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The Gophers lost 4-1 on Friday but bounced back with a 5-4 win Saturday.
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The spiritual and cultural groups are open to students of all faiths.
Mark Ritchie is being sued for creating the system without legislative input.
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MSA wants more rides home Students push to expand the Gopher Chauffeur, but money is tight. BY KYLE STOWE kstowe@mndaily.com
In response to the recent violent crimes on and around the University of Minnesota campus, the Minnesota Student Association wants to expand a popular ser vice aimed at getting students home safely. MSA is in talks with Boynton Health Ser vice officials about adding Gopher Chauffeur ser vice on Thursday nights and extending its pick-up hours, but paying for it could be an issue.
MSA President Mike Schmit said student government wants expanded Gopher Chauffeur ser vice as well as promotion for the University’s security monitor escort service, because “they’ve proven to be successful in mitigating the effects of crime.” University police Deputy Chief Chuck Miner said there’s no record of someone using either ser vice becoming the victim of a crime. “They’re obviously working how they’re supposed to,” Schmit said. “Now we want to figure out how we can improve and expand them so they’re u See RIDES Page 3 MSA is surveying students about campus safety.
NEIGHBORHOODS
Como to be tested for toxins Contaminated soil vapor may have seeped into some basements. BY KIA FARHANG mfarhang@mndaily.com
Soil in and around some Southeast Como properties may contain unsafe levels of a common chemical solvent that was used by General Mills in the mid-1900s. Over the next several weeks, General Mills contractors will test the ground in homes near the old site for trichloroethylene, or TCE — provided there is consent from owners. The Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency sent letters to resi-
dents Wednesday asking them to allow testing, and teams will go door-to-door to ask for permission. After tests for TCE around the neighborhood came in higher than normal, officials want to determine if soil vapor — the air between small cracks in the ground — containing TCE has seeped from contaminated soil through cracks in basements. Of ficials knew of the TCE on the former General Mills site for decades, said Rita Messing, a state health depar tment toxicologist, but the potential for the chemical to seep through foundations and basements “is a relatively new concept.” u See TESTS Page 5 Testing of about 200 properties will begin Nov. 18.
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Students weigh benefits of test prep courses Some students find courses useful, but others say they’re not worth the cost. BY KATELYN FAULKS kfaulks@mndaily.com
For University of Minnesota psychology senior Andy Gobran, using practice tests to study for the Graduate Record Examination helped him get the score he wanted — and was more worthwhile than expensive courses. Some students are taking the same approach, but others taking graduate and professional school examinations say taking a course is worth the cost. University experts say each method can be effective, depending on the student. The University’s College
of Continuing Education offers cheaper preparatory course options for students taking the GRE, Law School Admission Test, Graduate Management Admissions Test or Pharmacy College Admission Test, but not one for the Medical College Admission Test. Kaplan University is a popular choice for students who say they don’t think buying a booklet will give them enough of an advantage. But Kaplan’s MCAT preparatory courses start at about $2,000. Private tutoring can cost as much as $5,700. CCE program associate Pat Anderson said the University considered offering an MCAT course, but the test’s format is so different from the other entrance u See PREP Page 3 One student said Kaplan courses give helpful test-taking tips.
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Como community unites after alleged assault
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University of Minnesota juniors Cody Olson and Macall Biebel trace a route Friday at Southeast Christian Church that the Southeast Como Improvement Association will tour in the Southeast Como neighborhood.
After an alleged sexual assault, Como is upping safety efforts. BY ALEX BITTER abitter@mndaily.com
The crime rate is up this fall in Southeast Como, but residents and neighborhood leaders say they’re determined to reverse that trend. One crime in particular,
an alleged sexual assault near Van Cleve Park on Oct. 27, was the focus of a meeting at Southeast Christian Church on Friday. About 30 people attended the meeting, which was coordinated by the church and the Southeast Como Improvement Association. Residents discussed the incident, and police and the University of Minnesota’s Aurora Center provided information about how to prevent similar attacks. Southeast Christian
Church senior minister Brett Miller said the influx of students in Southeast Como over the last few decades has changed the composition of the neighborhood, which used to consist mostly of families. While some communities have responded to an increase in crime by demanding more lights or greater police presence, Miller said, building a community where ever yone watches out for each other “like a family” is key to pre-
venting future assaults and other crimes. “It’s great to have more police coverage, it’s great to have more lights, but the strength is always in the people,” he said. Miller said students shouldn’t be afraid to assume a larger role in community affairs, even if they only plan to live in the area for a short time. u See COMO Page 4 Crime in Como has risen sharply since last year.
NUTRITION
Many options, little nutrition on campus A recent University study found it’s healthier to bring food from home. BY T YLER GIESEKE tgieseke@mndaily.com
Colleges may need to ramp up the healthy food choices they offer on campus, according to the lead
author of a University of Minnesota study released last week. Twin Cities college students who didn’t live on campus but purchased food there had diets similar to consumers who eat fast food on a regular basis, the study found. Those students ate more fat and added sugar and skipped meals more often than their peers, according
to the study. Jennifer Pelletier, the study’s lead author and a doctoral student in the School of Public Health, said she thought the difference in diet was due to the kinds of food available on college campuses. “There’s similarity in the types of foods that students are purchasing on campus and what they’re purchasing at fast food restaurants,”
she said. Students who brought food from home “looked better on all of the dietar y measures that we examined,” Pelletier said. In response to the findings, she suggested a “twopronged” approach: Colleges should of fer more u See FOOD Page 4 Students may develop eating habits early on.
FOOTBALL
Gophers bowl past Nittany Lions Minnesota ran the ball effectively and made critical plays on defense. BY DANE MIZUTANI dmizutani@mndaily.com
The University of Minnesota football team hadn’t held the Governor’s Victor y Bell trophy in so long that when players finally got their hands on the hardware Saturday, they didn’t know how to handle it. A mob of players bolted to the opposing sidelines to take back the trophy for the first time since 2004 as the final seconds ticked away in the Gophers’ 24-10 win over Penn State University. As the host of players hoisted the trophy in jubilation, they broke it. “I think it kind of just fell apar t when we all picked it up,” redshir t freshman Maxx Williams said with a laugh. “I think we were more worried just tr ying to keep it [together] so we could celebrate with it.”
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Gophers football players celebrate after beating Penn State 24-10 on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium. It was Minnesota’s fourth straight Big Ten win.
And the team has reason to celebrate. Minnesota has won four straight Big Ten games in a season for the first time since 1973. It sits at 8-2 this season and is on pace for its
best finish since 2003. The Gophers ranked No. 25 in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll on Sunday, but they were absent from the Associated Press Top 25. The Gophers appear to
be playing looser over the last four games, and junior running back David Cobb u See FOOTBALL Page 8 Minnesota held the Nittany Lions scoreless in the second half.
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MSA also hopes to further promote University police’s security monitor escort service, 624-WALK. Schmit said MSA is polling students on the escort service, which provides students a security monitor to walk with until they safely reach their destination on or near campus. MSA members think the service isn’t used to its full potential, Schmit said. “We want to find out what students really think about it,” he said. Hedberg said she would rather call a friend to walk with her if she felt nervous walking around campus late at night, because she doesn’t feel comfortable walking with a security monitor she doesn’t know. “Even though I’m sure 624-WALK monitors are trained, they’re just average students,” she said. “If I’m going to walk with a student, I’d rather walk with one that I know.” Miner said the demand for escorts varies but typically increases after University police send University-wide crime alerts. “We wish demand would be high all the time, not just when there’s a crime alert,” Miner said. “We want the service to be used consistently throughout the year.” University police have sent aler ts for 12 violent crimes so far this fall. Last fall, they sent out alerts for seven violent crimes. When demand is higher, Miner said, University police
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more accessible to more students.” Currently, the Gopher Chauffeur runs on Friday and Saturday nights from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. Dave Golden, Boynton director of public health and communications, said Boynton is taking MSA’s recommendations “very seriously.” Expanding the Gopher Chauf feur to Thursdays would cost about $7,000 per semester, Golden said, primarily for payroll. The move could happen as soon as next semester, contingent on funding from MSA, the Office of Student Affairs or another group, Golden said. It could also be part of Boynton’s student services fees request in the spring. Psychology sophomore Amanda Hedberg said it makes sense to add the extra night because many students go out Thursday nights. “A lot of students don’t have class Friday, so Thursday night becomes Friday night,” she said. “Socially, it’s a big night.” Because many of the recent violent crimes near campus have occurred after 2 a.m., Schmit said MSA is also recommending the Gopher Chauffeur extend its hours until at least 3 a.m. Boynton is considering changing the service’s hours, Golden said, but extra hours come with additional costs. “We want to do what’s best for the student body,” he said. “We need to figure out if pushing the hours back makes the most sense.” Biomedical engineering junior Seneca Thornley said later hours would help more students get home safely.
one an 18-year-old male and the other a 16-yearold female, were students at Cypress Springs High School, Garcia said. He chastised the par ty organizers, who advertised the event on social media, saying “you have no control on who to expect at your door.” Authorities are searching for two gunmen, he said, one who’s about 17 years old and the other believed to be about 22. “It’s a horrible combination of immaturity, access to a firearm, and the inability to control one’s self,” he said.
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“A lot of students stay out past 2 [a.m.] and don’t have the option to take Gopher Chauffeur,” she said. “So they just walk home alone, which is risky.”
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Brown — who said she hear d about the par ty through Instagram, a photosharing app and website — told The Associated Press it “was not rowdy at all.” She said she first heard gunshots in the house and they continued outside as people fled and sought cover. Authorities have given var ying accounts of the number of people injured, but they clarified Sunday that 20 were hurt, with 16 suffering gunshot wounds and four others var ying injuries such as a fracture and twisted ankles in the panic to flee. The two people killed,
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HOUSTON — Celebrator y gunshots fired at a girl’s 18th bir thday par ty triggered more gunfire that left two people dead, two critically injured and nearly two-dozen injured in a chaotic scene where people jumped from second-floor windows to escape the shooting at a suburban Houston home, authorities said Sunday. Har ris County Sherif f Adrian Garcia said the gathering Saturday night was openly promoted using multiple social media
sites, drew more than 100 people, most of them 17- to 19-year-olds, and became a “bir thday par ty gone wild.” He said it appears partygoers were dancing in the home when someone armed with a pistol shot into the air in celebration. In the ensuing confusion, another person who was armed began firing into the crowd, Garcia said. Young people then streamed into the narrow street to avoid the burst of gunshots that followed shor tly befor e 11 p.m. Saturday. Par tygoer Shaniqua
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yourself, becoming the best you can be and continuing your education,” he said. For aerospace engineering freshman Jonathan Werner, the most important part of being in Alpha Epsilon Pi is the bond with his fellow members. “The best par t is that you all have something in common,” he said. “You can share experiences and know someone can relate to your background.”
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exams that it would be difficult to design an effective curriculum. “We did explore the possibility of doing the MCAT,” she said. “But … we’ve left that for others to do.” Biochemistr y junior Christopher Jennen recently purchased a Kaplan course and a full set of booklets to prepare for the MCAT. “The Kaplan books are written in a way that you can understand,” he said. “It’s always beneficial to give yourself an advantage.” Jennen said if the University did offer an MCAT prep course, he probably wouldn’t take it unless he knew how much it helped students. “Kaplan is really good for mnemonics — remembering things — and understanding how they’re written,” he said. “By taking the class, you have to study, and it’s motivation to do well.” Anderson said the University courses are valuable for students because they’re cheaper than other preparatory courses, they help teach test-taking strategies and they encourage students to study. “We don’t rely on gimmicks,” she said. “The students are expected to be motivated, and they get out of the class what they put into it.” Child psychology sophomore Sophie Burch said she wasn’t aware the University had prep courses. She might consider taking one when she starts preparing for her exams next summer, she said, but she would do additional studying outside of the
members practice religion on their own terms, he said. In past holiday seasons, the culturally Jewish fraternity has had both Menorahs and Christmas trees in its chapter house. Mrozek said there isn’t pressure to practice a religion, but parts of the Jewish faith have influenced all members. “Being culturally Jewish, we’re founded on Jewish principles and values, which really talk about bettering
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course. Gobran, who took the GRE last month, said he decided to save money by studying on his own. “Those courses usually say your score will increase by this many points,” he said. “But … you don’t end up doing as well as the courses say you will.” University instructor Paul Baepler, who’s been teaching the GRE preparatory course for 20 years, said in an email statement that prep courses are more like study tools rather than a way to increase student scores. CCE also offers a course that helps refresh students on mathematics in preparation for the GMAT or the GRE. Marketing senior Alex Rongen said that because he plans to take some time off before applying to grad school, by the time he takes the GRE it will have been four or five years since he’s taken math. Although Rongen may consider taking a refresher course, he said he plans to do most of his preparation through free practice exams online. “I’m not too worried,” he said. “I’m really fortunate in that I am pretty good at tests.” For students who are unsure of how they’ll do on the tests, Anderson said, extra preparation can be beneficial. Gobran said he thinks study books and taking practice exams are the most effective study method because they familiarize students with how the test is formatted. “Really, the main challenge is the way the test is — not the content,” he said.
huge eye-opener to culturally adapt to certain things. Before I went here, I couldn’t have told you a thing about Judaism,” she said. “Now I know so much more just from being involved.” Sigma Alpha Mu began as a fraternity for only Jewish men but now accepts members of all faiths. Tony Mrozek, president of the fraternity’s University chapter, said about half of members are Jewish. Group
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them because of their Jewish faith. Today, the sorority’s University chapter is open to women of all faiths who are willing to live by the founders’ traditional values of tolerance and diversity. Although only four members are Jewish, all members bond over learning about Jewish faith and culture, said Leehan, who isn’t Jewish. “Personally, it’s been a
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Alpha Epsilon Pi President Seth Franklin and fraternity members Louis Livon-Bemel and Zack Gilbert Burke talk at the second annual Greek Shabbat dinner at Chabad on Friday. Chabad welcomed students to celebrate Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath.
