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Two U fraternities and other groups held a step show on Saturday.
Predictions could shape Minnesota’s role in future biofuel production.
Minnesota is now 14-1 on the season and improved to 2-0 in the Big Ten.
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U researchers look at future of biofuels
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Students divided on college merger As the U forms a task force to explore combining CBS and CFANS, students are wary. BY ROY AKER raker@mndaily.com
“Unless I’m looking at a body, I don’t believe it,” Tyson Schunk said. Anarae Schunk was reported missing last Monday. She was last seen with her ex-boyfriend, Anthony Lee Nelson, and his current girlfriend following a lethal shooting in Burnsville early last Sunday.
University of Minnesota administrators are continuing talks of forming a new college by merging two existing ones. But students are split over how the quality of education would be affected if the College of Biological Sciences and the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences are combined. University officials announced the possible merger earlier this month. They’ve since formed a task force to summarize benefits, concerns and recommendations in a report, due this spring, for Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Karen Hanson. Of the 13 task force members, three are CBS faculty, two are affiliated with both colleges and the rest are CFANS faculty. Graduate and undergraduate student representatives will join the group but haven’t yet been named. Sarah Anderson, who graduated from CFANS in the spring, said she hopes a merger wouldn’t tarnish the college’s reputation. “People flock to CFANS because its programs are some of the best in the country,” she said, “so it’s important that [the University] makes sure people know they’re still invested in those programs.” Fisheries and wildlife junior El lie Bjorklund said she isn’t necessarily opposed to the merger but thinks the talks are par t of “a large-scale
u See SCHUNK Page 3 Schunk’s family took to its Facebook page Sunday to ask for help with the search.
u See MERGER Page 3 University officials said the merger is motivated by research and higher ed trends, not cost-saving.
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University of Minnesota student Anarae Schunk, 20, was last seen Sept. 22 with the suspect in a lethal shooting outside a restaurant in Burnsville, Minn. Police have told Schunk’s family that she is dead, but they will continue searching for her.
New evidence suggests the missing student was killed, but the search will continue.
Police say they believe missing University of Minnesota student Anarae Schunk, 20, was murdered. But her family is still
searching for answers. Late Friday night, Burnsville police found Schunk’s jacket covered in blood with 18 to 20 holes that appeared to be from stab wounds, according to her brother, Tyson Schunk. The same night, police told Schunk’s family they believe she is dead. Burnsville police released a statement Saturday saying Schunk may have been killed, but they will continue searching for her.
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Gophers fall Hundreds protest health care changes employee union and the to Iowa on An University are in mediation to homecoming discuss sliding-scale benefits. Minnesota looked overmatched against Iowa for the second straight year, losing 23-7. BY NATE GOTLIEB ngotlieb@mndaily.com
The University of Iowa spoiled the University of Minnesota’s homecoming Saturday afternoon at TCF Bank Stadium, defeating the Gophers 23-7. Minnesota (4-1, 0-1 Big Ten) appeared overmatched by Iowa’s physical of fensive and defensive lines, rushing for just 30 yards while allowing 246 yards on the ground. The Hawkeyes (4-1, 1-0 Big Ten) will keep the Floyd of Rosedale in Iowa City, Iowa, for the second year in a row with the win. “They outcoached us [and] outplayed us,” Gophers head coach Jerry Kill said after the game. “It’s as simple as that.” Minnesota sophomore quarterback Philip Nelson got the start Saturday in his first on-field action since injuring his hamstring against Western Illinois University on Sept. 14. Nelson was inconsistent and finished 12for-24 for 135 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions. He seemed uncomfortable in the pocket at times and took several key sacks. He also missed a chance with his team trailing in the fourth quarter to complete a deep pass to redshirt senior Derrick Engel that might have shifted momentum. It was widely speculated that Nelson wouldn’t start Saturday, especially after redshirt freshman Mitch Leidner rushed for four touchdowns in Minnesota’s win over San Jose State University the week before. Still, Kill had said all week the position was Nelson’s, as long as he felt he was healthy enough. u See HOMECOMING Page 9 The Gophers were 4-0 before facing Iowa, as they were last year.
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Hundreds rallied against proposed changes to the employee health care plan in front of the University of Minnesota’s main administrative building Thursday. Clerical, technical and health care union members and suppor ters wielded signs with the slogan “Stop cost shifting to employees” while speakers stood on the steps of Morrill Hall and spoke out against health plan changes. To avoid a $48 million excise tax from the Af fordable Care Act, the University plans to increase copays for primar y and secondary care and add a deductible to its employee health care plan, the UPlan. The changes would begin in 2014, according to a memo sent to UPlan members in July. Although the tax wouldn’t take effect until 2018, Vice President for Human Resources Kathy Brown said in the memo that the University needs time to ensure health plan changes have the desired effect to avoid the tax. The University is unable to comment
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University of Minnesota union members protested increasing employee health care costs Thursday at Morrill Hall.
further because it’s currently in mediation with AFSCME, University spokeswoman Brooke Dillon said. Some employees belonging to the
u See UPLAN Page 4 University officials have said most employees will not see significant changes to their benefits.
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After honeymoon, marriage fight still running More than 2,000 people ran in the Big Gay Race on Saturday, 5,000 less than last year. BY ALEXI GUSSO agusso@mndaily.com
Last year, the Big Gay Race rallied almost 7,000 people to help defeat a constitutional amendment that would have banned same-sex marriage in Minnesota. A year later, with the amendment defeat-
ed and same-sex marriage legalized, only about 2,000 people turned up on St. Anthony Main on Saturday for the 5K’s third year. Monica Meyer, executive director of LGBT rights organization OutFront Minnesota, said she expected fewer people than last year because the stakes aren’t as high. “[Last year], people really wanted to make sure they were showing opposition to the amendment and supporting marriage equality,” she said. In the past, the race was intended to fight the amendment. But this year, its pur-
pose has shifted to a focus on supporting legislators who voted in favor of same-sex marriage last session. University of Minnesota strategic communications senior Anna Miller, who participated in last year’s race and volunteered Saturday, said the attitude at this year’s event was noticeably different. “It was a little less intense and more of a u See RACE Page 6 Money raised could go directly to legislators’ campaigns or to MN United efforts.
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NEMEA, Greece — While world leaders and top athletes lit the Olympic flame with pageantry drawn from antiquity, another important ancient site of athletic prowess sat overlooked and endangered. Some 125 miles east of Ancient Olympia where the flame lighting for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi went off without a hitch Sunday, the Nemea stadium and its humbler games are in danger of closing to the public because of crisis-hit Greece’s harsh budget cuts, according to a renowned American archaeologist who led excavations there for decades. Stephen G. Miller, professor emeritus of classical archaeology at the University of California, Berkeley, arrived at Nemea in 1973, when the ancient site still lay buried beneath a highway and vineyards used by raisin farmers. Excavations there unearthed the temple and stadium, one of the four major sites where Ancient Greek games were held: Olympia, Delphi, Isthmia and Nemea. The 71-year-old has held a revival of the Nemean games every four years since 1996, a lower-key, more egalitarian affair than the Olympics, in which athletes sporting white tunics engage in a no-prize competition with a relatively small but dedicated following. “The idea is that anyone can feel like an ancient Greek athlete for 10 minutes,” he said, in a midweek interview at Nemea, standing at the stadium’s entrance tunnel, where graffiti from ancient athletes is still visible. “The thing I’m worried about is that this place is going to have to be closed.”
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Thousands protest as Sudan promises cash BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KHARTOUM, Sudan — Thousands of Sudanese protesters took to the streets of the capital, Khartoum, late Sunday, chanting “freedom” and renewing calls for their longtime autocratic president to resign after dozens of protesters were killed in a week of demonstrations sparked by austerity measures. The government, which has imposed a media blackout, moved to appease the rancor with cash, saying it would distribute cash to half a million families to offset higher fuel and food prices in a country where nearly half the population lives below the poverty line. The street demonstrations, which began after subsides were lifted last week, have been the most widespread in Sudan since Omar al-Bashir seized power 24 years ago. Waving pictures of slain protesters, thousands held a Sunday-night memorial for Salah al-Sanhouri, a demonstrator shot Friday during an earlier protest in Burri, an old Khartoum district. Women called for the “downfall of the regime” and chanted “freedom, peace and justice, revolution is the choice of people.” Residents cheered on the marchers from rooftops while nearby security forces were stationed in pick-up trucks carrying mounted machine guns near the spot where al-Sanhouri was shot. “The protests will continue and will reach a general strike. This is our aim,” said Ghazi al-Sanhouri, a nephew of the slain protester. “We will keep uncovering the regime’s brutal tactics in suppressing the protests by killings and atrocities.” Al-Sanhouri’s father, Moudthir al-Reih, told The Associated Press: “this regime will come to an end ... God willing it will be over.”
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Multicultural frats showcase stepping Two University fraternities and other groups held a step show on Saturday. BY MELISSA BERMAN mberman@mndaily.com
Applause echoed throughout Ted Mann Concer t Hall on Saturday as four dance teams stomped, clapped and chanted into the night. The dancers, including members of two University of Minnesota fraternities, showcased stepping — a percussive dance style. Members of two historically black fraternities, Kappa Alpha Psi and Phi Beta Sigma, danced in the Midwest Greek Step Show in hopes of making multicultural greek organizations more visible on campus. Profit Idowu, Phi Beta Sigma president, said the step show is important for showcasing multicultural fraternities and sororities on campus, because they aren’t always well-known. “We do a lot of innovative things that go unseen and sometimes get pushed behind the cur tains,” he said. Event organizer Delph-
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Nelson and his girlfriend, Ashley Conrade, are in jail and have been charged in connection with the shooting. Schunk’s family is asking for help in its search using the Facebook page “Please Help Find Anarae Schunk.” The family posted a map of an area around Pickerel Lake in Lilydale, Minn., on Sunday. Comments on the map, apparently from Schunk’s family, said police had not searched the area. Burnsville police have not released any details of their search. Although Tyson Schunk said the family is frustrated with the limited information, they want to focus on finding Schunk and talking about her as a passionate, smart and
anie Daniels said the annual step show helps shed a positive light on multicultural greek organizations. In the Twin Cities area and across the state, Daniels said, multicultural greek life isn’t heavily promoted. She said the step show helps feature those groups and their past. “It shows the histor y of how African Americans came together to serve the community when we were not considered wor thy enough,” she said. Another goal of the step show, Daniels said, is motivating Twin Cities youth to attend college. “ We l i v e i n a t i m e where going to college is not [optional] anymore,” she said. “I want to show that these are the wonderful oppor tunities that can be presented to you if you go to college.” This year’s event is the first time the University’s Black Student Union has par tnered with step show organizers. BSU president Amber Jones said the partnership was discussed in the past but only became a reality this year. “We wanted it to be an oppor tunity for the BSU and students of color and for this community to support the greeks,” she said.
caring person. “She was the kind of person who wanted to help everyone,” Tyson Schunk said.
Missing more than a week
Anarae Kristine Schunk was last seen early the morning of Sept. 22 when Nelson, 31, allegedly shot and killed a man outside a Burnsville restaurant, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday in Dakota County District Court. Nelson allegedly shot 23-year-old Palagor Obang Jobi eight times in the parking lot of Nina’s Grill. They began fighting because Jobi had been talking with Conrade before the shooting, the complaint said. Nelson, also known as Shavelle Chavez-Nelson, was charged Thursday with second-degree murder. His bail is set at $2 million.
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Phi Beta Sigma members participate in the Midwest Greek Step Show on Saturday at Ted Mann Concert Hall.
A rich histor y Stepping began in the mid-1900s when historically black greek organizations started combining multiple styles of dance into one percussive, unified style. “It’s one of many creative forms of expression
Schunk is not a suspect in the shooting. Conrade, 24, told police she, Nelson and Schunk went to Conrade’s Rosemount home after the shooting, according to the complaint. Neither Nelson nor Conrade have given police any information about Schunk’s whereabouts after that, according to Saturday’s statement. Conrade was charged with harboring Nelson in her home until his arrest Tuesday, according to a criminal complaint. She was charged with one felony count of aiding an offender. Her bail is set at $250,000.
