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■■ Faculty diversity remains low at University

THE TWO RECENTLY SPOKE AT THE LAW SCHOOL.

■■ U minimum wage study criticized for bias

Despite new hires, some feel the school is lagging behind. PG 3

The study said a hike would have little adverse effects. PG 7

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2 expelled from Sig Ep for impeding Drill-Mellum rape case Sig Ep’s national branch ousted the members for videotapping a call with a rape victim-survivor. JESSIE BEKKER Jbekker@mndaily.com

Two Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity members were expelled from the University of Minnesota chapter for impeding a rape investigation of another fraternity member. The two members were removed from the fraternity for obstructing a rape investigation of Daniel Drill-Mellum, a former member of the chapter convicted of two rape counts in August, Sigma Phi Epsilon’s national organization said in a statement Tuesday. The men, both Drill-Mellum’s roommates, videotaped a phone conversation in which they can be heard questioning Abby

CRIS DANG, DAILY

Gov. Mark Dayton discloses a new initiative for young women of Minnesota on Tuesday in St. Paul. Dayton announced an outreach initiative that incorporates the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota and the University’s Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center to bring opportunity to young women.

Dayton unveils equity plan

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The six-year initiative aims to close the achievement gap faced by women from disenfranchised backgrounds aged 12 to 24.

LIBRARIES

Wilson slated for $6.4 million renovation

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state for women, officials say the experienc-

lined a new state initiative Tuesday

es of young women of color and those with disabilities are much different.

ities in their everyday lives.

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Though Minnesota is rated the best

innesota Gov. Mark Dayton out-

morning for young women who face dispar-

Because of space constraints, the library will begin the first phase of upgrades next month.

A scarcity of space for Wilson Librar y’s growing catalog could be alleviated by more than $6 million in renovations starting next month. A smaller upgrade, including a new space for group work, will begin Nov. 7 before the librar y goes through a fullscale renovation. The nearly $400,000 first phase of the project — funded largely by donors — is par t of a larger plan to completely renovate the 48-year-old librar y. “We’re out of collection space,” said Claire Stewar t, associate University librarian for research & learning. “We’ve grown to a point that almost all of the facilities are at capacity.” Wilson Librar y was built to hold 1.5 million volumes but now holds 3.6 million.

of Minnesota.

BY DAVID CLAREY dclarey@mndaily.com

“The truth is, all across the state many

The plan, the Young Women’s Initia-

young women and girls do face barriers to

tive of Minnesota, is focused on improving

education and jobs and that is holding the

equality for young women of color, Ameri-

entire state back,” said Lt. Governor Tina

can Indian women, LGBTQ women and

Smith.

women with disabilities between the ages

Lee Roper-Batker, president of the

of 12 and 24. The six-year, $8 million proj-

Women’s Foundation of Minnesota, said

ect was funded by the Women’s Foundation

the program will address problems like

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FACILITIES

U eyes alternative funding sources for upkeep costs With $3.8 billion in maintenance costs, school officials are seeking funding outside the legislature. BY KEVIN BECKMAN kbeckman@mndaily.com

The way the University of Minnesota lobbies the state Legislature has recently come under scr utiny from school of ficials. As the University prepares to ask for $100 million for infrastructure fixes in the upcoming legislative session, some on

the University’s Board of Regents — in a shift from previous stances — say the school needs to look to other sources than the Higher Education Asset Preservation and Renovation (HEAPR) fund, a state bonding process designed to fund small-scale infrastructure projects. With no bonding bill passed last year, the school didn’t receive money from HEAPR, causing the University to fall further behind on repairing University buildings, a quarter of which are more than 70 years old. “What I am opposed to is doing the same thing over and over again and

expecting a different result,” said Regent Laura Brod. “It’s not a good par tnership because it’s a one-way par tnership that doesn’t work.” The University currently has $3.8 billion in maintenance costs that it has put off. “Even if they gave us $100 million this year, it’s a drop in the bucket,” said Regent Michael Hsu. While Brod said she thinks the school should find dif ferent ways to fund projects, some University administrators say u See FUNDS Page 3

BUSINESS

For studio, donations are key Yoga Sol in NE Minneapolis has found success in its pay-whatyou-can business model. BY JACOB STEINBERG jsteinberg@mndaily.com

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

Yoga Sol instructor Heather Sieve leads a vinyasa yoga class on Monday at Yoga Sol in Northeast Minneapolis. Yoga Sol has operated on a pay-what-you-can donation-based model for four years.

Despite the success of other similar studios in the Twin Cities, Yoga Sol’s “pay what you can” business model makes it unique. Husband-wife team Flor and Peter Frey opened Yoga Sol in northeast Minneapolis in May of 2012 and it remains the only studio in the Twin Cities funded fully by donations. The model is rare due to its unique challenges, but Yoga Sol owners and clients think the business has thrived. Co-owner Flor Frey said Yoga Sol’s

business model is a response to how “prohibitively exclusive” modern yoga can be. “A typical yoga class will cost about $22 … our average class is about $10,” said Frey. “Yoga Sol is able to make yoga accessible to people when financially it’s … more difficult for them.” Because of this added accessibility, roughly half of Yoga Sol’s students are new to yoga, Frey said, and their clientele is fairly diverse. “It’s a really eclectic crowd … you’ve got the university students and then you also have an older crowd,” said Yoga Sol Teacher Meghan Foley. “We have a lot of men there as well. [Other] studios can be predominately women.” Frey said running a business based u See YOGA Page 11

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STATE REPORT JUDGE REJECTS CLAIM TO PRINCE ESTATE FROM WOMAN TO GIRL MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota judge r uled Wednesday that a woman and girl who claim to be Prince’s niece and grandniece will not be considered heirs to the late music superstar’s estate. Car ver County Judge Kevin Eide ruled that Brianna Nelson and her niece, Victoria Nelson, are excluded as Prince’s heirs as a matter of law. The decision means the pair won’t share in an estate that some experts projected could be worth up to $300 million in the wake of Prince’s death April 21 of a fentanyl overdose. Brianna and V ictoria Nelson claimed descent from the late Duane Nelson Sr., who they say was a half brother to Prince. Court documents indicate Prince’s father was not Duane’s biological father. The Nelsons argued Minnesota law allowed for a claim because Prince’s father, John L. Nelson, long treated Duane Nelson as his son. They cited a 2003 case in which the Minnesota Supreme Court agreed with a claim involving a longstanding father-son relationship in which the older man had pleaded guilty in 1959 to the crime of “illegitimacy” in the younger man’s bir th, then treated the younger man as a son for many years. Eide rejected that argument. He said that the earlier case implied a genetic relationship. He also said revisions to Minnesota probate law since the 2003 decision now require that parent-child relationships may be established only by genetics, adoption, assisted reproduction or a presumed relationship that was legally established before death. In his ruling, the judge said “there is no case law in Minnesota, or, to the Cour t’s knowledge, anywhere in the United States that establishes a parentchild relationship for intestacy purposes where there is no genetic relationship but the parties to the relationship held themselves out to be parent and child.” ASSOCIATED PRESS

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5 Gophers football players to remain under restraining order BY MIKE HENDRICKSON mhendrickson@mndaily.com

Five Gophers football players are still bar red from playing in games at TCF Bank Stadium after a Hennepin County District Cour t r uling upheld restraining orders Tuesday. KiAnte Har din, Ray Buford, Tamarion Johnson, Carlton Djam and Dior Johnson will appear in court again Nov. 2 — three days before the next home game — when Judge Mel Dickstein said he expects to decide whether to uphold the restraining orders. The woman filed an

game-day employee and University of Minnesota student, filed the orders after an alleged Sept. 2 offcampus incident. None of the players named in the restraining orders were arrested or charged after the Minneapolis Police Department investigated. The woman’s attorney, Amy Isenor, said Dickstein’s decision to hold off on an immediate r uling falls in line with Minnesota law requiring at least five days’ notice of a respondent’s request for a hearing. Gophers football head coach Tracy Claeys

suspended Hardin, Buford and both Johnsons Sept. 10 for three games last month. He lifted the suspensions Oct. 4 — one day after the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office declined to press charges against the suspended players. All six players are active and allowed to play at Saturday’s game at Illinois, Claeys said. Hardin is listed as a star ter for that game. “We’re going to play our best 11 who are eligible to play, period,” Claeys said. Of the six, Buford, Hardin, and Djam have played this season.

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MADISON, Wis. — Dozens of women have reported encounters with a University of Wisconsin student charged with sexually assaulting an acquaintance, and of ficers found a black book at the man’s apartment listing women he’d met and documenting his “sexual desires,” authorities said. Alec Cook, 20, of Edina, Minnesota, is facing nine charges, including false imprisonment and strangulation, in a case involving a female acquaintance who told investigators Cook assaulted her, choked her until she was nearly unconscious and wouldn’t let her leave his apartment. After those charges were filed, several other women came for ward with allegations against Cook, who has since been suspended from school and banned from the Madison campus. Additional charges involving those women were being prepared, Dane County Assistant District Attorney Colette Sampson said in court Monday. A search warrant filed in Dane County this week said Madison police have also been contacted by “dozens of other females” since Cook was charged in the Oct. 12 case. Of ficers searching Alec Cook’s Madison apar tment found a black book with names of women he had met, Madison police investigator Grant Humerickhouse told the Star Tribune. “The entries went on to document what he wanted to do with the females,” Humerickhouse said. “Disturbingly enough, there were statements of ‘kill’ and statements of ‘sexual’ desires.” Cook has denied the allegations against him. His attorney, Christopher Van Wagner, said Cook has cooperated with authorities. “Much of what has been on Facebook has been character assassination of my client,” Van Wagner told the Star Tribune.

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order Saturday against a sixth football player, Kiondre Thomas, which was dropped Monday, the players’ attorney Lee Hutton said. Hutton said he will pursue the dismissal as possible grounds for dropping the others. “The cour t expressed that [the judge] was going to give an order in timely fashion so these kids would play,” Hutton said. “Ultimately, we are ready, willing and able to produce evidence that completely contradicts the petitioner’s story.” The alleged victim, a

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CANNON BALL, N.D. — The prospect of a police raid on an encampment protesting the Dakota Access pipeline faded as night fell Wednesday, with law enforcement making no immediate move after protesters rejected their request to withdraw from private land. Unmarked aircraft that had been monitoring protesters were withdrawn late in the day, and some activists who had been on hand for a possible confrontation headed back to a larger protest camp on federal land. Law enforcement officials said they were ready to remove about 200 protesters who this weekend set up teepees and tents on land owned by the pipeline company. Cass County Sheriff Paul Laney told reporters that authorities don’t want a confrontation but that the protesters “are not willing to bend.” “We have the resources. We could go down there at any time,” he said. “We’re trying not to.” Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said authorities would continue to try for a peaceful resolution but that “we are here to enforce the law as needed.” Protesters vowed to stay put, at one point chanting “Stand in peace against the beast.” “We’re going to hold this ground,” said protester Mekasi Camp Horinek. “I’m here to die if I have to. I don’t want to die but I will,” said Didi Banerji, who lives in Toronto but is originally from the Spirit Lake Sioux reservation in North Dakota. Activists fear the nearly 1,200-mile pipeline could harm cultural sites and drinking water for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. Energy Transfer Partners, which is building the $3.8 billion pipeline, said Tuesday that the protesters were trespassing and that “lawless behavior will not be tolerated.” Protests supporting the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s opposition to the pipeline have been ongoing for months, with more than 260 people arrested so far in North Dakota. The pipeline is to carry oil from western North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa to an existing pipeline in Patoka, Illinois.

