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Historic lab gets facelift

Some groups are fighting use of the Redskins nickname when the team plays on campus.

BY HALEY HANSEN hhansen@mndaily.com

While University of Minnesota administrators continue negotiating the use of the Washington Redskins nickname at TCF Bank Stadium, student groups at the school are joining forces to protest the NFL team’s name.

University leaders have been assessing how to approach the controversy surrounding the name while preparing for the early November on-campus game against the Vikings. Though President Eric Kaler said he doesn’t want the Redskins name on any materials at the game, several student groups are still developing their plan of action for the team’s arrival on campus. Other groups will use the controversy to educate students. u See NICKNAME Page 3 ELIZABETH BRUMLEY, DAILY

ADMINISTRATION

Regents: Don’t delay strat plan The plan is moving into one of its final stages, and some worry it doesn’t do enough.

Research assistant Nick Evans and doctoral student Gerard Salter observe a sediment experiment at the Saint Anthony Falls Lab on Tuesday. The lab has completed its renovations in time to mark the 75th anniversary of its opening.

After a four-year, $16 million renovation, the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory has returned to full operation. was modernized with improved research

BY PARKER LEMKE plemke@mndaily.com

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instruments and building upgrades, mak-

easures enacted to combat the

ing it better equipped for 21st-century stud-

Great Recession have revitalized a

ies on renewable energy and environmen-

historic University of Minnesota laboratory born out of a Great Depression-era stimulus program.

As the University of Minnesota’s strategic plan moves into its comment phase, regents, faculty members and students are saying they want administrators to commit to implementing its proposed policies.

The Board of Regents reviewed an 85-page final draft of the guiding document at its monthly meeting Friday. Administrators say they won’t let the plan fall to the wayside, but some students are concerned that the blueprint doesn’t do enough.

“I remain skeptical of it,” said Ryan Olson, who sits on the Minnesota Student Association executive board and was involved with the plan’s design. “I felt there was less student-centered conversation around it.”

For example, he said, the proposal

Although construction finished almost a year ago, Sotiropoulos said research at the

Constructed with federal backing under a New Deal public works program in 1938,

BY BLAIR EMERSON bemerson@mndaily.com

tal challenges.

lab only recently began returning to normalcy.

the St. Anthony Falls Laborator y has offi-

“When there’s construction, you need

cially wrapped up its four-year, $16 million

some time to put yourself back together,”

renovation. A $7.1 million National Science

he said, “and because this is a big lab, it

Foundation grant covered almost half of the

took a while.”

upgrade as part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The St. Anthony Falls Laborator y has gravitated toward interdisciplinar y work

“Two major financial catastrophes on

in recent years, bridging departments and

the national level led the federal govern-

disciplines ranging from stream and delta

ment to stimulate the economy,” said lab

restoration to medical devices, said Mos

director Fotis Sotiropoulos. “In a strange

Kaveh, associate dean for research and

coincidence, we managed to be at the right

planning in the College of Science and

place [both times].”

Engineering.

Sotiropoulos said the aging structure

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“It’s just going to do more of the good

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TRANSPORTATION

SPORTS

University researchers found that bus stop amenities can shorten perceived wait times.

in injury cycle, Kill frustrated

Study will help bus stop creation, design Gophers caught As Big Ten play approaches, Minnesota is dealing with a string of hurt football players.

BY JESSIE BEKKER jbekker@mndaily.com

Crowds of commuters flocked to the Coffman Union bus stop, patiently waiting for their ride to arrive, headphones distracting many of them from the buzz of the world.

It was 5 p.m. Monday — rush hour for University of Minnesota students returning from a full day of class.

While some students say they’re content with the Twin Cities bus system, many commuters associate waiting time at stops with unhappiness and unpredictability, according to a recent University study. The research, which examined perceived waiting time at bus stations, will inform local transit authorities as they create and redesign bus stops.

Based on early statistical models, it appears that bus shelters help determine commuters’ perceived wait time when they’re actually waiting for five minutes or fewer, said Yingling Fan, a Humphrey School of Public Affairs associate professor and principal investigator for the study.

But for longer wait times, a bus schedule and a bench can help travelers feel like they aren’t waiting as long.

“The hope is that we can show that there is real value to amenities at stops and

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initiatives for the transportation authority.

“We are definitely very interested in the results of the study,” he said, adding that he feels those results will help Metro Transit design stops that lower perceived wait time in the future.

Metro Transit doesn’t yet know which amenities will stay and which will go, Levin

A series of injuries have challenged the Gophers football team this season, spurring frustration from head coach Jerry Kill as a handful of his players go under the knife this week.

With only one more game between Minnesota and Big Ten play, the team is counting on the injured athletes to heal quickly and having younger players step up to fill the gap in attempt to ensure a strong performance in upcoming games.

“Some days you don’t have any turnovers, no injuries — you just [have] things go your way,” Kill said. “Then there are other challenges, and sometimes the teams that are challenged the most end up being pretty darn good.”

Freshman offensive lineman Jared Weyler, freshman wide receiver Isaiah Gentry and redshirt freshman offensive lineman Alex Mayes all saw their names added to the already-crowded injur y report. They

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Students and staff board a bus in front of Coffman Union on Friday evening. A University researcher conducted a study on how perceived wait times vary with different bus stop amenities.

stations,” said David Levinson, a civil engineering associate professor and a co-investigator on the project.

Researchers expect to publish the paper in five months, after they collaborate with city, county and state sponsors about the results, Fan said.

Metro Transit has supported and discussed the project since it started in 2012, said John Levin, director of strategic

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Major sponsors including Anheuser-Busch are adding to the chorus of disapproval over the National Football League’s recent scandals, but the companies are stopping short of pulling advertising.

Anheuser-Busch said Tuesday that it has spoken with the NFL about concerns related to recent incidents that are sparking outcry from fans, including an investigation into how long the NFL and its commissioner Roger Goodell knew about a video that shows Baltimore Raven Ray Rice beating his then-fiancee; as well as the Minnesota Vikings’ decision to let Adrian Peterson play while he faces an abuse charge for spanking his 4-year-old son with a wooden switch.

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This week, sponsors are making it clear they have made the NFL aware of their concerns. A-B used the harshest language, saying it was “disappointed and increasingly concerned.”

The NFL responded to the sponsors’ statements late Tuesday with a short statement of its own: “We understand. We are taking action and there will be much more to come,” the organization said.

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SALT LAKE CITY — A federal appeals court has tossed the conviction of a Utah man who was found guilty of threatening to kill a professor by sending an email containing a violent anti-immigrant poem.

The Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the verdict violated Aaron Michael Heineman’s freedom of speech because it didn’t take into account whether he wanted the professor to feel threatened when he sent the poem in 2011 email that spoke of death with a Bowie knife and noose. Comparing the case to laws criminalizing cross-burning, the panel of judges ruled that anytime speech becomes a crime, courts have to weigh First Amendment rights carefully and say how the crime is different from protected speech.

Heineman told an FBI agent he was just expressing himself and didn’t mean to hurt the professor. His father and his defense attorney argued the then-student at Utah Valley University, who was born deaf and has been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, had a difficult time understanding social behavior and cues.

Prosecutors said the professor called police in fear for the lives of himself and his family when he got the email calling him anti-American and a traitor. They said the poem was one of three emails sent to the professor by Heineman, who also emailed another professor and the Inclusion Center for Community and Justice at Westminster College in Salt Lake City.

Heineman was sentenced to three years’ probation last year, though that was later reduced to two years. U.S. District Judge David Nuffer refused to consider whether Heineman actually wanted the professor to feel threatened, ruling that someone could reasonably be afraid after getting the email.

