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GAPSA stalls on budget The group’s funding is still on hold, and some say that hurts its ability to help students.

BY HALEY HANSEN hhansen@mndaily.com

Amid financial uncertainty, the Graduate and Professional Student Association’s first general assembly meeting of the year on Wednesday failed to produce an operational budget.

The group will hold an emergency meeting next week to approve its operational budget with hopes that by then its financial situation will be stable.

While the group didn’t pass an operational budget, it did discuss plans to potentially put parts of its working budget on hold to ensure it has enough funding for operational expenses.

GAPSA’s financial uncertainty started in May, when Vice Provost for Student

U dishes lessons on the latest Farm Bill U Extension will host dairy education seminars beginning Monday.

u See FINANCES Page 6

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One year in, MOOCs on the rise One U-led open online course has 52,000 students, and some expect the program to grow.

BY JESSIE BEKKER jbekker@mndaily.com

Since the University of Minnesota offered its first massive open online course last year, students and faculty members alike have wondered whether the program would take off.

Now, more than a year later, thousands of online students are exploring the institution’s four currently active MOOCs through Coursera, an online learning platform. Although only a fraction of enrollees complete these courses, the University is planning for more, and school leaders expect the program to continue to evolve.

A MOOC is a course available free of charge to people worldwide over the web, and proponents say it’s meant to bring u See COURSES Page 4

PHOTOS BY JULIET FARMER, DAILY

Garrett Luthens checks on a calf Tuesday at Skyview Dairy Farm. The farm is one of many nationwide that could benefit from language in the Farm Bill that aims to protect farmers in low-production years.

The University Extension is hosting educational seminars about the new program.

BY ZOE DICICCO zdicicco@mndaily.com

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early a half-century ago, Garrett Luthens’ family dairy farm in rural Minnesota began as a small operation with only seven cows.

Now, the Hutchinson, Minn., farm, Skyview Dair y, is home to nearly 1,200 dair y cows, producing about 75 pounds of milk each day.

Dair y farmers with large productions, like the Luthens family, will soon see big changes in how they’re protected financially with a new program

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that’s included in the 2014 Farm Bill. But for some Minnesota farmers, it’s unclear how the upcoming changes will play out.

To help ease farm owners into changes prompted by the Agricultural Act of 2014, commonly referred to as the Farm Bill, the University of Minnesota Extension is partnering with the Farm Ser vice Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture to host dairy education seminars throughout the state starting next week.

The seminars will specifically focus on the Dair y Margin Protection Program, a new

component of the Farm Bill, which farmers can sign up for until the end of November.

The Dair y Margin Protection Program is an optional safety net where farmers receive payments when the difference between the national price of milk and the average cost of feed goes below a level selected by the producers, according to the University Extension website.

The new program aims to reduce dair y producers’ risk of large losses, whereas language in the former Farm u See EXTENSION Page 4

Peace Corps revamps app The group hopes its shorter, more flexible application will broaden its applicant pool.

BY KEVIN KARNER kkarner@mndaily.com

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University alumna and regional recruiter for the Peace Corps Janice McInerney and global studies student Mizuki Watabe talk at the Peace Corps table at the St. Paul Campus Job & Internship Fair.

When Corey Poland applied to the Peace Corps a few years ago, he asked to volunteer in Latin America so he could improve his Spanish-speaking skills.

But instead, the recent environmental science graduate was offered an assignment across the Atlantic Ocean in Sierra Leone.

Now, this kind of situation could be a thing of the past.

The Peace Corps, a federal service program that has sent Americans abroad for half a century, announced this summer that applicants can now choose which country and type of volunteer work they’d like — and apply in under an hour.

The goal is to attract more volunteers, especially before the upcoming Sept. 30 deadline, which would allow seniors to ser ve this summer. But some are concerned the new process could diminish the quality of the average applicant and create a disparity in where volunteers serve.

“The application process was really long, but I personally think it was good to make sure people were really committed,” Poland said.

The University of Minnesota has consistently led the nation in graduates who ser ve in the Peace Corps. Currently, 57 University graduates are serving abroad as part of the program, putting the institution at No. 10 among large universities with the most serving alumni.

While the Peace Corps actively seeks to recruit college students, the average age of a volunteer was about 29 this year.

The previous application process u See APPLICATION Page 18

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ST. PAUL — State Senate Republicans on Wednesday announced an ethics complaint against a powerful Democrat, questioning whether he and his wife were among the beneficiaries of a Minneapolis nonprofit that spent more than $800,000 in taxpayer dollars on trips and personal expenses.

At question is Sen. Jeff Hayden’s spot on the board of Community Action Minneapolis, which was found in an audit to have misused state grants meant to help low-income people in Minneapolis. Hayden’s wife, Terri, served on the board as his designee.

Republican Senate Minority Leader David Hann said he and his colleagues asked for an investigation to determine if Hayden used his position for personal gain and violated Senate ethical rules. Hann also criticized Hayden and other board members for failing in their oversight as the nonprofit’s frivolous expenses ballooned.

“Either it’s incompetence or it’s corruption,” he said.

In a statement responding to the complaint, Hayden said he’s confident any ethical review will “demonstrate clearly that my conduct was lawful and ethical and in no way violated the rules or norms of the Senate.”

Hayden, the Senate’s deputy majority leader from Minneapolis, resigned from the Community Action board this week as fallout continued from the nonprofit’s spending. The audit was first reported by the Star Tribune.

Though the Haydens attended several Community Action retreats highlighted in that audit, Sen. Hayden said in a statement Tuesday only his wife’s trip was paid by the nonprofit.

DNR rules against Minn. bear researcher

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MINNEAPOLIS — The state Depar tment of Natural Resources has affirmed its decision to deny a permit to for putting radio collars on black bears to a Minnesota researcher who has gained international attention for his work.

In a decision announced Wednesday, DNR administrator Kent Lokkesmoe backed an administrative law judge who ruled in May that the state agency had the authority to refuse to renew L ynn Rogers’ permit for collaring the bears. The DNR had cited concerns about public safety and conduct by Rogers that it considered unprofessional, such as hand-feeding bears to gain their trust. The department also questioned the validity of his research.

“Dr. Rogers is not precluded from feeing bears or interacting with them. Education about bears can continue.

What he cannot do is radio-collar bears without a permit from the Department,” Lokkesmoe wrote in the order, which was filed late Tuesday.

Rogers, who also has placed cameras in northern Minnesota bear dens to stream live video of births to huge international audiences online, said he had long expected the state agency to rule against him. He said that he now plans to ask the Minnesota Court of Appeals to review the decision.

DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr made his agency’s initial decision last year not to renew Rogers’ permit. After a public outcry from the researcher’s followers, he agreed to submit the case to an administrative law judge for a triallike proceeding.

Chief Administrative Law Judge Tammy Pust found in May that the DNR had sufficient legal grounds for pulling Rogers’ permit, saying his methods raised significant public safety concerns. Such rulings normally go back to an agency head for a final decision.

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Federal regulations require proper documentation of hazardous materials so local firefighters are aware of what they are dealing with in the event of an accident.

In one case a train traveled more than 20 miles through the western Twin Cities suburbs with six carloads of anhydrous ammonia, a toxic corrosive gas, before the train crew knew what was on board, Minnesota Public Radio News reported.

In another, a complaint said a train traveled about 90 miles west to Willmar before its cargo list was corrected to show an extra car of ammonia. In the January 2014 incident, the manifest of the BNSF train that left the Northtown Yard in

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FRA records obtained by MPR News show that when federal inspectors checked the cargo documents of rail haulers in Minnesota over a three-year period, one in five contained inaccurate information.

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Kaler to co- One year in, MOOCs on the rise chair global summit at U Courses u from Page 1

The October 2015 conference centers on worldwide environmental policy.

BY NICK WICKER nwicker@mndaily.com

A global sustainability group announced earlier this week that University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler will co-chair a summit on environmental policy next year.

The summit, called “Minnesota 2015: Democracy in a Sustainable Future,” will take place at the Minneapolis Convention Center and on parts of the University campus next October. Groups of state and world leaders will converge in the metro area to develop plans they can pitch in their respective countries, according to a June press release.

Club de Madrid, a worldwide association of for mer pr esidents and prime ministers such as Bill Clinton and Jimmy Car ter, plans to host its board meeting and general assembly on campus during the summit, said Jim Dorsey, Minneapolis attor ney and conference coordinator for the group organizing the conference.

“I discussed this with President Kaler, and he agreed that … the University would be a terrific venue for [the Club de Madrid] conference,” Humphrey School of Public Affairs Dean Eric Schwar tz said.

Club de Madrid staf f combed the campus for a venue and said they liked Cof fman Union, Nor throp Auditorium and the Hump h r e y S c h o o l , b u t th e group hasn’t made any decisions yet, Dorsey said.

Schwar tz said hosting the club on campus would be a “wonder ful oppor tunity.”

“It’s an impor tant

organization,” he said. “It stands for the principle of the promotion of democracy and human rights throughout the world.”

The University’s strong connection with the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education helped finalize Minneapolis as the conference’s location, said Bill Deef, vice president of international relations for Meet Minneapolis, a team that markets the city as a convention destination.

Deef said former Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak initially expressed interest in hosting the conference during the 2013 Club de Madrid meeting in Australia.

Since both of the Minneapolis conference’s two main attendees — Club de Madrid and AASHE — advocate for environmental reform, they teamed up to bring next year’s meeting to Minneapolis, Deef said.

“It looked like a winwin to put the two groups together and to have them meet over the same time at the end of October,” Deef said.

The confer ence will include a number of organizations, Dorsey said, like Mayors for Peace, a worldwide coalition of cities committed to the elimination of nuclear weapons.

In all, the body represents more than 1 billion people, he said.

The conference will focus on sustainable issues among governments, companies and organizations, according to the release.

“I’m hoping that Minnesota will become known as a global center for sustainability thinking, technology and leadership,” Dorsey said.

Drill sergeant found guilty of sexual assaults

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FOR T LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — A Missouri drill sergeant is guilty of sexually assaulting and harassing several female soldiers, a military judge ruled Wednesday.

Army Staf f Sgt. Angel M. Sanchez would ser ve a 20-year prison sentence under the judge’s recommendation. The sentence must be approved by the post commander.

Sanchez, 30, was found guilty of four counts of sexual assault and six counts of abusive sexual contact at a court-martial Wednesday afternoon. He also was found guilty of several lesser charges of maltreatment.

He was accused of using his supervisory position with the 14th Military Police Brigade at For t Leonard Wood to isolate his victims and win their trust with favors, including cake and ice cream. One woman testified that failing to cooperate would have jeopardized her military status.

The women said the incidents took place in the bathroom of the female barracks, a supply closet, a stair well and an of fice shared by drill sergeants.

Sanchez, a Philadelphia native and father of two, didn’t testify during the three-day court-martial but apologized to his victims, many of whom were in the courtroom, after the verdict.

“I hope someday you’ll be able to forgive me,” he said. “I let a lot of people down.”

Militar y prosecutors recommended a 25-year sentence; Sanchez’s lawyers asked for an eight-year sentence.

At the outset of the militar y trial Monday, Sanchez pleaded guilty to three

c h a r ge s o f di s o b e y i n g orders by having sexual contact with three female trainees. Several addi tional accusations against Sanchez were dismissed after a pretrial hearing in the spring.

Sanchez was found not guilty of nine counts, including an allegation of rape brought by a medic in Afghanistan while he was stationed there in 2011 and 2012.

Sanchez also ser ved one tour in Iraq, where he earned a Bronze Star and two other combat medals before arriving at the Missouri post in August 2013.

Several of his victims testified about how the assaults left them filled with fear, selfdoubt and a lingering mistrust of the institution they pledged to faithfully serve.

“I no longer wanted to be part of the Army,” one female soldier said. “I didn’t trust any of my superiors, or even my male peers.”

Sanchez’s attorney Ernesto Gapasin questioned the women’s credibility, noting that some of the initial accusers were either facing disciplinar y action of their own or forced separation from the military at the time complaints against Sanchez were raised.

“The government wants to focus on this overwhelming control Sgt. Sanchez had over his accusers,” Gapasin said before the verdict was announced. “What this case is really about is consent and conjecture.”

The charges against Sanchez were filed in May, days before a Pentagon study on sex assault in the militar y found that more than 5,000 reports of sexual abuse had been filed in the previous fiscal year, a 50 percent increase from the previous 12 months.

high-quality education to those who might not otherwise have access.

At least 16 University instructors are working on current and future MOOC offerings, and some of them have given positive feedback, said Karen Hanson, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost.

Still, she said the University could change how it creates the courses in the future.

“I think the path that’s emerging with more clarity is figuring out how to use the new technology to enhance the education that we offer,” she said.

Although these courses aren’t redeemable for credit at the University, some faculty members are using them as part of a traditional class.

Brad Hokanson, associate dean for research and outreach in the College of Design, said he incorporates his MOOC on creative problem-solving into his class as one-third of the required material.

As part of the MOOC, University students view videotaped lectures and interact with students from around the world.

The ability to teach the same material face to face is a major benefit to the MOOC and in-person class combination, Hokanson said.

“Online you feel a divorce from the people you’re working with,” he said.

So far, the class has seen overwhelming demand, both at the University and online.

It has an in-person class size of about 150 and about 52,000 registered online for the first round of the MOOC. Hokanson is of fering

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the MOOC for the second time and said he expected registration to drop but was pleasantly surprised when it increased.

Even though thousands of people initially signed up for the MOOC’s first round, only about 2 percent earned a certificate of completion. Just below 10 percent completed at least one weekly assignment.

Students say they take MOOCs for reasons that range from professional development to pure enjoyment.

