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The jug returns Minnesota DEFEATED MICHIGAN 30-14 TO RECLAIM A RIVALRY TROPHY.

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Top: Gophers defensive back Cedric Thompson pretends to drink from the Little Brown Jug after Minnesota defeated Michigan 30-14 on Saturday. This is the first time since 2005 that the Gophers have claimed the trophy. Bottom: Gophers head coach Jerry Kill talks to a referee Saturday at Michigan Stadium.

hen Jer r y Kill answered questions Satur day night following the University of Minnesota’s 30-14 victor y at ARBOR, MICH. the University of Michigan, it almost looked like Minnesota had lost.

The Gophers head coach appeared subdued as he softly spoke about his team’s second victory over the Wolverines since 1986, looking toward his wife, Rebecca, and his daughter Kr ystal standing in the back of the room.

Last year, Kill didn’t make the trip to Ann Arbor, Mich.

He rested at home with his family,

recovering from an epileptic seizure as Minnesota lost 42-13.

“I didn’t participate last year; I let a lot of people down,” Kill said. “[The players] went through a lot here a year ago. Can’t tell you how proud I am of them.”

Last season’s postgame press conference at Michigan had reporters asking players whether Kill’s absence was a distraction. Local and national columnists called for Kill’s resignation after his team went into the largest college football stadium in the country without its coach.

As Kill sat in the media room Saturday, it became clear how much his absence last year ate away at him.

And even though the look on his face was no indication, Minnesota had just pulled off a breakthrough victory in

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U’s endowment fund on the upswing Last fiscal year’s return ranks higher than most other public universities across the country.

BY CHRISTOPHER AADLAND caadland@mndaily.com

Investments made several years ago by the University of Minnesota’s Office of Investments and Banking are beginning to bear fruit, thanks to a healthier stock market.

The University’s Consolidated Endowment Fund saw returns of a little more than 20 percent on investments last fiscal year, which surpassed many similar-sized public higher education institutions’ endowments.

The nearly $1.3 billion endowment managed by the OIB helps fund scholarships, financial aid, University projects and faculty research, University Chief Investment Officer Stuart Mason said.

Endowment investment performance is a vital component in financing the future of colleges and universities, according to a 2013 survey released by the National Association of College and University Business Officers and the Commonfund Institute. u See INVESTMENTS Page 3

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Union push met with skepticism A large labor group’s efforts to unionize U faculty may face some hurdles at the school.

CONSOLIDATED ENDOWMENT FUND BENCHMARK* 20.4%

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One of the country’s largest labor organizations’ efforts to unionize faculty at the University of Minnesota may need a clearer focus to make any headway at the school.

The Ser vice Employees International Union Local 284 sent an email last week urging the University’s faculty to unionize, citing detrimental higher education trends plaguing instructors across the nation.

But some faculty members say the outside push is unnecessary and wouldn’t effectively represent their needs.

“We’re not sure we need an organization representing us in this mix, as opposed to representing ourselves and our interests,” said computer science and engineering professor Joseph Konstan, who ser ves as the chair of the University Senate’s Faculty Affairs Committee. “I’m not convinced they u See SEIU Page 3

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MINNEAPOLIS — A veteran diver is slowly recovering at a Minneapolis hospital after an accident in the Michigan waters of Lake Superior led to a serious case of decompression sickness.

Ter r y Begnoche was shooting video of a newly discovered shipwreck of f Grand Marais, Michigan, as par t of his work with the Gr eat Lakes Ship wreck Museum on Sept.

18. He had planned to make a slow ascent from 220 feet down. But a trip back up that should have taken at least 45 minutes took just two minutes, the Star Tribune reported Saturday.

Loaded with video gear, he neglected to put on a

weight that would have controlled his ascent.

The Whitefish Township, Michigan, man said he instantly knew he was in deep trouble, but there was no way to stop his upward momentum.

“What I was wor ried most about was holding my breath if I panicked,” said the 64-year-old, who has 40 years of diving experience including numerous deep-water dives. He explained that holding his breath could have caused a fatal embolism in his lungs. “Panic is what really kills people.”

After Begnoche was pulled onto the boat, he started feeling prickly sensations and lost control of his arms and legs because the nitrogen bubbles that formed in his bloodstream

had cut off blood to his spinal cord and other parts of his body.

Begnoche required a helicopter rescue to Marquette, Michigan, then a low-altitude flight below 800 feet to Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis where he spent 53 hours last weekend in its hyperbaric chamber, a room in which the air pressure was pumped up to give his body a chance to slowly clear out the damaging bubbles.

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MINNEAPOLIS — A majority of Minnesotans surveyed about child abuse allegations against Adrian Peterson show they disapprove of the way he disciplined his son.

A new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll released Sunday (http://strib.mn/Zj3CS5 ) shows that 57 percent of Minnesota adults sur veyed described Peterson’s actions as “abusive.” Nearly two-thirds said Peterson should be released from the Vikings or remain benched until his legal issues are resolved in a Texas court.

Peterson has been charged with reckless or negligent injur y to his child after he used a wooden switch to spank the boy in May. He has said he meant only to discipline the boy and not hurt him, but the boy had visible injuries. According to cour t documents, Peterson also told investigators in Texas that he used a belt to spank his son.

He will not play for the Vikings until the case is resolved.

The poll of 500 Minnesotans was taken from September 22 through September 24 on land and cellphones. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.

The indictment against Peterson has stirred debate on corporal punishment and about what constitutes child abuse. Many Minnesotans sur veyed said parents have the right to use physical force with their own children, but they criticized Peterson’s actions as excessive.

One third of adult Minnesotans sur veyed say parents have a right to use physical punishment to discipline their children. More than 40 percent of men polled said they suppor t the practice, while fewer than one in four women do.

“I believe a parent’s got a right to spank a child, but there’s a world of dif ference between a spanking and a beating,” said Connie Cross, 53, a poll respondent from Hibbing. “What Peterson gave that poor little boy was a beating and I hope he never again plays in the NFL.”

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Law enforcement officials in the Moorhead and Fargo, North Dakota, metropolitan area are pledging public safety and security while investigators look for clues in the killing of a North Dakota State University student earlier this week.

The body of 18-year-old Thomas Bearson, of Sartell, Minnesota, was found Tuesday morning outside a recreational vehicle store in Moorhead. The Ramsey County medical examiner’s office said Bearson died as the “result of homicidal violence.”

Beyond that, authorities have released few details. Lt. Tor y Jacobson, Moorhead police spokesman, said there are “more questions than answers” and investigators from at least five agencies are working to “ultimately get on the trail” of a suspect or suspects.

“It shows clearly that many people — very good investigators — are working very hard to learn the important piece of information that starts bringing this case together,” Jacobson said.

Authorities are asking for the public’s help to locate Bearson’s cellphone and a shoe. Police described the missing items as a white Nike Air Jordan left-foot tennis shoe, size 9 1/2, and a silver iPhone 5.

Ray Boyer, director of NDSU’s police and safety office, said it’s believed to be the first “incident of this nature” involving an NDSU student, though he wouldn’t elaborate.

Police said Bearson had last been seen at a party early Saturday morning in Fargo, about six blocks from his dorm.

“We have always found our campus to be safe and secure, with consistently low numbers of crimes reported,” Boyer said in a statement.

Fargo Police Lt. Joel Vettel said people should have a “heightened level of concern” but should not be alarmed or live in fear.

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U tech upgrade nearing deployment The massive, $83.5 million systemwide upgrade is counting down until it’s finally operational beginning in February 2015.

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A sweeping overhaul of the University of Minnesota’s computer systems is running its final lap as testers sort through large chunks of code to filter out bugs.

Since 2012, the $83.5 million Enterprise Systems Upgrade Program has worked to revamp the underlying technology that connects University students, staf f and faculty to services like financial aid, payroll, class registration, grade records and accounting.

By the time the update launches in Februar y, the new system will have undergone an estimated 70,000 hours of testing to iron out any defects, ESUP project leaders said.

“We built the system.

Now we are going through multiple rounds of testing,” said executive program director Dennis Wenzel.

Although initial testing began as early as October 2013, formal large-scale

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have made a convincing argument to motivate enough faculty.”

If the push to unionize does garner support, Minnesota law requires 30 percent of eligible faculty to sign authorization cards with SEIU and file a petition with the state’s Bureau of Mediation Services in order to call for a campus-wide vote on the issue, said Josh Tilsen, the agency’s commissioner.

From there, the bureau would hold a vote. More than 50 percent of faculty members need to vote in favor of the union.

Carol Nieters, executive director for SEIU’s Local 284, said it’s too early to determine which types of employees will be included in the union efforts. Currently, she said the organization is trying to gain support among all types of faculty, from adjuncts to full-time professors.

Nieters noted that there are also legal exclusions for some types of University faculty.

Part-time employees who work less than 14 hours each week could not be included, along with faculty in the Law School and the health sciences, said Fred Morrison, a University law professor.

In an email statement, the University said it would “continue to abide by the Minnesota Public Employer Labor Relations Act, which specifies University of Minnesota employee bargaining units.”

While details on who would be included aren’t yet hammered out, Nieters said a union would protect faculty members from issues in higher education like a shrinking number of tenuretrack positions, issues with securing academic freedom and problems surrounding rising tuition.