BLOOMING GROVE, Pa. — Hundreds of law enforcement officers fanned out across the dense northeastern Pennsylvania woods Tuesday in the hunt for a heavily armed survivalist suspected of ambushing two troopers as part of a deadly vendetta against police.

Eric Matthew Frein, 31, of Canadensis, is “extremely dangerous” and residents in the area should be alert and cautious, State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan said at a news conference in which he revealed the suspect’s name.

“He has made statements about wanting to kill law enforcement officers and also to commit mass acts of murder,” Noonan said. “What his reasons are, we don’t know.

But he has very strong feelings about law enforcement and seems to be very angry with a lot of things that go on in our society.”

Frein was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder, homicide of a law enforcement officer and other offenses.

About 200 law enforcement officials were combing the rural area of northeastern Pennsylvania marked by dense forest, but “we have no idea where he is,” Noonan said.

Police found a U.S. Army manual called “Sniper Training and Employment” in the suspect’s bedroom at his parents’ house, and his father, a retired Army major, told authorities that his son is an excellent marksman who “doesn’t miss,” according to a police affidavit released Tuesday.

The gunman killed Cpl. Bryon Dickson, 38, and critically wounded Trooper Alex Douglass outside the barracks during a Friday night shift change, then slipped away.

Authorities zeroed in on Frein after a resident who was walking his dog in a wooded area two miles from the barracks Monday spotted a 2001 Jeep partly submerged in a pond and called 911. Police found shell casings inside the vehicle that matched those found at the shooting scene, Noonan said.

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Saint Anthony Falls Lab gets facelift Renovation u from Page 1

things it has been doing all along,” he said. “What makes it dif ferent now is that new systems make the possibility of receiving grants in a wider array of projects [more likely].”

Assistant mechanical engineering professor Jiarong Hong, who is researching wind energy there, said he also anticipates the lab’s refurbishment will attract attention, par ticularly from future researchers.

“If you have a good working envir onment,” Hong said, “that can attract people to come, especially graduate students.”

A much-needed breath of life

Built to take advantage of the Mississippi River’s rushing currents as they cascade over St. Anthony Falls, the lab’s unique location made it a cutting-edge facility when it first opened, Sotiropoulos said.

It was there that 20thcentury scientists found an ideal environment to perform landmark hydraulic research, river engineering, flood protection and dam constr uction — without having to use massive water pumps.

Spanning the waterfall’s full 50-foot height, the building’s network of labs harnesses the river’s natural water flow for the channels, basins and tunnels its researchers use to simulate rivers and waves.

The passage of time, however, had begun eroding the more than 75-yearold lab’s luster by the time Sotiropoulos became its director in 2006, he said.

“It violated ever y building code you can imagine,” Sotiropoulos said. “We

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The Saint Anthony Falls Lab, located north of the Washington Avenue Bridge, has completed renovations that will continue to promote research.

didn’t have a fire sprinkler system.”

The facility also had no working elevator or central air control systems, he said, the latter of which greatly hindered research.

“The lack of climate control essentially compromised our ability to do precise experiments at certain times of the year,” Sotiropoulos said.

Kevin Howard, a recent University aer odynamics doctoral graduate who

Senator ties NFL tax status to Redskins name

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WA S H I N G T O N — A U.S. senator thr eatened the NFL with legislation over Washington’s nickname, a letter was dispatched to the other 31 team owners, and the issue was linked to the league’s others recent troubles Tuesday as the anti”Redskins” movement took its cause to Capitol Hill.

In a news conference that featured Native American, civil rights and religious leaders, Sen. Maria Cantwell took aim at the NFL’s pocketbook by announcing she will introduce a bill to strip the league’s tax-exempt status because it has not taken action over the Redskins name. While prospects for such a bill becoming law would be tenuous, the inevitable hearings before lawmakers would enhance the spotlight on a movement that has gained substantial momentum over the last two years.

“The NFL needs to join the rest of America in the 21st Centur y,” said Cantwell, D-Wash., the former chair woman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. “We can no longer tolerate this attitude toward Native Americans. This is not about team tradition.

This is about right and wrong.”

Overall, the message from the “Change the Mascot” leaders was that they don’t plan to go away, despite Redskins owner Dan Snyder’s vow not to change the name. They presented a letter that will be sent to ever y NFL owner except Snyder, asking each to use his “position of authority” to end the league’s “promotion of a dictionary-defined racial slur.”

Oneida Nation representative Ray Halbritter said he hoped an owner will take a bold position against the name. He cited Brooklyn Dodgers executive Branch Rickey, who integrated major league baseball by signing Jackie Robinson, and longtime Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin, who changed his NBA’s team from Bullets because

of the violence associated with the term.

“We’re looking for the Branch Rickey, looking for Abe Pollin,” Halbritter said. “They’re out there.

We know the owners don’t share in this, but they share in the profits.”

Halbritter had harsh words for the league as a whole, referencing the NFL’s handling of health problems suf fered by former players, as well as the recent Ray Rice domestic violence saga and the child abuse charge levied against Adrian Peterson.

“The NFL is currently facing an integrity crisis. ...

While these are dif ferent issues, they are joined by a common thread of showing commercial and moral arrogance and a blatant lack of respect for those being negatively impacted,” Halbritter said.

The NFL did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Earlier T uesday, the league announced that it has hired a former White House of ficial to help the league with legislative issues. Cynthia Hogan will be the league’s senior vice president of public policy and government affairs and will be based in Washington.

Redskins spokesman Tony Wyllie responded to Cantwell’s proposed legislation by citing a poll in the team’s favor.

“Our position remains consistent with more than 80 percent of Americans who do not want to change the Washington Redskins name,” Wyllie said.

The debate over the name could influence the Redskins’ plans to build a new stadium when their lease at FedEx Field, located in D.C.’s Maryland suburbs, expires in 2027. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the district’s delegate to Congress, said the team would have a hard time moving back to the city unless the name is changed.

“I would make ever y ef for t in the Congress to make sure they could not come back with that name,” Norton said.

spent three years working with the lab’s wind tunnel, said the outdated systems made scheduling experiments difficult.

“If we were doing temperature-sensitive measurements in there, it would be a little bit tougher to plan based on the weather,” Howard said. “Now that we got these thermal controls upgraded, we can do more robust measurements.”

Staf f had long sought upgrades to the St. Anthony

Falls Laborator y, Kaveh said, but it took the NSF grant to finally bring those plans to fruition.

The University’s Higher Education Asset Preser vation and Renovation funds picked up the cost of renovating the lab’s basic infrastructure problems, which the NSF wouldn’t cover, said Sotiropoulos.

He said his team laid out a plan to make the laboratory a world-class research destination.

Now armed with modern facilities, researchers are forging ahead on their studies, which include of fshore wind turbines, algae gr owth, medical d evi ces an d water way restoration.

They’re also looking to push the virtual boundaries of their fields, Sotiropoulos said.

“Our ultimate goal is to build the next generation of computer simulation models,” he said.

Because the St. Anthony Falls Laborator y can’t accommodate all of its global research par tners on-site, some of its staf f has already laid the basic framework to develop an Inter net-based por tal into the lab, Sotiropoulos said.

“What we would like to do is provide an experience where somebody, wherever, they can sit on a terminal and work with somebody here in real time,” he said.

Ginsburg discusses women’s rights Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg discussed high-profile court cases at Willey Hall on Tuesday.

BY CHRISTOPHER AADLAND caadland@mndaily.com

Although the U.S. Supreme Court won’t reconvene until next month, a longstanding justice offered the University of Minnesota community a glimpse into issues the high court may address in the future.

