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■■ A brief history of U’s faculty union pushes
KANYE RECOUNTED THE ‘LIFE OF PABLO’ ON MONDAY.
■■ Regents will vote on six-year capital projects
The University’s first unionization effort began in 1978. PG 3
The Board will approve funding the requests this week. PG 10
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Rewiring sound Though some in the deaf community worry about the cultural impact of cochlear implants, hearing technology continues to advance at the U.
Brian Burnett will assume the new vice president role pending regent approval on Thursday. BY OLIVIA JOHNSON ojohnson@mndaily.com
The University of Minnesota has named its senior vice president for finance and operations — a new position created in March by University President Eric Kaler. Brian Bur nett, pending appr oval from the Board of Regents at its Thursday meeting, will begin on Nov. 17 after a months-long search, said University spokesman Steve Henneberr y. He said he thinks there won’t be debate about approving Burnett for the position. “Along with the right set of experiences and skills, Brian’s commitment to public ser vice and an understanding of the support role that operating units provide to the academic, research and outreach missions of the University are apparent,” u See BURNETT Page 2
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First year Psychology Ph.D student Erin O’Neill shows her cochlear implants on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at her office in Elliott Hall. O’Neill conducted research about cochlear implants that will be released later this month.
LEGISLATURE
Lawmakers’ pay could be determined by voters An amendment on November’s ballot could change the state’s rules on legislative salaries.
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s she woke one morning in her early twenties, Erin O’Neill found she’d lost hearing in her right ear. Six months later, she awoke unable to hear at all. Though she originally planned to be a Spanish interpreter, O’Neill now studies cognitive brain sciences, helping psychology Professor Andrew Oxenham research ways to improve pitch and acoustics in cochlear implants. Their research, which they plan to publish next month, is one of many projects at the University’s Center for Applied and Translational Sensory Science, which opened last fall. Despite research to advance hearing technology, the deaf community is still divided on the use of cochlear implants and other hearing aids.
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First year Psychology Ph.D student Erin O’Neill poses for a portrait on Tuesdayoutside her office in Elliott Hall.
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BY RYAN FAIRCLOTH rfaircloth@mndaily.com
Come November, Minnesota citizens could snatch control of state legislators’ salaries. If passed, a ballot measure in the upcoming election would shift the decision to raise lawmakers’ salaries to a 16-person independent council. Gov. Mark Dayton and Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Skjerven Gildea would each pick one person from each of the state’s eight congressional districts. Currently, Minnesota state legislators set their own salaries — about $31,000 per year. They also receive compensation for living and travel expenses during the legislative session. House Minority Leader Paul Thissen, u See BALLOT Page 3
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MSA, University collaboration tackles tampon scarcity A new initiative aims to resolve frustrations around menstrual product accessibility on campus. BY RILYN EISCHENS reischens@mndaily.com
In response to accessibility complaints, menstrual care products will now be more accessible in University of Minnesota restrooms. University Facilities Management will
stock the school’s gender-neutral restrooms with pads and tampons, as well as add new informational signs to restrooms about where to find menstrual supplies. The changes come after a push by the Minnesota Student Association (MSA). MSA members noticed the sparse availability of menstrual products and began discussing ways to deal with the issue, said MSA President Abeer Syedah. “We had countless encounters with people … [walking] into the MSA of fice and asking if we had tampons,” she said.
MSA Infrastructure Committee Director Erin Deal said she wanted to work on the project because she’s experienced the lack of supplies herself. “At the University, I’ve heard a lot of stories about people needing [pads or tampons] and not being able to find [them],” she said. “I’ve personally stopped people in the restroom … and been like, ‘Can you help me out?’” Physiology senior Melissa Hiniker u See PRODUCTS Page 2
STUDENT GROUPS
New club augments reality Augmented Reality Collective hopes to develop partnerships with technology companies. BY DAVID CLAREY dclarey@mndaily.com
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Brandon Bogdalek, an officer for the University’s Augmented Reality Collective, demonstrates how to use a HoloLens, an augmented reality device, at a group meeting on Oct. 9.
A new campus club was recently outfitted with thousands of dollars in futuristic gear by Microsoft. The Augmented Reality Collective (ARC), which first met Monday night, is where students got a chance to see the $3,000 headset in action. As they gathered to watch demos of the gear, ARC President Dan Yao told the group augmented reality is the future, and this was their chance to get on board. That future will include seamless integration of technology into ever yday life, said Brandon Bogdalek, biology senior
and ARC’s corporate relations officer. At the meeting, Bogdalek showcased how the Microsoft HoloLens can show users anything from a Netflix movie to a model of the solar system on a wall or in the air before them. “AR [augmented reality] is something you can do in the daily sense,“ Yao said. “I wanted to bring AR to campus … and bring this field to the University.” At the meeting, Bogdalek said AR is predicted to reach a value of $120 billion as a field by 2020, making it exciting even for those not involved in its technical side. “That’s a lot of money, and to be able to to use such a cool technology and to maybe have a piece of that — I think anybody would be excited about those numbers,” he said. u See ARC Page 10
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MINNEAPOLIS — A new por tal on the city of Minneapolis’ website allows anyone to look up public data on police conduct cases. The city launched the website Tuesday, with the goal of increasing police department transparency, access and accountability. KSTP-TV repor ted there are about 850 sworn of ficers in Minneapolis. The city said it gets many requests for details about complaints that have been filed against officers. “People want to know how many complaints have been filed against an officer and the outcome of those complaints,” said Ryan Patrick, who is with the city of Minneapolis. Searches on the portal can be done by officer name. Imani Jaafar, with the Office of Police Conduct Review, said the searches can also be isolated by a particular allegation, or race, age or gender. The complaints can be broken down further by precinct to see if there’s a pattern.
said she also has been unable to find pads or tampons in University buildings when she needed them. Once, she had to go home midday just to get supplies, which was inconvenient, she said, adding that she thinks more products and signs in restrooms will help people avoid stressful situations. Non-degree-seeking student Anna Hogan said she always car ries tampons and pads with her, but she thinks the expansion is a good idea.
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GOV. DAYTON: AFFORDABLE CARE ACT NO LONGER AFFORDABLE ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s Democratic governor said Wednesday that the Affordable Care Act is “no longer affordable” for many, a stinging critique from a state leader who strongly embraced the law and proudly proclaimed health reform was working in Minnesota just a few years ago. Gov. Mark Dayton made the comments while addressing questions about Minnesota’s fragile health insurance market, where individual plans are facing double-digit increases after all insurers threatened to exit the market entirely in 2017. He’s the only Democratic governor to publicly suggest the law isn’t working as intended. Dayton’s comments follow former President Bill Clinton’s saying last week that the law was “the craziest thing in the world” before he backtracked. “The reality is the Affordable Care Act is no longer af fordable for increasing numbers of people,” he said. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Deal said. “If you’re in class and you only have a few minutes, you don’t want to go to a dif ferent floor,” she said. Facilities Management addressed the issue by designing signs that will direct people to the restroom, Hofer said. The signs will be installed by the end of the month. Because of concer ns about accessibility for people who identify as transgender, Syedah said, MSA also asked Facilities Management to stock genderneutral bathrooms with pads and tampons, which the University has agreed to do.
Eventually, MSA would like to see menstrual care supplies in all restrooms, she said. But Hofer said that would be difficult because the costly process would be labor-intensive. Still, the University is open to discussion. Many people believe that if colleges can provide free condoms to students, Syedah said, they should also be able to provide pads and tampons. “We’ve found the finances and the budget for something that is a little more controllable than periods,” she said. “I can’t opt in to my period on a Friday night.”
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Kaler said in a T uesday press release. In r estr ucturing the University’s administration, Kaler appointed Associate Vice President of Finance and Controller Mike Volna to be the interim CFO, and appointed Associate Vice President of Facilities Management Mike Ber thelsen to lead University Ser vices for an interim period. Ber thelsen’s appointment ends on Aug. 16, Henneber r y
said, and Burnett will reassess Berthelsen’s and Volna’s responsibilities in the new structure. “This was something that [Kaler] asked for, just to realign his team,” Henneber r y said of the new position. “What he was looking for was a way to more strategically align the finance and other operational functions across the U system to be more collaborative.” Infor mation technology, human resources, finance and University Services are the depar tments that will report to Burnett,
he said. Burnett, the vice president for finance and chief financial officer at the University of Missouri, said the University contacted him over the summer for the new position. Bur nett said he is excited to move to the Twin Cities but has a lot to learn about the campus and its system, especially since the position is broad and oversees many depar tments. “This position is both the CFO of the [University of Minnesota] system and the CFO of that campus,”
he said. “So it’s a little bit different.” Burnett said he chose to take this position at the University because his daughter is a junior at the school and, as a result, he has a unique perspective on the institution. “ We ’ v e e x p e r i e n c e d life as a parent, we’ve paid tuition bills through the IT systems this position will oversee, we’ve gone through parent orientation,” he said. “Our daughter is having a great academic experience at the U.”
