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The employee made a citizen’s arrest and issued a warning.
Former defensive player Bobby Bell was recently honored in N.C.
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Gophers legend helped change football
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STAND wants the U to avoid minerals used in certain tech products.
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Students could be left out of toxin tests Como property owners must agree to have their buildings tested. BY KIA FARHANG mfarhang@mndaily.com
Some of ficials are concerned University of Minnesota students in the Southeast Como neighborhood may not know their homes could contain dangerous levels of a chemical solvent linked to birth defects and certain cancers. After soil vapors in the neighborhood tested higher than normal for trichloroethylene, or TCE, officials are asking property owners for permission to test their homes — a process that may require help from tenants. But despite the neighborhood’s proximity to the University and its abundance of rental housing,
only a few of about 80 residents at a public meeting T uesday were students. Another meeting was held in the evening. “We would want students to know, because we’re going to need their cooperation, too,” said Tom Forsythe, vice president for global communications at General Mills. The company disposed of TCE on its former site in the neighborhood for 15 years as par t of its chemical research efforts. Proper ty owners, not renters, must agree to let General Mills’ contractors into their homes to test for the chemical, but renters may be one of the best resources available to officials because they know how to reach their landlords. Property owners signed approximately 30 access u See COMO Page 3 It may be possible for the city to require owners to allow tests.
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Last employees switch to Gmail About 18,000 AHC employees had to wait due to patient privacy concerns. BY KATELYN FAULKS kfaulks@mndaily.com
The University of Minnesota is almost done transfer ring its last employees from Gophermail to Gmail, a relief for many staff members. In 2011, the University adopted Gmail for employee and student use, but patient privacy concerns forced thousands of Academic Health Center employees to forgo the switch. Before, Google wouldn’t sign the contract requiring them to comply with the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which sets security standards to protect patient data. Last September, Google of fered to sign a Business Associate Agreement showing its compliance with HIPAA regulations. University Vice President and Chief Information Officer Scott Studham said transferring the accounts from the University’s control to Google’s outside ser vers won’t pose privacy problems. “The BAA was the only roadblock for us moving the health care component … to Google,” he said. “[It was] just a legal matter — u See GMAIL Page 3 The initial switch to Gmail saved the University $3 million.
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The Dinkytown area is experiencing drastic changes, including the construction of two new apartment complexes. The property owners, though often behind the scenes, are some of the most powerful players in shaping the change. BY MARION RENAULT AND NICOLAS HALLETT mrenault@mndaily.com nhallett@mndaily.com
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hen University of Minnesota students retur ned to campus this fall, half a block of Dinkytown was gone. That site will house a six-stor y apar tment complex next year. Across the street, another student housing project is already under construction. Doran Companies has proposed yet another development in the heart of Dinkytown. As the neighborhood faces some of the most drastic changes in its histor y, the community is divided over preser ving character or restoring
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Parents fight K-8 school relocation Marcy Open School was slated to move because of student overcrowding.
Brenny suit comes to trial The former women’s golf coach alleges she was discriminated against.
BY ALLISON KRONBERG akronberg@mndaily.com
Of ficials have abandoned a proposal to move the K-8, 715-student Marcy Open School to another building after a heated and emotional emergency meeting last Tuesday. Now, staff and parents are considering alternative solutions to the school’s overcrowding problem. “We have great staf f, we have great teachers, we have a great principal and we have a great building, and I want to be here until eighth grade,” said Marcy Open fifth grader Beatrice Kennedy-Logan, addressing the crowd last week. Her statement ended the meeting with passionate applause. Minneapolis schools Associate Superintendent Michael Thomas said a growing student body is a challenge for the school. “We’re at about 70 students over capacity right now, which could be two more classrooms,” said Marcy Open School Prin-
vitality. But heated discussions have often left out those with the most tangible power — the people who actually own the land. Often faceless and sometimes entire states away, these proper ty owners ultimately decide which tenants fill the area’s storefronts and who can buy Dinkytown real estate. More than half of Dinkytown proper ty owners sur veyed by the Minnesota Daily said they’ve been approached by a developer interested in their land. Of Dinkytown’s 25 proper ty owners, eight declined to participate in this stor y or didn’t respond to repeated inter view requests.
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Alix Herzing reads a letter to the Minneapolis Public School Board during a board meeting at the John B. Davis Education and Service Center. Herzing, the mother of a first grader at the school, thanked Associate Superintendent Michael Thomas for canceling his proposal to move Marcy Open School. cipal Donna Andrews, “but our building is drews said. not ver y big, so there are no classrooms Parents were first notified of the meeting left.” The building, located at 415 Fifth Ave. u See MARCY OPEN Page 12 SE, also lacks staff parking and its design University of Minnesota education isn’t up to current district standards, Anstudents volunteer at the school.
Former University of Minnesota women’s golf coach Katie Brenny’s lawsuit against the University of Minnesota Board of Regents came to trial last week, nearly three years after she filed the suit. Brenny sued the regents and former Director of Golf John Harris in January 2011, alleging that Harris kept her from coaching after discovering she was a lesbian. Former University General Counsel Mark Rotenberg disputed the claims after the suit was filed. Rotenberg told the Daily in December 2010 he hoped to settle the case without litigation. The trial started last Monday. Harris offered Brenny the job of associate head coach in August 2010, according u See BRENNY Page 7 The complaint said Harris took away coaching duties after discovering Brenny is a lesbian.
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NEW YORK — They set out to build the tallest skyscraper in the world — a giant that would rise a symbolic 1,776 feet from the ashes of ground zero. Those aspirations of global supremacy fell by the wayside long ago, but New York won a consolation prize Tuesday when an international architectural panel said it would recognize One World Trade Center as the tallest skyscraper in the United States. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, considered a world authority on supersized skyscrapers, announced its decision at simultaneous news conferences in New
York and Chicago, home to the 1,451-foot Willis Tower, which is being dethroned as the nation’s tallest building. Measuring the height of a building would seem to be a simple thing, but in the case of the new World Trade Center tower it is complicated by the 408-foot-tall needle atop the skyscraper’s roof. The council’s verdict rested on a conclusion that the needle should be counted as par t of the building’s total height. Without it, the tower would be just 1,368 feet tall, the same height as the original World Trade Center. That would make it smaller than not only the Willis, but also a 1,397-foot
Arizona football player dies after game injury BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Hopi High School football team had its best regular season ever, going 9-1 into a playoff game against a top-seeded team. Facing a complete shutdown, senior wide receiver Charles Youvella caught a pass and scored the team’s only touchdown in the third quarter. Well into the fourth quarter in Saturday’s 60-6 loss to Arizona Lutheran Academy, Youvella fell hard on his head and collapsed a couple of plays later. He died Monday at the hospital of a traumatic brain injury, the Arizona Interscholastic Association said. Youvella’s death was a somber end to a football season in which the players had grown more enthusiastic about the game on the small northeastern Arizona reservation. It also comes at a time when head injuries in football are attracting attention at all levels of the sport. The Institute of Medicine and National Research Council two weeks ago called for a national system to track sports-related concussions and answer questions about youth concussions. The report said 250,000 people age 19 and younger were treated in emergency rooms for concussions and other sports- or recreation-related brain injuries in the country in 2009. That was an increase from 150,000 in 2001. A community memorial is planned Wednesday evening at the high school auditorium in Keams Canyon. The high school has grief counselors on hand and will release students early, if needed, to attend funeral services later this week in Polacca.
apar tment building being built a shor t subway ride away near Central Park. Speaking at his office in New York, council chairman Timothy Johnson, an architect at the global design firm NBBJ, said the decision by the 25-member height committee had more “tense moments” than usual, given the skyscraper’s impor tance as a patriotic symbol. “I was here on 9/11. I saw the buildings come down,” he said. Over the past few months, the council had hinted that it might be open to changing its standards for measuring ultratall buildings, given a trend toward developers adding “vanity height” to tow-
ers with huge, decorative spires. But the council also has a histor y of disallowing antennas in height calculations. The Empire State Building’s landmark 204-foot needle isn’t counted in its height measurement. Neither are the two TV antennas atop the Willis Tower, which had been the countr y’s tallest building since it was completed — and named the Sears Tower — in 1974. But in the end, there was unanimity on the committee that One World Trade Center’s reach for 1,776 feet — a number that echoes the founding year of the United States — was an ar tistic architectural expression.
Doctors urge wider use of cholesterol drugs BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The nation’s first new guidelines in a decade for preventing heart attacks and strokes call for twice as many Americans — one-third of all adults — to consider taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs. The guidelines, issued Tuesday by the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology, are a big change. They of fer doctors a new formula for estimating a patient’s risk that includes many factors besides a high cholesterol level, the main focus now. The formula includes age, gender, race and factors such as whether someone smokes. The guidelines for the first time take aim at strokes, not just heart attacks. Partly because of that, they set a lower threshold for using medicines to reduce risk. The definition of high cholesterol isn’t changing, but the treatment goal is. Instead of aiming for a specific number, using whatever drugs get a patient there, the advice stresses statins such as Lipitor and Zocor and identifies four groups of people they help the most. “The emphasis is to tr y to treat more appropriately,” said Dr. Neil Stone, the Nor thwestern University doctor who headed the cholesterol guideline panel. “We’re going to give statins to those who are the most likely to benefit.” Doctors say the new approach will limit how many people with low heart risks are put on statins simply because of a cholesterol number. Yet under the new advice, one-third of U.S. adults — 44 percent of men and 22 percent of women — would meet the threshold to consider taking a statin. Under the current guidelines, statins are recommended for only about 15 percent of adults. Some doctors not involved in writing the guidance worr y that it will be tough to understand.
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China, Russia, Cuba win UN council seats BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
UNITED NATIONS — China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Cuba and Algeria won seats Tuesday on the U.N. Human Rights Council, riling independent human rights groups who said their election undermined the rights watchdog’s credibility. The General Assembly elected 14 new members to the 47-seat Geneva-based council, which can shine a spotlight on rights abuses by adopting resolutions — when it chooses to do so. It also has dozens of special monitors watching problem countries and major issues ranging from executions to drone strikes. Britain, France, the Maldives, Macedonia, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia and South Africa were also elected to three-year terms. Human Rights Watch noted that five of the new council members — China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and Algeria — have refused to let U.N. investigators visit to check alleged abuses. China, Russia and Algeria have 10 or more unfulfilled requests for visits by U.N. experts, some dating back to 2000, the group said. Saudi Arabia and Vietnam each have seven outstanding requests, they said. “Countries that haven’t
allowed U.N. exper ts appointed by the council to visit have a lot of explaining to do,” said Peggy Hicks, global advocacy director of the New York-based nongovernment group. “It’s like hiring someone, then not allowing them to enter the office.” Across the street from the main gate of U.N. headquar ters, pro-Tibet activists hung a huge banner saying “China Fails Human Rights.” Seats, allotted by region, are sometimes contested and sometimes not. All 193 members of the General Assembly can vote by secret ballots, which were collected in wooden ballot boxes from delegates. Geneva-based UN Watch, a frequent critic of U.N. rights practices, denounced what it considered the worst new members. “China, Cuba, Russia, and Saudi Arabia systematically violate the human rights of their own citizens, and they consistently vote the wrong way on U.N. initiatives to protect the human rights of others,” said UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer. “For the U.N. to elect Saudi Arabia as a world judge on human rights would be like a town making a pyromaniac into chief of the fire department.