About 1,000 community members and University students, staff and faculty gathered in Willey Hall on Tuesday as Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has served on the U.S. Supreme Cour t for more than two decades, discussed recent high-profile cases, the types of cases the court will likely hear in coming years and other hot-button topics.

After joking about her popularity on social media, Bader and University law professor Robert Stein, who led the event, discussed recent cases like the Hobby Lobby ruling in June, which said corporations could refuse

to pay for contraceptives if it goes against the owner’s religious beliefs.

Ginsburg, who dissented the ruling, restated her opinion on the controversial topic and said she’s concerned it will affect the way companies comply with federal regulations.

“An employer for for-profit companies should not be able to impose their beliefs on their employees,” she said at the discussion.

While the lecture covered a variety of topics, Ginsburg paid special attention to women’s rights issues and said female law students shouldn’t shy away from voicing their opinions.

Ginsburg was the second woman in history to serve on the Supreme Court when she entered the position in 1993.

First-year law student Julia Peng said she felt Ginsburg’s message was empowering.

“I really enjoyed her enthusiasm for women’s issues,” she said. “[Ginsburg] really wants us to renew the spirit of women in the ’70s.”

Other topics, like privacy issues surrounding technology, discrimination and the environment, are poised to be highly debated subjects in the future, Ginsburg said at the event.

First-year law student Tyler Adams agreed that his generation of law students will likely encounter cases dealing with those issues when they enter the workforce.

“Environmental issues will be hard to avoid,” he said.

The discussion was part of the Law School’s annual Stein Lecture Series. Stein said he and Ginsburg have known each other for 30 years. Last year’s lecture featured former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale.

Stein said another Supreme Court justice will talk in the series next year, but said he couldn’t release the future speaker’s name.

As law students learn

“I really enjoyed her enthusiasm for women’s issues.

[Ginsburg] really wants us to renew the spirit of women in the ’70s.”

JULIA PENG First-year law student

about the judicial system, Stein said, it’s important for them to hear a high authority like Ginsburg speak about important cases and current events.

“They’ll better understand how the cour t approaches issues and how effective oral argument is in making those decisions,” he said.

First-year law student Andrew Heiring said Ginsburg’s speech not only helped her learn about the cour t process, but it was also motivational.

“It’s exciting to get to go to events like this,” he said.

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For the past month, the Council of Graduate Students and the Native American Law Student Association have been working together to draft a letter challenging the use of the team’s name on campus, which they hope to send to University administrators soon.

Though members of the groups still have to approve the letter before it’s sent, the working draft urges the University to “formally support a strong condemnation of the Washington franchise’s name.” The letter also suggests that the University and the Vikings create a scholarship endowment from gameday profits that would go toward hiring and enrolling more Native American professors and students across all departments.

COGS President Andrew McNally said it’s important that the University is a welcoming environment for all cultures and having the Redskins name on campus doesn’t support that.

“This is really racist, and it’s unacceptable that the University would allow this kind of behavior to happen,” he said.

This summer, Kaler publicly spoke out against the team’s name and deemed it of fensive after Minnesota Rep. Betty McCollum sent a letter to Vikings owner Zygi Wilf in June. McCollum said the use of the name would violate the University’s policies regarding diversity on campus.

School officials are still working with the Vikings to address the issue, Kaler said earlier this month.

While some groups are seeking administrative action against the name,

others will take their frustrations to the streets and protest the team when it plays at TCF Bank Stadium.

American Indian Student Cultural Center President Chelsea Holmes said the group will dispute the upcoming game, adding that the group also joined a protest with a Minneapolisbased organization, the American Indian Movement, last year when the team played at the Metrodome.

She said it’s important that AISCC’s protests are peaceful, and she said members have been tr ying to rally suppor t from other student groups at the University.

Holmes said because the game will be played on campus, it’s key that students address the issue, adding that the AISCC has been working with the University’s Office for Equity and Diversity to create programs to

discuss the controversy.

Holmes said more people need to understand the histor y behind the name and why it’s considered offensive.

Arielle Dagen-Sunsdahl, president of NALSA, said the mascot inaccurately portrays Native American culture and many people may not understand why it’s insulting.

“I think it doesn’t give a fair representation of Native people,” she said. “So if you don’t have a background in that, all you’re [being exposed to] is this crazy caricature.”

Dagen-Sunsdahl and Holmes said they’re happy OED and University officials are taking their concerns seriously.

“We are glad that they are willing to address the issue, and it sounds like they’re willing to work with us,” Dagen-Sunsdahl said.

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Officials aim to spice up city benches A proposed change would allow private companies to bid on courtesy benches.

BY HALEY MADDEROM hmadderom@mndaily.com

Nestled on street corners and crammed under bus stop signs, street benches provide an often forgotten backdrop for advertisements.

But an upcoming proposed change to city law could build revenue for Minneapolis and spice up a currently flat outdoor adver tising market, according to the amendment’s proponents.

Ward 12 City Councilman Andrew Johnson and

Ward 3 City Councilman Jacob Frey, who represents areas near the University of Minnesota, will introduce a change to Minneapolis’ regulations of courtesy benches at this Friday’s City Council meeting.

“Right now, we’ve got pretty standar d vanilla benches. You throw some timber up, you slap a sign or an adver tisement on there and you call it a day,” Frey said.

The amendment would open the door for private companies to bid on courtesy benches, which are

public seats available for people who are waiting for buses or other vehicles.

There are at least 30 benches in the campus area, according to city data.

Bidders with the best design ideas would score a 20-year adver tisement deal approved by the city, Johnson said.

Though private companies would keep a majority of the profit they make off courtesy bench ads, Johnson said the city would still collect a cut of the campaigns’ revenue.

The city currently caps the number of cour tesy bench licenses at 700 per year, and U.S. Bench Corporation, an entity that has

dominated Minneapolis bench billboard sales for more than 50 years, owns almost all of those advertised seats, Johnson said.

After licensing fees, Johnson estimated the company ear ns about $1,000 per bench annually.

“They have the market on lock,” he said. “With lack of competition, you see a lack of innovation.”

When those seats become strictly a tool for outdoor adver tisement campaigns, Johnson said, they sometimes stop ser ving Minneapolitans’ needs.

“They’re for public use,” Johnson said. “Now, if you put a bench where a bus route isn’t, then that bench

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doesn’t address student issues like debt loads.

The public can comment on the plan online until Sept. 25, and administrators will present the final version of the plan at next month’s board meeting.

Andrew McNally, president of the Council of Graduate Students, said graduate students want to see strong commitment from University administrators to put the blueprint into action and concrete examples of its expected results.

“I look for ward to holding the president and the provost to the commitment that they made,” he said.

At Friday’s meeting, some regents also stressed the impor tance of putting the proposal in motion.

“I would venture to say, if you go to most organizations, the strategic plan is sitting on the shelf some place gathering dust,” Board V ice Chair Dean Johnson said at the meeting.

Senior Vice President for Academic Af fairs and Provost Karen Hanson, along with others who worked on the strategic

ACTION STEPS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN* 1. Integrate “grand challenges” curriculum into liberal education requirements or student learning outcomes.

2. Cut the time each department spends in meetings this year by 25 percent.

3. Hold department heads and academic administrators accountable for recruiting diverse faculty members.

4. Consider guaranteed, five-year support packages for incoming doctoral students as well as full assistantship support for them.

5. Identify and reduce barriers to interdisciplinary research and teaching. *The full plan includes more steps SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA STRATEGIC PLAN

plan, said they ensure they will follow through with the outlined initiatives.

