underrepresented
“HEALTHY MINNESOTA” INITIATIVE $5.75M
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communities] in our pipeline program that are really great, talented Minnesota students that we want in our Medical School … and other institutions give them full scholarships,” Bock said, adding that the Medical School offered full scholarships to only two students this year. In an ef for t to address some of the health care disparities in the state, including in its ethnic, tribal and immigrant communities, the University is requesting $3.75 million for a public electronic health care database to hold information on topics like health care options and chronic diseases. Known as the Minnesota Electronic Health Library, it would be a more extensive WebMD and ensure citizens’ access to University information. “Everybody in the state
should have access to some key resources that would help us address these disparities,” said Janice Jaguszewski, associate University librarian and director of the Health Sciences Libraries. Jaguszewski became director of the libraries three years ago. Since then, she’s noticed an influx in people seeking this type of information. The University would partner with Minitex — an alliance of academic, public, state government and other libraries — and the Electronic Librar y for Minnesota to create the database, Jaguszewski said. “I was struck with how frequently people would call me and ask for access to the Health Science Libraries’ online resources when they were not students, staff or faculty,” she said.
Islamic State recruit’s plans foiled by US gov’t BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — A younger brother and sister left their suburban Chicago home and were detained at O’Hare Inter national Airpor t along with their 19-year-old brother last month — all of them intent on traveling to Syria to join Islamic State militants, a prosecutor alleged on Monday while pushing for the older brother to remain behind bars. The jailed Mohammed Hamzah Khan was the only one charged, but prosecutor Richard Hiller said Khan’s 16-year-old brother and 17-year-old sister were also passionate about the Islamic State. Hiller said the girl once used the Twitter handle @DeathIsTheeNear to send a favorable tweet about a video of beheadings — even placing a smiley
emoticon in the text. Authorities announced Khan’s Oct. 4 ar rest at O’Hare several days after it happened. On Monday, they revealed for the first time that his siblings were detained with him that same day, all three with airplane tickets to Istanbul, Turkey, which borders Syria. At the end of the 2½-hour detention hearing in federal cour t in Chicago, U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Cox ruled the government amply showed that Khan poses a potential threat and a flight risk and therefore shouldn’t be released. “He was prepared to abandon his home, his family, his country and his citizenship to join (the Islamic State),” Cox said. Defense attorney Thomas Durkin had called on
Cox to grant Khan supervised release so he could get counseling. “There is time to modify this behavior ... which is, I think, needed here,” he said. “We can’t give up on these kids.” Khan is charged with seeking to provide material support to a foreign terrorist group, which carries a maximum 15-year prison sentence. Prosecutors gave no indication they are even contemplating charges against his siblings, who they never referred to by name. Hiller described Khan as the instigator of the plan to join the Islamic State. He said Khan’s meticulous planning included landing a job at a Chicago-area store to earn money for the three plane tickets. “He tried to take his high school-aged siblings
halfway around the world to a war zone,” Hiller said. The prosecutor said all three spoke of acts of violence, with the sister writing about “preparing for death.” “He and his siblings not only had barbaric rhetoric ... they tried to carry it out,” he said. Prosecutors have previously said Khan left his parents a handwritten letter in his bedroom that expressed anger over his U.S. taxes being used to kill his “Muslim brothers and sisters.” His siblings left similar letters, Hiller told the court Monday. He said the girl sounded determined but also saddened she was leaving the family’s home in the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook, writing, “My heart is cr ying for the thought I left you.”
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Janitor sweeps burglar out of East Bank Also, two campusarea robberies prompted a couple of crime alerts. BY NICK WICKER nwicker@mndaily.com
A University of Minnesota custodian found himself in a fight-or-flight situation during an early morning shift Saturday. M i c h a e l R e v i e r, a 58-year-old building and grounds worker, said he encountered a student who had broken through a window between Rapson Hall and the Mechanical Engineering building. It was about 12:50 a.m. when he found himself face to face with the intruder, according to a police report. University police Deputy Chief Chuck Miner said that’s when the student became aggressive and lunged at Revier, who then defended himself. “I was tr ying to make myself as big and as loud as I could,” Revier said. “They tell you to do that with bears.” Revier said he used a handheld dustpan to drive away the intoxicated young man. “I called 911 and yelled at him to get out of the building, [and I] followed him out into the street where the police were waiting for him,” Revier said. The student burglar was treated for “puncture wounds” at the Hennepin
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Trespassing Between 7:15 and 7:30 a.m. Saturday The Commons Hotel UMPD responded to a call about a homeless man sleeping in the second-floor lobby of the Commons Hotel on Saturday morning. Officers recognized the individual as a repeat trespassing offender who had, in the past, received numerous warnings. They issued him a new trespass warning from all East Bank buildings, and the man was booked at Hennepin County Jail for trespassing.
RECENT THEFTS AROUND CAMPUS BIKE THEFT DAMAGE TO MOTOR VEHICLE AND/OR THEFT FROM MOTOR VETHEFT ROBBERY OF PERSON BURGLARY OF BUSINESS, DAMAGE TO PROPERTY THEFT FROM BUILDING
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KIEV, Ukraine — Moscow offered warm support Monday for rebel-organized elections in eastern Ukraine — an endorsement that could only ser ve to keep the West’s sanctions against Russia in place. Pro-Russian separatist authorities said Sunday’s vote, which saw two rebel leaders easily reconfirmed in their roles, gives them a powerful mandate to slip further from Ukrainian rule. Plans for the election had been condemned by the European Union and the United States, which said it violated Ukrainian law and undermined a 2-month-old cease-fire deal that has existed only on paper. “The United States deplores and does not recognize yesterday’s so-called separatist elections in eastern Ukraine, nor do we recognize any of the leaders chosen in this illegal vote,” U.S. State Depar tment spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters in Washington on Monday. “If Russia were to recognize the so-called elections, it would only serve to isolate it further. “ Russia’s Foreign Ministry indicated in a statement that it would refrain from suppor ting outright independence for the Donbass, as Ukraine’s heavily industrial eastern regions are
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the first financial aid package the school offered was “horrible,” he said. According to the Office of Institutional Research, 85 percent of University students of color and 84 percent of first-generation students received financial aid in 2014. But like Day’s situation, that aid may not be enough for low-income students to cover college costs. Day’s financial situation almost left him out of school, until one of his high school teachers wrote an editorial to the Star Tribune newspaper, highlighting Day’s accomplishments and asking the public to help. That’s when Jim Leslie and his wife stepped in. The Leslies read the editorial and decided to establish a fullride, four-year scholarship for three inner-city firstgeneration students. “There are students
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County Medical Center, the police report said. Revier said he thinks th e inj ur y could h a v e happened when the man climbed through the broken glass window. The student was booked at Hennepin County Jail for burglary of business, damage to property, attempt to cause bodily harm and minor consumption, the report said.
U police issue two crime alerts
Over the past week, the University community received emailed crime alerts from UMPD Chief Greg Hestness about two separate robbery incidents. Miner said the two crimes are most likely unrelated, as each had a different number of suspects. The first aler t detailed a Thursday afternoon incident in which a suspect attacked a University student. At the time of the incident, the student was making his way through his apar tment’s parking lot near the intersection of Fulton Street Southeast and Huron Boulevard
Southeast. The suspect grabbed the student from behind, shook him and attempted to throw him to the ground, the alert said. After breaking free, the victim refused to hand over his valuables and ran away. He escaped unharmed and didn’t lose any of his valuables before calling the police, the alert said. According to the crime aler t, Minneapolis police will investigate the crime, as it occurred off campus. Then, an incident that occurred just before 2 a.m. Saturday prompted another emailed crime alert. Jorge Gonzalez, a physical education and Spanish junior at Centur y College, said he and his friend were waiting for the Green Line light rail near its East Bank station when they were robbed. Gonzalez said he and his friend had to wait about an hour for the train, so his friend started playing music on his phone. Two women approached them, Gonzalez said, and one took the
known collectively. “In view of the elections, it is extremely impor tant to take active steps toward promoting sustained dialogue between central Ukrainian authorities and the representatives of the Donbass,” the Russian statement said. A rebuke was swift in coming from Ger many, which deems Russia’s position on the vote in the rebelheld areas detrimental to the September truce deal signed in the Belar usian capital, Minsk. That accord envisioned local elections being held across the whole of the east and under Kiev’s supervision. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said that because the elections weren’t carried out in accordance with Ukrainian law they “can have no legal relevance” and will deepen the crisis. The head of the election body in the main rebel city of Donetsk, Roman Lyagin, said inescapable conclusions needed to be drawn from the polls. “Kiev has to come to terms with the idea that Donbass is not part of Ukraine,” he said. “Whether they will recognize the result of our vote or not is Kiev’s problem.” Any hardening of secessionist views portends more unrest in the east, where more than 4,000 people have
been killed in six months of fighting between government troops and rebel forces. U.S. and European sanctions against Russia in response to the Kremlin’s support for the insurgency have dented an economy already teetering on the brink of recession. Investors have balked at taking risks in Moscow and capital flight is at full throttle. Despite Moscow’s seeming unwillingness to compromise on Ukraine, resolve had wavered among some EU members over whether keep all the economic sanctions in place. With its support for the separatist vote, however, Moscow has sealed its fate in the short-term. “The more Russia appears to be doubling down in Ukraine and using the separatist elections to keep the countr y divided and weak, then the more difficult alleviating the EU sanctions will be,” said Joshua Shifrinson, an assistant professor at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Donald Jensen, a fellow with the Center for Transatlantic Relations at The Johns Hopkins University, said the united European front may eventually crumble should countries with warmer relations to Russia choose to dissent, resisting pressure from the United States.
