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MEN’S BASKETBALL
The president also discussed the U’s new leadership and honors program.
Minnesota and Madison FIJI members buck rivalry for a cause.
Kaler talks crime, research, new mayor
From Randall to TCF, frat runs for charity
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U OF M
MINNEAPOLIS
ST PAUL
MONDAY
Students fast after Typhoon Haiyan
MN preps for Syracuse in first round of Maui Invitational
Students join a nationwide effort to raise awareness of climate change.
The Gophers beat up on Wofford and will now face their toughest test yet.
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NOVEMBER 25, 2013
CRIME
Sexual assault reported A man claiming to be a police officer attacked a student, police say. BY NICK STUDENSKI nstudenski@mndaily.com
A University of Minnesota student was sexually
assaulted by a man impersonating a police officer early Sunday morning, according to an email alert sent to students, faculty and staff by University police Chief Greg Hestness on Sunday night. The student was walking alone at about 2:15 a.m. Sunday near the intersection of 15th Avenue
Southeast and Eighth Street Southeast in MarcyHolmes when she was approached by a black SUV, the alert said. The man driving the SUV slowed to talk to the student, the aler t said, claiming he was a police of ficer and war ning her against walking alone. The man then of fered the stu-
dent a ride. When she got in, he locked the doors and drove her somewhere west of Interstate 35-W and sexually assaulted her, the alert said. The alert describes the suspect as a young black u See ASSAULT Page 4 The man was also wearing a badge and police-style belt.
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
COGS set to leave GAPSA The Council of Graduate Students voted Monday to split in July.
BY KYLE STOWE kstowe@mndaily.com
The University of Minnesota’s Council of Graduate Students is set to sever formal af filiation with the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, effective July 1. COGS passed a resolution in a landslide vote last Monday to apply for its own student ser vices fees funding beginning with this spring’s cycle. COGS will also stop accepting passthrough funds from GAPSA — funds that GAPSA receives and then distributes to its member councils — and discontinue sending COGS representatives to the assembly next school year, according to the resolution.
GAPSA President Brittany Edwards said the assembly must pass an amendment to remove COGS from its constitution because it’s included as a member council in GAPSA’s constitution. “It’s like Minnesota seceding from the United States,” she said. “They can’t just leave.” Edwards said the majority of GAPSA’s executive board wants to amend GAPSA’s constitution to immediately remove COGS from the assembly. An amendment failed at a meeting last Wednesday. COGS Executive Vice President Sumitra Ramachandran voted against the amendment because, she said, it would have prevented COGS from receiving pass-through funding for spring semester. COGS is currently one of 10 different councils that u See COGS Page 16 COGS members say GAPSA didn’t distribute fees correctly.
ADMINISTRATION
Candidates make cases for CLA spot Four contenders for dean presented their visions for the college. CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY
The University hosted a media tour of Northrop Memorial Auditorium on Thursday afternoon. After three years of construction, Northrop is scheduled to reopen in spring 2014.
Three years in the making, the new Northrop aims to be a cultural hub for students and the state. by a live orchestra.
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“In the daily life of our stu-
Most current University of
dents, Northrop too often was a
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magnificent and beloved campus
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NEIGHBORHOODS
BY ALEX BITTER abitter@mndaily.com
W ith some develop ment already planned for the neighbor hood and more on the horizon, Prospect Park is looking to connect developers, investors and residents in order to better coordinate the changes. The Prospect Park East River Road Improvement Association and planning group Prospect Park 2020 are holding a “Neighborhood Open House” next year to introduce residents and developers and to discuss their goals for the community. The organizations hope to hold more
Four higher education leaders from across the country are vying to be the next dean of the University of Minnesota’s College of Liberal Arts. The contenders — Thomas DiPier o, John Coleman, Eugene Borgida and Stephen Esquith — discussed research, budget strategies and the role of a liberal arts education during public interviews at the University from Oct. 29 to Nov. 14. Each candidate has held both academic and administrative roles previously,
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FOOTBALL
Prospect Park to connect residents and developers An upcoming “open house” is part of the neighborhood’s development plan.
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which College of Design Dean Tom Fisher, who chairs the search committee, said is required for the open position. After former CLA Dean James Parente announced last spring his plans to step down from the position, a search committee began recruiting candidates and conducted the public interviews. Interim Dean Raymond Duvall will hold the position until the new dean — who the University will announce by January — steps in next fall. The search committee compiled the original candidate list over the summer with the help of Illinoisbased executive search firm Witt/Kieffer. The committee narrowed the list further this fall, leaving five
open houses as developers propose new projects. PPERIA master planning committee chair Tamara Johnson said they hope to let developers and potential developers see the overall plans for the area. “We don’t want to look at each building in isolation,” she said. “We want to look at how it all fits together.” Prospect Park 2020 board member Dick Gilyard said the meetings will allow developers and residents to meet and examine how new building projects fit in with the area. “It’s mainly to talk about what their company does, what they’ve done in the past, why they’ve chosen this area and for u See OPEN HOUSE Page 3 The Prospect Park master plan predates light-rail development.
Badgers keep Axe after 20-7 win Wisconsin tallied a 10th straight win against Minnesota on Saturday. BY NATE GOTLIEB ngotlieb@mndaily.com
University of Minnesota players were undoubtedly disappointed with their 207 loss to the University of Wisconsin on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium. But the Gophers weren’t about to let their biggest rivals get the last word. Wisconsin players wielded Paul Bunyan’s Axe after the game and tried to “chop down” the Gophers’ goal post, but Minnesota players got in their way. The two rivals exchanged color ful words in the end zone and nearly came to blows. “It’s just a pride thing,” senior safety Brock Vereen said. “This is our stadium,
AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY
University of Wisconsin lineman Beau Allen swings Paul Bunyan’s Axe after the Badgers beat the University of Minnesota 20-7 on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium.
and even after the clock hit zero, we still felt the need to protect it.”
The Gophers (8-3, 4-3 Big Ten) came the closest they’ve been to beating
u See FOOTBALL Page 9 Minnesota’s offense had three turnovers and didn’t score.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For months, all eyes in the sky have pointed at the comet that’s zooming toward a blisteringly close encounter with the sun. The moment of tr uth comes Thursday — Thanksgiving Day. The sun-grazing Comet ISON, now thought to be less than a mile wide, will either fry and shatter, victim of the sun’s incredible power, or endure and quite possibly put on one fabulous celestial show.
Talk about an astronomical cliffhanger. Even the smartest scientists are reluctant to lay odds. Should it survive, ISON, pronounced EYE’-sahn, would be visible with the naked eye through December, at least from the Northern Hemisphere. Discernible at times in November with ordinary binoculars and occasionally even just the naked eye, it already has dazzled observers and is considered the most scrutinized comet ever by NASA. But the best is, potentially, yet to come. Detected just over a year
ago, the comet is passing through the inner solar system for the first time. Still fresh, this comet is thought to bear the pristine matter of the beginning of our solar system. It’s believed to be straight from the Oort cloud on the fringes of the solar system, home to countless icy bodies, most notably the frozen balls of dust and gas in orbit around the sun known as comets. For whatever reason, ISON was propelled out of this cloud and drawn toward the heart of the solar system by the
sun’s intense gravitational pull. The closer the comet gets to the sun, the faster it gets. In January, it was clocked at 40,000 mph. By last Thursday, with just a week to go, it had accelerated to 150,000 mph. Right around the time many Americans will be feasting on turkey, the comet will zip within 730,000 miles of the sun, less than the actual solar diameter. In other words, another sun wouldn’t fit in the missed distance.
U transplants first U apts. evacuated cleared out about 400 residents breathing lung in Officials from University Village on Friday. the Midwest BY DAILY STAFF
The University could use the new breathing device for heart transplants in future endeavors. BY KATELYN FAULKS kfaulks@mndaily.com
Pumping air and blood into lungs is a natural process for the human body, but a new device can keep lungs breathing during transplants. Last week, University of Minnesota assistant surgery professor Dr. Gabriel Loor performed the first “breathing lung” transplant in the Midwest, operating on a 51-year-old man from Minnesota, according to a University press release. “It was very fulfilling,” Loor said. “We were very relaxed when we were doing the transplant. … We felt we had as much time as needed to do the transplant.” Before the new technology, surgeons stored lungs on ice during the transfer from donor to patient in order to keep them cool so they needed less oxygen and nutrients. But the lungs can’t be on ice for more than six hours, Loor said. “We finally have a device that we can do what we initially wanted to do when transplantation was first devised,” he said. The device, called the TransMedics Organ Care System, may significantly reduce the time patients have to spend on waiting lists for donations, he said, and it will give doctors more time to perform the procedure. The system is the size of a small portable grill. It provides air and oxygenated blood to the lungs, Loor said. Doctors can monitor the lungs by the minute through wireless technology. The technology has two benefits, Loor said. First, the lungs receive vital nutrients while breathing as if they were still inside the donor. Second, the device offers a healthier environment than the dying donor. Currently, centers can only use the device if TransMedics approves researchers’ participation in a clinical trial, he said. The company is testing the lungs’ quality on the device. Doctors can also transplant hearts using the system, which keeps them beating at a constant pace. “We are exploring opportunities for using the device for heart transplantation [at the University] in the near future,” Loor said.
A carbon monoxide leak forced University Village residents out of the apartment building for about two hours Friday night. Officials let residents back in shortly after 10 p.m. Minneapolis Fire Battalion Chief Steve Ebert said it’s unclear what caused the elevated carbon monoxide levels, which prompted building staff to call 911 shortly after 8 p.m. Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas that can be deadly when inhaled. Ebert said nobody was treated for carbon monoxide poisoning but one woman spoke with emergency medical technicians at the scene. Metro Transit sent several buses to the scene for residents to warm up in. Officials planned to send one bus to Williams Arena, but it turned around en route after the all-clear. Building staff also told residents they could stay in the 17th Avenue residence hall during the evacuation. Ebert said officials evacuated about 400 residents of the building, which houses both students and families. University police Sgt. Jim Nystrom said several carbon monoxide readings throughout the building were high enough to potentially pose a risk to residents. The levels returned to normal about two hours after the evacuation, Ebert said. Ebert said several residents ignored the alarms throughout the building and didn’t evacuate right away. Officials went doorto-door to clear out stragglers after building staff directed most residents outside. “They hear the alarms ... and they just think it’s another false alarm, and they go back in,” Ebert said. Graduate student Ana Claudia Dos Santos Sao Bernado, who lives in University Village, moved to a bus after spending about 15 minutes outside in her pajamas. “This happens all the time, so I thought we’d get back in [right away],” she said. There were a few carbon monoxide level readings above normal throughout the day Friday. After an increasing number of residents reported elevated levels in their apartments, building staff called 911, University Village Office Assistant Erin Montemurro said. The University sent a text alert out to students after the evacuation, warning them to stay out of the building. Officials did not evacuate businesses on the ground floor of University Village. Kia Farhang, Roy Aker and Emma Nelson contributed to this report.
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244 Haitians exiled amid killings BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The Dominican Republic expelled at least 244 Haitians after an elderly Dominican couple was slain in an apparent burglary near the border between the two countries and a mob retaliated by killing a Haitian man, two migrant advocates said Sunday. The Rev. Antoine Lissaint of Haiti’s Jesuit Refugee and Migrant Organization told The Associated Press that a group of Dominicans killed the man because they blamed people of Haitian descent for the fatal stabbing of the couple. Dominican police issued a statement saying Jose Mendez Diaz and Luja Encarnacion Diaz, both 70, were killed during an apparent home burglary in which the killers got away with two sacks of coffee. Detectives found a knife and stick at the scene. There was no comment from the Dominican government. A group of Haitians who had been living in the southwestern Dominican town of Neiba the past several years sought refuge at a police station because they feared further reprisals, Lissaint said. Police handed the group over to soldiers who drove them to the border and expelled them to Haiti on Saturday. Migrant advocates said some of the people sent out of the Dominican Republic were eager to leave because they feared there would be more mob violence. Haiti and the Dominican Republic have a long history of acrimony as neighbors on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. But relations between the two have worsened since a Dominican court decision in September threatened to revoke citizenship for residents of the Dominican Republic of Haitian descent. Jean-Baptiste Azolin, deputy coordinator for the Support Group for Repatriates and Refugees, said not all the people who were repatriated were picked up at the police station. “Some of them were caught in the streets, with their children, and were sent to Haiti — like that, without anything,” Azolin said. Workers for the Haitian government’s National Office of Migration greeted the expelled Haitians and others of Haitian descent, many of them mothers with their children, including a 3-dayold boy. They were taken to a shelter north of the capital, Port-au-Prince, where they received food. They were also each given the equivalent of $22 to help them return to their former Haitian towns. “Some people (here) have their children in the Dominican Republic, and they don’t know where they are,” Fritz Jimani, one of the deported people, said in Spanish. Azolin, who was at the shelter, said the actual number of people who were deported, and were eager to leave the Dominican Republic because of fears of mob violence, could be more than the 244 initially reported. He said 252 people had showed up at the shelter claiming to be among those expelled and there was a report that a Dominican bus carrying 75 more deportees was en route to the border. The Haitian government objected to the deportation. Salim Succar, an adviser to Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe, said in an email: “We have taken certain measures to welcome these people and disapprove of the way this repatriation was done.” Human rights advocates say the Dominican citizenship ruling could disenfranchise more than 200,000 people, many of whom have lived there for years or decades, stripping them of the documents they need to work and attend school and denying them passpor ts needed to travel overseas.
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the neighborhood to get to know people,” he said. Residents will get to meet the people behind developments planned for the area, he said, like a 200-unit housing complex The Cor nerstone Group is building on the corner of 29th Avenue Southeast and Four th Street Southeast. Johnson said there would be opportunities for developers to collaborate; new businesses in the area could share parking spaces, for example. “It’s really talking to
the developers and tr ying to get them to work together,” she said.
Coordinating planning
Richard Adams, a PPERIA board member who is planning the Open Houses, said Prospect Park 2020 has majorly shifted the way the neighborhood plans for change. The group began as a PPERIA committee before becoming a separate nonprofit last March. Since the split, Adams said communication between Prospect Park 2020 and PPERIA has decreased. “The connection is still there, the neighborhood is behind it, but the infor-
mation flow is not quite as fluid as it was when it was just a committee of PPERIA,” he said. Although Prospect Park has a small-area plan filed with the city, Adams said the organization did it before light rail was “on the radar” for the neighborhood. When PPERIA began planning for changes along its por tion of the Green Line, Adams said there was little desire to revise that plan. “The problem with master plans is there does not tend to be that high a cor relation between the master plan and the ultimate development of the neighbor hood,” Adams
said. Instead, the neighborhood has shifted its planning focus towar d working directly with potential developers whose plans match the neighborhood’s priorities, Adams said. Minneapolis city planner Haila Maze said Prospect Park’s approach to planning, while more piecemeal than other University of Minnesota neighbor hoods, is still proactive. “They’re tr ying to think about [the developments in the neighborhood] as a series of master plans for the area,” she said. She said the ef for t has helped preser ve the resi-
dential areas while keeping larger developments confined to areas around the edges of Prospect Park — closer to the University. “While they have their residential base, they’re really looking for changes to happen in those transitional zones,” Maze said. Since Prospect Park is working with developers on a case-by-case basis, Adams said, maintaining a close connection between PPERIA and Prospect Park 2020 is critical. “These meetings are about making sure that the relationships … between Prospect Park 2020 and the community and PPERIA are solid and intact,” he said.