“We’ve promised over and over again this will not be on a shelf gathering dust, and I think that people are to hold us accountable,” Hanson said at the meeting.

One of the blueprint’s specific proposals is to r eframe liberal education requirements to include lessons on “grand challenges” or societal issues like food sustainability and climate change.

To accomplish this, it recommends creating four course categories for students. “[The plan] requires critical thinking,” Regent Abdul Omari said at the meeting. “I think that’s

something today that young people are lacking,” he said.

The plan also recommends increasing monetar y and academic support for graduate students.

One point suggests that the University consider guaranteed, multi-year suppor t packages for incoming doctoral students and full assistantship support for them.

McNally said he’s glad the strategic plan acknowledges the need for support of graduate students.

“That means that graduate students can focus on their research and their teaching and making contributions to the community, rather than thinking about how they’r e going to make the rent

or taking out loans,” he said.

Another underlying theme in the proposal is a call for more diversity at the University.

For example, the plan proposes holding depar tment heads and academic administrators accountable for recruiting diverse faculty members.

Rebecca RopersHuilman, chair of the Faculty Consultative Committee, said r ecr uiting diverse faculty members is cr ucial for the University’s success, adding that she’s excited it is in the plan.

“We cannot have excellence without diversity,” she said.

The blueprint also discusses extending one-year contracts for professional and administrative staff.

K a t h e r i n e C r a m e r, chair of the Academic Professionals and Administrators Senate, said the senate has advocated for longer-term contracts in the past, and she said she hopes the administration will take this step.

Each of the University’s campuses already has a strategic plan in place, University President Eric Kaler said at Friday’s meeting, and there will be more conversations to align the plan with those in the future.

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said, but of ficials will pay attention to customer information, maps and other amenities highlighted in the study.

“If we understand what those factors are, that helps us understand where we should be paying attention in terms of designing those facilities,” he said.

To conduct the study, researchers sur veyed people at Twin Cities bus stops to determine their perceived wait times while simultaneously r ecor ding their actual wait times

using video cameras, Fan said.

The sur vey asked commuters questions like whether they used smar tphones while waiting and how often they used transit, she said. Research assistants then collected the sur veys and also photographed each par ticipant holding the anonymous survey so they could match the replies to the video recording.

Levinson said he thought the study was designed well.

“Generally, people overestimate how much time they spend traveling on the trip, and this study cor-

roborates that for transit,” he said.

Researchers also considered potential ties between perceived wait time and environmental factors like safety, an area’s walkability and aesthetics, Fan said.

For example, Fan said the study found that women tend to overestimate how long they wait at locations research assistants rated as unsafe.

Creative writing master’s student Dana D’Amico is from Pittsburgh and uses Twin Cities public transpor tation throughout the year. She said she thinks that heat lamps in bus

shelters make the wait feel shorter.

“The public transportation here is a lot better than other cities I’ve been in, so I’m happy with it,” she said.

Jenny Hastings, a nutrition senior, said she also likes heated bus stops.

“In the winter, it doesn’t seem like you’r e waiting that long because you plan your trips around bus times,” she said.

Levinson said the study’s results will prove useful for Minneapolis public transit in the future.

“This is the beginning of a way to come up with a systematic way to evaluate these amenities,” he said.

basically becomes a streetlevel billboard.”

Metro Transit, which owns most city bus shelters and the benches inside them, recently bought out the majority of a national outdoor advertisement company’s agglomeration of Minneapolis sites, Metro Transit spokesman Bruce Howard said.

As a result of this deal, Metro Transit now owns what Howard calls “C” shelters — structures designed with adver tisers in mind that downgrade weather protection in favor of more ad visibility.

Though Metro Transit spokesman Drew Kerr said the company doesn’t expect to be affected significantly

by the cour tesy bench ordinance amendment, the company intends to address public concerns over bench placement and bus stop amenities.

Johnson said he and Frey will seek input, particularly from student transit users, on what kinds of public designs they would like to see on the city’s seats.

“Our creative capital is through the roof, and you can see that reflected in all the ideas … coming out of the ‘U,’ ” he said. “For us to be stuck with the most uninspiring, utilitarian benches out there … and it’s making one company a heck of a lot of money … it’s ridiculous.”

Lowest-cost insurer PreferredOne drops from Minnesota exchange

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ST. PAUL — The insurance company that grabbed the most customers on Minnesota’s health care exchange by offering the lowest rates told state officials Tuesday that it’s pulling out of MNsure, a major blow to the exchange as the next open enrollment period approaches.

The decision by Golden Valley-based PreferredOne may mean higher rates and again puts the troubled exchange front-and-center in Minnesota’s governor and House elections.

MNsure of ficials said the company’s exit won’t af fect health coverage through the state-run exchange. The state will send out notices early next month to the nearly 30,000 people who enrolled in Prefer redOne through MNsure to outline next steps — customers can transition to another MNsure health plan or renew with PreferredOne, in which case they’ll no longer be eligible for government subsidies.

Prefer redOne had 59 percent of the private-plan market for MNsure enrollees as of early August. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota had 23 percent, HealthPartners 12, Medica 5 percent and UCare 1.

MNsure CEO Scott Leitz said he’s had no word any of the four remaining companies are mulling an exit. Open enrollment begins Nov. 15.

Despite a launch last year marred by technical problems and long call center waits, Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton’s administration has called MNsure a success because it helped reduce the ranks of uninsured Minnesotans by nearly 41 percent to a record low while offering some of the lowest premium rates in the countr y. More than 327,000 Minnesotans have enrolled through MNsure since it went live Oct. 1, including nearly 55,000 in private plans. Most enrollees are in the publicly run Medicaid and MinnesotaCare programs for lower-income people.

Pr efer r edOne didn’t return calls from The Associated Press.

Company spokesman Steve Peterson told KSTPTV, which first reported the decision, that staying on MNsure wasn’t financially or administratively sustainable. The membership they gained through MNsure was small, but was taking “a significant amount of our resources” to administer, Peterson said.

Republicans called it the latest sign of systemic problems in MNsure.

“This is a model that can’t work,” said Senate Minority Leader David Hann, R-Eden Prairie.

But Leitz and MNsure board chair Brian Beutner said it was proof the exchange is working as a competitive marketplace. Both officials acknowledged the exchange’s rocky rollout, but Beutner suggested PreferredOne’s low rates led to its exit.

“They offered the lowest rates and the broadest networks offered last year. I can understand how that might impact them,” Beutner said.

It’s unclear whether PreferredOne’s exit will affect premium rates for 2015, which were already expected to increase because health care costs have been rising. The state’s Department of Commerce is expected to release an early snapshot of rates on Oct. 1, with full details to follow when open enrollment begins.

Rep. Joe Atkins, an Inver Grove Heights DFLer and the lead House sponsor of the legislation that created MNsure, said he expects premiums to stay low compared with the rest of the country. He laughed at the Republican criticism as election-season politics.

Atkins said he wasn’t surprised by the announcement because he expected some losses and some additions to the online marketplace for 2015. He pointed out that despite its large market share on MNsure, PreferredOne is one of the smaller carriers in the Minnesota health insurance market.

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Editorials & Opinions SPORTS

Football players’ behavior unacceptable Recent abuse allegations raise question of whether players should still be in the NFL.

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his past spring, TMZ released a video of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice dragging his fiancee out of an elevator after he had knocked her unconscious with a punch. National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Rice for the first two games of the 2014 season.

I expected this to be the end of that stor y. Then, in August, another video was released that showed what took place inside that elevator. Viewers see the makings of a scuf fle, a slap from Rice’s fiancee — now his wife — and the one-hit knockout Rice lands across her chin. The woman falls to the ground and is apparently unconscious.