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On Friday, about 60 University of Minnesota students gathered in the Chabad house for Jewish Shabbat, which included a traditional meal and prayer. Though the Jewish student center hosts these events weekly, last week’s greek Shabbat highlighted Jewish greek organizations, which are growing in popularity on campus. At the University, three greek organizations — Alpha Epsilon Pi, Alpha Epsilon Phi and Sigma Alpha Mu — are religiously or culturally Jewish, providing members with a strong community. Office for Fraternity and Sorority Life Program Director Matt Levine said Jewish greek organizations can provide an “even tighter-knit” community than some other organizations. “They are a place where people can go where people have commonalities beyond just where you went to high school [and] what you like to do in your free time,” he said. “It adds that spiritual component.” Alpha Epsilon Pi chapter president Seth Franklin said he joined the fraternity because he wanted a “family”
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on campus. New members are drawn to the traditionally Jewish fraternity for similar reasons, he said. “We offer a similar culture to what they’re used to. So if they come from a Jewish background, they’re able to continue with that background,” Franklin said. Alpha Epsilon Pi celebrates each Jewish holiday as a house and holds its own Shabbat dinners twice per semester, he said. Although the fraternity will admit anyone who accepts the chapter’s goals and values, Franklin said, all current members are Jewish. He said the cultural and religious ties fraternity members share makes their chapter house feel “homier.” “It makes it feel closely knit. People relate to you and what type of background you come from,” he said. “When you find an area or a place where you have similarities with somebody, it’s a really great thing.” Alpha Epsilon Phi chapter president Jenna Leehan said the sorority’s traditional Jewish values help shape its informal recruitment strategies. “I think the fact that when we recruit, we recruit without any judgment, reflects those values,” she said. In 1909, seven Jewish women at Barnard College in New York founded Alpha Epsilon Phi when other sororities wouldn’t accept
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can serve as escorts. Statistics senior Zhengyang Yang said he uses the escort service often and more students should. “It should be common sense for students,” he said. “It’s one of the best ways to ensure your safety when you’re walking around campus late at night.” Schmit said MSA is also sur veying students about how safe they feel around campus. MSA will lobby the University’s Board of Regents and other bodies for improve-
ments like better lighting. “We can use that as leverage when we go to the decision makers to say, ‘We need to have better street lighting, we need to have better resources, so that students are safe,’” he said. The survey, which MSA sent out to students Thursday, had already received more than 3,000 responses by Friday. “That’s evidence in and of itself that people are concerned about safety on and around campus,” Schmit said.
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Monday, November 11, 2013
Online voter registration spurs lawsuit Legislators are suing Mark Ritchie for creating the system without legislative input. BY NATHANIEL RABUZZI nrabuzzi@mndaily.com
Nearly 1,500 Minnesotans used Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie’s new online voter registration system last month, but the program’s legitimacy is under question. Four Republican state legislators and two conservative interest groups filed a lawsuit last Monday against Ritchie, claiming the program was created illegally without legislative input. The registration program, which debuted Sept. 26, allows voters to register or update their information through an online form instead of a paper application. During the site’s initial debut, which lasted about three weeks, the system registered 323 new voters statewide for the 2013 elections, and about 900 Minnesotans used the site to update their information. The plaintif fs are requesting the program end completely and its users reregister before casting a ballot. Until the case is heard,
nothing will change for voters who have used the site, according to a report by the Star Tribune. Rep. Ryan Winkler, DFLGolden Valley, that supports Ritchie’s program, said in a Nov. 1 statement the system “makes the process of registering to vote easier and more streamlined.” “Republicans are simply being obstructionist in opposing online voter registration … I commend Mark Ritchie for a job well done to move Minnesota’s voting systems into the future,” he said in the statement. Minnesota Majority executive director John Rouleau, a plaintiff in the case, said Ritchie went beyond his power by creating the system, and it should have gone through the legislative process. “When we have big changes, like this would be to our elections system, it’s important that it’s done through the Legislature like it’s supposed to be,” Rouleau said. According to state law, the Secretary of State is required to consult with local election officials while developing the state’s voter registration system. Humphrey School of Public Affairs professor Doug Chapin said the case is a fight for balancing executive and legislative power.
Syria activists: Truce reached in blockaded town BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIRUT — Gover nment of ficials and rebels reached a deal to ease a weeks-long blockade on a rebel-held town near the Syrian capital on Sunday, allowing food to reach civilians there for the first time in weeks, activists said. The tr uce is the latest to be struck in recent months between Pr esident Bashar Assad’s gover nment and disparate rebel groups in the countr y’s more than 2 ½-yearold conflict. It comes as the main We s t e r n - b a c k e d S y r ian opposition group was holding the second of two days of meetings in Istanbul to decide whether to attend a proposed peace conference the U.S. and Russia are tr ying to convene in Geneva by the end of this year. The Syrian National Coalition has demanded Assad step down in any transitional gover nment as a condition for par ticipation in the talks. Syrian officials say Assad will stay in his post at least until his term ends in 2014 and that he may r un for re-election. Coalition spokesman Louay Safi said discussions were still ongoing Sunday night. “There are people who are concer ned and worried that not enough preparation has taken place. And there are those who would like to make a decision but with some preparation,” he told repor ters in Istanbul. Accor ding to a draft statement that the coalition of ficials say the group intends to vote on, the opposition in exile affir ms its “readiness” to take par t in a transitional government, but one that has full powers, including executive powers. A copy of the draft obtained by The Associated Press also said the coalition will consult with “revolutionar y forces inside Syria, as well as Arab and inter national allies, to explain the coalition’s position and bolster unanimity over the coalition’s decision.” The coalition is also expected to approve a list of cabinet of ministers presented by interim prime minister, Ahmad Toumeh, who was elected in September. The Wester n-backed
group also has called for goodwill measures from the Assad gover nment, including lifting sieges on rebel-held areas. It wasn’t clear whether the deal in Qudsaya was such a gesture, as neither rebels nor Syrian of ficials comment on such deals. An activist group, the Qudsaya Media Team, confirmed the truce in a statement but gave few details. In an earlier statement this month, they said local markets had run out of food, and the area’s poorest residents were going hungr y. They could not be immediately reached for comment. Rami Abdur rahman of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the deal allowed food and flour to enter the town on the outskir ts of Damascus, under blockade since October. The Observatory monitors the conflict in Syria through a network of activists on the ground. All war ring sides in Syria’s civil war have blockaded towns to squeeze the opposing fighters and their support networks, but the most af fected have been poor people struggling to buy food, the elderly, the sick and children. In recent weeks, a variety of Syrian mediators have been tr ying to ease blockades in several areas, with modest success. Syria’s government is under pressure from the inter national community to allow food and medical aid into blockaded areas, par ticularly after repor ts emerged of widespread hunger in the Damascus suburb of Moadamiyeh this year. It appears civilians have also pressured rebels to accept truces. Meanwhile, fighting raged for control of a key base protecting the government-held airport in the northern city of Aleppo. The Brigade 80 base has been reported to have changed hands multiple times in the past day. It first fell to rebels in Februar y, but the gover nment retook it last week. Activists said that it was recaptured by rebels overnight Friday but by Sunday after noon, troops loyal to Assad were again in control, said the Obser vator y and a Lebanese television channel that closely follows Syria. Another pro-rebel activist in the Aleppo province said the clashes were still ongoing and it wasn’t clear what the outcome of the fighting yet was.
“This could either be a model to follow or a cautionary tale for another state that wants to do it through executive action only,” he said. Thirteen states have implemented full online voter registration programs within the last six years. Six more have passed the proper legislation and are in the process of creating programs. “What’s interesting about this case in Minnesota is that in many ways it runs counter to this prevailing national trend toward more online registration,” Chapin said. Around the country, both parties support online voter registration programs for the most part because they make it easier to vote, Chapin said. “Lots of states are seeing online registration as a way to both expand the number of people that are eligible to vote by making it easier to register, but also increasing the quality of the list,” he said. He said this case is unusual because the plaintiffs are asking for the program to stop altogether rather than just be evaluated. The lawsuit won’t immediately affect the results from the 2013 election, the Associated Press reported. But if it’s successful, the suit could create issues in recent races that had close numbers, said Erick Kaardal, an attorney for
STATES WITH ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION IMPLEMENTED
PASSED, NOT IMPLEMENTED YET
LIMITED ONLINE REGISTRATION
SOURCE: NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES
the prosecution. Minnesota Majority president Dan McGrath said in a statement last Monday that Ritchie’s office developed the program “behind closed doors, with no oversight.” “If it was implemented correctly and had oversight and bipartisan support, it’s definitely something that we’d be interested in seeing what they come up with,” Rouleau said. University of Minnesota
law professor Herbert Kritzer said the case stems from a history of conservative state leaders opposing loose voter identification laws in Minnesota. “This is sort of part of the Republican-Democratic war that is ongoing,” he said. Republican legislators added an amendment to tighten the state’s voter identification laws for the 2012 ballot, but it failed.
Chapin said the lawsuit will bring online voter registration to the forefront during candidates’ campaigns to replace Ritchie, who isn’t running for re-election, next year. Minnesota Majority successfully sued Ritchie last year over changes to the titles of the two constitutional amendments on the ballot. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Como community unites after alleged assault
BRIDGET BENNETT, DAILY
Aurora Center for Advocacy and Education director Katie Eichele speaks to community members about sexual assault Friday at Southeast Christian Church.
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“We can use this forum as a way to help people think of the neighborhood more as a family and for students to realize that even if [they’re] only here a year or two years, [they’re] important to this neighborhood now,” he said. The meeting was one of two events last week aimed at raising awareness of the recent assault and encouraging a community discussion. SECIA neighborhood
director Ricardo McCurley said volunteers also distributed safety information at bus stops and public places around the neighbor hood Wednesday. Students are the most frequent victims of crime in Southeast Como, he said. There’s usually an uptick in crime at the beginning of the school year, McCurley said, but the severity of the recent attack prompted community leaders to act. Minneapolis police recorded 46 crimes in Como in September, compared to 27 during the same time
last year. Burglaries more than doubled between the two months. Minnesota Student Association V ice President Fiona Cummings said MSA is sur veying students to find out how safe they feel around campus. The data, divided by neighborhood, will help MSA deter mine which neighborhoods need improvements. Anna Siekmeier, 22, a graphic designer who recently moved to the neighborhood, said the assault has forced her and her roommate to reconsider their own security, espe-
cially when walking to or from home at night. “My roommate, after hearing about [the assault], bought a Taser,” she said. Siekmeier said Friday’s meeting allowed her to meet other residents with similar concer ns. Community events, like the recent Como Cookout, need to be par t of the ef for t to build a stronger community so residents can present a united front, she said. “If people see that, they’ll think twice about what they do in their neighborhood.”
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healthy food options and nutrition counselors should tell patients to bring food from home.
Offering diverse dining options
University of ficials say there are a variety of food choices on campus, and they’ll continue ef for ts to inform students of available healthy options. The University has “a lot more” à la carte options than most other colleges in the nation, said Leslie Bowman, contract administrator for University Dining Services. The Coffman Union cafeteria offers Panda Express, where a ser ving of the popular Orange Chicken and steamed rice contains 640 mg of sodium and 820
calories. At nearby Greens To Go, where students can choose salad ingredients, a large salad with Caesar chicken, tomatoes, romaine lettuce, croutons and Italian dressing contains 800 mg of sodium and 260 calories. “Yes, Panda Express is ver y popular, but Greens To Go is quickly gaining grounds with our students,” said Suzanne Hedrick, marketing manager for dining services. Many students who choose fast food options on campus developed those habits during high school, she said. UDS Director Karen DeVet said there’s still work the University can do. Based on the study results, she said, the University should keep making sure students know about healthy food options on campus. As part of this effort, she said, UDS has a registered
dietician whom students can see for free.