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U Bookstores employee catches shoplifter The employee made a citizen’s arrest and issued a warning. BY NICK STUDENSKI nstudenski@mndaily.com
University of Minnesota Bookstores employee and mor tuar y science senior Rober t Olson made a citizen’s arrest when he caught a woman shoplifting Friday. Olson said he was standing by the entrance to the bookstore when he saw the female suspect, who is not a University student, remove tags from an article of a toddler’s clothing and hide them in an aisle of CDs. Olson repor ted the incident to his boss on his walkie-talkie, and they went to look for the suspect, he said. They found the suspect eating pizza outside Coffman Memorial Union’s cafeteria. When they asked her about the items, Olson said, the woman said she forgot to pay for them. Olson placed her under citizen’s arrest while his boss called University police. They cited her for misdemeanor shoplifting and issued her a trespass warning, according to the
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University police report. This is the second citizen’s arrest Olson has made since working at the bookstore, he said. “I bet we get three per month,” he said. University police Lt. Dave Wilske agreed that crimes like this are “fairly common at the bookstore.” When employees catch shoplifters, he said, they normally make a citizen’s ar rest before calling police. Wilske said citizen’s arrests happen about once per week on campus.
Kaler talks safety In response to an armed robber y Monday afternoon, University President Eric Kaler sent an email to the University community. In the email, he expressed his concer n r egar ding campus safety. “The rash of recent robberies and other crimes near and on our Minneapolis campus is troubling and disturbing, and it angers and frustrates me,” he said in the email.
OTHER CRIMES NEAR CAMPUS Crime: When: Where: Info:
Vandalism Nov. 9 Sigma Alpha Mu parking lot The two left tires of a student’s car were slashed with a knife or screwdriver.
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Lurking with intent to steal Nov. 9 TCF Bank Stadium tailgating lot A UMPD officer saw a man taking beer from coolers in the tailgating lot during a football game. The officer stopped the man before he left with the beer, so he was cited for lurking with intent to steal. SOURCE: MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, UMPD
Kaler outlined the University’s plan to make campus safer, which includes stepping up police patrols and adding to the 1,700 security cameras on campus. University Ser vices Vice President Pam Wheelock and University police Chief Greg Hestness met with Minneapolis police Chief Janeé Har teau last week to discuss the recent increase in crime on campus, according to the email. Kaler said he also plans to meet with Mayorelect Betsy Hodges about safety on campus. Kaler advised students that walking alone and being distracted can increase the risk of a crime, and he gave a reminder that the University of fers ser vices like the campus security monitor escor t ser vice, 624-WALK, and the Gopher
Chauffeur to help students stay safe.
Ex-roommate skirmish
A University student had an unwelcome visitor early Saturday morning. The victim’s for mer r oommate enter ed his house in Southeast Como and physically assaulted him, according to a Minneapolis police report. Cyndi Barrington, Minneapolis Police Depar tment public information officer, said the student is doing well. “The victim sustained ver y minor injuries,” she said. The student fought back against the suspect and kicked him out of the house, according to the police repor t. Barrington said the case is under investigation.
Students could be left out of toxin tests Syria war leads to rise of Como u from Page 1
agreements at the Tuesday meetings. Star ting next week, General Mills is paying to test about 200 Southeast Como proper ties for TCE. General Mills representatives and state health officials answered residents’ questions at the meeting Tuesday at the Van Cleve Recreation Center. Forsythe said the turnout for the afternoon meeting exceeded his expectations. But the crowd of residents was an older one, and it didn’t represent the neighborhood’s sizable student population. Environmental science senior Gretel Lee said she thought the recent spate of violence around the neighborhood — including an alleged sexual assault near Van Cleve Park last month — may have distracted students from the soil vapor
issue, which surfaced last week when health officials sent letters to residents. Lee plans to share the information she learned at the meeting with her roommates and other students, she said. She’s also already reached out to her landlord about scheduling a TCE test. “I think so far he’s on board with getting it tested,” Lee said. Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFLMinneapolis, represents Southeast Como and other University neighborhoods. She said keeping property owners informed should be the main priority because owners have the final say over whether any tests occur. “The students aren’t the ones who have to give the access,” Kahn said. Many of ficials agreed that wrangling proper ty owners into signing the agreements will likely be the most dif ficult par t of the testing process, espe-
cially because some live outside the state. Robin Gar wood, a policy aide for Ward 2 City Councilman Cam Gordon, said it could be helpful for officials to hold a meeting exclusively for proper ty owners to get them all in one place. Depending on how many owners agree to tests, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency may look into whether the city can draft an ordinance requiring proper ty owners to comply, said MPCA Assistant Commissioner Kirk Koudelka. Local proper ty owner Teresa Christensen signed the agreement at the public meeting. She said her 50-unit neighborhood apartment building houses only students. “Landlords have a responsibility,” Christensen said. “[But] it depends on the owner. … You have good landlords; you have bad landlords.”
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not a technology issue.” Under the contract, Google has to inform the University of any data breaches. If the University terminates its contract with Google, the company has to destroy any patient data information it has accumulated. AHC assistant director of public r elations Justin Paquette said it’s impor tant Google is legally bound to keep patient data secure, since doctors, nurses and other employees will sometimes trade information through email. Now that the University and Google have signed the contract, he said, employees are eager to make the switch because Gmail is more ef ficient, streamlined and easy-to-use. “Ther e’s been some envy in the AHC to get into that Gmail system,” Paquette said. The transition will begin in December, Studham
said, and likely last until next summer. “About 18,000 emails have to be switched,” Studham said. “[It’s] not a small project.” For the AHC, the University has to switch about 9,000 faculty and staf f emails. The rest of the emails include others that handle patient data outside the AHC, such as trainers in University athletics. The 2011 switch saved the University $3 million in hardware costs, Studham said. Once the remaining accounts change over, the University could save another $500,000, he said. Chief Health Information Compliance Of ficer Lori Ketola said the new system will be faster and smoother for employees. The lack of a universal email ser ver has made it dif ficult for some employees to set up meetings, for example. “With ever yone on the same system, there won’t be issues tr ying to map dif ferent systems for one another, and it will help [to
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sync] calendars,” she said. Gophermail was a fragile system, prone to occasional outages over the years, AHC associate Vice President and Chief of Staff Terr y Bock said. “It’s obviously ser ved us well,” he said. “It’s now at the end of its useful life; it’s time to move on.”
kidnappings in Lebanon BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIRUT — For nearly three weeks, kidnappers held Lebanese pharmacist Wissam Khatib, threatening to kill him and his children if his family didn’t pay a ransom of tens of thousands of dollars. During his captivity, Khatib — often shackled and blindfolded — went through depression, terror, pain. But, he says, the trauma was not a surprise. A well-to-do pharmacist in the eastern Lebanese city of Zahleh, the 40-year-old Khatib knew he was a target. He had escaped one kidnapping attempt in August, when he saw masked gunmen approaching his pharmacy and fled before they saw him. He expected them to return, knowing that Lebanon’s weak security forces couldn’t help him. “The state knew, security forces knew, but they didn’t help me at all,” Khatib told The Associated Press. Hostage-taking of wealthy businessmen in Lebanon has risen more than seven-fold in an unlikely knock-on effect from Syria’s civil war. Security of ficials say gangs who once made their money smuggling fuel and contraband through the porous Syria-Lebanon border have watched their trade wither because of the violence, so they are turning to kidnapping to make a profit. Lebanon is suf fering multiple woes from the war next door. The tiny country, with a population of 4.5 million, has been flooded with an estimated 1 million Syrians fleeing the conflict. Also, tensions between its Sunni and Shiite communities have spiked, sometimes exploding into deadly clashes, mirroring the sectarian hatreds in Syria, where Sunnis largely support the rebellion, and Shiites and the Alawite sect — an offshoot of Shiism — back President Bashar Assad. In the latest violence, a Sunni sheik, Saad El-Deen Ghieh, was shot to death in his car Tuesday by gunmen in the northern city of Tripoli, scene of frequent clashes between Sunnis and Alawites in connection with Syria’s war. In contrast, the kidnapping wave — a more indirect repercussion — illustrates the multiple, unexpected ways that Lebanon, with its fragile hold on security, is vulnerable to the turmoil
across the border. There are fears the problem could spread — and that abductions could spread beyond criminal activity and into political motives — as Syria’s war, which began in March 2011, continues. “The reason why there are so many kidnappings is because the state is failing. State security is unable and cannot work,” warned Lebanese security analyst Nizar Abdul-Qader. Security of ficials acknowledge they are overwhelmed by the mounting problems rooted in Syria’s conflict. “The weight on the state is heavy — it’s above what the state can handle,” said one official in the Interior Ministr y, which in charge of security forces. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press. He said such kidnappings for ransom in the past were “very, very rare.” Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces recorded 73 kidnappings between August 2011 and September 2013. In contrast, there were 14 cases total in the previous five years. Most of the abductions take place in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, where heavily armed clans hold sway, some of them involved in the smuggling trade. Gangs once made their money sneaking cheap cigarettes, fuel, clothes and other items into Lebanon from Syria. But now, unable to freely pass through areas in Syria that have become war zones, they’ve turned their hand to kidnappings at home, three security officials told AP, speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the press. They’ve found accomplices among Syrian and Lebanese men str uggling in Lebanon’s economy, hit hard by the war next door, the officials said. The kidnapping is creating a sense of palpable panic. Lebanese media routinely runs pleas from families of the abducted. On Oct. 12, the family of one seized man, Ramez Bahnam, went on TV to plead with the kidnappers to release him, saying his health would deteriorate. Hours later, they asked the kidnappers “to ensure he is taking his medicine regularly.” Bahnam was released eight days later. The security officials said most kidnappings end with
ransoms being paid, usually less than the high initial demands made by kidnappers, though families are usually reluctant to acknowledge paying, in part of out of fears of becoming repeat targets. Khatib, the pharmacist, said he was snatched in late September. As he opened his pharmacy in the early morning, masked gunmen screeched up in a car and forced him in. During 17 days in captivity, he was blindfolded and shackled, with the gunmen telling him they would kill his children if his family didn’t pay the ransom. They also called his family, threatening to kill him. “I said, ‘Kill me. Shred me to bits. But my family, nobody touches them,’” Khatib said. He was released on Oct. 16. Khatib denied paying any ransom, saying his kidnappers freed him because of pressure from tribal leaders, but the security officials said they believe some money was paid. Among those snatched was Yousef al-Lubani, a 50-year-old Palestinian businessman living in Lebanon, whose kidnapping in the Bekaa Valley was reported on Nov. 4. He was released two days later, likely after his family paid off the kidnappers, a security official said. The new kidnappings have over whelmingly targeted Lebanese and Arabs living in the countr y, not Westerners. So far, there’s little interest in foreigners because of the media attention they attract, said analysts of the British riskassessment firm Drum Cussac Information Services. But in November, two German men were briefly seized en route to the Bekaa town of Shleifa. It wasn’t clear why: Two security officials said the abduction came after an argument with drug dealers, but a third said the Germans were taken at gunpoint and ordered to pay for their freedom. While the wave of kidnappings is criminal in nature, there has been one major one more directly connected to Syria’s war. In August, Lebanese gunmen kidnapped two Turkish pilots near Beirut airport, in retaliation for the abduction of nine Lebanese Shiite men by rebels in Syria in May 2012. The Shiites and Turks were freed last months under a three way deal that also freed a group of women held in Syrian prisons.
