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The SEIU sent an email that encourages unionization based on trends in higher ed.

BY MEGHAN HOLDEN AND CODY NELSON mholden@mndaily.com, cnelson1@mndaily.com

One of the country’s largest labor organizations is attempting to unionize University of Minnesota faculty members, claiming that recent trends in higher education are hindering faculty and instructors’ work at universities nationwide.

The Ser vice Employees International Union sent an email late last week to University faculty members, urging them to allow SEIU Local 284 to represent them for negotiating pay, benefits and working conditions.

There are currently no unions representing faculty members on the University’s Twin Cities campus.

The labor union said in the email that faculty members’ rights are slipping away and notes that the proportion of tenured and tenure-track faculty members is declining nationally. To remedy these issues, faculty members must unionize, the SEIU said.

“At many schools, we’re facing less faculty inclusion in governance structures, erosion of academic freedom and fewer protections on our intellectual property,” the email read.

According to SEIU’s email, faculty members and other academics from schools nationwide have “taken steps to form unions.”

Last spring, SEIU’s Adjunct Action campaign tried to unionize adjunct faculty members at several Minnesota colleges.

Even though the push never garnered widespread support at the University, adjuncts at St. Paul’s Hamline University voted to unionize in June.

The recent push isn’t the first attempt to unionize University faculty. Instructors voted and failed to unionize in the late 1990s.

Graduate student workers have also tried to unionize several times. Their last attempt in 2012 resulted in about 62 percent of voters shooting down the union.

ZACH BIELINSKI, DAILY

The Green Line light rail passes though Stadium Village on Saturday evening. Since its debut in June, the Green Line has had 12 collisions.

The Green Line light rail’s path through the Twin Cities may contribute to its higher rate of collisions than the Blue Line.

“I won’t say we were expecting collisions

BY ETHAN NELSON enelson@mndaily.com

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or problems,” said Drew Kerr, a spokesman

ince its opening in June, the Green Line

for Metro Transit, “but we had prepared for

light rail has unexpectedly stopped 13

them.”

times in its downtown-to-downtown route.

The longest it has operated without incident is 20 days.

The unplanned stop caused by mechanical issues happened Sept. 8, when the device that hooks the train to its overhead

Collisions with cars and pedestrians caused

wires was damaged as it left the East Bank

12 of those pauses in service, and another was

station, Kerr said. Service resumed about

the result of mechanical problems.

10 hours after the “isolated incident,” he

Some students and riders say they have tak-

said.

en notice of the interruptions, but Metro Tran-

“I was going to work when it broke down,

sit says they are a natural part of integrating

and the bus lines had shifted — so that was

a nearly 11-mile, inter-city transportation

a problem,” said Jon Lehman, a University of

system.

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STUDENT ISSUES

ELECTION 2014

unveils Ritchie makes way for new sec. of state Obama ‘It’s On Us’ plan Mark Ritchie’s tenure has been The sex assault prevention campaign has received praise for its aim of engaging men.

marked by controversial uses of power and close recounts.

BY KEVIN KARNER kkarner@mndaily.com

Minnesota Secretar y of State Mark Ritchie is stepping down in Januar y after two terms in office, leaving behind a more modernized office and a tenure marked by conflict with the Legislature.

He wants to let a “new generation of leadership” onto the scene, he said, but he’s not leaving due to a lack of energy.

“He gets up really early in the morning and goes, goes, goes, goes,” said Dale Wiehof f, Ritchie’s former colleague and vice president for communications at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.

“He’s very engaged in whatever conversation he’s in.”

Ritchie’s tenure has spanned a period of change and political contention for the secretary of state’s office, which is tasked with overseeing elections and business registration. Because of his initiatives over the past eight years, both voters and businesses u See ELECTION Page 4

BY HALEY HANSEN hhansen@mndaily.com

ELIZABETH BRUMLEY, DAILY

Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie in his office at the State Office Building on Monday.

He is leaving the position at the end of the year after serving two terms.

Amid a national drive to expand sexual assault awareness on college campuses, the White House rolled out its sexual assault prevention campaign on Friday, placing a strong focus on the role men and bystanders play in stopping sexual violence.

The new public awareness and educational campaign, called “It’s On Us,” highlights the importance of including all college students — not just women — in the conversation regarding sexual assault prevention.

Some say the campaign is an important step in combatting sexual assault at the University of Minnesota and at college campuses nationwide.

The campaign lists student leaders from nearly 200 colleges across the countr y, including the University, as par tners in the campaign, pledging to bring it to their u See CAMPAIGN Page 3

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1862 President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which sets a date for the freedom of more than 3 million black slaves in the United States and recasts the Civil War as a fight against slavery.

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NEW YORK — A brutal terrorist organization that calls itself a state but lacks recognition from any government will take center stage when more than 140 heads of state and government convene for the annual ministerial meeting of the U.N. General Assembly this week.

The head of the so-called Islamic State, a man called Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has not been invited. But the danger posed by his jihadi army will be the overriding theme for an international community horrified by its atrocities in Iraq and Syria, along with a growing concern about random beheadings or larger terror attacks at home inspired by militants abroad.

“Together, we will address the hor rendous violence in Syria and Iraq,

where conflict and governance failures have provided a breeding ground for extremist groups,” U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a news conference last week.

With world leaders grappling to stitch together a coalition and plan of action, Ban said he hopes the General Assembly session will help produce an international consensus to act against the al-Qaida breakaway group, which U.S. intelligence officials estimate has up to 31,000 fighters including some 12,000 foreigners.

On the sidelines of the global gathering, President Barack Obama will lead a summit meeting of the Security Council to focus on one aspect of the threat — foreign terrorist fighters.

A draft resolution expected to be adopted by the 15-member council would require all countries to

prevent the recr uitment and transport of would-be foreign fighters preparing to join terrorist groups such as the Islamic State. It would also require the 193 U.N. member states to ensure that their domestic laws and regulations punish their nationals who travel — or attempt to travel — to another country to plan or carry out terrorist acts, and it threatens sanctions against recruiters and financiers for al-Qaida associated groups.

Torbjorn Soltvedt, principal analyst for the Middle East and North Africa at risk advisory company Maplecroft, said the U.N. General Assembly presents an opportunity for the U.S. to consolidate and expand its coalition against the Sunni extremist Islamic State group.

“But while Obama may be able to broaden the coalition and secure additional commitments from allies,

the session is unlikely to fundamentally impact the scope and nature of military operations in Syria and Iraq,” he said.

The Islamic State group was established in Iraq but spread in early 2013 to Syria, where it grew in the chaos of that country’s civil war. Its fighters rampaged across northern and western Iraq in June, seizing a huge swath of land and sending tremors across the Middle East.

The group now controls territor y stretching from northern Syria to the outskirts of Baghdad. The militants have established what they call an Islamic state, or caliphate, ruled by their harsh interpretation of Islamic law. They have made no effort to hide their brutality, publicizing videos that show them killing their captives, including beheading two American journalists and a British aid worker.

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Scotland’s leader: Sierra Leone reaches UK ‘tricked’ voters end of Ebola lockdown in referendum

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LONDON — The debate over Scotland’s future fizzled amid a bitter war of words Sunday, with the Scottish leader claiming his countrymen were “tricked” into rejecting independence in a referendum and Britain’s three main political parties bickering over how to take political reform forward.

Alex Salmond, Scotland’s outgoing independence leader, accused politicians in London of reneging on their promises to hand more power to Scots in a rare cross-party pact that he said played a crucial role in swinging the votes in favor of union in Thursday’s vote.

His comments came after Prime Minister David Cameron stressed that plans to empower Scots should be linked to constitutional reform in England — a stance that fractured the fragile political consensus and drew attacks from across the spectrum.

Just days earlier, Cameron and his political rivals had joined together in a vow to quickly pass laws to transfer key decision-making powers from London to Scotland’s capital, Edinburgh. All three party leaders signed off on the pledge, which promised Scots new powers to decide on their tax, budget and welfare policies.

Since then, Cameron said those changes must be made “in tandem” with reform in the House of Commons to bar Scottish lawmakers from having a say on bills that only apply to England and Wales — a longstanding grievance that has come to the fore amid the debate.

He also said it won’t be fair to devolve powers to Scotland without considering similar changes in the rest of the kingdom — England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Frustrated residents complained of food shortages in some neighborhoods of Sierra Leone’s capital on Sunday as the country reached the third and final day of a sweeping, unprecedented lockdown designed to combat the deadly Ebola disease, volunteers said.

While most residents welcomed teams of health care workers and volunteers bearing information about the disease, rumors persisted in pockets of the city that poisoned soap was being distributed, suggesting that public education campaigns had not been entirely successful.

The streets of the capital, Freetown, were again mostly deserted on Sunday in compliance with a government order for the country’s 6 million residents to stay in their homes.

Spread by contact with bodily fluids, Ebola has killed more than 560 people in Sierra Leone and more than 2,600 across West Africa in the biggest outbreak ever recorded, according to the World Health Organization. The disease, which has also touched Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Senegal, is believed to have sickened more than 5,500 people.

Sierra Leone’s government was hoping the lockdown — the most aggressive containment effort yet attempted — would turn the tide against the disease. There were rumors in Freetown that of ficials would opt to extend the lockdown, though government spokesman Abdulai Bayraytay said Sunday afternoon that no official decision had been reached.

