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The former U regent is teaching the Somali community about government.

The drug could help patients who haven’t responded to other HIV treatments.

University researchers develop new HIV drug

Sviggum partners with Somali org. u See PAGE 4

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Fall from apt. kills woman The 19-year-old accidentally fell from a Yudof Hall window.

BY MARION RENAULT mrenault@mndaily.com

A woman died Sunday morning after falling from a sixth-story window at Yudof Hall on Saturday.

Stephanie Lehr, 19, was not a University student, University police Deputy Chief Chuck Miner said.

Lehr was visiting the residence hall when she fell from the window.

Emergency ser vices responded to a call made from the hall at 4:38 p.m.

Saturday. The Hennepin County Crime Lab Unit was

u See YUDOF Page 16 University police are investigating the incident.

U develops research plan

BY KATELYN FAULKS kfaulks@mndaily.com

Since the sweeping federal budget cuts known as the sequester star ted in March, University of Minnesota researchers have been plagued by financial insecurity.

The Of fice of the Vice President for Research is working on the University’s research plan for the next five to 10 years, which could help curb the effects of the budget cuts. Brian Herman, vice president of research, said the plan should be ready by November or December.

OVPR is currently conducting online sur veys, inter views and focus groups with faculty, staff and students to find the Univer-

Students, city partner for sustainability

Rodrick Williams Jr. and David Cobb combined for 204 rushing yards..

University students and faculty will work on development projects with North St. Paul.

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Mayoral race will test ranked-choice voting

also on the scene. Lehr was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center, where she died from her injuries Sunday morning, according to a press release.

The screen to the window had been removed, and Miner said Lehr seemingly fell trying to access a nearby rooftop. “ A ll indicatio ns a r e that this was an accident,” Miner said.

Lehr landed in a courtyard area on the south side of Yudof. There was at least one eyewitness, Miner said.

Though the police found alcohol in the room during their investigation, Miner

RESEARCH

Officials are seeking feedback as they navigate budget cuts.

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sity’s research strengths, what the community wants to pursue and opportunities for collaboration.

“This is a way to identify the issues of real importance to our global community,” Herman said, “because the faculty and students have said, ‘We think this is important for us to be engaged in.’”

Herman’s plan has four main tenets: increasing research investments, applying discoveries to the community, encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration and thinking more creatively.

Herman projected the University is losing $30 million to $50 million this year from the sequester. The University had about $749 million in sponsored research for fiscal year 2012.

Reduced funding has made collaboration more u See RESEARCH Page 16 Budget cuts have affected every department differently.

ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY

Assistant city clerk Grace Wachlarowicz explains the voting process to Minneapolis Ward Two City Council member Cam Gordon at a mock election hosted at City Hall on Friday. The mock election let voters try out ranked-choice voting.

The city hosted a mock election to prepare for November.

BY NATHANIEL RABUZZI nrabuzzi@mndaily.com

Minneapolis will test a ranked-choice voting system this election year – a balloting method used by less than 20 cities nationwide.

Proponents of rankedchoice voting say it will

lead to more candidates being considered, but others say the system still has flaws.

Minneapolis leaders held a mock election Friday to educate voters, test the new machines and make sure city workers understand the new system, said City Clerk Casey Carl.

“It’s a dress rehearsal for us as well,” he said.

The mock election will be rolled out in five different locations over the next week, to allow Minne-

apolis residents to practice ranked-choice voting. This will be the second election with instant runoff voting, but the first with new polling equipment.

Minneapolis’ system allows voters to rank up to three candidates, all of whom are listed on the ballot under columns, for first, second and third choice.

If there isn’t a majority on the first vote count, the least popular candidate is eliminated and ballots listing the eliminated candi-

date as their top choice become votes for candidates listed in those ballots’ second spots.

Votes are recounted and the process repeats until a candidate reaches a majority.

The old voting system allowed only two candidates with the most votes to move for ward in the election, said Ward 2 u See VOTING Page 6 Some candidates said it’s limiting to only rank three choices.

STUDENT ISSUES

Survey: School, living costs still a burden Students continue to make sacrifices and take on debt to cover costs.

BY ROY AKER raker@mndaily.com

Rising education costs and living expenses are putting financial pressure on University of Minnesota students, a trend continued from past years.

To cover costs, some University students are working more, taking out

more loans and forgoing experiences like studying abroad, according to the 2013 Student Experience in the Research University survey (SERU).

T h e s u r v e y, w h i c h was published last week, polled about 9,700 University undergraduates and found that more than 45 percent of them are working more than 10 hours per week. Among respondents, 6 percent said they’r e working mor e than 30 hours per week, but only 2 percent said

they spend that amount of time in class.

Marketing junior Taylor Collins said the cost of attendance was the reason he decided to take summer classes while also working 25 hours per week.

“Hopefully I’ll be able to graduate a semester earlier,” he said, “because I really need to start actually earning money at a job that pays more than $10 an hour.”

The balance between work and school can be

difficult.

Jessica Tar nowski, a speech-language-hearing sciences major, said working and going to school at the same time is one of the hardest things she’s ever done.

