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State rejects U appeal over faculty union Some non-tenured faculty could still be part of a potential union at the U, said a state agency. BY RILYN EISCHENS reischens@mndaily.com
Lecturers and teaching specialists will be allowed to remain in a potential faculty union at the University of Minnesota according to a Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services decision announced Nov. 29. This fall the University challenged a September BMS decision to allow some positions like teaching specialists and lecturers to be included and tenured faculty members to be part of the same bargaining unit as part of a long-running dispute over who would be allowed in a union. The University has argued that the decision violates Minnesota law by adding CHRIS DANG, DAILY
Left: Junior libero Rosado sets the ball on Friday at the Sports Pavilion. The Gophers won against the University of North Dakota. Right: Senior outside hitter Sarah Wilhite sets the ball on Saturday at the Sports Pavilion.
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The No. 2 seeded Gophers cruised to victory over North Dakota and Hawaii at home over the weekend. BY TOMMY SLETTEN tsletten@mndaily.com
No. 2 seeded Minnesota advanced to the Sweet Sixteen after decisive victories in the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament over the weekend. In front of the hometown crowd and packed student section on Saturday, the No. 1 Gophers swept North Dakota and Hawaii to remain undefeated at the Sports Pavilion this season. “We’re very happy to be moving on in the tournament, obviously,” said head coach Hugh McCutcheon. “This weekend felt more like a regional than it did a first or second round. Two very good teams.”
Minnesota cruised through three sets against North Dakota, hitting .349 to North Dakota’s .147. The Gophers dominated the second set of the match and won 25-12. “In the first set we came out strong,” said senior outside hitter Sarah Wilhite. “For the second set we made a goal to stay strong the entire set, and I think we did that.” Wilhite led the team with 17 kills on the night, and she also had seven digs. Sophomore Samantha Seliger-Swenson had a double-double with 39 assists and 10 digs while junior middle blocker Molly Lohman had seven kills and three blocks. Minnesota followed Friday’s performance with another sweep against Hawaii on Saturday.
Starting next fall, students who apply to the U won’t have to selfreport felony convictions. BY DAVID CLAREY dclarey@mndaily.com
“We gave over 21,000 vaccines over the course of two weeks,” said Sarah Van Orman, UW-Madison’s health ser vices director. “Our students really stepped up. That’s about 70 percent of our undergraduates, which is the group we wanted to get.” She said the school sent bacteria from the cases to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for genomic sequencing. The CDC found the bacteria from all three students to be genetically identical. “They basically suggested there was
Questions about past felony convictions or pending criminal charges will be removed from the University of Minnesota’s admission application next year. While the fall 2017 application won’t include the felony question, applicants will still be required to disclose whether they have a history of academic dishonesty or sexual offenses. “The decision was made that those individuals did not represent a threat to our campus,” said Bob McMaster, vice provost and dean of undergraduate education. A question asking prospective students to report if they’ve been found legally responsible for a sexual offense or if they have sexual offense charges pending against them, will remain on the application, McMaster said. “As it stands right now, we feel that if someone has been convicted of a sexual offense, we need to know,” he said. Last year, the University decided to remove questions regarding misdemeanors and hide the applicant’s answer to the felony question during admission decisions. However, the national “Common App” program — which the University has re-
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UW-Madison meningitis outbreak spurs vaccination Three at UW were treated for meningitis b. At the U, there’s been one fatal case in 27 years. BY OLIVIA JOHNSON ojohnson@mndaily.com
After cases of meningitis were found at the University of W isconsin-Madison, students from the school who are retur ning to Minnesota for winter break might need a second round of vaccinations. In October, UW-Madison discovered
three cases of the disease within its undergraduate population. A large portion of the student body was vaccinated after ward, and the second dose necessar y for the vaccine to work will be doled out over the next two months. About 3,000 Madison students live in Minnesota. Because meningitis spreads rapidly and can be fatal without antibiotics, the school worked with the state health depar tment to provide large-scale vaccine clinics. The three af flicted students have since been treated and released from the hospital.
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Of the nearly 300 sexual assaults reported on Minnesota college campuses last year, 47 — the largest number in the state — were at the University of Minnesota, according to a report released Thursday. The report, released by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education, was compiled after a law passed in 2015 by the state Legislature required post-secondary institutions to
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report sexual assault data to the state. The report comes amid intense scrutiny of how colleges and universities nationwide internally handle sexual misconduct cases. Of the 47 assaults reported at the University, 15 were investigated by the University and less than 10 were reported to police. To protect identities, the report didn’t list specific numbers if there were less than 10 reports for each statistical category — categories like the number of cases reported to law enforcement, number of students found responsible of sexual assault and cases closed without resolution. “It probably is a snapshot of what goes
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STATE REPORT MINERS UNCERTAIN OF FUTURE AFTER LAYOFFS HIBBING — Longtime mineworkers are tr ying to reshape their future after long and frequent layoffs in Minnesota’s Iron Range. Two hundred workers at Keetac and another 400 in the area are still out of work due to closures at smaller iron ore facilities, Minnesota Public Radio News repor ted. The closures are part of a wave of shutdowns that hit the Iron Range during a downturn in the international steel industry. “I’ve been laid off seven times from Keetac in 17 years,” said Tony Drazenovich, 47, of Grand Rapids. “That’s a lot of layoffs.” Workers like Drazenovich said the layof fs often didn’t last long, and he thought it would be no different when he was laid off again in May 2015. “Ever ybody at that time was thinking it was just going to be a little blip,” Drazenovich said. Steelworkers local union 2660 president Cliff Tobey said he believes while some of the members may retur n to the plant if things turn around, many have decided to leave. “I’ve heard stories of members just dropping off their house keys at the bank, and basically jumping in their cars and heading out,” he said. Others have opted to go back to school through a federal program known as trade adjustment assistance, which pays to retrain workers who have lost their jobs because of global trade. “ Whe n w e g r a d uate we’ll have another set of skills,” said David Meyer, who was laid of f from Keewatin Taconite. “Dedicated employees that want to get a paycheck for their work.” College of St. Scholastica economist Tony Barrett says workers should plan for a long shutdown because demand hasn’t rebounded enough for the plant to reopen. U.S. Steel has not indicated when or if it plans to reopen the Keetac plant. Since the election, U.S. Steel’s stock price has jumped 53 percent. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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New cell phone repair service store opens in Stadium Village CPR: Cell Phone Repair opened its doors on Thursday in Stadium Village. BY KRISTINA BUSCH kbusch@mndaily.com
As the temperature gets colder and the sidewalks get icier, a single slip might mean a cracked phone for students. But a new store, CPR: Cell Phone Repair opened its doors in Stadium Village Thursday to offer a solution to winter mishaps. Manager and copar tner of the store Andy Strandquist said he and his par tners saw an
Kaler names Levine interim VP for research Some non-tenured faculty members could still be part of a potential union. BY KEVIN BECKMAN kbeckman@mndaily.com
University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler named Allen Levine — a former dean of the College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences — as interim vice president for research Thursday. Levine, who will not seek the position permanently, will step in for Brian Herman, who resigned from the job early in November. Levine will take over the position effective Jan. 1, 2017 until a permanent replacement is chosen. “Al brings 30 years of ser vice to our University and a deep understanding of research … leadership and management experience and a track record of successful collaboration to this role,” Kaler said in an email to faculty and staff Thursday. “I am confident that he will … continue to make progress on key initiatives, such as our work
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opportunity to lease a space, and thought Stadium Village would be a successful location for a service store, with students already stopping in for repairs. “One of the things that’s changing right now in the wireless industry is everyone is paying full price for devices,” Strandquist, a University alum, said. “People are repairing their devices instead of throwing them away and doing an upgrade.” Employee Erik Olsen, a Dunwoody College of Technology first-year, said students have begun to notice the store as they walk by on Washington Avenue. “We need to get the word
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to advance human research protections.” Levine will be responsible for overseeing the school’s research agenda on all of the University’s campuses. Levine stepped down as the dean of CFANS and as director of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment station in 2013. Since then he has conducted research in the neuroregulation of food intake. Currently, Levine serves as the president of the Obesity Society and is involved in national policy regarding treating obesity. He has served in the Office of the Executive Vice President as vice provost for faculty and academic affairs and as a provost office liaison for certain academic initiatives. Currently, Levine is a professor in the department of food science and nutrition and an adjunct psychiatr y professor. Executive Vice President and Provost Karen Hanson and Medical School Dean Brooks Jackson will co-chair a national search to find a permanent replacement for the position. The process will launch in January.
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out that we’re in the area and open for business,” Olsen said. Computer Science premajor and junior Amy Vuong said she noticed the service store and is familiar with it because there’s a location in her hometown. She said cell repair businesses make most of their r evenue fr om cracked screens, so the service will be especially helpful for students with iPhones. But she said the University also offers M Tech Warranty & Repair, located in Coffman Union, which repairs devices. “I’ve never been [to M Tech] so I’m not sure how
good their services are, but I guess what CPR of fers that the Office of Information Technology doesn’t is mobile exper tise,” Vuong said. Strandquist said the company has a vendor partner that sources parts from China. “CPR has the most quality par ts and we do [our services] the fastest,” Olsen said. “It’s worth the cost.” Strandquist said he hopes the service store will be a longtime tenant on campus. “As students come and go, we hope they learn we’re a great place to get their device repaired,” he said.