Health care workers took advantage of the lockdown to bury 71 dead bodies by Sunday morning, Health Ministr y official Dr. Sarian Kamara said on a radio program.

The bodies of dead Ebola victims are highly contagious, making safe burials essential to stopping the spread of the disease.

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Obama unveils ‘It’s On Us’ plan Campaign u from Page 1

respective schools. Other partners include the NCAA and the Big Ten. Minnesota Student Association President Joelle Stangler was one of 11 student body presidents to attend the launch of the campaign at the White House.

She said the Obama administration’s recent focus on campus sexual assault is important because it creates opportunities for more campus-level conversations.

“It’s an ongoing issue and an ongoing cultural change,” Stangler said.

MSA’s platform this year focuses heavily on addressing sexual assault. The White House campaign, Stangler said, suppor ts MSA’s ideas about sexual assault prevention.

The Obama administration has worked on the campaign for the past year. In January, the White House introduced a task force aimed at tackling sexual assault issues in higher education. The task force

released a report on the issue in April, including prevention recommendations for colleges.

Katie Eichele, director of the University’s Aurora Center for Advocacy and Education, said “It’s On Us” is unique because it’s the first institutional call to engage men in the conversation, which brings light to the problem.

“Having this as an agenda item from the White House has been important for victims and sur vivors,” she said.

Eichele said engaging men is a priority at the Aurora Center, which plans to hire a men’s engagement student coordinator in the coming months.

Andy MacCracken, executive director of the National Campus Leadership Council, said while it’s important for political leaders to address the issue, the power to change perceptions ultimately lands in students’ hands.

“It really comes down to students picking this up and running with it,” he said.

Syria blasts coalition against Islamic State

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s parliament speaker said Sunday that the U.S. should work with Damascus to battle the Islamic State extremist group rather than allying with nations which he accused of supporting terrorism.

Speaker Jihad Laham was apparently referring to Saudi Arabia and other countries backing rebels trying to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Obama is currently working to form a global coalition to confront the Islamic State group, which controls large parts of Syria and Iraq. The U.S. meanwhile has been conducting airstrikes against Islamic State fighters in Iraq since August. Obama last

week authorized strikes against the group in Syria.

U.S. officials have ruled out direct coordination with Assad’s government, a move which has infuriated Syrian of ficials who say any airstrikes without their consent would be a breach of the country’s sovereignty.

They also appear to be concerned that an anti-Islamic State group coalition might ultimately shift targets to assist rebels in overthrowing Assad.

During a parliament session, Laham, the speaker, said those “who really want to combat terrorism, must cooperate with Syria in accor dance with longter m plans and not by suppor ting ter rorist organizations under false titles.”

Rochester campus seeks expansion, more students A new plan calls for the school’s first academic building and an increase in enrollment.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-ROCHESTER MASTER PLAN 1,387 planned student enrollment

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BY BLAIR EMERSON bemerson@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota-Rochester is planning for a future with double the campus’s current number of students and expanded grounds.

Administrators are making a plan to accommodate an influx of Rochester students over the next two decades. And while the proposal is in its early stages, some school leaders say it could lead to heightened competition between the Rochester and Twin Cities campuses.

Rochester campus administrators submitted a master plan, which includes bringing enrollment numbers to 1,400 in the next decade, to the Board of Regents earlier this month. Regents will vote on whether to approve the plan at next month’s meeting.

The first phase of the plan includes constructing a 120,000-square-foot building with classrooms and other amenities in the next six to eight years, which would be the first building owned by the campus. Currently, much of the campus consists of classrooms on the third and fourth floor of a shopping mall.

“We are leasing space in downtown Rochester, and space is at a premium [there],” said Jay Hesley, Rochester’s assistant vice chancellor for institutional advancement. “Finding space appropriate for the educational process is very difficult.”

Rochester Student Association President Whitney Forseth said a new building for academics would improve space for students.

Rochester’s student population has grown from 57 students enrolled in fall 2009 to nearly 500 students last fall, and administrators say they’re planning for that number to steadily rise.

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Rochester Chancellor Stephen Lehmkuhle said he thought the new academic building would follow the enrollment spike instead of vice versa.

“I’ve always thought we’ll build it when they come, not if they come,” he said, “so when we launch [the master plan], it will depend on our continued enrollment growth.”

To accomplish the Rochester campus’s goals, the new plan includes partnerships with the city of Rochester, Olmsted County and the Mayo School of Health Sciences. The Rochester campus currently partners with the Mayo School to offer students a bachelor’s degree in health professions.

Some University administrators think the expansion of the Rochester campus could increase competition between the Mayo School and the Twin Cities’ Medical School.

That was one of the issues regents discussed with President Eric Kaler and school administrators when they reviewed the plan, Board Vice Chair Dean Johnson said.

“We’d like to think we’re in it together and not trying to outdo one another, but it is what it is. It’s two separate entities,” he said. “We’re very cognizant of that.”

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have some par tner relationships with the Medical School, but its closest relationship is with the Rochester campus, Mayo School Dean Michael Silber said.

“We’re ver y supportive of [the Rochester campus],” he said. “We suppor t the expansion and [its] growth.”

Rochester administrators hope they can prepare students for Twin Cities graduate programs in the health sciences, Hesley said, adding that many of the University’s initiatives revolve around filling the health care pipeline.

For example, in Kaler’s biennial budget request for the next two academic years, the University’s president proposed appropriating nearly $10 million toward the health sciences.

“We feel we are in the best position to help fill that pipeline,” Hesley said.

The master plan purposefully spans decades, Lehmkuhle said, so campus leaders can make adjustments as time progresses.

“This is a long, 20-year plan. A lot of things can happen between then and now,” he said. “It may play out a little differently.”

Lehmkuhle said he thought the plan was wellreceived at the regents’ meeting earlier this month, and he’s optimistic the plan will be approved.

“It’s well on its way,” Regent Johnson said.

“That’s not to say there won’t be some amendments and differences of opinion and movement.”

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Monday, September 22, 2014

Ecology prof wins prestigious award David Tilman received the Balzan Prize for his world-renowned contributions to the fields of ecology and biodiversity.

BY ZOE DICICCO zdicicco@mndaily.com

In the mid-1990s, University of Minnesota ecology professor David Tilman and his team of researchers set up the world’s first biodiversity experiment — a study of diversity within ecosystems — for ever changing the way scientists and researchers look at ecosystems.

Nearly two decades after the groundbreaking experiment, Tilman received a phone call from an international number notifying him that he had won a top research award earlier this month.

“I was totally shocked.

I had no idea,” T ilman said, adding that he hasn’t stopped smiling since the call.

Tilman, who is a regents pr ofessor, a McKnight

Presidential Chair in ecology and the director of the University’s Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reser ve, received the Balzan Prize for his contributions to theoretical and experimental plant ecology. “[T ilman’s research] underpins much of our current understanding of how plant communities are structured and interact with their environment,” the International Balzan Prize Foundation stated in a Sept.

8 press release.

Growing up on the edge of Lake Michigan, Tilman’s love for nature burgeoned as he wandered the woods, sand dunes and shores of the lake.

In high school, he spent his days volunteering for his biology teacher. But Tilman said he didn’t realize the potential to make a career out of the field until

CORA NELSON, DAILY

Regents professor David Tilman poses near the Ecology Building on the St. Paul campus Thursday afternoon. Tilman recently received the Balzan Prize for his contributions to ecology, which includes his groundbreaking research on biodiversity.

he took a biology course during his undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan.

After that, he was hooked.

“I felt like somehow I had come home,” Tilman said.

“This is really my true love.”

SpaceX launches 3-D printer and other gear

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CAPE CANAVERAL — A SpaceX cargo ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Sunday, carrying the first 3-D printer for astronauts in orbit.

In all, the unmanned Dragon capsule is delivering more than 5,000 pounds of space station supplies for NASA. Dragon should reach the space station Tuesday.

It’s the fifth station shipment for the Califor niabased SpaceX, one of two new commercial winners in the race to start launching Americans again from home soil.

The space station was soaring over the South Pacific when the SpaceX Falcon 9 thundered into Florida’s pre-dawn sky. Sunday’s weather was ideal for flying, unlike Saturday, when rain forced a delay. The rocket was visible for nearly three

minutes as it sped out over the Atlantic, with the Orion constellation as a backdrop.

“What a beautiful morning it was,” said Sam Scimemi, NASA’s space station division director.

Sunday was a red-letter day for NASA in more ways than one.

Besides the flawless launch, the space agency’s Maven spacecraft was on the verge of reaching Mars. The robotic explorer was scheduled to go into orbit around Mars late Sunday night.

The space station-bound 3-D printer was developed

by Made in Space, another Califor nia company. It’s sturdier than Earthly models to withstand the stresses of launch, and meets NASA’s strict safety standards. The space agency envisions astronauts one day cranking out spare parts as needed. For now, it’s a technology demonstrator, with a bigger and

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better model to follow next year.

A $30 million device for measuring ocean winds is also flying up on Dragon, along with 20 mice and 30 fruit flies for biological research and metal samples for a golf club manufacturer looking to improve its products.

Much-needed spacesuit batteries are on board as well, along with the usual stash of food, clothes and electronic gear. Routine U.S. spacewalks were put on hold following last year’s close call with an astronaut’s flooded helmet.

That problem was solved, then the battery fuses were called into question. NASA hopes to resume spacewalks next month.

NASA is paying SpaceX and Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corp. to make regular station deliveries. The SpaceX ser vice began two years ago.

