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The University performed its first successful kidney transplant in 1963.
Jerry Kill was at the game Saturday and called recruits Sunday afternoon.
One hopeful wants to abolish the Minneapolis mayor position.
University looks back on organ transplant history
Kill still on leave, still around his team
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Through a life defined by tragedy, the controversial poet and professor created lasting work. BY EMILY EVELAND eeveland@mndaily.com
In response to student concerns, MSA is upping its prevention efforts.
BY KYLE STOWE kstowe@mndaily.com
A recent uptick in robberies and assaults on or near the University of Minnesota campus is concerning students, and some organizations are taking note. In response to student concerns, the Minnesota Student Association is working with other groups on further crime prevention efforts, which could include safety education and the installation of more lights on campus. University police have sent out crime aler ts for eight robberies and as-
saults this semester, an increase from the same period of time last fall. Freshman Laurel Kabat said she’d like to see improvements in lighting and additional patrols to help her feel safer around campus. “All the crime lately has made me feel a little nervous, especially at night,” she said. “I hope we can find ways to keep them from happening again.” MSA President Mike Schmit said crime is an increasingly important issue for student government. “We need to find out why people are being robbed at gunpoint recently and why people are being mugged at 3 p.m.,” he said. “We need
u See CRIME Page 3 MSA is planning to work with landlords and other U groups.
CAPITAL REQUEST
Lab staff hope for updates The 2014 capital request is focused on improving and building labs. BY KATELYN FAULKS kfaulks@mndaily.com
In the Tate Laboratory of Physics, students sit on the ground as they study and prepare for classes. Many ceiling tiles are broken and moldy, lighting fixtures are cracked and window frames are rotten. University of Minnesota faculty and students agree it’s time for a renovation. The state Legislature didn’t approve funding for improvements to Tate Lab last session. But the Board of Regents approved the
University’s 2014 Capital Request on Oct. 11, which asks the state for nearly $233 million to fund improvements to Tate and five other campus building and renovation projects. The Tate Lab renovation is projected to cost $85 million in total, with $56.7 million requested from the state. The proposed projects on the Twin Cities campus would improve some labs and build new ones. Listed potential projects include the Bee Lab, the College of Biological Sciences Greenhouse and a brand-new Microbial Sciences Research Building. u See LABS Page 4 Some labs have decaying ceilings and foundations.
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U bookstores struggle to make ends meet The U’s bookstores are facing more competition from online vendors. BY MEGHAN HOLDEN mholden@mndaily.com
As more students are buying their textbooks online, sales at University of Minnesota Bookstores are declining. University Chief Financial Of ficer Richard Pfutzenreuter said the University’s system-wide bookstores need to make changes in order to compete with the online market. The University of Minnesota Bookstores, which include ever y bookstore system-wide except one on the Duluth campus, aren’t bankrupt or in a financial
crisis — but they are struggling, Pfutzenreuter said. “The profit is thin,” he said, “They’re not making money hand over fist.” In the last three years, textbook net sales have fallen by almost $2.8 million. The Bookstores will continue to expand their inventor y of rental and used books to compete with online retailers, said University Bookstores Director Bob Crabb. “We are going to compete very aggressively and do ever ything we can,” he said. Crabb said profits are nar rowing because the University has negotiated for lower prices with publishers in recent years, but u See BOOKSTORES Page 5 Students said they prefer buying textbooks online.
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John Berryman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and professor at the University of Minnesota, published many critically acclaimed and still-beloved poems before his suicide in 1972.
He would come to class sometimes shaking, and you could see that he’d had a hard night, but
he never lectured in a less than brilliant manner. Berryman’s friend and former student Judith Healey
n the mor ning of June 26, 1926, John Allyn Smith Sr. allegedly shot himself dead outside his 11-year-old son’s bedroom window. John Allyn Smith Jr., later renamed John Ber r yman, would spend the rest of his life trying to make sense of his father’s death, plagued by the question: How could God do this? Attempting to reconcile with the loss of his father, Berryman turned to sex, alcohol and literature. “He was a searcher,” said Paul Mariani, a professor at Boston College and one of Berr yman’s biographers. “He was looking for God, but he was angry with God.” Berr yman began teaching at the University of Minnesota in 1955 with help from friend and fellow professor, Allen Tate. During his 17-year residency at the school, he published most of his major works, including “77 Dream Songs,” which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1965. But Berryman’s literary achievements couldn’t fend off his demons. On the morning of Jan. 7, 1972, the 57-year-old poet lifted himself onto the railing of the Washington Avenue Bridge, waved to onlookers and jumped. Four decades later, artists and aspiring poets, intrigued by Berryman’s tumultuous biography, are turning to him for inspiration. Indie rock bands The Hold Steady and Okker vil River have written songs about him. James Franco is tr ying to make a movie about him. Al Milgrom is filming a documentar y about his legacy. Peter Campion, the director of creative writing at the University of Minnesota, and Philip Coleman, a Trinity College Dublin professor, are planning a conference at the University for Berryman’s 100th birthday next year.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
U student finds solace in basketball Jordan Lynn has used sports to cope with his parents’ deaths. BY SAM GORDON sgordon@mndaily.com
Kelly L ynn wanted her oldest son to graduate college. Charles L ynn wanted his oldest son to play college basketball. This year, Jordan L ynn has the chance to do both, but his parents aren’t here to see it happen. L ynn, a University of Minnesota sport management senior, lost both parents in a nine-month span during the last year. For the 21-year-old, it’s been surreal. “It didn’t feel real,” he said. “You never think that stuff can happen.” L ynn is hear tbroken. He’s confused. And he’s set to graduate in May. “However he’s doing
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Sport management senior Jordan Lynn tried out for the Gophers basketball team Oct. 2. Lynn has practiced with the team but is unsure if he can commit to this season.
it, it’s amazing to me,” said David Breitenbucher, L ynn’s high school basketball coach. “I just can’t imagine being at the end of college and having both my mom and dad gone.”
L ynn’s resume is brimming with internship experience. And now, he has the chance to add to it by living out a childhood dream. On Oct. 2, the 6-foot-8inch L ynn was one of 18
players who tried out for the Gophers men’s basketball team. u See LYNN Page 9 Lynn is considering his options before committing to the team.
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Diplomat says Obama Norway mulls promises NSA probe taking bulk of Syria’s chemicals BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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STAVANGER, Norway — Norway is considering a request to take the bulk of Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile for eventual destruction, an official said Tuesday. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Ragnhild Imerslund told The Associated Press that the U.N. and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, which are working together to eliminate the deadly arsenal, would like to see the stockpile of chemicals destroyed in one country outside Syria. “But the best solution for them is not necessarily the best solution for Norway,” said Imerslund. She said Norway is refusing to handle chemical weapons loaded onto warheads and ready for use, but is considering accepting mixed chemicals and chemical precursors that can be mixed to make deadly nerve agents. The U.N. has informed Norway that Syria has 50 metric tons of mixed chemicals in the form of mustard gas and some 300-500 metric tons of materials needed to make nerve agents. Imerslund said her government is consulting with a working group made up of environmentalists, military analysts, lawyers, and other ministries. Norwegian officials have yet to select a possible site for destruction, a decision which could lead to protests from nearby municipalities and regions. A recent survey by InFact, a pollster, said 48 percent of the population opposed destroying Syria’s chemical stockpile on Norwegian soil, compared with just 30 percent who support it. Jorn Siljeholm, a former U.N. weapons inspector in Iraq, said Norway is capable of destroying the chemicals safely, providing it can be over months or even years. “It is technically feasible for Norway to destroy these chemicals. This is purely a political decision,” he said.
GENEVA — President Barack Obama has promised an investigation into spying the U.S. repor tedly did on Mexico’s presidential email system, Mexico’s top diplomat told reporters Tuesday. The White House said Mexico’s concerns would be addressed as part of a broader examination of U.S. intelligence gathering. Secretar y of Foreign Affairs Jose Antonio Meade said during an impromptu news conference in Geneva that Obama made the pledge during recent personal conversations by telephone and in person with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. “Mexico did not ask for an explanation. Mexico asked for an investigation,” Meade said when asked whether the U.S. had apologized or explained the repor ted National Security Agency spying. Obama “gave his word that there was going to be an investigation around this issue. He said that he had not authorized any spying on Mexico.” The White House said the U.S. was not conducting a specific investigation into claims related to Mexico, but rather was examining Mexico’s concerns as par t of a previously announced review into how the U.S. gathers intelligence. The U.S. has cited that review, which Obama discussed last month at the U.N. General Assembly, in responding to concerns from other allies. That review is aimed at ensuring a proper balance between security and privacy concerns, the White House said. “Given the close partnership between Mexico and the United States, matters related to Mexico are part of that ongoing review,” said Caitlin Hayden, a spokeswoman for the White House’s National Security Council. Mexico is going to conduct its own investigation, to find out if any eavesdropping was conducted within the nation’s territor y and whether any Mexican official cooperated with, or failed to stop the spying, Interior Secretar y Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said at a news conference Tuesday in Mexico City.
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Weighing candidates’ ‘cool factor’ Mpls. mayoral contenders say they don’t feel pressure to be like R.T. Rybak. BY ALEXI GUSSO agusso@mndaily.com
M a y o r R . T. R y b a k , known for crowd surfing at First Avenue, wearing mismatched socks and visiting local breweries, isn’t seeking a fourth term, and his successors aren’t striving to mirror his persona. Some mayoral candidates think their policies alone should set them apar t, and they generally agreed they don’t feel pressured to follow in Rybak’s eccentric footsteps. “R.T. has a way of connecting with people. He’s ver y personable. He likes to jump of f the stage and dance and hug and carr y on,” said University of Minnesota political science professor Larry Jacobs. In the game of cool, Jacobs said the new batch of 35 mayoral candidates is losing. He said the candidates may “feel the pressure” to mirror Rybak’s energy, but “there’s not a lot of capacity” among them for quirkiness. “This is a pretty uncool set of candidates,” Jacobs said. “We’ve got a lot of policy wonks in the group.” Mayoral hopeful and small business owner Stephanie Woodr uf f said her campaign appeals to the younger crowd because she’s relatable on multiple levels, especially with the LGBT community. “[Young people] come up to me and thank me for being in the race and for keeping it real,” she said. Mayoral candidate Bob Fine, an attorney and the city’s Park and Recreation Board commissioner, said his goal is to promote his campaign — not his
MARK VANCLEAVE, DAILY
Conservation biology junior Jamee Snyder, College Democrats member Andrea Whitaker and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak play in a moon bounce Oct. 10, 2012, during Voterpalooza on Northrop Plaza.
coolness. “There are candidates who are tr ying to mirror [Rybak],” Fine said. “I’m not trying to mirror Rybak. I’m tr ying to mirror myself.” Fine said if elected, he would reduce property taxes, which would make the city “more competitive” by spurring job and economic development. “I hope that will directly af fect people who are younger and are having difficulty finding jobs,” he said. Jackie Cher r yhomes, former City Council president and cur rent small business owner, agreed and said she doesn’t feel pressure to duplicate
After robberies, MSA to work with groups on crime prevention Crime u from Page 1
to know why this is happening.” MSA will work with the University District Alliance and the Of fice of Student and Community Relations to boost resources for students, Schmit said. The group also hopes to discuss modifying University police patrols and adding more officers. After a string of four robberies hit University neighborhoods over the weekend of Oct. 11, University police added more of ficers with the help of Metro Transit and Minneapolis police. Before star ting at the University, psychology freshman Emily Jaeger said she didn’t consider she could be robbed. But now, she said the crime aler ts have made her more aware. “I don’t know what I would do if I were robbed,” she said. “It’s really in the back of my mind right now.” University police Deputy Chief Chuck Miner said the weather could be to blame for recent crimes. “When you and I tend to spend more time outdoors, so do the bad guys,” he said. Miner said the number of robberies on campus has dropped dramatically in the last decade. Still, he said it’s important for students to use resources like the security monitor escor t ser vice if they ever feel unsafe on campus. While University police are always working to make campus safer, Miner said, they aren’t always able to see concerns from a student’s perspective.
