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City allows more apts. in Dinky A moratorium failed, and more development has been proposed. BY NICOLAS HALLETT nhallett@mndaily.com
A measure to halt Dinkytown development failed Friday, as Doran Companies has proposed another apar tment complex that could oust Mesa Pizza and other businesses. Minneapolis City Council voted 6-6 on a six-month development moratorium that would’ve prevented any development in a four-block
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President Barack Obama’s recent proposal for the future of higher education has drawn mixed reviews nationally and at the University of Minnesota. While some in the University community support the proposed reliance on newly developed rankings for allocating federal funding to colleges and universi-
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‘Egypt, Egypt, hear our voice’
area of Dinkytown. Procedurally, a tie vote fails. Doran Companies can now continue planning its six-stor y, mixed-use apartment complex for the heart of Dinkytown. The company presented its proposal to the Minneapolis City Planning Commission Thursday. The development is projected to break ground in 2014, Doran Companies CEO and owner Kelly Doran said. If approved, the project could replace a u See DINKY TOWN Page 8 Doran said businesses could return to the new building.
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Suhaib Elkholy holds a political cartoon poster Friday afternoon in downtown Minneapolis at a rally to raise awareness about violence in Egypt.
Students gathered downtown Friday to raise awareness of ongoing violence in Egypt.
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ties, others are at odds with the plan. Bob McMaster, vice provost and dean of undergraduate education, said the proposal wouldn’t be problematic for the University if it takes effect. “The University thinks the plan is a good one, in that it’s going to hold institutions more accountable for performance,” he said. Obama’s plan, announced Aug. 22, is expected to be in place for the 2015-16 academic year.
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Students take over new tailgating area The University has sold nearly all of its season passes for the students-only lot. BY JAKE STARK jstark@mndaily.com
When University of Minnesota football coach Jerr y Kill arrived on campus three years ago, he said he wanted to make Gophers football the main attraction on Saturdays in the fall. The University took one step toward meeting Kill’s goal Thursday night by opening a new, students-only tailgating lot outside TCF Bank Stadium before the team’s season opener against Nevada-Las Vegas. Goldy Gopher and the University’s marching band welcomed students to the Victory Lot, northeast of the stadium, near the Thompson Center for Environmental Management. The University had sold 80 of the 90 CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY
Students relax in the new student tailgate parking lot before the Gophers’ first football game of the season against Nevada-Las Vegas on Thursday night.
u See TAILGATING Page 20 University officials say they hope the lot will raise attendance, not revenue.
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Samatar’s legacy lives on The first Somali elected official in Minnesota died Aug. 25. BY ALEXA BILLADEAU abilladeau@mndaily.com
Salma Bile was interested in pursuing a career in medicine, but didn’t think she could become a doctor. “In my culture, girls get married pretty young, normally,” she said. Then, in high school, with plans to become a nurse, she met Hussein Samatar, Minnesota’s first Somali elected official and the director of the African Development Center. He encouraged her to pursue her dream of becoming a physician. Now, the University of Minnesota sophomore and Somali Student Association member is majoring in biology and plans to become a doctor. u See SAMATAR Page 5 The leukemia diagnosis halted Samatar’s plan to run for mayor.
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the Academic Health Center and the College of Biological Sciences, which have different pay structures from other University colleges. The correction also includes a graphic showing the highest median professor salaries, also excluding AHC colleges and CBS.
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insurance information.” Jessamyn Bosque said the suspect hit her car on the driver’s side between the doors. She said the suspect gave her the information and then fled the scene. The police arrived after the
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Groups return to remodeled Coffman Selected groups are moving back into remodeled office spaces. BY HAILEY COLWELL hcolwell@mndaily.com
After a summer-long remodeling project, 12 selected student groups and cultural centers moved back into Coffman Union’s second floor last week. The remodel began in 2010 to address the longterm problem of limited space for student groups, and cost about $2.5 million. The project has stirred controversy since redesign talks began among
the more than 18 displaced groups that previously held office space in Coffman. An advisor y council chose nine cultural centers, Commuter Connection, the Minnesota Student Association and the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly to occupy the spaces through spring 2015. The remaining 20 percent of the floor is allocated as multi-use space for groups without a designated office. Groups will be evaluated every two years on outreach efforts and use of space to determine if they can keep their semi-permanent offices, Student Unions and Activities Director Maggie Towle said. Repositionable office
walls and rolling chairs in the spaces will help give Coffman’s second floor the flexibility to evolve with groups’ needs, she said. “We know that this floor will change over time and it will be up to the students,” Towle said. Though the floor’s multiuse area is meant to accommodate groups without space, SUA officials are encouraging groups with offices to share their spaces with smaller groups of similar interests, Towle said. The group Students Today Leaders Forever had to vacate its office in May. Members used the space for meetings in the evenings but during the day it was also a
comfortable refuge, said cochair Callie Young. “It was really nice to always have a safe space on campus,” she said. Though STLF members voiced their opinions at Second Floor Advisor y Committee meetings during the redesign process, Young said it felt like their thoughts weren’t taken into account. The committee could have done more to include groups that never had space in Coffman, she said. STLF will use its national office in downtown Minneapolis for storage space and will most likely hold meetings in a co-chair’s apar tment or the University’s Education Sciences
Building, Young said. It’s unlikely that the group will use the Coffman second floor’s multi-use area for anything other than its storage lockers, Young said, because it doesn’t want to reser ve meeting space.
A rearrangement The new floor layout has caused some groups to rethink their recruitment strategies. The Minnesota International Student Association used to have a centrally located of fice on Cof fman’s second floor but was relocated to a back corner after the remodel. Because the group’s office will now see less foot
traffic, it’ll be a challenge to get as many new people coming through their doors, said group of ficer Grace Doherty. Commuter Connection previously had a corner office and is now located near the multi-use area in the middle of the floor. Group of ficer Kevin Ward said having a more accessible office will make it easier for students to use their resources and recruit new members. New glass office fronts will help with recruitment, said group of ficer Emily Myers, because they make the space feel less closed off to passersby. “We’re inviting them in,” she said.
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Curbed items recycled during student move-out Programs like Pack and Give Back collect unwanted student furniture. BY NICK STUDENSKI nstudenski@mndaily.com
Empty boxes, unwanted furniture and garbage piled up on the curbs of University of Minnesota neighborhoods this weekend as students made the move to new homes. Moving out creates issues for students and neighborhoods like mounds of trash, displaced students between leases and stolen belongings. There are programs to help alleviate the waste, but Cordelia Pierson, President of the Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Organization, said the amount of garbage is still “appalling.” As part of regular trash removal service, residents can leave two large items for pickup. Sports management junior Laura Silberman and her roommates donated some of their unwanted belongings to a local charity, while leaving the rest in neighboring dumpsters or on the curb. Like many students whose leases don’t end and start on the same day, Silberman had to find a place to stay for the nights in between. Silberman moved out of her Dinkytown home Friday afternoon and couldn’t move in to her new place until Sunday. She was able to spend the interim nights at a friend’s house in West St. Paul, Silberman said, and kept many of
her belongings in a rented trailer her landlord let her park at her new place. Trash left on curbs can cause other problems for residents, like having their belongings stolen. While moving in, architecture junior Jessica Vetrano said she left a mattress on her porch overnight and awoke to find it stolen. The next day, she asked a neighbor if she could take an office chair from a pile on the curb, because she was “lacking in furniture.” “It’s karma,” she said. Neighborhood and city of ficials have urged residents to reduce their impact on the city and environment by seeking more responsible means of disposal, but some residents question the effectiveness of their efforts. Pierson said she encourages students to recognize all of the reuse opportunities available for things they don’t need anymore, because the trash is a “huge burden” on the community. “There are many opportunities for people to look at the things they don’t need as somebody else’s asset,” she said, “and to really think about not leaving waste in their wake.” One program is the Pack and Give Back initiative, a joint effort between the City of Minneapolis, nonprofits and the University. The program is aimed at reducing the amount of reusable items sent to landfills. The program accepts unwanted items of up to 200 pounds and sends them to local charities, as well as the University’s ReUse Program
warehouse. Pack and Give Back has collected nearly 60,000 pounds of items since launching in May. R i c a r d o M c C u r l e y, neighborhood coordinator for the Southeast Como Improvement Association, said move-out and trash issues are “the symptom of a larger problem,” which results from a lack of communication between landlords and tenants and not enough tenant education about their rights and responsibilities. The University Student Legal Service and other organizations provide workshops and information on tenant rights to students, but McCurley said he’d like to see more visibility for these programs. Though he supports the Pack and Give Back program, McCurley said he thinks it could be more effective. The ReUse center has a store that offers many collected items for little or no cost, which is open every Thursday. Similar programs popped up at community centers across the city this week, like the one held at Hope Church on Saturday, to help alleviate move-out waste. Lauren White, a graduate student studying ecology and ocean behavior, visited the ReUse warehouse last Thursday. White recently moved here from Virginia and was looking for furniture for her new home. “It’s cool,” she said. “There’s a lot of stuff to pick from and reasonable prices. … I think it’s great that they’re able to reuse stuff and keep it from going to the landfill.”
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A sale at University Lutheran Church of Hope sells gently used household items to University of Minnesota students and community members on Saturday. The church, located in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood, hosted live music and served food throughout the day.
Students gather downtown, protest ongoing violence in Egypt Egypt u from Page 1
organized the rally. “We just want to let them know what’s going [on] in Egypt.” The Egyptian militar y unseated Morsi in response to widespread concer n about his policies and established an interim government that plans to hold elections early next year, according to the Associated Press. Morsi was Egypt’s first democratically elected leader after nearly 30 years of President Hosni Mubarak’s autocratic rule.
Egyptian-Americans for Democracy and Human Rights formed in early July in response to Morsi’s removal from office. The Minnesota branch has organized events over the past two months to show support for peaceful protest and democracy in Egypt, Sharafeldin said. The group, like many in Egypt, is protesting military violence and rallying for Morsi’s reinstatement. Members say overthrowing a democratically elected of ficial like Morsi goes against their rights. “I like my vote to be respected,” Hendawi said, “not to be turned to trash.”
‘A better life’ About 30 people gathered Friday to shout chants about human rights over the din of downtown traffic — “Hey, Minnesota, make some noise/Egypt, Egypt, hear our voice” — and to hand out flyers to passersby. Many participants wore yellow signs around their necks with the image of a hand holding up four fingers and the word “R4BIA” — an emblem of pro-Morsi demonstrations worldwide. Sharafeldin said he has explained to his University advisers and his own students why people are protesting the coup in his homeland.
“They are looking to have a life in democracy,” he said, “a better life for themselves and for their kids in the future.”
‘Send a message’ Hendawi said he came to the U.S. to get his Ph.D., learn about American culture and then bring what he learned back to Egypt. He planned to retur n to his home in Giza, Egypt with his wife and son at the end of this year when he finishes school, but said he doesn’t see a point in returning now that democracy in Egypt has been “cancelled by the militar y coup.”
