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Last week, there was a brief uptick in crime on and near the University’s campus.

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BY NICK WICKER nwicker@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota campus and surrounding areas saw a small wave of crime over the past week, including at least three burglaries, two robberies and seven cases of theft.

But University police Deputy Chief Chuck Miner said this week’s activity pales in comparison to last fall’s crime surge.

“Thankfully, we’re not experiencing as many as we did this time last year,” he said.

In one incident, a Jimmy John’s deliveryman alerted officers of a man who was wandering up and down the sidewalks near fraternity row on University Avenue Southeast, Miner said.

According to a police report, the man was trying to pick fights with passersby in the early hours of Friday morning.

The officer, beckoned by the deliver yman and a number of other onlookers, approached the suspect near the YMCA

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Some school and state officials say tuition freezes shouldn’t replace long-term strategies for cutting students’ costs.

While many Minnesota lawmakers and

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university officials say freezing tuition is a

A day after University of Minnesota

good step in cutting students’ costs, some

President Eric Kaler proposed to con-

emphasize that the act doesn’t address the

tinue a two-year tuition freeze earlier this

underlying issue — the rising price of high-

month, the Minnesota State Colleges and

er education.

U police sit on militarygrade guns

Universities system announced a similar

ularity, criticism of the method has sur-

University undergraduates who pay in-

A federal program lets college police, often strapped for cash, get surplus military supplies.

faced, saying it shouldn’t replace an effec-

state tuition are included in the school’s

tive, long-term strategy to increase college

freeze, which has kept tuition at the same

affordability.

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able is extremely important,” said Sen. Eric

Universities in states like Arizona, Cali-

Pratt, R-Prior Lake, “but also, making sure

fornia, Iowa and New Hampshire have all

that [the] administration is looking at their

enacted similar measures in recent years.

cost structures and making sure they’re

While proposals to freeze tuition prices at colleges nationwide are growing in pop-

operating as efficiently as possible is also important.”

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BY TAYLOR NACHTIGAL tnachtigal@mndaily.com

Many university police depar tments across the countr y, including the University of Minnesota Police Department, have access to heavy-duty hardware like military-grade rifles through a federal surplus program.

UMPD received two M-14s and six M16s in 2006 through the 1033 program, a U.S. Department of Defense program that allows some police departments to receive militar y surplus from the federal government. While the University department’s weapons have never been used in active duty, officers keep them in easy reach in the case of an active-shooter situation, Deputy Chief Chuck Miner said.

Items schools can acquire from the 1033 program range from small items like gauze bandages and socket wrenches to semiautomatic weaponry.

Officers use the M-16s in training instead

“Certainly, keeping tuition costs afford-

SCIENCE

Google taps career fair for top collegiate talent The company recruits students from a variety of fields while also engaging in U research.

BY PARKER LEMKE plemke@mndaily.com

A familiar name in the computing realm made an appearance on campus last week — for the first time, representatives from Google camped out at the College of Science and Engineering’s career fair.

Besides wooing University of Minnesota computer science students, the company engages in research and participates in other campus-wide events — efforts Google

SPORTS

and school officials say reflect the company’s growing presence in recent years.

Among the steady stream of students who lined up in front of Google’s booth was high-energy particle physics doctoral student Alexander Gude, who praised Google for its success.

“They’re sort of at the pinnacle of their game right now,” Gude said. “Working for Google is like … getting drafted in the first round of the NFL.” The new high-profile industry booth sat alongside 186 other companies at Mariucci Arena last Tuesday — a debut that University officials said followed the Internet giant’s increased presence on campus.

“A few years ago, they were mainly

reaching out to our students via LinkedIn … reaching out more to individual students,” CSE Employer Relations Coordinator Angela Froistad said. “Now, they’re on campus, engaged, coming to our fair [and] hosting some events.”

Brendan Collins, a university program specialist at Google, said company ambassadors travel to the best engineering schools to recruit world-class talent. The University, he said, had already contributed an impressive slew of alumni to the company’s roster.

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Teague talks NCAA rules In the first interview of a new Daily series, the AD discussed the Vikings and school facilities.

BY SAM KRAEMER skraemer@mndaily.com

The Minnesota Daily sat down with University of Minnesota athletics director Nor wood Teague for its inaugural edition of “Talkin’ with Teague” on Thursday.

Teague, now in his third year at the University, discussed new NCAA rules, the school’s facilities and the Minnesota Vikings’ presence on campus.

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Athletics director Norwood Teague answers questions in his office at the Bierman Field Athletic Building on Thursday. Teague is in his third year as athletics director at the University.

The NCAA established a new rule in April allowing athletes to have unlimited snacks. What impact do you believe this has had on the school’s studentathletes?

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granted, it’s a new initiative, so the entire NCAA family is watching it roll out as we speak. But it’s important that we provide all we can for our student-athletes, and it seems to be going really well.

Why’s it going so well?

Well, we demand a lot out of [the studentathletes] time-wise, and especially with football. To have it centralized where they eat over in our football building I think is very good. We can also monitor nutrition, which is helpful. Anybody would love to have that service for anybody. Those combined make it very efficient and a great service to them. u See TEAGUE Page 8

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SURUC, Turkey — The United States and partner nations launched their first airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria, as fighting raged Monday between the extremist group and Kurdish forces near the border with Turkey, triggering a surge of tens of thousands of refugees.

The Pentagon said a mix of fighter jets, bombers and Tomahawk missiles fired from ships in the region targeted the Islamic State group. Pentagon Press Secretar y Rear Adm. John Kirby said that because the militar y operation is ongoing, no details could be provided yet. He said the decision to strike was made early Monday by the military.

The strikes are par t of the expanded military campaign that President Barack Obama’s authorized nearly two weeks ago in order to disrupt and destroy the Islamic State militants. The U.S. has already launched 190 airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq since an aerial campaign began Aug. 8.

As the fighting in Syria has moved closer to Turkey, the government is facing increasing pressure to step up ef forts to take on the Islamic State extremists.

Turkey is resisting because it fears that arming Kurdish men to fight the group could complicate peace talks with Turkish insurgents within its own borders.

The Islamic State group’s of fensive against the Syrian city of Kobani, a few miles from the border, has sent 130,000 refugees to seek safety in Turkey in the last few days. The conflict in Syria had already led to more than 1 million people flooding over the border in the past 3½ years.

But in addition to the refugee crisis, hundreds of Kurds in and around this city near the frontier have clashed with Turkish police, who fired tear gas and water cannons. The Kurds say Turkey is hampering their ef for ts to let them cross into Syria and help their brethren.

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wanted to join the Kurdish fighters in Syria. He identified himself only by his first name of Azam for fear of reprisal from authorities.

“The Islamic State is on the other side of the border and moving freely, slaughtering people, but they are just sitting and watching,” he said of the Turkish authorities.

“If I get a chance to get a weapon, I’ll go to help our brothers by end of the day,” he said. “Kobani is our land, too, and people there are our people.”

Syrian Kurdish fighters were crossing back and forth over the border, while other Syrian Kurds were seen selling livestock to raise money for weapons.

Not far away on the border, the black flag of the Islamic State could be seen flying in a captured Syrian village along with the smoke from mortar fire.

Spillover from the Syria poses a problem for Turkey. The only local fighters capable of resisting the Islamic State group are Syrian Kurds aligned with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which has fought a

three-decade insurgency in southeastern Turkey.

Turkish of ficials have said PKK militants from Turkey are streaming to Syria to join the fight. The conflict in Syria already is inflaming tensions with Turkish Kurds and could under mine peace talks with the PKK. Turkey’s ambivalence about the fight between Kurds and the Islamic State group, which could leave the PKK either drained or emboldened, could further complicate its par ticipation in a U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State group.

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In missing student case, police focus on UVa employee

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Officials investigating the disappearance of a University of Virginia student focused Monday on the man they believe was the last person seen with her, searching his apartment for a second time and tr ying to locate the campus employee to arrest him on reckless driving charges.

Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr., 32 and a patient technician in the operating room at the university’s medical center, hasn’t been charged in the disappearance, but authorities say they want to talk to him about Hannah Graham, 18. She has been missing since Sept. 13. Police have not offered any details about how the two may be connected.

“I believe Jesse Matthew was the last person she was seen with before she vanished off the face of the Earth because it’s been a week and we can’t find her,” Charlottesville police Chief Timothy Longo said. “I’ve made no mistake about it. We want to talk to Jesse Matthew. We want to talk to him. We want to talk to him about his interaction with this sweet, young girl we can’t find.”

But, Longo also noted that “I don’t want to get tunnel vision just because we have a name, just because we saw her with a particular person.”

After initial searches of Matthew’s car and apartment Friday morning, police returned with a new search warrant to his Charlottesville apartment Monday, city spokeswoman Miriam Dickler said.

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Gay marriage support may be leveling off

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A sur vey released Monday from the Pew Research Center indicates American support for same-sex marriage could be leveling off after several years of dramatic growth in acceptance of equal rights for gays and lesbians.