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A new portal on the city of Minneapolis’ website allows anyone to look up public data on police conduct cases. The city launched t h e w e b s i t e T u e s d a y, with the goal of increasing police depar tment transparency, access and accountability. KSTP-TV repor ted there are about 850 sworn of ficers in Minnea polis. The city said it gets many r equests for de tails about complaints that have been filed
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“It’s hor rible not to have them,” she said. “It’s ever y woman’s nightmare.” I n S e p t e m b e r, M S A representatives met with Facilities Management and learned that the policy called for one female restroom in each building to be stocked with menstrual hygiene products, Deal said. The policy states the designated restroom should be located on the floor with the most foot traf fic, said University Associate Director of Custodial Programs Mike Hofer. But without signage, students won’t know which restroom to go to,
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Research team develops synthetic life in the lab Artificial cells could be used to study diseases and test drugs effectively. BY KEATON SCHMITT kschmitt@mndaily.com
STUDYING DISEASE IN NATURAL CELLS VS SYNTHETIC CELLS NATURAL CELL
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Man-made molecules that mimic cells but aren’t alive could be used to study illnesses that kill natural life. A University of Minnesota lab wants to use simplified versions of cells — more resilient than natural ones — to study dangerous diseases in detail, test new drugs or even define life on other planets. The project began last month. When researchers try to study how diseases work, they often infect cells with a disease in a controlled environment such as a petri dish, said Kate Adamala, University genetics, cell biology and development assistant professor and head of the lab working on the project. But because these cells are alive and taken from the body, the cell will kill the disease and not let it reproduce, she said. Cells created in a lab lack this natural defense and instead absorb and reproduce any DNA they are given — even that of a disease, Adamala said. This cuts down on factors that could impair more traditional disease studies. “That’s why biology is really difficult. It’s hard to separate processes and study one single thing,” she said. The artificial cells let researchers study the disease longer and in its later stages, Adamala said. They also don’t reproduce which can make the experiment easier to manage. Researchers can see diseases’ progression using fluorescent dyes that attach to proteins or other molecules which can then be tracked by machines, said Aaron Engelhart, University genetics, cell biology and development assistant professor and collaborator on the project. Those fluorescent chemicals don’t work in all
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cases, Engelhart said, and often have trouble in living cells. If the dyes were used on diseases in synthetic cells, researchers could learn more. “In a lot of these [diseases] a lot of work’s been done, but because some of these tools weren’t available until recently, it’s been difficult to track [them],” Engelhart said. Synthetic cells could also be used to speed up drug testing. Normally, when researchers test drugs they have trouble isolating the effects of the drugs from the cell’s normal work. Engelhart said the simpler synthetic cells have less interference from normal cell parts, making a drug’s effects easier to see. Other drugs seem fine in small tests but have side effects in live models that make them useless, Adamala said. Screening these drugs earlier in synthetic cells could save a lot of research
time. “There’s literally thousands of new drugs in the pipeline every year but in the market there’s one or two,” she said. “And the reason is they get to live … testing and we discover side effects we had no idea about before.” The created cells could also help scientists determine whether material on other planets is alive or not, Adamala said. There’s no definition of what constitutes living material, said Jim Cotner, a university, ecology, evolution and behavior professor. “Basically something’s alive if it can replicate … metabolize and pass genetic material on,” Cotner said. But Adamala said making fake life with different traits gives scientists examples they can’t find in nature and making a simple cell model now might show researchers how life first began.
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Faculty unions have history on campus After three failed attempts of faculty unionization, faculty members at the University look to succeed in the next vote. BY RAJU CHADUVULA rchaduvula@mndaily.com
At the University of Minnesota, faculty unionization attempts are nothing new. Thus far, neither is the outcome. University faculty members have tried to unionize three times — in 1978, 1981 and 1996 — but each attempt ended in failure. The current efforts for unionization started in the fall of 2015 and in Januar y of 2016 when the Ser vice Employees Inter national Union filed for unionization. John Budd, a professor at Carlson School of Management, said the biggest gain from unionization is that the administration becomes legally obligated to bargain wages, hours, terms and conditions regarding contracts and duties. Without a union, the administration can consult faculty but ultimately can take unilateral actions, and those against faculty unionization say it compromises their freedom and independence, Budd said. If faculty members vote to unionize this year, it would create the largest faculty union in the nation. This time, contingent faculty — lecturers and teaching specialists — are involved in the process. Mar y Pogatshnik, a Spanish and Por tuguese senior teaching specialist, said the administration replaces tenured faculty with contingent faculty to make management of personnel easier. Even though there are dif ferences in interests between tenure track and contingent faculty, working together in a union is the best to achieve those interests, she said.
Two other attempts at unionization began in 1978 and 1981, both of which failed to gain enough votes from faculty members. Three unions — the American Association of University Professors, University of Minnesota Federation of Teachers and University of Minnesota Education Association — fought for nearly five years up to 1978 in a campaign to represent University faculty. The vote for a union failed over whelmingly that year, with more than half the votes going for no union at all. In 1981, the AAUP and UM E A c a m p a i g n e d t o unionize faculty to help negotiate salaries and raises, but that ef for t failed as well. The most exhaustive efforts to create a union at the University happened in 1996 when tenure rule changes proposed by the Boar d of Regents met strong criticism from faculty. The Minnesota Legislature told Regents that $6.6 million in appropriations to the University hinged on their ability to restructure the tenure program. The Regents came forward with a list of proposals for tenure r ule changes that same year. The changes included the possibility of tenured faculty layof fs after depar tments closed or were restr uctured, stricter post-tenure administrative reviews and possible payreductions. The proposals met immediate backlash from faculty members and the Faculty Consultative Committee responded by submitting amendments to the rule changes.
If faculty members vote to unionize this year, it would create the largest faculty union in the nation. The amendments included a longer, pre-tenure probationar y period, more temporar y teaching assignments and a post-tenure peer-review process for punishments — such as pay reduction or termination. The Regents were hesitant to the amendments, but by fall of 1996, the University Faculty Alliance was able to get signatures from one-third of the faculty to set up an election for the union. The rising tensions led to a cease-and-desist letter to the Regents from the Bureau of Mediation Services, barring them from working on any tenure rule changes. Shor tly after, Regent Jean Kef feler — who strongly suppor ted the rule changes — resigned. As the conflict continued, some wor ried the University’s image was sullied and members of the faculty, administration and city government called for a resolution. By the time the compromise was finished, a date for the union vote was set and a vote had to be casted. In Febr uar y of 1997, the union failed to pass by 26 votes. Budd, who was at the University during this time, said if the Regents had not revised their plans before faculty casted their vote, the University might have a union now.
Come November, Minn. voters could decide state legislators’ pay SALARIES OVER THE YEARS: STATE LEGISLATORS VS OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
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DFL-Minneapolis, said an independent gr oup would eliminate the conflict of interest that comes with raising your own salar y. There’s a lack of trust in government, he said. “For most people, in their jobs, they don’t have the right to set their o w n s a l a r y, ” T h i s s e n said. Still, the last time legislators received a pay increase was in 1999, and some believe lawmakers are due for a raise. Lar r y Jacobs, dir ector of the University of Minnesota’s Center for the Study of Politics and Gover nance, said legislators have a tough time
making ends meet with cur rent salaries, but choose not to increase them in fear of political repercussions. He said if legislators wer e to incr ease their salaries, opponents would likely run adver tisements on how lawmakers ar e “lining their pockets.” “They’ve got to choose between financial stress or ruin, or political stress or ruin,” Jacobs said. “That’s the choice right now.” Senate Minority Leader David Hann, R-Eden Prairie, agreed with Jacobs and said public confusion on how much of ficials are paid can make it dif ficult to raise wages. “Most people think the Legislature gets paid a lot of money,” Hann said, adding that individuals often mistake Congress for the state legislature.
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O’Neill — who is a University of Minnesota PhD student — has had two cochlear implants in the last two years to stimulate her hearing. Doctors still don’t know what took her hearing. “Before that, I actually had really good hearing,” she said. “My mom used to make fun of me and say I had elephant ears because I’d eavesdrop all the time.” In its latest experiment, Oxenham’s team explored problems with implants, like detecting pitch and picking up certain words in speech. Oxenham said they measured cochlear implant user’s sound perception by reciting sentences with high and low frequency words like “bit” and “bet.”
Meanwhile, their studies of pitch were conducted on implant users as well as people with normal hearing, in order to track how many electrodes implants need and how close they should be to neurons in the brain. The cochlear implant sends electric signals to stimulate the auditor y ner ve, which then are sent to the brain. Oxenham said the implants have proved extremely successful, but still need serious work. “The cur rent technology is never going to be good enough for pitch.” He said groups in Switzerland, Germany and Australia are also working to solve this problem. One possible solution could be to regrow hairs on the inner ear and repair neurons, but Oxenham s ai d t h a t d e v e l o p m e n t could be up to 10 years away. Despite research ad-
vances, the deaf and hardof-hearing communities often don’t agree on cochlear implant use. Some fear that new technology could give people the option of hearing, which could prove detrimental to deaf culture — a problem that especially impacts deaf children of deaf parents. Dann Trainer, University of Minnesota Disability Resource Center Access Consultant, said he opted for the implant in 2000 after he completely lost his hearing overnight. Trainer, 70, said he used a standard hearing aid since he was 3 years old, but when he was in his fifties, he noticed a ringing in his ear before losing hearing altogether. Trainor said the implant was a step up from his old hearing aids — letting him distinguish individual instruments and voices in music for the first time. He said the controversy
among deaf and har dof-hearing communities is marked when parents choose the surger y for their child, instead letting them decide on their own. “[The implant] is the cure, but not the cure,” Trainer said. Michael Smith, a lab participant for the University’s Psychology depar tment — and a cochlear implant user — said the improvements Oxenham’s team has devised are more impor tant than reducing the size of hearing aids, which some companies have focused on. “I’m ver y proud of the University of Minnesota,” Smith said. “This kind of research is a miracle.” Oxenham said they will submit their research to the Association for Research in Otolar yngology — whose journal covers hearing and throat research — within the next month.