Tilman took his love for nature and combined it with his math and physics skills to lead the first biodiversity experiment, demonstrating the theory that ecosystems thrive when they’re composed of a diverse group of species.

Lewis Gilber t, managing director and chief operating of ficer with the Institute on the Environment, where Tilman is a resident fellow, said Tilman’s introduction of the concept that diversity is an important characteristic in an ecosystem and his continued research caused a major shift in ecology studies at the University.

“He’s done just absolutely groundbreaking work in ecology,” Gilber t said.

Clarence Lehman, associate dean for research and graduate education in the College of Biological Sciences, said Tilman’s success is due to his ability to combine theor y with practice, noting that scientists generally specialize in one or the other.

“Putting the two together is ver y rare, and that’s what he does uniquely well,” he said.

Lehman, who is a former doctoral student of Tilman, said one of the best things

about working with the professor is that he provides a unique perspective.

And after the many years of research — which once made him the most-cited environmental scientist and won him the global Heineken Prize in 2010 — Tilman said he wouldn’t be where he is today without the help of his many colleagues along the way.

Like biodiversity’s impor tance within an ecosystem, Tilman said, he’s learned over the years “the incredible impor tance of having an intellectually diverse team of people working together.”

Along with the award, Tilman will receive $800,000 in prize money, half of which will go to student researchers who work with him.

Tilman said his passion for the field is the driving force behind his success.

“You can’t get to be at my point in a career without doing the work because you love it,” he said.

After two terms, Ritchie makes way for new secretary of state Election u from Page 1

can register with the state online.

Ritchie considers the streamlined business registration process his biggest accomplishment.

He launched an online system this year that allows Minnesotans to register to vote. But in April, a state judge said Ritchie lacked the authority to create the website and ordered it to be shut down.

State Rep. Steve Simon, DFL-Hopkins, who is running with the DFL endorsement to succeed Ritchie, was one of the sponsors of the bill that ultimately reopened the system later in the legislative session.

“I would say he’s chosen to err on the side of access for voters, and that instinct is admirable,” Simon said.

“We do so much online now, like business services. Why not something with security safeguards that can help people vote?”

State cour ts also overturned Ritchie in 2012 after his attempt to rename the two state constitutional amendments regarding mandator y voter ID and same-sex marriage.

“I think he’s been the most par tisan secretar y of state in the histor y of Minnesota,” said former

state Rep. Dan Severson, R-Sauk Rapids, who in May received the GOP endorsement for this fall’s secretary of state contest. “He took it upon himself to retitle both of [the amendments].”

But Ritchie said he considers the “dozens” of suits to be a normal part of the separation of powers in the state’s government. “[The Legislature is] independent fr om me, and I’m independent from them,” he said. “I try to stay out of their business. I’d love it that they stay out of mine.”

Over Ritchie’s tenure, he’s overseen some of the state’s closest elections in recent history.

In 2008, he managed a recount at the primary that determined which state judges would appear on the ballot.

Later that year, the Al Franken-Norm Coleman race for U.S. Senate dragged out into a prolonged recount process that was ultimately decided by just hundreds of votes, two months after election night.

In 2010, the close race between Gov. Mark Dayton and challenger Tom Emmer also mandated a recount.

“Presiding over recounts are always stressful, difficult and demanding,” Simon said. “It’s a credit to a lot of people, but to him especially.”

From farms to World Fair

While Ritchie said his interest in politics extends back to student government days, the Iowa State University biochemistry alumnus said he first star ted as a trade policy specialist in the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.

“I cared about food and agricultural policy, about the survival and well-being of family farms in Minnesota and ever ywhere,” he said.

He went on to lead the League of Rural Voters, a non-par tisan organization that became dedicated to registering voters for the 2004 elections.

Ritchie said he ran for Secretar y of State in 2006 after becoming more aware of the political process.

“There’s a saying that policies make the future but people make the policies.

I became more thoughtful about how we chose those people,” he said.

Ritchie has since become involved with Expo 2023, an organization dedicated to raising money for the state to potentially host the 2023 World’s Fair.

He said he believes the event would help define Minnesota’s identity as a state on the national and the global scale.

“I love bragging about my state,” he said.

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Monday, September 22, 2014

RESEARCH

Entry-level research positions a catch-22 Ambitious students should start young, but without experience, opportunities are uncommon.

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he University of Minnesota is moving for ward in leaps and bounds when it comes to research. In science programs and beyond, it seems like everyone is doing research and developing novel ways to solve problems around the world.

However, finding research projects can be incredibly difficult. In my own experience, the convoluted process of joining research projects at the University at a young age seems to be one of many roadblocks.

As undergraduates apply for opportunities in various research-based arenas, the biggest criterion that professors use to decide whether to accept students into labs is their previous experience. But if students never get experience, they’ll never be able to get access to other research opportunities. Depending on the lab, this is sometimes far more important than work ethic or time commitments. This makes sense — if you don’t have much experience in a field or in the lab environment, you’ll be less desirable than someone who does.

Many undergraduate freshmen have this problem. They’re unable to get involved in research opportunities because of their inexperience. Thus, they must spend

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significant amounts of time acquiring skill sets that they didn’t have earlier.

One way to fix this problem is to promote high school students’ involvement in research environments. We could achieve this by initiating collaborative projects between college labs and interested high school students.

This par tnership would have several benefits. First, it would increase student exposure to the fields in which they are interested. This is important because students could then decide whether their areas of study are something they would want to pursue in the future.

Many undergraduates spend their time changing majors not only because of indecisiveness but also because many don’t know what to expect from their chosen fields. New research opportunities would expose students to the rigor of their potential careers, allowing them to gauge whether the study is something they would like to continue.

Second, high school research would expose students to the skill sets needed to

work in a lab. This would allow freshmen undergraduates to save time — having already learned all of the procedures, they would be better prepared to launch their own projects in college.

Fur thermore, students could begin building a network among peers and professors in their prospective fields, which would enhance their ability to attain a career in their chosen field.

Currently, many high school students must pursue their own research opportunities. If they want to get involved, they must email professors and graduate students — which can seem like a daunting task. They must also arrange for their own transportation to and from labs. This means that if their school is somewhat far away from the University, the distance could deter them from commuting.

To overcome these problems, the University should introduce a formalized program that connects willing professors to eager high school students in specific fields.

As far as I know, no such program exists. If one were instituted, it would strengthen the rigor and dedication of incoming freshmen in their respective fields.

Anant Naik welcomes comments at anaik@mndaily.com.

DAILY DISCUSSION Comment on ‘Climate march a productive start’

The climate march and the United Nations climate summit will have the same result as previous U.N. climate gatherings in Kyoto, Cancun, Copenhagen, Rio and others — nothing. The next U.N. summit is scheduled for Paris. You don’t see any in threatened areas like Bangladesh or subSaharan Africa. I think the delegates prefer to be comfortable.

Helen Teague welcomes comments at hteague@mndaily.com.

POLITICS

What we can learn from the Scots The referendum might have failed, but a high youth voter turnout raises questions about what can be changed at home.

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ast week, Scotland held a referendum to decide whether to split from the United Kingdom. Unfortunately for independence advocates, 55 percent of Scottish voters decided against separation.

While the implications may not seem relevant here in the United States, there is one thing that Americans should notice about the vote: youth voter turnout.

Scottish policy leaders decided to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote, enfranchising nearly 100,000 young citizens in the process. This was definitely worthwhile, as more than 90 percent of eligible Scottish youth registered to vote. This raises questions about how we can motivate young people in the U.S. to vote during our own election cycles.

We suffer from dismal turnout rates for young American voters. During the 2012 presidential election, for example, only

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Presidents should not be viewed as representatives Ohio University President Roderick McDavis took on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, and among those he challenged was Ohio University student body President Megan Marzec. Marzec would soon post a video of her dumping “blood” (red paint, tomato juice and water) on her head, noting the number of recent civilian deaths in Palestine, reasoning that Ohio University is financially complicit.

I do not wish to discuss the Israeli and Palestinian conflict as Marzec does, other than to insist that Marzec’s statements are undoubtedly not anti-Semitic.

Instead, please mar vel upon a rather revolutionary idea that Marzec has, intentionally or not, brought to light: the error of treating a president as a representative.

The primary, and certainly the most palatable, argument against Marzec’s actions

‘It’s On Us’ finds support in US The campaign aims to reduce sexual assault on campuses.

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resident Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden announced on Friday the implementation of a federal campaign against sexual assault.

The campaign, called “It’s On Us,” addresses everyone on college campuses, but is primarily directed toward men. Already, the program has widespread support from student leaders at approximately 200 colleges nationwide, including the University of Minnesota.

As part of “It’s On Us,” the U.S. Department of Justice will provide 18 colleges nationwide with a total of $6 million to implement programs to reduce sexual assault.

Federal officials will also release three documents containing guidelines for colleges to follow when dealing with sexual violence incidents on campus.

This new federal initiative comes at a critical moment. Currently, more than 70 American colleges are under federal investigation for potential violations of Title IX, a law that enforces gender equity.

Only days before “It’s On Us” debuted, the Minnesota Student Association published a report examining how University students think about sexual assault. Similar to “It’s On Us,” MSA voiced the need to include more men in discussions about sexual violence.