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Kaler talks crime, research, new mayor The president also discussed the University’s new leadership and honors program. BY MEGHAN HOLDEN mholden@mndaily.com
The Minnesota Daily sat down with University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler for its monthly Kickin’ it with Kaler interview Friday afternoon. Kaler discussed going on a ride-along with University police, Minneapolis’ recent elects and an inspirational piranha in his office. What is your reaction to the recent violent crimes on and around campus? I’m concer ned about our campus’s reputation for safety. However, crime is down compared to previous years, and there is a predictable uptick in crime in the first par t of the fall semester as students come back, but the current situation is unacceptable … We’ve had a meeting with the Minneapolis chief of police. I met with the incoming mayor earlier this week, and we’ve conveyed our desire to have additional Minneapolis resources to help us. Our [University police do] a great job of responding to crime in the neighborhoods. We feel, obviously, a responsibility for the safety of our students, but we do hope to get some additional help from Minneapolis for their precincts. I went on a ride with the police Friday night into Satur day mor ning and saw a lot of dedicated individuals working hard to help keep our students safe, and I do reiterate that a police presence is not the only thing that we need to ensure safety. I do continue to encourage our students to watch out for each other, to walk in groups. When the bars [close] on Saturday mor ning, we have some inebriated young people that are ver y easy targets for theft, so making smar t decisions on an individual basis can
also help keep people safe. What was the ride-along like? We saw a lot of things. Initially, in the first par t, we star ted at about 10 o’clock in the evening [and saw] a variety of traffic activities, a guy going the wrong way down University Avenue, people making some poor vehicular decisions … Then as the night went on, the activity picked up pretty remarkably. … At about 3 a.m., the police team made a significant arrest in a parking lot of Dinkytown — an individual with a felony warrant and some apparently stolen merchandise in his car. So our of ficers are working hard, they are making arrests, they are out there. We’ve spent about 100 hours of overtime pay so far in the past week to 10 days, and we will continue to make that investment to ensure that we have of ficers on the street. Can you tell me a little bit mor e about your meeting with mayorelect Betsy Hodges? We had a good meeting. We talked about lots of things, centering on the intersection of the city and the University — our ability to have our academic programs, and the practical outcome of those [programs] translate into good outcomes for the city, whether that’s in urban design or in social work or in K-12 education — a variety of activities where the University exper tise can help the city be better. We talked about the public safety issues that I just addressed. We talked about potential development and ongoing development around the campus’s real estate development. So all in all, it was a good meeting. … I expect to have a good relationship with Mayor Hodges, as I’ve had a good relationship with Mayor [R.T.] Rybak. Do you think the University’s relationship with the city will change with a new mayor? I don’t expect a dramatic change. We have a good relationship now, and I expect we’ll have a good relationship going for ward.
More than 160 killed in Syrian rebel siege BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIRUT — Heavy clashes between Syrian troops and rebels tr ying to break a government siege in the suburbs of Damascus have killed at least 160 fighters over two days, activists said Sunday. Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have laid siege for months to rebel strongholds in the Ghouta area east of Damascus, preventing food, clean water, medicine and other supplies from entering in a bid to crush resistance. The tactic, which activists say has led to famine, has helped gover nment troops capture a string of rebel-held areas over the past month on Damascus’ doorstep. The government push
around the capital has coincided with gains by Assad’s forces around the northern city of Aleppo as well as a new offensive in the rugged Qalamoun region north of Damascus. The recent victories have shifted the momentum of the conflict in Assad’s favor and given the Syrian leader greater leverage in proposed peace talks that the U.S. and Russia are trying to convene to end the civil war. The intense fighting in the eastern Ghouta area began on Friday when several rebel groups attacked government forces, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and an activist based in Qalamoun. The activist spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of government reprisals.
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man with a medium build, short hair or a shaved head and a “neatly trimmed chin-strap beard.” He was wearing a dark jacket with a badge, dark pants and a belt resembling the kind a police of ficer would wear, the alert said. University police have r ecently incr eased the number of patrols in response to an uptick in violent crimes on and around campus. This is the second sexual assault for which Uni-
versity police have sent an aler t to students, faculty and staf f this semester. The first incident took place in the early hours of the morning near Van Cleve Park in Southeast Como last month. In that case, the victim was approached by three men while walking home alone. One of the suspects allegedly hit her and then sexually assaulted her while the other two acted as lookouts. Police are asking anyone with information about this most recent case to call the Minneapolis tip line at 612-692-8477.
The mayor is new, and [ther e ar e] seven new council members, including the first Latina woman, the first Hmong and the first Somali, so they’re really reflecting the diversity that is Minneapolis. Dr. Brooks Jackson was recently named University of Minnesota Medical School dean and vice president for health sciences. How will this change in leadership af fect the Academic Health Center? I’m incredibly excited about Dr. Jackson. He is [an] absolutely world-class researcher; he’s a terrific leader. … He’s a principal investigator on the largest [National Institutes of Health] grant in the countr y, ver y ef fective at raising philanthropy, so he’s the total package, and I think the medical school will be energized by his arrival. I think he’s going to be a terrific leader and is going to be a magnet for talent, motivating people who are already here to do more and attracting people from other institutions to come to the U, so I couldn’t be more excited about him. The search for a new College of Liberal Ar ts d e a n i s u n d e r w a y. What is the biggest challenge the college faces, and how should new leadership address it? I think, across the countr y, the liberal ar ts are under a ver y unfair series of attacks about their relevance and about their role in the 21st centur y. This university is completely dedicated to the value of the liberal ar ts. I think they’re at the core of a university education, regardless of what you major in. But the new dean will need to galvanize faculty to talk proactively about the value of the liberal arts and to engage in deeper and more penetrating scholarship that illustrates the value that [CLA] has for us. Last spring, an external review found that the University’s honors program could potentially benefit from increased funding and additional courses. Do you think
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University President Eric Kaler with a piranha he got while doing research in Brazil.
this will happen soon? Two things: One is we have a lot of programs that could benefit from increased funding. Two, our honors program is really a pride point for the University, and it will compete for funding during our normal budget processes as we go into the spring for [the] next fiscal year. Clearly, we’d like to be able to invest more money in things, like our honors program, and the way we’re going to be able to do that is through our operational excellence activities. … The whole point of that exercise is to free up dollars that we can put into high-priority academic programs. What’s the most unique item in your office, and what’s the stor y behind it? I have a lot of knickknacks. I’m a little bit of a knick-knacky guy. (Goes to find an item on his bookshelf) That is a piranha. … I got that in Brazil when I was doing research. Funding for research is awarded by the federal government after [a] ver y rigorous peer-review process, so it’s a highly competitive environment for
funding. So when I was writing research proposals, I would always look at the piranha to remind me of the competition that that proposal was going to face. The Minnesota Daily interviewed students to hear what they would ask the president. Here’s what they wanted to know: What’s your overall take on how CLA research is funded compared to other University colleges, like the College of Science and Engineering, for example? College funding is sorted out in an overall budget process for the University within the framework that we have, but the role of research in the role of liberal ar ts is incredibly important. We need to know how people interact with each other, how they reason, how they come to know things and their dif ferent ways of knowing. We need to understand our histor y, and we need to maintain and strengthen the culture that makes our civilization a great civilization. So all of those and more are at the hear t of
research and creative mission in the College of Liberal Ar ts, and it’s absolutely necessar y for our society. How will the possible mer ger of the College of Biological Sciences and College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences af fect students and the schools? We’re having a discussion with a large number of stakeholders around the potential for that merger. … We obviously want the outcome of any action to be positive, so we’re not going to merge two colleges if the outcome is not as good as keeping them separate — and that outcome is reflected in the ability of faculty to carr y out their research programs and on the ability of the faculty to deliver the undergraduate programs that we want. Both CBS and CFANS have impor tant, distinct and different cultures and experiences, and we want to be respectful of that. So any combined college would need to have an undergraduate program that’s as good, or better, [than] the two that exist now.
Gopher Chauffeur launches Thursday night shuttle service The free ride service gave 694 rides this weekend. BY MARION RENAULT mrenault@mndaily.com
The University of Minnesota’s Gopher Chauffeur extended ser vice to Thursday nights this weekend, shuttling 135 riders in its first Thursday out. The change follows talks with the Minnesota Student Association, which took up the issue in response to recent violent crimes on and around campus. The free ride ser vice is also looking to change its hours next semester to 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. from its current 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. schedule. “It was one of the things that was at the top of our agenda, and it really turned out the way we wanted it to,” said MSA President Mike Schmit. “It was a great turnaround — maybe not for the best reasons, but it went through really quickly.” While the final decision to add Thursday ser vice was made early last week, the University had been considering the change for some time, said Amelious Whyte, assistant dean of students and chief of staff. The final push came from this year’s uptick in crime near campus and the r esulting focus on campus safety, said Dave Golden, Boynton director of public health and communications.
“Safety concer ns on campus … definitely prompted it,” he said. “It’s just responding to a need and getting it out there sooner than later.” Management senior Joe Van Horn has worked for Gopher Chauf feur since his sophomore year. “It’s something we’ve wanted to do,” he said, “but we were never really sure if there was the demand for it or the funding necessar y to pull it off, but it finally got done.” Golden said earlier in the month that an expansion to Thursdays would cost about $7,000 per semester, primarily for payroll. Seven new drivers will be trained early next week, and more will be recruited for the spring semester, said health advocate advisor Julie Sanem. Gopher Chauf feur reser ve funds and student ser vices fees will par tly cover the expansion. The Of fice for Student Affairs will take on the remaining costs to hold over Gopher Chauf fer until it can make an increased request for student services fees. OSA will cover the cost for spring and the 2014-15 academic year, said Whyte. “We already have the vans, so it’s not that expensive,” said Schlapper. “It’s just adding staf f and personnel.”
‘Not much downtime’
The Gopher Chauf feur has given about 400 rides ever y weekend this year. W ith Thursday ser vice,
that number hit 694 this weekend. “It’s been our busiest semester ever since r unning the ser vice,” Schlapper said. The Gopher Chauf feur provided more than 4,900 rides last fall. The ser vice has already outpaced last year’s demand, providing more than 5,000 rides so far. Tim Garay, a psychology and public health senior who’s been a Gopher Chauffeur driver for three years, said he’s noticed an increase in calls. “It’s definitely been a lot busier,” he said. “It does get really stressful, especially when you get behind and you have a lot of people.” Matt Broshat, a marketing junior wrapping up his first semester at Gopher Chauf feur, said he gives anywhere from 20 to 30 rides a night. “There’s not much downtime,” he said. Because student drivers pick up shifts voluntarily, it can be dif ficult to fill them each weekend, Van Horn said. “You do get the opportunity to work as much or as little as you want,” he said, “so sometimes it can be tough to fill shifts.” Some drivers, like genetics and biomedical senior Ashley Brate, said an extra day could temporarily strain drivers’ schedules. “It’s been dif ficult lately, so I think it’ll be rocky at first,” she said. “But people are excited, so I think it’ll work out its kinks pretty quick.”
Though he doesn’t expect it to be as popular as the weekend shuttle, Garay said he thinks the extended Thursday night ser vice will be a good addition to the Gopher Chauffeur. “Instead of a 45-minute walk home in the cold, it’s a five-minute war m car ride,” he said. Schmit said he hopes students will take advantage of the extra ser vice. “From the student perspective, we can be accountable for ourselves in being educated on existing ser vices and not walking home alone,” he said. “It’s shared responsibility between us, the University and the [University Police Department]. “[This] of fers students accessibility to existing ser vices that have been proven successful in the past,” he said. MSA still hopes to shift the ser vice’s cutof f time for taking calls to 3 a.m. instead of 2 a.m. “If you look at the crime alerts, a good chunk of them have been after 2 a.m.,” Schmit said. “If you call at 2:30, then you’ve got to walk home; you’ve got to call a cab. So we’re tr ying to make it as accessible as possible.” Va n H o r n s a i d h e ’ s excited that mor e and more students are hearing about the service and using it as a “safety valve.” “Safety is star ting to become a problem on campus, and Gopher Chauf feur is a great way to do something about it,” he said.
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From Randall to TCF, frat runs for charity Minnesota and Madison FIJI members buck rivalry for a cause. BY MELISSA BERMAN mberman@mndaily.com
When temperatures plunged as low as 10 degrees early Saturday mor ning, most people bundled up. But a few University of Minnesota students wore shor ts and celebrated. Members of the University’s Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, or FIJI, arrived at the darkened gates of TCF Bank Stadium around 4 a.m. Saturday after nearly a day of running. Putting rivalries aside,
FIJI chapters from the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin-Madison teamed up for the fifth annual Rivalr y Run to raise money for the American Red Cross and the Coach Kill Cancer Fund, formed by Minnesota head football coach Jerr y Kill. In the Rivalr y Run, one person runs at a time and suppor t cars follow along the way. Madison’s FIJI members took turns running an honorar y game ball on highways and back r oads fr om Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, W is., to W inona, Minn. There, they met members of the University’s FIJI chapter, who completed the 270-mile jour ney to
Afghan president won’t sign US pact BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai cast fresh doubt on the future presence of thousands of American and allied forces on Sunday by rejecting a recommendation by an Afghan assembly of dignitaries to quickly sign a longdelayed security pact with the United States. Although the mercurial leader did not fully spell out his reasons for deferring its signature until after the April 5 elections, the move was a slap in the face to U.S. officials who had repeatedly asked for a deal by the end of the year. The U.S. administration has insisted the deal be finalized by the end of next month, warning that planning for a post-2014 military presence may be jeopardized if it is not approved. U.S. Secretary of State John Ker r y and Defense Secretar y Chuck Hagel both asked last week that it be signed by the end of the year. Failure to do so could be the final blow to the Bilateral Security Agreement, leaving the Americans without a legal basis to keep forces in the countr y for up to a decade to train and mentor Afghan troops who remain ill-prepared to face a persis-
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candidates. The fifth candidate withdrew her name from consideration before her Nov. 21 public interview. Senior Vice President for Academic Af fairs and Provost Karen Hanson will make the final decision, which is subject to approval by the Board of Regents.
‘The purpose of CLA’
Across the country, society undervalues liberal arts degrees, DiPiero said at his public interview Oct. 29. DiPiero, the dean of humanities and interdisciplinar y studies at the College of Arts, Sciences and Engineering at the University of Rochester, said the new CLA dean’s duty is to combat this perception. “We have to get out there and show that we are involved in every aspect of what goes on,” he said. Nearly 14,000 students are enrolled in CLA this fall, making it the largest college at the University. Esquith, dean of Michigan State University’s Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, said if chosen, he would work to attract and retain students by promoting the role arts and humanities play in society. “The purpose of CLA is to contribute to the quality of life for the outside community,” he said. Esquith said his experience creating the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities in 2006 would help him advocate for University of Minnesota majors outside of business and science. His colleague, MSU physics and astronomy professor Wolfgang Bauer, said Es-
tent Taliban insurgency. The U.S. has said it will pull all its forces out of Afghanistan without it, as it did when Iraq failed to sign a similar agreement. Most of America’s allies have also said they will pull out their troops in without the deal, a withdrawal that could put at risk more than $8 billion a year pledged by the international community for Afghan security forces and the country’s development. After negotiators hammered out compromises on several issues, Karzai had called the 2,500 tribal elders and regional leaders to the capital to debate the draft deal in a consultative assembly known as a Loya Jirga. The four-day assembly had the option of asking for changes or rejecting the agreement. Instead Karzai added a new wrinkle by announcing on the opening day Thursday that he wanted delegates to endorse the deal but he would not sign it. He repeated that stance Sunday despite the panel’s recommendation that he sign before the end of 2013, laying down a series of ill-defined conditions and promising to continue negotiations with the U.S. in a rambling speech that lasted nearly an hour.
quith’s passion for the arts translates to how he interacts with students. “The quality of life is really determined by the liberal arts, and he embodies that,” he said. Borgida, University of Minnesota psychology and law professor, said at his Nov. 12 public interview that the college should increase internship opportunities with outside employers to show students they can make a living with their liberal arts degrees. “I don’t think we do as good a job as we could to link these majors to employment prospects,” he said. Borgida’s colleague, University psychology professor Thomas Brothen, said he could get CLA faculty to collaborate on ways to make a case for the liberal arts. “He can lead us to the situation where we’re all working together to solve this,” he said. Coleman, chair of the political science department at the University of WisconsinMadison, said he’s a “fierce defender and believer” in the value of the liberal arts. His colleague Melanie Manion, a political science professor at Madison, said Coleman has a long history of advocating for liberal arts education and is popular with his colleagues in the department. “The stronger the liberal arts and CLA, the stronger and more profound can be the intellectual and instructional collaborations across colleges and schools, which benefits the entire University,” Coleman said.