“If students ever notice anything that they feel we can improve, we’re always open to feedback,” he said. Management information systems sophomore Gabe Kahn said he expects some crime in the University’s urban setting, but he added that this fall seems unusual. “[The crimes] seemed to happen where you wouldn’t expect them,” he said. Schmit said MSA hopes to work with landlords in campus neighborhoods to install motion-activated lighting on buildings and tr y a door-knocking campaign to increase awareness of crime around the University. “There is urgency to develop new solutions,” he said. “We can’t have students walking around scared on campus.”
Rybak’s persona. “I don’t feel any need to be R.T. Rybak,” she said. “I think ever ybody comes with their own sets of skills and abilities.” Cherr yhomes said she would rather point students and young people to her campaign platform, and specifically her focus on creating jobs. “My goal is to ensure that we create living-wage, good-paying jobs for folks in our city and that we have a variety of employment opportunities,” she said. Independent candidate Cam Winton said his style of politics, which he describes as “fiscally responsible and socially inclusive,” will stand alone to
attract young voters. Winton, senior counsel at a wind turbine company, said he would focus on reducing property taxes and creating new employment oppor tunities to keep students in the city after they graduate. “We need to make sure that Minneapolis works for people in ever y chapter of their lives,” he said. Winton said that if he’s elected, he would stay away from imitating R ybak’s infamous stage dive. “While I do have the silver fox look of R.T. — I’m rocking some gray hair at my temples — I would never try to do his stage diving thing because that’s R.T.’s thing,” he said.
Jacobs, who admits he’s not the best judge, said the candidates may have an “inner cool” that hasn’t been visible yet. “There is a bit of a competition to claim the mantle of R.T. R ybak,” he said. “He’s been a relatively popular mayor.” University business and marketing and political science junior Leah Chaney said students aren’t always preoccupied with a candidate’s “likability.” “There are definitely students who don’t vote for the right reasons. People vote for who appears likable … but I think it’s important to pay attention to policy,” Cheney said. Candidates agreed that
the city’s cur rent mayor helped make it a “hip” town that’s attractive to young people. Woodr uf f, who’s been endorsed by the Minnesota Independence Par ty and has never held political office, said she knows the city and is “literally always out” on the town, frequenting wine bars and ar tists’ studios. “I like to be spontaneous,” she said. Winton said he spends his weekend nights at home with his family. “I read a stor y to my kids and get to sleep as soon as I can because I know they’ll be up at 5:30 in the morning,” he said. “I wish it sounded cooler.”
Syria opposition under pressure BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIRUT — The U.S. and Europe are putting intense pressure on the main Syrian opposition group to attend a long-delayed peace conference aimed at ending Syria’s civil war, even though agreeing to join the talks could irreparably split the alreadyfragmented opposition in exile. The Syrian National Coalition appears to be getting support from its patrons in the Gulf for its demands of key guarantees before it consents to take part in peace talks. Chief among those backers is regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia, which is growing more frustrated with its American ally. A meeting Tuesday between the Syrian opposition and 11 of its foreign supporters, including the U.S., provided a venue for Washington to press its case. But the coalition, which has been deeply frustrated by what
it sees as the West’s paltry aid for the rebellion, did not bend. Instead, it presented a list of demands that made the already-slim chances of the peace talks going ahead look bleak at best. The U.S. and Russia, which support opposing sides in the conflict that has killed more than 100,000 people, have been trying for months to bring the Syrian government and its opponents to the table for negotiations in Geneva aimed at ending the war. But with the fighting deadlocked, neither the regime of President Bashar Assad nor the rebels showed any interest in compromise, forcing the meeting to be repeatedly postponed. The idea regained traction after the U.S.-Russian agreement last month for Syria to give up its chemical weapons following a deadly sarin attack on the outskirts of Damascus on Aug. 21. With the West threatening military strikes, Syria quickly agreed to the deal.
The U.N. Security Council resolution that enshrined that agreement also endorsed a roadmap for a political transition and called for an international peace conference in Geneva to be convened as soon as possible. While the U.S. and Europe continue to press for peace talks, nothing has shifted fundamentally in the conflict that would prompt either the government or the opposition to negotiate. The war remains a bloody grind as rebels and government troops battle block by block and field by field, seesawing back and forth. Assad himself cast doubt Monday on the prospects for Geneva, saying the factors that would help the conference succeed are not yet in place. Speaking to Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen TV, he said it’s not clear who would represent the opposition, or what credibility opposition representatives would have inside Syria. The government has kept
its options open on Geneva. Some officials have said all opposition groups should be represented, while others have refused to deal with those who called for foreign strikes against Syria — which would rule out the coalition. Assad has stuck to one point throughout: a refusal to talk with “terrorists,” the term the government uses for those trying to topple him. For the coalition, which is riven by competing factions, the stakes for agreeing to go to Geneva are much higher. According to veteran opposition figure Kamal Labwani, it’s nothing short of an existential crisis. “The coalition will either decide not to go or it will be split, and that could spell its end,” Labwani told The Associated Press. “Those who should go are people who are (fighting) on the ground. The battle is between the fighters and the regime. When you want to solve a problem, you solve it between the parties that are fighting.”
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Hundreds rally for Mo. teen’s case BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MARYVILLE, Mo. — A day after a Jackson County prosecutor was named to re-investigate a northwest Missouri teen sexual abuse case, a modest crowd of a few hundred people braved chilly conditions Tuesday night to show support for a girl whose story has drawn worldwide attention. The rally on Maryville’s courthouse square was organized over the Internet by a women’s rights activist from the Kansas City area who used social media to garner suppor t for Daisy Coleman, who said she was 14 when a 17-year-old boy gave her alcohol and sexually assaulted her in January 2012. Daisy’s stor y generated new attention and an outpouring of responses on social media following a Kansas City Star investigation. The family also spoke out earlier this summer to Kansas City radio station KCUR. The story struck a nerve when Nodaway County prosecutor Rober t Rice dropped felony charges against the alleged assailant and a second 17-year-old who recorded the incident on his cellphone. Rice has said the family stopped
cooperating, which the family denies, and that there was not enough evidence to move for ward with the case. The Associated Press generally does not name alleged victims of sexual assault but is naming Daisy because she and her mother have been granting public interviews about the case. The AP is not naming the two who had been accused in the case because there are no active charges against them. Rice last week asked for a special prosecutor to take a new look at the case, and Jean Peters Baker on Monday was given that assignment. More than 2,300 people indicated on the Facebook page for the “Justice for Daisy” rally that they were attending. But 10 minutes before the scheduled 6 p.m. start, there appeared to be as many media members and law enforcement of ficers as there were rally participants. Por table toilets were set up on the nor th and south sides of the cour thouse, while the streets on all sides were roped off in preparation for a crowd that organizers thought might reach into the thousands because of the publicity the case has received.
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Omar Fuentes and Sharon Miller of Circus Mojo perform at the second annual Cirque De-Stress hosted by Boynton Health Service at the Great Hall in Coffman Union on Tuesday.
Church scandal: ‘I didn’t do enough’ BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. PAUL, Minn. — After she made her First Communion as a little girl, Jennifer Haselberger was distraught to learn the Catholic church had no saint Jennifer, and she had no saint to call her own. So her mom opened up a book and pointed to Joan of Arc. “There. That’s yours,” she said. Years later, Haselberger
is in a fight of her own after going public with claims that archdiocese leaders in St. Paul mishandled allegations of clergy sexual misconduct. Turns out, Haselberger may have borrowed a little braver y from the headstrong French heroine she has long admired. Haselberger, a former canon lawyer for the archdiocese, took on leaders of the church she loves after she felt her warnings about troubled priests were being ig-
nored, setting off a firestorm in the local church. “If a child was hurt, Jennie would do ever ything within her power to stop that. The lengths that she went to were probably heroic,” said Anne Maloney, Haselberger’s former college adviser. Haselberger resigned in April after she says Archbishop John Nienstedt and others did not respond appropriately when she found por nography, including images of possible child
pornography, on computer disks that once belonged to a priest who was still in ministry. This came after she says church leaders ignored her repeated warnings dating back to 2008 about another priest who went on to molest two boys in his camper in 2010. “I can never undo what happened to those boys, and that hangs incredibly heavy on me,” Haselberger told The Associated Press. “I didn’t do enough.”
Students, faculty and staff hope for capital request updates to campus labs
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Rotting wood on a window frame on the fourth floor of Tate Lab on Oct. 17. Three of the six projects being considered in the University’s 2014 Capital Request involve science lab improvements.
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Tate renovation If the Legislature approves funding for Tate’s restoration, the building would be completely restructured to add more study spaces and conference rooms, improve handicap accessibility, replace all of the decaying windows and upgrade electricity and utilities, said physics and astronomy department head Ron Poling. “They haven’t done anything about the roof,” he said. “It still leaks every few years.” Laborator y machinist specialist George Derks, who’s worked in Tate for more than 30 years, said he thinks renovation is long overdue. The University hasn’t renovated the building since the 1990s, Poling said. “Right now, when I install air conditioning upstairs … they blow the circuit breakers,” Derks said. Astrophysics professor Paul Woodward said he’d like to see more modern projectors for larger classrooms and lecture halls. Biology freshman Cassandra Longtin said she’d like to see the building’s stairs renovated because she can only use the staircase on one side to get to her physics lab on the fourth floor. She’d also like to see improvements to restrooms. “The bathrooms have an awkward setup,” she said. “There isn’t room for people to line up, and the stalls could always be newer.”
The University will preserve Tate’s historic exterior while remodeling the interior, Poling said. Changes could include adding a student lounge, an entrance on Church Street Southeast, more energy-efficient windows and a centralized utility system. “I think it’s pretty much going to be gutted,” he said.
A new microbial building
On the University’s St. Paul campus, a Microbial Sciences Research Building could replace two outdated facilities. If it receives its requested $30 million in state funding, the new building will function as an interdisciplinary research space for 30 to 35 researchers in non-medical microbiology fields. Plant pathology professor Nevin Young said the new building will likely have better gathering spaces and more opportunities for microbiologists from different departments to collaborate. Faculty members and researchers currently have their offices and labs in their respective depar tments, Young said. But with the new building, they would have to relocate. “The benefit is it will be new, sexy, up-to-date space … The disadvantage is all these departments are more dispersed,” Young said. “It will be a step forward for everybody, that’s for sure.” Although it may be difficult for relocated individuals to keep in touch with colleagues, biochemistry, molecular biology and biophys-
ics professor Romas Kazlauskas said the building could create a new community. “It’s really a power ful thing when you can put people with different backgrounds and different research ideas right next to one another,” he said. “It can be a big advantage.”
Other restorations
LISA PERSSON, DAILY
A section of Astronomy 1011 works in Tate Lab on Oct. 17.
improvement on campus. “The actual physical structure is the biggest problem,” Kipping-Bjork said. “The cement [foundation] is literally crumbling. We patch it and repair it each summer.” Renovations would cost more than scrapping the entire building, she said, so the
department hopes to start over and build new. The Bee Lab also hopes to rebuild, entomology professor Marla Spivak said. “We’ve outgrown the space,” she said. “We’re running the whole ship out of the garage, and it’s falling down.”