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The survey noted participating institutions reported that their endowments fund about 9 percent of their schools’ operating budgets.

Last fiscal year’s return at the University translates to about $48 million, Mason said.

The endowment’s returns topped the nation’s public schools for fiscal year 2014, with the University of California following in second, according to a Sept. 16 Bloomberg News report.

The endowment fund has rebounded over the last few

Communications with staff Operational readiness

the system is a lot less than it was before the upgrade,” said Travis Stratton, a business analyst and ESUP tester.

The upgrade personalizes University web portals based on whether the user is a student, staff or faculty member. It also includes a single page that will integrate features from both myU and One Stop.

The new streamlined por tal will deliver information more intelligently, Wenzel said, by providing wide-ranging access to

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accounting, courses, transcripts, paychecks and scholarships, among other data.

Although the upgrade will instantaneously introduce students to a heap of changes, Wenzel said he expects them to adjust quickly, much like they would to Facebook updates.

“In my experience, systems like this go live and people are accustomed to always doing something one way,” Wenzel said. “For every person who loves the new change, there are three people who say they don’t

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“Where the U of M is a phenomenal school, they are not immune to what is happening around the country in higher education,” Nieters said, adding that “protecting tenure is key.”

Adjunct faculty accounted for nearly half of all higher education faculty last year, according to a January report by the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee.

Although Nieters said the declining number of tenuretrack faculty nationwide is a reason to unionize, some feel there’s a healthy balance between tenure-track faculty and adjuncts at the University.

“The University uses a small amount of adjuncts compared to other schools,” Konstan said.

According to University policy, colleges can’t appoint more than one-four th of their teaching faculty to a position without tenure opportunity.

A late 1990s push to unionize came as tenuretrack positions were “under threat,” Konstan said. That effort ended in a close vote in which faculty ultimately

decided not to unionize.

Cur rent reasoning for a union falls short of the last push, Konstan said.

“I don’t hear a galvanizing issue that we need to take a step this drastic with the risks associated with it,” he said.

Graduate students at the University have also made several efforts to unionize as recently as 2012, which was shot down with 62 percent voting “no.”

SEIU’s Adjunct Action tried to rally adjunct faculty members last spring, but its attempts to unionize them have so far been unsuccessful.

Konstan said the University’s shared governance system — the University Senate — has been an effective means of meeting faculty members’ needs on the Twin Cities campus, noting that unionized employees aren’t recognized in the senate.

“We’re part of the people who run this place,” he said.

“We’re not just hired employees.”

He said some faculty members also worr y that their pay and benefits would be on a strict merit-based pay

scale if employees unionize.

“The strength of a university is based on recruiting top performers who are uninterested in being on a set scale,” Konstan said.

In the email statement, the University said it is “committed to creating a suppor tive work environment where all employees are respected and fairly compensated for their contributions.”

Though faculty unions at the Twin Cities campus haven’t seen success, unions currently represent three University system campuses — Crookston, Morris and Duluth. Certified in the late 1970s, the University of Minnesota-Duluth holds the longest-standing union in the system, according to the state Bureau of Mediation Services’ Tilsen.

Although efforts on other campuses have seen success, Konstan said a faculty union would need strong backing and a specific drive.

“You need to have a compelling reason [to unionize],” he said. “I don’t think SEIU has made clear what that reason is.”

years after losing a good sum of money during fiscal years 2008 and 2009, Mason said.

In fiscal year 2010, the endowment bounced back a little and made money but didn’t beat the benchmark.

The University of Minnesota Foundation, which manages a nearly $2 billion endowment of financial gifts to the University, has also seen increased returns since 2008, according to quarterly reports.

The University tries to minimize potential losses by diversifying its investments, Mason said.

“Our goal is to be diversified so we can afford to take some losses,” he said.

The Board of Regents sets targets on how it would like to see investments allocated, Mason said, adding that a large portion of the investments go toward “pretty plain vanilla” stocks and treasury securities.

The r est is divided throughout the world, Mason said, like real estate, private equity, venture capital, high-yield debt and hedge funds.

This year’s high returns weren’t because of a shift in investment strategy, Mason said, adding that their investments always focus on longterm gain.

“Our strategy includes making investments where

you don’t know what the results will be for several years,” Mason said.

For example, venture capital investments in technology companies were the biggest contributor last year, he said.

“Many of them went public or were bought by the big tech companies,” Mason said.

Mason said the successful year was a high for the University, but he is most encouraged by the impact it will have on long-term returns.

“While it is very nice to have a good year, we feel a lot better about the fact that our 10-year return number is above the benchmark,” Mason said.

like it. Three months later, everybody gets used to it.”

A campus-wide marketing campaign is also in the works, which will rely on the use of social media to inform students what to expect with the upgrade as the year draws to a close, Conway said.

But even after the upgrade launches, it will continue to go through scheduled reviews and revisions, Stratton said.

“Testing changes after going live, but it never really stops,” Stratton said.

Study examines carbon storage in tree roots A recent U study found that trees store carbon differently based on the climate.

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Until now, the University relied on assembling heavily customized versions of standard, but limited, business software to manage its data collection, Conway said. ESUP was born out of a recent need to change that.

“It wasn’t even really a desire, but a necessity,” Conway said. “The University was spending money every year to maintain a system that is becoming outdated.”

Now, an upgraded, feature-packed version of the University’s base software, which it contracts from a third party, will require less ad-hoc customization.

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assessments only commenced late last spring, said Wenzel, who compared the review process to the act of building a house. “[Starting out], the inspector looks at the foundation and makes sure all the bricks are in place,” he said. “Now we’re at the point where the house is all built and somebody is testing whether the lights will turn on.”

ESUP employs approximately 275 private contractors and business and technology staf f from several University depar tments, said Tricia Conway, ESUP’s communications director.

Jeremy Irrthum, a University software developer currently working on the project, said the review process requires constant collaboration between developers and testers.

“If there’s a defect [that testers] identify, it falls back to the developers who have to fix it, repair it and get it in place so that they can continue testing,” Irrthum said.

Wenzel also said the

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process is done thoroughly in order to proactively weed out potential user issues.

“I always admire the people who are doing testing because it’s not a glamorous job,” Wenzel said. “They need to try to break the system before a student does.”

ESUP’S ROLLOUT TIMELINE

BY KATE CLARK kclark1@mndaily.com

A University of Minnesota study published earlier this month provides a better understanding of how trees store carbon in their roots, researchers say.

The study, partly funded by the University’s Institute on the Environment, found that carbon storage in trees’ roots differs with climate.

Researchers say this information will allow for more accurate predictions of climate change’s future effects.

Estimates of aboveground biomass and carbon percentage are already fairly accurate, said forest ecology professor Peter Reich, leader of the study.

But data on roots were “crude guesses” in the past, he said, because it was impossible to measure roots without destroying the ground and the tree.

As part of the study, researchers compiled a database of 6,000 forests in 61 countries, Reich said, by combing over scientific literature published within the last 30 to 40 years.

He said in summation, the study gives researchers a “magic formula” — one that uses temperature and aboveground carbon to predict the carbon storage in roots.

Trees grow larger roots in colder climates because there are fewer nutrients and there is less water in the soil, Reich said.

Knowing the variations in belowground carbon storage can provide better projections of climate change, he said.

For example, Reich said current models for predicting the ef fects of climate change assume trees everywhere have similarly sized root systems.

“Knowing that they actually differ will make those models more accurate,” he said.

The study is part of the larger Plant Data Synthesis project, which works to create global databases on plant traits.

The roots study is not the

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only Plant Data Synthesis project that has focused on carbon processing. Another research paper recently published on coniferous trees shows that those in colder climates keep their needles longer than those in warmer climates.

The diversity in needle lifespan amazed Roy Rich, a research associate in the Department of Forest Resources and coauthor of the coniferous trees study.

The results suggest there is significant genetic diversity within coniferous tree species, he said in an email.

Rich traveled throughout Canada and northern Minnesota to sample leaves and needles about every 50 kilometers, he said.

While the Institute on the Environment has completed its funding of the Plant Data Synthesis project, Reich said research with large data collections will continue in the future.

Twenty years ago, Reich said, he and about 12 others spearheaded the notion of starting plant trait databases.

Reich was involved in an earlier dataset published about a decade ago.

“That one had data from maybe 2,500 species and maybe 10,000 records,” he said. “The ones we are working on now [contain] more than 7 million records.”

The results of the studies will help inform environmental decision-makers, said Lewis Gilbert, the Institute on the Environment’s managing director and chief operating officer.

“We can provide information to forestry services, government, and agriculture businesses on how their activities will change how forests work,” he said, “and what impact that will have on Earth and their business.”

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Forget hype — science is still what works Recent criticims from the NBCC about progress toward a cure for cancer really miss the point.

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he National Breast Cancer Coalition recently spoke out against the apparent inefficiencies of researching a cure for breast cancer. The coalition’s board members were disgr untled that breast cancer remains a leading cause of death among women, despite the money that people have spent researching a cure.

The NBCC said in a National Public Radio inter view that it wants a more streamlined and effective approach to research.

This means the organization will only fund projects that fall under its umbrella approach to research — in essence, the move gives funders the power to choose which research projects occur.

There is no doubt that this decision has good intentions. However, it’s important to understand that there isn’t an easy way around a slow research process. Science takes time, and altering the process will lead to problems down the road.