who’ve done everything you could possibly ask them to do to take charge of their lives and to be responsible and hardworking and dedicated,” Jim Leslie said. “Still, that can mean they are not able to go to college because a gap in financial ability and the aid that is available to them.” Though the Leslies established the scholarships based on Day’s story, they didn’t know who he was. The University picked Day as one of the recipients of the award based on his background. But even with financial assistance, students from lowincome families need to be armed with experience and an education that prepares them to succeed after high school, which may be hard to come by in disadvantaged communities. The endless cycle of poverty and lack of believing they can do better for themselves leads many disadvantaged students to feel hopeless, said Shay Glorius
Martin, program director at New Lens Urban Mentoring Society, which is a St. Paulbased mentoring group for young black men. Day volunteers with the program on weekends. Day said his family was frequently homeless throughout his childhood, noting that it wasn’t uncommon for them to be without running water or electricity when they did have a roof over their heads. As a child and throughout his teenage years, Day and four of his siblings shared five outfits — which he said is common in his neighborhood. Strong mentors who meet with students in those situations on a regular basis and show them they can go to college can help “break down those barriers,” Martin said. “As they start to elevate themselves, their mind-state, their outlook, their confidence — once they star t to break through those labels that have been put on them — [they] can’t help but
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phone and hid it in her shir t. He said when his friend asked for the phone back, the women refused and walked away, threatening to yell “rape.” Gonzalez said he kept his distance as he and his friend followed the pair of women, until a sizeable group of men appeared “out of nowhere” and circled his friend. According to the crime alert, University police apprehended six of the group of between 10 and 12 individuals. Gonzalez said he wove
“The problem with the EU sanctions is that they require unanimity,” he said. “They expire in the middle of next year and getting that unanimity is going to be ver y hard without ver y strong and vigorous leverage from Washington.” The separatist vote came on the heels of national parliamentar y elections in Ukraine that marked the ascendancy of several staunchly pro-Western parties. That marked the culmination of a process that began with the public revolt that led to the overthrow in February of former President Viktor Yanukovych, who sparked widespread ire by favoring ties with Russia over the European Union. Shifrinson said that Moscow’s strategy in east Ukraine may be aimed in part at reminding Kiev that the parliamentar y election was no excuse to disregard Russian interests. “Despite appearing to be challenging Kiev’s authority, recognizing the separatist elections may simply be an effort by Russia to salvage something of its influence,” Shifrinson said, while stressing that no strategic interests could justify Russia’s conduct. With the unrest likely to rage on, Ukraine looks destined to join the club of post-Soviet nations bedeviled by frozen conflict.
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to elevate once [they] experience those things,” he said. To encourage others who grew up in similar situations, Day mentors a group of high school students from east St. Paul every Saturday. He’s hoping his example of hard work will not only motivate those he mentors, but his younger siblings, too. “I don’t want to be the only person in the house with a high school diploma,” Day said. “I want my younger siblings to get to where they want to go.” In the short term, Day tentatively plans to go into investment banking, graduate school and then maybe technology consulting. But in the future, he hopes to be in a position, like the Leslies, where he can give back to underprivileged communities. “This endless cycle is going to keep repeating unless some of the bolts break,” Day said. “And the way those bolts break is having some of those individuals steer them on a different path.”
his way into the ring of strangers to retrieve his friend when one of the individuals hit him in the back of the head, forcing him to his knees before he fought back. The group continued to attack him, he said. “As soon as I know it, their whole group just star ts beating me,” Gonzalez said. “I’m on the ground, taking kicks to the face, getting hit.” The group chased his friend to the light rail station, he said, but first robbed Gonzalez of his phone and his wallet.
The friend tried to hit an emergency button on the platform, Gonzalez said, but he was unsure whether it had worked. Miner said of ficers arrived on scene, detained the six individuals and brought them to UMPD’s Transportation and Safety building for questioning. One of the individuals was booked for third-degree assault, Miner said. Gonzalez’s wallet was returned, but some money was missing, and the friend’s phone was not recovered, Miner said.
Many questions still unanswered in spaceship crash BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Federal accident investigators have an early sense of what went wrong before an experimental spaceship designed to ferry tourists beyond the Earth’s atmosphere broke apart during a test flight. But they still don’t know why the craft prematurely shifted its shape prior to the deadly crash. And another question looms: How far will the accident push back the day when paying customers can routinely rocket dozens of miles into the sky for a fleeting feel of weightlessness and a breathtaking view? A team from the National Transportation Safety Board kept working Monday at the Mojave Deser t crash site where Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo fell to the ground. The accident killed the co-pilot and badly injured the pilot who parachuted out of the ship Friday. Late Sunday, acting NTSB Chairman Christopher Hart said cockpit video showed that the co-pilot unlocked SpaceShipTwo’s unique “feathering” system earlier than planned. The system works somewhat like the wing flaps that airplanes use to slow for landing — except that SpaceShipTwo’s twin tails rotate up at a far more extreme angle, to a position that creates strong resistance and slows the descent. But while the co-pilot unlocked the system before planned, that action alone should not have been enough to change the craft’s configuration. Activating the feathering system requires the pulling of a lever, not unlike a gun fires only when the trigger is pulled, not just because the safety has been disengaged. Questions abound: Why did the co-pilot unlock the feathering system at that moment? Why did the tails begin to rotate without the co-pilot star ting that process? NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson said Monday that investigators believe once the feathers were unlocked, “aerodynamic forces” buffeting the craft as it hurtled along at about 760 mph caused the feathers to start rotating. Within two seconds, the craft began to disintegrate, NTSB investigators determined. SpaceShipTwo is carried
aloft on the underside of a jetpowered mother ship. It then drops from that ship and fires its own rocket to head higher. The feathers are not supposed to engage until the craft reaches a speed of Mach 1.4, or more than 1,000 mph, the NTSB’s Hart told reporters. Knudson stressed that a final cause will take months to determine, and that investigators were looking into other factors, including pilot training, mechanical failure and design flaws. Passenger jets typically fly at about seven miles high. Virgin Galactic envisions flights with six passengers climbing to more than 62 miles above Earth. Seats sell for $250,000 and the company says it has booked passengers including Justin Bieber, Ashton Kutcher and Russell Brand. The ultimate goal of Virgin Galactic co-owner Richard Branson is to create an industry that can move people around the globe in a fraction of the current time it takes passenger jets, by rocketing them into space and back down. But the company now lacks not only a craft to fly, but also an understanding of what caused the crash. Though rival companies also are pushing ahead, the dawn of space tourism seems to have been pushed beyond the horizon yet again. SpaceShipTwo has been under development for years, and Branson originally predicted passengers would be enjoying the wonders of flight by now. In the weeks before the crash, he said he hoped to fly in 2015. Branson still plans to be on the maiden voyage, with his family. He said that day will not come before a new round of crew-only flights. “We need to be absolutely certain our spaceship has been thoroughly tested — and that it will be,” he said. “And once it’s thoroughly tested, and we can go to space, we will go to space.” Friday’s crash could trigger increased government regulation. To give the fledgling commercial space industry space to innovate, the Federal Aviation Administration has not overregulated test flights during the past decade, according to Diane Howard, an assistant professor at EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University who specializes in space law.
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Coffman hosts last DFL push BY JOHN THOMAS jthomas@mndaily.com
The University of Minnesota’s College Democrats helped organize a stop at Cof fman Union on Monday for the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Par ty’s statewide bus tour. The get-out-the-vote event attracted more than 100 students, and many top DFL candidates attended just one day before the general election. “We tried to get as many students as we could to this event today,” said Beth Johnston, the College Democrats’ outreach director. The group sent its members throughout campus to
inform students not just of the event, but also of the location of their polling places, she said. “It’s a cool oppor tunity for a lot of kids,” Johnston said, adding that it made high-profile politicians accessible. “Maybe they’ve seen them on TV or [in] the newspaper, but they haven’t actually [gotten] to see them in real life.” Civil engineering senior Anthony Vecchi said he identifies with the DFL’s platform when it comes to tuition policy and likes what Democrats have accomplished while holding a majority in Minnesota. He said he plans to submit an entirely Democratic ballot tomorrow at the polls.