Schunk’s ‘weak spot’ Schunk’s family and friends said she met with Nelson last Saturday to retrieve $5,000 she had loaned him while they were dating last year.
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University push” toward increasing research. “I wouldn’t be surprised to learn these talks have something to do with money,” she said. “It’s important to note the merger would have a lot to do with research and endowment.” A release from Hanson’s of fice said the potential merger isn’t a costsaving strategy for the University. Discussions of the new college are driven mainly by research and higher education trends in biology, agriculture and natural resource sciences, according to the release. CBS Dean Robert Elde, who announced earlier this month that he’ll retire next summer, previously told the Minnesota Daily that current students should see “no change” to their academic plans. But microbiology sophomore Phil Cook said he thinks a merger could impact future students’ decisions. Being enrolled in a small college with a specific focus appeals to some, he said. “I think students are attracted to the idea of smaller colleges within a large university,” he said. “Bigger doesn’t always mean better.”
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Cook said the University “shouldn’t underestimate the importance of what specific colleges mean for students.” Biochemistry senior Pip Rasmussen agreed. “Being in a specific college makes students feel their education is more specific to their future aspirations,” he said. University policy doesn’t
require faculty members to vote on the merger, but a vote is still a possibility as talks continue, according to the release. University professor and Biotechnology Institute Director Michael Sadowsky, one of the task force cochairs, said more details will become available in the following weeks when meetings begin.
we have used as a community to uplift and empower ourselves,” Jones said. Idowu said stepping has become an important form of expression for multicultural greek organizations. “It signifies passion, brotherhood and is an interesting way to convey a
deeper connection through dance,” he said. In the future, Idowu said, he hopes to see the Multicultural Greek Council, which governs campus multicultural greek organizations, become more active. He said this will give “a new life” to the Univer-
sity community. “Once we realize we’re just as entitled to holding big homecoming week events or Spring Jam events,” he said, “we’ll be able to do a lot of fun and innovative things that the University of Minnesota hasn’t seen before.”
Schunk broke up with Nelson around Thanksgiving after learning he was in a relationship with another woman — not Conrade — whom he was living with. Schunk didn’t have any contact with Nelson until July, when he emailed her saying he wanted to repay the money he borrowed, Schunk’s longtime friend Sarah McNulty said. Schunk’s mother, Mariana Schunk, said the family didn’t trust Nelson when the two started dating last year. “He knew what kind of women to prey upon,” she said Friday evening. “And as intelligent as she is, he knew her weak spot and could bring her down low and in that way gain the power over her.” Anarae Schunk’s family had long talks with her about the dangers of dating Nelson
after they learned he had a criminal past, Tyson Schunk said. Nelson was convicted of first-degree aggravated robbery and served time in prison, according to police records. Schunk always reached out to outcasts, McNulty said, even if they could be dangerous. But McNulty said Schunk didn’t fear Nelson. “She always looked for the light inside of people,” McNulty said. “She said that when she talked to him, she was able to see that.”
about education reform and had recently studied abroad to learn about Germany’s education system, her mother said. Schunk was pursuing a sociology degree and hoped to teach English abroad after graduation. “She was the smartest person I’ve ever met,” McNulty said. Schunk put her heart into everything she was involved in, her family and friends said. Daily reminders reading, “Be excited,” “Create success” and “Be passionate” cover the walls of her Burnsville bedroom. “There’s a quote she would always say,” McNulty said. “‘As long as you’re living and breathing, you better be fighting.’ ”
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University employee Betsy Perrizo protests at a rally against increasing employee health care costs Thursday at Morrill Hall.
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American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees unions, are proposing a sliding scale health care model in which employees pay premiums that are tied to their income.
Cher rene Horazuk, president of AFSCME Local 3800, which represents clerical workers at the University, said the unions will continue mediation on Tuesday. “We need a health care model at the University that doesn’t harm the lowest-paid workers,” Horazuk said. Under the union’s proposal, all employees would
pay an equal percentage of their income for health care, Horazuk said. She said this would ensure that workers on the lower end of the wage scale wouldn’t have such a burden. In a previous Minnesota Daily article, University Employee Benefits Director Dann Chapman said the UPlan changes won’t have a huge impact. “For most of our employee population, these changes are not that significant,” he said in July. “They are not going to cause most employees or their dependents to defer necessar y care.” The University’s Of fice of Human Resources said the UPlan changes are intended to reduce the harm to its most vulnerable employees. “ We s t r i v e t o m i n i mize the impact of potential changes on those employees with serious and chronic health conditions,” Chapman said in a statement last week. Horazuk said she thinks the University’s
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administration won’t discuss the sliding scale plan because those with large salaries would have to pay more. She said their rationale was unclear.
“We need a health care model at the University that doesn’t harm the lowest-paid workers,” CHERRENE HORAZUK AFSCME Local 3800 President
“They won’t talk about any reasons that they oppose it,” she said. Associate gender, women and sexuality studies professor Eden Tor res, who spoke at the rally, said she was dismayed at the University’s unwillingness to discuss the sliding scale plan. She said the University is “stepping on” its workers. Although she was hap-
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Ongoing negotiations Horazuk said the University is “shutting down” discussion on the sliding scale issue. During the summer, Horazuk said AFSCME proposed the plan at the Benefits Advisor y Committee, which deals with benefits for employees across the University. Employees were told the issue would be fur ther discussed early this month. But AFSCME members received an email Sept. 10 that said the union couldn’t discuss sliding scale pr emiums at the BAC because members had raised the issue in bargaining, Horazuk said.
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When AFSCME members presented a more detailed sliding scale proposal while bargaining on Sept. 11, Horazuk said, the University criticized the proposal because it was based on the average salar y across all employees — not just the average salar y of AFSCME members. During mediation on Friday, Horazuk said members of the administration tur ned down the sliding scale proposal again. Although T uesday’s meeting was the last date specifically set aside for health car e mediation, Horazuk said the unions could work with a mediator if members think they need to continue. She said the unions are also looking at other ways to lower health care costs for employees besides a sliding scale. “We ar e willing and committed to discussing this and continuing to negotiate until we can get an affordable health care plan for all University employees,” Horazuk said.
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Vikings win 34-27 in London BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON — Greg Jennings showed that the Vikings have someone other than Adrian Peterson who can make big plays. Jennings and Peterson provided the kind of 1-2 punch Minnesota had been hoping for when it signed the wide receiver in the offseason, and each scored two touchdowns in a 34-27 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers at London’s Wembley Stadium for the Vikings’ first victory of the season. “It would have been a long flight back to take after a loss,” Jennings said. “It was a special day. To do this at Wembley Stadium is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.” Not so for the Steelers, who fell to 0-4 for the first time since 1968. That’s a hole only one team has dug itself out of to make the playoffs, the San Diego Chargers in 1992. So much for the city of Big Ben giving a lift to Ben Roethlisberger. “We are in unchartered territories and the water is dangerous right now, so we have to stick together and get out of it,” Roethlisberger said. “Right now, you could say we’re the worst team in the league. That hurts.” In one of the most entertaining NFL games yet in the annual International Series in London, Jennings provided the biggest highlight — breaking several tackles on a 70-yard catchand-run that opened up a 10-0 lead for the Vikings (13) in the first quarter. “You throw a 5-yard hitch, and he goes 70 yards,” said quar terback Matt Cassel, who started in place of the injured Christian Ponder. “It makes your job a lot easier. Those guys made plays all night.” Not to be outdone, Peterson ran for a 60-yard touchdown in the second quarter. They still needed a big stop from the defense in the closing moments, when Everson Grif fen stripped Roethlisberger of the ball on the 6-yard line with 19 seconds left and Kevin Williams recovered the fumble to seal the victory. “It feels great to get our first home win of the season,” Vikings head coach Leslie Frazier said. “And we had to come all the way to London to get it. I
think I’ll always have a special place in my hear t for Wembley Stadium.” He suddenly has a bit of a quar terback controversy as well. Cassel finished 16 of 25 for 248 yards and two touchdowns with no turnovers. But with Ponder hoping to have recovered from a rib injury after the coming bye week, Frazier said he doesn’t expect a permanent switch. “If you’re asking, our quar terback is Christian Ponder,” Frazier said. “Now we’ll discuss a lot of things when we come out of the bye, but ... we’re going to enjoy this victory for a little while at least.” Regardless of the quarterback, Peterson and Jennings will pose a threat to any team going forward. Peterson ran for 140 yards on 23 carries while Jennings finished with 92 yards on three receptions. That of fset two touchdown runs by Pittsburgh’s rookie running back Le’Veon Bell, who made his longawaited debut for the Steelers after a foot injur y. He gave the team its first rushing touchdowns of the season by breaking off to the right for an 8-yard score to make it 10-7, somersaulting into the end zone, and again pulled Pittsburgh within 3 by plowing in from the 1-yard line in the third quarter. But Peterson and Jennings added their second touchdowns to help Minnesota pull away, although Pittsburgh made sure it was a tense finish after Jerricho Cotchery caught a 15-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter and Shaun Suisham kicked a 28-yard field goal to make it a one-possession game with 3:40 left. The Steelers got the ball back on their own 22-yard line with 1:43 left and no timeouts, and Roethlisberger completed six passes to get a first-and-goal at the 6. But after spiking the ball, he overthrew Cotchery in the end zone and was stripped on the next play. Roethlisberger finished 36 for 51 for 383 yards, with one touchdown and one interception. The Steelers are still looking for their first turnover of the season, as they failed to recover Cassel’s fumble on the Vikings 38 in the second quarter, with the ball bouncing for ward before being recovered by Jerome Simpson for a 10-yard gain.
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Russell Barnes, a University of Minnesota sophomore and MPIRG member, spoke at the Minnesota Higher Education Listening Tour in the University’s Humphrey Forum Room on Thursday. The month-long tour, led by Sen. Terri Bonoff, DFL- Minnetonka, is a series of visits to Minnesota colleges and universities to hear students’ ideas for improving higher education.