Spivak said she expects the lab renovation will receive funding this spring. If it does, she’d be willing to relocate anywhere to get construction started. “We’re ready to break ground in July,” she said. “I’ll pitch a tent — anything to get a new lab.”
PRELIMINARY DESIGN FOR TATE LAB Connection to observatory Skylit atrium Teaching labs beyond Open stair
In the St. Paul campus’ Bee Lab, mice often fall into toilets in the bathrooms because the ceiling is decaying. The foundation of the CBS Greenhouse is collapsing, and about 60 windows break each year because they’re made of single-pane glass. Assistant plant biology scientist Jodi Kipping-Bjork said holes in the structure’s foundation are so large that woodchucks often sneak in. The Bee Lab and the greenhouses could be part of the $12 million in requested state funding for laboratory
Roof terrace
New lecture halls with demo prep below Central science commons
New lecture halls with demo prep below New church street entrance
SOURCE: ARCHITECTURAL ALLIANCE, MINNEAPOLIS
2014 CAPITAL REQUEST BREAKDOWN
$232.7 million
Microbial sciences research building
Laboratory improvement fund
Tate science and teaching renovation
Asking $30 million in state funding 12% of 2014 capital request
Asking $12 million in state funding 5% of 2014 capital request
Asking $56.7 million in state funding 24% of 2014 capital request
total monetary funds requested
Higher education asset preservation and replacement (HEAPR) Asking $100 million in state funding 43% of 2014 capital request
Duluth chemistry and material sciences Asking $24 million in state funding 10.5% of 2014 capital request
Crookston wellness center Asking $10 million in state funding 4.5% of 2014 capital request
SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
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U looks back on organ transplant history The University performed its first successful kidney transplant in 1963. BY T YLER GIESEKE tgieseke@mndaily.com
Mandy Bradley needed a heart transplant as soon as possible. Last summer, an ambulance rushed the 25-yearold to the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fair view, where she w a i t e d f o r a d o n o r. I f she didn’t get one within two weeks, she would likely die. But on her 13th day on the waiting list, she was matched with the hear t she needed — a feat that normally takes close to two years. “I was ver y for tunate,” she said. Patients like Bradley receive organ transplants at the University on a regular basis. Last week, the University celebrated the 50th anniversar y of its first successful transplant with a fundraiser gala and a patient education event. But a shor tage of donors
and a relatively isolated geographic location have created obstacles for the program. The University has a histor y of medical firsts, including the world’s first successful pancreas transplant, the first use of a portable pacemaker in a patient and the first bone marrow transplant. But now that many institutions perform the same surgeries, the University isn’t as “visible” in terms of a high volume of transplants, said Dr. Hassan Ibrahim, medical director of the University’s kidney transplant program. “We continue to be one of the premier centers in transplantation,” he said. “We’d like to create more opportunities for research to really regain that kind of No. 1 spot.” Ibrahim said he thinks creating new approaches to increase donation from living people will help reach that goal. Half a centur y ago, physicians at the University performed the institution’s first successful organ transplant — and became one of the first institutions
in the world to do so — by transferring a kidney between twins. S i n c e t h e n , U n i v e rsity surgeons have performed more than 10,000 transplants. The University is still cutting-edge in terms of organ transplant technology, said Dr. Cindy Martin, an assistant professor and hear t failure transplant cardiologist and Bradley’s doctor. The University has been a leader in circulator y assist devices that help patients with weak hearts live longer, Martin said. Many other hospitals send employees to the University for training on new devices like the circulator y assist devices. “Many of the firsts were done here,” she said, “but it’s our goal here not to just accept that and live with our histor y, but to continue to move that forward.”
Wait times increase Today, issues like a lack of donors plague the entire field. Wait time to receive a kidney transplant from a deceased donor has in-
cr eased drastically. In the mid-1980s, Ibrahim said, the wait time in Minnesota was about six to nine months. Now, it’s five years. Ibrahim said he thinks the wait has increased because the number of individuals on the transplant list has grown but also because of better safety and traffic laws. In the past, he said, many donors were victims of vehicle accidents, but now laws like the seat belt requirement keep passengers safer. For heart transplant patients, today’s technology can help patients with heart failure live longer, which increases the demand, Martin said. An optimistic predicted hear t transplant wait time for an average-sized person with the most common blood type would be about two years, she said. Of those with the most advanced form of heart failure, she said, 90 percent die within one year. Another issue with heart transplants is that a heart is only usable for a limited time outside of the body,
Martin said. For Minnesota, this is a particularly acute problem, she said, because its closest geographic neighbors are places like Canada — which mainly provides organs to its own citizens — and the Dakotas, which are sparsely populated. Heart donations usually come from suicide victims, motor vehicle accidents or gunshot deaths, where the heart is still intact, Martin said. Eventually, she said, researchers hope to be able to treat those with hear t failure before they need a transplant. “We are making progress,” she said. “It’s going to take time.” For Bradley, receiving a heart transplant was life-changing. Although she’s written to the donor’s family, she said she hasn’t heard back from them and doesn’t know anything about her donor. Hospitals withhold that information for privacy reasons, she said. “That donor is the only reason why I’m alive today,” she said. “It means the world to me.”
MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS AT THE UNIVERSITY 1954
University surgeons conduct world’s first open-heart surgery.
1958
The first portable pacemaker in the world is invented at the request of a University of Minnesota surgery professor, who is the first to use it in a patient.
1963
Surgeons perform the University of Minnesota’s first successful organ transplant, transferring a kidney from one twin to the other.
1966
The world’s first successful pancreas transplant and the world’s first intestinal transplant are completed at the University.
1967
University surgeons perform the world’s first combined kidney and pancreas transplant.
1968
The first successful bone marrow transplant in the world is performed at the University.
1978
The University conducts Minnesota’s first heart transplant.
1979
University surgeons conduct the world’s first partial pancreas transplant from a living, unrelated donor.
1992
University surgeons perform the world’s first unrelated, livingdonor pancreas transplant.
SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER, FAIRVIEW; UNIVERSITY RELATIONS; HASSAN IBRAHIM
Admissions program unclear to incoming freshmen Students said the program’s purpose and requirements were confusing. BY ROY AKER raker@mndaily.com
When some University of Minnesota freshmen received acceptance letters to the President’s Emerging Scholars Program this fall, they weren’t sure what the notices meant. The program, formally known as Access to Success, is designed to admit and give scholarships to students who may not
normally fit the University’s criteria. But some students said they’re confused about the program and its requirements. Freshman Jenni Carnel said she didn’t know why she was chosen for the program until three weeks into fall semester. “It’s unclear and confusing as to why I’m there,” she said. “No one gives us answers.” Students admitted to the PES program may not have grades or test scores typical of admitted applicants, but their records show they’re likely to succeed in the program, ac-
cording to its Office of Admissions website. PES dir ector Steven Cisneros said the program was reformatted for this school year and 481 students are enrolled. To stay at the University, PES students must take two courses specifically designed for them. Jazlyn Gramer, a freshman in the PES program, said some of her peers in “Introduction to Liberal Ar ts Lear ning,” the first required class, weren’t sure what it was for. “A lot of students were asking, ‘Why am I here and what class this is for?’
and they wouldn’t tell us,” she said. Car nel said the class discussed topics like racism, gender roles and diversity. The University’s course description says students in “Introduction to Liberal Ar ts Learning” set goals for themselves and lear n responsibility, accountability, self-awareness and other personal skills through a variety of projects. When deciding who’s admitted to the program, the Of fice of Admissions gives preference to applicants with “diverse backgrounds and characteris-
tics,” which includes rural or urban students, firstgeneration students and students of color. PES students also receive a $1,000 scholarship for their first year and an additional $1,000 during their senior year if they continue to meet the program’s requirements. “This is a prestigious award, and it’s a prestigious program, Cisneros said. Car nel said PES of ficials told her because the University is becoming more prestigious ever y year, the University needed the program to satisfy
its requirements as a landgrant university. “They said they need to make the University mor e easily accessible to more Minnesotans,” Carnel said. With the PES program, Cisneros said, University of ficials are looking to help students who may not other wise have access to the school. “We’re here to suppor t the type of student who digs deep, overcomes, and shows perseverance and determination,” Cisneros said. “There’s more to ever y student than a test score.”
Hurricane Raymond weakens off Mexican coast, still rain threat BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ACAPULCO, Mexico — Hurricane Raymond weakened to barely a Categor y 1 storm Tuesday while still stalled off Mexico’s Pacific coast, pumping rain onto an already sodden region recovering from a battering by a tropical storm last month. Raymond was centered 100 miles from the beach resor t of Zihuatanejo Tuesday evening, and its winds had dropped to 75 mph, down from Categor y 3 on Monday, the U.S. Na-
tional Hur ricane Center said. It was expected to weaken to a tropical storm by Wednesday and head out to sea. But stung by the tardy reaction to the damage and deaths from Tropical Storm Manuel in September, authorities in Guerrero state took no chances, moving hundreds of people from isolated mountain communities and low-lying shore areas. More than 1,500 soldiers were sent into the area. Even if Raymond didn’t move inland, it could still cause floods and mud-
slides to an area reeling from more than $1.7 billion in damage and about 120 deaths from Manuel. “Slow and er ratic motion is expected during the next 12 hours and Raymond could still move closer to the coast of Mexico,” the hurricane center said. Guer rero Gov. Angel Aguirre urged people to stay of f roads because of potentially dangerous rains. “The phenomenon’s behavior is completely erratic, completely unpredictable,” Aguir re said Monday night. There were no repor ts
of tor rential downpours, but rain fell and some streets flooded in soaked Acapulco, where city workers reinforced roads with sand bags. About 400 people wer e evacuated from hamlets around nearby Coyuca. In the mountain town of El Paraiso, authorities evacuated about 500 residents by Tuesday evening and planned to completely empty the village of 7,000 people because of possible landslides, said Guerrero state’s deputy secretar y of civil protection, Constantino Gonzalez.
Schools in most coastal communities west of Acapulco, including Zihuatanejo, were kept closed. Forecasters said Raymond was expected to follow an er ratic path thr ough the night and could bring as much as 12 inches of rain to some parts of the coast. About 10,000 people in Guerrero already were living away from their homes a month after Manuel inundated whole neighborhoods and caused landslides that buried much of one village. It left behind drenched hillsides that pose serious land-
slide risks. A hur ricane war ning was in ef fect from Tecpan de Galeana, up the coast from Acapulco, nor th to the por t of Lazaro Cardenas. A tropical storm warning was posted from Acapulco to Tecpan. Meanwhile in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Lorenzo strengthened far out to sea. Lorenzo’s maximum sustained winds were over 50 mph with little change in strength forecast. The storm was centered about 830 miles east of Bermuda and was moving east near 8 mph.
