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University student’s flight to NASA

Johanna Lucht spent the summer designing a collision-avoidance app. u See PAGE 3

Biking initiative ends, projects continue

There are about 10 projects to finish with the remaining funds of a grant to encourage biking.

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Gophers fall to Syracuse Malik Smith shot 4-for-7 from beyond the arc and finished with 16 points. u See PAGE 7

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Medical amnesty used little Police haven’t seen a significant rise in calls for care since the law took effect. BY JULIA MARSHALL jmarshall@mndaily.com

Though the state’s medical amnesty law has offered legal protections to underage drinkers for months, University of Minnesota students aren’t using it widely. The law gives legal immunity to minors seeking medical care for themselves or one another, but University police said they haven’t seen those calls increase since the policy took effect Aug. 1. The Minnesota Student Association, which advocated for the law, is now pushing to raise student

u See AMNEST Y Page 3 Underage drinking could still violate the student conduct code.

Study: Harvests must increase BY NICOLAS HALLETT nhallett@mndaily.com

To keep up with increasing food demand, farmers across the world should cultivate their land more often, according to a University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment study published Monday. The study, which analyzed the harvesting of 177 crops worldwide between 1961 and 2011, showed how land that’s used to cultivate crops has changed over time. It suggested increasing how often crops are har vested, rather than previously suggested strat-

egies such as expanding croplands. “Farmers are already har vesting their land more frequently,” said Deepak Ray, the study’s lead author, “but it could move even faster.” The world population is expected to increase by nearly 2.3 billion people by 2050. To keep up, global crop production must increase 60 to 110 percent by that time, according to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization. Ray said farmers do not always reap the full benefits of their har vests. On average, he said, they miss an extra har vest cycle every two years. This creates the “har vest gap” — the u See HARVEST Page 3 Ray said countries with tropical climates would benefit most.

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Boynton pushes for textbased mental health help The grant-funded messaging service would resemble a crisis line. BY T YLER GIESEKE tgieseke@mndaily.com

Boynton Health Service is investigating another way to address the ever-increasing demand for mental health resources on the University of Minnesota campus. This time, it’s catering to what often seems like the crux of college students’ lives — the mobile phone. Boynton hopes to give more students access to the help they need by offering mental health intervention services through text messaging. Researchers are applying for a grant to help develop and evaluate the project, but they plan to keep

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Crime is down, but campus worries over recent uptick

awareness of medical amnesty. University police Deputy Chief Chuck Miner estimated that about 20 to 25 students have claimed medical amnesty this fall. Most of those calls have come from residence hall workers, he said. “There’s really no increase in the number of calls from residence hall staf f members regarding intoxicated people.” Miner said. “But what’s different now is that those calls are turning into medical amnesty cases.” MSA President Mike Schmit said the association sent an email to undergraduate students earlier this

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U researchers say farmers should harvest more to meet demand.

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exploring the idea even without receiving funding. The text message-based intervention would resemble a crisis call line, where students could send a text to staff members whether they just wanted advice or were in a crisis, said Boynton Chief Medical Officer Dr. Gar y Christenson. Researchers still have questions they want answered, he said, like whether staf f members receiving texts should be health professionals or if trained volunteers could also be utilized. He said a similar program staffed with professionals who super vise volunteers has been successful. Carlton County Public Health and Human Services in northern Minnesota u See TEXT Page 4 Student mental health demand climbs about 5 percent annually.

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Freshman Drake Bauer signs the Minnesota Student Association’s safety pledge on Thursday at Middlebrook Hall. MSA members asked students to sign a pledge that they will call 624-WALK or the Gopher Chauffeur instead of walking home alone.

Though campus crime is down, many students say they feel unsafe. BY KIA FARHANG AND NICK STUDENSKI mfarhang@mndaily.com nstudenski@mndaily.com Editor’s note: This is the first in a four-part series on perceptions of crime on campus. Look for part two next week.

While crime on and around the University of Minnesota campus has been decreasing for years, a string of violent incidents in the past month has left many students feeling unsafe.

Police and University of ficials stress that the spike in crime is not the first of its kind and that the area is relatively safe compared to other Minneapolis neighborhoods. But because most stu-

dents only live in the area for a few years, they may not be aware of the longer downward trend in crime. Of ficials say social media, email and text message aler ts also impact students’ perceptions by making crime more visible than ever before. u See CRIME Page 12 The University mirrors nationwide trends in perception of crime.

FOOTBALL

Gophers in position for January bowl game Minnesota is still in contention for a spot in the Capital One Bowl. BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com

As senior defensive back Brock Vereen stepped away from the press conference follow-

ing the University of Minnesota’s 20-7 loss to the University of Wisconsin on Saturday, Capital One Bowl representative Jim Will sprung out of his seat and pulled him aside. “I just want you to know you’re not mathematically eliminated [from the Capital One Bowl],” Will said to Vereen. That’s a silver lining for

a Gophers team that lost to a rival and saw its chances at the Rose Bowl slip away in the same afternoon. Minnesota won’t be headed to Pasadena, Calif., in January, but after playing in the coldest game in TCF Bank Stadium history, it still has a chance to escape the frigid weather for a prestigious January bowl game. The Gophers are one

of the final Big Ten teams being considered for the Capital One Bowl. “[If] Michigan State [is] eligible, [it] would be attractive,” Will said. “Wisconsin’s going to be attractive. And I think [Minnesota] is ver y attractive.” u See BOWL Page 8 Bowl selection committees will also look at teams’ fan bases.

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Campus foundry loses its overseer After 44 years, sculpture Prof. Wayne Potratz will retire this spring. BY CALLIE SACARELOS csacarelos@mndaily.com

Memorabilia fr om a 44-year career at the University of Minnesota plaster the walls of Wayne Potratz’s office. The foundr y, just outside the sculpture professor’s of fice door, is arguably one of the finest college metal casting facilities for sculpture in the countr y. The space r etains a warm and welcoming feel, per fect for getting hands dir ty making molds and pouring metals for sculpture. The large, industrial space includes a ventilation system, induction furnaces, a large kiln, two cupolas used for melting metals, a pit containing

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University foundry professor Wayne Potratz sorts scrap metal at the Regis Center on Nov. 19. His final pour before retiring will be Tuesday.

sand for sculpture molds, an industrial crane overhead for heavy lifting and a teapot resting on a gas stove. Potratz has been casting metal and teaching

sculpture at the University for nearly half a centur y, but his last pour as a professor and foundr y master is Tuesday. Potratz made his first cast metal piece in the

basement of his house in 1959, when he was a high school senior. He went on u See POTRATZ Page 6 Due to costs, Potratz said he’s not sure he’ll be replaced.

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Burglary Friday Eighth Street Southeast A University student saw a man riding his bike up and down the street. Later, he went on his porch and saw an old bike lying on the ground and his roommate’s bike missing. Trespassing Saturday Buffalo Wild Wings While officers were working off-duty security at Buffalo Wild Wings, the manager asked that a man be removed from the restaurant.

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Robbery Saturday 17th Avenue Southeast and Fourth Street Southeast A University student was robbed by a group of suspects at around 10 p.m. The suspects got away with a plaid backpack that contained a Dell laptop. University police sent a crime alert to students, faculty and staff on the incident Sunday

Crime: Assault When: Sunday Info: A man staying with his brother in Como attempted to stop a disagreement between his brother and his brother’s roommate. When he tried to intervene, his brother’s roommate allegedly punched him, breaking his jaw. SOURCE: MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, UMPD

Whooping cough Poll numbers down, shot cuts illness, Obama seeks support maybe not spread BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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ATLANTA — A government study offers a new theory on why the whooping cough vaccine doesn’t seem to be working as well as expected. The research suggests that while the vaccine may keep people from getting sick, it doesn’t prevent them from spreading whooping cough — also known as pertussis — to others. “It could explain the increase in pertussis that we’re seeing in the U.S.,” said one of the researchers, Tod Merkel of the Food and Drug Administration. Whooping cough is a highly contagious disease that can strike people of any age but is most dangerous to children. It was once common, causing hundreds of thousands of illnesses annually and thousands of deaths. But after a vaccine was introduced in the 1940s, cases dropped to fewer than 5,000 a year. The vaccine was replaced in the 1990s because of side effects that included pain and swelling from the shot and fever. The newer vaccine is part of routine childhood vaccinations as well as adult booster shots. But cases have rebounded. Last year was the nation’s worst year for whooping cough in six decades— U.S. health officials received reports of more than 48,000 cases, including 18 deaths. This year hasn’t been half as bad — about 20,000 reported illnesses, including six deaths so far. Whooping cough ebbs and flows in cycles, so exper ts aren’t surprised to see cases recede. But 20,000 can still be seen as a lot when a widely used vaccine is supposed to protect the public. Versions of the vaccine are made by two companies — Sanofi Pasteur and GlaxoSmithKline. A GSK spokesman said the company didn’t have enough information on the study to comment. Sanofi said in a statement that it’s not clear how well the findings translate to humans, and that many factors may contribute to recent surges in whooping cough. It also said the research contains “valuable information” and points to areas for further study.

SAN FRANCISCO — Stung by plunging approval numbers at a low point in his presidency, President Barack Obama is urging donors to buck up while making a thread-the-needle appeal for bipartisanship with Republicans even as he calls for replacing the House GOP majority and holding his Democratic edge in the Senate. Obama is seeking to gain back his political standing in the aftermath of his administration’s botched launch of health care enrollment by defining himself as a pragmatic victim of tea party conservatives. At the same time he is casting his policies on the economy and immigration as popular remedies that could win bipartisan support. “Right now in this country there is at least one faction of one party that has decided they are more interested in stopping progress than advancing it, and aren’t interested in compromise or engaging in solving problems and more interested in scoring points for the next election,” he told Democratic donors in San Francisco on Monday. For Obama, the call for compromise is a veiled olive branch that also disguises a threat. “What we’re looking for is not the defeat of another party, what we’re looking for is the advancement of ideas that are going to vindicate those values that are tried and true,” he said at a fundraiser Sunday with House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi seated among about 60 high-dollar donors. “But to do that we’re going to need Nancy Pelosi as speaker, because there’s just a lot of work to be done right now.” Less than 24 hours later, pressing for an overhaul of immigration laws, Obama extended a hand to House Republican Speaker John Boehner. “Speaker Boehner is hopeful we can make progress” on immigration, Obama said Monday in San Francisco. “I believe the Speaker is sincere, I believe he genuinely wants to get it done.” The diverging messages reflect Obama’s dual desire to win a legislative victory even as he performs his duties as leader of the Democratic Party. In the aftermath of the disastrous rollout of the heath care website, public opinion of Obama has sunk. Obama’s approval rating in most polling is around 40 percent these days. And an ABC News-Washington Post poll showed that 52 percent of the public viewed him unfavorably, the first time he was viewed unfavorably by a majority in their polling.