Jacobs also said the job’s low salar y can scare away potential candidates. “The bottom line here is that Minnesota is pricing itself out of the market for really high quality citizens who would ser ve.” Thissen said he has seen firsthand how potential legislators ultimately decided not to run due to the financial strain of the job. “It is a tr emendous honor to ser ve the people of Minnesota, but you also have to raise your family,” he said. Establishing an independent body, Jacobs said, would allow the state to recruit a more diverse range of people to the Legislature. Still, Thissen said there were lawmakers who voted against the measure because they either didn’t
want lawmaker pay to increase, or they thought the power to set salaries is a function only the Legislature should have. Hann, like other of ficials, said he doesn’t think it’s wise to let an unelected body decide how to spend public money. But Thissen said other states have an independent body deciding legislative salaries, and the public perception has been more positive toward wage increases. States with these councils typically see an increase in legislator pay, Hann said, which makes it likely legislative salaries will increase in Minnesota if the amendment passes. “If you favor an increase in legislative pay, then you should probably vote for the amendment,” he said.
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SOCIAL MEDIA
Meme queen Heidi Johnson: Your local source for fresh Randy Jackson content. BY MADDY FOLSTEIN mfolstein@mndaily.com
What has 45,000 followers, 16,400 tweets and a rainbow, Randy Jackson-emblazoned header? @gar yfromteenmom — a wildly popular, memefilled Twitter account. And no, the account isn’t r un by a bugeyed pug as its avatar might suggest but instead by Heidi Nelson, a graphic design student and Twin Cities resident. Despite her newfound internet fame, Nelson didn’t star t @gar yfromteenmom with the intention of becoming one of the greats. “It used to be my personal account back in 2009 when I was like 14. I would tweet about the Jonas Brothers and Owl City,” Nelson said. “I looked up my first tweet and it was like, ‘The Jonas Brothers concert was so awesome, I love you Joe.’” Sometime around 2012, Nelson star ted to tweet the funnier fringe memes her account is now known for, and the world was forever changed. “My [user name] was ‘teenage dad,’ and then I
was like, ‘Gar y [Shirley] fr om ‘Teen Mom’’ is a teenage dad,” Nelson said. For the first few years of @ gar yfromteenmom’s existence, as many as 10,000 users followed the account. Nelson estimates that in the past year she’s gained over 30,000 new followers. Th ough sh e follo w s the news and pop culture to keep up with the latest tr ends, Nelson’s creative process relies on spur of the moment inspiration. “It’s just really random thoughts that I have … I can’t explain what goes on in my head,” Nelson said. Some tweets, however, r equir e a bit mor e r esearch. “I just search really funny stuf f and scroll for a really long time … if you look up my search histor y, you’d think I’m crazy,” she said. “I do that when I’m watching shows, too … I was watching ‘Spongebob’ with my boyfriend, and [ther e] was Plankton’s butt. It was really PG-13, so I had to pause it and screenshot it.” N e lso n’ s twe e ts a r e weird in the best ways — they’re nostalgic,
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Dunwoody College graphic design student Heidi Nelson poses for a portrait on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in Uptown Minneapolis. Nelson created the twitter account @garyfromteenmom in 2013.
ir r ever ent jokes about Randy Jackson (Nelson’s personal favorite), “Bee Movie” and “Shrek.” Nelson herself, however, is quieter and, admittedly, more introverted. “People that I meet are like, ‘Oh, there’s no way it’s you,’” Nelson said.
Sometimes, people refuse to believe that Nelson is the creator of the account until they see her input her password. “I’m an introver t, but online I’m an extrover t — just telling jokes.” Given the thousands
of favorites that Nelson’s tweets garner, it’s obvious that she’s doing more than “just telling jokes.” Whether it be the absurdity of the chosen images or the use of car toon characters that only tr ue ’90s kids would appreciate, something Nelson is doing is
working. “A lot of the time [I get direct messages] that say, ‘Oh, your tweets are the only thing getting me through the day,’ and that makes me feel like I have a purpose,” Nelson said. May she forever reign.
MUSIC
Saint Pablo, St. Paul
Good music and blasphemy — Kanye West brought his staples to St. Paul on Monday. BY GUNTHAR REISING greising@mndaily.com
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Kanye West performs atop a stage suspended above the general admission crowd for his St. Paul stop of The Saint Pablo Tour at the Xcel Energy Center on Monday, Oct. 10.
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Kanye West performs atop a stage floating above the general admission crowd for his St. Paul stop of The Saint Pablo Tour at the Xcel Energy Center on Monday, Oct. 10.
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Sophia Vilenksy svilensky@mndaily.com
RADIO K TOP 7
1. Y LA BAMBA, Ojos Del Sol 2. DANNY BROWN, Atrocity Exhibition 3. SIN FANG, Spaceland
Below the dark platform stage hanging over the crowd, orange lights shone on a single square of audience. The chest-rattling bass of “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1” hit, and a single gold light illumed Kanye West. Saint Pablo had arrived in St. Paul. Audience members included Kylie Jenner lookalikes, middle-aged men in sweaters, fanboys in Yeezy sneakers, mothers, brothers and grandmothers. They all loved him — though not necessarily in that order. The concert, which was held at Xcel Energy Center on Monday, felt just like “The Life of Pablo” — minimalist, with the bizarre feeling of attending a church ser vice while simultaneously being at a strip club. West’s lonely stage seemed to ser ve as a metaphor for his lonely genius. The orange light from above was a nod to stained glass at a church. However, instead of lighting a congregation, the light illuminated a mosh pit of dr unken youth. But in a way, West’s musical oeuvre is a kind of religion, so perhaps it was fitting. West wasn’t afraid to preach to his congregation, either. “Moments like this show you … you don’t have to be politically cor rect or change lyrics to make people happy,” West said, letting the crowd scream the controversial lyrics to “Famous.” In fact, West shared
most of his singing time with the audience — fans were able to sing most of the words, and West sat back and let them. Despite his notorious sulkiness, West seemed to be having fun. On multiple occasions, an elusive smile spread across his face. In the middle of the show, the music was put on hold momentarily for a simple light show of orange lights — the ef fect was reminiscent of Steven Spielberg’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” an other worldly cue. Three-quar ters of the way through the show, West got into his sulkier songs. Even the somber “Runaway” gar nered enthusiasm from the audience as they sang, “Let’s have a toast for the douchebags,” at the top of their lungs. After the angsty por tion of the concer t, West stopped “All of the Lights” to tell the audience to get out their cell phones. “Let’s make this look like a spaceship,” he said. The audience swayed, lighting up the venue. West’s critics would have had plenty to say about the concert — that it was pompous and chauvinistic, and the whole construction of West’s appearance was sacrilegious. But the haters stayed home. They missed West’s genius.
“Moments like this show you ... you don’t have to be politically correct or change lyrics to make people happy.” KANYE WEST Music artist
4. ANGEL OLSON, My Woman 5. MILD HIGH CLUB, Skiptracing 6. NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS, Skeleton Tree 7. CHRIS STAPLES, Golden Age
Thursday, October 13, 2016
CULTURE to CONSUME /
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By Maddy Folstein, mfolstein@mndaily.com
Listen to this:
Watch this:
Read this:
“Sprained Ankle” by Julien Baker
“Veep”
“Station Eleven”
Julien Baker’s debut 2015 album is ideal for rainy day listening. Baker’s raspy and intricate voice will break your heart in all the best ways. If the 33-minute long album isn’t enough to feed your new obsession, listen to her Spotify Sessions or Tiny Desk Concert on NPR’s YouTube channel.
You’re probably tired of the election cycle. However, HBO’s “Veep” covers politics in a bitter, sarcastic way that might just give you a little hope. With Julia Louis-Dreyfus at the head of the talented comedic ensemble as Vice President Selina Meyer, “Veep” portrays the blunders and inner-workings of politics. Keep track of all the Jonah Ryan insults — you’ll want to use some one day.
Highly buzzed about when it was released back in 2014, “Station Eleven” is an apocalyptic masterpiece that connects the dots of multiple lives across multiple years. There’s Shakespeare, cults, comics and the ideal balance of poeticism and suspense. Be cautious about starting “Station Eleven” — you will surely tear through its ending.
ADVENTURE
My so-called trip to Sweden
MEAGAN LYNCH, DAILY
Desserts and wraps sit on display at IKEA’s restaurant and cafe in Bloomington, Minnesota on Tuesday.
I lived at Ikea for a day ... Here’s what happened. BY JOE CRISTO jcristo@mndaily.com
For young millennial adults, IKEA provides the per fect balance of playground and ready-to-assemble maturity. The funnilynamed furniture is consumable, the food is cheap and ever ything in the store is arranged so that you can test it out. … So I did, by spending a Thursday walking around IKEA as if it was my home. I had to bring a friend though, so it wasn’t weird and dismal — it was cute and sweet.