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U alumnus advocates for animal rights Local animal rights group prepares for annual Twin CitiesVeg Fest. BY JACOB STEINBERG jsteinberg@mndaily.com

Breaking into factor y farms and peacefully spreading awareness helped one University of Minnesota alumnus become a revered figure in the animal rights community. Unny Nambudiripad cofounded Compassionate Action for Animals (CAA) in 1998 to peacefully advocate for animal rights reform. Nambudiripad recently announced he will retire as the group’s executive director. Nambudiripad started at the University in 1995 and became involved with animal advocacy through people he met in the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group. In 1998, he co-founded CAA with a desire to create an advocacy group with less “confrontational” and “angry” tactics. “We wanted to have a very

different tone. We read a lot about nonviolence, trying to be compassionate and gentle and respectful to our opposition,” he said. “That started as a philosophical discussion and eventually turned into starting an organization.” Throughout his career, Nambudiripad has engaged in a number of activities in the name of animal rights. “We’d break into farms in the middle of the night, and we would document what was happening,” said Nambudiripad, who also said he “rescued” several animals from farms. N o w, C A A s p r e a d s awareness by handing out pamphlets, giving away food, showing videos and hosting events like Twin Cities Veg Fest, which is set for this weekend. “Progress is slow but visible,” said CAA President and co-founder Matt Mackall. This weekend’s event will be the festival’s fifth annual installment but will be the first time it will span two days. The festival will see businesses from around the Twin Cities showcase

plant-based products through free samples, food vendors and live cooking demos. Nambudiripad’s favorite r estaurant, Reverie Café and Bar, will make its first public appearance at the event since the eater y opened in Februar y. “It’s a really natural place for us to go and connect with potential customers and patrons and also just connect with the community,” said Reverie co-owner Kirstin Wiegmann. Medical laborator y science sophomore and CAA student group officer Hayley McCormack said she’s excited to see this year’s new exhibitors and how the festival’s longer runtime will impact attendance. Nambudiripad said he expects about 4,000 people will come and hopes they can get a sense of the growing movement. “There’s a lot of people who care, and I feel really good that I’ve been able to help facilitate the growth of other activists,” he said. Despite the work he’s done with CAA,

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Freshmen pre-architecture majors Nathan Manske and Lanie Hei taste free samples of nondairy soy ice cream sandwiches at Twin Cities Veg Fest on Oct. 26, 2013 at Coffman Union.

Nambudiripad will step down as executive director at the end of the year. McCor mack said the student group will miss him — and his leadership — “dearly.”

Nambudiripad said he will now use his time to push for policy changes instead of convincing consumers to change their diets. “I need a change of pace because I want to make

changes in a different way than I’m doing now,” Nambudiripad said. “I think there are other power ful ways to make a difference for animals, and I want to pursue those.”

Representation remains low for faculty of color Faculty of color are concerned the U isn’t remedying the lack of diversity. BY RAJU CHADUVULA rchaduvula@mndaily.com

In reaction to a year of protests, the University of Minnesota began to hire more faculty of color last year, but some say it’s not enough. The University hired four faculty members in ethnic studies departments after the Race, Indigeneity, Gender and Sexuality Studies Initiative star ted, but faculty of color remain underrepresented in most depar tments. Some University professors of color raised concerns about retention and recr uitment ef for ts of faculty of color, adding to the growing national discourse. Over nearly four decades, the political science depar tment has of fered professorship to seven faculty of color and hired only one, said political science professor August Nimtz Jr. He said the department looked at national data for doctoral and graduate candidates who were qualified for the positions and found only seven people of color during those for ty years who fit the requirements. R o s e B r e w e r, a n

African-American studies professor, said the road to professorship starts in graduate school where access for students of color is limited. Schools often look for quality candidates when hiring, said Mar ybeth Gasman, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and writer of a recent opinion piece on the lack of diverse faculty for the Hechinger Report. Quality usually means the candidates must have a Ph.D from an elite school, Gasman said, and because of societal barriers, few people of color make it that far. “Often times, people of color are discouraged from earning Ph.Ds or have negative experiences resulting in their leaving the professoriate,” she said. Brewer said there is a “pipeline” to graduate school that often excludes students of color. Gender and sexuality studies professor Jigna Desai said institutions sometimes let racial biases into their recr uitment ef for ts by identifying a group of people in certain expertise. To fight recr uitment bias, the University introduced a new implicit bias initiative this school year, said Provost Karen Hanson. Hanson said the initiative trains faculty recruitment committees to avoid biases when looking at

candidates. The University has a large stake in increasing diversity, she said. Retaining faculty of color Retaining faculty of color is similar to retaining other faculty — in terms of salaries or resources — and other aspects such as social connections and representing their ethnicity, Hanson said. To keep faculty members of color at any university, the entire system needs change, starting with students still in college, said Rebecca Ropers-Huilman, a professor in the College of Education and Human Development. “[Colleges should] make [students] think that academia is for them … strengthen their ability and like the institution,” she said. Hanson said one significant factor in retaining faculty is to make sure they have connections to their heritage and culture outside the college. “[Other wise] the lone person of color feels like an outsider,” Desai said. Instead of making faculty members of color assimilate to the institution once accepted, the college “needs to make the institution available for them,” Ropers-Huilman said. Desai said that mentoring and advising could improve retention rates because faculty and students of color would have a better sense of community and receive a better support system on campus. Additionally, Desai said, the school needs to retain senior faculty so they can help younger faculty members deal with issues that come up in their first years on campus.

FACULTY AND GRADUATE ASSISTANT NUMBERS BASED ON ETHNICITY Total International faculty Faculty of color 3169

156 419 2005

3226

166 445 2006

Total International GA GA of color 4510

PERCENTAGES OF FACULTY BASED ON ETHNICITY 3468

3390

176 463 2007

158 510 2008

3417

88

128

125

533 2009

540 2010

593 2011

3804

3709

3553

3484

3423

3374

110

118

147

156

614 2012

635 2013

644 2014

681 2015

GRADUATE ASSISTANTS PERCENTAGES BASED ON ETHNICITY

4509

4475

4425

4361

4215

4223

4176

4086

4176

4103

1629

1587

1591

1568

1561

1463

1425

1384

1388

1460

1509

325 2005

345 2006

347 2007

359 2008

348 2009

372 2010

374 2011

391 2012

373 2013

403 2014

418 2015

SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, OIR

Historically, a lack of diversity Brewer said issues of race and racism have always existed in institutions of higher education because they have not prioritized diversity, she said. In 1993, the Minnesota Daily reported on the lack of diversity at the school despite numerous initiatives to increase faculty of color. Between 1988 and 1991, the number of faculty of color increased from 6.6 to 8.5 percent. Now, that number is almost 18 percent. The University has made good progress since that time, Ropers-Huilman said. The University recently

became a member of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, she said. The center provides mentorship and advising that is accessible to both graduate students and faculty members of color. Still, some faculty of color say the University should do more. The University’s ef for t around recr uiting faculty of color is mostly talk, Desai said. “I feel like there’s a lot of hand-wringing, [people] saying ‘we don’t know what to do,’” she said. Proven methods — like mentoring and outreach — can help retain more people, she said.

Some still say the reason colleges don’t hire more faculty of color is because they don’t want them, like Gasman said in her controversial opinion piece. “What I meant is that if you really want to hire a diverse faculty, you don’t make excuses and put up road blocks. I see many people [doing that],” she said. If the only improvements the University can point to is the four new faculty of color in ethnic studies and implicit bias training for recruiters, there is more to be done, Desai said. “Why isn’t diverse faculty a presumption to have rather than some sort of ideal to strive for?” Desai said.

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options are limited. In the last two years, the University requested the state put recurring repair and renovation money into the school’s operating budget while steadily decreasing HEAPR funds. “It was not a wellreceived idea,” said University President Eric Kaler. “It was viewed a little bit as double-dipping. You get HEAPR over here and the state appropriation over here, so you get twice as much money.” Besides bonding and other state appropriations, the only other source of funds for building projects is tuition. Last year, the school raised tuition as par t of the University’s biennial

budget — $3 million of the increase was used for capital repair or restoration projects. “The reason that needed to be done was because we don’t have enough money for small projects,” Hsu said. “If we keep doing that, then tuition is going to skyrocket just because of the need for capital improvements.” Legislators said the University’s HEAPR requests are large and occasionally used for largescale building projects — something HEAPR was never meant for, they said. Rep. Gene Pelowski, DFL-Winona, said HEAPR requests strained the state’s relationship with the University when the school used that money to pay for the renovation of Nor throp Auditorium, an $88.2 million project. “When you’re saying

you’re literally going to gut a building and redo it, that’s not HEAPR,” Pelowski said. “HEAPR is replacing roofs, it’s replacing heating and ventilation systems, it’s doing asbestos.” He said the University’s misinterpretation of the purpose of HEAPR has led the legislature to be more reluctant to fund the requests. “It’s their own fault,” he said. “They think that they can use it for almost anything, and you can’t.” Rep. Bud Nor nes, RFergus Falls and chair of the House Higher Education Policy and Finance committee, said while he recognizes there is backlog of infrastr ucture projects, the state has to balance requests between the University and the Minnesota State system. “[Minnesota State] has a lot more build-

ings to take care of than the University does,” he said. “[The University] may have $100 million in need, and they can maybe get about half of that from the Legislature. So projects that are pretty urgent often go unresolved.” Board Chair Dean Johnson said the University plans to speak with lawmakers about the school’s urgent needs. “We’re throwing mud at the wall to see what might stick,” he said. “We’re tr ying to figure out new ways of doing it.” Still, Pelowski said, the University needs to decide where its priorities are. “They want to have the best of all worlds,” he said. “They want to have a new building and then they want to have HEAPR replacem e n t . We l l , y o u d o n ’ t get ever ything you want. There are needs.”

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FOOTBALL

Brooks, Smith excel in new formation Both have been on the field at the same time with a two halfback plan. BY JACK WHITE jwhite@mndaily.com

Redshirt sophomore Rodney Smith and sophomore Shannon Brooks have both rushed for more than 400 yards this season. The Gophers have found different ways of getting the two on the field — and one of those ways is by installing a two-halfback formation in the offense. “A lot of times defenses are based on personnel, and at least that’s their starting point,” said offensive coordinator Jay Johnson. “I think if you have the ability to line up in dif ferent presentations with the same group of people, I think it is something that can present challenges.” Smith is the leading rusher on the team after filling in for the injured Brooks in the first two games. Brooks was last year’s leading r usher with 709 yards. The two have split carries since Brooks has returned from injury, and both are on pace to top their rushing totals from last season. “They’re good,” said head coach Tracy Claeys. “You should get better each year … they’ve been able to stay healthy, and they’re good backs that run tough.” Claeys said the two-back formation comes down to getting your best players on the field. “At [running back], there is only one [on the field] for the most part,” Claeys said. “When you can [play a twohalfback formation] and put them out there, and if they

didn’t both have the ball catching skills, we couldn’t do that.” Smith has also made a name for himself at a position besides running back. The sophomore has five returns for 190 yards on kickoffs this season. One of those returns resulted in a 94-yard touchdown for Minnesota. The return and his rushing statistics helped him earn Big Ten offensive player of the week honors.