Jasmine Blanks, a 2010 graduate from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, said she is currently taking a MOOC on resilience in children exposed to trauma, disaster and war because it’s a topic that she is interested in.

Blanks, who has taken MOOCs from the Coursera website in the past, said the class materials are relevant to her life and the expectations are easy to understand.

“It’s a nice way to feel

connected to the University from a distance,” she said.

But she said she wishes the class of 15,000 would be broken into smaller sections.

Although Hanson said the University doesn’t plan to offer MOOCs for credit in the future, other colleges like Georgia State University have adopted a policy for offering transfer credit to students who completed a MOOC. “We wanted to be flexible for students,” said Andrea Thornton, associate vice president for public relations and marketing communications at Georgia State.

She said Georgia State has a large transfer student body and the institution’s leaders are accustomed to processing transfer credits.

Thornton said there’s not a lot of risk for universities thinking of accepting MOOCs for credit, provided that the institution has procedures like placement tests to evaluate the knowledge

students have gained.

MOOCs are on the rise worldwide, said Ann Duin, a professor in the Department of Writing Studies, and they’ll increasingly become more of a tool to network and connect people across continents and cultures.

Unlike traditional college courses, MOOCs are populated largely by nontraditional students. About 75 percent of Hokanson’s online class has already obtained a college degree, 30 percent have a master’s degree and 5 percent hold a doctorate, he said.

Just into her second week teaching the course on resilience in children, Ann Masten, a regents professor and the Irving B. Harris professor of child psychology, said she is already enjoying the experience MOOCs have to offer.

“There’s a tremendous diversity of not only people, but perspectives on the material,” she said.

U dishes lessons on the latest Farm Bill Extension u from Page 1

Bill included programs that paid farmers when milk prices dropped below the farmer’s standard revenue. “[The program] should be a better fit for us than what we’re currently under,” Luthens said.

Kevin Klair, an extension economist for the University’s Center for Farm Financial Management, said the latest Farm Bill and its new dair y protection program is in line with the transition from a program that operated with reimbursements to one that offers pre-emptive help.

“The suppor t for milk prices is insuf ficient and incr easingly ir r elevant because problems in the dair y sector may originate from high feed prices,” said Marin Bozic, dair y foods marketing economics assistant professor in the department of applied economics.

The Farm Bill is split into categories and will cost an estimated $489 billion total over the next five years.

The margin protection program falls under the “commodities” section, which consumes about $24 billion of the nearly $500 billion.

The bill does not include any free safety nets, Bozic

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said, and dair y producers will have to pay a premium to receive insurance from the mar gin pr otection program.

“They can find the program will not reduce their profits a lot in a good year, and it can help them a lot should next year be a bad one,” he said.

Every land-grant university — which includes the University of Minnesota — currently has a contract with the USDA, which Klair said requires those institutions to deliver education on the 2014 Farm Bill.

Congress implemented funds for extension programs this year to finance

Farm Bill education, Klair said.

“Extension, historically, has been one of the Farm Bill leaders in education,” he said.

It’s important to educate dairy producers on the new bill and changes it implements, Bozic said, because those farmers contribute billions of dollars to Minnesota’s economy each year.

In 2012, Minnesota exported $243 million in dairy products, according to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.

“Dair y producers are looking to [the] University of Minnesota for leadership in educating them so they

can understand the new programs,” Bozic said.

Once the set of dair y education seminars finish, Klair said the University Extension will begin a crop education series.

Along with helping develop material for the University Extension’s meetings, Bozic is also educating dairy producers on the new program through a series of meetings with the Minnesota Milk Producers Association. He said he is expecting to reach out to about 1,000 dair y producers.

Luthens said he will attend one of the upcoming MMPA meetings to improve his understanding of how the changes in the Farm Bill will directly affect him.

He said Skyview is currently using the Livestock Gross Margin dair y insurance program, which is another form of gover nment risk management for farmers.

But Luthens said he believes the new programs offered by the bill will provide him with a better safety net.

He said he’s been following the legislation and believes it will be better for dairy producers overall.

“It’s a tool in their toolbox to help them,” Luthens said.

Teen crash victims’ families drop suit against GM

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DETROIT — The families of two Wisconsin teenagers killed in a car crash involving a faulty General Motors ignition switch have dropped their lawsuit against the company and are seeking a settlement with the automaker.

The Oct. 24, 2006, crash that killed Natasha Weigel, who was 18, and Amy Rademaker, who was 15, was among the first blamed on the faulty switches, and evidence from the crash exposed how GM and federal regulators missed clues that could have prompted a recall of the cars as early as seven years ago.

Instead, GM failed to recall 2.6 million cars equipped with the switches until earlier this year.

Despite evidence that people within GM knew for

years about a defect in the ignition switches in Chevrolet Cobalts and other small cars, the families face tough going in cour t because of the legal protection GM has from liabilities incurred prior to its 2009 bankr uptcy. The families and their attor ney, Rober t Hilliard, dropped the suit on July 31, then filed a wrongful death claim with Kenneth Feinberg, the compensation expert hired to settle with victims on GM’s behalf.

Representatives of the victims of any crash that preceded GM’s bankruptcy face a similar choice. Hilliard is among a number of lawyers tr ying to get GM’s so-called bankruptcy shield revoked, but he said judges rarely unravel a corporate bankruptcy agreement.

Rademaker’s mother, Margie Beskau, of Wood-

ville, Wisconsin, saw little chance the lawsuit would succeed. “GM is hiding behind their bankruptcy, so it would make it very difficult for us to sue them, because Amy died before they filed that bankruptcy,” she said.

The girls’ deaths are among 21 that Feinberg has deemed eligible for payments from GM since he started accepting claims on Aug. 1. He has received 143 death claims, with the rest still being evaluated.

On Wednesday, his spokeswoman said he had made the first cash compensation offers to 15 claimants.

Feinberg informed Hilliard of his offers to the families on Wednesday as well.

Hilliard described them as “fairly fair,” without disclosing the amounts. Earlier he said that under Feinberg’s compensation formula, he expected each family to get

at least $3 million. The families can refile the lawsuit if they aren’t satisfied with the offers.

GM has admitted it knew about the flawed switches for at least a decade before issuing a recall. The switches can unexpectedly slip into the “accessor y” position, shutting off the engine and disabling key features such as power-assisted steering, and the car’s air bags.

Congress and the Justice Department are investigating GM’s handling of the recall.

The car’s driver, Megan Phillips, also a plaintif f in the lawsuit, sur vived the crash but suffered permanent brain damage. The data recorder in her 2005 Cobalt showed that the ignition switch was in “accessor y” at the time of the crash.

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Mich. college launches beermaking program

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DETROIT — Colleges and beer have a long shared histor y. A university in Michigan is taking that partnership to a new level with the creation of a program to train and cer tify exper ts in “fermentation science.”

Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant this week announced plans to launch the program in fall 2015, aimed particularly at suppor ting and boosting the state’s fast-growing craft brewing industr y, now a $1 billion-plus annual business.

“As of 2013, Michigan ranked fifth in the nation in number of breweries, behind only Califor nia, Colorado, Or egon and Washington,” said Ian Davison, dean of the College of

Science and Technology at the Mount Pleasant school.

Central Michigan bills its undergraduate program as the first in the state specifically aimed at providing a “hands-on education focused on craft beer.” Similar programs operate at the University of California’s Davis and San Diego campuses and at Oregon State and Central Washington universities.

Michigan State University has operated an artisan distilling program for 15 years and last year started a beverage specialization program that also includes beer and wine-making.

The Central Michigan program will include classroom and lab work in biochemistr y, chemistr y and microbiology, as well as a 200-hour inter nship in a “production-scale facility.”

Denver students continue to protest

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DENVER — Around 1,000 young people across several high schools in suburban Denver participated Wednesday in the largest of a series of student demonstrations opposing a new set of high school history standards proposed by a conservativeled school board.

Most of the young protesters gathered at a busy intersection, chanting “Education without limitation!” and waving signs and American flags.

The afternoon demonstration against a plan to focus class material on topics that promote patriotism and respect for authority while discouraging civil disorder lasted about three hours, authorities said.

Later, about 75 students

from another area school walked out after meeting with Jefferson County school Superintendent Dan McMinimee about the proposal.

McMinimee has offered to meet with any students about the standards proposed

by Julie Williams, one of three members of the school board’s recently elected conservative majority.

The proposal in the state’s second-largest school district comes in response to a new national framework for teaching Advanced Placement history.

Supporters say the new outline from the College Board, which oversees the program, would focus on critical thinking and classroom discussion rather than memorization. Critics fear it would place too much emphasis on the nation’s problems.

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New stores for business districts in University area Five businesses opened their doors, and at least six more are scheduled to open.

BY HALEY MADDEROM hmadderom@mndaily.com

As the dust settles from years of light rail and luxur y housing construction, business districts around the University of Minnesota are welcoming new tenants and, in some cases, new storefronts.

For the most part, more businesses have opened shop in recent months than shut their doors.

O v er t h e s u mmer a n d early fall, five businesses open ed t h ei r d oors i n Stadium Village and Dinkytown, with at least six more set to launch within months.

Stadium V illage, an area dissected by the Green Line light rail, has experienced a new swell of activity, said AJ Niemiec, general manager of Punch Pizza.

“Especially since the students got back this year and the light rail’s been open now, it’s been ver y busy,” he said. “Ther e have been tons of changes over the last two years.”

In describing the area’s recent activity, Niemiec recalled its new slogan: “Not just for game days.”

Sally’s Saloon, Toppers Pizza and Gold Countr y will return to Stadium Village at the base of 700 on Washington by October, said the apar tment building’s general manager.

One block away, Jamba Juice shuttered at the end of August.

Within about a week, Kung Fu Tea staked its Stadium Village territor y when it opened next to the new Mesa Pizza location.

The tea shop’s proprietor, Ji Chen, also owns China Expr ess in Dinkytown. Chen said he is negotiating a contract for another Kung Fu Tea

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location at the base of the Marshall, but he said nothing has been signed yet.

Before tenants moved into the 326-unit apar tment building this fall, TargetExpress debuted in July on the building’s ground floor.

In June, Lands End Pasty Company premiered in Dinkydale mall while around the corner, Bruegger’s Bagels’ Dinkytown location disappeared.

Down the street in the Venue’s retail spaces, Gina+W ill — a Goodwill of fshoot tailored to college-age shoppers — opened Aug. 23. A Starbucks and a Gr eat Clips are set to join it.

Greg Pillsbur y, former Dinkytown Business Association president, said Dinkytown is on the verge of a commercial transformation.

“I guarantee we’re gonna have a flood of hot and new and cool places going in in the next six months,” he said. “Dinkytown is set to pop again.”

Pillsbur y said he expects a flood of retail as constr uction wraps up on housing projects with commercial space on the ground floor, like Riverton Community Housing’s upcoming Four th Street Housing Co-op across the road from the Librar y Bar. However, Pillsbur y said it’s been dif ficult to get

detailed information before contracts are signed and made public.

“No one’s saying anything right now — no one’s saying who’s leaving, no one’s saying who’s coming in,” Pillsbur y said.

“I think ever yone’s been holding their breath. …

It’s kind of a hard time to find out what’s going on.”

Businesses on the West Bank have been less affected by recent development and student traf fic, said Matty O’Reilly, coowner of Republic.

In June, the Sisterhood Boutique shifted locations from the African Development Center to a spot on Riverside Avenue.

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Course changes focus on global issues U officials are discussing a plan to increase the school’s impact on issues like food sustainability and climate change.

BY TAYLOR NACHTIGAL tnachtigal@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota wants future students to graduate with the skills to solve major global issues.

Although details behind the changes aren’t clear and their implementation hinges on the Board of Regents’ approval, the University is considering significantly altering its curriculum to strengthen its focus on addressing the world’s greatest problems.

The changes — part of the University’s recently released 10-year strategic plan — could range anywhere from adding new minors to of fering more seminar classes, with the

goal of using research and classwork to tackle relevant global problems, like climate change and creating sustainable food systems.

“These are large problems, which may have a local dimension but are also clearly extending beyond our local range to be global or societal problems,” said Senior Vice President for Academic Af fairs and Provost Karen Hanson.

The goal is to have University students collaborate with businesses and others outside of the school’s community to tackle these real-world problems, Hanson said.

“Our faculty is so engaged in research and in the communities [that] we need to make sure that students

get the benefits of those opportunities,” said sociology professor Chris Uggen, who serves on one of the strategic plan’s issue teams.

Changes to curriculum could take many forms, including a revamp of undergraduate minor of ferings that would specifically address global issues.

New seminar classes that would provide students with an in-depth look at issues are also on the table.

The most detailed option in the plan includes theme-based coursework in which students would take specific classes related to one global issue for each of their four years at the University.

This format would start with a seminar for firstyear students and include “skills courses” focused on homing in on people and problem-solving skills dur-

ing undergraduate sophomore and junior years.

The curriculum would end with a capstone-type course in which students would put their skills to use by working with organizations outside the University.

It’s still unknown whether these courses would be required or optional.

Hanson said the goal of the potential cur riculum changes is for students to have a broader education.

“I see it most beneficial … [at the] capstone stage,” Uggen said. “That is the moment when students are really consolidating ever ything they have learned and making those connections.”

The program may begin by implementing some of the changes in the University Honors Program before expanding throughout all colleges, according to the plan.

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Af fairs and Dean of Students Danita Brown Young put its funding on hold and announced the star t of an investigation into the group’s finances after an alleged $93,000 budget discrepancy. GAPSA Vice President Ashley Hall said she hopes the investigation into GAPSA’s finances will close within the next week.

Some members said they’ve been waiting for a long time to r eceive funds and it’s affecting the group’s ability to assist graduate and professional students.