Immigration poses political problem for United Kingdom BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ROCHESTER, England — Generations of British children lear ned histor y through a book called “Our Island Stor y.” Nowadays the old-fashioned Edwardian primer is experiencing a nostalgic revival — and its title sums up the mood of many as Britain heads into election season. For British politicians of ever y stripe, immigration is increasingly seen as a problem to be curbed rather than an opportunity to be embraced. The 28-nation European Union, to which Britain belongs, appears a bureaucratic burden, not a strengthening alliance. This increasingly isolationist mood has begun to alarm the U.K.’s EU neighbors. Even Germany, among the most sympathetic to British views, has warned that an attempt to restrict immigration from other member states — an idea floated by Prime Minister David Cameron that goes against a core EU principle — could lead to Britain leaving the union. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman, Steffen Seiber t, said Monday that “freedom of movement inside the European Union is not negotiable for Germany.” In response, Cameron’s of fice said he was determined to address “the impact of EU migration” on Britain. That could mean limiting benefits for new arrivals rather than stopping them outright. The German war ning is music to the ears of Mark Reckless, a British lawmaker who recently defected from Cameron’s Conser vatives to join the U.K. Independence Par ty, which advocates British withdrawal from the EU and tighter controls on immigration. “I think it’s good to have clarity and for people to be clear that we face a choice
between European Union membership and control of our own borders, including who comes here from southern and Eastern Europe,” said Reckless, who is running to hang onto his Rochester seat in a Nov. 20 special election triggered by his party switch. His arguments are finding fertile ground in Rochester, a town 30 miles (50 kilometers) southeast of London with a castle, a cathedral and tourist-luring ties to Charles Dickens, who lived nearby. Retiree Pat Holyer is one of many Rochester residents who thinks UKIP’s policies make a lot of sense. “It’ll stop all these people coming over here and living of f the countr y,” said Holyer, sitting at a cafe along a main street sprinkled with Dickensian shop names such as “Little Dorrit’s” and “Sweet Expectations.” ‘‘Half of them only joined (the EU) so they can come over here and get free medical treatment.” UKIP has only one seat in Britain’s Parliament, with Reckless likely to become the second. But the par ty took the largest share of the British vote in May’s European parliamentar y election, receives plenty of media attention and has managed to make the bigger Conser vative and Labour parties focus on Europe and immigration. Fear ful of losing voters to UKIP, Cameron has promised to hold a referendum on EU membership if he wins a national election in May. Conservative politicians increasingly describe the 28-nation bloc in UKIPlike terms, as a moneysucking bureaucracy that has flooded the countr y with immigrants. Defense Secretar y Michael Fallon, a Conser vative, recently said some British towns were being “swamped by huge numbers of migrants.”
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voting pledges. MPIRG volunteers gather residents’ names and addresses to track how many students actually vote. Then they present the results to elected of ficials to demonstrate students’ commitment to deciding who governs them, said Magda Bilska, the group’s field canvass director. Beck said she tries to persuade people to vote by explaining why it is important to her, what MPIRG plans to do with the signatures and where polling stations are. But the process is not without challenges. Volunteers wait at least 30 seconds between each doorbell ring, which can draw multiple people to the door if the house has several doorbells. “You might be talking to three different people from three dif ferent [units] at once. That’s doorbell roulette,” Beck said. When a knock is required, Beck has developed one based of f the Mario Kart theme song — a strategy she said makes the intrusion less threatening. Other student groups have also been knocking on local doors. Journalism and political science sophomore Anders Koskinen said he recently spent a weekend going door to door for the University’s College Republicans.
In two days, Koskinen estimated he knocked on 150 to 200 doors. College Republicans focused their efforts on competitive races outside of the Twin Cities, Koskinen said, and encouraged voting in general, regardless of party affiliation. When it comes to getting people to vote, knocking on doors can be more ef fective than television ads, which can be easily muted, he said. “Even if they don’t agree with you, they’re going to recognize your ef for t and maybe take it into consideration a little mor e,” Koskinen said. Members of the University’s College Democrats have been knocking on doors as well. Jackson Fate, the group’s president, said members have mainly visited the Southeast Como and Dinkytown areas, as well as dorms. In earlier weeks, Fate said, College Democrats informed potential voters about Minnesota’s new no-excuse absentee voting law, which lets voters request absentee ballots regardless of whether they can get to the polls on Election Day. The group also advocated for Democratic candidates, and like MPIRG and the College Republicans, it simply tried to persuade students to vote. “If you can just get someone out to vote, it’s always incredibly satisfying,” he said.
SAME-DAY VOTER REGISTRATION To register to vote on Election Day, bring one of the following to a polling location to confirm your name and place of residence: 1. Valid Minnesota driver’s license, learner’s permit or receipt for either 2. Valid Minnesota identification card or receipt 3. Tribal identification card 4. A person who can confirm your address with a signed oath. The person must be registered in the same precinct as you and can vouch for up to eight voters 5. An employee of the residential facility where you live in the precinct who can vouch for you. The employee must have an employee ID or be on a Certified List of Employees of a Residential Facility 6. A late notice of registration letter mailed from election headquarters within two weeks of Election Day 7. Previous registration in the same precinct under a different name or address 8. University ID or U-Card
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Metro T ransit of fers free rides on buses, lightrail lines and the Northstar commuter line on Election Day to get voters to the polls.
“Students are a large par t of this area statistically, and we have a really powerful voice if we get out to the polls and cast our vote,” Vagac said.
Al-Qaida fighters push offensive in northern Syria BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIRUT — Al-Qaidalinked militants pressed an of fensive Monday against Wester n-backed rebels in nor thern Syria, closing in on a vital border crossing with Turkey and exposing the weakness of mainstream opposition groups that the U.S. hopes to forge into a fighting force to take on Islamic extremists. The Nusra Front’s recent surge has over r un strongholds in Syria’s Idlib province of two prominent rebel factions that proved unable to repel the assault despite getting arms and training from the U.S. The opposition groups’ collapse marks a significant setback to Washington’s plan of par tnering with more moderate brigades to fight the Islamic State group and other radicals. The Nusra Front — a bitter and bloody rival of the Islamic State group despite their shared extremist ideology — was massing its fighters Monday in the town of Sarmada near the Bab al-Hawa border crossing after sweeping through rebel-held towns and villages over the weekend. As the extent of the
rout became apparent, repor ts also emerged that some rebels had pledged allegiance to the al-Qaida affiliate. The fighting takes place against the backdrop of U.S.-led airstrikes to roll back and destroy the Islamic State group, which has seized huge chunks of territor y spanning Syria and Iraq. That effort has recently focused on the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani on the Turkish border, where fighting has raged since September. The two primary targets of the Nusra Front’s attack are the Syria Revolutionaries Front and Harakat Hazm. While both rebel groups have received U.S. suppor t, it never reached the levels that either deemed necessary to make significant advances against President Bashar Assad’s forces in Syria’s 3½-year-old civil war. At the same time, the link to the Americans also earned them the enmity of radical groups. “The Nusra Front is deeply suspicious of both the SRF and Harakat Hazm because they receive suppor t from the U.S.,” said Aron Lund, editor of Syria in Crisis, a website run by the Carnegie Endowment.
“The U.S. is also quite open about training rebels to take on both the Islamic State and al-Qaida, to which the Nusra Front belongs. So from the Nusra Front’s perspective, these groups aren’t just troublesome rivals, they’re a pro-Western fifth column that are slowly being readied for a purge of jihadis.” Tensions between the groups worsened after the U.S. bombed Nusra Front bases in Idlib province on the opening night of its air campaign focused primarily on the Islamic State group. Those airstrikes won the Nusra Front, which has largely focused on fighting Assad’s forces, the sympathy of many in oppositionheld areas. Mainstream rebel groups maintain a presence in parts of northern Syria and are also active in the south along the Jordanian border. But the quick defeat of two groups previously consider ed among the stronger factions in Idlib province “shows that ... the moderates are weaker than what we have been led to believe, despite increased funding from the West,” said Charles Lister, a visiting fellow the Brookings Doha Center.
It was unclear how far the Nusra Front intended to take its offensive in Idlib. In recent days, the group’s fighters have been gathering in the town of Sarmada in northern Idlib province, about 4 miles (6 kilometers) from Bab al-Hawa, said Assad Kanjo, an antiAssad activist based in the province. Rami Abdur rahman of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said Nusra fighters had flowed into Sarmada, but said there was no indication they had advanced on the crossing, which is held by a rebel alliance known as the Islamic Front. Bab al-Hawa ser ves as an important supply route for Western-backed fighters as well as aid groups in northern Syria. Lister said he did not believe Nusra fighters would attack the crossing, saying they were unlikely to directly challenge the Islamic Front, a collection of hard-line and moderate Muslim groups. He said that likely would create new, unnecessar y enemies for the group. “Most likely, they will seek to consolidate their influence in the area around Bab al-Hawa,” he said.
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Marvel to introduce more diverse heroes Female and minority characters will lead in some of Marvel’s upcoming superhero films.