The study’s authors caution it’s too soon to draw any definitive conclusions. But the new poll released Monday found a 5 percentage point drop since February, from 54 percent to 49 percent, in Americans who want legal recognition for same-sex relationships. The percentage of those opposed increased during that same period, from 39 percent in February to 41 percent last month.

The poll of 2,002 adults, conducted Sept. 2-9, has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.

“Since we’ve seen this upward trend for so long, we’re cautious because it’s too early to say what this means for long-term trends,” said Jessica Martinez, a researcher in Pew’s Religion and Public Life Project. “As we continue to ask this question in other surveys, we’ll keep an eye on where this moves.”

The findings were part of a sur vey in which nearly three-quarters of Americans said religious influence in public life was waning and most saw that as a negative trend. About half of respondents said churches and houses of worship should speak out more on public issues.

Nearly half of all the respondents said businesses that provide services for weddings, such as florists, should be allowed to deny service to same-sex couples if the owners have religious objections. The Pew survey also found the percentage of people who consider gay relationships sinful had increased from 45 percent a year ago to 50 percent last month, although other surveys have found that people with religious objections don’t always oppose legal recognition for gay relationships.

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Businesses, investors press for green policy

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Hundreds of corporations, insurance companies and pension funds are calling on world leaders gathering for a U.N. summit on climate change this week to attack the problem by making it more costly for businesses and ordinary people to pollute.

The idea, long advocated by policymakers, economists and environmental activists, is that the world can’t hope to slow the heating of the planet until its cost is incorporated into the everyday activities that contribute to it, such as using gas- or coal-generated electricity, driving a car, shipping a package or flying around the globe.

Business leaders representing trillions of dollars in revenue and retirement savings say they worry that global warming threatens the long-term value of their investments, and they want world leaders to adopt policies that would provide a financial incentive to people to clean up their act.

That could include a tax on carbon emissions, a cap or some other mechanism.

“There’s a market failure that needs to be fixed,” said Anne Simpson, senior portfolio manager and director of global governance at the $300 billion California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the largest public pension fund in the U.S. Despite a broad consensus that something needs to be done, it has been impossible so far for global leaders to agree on how to implement what amounts to a price on pollution, because energy is so important for economic growth.

“It may be easier to get large businesses to agree that something should be done than to get them to

coalesce around specific policy measures,” said Michael Levi, senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations.

At Tuesday’s U.N. summit, 120 world leaders will try to summon some of the considerable political will required if a new climate treaty is to be reached at international negotiations next year in Paris. The oneday summit is part of U.N. Secretar y-General Ban Kimoon’s push to help world leaders to reach a goal they set in 2009: prevent Earth’s temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.1 degrees Celsius) from where it is now.

On Sunday, scientists announced that the world set another record last year for the amount of carbon pollution spewed into the atmosphere.

Ahead of the summit, business leaders such as Apple’s Tim Cook renewed or expanded pledges to help the planet by running their businesses more efficiently, investing in renewable energy or pulling their investments from fossil fuel companies.

Last week, CalPERS and other big asset-holders such as the insurance and financial firms Allianz, BlackRock and AXA Group called for a “meaningful” price on carbon emissions. The World Bank said Monday that 73 countries and more than 1,000 companies have expressed their support for a price on carbon.

Also on Monday, a parade of business and political leaders tried to rally support in a series of speeches in New York.

“It doesn’t cost more to deal with climate change; it costs more to ignore it,” said Secretary of State John Kerry.

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of the department’s AR-15s — a similar rifle commonly used in law enforcement — to reduce wear and tear on the AR-15s, he said.

The AR-15s are kept on hand for situations like burglaries or robberies in which there’s an immediate threat because they are more accurate than a handgun, Miner said.

He said working in high-density areas, like a campus environment, requires special care when selecting which weapons to use.

“We want to make sure we’re being as accurate as possible because we’re in a ver y populated environment,” Miner said.

Three of the M-16s are reser ved for what UMPD call an “active shooter” situation and are easily accessible to daytime investigators, University police Chief Greg Hestness said.

“We have three locked in a cabinet near the investigator’s office in the event there was an active shooter on campus,” Hestness said, “but we have never used them, fortunately.”

Likewise, he said the M14s still sit unused in their original boxes.

The University received the weapons through the program for free, Miner said, adding that the program was an oppor tunity to save the University a lot of money on weapons that can cost up to $1,000 each.

The Iowa State University Police Division also received M-16s through the program and said the federal program is helpful for police depar tments that work on tight budgets, said Darin Van R yswyk, the Iowa State University Police Division’s investigations captain.

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said. “For us, it was an opportunity to save $5,000 to $6,000.”

He also noted that the program provides a large range of materials, from office supplies to armored trucks, which also aids departments.

Iowa uses its equipment for reasons similar to UMPD and has only used them for training purposes so far, Van Ryswyk said.

E ach police de p a r t ment that par ticipates in the program is required under federal regulations to send pictures of the weapons and updates to the Depar tment of Defense between two and four times per year, Van Ryswyk said.

Currently, the University has no plans to acquire any other items from the program, Miner said.

While some schools took dozens of guns from the program, UMPD wanted to keep its request within reason.

“They were tr ying to disperse surplus weapons [in 2006] and wanted us to take more than we did,” Hestness said. “We limited to a fairly small number.”

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University researcher Meggan Craft poses in her office in the Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine building on the St. Paul campus on Monday morning. Craft is working alongside researchers from Colorado State University and the University of Tasmania to better understand the transmission of disease in wild puma populations.

Tri-university wild puma study spans continents A five-year study seeks to know the dynamics of viruses in wild animals.

BY KAYLEE KRUSCHKE kkruschke@mndaily.com

Before the team of researchers could collaborate across continents, they star ted collecting vials of puma blood.

Now those zoology, ecology, genomics and veterinar y diseases exper ts — who hail from three universities across two countries — are analyzing those blood samples to study how illnesses spread in wild animals.

The team of researchers from the University of Tasmania, Colorado State University and the University of Minnesota, as well as officials from state and federal departments, received a $2.14 million grant from the National Science Foundation late last summer for the collaboration.

By the end of the fiveyear study, the group of five researchers hopes to better understand the interrelation between various puma diseases as well as predict and prevent their potential outbreaks, said Meggan Craft, assistant professor of veterinary population medicine at the University of Minnesota.

She said managers of wild puma populations in

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The University plans to request $65 million from the state Legislature to cover the cost of extending the tuition freeze, and MnSCU is planning to request $72 million for its plan.

“Increasing state aid to keep tuition down is really a Band-Aid, not a solution to the cost issue,” said Sen. Branden Petersen, R-Andover. “You can freeze tuition all you want. That doesn’t necessarily mean the costs of education are lowered.”

Duane Benson, who sits on MnSCU’s Board of Trustees, said the system’s previous tuition freeze failed to generate enough revenue, so a continued one will require more state funding.

Regent Laura Brod said she would like the regents to consider other ways the University can address the increasing expenses of attending college.

Brod stressed the importance of long-term strategies, rather than freezing tuition whenever it’s time to create the University’s next budget.

Sen. Terri Bonoff, DFLMinnetonka, said the state and higher education institutions should work together to implement such strategies.

“I think [the University and MnSCU] should keep

California, Colorado and Florida are wrapping up their work collecting blood samples from pumas, which are also called mountain lions, cougars or panthers.

That work began in the 1990s, though a few of the vials are more than 30 years old, said Scott Carver, a zoology assistant professor at the University of Tasmania in Australia.

The research group is also seeking to discover how conser vation management affects the spread of disease in wild animals, Carver said, noting that no research has answered that question yet.

“One of the things I really like about the study is the discover y aspect,” Car ver said, “because a lot of what we’re doing is quite novel.

We don’t really know what the results are going to be.”

Though the findings will be drawn from puma data, the study’s results will be applied to other wild animal populations, said Sue VandeWoude, associate dean for research and professor of comparative medicine at CSU. The group will home in on the relatedness of three diseases: feline immunodeficiency virus, feline foamy virus and feline leukemia virus, Craft said.

Because the first two diseases are fairly common, she said affected cats don’t show signs of sickness. Researchers will use models of

their costs down, and we should work together to figure out how to change how much it costs to deliver higher education,” she said, “rather than say ‘We’re going to freeze tuition, but we’re still going to increase our costs.’ I don’t agree with that.”

House DemocraticFarmer-Labor leaders announced on Monday that they plan to support the tuition freezes for Minnesota students, but with some conditions.

“I think a tuition freeze is an important public policy provision right now,” said House Speaker Paul Thissen, DFL-Minneapolis, noting that increases in tuition over previous decades have been substantial.

But DFL leaders said they still plan to examine spending by the University and MnSCU with great “scrutiny” in the upcoming legislative session.