According to the source that released the tape from inside the elevator, the NFL has had the full film in its possession since April. This likely means Goodell saw this tape, reviewed it along with the earlier video and deemed it worthy of only a two-game suspension.

As if the NFL wasn’t in deep enough water, news broke late last week that Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian

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Peterson had been charged in Texas for beating his son with a tree branch. Peterson was jailed in Montgomer y County and released on $15,000 bail.

He was removed from the lineup for Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots, but Vikings owner Zygi Wilf has since indicated that Peterson is scheduled to practice this week and play against New Orleans on Sunday.

Peterson felt that, because he was raised in a home where whippings were a regular occurrence, he was not at criminal fault for his actions. However, his behavior is unacceptable in today’s day and age.

To put his abuse in perspective, imagine the scars that result from an average person delivering a whipping. Then just think of how much harder a man like Peterson is capable of swinging a tree branch. Peterson’s son had multiple deep gashes up most of his leg.

On T uesday, a second case was

brought to light in which Peterson allegedly beat another one of his children this past June, but Peterson’s lawyer has reportedly denied such claims.

Next weekend, a large number of Minnesotans will sit in front of their televisions to watch Peterson and the Vikings take on the Saints at noon. The telecast will undoubtedly include a statement from Peterson, ecstatic to be back on the field with his teammates. They will probably express similar sentiments.

As the facts of the case continue to flow, I’m not sure why the Vikings leadership thought it would be appropriate to reinstate Peterson. Maybe the team’s unimpressive of fense in Sunday’s game against the Patriots played a factor in the final decision to recall him. Regardless, Peterson has already been freed, and he’ll play football again, just a few days into this case.

This contradicts Goodell’s stance on increasing the NFL’s punishments against domestic violence. Furthermore, it dampens the NFL’s relations with rights organizations and fans raising young children.

Connor Nikolic welcomes comments at cnikolic@mndaily.com.

DAILY DISCUSSION Fix up Washington Avenue Bridge pedestrian walkway

Is there any uglier relic on the University of Minnesota campus than the covered pedestrian walkway on the Washington Avenue Bridge? Perhaps the Minnesota Daily should sponsor a contest to see if anyone can come up with a campus structure that is less appealing.

Not only does the walkway offend the eye with its rusting suppor ts and crumbling plywood sides, but it really conveys a terrible message about the state of the campus.

Where’s our pride, when one of the most extensive campus str uctures is a depressing, faded maroon-and-gold monstrosity?

OK, the current structure does have some redeeming value. A creative array of adver tisements for campus activities lines the internal walls, and we can always shelter from a blizzard in there.

Perhaps the College of Design could come up with a color ful reconstruction that could retain these functions and compliment the Weisman Art Museum.

How about a hot chocolate stand in the middle of the bridge that would attract more walkers?

Barring reconstruction, how about destruction? No covered walkway may be better than the current derelict eyesore.

Barbara Crosby Associate professor Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Met Council report exposes serious housing woes

The Metropolitan Council released on Monday a draft of its long-term housing plan — the first such repor t in 30 years.

According to its findings, the Twin Cities metro area is in need of more affordable housing units to avoid a potential housing deficit.

The University of Minnesota area exemplifies this issue. Luxur y apar tments have sprouted up in all campus-area neighborhoods, and their price ranges are certainly not for anyone with a low income.

We hope developers and policymakers heed the council’s recommendations and facilitate more affordable housing around the entire metro area.

The Editorial Board

While I appreciated being informed about the safety concerns (or lack thereof) of Jewish University students planning trips to Israel, I must address the choice of wording in the Monday Minnesota Daily ar ticle “Jewish students continue planning trips to Israel.” The article consistently refers to Israel as the aforementioned students’ “homeland.” However, this word should be used with the utmost prudence.

I cannot speak for the rest of the world, but I can assure you that most Jews who settled in Latin America during the last two centuries call their countries “homeland.” Over the course of generations, these Jewish families have adopted the language and customs of their new nations and are honored to be called Mexican,

EDITORIALS Use defense discount for good

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y participating in the U.S. Department of Defense’s 1033 program, the University of Minnesota Police Department has acquired six M16 and two M14 assault rifles since 1998.

The 1033 program allows the DOD to transfer surplus military equipment to regional law enforcement departments, including campus police programs. Law enforcement agencies enjoy massive discounts on supplies, and college police departments in particular receive equipment free of charge, paying only the necessary shipping and maintenance fees.

To date, at least 117 colleges nationwide have participated in the 1033 program.

The program’s proponents argue that 1033 grants underfunded agencies the ability to procure equipment that they otherwise could not afford. Its opponents, however, worry about the militarization of campus police departments — some universities have acquired grenade launchers, fully automatic rifles and mine-resistant vehicles.

Locally, the suppression of last April’s Dinkytown riots prompted local police to use tear gas and riot gear against students. In Ferguson, Mo., even harsher force was employed.

Since the Ferguson controversy, President Barack Obama and numerous senators have requested a review of the 1033 program. We feel that now is the time for the University to increase transparency regarding the UMPD’s arsenal and its participation in the 1033 program.

Ultimately, we believe the UMPD has no business acquiring assault weapons. Instead, we encourage the University to follow the example of certain other colleges and use the 1033 program to acquire nonlethal equipment such as laptops, inkjet printers and first aid kits.

Cooperation key to Ebola effort

M Paige Holgate welcomes comments at pholgate@mndaily.com.

ENVIRONMENT

Climate march won’t yield results

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n Sept. 21, New York City will host one of the largest efforts to increase public awareness of climate change.

The People’s Climate March intends to parade with historically large numbers through the streets of Manhattan and attract the attention of the world leaders that will be in the city on that day.

The organization has made efforts to coordinate buses leading to New York.

The concept itself is a good one: take a bus to minimize fossil fuel emissions. But keep in mind that it’s inevitable that people will also use other means of transportation to get to the march. After all, 20 hours on a bus is too long for most. Thus, as people travel to New York, they’ll emit even more fossil fuels into this already heavily polluted environment.

The irony of this situation should not go unnoticed.

Notably, President Barack Obama will be appearing at the rally to hear the protesters’ message. But let’s face it — he will be getting there comfortably on a nice, private jet, as will many other figures of importance.

While it’s important to respect the efforts made to enlighten citizens on the issue of global climate change, it might be beneficial to

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Israel as ‘homeland’ is untrue to many modern Jews

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Brazilian, Argentine or Cuban.

After 14 years living in the U.S., I am cer tain that many American Jews are incredibly proud of their countr y too and think of the United States as their “homeland.”

However, by continuing to adopt this language — where Israel is the homeland for all Jews — although seemingly harmless, we are promoting the same kind of speech terrorists use. Acting on the (false) notion that Argentine Jews are not really Argentines, two bombings ripped apart the center of Buenos Aires in 1992 and 1994.

The first one targeted the Israeli Embassy, and the second one targeted the largest Jewish community center in Argentina.

After decades of investigation, no one has been charged with these two hideous crimes. The fact is that Jews as well as nonJews were killed and injured in these horrific attacks.

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focus more on solving the problem itself.

The last major initiative that intended to stop, or at least slow, global climate change was the Kyoto Protocol. Enacted in 1997, this established target reductions of greenhouse gas emissions and created a plan of action to achieve its goal. The United States remains one of the few countries in the world never to have ratified the protocol.

Perhaps if we invested more effort into pushing for ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, adopting the use of alternative energy while curbing our use of fossil fuels, instead of marching to make ourselves feel good, there would be more hope for a true solution to environmental degradation.