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Israel resumes campaign against Iran BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

JERUSALEM — Having lost its battle to stop the international deal reached this week on Iran’s nuclear program, Israeli officials are already picking up the pieces and planning a fight to shape a final agreement that negotiators hope to reach in six months. Israeli officials say the final deal must go beyond freezing Iran’s program and roll back the achievements they say has made the Islamic Republic a threshold weapons state. From Israel’s perspective, the world powers must show they have not been duped by Iran’s campaign of amiability and still have the stomach to press on with crippling sanctions if needed. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who believes Iran is determined to produce a nuclear bomb, harshly condemned Sunday’s agreement between Iran and six world powers as a “historic mistake” and said Israel was not bound by the deal. In exchange for some relief from economic sanctions, Iran agreed to curb most of its nuclear activities while negotiations on a final agreement proceed during the next six months. On Monday, Netanyahu said he would not give up. Speaking to members of his Likud Party, the Israeli leader said he would dispatch his national security adviser, Yossi Cohen, to Washington in the coming days to coordinate the next move with the Americans. “This permanent agreement has to lead to one result: dismantling the Iranian nuclear military capability,” he said, claiming that just this week Iran repeated its vow to destroy Israel. “And I repeat here my commitment to prevent them from getting the ability to do this.” The initial deal with Iran has raised tensions between Israel and the U.S., and news that the Americans had secretly negotiated much of the agreement threatened to deepen those differences. Israeli officials declined to comment. Late Sunday, the White House said President Barack

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month to promote the new law. Matt Forstie, MSA’s Minnesota Student Legislative Coalition chairman, led the push for medical amnesty at the Capitol last spring. Forstie said the law needs continued promotion to be successful. “Laws on their own aren’t effective,” he said. “It is implementation and awareness that make laws like this effective. We’ve seen it as our duty from day one to promote that.” Psychology freshman Rachel Keszycki said she had just found out about the law — and not from MSA. “I hadn’t really heard of medical amnesty until recently — until I overheard some people talking about it,” she said. University police Chief Greg Hestness said it’s difficult to accurately track how many underage drinkers claim medical amnesty because police don’t usually file a report in those cases. He said medical amnesty calls come from a variety of situations. “It’s not just in residence halls — it’s at the stadium, it’s in the streets, and calls can come in as other things as well,” he said. “It might be called in as a party, and you end up with somebody who needs help.” Though the law protects University students from receiving a ticket for minor alcohol consumption or possession, they could still be liable for violating the University’s Student Conduct Code. Sharon Dzik, director of the Office for Student Conduct and Academic Integ-

Obama had phoned Netanyahu to discuss the deal with Iran, with the two leaders reaffirming “their shared goal of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.” Obama said he understood Netanyahu’s skepticism and promised to “consult closely” with Israel as the talks move forward on a comprehensive solution that would “resolve the international community’s concerns regarding Iran’s nuclear program,” according to the White House. To Israel, a nuclear-armed Iran threatens its very survival. Israel points to hostile Iranian rhetoric referring to Israel’s destruction, Iran’s support for militant Arab groups along Israel’s borders, and Iran’s development of long-range missiles capable of reaching the Jewish state. For Washington, Iran is a distant, albeit pressing, issue, one of a plethora of difficult challenges it is facing at home and abroad. While Obama has repeatedly said he will not allow Iran to develop a nuclear bomb, Israel says Iran should not be allowed to even get close to that point. “The final status should be that Iran cannot remain a threshold nuclear country, that Iran cannot remain one or two steps from the bomb,” Israel’s Cabinet minister for intelligence affairs, Yuval Steinitz, told a gathering of European diplomats. With stockpiles of enriched uranium, and thousands of advanced centrifuges capable of enriching even more uranium up to weapons grade, Israeli officials say the Iranians are just months away from having the ingredients and expertise to make a bomb. Tehran insists its atomic program is for peaceful purposes. In the weeks leading to Sunday’s agreement, Israel had demanded that any firststage deal roll back Iran’s nuclear program. After failing at that task, Israeli officials are vowing to resume their campaign. While Netanyahu has reiterated his veiled threats to attack Iran if necessary, military action seems to be out of the question while talks proceed.

rity, said students still need consequences under the code so they remain safe. “You don’t want to make it so that people think, ‘Hey, no consequences — I’ll go out and get hammered tonight,’” she said. Under the code, disciplinar y action varies on a case-by-case basis and typically begins with a warning. Forstie said a Student Conduct Code violation isn’t ver y detrimental for a student’s record — a legal citation could have more consequences. Michael Lynch, a chemical engineering freshman, said he suppor ts the conduct code penalties. “As much fun as it is to go out and par ty, I think there should be some stipulation for doing that,” he said. Dzik said the Student Conduct Code sanctions for underage drinkers aren’t meant to punish students. “We’re not really that punitive as much as we’re educational,” she said. “It’s way different to come to our office than it is to get a ticket that goes on your record.” But computer science freshman Dylan Haschka said the code’s policy of citing underage drinkers is “counterintuitive” to the medical amnesty law. “If you’re going to protect students, why are you able to break that policy with another?” he said. Forstie said MSA has discussed the policy with University officials, but they told MSA no changes to the code are planned. “We’ve had discussions with the University about how the Student Conduct Code fits into this, and in many ways, it’s just not possible for the University to completely say ‘no consequences,’ ” he said.

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Computer science and engineering student Johanna Lucht pilots a plane simulator to test collision avoidance on the app she designed during her internship with NASA this summer.

U student’s flight to NASA Johanna Lucht spent the summer designing a collision-avoidance app. BY ALLISON KRONBERG akronberg@mndaily.com

Johanna Lucht was born deaf and didn’t know a true language until she was 9 years old. But after those early years of fr ustration, the University of Minnesota computer science and engineering senior eventually landed an internship at NASA, developing a collision-avoidance mobile application for pilots at the Dr yden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., this summer. Lucht was born in Germany, where her father worked for the United States government. There, the deaf community had little to no resources, and the Department of Defense Dependent school she attended didn’t have any interpreters, she said. Her mother, Julie Lucht, tried to learn sign language from a book, but the two-dimensional signs were only loose interpretations of American Sign Language. Johanna Lucht was able to communicate minimally at home — but at school, no one could speak with her. “There were times when we did not know what the future held for her at all,” Julie Lucht said, “I think we felt like there was somebody trapped inside there, but we couldn’t get that person out because we didn’t have the language skills.” When Lucht was 9, her school hired an interpreter, Keith Wann, who said he knew he was in for a challenge when he spelled out his name in sign language and Lucht couldn’t sign it back. B e f o r e Wa n n c o u l d teach Lucht American Sign Language, he had to first get her attention by drawing, telling jokes and even juggling. “She was so shy and so quiet,” he said. “I was just tr ying to make her laugh and tr ying to connect to a kid so I could have her trust.” After a few months of learning ASL, Lucht was

able to hold her own in conversation and par ticipate in class, Wann said. Lucht caught up to her grade level in middle school. By high school, she was in honors classes. When she was 12, the Lucht family moved to Anchorage, Alaska., where Lucht discovered the world of computer science and programming. “When I was 16, I knew nothing about computers at all,” Lucht said through an interpreter, “like zero, zilch, nothing.” But around that age, she heard about a summer academy program for the deaf on computer science at the University of Washington. Although the program was open to those 18 and older, it was willing to consider younger candidates and accepted Lucht. The following year, she returned as a teaching assistant. At this program and others — including University retreats — Lucht’s leadership qualities and sense of humor stood out, said Laura Wiesner, Lucht’s advisor at the retreats and Frontier Hall residence director. “Her nature is to take charge,” W iesner said. “She also doesn’t take herself too seriously or the people around her.” Lucht first saw the NASA inter nship, a program for students with disabilities who want to go into the sciences, on Facebook. She wa s inter ested, Lucht said, but life got busy. It wasn’t until multiple emails from her advisor and two more reminders from the College of Science and Engineering that she finally applied. When she saw her acceptance email, Lucht said she was shocked. “My brain just about exploded,” she said through an interpreter. “I was looking at my laptop, and I thought, ‘No, that’s not real.’ So I cleaned my glasses, and I looked again.” Her parents said they

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Computer science and engineering senior Johanna Lucht helped develop a collision-avoidance app for pilots at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., this summer.

were proud and not surprised. “I was blown away,” her father, Allan Lucht, said. Wo r r i e d t h a t N A S A would have unrealistic expectations of her or be too serious a work environment, Johanna Lucht said she was ner vous to begin her internship there. Bu t o n ce Lu cht g o t used to the basics of her research, she said she found she could have fun with her work. Lucht’s mentor at NASA, flight systems engineer Dena Gr uca, loved the color orange — so Lucht nicknamed her using the sign for “orange.” “She asked a lot of good questions and was ver y good at being a self-star ter, taking on any tasks and challenges by herself,” Gruca said. Lucht finished her research on the collisionavoidance application, and another intern has taken

her place to continue it. Lucht said the inter nship raised her confidence, and she hopes to work for NASA full-time someday or in a field where she can use technology to improve people’s lives. “If technology is accessible to everyone, it will impact the world in a big way,” she said. “So I think that is what I want to do.” Two years ago, Lucht invited Wann, her childhood interpreter, to the University to perform his sign language comedy routine for the school’s deaf community. Julie Lucht said without Wann, her daughter’s potential could have been locked up forever. “I got to see her, after not seeing her since third grade, being the brilliant person that she is now,” Wann said. “I’m not surprised where she’s heading; I’m just so glad that she’s going there and being ever ything she’s capable of.”

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dif ference between the har vest’s maximum potential and actual frequency, according to the study. The study found that far mers are increasing their har vest frequency at a rate of 12.1 million hectares, or 10,000 square meters, each year — four times faster than cropland is increasing.

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Ray said the expansion of cultivating crops is inevitable but needs to happen

at a pace the planet can handle. Unlike some other proposed methods for increasing crop production, Ray said this strategy wouldn’t deplete natural resources. But moving too quickly and over using fer tilizers could destroy soil, Ray said. “We are only a finite planet,” he said. “We cannot just har vest ever ywhere. So we need to figure out how much more [farmers] can har vest.” Area corn farmers harvest once per year and are already pushing the limits of har vesting set by Minnesota’s restrictive

climate, said Minnesota Corn Growers Association Spokesman Adam Czech. The only way Minnesota farmers could har vest cor n any faster, he said, would be by creating a new breed of corn. “You hate to say nothing’s a possibility, because we are always looking for ways to get better,” he said. “We just don’t know enough about [the study] yet.” Ray said countries with tropical climates, like Indonesia and Brazil, would benefit most fr om the study’s suggestions. Those countries often face financial restrictions and can’t af ford roads to

transpor t crops, which keeps farmers from growing more often, Ray said. Farmers don’t take full advantage of their resources, he said, and could potentially har vest their land three times as often as they currently do. “A lot of their land is just lying around,” he said. With the possible global food shortage lingering, Ray said farmers need to increase ef ficiency and production. “It’s a no-brainer,” he said. “You already have your land; why don’t you har vest it sustainably and more frequently when it is clearly seen that you can do it?”