Iran nuclear overture: More University bookstores struggle to make ends meet a promise than an offer, made als to offset any lost sales, “Textbooks as a whole might face additional obstaBookstores Crabb said. are not profitable, but rent- cles, Crabb said. Like other to reduce fear across globe u from Page 1 Students took advantage als are not draining us,” he brick-and-mor tar bookBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VIENNA — Iran nuclear talks ended last week with enthusiastic pronouncements of progress from negotiators. Tehran’s willingness to engage is a big step, but diplomats familiar with the meeting also say significant gaps remain between what the Iranians of fered and what the six negotiating powers seek in order to reduce fears Iran wants to build nuclear weapons. Details of the Iranian offer remain confidential, but two diplomats agreed to give The Associated Press some insight. They demanded anonymity because they are under orders not to discuss the issue. The diplomats said the chief advance achieved at Geneva was not detailed Iranian concessions, but Tehran’s apparent willingness to engage the six powers on their concerns — a departure from previous Iranian refusal to even discuss most of the other side’s demands. Dif ferences remain over the size and output of Iran’s enrichment
program, which can create both reactor fuel and weapons-grade material suitable for a nuclear bomb. Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, refused to confir m the characterization of negotiations, saying only that his countr y “introduced the framework for the talks” during the meeting and that they were welcomed. He said that Iran and the six powers had agreed to keep details confidential. Iran, which denies any interest in such weapons, currently runs over 10,000 centrifuges that have created tons of fuel-grade material that can be fur ther enriched to arm nuclear warheads. That’s a relatively slow process with such reactor-grade material. But Tehran also has nearly 440 pounds of higher-enriched uranium in a form that can be tur ned into weapons much more quickly. Exper ts say 550 pounds of 20 percentenriched uranium are needed to produce a single warhead.
the expanding online marketplace also af fects business. When Amazon.com started heavily discounting academic textbooks about three years ago, the University star ted initiating programs like textbook rent-
of the rental program from the star t to tr y and save money, he said. Cur rently, about twothirds of textbooks can be rented. Despite the lower costs for students, Crabb said, the rental program is still profitable for the Bookstores.
UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORES SALES TEXTBOOK NET SALES
NON-TEXTBOOK NET SALES
$20.2 MILLION $17.4 MILLION
2010
$16.0 MILLION
$16.0 MILLION
2013 SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA BOOKSTORES
said. This fall, rented books accounted for about 40 percent of all of the textbook sales. But even with the lessexpensive rental option, some students are still looking for textbooks elsewhere. Environmental science freshman Alec Hoines said he didn’t buy any of his textbooks from the University Bookstores. “The deals are more expensive than Amazon,” he said. “They’ll definitely have to change something.” Geology junior Todd Baumgartner said his professors have encouraged him to buy course books online. He prefers buying online rather than from the University, he said. With the growing preference for online shopping, the future of trade book sales at the University
stores, the University’s could fall into the national trend of declining sales. “It’s possible that if we maintain [the] trade store, we’d be pretty unique in the marketplace,” he said. “But that’s a big ‘if.’ ” Business and finance sophomore Prima Alam agreed the Bookstores need to change to keep up with the market. “[The Cof fman Union bookstore] is becoming a little worthless,” she said. As the University moves for ward, Pfutzenreuter said he wants to have more discussions ab o u t t he Bo o k s t o r es ’ budget and business plans. He said despite the decline in all sales, it’s a necessity for the University. “Bookstores have had to evolve,” Pfutzenreuter said, “and they’ll have to continue to evolve.”
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
John Berryman
COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
Remembering
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“There’s a group of younger people that I’ve heard from who are absolutely fascinated by this guy,” Mariani said. “Someone like James Franco says, ‘Yeah, this is America. This is something fresh, something new.’” But the new generation might not be getting the full picture. “It’s a little frustrating that these big issues — like suicide, alcoholism — kind of are masking all the things that he approached and wanted to understand,” said Berr yman’s third wife and widow, Kate Donahue. The slew of indie rock songs written about Berryman in the past few years don’t focus on his poetry and personality, but on his tragic death. The same is true for iconic poets like Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton and Hart Crane, whose names, first and foremost, bring suicide to mind. “You think if he hadn’t done that, if he’d just died of natural causes or old age, how maybe people would be less interested in him,” said Brandon Stosuy, an editor at Pitchfork, an online music magazine. Stosuy wrote an essay for the Poetr y Foundation about Berryman’s influence on Craig Finn of The Hold Steady, who wrote “Stuck Between Stations” about Berr y-
man’s suicide. Stosuy said he found Finn was more interested in Berr yman’s biography than his poetr y. “It had that feel where it’s a more cocktail-party understanding of an author versus, like, a really deep understanding,” he said. Berr yman’s legacy is similar to John Lennon’s in this way, Stosuy said. “There’s a reason why people romanticize John Lennon over Paul McCartney,” he said. “Paul seems kind of cheesy, whereas Lennon gets killed, so he has this kind of saintliness around him.” Richard Kelly, an early archivist for the University’s Berr yman collection and a former student of Berr yman, said he remembers the poet more for his enthusiasm towards teaching and writing than anything else. “I think his suicide is one of the least important things about him,” he said.
‘I stand above my father’s grave with rage’ Ber r yman, bor n John Allyn Smith Jr. spent his first 10 years in McAlester, Okla. In 1925, his parents moved the family to Tampa, Fla., hoping to profit from the land boom there. The ef for t failed, and the relationship between Ber r yman’s mother and father grew increasingly hostile. Martha Little Smith began seeing a wealthier man, and John Allyn Smith Sr. spiraled —
drinking and smoking his problems away, just as his son would decades later. Within a year, Smith Sr. was dead. “There’s been some conjecture that [Berr yman’s] father [didn’t commit suicide], but was murdered by his mother and future stepfather,” Peter Campion said. Ten weeks after Smith Sr.’s death, Little married John Angus McAlpin Berr yman, whose surname was given to the 12-yearold Smith Jr. This was the platform on which Berryman’s life was built, the experience that would haunt and inform his life and work. “It almost breaks my hear t to think about it because he lived with that his whole life, and the No. 1 predictor of suicide is a parent who committed suicide,” Campion said. Berr yman first tried to kill himself in 1931 by throwing himself onto train tracks after a fight with a classmate at South Kent School in Connecticut. His interest in writing was born at that same school. As the smallest student in the youngest grade, Berr yman couldn’t play football, so he instead opted to write about it for the school’s paper, “The Pigtail.” In 1932, Berr yman enrolled in Columbia University. He realized his love for literature and poetry, and his work was published in the Columbia Review in 1935, a year before he graduated. But despite his small successes, Berryman achieved national acclaim much later than his friends and peers. Those who knew him said he was bitter toward critics, and he wasn’t afraid to acknowledge it. “It was just that I had no skin on — you know, I was afraid of being killed by some remark,” Berr yman said in an inter view with the Paris Review in 1970. He finally gained national recognition
in 1956 with “Homage to Mistress Bradstreet,” an epic poem about the life and work of North America’s first published poet, Anne Bradstreet. Berryman knew he deserved the attention, and he was particular about his public image. When Paris Review asked how Berr yman reacted to being labeled a confessional poet, he responded, “With rage and contempt! Next question.”
‘These Songs are not meant to be understood, you understand.’ Berryman published 11 books of prose and poetr y while he was alive, and four more were published posthumously. He wrote most of his best-known work, “77 Dream Songs,” while he was teaching at the University. “I read the ‘Dream Songs,’ and they immediately captured my attention,” said Paul Mariani, a Berr yman biographer. “The more I read them, the more I wanted to know about them.” Berr yman became fixated on dreams while undergoing psychoanalysis for his alcoholism and suicidal tendencies. “It’s as though you were kind of in a twilight zone or in between two worlds,” Mariani said of the Songs. Henr y, the main character in “Dream Songs,” is a white man, sometimes in blackface, conversing with a character named Mr. Bones. “[Berr yman] registers different voices and ways that people speak that aren’t usually considered poetr y,” Campion said. “Set in the right context, they can become high art.” Berryman’s approach impacted poetry
1940: Appointed English professor at Harvard University, where he teaches for one semester September 1925: The Smith family moves to Tampa, Fla.
October 1, 1936: Berryman arrives in Cambridge on a Kellett Fellowship
June 26, 1926: John Allyn Smith found dead from a gunshot wound to the chest, and Martha brings the family to New York shortly after COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES Police found Berryman’s last poem crumpled in a garbage can. There was no last line. July 25, 1912: Martha Little marries John Allyn Smith October 25, 1914: John Berryman is born John Allyn Smith Jr. in McAlester, Okla.
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September 1, 1919: Berryman’s younger brother, Robert Jefferson Smith, is born
September 8, 1926: Martha marries John Angus McAlpin Berryman, and the family takes his name September 17, 1928: Berryman sent to South Kent School, a boarding school in Connecticut
June 21, 1938: Berryman returns to New York 1935: Berryman’s first published poem is in The Columbia Review
1932: Berryman is accepted to Columbia College, now Columbia University
1940: “Five Young American Poets” is published 1942: “Poems” is published
October 24, 1942: Berryman marries Eileen Simpson
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JULIET FARMER, DAILY Kate Donahue, former wife of Berryman, spends the morning at her home on Sunday. Donahue and Berryman, who were married for ten years, lived together at the house until Berryman’s death in 1972. in the same way jazz impacted music –– it shook things up and stuck. “Those civilized safeguards were out of the way,” Mariani said. “And that’s what Berryman’s looking for — get rid of those and say what’s on your mind.” By doing so, Berr yman secured his importance. “Berr yman could put that trumpet to his lips and blow, as it were, and it was just extraordinar y,” University of Minnesota professor Emeritus Michael Dennis Browne said.
‘Madness & booze, madness & booze’ Berr yman married three times, had three children and taught at 10 schools in his 57 years. He was a serious alcoholic, frequently hospitalized for intoxication toward the end of his life. Mariani said he first became interested in Berr yman while writing a biography about Berr yman’s friend and fellow poet, Rober t Lowell. He set Lowell aside and plunged into Berryman’s notoriously troubled life instead. “It was like touching an electric wire very often,” Mariani said. “I find myself saying again and again, ‘Don’t do that, John. Just don’t do that. That’s not gonna work.’” Berryman married his third wife, Kate Donahue, in 1961. She was 22 and he was 46. Donahue said Berryman’s alcoholism impacted his health more and more as he aged. “He was drinking a bottle of whiskey a day, just because that’s what he needed to bring him back to what felt normal,” she said. In Berr yman’s time, alcoholism wasn’t understood like it is today. For years, Berr yman thought he was suffering from exhaustion when, in reality, the booze was making him sick. “I could never quite figure out what he was going to the hospital for, and really it was to get him away from drinking,” Donahue said. “But nobody put a label on it.” Berr yman developed a pattern of getting dr unk at local bars, checking himself into the hospital and calling a cab in the morning when it was time to teach, Mariani said. Then he’d do it all over again.
“He would come to class sometimes shaking, and you could see that he’d had a hard night,” said Berryman’s friend and former student Judith Healey. “But he never lectured in a less than brilliant manner.” Many of Berryman’s students, including the award-winning memoirist and University professor Patricia Hampl, didn’t realize what the drinking was doing to him. “We didn’t have the wit or intelligence or training to understand how sick he was,” Hampl said. “In those days, alcoholism and inspiration kind of went together.” Richard Kelly, the archivist and former Ber r yman student, said he never saw Berr yman acting out of control when he was drunk. “It seemed like it almost made him more lucid in a way,” he said. “It would maybe unloose or unwind him or something.” Browne, who hosted a Berr yman celebration in 2011, said Berr yman’s habits were considered fascinating in the 1960s. “He was, you know, a kind of archetypal, horny, drunken poet of an earlier time,” he said. “That’s not the image of the poet that we par ticularly admire or follow these days.”