“My uncle, who went to the [University] in the 1970s, said he could afford tuition and expenses by working par t-time on the weekends, which is u See SURVEY Page 3 Most students said they’d skipped meals to save money.

NEIGHBORHOODS

Residents say Riverside Plaza is worse than ever After major renovations, maintenance and security worries persist.

BY MEGHAN HOLDEN mholden@mndaily.com

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

Shamso Hashi, center, explains her complaints with the living conditions at Riverside Plaza to other residents of the apartment complex on Saturday. The Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota will meet with residents Friday to hear their concerns.

After a two-year, multimillion-dollar remodeling project, Riverside Plaza residents say conditions at the apar tment complex are worse than before.

The $132 million project was completed last year, but residents say maintenance issues and security concerns are ongoing.

Located in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood near the University of Minnesota’s West Bank, the 11-building Riverside Plaza is the state’s largest housing development project and home to a large Somali population.

Many residents are immigrants and feel they are being taken advantage of by management, said Mohamed Jama, cofounder and general director of the Cedar

Riverside Youth Council.

About a dozen Riverside Plaza residents gathered outside the Brian Coyle Community Center in Minneapolis on Saturday to discuss ongoing problems with the apar tment complex’s management and security.

Attendees anticipated a larger crowd but said residents might not have come because of possible repercussions from Sherman Associates, which manages the complex.

Jama said many residents are afraid of retaliation, including being evicted.

The apar tment complex gained historic status in 2011, which allowed it to receive $28.9 million in federal and state tax credits for renovation.

Remodeling work began in Febr uar y 2011, and included upgrades to the buildings’ mechanical and electrical systems. A new safety center to strengthen u See RIVERSIDE Page 4 Residents expressed similar concerns at a Feb. 2012 meeting with the building’s owner.

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan officials accused NATO of killing civilians in an airstrike that left at least 10 dead in the country’s remote east, while the Taliban on Sunday staged a car bomb and gun attack outside an Afghan intelligence office, killing four soldiers and wounding more than 80 people.

Meanwhile, the Afghan government reacted angrily to a comment by an American envoy who said Afghanistan is already experiencing “a civil war.”

The airstrike and Taliban attack underscored the chronic insecurity in Afghanistan as U.S.-led foreign forces reduce their presence and hand over more responsibilities to Afghan troops. The car bombing occur red in Maidan Shahr, a city in eastern Wardak province just 25 miles from Kabul.

Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said the explosion occurred around 1 p.m. and that many of the wounded were Afghan gov-

ernment employees working in nearby offices. Soldiers guarding the compound managed to kill the militants after the explosion, he said.

He said four soldiers and five attackers died, in addition to the car bomber.

Hazrat Janan, a member of the Wardak provincial council, said the explosion wounded more than 80 people and was powerful enough to shatter windows across a wide stretch of the city.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack.

Meanwhile, conflicting reports emerged about the airstrike in the Watapur district of Kunar, a province that lies along the border with Pakistan. The territory is dangerous and difficult to reach. Many Arab and other foreign insurgents are believed to operate there alongside the Afghan Taliban. Some are suspected to have links to al-Qaida.

Kunar province police chief Abdul Habib Sayed Khaili said the airstrike hit a pickup truck carr ying women and children in Qoro village soon after three Arab and three Af-

Report: NSA can access most smartphone data

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BERLIN — The U.S. National Security Agency is able to crack protective measures on iPhones, BlackBerr y and Android devices, giving it access to users’ data on all major smar tphones, according to a repor t Sunday in German news weekly Der Spiegel.

The magazine cited inter nal documents from the NSA and its British counterpar t GCHQ in which the agencies describe setting up dedicated teams for each type of phone as par t of their ef for t to gather intelligence on potential threats such as terrorists.

The data obtained this way includes contacts, call lists, SMS traf fic, notes and location information, Der Spiegel repor ted. The documents don’t indicate that the NSA is conducting mass sur veillance of phone users but rather that these techniques are used to eavesdrop on specific individuals, the magazine said.

The ar ticle doesn’t explain how the magazine obtained the documents, which are described as “secret.”

But one of its authors is Laura Poitras, an American filmmaker with close contacts to NSA leaker Edward Snowden who has published several ar ticles about the NSA in Der Spiegel in recent weeks.

The documents outline how, star ting in May 2009, intelligence agents were unable to access some information on BlackBerr y phones for about a year after the Canadian manufacturer began using a new method to compress the data.

ghan militants boarded it Saturday evening. He said some residents called it a drone strike, which would not be unusual in that area.

The police of ficial put the total dead at 15, saying four were women, four were children and one was the civilian driver. But Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s office later put the death toll at 16, saying only that women and children were among the victims.

As he has in the past, Karzai strongly condemned the killing of civilians and of fered condolences to their families.

NATO spokeswoman 1st Lt. AnnMarie Annicelli said the military alliance carried out a “precision strike” that killed 10 “enemy forces,” but that it had received no reports of any civilians dying. Annicelli would not comment on whether a drone was used, but said NATO was still investigating the matter.

“We take all allegations of civilian casualties seriously,” NATO said in a statement.