Rights debate reflects blurred lines in Egypt BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CAIRO — A br utal crackdown on Islamists after a militar y coup that ousted Egypt’s first democratically elected president is posing a dilemma for the country’s intellectual elite, which championed greater freedoms during a popular revolt two years ago but now seems largely acquiescent in the wave of arrests and raids targeting the Muslim Brotherhood. The reason: a widespread bitter ness over Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi’s year in power, fur ther stoked now by a media campaign depicting the clampdown as a fight against terrorism. The human rights community itself has been split after security forces raided pro-Morsi sit-in camps in Cairo, with many supporting the action despite brutal tactics and the deaths of hundreds of protesters. Groups criticizing what they call the excessive use of violence against the Brotherhood face smear campaigns in the media and are accused of jeopardizing state security, often by the same pro-democracy activists who acknowledged that Islamists must be included in the political system after the 2011 revo-
lution that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak. The dilemma is par t of a broader debate about Egypt’s stuttering march toward democracy after the popularly suppor ted coup, which redefined alliances forged during the revolution and its aftermath and left many in the international community feeling conflicted about whom to suppor t. Concern about the July 3 toppling of Morsi, his largely incommunicado detention since, and mass arrests of Brotherhood members has threatened U.S.-Egyptian ties, with the Obama administration considering the suspension of millions of dollars in militar y and economic assistance to Egypt’s new rulers. Rights advocates warn the fears of violence and general weariness after more than two years of turmoil and economic woes could pave the way for the restoration of a Mubarakstyle police state. Already, the military-backed interim administration has reinstated a state of emergency law that grants authorities sweeping powers to make arrests and silence critics — along with a curfew in much of the country. But the majority of Egyptians — including activists who led the protests in 2011, then against the postMubarak militar y rulers
in 2012 and finally against Morsi this summer — are giving the army and its chosen government significant leeway, seeing them as the lesser of two evils. “I’m still against a militar y regime, but we need the power of the army to save us from the Muslim Brotherhood,” said Mohamed Abla, an award-winning artist whose fourthfloor downtown studio in Cairo served as a rest stop for protesters occupying nearby Tahrir Square in 2011. “It’s political.” Abla, 60, dismisses complaints that Islamists’ rights are being violated, saying he didn’t initially oppose the pro-Morsi sit-ins but supported the military crackdown after hearing repor ts the camps were being armed. “It is an exceptional time. We really are facing terrorists,” he said in his studio, sitting under a painting of a patchwork Cairo high-rise meant to depict the crumbling state of the country under Mubarak. “I hope they don’t stop asking for human rights, but they have to be realistic ... The country is facing a big danger.” Sympathy is low for the Islamists among many who accuse them of tr ying to monopolize power under Morsi. While in office, Morsi pushed police to crack down on protesters, prais-
ing security forces after they killed dozens. But the anti-Islamist fer vor has been fanned hotter by a stream of newspaper headlines and TV talk shows that warn of a terrorist threat, pointing to a growing insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula and a post-coup wave of attacks on gover nment buildings and churches by Morsi supporters. The state-run Al-Ahram newspaper war ned this week that foreign funds are flowing to international organizations to promote “external agendas.” Private citizens also have filed legal suits against activists, accusing them of serving foreign agendas or espionage. And at least 40 local and international journalists have been detained by Egyptian security forces since Morsi’s ouster, generally on accusations linked to ar ticles seen as sympathetic to the Islamists or critical of the militar y-backed administration, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. Prominent EgyptianAmerican human rights activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim, 75, likens it to the “fear of Islam and the Islamists” in the United States after the 9/11 attacks. “That kind of mass hostility is very much alive at present in Egypt,” he said.
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U researchers look at future of biofuels Predictions could shape Minnesota’s role in future biofuel production. BY KATELYN FAULKS kfaulks@mndaily.com
After two years of analysis, University of Minnesota researchers have clarified how Minnesota might help the U.S. reach its energy goals. The Renewable Fuel Standard mandates that the countr y use 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel per year by 2022, up from 16.55 billion gallons in 2013. The University researchers analyzed energy use predictions from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Depar tment of Energy and the Depar tment of Agriculture, focusing on the expected production of different biofuels. This research found that dif ferent agencies made dif ferent assumptions about biofuel prices, land availability and implementation costs, said bioproducts and biosystems engineering assistant professor Jason Hill. All three agencies differed in crop location, which Hill said is an impor tant clarification for researchers, policymakers and biofuel investors. If the researchers had not figured out there was this dif ference, other scientists might only use one agency’s predictions, and their conclusions would be misled. “Our group is looking at the environmental impacts of biofuels,” Hill said. “We need to understand the future of what that’s going to look at.” “It helps us tease out the benefits and negatives,” BBE graduate student
Brian Krohn said. “Some of those … lead to a U.S. landscape that’s better for the environment, and some of that leads to landscapes that have a very high negative impact.” Two crops being considered to meet energy demands are corn stover and per ennial grasses, which together may compose at least 10 percent of biofuel production. Currently, Krohn said, cor n stover — the remnants of cor n stalks and leaves — is left on the fields because it maintains soil str ucture. But farmers who remove too much cor n stover and sell it for biofuel could deplete the nutrients in the soil unless a conser vation policy is enacted. “There are realistic concerns about [biofuels’] impact on water and air,” Hill said. “What was learned in our previous work is that how you produce biofuels matters in terms of their effect and from what sources matter for their effects.” For example, BBE doctoral candidate Bonnie Keeler said to avoid soil erosion, farmers can monitor how much corn stover they har vest from their field. Based on the analysis of the agency predictions, Minnesota could be a large contributor of corn stover or perennial grasses. “If corn stover becomes a significant player in ethanol,” BBE doctoral candidate Tom Nickerson said, “Minnesota will have a pretty big role in producing ethanol for America.” Cor n stover pr oduction could be beneficial or detrimental, Keeler said, because it could increase revenue for farmers, but it could also replace valuable grasslands. The USDA predicted
Minnesota could produce a significant portion of perennial grasses. Minnesota far mers could increase revenue by switching out hay or other crops for these grasses, Keeler said. “Infrastr ucture and
jobs come along with changing those, as well as environmental impacts,” she said. But not all the reviewed predictions claimed Minnesota’s farmland would play a role in biofuel pro-
duction. The USDA didn’t predict any cor n stover would be grown in Minnesota, and the DOE and the EPA predicted no production of perennial grasses. The future of biofuel production depends on
understanding both the positive and negative impacts of all predictions, Krohn said, and they are just predictions. “There’s always tradeof fs,” he said. “No pathway is perfect.”
2022 PROJECTIONS OF BIOFUEL PRODUCTION CORN STOVER NO PRODUCTION LESS THAN 2 MILLION ACRES 2–4 MILLION ACRES
PERENNIAL GRASSES NO PRODUCTION LESS THAN 250,000 ACRES 250,000 TO 500,000 ACRES
4–6 MILLION ACRES 6–8 MILLION ACRES MORE THAN 8 MILLION ACRES
500,000 TO 750,000 ACRES 750,000 TO 1 MILLION ACRES MORE THAN 1 MILLION ACRES
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Nigeria: Extremists kill students in college attack BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
POTISKUM, Nigeria — Suspected Islamic extremists attacked an agricultural college in the dead of night, gunning down dozens of students as they slept in dormitories and torching classrooms, the school’s provost said — the latest violence in nor theastern Nigeria’s ongoing Islamic uprising. The attack, blamed on the Boko Haram extremist group, came despite a 4 ½-month-old state of emergency covering three states and one-sixth of the country. It and other recent violence have led many to doubt assurances from the government and the mili-
tar y that they are winning Nigeria’s war on the extremists. Provost Molima Idi Mato of Yobe State College of Agriculture told The Associated Press that there were no security forces protecting the college. Two weeks ago, the state commissioner for education had begged schools and colleges to reopen and promised they would be guarded by soldiers and police. Idi Mato said as many as 50 students may have been killed in the assault that began at about 1 a.m. Sunday in r ural Gujba. “They attacked our students while they wer e sleeping in their hostels. They opened fire at them,” he said, adding that most
victims wer e aged be tween 18 and 22. Soldiers recovered 42 bodies and transpor ted 18 wounded students to Damaturu Specialist Hospital, 25 miles north, said a military intelligence official who insisted on anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press. T wo of the wounded later died, said Adamu Usman, a survivor from Gujba who was helping at the hospital. President Goodluck Jonathan condemned the attack in a televised “chat with the media” Sunday night, and questioned the motives of Boko Haram, which wants to impose Islamic law across Nigeria. He said he wondered
whether the victims were Muslim or Christian. Usman said almost all those killed were Muslims, as is the majority of the college’s student body. Jonathan likened the assault to that on Nairobi’s premier shopping mall last week, where Islamic extremists from Somalia’s alShabab movement killed 67 civilians — but only after allowing many Muslims to leave. Boko Haram has said some of its fighters trained with al-Shabab in Somalia. Bok o H a ra m l ea d er Abubakar Shekau has said in video addresses that his group wants to end democracy in Nigeria and allow education only in Islamic schools. Boko Haram
means “Western education is forbidden.” Its uprising poses the biggest security challenge in years to this countr y. Nigeria is Africa’s biggest oil producer and its most populous nation with more than 160 million people — almost equal numbers of which are Muslims and Christians. Boko Haram militants have killed more than 1,700 people since 2010. “Sometimes you need courage” to confront such challenges, Jonathan said, accusing the extremists of choosing soft targets to embarrass his government. Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe state, where the killings occur red, indicated that the military crackdown
is ineffective. “Although there is (an) increase in troop movement and military hardware deployment in the nor theast, people are yet to see the kind of action on the ground that effectively nips criminal and terrorist activities in the bud,” he said in a statement. The extremists rode into the college in two double-cabin pickup all-terrain vehicles and on motorcycles, some dressed in Nigerian militar y uniforms, a sur viving student, Ibrahim Mohammed, told the AP. He said they appeared to know the layout of the college, attacking the four male hostels but avoiding the one hostel reser ved for women.
After honeymoon, the same-sex marriage fight still running
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Participants start the Big Gay Race 5K under the Central Avenue Bridge on St. Anthony Main on Saturday.
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celebration,” she said. Ward 3 City Council candidate Jacob Frey spoke at the event, along with Gov. Mark Dayton and Sen. Scott Dibble, DFL-Minneapolis. When Dibble asked if there were any newlyweds in the crowd, Miller said, there were lots of cheers.
T wo years ago, Frey founded the event to raise money to block legislators from putting the marriage amendment on the ballot. The next year, money went to Minnesotans United for All Families, a campaign started by OutFront Minnesota and peer organization Project 515 to defeat the amendment. He said last year’s event — about a month before
the election — was the first time he felt defeating the amendment was possible. Now, the conversation has shifted. MN United has been repurposed as a political action committee to reelect state legislators who voted to legalize same-sex marriage. The purpose of this year’s race was to raise money for the PAC and to “celebrate the accomplishments”
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Gov. Mark Dayton spoke at the Big Gay Race 5K on St. Anthony Main Saturday.
the groups have made toward mar riage equality, Frey said. Money the MN United PAC raises could go to fieldwork or directly to legislators’ campaigns, Meyer said. To decide which candidates to contribute to,
Meyer said, the groups will likely look at same-sex marriage supporters who will have the “toughest” opponents. Miller, who volunteered with MN United last year, said even though the samesex mar riage discussion
has changed, the conversation isn’t over. “People are expecting ever ything to settle back down, and some people think the race isn’t as relevant,” she said. “But I still think it’s important to maintain the momentum.”
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In defense of food stamps Politicians must defend the valuable SNAP program. hile Congressional Republicans were voting to slash food stamps, or SNAP, Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) used caviar and steak as props in a House speech to depict Congress’ hypocrisy on food legislation. Coupled with the House Republicans’ vote to fund farm subsidies, the SNAP budget cuts show the backward priorities of Congress. Our politicians attack food stamps as a program for moochers while doling out subsidies for agribusinesses. Thanks to this concept of welfare, the myths of food stamps are omnipresent. Perhaps one of the ignorant ideas about food stamps is that it’s a program that many Americans do not need. This is hardly the case. Given the current unemployment rate of 7.3 percent, and many Americans
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working low-wage jobs, the program is still needed by 47 million vulnerable Americans. The need is also apparent when we look at how many college students are using food stamps. The rate of food stamp use by college-aged Americans has doubled from 5.4 percent to 12.6 percent from 2001 to 2010. College students fur ther bear the br unt of unfor tunate economic conditions because they must work at least 20 hours per week in order to qualify for food stamp benefits. Interestingly, college credits were accepted until the welfare reforms of the 1990s. Another fallacious talkingpoint is that food stamps are abused at rampant rates. In
reality, though, more than 90 percent of food stamp funds ar e distributed to households with disabled, elderly or working individuals. Moreover, only three percent of food stamps went to ineligible households or exceeded the maximum benefits, and human error is attributed to the vast majority of the mistakes. Finally, the recipients of food stamps are often categorized as moochers. Fox News epitomized this stereotype when it documented the case of Jason Greenslate, a young, Californian sur fer that lives off of food stamps. He is an able-bodied individual that spends his days surfing and playing in a rock band. Although Greenslate is planning on making a career in music, he has opted out of looking for real employment. Greenslate should not be perceived as the face of food stamps, as he is merely one of the outliers in the incredible pool of Americans that are reliant upon the program for basic nutritional necessities. Moreover, reporting on these extreme cases further
DEATHS IN IRAQ: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 4,802 — IRAQI CIVILIANS: 114,794- PLUS DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 3,373 — AFGHAN CIVILIANS: UNKNOWN
stigmatizes the needy from obtaining food stamps because of the pre-conceived notions of laziness. Legislators should not be focused upon cutting a program that allows for millions of Americans to feed themselves and their families. Mor eover, slashing much-needed spending after the Great Recession doesn’t bode well with the economic forecast. Indeed, politicians should not be focused on rampant cuts, but rather more programs to help those that are in need. Instead of weakening the social safety net, politicians on both sides of the aisle should team up to strengthen this valuable asset to the American people. Unfor tunately, though, some Congressional Republicans continue to insist that welfare programs, such as SNAP, only ser ve those who contribute nothing to society. However, this is far from the case. Ronald Dixon welcomes comments at rdixon@mndaily.com.
