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‘I fought through it’ Medical School gets REGENTS

board’s eye At their last meeting, regents checked in with how the school is working to improve its rank.

BY BLAIR EMERSON bemerson@mndaily.com

University of Minnesota regents are keeping administrators on their toes as the Medical School’s leaders work to boost its prestige.

This month, a Board of Regents committee reviewed the school’s progress toward improving its national ranking, a goal set last year when faculty members created a long-term strategy with designs to attract research dollars and revamp scholarships.

Many school of ficials say Medical School Dean and Vice President for Health Sciences Dr. Brooks Jackson, who has touted high hopes for the institution since he took the job in February, is well-positioned to ensure the school achieves a top standing.

Besides an internal push for success, Gov. Mark Dayton formed the Blue Ribbon Committee in August to provide guidance for the Medical School. Regents will discuss the committee’s recommendations in u See HEALTH Page 4 Senior guard Andre Hollins poses on Tuesday at Williams Arena. Hollins is healthy entering his final year with the Gophers.

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After an injury-plagued junior season, Andre Hollins is better than ever.

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innesota’s locker room was electric.

After the Gophers upset then-No. 9 Wisconsin last Januar y, repor ters weaved throughout Williams Arena’s underbelly as joyous shouts echoed from the facility’s showers.

Some athletes sat in front of their lockers ready to take questions, but in the center of the jubilation was Andre Hollins, hunched over crutches to keep weight off his left ankle.

After knocking down a shot on the first possession of the game, Hollins landed on Badgers guard Josh Gasser’s foot.

“I didn’t know what was happening,” Hollins said. “Normally with an ankle

sprain, I tweak it and can get back up and strap my laces on tighter and get through it. But this one, I couldn’t do it.”

Minnesota defeated Wisconsin 81-68 that night. But the victory came without Hollins’ help — prior to that game, he had been the face of the program.

Hollins fought through the injury as the season wore on, but he played without being completely effective.

Now, entering his senior season at Minnesota, he’s 100 percent healthy and ready to be one of the Big Ten’s best guards once again.

“This year, we expect him to have a big-time season,” head coach Richard Pitino said. “There’s no reason why he can’t lead this team and put himself and our team in position to have a lot of success.”

As scientists struggle to break down their work, classes aim to help their communication skills.

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SHOOTING PERCENTAGES OVER THE SEASONS Freshman ’11-12

37.9% of three-pointers

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More so than ever, science isn’t happening in a vacuum.

As it becomes increasingly vital to communicate scientific work outside of laboratories, programs have sprung up around the University of Minnesota to train student researchers how to interact with the media, government and industry officials, and the general public.

“Science is fun. And if you only communicate with scientists, it’s still fun — but it’s not useful,” said Clarence Lehman, associate dean for research and graduate education in the College of Biological Sciences.

“We have to make it fit with the other branches of the human endeavor.”

The growing importance of applying interdisciplinary research in scientific fields has spurred the need for researchers to develop their communication skills, Lehman said.

They are no longer solitary workers, he u See COMMUNICATION Page 4

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MSA backs Redskins letter The student government voted to support the American Indian group’s protest of the name.

BY HALEY HANSEN hhansen@mndaily.com

For some University of Minnesota students, the protests set to take place next month at the Minnesota Vikings and Washington Redskins game are about much more than a mascot.

The American Indian Student Cultural Center sent a letter to University President Eric Kaler last week expressing the group’s concerns with the Redskins mascot’s presence on campus, saying it’s offensive to some American Indian students and perpetuates negative stereotypes.

At its Tuesday forum, the Minnesota Student Association approved a position statement in suppor ting AISCC’s actions.

AISCC plans to protest the Nov. 2 game at TCF Bank Stadium, its letter read, and

it’s asking for security to ensure the rally is peaceful.

The University has also voiced concerns about the nickname on campus property, though administrators said they can’t prevent fans from wearing Washington apparel on game day.

The American Indian student group’s letter asks that Washington and other teams with discriminating mascots don’t return to campus.

“Derogator y sport team names, logos, and mascots have a profound negative psychological effect on American Indian peoples, including young American Indian scholars at the University,” the letter read.

While MSA’s position statement passed through Tuesday’s forum, some people at the meeting said the student government group doesn’t have the right to deny freedom of speech on campus and argued that passing the statement may not be in line with what the general student population thinks about the issue. u See NICKNAME Page 3

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MSA members vote after a lively debate Tuesday afternoon on whether they would show support for AISCC’s protest at the Vikings’ upcoming game against the Washington Redskins.

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NEW YORK — Target Corp. is of fering for the first time free shipping on all items for its online holiday customers, including even $6 lipsticks, as the discounter throws itself in the ring to compete better with the likes of Amazon.

The Minneapolis-based chain said its free shipping offer starts Wednesday and will last through Dec. 20.

The move is unusually early for a retailer — happening weeks before the of ficial holiday season kickoff over the Thanksgiving weekend — and could squeeze Target’s profit margins. But the strategy underscores how retailers are willing to do whatever it takes to grab shoppers in the critical holiday shopping season, which accounts for about 20 percent of the retail industry’s total sales “ We k n o w s h i p p i n g costs play a big role in online purchasing decisions

... We believe our free shipping of fer will create excitement and incremental sales for Target,” said Kathee Tesija, Target’s executive vice president and chief merchandising officer.

The incentive comes four months after Target unveiled a permanent free shipping of fer for those spending at least $50 online, a strategy the company said has had strong reception.

The free shipping holiday incentive is one of a number of enticements that Target is pushing, from more trendy merchandise to spif fed up apps, to win back consumers turned of f by its own problems as well as industrywide challenges.

Target, along with other big-box stores, is tr ying to woo back customers increasingly researching and buying on their smartphones and tablets. It’s also grappling with a still slowly recovering economy.

But Target is also wrestling with its own specific problems that cost its former CEO his job and led to the hiring of PepsiCo executive Brian Cor nell in early August. It’s tr ying to move beyond a massive data breach that hurt holiday sales last year. And it’s also tr ying to restore the discounter’s reputation as a cheap chic fashion purveyor.

Target also aims to play catch up with rivals who’ve been offering services that cater to shoppers who want to jump back and for th from stores to their smartphone. Target is now shipping products directly from a network of 135 stores in 38 markets so online customers can get items within one day of standard deliver y. It’s also spending 50 percent more on digital adver tising this holiday season compared with last year.

Target’s online sales increased 30 percent in the latest quar ter ended

Aug. 2, though analysts estimate it only represents less than 2 percent of total sales.

“We see mobile as a front door to the brand,” said Cornell.

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Mulpuru estimates that free shipping costs stores $3 to $6 per order.

“It’s a slipper y slope,” Mulpur u said. But she noted, “(Target) doesn’t want to lose any more market share to the online channel.”

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St. Paul school staffer to help dad with Ebola

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ST. PAUL — A St. Paul public school staffer said she plans to travel to Sierra Leone to help her father, who is stricken with Ebola, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

Mariama Kpaka-Sengita, 31, of St. Paul, has been granted a leave of absence from the school district to care for her father — but with conditions, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported. She has to contact her doctor as soon as she returns to the U.S., and she won’t be allowed to go back to work or be at any school or district site after she returns for 21 days, the incubation period for the virus.

Kpaka-Sengita, who is a U.S. citizen, said she doesn’t plan to provide direct care to her 67-year-old father. Instead, she hopes to go to the U.S. embassy in Sierra Leone to see if officials there can get her father treated at a hospital in Freetown, the country’s capitol.

Both the U.S. State Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have advised against nonessential travel to Sierra Leone, one of the countries in West Africa wracked by an Ebola outbreak.