We feel that “It’s On Us” is a tremendous step forward in a multilateral shift toward awareness of sexual assault on college campuses. We’re excited by the program’s prospects and are hopeful for its success. With that, we encourage everyone at the University to consider how their behavior relates to the spirit of “It’s On Us” and to work to help prevent sexual violence on campus and beyond.

The political deadlock is cited as a reason for lack of progress.

Continuing discussion of rhetoric

Robert Miller University student

EDITORIALS

Student debt bill hits roadblock

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Sen. Al Franken is not working for us; he is relying on us. He wants to arouse interest for students to vote, which should be supported, but we must not allow ourselves to be misled. The rhetoric from Franken to lower college and textbook costs may be well-intentioned, but it doesn’t have plausible solutions to work. Franken proposes to do this by raising taxes to offset the deficit that will be caused by us, the students.

We should not support this because we students should have more dignity than that. Higher education is an opportunity for us all, but why must we feel victimized? In this competitive economy, we need to rise above the hustlers who make us feel victimized and take responsibility for ourselves — something John F. Kennedy advocated for — which made America thrive. Our competitive democracy is deteriorating.

We need leaders who are going to provide opportunity in which we will be dignified, not handouts by craven politicians like Franken who wish to hustle their propaganda for cheap votes. I am not advocating for anyone and identify myself as an independent who wants leaders who know how to solve problems, not deliver the same rhetoric that last Wednesday’s letter to the editor condemned.

Now, Franken will win the election, but winning in a landslide will ensure him more power in Minnesota as well as in the Senate.

One reason is Franken allows his constituency to bask in ignorance. Given the opportunity to debate his opposition during the Minnesota State Fair and here at the University of Minnesota, Franken declined, showing how his convictions of transparency are only concrete when they will not harm him politically.

These actions taken by Franken have done Minnesota students a great disservice.

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is that they do not represent the Ohio University student body. In response, Marzec stated she “ran on a platform of not representing students, denying this ideal that any one person can represent the thoughts and political views of all people.”

Indeed, little thought is needed to reject that goal as preposterous, as is the notion that any current president fulfills such standards.

The duties of the office are to preside — obviously — over a population and serve as its chief executor. A good president must be in touch with one’s people, but to represent all may be similar to representing nothing at all.

Why? Student government is not a business, wherein controversial stances taken by leadership can harm the brand and affect revenue. Opinions of student government leadership that do not pertain to its internal mechanics, while often correlating to its goals in advocacy pertaining to other organizations, have no ramifications with respect to one’s held office.

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RONALD DIXON columnist

38 percent of those between the ages of 18 and 25 headed to the polls. This is a far cry from the 50 percent that cast ballots in 1964.

Perhaps campaigns should tailor their social media advertising to young people’s profiles. Maybe candidates should talk about issues that are the most relevant to this demographic, such as college debt and jobs for the recently graduated. Maybe more young and “hip” individuals should decide to run for office.

In any case, the Scottish referendum shows that young people can be motivated to vote; it is now merely a matter of whether we can achieve this in the U.S. Ronald Dixon welcomes comments at rdixon@mndaily.com.

There is a greater danger in a culture where student leadership has become too detached from any sense of self. If student leaders are discouraged from feeling emboldened to stand up for what they believe in, students risk losing more power than they already have.

A final danger is underscored well in a letter to the editor in The Post of Athens, Ohio.

“Not one person speaks for an entire community” was written by Will Klat, who was upset by Marzec’s video but noticed something troubling on his side of the aisle. “I’ve have had four separate Jewish students come up to me to express concern by the manner in which Rabbi Danielle has been attempting to speak on behalf of all Jews on campus.

Anyone who chooses to speak on behalf of an entire ethnic or religious group does nothing more than silence voices and shows their own lack of leadership,” Klat wrote.

We should not look to one person to represent us. Those who serve us deserve better. So do we.

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bill that would allow students to refinance their federally backed student loans and possibly lower their interest rates has hit a second roadblock since its introduction to Congress this summer.

With the national student debt level hovering around $1.2 trillion, student finances have become one of the most discussed — and the most politicized — topics in Washington.

“Democrats are looking to energize students heading into the fall elections by reducing the interest they pay on students’ loans. … Republicans are resisting because Democrats would use a tax on the most affluent to pay for it,” Humphrey School of Public Affairs political science professor Larry Jacobs told the Minnesota Daily last week.

Both sides of the political spectrum are behaving in a highly predictable way, as Jacobs explained. Political inaction often results from a lack of compromise between parties.

It seems as though election-year politics have played a major role in congressional inaction on several issues, including student loans.

Though we strongly support a measure that would allow for refinancing of federal student loans and a more equitable interest rate for students, we believe this most recent congressional failure is symptomatic of a larger and more important problem.

Heading into this fall’s elections, we would like to hear from candidates — specifically Sen. Al Franken and his Republican challenger, Mike McFadden — on how they would aim to cut through these deadlocks in Washington to make some real changes.

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Monday, September 22, 2014

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FOOTBALL

Gophers run over San Jose State

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BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com Minnesota 24, San Jose State 7 Saturday, Sept. 21 TCF Bank Stadium

RECAP

Minnesota (3-1) compiled 380 rushing yards and only 7 passing yards to beat San Jose State for the second consecutive season. Redshirt freshman quarterback Chris Streveler made his first-career start, filling in for a hobbled Mitch Leidner, and ran for 161 yards.

Senior running back David Cobb had his second game of at least 200 rushing yards.

He ran for 207 yards and two touchdowns.

Minnesota’s defense was solid throughout, forcing five turnovers and holding in key moments.

IT WAS OVER WHEN:

Cobb broke through the line of scrimmage for a 16-yard touchdown run that gave Minnesota a 24-7 advantage with nine minutes remaining.

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Gophers quarterback Chris Streveler runs the ball on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium. Streveler made his first-career start on Saturday.

Quarterback Chris Streveler made his first collegiate start in Saturday’s win.

BY GRANT DONALD gdonald@mndaily.com

Last year when San Jose State came to town, a redshir t freshman made his first-career start and used his legs to lead the Gophers to a victory.

Fast for ward 364 days and the stor yline was still the same.

This time, it was Chris Streveler filling in for an injured Mitch Leidner and leading the team to a 24-7 victory — instead of Leidner filling in for former Gophers quarterback Philip Nelson.

“Mitch and I were talking before the game about the similarities of the games that him and I both had. It’s just kind of funny,” Streveler said.

Streveler ran for 161 yards and one touchdown Saturday, 10 yards more

than Leidner did last year against the Spartans.

But one key difference between the two games was the passing game.

Streveler failed to complete a pass until there was 6:36 left in the game. He finished the day 1-for-7 for 7 yards and one interception.

Part of the reason that the Gophers threw the ball only seven times was the fact that their leading receiver, Maxx Williams, sat out. Minnesota ruled the redshir t sophomore out a couple of hours before kickoff with a lower-body injury.

“Chris had a nice game.

You take the one pick out of it — that was our fault — and otherwise he did well,” head coach Jerry Kill said.

“We didn’t have to throw it because we were running so well.”

Though the Gophers didn’t have much success in the air, they racked up 380 rushing yards on 58 carries.

Senior running back David Cobb battled through an ankle injur y last week but bounced back in a huge way

Saturday. Cobb led the team in rushing with 207 yards and two touchdowns on 34 carries.

“The biggest thing was the per formance that the offensive line put out there, getting the vertical push,” Cobb said. “The ankle is always feeling good when you win.”

The Gophers’ defense put together another solid effort, forcing five turnovers.

“All those turnovers are big,” Kill said. “I think we are getting turnovers because we are aggressive on defense and we have good speed and kids are making plays.”

Senior linebacker Damien W ilson added nine tackles to his Big Tenleading total and provided a clutch turnover for the Gophers.

San Jose State was inside the 10-yard line on its first drive of the second half, threatening to score. That’s when Wilson stepped up, forcing and recovering a fumble.

The defense also deliv-

SCORING SUMMARY SCORE BY QUARTER San Jose State Minnesota

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ered in the fourth quarter, forcing San Jose State to punt right after a 63-minute delay for inclement weather.

“I thought our kids came out with great enthusiasm and closed the game out,” Kill said.

Throughout the past week, most of the team’s attention was on Leidner and his health after he suffered turf toe against TCU and an MCL injury the previous week against Middle Tennessee State.

Kill said Leidner wasn’t at “full speed” on Thursday, so the coach decided Friday that Streveler would start in place of him.

“You can’t take chances [playing Leidner], and he understands that,” Kill said.

Moving forward, Kill said he doesn’t know if Leidner will be healthy for next weekend’s game against Michigan.

“We just have to see. Not playing this week certainly helps — there is no question about that,” Kill said.

FOOTBALL

Defense forces five turnovers in SJSU win

Minnesota’s defense made plays when it mattered most in Saturday’s game.

BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com

Minnesota’s offense was more one-dimensional than ever on Saturday, pounding the ball on the ground for 380 yards while only passing for 7.

But that didn’t matter, as the Gophers (3-1) made plays on the defensive side of the ball when it mattered most.

Minnesota has playmakers at ever y level of its defense and benefited from looking back on film from last year’s 43-24 victor y over the Spartans.

“Obviously the QB last year was a notch better, but the film from last year definitely helped as far as for mation-wise,” senior linebacker Damien Wilson said.

Some of Minnesota’s forced turnovers came from great defensive plays. But junior defensive back Damarius Travis received a gift on the second play from scrimmage when Spartans quar terback Blake Jurich underthrew a pass, result-

ing in an interception.