Redshirt senior quarterback Mitch Leidner said that the two-halfback set forces the defense to prepare more. “Now that it’s on film and teams have seen we’ve done it, I’m sure they’ll take time out of their week to prepare for that in their game plans as well,” Leidner said. Senior defensive end Hank Ekpe said the two-halfback formation requires a defensive to be more cohesive. “You just really have to

focus on that and key in on not only those maybe two or three people that are on that offense, but even the whole offense,” Ekpe said. “If there’s two main players, you definitely have to key in on them and keep your focus.” Minnesota, which is 34th in the FBS in rushing yards per game, faces Illinois in its next game, which ranks 89th when it comes to rushing yards allowed. Illinois’ rushing defense

FOOTBALL

Wolitarsky joins 100-reception club The wide receiver became the 14th Minnesota player to do so Saturday. BY MIKE HENDRICKSON mhendrickson@mndaily.com

Before Saturday’s game, 13 players had caught 100 or more receptions with Minnesota. W ide r eceiver Dr ew Wolitarsky joined the exclusive club with his fourth catch of the game against Rutgers. “I had no idea … someone said, ‘Welcome to the centur y club,’ and I was like, ‘What are you talking about?’” Wolitarsky said. “They explained that, but I just want to keep doing well here and finish the season strong.” Minnesota kept a majority of its receivers last year, as eight of the top nine leaders in receptions stayed on the team. Last year’s leading receiver, K.J. Maye, was the lone graduate, and Wolitarsky — the second receiver — was the one who was going to fill the void. He has delivered so far. The senior wide

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Gophers running back Shannon Brooks looks for running room on Oct. 22 at TCF Bank Stadium.

receiver already has 37 receptions this year — just two under his total from his previous season — and leads the team in receptions by 20. As the leading receiver, he often matches up against opposing teams’ best defensive backs, something dif ferent fromwhat Wolitarsky had experienced in the past. A g a i n s t I o w a , Wo l i tarsky sometimes had to go up against cornerback Desmond King. King was an all-Big Ten First Team honoree last year at cornerback. “It’s an honor, not nearly as fun ... it’s making me work harder,” Wolitarsky said. “I’m doubling myself in practice. Just really working on releases and going hard, because when they get to game, I’m going to have to go full speed for four quarters.” Most of the Gophers receivers will return next year except for Wolitarsky. Four of the top five receivers will be returning next year as Brian Smith will have one season left and Tyler Johnson is still in his first year with the Gophers.

But things are different for Wolitarsky. He’s played in 41 games in his career but only has five regular season games left, including the upcoming matchup against Illinois. Head coach Tracy Claeys said there is no doubt Wolitarsky has improved this year but would like to see one more thing out of him before he graduates. “If you want to be great and you want to be remembered, you have to catch the bad [throws],” Claeys said. “He’s made some plays, but we could be more consistent at catching the bad balls.” Wolitarsky was s u p posed to have another strong-returning receiver from last year alongside

him, but tight end Brandon Lingen has played inter mittently in thr ee games this year with multiple injuries. On T uesday, Claeys said Lingen would be out for the game against Illinois. The workload for Wolitarsky has been high and it looks to increase toward the end of the season. With five games left, Wo l i t a r s k y ’ s r o l e w i l l change, but he’s still the one quar terback Mitch Leidner will look to. “He’s a guy that I can count on really any time in the game, and I can count on him off the field, too, to be there for me,” Leidner said on Oct. 4. “I’ve had a lot of fun working with [Wolitarsky] and really all of those receivers.”

FOOTBALL PREVIEW

VS MINNESOTA 5-2, 2-2 Big Ten WHEN: 11 a.m. Saturday

ILLINOIS 2-5, 1-3 Big Ten WHERE: Champaign, Ill. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

isn’t elite, but junior defensive end Dawuane Smoot is a force on the defense who has been brought up by Gophers coaches and players multiple times. “He’s awfully talented, but I guess I have confidence in our guys and what we’re doing, so we hope if we can be fundamentally sound and do our thing, that’s going to take care of itself,” Johnson said. The two-halfback set is indicative of Minnesota’s

situation, which has two running backs good enough to start. Leidner said the selflessness of Brooks and Smith helps the team. “When I think about that and how good of a friendship they have and how they’re able to push each other and even get after each other a little bit, it’s a pretty cool relationship to see and I think ever ybody can feed off of their relationship as well,” Leidner said.

MEN’S HOCKEY

Sophomore duo reaps the benefits of hard work on “trench line” Jack Ramsey and Darian Romanko have made a solid impact on the team. BY DREW COVE dcove@mndaily.com

Men’s hockey head coach Don Lucia mentioned two players Wednesday whom he thinks are playing the right way. The duo of sophomore for wards — Jack Ramsey and Darian Romanko — have been finding consistency together early on in the season. “I’ve been with Romanko for over a year,” Ramsey said. “We’re star ting to click pretty well, [and we] definitely have some on-ice chemistry.” Both players are a part of the “trench line,” as Ramsey calls it, and the two have been making an impact already, something neither of them found a way to do last season. The line, which included senior for ward Taylor Cammarata last weekend, finally got on the scoresheet

Saturday night. Minnesota scored only two goals in Saturday’s 3-2 loss to the Huskies, and both of them came in the first period, both from the same line. Ramsey opened up the scoring with his first official collegiate goal, which he said was long-awaited. “I ended up on my butt in the celebration,” Ramsey said. “First shift, [I] got one in the back of the net with a great forecheck by Cammy and a great pass by Darian, so it felt pretty good.” Ramsey, who didn’t score at all during his rookie season, said he’ll probably be gripping his stick a little less tightly now that he has his first goal, and it’s good to have the weight lifted off his shoulders. Romanko has been finding a rhythm of his own in his second season at Minnesota. He scored in the team’s exhibition game, and though not on the official scoresheet, helped show the of fensive impact that he and Ramsey can bring. u See HOCKEY Page 5

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Lucia said he isn’t sure who will continue to play with Ramsey and Romanko, but he knows he likes what he sees when the two are together. “I don’t like to call them our fourth line,” Lucia said. “They’re responsible, I think they’ve been our most consistent, those two players, in playing the right way.” Ramsey and Romanko both spent time in juniors before they came to the Gophers, and though only sophomores, they have plenty of experience. Ramsey played in the British Columbia Hockey League for two seasons with the Penticton Vees and was part of one Fred Page Cupwinning roster.

He said he was part of that team’s “trench line,” battling on the boards and being gritty, which has carried over to his time with the Gophers. Romanko spent two seasons with the Minnesota Wilderness in the Nor th American Hockey League and won a Robertson Cup with the team in 2015. The hard work both have put in the past has translated well to the college game and is starting to get noticed early in their second seasons. “I’m happy for them both, because they’re more lunch-pail kind of guys,” Lucia said. “They’ve both really improved from last year … they’re scoring a different way, and probably in this day and age, the right way. You’ve got to work to score goals.”

Potomak continues to come up big for Gophers

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VS CLARKSON

NO. 12 MINNESOTA WHEN: 6 p.m. Friday

WHERE: Potsdam, New York

VS NO. 12 MINNESOTA WHEN: 6 p.m. Saturday

NO. 18 ST. LAWRENCE WHERE: Canton, New York SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

VOLLEYBALL

Hannah Tapp keeps improving, leading in last Minnesota season The senior is third on the team in kills and blocks through 19 matches. BY TOMMY SLETTEN tsletten@mndaily.com

All of the hard work she’s put in on and off the court has led up to this year for Hannah Tapp. The senior middle blocker has already been named an American Volleyball Coaches Assocaition First Team All-American and unanimous All-Big Ten selection in her career, but Tapp — as well as the rest of the No. 3 Gophers — is looking for the cherry on top: a national championship. “We want to be our best in December, so we’re not going to stop here. We want to continue to improve throughout the season,” Tapp said. “I wanted to come to Minnesota to win a national championship, and I think we’re headed in the right direction.” Improvement is exactly what Tapp has done for her game in the last four years. She star ted her career as an immediate contributor to Minnesota as a freshman, amassing 122 kills. She was also second on the team in blocks with 152.

Tapp was named to the Freshman All-Big Ten team which alluded to her future success with the team. Tapp saw her most successful year to date as a junior. She provided 365 kills, good for second on the team, and 140 blocks, which was third for the Gophers. She has continued to make an impact on the scoresheet for Minnesota in her final season. She is already third on the team in kills and blocks, with 208 and 73, respectively. Aside from being a reliable star ter for the Gophers, Tapp has relished her role as a leader, especially this season, along with the other six members of her senior class. “[Tapp] is obviously doing a great job, and there’s a lot of great senior leadership,” said head coach Hugh McCutcheon. “It’s cer tainly been a great strength for us to have so many people that have got this experience and can help the underclassmen and can help themselves because it’s not their first rodeo.” Tapp has seen her development to date as a product of her teammates, especially those she has played with the longest — the seniors. u See VOLLEYBALL Page 6

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Forward Sarah Potomak skates against the Lindenwood Lions on Sept. 30, 2016 at Ridder Arena.

The sophomore leads the nation in game-winning goals with five. BY TOMMY SLETTEN tsletten@mndaily.com

Sarah Potomak immediately made an impact with Minnesota as a rookie, and now she’s already proving to be a key player for the Gophers early into her sophomore season. Potomak has scored eight goals in as many games, which includes four-straight game- winners. “When the bright lights go on, [Potomak] is always there,” said head coach Brad Frost. “I don’t think there’s any better way to lead than to give great effor ts in practice and in games and then be rewarded for it.” Potomak was one of the most productive for wards in the WCHA in her rookie campaign and led the national champion Gophers with a

plus/minus of 55, and tallied 15 goals and 39 assists. The forward played with Gophers greats Amanda Kessel and Hannah Brandt toward the end of the season. But with both players graduated, she’s now playing with the likes of senior for ward Dani Cameranesi and junior for ward Kelly Pannek. Pannek has assisted Potomak on all of her recent game-winning goals. The trio is building chemistr y through communication and hard work. “This is our first year really playing together, and we all have the same mindset: get the puck in the net,” Pannek said. “We like how we’re playing, and we’re having fun with it.” Potomak scored a hat trick in her first game of the weekend series at Ohio State — the first of her career. She followed that performance up with another gamewinner against the Buckeyes to give the Gophers a 2-1 vic-

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VS NO. 3 MINNESOTA 7-1-0, 5-1-0 WCHA WHEN: 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday

ST. CLOUD STATE 3-4-1, 2-3-1 WCHA WHERE: Ridder Arena SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

tory and series sweep. Game-winners aren’t new for Potomak, though. She sent Minnesota to last year’s national championship with an over time goal against Wisconsin and gave the Gophers the first goal in the national title game. “I think I’m the type of player that does well in highpressure situations,” Potomak said. “That’s what my role is, and I think I’m trying to accomplish that role to the best of my ability.” Potomak’s consistency doesn’t come as a surprise, but she has taken on a new role this season as more of a leader.

Her ability to come up big in tough situations has proven vital this season, as she’s helped to dig the team out of deficits numerous times. “On the ice, the way she plays, there’s so much confidence there,” Pannek said. “That’s where anyone, freshman through senior, is going to look to her and get a little extra confidence.” Potomak’s numbers this season cer tainly speak to her development, as she’s cur rently tied for the most goals in the countr y with eight and leads the NCAA with five game-winners.

SWIMMING/DIVING

Barnard looks to leave great legacy The diver has been named MVP by his teammates in the past two seasons. BY ALYSSA HODENFIELD ahodenfield@mndaily.com

JOE SULIK, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Middle blocker Hannah Tapp spikes the ball against Penn State in the Sports Pavilion on Nov. 14, 2015.

Matt Bar nar d didn’t have a bad start to his senior season. After a first place finish in the 3-meter board contest and a second place title in the 1-meter board against W isconsin, Barnard ear ned the Big Ten

Diver of the Week title for the seventh time in his career. “To star t of f the year strong and have that gratification is nice [and also] to get some confidence moving for ward,” Barnard said. The senior from Brisbane, Australia has been successful throughout his years as a diver for Minnesota. He most recently won the 2016 3-meter Big Ten title and placed seventh in the same event at the 2016

NCAA Championships as a junior. “I think probably the first thing [that makes Barnard successful] is that he really wants to be good and he motivates himself,” said diving coach Wenbo Chen. “We plan ahead every year and have a plan set up for the goal, so that part helps him a lot for this program.” Barnard also garnered plenty of success nationally before he came to Minnesota. He is a five-time Junior National Champion,

bronze medalist in the 2012 FINA Junior World Championships and has competed on the Australian National Team. “[My experience] i s cer tainly helping me along the way,” Bar nard said. “Ever y competition is a new challenge, a new hur dle to get over, but I guess all that experience that I’ve had in the past has definitely helped to keep my ner ves down and do what I have to do.” u See SWIMMING Page 6

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CROSS COUNTRY

Welch aims for Big Ten success after hot start The redshirt junior recently earned Big Ten Athlete of the Week honors. BY ALYSSA HODENFIELD ahodenfield@mndaily.com

Both Minnesota cross countr y teams host the Big Ten Championship meet this Sunday at home, and it should be an important one for redshirt junior Matt Welch.