CLA’s budget problem
In the last three state funding cycles, CLA has suffered budget cuts from decreased funding, which can-
TCF Bank Stadium for Saturday’s football game between Minnesota and Wisconsin. FIJI members set up an online donation page, sold shir ts and bracelets and held fundraisers at several local restaurants, with all proceeds going to the charities. The chapter that earns the most gets to keep an ax until the following year, like the Gophers and Badgers football teams. Last year, the University’s FIJI chapter raised $1,185, falling shor t of Madison. This year’s totals have yet to be finalized, but the combined total is currently more than $10,000. Matt Levine, Of fice for Frater nity and Sorority
Life program director, said the run is an oppor tunity for fraternities from rival schools to interact and compete for a common goal. “So often you hear about the Minnesota and W isconsin rivalr y,” he said. “This is an oppor tunity to bring ever ybody together, suppor t a great cause and build fraternal spirit before we go into the big game.” Rivalr y Run chairman Carson Ingle said runners and their suppor t have been pulled over by police, but of ficers typically shrug it off. “Usually, they’re just wondering what we’re doing. And when we tell them it’s for philanthropy,
they’ll just laugh,” he said. Mechanical engineering freshman Kyle Stahl par ticipated in his first Rivalr y Run this year. He said the cold temperatures made things difficult. “It was just so cold. I think I ran faster knowing I could get back in the car when I was done,” he said. Most r unners take shifts of four or five miles, depending on their pace and how many members participate, Ingle said. Though the event usually goes smoothly, FIJI members remember a few bumps from years past. During the “graveyard shift” — about 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. — during the 2011 run, Ingle said, a suppor t car broke down next to an
abandoned factor y in the countr yside. Half of the group went to a car repair shop for help, he said, while the rest stayed with the broken car. “We were in the middle of nowhere, and we were all just thinking, ‘This is how it always starts in horror movies,’” he said. But the group ended up safely at home in time for the football game, Ingle said. Challenges aside, Ingle said collaborating with Madison for charity is a worthwhile experience. “Working with Wisconsin FIJI lets us work together for a common goal and celebrate the spirit of our rivalr y,” he said.
Students fast after Typhoon Haiyan Students join a nationwide effort to raise awareness of climate change. BY HAILEY COLWELL hcolwell@mndaily.com
University of Minnesota students and alumni joined eight other Minnesota colleges and more than 75 schools nationwide Friday in a day of fasting to raise awareness about climate change in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. The typhoon, which hit the Philippines on Nov. 8 and is known as Yolanda there, spurred an international protest headed by Philippines climate change commissioner Naderev Saño. He
announced Nov. 11 during United Nations climate talks in Warsaw that he would fast until a “meaningful outcome is in sight.” Students fasted throughout the week — some just during the daytime, others for full days — in solidarity with Saño’s protest. University political science freshman Alex Vagac joined students in the Mayo Memorial Building’s meditation room Friday afternoon for a candlelight vigil in support of Saño and typhoon victims. She said it’s significant that University students are taking par t in this global event to raise awareness of climate change. “This is our generation’s future,” she said.
Though it’s difficult to link a single storm to climate change, rising sea levels are a concern for sea-bound nations like the Philippines, Carleton College freshman Sam Neubauer said. University students joined students at Carleton, Macalester College, Gustavus Adolphus College and others nationwide to demand several national and international climate policy changes. The students want President Barack Obama to deny a permit to the Keystone XL pipeline. They’re also calling on the Environmental Protection Agency for stricter limits on power plant emissions. Gustavus senior Anna McDevitt said she watched
the fast spread via social media from students who attended the U.N. climate change conference in Warsaw — where Saño announced his fast — to East Coast colleges and then to the Midwest. Neubauer said dozens of Carleton students sat in a school dining hall Friday with empty plates in front of them to spark conversations about their fast. Family social science senior Alyssa Woodard said the statement the students were making was peaceful but powerful. “It’s very personal,” she said. “You’re doing something with your body.” The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Tens of thousands rally in Kiev for closer EU ties BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KIEV, Ukraine — About 50,000 demonstrators rallied in the center of Kiev on Sunday to demand that Ukraine’s government reverse course and sign a landmark agreement with the European Union in defiance of Russia. The protest was the biggest Ukraine has seen since the peaceful 2004 Orange Revolution, which overturned a fraudulent presidential elec-
didates Borgida and Esquith said is one of the biggest issues for the college. This year’s budget relies on about $45 million from the state, down more than $30 million since 2008. Esquith said the college should look for places it can save money and find new revenue streams outside of state funding. “Going to the private sector is absolutely necessary,” he said. Borgida, who has worked at the University since 1976, said at his public interview that to save money, the college must recruit competitive students and keep tuition dollars in CLA. The college should also rely on forms of alternative funding and seek more donations from alumni, he said.
A focus on research As dean, Coleman said, his first step would be making sure faculty members see CLA as “one of the prime places in the country to come and engage in their research.” It is impor tant to have the adequate resources available to conduct research, he said. DiPiero said in his public inter view that research should be an integral part of the CLA undergraduate experience. “We need to find avenues for [students] to make and produce new knowledge in their fields,” he said. Students should be involved in more faculty research and “imaginationgrabbing” programs, DiPiero said in his public interview. “There’s always dif ferent ways we can be educating students,” he said. “It’s not always in a three- or four-credit class.”
tion result and brought a Western-leaning government to power. The rally was led by Ukraine’s top opposition figures, who called for the protests to continue until President Viktor Yanukovych agreed to sign the free trade and political association deal with the EU at a summit on Friday. As during the Orange Revolution, the opposition set up tents and encouraged sup-
porters to spend the night. It was unclear how many would stay, with temperatures 40s Fahrenheit and rain forecast. Sunday’s demonstration was sparked by anger over the government’s sudden move last week to pull out of the EU agreement and focus instead on trade ties with Russia, under strong pressure from Moscow. After the rally at European Square, dozens of protesters clashed with police and
pro-Russia activists near the government building, while another standoff took place outside Yanukovych’s office. Police said they used tear gas at the government building after protesters threw a smoke bomb and refused to back off. A larger crowd of several thousand headed for nearby Independence Square, planning to continue the protest. Meanwhile, Yanukovych supporters held their own rally on another Kiev square.
CLA DEAN CANDIDATES John Coleman Education: B.A. Clark University, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Current positions: Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, professor of political science “I want students to feel this was the kind of education [they] could only get at one of the world’s best research institutions and this is the kind of education [they] could’ve only gotten here on the Twin Cities campus.”
Thomas DiPiero Education: B.A., M.A. Ohio State University; M.A., Ph.D. Cornell University Current positions: Dean for Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies and professor of French and of visual and cultural studies at the University of Rochester “We have to think much more creatively about how students learn, what kind of outcomes we want and creative ways of having them engage with other students within the campus, the region or when we send them abroad.”
Eugene Borgida Education: B.A. Wesleyan University, Ph.D. University of Michigan Current positions: Professor of psychology and law at the University of Minnesota, co-director of the Center for the Study of Political Psychology “My interest in this deanship is grounded in my sense that, more than ever, proven and effective leadership and a deep knowledge of the college’s strengths and vulnerabilities is vital to CLA’s standing now and into the future.”
Stephen Esquith Education: A.B. Harvard College, Ph.D. Princeton University Current positions: Dean of the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities at Michigan State University, professor of philosophy “I wouldn’t come in with a blueprint for change, but rather with an excitement about what the strengths already are and the possibilities of extending those strengths into the future so that other universities and colleges can draw from the experience of the University of Minnesota.”
SOURCE: NATIONAL SEARCH FOR DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS; UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
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and lectures, including one from former Secretar y of State Condoleezza Rice on April 17, the new Northrop will be home to three University academic programs: the Institute for Advanced Study, the University Honors Program and the College of Design’s Travelers Innovation Lab. “We thought carefully about how to reconfigure the space so that we can get the most out of it — not just as a per formance facility and a cultural heart to our campus, but also as an academic contributor,” said Pam Wheelock, vice president for University Services. The 2,700-seat, three-
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The lobby of Northrop Memorial Auditorium is still under construction to be restored to its original condition.
balcony main auditorium is down from its former 4,847-seat capacity. Wheelock said Northrop can still ser ve concert and dance per formance markets with “state-of-the-art” technology. “We feel that we have an alternative for promoters that are looking to bring the kind of ar tists that would come to the Orpheum,” she said. UHP Director Serge Rudaz said in a press release that University honors students will display their work in Nor throp’s
galleries and performance space when it opens. HGA Architects and Engineers designed the renovation. Tim Carl, the project’s lead designer, said the plan aimed to optimize seating capacity and maximize the auditorium’s acoustic experience. Designers also wanted to integrate new public spaces for all students to use. “The University’s vision for this — the one they charged us with when we started — was to make this really the crossroads of the
campus as it’s intended to be,” he said during a tour Thursday.
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Nor throp Director Christine Tschida said that after Nor throp’s student services fees appropriation for the 2012-13 academic year fell short of its request, she feels confident it can “make a good case” for itself next year once the University community realizes how useful the renovated space is. “Our goal is really to get
Iowans worry about ethanol’s lost political clout, state economy BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ALTOONA, Iowa — For decades, presidential candidates’ chances in Iowa were wounded if not doomed unless they backed federal support for ethanol, a boon to the state’s corn-growing economy. That rule of politics collapsed resoundingly in the 2012 campaign when five of the six top Republican candidates said it was time for such intervention in the private market to end. Now, Iowa’s senior political leaders are pondering how to shore up political support for the corn-based fuel at a time when its economic and environmental benefits are under attack. The latest blow came t h is m o n t h , w h e n th e Obama administration proposed cutting the required amount of ethanol in the nation’s fuel supply for the first time since Congress established a standard in 2007. The state’s leading Re-
publicans and Democrats hope they can still use Iowa’s political importance as a swing-voting state and as the site of the first presidential nominating contest to get candidates to support keeping the requirement, or at least part of it, in place. But the case has become a tough sell for Republicans as the party has moved to the right and become increasingly hostile to government programs and directives. Even among Democrats, concern has grown about ethanol’s role in rising food prices and in cultivation of land that had been used for conservation. The recent boom in domestic oil production has also made ethanol less prized as a U.S.-produced fuel that limits dependence on foreign oil. The grain alcohol burns cleaner than gasoline but produces less energy. “I think there are some that feel it’s potentially safer now to be lukewarm at least, or not supportive of
it,” said Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey, a Republican. “I think it’s yet to be seen if that’s a smart political position.” U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa said he hopes to thwart the administration’s proposal in Congress if it sur vives the 60-day comment period. Meanwhile, Republican Gov. Terr y Branstad planned to press his fellow GOP governors, especially those with possible presidential aspirations, to be mindful of the ethanol industr y’s economic importance. He met with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at a Governors Association meeting in Arizona this week. On Tuesday, Branstad launched a Website for people to leave comments for the EPA. For politicians eying the White House, “Whoever comes here better understand the importance of renewable fuels, or they are going to have hell to pay in rural Iowa,” Branstad said
in a recent interview. The federal government began actively supporting ethanol, which is made by fermenting and distilling corn, about 40 years ago when petroleum prices spiked and anti-air pollution efforts were ramping up. Refineries initially were given a tax credit to produce the grain alcohol and Congress later required oil companies to blend it in their gasoline. In Iowa, the nation’s leading cor n producer, about 45 percent of its crop went into ethanol last year. The state has 42 ethanol plants that produced 3.8 billion gallons. Branstad said cutting the federal requirement would lower corn prices that have already fallen this year because of an unexpectedly robust harvest. “They’re making a huge mistake,” Branstad said at the Governors Conference this week. “And they’re going to drive corn below the cost of production.”
Pakistani protesters block NATO supply trucks in response to US drone strikes BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Demonstrators protesting U.S. drone strikes roughed up drivers Sunday as they sought to stop trucks carrying NATO troop supplies and equipment from passing through northwest Pakistan. The rally came a day after a party led by politician and cricket star Imran Khan said it would prevent NATO supply trucks making their way to and from Afghanistan from travelling through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province until the U.S. stops drone strikes. The U.S. leads the NATO coalition of troops battling the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan. Some 100 protesters on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, checked the documents of truck drivers headed toward Afghanistan as they passed through a toll booth. They shouted at the drivers, and pulled one man, Gul Zaman, out of his truck when he told them that he
was carr ying commercial goods to Afghanistan, not NATO supplies. Video of the incident was shown by Pakistan’s GEO TV. “Without waiting for me to take my documents out of the glove compartment, they dragged me out,” Zaman said. “We are also concerned about drone attacks, but they shouldn’t come down heavy on us like this.” Police were present at the scene but did not intervene to stop the protesters, some of whom were carrying wooden batons. Later in the day, one of Khan’s allies, the right wing Jamaat-e-Islami party, led thousands in a protest against drone attacks and the NATO supply line in the southern port city of Karachi, where the shipments originate. Khan, whose Tehreek-eInsaf party controls the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government, has been a vocal critic of drone attacks. He and other officials say the strikes are a violation of the countr y’s sovereignty,
although the federal government is known to have secretly supported some of the attacks in the past. Khan led thousands of supporters in a protest near Peshawar on Saturday in which they blocked a road that led to one of two border crossings used by trucks carrying NATO supplies in and out of Afghanistan. The other crossing is in southwest Baluchistan province. The demonstration had more symbolic value than practical impact because there is normally very little NATO supply traffic on the weekend. Federal Information Minister Pervez Rashid accused Khan on Sunday of trying to damage Pakistan’s relationship with NATO countries and neighboring Afghanistan. “Anyone who wants to disturb our relations with neighbors is not ser ving the countr y,” Rashid said. “Because of Imran Khan we could be isolated in the world.” Rashid said on Saturday
that the federal gover nment’s anti-drone stance was clear and accused Khan of “playing politics” with the issue. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has also been a vocal critic of drone strikes since he took office in June. He pushed President Barack Obama to end the attacks during a visit to Washington in October, but the U.S. has shown no indication it will stop using a tool it views as vital for battling al-Qaida and the Taliban. Khan has pushed the federal gover nment to block NATO supplies acr oss the countr y to force the U.S. to end drone strikes, but it has shown little interest in doing so. While Sharif has said he wants the attacks to end, he has also made clear that he values a friendly relationship with the U.S. It’s unclear if the government will take action to prevent Khan’s suppor ters from stopping NATO supply trucks.