Keelia Moeller welcomes comments at kmoeller@mndaily.com.

By continuing to adopt this language — where Israel is the homeland for all Jews — although seemingly harmess, we are promoting the same kind of speech terrorists use.

Argentines, no matter their religion and/or cultural affiliation, were attacked.

Their “homeland” was Argentina — that’s where they were born, where they lived and where their dreams got shattered.

Let’s start acknowledging that, yes, Jews will always have a connection to Israel, but many will also always feel their homeland is where they and their children reside.

Daniela Goldfine Doctoral candidate Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies

ichael Osterholm, a top infectious disease researcher from the University of Minnesota, printed an op-ed last week in the New York Times in which he argues that the Ebola outbreak poses two primary threats.

First, since small villages in Africa have become considerably denser since previous outbreaks, there is a greater chance of it spreading to a larger city. The second threat he mentions is the possibility that the current strain of the virus, Ebola Zaire, mutates and becomes airborne.

Due to the virus’s difficult-to-predict evolution and history of spreading between animals through the air, Osterholm claims more needs to be done to prevent these scenarios from occurring.

Critics are quick to point out that it is highly unlikely that Ebola will become airborne. In addition, the countries that have fallen victim to the outbreak have lacked sufficient health care resources to keep the outbreak under control — resources that are easier to find in more developed countries if the virus spreads there.

However unlikely it may be, we feel that it’s foolish to treat a possible epidemic as unlikely to happen. Waiting for a miracle vaccination won’t help, either. Osterholm argues that a centralized, coordinated effort from the United Nations is needed to fight the outbreak.

This is why we applaud President Barack Obama’s recent decision to commit 3,000 troops to help fight the disease and provide medical training in Africa.

Hopefully, this will act as a stimulus and other countries will begin to take this situation seriously.

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FOOTBALL

Maye embraces his opportunity

WOMEN’S GOLF

Laorr leads Gophers in first tourney

ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota wide receiver KJ Maye avoids a tackle from San Jose State cornerback Bene Benwikere on Sept. 21, 2013, at TCF Bank Stadium.

Minnesota’s passing attack is struggling, but KJ Maye is gaining momentum.

BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com

When fall camp ended and reporters asked Jerr y Kill who had impressed him the most, the Gophers head coach quickly said KJ Maye.

But Maye didn’t have a single catch in Minnesota’s season-opening victor y against Eastern Illinois.

A few days later, redshirt sophomore quar terback Mitch Leidner said there were “a lot more things” the Gophers would do in their next game in early September against Middle Tennessee State to get Maye the ball.

Maye finished that game with zero receptions, too.

But the junior from Mobile, Ala., finally got his chance last week at TCU. Leidner found Maye twice

in the third quarter of Minnesota’s 30-7 loss, and Maye tur ned upfield after the catches to finish with 65 receiving yards.

“The first two games, it was tough not having a catch, but I knew I got to stay patient and you can’t control those things,” Maye said. “They found me.”

Even though 65 receiving yards might not sound like much, for the Gophers’ struggling passing attack, that’s a lot of production from one receiver. Redshirt sophomore tight end Maxx Williams is the only Minnesota player with more than 100 receiving yards this season.

But Maye could join him as another consistent threat through the air.

“For KJ, it was good to get his first catch, and he made a couple of good plays there,” redshirt freshman quarterback Chris Streveler said.

This time last year, Maye looked poised to break out and be a big-play

receiver for the Gophers, but nagging injuries kept him from improving. He finished last year with just 70 receiving yards and only one reception in Big Ten play.

Maye spent all offseason making sure that kind of letdown didn’t happen again.

“I got myself r eady over the summer with the strength coaches,” he said.

Playing primarily as a speedy slot receiver, Maye spends a lot of time getting open in the middle of the field, which exposes him to big hits.

Maye said he takes pride in going over the middle, and he gained weight over the summer to be better prepared for when someone delivers a blow.

And while he’s war y of getting hurt again during a critical part of the season, Maye doesn’t back down from a challenge — even in practice.

“Going against KJ, we [are] always going to have our little battles out there.

It’s very competitive,” sophomore defensive back Jalen Myrick said.

When talking to the media, Maye is a man of few words, but he isn’t afraid to run his mouth on the field when provoked.

“He’ll talk trash if you’re talking to him,” Myrick said with a smile.

Maye said Minnesota’s young receivers spent the offseason trying to improve so they could “be counted on” this season. With an offensive line struggling to find continuity and the No. 1 quarterback fighting injuries, Minnesota’s receivers have had few chances to show their improvement during games.

But if Maye stays healthy this year, something big could happen once his opportunity comes like it did last Saturday.

“I was ver y excited to get the ball in my hands,” Maye said. “We could be a good passing attack — we’ve just got to clean up some things.”

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are undergoing surgeries this week.

Kill said that he understands that injuries are part of the game and that healing players is not easy.

Redshir t sophomor e quarterback Mitch Leidner left the last two games because of injuries. But it seems that Leidner’s most recent injur y, which Kill described as a “tur f toe,” won’t keep him sidelined Saturday when the Gophers play San Jose State.

“He did not break his toe. That’s all I can say,” Kill said. “My trainers say he is running pretty well. No different than last week.”

Kill said he expected Leidner to practice Tuesday without any type of injur yrelated restraints.

Backup quar terback Chris Streveler, a redshir t freshman, relieved the injured Leidner against TCU on Saturday and led the Gophers on their only scoring drive.

However, Streveler said Leidner is the starter when healthy.

“As the No. 2 [quarterback], you really don’t ever know how much you are going to play,” Streveler said. “I just prepare the same way, like I’m going to play, like I’m going to start. If I don’t play, I will be ready, and I’ll

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Minnesota quarterback Mitch Leidner runs the ball against against Eastern Illinois on Aug. 28 at TCF Bank Stadium.

be there to help Mitch.”

But quar terback isn’t the only position where Minnesota is having problems with injuries. Players at running back, defensive and offensive line, wide receiver and linebacker have suf fered a variety of injuries since the season has started.

Senior r unning back David Cobb wasn’t 100 percent last week as he played through an ankle injur y.

Fellow running backs Donnell Kirkwood and Berkley Edwards both suf fered

shoulder injuries against TCU. Coaches expect the three to practice this week and be ready for this weekend’s game against San Jose State.

Kill said offensive lineman Zac Epping has suffered an ankle injury.

“He didn’t practice much last week, but he is such a good player [that] we need him,” Kill said. “He played well but then he is still banged.”

Though Epping will play through his injur y, Gentr y wasn’t so lucky.

A knee injury has forced him to redshirt the season.

Of fensive coordinator Matt Limegrover said Gentry was in the discussion for playing time for the rest of the year. “[Gentr y] had been doing some ver y good things,” Limegrover said. “[The injur y] had been affecting him for a while, but he had been fighting through it, and we did like quite a bit what we saw. He just couldn’t get any further with the way his injury was.”

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Freshman Celia Kuenster swings at the Minikahda Club on Tuesday at the Minnesota Invitational.

Senior Anna Laorr led the team with a 1-under par finish at the tournament.

BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com

The Gophers finished seventh overall at the season-opening Minnesota Invitational.

However, with one lineup change, the team would have experienced ver y different results.

“Had we had Sabrine in our lineup, we would have finished second,” head coach Michele Redman said.

Freshman Sabrine Garrison, who competed in the tournament as an individual, finished tied for third overall.

Garrison finished second among Minnesota competitors, and her inclusion in the lineup would have placed the team behind first-place East Carolina. “ We ’ r e g o i n g t o d o some lineup changes,” Redman said. “I’m happy with where we are.”