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ast Wednesday, Mar vel announced its new series of upcoming films. Mar vel’s “Phase 3” includes 10 new films that will be released over the next five years. Among these films are “Black Panther,” which will be Mar vel’s first actionsuperhero movie with an African-American lead role, and “Captain Mar vel,” its first action-superhero film with a female lead. This change in Hollywood representation is a great accomplishment. Media can create and reinforce stereotypes of people and foreign cultures, and TV and film are primar y ways of learning about other cultural groups — especially if one doesn’t have personal experiences with these groups. Mar vel’s new movies could help break down barriers in other areas where heroes are traditionally represented as belonging to one dominant identity. “There’s this per vasive notion that the white male is … the basic model human and anything not white male is a variant edition,” said Kelly Sue DeConnick, writer of Captain Marvel, in an interview with Vox. There is a lack of diversity within many
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types of media. Mar vel wants to change this notion of white male dominance and make the world see that there is more to their superhero stories than a white man saving white damsels in distress. DeConnick also stated to Vox that denying the representation of women in media limits women’s potential by placing them in “ever smaller boxes.” Increasing women’s representation as heroes in these films could increase the potential a girl or woman believes she has while also opening up the perspectives of new cultural groups. Many critics of Mar vel’s newly announced series believe that female superhero movies won’t get much praise because men don’t want to watch superhero women. However, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” brought in $400 million, grossing more than “Thor: the Dark World” ($200 million). This clearly shows that men don’t completely object to powerful female protagonists. In contrast to what some critics believe,
Media can create and reinforce stereotypes of people and foreign cultures, and TV and film are primary ways of learning about other cultural groups — especially if one doesn’t have personal experiences with these groups. holistic representations of superheroes in films could expand people’s perspectives both in our society and the world. It could also broaden the personal perspectives of minorities and women. Children seeing heroes that are like themselves could be empowering. After all, superhero films are meant to give us hope for ourselves and hope for humanity, right? DeConnick said it best toward the end of her Vox inter view: “If superheroes are meant to reflect the best of us, they should reflect the best of all of us.” Destanie Martin-Johnson welcomes comments at dmartinjohnson@mndaily.com.
DAILY DISCUSSION
Response to ‘A 21st-centur y church’
Monday’s editorial car toon implicitly suggested that the Roman Catholic Church had rejected evolution until Pope Francis’ recent words. I would like to remark that Pope Pius XII, in “Humani Generis,” already pointed out that the arguments for and against evolution should be weighed carefully by the Catholic Church, neither being discarded a priori. Also, in a 1951 speech, he gave support to the Big Bang theor y (which was proposed first by Monsignor Georges Lemaître, a Belgian cosmologist and Catholic priest). In 1996, in a speech to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pope St. John Paul II said, “The convergence, neither sought nor fabricated, of the results of work that was conducted independently is in itself a significant argument in favor of this theory [of evolution].” I hope that the lack of precision in the cartoon is just a lamentable omission and not a deliberate and unfounded attempt to set Pope Francis in opposition to his predecessors in the Papacy. Dario Valdebenito University graduate student
Comment on ‘Respect our national anthem’
I’m a Gophers fan and have been to many Gophers hockey and football games. I have to say I have never heard this, unless it’s become more common ver y recently. But, I have heard it at numerous other places. Most notably, at the University of North Dakota “and the home of the Sioux!” Go to a home game in Grand Forks and it’s the entire crowd singing it quite loud. That being said, I find no problem with any fans inserting their team name into that last line. One of those freedoms our veterans fought and died for was freedom of speech. The insertion of a team’s name in place of “brave” by no means belittles a veteran, the militar y or our countr y in anyway. I would say it enhances it by allowing those individuals, or even entire groups, to declare themselves as par t of the “brave” as well. And isn’t that the intended point of that line in the anthem — that we are all Americans and we are all a part of the “brave”? DocLundy via MNDaily.com
Eating a plant-based diet that emphasizes whole plant-based foods, such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains and beans, in place of animal products is associated with a number of positive health outcomes. There is evidence that vegans and vegetarians have a lower body mass index and lower prevalence of hypertension, cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes and a variety of cancers compared to those that eat meat. Well-planned vegetarian and vegan diets have even been shown to reverse a number of these chronic health conditions, including the No. 1 killer in the United States — heart disease. From a nutritional perspective, swapping meat with beans and legumes, even just one day a week, can help Americans meet dietary recommendations for fiber and potassium,
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he University of Minnesota’s biennial budget request for 2016-17 includes a $6.25 million provision for mining research. The “mining solutions” initiative is part of the University’s economic and community development plan. Funding would develop ways to harness mining waste products, make mining research and information more accessible, and address the harmful health and environmental effects of mining. The proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota has been a particular point of contention in the races for governor and senator. Gov. Mark Dayton has withheld any comments about supporting or opposing the new mine until an environmental review of the project is completed. Republican challenger Jeff Johnson has said the delay is too long and declared in a debate, “I will do everything I can to get that mine open.” In the Senate race, Democratic incumbent Al Franken and his Republican opponent, Mike McFadden, have taken positions consistent with their parties, although Franken has said he supports mining. The $6.25 million the University has requested for this initiative is consistent with the amounts for its other research projects and initiatives. And given the economic importance of mining for Minnesota — plus the health and environmental concerns it causes — this proposed research will be valuable not just for academic purposes, but for the whole state. We would like to see the “mining solutions” funding approved, and we hope University researchers will use it to gain new information for all stakeholders in the mining debate.
Food ordinance still misguided
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STUDENT LIFE
Job focus holds potential for CLA
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s a College of Liberal Arts student, I’ve heard, “So, what kind of job can you get with that degree?” more times than I can count. But new CLA Dean John Coleman is using the newly unveiled “CLA Roadmap” to make that question a core component of a liberal arts education. An increased focus on workforce preparation can revitalize CLA, as it doesn’t extinguish the passions that drove students toward the liberal arts in the first place. A meaningful career that pays family-supporting wages remains one of the best ways to contribute to society. However, the security of employment creates legitimate outlets for people to pursue their passions. More people doing what makes them happy will change the world. Many people traditionally describe the college years as a time to “discover yourself.” As CLA recognizes, this journey of discovery shouldn’t be separate from job hunting. Increasing career advising for CLA students, as the new road map describes, could help students find careers that make them come alive. These strategies will be effective as long as they don’t prioritize an economic
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Meatless Mondays: A health perspective
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which the average American often falls short on. One cup of cooked lentils has almost three times more potassium than three ounces of cooked ground beef, with roughly the same amount calories. The same cup of lentils even provides a similar amount of protein as beef and about 16 grams of fiber, nearly half the daily fiber recommendation for adults — whereas meat provides no fiber. Additionally, lentils provide much more iron than beef. While non-heme iron found in plant foods is not as well absorbed as heme iron prevalent in meat, pairing the plant iron with vitamin C-rich foods can help increase the non-heme iron absorption. Students should not be deficient in nutrients on Meatless Mondays if they are consuming an adequate amount of whole plant-based foods. Eating more vegetarian or vegan meals would be less resource-intensive than a diet rich in meat, cheese and dairy. For example,
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CAMILLE GALLES columnist
bottom line over everything else. Critical and creative thinking are hallmarks of a liberal arts education and are the skills that can transform a job into a vehicle to improve the world. The liberal arts are supposed to be different from fields of study that have clearer career paths. Their worth lies in their difference, and CLA must preserve that. A career-oriented education approach doesn’t have to strip the liberal arts of their creativity and curiosity in the name of making money. Done right, such an education can provide students with the tools they need to turn their passions into legitimate opportunities to make the world a better place. Camille Galles welcomes comments at cgalles@mndaily.com.
producing one pound of beef requires 1,850 gallons of water, whereas a pound of vegetables requires only 39 gallons of water. With the severe droughts and water shortages plaguing families in California, the water footprint of our daily food choices should be a concern. Implementing Meatless Mondays at the University of Minnesota would provide an opportunity to educate students about the nutritional benefits of a plant-based diet and environmental health issues, as well as help prevent some chronic diseases that plague our country today. Moreover, it would allow the University and its students to continue being progressive leaders in our global community by applying evidence-based research, implementing sustainable food systems and recognizing that our food choices have implications beyond our bodies. Kristina DeMuth Registered dietitian, Master of Public Health in Nutrition candidate at the University of Minnesota
recent Minnesota Daily editorial has received criticism for its stance against a proposed ordinance for Minneapolis that would require grocer ylicensed businesses to car r y cer tain amounts of staple foods. We retain our original stance that the proposal is indeed misguided and that city leaders must be critical of it. While suppor ters point to the city’s “food deser ts” where access to groceries is limited, the ordinance would only force stores to stock goods they don’t sell much of. Earlier this year, Minneapolis eased up on its Healthy Corner Store Program after finding that participating stores sold on average just $10 a week in produce. This is proof that even if these small shops have staple foods, people might not get them. It’s important to keep in mind that many convenience stores in grocery-scant areas sell their goods at inflated prices — as they must make a profit. Some area stores have openly stated that their prices for produce are 10 percent higher than at grocery stores because of the difficulty of selling produce and its perishability. Placing mandates on small-shop owners seems like a counterintuitive solution to solve an already difficult problem. The city should instead incentivize shop owners to carr y more staple foods by targeting areas where grocery stores are limited. Providing tax breaks to those who carry a certain amount of staple foods would be an effective compromise. However, it’ll still take more than just providing healthy foods to change people’s diets. 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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MEN’S BASKETBALL
Gophers seek inside-out attack Richard Pitino is trying to establish a stronger post presence this year. BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com
When Minnesota hired Richard Pitino as head coach in April 2013, the Gophers’ post players were nothing to write home about. Elliott Eliason was an uncoordinated backup center who often tripped while r unning down the cour t. He was coming of f a season in which he averaged 2.2 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. Mo Walker weighed more than 300 pounds and had barely played the year before. With unheralded post players in the fold, Minnesota’s game plan for much of last season focused on using its talented perimeter players: Andre Hollins, Austin Hollins and DeAndre Mathieu. But after Eliason pr oved to be a str ong pick-and-roll par tner and Walker became one of the team’s best scorers, Minnesota is focusing on establishing more of an inside-out offensive attack in Pitino’s second year with the Gophers. “I thought we star ted throwing it inside a lot more toward the end of the year, and our offensive numbers went up,” Pitino said. “We’ve got to establish that.”