as many students as possible in Nor throp and involved in all the things that Northrop has to offer,” she said. The renovation opened up more than 10,000 square feet of new, public space for student use. Tschida said Nor throp is tr ying to use its existing funding from student services fees to offer as much programming as possible. She also said Northrop has a new registered student group that has been working with University Ser vices and will be able
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EU climate chief says UN talks hinge on 2015 deal BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WARSAW, Poland — After another U.N. climate conference gave only modest results, European Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard says the process needs to provide a “substantial answer” to global warming in two years to remain relevant. Even if it succeeds, it’s worth reconsidering whether the international confabs need to be held every year, and whether the scope of each session should be narrower, Hedegaard told The Associated Press on Sunday. “Maybe it would be time now to think if there should be themes for the conferences so that not each conference is about everything,” she said in a telephone interview. In two decades, the U.N. talks have failed to provide a cure to the world’s fever. Heat-trapping carbon emissions that scientists say are warming the planet are growing each year as most countries still depend on coal and oil to fuel their economies. Besides those emissions, the U.N. talks deal with a range of complex issues, including monitoring and verification of climate actions, accounting rules, and helping developing countries cope with sea level rise, desertification and other climate impacts as they transition to clean energy. The two-week session that ended Saturday in Warsaw nearly collapsed in overtime before agreements were watered down to a point where no country was promising anything concrete. On the final day, sleepdeprived delegates spent hours wrangling over the wording of paragraphs and bickering over procedure, like when Venezuela questioned why the U.S. got to speak before Fiji in the plenary. As the gavel dropped, negotiators emerged with a vague road map on how to prepare for a global climate pact they’re supposed to adopt in two years — work Hedegaard said will be crucial in answering whether the world still needs the U.N. process. “I think that it has to deliver a substantial answer to climate change in 2015,” Hedegaard said. “If it fails to do so, then I think this critical question will be asked by many more.” Many climate initiatives are happening far from the
U.N. negotiations as local and national governments pursue low-carbon energy sources and energy ef ficiency. Even international efforts are increasingly taking place outside the U.N. climate framework. Governments are working together to slash funding for coal projects, reduce soot and other short-lived climate pollutants and to phase out subsidies for fossil fuels. China and the U.S. — the world’s two biggest carbon polluters — this year agreed to work jointly on energy ef ficiency, carbon capture technology and other mitigation projects. “This was a missed opportunity to set the world on a path to a global climate deal in 2015, with progress painfully slow,” said Mohamed Adow, a climate change adviser at Christian Aid. “We need a clear plan to fairly divide the global effort of responding to climate change and a timeline of when that will happen.” To avoid the brinksmanship of the U.N. negotiations, many countries, both developed and developing, want to stop the fast rise of potent greenhouse gases called HFCs using another treaty that essentially eliminated the use of ozone-depleting chemicals. Some observers couldn’t help noting that the Warsaw talks were held in a soccer stadium where delegates were literally moving around in circles. “It is hard to resist that as a metaphor” for the U.N. process, said Nathaniel Keohane, vice president of the Environmental Defense Fund and a former special assistant on climate and energy to U.S. President Barack Obama. The Warsaw talks advanced a program to reduce deforestation in developing countries but made only marginal progress on building the framework for a deal in Paris in 2015. Key issues like its legal form and how it will differentiate between the commitments of developed and developing remain unresolved. “If we go to Paris and say we didn’t completely get this done I think ... the world will draw the conclusion you really cannot tr ust the U.N. to deliver on this process,” said Jake Schmidt, a climate expert at the Natural Resource Defense Council.
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EDITORIALS
We need gender-inclusive housing
Follow CEHD’s lead
Unsafe housing arrangements prevent students from reaching their full potential.
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ne of the primary concerns of new, transfer and retur ning students is determining their housing arrangements. These students typically fear they won’t have enough room or their floor will be too loud — or even too quiet. Safety doesn’t always factor into every student’s housing options, but it’s a real concern for some. Around the countr y, students at colleges and universities ranging from the University of North Carolina system to Har vard are fighting for gender-inclusive housing. For most colleges, creating gender-inclusive housing means building rooms where people of any gender or gender identity can live together. Additionally, most schools with gender-inclusive housing expand this to residence hall restrooms, which are
LUIS RUUSKA columnist
open to all regardless of gender or gender identity. Various schools have successfully implemented genderinclusive housing policies in recent years. Columbia University, New York University and Brown University created gender-inclusive housing due to student concerns over a same-sex roommate requirement. Although these policies are aimed to help all students feel safer in residential housing, LGBT students in particular have welcomed gender-inclusive policies. These policies address real safety concerns. In a Q Research Institute for Higher Education sur vey, about a quar ter of gay, lesbian, bisexual or queer students and
more than a third of transgender students said they experienced harassment. The University of Minnesota–Twin Cities does not specifically have a gender-inclusive housing policy. However, all nine of its residence halls are coed, and the University has made ef for ts to create a multitude of genderinclusive restrooms on all three regions of campus. Additionally, the GLBTA Programs Office hosts a living lear ning community called Lavender House. These ef for ts to make campus more gender-inclusive earned the University a top rating among the most LGBT-friendly campuses in the nation from the Campus Pride Index. Other universities struggling with the issue of creating more gender-inclusive campuses need only look at the efforts of our University to know that the students appreciate gender-inclusive housing measures. Academic success, not safety, should be students’ only concern. An unsafe environment may hinder stu-
DEATHS IN IRAQ: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 4,802 — IRAQI CIVILIANS: 115,294- PLUS DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 3,386 — AFGHAN CIVILIANS: UNKNOWN
dents’ potential for success. As a collective student body, we are unable to reach our full potential when some of our peers cannot reach theirs. Readers may recall the suicide of Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi. Clementi killed himself in September 2010 after discovering his roommate Dharun Ravi had secretly broadcast a romantic encounter between Clementi and another man using a webcam. Ravi was later found guilty of 15 counts, including bias intimidation, but ultimately, he did not see punishment for Clementi’s death. Clementi’s suicide is a drastic example of why genderinclusive housing is necessary for students and should serve as a lesson to universities nationwide. Hopefully, the colleges and universities across the country struggling with gender-inclusiveness will decide to stand on the side of students and move toward making their campuses more welcoming for all. Luis Ruuska welcomes comments at lruuska@mndaily.com.
POLICE
A uniform malfunction
This is part one in a twopart series examining public sentiment on law enforcement.
With its open textbook library and emphasis on mobile learning, CEHD is setting an example for the rest of the University.
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he University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development has saved students $145,000 on textbooks over three semesters through its iPad initiative and 140-volume open textbook librar y, the Minnesota Daily reported earlier this month. CEHD star ted its librar y in 2012 after giving all incoming freshmen iPads two years before. The college is a leader in open and mobile learning, and CEHD information technology director Dave Ernst said educators in more than 178 countries have accessed the librar y. For such a young program, these results are encouraging. The editorial board has long advocated for open textbook use and derided the exorbitant cost of conventional texts. Unfortunately, it’s unlikely that the University as a whole will follow CEHD’s lead ver y soon. Some roadblocks are logistical or monetar y — CEHD is a relatively small college and much more agile than the institution as a whole — and some are less tangible. Ernst told the Daily that faculty members choose course materials carefully, and some are skeptical about shifting to an open textbook. But a smaller, personal change is easier than an institutional one. We hope faculty will look at CEHD’s success and give open textbooks another look. Furthermore, the University’s other small colleges should begin experimenting with open textbook libraries of their own.
Don’t leave lowincome students behind As the economy changes, we can’t afford to lose low-income students in higher education.
MATT HOY columnist
I Maxwell Smith welcomes comments at msmith@mndaily.com.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Franken deser ves praise for support of open textbooks D ic k D u r b i n , D - Ill., and Al Franken, D-Minn., intr oduced the Af for dable College Textbook Act two weeks ago. If passed, the bill would expand the use of open educational resources and provide a framework for sharing educational materials and best practices. This legislation will save students money by increasing the use of low-cost, high-quality materials in college classrooms. Franken deser ves the praise of both students and educators for his work toward this goal. We hope Congress acts swiftly to pass this legislation. With the cost of higher education rising at unsustainable rates, students are facing unprecedented challenges in paying for college. Often seen as a peripheral cost in the past, the cost of textbooks is now front and center in the college af fordability conversation. The cost of textbooks has become a bar rier to academic success. College textbook prices skyrocketed by 82 percent between 2002 and 2012. The average four-year, public college student spends almost $1,200 each year on course materials. While rentals and digital textbooks have given students more options, they have not created significant sav-
ings or improved educational outcomes. The best way to deliver long-term textbook savings is through Open Educational Resources. Open educational resources are free, online academic materials with a license permitting ever yone to use, adapt and share them. We see this bill as addressing income inequality, improving individual educational outcomes by increasing equal access to educational resources, and opening the door to public access to public research. As student leaders, we could not be more pleased with Franken’s leadership on this issue. Brittany Edwards President Graduate and Professional Student Body Mike Schmit President Minnesota Student Association Matt Forstie Chair Minnesota Student Legislative Coalition
Keep the T-shirt policy at the rec
I would like to respond to the Nov. 18 Minnesota Daily ar ticle “Students want right to bare arms at rec” and the Nov. 20 editorial “Patrons’ right from bare arms.” I reviewed the dress code policy at the Recreation and Wellness Center
and the rec’s rationale for having it. My understanding is that the URW Advisor y Board adopted the policy before the original rec center opened in 1993 and it has since stood the test of time. The policy supports the University of Minnesota’s desire to create a non-discriminator y, welcoming and inclusive environment not only at the rec but throughout the University community. I know the rec has tens of thousands of undergraduate and graduate students and several thousand faculty and staff who use exercise facilities in Minneapolis and St. Paul. This community is large and ver y diverse, consisting of people from around the world with dif ferent cultures, customs and values — not to mention campus visitors. The T-shir t policy is reasonable and helps create a welcoming and inclusive environment. This isn’t a private health club that targets a select clientele. Students pay mandator y fees, and faculty and staff pay membership fees to suppor t exercise facilities and programs. They should all feel comfortable in this environment. The dress code policy is not a hardship on anyone, and I hope the URW Advisor y Board does the reasonable thing and continues to support it. Brittany Edwards Graduate student
received a very threatening phone call while at work a couple of weeks ago. I called Minneapolis police and insisted it wasn’t an emergency, but they sent two officers. For 20 minutes, the officers told me that because the incident happened on the phone, they wouldn’t consider it a verbal threat. Every question I asked was met with a sigh, my concern for my own physical well-being proving to be an annoyance for the officers. From last fall to August, there have been 439 complaints of police misconduct in Minneapolis, the Star Tribune reported. Though my situation wasn’t violent or extreme, it was a reminder of today’s negative cop culture. The situation reminded me of a video posted recently on Upworthy of a young man who recorded his experience being frisked by police in New York. His cellphone recording is a harrowing listen. The officers, who had stopped him minutes earlier, repeatedly threatened to punch him in the face. At one point in the video, they begin pushing him away from the road. Examples like this are all too common. Police misconduct cases further disdain for law enforcement. It seems everyone I know who isn’t a rich, white man or related to a police officer has a story or two about rude, unhelpful or abusive cops. As a result, my peers often resent the institution itself. It’s an adversarial relationship that some police officers, in a ridiculous twist, exacerbate. Some law enforcement officers have decided to treat everyone like garbage, treat every situation like an inconvenience and solve every problem with hostility. This is in the name of creating a tough-on-crime attitude and ensuring that police remain safe from the people they are meant to be protecting. This attitude pervades cop culture today. Some officers — and those who have lost respect for police — cast law enforcement as forceful, cold holders of power rather than the agency responsible for enforcing and protecting the rights of Americans. If we are to remedy this extreme public relations problem, law enforcement must embrace independent oversight and recreate its image. In part two of this column, I will explore various ideas on how they could do so. Matt Hoy welcomes comments at mhoy@mndaily.com.
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y 2018, roughly two-thirds of all jobs in the United States will require some form of college education, according to a 2010 Georgetown University report. This statistic is one of the driving forces behind first lady Michelle Obama’s latest initiative, which is pushing more low-income students to enroll in college. Recent research finds that high school graduates from low-income families enroll and finish college at far lower rates than those from higher-income families. Even more striking is the finding that low-income students with high grades and test scores rarely apply to the nation’s most elite colleges and universities. Michelle Obama’s aides have said she is planning to visit schools around the countr y and use social media to talk about the opportunities that come with higher education, the New York Times reported Nov. 11. The Times also repor ted that she will work with the Depar tment of Education to help with President Barack Obama’s goal to have the U.S. lead the world in percentage of college graduates by 2020. Much like the first lady’s advocacy for healthy eating and push to reduce childhood obesity, simply increasing awareness of how important college is can be beneficial. But that will only go so far. Even concrete policy measures from the education depar tment aren’t enough. High school teachers and administrators, par ticularly those who work at schools located in poorer districts, should inform families about the importance of access to higher education. While tuition costs remain high, financial aid and scholarships can make college more af fordable, and in an increasingly globalized workforce, higher education is becoming a necessity.
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HIGHER ED
Black Friday, indeed
The bulk of the socially unappealing categor y consists of corporations’ insensitive statements or merchandise. These issues are of fensive and often receive a lot of attention from the media, but they aren’t severe enough to constitute major abuses of human rights. For example, CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch Mike Jef fries has boasted that his company markets to only “thin and beautiful” people. In doing so, he attracted a storm of public outrage. Ironically, a staunchly conser vative CEO heads Urban Outfitters, a retailer that targets young, urban hipsters. His political views aren’t always in line with the company’s liberal and socially aware image. Accordingly, numerous activist groups representing women, homosexuals, Jewish people, Native Americans, etc. have accused Urban Outfitters of selling offensive merchandise. Forever 21 received similar backlash after it released a line of T-shirts and jewelr y decorated with words such as “Holy” and “God.” Customers also expressed confusion or annoyance over the store’s bags, which the retailer marks with a Bible verse encouraging shoppers to praise Jesus. These practices range from annoying to of fensive, but all are controversial, digestible stories that catch the public’s attention without demanding active participation. In other words, they’re putty for the media. But the second type of corporate offense — the socially unacceptable — represents a far more serious concern.
Unethical electronics Few have heard of coltan. Short for columbite-tantalite, coltan is a metal that is crucial for creating the capacitors found in cellphones, computers and other electronics. It’s mined in Congo, where an ongoing war has contributed to the militarization of the coltan mining industr y. Whether inadver tently or other wise, corporations looking for coltan have intensified the war in Congo, where the death toll has surpassed 5 million. There have also been reports of mass rape, cannibalism and the murder of child soldiers. Meanwhile, massive smuggling rings
Sweatshops have become a fact of international business. A recent International Textile Garment and Leather Workers’ Federation report revealed 60 brands that rely on sweatshop labor to manufacture their products. These stores include J.C. Penney’s, Old Navy and Walmart. They also include Forever 21 and Abercrombie and Fitch, whose messages suddenly don’t seem so bad in comparison. I have referred to these two strains of corporate misbehavior as “socially unappealing” and “socially unacceptable,” but I wonder whether it would be more appropriate to reverse the two. The protests and boycotts following a CEO’s illconsidered statement make more headlines than any indignation that arises over international labor disputes. Disturbingly, we seem to have internalized sweatshops and foreign violence as necessar y components to international business. We concede it’s per fectly reasonable for a company to br utalize its workers — just as long as that company doesn’t offend its customers. But there’s far more at stake than a few consumers’ hur t feelings. Black Friday — and global capitalism in general — is built on the backs of foreign nationals. Realistically, there is little we as individuals can do to change this. Today, it’s practically impossible to make a purely “ethical” purchase. Nevertheless, while doing this season’s shopping, we would all do well to remember what kind of behavior made our holiday possible.
TOTAL U.S. BLACK FRIDAY SPENDING
2010
2011
2012 $59.1 BILLION
Unappealing retailers
An MCTC instructor’s experience with student discomfort is a reminder of what is needed to learn.