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The film studies aspect in SCMC
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR MSA leadership deser ve stipends
The Minnesota Daily repor ted Sept. 25 that the Minnesota Student Association failed to pass a budget at the most recent forum. Many students are unaware that MSA helps fund other student organizations. MSA disburses more than $50,000 in grants to other student groups across campus. Tuesday’s impasse on passing the budget over concerns of leadership stipends is causing a nearly one-month delay in the disbursement of grants, thereby af fecting a multitude of students across campus. Many groups rely on these funds to r un their organizations. This delay, pushing disbursement back until at least midOctober, can be detrimental to these groups as they plan for the school year, which is already well under way. Among the debated points was the notion that MSA is using these stipends to “pad the pockets of MSA leadership.” These allegations of monetar y misuse are unwar ranted and unacceptable. I had the opportunity to
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talk with MSA President Mike Schmit and asked him to provide a rough estimate of his time commitment to MSA. Between all his obligations, he estimates he spends approximately 35 hours per week on MSA-related activities. That is a conser vative estimate that does not account for his unpaid work over the summer to plan for the current school year. Members that claim MSA is squandering funds on stipends say it is “despicable” given the fact that most students are taking on debt and working ver y hard to make ends meet. I think these members are forgetting that MSA leaders are students too. But instead of taking a minimum wage, par ttime job, MSA leadership strives to put in the ef for t to better the lives of all students, at personal expense. For example, Schmit’s stipend was budgeted for $5,000, which may seem like a lot at first glance. However, jobs on the University’s employment webpage often adver tise wages above minimum wage. If Schmit were to take one of those jobs, even one at minimum wage, he would ear n
more than $7,000 dollars per academic year for the same amount of time he puts in as MSA president. Not to mention many officers, like Joelle Stangler, student representative to the Board of Regents, go above and beyond their duties. Stangler is not budgeted additional compensation despite taking on the additional work. When you see the numbers, it only makes sense that they be compensated for their time. In fact, the budgeted compensation comes out to be less than minimum wage. I would ask the budget critics and you the reader this question: Would you work 35 hours per week for no pay? If your answer is no, then you don’t have the right to criticize the stipends that MSA has budgeted for its officers. We are an undergraduate body, for the undergraduate body. So let’s not have MSA operate like our dysfunctional Congress. We need to put aside partisan ideology, pass the budget and get to work on our mission: bettering the lives of all students. Paul Mitchell MSA member
write in response to the Minnesota Daily Editorial Board’s Sept. 25 editorial, “Meet film students halfway,” about the interdepar tmental Studies in Cinema and Media Culture major, housed in the Depar tment of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature. First, there seems to be some basic confusion about the SCMC major. SCMC is a film studies program, not a film production program; it has never pretended to be other wise. SCMC is — like many other college programs, like at Brown, Yale and Colgate — a film studies program that includes the option to take production courses. In all of these programs, including ours, there is the implicit philosophy that to be a good filmmaker, you need to be familiar with film and media histor y and theor y, as well as fields far beyond film and media. It’s not enough to know how to use a camera, edit, write a screenplay and so on. Thus, a liberal ar ts context is an ideal space in which to develop as an artist. For example, the French New Wave filmmakers started out as critics, and American directors Terrence Malick and Errol Morris are well-versed in philosophy. Nonetheless, the College of Liberal Ar ts of fers a number of production courses through the communication studies, journalism, ar t, and cultural studies and comparative literature depar tments. If a student seeks more than what CLA already offers, they can take advantage of a par tnership we have with Higher Education Consor tium in Urban Af fairs in their “Making Media, Making Change” program. Students in that course gain hands-on film-making skills while improving their media literacy in a social justice framework. As a department in a liberal arts college, we are committed to interdisciplinarity and pride ourselves on providing a program that examines a topic through the lenses of feminism, Mar xism, post-colonial studies, critical race theor y, pop culture, film theor y and many other paradigms. To study the same film or filmmaker in a course on feminism and later in a film theor y course, for example, is not redundant — it will lead to ver y different interpretations and understandings. Students who are concerned about redundancy among SCMC course of ferings can consult with their adviser, who will help them choose a range of courses that will both fulfill major requirements and their intellectual curiosity. Cesare Casarino, Professor and Chair Department of Cultural Studies
Prioritizing student safety abroad The state legislature should require colleges to ensure the safety of their study abroad programs.
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tudying abroad is one of the best experiences a student can have during college. With the ability to earn credit while living in another country and learning about different cultures, college students in the U.S. are more frequently choosing to study abroad. According to the Institute for International Education, three times as many students are studying abroad than two decades ago. That amounts to about 270,000 students annually. However, while many students come home unscathed, incidents do happen. The ClearCause Foundation, as reported in an interview with Minnesota Public Radio, estimates that more than 400 American students have died while on study abroad programs over the past 15 years. Students living in an unfamiliar place can also be vulnerable to muggings or theft. MPR also reported that given the lack of solid federal data on the risks of various study abroad programs, two Minnesota state lawmakers are working on crafting legislation that would bar colleges and universities from granting credit to study abroad programs that do not publish annual safety reports. Sen. Terri Bonoff, DFL-Minnetonka, and Rep. Yvonne Selcer, DFL-Minnetonka, are working to increase accountability for the programs so that students and their parents can compare programs and avoid ones with a high rate of incidents. Bonoff, who chairs the Higher Education and Workforce Development Division, said that if more accountability is required, programs will want to increase safety to attract more students. While Congress should look for ways to increase safety and accountability in study abroad programs nationally, progress on the state level is encouraging. Various colleges and universities in the state should not be sending their students overseas without frequent reports about the safety of the program. In the upcoming session, lawmakers should work with Bonoff and Selcer to create and pass legislation that would require more accountability from study abroad programs.
A better bikeway A potential pathway connecting campus to the Stone Arch Bridge would benefit bikers and pedestrians.
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very fall and spring semester at the University of Minnesota, a flurry of non-motorized traffic congestion engulfs campus. This year is no exception; from the awkwardly placed, hulking green barrels outside Science Teaching & Student Services that cause bike and pedestrian collisions, to the constantly congested area around the Tin Man statue outside Keller Hall, students are in need of smarter, safer bikeways on campus. One such bikeway might soon be underway, the Minnesota Daily reported Sept. 25. The potential pathway would connect the Stone Arch Bridge and the Dinkytown Greenway, offering a safer route for cyclists and pedestrians to cross I-35W while avoiding heavy traffic. The Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association is behind the effort, and the Daily reported the path “would run underneath Interstate 35W along the Mississippi River and the railroad tracks near the 10th Avenue Bridge.” The biggest obstacle in developing this path, however, will be negotiating with private landowners. University students would benefit greatly from this pathway, as it presents a well-protected route for cyclists and pedestrians, and offers a more direct route from campus to the area around the Stone Arch Bridge. Though this is not a Universitysponsored project, its impact on students is great and should be supported both by students and local developers. The University community is in need of more integrated and efficient bikeways to and from campus, and this potential path would go a long way in making the area more accessible.
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Comparing college costs: Pay it forward A new plan out of Oregon may be the future of financing higher education.
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s college students, we worr y about the loans we’re going to have to pay back. While homework and jobs may be enough on our minds, paying tuition is a constant reminder of the high price of a college education. With student debt at an all-time high, many students are finding their four greatest years are saddling them with a lifetime of debt. Although most students are assigned a specific debt repayment plan, many are unaware that they can actually opt out of that plan for another if they so choose. The U.S. Department of Education has seven debt repayment plans, each with advantages and disadvantages. Generally, most of them either have a set repayment period of 10 to 25 years, in which student loan debt is paid off in monthly payments at a fixed rate, at a rate relative to the payer’s income or at a rate that accommodates any financial hardship that the payer may have. These plans do absolutely nothing to cut debt for graduates, as astronomically high interest is still in play, and only a few plans offer debt forgiveness after 15 to 25 years or after 10 years of public ser vice. However, one state has recently proposed a new plan that will essentially eliminate student debt altogether and could be a model for what the future of financing higher education should be. In July, Oregon’s Legislature unanimously approved the state’s Higher Education Coordination Commission to develop a tuition payment plan called “Pay It For ward.” “Pay it For ward” is a social insurance program like Social Security, but for college students. In the plan, Oregon students will be able to attend public community colleges and universities for free. Once students graduate, they are required to annually pay a fixed portion of their adjusted gross income for 24 years. Graduates with associate’s degrees would pay 1.5 percent, 3 percent if they have bachelor’s degrees or 4 percent under master’s degree programs. By the end of the 24-year period, the state estimates that each graduate will have paid as much as they would have had to pay without the program. It’s impor tant to note the program doesn’t eliminate the need for financial aid entirely. Students could still use state and federal grants to pay for living expenses and other secondar y required course materials, but their tuition and
fees would be completely taken care of other wise. Oregon acknowledges this plan isn’t per fect. It’s estimated it would take 25 years for Pay It For ward to build a positive balance. However, the state also acknowledges the plan is one of shared responsibility. Its success depends on ever yone’s desire to, well, pay it for ward for the next generation’s college education. No other state cur rently has a program like this, though several legislators have expressed interest. The reality is the plan is too radical for most Americans right now. Some go so far as to mistakenly label “Pay it Forward” as socialistic. This couldn’t be fur ther from the truth. Only students and alumni will fund the program — what could be fairer than that? I’m mar veled by the concept of people coming together to essentially crowdfund a common higher education pool. The commitment of previous generations to pay their dues toward the state’s higher education system will allow future students to focus less on debt and more on making the grade. A 2012 sur vey by the nonprofit Inceptia showed college students were most concerned about repaying loans, the cost of education and borrowing money for college. A program like “Pay It For ward” puts these concerns at ease. Instead of picking up one or more part-time minimum-wage jobs, students will be able to take internships and co-ops without worr ying about money. Instead of wor r ying about where they’re going to find the money to make this semester’s payment deadline, students can direct all of their focus toward their studies. What’s so radical about all of us taking care of one another to secure a better future for all of us? What’s so radical about returning students’ main focus to learning in college and not paying for college? Education is our greatest tool for paving the way to a progressive future, and if we make it more accessible and desirable to ever yone, we can make that future a reality. Luis Ruuska welcomes comments at lruuska@mndaily.com.
Monday, September 30, 2013
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SOCIAL MEDIA
The digital eraser: A right to be forgotten California now requires a delete button for teenagers’ embarrassing online moments.