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Biking initiative ends, projects continue There are about 10 projects to finish with the remaining funds of a grant to encourage biking. BY ALEXI GUSSO agusso@mndaily.com

The Twin Cities was one of four metro areas in the country to receive a sizable federal grant nearly seven years ago for promoting non-motorized transportation — an initiative that is finishing its final lap. Bike Walk Twin Cities, the resulting $28 million pilot program, will of ficially end in December. But unfinished projects, like pr omoting bicycle safety and opening new bikeways, will continue throughout next year. Bike Walk Twin Cities director Joan Pasiuk said

there are about 10 projects left throughout the metro area, mostly opening new bike boulevards, which are low-speed streets where bicycles have priority over other traf fic. She said some will connect the University of Minnesota campus with other areas in Minneapolis. The program, which began in 2005, has spent nearly all of its grant money, Pasiuk said, but the program’s effects will continue. The Bike Walk Ambassador Program, a subcommittee composed of four Minneapolis r esidents, received a one-year extension Nov. 19 from a City Council committee to continue its community outreach efforts. The ambassador program received about $1.2 million total since BWTC star ted and has about $35,000 left to spend on

Egypt officials defend protest restrictions BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CAIRO — Egyptian government officials on Monday defended a new law that sharply restricts the right to protest as needed to bring security, trying to counter a storm of criticism from allies and opponents alike who say the rules stifle freedom of expression and endanger the countr y’s democratic transition. The law, issued by the interim president a day earlier, bans public gatherings of more than 10 people without prior government approval, imposing hefty fines and prison terms for violators. It also empowered security agencies to use force to break up protests. The protest law has caused cracks in the loose coalition of secular and nonIslamist groups that rallied behind the military-backed government installed following the ouster of elected Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in July. Morsi supporters have been holding constant protests since his fall, often descending into bloody clashes amid a rising wave of violence. But opponents of the new law, including among those who have backed the government, say it will silence all critics — and that it goes against the spirit of the protest movements that ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011 and rose up against Morsi, paving the way for the coup that removed him. The gover nment portrays it as a measure to restore security and stability and help the country’s economy — arguments that have strong resonance with an Egyptian public weary with violence. “There will be no economy without security and a stable political environment now and in the future,” in-

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implemented the TXT4LIFE program in 2011, which allows young people to text a trained counselor and receive support. The program’s main goal is to prevent suicides. In addition to providing a way for students to text for help, Christenson said, Boynton could also use the system to send alerts, advice or other health information to students. About half of students who should use mental health resources aren’t accessing them, Christenson said, and this project could help increase use. “We’re tr ying to look at other ways to kind of bring that access right to the person who needs it,” he said. “It seemed like an intriguing thing to add on to the services that we already offer.” Students are “very comfortable” sharing information through text messages,

terim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said, at a government meeting in which the law was discussed, according to the state news agency. He said some in the opposition aim to create “confusion and sow mistrust between the authorities and the public.” Egypt’s powerful military chief, the man who removed Morsi, weighed in as well, urging political factions and the media to support the transition process and line up behind a push to restore security — though he did not specifically mention the law. Political groups should drop “criteria and considerations that don’t fit the reality Egypt is living and the challenges it faces,” Gen. AbdelFattah el-Sissi said, pointing to security threats, including the increasing militant attacks in the Sinai Peninsula. “The political, economic and social challenges Egypt faces need effort and will and a correct understanding of the requirements of this phase,” el-Sissi said at a meeting of officers, according to MENA. He said a number of measures under way will “correct the democratic path and establish a regime that pleases all Egyptians.” It was an apparent reference to the new protest law and a drive to finish amending the constitution. In the latest violence, attackers on a motorcycle threw a grenade at a police checkpoint near a historic royal palace in Cairo, wounding at least one guard, according to MENA. Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim, in charge of police, insisted the protest law doesn’t undermine the right to peaceful expression, as he met with top security of ficers on how to implement it, star ting Monday.

said Boynton’s Director and Chief Health Officer Ferd Schlapper, which makes texting a good medium for mental health intervention. He said the team got the idea for the program from a TED Talk about how texting can save lives. “This is the way to really connect with young people,” he said.

Meeting demand The texting initiative is part of a wider effort to meet the large and growing student demand for mental health resources on campus. Christenson said the demand increases by about 5 percent every year. The uptick has created waitlists to see Boynton’s mental health counselors. To combat wait times, Boynton has worked to offer new ways to address students’ mental health concerns before they need to sign up for a counseling session. Last spring, it offered the first Cirque De-Stress, an en-

bike safety campaigns and the production of city bike maps, said Jon Wertjes, director of traf fic and parking ser vices for the city. David Peterson, staf f of the city’s bicycle and pedestrian section, said in an email that the contract will allow the committee to spend leftover money from 2013 but doesn’t grant additional funds. The extension is pending the approval of the full City Council. Since 2007, BWTC has allocated funding for more than 75 miles of new bikeways and sidewalks in the Twin Cities area. “We knew that it wasn’t just about putting facilities on streets. … It’s about helping communities really embrace these investments as social assets,” Pasiuk said. Bicycling increased by about 50 percent and walking increased by about 23

percent between 2007 and 2012, according to a Bike Walk T win Cities repor t released last spring. Pasiuk said Bike Walk Twin Cities boosted community and local government acceptance of alternative transportation. “More elected of ficials know they have to pay attention to this as par t of getting into of fice and as par t of completing their ser vice to the community,” she said. “They have to pay attention to this.”

U: ‘Where the bikes are’

The BWTC pr ogram has had a “tremendous impact” on the University’s bike culture, said Steve Sanders, head of the University’s bike program. Cycling projects around the University might not have been completed without the federal funds, he said.

The University Bike Center, the Dinkytown Gr eenway, the University’s Zap! program and others were finished with help from Bike Walk Twin Cities, he said. “One of the beauties of this program was the time that it takes to build the projects was lessened quite a bit,” he said. Bike Walk Twin Cities has increased accessibility and pr ovided mor e resources for student cyclists, he said. The Dinkytown Greenway connects University transit ways to downtown Minneapolis bike paths, and the University’s Zap! program incentivizes cycling on campus. “[Bike Walk Twin Cities] really did a lot to improve both on-campus facilities and facilities that directly impact the University,” Sanders said.

Pasiuk said Nice Ride Minnesota and the more than $500,000 grant to build the Bike Center on East Bank were two of the most popular Bike Walk Twin Cities projects at the University. “The University is really reaping a lot of this comprehensive investment as well,” she said. The bike center is located in the Oak Street Parking Ramp and of fers bicyclists repair ser vices and secure parking. Sanders said the University received the federal funding because it has one of the highest concentrations of cyclists in the state. “This is kind of the ep i cen ter o f b i k i n g i n the Twin Cities,” he said. “Things that you can do here can have an immediate positive impact.” Jessica Lee contributed to this report.

US, Karzai at odds over future of security BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s president and the U.S. delivered blunt messages to each other Monday that gave no indication of a resolution of their disagreements over a pact that governs the future of the American troop presence in the country. Hamid Karzai said he won’t back down from his refusal to sign during the rest of his term in of fice, with National Security Adviser Susan Rice responding that this would mean the U.S. would then start planning to pull out all its forces after 2014. Their meeting in Kabul came the day after Karzai’s surprise decision to ignore Sunday’s recommendation by an Afghan assembly of dignitaries to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement, a refusal that cast doubt on

whether American and allied troops would remain in Afghanistan to train Afghan forces after most foreign troops withdraw next year. According to Karzai’s office, he told Rice during Monday’s meeting that he wouldn’t back down from that decision, deferring it to whoever succeeds him as president in April elections. The White House said Rice responded by telling Karzai that the United States will plan to pull all troops out of his country after 2014 if he doesn’t promptly sign. It added that Rice told Karzai that a signed agreement is necessar y to plan for thousands of troops to stay in the countr y to train and mentor Afghan security forces to face the Taliban. “President Karzai outlined new conditions for signing the agreement and indicated he is not prepared

to sign the BSA promptly,” the White House said. “Without a prompt signature, the U.S. would have no choice but to initiate planning for a post-2014 future in which there would be no U.S. or NATO troop presence in Afghanistan,” she told the Afghan president. Karzai announced his decision at a gathering of 2,500 tribal elders and regional leaders known as a Loya Jirga, even though the council not only overwhelmingly approved the deal after a fourday meeting but urged him to sign it by Dec. 31. Washington has asked him to change his mind. But the mercurial Karzai, in the meeting with Rice, says he laid out a series of new demands — albeit ones mostly involving steps the U.S. has already said it would take. One new demand was that the United States should address a suggestion

by the Loya Jirga that all Afghan prisoners be released from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. According to the statement, Karzai “said the United States of America should respond to the suggestion mentioned in the resolution of the Loya Jirga to free all the afghan prisoners in Guantanamo.” There are nearly 20 Afghans currently being held at the American facility in Cuba. Karzai’s office said that in the meeting with Rice, he also asked for fur ther assurances from the United States that its forces will not raid Afghan homes and that America express a sincere commitment to help start stalled peace talks with the Taliban. He also reiterated his demand that the United States commit to holding free and transparent elections on April 5.