Sweatshops
$52.4 BILLION
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ast year, American consumers spent a record $59.1 billion on Black Friday weekend — well above the GDPs of Guatemala, Kenya, Yemen and dozens of other countries worldwide. Clearly, business is booming. This year, ambitious consumers are already camping in front of their favorite stores, awaiting Black Friday deals. At this rate, our spending this year may be even higher than last year. But where exactly does all that money go? Can consumers be sure their dollars are well spent? Corporations are rarely as rosy as they would like to appear. The impropriety of major corporations falls into two broad categories: the socially unappealing and the socially unacceptable.
Students should confront discomfort in class
have sprung up in Congo and neighboring countries. It’s estimated that the Rwandan army has made more than $250 million by selling coltan, despite the fact that Rwanda doesn’t house a single mine. You’ve probably heard of blood diamonds. What about blood computers?
$45 BILLION
Consumers may struggle to make ethical purchases this Black Friday.
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SOURCE: NATIONAL RETAIL FOUNDATION
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TRENT M. KAYS columnist
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inneapolis Community and Technical College recently reprimanded instructor Shannon Gibney for racially harassing white students in class. While Gibney led a class discussion on structural racism in her Introduction to Mass Communications course, three white, male students became uncomfortable with the topic. These students took Gibney’s structural racism discussion as a personal attack. In an inter view with City College News, MCTC’s campus newspaper, Gibney said, “I tried to say, like, ‘OK, you guys are taking it personally; this is not a personal attack. I’m not talking about all white people, you white people in general. We’re talking about whiteness as a system of oppression.’” Gibney’s explanation fell on deaf ears, and her reprimand is proof that both students and college of ficials should learn more about structural racism. It’s an impor tant reminder that students may feel uncomfor table discussing sensitive issues. However, rather than deny or avoid discomfor t, students should realize this is part of the learning process. MCTC’s reaction problematically forces instructors to walk a fine line between what they can and cannot discuss in their own courses. Discussing sensitive issues is an important aspect of education. Gibney’s inclusion of structural racism in her curriculum was impor tant and relevant. Communication and structural racism are not mutually exclusive; they often reinforce each other. In fact, there could be an entire course on structural racism at MCTC, given the college’s racial diversity and the state’s achievement gap and other racial issues. More than half of MCTC students identify as non-white. Our founders built the United States, in par t, on racism. White men ingrained racism in the ver y str uctures meant to promulgate freedom for all. I certainly do not think white people, let alone all white people, are responsible for all the world’s ills. However, white people predominately controlled the countr y when racial intolerance dominated. All of this is to say that Gibney should not have to defend herself when discussing structural racism. If some of Gibney’s students felt uncomfor table, I am happy. We should all be uncomfor table talking about something so heinous and unethical. Still, even mentioning sensitive or un-
comfortable topics can make a classroom tense. In my teaching experience, sensitive topics regularly arise in the classroom. The unfortunate truth of teaching is that there will always be at least one student who is uncomfor table with a topic. Students and teachers bring all their life experiences and cultural understandings into the classroom. This knowledge informs how we interact and consider knowledge. For example: Some of my students have just finished working on anti-bullying posters. We discussed bullying in different mediums and contexts. We wrote about bullying and created posters to address bullies and the bullied. This was a sensitive topic. There was a good chance that some of my students experienced bullying. Should I have not talked about bullying? Absolutely not. The classroom space is the best place to explore sensitive and uncomfortable issues openly. The classroom is a safe space where students can find encouragement and support. In a learning space, we can confront systemic oppression, structural racism and the dominant narratives that control our lives. It’s through these confrontations that we may begin to dismantle problematic traditions in order to mold a more equitable future. If the goal of education is to educate, we cannot hide from the tough topics that evoke emotional and impassioned responses. Understandably, some responses can become heated, but that’s good. It’s another example of a moment when students can learn how to engage in debate and understand their emotions. The most valuable position I can find myself in as a teacher is as a moderator and guide for my students. It is the essence of teaching: to encourage and lead students in dialogue. I give my students leeway in discussing sensitive topics, though I remind them that they should always be respectful and empathic to their peers. I enjoy letting students set the pace of the course, but I cannot always just be a guide. Sometimes students have trouble ar ticulating their thoughts about topics that personally af fect them, so I must help them. I want to er r on the side of caution and suggest that Gibney’s uncomfortable students were unable to properly ar ticulate their thoughts. Perhaps her students didn’t understand the per vasiveness of str uctural racism, or perhaps her students took it personally because they saw some of themselves in the discussion. Hopefully they are able to discuss it now, instead of simply limiting themselves from confronting structural racism. Gibney didn’t deserve punishment for discussing an uncomfortable topic. There will always be uncomfortable topics. Yet, MCTC made a poor decision in allowing discomfort to dictate what is acceptable to discuss. I can think of few things more ironic than a small contingent of white male students using an institutional structure to attack a woman of color. In that way, maybe Gibney’s lesson in structural racism will be more effective than ever. Trent M. Kays welcomes comments at tkays@mndaily.com.
CAMPUS
My bike facilities wish list The University needs to make bike infrastructure safer.
Based on my observations, until 2010, cyclists could likely ride anywhere on campus without punishment — Scholars Walk, around the Northrop Mall or along most sidewalks. Now that biking is in vogue, it’s time to retrofit infrastructure and segregate some elements of traffic between pedestrians and cyclists in order to create a more accessible campus.
The University’s problem CHRIS IVERSON columnist
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here is a biking problem at the University of Minnesota. We increasingly need modern bike facilities, but the University is struggling to meet demand. Our old infrastructure is holding us back. Without quality bike facilities, campus will not be as safe or as accessible as it should be.
Biking gained popularity University officials designed most of campus in the late 19th and early 20th century. Back then, bikes were considered novelty items, not a mode of transportation. Today’s transportation challenges are not even the same as those of your parents’ generation. The number of cyclists in Minneapolis has increased annually since 2010. Biking increased 13 percent on campus since last year, according to Parking and Transportation Services. This influx of cyclists is exactly what the city wants to see for its Climate Action Plan, but it creates challenges in tight areas like the University.
The current situation does not work. As a cyclist, it’s unacceptable that I cannot ride from the Superblock to Church Street without dismounting unless I ride around the Civil Engineering Building on Pillsbury Drive. I see the inability to bike this otherwise simple route as an infrastructure problem. As a pedestrian, it’s terrifying — not to mention dangerous — when cyclists shoot past me on Scholars Walk or a Washington Avenue sidewalk. The University made the right call to not allow cyclists on sidewalks, but as a compromise, we also need to improve the area’s bike facilities.
What can we do? My first infrastructure recommendation would be to simply enhance existing bike lanes with colored paint or different pavement types near conflict points. The University started adding bike lanes in Northrop Mall between Ford Hall and Kolthoff Hall, but crossing the north-south sidewalks is still unsafe. The lanes end near the sidewalk intersections, forcing both cyclists and pedestrians to question who has the right-of-way.
If cyclists are going to have priority on this stretch, the University should add green paint so even the most oblivious pedestrian would be able to stay safe. If the University prioritizes pedestrians, we should add a yield sign for cyclists and paint a big, yellow triangle at the conflict point. If the funds are available, the University should color the entire length of bike lanes to inform distracted pedestrians that they’re standing in a bike lane and should move out of the way. Along with these improvements, more bike paths would segregate the flow of traffic. Adding bike lanes on Church Street would be the most approachable option. On top of this, I would expand the sidewalk and add another bike lane on the north side of Northrop Mall between Walter Library and the Tate Lab of Physics. Any area where it’s unclear who has the right-of-way should contain differently colored paint to signify potential danger points. Finally, as a general rule, I would use steel and concrete barriers to build bike facilities rather than cheap paint.
The ideal long-term project My magnum opus would be a project constructing two parallel bike and pedestrian ramps on Washington Avenue, spanning from the Coffman Union bus stop to the platform section of the Washington Avenue Bridge. Many of the cyclists that go to West Bank are coming from the Stadium Village area and have to traverse the busy Mall. Building a shallow, westbound ramp from the north bus pullout (temporary loading
lane) to the platform would allow cyclists to stay on a car-free Washington Avenue. After cyclists reach the platform deck, they could easily proceed to West Bank. An eastbound ramp would let cyclists continue on to Washington Avenue from the platform, and it could drop down on the south-side bus stop pullout. The ramps could be wide enough to hold a bike lane and a generous amount of pedestrian space so both modes could access the street. The Washington Avenue pullouts, once needed so that buses did not interfere with vehicle traffic, aren’t necessary on a car-free street. Buses will now be able to simply make their stop on the street without blocking traffic. We could remove the pullouts to extend a bike lane from Church Street to the ramp, turning Washington Avenue into a major biking corridor.
Community ideas Vice president for University Services Pam Wheelock sent an email two weeks ago asking the University community to submit ideas on improving campus transportation safety. Interested students, faculty and staff should voice their ideas by the Dec. 9 deadline. Other than teaching awareness, infrastructure improvements are the best way to accommodate all modes of transportation. Starting with paint and beginning long-term projects will significantly alleviate our problem. Chris Iverson welcomes comments at civerson@mndaily.com.
Monday, November 25, 2013
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Gophers fall to rival Wisconsin
QUICK HITTERS BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com Wisconsin 20, Minnesota 7 Saturday, Nov. 23 TCF Bank Stadium RECAP Minnesota’s defense held Wisconsin to 20 points — its lowest point total of the season — but its offense didn’t score in the 20-7 loss. The Gophers’ only points in the game came from an interception returned for a touchdown in the first half. IT WAS OVER WHEN: Philip Nelson completed a 5-yard pass to David Cobb on fourth down in the fourth quarter. Minnesota needed 10 yards to convert and turned it over on downs. The Gophers never saw the football again. KEY PLAY
AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY
Minnesota tight end Maxx Williams fumbles the ball Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium.
FIVE OBSERVATIONS 1. The loss of Derrick Engel was huge. Engel reportedly tore his ACL in practice more than a week ago, and the Gophers’ offense looked lost without its top receiver. Nelson completed only eight of 23 passes for 83 yards.
SCORING SUMMARY SCORE BY QUARTER Wisconsin Minnesota
1 3 0
2 10 7
3 7 0
4 0 0
TOTAL 20 7
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Jack Russell, 31 yd field goal
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13:29
Aaron Hill, 39 yd interception return (Hawthorne Kick)
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7
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TD
3:14
James White, 1 yd run (Russell kick)
10
7
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Jack Russell, 20 yd field goal
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Jared Abbrederis, 2 yd pass from Joel Stave (Russell kick)
2. Minnesota’s defense is better than advertised. The Gophers faced off with one of the top rushing attacks in the country and didn’t blink. They allowed only 197 yards on the ground. 3. Aaron Hill will be missed. This season’s seniors, Ra’Shede Hageman and Brock Vereen, have been the center of attention on Minnesota’s stout defense. But on Saturday, Hill — also a senior — stole the show. He forced a fumble and returned an interception for a touchdown.
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Wisconsin (9-2, 6-1) in the Jerr y Kill era, but three costly turnovers hampered the team. “I’m proud of the kids for their effort and the way they played,” head coach Jer r y Kill said. “We just didn’t make enough critical plays.” Minnesota’s two firsthalf turnovers came in Wisconsin territor y. Redshir t freshman tight end Maxx Williams fumbled at Wisconsin’s 32-yard line early in the second quarter, and sophomore quar terback Philip Nelson lost the ball near midfield late in the second quarter. Junior running back David Cobb also lost a fumble midway through the third quarter. “If [we] take those turnovers away, we might have a tie game against a ver y good football team,” Kill said. That’s because Minnesota’s defense limited the Badgers to just 197 rushing yards — a modest total for an of fense that had been averaging more than 300 r ushing yards per game. The defense also gave the Gophers their only score of the game. Redshir t senior linebacker Aaron Hill jumped a Joel Stave pass early in the second quarter and returned the interception 39
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4. David Cobb continues to improve. Cobb managed nearly half of Minnesota’s total offense while going up against one of the best defenses in the nation. He had 68 rushing yards and eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark in the game, becoming the first Gophers running back to do so since 2006.
Legends Division Team Michigan State Nebraska Minnesota Iowa Michigan Northwestern
Conference Record 7-0 5-2 4-3 4-3 3-4 0-7
Overall
% Record % 1.000 10-1 .909 .714 8-3 .727 .571 8-3 .727 .571 7-4 .636 .429 7-4 .636 .000 4-7 .364
5. Gophers have pride. After the loss, Wisconsin players ran toward Minnesota’s end zone with Paul Bunyan’s Axe to “chop down” the Gophers’ goal post. Minnesota players stood in front of the goal post and didn’t let the Badgers through.
Leaders Division Team Ohio State Wisconsin Penn State Indiana Illinois Purdue
Conference Record 7-0 6-1 3-4 2-5 1-6 0-7
Overall
% Record % 1.000 11-0 1.000 .857 9-2 .818 .428 6-5 .545 .286 4-7 .364 .143 4-7 .364 .000 1-10 .091
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yards for a score. That score gave the Gophers a 7-3 lead and electrified a record-setting crowd at TCF Stadium. Wisconsin punted on its next possession, and the Gophers had a chance to go up by two scores before Nelson lost the fumble. The Badgers took a 107 lead five plays later on a 1-yard run by James White and never trailed again. Wisconsin’s defense — one of the best in the nation — forced Nelson and the Gophers’ offense out of their rhythm all game. Nelson finished 7-for-23 with just 83 passing yards, and Cobb rushed for a mere 68 yards, his lowest output in five games. The Gophers hung around until late in the game, but the of fense struggled to score — twice driving into Wisconsin ter-
Senior defensive back Brock Vereen TWEET OF THE GAME
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Minnesota cornerback Brock Vereen tackles Wisconsin running back James White on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium.
ritory in the fourth quarter and turning the ball over on downs. “There was definitely a lack of rhythm on our part,” Nelson said. “We just didn’t make enough plays.” Kill and his players were clear that playing Wisconsin to a 20-7 loss wasn’t a moral victory.
“We definitely don’t feel good about almost winning,” Cobb said. “It’s not so much about the Axe, but we feel like we can line up and beat anyone we play against.” The Gophers close out the regular season next Saturday at Michigan State. Then it’s off to a bowl game
— a destination the players still have control over. “We’re not folding,” Vereen said. “Now it’s, ‘How good of a bowl game do we want to go to?’ … That’s definitely something to work toward.”
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Vikings, Packers play to a tie at Lambeau GREEN BAY, Wis. — The boos came down from the Lambeau Field stands after Greg Jennings made his first catch on his old home field as a member of the Minnesota Vikings. Sunday’s game with the Packers turned out to be memorable for Jennings for a much different reason. Minnesota let a 16-point lead early in the four th quarter slip away, and the Vikings and Green Bay could muster only field goals in overtime Sunday to settle for a 26-26 tie.
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Minnesota led 7-3 in the second quarter when Wisconsin linebacker Brendan Kelly sacked Nelson to force a fumble that teammate Chris Borland recovered. The Badgers took the field after the turnover and scored to take the lead on the ensuing possession.