Welch has been a consistent force for the Gophers all season and has big goals heading into the conference meet. “I’m looking for ward to our team competing for a Big Ten title. We haven’t won a Big Ten title since 1969, and I think it’s due,” Welch said. “I’m most looking for ward to [having the race] on our home course with our home crowd.” We l c h h a s g r e a t l y improved as a r unner in

the past two seasons at Minnesota. Last year, the Duluth, Minnesota native finished 29th at the Roy Griak Invitational. This season, Welch upgraded his performance by finishing in second. We l c h w a s n a m e d Big Ten Athlete of the Week in September for his efforts. “It was a big honor. It really was. I didn’t even know about it until someone told me,” Welch said. “Thinking about all fall spor ts and whatnot, it means a lot to me. It’s been a long time coming, and it’s really exciting for me.” We l c h h e l p e d t h e Gophers r etur n to the NCAA Championships last season — the first time since 2011 — after he finished 56th in the NCAA Midwest Regional. This year, he’s chasing similar results. Welch said he worked

CROSS COUNTRY PREVIEW

BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS WHEN: Women: 10 a.m. & Men: 11 a.m. Sunday WHERE: Les Bolstad Course SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

“It was a big honor. It really was. I didn’t even know about it until someone told me.” CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

Redshirt junior Matt Welch runs at the Roy Griak Invitational on Sept. 24 at the Les Bolstad golf course.

MATT WELCH redshirt junior

hard this summer and put in many miles to prepare for the fall cross countr y season. “I think he’s got natural talent, and I think it’s ver y impor tant for him to do well,” said head coach Steve Plasencia. “He was running a lot in the summer, and what happens in the fall a lot of times is determined by what happens in the summer.” Welch said he enjoys how natural the team dynamic is, and Plasencia said Welch contributes to that dynamic and is an example on the course. “He’s got a great personality. He’s an upbeat guy, and he’s fun to be around,” Plasencia said. “The guys all like him, so I think from that standpoint, he helps us to feel good and get things rolling a bit.” In Welch’s last Big Ten Championship meet, he ran a new personal-best 8K record of 24:47.7 and finished 59th. Plasencia said he tries not to place high standards on any one r unner at this point in this season, but he does hope that Welch can make a big showing to be repaid for his hard work. “My expectation of all these guys is that they just do a great job of preparing themselves so that they’re ready to go when they hit the course,” Plasencia said. “My wish for [Welch] is that he just keeps building on the momentum he’s created for himself, and I don’t see a reason why he can’t do that.”

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Many of them played club volleyball together in high school, and some she has even roomed with at Minnesota. Her twin sister and teammate, Paige Tapp, has also been there every step of the way. Hannah Tapp said she sees the competition with her sister as a point of mutual growth and a way to grow their relationship. With the team halfway through its Big Ten schedule, Tapp said one of the

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Matt Barnard competes in diving at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatics Center on Dec. 5, 2015.

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Having a driven diver on the team like Bar nard motivates not only him, but ever yone else on the team. Chen said his success has been a catalyst for the per for mance of other divers during his time on the team, which is a nice motivator outside of fundamentals. He has been voted the MVP of the diving team by his teammates for two consecutive seasons. “I think [he] definitely does set the bar higher,” Chen said. “The other divers get to see what he’s doing and, if they want to get to that level, that’s the way to go. Sometimes it’s better for the athlete to see by themselves instead

of just telling them what to do.” Bar nard has undoubtedly had a wealth of individual success during his time with the Gophers, but he cr edits a lot of that progress to the team members he’s been surrounded by for the past four years. He said that he doesn’t know if he would be the diver he is today without the influence of his team, and hopes he can leave the same sor t of impact once his last se a s o n i s o v e r. “Being my senior season, I want to leave my mark on this program,” Bar nar d said. “Being a leader now, it’s making sure the younger generation s com e thr o ugh and doing ever ything I can to guide them.”

MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING biggest strengths the squad has at this point is their unity, a value that’s been key in each of her seasons at Minnesota. As the season quickly winds down, Tapp wants know her work is complete, and she has done ever ything in her power to accomplish her and her team’s goals. “Obviously my four years will come to an end here at Minnesota,” Tapp said. “So making sure that I really do everything and leave nothing behind so I have no regrets here and that I can just leave it all on the table [is important].”

PREVIEW

VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW

VS

VS RUTGERS 4-19, 0-10 Big Ten

NO. 3 MINNESOTA 15-4, 7-3 Big Ten WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday

WHERE: MN Sports Pavilion

PREVIEW

VS NO. 1 PENN STATE 17-4, 9-1 Big Ten

WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Saturday

WHERE: Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center

WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING

VS NO. 3 MINNESOTA 15-4, 7-3 Big Ten

IOWA

MINNESOTA WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Friday

WHERE: MN Sports Pavilion

MINNESOTA WHEN: 11 a.m. Saturday

IOWA WHERE: Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

GOLF

Women close out fall season, men tie for seventh Both teams played meets this week to highlight the end of the fall season. BY DREW COVE dcove@mndaily.com

Freshman Thomas Longbella is only four tournaments into his collegiate career, but already has a top-ten finish. Both Minnesota golf teams played tournaments this week, one in Texas, one in Kentucky. The men’s team finished its four th tour nament of the season Tuesday and tied for seventh over No. 46 New Mexico. “[The tournament had] a ver y strong field,” said head coach John Carlson. “We went down there and competed really well.” Longbella led the way for the Gophers. He scored a 71 in the first round, 70 in the second, and finished the third with a 68 — threeunder-par — which put his two-day total at 209, fourunder-par. The tied-for-sixth finish was a career-best for Longbella. It was also the best finish by any member of the Gophers in a tournament this year.

WOMEN’S GOLF RESULTS

TEAM

RD1 1 Florida State 301 303 2 Wisconsin 302 3 Kentucky 305 4 Illinois 306 T5 Louisville T5 East Carolina 311 319 12 Minnesota

RD2 292 294 301 299 307 302 305

RD3 283 301 298 304 303 303 311

FINAL 876 898 901 908 916 916 935

GOLFER

RD2 72 76 80 77 81

RD3 77 79 82 79 76

FINAL 231 232 238 240 242

Ciskowski Peronnin Heggerston Wu Garrison

RD1 82 77 76 84 85

MEN’S GOLF RESULTS

TEAM 1 Baylor 2 Houston 3 Michigan 4 Kent State 5 Iowa T7 Minnesota

GOLFER Longbella Doeden Arnorsson Johnson Leaf

RD1 339 358 359 353 359 363

RD2 344 356 359 362 357 365

RD3 351 352 351 356 358 351

FINAL 1034 1066 1069 1071 1074 1079

RD1 71 70 71 73 78

RD2 70 75 74 79 75

RD3 68 69 74 68 72

FINAL 209 214 219 220 225

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

“I think the major key for me this week was putting,” Longbella said. “It took a lot of stress off my chipping and the rest of my game.” Minnesota’s next best finisher was senior Justin Doeden. Doeden fired a 70 in the first round, oneunder-par; a 75 in the second, four-over-par, and improved by six strokes for a 69 in the third round that brought his two-day total to 214. The Gophers shot a total score of 1079, which included a 14-stroke improvement from the second to third rounds. “We’ve been coming together as a team,” Longbella said. “We’ve got four

solid guys who have all been playing really well, and we have that fifth and sixth spot that have been left open.” The women’s golf team concluded its final tournament of the fall season Tuesday. The Gophers finished in 12th place out of 17 teams this week. The team finished the tour nament with a total score of 935, 71-over-par. They scored 319 the first round, 31-over-par; 305 in the second, 17-over par; and 311 in the third round, 23-over-par. Junior Heather Cis kowski was Minnesota’s top golfer this week, and finished tied-for-29th. Ciskowski showed resilience in the meet when

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Junior Heather Ciskowski plays at the fourth annual Minnesota Invitational on Sept. 13 at the Minikahda Club.

she scored an 82 in the first round, but improved by ten strokes for a 72 in the second. “I’m happy that Heather [shot] an 82, and came back with a 72 round,” said senior Emie Peronnin. “She had a strong round coming up. That was really nice to have such a strong comeback.” Following closely behind Ciskowski was Peronnin. The senior finished tied-for-

35th, firing a 77 in the first round, five-over-par; 76 in the second, four-over-par; and 79 in the third, sevenover-par. Her total score was 232, 16-over-par. “I hit the ball really well,” Peronnin said. “I was just not able to make putts. I did not make any birdies, so it’s frustrating because I knew I had the ability to be up there, to be in the top-20, and even go for the top-10.”

It was the last tournament for the team for three months. They come back in Febr uar y to star t the spring season. They will have a lot of time to prepare for this competition. “I think we need to be comfor table about making birdies and making some putts,” Peronnin said. “Knowing that we’re able to be up in the rankings, it’s going to be a lot of putting and shortgame.”

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She said one of the main motivations for the renovation is a change in how students are using the librar y. Students are doing mor e gr oup work, Stewar t said, which requires dif ferent kinds of space from what the librar y can provide. Librar y staf f members need better digital capabilities to do more collaboration and con sultations around digital technology. A smaller project, the Research Collaboration Studio, will open June 2017 on the first floor in the librar y’s reference section. The area will close Nov. 7. Reference materials will be moved to other locations in the librar y depending on how frequently they’re used. Less than 5 percent of reference material is used regularly, according to a release from the librar y. Stewar t said the studio is intended for collaboration and to provide users with suppor t for online publishing and geospatial

projects. A larger renovation project would cost $6 million. The University is asking for the state Legislature to fund $4,000,000 of the project as par t of the school’s 2017 capital request. Though the project is in early planning stages, Stewar t said, the renovation likely wouldn’t close the entire building at once, similar to renovations on Tate Lab of Physics. Librar y staf f said they have taken faculty members and student focus gr oups and surveys into account when planning the renovations. A majority of both faculty members and students said they wanted to see more individual and gr oup study spaces in the librar y.