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About half of the buildings in Dinkytown were built before 1930. Frank Vescio’s roots date back to 1956, when his father first opened the family’s Italian restaurant. Today, Vescio is one of Dinkytown’s last “lifers.” He’s watched the area change from a mom-and-pop shop hub to the bustling entertainment district it is today. Vescio, a University alumnus and perennial men’s hockey season-ticket holder, said countless sports figures have come through his restaurant over the years. In the ’80s, former Minnesota Twin and World Series MVP Frank Viola ate at Vescio’s the day before each game of a record-breaking winning streak, earning the restaurant a shoutout in Sports Illustrated. “It’s been fun,” Vescio said. “We’ve gotten to know a lot of great people.” While he’s collected 57 years worth of warm memories, Vescio said the future of his family’s long-standing eatery will fall to his children. Just down the block, Roland “Rolly” Reidhead is debating the fate of his own 108-yearold building. He’s not actively looking to sell, but he said the offers that come in every couple of months are getting harder to refuse. Reidhead said the building housing Gold Country Apparel has been in his family for five generations. During his time at the University, he lived in the building’s second-floor apartments.
Vescio’s owner Frank Vescio in Dinkytown.
THE LAST GENERATION
Laurel Bauer ended her family’s 80-year Dinkytown history when she sold the House of Hanson grocer y store and other properties for $4.27 million. Last summer, Richard Schaak, whose father star ted Schaak Electronics in 1957, sold the building housing Espresso Royale to the president of Green Mill Restaurants for $1.65 million.
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property owners are always looking to invest more in the area. Wally Sakallah, owner of Wally’s Falafel and Hummus, is well established in Dinkytown. Last week, he signed a purchase agreement to buy the building that houses his Hideaway head shop. “I’m not going to be bought out,” he said. “It’s not going to happen — over my dead body.” It wasn’t the first time he’s bought the building leased by one of his businesses. He purchased his own restaurant’s building to halt development last year.
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Former House of Hanson owner Laurel Bauer.
Three years ago, Bauer said she “absolutely” wouldn’t consider leaving Dinkytown. But when a new CVS Pharmacy opened and a nearby building was razed, House of Hanson lost customers. “It was just getting more and more difficult to keep my doors open,” Bauer said. Bauer got her first job behind those doors 44 years ago, opening pop bottles and putting out candy under her grandmother’s watchful eye. She only recently stopped cr ying when she passes the site where House of Hanson used to be, she said. Bauer said she knew she’d be the last in her family to run the grocery store. “It would have been a much more difficult decision to sell if my children were interested in running [it],” she said.
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But the building has worn down over time, he said, and could benefit from reinvestment. “The developers have that ability,” Reidhead said. “They can invest long term and show the returns. My belief is that they are not going to hurt the area, but help the area.” Reidhead said he understands the controversy over the apartment buildings under construction nearby. “That’s like saying that new cars are better than old cars,” he said. “To some people they are, and to some people they aren’t.”
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And Jef frey Meyers signed an agreement with Doran Companies to sell the building housing Mesa Pizza, Dinkytown Tattoo and Camdi Restaurant. When he was 12, Meyers began working in the building at his father’s barbershop. B a u e r, S c h a a k and Meyers are a few who have ended their Dinkytown lineage. Meyers said his family’s history didn’t factor into the decision to sell. “It’s business,” he said. “[My parents] definitely thought I should sell, also.” Over his 25 years in DinIN kytown, Meyers said the area G has lost its character. Interest from developers is a chance for the area to get a facelift, he said. “A lot of [family businesses] have been gone for a long time — including my father’s,” he said. “I don’t think there’s any charm. … Dinkytown needs a shot of adrenaline.” Bauer said she struck a deal with developer Opus Group after turning down countless other offers during her 17 years as a property owner.
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Developers have been nosing around for decades, said Gary Eidson, co-owner of three Dinkytown properties since 1990, but he’s noticed keener interest in the last five years. That’s mainly because developers have discovered a lucrative and seemingly bottomless student housing market. Steps from the University and bursting with businesses, Dinkytown is an ideal backdrop for complexes that address a pent-up demand for housing close to campus. Minneapolis principal planner Haila Maze said the City Council is eager to see those kinds of projects built. Its approval of two Dinkytown projects and denial of a proposed freeze on development speaks to that, she said. City-hired consultant Paul Bilotta said developers are targeting Dinkytown because they’ve already exhausted other areas like Stadium Village. “The cannons have come around to your side,” Bilotta said at a meeting of Dinkytown business owners last month.
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Dinkytown Wine and Spirits owner Irv Hershkovitz in Dinkytown.
In the past, Dinkytown property was passed down through generations, said longtime property owner Ir v Hershkovitz, who owns Dinkytown Wine and Spirits. “I think some of the generations now would rather take the money and do something else with it,” he said.
THE INVESTORS
The race for Dinkytown proper ty isn’t limited to developers — a handful of existing
Wally’s owner Wally Sakallah in Dinkytown.
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“It’s not about money for me,” he said. “I love Dinkytown as is.” But Sakallah said he doesn’t blame other property owners for selling their land to developers. He said he knew one Dinkytown property owner who was offered $2.2 million for land he bought for $600,000. “He would be stupid if he said no,” Sakallah said. Hershkovitz said that sort of buying power makes it hard for locals like him and Sakallah to compete. “It’s almost impossible to buy proper ty in Dinkytown anymore because of all the developers,” he said. “We can’t cash flow it.” While Sakallah and Hershkovitz are actively seeking new property, Jason McClean said he’s more interested in investing in Dinkytown’s community. The owner of Loring Pasta Bar and Varsity Theater, McClean spent grade school summers on campus and attended University High School in Dinkytown. For McLean, improving an area he loved didn’t mean razing a century-old building. The words “Gray’s Drugs” still wrap around the exterior of the restaurant, a remnant of the pharmacy that operated there for 50 years. “Grodnik” — the name of the building’s original owners in 1902 — is still etched above the doorway. “My approach is to appreciate what’s there and work with it and highlight its assets,” McLean said. He’s skeptical of new projects that ignore the area’s culture and rich histor y and said
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UNIVERSITY AVENUE SOUTHEAST more conscientious redevelopments like his can strengthen Dinkytown. “That, I believe, is a big contributor of the construction of a meaningful community,” he said, “places where people know that other lives have come and gone and passed through.”
THE FACELIFTERS
One of Dinkytown’s oldest buildings is an oftoverlooked 113-year-old duplex tucked between Varsity Theater and the Purple Onion Café. Tim Harmsen, who owns Dinkytown Rentals and its 700 campus-area dwellings including the duplex, is one of numerous property owners calling for the area to be redeveloped and modernized. Harmsen and others say redevelopment will knock a second wind into an area that’s been wheezing for some time. “If something doesn’t change, it’s not going to sur vive,” he said. “What’s the point of having Dinkytown with the old buildings if they’re all vacant?” Steve Young, owner of the building housing Bruegger’s Bagels, said it’s well known that Dinkytown has been “run-down” for many years. “Stadium Village has attracted the bulk of activity and life,” he said, “so I’m encouraged that there is new investment [in Dinkytown].” Young has been a real estate investor in Minneapolis since the late 1990s. He said change, while hard to swallow, is a necessary remedy.
ance between profiting from hundreds of new residents and preserving the mix of businesses in Dinkytown.
“If something doesn’t change, it’s not going to survive. What’s the point of having Dinkytown with the old buildings if they’re all vacant?” Tim Harmsen, co-owner of Dinkytown Rentals
If national chains drive up rent, Pillsbur y said, young entrepreneurs won’t be able to open up local shops like Fast Eddie’s Place shoe repair, Annie’s Parlour or Varsity Bike and Transit. “This is an area where two guys can open a burrito shop who don’t have a million dollars,” he said. “This is a place where some girl can open a cupcake store by taking out a small loan.”
It’s dif ficult and costly for city of ficials to reach out to ever y proper ty owner, she said, especially those who are out of state or rarely in Dinkytown. “We really do depend on the various community networks to get the word out,” she said. The property owner group has met a handful of times with city and neighborhood of ficials to discuss the small-area plan, historical preser vation and future development. The group hasn’t decided whether it will form an of ficial coalition, but a five-member committee has begun work on pinpointing common concerns of property owners. Johnson said he thinks both groups share similar concerns. He said in the past, he has welcomed proper ty owners who reached out to him to the group and its email list. “I really don’t hear, up until now, that they don’t feel represented,” he said. Eidson, who owns multiple Dinkytown proper ties, said the collective voice of the property owners should carr y the most weight in discussions of Dinkytown’s future.
THE NEW COALITION
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Co-owners Karen and Tim Harmsen of Dinkytown Rentals.