The new change in funding won’t affect the research process. Instead, it will only fund scientists who are able to associate themselves with the NBCC’s jargon.

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First, it’s impor tant to put into perspective the importance of goals in the research community. Goals have incredible value, but it’s absurd to say scientists researching breast cancer have no unified goal simply because research projects haven’t yielded a cure. The ultimate goal is curing breast cancer, but scientists must tackle many aspects of the disease.

The NBCC claims that scientists today aren’t working toward one clear goal. That indirectly discounts much of the work done by the scientific community. Implicitly, ever yone’s goal is to find a solution to breast cancer. Putting that on a document with bold cursive script isn’t going to change anything.

Second, it’s not so easy to cure breast cancer. Research and science aren’t sprints that people can complete within a deadline. Instead, they’re comparable to marathons. To make sure that a treatment works, you have to conduct hundreds of trials. To skip this process could release a faulty treatment that might even hurt people in the long run.

The scientific method involves a specific type of reasoning, and an attempt to change that reasoning is very dangerous. There’s still a lot we don’t know about cancer. This makes it difficult to centralize the cure effor t, because before hunting for a cure, there’s a lot of learning to be done.

Because scientists realize this, they will not procedurally change their approach toward experimenting simply because of the NBCC’s new funding requirements. In order to gain funding, however, they may adopt the NBCC’s jargon.

Ultimately, I don’t think the NBCC’s decision has any impact on research. The organization’s research branch has only 17 researchers, and thus it can’t change much.

If anything, the new funding rules limit the flow of money going into labs. I speculate that many uninformed people will stand against scientists after they see the new funding requirements, even though they both are on the same side fighting one common enemy. It will seem like an implicit war between scientists and people who advocate for a cure, though there is none. And in this war, both sides will lose.

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Fraud is already illegal. If you want people to be able to buy or sell tickets as they wish, how can you then call for someone to stop another from selling at a price you deem “absurd?” Who decides what is absurd, if not the buyer and the seller?

If they scalper buys a bunch of tickets, and asks for too high a price, he will end up with all the tickets himself at a great loss. What’s really going on is that someone, a scalper, foresees a greater value in the tickets than what they are currently selling for. He buys them, thinking that they are underpriced. If he’s right, he makes money. If he’s wrong, he loses. Being prepared has its benefits. Being ill-prepared has its costs. Of course, if they were really making that much from scalping tickets, ever yone and their grandma would get into the scalping business, driving down the price. Or, Ticketmaster would wise up and sell them at a higher price. steveZ via MNDaily.com

Last Sunday, hundreds of thousands of people converged on New York City to demand action on climate change. With an estimated 400,000 in attendance, the People’s Climate March was by far the largest climate march in histor y. I was one of the people there, and I tr uly believe that the march as a whole, and I, really mattered.

I think I’m a fairly responsible citizen in terms of my fossil fuel use. I ride a bike on shor t commutes, I tr y to buy organic food and I shut of f the lights when I leave a room. But even if I were to go fur ther and reduce my individual carbon footprint to zero, it would still not make a large dif ference in the overall concentration of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. Individual lifestyle changes are not enough to ef fect a glob-

Leaving civil disobedience out of textbooks causes backlash.

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undreds of high school students in Jefferson County, Colo., protested last week against a school board proposal to omit narratives of civil disobedience from United States history classes.

The board, with three of five members identifying as conser vative, proposed a curriculum that would promote patriotism, civic duty and capitalism while reducing emphasis on protest and civil disobedience.

Public backlash against the proposed curriculum began two weeks ago, when more than 50 Jefferson County teachers took Friday off, many of them citing illness as the reason for their inability to attend work which resulted in canceled classes.

On Wednesday, more than 700 students walked out of their classes. Many of them took to the streets with signs proclaiming that the right to protest is distinctly American.

Five days into the student protests, even parents had joined the movement. In addition to their disapproval of the proposed curriculum changes, some cited concerns about the efficiency of using student evaluations to determine whether instructors should be given raises.

We suppor t the people of Jef ferson County for taking a stand against the proposed censorship of U.S. histor y. It has become commonplace to see young people “participating” in online protests or petitions. However, these students’ real-world actions are evidence of a far greater commitment to a political cause, and we feel that their display of civil disobedience is entirely in keeping with American values.

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GENDER EQUALITY

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ver since I can remember, media have taught me that girls are supposed to be softhearted and gentle, whereas boys are supposed to be tough and fearless.

Even in the Disney movies I watched so many times as a kid, the hero was usually an extremely buff male who prevails over his enemy in an aggressive fight in the end scene.

In movies, especially action movies, the protagonist is most likely a tall, good-looking male who is extremely fit and strong. He often uses his physical strength to save the damsel in distress. Controlling women, power and money are also features that media portray as being masculine.

In other movies and in television, men who are portrayed as soft or kind-hearted are often used as comic relief, not necessarily as the strong lead character.

On Sept. 20, Emma Watson, a British actress and Goodwill ambassador for U.N. Women, advocated for equality of the genders. In her speech, she launched the HeforShe initiative, which involves women and men coming together to get rid of the stereotypes put on the two genders, including the “tough guy” persona that stereotypes

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May we all continue the fight for civil rights on our divided community, and fight for greater equality in our cr umbling system of higher education, when student loan debt approaches stratospheric levels, diversity ef for ts have waned and our institutions of higher education are being contaminated by private, corporate greed.

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al movement toward the sur vival of our planet. The solution to climate change must be large-scale, and it must be coordinated.

Since the alarm bells were sounded on global climate change in the 1980s, politicians in the United States have been dragging their feet on taking meaningful steps toward creating climate policy that would lead to emissions reductions on the scale that is needed. The Kyoto Protocol is a case in point. The People’s Climate March was about changing the status quo of inaction at the highest level.

There was no bill in Congress that we were rallying around on Sunday. In fact, those of us at the march had no unifying demand for specific action whatsoever.

We were there to demand that politicians take action.

For ever y individual who contacts

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can require of men.

I think it’s important to recognize how media and society expect men to be fearless, tough and controlling. The University of Minnesota’s Aurora Center has recently received more funding for a new program meant to involve more males in sexual violence education and prevention programs.

This is a great way to guide men to engage positively in these types of issues.

I also think that, as a society, we should address these gender expectation issues more vocally. We should all understand that muscle tone and aggression don’t define you as a man. Showing and sharing emotions can actually prove that you’re just as strong as any action hero.

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a politician, their opinions are considered to represent a much larger number of constituents who just haven’t called.

Traveling to New York City takes a lot more time, energy and passion than picking up the phone. If a call represents the views of 10,000 constituents, then imagine how many voters were represented by the presence of 400,000 people marching in New York City.

Most ever yday climate change work happens at the state and local level, and this makes it dif ficult to see the size of the overall movement on a national and global scale. By unifying people from all over the nation and world in one main location — raising our voices in one unified call for action — we sent a ver y clear message to the people who have the power to directly change things: “We demand large-scale action on climate change, and we’re getting impatient.”

immy John’s announced last week that hundreds of its stores, including a dozen in Minnesota and one near the University of Minnesota campus, have been subject to a data breach. Credit cards swiped at the affected Jimmy John’s locations between June 16 and Sept. 5 may be vulnerable to fraudulent use.

Jimmy John’s has resolved the hacking incident, and the restaurant chain is tightening its security to prevent future hacking from occurring. The chain is offering free identity protection services for anyone affected by the breach.

However, this is only the latest in a string of high-profile hackings. In the past year, Target, Dairy Queen, Cub Foods and other stores have announced similar data breaches that have put thousands of customers at risk. All of these stores have locations on or near campus.

Furthermore, universities are also at an increased risk for data breaches. Some estimate that large universities must resist up to several thousand hacking attempts ever y day. When these attempts are successful, they may expose people’s names, passwords and payroll information to the public.

Changing passwords frequently, choosing long and unpredictable passwords for online accounts, monitoring credit card statements for unusual payments and using single-use credit cards are all ways to increase your security in the event of a data breach. We urge ever yone on campus to take their cybersecurity seriously.

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enemy territory.

“A lot of emotion coming from [Kill], and it’s real, and you see it coming from him.

He has so much passion, so much love for us, and he wants to see us do so good,” Gophers running back David Cobb said.

With Kill on the sidelines, the Gophers embodied one of their head coach’s main football philosophies: winning the turnover battle.

Midway through the third quarter, Gophers linebacker De’Vondre Campbell intercepted a Shane Morris pass and ran it in for a touchdown to give Minnesota a 20-7 lead — along with all of the momentum.

“Our coaching staff basically does a great job of emphasizing turnovers, and we know that in order for us to be the team and defense that we want to be, we have to create turnovers and put our offense in better situations,” Campbell said.

W i t h “ F i r e B r a d y, ” chants — alluding to Michigan’s head coach, Brady Hoke — raining down from the student section, Morris fumbled the ball on the next possession, and redshirt junior defensive lineman Theiren Cockran recovered it.

From the get-go, the Gophers tried to pressure Morris, who was making his first start of the season for benched redshirt senior Devin Gardner.

“We knew that they were going to try and run on us, so we knew if we could stop them from r unning and make them throw the ball with the young quar terback, he was going to get flustered,” Campbell said.