DIET STUDY RESULTS
‘Appealing’ but unhealthy food
Some students said the study’s results weren’t surprising. Campus food of ferings in places like Coffman are “too fatty,” said Ayub Limat, a senior in the Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program, adding that there’s “a lot of junk food.” Nutrition sophomore Susan Wroblewski said she thinks the University does offer some healthy options, like sandwiches and smoothies. But unhealthy options are more abundant, cheaper and more appetizing, she said. Communications junior Erica Hedtke said she wasn’t surprised by the study’s results, either, because on-campus food is quick and convenient but also unhealthy. “I can see how it’s attrac-
Students who lived off campus and...
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Higher fats
Lower fats
Higher added sugars
Lower added sugars
Skipped meals more often
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tive,” she said, but “some of us see past it.” Hedtke, who commutes from Richfield, Minn., said she brings food from home mainly to save money, but she said it’s better for her, too. “My food is healthier than what’s in [Coffman],” she said.
Monday, November 11, 2013
Typhoon deaths climb into thousands BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TA C L O B A N , P h i l i ppines — Corpses hung from trees, were scattered on sidewalks or buried in flattened buildings — some of the thousands believed killed in one Philippine city alone by ferocious Typhoon Haiyan that washed away homes and buildings with powerful winds and giant waves. As the scale of devastation became clear Sunday from one of the worst stor ms ever r ecor ded, of ficials said emergency crews could find more bodies when they reach parts of the archipelago cut of f by flooding and landslides. Desperate residents raided grocery stores and gas stations in search of food, fuel and water as the government began relief ef for ts and international aid operations got underway. Even in a nation regularly beset by ear th quakes, volcanoes and tropical storms, Typhoon Haiyan appears to be the deadliest natural disaster on record. Haiyan hit the eastern seaboard of the Philippines on Friday and quickly barreled across its central islands, packing winds of 147 mph that gusted to 170 mph, and a storm surge of 20 feet. Its sustained winds weakened to 74 mph as the typhoon made landfall in northern Vietnam early Monday after crossing the South China Sea, according to the Hong Kong meteorological obser vator y. Authorities there evacuated hundreds of thousands of people. Hardest hit in the Philippines was Leyte Island, wher e r egional Police Chief Elmer Soria said the provincial gover nor had told him there were about 10,000 dead, primarily from drowning and collapsed buildings. Most were in Tacloban, the provincial capital of about 200,000 people that is the biggest city on the island. Repor ts also trickled in indicating deaths elsewhere on the island. On Samar Island, Leo Dacaynos of the provincial disaster office said 300 people were confirmed dead in one town and another 2,000 were missing, with some towns yet to be reached by rescuers. He pleaded for food and water, adding that power was out and there was no cellphone signal, making communication possible only by radio. Repor ts from other affected islands indicated dozens, perhaps hundreds more deaths. With communications still knocked out in many areas, it was unclear how authorities were arriving at their estimates of the number of people killed, and it will be days before the full extent of the storm is known. “On the way to the airport, we saw many bodies along the street,” said Philippine-born Australian Mila Ward, 53, who was waiting at the Tacloban airport to catch a military flight back to Manila, about 360 miles to the nor thwest. “They were covered with just anything — tarpaulin, roofing sheets, cardboard.” She said she passed “well over 100” bodies. In one part of Tacloban, a ship had been pushed ashore and sat amid damaged homes. Haiyan inflicted serious damage to at least six of the archipelago’s more than 7,000 islands, with Leyte, Samar and the northern part of Cebu appearing to bear the brunt of the storm. About 4 million people were affected by the storm, the national disaster
agency said. V ideo fr om Easter n Samar province’s Guiuan township — the first area where the typhoon made landfall — showed a trail of devastation. Many houses were flattened and roads were strewn with debris and uprooted trees. The ABS-CBN video showed several bodies on the street, covered with blankets. “Even me, I have no house, I have no clothes. I don’t know how I will restar t my life, I am so confused,” an unidentified woman said, crying. “I don’t know what happened to us. We are appealing for help. Whoever has a good hear t, I appeal to you — please help Guiuan.” The Philippine National Red Cross said its ef for ts were hampered by looters, including some who attacked tr ucks of food and other relief supplies it was shipping to Tacloban from the southern port of Davao. Tacloban’s two largest malls and grocer y stores were looted, and police guar ded a fuel depot. About 200 police of ficers were sent into Tacloban to restore law and order. W ith other rampant looting reported, President Benigno Aquino III said he was considering declaring a state of emergency or martial law in Tacloban. A state of emergency usually includes curfews, price and food supply controls, militar y or police checkpoints and increased security patrols. The massive casualties occurred even though the gover nment had evacuated nearly 800,000 people ahead of the typhoon. Aquino flew ar ound Leyte by helicopter on Sunday and landed in Tacloban. He said the government’s priority was to restore power and communications in isolated areas and deliver relief and medical assistance. Challenged to respond to a disaster of such magnitude, the Philippine government also accepted help from abroad. President Barack Obama said in a statement that he and his wife, Michelle, were “deeply saddened” by the deaths and damage from the typhoon. He said the U.S. was providing “significant humanitarian assistance” and was ready to assist in relief and recovery efforts. U.S. Defense Secretar y Chuck Hagel directed the Pacific Command to deploy ships and aircraft to support search-and-rescue operations and fly in emergency supplies. U.N. Secretar y-General Ban Ki-moon was “extremely concerned” by the widespread destr uction and the steeply rising death toll, according to a statement released by his office. Ban said the U.N. and its humanitarian par tners “have quickly ramped up critical relief operations” even though many communities remain dif ficult to reach, the statement added. Pope Francis led tens of thousands of people at the Vatican in prayer for the victims. The Philippines has the largest number of Catholics in Asia, and Filipinos are one of Rome’s biggest immigrant communities. The Philippines is annually buf feted by tropical storms and typhoons, which are called hur ricanes and cyclones elsewhere. The nation is in the northwestern Pacific, right in the path of the world’s No. 1 typhoon generator, according to meteorologists. The archipelago’s exposed eastern seaboard often bears the brunt.
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VERONICA HO, DAILY
“Ironwain” Wayne Potratz, a University of Minnesota art professor, makes sword-grade steel “tamahagane” in a Tatara, a traditional Japanese furnace used for smelting iron and steel, on Wednesday in the sculpture courtyard at the Regis Center for Art.
French out-tough US over Iran BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PARIS — When Iran appeared close to a preliminar y deal with world powers over its nuclear program, France stepped up to say: Not so fast — a surprise move that exposed divisions among the United States and other Western negotiators who had long been in lockstep on the issue. France, analysts say, was motivated by factors including its tough stand against the spread of nuclear weapons, skepticism about Tehran’s trustworthiness, and the longstanding French tradition of speaking out on the world stage. Critics faulted France for alleged grandstanding and seeking closer ties with Iran’s foes. After the Geneva talks ended early Sunday with no deal, diplomats including U.S. Secretary of State John Kerr y said that progress was nonetheless made and negotiations will continue Nov. 20. He said the U.S. was “grateful” to the French and shared some of their concerns. After the failure of European-led talks with Iran over the nuclear program in the mid-2000s — when America gave Iran the silent treatment — Paris has staked out a hard-line stance. While President Barack Obama has recently sought a breakthrough,
France has little to gain politically from an accord, and that gives Paris a freer hand to stick to strategic and security concerns. In Geneva, the U.S., Britain, Germany, Russia, China and top EU diplomat Catherine Ashton were looking for initial caps on Iran’s ability to make an atomic bomb, while Tehran sought some easing of sanctions stifling its economy. But French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius broke the nearuniform silence of the diplomats during the talks by using French radio to express reser vations about Iran’s enrichment of uranium and prospects of producing plutonium. “You know, the French are ver y irritating. When the Americans absolutely want to do something, the French have this terrible habit of somewhat disagreeing,” said analyst Francois Heisbourg of the Foundation for Strategic Research think tank in Paris. “We actually have experience in dealing with the Iranians directly. There used to be negotiations between the Europeans (and the Iranians) between 2003 and 2005.” “The Americans haven’t spoken to the Iranians since 1979. And the Americans are telling us how it should be done,” Heisbourg said. As for the Americans, “maybe they
just want a deal — it happens all the time in history: People badly want a deal and end up by negotiating against themselves.” Kerr y said the United States has “serious and capable” exper ts who have dealt with Iran for years. “We are not blind, and I don’t think we’re stupid,” he told NBC’s Meet The Press on Sunday. “I think we have a pretty strong sense of how to measure whether or not we are acting in the interests in our countr y, and of the globe, and particularly of our allies, like Israel, and Gulf states, and others in the region.” France has had deep ties to Iran over the years, notably striking business deals and hosting reformist former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami in the late 1990s — when the biggest sticking point was whether to serve wine at dinner. (It was not.) France was a major par tner of the shah, and also harbored Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomenei in exile before he returned home to lead the Islamic Revolution. Today, the outspoken opposition group, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, has its base in the Paris suburbs. The bite of sanctions against Iran in recent years has left dangling billions of dollars worth of French investment there, includ-
ing from companies like oil giant Total and car maker PSA Peugeot Citr oen. Meanwhile, France has been cozying up to rich Gulf states such as Saudi Arabia, Iran’s regional archrival. This month, French President Francois Hollande travels to Israel. In his radio appearance, Fabius said that French officials have been in contact with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the Geneva talks. Criticism of France emerged on a Twitter account widely believed to have the approval of the of fice of Iran’s Supreme Leader — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “#French officials have been openly hostile towards the #Iranian nation over the past few years; this is an imprudent and inept move,” wrote @ khamenei_ir. Salman Shaikh, director of The Brookings Doha Center in Qatar, pointed to a French role reversal from a decade ago when Hassan Rouhani — now Iran’s president — was its nuclear negotiator. France led a drive for a deal to sharply limit Iran’s nuclear program, but it was scuttled by allies who felt it did not go far enough. “For France to have the contrar y view now, it shows just how far Iran’s nuclear program has advanced,” he said.
SE Como properties to be tested for toxins Tests u from Page 1
“The problem’s been there, but we didn’t know it was there,” Messing said. TCE has been linked to health issues, including birth defects and liver and kidney cancer. Messing said those complications come from TCE concentrations 10 to 100 times higher than what’s likely in Southeast Como. “We want to see whether there is a problem,” she said. “We don’t really know, [and] that’s why we want to test.” Initial testing for about 200 properties is scheduled to begin Nov. 18. Owners can sign up for testing online or at one of two informational meetings at the Van Cleve Recreation Center on Tuesday. Renters cannot sign up for testing. Instead, officials are asking tenants to provide contact information for their landlords. “It’s ultimately up to the owner whether we even go in the front door,” said Sam Brungardt, a public information officer with the MPCA. General Mills will pay to install a ventilation system in any property containing unsafe levels of TCE. Messing estimated the cost of one ventilation system to be about $2,000.
A long histor y of waste, cleanup
General Mills dumped TCE on its Hennepin Avenue property for 15 years
as part of its chemical research ef for ts, according to the MPCA. Of ficials lear ned the land was contaminated in 1981, four years after General Mills sold the proper ty. The company paid to clean the site up, starting in 1985. The chemical never posed a thr eat to the neighborhood’s drinking water supply because no wells drew from the area contaminated with TCE, accor ding to the state health depar tment. State of ficials deter mined in
2010 that TCE levels were low enough to end cleanup efforts. Katie Fournier, a longtime neighborhood resident, lives in the area officials have deemed most important for testing. She said she was encouraged by the fact that of ficials kept monitoring the neighborhood after cleanup efforts ended. “They’re doing the right things to check on it and take care of it,” Fournier said. To maximize testing, she said, community
members could reach out to tenants and ask them to pressure their landlords to consent to testing. “I’m sure the residents of the home have more of a stake in this than perhaps the owner who lives in Florida,” Fournier said. Hans Neve, a MPCA super visor for areas like the former General Mills site, said officials won’t be able to solve the problem without cooperation from the public. “The solution on this, fundamentally, is a coming-together.”