“No one wants a building falling down. No one wants things to look unkempt or old,” said Greg Pillsbur y, owner of Burrito Loco and its property since 2002. “But at the same time, we don’t want to be a four-block area full of highrise apartment buildings.” He said the area must strike a delicate bal-
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Sweeping changes to the area have left some proper ty owners feeling unrepresented and uninformed. In the past, the people behind Dinkytown had little visibility in the area, said Meyers, owner of the property housing Mesa Pizza. “We haven’t really had much of a voice at all,” he said. Doran Companies CEO Kelly Doran, who owns Sydney Hall and Dinkydome, has spearheaded a new coalition of Dinkytown property owners tr ying to close gaps in communication and representation. They hope to give the property owners a united voice in how Dinkytown should change. A majority of the Dinkytown Business Association’s 69 members are retail tenants, DBA President Skott Johnson said. Only six or seven are property owners. “It became abundantly clear to me that a lot of the proper ty owners were not in the loop,” Doran said. “There was an assumption that the DBA was the voice for all the business people in the area, including property owners, and we discovered that’s not necessarily true.” Principal city planner Maze said sometimes the city struggles to keep property owners informed.
Doran Companies CEO Kelly Doran.
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“Cer tainly, tenants should weigh in,” he said, “but we’ll be in the neighborhood before those tenants and after those tenants. “We want to make sure that the opportunity to continue responsible development in the neighborhood can occur.” Doran said he thinks the climate needs to better reflect just how impor tant proper ty owners are to the area. “I think the proper ty owners have a longer-ter m perspective in mind than some of the business owners who are there on shor t-term leases,” he said. “The value of the real estate far outweighs the values of the businesses.”
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The backup plan While you’re counting costs for the holiday shopping season, be sure to factor in a warranty.
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Apple devices Because I didn’t purchase an AppleCare war ranty
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plan along with my phone, I looked to get the screen repaired elsewhere. The bill would be about $150. I am doomed tr ying to read texts through a cracked screen for a year because I don’t have the money to fix it. AppleCare plans for the iPhone 5s and 5c cover the phone for two years. Repairs for accidental damage, like cracking the screen or dropping the phone in the toilet, cost $79 per incident for up to two incidents. But it’s possible that distracted students might need more than two repairs over their
phone’s lifetime. Of course, most shopping over the holiday season will not be directly tied to iPhone purchases and Apple products. TV sets, game consoles, computers and tablets will all be big sellers. Consider a warranty plan to protect your purchase. Few plans are the same, and you need to fully understand what yours covers before doling out the extra dough. For example, I wouldn’t recommend getting an AppleCare plan for a new Apple TV. A plan costs about onethird of the price of a device, and you won’t likely need repairs.
Next-generation gaming consoles
The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will hit shelves in the next couple of weeks, at the onset of the shopping season. The next generation of gaming consoles — the Xbox One, Wii U and PS4 — should come with a standard one-year limited war ranty,
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but if you’re in it for the long haul, you should consider an extended warranty. For example, the PS4’s extended warranty costs $50 to $60 with accidental damage coverage. Xbox One and Wii U consoles will have extended warranties available through retailers. I’m not sure how you’d accidentally damage a device that primarily sits beneath your TV stand or in your enter tainment center. However, I’d be willing to spend an extra $50 after all of the problems I’ve had with both Microsoft and Sony consoles. Gaming consoles are also a hefty investment (the PS4 costs $400), so a warranty is crucial. Buying a warranty is up to you. Just make sure you do your research before declining protection for a bigticket item. When things go awr y, it’s always good to have a backup plan. Connor Nikolic welcomes comments at cnikolic@mndaily.com.
SAFETY
What’s the plan? Adding emergency information to syllabuses would better prepare us all.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Enough is enough: Permit concealed carry
Recently, a rash of attacks on and near campus occurred in the early morning hours, and law enforcement caught several of the perpetrators — eventually. While previous incidents on and near campus have typically involved attacks on intoxicated individuals, the recent alleged crimes were targeted at groups, not individuals — sober groups, at that — and now this. By now, most have heard of the alleged armed robber y on campus Tuesday afternoon in a school building. The University of Minnesota’s policy against weapons on campus, making campus a gun-free zone, is not working. A new solution is required — or rather an old solution, a solution our nation was founded on. Criminals have come to view the University as easy pickings, in par t because students are notoriously unaware of their surroundings. More importantly, this is because criminals know that University students are unarmed when on or near campus. While University facilities may not be labeled as gun-free zones, it’s common knowledge that the University bans students from carrying handguns for selfdefense. And while this ban is in accordance with Minnesota law, it is in violation of the concept of the right to self-defense enshrined in the Second Amendment. Let me be clear: Allowing permit holders to carry a gun on campus without stigma would not turn the campus into the Wild West, as some seem to claim. Permit holders are only allowed to
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repare yourselves for battle, fellow students. The holiday shopping season is on the horizon, and we must be ready when it arrives. Stock your cash reser ve, find a few comrades for your journey and keep in mind the benefits of a good warranty. Yes, I said a war ranty. Like my fellow thrifty young adults, I used to blow of f protecting those electronic impulse buys with warranty plans. I thought I was careful with my technology, until I dropped my iPhone last month. The fall shattered the screen corner to corner, covering the fragile glass with cracks.
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draw or use their sidearm as a last resort to save another’s life or their own. If someone were to draw their firearm or wave it around, they’d likely be arrested for terroristic threats or a dangerous weapon offense in a heartbeat, and they’d possibly have their permit revoked. Some people also bring up the issue of training, claiming that your average 21-year-old is not responsible enough to carry a firearm. What about student veterans, some of whom have spent more time with a gun in their hands than many freshman students have behind the wheel of a car? What about students who have grown up around guns and have been hunting and shooting since they were old enough to safely handle the recoil (probably around 8 years old)? Some say school is a stressful environment and mixing guns would just lead to needless deaths. Again, veterans have lived with immense stress loads and learned to handle them — as have others. To return to the Wild West concern, most permit holders keep their sidearm concealed out of basic courtesy and to avoid confusion. More importantly, permit holders have already submitted to an FBI background check at their own expense. They must prove that they have never been convicted of a felony or a host of misdemeanors, including assault. They cannot obtain a permit if they have ever had a mental illness. They must also refrain from using alcohol or drugs while carr ying — or risk losing their permit. In addition, permit holders have undergone training for
weapon handling, safety and, more importantly, rules of engagement, meaning when they’re allowed to use their weapon and when they are not. They’re only allowed to draw and use their sidearm if there is an imminent danger of loss of life or severe bodily harm — in essence, if they think they are about to die or land in the emergency room. Another common argument is that mixing guns with the alcohol-fueled parties on campus is a bad idea. No one would disagree that it would be a bad combination, but it’s already a crime to drink and carry. In fact, the blood alcohol concentration limit to carry is .04, half the limit to drive under the influence. If a student is carrying, they won’t be drinking — not if they want to keep their permit. In addition to allowing responsible carry on campus, pepper spray and Tasers should be as available on campus as bike helmets are at Boynton Health Services. However, both may be ineffective, especially if an attacker is under the influence of drugs. This is further reason that permit holders should be allowed to carry for their own defense and the defense of others. In conclusion, there is a host of reasons for University administration to allow responsible, law-abiding students with a permit to carry a firearm on campus and not a single reason not to. I call on President Eric Kaler to address this violation of our basic rights, of common sense and our ability to defend ourselves, and to retract the rule banning lawful carry on campus. William Christensen University student
any students, f a c ulty and staf f received text alerts yesterday about an armed man seen in Anderson Hall. Students frantically spoke with ADITI PRADEEP classmates, upcolumnist dated Facebook statuses and sent texts to friends, but did we really know what to do in an emergency situation on campus? Since 1980, 39 shootings have killed 101 people on college campuses nationwide, according to a 2012 Slate repor t. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Grambling State University saw shootings this year. Campus gun violence is a legitimate fear, and the University of Minnesota could do more to prepare students. When today’s college students were young, we had clear instructions of what to do in an emergency. We had drills, plans and diagrams. In grade school, we spent days learning where we needed to go in an emergency and how to get there. I understand the University is a large school with multiple campuses. It’s far more difficult to contain a threat in a big and complex area. However, the school could take some additional precautions. On the first day of class, teachers bombard students with similar information about plagiarism, disability ser vices and excused absences. These things are repeated in ever y class because they’re so important. What if we added crisis information? Could we have a brief description of how to handle emergencies along with due dates and assigned readings? The University alerts yesterday said to “shelter in place,” but it’s not exactly clear what that means. Did the alerts excuse us from class? What if my class was in Anderson Hall? What does “shelter in place” even entail? It’s unlikely there will be a shooting at the University, but it’s still impor tant to be prepared and informed. While no alert system can reach everyone on or near campus, changing syllabuses or other campus texts would be a step toward educating students, faculty and staff. A small discussion could save lives. At the very least, this education would reassure everyone in the University community. Aditi Pradeep welcomes comments at apradeep@mndaily.com.
Como owners should allow testing In order to keep residents safe, tenants and owners in Como should work together to allow testing for toxins.
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tate health and pollution control officials are seeking to test homes in Southeast Como for unsafe levels of a chemical General Mills used in the area. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency sent letters to Como residents last Wednesday informing them that groundwater may be contaminated and releasing vapors in and around homes. Under long periods of exposure, the chemical, trichloroethylene, or TCE, is linked to birth defects and immune system disorders, the letter said. The MPCA is looking to test soil beneath 200 buildings. General Mills has agreed to install vapor ventilation systems in any home with TCE levels above MPCA limits. However, state of ficials can’t test unless property owners sign up for testing through an access agreement form. The form is available on the MPCA website, and officials will begin testing Nov. 18. Many students rent apartments or homes in Southeast Como, but only property owners can sign up for testing. Officials are asking tenants to provide contact information for property owners or landlords, according to a Nov. 11 Minnesota Daily repor t. However, the access form is publicly available, and tenants can fill out some sections for their landlord. Southeast Como residents should act now to get their homes tested, because property owners may not otherwise. This is especially important if the owner doesn’t live in or near Como. Because student neighborhoods typically have high resident turnovers, current tenants should not allow the next residents to inherit potential TCE contamination problems.
The culture of concussions The NCAA’s lack of a substantial policy demonstrates its indifference to concussions.