Differing styles Eliason and Walker call themselves good friends, but the two had contrasting upbringings. Walker grew up just outside of Toronto, one of Canada’s largest cities. Eliason hails from rural Chadron, Neb. Their basketball games contrast each other, too.
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Minnesota centers Elliott Eliason and Mo Walker will both be battling for a starting position this upcoming season.
Walker averaged 7.8 points per game last season, good for fourth on the team. He scored a teamhigh 18 points in an 81-68 victor y over No. 9 Wisconsin in Januar y. Walker flashed a more diverse set of post moves a s B i g Te n p l a y p r o gressed, becoming Minnesota’s go-to scorer on the low block. “Mo is kind of a pure low-post scorer,” Pitino said. “He’s got left hand, right hand. All the moves.” While Walker racked up the points, Eliason led the Gophers by far in rebounding with 6.6 per game. He also more than doubled Walker’s blocks per game at 1.9. But Eliason also closed out his season with 19
consecutive games of single-digit scoring. “He’s more on the defensive end, and I’m more on the of fensive end, but we’re both working on our flaws,” said Walker, who averaged only 4.5 rebounds per game last season. Walker gets most of his buckets by posting up in the paint, but Eliason thrives at cutting to the basket on the pick and roll. “We r un a lot of what we call pick-and-roll motion. Any time a [center] sets a ball screen, his oppor tunity is to roll to the basket, so we’ve got to look at him,” Pitino said.
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games last season compared to Walker’s three. But pinpointing who will be Minnesota’s star ting center hasn’t been easy. Eliason’s defense will be key when the Gophers face Associated Press preseason All-Americans Montrezl Harrell of Louisville and W isconsin’s Frank Kaminsky this season. But Walker’s ability to score down low and apply pressure on those two players while they’re playing defense is also important. Wa l k e r a n d E l i a s o n have talked about their roles coming into the season and are adamant they don’t care which player starts. “I don’t think it matters
to either of us,” Eliason said. “There were games last year where Mo played spectacular. There were games where I had a good game. We’re not jealous of each other; we’re not mad about it. … It’s the truth.” Pitino said Minnesota’s of fense looks completely dif ferent depending on which center is on the cour t. But no matter who Minnesota’s man in the middle is, expect the Gophers’ offense to feature a more inside-out approach this season. “I think they’re [both] going to play star ter minutes,” Pitino said. “They complement each other ver y well. … If you morphed them together, you’d have a really, really good big man.”
TENNIS
Corwin wins Big Ten indoor championship Freshman Felix Corwin beat his teammate Matic Spec for the title. BY DAVID NELSON dnelson@mndaily.com
Just two months into his first semester at the University of Minnesota, freshman Felix Corwin holds the title of Big Ten indoor champion. Corwin, who didn’t lose a set during the entire tournament, faced of f against fellow freshman and teammate Matic Spec in the championship match. Corwin is the first men’s tennis player to win the title since 2003. “It’s pretty cool to win the tournament,” he said. “But I’m really just excited for the spring. It makes me even more excited to know that we’re doing really well — playing my teammate in the final.” Spec and Cor win maneuvered their way through the singles competition that started Saturday and concluded Monday afternoon. Cor win had no trouble dispatching Iowa freshman Josh Silverstein in the semfinals, defeating him in straight sets. Spec, on the other hand, went head-to-head with Nebraska’s Dusty Boyer, who was seeded as the No. 1 player in the tournament. “He’s a good player,” Gophers head coach Geoff Young said of Boyer. “He’s very steady, and he does everything well on the court.” After taking care of business in the first set, Spec lost traction and fell to Boyer in the second set 6-1.
WOMEN’S TENNIS
MEN’S TENNIS
BIG GREEN INVITATIONAL
BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
RESULTS
Singles Ryba Vujic Courter Heitzner Lambert Otero Safdar Bergman
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6-7, 6-2, 4-6 7-6 (5), 7-5 6-3, 4-6, 1-6 6-0, 6-2 6-1, 6-1 3-6, 3-6 0-6, 6-1, 6-2 2-6 7-5, 7-5 0-6, 3-6
Doubles Mozia/Courter Heitzner/Ryba Otero/Mozia
L 4-8 W 8-1 L 5-8
SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
But Spec said he wasn’t too concerned with the score. “We were close the entire time,” Spec said. “He hit some huge forehands and made some really good shots.” Spec rediscovered his groove in the final set and dominated Boyer on his way to a 6-1 victory. “It was a big test for Matic,” Young said. “He had a couple of big tests before reaching the final, and he overcame them both.” Minnesota also fared well in its doubles competition on Friday, finishing with a combined 7-3 record against the pairings it played. “With the Big Ten teams in town, that’s ver y exciting,” Young said. “I thought our guys did a pretty good job of coming out and competing well.” But at the end of the tournament, the real stor y was the Gophers freshman talent. “I was very excited even before [the freshmen] got here,” Young said. “I knew they were good players. … But since they’ve been here, it’s just really confirmed that.”
RESULTS
Singles Semifinals Corwin Spec
W 6-4, 6-3 W 6-3, 1-6, 6-1
Championship Corwin Spec
W 7-6, 6-3 L 6-7, 3-6
Doubles A Flight Semifinals Hamburg/Froment
L 6-8
B Flight Semifinals Weber/Spec
W 8-6
B Flight Championships Weber/Spec
L 7-8 (8)
SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
Women play at Big Green The women’s team took home five victories over the weekend at the Big Green Invitational in New Hampshire. “I think we wanted to get way more [victories] than that,” head coach Chuck Merzbacher said. “I was just pleased overall [with] how we competed.” Junior Kendall Heitzner accounted for two of the wins, one in singles and one in doubles. “She played really well,” Merzbacher said. “She’s kind of had an up-and-down fall with her … nagging leg injuries. So I think it was good for her to see how she would do [in those matches].” Like the men’s team, the women won’t compete until two months from now. But Merzbacher said he’s happy with where the team ended its fall season. “We’re competing pretty well,” Merzbacher said. “The kids have worked on their game … so I think we’re in good shape right now.”
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Senior Mathieu Froment plays against Michigan State’s Harry Jadun in the Big Ten indoor championships at the Baseline Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon. Froment lost to teammate Matic Spec in the quarterfinals.
n case people didn’t get the memo, the Gophers football team might boast one of the toughest end-of-season schedules of any Big Ten program. It starts with Iowa at home. Next, it’s No. 13 Ohio State at home. Then, the No. 15 Cornhuskers in Nebraska. Finally, the Gophers go to Wisconsin to take on the No. 25 Badgers. Yikes. Out of all those games, it’s arguable that the Hawkeyes are perhaps the least intimidating, which is exactly why the Gophers need to defeat them on Saturday. Before Minnesota’s last game, some might have said it would be “nice” to defeat the Hawkeyes. But after a disappointing showing against Illinois, Minnesota firmly placed itself in an undesirable must-win situation. Had the Gophers defeated Illinois by even a couple of points, the whole feeling around the program might be different. But right now, the loss shook the confidence of fans and brought back memories of other painful losses as evidenced by a handful of articles around the metro. At this point, ESPN projects the Gophers to go to either the San Francisco Bowl or the National University Holiday Bowl. While they might not be the more prestigious New Year’s Day bowl games, those two contests would help expose the program to future recruits. However, the Gophers might kiss those bowls goodbye if they falter against Iowa. Throughout the season, Minnesota has remained a team that carries a whole lot of swagger and confidence — like many teams that went on to perform well during the bowl season. The current Gophers squad is arguably the best under head coach Jerry Kill and his staff. The team boasts one of the best running backs in the country, an unbelievably athletic tight end who can make big plays on offense and a defense that has performed tremendously, despite inconsistencies down the stretch. A plethora of talent like that is something that should not be wasted. The Hawkeyes should push the Gophers all game long Saturday, but Iowa holds deficiencies of its own. During this season, the Hawkeyes have swapped quarterbacks, and they currently rank in the middle of the pack in the Big Ten in many statistical categories. This is an average football team compared to Minnesota’s final three opponents. While the Gophers could still make a respectable bowl game without a victory Saturday, people who have watched this team for years know luck rarely falls on its side. So if Minnesota truly wants to solidify its place in a decent bowl game, it needs to make the most of its opportunity this weekend against Iowa. David Nelson welcomes comments at dnelson@mndaily.com or on Twitter.
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FLOWERS
Nirvana in the Twin Cities The 2014 Metro Blooms Garden Awards are just around the corner.
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Bob Wolk and his wife, Debbie, stand in the archway of their garden on Sunday. Bob, whose garden has participated in the Metro Bloom awards ceremony for years, will be on the board this year and will observe the ceremony.