(Note: I live in a closet, so any chance to pretend like I’m not stuck in a proverbial jail cell — even for a few hours — I’ll take.) IKEA’s floor plan is described as a “one-way layout.” This means that each section of the store leads into the next like it’s one big dystopian adventure. Getting lost in the light aisles was a trip. I noticed a couple shopping for their first apartment together a la “(500) Days of Summer.” They had ugly gray rugs with ugly white circles in their cart. The boy suggested they buy a weird light — a large impractical spotlight that would literally take up an entire room. The girl point-
ed out this obvious fact, and the boy marched away in a huff. After getting bored of stalking the fractured couple, we stumbled over to the children’s furniture section. Here we found a little boy in a power ranger costume terrorizing his sister, his parents, other customers and us. Mixing movie franchises, he batted a lightsaber at his younger, curly-haired sister. The boy then threw a fit about an end table modeled after a fire truck. You read that right — besides the impracticality of the piece, it was obviously meant for a much younger child. The little tyrant threw his costume mask across
MEAGAN LYNCH, DAILY
Minnesota Daily reporter Joe Christo on the KURA bed in the children’s section at IKEA in Bloomington on Tuesday,
the showroom and rolled around until his mother caved and gave him a lollipop. The sugar fiend dropped his lightsaber and sat quietly. We left the family and followed the arrow road to the plant and candles section. No one was browsing the selection of reasonably-priced junk except two middle-aged moms wearing loose cardigan sweaters. There was a sale on autumn-scented candles (whatever that means) and ferns. A few were lit, and the scent can only be described as “garbage bag filled with burning leaves.” The two women pushed an extra cart just to fill-up on fall “goodies.”
We continued on (mostly because the smell of vanilla makes me want to puke). After lying in beds, couches, and tables, it was time to tr y the admittedly gross-looking food. Ever ything in IKEA’s restaurant is cheap. If you go before 11 a.m. you can get eggs, sausage and hash browns for $1. One of the most popular options — meatballs with a side of fries and lingonberr y jam — is $4.99. And the por tion is huge. I honestly thought there was no way I would like the meatballs; they were far better than they should be. Chewy and bland, but edible. Families gathered
around tiny plates with tiny forks to eat tiny meatballs with huge, goofy smiles on their faces. Novelty is enough to send a family of otherwise bored cavedwellers into a euphoric frenzy. For dessert I tried the Swedish almond cake which was only $1.29 and actually quite good. The 50 cent hot dog sounds like some nutritional war-crime, but it was fine (especially considering the price). We left having spent less than $10 on food and passed on the prefab decor. My friend wasn’t impressed with the day, and honestly, neither was I. Maybe next time we’ll just go to an arcade.
ART
Intermedia Arts opens new exhibit “Skin(s),” a new exhibit focused on American Indian identities, opened this week. BY JOE CRISTO jcristo@mndaily
A new exhibit at Inter media Ar ts entitled “Skin(s)” explor es the identities of the Dakota, Ojibwe, Ponca, Lakota, Navajo and other indigenous nations through a variety of mediums — performance, film and online media. “The ‘Skin(s)’ project was inspired by my desire to give more visibility to Native American people,” dance producer and director Rosy Simas said. Simas, exhibit curator Heid E. Erdrich and Ojibwe filmmaker Elizabeth Day traveled to San Francisco and Chicago to inter view American Indian people about their stories — these accounts and images are part of the
exhibit’s film and dance performance. “When I was coming up with the concept for the exhibit, one thing became clear from the beginning,” Simas said. “We were going to make sure that a diversity of Minnesota native artists and many different nations would be included. Not just the natives who have historically called this place their ter ritor y but those that are here now and belong to our community.” More than 30 artists are involved in the project. A visual ar ts exhibit will be at the center of the project until the beginning of November. A dance per formance choreographed by Simas will also be presented later this month. “Like the work in the exhibit, this is my contemporar y ar t expression of my identity,” Simas said. “I’m interested in how we see skin — what we hold, hide or reveal.”
CULTURE COMPASS /
How each medium interacts with the others is integral to the integrity of the exhibit’s message. “Dif ferent types of ar tists provide an opportunity to tell many sides of the same stor y,” Simas said. “Dif ferent media complements each other and help bring diverse voices together.” Simas has been involved in the per for ming ar ts since she was 13. For more than 20 years, she has been creating work that deals with a wide range of political, social and cultural subjects from an American Indian feminist perspective. She is a part of the Seneca Nation of Indians’ Heron clan. Erdrich, who is Ojibwe, i s a n a u t h or of s ev en books, including her latest, “Curator of Ephemera at the New Museum for Archaic Research,” and is in the MFA program at Augsburg College. “I am an advocate,
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Joy Spika measures the distance between two works while prepping the “Skins” exhibit at Intermedia Arts Center on Oct. 10. The exhibit explores themes of Native American identity and multiculturalism in America.
t e a c h e r, c u r a t o r a n d mentor to other Native artists and artists of color,” Simas said. Intermedia Arts’s exhibit is particularly focused on connecting the performers and the audience with the words and art of American Indian people. “‘Skin(s)’ is unique because it’s a project that is getting at a par ticular subject matter from dif fer ent angles in or-
der to reach people with different interests,” Simas said. “It’s an abstract, sensor y-based dance per formance and a visual exhibit of ar tists from dif ferent disciplines.” The “Skin(s)” visual exhibit will be open to the public Oct. 11 through Nov. 5. The abstract dance per formance will be on Oct. 21 and 22 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 23 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
“The ‘Skin(s)’’ project was inspired by my desire to give more visibility to Native American people.” ROSY SIMAS Dance producer and director
By Maddy Folstein, mfolstein@mndaily.com
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Adult Night Out at the Zoo
Yea Maybe #10
Pizza Farm, October Edition
Enjoy a kids-free, 18+ evening at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley. Grab a bite to eat or a cocktail and wander the trails of the extensive Minnesota Zoo. Sometimes it’s fun to be a kid, especially without the judgmental stares of, you know, actual kids.
Held in an artist-led gallery, Yeah Maybe showcases the work of local artists Peter Happel Christian, Mara Duvra, John Fleischer and Jehra Patrick. Throw in live music from Avalon Moon, and your answer should be “yes of course,” not just “yeah maybe.”
This is the Midwest — of course pizza has to come from a farm. Head to Food Building, a grocery store dedicated to supporting local farmers, for wood-fired pizzas made with local ingredients. Ample samples will be provided in case a pizza just isn’t enough.
Where Minnesota Zoo, 13000 Zoo Blvd., Apple Valley Hours 4:30-7 p.m. Cost $10 for nonmembers
Where Yeah Maybe, 2528 E 22nd St., Minneapolis Hours 7:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost FREE
Where Food Building, 1401 Marshall St. NE., Minneapolis Hours 12-5 p.m. Cost Pizza should be priced around $10
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Sports
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FOOTBALL
Rhoda prepared for first career start The redshirt junior will fill in for injured starting quarterback Mitch Leidner. BY MIKE HENDRICKSON mhendrickson@mndaily.com
It’s been over two years since someone not named Mitch Leidner has started at quarterback for the Gophers, but that will likely change Saturday. Redshir t junior Conor Rhoda will make his first career start at Maryland, as Leidner suffered a concussion during Saturday’s game against Iowa. He is currently going through concussion protocol. Senior wide receiver Drew Wolitarsky said Rhoda had a big smile when he found out he would start at quarterback. “I talked to Rhoda [Tuesday] morning. I told him, ‘Hey, it’s on us this week,’” Wolitarsky said. “We’re going to get together, watch film, [and] get him prepared. He’s excited.” Rhoda was listed behind Leidner and sophomore Demry Croft last season at quarterback. Rhoda overtook Croft and won the backup job in the spring and took a lot of reps with the first-team offense as Leidner recovered from foot surgery. Offensive coordinator Jay
Johnson said Rhoda has done a nice job learning the playbook since Johnson arrived in January. “Conor’s really sharp and he’s been handling things really well; always has,” Johnson said. We’re going to continue to do what we do and just get him ready to go.” There’s one thing that’s constantly brought up about Rhoda: his arm strength. “He throws a good ball, he’s got one of the strongest arms out of all of us QBs, and I know the receivers agree as well,” Leidner said last month. “He’s just kind of stayed the course, done what was asked of him, and he ended up coming out and having a very solid camp.” Wolitarsky said that while he hasn’t worked with Rhoda a lot recently, he knows where his talents are. “He likes to sling the rock. He throws really hard,” Wolitarsky said. “We’re going to have to tape our fingers this week.” Rhoda walked onto the team in 2013. He was named the Offensive Work Team Player of the Year last season and also received
ALEX TUTHILL-PREUS, DAILY
Conor Rhoda, center, runs behind running back Kobe McCrary, left, during a game against Indiana State on Sept. 10.
a scholarship. He is from Eagan and played football and baseball at Cretin-Derham Hall high school. In his senior year of high school, Rhoda rushed for 550 yards and three touchdowns along with 1,400 yards and 19 touchdowns through the air.