Damien Carriere, GAPSA’s representative to the Board of Regents, said that while he understands the penalties, the University’s hold is unfair for students applying for grants through GAPSA. Students expressed heightened concer ns at Wednesday’s meeting for those who may have been relying on grants from the group during October.

“Ever ything is af fected,” he said. “And that’s a ver y sorr y situation.”

Last year, grants made up more than 20 percent of GAPSA’s overall budget, doling out $98,500 to students.

GAPSA is also considering putting a freeze on

developmental psychology senior Valkyrie Jensen said she would like to see a combination of the ideas in action, especially the seminars.

“If we managed to get the liberal education requirements to integrate the grand challenges, that would be incredible,” she said.

Jensen also serves on the University’s Student Senate.

While discussion so far has mainly involved administrators and faculty members, Uggen said the student voice is key.

“I think that in many ways, it is up to the students and what works,” he said. “We will adapt and change and make sure we are delivering a really great education.”

While none of these ideas have of ficially received approval, administrators hope to

Locals attack Red Cross team while burying Ebola dead

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ELIZABETH BRUMLEY, DAILY

GAPSA President Alfonso Sintjago speaks at the first general assembly meeting of the year at the Humphrey School on Wednesday. GAPSA will potentially freeze parts of its working budget, including grants and programming, to ensure it has enough funding for operational expenses.

its programming funding, which includes events for graduate students and par tnerships with other University groups and organizations.

The group planned for a large cut in programming funds in its working budget — it’s planning to allocate more than $67,000 less for their events and partnerships this year.

While it waits for the University to finish the investigation, GAPSA is running on its reser ve funds.

If the group receives its funding from the

University, it’ll be working of f a $232,000 budget, which is about $160,000 less than it requested for the year. The budget received significant cuts in funding from the University due to GAPSA’s failure to comply with Student Ser vices Fees Committee deadlines.

While the budget is at a standstill, the group did approve a revised constitution at the meeting.

GAPSA President Alfonso Sintjago said the group made amendments to its constitution and

bylaws in order to make them more propor tional regarding the group’s 10 councils to ensure it treats all of them equally.

“It creates council autonomy, and it clarifies some of the processes of the executive board,” Sintajo said.

Though GAPSA members are working through the financial situation, Carriere said students are the ones most affected.

“It feels unfair for the students because we won’t be able to ser ve them,” Carriere said.

move for ward with their discussions if the Board of Regents signs of f on the plan next month.

Major curriculum alterations involve many different players, Hanson said, so the plan is complicated, and the school still needs to take many steps before it can make any tangible changes.

“Any change that is campus-wide requires long, hard discussions. We expect that to last a little while,” she said.

A period allowing students, staff and faculty members to make comments on the plan will end Thursday, before regents take official action on it, Hanson said.

But so far, she said, it’s been “well-received.”

“This is a bold and exciting plan,” Uggen said. “It isn’t the same cookie-cutter plan that other universities have cranked out.”

C O N A K R Y, G u i n e a — A Red Cross team was attacked while collecting bodies believed to be infected with Ebola in southeastern Guinea, the latest in a string of assaults that are hindering ef for ts to control West Africa’s current outbreak.

One Red Cross worker is recovering after being wounded in in the neck in Tuesday’s attack in Forecariah, according to Benoit Carpentier, a spokesman for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Family members of the dead initially set upon the six volunteers and vandalized their cars, said Mariam Barr y, a resident. Eventually a crowd went to the regional health office, where they threw rocks at the building.

The attack is the most recent in a series that have plagued teams working to bur y bodies safely, provide information about Ebola and disinfect public places. The most shocking was the abduction and killing last week in Guinea of eight people, health workers educating people about Ebola and the journalists accompanying them.

Ebola is believed to have

infected more than 5,800 people in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Nigeria and Senegal. The unprecedented size and sweep of the outbreak have led governments to impose severe measures to control it, like a recent nationwide lockdown in Sierra Leone to look for the sick and spread information. On Wednesday, Sierra Leone said 30 more cases uncovered during the shutdown tested positive for Ebola, raising the total number discovered over the three days to 160.

Resistance to efforts to control the disease — from outright denials that Ebola exists to fears that the very people sent to combat it are in fact carriers — has frustrated efforts to end or slow the disease’s spread in all three of the most affected countries, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, say officials.

In April, Doctors Without Borders briefly pulled out its team from the Guinean town of Macenta after their clinic was stoned. In Liberia, the homes of some of the infected have been attacked. Last week, Red Cross workers were threatened in Sier ra Leone, Carpentier, the Red Cross spokesman, said.

Obama seeks to expand ocean preserve to six times the current size

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

UNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama is car ving out a wide swath the Pacific Ocean for an expanded marine preser ve, putting the waters of f-limits to drilling and most fishing in a bid to protect fragile under water life.

The revamped expanded Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument will cover 490,000 square miles - an area roughly three times the size of California - and will become the largest marine preser ve in the world.

Millions of seabirds, sea tur tles and marine mammals live in the bio-rich expanse included by the new monument, which will also add new protections for more than 130 “seamounts” - under water mountains where rare or undiscovered species are frequently found.

The move to broaden the George W. Bush-era preser ve comes as Obama seeks to show concrete presidential action to protect the environment, despite firm opposition in Congress to new environmental legislation. At the United Nations this week, Obama announced new U.S. commitments to help other nations deal with the ef fects of climate change, as world leaders seek to

galvanize suppor t for a major global climate treaty to be finalized next year in Paris.

“We hope the steps taken today by the U.S. government will accelerate similar actions by a growing list of coastal nations to protect more of the world’s great ocean treasures,” said Matt Rand, who heads the ocean program at the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Obama will sign a memorandum expanding the ocean preser ve on Thursday, the White House said.

Secretar y of State John Kerr y was also to discuss the announcement during an event Thursday on ocean sustainability in New York.

The president signaled his intent to expand the monument in June and asked for input on the final boundaries from fisher men, lawmakers and scientists. Of ficials said they received more than 170,000 electronic comments on the proposal.

The memorandum bans commercial fishing, deep-sea mining and other extraction of under water resources, by recreational fishing will continue to be allowed. White House officials said they decided to allow some fishing in an attempt to preser ve and encourage the public’s access to federal areas.

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Editorials & Opinions ENTERTAINMENT

Ticket scalping frustrates artists and fans Large-scale buying of tickets drives the price up and limits the number of seats for fans.

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ou walk into a concert with all your friends, excited to see your favorite artist perform. You get to your seats and find that someone is already sitting in them, but you aren’t worried, because your ticket has that seat number. Instead, you realize both tickets have the exact same seat and row number. This happens because of ticket fraud.

In this day and age, technology makes it easy for us to purchase tickets. There are multiple ways in Minnesota to get tickets to see your favorite artist perform live in concert. You can buy through scalpers standing outside the venues, or websites such as TicketMaster, StubHub, or an artist’s fan club website. Websites like Ticketmaster allow a person to print off as many copies of a ticket as they want. This means that they could sell as many copies of the same ticket as they want.

According to a recent Star Tribune ar ticle, countr y ar tist Eric Church canceled 902 tickets for his concert last April because scalpers purchased them in violation of the concert’s sales limit. Church argues that when scalpers purchase 400 to

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500 tickets under a fake identity and inflate the ticket price, it should be considered a criminal activity. With scalpers, some of an artist’s most loyal fans have trouble getting tickets for a reasonable price.

Although you may have to pay a fee to become a member of an artist’s fan club, it may be worth the guarantee of a seat in a concert by having an actual ticket mailed to you or by having to pick it up at willcall instead of printing it out. Becoming a member of a fan club such as the “Church Choir” for Eric Church can provide you with access to pre-sale tickets before the general public has access to them. Buying directly from the artist’s website would result in a more reasonable price than buying from scalpers that have inflated the price.

Minnesota held a firm no-scalping law until 2007. But recently, entertainers like Church have had to come up with aggressive strategies in order to prevent ticket scalping, even resor ting to canceling tickets.

When you buy a ticket, it’s yours and you should be able to do what you want with it.

You should be able to give it to a friend or sell it — at a reasonable cost — if you can’t go.

The main focus is on preventing the resale of electronic tickets and other nontransferrable tickets. To gain admission to an event, you must present the credit card used to purchase the tickets along with a photo ID. When you buy a ticket, it’s yours and you should be able to do what you want with it. You should be able to give it to a friend or sell it — at a reasonable cost — if you can’t go. However, something should be done to address the problem with businesses, scalpers and opportunists taking advantage of the public.

Acquiring hundreds of tickets just to sell them later at absurd prices is wrong and should be addressed.

Brooke Bovee welcomes comments at bbovee@mndaily.com.

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Comment on ‘Hotels, not apartments, are next frontier’

It will be interesting when this bubble pops. I don’t think Kelly Doran didn’t put his buildings for sale because he was bored; I think he did so to take the profits and get on with something else before the early leaks begin to whistle their warnings.

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I’m curious as to whether or not the described note-takers who typed for the 2014 study are actual touch-typists, versus huntand-peck typists. There is a huge difference between these methods concerning speed and efficiency. As a touch-typist, I find that I cannot only take copious notes at a very fast pace, but then organize them later in an efficient matter —something that I don’t feel can be done as well with handwritten notes. The revisiting of my typed notes, typically to organize them, then supports my retention of the content.

I am concerned that touch-typing, which is a skill that takes some time and effort to acquire, seems to be ignored these days. I don’t know of any touch-typing classes that are taught in the K-12 St. Paul public school system that my son attends, which I am convinced is a huge shortcoming.

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SPORTS

The questionable role of football

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he recent NFL controversies concerning alleged drug use, shoplifting, domestic violence and child abuse have led me to question who exactly is inspired by these professional athletes. The answer unfortunately is that young high school teenagers are typically the most influenced by these supposed “role models.”

Indeed, when young people, particularly boys, are bombarded with the message that football is the key to popularity and success, they may be motivated to pursue it as a career.

This is, by no means, always a bad thing.

Many individuals have a legitimate interest in football and are fulfilled by competing in these activities. However, in our society, we place too much emphasis on athletic abilities rather than academic success.

When young athletes see NFL players get caught performing morally egregious acts, such as beating their partners, these high school students — who likely weren’t exposed to thorough discussions on these complex and controversial topics — may excuse those behaviors as perfectly acceptable.

Football culture isn’t the only thing that may harm young people, though. Brain damage resulting from physical contact

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Players, advisers and coaching staff have become real people After all the recent bad football news, it might be time to pat some good people on the back.

Two weeks ago, I was invited by the McNamara Academic Center to be the honorary football coach for last week’s San Jose State game. Coincidentally, this is the first time in my more than 20 years at the University that there are three football players in one of my classes. I know — bear with me.

While growing up many years ago on the south side of Chicago, I was imbued with more than my fair share of cynicism. I have never attended a football game for several reasons, although I do watch the games on television.

I had an enjoyable, enlightening experience. On Tuesday afternoon, I met with the academic advising staff who said that the Honorar y Coach program is intended to

New restrictions on germ research

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he Obama administration has announced new restrictions on federally funded universities and labs that research potentially dangerous pathogens.

Designed to prevent bioterrorism or an accidental release of virulent germs, the new regulations target 15 high-risk pathogens.

Scientists whose research involves any of the targeted pathogens are now required to get their employer’s approval and inform the federal government before beginning any experiments. Researchers and institutions that do not comply may lose federal funding.

These measures are a response to an incident in 2011, when researchers in the U.S. and the Netherlands cooperated to develop a strain of avian flu that was transmissible among some ferrets. Although the National Institutes of Health funded the experiments, the U.S. government kept its participation a secret. When the news broke, public backlash was intense.

Never theless, some exper ts remain skeptical of the new security measures. A multinational coalition of scientists opposed restrictions on pathogen research, arguing that such research is vital to public health.

Other researchers have voiced concern over the fact that the new measures only target 15 pathogens. Some of the deadliest viruses, including SARS and MERS, aren’t on the list.

We support the new security measures, as we feel that they do not present any danger to well-researched and professional scientific experiments. Moreover, while we firmly believe that pathogen research is essential to global health, we hope to see the list of targeted pathogens expand to include other dangerous germs.

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Letter regarding ‘Right to vote for ex-felons needed’

Zachary Philbrick University alumnus

EDITORIALS

With increase in crime, stay alert

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Your recent editorial concerning voting rights for convicted felons does not present all the facts.

In Minnesota, convicted felons are in fact allowed to vote once they have completed their sentence. In Minnesota, when a person is sentenced to jail or prison, they serve two-thirds of the sentence in a jail or prison and the final third is ser ved on supervised release.

For example, someone sentenced to three years may be released after two years, but they would not have completed their sentence until the end of the third year. At that time, most would have their civil rights restored and be able to vote.

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provide opportunities for faculty and staff to obtain an “insider’s view” of the University of Minnesota’s football program and gain insight into the role of athletics in the lives of student-athletes. People were up front in saying that having football players in my class contributed to my invitation.

I talked at length during many activities about the academic lives of university athletes. I came away very impressed with the efforts of the academic advisers, the program they run and the interests and performance of the players they counsel.

Of course there is football. Later Tuesday afternoon, I attended a position meeting and the team practice. The quarterback’s meeting was interesting. The if-then play calling plan based on observations of the opponent’s previous games may fit with our emphasis on fostering critical thinking, especially when implemented in real time in a game with teams adapting to changing situations.

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involved with aggressive sports like football has long-term implications, such as higher rates of memor y loss and Alzheimer’s disease.

Addressing this issue would take a complete overhaul of the way school districts, parents and students view high school football.