‘Industrious, affable, having brain on fire’ Berryman came to the University of Minnesota after he was arrested and fired from the University of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop for drunkenly defecating on his landlord’s front porch. While at Iowa, Ber r yman taught a group of poets who would go on to achieve widespread acclaim, including W.D. Snodgrass, William Dickey, Donald Justice and Phillip Levine. Berryman found a dedicated student following at Minnesota as well. Since the University lacked a creative writing program at the time, students relied on Berryman’s support for their poetry. Outside of class, Berr yman would invite students to meet him at his home or local bars, where he’d read and critique their work. “To sit at his feet and to have him read your work was a big deal,” Hampl said. Berr yman treated his classes like performances. He read theatrically, often gesturing wildly with his cigar ette and bringing students to tears, Hampl said.
COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES Berryman and Kate Donahue in 1962 seated in front of the cabin they rented where Berryman put together the first volume of “Dream Songs”. Once, Berr yman threw a chair across the classroom to get people’s attention, Kelly said. “[He said] good teaching is partly theatrical, and you imitate the best prof you ever had,” Kelly said. But the combination of teaching, writing and drinking eventually took its toll. “He just kind of wore himself out,” Kelly said. “Towards the end, he kind of felt the writing and the teaching weren’t going that well.”
‘Then came a departure’
In his last years, Berryman started in Alcoholics Anonymous at the encouragement of a priest who led a therapy group he was in. The chaplain even offered to take over teaching Berryman’s classes, Mariani said. “That’s what he was looking for –– somebody to care.” Berryman worked the program’s steps, stayed sober for 11 months and wrote a veiled autobiography called “Recovery.” But the levee couldn’t hold. “After John got sober, I think the tortured nature of things that had happened when he was younger came back,” said Healey, Berryman’s former student and friend. The booze had been a buffer between Berr yman and his past. When sober, he was forced to face his demons. Tr y as he
might, he couldn’t reconcile with himself or with God. “He was a sinner,” Donahue said. “And he didn’t feel like he had a way back into a spiritual relationship.” Days before he jumped off the Washington Avenue Bridge, Berryman relapsed. “In the end, he finally picked up a bottle, drank and said, ‘Oh boy, that’s it,’” Mariani said. “I think he just did not want to be a burden anymore to his family.” Donahue and Berr yman’s daughters, Martha and Sarah Berryman, were 10 years old and 7 months old, respectively, when their father died. They still live in Minnesota. Kate Donahue lives in the same house she bought with Berryman more than four decades ago and spends her time teaching poetry to local children. “I don’t live a Berr yman life,” she said. “I live a Donahue life because I’m a happy person.” In her dining room, shelves of books written by and about her late husband line the walls. Nearby, one of her favorite photographs of Berryman is propped on a table. The picture shows Berryman seated next to a foot-tall stack of papers –– the original “Dream Songs.” His expression suggests he’s trying hard to conceal his pride. “He loved the truth and wanted to find it,” Donahue said. “And like everybody else, he fell a little short.”
January 3, 1955: Berryman teaches his first class at the University of Minnesota 1956: “Homage to Mistress Bradstreet” is published
JULIET FARMER/COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES These are the glasses and cigarettes found with Berryman after his suicide, along with other items from the archives at the Elmer L. Anderson Library on West Bank.. 1968: “His Toy, His Dream, His Rest” is published
December 19, 1956: Berryman and Eileen Simpson divorce COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES The first of 365 Dream Songs that Berryman published.
November 1, 1943: Berryman begins teaching at Princeton University
1950: Berryman writes Stephen Crane biography
1948: “The Dispossessed” is published
December 26, 1956: Berryman marries Elizabeth Ann Levine March 5, 1957: Berryman’s son, Paul Berryman, is born
February 4, 1954: Berryman moves to Iowa City to begin teaching at the University of Iowa October 3, 1954: Berryman moves to Minneapolis
September 1, 1961: Berryman marries Kathleen Donahue December 2, 1962: Berryman and Donahue’s daughter, Martha, is born
1959: Berryman and Ann Levine are divorced
1970: “Delusions, etc.” is published
June 13, 1971: Berryman and Donahue’s second daughter, Sarah, is born 1972: “Love and Fame” is published
1964: “77 Dream Songs” is published
January 7, 1972: Berryman jumps from the Washington Avenue Bridge
ARCHIVES: JOHN BERRYMAN PAPERS (MSS43), UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LIBRARIES ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, MINNEAPOLIS MN GRAPHICS SOURCES: PAUL MARIANI’S “DREAM SONG: THE LIFE OF JOHN BERRYMAN”AND JOHN HADFFENDEN’S “THE LIFE OF JOHN BERRYMAN”, SECTION HEADINGS TAKEN FROM “THE DREAM SONGS”
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Dreaming of more dreams We’ve all heard about needing eight hours of sleep, yet few of us actually live that dream.
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dents repor ted getting less than adequate sleep at least three days a week. In fact, only about 16 percent repor ted getting adequate sleep six or seven times in an average week. We should be jealous of those students — they could outlive the rest of us by 20 years. I would love to get eight hours of sleep ever y night. I would love to go to bed at midnight and not have to wake until 8 a.m. ever y day of the week. Sadly, I’ve come to accept that life as simply not possible for most college students. Sleep is vital to our
health. Har var d Medical School found healthy, regular sleep habits do wonders for comprehension and memor y for tests. They also help with cardio, strengthen the immune system and can stabilize moods. And yet, sleep still takes a back seat to attending class, doing homework, going to work, going to the gym a few times a week and tr ying to keep up some sort of a social life. I’m OK with having the snuf fles all day because I stayed up all night studying for my psychology midterm. At least it’s better than the alternative. Even more important than the amount of time you sleep is the quality of your sleep. Five hours of good sleep will outweigh eight hours of tossing, turning and getting up constantly. The best way to increase quality of rest is to set a regular sleep regimen. This seems particularly challenging on weekends when we all want to stay up late Friday and Saturday night and sleep in Sunday. Sure, you feel re-
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freshed on Sunday, but you’ll come to hate yourself when the alarm starts buzzing early Monday morning. Adding short naps to your daily routine will also help boost your productivity. The Mayo Clinic recommends taking regular naps in the mid-after noon, in a quiet, dark place with few distractions. Nap for too long and you’ll be groggy for hours and could have trouble falling asleep at night. So, try to remember to set an alarm to limit your midday cat naps to around 30 minutes, with a few minutes after to wake yourself up before resuming your day. Even if you’re lucky enough to fit in an afternoon snooze, it’s still almost impossible for the average college student to get the right amount of sleep ever y night. When juggling dozens of responsibilities ever y day, pillow time tends to become an afterthought. Connor Nikolic welcomes comments at cnikolic@mndaily.com.
STUDENT LIFE
To group or not to group
Is group work in college helpful or harmful?
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Choose respect this Halloween In the past couple of years, a handful of colleges across the countr y have made news this time of year. The coverage was not about academic achievement, breakthrough research or a football win. Rather, these schools were thr ust into the national spotlight for choices a few students made regarding Halloween costumes. For instance, choosing to attend a party in blackface, in mock KKK garb or in a stereotypical rendering of “geisha,” “Indian warrior” or “hillbilly.” While this type of news harms schools, it can have an even greater impact on students. In our age of social media, photos can exist online for years — much longer than the 24-hour news cycle. The good news is that these unfor tunate incidents have sparked meaningful conversations around diversity, inclusion and respect. In 2011, students at Ohio University created the “We’re a Culture Not a Costume” poster campaign. Last year, Boston College undergrads followed suit with the “Dress with Respect” campaign. Halloween is just one small but meaningful moment when acting with respect and acceptance benefits ever yone. More impor tant than whether or how we choose to celebrate Oct. 31 are the val-
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orgive me of any flaws in this piece; I was preparing for a midterm until 3 a.m. this mor ning, and I’m writing on five hours of sleep. Something tells me you’ll understand, seeing as how the average student isn’t sleeping nearly as many hours as scientific research recommends. Each student should be getting about six to eight hours of sleep ever y night. Whatever amount of sleep works best for you is the amount you need to strive for ever y night. I know some people who are at their best on five or six hours. I personally need a good seven or eight to be at my best for the day. According to the 2012 Boynton College Student Health Sur vey Report, about 53 percent of Minnesota stu-
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ues that shape our ever yday lives. Our collective choices have the power to create a university that inspires others to respect us, invest in us and par tner with us. Let’s lear n from the choices of others. Halloween is a good first step. Have fun, while also respecting fellow students and colleagues. Katrice Albert Vice President Office for Equity and Diversity Danita Brown Young Vice Provost and Dean of Students
Be safe around bikes
Last weekend, while biking through the Southeast Como neighborhood, I was involved in a hitand-r un collision with a Comcast ser vice van. As I was riding in the bike lane alongside the van, we reached an intersection and the van turned to the right, hitting me and my bicycle. Having a heavy vehicle hit your approximately 25-pound bicycle is a terrifying experience. Even more upsetting was the fact that the driver didn’t stop after ward. Thankfully, I was not injured and my bicycle was damaged, but still useable. Even days after I repor ted the event to the police and to Comcast, the cable company has consistently failed to appropriately address this situation or even retur n my calls.
Anyone who has ever dealt with Comcast will tell you that tr ying to resolve an issue with them can be a fr ustrating or even futile process. Eventually, I decided to contact University Student Legal Ser vices for help pursuing this matter. The minor damage may not seem wor th all the trouble, but what if I had been seriously injured? What if the Comcast driver continues to put others in danger? Will anyone see punishment for violating traf fic laws and damaging my property? Unfor tunately, my experience is not unique, and collisions between bikes and cars occur far too often. A comprehensive study done by the City of Minneapolis repor ted that of the nearly 3,000 cyclist-motorist crashes that occur red between 2000 and 2010, about 20 percent were hit-and-r uns. The vast majority of those who fled were drivers. According to Minnesota law, bicycles are held to the same standards as motor vehicles in most cases. This means that cyclists must ride predictably and obey all traf fic r ules, but it also means that cyclists are entitled to the same compensation in the event of a collision. I urge both cyclists and motorists to become familiar with their rights and duties when sharing the roads. Safety is ever yone’s concern. Valerie Skinner University student
n o u r younger days we all relished the idea of group work. It was a guaranteed way to talk to your friends during class and a relief from doADITI PRADEEP ing an entire columnist project on your own. It became less about the work that we had to do and more about who we did it with. But does that feeling continue in college? Two things have changed since our grade school days: time and gravity. Group projects in college often require a great deal of effort outside the classroom. This means you no longer just have to coordinate your day around the school work but your groupmates’ schedules as well. We’ve all felt the doom of a group with horribly conflicting schedules. Time management is perhaps one the most lucrative yet evasive skills for college students. Even if we manage our time effectively, chances are at least one group member won’t. No longer are we expected to work on projects conveniently allocated during grade school days. Though you may be OK with starting that paper at midnight, we can’t expect the strangers in class to follow suit. Time isn’t the only factor to change; so has the gravity of group assignments. The biggest adjustment for college students may be just how important each project is for your course grade. Having taken the infamous courses BIOL 2002 and 2003: Foundations of Biology, I know what this is like. A large portion of our final grade was based off a group project we spent an entire semester working on. With such high stakes, doing poorly wasn’t an option. Even if we were graded individually, we still relinquished some control to other students. So why do teachers continue the tradition of group work? Ultimately, communication skills are an important lesson we learn in college. In any job out there, we’ll have to work with difficult or simply different people. In our career paths, we’ll have to plan around busy schedules and learn to depend on others. Group work is something vital, not in terms of simply accomplishing a task, but the ability to be collaborative with those in your field. Though natural dif ficulties will arise, keep in mind the lessons you’ll learn in working with a group. Aditi Pradeep welcomes comments at apradeep@mndaily.com.