“Both systems have told us they have had rather substantial reductions in administrative costs,” said Rep. Gene Pelowski, DFLWinona. “We’re going to ask for an ar ticulation of that — what that means exactly, where were these savings. I’d like it even broken down to the particular office and the salary.”

In September, Kaler announced plans to cut $90 million in administrative costs by 2019, and the University has successfully cut

those two viruses to predict occurrences of the third, more dangerous feline leukemia virus.

A cross-continental, cross-disciplinar y approach

While one researcher sequences the viruses, another pair will study how natural and human-made landscapes af fect disease transmission, before two more mathematically model the results.

In this way, specialists from across disciplines will lead each aspect of the study, Carver said.

“It’s kind of like a unique collaboration between people with really different skill sets and expertise,” Craft said.

VandeWoude, the project’s coordinator, will sequence the diseases with the help of CSU students, Craft said.

Meanwhile, Kevin Crooks, a professor of fish and wildlife conser vation biology at CSU, will home in on how urbanization and human activity influence puma populations.

W. Chris Funk, a biology associate professor at CSU, will focus on the genetics of how the viruses are passed along and what role pumas’ natural landscape plays in that process.

V a n d e Wo u d e s a i d Crooks will also analyze GPS-generated information

on the movement of pumas.

Craft, the only University of Minnesota researcher, said she and Carver will use the study’s data to design mathematical models that will simulate and virtually test how different conditions affect the transmission of puma diseases.

In the past, Craft has made similar models to track illnesses in African lion populations, and she said it’s her preferred approach for studying animal epidemiology.

“It’s ethical, it’s feasible and you can just mathematically test different … intervention strategies,” Craft said. “That’s why you’d rather do a mathematical model than introduce a virus into a population and then see what happens.”

Once the research is complete, the group plans to create a mobile game application that will teach users how cities, roads and illnesses can affect pumas, Craft said. The player will decide things like where to place mountains and rivers, or whether to infect or immunize the cats, she said.

Members of the study’s team star ted traveling on Monday from Tasmania and Minnesota to meet in Colorado to plan the project’s next steps, Carver said.

“This is really exciting,” he said. “This is really on the cutting edge of research in disease transmission.”

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more than $15 million already.

Kaler commended the DFL members’ support in a press release Monday.

“To achieve a second biennium of this historic measure to hold the line on

tuition, the state must partner with the University,” Kaler said in the release. “If we do not get sufficient funding to support this freeze, the Board of Regents is prepared to raise tuition, as needed, to fill the gap.”

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Crookston surveys on sexual assault The survey will gauge students’ attitude toward sexual assault.

SEXUAL ASSAULT

BY THE NUMBERS

BY KATE CLARK kclark1@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota’s Crookston campus is preparing to administer a sur vey this fall that would gauge students’ attitudes toward sexual assault.

University leaders, including Crookston Chancellor Fred Wood, presented plans for the campus sur vey at a Board of Regents committee meeting earlier this month. The sur vey is an attempt to pre-empt a potential federal mandate that would require a similar sur vey.

While Crookston’s administrators are ramping up ef for ts to prepare the sur vey, Twin Cities leaders are still exploring their options.

As par t of the federal gover nment’s Not Alone campaign launched this year, schools nationwide are working to combat campus sexual assault by creating regulations and improving policies. One potential federal mandate includes requiring schools to administer a campus climate sur vey.

While the federal government doesn’t require a sur vey yet, the Crookston campus is already working on its own sur vey that it will release in November, said Peter Phaiah, Crookston’s associate vice chancellor for student affairs.

Aurora Center director Katie Eichele previously told the Minnesota Daily that the University plans to administer the sur vey by 2016 using EverFi, a system that currently only contracts with the T win Cities and Duluth campuses.

Although Crookston officials are preparing to put

18.3%

of women have experienced rape in their lifetime

address students’ perceptions of other issues, like discrimination and safety, Phaiah said.

But the gover nment mandate might not leave room for extra topics, he said.

“I think we’re going to wait and see how hard we are mandated by the federal government, and if they say we must do it a certain way,” Phaiah said.

Encouraging people to report

19%

of undergraduate women have experienced attempted or completed sexual assault

REPORTED FORCIBLE SEXUAL OFFENSES ON AND NEAR THE TWIN CITIES CAMPUS

15

22

REPORTED OFFENSES

REPORTED OFFENSES

2008

2012

SOURCES: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL

out a sur vey, Twin Cities campus leaders are still navigating the process, University spokesman Steve Henneberr y said in a statement.

The T win Cities campus “is working to determine the best way to move for ward regarding a sexual assault climate sur vey,” he said in the statement.

Phaiah said he believes the federal gover nment will soon require universities nationwide to administer a campus climate sur vey.

“We know we are going to do this,” he said.

“We are just tr ying to get ahead of the game and so when it’s mandated, we are already ready.”

Crookston leaders want to broaden their sur vey to

Repor ts of sexual assault are increasing over time on the Twin Cities’ campus, and University leaders say one goal of policies surrounding sexual assault is to make more students comfor table reporting the crime.

Less than 5 per cent of college victims repor t their assault to the police, according to the Aurora Center.

And forcible sexual offense repor ts on and near the T win Cities campus rose from 15 in 2008 to 22 reports in 2012, according to the University’s department of public safety.

People should feel more comfor table about repor ting sexual assaults, Phaiah said.

“Sometimes we need to do a big push on promoting these educational awareness programs, and you’ll see the numbers go up,” he said. “That is what we want — more people to repor t — because I can’t help students unless it gets to the proper level and we take action.”

Eichele said the center has two programs that deal with consent and bystander behavior, in addition to of fering other services.

“We are tr ying to create a dif ferent culture on campus where repor ting is not stigmatized and the repor ting process isn’t as traumatizing for victims and sur vivors,” Eichele said.

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Google employee Tony Lam engages with attendants of the College of Science and Engineering’s career fair at Mariucci Arena on Tuesday. University officials say the company’s appearance at the event is an example of the Internet giant’s increased presence on campus.

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dedicate a lot of our time and energy to come into campus,” Collins said.

Google, wor th more than $380 billion, currently employs more than 150 University alumni — some of whom returned to campus last week to staff Google’s booth, Collins said.

“These are not HR professionals,” Collins said.

“They’re just super-smart, really passionate alumni.”

The CSE career fair draws students interested in exploring careers and finding internships, Froistad said. At the event, students can share resumes and pitch their skills during quick interviews with companies like software developers, food industr y businesses and medical equipment manufacturers.

“Really, Google is just an addition to an already stellar list of companies,” Froistad said. “Any time we can have a huge company, a huge name like that on campus, that’s just a win for us.”

Industr y-institute relationship is growing

Although software engineers remain Google’s main recruits, Collins said, the company searches for applicants from many backgrounds.

“If there is a typical Google applicant, it’s some-

one who’s smart,” Collins said. “It’s someone who is really passionate about working at a company that has impacted millions, billions of people around the world.”

Doctoral student Gude said he initially heard rumors that Google was exclusively looking for programmers at last week’s career fair. As a physicist who works with databases, he said he wanted to demonstrate that he could help with the company’s datadriven projects, like selfdriven cars.

“Those are projects that need somebody who can take a lot of data,” Gude said, “and reduce it down to something useful.”

His conversation with a Google representative proved the rumors false, he said.

“We don’t just look at a GPA or what school [you attend] or what major you have,” Collins said. “We tr y to look as wide as possible.”

Google’s relationship with the University extends beyond recruitment.

For the past few months, the company has partnered with University researchers to work on Project Tango, a 3-D sensor technology that allows cellphones to self-locate without a GPS and sense nearby objects.

Froistad said she thinks that work fueled the company’s involvement in this year’s fair.

The University also

seeks feedback from big companies like Google when it makes curriculum decisions, Froistad said.

“We have frequent meetings with them, asking, ‘What are your forecast needs? What are you looking for in terms of your students that you hire?’ ” she said.

Google hopefuls The diversity of Google’s products — from its search engine to its Inter net browser and mapping systems — attracted a slew of eager University students at the career fair, like computer science doctoral student Zahra Eslami. “[Google] has a lot of dif ferent variety,” Eslami said as she came out of an inter view at the booth. “I am ver y hopeful that I can find a job there.”

Computer engineering senior John Evenstar came to the career fair hoping to find a job at a big company.

He said he was excited when he saw Google’s logo emblazoned among the event’s stands.

“They’re a pioneer in all computer science-related areas,” Evenstar said.

“They’re always pushing new boundaries, new technologies.”

Computer science senior Thomas Smith said he’s intrigued by what he’s heard about the company’s employee culture.

“I was surprised when they weren’t here the previous years,” Smith said.

Settlement reached in Accent Signage Systems shooting suit

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MINNEAPOLIS — The family of a man killed in a 2012 office shooting at Accent Signage Systems in Minneapolis has reached an undisclosed settlement with the company, according to an attorney and an order filed Monday by the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

Jacob Beneke, 34, was one of six people who died after being shot on Sept. 27, 2012,

by Andrew Engeldinger, who took his own life. Two other workers were also injured in what became the deadliest workplace shooting in Minnesota.