Members of EgyptianAmericans for Democracy and Human Rights are also pushing for U.S. militar y aid to Egypt to be cut, saying the Egyptian military is killing protesters and any hope of democracy. The U.S. has supplied Egypt with $1.3 billion in military aid each year since 1987, according to a June report by the Congressional Research Service. On the day of the Minneapolis rally, three of University student Hamada Aboubakr’s friends were injured in Egypt while protesting. Since the coup removed Morsi from of fice in July,
four of his closest friends have been murdered, he said, and his brother was injured in the neck by a shotgun. “We need to send a message for Americans to suppor t the human rights in Egypt,” said Aboubakr, a veterinar y medicine Ph.D. student. If he had the chance to talk to University students about the conflict in his homeland, Hendawi said he would just tell them: “Imagine the situation in Egypt is in your countr y. What will you do?” -The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Light rail free-fare debate continues University of Minnesota and Metro Transit officials are negotiating the costs of a free-fare zone between the East and West banks. BY ALEX CHHITH achhith@mndaily.com
When the Central Corridor light rail begins running next year, it could be free for riders between certain parts of the University of Minnesota
campus. Officials from the University and Metro Transit are discussing the cost of a freefare zone for light rail riders between West Bank and Stadium Village — an idea that started last fall. Mike Schmit, president of the Minnesota Student Association, said the free-fare zone is still in the interest of the student government. “The free-fare zone [issue] is in the same place as it was six months ago,” he said. Metro Transit wants the University to compensate for the free zone, said David Busacker, who handles University transit issues as a
member of MSA. The University’s free-fare zone would start at the station between 19th and Cedar Avenues and end at the station on the northeast corner of University Avenue and 23rd Avenue Southeast, said the University’s Parking and Transportation spokeswoman Jacqueline Brudlos. There is currently a freefare zone between terminals at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on the Hiawatha light-rail line. Construction for the lightrail is expected to be completed before mid-July next year, said spokeswoman Laura Baenen.
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It would expand on the federal government’s College Scorecard, which was created in February and ranks schools on criteria like graduation rate and students’ median borrowing. The University scores well on the College Scorecard, which could benefit the school because Obama’s plan would consider similar criteria when allocating aid. But some conservatives, including U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Minn, have voiced criticism of the president’s plan. Kline said in an Aug. 22 statement that he was “concerned that imposing an arbitrar y college ranking system could curtail the very innovation we hope to encourage — and even lead to federal price controls.” Obama wants his plan incorporated into the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, which will be debated in Congress before it expires Jan. 1, 2014. Drew Christensen, cochair of the University’s College Republicans, said it’s good that Obama is encouraging competition in higher education, but added that the plan could lead to excessive government involvement. “The government doesn’t necessarily run programs most efficiently, so I’m not sure increased federal involvement in higher education is a good thing,” he said. Another aspect of Obama’s proposal would reward colleges that enroll and graduate more low- and middle-income students. Leah Chaney, president of the University student group Students for Education Reform-Minnesota, said she supports the plan because it could help students
struggling to pay for school. “The initiative could help to get more funding to provide for the students who need it the most,” she said. Chaney said that because federal funding would be tied to each school’s ranking, the University would have an incentive to increase graduation rates and enroll more low-income students. Colleges could also receive a bonus if they graduate more students who use federally backed Pell grants, which are given to low-income undergraduates. Over the last six years, the University has increased the percentage of its students who are eligible for Pell grants, according to a University statement on Obama’s plan. For students who have family incomes too high to qualify for Pell grants, McMaster said, the University is developing scholarship programs to make it easier for them to afford college. The one aspect of the plan McMaster expressed concern over was analysis of student data. Part of
Obama’s plan calls for information regarding average earnings of students after college. But McMaster said this data would be hard to obtain for any school, including the University. “We at the University of Minnesota struggle to get detailed data on our graduates, where they are and how much they’re making after graduation,” he said. Although the University’s Carlson School of Management keeps good tabs on its graduates’ earnings, McMaster said, colleges whose graduates work in more diverse areas often have a more difficult time acquiring information on graduates. There’s a lot of work to be done if Congress chooses to implement the president’s plan, McMaster said, but he added that he’s confident the federal government is capable of executing it. “There could be an extremely positive end result from the federal government looking into this and getting serious about this project,” he said.
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THE AMOUNT FAMILIES TYPICALLY BORROW. THE FEDERAL LOAN PAYMENT OVER 10 YEARS FOR THIS AMOUNT IS $219.92 PER MONTH.
EMPLOYMENT U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN PROGRESS ON STATISTICS. SOURCE: COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY CENTER
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Assad: risk of war if West strikes Syria BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PARIS — France released an intelligence repor t on Monday alleging chemical weapons use by Syria’s regime that dovetailed with similar U.S. claims, as President Bashar Assad warned that any militar y strike against his countr y would spark an uncontrollable regional war and spread “chaos and extremism.” The verbal crossfire, including a rejection of the Western allegations by longtime Syrian ally Russia, was part of frenzied efforts on both sides to court international public opinion after President Barack Obama said he would seek authorization from Congress before launching any military action against Assad’s regime. In an inter view with French newspaper Le Figaro, Assad was quoted as saying that Syria has challenged the U.S. and France to provide proof to support their allegations, but that their leaders “have been incapable of doing that, including before their own peoples.” “If the Americans, the French or the British had a shred of proof, they would have shown it beginning on the first day,” he said, deriding Obama as “weak” and having buckled to U.S. domestic political pressure. “We believe that a strong man is one who prevents war, not one who inflames it,” Assad said. French President Francois Hollande and Obama have been the two world leaders most vocally calling for action against Assad’s regime, accusing it of carrying out a deadly chemical attack against rebel-held suburbs of Damascus on Aug. 21. The U.S. said it has proof that the Assad regime is behind attacks that Washington claims killed at least 1,429 people, including more than 400 children. Those numbers are significantly higher than the death toll of 355 provided by the aid group Doctors Without Borders. It has marked an intolerable escalation in a two-year civil war in Syria that has left some 100,000 people dead. The Syrian government denies the allegations, and blames opposition fighters. In the Figaro interview, Assad questioned whether an attack took place at all and refused to say whether his forces have chemical weapons, as is widely believed. If the U.S. and France strike, “Everyone will lose control of the situation ... Chaos and extremism will spread. The risk of a regional war exists,” he added. To back up its case, the French government published a nine-page intelligence synopsis Monday that concluded Assad’s regime had launched an attack on Aug. 21 involving a “massive use of chemical agents,” and could carry out similar strikes in the future. In all, though, the French report provided little new concrete evidence beyond what U.S. officials provided over the weekend in Washington. Along with it, the French Defense Ministr y posted on its Web site six clips of amateur video showing victims, some of which has already been widely available online and in the international media. In the Figaro interview, Assad said “all the accusations are based on allegations of the terrorists and on arbitrary videos posted on the Internet.” The French repor t made no specific reference to the agencies involved or how the intelligence was collected about the attack, aside from referring to videos of the injured or killed, doctors’ accounts, and “independent evaluations” such as one from Paris-based humanitarian aid group Doctors Without Borders three days after the attack. A French government official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak about the matter because of its sensitivity, said the analysis was written by the spy agency DGSE and the militar y intelligence unit, DRM, and was based on satellite imager y, video images, and on-the-ground sources — plus samples
collected from the alleged chemical attacks in April. The assessment said it was “very unlikely” that Syria’s opposition had falsified images of suffering children that turned up online. It also said intelligence indicated the opposition “does not have the means to conduct such a large attack with chemical agents.” Around the time of the attack, Assad’s regime feared a possible opposition strike on Damascus: “Our evaluation is that the regime was looking to loosen the vice and secure the strategic sites for the control of the capital,” the report said. The synopsis also said French intelligence services had collected urine, blood, soil and munitions samples from two attacks in April — in Saraqeb and Jobar — that confirmed the use of sarin gas.
France is “determined to take action against the use of chemical weapons by the regime of Bashar Assad, and to dissuade it from doing so again,” Prime Minister JeanMarc Ayrault said after hosting lawmakers to discuss the intelligence on Syria. “This act cannot go without a response.” France won’t act alone and Hollande was “continuing his work of persuasion to bring together a coalition,” Ayrault said. French parliament will debate the Syria issue Wednesday, but no vote is scheduled. The French constitution doesn’t require such a vote for Hollande, though he could decide to call for one. Russia, which along with Iran has been a staunch supporter of Assad through the conflict, brushed aside Western evidence of an alleged Syrian regime role.
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Samatar died Aug. 25 at 45 due to complications from leukemia, but his friends and colleagues are confident his work as a member of the Minneapolis School Board and leader in the local Somali community will live on. “We are focused on still continuing toward his vision and his mission,” said Matthew Holm, communications and fund development manager at ADC. Samatar came to Minnesota in 1994 after fleeing his native country and living in a Kenyan refugee camp. Minneapolis is home to the nation’s largest population of Somali immigrants, many of whom live in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood near the University’s West Bank. Samatar founded ADC,
located in Cedar-Riverside, in 2003. The center offers a variety of resources for African immigrants, including classes on financial literacy and help with managing small businesses. “He epitomized the idea of being a bridge between the new immigrant cultures coming in and the mainstream cultures that were here,” Holm said. Samatar was appointed to the Minneapolis Library Board of Trustees in 2006 by Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak. In 2010, Samatar was elected to the Minneapolis School Board. Richard Mammen, another board member, said Samatar brought energy and passion to his work. “He recognized that Minneapolis was a city of many, many people and that our work was to represent all those people,” Mammen said. Political science sopho-
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more Abyan Gurase said Samatar was a pioneer for Somalis in Minneapolis. “I think … seeing him being elected inspired a lot of people to know that they could do the same,” she said. Samatar was diagnosed with leukemia in December, causing him to abandon his plans to run for Minneapolis mayor this year. Holm said Samatar will be remembered for his ability to work across cultures for minority groups’ best interests. The center hasn’t yet determined how Samatar’s vacant position will be filled, Holm said. Mammen said the school board hasn’t yet taken any action to replace him. “I am heartsick about losing him,” Rybak said in a press release, “but I will look for solace in knowing how many people he helped.” -The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Greek life moves into 17th Avenue
The 17th Avenue residence hall opened last week for students. BY MELISSA BERMAN mberman@mndaily.com
After 18 months of construction, more than 600 University of Minnesota students moved into the new 17th Avenue residence hall last week. This is the first time greek organizations have been housed in a University residence hall, and the dorm’s other students said they are generally supportive of the
Theta Chi fraternity and Chi Omega sorority leasing space in the $62.5 million building. Global studies freshman Sam Schechtman, who moved into the new dorm last week, said he hopes the presence of greek chapters will create a more positive atmosphere in the residence hall. “I think it’s good that the U is pushing greek life, and I hope it can grow,” he said. “I hope it doesn’t overpower the school, but I do hope it grows.” In addition to Theta Chi and Chi Omega chapters, the dorm will also house the
Pillar House, a Living Learning Community for freshmen interested in joining a greek organization. University freshman Noah Busch said he’s looking forward to seeing how greek organizations affect life in the residence hall. “The greek life is going to contribute an exciting vibe at the dorm,” he said. A University task force set a goal in 2012 to add more than 1,000 new members to the school’s greek population by 2018. Finance and accounting freshman and 17th Avenue
resident Mason Zilka said he sees benefit with increasing the University’s greek population. “I think the greek presence is good,” he said. “I don’t think it’s going to be a problem. It’s cool to have different grades and people living in one hall.” In 2011, the University had the lowest percentage of greek enrollment in the Big Ten at 6 percent, according to a Greek Community Strategic Task Force report. As fraternities and sororities attempt to grow on campus, some students, including
Schechtman, hope perceptions of greek life improve. “I think it’s going to break down the stigma a little bit of the typical frat boy [or] sorority girl,” he said. Theta Chi recruitment chairman Jake Fritz hopes his fraternity can set a positive example for others as it returns to campus in the 17th Avenue residence hall. “We want to show the new freshmen that we’re Theta Chi and get away from the negative stereotype of fraternities,” he said. “We want to show that fraternities are a good thing on campus.”