TRENT M. KAYS columnist
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e may not realize it, but our social media presence is never truly forgotten. Every photo, tweet and status update posted seemingly lives forever in the hidden realms of the Internet. However, a recently signed California law will make deleting your web presence easier. Unfortunately, websites often force users to search for the delete button. It becomes so difficult to simply delete one’s composite web presence that a button is almost useless. California Gov. Jerr y Brown signed SB-568 into state law Sept. 23. The law is designed to help impetuous teenagers permanently delete inappropriate par ts of their digital footprint. The provocative photos or online harassment, which would once be discoverable, will now be offered with an option to search and destroy. This type of bill follows calls for the right to be forgotten. Some are distressed knowing what they do online will outlive them. This discomfort is particularly true of parents with teenagers. The constant call for children to be careful online is getting louder every day. According to the Pew Research Center, 88 percent of teenage social media users have experienced cyberbullying or cruel behavior online. Parents don’t want children to suffer as adults because they posted something unseemly in their youth. I don’t blame them, and I think this law is a great step for ward. However, this law will only af fect minors in California and only material they directly posted. Material posted via third-party applications will not be subject to the same directive. While ordering a delete button for any online postings by minors, the law appears primarily directed at social media sites. The potential of virality with social media posts leaves too much to chance, especially when such posts could re-emerge at inopportune times. While this law will do some good, it doesn’t really address the problem. If teenagers are posting things they may later regret, a permanent delete button doesn’t remove the effect of the posting. The delete button will help cover up the inexperience of young people, but it won’t change much. The problem is teenagers are not being taught or introduced to appropriate ways to act on the Internet. Digital literacy and fluency isn’t valued in many educational settings, and now we have hoards of soonto-be adult citizens posting things that
may affect their future. Where are the lessons in digital literacy? Where are the lessons in not being a jerk on the Internet? This is a fundamental problem because the future will not become less digital. Children should be taught to consider the ramifications of what they do and post online, in the same way they are taught how to interact offline. While the online-of fline distinction is fraught with complications, this is usually how people think about their lives. However, one’s online life and offline life are one and the same. They aren’t separate. They influence each other, and the more connected the world becomes, the more others can learn about us. Almost 20 percent of teenagers regret posting material after the fact, according to the Pew Research Center. Why do they regret it? Is it because they don’t know? If so, how could they not know? It’s 2013, and this is still a problem. As a teacher, I often ask my students if they consider the consequences before posting things to their social networks. Most don’t consider the consequences. I would love to tell my students that small indiscretions from their past don’t always affect their future, but I’m afraid I’d be lying. Everything we do — no matter in what environment — will af fect us. So, then, how do we teach children and teenagers to be mindful of their Internet use? We need to be vigilant. We can’t just tell people to be mindful or to be careful without showing them what that actually looks like. Moreover, we can’t just give people a magic button that allows them to erase parts of their past. While we may be disgusted by the acts committed by others in their past, it is still part of who they are. Each action makes up their identity. To simply give teenagers a button to erase what they’ve done in the past doesn’t actually teach them anything. Instead, it tells teenagers that if they dislike something they did in their lives, they can easily delete and treat it as something that never existed. No responsibility. Parents need to help teenagers understand how to act on the Internet. Schools need to also help teenagers understand the consequences of the Internet. While the Internet has given us so much, we can’t always treat it like a no-consequence amusement park. If we don’t start treating the Internet and our online lives as something firmly connected to our offline lives, we’ll have a generation of citizens who don’t understand the consequences of their actions. In this generation, many do not know how to build empathy digitally or interact with coworkers in an appropriate way online. While we can treat teenagers as the victims of online scrutiny, they will soon be the active users, owners and builders of the Internet. Are we okay with allowing digital immaturity in future generations? A delete button for our past Internet mistakes is only a Band-Aid. We shouldn’t forget that. Trent M. Kays welcomes comments at tkays@mndaily.com.
TELEVISION
‘Breaking Bad’ reveals what’s broken “Breaking Bad” is over, but it may just open the door for better stories in the future.
MATT HOY columnist
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t’s over. AMC’s “Breaking Bad,” one of the greatest television shows ever created, ended last night, but what we take away from the series can’t end with simply moving on to a new show. Thinking about a world without the tales of school-teacher-turned-drug-lord Walter White and wannabe-gangsta-turned-tragichero Jesse Pinkman seems strange and nonsensical. The show has been airing since I really started paying attention to the programs on the box in front of me. These past few weeks have been filled not only with the series’ most breathtaking episodes, but with random friends disappearing into their bedrooms for days at a time, desperately tr ying to catch up so they can watch the series finale live, sans spoilers. The people I’ve talked to who aren’t fans of the show view this behavior with confu-
sion. With the advent of online options like Netflix, which will let anyone watch the entire series at their own pace, this mad dash is bizarre and inexplicable. It’s just a TV show. It’s just a TV show that, over its five seasons, has won 10 Primetime Emmy Awards, including a 2013 win for Outstanding Drama Series. It’s just a TV show that gave us the continued mastery of Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, who have delivered two of the most consistently outstanding per formances viewers have ever seen. And it’s the TV show that has come to redefine what it means to be a successful drama series. Don’t get me wrong. I do not believe that it’s the best television drama ever made — “The Wire” takes that title in my book. But “Breaking Bad” is the most important. As I’ve written about before, the film industry feels immense pressure to produce movies that are easily accessible, possess little dialogue from archetypical characters and contain enough special effects to play as a truly “American” film overseas. They fear that thoughtful, dialogue-based films — which, I might add, cost substantially less than their behemoth-budget cousins — will have limited runs that nobody goes to and will cost the studios millions. I think these film executives are missing something. It only takes a brief glance at the current shows on cable to understand that we are in something of a renaissance for long-form storytelling. The heavyweights “Breaking Bad,” “Mad Men,” “Boardwalk Empire” and
“Homeland” are each outstanding examples of their craft. But the veritable buffet of television dramas extends far beyond these familiar favorites. Shows like “Justified” and “Game of Thrones” have devoted followings and insane production values. Online-only shows like “Orange is the New Black” and “House of Cards” have created stirs among a generation of consumers that prefers its media to be accessible. For all the talk that millennials need information stuffed into bite-sized GIFs, tweets and Vines, we sure do like stories that last forever. All of those assumptions made about our generation’s collective short attention span can be thrown in the garbage thanks to these shows. If we’re lucky, the film industry will follow TV’s example and move in the direction of unique, compelling storylines. The lines between TV dramas and dramatic films are growing blurrier, to the point of nonexistence. In fact, the only real difference between a “Boardwalk Empire,” whose pilot episode cost a reported $18 million, and a film like “The Social Network” is that the TV show lasts much, much longer. And while new offerings like “Masters of Sex” illustrate a television industry that wants nothing more than to find the next hit drama, the dearth of compelling films released this year paint that industry in a very different light. “Breaking Bad” offers up some hope. Can you remember the last time people collectively lost their minds like this about a story? Every talk show, every pop culture website, every enthusiastic viewer of television has spent the last couple of months
eagerly anticipating the conclusion to Vince Gilligan’s masterpiece. Is it so far-fetched to hope that some innovative film executives (I know that’s an oxymoron) will take a chance and actually work on creating a series of films with the thoughtfulness and impact of a contemporary TV drama? Think about it. They could bring in Vince Gilligan and David Simon (“The Wire”) to write four sequential screenplays, cast a bunch of hitherto-underappreciated character actors as the leads, get Matt Weiner and Aaron Sorkin to produce them and hire Kathr yn Bigelow as the director. Those films would win a million Oscars. And you would go see them, right? I sure would. I can imagine the trailer. An ex-homicide detective who quit her job 15 years ago to raise her adopted children is approached by the eccentric owner of a convenience store chain. He has a lead on the only target who ever escaped her. When her wife disappears, leaving only the calling card of her former target, she accepts the store owner’s offer and goes under the cover of vigilante justice. And if it all worked out, every other film executive would do their best to copy the formula of innovation. “Breaking Bad” could make innovation hip. I’m going to miss Walter and Jesse, but if their end could lead to a new beginning in American cinema, the legacy of “Breaking Bad” will be even greater than everyone already thought. Matt Hoy welcomes comments at mhoy@mndaily.com.
Monday, September 30, 2013
Sports
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FOOTBALL
Gophers fall 23-7 to rival Iowa
QUICK HITTERS BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com Iowa 23, Minnesota 7 Saturday, Sept. 28 TCF Bank Stadium RECAP The Gophers dominated last week with a convincing 43-24 win over San Jose State, but memories of that game were wiped away early against Iowa this weekend. The Hawkeyes dominated the Gophers up front all afternoon en route to a 23-7 victory. KEY PLAY Iowa quarterback Jake Rudock completed a screen pass to Damond Powell toward the end of the first half and Powell did the rest. Minnesota’s defense looked lost on the play, and Powell ran untouched for 74 yards into the end zone to give the Hawkeyes a 17-0 lead. IT WAS OVER WHEN: Philip Nelson overthrew Derrick Engel near the beginning of the fourth quarter. Engel beat his man down the field and could have scored a touchdown on the play had he and Nelson connected. Instead, Minnesota punted the ball away down 20-7. FIVE OBSERVATIONS
AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY
A group of Hawkeyes players hoist the Floyd of Rosedale trophy after their 23-7 win over the Gophers on Saturday afternoon at TCF Bank Stadium.
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“We talked to him a little bit last night, and we talked to him before the game,” Kill said at his postgame press conference. “He felt that he was 100 percent and that he’d be able to go.” Minnesota was 4-0 going into the game, as it was before last year’s Iowa game. And this year’s team had played better leading into the rivalr y game and had the luxury of playing Iowa at home. The Hawkeyes dominated the line of scrimmage Saturday, efficiently running the ball while stifling Minnesota’s read-option offense. Iowa took a 17-0 lead into
halftime after two secondquar ter touchdowns. The first — a four-yard run by quarterback Jake Rudock — came at the end of a methodical 80-yard drive. The second score sucked the life out of the stadium as Damond Powell caught a screen pass and took it 74 yards to the house. The Hawkeyes’ offense didn’t make many big plays after that, but it didn’t need to. It controlled the ball for much of the game and kept the Gophers’ of fense of f the field for more than twothirds of the second half. Iowa junior running back Mark Weisman led the team with 147 rushing yards — almost 100 of them in the second half. The Hawkeyes’ defense matched the energy of Weisman and the offense. It
physically dominated Minnesota up front and forced it to throw more than usual. The Gophers were forced into many third-and-long situations, and they struggled to sustain any meaningful drives. Nelson’s lone touchdown pass came in the third quarter and pulled the Gophers within 13 points. The touchdown pass to Engel came three plays after junior Marcus Jones returned a kickoff 66 yards to give his team good field position. Minnesota didn’t get into Iowa territory after that. Nelson completed just three passes in the fourth quarter and threw an interception that sealed a victory for Iowa. The Gophers’ schedule doesn’t get any easier. They travel to No. 19 Michigan
SCORING SUMMARY SCORE BY QUARTER Iowa Minnesota
1 3 0
2 14 0
3 3 7
4 3 0
TOTAL 23 7
1ST QUARTER IOWA
FG
6:09
IOWA MINN Mike Meyer, 49 yd field goal
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2ND QUARTER
0
IOWA MINN
IOWA
TD
8:04
Jake Rudock, 4 yd run (Mike Meyer kick)
10
0
IOWA
TD
2:56
Damond Powell, 74 yd pass from Jake Rudock (Mike Meyer kick)
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IOWA MINN
IOWA
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5:10
Mike Meyer, 23 yd field goal
20
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MINN
TD
3:06
Derrick Engel, 23 yd pass from Philip Nelson (Chris Hawthorne kick)
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7
SJ
MINN
23
7
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FG
4:48
Mike Meyer, 46 yd field goal
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next week before playing No. 16 Nor thwestern on Oct. 19. “It hurts,” senior safety Brock Vereen said after the game. “It’s supposed to hurt, but ... if we expect to go into
Michigan [next week] and get a win there, it’s going to take complete focus starting [Sunday].”
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VOLLEYBALL
Women sweep Sunday match with Purdue
2. Brock Vereen is key for the defense. Vereen intercepted a Rudock pass in the fourth quarter that gave Minnesota a chance to get back into the game. In the second quarter, Vereen hurt his knee and didn’t return to the game until after halftime. While he was out, Minnesota’s secondary looked lost, giving up the 74-yard pass from Rudock to Powell. 3. Minnesota’s strong running game was absent. After rushing for more than 1,000 yards over their first four games, the Gophers only mustered 30 yards on the ground Saturday. 4. Engel is finding his stride. In a game that was supposed to be ground-heavy, Engel broke out with five receptions for 67 yards. He also had a receiving touchdown — only the second of the season for Minnesota. 5. Nelson is streaky. The sophomore quarterback is the only player with passing touchdowns this year and is also the only one with an interception — he has four so far. In less than two full games played, Leidner has not thrown a touchdown or an interception. He has more rushing yards than Nelson in limited time — 251 to 203. QUOTE OF THE DAY
Minnesota is now 14-1 on the season and improved to 2-0 in the Big Ten.