While Minnesota’s defense was able to nab two takeaways, its of fense played arguably its cleanest game of the year without any turnovers of its own.

Redshir t sophomore quarterback Mitch Leidner started Saturday after missing last week’s 24-7 victory over San Jose State with a left knee sprain and turf toe.

Leidner scored Minnesota’s first points of the game early in the second quarter with a 10-yard quarterback keeper. He finished with 167 passing yards, completing 14 of 22 passes.

After Campbell’s picksix, the Lakeville, Minn., native faked a handof f to running back Rodrick Williams, rolled to the left and flicked a shovel pass 1 yard to tight end Maxx Williams for a touchdown.

Maxx Williams later made a highlight-reel one-handed

BY GRANT DONALD gdonald@mndaily.com Minnesota 30, Michigan 14 Saturday, Sept. 27 Ann Arbor, Mich.

RECAP

The Gophers featured a more balanced attack Saturday en route to a 30-14 victory over Michigan, winning the Little Brown Jug for just the third time in 30 years. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Mitch Leidner returned to the starting role after missing last week’s game with turf toe and a left knee injury.

Leidner put together a solid performance, throwing for 167 yards and a touchdown while also rushing for one touchdown.

Senior running back David Cobb added 183 yards to his season total and is now third in the nation in rushing yards. Cobb also had 50 yards receiving on the day.

Minnesota’s defense shut down Michigan for most of the day, forcing two turnovers and holding the Wolverines to 171 total yards.

IT WAS OVER WHEN:

Redshirt junior linebacker De’Vondre Campbell returned an interception for a touchdown to give the Gophers a 20-7 lead midway through the third quarter.

Minnesota captured all the momentum and never looked back.

KEY PLAY

Leidner hit junior tight end Lincoln Plsek for a 21-yard gain on thirdand-5 from the Gophers’ 6-yard line near the end of the first half.

The completion kept the drive alive and set the tone for the rest of the possession, which resulted in a field goal and Minnesota’s first lead.

FIVE OBSERVATIONS

1. The Gophers can run the ball with the big boys.

Minnesota proved it can run the ball effectively during the nonconference schedule, and after racking up 206 yards on the ground Saturday, it reassured people that it could do the same in the Big Ten. AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY

Top: Minnesota linebacker De’Vondre Campbell intercepts a pass for a touchdown in the third quarter on Saturday at Michigan Stadium. Bottom: Minnesota reclaims the Little Brown Jug for the first time since 2005.

catch for 26 yards, punctuating Minnesota’s versatile offensive attack Saturday.

But the Gophers held true to their identity in the end, riding Cobb for 183 rushing yards on 32 carries.

“I think the biggest thing was not just getting me the ball, but just getting our run game and pass game mixed right, just having that balance.

When we have that balance, we are more successful as an offense,” Cobb said. “Mitch did a great job today handling the game, not worrying about making a mistake.”

Leidner said he knew he would be ready for the

game after he had good practices on Wednesday and Thursday.

It was Leidner’s second consecutive season starting at Michigan, but this time, his head coach was with him. And when the clock struck zero, the Gophers stormed across the field in front of an announced crowd of 102,926 to take back the Little Brown Jug for the first time since 2005.

“I remember when I was a senior in high school, watching us lose here 58-0,” Leidner said. “It’s just amazing how things have turned around.”

SCORING SUMMARY SCORE BY QUARTER Minnesota Michigan

1 0 0

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3 17 0

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De’Veon Smith 20 yd run (Matt Wile kick)

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Mitch Leidner 10 yd run (Ryan Santoso kick)

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Ryan Santoso 48 yd field goal

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De’Vondre Campbell 30 yd interception return (Ryan Santoso kick)

20

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Maxx Williams 1 yd pass from Mitch Leidner (Ryan Santoso kick)

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Ryan Santoso 25 yd field goal

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Devin Gardner 3 yd run (Matt Wile kick)

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Minnesota rides Cobb to monumental win Senior running back David Cobb is third in the country in rushing yards.

BY GRANT DONALD gdonald@mndaily.com

After working on a Kansas farm during his childhood, Gophers head coach Jerry Kill may know a thing or two about horses.

After being a head football coach for 21 years, Kill knows numerous football philosophies as well.

And this year, he found a way to blend his farm and football ideologies.

“You got a good horse, ride him,” Kill said Saturday regarding Gophers senior running back David Cobb.

“That’s what I was taught by my daddy a long time ago.”

Heading into this year, Minnesota boasted four talented backs: Cobb, Rodrick Williams, Donnell Kirkwood and Berkley Edwards. After the team’s opener against Eastern Illinois, it

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“You got a good horse, ride him. That’s what I was taught by my daddy a long time ago.”

JERRY KILL Gophers head coach

seemed that running back could be a revolving door, as no player had more than 14 carries.

Fast-forward four weeks, and that door has practically stopped spinning.

Cobb ran for 183 yards Saturday as the Gophers defeated Michigan 30-14.

Cobb’s 32 carries led the team by far and was two short of his career high — 34 the previous week against San Jose State.

When asked if he was concerned about being overworked, Cobb jokingly said, “I didn’t play the first two years, so I’m pretty fresh.”

Cobb’s 722 rushing yards on the season puts him at third in the nation for total rushing yards. Twice this year he has rushed for more

than 200 yards in a game.

Cobb brings more to the table than statistics. He opens up other aspects of the game as opposing defenses start to stack the box to try to stop him. “[Running the ball effectively] helps you because you throw the ball better and throw the ball better in play action,” Kill said.

There were many times against Michigan when Cobb seemed bottled up at the line of scrimmage, only to break free from the pile moments later. That aspect of Cobb’s game seems to impress his teammates.

“Blocking on the perimeter as a receiver, you got to really hold those blocks out there because you never know where [Cobb] will

2. Leidner brought balance to the offense.

A week after the Gophers had 373 more rushing yards than passing yards, Leidner returned and so did a more balanced attack. Minnesota had only 39 more rushing yards than passing Saturday.

3. Minnesota’s defense is legitimate.

After they held Michigan to 171 total yards, forced two turnovers and contained wide receiver Devin Funchess, it’s safe to say the Gophers have an elite defense.

4. With the win, head coach Jerry Kill has gained some closure.

After missing last year’s game at Michigan due to epileptic seizures and feeling like he “let a lot of people down,” Kill looked relieved after this year’s victory.

5. Minnesota won a rivalry game on the road.

After going nine years without a road rivalry win, it is a good sign for the program that the team can go into hostile territory and win.

QUOTE OF THE GAME

Words can’t describe how it felt watching all my teammates go over and grab the Jug. It’s a team win; I’m proud to be a Minnesota Golden Gopher.

Cameron Botticelli Redshirt senior defensive lineman TWEET OF THE GAME

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“ J u s t wa n n a take this time to thank Lee Corso of @CollegeGameDay for picking us to win today! Lee knows best haha Go Gophers!!”

Gophers running back David Cobb attempts to run past Michigan’s defense Saturday at Michigan Stadium.

come from,” junior wide receiver KJ Maye said.

However, no matter how much Kill and the Gophers want to ride Cobb like a “workhorse,” the star running back stressed he can’t carry the offense by himself.

“I think the biggest thing was not just getting me the ball, but just getting our run game and pass game mixed right,” Cobb said. “When we have that balance, we are more successful as an offense.”

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Minnesota has a bye week next week and will return to play Oct. 11 against Northwestern. The Wildcats are 2-2 on the season and have struggled, but they defeated Penn State 29-6 on Saturday.

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Old teammates meet up at TCF A

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Minnesota Vikings tight end MarQueis Gray comes off the field during the third quarter on Sunday at TCF Bank Stadium. Gray played quarterback and wide receiver for the Gophers from 2009 to 2012.

Ra’Shede Hageman and MarQueis Gray played against each other on Sunday.

BY SAM KRAEMER skraemer@mndaily.com

MarQueis Gray and Ra’Shede Hageman were both back at TCF Bank Stadium playing football on Sunday.

This time, though, neither of the two donned the esteemed maroon and gold of their alma mater, despite playing in their former home stadium.

In front of 52,173 fans, the two Gophers football alums — now NFL players — went head-to-head for the first time, as Hageman

and the Falcons were in town for a matchup with the Vikings.

Hageman and Gray were teammates at Minnesota from 2009-12. Gray, who played quarterback for the Gophers, is now a tight end.

Gray graduated in 2012 and went undrafted, but the Cleveland Browns signed him in 2013. He returned to Minnesota this preseason after the Browns cut him.

The Falcons drafted Hageman in the second round of April’s NFL Draft.

Gray said he and Hageman had discussed playing at TCF Bank Stadium even before the teams had finalized the season’s schedules.

“We’ve been talking about this moment, even

before we found out we were playing each other,” Gray said. “Ever since then, when we text, we’ve been throwing in some trash talk.”

With an injur y to Kyle Rudolph, the Vikings’ starting tight end, Gray saw more playing time against the Falcons. He did not have any targets during the game.

Hageman saw most of his time on the special teams unit, specifically on the field goal block. After all, he did block two kicks for the Gophers as a senior last season.

After the game Sunday, Gray said that Hageman did attempt to hit him during a play.

“He actually tried to kill

me once on kickoff,” Gray said. “[Hageman] tried to hit me, but I was too shifty for him, so he missed me.”