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Theta Chi fraternity members Heng Ly, left, and Brad Fredrickson put the finishing touches on their chapter room Tuesday in the 17th Avenue residence hall. Theta Chi and sorority Chi Omega are housed in the new residence hall, which opened Monday for freshman student move-in.
Anti-al-Qaida leader escapes assassination in Baghdad BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD — A prominent militia leader opposed to al-Qaida escaped an assassination attempt in Baghdad Monday that killed six of his body guards and one civilian and wounded eight people, authorities said. And a Turkish diplomat avoided injury when a roadside bomb exploded as he traveled in a convoy in the northern city of Mosul. No one was hurt in the bomb blast that damaged one of the vehicles in the convoy of Ozturk Yilmaz, who heads the Turkish consulate in Mosul, said a police official and a consulate official who both spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. Seven more people were killed and 15 wounded Monday in separate bouts of violence in Baghdad and another
Iraqi city as the country reels from waves of sectarian attacks. Two suicide bombers attacked the motorcade of Wisam al-Hardan, the militia leader, near his house in Baghdad’s western Harthiyah neighborhood. But the Sunni tribal sheik was not injured, said Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan. Al-Hardan was recently appointed by the Iraqi prime minister to lead the Sunni militia known as Sahwa, which joined U.S. troops in the war against al-Qaida at the height of Iraq war. Ever since, it has been a target for Sunni insurgents who consider them traitors. Later in the day, a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a security checkpoint near the city of Baqouba, killing four people and wounding 12, said police and hospital officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not
authorized to speak to the media. Baqouba, a former alQaida stronghold, is 35 miles northeast of Baghdad. In Mosul, the roadside bomb blew up near the convoy of the Turkish diplomat after he set out on a trip to the city of Irbil, a journey of about 50 miles. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing and officials did not say which vehicle in the convoy was damaged. Turkey and Iraq have tense relations because Turkey gave refuge to former Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi after the Sunni political leader was sentenced to death after being convicted of ordering assassinations of government of ficials and security forces. Turkey has also angered Iraqi central gover nment of ficials by bypassing them to make energy deals with Kurdish authorities in their autonomous northern region.
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MN same-sex couples rush to marry BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Same-sex couples received nearly 1 in 3 marriage licenses issued in Minnesota since they were allowed to wed, The Associated Press found in a statewide survey of the first month’s impact of the new gay marriage law. Since Minnesota became the 12th U.S. state to legalize gay marriage, at least 1,640 same-sex couples applied to be married. Counties aren’t required to report such data to the state, so the AP built a database through calls to all 87 counties. Millions of dollars were spent tr ying to block gay mar riage in Minnesota, while many millions more were spent trying to achieve it. The rush by same-sex couples to take advantage of the new law likely reflects a pent-up demand by couples together for many years. “This is the product of
people who were living in the legal wilderness for so long, suddenly no longer being told their relationships are substandard,” said Sen. Scott Dibble, DFL-Minneapolis and a sponsor of the bill passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Mark Dayton in May. “There’s an excitement out there right now. I’ve been going to so many weddings lately, it’s like I’m two years out of college again.” AP obtained information from 83 of 87 counties. Among the findings: — Demand was heaviest in the metro area, with three of every four licenses for gay marriages issued in Hennepin and Ramsey counties, which make up about 32 percent of Minnesota’s population. — At least 1,433 licenses were issued to gay couples in the 12 counties where most voters opposed a 2012 attempt to ban same-sex marriage in Minnesota’s constitution. One county in that cate-
gory — St. Louis — wouldn’t provide a license breakdown. — In 29 of the responding counties, no gay couples sought licenses. All are counties where voters favored the constitutional ban. They account for about 7 percent of the state’s population. — There was at least one application for a gay marriage in 40 counties where the constitutional ban had majority support. Clay County, where Moorhead is the population center, had the most with 31. — Statewide, almost 3,600 licenses were issued to opposite-sex couples from Aug. 1 through the final days of the month, when the AP sought the information. The AP’s data aren’t a precise reflection of the number of couples who wed beginning at midnight Aug. 1.Marriage licenses are valid for six months after receipt, and some people who seek one could later decide not to marry. Marriage certificates are issued after nuptials, but
those documents don’t list the gender of each party to the marriage. State law requires marriage licenses applications to include a space for people to mark their gender. Some counties opened the application window for same-sex couples in June, but none of the licenses could take full force until August. Of ficials in Pine, Rock and Todd counties refused requests for the information. St. Louis County also withheld the data, but said in response to an open records request that it would consider turning over details within two weeks. State officials estimated this spring that 5,000 gay and lesbian couples would get married in the law’s first year; the Census Bureau estimated in 2010 that there were 10,000 gay couples living in Minnesota. Although Twin Cities-area counties led the way, samesex marriage applications
popped up in every corner of the state — from the seven in Cook County at the northeastern tip of the arrowhead, to the two in Lyon County in the southwest corner. Minnesota for Marriage, the political group that pushed for the failed constitutional amendment and fought the gay marriage bill at the Capitol, has repeatedly highlighted the urban-rural split on the issue. Noting the one-month anniversary of the law, the group vowed again last week to try to defeat lawmakers who supported gay marriage against the wishes of most in their district. “We did not forget,” the group said in an email to supporters. One of the swing votes for the law came from Rep. Jay McNamar, a Democrat from Elbow Lake in western Minnesota. In the seven counties included in his district, only four gay couples applied for marriage licenses.
“Come election time it will get brought up, I know that. But I don’t regret what I did,” McNamar said. He said he heard from more gay-marriage suppor ters than opponents from back home when the bill was moving through the legislative process. McNamar said he recently got a wedding announcement from a gay couple in Morris, who likely account for the lone license application in Stevens County. Rober t Marcum and Joel Hoppe were one of two gay couples to apply for a license in central Minnesota’s Aitkin County. “Oh, there was another?” Marcum said last week. Marcum and Hoppe wed Aug. 1 in the yard of their home in McGregor. Together 17 years, Marcum said they had no intention of waiting any longer. Marcum, 61, said he’s not surprised gay marriage is coming slower to rural areas.
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City allows more apts. in Dinkytown Dinkytown u from Page 1
large parking lot and several businesses. The moratorium would’ve blocked development between 13th and 15th avenues southeast and between 5th Street Southeast and University Avenue Southeast. Third Ward Councilwoman Diane Hofstede said she proposed the moratorium to call a “timeout” and give both the Dinkytown Business Association and the Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association time to finish their respective area plans. “[The decision] is disappointing, but it’s not surprising,” she said. Ninth Ward Councilman Gary Schiff spoke out against the moratorium during the meeting, saying it unfairly targeted the Doran project. The Dinkytown
Business Association’s plan covers 10 city blocks, Schiff said, and the moratorium would only stop development in the four blocks where Doran’s project is the only one proposed. “That puts politics ahead of planning,” he said. Schif f, who chairs the city Zoning and Planning Committee, said he expects both a final draft of the small area plan and Doran’s land use application in the next 30 days. Immediately after the moratorium vote, MHNA President Cordelia Pierson met with Doran outside the council chambers. “He knows that the quality of life in our neighborhood is extremely important for the success of his developments,” Pearson said. Pierson said the community will be watching Doran closely after such a close vote. Doran Companies currently has six apar tment
complexes open or under construction near campus: Sydney Hall, Dinkydome, 412 Lofts, The Edge on Oak, The Knoll and The Bridges. “Development is not necessarily bad,” Doran said. “It can also complement what is already happening.” While the MHNA is willing to work with developers, Pierson said they’ll have a hard time getting residents involved in the area’s planning without a moratorium in place. “Why is their involvement important if they just feel like things are going to be approved by City Hall without citizen opinion?” she said.
Community feedback
Doran’s proposal came after the City Council approved another controversial Dinkytown development despite a committee
BRIDGET BENNETT, DAILY
Minneapolis City Council Member Diane Hofstede speaks in favor of a Dinkytown development moratorium Friday morning at Minneapolis City Hall.
Displaced businesses
Doran said he’s signed purchase agreements with
two Dinkytown proper ty owners, which would allow him to buy their land after receiving City Council approval.
DORAN PROJECT LOCATION 14th Avenue Southeast
vote against it. Proposed by Opus Group, the project has displaced The Book House and House of Hanson. Book House owner Kristen Eide-Tollefson said her worst fears were realized Thursday when plans sur faced for the Doran complex on the same city block. “This is going to determine the fate of Dinkytown,” Eide-Tollefson said. “I think it is most unfortunate.” Alex Cher ucheril, a University finance major who lives in Dinkytown, said a variety of developers should build in the area, making it harder to fix prices. “The hope is with mor e student housing, prices would go down,” Cher ucheril said. “But the wor r y is that with Doran doing all of the student housing, they could monopolize the market and prices would stay the same.”
Southeast Fourth Avenue SOURCE: DORAN COMPANIES
The site currently houses a large surface parking lot and several businesses, including Mesa Pizza, Camdi Restaurant, Dinkytown Tattoo Shop, Publika Tea and Coffee Union and the University LifeCare Center. Sophomore Annika Bjerkness said she enjoys Dinkytown’s current “ambiance,” but said the Doran project could be beneficial to the University.
“I like a lot of the stores here, so I’d be mad if some of them left,” Bjerkness said. “Then again, I understand the other side where the school is growing and more people need a place to stay.” Doran said he’d like displaced businesses to retur n to the building’s planned commercial space if they want to. The new building wouldn’t necessarily mean higher rent for retail tenants, he said. “It may end up in dollar terms being the same,” Doran said. “But it may be dif ferent in shape and size.” Doran cited Erbert and Gerber t’s as an example. The construction of Doran Companies’ Sydney Hall temporarily moved the business, but it returned to “less than market rent,” Doran said. Camdi has been at its cur rent location for 26 years and would like to stay, said co-owner Camdi Phan. “We do not know what we would do if the property is sold,” Phan said. “If we have to leave, it would be heartbreaking.”
DORAN PROJECT RENDERING
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Frogs inform hearing aid research A four-yearlong University study found that multitasking male frogs are more likely to attract mates.