“We’re out of collection space ... We’ve grown to a point that almost all of the facilities are at capacity.” CLAIRE STEWART Associate University librarian

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Possible bias in wage study A study looking at the effects of a $15 minimum wage has drawn criticism. BY RYAN FAIRCLOTH rfaircloth@mndaily.com

University researchers have defended a minimum wage study done for the city of Minneapolis earlier this month amid accusations of bias from business reps and city officials. Critics say the study was partial toward the implementation of a minimum wage raise. Initial concer ns over research bias were raised at the Oct. 5 Committee of the Whole meeting, when Ward 7 City Council Member Lisa Goodman stated that two researchers from the study had previously written that they were in favor of a higher minimum wage. “When I see a repor t that basically says ‘there’s no negative to businesses at all,’ it’s hard for me to consider the repor t completely unbiased,” she said at the meeting. Jonathan Weinhagen, president of the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce, said he was skeptical when he saw the results as well. He said there was a

conflict of interest because W illiam Spriggs, chief economist of the union lobby group AFL-CIO, was a consultant for the study. “That’s something that causes us to take pause, and kind of look at … is there some bias in the research, and/or the study in general,” he said. Ward 3 City Council Member Jacob Frey disagreed and said any minimum wage exper t who has conducted substantial research would form opinions on the topic. “If they have no opinion whatsoever, then chances are they aren’t an expert,” he said. And Samuel Myers, Jr., principle investigator of the study and director of the Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice, said he chose exper ts who were well-qualified to work on the study and said it is impor tant to note the dif ference between being an author and a sub-consultant. The team tried to stay away from bias in its methods, and used census and Metropolitan Council data to help simulate the effect of a Minneapolis wage incr ease, said Thomas Dur fee, an applied economics Ph.D student and editor of the study. “Using peer-reviewed

papers as the foundation for our analysis is one way that we sought to head off the claim that there was some kind of bias one way or the other,” he said. By simulating the findings of three different studies, Durfee said they were able to generate a range of economic outcomes resulting from an increased wage. The study found that raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour would aid about 71,000 low-wage workers in the city, with negligible adverse ef fects on employment. Dur fee said they also found minimal changes in employment for the industries most af fected by the increase. But one University economics professor, Thomas Holmes, disagreed and said employment in the restaurant industr y would likely drop 3 percent, reflecting the lower end of the study’s estimation. Low-wage workers will suffer the most due to reductions in job opportunities, he said. Still, Myers said it is impor tant to remember that the minimum wage decreases in value over time as prices rise. Dur fee said the study found the 1969 federal minimum wage to be akin to a $12 state minimum wage

in 2021 — when calculating for inflation. While the study indicates there are positives and negatives to a $15 minimum wage, the positives are shown to be “relatively modest,” he said. “Nobody from my team is making the case that pover ty in Minneapolis will be eradicated,” Myers said.

MINIMUM WAGE STUDY FINDINGS

23%

OF THE CITY’S WORKFORCE WOULD BE AIDED BY A $15 MINIMUM WAGE.

1/2

OF CITY WORKERS MAKING LESS THAN $15 AN HOUR ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR.

0.1-5.4%

INCREASE IN BUSINESS OPERATING COSTS.

0.5%

DECREASE IN QUARTERLY EMPLOYEE TURNOVER

13%-31%

INCREASE IN TAKE-HOME EARNINGS FOR THOSE WORKING IN AFFECTED INDUSTRIES. SOURCE: THE ROY WILKINS CENTER, HUBERT H HUMPHREY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Mormon school stops honor-code reviews of sex abuse victims BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SALT LAKE CITY — Students at Brigham Young University who report sexual assault will no longer be investigated for possible violations of the strict honor code that bans drinking and premarital sex, the Mormon-owned school announced Wednesday in a major reversal to a practice that drew widespread scrutiny. The college accepted several recommendations made by a faculty council that reviewed how sexual assault cases are handled. The inquiry began in May after female students and alumni spoke out against the school opening honor-code investigations of students who report abuses. Victims advocates said the practice discourages reporting of sexual violence, which is already underreported on campuses nationwide. The sweeping changes mark a

victory for victims and advocates who have been seeking reform for years and serve as a university acknowledgement that its practices were deficient. Two former students who went public with their experiences said they are mostly pleased with the upcoming changes at the school, where students must agree to a code forbidding sex before marriage and drug and alcohol use. “By having an amnesty clause, we hopefully will let them know that they should not hold any self-blame, that we are here to provide help to them,” said Julie Valentine, a nursing professor who was on the council issuing the recommendations. “It also helps educate the whole community and the campus that we can’t have victim blaming, that we need to reach out and offer support.” The school said in April that its honor-code

investigations were “separate and independent” from federal Title IX inquiries. But its investigation found that the Title IX office on campus sometimes shared victims’ names and details of assaults with the honor-code office after the probes were complete, Valentine said. Now, only information about a perpetrator who is found guilty of sexual assault can be shared, she said. In those cases, the victim’s name will be redacted so only the suspect faces honor-code discipline. The school also will hire an advocate to provide confidential counseling for victims, Valentine said. Students previously were given a handout explaining their options but didn’t have somebody to talk to. The honor-code amnesty is a big step toward helping women feel comfor table coming for ward, said sexual assault expert

Mary Koss, a public health professor at the University of Arizona. BYU would be dedicating more resources than many schools to addressing the problem if it completes the steps outlined in the investigative report, she said. But to truly make a difference, the school will need to involve the whole campus, she added. The report comes as the federal government increases pressure to improve universities’ response to sexual violence. The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened sex assault investigations into more than 200 schools, including BYU. Utah’s Depar tment of Public Safety is investigating whether BYU police of ficers inappropriately shared infor mation on sexual assault cases with the honor code office. The faculty council didn’t look into the police allegations.

The school will replace a part-time Title IX coordinator with a full-time position. The federal office will be moved to a different area of campus far from the honor-code office. Students were informed of the changes Wednesday in an email from BYU President Keven Worthen, Valentine said. Madeline MacDonald, 20, came forward after she said she faced an honorcode investigation following her report of being sexually assaulted on a 2014 date. Though she was cleared, the two-month review made her feel like a target, not a victim. “Within the bounds of how BYU already works, they’ve made a lot of amazing changes,” MacDonald said. “But we’re not done.” The report on the investigation’s findings didn’t address the way Mormon bishops handle students telling them about sexual assault. MacDonald said that’s a key

issue because bishops determine whether students are in good standing with the faith and therefore the university. The report acknowledges students had “varied” experiences reporting assaults to Mormon leaders. It says the university doesn’t control that but will share the concerns with church officials. Madi Barney, another former student who spoke out, said in a statement that she’s encouraged but hopes BYU ensures the changes happen and provides a way for students to lodge complaints. Barney said she was sexually assaulted and then told that the honor-code office was investigating her after she reported it to police. “Treating sexual assault like the heinous crime it is, and treating its victims with respect, is something that BYU should take very seriously — and it looks like they currently are,” Barney said.

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COMEDY

Q&A: Minneapolitan comedian Raghav Mehta A&E sat down with Raghav Mehta to talk funny stuff, realizations and his Big Apple move. BY JOE CRISTO jcristo@mndaily.com

A&E sat down with Minneapolis comedian Raghav Mehta to discuss the intricacies of stand-up comedy, his migration from Minneapolis to the Big Apple and a dv i c e f or b u r g e o ni n g comics. Mehta’s final headlining shows in the T win Cities are Oct. 28 and 29 at 8 p.m. at the Comedy Cor ner Underground. Tickets are $10 per person. When and why did you star t doing standup comedy? I was originally a jour nalist, inter ning at local papers and City Pages. I felt like I was making somewhat of a career out of ar ts journalism. Just as that was happening, I realized I didn’t want to write about other people. I had a friend who did comedy and he was always talking about it. I said, “Alright. I’ll tr y it.” I didn’t think I’d be good at it … and I wasn’t. I just kept doing it because it was fun. Did you have any interest in comedy when you were younger? I would make sketches with my friends in high school, but I never considered [comedy] a career option. We would do a satirical slant on our high school news show and make fake stories. It was like our version of The Onion. What’s it like when you star t doing stand-up comedy?

We l l , t h e f i r s t f e w months are hard. I ended up meeting a few like-minded people after a few months who had a lot of natural talent. I frequented open mics with them; they were a good source of inspiration and support. The first couple years are about getting comfortable on stage. You do open mics and you learn to get your feet wet. I star ted getting better and got booked on shows and then in clubs. Eventually I somehow conned my way in. What do you feel like the tur ning point was? I did a trial period with The Onion. When I star ted [the trial] I was kind of disenchanted with stand-up. I was maybe two and a half years in and still not ver y good at it. I star ted to feel like maybe I w a s m o r e o f a w r i t e r. During the trial period I sent [The Onion] headlines for four to six months. I didn’t get the job, and I was a little devastated by it. After I got rejected, I sor t of poured myself into stand-up. I felt like I hit a breakthrough at that point. I don’t know if I was just desperate to be good at it or what. Why ar e you moving to New York City? What does it provide that Minneapolis doesn’t? We l l , M i n n e a p o l i s is definitely a good place to ge t stage tim e a n d to get good. I cer tainly do n’ t th ink I’ m be tt er

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Comedian Raghav Mehta preforms at The Comedy Corner Underground in Minneapolis on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at a roast he put together for himself as a farewell before he leaves for New York City.

than anyone here or that I’ve hit a ceiling, but it’s such a small scene. There isn’t a lot of competition — you can get complacent. I feel like I need t o g o t o N ew York t o improve and establish some sor t of career. If you could have a d r e a m t r a j e c t o r y, what would it be? Superstar, stand-up or writer? I’d like to write for a satirical TV show like The Daily Show or John Oliver and then tour as a stand-up comedian on the side. It won’t be easy and it might not happen, but I think it’s

realistic. What advice do you have for someone who wants to do standup? Go into open mics and grind. It sounds so simple, but that’s mostly it. Most people who want to do comedy don’t want to do the work — you have to. Get on ever y stage you can — even the bad stages. Sur round yourself with not only funny people, but people who are like-minded comedically. Write with them, work with them and go to open mics with them. Use them to push

“The most important thing is to not take anything too personally — successes or failures. You never know why you got a gig or why you didn’t.” RAGHAV MEHTA Comedian

you. And you’ve gotta be humble because you’re doing something ver y difficult. The most impor tant thing is to not take anything too personally — successes or failures. Yo u n e v e r k n o w w h y you got a gig or why you didn’t.

I think a lot of comics think it’s this hard line meritocracy … or that it should be. But ar t is never a meritocracy, especially when it meets commerce. Editor’s note: this interview has been edited for length and clarity.

PODCASTS

How are you really? New podcast, “Terrible, Thanks for Asking” will examine the comonalities between humor, joy and pain. BY MADDY FOLSTEIN mfolstein@mndaily.com

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Twin Cities writer and podcaster Nora McInerny Purmort poses with son Ralph.

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Nora McIner ny Purmor t, acclaimed Twin Cities writer, charity founder and all-around funny person, has embarked on another creative conquest: a podcast. Her new podcast, “Terrible, Thanks for Asking,” is set to be released on Nov. 28. The podcast looks at how we really feel when we’re asked, “How are you?” — our answer might not tr uly be, “Fine.” We might be feeling ter rible, stressed or anxious. McIner ny Purmor t is no stranger to life’s tragedies. She star ted her blog, “My Husband’s T umor,” in the midst of her late husband Aar on Purmor t’s cancer treatment. “It was password protected. It star ted as a way for me to document things. When I sent it to friends and family … I knew that it was important for us to own our own stor y and tell our own stor y,” McInerny Purmort said. Her writings — funny,

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candid and expositor y — took of f rapidly. Her husband’s co-written obituar y, which instead announced the death of Spider Man, went viral. Her book, “It’s Okay to Laugh: (Cr ying i s C o o l To o ) , ” e x a m ines the intersections of grief and humor, joy and sadness. Humor lives at the core of McIner ny Pur mor t’s work. “For me, a lot of that comes from my family,” she said. “I was raised by a dr y and funny man and I mar ried a funny person.” Even the couple’s three-year-old son, Ralph, has a knack for comedy. “He’s realized that swearing is funny in the right way … who to say things around and how to make kids around him laugh,” McIner ny Purmort said. Even before she star ted her blog, McIner ny Purmor t had gained experience writing from her years in middle school. “I [was] paid by line in middle school. I asked for it. I wrote a letter [saying],

‘There are a lot of kids in Southwest Minneapolis, and ther e’s nothing in the newspaper but a dumb car toon for us. We need something from the perspective of a kid,’” McInerny Purmor t said. This focus on perspective is still evident in her w o r k t o d a y. M c I n e r n y Purmor t is the creator of an online group called Hot Young Widows Club, a secret Facebook group for people who have lost their “person.” It’s a forum that allows those experiencing the most difficult losses to share their perspectives of shared experience. “Sometimes we need to say something really messed up to a group of women and men who will get it,” McInerny Purmort said. Other social media platforms like T witter have connected McInerny Purmor t to others seeking a voice. “I’ve met amazing people. [It helps] knowing that when somebody googles something terrible, sometimes they find me instead of something awful and hopeless,” she

said. “[That knowledge] makes me feel like I’m not just a useless person.” “Terrible, Thanks for Asking” will open up the conversation on grief to both those experiencing loss and those who are bystanders. The podcast will emphasize that while life sucks sometimes, pain is a universal feeling. While McIner ny Purmor t’s experiences rest mostly in coping with death, her podcast looks to extend to grief and sadness in many forms. “We all think that what we’re carr ying is so big, so unnamable, so unknowable,” McIner ny Purmot said. “W ith a feeling of such strong isolation, it can be dif ficult for us to open up to others … especially when hit with the universally-practiced small talk question of, ‘How are you?’” “If we’r e giving the same answer to our barista as we are to our brother, we’re not giving ourselves the chance to know and see us. If your loved ones don’t know what you’re going through, they can’t [help you].”