Even as U.S.-led foreign forces draw down their

presence in Afghanistan, with a full exit expected by the end of 2014, the air suppor t they provide Afghan troops in many regions is still a crucial part of operations against the Taliban, the r esur gent militant movement that wants to topple the U.S.-backed Afghan government.

Past strikes that killed civilians have infuriated Afghans. Karzai even banned Afghan troops from requesting NATO airstrikes during operations in residential areas, though it’s unclear how often that ban is enforced.

Tensions also arose Sunday between the U.S. and Afghan governments over a remark by the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

In a recent inter view with Voice of America’s Deewa news service, James Dobbins said, “Well, there already is, of course, a civil war in Afghanistan.” Karzai spokesman Aimal Faizi issued a rebuke, saying that if Dobbins’ asser tion was tr ue, then the U.S. had been an actor in a civil war instead of fighting a battle against terrorism.

Tokyo set to host 2020 Summer Olympics

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The International Olympic Committee went for a familiar, trusted host, selecting Tokyo for the 2020 Games and signaling that playing it safe was preferable to more risky picks like Sochi and Rio. With Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abwe reassuring IOC members on the Fukushima nuclear crisis, Tokyo defeated Istanbul 60-36 Saturday in the final round of secret voting. Madrid was eliminated earlier after an initial tie with Istanbul.

Tokyo, which hosted the 1964 Olympics, billed itself as the “safe pair of hands” at a time of global political and economic turmoil — a message that clearly resonated with the IOC. With Madrid’s bid dogged by questions over Spain’s economic crisis and Istanbul handicapped by political unrest and the civil war in neighboring Syria, Tokyo offered the fewest risks.

“The cer tainty was a crucial factor — the cer tainty that they could deliver,” IOC vice president Craig Reedie of Britain said.

The choice of Tokyo bucked the IOC’s recent trend of taking chances on host cities — Sochi, Russia, for the 2014 Winter Games, Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympics and Pyeongchang, South Korea, for the 2018 Winter Games.

Preparations for Sochi have been overshadowed by cost overruns, a record $51 billion budget, security worries and an international outcr y over Russia’s anti-gay legislation. There are mounting concerns among the IOC over construction delays in Rio. The IOC’s desire for a reliable, dependable host in 2020 was a crucial factor for Tokyo.

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School, living costs still a burden Survey u from Page 1

something that’s almost laughable now,” she said.

Collins said he was originally pursuing a psychology degree, but changed his mind because of the cost of graduate school.

“If I really wanted to p u r s u e p s y c h o l o g y, i t meant going to graduate school, something I realized was a stretch given the costs,” he said.

To save money, stu-

dents are also forgoing experiences like studying abroad.

More than 30 percent of University students surveyed said they decided against a study abroad trip to save money, compared to about 28 percent in 2010.

Political science junior Benjamin W illiams said even though studying abroad would have helped him complete his foreign language requirement faster, he decided against it.

“In my situation now, [study abroad] is sort of a

luxur y,” he said.

Nearly 60 percent of students sur veyed said they’d cut expenses or been more fr ugal in the p a s t y e a r, a n d n e a r l y 65 per cent said they’d skipped meals to save money.

Although Williams said the results of the sur vey shocked him at first, he said he doesn’t think the University is an outlier.

“The sad tr uth is that this is happening all over the countr y,” he said, “and students have had to restrategize their college experience.”

2013 SERU SURVEY FINDINGS

17.2% somewhat concerned

30.8%

28.6% Increased my annual student loan amount

19.3% concerned

34.6% Decided against study abroad

9.1% somewhat unconcerned

40.2%

Increased the number of hours worked at my current job

11% unconcerned

69.9%

Took more courses per term

25.9% very concerned

17.5% not at all concerned

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HAVE YOU DONE IN THE PAST YEAR TO MEET COLLEGE EXPENSES?

Bought fewer books, bought cheaper used books, read books on reserve

HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT YOUR ACCUMULATED EDUCATIONAL DEBT?

SOURCE: OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH

Doubts linger over Syria gas attack responsibility

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BEIRUT — The U.S. government insists it has the intelligence to prove it, but the public has yet to see a single piece of concrete evidence produced

by U.S. intelligence — no satellite imager y, no transcripts of Syrian militar y communications — connecting the government of President Bashar Assad to the alleged chemical weapons attack last month that killed hundreds of people.

In its absence, Damascus and its ally Russia have aggressively pushed another scenario: that rebels carried out the Aug. 21 chemical attack. Neither has produced evidence for that case, either. That’s left more questions than answers as the U.S. threatens a possible militar y strike.

The early morning assault in a rebel-held Damascus suburb known as Ghouta was said to be the deadliest chemical weapons attack in Syria’s 2½-year civil war. Survivors’ accounts, photographs of many of the dead wrapped peacefully in white sheets and dozens of videos showing victims in spasms and gasping for breath shocked the world and moved President Barack Obama to call for action because the use of chemical weapons crossed the red line he had drawn a year earlier.

Yet one week after Secretar y of State John Kerr y outlined the case against Assad, Americans — at least those without access to classified repor ts — haven’t seen a shred of his proof.