BY KATELYN FAULKS kfaulks@mndaily.com
University of Minnesota researchers have found that the more successful a male is at multitasking, the more attractive he is
to females — at least among frogs. Male gray tree frogs can var y how long, how loud and how fast their mating calls sound to females — a process researchers refer to as “multitasking.” In
the study, females favored males who were better at this process. This research from the University of Minnesota, published in the August issue of Animal Behaviour, could help improve hearing aids because the way female frogs distinguish male calls is comparable to the way humans decipher sounds. Currently, hearing aids can’t control the focus of a person’s hearing. They can amplify sounds but don’t always allow a person to hone in on one voice from a group. Scientists call this the “cocktail par ty problem.” The study shows female frogs can pick out each male mating call individually from a group. “We are learning how the [human] brain separates signals from their [pitch and tone] patterns,” said Peggy Nelson, an associate professor at the University who specializes in audiology and hearing aid signal processing. “That’s specifically what frogs are doing.” The study suggests female frogs can perceive the changing pitch and pulse rates of one male frog even among a group of calls. This may help scientists understand how humans can focus their ears on one anoth-
er’s voices, Nelson said. “Perhaps our sensor y aids can have greater abilities to pick out those patterns,” said Nelson. Postdoctoral researcher and lead author of the study Jessica Ward said she was hoping to find out if male Cope’s gray tree frogs multitasked and if female frogs preferred males that multitasked. Researchers collected 1,000 frog calls during the course of four years. They found that males have to balance chirping rhythm with call length, which is difficult to do at the same time. But male frogs that could multitask were more popular mates. Notably, males didn’t try harder to multitask when competing for female’s attention. The researchers found call length increased only slightly when other males were around. “If males want to make themselves more attractive than competition,” Ward said, “they would boost effor t to make calls more attractive. Male frogs produce 20 to 40 chirps per call and make five to 15 calls per minute. PhD candidate and study co-author Lisa O’Bryan helped record the mating calls. But when male frogs
FROG MATING CALLS
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30 CHIRPS PER CALL 11 CALLS PER MINUTE 330 CHIRPS PER MINUTE 4LENGTH years OF STUDY 1,000 MATING CALLS ANALYZED SOURCE: UNIVERSITY RESEARCH, JESSICA WARD
project their calls to attract females, they can also attract unwanted attention from predators. “It is ver y important to recognize that evolution interacts with many checks and balances and tradeoffs,” said Marlene Zuk, a University professor who specializes in sexual selection and animal communication. Zuk said frogs and humans could potentially benefit or be hindered from performing multiple tasks to impress a mate. “In addition to being flashy to potential mates,” she said, “you could be flashy to rivals.”
Sweden, Obama won’t discuss spying BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
STOCKHOLM — Internet freedom activists plan to protest U.S. online spying when Barack Obama visits Stockholm this week, but the Swedish of ficials say they won’t raise the sensitive issue with the U.S. president. Foreign Minister Carl Bildt told The Associated Press on Monday that gov-
er nment sur veillance of the Internet is “going on worldwide” and is not something on the agenda during Obama’s visit Wednesday and Thursday. “We are not entirely innocent ourselves,” Bildt said in a phone interview. “We conduct both intelligence and security operations on the Net. But they are regulated by law. And we have stringent safeguards and surveillance of them.”
He also noted that the European Union already is in discussions about “data privacy” issues with the United States. The Swedish gover nment sees itself as a champion of Internet freedom but critics have accused it of double standards for not speaking out against U.S. surveillance programs exposed by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.
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David Frost, broadcast journalist, dies at 74 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON — Veteran British broadcaster David Frost set a milestone in TV histor y when he drew extraordinar y admissions from disgraced for mer President Richard Nixon in 1977. Armed with ambition, talent and a remarkable contacts book, Frost sat down with many other world leaders and the biggest names in show business over half a centur y. Here are some highlights from some of his most prominent inter views. ___ RICHARD NIXON, 1977 Over almost 30 hours of inter views with Nixon, who resigned three years earlier in disgrace over the Watergate scandal, Frost pressed the ex-president to acknowledge and apologize for his wrongdoing in of fice. Frost managed to get the following remarkable responses. Frost: “I think people need to hear it, and I think unless you say it, you’re going to be haunted for the rest of your life.” Nixon: “I let down my friends. I let down the countr y. I let down our system of government and the dreams of all those young people that ought to get into government but will think it is all too corrupt and the rest. .... And I have to carr y that burden with me for the rest of my life.” Frost: “So what you are saying is that there are certain situations ... where the president can decide that it’s in the best interest of the nation or something, and do something illegal?” N i x o n : “ We l l w h e n the president does it that means that it is not illegal.” Frost: “By definition?” Nixon: “Exactly.” ___ MIKHAIL GORBACHEV, 1993 In an inter view with the former Soviet Union leader, Frost asked about communism, his legacy, and his relationship with, and views of, Thatcher. Gorbachev: “It was not too easy to begin with ... but I felt from the star t I could deal with her. I regarded her as an outstanding woman and a major political force. I was far from sharing all her opinions. ... Many sharp words were exchanged. I could never agree to the way she felt about nuclear weapons. She was too attracted to nuclear weapons.” F r o s t : “ We r e y o u alike in character, do you think?” G o r b a c h e v, a f t e r a pause and a shrug: “That’s dif ficult to answer. I think it’s up to you to tr y to answer that. But she was an interesting human being.” ___ TONY BLAIR, 2002 Frost seemed to catch the British prime minister of f-guard when he asked an unexpected question about his relationship with President George W. Bush in an inter view. Frost: “Do you pray together?” Blair: “Pray together? How do you mean?” Frost: “Do you say prayers together for peace, you and the president.” Blair: “Well we don’t say prayers together, no, but I’m sure he in his way hopes for peace. I hope for peace, too.” ___ BILL CLINTON In an undated clip shown by the BBC Sunday, Frost was seen inter viewing the former U.S. president about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Frost: “Did you love her?” Clinton responded: “No. I don’t think that’s what that was about. On either side. But I liked her ver y much.”
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Fair app highlights U programs Nearly 500 people downloaded the scavenger hunt app during the first half of the fair. BY T YLER GIESEKE tgieseke@mndaily.com
At the Minnesota State Fair, few of the attendees likely connected the fried food and rollercoasters to health research. But a new scavenger hunt app from the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center did just that. The Health Quest app aimed to show how AHC programs and research are relevant to life across the state. Downloads of the app — which was available to iPhone and iPad users —
numbered nearly 500 during the first half of the fair, according to AHC data. About 200 people actually completed the scavenger hunt during that period, using either the app or a paper version of the clues. The usage was “about what we expected,” said Justin Paquette, project manager for the app and assistant director of public relations and digital content for the AHC. Christine Funk, who completed the scavenger hunt with her daughter, a University freshman, said the app was “very easy to use.” Funk won an iPod Shuffle after finishing the scavenger hunt, which asked app users to identify myster y fair staples with hints about how they relate to University research. Once
JULIET FARMER, DAILY
A Minnesota State Fair attendee uses the Health Quest iPhone app to learn more about University Academic Health Center programs and research on Saturday. Created by University students, the app took participants on a scavenger hunt throughout the fair.
they solved the clues, they sent in photos of the mystery objects to win prizes. The app’s design team chose common fair items such as sheep and cotton candy so participants could
complete the scavenger hunt by visiting attractions they would likely see anyway, Paquette said. A clue for “rollercoaster,” for example, said University neurologists have found that
brain characteristics can explain why some people like risk and others don’t. The app was designed in-house by the AHC co m m u n i cati o n s team , Paquette said, which helped keep costs down. University student interns, like journalism senior Brian Johnson, were involved in the testing and marketing efforts. Johnson, a digital journalism intern at the AHC Office of Communications, said he helped market the app through social media, a “goofy” YouTube com-
mercial and the University’s State Fair booth. Talks are under way to create another State Fair app for next year — one that encompasses University-wide programs and possibly extends to Android users, Paquette said. “I think an app would be even stronger if it was a broader University approach,” he said. Funk said the scavenger hunt was a rewarding experience and something she would do again. “It’s a really fun way to move about the fair,” she said.
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Blurred culture lines W
hat really went right with Miley Cyr us’ per formance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards? Tabloids and pop culture journalists wasted no time in criticizing Cyrus for her dancing, singing and even her tongue movements. Perhaps Cyr us might have had a better reception had she not casually strolled out of a giant bear with her tongue out, but who’s to say? Giant bear heads and awkward hairstyles aside, more interesting is Cyr us’ attempt to shed her Disney image by taking on the stereotypical persona of a sexually promiscuous AfricanAmerican woman. Several journalists bashed Cyr us for her cultural appropriation of twerk-
ing and made a case that her per formance was racist. I’ll be the first to admit much of Cyrus’ per formance was inappropriate or disrespectful, but how distasteful was her “twerking,” actually? Critics claim the reason Cyr us is embracing black culture is that it happens to be the fur thest from her once “good” Disney image. But that’s not a stereotype that Cyrus created, but rather one her critics believe. T werking is taking the nation’s clubs and young adults by storm. In its rawest form, twerking is the shaking, bouncing and jiggling of the bottom half of the body, and it’s often associated with women of color. DJ Jubilee introduced the move into the mainstr eam in 1993 with the lyrics “Twerk baby, twerk baby, twerk, twerk, twerk.” The word recently — and controversially — entered the Oxfor d English Dictionar y, which defined it as dancing to popular music “in
a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance.” To me this signifies that perhaps twerking is now considered less “black cultur e” and per haps mor e “pop culture.” Haven’t people been dancing promiscuously and with a “low squatting stance” for ages? Like other African-American cultural terms and icons — such as “jerking” or “molly” — twerking has been appropriated to mainstream culture through the music industr y. I understand several of Cyr us’ per formance techniques were unrefined, but I don’t think her intentions were dubious. She is a young woman — as old as many college students — who is experimenting with her image by performing a song originally written for Rihanna. Is it right for us to criticize her for wider problems of the music industr y and of pop culture?
DEATHS IN IRAQ: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 4,802 — IRAQI CIVILIANS: 114,391- PLUS DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 3,359 — AFGHAN CIVILIANS: UNKNOWN
I don’t think Cyr us was completely in the right, but I also don’t think there’s an easy answer. The line between being of fensive and simply enjoying a style not common to Cyrus’ own culture was blurred. Where cultural icons like twerking tr uly belong is undefined. When spread through music videos and song lyrics, these icons become a part of larger culture and can’t be contained to one group. As a public figure with little to hide, Cyr us is an easy target. We should take a step back and have an actual dialogue on who the tr ue instigators of cultural appropriation are: pop stars, or the fans? Being of fended is often the first step, but we must go further in working to find what is problematic, and what is simply provocative in pop culture. Aditi Pradeep welcomes comments at apradeep@mndaily.com.