Hageman declined comment for this story.

After the game, Gray and Hageman met at midfield to share their praises and catch up for a bit.

“We sent each other our best wishes, made sure [each] finishes the season strong and healthy, and we just said good luck, hug it up, shook it up and took a picture,” Gray said.

Gray said he even offered some advice to the Vikings’ of fensive line on Hageman’s tendencies.

“I gave the offensive line a couple hints about him because I played against him and knew a couple weak-

“We’ve been talking about this moment, even before we found out we were playing each other.”

MARQUEIS GRAY Vikings tight end

nesses,” he said. “I told them to get in his head a little bit, but I see that he’s matured a lot, so it didn’t work for us today.”

Still, Gray said he was happy to see another college teammate playing professionally.

“It’s great to see another Gopher in the NFL,” Gray said.

VOLLEYBALL

Penn State snaps Gophers’ winning streak The Gophers won the first set before losing the next three on Saturday.

BY RACHEL TIMMERMAN rtimmerman@mndaily.com

The heat was high and the Spor ts Pavilion was packed as the Gophers closed out their first week of conference play Saturday.

Despite the buzz, Minnesota lost to the reigning national champions, No. 3 Penn State, in four sets.

The Gophers took control in the first set but faltered in the second and third, and there was noticeable frustration on Minnesota’s side of the net.

“We were trying to force a few things to recreate the magic of set one,” head coach Hugh McCutcheon said. “When we start forcing shots, it seldom turns out well for us.”

McCutcheon also said the heat didn’t help the Gophers’ performance. “[The heat] is not good for us in terms of being able to stay focused and have energy,” he said.

But junior outside hitter Daly Santana said she didn’t think the heat significantly affected the team.

During the match, there were multiple lineup changes to give players a chance to catch their breath, McCutcheon said.

The switches proved promising, and McCutcheon said the team came back with a more balanced perspective in the fourth set.

Gophers outside hitter Sarah Wilhite hits the ball Saturday evening at the Sports Pavilion.

But the Gophers’ rally fell short, as they lost the set 25-22.

“Even though we didn’t play our best in the second and third [sets], we definitely came back in the four th [set] wanting to win,” sophomore Sarah Wilhite said.

Even though the Gophers were markedly better in the first and four th sets, McCutcheon said

Penn State was steady and it was hard for the Gophers, specifically the younger players, to maintain that same level of execution. “[The younger players] are not used to that required level of consistent effort,” McCutcheon said.

Wilhite echoed that sentiment, and she said the team needs to work on its consistency and controlling

its side of the net.

The loss ended a 10-match winning streak for Minnesota, which dropped to 11-2 (1-1 Big Ten).

The Gophers need to improve their discipline and patience on of fense, McCutcheon said, adding that the team played hard Saturday and knows how to fight.

“They didn’t roll over; they didn’t give up,” Mc-

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Cutcheon said. “Even when they were down by a good chunk, they were still battling away.”

fter producing some of the NCAA’s most dominant football teams season after season, the Big Ten isn’t the intimidating power it once was.

Gophers fans witnessed this firsthand Saturday as they watched Minnesota manhandle a Michigan team that normally puts a wallop on the Gophers.

It’s difficult to determine whether the Gophers improved their play on Saturday or whether their point total was simply a reflection of just how decrepit the Wolverines are this season.

Michigan has defeated Minnesota by an average of 33 points in their last five contests.

The Gophers completely rewrote the script last weekend.

The Big Ten is different this year, and Minnesota needs to take advantage of that — just like the team did Saturday.

As it stands right now, seven Big Ten games remain on the Gophers’ regular-season schedule.

Minnesota could go on to win at least its next four games.

The Gophers defeated Northwestern, Purdue and Illinois in their previous meetings. And as it stands, those teams all rank in the bottom half of almost every major statistical category in the Big Ten. Despite losing their previous contest with Iowa last year, the Gophers will probably be facing a Hawkeyes quarterback making just the fifth start of his career.

Minnesota’s defense should be able to apply enough pressure to knock the young QB off his game and stymie a Hawkeyes offense that has the fifthworst rushing attack in the conference.

Though the final three games of the season could turn a variety of ways, all three opponents can be exposed.

It star ts with Ohio State.

Despite dropping 50 points or more in each of their last two games this season, the Buckeyes lost starting quarterback Braxton Miller to a seasonending shoulder injury.

Virginia Tech already proved the Buckeyes aren’t invincible by defeating Ohio State earlier this season, and the Gophers get the chance to do the same on their own turf.

Then there’s Nebraska.

The Cornhuskers rank as the best offense in the Big Ten and could prove to be too much for the Gophers’ defense.

However, many predicted a runaway victory for Nebraska last year, and Minnesota still found a way to topple the Cornhuskers.

F i n a l l y, t h e r e ’ s Wisconsin.

The Badgers’ only loss of the season came at the hands of LSU, and Wisconsin holds one of the best rushing offenses in the Big Ten. The Badgers might be tough to overcome in Wisconsin, but if the Gophers have eight consecutive victories heading into Camp Randall, I don’t think many will bet against them.

An undefeated record in the Big Ten is something Minnesota hasn’t done in more than 70 years.

Though I doubt the Gophers will break that mark this season, based on what the Big Ten has shown already, I don’t think it’s crazy to predict the Gophers’ first winning conference record since Jerr y Kill took over as head coach.

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

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SOCCER

Minnesota sweeps weekend in Indiana The Gophers defeated Purdue and Indiana to improve to 3-2 in Big Ten play.

BY BEN GOTZ bgotz@mndaily.com

The Gophers defeated Big Ten opponents Purdue and Indiana over the weekend to earn the team’s first road sweep of the season.

With eight games remaining in the season — six of them at home — sophomore defender Ashley Pafko said she likes how the rest of the season’s schedule looks for the team.

“This is such a big two wins for us,” Pafko said.

“I’m really excited to finish the season strong.”

But the Gophers’ victor y on Sunday in Indiana didn’t come easily, as they trailed for most of the game before coming from behind for the victor y in double overtime.

The game marked the first time the Gophers have erased a deficit to earn a victor y, as their previous five victories came on shutouts.

The Gophers found themselves down early thanks to a goal from Indiana freshman for ward Kayla Smith. The team trailed for the majority of regulation, until Pafko scored her second goal of the season for the equalizer late in the second half.

Pafko’s goal came on a shot in the upper corner of the net, after a pass from junior for ward Taylor Stainbrook. And after trailing for most of the game, the goal gave the team new life.

“I think [the goal] picked our spirits back up again,” senior for ward Olivia Schultz said. “We were able to take the game into over time and keep finishing.”

Schultz provided the finish in double over time of f a free kick by senior defender Becca Rober ts.

The ball got close to the Indiana goal and came right to Schultz.

“There was a bit of a

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SUNDAY 1 Minnesota 0 1 Indiana

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“This is such a big two wins for us. ...

I’m really excited to finish the season strong.”

ASHLEY PAFKO Sophomore defender

skirmish with the goalie, and I believe [senior midfielder] Katie Thyken, and the ball popped out,” Schultz said. “I was just able to place it in the back of the net.”

Earlier in the weekend, the Gophers earned a 1-0 victor y at Purdue off sophomore for war d Simone Kolander’s goal and sophomore goalkeeper Tarah Hobbs’ shutout.

Kolander scored her team-leading fifth goal of the season against Purdue, assisted by sophomore midfielder Josee Stiever, breaking a scoreless tie during the 75th minute of play.

Meanwhile, Hobbs recorded three saves on the night. “ Ta r a h i s o b v i o u s l y amazing,” Pafko said. “Our defense just tries our best to keep it out and give up the least amount of shots on Tarah as possible.”

The Gophers now have to start preparing for some of their toughest tests in conference play, but knowing they’ll face those tests at home should ease some concerns.

“When you’re on the road this much, you face a lot of adversity,” head coach Stefanie Golan said earlier this week. “We’re definitely looking for ward to being home.”

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Gophers forward Simone Kolander dribbles the ball in front of Marquette’s goal on Aug. 29 at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium.

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Gophers falter in tourney Sophomore Jose Mendez led the Gophers as he tied for 17th overall.

BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com

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

Minnesota str uggled last weekend at the Windon Memorial, turning in a 13th-place finish.

Those problems persisted this weekend at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate, as the Gophers finished second-to-last in the field. “ U n f o r t u n a t e l y, w e made some of the same mistakes that we made in Chicago [at the Windon Memorial] as a team,” head coach John Carlson said. “We just have to continue to get better.”

Carlson said the team’s ball striking has been inconsistent all season.

“Coming of f a summer of playing and practicing and competing, this is the time of year that I would expect our ball striking to be sharp, and for whatever reason, it just hasn’t been that way for ever yone other than Jose [Mendez],” Carlson said.

The team tur ned in rounds of 301, 309 and 307, finishing 53-over par. “ We g o t p e n a l i z e d pretty harshly for missing the fair ways by a small margin,” senior T yler Lowenstein said. “This golf course is pretty long and … the rough is right of f the fair way, so if you miss the fair way by a foot, you’re in the really thick rough, which is really penalizing.”

He said it was the toughest course the team

“We’re going to be having a bit longer practices, a little more detail with each of the guys ... and hopefully we’ll come back with a more spirited effort.”