FOOTBALL
Hardin excels vs. Iowa
Leidner is fourth in the Big Ten in rushing yards per game among quar terbacks. Johnson said that Rhoda’s ability to run will help keep the game plan the same against Maryland. “[Rhoda’s] r unning game is solid. I think sometimes people underestimate
Gophers set to play national team
BY DREW COVE dcove@mndaily
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The sophomore had an interception in his first game back from suspension. BY JACK WHITE jwhite@mndaily.com
The Gophers got the help they needed in their defensive back core from sophomore KiAnte Hardin last game. The cor nerback had seven total tackles and an interception in last week’s game against Iowa. “You’ve got him and [Jalen Myrick] that secured the corners a little bit more and let us play some people in the inside,” said head coach T racy Claeys. “There’s no question: he’s a good player and competitive, and the return game – he had a big return for us also in special teams, so it was good to have him back.” Before the Iowa game, Hardin had only played in one game this season as he was ser ving a suspension for violating team rules. The sophomore marked his return in a big way. “[Hardin is]a really good player, so yeah, it makes a huge dif ference … getting him back was a huge deal,” said defensive coordinator Jay Sawvel. Penn State r edshir t sophomore Trace McSorley threw for 335 yards, one touchdown and zero interceptions against the Gophers, one game before Hardin was reinstated. Iowa quar terback C.J. Beathar d str uggled to
put up numbers similar to McSorley’s stats when Hardin was playing. Beathard had 142 yards, zero touchdowns and two interceptions. “Defensively, we did a good job keeping them out of the end zone in the first half and getting them of f the field when we needed to,” said redshir t senior linebacker Nick Rallis. Hardin is a solid addition to a defensive back core that has str uggled this season. Opposing quar terbacks threw for nine touchdown passes and one interception before Hardin came back into the lineup for the Iowa. Sawvel compared Hardin’s game to NFL cornerback and former Minnesota player Briean BoddyCalhoun. “[Hardin] is ver y much like Briean. [Hardin] is really slick,” Sawvel said. “He’s got great ball skills. He can judge a ball real well. He can track it really well. He has a unique playmaking to him.” Redshirt freshman Ray Buford is also back from the same suspension. They both saw action against the Hawkeyes and the
defense had a season high in turnovers. Sawvel said having Hardin back helps the defense be more complete. “When you get [Hardin] back, now you’ve got two good corners out there at the same time all the time, and that’s the foundation,” Sawvel said. The Gophers will have ever y defensive back healthy for the Mar yland game. Minnesota will have to come up with stops from Hardin and the other defensive backs if the team wants to stop the two-game losing streak. “This is the first time since … the first game that we’ve really had more of our depth at corner like we hoped to,” Sawvel said.
there is no need to simplify the offense’s plan at Maryland. “He knows what we’re doing of fensively and all that, so he’ll be prepared and do his best,” Claeys said. “We’ve got enough weapons and we just need to do what we do best and do it well.
MEN’S HOCKEY
Minnesota has one U-18 team alum on its current roster in Ryan Collins.
Gophers defensive backs KiAnte Hardin and Damarius Travis dive for the ball after an incomplete play on Oct. 8 at TCF Bank Stadium.
him so I feel good about it,” Johnson said. “We always try to certainly match your play and scheme with who you have but I think we can really for the most part remain unchanged and move forward.” Head coach Tracy Claeys said that because of how prepared Rhoda is,
No. 9 Minnesota will see some soon-to-be familiar faces when it plays against the U.S. Under-18 team at Mariucci Arena Friday. Nate Knoepke and Scott Reedy of the U-18 team are currently committed to play for the University of Minnesota. Through nine games played, Knoepke has two points, and Reedy has four points. Minnesota junior defenseman R yan Collins — another tie to the team — played in over 50 games with the U-17 and U-18 teams. “Being able to put on the USA sweater and represent your country [was special to me],” Collins said. Collins played 18 games with the U-17 club in the 2012-2013 season and 33 games with the U-18 team in 2013-2014. Collins won gold with the U-18 squad at the 2014 IIHF Under-18 World Championships in Finland. He said he found one simple takeaway from that team. “A quote on the door walking into the rink said ‘Take responsibility for your own development,’” Collins said. “That was something they taught us each and every day.”
“Being able to put on the USA sweater and represent your country [was special to me].” RYAN COLLINS Junior defenseman
Former Minnesota forward Hudson Fasching may be under the bright lights of the NHL with the Buffalo Sabres, but he said he still remembers his U-18 team days. Fasching, like Collins, said that being on the team is bigger than just playing with any other group of guys. “Being able to represent your countr y is one of the things that I really hold dear to me,” Fasching said. “It’s such a cool experience to be able to do that.” Fasching had 34 points in his first season with the National Team Development Program and 36 points in his second season. The Sabres for ward also said that physical development at the NTDP was key in preparing him for
the college and pro game. The program introduces the concept of living like a hockey player with nutrition, lifting and on-ice practice. Minnesota has played the Under-18 Team ever y other year since 2007. The National Development Program has graduated many Gophers over the years such as Jordan Schroeder, Phil Kessel and Travis Boyd. The Gophers come into this game Friday with a positive start of 2-0-0, but to head coach Don Lucia, Minnesota isn’t perfect yet. “We’re still tr ying to get our team,” Lucia said. “We’ve only played two games. [Friday’s game] is the only game we have this weekend. We’re going to try to keep some continuity for our guys as well.”
MEN’S HOCKEY PREVIEW
VS NO. 9 MINNESOTA WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday
U.S. NATIONAL UNDER-18 TEAM WHERE: Mariucci Arena SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
“[Hardin is] a really good player, so yea, it makes a huge difference ... getting him back was a huge deal.” JAY SAWVEL Defensive Coordinator
FOOTBALL PREVIEW
VS MINNESOTA (3-2, 0-2 BIG TEN) WHEN: 11 a.m. Saturday
MARYLAND (4-1, 1-1 BIG TEN) WHERE: College Park, Maryland SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
LIAM JAMES DOYLE, DAILY FILE PHOTO
Sophomore forward Connor Reilly celebrates with teammate Ryan Collins after scoring a goal during a game against St. Cloud State University on Nov. 1, 2015
Thursday, October 13, 2016
SOCCER
Minnesota defense excels with chemistry, closeness
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WOMEN’S HOCKEY
Gophers/Bulldogs rivalry has close ties Senior Paige Haley has a sister who plays for Minnesota-Duluth. BY TOMMY SLETTEN tsletten@mndaily.com
CARTER JONES, DAILY
Gophers defender Nikki Albrecht passes the ball upfield at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium against Penn State on Sept. 16.
The Gophers have three veteran defenders in their starting lineup.
SOCCER PREVIEW
VS
BY DOMINIC DAVIS ddavis@mndaily.com
Minnesota made the most of its weekend games with two 3-0 wins against Iowa and Nebraska. Gophers senior midfielder Josee Stiever scored twice Thursday and senior forward Simone Kolander scored two on the weekend.“[Our offense] is doing a really good job with their decision making and their patience,” said associate head coach Krystle Seidel. “We got some dangerous looks because we move the ball enough to find a really good look instead of taking the first available.” Pouring rain became a factor in the second half of Thursday’s game, but the Gophers still found ways to score in an impressive offensive display in the second half. Kolander set up Stiever for her first goal. Stiever dribbled through tight spaces to find herself space in the box in front of the goal. Sophomore midfielder Molly Fiedler played a layoff pass to set up Stiever to bury a goal from inside the box in the 87th minute. Shortly after, in the 89th minute, sophomore forward April Bockin sent Kolander toward goal with a through ball, which Kolander took advantage of to give No. 17 Minnesota (11-3-1, 5-1-1 Big Ten) the 3-0 win against Iowa (7-80, 1-6-0 Big Ten). Stiever has now scored seven goals this season. Senior goalie Tarah Hobbs took possession of the Minnesota soccer shutout
NO. 15 MINNESOTA (11-3-1, 5-1-1 BIG TEN)
MICHIGAN STATE (5-8-1, 2-5-0 BIG TEN)
WHEN: 3 p.m. Thursday
WHERE: Easy Lansing, Michigan
VS NO. 15 MINNESOTA (11-3-1, 5-1-1 BIG TEN) WHEN: 11 a.m. Sunday
NO. 25 MICHIGAN (9-3-1, 5-2-0 BIG TEN) WHERE: Ann Arbor, Michigan SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
record against Iowa. It was her 28th clean sheet as a member of the Gophers. “[Breaking the record] was really surprising,” Hobbs said. “It’s a credit to the entire team and how hard we work. They make my job easy. Overall it was a really good feeling.” Hobbs added to her record in Minnesota’s 3-0 shutout against Nebraska (9-5-1, 3-3-1 Big Ten) on Sunday. Nebraska managed one shot on goal in the game, but Hobbs handled it without trouble. She took care of all the crosses Nebraska played across her goal. Junior forward Kellie McGahn started the Gophers scoring with her first goal of the season. “It felt really good,” McGahn said. “I feel like this whole year I’ve been pushing and pushing to try and get one. It’s almost like a relief that I finally got the first one, so hopefully more will be coming.” Stiever dribbled along the goal line toward goal and crossed it to McGahn who found herself wide open in
the box. She launched the ball into the top of the net. Minnesota produced multiple good scoring opportunities throughout the match. They converted both chances they put on target in the first half. Junior forward Julianna Gernes increased the Gophers lead seven minutes later off an assist from Fiedler to give Minnesota a two-goal lead in the 23rd minute. The Gophers went into halftime up 2-0. “Depth in general is a huge strength for us,” Seidel said. “The players who fill in for starters make good contributions to the team.” The Huskers found themselves defending for much of the match as the Gophers kept most of the possession throughout the game. Kolander scored with two seconds left in the match to give Minnesota another 3-0 win this season. “It’s huge [to get these two wins],” Seidel said. “To sweep any weekend in the Big Ten is a huge feat because anyone can beat anyone on a given day.”