There is open-source evidence that pr ovides clues about the attack, including videos of fragments from the rockets that analysts believe were likely used. U.S. of ficials on Saturday released a compilation of videos showing victims, including children, exhibiting what appear to be symptoms of ner ve gas poisoning.

Some exper ts think the size of the strike, and the amount of toxic chemicals that appear to have been delivered, make it doubtful that the rebels could have carried it out.

What’s missing from the public record is direct proof, rather than circumstantial evidence, tying this to the regime.

The Obama administration, searching for support from a divided Congress

and skeptical world leaders, says its own assessment is based mainly on satellite and signals intelligence, including intercepted communications and satellite images indicating that in the three days prior to the attack that the regime was preparing to use poisonous gas.

But multiple requests to view that satellite imager y have been denied, though the administration pr oduced copious amounts of satellite imager y earlier in the war to show the results of the Syrian regime’s militar y onslaught. When asked Friday whether such imager y would be made available showing the Aug. 21 incident, a spokesman refer red The Associated Press to a map produced by the White House last week that shows what officials say are the unconfirmed areas that were attacked.

The Obama administration maintains it intercepted communications from a senior Syrian official on the use of chemical weapons, but requests to see that transcript have been denied. So has a request by the AP to see a transcript of communications allegedly ordering Syrian militar y personnel to prepare for a chemical weapons attack by readying gas masks.

The U.S. administration says its evidence is classified and is only sharing details in closed-door briefings with members of Congress and key allies.

Yet the assessment, also based on accounts by Syrian activists and hundreds of YouTube videos of the attack’s aftermath, has confounded many exper ts who cannot fathom what might have motivated Assad to unleash weapons of mass destruction on his own people — especially while U.N. experts were nearby and at a time when his troops had the upper hand on the ground.

Rebels who accuse Assad of the attack have suggested he had learned of fighters’ plans to advance on Damascus, his seat of power, and ordered the gassing to prevent that.

“We can’t get our heads around this — why would any commander agree to rocketing a suburb of Damascus with chemical weapons for only a ver y shor t-term tactical gain for what is a long-term disaster,” said Charles Heyman, a former British mili-

tar y officer who edits The Armed Forces of the U.K., an authoritative bi-annual review of British forces.

Inconsistencies over the death toll and other details related to the attack also have fueled doubts among skeptics.

The Obama administration says 1,429 people died in 12 locations mostly east of the capital, an estimate close to the one put out by the Western-backed Syrian National Coalition. When asked for victims’ names, however, the group provided a list of 395. On that list, some of the victims were identified by a first name only or said to be members of a cer tain family.

There was no explanation for the hundreds of missing names.

In Ghouta, Majed Abu Ali, a spokesman for 17 clinics and field hospitals near Damascus, produced the same list, saying the hospitals were unable to identify all the dead.

Casualty estimates by other groups are far lower: The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it only counts victims identified by name, and that its current total stands at 502. It has questioned the U.S. number and urged the Obama administration to release the information its figure is based on. The AP also has repeatedly asked for clarification on those numbers.

The humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders says it has not been able to update its initial Aug. 24 estimate of 355 killed because communication with those on the ground around Damascus is dif ficult. That estimate was based on reports from three hospitals in the area suppor ted by the group.

Moreover, the group, whose initial repor t was cited in U.S. and British intelligence assessments, has rejected the use of it “as a justification for militar y action,” adding in a disclaimer published on its website that the group does not have the capacity to identify the cause of the neurotoxic symptoms of patients nor the ability to determine responsibility for the attack.

French and Israeli intelligence assessments suppor t the U.S., as does reportedly Germany’s spy agency, on its conclusion the Syrian regime was responsible. However, none have backed those claims with publicly presented evidence either.

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Sviggum partners with Somali org.

The former U regent is teaching the Somali community about state government.

BY ALEXI GUSSO agusso@mndaily.com

Last legislative ses s i o n , F a r t u n We l i a u thored and lobbied for a bill that would help eliminate Somali women’s reproductive health disparities.

The bill would have provided $170,000 to Isuroon, a nonprofit organization that Weli founded that is dedicated primarily to Somali women’s health issues. Her proposal made it into the health omnibus bill but was blocked because of a language loophole.

“I was hear tbroken because I didn’t know how bills are funded,” Weli said.

“I wish somebody had told me [how to write a bill].”

Now, Weli is par tnering with Steve Sviggum, a University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs legislative fellow, to teach members of the Somali community about state government.

“This is a group of people who want to live the ‘American dream,’” Sviggum said. “I’m hoping to help in a ver y small way to provide that opportunity to them.”

Sviggum, a former University regent and Republican state legislator, introduced legislative basics — including the process of passing bills — at a training session attended by about 30 Somali men and women Friday.

Weli said she hopes the new knowledge will inspire the Somali community to become more involved at the Capitol in order to eliminate issues like pover ty and healthcare inequalities.

“We want to learn and be able to help ourselves,” she said. “And to do that, we need to learn the basics about how Minnesota is governed.”

par tnership may seem “surprising” because of Sviggum’s storied histor y in the state Republican party.