Wynfred Russell, spokesman for the Minnesota African Task Force Against Ebola, told The Associated Press he has not heard of any other individuals in Minnesota who are deciding to return to their homeland to care for the sick.

“That’s dangerous. We are not encouraging that at all,” Russell said. He said even those with health training, like doctors and nurses, are being discouraged from going to West Africa unless they are specially trained by the CDC in dealing with Ebola response.

Kpaka-Sengita said she’s aware of the risks of contracting the disease or the possibility of being stranded in Sierra Leone by travel restrictions.

New Vikings stadium nearly a quarter done

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MINNEAPOLIS — Nine months after the old Metrodome was demolished, the Minnesota Vikings’ new $1 billion downtown stadium is nearly a quarter complete and will be finished on schedule in 2016, officials said Monday.

Reporters and photographers were given a tour of the construction site, where officials said $184 million of $803 million of contract work has been finished and more than $1 million worth of work is being accomplished daily. In a conference room at project headquarters, a game clock counts down the 634 days until completion.

The new stadium was 23 percent complete at the end of September, project director Allen Troshinsky of Mortenson Construction said.

“There actually is a lot of finished space over there. It’s like you could start painting some of the walls,” said Chairwoman Michele Kelm-Helgren of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority. She said more than 650 workers are at the site daily, and over 200 Minnesota companies are involved. That workforce is expected to swell to more than 1,100 by next summer.

“That’s what it’s about: Minnesota jobs,” Kelm-Helgren said.

Thirteen cranes are operating at the site, and two more will be added. Concrete operations are in full swing and are about halfway complete, with 55,000 cubic yards of concrete poured so far, Troshinsky said.

The site should be enclosed by the winter of 2015-16, with mainly interior work continuing from November 2015 to June 2016, Mortenson general superintendent Dave Mansell said. The stadium’s “substantial completion” date is July 2016.

Pouring concrete in the winter may be a challenge, but Mansell said he saw no problems executing the design of the 65,000-seat building, which features a steel “prow” on its western side rising more than 270 feet from grade.

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Program offers chance at a clean slate About three-quarters of the Restorative Justice Community Action program’s U-area cases involve alcohol violations.

BY HALEY MADDEROM hmadderom@mndaily.com

When University of Minnesota students commit misdemeanors like theft, underage drinking or disorderly conduct, they often pay the fine without realizing there’s an alternative.

“By sending in the money, you are pleading guilty,” said Mark Karon, attorney and director at University Student Legal Service. “And then not only do you have an arrest record, but you now have a criminal record.”

For students who have committed crimes, usually alcohol-related ones, the Restorative Justice Community Action program offers them the chance to have their case dismissed and down the line have their arrest record expunged or hidden from the public eye, Karon said.

Close to 40 percent of RJCA’s nearly 300 scheduled participants during the 2014 fiscal year were from the University area.

RJCA cur rently only works with students who have committed victimless, neighborhood-related crimes in Minneapolis, said the program’s executive director, Cynthia Prosek.

The program, she said, improves the city’s livability by reshaping criminal behavior not through punishment, but by connecting offenders with their community.

Par ticipants who have been ticketed for crimes like possession of drug paraphernalia and public urination, once accepted to RJCA, have a face-to-face conference with community members. Together, they establish a plan to make amends in the neighborhood where the crime was committed.

Within a two-month period, they must complete tasks ranging from picking up trash, donating books to area schools or even writing apology letters to police officers.

“They can let go of the shame or the sense of guilt for that incident because they are meeting with people, having a conversation,” Prosek said.

And because about threequar ters of RJCA’s cases in the University area are alcohol-related, she said a lot of those conversations center around safe drinking in University-area neighborhoods.

“A lot of times the conversations are about, ‘How are you taking care of yourself?’ ” she said. “When

“They can let go of the shame or the sense of guilt for that incident because they are meeting with people, having a conversation.”

CYNTHIA PROSEK RJCA executive director

RJCA’S USE HAS REMAINED STEADY* 10 PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN A RJCA PROGRAM ON OR NEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CAMPUS FY 2009 133 people

OVER 50% Consumption of alcohol by a minor

FY 2010 108 people

OVER 10%

FY 2011 116 people

Public urination OVER 5%

FY 2013 144 people

you are intoxicated like that, you’re alone, you’re more vulnerable to people who want to steal from you. … [Community members] really care about them more than just, you know, ‘You’re causing us a problem.’ ” Karon said most students who enroll in RJCA end up completing the program.

University police Sgt. Jim Nystrom supervises his department’s Coordinated Response Team, which works to crack down on campusarea alcohol violations. He said that in the past, he has received letters from student RJCA participants.

“Some are certainly written, it feels like, for the sake of fulfilling program requirements, but there are many that are very heartfelt,” Nystrom said. “It gives the students, I think, a chance to restart.”

PROGRAM DIVERTS MOSTLY ALCOHOL-RELATED VIOLATIONS IN THE U AREA

Possession of alcohol by a minor Public consumption of alcohol

FY 2014 118 people *Data for FY 2012 was not recorded with the same information SOURCE: RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COMMUNITY ACTION

But sometimes, Nystrom said, he questions whether the RJCA could be too soft on certain offenders.

“You always wonder, ‘Is that enough?’” he said. “Is that a big enough sting to keep a person from doing that again?”

As enrollees at a public institution, University students have a “dual responsibility” to both the school and the state, said Sharon Dzik, an RJCA board member and director of the University’s Office for Student Conduct and Academic Integrity.

Even if they get their records expunged, students still may face repercussions for violating the University’s

student conduct code, Dzik said. For example, she said, they could be sanctioned with a change in class standing or a compulsory alcohol audit.

“If it gets expunged from their criminal record, that doesn’t mean it gets expunged from ours,” she said.

Prosek said a partnership with Metro Transit and the city of St. Paul is in the works to address fare evasion on public transportation like the Green Line light rail as soon as early 2015.

She said RJCA is actively looking to obtain funding to grow its three-person staff and working to increase its exposure, geographic area and number of participants.

UNDER 5% Possession of drug paraphernalia Unlawful assembly/ disorderly conduct Noisy assembly Open bottle Theft Disruptive party Littering Possession of a small amount of marijuana Social host SOURCE: RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COMMUNITY ACTION

University Relations currently subsidizes about a quarter of the cost of each individual in RJCA, Prosek said.

Her program also recruits a few student volunteers each semester to participate in conversations with offenders, help organize events and conduct campus outreach.

MSA supports group’s Washington Redskins letter Nickname u from Page 1

AISCC President Chelsea Holmes said some students may not understand why the nickname is an issue because they’re unfamiliar with the name’s history as racial slur.

Despite debate at the meeting, MSA communications director Drew Coveyou, who authored the statement, said it’s good more students

are engaged with the issue.

Coveyou is a former board member of AISCC. Other groups have also taken on the issue.

The Council of Graduate Students sent a letter to administrators late last month requesting that the University use game-day profits to benefit its American Indian students.

National Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media co-founder and board

member Norma Renville said her group also plans to rally when the Washington football team comes to campus, but she added that the issue goes much deeper than just a name.

“What we are really looking at is abolishing the deeper roots of racism that coincide with using mascots and logos,” she said.

While AISCC boar d members have strong support, they felt it was their

responsibility to address the issue, said Vanessa Goodthunder, the group’s community outreach coordinator.

“Our student group does not represent all American Indian students at the University, but we do represent a strong portion of it,” she said.

“We do have some sort of responsibility.”

Though Goodthunder said it’s important for the group to address the issue, she said support from other

campus groups is key because it helps educate more students about American Indian culture.

Earlier this month, the University announced a series of educational programs leading up to the game.