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or Bob Wolk, gardening is a secret language and passion that he loves sharing with his community. “Plants tend to talk to me,” Wolk said. “I love to lie down next to a bed of flowers and spend the whole day lying there picking out weeds. It sounds weird — my neighbors are used to me doing that.” Metro Blooms is a volunteer-based nonprofit that
aims to protect the environment, beautify the community and honor the people who do so. On Thursday, the organization will host its annual garden awards cer emony — an event that involves year-round preparation A garden must be nominated before it gets an evaluation, and Wolk was originally a self-nominated par ticipant. However, his garden has worked its way up through the ranks of Metro Bloom awards over the years. Wolk first joined forces
with Metro Blooms after hearing about the organization’s mission in an advertisement that came in the mail with his water bill. Now, he’s a board member for the organization. “At our 50th wedding anniversar y, to celebrate, we gave each of our neighbors — all 10 of them — a rain garden, and we paid for excavation and ever ything,” Wolk said. “I walk out my door ever y day and I look at my park.” For this act, the Wolks received Metro Blooms’ most prestigious award —
the Nate Siegel award. Garden evaluators look for five factors, said Alexis Troschinetz, a Metro Blooms board member and evaluator. Evaluators appraise gardens based on their visual impact; plant variety and health; design; maintenance; and environmental stewardship, she said. “Each of us evaluate anywhere from 12 to 20 gardens a year,” said Troschinetz, who r uns an annual mandator y training event that Metro Blooms evaluators attend.
“[The training] usually [is] a couple of hours, and we actually look at PowerPoint photos of gardens and as a group evaluate them together,” she said. “[We] talk about why it has a good element of the rating scale so we can learn from each other before going out to do the evaluations.” Evaluators also keep an eye out for unique intricacies that make gardens an aesthetic asset to the community. Wolk’s definition of aesthetic beauty played a
factor into how he decorated his garden, he said, adding that used appropriate tchotchkes. “We like to get kids involved in the garden. In our front yard, about 10 or 12 feet long, we have a Noah’s ark theme in it,” he said. Wolk encourages kids to go into his garden and play with the 20 to 30 pairs of animals on display. “I like it when they get physically involved and move the animals around,” he said. The backyard houses a bridge lined with movable toy cars. Former award winner Anna Erbes enjoys the gratification of having community members pass through her garden. “When you get people who go out of their way to find you working in your yard and [they] say, ‘Your yard brings me joy,’ can it get any better than that? I don’t think so,” she said. The thing that collectively brings gardeners and plant lovers together is the experience of having a “little bit of nirvana in the city,” Erbes said. The process begins as early as 6:30 a.m. for serious gardeners. “I’m out in the garden at about 7:30, and I come in reluctantly to have a bite to eat before going back out around 8,” Wolk said. Erbes also begins her gardening bright and early. “I love walking the yard ever y day. Getting up, grabbing your cup of coffee and seeing how ever ybody is doing. You nurture these plantings, look at who is doing well,” she said. “People who gar den are beautifying the land — making it a place where people want to live and appreciate it,” Troschinetz said. “And for that, I want to show appreciation.”
2014 Metro Blooms Garden Awards Where Columbia Manor, 3300 Central Ave. NE, Minneapolis When 7 p.m. Thursday Cost $30
COMEDY
Tommy Johnagin’s Midwestern comedic edge The stand-up comedian began performing as a teenager in Illinois and went pro by 21. BY JARED HEMMING jhemming@mndaily.com
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hough stand-up comedian Tommy Johnagin’s career took of f by the time he was 21, he didn’t escape the dreaded day job drudge. And of course, he worked those experiences into his act. “I had a joke about working at Applebee’s which was true,” Johnagin said. “On my two-year anniversar y, they gave me a two-year pin. They give you a two-year pin so ever ybody knows your life’s gone nowhere for the past 24 months.” The comedian, whose career has included three stand-up albums and several appearances on David Letterman’s show, is bringing his hard-earned stand-up pedigree to Acme Comedy Co. in Minneapolis this Thursday through Saturday. While some comedians struggle for years at openmic nights before reaching professional-level success,
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Johnagin began touring on weekends at the same time he started performing comedy, which was shortly after he graduated high school. “When I was 18, I was just a couple months into stand-up,” Johnagin said. “My goal at that moment was, ‘I need to book ever y week on the road and go full time at this.’ ” After dropping out of college at age 20, Johnagin moved from his hometown of Benton, Ill., to Chicago, where he booked shows on the road in comedy clubs almost ever y weekend of the year as a feature act. “I’m goal-oriented, and I think it helps,” Johnagin said of his initial success on the road. “That was the first goal. It wasn’t, ’I’m going to be a fulltime feature act, but could I make r ent?’ Featur e acts don’t make a million dollars.” Johnagin said his taste for the touring lifestyle was instilled in him early on by his father — the person whom Johnagin also credits for giving him his sense of humor. “My dad was a tr uck driver, and we would travel the countr y,” Johnagin said. “Without that, I don’t know if I would have been
as open to, at 18 years old, go, ‘I want to tour for a living. I want to be in hotels for a living.’” Johnagin used sly overthe-phone techniques to book shows for himself at comedy clubs — slots that usually wouldn’t go to younger comedians. “ I w o u l d s a y, ‘ W h o books the club?’ And then they would tell me a name,” Johnagin said. “I would call back the next week and just ask for that person like I knew them. I would just say, ‘Hey, I’m doing a show in your area, I have Friday night off, do you mind if I come and do a showcase?’” Johnagin — a white male of average height, brown hair and glasses — attributes his stand-up success in part to his generic look. “Generally, I consider myself pretty forgettable as a person,” Johnagin said. “There’s nothing super distinct about [me]. I grew up in a small town in the Midwest, and I feel like, no matter how successful I get, whether I have a TV show on and it gets 15 million viewers a week, I’ll still fit in better in Benton, Ill., than I [would] in Los Angeles.” In a comedy world dominated by game-changing
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comedians like Louis C.K. and Bill Bur r, Johnagin said his mild-mannered stand-up approach is a little less revolutionary. “If I’m not tr ying new stuf f that may go into the act or if I’m not tr ying to tighten material, then I feel like I’m taking away from stand-up,” Johnagin said. “I like stand-up so much. I don’t think I’m going to change it; I’m not Richard Pryor. But I just don’t want to hurt it.” Johnagin’s respect for comedy shapes his perspective of the ar t. He’d rather simply enjoy comedy performances than lionize their importance. “It’s selfless, and it’s selfish,” Johnagin said of per forming comedy. “Being funny isn’t only about making people laugh; it’s about how you feel when you make people laugh. It’s like, when I eat ice cream, I feel good when that happens; I’m not doing it for the ice cream.”
Tommy Johnagin Where Acme Comedy Co., 708 N. First St., Minneapolis When 8 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday Cost $15-18 Age 18+
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Tommy Johnagin became a professional stand-up comedian by age 21 when he toured the country as a feature act, and he later placed second on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing.” Johnagin will be performing at Acme Comedy Co. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
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UPCOMING EVENTS WHAT: McNally Smith College of Music presents “Rent: The Musical” WHO: McNally Smith College of Music Theatre Ensemble WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday WHERE: History Theatre, 30 10th St. E., St. Paul PRICE: Free Set in New York City’s Lower East Side in the days of Bohemia in Alphabet City, the musical “Rent” is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, “Rent” is a pop culture phenomenon with songs that rock and a story that resonates for audiences of all ages.
WHAT: Art Attack 2014 at the Northrup King Building WHO: 250 artists and more than 200 art studios under one roof WHEN: 5–10 p.m. Friday, noon–8 p.m. Saturday, noon–5 p.m. Sunday WHERE: Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson St. NE, Minneapolis PRICE: Free The 17th annual Art Attack at the Northrup King Building offers the widest array of art to date. The 250 visual artists join forces with musicians, writers, installation and interactive artists for a weekend of engaging art experiences.
WHAT: The Cover of Life WHO: The St. Catherine Department of Music and Theater WHEN: 7 p.m. Wednesday–Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday WHERE: Second floor, Hyatt Regency, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis PRICE: $10 Set in rural Louisiana during World War II, the story follows the lives of six women thrown together by the war.
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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.
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Yesterday’s solution © 2013 Michael Mepham. Distributed by Tribune Media Services. All rights reserved.
Today’s Birthday (11/4): Personal power and confidence come with high-octane results this year. Your influence grows with your professional stature. Work gets especially fun after 3/20.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Written by Nancy Black
Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is a 9 — You’re in charge. Don’t be afraid. Be obsessed with details. Review an intended action to avoid unpleasant surprises.
Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is an 8 — Be prepared to apply some elbow grease, and accept a profitable challenge. If at first you don’t succeed, back to the drawing board.
Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 6 — A surprising development in a group setting inspires action. Stifle your aggression (or channel it into art or music).
Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 7 — Things may not follow the plan. Aim for thoughtful rather than impulsive choices. Accidents or mistakes could get costly.
Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 7 — Breakdowns keep your focus on immediate necessities. Hold your temper. Start with a plan.
Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 7 — Have fun close to home. Work interferes with travel. All is not as you’d like. It’s not a good time to gamble.
Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 7 — Things could get chaotic and expensive. Cut entertainment spending. Don’t fall for a sob story. Heed cautionary warnings.
Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 6 — Finish your work, and postpone a trip. Revelations could alter the destination. Barriers or obstacles at home slow the action.
Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is an 8 — Get your homework done before going to play. An unexpected windfall comes from handling details early.
Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 7 — Words get farther than actions. Make bold declarations. There’s still work to do. Remain cautious with your money.
Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 7 — Postpone travel. Breakdowns require attention. Actions could seem to backfire. Take it slow. Let circumstances dictate the time.
Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 9 — Respectfully navigate the chaos. Unexpected breakdowns at work require attention. Handle immediate concerns, and put the rest on hold.
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from the archive
Wednesday, November 2, 2005
From The Hand That Feeds
As a degree-seeking student in both IT and CSOM, I believe I am in a unique position to regulate the flame war that has polarized our student body. Net: Please bestow your wisdom upon us, oh expert flamer. CarlsonHOTA$$, contrary to what you’ve been breast-fed by your Career Skills professor, Net: No wonder those classes are so popular. the founders of future megalithic corporations for which your dumb ass will be the bitch middle-management are going to be students with degrees in science and engineering, not Entrepreneurial Management majors. Unless you’re still a believer in the Entrepreneurship Club, in which case you will surely make thousands on that hot new eBay store. Net: You just wait. Buttplugsforless.com is going to be the next Amazon. Our dispute having been resolved, now and forever, let our feuding colleges unite in their common hatred of Liberal Arts. Net: Who needs English and journalism majors anyway?
From Smacky the Bear
Wow Exalted Engineer. Give yourself a big, nerdy pat on the back Net: As opposed to a hip, cool pat on the back. for those Minnesota roads that are covered in potholes big enough to swallow two Cadillacs at a time and the computers that crash every time I try to download more porn. Net: We thought 30 gigabytes of midget on midget action would satisfy even the most prolific collector, but you just keep on surprising us. You guys are freakin geniuses. But everyone here is missing the bigger picture because no matter what you major in, it’s not what you know, but who you know that counts. Net: Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, anyone? Another important issue we are totally missing is the stupid political cartoons in the Daily. Half of them don’t make sense and the other half are about Mike Tice being stupid. That’s a tough joke to HEY! SEND YOUR ENTRY, NAME & PHONE TO:
make in the first place, but to do it week after week is pure genius.
From Genetic Mongolian Death Worm
It seriously sounds like CarlsonHOTA$$ lost his girlfriend to an IT student with a bigger slide-ruler than him. What I don’t get is why everybody isn’t hating on those damn CBS students. I mean, all they do is walk around with their 300 lbs of textbooks and whine about the damn MCATs. Biology isn’t all that hard compared to physics and math, and walking around in scrubs looks stupid too. Net: “I like your nurse’s uniform, guy.” Let this be a lesson to everyone: don’t mock a particular college unless it’s your own. Peace and vegan tacos for all.
From 10oots
In the pursuit of happiness on the Hallo of your Weenie weekend, yours truly became a statistic. I started the night as Walker: Texas Ranger, but thanks to the Madisuck police department I soon became one of those Minnesotans pissed as NUTT! Net: You can’t say they didn’t warn you. I had a bottle of JD like any southern gentleman of the law enforcement kind would. The seal had been cracked so I put said bottle of heavenly juice in a bag. Net: Your first mistake. You should have put it in your belly instead. As walking in the fashionable manor of a bull-legged Ranger, I was pulled aside. So I asked my fellow man of the badge how one of legal age is to transport a bottle since cap in place and in a bag was not permitted. To this my moustached friend replied, “In a car!” Now, most of Louisiana would agree to this, but here in the north, is an open container in a car really better than the time honored fashion of the brown paper bag? Net: Well it is Wisconsin after all, where even the attorney general drives drunk. What say you Net? Net: We’re not sure what it means, but we’ve always liked the sound of “shamalamadingdong.”
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Minnesota Daily Volume 107, Issue 42 November 2, 2005 My babies,
Your submissions have been awesome. Truly. But the only problem is I’m heart-wrenched when I can’t print one because it’s practically the size of the entire column. I know your issues are complex with a billion intricate details, but I’ll be able to help you more if your question can actually fit in the column with room for a few more. So keep them short and sweet instead of long and strong, my lovelies, and we can all take that one step closer to being the love connoisseurs we are so close to being.
Your pal, Dr. Date
Greetings, Good Doctor,
As a married graduate student, I don’t see myself often in your column (but read it daily, as I enjoy your lexical wizardry thoroughly!). However, Sexless in St. Paul (Tuesday) hit a nerve. Like his (or her, I suppose) girlfriend, I am plagued by a low libido, even though as a mid20s student I should be a raging bag o’ hormones. As you may have guessed, it’s not a lot of fun to be married and not frequently make the beast with two backs. I feel terrible for my husband, who has been wonderfully supportive, and I want to desire sheet karate like any “normal” person my age. I’ve tried mechanical alternatives, which work, but unfortunately I just can’t get up the effort to salute the admiral when it comes to the real thing. In college I had female friends who felt this way too, so I’m thinking there might be other readers like me who want to want, but just can’t ... Can you help?
— Livin’ Libido Low-o
Dear Livin’ Libido Low-o,
Best Nickname Ever is awarded to you. Moving on, yeah, you are in a pickle here. Or … wait, the pickle isn’t in you, which is the pickle, or not … Anyway, so you’re not very interesting in rocking the casbah, eh? It’s a common problem that both guys and girls alike experience at various points in their lives. I think one thing you may just have to do is work on getting yourself turned on before you two start to candy-cane the cabbage. Figure out what turns you on. Porn? Magazines? Freshly baked bread? Whatever it is, work on getting yourself in the mood (which we all know how to do better for ourselves than anyone else). Then, if your husband wants to, you will both be ready and wanting. You may find that if you’re very turned on before you start, it will make hitting that high note all the easier.
— Dr. Date
Dear Dr. Date,
I just started seeing someone that is in a completely different financial situation than me. I want to be able to take him out on a nice date, but money is tight. Can you do one of those awesome Top 10 lists for cheap dating? Thanks. Sincerely,
Love Don’t Cost a Thing
Dear Love Don’t Cost a Thing,
I would love to make one for you! College students are, of course, renowned for being poor, so cheap date ideas area always great to have on the back burner. Top 10 cheap date ideas: 10. You can always go to a coffee shop. I
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know, I know, it sounds cliché, but everybody does it and it’s for a reason — it’s cheap and fun. 9. Watch for the Hollidazzle parade and Marshall Fields display downtown later this month. Cost: $0. Romanticalness: 100 percent. 8. Go Rollerblading, biking, walking by the river, swimming at the rec or any sort of physical activity. Although you should keep in mind, if you’re going to do something outside. I’d say you have about a week left before your date would freeze. 7. Movie night! Everybody likes snuggling. 6. Make food or bake dessert together. Sometimes the making of the food is the best part, but then, of course, you get to eat it afterward. 5. Pitch a tent (a real tent, sicko) in the living room and have an indoor campout. You won’t even have to worry about public showers or gnats (hopefully). 4. Uptown exploration. Try the coffee shop Uncommon Grounds. The chairs feel like toilets but the hot chocolate is unbelievable. 3. You could try the Walker or Weisman art galleries. The Walker is free Thursday evenings and the first Saturday of each month and the Weisman is free for all students. 2. Como Zoo! 1. Treasure hunts! Oh come on, you know you love them. Send your person all over campus and have a cheap, but sweet dinner waiting for them (residence hall students, feel free to use UDS Grab and Gos). What? They’re good.
Dear Dr. Date,
First, to set things straight, I am a girl and like men. But I met this girl at a party three weeks ago and instantly we became friends because we have a lot in common. After that weekend at the party, she calls me all the time to talk about all the guys she is dating and the drama that goes along with that. She will babble to me on the phone for hours and I can barely get a word in. The things she says are ridiculous and not important, like “It’s already been two days, why hasn’t Jack called me?” I purposely have all guy friends because I hate dealing with things like this. It is almost like we are dating in a way. I’ve tried not returning her phone calls, but then she just calls more, sometimes three times a day. How can I let her know that I don’t have time for her and her drama without hurting her feelings? How can I “dump” her?
— No More Drama
Dear No More Drama,
Wow. I definitely understand what you are going through. Not all of us have time to even take a small nap much less sit there for hours on the phone while someone blabs on about their life. I think, though, that you have to be more aggressive with your not answering. If someone is calling you that you don’t want to talk to them — don’t answer. I mean, not at all. OK, so then she calls three times a day, right? Great! Bring it on. How about four, five? That’s fine. You are not obligated by any means to talk to anyone you don’t want to, especially if it’s someone you barely know. If she still isn’t getting the picture, she’ll probably at least ease up a bit out of sheer frustration. I know we’re accustomed to answering our phone when it rings, but just try to get in the habit of screening your calls. I know you can do it! Godspeed.
— Dr. Date
Need relationship advice? E-mail Dr. Date at drdate@mndaily.com.
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dr. date Dr. Date,
First off, I’ll say it: I’m your typical jock. I’m into sports and girls, in that order. And the girls I normally date are tall, blonde and busty. Lately, however, I’ve been attracted to this Somali girl on campus. I saw her a week ago getting a large order of food and giving it to a poor man. I found her act of charity refreshing. I saw her again at the library studying, and I couldn’t keep my eyes off of her. She’s beautiful in an exotic way with a nice caramel-like complexion and almond-shaped eyes. I finally worked up the courage to talk to her, and she’s even better looking up close. Anyway, we exchanged numbers and have been texting for the last couple of days. I’m falling for her hard and fast. The only problem with this whole thing is that I have a girlfriend; a tall, blonde, busty girlfriend. I just can’t seem to remember her since I met this other girl. I don’t know what to do. Help me, Dr. Date!