S e n i o r A n n a L a o r r, who finished 1-under par, paced her teammates and finished second overall.

Laorr, who was one of two golfers to finish under par, posted rounds of 70, 71 and 74.

Last year, Laorr led the team in the Minnesota Invitational, which is the team’s only home competition.

“I love Minikahda. I love this course,” she said.

“There’s just something about playing at home that I think really hits hard with me, and so I think I was really happy that I played well at this tournament in particular.”

Laor r and Gar rison both posted 70s in the first round.

But the round didn’t go quite as smoothly for the rest of the Gophers, with multiple members of the team posting scores above 80.

“The first round really hur t us. Other than that, we played pretty good,”

WOMEN’S GOLF RESULTS

GOLFER Anna Laorr Celia Kuenster Sophie Kitchen S. Thitiratanakorn Carmen Laguna

RD1 70 74 83 84 87

RD2 71 75 80 77 76

RD3 74 72 77 80 79

TOTAL 215 221 240 241 242

TEAM 1 East Carolina 2 Colorado 3 Kansas T4 GRU Augusta T4 Texas

RD1 294 309 302 300 305

RD2 287 297 303 301 301

RD3 298 294 300 306 301

TOTAL 879 900 905 907 907

*out of 14 teams

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

Redman said.

The team posted a score of 311 as a team — its worst round of the three.

Because it was the first tournament of the season, Laorr said that during the first round, many Gophers players were ner vous and were putting pressure on themselves.

“Ever yone played better on the second 18, so it had nothing to do with the swing or the golf game,” she said, adding that the team’s per formance during the second two rounds was “decent.”

The team posted scores of 299 in the second round Monday and 302 in Tuesday round.

Freshman Celia Kuenster, who finished second among the Gophers in the lineup, said she felt more comfortable as the tournament progressed.

“The first five holes, I was a little worked up.

Not worked up because of how I was playing — just emotionally I was a little excited,” Kuenster said. “There was a little stress yester day, but I think I got my emotions under control and was able to put a good round together.”

Kuenster finished the tour nament 5-over par, tied for sixth overall.

Fellow freshman Garrison finished 4-over par, and Redman said the two golfers are hard workers and listen well.

“They’re ver y coachable, and that makes a big dif ference for development,” she said.

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horoscopes

sudoku

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9.

For strategies on how to solve sudoku, visit sudoku.org.uk.

9/17/2014

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

All rights reserved.

Today’s Birthday (9/17): Old ways work best this year.

Introspection and retrospection bear fruit. Produce a masterpiece through 12/23, when a new 2.5-year phase arises with home and family.

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 7 — The coach motivates the team. Associates find the right slogan. Keep moving on your project. Finish what you started.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 7 — A career dream seems within reach. Throw yourself into a creative effort, and blend passion into the mix.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 7 — Express your love here and now. Don’t worry about tomorrow. You’re gaining authority. More confidence leads to more work.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 7 — A calculated risk could work out; take extra precautions against potential losses. Prioritize caring for family.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is an 8 — Elusive images pervade your dreams. Emotional tension demands release. Reach out farther than ever before.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 7 — Handle family paperwork and filing. Maintain awareness of cash flow. A step on your career ladder lies within reach.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is an 8 — Go ahead ... get dreamy and romantic. You have what you need, or you can get it. Postpone financial discussion.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 7 — Love is the answer. If it’s missing in a relationship, find out why. Together you can realize dreams.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 6 — Find a quiet place to gather with your partner and share some peace. Weave a romantic fantasy, and invite collaboration.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is an 8 — Direct your efforts in service of a dream. Don’t get stopped by past failures. Allocate the necessary resources to get the job done.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 7 — Follow your heart. Group participation could provide surprises. Find what you need close to home, and don’t worry about long-term issues.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is an 8 — Do what you love. Include a water element.

Imagine swimming in the ocean. Prepare for change coming soon.

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

from the archive

Monday, September 18, 2006

very insulting.

From Sexymon

Net, the weekend is almost upon us and I think you know what that means. Net: More lonely nights at home? But this year I’m gonna be smar t and stay sober. Net: You say that ever y year. Then around midnight I’m gonna head over to the super block and find some drunk girls who won’t be able to resist my offer to come back to my place. Net: Trust us, they’ll still be able to resist you no matter how drunk they are. Once I get them back to my place I’ll take something from them that they won’t soon be able to replace, their money. Net: You bastard.

Nothing easier than gambling with a drunk girl. And I get exited knowing how used they must feel the next day. This weekend I’m gonna make a video and take a bunch of pictures of me doing it. Net: Girls Gone Gambling? You better check yourself net, you’ve got a camel toe. Net: We’re a brain in a vat, and we don’t wear clothes.

From Twick8

BACKTALK

Net, Femme Fatal is not a girl, shes a dude. In my experience Net: Which consists of looking up porn online seventeen hours a day, right? whenever a person tells you via the Internet that they’re a girl, that means they are 4 years younger than the age of consent and have a penis. Net: You’re right, women don’t use the internet, ever.

And since we are in Minnesota that means that Femme is a 7 year old boy. Don’t bring that “I’m a girl” NUTT up here. Net: Don’t worry, no girl is going to approach you. Fool me once net, shame on me, fool me twice, shame on these fine Minnesota court systems. You’re and Ass goblin Net, get off me. Net: Your grammatically incorrect sentence is

From elpha

I saw my first of the season today, and it’s not even October yet. A crying freshman being broken up with over the phone. Net: The sounds of the fall season, right?

I was in the rec getting my ass kicked by the treadmill and it tuned my day around. I can just picture the back story, high school sweethearts, Net: Made out in their parents’ basement, torn apart at graduation, one to U of M one to *gasp* UMD (or some such) can their love go the distance?! Net: Looks like Dr. Date will be getting at least one entry this week. It’s almost as good as watching a “pre-med” fail Intro to Chemistry. Net: There’s always the General College for those folks … oh, wait.

From SkiOnUrMah

Net, I recently attended the first home game of the beloved Golden Gophers of Minnesota. Net: Gee, did Temple lose? It turns out that students at the U can sing the “Minnesota Rouser” about as well as the Temple Owls can get a first down, and that’s pretty damn terrible.

Net: Many of the students can’t spell M-I-N-N-E-S-O-T-A at the end of the song. Plus, they were probably tired of singing it so many times this past Saturday. Net, here’s my plea-- put the Rouser lyrics in the paper and maybe some of you students out there in MNDaily land can pretend like you like it here and sing your school song, Net: Maybe we’ll do that next home game, right before we lose to Michigan. and heck maybe even stay for the whole game while you’re at it. Net: 62-0?

Even we have better things to do. Oh yeah, and to any old people that read this paper and go to the football games- Net: That number is still at zero. get the sticks out of your asses and do the damn wave with us! Net: You kids with your crazy wave technology.

HEY! SEND YOUR ENTRY, NAME AND PHONE NUMBER TO:

NETWORK@MNDAILY.COM

Minnesota Daily Volume 108, Issue 10 September 18, 2006

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53 Catch the Grant film out.

48 Manually 38 Formulate a range locale Don’t say I never did anything for you…

Top 10 Places22 to Oman Meet Girls Who Don’t Think 51 Freeloader possible 54 Time to They’re attackGorillas 23 Fishing spot 52 Put one over on Dear Dr. Date, 10.

In girls’ bathrooms across 56 Bass brew 25 “It’d be mythe city touching explanation I think its about time everyone57 needs to up their caked-on faces.