“I was kind of surprised,” Travis said. “He threw directly to me, and I just caught it.”

With about 30 seconds left in the first half, Jurich threw another interception when junior defensive back Eric Murray jumped a route to give the Gophers the ball deep in enemy territory.

The Gophers’ of fense capitalized, punching in a touchdown to give the team a 17-7 lead and momentum heading into halftime.

“Any time you can cause turnovers, you are going to have a great chance to win,” Gophers head coach Jerr y Kill said.

After R yan Santoso botched a 49-yard field goal attempt, Minnesota’s defense looked sloppy in its first series of the second half.

San Jose State converted on third down with a Jurich pass to Jarrod Lawson for 19 yards. The next time the Gophers faced a third down, they received a penalty for a substitution infraction.

Then, on third-and-8, Jurich ran for 12 yards to put the Spartans in the red zone.

But shortly after, San Jose State’s methodical drive was halted.

After Cobb fumbled at the goal line, junior defensive back Eric Murray intercepted a Blake Jurich pass to give Minnesota the ball near the red zone just before the first half ended.

Minnesota’s offense capitalized when Streveler punched in a 1-yard quarterback sneak to push the Gophers’ lead to 17-7.

FIVE OBSERVATIONS

1. Minnesota still can run.

When the Gophers played San Jose State last year, they put up 353 rushing yards.

Saturday’s performance was reminiscent of that outing as Cobb and Streveler ran wild on the Spartans.

2. Minnesota still can’t pass.

A consistent passing attack has been the missing ingredient for Minnesota, which has had a stout defense and a solid running game, for nearly all of head coach Jerry Kill’s tenure. On Saturday, things took a turn for the worse as the Gophers completed only one pass for 7 yards. That won’t fly in Big Ten play.

3. The Gophers relied on Cobb heavily.

The senior tallied a careerhigh 34 carries, while Minnesota’s other running backs combined for five attempts.

4. Damien Wilson might be Minnesota’s best player.

Ask most Gophers fans who Minnesota’s best player is, and they’ll likely say Cobb.

But Cobb’s cousin Wilson might be the Gophers’ biggest weapon. Wilson leads the team with 44 tackles this season — more than twice as many as any other player.

Wilson also forced a fumble that he recovered himself.

5. Minnesota’s defense is looking to “dominate.”

After the game, defensive back Damarius Travis said the defense looks to “dominate everybody.” The Gophers held San Jose State to just seven points — Minnesota’s lowest tally for an opponent. since Nov. 10, 2012. Dominant, indeed.

QUOTE OF THE GAME

Any time you can cause turnovers, you are going to have a great chance to win.

Gophers head coach Jerry Kill TWEET OF THE GAME

ELIZABETH BRUMLEY, DAILY

Gophers defensive lineman Michael Amaefula and linebacker Jack Lynn celebrate with defensive back Eric Murray after Murray’s second-quarter interception Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium.

Wilson blitzed and leveled Lawson, forcing and recovering a fumble to give Minnesota’s of fense the ball back.

“I hit the gap full speed.

I met him in the hole, and I felt my hand on the ball, so I just ripped it out. And as it was coming out, I saw it on the ground next to me, so I just scooped it,” said Wilson, who leads the Gophers

with 44 tackles on the year.

Jurich fumbled early in the four th quar ter, and freshman defensive lineman Gaelin Elmore pounced on the loose ball.

Later in the quarter, defensive end Theiren Cockran sacked backup quarterback Joe Gray to force a fumble that Michael Amaefula recovered to ice the game.

Last week, Kill said the

catalyst for Minnesota’s 30-7 loss at TCU was committing five turnovers. On Saturday, the Gophers’ defense had five takeaways, showing they’re a force to be reckoned with in Big Ten play — even if the offense is not.

“I feel like we came out with more energy today.

[Against] TCU, we [were] flat,” Wilson said.

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The Gophers travel to Michigan to face a reeling Wolverines team. Notre Dame shut out Michigan (2-2) earlier this month, and the Wolverines lost to Utah at home Saturday.

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SOCCER

Gophers held scoreless by Iowa D

Gophers defender Becca Roberts plays against Iowa on Saturday at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium.

Minnesota was shut out for the first time all season in Saturday’s game.

BY BEN GOTZ bgotz@mndaily.com

The Gophers fell to Iowa 1-0 at home Saturday.

While the Gophers controlled possession for most of the game, they failed to score a goal for the first time this season.

Minnesota (4-5-0, 1-2-0 Big Ten) had 22 shots total to Iowa’s nine and had several chances around the Iowa goal.

“It’s always heartbreaking when that happens — when you feel like you had control the majority of the game and it doesn’t end up

falling that way,” associate head coach Kr ystle Seidel said. “It was great that we were creating chances.

That’s excellent. And that’s just how the game goes; sometimes you can’t find the back of the net.”

The game was delayed for 30 minutes due to inclement weather, but once it began, the two sides appeared fairly even, with both cr eating chances early.

But Iowa (8-1-0, 3-0-0 Big Ten) took the lead on a corner kick in the 33rd minute that bounced of f the head of several Gophers and Hawkeyes players before going past sophomore goaltender Tarah Hobbs.

“It was just a miscommunication, and they got one good touch and it went

in the back of the net,” sophomore for ward Simone Kolander said. “That’s the game of soccer. Stuf f like that happens. Sometimes the team that keeps the ball the whole time isn’t always the team that comes up with the win.”

The Gophers continued to fight throughout the rest of the first half and into the second half, but Iowa’s defense and its junior goalkeeper Hannah Clark held firm.

“They did a good job, their defense, of making sure they had enough pressure on us to force us to not always get the cleanest looks,” Seidel said.

After the game, the Gophers honored their four seniors — Becca Rober ts, Olivia Schultz, Katie Thyken and Taylor

Wodnick — for their contributions to the program. After the game, Schultz said that receiving the honor on the field felt a little “bittersweet.”

“Obv iously the loss kind of put a damper on it,” Schultz said. “But it was nice to be recognized for all the work the seniors have put in.”

Despite the tough loss, the Gophers don’t seem to be hanging their heads.

Schultz called it one of the team’s most complete games of the season, and head coach Stefanie Golan had an uplifting message after the game.

“Coach said, ‘I thought that we deser ved some goals in that game,’” Kolander said. “We were working our butts of f, getting the ball all the way down

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there, and had a lot of opportunities.”

Seidel said the team should keep pushing forward despite the loss and “swing positive” star ting next weekend at Purdue and Indiana.

“We’re three games into a 13-game series,” Seidel said of the team’s Big Ten schedule. “There’s a lot of season left, and you can’t let one of these games be the defining moment of your season in a negative way.”

VOLLEYBALL

Gophers finish tourney play with a sweep Sophmore Sarah Wilhite led the team in kills in all three matches.

BY RACHEL TIMMERMAN rtimmerman@mndaily.com

The Gophers rounded out the nonconference portion of their schedule this weekend, going undefeated in the Rocket Invitational for another tournament victory.

Sophomore outside hitter Sarah Wilhite led the team in kills over the weekend and took home the title of tournament MVP as the Gophers swept each of the three teams they faced at the invite in Toledo, Ohio.

Head coach Hugh McCutcheon said W ilhite showed a lot of consistency this weekend.

“It was a great weekend for her,” he said.

Wilhite said she has the opportunity to take on a leadership role for the team, and she showed that on the court this weekend.

Wilhite had her weekendhigh of 16 kills in Minnesota’s victory over IPFW on Saturday afternoon.

The night before, the Gophers swept Toledo. Freshmen Alyssa Goehner and Dalianliz Rosado led the team with 11 digs each against the Rockets.

“We worked really hard as a team,” sophomore middle blocker Paige Tapp said. “We were really able to be consistent [this weekend].”

The sweep allowed Minnesota to vary its lineup a bit.

Sophomore Laura Caluori

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was able to get a few rotations in, playing on the right side in the third set against Toledo.

“We’ve been learning and improving,” McCutcheon said. “Hopefully they’re gaining confidence.”

Minnesota began the tournament with a victory on Friday morning, defeating Duquesne in three sets.

Tapp had seven kills in eight attempts with no hitting errors Friday morning against the Dukes, and she said she has been working on improving her blocking.

McCutcheon said the connection in the middle was better this weekend, but the Gophers can still improve it.

Despite that, Wilhite said she thought the weekend was great for the team.

“We competed with composure,” Wilhite said. “I think that will carry on into Wednesday.”

The Gophers will compete in their first conference match on Wednesday against Ohio State.

“I feel like we’re ready to battle against anyone,” McCutcheon said.

ZACH BIELINSKI, DAILY

Gophers outside hitter Sarah Wilhite competes Aug. 30 at the Sports Pavilion. The Gophers were undefeated in the Rocket Invitational over the weekend.

espite the laughable fact that the fans at TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday had the same number of passing yards as the Gophers did through almost the whole game, redshir t freshman quar terback Chris Streveler might have played his way into the starting spot.

Unlike redshirt sophomore Mitch Leidner’s first collegiate start, Streveler’s didn’t feature four rushing touchdowns or multiple completed passes — unless throwing one to the other team counts.

But Streveler did show some poise in the pocket and seemed to spark a Gophers offense that had been turbulent through the first three games of the season.

Streveler rushed for 161 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries. He only went 1-for-7 throwing the ball, as many of his throws were on target but broken up by nice plays from San Jose State’s defense.