HEALTH OFFICIALS PLAN TO TEST SOUTHEAST COMO HOMES FOR POTENTIALLY HARMFUL VAPOR SECONDARY TESTING AREA*
PRIMARY TESTING AREA
FORMER CHEMICAL DISPOSAL SITE
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Protecting the judiciary
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s a progressive, I am a staunch suppor ter of reforming government practices, but some state legislators are pushing for an unnecessar y and potentially damaging change to judicial elections. The desire for reform stems from a 2005 federal appeals court decision in Republican Par ty of Minnesota v. White, which ruled it was unconstitutional for Minnesota to limit partisan activities and money within judicial races. As a result, some have expressed the concern that Minnesota’s current judicial elections, which are seen as the pinnacle of the nation, would deteriorate into partisan mudslinging contests in which outside groups like the Koch brothers could purchase election outcomes. To address these concer ns, Rep. Steve Simon, DFL-Hopkins, introduced a bill that may be brought up as soon as next year. The
RONALD DIXON columnist
legislation would change the way Minnesotans elect justices, substituting our simple election and appointment system to judicial retention elections. In the current system, local judges and state justices are either elected or appointed, and voters get the opportunity to re-elect these individuals or oust them in favor of an alternative candidate. Through judicial retention elections, a committee would select from a list of candidates that the governor must appoint. Then the committee would analyze the per formances of the candidates, and a seal of approval would appear on the ballot if approved. Ultimately, reformers see this plan as a way to prevent
money from influencing Minnesota judicial elections, but there are potential negative implications for such a change. First, we should consider what’s happened in other states with retention elections. After an Iowa Supreme Court ruling legalized samesex marriage in that state, three justices were ousted. Out-of-state groups spent more than $650,000 in the effort to unseat the judges during their retention elections. When justices are up for retention elections, would controversial decisions place judges at the whims of a partisan committee formed by a par tisan governor? What protections would judges receive so that they can base their rulings on judicial integrity as opposed to the level of controversy? Finally, this reform may violate the separation of powers. Greg Wersal, a former state Supreme Cour t candidate, warned that retention elections would give too much power to the executive branch and strip away the right for Minnesotans to vote
DEATHS IN IRAQ: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 4,802 — IRAQI CIVILIANS: 115,171- PLUS DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 3,384 AFGHAN CIVILIANS: UNKNOWN
for whichever candidate they choose. One can hardly call this process a fair election when voters can only choose between approving a state-appointed sitting judge and having the state select another individual to take their place. The current system lacks the par tisan elections that we have seen in other states. While the infamous Citizens United case paved the way for even more money in legislative and executive elections from Super PACS, Minnesota’s judiciar y has not been negatively influenced by the White case. Fur thermore, judges hardly face challengers because, in general, they do a great job upholding the integrity of the Minnesota justice system, and when these candidates do run against an incumbent, they hardly garner any support at all. Although money in politics is a real concer n, we should not make haste to reform a system that is not broken. Ronald Dixon welcomes comments at rdixon@mndaily.com.
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Our news media’s inability to maintain focus isn’t just fruitless, it hurts our nation.
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GUEST COLUMN More scholars call for U to investigate clinical trial suicide University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler and the University Senate received a letter last week calling for an investigation into the practices sur rounding the suicide of Dan Markingson and to see how future similar tragedies could be prevented. The suicide occurred while Markingson was participating in a clinical trial at the University. Pr ominent scholars, ethicists, clinical researchers and specialists in health law and human rights from all over the world signed the letter. The University has not adequately addressed concerns in the past or more recent revelations. These include: • If the social worker or research coordinator was sanctioned by the State of Minnesota Board of Social Work for her role in the case, why weren’t her super vising physician principle investigators similarly sanctioned? • Several people with family treated on this trial have come for ward with “evaluation to consent” forms that bear identical responses. This strongly suggests that the forms were duplicates and were not the responses of the subjects prior to their enrollment — a serious violation of ethics. • Serious conflicts of interest have become apparent, casting doubt on both the approval process
and on ef for ts to examine the case. It is rather like the fox guarding the henhouse. • There were apparent Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act violations, with Markingson having been enrolled three days before he signed a consent form. • How could a person who was declared incompetent and institutionalized consent for a clinical trial? The Minnesota Legislature was also troubled by this, subsequently passing “Dan’s Law,” which bans researchers from recr uiting most psychiatric patients into drug trials if they are under a commitment order. While the University has insisted that it has been exonerated by outside investigations previously, this is simply not true. The Food and Drug Administration did a remarkably super ficial review before many of these increasing concerns came to light. Former University General Counsel Mark Rotenberg asser ted that the attor ney general’s of fice had reviewed the Markingson case and found no fault with the University. We now know that never happened. Minnesota Deputy Attorney General Karen Olson confirmed to Markingson’s mother that her of fice “has not made any independent investigation or determination regarding the care rendered to your son.” Responses fr om the University have been dis-
ingenuous at best. As a result of ongoing questions, more than 3,000 people from all over the world have signed on to a petition calling on Gov. Mark Dayton to order an investigation of Markingson’s death. The University needs to recognize that its stonewalling is creating further adverse publicity for itself. This stor y has even been picked up by the British Medical Jour nal. I was a clinical researcher for more than 25 years and now write about research ethics in a series for Scientific American. I know what happened at University was wrong, which is why I will continue to call attention to this injustice. Is this the legacy — similar to that of the latest Tuskegee syphilis study or HeLa scandals — that the University wants? If not, and to set a positive, responsible example for its students, the University must appoint an independent and transparent review panel, as requested by T r udo Lemmens, Scholl Chair of Health Law and Policy at the University of Toronto, et al. Wishing alone will not make this problem go away for the University. Positive, honest responses might. Judy Stone Author, “Conducting Clinical Research: A Practical Guide for Physicians, Nurses, Study Coordinators, and Investigators”
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EDITORIAL
THE COURTS
Minnesotans should not be subjected to retention elections.
Monday, November 11, 2013
fter last week’s elections, the news media is ablaze with predictions for the next election. The biggest beneficiar y of this MATT HOY coverage is New columnist Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, whose fabled 2016 presidential campaign was a grassroots phenomenon that empowered his base while stirring moderates and — Wait, he hasn’t run for president yet? That’s strange. I could have sworn that he had beaten Hillary Clinton and was now the leader of our nation. How do you explain all of these sideby-side videos and even hypothetical polls (Clinton is leading) of Clinton and Christie’s presidential chances? Well, I guess that just means cable news networks have been wasting time speculating on a race that is still years away, mere days after a slew of races just ended. It’s as if they aren’t really “news” organizations at all, but “random guesses about what might happen in the future” organizations. That’s it: They’re a psychic hotline where everyone wears suits and makes tons of money, lent credibility by our politicians and print media seemingly for no reason. Right now the only thing keeping us from a 24/7 Christie watch is our media’s adulation for the Toronto mayor who smoked crack and a former Miami Dolphins super villain called Incognito who verbally harassed teammate Jonathan Martin. Have they forgotten that just weeks ago, renegade members of Congress shut down our government? At a certain point, the fleeting attention span of our news media becomes responsible for the miniscule shelf life of important issues in our national dialogue. If our media is to be the Fourth Estate it ought to be, we need to let thoughtful people actually address issues in a constructive way. Unfortunately, the CNN model of sitting two people who hate each other at a table and then letting them scream is what the idea of constructive dialogue has amounted to. When this is the expected model, it means that politicians who do hugely irresponsible damage to our country are only held accountable for a week or two before we let them back out to play. But if you have a sex scandal, watch out. That’s the problem with our media’s obsession with the new shiny object: It undermines the critical role that journalism is supposed to play. Matt Hoy welcomes comments at mhoy@mndaily.com.
Goals for a new mayor, councilman
Our newly elected officials must work to revitalize the city.
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hough this year’s election process appeared disoriented, Election Day clearly revealed a new Minneapolis with new faces. Now that the campaigns are over, we should take a moment to realize where Minneapolis is going.
The new face of Ward 3 Ward 3 has a new City Council representative. With 61 percent of the vote, Jacob Frey unseated eight-year incumbent Diane Hofstede, the Minnesota Daily reported last Wednesday. Frey is just one of seven new City Council members unseating incumbents in their wards this election. Minneapolis voters have chosen new blood to represent them this election season, as increasing dif ferences in ideas about development and how to move Minneapolis forward have emerged. This election had a definite generational divide. Minneapolis voters looked to a future of new challenges and innovative development; so too is the new generation of leadership. Though Frey lacks political experience, the Editorial Board endorsed him in part because of the energy he would bring to the council. Frey shows enthusiasm for actively engaging University students and innovating city processes for the benefit of Ward 3. We look forward to Frey’s continued involvement with the University community, perhaps by further strengthening the University District Alliance that Councilwoman Hofstede developed. To incite growth by rooting University students to Minneapolis, Frey should follow through with a plan to create an incomesubsidization program for college graduates. We hope Frey continues to support smart, sustainable development in Dinkytown and surrounding areas. Ward 3 needs to increase density but also maintain a strong local atmosphere in order to foster both profitable and responsible business. A moratorium on development in the business sector of Dinkytown, as Hofstede introduced, is neither necessary nor economically beneficial in preser ving the area’s legacy. In looking to the future of Dinkytown, Frey should welcome developers who are interested in adding to the neighborhood rather than replacing successful infrastructure. With such a broad array of constituents in Ward 3, we encourage Frey to seek greater student involvement in community development and projects as he works to foster lasting relationships with the ward’s diverse neighborhoods.
Issues in the DFL party After Frey won the DFL endorsement, Hofstede still ran despite a promise during her campaign to do the contrary. This also happened in Ward 10, where incumbent Meg Tuthill kept running after the DFL endorsed challenger Lisa Bender. Tuthill had made a similar promise to Hofstede’s. Clearly, there were disagreements between candidates of the same party as to the direction the DFL should take in Minneapolis and across the state. With ranked-choice voting still fairly new in Minneapolis, it is best that DFL candidates keep their promises and abide by endorsements for both ethical and practical reasons. Voters were overwhelmed by the number of choices in some races this year. In the future, all candidates should make a greater effort to reach out to students and create a presence on campus. The Minnesota Student Association and the Minnesota Public Interested Research Group brought candidates on campus, though fairly late in the race. Student voter turnout is typically low, as was the case this year, but candidates could help influence this by addressing student issues and holding events on campus.
The new leader of Minneapolis We now look to mayor-elect Hodges — Minneapolis’ second female mayor — as well as newly elected Council members to revitalize and foster diversity in the DFL and throughout the city. Hodges was out-fundraised and didn’t get the huge endorsements her peers did, but Minneapolis found something else in the newly elected mayor. With a party facing a generational divide and problems even endorsing candidates, Hodges must form coalitions in the city and foster cooperation across diverse groups.
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Opinions RAPE CULTURE
Rape culture exists We can’t allow ignorance or rape apologists to explain away rape culture.
TRENT M. KAYS columnist
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grow wear y of some arguments. As someone who studies rhetoric, this doesn’t surprise me. However, some fights are so boneheaded that I almost cannot approach them. Instead, I sit mouth agape, wondering in what universe such arguments would ever make sense. One of these arguments is the debate around rape culture. In a letter to the editor in the student-run Badger Herald last week, University of Wisconsin-Madison political science junior David Hookstead called out the “myth” of rape culture. His troglodytic argument reminded me that our culture has a long way to go in understanding humanity. His op-ed, titled “Rape Culture Does Not Exist,” prompted appropriate outrage. Hookstead relates the instance of a woman raping his friend, a male studentathlete. Hookstead wonders why there is no outrage over a woman raping a man in the same way there is a man raping a woman. Tragically, what Hookstead fails to realize is the silence that surrounded his friend’s rape is caused by rape culture. This is a similar silence that surrounds women who have been raped. Hookstead’s tale is not evidence of the nonexistence of rape culture; it’s proof of it. I cannot take Hookstead’s argument seriously. However, I take Hookstead’s ignorance seriously because it is dangerous. Rape culture surrounds us in movies, in news stories, on social media and all around the world. Rape is an act of violence. Rape is the oppression of one’s will by another through sexual conquest. If you force nonconsensual sex on someone else, you are a rapist. If you slut-shame someone because of what they’re wearing, you are perpetuating rape culture. If you blame the victim for their rape, you are perpetuating rape culture. These things, among others, serve as part of the fuel that drives this rape culture. Indeed, if rape culture didn’t exist, rape would not be so pervasive. The myth that rape is simply a crime or act between individuals is destructive. If so many individuals are raping so many other individuals, what or who is telling them such an act is OK? Rape culture and rape apologists. The belief that rape culture is a creation of radical feminists in order to subjugate men is pathetic. While rapists are predominately men, even feminists acknowledge that women rape too. Men rape women; women rape men; men rape men; and women rape women. Sexual assault among transgender people or those with intersex conditions is also an issue. We have a corrupt value system. We allow the oppression of women to continue even though we believe in equality. We tell
women how not to be raped instead of men not to rape. We let rapists go uncharged with a crime based on the misogynistic argument that the victim must’ve wanted it. Any argument that a victim must have wanted to be raped is caused by rape culture. We let it happen, and the truth is in the statistics. According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, one in six American women has been a victim of attempted rape or rape. Similarly, one out of 33 American men has been a victim of attempted rape or rape. These statistics are unacceptable. It’s clear women are victims of reported sexual assault more than men, though an aspect of rape culture is the stigma against reporting it. Prison rape, for example, often goes unreported but may account for a large portion of instances of male rape. If we were to take Hookstead’s argument seriously, we’d think that men were the great-oppressed victims of domineering women. But this likely isn’t the case, though I empathize with Hookstead’s friend. However, people of different genders deal with their own issues involving sexual assault.