More education on bike safety needed The crackdown on cyclists on campus raises concerns over how the U should approach bike safety.
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olice officers began issuing $98 fines last week to those riding on sidewalks or other places where biking is banned. Vice President for University Ser vices Pam Wheelock sent an email to students earlier this month that said additional law enforcement would issue a “hefty” $98 fine to bikers riding on sidewalks or pedestrian areas. Wheelock also noted a huge increase of 1,000 more bikers on campus over the last year. With so many new bikers, the University is now dealing with safety concerns.
Safety may not be improving University police Chief Greg Hestness said bicycle-pedestrian complaints were at a “critical mass” this fall. Hestness said University police had a six-week advising period when law enforcement warned hundreds of bikers about illegally biking in pedestrian areas. The additional enforcement came after police saw little improvement in safety on campus. University police issued 34 tickets on the first day of additional enforcement, Hestness said. As noted in an Oct. 22 letter “Outlandish bicycle fines,” the steep fine is crippling for some students. University police do not regulate the size of fines. “The fines are too high,” Hestness said. “Smaller fines would just as easily get the attention of students.” Hestness said cyclists see the signs, but the laws regarding bike safety aren’t a part of campus culture. That’s why University police replaced maroon and gold “dismount area” signs with clearer white signs, he said. “We like biking,” Hestness said, “but we must balance it with safety.”
Safety issues a symptom of having no convenient bike route
Ethan Fawley, executive director of the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition, stressed the need for a good east-west route through the heart of campus. “There isn’t a clear route between the Washington Avenue Bridge and Washington Avenue,” Fawley said. The largest problem area on campus is the intersection of Church Street and Scholars Walk, where University police placed new white signs marking pedestrian or dismount areas. Bicyclists likely use Scholars Walk because of its convenience and proximity to classrooms, despite being a pedestrian area. Hestness said the more the University can do to create well-marked, convenient bikes lanes, the more University biking culture will improve.
Students unsure where to bike Fawley said an effective plan for improving bicycle and pedestrian safety must be more holistic. “The reality is that new students have had no bicycle training,” Fawley said. “The University needs to take a step back and educate people.” Fawley said the University could work biking into orientation programs. The University recently added two online courses, AlcoholEdu and Transit-Financial Wellness, to its Welcome Week program, but rules regarding biking on campus aren’t stressed by the office of Orientation and First-Year Programs. Molly Sullivan, president of the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition, said biking isn’t treated like an institutionalized issue like safety regarding alcohol and safe-sex practices. “The University needs to develop lifelong biking practices with students,” Sullivan said. “The University should celebrate biking,” Fawley said. “Biking brings up short-term challenges, but these can be managed.” 4The University should see that bicycling is implemented in future orientation and first-year programs because new students will likely have little experience biking in an urban area. 4The fine for biking on sidewalks or pedestrian areas in the University area cannot continue to be $98. These fines disproportionally affect students who may have little education on bicycling laws. Student bicyclists would likely follow this law without ditching their bikes if fines were lower. The University should try to continue the huge growth of biking on campus rather than risk changing its culture against new, potentially uneducated cyclists. 4Finally, the University should develop a plan for connecting bike lanes, which will be an option when Washington Avenue is fully open next year.
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Lynn searches for solace through sports Jump u from Page 1
Two days later, coaches invited him back to The Barn to practice with the squad. But L ynn, the oldest of three siblings, is now the de facto leader of his immediate family and must attend to responsibilities that most 21-year-olds can’t imagine. After a handful of practices, L ynn notified Gophers coaches of his family situation and requested time away from the team to evaluate his personal life. Though he wasn’t guaranteed a spot on the roster, L ynn said the coaches were sympathetic and told him to take his time before returning to practice. Now, he must decide whether he can become a full-time basketball player while being a full-time family man. “I’m just going to take some time to examine what’s going on,” he said. “I have to make a decision pretty soon.”
Personal tragedy L ynn was adjusting to life as a college student — he was a freshman living in Comstock Hall — when his mom told the family she had salivar y gland cancer. “I had been going back home a little bit before that,” L ynn recalled. “After that, I was going home ever y weekend.” While the news of his mom’s illness af fected L ynn, he said her grab-lifeby-the-horns approach and positive attitude helped the family remain optimistic about her chances to beat the disease. L ynn said she was still going to work and maintaining a normal schedule. “You hear people, they beat cancer,” he said. “You hear stories like that.” His mom’s demeanor was encouraging enough that L ynn wanted to live on campus again his sophomore year. But plans fell through, and he had to commute. Though he was initially disappointed, L ynn said it was the best possible situation. “Looking back on that … I got to spend ever y day at home,” he said. “I got to see my mom ever y day.” L ynn’s mom drove him to school regularly and worked a consistent schedule until mid-summer 2012. But over time, the radiation and chemotherapy zapped her strength as the ef fects of the illness developed. L ynn’s close friend and for mer r oommate Shaquille Lee said the normal-
ly reser ved L ynn opened up for the first time during that summer. “Things hit him more. They af fected him more,” Lee said. L ynn knew his mom’s days were limited. On Oct. 21, 2012, Kelly L ynn died with her closest family members at her bedside. “When it happened, I couldn’t think of anything,” L ynn said. “I forget how long it was before I went to school.” Lee sympathized with L ynn but was careful to make sure his friend had time and space to go through the grieving process. “He grew out a beard. I had never seen him have a beard ever,” Lee said. “He just looked like he needed some time. I understood.” The L ynn family rallied together, and Jordan L ynn returned to campus a few weeks after his mom’s death. “He wanted to handle it on his own for the most par t, but he still wanted to be around [friends],” said Brandon Clayton, another of L ynn’s former roommates. “He wanted to have contact with individuals so he could escape his thoughts.” L ynn finished out the 2012-13 school year. By the end of spring semester, he said, he was more accepting of his mom’s death. “My mom was a big suppor ter of my education,” he said. “She wouldn’t want me to drop out. She wanted me to graduate.” In the spring, L ynn’s dad and siblings moved down to Arizona in hopes of a fresh start. Jordan landed a gameday operations internship with the St. Paul Saints and stayed in the Twin Cities to work over the summer. Though he was working more than 50 hours a week, the beginning of L ynn’s summer was smooth. His dad, who had battled asthma much of his adult life, had a serious asthma attack July 6. Minutes later, he had a hear t attack and ended up in critical condition. L ynn caught the next flight down to Arizona to be with his family. “Most of the day was sitting in the hospital, talking with doctors, tr ying to figure out what was going on,” he said. L ynn said doctors had to induce hypothermia to protect Charles L ynn’s organs. He was unconscious for almost two weeks and awoke in a vegetative state. “Our dad told us when
our mom was going through it that he didn’t want to live on machines,” L ynn said. “We knew all along what he wanted. … Ultimately, it came down to his children to make the decision.” On July 21 — exactly nine months after Jordan lost his mom – Charles L ynn was taken of f life suppor t. He died a few days later. Jordan L ynn and his family remained in Arizona for a couple more weeks. As the new head of the family, L ynn dealt with the aftermath of his dad’s death. He didn’t delve into specifics, but said he’s been working with lawyers to resolve some “legal and financial issues.” In mid-August, he and his siblings decided to return to Minnesota. When he came home, he was ready for school. The increased responsibility made L ynn’s father’s death par ticularly dif ficult, L ynn’s close friend and former roommate Lee said. “…He couldn’t wait for school to star t because school could help him take his mind off of things,” he said.
Basketball therapy L ynn was a two-year varsity player at Park Center High School in Brooklyn Park, Minn. As a senior, he was one of the top for wards in the Northwest Suburban Conference, one of the top leagues in the state. Breitenbucher, his high school coach, said L ynn was a dirty work specialist who made a living on the offensive glass. Division II and III programs showed interest in him, but he chose the University of Minnesota to focus on academics. Charles L ynn, a basketball referee, encouraged Jordan L ynn to play in college but accepted his son’s decision. “He was happy with my decision,” L ynn said. “He knew that I was always more the school kind of guy.” Still, L ynn wasn’t content with giving up his basketball dreams. He said he was in contact with then-Gophers head coach Tubby Smith’s recr uiting coordinator about possibly walking on as a freshman, but Smith’s staf f didn’t add additional walk-on players for the 2010-11 season. L ynn quickly established himself as a regular pickup basketball player at the University Recreation Center and in the University’s intramural leagues. “He’s dunked on so many people up there,” Lee said. L ynn said basketball
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Sport management senior Jordan Lynn lost both of his parents in the last year. He participated in walk-on tryouts for the Gophers men’s basketball team Oct. 2.
has been an emotional outlet in the last year. “I just tr y to keep myself busy doing stuf f,” he said. “I know it’s not the best thing to keep it all bottled up.”
Tr ying out In late September, L ynn caught wind of Gophers first-year head coach Richard Pitino’s walk-on tr youts. L ynn said he wasn’t in top basketball condition at the time of the tr youts. He spent a week doing light conditioning, including sprints and jogging on a treadmill. At his season-opening press conference, Pitino said he’d be willing to add one or two walk-ons, and the team could use another big body. That night at tr youts, L ynn showed up — all 6 feet 8 inches of him. At the tr yout, L ynn showcased his length and athleticism with a chasedown block, he said. L ynn said he got tired during the 30-minute tr yout but felt good about his performance overall. Gophers coaches called
L ynn and guard Jasen Baranowski back to practice that Friday. Though he had to tell the Gophers coaches he needed some time away, L ynn said he’s still considering returning. Regardless of his final decision, he said par ticipating in the tr yout and practice is a victor y for him. “I thought about [my dad] when I found out about [the oppor tunity],” he said. “The fact that I tried out — he would have been happy about that and be proud.”
Finishing strong L ynn is set to graduate in May with a degree in sport management. He communicates regularly with his 19-year-old brother, who’s working full time in Minneapolis, and his 17-year-old sister, who’s living with friends and finishing high school at Park Center. He said he’s proud of how they’re handling the tragedy and that they’re “taking more responsibility.” And for L ynn, it’s still
not easy. “People told me the memories — they hur t now, but they’ll be comfor ting later on,” he said. “It hasn’t got to that point yet. It still hur ts tr ying to think of stuff.” But he’s found refuge in his passions. He’s completed internships with the Saints and the Minnesota T imberwolves, and he’s hoping to parlay his degree and experience into a career in sport management. His dream job, he said, is to work in the digital media depar tment of a professional spor ts franchise. He said his parents were both ver y creative and influenced his career choice. “My mom told me before she passed away that she wanted me to stay in school,” he said. “My dad, before he passed, he told me he was proud of me and said … no matter what, he’d make it back for my graduation. I don’t want to not graduate now.” Editor’s note: Lynn’s siblings were not interviewed for this story at his request.
TWINS
U alumnus Molitor joins Twins coaching staff for 2014 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota T wins have added Paul Molitor to their coaching staf f, assigning him super vision of the team’s base r unning, bunting, infield instruction and positioning as well as assistance with in-game strategy. This is not some token job for a prominent, popular former player. All of those areas need a lot of work, so Molitor is going to be busy. “He’s cer tainly got a histor y and knowledge and a high baseball IQ,” general manager Ter r y R yan said. “There’s no doubt about that. It fits pretty good here.” The hire was announced Tuesday by the
T wins, who finished 6696 for the second straight season after going 63-99 the year before that. “There’s really no par t of the game that we can’t do better at,” Molitor said, adding: “I’m going to be able to work on guys who need to have a small-ball game, with the things they can do, with ways to score r uns. I think that’s kind of a lost ar t. Guys worr y so much about getting on base, but they forget how to score and how to pick up 90 feet. While it wasn’t horrible, I think it certainly could be better.” Since 2005, Molitor has ser ved as a minor league base running and infield coordinator for the organization. The last three of his 21 major league seasons as a player came with the Twins until his retirement in 1998.