“There’s a perception and maybe a little bit of a reality that the Republican party has struggled to reach out and have meaningful relationships with newer Americans and people of color,” Jacobs said.

Sviggum spent nearly 30 years in state politics, ser ving as both Speaker of the House and House Minority Leader.

“Here you have one of the most prominent Republican leaders in the state working with Somali women who are struggling to have a voice,” Jacobs said.

“That’s just not a story you hear too often.”

Isuroon’s future Weli said she hopes to introduce a new bill to help Minnesota’s Somali community, but she’s not sure yet what it’ll look like.

Although they haven’t yet discussed writing a new bill, Sviggum said, he’s guessing the topic will come up in future trainings.

He said he’s hesitant to get too involved in a possible bill but is willing to advise Weli and help her make contacts.

Sviggum has already taken Weli to the state Capi-

AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY

A group of Somali women listen to Humphrey School of Public Affairs fellow Steve Sviggum explain the process of passing a bill in a workshop Friday at the Sabathani Community Center. Sviggum partnered with Isuroon, a Minneapolis-based organization dedicated to Somali women’s health issues, to give a series of workshops about the Legislative process.

tol and introduced her to a few legislators.

“I don’t think I would lobby,” he said. “I think that would probably be beyond what I should be doing as a legislative fellow at the Humphrey school.”

After Friday’s training session, Sviggum said he was impressed with the group’s desire to become players at the Capitol.

At the end of the session, he handed out booklets with information

about the state constitution and assigned homework for attendees to complete before the next training, which is not yet scheduled.

He also addressed the group in Somali and prom-

ised the training will pay off.

“If you hang with me one more time,” he said, “you will know enough to be able to go to St. Paul — or even Washington D.C. — and pass a bill.”

A ‘surprising’ partnership

Before meeting Sviggum, Weli contacted University political science professor Larr y Jacobs for help.

Jacobs referred Weli’s proposal to Sviggum, who he said has an unmatched knowledge of the state legislature.

Despite Sviggum’s exper tise, Jacobs said the

AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY

Humphrey School of Public Affairs fellow and former Speaker of the Minnesota House Steve Sviggum explains the process of passing a bill in a workshop titled “Governing 101” on Friday in the Sabathani Community Center.

Residents say Riverside Plaza is worse than ever Riverside u from Page 1

security was also added, according to a news release by Sherman Associates.

Far tun Roble, a Riverside Plaza resident, said she’s called the apar tment’s security for help multiple times, but they didn’t do anything.

“Maybe [the intruders] have a gun or knife,” Roble said. “We don’t know.”

Residents also said elevators in the buildings are slow and often break down, making it dif ficult to get up to their high-rise apartments.

Ifrah Hurreh, who uses a walker, said she’s had to be carried down 30 flights

of stairs when the elevator has broken in her building.

The Riverside Plaza Tenants’ Association met with city of ficials and George Sherman, the building owner and Sherman Associates founder,

more than a year ago during the renovation to voice similar concerns.

Sher man said at the Febr uar y 2012 meeting that his company would continue to work on solving the problems, according to a previous Minne-

sota Daily article.

The Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota, a nonprofit that works to assist Somalis across the state, will meet with Riverside Plaza residents Friday to hear more of their concerns.

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Councilman Cam Gordon, and implementing rankchoice voting eliminates the mayoral primary.

Gordon said voters are more likely to choose an underdog as their first choice in the rankedchoice system because if that candidate loses, their vote still hasn’t been lost.

The Minnesota Public Interest Research Group at the University of Minnesota also suppor ts the system.“It is a really great oppor tunity to reflect the opinions of the voter,” said MPIRG co-chair Kate Dobson.

But Anna Breen, president of the University’s Democracy Matters student group, said ranking three candidates on the ballot means voters need to know triple the amount of information to make an

Monday, September 9, 2013 informed decision.

Breen said for rankedchoice voting to be successful in Minneapolis, there needs to be a push for voter education and preparation.

This year’s mayoral race includes 35 candidates, making the process more complex than when it was first implemented four years ago.

“Ranked-choice is an idealistic and positive development, but the system has to work properly,” said mayoral front-runner and former Hennepin County Commissioner Mark Andrew.

Captain Jack Sparrow, a political activist and candidate in this year’s mayoral race, is focusing his campaign on ranked-choice voting reform.

Spar row said he’s r unning on a “rank all choices” platform to raise awareness about the ranked-choice system’s shortcomings.

Mayoral candidate Bob

“Again” Car ney, Jr. also suppor ts a system where voters rank ever y candidate and is critical of ranked choice.

“With three rankings, you can waste your vote three times,” he said.

Gordon said the rankedchoice system encourages candidates to avoid “attacking” each other because they want to appeal to voters who might also support their opponents. “[They] know that they might not win with first choices and they’re going to need some second or third choices to win,” Gordon said.

Ever y candidate has to win over all the voters rather than just those who agree with his or her platforms, mayoral candidate Cam Winton said, so the process could create more civility among competitors this year.

“People are still figuring out how it works,” Winton said.