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here’s a major shortage of research and general knowledge on the prevalence of concussions in college and high school athletics, according to a recent report published by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Inside Higher Ed reported that the authors of the study want the NCAA to “undertake a rigorous scientific evaluation” and establish “largescale efforts to increase knowledge about concussions and change the culture.” The NCAA and professional sports leagues should work to support more comprehensive research on the causes of concussions and methods to prevent them. However, the report’s analysis of the cultural issue around concussions is also significant. Robert Graham, who chaired the committee that authored the report, discussed the cavalier way coaches and players treat concussions. Comparing them to a torn ligament, Graham noted, “nobody expects you to just wrap it and put them back in. And yet that’s what we do with a concussion.” While coaches, players and athletics department officials should familiarize themselves with the long-term effects of concussions, the NCAA must also fundamentally change the way it handles them. Currently, athletics programs are required to develop and implement their own concussion policies. However, the NCAA does not enforce these policies, nor does it do any sort of checkup on whether they are even helpful. Public pressure on sports leagues to improve concussion management is mounting, but the NCAA continues to drag its feet. Fans and players should call on the NCAA to develop a single, clear and substantial concussion policy and enforce it across the league.
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Gophers legend helped change football Former defensive player Bobby Bell was recently honored in N.C. BY SAM GORDON sgordon@mndaily.com
Shelby High School Principal and Shelby, N.C., native David Allen recalls hearing the “Legend of Bobby Bell.” The stor y goes that the Nor th Carolina football coach was recr uiting in Shelby and saw Bell play, Allen said. The coach called Minnesota and said if Bell didn’t end up being a player, he’d pay for his scholarship. Allen doesn’t know how much truth there is to the stor y. But if it’s true, the North Carolina coach had nothing to worry about. Bell wasn’t just a player at Minnesota. He was an All-American. In the NFL, he was an All-Pro player for the Kansas City Chiefs. Thir ty years ago, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The 73-year-old Bell returned to Shelby earlier this month and was honored by his community as par t of the Hometown Hall of Famers program. “I was playing for [myself]. I was playing for my mom and dad, my brothers and sisters. I was playing for people in Shelby,” Bell said of his time with Minnesota. “That’s the way I looked at it.” Until 1965, segregation barred Bell from playing at Southern schools, including the University of North Carolina. At Minnesota, he helped form a pipeline of Southern talent that helped change the landscape of college football. He played in a pair of Rose Bowl games with the Gophers and was instrumental in the recruitment of several standout players from
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Former Gophers defensive tackle Bobby Bell is honored as part of the Hometown Hall of Famers program at Shelby High School in Shelby, N.C.
North Carolina, including Pro Football Hall of Famers Charlie Sanders and Carl Eller and Gophers basketball legend Lou Hudson. In the mid-1960s, colleges in the South integrated in an effort to remain competitive for athletic talent. “All of a sudden, the Southern schools said they have to start recruiting these black athletes,” Sanders said. “The oppor tunity [in the North] started to deplete because the opportunity down South was there. It wasn’t there before.”
A lasting legacy Bobby Bell grew up in Shelby and attended the now-defunct all-black Cleveland High School. He played six-man football there, and when local college coaches saw him play in an All-Star game, they tipped Minnesota coaches about his prowess.
“[Coach] sent me a plane ticket. It was the first time I had ever been on a plane,” Bell said. “At that time [there were] 33,000 students at the University. I had never seen anything like it. … It was culture shock for me.” Bell accepted a scholarship to play for the Gophers, but his decision didn’t come without controversy — fans were skeptical, and coach Mur ray Warmath was scrutinized for recruiting him. “They got on coach. They threw trash in his yard and said, ‘Why’d you waste a scholarship on Bobby Bell?’ ” Bell said. “He didn’t back down at all. He kept me there, and I played.” Bell was a two-time AllAmerican at Minnesota, and over time, other North Carolina natives took notice and joined him in Minneapolis. “We star ted getting a
lot of blacks up there. It opened the door,” Bell said. “There was all kind of talent in North Carolina.” Sanders and defensive tackle McKinley Boston were par t of a 15-man recruiting class that helped the Gophers capture the 1967 Big Ten title — their most recent to date. “Bobby Bell was the pioneer,” Sanders said. “It was probably about 15 black athletes [in my class], the most ever.” Boston, who also played in the NFL and is now athletics director at New Mexico State, said playing alongside other North Carolina natives made his transition to Minnesota easier. “It was real, and obviously it was par t of the backbone of the 1967 Big Ten championship,” he said of the North Carolina presence on the roster. Boston said Souther n
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Bobby Bell was a two-time All-American at the University of Minnesota. He played for the Kansas City Chiefs and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1983.
football culture was all about winning, and people in the South were willing to look past racial tensions if it meant winning games. “They didn’t see it in any other way,” he said. Bell’s journey came full circle on Nov. 1, when he returned to Shelby for the Hall of Fame ceremony. Principal Allen said the Pro Football Hall of Fame contacted him in July about hosting the event at the school. Shelby High School students and staff and community members honored Bell with a pep rally. The Hall of Fame presented the school with a 45-pound bronze plaque to commemorate Bell’s lega-
cy — something most students weren’t aware of. “Not only did our kids not know who he was, but we had faculty members that were young enough that really had no clue who he was either,” Allen said. When Allen found out about the ceremony, he asked a social studies teacher to implement a lesson plan about Bell. Teachers spent a class period educating students about Bell’s role in the town and showing footage of his career. “It’s a big deal down here,” Allen said. Now, students know the “Legend of Bobby Bell” — and they can make sure it lives on.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Minnesota cruises to 84-58 win over Montana
Brenny
Andre Hollins had 24 points on 8-for14 shooting to lead the Gophers’ rout.
to the complaint. The job description listed by the University included the responsibility to “assist in selection, super vision and coaching of the team toward a positive experience and athletic excellence,” according to the complaint. The complaint states that Harris found out about Brenny’s sexual orientation shortly after hiring her and then took away many of her coaching duties, including providing golf instruction to the women’s team. “You have nothing to talk to these girls about,” he said, according to the complaint. Brenny left the program in October 2010 after the University of fered to transfer her to a sales position at TCF Bank Stadium, just days after then-athletics director Joel Maturi of fered her a severance package, the complaint states. She accepted the severance package later that week, according to the complaint. Brenny rescinded the agreement during the 15-day grace period allowed by the state of Minnesota. The University then indicated it wouldn’t renew her contract and would instead assign her to the sales position. The suit hasn’t gone in Brenny’s favor thus far. The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled in May 2012 that she couldn’t sue Harris because his actions fell within his duties as a University employee. A judge threw out Brenny’s claims of sexual harassment, gender discrimination and retaliation in December 2012, leaving only the sexual orientation claim.
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Gophers head coach Richard Pitino told junior guard Andre Hollins to be more aggressive this season. Apparently, he took it to heart. Hollins finished with 24 points on 8-for-14 shooting, and the Gophers defeated Montana 84-58 on Tuesday night at Williams Arena. Hollins said he placed more of the scoring load on his shoulders this season after the departures of Rodney Williams and Trevor Mbakwe in the offseason, “I’m looked upon to score,” Hollins said. “I’m always looking to score.” The Gophers were dominant on the glass for the first time this season against the Grizzlies. Minnesota won the battle of the boards 45-29 in the game.
“I don’t think there’s any guy on the team that can’t shoot the ball. I do believe we are a very good shooting team.” RICHARD PITINO head coach
Austin Hollins — a 6-foot-4-inch guard — led the team with a career-high 10 boards. He was forced to play power forward on multiple occasions due to foul
ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY
Minnesota guard Maverick Ahanmisi drives the ball against Montana on Tuesday at Williams Arena.
trouble in the frontcourt. “I have to be better on the boards. That’s something I’ve been trying to work on,” Hollins said. “It’s just been a mindset all season.” In this game, the guards provided much of the scoring punch after the big men were the stor y of the season opener. Andre Hollins, Austin Hollins and DeAndre Mathieu combined to score 50 points. “If we can get those three guys to continue to elevate their games, I think we’ll be a tough team to guard, especially out on the perimeter,” Pitino said. The Gophers were the clear aggressor all night, and it showed at the charity stripe. Minnesota went 19-
for-28 from the free-throw line. Minnesota also stymied Montana’s three-point attack. The Grizzlies shot about 27 percent from deep on Tuesday while the Gophers hit on 44 percent. Seven Gophers players hit three-pointers. “I don’t think there’s any guy on the team that can’t shoot the ball,” Pitino said. “I do believe we are a ver y good shooting team.” Minnesota jumped out to a 16-5 lead on the strength of three Andre Hollins triples. The Gophers took a 40-26 lead into the locker room. Minnesota didn’t let off the gas in the second half and outscored Montana 44-32 in the final 20 min-
utes, capping a complete per formance from the team. Pitino was concer ned about the matchup with the Grizzlies heading into the game but was happy with his team’s per formance. Montana has qualified for back-to-back NCAA tournaments. “I thought our guys did a really good job of just handling their business and being really professional about this game,” he said. Pitino said the next test is to see if his guys can handle a hostile road environment. He’ll get some answers when they travel to Richmond on Saturday. “We’ll learn more about this team [then],” he said.
MINNESOTA 84, MONTANA 58 Montana Minnesota
26 32 — 58 40 44 — 84
MONTANA Player Weisner Hutchison Jamar Gregory Deshields Martin Dunn Jr. Gfeller Kemp Lopez Emerson Total
Min 24 11 34 35 26 6 27 17 7 12 1 200
FG FT M-A M-A 2-5 0-0 0-0 2-2 6-12 5-8 2-6 2-2 3-11 2-3 0-1 0-0 2-5 1-4 2-3 0-1 0-2 0-0 2-4 0-1 1-1 0-1 20-50 12-22
Reb O-T Ast PF Pts 0-2 0 4 5 0-0 0 4 2 1-6 2 3 18 0-4 2 0 8 0-3 3 4 8 0-1 0 2 0 0-0 1 2 5 2-4 1 3 6 0-3 0 2 0 0-1 1 2 4 0-0 0 0 2 5-29 10 26 58
MINNESOTA FG FT Reb Player Min M-A M-A O-T Osenieks 23 3-5 1-2 2-6 Eliason 24 2-7 2-4 4-8 Hollins, Au. 32 4-8 2-4 2-10 Hollins, An. 27 8-14 5-5 1-3 Mathieu 30 4-9 5-6 0-2 Ahanmisi 14 0-1 1-3 0-3 King 15 3-7 3-4 1-2 McNeil 7 0-0 0-0 0-1 Smith 15 1-6 0-0 0-2 Ellenson 8 1-3 0-0 1-2 Buggs 4 1-1 0-0 0-1 Shell 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 Total 200 27-61 19-28 14-45
Ast 0 0 3 3 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 14
PF 2 3 2 2 0 2 5 3 0 2 0 0 21
Pts 9 6 11 24 15 1 9 0 3 3 3 0 84
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FOOTBALL
Gophers try to heal up during bye week Minnesota will face Wisconsin on Nov. 23 after more than a week to prepare. BY NATE GOTLIEB ngotlieb@mndaily.com
Gophers head coach Jerry Kill said Tuesday that this week’s bye couldn’t have come at a better time for his team. Several key players, including sophomore running back Rodrick Williams Jr., redshirt senior wide receiver Derrick Engel and junior cornerback Derrick Wells, are still recovering from injuries. “This will be a real critical time for us,” Kill said. Minnesota will finish the season with rival Wisconsin and Michigan State, statistically the best defensive teams in the Big Ten. Michigan State is top in the nation in total defense, allowing 210.2 yards per game. Wisconsin is second in the Big Ten and seventh nationally in total defense, allowing 295.4 yards per game. Because of the bye week, the Gophers will have extra time to prepare for both opponents. Minnesota star ted its current four-game winning streak Oct. 19 against Northwestern — a game the Gophers had two weeks to prepare for. Kill said the team won’t handle the bye week any differently this time around.