“It’s not a loss, but to share the sentiments that coach (Leslie) Frazier said, ‘It’s kind of bittersweet,’” Jennings said. “It’s tough, but that’s the game of football.” Elsewhere in the V ikings locker room, feelings were different. One player held tightly to a hot cup of cof fee to warm up following a game that started with temperatures in the upper teens. “I view it as a loss, personally. We gave up a 16-point lead in the fourth quarter,” defensive end Jared Allen said. “I don’t have a sister, but I’m going to say
it’s like going to prom with your sister.” Backup quar terback Matt Flynn threw for 218 yards to help the Packers storm back from a 23-7 deficit. Mason Crosby hit from 20 yards at 10:28 of the extra period and Blair Walsh connected from 35 with 3:54 left. Jennings dropped a thirddown pass with 2:11 left. The Packers (5-5-1) also stumbled on their next possession. One last chance for the Vikings (2-8-1) went nowhere with 1 second left, and
the teams walked off with the first tie in the NFL since the Rams and 49ers ended 24-24 on Nov. 11, 2012. “It’s an empty feeling. You go out there and didn’t lose the game,” Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. “But you feel like you didn’t accomplish what you set out to do.” At least the 77,000-plus frigid fans got to witness a bit of history — this was the first game to end in a tie under the new overtime rule instituted that continues the extra period if both teams open it with field goals. A touchdown by either team
would have ended the game. Jacksonville and Houston both kicked field goals to open OT in a game on Nov. 18, 2012, then the Texans won it with a touchdown. Adrian Peterson had 146 yards and a score on 32 carries. He and Toby Gerhart (91 yards on eight carries) dented the Packers’ worn defense in overtime, but could not get in the end zone. Flynn, inserted in the second half for the ineffective Scott Tolzien, caught a break in over time after a thirddown sack was called off by a holding penalty on Vikings safety Robert Blanton.
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Monday, November 25, 2013
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Minnesota preps for Syracuse in first round of Maui Invitational MEN’S BASKETBALL
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record crowd packed TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday, and for a couple minutes, it was as raucous as any crowd in stadium histor y. That in itself is a victor y of sorts. No, the Gophers didn’t beat Wisconsin, but they made the Badgers sweat for a few minutes, and that seemed unfathomable a few years ago. Though W isconsin claimed Paul Bunyan’s Axe for a 10th straight year, Saturday’s game was yet another sign of the progress for Minnesota’s football program. Nobody expected Wisconsin to come to the Bank and lose, but in some respects, the Gophers played well enough to make that a realistic possibility. The Badgers didn’t physically manhandle the Gophers like they did last season. And for what it’s wor th, Minnesota did cover the point spread. “I think we’re catching up,” Gophers head coach Jer r y Kill said. “There’s no doubt about that.” Minnesota’s defense picked the per fect time to play its best game of the season, and the unit definitely played well enough to win. The of fense, on the other hand, struggled to move the ball with any consistency and had a trio of untimely turnovers. Still, the defense never backed down. It flustered Wisconsin quar terback Joel Stave all afternoon and held the Badgers’ vaunted running attack in check. Aaron Hill’s pick-six was as exciting as any play this team and fan base has experienced in the last few years. Because of the defense’s ef for t, the Gophers were competitive until the last few minutes of the four th quarter — unchar ted territor y against Wisconsin. In turn, most of the announced cr owd of 53,090 stayed until the end of the game, and that’s a testament to this season’s culture change. Minnesota had trouble filling the stadium earlier in the season — even in the meat of the Big Ten schedule — but that wasn’t the case Saturday. While there’s obvious progress being made, the gap between the two programs is still significant. Minnesota’s not at the point where it can make mistakes and still beat quality opponents. Wisconsin is. Stave shook of f the early interception and made throws when necessar y. And the W isconsin r unning game, though stymied, was vital in controlling the clock. After the game, Kill said there is no such thing as a moral victor y. Ther e ar e, however, moral defeats. And this wasn’t one of them. “ We ’ r e d e f i n i t e l y closer,” senior defensive back Brock Vereen said. “I know when I come back, however many years down the road, we’ll definitely have the axe.” A couple years ago, that seemed farfetched. Not anymore. Ya feel me? Sam Gordon welcomes comments at sgordon@mndaily.com or on Twitter.
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MAUI INVITATIONAL PREVIEW
VS MINNESOTA
NO. 9 SYRACUSE
4:30 p.m., Monday in Maui, Hawaii
MINNESOTA: The Gophers (5-0) have four players averaging double figures in scoring. Minnesota defeated one top-10 team last season. It upset No. 1 Indiana in February. Junior center Elliott Eliason is averaging 11.2 rebounds per game to lead the Gophers on the glass. He pulled down 3.5 boards per contest last season. Minnesota went 2-1 in the 1991 Maui Invitational — its last appearance in the tournament. SYRACUSE: The Orange (4-0) reached the 2013 Final Four before falling 61-56 to Michigan. Syracuse is led by senior forward C.J. Fair. Fair — voted Atlantic Coastal Conference preseason player of the year in October — is averaging 18 points per game. The Orange are outrebounding their opponents by 13.7 boards per game. The Gophers defeated Syracuse 82-75 in the Sweet 16 in 1990. It is the only previous matchup between the two schools. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
The Gophers beat up on Wofford and will now face their toughest test yet. BY JACE FREDERICK jfrederick@mndaily.com
Gophers head coach Richard Pitino is no stranger to No. 9 Syracuse, Minnesota’s firstr ound opponent in the Maui Invitational. While he’s never faced the Orange as a head coach, Pitino has been on the opposing bench from Syracuse Hall of Fame head coach Jim Boeheim six times. Pitino’s teams are 3-3 in those six meetings. That familiarity helps with preparation for Monday’s matchup. “[Boeheim] does the same thing year-in and year-out,” Pitino said. “He does what he does, and he sticks to it. And he’s great at it. He’s one of the best in the game.” This matchup with Syracuse marks the first contest in a three-gamesin-three-days stretch for the Gophers. Pitino said tournaments like the Maui Invitational provide a lot of distractions for a team. “It’s unbelievable when you get there,” he said. “It’s just a challenge. You’ve got to fight more mentally some issues than physically.” This game with Syracuse — a Final Four team a year ago — is one fans have looked for ward to
MINNESOTA 79, WOFFORD 57 Wofford Minnesota
24 33 — 57 50 29 — 79
WOFFORD FG FT Reb Player Min M-A M-A O-T Ast Skinner 33 5-13 8-8 5-7 1 Garcia 34 3-11 2-4 2-4 3 Collins 33 2-5 5-6 1-3 3 Neumann 28 3-5 0-0 1-2 1 Swinton 12 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 Cochran 28 3-13 0-0 1-2 1 Gordon 9 2-5 0-0 4-7 0 Smith 10 0-1 2-2 0-2 1 Faithfull 6 0-1 0-0 0-1 2 Allen 2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 Grossenbacher 5 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 Total 200 18-58 17-20 18-35 13
PF 3 1 1 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 13
Pts 18 10 10 6 0 7 4 2 0 0 0 57
PF 1 4 2 2 3 4 2 1 0 0 1 20
Pts 18 14 11 10 7 7 7 3 2 0 0 79
MINNESOTA Player Hollins, Au. Osenieks Eliason Mathieu Hollins, An. Ellenson Smith Ahanmisi McNeil Shell Buggs Total
FG FT Reb Min M-A M-A O-T Ast 29 6-11 3-4 5-8 3 20 6-11 1-2 2-5 1 31 5-8 1-1 1-11 0 24 3-4 4-4 1-3 5 32 3-5 0-0 0-3 4 16 3-9 0-0 1-2 1 20 2-6 2-2 0-1 0 13 1-2 0-0 0-0 5 5 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 9 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 200 30-59 11-13 12-36 20
since the schedule came out, but the Gophers have been careful not to look ahead. Ther e’s no need for that anymore. The game is staring the players in the face. It’s undoubtedly the Gophers’ biggest test so far. “That’s a little more than a test,” Gophers junior center Elliott Eliason said. “That’s a great team year-in and year-out. It’s always good to be able to measure yourself against someone like that. It’s going to be a lot of fun.”
Gophers defeat Wofford
The Gophers’ battle with Wofford on Thursday night ser ved as Minnesota’s final tune-up before
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Minnesota guard Austin Hollins scores against Wofford on Thursday at Williams Arena.
heading to Hawaii for the Maui Invitational. The Gophers appeared to be firing on all cylinders in their 79-57 win over the Terriers. “We wanted to [head into Maui] on the right note,” senior guard Austin Hollins said after Thursday’s game. “I think we handled our business tonight.” Minnesota clamped down defensively after an uninspiring ef for t in its 82-72 win over Coastal Carolina on Tuesday. The Gophers held Wof ford to 31 percent shooting. “It was just great team defense,” Hollins said. “I
think we were communicating a lot better. We were a lot more active with our hands. We were forcing turnovers.” The Gophers jumped on Wof ford early in the game and built a 24-2 lead eight minutes into the game. And unlike earlier games this season, Minnesota didn’t take its foot off the accelerator. “Coach just preached to us that we couldn’t come out flat,” senior guar d Malik Smith said. “We really just worked on getting better with the little things today.” Austin Hollins led the
Gophers with 18 points. Oto Osenieks followed close behind with a new career-high 14 points — topping his 13-point mark set in the win over Coastal Carolina. “I just love the confidence that he’s playing with right now,” Pitino said of Osenieks. “I keep telling him, ‘Don’t worr y about anything. Just play aggressively.’ He’s showing that.” Eliason finished with 11 points, 11 rebounds and seven blocks against Wofford, nearly missing out on a triple-double.
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Gophers pass another early test, grind past Navy Minnesota was led by Rachel Banham and Amanda Zahui B. all afternoon. BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com
Many college basketball teams aren’t tested in November before conference play begins. But the Gophers were this weekend. Minnesota got yet another taste of intense March competition before Thanksgiving, scraping past Navy 62-55 on Sunday. Navy (4-2) has made the NCAA tournament in three straight seasons, and it competed with Minnesota (4-1) until the end. “Down the stretch, it was like a Big Ten game,” Minnesota head coach Pam Borton said. The Gophers held a huge size advantage over Navy on Sunday, and Amanda Zahui B. took advantage of it. T h e r e d s h i r t f r e s hman scored 16 points and snagged a game-high 13 rebounds for a double-double. In last week’s 70-59 win over Kansas, she recorded a triple-double.
After multiple strong performances, the 6-foot-5inch center is facing more pressure from opposing defenses. “Amanda’s gotten herself to a point where people are watching her on tape,” Bor ton said. “They’re going to force other people to make shots.” That’s exactly what Navy did in Sunday’s game, crowding the paint and leaving the perimeter open for long-range shots. The Gophers capitalized on those open looks. Senior guard Sari Noga made three three-pointers in the win, some of which were made possible by Zahui B. passing out of double teams. Rachel Banham also made three three-pointers Sunday en route to a game-high 18 points. Banham also reeled in seven rebounds and ran with them, aiming to create fast-break oppor tunities. “I tried to push it more [in the second half],” Banham said. “I think that’s something we have to do — score in transition. I think that helps us get easy points.” For ward Kayla Hir t al-
MINNESOTA 62, NAVY 55 Navy Minnesota
25 30 31 31
— —
55 62
FT Reb M-A O-T Ast 0-0 0-0 0 1-2 2-10 1 3-3 2-7 4 0-0 0-5 0 2-2 0-5 5 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 1-1 2 0-0 0-1 1 0-0 0-0 0 6-7 8-32 13
PF 0 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 13
Pts 8 17 9 6 13 0 2 0 0 55
Reb O-T Ast PF 0-4 3 2 6-13 1 3 0-7 3 3 0-3 4 2 0-1 2 1 0-0 0 0 1-1 3 1 0-0 0 1 7-31 16 13
Pts 4 16 18 5 9 0 10 0 62
NAVY Player Bauer Geif Membreno Stapleton Pollinger Condie Terry Morrison Meador Total
Min 30 40 37 30 37 3 9 10 4 200
Player Riche Zahui B. Banham Mullaney Noga McDaniel Hirt Hedstrom Total
Min 27 29 38 39 40 0+ 24 3 200
FG M-A 3-9 8-11 3-8 2-7 4-11 0-0 1-2 0-4 0-1 21-53
MINNESOTA FG FT M-A M-A 2-5 0-0 6-13 4-6 5-12 5-5 2-8 1-1 3-6 0-0 0-1 0-0 5-8 0-0 0-1 0-0 23-54 10-12
so helped stretch the floor by knocking down open shots to score 10 points. “I did have a lot of open oppor tunities,” Hir t said, “but I do think I’m capable of getting 10 points ever y game, too.” Hir t and other Minnesota post players spent much of their time on the defensive end fighting through screens. Navy used those screens to get shooters open beyond the arc, which culminated in 26 three-point attempts. It only conver ted seven of
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Minnesota center Amanda Zahui B. regains control of the ball against Navy on Sunday at Williams Arena.
those shots, but it exposed a potential weakness in Minnesota’s ability to defend smaller lineups. “I think it is [a concern] when you’re playing
a team like Navy,” Bor ton said. “That’s not what we do in the Big Ten. When we’re playing schools like this, it’s a tougher matchup for us.”
Monday, November 25, 2013
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MEN’S HOCKEY
Gophers split weekend series with UMD Minnesota won 6-1 on Friday night and then lost 6-2 on Sunday afternoon. BY MEGAN RYAN mryan@mndaily.com
Sophomore goaltender Adam Wilcox had a careerhigh 36 saves in Friday’s 6-1 win over Minnesota-Duluth at Mariucci Arena. A couple of days later, it was Bulldogs sophomore goaltender Matt McNeely with 36 saves, and the Gophers lost 6-2. “It was almost a little bit of mirror images in the games,” UMD head coach Scott Sandelin said. Wilcox made only 12 saves Sunday, allowing five goals before Gophers head coach Don Lucia pulled him in the second period in favor of senior backup Michael Shibrowski. While Wilcox’s performance wasn’t impressive, Lucia said the defense was just as much to blame for the loss. “He was hung out to dry a little bit,” Lucia said. And even more problematic for the team than a struggling defense and lackluster offense was the special teams play. The Bulldogs collected 13 penalties while the Gophers had 10, but UMD was 4-for-7 on the power play while Minnesota was 2-for-10. Lucia said special teams play was a huge factor in the loss Sunday. “You can’t give up four goals on the penalty kill and give up a shorthanded goal,” Lucia said. The Bulldogs’ first goal led a three-goal-in-threeminutes flurr y in the first period. Dominic Toninato scored a shorthanded goal, Tony Cameranesi added an even-strength goal and Jus-
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Minnesota goalie Adam Wilcox grabs the puck during a game against Minnesota State-Mankato on Nov. 2, 2012, at Mariucci Arena.
tin Crandell netted a powerplay goal. UMD added three more power-play goals before the game ended. While the Gophers managed to pull back two powerplay goals of their own from sophomore defenseman Mike Reilly and freshman defenseman Michael Brodzinski, it was hardly enough to mount a comeback. Gophers junior for ward Travis Boyd said the penalties changed the momentum and strained his team’s mentality. “It turns into a special
Minnesota ends year with 20th-place finish
BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com
The Gophers went into the NCAA championships with hopes of a top-15 finish. They missed that Saturday with a 20th-place team finish in the final race of the season. Minnesota placed five r unners in the top 135, which head coach Sarah Hopkins said was “really, really, really solid.” “If you had told me that [before the race], I would have expected that to result in a top-15 finish,” Hopkins said. Providence won the team title, tallying 141 points. The Gophers finished in 20th place with 406 team points, which was just 84 points from 11th place. “[There were] just a ton of teams right in that 10 to 20 [place] range, and we ended up, unfortunately, on the lower side of that range,” Hopkins said. Minnesota placed three runners in the top-150 last year and finished 22nd overall. This year’s performance was a step up from that. “I think everybody is relatively pleased with how we performed on a one-personto-one-person basis,” Hopkins said. Senior Maggie Bollig said she thought it was a big improvement from last year’s NCAA race, especially for the team’s top five. Senior Laura Docherty led the Gophers individually, finishing in 61st place. Bollig, senior Kelli Budd, junior Molly Kayfes and senior Katie Moraczewski rounded out the team’s top five, respectively. Hopkins said the fifthyear senior group stepped up Saturday and ran ver y well. Hopkins told her r un-
The flip side
On Wilcox’s career night Friday, the lone goal he let pass was the first goal of the night and was also the Bulldogs’ last. “They have good starts. It’s kind of what they’re known for,” Wilcox said Friday. “They got a goal on us right away, kind of a tough bounce. … And after that, I thought we responded well.” Minnesota took over the first period from there, scoring three goals in three minutes from sophomore
for ward A.J. Michaelson, senior for ward Tom Serratore and freshman forward Justin Kloos. The Gophers continued their dominance in the second period with another three goals from junior forwards Kyle Rau and Boyd as well as a power-play score from Brodzinski. A quiet third period was enough to seal the win for a controlling Gophers offense and defense. The No. 1 Gophers take a 9-2-1 record into two conference weekends before
MEN’S HOCKEY RESULTS FRIDAY UMD Minnesota
1 1 3
2 0 3
3 0 0
FINAL 1 6
3 1 1
FINAL 6 2
SUNDAY UMD Minnesota
1 3 0
2 2 1
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the holiday break.