EU challenges Russian control over eastern Europe BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LANAKEN, Belgium — Little over two decades ago, Moscow ruled Lithuania with an iron fist. Now, the Baltic nation holds the presidency of the European Union. It symbolizes a breathtaking change in Europe’s political landscape, in which nations once thought to be eternally in the Soviet thrall have become free, vibrant EU nations. This week, Lithuania hosts a summit hoping to seal an economic cooperation pact that would weaken Russia’s grip over eastern Europe even more. But Moscow isn’t giving up authority over its former backyard without a fight. And the contrasting dramas playing out within Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia — the three nations involved in the association deal with the EU — indicate just how hard the Kremlin plays this power game. Moscow has been issuing

tertainment event where students can learn about stress management. Since then, Boynton has opened a new mental health clinic on the St. Paul campus, hired more mental health staff and introduced a weekly event where students can take a break from their worries to pet animals. The event, called Pet Away Worry and Stress attracted hundreds of students during its first two weeks, Christenson said. The efforts — including texting-based intervention — all serve to alleviate some of the pressure placed on Boynton’s mental health services, he said. “There’s so many different ways that we need to address this,” Christenson said. “I do think [the texting program] is going to make a difference, along with some of the other things that we’re trying to do to increase mental health resources on campus.” Some students agree that a texting-based intervention would be a step in the right

threats of economic punishment to keep the three nations within its sphere of influence. The results are mixed: Moldova and Georgia plan to go ahead with the agreement, while Ukraine stunned many of its own people last week by pulling out. The stakes are high, with the economic and political future of some 55 million people — 46 million in Ukraine alone — hanging in the balance. For the countries at the tipping point, the plans to embrace the West in a pact that could eventually open the way to EU membership is producing political foment rarely seen since they became independent from the Soviet Union in 1991. While the opportunities are great, Russia wastes no chance to speak of the dangers of crossing Moscow. “Each countr y can of course develop those relations — but without forgetting the implications,” Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister

Dmitr y Rogozin warned ominously. Ukraine showed a keen awareness of such implications this past Thursday, when it abruptly backed out of the partnership deal in a move widely seen as submission to Moscow’s will. That unleashed a demonstration of some 50,000 in the center of Kiev on Sunday demanding that Ukraine’s government go forward with plans to seal the agreement. But on Monday, it looked like Moscow had won the fight — with Ukraine appearing to stick by its decision to pull out. In Moldova, some 15,000 rallied against closer EU ties over the weekend with some waving Communist-era flags. But — while a substantial force — the pro-Russia camp appears to be a minority: Three weeks ago, some 100,000 people demonstrated in favor of EU relations. For months now, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has spoken of “brutal Russian

direction. Economics senior William Kaye said that because students text “on a daily basis,” he thinks they’d be open to a texting program. Retail merchandising senior Brittany Herbst said she personally wouldn’t want to use texting to talk about her problems. Because texts can be saved, a conversation with a staff member wouldn’t necessarily be confidential, she said. Although she has personal misgivings, Herbst said she thinks some students might prefer a texting intervention line if they would feel uncomfortable discussing their issues over the phone. Texting could be more appealing to students, she said, “since everybody’s on their phone anyway.”

viding funding to improve health care. Although Boynton submitted an application for funding earlier this year that the institute denied, it will apply again by midJanuary, said Dave Golden, Boynton’s director of public health and communications. Boynton received feedback on the rejected application, Schlapper said, which will help make the next one stronger. PCORI will notify Boynton of its final decision regarding its grant application early this summer, Golden said. The maximum amount Boynton can request is $1.5 million, he said, and it will request nearly that much. The money would help the team analyze how effective the program is. Even if they don’t receive the grant, Schlapper said, researchers at Boynton are still interested in considering the textingbased intervention. “If we get it, we’ll go for-

Getting the grant Boynton is seeking a grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, a group the U.S. Congress charged with pro-

pressure ... of the sort that we have not seen in Europe for a very long time.” “This is economic warfare,” Bildt said, adding the Russians “have been threatening Moldova with both cut offs in gas supplies as well as cut-offs in wine exports.” As a result, Philippe Van Houtvin was swirling the stuff of geopolitics in his wine glass when, at this autumn’s Lanaken Winefair, he sought to entice buyers with a 2004 Amaro de la valea Perjei, a heady red Moldovan vintage. It used to be that Moldovan wines were the toast of czars and members of the Soviet elite alike. But, like its vintners, the landlocked nation of 3.6 million people is now looking west. “Moldova is willing to go more toward Europe. Their export of wines in general has increased and it is increasing every day,” said Van Houtvin, marketing director of the Moldovino wine dealership in Belgium.

MENTAL HEALTH BY THE NUMBERS

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OF STUDENTS WHO NEED MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AREN’T ACCESSING THEM

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THE ANNUAL INCREASE IN MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE DEMAND AT BOYNTON HEALTH SERVICE

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ward. If we don’t get it, we’ll rethink our strategy,” Christenson said. “We do want to explore this as an option for students.”

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Leave laws out of health rights The Texas abortion restrictions may harm thousands of women.

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he U.S. Supreme Court refused to block Texas’ anti-abortion provision last Tuesday in a 5-4 vote. The provision requires abortion clinic doctors to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. The Supr eme Cour t’s previous abortion rulings allowed restrictions on abortions so long as they don’t create an “undue burden” on women obtaining one. In the case of Texas’ restrictions, Justice Priscilla Owen wrote in the appellate ruling that Texas restrictions wouldn’t outlaw the procedure entirely, but they would drive women to go a greater distance to get an abortion. Since Texas implemented the law, opponents like Planned Parenthood have said more than one-third of abor tion facilities can’t provide the procedure and are already turning women away. Texas-based abortion doctor Lester Minto told Slate

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last week that women seeking an abor tion have few options after being turned away. One of those options is to go to Mexico, where it’s legal to purchase misoprostol, an ulcer drug that induces abortion. The drug, which costs about 10 cents per pill in the U.S., can cost about $80 per pill in Mexico. But doctors can’t legally inter vene and provide medical attention until after women have tried to unsuccessfully terminate their pregnancy, Minto said. Minto said at this stage, the medical inter vention involved ends up having the same effect as an abortion. “It’s just a change of words,” Minto said about the

difference between abortion and legal medical inter vention. Dissenting liberal Justice Stephen Breyer said even if the case comes back to the Court on appeal, the law permanently affects women who can’t get an abortion now. While reading the decision, I found myself thinking about the estimated 20,000 Texan women who face rejection for abor tions because five conser vative male justices made a decision in Washington, D.C. Texas Gov. Rick Per r y praised the Court’s decision, calling it “good news both for the unborn and for the women of Texas, who are now better protected from shoddy abortion providers operating in dangerous conditions.” As a woman who lives in a state where my reproductive rights aren’t up for debate, it worries me that abor tion is still an uphill battle. The Supreme Cour t decided Roe v. Wade more than 40 years ago, and yet politicians in Texas are still tr ying to limit women’s freedom to choose their own

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

reproductive options. Minto said he can’t get admitting privileges at a local hospital because it’s religiously af filiated and won’t have him. If the law allows women to get help from doctors once they’ve unsuccessfully attempted their own abortion, then it would seem the law’s intention isn’t to protect women from abortions in the first place. Rather, it seems the law’s goal is to scare women into thinking abortion isn’t an option. U.S. health professionals repor ted inducing 784,507 legal abor tions in 2009, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Those were 784,507 cases of women making choices about their bodies and futures. T h e c o n s e r v a t i v e S upreme Cour t justices shouldn’t allow their power to take that choice away from Texan women. Sam Jasenosky welcomes comments at sjasenosky@mndaily.com.

BLACK FRIDAY

Blue Laws protect Thanksgiving Minnesota should consider a law limiting pre-Black Friday shopping.

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Collin Randolph welcomes comments at crandolph@mndaily.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Toward a more collaborative student government

The Council of Graduate Students met last Monday and accomplished something recently uncommon in graduate student government. COGS met, discussed a wide range of important issues af fecting graduate education, debated and disagreed, but it came to a consensus amicably and democratically. The assembly voiced open criticism of its leaders and pushed to change their position on a crucial issue. COGS members did not agree on ever ything, but we engaged in an open and thoughtful process. It’s in this spirit that the COGS assembly moved for COGS to seek a separate fee request from the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly beginning next year by a 34-1 margin. I would like to clarify some of the reasons for doing so. Under the current structure, COGS receives funding from GAPSA, the same organization over which it exercises fiscal stewardship. As a result, the interactions between GAPSA, COGS and other councils have frequently caused tension between the councils’ desire for a more consultative budget process and GAPSA’s desire for greater autonomy from this consultation. COGS, for example, raised questions about the affordability of higher officer stipends and leadership benefits, whether students are receiving the maximum benefit from the GAPSA

programming and maintaining consistent funding levels for GAPSA councils. These concerns have been met with resistance from many GAPSA executives in the past. Taking the money out of the equation — an option that other councils have explored in the past — would help COGS and other student governance organizations set their own budget priorities and better collaborate on the important advocacy work that affects all post-baccalaureate students. I believe it would allow graduate students to participate more directly in deciding where their fee dollars go. I believe we could cooperate with GAPSA to make the transition in a way that would allow students to remain eligible for ser vices from both organizations. GAPSA’s president and vice president of finance drafted a resolution amending its constitution and immediately defunding much of COGS’ programming and travel grants for spring 2014. This measure failed, so it will happen in July 2014 instead. In the coming months, we look forward to working closely with GAPSA President Brittany Edwards to turn a new leaf, engage in collaborative advocacy work and transition to a better student governance format that students have chosen. COGS looks for ward to working with the University community to receive feedback on our budget request over the next two months.

To get involved with our budget or our other initiatives, contact cogs@umn. edu. With Edwards’ cooperation, I believe that we can make this change with minimal inter ference in our organizations’ services to students and no change in the fees that students pay. Andrew McNally COGS president

That’s not my name The University of Minnesota should recognize the benefits of allowing the option of having a student’s chosen name to replace their legal name on class rosters. Whether a student is international, trans-identified, divorced, recently married or simply prefers an alternative name, the University must be held accountable in prioritizing a preferred name option on class rosters on all University campuses. Minnesota Public Interest Research Group’s Equality Task Force is working on a preferred name campaign. This would require the University’s Office of the Registrar to modify its software system to include a preferred name option within grade rosters, class lists and myU features. No student should face public humiliation in the classroom of a university that’s dedicated to providing a safe and inclusive learning environment. Jacob Cox MPIRG Equality Task Force

a n y retailers are making headlines for opening earlier on Thanksgiving night for Black Friday. Minnesotabased retailers RONALD DIXON Best Buy and columnist Target are forcing employees to open stores earlier than they have in previous years for Black Friday — at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving day, respectively, and they’re not the only ones. Big corporations have a huge profit motive for these shifts. The number of people planning to shop on Thanksgiving Day nearly doubled between 2008 and 2011, according to the National Retail Federation. In 2011, nearly 29 million people said they would shop for the holidays on Thanksgiving. From an economic perspective we can see these retailers’ rationale, but we must consider the toll that corporatism has upon the millions of employees that work the holiday. The average Target cashier wage listed on Glassdoor.com is about $8.11 per hour, or $16,224 per year. The average salary listed for of Best Buy sales associate is about $9.78 per hour, or $19,672 per year. At both companies workers are working full-time while still living around or below the poverty line, which is $23,550 for a family of four. Therefore, these employees must work overtime to survive. There are only a few days each year companies should explicitly respect, and Thanksgiving is one of them. After working strenuous hours for little pay and/or a lack of benefits, workers should have a few days to relax. Unfortunately, low-income workers looking for increased holiday or overtime pay and profitable retailers fuel the corporatization of Thanksgiving. A practical solution would be an alternative to Massachusetts’s Blue Laws, which prohibit retailers from opening on Thanksgiving Day. Minnesota could adopt a similar law that doesn’t ban retailers from opening on Thanksgiving, but rather, requires double pay for employees working on the holiday, and makes it optional to work on Thanksgiving. This would serve as a win-win for those that want to extra money and do not obser ve Thanksgiving, as well as those who wish to spend the holiday with loved ones. Ronald Dixon welcomes comments at rdixon@mndaily.com.