We were prepared for both [Leidner and Nelson]. The only good news there is that they’re both semisimilar, if you will. You better be able to stop the run with each guy.
BY MEGAN RYAN mryan@mndaily.com
The first time the Gophers volleyball team played a ranked opponent this season, it resulted in a five-set loss — the only stain on Minnesota’s season so far. But the second time around, the outcome was a little different. The No. 9 Gophers beat No. 20 Purdue in straight sets — 25-22, 25-21 and 25-19 — Sunday at the Sports Pavilion and are now 2-0 in Big Ten competition. Gophers head coach Hugh McCutcheon said the difference between that first match Sept. 14 and his team’s most recent excursion against the Boilermakers was simple. “I think we’re better now than we were then,” he said. McCutcheon also said a home-court advantage and a big crowd helped propel his team. Attendance tallied 4,374 due in large part to Saturday’s homecoming football tickets doubling as free admission to Sunday’s volleyball match. “Especially on a Sunday afternoon game, I’ve never seen so many fans there before,” senior outside hitter Ashley Wittman said. McCutcheon said the team’s ser ving was strong Sunday. While the Gophers managed just two aces cour-
1. Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill is sticking with Nelson. Mitch Leidner led Minnesota’s offense to an impressive win against San Jose State, but Nelson started Saturday against Iowa. Nelson has been this team’s quarterback since midway through last season, and for better or worse, it doesn’t look like that’s going to change.
Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz STUDENT ENTHUSIASM REPORT Minnesota had its first sellout of the season despite a heavy dose of rain. The students packed in early and started chanting, “Who hates Iowa?” well before kickoff. That intensity faded over the course of the game, and a majority of students left before the end. UP NEXT The Gophers lost a trophy game Saturday, failing to reclaim Floyd of Rosedale. Still, Minnesota has a chance at another trophy next weekend at Michigan: the Little Brown Jug.
Gophers senior Ashley Wittman sets up for a spike against Purdue on Sunday at the Sports Pavilion.
tesy of sophomore outside hitter Daly Santana, they succeeded in knocking Purdue out of its system often. He said the disparity between the Gophers’ highs and lows was substantial and will need smoothing out before two weekend road trips in which Minnesota will play three nationally ranked teams. The Gophers’ hitting improved steadily throughout the match. They hit .135 in
the first set, .350 in the second and .500 in the third. Wittman attributed that to improved passing. She was the main hitter in the first set, managing five kills. “As the match went on, we got ever yone involved [and] our passing … cleaned up,” Wittman said. “We got all our hitters involved.” To help fix the passing, McCutcheon subbed in junior outside hitter Morgan Bohl to assist in the back
row. She received nine serves and made four digs in a key role that energized the Gophers’ defense. “Obviously in practice, we work on coming in and making a difference,” Bohl said. “And that was like something that I really wanted to do.” While the Gophers now sport a 14-1 overall record and a 2-0 conference record, the Big Ten could be in for a shake-up this season based on other action from around
CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY
VOLLEYBALL RESULTS
Purdue Minnesota
1 2 3 FINAL 0 22 21 19 3 25 25 25
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the conference. This weekend, No. 15 Michigan State took down No. 13 Ohio State and No. 1 Penn State on the road — making Monday’s latest national poll one to watch.
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CROSS COUNTRY
Women take fourth place at Griak WITH SAM GORDON
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ast Saturday against San Jose State, Mitch Leidner turned in one of the most prolific performances by a Gophers quarterback in the last five years. He was rewarded with a spot on the sideline against Iowa, where he watched Minnesota’s offense wallow in ineptitude through an embarrassing 23-7 homecoming loss to the Hawkeyes. And relegating Leidner to backup status wasn’t entirely head coach Jerry Kill’s decision. Sophomore quar terback Philip Nelson apparently has some say in the starting lineup now. Kill told reporters after the loss he let Nelson decide if he was going to play Saturday. “We felt comfortable [that] if he could play, he would, and it would be his call,” Kill said. Wait a minute. In the biggest game of Kill’s tenure at Minnesota, the 20-year-old Nelson decided who was going to start at quarterback? Yep. Nelson, who fell to 2-5 as a Big Ten starter, responded by leading the offense to just 165 total yards. He struggled to read the blitz, looked jittery in the pocket and had little to no accuracy on downfield throws. The Gophers’ lone touchdown was set up by a long kickoff return. Their longest drive of the game was 34 yards. Kill was staunch in his defense of the decision to stick with Nelson and said he never thought about making a change during the game. He opted to go “with maturity.” Saturday’s game was the per fect platform to end a quar terback controversy. Leidner r ushed for 151 yards and four touchdowns in his lone start, last weekend against San Jose State. If Leidner had started and played well Saturday, he’s the guy moving forward. If he laid an egg, he could have faded into the background without speculation. In Kill’s defense, the quar terback wasn’t the only problem offensively. Iowa owned the line of scrimmage and held Minnesota to 30 yards rushing. And there’s no guarantee Leidner would have won the game under those circumstances. Still, Nelson hasn’t done anything in his short career to distinguish himself from Leidner, and Leidner has played really, really well in the six-plus quar ters he’s guided the offense. Kill met with reporters Sunday morning and discussed the situation some more. “I don’t really understand all the quarterback questions,” he said. You’re getting these questions because Leidner absolutely electrified TCF Bank Stadium a week ago. An d y o u b e n c he d him. Ya feel me? Sam Gordon welcomes comments at sgordon@mndaily.com.
ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY
Minnesota senior Laura Docherty finishes behind North Carolina State’s Joanna Thompson in the women’s Division I Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday at Les Bolstad Golf Course. Docherty finished in 11th place.
Both teams fared worse than they would have liked over the weekend. BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com
The Gophers didn’t finish quite where they wanted to at Saturday’s 28th Annual Roy Griak Invitational, but head coach Sarah Hopkins said she thought her team still ran well. “I think we can run better, but overall I was pretty pleased,” she said. “I wish we beat a few more teams, but that’s any race you wish that.” The No. 19 Gophers placed four th out of 28 teams in the Griak, and five runners finished in the top 31. “If you had said we’d have five in the top 31,” Hopkins said, “I would’ve been really pleased walking into it.” Senior Laura Docherty finished 11th overall with a time of 21:11. Senior Katie Moraczewski finished 10 seconds behind Docherty and was the second finisher on the team. She placed 15th overall. Moraczewski finished sixth at the Intrasquad Meet on Aug. 30 and sixth at the Oz Memorial on Sept. 6. She stepped up at the Griak and shaved more than a minute off her Oz Memorial time. “I think she probably had the race of the day in terms of improvement,” Hopkins said. “[She was] probably the performer of the meet for us in terms of being really clutch and r unning smart.” Moraczewski credited her performance to her focus and said she was “really geared up” for her last race at the Griak. But Hopkins said the team had some tactical errors which contributed to the fourth-place finish. In the Griak, she said, she thought the team got excited a little early. “We were in a really great spot at 1K, and then we moved really hard from 1K to 2K, which was probably too aggressive at that point,” Hopkins said. Junior Molly Kayfes, usually the team’s first or second finisher, was the Gophers’ fourth finisher. Hopkins said Kayfes was near the front of the pack through the two-kilometer mark but fell off by the end of the race.
ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY
Minnesota senior John Simons outruns Brigham Young’s Jason Witt at the finish of the men’s Division I Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday at Les Bolstad Golf Course. Simons finished in sixth place.
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
28TH ANNUAL ROY GRIAK INVITATIONAL TOP 15 FINISHERS (6K)
28TH ANNUAL ROY GRIAK INVITATIONAL TOP 15 FINISHERS (8K)
RESULTS
Shelby Houlihan Elvin Kibet Crystal Nelson Mara Olson Nicci Corbin Kayla Beattie Katie Clark Maria Larsson Rachele Schulist Joanna Thompson Laura Docherty Leah O’Connor Katie Landwehr Liz Anderson Katie Moraczewski
TEAM Arizona State Arizona Iowa State Butler Arizona Arizona Butler Arizona Michigan State North Carolina State Minnesota Michigan State Michigan State Vanderbilt Minnesota
TIME 20:35.45 20:48.50 20:50.00 20:57.40 20:58.70 21:01.05 21:02.75 21:05.95 21:07.00 21:10.30 21:10.60 21:14.10 21:18.30 21:19.00 21:20.30
RESULTS
Tylor Thatcher Kevin Batt Tabor Stevens Andrew Colley Abbabiya Simbassa John Simons Jason Witt Caleb Rhynard Andrew Goodman Ben Larson Garrett Seawell Alex Muntefering Brandon Doughty Brandon Lord Aaron Fletcher
TEAM Brigham Young Adams State Adams State North Carolina State Oklahoma Minnesota Brigham Young Michigan State Colorado State Colorado State Arizona State Colorado State Oklahoma Georgia Brigham Young
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“She’s fr ustrated with herself that she … didn’t hold back a little bit at that point,” Hopkins said. Kayfes still managed to finish 24th overall, which Hopkins said was a testament to her toughness. “A lot of kids would have never been able to hang on that well,” she said. Docherty said the team was too aggressive too early in the meet and it’s important it doesn’t make those same tactical errors in the future. “We’re definitely still learning from it,” Docherty said, “and I think we’ll be ready to go come the [Wisconsin Adidas Invite] and Big Tens.”
Men finish eighth The Gophers men’s team had issues from the start at the Griak.
Minnesota, which finished first as a team at the Griak last year, placed eighth over the weekend. Minnesota head coach Steve Plasencia said senior Andrew Larsen, who finished 10th overall at the Griak last year, tripped at the starting line and got stepped on a couple of times. Plasencia also said senior Steve Sulkin lost his shoe at the beginning of the race. “Those things don’t show up in the result packets, but they kind of tell how the race actually turned out for our team,” senior John Simons said. “That’s kind of why we finished as far back as a group as we did.” Simons said Wednesday that a top-five finish would be a “pretty big accomplishment.” The Gophers were only 12 points behind sixth-place
TIME 24:25.20 24:25.30 24:28.50 24:29.70 24:31.30 24:33.00 24:33.20 24:40.00 24:40.60 24:42.00 24:42.20 24.42.70 24:43.00 24:44.20 24:45.20
finisher Michigan State but were 79 points off of fifthplace Oklahoma. “If we make up those points, I’d probably go, ‘OK, we’re all right,’” Plasencia said, “but we don’t like to finish eighth at our home meet.” Individually, Simons finished sixth overall. Simons was r unning neck-and-neck with Brigham Young’s Jason Witt but edged him out in the final stretch by 0.2 seconds. “I was going to be pretty disappointed with the overall race if I had gotten outkicked there,” Simons said. “I think I kind of guilted myself into kicking harder.” Plasencia said Simons didn’t listen to him, and it turned out for the best. “On our course, sometimes guys have gotten out a little hard, so we talked
about going out a little bit conser vatively,” Plasencia said. “Well, John didn’t listen to that. He didn’t listen to the coach, and he probably did a good job because of that.” On Wednesday, Simons said he was hoping to lead the Gophers and wanted to finish in the top five individually. He narrowly missed that goal. “It was really nice to see that all the hard work is paying off and that I’m in the right spot that I need to be in,” Simons said. The Gophers have another 8K on Friday at the Notre Dame Invitational. “We’ve got to come back together,” Plasencia said. “It’s not long before they get a chance to get the taste of this one out of their mouth and get another competition.”