Army Corps blocks Dakota Access oil pipeline route in N.D. BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CANNON BALL, N.D. — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Sunday that it won’t grant an easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline in southern North Dakota. The decision is a victory for the several thousand camped near the construction site, who’ve said for months that the four-state, $3.8 billion project would threaten a water source and cultural sites. The pipeline is largely complete except for the now-blocked segment underneath Lake Oahe, a Missouri River reser voir. According to a news release, Assistant Secretary for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy said her decision was based on the need to “explore alternate routes” for the pipeline’s crossing. “Although we have had continuing discussion and exchanges of new information with the Standing Rock Sioux and Dakota Access, it’s clear that there’s more work to do,” Darcy said. “The best way to complete that work responsibly and expeditiously is to explore
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alter nate routes for the pipeline crossing.” The company constructing the pipeline, Dallasbased Energy Transfer Partners, had said it was unwilling to reroute the project. It and the Morton County Sheriff’s Office, which has done much of the policing of the protests, didn’t have immediate comment. U.S. Secretar y for the Interior Sally Jewell said in a statement that the Corps’ “thoughtful approach ... ensures that there will be an in-depth evaluation of alternative routes for the pipeline and a closer look at potential impacts” and “underscores that tribal rights reserved in treaties and federal law, as well as Nation-to-Nation consultation with tribal leaders, are essential components of the analysis to be undertaken in the environmental impact statement going forward.” The federal government has ordered people to leave the main encampment, which is on Army Corps of Engineers’ land, by Monday. But demonstrators say they’re prepared to stay, and authorities say they won’t forcibly remove them.
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Regents plan for spring 2017 election This week the regents will meet to discuss building projects and tuition. BY RAJU CHADUVULA rchaduvula@mndaily.com
As the semester comes to a close, the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents will meet Thursday and Friday to review the past semester while looking for ward to spring. Agenda items include tuition rates for international students, standardized tests, athletics and building demolitions, among others. Academic Health Center One point of discussion will be an amendment to demolish the current Veterans of Foreign Wars Cancer Research Center and Masonic Memorial Building to make space for the new Academic Health Center. Regent Thomas Devine said the lack of a bonding bill last legislative session meant the University didn’t get money from the state for the new AHC building. Voting to raze the building would kickstart the process. But Devine said he is hesitant to take any action without having the money approved to build the AHC. “It’s not that we are not going to tear these buildings down, but the new [AHC] hasn’t been funded yet,” Devine said. Relocation of the sports bubble Regent Michael Hsu said regents will again discuss the possible relocation of the recreation sports bubble. Last month, regents voted to demolish the Electric Steel Elevators near TCF Bank Stadium, but they pushed a decision about the bubble to the December meeting. Regents hope to relocate the bubble to the site of the old grain elevators once they
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The University’s Board of Regents talk at a meeting on June 10.
are razed, Hsu said. The University is being sued by a group of preservationists attempting to stop the school from demolishing the elevators, which has some regents worried about moving forward. “I’m a little uncomfortable [with] taking any action before the lawsuit is settled,” Devine said. Other proposed sites for the bubble include parking lots 33 and 37, which are nor th of Mariucci Arena, Devine said. Standardized testing Regents will discuss the importance of standardized tests in application reviews, student placements and
predicting graduation rates. The board is tr ying to determine how ef fective standardized test scores are at predicting a student’s college performance, Hsu said. Devine said he wants to see a more holistic approach to admissions for both new and transfer students. Regent Richard Beeson said he supports standardized testing and said data shows a strong correlation between test scores and college performance. International student tuition Regents are looking at whether inter national
student tuition can be more flexible than out-of-state rates, Beeson said. International students make up 9 percent of the University’s undergraduate student population. Non-resident, nonreciprocity student tuition was raised by 7.5 percent this year on the Twin Cities campus to keep undergraduate resident tuition flat, said Regent Chair Dean Johnson. With increased tuition, the international application numbers saw a three percent decrease this year, Johnson said. Athletics Audit The Board will also hear
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on in greater society,” said Caroline Palmer, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault spokeswoman and legal affairs manager. “People report, and they might not have a good experience when they report, and they decide they don’t want to go further.” While the report didn’t list punishment for students, data obtained by the Minnesota Daily through public records requests shows that sanctions for students found responsible for sexual assault in 2015 ranged from a one year suspension to expulsion. As part of their penalty, University students who were found responsible for sexual assault were often banned from University housing and placed on probation. Of the two expulsions in 2015 that the University
disclosed, one of the students was expelled after he was found responsible for two separate sexual assaults. Included in the data was Daniel Drill-Mellum. DrillMellum was recently sentenced to six years in prison for raping a University student and another woman. At the University, he was found responsible for at least one sexual assault and suspended from the University for 10 years, according to the data. Sexual assault reporting rates were relatively low at the University, where about one incident was reported per 1,000 students. At Carleton College, about 10 reports were filed per 1,000 students. About eight assaults were reported per 1,000 students at Gustavus Adolphus College. Both campuses have recently been criticized for allegedly mishandling sexual assault reports — an increasingly common occurrence nationwide. Additionally, Palmer said
the fact that the numbers of internal investigations and disciplinary proceedings are equal at some schools — like the University where there were 15 of each — is an encouraging sign. “That shows to me that some thorough investigations are happening and that the school is taking it seriously,” Palmer said. It’s unclear from the state’s report how many accused students were found responsible — though it’s less than 10 — for sexual assault at the University. Less than one-fifth of the reported incidents were reported to law enforcement statewide according to the report, and about one-third were referred for disciplinary processes. There are several reasons only 15 investigations were conducted at the University, said Tina Marisam, assistant director of the University’s Office for Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, which handles sexual misconduct investigations at the school. If the accused person isn’t a University student, staff or faculty, they don’t have jurisdiction and can’t pursue the case, she said. Sometimes reporting students don’t want an investigation to take place,
Marisam said. “We would like to investigate all sexual misconduct reports, however, we follow the federal guidance that tells us we shouldn’t investigate unless the impacted student wants that to happen,” she said. University investigations and police investigations are separate processes, she said, and students might choose not to start a police investigation either. Fur ther, the criminal process tends to be longer and have a higher burden of proof than University investigations, which can deter victims, she said. To find a student responsible of sexual assault, the University uses a federallyrequired “more likely than not” preponderance of evidence standard, while criminal courts use the higher “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard. Students’ decisions to not pursue investigation after reporting sexual misconduct should be researched further, Palmer, the MNCASA spokeswoman, said. “It’s worth looking into the reasons behind that to see if there’s something about the way they were received that was a problem,” she said.
an Athletics Depar tment audit regarding the department’s finances. Devine said the audit is done annually and nothing abnormal is expected to be found. “Mark [Coyle] and his people have done an excellent job,” he said. “He’s changed the culture of financial decision-making at the athletics department.” Regent elections Regents are also expected to talk about the election of new regents. Four cur rent board members’ terms — those of Darrin Rosha, Thomas Devine, David McMillan and Laura
Brod — expire in 2017. Devine said he applied for a second term as an at-large representative. “If I’m lucky enough to be re-elected ... my highest priority focus is on the medical school [to] see the rankings go up,” Devine said. The Regent Candidate Advisor y Council, a legislative commission, will review the applications. The RCAC will then send its nominations to the state Legislature for approval, Hsu said. The new regents will likely be chosen by Febr uar y, but it might take until April for the final decisions, Hsu said.
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cently decided to use — asks questions about applicants’ criminal history. McMaster said the University will not be accept data from the felony question on the Common App. The University will continue asking about felonies and misdemeanors on campus housing applications, however, he said. “It’s one thing to admit a student to the University. It’s another thing to have a student in housing with a lot of 18-yearolds and 19-year-olds. That said, there are relatively few who check that box who are [freshmen],” McMaster said. Nationally, other colleges are “banning the box,” such as the state university system in New York, which removed the felony question at the beginning of this semester. Last year, sociology graduate student and “Ban the Box” advocate Rober t Stewar t pushed for the change to the University’s application in response to his continued research on the subject.
He said applicants coming out of the criminal justice system are disproportionately people of color. “The disparities that exist in the criminal justice system are going to directly affect who has to answer ‘yes’ to these questions,” Stewart said. McMaster said after reviewing data about biases surrounding the question, particularly its effect on AfricanAmerican males, University officials decided to remove the question for good. University Student Senate Chair Trish Palermo said the Senate passed a resolution in support of the question’s removal a year ago, which was leveraged by Stewart’s research on the topic. She said there was little division in the Senate on whether to get rid of the question. “While there is very little proof that having this question does anything to make the campus any safer, there is proof it deters students from applying,” Palermo said. McMaster said this data helped convince the University to make the changes, citing a “dampening effect” on African-American males’ decisions to apply.