Who profits from financial aid? The Department of Education receives billions in profit from federal loans each year.

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iddle- and lower-class families are often able to afford a college education by taking advantage of federal student loans and Pell Grants. These federal aid programs are managed by the U.S. Department of Education, which gives out billions in subsidies each year. However, it’s likely once a borrower graduates from college, they’ll not only be paying back federal loans but also subsiding the education department itself. According to a Nov. 18 Huffington Post article, the Department of Education took in more than $42.5 billion in profits from federal student loans during the most recent fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30. This total is one-third higher than the amount it received in 2012. Profits from student loans prove not only to be helpful to the education department but to be a necessary part of its budget — nearly half, according to the Huffington Post. In fact, the U.S. student loan program’s profits averaged through 2023 could potentially place it among the 20 most profitable public companies in the world, according to a July Huffington Post article. These statistics should be particularly infuriating to college students, considering how talks of deficit reduction held up negotiations over interest rates on federal loans this summer. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who has evaded questions about student loan profits in the past, must provide straightforward answers. While the Obama administration has provided leadership in the effort to reduce tuition costs, it should not allow college graduates, burdened with excessive amounts of student debt, to keep the education department well-funded. The administration should work to make federal loans more affordable and reduce the profit it takes in from them each year.

Students should work with the U on security Students must work with, not against, the University to reduce crime around campus.

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ast week, University of Minnesota students wrote a petition addressed to President Eric Kaler and both the University of Minnesota and Minneapolis police departments, requesting a greater police presence on campus in light of recent crimes occurring near campus. We support the intentions of this petition in its effort to get students involved in safety issues on campus, as well as its call on the administration to actively work to reduce crime in the area. Kaler sent an email to students Nov. 12 stating his request to University police Chief Greg Hestness and Vice President for University Services Pam Wheelock to “expand coordinated patrol efforts around campus” as well as to enhance the Gopher Chauffeur escort program. Emails from Hestness and Kaler updating students on the status of security meetings present a good-faith effort by the administration and police to keep students as informed as possible. While we agree with the intentions of the petition’s authors, we are saddened by some of the language in the petition, which suggests that students should purposely discourage area high school students from attending the University. The petition states, “As graduates of Minnesota public school systems that send dozens of high school graduates to the University of Minnesota each year, we will go out of our way to reach out to our communities and urge students not to apply here.” This attempt to intimidate potential University students is not beneficial to the security and well-being of our campus and might create more challenges for administrators. Instead of threatening the University with bad publicity, students should look out for each other and focus on what proactive measures they can take themselves to improve campus security in addition to working with administration and police.

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METAL LEGEND

Pouring one out for Potratz Potratz u from Page 1

to study sculpture at Macalester College and was a sculpture-foundr y teaching assistant as a graduate student at the University of California-Berkeley. “I just kind of fell into it in a way,” he said. “It’s something I liked a lot and just kept pursuing.” Potratz was born in St. Paul, Minn., and spent the majority of his career in Minnesota, but his passion for the craft took him around the globe to study with metal casting masters from many cultures. “He’s a walking, talking foundr y man’s dictionar y,” Chris Gr oth, Potratz’s teaching assistant, said. “He’s a wonderful teacher and a great artist.” Students consider him an inexhaustible source of knowledge, and the University has yet to find a replacement for his position for when he of ficially retires in the spring. “It’s going to be horrible when he leaves. It’s going to be a big loss to the University,” Jeff Lohaus, a Bachelor of Fine Ar ts student, said. “How they’re going to fill those shoes, I have no idea. It’s going to be really tough.” Potratz said because of University budget constraints, he isn’t sure if his position will be filled. He said the art department is also tr ying to fund a printmaking position, and it’s hard to get two positions filled in one year. “There’s a whole cadre of people who would be ver y eager to have my job,” he said. “Whether that’s going to happen or not is another matter.”

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY University foundry professor Wayne Potratz and his students prepare for the 27th annual Minnesota Turkey Iron Pour on Nov. 26.

In the meantime, assistant professor Chris Larson will teach a class associated with the foundr y next spring, and Potratz plans to assist with one of the metal pours. But Larson is not the full-time foundr y professor and will be teaching other additional classes. Groth said Potratz was a big draw for him when he was deciding whether to come to the University for a Master of Fine Arts degree. Groth first heard about

Potratz from one of his undergraduate professors about four years ago, but he said he tr uly realized the magnitude of Potratz’s reputation in the casting community this spring at the National Conference on Cast Iron Ar t in Birmingham, Ala. “He’s not the first, but ever yone kind of pointed to Wayne as one of the big people in the countr y who got the cast iron art movement rolling,” Groth said.

“At that moment I just kind of stepped back and was like, ‘Wow.’” Potratz said he operates his classes like an oldfashioned workshop. He’s the advanced practitioner who conducts research, oversees the shop and refers to the advanced students as journeymen. “Students actually see me working, solving my own aesthetic and technical problems,” he said. “So I demonstrate through

my work ethic, through what problems I come up against and my failures.” Groth said Potratz is always in the shop, ensuring that his work and the work of others is completed. “The man’s a workhorse,” he said. “He’s got a lot of passion for what he does.” Lohaus, who identifies as a “perpetual student,” said he has been coming back to the program for the last eight years specifically to

work under “one of the great masters at the University.” He said he admires Potratz’s skill and knowledge and values the team mentality he instills in his students year after year. “Nobody comes in here and gets away with pouring a little metal,” he said. “He emphasizes the teamwork that it takes to work in a place like this. If people learn anything in this class, it’s how to work together.”

FASHION

The fashionista is in: Mixing the taboo We’re doing it wrong. BY MELANIE RICHTMAN mrichtman@mndaily.com

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t some point in fashion’s histor y, r ules developed that dictate what we can and cannot wear. Don’t wear white after Labor Day! Horizontal stripes make you look fat! Shoes and belts must match! Let’s face it: Rules — especially fashion rules — are meant to be broken. There is no reason white shouldn’t be wor n after Labor Day — a basic white T-shir t is timeless. Horizontal stripes aren’t the problem; wide stripes are. And the only time your belt needs to match your shoes is if you are inter viewing at a company where creativity is the enemy. Other wise, feel free to break the rules. One of my favorite breakable rules is mixing taboo colors. Since preschool, we’ve been taught that pink and red shouldn’t be paired together and that gold and silver clash. But that’s no longer the case. I give you full permission to mix whichever colors you want, so long as you follow my advice.

The basics It’s easiest to wear forbidden color combinations when they’re already together on an item. (Side note: Just because maroon and gold are mixed on your Minnesota sweatshir t does not mean it looks good.) Search for pieces, such as a striped or plaid shir t,

that incorporate the two colors effortlessly. In most cases, it’s safe to assume that the designer knows what he’s doing when it comes to mixing colors, even if you don’t. The second-easiest way to integrate two clashing colors into your outfit is to pick a dominant color and an accent color. Use one as your base, and throw in small doses of the other. For example, you can wear black and navy by pairing a dark blue sweater with black pants, black boots and a leather jacket. Because the colors aren’t competing for attention, it works.

Red and pink Until fairly recently, red and pink were never mixed except on Valentine’s Day. Because they’re such similar shades, it only seems natural that they be paired together. In fact, color blocking — wearing several solid colors in one outfit — with red and pink is ver y trendy right now. There are two secrets to wearing red and pink simultaneously. The first is to keep the proportions comparable. If you wear a red outfit with a touch of pink — such as a red dress with a pink cardigan — it’s going to look weird. Try wearing a pink top with a red skirt. The two items will balance each other out so you look chic and not crazy. The second tip is to make sure the colors are of the same brightness. You can’t mix pastel and neon, at least not with pink and red. Bright versions of these two colors are going to look best together. I suggest wearing hot

pink with a vivid red for the perfect color-blocking combination. Also, when wearing pink and red, it’s best not to throw in any more colors; other wise, your look will be overwhelming.

Navy and black Navy and black is quite possibly my favorite color combination. The most important thing to keep in mind when mixing the two is that the navy shouldn’t be super dark. If the navy is too dark, it won’t look good with the black, because people will be too distracted tr ying to figure out what color you’re wearing. Be sure you can tell the difference between your black and navy pieces before you leave the house. That being said, I would advise making black the dominant color in your outfit. T r y wearing all black — such as black jeggings, tall black boots and a black T-shir t — with a navy blue peacoat or even a navy leather jacket. Because these are relatively neutral colors, you can mix in other colors without your having your look fall apar t. Gray and red will integrate seamlessly into this color combo. Throw on a red scar f or add a gray beanie to break up your (almost) monochrome look.

Brown and black Brown and black are easily two of the most difficult colors to wear together. Many people tr y, and most fail. Brown and black can work, but like the black and navy combination,

BRIDGET BENNETT, DAILY Left: The black and brown make sense together when paired with leopard print flats. Right: Navy and black are no longer taboo when the proportions are correct.

you need to make sure the brown isn’t too dark. Your chocolate br own boots don’t work with your black leggings, but an orangeybrown pair will. Dark tan is another acceptable solution. One of the best ways

to unite brown and black is to wear leopard print. Just keep it minimal — we don’t need anyone looking like they belong on “Jersey Shore” — with a leopard print cardigan over a black sheath or a pair of leopard ballet flats with

black pants and a brown sweater. Brown and black can easily be wor n with red, nude and pink. Feel free to throw on a red belt or a pink statement necklace to make your neutral ensemble more fun.

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Gophers fall to Syracuse in Maui

Malik Smith shot 4 of 7 from beyond the arc and finished with 16 points. BY JACE FREDERICK jfrederick@mndaily.com

The Gophers went toe-totoe with No. 8 Syracuse (5-0) on Tuesday night in the first round of the Maui Invitational, but they eventually fell short. Minnesota (5-1) lost 7567 to the Orange — its first loss of the season and of the Richard Pitino era. The Gophers overcame a 14-point second-half deficit and got as close as 67-65 with 2:13 to play. But turnovers on back-toback possessions proved to be the difference. “It just came [down] to a few plays. We knew we had that game,” junior guard Andre Hollins said. “We played every possession hard, satisfied with the effort. Just got to tighten up the little things.” Junior center Elliott Eliason anchored the Gophers down low with six points, five blocks and nine rebounds. He altered numerous shots whenever Syracuse penetrated the Gophers’ defense. “He’s a big dif ferencemaker,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said. “He’s a really good player, good passer, very good defensive player.” The Gophers trailed by just three points at the break in part due to Eliason and a scorching first-half shooting performance. Minnesota hit on six of 11 three-point attempts through 20 minutes to help make up for 12 first-half turnovers. “They can shoot the basketball as well as anybody in terms of their whole team,” Boeheim said. Syracuse opened up the second half on a 13-2 run, capped by a C.J. Fair jumper, to expand the Orange’s

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Minnesota center Elliott Eliason reaches for the ball Feb. 26 at Williams Arena.

lead to 52-38 with 15:54 to play.