JOHN CARLSON Gophers head coach

had played so far this season.

Lowenstein said holes 5-12 in particular were difficult for the team.

“They’re difficult holes, but obviously a lot of other teams figured out how to play them,” Lowenstein said. “I think they just hit the fair ways and we were just off by a couple of feet.”

In the first two rounds, all five Gophers golfers bogeyed at least twice on holes 5-8.

On Saturday, the Gophers star ted the third round on the 13th hole — freshman Rúnar Ar nórsson and sophomore Daniel Luftspring each birdied three holes in a row.

But the team couldn’t maintain that level thr oughout the r ound, and it faltered again on the fifth hole with three team bogeys and one double bogey.

“The positive was we got of f to a good star t, which we wanted to,” junior Jon DuToit said. “But we just didn’t finish how we wanted to.”

Mendez, the Gophers’ top golfer, again led his teammates, finishing 5-over par and tying for 17th overall.

Carlson changed his lineup after the Windon Memorial, subbing in DuToit for sophomor e Matt Rachey.

MEN’S GOLF RESULTS RD1 71 75 74 81 83

RD2 76 77 80 77 79

RD3 74 76 78 79 82

TOTAL 221 228 232 237 244

RD1 TEAM 1 New Mexico 277 283 2 Texas Tech 3 San Diego State 280 300 4 TCU 4 New Mexico 295 State

RD2 277 288 289 294 286

RD3 295 293 304 286 299

TOTAL 849 864 873 880 880

GOLFER Jose Mendez Jon DuToit Rúnar Arnórsson Daniel Luftspring Tyler Lowenstein

*out of 15 teams

SOURCE: GOLFSTATRESULTS.COM

DuToit finished second among Minnesota competitors.

“It was disappointing not to go last week, but I think whatever the team needs … that’s what you [have to] go with,” DuToit said. “Last week wasn’t right for me to go. This week, it was good for me to get back and play.”

DuToit said he didn’t play “necessarily well” and that he has things he has to work on.

That goes for the rest of the team as well.

“We’re going to be having a bit longer practices, a little more detail with each of the guys now that they can evaluate their games from the tournament, and hopefully we’ll come back with a more spirited effort,” Carlson said.

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CROSS COUNTRY

Bartnik paces Minnesota to third place

LIAM JAMES DOYLE, DAILY

Gophers junior Aaron Bartnik runs the final stretch of the Roy Griak Invitational at Les Bolstad Golf Course on Saturday.

Redshirt junior Aaron Bartnik finished the Griak eighth overall.

BY AIDAN COLEMAN acoleman@mndaily.com

Despite humid weather, the Gophers per formed well at the Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday.

Minnesota finished thir d overall, led by a strong per formance from redshir t junior Aaron Bartnik.

Bar tnik, who was the Gophers’ top finisher at both the Griak and the UC Riverside Invitational, said he was happy to be

running well.

“Aaron has come into his own here since last spring,” head coach Steve Plasencia said. “During track last spring, he star ted to get momentum and got his confidence going.

He is a great kid, a smar t kid, and r uns races tactically well, and I thought he did [that] again today.”

The team finished behind Souther n Utah and Colorado State. Nine points separated the top four teams.

Bar tnik, who placed eighth overall, finished the race in just over 25 minutes.

Teammates Adam Zutz, Alex Brend, Obsa Ali and Charlie Lawrence followed.

Leidner shines at Big House Befor e the season star ted, Mitch Leidner said he’d never suffered a serious injury.

That quickly changed after Leidner sprained his left knee in Minnesota’s second game of the year against Middle Tennessee State.

He didn’t look like himself the next week at TCU and ended the game even more hobbled with turf toe.

Leidner has been praised for his drive and toughness since taking a leadership role last spring — he spends hours in the film room and isn’t afraid to get physical in practice.

After all the work, Leidner had a hard time sitting on the bench against San Jose State a week ago.

“It was something I had never really been through before. I have great teammates. [Quar terback] Chris Streveler helped me keep my head up in times that are tough like that when I want to be out there playing so badly,” Leidner said Saturday. “It was good for me to really sit back and have a little different mindset coming back.”

On Sunday, Gophers head coach Jerry Kill said Leidner wanted to play against San Jose State, but Minnesota gave Streveler his first-career star t instead. Kill told Leidner he wouldn’t put him back in

Women meet goal, finishing seventh

Head coach Sarah Hopkins views the Griak as the team’s first midterm exam.

H o w e v e r, h e r t e a m didn’t get a per fect score, as it finished seventh overall.

“I think it was about a ‘B’ day for us,” Hopkins said. “It was solid, especially considering the conditions with the heat

and the humidity. Our goal was a top-10 finish, and we met that goal. But knowing how close fifth place was, it would have been nice to be up there.”

The hot conditions didn’t seem to bother redshir t junior Kaila Urick, who finished 25th overall and first for the Gophers.

“It was dif ferent than last year’s Griak, which was cold and rainy,” Urick said. “But I like running in the heat, so it was a lot of fun.”

Redshir t junior Becca Dyson, one of Minnesota’s top performers this season, had an off-performance, finishing 112th overall.

But the Gophers had

CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

ROY GRIAK INVITATIONAL MEN’S 1. Southern Utah 2. Colorado State 3. Minnesota 4. Michigan State 5. Iowa State 6. Texas 7. Illinois

WOMEN’S SCORE 142 146 149 153 162 215 230

*out of 31 teams

1. Michigan State 2. Iowa State 3. North Carolina 4. Boise State 5. Baylor 6. Arizona State 7. Minnesota

SCORE 66 102 174 185 204 222 225 *out of 35 teams

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

other runners step up, including redshirt freshman Danielle Anderson, who finished second on the team, and freshman Bailey Ness, who finished fourth.

Minnesota will have little time to rest, as it has two meets coming up next weekend: the UW-Eau Claire Blugold Invite and the SDSU Classic.

NFL

//FROM OUR BLOG

BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com

Plasencia said he was pleased with the team’s performance.

“I think the good thing about this group is that they listen,” Plasencia said. “They want to learn; they want to get better.”

until he was full speed.

“He listened,” Kill said.

“This week when we started his first [day] of practice, I said, ‘You get sore… you better tell me.’ ” Kill said Leidner told him he was a bit sore after practicing last Tuesday.

But Leidner said he felt “really good” in practice on Wednesday and Thursday.

He looked pretty good at the Big House on Saturday, too. Leidner completed 14 of 22 passes for 167 yards, arguably his best game since the 2013 Texas Bowl.

“There’s no question that the injury mentally is hard on somebody,” Kill said. “I know Mitch has his critics and all that kind of stuff, but they still don’t understand the kid is young.”

College football pundits have often doubted Leidner this season. But after showing he can effectively manage a game in one of the nation’s toughest places to play, Leidner’s confidence — and play — may be improving.

“It was feeling good [Saturday], and it feels good now, so hopefully we can put this all behind me,” Leidner said of his detractors. “It’s unbelievable. I don’t think I have ever had a feeling like this in my life.

The team rushing the field after taking that last knee — it’s an unbelievable feeling.”

David Nelson contributed to this report.

Rookie QB hurt, but Vikings win

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MINNEAPOLIS — Teddy Bridgewater got hurt before he could finish a fine first NFL start.

He was good enough to put the Minnesota Vikings in the lead when he left.

The rookie passed for 317 yards and a key 2-point conversion before hurting his ankle in the fourth quarter, and the Vikings beat the Atlanta Falcons 41-28 on Sunday.

Bridgewater was 19 for 30 with no turnovers and ran five times for 27 yards and a score in his first career start, but his last carry was costly.

His left foot rolled underneath him as he was sandwiched by two tacklers at the 1-yard line. Matt Asiata powered his way in on the next play for his third touchdown, and Bridgewater stayed in to zip a crisp pass to Rhett Ellison to push the lead to 35-28.

As Bridgewater was taken away on a cart for X-rays, Christian Ponder took over at quarterback after the Falcons were forced to punt for a second straight time. Blair Walsh drilled a 55-yard field goal to put the Vikings (2-2) ahead by 10, and Harrison Smith intercepted Matt Ryan on the next drive to seal the victory.

Bridgewater was back on

the sideline before the end of the game, with Ponder the only healthy quarterback left on the active roster.

The Falcons weren’t feeling sorr y for Minnesota.

They lost three starting offensive linemen to injuries and wound up sticking tight end Levine Toilolo at right tackle in the fourth quarter.

Ryan was 25 for 41 for 298 yards and three touchdowns.

Bridgewater replaced Matt Cassel in last week’s loss at New Orleans when the veteran broke his left foot. The “Teddy! Teddy!

Teddy!” chants started as the Falcons lined up to punt after their first possession, the

anticipation of Bridgewater’s debut palpable inside the sun-soaked stadium.

With pass protection a problem in recent weeks, offensive coordinator Norv Turner devised a plan with a heavy dose of quick drops for drag routes across the middle and screens to either side.

The Vikings piled up 351 yards by halftime, a total higher than half of the teams in the league averaged per game over the first three weeks. Bridgewater dived head-first into the end zone to finish a 13-yard touchdown run for the first score of his career and a 21-14 lead in the second quarter.

MLB

Twins fall 3-0 to division champion Tigers

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DETROIT — Another 90-loss season for the Minnesota Twins has left the status of manager Ron Gardenhire and his coaching staff in question.