GLOBAL ISSUES
The problem with peace Lasting change in Israel and Palestine will need to come from the bottom up.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Protecting birds during migration season
This past month marked the beginning of bird migration season, spanning from Aug. 15 through Oct. 31. As our feathered friends begin making the trip to war mer climates down south, we’ve recently learned that an unexpected partner plans to take steps to protect them during their flight. After consultations with the Audubon Society of Minnesota and other stakeholders, the Minnesota Spor ts Facilities Authority recently announced that the new Vikings stadium will turn off their lights in the evenings during migration season to protect birds from fatally flying into what will be the largest windows in the state. The new stadium will boast five 95-foot-high retractable glass doors, but with its location sitting in close proximity to the Mississippi River corridor — a busy migration route — there is serious potential for birds to fatally fly into the glass or become disoriented by bright lights. It’s my hope that the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority’s recent announcement will dramatically reduce the probability of that happening. In 2009, I received an award from the Audubon Society of Minnesota for authoring a bill that takes the same steps to protect migrating birds. Now law, Minnesota Statutes 16B.2421, the bill requires
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POP CULTURE
Was Miley Cyrus’ performance at the VMAs offensive or misconstrued?
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occupants of state-owned or state-leased buildings to turn off their lights between midnight and dawn during the two migration seasons of the year, March 15 through May 31 and Aug. 15 through Oct. 31. I urge local gover nments and private corporations to take the same initiative being seen at the new Vikings stadium to protect migrating birds and the benefits they bring to our ecosystem. It’s impor tant that we be good stewards of the land, water and air around us, as well as all the creatures that inhabit them. Phyllis Kahn Minnesota State Representative
How to replace coal President Barack Obama has announced that during his second term he will emphasize his plan to limit global warming, as detailed in his climate speech of June 25. There he proposed a combination of more natural gas and renewables like wind and solar energy to replace coalbur ning, electric power generation — our biggest source of carbon emissions. He ignored nuclear energy, which provides two thirds of our carbon-free electric power. The Obama administration has cancelled funding for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage facility. Concerns about nuclear waste storage are a major reason for the slowdown in new nuclear capacity for
the U.S., China, India and Saudi Arabia, who are actively building new nuclear plants. Fracking technology has made natural gas plentiful and relatively cheap today at more than $4 per thousand cubic feet. There is future price risk with natural gas as those fracking wells are shor t-lived and expensive. A few years ago natural gas was at triple current prices. Wind and solar energy are intermittent and require direct subsidies to be competitive. They have not replaced a fossil fuel base load electric plant anywhere on earth. A Bentek Energy study of Xcel Energy’s Colorado operation showed that renewables caused fossil fuel plants to operate in star tand-stop fashion to balance intermittent wind energy. This caused fuel waste, increased carbon emissions and stressed machinery. Electric demand peaks on these muggy summer evenings when all ACs run, and there isn’t a “breath of air.” That’s when those reliable base load nuclear plants at Prairie Island and Monticello run round the clock. Sen. Joe Manchin (DWV) has described the Obama plan as a “war on coal.” Waging such a war when you discourage the best technology with the capacity to replace coal seems to make little sense. Rolf Westgard University of Minnesota Lifelong Learning Program Lecturer on energy topics
he Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are back in session , but their stability was already tested by an Israeli military raid that killed three Palestinians in a West Bank refugee camp . With continuous regional turmoil, it seems doubtful that any significant peace will be brokered before the realization of the talks’ nine-month deadline. Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised. After all, problems in the region have been brewing, by anyone’s count, for a millennium. Is there any hope that nine months can meaningfully mend all wrongs? The problem with peace is that peace itself is a relative term. Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization could move toward compromise, but if their respective citizens refused to accommodate the gesture, it would remain largely symbolic. When such an expansive social problem is addressed, top-down change is almost doomed to fail simply because it does not account for the cultural fears, feelings and memories of the masses. In Israel-Palestine, the conflict is sensitive enough to resonate across the globe. Returning staf f and students may remember the discord that erupted on the University of Minnesota’s own West Bank last November when student groups used Israel’s missile strike on Gaza as a springboard to criticize broader Israeli policy in Palestine. Tensions ran high, despite the fact that most Americans have no direct involvement with the issues in the Middle East. Consider, then, how much more difficult it will be to alter the cultural framework of those whose way of life is constantly shaped by the conflict. True peace in Israel and Palestine will demand more than the renunciation of military violence. It will require truth and reconciliation en masse, and it will require a radical re-evaluation of an episteme that too often transforms human beings into mere “Israelis” or “Palestinians.” Peace is not a spring that trickles from the top-down, and it is not a change that will come to Israel and Palestine in nine months. Instead, lasting peace must be built gradually and unromantically by individual citizens, not by politicians sequestered in conference rooms. These peace talks, in the end, represent merely the beginning of a healing process that may last as many years as the illness it’s trying to cure. Brian Reinken welcomes comments at breinken@mndaily.com.
Dinkytown requires compromise Students should make their voices heard as the neighborhood crafts its small area plan.
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n the heels of House of Hanson’s closure, more controversy is brewing in Dinkytown. Prolific area developer Kelly Doran revealed plans for a 70-unit apartment complex along the neighborhood’s main drag last week. The next day, the City Council narrowly struck down a moratorium on development in the area proposed by Ward 3 Councilwoman Diane Hofstede. Although it’s unlikely the measure was aimed at Doran specifically — as some have said — it was misguided and rightfully failed. Development moratoriums are rare, and such a drastic move has made the process of planning Dinkytown’s future reactionary and political when it should be collaborative and sensible. Student housing development around the University of Minnesota will only accelerate in the next two years. Hofstede is locked in a tight race for her City Council seat, and it’s in her interest to act on student opposition to changes in Dinkytown. However, rather than painting these changes as inherently threatening, Hofstede should be encouraging students to make their voices heard as the neighborhood crafts its small area plan to guide development this fall. In turn, developers should be conscious of maintaining Dinkytown’s character when proposing new projects in the area’s four-block core. Doran’s new project has a good start, but could be better designed to fit in with surrounding buildings and be less obtrusive on Dinkytown. New apartments sprouting up near campus have been fairly homogenous, and in an increasingly crowded market, developers have incentive to design their projects around the unique character of the area. Much of Dinkytown, including the site Doran is eyeing, is made up of unsightly parking lots. By working together on the neighborhood’s small area plan, students, community leaders, developers and the city can better use this space without disrupting the area’s character. To give input on this process, students should attend the next public forum to discuss the plan Sept. 9 at 6 p.m. at the Varsity Theater.
Sequestering our future
Federal budget cuts are hindering University research and innovation.
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he $85 billion in automatic federal budget cuts known as the sequester bluntly damaged various programs nationwide, including the University of Minnesota’s and Mayo Clinic’s research programs. One of the most striking funding reductions is the $1.7 billion cut from the National Institutes of Health budget. Because of this cut, 700 fewer competitive research grants will be issued in the 2013 fiscal year than in the fiscal year of 2012, and existing grants will be reduced by an average of 4.7 percent. Many of the cuts have already been felt locally, severely altering research at both the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic. On Friday, Minnesota Public Radio reported that the Mayo expects to see about a $20 million decrease in the amount of money it receives from the NIH. The University of Minnesota estimated a $50 million decrease in its research budget. The cuts have already impacted ongoing research on leukemia, heart disease and diabetes here at the University. The Mayo’s studies on Alzheimer’s disease were also hit. The most frustrating part of these cuts is that they are only happening because of the ongoing gridlock in our nation’s capital. Since Congress cannot agree on a budget, important research and innovation is being jeopardized. High-skilled jobs this country is in desperate need of are actually being reduced rather than created. It’s unlikely that Congress will come together to undo all of the damage the automatic budget cuts have incurred. However, Minnesota’s members of Congress should be made aware of how the NIH’s budget reductions are hurting the local economy and impairing vital research. They in turn should voice those concerns on the House and Senate floors.
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MUSIC
The Down Under, on top Aussie electronic dance guru Harley Streten, the producer behind Flume, is caught in a vortex of success and touring. BY SPENCER DOAR sdoar@mndaily.com
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venture is of a different tenor — or in a different realm of entertainment entirely. He envisions two or three more albums and then moving on to greener pastures that could include film and ghostwriting.
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t’s easy to write off modern-day cereal giveaways the more ethereal and tran— there’s always some quil aspects of electronic extra hoop to jump through dance music — as oxymoronbefore getting the loot. Gone ic as that may seem. are the days of instant pleaHis single “Sleepless” emsure from hermetically sealed bodies all that makes Flume packages coated in sugar compelling: a featured artist dust. to add splashes of color and But for electro-dance pro- synths chopped and screwed ducer Harley Streten, who on a sonic scale that won’t be goes by Flume, cereal was es- found in Texas hip-hop. sential in his genesis as an artMuch like “Left Alone” ist. In his early teens, a Nutri- and “Bring You Down” off Grain box bequeathed him a of his self-titled 2012 debut, free sample of, well, sampling “Sleepless” induces the type software. of swaying that gives away In the ensuing years, the concertgoers who’ve had a now 21-year-old Streten ex- couple. panded his producing chops The single “Holdin On,” on equipment that’s more with its echoed hook and Kellogg’s HQ than the cheap soaring bass, vies with “Sleepstuff on the shelves by work- less” as his biggest hit yet. ing newspaper routes, janito- Regardless of success, every rial gigs and one nightmare day is a surprise reminder stint as a server at Hard Rock that his life on Australian Café under a manager of sub- beaches will never be the par abilities. same. Now, Streten’s on a whirl“My first festival was wind 15-gigs-in-three-weeks when I realized this was big,” tour of the States, a follow-up Streten said. “By the end of to a busy European tour. the set, six or seven thousand “I’m used to being in my people were there. Coming room writing,” he said. “Now from pub shit — I’d seen I’m put in front of so many web stats and stuff, but the people.” people…” It’s only going to get After so much touring durbusier for Streten, as he just ing such a seminal time in his agreed to tour in support of life, it won’t be surprisEnglish electronic duo Dis- ing if Streten’s closure. (It’ll be interesting next to see how long youthful exuberance can keep this kind of schedule afloat.) But beyond the international travel, not much has changed for Streten. He still has the same friends and lives in the same beach community north of Sydney that he grew up in. An avid surfer since the age of 8, Streten is reluctant to leave the waves of his youth. Water sports aside, the seeming calm that comes over Streten when he discusses his home is indicative of its importance both for mental health, and, less overtly, his musical efforts. Mostly absent is the whomp-whomp of dubstep and the unh-tsk unhtsk common on the European club music scene. Rather, Streten leans to Aussie Harley Streten won plenty of fans with his first single, “Sleepless.”
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MUSIC
Old school beats for the new school fleet Lace up your kicks and revel in the sounds of A&E’s backto-school playlist. BY EMILY EVELAND eeveland@mndaily.com
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t’s your first day of class and it’s a tough one. In just eight hours, you’ve been glared at, of fered illicit drugs and missed the bus. Don’t give up! Listen up:
1. “What You Know” by T.I. Whether it’s your first day of college or your first day back from summer vacation, we all know what newness entails — being judged! If you’ve fallen victim to a stink eye or a scoff, fear not. Just crank this song and relax. T.I. inad-
vertently created a new kid anthem with choice lyrics like, “See, all that attitude’s unnecessary, dude.” Really, what do they know about you?