With Leidner’s health still in question heading into the Gophers’ conference opener at Michigan this weekend, it would be wise to leave Streveler in the starting role.

Although perhaps it would be a little unfair to throw the 19-year-old Streveler to the Wolverines after making his first start against a substantially less established team, his command of the offense seemed evident over the course of the game.

That’s something that an offense averaging 99.8 yards per game through the air desperately needs.

It’s cliché to say the backup quarterback is the most popular guy on the team when the starter is struggling, but in this situation, it can be argued that Streveler might be better than Leidner at this point in this season.

Yes, I’m saying the guy who just went 1-for-7 passing is better than the guy who helped lead the Gophers to a bowl game last year.

Streveler provided the same spark to the offense against the Spartans as Leidner did last season.

Though Streveler’s day wasn’t perfect, the quarterback showed poise that should give head coach Jerr y Kill reason to believe he can bring it against 100,000 screaming fans wearing maize and blue in Ann Arbor, Mich., next weekend.

“His confidence is always high, whether he has 100 passing yards or no passing yards,” senior running back David Cobb said. “He has a lot of confidence, and we believe in him.”

Kill and Streveler both acknowledged the lack of passing attempts in their press conferences and said the reason for it stemmed from success with the read option.

However, don’t expect Michigan’s defense to be as giving as the Spartans.

It would be ignorant to believe the Gophers will ask Streveler to throw only seven passes against a team that last year ranked in the top half of the Big Ten in rushing defense and second in turnover margin.

The Battle for the Little Brown Jug has been incredibly one-sided over the last couple of years.

But based on Streveler’s performance, Kill should stick with him one more week to try to change that.

David Nelson welcomes comments at dnelson@mndaily.com or on Twitter.

@DavidNelson18

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Monday, September 22, 2014

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Minnesota shines in Gopher Invitational

Senior Aria Lambert hits the ball during a singles match on Friday. The Gophers hosted a three-day invitational at the Baseline Tennis Center over the weekend.

Senior Tereza Brichacova won the top singles flight over the weekend.

BY SAM KRAEMER skraemer@mndaily.com

Minnesota headed into the Gopher Invitational intending to set the bar for the upcoming season.

The Gophers did just that, finishing each day with winning records in both singles and doubles.

Three Gophers reached

the title match in their respective singles flights.

Senior Tereza Brichacova won the Minnesota Flight Singles, the top flight, with a 6-2, 6-1 victor y over Iowa’s Shelby Talcott.

She said she was satisfied with the Gophers’ performance.

“I was actually surprised that I played ver y well,” Brichacova said.

“But I think we set [the bar] pretty high, and we are really satisfied with our game. Ever yone proved that they can play

pretty well in singles.”

Senior Aria Lambert finished second in the Gopher Flight for singles matches.

Lamber t and Brichacova together finished in third place in the Minnesota doubles bracket.

Head coach Chuck Merzbacher said his team exceeded his expectations over the weekend.

“Overall, even in the back draw matches today, ever yone looked good,” Merzbacher said.

Merzbacher said before the tournament that he would pay significant

attention to the underclassmen. After tour nament play concluded, he said the newcomers on his team played r eally well despite playing many matches throughout the weekend.

“They have to get used to some things, but as far as competing and being in their matches, they did a great job,” he said.

Brichacova agreed with her coach’s critique, noting that the team has great fundamentals to build on.

One of the newcomers is freshman Caroline

Ryba, who finished third in the Gophers Flight with a 6-1, 6-1 victor y over Kentucky’s Stephanie Fox. Ryba said she was happy to get back into rhythm and thought she played well in her collegiate debut.

“I went in expecting it to be dif ferent and new, but dif ficult and fun,” she said. “But I guess it went better than I expected.”

Ryba also said she enjoys the structure of Merzbacher’s practices, which are ver y upbeat.

“I definitely like how

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the … coaches are positive all the time,” she said.

“There’s always a par t of practice where we get the chance to work with one of the coaches on what we want to work on, which is ver y useful.”

With the first competition in the books, Merzbacher said the competition for the lineup could pr ove to be beneficial come Big Ten play.

“I don’t know right now,” he said, regarding where he thinks his team ranks in the Big Ten. “But we have a lot of depth.”

NFL

Vikings lose Cassel, game

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW ORLEANS — The Minnesota Vikings are still searching for a r unning game in the absence of Adrian Peterson, and now will have to hope rookie Teddy Bridgewater can carry their passing offense.

Star ting quar terback Matt Cassel fractured several bones in his left foot during a scramble in the second quarter, and the Vikings could not overcome an early 13-0 deficit behind Bridgewater, losing 20-9 to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday.

The loss capped a week of distractions as Minnesota first announced that Peterson would play after he missed last Sunday’s 307 loss to New England, then later changed course and said the star running back would leave the team indefinitely to deal with childabuse allegations.

His replacement, former undrafted free agent Matt Asiata, finished with 12 carries for 35 yards, and the Vikings rushed for only 59 yards.

Bridgewater, a first-round pick from Louisville, completed 12 of 20 for 150 yards while leading two scoring drives that both ended with field goals.

The Vikings planned to let him learn behind Cassel this year, but that option vanished after Cassel was brought down hard on a 5-yard scramble early in the second quarter.

“We can’t worr y about what we don’t have,” Minnesota coach Mike Zimmer said. “We have to worry about what we do have and how we go forward. No one is going to feel sorry for us. No one is going to cry about we don’t have this guy or that guy.”

Minnesota still made it close against New Orleans, which has won 18 in a row at the Superdome under coach Sean Payton.

After giving up touchdowns on New Orleans’ first two drives, the Vikings were as close as 13-9 on Blair Walsh’s 40-yard field goal early in the second half, but an unnecessary roughness penalty on what should have been a drive-stalling sack helped New Orleans pull away again.

Captain Munnerlyn got to quarterback Drew Brees first and was called for a personal foul when he slammed the star quarterback to the turf while safety Robert Blanton piled on.

“It was ver y frustrating because I feel like it changed the game for my teammates,” Munnerlyn said. “I pride myself on not making crazy plays, and I felt like that cost us the game. I wasn’t thinking about a flag at all.

I never heard a whistle, so I was just finishing the play.”

Soon after, Brees found rookie Brandin Cooks on a screen for a 19-yard gain to the Minnesota 18, and then hit Marques Colston, who surged through Blanton’s tackle attempt to make it a

two-score game again.

Brees went 27 of 35 for 293 yards and two touchdowns.

“That was straight Hulk Hogan, 1985, WrestleMania suplex,” Brees said of Munnerlyn’s throw-down. “Hey, it got us 15 yards, got us another set of downs and obviously ended up helping us.”

Until then, the Vikings had held the Saints scoreless on four consecutive drives, but Bridgewater could not take advantage by getting a touchdown. He tripped over tackle Matt Kalil’s feet as he tried to scramble on his first possession, forcing Minnesota to settle for a 30-yard field goal. He missed Asiata on a third-down pass before the Vikings’ last field goal.

“I think I did pretty good for the most part, but I missed a couple of easy throws,” Bridgewater said.

The Saints entered the game looking about as competitive as a winless team could be, having held leads in the final 10 seconds of regulation in each of their first two games before losing by a field goal or less.

It looked as if they would have a much easier time against the Vikings early. But Minnesota hung around, unlike against New England last week, when the Patriots scored the final 30 points.

“I told them if we get punched in the mouth this week, we are going to punch them back,” Zimmer said.

“We saw improvement today.”

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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.

9/22/2014

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

All rights reserved.

Today’s Birthday (9/22): Begin a new phase of personal power and creativity with this Autumn Equinox.

Act on long-term plans. Have envisioning conversations. This year gets profitable.

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 — Longterm career plans advance, with Pluto direct.

Mysteries get solved as the truth reveals.

Illusions wash away.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 6 — It’s easier to keep house with Pluto direct. Your personal growth and power leap forward with the Autumn Equinox and the Sun entering your sign tonight.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 6 — Launch your next adventure with Pluto direct. It’s been fun, and now work beckons. Fantasies dissolve and practical issues call.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 5 — Communications and shipping flow with greater ease now that Pluto is direct. Begin a phase of introspection and resolving internal conflicts.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 6 — Someone needs extra attention. Postpone travel. Get your work done. Share the load.

Move slowly to avoid accidents and error.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 6 — Now that Pluto is direct, seeds you’ve sown sprout abundantly. Make long-term financial plans. Don’t trade a sure thing for a pipe dream.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 5 — Celebrate home and family with the Autumn Equinox. Long-term partnerships deepen and strengthen with Pluto direct.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 6 — Complete projects. Things seem to be going your way now that Pluto is direct. Advance long-term personal priorities.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 7 — Advance at work with Pluto direct. Your efforts seem to go farther and with greater ease. Focus on practical matters, rather than pursuing mirages.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 5 — Introspective inner wisdom guides you with Pluto direct. Focus on growing stronger and helping others.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 7 — Entertaining opportunities call you out with Pluto direct. Play enticing games. Invite family participation.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 6 — Things seem to go much easier with friends around, especially with Pluto direct. Deepen and nurture long-term relations.