Death toll hits 30 in fire at California art studio BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OAKLAND — The death toll from a fire that tore through a warehouse hosting a late-night dance party jumped to 30 on Sunday as firefighters painstakingly combed through rubble for others believed to still be missing. Only a fraction of the charred remains of the partly collapsed structure had been searched, and crews clearing debris were expected to find more bodies as they advanced, Alameda County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ray Kelly said. Anxious family members who feared the worst gathered at the sherif f ’s
of fice to await word on their loved ones. They were told they may have to provide DNA samples to help identify remains. The building known as the “Ghost Ship” had been car ved into ar tist studios and was an illegal home for a rotating cast of a dozen or more people, according to for mer denizens who said it was a cluttered death trap with few exits, piles of wood and a mess of snaking electric cords. “If you were going there for a par ty, you wouldn’t be aware of the maze that you have to go through to get out,” said Danielle Boudreaux, a former friend
of the couple who ran the warehouse. As many as 100 people were there for a party Friday night when the fire broke out just before midnight. Fire officials were still investigating the cause of the blaze, but they said clutter fueled the flames, there were no sprinklers inside and few exits to escape. Boudreaux identified the operators of the Satya Yuga collective as Derick Ion Almena and Micah Allison. She had a falling out with Almena when she convinced Allison’s parents and sister about a year ago that the warehouse was a dangerous place for the couple’s three children to live.
The couple rented out five recreational vehicles and other nooks on the ground floor as living spaces. A rickety makeshift staircase led to a second floor where concerts were held. Former residents said there frequently was no electricity or running water. Oakland planning of ficials opened an investigation last month after repeated complaints from neighbors who said trash was piling up and people were illegally living in the building zoned as a warehouse. An inspector who went to the premises couldn’t get inside, said Darin Ranelletti, of the Oakland Planning Department.
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bacteria circulating in our community that was more likely to cause invasive infection than the ones that
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are normally around us,” Van Orman said. She said outbreaks — rather than isolated cases — are “sporadic,” but show that cer tain strains of the disease have a higher likelihood of infection. “Meningococcal bacteria are all around us in the world,” Van Orman said. “Ten, 15 percent of us carr y the bacteria around in our nose.” Most bacterial meningitis occur in strains covered by the widelyreceived and CDC-recommended vaccine, but the strain at UW-Madison isn’t prevented by the vaccine, said Kristen Ehresmann, Minnesota Depar tment of Health’s director for infectious disease. “When this outbreak
of meningitis occur red … at Madison, the three students that had me ningococcal disease had B-strain,” Ehresmann said. “There is a vaccine for the B strain, but it’s not routinely recommended.” An outbreak of a disease can be defined as any number of cases that’s more than what’s usual or expected, Ehresmann said, and meningitis outbreaks can have outcomes like death or loss of limbs. Bacterial meningitis organisms can also cross the blood-brain barrier. “Anytime you have infection of the brain [or] your spinal cord… that’s really serious,” she said, adding the bacteria can enter the bloodstream,
U will fund new research journal for undergrads The Undergraduate Research Journal will publish its first issue next year. BY DAVID CLAREY dclarey@mndaily.com
Following suit with several other universities, an undergraduate research journal at the U will star t its print and online publication next fall. The University of Minnesota Undergraduate Research Jour nal — which was approved for star t-up costs two weeks ago — will accept submissions from students in any major and plans to be primarily student-run. History and political science senior Henr y Carras began a push to publish undergraduate research after he did research on immigration patter ns after a hurricane ravaged Honduras. Carras based the idea on other undergrad journals published by the Univesity of Minnesota-Duluth and Purdue University. The jour nal will give undergraduates a medium to showcase their work, said Bob McMaster, vice provost and chair of the
Undergraduate Research Advisory Board. McMaster said there were some concerns over the longevity and viability of the project. He said the board worried that the journal would str uggle after Carras and other heavilyinvolved students graduate. “There’s a set of students who are very excited about this and engaged … but when they leave … will there be other students to keep this alive over a long period of time?” he said. The board voted to approve the journal anyway, and the Of fice of Undergraduate Education provided $2,000 for start-up costs. The Undergarduate Research Advisory Board will ser ve as the journal’s first advisor y council, acting as the quality and oversight committee for the journal’s first iteration, McMaster said. The idea is to eventually have the journal completely student-run, Carras said. “I think as we get people more trained into it, it could definitely be something more student-run,” he said, noting that there will need to be continued faculty oversight. Vicky Munro, coordinator of the Office of
Undergraduate Reseach, will act as an administrator for the journal. She has worked at the University for over 30 years on undergraduate research. Munro said students and faculty have discussed an undergraduate research journal for years, but it never moved anywhere until now. Undergraduate journals give students experience with what can be an intimidating process, said Mark Stellmack, University psychology professor and editor of the University’s undergraduate psychology research journal, Sentience. “This is, in a lot of cases, the first time they’ve experienced [the journal process,]” he said. “I didn’t have that opportunity when I submitted my first paper … they’re getting that valuable experience at an early stage.” O r i g i n a l l y, C a r r a s pushed for a research advocate programin which people would tr y to convince other undergraduates to do research. “I kind of used the [journal] as a side note … [but] people really seemed to catch on to that,” he said. “It was the most tangible and feasible.”
which is why meningitis vaccines are strongly recommended, she said. Ehresmann said outbreaks are uncommon, but when they do happen they’re often found in college settings because the disease is spread through contact with saliva from the nose and throat. The newly-developed vaccine, called Bexsero, pr otects against the B strain of meningitis, but requires two doses one to two months apar t, she said. “What made this unique is that it wasn’t a strain that was included in the recommended vaccine, so they needed to do special vaccination clinics,” she said. Boynton Health Com-
munications Director Dave Golden said in his 27 years at the University of Minnesota, there were no meningitis outbreaks, but the most recent single case of meningitis resulted in the death of a student. “You really can’t predict [outbreaks and cases],” Golden said. “They just sort of happen, and it’s really an interesting field for epidemiologists and biologists to study and tr y and figure out, but people really don’t know why they suddenly happen.” He said the University of fers Bexsero as well as the older vaccine, and Boynton has seen a slight bump in the number of students requesting the new vaccine. “It’s a really frightening disease,” Van Orman said.
MENINGITIS AND STUDENTS BY THE NUMBERS
2/3
OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WERE VACCINATED
2,000
VACCINATED STUDENTS ARE FROM MINNESOTA
3 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT MADISON CONTRACTED THE DISEASE
5 COLLEGE CAMPUSES
EXPERIENCED OUTBREAKS OF SEROGROUP B MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE SOURCE: MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND NATIONAL MENINGITIS ASSOCIATION
Russian patriarch blesses new Paris church, a Putin project BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PARIS — The patriarch of the Russian Or thodox Chur ch consecrated a prominent new church Sunday near the Eif fel Tower seen as a controversial symbol of President Vladimir Putin’s influence in Europe. Patriarch Kirill, a close ally of Putin, led the elaborate sanctifying ceremony in the Saint Trinity Church on the banks of the Seine River, the gold-domed centerpiece of a €100 million euro ($106 million) complex owned by the Russian government that will include a cultural center and school. The hours-long ceremony included the consecration of the altar, a procession around the grounds and the placing of relics. Surrounded by the harmonies of an all-male choir and the rich smells of incense, members of France’s large Russian community crowded into the invitation-only, high-security event in the imposing, block-shaped white church. While it was primarily a religious event, it carried strong political overtones. The staunchly conservative Kirill came to Paris’ Left Bank as Europe faces a populist push against multicultural liberalism in
favor of the kind of tougher, more traditional politics that Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church eschew. And his visit comes as some leading French and other European politicians argue for better relations with Russia after years of diplomatic tensions over Moscow’s role in the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine. Churchgoer Ekaterina Besse, a Russian living in Paris, welcomed the new church complex and expressed hope for a “thaw” in relations. “We can see this is also a political gesture as much as a religious one,” she said. Putin championed the project for a new Russian church in Paris, which prompted criticism from rights groups when it was first approved in 2008, and new concerns as diplomatic relations soured in ensuing years. Putin played down suspicions that it would be used by Russian secret services to spy on sensitive government buildings and embassies in the surrounding neighborhood. The Russian stateowned church on a prominent piece of Parisian real estate is also an awkward symbol for secular France, which adheres firmly to its division between church
Some French and European politicians argue for better relations with Russia after years of diplomatic tensions over Moscow’s role in conflicts in Syria and Ukraine. and state. In Russia — until 25 years ago an officially atheist state — the role of the church has grown under Putin, notably in its lobbying for traditional family policies and against homosexuality. Putin, who once explained the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine by noting that the prince of the ancient Kievan Russian state was baptized there more than 1,000 years ago, has publicly supported conservative Christian groups, arguing that Western liberal values are alien to Russians. Putin was meant to inaugurate the Paris church complex in October, but cancelled his trip amid French anger at Russia’s bombing of civilians in the Syrian city of Aleppo.