55 “__ Master’s 39 Overly compliant *Monet work pleasure” catch up on the hottest pick-up lines of the bar. Frou frou specimens flock to Voice” 40 Doing nothing 63 Pewter 9. The Library 26 new year (think of all the lonely people stand- that place like bees toEliot honey.Ness, e.g.

58 Nest egg item, for 41 Cartoonist’s component Pre-euroAvenue Iberian ing around at parties!). So, in your infinite 8. A frat party,27 or University in general, short supply experience Dr. Date, what are the64 10Sings best like on aRudy weekend night. coin pick-up lines you’ve ever heard or used personally?

7. Express, The Abercrombie 59 Auction unit 43 Called out Vallee 29Limited, Rodeo horse and Fitch, Signed, etc.

44 Behind-schedule 60 Mystery master 65 Biblical reformer strip cry Not exactly a Humphrey Bogart 6. In the salad32 bar Comic line at Coffman.

61 Piece corps, comment 66 Hazardous5.curve Greek vowel In a ballet or34 modern dance class. briefly?

Dear Bogart, machines at the Rec. Center.45 Viagra alternative 67 More than4. On the elliptical 37 Ring-tailed You’ve come to the right place (obviously).unpopular I’ve in3. In Murphy Hall,scavenger, especially in broadcast and 62 Hoedown 46 “Full House” to cluded some pick-up lines for the Humphreys, some public relations classes. participant twins 68 Start a hand Crockett for the Ingrids and some anyone could use. I’m not 2. The Gay 90s. Just be clear you’re there for usually a big advocate of pick-up lines because you can so easily end up with a drink (or worse) in your face, but who am I to get in the way of your mojo.

Enjoy.

the ladies.

1. At the Loring Pasta Bar … on a date with another guy.

Again, good luck not getting slapped, — Dr. Date

Top 10 Pick-up Lines 10. “Do you have any raisins?” “No…” “How Dear Doctor: about a date?”

Got a problem. I can’t, for the life of me, figure 9. “I’ve got a thirst, baby, and you smell like my out what the deal is with me and women. No, I’m Gatorade” not having relationship problems ... I’m not having 8. “Should I call you in the morning or nudge relationships at all! you?”

Every time I start flirting with a girl in class, it 7. “Have you ever worked at Subway? My favor- never gets beyond small talk. ite is the foot-long salami with extra special sauce I am completely clueless about how to work a — wanna taste?” friendship up to the point where it’s time to ask for 6. “You’re so cute you make Hello Kitty look like a date. some reason I get irrationally angry and Quasimodo” I can’t seem to find a way to communicate that 5. “If you were a booger I’d pick you first”My boyfriend I’m interested, thereby been move thegoing relationship jealous whenever I know he’s going out. andand I have 4. “My womb aches for your child” from “casual friendship” to “possible relationship.” for almost months now, butI figure I find myself constantly checking his 3. “Well, (tr)uck me if I’m wrong, butsteady you want to Either I’llthree just hold off and wait because kiss me.” too early and she only knows me asfrom an acquain- Facebook page and Snapchats to see if I’ve kept ait’snot-so-normal secret 2. “Are you a conquistador? ‘Cause you could tance (only to find out later that another guy moved him. It hasin and to do withgothis parts downconquer the New World with that sword.” somehow her faster than I did, or that he’s in any pictures with other girls. I’m 1. “You must be an adverb, because you sure already taken), or I’ll there. move too fast and look always worried. stairs.

No, she’s I mean way down do modify me!” desperate.

I have anEvery uncontrollable fetishor dis- How can I keep myself from stressing Good luck not getting slapped, time I try, no matterfoot how casually — Dr. Date crete I make it,urge the girlto looks at me like she’s com- out? Should I tell him that I’m worried and an irresistible rip of those pletely startled, like I’m a chimp or something who size 11s and get down to business.

Hey, wait a minute Dr. Date a minute! she would never have imagined could be interested about him cheating on me? Help!

You didn’t really think you could get away with in her.

Do I disclose this fact or not? Telling mentioning Bonobo-style in your column without a I’m at a loss to explain this lack of chemistry, him could this either end ourFlirting relationship or other response from me, did you? absence of the Sixth Sense that Well, if you’re going to quote from the Monkey guys seem to have. I’m a perfectly nice, funny, atmake things more exciting for me in the Sutra, you may as well mention Chimpilingus and tractive guy, too.

Studying abroad presents a conunBooboon Pinching. Or did you have another favorite What’s What’s the deal,to Doc? bedroom. a girl do, Dr. Date? in mind?

— Snozzwozzer drum for even the most committed relaAlso, where are the 10 best places on campus to meet girls who don’t think they’re gorillas? Some Dear Snozzwozzer, tionships. The traveling party experiencof us out there like our women to be women (and I’m telling you guys, you need to include a monihot as well). ker or you’re just making things really sad for your- es new places, new opportunities and P.S. Unless those people at Geiko inventedDon’t another hide self. I your bet you foot hate snozzwozzers, and now I’m call- new people. fetish from your sport, there is no such thing as Gecko Wrestling. Or ing you one. Ouch.

You say that your boyfriend was faithboyfriend.

While a lot of people find feet at the very least, not in the Olympics. Peace.

The answer to your problem is to employ a little — Fellow Bonobo Lover finesse.

You repulsive, can’t just drop a angirl “I’m is totally in love ful back home, but there must be some sweaty, stinky and enwith you, let me take you out for a steak dinner” out cause for your concern. Does he flirt with titled to herof the desires.

And while I can only Dear Fellow Bonobo Lover, blue. Start slowly.

I am ever so delighted to find someone with the Ask your beloved out to coffee. Getting coffee other women when you two go out? Has imagine what you exactly want to do with same fascination with the pleasure-loving primate is miraculous, as it can be construed as a friend as I. I was heretofore unaware of the activities you that’s thing, a territory romantic thingyou or even a homework his foot, have everything. he developed deep emotional connecmentioned, so I regret to say I don’t have much to You’ll know what she thinks based on her attire. tions with other girls while you two have right to explore with his consent. offer in that department.

Don’t break out the big guns until you’re comfortYou seriously want a Top 10 of where to meet ablyhim in like with each other. been dating? If the answer to either of Telling about your fetish girls on campus? How many f’ing times do I have to — Dr. Date

dr. date

Dr. Date,

—Anonymous

Travelin’ Man,

—Foot Lover

Get on the Good Foot,

shouldn’t be the scary event you are he may not want to indulge in your fantasy doesn’t mean he’s going to break up with you. Forge past your trepidation, and bring it up next time you two are getting hot and bothered.

If you don’t allow yourself to be vulnerable, you’ll eventually let your sex life fizzle out and lose out on having what might be the most amazing sex of your life.

Need relationship advice?

E-mailitDr.out Datetoatbe. drdate@mndaily.com. making Just because

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

My long-term boyfriend is studying abroad this semester, and I’m stuck here. I’m doing my best to be supportive and encourage him to have a good time, but I can’t help but feel nervous.

He’s never cheated on me before — at least not to my knowledge — but for

these questions is “yes,” you have reason for concern.

If you talk to your boyfriend about your concern, you’ll get the monkey off your back, but there’s no way to guarantee he’ll stay faithful. Sometimes uncertainty is OK. Consider having an open relationship with your boyfriend. The idea may pain you at first, but it could also be a saving grace. An open relationship may take a load off both of you when it comes to maintaining things while he’s away.

If an open relationship is too much for you to muster and your worries persist, break things off. You’re better off single than constantly racking your head over the possibility of your boyfriend cheating. There’s no reason for you to keep checking on your boyfriend if you’re not keeping yourself in check.

—Dr. Date

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

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