If children are exposed to football culture, then their parents and coaches should create an environment where these kids don’t grow up with a twisted moral compass and health problems. For the sake of young people, we need a dramatic paradigm shift on how we view football, both on the professional and the high school level.

Ronald Dixon welcomes comments at rdixon@mndaily.com.

I spent most of the team practice time talking about the place of academic advising in what I found to be a huge athletics operation. But it was impossible not to be caught up in the individual and team activities. Footballs flying; coaches coaching, music playing; players and coaches becoming individuals, not stereotypes — it was an amazing show and experience.

The highlight of the week was Saturday.

The world’s greatest granddaughter and I were on the field for pre-game warm-ups and in the locker room for the pre-game speech. On the field, we were two wideeyed rookies in the center of a real spectacle. Running onto the field with the team — wow. The game? It was a success, but I would have called a few different plays.

Have I gained any techniques to use in my teaching from the coaching I observed?

Yes, but I cannot list them, as we coaches don’t reveal our advantages.

I’ve not yet drunk the Gatorade, but have had a few sips.

lmost a month into fall semester at the University of Minnesota, as homework increases, so has crime, the Minnesota Daily reported Tuesday. Though this brief increase is notably lower than fall 2013, last week there were at least three burglaries, two robberies and seven cases of theft around campus. With this, we urge students to remain alert — especially during late-night or early-morning walks near campus.

Last year, as many likely remember, there were at least 14 crime alerts by December. Heinous crimes were reported, including sexual assault, attempted kidnapping and armed robbery.

Attempted crime was so bad that University staff and law enforcement officials voiced their concerns to the state Legislature in attempts to address the problem.

Crime has steadily decreased since last fall, and that downward trend began as long ago as last spring. The crime rates remained low over the summer into this semester, and the increased prevalence of campus police, better lighting, security and electronic locks on buildings have likely contributed to greater safety.

Though the recent crimes that have been reported are not nearly as vicious as in previous years, we agree with the University’s crime prevention program. It urges students to remain vigilant in order to stay safe. This means sticking to well-lit areas late at night, sticking with friends and keeping your valuables out of sight.

Though safety is the responsibility of both the police and citizens, it’s important to remember that some common-sense precautions are important when living in a large city. Hopefully, with continued efforts to keep crime low and student cooperation, we can keep this a safe place to live, work and study.

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

MUSIC

Internet’s greatest satire?

Postmodern R&B group Turquoise Jeep will play at the Downtown Festival.

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Turquoise Jeep members Pretty Raheem, Whatchyamacallit, Yung Humma and Flynt Flossy are bringing their hilarious blend of rap and R&B to the Downtown Festival at the Skyway Theater on Friday.

BY JARED HEMMING jhemming@mndaily.com

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or Turquoise Jeep, ar tistic expression comes from eschewing the mode of the modern music industry. It also means titling songs in sexualized pun, debating whether eggs are best “Fried or Fertilized.”

The Turquoise Jeep collective was founded in 2009 by rappers Flynt Flossy and Yung Humma and crooners Whatchyamacallit and Pretty Raheem, gaining

Internet prominence in 2010 for “Lemme Smang It,” — “smang” being their mashup of “smash”- and “bang”worthy sexual prowess. The rap group is bringing their boastful tunes to Minneapolis on Friday, along with sharing the stories of their songs’ origins.

“Whatever’s on our brain, we just put it out there,” de facto leader Flossy said. “If people want to dance, they can dance. If they want to laugh, they can laugh. If they want to have hot, nasty sex, they can

have hot, nasty sex.”

The “Lemme Smang It” video caught fire on YouTube for the band’s not-sureif-they’re-kidding ’90s R&B sound and awesomely bad self-production, featuring computer chair lap dances and misguided hip thrusts.

The song’s inspiration, Humma said, came from one of Flossy’s bedroom excursions.

“Floss has so many adventures when it comes to the ladies,” Humma said.

“Hence another hook, and ‘Lemme Smang It’ was born

— conceived, rather.”

Inter net culture embraced the jam, and the video has racked up more than 12 million views.

“The way it happened was just so fast,” Flossy said.

“It went from uploading it to seeing a thousand views to 12 million. We want to keep it going till 12 million turns to 12 billion and the whole world’s seen it.”

The video’s green screen and generic computer graphics became Turquoise Jeep’s signature aesthetic, and now the band makes a living in

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the ironic hit making business. However, the group downplays any tongue-incheek intent, emphasizing artistic expression.

“This is our full-time job,” Whatchyamacallit said. “It’s not even a job to us because music is a basic form of expression; it’s art.”

Though the bulk of the group’s catalog revolves around sexualized puns — gems include “Treat Me Like a Pirate” (and give me that booty), “Naughty Farmer” (I grow straight freaks), and “Cavities” (with all this

chocolate in your mouth) — Whatchyamacallit said the group avoids profanity.

“You don’t want us to straight up say, ‘sex,’” Whatchyamacallit said. “It’s all about the play on words.”

For “Cavities,” Flossy said the song’s intention was not to make a joke but to reflect reality.

“We don’t go into the studio and say, ‘Hey, we’re going to make this one about food,’ ” Flossy said. “Like the ‘Cavities’ situation: I’d finished making love to a lady, and she kept biting me on my shoulder. I’m like, ‘You’re going to get cavities with all that chocolate in your mouth.’ She giggled, and that’s a song.”

Adding to the bizarre level of Turquoise Jeep’s fame is their anonymity.

“We’re like comic book heroes,” Raheem said. “We like to keep it that way and let people enjoy us for the characters that we are.”

Most members of the group wear costumes in their persona. Flossy himself sports a mustache whose legitimacy remains uncertain. And for this story, the members of the group denied providing their real names.

“There’s nothing behind [the costumes],” Flossy said.

“I’m just being myself. And people sense that — ­ whether people say, ‘Is the mustache real?’ or ‘Is the mustache fake?’ It shows you that when people respect your music, they’re going to respect you for you.”

Legitimacy doubts aside, Turquoise Jeep continues to succeed as a group of musicians.

“We’re going to keep this jeep riding as long as we have wheels on it,” Raheem said.

Flossy agreed, saying, “Just enjoy the turquoise experience. Don’t think too hard.”

Turquoise Jeep at the Downtown Festival Where The Loft at the Skyway Theatre, 711 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis When 8 p.m. Friday Cost $20

MUSIC

College Kitchen: pumpkin spice ‘Half About

Being a Woman’

Warm fall drinks with three ingredients or less.

Caroline Smith chucked her folkie persona by the wayside to embrace her R&B roots.

BY CECILIA MAZUMDAR STANGER cmazumdar stanger@mndaily.com

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hough pumpkin spice may trigger images of whipped creamcovered steamed lattés from popular cof fee chains, the seasonal spice combination can jazz up other beverages, too.

There are countless pumpkin pie spice variations, including ginger, allspice or clove, cinnamon and nutmeg and cardamom.

But pumpkin spice recipes share a number of common ingredients with garam masala, including ginger, cinnamon, clove, cardamom and nutmeg.

Garam masala is a common Indian spice mixture used during the colder months. “Garam” roughly translates to “thermal heat,” so “garam masala” refers to a spice combination that raises body temperatures in food mythos.

The masala ingr edients invoke the warm and comfor ting aspects of fall, and they are also useful in hiding unpleasant flavors.

Spice-less pumpkin tastes pretty disgusting (think of

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BY GRANT TILLERY gtillery@mndaily.com

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Simply Cider with cinnamon sticks to spice up your fall.

the smell of jack-o’-lantern guts.)

Use spices sparingly, particularly cardamom and cinnamon. For individual por tions, the amount of

spice required is too small to include a designated measurement. Even using one spice at a time can disguise the cheapest rum and the bitterest black tea.

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hile she attended the University of Minnesota, Caroline Smith’s diet was basic.

“I made a lot of peanut butter sandwiches,” Smith said. “I wasn’t a big fan of the chicken patties.”

Smith was an up-andcoming folk-rocker living in Centennial Hall and paying her dues at the 400 Bar during her time at the University. Her promising career with her band, the Good Night Sleeps, forced her schoolwork to play second fiddle.

Smith is now a bona fide R&B songstress. Her latest album, 2013’s “Half About Being a Woman,” features sexy, upbeat poppers influenced by the ’90s R&B that Smith grew up on. She’ll play at First Avenue this Friday and Saturday with her good friend, rapper Lizzo.

The two became close comrades in 2012 a ft er S m i t h c o n t a c t e d Lizzo on Facebook. Lizzo

joined Smith’s band soon thereafter.

“We had breakfast together at the Bad Waitress,” Smith said. “[Lizzo] was like, ‘What’s your sign?’ And I was like, ‘I’m a Taurus.

What are you?’ She’s like, ‘I’m a Taurus. What week were you born?’ I was like, ‘My birthday is April 27th.’

She was like, ‘My birthday is April 27th.’ We have the same birthday, same year.

And then we’re like, ‘Did we just become best friends?

Yup!’” Proceeds of both shows this weekend go to the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota. Smith said she is a fan of the foundation’s work, which strives toward equality for women in Minnesota.

Smith said women’s rights are an issue she’s passionate about, especially after experiencing rampant sexism in the music industry.

“The [issue] I like to bring to the sur face that people don’t think about is this need to make a character out of a woman,” Smith said. “There’s a need that the woman needs to have a backstory. A man can just make music. There has to be this weird character made u See SMITH Page 11

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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THEATER

Gender, race and space Conceptual artist Ralph Lemon continues to blend visual and performance art in “Scaffold Room.”

BY JARED HEMMING jhemming@mndaily.com

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or per for mance and visual ar tist Ralph Lemon, a native Minneapolitan, returning to the Twin Cities to showcase a new project at the Walker Art Center is a head trip.

After creating and performing pieces in New York’s Museum of Modern Art and receiving an IDA fellowship at Stanford, the University of Minnesota alumnus said coming back to Minneapolis helps refresh his way of thinking.

“There’s a great element of landing in what I remember,” Lemon said. “It’s nice to be in that zone where your past, present [and] future all collapse, given that I spent so much of my formative life here.”

For his new, Walker-curated work, “Scaffold Room” — a performance that encompasses the lives of two black women through dance and mixed media — Lemon turned to feminist works he had seen in the Twin Cities during his youth for inspiration.

“A big inspiration for me was the work of Meredith Monk,” Lemon said. “I first saw a piece, when I was very young, here in Minneapolis called ‘Quarry.’ It had every-

PHOTO COURTESY OF RYAN JENKINS

A dancer rehearses for “Scaffold Room,” artist Ralph Lemon’s new multimedia performance piece hosted by the Walker Art Center. Lemon graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1975 and will be debuting the performance for free Thursday.

thing in it: film, theater, singing and dancing.”

For Lemon — who studied English and theater arts at the University and graduated in 1975 — witnessing Monk’s performance was vital in his development as a

multimedia artist.

“I thought, ‘There’s someone doing all of that. Then it’s possible,’ ” Lemon said.

In “Scaf fold Room,” Lemon reconciles his adolescence as a black person — during a time he said “race

was explicit” — with the state of racial and gender politics in culture today. He uses pop singers like Beyoncé and feminist novelist Kathy Acker as sources to express his identity development.

“Ever yone wants to be

Beyoncé,” Lemon said. “It’s fantastic to me how confusing that is. She’s absolutely black, [her music] comes from black culture, and yet her audience is everybody.”

“Scaffold Room” captures the binary of black-and-white

Ralph Lemon: “Scaffold Room” Where Walker Art Center, 1750 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis When 5 p.m. Thursday Cost Free

Pumpkin

MUSIC

U alumni heating up the circle of fifths Circle of Heat will play at Bayport BBQ this weekend.

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Heat first two ingredients and combine in a cup with rum.

Baron Grey Orange zest Clove Black tea Before steeping the tea, use a vegetable peeler to remove the orange zest into your mug. Add tea, cloves and hot water. Steep for 2 to 3 minutes.

BY JACKIE RENZETTI jrenzetti@mndaily.com

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om Alane, Trevor Anderson, Kur t Andersen and Eric Neseth didn’t plan on playing in a rock band after graduation as they sat through music performance classes together.

After a productive jam session, the 2010 University of Minnesota School of Music alums started their band, Circle of Heat, as juniors in 2009. The fusion rock group released their first album, “Bigwheelin’hotstuf f,” in 2012, began touring in 2013 and will claim Wednesday night residency at the Cabooze starting Nov. 12.

“We kind of jammed for like 45 minutes, and then we were like, ‘OK, we should be a band,’” bassist Kurt Andersen said of their origin.

They derived their name from the Crock-Pot sitting in the basement where they rehearsed, which has heat settings labeled “circle of heat.”

“We haven’t been sued yet,” Andersen said. “We’ve been told that if we get contacted by them, we’re doing something right.”

“Bigwheelin’hotstuf f” showcases their electrifying jams. “Journey to the Sun” is two minutes of vibrant progressions of guitar, drum and keyboard rif fs.

The energy continues into the track “Mr. H,” in which Trevor Anderson woefully sings the bluesy tale of a loner. An intricate rhythmic section ensues, exemplifying the group’s diversity. “The Realm” shows their humorous side, parodying hippie stereotypes in the lyrics while bringing forth a solid rock groove.

They cited their victory at the 2009 St. Croix County

politics by using the Walker’s spaces and flipping its utilities. The performance piece will be held in a gallery, and the accompanying film will be screened in the McGuire Theater, contrar y to most performance and film pieces.

“This new work is having a larger conversation with the performing arts versus the visual arts,” Lemon said.

“We’re trying to provoke a debate about what something is and where it might belong and leaving that open.”

Lemon prefers to let his work speak for itself, and he said “Scaffold Room” continues his learning process as an artist finding inspiration in what it is to be modern and black.