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WOMEN’S HOCKEY
CROSS COUNTRY
Laura Docherty finished in 61st place in the final race of her career.
[teams] game,” Boyd said. “It’s tough to stay into it because you’re going to have some guys who won’t play for a stretch of five, 10 minutes and some guys who will be out there for almost the whole five, 10 minutes.” Though the power-play output from the Gophers’ perspective was modest, Lucia said it wasn’t as big of a problem as the penalty kill. “We were 20 percent on the power-play,” Lucia said. “That’s better than our average.”
CROSS COUNTRY TOP FINISHERS
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20
TEAM Providence Arizona Butler Michigan Georgetown Michigan State Colorado Florida State Virginia New Mexico Minnesota
POINTS 141 197 200 215 226 236 265 278 283 301 406
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ners before the race to run the race they would be most proud of. Bollig said she thought everyone accomplished that at the NCAA championships. The r unners battled through tough conditions in the race. Hopkins said the course had three inches of standing water in some places. Bollig said she felt like she was running through quicksand at times. Still, she said everyone in the field started fast, and she said the Gophers went out a little harder than usual. That’s a fine line to toe at the NCAA race, Bollig said, because runners need to start fast but still save enough energy for the rest of the race. At the 2K mark, Hopkins said the Gophers were in 12th place as a team. She said her team went out a little aggressively at the start of the race. “We did the best we could on this day considering the conditions,” Bollig said. “I don’t think honestly there was really anything we could have majorly changed.” While the cross country season may be over, the runners still have the indoor and outdoor track seasons to look forward to. “Since the race didn’t go exactly how I was hoping, it kind of gets me fired up for the track season and ready to do some big things during track,” Bollig said.
Gophers bounce back with sweep BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com
The Gophers rebounded from their first loss in 62 games last weekend with a dominating series sweep this weekend at Yale. Minnesota outshot the Bulldogs 109-38 in the series en route to 5-1 and 4-1 wins. Gophers junior forward Meghan Lorence said last weekend’s loss had been haunting the team. “We just wanted to prove that we weren’t going to let that get us down and kind of took it to Yale out of frustration,” Lorence said. Sophomore forward Hannah Brandt said it was exciting to see how the team responded coming off the loss, which snapped the Gophers’ unprecedented 62-game winning streak. “I think we were all definitely highly motivated this week to prove who we are as a team,” Brandt said. The Gophers got off to a slow start in last weekend’s loss, allowing three goals in the first period. Head coach Brad Frost said star ting quickly was a point of emphasis for the team against Yale. Minnesota has given up 13 first-period goals so far this year, as opposed to just 10 all of last season. “[In] the first period — it’s been all year, not just last weekend against North Dakota — we’ve been struggling,” Brandt said. “That was definitely a focus.” Minnesota got on the board at the 7:26 mark Saturday with a goal from freshman forward Dani Cameranesi. It scored twice more in the first period, cementing the lead. The Gophers scored early again Sunday, jumping out to a quick lead off a power-play goal from freshman Megan Wolfe. The Gophers scored two more goals later in the period. Brandt said another focus this weekend was having a strong second game. “Our second games have been pretty bad recently as opposed to our first,” she said. That wasn’t the case
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Minnesota forward Hannah Brandt skates against North Dakota on Nov. 17 at Ridder Arena.
Sunday, when the Gophers outshot Yale 52-18 and dominated play. Minnesota had 18 skaters dressed, which allowed Frost to tinker with his lineup. Lorence saw time this weekend with Brandt and junior forward Rachael Bona. On Sunday, Lorence, Brandt and Bona each had a goal and two assists in the win. “Me and Rachael have had a different winger the past few weekends here,” Brandt said, “and it definitely
clicked with Meghan right away.” The Gophers retur n home to face Princeton next weekend at Ridder Arena.
Frost records 200th victor y
Frost recorded his 200th win in 253 games as Minnesota’s head coach Saturday. It was a nice milestone, he said, but not one he set out with the intention of reaching. “It was more to impact the lives of the kids I come in
WOMEN’S HOCKEY RESULTS SATURDAY Minnesota Yale
1 3 0
2 2 0
3 0 1
FINAL 5 1
SUNDAY Minnesota Yale
1 3 0
2 1 1
3 0 0
FINAL 4 1
SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
contact with each day,” Frost said, “and hopefully I’ve been able to do that.”
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Monday, November 25, 2013
VOLLEYBALL
Minnesota blows past a pair of Michigan teams Karlie Hauer led the Gophers with 12 blocks over the weekend.
Gophers wallop Wyoming 41-5 Minnesota opened up its dual season over the weekend with two big wins. BY NATE GOTLIEB ngotlieb@mndaily.com
BY DAVID NELSON dnelson@mndaily.com
The Gophers needed only seven sets to knock of f two tough opponents over the weekend, sweeping No. 18 Michigan and defeating No. 17 Michigan State in four sets. With the wins, the Gophers completed the season sweep of the two Michigan teams for the first time since 2005. “We’re happy to come away with two wins,” head coach Hugh McCutch eon said after the game S a t u r d a y, “ e s p e c i a l l y tonight, because Michigan State not only played well, but we had to make some changes during the match.”
“Anyone can go in at any point and help us make a difference. You know that if you come off the bench and you’re put on the court ... you need to do a job. And anyone can do that.” ASHLEY WITTMAN senior outside hitter
Those changes included finding a replacement for senior setter Alexandra Palmer, who went down with an undisclosed injur y. In tur n, sophomore s e t t e r S y d n e y Ho w ar d and freshman setter Katie Schau stepped up in Palmer’s absence. “The people we put in did a really nice job,” McCutcheon said. “They responded well. They competed.” While the loss of a player can be tough on a team, the Gophers got a chance to show of f the depth that has helped them all season. “Anyone can go in at any point and help us make a dif ference,” senior outside hitter Ashley Wittman said. “You know that if you come of f the
WRESTLING
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David Thor n, Dylan Ness and Tony Nelson all recorded pins as the No. 2 Gophers dominated Wyoming 41-5 on Sunday at the Sports Pavilion. The Gophers won nine of 10 matches and improved their dual-meet record to 2-0 on the season. The team hasn’t lost a dual meet since January. “For us to win national tournaments, we’ve got to score bonus points,” assistant coach Luke Becker said. “And I thought we did a great job of that today.” Thorn (133 pounds) gave the Gophers a 6-5 lead with a pin in the second match. Minnesota won the next two matches, and then Ness (157) pinned the Cowboys’ Andy McCulley early in the first period, and the Gophers took a 19-5 lead going into halftime. Junior Logan Storley (174) recorded a 15-0 technical fall, and Minnesota recorded 22 points after halftime, including six on Nelson’s pin. Nelson, the No. 1 heavyweight in the nation, pinned Wyoming’s Leland Pfeifer at 2:28. Ness has recorded pins in the Gophers’ first two dual meets. He trailed 4-0 after a period Friday against Purdue before recording the pin in the final minute. Redshirt freshmen Brett Pfarr (184) and Sam Brancale (125) wrestled in the second dual meet of their Gophers careers. Pfarr won on a 10-1 major decision, and Brancale lost on a technical fall. Becker appeared pleased
WRESTLING RESULTS FRIDAY #2 Gophers #20 Purdue
FINAL 35 3
SUNDAY # 2 Gophers Wyoming
FINAL 41 5
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with both wrestlers’ performances after the meet, but he said Brancale has to work on controlling his weight and body positions. He said redshirt senior All-American Kevin Steinhaus will take over for Pfarr at 184 when he’s fully recovered from an anterior cruciate ligament injury. Pfarr said he was initially a little nervous Sunday but gained confidence when he took a 4-0 lead in the first period. He said he’s enjoying the opportunity to be part of the starting lineup while he can. The Gophers wrestle against No. 14 Oregon State on Friday in Corvallis, Ore. Gophers defeat No. 20 Purdue The Gophers defeated No. 20 Purdue 35-3 on Friday at the Sports Pavilion, thanks in part to Ness’ first pin of the weekend. The pin gave Minnesota a 16-3 lead going into halftime. Minnesota won all five matches after Ness’ pin and won nine of 10 matches in total. Pfarr and Brancale saw their first dual-meet action. Pfarr won a 12-2 major decision, and Brancale lost 5-2 in the opening match. Thorn followed up Brancale’s loss with a 15-5 major decision in the second match, and the Gophers led the rest of the dual.
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Gophers outside hitter Ashley Wittman spikes the ball against Nebraska at the Sports Pavilion on Nov. 10.
bench and you’re put on the court ... you need to do a job. And anyone can do that.” W ittman said the 6-2 formation the Gophers ran this weekend against both Michigan and Michigan State made all the dif ference. Minnesota averaged a .331 hitting percentage this weekend to go along with a combined 25.5 team blocks over the two-match span. Sophomore outside hitter Karlie Hauer had 12 blocks over the weekend, and her play off the bench
was crucial in Minnesota’s success. Hauer said her per formance on the court is a reflection of the competition she faces in practice. While she’s played in only 37 sets this season, Hauer said she feels confident subbing into big games. Her team’s confidence was vital to her success, she said. “That really helped me stay confident and calm and do what I needed to do to help the team out,” Hauer said. Minnesota still has two
VOLLEYBALL RESULTS FRIDAY Minnesota Michigan
1 2 3 FINAL 25 25 25 3 18 23 19 0
SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 FINAL 25 25 18 27 3 Minnesota Michigan State 23 19 25 25 1
SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
matches in the regular season — a home match against Wisconsin on Wednesday and a trip to Illinois on Saturday.
ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY FILE PHOTO
Minnesota’s Dylan Ness tries to take down Michigan State’s Dan Osterman on Feb. 3 at the Sports Pavilion.
SOCCER
Hobbs receives tryout BY JACE FREDERICK jfrederick@mndaily.com
Gophers freshman goalkeeper Tarah Hobbs was supposed to get a couple of weeks off after Minnesota’s season ended with a 3-0 loss to Texas Tech in the first round of the NCAA tournament. But three days after the loss, Gophers head coach Stefanie Golan informed Hobbs she’d been invited to the U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team training camp at the U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Carson, Calif. “I just kind of freaked out,” Hobbs said. “It’s like a dream come true to just be able to represent the school.” Hobbs left for California on Sunday. The camp runs from Nov. 24 to Dec. 1. “It’s going to be new — new experience, new opportunity,” she said. “I’m a little nervous and excited — kind of mixed emotions because
you don’t know what to expect. That’s the fun of it.” The 2013 season proved to be a banner year for the freshman goalkeeper. She posted 118 saves, four shutouts and a .849 save percentage. The tr yout invitation capped a season filled with honors. Hobbs earned the Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year title earlier this month. “It’s nice, but you can’t let it go all to your head,” she said. “You have to be humble about it. Just celebrate it and then just work toward the next thing.” Hobbs was not at full strength at the end of the season, but she didn’t miss any games. She said she’s about “80 percent” but is confident heading into the week. “I’m going to learn a lot, and [there’s] definitely going to be a lot of stuff to take away from [it],” she said. “This is a great opportunity, and I wouldn’t give it up for anything.”
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BACKTALK sudoku
horoscopes
Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve sudoku, visit sudoku.org.uk.
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Thursday’s solution © 2013 Michael Mepham. Distributed by Tribune Media Services. All rights reserved.
Today’s Birthday (11/25): Follow your heart as well as your intellect this year. It may carry you to exotic destinations to study with a master. A positive financial attitude and solid structures let you grow your nest egg.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Written By Linda C. Black
Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is an 8 — The pace picks up. It’s easy to get distracted and miss an important point.
Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is an 8 — Your imagination goes wild over the next few days. Some confrontations are expected, but stay out of them anyway.
Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 7 — Continue to increase your knowledge this week. The perfect solution appears. All your care pays off, and romance blossoms.
Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is an 8 — There’s a choice ahead, and it’s not an easy one. Your friends pull through for you. Continue to decrease your outside obligations.
Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is an 8 — Your mind moves quickly. Don’t try to slow it down, as you’re in discovery mode. Find a treasure in your own home.
Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is an 8 — Be patient with things that don’t make sense. Taking deep breaths and frequent breaks are almost mandatory.
Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 9 — Your routine and patience could be challenged. Clear clutter to free up space and possibilities.
Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is an 8 — Who will you be today? Choose a character and costume that fits your ideal avatar, with room for improvement.
Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 9 — You’ll be gaining confidence this week, naturally. New profits become available, or at least more visible to you.
Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 9 — Focus on finances, and stay put. Traveling isn’t advisable right now. If you have to go, be prepared for delays. Pack an extra toothbrush.
Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 7 — Your dedication, patience and attention to detail are a necessity right now, and they pay off sooner than later.
Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 9 — Make a romantic connection. Develop a strong partnership, and start a new phase in the relationship.
Monday, November 25, 2013
overheard Person 1: “She’s too stereotypical for me.” Person 2: “She got her arms bitten off by a shark! How is that stereotypical?!”
—Near the Superblock
Freshman talking about high school students: “What are all these children doing here on campus?”
—Unknown
“Do we have class on Thanksgiving?”
—Appleby Hall
“Dude, school spirit entails going to class.”
—Espresso Royale
“Oh, I forgot it was gonna be cold! I’m only wearing leggings and Uggs!”
—21st and Riverside avenues
Guy: “You used to be so down to earth. Are you on drugs or something?” Girl: “Umm, no ...”
“I’m not addicted; I’m just chemically dependent on it.”
—Bailey Hall
Guy 1: “You haven’t started your HW3 yet? I’ve spent four days on this already, and I’m not even close yet. And it’s due tomorrow.” Guy 2: “Not yet. Like I said before, ‘Due tomorrow, Do tomorrow.’”
—Unknown
Guy 1: “You should let me register you for all your classes ... like ballet.” Guy 2: “I think I’d need to audition for that.” Guy 1: “I’ll audition for you! I’ll get you into the highest-level ballet class!”
—Campus Connector
“I am going to invite Sallie Mae over for Thanksgiving. She calls me enough to be family.”
—Unknown
—Coffman Union
“I just slammed some Jack, and now I feel like going Thanksgiving dinner shopping.”
—Como
Lab partner 1: “There’s no ledges in this hallway that you can hang from.” Lab partner 2: “Yeah, it’s because we’re in the physics building, and that makes people want to kill themselves.”
—Tate Laboratory of Physics
Professor: “Breasts are a non-sensible appendage.”
—Bell Museum Auditorium
What did you overhear? 4Post submissions on the “Overheard at U of M” Facebook group. 4Visit mndaily.com and look for the “Connect with the Daily” box on the homepage. 4Email submissions to overheards@mndaily.com.