Now in its 18th season, Minnesota has continuously been met with intense rivalries and heated competition during every season in the WCHA. The elite in-state clash between Minnesota and Minnesota-Duluth exemplifies both of these elements. No. 3 Minnesota and No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth face off in a two-game series Friday and Saturday, an early showing of two of the best teams in the nation. “Back in the older days of the WCHA, Minnesota and Minnesota-Duluth were two of the powers,” said head coach Brad Frost. “There was always a lot of good hockey played with a lot of good players on both teams. It looks like we’re getting back to that now.” Minnesota leads the alltime series against Minnesota-Duluth 49-24-7, and the Gophers have not lost to the Bulldogs since 2012. Fresh off their first defeat of the season, the Gophers (31-0, 1-1-0 WCHA) will be looking to one-up their fellow state representative at home. Frost insisted that the hype and preparation is the same as any WCHA game, and the team will be ready for a quality opponent to come to their arena this weekend. Minnesota-Duluth (3-0-1, 2-0-0 WCHA) has gotten off to a hot start this
WOMEN’S HOCKEY PREVIEW
VS NO. 3 MINNESOTA
NO. 4 MINNESOTA-DULUTH WHERE: Ridder Arena
WHEN: 6:07 p.m. Friday & 4:07 pm. Saturday
SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
season and has no losses so far. The Bulldogs swept Minnesota State in their first two games of WCHA play by a total margin of 9-1. Frost said that he looks forward to playing the Bulldogs every year because the teams bring out the best in each other. Minnesota’s rivalry with Minnesota-Duluth has existed ever since the Gophers joined the WCHA in the 1999-2000 season, and over the years the competition has become personal for some players. Senior forward and captain Dani Cameranesi has seen immense success against the Bulldogs in her career and tallied six goals and three assists last year t Duluth. In the past three seasons, the match-up was kicked up a notch for Cameranesi as her older brother, Tony, played for the Minnesota-Duluth men’s hockey team from 2012 to 2016. “My brother played at Duluth, so there’s a little something going on there,”
Cameranesi said. “I don’t know why, but whenever I’ve played at Duluth, I’ve played really well, so maybe it has something to do with that internally. I’m just really excited for the weekend.” The series will also be a special one for senior forward Paige Haley, whose younger sister, Reagan Haley, plays for the Bulldogs. Paige Haley will have her last two series against Minnesota-Duluth this season. PaigeHaley only got to face off against her sister in two out of four games last season, as she was sidelined with an injury for some of the season. “Obviously it means a lot because my sister plays there, so ever y series we get to play them it’s a lot of fun,” Haley said. “It means more to me from a family standpoint. I always have a lot of family that comes and watches. It’s a little split, like they don’t really know who to root for, but it’s always fun to see my sister succeed on the other side of the ice.”
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Gophers forward Dani Cameranesi battles for possession of the puck at Ridder Arena on Feb. 27, 2016.
SWIMMING/DIVING
Smith ready to return to Minnesota pool after Olympic redshirt year Senior Kierra Smith swam for Team Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics. BY ALYSSA HODENFIELD ahodenfield@mndaily.com
Kierra Smith is gearing up for her senior swim season at Minnesota, but it’s been a while since she’s donned a swim cap with maroon and gold. Smith is returning to the Minnesota swim and dive team after competing with Team Canada in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Her career has been plenty busy so far, but Smith’s passion for swimming hasn’t diminished. “[My parents] never made me go. It’s always been something that I wanted to do, and that really carried into college,” Smith said. “This is something that I just want to do for myself, and that’s helped me on the days where it’s a little bit tougher to wake up and get into the pool.” Smith spent the past year ver y differently from her teammates. It was announced in early 2015 that Smith would take an Olympic redshirt for the 2015-2016 season to prepare for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The Kelowna, British Columbia, native trained in Minnesota and at home for the year and qualified for
ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY FILE PHOTO
Kierra Smith swims the 100-yard butterfly against Iowa State on Oct. 12, 2012 at the University Aquatic Center.
two Olympic events — the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke. Smith came in 19th during the qualifying round of the 100 race and made it to the finals of the 200 after placing fourth in her semifinal. Smith took seventh place in the event final and was the only current Minnesota athlete to compete in the games. Now that Smith is back on campus, she has channeled all of her energy back into Minnesota swimming where her potential has been evident from the start. “She uses her resources well. She listens and
makes changes in and out of the pool, and she’s really coachable,” said head coach Kelly Kremer. “She’s as competitive as they get, and she hates to lose more than she enjoys success or winning, but those are just some of the things that make her successful.” The senior was the 2015 200-yard breaststroke NCAA Champion and is currently the NCAA’s fourth-fastest performer of all time in the event. She was also the 2015 Big Ten Swimmer of the Year and holds the school record for both the 200-yard and 200-meter breaststroke.
“I love being a Gopher. It comes to me so naturally now,” Smith said. “This is my fifth year here, and it’s become home. I’m really comfortable here, and I’m glad that I have a season left to represent the Gophers.” Looking at the rest of the season, Smith said she hopes to win the Big Ten Championship and defend her NCAA title from 2015 in the 200-yard breaststroke. She plans to keep training for the 2020 Olympics after her senior season has concluded. In the meantime, Smith’s Olympic experience has made an impact on
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Minnesota’s program and is helping to motivate her teammates and their goals for the season to come. “I’ve always thought swimming is a pretty simple science where you put a bunch
of people that work hard and support each other together, and they push each other to new levels,” Kremer said. “Having an athlete like [Smith] in there every day is part of that mix. It helps everybody go to a higher level.”
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Editorials & Opinions LETTER TO THE EDITOR
EDITORIALS Trump spells ruin for trans community
Why students should vote When I walk down the halls of the Capitol building in St. Paul, I make sure everyone knows I am a student. Sporting a light blue Patagonia hat with a backpack over my shoulder, I wear my maroon U sweatshirt with that big, beautiful golden stitched “M.” Periodically, I’ll get asked to testify on certain proposals in committees or get dragged over to the Capitol photographers because legislators want a picture with a student. I love these moments because they’re my opportunity to talk with officials about the importance of funding the University of Minnesota and supporting students. Yet the reaction I often receive from legislators shocks me: “Why should I care about how students will vote? They all will vote in Minneapolis anyway, and it won’t make a bit of a difference for me.” When I hear this sentiment, I know we have to change the minds of these legislators — they need to care for the interests of University students. So this year, MSA’s the Government and Legislative Affairs team started working to remind legislators that students matter. Indeed, our campus has enough students to swing any election in this state. First on our agenda was making voting easier for students — we knew students don’t need to deal with school, work, maintaining a social life and navigating the complicated voting process all at once. That’s why we brought Turbovote to campus which allows students to register to vote and request an absentee ballot all in one place. So far, the results have been phenomenal: We’ve registered over 4,000 students on the Twin Cities campus — and we aren’t even done. You can still register to vote at umn. turbovote.org. Even if you’re unsure about voting, considering the national political landscape, there are still a ton of local races that could use your vote. Early registration ends Oct. 18, but Minnesota allows same-day voter registration so you can still go to a polling location and vote. However, it’s way easier and convenient to register early, so go to umn.turbovote.org and do it now. We need to make sure the power of the student vote is put to full use. We need to make sure that student issues are political issues. We need to make sure that student voices are being represented when the Legislature is debating how to use a multi-billiondollar surplus or other decisions that will greatly affect our community. If you aren’t sure where your legislator stands on the University of Minnesota, Tweet/Facebook/Email them. We don’t have any excuses anymore — we can hold our elected officials accountable from the tips of our fingers. The only way for us to be heard is by proving that we have the power to vote someone in or out of office. So register to vote and request an absentee ballot by Oct.18. Make sure your voice is heard and student interests are promoted this November. Will Dammann Director of Government and Legislative Affairs, Minnesota Student Association
Editor’s Note: This letter has been edited for style conventions. CONTACT THE EDITOR Grace Thomas jthomas@mndaily.com
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End Trump and old notions of romance Trump represents an era of media and culture that marginalizes healthy relationships and consent.
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n the gob-smacking free-fall that is Donald T r ump’s pr esidential campaign, his latest transgression is the least forgivable of them all: the widely-circulated phrase “grab them by the pussy.” It’s unfor tunate that it took this level of crassness to really turn the tide against Tr ump, but perhaps that’s because the man is emblematic of a dying generation in which this kind of forceful and nonconsensual, yet considered in bounds and actually even romantic, behavior toward women went unchecked. Sitting around the table at a joint family dinner with friends, us kids shouted over one another and begged for our parents to tell us how they met. The patriarch of the visiting family smiled and said “Well, I trapped Laurie up in a tree and said I wouldn’t let her come down until she agreed to go out with me.” Cute, right? At the time, that’s what I thought, and so did the rest of the table as the anecdote was met with laughter and cooing. But now, that stor y doesn’t sit right with me. Watching a dated movie and seeing the male protagonist refuse to let the girl get away, pulling her back by the wrist and throwing her up against the wall for a long-awaited kiss doesn’t sit right with me, either. For so long, that’s the sort of behavior we considered to be true romance. The stories and instances of pursuance, not taking “no” for an answer and force of var ying degrees are now met with shock and disbelief. For the most part, the only time that behavior is acceptable is if the pursuer is wielding a guitar and doing the overt chasing in song, like a boy band type of thing.