Castro’s family lays him to rest BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SANTIAGO, Cuba — A wooden box containing Fidel Castro’s ashes was placed by his brother and successor on Sunday into the side of a granite boulder that has become Cuba’s only of ficial monument to the charismatic bearded rebel who seized control of a U.S.allied Caribbean island and transformed it into a western outpost of Soviet-style communism that he ruled with absolute power for nearly half a century. The private, early-morning ceremony was attended by members of Fidel Castro’s family, the ruling Politburo of the single-party system he founded, and Latin American leaders who installed closely allied leftist governments in Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Brazil. After nine days of fervent national mour ning and wall-to-wall homages to Castro on state-run media, the government barred independent coverage of the funeral, releasing a handful of photos and brief descriptions of the ceremony later in the day. The ceremony began at 6:39 a.m. when the military caravan bearing Castro’s remains in a flag-draped cedar coffin left the Plaza of the Revolution in the eastern city of Santiago. Thousands of people lined the two-mile route to Santa Ifigenia cemeter y, waving Cuban flags and shouting “Long live Fidel!” The ashes were delivered to Castro’s younger brother and successor, President Raul Castro, who wore his olive general’s uniform as he placed the remains
into a niche in the enormous grey boulder that will serve as his tomb. The niche was sealed with a green marble plaque emblazed with the name “Fidel” in gold letters. The tomb stands to the side of a memorial to the rebel soldiers killed in an attack that Castro led on Santiago’s Moncada barracks on July 26, 1953, and in front of the mausoleum of Cuban national hero Jose Marti. As the funeral ended, mar tial music could be heard outside the cemetery, where Ines de la Rosa was among the mourners gathered. She said she would have liked to watch the interment on television, but “we understand how they as a family also need a bit of privacy.” The decision to keep the final farewell private came the morning after Raul Castro announced that Cuba would prohibit the naming of streets and monuments after his brother, and bar the construction of statues of the former leader and revolutionary icon, in keeping with his desire to avoid a cult of personality. “The leader of the revolution rejected any manifestation of a cult of personality and was consistent in that through the last hours of his life, insisting that, once dead, his name and likeness would never be used on institutions, streets, parks or other public sites, and that busts, statutes or other forms of tribute would never be erected,” Raul Castro told a massive crowd gathered in the eastern city of Santiago. He said that Cuba’s National Assembly would vote in its next session on the law fulfilling the wishes of
his brother, who died last week at 90. The legislature generally holds a meeting in December and under Cuba’s single-party system, parliament unanimously or nearunanimously approves every government proposal. Fidel Castro, who stepped down in 2006 after falling ill, kept his name off public sites during his near half-century in power because he said he wanted to avoid the development of a personality cult. In contrast, the images of his fellow revolutionary fighters Camilo Cienfuegos and Ernesto “Che” Guevara became common across Cuba in the decades since their deaths. Mourning for Castro has been fer vent and intense across the country since his death, particularly in rural eastern Cuba, where huge crowds have been shouting Castro’s name and lining the roads to salute the funeral procession carrying his ashes. “All of us would like to put Fidel’s name on everything but in the end, Fidel is all of Cuba,” said Juan Antonio Gonzalez, a 70-year-old retired economist. “It was a decision of Fidel’s, not Raul’s, and I think he has to be respected.” Castro’s reign over the island nation 90 miles (145 kilometers) from Florida was marked by the U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 and the Cuban Missile Crisis a year later that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Castro, who outlasted a crippling U.S. trade embargo as well as dozens, possibly hundreds, of assassination plots, died 10 years after a life-threatening illness led him to turn over power to his brother.
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Senior outside hitter Sarah Wilhite spikes the ball on Friday at the Sports Pavilion. The Gophers won against the University of North Dakota.
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Junior middle blocker Molly Lohman spikes the ball on Saturday, at the Sports Pavilion.
Minnesota advances to Sweet Sixteen
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Junior outside hitter Alyssa Goehner spikes the ball on Saturday at the Sports Pavilion. The Gophers won against the University of Hawaii.
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Senior outside hitter Sarah Wilhite spikes the ball on Friday at the Sports Pavilion.
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The Gophers celebrate after scoring a point on Friday at the Sports Pavilion.
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The game was somewhat of a rematch. The Gophers defeated the Rainbow Wahine 3-1 last season, a victory that advanced Minnesota to the Final Four. Hawaii couldn’t avenge the loss though, and Minnesota won 25-17, 25-17, 25-19. The Gophers only trailed once in the entire match. Hawaii was seen as a strong competitor coming in but suffered a devastating blow when its kills leader, Nikki Taylor, went down with a lower leg injury three points into the match. “It was disappointing to see [Taylor] get hurt,” McCutcheon said. “We wish her a full recovery and a speedy one at that. Obviously, she was a big part of Hawaii’s plan.” Hawaii seemed disjointed for most of the match, and Minnesota was able to take advantage offensively and defensively. Wilhite again led the team with 13 kills and completed the double-double with 11 digs. Paige Tapp and Lohman both had 10 kills to tie for
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FRIDAY North Dakota Minnesota
SATURDAY Hawaii Minnesota
1 2 3 FINAL 21 12 20 0 25 25 25 3 1 2 3 FINAL 17 17 19 0 25 25 25 3
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second. Seliger-Swenson had 41 assists and libero Dalianliz Rosado had 17 digs. The Gophers keep home court advantage in the regional rounds. Minnesota starts with No. 15 Missouri on Friday at 7:15 p.m. As a unit, Minnesota played with rhythm and cohesion, firing on all cylinders for the entirety of the matches. The team hopes to build on that synchronization going f orward. “One of our biggest strengths is our team unity, and I think that helps us every single day,” said senior middle blocker Paige Tapp. “I think we’re each other’s biggest fans. That’s helped us. I hope on the court that everyone can see that we’re playing for each other.”
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Gophers to play Washington State in Holiday Bowl Minnesota will travel to San Diego to play the Cougars on Dec. 27 BY MIKE HENDRICKSON mhendrickson@mndaily.com
The Gophers will face Pac-12 opponent Washington State in the Holiday Bowl in San Diego on Dec. 27. It will be Minnesota’s fifth straight season with a bowl game appearance. “Great weather we’ll have out there. It’ll be a big challenge,” said head coach
T racy Claeys. “I know [Washington State head coach Mike Leach] [and] wherever he’s been, has won an awful lot of games, and has done the same thing with Washington State, so I think it’s a great matchup in a great location.” Minnesota went 8-4 in the regular season with losses to No. 5 Penn State, No. 21 Iowa, No. 24 Nebraska and No. 8 Wisconsin. The Gophers finished tied for four th in the Big Ten West. Washington State also went 8-4 in the regular
season. They lost to Easter n Washington, Boise State, No. 11 Colorado and No. 4 Washington. The Cougars finished second in the Pac-12 North. “[Leach] does some things that are a little bit dif ferent, and he’s been extremely successful with it,” Claeys said. “His offensive philosophy’s proven to work everywhere.” The game will be somewhat of a homecoming for one player on the Gophers. W ide receiver Drew Wolitarsky is one of the only California natives with Minnesota. He grew up in
Santa Clarita, a town about 150 miles from San Diego. The senior said he was thrilled to find out his final game for the Gophers would be in his home state. “This is the bowl game I hoped we’d get,” Wolitarsky said. “[I] really crossed my fingers for San Diego just so I could have my family come out and see me one more time in my collegiate career. [I’m] really excited and ready to get down there already and leave this cold atmosphere.” Wolitarsky said he usually has around 10 family and friends at his games in
Minnesota, but expects over 100 for the Holiday Bowl. The Cougars have played in a bowl game for three straight seasons and defeated Miami 20-14 in the Sun Bowl Bowl last year. Minnesota won its first bowl game since 2004 last season with a 21-14 win over Central Michigan in the Quick Lane Bowl. The Gophers played in seven bowl games without a win before the victory in 2015. The Holiday Bowl is a significant upgrade from last year’s bowl game in Detroit, and Claeys said it shows progress.
A win in San Diego would mark the first ninewin season for the Gophers since 2003. “We’re close to having a great season,” Claeys said. “They’re excited to get an oppor tunity to play one more game and especially a good bowl game.” The Dec. 27 game will be the sixth ever between Washington State and Minnesota. In their last meeting, the Cougars defeated the Gophers 41-9 in 1988. The game will be played at Qualcomm Stadium at 6 p.m. on Dec. 27. The game will be televised on ESPN.
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Gophers edge Vanderbilt in close game
Power forward Jordan Murphy scored the most points for the Gophers with 16.