The 57-year-old grew up in nearby St. Paul, attending the same high school where Joe Mauer later star r ed and then playing for the University of Minnesota before his professional career was launched with Milwaukee and extended with Toronto. The seven-time All-Star is one of six players in histor y with at least 3,000 hits and 500 stolen bases. Molitor was a candidate to be Minnesota’s manager in 2002 after Tom Kelly retired, but he withdrew during the unsettling process during which Major League Baseball tried to eliminate the franchise before being blocked in cour t. The job went to Ron Gardenhire, who has held it since then and received a new twoyear contract last month. All of Gardenhire’s assis-
tants were brought back, too, so the position for Molitor on staff is new. “I appreciate that he’s r espected my input in spring training when he’s had me come down there as an extra coach those first few weeks the past several years,” Molitor said. “We’ve talked again often. It’s going to be a chance for us to take that kind of to another level in how we’re going to work together, as me being as part of his staff.” Gardenhire needn’t look over his shoulder, Ryan said. The idea to hire Molitor was Gardenhire’s, actually. “Gardy has no reason to worr y about his job,” Ryan said, adding: “I didn’t want to be perceived as hiring Molitor as a manager-inwaiting. That’s not tr ue.
We’re adding him to our staff to make us better.” Molitor didn’t dismiss eventual interest in becoming a manager. But he didn’t sound ready to think about it. “I’m sure there’ll be some questions regarding that. There’s been a lot of speculation even over the last season about Gardy’s potential future, and I just don’t think that I can really say anything other than this is going to be invaluable for me in terms of getting back into a major league situation and continuing to gain experience and maybe learning more about what I want my future to be,” Molitor said. Third baseman Trevor Plouf fe tweeted after the news was announced: “Wow, so stoked to see Molitor join our staff! He’s
one of the most knowledgeable baseball men I’ve ever met.” Ryan was glad to hear that. “That’s kind of music to my ears because I’m hoping we can get Trevor going. He’s got the capability to be a pretty good player. This year wasn’t what we were hoping,” Ryan said. NOTES: The Twins announced that closer Glen Perkins had ar throscopic surger y on Oct. 1 on the medial meniscus cartilage in his right knee. He’ll be ready for spring training. ... Molitor has ser ved three seasons on a major l eag u e co achi n g s taf f: with the Twins as a bench coach under Kelly in 2000 and 2001 and as hitting coach for Seattle in 2004, the year he was inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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FOOTBALL
Kill still on leave, still around his team
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Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill expresses his discontent with a review of a Gophers touchdown against Wisconsin on Oct. 20, 2012.
Jerry Kill was at the game Saturday and called recruits Sunday afternoon. BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com
Hours after surprising his team at halftime of the Gophers’ 20-17 victor y at Northwestern, head coach Jerry Kill went to work. The thir d-year head coach is still technically on leave, but he is being eased back into coaching while focusing on his epilepsy treatment. Working on Sunday, Kill called a number of recruits, including Frank Ragnow of nearby Chanhassen, Minn. His message was clear —
epilepsy won’t get in the way of his long-term coaching. “He just let me know he would never recruit me if he wouldn’t be able to coach,” Ragnow said. “Or if the University didn’t back him.” Kill also isn’t letting epilepsy keep him away from his team in the short term, even though he’s been absent from the sidelines. On Saturday, he bur ned the midnight oil by driving to Evanston, Ill., last-minute to watch the game. Cur rent players have been adamant that Kill’s absence from games doesn’t impact the outcome. But some players say the lift that Kill gave his team Saturday at halftime was undeniable.
“He’s just as responsible for that win as anybody,” senior defensive back Brock Vereen said. “That’s a moment I will leave this University with. … For him to come in, it was impossible not to go give your all in the second half.” Gophers defensive coordinator and acting head coach Tracy Claeys said he spoke with Kill on Monday, and the head coach is doing well.
Leidner sick Redshir t freshman quarterback Mitch Leidner is feeling under the weather, Claeys said. On Sunday, Claeys told members of the media he hoped to pick a star ting quar terback — Leidner or sophomore Philip Nel-
son — by Tuesday for this weekend’s game against Nebraska. That process has been delayed by Leidner’s unspecified illness, because Claeys is unsure whether he can practice. Claeys said the Gophers have a policy that if a player is unable to practice during the week, he will not play in that weekend’s game. If Leidner is too sick to practice by Thursday, all signs point to Nelson getting the nod. Minnesota has taken steps to manage Leidner’s illness, including medication. “We’re going to put him on some meds and then visit with the of fensive guys. So we’ll see how much he can practice,”
Claeys said. “Sometimes you get better as the week goes on. Sometimes you get worse. So we’re going to wait here a little bit later in the week and see how much practice Mitch can go through.” Claeys said the Gophers generally decide which players will start the week’s game on Thursday but said they tr y to choose a star ting quar terback on T uesday, so he can prepare in practice and get in the right mindset.
Working up to a yell Nelson acknowledged the positive impact of having Kill with the team Saturday and went as far as saying he misses hearing the Gophers’ head coach yell at him.
“During the season, you’re kind of like, ‘Oh, coach Kill’s yelling at you again,’ ” Nelson said. “But after him not being there for a while, I think we all kind of miss it now.” Kill is easing back into being head coach. Current players heard his voice in the locker room at Northwestern on Saturday, and recruits heard him over the phone Sunday, and his message is clear. “He’s been in the office for a couple days here for a few hours,” Claeys said. “I’m sure he’ll be in the press box for this game. … If he’s got some advice that’ll help us win the football game, I’ll gladly listen to it.”
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VOLLEYBALL
Gophers bench play important in prep for Badgers
Minnesota has had players come off of the bench to make an impact this year. BY DAVID NELSON dnelson@mndaily.com
Cheerleaders, second stringers and backups are all terms to describe bench players. But on the Gophers volleyball team, the preferred label is “important.” A main factor for Minnesota’s 18-3 record and second-place standing in the Big Ten has been the play off its bench — a core group of players head coach Hugh McCutcheon said he’s fortunate to have on his roster. “One of the great advantages of having some depth in your squad is that when you get into practice, practice is tough,” he said. “You’ve got two teams going at it hard. So you get to work both the offensive and the defensive side.” The Gophers have made many changes to their starting lineup 21 matches into the season, but McCutcheon said he isn’t worried about the unpredictability. “We have depth on this team — lots of people can play well,” he said. “When someone isn’t having their best day, we have no qualms about making a change.” That depth was on display last Saturday against Michigan as junior outside hitter Adrianna Nora and sophomore outside hitter Karlie Hauer both received
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7 p.m. Wednesday in Madison, Wis.
MINNESOTA: After two impressive conference victories over Michigan State and Michigan, Minnesota now holds a 5-2 conference record (18-3 overall). The victories were good enough to move Minnesota up three spots in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, from No. 10 to No. 7. Freshman middle blocker Hannah Tapp was honored this past week as the Big Ten Freshman of the Week. Tapp led the team in blocks over that two-match stretch with 14 and averaged 1.6 blocks per set. WISCONSIN: After opening the season 14-1, the Badgers have gone cold over the last few matches, losing three of their last five. In their last match, however, Wisconsin knocked off Michigan State to give the Spartans their second loss in conference play. Wisconsin will be led this week by senior libero Annemarie Hickey, who took home Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors after her performance in the last two matches. This included averaging 6.4 digs per set. Wisconsin ranks fifth in the Big Ten standings at 5-3. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
playing time on the right side. McCutcheon said he star ted Nora because of her play against Michigan State the match before, but he went to Hauer down the stretch. “We felt that Hauer was going to give us a better right-side block,” he said. “She can serve the ball well. She plays good defense. She can side out. So versus that particular team, that was the right solution.” Hauer has played in 29 sets this year, averaging 1.76 kills per set and 1.59 digs per set. Her attitude off the bench has also impressed her teammates. “She is not only a re-
ally good passer and a really good defender, but she also hits, too, at pretty much every position,” senior middle blocker Tori Dixon said. “She comes in and makes an impact wherever she’s needed.” Hauer said she’s content just contributing to the team. “Whether I’m starting or not, I can go in and can do my job, and I can help the team,” she said. “It’s just nice to know the coaches and the players trust me enough to go in and make a difference if I need to.” Dixon said players like Hauer will be impor tant down the stretch. “I think having those
CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY FILE PHOTO
Gophers outside hitter Karlie Hauer passes the ball during a match Sept. 28 at the Sports Pavilion.
types of players who are always ready, and just willing
to help the team in whatever way we need them to,
that’s just really important,” Dixon said.
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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 (10/23/13): Fun and creativity energize this year. Your muse for talents and romance blesses you this spring and summer and could carry you to distant shores.
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 — For the next month, save more than you spend. Focus on resources and planning. Some things are still out of reach.
Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 7 — Things don’t go exactly as planned. Keep some of your treasure hidden.
Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is an 8 — You can plan for the future while managing current changes. Learn to delegate. Expect the temporary opposition of a partner.
Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 7— Navigate a conflict of interests. You’re in charge this month, with spotlight and megaphone. Ask for help.
Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is an 8 — There’s plenty of work this month with increased income, so stash it in a safe place. Postpone a family gathering temporarily.
Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 7 — Avoid a delicate subject. Follow through on old promises and do the financial planning for the next month.
Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 7 — Save enough to get the highest quality. Organize creative efforts. You’re exceptionally lucky.
Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is an 8 — Listen carefully to another opinion. Get festive this month, as social life and status rise together. Think of somebody who needs you.
Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 6 — Tempers are short, especially at work. Go for quiet productivity. Your family needs you around.
Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 6 — Have fun advancing your career agenda. Notice the effect on your partner. Don’t overlook someone who cares.
Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 6 — Express your true feelings gently at work. Focus on gathering information and disseminating it wisely this month.
Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 7 — You meet people with strong willpower. List all the possibilities you can imagine, especially what you’d like to learn.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
overheard “I don’t care if you don’t turn in your paper on time. Just bring your asses to class. I won’t even know who turned in what till like two days later. But PLEASE, just bring your asses to class!”
—American history class
TA: “In case you came in late, this is my mom’s gallbladder.”
—Blegen Hall
“I have no idea what street I’m on.”
—17th Avenue dining hall
“Do you know what a Hutterite is?” “Is that some kind of sexual orientation?”
—Comstock Hall
Guy: “At some point, I made her mad. I told her, ‘Hey, I know you’re torn up about your dead cat, but at least you’re not torn up LIKE your dead cat.’” Girl: “Wait, what?” Guy: “The cat was under a parked car.”
—Route 2 bus
“I may bake in the nude, but eating ramen in the nude is unacceptable.”
—Goldy’s Gameroom
“If moonlight is the same as sunlight, how come moonlight doesn’t give you cancer?”
—Akerman Hall
Girl: “I would’ve seen him again — he just came way too fast.” Guy: “Yeah, that’s generally a problem when a guy only has time for himself.”
—Physics class
Girl: “No one wants to see your wiener region; that’s gross. It’s like a male version of a tramp stamp.”
—Vincent Hall
“Once I smoked an alcohol and my arm fell off.”
—Bailey Hall
Guy 1: “Anything below 60 is cold.” Guy 2: “No, actually anything below 70 is cold.”