Beneke’s family sued Accent Signage and Engeldinger’s estate last year, al-

leging the company should have known from Engeldinger’s work histor y that he was potentially dangerous. Last summer, a judge threw out claims against the gunman’s estate but allowed two negligence counts against the company to proceed.

In Monday’s ruling, the appeals court said “the underlying matter has been settled, pending district court approval.”

Phil Villaume, an attorney for Beneke’s family, confirmed the case was settled, saying the matter was resolved within the last couple of weeks. He said he could not make additional comments or provide details.

Wendy Khabie, a spokeswoman for Accent Signage, said the court order speaks for itself, and the company had no further comment.

Engeldinger, 36, pulled a gun at a meeting in which he was being fired and killed Beneke, four other co-workers and a UPS deliveryman before killing himself. The company had repeatedly cited Engeldinger for offensive behavior, tardiness and poor job performance, and warned him a week before the attack that executives wanted to meet with him about his employment. On the day of the attack, Engeldinger retrieved a gun from his vehicle after being reminded of the late afternoon meeting.

Gov. Dayton for improving child safety

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s central social service agency will conduct random screenings of child-protection decisions made by county officials under measures ordered Monday by Gov. Mark Dayton in response to the death of a repeatedly abused child.

In addition, a new consultation system staffed by state and county experts will be established as a sounding board for social workers looking into maltreatment allegations.

The executive actions announced by Dayton follow an Aug. 31 Minneapolis Star Tribune story about 4-year-old

Eric Dean, whose repeated abuse at the hands of his stepmother prompted little scrutiny despite 15 separate abuse reports lodged with Pope County social workers.

Amanda Peltier was convicted this spring in Dean’s death, but a state review of institutional failings is still in progress.

Dayton said a photo of Dean smiling through the wounds on his face “will haunt me for a long time.”

State Department of Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson said putting a second set of eyes on county decisions could prevent children from suffering more serious injuries or even death

by catching cases that were wrongly closed without adequate investigation.

“While we save thousands of children, what we have seen is still far too many children fall through the cracks,” Jesson said.

The random screenings of at least 240 decisions made this month will start immediately and look both at cases that led to probes and those that didn’t. Random reviews will continue each month. In cases where the state agency disagrees with the previous decision, Jesson said her department will push county officials to reverse course, removing children from abusive environments if needed.

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Editorials & Opinions EDUCATION

Why diversity at universities still matters The University’s plan to expand diversity on campus is central to receiving a liberal education.

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he University of Minnesota’s new strategic plan is in one of its final stages before it is enacted. The plan details the policies the University will enact, which include more financial suppor t for graduate students, introducing courses on societal and global issues into students’ liberal education requirements and a push for more diversity in the school.

All these points will help students, but the intention to increase diversity on campus caught my attention the most.

A previous edition of the Minnesota Daily repor ted that the University plans to increase the range of diversity among faculty members. The plan to build a more diverse staff here at the University is smar t, and I feel that it can provide examples of positive role models for students of diverse backgrounds.

And because staf f members are usually around for longer periods of time than students, this plan can help the

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University reshape itself to fully represent diversity and the real world. Setting measurable goals for diversity can also help reduce the possibility that the University will overlook a previously set goal or let one fall by the wayside.

While I think hiring diverse faculty members is an excellent way to promote the school as more diverse, I feel that the University should also pay attention to how many students of each race it has accepted each year.

Diversity within universities and schools is a vital factor in developing quality higher education.

Attending a school that represents all dif ferent kinds of races and cultures is beneficial because it provides students with enriched educational experiences.

Additionally, it helps strengthen communities and enhance personal growth,

as people are exposed to cultures that are dif ferent from their own. Finally, diversity prepares college students for the real world, where one will encounter and likely work with a wide range of people.

More than half of babies born in the United States today are people of color.

With the countr y’s demographics constantly changing and minority populations increasing ever y year, it’s important to help improve the education and character of the people who will one day be taking care of this countr y.

The University is accepting public comments online regarding the strategic plan until Sept. 25. This is a great way for people to of fer suggestions and constructive criticism for how to address the need for more diversity at the school.

Increasing the number of faculty from diverse backgrounds and paying attention to diversity within the campus community are two necessar y steps in bringing a greater range of faces on campus to promote a pluralistic society.

Destanie Martin-Johnson welcomes comments at dmartin-johnson@mndaily.com.

DAILY DISCUSSION

Comment on ‘Entr y-level research positions a catch-22’

While I appreciate that the columnist has identified a significant hurdle undergraduates face when trying to “break into” a research lab, the solution proposed is deeply flawed on many levels.

It’s true that research labs are looking for experienced individuals, but trying to shoehorn high school students into these labs is like taking hobby remote-control airplane enthusiasts and putting them in the cockpit of a jumbo jet. Few will acclimate quickly enough before becoming disinterested or causing a catastrophic mistake.

A cheaper, more effective option would be to provide a two- or three-week lab skills and orientation workshop in the summer that can prepare the inexperienced for life in the lab.

Students could take the cer tification class prior to the start of normal classes and receive a document stating their proficiency in a variety of skills. That way, research labs would have at least some assurance about the skills of potential new hires, and we wouldn’t be busing a bunch of teenagers from across town to learn that they are miles away from competency.

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Comment on ‘Presidents should not be viewed as representatives’

The actions of a student body president directly impact donations from alumni, so it’s actually a lot like harming a brand.

I imagine you worked in that nuance because an obvious parallel is what happened to Brendan Eich at Mozilla.

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It’s about time gender-neutral bathrooms are legal

We applaud the Minneapolis City Council’s work to help push integration of gender-neutral, single-user bathrooms.

With a resolution passed that allows local restaurants and bars the choice of including alternative bathrooms for transgender patrons and employees, we feel that this is a tremendous step forward.

The University of Minnesota now has at least 52 gender-neutral bathrooms, which we hope will set a precedent for other campuses in the state.

The Editorial Board

Reading about recent alcohol citation efforts published in the Minnesota Daily and in the email updates sent out by the University of Minnesota leads one to wonder, what next?

Perhaps citations for being outside after dark, or for being alone? Mandatory body-building and martial arts classes to keep students from “making themselves easy targets” by small size or poor fighting ability?

Perhaps a University-appointed personal minder and bodyguard as well, to keep us all from engaging in any unsafe behavior of the sort that might leave us vulnerable to criminals.

Or perhaps the University could stop blaming the victims for making themselves vulnerable, and instead assign responsibility for robbery, assault and other crimes to the people who commit those crimes. By linking

EDITORIALS Antibio strategy misses the mark Antibiotic use by agricultural livestock industry is dangerous.

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n Thursday, the White House announced a new national initiative and issued an executive order to address antibiotic resistance.

The announcement coincided with the release of a report by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. The report detailed the dangers of antibiotic resistance and outlined a plan to address it. Annually, antibiotic resistance causes more than 2 million illnesses and 20,000 deaths in the United States.

However, the new “national strategy” to counter antibiotic resistance is lenient toward the industrial agricultural livestock industry, which is currently the largest antibiotics consumer in the country. More than 70 percent of all antibiotics go toward promoting animal growth and countering the unhealthy conditions in which livestock are raised.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated in 2013 that “much of antibiotic use in animals is unnecessary and inappropriate and makes everyone less safe.” However, the President’s Council Report suggests enacting only voluntary measures to monitor and halt the use of antibiotics in livestock.

In contrast, medical establishments — including hospitals and dialysis centers — will likely be subjected to mandatory regulations.

University of Minnesota professor Dr. James Johnson told the New York Times last week that the report “sounded like it was written by someone in the meat industry.”

We do not think the recommendations for voluntary change from the livestock industry are enough. As the nation’s largest user of antibiotics, livestock production companies should be subject to the same regulations as other antibiotic-dispensing establishments.

Right to vote for ex-felons needed Lea Graber welcomes comments at lgraber@mndaily.com.

POLITICS

Everyone must get out and vote There is no good reason for students not to register to vote.

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lected officials might make the laws, but you have more influence than you think. Tuesday is National Voter Registration Day. Assert your significance, and make sure you’re registered to vote.

Here’s the bottom line — politicians care about re-election. Pleasing voters is the only way they can achieve their goals and stay in office. A checkmark on a ballot sends them a clear message: “Listen to me. My problems matter, and you should do something about them.”

Elected officials really will listen. Just like the rest of us, they don’t want to lose their jobs. But unlike the rest of us, politicians hold tremendous power. That student debt you’re shouldering? Policy created in Congress can address that (or not).

Struggling to pay the bills with a minimum wage job? The governor’s of fice can address that (or not).