MEN’S BASKETBALL RESULTS
SATURDAY Vanderbilt Minnesota
1 25 24
2 27 32
FINAL 52 56
SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
BY JACK WHITE jwhite@mndaily.com
Minnesota went into halftime against Vanderbilt down 25-24, and the team did something about the deficit right away. Minnesota (7-1) opened up the second half with a 15-2 run, leading to a 56-52 victory over Vanderbilt (4-4) Saturday at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. “Good win, found a way to grind it out from a defensive standpoint,” head coach Richard Pitino told reporters. “I’m not sure we would have done that last year, so I’m really proud of our guys.” The back-and-forth game featured nine lead changes and five times where the score was tied. Each team led by as many as 12 points in the game. Guard Amir Coffey made two consecutive baskets on offense, and center Reggie Lynch had two consecutive blocks on defense with less than two minutes to go. The series of plays helped the Gophers take a two-point lead late in the game. Power for ward Jordan Murphy made it a two-possession game when he made a layup in the paint. He then
rebounded the ball and drew a foul on the other side of the court to head to the line. He missed the one-on-one opportunity, but the game was already out of reach for the Commodores. Murphy was the game’s leading scorer with 16 points. He completed the doubledouble performance with 14 rebounds. “I just wanted to win, honestly,” Murphy told reporters. “This was one of my favorite games playing in last year, so this was pretty special.” Murphy came down with an alley-oop pass before making a reverse go-ahead layup in the first half. The play helped the Gophers lead 24-23 towards the end of the first half. “[Murphy] made some big buckets when we needed to,” Pitino said. Vanderbilt shot 30.2 percent from field-goal range in the game. The Commodores also had 12 turnovers to the Gophers’ nine. “We dedicated ourselves to defense this year, and you can see it,” guard Nate Mason said. “I felt like we controlled the glass and played great defense.” Vanderbilt star ted the game off with a 9-0 run.
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Gophers guard Amir Coffey handles the ball during Minnesota’s game against Southern Illinois at Williams Arena on Nov. 26.
The Gophers shot 0-7 from field-goal range during the run. Minnesota came back with a run of its own in the first half. The Gophers went on a 13-0 run to take the lead 15-14. “It was a game of runs,” Pitino said.“It was a fun game from that standpoint, and we were fortunate to come out on top.” Vanderbilt for war ds
Jef f Roberson and Luke Kornet tied for first in scoring among the Commodores with 12 points each. Roberson amassed a game-high 16 rebounds for the double-double performance. Kornet hit a 3-pointer to help Vanderbilt get ahead 4845 with 7:06 left in the second half. Minnesota drew within
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two points in the second when guard Dupree McBrayer gave an alley-oop pass to Coffey in transition. McBrayer’s pass was one of his six assists on the day. The Gophers extended the lead to six points early in the second half when Mason hit a 3-pointer. The shot was Mason’s second from behind the arc. He had eight points
and five assists on the day. Minnesota bounced back from its first loss of the season with its victory over Vanderbilt. The Gophers head home to play the New Jersey Institute of Technology in their next game. “You try like heck to make sure one loss doesn’t become two,” Pitino said. “We made winning plays.”
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Gophers guard Carlie Wagner runs with the ball against Florida State on Nov. 30 at Williams Arena.
Minnesota defeats Detroit Mercy by 20 Carlie Wagner and Gadiva Hubbard combined for 57 points Saturday. MADDY FOX, DAILY
Sophomore defender Sophie Skarzynski handles the puck on Oct. 29 at Ridder Arena where the Gophers beat St. Cloud State 3-0.
Gophers and Badgers split games
Minnesota won 2-0 Saturday but lost 8-2 on Sunday to split the series. BY TOMMY SLETTEN tsletten@mndaily.com
It was a tale of two games for No. 2 Minnesota’s first series against rival No. 1 Wisconsin. The Gophers’ two outings starkly contrasted each other. They won the first on in a 2-0 shutout Satur day but then lost the second on Sunday 8-2. This marked the first time Minnesota has given up eight goals since Nov. 7, 1999 against Harvard, a game they lost 8-3. “Yesterday we played a
“Yesterday we played a real solid 60 minutes, just a complete effort.Tonight, we were on our heels right from the getgo and it really was an opposite game.” BRAD FROST Head coach
real solid 60 minutes, just a complete ef for t,” said head coach Brad Frost. “Tonight, we were on our heels right from the get-go and it really was an opposite game.” Minnesota (14-2-2, 12-22 WCHA) saw an impressive defensive showing on Saturday, where redshir t junior goalie Sidney Peters had 37 saves — a career high — to ear n her shutout. Senior for war d Kate Schipper scored midway through the second period with a power play goal of f an assist from senior for ward Dani Cameranesi. The goal marked Schipper’s 100th career goal with Minnesota and Cameranesi’s assist marked her 200th career point in a Gophers uniform. Schipper finished the game with two goals, as she scored an empty-netter late in the third period. Sunday’s game was just the opposite for the Gophers, as they looked out of sync from the star t, and lost 8-2. “The big dif fer ence was executing all over the ice and just having consistent ef for t,” said forward Kelly Pannek said. “We just couldn’t match the level of play fr om
the night before, and I think that’s what made the difference.” Both teams scored early, as junior for ward Caitlin Reilly r esponded to W isconsin’s first period game-opening goal with a goal of her own. However, W isconsin (15-2-1, 11-2-1 WCHA) came back with three goals in less than two minutes, pushing the score to 4-1 in favor of the Badgers. Senior defenseman Megan Wolfe scored the next and seemingly put Minnesota back in the game. But the rest of the game was all Wisconsin. The Badgers put two more goals in the net in the second frame, before Peters was pulled in favor of freshman goalie Serena D’Angelo. After her career night, Peters allowed six goals and accumulated just 13 saves. H o w e v e r, D ’ A n g e l o and the rest of the team fared no better in the final period, as Wisconsin rattled of f two more goals to reach the final score of 8-2. “ We d i d n ’ t g e t t h e goaltending we needed tonight, and didn’t help our goalies out tonight, either. It was a
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SATURDAY Wisconsin Minnesota
SUNDAY Wisconsin Minnesota
1 0 0
2 0 1
3 0 1
FINAL 0 2
1 4 2
2 2 0
3 2 0
FINAL 8 2
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disappointing night,” Frost said. The Gophers were also disadvantaged, playing the game without top goal scorer Cameranesi, who suf fered a lower body injur y the night before. The teams are always closely matched. The series marks the first split between the two programs since 2011. Minnesota will hit the road again next weekend to play Boston University, its final series before the winter break. Senior captain Lee Stecklein said she sees this last series as a chance to finish strong befor e the br eak, and move on from this past weekend. “We’re just going to have to use this last series to reset from what happened this weekend, find a way to move on and end on a good note,” she said.
BY DOMINIC DAVIS ddavis@mndaily.com
After thr ee straight losses, the Gophers got back on track Saturday with a 11191 win over Detroit Mercy. Carlie Wagner and freshman Gadiva Hubbard set the tone by finding their shooting rhythms in the first half. The two finished with a combined 57 points. They each had one big quarter, with Hubbard scoring 10 points in the third and Wagner scoring 13 in the fourth quarter. “[Hubbard] has a comfort level playing at an elite level,” said head coach Marlene Stollings. “Maybe a little bit more than some freshmen do. I’m ver y pleased with how she has adapted to the game.” Rebounding was a key component for the Gophers (5-3) as they outrebounded Detroit Mercy by 30. Offensive rebounds led to 38 points for the Gophers. Jessie Edwards extended plays for her side, which helped Minnesota maintain the lead. Edwards had 15 points in the game. “Jessie was really key in the second half,” Stollings said. “She had a double-double with 12 rebounds, and seven of those were offensive, and most of those she got put-back points off of. It was a huge difference in the game.” Efficient shooting allowed Minnesota to build a solid lead over Detroit Mercy (3-5). The Gophers shot over 50 percent from the 3-point line in the first half. Stollings said she was pleased with their shooting efficiency and that
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RESULTS
SATURDAY Detroit Minnesota
1 2 3 4 FINAL 26 12 30 23 91 31 25 26 29 111
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they needed to do better than they have in their last few games. Hubbard also helped the Gophers build a lead. She sank two 3-pointers that contributed to an 11-0 run to start the second quarter. “I thought we were very locked in and focused defensively to start the second quarter,” Stollings said. “We were just on fire from the 3-point line.” Hubbard hit five 3-pointers in the game and scored a career-high 26 points. Her previous best was 21 points against North Carolina. “I was just tr ying to shoot,” Hubbard said. “The last couple games my shot’s been off, and I’ve been trying to attack more. Today, it was the opposite, so I just tried to stick with what was working.” Minnesota was ef fective getting to the basket, which led to 20 free throw attempts. The Gophers made 16 of those, while Detroit only made three of its six attempts. Detroit was down by as many as 26 but fought back to bring the score to 82-68 going into the fourth quarter. Anja Marinkovic led Detroit Mercy with 29 points. She shot 11-19 from the field with seven 3-pointers. The Titans made 16 from behind the arc and shot 45.7 percent, but its 3-point shooting couldn’t close the gap. “Defensively, we have to lock in a bit better on closeouts,” Stollings said. “We didn’t want to give up 16 3-point baskets.”
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CARTER JONES, DAILY
Gophers forward Leon Bristedt carries the puck into the Ohio State zone on Friday at Mariucci Arena.