AP AND COACHES POLL AP TOP 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
TEAM Alabama Florida State Ohio State Baylor Stanford Oregon Auburn Clemson Missouri Texas A&M South Carolina Oklahoma State UCLA Michigan State UCF Fresno State Wisconsin LSU Louisville Northern Illinois Arizona State Oklahoma Texas Miami (FL) Georgia
RECORD, PTS 9-0, 1,472 9-0, 1,418 9-0, 1,310 8-0, 1,303 8-1, 1,272 8-1, 1,139 9-1, 1,109 8-1, 1,049 9-1, 1,012 8-2, 909 7-2, 857 8-1, 780 7-2, 669 8-1, 633 7-1, 596 9-0, 588 7-2, 503 7-3, 470 8-1, 467 9-0, 396 7-2, 362 7-2, 285 7-2, 185 7-2, 121 6-3, 78
Others receiving votes: Ole Miss 68, Minnesota 60, Nebraska 16, Duke 11, USC 10, Washington 9, Ball State 7, Virginia Tech 5, Brigham Young 3, Notre Dame 2, Houston 1
USA TODAY COACHES POLL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
TEAM Alabama Florida State Ohio State Baylor Stanford Clemson Oregon Missouri Auburn Oklahoma State Texas A&M South Carolina Louisville Fresno State UCLA Michigan State Oklahoma LSU UCF Wisconsin Northern Illinois Arizona State Miami (FL) Texas Minnesota
RECORD, PTS 9-0, 1,546 9-0, 1,485 9-0, 1,401 8-0, 1,376 8-1, 1,307 8-1, 1,164 8-1, 1,162 9-1, 1,083 9-1, 1,069 8-1, 965 8-2, 898 7-2, 830 8-1, 653 9-0, 646 7-2, 641 8-1, 620 7-2, 510 7-3, 476 7-1, 468 7-2, 460 9-0, 445 7-2, 262 7-2, 228 7-2, 176 8-2, 91
Others receiving votes: Georgia 44, Nebraska 43, Ball State 22, Duke 22, Virginia Tech 15, Louisiana-Lafayette 7, Cincinnati 6, USC 6, Ole Miss 6, Texas Tech 5, Washington 5, Arizona 4, Notre Dame 2, Buffalo 1
SOURCE: ESPN.COM
“We’re playing for something in November,” he said. “And that’s what it’s all about.”
Gophers in the mix Legends Division leader Michigan State and secondplace Nebraska will play Saturday. For the Spartans, a win would clinch at least a share of the division. For Nebraska, it would mean mov-
ing into a tie for first in the division. Minnesota sits third in the Legends Division. It’s still in the mix for Big Ten title but would need some help down the stretch for that to come to fruition.
Notes 4The All Sports Association, Inc., announced Monday that Gophers senior
AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY
Minnesota defensive back Eric Murray attempts to intercept a pass against Penn State on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium.
kicker Chris Hawthorne is a finalist for the 2013 Wuerffel Trophy, an annual award for the college football player who demonstrates achievement in community service, athletics and academics. Hawthorne, who’s made 12 of 15 field goals and 35 of 38 point-after attempts this season, is an Academic All-Big Ten honoree. He’s also done nearly 200 hours
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
Docherty has ‘running’ in her blood
of community service since September 2009, according to a team release. 4Kill praised sophomore cornerback Eric Murray on Sunday, a day after Murray helped contain Penn State’s Allen Robinson — one of the top receivers in the Big Ten. Murray recovered a fumble and nearly recorded his first career interception in the win over Penn State.
4Former Gophers quarterback and receiver MarQueis Gray stopped by the GibsonNagurski Football Complex on Sunday to see Kill and his former team. 4Former Gophers linebacker Lamonte Edwards is now playing for Southern Illinois, where Kill coached from 2001 to 2007. Edwards was kicked off the Gophers this summer for violating team rules.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Minnesota preps for Charlotte at home The 6-foot-5-inch Amanda Zahui B. is slated to return against the 49ers.
is athletic and is also a great passer.” That passing ability is something that could prove extremely useful for Minnesota this season. Senior guard Sari Noga said the Gophers expect Zahui B. to command a lot of double teams on the inside, which should leave guards with open shots on the perimeter.
BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com
NICOLA LOSIK, DAILY FILE PHOTO
Sophomore Laura Docherty runs in the Oz Memorial on Sept. 9, 2011, at the Les Bolstad Golf Course in St. Paul. BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com
In between races at the men’s and women’s Big Ten championships, Bev and Jim Docher ty swapped out their black and yellow Iowa Hawkeyes gear for maroon and gold Gophers gear. The Docher tys were in West Lafayette, Ind., to cheer on their two youngest children — Kevin, a freshman runner for Iowa, and Laura, a senior for Minnesota. Laura Docher ty fin ished third overall for the Gophers and helped guide her team to a third-place finish overall. “It was awesome watching her finish third,” Kevin Docher ty said. “Seeing how far she’s come and what she’s been able to do, it’s been great to see.” Gophers head coach Sarah Hopkins said Docher ty didn’t star t out as an elite-level recr uit, but she’s worked her way to the top through steady improvement ever y year.
A running family Both of Docherty’s parents and her older sister ran for Iowa, a tradition her younger brother has joined. Her older brother ran for Loyola University in Chicago. Docherty joined her first track team in junior high
and began running cross country in high school. “[My parents] never really suggested it. They just kind of let us all find it on our own,” she said. “All of us played multiple spor ts and just enjoyed running the most.” She said the sport didn’t require coordination, which was key for her. Docherty found success in running and said she and her siblings bonded over the sport. When it came to a college decision, Docher ty first visited her parents’ alma mater. She said after her visit to Iowa, she thought that was where she would end up. But once she visited Minnesota, she found she couldn’t say no to then-head coach Gary Wilson. “He’s too much of a lovable guy,” Docher ty said. “My dad was friends with him — it just felt like a natural fit.” Wilson convinced Docherty that she didn’t want to go to Iowa, she said. “He said, ‘Well, you don’t want to go to a junior college. So you should probably come here,’ ” Docherty said. “He always called Iowa a junior college.” Bev Docher ty said her daughter also liked the large size of Minnesota’s team. Though choosing the Gophers meant going to a
rival school, Docherty said it was a good fit for her. “I think I made the right choice,” she said. “They don’t seem to hate me for it.” Actually, it’s quite the opposite. Her parents are ardent fans, and Docherty said she likes having them around for support. And she’s not the only one. “My teammates all like having them there, too, because my mom always whispers little cheers to people,” Docher ty said. “They call her the ‘Gopher Whisperer.’ ” While she still talks to her parents about running because of their deep understanding of the spor t, she can’t run alongside them like she used to. “Now, they’re a little too slow,” she said.
Gophers career Docherty redshirted both her freshman cross country and track and field seasons, as most runners do at Minnesota. Since then, she’s steadily worked her way up the ranks — something she credits to her patience and health. “She had a really solid year last year, and that was sor t of a tipping point,” Hopkins said. “But you could see signs as a sophomore and even as a freshman that she was going in
that direction.” Docherty finished sixth among Minnesota runners at the Big Ten championships her sophomore year, and she said that’s when she “finally developed the confidence to go along with everything else.” She established herself as one of the team’s top r unners last season and hasn’t looked back since. Hopkins said Docher ty is ver y “emotionally levelheaded,” which helps her to not get too worked up about a good or bad result. Docher ty’s teammate and roommate Kelli Budd said Docher ty is really confident, which helps her manage things when ever ything isn’t perfect. “Even at times when a race hasn’t gone as well … she’s still kept her eye on what she really wants at the end of the season,” Budd said. Though Docher ty has placed first or second in nearly all of the Gophers’ races this season, there were some where she didn’t quite see the results she wanted. Still, Docher ty has been building toward a strong finish. “To finally have it all feel like it’s coming together [at the] Big Tens and toward [the NCAAs] feels really good and reminds me to keep trusting in the program,” she said.
The Gophers were nearly outrebounded in a blowout win at Northern Iowa on Saturday without 6-foot-5-inch center Amanda Zahui B. in the lineup. Zahui B. was ser ving a one-game suspension for an “inadvertent infraction” of an NCAA rule, according to a team spokesperson. She’s slated to come back Wednesday in Minnesota’s home opener against Charlotte. And the Gophers are excited for her return. “We’re looking forward to getting Amanda back on our team and trying to build that chemistry that we need heading into the rest of the season,” head coach Pam Borton said to GopherSports after the game. In her first exhibition game with the Gophers, Zahui B. impressed with a game-high 28 points and 19 rebounds. She recorded another double-double in Minnesota’s 69-54 exhibition win over Minnesota StateMoorhead. Zahui B. tallied 14 points and 12 rebounds. Those early performances exemplify the massive potential the Gophers have seen in Zahui B. throughout the offseason. “[She] has the potential to be one of the best centers in the Big Ten,” Borton said at Big Ten Basketball Media Day. “She’s extremely versatile. She’s got great size,
“[She] has the potential to be one of the best centers in the Big Ten. She’s extremely versatile. She’s got great size, is athletic and is also a great passer.” PAM BORTON head coach
“She can pass the ball easily above other people,” Micaëlla Riché said at Big Ten Media Day. “She’s good at finding little holes to hit Sari for a three or hit Rachel [Banham] for a three.” Borton said Zahui B., who hails from Stockholm, is a prototypical European post player with a varied skill set. That shows when she runs the pick-and-roll with junior guard Banham. Banham said Zahui B.’s size and skill make passing that much easier. “She’s so big that she’s going to be a good release point,” Banham said. “If we ever need to, we’ll just throw it up to her. ... It’s going to be such a big difference.”