Monday, September 30, 2013
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SOCCER
Minnesota splits weekend in Michigan The Gophers were upset by Michigan State but defeated No. 13 Michigan. BY JACE FREDERICK jfrederick@mndaily.com
The Gophers were expected to split this weekend in Michigan — just not the way Minnesota managed to do it. After a disappointing 3-0 loss to Michigan State in East Lansing, Mich., on Friday, the Gophers rebounded to beat No. 13 Michigan 1-0 in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Sunday. The Gophers’ upset helped them avoid an 0-3 start in Big Ten play.
“It was a really, really needed win. I think it definitely put a statement … that we are here, in the Big Ten, and we’re ready to go.” OLIVIA SCHULTZ Junior midfielder
“To get the first Big Ten win of the season on the road at Michigan is absolutely huge for the program,” Gophers head coach Stefanie Golan said. Junior midfielder Olivia Schultz provided the game’s lone score in the 38th minute off a corner kick, sending a strike through high traffic. “In a scenario like that, a lot of kids panic,” Golan said. “Olivia took a good touch to clean it up and then buried it.”
Minnesota defender Becca Roberts steals the ball from Louisiana State on Sept. 6 at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium.
Michigan outshot the Gophers 18-6 and had twice the number of corner kicks, but Minnesota capitalized on its chances. “[The win] was all about opportunity,” Golan said. “We played hard, and we played together, and that’s what ground out the win for us.” Gophers freshman goalkeeper Tarah Hobbs was brilliant in net in both outings.
She recorded 14 saves on the weekend, including five in Sunday’s shutout victory. The win came two days after Minnesota’s surprising loss to Michigan State. The Spartans, who finished last season in a tie for last in the conference, were outshot by the Gophers 21-13 and committed 12 offside infractions to Minnesota’s zero. Still, they rode two first-half
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
Women roll in exhibitions The Gophers beat Team Japan and British Columbia over the weekend. BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com
More than anything, the Gophers’ two exhibition games this weekend gave them the opportunity to tinker with lines, try players at different positions and generally ease back into on-ice competition. And amid all that, the team racked up a 6-0 victory over Team Japan on Thursday and a 7-0 win over the University of British Columbia on Friday. “It’s huge for us because we need all the exhibition games and practice games that we can get with the young team,” head coach Brad Frost said after Thursday’s game. “With all our freshmen here, it’s important to put them in different spots.” Team Japan has qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics, and Gophers senior captain Bethany Brausen said competing against Japan was a special opportunity. “To play a team that’s at that Olympic caliber and see them developing as we’re developing … was really something else,” she said. The Gophers jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first period against Team Japan thanks to a goal from junior forward Meghan Lorence. Brausen said the team had “jitters” early in the game, but it “really settled in” during the second period. The Gophers netted three goals in the second, including one from freshman forward Dani Cameranesi. It was the first of her career, but it doesn’t count as an official goal. “I was told after [the goal] that I didn’t get a puck because it’s not really a real game, so I need to do it again,” Cameranesi said. Brausen said everybody started to play more confidently and comfortably in the second and third periods. “[Frost] reminded us, ‘You guys are hockey players. You have been for 18-plus years … so let’s go out there. We know the systems. Let’s just run it like we know how to do.’ ” Brausen said.
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Gophers freshman forward Dani Cameranesi protects the puck from Team Japan at Minnesota’s exhibition game Thursday at Ridder Arena.
Lorence tallied her second goal of the game in the third period on an assist from Brausen to cap off the team’s scoring. Minnesota’s second game of the weekend was similar in score, but better in execution. “I thought tonight we looked more like a hockey team,” Frost told reporters after the game Friday night. “Last night, it felt like chuck-apuck a little bit, but I thought tonight we started to do a lot of really good things offensively.” After blanking on six power plays against Team Japan, the Gophers netted two power-play goals in the matchup with British Columbia. Junior for ward Rachael Bona had two goals, including a shorthanded goal for Minnesota in the third period, and freshman forward Kate Schipper collected two goals on four shots Friday for Minnesota. Frost said after the game he thought British Columbia came at the Gophers with a lot of “pace and tempo.” “In the second and third [periods] after they got comfortable with our pace and play and really pushed us, [they] forced us to push back a little bit,” he told reporters. Sophomore Amanda Lev-
WOMEN’S HOCKEY RESULTS THURSDAY Japan Minnesota
1 0 1
2 0 3
3 0 2
FINAL 0 6
2 0 1
3 0 2
FINAL 0 7
FRIDAY 1 British Columbia 0 4 Minnesota
SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
eille started both games in net for the Gophers. She didn’t face a single shot in the first period from Team Japan but wound up recording 13 saves in Thursday’s win. She recorded eight saves in two periods Friday before junior Shyler Sletta took over. Though Minnesota is still toying with its defensive pairings, it only allowed 22 shots on goal all weekend — a fraction of the 102 shots the Gophers fired on net. Frost said after the game Thursday that by the time the team plays Wisconsin in a couple weeks, it’s “going to be pretty solidified at that position, hopefully.” Minnesota opens its regular season Oct. 4-5 with two games at Colgate, a team it outscored 18-0 last season.
goals to victory. Michigan State keeper Courtney Clem was huge in net and recorded 12 saves in the shutout. “We’d had a couple of bumps on the road with Indiana and Michigan State, where we didn’t play well,” Golan said. Sunday’s upset win seemed to overshadow Friday’s lackluster performance.
Schultz said the win over Michigan was important for her squad. “It was a really, really needed win,” Schultz said. “I think it definitely put a statement … that we are here, in the Big Ten, and we’re ready to go.” The Gophers will return home for their first home conference match of the season Friday against Ohio State.
CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY
SOCCER RESULTS FRIDAY Michigan St. Minnesota
1 2 0
2 1 0
FINAL 3 0
2 0 0
FINAL 0 1
SUNDAY Michigan Minnesota
1 0 1
SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
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MEN’S GOLF
Minnesota plagued by inconsistent play in N.M. The Gophers took a step back with an eighth-place finish over the weekend. BY JAKE STARK jakestark@mndaily.com
Minnesota head coach John Carlson said inconsistent play plagued the Gophers this weekend in New Mexico. The team finished eighth out of 17 teams over the weekend at the Tucker Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M. The Gophers were tied for second place heading into the final three holes of the second round Friday. But they struggled to close out the round. Carlson said that poor finish led to a letdown in Saturday’s final round. “I felt like our team’s play was exactly where I felt our preparation was at,” he said. “We have a lot to do in practice to make sure that final day doesn’t happen again.” The Gophers finished 39-over par as a team. In the same tournament last year, the team shot 26-over par and finished in a tie for fourth place. Carlson said the weather conditions made this year’s event much more challenging. “There were between 20- and 35-mile-per-hour winds the entire first day,” he said. “That made it ver y difficult to play.” Gophers’ freshman Jose Mendez was the lowestscoring player on the team for the second weekend in a row. He finished the tournament at 6-over par
MEN’S GOLF RESULTS
GOLFER Mendez Lowenstein Trasamar DuToit Gaugert
RD1 75 71 78 73 73
RD2 73 81 75 79 77
RD3 74 77 77 79 85
TOTAL 222 229 230 231 235
TEAM 1 New Mexico 2 Arizona State 3 USC 4 UNLV 5 BYU
RD1 290 284 291 285 295
RD2 292 287 302 308 296
RD3 281 310 294 295 303
TOTAL 863 881 887 888 894
*out of 17 teams
SOURCE: GOLFSTATRESULTS.COM
and tied for 14th place. “He’s got all the makings to be an All-American right away in his freshman year,” Carlson said. No. 4 New Mexico, the tournament host, shot an aggregate 1-under par to win the team title. Second-place Arizona State finished 17-over. New Mexico’s Gavin Green and Andrej Bevins both finished 5-under par to share the individual title. Carlson said he may need to start making some lineup changes in order for the Gophers to improve. The team will play a 72-hole qualifying tournament this weekend to determine who will compete in the future, he said. Carlson said ever y golfer on the team will have to compete in the tournament except Mendez, who has established himself as Minnesota’s best player. “We will learn from letting really good oppor tunities slip away from us this weekend,” he said. “I expect this to be the most completive qualifying tournament we’ve had in my three years as head coach.”
CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY FILE PHOTO
Minnesota’s Jose Mendez plays at the season-opening Gopher Invitational at Windsong Farm Golf Club on Sept. 8.
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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. Visit mndaily.com to see the solution to today’s puzzle.
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Today’s Birthday (9/30): You may travel for work this year (definitely for pleasure). Talk about what you love, and cultivate your networks toward that. Study a passion, formally or not. True up habits with ethics.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Written By Linda C. Black
Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is a 7 — Watch where you’re going. Gather information. Rules must be enforced. Promise to keep a secret. An older person sets boundaries. Do a good job.
Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 7 — Consider all possibilities, including consequences, before you accept a challenge. If emotions get low, just acknowledge that.
Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 6 — Ease into a group situation. It could get awkward for a moment. Consider the consequences. Do the job carefully now, or do it over.
Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 7 — Take advantage of difficult circumstances. Distance yourself from emotions in order to choose freely. Don’t interfere with another’s plan.
Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 7 — Keep your money in your pocket, and don’t bring it out in public. Stick to basics on the home front. Respect your budget. Upgrade your image.
Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is an 8 — Don’t offer to pay for everyone. Someone else contributes, much to your amazement. Your partner has practical input.
Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 9 — Share your dreams. Devise a plan, possibly including some delicious wandering. Stick within your budget. Consider carefully before proceeding.
Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 7 — Don’t overextend. Home is the best place. Avoid a cold or flu by resting and eating well. Investigate new options in your game.
Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 9 — Play by the rules to win big. Find a treasure in your own stuff. Work out financial details. If concerned or frightened, study and learn.
Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is an 8 — Take care of business. There’s a disagreement about priorities. Work out a better budget that includes something it was missing.
Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 6 — There are lots of good ideas floating around. Don’t rush into anything. You have a lot going on. Count your blessings. Provide information.
Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 9 — Postpone a date or purchase. Consider lots of points of view. Don’t spend on games. Follow your intuition. Don’t brag about good fortune.
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overheard “All right bro, well, I gotta make like a baby and head out.”
—Unknown
Guy on phone: “Hey man, you’re still asleep!? What the [expletive]! It’s nine in the morning already. Get up and smell the hummus!”
—Folwell Hall
Professor: “So get your work done (*holds up the homecoming newspaper*) before the orgy starts.”
—Folwell Hall
“Banging your mom is a natural process, but I don’t do that in the middle of the street.”
—Unknown
Girl 1: “Where’s the nearest female bathroom?” Guy 1: “I don’t think female bathrooms exist here.” Guy 2: “LOL, CSE.”
—Keller Hall
Cop at the Coffee & Donut Social: “Hey, didn’t I give you a speeding ticket last week?”
—Outside Murphy Hall
“I can’t eat a burrito or else I become gassy and have explosive diarrhea.”
—Campus Connector
Girl: “I was like, who is that thug? He took his clothes off in class and left! If I’m getting naked, you have to watch!”
—Northrop Mall
Person 1: “I’m from Philly!” Person 2: “Like the cheesesteak?”
—Unknown
Guy 1: “Are you a zombie?” Guy 2: “No, not yet.” Guy 1: “Well, at least you’re not a vampire.”
—Outside Moos Tower
“Hey man, would you jerk this real quick?”
—Recreation and Wellness Center
Guy 1: “I have hockey meeting tomorrow.” Guy 2: [stares] Guy 1: “What?” Guy 2: “There’s hockey in Indonesia?”
—Middlebrook Hall
“I was in wrestling. I’ve seen more dicks than any girl I know.”
—Sanford Hall
“I can’t hang out tonight ... My mom is coming to clean up my room.”
—Unknown
“Snoop Dog is classy.”
—Outside Walter Library “What the hell is ‘Punch Pit’?”
—Sanford Hall
“This music just makes me want to get a hookah up here.”
—Murphy Hall
[Phone rings] “Better turn that off before I start twerking up in here…. Don’t worry, I won’t stick out my tongue!”