Gophers outscored 11-8 in series split
Minnesota beat Ohio State 5-3 Friday but lost 8-3 Saturday at home. BY DREW COVE dcove@mndaily.com
A back-and-forth weekend ended with a tough loss for the Gophers. No. 11 Minnesota (7-52, 1-1-0 Big Ten) split the weekend series against No. 10 Ohio State (9-2-4, 1-1-0). The Gophers emerged victorious Friday 5-3, but on Saturday, the Buckeyes took the victory 8-3. “We come out of the
weekend 1-1,” said head coach Don Lucia Saturday. “We had an opportunity to do better after winning [Friday], and that’s probably the thing that’s disappointing the most — that we didn’t give ourselves a chance to win [Saturday].” Minnesota beat Ohio State for its seventh consecutive regular season win against the Buckeyes Friday. The Gophers got off to a rocky start when defenseman Ryan Lindgren mishandled a puck in front of his own net, eventually scoring the first goal for the Buckeyes.
Goaltender Eric Schierhorn has had shaky endings lately, with his record being 2-3-1 on Friday, but pulled out the victor y making 18 saves. “I’m happy for him,” Lucia said. “We changed his routine, but I just told him, ‘Don’t skate today. Just get stretched and loosen up,’ and I thought he was sharp all game long.” For ward Tyler Sheehy scored the fourth and fifth goals of the night. The four th was the eventual game winner. “They were good,” Sheehy said Friday. “Definitely they were fun. They
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were kind of big goals, so to be able to get the bench up a little bit and give us a little momentum is definitely a good thing.” Saturday, the stor y was the same with Sheehy, but the team itself was different. Minnesota was throttled by Ohio State 8-3 Saturday. “Obviously disappointing,” Lucia said Saturday. “We came out and didn’t have a great start, and it’s 2-2, you think, ‘OK, we’re back in it,’ and we give up those [four] goals early in the second, and it’s game over.” After giving up four goals on nine shots, Lucia pulled
Schierhorn in favor of Nick Lehr. After Lehr allowed two goals on eight shots, he was replaced, with Schierhorn coming back in net. Defensively, the Gophers were nothing spectacular, — giving up multiple odd-man rushes and playing catchup defensively most of the evening. Even in Minnesota’s lackluster offensive performance, Sheehy managed to factor into all three goals the Gophers scored. Sheehy has 15 points in seven games against the Buckeyes in his career. “It’s not really anything I have been thinking about,”
Sheehy said Saturday. “Obviously, the loss is way bigger than that.” Sheehy is the Gophers’ leading scorer this season with 20 points in 14 games. The Gophers haven’t allowed eight goals since Dec. 11 in an 8-3 loss at Michigan. Minnesota has not allowed eight goals at Mariucci Arena since an 8-4 loss to Duluth in 1997. “We win as a team, we lose as a team,” Lucia said. “Tonight we lost as a team, and the good thing is [that] it’s one loss — not three. And we go back to work on Monday and get ready for Michigan State.”
WRESTLING
Minnesota competes in two meets Gophers place fourth in Cliff
Keen Invitational in Vegas
The Gophers went to Atlanta and Minneapolis this weekend to race.
Brett Pfarr and Jake Short won the only titles for Minnnesota.
BY ALYSSA HODENFIELD ahodenfield@mndaily.com
Minnesota’s swimming and diving teams split athletes up this weekend to compete at the AT&T W inter Nationals in Atlanta and the Jean Freeman Invitational at home. AT&T Winter Nationals kicked of f with multiple relay wins by the Gophers for the women’s team. The winning 200-yard medley relay team cons i s t e d o f Te v y n Wa d dell, Lindsey Horejsi, Danielle Nack and Zoe Avestr uz with a time of 1:37.71. The same relay team kept the momentum going on the second day of competition and won the 400-yard medley relay, too, with a time of 3:34.15. Wa d d e l l , A v e s t r u z and Nack along with Brooke Zeiger also managed to snag a win in the 800 free relay (7:12.63). “I feel great about [our performances], as a matter of fact,” said head coach Kelly Kremer. “From my perspective, the weekend couldn’t have gone any better.” Zeiger was a standout in the weekend’s competition. She broke her own school record in the 400-yar d individual medley with a time of 4:02.71. She also broke the Big Ten r ecor d with a v ic t o r y i n t he 1 ,6 5 0 freestyle with a time of 15:44.00. “Anytime you [break a B i g Te n r e c o r d ] i s
BY MIKE HENDRICKSON mhendrickson@mndaily.com
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Gophers sophomore Brooke Zeiger competes in the women’s 400 individual medley finals in the Jean K. Freeman Aquatics Center on Dec. 5, 2015.
outstanding, and to do it in December is really noteworthy,” Kremer said. “[Zeiger] had a great weekend from star t to finish.” The second-place finisher was more than three seconds behind Zeiger, and her time automatically qualified her for the NCAA Championships. Zeiger also shone in the 500 fr eestyle. She came in second by a slim .22 with a time of 4:39.33. “I was kind of surprised,” Zeiger said. “I hadn’t felt that great this week, but I tried to pump myself up and talk myself through it and not give into those negative thoughts. I was really excited about how I | did.” On the men’s side, the Minnesota 200 medley relay came in second behind Indiana. Dar yl Turner, Conner McHugh, Paul Fair and Bowe Becker made up the medley team. Becker stepped up individually for the men’s 50-yard freestyle. Becker won the race with a time of 19.67. He snagged another
win on Saturday in the 100-yard freestyle foll ow ed b y P a u l F a i r i n sixth. The Gophers also did not disappoint at the Jean Freeman Invitational this weekend. Senior Matt Bar nard dominated the diving competition and won the 3-meter contest (441.68). He was followed by sophomore Alan LeBlang (377.05). The 50 freestyle was an important event for the Gophers as well. Sophomore Kaia Grobe snagged a win in the event for the women (23.37), and sophomore James T idd did the same for the men (20.50). Senior Erick Huft (45.03) touched out Tidd (45.06) by .03 in the men’s 100-yard freestyle. The teams will take time of f from competing over winter break to train until a meet in Hawaii in Januar y. “From this point moving through the end of Januar y, we’ll be putting in some really intense work and start to specialize a bit more,” Kremer said. “No question, we’ll be training really hard.”
Minnesota and 34 other teams competed in the Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas Friday and Saturday and the Gophers placed fourth overall. Redshir t senior Brett Pfarr at 197 and redshirt junior Jake Short at 157 were the two title winners for the Gophers. The four th-place finish comes a week after No. 10 Minnesota lost 34-3 to No. 1 Oklahoma State. “I thought the team … had some good improvements over the last couple of weeks,” said interim head coach Brandon Eggum. “It was great to see the guys compete well again this weekend.” Pfarr continued a great start to his final season for the Gophers. The No. 2 ranked senior won all five of his matches with bonus points defeating No. 3 Jared Haught of Virginia Tech 14-1 in the 197-title match. He also defeated No. 12 Kollin Moore 15-7 earlier in the day and is the only Gophers wrestler who is still undefeated. “He can dominate in all positions,” Eggum said. “He can shoot. He can score. He can beat them on top. He’s better on bottom, so he’s a tough guy to compete against.” Short was the other title winner for the Gophers. He defeated No. 10 Colin Heffernan of Central Michigan at 157 in a close 3-2 win. Short’s title comes after he didn’t compete in the
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Gophers wrestler Jake Short competes in the wrestling team’s home opener at the Sports Pavilion on Nov. 19 where the Gophers beat South Dakota State University.
Gophers’ last dual against Oklahoma State. Earlier in the week Eggum said he wanted to give Carson Brolsma a chance to wrestle and said Shor t wasn’t wrestling like himself in previous competitions. Shor t rebounded well, winning all five of his matches. “I was pissed off. I had anger. I was mad — not at anyone on the staff but the way I was competing,” Shor t said. “I put those emotions into my training and then from there brought it to the competition.” Besides Pfarr and Short, thr ee other Minnesota wrestlers placed in the Invitational. No. 8 redshirt senior Michael Kroells placed third at heavyweight, freshman Mitch McKee placed fourth at 133 and redshirt junior Nick Wanzek placed eighth at 174. McKee grabbed his first career win over a ranked opponent Saturday, defeating No. 16 Anthony Tutolo of Kent State 3-0 but lost to No. 18 Mark Grey of Cornell 2-0 in the third-place match.
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As a first-year wrestler for the Gophers, he said there were some things he could get away with in high school that he can’t anymore. “On bottom, I just need to get to my feet and fight hands,” McKee said. “The past couple duals I’ve been flat-footed. It really helped me in a few matches to keep my feet moving and my hands also.” No. 5 Ohio State won the Cliff Keen Invitational with 118.5 points. Wisconsin placed second with 113.5 points, and No. 7 Virginia Tech had 103 points. Minnesota finished third on Friday but fell to four th on Saturday with 100 points, total. “Ther e’s individuals that I know could do better and probably had higher hopes of finishing stronger,” Eggum said.
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Editorials & Opinions COLUMN
Clinton’s loss has a surprising outcome After the election, women are channeling their anger and frustration over the election.
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h en the last of the battleground states were called on election night, I couldn’t believe that our first viable attempt at electing a woman president had failed in the face of such a hopelessly under-qualified man. Even with all of her experience, Clinton still seemed unfit for Commander-in-Chief in the eyes of the American people. Now, a month after the election, there have been some surprising results that have given me hope for future elections. Various news outlets have repor ted that women are channeling their anger and fr ustration over the 2016 election and running for lower-level of fices.