“I’m very, very proud of our team. When you’re building a program ... you want to show you’re going to compete on every single possession. Our guys did that tonight.” RICHARD PITINO head coach

Fair — the preseason pick for Atlantic Coastal Conference Player of the Year — finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds.

But Minnesota immediately responded with a 14-4 run of its own, including a couple of Malik Smith triples from well beyond the arc that brought the score to 56-52. Smith finished with a season-high 16 points on the strength of four threes. His ability to extend the floor provided a solution to Syracuse’s stingy 2-3 zone defense when the Gophers were in desperate need of answers. “We knew Smith shot it every time he got it from wherever he was,” Boeheim said. “The last two, he was a good 10 feet behind the line, and after that, we just moved up fur ther. ... But he has some kind of deep range.” The Gophers’ guards were relegated to the outside shot all game as they

struggled to finish at the rim amid the Syracuse big men. “The Syracuse bigs are really big,” Smith said. “It’s hard to simulate their length in practice.” Minnesota’s encouraging performance came on a night when its top talent str uggled. Senior guard Austin Hollins shot 3-for-8 from the field, and leading scorer Andre Hollins went just 1-for-9 after hitting his first four shots of the game. He finished with 14 points. “Certainly a hard-fought loss, but I’m very, very proud of our team,” Pitino said. “When you’re building a program ... you want to show you’re going to compete on every single possession. Our guys did that tonight.” The Gophers now move to the consolation bracket

EMILY DUNKER, DAILY FILE PHOTO SYRACUSE 75, MINNESOTA 67 Minnesota Syracuse

36 31 — 67 39 36 — 75

MINNESOTA Player Osenieks Eliason Hollins, An. Mathieu Hollins, Au. King Smith Total

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and will take on Arkansas at 1 p.m. on Tuesday.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Minnesota prepares for busy Thanksgiving WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PREVIEW

VS MINNESOTA

LOYOLA

7 p.m. Tuesday at Williams Arena

MINNESOTA: The Gophers committed 22 turnovers in their only loss of the season at Creighton. Since then, they have looked much more composed going up against competitive opponents. Gophers head coach Pam Borton called their 70-59 victory over Kansas, which featured a triple-double by Amanda Zahui B., a “statement win.” Zahui B. has continued to dominate early in the season. She recorded 16 points and 13 rebounds in Sunday’s 62-55 win against Navy. Rachel Banham has torched defenses from three-point range with Zahui B. attracting a lot of attention down low. The junior guard is shooting nearly 59 percent from long range and leads the team in scoring with 18.6 points per game. LOYOLA: Minnesota has one of the best players in the country in Banham, but Loyola’s Taylor Johnson can score as well. The sophomore point guard racked up 31 points in Loyola’s last game, a win over Western Illinois. Johnson is averaging 18.4 points per game through five contests, but Loyola’s leading rebounder is 5-foot-11 forward Troy Hambric. If that’s the biggest challenge 6-foot-5-inch Zahui B. faces down low, the redshirt freshman from Sweden could be well on her way to another triple-double. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

The Gophers will play four games in the next six days starting Tuesday. BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com

As tests and homework pile up for many preoccupied college students before the Thanksgiving break, the Gophers women’s basketball team is just as busy with basketball. Minnesota beat Navy 62-55 on Sunday afternoon and had just one day off to prepare for its next contest against Loyola on Tuesday

night. “I think it’s keeping our players fresh and rested,” head coach Pam Bor ton said. “We’ve got players that are playing a lot of minutes and using a lot of energy out here.” In the win against Navy, Micaëlla Riché, Amanda Zahui B., Rachel Banham, Shayne Mullaney, Sari Noga and Kayla Hir t played 197 of the team’s 200 minutes. Joanna Hedstrom was on the court for the other three minutes. That’s a vast majority of game time played by just six players. Mullaney said she’s used to playing most of the

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Minnesota guard Rachel Banham dribbles the ball during the game against Navy on Sunday at Williams Arena.

game, but other players are still adjusting to the increased workload. Minnesota has just 10 players on its roster, and many of them played maximum minutes with minimal rest early this year. Bor ton alluded to the fact that the Gophers would have a light practice before the game against Loyola. “We’re going to watch a lot of film and do a ver y small walkthrough,” Borton said. “We want our players to feel somewhat fresh on

Tuesday.” And that’s just the beginning of the week for Minnesota. Minnesota will play Loyola and then fly to Hawaii for the Waikiki Beach Marriot Rainbow Wahine Showdown. The Gophers will play a trio of games in the Aloha State, starting with a Friday matchup against Chattanooga. Minnesota then goes to battle with Colorado State, a team that will come in with

fresh legs after having last played Nov. 23. The Gophers finish up the tour nament against host Hawaii on Dec. 1. The Gophers are 4-1 thus far and have solid wins over Kansas and Navy on their resume. Still, the next four games give Minnesota a chance to bolster its credentials even more. “We have a big week here,” Bor ton said. “We need to put a string of wins together.”

t’s early in the season, but in Minnesota’s first real test of the season against No. 8 Syracuse, it became pretty obvious that it ain’t easy without the Big Easy on the floor. Gophers junior center Elliott Eliason is the X-factor on this year’s squad, and his play will have a tremendous bearing on how Minnesota finishes in the Big Ten. In the offseason, Eliason morphed from a finesse big man into a son of a gun down low. That transformation was as crucial as any development that took place in the offseason. The Gophers put up a hell of a fight against the Orange, but they’re not the same team offensively or defensively without Eliason on the floor. He’s a disr uptive force defensively — the rim protector that every team needs. And his passing from the high post is something opposing defenses will focus on moving forward. Eliason was forced to ride the pine during a crucial stretch in the second half after he got into foul trouble. That allowed Syracuse to build a lead it never relinquished. Syracuse star forward C.J. Fair immediately started looking for his shot with Eliason sitting and scored six straight points. Eliason is one of just two true post players on the Gophers this season, and if this team is going to compete in the Big Ten, he’s going play a key role in its success. “He’s aggravating to play against,” former college basketball coach and ESPN color commentator Jimmy Dykes said during the broadcast of the Gophers-Syracuse game. And for basketball purists, he’s entertaining to watch. Eliason did all the little things Monday, finishing with six points, nine rebounds, two assists and five blocks. Gophers junior center Mo Walker completed his six-game suspension by sitting out against Syracuse, and he’ll add some much-needed beef to the Gophers’ frontcourt. Pitino will have the rest of the nonconference schedule to tinker with his lineups and figure out how to effectively use Minnesota’s twin towers in time for the Big Ten schedule. Aside from Eliason, another guy for Gophers fans to keep an eye on this year is Malik Smith. The Florida International transfer hit a pair of absolute bombs from three-point range to help Minnesota close the gap. Pitino has praised the slumping senior guard and said he’s capable of catching fire from beyond the arc — something he did Monday. Smith finished the game with 16 points on 5-for-8 shooting. He played the crunch-time minutes and looked like the legitimate scorer off the bench Minnesota has lacked for years. Smith’s production is a luxury. Eliason’s is a necessity. Ya feel me? Sam Gordon welcomes comments at sgordon@mndaily.com or on Twitter.

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FOOTBALL

Gophers still alive for Capital One Bowl Bowl u from Page 1

Minnesota’s chances While not yet mathematically eliminated, Minnesota will likely be out of contention for the Capital One Bowl unless Ohio State, Wisconsin and Michigan State all make BCS Bowl games. The Capital One Bowl is designated for the top Big Ten team that doesn’t go to a BCS Bowl game. The Gophers won’t get there solely on their record to date, but they’ll be considered if they beat Michigan State this weekend. If the Gophers (8-3) win, they would be only one loss behind the Spar tans (10-1) and could be picked for the Capital One Bowl over Michigan State, Wisconsin and Nebraska. Will said the selection process favors programs with two losses or fewer but said even with three losses, Minnesota is not out of the equation. “We can’t take an 8-4 team,” Will said, “but we

can take a 9-3 team.” The Gophers can improve to 9-3 with a win next weekend, making the final game of the season a meaningful one for the first time in a long time. “There is not a lot of teams … this late in the season who are still playing for something,” Vereen said. “We’re not folding, and now it’s, ‘How good of a bowl game do we want to go to?’ ”

The selection process

Aside from a team’s overall record, Will said, selection committees also look at the way in which a program’s fan base travels. “You’d be lying if you didn’t say it’s a factor,” he said. Gophers fans don’t have a reputation as a rabid fan base, but the football culture seems to be on the uptick this year. TCF Bank Stadium recently had its largest crowd in stadium histor y when 53,090 fans were announced for the game with Wisconsin. Minnesota fans also seem to be having a great-

er presence on the road this season. “We’ve had good numbers [on the road],” head coach Jerr y Kill said. “It comes down to … who travels the most, money — we all know that.” A program’s bowl histor y is also a determining factor in the selection process. Will said that because Minnesota has never been to the Capital One Bowl, it makes the team a more attractive pick. Nebraska has gone to the Capital One Bowl the past two seasons. Michigan State played in the Capital One Bowl in 2009 and 2011. And Wisconsin was there in 2006 and 2007. “I talked to a lot of the [Minnesota] fans prior to the game,” Will said. “They were all telling me, ‘We’d love to go to a Jan. 1 bowl.’ … We take that into consideration.”

A few other options If the Gophers don’t make it to the Capital One Bowl, there are still several other Januar y games out there.

GOPHERS’ POSSIBLE BOWL DESTINATIONS

Detroit, Mich. Little Caesars Bowl, Dec. 26

Tempe, Ariz. Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, Dec. 28

Dallas, Texas Heart of Dallas Bowl, Jan. 1 Houston, Texas Texas Bowl, Dec. 27

Orlando, Fla. Capital One Bowl, Jan. 1

Jacksonville, Fla. Gator Bowl, Jan. 1

Tampa Bay, Fla. Outback Bowl, Jan. 1

SOURCE: ESPN.GO.COM

The Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla., goes to the Big Ten’s third-place team, and the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla., is designated for the fourth- or fifth-place team in the Big Ten. The Gophers could also go to the Hear t of Dallas Bowl in Dallas, which is meant for the Big Ten’s

seventh bowl-eligible program. There’s also the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl in Tempe, Ariz., on Dec. 28, and the Texas Bowl, which Minnesota played in last season. While bowl game speculation is a hot topic, players said the game against

Michigan State this weekend is the main focus. “We want to go into Michigan State and win,” junior running back David Cobb said. “If that means a better bowl game, that’s good.”