The “or not” par t of the equation depends on who’s voting. Elected of ficials will tr y to help the voters who put them in office. But if you don’t cast a ballot, you might as well be invisible. How can of ficials know what you want unless you tell them? Even those who don’t show up to the polling place are still voting. They’re just letting those who do vote speak

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR On alcohol, policing and responsibility

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intoxication to vulnerability and then making intoxication something to be enforced against, the University administration is saying that it is students’ vulnerability to crime —and not criminal behavior — that must be penalized.

The effect of such a stance is profoundly negative. First, it can create a false sense of security; vulnerability comes in many forms.

Second, it adds to the expectation that students will structure their lives in order to avoid becoming the victims of crime.

Third, and most damaging, it encourages those who become the victims of crime — whether they are using alcohol or not — to blame themselves for their victimization. In addition to the obvious psychological trauma such a response can inflict, this also discourages victims from reporting crimes and allows serial predators to act unchecked. After all, if the victim is to blame, why should anyone do anything to check the predator?

Their predation becomes a natural result of

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CAMILLE GALLES columnist

for them.

Though 2014 isn’t a presidential election year, that doesn’t mean it’s not important. A president has to worr y about the entire countr y’s problems. Members of Congress, state representatives and the governor are responsible for more specific issues within their state and district — and they’re all on the ballot this year. The smaller the office, the more weight your vote carries.

So visit mnvotes.org today, or stop by one of the many campus events and register yourself to vote. Don’t be intimidated by the political process. Star t Googling candidates now, and read some news articles. Being educated is not hard, and you don’t have to be a political expert to have an opinion. Voting is your voice, and you matter. Don’t deny yourself a chance to speak.

Camille Galles welcomes comments at cgalles@mndaily.com.

the victim’s imprudence; the victim deserved it. And all that before police are encouraged to take crime reports less seriously by the subtle assumption that this was, essentially, an accident.

When responsibility lands squarely on the shoulders of those who commit crimes, the focus of crime prevention changes. Instead of inducing students to avoid being “vulnerable,” the University and society at large must take on the much more challenging task of dissuading people from committing crimes in the first place.

This undertaking will require substantial amounts of time and money and a rethinking of cultural assumptions. It does not offer flashy statistics like the more than 90 citations from the weekend of Sept. 5. What it does offer is a chance to actually make students safer, instead of offering a false sense of security and telling them they are to blame if they are victimized.

Jacob Linn University of Minnesota College of Continuing Education student

It’s time to give back rights to those who’ve paid their debts.

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ne Minnesota lawmaker, Rep. Raymond Dehn, DFL-Minneapolis, plans to reintroduce a bill to the Legislature this session that would return voting rights to people with a felony on their record once they’ve served their time in prison, the Minnesota Daily reported last week.

At the forefront of a statewide push to return voting rights to ex-felons is a University of Minnesota graduate student, Robert Stewart.

He hasn’t been able to vote since 2006.

Stewart’s inability to vote for his beliefs hasn’t stopped him from fighting for his rights, however. Instead, he’s turned to advocacy, which is the only way he can make a case to restore his ability to vote.

We strongly back the efforts of Stewart and others to return voting rights to those who have, in the eyes of the law, completed their punishments.

Our society and justice system need to be welcoming of people with criminal records when they return to society out of prison. It appears that Minnesota is taking steps in the right direction, as a bill to give ex-felons voting rights gained some ground at the Capitol last session. Moreover, the state has passed the “Ban the Box” law, preventing employers from asking on initial job applications whether applicants have criminal records.

Still, there’s much work to be done. We hope that lawmakers rally around Dehn’s voting rights bill this session to make another positive step toward giving equality to all.

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SHOES

Save your sole, save some cash Shoe repairman Jim Picard explains that less is more when footwear is done right.

BY HANNAH GERMAINE hgermaine@mndaily.com

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rends are as temperamental as the w e a t h e r. M a s s retailers produce merchandise quickly and inexpensively to provide new styles that customers will purchase frequently.

This is the fast fashion business model.

Products from fast fashion retailers are only intended to withstand three washes. Cheap shopping trips to these places appear fun and economical in the moment, but quality is better than quantity for the long term.

Nicer footwear lasts longer, and sturdier materials are easier to repair. Jim Picard, shoe repairman of Fast Eddie’s Place in Dinkytown, recommends buying high-caliber shoes in fewer numbers.

“It’s a bigger investment to start with, but in the long run, you save a lot,” Picard said. “Plus, you get to wear a much more comfortable shoe all day long.”

Picard said shoes’ values var y, even among ones of the same brand, so it’s important to have information about specific styles when choosing a new shoe.

“It’s more [about] shopping in the right stores,” Picard said. “If you go to a store where there’s a salesman who knows what he’s selling, they can give you shoes that can be serviced.”

After making an educated purchase, Picard said it’s important to keep up with a care routine: Polish conditions leather and enhances faded tones; fingers are ideal applicators because brushes and rags scratch leather; and waterproofing spray prevents weather-related damage.

These treatments should be implemented consistently and long term, he said. “ Yo u s h o u l d w a t e r proof them ever y couple of weeks,” Picard said, “as

soon as you notice water not beading up and running off of [them].”

Sweat is another natural cause of deterioration, he said, and it’s important to allow ample drying time between wears.

“Whatever shoe you wear today should have tomorrow off,” Picard said.

Eventually, well-loved shoes will need to be fixed.

But high cost and unnatural-looking alterations are avoidable if the damage receives attention early on.

“Bring it in before you wreck it,” Picard said. “It’s cheaper to fix, and we can do a nicer job on it.”

Alicia Vegell, administrative staf f member at the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development, brought her favorite brown mules in to Fast Eddie’s to replace their soles. She said stores have discontinued the style of mules, so buying

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Bottom: In his Dinkytown workspace, Jim Picard demonstrates the use and purpose of machinery.

replacements wasn’t an option.

Vegell said she always repairs her shoes.

“It costs less than buying a new pair of shoes and then going through the painful process of breaking them in again,” she said.

A superior new sole replaced the entire deteriorating one.

“They’ll actually be better this winter than they ever were before,” Vegell said.

Carla Maldonado visited Fast Eddie’s for her first shoe repair. She wanted to save her red satin pumps.

“I’m not a high-heel person,” she said, “but these are the only ones that won’t kill my feet.”

After experiencing comfortable footwear and getting her favorites fixed, Maldonado said she plans to go forward with a new philosophy.

“I’m going to buy better shoes and get them repaired now,” Maldonado said.

Because the profession is so uncommon, local shoe repairmen are familiar with each other’s work, Picard said, adding that they sometimes make referrals if another store can do the specialized job better.

“Everybody has someone who does something specifically well,” he said.

He suggested George’s Shoe and Skate Repair in St. Paul for hockey skates and Kenny’s Shoe & Leather Repair in Bloomington for dye jobs. Picard’s personal specialty is Birkenstocks, after mastering the reparation process at the American headquarters in Novato, Calif.

Cherished footwear doesn’t need to be discarded with the proper treatment and resources. And while comfort, eliminating waste and saving money is great, the true value of care and repair is the salvation of a favorite pair of shoes.

“They have no value unless someone loves them,” Picard said.

MUSIC

Toki Wright & Big Cats: From Base to Apex Toki Wright & Big Cats join forces to make “Pangaea,” which drops Tuesday.

BY GRANT TILLERY gtillery@mndaily.com

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oki Wright and Spencer Wirth-Davis (better known as Big Cats) don’t wear rose-tinted glasses when examining modern society.

The duo said the world is a place where people use and abuse technology and systems. On Wright and WirthDavis’ new album, “Pangaea,” the musicians assert that the lives of people in modern society are broken, but they say turning toward interdependency could glue them together.

“Nowhere on the record are we trying to do the ‘Kumbaya’ — ever ybody hold hands, everything’s going to be wonderful,” Wright said.

“Instead, let’s have an open conversation about what it’s like to grow up in this environment with all of this opportunity and technology, but we can still be so disconnected.”

Wright and Wirth-Davis joined forces to create “Pangaea,” which drops Tuesday.

Wright is a poet who spits out socially conscious, acerbic rhymes, and Wirth-Davis creates intricate compositions —

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his beats are lyrical and linear yet break away from traditional loop form.

“Pangaea” pays homage to the historic supercontinent. The theme of interconnectedness permeates the album and emphasizes the humanity and intelligence of early people.

“If I had a one-line description of the album, it would be like, ‘If early man found some psychedelic drugs and saw the future,’” Wright said. “It’s about putting together pieces — pieces that are broken apart and putting them back together.”

The album begins with “Mushroom Cloud.” The druggy reverb creates an ethereal ambiance. Wright’s swirling lyrics depict a trip but also serve as a cry to fix the cracks in humanity. The track references the work of the late ethnobotanist Terence McKenna.

Wright and Wirth-Davis listened to a lecture of McKenna’s while on a road trip.

They were moved by his hypothesis that psilocybin contributed to the development of language in humans.