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CHARLOTTE
7 p.m. Wednesday at Williams Arena
MINNESOTA: The Gophers won their first game of the season Saturday, beating Northern Iowa 73-55 on the road. Minnesota led 40-15 at the half, but head coach Pam Borton said her team let up a bit in the second stanza. Gophers starting center Amanda Zahui B. did not play because of a one-game suspension. A team spokesperson said Zahui B. will return to the lineup against Charlotte. Junior guard Rachel Banham had team highs in points (15) and rebounds (7) against Northern Iowa. CHARLOTTE: The 49ers lost 73-65 in their last game at Kansas State and are 1-1 through the first two games of the season. Charlotte junior guard Ayanna Holmes leads the team in scoring through its first two games. She is averaging 11 points per game and had 15 points in the 49ers’ loss to the Wildcats. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
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Today’s Birthday (11/13): Creativity abounds this year, quite profitably. Write, record and document your expressions.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Written By Linda C. Black
Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is a 9 — You’re on top of the world in a variety of ways. There are some interferences in romance. Invent something new in your relationship.
Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 9 — Everything works better together with a reliable partner now. Supporting each other, you both get farther.
Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is an 8 — For the next seven months with Neptune direct, work and career flow forward. Decisions seem easier. Take care, but don’t get stopped by old fears.
Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 7 — Do like the bees, and get busy collecting nectar. There’s plenty of work to be done around the hive. Use safe cleaning supplies.
Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 7 — This week spins some good party days. Avoid excesses that could cloud your thinking, as tempers run a bit short now.
Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 9 — There’s room for conflict and disagreement but also for love and pampering. Find the balance you strive for. Things are falling into place.
Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 9 — Consider new opportunities; however, don’t take a job you don’t understand. Listen to your heart before saying yes.
Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is an 8 — Home is where the heart is. The next two days are good for domestic projects.
Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is an 8 — Travel is appealing, although it could be challenging. Expand your boundaries. Team actions move toward goals you set sometime in the past.
Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 7 — An unexpected bonus arises. It’s easier to achieve your goals. You’re getting smarter by the minute, but don’t get cocky.
Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is an 8 — Focus on what you love, and the money will come. Tailor your passion to the market. Track your finances to increase the bottom line.
Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 9 — Focus on making honest money. Your dreams are more achievable now and for the next seven months.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
overheard Professor: “Iowa is the only state with no national parks ... another claim to fame for Iowa!”
—Geography class
Professor: “I am the professor, and so are the TAs.”
—Keller Hall
Girl: “Texas would be a fun country to live in.”
—Ruttan Hall
“So I was watching HDTV ...” “Oh my gosh, that’s the best kind of TV!”
—Mayo Auditorium
[Trying to light a lighter] Professor: “As you can see, it’s very childproof.”
—Science Teaching and Student Services Building Girl 1: “Why are you such in a good mood?” Girl 2: “Oh, you know ...” Girl 1: “Oh. ... You go girl!”
—McNeal Hall
Guy: “The vagina is like a time machine!”
—Bailey Hall dining hall
[Talking about water hemlock] Professor: “It looks like a carrot on steroids.”
—Unknown
Guy: “Do you feed off of sadness or something?” Girl: “Yeah, it’s like granola to me.”
—Nicholson Hall
“No, polygamy is when a male and female have many kids.”
—Near Appleby Hall
“Being a prostitute sounds more and more appealing every day.”
—Sanford Hall dining hall
“Guys, do we really need SIX blue balls?”
—Goldy’s Gameroom
“I learned a new word today: ‘cuddle puddle.’ ... I think it’s basically like an orgy.”
—Comstock Hall dining hall
“It snowed early this year. Maybe that means spring will come sooner.”
—Outside Nicholson Hall
Guy: “Hey, can I get some help over here?” [Employee comes over] Guy: “I’m just really stoned right now. Can you check out for me?”
—CVS in Dinkytown
Professor: “Getting a manuscript published for the first time is like having sex for the first time. I love watching my grad students get their manuscript published, but I don’t need to watch them have sex. That’s just weird.”
—Clinical psychology class
Little kid: “Ewwww, it smells like crushed shoe covers!”
—Williams Arena
“I enjoy fellatio. The word. In writing.”
—Middlebrook Hall
Professor: “I always get gay rights and cannabis mixed up. I think 15 states have legalized gay marriage, and it’s 20 for cannabis.” Student: “Priorities.”
—Unknown
Professor: “A board on the ground does not ‘teeter-totter.’”
—Keller Hall
Professor: “So how many technological devices do you guys have?” Students: [murmurs] Older student: “Well, I have a watch.”
—Blegen Hall
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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
ACROSS 1 Tucked-in part of a dress shirt 4 Cocoon contents 9 Glaringly vivid 14 “__ you kidding me?” 15 Words after make or close 16 Carne __: roasted Mexican dish 17 Ford Model T, colloquially 19 Siesta taker 20 Eight-armed cephalopod 21 Speed demon 23 Open-__ shoes 26 TV producer Norman 27 Online “Yikes!” 30 Chinese leader 33 Bus depot: Abbr. 36 Mature male gorilla 38 Purim observers 39 Essayist de Botton 40 Match for a pocket handkerchief 41 West Pointer 42 Mideast strip 43 One only in it for the money 45 Baton Rouge-toMontgomery dir. 46 Twisting force 47 WWII venue 48 Latin god 50 “__ a lift?” 52 Japanese cooking show 56 Schemer Charles 60 Gallivants 61 Certain rock music fan, and what 17-, 21-, 36-, 43- and 52Across each has 64 Last Olds off the line 65 Mental picture 66 NBC skit show 67 Zac of “The Lorax” 68 Glove material 69 Game gadget, or the area where it’s used
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DOWN 1 Boaters and bowlers 2 Actor La Salle 3 It may drop down or pop up 4 Made vulnerable 5 Axlike shaping tool 6 Tribal land, informally, with “the” 7 Colorado resort 8 Out of the wind 9 Fire truck feature 10 Lady Liberty’s land, familiarly 11 Somerset Maugham novel, with “The” 12 Prefix with logical 13 Pub missile 18 On fire 22 South Sudanese supermodel Wek 24 Goof 25 Short person? 27 Missouri river 28 La Scala’s city 29 Like eyes showing boredom 31 Drops in a slot 32 Stranded at 7Down, perhaps
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34 Chirp 35 Jetson dog 37 By way of 38 Spree 41 Multi-screen theater 43 “Gee whiz” 44 It goes for a buck 46 Second-most populous Arizona city 49 Warm Argentina month
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dr. date Dear Dr. Date,
My friend, who I have known since freshman year, has recently moved in with her boyfriend. She is starting to be more and more dependent on him. Since she is so caught up on him, I stepped up to the plate and asked her to grab dinner sometime. I was expecting just the two of us, but she brought him along. That continued several times, or if he did not tag along with her, she would bring him back takeout. Since I just wanted to hang out with her — and only her — for once, I had asked her to go to the bars and have a girls night. She said that she wanted him to come along because she feels safe around him, and she does not trust herself with alcohol. She also mentioned she likes his company — I mean, of course she enjoys his company; she lives with the dude. I mentioned it to her, and she said that she brings him along because he does not have a lot of friends in the area, being that he recently moved to Minneapolis. How can I actually have some girls-only time with my friend?
—Forever A Third Wheel
Independent Woman,
Codependence can be a serious thing, and it sounds like it’s gotten to that point with your friend and her boyfriend. Honestly, I don’t buy her excuses for a second. If she wanted to make time to hang out with you alone, she would do it. The truth is that she’s scared to be away from him. I’m guessing there’s a bigger emotional problem lurking beneath the surface, maybe on both ends of their relationship. People generally cling to another person when they’re afraid of something, be it a past trauma or pure chaotic reality. I’ve been in both positions. In the past, codependence was a way for me to avoid the outside world. My partner and I formed our own little bubble in which we validated one another’s opinions and excommunicated everyone who didn’t fit within our narrow definition of “friend.” Really, we didn’t have any friends, and we wanted to keep it that way. Transitioning back into reality when the relationship ended was an incredibly painful experience. I feel a lot of empathy for your friend because I’m sure she’ll soon have to do the same. For now, tell your friend you’re here for
her, but understand that there’s not much you can do to change the situation. Codependence is a lot like addiction. It’s up to those involved in the toxic relationship to make the decision to change.
—Dr. Date
Dr. Date,
How does one know if a relationship is headed toward being abusive? I met a nice, charming, intelligent guy through friends in January. We dated casually but didn’t get serious because we would be spending the summer apart. We kept in touch and got together a couple of times over the summer, when our relationship got a bit more serious when we had sex one night. Now that we’re back in the same city, we’ve started dating again, and it’s gotten super serious really fast because he’s older and says he wants to find his life partner (and I’m a grad student, so I’m looking for that, too, eventually). Last Friday night, I was leaving on a flight to go see my family for a long weekend. We had been drinking, and he told me he loved me and didn’t want me to go. The taxi was waiting to take me to the airport, and I told him I had to go. He turned around, angrily pointed his finger at me and said, “Well, then f--- you.” I was shocked, disgusted and incredibly hurt. I didn’t respond to his texts or calls, and I finally talked to him the next day on the phone, where he made it out to be my fault for not answering the phone right away to let him apologize. He’s a super intelligent and funny and good-looking guy, and lots of people like him, but that incident really freaked me out, and I’m not sure what to do.
—Help?
Worried,
Yikes. I’m really sorry this happened to you, and I’m glad you’re reaching out. If you’re worried that your significant other could turn out to be abusive, you’re probably right. To be honest, he basically crossed that line already, at least verbally. A romantic partner is the last person you should be afraid of. There’s no archetypal abusive person. If you’re feeling threatened, listen to your gut, and reach out to friends and family if you need support. These situations often only get worse with time.
—Dr. Date
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U group pushes for new buying policy
STUDENT LIFE
STAND wants the U to change its purchasing policy to avoid minerals used in certain tech products. BY KYLE STOWE kstowe@mndaily.com Students study at the Science Teaching and Student Services building Tuesday.