2. “Damn It Feels Good to be a Gangsta” by Geto Boys
We all remember Geto Boys from “Office Space,” where they provided the perfect soundtrack for disillusioned employees retaliating against unfair work conditions. “Damn It Feels Good to be a Gangsta” creates a force field around listeners, enveloping their minds and ears in the sounds of sweet badassery.
3. “Nightcall” by Kavinsky So maybe you’re not Ryan Gosling and maybe you’r e walking ar ound
campus, not taking part in a high-speed car chase — with “Nightcall,” it doesn’t really matter. The simple lyrics, “I’m gonna tell you something you don’t want to hear,” could apply to the massive workload your professor just threw at you or the subtle rejection you received from your crush. Whatever the case, “Nightcall” will inspire you to keep moving.
4. “Writer’s Block” by Fatlip Are you the type who stays awake for hours, tr ying your best to refrain from smashing your head against the keyboar d? Fatlip understands. This for mer member of The Pharcyde defines writer’s block as “…the inability to produce a thought. Ideas get stale, brain cells rot.” Ironically, by writing about
his inability to write, Fatlip created one of the most popular songs of his career.
5. “Back Stabbers” by The O’Jays You’re new and desperate to make a friend. You cling to the first kid who smiles at you and you become inseparable. Before you know it, he’s dropping pickup lines on your crush, comparing her eyes to the few light-polluted constellations above. Before acting on rage-fueled impulse, let old school R&B group the O’Jays soothe you. “BackStabbers” is an empathetic lullaby for those of you with friends who “smile in your face, all the time they want to take your place.” 6. “White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)” by Grandmaster Flash Unless you’ve just emerged from a 20-year hi-
bernation, you know that college is part academics, part partying — hard. Beyond beer bongs and high tech vaporizers is the white powder your D.A.R.E. officer rightly warned you against. Grandmaster Flash is here to tell you that “if you get hooked, baby, it’s nobody’s fault, so don’t do it!” If you’re too cool for correction of ficers, consider taking some wisdom from one of hip-hop’s pioneers.
7. “Better Days” by Citizen King Taking the leap from your parents’ house to a dorm in a brand new city is no small feat. While some days unfold smoothly, others may result in a pressing urge to take the first bus back home and hide under your childhood blankets. For those who hold down minimum-wage
jobs, drink cheap wine out of chipped glasses and miss the bus on the daily, Citizen King sings your blues. And who knows? Your bad day could make you a one hit wonder.
8. “Going Away to College” by Blink-182 Whether you’re an incoming fr eshman or a senior who can’t recover from their pop punk addiction, “Going Away to College” will simultaneously warm and break your hear t. The members of Blink-182 know all about being kids in the face of adulthood and aren’t afraid to admit to their fears. With lyrics like, “and I’m so unprepared, so here’s your Valentine,” Blink-182 speaks to the dif ficulty of leaving loved ones and star ting over again. Fun fact: It gets easier.
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FASHION
The fashionista is in: Lessons from the mall We can learn a lot from intrepid mall shoppers. BY SARAH HARPER sharper@mndaily.com
There’s a word for people who dress up in their best clothes to go to the mall,
CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY While some of us can walk around all day with our toes crammed into tiny flats, the wise among us know when it’s time to break out the sneaks. Eline Stokkeland, who’s visiting Minnesota from Oslo, Norway, came ready with bright Nikes and black crew socks. She kept it fashion-forward with a shirt buttoned up all the way and equally neat high-waisteds.
and that word is “teenager.” For the rest of us, mall wear is typically a mesh of gym shorts, old-as-hell sweatshirts and leggings as pants. After
all, how are we going to fit in all that crepe if we’re wearing skinny jeans? Last Friday at the Mall of America, I learned some
CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY No wonder Ricky Liu and Brenda Bi scored at the Disney Store — the couple is all about a playful style, toying with bold patterns and vivid graphics. Bi’s looser t-shirt and Liu’s warm hoodie prove you can feel good while you look good.
serious lessons from talking to good-looking mall-goers. I know it sounds obvious, but it’s true: You can dress to avoid that dreaded “mall
CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY “I take inspiration from things around me,” said Lulu Champion, an Aldo employee who said he tries on a few different outfits before heading out for the day. His method is working: Champion’s retro shorts and short-sleeved button-down scream style. The details here are perfect — the beautiful, big watch and the tiny red laces on Champion’s shoes are key touches.
tired” feeling while still maintaining some semblance of style. Here are a few shoppers (and one worker) we’d be wise to imitate:
CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY Whoever created the “never wear your sunglasses inside” law obviously never visited Nickelodeon Universe. With her classic gold-rimmed aviators, Liz Hodge is ready for the mall’s sunny center. In contrast, her cozy get-up — a heavy flannel, a wool hat and colorful socks peeking out under her Doc Martens — is a sure bet that this St. Louis native is staying warm in the chilly mall.
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VOLLEYBALL
Gophers get perfect start Minnesota won all four of its weekend matches in three sets in Alabama. BY MEGAN RYAN mryan@mndaily.com
The Gophers women’s volleyball team is perfect — for now. Minnesota’s season started this weekend with nonconference action at the Alabama-Birmingham/Samford tournament. The Gophers dominated with four straightset wins against the two hosts as well as Jacksonville State and Georgia State. “The level of volleyball was very good,” said Gophers head coach Hugh McCutcheon. “I know that the scores seemed like we were dominant, and I guess in some ways we were, but there was some strong volleyball.” The Gophers averaged about a 10-point winning margin in each set Friday and Saturday in Birmingham, Ala., with their largest gap coming in a 25-8 first-set victory over Jacksonville State. McCutcheon said he was happy with his team’s first competitive experience this season and already saw his players making improvements. And with 10 new players — all fr eshmen or transfers — on the 19-player roster, the weeks before Big Ten play begins Sept. 25 will involve lots of learning. “We have a lot of new players on our roster, which
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is great. We have some good depth. We think that is a significant strength for us,” McCutcheon said, adding that it was good to see his new players in actual competitive action after preseason training. Setter Alexandra Palmer, a transfer last season from Santa Clara, is now one of just three seniors on the team, along with middle blocker Tori Dixon and outside hitter Ashley Wittman. Palmer said the preseason camp helped the fairly fresh team bond and made running the offense less of an unknown. “I didn’t feel like any of them were new. I didn’t feel like any of them were returning,” Palmer said. “I felt like we knew exactly what each other [was] going to do on the court.” While Palmer said the offense was different without last season’s power hitter Kather-
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Minnesota middle blocker Tori Dixon tips the ball over the net against Nebraska on Nov. 16, 2012, at the Sports Pavilion.
ine Harms and middle blocker Dana Knudsen’s presence, she said the Gophers were still confident in their first tournament without them. Dixon and Knudsen formed the core of Minnesota’s blocking last season, but
there are now four potential partners for Dixon. Many of them saw playing time this weekend. Dixon said the new players have been ver y receptive to the Gophers’ playing and blocking system, mak-
ing for easy transitions during games. “The lineup that we ended with is a good fit, obviously, and it’s been working well throughout all the tournament,” Dixon said. She added that McCutch-
eon is looking to tweak the lineup throughout the preseason in order to determine which players in which positions work best together. “It’s a work in progress,” Dixon said. “But I think we got a good start.”
Tailgating
freshmen, might not even know about the lot yet, he said. “It was a little disappointing at first,” Bade said. “But I think once the message gets out, more people will come.” Despite the low tur nout, the atmosphere at the Victor y Lot was still an improvement over other tailgating lots near the stadium, said computer science senior Anthony Nixon. There are 10 other tailgating lots near the stadium, but the Victor y Lot is the first to be reser ved exclusively for students. Nixon said the school spirit and energy at the Victor y Lot were better than other lots he’s gone to in the past. Although he enjoyed the new lot, finance senior John Blix said the security presence may deter some students. The lot allows students of all ages, but those inter-
ested in underage drinking might avoid the lot knowing it’s heavily patrolled, Blix said. “I don’t know if that’s fixable,” he said. “I just know that some people may have a problem with it.” Because Thursday marked the first time the Victor y Lot was used for student tailgating, Werle said, the University is working on gathering student feedback about any issues. “We’re using the first game to work on the kinks and see what went well,” he said. Bade said he thinks the Victor y Lot is a good step toward creating a more enjoyable atmosphere at football games. “Coach Kill has been talking about making Saturdays all about Gopher football,” he said. “I think this is something that will accomplish that.”
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available season passes for the lot as of Friday, said Chris Werle, senior associate athletics director for strategic communications, though he was unable to say exactly how many students showed up at the lot Thursday night. “For a first game, we were pleased with how it went,” Werle said, adding that he expects to sell more passes in the coming weeks. Werle said the $50 season passes are designed to create a better game-day atmosphere for students, not to rake in revenue. Because many students hadn’t moved back to campus by Thursday, the lot was only about half full, said construction management senior Alex Bade. Some students, especially
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FOOTBALL
Nelson takes hits, keeps moving
QUICK HITTERS BY NATE GOTLIEB Minnesota 51, UNLV 23 Thursday, Aug. 29 TCF Bank Stadium RECAP The Gophers struggled early, trailing UNLV 6-3 after the first quarter. Minnesota took a 16-13 lead before halftime and scored 35 points after halftime. Minnesota’s offense struggled for most of the game, and two of the Gophers’ second-half touchdowns came on special teams and another came on defense. IT WAS OVER WHEN: Junior cornerback Briean BoddyCalhoun returned an interception 89 yards for a touchdown with 10:41 remaining in the game, giving the Gophers a 37-16 lead. FIVE OBSERVATIONS 1. Marcus Jones appears healthy. The junior has torn his ACL twice since 2011 but gave the Gophers a 23-13 lead early in the third quarter, returning the opening kickoff of the second half 98 yards for a touchdown. 2. Philip Nelson isn’t afraid to run. Nelson had 83 rushing yards and two touchdowns but took some hits from the UNLV defense. The sophomore quarterback said toughness is something head coach Jerry Kill constantly preaches. “It felt great finally getting hit out there and kind of easing the nerves,” he said.
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Minnesota quarterback Philip Nelson hands off the ball in the first quarter against Nevada-Las Vegas on Thursday at TCF Bank Stadium. Nelson ran in two touchdowns for Minnesota, including a 48-yard sprint in the second quarter.