“One of [McKenna’s] theories is that when early humans were forced out of the trees and onto the ground to start foraging for food, one of the things they would’ve come across were mushroom, and in lots of areas of the world, psilocybin is naturally occurring,” Wirth-Davis

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Toki Wright & Big Cats’ new album, “Pangaea,” drops Tuesday.

said. “Some of them would’ve eaten it, [and] psilocybin stimulates a part of the brain that’s very closely tied to language. His theory is that the jumping off point for humans developing language is mushrooms.”

The album’s high point is “Apex.” Plaintive flute whispers remind listeners of Gil Scott-Heron, while Wright raps about how intelligence and human advancement function independent of each other.

“We like to think that the present is the height of civilization,” Wirth-Davis said.

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“There’s really no way for us to know that. It’s not necessarily a linear progression from ‘less intelligent, less civilized’ to ‘more intelligent, more civilized.’ What are the metrics that we’re basing it on?”

The rest of “Pangaea” continues to wax philosophical on modern life. “Cleaning House” is about cleaning up your own mess before dealing with others’ problems, Wright said. “Lost Boy” is a post-apocalyptic look at the ruins of present-day society, Wright said, adding that the track doubles as a reflection on his life.

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While Wright and WirthDavis made 40 to 50 songs for the album, the final copy comes in at 13 tracks. The two also spent time recording cuts standing alone from the album, such as “For Amiri Baraka.”

Baraka was a prominent black writer who died this January. He spearheaded the Black Arts Movement, which created a venue for black literary voices, eventually leading to the creation of rap through groups like the Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron. Baraka’s work — ranging from poetry and fiction to music criticism

— is an influence on both Wirth-Davis and Wright.

“I got introduced to his work in college, when I was at the ‘U,’ ” Wirth-Davis said.

“I took a class called ‘The Poetry of Rap’ with Alexs Pate.

The first thing he had us read was ‘Blues People’ by Amiri Baraka. I got a chance to see [Baraka] speak and do a reading at the ‘U.’ He was important to me in exploring and getting a better understanding of black music, and where and if I fit into that at all.”

“Pangaea” goes against the grain to lay the groundwork for what the twosome believes would make a better society.

“In America, making it is becoming private,” Wright said. “Making it is moving out to the suburbs; getting a big house with a lot of rooms, a big fence to keep people from walking through your yard; having a car for all the adults in the house so they can travel by [themselves]; and not wanting to be around people, and [we] develop in our own little bubble.”

4. Flying Lotus, Never Catch Me (feat. Kendrick Lamar) 5. Sophie, Lemonade 6. Suzie, Fantasy 7. Cate Le Bon, Are You With Me Now

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Monday, September 23, 2014

Sports

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MEN’S GOLF

Young team struggles at tournament Sophomore Jose Mendez finished second overall at the Windon Memorial.

BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com

The Gophers finished 13th out of 15 teams at the Windon Memorial, and head coach John Carlson didn’t sugarcoat the performance afterward.

“I’m pretty disappointed in the way that our team ended up performing this week,” he said.

Senior Tyler Lowenstein and sophomore Daniel Luftspring tied for 59th in the tournament at 12-over par, and sophomore Matt Rachey and freshman Rúnar Arnórsson finished behind them.

Some of the team members’ lack of experience played a part in the tournament’s results, Carlson said.

But aside from that, he said the team didn’t drive the ball well during the tournament.

“We just had four guys who had off-weeks,” Carlson.

The one guy who didn’t — sophomore Jose Mendez — finished second overall at 4-under par.

Mendez was second after the first two rounds but fell back in the third round on Monday.

“To come back and almost win the tournament after being 4-over [par] through nine holes, that was a tremendous accomplishment,” Carlson said.

Mendez said he could have made better decisions with his clubs and distance control.

“I sor t of struggled on the first nine holes, but I kept playing my game, and I finally got three birdies in a row, so that really

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MEN’S GOLF RESULTS

RD1 GOLFER 68 Jose Mendez Tyler Lowenstein 74 Daniel Luftspring 73 74 Matt Rachey Rúnar Arnórsson 77

RD2 67 73 74 74 76

RD3 71 75 75 78 75

TOTAL 206 222 222 226 228

RD1 285 284 283 281 283

RD2 279 281 285 284 286

RD3 270 282 281 284 287

TOTAL 834 847 849 849 856

TEAM 1 California 2 Ohio State 3 Iowa 4 Michigan 5 Marquette

*out of 15 teams

SOURCE: GOLFSTATRESULTS.COM

helped me,” he said.

Mendez shot a 38 in his first nine holes Monday but bounced back with a 33 to cap off his round.

He said the course was playing similar both days, but the pins were tough all day, which made for difficult decisions.

Mendez finished one stroke behind the winner, Tulsa’s Colton Staggs.

Carlson said he had a chance to see Staggs for a bit on Monday.

Staggs, Tulsa’s four th golfer, shot 63 on Monday.

“For a four man on a team to shoot 63, that’s an eyeopening experience, even for my guys,” Carlson said.

“That’s the level of competition that they need to rise up to play to.”

Carlson said lineup changes are coming for the Gophers.

“I’m going to bring in a couple new guys from home, and hopefully they’ll change the momentum that we have after this tournament,” Carlson said.

The Gophers will need to respond quickly as they head to the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate next weekend.

“We just don’t let one tournament lose our focus,” Mendez said.

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota’s Jose Mendez plays at the season-opening Gopher Invitational at Windsong Farm Golf Club on Sept. 8, 2013.

ATHLETICS

Teague talks Vikings, facilities, autonomy Teague u from Page 1

How does the NCAA granting the power five conferences autonomy affect the University?

What changes can we expect moving forward?

Well, first of all, it allows us to tackle an array of issues as a power conference.

In many cases, our issues tend to be different, so it allows us to vote on different topics that we feel are important. It has not rolled out yet, so we’re all organizing our thoughts right now collectively, especially as members of the Big Ten, and then we’ll see how it rolls out. I think it’ll be a positive thing as it progresses.

Do you think this will lead to more revenue?

I don’t know. It’s not really a revenue issue. It’s more of a student-athlete wellness issue. And dealing with things, like cost of attendance, that … we feel like that within these five power conferences are important. So it’s not going to be a revenue issue exactly; it’s more for the student-athletes in a different way.

So you think this will be a process we won’t probably see changes from until the next calendar year?

Yeah, it’ll be a slow rollout. [There are] still items that are being voted on at the NCAA level as to what

autonomy we will exactly have.

Recently, the University announced a partnership with Land O’Lakes to donate $25 million to the [University]. Have you seen the impact of that donation on other donors?

Certainly. I mean, it has provided a great shot in the arm. It shows that we’ve got a lot of support out there, and it has given us the momentum that we’ve looked for.

Fundraising is a process, and it takes a lot of cultivation. It takes a lot of time.

You don’t want to r ush through it. … The Land O’Lakes [donation] was a one-day announcement, but it took several months to get to that point. Our pace has been good, and I’m pleased with how it’s been going before and after that donation from Land O’Lakes, but the effect has been good.

Can we expect another announcement in the near future?

The key right now is just to have the steady progress.

We’d love to have some more announcements, but we’ll see. The prospects have been ver y good. The conversations have been ver y good with all the people out there, and we’re just seeing how it all comes together.

During your time as athletics director, you’ve

had the chance to hire numerous coaches. What qualities and traits do you look for when hiring coaches?

You first look for integrity. You obviously want someone who will abide by NCAA rules and be aboveboard in that area. And we have that, and I’m always pleased with what we have now in that area.

We look for someone who can recruit at the highest level because recruiting talent is so important.

And lastly, someone who will develop the men and women off the field, on the field and in future endeavors so that when they leave here, they’re ready to make impactful careers.

Wo u l d y o u s a y t h e coaches that have carried over from [former athletics director Joel] Maturi’s time to yours have those traits and qualities?

At this moment, I cannot be prouder of the group that we have. It’s a terrific group, and they have us on a great path moving forward.

Recently a lot of assistant coaches, including Krystle Seidel, Joel Johnson and Whitney Taney, have been named “associate head coach.”

What added responsibilities come with the change of title?

It really depends upon the spor t. The coaches want that to happen and

request that that happens.

[The title change] may add a lot more responsibility in dif ferent areas. It just depends on what their needs are for the program. It’s really program-specific.

It’s also a retention tool.

And that is, to give someone who’s really succeeding — someone we want to keep — more experience and give them more responsibility. It develops them in their career, and that’s really important.

Nearly all of the University’s teams retained or improved upon their multi-year APR (academic progress rate). Is there something specific you would attribute this rise to?

We’ve done really well academically, and I attribute [that] first to the head coaches establishing a culture of academics in their programs.

Secondly, the studentathletes have worked ver y hard, and their peers hold them accountable in their academic progress, which has been great.

Also, our academic counselors have done a terrific job and have great relationships with the studentathletes and work hard to hold them accountable. …

Aside from the ongoing facilities plan, what is the biggest thing you hope to accomplish during your third year as athletics director?