We cannot begin to change this violent and oppressive culture until we recognize its existence and the underlying value systems that give rise to it. As long as we continue to treat women as sexual objects to be used, we will continue to have rape. Our culture is absurd, and the idea that the victim of a crime is to blame for the crime is disgusting. Do we blame the victim of a murder for their murder? Do we blame the victim of a kidnapping for their kidnapping? Do we blame a 12-year-old child for their molestation? A 12-year-old doesn’t ask to be molested. A 12-year-old doesn’t want to be traumatized by another’s oppression. If you find these statements ridiculous, this is good. I hope you do, because they are ridiculous, and they are the same types of arguments people use to explain away rape. Imagine being bombarded every day by sexualized images, discourses about how “sluts” are nothing and media about how men and women are actually equal. That culture would be a terrible one to live and work in. Such a culture allows troglodytes to post work that is blatantly oppressive or attempts to explain why rapists aren’t really rapists. Such a culture would allow politicians like Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., to explain “legitimate rape” or treat sexual assault as just another conception method. Such a culture would often treat women as prey and men as predators, and it would foster submission as a way to build relationships. Is that the kind of culture you want to live in? Well, you do. Welcome to rape culture. We cannot begin to change this violent and oppressive culture until we recognize its existence and the underlying value systems that give rise to it. Repeat after me: Rape culture exists, and we must change it. Trent M. Kays welcomes comments at tkays@mndaily.com.
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LOCAL POLITICS
It’s morning in local politics The lopsided results from the Minneapolis municipal election illustrate a change in traditional party politics.
CHRIS IVERSON columnist
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here’s a changing wind in the world of Minneapolis politics. If the local election last Tuesday was any evidence, the hugely funded, name-recognized and/or union-suppor ted campaigns slipped in a dramatic fashion. Although they don’t always catch national attention, local politics carr y a certain type of stigma in discussion. Many political powerhouse leaders or groups are situated in big-city “small” politics, and most of them claim big stakes in their respective cities. For an extreme example, members of Chicago’s Daley family held the mayor’s office for years. Many of Chicago’s aldermen have held office like political “dynasties,” as one Chicago Tribune repor ter put it. But now political power seems to come from neighborhood coalitions rather than union endorsements. “The traditional election of machine politics is not as ef fective as it used to be,” Abou Amara, policy director for the Don Samuels campaign, told MinnPost. “It’s more coalition politics. How we talk to voters is fundamentally different. Now we talk more about issues and policy.” Since I’ve only been voting for three years, it still seems odd to me that politics, especially local campaigns, could be driven by something other than the actual issues. In the past, elections have been little more than fundraising contests, but that was far from the case this year. With almost 10,000 more first-choice votes, Betsy Hodges easily defeated Mark Andrew in the Minneapolis mayoral race. Andrew raised about $135,000 more than Hodges along with endorsements from significant local unions. The oldtime establishment DFL would tell you that this is the ultimate path to campaign success. The voting public displayed other wise. “In my opinion, the Mark Andrew campaign led a message of inevitability since the summer,” said Andrew Degerstrom,
an Urban Studies senior and co-founder of Students Unite for Betsy Hodges. “In a state as liberal as Minnesota, and further, a city as liberal as Minneapolis, it reflects poorly on the establishment-DFL types to have their favored candidate finish a relatively distant second.” This year’s complicated and lengthy DFL mayoral convention ended with no endorsement. The mayor’s race was one issue, but the DFL endorsement for some highstakes City Council races proved revealing as well. In some cases, the par ty backed challengers over incumbents. Invigorated by a surge in voter participation from youth and minorities, candidates for wards 3, 6 and 10 swooped in to grab the DFL endorsement from incumbents. In Ward 3, Jacob Frey mobilized a large youthful following and has been cited as accessible and close to individuals in the race. He easily won the DFL endorsement in April. Incumbent Diane Hofstede, on the other hand, has family ties to politics — she is the sister-in-law of former Minneapolis mayor Albert Hofstede — and she enjoyed traditional endorsements from the likes of Gov. Mark Dayton. Hofstede decided to continue running after losing the endorsement. In the end, Frey was able to out-fundraise Hofstede and won with 61 percent of first-choice votes. In Ward 6, Abdi Warsame, a Somali candidate r unning on a platform to invigorate the rapidly growing Somali population around Downtown East and Riverside Plaza, ousted incumbent Robert Lilligren for the DFL endorsement. Although Lilligren was the incumbent of a diverse ward, critics accused him of not being able to conquer the language barrier with the immigrant population. Warsame handily won Ward 6 seat with 64 percent of first-round votes. In Ward 10, city planner and co-founder of the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition Lisa Bender won the DFL endorsement in April over incumbent Meg Tuthill. Bender was able to overcome Tuthill’s traditional union support and fundraising abilities. Bender defeated Tuhill with 64 percent of first-choice votes. “Bender won from community organizing and getting people engaged in the campaign. It was a grassroots movement at its finest,” Degerstrom said. With a new mayor and major tur nover on the City Council, Minneapolis is moving toward a new generation of politicians. Most impor tantly, this election proved old-fashioned political strategies don’t work in 21st-centur y Minneapolis. Campaign finances and large union endorsements are outdated. If you want to r un for of fice like it’s 1982, please continue your mail-bombarding, lawn-sign-soliciting and constant union-pleasing. If you want to r un like it’s 2013, get citizens involved, put some hours into word-of-mouth campaigning and note that money alone cannot buy you into office. Chris Iverson welcomes comments at civerson@mndaily.com.
HOMELESSNESS
No place to call home
NUMBER OF HOMELESS PEOPLE IN MINNESOTA
7,751
7,696
7,854
9,654
10,214
TOTAL COUNT CHILDREN WITH PARENTS
3,546
3,251
2,726
2,862
3,178
Homelessness af fects the University in other ways, too. Because most University buildings are heated and open to the public, homeless people often take refuge inside them when temperatures fall. University police often escor t them to a nearby shelter. But it’s more dif ficult to remove the homeless people who remain outside of campus buildings, like around the West Bank or the Washington Avenue Bridge. Of course, escor ting the homeless away doesn’t solve the problem on an individual or communal level. It’s wrong to think of these people merely as public nuisances that must be hidden from sight. For tunately, the University has a few student groups dedicated to easing the struggle faced by the homeless. The Inter-Professional Street Outreach Project provides health care, education and refer rals to the homeless. Meals for Minneapolis takes a grassrootsstyle approach. The group hosts monthly fundraisers to raise money for sandwiches and bag lunches that are donated to local homeless shelters. These groups should be commended for their ef for ts, but some problems facing the homeless are less tangible. Exiled from the mainstream community, homeless people are often treated as though they are invisible — that is, they’re not
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treated at all. Imagine going for days, weeks or months without hearing anyone say your name. I’m not suggesting ever yone stop and donate all their money to ever y homeless person that they encounter. Cer tainly, I am as guilty of passing them by as anybody else. But small, human gestures — a smile and maybe a word or two — can make a difference to those who are so often left out in the cold.
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he first snowfall of the season sparks power ful emotions in the hear ts of all Minnesotans — not least of all the homeless. While many of us northerners pride ourselves in sur viving some of the harshest winters the United States can produce, not all of us can be so confident in our ability to weather the cold. For those without a permanent place to live, the first snowfall marks the beginning of a desperate struggle to sur vive. Being homeless anywhere is ter rible. Being homeless in a state whose climate can be fatal for much of the year is even worse. About 10,214 people were homeless in
assume none of those students attend the University of Minnesota.
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Minnesota last year, according to a Wilder Research study. Of these, more than 3,500 were children. Although the growth rate of Minnesotan homelessness has slowed, the current homeless population is the largest it’s been since 1991. Hennepin County mirrors the trend, and the number of homeless families is at a 10-year high. The county spent $9.3 million on homeless shelters in 2012, and the number of chronically homeless people has dropped, but residual ef fects of the economic recession are still being felt. Unsurprisingly, homeless shelters are typically busiest in the winter, when freezing temperatures can be dangerous for anyone trapped on the street overnight. It’s common for shelters to overflow; the Dorothy Day shelter in St. Paul repor tedly houses between 175 and 200 people each night, sending up to 40 others to a nearby building. Last year’s cold weather was par ticularly dif ficult for homeless people and shelters alike, with bitter temperatures lasting until May. In nor th Minneapolis, community members around an overflow shelter complained of public urination, drug use and aggressive behavior from residents. The community strongly opposed the over flow shelter as it tried to open for another year. But it would be wrong to think of the homeless as a faceless “other.” The Free Application for Federal Student Aid repor ts there are 58,000 homeless college students in the U.S. It would be naive to
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As the temperature drops, the homeless are left in the cold.
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Brian Reinken welcomes comments at breinken@mndaily.com.
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Sports
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FOOTBALL
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Gophers bowl past Penn State
BY NATE GOTLIEB ngotlieb@mndaily.com Minnesota 24, Penn State 10 Saturday, Nov. 9 TCF Bank Stadium RECAP The Gophers outscored Penn State 24-10 in the first half and held the Nittany Lions scoreless in the second for their fourth straight Big Ten win. Penn State sustained three drives of 50 or more yards in the second half, but the Gophers stopped them from scoring on all three drives. Minnesota quarterback Philip Nelson threw for 186 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score. Junior running back David Cobb rushed for 139 yards and a touchdown as the Gophers reached the eight-win mark for the first time since 2003. IT WAS OVER WHEN: Nelson rushed for a first down on third-and-3 from his own 39-yard line with 2:57 remaining. The play allowed Minnesota to keep possession and run out the clock. KEY PLAY Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg fumbled at the 1-yard line with about 6:45 remaining. Gophers senior linebacker James Manuel recovered the ball, and Minnesota ran out the clock on its next possession. FIVE OBSERVATIONS 1. Minnesota’s defense made stops when it counted. The Nittany Lions moved the ball effectively in the second half, but the Gophers’ defense held strong in its own territory. Minnesota’s defense stopped Penn State twice on fourth down after long drives, and Manuel recovered the fumble at the 2-yard line. 2. Nelson looked like a leader. The sophomore was 8-for-11 passing on third and fourth downs, including a 24-yard touchdown pass to redshirt freshman tight end Maxx Williams late in the first half. Nelson has had seven touchdowns and zero interceptions during the Gophers’ four-game winning streak. 3. Minnesota’s third- and fourthdown play calls worked. The Gophers converted nine of 17 third-down attempts and were 3-for-3 on fourth-down tries. They found success rolling Nelson out of the pocket on third downs and were aggressive on their fourth-down play calls. 4. Minnesota’s special teams played well. Redshirt sophomore punter Peter Mortell punted four times, averaged 46 yards per punt and pinned Penn State inside its own 20-yard line three times. Senior kicker Chris Hawthorne made a 45-yard field goal early in the first quarter. 5. Cobb continued his strong season. The junior rushed for 139 yards on 27 carries. Cobb needs 58 more yards to become the first Gophers player to rush for 1,000 yards in a season since Amir Pinnix in 2006. QUOTE OF THE GAME
D av i d C o b b might be our best defensive player if he keeps running the ball like that. acting head coach and defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys TWEET OF THE GAME
“All of @CollegeGameDay salute the GoldenGophers, Jerry Kill, and Tracy Claeys. #Minnesota becoming a better story weekly. 8 W’s!” ESPN College GameDay host Chris Fowler @cbfowler STUDENT ENTHUSIASM REPORT The student section was nearly full and was loud for most of the game. The total announced attendance was 48,123. UP NEXT The Gophers have a bye next Saturday before facing Wisconsin on Nov. 23 at TCF Bank Stadium.
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Minnesota running back David Cobb runs the ball Saturday against Penn State at TCF Bank Stadium.
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said the biggest difference is that the team is just having fun. That was exemplified after Saturday’s win as head coach Jerr y Kill hustled into the locker room, got to the center of his team’s huddle and busted out into dance. “We cer tainly enjoyed the moment … and it was fun,” Kill said. Kill was optimistic about his team at the start of the year, but about a month ago, eight wins seemed nearly impossible for the program. Now, a Big Ten title is a possibility. “I didn’t know if we could move this quick, but … that’s a credit to our staff and our players,” Kill said. “We needed to get our kids to believe that they were good football players and believe in themselves. And I think each week, the belief becomes better.” Minnesota displayed that newfound confidence throughout the game against Penn State. The Gophers were clutch in critical situations on of fense and embodied the prototypical “bend-butdon’t-break” mentality on the defensive side of the ball. Minnesota conver ted nine of 17 third downs in the game and was 3-for3 on four th downs. It had touchdown drives of 96, 70 and 74 yards and took a 2410 lead late in the second quar ter when sophomore quarterback Philip Nelson found Williams wide open on a wheel route down the left sideline. “We felt … like we had more speed than them,” Nelson said of Minnesota’s of fense. “If we could get them to take a wrong
BIG TEN STANDINGS Legends Division Team Michigan State Nebraska Minnesota Iowa Michigan Northwestern
Conference Record 5-0 4-1 4-2 3-3 2-3 0-5
Overall
% Record % 1.000 8-1 .889 .800 7-2 .778 .667 8-2 .800 .500 6-4 .600 .400 6-3 .667 .000 4-5 .444
Leaders Division Team Ohio State Wisconsin Penn State Indiana Illinois Purdue
Conference Record 5-0 4-1 2-3 2-3 0-5 0-5
Overall
% Record % 1.000 9-0 1.000 .800 7-2 .778 .400 5-4 .556 .400 4-5 .444 .000 3-6 .333 .000 1-8 .111
SOURCE: BIGTEN.ORG
step or two, we [felt like we] could get some matchups outside.” Nelson finished 15 of 24 for 186 yards with one touchdown through the air and one on the ground. He threw the ball 19 times in the first half, but Cobb shouldered the load after the break.