No position is too small when women face crushing defeat after 45 male presidents and centuries of male-dominated politics.
KAYLEE ANDERSON columnist
Because women are underrepresented in all levels of government, I believe these people have realized something that I’ve always known is true: If we want the general American populace to see women as viable candidates for the highest office in the U.S., we need to show them we are more than capable of political prowess. To do that, we need to run for of fice in droves. We need to flood ever y available branch, ever y small-town government or inner-city school board. No position is too small when women face crushing defeat after 45 male presidents and centuries of male-dominated politics. The fact that mothers have to explain to their daughters why Hillar y Clinton lost to Donald Tr ump, and why their daughters still don’t have a person that looks like them in the oval of fice, especially in 2016, is mind-boggling to me.
If there’s anything good that can come out of this election, it is that there is still hope for the people Donald Trump has disrespected. The recent election of Rep. Ilhan Omar — a Somali-American woman who wears a hijab and fights for equality in ever y sense of the word — to the Minnesota House of Representatives is something that we should be immensely proud of. And Omar isn’t alone. Three other women of color have been elected to the state Legislature. Rep. Erin Maye Quade, DFL-Apple Valley, joins Rep. Rena Moran, DFL-St. Paul, as the only black women in the Legislature. In addition, two American Indian legislators, Rep. Mar y Kunesh-Podein and Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn, are also on the 2017-18 Legislature’s roster. Yet, despite the newly elected, the number of women in state government decreased by four seats. We need to change that. The fight is not over. Yes, we may have lost the bid for a female president this round, but it’s the first of many. And I, without a doubt, will keep on fighting. Kaylee Anderson welcomes comments at kanderson@mndaily.com.
2016 U.S. GUN VIOLENCE Total gun-related incidents: 53,134 Total number of deaths: 13,737 Total number of mass shootings: 361
GUEST COLUMN L.C. Graber welcomes comments at lgraber@mndaily.com.
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2016 ain’t over ’til it’s over If you ask me about my favorite things from this year, I’ll get back to you in January.
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here’s still a month left in 2016, but to quote the illustrious Mr. Lenny Kravitz, “baby, it ain’t over ‘til it’s over.” That said, numerous publications have already published their picks for the “best albums of 2016.” The critics couldn’t have predicted that Beyoncé would drop her 2013 self-titled album in the last weeks of December that year. She had the critics scrambling to rewrite their lists. We’re all guilty of declaring things the best before the dust settles. If we really stand for an ar tist, we’ll praise it before it even leaks online — sometimes before the album itself is even announced. Why do we feel it necessar y to give our definitive opinion on ever ything so damn quickly? First impressions are cer tainly meaningful, and the first time hearing a song will usually shade fur ther listens. However, for any critical dissections to occur, the tweets need to stop trending before you declare something the “best” or “important.” It took me years to figure out if I liked
GUEST EDITORIAL Volunteer forces make us strong Even if volunteers may be too modest to sing their own praises, their work in Minnesota should be celebrated. A recent report by the Corporation for National and Community Service, an independent government agency, placed Minnesota second in the nation in volunteerism rates. Utah was rated No. 1. That adds up to a lot of hours that people give of themselves. In this state, 1.5 million volunteers — 35 percent of Minnesotans — spent 155.4 million hours helping out, the report said. Not only is that kind of volunteerism good for the people who benefit from that help, but those efforts contribute $3.3 billion worth of service. The high rate of volunteering is not really a surprise to our local communities. Numerous nonprofits in south-central
Kaler’s statement a positive step
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arly last week, President Kaler’s office issued an important statement about his office’s support for undocumented University of Minnesota students and staff. We support the statement made by Kaler — it reflects the administration’s nimble response to the destructive rhetoric of Presidentelect Donald Trump’s campaign, and Kaler’s willingness to hear out students’ concerns, especially those voiced in a petition calling for the school to be made a sanctuary campus. On Nov. 21, Kaler joined 400 other college presidents who signed a statement in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — a program that defers deportation proceedings for young, undocumented people who were brought to the U.S. as minors. Earlier this year, the College Republicans painted “Build the Wall” on their Washington Avenue Bridge panel, sparking a dialogue over free speech. Then, President Kaler’s statement on the right to speech failed to explicitly call for inclusion and the safety of all students in the University of Minnesota community. Kaler’s response to the DACA petition was necessary to restore a semblance of trust for many communities affected by anti-immigrant or xenophobic actions. A statement, however, is only as good as the actions that follow. We hope Kaler will provide an impetus for change rather than just good dialogue. Students and staff must come together to build an environment where all students are welcome, and we must make a concerted effort to provide support and protection for our undocumented students who have a right to learn in a safe environment.
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Minnesota couldn’t do the work they do without volunteers. From stocking the food shelves to stringing up holiday lights at Sibley Park and ever ything in between, people come for ward to get the job done no matter what it is — including taking down those holiday lights in the typically frigid January weather. It’s safe to say the Midwestern work ethic is behind a lot of those hours logged. People who work long and hard make time to give some of the little extra time they have. And retirees around here usually don’t retire to a total life of leisure. They find other ways to contribute to their community, whether it be wrapping donated gifts, tutoring children at school or hammering nails for Habitat for Humanity. The other benefit of living in an area that values helping one another is that generosity comes in lots of forms. Businesses donate goods and ser vices for benefits
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HAIM, and I’m still at a point where the scale could probably shift in the other direction. Their debut album came out in 2013, and I can’t tell you whether their song “The Wire” is the best of anything, let alone important. But I’m no critic. I used to wish I could see five or ten years into the future and know what people think of today’s music. That way I’d no longer cringe when looking back at my old playlists. Today, I allow myself to get swept up in the hype and not feel ashamed of any of the music I used to listen to. Maybe instant declarations of what’s the “best” or “impor tant” are par t of being present in this moment. However, if you ask me about my favorite things from this year, I’ll get back to you in Januar y. Chance Wellnitz welcomes comments at cwellnitz@mndaily.com.
and fundraisers; companies get behind the United Way drive that supports multiple nonprofits, and individuals also open their pocketbooks when they see a need. When volunteers receive praise for all the good work they do, they often shrug off compliments and give others more credit. And they often describe the two-way street of volunteerism. For ever y bit they give, they get a bunch back in the form of connection, satisfaction and often newfound understanding of someone else’s plight. It’s inspiring to see that younger generations are fully involved in doing their part. From Maple River High School students breaking records during their Relay for Life fundraiser ever y summer to Mankato teens participating in holiday gift drives through their schools and churches, it’s clear to see that this region is doing its par t to keep Minnesota’s volunteerism tradition alive. Editor’s Note: This editorial originally appeared as an editorial in the Mankato Free Press.
ollowing a nationwide push known as Ban the Box, the University of Minnesota announced it will no longer ask prospective students about their criminal history starting with the class of 2018. Momentum for Ban the Box increased steadily after President Obama’s vow to promote reintegration efforts for formerly-incarcerated people and reform the criminal justice system. Last year a presidential memorandum forbade federal agencies from asking about felonies on employment applications. The University’s renunciation of felony disclosure dates back to a March 2015 Student Senate resolution calling the school to remove the felony question. The school revised its language to omit questions about misdemeanors. The University has recently decided to join Common App — an undergraduate college admission application used by nearly 700 college that includes a question asking students to self-report their criminal background. However, vice provost and dean of undergraduate education, Bob McMaster, told the Minnesota Daily that it will not accept criminal history data from Common App. The University’s Ban the Box effort is certainly symbolic. It shows the school’s willingness to expand accessibility and diminish anxieties over implicit bias — especially for the more than 70 million Americans who have criminal records. However, field experiments conducted by researchers at Princeton University and the University of Michigan’s Law School suggest that Ban the Box measures can expand statistical, race-based discrimination. In one simulation, callbacks for black job applicants dropped by 45 percent compared to white applicants after a Ban the Box measure was enacted. The University’s Ban the Box decision is a pointed attempt to mitigate obstacles associated with students who have criminal histories, especially for black males who are adversely affected by the criminal justice system. But if the school aims to also address racial disparities that don’t fall within the intersection of incarceration — which it unequivocally should — it ought to formulate concrete policies that will provide checks and balances to Ban the Box. This would ensure racial justice is always at the forefront of the application committee’s mind.
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CROSSWORD Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle FOR RELEASE DECEMBER 5, 2, 2016
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HOROSCOPES Today’s Birthday (12/5): Social connections and friends benefit you this year. Show up for your community. Shift your itinerary this spring, as your home blossoms. Try new communication tactics next autumn.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Written by Nancy Black
Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is a 9 — Review priorities. Keep old commitments today and tomorrow. Imagine a project completed, and notice logical precluding steps.
Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is an 8 — Guard your health during a busy phase today and tomorrow. Act decisively and steadily. You have the necessary resources.
Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is an 8 — Hold meetings, collaborate with teams and have fun with friends over the next two days. Especially support elders and children.
Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 9 — Relax and savor time with friends and family over the next two days. Play games together. Seek out beauty and harmony.
Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is an 8 — Focus at work to navigate a professional challenge over the next two days. Verify the investment of time and money before committing.
Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 7 — Domestic projects satisfy over the next two days. Get creative with color. Putter in the garden. Seek out stillness and peace.
Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is an 8 — Wander where your curiosity takes you today and tomorrow. Travel and study reveal bountiful treasures.
Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 7 — Communication provides solutions over the next two days. Emotions could run high. Address an uncomfortable situation head on.
Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 9 — Collaborate on financial administration today and tomorrow. Send invoices and pay bills. Review insurance, banking and investment accounts.
Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 9 — Go for the gold! The next two days could get especially profitable. Stick to your budget. Avoid frivolous spending. Increase your financial security.
Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is an 8 — Strategize with your partner today and tomorrow. Navigate a change in plans. Consider emotional, as well as practical aspects.
Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 9 — Take charge of your destiny. Listen to the wisdom of an elder. Energize your actions over the next few days. Assertiveness works well now.
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With a fresh layer of snow, we plot a revolution. Soon enough, there will be enough powder for the Marcy-Holmes Snow People to construct our snow kingdom. Buried beneath a deck in the neighborhood, the snow people create a temporary home each year to plan our uprising. Steeped in fantastic folklore about the powers of the glittering white gift from the skies, we plot the overthrow of the University of Minnesota. These are our demands. 1. No more oppressive rules about where we can put up our snow cone machines. 2. Peppermint will be considered a color. 3. Morrill Hall will be turned into a permanent refrigerator where we will continue to rule through the year. If our demands are not met by Dec. 25, which is conveniently International Snow Person Day and not
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Christmas, we will overthrow the student population.
—Snow King and Queen Dear Snow Royalty,
I, for one, welcome our new snow overlords. May I suggest that we incorpor a te c o r p o r a l p u n i s h m e n t i n t h e form of white washes and snow ball pelting? I have three pet hamsters, a living piñata, an easy bake oven and a box of popcorn buried in a hole in Bangor, Maine that I ask the snow people to take mercy on. In my opinion as a Doctor of Love, communication is the key to a frigid military coup. Make your demands heard to the student population. Oh, and take a lesson from Fidel Castro and call yourself a Communist. Students will probably join your side, no matter how many terrible things you do.
—Dr. Date
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Legislative control could shift funding Many fear that the new Rep. majority will not prioritize funding requests. BY RYAN FAIRCLOTH rfaircloth@mndaily.com
With Republicans snatching control of the Minnesota House and Senate earlier this month, some lawmakers think the shift could impact state funding for the University of Minnesota. Republicans anticipate a much smoother process to approve funding in the upcoming session for HEAPR and say it is possible the funding amount the University receives will change little from past years. But DFL lawmakers say past opposition from conser vative lawmakers signals a priority change. Since 1971, a conservative party has controlled both the
House and the Senate twice — once in 2011, and again this election. Sen. Michelle Fischbach, R-Paynesville, the newly-appointed chair of the Senate’s Higher Education Committee, said she will closely examine the University’s funding to see which requests are necessary. Fischbach said she’s unsure how much state funding the University will receive in the upcoming session, but HEAPR requests should be prioritized over new buildings proposals. The school hasn’t shared past specifics about where state funding dollars are allocated, and it should be a more transparent process, she said. “We need to take a hard look ever y time there are requests,” she said. Last session, the University requested roughly $236 million in state
funding to pay for new projects and building maintenance. The Senate proposed $160.7 million for University funding at the time, while the House proposed $65.8 million. No agreement was reached on the bonding bill before the session concluded, leaving the University with no funding. Soon-to-be former House Minority Leader, Rep. Paul Thissen, DFLMinneapolis, said he believes Senate Republicans will lower funding suggestions to mirror the House. “It’ll be more the Governor who is the outlier … in terms of funding for things like higher education,” he said. Sen. Jim Abeler, RAnoka, disagr eed, and said Republicans care as much as Democrats when it comes to investing in the University, adding that the school is the “flagship
State agency rejects U’s appeal over faculty union Union u from Page 1
four new employee categories previously classified in different units. The University has 30 days from the decision date to decide whether to proceed with a court appeal. The school has previously said it will challenge the decision in court. “We are disappointed with this ruling,” said University Director of Employee Relations Patti Dion in an email to faculty. “The Bureau’s
decision to change the longstanding definition of faculty is a major shift from the historically well-defined faculty role in our research university.” In an emailed statement, Minnesota Academics United, which is organizing the faculty union push at the University, said it was pleased with the BMS’ ruling. “We are generally pleased with the … BMS ruling and are looking forward to continuing to work towards an election,” the email said. This isn’t the first time the University clashed with the BMS during the
faculty unionization efforts. This spring, the University objected to BMS-lead hearings reviewing which faculty members would be eligible to take part in a union vote and challenged the process in the Minnesota Court of Appeals. The court denied the University’s request, calling it non-appealable because BMS hadn’t made any final decisions about employee classification. While organizers initially expected a vote on faculty unionization by the end of the semester, it is unclear whether further progress will be made this year.
institution in the state.” Bonding and HEAPR funding for the University won’t dif fer much with a Republican-majority, Abeler said, and having Senate and House leaders from the same political party could help boost legislative productivity. “It may actually lend more chance to come up with an agreement,” he said. Sen. Carla Nelson, RRochester said funding will be more stable and “less prone to games and gimmicks.” Nelson pointed to the end of the last session as an example of how a Republican-majority will end the division between state lawmakers. “The bonding bill … including HEAPR and the projects would’ve already been signed into law,” she said. Rep. Gene Pelowski
Jr., DFL-Winona, said he doesn’t expect House Republicans to prioritize the University in the upcoming session since they didn’t make an effort last year. “It was not an agenda item for at least the Republican majority in the House to fund higher education,” he said. And this is unlikely to change, Pelowski said, since Republicans gained legislative seats in this year’s election without fulfilling higher education budget requests. Thissen said the way Republicans fund state infrastructure may be problematic, since they will likely pay for transportation with the state’s general fund, which could shrink the amount of education money available. Sen. Richard Cohen, DFL-St. Paul, said he’s unsure whether University funding
requests will change, but is “pessimistic.” “Last year … and this year, [we] ran into some real opposition from senior Republicans in terms of the University of Minnesota,” he said, adding that some lawmakers thought the University is well-of f and doesn’t require funding. Abeler said par t of the responsibility of HEAPR funding lies with the University. “The U is all about future planning, and maybe somehow when we build a building, we need to be throwing money in for the deferred maintenance of it.” Focusing on having functional University buildings, he said, could help pay for new projects or HEAPR maintenance down the line. “ Yo u c a n s a v e $ 1 0 million on a building,” he said. “That adds up after a while to … another free building.”
US, China, EU, others fail to reach environmental goods deal BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GENEVA — For ty-six countries including the U.S., China and European Union nations failed Sunday to agree on a list of “environmental goods” like solar-powered air conditioners or LED light bulbs that could be targeted for lower tariffs. The two-day meeting at World Trade Organization involved a bid to agree on reducing tariffs on over 200 environment-friendly goods worth around $1 trillion in trade annually, part of a process that EU trade
commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom called important “to show that trade and the environment can go hand in hand.” She and several other of ficials said China’s presentation of a late list of goods to include threw a monkey wrench into the weekend negotiations. The talks amounted to just a step in a broader process on the Environmental Goods Agreement that was already facing uncer tainty about how the administration of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump will approach it. “In the last seconds, China
proposed a list that was not studied enough,” Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci told The Associated Press on Sunday. “Many countries, they have concerns about the list.” Zeybekci cited other concerns about sustainable-development lumber between Canada and New Zealand on one side and Japan and Taiwan on another. The United States and the European Union, who chaired the talks, said in a joint statement that envoys would return home to consider the next steps, but did not provide any timetable.
Green Party taking bid for recount to fed. court BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is taking her bid for a statewide recount of Pennsylvania’s Nov. 8 presidential election to federal court. After announcing Stein and recount supporters were dropping their case in state court, lawyer Jonathan Abady said they will seek an emergency federal court order Monday. “Make no mistake — the Stein campaign will continue to fight for a statewide recount in Pennsylvania,” Abady said in a statement Saturday night. “We are committed to this fight to protect the civil and voting rights of all Americans.” He said barriers to a recount in Pennsylvania are pervasive and the state court system is ill-equipped to address the problem. Stein has spearheaded a recount effort in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, three states with a history of backing Democrats for president that were narrowly and unexpectedly won by Republican Donald Trump over Democrat Hillary Clinton. Stein has framed the campaign as an effort to explore whether voting machines and systems had been hacked and the election result manipulated. Stein’s lawyers, however, have offered no evidence of hacking in Pennsylvania’s election, and the state Republican Party and Trump had asked the court to dismiss the state court case. The recount-campaign decision came two days before a state court hearing was scheduled in the case. Saturday’s court filing to withdraw the case said the Green Party-backed voters who filed it “are regular citizens of ordinary means” and cannot afford the $1 million bond ordered by the court by 5 p.m. Monday. Meanwhile, Green Party-backed efforts to force recounts and analyze election software in scattered precincts were continuing.