“I feel like I’m a student of modern racial culture, but I don’t feel like I’m claiming a particular politic about race matters,” Lemon said. “That becomes the work I make: It’s painful, fragile, uncertain, but I feel like that’s the truth of identity politics of this time.”

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Goodnight Milk Honey 1 cup milk 1 pod cardamom Simmer ingredients until heated through.

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Circle of Heat members Tom Alane, Kurt Andersen and Eric Neseth rehearse on Tuesday. The band, which focuses heavily on musicality and improvisation, is made up of University of Minnesota School of Music alumni.

Fair Battle of the Bands competition as a pivotal point in their formation.

“We all kind of realized, ‘Oh, this would be awesome to keep doing, and we could make some money,’” Andersen said.

The group has kept up their drive and passion for music over the years, often performing four times a week. They’re known in their shared rehearsal space at Traxs Studios for starting their Tuesdays with an 8 a.m. rehearsal.

“It’s very much a grind,” drummer Eric Neseth said.

The quartet toured out to Colorado last fall, returned in the spring and embarked on a 12-day, 12-show tour last August. The group experienced tour terrors such

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as an overflowing bathtub at a Quality Inn, but they have also been welcomed into audience members’ homes after asking for a place to stay at the end of their set. Aside from these character-building experiences, the group also learned from a work ethic they developed in college.

“I use a surprising amount of things that I picked up playing in the back of an orchestra in this setting as well,” Neseth said.

The band collectively agreed that while many musicians don’t consider a degree to be a prerequisite to playing rock, their established practice techniques, trained ears and experience learning new instruments that they gained in school has helped them succeed

as a band.

In their growth, they’ve learned to adjust to their audience without completely compromising their band’s personality.

“Maybe it doesn’t have to change time signatures every minute. … People might want to dance to this song,” guitarist Tom Alane said.

They often combine their original, artistic material in their sets with classic covers.

“If there is ever a point in the show when you feel like, ‘Whoa, they are musically getting away from me right now,’ that is the indication that we are about to rip an awesome cover,” Neseth said.

The band is looking forward to seeing familiar faces at Bayport, Minn., for their

show on Friday.

“We haven’t actually really played in Stillwater … so it’s kind of a homecoming in that regard,” said Neseth, who grew up in Stillwater.

The group will be bringing their sound and rugs to the Bayport BBQ. They’ve recently gotten in the habit of taking about four rugs with them to improve the quality of their live sound while also making them more at ease.

“Rugs bring it all together,” Andersen said with a laugh.

Circle of Heat Where Bayport BBQ, 328 N. Fifth Ave., Bayport, Minn.

When 8 p.m. Friday Cost $10

The expense of spices (a teensy jar of McCormick cloves is nearly $5) is a little disconcerting for the college cook, but there are affordable ways to add excitement to dishes. If you intend to cook with spices often, you can usually find them in large quantities at specialty grocery stores like El Burrito Mercado, Pooja Grocers, Shuang Hur and even Cub Foods.

These drinks are also delicious without the dried spice (albeit a little less flashy). Forget the cloves, but peel your morning orange into your tea.

And it’s okay to be resourceful in the kitchen.

Substitutions are ever ywhere. For example, if you bake a lot, you’re likely to have some vanilla extract around; add that to your warm milk instead of cardamom. The kitchen is a creative space for play — if you experiment with your prefer red sweeteners and flavors, you might come up with something epic.

By Joe Kellen

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Tim and Eric & Dr. Steve Brule 2014 Tour

A Festival of Puppet Theatre

Lykke Li

Tim and Eric’s humor occasionally goes beyond the bounds of human understanding. The character they collaboratively created with John C. Reilly, Dr. Steve Brule, is the perfect example of their off-the-wall sketches. Reilly’s performance of the absurd character is shockingly nuanced and occasionally tragic, guaranteeing an evening of ridiculousness.

Open Eye Figure Theatre pushes boundaries with every production it puts on. Now that it’s teaming up with Heart of the Beast and the Great Plains Region of the Puppeteers of America to present some of the most innovative puppet artists in the nation, this weekend should bring their work to the next level. Be prepared for a healthy dose of the creative, perplexing and weird.

Sunday shows get a notoriously crappy reputation. People tire out from a weekend of frolicking and forget how much great art happens at the end of the weekend. Switch out your usual boring Sunday for the pop-folk wash of Swedish singer-songwriter Lykke Li. Her intimate performances offer vulnerability that reads beautifully onstage and shouldn’t be missed.

Where Historic State Theatre, 805 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis Hours 8 p.m.

Cost $37.50

Where Open Eye Figure Theatre, 506 E. 24th St., Minneapolis Hours All day Cost $5-165

Where First Avenue, 701 N. First Ave., Minneapolis Hours 7 p.m.

Cost $30

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By Joe Kellen

Drink this:

Commit to these:

Eat this:

Apple cider

Positive habits

Pie

We’re already talking about the infamous pumpkin spice in today’s paper, so let’s focus on the other obvious autumnal treat: apple cider. Minneapolis has fantastic cider options, and you ought to take advantage of the best seasonal opportunity you’re going to get and snag this beverage. A&E stands confidently by the fact that there is no pleasure greater than sipping on a warm mug of liquid nostalgia. So hurry up and chug before wintertime tightens its frozen grip.

Spring’s leaves are all dying, so you may as well turn over a new one. Human beings are self-legislative creatures by nature: We commit to routine and choose paths that are comfortable and easy.

This autumn, figure out ways to peel the bars from any psychological cage you may have trapped yourself inside. Habitually embrace spontaneity and positivity. The big orange ball up in the sky may be setting sooner and sooner as the seasons change, but that doesn’t mean you have to let the darkness get you down. Change it up!

OK, Thanksgiving hasn’t arrived just yet, but jumping the gun is impossible when it comes to scarfing down some filling ’n’ crust.

Wrangle up your friends, and give A&E a week off from providing all the College Kitchen ideas. There’s nothing more fun than goofing off and rewarding yourself for it with baked goods. We recommend pumpkin pie to go with the trio of seasonal blurbs this Culture Compass embraces, but you could probably do peach pie and only receive a smidgen of judgment.

MUSIC

DANCE

Another try for Macy Gray Q&A: dancer The internationally acclaimed R&B star talks pizza and Fargo.

Parisa Khobdeh Parisa Khobdeh talks to A&E about touring with the Paul Taylor Dance Company.

BY HANNAH GERMAINE hgermaine@mndaily.com

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aul Taylor is a modern dance artist.

He created his own company in 1954, joined the Martha Graham Dance Company in 1955 and has worked as a guest artist for the New York City Ballet.

This Saturday, his company revisits pieces that span of his career at Northrop Auditorium.

“Aureole” premiered in 1962 with smooth movements underscored by classical music. In 1997, Taylor added tango attitude to modern dance in “Piazzolla Caldera.” He translated the words of Walt Whitman onto the stage for “Beloved Renegade” in 2008.

In the middle of the tour, one of Taylor’s dancers, Parisa Khobdeh, took a break in her hotel room — which she thinks is in Columbus, N.C. — to speak with A&E.

PHOTO COURTESY OF PAUL B GOODE

Macy Gray, best known for her 1999 single “I Try,” will be playing at the Fine Line Music Cafe on Friday.

BY JACKIE RENZETTI jrenzetti@mndaily.com

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n her characteristic raspy voice, Macy Gray said her favorite food is pizza with mushrooms.

The internationally acclaimed vocalist will be playing at the Fine Line Music Café as part of her ongoing North American tour. Gray will release her newest album, “The Way,” on Oct. 7.

It’s her ninth album since her climb to world fame in 1999 with her hit single “I Try” off her album “On How Life Is.” So far, Gray has released “Hands” as a single and “Bang Bang” as a teaser track for the upcoming album.

“I’m actually excited to go see Fargo for some weird reason,” Gray said of her upcoming tour. “They told me it’s a city that’s in four states; I just have to see that.”

The singer is also excited to play in Chicago, hopefully

visit Prince again in Minneapolis and throw her album release party in New York. “[The Way] is my best album lyrically and musically,” Gray said. “It’s made with a different approach.

It’s live music with machines and stuff … but it’s mostly totally live. It’s the first album that I wrote all my lyrics to since my second one.”

The album is a personal milestone for Gray as a culmination of maturing as an artist and person.

“It’s just a really good intersection of where I’m at in life,” Gray said. “I feel like I’m getting better as an artist.”

In early September, Gray released the single “Hands.”

The upbeat tune will please even the earliest of Gray fans, with a catchy, rhythmic refrain combined with Gray’s trademark soulful crooning.

“It’s just about affection, just wanting to touch some-

body as soon as you can,” Gray said, “The Way” epitomizes the entire message of the eponymous album.

“The album is just about whatever you want in life, and you have to find a way to get there. … So this album is about my journey on getting to where I want to get to and the things that happened in between,” Gray said. “The songs on the album are like little stories about what happens on the way to get to things, like self-love and feeling empowered and important.”

Gray also came out with a music video for the track “Bang Bang.” The video stars Gray as a party singer who gets tied in with the aftermath of a crime.

“It was definitely raunchy, but I think that was a good setup for the song and for the record,” Gray said.

“It’s just a grimy song, so it’s good the video goes with it.”

Gray said she looked

up to Diana Ross as a role model for stage presence, and she cited Billie Holiday and Betty Davis as key musical influences. However, she said her listening taste spans genres, and her favorite artists are Frank Sinatra, Prince, Led Zeppelin and Biggie Smalls.

“I know ever y Nir vana song ever,” Gray said.

Gray doesn’t wor r y about losing her relevance in pop culture with modern music trends, and she said she instead focuses on nurturing her individual artist identity.

“I’ve gone down that road, and it never does me any good. I just learn to stick to what I do best,” Gray said.

Macy Gray Where Fine Line Music Café, 318 First Ave. N., Minneapolis When 8 p.m. Saturday Cost $26.50-29

Describe your personal background as a dancer.

I came from a ballet school. [My teacher, Kathy Chamberlain] was a School of American Ballet dancer.

My training was very classical, but thanks to Kathy, we were exposed to a lot of modern and a lot of other styles of dance. More importantly, she also encouraged us to see a lot of dance. You don’t get a lot of [that]. [Young dancers] do a lot. We very rarely sit on the other side of the curtain.

How do the dancers affect the choreography?

[Taylor] looks at us like colors — like an artist’s palette. When he’s making a dance, sculpting it on our individual bodies, in essence it’s his movement, but it’s being spoken with the individual bodies. There becomes a certain imprint that you leave on the movement. But it’s all Taylor.

These pieces premiered in 1962, 1997 and 2008. What makes them relevant today?

These pieces are radical.

When [“Aureole”] premiered [in 1962], it was in the postmodern era and everybody was pushing the boundaries of “What is dance?” Every-

body was using really abstract, obscure music. Paul Taylor showed up to a modern dance festival and used Baroque music. “It was new to me,” [he said]. It just knocked people off their chairs because they weren’t expecting it. [With] Paul Taylor, always expect the unexpected. That’s why it’s relevant.

How do you keep the show fresh after so many performances?

The steps never change, but [each] performance will var y from show to show.

That’s the beauty of it. It’s live theatre. It’s an unspoken language between the audience and the dancers onstage. In that space, there’s an exchange of energy that changes from performance to performance. It’s an experience that’s unique to that performance.

Do you have time to explore the cities on your tour?

Sometimes I’m in and out — it’s just another hotel room. Where am I right now?

Let me think … I think I’m in Columbus, N.C. But there are opportunities when we sit down for a while. We were in Italy this summer for about 10 days.

What do you do to adjust to each new venue while on tour?

We really rely on our [technical] crew. They make every theater that we visit as close to what we’re used to as possible. They do a wonderful job of creating that good space — that magical space that exists in every theater.

All of us together are able to bring Paul’s work to life.

Is there anything special about performing at Northrop?

What makes this performance at Northrop unique is that we have live music.

There’s an abandon, an almost animalistic nature [when] performing with live music because everybody is just so present and so alive.

Paul Taylor Dance Company Where Northrop Auditorium, 84 Church St. SE, Minneapolis When 8 p.m. Saturday Cost $10-64

STORYTELLING

Bicyclists tour Metro, hear stories along the way Brian Fanelli combines the worlds of biking and storytelling.

BY JACKIE RENZETTI jrenzetti@mndaily.com

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ast spring, Brian Fanelli found a way to combine two of Minneapolis’ popular pastimes: bicycling and live storytelling.

In Fanelli’s event series titled “Spinning Stories,” storytellers and audience members embark on a group bike ride with three built-in stops for three different preselected performers to tell a story that happened in a similar, if not the actual, location. The event intertwines biking and stor ytelling communities while filling the gap between the audience and the performer.

Fanelli moved to Minneapolis from Buffalo, N.Y., several years ago and found

his niche in the Twin Cities with ease.

“The stor ytelling scene here is incredibly vibrant,” Fanelli said. “In other places, [live storytelling] might be very inaccessible — it’s just that the phrase ‘live storytelling’ sounds like it’s almost in the cusp of pretention — but here in the Twin Cities, it’s such a welcoming community, and I’ve been feeling that very strongly as a new producer here.”

With organizations including Word Sprout, Story Club Minneapolis, and the nationally recognized Moth, storyteller Amy Salloway said Minneapolis offers about 15 storytelling events per month.

The local biking scene is nothing to scoff at either. Minneapolis ranked as the thirdbest bike-friendly city according to “Bicycling Magazine.”

Twin Cities Bike Fun hosted the area’s first weeklong bike festival, called Pedalopolis, this past summer.

“I think that storytelling and riding bikes are both things that will greatly improve your life,” Fanelli said.