“We needed to get our kids to believe that they were good football players and believe in themselves. And I think each week the belief becomes better.” JERRY KILL head coach
Cobb finished with 139 yards on 27 car ries and ran for mor e than 100 yards for the four th consecutive game. Cobb is now 58 yards away from becoming the first Gophers running back since Amir Pinnix to surpass 1,000 rushing yards. “David Cobb might be our best defensive player if he keeps running the ball like that,” defensive coordinator and acting head coach
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Minnesota linebacker James Manuel celebrates after recovering a fumble Saturday against Penn State at TCF Bank Stadium.
Tracy Claeys joked after the win. “There’s no better defense than one that’s standing on the boundary watching the game.” Cobb kept his defense of f the field for chunks of time after halftime. But when the defense was on the field, it was tested by tr ue freshman Christian Hackenberg. The Penn State quarterback showed tremendous poise and had great pocket presence for a true freshman — but proved throughout the game he is still just a freshman. Hackenberg led Penn State on a few sustained drives in the second half but seemed to stall any time his team got inside Minnesota’s 30-yard line. “I think the biggest difference with this team is in those situations, we can fight back,” senior defensive back Brock Vereen said. “In previous years, we might have been likely to roll over.” Vereen and sophomore cor nerback Eric Mur ray worked together to shut down junior wide receiv-
SCORING SUMMARY SCORE BY QUARTER Penn State Minnesota
1 7 10
2 3 14
3 0 0
4 0 0
1ST QUARTER
TOTAL 10 24 PSU
MINN
MINN
FG
13:33
Chris Hawthorne, 45 yd field goal
0
3
MINN
TD
3:08
David Cobb, 1 yd run (Hawthorne kick)
0
10
PSU
TD
1:02
Zach Zwinak, 6 yd run (Ficken kick)
7
10
PSU
MINN
2ND QUARTER MINN
TD
9:08
Philip Nelson, 6 yd run (Hawthorne kick)
7
17
PSU
FG
3:11
Sam Ficken, 27 yd field goal
10
17
MINN
TD
0:17
Maxx Williams, 24 yd pass from Philip Nelson (Hawthorne kick)
10
24
SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
er Allen Robinson in the game. Robinson was an All-Big Ten selection last year and has emerged as one of the best wide receivers in the Big Ten this year. He had seven catches for 63 yards, but he never really made an impact. Hackenberg was inaccurate on four th downs all game and lost a crucial fumble at the 1-yard line with about six minutes left in the fourth quarter. The Gophers took over at their own 2-yard line and used their strong running attack to run out the
clock. Minnesota has a bye this week and will face rival Wisconsin on Nov. 23 in what will be its toughest test this season. The Gophers haven’t won the battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe since 2003. “We knew the talent that we had [at the start of the season],” Vereen said. “The physical tools were always there, [but] now that we’ve proven we have a dif ferent mindset … the sky’s the limit.”
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FOOTBALL
Kaler voices support for Kill’s leave of absence President Eric Kaler spoke to the media before the game Saturday. BY NATE GOTLIEB ngotlieb@mndaily.com,
University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler said Saturday that he thinks the
University made the right decision regarding head football coach Jerry Kill’s leave of absence. “I had a lot of people in my ear saying we should fire him,” Kaler said at a press conference before the Gophers’ 24-10 win over Penn State. “That’s nonsense. We’re going to be compassionate. We’re going to be
smart about how to let Jerry get back to full strength.” Kill has been on leave since Oct. 10 for his epilepsy treatment but has been around the team during that time. He’s been at each of the last four games and has coached in a limited role during the past three. The Gophers are 4-0 in that stretch. “We’re for tunate that
we’re winning under these conditions,” Kaler said. “But even if we weren’t, I know we made the right decision about how to let Jerry get back on his feet.” Kaler said fans are more engaged when teams like football and basketball are playing at a high level. “When I have a 7-2 football team, I’m a lot better presi-
dent than when they’re 2-7,” he joked before the game. The Gophers are 8-2 after the Penn State win and will return home in two weeks to face rival Wisconsin at TCF Bank Stadium.
Facilities Kaler also addressed the University’s $190 million athletics facilities plan, which he
said is still in early fundraising stages. A central part of that plan, which athletics director Norwood Teague unveiled this summer, is a new football complex and basketball practice facility. “We’re going to need to make that investment,” Kaler said. “And I think it’s going to have great outcomes.”
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MEN’S HOCKEY
Minnesota splits series with Irish WITH SAM GORDON
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Minnesota forward Hudson Fasching shoots the puck against Lethbridge on Oct. 5 at Mariucci Arena.
The Gophers lost 4-1 on Friday but bounced back with a 5-4 win Saturday. BY MEGAN RYAN mryan@mndaily.com
The Gophers split a series with Notre Dame over the weekend, in par t due to strong play from the freshman class. Minnesota had six goals in the series, and freshmen accounted for five of them. The Gophers lost 4-1
Friday night but followed up with a 5-4 win Saturday on the road against the No. 4 team in the nation. “[It was a] hostile environment — older team, ver y strong team,” freshman for ward Hudson Fasching said Saturday. “We lear ned a lot from this game.” Fasching assisted on the Gophers’ lone goal Friday from junior defenseman Ben Marshall. He added two goals of his own Saturday. Fellow freshman forward Taylor Cammarata also had a big night Sat-
urday. He managed Minnesota’s first goal of the night and added two assists. For ward Justin Kloos and defenseman Jake Bischof f rounded out the five goals by freshmen. “Bottom line is, we had a lot of young guys who came in and responded in a real positive manner with their per for mance tonight,” head coach Don Lucia said Saturday. Fasching said the difference between Friday’s three-goal loss and Saturday’s tight win came down to better net focus and a
stronger ef for t from all four lines. “That was not our best per formance last night,” Fasching said Saturday. “I think we wore them down a little bit [tonight].” Freshman for ward Gabe Guer tler made his collegiate debut Friday. Guer tler had been suspended indefinitely for violating team r ules before the star t of the season. With their first loss of the season, the No. 1 Gophers now spor t a 6-1-1 overall record. Minnesota will take on
BRIDGET BENNETT, DAILY FILE PHOTO
MEN’S HOCKEY RESULTS FRIDAY Minnesota Notre Dame
1 0 0
2 1 2
3 0 2
FINAL 1 4
3 1 0
FINAL 5 4
SATURDAY Minnesota Notre Dame
1 3 2
2 1 2
SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
Minnesota State-Mankato next weekend at Mariucci Arena.
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WOMEN’S HOCKEY
Gophers escape SCSU with series sweep Minnesota trailed late Saturday but rattled off two quick goals to win. BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com
It may not always be pretty, but good teams find a way to win no matter the circumstances. Simply put, Minnesota’s women’s hockey team is good. The Gophers, a team already with a shor t bench, were without three forwards this weekend but managed to come through with 4-1 and 4-3 victories, running its winning streak to 61 games. Minnesota stormed back in dramatic fashion Saturday, scoring both the game-tying and winning goals late in the third period. “[Saturday’s] game was one where we got pushed to the limit, and [I’m] proud of our kids for finding a way to get the job done there,” head coach Brad Frost said. Freshman for ward Dani Cameranesi deflected a shot by senior defenseman Baylee Gillanders to tie the game with 2:02 left to play. “We got the tying goal, [and] ever yone was excited, and you just kind of knew that we were going to finish it,” freshman defenseman Kelsey Cline said. And they did. Sophomor e defenseman Milica McMillen sealed the win for the Gophers with 1:09 left in the game of f assists from sophomore for ward Hannah Brandt and junior defenseman Rachel Ramsey. “I went on the ice knowing that we just had to play solid defense for two minutes and maybe take it to overtime,” McMillen said. “But Hannah chipped the puck to me, and [I] went in, just cut to the middle, and I shot it.” Minnesota had a subpar first period, in which
the Huskies took a twogoal lead. “We were just tr ying to stay positive, but all of us knew that that’s not the team we really are,” Cline said. The Gophers responded with a strong second period, tying the game with two goals from senior for ward Sarah Davis. St. Cloud State scored just 49 seconds into the third period to take a 3-2 lead.
“To be down a goal with two minutes left and to be able to win in regulation shows a lot of heart and character. We never doubted that our team had that, but it sure was nice to see them pull out the win.” BRAD FROST head coach
“They held us of f for basically the whole period, and coach [Frost] just kept saying, ‘Stay calm. Play your game. Keep staying calm,’” Cline said. McMillen said the team “had a couple lapses” this weekend, but it wasn’t as bad as it’s been in the past. She said the Gophers could have fallen apar t after going down by two goals in the first period, but players knew if they stayed together as a team, they could overcome the obstacles. “To be down a goal with two minutes left and to be able to win in regulation shows a lot of hear t and character,” Frost said. “We never doubted that our team had that, but it sure was nice to see them pull out the win.” Friday’s game was far less dramatic. Minnesota established a lead in the first period on a goal by Davis and never
VERONICA HO, DAILY FILE PHOTO
Gophers freshman forward Dani Cameranesi protects the puck from Team Japan at Minnesota’s exhibition game Sept. 26 at Ridder Arena.
relinquished it. Davis had three goals and two assists on the weekend. Frost said she has been “incredibly consistent” for the Gophers this season. Cline scored her first collegiate goal in the second period. She said she saw the slot open, found a clear lane and capitalized on it. “It was just one of those things where you want it to happen and just get it out of the way,” Cline said. “Hopefully now, that’s just the first of many.” Cline, who has played
defense for the Gophers this season, was up at forward in place of freshman for war d Kate Schipper this weekend. Schipper, junior forward Meghan Lorence and sophomore for ward Mar yanne Menefee were out of the lineup this weekend, which Frost said was due to both injur y and illness. Each of the Gophers’ three lines was missing a player in the series, and Cline, sophomore Brook Gar zone and fr eshman Kate Flug filled in as replacements. Minnesota will face stiff
WOMEN’S HOCKEY RESULTS FRIDAY 1 1 Minnesota St. Cloud State 0
2 2 0
3 1 1
FINAL 4 1
3 2 1
FINAL 4 3
SATURDAY 1 0 Minnesota St. Cloud State 2
2 2 0
SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
competition next weekend when it retur ns home to take on Nor th Dakota at Ridder Arena.
ear ESPN College GameDay,
There’s something special going on in Minneapolis. I’m inviting you to spend the mor ning of Nov. 23 on our campus to tell college football fans across the countr y about the incredible turnaround taking place. You’re already privy to our head coach’s situation. Your five-minute feature this past Saturday on Jerry Kill and his ongoing battle with epilepsy was touching. In Minneapolis, you could not only extend that narrative but also showcase the team and the players that are leading this unlikely turnaround. They deser ve some attention, too. Who would have thought the Gophers would be on the precipice of national relevance once again? I’ve lived in the Twin Cities my entire life, and I’ve covered this team for the last three years. I was skeptical about the Gophers at first, and I can understand why you’d be, too. But here they are at 8-2 with four straight Big Ten wins in a season for the first time since 1973. Just two years ago, Minnesota was a 3-9 football team that primarily served as a punching bag in the Big Ten. Now the Gophers are No. 25 in the nation, according to the coaches’ poll, and sit at No. 27 in the eyes of the Associated Press. That’s unfathomable for those who know the program well — and for those who don’t. The Gophers will tr y to extend their winning streak Nov. 23 against their biggest rival and reigning Big Ten champion, W isconsin, the No. 17 team in the countr y. The game itself should be competitive — unlike recent meetings. Minnesota’s power r unning game and efficient passing attack have propelled the winning streak, and the Gophers’ improved defense should be able to contend with the Badgers’ potent offense. You’ll have the oppor tunity to showcase one of the oldest rivalries in college spor ts. It’s a trophy game too, as the teams will battle for the legendar y Paul Bunyan’s Axe. And on top of all that, the GameDay crew will have the opportunity to check out the magnificent Twin Cities area. Minneapolis and St. Paul were ranked in America’s 50 Best Cities by Business Week last year — the top 15, to be specific. The SEC gets enough love, and Fargo already got some attention this year. Why not Minneapolis? I’ve outlined several reasons why the GameDay crew should come to the Twin Cities, and I hope this letter prompts serious consideration. You have favored rivalr y and tradition in the past. On Nov. 23, the Gophers will play host to one of the most historic rivalries in college football. And it’s happening against all odds. Ya feel me? Sincerely, Sam Gordon Sam Gordon welcomes comments at sgordon@mndaily.com or on Twitter.