HOLLY PETERSON, DAILY
Egypt holds off on ending curfew BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CAIRO — A cour t declar ed that Egypt’s 3-month-old state of emergency expired Tuesday, two days earlier than expected, but the militar y and security officials held off from implementing the ruling and lifting a nighttime curfew, amid worries that the measures’ end will fuel protests by supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. Morsi, meanwhile, held his first extensive meeting with lawyers in a prison near the Mediter ranean city of Alexandria. He had been held in secret military detention with almost no contact with the outside world since he was ousted in a July 3 popularly backed coup, but he was moved to a regular prison last week after the first session of his trial on charges of inciting murder. The lawyers, who hail from the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies, on Wednesday will relay a message from Morsi addressing the Egyptian people and “all par ties,” according to Morsi’s son Osama, a lawyer who was among those who met him. The son told The Associated Press that his father is still refusing to allow any lawyer to represent him in the trial because he insists he remains president and does not recognize the tribunal. The state of emergency and a nighttime cur few imposed along with it have been aimed at helping authorities tighten their security grip and control on near daily protests that frequently descended into violence by pro-Morsi suppor ters and his Muslim Brotherhood demanding his reinstatement and the reversal of what the call an illegal coup against democracy. On Monday, Interior Minister Mahmoud Ibrahim, who heads the security forces, said the state of emergency would expire on Thursday and that security reinforcements would
deploy in the streets at that time — a sign of the worries over intensified protests. The surprise ruling by the Cairo Administrative Court ordering the lifting Tuesday appeared to have caught the government off guard — and authorities said they were not immediately implementing it until the court formally notifies them of the decision. The confusion came because the state of emergency was initially announced for a month on Aug. 14. But the government renewed it for another two months on Sept. 12. The court said that means it ends on Nov. 12, not Nov. 14. The Cabinet put out a statement saying it will abide by the r uling, but that it will wait for the details of the ruling to issue the verdict in writing. By Tuesday night, that had not occurred. The militar y said that without of ficial notification of the verdict, it was implementing the curfew as planned, at 1 a.m. on Wednesday. Militar y spokesman Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali said in a statement that the military so far had not been “notified officially of any court ruling.” The state news agency also cited an unidentified high ranking Interior Ministr y of ficial saying the ministr y has not received the court’s ruling. It said security forces have started deploying to secure the Egyptian street. It was not clear how binding the ruling is. The cour t said its decision came in response to a lawsuit questioning legality of the state of emergency, and the court rejected the lawsuit saying that it has already expired. A senior judge in the court, AbdelMaguid al-Mouqanan, told the state news agency that the ruling doesn’t obligate the government to put an end to the state of emergency. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement that the
U.S. welcomed the formal lifting of the state of emergency, but also took note of the fact the government is considering other legislation on security. “We urge the government to respect the rights of all Egyptians,” the statement said. “This includes ensuring that Egyptians on all sides can peacefully exercise their right to freedom of assembly and expression as well as ensuring due process and that all civilians arrested are referred only to civilian courts.” The state of emergency gives security forces wide powers of arrest. It was imposed after police broke up two pro-Morsi protest camps in a heavy crackdown that left hundreds of protesters dead. The countr y has seen persistent violence since, including further bloody crackdowns on protests, retaliatory violence blamed on Islamists, and a wave of attacks on churches, security forces and the military by Islamic militants, mainly in the Sinai Peninsula. Under the crackdown, protests have mostly waned and have been reduced to small gatherings concentrated inside universities. On Tuesday, police forces entered Mansoura University, in the Nile Delta, after clashes erupted on the campus between Morsi supporters and other students. In the latest in a wave of detentions of leading Brotherhood figures, security forces on Tuesday arrested Bassem Ouda, who ser ved as supply minister under Morsi, while he was hiding inside a soap factory near the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, security officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press. Ouda joins a large number of Brotherhood leaders detained on charges of inciting violence in relation to clashes that took place before and after Morsi’s ouster. Fearing return of mass
Hawaii leg. passes gay marriage BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HONOLULU — The state Senate passed a bill Tuesday legalizing gay marriage, putting Hawaii a signature away from becoming a same-sex wedding destination. Gov. Neil Abercrombie, who called lawmakers to a special session for the bill and has vocally supported gay marriage, said in a statement that he will sign the measure. It will allow thousands of gay couples living in Hawaii and even more tourists to marry in the state starting Dec. 2. “I look for ward to signing this significant piece of legislation, which provides marriage equity and fully recognizes and protects religious freedoms,” Abercrombie said.
The governor’s office later announced Abercrombie will sign the bill Wednesday morning in an invitationonly ceremony at the Hawaii Convention Center. President Barack Obama praised the bill’s passage, saying the affirmation of freedom and equality makes the country stronger. “I’ve always been proud to have been born in Hawaii, and today’s vote makes me even prouder,” Obama said. Senators passed the bill 19-4 with two lawmakers excused. Cheers erupted inside and outside the gallery when the vote was taken, with a smattering of boos. Senate President Donna Mercado Kim, who voted against the bill, banged her gavel and told members of the public to quiet down. More than half the cham-
ber’s lawmakers spoke in support of the bill, with many urging the public to come together to heal divisions within the community. “This is nothing more than the expansion of aloha in Hawaii,” said Sen. J. Kalani English, a Democrat from Maui. Sen. Sam Slom, the chamber’s only Republican, said the government should stay out of legislating marriage. “People have differences, and you can’t legislate morality. You can try, but you can’t do it,” Slom said before voting against the bill. Rep. Bob McDermott, a House lawmaker who filed a lawsuit to try to derail the special session, promised a new challenge once Abercrombie signs the bill. A judge said he would take the case only after the law fully passes.
demonstrations, the militar y-backed interim government is working on a controversial new law that would restrict the right to protest by forcing organizers to seek a permit to hold any gathering — something authorities can deny if they see it threatening public order. Violators risk jail terms and heavy fines. Presidential spokesman Ihab Badawi said a final draft of the law has been sent to the presidency and will be passed shortly. Earlier, Human Rights Watch and other groups condemned the law for it “effectively give the police carte blanche to ban protests in Egypt” and allows officers to use force to disperse them, “even when a single protester throws a stone.” The law was first introduced during Morsi’s one-year presidency, when it was also met with heavy criticism. Morsi’s trial is set to resume on Jan. 8. Some in the team of lawyers who met him are urging Morsi to allow legal representation in the trial. But his son Osama said Morsi’s “position has not changed after the meeting,” which he described as “heated,” without elaborating. The son said Mori was consulting with the legal team on measures he could take “against the coup.” The lawyers planned a press conference for Wednesday, when it appeared the statement that Morsi gave to them would be released. Morsi”s only previous contact with lawyers was brief discussions during the first session of his trial, on Nov. 4. At that session, Morsi repeatedly launched into political speeches, calling the proceedings illegitimate and saying the judges didn’t have jurisdiction to tr y a president. He repeatedly insisted he remains the countr y’s leader and called his trial a “cover for a militar y coup.”
When Manju Connolly arrived at the University of Minnesota last fall, she didn’t think much of the minerals that were used to make par ts of her laptop and cellphone. But after some time at college, she learned that por tions of profits from trading those minerals went to rebel groups in central Africa responsible for civilian deaths. “It was really eye-opening,” Connolly said. “I had never taken the time to think about it.” Now, STAND, an antigenocide student group of which Connolly is a member, is pushing the University to buy technology products from companies that thoroughly trace and audit supply chains used in the production of those items.
“I think universities who want to be global citizens and show high moral and ethical standards can make an impact by implementing a conflict-free policy at relatively little cost.” KIRK ALLISON Director of the School of Public Health’s Program in Human Rights and Health
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, armed rebel groups often profit from the trading of several minerals, including tin and tungsten, used in consumer electronics. STAND President Emily Milke said the group’s initiative asks the University to eventually change its purchasing policy to ensure the school does its “due diligence” to buy electronics from companies that track the origins of their materials. The University spent more than $49 million on technology products in 2012, according to University Purchasing Ser vices data obtained by STAND. Cur rent policy states that “depar tments must purchase goods and services as economically as possible according to the specified standards of quality and ser vice, while giv-
ing responsible suppliers fair consideration,” according to University policy. Before the University could amend its purchasing policy, Milke said, the initiative has to pass through several decisionmaking bodies. The group drafted a position statement, and the Minnesota Student Association approved it Nov. 5. Next, the statement will go to the University Student Senate for approval and President Eric Kaler for signature. If both approve the statement, Milke said, STAND hopes to begin talks with University Purchasing Services about amending current purchasing practices. Kirk Allison, director of the School of Public Health’s Program in Human Rights and Health, said universities around the countr y are adopting conflict-free policies in order to raise awareness of the mineral trade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “I think universities who want to be global citizens and show high moral and ethical standards can make an impact by implementing a conflict-free policy at relatively little cost,” he said. The University of Pennsylvania and Duke University already have conflictfree policies. Alex Cole, co-director of MSA’s facilities, housing and transit committee, said he voted against the position statement when MSA passed it because he thinks most people aren’t well-informed about the issue. While Cole said he thinks the genocide in some par ts of central Africa is “horrible,” he said he would rather see upperlevel government officials handle the situation. “I don’t think the University students should be influencing the decisions of whether or not we should strip away business from companies that get materials from other countries,” he said. Allison said if a policy change shows that current electronics suppliers aren’t suf ficiently monitoring their supply chains, several alternative companies around the United States that monitor for conflict minerals could ser ve as alternatives. “Existing options aren’t the only options,” he said. Milke said students can play a bigger role in putting an end to the genocide in the Democratic Republic of the Congo than they might think. “We have a huge voice at the University,” she said. “It’s impor tant that we don’t overlook that.”
Parents fight K-8 school relocation Marcy open u from Page 1
and potential change via an automatic calling system at 11 a.m. Monday. They received of ficial notice through a letter sent home with students the day of the meeting. Parents said they were opposed to the potential move because the school benefits from being near the Mississippi River, museums and the University of Minnesota. “There is a tremendous sense of community,” said Ron Wacks, father of a former Marcy Open student. University students volunteer at the school to fulfill degree requirements. “The input from University of Minnesota educa-
tion students is invaluable,” said Shannon Williams, a mother of two Marcy Open students and parent council member. University of Minnesota business marketing education senior Jacquelyn Rupp works with four th- and fifth-grade students at the school. “I don’t know if we would have been able to meet with [the students] as easily as we do” had the school moved, she said. Alix Herzing, a mother and aunt of students at the school, stood before the Minneapolis Public School Board meeting Tuesday to read a letter to Thomas, thanking him for listening to the community and halting the move. “We are still negatively affected by and concerned
about issues of overcrowding at Marcy Open School and throughout the district,” Herzing said. “We would very much like to be involved in the planning to help find solutions to this ongoing problem.” Thomas said the situation is an oppor tunity for parents, school officials and community members to start thinking about solutions for accommodating students. “I have had several parents contacting me saying, ‘We heard what you were saying, and maybe what we should star t to do is work on how to support the school and to reduce the class sizes,’” Andrews said. “So, maybe, all of this excitement is going to go for a good purpose in the long run.”