—Unknown
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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
ACROSS 1 Cpls.’ superiors 5 EMT’s skill 8 “Cultured” gem 13 Spy novelist Ambler 14 Bread buy 16 Exhorts 17 __ IRA 18 SeaWorld attraction 19 Fathered 20 Exhortation to the engine room 23 Prepare, as tea 24 Down Under runner 25 Had some wallop 33 Dreamer’s acronym 36 House division 37 Loud cry 38 Inventor’s starting point 40 Princess’s headgear 43 Worry 44 Ford of the ’70s 46 Festive affair 48 Cause of Cleopatra’s undoing 49 Self-important sort 53 Brother in a monastery 54 Phi Beta __ 58 Interviewer’s booby trap 64 Kind of jacket named for an Indian leader 65 Ambiance 66 Way to get out 67 Send payment 68 Give some lip to 69 Shine partner 70 Test for purity, as gold 71 Doris who sang “Que Sera, Sera” 72 Burpee product DOWN 1 Feudal workers 2 Tile installer’s need 3 Information on a book’s spine 4 Carry with effort 5 Hoofbeat 6 Minute skin opening
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7 Event at a track 8 Exercises done in a prone position 9 Southernmost Great Lake 10 Indian tourist city 11 Clarinetist’s need 12 Drug “dropped” in the ’60s 15 Lost luster 21 Train in a ring 22 Dr.’s group 26 Simple bed 27 Colorful Japanese carp 28 Some Kindle reading, briefly 29 TV dial letters 30 Romance writer Roberts 31 Sticks by the pool table 32 Web address letters 33 Tears 34 Work on a column, say 35 Restaurant host’s handout 39 Justice Dept. enforcers 41 Part of a cheerleader’s chant
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42 Baba of folklore 45 Taxi’s “I’m not working now” sign 47 Ships like Noah’s 50 Prior to, in poems 51 Mamas’ mates 52 Spuds 55 Impish fairy 56 Model’s asset 57 Tossed a chip in the pot
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58 Popular jeans 59 Units of resistance 60 Soprano’s chance to shine 61 Campus area 62 __ Minor: constellation 63 “No problem” 64 Second Amendment backer: Abbr.
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dr. date Dr. Date,
So my girlfriend just broke up with me after almost a year of being together and essentially gave me a list of everything she found wrong about our situation, etc. One of the things that came up was that I was needy for “fun times” or sex and that was the only thing I wanted whenever I saw her. Please tell me, for conscience’ sake and for clarity, is there really such as a thing as being too horny? And if so, please tell me what possible ways I could keep this from potentially ruining another relationship, and how to communicate it to my future significant other when they are “too horny.” Thanks.
—Anonymous
Sir Randy,
First off, you said she gave you a list of things she found wrong with your relationship, which means it wasn’t just the sex. If you’re having problems with your significant other, it will show in your sex life (for better or worse). And if the sex sucks, why would she want to bang around the clock? That said, it sounds like your ex-lady has some serious communication issues. Had she mentioned this before, or did she wait until the breakup to dump her problems on you? It doesn’t make sense to assume that things will magically change for the better if you keep your issues with someone to yourself. If your sex drive overwhelmed your ex, she should have said so. Then you could have at least come up with a suitable alternative, like socks and pornography. There probably is such a thing as being “too horny,” but if you were just hoping to have sex on the nights you hung out with her, I doubt you fit that bill. I’m sure you’ll be able to find someone whose sexual appetite matches your own. The most important thing in your situation is to find someone who can communicate effectively. And speaking of speaking, maybe
take more time to talk before running straight to the bedroom.
—Dr. Date
Dr. Date,
There’s this waiter at a restaurant I go to a lot, and I think he’s really cute. I usually sit at his table, so we’ve gotten to know each other a little bit. Our conversations often turn flirtatious, and I feel like I’d like to pursue seeing him outside of the restaurant. How should I go about doing this? I’ve thought about leaving my number on a receipt or just asking him if he wants to get a drink sometime after his shift is over. I’m worried he doesn’t actually feel the same way (maybe he flirts with every customer?). I don’t think I’d ever be able to go back to this place if it turned out this was all in my head.
—Big Tipper
Dinner To Go,
Good news! This isn’t a big deal. You’ve got a few options and none run the risk of horrendous outcomes, unless you’re atypically prone to embarrassing yourself. And hell, some guys find that endearing. If the dude is like, Jude Law hot, he probably uses the puppy eyes and compliments to his advantage. I know you want to be the Angelina to his Brad, but to him, you may be just another fan paying his Internet bill. I’m not saying that to be harsh, but because I’ve been that reject waiting for the phone to ring for days on end. And it kinda sucks. However, if the sparks are seriously flying, there’s no harm in scrawling your digits alongside those extra-big tips. The worst possible outcome with the receipt approach is that he’ll never call. And yeah, it hurts the ego for a second, but so what? Find a new hangout spot and remember — it’s his loss. At least, that’s what I told myself. —Dr. Date
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Congress locked in shutdown debate BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — With the government teetering on the brink of partial shutdown, congressional Republicans vowed Sunday to keep using an otherwise routine federal funding bill to try to attack the president’s health care law. Congress was closed for the day after a post-midnight vote in the GOP-run House to delay by a year key parts of the new health care law and repeal a tax on medical devices, in exchange for avoiding a shutdown. The Senate was to convene Monday afternoon, just hours before the shutdown deadline, and Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., had already promised that majority Democrats would kill the House’s latest volley. Since the last government shutdown 17 years ago, temporary funding bills known as continuing resolutions have been noncontroversial, with neither party willing to
chance a shutdown to achieve legislative goals it couldn’t other wise win. But with health insurance exchanges set to open on Tuesday, teaparty Republicans are willing to take the risk in their drive to kill the health care law. Action in Washington was limited mainly to the Sunday talk shows and a barrage of press releases as Democrats and Republicans rehearsed arguments for blaming each other if the government in fact closes its doors at midnight Monday. “You’re going to shut down the government if you can’t prevent millions of Americans from getting affordable care,” said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. “The House has twice now voted to keep the government open. And if we have a shutdown, it will only be because when the Senate comes back, Harry Reid says, ‘I refuse even to talk,’” said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who led a 21-hour broadside against allowing the temporary funding bill to advance if stripped
clean of a tea party-backed provision to derail Obamacare. The effort ultimately failed. The battle started with a House vote to pass the shortterm funding bill with a provision that would have eliminated the federal dollars needed to put President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul into place. The Senate voted along party lines to strip that out and lobbed the measure back to the House. The latest House measure, passed early Sunday by a near party-line vote of 231-192, sent back to the Senate two key changes: a one-year delay of key provisions of the health insurance law and repeal of a new tax on medical devices that partially funds it, steps that still go too far for The White House and its Democratic allies on Capitol Hill. Senate rules often make it difficult to act quickly, but the chamber can act on the House’s latest proposals by simply calling them up and killing them.
Eyes were turning to the House for its next move. One of its top leaders vowed the House would not simply give in to Democrats’ demands to pass the Senate’s “clean” funding bill. “The House will get back together in enough time, send another provision not to shut the government down, but to fund it, and it will have a few other options in there for the Senate to look at again,” said the No. 3 House Republican leader, Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California. “We are not shutting the government down.” He suggested that House Republicans would try blocking a mandate that individuals buy health insurance or face a tax penalty, saying there might be some Democratic support in the Senate for that. On the other hand, Democrats said the GOP’s bravado may fade as the deadline to avert a shutdown nears. Asked whether he could vote for a “clean” temporary funding bill, Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, said he
couldn’t. But Labrador added, “I think there’s enough people in the Republican Party who are willing to do that. And I think that’s what you’re going to see.” A leading Senate GOP moderate called on her fellow Republicans to back down. “I disagree with the strategy of linking Obamacare with the continuing functioning of government -- a strategy that cannot possibly work,” said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. McCarthy wouldn’t say what changes Republicans might make. He appeared to suggest that a very shortterm measure might pass at the last minute, but GOP aides said that was unlikely. And r umors Saturday night that GOP leaders might include a provision to deny lawmakers and staff aides their employer health care contributions from the government had cooled by Sunday afternoon. Lawmakers and congressional aides are required to purchase health insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchanges, but the
administration has taken steps to make sure they continue to receive their 72 percent employer contribution. Republicans argued that Reid should have convened the Senate on Sunday to act on the measure. “If the Senate stalls until Monday afternoon instead of working today, it would be an act of breathtaking arrogance by the Senate Democratic leadership,” said House Speaker John Boehner, ROhio. “They will be deliberately bringing the nation to the brink of a government shutdown.” In the event lawmakers blow the Monday deadline, about 800,000 workers would be forced off the job without pay. Some critical services such as patrolling the borders, inspecting meat and controlling air traffic would continue. Social Security benefits would be sent, and the Medicare and Medicaid health care programs for the elderly and poor would continue to pay doctors and hospitals.
States resist, build nascent insurance markets BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
RALEIGH, N.C. — With new online health insurance exchanges set to launch Tuesday, consumers in many Southern and Plains states will have to look harder for information on how the marketplaces work than their counterparts elsewhere. In Republican-led states that oppose the federal Affordable Care Act, the strategy has ranged from largely ignoring the health overhaul to encouraging residents not to sign up and even making it harder for nonprofit organizations to provide information about the exchanges. Health care exper ts worr y that ultimately consumers in these states could end up confused about the exchanges, and the overall
rollout of the law could be hindered. “W ithout the shared planning and the cooperation of the state government, it’s much harder for them to be ready to implement this complicated law,” said Rachel Grob of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who has studied differences in how states are implementing segments of the law. Several of the 14 Northeast, Midwest and Western states running their own insurance exchanges have spent weeks on marketing and advertising campaigns to help residents get ready to buy health insurance. At least $684 million will be spent on publicity explaining what people need to do next and persuading the doubtful to sign up for coverage, according to data compiled
The Associated Press. By contrast, most states across the South have declined federal grants to advertise the exchanges and ceded the right to run the marketplaces themselves. And early Sunday, the Republican-led U.S. House added to legislation that would avert a partial government shutdown a one-year delay of the creation of the marketplaces. Democrats have said delaying the health care law would sink the bill, and the White House promised a veto. Gover nors from the Carolinas to Kansas have decried the exchanges and the rest of the law, which was passed by Congress in 2010 and many argue reaffirmed when voters re-elected President Obama in 2012. The Supreme Court in 2012 up-
held the constitutionality of most of the law; a piece of the Medicaid expansion was an exception. “When it came to Obamacare, we didn’t just say ‘no,’ we said ‘never,’” South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said last month alongside U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, whom she appointed last December when Jim DeMint resigned. “And we’re going to keep on fighting until we get people like Sen. Scott and ever ybody else in Congress to defund Obamacare.” Others have gone beyond fiery rhetoric. Missouri’s lieutenant governor urged residents to refuse to sign up for federal health insurance, while Kansas legislators and the state’s governor enacted a law symbolically declaring that residents can’t be forced to buy
health insurance. In Florida, state officials ordered county health departments to bar from their property navigators hired under federal grants to explain the plan’s complexities. Broward County commissioners last week ignored that ban and voted to allow navigators and other counselors into county offices, including health departments. “We’ve encounter ed many, many issues with this, and this is a breakthrough for us to be able to go into the libraries, the health departments,” said Jerson Dulis, who was trained to help enroll people in the state exchange. He works for Broward Community & Family Health Centers Inc., which received a federal grant to provide consumers understand and enroll in health
insurance plans. In places where state officials have declined to disseminate information, the work is left to nonprofit organizations and word-of-mouth among consumers. North Carolina is among the states that have left the running of its exchange to the federal government. This year, the state refunded what remained of a $74 million federal grant that would have helped consumers and linked computers. Asa Gregory, 36, of Wilson, works sporadically as a substitute public school teacher and has lacked health insurance for seven years, paying the medical bills after a traffic accident with help from his parents. “I would like to have health insurance. I think that’s a no-brainer,” he said.