@SamuelEGordon
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
Gophers down Lehigh in season opener Elliott Eliason had 17 rebounds in the first game of the Richard Pitino era. BY JACE FREDERICK jfrederick@mndaily.com
Friday star ted as a day of disappointment for the Gophers. Minnesota lost five-star 2014 recr uit Reid Travis when he committed to Stanford, and the team announced Mo Walker’s sixgame suspension. But when the Gophers took the floor for head coach Richar d Pitino’s of ficial debut, all of that seemed to fade away. Minnesota used a tenacious defensive attack and an inspired ef for t on the glass from Elliott Eliason en route to an 81-62 seasonopening win over Lehigh. With Walker out, Eliason decided to rebound for two. He finished with 11 points and 17 boards. It was the first double-double of his career. “You just come in there and do what you can, and things sometimes go your way,” Eliason said Friday. “I was able to get a lot of rebounds and get some points on the board.” Minnesota’s defense stymied the Mountain Hawks — par ticularly in the first half.
“I told the guys this is a long, long journey. One game down and many, many more to go.” RICHARD PITINO head coach
The Gophers held Lehigh to 18 points on 23 percent shooting through the first 20 minutes. Minnesota accr ued 11 steals during the night. “I thought our defense in the first half was pheno m en a l , ” P i t i n o s aid. “We did a good job of taking them out of what they wanted to do.” Eliason had plenty of help in the scoring department. Sophomore transfer Joey King had 20 points to lead the team, while junior guard Andre Hollins followed closely with 18 points
MINNESOTA 81, LEHIGH 62 Lehigh Minnesota
18 44 — 62 37 44 — 81
LEHIGH Player Min Chuku 33 Kempton 30 Schaefer 34 McKnight 35 Price 29 Goldsborough 10 Cvrkalj 8 Whitfield 10 Simelton 9 Renninger 1 Pilitsis 1 Total 200
FG FT Reb M-A M-A O-T Ast 3-13 2-2 4-10 1 4-10 0-1 1-3 0 3-10 1-2 0-3 6 6-13 2-3 1-4 2 5-11 2-2 1-2 1 0-1 2-2 1-4 0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 0-0 1-2 0-1 0 1-2 0-0 1-1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 22-61 10-14 14-35 10
PF 4 4 2 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 18
Pts 8 8 7 18 15 2 0 1 3 0 0 62
PF 4 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 15
Pts 8 11 11 18 2 20 6 5 0 0 0 81
MINNESOTA FG FT Reb Player Min M-A M-A O-T Ast Osenieks 17 3-6 0-0 0-3 3 Eliason 28 4-9 3-4 7-17 0 Hollins, Au. 33 5-9 0-0 2-7 0 Hollins, An. 32 5-13 7-7 0-2 5 Mathieu 32 1-5 0-0 0-2 9 King 27 6-10 6-8 1-1 0 Smith 18 2-6 0-0 0-2 2 Ahanmisi 9 1-1 2-2 0-1 0 Buggs 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 Shell 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 Baranowski 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 Total 200 27-59 18-21 12-38 19
SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
on 5-for-13 shooting. Pitino said Hollins did a great job getting to the rim and drawing fouls. He attempted and made seven free throws on the night. Hollins and the entire of fense benefited from junior guard DeAndre Mathieu’s playmaking ability. Mathieu drove and kicked to teammates throughout the night and finished with nine assists to go along with two points. “[My teammates] make it easy when they’re scoring,” he said. “It’s a fun game when you’re passing. I didn’t really have to score much because ever ybody else really gets theirs.” The Gophers won the rebounding battle 38-35, but rebounding continues to be a point of emphasis. “We’re small right now, so we’ve got to continue to combat that,” Pitino said. The win was Pitino’s first official victor y as Gophers head coach after taking the job in April. “I told the guys this is a long, long journey,” Pitino said. “One game down and many, many more to go.”
Walker suspended The Gophers wouldn’t give any specific reason for Walker’s suspension, saying only that he “violated University policy.” There seemed to be plenty of suppor t for him on the team. “We love the kid, and we want him back,” Eliason said. “I know he’s making himself better.” Walker’s six-game sus-
HOLLY PETERSON, DAILY
Gophers center Elliott Eliason blocks a shot against Lehigh on Friday at Williams Arena. Eliason recorded the first double-double of his career in the game.
pension should expire in time for him to return to the lineup for the Gophers’ second game of the Maui
Invitational in late November — one game after Minnesota’s battle with Syracuse on Nov. 25.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Banham paces her team to victory
Minnesota opened its season with a 73-55 win over Northern Iowa. BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com
In their first regularseason action of the year, the Gophers topped Northern Iowa 73-55. Minnesota (1-0) held a huge advantage in fieldgoal percentage, netting almost 60 percent of its shots, while Nor ther n Iowa (0-1) made slightly more than 30 percent of its shots from the field. That allowed the Gophers to jump out to a 4015 halftime advantage, but Nor thern Iowa outscored Minnesota 40-33 in the second half. “We played pretty outstanding in the first half,” head coach Pam Bor ton said. “We played pretty well for the first eight minutes of the second half [and] then kind of let up a little bit.” Minnesota junior guard Rachel Banham paced the Gophers with 15 points, making 54 percent of her shots. Sophomore guard Shayne Mullaney and senior for ward Micaëlla Riché were even more efficient — each went 5-for7 from the field. Mullaney finished with 14 points and three assists, while Riché had 13 points and two blocks. Sophomore for ward Jackie Johnson also scored in double digits,
MINNESOTA 73, NORTHERN IOWA 55 Minnesota Northern Iowa
40 33 — 73 15 40 — 55
MINNESOTA Player Banham Mullaney Riche Hirt Noga McDaniel Johnson Hedstrom Bailey Total
FG FT Min M-A M-A 26 7-13 0-0 36 5-7 0-0 21 5-7 3-5 29 2-6 2-2 33 2-5 2-2 9 0-1 1-2 29 5-5 3-4 9 1-2 0-0 8 1-1 0-0 200 28-47 11-15
Reb O-T Ast PF 3-7 2 4 0-1 3 4 0-5 3 4 1-6 2 2 0-6 2 1 1-1 0 3 3-6 0 4 0-2 1 1 0-0 0 2 8-37 13 25
Pts 15 14 13 6 7 1 13 2 2 73
NORTHERN IOWA FG FT Reb Player Min M-A M-A O-T Ast Weekly 28 2-14 2-4 0-2 1 Davison, S. 26 7-11 5-7 1-3 0 Schonhardt 11 1-4 0-0 4-4 3 Brown 19 1-2 0-0 4-4 1 Keitel 23 2-8 2-2 2-5 1 Dohnalek 18 5-9 1-3 2-4 1 Sorenson 17 0-5 0-0 0-2 0 Davison, A. 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 Lonning 14 0-0 0-0 1-2 2 Ackerman 12 1-4 0-0 2-4 0 Smith 7 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 Donaldson 5 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 Johnson 17 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 Total 200 19-63 10-17 20-35 9
PF 1 1 3 0 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 19
Pts 7 23 2 3 6 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 55
SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
and Bor ton said she’s in the best shape of anyone on the team. “I think Jackie was our most dependable post player tonight,” Bor ton said after the game. “This is the way she’s been practicing. Jackie’s extremely reliable, dependable.” Johnson had to shoulder more of a load inside on Saturday because starting center Amanda Zahui B. was suspended one game for an “inadver tent infraction” of an NCAA rule, according to a team spokesperson. The spokesperson said Zahui B. will be back in the lineup for the Gophers’ game against Charlotte on Wednesday at
ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY FILE PHOTO
Minnesota guard Rachel Banham looks to pass against Purdue on Feb. 24 at Williams Arena.
Williams Arena. W ithout the 6-foot-5inch Zahui B. in the lineup, Minnesota barely outrebounded Northern Iowa 37-35. Banham, despite being a 5-foot-9-inch guard, led the Gophers with seven rebounds.
Johnson, senior guard Sari Noga and sophomore guard/for ward Kayla Hirt all had six rebounds. “I feel like this was kind of my fresh start, because last year, I didn’t get to play a ton,” Johnson said. “I took that as a learning experience.”
“We suppor t Mo. We love Mo,” Pitino said. “We can’t wait to get him back in Maui. He’s going to be a
big help to our basketball team.”
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WRESTLING
Nelson leads his team at Bison Open The Gophers took home eight titles as a team at their first meet this year. BY NATE GOTLIEB ngotlieb@mndaily.com
The No. 3 Gophers wrestling team opened its season Saturday with eight individual titles at the Bison Open in Fargo, N.D. Minnesota redshir t freshman Brett Pfarr won the 184-pound title, redshir t senior Tony Nelson won the heavyweight title and their teammates added six more individual titles as the Gophers won more than 75 percent of their matches. “We’ve got a really wellrounded team,” Nelson said. “That’s why I think we walked away with eight titles.” Minnesota was one of three Division I teams to par ticipate in the event and dominated the mostly Divisions II and III competition. Nelson, who went 4-0 on the day, pinned the first three wrestlers he faced and won a 2-1 decision over teammate Michael Kroells in the heavyweight final. Gophers redshirt junior Scott Schiller also recorded three pins and won the 197-pound title. Schiller, an all-American last season, pinned a South Dakota State wrestler in the title match. Minnesota redshir t junior Chris Dardanes went 5-0 and won the 141-pound title. Dardanes was wrestling competitively for the first time since the NCAA championships
MARK VANCLEAVE, DAILY FILE PHOTO
Minnesota heavyweight Tony Nelson grapples with Virginia Tech’s David Marone on Feb. 22 at Williams Arena.
last March because of an injur y. Minnesota’s topretur ning 125- through 157-pound wrestlers all moved up a class from last season, including Dardanes, who wrestled at 133 pounds last season. He said ever yone is feeling good about the change. “We’re all feeling a lot
better — a lot more energetic and ready to roll,” Dardanes said. Gophers redshirt junior Dylan Ness recorded two pins and beat teammate Brandon Kingsley for the 157-pound title. David Thor n, Nick Dardanes and Logan Storley also won titles for the Gophers.
“We’ve got a really well-rounded team. That’s why I think we walked away with eight titles.” TONY NELSON redshirt senior heavyweight
Minnesota will compete Saturday at the Harold Nichols Open in Ames, Iowa. “ We ’ v e g o t a r e a l l y good team coming back,” Nelson said. “I’m excited to see what we can do next weekend.”
@DailyontheMat
WRESTLING RESULTS
MINNESOTA INDIVIDUAL TITLES 133 Thorn 141 Dardanes, C. 149 Dardanes, N. 157 Ness 174 Storley 184 Pfarr 197 Schiller 285 Nelson
SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
VOLLEYBALL
Minnesota splits weekend with Iowa and Nebraska Adrianna Nora had a strong showing for the Gophers over the weekend. BY DAVID NELSON dnelson@mndaily.com
In a contest between the No. 9 and No. 11 teams in the nation, the winner was the team that made the biggest plays in the biggest moments. On Sunday, that team was Nebraska. The Cor nhuskers def ea t ed M i n n e s o t a i n a five-set marathon match and moved two matches ahead of the Gophers i n t h e B i g Te n s t a n dings. While the Gophers stifled Nebraska’s impressive of fense for most of the match, their inability to get out to early leads in sets ultimately cost them the match. “We played well enough to win,” head coach Hugh McCutcheon said. “It’s just one of those things in the Big Ten — sometimes you play well and you come up short.” A lot of that quality play came from junior outside hitter Adrianna Nora. Nora was instr umental for her team over the weekend in a win over Iowa on Friday night and in the close loss to Nebraska on Sunday. “When I was a sub, I’d be a lot more ner vous and go back to my old fundamentals and just trust my own instincts,” Nora said. “As soon as I let go of that selfishness and listened to what Hugh was saying … ever ything fell into place.” Nora has 81 kills in her last six matches, including 18 kills in the match against the Cornhuskers. “She hits a really heavy ball. I don’t think teams are ready for that.” senior outside hitter Ashley W ittman said. “I think they’re mostly focused on our outsides and our middle.” Nora was second on the team in kills against Nebraska behind Wittman, who finished with 19.
VOLLEYBALL RESULTS FRIDAY Iowa Minnesota
1 2 3 FINAL 21 18 20 0 25 25 25 3
SUNDAY 1 2 3 4 5 FINAL 3 Nebraska 25 15 27 15 15 1 Minnesota 22 25 25 25 11
SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
In order to counteract Nebraska’s own of fensive attack, Gophers fans saw a lot of junior Morgan Bohl and sophomore Lindsey Lawmaster, two defensive specialists. “We’ve been doing that the last couple of weeks,” McCutcheon said. “We think it’s been effective for us.”