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Thursday, October 27, 2016

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By Gunthar Reising, greising@mndaily.com

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“Yes Lawd” by NxWorries

“Moonlight”

“Reply All”

Anderson .Paak is back at it for the second time in 2016, this time with producer Knxwledge. The duo has produced an album just as jazzy as .Paak’s “Malibu,” proving that .Paak’s unique place in hip-hop is permanent. The unconventional beats are the result of a complex array of instruments, and .Paak’s vocals are almost as cocky as Kanye’s (though disguised in the album’s silky smooth ambience).

The film “Moonlight” follows a black man from his childhood in a rough Miami neighborhood to adulthood as he attempts to understand himself and his place in the world. The cast includes burgeoning actors such as Mahershala Ali, best known as Remy Danton in “House of Cards.” Having garnered rave reviews, the film navigates the difficult divide between critic and audience.

This podcast delves into the deep, dark maze of the internet by explaining complicated yet hilarious memes and tracking down the people behind internet sensations. With episodes like “The Grand Tapestry of Pepe,” or “Apologies to Dr. Rosalind Franklin,” “Reply All” finds the weirdest corners of the internet and makes them accessible to the average listener.

FOOD

FITNESS

College Kitchen: Squashing it

From fries to fitness

‘Tis the season to eat orange things.

A peek into the life of bikini competitor and champion Cookie Francisco.

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Cookie Francisco works out at Life Time Athletic on Tuesday, Oct. 25 in Eden Prairie. Francisco is the 2016 Minnesota State and North Star Masters Bikini Overall Champion. She dedicated five months to get ready for the show in June, saying “prepping is all about discipline.” BY GUNTHAR REISING greising@mndaily.com

MADDY FOX, DAILY

Spaghetti squash is a great substitute for traditional pasta and makes for a hearty, healthy fall dish. BY GUNTHAR REISING greising@mndaily.com

Fall is indeed the time for pumpkin spiced ever ything, but the season has an unsung hero — squash. Butter nut, r ed kuri, crookneck, calabaza — all are great options for seasonal cooking. Spaghetti squash in particular offers a diverse range of cooking options, including gluten free alternatives for pasta recipes. Set your $4.50 pumpkin spice latte down for a while and make this fresh fall feast. I found both of these recipes online and there are plenty more out there if you want to add more courses.

Spaghetti squash primavera: 1 spaghetti squash, cut lengthwise and seeded 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 chopped onion

1 minced garlic clove 1 1/2 cups chopped tomatoes 3/4 cup crumbled feta cheese 3 tablespoons sliced black olives 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Place the spaghetti squash cut side down onto the pan and bake for 45 minutes. While the squash is baking, cook the onions in a skillet on medium. Add the garlic and tomatoes. Use a spoon or fork to scoop the pulp from the squash and put it into a bowl. Stir in veggies and feta, then sprinkle with basil. Serve warm.

Butternut squash soup: 1 two to three pound

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peeled and seeded but ternut squash 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 chopped medium onion 6 cups chicken stock Salt and pepper Nutmeg Cut the squash into 1 inch chunks. Melt the butter in a large pot. Add the onion to the butter and cook until translucent (this should take about eight minutes). Add the squash and chicken stock to the mixture. Bring all to a simmer and cook until the squash is tender (15 to 20 minutes). Remove the squash chunks from the pot and puree them in a blender. Retur n the blended squash to the pot and stir ever ything together. Season to taste with nutmeg, salt and pepper.

To onlookers outside the world of fitness and bodybuilding, the culture can seem like a cult. To those within, fitness is simply one of life’s priorities. On Oct. 8, 39-year-old Cookie Francisco cemented her second Class B Bikini Masters Championship in the NPC Nor th Star Competition. This makes her two for two in competition champion ships. She star ted taking her fitness seriously last Februar y. “I n ev er t h ou g h t of competing until me and my friend were eating fries at a LifeCafe. She said, ‘Why don’t we compete in a bikini competition? We could do that,’” Francisco said. Though the decision came lightly during a mealtime conversation, the preparation was hard work and meals were few. When prepping for competitions, Francisco works out five times a week for two hours at a time. She said she follows a strict meal plan. Each day she eats five meals that are weighed and measured with precision — usually consisting of three ounces of lean meat and a cup of veggies. Such a sparse diet calls for unconventional culinar y habits. “I put the

“I do believe that everyone should go to the gym ... if only the gyms were more approachable. If fitness businesses could just talk to every customer and ask what their goals are and give them meal suggestions, everyone would be healthier.” COOKIE FRANCISCO Bikini champion

peanut butter on the fish,” Francisco said, explaining how she gets her necessar y fats. “I’m not naturally toned … I’m like a skinny-fat. It’s tough because I do love to eat — I’m Filipino.” With the recent rebellion against impractical body standards in the adver tising industr y, Francisco’s hobby may seem like it’s betraying female solidarity. Francisco, however, thinks it’s empowering. “The discipline has changed ever y aspect of my life. Some people will say stuf f to discourage me, but I just want to prove to myself I can do it. I’m in charge of the outcome.” Though the competitions terrify her, Francisco says the fear is worth it. “I actually love ever y bit of competing. It’s out of my comfort zone, but it makes me better,” she said. The change is apparent to Francisco, both mentally and physically. She

“I never thought of competing until me and my friend were eating fries at a LifeCafe. She said ‘why don’t we compete in a bikini competition? We could do that.’” COOKIE FRANCISCO Bikini champion

admits to feeling lethargic if she misses a workout — even in the offseason. She credits much of her discipline to her trainer, Adam Bisek of Vault Fitness. “He’s great, I would recommend him to anyone who wants to get in shape,” Francisco said. Besides designing a meal plan and workout regimen, Bisek is in charge of assessing Francisco’s body in order to prepare her for judging. “Ever y Sunday [I] send a relaxed picture of [my] front and back to him,” Francisco said. Bisek then makes minor tweaks to her fitness plan. With her newfound insight into the world of fitness, Francisco has some ideas about how the industr y needs to change. “I do believe that ever yone should go to the gym … if only the gyms were more approachable. If fitness businesses could just talk to ever y customer and ask what their goals are and give them meal suggestions, ever yone would be healthier,” Francisco said. Despite describing training as “a second job,” Francisco isn’t all work and no play. Her workouts give her plenty of time to bump some music. Her tunes of choice? Chainsmokers and Ed Sheeran, of course.

By Gunthar Reising, greising@mndaily.com

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

DMX at The Pourhouse

Zombie Prom

Amos Lee

With Halloween nearing, is there a better time to dance to music that’s probably on the playlist of large, angry gym rats? Featuring DMX’s signature start-and-stop chorus and simple, divisive, pump-up lyrics, this is sure to be a riot — figuratively and possibly literally. Get freaky at the Pourhouse. Costumes are encouraged.

On Saturday, the Gay 90’s is hell-bent on making Minneapolis relive its worst nightmare: prom with a deadly twist. Running until 3 a.m., this prom is the perfect afterlife after-party. For the full prom effect, the best waltzing dead kings and queens will be awarded a cash prize that can be used to buy a ferry across the River Styx. Maybe?

Where The Pourhouse 10 S. Fifth St., Minneapolis Hours 7 p.m. Cost $40-60

Where Gay 90’s 408 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis Hours 9 p.m. Cost Free

Cool off from an intense Halloween weekend with the smooth acoustics and amiable vocals of Amos Lee. Having just released his new album, “Spirit,” this year, Lee’s catalog is larger than ever before. His lyrics will unfreeze parts of the heart that you forgot you had. This concert is perfect for a date, singles who are feeling emotional or those looking for an excuse not to study for midterms.

Where Northrop Auditorium, 84 Church St. S.E., Minneapolis Hours 8 p.m. Cost $74-220

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Thursday, October 27, 2016

Dayton initiative aims to address achievement gap

Klobuchar, Mondale talk SCOTUS future The senator and former vice president answered student questions about the Supreme Court at a Law School forum. BY LAYNA DARLING ldarling@mndaily.com

CHRIS DANG, DAILY

President of the Women’s Foundation for Minnesota Lee Roper-Batker discloses a new initiative on Oct. 22 in St. Paul announced an outreach initiative that incorporates the Women’s Foundation and the University’s Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center.

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high school graduation rates, median income and teen pregnancy. Research and implementation falls to the University of Minnesota’s Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement C e n t e r. T h e p r o g r a m h a s p r o v i d e d t h e c e nter with a $220,000

grant. Dayton said the initiative is the first of its kind in the nation. He said it is not slated to receive state funding, but that money for the initiative will be included in the next budget request. The program is made up of community working groups, a young women’s cabinet through the St. Paul YWCA and an initiative council, said Makeda

Zulu-Gillespie, director of community outreach at the University of Minnesota’s Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center. . The program will release its “action plan” in April 2017. “The reality is that just like ever yone, young women and girls want a life that af fords that freedom and oppor tunity,” Smith said.

Gambia says it plans to leave International Criminal Court BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DAKAR, Senegal — Gambia has become the thir d African nation to say it will leave the International Criminal Cour t, deepening fears of a mass pullout fr om the body that pursues some of the world’s worst atrocities. In announcing the decision Tuesday night on national television, Gambia accused the cour t of unfairly targeting Africa and calling it the “International Caucasian Cour t for the persecution and humiliation of people of color, especially Africans.” The move comes after South Africa, once a strong ICC suppor ter under former President Nelson Mandela, notified the United Nations secretar y-general last week that it would leave the court. Burundi’s president last week signed legislation to leave the cour t as well. Gambia’s move drew swift condemnation from human rights groups. The statement about the cour t unfairly pursuing Africans “could not be further from the tr uth,” said Netsanet Belay, Amnesty Inter national’s research and advocacy director for Africa. “For many Africans the ICC presents the only avenue for justice for the crimes they have suf fered,” Belay said. “Gambia’s announcement is par ticularly shocking given that the ICC’s prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, is herself Gambian and a champion of inter national justice

and the fight against global impunity.” Bensouda declined to comment specifically on Gambia’s withdrawal but said the ICC would continue doing its job of bringing to justice those responsible for atrocities. “I don’t think we should feel we are defeated and that the cour t will close t o m o r r o w, ” s h e s a i d Wednesday. “No, the court will have its challenges. We will counter those challenges. We will confront them and move for ward.” Gambia’s information minister, Sherif f Baba Bojang, announced late Tuesday that the cour t is involved in “the persecution of Africans, and especially their leaders.” Only Africans have been charged in the six ICC cases that are ongoing or about to begin, though preliminar y ICC investigations have been opened elsewhere in the world. Exper ts point out that most of the ICC cases in Africa were referred to the court by African countries themselves or by the U.N. Security Council. Under the Rome Statute that created the International Criminal Cour t, signator y countries have a legal obligation to arrest anyone sought by the tribunal. However, some African states have allowed people wanted by the ICC, notably Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, to visit, and some say leaders ought to be immune from prosecution. Gambia has begun the process of withdrawing from the ICC, which in-

volves notifying the U.N. secretar y-general and takes effect a year after the notification is received, its information minister said. So far, the U.N. has said it has received notification only from South Africa. Rights gr oups often accuse Gambian Pr esident Yahya Jammeh, one of Africa’s longest ser ving leaders, of abuses including a clampdown on political opponents. The next pr esidential election is scheduled for D ecember. Kebba Samuel Nyanchor Sanneh, European coordinator of the pro-democracy group Gambia Consultative Council, called Tuesday’s announcement by the tiny West African countr y “merely an attempt to diver t world attention from the flawed electoral process.” “This is a desperate move by the Jammeh regime to earn some respect from Gambians and other African governments who believe that the ICC is an organization staging a ‘selective witch hunt’ against non-whites,” Sanneh said. “I also believe that Jammeh, by opting out of the ICC, will protect himself and his surrogates from possible indictment by the Hague-based court.” Officials with other top African critics of the court, including Uganda and Kenya, have said in recent days they have not yet decided whether to leave the ICC as well. Uganda said it will be a “hot topic” at an African Union meeting in Januar y.