—Anonymous
Dear Player,
First off, it’s disheartening that you put so much value into people’s appearances. Also, you seem surprised that you’re attracted to this girl based on her race, which is also concerning. You need to look within a person to find beauty, buddy. My advice would be to take a step back. Reflect on the judgments you’re making, and try to understand how they affect people. Next, you’ll need to figure out if your feelings toward this new girl are worth ending your relationship over. Follow those steps, and then decide what your course of action should be.
—Dr. Date
Dr. Date,
This past weekend, I hooked up with a guy from Tinder. I know that’s a risk because you have no idea who the person is, but he ended up being a really nice guy. I’ve only hooked up with a couple other guys, and he was by far the nicest and seemed to actually care about how I felt in this situation. I’m hesitant to message him and ask if it was a one-night stand or if he’d be willing to hang out and maybe go on a date. I don’t want to embarrass myself at all. What I’ve learned from the movie “He’s Just Not That Into You” is that if a guy is interested, he’ll ask for your number. Is that true?
—Anonymous
Dear Shailene Woodley,
You need to take a deep breath and weigh your options. You could wait a couple of days to see if he hits you up. And then if he doesn’t, you could just go right ahead and message him. But you also could message him right now. You don’t need to fixate on the time between your next interaction — everything will happen for a reason. These sorts of situations can be awkward, and it can be hard to put yourself out there. You’ll tear yourself apart if you don’t take action, because you’ll always wonder what could have been between you two. So ask him out. Get his number. Send the message. You’ll feel relieved knowing you did it, even if the outcome isn’t a relationship. (Also, don’t take dating advice from romantic comedies. That’s a sure way to set yourself up for emotional failure.)
—Dr. Date
Need relationship advice? Email Dr. Date at drdate@mndaily.com.
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Right-to-die discussions ramp up BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
POR TLAND, Ore. — Brittany Maynard’s last days started a national conservation about whether it’s OK for a terminally ill person to end their own life. Now that she has died, it’s time to see whether the millions of clicks and views she generated online trigger more than just talk. Advocates for expanding right-to-die laws beyond a handful of states expect attention from the young woman’s story to carry into the new year, when state legislatures go into session. “Up and down New England, the East Coast, and
then in the West, too,” said Peg Sandeen, executive director of the Death with Dignity National Center. “I think on both coasts we’re going to see legislative action.” That optimism, however, will be met with the political reality that such legislation has been pushed for years, often unsuccessfully. “Suicide is never a good solution, regardless of the situation that one is confronting,” said Judie Brown, president of the American Life League, a Catholic group. Maynard, terminally ill with brain cancer, was in the national spotlight for about a month after publicizing that she and her husband, Dan
Diaz, moved to Por tland from Nor thern California so that she could use the Oregon law to end her life on her own terms. Maynard told journalists she planned to die Nov. 1, and followed through on Saturday. She was 29. She approached the advocacy group Compassion & Choices during the summer in hopes that telling her story would lead to political action in California and across the nation. Whether that happens is an open question. Maynard, however, succeeded in raising awareness about an issue that was trending on Facebook and Twitter after her death.
“Younger people support death with dignity at really high levels, but it’s not necessarily relevant or salient to their lives,” Sandeen said. “I think the Brittany Maynard story makes it real.” Vermont last year became the first state to legalize aid in dying through legislation — Oregon and Washington did so by referendum; in Montana and New Mexico, it was effectively legalized through court decisions. In New Jersey, the state Assembly considered but failed to pass an aid-in-dying bill in June. Democratic Assemblyman John Burzichelli, who authored the bill, said
he is hopeful it can pass the state’s lower chamber before the end of the year. If that happens, he expects the Senate to pass it soon after, he said. “It’s very clear to me that the majority voice in New Jersey want another choice,” Burzichelli said. Republican Gov. Chris Christie has said he opposes the measure. Compassion & Choice is spending about $7 million a year to protect the practice in states where it has been authorized and passing legislation in states where it has not, said Mickey MacIntyre, the group’s chief program officer.
Undergraduates win national award for pollution fix Beads u from Page 1
and it was Basem’s birthday today, so it was a great win for the team overall,” said Jessica Tarnowski, a genetics, cell biology and development senior and co-leader on the project. The contest — called the International Genetically Engineered Machine, or iGEM — asks students to design and build biological systems, Al-Shayeb said. The College of Science and Engineering, the College of Biological Sciences, Cargill and 3M are some of the project’s financial supporters this year. Evan Brutinel, a senior microbiologist at 3M who helped connect his company
with the University students, said they sponsored the project in part because of its promising implications. “It’s certainly not out of the realm of possibility that this could be scaled up to something very useful,” he said.
Trapping pollutants in a ‘bacterial prison’
The team developed cell encapsulation technology that uses beads filled with genetically engineered bacteria to filter out and convert pollutants in contaminated water into less toxic substances. Students applied a chemical system developed at University laboratories to contain the bacteria inside the beads, said chemistry senior Niko Le Mieux.
“We essentially trap them within a bacterial prison,” he said. “They do ever ything they need to do, but they can’t leave.” Le Mieux helped lead the team’s engineering, mechanical and chemical work. He said he has worked on University iGEM projects since 2012, when a friend pressured him to join the interdisciplinary team that tackles a different challenge each year. “I completely changed my outlook on not only synthetic biology but all these technologies,” Le Mieux said. “I kind of decided that’s what I want to do.” Team members brought the project to the Minnesota State Fair this year to measure public perception of mercury pollution and genetic
engineering, Tarnowski said. Their three-day exhibit sur veyed more than 300 people and found that about 88 percent of them were concerned with mercury poisoning in water, Tarnowski said. “The more educated our community is about what it is that we do, the more they are able to make decisions in regards to this technology,” she said.
Seeking a patent The first national iGEM competition in 2004 involved only five student teams. It has since added 240 more teams to its roster, but iGEM’s mission of getting young students involved in hands-on research has not changed. “The basic idea is to get
students to start think[ing] about not just studying biology, but engineering biology, and using that to do useful things,” said associate biomedical engineering professor Casim Sarkar, who advised the team on its mathematical modeling. With its Boston victory in hand, the project’s members will carry out more experiments, collect more data and flesh out their ideas to make the team’s patent application as strong as possible, said Le Mieux. It will also continue to develop efforts to remove other heavy metals, like lead and iron, from water, AlShayeb said. “It definitely paves the way for more grant money,” Tarnowski said of the team’s recent victory.
New York rises from 9/11 ashes BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — The silver y, 1,776-foot skyscraper that rose from the ashes of 9/11 to become a symbol of American resilience opened for business Monday, as 175 employees of the magazine publishing giant Conde Nast settled into their first day of work in their new offices. O n e Wo r l d T r a d e Center’s of ficial opening marked a symbolic return to some sense of normalcy for the site where the towers toppled more than 13 years ago. “The New York City skyline is whole again,” says Patrick Foye, executive director of the Por t Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns both the building and the 16-acre World Trade Center site. Steps away from the new tower are two memorial fountains built on the footprints of the decimated twin towers, a reminder of the more than 2,700 people who died in the terrorist attack. Conde Nast, publisher of Vogue, The New Yorker and Vanity Fair, is expected to move in about 3,000 more employees by early next year, eventually occupying 25 floors of the $3.9 billion, 104-story tower, the nation’s tallest building. Amid Monday’s celebrator y tour of par ts of 1 World T rade Center, Conde Nast of ficials declined to comment on employees’ possible fears about working in the new building. Foye counters that it’s “the most secure of fice building in America.” And its chief architect, T.J. Gottesdiener, said the highrise was built with steelreinforced concrete that makes it as terror attackproof as possible — much stronger than the original towers that collapsed on themselves when the hijacked planes hit. “If my son told me he had a job in the trade center Tower 1, I would have no qualms about him being there,” Gottesdiener said.
UN will double staff in W Africa BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — A doctor in Sierra Leone has died of Ebola, the fifth local doctor to die of the disease there, authorities said Monday, as UNICEF announced it was doubling its staff in the three West African nations hard hit by the deadly virus. The death of Dr. Godfrey George, medical superintendent of Kambia Government Hospital in northern Sierra Leone, was a blow to efforts to keep desperately needed health workers safe in a country ravaged by the world’s worst Ebola outbreak. At the United Nations in New York, Ebola coordinator Dr. Peter Salama of UNICEF said the U.N. children’s agency would double its staff from 300 to 600 in Guinea, Liberia and in Sierra Leone, where children make up 20 percent of all Ebola cases. About 4,000 children have been orphaned by Ebola, he said. “Schools are closed, children are confined to their homes and discouraged to play with other children,” he said. “Death is all around them,” Salama added. The World Health Organization says the disease has killed some 5,000 people and infected more than twice as many. Sierra Leone’s health care system was already fragile before the Ebola epidemic because of past conflict and a lack of resources. The country had two doctors for every 100,000 people in 2010, compared to about 240 doctors for the same number of people in the United States, according to WHO.