The U.N.-led Paris Agreement on global warming was tentatively approved nearly a year ago, and in early September, two major emitters burned fossil fuels — the United States and China — formally ratified the pact, aimed at curbing climate-warming emissions. That of ficial support prodded enough other countries — including in the European Union — to come on board to of ficially trigger the agreement. The agreement means that nations accounting for more than 55 percent of the world’s carbon emission are now on board and more are likely to follow. The pact aims to keep the world’s average temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels with hopes that increase could be held to under 1.5 degrees. The pact goes into ef fect Nov. 6, just two days before the presidential election. The outcome of that election is likely to play a key role in how successful the climate agreement is. The goals of emission-reductions in the agreement are nonbinding targets. Donald Tr ump has said that if elected he would do all he could to trash the agreement while Hillar y Clinton fully suppor ts the pact. With hundreds of
countries signed onto the agreement, it will be more difficult for any single countr y to renege on the pact. Still, a president hostile to emission reduction, and one who even denies global warning exists as Trump does, would be a serious blow to the agreement. For tunately, fewer and fewer people are clinging to the conspiracy theories that climate change is some kind of hoax. The evidence, unfor tunately, is far too clear: rising tides, recurring record-hot years, melting ice caps and more ferocious storms across the planet. The changes caused by burning fossil fuels did not happen quickly and turning things around will not happen quickly. But the Paris Agreement provides the solid start the world needs to succeed before the climate crisis hits a tipping point from which there is no return.
The Paris Agreement provides the solid start the world needs to succed before the climate crisis hits a tipping point from which there is no return. Editor’s Note: This editorial was originally published by the Mankato Free Press.
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I’m not entirely opposed to being thrown up against a wall, provided it’s within the context of a spicy and consensual night with your significant other, yeah? But in a lot of media — the ver y same that young girls and boys are being exposed to — we’ve normalized a depiction of romance and how to treat people, most often women, that is all about relentless, one-sided fer vor. What’s interesting about T r ump’s mos t r ec en t c ommen t s i s that hi s vision of a woman’s subjectivity is marked by passivity. Ever ything Trump is saying describes actions done to them, but never by them: “moved on her,” “took her out,” and the now-infamous use of “grab them.” To T r ump, women are objects to be used however and by whomever. It speaks volumes that though this conversation occur red only eleven years ago, the dialogue and social mores have changed significantly since then. More and more, we recognize the toxicity surrounding the way we’ve characterized the women in our media and in our lives — as recipients of action from others. Eleven years ago it might have been cute to hear that your grandpa asked your grandma to marr y him ever y day for six years — or hear him recount hiding under her bed for five — but we don’t let that slide anymore. Let’s not let Trump slip by either. Kate McCarthy welcomes comments at kmccarthy@mndaily.com.
he past week and a half has been marked by a flurry of leaks and reports that many pundits say could spell, at last, the end of Donald Trump’s campaign for presidency. Or, considering that he very well may not drop out, at least the end of its viability. This is a relief to a number of groups that make up this country. From Muslim-Americans to immigrants to women and the poor, a Trump presidency would certainly not facilitate progress, but instead, would denigrate their stature and their ability to find comfort and acceptance in the U.S. One group that has not often been highlighted as a target of Trump are people who identify as transgender, non-binary or gender nonconforming. Trump has, throughout his campaign, given into more and more hateful ideologies in an effort to court support from far-right voters who may have expressed uncertainty about his stance on certain social issues. On North Carolina’s violently transphobic and notorious Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act — popularly referred to as HB-2 — Trump responded to the question of whether or not gender-neutral bathrooms should become the norm, with the statement: “I hope not. Because frankly, it would be unbelievably expensive nationwide. It would be hundreds of billions of dollars.” This is part of a pattern of ignorance, disregard and state-sanctioned disenfranchisement of transgender communities that Trump has shown throughout his campaign. While transgender issues never quite seemed to grab the national focus of this election for more than a moment, Trump’s defeat would undoubtedly affirm the position of transgender and gender non-conforming people not just in the United States as a whole, but our community at the University of Minnesota as well. In his last year in office, President Obama has made it a point to advocate for the fair and just treatment of transgender youth in public school across the country. Most notably, he had the Department of Education issue guidance to educators that no transgender student should face discrimination or be made uncomfortable because of their identity but instead be treated with respect. Trump said that efforts like Obama’s that call for gender neutral bathrooms to be available should not be undertaken in our country because they would be “unbelievably expensive.” Yet we strongly believe that the Republican candidate for president would not at any point in his presidency speak a single word to enfranchise or embolden transgender rights, an act that comes free of charge. Make no mistake, like so many marginalized groups, this election is also an existential crisis for the nation’s transgender community. The transgender community, which is strongly represented on this campus, deserves rights and substantive protections — faster — and not the total lack of respect exhibited by Donald Trump. EDITORIALS & OPINIONS DEPARTMENT Editorials represent the voice of the Minnesota Daily as an institution and are prepared by the editorial board.
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Thursday, October 13, 2016
Students can respond to Haiti crisis
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ast week, Hur ricane Matthew slammed into Haiti — a countr y already reeling from a cholera crisis that has killed thousands of people and cr umbling infrastr ucture coupled with housing shor tages from the ear thquake back in 2010. This hurricane was catastrophic — nearly one thousand people have died and the number of cases of cholera is increasing again. Many students look at this problem and think that there’s nothing they can do. Some argue that they don’t have the skill set or knowledge base to contribute meaningfully to catastrophic events such as these. I would have to disagree. In my experience, most of the problems in the developing world aren’t insurmountable. They’re about accessibility and cost efficiency. Engineers Without Borders, a student group I’m a part of on campus, recently brought clean water to 800 people. This was a high impact, student-driven effort. Our response as a student body has to be similar. Innovation can only happen if we all think outside of the box. Our actions must be need-based — driven by the needs that the people of Haiti actually face rather than our perception of the situation. These actions must be sustainable, utilizing input from the
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people of Haiti and cost-effective enough to continue on for the long recover y process. This isn’t outside the scope of what students can do. It requires time and effor t into thinking about the problems that people are facing. Engineers Without Borders has recently star ted the Global Crisis Response Student Collective, which comprises 15 student groups whose principle objective is to help students think creatively about their capacity to respond to global catastrophes, like what’s happening in Haiti. Hopefully with the assistance of this new organization, all students will know they can lend a meaningful hand across the globe. Anant Naik welcomes comments at anaik@mndaily.com. Editor’s Note: Anant is president of the U of M’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders.
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CROSSWORD Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle FOR RELEASE OCTOBER 13, 11, 2016
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
HOROSCOPES Today’s Birthday (10/13): This is the year to accomplish bold personal visions. Strengthen and grow social networks. A turnaround with a project between friends leads to renewed health, vitality and work.
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 6 — Quiet time comforts and soothes your spirit. Let emotions flow when they do. Put on some good music, and review priorities.
Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is an 8 — Pay attention to your health and well-being. Are you getting enough water? Old assumptions get challenged.
Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 7 — Chaos and confusion could rile the team. Keep criticism to a minimum. Everyone thinks they’re right.
Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 7 — Don’t sweat the small stuff. Relax and enjoy the scenery. Savor good company and delicious flavors. It doesn’t need to get expensive.
Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 7 — Work could seem stressful if you don’t take measures to balance the intense moments with peaceful ones. Prioritize your health and vitality.
Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 6 — Get fully into a domestic project. Resist the temptation to spend your savings. It’s not a good time to shop, anyway.
Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 7 — Expect disruption and delay on the road today. Slow down and revise plans. Get solid reservations to save money.
Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 7 — Get your message out. Use clever wordplay to express an enticing possibility. Expensive promises are unnecessary.
Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 6 — Go over the numbers. Pay bills before you spend on treats. Work could interfere with play. Be determined, rather than dissuaded. Exercise restraint.
Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 6 — Proceed with caution. In a conflict with the status quo, take the logical path. Avoid financial gambles and risk.
Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 7 — Spend time with someone attractive and interesting. Cook up something fun together, without spending a fortune. Avoid crowds and traffic.
Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is an 8 — You can be assertive without steamrolling anyone. Take charge, and listen for what’s wanted and needed. Don’t by hasty; avoid breakdowns.
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DR. DATE Dear Dr. Date,
So, I went on a couple dates with this girl, and they were pretty great. We went out for drinks, searched for morel mushrooms, donated plasma and had an all-around good time both nights. After the second date, we said that we would get together sometime soon. We texted the next couple weeks, but plans never really materialized. It’s been like 10 days or so since we have talked last, and neither of us has sent a text or call each other’s way. In that time, I’ve decided that I’m not super interested in pursuing a relationship. At this point, should I be reaching out to tell her that? Or should I just let it fade away if neither of us tries to communicate again?
—Not Tryna Ghost Her —Dear Not Tryna,
I understand that it can be hard to decipher these situations. It seems like the both of you are pretty done with the short sizzle fizzle that ya’ll
had going momentarily and there isn’t anything wrong with that. As long as you aren’t ignoring her, and vice versa, I don’t think that there is too much of an issue with not texting her. Nevertheless, I’m adding a note to our readers on when you should contact someone to let them know that you don’t want to hang out with them anymore: • Your bowling league • Your pet goldfish • Your tax preparer • Your dialysis provider • My younger sister, you dirty scumbag
—Dr. Date
Dear Dr. Date,
I think that I am in the throes of addiction. Every morning, I wake up and need my fix. Rolling over, bleary-eyed, lips quivering, my dirty secret unfolds. As I slowly slide open my nightstand drawer, my hands tremble in anticipation. I know at this point that I need to stop, but I can’t.