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NBA

NBA

Pacers roll past Timberwolves 98-84 Wolves trading BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

INDIANAPOLIS — The Pacers aren’t letting anybody keep up with the Georges. Cer tainly not Monday night. George Hill took care of the early work, scoring a season-high 26 points, and Paul George closed it out by scoring 11 of his 26 points during a decisive second-half stretch that finally allowed Indiana to pull away from Minnesota 98-84 for yet another win. “We just don’t rely on one person to do all the work,” Hill said. “We have multiple people who can make plays, who can play defense and things like that. We just continue to work together. We don’t know who’s night it’s going to be. All we know is we have one common goal and that’s to win the game.” The Pacers (13-1) are doing that at a record-setting pace this season. After opening with nine straight wins, they’ve followed their only loss with four more wins. They’re now a per fect 8-0 at home for the first time in franchise histor y, of f to the best start in franchise histor y and 3-0 against the Western Conference. Monday’s win followed a familiar script. Indiana used a suf focating defense, a balanced offense and a strong bench and to put away scrappy

Minnesota (8-8). But Hill and George proved to be too much. Hill dominated the first half, scoring 12 points as the Pacers took a 20-6 first-quar ter lead. George took care of the rest, spurring the game-changing run that finally gave Indiana some breathing room in the second half. Together, they went 19 of 29 from the field and 7 of 8 on 3-pointers. Hill finished with seven assists, five steals and three rebounds, while George had eight rebounds, four assists and four steals. “It’s great, we’re playing together, we’re making smar t plays,” Lance Stephenson said after scoring 13 points. “We have so many weapons, you don’t know who is going to have a big night.” Minnesota had other problems, too. The NBA’s best defensive team essentially tur ned the high-scoring Timber wolves into a three-man show. Kevin Love finished with 20 points and 17 rebounds, Nikola Pekovic had 18 points and 11 rebounds and Kevin Mar tin added 18 points. Minnesota’s other five players combined for 28 points and 19 rebounds — not nearly enough to tur n back the white hot Pacers. What happened? Minnesota shot 32.6 percent from the field, was 3 of 19

on 3-pointers, had 19 turnovers and went 8½ minutes without a basket. “We shot the ball poorly, plain and simple, and you are not going to win that many games doing that,” Love said. “We knew it was going to be a physical game and we tried to be physical right back. Then they went on that one run and were able to keep their distance.” Playing shor t-handed didn’t help. Chase Budinger missed the game with a left knee injur y, Shabazz Muhammad sat out with a sprained right ankle and Ronny Turiaf missed the game with a right elbow injur y. Derrick Williams, the former No. 2 overall draft pick, also did not play as trade r umors swirled. During the game, word leaked that Minnesota agreed to send Williams to Sacramento for Luc Mbah a Moute — coach Rick Adelman said after the game that he wasn’t aware of a deal. But the bigger problem was containing the one-two punch of Hill and George. Hill’s fast star t helped Indiana take the 14-point lead midway through the first quar ter and forced the Timber wolves to spend the rest of the night playing catch-up. Minnesota didn’t tie the score again until Pekovic hit two free throws with 4:53 left in the third quar-

ter. Minnesota then took the lead twice for a total of 22 seconds, the second time coming when Kevin Martin made three throws to give the Timber wolves a 66-65 edge with 3:09 left in the quarter. That’s when George kicked things into high gear. He drove to the basket, drawing a foul and made two free throws. He came up with a steal on the ensuing possession and drove in for a highlightreel windmill dunk to make it 69-66. When the Pacers missed their next shot, George grabbed the loose ball and made a nifty behind-the-back pass to David West, who jogged in for a layup. West closed out the 8-0 por tion of the run with a 6-foot runner to give Indiana a 73-66 lead late in the third. Then George opened the four th quar ter with two mor e baskets and when the 17-4 run ended, Indiana led 82-70. Minnesota never got within single digits again. “We get stops, we get blocks, we get steals, creating easy of fense on the other end and that’s really the recipe to separate from other teams,” George said. “We knew we needed some more energy and we needed to click more offensively. But the defensive end is where we kind of came down and really took care of business.”

Williams to Kings BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MINNEAPOLIS — Derrick Williams has been the subject of trade r umors practically since the Minnesota Timberwolves drafted him with the second overall pick in 2011. After so many false star ts, and unable to find playing time this season behind Kevin Love, Williams is finally on his way out. The Wolves have agreed to trade him to Sacramento for Luc Mbah a Moute, two people with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Monday night. The people requested anonymity because neither team has officially announced the deal, which will be finalized on Tuesday if Mbah a Moute passes a physical. Williams came to the Wolves from Arizona as the highest draft choice in franchise history. But he never was able to carve a niche in Rick Adelman’s rotation and it became increasingly clear early this season that he had no role on the Timberwolves. Williams is averaging 4.9 points in less than 15 minutes per game this season. Mbah a Moute is averaging 4.4 points and 3.0 rebounds in nine games for the Kings this season. He will give the offensiveminded T imber wolves some much-needed defensive muscle off the bench, and give Adelman a veteran player the coach will use on a consistent basis. It was an exit that most saw coming. Adelman was frustrated with a perceived lack of intensity from Williams, while Williams was fr ustrated with sporadic playing time that never allowed him to get into the rhythm of the game. Williams entered the league with high expectations, but Love’s emergence as the best power forward in the game limited the available playing time. He tried to drop weight and change his body to get more time at small forward, but that was a difficult transition from a defensive standpoint.

Through it all, Williams always seemed a more natural fit at big for ward, and he filled in admirably at the position last season when Love went down with a hand injury. Starting for Love down the stretch last season, Williams averaged 15.2 points, 6.6 rebounds and shot 34 percent from 3-point range over the final 33 games of the season and headed into the summer with some momentum. New Wolves President Flip Saunders elected to exercise the $6.3 million option on Williams’ contract for 2014-15 despite Adelman’s reluctance to play him big minutes, seemingly of fering a vote of confidence for the 22-year-old’s future in Minnesota. But with Love back healthy and playing at a high level early this season, the playing time has been hard to come by for Williams. With a starting five clearly established, Adelman has preferred to use Robbie Hummel at small for ward and Dante Cunningham at power for ward with the second unit. W illiams missed one game with back spasms and did not play in three others while Adelman elected to go with other players. In Sacramento, Williams comes to a young team that still appears to be a year away from challenging for a playoff spot in the powerful Western Conference. That should mean he will come to a coaching staff that can afford to be a little more patient with him and give him more playing time to learn and grow. Mbah a Moute is a defensive specialist that will help the T imber wolves, who are tr ying to end a nine-year playof f drought this season, beef up their ability to defend the pick and roll, which has been a problem for them this season. Adelman has endorsed the move to those in the organization, looking forward to adding the 27-year-old Mbah a Moute to toughen his team up while they wait for Ronny Turiaf to return from a fractured elbow.

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

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.

11/26/2013

Yesterday’s solution © 2013 Michael Mepham. Distributed by Tribune Media Services. All rights reserved.

Today’s Birthday (11/26): You have the gifts of communication, partnership and optimism this year. You contribute to a rise in family prosperity until midsummer, when higher education tempts you to explore and travel.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Written By Linda C. Black

Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is a 9 — Communication is key and comes easier than normal. Write a business proposal, a love letter or both.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 6 — The skies are clearing up, figuratively speaking, but it’s still not a good idea to argue, especially with authority.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 7 — Improve your living conditions and your loving. Don’t be afraid to express your true feelings. It’s a great time for meaningful conversation.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 7 — Look far and wide for bargains. Don’t take “no” for an answer. Keep your word. Plan a trip to a favorite place, and advance through distant contacts.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 6 — Your home could use some tender loving care just about now. Do a tough job yourself and save money, or just pay for it.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 7 — It’s easier to make yourself understood today. What can you say for the greatest impact on your community? You’re included in that.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 7 — Simplify your daily routine to improve working conditions. Take pride in your basic principles. An older person offers help.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is an 8 — A friendship formed now will last. Heed wise words from a loving woman. Be open to change for others and yourself.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 9 — Take a big step toward a new level of financial independence. Get in touch with old acquaintances, and profit arises naturally.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 7 — Trust the structures you’ve built, and continue developing support. Improving skills increases your benefits and your level of fun.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 9 — Reminisce with old friends. Heed a friend’s concerns, but don’t get stopped by them. A private conversation results in greater financial flexibility.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is an 8 — Keep track of what you’re doing, and take copious notes, or record it. Increase your level of optimism and you’re contagious.

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

overheard Professor: “Pick your favorite sticky substance.” Student: “Sir, is it a lubricant?”

—Tate Laboratory of Physics

“I don’t know what tailgating means, but I’m imagining pickup trucks and hot dogs. I’m going to bring my veggie burgers.”

—Campus Connector

Professor to student: “So you’re from Milwaukee? The first time I visited Milwaukee, my band and I got arrested.”

—Unknown

[Drunken Gophers fan falls off a street corner] Group of people: “Oh my goodness! Are you okay?!” Fan: “No. The Gophers lost.”

—TCF Bank Stadium

Girl talking on the phone: “I’m in Mariucci. Where are you? ... You’re in Mariucci? There must be two parts to Mariucci.”

—Sports Pavilion

“I think my tampon is frozen.”

—TCF Bank Stadium

Professor: “Is that vodka in that bottle?!” Student 1: “No!” Student 2: “Ha, getting an early start!”

—Ruttan Hall

“Are we close to Folwell?”

—In front of Folwell Hall “Can we turn up Obama talking?”

—Raising Cane’s

“I have taken many classes throughout my life to teach how to say ‘hi-yah!’ correctly.”

—Unknown

(in reference to JFK) “That’s one of my favorite assassinations.”