QB Philip Nelson had two rushing touchdowns in the season-opener. BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com
Sophomore quarterback Philip Nelson saw it coming, he said. As he faked a handof f to Gophers junior Donnell Kirkwood, Nevada-Las Vegas defensive ends pinched inside and swarmed toward the running back. Nelson, still with the ball, broke to the outside behind excellent blocking and scampered 48 yards to the end zone for Minnesota’s first touchdown of 2013. He went nearly untouched. That was just one of Nelson’s team-high 12 rushes in the Gophers’ 51-23 win over UNLV on Thursday night, and one of the few runs in which he didn’t get hit. Still, Nelson said he doesn’t mind some contact. “It felt great to finally get hit out there and kind of ease the nerves after not getting hit all of fall camp,” Nelson said after the game. “I think toughness is what we preach, and that’s how we want to play.” That toughness started with Nelson. He took a beating en route to 83 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns, personifying the prevailing identity of the Gophers offense:
ground and pound. But before Nelson made UNLV’s defense look foolish, it did the same to him. On the Gophers’ first drive of the game, a deep pass from Nelson intended for senior wide receiver Derrick Engel was intercepted. After Minnesota’s defense forced UNLV to punt, the Gophers offense regained possession in Rebels territory. Five of the first six plays in the drive were rushes, and when Nelson dropped back to pass on the seventh play, he fumbled. The Gophers had to settle for a field goal. Nelson didn’t let a few mistakes bother him, though. He kicked off Minnesota’s third drive with a 21-yard pass to tight end Drew Goodger. Then the true sophomore quarterback followed that up with his 48-yard rushing touchdown. Nelson showed toughness leading the offense to score after two haphazard drives. “I think it all starts with your quar terback, who keeps the kids in there,” head coach Jerry Kill said of the offensive resurgence. “Philip’s done a good job. ... He doesn’t lose his cool.” Nelson said having an extra year of experience played a critical role in staying composed. The Gophers pulled his redshirt last season after quarterback MarQueis Gray went out with a high ankle sprain. Nelson went on to start in seven games.
3. Nelson’s backup, Mitch Leidner, looked comfortable in his first collegiate action. He led the offense on a six-play, 86-yard touchdown drive late in the game. The redshirt freshman was 0-for-1 passing but ran for 25 yards and a touchdown. Kill said Leidner getting playing time was one of the most important parts of the game. “I’d like to have gotten him in there a little bit before,” he said, “but again, the game didn’t dictate that, the way the no-huddle was.” 4. The wide receivers contributed minimally. The Gophers’ receivers caught six passes for 52 yards Thursday. Sophomore KJ Maye led the group with three catches for 30 yards. “Right now, we need a receiver who is physical and can go get the football and those kinds of things,” Kill said. “Not that we don’t have them. Derrick [Engel] is very capable-he’s proven that. We just need more.” 5. Ra’Shede Hageman is a force in the middle. The senior defensive lineman didn’t record a sack but blocked a fieldgoal attempt in the third quarter. After the block, he punched the ball forward, giving Martez Shabazz a chance to score on the recovery. QUOTE OF THE DAY
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Minnesota running back Donnell Kirkwood stiff-arms Nevada-Las Vegas defensive lineman Sonny Sanitoa, knocking off his helmet in the process.
Tough minded Overall, Minnesota’s of fense appeared discip l i n e d T h u r s d a y, o n l y committing one penalty in the game. But Nelson still made mistakes early on in the contest that could pr ove detrimental in a game against a strong Big Ten opponent later in the season. “I’m pleased that we didn’t have any false star ts. … That’s a great thing,” Kill said. “But I’m not pleased when [we] trip over the guard at the
goal line and don’t score a touchdown. That’s four points … that gets you beat.”
Passing attack in question
Along with cleaning up those little mistakes, Nelson still needs to prove he can be a competent passer through the air. He underthrew receivers on several occasions, including on his first-quarter interception. Kill said the Gophers ran the read-option extensively Thursday to exploit
UNLV’s inability to stop it. They had 38 rushing plays to just 23 passing, and Nelson couldn’t capitalize on chances through the air. After going 10-for-22 for just 99 passing yards, he leaves much to be desired of the Gophers’ passing attack. “We did a great job of being able to bounce back as an of fense,” Nelson said. “We had some [errors], and that’s what the program taught us in the of fseason — being able to fight through adversity.”
I’m not as fast as I was back in high school, so I wasn’t able to scoop and score it, but I just had the football knowledge of keeping the play moving, moving it along, and Shabazz picked it up. Hageman on the field-goal block return touchdown, which gave the Gophers a 30-13 lead. STUDENT ENTHUSIASM REPORT The student section appeared mostly full, with pockets of seats open in the corners of the upper deck. Students were loud and enthusiastic throughout the game. UP NEXT The Gophers play New Mexico State at 7 p.m. next Saturday in Las Cruces, N.M. The Aggies lost to Texas 56-7 on Saturday and went 1-11 last season. The Gophers last played them in 2011 and lost 28-21.
FOOTBALL
Freshmen enjoy 1st Gophers game The University distributed free tickets to every new student. BY NATE GOTLIEB ngotlieb@mndaily.com
Carlson School of Management freshman Taylor Ouellette sat in the student section for the first time Thursday as the Gophers football team hosted Nevada-Las Vegas. Ouellette, who has attended Gophers football games for about 10 years, cheered throughout the game and said she liked the Gophers’ spirit. She
stood by her roommate, W isconsin native Carly Huber t, who was attending her first Gophers game. “I think [the game] is a good way to start our Gopher experience,” said Hubert, a College of Education and Human Development freshman. Ouellette and Huber t wer e among the many freshmen who attended the game, which was part of the University’s Welcome Week program for the first time. The University gave each of the new students a free ticket to the game and an $8 concession voucher for use at the event.
“The main goal is to introduce new students to Gopher athletics during their first week on campus,” University spokesman Steve Henneberry said. Those students then witnessed the Gophers beat UNLV 51-23 in the team’s first season-opening home game since 2008. College of Biological Sciences freshman Harsha Sanekommu was attending his first Big Ten football game with his friends. “It’s definitely better than I expected,” he said. Sanekommu said concession lines were long at the beginning of the game. He also spent about five
minutes waiting in line for water during halftime. Coolers were distributed throughout the stadium, and the lines for them were consistently long. To beat the heat, freshman Symone McClain and her friends sat near the back of the concourse during the third quar ter. McClain had never been to a Gophers game but appeared impressed with the atmosphere. She came to the game with her roommate and two friends the pair had met earlier in the week. McClain, who said she hopes to become a doctor, doesn’t have season
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Freshman Carly Hubert, right, cheers for the Gophers at the first football game of the season against Nevada-Las Vegas at TCF Bank Stadium on Thursday night.
tickets but said she will consider purchasing them after attending the first game of the season. The student section ap-
peared to be mostly full Thursday. The total announced attendance was 44,217.
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FOOTBALL
Band marches on despite time crunch
Kinesiology senior Ian Almquist plays a sousaphone in the marching band during Thursday’s football game against Nevada-Las Vegas at TCF Bank Stadium.
The marching band had a week less than usual to learn its first show. BY NATE GOTLIEB ngotlieb@mndaily.com
Fifth-year sousaphone player Ian Almquist marched with
his 50-pound instr ument Thursday night as the University of Minnesota Marching Band played the “Minnesota March” during its pregame show. Almquist, a kinesiology major, marched in formation and eventually took his spot in the block ‘M.’ The 320-member band played a 19-minute pre-
game show and a nine-minute halftime show during Thursday’s football game. But it faced a unique set of circumstances in preparation for the performance. The football team hasn’t star ted the season at home since 2008, so the band usually has an extra week to prepare. With less time, Director T imothy
Diem said he sent the music out to the band earlier than usual. He said the 95-member first-year class was wellprepared when it came to Spat camp — the band’s nearly two-week long crash course on the fundamentals of marching and playing. The band practiced
from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. most days of Spat camp, which began Aug. 21 for first-year members, or rookies. But with the unusually hot weather, Diem gave the band frequent water breaks and also had them practice inside during the afternoon. Haley Cramer, a junior flute player, said the band was more ef ficient during Spat camp this year, despite having less time and dealing with the heat. She said the rookie members successfully jumped right in. “Rookies don’t know anything dif ferent,” she said last week. “None of them seem ver y stressed out.” Cramer said six of the 18 flutes in the first pregame show were rookies. During the pregame show, members played school songs such as the “Minnesota March” and the “Minnesota Rouser.” The rookies had just two days to prepare for pregame show auditions. “Ever yone did a great job of teaching,” said Almquist, the sousaphone section leader. “The rook-
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ies had a real zest for learning the moves.” For its halftime show, the band played a selection of karaoke songs. Many students in the student section boisterously sang along to the familiar tunes, which some say added to the overall experience. Justin Nguyen, a College of Science and Engineering freshman, attended his first Gophers game Thursday. He said he enjoyed the band’s performance and sang along with most of the halftime songs. He s aid he thoug ht most of the students in attendance were enjoying the show. In an ef for t to stay cool, the band wore maroon polo shir ts and khaki shor ts Thursday, instead of its traditional long-sleeve uniforms. Diem said as of last Tuesday the band didn’t have any heat-related illness. He said 35 volunteers helped throughout Spat camp by giving instr uction to students to make sure ever yone stayed healthy. “We’re right where we need to be,” he said.
FOOTBALL
Browns name Gray to roster BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com
After wearing maroon and gold for four seasons, MarQueis Gray signed with the San Francisco 49ers in late April — a team that dons golden helmets and derives its name from the 1849 gold rush.
Now, Gray will have to adjust to a different color. The former Gophers quarterback and wide receiver announced on Facebook on Sunday that he made the Cleveland Browns’ 53-man NFL roster. The news came one day after the 49ers announced Gray hadn’t made their roster as a tight end.
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WOMEN’S SOCCER
Gophers avoid bumpy start, record 4-0 Minnesota is off to its best start since 2008, when it won its first 10 games. BY JACE FREDERICK jfrederick@mndaily.com
From an outside perspective, the Gophers women’s soccer team’s nonconference season had the potential for turbulence. Featuring 12 new players, including eight freshmen and four transfers, the team had to adjust quickly. But the star t to the season has been remarkably smooth, as Minnesota improved to 4-0 with wins over Illinois State and Iowa State this past weekend. The per fect star t is the program’s best since 2008, when it star ted with 10 consecutive victories. “Our confidence is up,” junior midfielder Katie Thyken said after the 4-0 victor y over Illinois State on Friday. “We’re just tr ying to keep it in this direction, keep pushing for-
ward and keeping ever y game as our next game and not focusing too far into the future.” The Gophers jumped to a quick 1-0 lead over the Redbirds on Thyken’s header in the four th minute of f a pristine cross from redshir t sophomore defender/midfielder Taylor Stainbrook, one of her two assists for the match. Minnesota str uck again in the 23rd minute with junior midfielder Olivia Schultz’s goal for a 2-0 lead heading into the half. The second half was all Gophers as well, as Thyken added her second goal of the match in the 47th minute and junior for ward/midfielder Taylor Wodnick capped of f the scoring with a goal in the 85th minute. Minnesota’s of fensive outburst was matched by a suffocating performance from its back line. Sophomore goalkeeper Kristen Knutson tallied her first career shutout as the Gophers minimized any potential threats, allowing just one shot on goal. “Our defending was a
SOCCER RESULTS SATURDAY Minnesota Illinois St.