I look inside the drawer and pull out my phone. My heart speeds up and I punch in my four-digit passcode. On my neatly organized iPhone home screen, I glance at the damned folder. It reads, “Dank Memes.” I open the folder. Instantly, I am forced to make a decision. Where should I browse to find the spiciest of may-mays? I click on the small alien icon. “Gonna be one of those days,” I whisper. “F&$% my shit up fam.” Next thing I know, it’s 3 a.m. The day has come and gone and all I have to show are doggos and sneks doing their best to prevent frightens. Please. Stop this madness. It can only go on for so long.
—me_irl
Dear me_irl,
The first step to beating addiction is realizing that you have a problem. It sure seems like you have one and it sure seems like you know it. I wasn’t really sure what a “meme” or
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“may-may” was when I initially read your letter, so I had to do some research. If any of our readers are unsure of either of those definitions, please click on this underlined link to be directed to an explanation. I was astonished when I concluded my research. The sheer vastness of the spoopy memes is unbelievable. Even during the short amount of time that I was sucked into the underbelly of the internet, I felt that draw could addict a doctor like myself. I found myself particularly affected by a certain quote. “Born too late to explore the earth. Born too soon to explore the galaxy. Born just in time to browse dank memes.” The existential crisis that results from thinking about the endless meme possibilities of our generation is groundbreaking. Don’t fight the darkness, me_irl. Become it. Embrace it. Don’t be afraid. Nothing is 3spooky5u.
—Dr. Date
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to vote on six New student group Regents years of capital projects augments reality The Board will vote this week on a plan to fund six years of capital projects.
6-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN
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Brandon Bogdalek, officer of the University’s Augmented Reality Collective, demonstrates how to use a HoloLens, an augmented reality device, at the group’s meeting in the Coffman Memorial Union Theater on Oct. 9.
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The club began when Yao worked on his senior design project with Microsoft, where they showed interest in helping to form an augmented reality club. The opportunity to work with Microsoft and potentially others is a give-and-take relationship, he said, where the club is expected to find and develop new applications that use the technology. To hold their end of the bargain, Yao said the club has three project teams on top of general membership. These teams are highly selective, akin to a job, and will each develop a new application for an augmented reality device by the end of the year. Ya o s a i d t h e c l u b is working to for m a similar relationship with Google, but first they need to prove what they can do.
“I knew when I came to the U ... I would want to do something with that technology.” JAMIE WALTERS U engineering student
Bogdalek said he’s also had preliminary discussions with Worrell, a medical technology company he interns for. He and Yao said they’ve also reached out to local companies such as Target for partnerships. “The biggest challenge right now … is getting businesses to understand the potential of augmented reality,” Bogdalek said. As a biomedical engineering student, freshman Jamie Walters said she was blown away by their presentation. She first gained exposure to the technology by playing virtual reality games with friends. Not long after, she started to realize the expanded potential for the similar, but more versatile,
augmented reality. “I knew when I came to the U … I would want to do something with that technology,” she said. “I am absolutely mind-blown … it’s so uplifting to think there’s an opportunity to [help grow the field.]” D u ri n g t h e pr es entation, Yao, spur red by comments about the money possibilities in the field, jokingly asked, “Who wants to do a startup?” Yao said he and Bogdalek have discussed creating a start-up before, but added that everything is just talk at the moment and his focus is on the club. “What I want to see is just massive amounts of potential being built through this group,“ he said.
2020
State funds
$325,000,000
2019
$169,500,000
2018 Total funds
$320,000,000
$169,500,000
2017
$306,500,000
The University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents will vote Friday on approval of a $1.6 billion plan to fund capital projects across the system over six years. Under the plan, the University would foot 22.3 percent of the bill and the state would provide 77.7 percent — just over $1.2 billion. In keeping with the University’s Medical School and agricultural research priorities, the proposal would put $274 million toward the renovation and expansion of medical and health science facilities. Additionally, over $127.9 million would be allocated to construct and upgrade research and laboratory space for the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences and the College of Biological Sciences. “When [regents] talk about advancing the standing of the Academic Health Center and health sciences, it’s one of the significant themes,” said Interim Vice President for University Ser vices Mike Ber thelsen. “The Board has been consistent in making sure the projects we’re advancing meet both the facilities’ need, but are also advancing the academic and institutional priorities.”
$317,600,000
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2022
University funds
SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA BOARD OF REGENTS
The plan also asks the state to fund $550 million for Higher Education Asset Preser vation and Renovation (HEAPR) to fix deteriorating infrastructure across coordinate campuses. Ber thelsen said each year, vice presidents, chancellors and deans prioritize facilities projects for improvement. Administrators assess the projects’ costs by reviewing state economic forecasts and financial reports to shape the size of the plan compared to the state’s bonding bill. “We just try to get a size and scope and order of magnitude,” Ber thelsen said. “How much can the University afford, what are its priorities and what makes sense for a physical solution?” Occasionally, Berthelsen
UNIVERSITY PRIORITIES FOR 6-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN Expanded STEM programming construction of a Chemistry and Advanced Materials Science building on the Duluth campus and the renovation of biological and chemical sciences labs on the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Rochester campuses. Advancement of academic health sciences and medical school renovation and expansion of medical and health science facilities, construction of a Clinical Research Facility for the Academic Health Center and new spaces for Mayo Building programming. Expanding agriculture research statewide construction of a Plant Growth Research Facility on St. Paul campus and construction and upgrades to laboratories and research spaces for CBS, CFANS and CVM.
SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA BOARD OF REGENTS
said, the University will pay for an entire project rather than request funds from the state, though the current six-year plan only lists one such project — a $9.5 million upgrade to public safety facilities. The University requests that the state pay for twothirds of all projects except HEAPR, which is fully funded by the state. Interim Vice President and CFO Mike Volna said that due to the legislature’s failure to pass a bonding bill last session, the University’s 2017 capital request is the same as last year but updated for inflation. “It essentially pushed back everything in our capital plan by one year,” Volna said, adding that operating budgets are less af fected because biennial budget requests come from different state funding mechanisms. Regent Richard Beeson, chair of the board’s Finance Committee, said regents and school administrators are spending more time on long-range financial planning to ensure efficiency in University spending. “Money is an issue, and it’s always been an issue,” he said. The long-term plan is updated ever y year depending on changes in pr oject design and market fluctuations, Berthelsen said.
Students revamp housing and textbook marketplace A renewed website that allows students to buy, sell and swap is on the scene. BY RILYN EISCHENS reischens@mndaily.com
After a few years of inactivity, University of Minnesota students are revamping U-Swap, a website designed to help students buy and sell textbooks and look for housing. While students can already buy books and sublet their houses through platforms like Facebook and Craigslist, the site’s organizers said U-Swap is a more efficient, secure option. U-Swap allows users to search through textbook postings by class or title, and students looking for housing can filter postings by location, price and size, said Karl Breustedt, who has headed the project since December. Breustedt, a management information systems junior, said two University students founded U-Swap about five years ago. Over 8,000 students had registered within a year of its launch, he said, but it fell into disuse when the founders graduated. Though Facebook groups like University of Minnesota Free & For Sale, which has more than 12,000 members, are popular options for students, U-Swap is more effective, Breustedt said. He said the accessibility of housing information on the site has one major advantage. “It’s really hard … to get a good gauge of what’s available and what the price ranges are [on other platforms],” he said. “One of the most important things we’re trying to
do is force housing transparency.” And the site is more secure than other groups that anyone can use, such as Craigslist, he said. “You need to have a student ID attached to use the site, so this allows a safer … marketplace where you’re only going to be buying from U of M students,” he said. Breustedt said he will be collaborating with the Minnesota Student Association on the project. MSA Academic Affairs Committee Director Makda Biniam said the security advantage is one reason her committee took an interest in the project. “This is the best way to go about it because it’s one specific site that you know is safe,” she said. MSA also hopes to support the textbook feature because other options — like selling textbooks back to the University Bookstore — aren’t great for students, said MSA President Abeer Syedah. “We’ve also … heard that the bookstore … doesn’t necessarily love the labor costs and fees associated with returning textbooks, and students don’t make a lot of money when they sell textbooks back to the bookstore,” she said. Breustedt said the University Bookstore has agreed to discuss a potential partnership that he hopes would make the process of buying and selling textbooks better for students. Going for ward, Breustedt wants to gather feedback about U-Swap and promote it on campus. The website is currently functional, but students aren’t aware of it, Breustedt said.
Some students who use the Free & For Sale Facebook group think it works well but would rather use a site like U-Swap. Tyler Tegtmeier, a forest and natural resource management senior, said his housing posts in the Free & For Sale group have garnered a lot of responses, but he dislikes how the page is organized. “So many things get posted … [that] a post might get lost in all the other posts, and someone might give
“I would try to hit all of the possible avenues … to increase the chances someone who needs what I’m selling will see my item.” CALLY O’NEILL Senior food systems major
up searching after five minutes,” he said. He said U-Swap would be a better alternative if students can search more easily. “I would use it … if it was accessible,” he said. Senior food systems major Cally O’Neill has used the Free & For Sale group to look for subleasers. She thinks the group is both secure and easy to use, but she would use something like USwap in addition to existing platforms, she said. “I wouldn’t use it in place of Facebook,” she said. “I would try to hit all of the possible avenues … to increase the chances someone who needs what I’m selling will see my item.”