I think I want to continue

to do three things. One is impact the lives of our student-athletes. We have 750 of them here every year and just have a great opportunity to impact their lives.

Secondly, [I want to] continue to enhance the reputation for the University. I mean, we are a major engine for that, because of our exposure and just the nature of our area.

And lastly, there’s ver y few places that I’ve worked where the entire state cares about the University and athletic department as they do in the state of Minnesota, so it’s our job to make Minnesotans proud.

Does the care that the state shows make your job better?

Any time you have interest, and any time you have care, the job is better. But it also puts [pressure] on us to succeed, and we’ve got to work hard to improve.

From your perspective, how does the Vikings’ presence on campus affect the University as a whole?

I think it raises our profile. It’s something that we’re happy to provide the Vikings. The state of Minnesota came to us and asked us to do this, we obliged, and it’s going to be a great two years.

And I want them, at the end of their two years, to feel great about it as well. … I think it’s great, and it’s a lot of fun to have them here.

any college football fans would say that last weekend’s most contentious story was the suspension of reigning Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston.

They’d be wrong.

Less than two weeks ago, Arkansas State University banned the school’s football players from putting cross stickers on their helmets to honor two former members of the ASU program who tragically passed away this past year.

Markel Owens — a former defensive lineman — was shot and killed last January, and former equipment manager Barry Weyer died in a horrific car accident in June.

The ban followed a complaint saying a public university shouldn’t display religious imagery on its football team’s helmets.

ASU’s legal counsel told athletics director Terry Mohajir the team needed to remove the decal or modify it — perhaps make it into a plus sign.

Because ever yone knows nothing says, “We love you and miss you,” like a mathematical symbol.

The school reversed the decision when one football player sought legal counsel.

And that’s when the school finally recognized that trying to “separate the church and state” actually took away the players’ First Amendment right to freely practice religion.

Constitutional law aside, the issue shouldn’t have been a problem to begin with.

Players should have the option to put whatever they please on their helmets to commemorate the lives of their fallen brothers.

Whether it’s a Christian cross, an Islamic star and crescent moon or a Jewish Star of David, it just shouldn’t matter.

For those of us who’ve lost someone we love dearly, we understand the grieving process — it is full of loneliness and pain.

But when a group of people surround us with support, we are reminded that good remains in the world.

That’s what Weyer’s mother told a reporter in an emotional inter view when she was discussing the situation.

She said when she saw what the football team had done with the stickers, the gesture made her feel like her son was on the field with those players.

However, with the pressure and outrage from outside sources about the crosses, the random act of kindness turned into a legal issue.

The school eventually told the players that they would have to front the money for the stickers and voluntarily wear them.

While I absolutely agree with the final verdict surrounding the situation, the apathy that seemed to go into the process fringed on being downright disturbing.

Heaven forbid anything like this happens at Minnesota. I would hope the school’s administration would hold more sympathy for the families than the one in Arkansas.

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

@DavidNelson18

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

BACKTALK

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.

9/23/2014

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

All rights reserved.

Today’s Birthday (9/23): Discover new balance. Work and income hold focus through 12/23, when a new 2.5-year phase opens in communications, creativity and learning. Savor esoteric beauty.

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 an 8 — For the next month (with Libra Sun), partnerships and alliances grow more important. Delegate and share. Work together.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is an 8 — You’ve got the Sun in your sign, so confidently dive in. You can have anything you’re willing to work for. Get out of your own way.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 6 — Enter a four-week creative phase with the Sun in Libra.

Work smarter, and increase efficiency. Nurture your clients and your own health.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 6 — Over the next four weeks, complete an old project. Focus on private productivity and introspection. A hidden jewel awaits discovery.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 7 — For the next four weeks (under the Libra Sun), you’re especially charming. Personal creativity percolates, and it could get artistically blissful.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 7 — Friends offer collaboration, interesting opportunities and fun directions over the next four weeks.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 7 — Home and family take top priority for the next month. Find time for household improvement.

Domestic arts produce delicious results.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 7 — Take on more authority this month. Your self-esteem is on the rise. Make a career move this month, or develop a plan for one.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is an 8 — For the next four weeks, it’s a good time to learn and gain fun new skills. Advance your career.

Promote your message. Let your voice ring out.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 7 — It seems easier to grow, personally and professionally. Work’s fun now. The next month involves you in travel, or even a move.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is an 8 — Your prospects keep getting hotter. You’re extra charming, too. Enter a powerful month of increasing revenue. Study with passion.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 7 — Increase financial security. Over the next month, saving money works better. Discuss future plans with partners and family.

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

from the archive

Thursday, September 21, 2006

BACKTALK

crossword

FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 13B

FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 21, 2006

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle THE Daily Crossword Edited by Wayne Robert Williams

DAILY CROSSWORD

Networkia: The Internet tubes are running on low pressure. This means that either the Internet is clogged or you’re just not sending us entries. So fire up GophMail and send us something good. If you don’t, we’ll start reviewing music, and you don’t want us to do that.

From Talnic of Spinebreaker

Your true editing prowess is astounding, but don’t you think the word über should be in there somewhere?

Net: Yeah, maybe right before the word douchebag.

Either way, I trust your judgment. Net: We are omniscient, after all. Maybe mention that we got Huhuran down to 1% this week too. Net: Huhuran. Isn’t that like a huge candy bar? Down to 1 percent? Chix dig guild progression. Oh we need to make sure she is Nax attuned too. Net: So she can receive ESPN U. I can’t associate with any n00bs who won’t even put in the effort to get AD rep! Net: Yeah you crazy kids, AD reps!

Ok, so heres what we got so far: Tier 2 Emperor Ass-Goblin XIV, with plenty of time for über lady pleasin’ LF1 Hawt ch1x0rz for secret Naxxramas rendezvous. Net: That sentence should read: “Tier 40 über-douchebag with no life and chafage needs help.” No, seriously, you could help us with the last 1% of Huhu. Please, I don’t want to have deal with n00bs forever! Net: And then that last part should be changed to: “Blah blah blah, no one will ever read this or care.”

P.S. My DPS is HUGE. Net: DPS stands for Denials Per Second, which is how many times Spinebreaker gets turned down per second. Squared.

From Disco

Net, this is a letter of congratulations. Net: Then why don’t you act like it? I’d send this to the editorials

page, but I think that’s reserved exclusively for angry politician-wannabees. And vegans. Net: And crazy moms. Anyway, why the congratulations? Net: Because we produce high quality content on a daily basis? I’ll tell you: I’d like to thank you guys for including the TV Listings with the Daily. Finally, a useful section in the paper! Net: Oh. So now the TV listings are going to get more readers than us. Now, instead of imagining what the NUTT my TA is trying to say, I can imagine what delightfully comical exploits old Hulk Hogan must be up to. Net: No matter what it is, it probably involves shirtripping. Have you seen that show? There’s a man who loves his family. Alright, I’m out like Andrew Jackson in 1837. Net: That’s old-school.

From g00d times

So i was bored last sunday, Net: As your dad would say: “Get a job, you bum!” and i had a car, so i decided to go and be a man-slut. Net: No one chooses to be a man-slut. They are born a man-slut. There’s always somewhere to go downtown, and that night it was the gay 90’s. Net: Just where is this entry going? It’s a fun place as long as you stay away from the gay porn room in the back of the men’s bathroom. unless, you uh, wanna watch gay porn with ugly guys ... Net: Lance Bass might be interested. anyway, i found this really cute chick who was like “I’m from chicago, i don’t know where i am/I’m so drunk, I was looking for a fun time tonight, and my company gave me this really sweet hotel room all to myself ... ” Net: She said all that at once?

She might be a little TOO forward. nice. i danced around with her a while, her NUTTs were so great i just had to do a motorboat in them. it took forever to find her hotel, but then she showed me her awesome belly button piercing... Net: Belly button piercing … sounds original enough. and then she just curls up and passes out ... Net: That’s what she wanted you to think so that you’d leave. NUTT that NUTT! ugh, oh well, i guess a week without sex isn’t too bad... Net: Amateur.

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How off? a nice guy and don’t want a girlfriend now be- do I kick — Thethings Netflix Lover cause I like being single (no I am not gay). I am not a man-whore or anything I just like beOh Netflix, ing a free man. I also can’t get arrested.

I’m not even going to comment on the My question to you Dr. Darius Demetrius whole shyness matter or the fact that you tried Date is this: How should I explain to these four to use Facebook to formulate your relationship beautiful ladies that 1. I don’t want a girlfriend with thisto lovely The allusion thelady. ol’ 9-12 is appronow, 2. I don’t wanna just whore around with Face the facts: You followed her home. Unpriate because you’re acting you for-that’s them, and 3. No, I am not gay!? less you’re a scruffy dog like named Benji, Plus intramural football seasongot and your free- lunch prettybox creepy. at home. swim time at the rec are coming up. I have So even though renting her some fine flicks We’re spellin’ all adults and to practice everyday and school! out yourhere, name is friend, a sweet sentiment — Thanks Dr D.D.D, show ya care, she likely doesn’t know how the here’s how an adult kicks things off: M.M.M. (Mojo Magnum Man) hell you got her address or even that you are — yes the Magnum part is true Say hi. in fact her Netflix donor.