“Our hope is that we raise awareness for our community,” Vice President of Equity and Diversity Katrice Albert said at an Oct. 3 press conference.

Goodthunder said AISCC

has so far been pleased with the University’s willingness to work with group members. She said the amount of attention the nickname issue has received demonstrates the strong influence American Indians have in creating change.

“Recently, there’s been this huge movement to get rid of this mascot, and it’s been really showing the power of Native American people in America,” she said.

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Fraternities crack down on robberies Some fraternities are increasing security measures during the day and at social events to avoid thefts and break-ins.

BY SARAH CONNOR sconnor@mndaily.com

The brothers of Phi Sigma Kappa prepared for a par ty late last month with their usual precautions — making a list of approved guests allowed to enter their house and designating members to watch the front door.

Still, the par ty ended with a number of valuables missing from the fraternity.

The University of Minnesota area typically sees an increase in repor ts of br eak-ins and bur glaries on and around campus at the star t of the fall semester. But some frater nities are taking matters into their own hands by ramping up security pr ecautions during social events to ensure they aren’t future targets.

This semester, there have been three repor ts of burglaries and one incident of a person breaking a window in fraternity houses during parties.

Ian Ebner, Phi Sigma Kappa’s risk management chair, said the night the house was burglarized, two iPhones were pickpocketed fr om guests, along with a wallet and a MacBook.

Since then, the fraternity has assigned people to monitor stair wells leading to rooms when they’re hosting an event, he said.

Also, it put locks on all room doors and added more security at the front and back doors.

“There was always supposed to be someone on the stairs and someone at the front door,” Ebner said. “But now, we’re having a few extra

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2 thefts 1FORticket UNDERAGE DRINKING 1FORticket PUBLIC CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL

1FORticket PUBLIC URINATION 1OF incident REPORTED THREATS 1OF incident AN INTENTIONALLY BROKEN WINDOW

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pr ecautions, and we’r e holding those positions more strictly.”

He also added that the chapter is no longer allowing brothers to bring groups of guests to their

“Each chapter takes on the responsibility of making sure parties are safe and no unwanted guests get in the house.”

CAMERON SCHILLING Interfraternity Council president

rooms during parties.

Other frater nities are taking similar precautions, Ebner said.

Matt Levine, program director for the Office for Fraternity and Sorority Life, said crimes aren’t limited to social events. There may be more concerns about daytime thefts because that’s when houses see a lot of foot traffic, he said.

“When it comes to theft and crime, I worr y a lot about daytime,” Levine said. “People are going in and out of the facility a lot for class, and moving into the facilities, so you worr y about doors being unlocked or propped open.”

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said, pointing to the rising average number of authors on scientific papers over time.

“It was years ago that a scientist could be successful if they never really made eye contact with another person,” Lehman said. “It isn’t that way anymore.”

To help CBS students apply their work to the world around them, he said, the school has added writingintensive classes and career training.

And in some cases, elements of a liberal education — like ethics — have been added to formally “pure sciences” courses, Lehman said.

New this year is a series of career development workshops offered by the consulting firm Nelsen Biomedical.

The workshops introduce and expose doctoral students to industr y, nonprofit and government job opportunities, said the firm’s founder, Barbara Nelsen, who studied molecular biology.

Nelsen said young scientists often face difficulties finding traditional academic positions, and she said being able to translate and transfer their knowledge beyond scholarly settings can be

“It was years ago that a scientist could be successful if they never really made eye contact with another person. It isn’t that way anymore.”

CLARENCE LEHMAN Associate dean for research and graduate education, College of Biological Sciences

advantageous during their career search.

“There’s a big gap between what people are trained to do and want to do, and the reality of the academic situation,” she said.

The workshops, known as Emerge Bioscience, offer a batch of courses, including biweekly, three-hour classes where students develop plans to market their skills and interact with guest speakers.

By the end of the course, students should be able to highlight their skills to different audiences, said Amy Moore, founder of Moore BioBusiness and Nelsen’s par tner in developing Emerge Biology.

“It’s not just a marketing tool to get a job. But you know, more and more organizations and governments are relying on accurate scientific data,” Moore said. “We need scientists everywhere.”

Stepping out of an academic

comfort zone is not new to Moore, a University of California neuroscience doctoral graduate who came to Minnesota after leaving an academic position.

“I had to find or look for other opportunities, in ways to apply my skill set as a scientist,” Moore said. “After knocking on some doors and realizing there was a certain vocabular y or understanding of operations that I didn’t know, I ended up going to business school.”

At the University’s Carlson School of Management, Moore discovered her scientific skill set was valued by many non-academic organizations.

Now she wants to spread that perspective to current doctoral students.

“I wish I had known about this when I was in my Ph.D. training,” Moore said. “It would have made the transition, I think, a little less stressful — a little easier.”

Digesting science Another program seeking to broaden the communication and outreach skills of young scientists exists at the University’s Institute on the Environment.

In its four th year, the Boreas Leadership Program offers doctoral and professional students a series of workshops on media interactions, community and interdisciplinary skills, and professional networking, said program director Kate Knuth.

As a former state Representative and current University conservation biology doctoral student, Knuth said experts increasingly want to inform the public about their research’s relevance without burdensome jargon that often develops in specialized fields.

“Whether it’s a public presentation or interacting with a reporter or through social media, I think there’s an increasing interest among scientists in doing that kind of work,” Knuth said.

Lehman said solid communication with non-experts can make the often challenging concepts in scientific journal papers more accessible.

“Pretty much any idea can be explained simply as long as you explain it abstractly,” he said. “Some of the things that we try to do will get students trained for that.”

Hong Kong students, officials talk but don’t agree

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HONG KONG — Hong Kong student leaders and government of ficials talked but agreed on little Tuesday as the city’s Beijing-backed leader reaffirmed his unwillingness to compr omise on the key demand of activists camped in the streets now for a fourth week.

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying told r epor ters that the gover nment won’t let the public nominate candidates to r un in inaugural direct elections to succeed him in 2017, as demanded by thousands of protesters occupying thoroughfares across the city.

But he added that there’s room to discuss how to form the key 1,200-member nominating committee.

Leung said such changes could be covered in a second round of consultations over the next several months.

“How we should elect the 1,200 so that the nominating committee will be br oadly r epr esentative - there’s room for discussion there,” Leung said.

“There’s room to make the nominating committee more democratic, and this is one of the things we very much want to talk to not just the students but the community at large about.”

Soon after Leung spoke to The Associated Press and three other news agencies, top officials from his government began muchawaited, televised talks with student leaders.

In opening remarks, student leader Alex Chow said that an August

decision by China’s legislature ruling out so-called civil nomination and requiring the nominating committee has “emasculated” Hong Kong.

Chow and four other student leaders, wearing black T-shir ts that said “Freedom Now!,” faced off against five senior government officials in dark suits across a U-shaped table.

“We don’t want anointment,” said Chow, secretar y-general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students, one of three groups leading the protests.

The student leaders accused senior of ficials of “creating the current political problems” by submitting a report to Beijing on electoral reform that “misrepresented the views of the Hong Kong people.”

“After suf fering from

tear gas and police batons, the people of Hong Kong only hope that those with power in Hong Kong’s gover nment can openly and sincerely solve the problems that you have created,” said Lester Shum, the federation’s vice secretar y.

Chief Secretar y Carrie Lam, the gover nment’s No. 2 official, said the gover nment would consider sending another repor t to Beijing reflecting the protesters’ views, though she repeatedly chided the students for being “idealistic” rather than “pragmatic.”

The of ficials stuck to the government line that Hong Kong’s mini-constitution cannot be amended to accommodate protesters’ demands, while also saying that many others don’t share their views.