Man destroys Trump’s Hollywood star BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police are investigating the pre-dawn destr uction of Republican presidential candidate Donald Tr ump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame less than two weeks before the election. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which bestows the stars and maintains the popular tourist attraction, said it would quickly repair Trump’s spot, but it would take several days before it would be visible. Det. Meghan Aguilar said investigators were called to the scene Wednesday following repor ts that the presidential candidate’s star was str uck by blows from a hammer. A sledgehamm e r, c o n s t r u c t i o n h a t and vest, and a pick were recovered nearby, Of ficer

Sal Ramirez said. A man who identified himself as Jamie Otis said he’s responsible for the damage, telling the website Deadline Hollywood that he originally intended to remove Tr ump’s star. He says he wanted to auction it off to raise funds for the 11 women accusing the presidential candidate of groping them. Tr ump has denied the groping allegations. Aguilar said she was aware of the Deadline report but couldn’t comment on whether Otis is a suspect. Trump’s star was dedicated in 2007 in recognition of his work on NBC’s reality TV show “The Apprentice.” T r ump’s star is near the Dolby Theatre, where the Academy Awards are held each year. To receive a star on the Walk of Fame, a celebrity has to be nominated, and

a $30,000 fee must be paid to a charitable trust. It is at least the second time this year that T r ump’s star has been targeted. In July, an ar tist installed a miniature wall topped with razor wire and “keep out” signs in response to Trump’s vow to build a wall along the U.S.Mexico border to stem illegal immigration and drug smuggling. “When people are unhappy with one of our honorees, we would hope that they would project their anger in more positive ways than to vandalize a Califor nia State landmark,” Hollywood Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Leron Gubler wrote in a statement. “Our democracy is based on respect for the law. People can make a dif ference by voting and not destroying public property.”

Between banter and laughter, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and former Vice President Walter Mondale answered questions on the future of the U.S. Supreme Cour t at a for um led by Law School Democrats and the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy on Tuesday at Mondale Hall. Nominees selected to fill the vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia’s death in Febr uar y have faced pushback from the Republican-controlled Senate, which declined to vote on President Barack Obama’s March nomination of U.S. Cour t of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Judge Mer rick Garland. It’s a move that shocked Klobuchar, who sits on the Senate Judiciar y Committee and attends nominee selection hearings. Mondale called it “outrageous.”

“To me, it was a signal that there was a new era of tough, arbitrar y par tisanship that had taken over at the leadership level,” Mondale said at the forum Tuesday. Klobuchar said she expects Senate leaders to accept the nomination after the presidential election. A nominated justice must gar ner 60 Senate votes to gain approval, six fewer than when Mondale ser ved on the Senate. He was par t of the push to lower that number. Mondale said he’d like the majority number to decrease to 55 to make the decision process easier. He’s also an advocate for increasing discussion among committee members who are deciding to send the nomination to vote. “The role of Supreme Court Justice is so profound … that it should be a requirement that a debate can be held,” he said. Mondale and Klobuchar also took questions from students

“The role of Supreme Court Justice is so profound ... that it should be a requirement that a debate can be held.” WALTER MONDALE Former U.S. vice president

in the audience, including second-year law student Maisie Baldwin, who asked for the politicians’ thoughts on media interactions with justices. The two also shared their memories as young adults. Klobuchar used her time as an inter n for Mondale in Washington, D.C. as an example to encourage students to work hard. “That was my first job in Washington, and this was my second,” she said.

Thursday, October 27, 2016

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Honold, a fifth-year University student majoring in early education, who was assaulted by Drill-Mellum. The Minnesota Daily is not naming the men because they have not been charged with a crime. “He raped me a couple times,” Honold tells the men the day after her Nov. 8, 2014 rape. They submitted the recording to the Minneapolis Police Department as evidence against the rape. “He didn’t, like, grab you and bring you back to his place?” one man is heard asking. Honold was unaware of the second man listening over speakerphone. “No, he just lied about why we were going there,” Honold responds. Later, the man can be heard asking Honold if the sex was consensual. Honold heard him say, “like sexual,” and responded, “yes.” It’s a distinction that convinced a Hennepin County prosecutor to originally drop charges. “[Drill-Mellum’s roommate] would brag about how he called me and got everything dropped,” Honold said.

By the end of their phone call, Honold said she realized he was attempting to coerce her into dropping the case. “I just want to tell you [Drill-Mellum] is a great kid. He’s a very smart kid, has a lot going for him, and what he did, obviously, from what you explained, is terrible,” the man tells Honold. “But I do ask you to think about what the consequence is with him and his future.” The two former members could not immediately be reached for comment. Parker Olson, the chapter’s president, declined to comment and referred questions to a SigEp spokesman. Drill-Mellum, 22, of Waconia, was sentenced to six years in prison on two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct in August for raping Honold and another woman. In Tuesday’s statement, Sigma Phi Epsilon CEO Brian Warren said the organization expelled Drill-Mellum hours after learning of his assault against Honold, but didn’t specify when the two members who interfered in DrillMellum’s investigation were ejected or when the organization learned of their obstruction. Warren said the University’s chapter will undergo

healthy relationship, inter vention and affirmative consent training this fall. “Sigma Phi Epsilon stands strongly against those who would commit this callous act as well as those who seek to cover it up,” he said in the statement. Though Honold said she’s glad the national organization stepped in, action on a local level should’ve been taken sooner. “I know that they were aware of it, and they didn’t do anything,” she said. Since writing and deleting a public Tumblr post on Nov. 2014, Honold said at least 10 other women have contacted her claiming to have been assaulted by Drill-Mellum. She shared her stor y and victim impact statement in a public Facebook post Aug. 31. Unlike Drill-Mellum, Honold didn’t par take in greek life at the University. She said she faced retaliation from members of the greek community who sided with Drill-Mellum. “Multiple of the other victims were involved in greek life, and they didn’t come forward because they saw the reaction within greek life to what happened to me,” Honold said.

US abstains from embargo vote BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

UNITED NATIONS — The United States abstained for the first time in 25 years Wednesday on a U.N. resolution condemning America’s economic embargo against Cuba, a measure it had always vehemently opposed. The U.S. was joined in abstaining by Israel, the only other country to vote against the embargo resolution in the General Assembly last year. When the vote — 191-0 with two abstentions — was

shown on the electronic board, diplomats from the 193 U.N. member states burst into applause. U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power announced the abstention just before the vote saying that the U.S. policy of isolation toward Cuba had “isolated the United States, including here at the United Nations.” “After 55-plus years of pursuing the path of isolation, we are choosing to take the path of engagement,” she said.

The U.S. decision to change its vote follows President Barack Obama’s restoration of full diplomatic relations with Cuba and his support for lifting the embargo, which the Republican-led Congress is against. Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced on Dec. 17, 2014, that they were restoring diplomatic ties, which were broken in 1961 after Fidel Castro took power and installed a communist government.

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Donations key to Yoga Sol’s success

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Yoga Sol operations manager Krista Costin practices yoga at a vinyasa class on Monday at Yoga Sol in Northeast Minneapolis.

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entirely on donations means payroll varies each month — Yoga Sol teachers get 50 percent of the donations their classes bring in, but most of the curriculum is specially designed by each of the studio’s teacher. Frey said this incentivizes instr uctors to make better classes, and helps fight the stigma that donation-based yoga is lowerquality. “ [ Te a c h e r s ] r e a l l y have a lot of freedom,” said Foley. “You can always guarantee that you’re going to have a r eally unique experience with ever y teacher.” Despite the reduced security that comes with their business model, Frey said she doesn’t worry about not making enough money because clients appreciate the freedom of choosing their price.

She said the biggest challenge now is the studio’s rapid growth. Demand for Yoga Sol classes has risen so drastically, instructors have tur ned people away due to scarce floor space. “We’ve looked at expanding to a second location, we’ve looked at expanding the current space and moving to a larger location,” Frey said. “We’re still tr ying to figure out what’s best for the studio.” While unique, Yoga Sol’s success isn’t unprecedented in the business world, said John Stavig, Gar y S. Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship Program Director. “If it’s a business that has a real tight user community, I think there’s potential to [succeed],” Stavig said. “It’s a sustainable revenue model.” He said this is just another example of a business getting creative to use client loyalty for support, similar to how public television or radio works.

“A typical yoga class will cost about $22 ... our average class is about $10. Yoga Sol is able to make yoga accessible to people when financially it’s ... more difficult for them.” FLOR FREY Yoga Sol co-owner

Dylan Stanton, a student at Yoga Sol, said the community really sets it apart from other studios. Frey credits Yoga Sol’s success to the relationship they’ve built with students. “We are 100 percent reliant on student donations … our community knows that and is excited to contribute to something that is so lifegiving to them.”

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Drink responsibly and for the right reasons

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’m not really a drinker. Back in high school, I learned to dodge drinks with a wr y smile and an, “Ah, bummer! I’ll catch the next round!” Once in college, it was sips here and there, but a confluence of my Irish heritage and my family’s proclivity for alcoholism was enough to keep me away — that is, until this past Friday night when I went to a comedy club with a couple of beers tucked in my backpack and a simmering plan to just go for it. I’m not going to slap readers with a bunch of stats and facts here — this isn’t an indictment of underage drinking. That’s no fun at all. In all honesty, I don’t want to make any sweeping statements about drinking and how it’s bad and you shouldn’t do it because I don’t believe that. In fact, I recognize that many people my age are smart and even sophisticated drinkers. Wading through Friday night crowds on Hennepin, I booked it to the central arena of drunkenness — FloCo Fusion. I cracked

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my beers in the stair well, and before you could say “Pabst Blue Ribbon” or “I guess I’ll take a PBR if that’s all you have,” I was stumbling drunk into my pals’ apartment. It was all wrong, and the concern on my friends’ faces couldn’t be disguised. The next day, my behavior didn’t sit right with me. I had been trying to prove something. It was that classic feeling — I wanted to fit in. Having rashly raged for one night, I can safely say that drinking for the wrong reasons doesn’t bring clarity, assurance or satisfaction. I wasn’t being myself, which is never a good place for anyone to be. At the end of the day, when the friends are gone and the buzz fizzles, I realized all

I can count on is me. I want to develop the ability to deal with the weird, the uncomfor table, without having to reach for a drink. I want to be a sharper, well-rounded person because of my decision to sometimes abstain. Every time I’ve felt ill at ease in my own skin and didn’t reach for a beer or other type of pacifier, I’ve thanked myself for it. And so I cling to the idea that sometimes it’s healthy, even productive, to entertain discomfor t — revel in it, store it away, grow from it. I’d like to keep indulging in the full gamut of icky feelings while hopefully integrating a healthy, less all-or-nothing attitude towards drinking, as well. The two don’t have to be at odds, but instead should inform and balance each other. May you all drink responsibly — emotionally and developmentally speaking. Godspeed. Kate McCarthy welcomes comments at kmccarthy@mndaily.com.