Monday, September 22, 2014

from the archive

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

From 06dag3 Hey Net! I’m a first time writer! Net: We love firsts! I have been living every student’s horror story. Net: So you have gonorrhea now, eh? One day I was at my apartment minding my own business when my three roommates gave me a letter and ran off like little scardy cats. Net: Ahh, the ol’ avoid confrontation trick. Or the ol’ passive-aggressive trick. Whatever. The letter said that they were kicking me out for these reasons: being too loud in the morning, Net: Yeah, blasting “Cat Scratch Fever” at 4 a.m. might have been a bit much. they don’t like my decorating, Net: They don’t like floral print wallpaper?! I drink alcohol, Net: For shame!

I watch too many movies Net: To be fair, Hollywood hasn’t made a good movie since 1977. and I make them wash their dishes!! Net: Sounds reasonable. This is absolutely ridiculous! I haven’t even lived with them for a month!!! These pathetic excuses for human beings refuse to let me justify these accusations. So, know anywhere good to live? Net: You could always sleep in the Gopher Way.

From KirkHerbstreit Net, how’s it hanging? So there I was, playing some football on the St. Paul Mall (yes it exists) Net: No, it doesn’t, along with the rest of the St. Paul campus. when some guys come out with a big raptor and tells me I need to move over so they can do research. Net: “We need to see if this velociraptor will rip Johnny’s face off if he taunts it.” (two seconds later) “Yep.” They obviously didn’t realize I was doing research for 7-on-7 football, Net: The football team might be interested in your results. which I of course dominated, because I am the Tony Dungy of 7-on-7. Net: We’re the Michael Jordan of minor league baseball … wait … Speaking of Tony Dungy, let’s just do a trade, Mason for Dungy, straight up, we can throw in the Metrodome and the sci-

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ence classroom building. Net: We don’t think the Colts will go for that, see, we have to offer something of value in return for Dungy. I know what you’re thinking, Dungy doesn’t have as nice of teeth, but I think we can make him work. Net: They make those new-fangled see-through braces now, he can wear those. New Campaign; Tony Dungy: Back to Campus! Tony Dungy: Why the hell did I come back here?

Hey Net, could you pass this on to the higher ups? Net: Sure, we’ll file it under “Pointless rants which upon reading will make you regret God created man.” I’m just writing to say thank you. Net: Finally, the recognition we deserve. Thank you for printing that most informative and excellent article about the stadium on Monday. If it weren’t for your tenacity in reporting and re-reporting every minute detail, I might have had no idea that businesses would benefit from a brand new 50,000 seat stadium. Net: We wouldn’t put it past you. For $248 million somebody better damn well benefit (other than a few lunkheads, band geeks and that old guy with the comb over, of course). Net: He benefits by being able to drool over college girls all in one convenient place. And I have to say, I am pooping my pants with excitement over the prospect of a new and improved, Gopher themed, traditionally flared, Bakers Square. Net: And then you’ll poop your pants again after eating their breakfast burritos. Thank you Daily and thank you regional manager Todd Suckow for your continued excellence and service to the community. Net: And for bravely facing all adversity in having the last name “Suckow.” Its comforting to know that plans are already underway to ensure that 50-100 more people will soon be able to squeeze their fat asses into sticky booths and stuff their faces with lemon meringue and french silk, all in the name of football mediocrity. Net: Not if we trick Tony Dungy into coming back. Rah! Rah!

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By Marti DuGuay-Carpenter

plague. It is the modern-day plague. So the (Mon., Wed. and Fri. mornings) but I am not Doc’s taking a break from kissing to keep from sure if she has ever noticed me. How can I tell getting the “kissing” disease. and more importantly, how can I know if she is Although I don’t think you have AIDS (and a numismatist like me? it’s kind of sick you’re joking you are), I would — Lookin’ for a Dime be happy to give you a top 10 list of ways to regain your mojo and feel up to par again in Dear Lookin’ for a Dime, no time.

Try giving her a quarter with the incorrect Top 10 Ways to Feel Better number of ridges on the edge and see if she 10. Go home and let your mom tend to you. pees her pants in excitement.

9. Whatever it is, cut it off.

Spout off an obscure bit of trivia about how 8. If you can afford to, take an entire day off many 50-cent pieces there are left in circulato relax around your house. tion and see if her eyes light up.

7. Drink plenty of fluids (water and juice are Or you could always compose of her beautibest — no pop) to flush the bug out of your ful, coppery beauty, spelled out in coins supersystem. glued to sewed-together dollar bills that you 6. Take a hot bath to alleviate your body have fashioned into a shirt. aches.

I hope you make your loveI known, I have an acquaintance knowDime, I matched with this boy on Tinder last 5. Wash your hands a lot. It’s more of a prebecause I have a feeling your love makes through school who graduated and took weekend, and we instantly started messagvention thing, but it can’t hurt, right? “cents.”

4. Take at least a weekendlong a break — Dr. Date jobfrom out of state.

We hadn’t really coning. We hit it off right away, as his sense of getting’ crunk or otherwise partying hard. nected much our time in school, humor matches mine and our conversa3. Get a full night’s sleep for once in your Doc during Dizzle, life, you crazy college kid.

I just thought would put out a list of tions seem natural. I look forward to talking and I had a boyfriend at that theI time.

I always 2. Stock up on vitamin C. Oranges, green people who the freshmen men and/or transfer really likedmales andshould admired him, though, or red peppers, strawberries and brussels try to avoid dating if at all pos- with him, and we’ve gotten to know each sprouts all are good options. Especially when sible. even from the brief times we spent toother pretty well. they’re blended together in a soup. Zesty.

I am a junior and have had relationships in class.

But here’s the dilemma: We have class 1. Have a girlfriend dress up as agether nurse and with certain people in the groups about to be do a little dance for you. mentioned so I gots the street credmesfor this.

I’m single now, and he recently together, but we don’t acknowledge each — Dr. Date Try to avoid dance majors because they are saged me on Facebook asking what I’m consumed with their dance routines and their other at all. We’ve never talked in real life, Dear Delicious Dr. Date, figures — they are seriously almost no fun to up to and said I should make a trip out and it’s starting to get weird.

I have a fetish. Sex and food. I can’t have the point where they won’t have sex (of any visit him kind) in his This leaves me It’s a lecture class, about 50 people, so sex without including some sort ofto food item: for new a long city. ass time. chocolate syrup, whipped cream, mustard, Sorority girls because they are damn near very confused.

Is he just being friendly or it’s not incredibly awkward. But we have even burgers! the most superficial and snobbish people on You name it, I’ve licked it and/or it interested earth, it just gets old. is rubbed he really in starting some sort made eye contact a few times, which was all over my body. But you see, others aren’t alBand nerds because marching band is evof long-distance What ways as willing to engage in such activities. erything relationship? to them and this flute haddo sexI with really uncomfortable.

For example: this past weekend, took a situation? that drummer who had be sex interested with that alto who doI in this I would I’m not against approaching him, but for guy home and got a bit crazy with a tub of cothad sex with that trombone who had sex with in trying to get better if do some reason, I’m really nervous about it. tage cheese and tomato soup. Unfortunately, that to flagknow holder him ... in short youto dosee one you he was dressed in less time thanthere it takes a em ... they even have their might beallsomething there —own it’sSTD justappro- I’m also a little offended he hasn’t made an freshman boy to finish. Doctor, how can I wean priately named band-aids. myself of my food/sex addiction? hard that it’s long If you distance come acrossnow! one in all three said ar- effort to come chat or sit with me.

— Cottage Cheese Lover eas, run the hell away.

What do I do? Based on our Tinder Sure the girls in these areas are a good lay, Dear Cottage Cheese, but there are better ones out there. Around convos, I can really see us hitting it off. But The lumpy dairy treat is the absolute un30,000+ better on this campus alone. what if he’s just a tease on the dating app sexiest thing I can imagine. So … uh … way to — Helping out the fellas messaging a whole bunch of girls, and I’m have the ability to be turned on by it, I guess.

Like any fetish, you need to start slowly Dear Helping, nothing special? Help! when you have a new partner. You’re never goYou forgot about the gir ls who still Looking backLisa on Frank whatfolders “might havemosing to get someone to whip you if you bust out clutch to their the full-body leather suit your firstbeen” night with quito bites as they in suck on gel What pens while is tempting.

Case point: the guy and expect him to be totally down. thinking about what next to write in their Polly life have like you You need to start slowly. Likewould with furry Pocket been diary. I’m not had making thisdated up. They exhandcuffs. ist. upon a time? Even though this chap once Lecture classes aren’t conducive to ro— Dr. Date — Dr. Date

dr. date

Dr. Date,

Dr. Date,

—Long-Distance Is the Wrong Distance?

Long-Distance IS the Wrong Distance,

—Tinderella

Light My Fire,

the opportunity is knocking, don’t take it.

You describe the guy as an acquaintance. It’s one thing if you discover you have feelings for a close friend who’s in a different location, but it’s another if you find yourself turning down prospective partners at home for a virtual stranger who lives halfway across the country.

Long-distance relationships are also notorious for failing. There’s less of a chance to develop and maintain a meaningful connection, and the likelihood of cheating increases when there’s temptation at home. Unless the connection is stellar, long-distance relationships aren’t worth maintaining.

There’s not a solid enough foundation in your relationship to warrant the trip.

Politely decline his invitation, and keep searching for a partner at home.

Need relationship advice? E-mail Dr. Date at drdate@mndaily.com.

—Dr. Date

mance, even for seasoned Tinder users.

Tinder is a fickle thing and functions more as a joke than a hookup app these days. Your Tinderello sounds like he’s taking this match pretty seriously, though — based on the conversations and awkward eye contact you two made during class.