Former Boston Scientific engineer accused of fraud

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MAPLE GROVE, Minn.

— A former Boston Scientific engineer pleaded not guilty to charges of stealing trade secrets from his employer.

Aaron Quoc Khieu, 47, of Maple Grove, has been indicted by a federal grand jur y on 14 counts of wire fraud and theft of trade secrets. The indictment said Khieu used a USB flash drive to steal more than 100 files from Boston Scientific’s internal document

management system.

The indictment said Khieu, a longtime engineer at the global medical company, helped design a specialized hear t catheter and took the designs and manufacturing data that belonged to Boston Scientific and tried to recruit investors for a new company, Snowflake Medical, the Star Tribune reported.

The separate incidents happened between October and December 2012, according to prosecutors.

Khieu said his attorney is still reviewing discover y materials in the case.

“I understand it will take significant time to carefully review each document,” Khieu said in cour t Friday, “and these allegations may require the ser vices of a scientific exper t, which will also take time.”

He was ar rested and released on $25,000 bond Oct. 1, following the indictment. Prosecutors didn’t announce the charges

until last week since the case relates to a product that isn’t available on the market yet.

The indictment references three Boston Scientific devices, including the one that’s sealed pending a technology patent.

“I understand from my attorney there are a large amount of documents, most of which are covered by a protective order,” Khieu said.

A spokeswoman for Boston Scientific declined to comment.

is able to of fer advice and guidance if crimes occur, Levine said it can’t of fer much direct help to fraternities because their chapter houses are not owned and operated by the University.

But he said it’s important for all fraternities to know the typical protocols to ensure par ties are safe and well-managed, which include securing entr y and exit points, locking up personal spaces and making lists of allowed guests.

Inter fraternity Council President Cameron Schilling said though crimes at fraternity houses have not been a major problem historically, chapters occasionally experience

troublemakers tr ying to sneak into the houses.

“Sometimes you do get those people that are just hanging out on the sidewalk and won’t leave,” he said, “or repeatedly tr ying to get into a party when we don’t want them there or they’re not on the list.”

Schilling said in those cases, fraternity members typically flag down University police officers that patrol University Avenue on weekend nights.

Though fraternity houses may be an easier target to burglarize due to their large square footage, Schilling said he thinks chapters are capable of keeping incidents to a minimum with the right security measures.

“Each chapter takes on the responsibility of making sure par ties are safe and no unwanted guests get in the house,” he said.

“And I think frater nities generally do a pretty good job of protecting their own chapters.”

Board of Regents reviews Med School’s plan to improve Health u from Page 1

December.

“I think having a premier medical school is just cr ucial to having a premier state university,” Dayton said.

The gover nor noted that the school’s current rankings — like No. 34 in “best research,” according to the 2014 U.S. News and World Report — are unacceptable.

“That’s not good enough,” he said.

In the next five years, Jackson said, he wants the Medical School to stand among the top 20 schools for its research.

And eventually, he would like the school to rank in the nation’s top 14 medical schools.

The Medical School’s vision includes ef for ts like addressing leadership tur nover, securing national funding for medical research, improving education and advancing clinical care. The plan’s step-by-step process aims to help the school “regain its position of excellence” by 2025.

Regents put the Academic Health Center and the Medical School at the top of their priority list beginning July 2013, when they cr eated a special committee to examine the school more closely, said Regent Linda Cohen, who chairs the committee. “ We f e l t t h a t t h e r e hadn’t been a place where [the Medical School] was r epor ted on in-depth,” she said. “That’s why we thought we needed more oversight than we were having.”

After reviewing the school’s pr ogr ess this month, Cohen said she was pleased Jackson’s plans to measure success didn’t include “lofty verbiage.”

The committee will check on those metrics in May to evaluate progress.

Members of Dayton’s Blue Ribbon committee have attended three meetings, and they are due to g i ve r eco m m en d ati o n s to the governor, the state Legislature and the public on Dec. 15, said Dr. Elizabeth Seaquist, a member of the Blue Ribbon Committee and University medicine professor.

Right now, the group is in the process of gathering information — like the state’s health workforce needs — to submit at the end of the year.

“The mission of the Medical School is broad,” Seaquist said. “We are a research institution. We train most of the doctors in the state, provide clinical care, [and] we need to do all three of those.”

Medical School administrators are pursuing

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA’S MEDICAL SCHOOL Dec. 2012

President Eric Kaler requested a strategic plan be created for the Medical School.

July 2013

A committee submitted the school’s strategic plan to President Kaler.

Aug. 2014

Gov. Mark Dayton established the Blue Ribbon Committee.

Dec. 15, 2014

The Blue Ribbon Committee will submit its recommendations.

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“I think having a premier medical school is just crucial to having a premier state university.”

MARK DAY TON Minnesota governor

wide-ranging changes to meet the goals of regents and the state government.

One major criterion for ranking medical schools is the amount of funding they receive from the National Institutes of Health, Jackson said, and increasing this type of suppor t will be vital for the school’s success in research.

For fiscal year 2014, the Medical School received more than $140 million in National Institutes of Health funding — about the same as the year before.

T ucker LeBien, the Academic Health Center’s associate vice president for research, said the “flat” levels of NIH funding for research across the countr y have adversely af fected University researchers.

Af fordable tuition is also a priority, Jackson said.

The average Medical School student leaves the University with about $186,000 in debt, Jackson said, adding that school of ficials are considering pilot programs to shor ten the time it takes to get a medical degree.

Cur rently, an undergraduate degr ee takes four years to ear n, but Jackson said that time could be reduced to three years so students could save money.

School officials will also work to encourage more students to publish research before graduation, Jackson said.

Jackson said the school would like to conduct more clinical research — specifically “bench to bedside” research, which focuses on clinical trials and patient outcomes.

“In the past, this has not been emphasized as much,” he said.

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Editorials & Opinions POLITICS

Health care problems manifest in Ebola An insufficient health care system in the U.S. has made treating the outbreak difficult.

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ince Liberian man Thomas Duncan came to the United States and infected two nurses with Ebola before dying in a north Texas hospital, many Americans now worry that the disease may spread.

As we approach the 2014 midterm elections, here’s something voters should consider before heading to the polls: Republican budget cuts and conservative attitudes toward health care and job security helped to create an environment conducive to Ebola’s spread.

For example, the National Institutes of Health has been working on Ebola vaccines since 2001. However, according to NIH director Dr. Francis Collins, “[I]f we had not gone through our 10-year slide in research support, we probably would have had a vaccine in time for this [epidemic] that would’ve gone through clinical trials and would have been ready.”

Republicans are to blame for cutting crucial investments in medical research.

They were responsible for the government shutdown that delayed clinical trials for vaccines.

Furthermore, conser vative ideologies don’t do enough to stop Ebola’s spread. For

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example, former Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul believes that hospitals should be able to deny people health care — including emergency services — if they lack insurance.

This is exactly what happened to Duncan.

Although he told his nurse that he had recently visited Liberia and was feeling ill, he didn’t have insurance, so he left without treatment.

Also, Texas Gov. Rick Perry supports a “right-to-work” rule, which bans mandated union membership and hinders workers’ rights in the process. Because Texas is a rightto-work state, nurses could have been disciplined or fired for refusing to treat Duncan.

Nurses have alleged that the hospital didn’t do enough to protect staff members, and two have contracted Ebola.

The Republican solution to the Ebola epidemic is to enact travel restrictions between Liberia and the United States. Instead of restricting visitation, airports should be screening passengers who recently arrived from the affected regions of West Africa.