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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
ACROSS 1 “Drat!” 5 On the agenda 11 __-at-ease 14 Melville’s “Typee” sequel 15 Writer de Beauvoir 16 Mop & __: cleaning brand 17 *Fluffy carnival treat 19 Restroom, briefly 20 “Attack, Rover!” 21 Sworn __: given the oath of office for 22 First-class 23 *“West Side Story” film actress 26 Free of charge 30 “Tut!” kin 31 Puerto __ 32 Slanted print: Abbr. 36 Mark who created Tom Sawyer 40 *“You first,” facetiously 43 ’70s-’80s Egyptian president Anwar 44 Mideast ruler 45 38-Down and others: Abbr. 46 “Proud Mary” band, for short 48 Has had enough 50 *Favorite in the classroom 56 Wartime honoree 57 Spanish painter Francisco 58 First Greek letter 63 Tax-collecting agcy. 64 Discussing the job with colleagues, and what the last words of the answers to starred clues seem to be doing 66 __ de Janeiro 67 Claim without proof 68 Floor square 69 Room for a TV 70 Ruined, with “up” 71 Go in snow DOWN 1 Medical pros 2 Mine, to Marcel 3 Campus military org.
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4 Promissory __ 5 Taxpayer ID 6 On the up and up 7 Appliance brand 8 Melodious 9 Breaks up with a lover 10 Susan of “The Partridge Family” 11 Domed Arctic home 12 Southwestern grassy plain 13 Thought the world of 18 Prefix with present 22 Singsongy “This is an uncomfortable moment” 24 “Yeah, right!” 25 Direction in which el sol rises 26 Mardi __ 27 Capital of Latvia 28 Scored 100 on 29 Cash crop for the southern American colonies 33 From head to __ 34 Elbow’s locale 35 Flower necklace 37 Car
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38 Fla.-to-Cal. highway 39 Wall St. index 41 Engrave on glass, say 42 Soft cheese 47 Entertain lavishly 49 Guys-only party 50 Word with party or degree 51 Willies-inducing 52 Pyromaniac’s crime
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53 Diner basketful 54 Comedian Wanda 55 Baseball Hall of Famer Satchel 59 D-Day transports 60 Talk show pioneer Donahue 61 Golfer’s target 62 Copied 64 Scottish hat 65 Beatty of film
dr. date Dr. Date,
I recently made conversation with a girl in one of my CSCL courses. Although her name shall remain a secret, she is a true Shakespearean beauty with an adorable, rock-your-socks-off character. After discussing the minutiae of the idea of “normal” and the question of “women,” we made inquiries about the more exciting things in life, and she happened to mention her working for the Daily as a photographer. Upon hearing this, I found her almost impossibly more attractive than before. I am not so afraid as to refrain from asking her to coffee, but I thought not only was this the perfect opportunity to compliment her — somewhat formally — but also to verify if you are in fact real and all these letters are not simply the conspiracy of a madman or university newspaper. I guess if I do have a question, it is: Was this a smart move in hoping to attract her attention, or am I the classic fool?
—A Gentleman
And A Scholar,
Well, you definitely got my attention. I am indeed a real person, and this is a real thing. If the Daily was to involve itself in some psychotic conspiracy, a dating column would be a pretty lame outlet for it. Ya feel me? I don’t find your move foolish, but I do find your language excessively flowery. It’s 2013, dude. You don’t need to stand beneath her nonexistent balcony with a bouquet of roses and a sonnet to attract her attention. I mean, it’s endearing … it’s just not exactly sexy. I imagine the lucky photographer lady will find out who you are within a few days. Word spreads fast around here, and you were pretty specific with the subjects of your CSCL-influenced conversations. It’s hard to say where things will go from here. You’ll either have a nice little coffee date during which you continue your philosophical inquiries, or an incredibly awkward end of the semester. I wish you luck, young Romeo.
—Dr. Date
Dr. Date,
A few years ago, I broke things off
with my boyfriend because, well, he was too good for me — and I told him that. He never did anything to intentionally make me feel inadequate, but I still felt that way. He was a hunk but a bit of a square; he was strong in his Catholicism, an intellectual who rarely drank or partied and was always concerned with doing the right thing. I called him the “fun police” because he didn’t often want to come along with me to parties (“parties should be for celebrating accomplishments”), and due to his religious convictions, sex was completely out of the question (not for my lack of trying!). He once told me he didn’t fall in love easily, and I was his lucky exception. The other day, a photo of him in a foreign land popped up in my Facebook feed. Apparently, he is now traveling the world with his job, and he looks like he’s been having the time of his life. I can’t help but feel pangs of regret for breaking up with him and jealousy for how cool his life looks — I can’t believe I thought he was the fun police! My heart is hurting so bad for him right now. Do I have a case of “the one that got away”? How do I deal with this?
—K8e Pear-E
Worries And Regrets,
Love always looks stronger in hindsight. If he didn’t feel like the right man for you while you were in the relationship, he wouldn’t be the right man for you now. Facebook is a terrible way to discern someone’s happiness level. People will smile in pictures even if they just crapped their pants. It’s what we’re expected to do. He’s probably still celibate and against pointless partying, which were both deal-breaking traits for you. The only thing that worries me is that you think he was too good for you. Why does inadequacy have to play into the breakup? It sounds like your lifestyles just didn’t match up. You seem to be coming from a very traditional angle. That you party and have sex doesn’t mean you’re a worse person — it usually just means you’re in college. Enjoy the freedom.
—Dr. Date
Need relationship advice? Email Dr. Date at drdate@mndaily.com.
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UMPD uses technology to secure U University police use card readers, video surveillance and GPS-enabled bait to stop crime. BY KATELYN FAULKS kfaulks@mndaily.com
As technology advances, the University of Minnesota is increasingly using it to curb crime on campus. In the last decade, the University has invested $16 million in campus security systems. In response to recent crimes on and around campus, President Eric Kaler said in a Nov. 12 email to students, faculty and staf f that the University will add to the 1,700 cameras on campus and evaluate building access to increase campus security. According to University police statistics, crime has
dropped 7 percent in the first 10 months of the year since 2012. From 2002 to 2012, on-campus crime decreased by 43 percent. University of ficials installed the first por tion of the U Card access system in 1994 when Mariucci Arena was built. Now 158 buildings use the card access control system. “ I n a l l c a r d s t o d a y, ther e’s a smar t chip,” Depar tment of Central Security assistant director Steve Jorgenson said. “The nice thing about having the system like that is if you lost the card, you can repor t it and your clearances can be removed.” If students used a key and someone stole it, of ficials would have to rekey the building, he said. The U Card system is more cost-efficient, he said, and ensures that only people with a card can gain access into the building.
Biochemistr y freshman Amanda Tait said the system isn’t as secure because students often let in people who might not have a U Card. She also said it would be difficult to know if a student was a threat or if they were just drunk and forgot their U Card. Jorgenson said the system itself is secure because it can’t be hacked, but it’s up to students to prevent tailgating. The University’s video sur veillance systems have also expanded over the years. The University’s Public Safety Emergency Communication Center monitors video footage continually throughout the year. “During the day, we pay closer attention to the public areas,” PSECC manager Jef frey Lessard said. “On the night shift, we pay closer attention to parking ramp cameras or stair well cameras.”
Those areas are more likely to see suspicious activity at night, he said. When University police repor t any crimes to the center, Lessard said, the operators can review footage of the area to look for suspects. Linguistics freshman Maria Drange said the cameras made her feel safer, but suspects can be misidentified. Following the ar med robber y in Anderson Hall on Nov. 11, University police sent students, faculty and staf f a photo of an alleged suspect taken from a security camera. The suspect was quickly cleared of any wrongdoing after identifying himself to police. Lessard said the camera’s quality is high enough to identify faces and license plates easily. For the past few years, Deputy Chief Chuck Miner said University police have used technology in
vehicles to keep track of crime locations and times to map out and analyze trends on and around campus. Police are also using GPS-enabled bikes, computers and tablets as bait to catch thieves. “It creates a trail,” he said. “If somebody steals one of the devices, we can follow it on a map … and dispatch police of ficers to catch people in the act.” Miner said the University doesn’t have a written lockdown procedure. The department deals which each situation differently, he said, depending on the threat. In the event of a bomb threat, for example, Miner said of ficials would likely clear the building, notify campus through the text message aler t system and outdoor speakers, and electr onically lock the building until the area is clear of danger. Jorgenson said while
UNIVERSITY SECURITY SYSTEM
BY THE NUMBERS
158 BUILDINGS WITH U CARD ACCESS
2,600 DOORS WITH CARD ACCESS READERS
3,200 DOORS WITH AUTOMATED LOCKS
1,700 VIDEO CAMERAS SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF CENTRAL SECURITY
technology can help increase security, it’s up to ever yone on campus to make sure they follow the correct procedures to keep campus safe. “Ever ybody has a role within the security,” he said.
Obama: New deal blocks Iran’s path to nuclear arms BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GENEVA — Iran struck a historic deal Sunday with the United States and five other world powers, agreeing to a temporary freeze of its nuclear program in the most significant agreement between Washington and Tehran in more than three decades of estrangement. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani endorsed the agreement, which commits Iran to curb its nuclear activities for six months in exchange for limited and gradual sanctions relief, including access to $4.2 billion from oil sales. The sixmonth period will give diplomats time to negotiate a more sweeping agreement. It builds on the momentum of the public dialogue opened during September’s annual U.N. gathering, which included a 15-minute phone conversation between President Barack Obama and moderate-leaning Rouhani, who was elected in June. The package includes freezing Iran’s ability to en-
rich uranium at a maximum 5 percent level, which is well below the threshold for weapons-grade material and is aimed at easing Western concerns that Tehran could one day seek nuclear arms. Obama hailed the pact’s provisions, which include curbs on Iran’s enrichment and other projects that could be used to make nuclear arms, as key to preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear threat. “Simply put, they cut off Iran’s most likely paths to a bomb,” he told reporters in Washington. For Iran, keeping the enrichment program active was a critical goal. Iran’s leaders view the countr y’s ability to make nuclear fuel as a source of national pride and an essential part of its insistence at nuclear selfsufficiency. Giving up too much on the enrichment program would have likely brought a storm of protest by Iranian hard-liners, who were already uneasy over the marathon nuclear talks and Rouhani’s outreach to Wash-
ington. In a nationally broadcast speech, Rouhani said the accord recognizes Iran’s “nuclear rights” even if that precise language was kept from the final document because of Western resistance. “No matter what interpretations are given, Iran’s right to enrichment has been recognized,” said Rouhani, who later posed with family members of nuclear scientists killed in slayings in recent years that Iran has blamed on Israel and allies. Saying “trust is a two-way street,” Rouhani insisted that talks on a comprehensive agreement should start immediately. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who led his countr y’s delegation, called on both sides to see the agreement as an “opportunity to end an unnecessar y crisis and open new horizons.” But initial reaction in Israel was strongly negative. Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, called the deal, a “historic mistake.” Speaking to his Cabinet,
Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel is not bound by the deal and reserves the right to defend itself. That is a reference to possible militar y action against Iran. Netanyahu has said the international community is giving up too much to Iran, which it believes will retain the ability to produce a nuclear weapon and threaten Israel. U.S. Secretar y of State John Kerry, who joined the final negotiations along with the foreign ministers of Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany, said the pact will make U.S. allies in the Middle East, including Israel, safer reducing the threat of war. “Agreement in Geneva,” he tweeted. “First step makes world safer. More work now.” The deal marks a milestone between the two countries, which broke diplomatic ties 34 years ago when Iran’s Islamic revolution climaxed in the storming of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Since then, relations between the two countries had been frigid to hostile. Although the deal low-
ered tensions between the two countries, friction points remain — notably Iran’s support of the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad. The United States also has said Iran supports terrorism throughout the region and commits widespread human rights violations. The Geneva negotiations followed secret face-to-face talks between the U.S. and Iran over the past year, The Associated Press has learned. The discussions, held in the Persian Gulf nation of Oman and elsewhere, were kept hidden even from America’s closest allies, including its negotiating partners and Israel, until two months ago. A White House statement said the deal limits Iran’s existing stockpiles of enriched uranium, which can be turned into the fissile core of nuclear arms. The statement also said the accord curbs the number and capabilities of the centrifuges used to enrich and limits Iran ability to “produce weapons-grade plutonium” from a reactor in the advanced stages of construc-
tion. The statement also said Iran’s nuclear program will be subject to “increased transparency and intrusive monitoring.” “Taken together, these first step measures will help prevent Iran from using the cover of negotiations to continue advancing its nuclear program as we seek to negotiate a long-term, comprehensive solution that addresses all of the international community’s concerns,” said the statement. Since it was revealed in 2003, Iran’s enrichment program has grown from a few dozen enriching centrifuges to more than 18,000 installed and more than 10,000 operating. The machines have produced tons of low-enriched uranium, which can be turned into weapons grade material. Iran also has stockpiled almost 440 pounds of higherenriched uranium in a form that can be converted more quickly to fissile warhead material than the low-enriched uranium. Its supply is nearly enough for one bomb.
COGS set to leave GAPSA COGS u from Page 1
make up GAPSA’s general body, and it receives funding from the assembly. GAPSA’s final 2012-13 fees recommendation was $392,126, one of the largest of all fees-receiving groups. COGS President Andrew McNally said GAPSA didn’t give COGS its correct funding appropriation last year. If COGS becomes its own fees-requesting unit, he said, uncertainty in funding would decrease. “By making our request directly to the student services fees committee, we’re reducing the financial uncertainty of our own budget and enhancing graduate student participation in the process,” McNally said. COGS Graduate Education Council representative Keaton Miller said the council found no rules in GAPSA’s constitution or bylaws that indicate it needs GAPSA approval to become unaffiliated with the organization. “There’s nothing in the rules that says that needs to happen,” he said. GAPSA’s constitution states it recognizes “the independence of [member councils] to act and advocate on their own behalf.” Any student group that
meets eligibility requirements — like being nonprofit, nonpartisan and requesting at least $3,000 each year — may apply for student services fees. Edwards said GAPSA’s constitution doesn’t guarantee that COGS receives any pass-through funding from the assembly. “Our constitution doesn’t guarantee [COGS] anything,” she said. Edwards said GAPSA correctly distributed passthrough funds last year to each member council based on the number of students they represent. McNally said tension between GAPSA and COGS regarding funding has taken away time that could be better spent advocating for student needs. “It’s been a distraction from the issues that are important to graduate students,” he said. “All those issues would be resolved in part by COGS seeking its own funding.” GAPSA adviser Jim Turman said he sees the split as a way to broaden the graduate student voice on campus. He said part of being involved in student government is trying new things to see what works. “[COGS] is trying something different, and that’s fine,” he said. “They’re just going to have to figure out
how it works.” To prevent an increase in fees for graduate students, McNally said, COGS will need to work with GAPSA and its member councils when requesting fees. He said COGS will have a committee of graduate students prepare necessary changes to COGS’ constitution and bylaws and take steps to define the council as a fee-seeking organization. Edwards said the separation of COGS from GAPSA would present an opportunity to work with individual graduate councils within GAPSA that COGS currently represents. “We’re happy to make this change and be more directly representative and give back money very clearly to the graduate councils of each specific program,” she said. E v en t h o u g h CO G S would no longer send formal representation to GAPSA, McNally said, COGS members still want to collaborate with GAPSA on issues of shared interest in meetings and at the University Senate. “We absolutely will continue to work with GAPSA,” he said. “[The split] isn’t going to have an impact on the ser vices rendered by COGS or by GAPSA so long as GAPSA is willing to collaborate with us.”