“We played well enough to win. It’s just one of those things in the Big Ten — sometimes you play well and you come up short.” HUGH MCCUTCHEON head coach
The Gophers’ plan worked, as they led Nebraska in hitting percentage, but they faltered in the fifth set. Nora made a few errors in that set but said she was happy her coaches and teammates had the faith to keep her in. She led the team with 14 kills in the match against Iowa on Friday night. Minnesota had more kills and a better hitting percentage en route to a sweep of the Hawkeyes. “I thought some of the phases of the game we did quite well and some of the other phases of the game we wer e lacking,” McCutcheon said. Nora said she’s gained a lot of confidence lately, and it’s showed. She’s averaged 13.5 kills per match over the last six contests.
CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY FILE PHOTO
Minnesota outside hitter Adrianna Nora spikes the ball against Nebraska on Sunday at the Sports Pavilion.
“She wants the ball, and I think that’s helped her
confidence,” senior setter Alexandra Palmer said.
“She asks for [the ball], she knows what she can
do with it, and that’s just huge.”
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SWIMMING & DIVING
Gophers’ men, women dominate UND
LISA PERSSON, DAILY FILE PHOTO
Minnesota freshman Breanne Siwicki swims in the 200-meter backstroke against Michigan on Oct. 11.
Minnesota’s teams combined to win 27 of the 32 events over the weekend. BY DAVID NELSON dnelson@mndaily.com
The Gophers swimming and diving teams amassed two more big wins over the weekend in Grand Forks, N.D. The men’s team defeated Nor th Dakota 179-113 while the women’s team
won 179-114. The men won 13 of 16 events while the women won 14 of 16, including the first four swimming races. Minnesota head coach Kelly Kremer said it’s impor tant to get early-event wins, especially as the road team. “We want to make sure that we’re getting off to a good start and not coming from behind,” Kremer said. “It gave the rest of the team confidence.” Minnesota is rolling on the women’s side and is
undefeated early in the season. Three freshmen have been vital to the women’s team’s success. Breanne Siwicki took home Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors last week and won the 1,000-yard freestyle and the 200 freestyle relay this weekend. Maddie Hoch took home first place in the 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle and 200 individual medley. And Abigail Raatz helped Minnesota win four different events. “Our freshmen as a whole were just outstanding this
weekend,” Kremer said. Kremer said many different athletes stepped up this weekend, which was crucial to his team’s success. “I liked how we had some other people have an opportunity to really do some good things for swimming and diving in Minnesota,” Kremer said, “We had a lot of people step up.” Sophomore Dylan Zoe, who won both the 3-meter and the 1-meter diving events, was one of those athletes.
“He’s been so consistent,” Kremer said. “He continues to get better ever y time we watch him dive.” Minnesota retur ns to the University Aquatic Center this Thursday, Friday and Saturday for the first time in a month, but its competition won’t be easy. “We’ve got an incredibly fast meet lined up,” Kremer said. “The Grand Prix meet is loaded with household names, and they’re all coming to Min-
SWIMMING AND DIVING RESULTS MEN’S Minnesota North Dakota
FINAL 179 113
WOMEN’S Minnesota North Dakota
FINAL 179 114
SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
neapolis. I can’t wait to get going on Thursday.”
CROSS COUNTRY
Minnesota’s second group runs for last time this year The Gophers rested their top runners in both Rocky’s Run and the Fall Finale. BY BETSY HELFAND AND JAKE STARK bhelfand@mndaily.com jstark@mndaily.com
The Gophers women’s cross country team rested its top runners for the Rocky’s Run event this weekend. But that doesn’t mean the race was meaningless.
Minnesota hosted the 33rd annual Rocky’s Run at Les Bolstad Golf Course on Sunday. The event was the Gophers’ last home meet of the season. Freshman Haley Johnson was the first runner to cross the finish line. It was the last race of the season for Johnson, who said she’s come a long way since the beginning of the year. “I have a lot more confidence now than earlier in the season,” she said. “I’ve worked on coming out more aggressively early in
races, and it’s helped me give myself a shot to actually win.” Gophers head coach Sarah Hopkins said she’s seen a lot of improvement from Johnson as the year has progressed. “Haley ran great today,” she said. “She’ll be in our top group next year.” Hopkins said she uses the event primarily to evaluate the younger players on her team. None of the Gophers who ran Sunday will run for the team in the NCAA Midwest
Regional or the NCAA championships in the next two weeks, she said. Hopkins said even though this group won’t compete again, it’s still important for her runners to perform well in their last race. “It plays into their development for the rest of the year,” she said. “You need to use these opportunities to carry forward into the next season.”
Bartnik paces men Minnesota’s men’s team, like the women’s team,
rested its top runners this weekend. Redshir t sophomore Aaron Bartnik led the way individually with a time of 24:43. Redshir t freshmen Cole O’Brien and T roy Koivisto finished fourth and fifth, respectively. Sophomore Josh Thorson and freshman Bradley Woodford, who both ran unattached, finished the race second and third, respectively. Minnesota had only three attached r unners compete in the meet and did not place as a team.
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS
FALL FINALE 8K Bartnik Thorson Woodford O’Brien Koivisto Hall Haskins Economy Kuzara Trujillo
TEAM Minnesota Unattached Unattached Minnesota Minnesota Unattached Unattached Unattached St. John’s St. John’s
TIME 24.43 25.04 25.11 25.24 25.30 25.57 26.29 26.38 26.43 26.47
SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
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BACKTALK sudoku
horoscopes
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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Thursday’s solution © 2013 Michael Mepham. Distributed by Tribune Media Services. All rights reserved.
Today’s Birthday (11/11): Honor service. Indulge your passion for creative projects this year, and your career will thrive. Follow inspiration. The money comes easily when the fun level is high.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Written By Linda C. Black
Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is an 8 — Pay close attention to your dreams over the next few days. Get them down in writing for future reference. It’s okay if you can’t take action yet.
Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 9 — More work lands, to the point that it could get hectic. Put a commitment in writing to save time.
Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is an 8 — Being especially sensitive to the opinions of others is key. Express yourself clearly, but mostly listen. Your intuition reveals what you need to know.
Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is an 8 — All work and no play can be exhausting. Take frequent small breaks, or one sizable one where you disconnect and completely relax.
Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 9 — Set new goals together. This requires patience. You’ll make money in the long run.
Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is an 8 — Stay close to home for a couple of days, and save. Ask for help from a natural researcher. You can be quite persuasive.
Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is an 8 — Write down long-term goals, and get philosophical. Don’t sweat the small stuff. Keep track of spending. You could even let others decide.
Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is an 8 — You’re smart and getting smarter. And you’ll find it easier to focus. Just when you thought it wasn’t possible, more money comes in.
Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is an 8 — Join forces to get the funding. Bring it all back home. You’re even more attractive now. Give yourself credit for the work done.
Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is an 8 — Have faith in your own imagination and your ability to creatively bring home the bacon. Think through all the possibilities.
Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is an 8 — Collaboration flows. There’s plenty to do. It may require some effort and dedication to complete everything, but it’s possible and worth it.
Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 9 — You’re entering a two-day innovation phase. Use your talent. Go ahead and throw your hat over the fence.
Monday, November 11, 2013
overheard Girl on phone: “Some friendships are like STIs: They linger for a lot longer than they were fun.”
—Outside Yudof Hall
Girl: “Every time you walk in here, you can just feel the aura of ‘[expletive]-Idon’t-know-what-the-[expletive]-anyoneis-saying.’ ”
—Folwell Hall
“So pressure is why you can’t breathe underwater! That makes sense! Oh, wait ... the water is why you can’t breathe ...”
“I think the four of us could tip a Smart Car.”
—Stadium Village
Professor: “I’m that person at the mall who comes up to you and is like, ‘Would you like to try some fried ostrich?’ ”
—Child psychology class
“I think I just got paint chips in my pants.”
—Centennial Hall
—Ruttan Hall
“Yeah, frostbite! The frost bugs bite you — like bugs, they bite you! Tell all the out-of-state kids that!”
—Bailey Hall
Guy to a girl: “Now, just imagine them all naked ...”
—Northrop Mall area
Professor: “Chuck Norris doesn’t believe in evolution. ... He decides what lives.”
—Lecture about phylogeny
Girl: “Do you want to get Greek food tonight?” Guy: “I’m allergic ... to new things.”
—Unknown
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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
ACROSS 1 Dinner for Mister Ed 5 On-the-job extras 10 Cave feedback 14 Snow remover 15 Ice show site 16 D’back or Met 17 “East of Eden” director Kazan 18 Popular half of a 45, usually 19 Time division on a map 20 Five-time Super Bowl winners 23 Do a librarian’s chore 24 Last Greek letter 27 Pipeline product 28 “It’s all about the beer” Dutch brewer 31 Tweezer targets 34 Club for the supersmart 35 Soccer goal 36 Weight training units 37 “Miracle on 34th Street” store 38 Stand up 39 Make the most of 40 Obama daughter whose Secret Service code name is “Rosebud” 41 Parcels (out) 42 Big name in sneakers 44 Droop in the middle 45 Ford flop 46 Insurance filings 50 Standard flown in Ho Chi Minh City 55 Thug’s knife 57 Snow-block home 58 Prefix with cast 59 Not contaminated 60 34-Across member 61 Soprano’s solo 62 Shoe inserts 63 Road curves 64 Headliner, or symbol associated with 20-, 28-, 37-, 42and 50-Across DOWN 1 Opinion pieces
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By C.C. Burnikel
2 God of Islam 3 Fabric often decorated with pastoral scenes 4 Gulps down 5 Whole bunch 6 Guitarist Clapton 7 Start all over 8 Felt in one’s bones 9 Swedish automaker 10 Digestive protein 11 Tight, as families 12 Lady lobster 13 Find at the mine 21 “We Try Harder” car rental chain 22 Chaplin granddaughter named for her grandmother 25 V-formation birds 26 Gets in the poker game 28 Anne of “Donnie Brasco” 29 One-named “Orinoco Flow” singer 30 Mag. edition 31 Groundbreaking comic Lenny 32 Put down new grass sections
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33 Starts to shoot 34 The “m” in E = mc2 37 Make a dent in, say 38 Rowing races 40 Actress Ward 41 Gander or gobbler 43 Soft-pile fabric 44 Offshoots 47 Like neon and xenon
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48 Obama daughter whose Secret Service code name is “Radiance” 49 Mascara mishap 51 The Bee Gees’ “Gee” 52 Beast of fables 53 Spanish dessert 54 Partner of null 55 Coppertone letters 56 Shade of color
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dr. date Dr. Date,
I have a huge crush on this girl I know, so I invited her to a party I hosted over the weekend. We ended up sitting on my porch after everyone else left, talking and drinking together. It was really nice, and I was a little drunk, so I leaned in to try and kiss her. She pulled away, obviously really embarrassed, and said she had to leave. The next day, I texted her and apologized, and she responded, “It’s OK, but you should probably know I’m gay.” I’m so embarrassed. I had no idea, and I definitely made her uncomfortable. Is there any way to make this better?
—Red In The Face
Red With Reason,
I hate to say it, but I don’t think there’s much you can do to make the situation better besides giving her some space. I’m assuming you thought that by agreeing to come to your party and staying afterward to talk to you, she was interested in you on a romantic level. I get that, but it’s unfortunate that members of the opposite sex can’t try to make friends without seeming like they’re coming on to each other. You mention so casually that you leaned in to kiss her that I wonder if this is a pattern for you. Was there anything besides mutual kindness toward one another that gave you the impression she liked you, or were you completely plastered? I may be alone in saying this, but I don’t think drunkenness is a good excuse for making sexual advances without warning. College kids aren’t as well-versed in the language of consent as they probably should be. To avoid awkward relation-
ship-breakers in the future, start by asking whether it’s okay to make a move.
—Dr. Date
Dr. Date,
There’s this guy I’ve known for a while, and about a month ago he asked me out via text. I responded that yes, I’d like to go out, but didn’t hear from him again. A couple of days later, I texted him again and said, “Hey, do you still want to get drinks sometime?” His response was super weird: “Wow, you’re persistent. I’m pretty broke right now, but maybe soon.” I was pretty annoyed, so I didn’t respond. Then, yesterday, he asked me out again in another text. I haven’t responded yet. How do I know if he’s serious this time?
—He-said, She-said
Dealing With Duds,
I hate to use online acronyms, but I legit LOL’d at “Wow, you’re so persistent.” The dude sounds like a massive Milk Dud, emphasis on the dud. Maybe he’s going back and forth about his feelings for you, or maybe he actually ran out of cash, but neither are legitimate excuses for talking to you in the way he chose to. Is he unaware of our local park districts and walking paths? What about a free art museum? Were drinks a necessary element? Because this happened even before the first date, my gut is telling me that your relationship wasn’t meant to be. Then again, maybe he was just having a bad day. I don’t know the guy, so I can’t say whether his response to you was out of left field, but it sure sounds like it. Put the Milk Dud back in the box and keep searching for that 100 Grand.
—Dr. Date
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