This is especially true in Minnesota, where

Republican budget cuts and conservative attitudes toward health care and job security helped to create an environment conducive to Ebola’s spread. we have the largest pocket of Liberian residents in the U.S. In fact, Gov. Mark Dayton and Democratic Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar, as well as Franken’s Republican challenger Mike McFadden, recently requested that federal screenings begin in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. For now, the U.S. is requiring travelers from the heart of the Ebola outbreak to fly through one of just five airports in the country.

However, this epidemic cannot be contained by screenings alone. In order to protect Americans against hazardous diseases like Ebola, the government must invest in medical research and guarantee health care for everyone. If voters choose to elect progressive candidates next month, they may be able to make containment a reality.

Ronald Dixon welcomes comments at rdixon@mndaily.com.

DAILY DISCUSSION

Comment on ‘Meatless Mondays are bad for Minnesota’ Because of rigid food safety standards, preparing vegan and vegetarian food in the same kitchen as meat is not an issue. If you are concerned, check with the Center for Disease Control for more information.

We should respect the choices of vegans, vegetarians and omnivores. Providing multiple meal options all days of the week is more inclusive of each individual’s culture and lifestyle.

If we are concerned about health, we should probably start by discussing the disproportionate amount of fried food. Still, it is an individual’s choice to have milkshakes for breakfast, gyros for lunch or a raw salad for supper.

Comment on ‘Deconstruction addresses waste problem’

While it looks like [Minneapolis] may be looking to commercial projects for waste reduction, I sure hope they promote deconstruction with homeowners, architects and builders. Typically, residential structures yield more building materials for reuse.

Tipping my hat to Minneapolis today.

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Dan Wasserman of the Boston Globe. Please send comments to letters@mndaily.com.

ENVIRONMENT

Biodiesel fuel superior to ethanol Policy efforts should be aimed at developing biofuels, as they are more efficient and realistic.

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ecent innovations have led to the creation of biofuels, which are made of biomass materials and create less air pollution than typical gasoline. While biofuels are more expensive to produce than fossil fuels, they could create a healthier environment.

Biofuels come in multiple forms, two of which are biodiesel and ethanol. Ethanol is derived from corn, grains or agricultural waste and serves as a substitute for gasoline. Biodiesel, made from vegetable oil or animal fats, is an alternative to typical diesel.

Both types of biofuel are normally blended into a gasoline mixture to make diesel engines run effectively. However, most engines aren’t designed to run entirely on biofuel.

In 2012, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed an Omnibus Agriculture Policy bill that requires all gasoline blends to be 20 percent ethanol by 2018.

Some cars currently have problems with blends as low as 15 percent. Once the state law requires a 20 percent blend, there simply

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dinkytown Target plastic bag policy needs change After a full day on campus, I stopped by the new TargetExpress in Dinkytown to pick up a few items. Within 10 minutes in the Dinkytown Target Express, where I bought four small items, I acquired two disposable plastic bags before I could even ask that the cashier not give me any.

This avoidable pollution and waste of resources has proven to be Target Corp.’s standard operating procedure, and that needs to change to match the company’s corporate responsibility for sustainability.

Several towns across the United States have adopted contemporar y legislation requiring customers to purchase a plastic bag for a nominal fee if a customer did not bring their own reusable bags.

Locally, students are not likely to carry around a reusable shopping bag, unless of

New staple food ordinance unwise Forcing local businesses to add arbitrary options poses issues.

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he Minneapolis City Council is considering a proposal that would require private businesses with grocery licenses to carry a minimum amount of so-called staple foods, the Minnesota Daily reported Tuesday.

These minimums would include, for example, 6 pounds of cheese and at least 30 pounds of fruit or vegetables, among other items.

The proposal’s goal, according to Ward 2 City Councilman Cam Gordon, is to bring healthier foods to areas that don’t have them readily available. It’s important to note that this would not affect every store that sells food and that exemptions would be available for businesses that sell specialty foods or only sell staple foods as a supplement to their main income source.

This proposal has been met with some criticism from some council members, like Elizabeth Glidden, who says this new ordinance could just create extra work for the city’s health inspectors.

We appreciate the city leaders’ concern for their citizens and understand the sentiment of wanting plenty of options for healthy foods in areas where these choices may be scarce.

However, the current solution to this problem is misguided. The proposed ordinance could be crippling for businesses that don’t have the resources to stock required staple foods. In addition, smaller stores often sell those items at inflated rates, so mandating they carry more of them would do little to make prevalent healthy foods at affordable prices.

Additionally, forcing grocer y-licensed stores to provide a few extra healthy options won’t make a significant difference in people’s shopping habits.

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Regarding Dr. Date entr y ‘To wrap or not to wrap’

Carol Witte Women’s health nurse practitioner

EDITORIALS

MSA advocates for open syllabi

Guest via MNDaily.com

The opening response to a Dr. Date question from last Tuesday’s Minnesota Daily reads, “If your girlfriend diligently uses birth control, you don’t have much to worry about.”

Hello, ever heard of STDs? Despite the writer’s optimistic and dismissive claim that “we both are clean,” statistics would suggest it is still a great possibility that unprotected sex is likely to be risky behavior. Chlamydia remains at high levels in college-age folks, often asymptomatic, with possibly serious long-term effects.

While chlamydia is easy to test for, it’s also easy to assume you don’t need testing because you don’t exhibit symptoms. It’s always hard to know how “clean” your partner really is.

It’s really irresponsible to suggest that “the most important thing about sex is that you’re comfortable.” The most important thing about sex is that you are both comfortable and that you are both safe.

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course you count the backpack we carr y ever y day. A majority of the Dinkytown store’s customers are students purchasing minimal items that could easily fit in a backpack.

I recommend searching the Internet for “plastic bag statistics.” You will be appalled. I am not even going to cite any statistics here because they seem too drastic for an objective opinion. Seriously, check it out.

I now have two parts of a major international pollution problem in my backpack and a local solution steaming from my ears. I applaud Target’s attempt to operate as a sustainable company by putting recycling in all its stores, even with a specific container for their plastic shopping bags among their several other green initiatives. However, Target’s current operating procedure is costing this planet more than just dollars.

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KEELIA MOELLER columnist

won’t be room for ethanol companies to grow.

Rather than spend more money on expanding ethanol plants, Minnesota should focus its attention on biodiesel.

The biodiesel industr y operates only three plants in Minnesota, so it has enormous potential for growth. Biodiesel is biodegradable and simpler to make than ethanol. It also reduces 41 percent of carbon dioxide emissions compared with diesel fuel, while ethanol generates a mere 12 percent reduction.

Minnesota needs to realize how beneficial biodiesel is. While ethanol is a useful renewable fuel, biodiesel is drastically more efficient, and it has more potential to become a sustainable energy source for our cars.

Keelia Moeller welcomes comments at kmoeller@mndaily.com.

This avoidable pollution and waste of resources has proven to be Target Corp.’s standard operating procedure, and that needs to change.

If Target simply asks a customer if they would like a bag, many people will say no.

Whether it is from their conscience or simple logic, it is dollars and sense. Target could reduce its pollution and costs while appealing to anyone who advocates sustainability.

Kevin O’Brien University student CONTACT THE EDITOR Martin Jaakola mjaakola@mndaily.com @mjaakola1

he Minnesota Student Association is advocating for course syllabi to be made available to students before they register for classes. MSA will present a proposal to the University Senate in the hopes of making open syllabi a campus-wide policy.

An article published in the Minnesota Daily last week found that many students and faculty support an open syllabus policy, although some instructors remain concerned about their intellectual proper ty rights with releasing syllabi.

If implemented, the policy would require instructors to publish syllabi from previous semesters for courses they’ve taught. New courses, or courses taught for the first time by a new professor, wouldn’t be required to release syllabi. Any syllabus made available would also include a disclaimer to clarify that it has not been updated.