1 2 0
2 2 0
FINAL 4 0
2 0 0
FINAL 0 1
SUNDAY Iowa St. Minnesota
1 0 1
SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM
lot more organized,” Gophers head coach Stefanie Golan said. “We were putting [Illinois State] under all sorts of pressure. They didn’t really have clean looks at the ball.” The Gophers were in control throughout the match, outshooting the NCAA tour nament team fr om last year, Illinois State, 15-2 and consistently generating a plethora of opportunities. “We’r e r eally happy that we were consistent for a full 90 [minutes], and we haven’t really had that in the past couple of years,” Thyken said. “This is a great step for ward for us.” Minnesota kept its mo-
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Minnesota midfielder Katie Thyken steals the ball from Illinois State during the second half Friday night at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium. The Gophers went on to beat the Redbirds 4-0.
mentum rolling with its 1-0 victor y at Iowa State on Sunday for its first road win of the season. The Gophers were unable to produce many oppor tunities on the attacking side. But the defense stepped up again, with Knutson and fr eshman goalie Tarah Hobbs combining for the team’s sec-
ond consecutive shutout. Minnesota’s lone tally came from an own goal by Iowa State’s junior midfielder/defender Alyssa W illiamson in the 24th minute. The Cyclones were further hampered just more than halfway through the game when their freshman defender Kour tney
Camy received a red card, forcing her team to play a woman down. Through four matches, the Gophers have outscored their opponents 11-2. Minnesota next takes the field Friday when it hosts Louisiana State to kick of f the Minnesota Gold Classic.
CROSS COUNTRY
Intrasquad meet gives Gophers runners kick start Molly Kayfes and Laura Docherty were the team’s top-two finishers. BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com
Junior Molly Kayfes and senior Laura Docher ty led the way as the Gophers women’s cross countr y team kicked of f its season Friday in the Intrasquad 5K Meet.
Aside from Kayfes and Docher ty, 11 other Gophers finished the race in less than 20 minutes, and head coach Sarah Hopkins said she loved how “under control” the team was. “Nobody really went to the well,” Hopkins said. “They got a really good race feel where they remembered what it’s like to hurt. That’s the hardest par t coming out of summer.” The Intrasquad Meet dif fe r e d fr o m sum m er
training in that the r unners “never really press that hard” in summer practice, Hopkins said. “You have to remember that ‘OK, I can star t hur ting, and I can keep pressing through that,’ ” she said. Kayfes said many r unners had big jumps in times and she could see the team’s progress. The r edshir t sophomore class in par ticular stuck out to Hopkins. She said the coaches had a talk
with the group last season and were impressed by the runners’ collective per formance in their first action of the season. “I think they’re taking … that ver y seriously [and] they’re really coming in this year with their game faces,” Hopkins said. She said they might not be in the top-seven finishers on the squad yet, but they can be in the top20 and “put themselves in position, where next year they can pick up that
torch.” Three redshir t sophomores—Liz Berkholtz, Becca Dyson and Kate Bucknam—finished the meet with sub-20-minute times. The Gophers enter the season ranked No. 19 in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Countr y Coaches Association and are the top-ranked team in the Midwest region. Minnesota begins its regular season on Sept. 6 with the Oz Memorial.
CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS
TOP TEN FINISHERS Molly Kayfes (JR) Laura Docherty (SR) Maggie Bollig (SR) Liz Berkholtz (RS-SO) Becca Dyson (RS-SO) Katie Moraczewski (SR) Rachel Drake (SR) Kelli Budd (SR) Kaitlin Mincke (SR) Jamie Piepenburg (SO)
TIME 18:24:88 18:27:54 18:33:96 18:37:06 18:43:12 18:51:09 19:02:64 19:05:54 19:08:81 19:20:09
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BACKTALK
horoscopes
sudoku
Today’s Birthday (9/3): It’s easier to make important changes this year. Your network has everything you need. Up your game by taking new group responsibility. Contribute to others, and it comes back to you.
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. Visit mndaily.com to see the solution to today’s puzzle.
09/03/2013
August 7 solution © 2013 Michael Mepham. Distributed by Tribune Media Services. All rights reserved.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Written By Linda C. Black
Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is a 6 — You’re gaining respect. Friends give you a boost, especially regarding love. Appreciate and enjoy what you’ve acquired.
Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 7 — Others ask your advice. Draw upon hidden resources to improve your living conditions. A compromise gets achieved. Exceed expectations.
Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 6 — Gather support. Love emerges triumphant again. Find the money. It’s a good time to sell and profit. Tardiness will be noticed. Do work you love.
Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 6 — Take the time to get it right. Something that seems impossible won’t take much longer, if you keep momentum. Friends are there for you.
Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 6 — Consider another’s opinion, or trouble breaks out. Stay respectful. You’re the peacemaker. Continue your studies and your career takes off.
Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 7 — Prepare for a test. If career causes relationship problems, close up the books. A female gets philosophical. You’re especially cute.
Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is an 8 — Grasp an opportunity. This will bring great satisfaction, with good reason. Re-affirm a commitment. Friends are there for you. Your partner scores.
Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 6 — Your good service leads to security. Take care of family. Join forces with a female, and share the load. Accept encouragement.
Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is an 8 — Replenish reserves for later. A female handles picky details. Relax and keep momentum. Someone leads you to victory.
Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 7 — Your past work speaks well for you. Reinforce an old bond. Allocate resources. Discuss a good deal you’ve discovered with loved ones before buying.
Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 6 — Repay a favor. Provide leadership and visualize immense success. Great ideas for home improvement develop. Count your blessings.
Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is an 8 — Make it a big work party. Don’t push against the tide. Plan ahead, and provide delicious enticements. Work out a balanced agreement.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
overheard Construction worker on phone: “We’re going to start welding them nipples on tomorrow morning.”
Guy: “I’m going to wander into a rowdy frat party to find really drunk men with no limitations.”
Girl: “I would be a CA, but I don’t want to have to clean up barf.”
“Is that where the Gophers play football?”
—Keller Hall courtyard
—Coffman Union
Freshman: “Is the Macklemore [McNamara] Center on West Bank?”
—Unknown
Person 1: “I’m gonna go.” Person 2: “But why?” Person 1: “I don’t do sports. I only do sports when I’m drunk.”
—TCF Bank Stadium
—Unknown
—Bus going by TCF Bank Stadium
“What does TCF stand for? Is it like a college?”
—Coffman Union
Guy to roommate: “You have to put your shirt on eventually!”
—Sanford Hall
Guy: “I swear I’m lesbian because I like girls, but I own A LOT of shoes and I do yoga.”
—Unknown
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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
ACROSS 1 Take off politely, as one’s hat 5 Small silvery fish 10 Ogden’s state 14 “The African Queen” coscreenwriter 15 Apple drink 16 Golfer Ballesteros 17 1976 debut single for Heart 19 Yoked bovines 20 The Beatles’ “And I Love __” 21 Metal-yielding rocks 22 Practices in a ring 23 21-Across tester 25 Chasing 27 Stable warmer 31 Hiding places in walls 34 Wild pig 35 “We __ the Champions” 36 Jack of old Westerns 37 Nationality of the two leaders suggested by the starts of 17-, 27-, 43- and 57Across 39 Not left out of 40 Pallid 41 Latvian capital 42 Move with ease 43 Biding one’s time 47 Like pretentious gallery-goers 48 Crime against one’s country 52 Follow 54 Carson’s predecessor 55 Mary’s little lamb, perhaps 56 Cabernet containers 57 Informal name for the double bass 60 Correct copy 61 Native Alaskan 62 Got long in the tooth 63 A bit blue 64 Garb at the Forum 65 Raises, say
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DOWN 1 Russian cottage 2 Hideous giants 3 Shaking causes 4 Brimless cap 5 Cricket official 6 Ones who dig 21-Across 7 Outshine fruit bars brand 8 Regulus’s constellation 9 __TV: “Not reality. Actuality.” 10 Golf tournament first played in 1895 11 Portmanteau region between Dallas and Little Rock 12 Solemnly swear 13 Ones in a pecking order 18 They have strings attached 22 Regulus, for one 24 “Beg pardon ...” 25 Leigh Hunt’s “__ Ben Adhem” 26 Linen fiber source 28 WWII torpedo craft 29 Cupid’s Greek counterpart
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30 Portable shelter 31 Hems but doesn’t haw? 32 Jai __ 33 Hard to believe 37 Moral lapses 38 Punk star __ Pop 39 Mite 41 Marriage or baptism 42 Dearie, in Dijon 44 Reliable 45 Milano’s land
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46 Botanists’ scions 49 Swamp grass 50 Young bird of prey 51 Non-negotiable things 52 On any occasion 53 Zippo 54 Socket insert 57 Bridle piece 58 Half dos 59 Gentle application
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dr. date Dear Dr. Date,
I was out stretching my legs on a Saturday night run and was joined by a cute theater major on the West Bank. We got to talking and a few miles later we went our separate ways. I’m now looking for a second run with the lovely lass but have no way of meeting her. Help a runner out, Doc?
-Running Man
Cool runnings,
The Doc is always here to help lovelorn sprinters. You know Forrest and Jenny? That was me. Attention, cute theater major that, on the night of Aug. 24, spontaneously joined Bubba over here for a night run (talk about meeting cute!): Your running bud wants to be your special bud. If you’re also interested, meet him on Friday, Sept. 6 at 5 p.m. on the steps of the Purple Onion in Dinkytown. Sorry about the arbitrary time and date picking, but I’m not your iCal, okay? I’m your doctor. If neither of you can make that special time, send a friend in your stead. Good luck, my runners. Never slow down and never let anyone tell you you’ll hurt your joints.
-Dr. Date
Dr. Date,
You give a lot of advice about dating, but I’m curious if you have anything to say about not dating. No, I’m not asexual (far from it), but during my time at college I’ve gotten pretty tired of the dating game. I think it’s a good time to take a break, but I’m not quite sure where to start. I’m not “done with men” or anything like that, I just want to learn how to be on my own and be OK with it. I can’t afford to take a year off and travel the world á la Liz Gilbert, but I do have a Netflix account, a Vogue subscription and freezer full of Haagen Dazs.
-Eat, Pray...What?
Eat, Pray... ,
I think the third thing you’re looking for here is “self-love.” Or maybe “eat” again? A second “eat.” That’s it. Eat, Pray, Eat. Listen, being single is incredible once you start to open your eyes and appreciate. Learn to respect (and respect deeply) the following facts: You don’t have to share that Haagen Dazs with anyone, nobody will ever put a sweating beer on your September Vogue and your Netflix preferences (“Romantic Period Pieces Featuring a Strong Female Lead”) will forever be “so you,” untainted by your (un)significant other’s eyes. So that’s what I want you to do: Learn to love the single life for what it is. You’re probably better at pleasing yourself than any partner is anyway. Scream for ice cream. The awesome thing about what Liz Gilbert did is that the biggest journey she went on was a mental one. And you can do that right at home. While you may not have the funds to trek across the globe, or even across the Midwest, you do have the ability to make yourself more interesting and satisfied with your life. I can hear you gasping. “Make myself more interesting? I already am interesting,” you say, clutching your pearls. “I’m me, and I’m awesome.” I hear ya, sister. But the fact of the matter is that there’s always room to expand your horizons in matters intellectual, academic, spiritual, sartorial, etc., etc. Read weird blogs, learn an ancient language, talk to strangers you’re not remotely interested in dating, take an insanely hard class at the U, experiment with your style. Doing this kind of stuff will make you dig life more, it will make you appreciate yourself more and it will give you a stronger understanding of the world at large — no need to save up for a flight to Bali. When you’re ready to start getting your groove back, you’ll feel the unique joy of being an utterly titillating date.
-Dr. Date
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