—Pillsbury Hall

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 Grimy residue 5 Stumble 9 Myopic cartoon Mr. 14 Lessen, as pain 15 Excellent 16 Say “bo’s’n,” say 17 Got wiser, hopefully 18 Take the elevator to the penthouse 19 “When pigs fly!” 20 Marinade for many Japanese dishes 23 Cartoon frame 24 Nervous mannerism 25 Sr.’s income source 28 Blast furnace product 32 Fireplace shelf 35 Oklahoma city 36 Bovine Old Testament idol 39 “Little Rascals” girl 42 Jr.’s jr. 43 Lite cigarette claim 44 UPS alternative 47 Numbered rd. 48 Hang around 49 Doused with a hose 52 PC backup key 53 Punch reaction 56 Tibetan ox 57 Pompous sorts ... and what can be seen in this puzzle’s circles? 64 Father Time feature 66 Defect 67 Paltry 68 7-Down house 69 Exile isle 70 Sour trumpet note 71 Was admitted 72 Rough file 73 “I screwed up!” DOWN 1 Plane reservation

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2 Batting practice area 3 Amazon visitor 4 Noble Florentine family 5 Language of the Philippines 6 Corner chess piece 7 Alaska native 8 Cola choice 9 List of courses 10 Novelist Waugh 11 “Just taste some!” 12 Shelley’s “__ to the West Wind” 13 Above, to Shelley 21 “__ out!”: ump’s call 22 Top 26 Tell 27 Dynamite inventor Nobel 28 Ping-Pong need 29 Some spuds 30 Blended seasoning 31 Grim film genre 33 Raggedy __ 34 Sgt., e.g. 37 Commit perjury

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38 Ph.D. hurdle 40 Ping-Pong do-over 41 Can 45 Faculty VIP 46 Covert agent exchange 50 Pep rally cry 51 With hands on hips 54 Good news at a job fair

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55 Bub 58 Counselor to Captain Picard 59 Noodle bar order 60 Applies gently 61 Move, in real estate lingo 62 Lint collector 63 Hollywood workplaces 64 Popular 65 Self-regard

dr. date Dr. Date,

I’m a PSEO student (I know, I know), and this fall, I’ve sort of had a thing with one of my instructors from last semester. I’m 18, and he’s 25. He’s really great (and MATURE), but I’m terrified to tell my parents about it. I’m only living at home for a few more months before starting as an official U student, but I don’t know if I can keep this quiet for that long. Should I tell them? And if so, what’s the best way to bring it up?

—Schoolgirl

Naiveté,

Why, oh why, does this relationship seem like a good idea? Forget about the telling-your-parents issue — this is about what’s going on with you and this instructor fellow. Great AND mature? That seems unlikely given that he’s taken advantage of his mentor/instructor role in order to have a relationship with a high school student. Like, are you frickin’ kidding me? A sevenyear age difference later in life is not a big deal, but between the ages of 18 and 25, such a tremendous amount of crap happens. You haven’t had a taste of true independence. Your hormones are still poppin’ off. You probably haven’t had many relationships yet. You probably won’t even be buying your own toilet paper for years to come. Honestly, you don’t know apples from oranges right now, and I’m concerned that you’re being taken advantage of by a skeezy dude with a wonky moral compass. Creepy instructor guy gives me the willies. Whether he’s mature or not — he isn’t — is almost irrelevant because this is more about your maturity level. Honestly, it doesn’t seem to be that high.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

My girlfriend broke up with me last year, and a couple days ago, I found out that she came out over the summer and is dating another girl. I was really surprised and also pretty bummed. Was she ever even attracted to me? My guess is no. I feel like our relationship — which lasted more than a year, by the way — was a lie.

—Odd Man Out

It Happens,

You got the poop end of the stick, that’s for darn sure. I would be quick to caution you from going down the “I turned her gay” road. I hate that social perception that frequently accompanies an ex coming out. You didn’t. Chances are she was struggling with her sexual identity for quite some time, and you were the guy she was with when she finally figured it out. Maybe your breakup left her thinking about different options. She might be bi. I mean, there are a dozen different things that could be going on here. As for the relationship being a lie, well, maybe it was. Maybe by the end, she was no longer attracted to you. So? Life’s full of lies. Relationships are, unfortunately, full of lies also. At least this wasn’t a malicious lie intended to harm. I’ve been through something similar, if not worse. At least she didn’t cheat on you with a girl when you were together. (And that IS cheating, by the way, contrary to what some horny twentysomethings seem to think. Just because there isn’t a P up in that V doesn’t give you a hookup “get out of jail free” card.)

—Dr. Date

Need relationship advice? Email Dr. Date at drdate@mndaily.com.

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Crime is down, but campus worries Crime u from Page 1

Explaining the numbers University police have recorded a 13 percent drop in crime over the first 10 months of the last six years. Crime in the neighborhoods around and including the Minneapolis campus has remained fairly steady over that same time period, according to Minneapolis police data. Since the beginning of the school year, University police have issued 10 crime aler ts for 16 incidents on and around campus, including an attempted armed robber y in Anderson Hall in the middle of the afternoon. A man also allegedly impersonated a police officer and sexually assaulted a student early Sunday morning. He had of fered her a ride in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood after warning her not to walk alone, according to police. The assault may be related to a similar incident on Saturday in Fridley, Minn., police said, where a man identified himself as a police officer before kidnapping a woman and sexually assaulting her. Minneapolis police Cmdr. Bruce Folkens of the Special Crimes Investigation Division said at a press conference Monday that police have “several leads” but haven’t made any arrests yet. University police only send aler ts for violent crimes on or near campus. University police Deputy Chief Chuck Miner said the narrow scope of crime aler ts may come with a downside. “If people don’t hear about robberies anywhere else, that creates a perception that things must be really bad at the U,” Miner said, “when in actuality, there are more robberies happening in other parts of the cities.” The apparent gap between perception and reality isn’t unique to the University community. A May repor t from the Pew Re-

search Center found that a majority of Americans surveyed were unaware that gun violence nationwide is lower than it was 20 years ago. The 2nd Precinct, which includes all University neighborhoods in Minneapolis except Cedar-Riverside, is the safest precinct in the city so far this year, according to Minneapolis police statistics. Math junior Zack Nguyen said he thinks crime around the University isn’t unusual compared to other parts of the city. “It’s not that high, to be honest,” he said. Minnesota Student Association President Mike Schmit said that because the University is situated in an urban area, he thinks crime around campus is inevitably going to be higher than other universities. “What’s got more crime,” he said, “the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities or the University of Minnesota-Morris?”

Putting crime in context

News of the recent violent crimes on and around campus has reached a broader audience than in years past through crime aler ts, University text updates and social media. Schmit said the crime alerts may not be as effective at preventing crime as administrators hope. “Students see the same thing in ever y crime alert. It’s the same six points at the bottom of those messages,” he said. “I think a lot of the time, [the advice] might just go over students’ heads.” But the increased awareness of crime has made students more receptive to discussions about safety, Schmit said. Some students said the repor ted crime wave has caused them to change their behavior. Psychology junior Christine Khanbijian said she’s star ted using the University’s security monitor program to cross campus at night. Clinical laborator y sciences senior Ayub Limat said the alerts are a good

way to keep students informed, but they aren’t solving the crime problem. “It’s still the same story ever y week,” he said. “It’s just too much.” John Elder, acting public information officer for Minneapolis police, said heightened attention on social media might obscure the fact that the crime rate around the University is relatively normal. “The reality is that the campus is much safer today than it was in recent years,” Miner said. University community relations director Jan Morlock said it’s important students put crime in a historical context. The University ar ea has seen similar upticks in crime before, including a jump in 2010 across all area neighborhoods, which was due largely to a rise in thefts. But students often live near the University for only a few years and may not see the bigger picture, said Robin Gar wood, a policy aide for Ward 2 City Councilman Cam Gordon. Some blocks in Southeast Como, for example, are made up almost entirely of students who may only stay for a year, neighborhood coordinator Ricardo McCurley said. “There’s no stability, no knowing what’s out of the ordinary,” he said.

Finding solutions The recent crime wave triggered a response from the University, neighborhoods and student organizations. President Eric Kaler said in a campus-wide email Nov. 12 that he had requested additional funds for police on and around campus. The University cited the recent uptick in crime as a major factor in its decision to add Thursday ser vice to its Gopher Chauf feur free ride program. University police logged overtime this weekend and will continue to do so until at least the end of the semester, according to an email Vice President for University Ser vices Pam Wheelock sent to students,

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University police Sgt. Jim Nystrom and Minnesota Student Association members Joelle Stangler, Kristen Anderson and Cassidy Barber ask a Middlebrook Hall resident to sign a safety pledge.

faculty and staff Monday. Neighborhood and student organizations have taken similar steps to increase awareness, including an MSA door-knocking campaign last week and a Southeast Como meeting earlier this month. But some say mor e could be done. MSA V ice President Fiona Cummings said she’d like to see the University focus more on safety during freshman orientation. “[Right now], it’s more just assuring parents that it’s a safe place to leave their children,” she said. “There’s not a whole lot of emphasis on actually what living in a city is like and what you need to be aware of as a student here.” McCurley encouraged students to get involved with their communities so they’re more aware of what’s going on. “What residents know is ver y dependent on how much they’re connected,” he said. MSA President Schmit said he’s generally happy with how the University has responded to crime. “We are at one of the safest points in recent histor y,” Schmit said. “But obviously, there’s always room for improvement.”

U AREA SEES LOWEST CRIME THIS YEAR* UMPD recorded a 13% decrease in crime from 2008 to 2013.

FOURTH PRECINCT 4,622 SECOND PRECINCT 2,806

FIRST PRECINCT 3,987

FIFTH PRECINCT 4,248

THIRD PRECINCT 5,468

*These totals are for part one crimes, which include homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

SOURCE: MPD, UMPD

MOST U NEIGHBORHOODS SEE DECREASE IN CRIME (JAN.–OCT.) TOTAL 563

ARSON MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT THEFT BURGLARY AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ROBBERY RAPE HOMICIDE

TOTAL 563 TOTAL 558 TOTAL 10 547 14 TOTAL 535 14 10

TOTAL 561 TOTAL 537 46

32

TOTAL 502

62

TOTAL 544

48 TOTAL 473

52

TOTAL 436

42

11 TOTAL 406 12

TOTAL 329 TOTAL 306

47

TOTAL 304 TOTAL 277

24

TOTAL 245

TOTAL 240

16

TOTAL 278

TOTAL 272

TOTAL 264

20

TOTAL 248

31

TOTAL 240

25

TOTAL 232

17 34

TOTAL 202

TOTAL 200

34

22 20 TOTAL 222 17

36

307 17

28

TOTAL 259

23

299

29

TOTAL 243

TOTAL 274

21 282 272

336 379

166 140 115 200 42

30

133 22

15 8

’08

140 140 174

167

27

’09

24

29 25 19 6

’10

TOTAL 95

128

29

33 17

13

21 7

’11

’12

’13

CEDAR-RIVERSIDE

9

161

139

19 24

34

22

100

176

204

79

21 79

9 8

10

76 9 7

’11

’12

’13

83

10

71 6

96

’08

’09

’10

60 9

COMO

120 121 11

14

109

22

17 6

36

’08

’09

’10

’11

TOTAL 71 8

147

50

15

10

53

25

18 6

10

15

8 7

’12

’13

’08

’09

’10

MARCY-HOLMES

TOTAL 90

498

495

484

474

94

38

25 7

TOTAL 104 7

TOTAL 79

176

143 14

22

167

TOTAL 95

53

32

6

12 7

11 9 6

’11

’12

’13

58

PROSPECT PARK

393 72 11 7

66 8

’08

’09

73 7

73 14

7

6

’10

’11

61 48 8

15

35 6 7 6

’12

’13

’08

UNIVERSITY (MPD DATA)

371 39

36

’09

’10

45

25

13

’11

’12

’13

ALL UMPD DATA

SOURCE: MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA POLICE DEPARTMENT