An open syllabus policy, proponents say, would enable students to make better course selections. They could choose courses that suit their interests, learning styles and graduation requirements. It would also give students time to evaluate course textbook options and to find the best prices before classes begin.

In addition, having students better informed before they sign up for a class would create a more effective classroom environment for both learners and instructors.

Although the policy may need fine-tuning before it’s ready for University-wide implementation, we agree that making syllabi available for students to view while they choose courses is a practical move. An open syllabus policy is likely to lead to greater course satisfaction for students and instructors.

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After rough junior season, Hollins is back

Hollins u from Page 1

Shrugging it off

After suffering what was diagnosed as a severe ankle injur y, Hollins sat out just two games last season.

Minnesota fell in the first game at Nebraska. The second contest was a onepoint loss to Northwestern, which left some players unsuccessfully holding back tears.

Hollins couldn’t stand watching any longer.

He suited up for the next game at Purdue, despite an uncomfortably swollen ankle.

Hollins grinded out 36 minutes, but he shot just 21 percent from the floor in a triple-overtime loss.

“He rushed back versus Purdue, and we were only going to play him a little bit, and then we go into triple overtime,” Pitino said.

“His ankle really was hurting, and he showed a lot of guts.”

He tried shrugging of f the injur y and being his normal self on and off the cour t. Hollins smiled in postgame press conferences, hiding the team’s losses and his ankle pain.

But those close to him could tell something was wrong.

“I think he tried to play it off like everything was fine, but we all — I mean, I guess I knew because I know him — it definitely affected him,” said Rachel Banham, a senior guard on the women’s basketball team and Hollins’ girlfriend.

“I could definitely tell it was bugging him.”

Hollins said the injur y impacted his psyche more

than anything.

“It was frustrating,” he said. “… When you get injured, you have to overcome it mentally.”

Limited mobility When Banham asked Hollins how his ankle felt after practices, she usually got the same melancholy response.

“Mostly he would say like, ‘I can’t get up. I don’t have the same bounce,’ ” she said.

Hollins’ limited mobility af fected just about ever y part of his game.

He couldn’t finish at the rim with the same burst, slide well defensively or elevate to shoot — and in the past, shooting had always been his calling card.

Hollins scored 41 points in a game against Memphis in his sophomore year. Later that season, he shined in a 28-point performance in the first round of the NCAA tournament against UCLA. In the final game of his sophomore season, Hollins nailed six 3-pointers as the Gophers lost to a talented Florida team.

When DeAndr e Mathieu came to Minnesota the next year, the Gophers slid Hollins from point guard to shooting guard to maximize his scoring opportunities.

“We all believe, as good as Andre is with the ball, he’s a good scorer,” assistant coach Ben Johnson said this summer. “So it’s nice to be able to slide him off the ball and let him score and get open.”

But with Mathieu running the offense, a hobbled Hollins couldn’t move well enough to get open. And when he did get the ball,

Minnesota guard Andre Hollins guards a Montana player on Nov. 12, 2013, at Williams Arena.

the results didn’t meet the lofty expectations Hollins set during his stellar sophomore year.

Hollins attempted fewer 3-pointers per contest and made just 34.9 percent of them after hitting 41.8 percent the season before, and his assist numbers dropped. Also, his field-goal percentage fell to the worst clip of his collegiate career.

Hollins’ block and steal rates dropped, too. But one statistic went up: minutes played. “[The injur y] impacted a lot — not as explosive, muscle memor y. It’s

dif ferent, slower,” Hollins said. “I think I kind of adjusted a little bit, just not as much as I wanted to.”

Finishing strong Hollins expects to emerge from the Gophers’ locker room for their home opener next month without crutches, without limited mobility and with a peace of mind.

“He looks really good,” Pitino said. “He’s had a great preseason, and I expect him to have a ver y good year.”

But he won’t be the same player.

VOLLEYBALL

Tapp a leader for young Gophers Paige Tapp has made an impact on the court during her second season.

Gophers learn from near-loss to Purdue

BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com

JULIET FARMER, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Gophers sophomore Paige Tapp hits the ball on Oct. 15 against Wisconsin at the Sports Pavilion.

“And just in general, her maturity has increased,” Freshman Alyssa Goehner, who played club volleyball with the Tapps in the past, said she has seen Paige Tapp evolve into a different player than she was last season.

“She comes in before practice, she’ll stay later, she’ll do anything to get better and get to that next highest level,” Goehner said. “She pursues ever ything, [and] she’s a big asset to our team.”

McCutcheon said her discipline is a good example for the rest of the team.

As for improvement, McCutcheon said he’d like to see Paige Tapp get more swings and kills and also see her play the whole game at a “little bit better level” than she does right now.

But there are things she does exceptionally well — she jumps high, can hit hard,

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has a good blocking presence and is overall a great athlete, McCutcheon said.

Paige Tapp has also brought versatility to the Gophers.

In her early volleyball days, she would play on the right side with her sister Hannah Tapp in the middle.

This season, Paige Tapp has mainly played middle blocker, but she has recently seen time in her old position on the right side, too.

Hannah Tapp said she

enjoyed having her sister back on the right side, and the games where they were block at the net together remind her of playing club volleyball together.

McCutcheon said it’s nice to have that flexibility, adding that Paige Tapp’s position depends on the Gophers’ opponent.

“She’s just a good player, certainly a great young woman,” McCutcheon said.

“We’re looking for ward to seeing how good she can become.”

season, spur ring fast breaks and creating havoc on the court — something Pitino adver tised when athletics director Norwood Teague announced him as head coach in 2013.

Andre Hollins is back.

And he’s a more complete player than ever before.

“I know how important defense is. I’ve put more of an ef for t in on being better defensively,” Hollins said. “It was hard to move, but I fought through it. It makes you stronger as a person and as a player.”

FOOTBALL

Offensive lineman Foster Bush should play Saturday after missing two games.

BY RACHEL TIMMERMAN rtimmerman@mndaily.com

What a difference a year makes.

Sophomore middle blocker Paige Tapp watched from the sideline for a majority of last season, playing in only 21 sets.

More than halfway through this season, Tapp has more than tripled that number.

Af t e r p l a y i n g e ve r y match this season, Tapp has emerged as a go-to player and a leader on the court.

“She’s able to execute on the court at a higher level than she was a year ago, clearly,” head coach Hugh McCutcheon said.

Her twin sister, middle blocker Hannah Tapp, said last year, there were three middles competing for two starting spots.

And Paige Tapp was the odd one out.

“Last year, it was obviously competitive every day in the gym,” Hannah Tapp said. “She was always a really good support system.”

Paige Tapp said she definitely had a different role on the team last year, but said she didn’t think of herself as a reserve player.

“Being able to play under [All-American] Tori Dixon and being able to come in every day and learn how to be a good teammate, that helped,” Paige Tapp said.

In the of fseason, she worked toward the goal of having a star ting spot on the team.

Hannah Tapp said Paige put in hard work in the spring and has more confidence this season.

“Her volleyball IQ has increased,” Hannah Tapp said.

As Hollins regained his health at the beginning of the summer, he focused on a part of his game that was once considered a weakness: defense.

“That’s a big improvement for him. He’s always been a great player, always been a great of fensive player, a great shooter,” said teammate Mo Walker, adding that Hollins has improved defensively more than anyone else on the roster this offseason.

Minnesota’s backcour t of Mathieu and Hollins should force tur novers at higher rates than last

ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY FILE PHOTO

When Gophers coaches addressed the media on Tuesday afternoon following Minnesota’s 39-38 victor y against Purdue on Saturday, they uttered the same phrase multiple times: “teaching moment.”