Minneapolis man Jeff Kendall votes at the mock election at City Hall on Friday.

SAMPLE BALLOT MAYOR Mark your first, second and third choice candidates in the columns below. One to be elected.

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Fill in one oval completely.

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Make your second choice here.

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Make your third choice here.

LAKE CALHOUN Walleye Party

LAKE CALHOUN Walleye Party

LAKE CALHOUN Walleye Party

CEDAR LAKE Lake Superior Agate Party

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CEDAR LAKE Lake Superior Agate Party

POWDERHORN LAKE Norway Pine Party

POWDERHORN LAKE Norway Pine Party

POWDERHORN LAKE Norway Pine Party

DIAMOND LAKE Lake Superior Agate Party

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LAKE HARRIET Walleye Party

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Mayoral candidate Dan Cohen said Minneapolis could ser ve as an example of ranked-choice voting on a large scale, and depend-

ing on the election’s success, other cities might follow suit.

“This way you’re going to hear from people of wide-

ly diverse backgrounds and viewpoints, and I think that’s a benefit to the public,” mayoral candidate Dan Cohen said.

ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY

Monday, September 9, 2013

Sinai militants killed in Egypt army offensive

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CAIRO — Smoke billowed in the sky as Egyptian helicopter gunships rocketed suspected Islamic militant hideouts in the lawless northern Sinai Peninsula for a second day on Sunday, killing 11 suspected fighters as part of the largest military offensive in the region in years, military officials said.

They say the assault aims to drive out al-Qaida inspired groups from several villages of the restive border region, where militants have established strongholds and stockpiled an unprecedented amount of weapons.

Also Sunday, a militant group in northern Sinai allegedly claimed responsibility for a failed assassination attempt on the countr y’s interior minister last week.

In a statement attributed to Ansar Jerusalem posted on militant websites, the Islamic extremist group claimed it was behind the attack on Mohammed Ibrahim. The statement says military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who led a coup against former Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, is another target.

A militar y of ficial said 11 militants and one soldier were killed in the fighting on Sunday. He said 10 militants had been arrested. A day earlier two soldiers and nine militants were killed in the offensive. The official spoke anonymously because he was not authorized to release the information.

Gen. Osama Askar of the 3rd Army told reporters troops had seized at least 10 shoulder-fired Sam-7 anti-aircraft missiles a day earlier. They were found in a mosque and in homes of suspected militants in the town of Sheikh Zuweyid, near the border with the Gaza Strip and Israel.

Wester n of ficials say thousands of shoulderlaunched missiles went miss-

ing from Libyan arsenals since that country’s 2011 civil war. Egyptian authorities say Libyan missiles have been smuggled into the Sinai, and some of those have gone on through underground tunnels to Gaza.

Sunday’s airstrikes targeted the villages of elMahdiya and el-Moqataa on the outskirts of Rafah and Sheikh Zuweyid. One official said U.S.-made Apache helicopters hit shacks, houses, olive farms and cars used by militants.

The strikes paved the way for a ground offensive, allowing troops backed by armored vehicles to sweep homes of suspected militants.

Armed Forces spokesman Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali said that helicopters had provided air cover for what was “the biggest security operation” in the nor ther n Sinai in years.

Ali’s statement, posted on his official Facebook page, also said that 118 houses and farms used as hideouts had been demolished in the operation by Saturday.

A second military official in Cairo told The Associated Press that the military found heavy weapons, explosive belts for suicide bombers, mor tars, RPGs, anti-aircraft missiles and maps with positions of the military in the region.

Residents witnessed columns of trucks and armored vehicles pouring into the area over the weekend. Some said they hadn’t seen foot soldiers in their villages in decades. Communications were jammed for hours, as authorities seized control of two telephone exchanges. All roads leading up to the northern region of the peninsula have been sealed of f and troops have encircled a dozen villages. Some local tribal leaders have expressed relief over the operation, but others remain skeptical, saying innocent men have been arrested arbitrarily.

Abductors free daughter of Libya’s ex-spy chief

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TRIPOLI, Libya — The daughter of Libya’s ex-spy chief under dictator Moammar Gadhafi was released by her abductors after her tribe cut off the capital’s water supply, officials said Sunday.

Commander Haitham el-Tajouri of the militia that kidnapped Anoud el-Senoussi said that she was handed over to her tribe in southern Libya late Saturday after the country’s prime minister negotiated her release.

El-Tajouri’s militia is part of the Supreme Security Committee, which is comprised of militias that work with police and are paid to help with security by the Interior Ministry.

The 21 year old’s abduction highlighted the government’s inability to control even its own paid forces.

Prime Minister Ali Zidan has struggled to reign in a combustible mix of tribal feuds, disgruntled tribes and renegade militias. The country’s nascent police and army have been unable to secure the country and rely on help from former rebels who fought in the 2011 civil war that toppled Gadfhafi.

The armed militias born out of the war often act above the law and have taken part in a string of abductions, often seeking revenge.

Amnesty International said last week that el-Senoussi’s abduction “casts a shadow on the Libyan authorities’ ability to ensure the safety” of around 8,000 detainees held in relation to the 2011 war.