“I’m happy to be able to provide an entry point for people into either of those scenes.”

“Spinning Stories” debuted in May and returned in July during Pedalopolis. It will return for the third time this weekend. The bikers start in front of Recover y Bike Shop, where Fanelli works, and continue on the route he creates based on each storyteller’s chosen location.

This weekend’s lineup of storytellers includes Salloway, Javier Morillo-Alicea and Heidi Arneson.

And during the trip, the pack catches the attention of passersby.

“You see this huge group of all ages riding in the middle of the street … and Brian has a boombox … and people are like, ‘What is this?’ And he’s like, ‘Come with us!’ ” stor yteller Taylor Tower

said. “It’s a really easy, fun, accessible thing to do.”

Roughly 40 attendees gathered for both of the past performances to bike and listen to the established storytellers, including Tower, Salloway and Ifrah Mansour.

Salloway performed her story at Lake Calhoun about her early professional theater role in “Shakespeare in the Park” as a recent college graduate. “[The cyclists] looked so comfortable and so at ease, and when everyone sat down, they were just the friendliest, happiest group of faces,” Salloway said of her experience.

“It was so heartwarming. It didn’t feel like a show. It felt like this batch of friends just landed in my lap.”

Ifrah Mansour summoned the cyclists to the outside of her former apartment, where a frightened deer once broke through her hallway window and died.

“People tiptoed to [the

apartment],” Mansour said.

“That whole experience was really good for the audience.

We just tiptoed quietly in; we didn’t want to intrude [on] the people that lived there. A lot of people liked that part.”

By providing a representation or the actual background of the true story, storytellers give more information and personally connect with the audience more than they normally would in a black box theater, the storytellers said.

Tower’s past performance exemplified a location that provides a metaphorical background. Tower moved to Minneapolis a year ago and chose the Mississippi River as the location for her story that happened as a child in Portland, Ore. The comingof-age piece touches on learning how to own up to one’s actions.

“What I see about the Mississippi is this untamed power, this mythical thing that you’re drawn to but

repulsed by; it’s dangerous but enticing,” Tower said. “It’s a cool metaphor for being that age. You want to grow up more than anything else, but you don’t want to lose the innocence that you have as a kid.”

Regardless of whether the true story took place in the exact location the storyteller shares it, Fanelli said the performances stick in listeners’ minds long after the bike ride home.

“The next time they ride past it, or drive past it or take the light rail past it … they’re going to see that parking space, and all of a sudden, the city is contextualized in a way that it hadn’t been before,” Fanelli said.

Spinning Stories Where Recovery Bike Shop, 2504 Central Ave. NE, Minneapolis When Noon Saturday

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out of a woman, like Britney Spears is ‘crazy’ and Taylor Swift is ‘slutty.’ What’s Justin Timberlake?”

While Smith and her sound have evolved, her backing band consists of the same musicians who made up the Good Night Sleeps.

Smith said her music hasn’t changed drastically over the course of her career, since it’s written in a similar fashion.

The main differences lie in the themes and sounds.

She’s currently focusing less on unrequited love and more on life’s idiosyncrasies.

“I think ever yone goes through this kind of awakening in their mid-20s where you start to become comfor table with the things that make you who you are, instead of trying to change them and be more like Feist or Jenny Lewis,” Smith said.

“There’s that really cheesy saying: ‘Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.’ I think that’s true. The person I was being before happened

to garner some kind of success with the music she was making.”

Smith grew up in Detroit Lakes, Minn., as a child of “old hippies.” Even when her melodies skewed toward folk sounds, Smith spent her free time listening to Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey and TLC — artists she’s listened to for years.

“My dad tried to take my TLC CD away from me,” Smith said. “Little kids have blankets, pacifiers, whatever their weird kid quips [are]; mine was my TLC CD. My dad would tr y to take it from me because it’s pretty sexually graphic for a 7-year-old to be listening to.”

From that time on, Smith was hooked on hip-hop, even if it raised a few eyebrows in the circles she ran with.

“My boyfriend in college was like, ‘What are you listening to?’ ” Smith said. “He was a punk guy, and I was like, ‘It’s Kanye West. Don’t worry about it. ’” Smith said she long denied her love for hip-hop while embracing a contrived indie rock persona. While

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she enjoyed playing the music for a while, she said, it was unsustainable for her career goals.

“I felt forced to make indie rock music when it wasn’t what I was listening to,” Smith said.

Smith’s quarter-life crisis returned her to the authenticity she craved. And the transition came, in part, from Smith’s desire to connect with her audience on a deeper level.

“I want all these people in the audience to be smiling, laughing and dancing, but they’re not,” Smith said of her early performances.

“They’re crossing their arms and nodding, which is fine, but it’s not who I am. I’m goofy, abrasive and weird.”

Caroline Smith (with Lizzo) Where First Avenue, 701 N. First Ave., Minneapolis When 7 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m.

Saturday Cost $16-20 (Saturday sold out) Age 18+

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Sports

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FOOTBALL

Gophers to battle for Little Brown Jug

MARK VANCLEAVE, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Michigan linebacker Kenny Demens and running back Vincent Smith carry the Little Brown Jug trophy after the Wolverines defeated Minnesota 35-13 on Nov. 3, 2012, at TCF Bank Stadium.

The Little Brown Jug is one of the oldest trophies in college football.

BY GRANT DONALD gdonald@mndaily.com

In 2005, Minnesota traveled to Ann Arbor, Mich., and upset the No. 21 Michigan Wolverines, hoisting the Little Brown Jug in front of more than 111,000 fans sporting maize and blue.

That was the last time the oldest trophy in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision has made the trip to stay in Minneapolis.

“We haven’t had the jug in a couple of years. I don’t even know what it looks

like,” senior running back David Cobb said.

Minnesota has won the jug only once in the past 23 meetings between the two schools and has a 22-69-3 alltime record.

But the lack of success the Gophers have experienced when playing Michigan doesn’t mean the team won’t be fired up for this weekend’s matchup.

“This is a trophy that we haven’t seen a lot of here in the community, and no [player] here has seen the Little Brown Jug,” redshirt junior defensive back Briean Boddy-Calhoun said.

“It means a lot to us, just as much as it does to the community, if not more.”

The competition for the jug reportedly started back

in 1903 when Michigan traveled to Minnesota having won 28 consecutive games.

The Gophers ended up tying the Wolverines 6-6. The next day, a custodian by the name of Oscar Munson came across Michigan’s water jug and brought it to the head of the Gophers’ athletics department.

Minnesota kept the jug as some sort of prize, painting the score and “Michigan Jug - Captured by Oscar, October 31, 1903,” on the sides.

Michigan wanted the jug back, but L.J. Cooke, the head of the athletics department at the time, refused and allegedly said, “If you want it, you’ll have to win it.”

Although the stor y behind the Little Brown Jug

may seem comical, Gophers head coach Jerr y Kill said he is excited to continue the “tremendous tradition.”

“You’re going to the Big House. It’s the first Big Ten game. You’re playing for the Little Brown Jug. I mean, that’s what college football is about,” Kill said.

For seniors, like defensive lineman Cameron Botticelli, Saturday not only marks their last chance at the Little Brown Jug, but it is also their last chance to play at Michigan Stadium.

“It’s a joy. There is no better feeling than hearing 100,000 sigh and moan and groan,” Botticelli said. “It’s exhilarating — one of the biggest memories of my college experience.”

While playing in the largest

stadium in all of college football may be a great experience, it does warrant some extra preparation before the trip.

“You have to do things different when you’re on the road, [like] cadence, just little things you got to do different,” Kill said. “Playing in places like [the Big House] will make you do that.”

Kill said not everyone on the team truly understands the significance of playing for the jug and going to the Big House.

But he said he will make sure to educate them.

“Those young freshmen, all the ones we’re playing, certainly when you recruit them you talk about [the jug], but still they really don’t understand com-

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pletely because they’re young,” Kill said. “[When] they walk out on the field, then those freshmen will go, ‘OK, this is a big deal here.’”

FOOTBALL

Minnesota to face reeling Michigan The Wolverines sit near the bottom of the FBS with 12 turnovers this year.

BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com

About six weeks ago, Devin Gardner was all smiles entering into his senior season.

Sitting at a round table sur rounded by nearly a dozen media members, the Michigan quarterback discussed his increased chances of winning the Heisman Trophy, the looming rivalry game at Notre Dame and the Wolverines’ passing attack — which he said would be “without a doubt” the best in the Big Ten. But times have changed.

Michigan (2-2) ranks 12th in the conference in passing offense, it was shut out by Notre Dame after failing to score a point in a game for the first time in 30 years, and Gardner’s Heisman chances are as good as gone.

It’s easy to pin the Wolverines’ shor tcomings on Gardner, who’s thrown six interceptions in four games and put his starting job in jeopardy. But Michigan is still trying to recover from losing left tackle Taylor Le-

wan to the NFL and has a youthful offensive line.

Michigan redshirt sophomore Ben Braden has started every game this season after playing in only two contests last year. Freshman Mason Cole has started each game this year at left tackle.

Consequently, the pocket has repeatedly collapsed on Gardner, resulting in turnovers. Michigan has turned the ball over 12 times this season and is tied for 122nd in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision.

“They’re not playing quite as well up front as they have in the past,” Gophers defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys said. “I think the experience on the offensive line right now is what’s giving them a little bit of trouble.”

Going up against Minnesota’s defense, which ranks second in the nation in forcing turnovers, doesn’t bode well for Michigan’s young front line.

“We’re feeling good. We were able to get some guys in the backfield and create some havoc against San Jose [State], and we’ve got the taste in our mouths. We want some more,” Minnesota senior defensive tackle Cameron Botticelli said.

Botticelli added that forcing turnovers is all about speed and pursuit to the ball.

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MICHIGAN

2:30 p.m. Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich.

MINNESOTA: Minnesota (3-1) is coming off a 24-7 victory over San Jose State. The Gophers racked up 380 rushing yards, led by senior running back David Cobb’s 207 yards and two touchdowns.

Redshirt freshman Chris Streveler made his first collegiate start at quarterback in place of redshirt sophomore Mitch Leidner, who was out with turf toe and a left knee injury. Streveler completed only one pass for 7 yards, but he did run for 161 yards and a touchdown. He may be called on to lead the team against Michigan, as head coach Jerry Kill is still unsure if Leidner will be healthy in time for the game.

Minnesota’s defense is coming off a solid performance in which it forced five turnovers against San Jose State. The Gophers are tied for second in the nation in turnovers forced, and it seems they will have plenty of opportunities against a Michigan team that ranks last in the nation in turnover margin.

MICHIGAN: Michigan (2-2) is coming off a 26-10 loss against Utah in which head coach Brady Hoke pulled starting quarterback Devin Gardner after he threw two interceptions.

Hoke has yet to name a starting quarterback for Michigan’s matchup against the Gophers, but Kill said Minnesota is preparing to play against Gardner. Whoever leads the Wolverines will look to score the team’s first offensive touchdown against a Power Five opponent.

Michigan’s defense leads the Big Ten in total defense and gives up only 80.2 rushing yards per game. However, Michigan’s defense will be going up against the Gophers’ potent running game, which is averaging 236.2 yards per contest.

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Michigan’s athletes have blown Minnesota of f the field in the past, but this year could be different.

“We have the athletes to match their athletes, and we’re big and we’re physical and we can run just like them,” senior running back

David Cobb said. “I definitely think it’ll be a much closer game than people think.”

Gardner has been a thorn in Minnesota’s side for the past two seasons, throwing for nearly 250 yards in both games and powering Michigan to blowout victories.

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Michigan quarterback Devin Gardner hands off the ball on Oct. 5, 2013, at Michigan Stadium.

The Gophers are scouting both Gardner and backup quarterback Shane Morris, who may start.

Even though things have quickly gone south for Gardner, Minnesota is looking to stop him and beat Michigan for just the second

time since 1987.

“I’d prepare for Gardner just because he’s been their guy for a few years now,” Botticelli said. “There isn’t a whole lot of room for error. … A sloppy football game isn’t going to get it done.”

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Gophers down OSU Minnesota will take on No. 3 Penn State in its next match on Saturday.

BY DAVID NELSON dnelson@mndaily.com

Welcome back to Big Ten play, Minnesota.

In the Gophers’ first conference contest of the season, Ohio State pushed Minnesota all night long.

Although Minnesota dominated both of its contests against the Buckeyes last season — winning in straight sets — the Gophers struggled to escape the Buckeyes’ onslaught Wednesday.

But despite Ohio State’s effort to rewrite the script, Minnesota emerged victorious with a final score of 3-2.

“We’re happy to win,” head coach Hugh McCutcheon said. “I don’t think it was a clean performance for us. I think we were struggling all night.”

Ohio State picked apart Minnesota defensively and went on a 10-4 run during the early stages of the first set.

McCutcheon said the team’s inexperience played a factor in the struggle.

“A few of those shots that were going down last week weren’t going down this week,” McCutcheon said. “So we decided, ‘Well, we’re going to try even harder’ … and then of course, we’re making more and more errors.”

The Gophers struggled offensively, hitting at just a .034 percentage in the first set.

“In the first set, we were playing as six individuals,” sophomore middle blocker Paige Tapp said. “And I think that we really worked on coming together as a team.”

Minnesota picked up the slack after the break. Led by junior Daly Santana’s 17 kills, the Gophers surged offensively and ended up killing 22.5 percent of their attempts.

“I think I was just trying to be consistent throughout the whole match,” Santana said. “And [I tried] to help my teammates in every way possible.”

Senior Adrianna Nora contributed 13 kills, while sophomore Hannah Tapp had 10.

Sophomore Sarah Wilhite added a triple-double.