The Gophers were favored to beat the Boilermakers by double digits heading into the game, but they trailed by 11 at halftime, and big plays punctuated the entire game.

A minor scrum in the second half of the contest could have resulted in suspensions after senior defensive back Derrick Wells ran from Minnesota’s bench in an apparent attempt to confront a Purdue player that had illegally hit Cedric Thompson.

“Give Purdue credit,” head coach Jerry Kill said.

“I said throughout the week that we’d have to [score 30 points] to win because of what they did to Michigan State. That being said, there’s a lot of things that we need to clean up.”

The Thursday practice heading into Minnesota’s game against Purdue wasn’t as clean as it should have been, Kill said.

And it showed on the field in the first half.

Boilermakers receiver Danny Anthrop ripped past Gophers defensive backs for a 55-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter.

On the next drive, Boilermakers running back Akeem Hunt ran the ball 31 yards into Gophers territory to set up another Purdue touchdown.

“The way they played … it was going to be a whole lot of

one-on-one situations, so if a guy missed, [Purdue] would bust for 60 yards. So we just had that happen a few times,” defensive back Briean BoddyCalhoun said. “We were able to point out the problem.”

Immediately after the game on Saturday, reporters asked Kill about the adjustments the Gophers made at halftime to flip the script and hold a dynamic Purdue offense to just seven points in the second stanza.

On Tuesday, defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys downplayed any adjustments.

But he took the blame for Minnesota’s defensive lapses in the first half.

“People aren’t probably going to believe this, but adjustments are overrated,” Claeys said. “At every level, it’s all about getting kids comfortable [and] having good players. They run and chase the football. I mean, that’s really what it is. A couple of [Purdue’s] motions caused a little bit of confusion at first, and they took advantage of that.”

Notes • After missing the past two games due to a concussion, offensive lineman Foster Bush should play this week at Illinois, Kill said.

• Gophers quarterback Mitch Leidner has started to gain momentum, completing longer passes and playing efficiently over the past few weeks. Chris Streveler is still Minnesota’s No. 2 quarterback, but freshman Jacques Perra has cemented himself as the third-stringer.

Perra looked good in fall camp, and offensive coordinator Matt Limegrover seems to be impressed by his maturation.

“Really over the course of the summer, [he] did a lot of work on his own and that really benefited him,” Limegrover said. “There’s a real confidence about him, and he’s a darn good player, too.”

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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.

10/22/2014

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

All rights reserved.

Today’s Birthday (10/22): Friends bring you joy this year. Focus on making money and it comes easily, especially through 12/23. After that, your communications creativity bubbles over. Study, write and film.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Written by Nancy Black

Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is a 9 — Think, and decide what you truly want. Avoid distractions to craft your message. Speak with passion.

Honor and appreciate your partner.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 9 — You feel energized and confident. Make the changes you want. Check to make sure all the jobs still need to be done.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 9 — Postpone your shopping trip. Focus on immediate priorities. Let others know what you need. Provide motivation.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is an 8 — Complete a financial transaction with attention and care, or risk fireworks. Don’t force things to fit. Use your most creative logic.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 9 — You’re especially creative. Your partner demands attention. Even a disagreement can inspire imagination.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 9 — Listen to suggestions about your private life, politely. Stand up for yourself, when appropriate. Resolve old issues.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is an 8 — A clash between work and travel requires your attention. Work out the kinks before proceeding. Pay any leftover bills.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 9 — Have faith, and keep in action. Don’t get stopped by confusion. Review your map, and take small steps to a rise in professional status.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 9 — Talk about freedom and justice. Keep digging, and post about breaking news. Pay off bills. Don’t speculate with love or money.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 9 — Travel locally rather than long-distance, if you can.

You don’t need to go far for what you need.

Chaos could disrupt things.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 9 — Compromise is required to work out a deal.

Listen to your inner voice first, and observe the situation. Don’t fall for an emotional outburst.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 9 — Review the numbers, and file papers. Handle shortterm tasks and urgencies. Don’t take on more than you can handle.

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005

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DAILY CROSSWORD

War be a brewin’ out there Networkia. Its fats versus skinnies just like “Ice Hockey” for NES.

From Smacky the Bear

Congrats AngryBBW, you did a smack-tacular job of baiting Smacky and now he feels obligated to return fire. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m sure you have a great personality, but Fred Flinstone was like the coolest caveman in the town of Bedrock.

Net: Maybe so, but Captain Caveman could still kick his candy-ass. Oh, that’s not what your point was? I see... well no one’s criticizing fatties for simply being fat. Net: They aren’t? Oh no, with heftiness comes a whole host of other problems such as smelliness and excessive gas. Net: It’s all worth it when you finally have an excuse to wear muumuus in public. so just be sure to wash in between all of your “lovin’ goodness” (and I mean a good scrub not a wimpy once-over) and you wont have to suffer the wrath of Smacky anymore. Net: Not to mention molds and fungi. If you’re not thorough, you’ll end up with a veritable Petri dish in there. Or you could just take David Banner’s advice and run on a treadmill while he reads a newspaper to a funky beat.

From Dr. Von Nostrand

Oh... you gonna take me home tonight?

Oh... down beside that red firelight.

Are... you gonna let it all hang out?

Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin’ world go round... yeah Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin’ world go round Net: Get on your bikes and ride!

From Jared VanderHook

Never have I been so motivated to do something as I am right now. Net: Your girlfriend is bribing you with handjobs again, isn’t she? Maybe I need to have angry fat girls dare me to do my homework...god only knows I’d have a 4.0. AnyHEY! SEND YOUR ENTRY, NAME & PHONE TO:

ways, to AngryBBW: Maybe you should give half an effort to step foot in the rec center and you wouldn’t have to make yourself believe that all your “loving goodness” is somehow sexy. Net: We prefer Fitness Made Simple starring fitness celebrity John Basedow. I mean do you really believe that? Plus, fat guys aren’t my concern; I’m just trying to promote the removal of a girl’s ugliness (AKA her fat) Net: Thanks for clearing that up. because you never know how many hot NUTTs might be hiding under all those rolls. Net: Good point. Who doesn’t like a free ride? Oh, and just one last thing. Gophergal is on crack because Dr. Date NUTTing sucked last year. Net: Surgeon General’s warning: Smoking crack cocaine may cause unwarranted appreciation of unfunny top 10 lists and smarmy humor.

From KeepinItReal

Good mooooorning Networkia! I definitely have to agree with AngryBBW on this one. I’m tired of hearing guys complain about fat women. Net: Maybe you should invest in some earplugs. Not everyone is model-thin (it’s called airbrushing, dumbNUTTs), and haven’t you ever heard the phrase “a little cushin’ for the pushin’”? Net: “You’z a big fine woman, won’t you back that ass up.” Personally, I think it’s sickening to see these itty bitty size 0 girls walking around that I’m pretty sure you could snap in half with minimal effort. Net: Yeah, but they make a cheap date.

Free popcorn at Sally’s and they’re full for days.

That’s just gross; nobody wants to see your ribcage. But perhaps a more important issue: short guys with little-man complexes that constantly complain about how all the short girls are taken. Net: That’s not true. There are lots of she-midgets out there just waiting for attention.

If the tall people would date each other then we wouldn’t have this problem. There you go Networkia, your mission to make the U a more harmonious place.

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Minnesota Daily Volume 107, Issue 32 October 19, 2005 Dear Dr. Date,

So I have a little question for you love doctor. This is not really a love question, just a general what do I do type question. I am currently in my third year here at the University and have not been in a relationship at all since I started here.