The rights group said masked men armed with heavy weapons attacked a three-car judicial convoy carrying her Monday and that no one was reported injured.

Amnesty said the judicial police have been significantly weakened because of the war and that hundreds of officers have failed to report back to work since. It added that around 10,000 former members of armed brigades that fought against Gadhafi are being courted by the Interior Ministry to beef up policing, but “lack the necessary training and experience to handle detainees,” Amnesty said.

The militia claimed in a statement online that it had abducted el-Senoussi to protect her from criminal gangs amid a security vacuum in the North African country.

El-Senoussi was kidnapped as she left al-Rayoumi prison in Tripoli where she was visiting her father, Abduallah el-Senoussi. He is detained over his alleged role in crimes committed during the civil war. His daughter was previously detained for 10 months on charges of using a forged passport and entering Libya on a forged document.

Days after her abduction, el-Senoussi’s Megraha tribe in Sabha in southern Libya cut the power on pumps that keep water flowing to the northwest and the capital.

Water shortages hit Tripoli, forcing hospitals and homes to rely on wells and large tanks.

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CONSTRUCTION

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

The House of Hanson and the Book House were demolished in Dinkytown on Saturday. The site is being cleared for a planned six-story apartment complex by the Opus Group.

University researchers develop new HIV drug The drug could help patients who haven’t responded to other HIV treatments.

BY TYLER GIESEKE tgieseke@mndaily.com

University of Minnesota researchers have found that two cancer drugs combined in pill form can be used to fight HIV. The research, published Aug. 30, still has a long road ahead before the pill can be tested on humans — a road that will take years to travel.

“The road is littered with the carcasses of failed drug treatments,” said Dr. Keith Henr y, director of HIV research at the Hennepin County Medical Center.

“Most fail, even if they look good in theory.”

But Steven Patterson, associate director of the University’s Center for Drug Design, and one of the scientists who worked on the project, isn’t worried.

“We’re ver y optimistic about clinical translation,” he said.

Last week, the National Institutes of Health gave the team a $2.3 million grant to continue its research for the next four years.

The University has a lucrative history of HIV research. Ziagen, an HIV-fighting pill, has garnered more than $600 million in royalties since University researchers designed it in the 1980s.

Now, that money helps fund new projects like Patterson’s in the Center for Drug Design.

A $50,000 seed grant from Ziagen royalties originally funded the project, said Robert Vince, the center’s director and one of the researchers who developed Ziagen.

The cancer drugs are normally given by injection, Patterson said. But because other HIV drugs are available in pill form, he said, he doesn’t think patients would be interested in an injected drug.

The study confirmed the drugs could be taken as a single pill. With this discovery, Patterson said, he’s confident it will be useful for people with HIV. The drugs increase the number of mutations as the virus reproduces, making the new viruses defective, he said.

Because other HIV drugs on the market work dif ferently, this approach may help patients who haven’t responded to treatment, Patterson said.

VERONICA HO, DAILY

Research associate Laurent Bonnac gauges the temperature of his experiment Thursday for the new HIV pill at the Center for Drug Design research lab. The new pill would be a potential alternative to HIV treatment by injection.

The next steps will be to test the safety and effectiveness of the drugs on animals before starting human trials.

Henr y said the new research is intriguing, but added there’s a big leap between the lab and use in humans.

“It takes a lot of money and time to introduce a new drug,” he said. “A lot of people try, and most people fail.”

SEXUALLY ACTIVE MINNESOTA STUDENTS BY GENDER ALL STUDENTS 79.4%

FEMALES

MALES

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Developments in HIV research

Even with the many failures, HIV treatment has improved dramatically in the past few decades.

Initially, HIV medication was “pretty nasty,” Henr y said.

Patients had to take the first HIV pill, AZT, every four hours, even at night.

“It was a nasty medicine overall by today’s standards, and modestly ef fective,” Henry said.

Now, he said, many pills on the market only have to be taken once a day.

HIV targets a patient’s T cells, which the body uses to fight disease.

The virus invades a T cell and uses it as a “factory” to create new viruses, usually destroying the T cell in the process and resulting in a suppressed immune system.

The vir us spreads through bodily fluids, including through sex, blood transfusions or sharing needles. Henry said cleanliness in medical centers and the common practice of testing people for HIV before transfusions have considerably

WITHIN LIFETIME WITHIN PAST 12 MONTHS SOURCE: BOYNTON HEALTH SERVICE 2012 COLLEGE STUDENT HEALTH SURVEY REPORT

MINNESOTA STUDENTS AND HIV/AIDS 29.7%

STUDENTS WHO REPORTED BEING TESTED FOR HIV IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS

0.1%

STUDENTS WHO REPORTED BEING DIAGNOSED WITH HIV/AIDS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS

SOURCE: BOYNTON HEALTH SERVICE 2012 COLLEGE STUDENT HEALTH SURVEY REPORT

diminished the risk of blood exposure.

Nearly 80 percent of Minnesota students report being sexually active within their lifetime, but only 0.2 percent report being diagnosed with HIV or AIDS in their lifetime, according to Boynton Health

Service’s 2012 College Student Health Survey.