—Washington Avenue Bridge
Person on the phone: “It’s kind of small. ... Did you shake it all out?”
—University Bookstores
Professor: “You guys are really quiet for a Friday. You’re usually so loud.” Student: “It’s Monday.”
—Unknown
“My guy didn’t text me back. I guess sliding my number under his door didn’t work. I even wrote a little note on there saying, ‘I’d love to meet you!’”
—Comstock Hall elevator
“He called the birth canal a baby shooter.”
—Pioneer Hall
Girl: “Why are you wearing shorts?” Guy: “I don’t know. A good question at this point.”
—Washington Avenue
Professor: “Three shots, then I’m gone. More ... I get crazy.”
—Alderman Hall
Professor: “High fructose corn syrup is just like having sex. All. The. Time.”
—Postsecondary teaching and learning class [Professor takes a drink out of travel mug] “You guys never really know what’s in here, do you?”
—Anatomy and physiology class
“It’s like a stripper: Don’t touch it while it’s working.”
—GrandMarc Seven Corners apartments
“Can you hold my crap? Not like my poo because that would be weird.”
crossword
FOR RELEASE OCTOBER 23, 2013
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
ACROSS 1 “Let’s hear it!” 7 Beginning on 11 “Essence of Man” cologne 15 Bar game fodder 16 Old Roman coin 17 Light, to a moth 18 Cooks, in a way 19 Up the creek 21 *Small fruit first cultivated in Oregon 23 Ruler divs. 26 ’80s-’90s German chancellor 27 Brief brawls 30 Kansas City footballer 32 L.A. commuter org. 33 16-Across replacer 34 Daniel Barenboim’s opera house 36 “Agreed!” 40 Surg. sites 41 Humanitarian symbol, and a hint to what happens where the answers to starred clues intersect 43 BART stop 44 Jumble 46 Haiti’s elder Duvalier 48 Somewhat, in music 49 Oaf 51 Facebook option 52 Facebook option 55 Tool with teeth 57 Part of Mac OSX: Abbr. 58 *Vin Scully will be its 2014 Grand Marshal 61 Chevy pickup 63 “My goose is cooked!” 68 Clothing patch site 69 72-Across speaker 70 Angry outburst 71 “It’s for you,” on an env. 72 69-Across’s tongue
—Recreation and Wellness Center
“I don’t trust coffee shops to make me a sandwich. I mean, they’re only good at making coffee.”
—Northrop Mall
Girl on the phone: “I’m discovering so much, you can call me Dora!”
—Coffman Union
DOWN 1 Rehab symptoms 2 Crumb 3 Bind 4 Actress Longoria 5 Life partner? 6 Vision-correcting surgery 7 Come down to earth 8 “Arrowsmith” Pulitzer decliner Lewis 9 Sports MD’s specialty 10 Orbitz info 11 Said suddenly 12 *Chain named for a Stones hit 13 Google revelation 14 Titleist holder 20 Valuable rock 22 Oasis seekers 23 Ben-Hur’s vehicle 24 *“Clue” suspect 25 “Gimme a __” 28 Stump figures 29 Comfort 30 Treads heavily 31 Henhouse locale 35 Rural expanse
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37 Brown v. Board of Education city 38 FICA-funded org. 39 Nile snakes 42 Game in which one player doesn’t speak 45 Pizza-making need 47 Contented sighs 50 It can shorten a sentence 53 Put to work
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54 Suit material 56 Trims text, perhaps 59 Allen’s successor on “The Tonight Show” 60 Give off, as rays 61 Reggae kin 62 Bankbook abbr. 64 Sixers’ #6 65 Vichy water 66 Put in 67 Start to dig?
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—Anderson Hall
Girl 1: “What does CBS stand for?” Girl 2: “I think it’s College of Business Science.”
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By C.C. Burnikel
73 Patron of lost causes
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dr. date Dr. Date,
Help! My boyfriend is obsessed with porn! I know the logical next sentence here is that he’s not interested in me sexually, but actually he is — though, I can’t say he’s exactly interested in ME. He really wants to try porn-like things in the bedroom, a lot of which I’m not comfortable with. It makes me feel bad about myself, because I know I’ll never live up to these expectations. How can I get him to back off?
–Real Girl
Anti-XXX,
Are you bothered that he watches porn generally or just by the fact that he wants you to fulfill his porn-fueled fantasies? I’m wondering exactly what it is he wants you to replicate. Is he looking for emotionlessness? Frequent, lifeless moaning? Mount Everest breasts? Or is he talking threesomes and water sports? Your boyfriend may be in need of a reality check. Porn stars are actors — they’re paid to look like they’re having fun. It’s cool to think outside the box sometimes, but if he’s looking to porn for inspiration, his expectations will not be met. Let’s say he’s desperate to bestow a golden shower upon you, and you agree but only if he does it in the shower. He lets it run, and you’re immediately disgusted. You make retching noises and stick your tongue out and eventually run from the shower with foul yellow liquid dripping down your arms. That’s where most real-life porn scenarios end! Don’t go chasing waterfalls, pal. That said, maybe if you guys went through with it, he’d learn his lesson and enjoy the fabulous fornication of the present.
–Dr. Date
Dr. Date,
I’ve been really into this one guy for a while — let’s call him Joe. I thought he was into me, too. He even introduced me to some of his friends recently, and we all had a great time hanging out together. That same night, though, I got a text from one of his friends — let’s call him Paul — saying he’d asked Joe for my number and Joe had given it to him! I don’t know what to do. Paul seems nice, but I don’t really want to go out with him. At this point, though, should I just cut my losses?
–Confused
Tip Of The Triangle,
Don’t lose hope! This can be cleared up easily, at the risk of Paul suffering from a brief bruised ego. But it sounds like you don’t really know Paul, so I’m guessing his crush on you is in the preliminary stages, and there’s not much harm in telling it like it is. And really, what do you owe him, anyway? It’s great that he’s a nice guy, but that doesn’t mean anything if you don’t like him. Maybe Joe was super heartbroken when Paul asked for your number but gave it to him out of respect for their bromance. Joe could have the hots for you and be too afraid to show it. Don’t be such a defeatist! First order of business is to politely tell Paul that you aren’t interested in him romantically, assuming that’s come up. If he’s only told you that he asked Joe for your number, there’s not a whole lot to worry about. Maybe he just wanted to be friends? Oh right, I forgot that’s not how people operate with the opposite sex. Second task is to tell Joe how you feel about him. No more bush-beating! Get to the point before another obstacle arises.
–Dr. Date
Need relationship advice? Email Dr. Date at drdate@mndaily.com.
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Candidates talk city gov’t reforms Leading up to the Nov. 5 election, the Minnesota Daily will be running a seven-week series that profiles Minneapolis mayoral candidates who are looking to follow in Mayor R.T. Rybak’s footsteps.
BY NATHANIEL RABUZZI nrabuzzi@mndaily.com
If Bill Kahn is elected mayor of Minneapolis, he said he’ll use his new power to eliminate the mayor’s office entirely. Kahn is running against 34 other mayoral candidates, including James Stroud, Jaymie Kelly, Jeffrey Wagner and Neal Baxter, in the Nov. 5 election. Kahn’s platform centers on being the “Last Minneapolis Mayor.” If elected, he said, he would replace the office with a city manager and staf f to manage Minneapolis like a CEO runs a company. “The mayor is just a figurehead,” he said. Stroud also said he wants to reform city government. If elected, he said, he would establish a new committee to train and educate city workers so they are better informed. Candidates also said they would reform the city’s police department as mayor. Kahn said as mayor, he would require of ficers to purchase their own liability insurance instead of being covered by the department. He said the plan would solve police misconduct problems. “We’ve got too many thugs in the department,” Kahn said. Baxter said if elected, he would establish a new civilian review board with the authority to fully investigate allegations of police misconduct, similar to the city’s current Police Conduct Review Panel. He said his board would rely more heavily on citizen input than the current one. If the board members have the power to lead their own investigations, their recommendations would more
Jaymie Kelly
James “Jimmy” L. Stroud Jr.
Bill Kahn
Neal Baxter
Jeffery Alan Wagner
Qualifications: High school graduate, former postal clerk for the U.S. Postal Service, political activist
Qualifications: B.A. in marketing and nonprofit management from Metropolitan State University, MBAs in project management and business from the University of St. Thomas, former member of the Minneapolis branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, current career transition specialist with CHP International, Inc., current owner of JLS Productions, Inc.
Qualifications: B.A. in anthropology and environmental studies from the University of California-Santa Barbara, certified Volkswagen technician, former taxi driver, member and former committee chair of the Prospect Park East River Road Improvement Association
Qualifications: B.A. in history from the University of Minnesota, former employee at the Guthrie Theater, current salesclerk at Lunds grocery store, current secretary of the Bancroft Neighborhood Association, current board member on the Minneapolis Capital Long Range Improvement Committee and the Pedestrian Advisory Committee
Qualifications: High school graduate, current owner of Jet Blast Media Group, current employee at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
Party: Independent
Party: Independent
Party: Democratic-FarmerLabor
Party: Independent
Party: Democratic-FarmerLabor
Major principle: Stop Foreclosures Now
Major principle: The People’s Choice
Major principle: Last Minneapolis Mayor
Major principle: Economic Development
Major principle: Pissed Off [Expletive]
Key initiatives: Have the city purchase soon-to-be foreclosed homes and sell them back to the homeowner. Remove the Wilf family from the Vikings stadium deal and increase public input.
Key initiatives: Give a portion of his salary as mayor to nonprofit organizations chosen by the public. Form a new committee to establish training and education for people who serve on city committees.
Key initiatives: Reduce the number of wards in the city to five and lower the number of elected City Council members. Eliminate the mayor’s position and replace it by hiring a city manager.
Key initiatives: Spur population growth by improving city transit and easing property taxes. Create more welfare programs for underprivileged students.
Key initiatives: Make housing inspectors available at all times to serve renters better. Create a rent control board to maintain reasonable rates.
What would you say to students at the University? “I’m very proud of them for going to such an important institution.”
What would you say to students at the University? “I am going to focus on not only youth employment, but youth entrepreneurship.”
What would you say to students at the University? “Keep your nose to the grindstone.”
What would you say to students at the University? “You’re a citizen in a free society, and you’ve got to do as much as you can to make it a better country.”
What would you say to students at the University? “We need the kids at the University to stand up and fight.” HOLLY PETERSON, DAILY
likely be accepted by the police chief and City Council, Baxter said. Kelly agreed that increasing police accountability is important. She said neighborhood associations should elect civilians to review cases of misconduct. “I think it should be removed from the mayor appointing people. … That just
doesn’t work,” she said. The new Vikings stadium also was an area in which candidates would like to see changes. Stroud, Kelly and Wagner said they want to change how the Vikings operate and turn ownership of the team over to the community, similar to the Green Bay Packers, the only publicly owned major-league
sports team in the country. Baxter said constructing the new Vikings stadium downtown should be “a neighborhood asset, not a liability.” The new stadium could harm a neighborhood if it’s not pedestrian-friendly and the surrounding area doesn’t include additional attractions to keep fans in the area, he
said. In addition to the Vikings stadium, Wagner’s platform is focused on marijuana legalization and women in government. He said medical amnesty laws should be reworked to legalize marijuana use in Minnesota. If elected to succeed Mayor R.T. Rybak, Wagner said
he would make sure marijuana users aren’t afraid to call 911 for help in case of a medical emergency. Wagner said he would also use his role as mayor to advertise a new political party called the “Iron Panty Party” to try to give all roles in government to women. “We need to get dudes out of politics,” he said.