Being that I am a gay male in this huge university, I find it rather hard to meet people in classes or in social activities. I am not very open about my sexuality and do not feel that it is everyone’s business who I date and who I don’t date. Therefore, I am more of a “straight” gay male and not a very “outgoing” gay male if you will.

It just gets really frustrating sometimes liking a guy and thinking he is cute, but then not being able to approach him because I don’t know whether he is gay or not or for fear of being harassed to some degree.

I ask you doctor, am I the only guy who is experiencing this? Are there guys out there who are like me and who don’t need to flaunt their sexuality to the entire student body? Because so far, I have not seen any of these guys out there.

Granted, it is hard for them to notice me if I do not take the risk, but I don’t know if I’m willing to let the entire University know my sexual preference.

Seeing other people in relationships and happy is something that I have always wanted, but have never had. What can I do to help this situation and feed help hinder my loneliness?

— Lonely and not so gay (as in happy)

Dear Lonely and not so gay,

The first thing the good doctor has to tell you is that yes, there are tons of people out there just like you. But you know why that’s hard to tell?

Because they’re not incredibly outward about their sexuality, which is totally fine. It’s better than fine, it’s great — because that’s what makes them comfortable.

Please don’t feel like you have to act like somebody you’re not just so people can outwardly tell that you’re gay. You’ll never be happy that way, and even if it works, the person wouldn’t be liking you because of who you really are.

But, at the same time, don’t feel like it’s something you have to hide or cover up, because if someone mistreated you just because of your sexual preference, then they’re not even worth knowing, and you are way too cool for them anyway.

But we do have a situation on our hands, because we need to get you some lovin’! And the great news is that I have some ideas for you.

I think that a really easy way to find out of someone is gay is to befriend the friends.

Friends are always your way in. You know that they know, and they know that they know. If you’ve got the friends on your side, you’ve got the info.

Ask the friends that you have now if they know the guy. Chances are if they know him, they have a pretty good idea of who he likes.

But for other cases — consider this scenario.

So you’re at a bar, right? And you see this cute guy but you’re like, “Oh my gosh which team does he bat for?”

You just slowly slide up to his friends, and start getting to know them. Once you’ve instabar-charmed them into being buds with you, consult them on your peculiar pondering. They will let you in on the info.

But above else, be proud of who you are!

You’re wonderful and chances are there are a ton of guys out there just praying that you bat for their team. You know they are.

— Dr. Date

Dear Dr. Date,

I’ve been dating this really awesome guy for a couple of weeks now. We haven’t actually clarified whether we’re boyfriend/girlfriend or just casually dating, but it doesn’t really matter as I’m fine with how things are now. My dilemma is that I was recently diagnosed with clinical depression and I am at a loss for how to tell him, since we haven’t been together all that long and its kind of a difficult thing for me to talk about. Any suggestions?

— Debbie Downer

Dear Debbie Downer,

(I hope you don’t mind, I borrowed your name from a memorable Saturday Night Live character.)

Yeah! I totally have suggestions for you. I was actually in a similar situation myself once, except on the other end of the situation.

When the person told me, my first (and really, only) reaction was that I was so flattered that this person could trust me enough to tell me.

And if your man cares about you and is as “awesome” as you say, I think he’ll probably feel the same way.

Just be honest with him. And know that way more people than you probably think are actually clinically diagnosed with depression as well. It’s very common among people our age, and you should definitely not be ashamed.

But it’s obviously a part of your life now. And if this guy looks like he’s going to be a big part of your life, then you should totally tell him. It’s nothing to be nervous about, and you definitely didn’t do anything wrong.

Just be honest with him. You’ll feel better if you tell him and if he’s a decent guy, he’ll understand. If he doesn’t, chuck him because he’s not worth your time.

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— Dr. Date

Dear Dr.Date,

dr. date

Please help! I am in love with my best friend and he’s about to propose to his girlfriend! I have been in love with him for almost 2 years now but I never told him because he says his girlfriend is the best thing that’s ever happen to him. I don’t know what to do, my heart’s breaking into million pieces! HELP ME please!!!

Thank you.

— Dieing of a heartbreak.

Dear Dieing of a heartbreak,

This reminds me of a Friends episode where Rachel flies to England to tell Ross she loves him right before he marries Emma.

Except you’re Rachel, your best friend is Ross, and he’s probably not going to say “I take you, ‘Dieing of a heartbreak’,” instead of his girlfriend’s name at their wedding.

I guess that you can try telling him how you feel, at the risk of possibly hurting your friendship, and possibly damaging his relationship with his girlfriend.

If you are going to regret for the rest of your life not telling him how you really feel, then it may be something you want to think about.

But I have to warn you, consider the consequences.

No matter what, be prepared for him to say no. You don’t want to get hysterical if he says he’s happy with his girlfriend of two years, and you definitely don’t want to damage your friendship by getting mad at him if he doesn’t feel the same way.

Just be prepared for every possible outcome and the consequences you may have to face.

— Dr. Date

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

Dr. Date,

This summer, I started dating a girl I worked with (yeah, great idea).

I had never clicked so well with a girl before, both emotionally and physically.

And three dates in, she invited me back to her place. I was extremely nervous. I didn’t have much of a mental intention of being in a situation like that with her — but every possible physical one.

When we got there, I told her I was uncomfortable going in with her, and she took offense to my assumptions that something would happen. I gave in when she said we could “just watch a movie.”

She asked why I was so awkward, so I told her I was saving myself for marriage. After the movie, things escalated ridiculously slowly. By the end of a very drawn out night (six hours of foreplay), I had lost my mind and my virginity.

I was wrecked. I knew I needed a lot of time to sort out what had happened.

She wouldn’t really give it to me, though, so I felt forced to end it. She got frustrated that I was being so cowardly and irrational.

I kept trying to walk away politely, but in the end, I think I just dragged out the process in a douche way. Finally, she blew up at me, and that was it.

I’ve thought about her quite a bit since, and when I went home this weekend, I took her out again to apologize in person. But most of me was just there for the sex. When she told me to DTR, we settled on F’s with B’s. That night, we did just about everything except hook up.

I’m too new on the whole sex scene to know if I have commitment issues, or if I just like our amazing physical chemistry and nothing more. I don’t want to start something that just ruins me more.

Sorry about this super-long story, but is this a terrible set up for F’s with B’s? I guess I just want to know how I should address this mess.

—Thinking With Two Heads

No Mess to Address,

Welcome to the wonderful world of sex. It complicates, confuses and vexes, but there are few better pleasures in life.

If you enjoy the physical chemistry you have with your FWB, I see no problem in keeping things the way they are. You have a situation that works for both of you. She turns you on, you get her going, and you both seem to be on the same page concerning what you want from the relationship. What’s wrong with that?

You’re just overthinking everything because you’re new to the game. Breathe, relax and go have some fun.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

I’ve been having trouble with my boyfriend’s pornography habits. Normally I would have no problem with him watching porn, but I happened to be looking through our Internet history and saw that he had been viewing gay porn. I thought he was straight. Is this actually something common, or should I be concerned that he’s hiding something from me? I would ask him, but he’s extremely shy about topics like this.

—Confused Girlfriend

Boy-crazy Boyfriend,

If your boyfriend is browsing gay porn, chances are that he’s not straight.

Whether that means he’s gay or bisexual is still in play, but your discovery necessitates a sit-down. This understandably rocked your world, and now it’s time to get to the bottom of it.

Tell your boyfriend what you saw. Be explicit about it, and ask him if he’s gay.

You might be met with a dismissive guffaw, but if he’s not forthright about his porn viewing habits, that’s grounds to dump him. While he’s free to like guys, you shouldn’t be stuck in a relationship where your partner prefers the other gender.

—Dr. Date

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

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