The Twins finished Sunday with a 3-0 defeat at Detroit and fell to 70-92 as the Tigers clinched their fourth straight American League Central title.

Gardenhire’s contract lasts through next season, but general manager Terry Ryan said he will meet in-

dividually with Gardenhire and each coach on the staff before determining their status for next year. Gardenhire said he wants to return for a 14th season managing the Twins. Resigning will not be an option.

“I’ve always said this is my home. It’s where I like it at. I love the organization.

I love this area. The whole package,” Gardenhire said earlier in the week. “And why wouldn’t you want to be here? This is as good as it gets. But, like I said, I’m all for whatever is best for

the organization, too. And those are the conversations we’re going to have here as we go along.”

The T wins won their division in six of the first nine years under Gardenhire, but this is their fourth straight season with 92 or more losses. Tom Kelly managed the Twins for four straight years of 90 or more losses, but he had a pair of World Series championships on his resume, too.

According to STATS, Kelly and Gardenhire are two of only four managers

in major league history who have stayed with the same team four straight seasons with 90 or more losses.

Connie Mack managed the Philadelphia Athletics for nine consecutive years of 90 or more losses, from 193543, and stayed in charge of the A’s until 1950. Zack Taylor of the St. Louis Browns (1948-51) also had four in a row, but his last season was 1951.

Kelly’s streak lasted from 1997-2000, and his last year was 2001, when the Twins finished 85-77.

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BACKTALK

horoscopes

sudoku

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

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

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

All rights reserved.

Today’s Birthday (9/29): Venus enters your sign today, launching your next year with beauty, balance and brotherhood. Creativity, discovery and communications provide profits. Indulge artistic pursuits.

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 — Partnerships seem easier for the next month, with Venus in Libra. Compromise comes easier.

Female magnetism pays a big role.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 7 — Never doubt your own creative efforts. Assume authority. Add illustrations.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is an 8 — There’s more work over the next month with Venus in Libra, and it’s especially fun and creative.

Romantic dreams seem easier to achieve.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 9 — Completing old jobs especially satisfies over the next month with Venus in Libra. Allow yourself more quiet time.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is an 8 — You’re even luckier in love for the next four weeks, with Venus in Libra. Artistic efforts work in your favor. Discover extraordinary beauty.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 9 — Group activities go well. Focus on practical fundamentals. You’re out in the public spotlight.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 9 — Invest in your own success. Feather your love nest.

Domesticity seems more enjoyable for the next four and a half weeks, with Venus in Libra.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 7 — Tackle studies with renewed enthusiasm. Take on more responsibility for the next four and a half weeks with Venus in Libra.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is an 8 — You’re even luckier in love for the next four weeks, with Venus in Libra. Artistic efforts work in your favor. Discover extraordinary beauty.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 7 — Travel delights over the coming few weeks, with Venus in Libra. Venture forth. Set educational goals.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is an 8 — Get a new attitude if the one you have isn’t working.

The next four weeks can be quite profitable, with Venus in Libra. Find your comfort zone.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 7 — Increase your shared assets. The next month is good for saving money, with Venus in Libra. Budget expenditures, and set up auto-payments.

Monday, September 29, 2014

crossword

from the archive

FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

Minnesota Daily Volume 108, Issue 16 September 26, 2006

ACROSS 1 Headliners 6 Prefix with final or trailer 10 Ward of “CSI: NY” 14 “Wowie!”

15 Frau’s home 16 Medicine cabinet swab 17 Boil out of the pot 19 Sch. near the Rio Grande 20 Old Testament twin 21 Leaves 22 Goethe classic 23 Sun. message 25 Shortening for pie-making 27 Present in lieu of cash 35 Genetics lab subject 36 Mix with a spoon 37 Hard to lift 38 Where serveand-volley tennis players win a lot of points 40 Dict. entry 42 Sturm und __ 43 Attacks 45 Gin flavoring 47 Neither here __ there 48 Doctors doing reconstructive work 51 Verdi opera 52 Turkish bigwig 53 Where to find Houston St. and Penn Sta. 56 Hammer or saw 59 Stadium cheers 63 Hawaii’s “Valley Isle” 64 Director’s “We’re done,” and hint to the starts of 17-, 27- and 48Across 66 Requests 67 Frau’s mate 68 Backyard barbecue site 69 Newsman Huntley 70 Celestial bear 71 Wield DOWN 1 Tea brand with a lizard logo

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2 Consequently 3 “Dancing Queen” band 4 Strong and healthy 5 Word segment: Abbr.

6 “Scram, fly!”

7 Roof overhang 8 Rolled oats cereal 9 Jerusalem’s land: Abbr.

10 Cop show wheels 11 Caesar’s disbelieving words 12 Golfers’ concerns 13 Date bk. entry 18 “Snowy” heron 22 Breakfast sandwich item 24 Deliriously happy 26 CIO partner 27 Clutch tightly 28 “__ inside”: chipmaker’s slogan 29 Classic orange soda 30 Get __ of: throw out 31 Rapunzel feature 32 Hersey’s “A Bell for __”

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58 Mexican’s “other” 60 Comic Johnson 61 Word with spray or style 62 Laundry challenge 64 Day before Fri. 65 Swinger in the jungle

dr. date Dr. Date,

Why do most guys find it hard to maintain friendships when they start dating? All of my friends who get in committed relationships fall out of the tight friend circle quickly. We don’t spend as much time together, and our hangouts are constantly interrupted with texts from the girls. It sucks.

—Missing the Bros

Dear Ignored Brother,

Man, I’m sorry you’ve got to hear the news like this, but your friends’ relationships aren’t causing your time together to dwindle — it’s due to the natural transition into adulthood.

There are a few ways you could play this; for one, I would make an effort to schedule, not assume, times you want to hang out with these guys. That way, it’ll be clear that you want them to be present and you care that they show up.

And just because you see your friends less doesn’t mean you have to grow apart.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

I love my girlfriend. She’s great.

We’ve been dating for about two months now, and everything is pretty much perfect — she’s extremely caring, beautiful and levelheaded — except for one thing.

She will not shut up! She talks constantly. I hear about every minute of her day: shopping experiences, conversations with her parents, meals, thoughts, gossip, random opinions. (And to be honest, most of the stuff that comes from her is pretty lame. She’s not a “deep thinker” per se.)

Most of the time when she’s gabbing, I just nod and make small remarks to seem like I’m listening, even though I’m not engaged at all. Do I continue doing this and just put up with her motor mouth? Or should it be a deal breaker?

In every other way, our relationship is

perfect. Help!

—Anonymous

Dear Miffed Man,

You should be thankful that your girlfriend hasn’t hung you out to dry, as I’m sure your lack of interest in her conversation is somewhat apparent to her — especially based on the way you’re responding.

But with that said, you should break up with her. She obviously bores you.

If you keep treading water here, you’ll probably allow the relationship to advance to the point where you either angrily reveal your frustration or you break her heart. Either way, it’s time to bail.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

OK, here’s a situation for you, doc: I’m extremely flirty, and I’ve got my eyes on quite a few guys. I hang out with them, we hook up and — I can’t lie — I love the attention.

But it’s a continuing cycle that I’m stuck in. See, whenever things start showing signs of getting serious with a guy, I back out. I can’t ever get myself to commit to anything.

It’s not like I don’t want a relationship or a boyfriend. I think I just get scared.

What can I do to change my pattern?

—Total Tease

Dear Total Winner,

You’ve got a clear option here: Just keep having fun. When the time comes, some guy will sweep you off of your feet, and you won’t even remember the fear you feel right now in terms of commitment.

And until that day comes, enjoy this time in your life without the hassle of worrying about your next romantic epoch. Remember this: True love exists, and one day you’ll probably find it.

—Dr. Date

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

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Through donations, Vikings put neighborhood orgs on the team

PROJECT LOCATIONS

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PROJECT LIGHTHOUSE

“OUR BACKYARD”

Nearby, the Brian Coyle Center received $24,000 for upkeep and to support a community stage and garden.

“If you’re coming to Cedar-Riverside, there is not a lot of green space,” said Andrea Arts, youth manager for the center. “[Now] there is a garden for youth to grow vegetables and hopefully be able to pave the way for more community gardens.”

One particularly widespread project is the Student and Community Relations office’s venture to light up some 100 homes throughout University neighborhoods.

Project Lighthouse is being supported fiscally and physically by numerous community groups, said Phillip Kelly, the ef-

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School of Social Work receives $1.28 million The federal grant will help train 90 graduate students in providing mental health and substance abuse counseling.

The University of Minnesota’s School of Social Work received a $1.28 million grant last week to address the growing demand for professional training in mental health and substance abuse counseling.

The U.S. Depar tment of Health and Human Services awarded the grant, which the school will use to train 90 graduate students in providing behavioral health services to children, adolescents and young adults.

“This grant is really about expanding and strengthening the behavioral health workforce,” said Joseph Merighi, the School of Social Work’s director of graduate studies and the recipient of the grant. “We’ll have more highly trained practitioners who can provide much-needed services to this very vulnerable population.”

The students who will participate in the program are studying in two of the school’s programs — either clinical mental health or health, disability and aging.

Merighi said training for the students will begin in October.