Since the guy in question isn’t talking to you in class, make the first move. While seamless Tinder conversations don’t always translate well in real life, they’re often a good indicator of compatibility. But before you dive too deep, make sure you’re on the same page about what you’re both looking for. Guys on Tinder often take a mercenary approach toward sex, and unless you’re looking for a hookup or casual sex, you’ll find yourself even more confused if he ends up casting you aside after a few nights of fun.

—Dr. Date

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

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Monday, September 22, 2014

Gender-neutral bathrooms now legal The change aims to accommodate the transgender community in Minneapolis.

BY BARRY LY TTON blytton@mndaily.com

Due to a recently passed resolution, Minneapolis restaurants and bars now have the option to of fer gender-neutral, single-user bathrooms as a substitute for gender-segregated restrooms.

City Council members unanimously passed the resolution at a meeting Friday. The change, City Council members said, encourages gender-neutral restrooms throughout the city’s businesses, educational facilities and other buildings, in part to better accommodate the transgender community.

“Being able to have gender-neutral bathrooms is one way to reduce the questioning, the harassment … [and people] having to face potential discriminator y treatment,” said Elizabeth Glidden, who represents Ward 8 on the City Council and co-authored the resolution.

T ransgender people have long grappled with gendered bathrooms, City Council members said at Friday’s meeting, and no longer requiring restrooms to be classified by sex is a first step toward equality.

On the University of Minnesota’s campus, there are 52 known gender-neutral bathrooms, according to the University of Minnesota’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Ally Programs Office.

A few blocks from the edge of the University’s West Bank campus — which alone provides four gender-neutral bathrooms — the Hard Times Cafe has had two for at least 15 years, employee and

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Bathrooms advertised as unisex sit tucked away in the back of the Hard Times Cafe in Minneapolis on Sunday. On Friday, City Council approved an change to city law that permits facilities to provide gender neutral bathrooms, formalizing a change many facilities in and around campus have already made.

co-owner Erica Johnson said.

She said transgender employees and customers alike have expressed gratitude to the business for providing the spaces, and to her knowledge, no one has ever complained to management about the gender-neutral bathrooms.

Andrea Jenkins, a transgender female, worked on the measure alongside City Council members as par t of the city’s recently

established Transgender Issues Work Group. Since Mar ch, the gr oup has teamed up with city officials to examine issues facing the transgender community and promote policy changes in hopes of fostering greater equality.

“The bathrooms [were] a really good first step, but we still have more issues that we intend to address, and hopefully [we can] make some substantial changes,” Jenkins said.

The resolution also intends to help others, like families with small children and people with disabilities.

“You often have a reason to go into the restroom with your child, and having that gender-neutral bathroom makes that situation a whole lot easier,” Glidden said. “If the child is a different sex than the parent, there isn’t an issue created.”

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He also said it was difficult to find information about which bus line was replacing the light rail for the rest of the day.

“The stops themselves haven’t been an issue,” he said.

The following week, maintenance crews halted the train over Friday and Saturday nights to perform routine repairs near the Stadium Village station. During each of those evenings, buses replaced trains along the central cor ridor for about eight hours.

Kerr said Metro Transit releases rider aler ts at least one week in advance of any planned disruptions in ser vice, like repairs or major athletics events.

Still, he said Metr o T ransit r eceives many complaints.

The Green Line has str uck four pedestrians since its opening, injuring one and killing another in separate incidents.

Ashley Wetzel, a computer science junior, was riding the light rail near campus when another train car fatally hit a woman near the Westgate station in St. Paul earlier this month.

“They shuffled us all to buses after we had been stopped for a while,” she said.

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When a train hits a car or a pedestrian, Metro Transit police perform an investigation along the rails near the scene, Kerr said, while train ser vice continues on the other side of the track.

“We had to wait until the police were done finishing their business until we were able to leave,” Wetzel said.

Other than that occasion, she said she hasn’t had any major problems riding the Green Line.

“I think it’s understandable if things need to be fixed,” she said. “I haven’t been affected that much.”

Blue vs. green

The Blue Line, which opened in 2004 and connects downtown Minneapolis to the Mall of America, has had 91 collisions so far, Kerr said, most of which have been with cars.

On Saturday, the front car of a Blue Line train derailed near 30th Avenue in Bloomington, Kerr said.

None of the 60 passengers on the train were hur t, he said, and they were bused to their destinations, as buses replaced the light rail. Kerr said he expects ser vice to resume on Monday.

Kerr noted the dif fer-

ence between the Blue Line’s more suburban location and the Green Line’s high-traf fic urban stretch could impact the number and the nature of collisions on its rails.

“That’s a dif ferent environment than the Green Line,” he said.

Dylan Lahner, an international business and marketing sophomor e, said he thinks the number of Green Line collisions seems like a lot but it’s to be expected.

“The Green Line goes through such a dense area,” he said, “and students just aren’t used to it yet.”

Thousands in Moscow protest Ukraine fighting

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MOSCOW — Tens of thousands of people marched through central Moscow on Sunday to demonstrate against the fighting in Ukraine and Russia’s alleged complicity in the conflict.

An Associated Press repor ter estimated the crowd at about 20,000, although the city police depar tment put the number

at about 5,000.

The demonstrators chanted slogans including “No to war” and “The junta is in the Kremlin, not Kiev.”

The latter refers to Russia’s contention that the ousting of Ukraine’s former Russiafriendly president was a coup.

The fighting between Ukrainian forces and proRussia separatists in eastern Ukraine that erupted after the ouster has killed

more than 3,000 people.

Ukraine and Western countries claim Russia is supplying troops and equipment to the rebels, which Moscow denies.

“Our country is acting as an aggressor, like Germany in the war,” said demonstrator Konstantin Alexeyev, 35.

The Ukraine conflict has boosted nationalist sentiment among Russians, many of who regard eastern Ukraine as rightfully a

part of Russia, and coverage of the crisis on statecontrolled television channels has skewed strongly against the Ukrainian authorities.

“I am concerned about the rhetoric on our TV channels, which disseminate anti-Ukrainian sentiment,” said 50-year-old demonstrator Ludmila Shteiger valt. “Ukraine is a friendly country. We should just leave it alone.”

bathrooms that wish to make the switch, there is little cost involved, said Andrew Johnson, who represents Ward 12 on the City Council and co-authored the resolution.

The change entails replacing “men’s” and “women’s” bathroom placards with genderneutral signing, like “unisex” or “family,” he said.

Johnson said the resolution also benefits local companies and establishments.

“The biggest impetus for doing this is to have

greater equality and equity in our city — but at the end of the day, this is also a good change for small businesses,” he said, “[by] giving reasonable control to our businesses.”

Johnson said the former bathroom ordinance was one of many “antiquated” city laws.

“I’ve been going through our ordinances and really working to clean up [ones] that don’t make a lot of sense,” he said.

About 1,000 people search for missing U of Virginia student

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Nearly 1,000 volunteers, some driven by worry for the safety of their own families, fanned out from the University of Virginia campus Saturday to search for a sophomore who disappeared a week ago.

Volunteers met at the university’s basketball arena before going out in teams throughout Charlottesville to search for 18-year-old Hannah Graham.

“I have two daughters of my own and I would hope that if one of them was missing, ever yone would come out as well,” said Marci Stewart, a volunteer searcher.

Police said Friday they have spoken with a man they believe was with her in a bar on the night she went missing, but did not have enough information to arrest or detain him after searching his car and apartment.

In an emotional appeal, Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo asked anyone who might have seen Graham and the man early Sept. 13 on the Downtown Mall to contact authorities.

Longo stopped short of calling the unidentified man a suspect, but said police are keeping an eye on him.

Police have focused on Graham’s movements the night of Sept. 12 and into the early morning hours of Sept. 13. The sophomore from northern Virginia met friends at a restaurant for dinner, stopped by two parties at off-campus housing units, and left the second par ty alone, police have said.

Sur veillance videos showed her walking, and at some points r unning, past a pub and a ser vice station and then onto the Downtown Mall, a seven-block pedestrian strip lined with shops and restaurants.

Graham’s disappearance has sent a ripple of fear through the quiet college town.

Maria Faidas, a sophomore who volunteered to help search Saturday, said she lives a block from Graham and has walked home alone before without thinking twice of the possible dangers.

“It’s definitely a wake-up call, I think, because I always felt safe,” she said.

Students said they’ve started walking in pairs at night and are paying closer attention to their surroundings.

At least three other young women have disappeared in the area in the last five years. Nineteen-year-old Samantha Ann Clarke, who vanished after leaving her Orange County town house in September 2010, and 19-year-old DaShad Laquinn Smith, who disappeared in Charlottesville in November 2012, remain missing.

Morgan Harrington, a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student, disappeared from the University of Virginia’s John Paul Jones Arena while attending a rock concert in October 2009. Her remains were found three months later in a rural area.

No arrests have been made.

Police have said they do not think Graham’s disappearance is linked to any of the other missing women.

Emily Kilroy, a consultant who also helped search, said the episodes are “starting to feel like a pattern” that’s especially unfor tunate in a college town with so many young women.

“They should be made to feel safe,” she said.

V irginia Depar tment of Emergency Management spokeswoman Dawn Eischen said there were 981 volunteer searchers as well as 100 others who had search-and-rescue training.

She said the search would continue Sunday.