I think this is a prime example of how shyTriple M: ness can turn a bit stalkerish. If you really Finally a sexy situation I can relate to: all wanna connect, I suggest you do it not through the hotties houndin’ ya.

Facebook or a showering of cinema, but by First of all, make sure you’re not doing your askin’ her out on a good old-fashioned date. explaining as a group presentation. I’m guessAnd lastly,Kitty don’t let it get to yaknockif she’s, well, So, I was at the Cat Klub ing that won’t go over well. It’s actually pretty skeeved out by all that’s gone on and wants ing back lastyou. night with damn easy to let someone know you’re only some nothing PBR to do with If that’s the this case, set feeling the friendliness: Tell it to ’emhot straight. your trying sights onto another sweetie and stop with bitty I’m start something If these ladies insist they’ll leave if they’re the sneakin’ around. not your lova (which I doubt will happen) if — Dr.was Date going swell until this with.orEverything

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Dr. Date,

—Anonymous

High School Cynic,

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

guy she knew came over and started flirting with her.

The next thing I knew, every guy and their mother was making a beeline over to our table — and she knew every single one of them! Is this a warning sign? Is she a social butterfly, or is this just a textbook case of a lady playa?

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

—Guy in the Dark

Playa Playa,

You know, for a person who refers to other people as “bitties,” you sure seem to care a lot about fidelity.

It’s possible that this girl has a ton of friends, and it’s possible she’s slept with them, too!

Just because there’s depth to her romantic partner history doesn’t mean she can’t maintain a great relationship.

College is the perfect time to be experimenting — you’ve heard the old cliché: Put yourself in her situation. Would you call yourself a player or be a bit more understanding?

In any case, you ought to be more concerned with getting to know this girl.

You don’t sound like you’re too familiar with her, and you’re already showing a little bit of anger and possessiveness.

How can you be so sure that a relationship with her is right for you? Dedicate the time to building your friendship so you can have something more potent than a two-week fling.

You said things were going swell until other people came into the picture. Next time, focus on accepting new members of the group and stay involved in the conversation, rather than getting huffy over the existence of other males. It’ll help you make some friends and look personable, and it will give you an opportunity to show this girl your gift of witty banter.

Remember, ya PBR-slamming hunk o’ man: Jealousy is never your friend.

—Dr. Date

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

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Protesters stage Wall Street sit-in

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — A day after over 100,000 people marched to warn that climate change is destroying the Earth, more than 1,000 activists blocked parts of Broadway in Manhattan’s financial district in a sit-in to protest what they see as corporate and economic institutions’ role in the climate crisis.

Monday’s demonstration was planned as a more confrontational sequel to Sunday’s march, with many par ticipants Monday deliberately risking arrest by obstructing traf fic in the heart of the nation’s financial capital. At least three people were arrested, and the protest took a tense turn as the demonstrators tried to push past police barricades at Wall Street, sparking a brief clash with officers.

But by and large, police, office workers and tourists watched alike as the activists chanted such messages as “we can’t take this climate heat; we’ve got to shut down Wall Street” and bounced huge balloons meant to represent carbon dioxide bubbles.

“I wanted to come specifically to disrupt Wall Street because it’s Wall Street that’s fueling this,” Youngstown, Ohio, urban farmer and bread-maker Ben Shapiro said as he sat on Broadway by the famed bull statue.

He had skipped Sunday’s march, focusing instead on the financial system that he feels enables environmental destruction for the sake of energy and other industries.

“I’m going after the source of the problem,” he said.

Organizers said the FloodWallStreet sit-in aimed to disrupt business in the fi-

nancial district. Demonstrators didn’t obtain a permit for the rally, police said, and participants such as Jenna DeBoisblanc arrived anticipating arrests as a way to underscore their message.

“If you’re willing to risk arrest, it certainly demonstrates that it’s something very urgent,” said DeBoisblanc, a New Orleans environmental activist who sported a superhero outfit and green wig.

If Sunday’s march was about building consensus around a crisis, the sit-in sought to take on institutions protesters hold responsible for it, said demonstrator Nicholas Powers, who teaches black and feminist literature at the State University of New York at Old Westbury.

Peppered with elements of performance art — one person wore a polar-bear suit, another Grim Reaper-like robes and a gas masks — the protest encompassed Occupy Wall Street veterans, antiwar activists who see climate change as a still bigger cause and residents of areas battered by Superstorm Sandy.

“We’re really fighting for resiliency,” said Alexis Smallwood, whose home in the Far Rockaway section of Queens was flooded by the October 2012 storm.

Participants encountered barricades and a heavy police presence as they tried to stream onto Wall Street, home to the New York Stock Exchange, after several hours of demonstrating by the bull statue nearby. Some tried to push through the barricades, and police and protesters tussled as officers held the barriers in place, using pepper spray. Police said no injuries were reported.

University area hit with small string of crimes Public safety

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building on University Avenue Southeast, Miner said.

The suspect walked away from the officer and eventually took off running, Miner said. He then jumped a fence near the University Avenue parking ramp when the officer’s partner joined the pursuit.

The pair of officers chased the man for two blocks before arresting him at the intersection of University Avenue Southeast and Walnut Street Southeast, Miner said.

A street-side breathalyzer test revealed the man had a blood alcohol content of 0.174, Miner said. The man was charged with disorderly conduct, fleeing on foot and minor consumption. He was booked at Hennepin County Jail, according to the police report.

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Laptop stolen, victim gets it back

Communications sophomore Nick Jenkins said he was standing outside his fraternity house early Saturday morning when three men started to cause a ruckus in the front lawn.

According to Jenkins, another fraternity member told him the men were strangers and that a laptop had gone missing from thehouse.

Jenkins said he and a friend urged the men to leave the property, then followed them and asked about the missing laptop.

After one of the men told Jenkins he was missing his

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phone, Jenkins said he and his friend insisted everyone return to the house to search for it, but the strangers refused to do so.

“I thought it was really suspicious that they didn’t want their phone back,” hesaid.

Jenkins noticed a laptop in one man’s backpack, he said, and began to chase the man on foot for about four blocks until Jenkins found him hiding in the pit area of Rapson Hall.

Jenkins said when he confronted the man again, he handed over the backpack and fled.

However, the police report said Jenkins was approached by the suspect, who the report said was hiding near Rapson Hall, when the suspect grabbed his backpack off his shoulders and ran through the mall area toward the Washington Avenue Bridge.

According to the repor t, Jenkins chased the suspect and saw him drop the bag near Nor throp Auditorium.

No arrests have been made in this case.

Book thief busted A University student was caught Friday morning attempting to steal from the Coffman Union Bookstore, according to a police report.

Miner said the suspect attempted to shoplift three books totaling over $450.

3315 University Ave. SE 7:30–9 a.m. Sept. 17 SOURCE: UMPD

OTHER CRIMES NEAR CAMPUS Crime: When: Where: Info:

Robbery of person Past midnight Wednesday morning 15th Avenue Southeast and Rollins Avenue Southeast Two female students were confronted late at night by two male suspects in the Southeast Como neighborhood, a police report said.

One victim was knocked to the ground by one of the men, who stole her purse. The other victim then handed over her purse, according to the report.

The report said the suspects fled in a vehicle and the students were able to record the license plate number.

Crime: When: Where: Info:

Aggravated robbery of person Early Friday morning 14th Avenue Southeast A female student was verbally arguing with a stranger when the altercation became violent, according to a police report.

The suspect punched the student in the face, according to the report, then reached into her shirt and grabbed her cellphone, ID and debit card, which she had held in her bra. The suspect then fled in an unknown direction, the report said.

Crime: When: Where: Info:

Damage to a motor vehicle Saturday morning TCF Bank Stadium’s Gold Lot A man parked illegally in the Gold Lot after workers inadvertently left the gate up, Miner said.

Parking and Transportation Services contacted Bobby and Steve’s Auto World to tow the man’s vehicle, a police report said.

After the car was towed, the man found that his front passenger bumper had been damaged. No witnesses saw the damage and it is unknown who was driving the tow truck, according to the report.

SOURCES: MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, UMPD

Alex Semenchuk, a junior studying human resource development and business and marketing education, was watching the sur veillance video live from Coffman’s security office.

Semenchuk said the suspect tried to quickly put the books in his backpack and leave through a side exit.

Semenchuk said he then radioed to another

security guard, who ran after the suspect.

The security guard caught the suspect near the bus stop outside the student union and brought him back to the bookstore to charge him for the textbooks, Semenchuk said.

According to the report, police arrested the student and cited him for trespassing and theft from a business.