Merighi said he assembled a board of 13 experts in fields like mental health, substance abuse and interprofessional practice — all

$42,500

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fort’s leader and a member of the University District Alliance’s board.

The project is in its pilot stage, Kelly said, and it’s so far unclear how the program will select which homes receive the free solar porch lights.

The under taking installed five lights over the summer, and Kelly said he wants to put six more in place this fall.

“This will hopefully make pedestrians going home feel safer,” he said.

With more than $100,000 now in the hands of area tenants and residents, community leaders say they’re grateful for the Vikings’ two-year support.

“This [money] is a gift,” McCurley said.

Van Cleve Park Sports Equipment and Clinics Location: Southeast Como Van Cleve Park wants to revitalize its athletic programming by purchasing large loads of sports equipment and funding fitness clinics to tutor residents.

“We did a preliminary survey to see what people wanted at the park,” said Ricardo McCurley, SECIA neighborhood coordinator.

Now, McCurley said, input has spurred an alreadyunderway archery program. He said the park’s fall and winter lineup includes art, soccer, Zumba and basketball workshops.

“We’ll have more highly trained practitioners who can provide muchneeded services to this very vulnerable population.”

JOSEPH MERIGHL Director of graduate studies, School of Social Work

her undergraduate student loans.

The grant will also create new ties between the school and the University’s Academic Health Center, School of Social Work director James Reinardy said.

The new training will allow students to interact with health care professionals across multiple disciplines.

Sanders said she likes that the training will include different fields, adding that it will help students learn about professionals’ different roles and improve the quality of care they provide.

“The University of Minnesota has this huge Academic Health Center and provides all these health ser vices, yet the School of Social Work … has never really provided its students with a concentration in working in a health care center,” Reinardy said.

Location: West Bank, Brian Coyle Center

Since the Dinkytown Greenway connecting TCF Bank Stadium to downtown Minneapolis opened in July 2013, it has remained largely unexplored.

Now, the Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association has been allotted $42,500 to install kiosks, paint murals and post signage to encourage the trail’s use.

Project Lighthouse

Cedar-Riverside explorers

Location: Marcy-Holmes, Southeast Como, Prospect Park and Cedar-Riverside

Location: West Bank, West Bank Community Coalition

“Lighting equals safety,” said Phil Kelly, the program’s leader.

But instead of working through the City of Minneapolis’ public works department to furnish street lights, Project Lighthouse will simply purchase and install outdoor lights on homes throughout campus-area neighborhoods.

“We hope to have 100 lights up by the spring,” said Kelly.

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of whom work with the program’s target population — to oversee the training.

The board will include members from various Twin Cities communities, including African, Asian, Hmong and Latino communities, he said, adding that the exper ts will train students in a culturally sensitive way.

“We’re training people to work in the community and with the community,” Merighi said. “The last thing I would want is a board that is comprised [only] of academics who have little contact with the community.”

The federal grant will provide financial support to students over a three-year period, of fering each participant a $10,000 stipend.

The students will also have access to job placement services.

Alecia Sanders, a second-year student who is earning her master’s degree in social work, will participate in the program.

She said the financial support will help free up time for graduate students who have to work while they take classes.

By par ticipating in the program, students will be able to focus on their studies a little bit more, Sanders said.

She said the stipend will help her specifically because she is still paying off

MARKETING FOR VIKINGS FANS

Together, the Brian Coyle Center and the West Bank Business Association are teaming up to expand the center’s community garden and build a stage — both to provide the neighborhood with more green space and to create an artistic forum there.

“It is not just an organizational idea,” said Andrea Arts, the center’s manager for youth programs. “It is truly a need in the community for fresh vegetables and learning to grow your own food.”

Location: Marcy-Holmes, Dinkytown

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“Our Backyard” Sustainable Garden

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BY BLAIR EMERSON bemerson@mndaily.com

The Vikings’ in-kind donation aims to make the team’s fans more aware of campus-area businesses during game days.

For example, it will fund the creation of an area map to help hungry, thirsty and fun-seeking Vikings fans locate bars, restaurants, and shops in Stadium Village and Dinkytown and on the West Bank.

Because this is an in-kind donation, no actual money will be distributed. Instead, the amount refers to the cost of services provided by the Vikings, which include athlete appearances, a publicity email valued at $1,300 and various other advertisements.

$30,093

$24,000

$24,000

$15,000

$8,497

As purple-clad Minnesota V ikings romp on TCF Bank Stadium’s rented turfy green, the team is supplying green of its own to the neighborhoods surrounding the University of Minnesota.

Over the next two years, the team will disburse $90,000 annually in cash and $35,000 in in-kind donations to the University’s Good Neighbor Fund — a bonus that will more than double the group’s roughly $40,000 of funds that are usually available, said Jan Morlock, the University’s director of community relations.

In 2014, the $130,000 will be divided among six community projects, Morlock said, leaving about $14,000 for future grants.

The University’s Office of Government and Community Relations has financially suppor ted neighborhoods like MarcyHolmes, Southeast Como and Cedar-Riverside since 2008, green-lighting projects like bicycle safety programs, crime prevention internships, move-in and moveout cleanup efforts, and music festivals.

Because of the Good Neighbor Fund’s newfound cash flow, applicants said they could undertake more ambitious projects.

“Last year, we got two out of the three grants we applied for —a total of just under $9,000,” said Ricardo McCurley,

neighborhood coordinator for the Southeast Como Improvement Association.

“We thought that was a lot.”

This year, SECIA and Van Cleve Park will use $25,900 to buy a crop of new spor ts equipment and to fund fitness classes for neighborhood residents.

In past years, groups typically grabbed between $5,000 and $10,000, McCurley said. This year, the average project cost $19,233.

McCurley said he thinks the Vikings are looking to smooth over any wrinkles arising from their campus presence and foster a relationship with the area by providing a noticeable financial boost to neighborhoods.

“The Vikings wanted higher-profile projects,” McCurley said. “Things they could add their name and their stamp to.”

Across the Mississippi River, two projects are under way on the West Bank.

Through one that received $8,000 from the Good Neighbor Fund, the area’s teenagers will reap the benefits of nearby campuses by taking monthly excursions during the school year to museums, theater concerts and sporting events.

To connect young people with college life, the small group of students also plans to visit the University’s College of Veterinar y Medicine, the Raptor Center, and the science and physics labs of both the University and Augsburg College.

REQUESTED RECEIVED IN-KIND DONATION

$8,000

BY BARRY LYTTON blytton@mndaily.com

AMOUNT OF FUNDING

$8,000

The NFL team is supplying campus community organizations with $180,000 over the next two years through the University of Minnesota’s Good Neighbor Fund.

The West Bank Community Coalition wants to take advantage of being nested between the campuses of two Minneapolis colleges.

Through a new program, the neighborhood’s 13- to 18-year-olds will connect with the University of Minnesota and Augsburg College by visiting on-campus programs and events each month.

New sorority program aims to empower women on campus “Sisters for Success” is the first female empowerment group designed for sorority members at the University.

BY SARAH CONNOR sconnor@mndaily.com

A new group for greek sisters at the University of Minnesota is hoping to empower women and prepare them to become leaders in the workforce.

The University’s Panhellenic Council kicked off its new Sisters for Success program earlier this month, bringing in about 150 sorority sisters to its first event. The womancentered program includes specific initiatives for each year of school, aiming to equip gr eek women for life after college with career preparation resources that also prepare them how to succeed as women.

Sisters for Success, an optional program, places a large focus on women’s empowerment, Panhellenic Council President Talia Saville said. It also aims to inspire its par ticipants to take on opportunities within their careers and in the community, she said.

“We are making sure [our members] under stand that, although there are dif ferences between being a woman and a man in college and in the world … that they feel empowered as women and not [feel] that they’re anything less than men, because they’re not,” she said.

Saville said the pro-

gram is presented through guest speakers, interactive group activities and an upcoming mentorship program.

She said the council created the program as a way to ensure that greek women benefit from their experience at the University as much as possible, adding that past programming was too broad to affect members.

Matt Levine, program director for the Of fice for Frater nity and Sorority Life, said “Sisters for Success” aims to improve the greek experience for women at the University by tailoring the programming to fit members’ needs by year.

“We’ve really looked at it from a four-year model,” Levine said. “… The big focus has been, ‘How are these women going to make our community stronger?’ and ‘How are we making these women stronger as well?’”

Along with providing resources to help members feel confident in themselves as collegiate women, the program places an additional focus on guiding sisters into successful careers after graduation.

Freshman and sophomore members will receive résumé and internship guidance, while juniors and seniors will get help finding professionals

“The big focus has been, ‘How are these women going to make our community stronger?’ and ‘How are we making these women stronger?’”

MATT LEVINE Program director, Office for Fraternity and Sorority Life

to network with, Saville said.

“At the end of the day, we’re in college to get a career, so we’re making sure they know the best ways to apply for internships, and we’re giving resume tips and inter view practice,” Saville said, adding that the program utilizes the University’s career resources.

The PHC hopes the program, though in a fledgling state, will provide its women with the resources they need to leave college feeling prepared for the workforce and ready to compete with male counterparts in their fields, Saville said.

Levine said he sees the program positively impacting women in the greek community. He said one goal of the program is to help women feel “empowered, ready to go, ready to tackle any challenge, ready to stand up for themselves and ready to lead by example in the workforce.”