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The Buckeyes’ tenacity stayed high despite Minnesota’s attack, but the Gophers’ block was on fire, totaling 19 team blocks in five sets.

“We’ve definitely worked really hard on our discipline at the net,” Paige Tapp said.

“Knowing what’s going on before it happens … I think that’s really helped us.”

McCutcheon said there are still areas for improvement before the Gophers take on No. 3 Penn State on Saturday. However, he said the fashion in which the team won revealed some of the spirit the youthful team holds.

“The fact that we were able to weather that storm and be able to find a way to win — for our younger kids — I think that showed some character maybe beyond their years,” McCutcheon said.

ZACH BIELINSKI, DAILY

Gophers outside hitter Daly Santana hits the ball Wednesday evening at the Sports Pavilion.

SOCCER

McCloskey sees early success

MEN’S GOLF

No sophomore slump for Gophers’ star next day. But he came back and competed in the Windon Memorial days later, nearly winning it.

Mendez held a lead after the first two rounds before struggling on the first nine holes of his third round and then rebounding.

“It seemed like going into his last round, he wasn’t nervous at all [at the Windon Memorial],” sophomore teammate Matt Rachey said.

Rachey said Mendez is very confident in his game.

“He knows that when he’s playing his best … he can beat anyone in the field, or even in the country,” Rachey said.

Mendez posted seven top10 finishes as a freshman, and has continued as Minnesota’s leader on the golf course.

“When you have one of the best players in the countr y on your team, you tr y to take as much away from it as you can,” Rachey said.

“I try to take a lot of how he controls his golf ball. He hits it very, very straight, and he knows what every shot is going to look like.”

And the good thing for Minnesota is that his collegiate career is still young.

Carlson said Mendez’s distance control is even better than it was last year and he’s putting at an even higher level.

“He can win every single college event that he plays, and it’s clear to all of our competitors that he’s one of the top players in the tournament ever y time he tees it up,” Carlson said.

BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com

ALEX TUTHILL-PREUS, DAILY

Midfielder Rachel McCloskey plays against Iowa at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium on Sept. 20.

Rachel McCloskey is third on the team with three goals in nine games.

BY BEN GOTZ bgotz@mndaily.com

The Gophers started the season with nine freshmen on their roster, but midfielder Rachel McCloskey is already proving that the word “freshman” on her bio should carry an asterisk next to it.

McCloskey arrived on campus in Januar y last school year, and thanks to her head start, she’s made an immediate impact for the Gophers. In nine games, McCloskey has had three goals and six points, good for third on the team in both categories.

“Coming into the spring, I didn’t have anything to lose,” McCloskey said. “I just wanted to work hard and play at a D-I level.”

The Gophers had a roster spot open up thanks to a winter graduation last year, so one of the Gophers’ nine freshmen was able to arrive on campus early. But the decision process for filling that roster spot was not a simple one for head coach Stefanie Golan.

Golan said during the decision process, it’s not

enough to just consider “the soccer piece,” and she considers a number of factors, including the potential player’s maturity and how that person would transition academically.

But when Golan weighed those factors in regards to her incoming recruits last winter, McCloskey stood out from the pack.

“We thought it would help with her transition to the college game to get a spring under her belt first, because we knew she was a player who we expected to come in and play a lot as a freshman,” Golan said. “She made the decision to come, and I think it was a great decision because I think she’s settled in very well and had a big role on our team.”

Once McCloskey arrived on campus, she got to know her teammates and her coaches. Through being around the facility and bonding with the team early, which included a sleepover with her teammates, McCloskey built a rapport with the older Gophers players much earlier than the rest of the freshman class.

“I just wanted to get some extra work in with the group and try to fit in [and] … get time to get used to the coaches’ style and how everything would go.”

McCloskey credits the

As a freshman, Jose Mendez tied for the individual crown at last year’s Big Ten championships.

This season, Mendez has picked up right where he left off, as he’s finished in the top 10 of his first two tournaments.

Mendez said he took some time off from competing in tournaments after a hectic freshman year.

“I just [took] the summer because our last season was really a lot of time. It was a lot of stress, so I just took a little [time] off,” Mendez said.

And the break has seemed to work out well for him.

The star sophomore finished tied for fifth in Minnesota’s first tournament of the fall and second in the Gophers’ second tournament.

“Everyone tries to win every event they play in, but he has a realistic shot to win every single event, which is really impressive,” head coach John Carlson said. “He’s just 18 years old. … He’s got a great future ahead of him.”

In between the two competitions, Mendez boarded a plane and headed to Japan to compete in the World Amateur Team Championships for his native Costa Rica.

Costa Rica finished 44th out of 67 countries competing, but Mendez led the team, finishing 5-under par.

Mendez said he was jetlagged when he got back and slept from 8 p.m. to noon the

SOCCER PREVIEW

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PURDUE

WILLIAM H. TUCKER INTERCOLLEGIATE

INDIANA

6 p.m. Friday in West Lafayette, Ind., and 11 a.m. Saturday in Bloomington, Ind.

MINNESOTA: Coming off a 1-0 loss against Iowa on Saturday, the Gophers (4-5-0, 1-2-0 Big Ten) are 89th in the NCAA women’s soccer RPI rankings almost halfway through the season. That puts them 13th out of 14 teams in the Big Ten and most likely on the outside looking in for the NCAA tournament. Sophomore goalkeeper Tarah Hobbs is third in the Big Ten in saves and saves per game and tied for first in shutouts.

PURDUE: Purdue is 6-3-1 (2-2-0 Big Ten) through its first 10 games this season and 4-2-0 at home. The team leads the Big Ten in shots, though it is only tied for sixth in goals. Sophomore forward Maddy Williams leads the conference in shots with 52 and averages 5.2 per game. Freshman goalkeeper Erika Yohn is second in the conference in saves per game, averaging 4.83 in six games.

INDIANA: Indiana is the lowest Big Ten team in the first RPI rankings, with a record of 5-5-0 (1-3-0 Big Ten). Indiana has struggled on both offense and defense this season, tied for 11th in the Big Ten in goals and 13th in the conference in goals allowed. Redshirt junior goalkeeper Sarah Stone is fourth in the conference in saves with 33.

MINNESOTA All day Friday and Saturday in Albuquerque, N.M.

MINNESOTA: The Gophers had a rough performance last time out, finishing 13th of 15 teams at the Windon Memorial. They’ll try to turn that around this weekend as they head to New Mexico.

The Gophers finished eighth at the William H. Tucker Invitational last season, led by Jose Mendez, who tied for 14th individually. Mendez has led the Gophers in the two tournaments they’ve competed in this season.

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extra time she spent working with the team to some of her early success on the field.

And it’s helped her meet Golan’s expectations of playing plenty of minutes right away, as she earned a starting spot on the team and is one of just two freshmen starting regularly for the Gophers on the field.

“It’s great to have her there; she’s been great at ballwinning,” senior captain Katie Thyken said. “[She’s] really learning really quickly, which

helps a lot.”

Thyken, who plays in the midfield with McCloskey, said McCloskey’s early start allowed her to lear n the Gophers’ system and get to know other players’ tendencies on the field.

“For her to get a spring under her belt, to where now she comes in in the fall and knows what to expect a little bit more, it’s definitely been beneficial for both her and the team,” Golan said.

ALEX TUTHILL-PREUS, DAILY

Jose Mendez putts at Windsong Farm Golf Club on Sept. 7.

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CROSS COUNTRY

Lawrence gets off to quick start

TENNIS

Brichacova heads to ITAs

LIAM JAMES DOYLE, DAILY

Gophers senior Tereza Brichacova volleys the ball during a singles match on Friday.

Tereza Brichacova will compete in the prequalifying singles draw.

BY SAM KRAEMER skraemer@mndaily.com

CORA NELSON, DAILY

Redshirt freshman Charlie Lawrence placed fifth overall in his first official race with Minnesota.

Charlie Lawrence finished fifth in his first official with the Gophers.

Gophers will most likely need production from their underclassmen if they hope to vie for a spot at the NCAA championships in November.

Plasencia said Lawrence’s success might give confidence to other underclassmen.

“It gives them a boot in the ass,” he said. “Some guys came in here thinking ‘Charlie Lawrence would never beat me,’ and then Charlie Lawrence stepped up and kicked their fannies.”

Lawrence said he felt the pressure to give a strong performance at the Gophers’ first road meet of the season, even though he’s one of the youngest runners on the team.

He seemed to display a confidence that is rare in underclassmen competing for the first time.

But that confidence doesn’t save him from some friendly ribbing.

“Kaila Urick on the women’s team said, ‘Oh, you look like a sloth,’ ” Lawrence said.

“But with my hair, I guess I still look 14 or 15.”

With the Gophers’ biggest race of the season so far coming up on Saturday at the Roy Griak Invitational, Lawrence will have another chance to stand out.

“I like to put the pressure on myself to perform well,” Lawrence said. “If it’s not in the cards, then it’s not. But I’m going to bring my game every time.”

BY AIDAN COLEMAN acoleman@mndaily.com

“Redshirt freshman” and “fifth place” are two things that usually don’t appear in the same sentence.

Don’t tell that to Charlie Lawrence.

Lawrence placed fifth at the UC Riverside Invitational, the team’s most recent competition. He was the second Gophers finisher, behind junior Aaron Bartnik.

“It’s pretty exciting for the whole team,” junior Adam Zutz said.

Lawrence said he was excited to help Minnesota get its first victory of the season, in what also happened to be his first official collegiate meet.

“Getting to finally have Minnesota across my chest was one of the best feelings ever,” Lawrence said. “I definitely enjoyed it.”

Head coach Steve Plasencia said he has noticed the competitiveness in Lawrence, which has helped him find himself as a runner.

“Charlie wants to do well, very well,” Plasencia said. “I think [Lawrence] even looks at himself as an underdog so he has to try harder.”

With a young team, the

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MINNESOTA 12:20 p.m. Saturday at Les Bolstad Golf Course

PREVIEW: The men’s cross country team will compete in the Roy Griak Invitational on Sept. 27. Minnesota placed eighth of 24 teams at last year’s Griak.

Junior Aaron Bartnik is coming off of a second-place finish at the UC Riverside Invitational, a race in which the Gophers placed first.

That was their first victory of the season.

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ROY GRIAK INVITATIONAL

MINNESOTA 1:10 p.m. Saturday at Les Bolstad Golf Course

PREVIEW: The Minnesota women’s cross country team is competing in the 29th annual Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday. They are coming off of a first-place finish at the BYU Autumn Classic. Becca Dyson, who finished second overall at the meet, is likely to lead the Gophers. The Gophers finished fourth of 28 teams in the field at the Griak last season.

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Tereza Brichacova wasn’t an All-America recruit when she enrolled at the University of Minnesota.

Now, as a senior, Brichacova was selected to play in the Riviera/Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Championships in California, which features many of the nation’s top tennis players.

“For her to go and get the competition that she’s going to get … it’s just going to raise the level of her game, which raises the level of the team, too,” said head coach Chuck Merzbacher.

Brichacova will compete in the prequalifying singles draw, which will give her the opportunity to advance to the qualifying singles draw and the main singles draw from there.

Brichacova is the only

player on the Gophers roster that will play in the tournament, but she said she’s aware of her duty on the national stage.

“Even if I’m the only [Gopher] there, I’m still representing Minnesota and the whole team,” she said.

Merzbacher said his team could lear n from Brichacova’s improvement throughout her collegiate career.

“She was like a No. 4 player when she got here,” Merzbacher said. “Now, she’s one of the top players in the country. It just shows ever yone on the team that you can move up and get better.”

Freshman Caroline Ryba said before coming to the University, she knew of Brichacova’s success in college tennis.

“It’s great to have her on our team,” Ryba said.

“She’s definitely an inspiration to me because I do want to do well, not only in the Big Ten but beyond.”

Brichacova said she plans to share her experience with the team upon returning to campus. Her

NFL

Vikes’ Cassel out for season with injury

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.

— Minnesota Vikings quarterback Matt Cassel will miss the season with broken bones in his left foot, and right guard Brandon Fusco will also be out for the rest of the year because of a pectoral muscle injury.

The Vikings placed Cassel and Fusco on injured reser ve Wednesday. Both players were hurt Sunday at New Orleans.

“You work so hard in the offseason to give yourself an opportunity to go out there and play, and then to have it happen this early in the season, especially with the belief that I have in this team, the thoughts of going on and having a lot of success this year, and for it to happen this early is super devastating to me,” Cassel said.

“At the same time, now all your focus goes into your rehab and getting better and tr ying to get back on the field.”

Teams have the option of placing one player on injured reser ve with the intent to bring him back to practice after six weeks and to play in games after eight, but they saved that designation for now.

Cassel was replaced by rookie Teddy Bridgewater, and Christian Ponder will be the backup moving forward.

Vladimir Ducasse filled in for Fusco.

Coach Mike Zimmer said the team considered using that designation for tight end Kyle Rudolph, who had surger y to repair a sports hernia on Tuesday.

But the initial prognosis after surgery is a little more promising and Zimmer said the team believes Rudolph could be ready to go sooner than the eight weeks he would be required if he was on injured reserve.

“We’re anticipating that it’s not going to be that long,” Zimmer said.

Quar terback McLeod Bethel-Thompson and tight end Ryan Otten were signed to the practice squad. Tight end Chase Ford and offensive lineman Austin Wentworth were elevated from the practice squad to the active roster.

Linebacker Chad Greenway also played in New Orleans with a broken left hand and aggravated a rib injur y during the game.

His status for this Sunday against Atlanta is uncertain, meaning the Vikings could be without five starters from their lineup in the season opener.