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Environmental policy should be the first priority

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uring the presidential debates, the closest question addressing any of the environmental issues facing the United States was on energy independence. This wasn’t enough to address the issue of climate change — the question concerned itself only with energy-related impacts rather than the environmental, sociological and existential implications of climate change. Throughout this election season, the environment has been largely an afterthought. This year, carbon dioxide levels have hit a new peak. Some have argued that we have passed a point of no return. International leaders in science and world-renowned religious leaders such as Pope Francis have made clear warnings about the harms our society will endure if we remain unconcerned with environmental policy. Environmental policy must move beyond hypothetical harms and enter the realm of tangible policy actions. Perhaps the easiest way to help the environment is to invest in nuclear energy. A carbon cap-and-trade policy has led to actionable improvements on climate change. The policy’s economic impacts have passed multiple stress tests. The argument that our country has more important things to worry about than climate change is simply untrue. The fate of future generations is at hand today, and the dire conditions of our planet cannot be outweighed. Policy makers at the state and national level simply must take action. All presidential candidates must give the issue of climate change air time — an issue of top priority ought to be given more than a few fleeting moments on the on the campaign trail to the White House. EDITORIALS & OPINIONS DEPARTMENT Editorials represent the voice of the Minnesota Daily as an institution and are prepared by the editorial board.

2016 U.S. GUN VIOLENCE Total gun-related incidents: 46,656 Total number of deaths: 12,002 Total number of mass shootings: 311 Helen Teague welcomes comments at hteague@mndaily.com.

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The importance of mid-semester meditation

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esterday was perhaps the worst day of my semester. Stark deprivation of sleep coupled with anxiety over midterms was not a good combination for me or for anyone else. It’s easy to forget with all that’s happening in the academic realm with extracurricular activities and with family and friends that I am a human being and my brain cannot continue to operate at an incredibly stressful level. I began meditating as a child,

growing up in a family that emphasized its impor tant spiritual benefits. The psychological associations I made with meditation as a child are still with me today. As a consequence, when I sat still for a few minutes, I felt a rush of calmness through my body. My racing heart stopped as I closed my eyes and focused ahead into the void. People often associate meditation with religion. And while it may have started as a facet of many faiths, its expansion to the medical community has already seen

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Do all the people who teach at the University of Minnesota belong in the same bargaining unit? This question — which is separate from the question about whether faculty should unionize — is again before the state’s Bureau of Mediation Services (BMS). Minnesota law hitherto assigned tenured and tenure-track faculty (TT), who are “regular faculty” in the language of University policy, to Unit 8, the “Twin Cities Instructional Unit.” Meanwhile, lecturers and teaching specialists, who are ineligible for tenure (NTT), were assigned to Unit 11, the “Academic Professional and Administrative Staff Unit,” along with employees of many other types. Last month, the BMS ruled that all instructional employees, TT and NTT alike, belong in one unit on the grounds that they share a community of interest. The University administration has appealed this ruling. Now, eight members of the University’s TT faculty have submitted a letter to the BMS (under cover of the Roe Law Group’s legal representation) asser ting that the regular faculty do not share a community of interest with NTT instructional employees. They argue for this position in the following terms: Regular faculty are required to do “high-quality research” in order to earn tenure and promotion, and this work “is entrepreneurial in nature; success in

research is typically compensated through retention packages in response to outside offers at other research universities.” Moreover, regular faculty have the responsibility to train graduate students to do such research. By contrast, their argument continues: Lecturers and teaching specialists ser ve primarily to teach undergraduates. TT faculty also do some of the undergraduate teaching, but “there are simply not enough regular faculty to teach all the required undergraduate courses.” Why, you may ask, doesn’t the University simply hire enough regular faculty to teach all the required courses? Because of “a budgetar y consideration,” the authors write: “Hiring lecturers is a cost-efficient solution to meet the shortfall because not only is a lecturer pay significantly less than regular faculty pay, but in addition lecturers teach many more undergraduate courses than regular faculty.” Perhaps the authors of this letter think of the regular faculty as somewhat like the citizenry of ancient Athens, a minority whose rights and privileges were supported by the labor of their slaves, women, and the metics who lived and worked in Athens, but were ineligible for citizenship. Or perhaps they think of themselves as somewhat like the Spartiates, whose elite status depended on exploiting the Helots to do the work of the polity. According to their letter to the BMS, an army of low-paid teachers who have no chance to earn tenure is required to

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various impacts. Today, meditation is taught to children, adults with chronic illnesses and even delinquents. Many studies have corroborated findings that meditation improves mental performance, focus, concentration and neural plasticity. It was surprising how just a few minutes in my day could change my outlook on life. I once thought that the time I didn’t spend studying was wasted. But this misconception was part of my problem. support the faculty who do. And to earn tenure and promotion, members of the regular faculty endeavor to do research on the basis of which they can individually obtain outside offers and threaten to leave the University, which is expected to reward such disloyal behavior handsomely. Their retention packages are, in effect, financed by the cost savings wrung from hiring cheaper employees to do the teaching. Maybe ever ything the letter-writers state is true, but should it be? By their logic, many of us TT faculty do not share a “community of interest” with them: We do not necessarily think of our research as “entrepreneurial,” nor do we share the idea that our research entitles us to raises at the expense of our NTT colleagues, who are hired to teach because there aren’t enough of “us” to do it. Maybe we should petition the BMS to split Unit 8 along these lines, assigning faculty who view themselves as prizes to be bought and sold on the academic market to a separate unit ineligible for bargaining. There is a better way, and that is to begin by recognizing both our heterogeneity and our shared interests. Some TT faculty do entrepreneurial work, some must constantly chase grants in order to fund their own salaries, some do a lot of undergraduate teaching, some advise a lot of graduate students, some do research in laboratories and others do it in studios. Some NTT faculty super vise graduate student instructors, or other wise contribute to graduate education, and many of them do research, often funded by the same kind of grants as TT faculty get. Both TT and NTT faculty participate in University governance. Whatever our job classifications, we all

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By slowing down and resetting, I’m able to refocus on my tasks with a reduced sense of stress and anxiety. Calm, deep breaths — and now back to studying. Anant Naik welcomes comments at anaik@mndaily.com.

share the responsibility to carr y out the University’s threefold mission of education, research and public service. Eventually Sparta could not field enough Spartiates to preser ve its independence, and their polity dissolved. Athens too succumbed. The city-states of Greece were overpowered first by Macedon and later by Rome, which built its empire in part by extending the franchise, not restricting it. Eva von Dassow Associate Professor Classical and Near Eastern Studies SHARE YOUR VIEWS The Minnesota Daily welcomes letters and guest columns from readers. All letters must include the writer’s name, address and phone number for verification. The Daily reserves the right to edit all letters for style, space, libel and grammar. Letters to the editor should be no more than 500 words in length. Guest columns should be approximately 350 words. The Daily reserves the right to print any submission as a letter or guest column. Submission does not guarantee publication.

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HOROSCOPES Today’s Birthday (10/27): Enjoy a peaceful and introspective year. Reflections inspire self-discovery. Create long-term plans. Disciplined efforts get lucrative. Change directions with your career next spring.

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

Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is a 9 — Negotiate and compromise with a partner over the next two days. A little compassion goes a long way. Show each other respect and kindness.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 9 — Chase a personal obsession over the next two days, with the Moon in your sign. Your energy inspires another.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 9 — Today and tomorrow get busy. Reduce stress by decreasing stimulus. Play gentle music to soothe mind and spirit.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 6 — Let your imagination run wild. Take time for daydreaming and nostalgia tomorrow and today.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 7 — Love is the goal and the prize. Romance blossoms, given half a chance. Plan something especially fun together.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is an 8 — You have more friends than you realized. Get into a social whirl. Make valuable connections and share what you’re learning.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 7 — Make your nest cozier over the next two days. Repairs and modifications keep systems operating. Consider long-term plans.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is an 8 — There’s an opportunity for professional advancement over the next few days. Discuss developments with your partner.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 9 — Words flow with greater ease today and tomorrow. Creative expression sparks. Your muses sing to you. Practice painting, writing and music.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is an 8 — Get moving! Whether you’re on the road or exploring new terrain through another’s experience, today and tomorrow favor discovery.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 9 — The next two days could be especially profitable. Find a way to increase revenue. Monitor the flow. Use brains, rather than brawn.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 9 — Go over numbers with your partner over the next two days. Handle logistical tasks, and manage accounts. Get aligned on spending priorities.

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DR. DATE Dear Dr. Date,

Help! My boyfriend and I were arguing the other day about who should do the dishes. It got pretty heated. At one point, my boyfriend told me that he wasn’t sure how far our relationship would go. I was heartbroken. But as I felt tears welling up in my eyes, an inter-dimensional wormhole appeared in our living room. Before I had time to react, the tear in space-time sucked me in. I don’t know how to escape, and it’s terrible. My perception isn’t organized in a timelinear fashion, but instead I experience everything that has ever happened, is happening and will happen at once. Time is a flat circle? Yeah right Matthew McConaughey. Currently, I have the ability to create or destroy matter and warp timelines beyond comprehension. I am literally a god. Never theless, omnipresence has

become boring. Any ideas for the most powerful being to ever exist?

—Disinterested Deity Dear Disinterested,

At first, I thought your letter to me was a joke. It seemed pretty unbelievable. But when that thought popped into my head, I realized that my existence had shifted into a universe where I have zippers for fingers and everyone around me was an anthropomorphic water bottle talking about Euclidean philosophy. You should stop that. It’s kind of terrifying. In my opinion, it sounds like you really have some existential issues going on. The brain in my stoplight-shaped head tells me that you need to find some hobbies. Knitting, blacksmithing or maybe even a multiverse-wide fashion show might pique your interest. Still, the fact that my soul just left my body and is entering into a pitch-black void where the only sound I can hear is “All Star” by Smash Mouth makes me think that you

are kind of an jerk and won’t be following my advice.

—Dr. Date

Dear Dr. Date,

Rocky Balboa is tearing my relationship apart. Last Tuesday was movie night with my SO and my roommate. We agreed that we wanted to watch a Rocky movie, but that was where the consensus ended. My SO wanted to watch Rocky III. My dumb roommate wanted to watch Rocky II. I on the other hand, by far the smartest of the bunch, wanted to watch the amazing Rocky IV. Ivan Drago punches a computer so hard that it can’t even measure his strength. How dope is that?! Still, since then, our relationship has dissolved into petty revenge. I slashed my Rocky II roommate’s tires yesterday morning, and he broke my leg as retribution. Rocky III SO had originally stayed out

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of it, but this morning, she placed a bomb under my car and blew it up as I was getting into it, a la “Casino” directed by Martin Scorsese. Lucky, I walked away with only a grade 3 concussion and a lacerated kidney. How can I stop this fight before someone gets hurt?

—Rocky Relationship Dear Relationship,

I would think that the best way to end the fight is to bring all of you back together to watch a movie that you all will truly enjoy. Staying in the realm of Sly Stallone movies, I would recommend “Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over.” It’s the perfect mix of action, drama and puke-inducing 3D thrills. And it stars Mike Judge, creator of “Office Space” and “King of the Hill”, as Donnagon Giggles. How can you go wrong! I can’t think of any way how the third installment of the Spy Kids franchise could ever make anybody want to kill someone.

—Dr. Date

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