Running back Adrian Peterson remains on paid leave while a child abuse charge against him in Texas is pending.

Cassel was re-signed to start in front of Bridgewater, and now the first-round draft pick from Louisville has had his development accelerated. The 32-year-old Cassel completed 41 of 71 passes for three touchdowns and four interceptions and 425 yards in three games.

“I think Teddy will do a tremendous job for us and hopefully I can help him in a mentoring position and be able to help guide him and bring him along,” Cassel said.

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MINNESOTA All day Sept. 27-Oct. 5

PREVIEW: The men’s tennis team begins its season Friday with the Penn Invitational. Princeton, Temple and Lehigh, among others, will also be there.

The Gophers will be without Leandro Toledo, Jack Hamburg and Mathieu Froment as they travel to Texas to compete in the Saint Francis Health System International Tennis Association All-American Championships.

Senior Tereza Brichacova will represent the Gophers women’s tennis team at the women’s Rivera/ITA All-American Championships The tournament features the nation’s top players. Brichacova is slated to start in the prequalifying singles bracket.

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main goal is to first advance into the qualifying draw.

“The longer she can stay, the better. Ever y match you play, it’s tough.

Ever y match you win, you get better,” Merzbacher said.

Men travel to Penn Invitational, ITAs

The men’s tennis team is set to begin its season Friday at the Penn Invitational.

The team will be with-

out Leandro Toledo, Jack Hamburg and Mathieu Froment this weekend.

The three seniors will be in Texas for the Saint Francis Health System ITA AllAmerican Championships.

Hamburg and Froment will compete together in the main doubles draw and will compete individually in the qualifying singles draw.

Toledo was the only team member to qualify for the main singles draw.

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

BACKTALK

horoscopes

Today’s Birthday (9/25): Shake your moneymaker this year and dance with abundance. Use your power for good. Seek and serve your highest purpose. Encourage freedom, beauty and justice.

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.

9/25/2014

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

All rights reserved.

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 — Unexpected good fortune surprises you. Count your blessings and maintain your idealism. A dream provides a secret clue.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is an 8 — Let hope replace an old fear. Don’t do a job that’s no longer necessary. Use your imagination.

Listen, don’t argue.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is an 8 — Lucky surprises show up at work. Handle important tasks and listen to your intuition about which way to go.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is an 8 — Don’t worry about the money. Follow your heart. A lucky break arises when you least expect it. Don’t over-extend, though.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 9 — Get swept away by romance, carried off in a passionate whirl and captivated by someone (or something) you love.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is an 8 — Group efforts bring magnified rewards. Unexpected luck fills in the gap between what you have and what you intend to accomplish.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is an 8 — A lucky break interrupts previously scheduled programming at home. It could cause some chaos at work, but you can resolve this.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is an 8 — Being well organized is crucial. Gather valuable information and carefully file. You don’t mind shaking things up a bit.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is an 8 — Your studies and research wander in a lucky direction. Discover a happy surprise. Take advantage of emotional expression.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 7 — Focus on the adventure at hand, rather than future prospects. There’s more money coming in.

Don’t drive love away by being unavailable.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is an 8 — Plug a financial hole. You’ve got the facts at hand, and profitable prospects. Develop your income potential by providing excellent work.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is an 8 — A fortunate surprise impacts your bottom line.

Organize paperwork and process financial documents. Sign on the dotted line!

Thursday, September 25, 2014

from the archive

Monday, September 25, 2006

BACKTALK

THECROSSWORD Daily Crossword Crossword THE Daily DAILY

From Queereyeontheblogguy

So I was thinking about your run for MSA president.

Net: Yep. Write in “Network” this ummm … fall?

Spring? Whenever those elections are. I know everyone considers you the U of M’s version of Lyndon LaRoushe, Net: Is it because his last name rhymes with “douche”? but I think you still have a shot. The first thing you need to do is form a campaign team.

Net: Is Karl Rove available? That guy can spin anything. I’ll be your campaign manager; Evenondrugsrushisright can be director of communications. Now all we need is a vice-president from the south who can broaden your demographic appeal. Dr. Date would be an excellent choice. Net: Dating advice from the Deep South? Nothing like good ol’ cajun lovin’. Not only is he from the south, he gives you that all important threesome-loving frat boy vote. Net: Actually, we think the frat boys will be too drunk to vote. As for your platform: Net: How about this for a platform?

Something like … free candy in every ‘U’ building’s lobby? And not that Werther’s Original crap, either.

MSA will convert its student fees to quarters, Net: Yes, hundreds of dollars of change in everyone’s pocket is what we need. which it will dump on the mall (so whenever any student wants to buy a coke, they have change right there), Net: What could possibly go wrong? getting alcohol in Goldy’s Gameroom (I want a NUTTING a beer when I bowl!), and complete snow removal by April. Now you need to implicate Max Page in some kind of sex scandal, Net: Have you seen that guy? We think that will take care of

itself. and stack the elections commission with your cronies. If it worked for former MSA-president Tom Zearley, it can work for Net! Net: Vote Network for president of MSA! We’re DFL, College Republican, Socialist, Fascist, Communist, Libertarian, Independent Party, Constitution Party and Pirate Party endorsed.

From Genetic Fish-Head

All hail, Net. Net: You may be seated. This question burns in my mind (as well as my crotchal area), Net: Yeah, that’s probably nothing, don’t worry about getting it checked out. Network: Brain in a vat or vein in a brat? Net: We could really go for a brat right now. In all honesty, Net, we hardly knew thee. Now that we know the Gopher football team completely sucks for another goldang season, does this mean we can quietly scrap the stadium and I can get a tuition refund? Net: Yes, scrap your education because the football team sucks. Mr. Bruininks, you may send me the refund in nachos if you so wish.

Net: That’s a decision you’ll soon regret while you’re on the john. Bobby B. seriously needs to learn how to puff and pass. Net: He gets a little extra cause he’s prez. Haiku time! e-mail inbox reads, “no unread messages.” AAAAAAH! Net: Is AAAAAAH really one syllable? move on to facebook Net: Nope, you don’t have any friends there, either.

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Guys are attracted to my looks and personality at first, but far too soon it becomes apparent that I am willing to listen. You would think that’s a good thing, and I guess it is until a guy unloads his life story to me on first date.

This has happened multiple times, with multiple different guys. Once, I even had to convince a guy that life was worth living.

It’s cool that guys want to open up to me, but I just can’t be attracted to a guy after that.

I need a little mystery!!! So, from one advice guru to another, how can you have a date without getting too much information?

I have — Dr. Abbey Johansen

he has taken a few back, making me wonder if it’s just a drunken habit, or an attraction.

In fact, in the past year, the only kisses I’ve received from ANYONE have been while the man has been drinking!

Any advice?

— Hello, I’m a girl!

dr. date

Dear Girl, If you don’t want them to see you as one of the guys, you’re going to have to stop acting like one. But I’m not saying you have to start wearing prom dresses over there so they realize you’re of the female variety.

Maybe you could bring some girlfriends over with you. Estrogen is more potent in large quantities. recently, I learned that he had been Your special guy obviously knows you’re a so we don’tcrush have to worry aboutguy that. May-cheating on me when we were together. agirl,massive on this he’s really shy and can only convince himwho is tall, be dark handsome. hasyou if Now he keeps asking me to hang out, self he and has the balls to make He out with Dear Abbey, he’s pumped full of liquid courage.

You couldand whenever we do, we end up having great music taste, he’s extremely goofy The Good Doctor struggled with the burden try making the first move (sober) so he knows sex. I don’t like him in any way, nor do and we always have a good time when of carnal knowledge all throughout Love Med it can be done.

School. It’s lonely being the bearerwe’re of advice, To get away from his roommates youI have any emotional attachment to him together.

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Help,give Dr.hisDate!

I the— but I have to admit, the occasional You sound like you’re a really great friend; That might buddies a mother-type who always says thedon’t right thing hint thatto they’re not the welcome at move. absolutely ev-hookup is kind of fun. know how make first and offers unwavering support no matter what. ery social function.

He’s never bringing girlschances home, andsober Do I let it continue, or should I stand Your friends are very lucky to have you.

You increase your of getting It’s way understandable that you would get make out sessions if you decrease the amountmy ground and cut ties? I think he might since we moved in with each other three frustrated with that role, as it can get very of times you’re sloshed. That’s a little bit of want to get back together. But when I taxing carrying around the weight weeks of all your for ya at no charge. ago,math he hasn’t been talking about friends’ problems. The problem is you’ve been — Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

other girls.

Need relationship advice?—Bunkmate E-mail Dr. Date atBlues drdate@mndaily.com.

From Bunkmate to Bedmate,

Dating your roommate is a bad idea.

The possibility of things heading south is too risky to chance it. That said, there’s merit to moving forward, considering your compatibility.

But before you do, gauge how interested he is in you. Are your interactions platonic or flirtatious? Has he dropped hints that he might be interested in you, too? If the answer to either question is yes, proceed with caution and amp up the flirtation.

But if you answer no, don’t put the moves on him. You don’t want to end up in a sticky situation where either of you feels the need to move out.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

I dated my ex-boyfriend for three years. We’re both from the same high school. We broke up last year, and only

found out he had cheated on me, I told myself that I would never allow that to happen. Ugh.

—Anonymous

Sex with the Ex,

Be honest with yourself: How good is the sex? You and your ex seem to have good chemistry in the sack, considering there’s something that keeps you coming back for more.

That said, you can find that chemistry with other guys. Your ex is a cheater who objectifies women. Consider whether this is OK with you and if the gratification of sex outweighs the possibility of being used in the long run.

If you’re objectifying him as well, then there’s no problem sleeping with your ex. But the best sex has an emotional connection behind it. There’s no shame in craving intimacy, and if you desire both the physical and emotional aspects of sex, you’re best off looking elsewhere.

—Dr. Date

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

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

Peace Corps app gets simplified Application u from Page 1

could take nearly eight hours to finish, in part because of its detailed essay questions, said Cadence Peterson, a returned volunteer and Humphr ey School of Public Af fairs graduate.

In addition to the expedited process, admissions officers will notify applicants by a set date.

Recruiters say the move is part of an effort to broaden the applicant pool and to promote diversity.

“I think [the long process] was one of the barriers to getting a representative group,” Peace Corps campus representative Frieda Von Qualen said.

Currently, 8 percent of volunteers are over the age of 50, and 24 percent selfreport as minorities.

Von Qualen said the streamlined admissions process will make acceptance tougher.

“I do think it will be more competitive because it’s simpler, but also because you can match things with your career goals,” Von Qualen said.

Some alumni have concer ns with the ability to choose between countries, while others are ambivalent about the changes.

Peterson said some countries, like those in Latin America, are being flooded with applicants. Meanwhile, she said, technical projects are still receiving fewer volunteers than general community development assignments.

Poland, who originally applied with Latin America specifically in mind, ultimately rejected the offer to volunteer in Sierra Leone.

“I got offered a good job and didn’t really have a way to deal with my student loans while doing service,” Poland said.

Also, he said his project was related to farming when

“I do think it will be more competitive because it’s simpler, but also because you can match things with your career goals.”

FRIEDA VON QUALEN Peace Corps campus representative

he wanted to work in water quality.

“You ultimately want to place people in places where they’re going to be ef fective,” Peterson said.

Yo u t h D e v e l o p m e n t Leadership graduate student Amanda Eskelson said she didn’t finish her application the first time, adding that she appreciates the recent change.

“The old process was annoying,” she said. “Now, you just click ‘yes’ or click ‘no.’”

EPA releases 5-year plan to improve Great Lakes

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO — The Obama administration unveiled an updated five-year plan for restoring the Great Lakes on Wednesday that outlines accelerated efforts to address toxic pollution, invasive species and farm runoff and restore plant and wildlife habitat.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy released the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative’s action plan in Chicago at a meeting of mayors from Great Lakes states, calling it a roadmap for federal agencies to “strategically target the biggest threats to the Great Lakes ecosystem.”

The plan also has a new component: Beginning in 2017, projects must consider the impact of climate change.

For example, wetland plants and trees would be selected for suitability to warmer temperatures and watershed restorations would be designed to handle more frequent and intense storms.

Congress has appropriated $1.6 billion since 2009 for restoration projects,

coordinated by the EPA with support from 10 other federal departments.

The general priorities of the plan “are right on target,” said Joel Brammeier, president and CEO of the Alliance for the Great Lakes, adding that he welcomes its new focus on data management and research, and efforts to adapt to climate change.

“Five or 10 years ago, cities were talking about developing climate action plans, but now it seems the smart money has moved beyond that and into building climate resilience,” said Brammeier.

“It has to be integrated into every part of the work.”

Efforts across the eightstate region have included the removal of toxic sediments and invasive plants and the rebuilding of wetlands. The initiative also has supported efforts to prevent Asian carp from reaching the lakes and is targeting runoff from farms and sewage plants that causes noxious algae blooms like those that contaminated the water supply in Toledo, Ohio, this summer.

The plan calls for increas-

ing voluntar y actions by farmers and other agricultural operations, and for slowing runoff in urban areas through projects that include wetland restoration, reforestation and buffer zones between pollution sources and waterways.

Solving the problem of nutrient runoff is possible, but requires “a level playing field that recognizes that pollution is pollution no matter whether it comes from a pipe or from land that is producing our food,” Brammeier said.

The administration also will begin evaluating how well projects are meeting their short-term objectives, rather than just long-term goals such as making all fish safe to eat or waters safe for recreation.

Since the initiative began in 2010, five Great Lakes areas that are listed as “areas of concern” because of toxic contamination have been cleaned up, and one area — Presque Isle Bay, in Pennsylvania — has been taken off the list. In the next phase, cleanup should be completed at 10 more sites, according to the plan.