With ongoing research like Patterson’s, Henry said, it’s possible for HIV patients to live relatively normal lives.

“The treatment has improved impressively,” he said.

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Monday, September 9, 2013 The Editorials & Opinions department is independent of the newsroom. The editorial board prepares the editorials labeled “EDITORIALS,” which are the opinion of the Minnesota Daily as an institution but not representative of Daily employees’ opinions.

Columnists’ opinions are their own.

EDITORIALS

SYRIA

The ethics of war standards Before striking Syria, the U.S. should consider its own use of chemical and controversial weapons.

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s the nation continues to debate the implications of a potential strike in Syria, the U.S. should re-evaluate its own standards of war before decrying the use of chemical weapons.

In an Aug. 31 speech, President Barack Obama called on Congress to approve U.S. intervention in Syria to prevent the future use of chemical weapons.

Obama is planning to further push for public support Monday, visiting six media outlets in the process. Secretary of State John Kerry is continuing to express his approval for the strike, including a recent condemnation of the act after viewing video footage of dead victims.

In Minnesota, we’ve seen anti-war protests, as well as constituents telling their Congressmen, including Rep. Tim

RONALD DIXON columnist

Walz of the first Congressional district, that they are weary of war.

Congress does not appear to be willing to back Obama’s objective; there are only 25 senators and 40 representatives that have expressed support for the strike, whereas 18 senators and a whopping 153 representatives are opposed.

Moreover, the public support for this potential act of militar y inter vention is the lowest in 20 years, compared to similar lead-ups to military actions. Only 36 percent of Americans support the strike, while 51 percent are opposed and 13 percent are undecided, according to a recent Gallup poll.

Despite the general disapproval of a limited strike, I fully suppor t militar y inter-

vention for the purpose of preventing future chemical weapons strikes on the Syrian people.

There are several reasons for my approval, including the fact that this situation differs to that of Iraq, where we are not establishing a new regime or tr ying to oust a current government; the fact that we appear to have definitive proof that chemical weapons were used; the fact that the U.S. has the capacity to stop these acts; and most importantly, to enforce war standards.

To elaborate on the latter point, most of the world has agreed against certain practices during times of war. One of these practices includes the use of chemical weapons, especially on innocent civilians. Because strong evidence suggests Syria violated this almost universally accepted norm, they should be stopped.

However, before we intervene to champion war standards, the U.S. needs to look to its own militar y through the same critical lens.

For example, the U.S. used

DEATHS IN IRAQ: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 4,802 — IRAQI CIVILIANS: 114,407- PLUS DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 3,363 — AFGHAN CIVILIANS: UNKNOWN

white phosphorus in Iraq during the 2000s. This is a chemical weapon that burns through human flesh and bones. White phosphorus has been defended by Gen. Peter Pace as a “legitimate tool of the military.”

Furthermore, the U.S. military allegedly used napalm, a controversial chemical weapon, in Iraq in 2003.

Moreover, the Obama administration needs to do a better job of ensuring that militar y drones, a tool that I supported in a past column for their efficiency and relative safety, do not harm civilians, as they have done in the past.

Finally, the Obama administration should not perform the attack if Congress does not act, unless they can prove that there is an imminent threat to the U.S, for they would be in violation of the Constitution.

Responsibility should follow power. The Obama administration should address concerns with their own military while they consider striking Syria.

Ronald Dixon welcomes comments at rdixon@mndaily.com.

RESEARCH

Poisonous politics The NIH braces for more bad news from Congress this fall.

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Maxwell Smith welcomes comments at msmith@mndaily.com.

GUEST EDITORIAL

Syrian answer lies with global response

Why it matters: The world community must be united in answer to the use of chemical weapons.

If all goes as planned, Congress will debate and decide soon on authorizing militar y strikes by the U.S. against Syria. Many lawmakers — including those in President Barack Obama’s own par ty — are reluctant to give that authority.

As well they should, unless cer tain questions are answered and until the world community comes together rather than sit idly by.

The president is arguing that a “limited” strike is needed to degrade President Bashar al-Assad’s militar y capabilities after Syria “crossed the line” in using chemical weapons against his people. Even GOP leaders Eric Cantor and John Boehner are throwing their support behind the president.

The United Nations says it cannot act without the agreement of its Security Council, which allows Russia veto power. Russian president Vladimir Putin said he doesn’t believe the Assad regime is responsible for the attacks, instead placing blame on the rebels, an argument some experts say is highly unlikely.

However, U.N. Secretar y-General Ban Ki-moon said if chemical weapons had been used in Syria, then the Security Council should unite and take action against what would be

“an outrageous war crime.”

And frankly, that’s really where this debate and solution resides — with the world community.

Many were puzzled at what seemed to be Obama’s backpedaling with his statement that the Assad regime “crossed the line” in using chemical weapons, a statement made by the president in August 2012.

Now he says, “I didn’t set the line, the world set a red line.” Technically this is true with the Chemical Weapons Convention that has been in force for 15 years, and 98 percent of the world’s population resides in territories in which this ban is the law.

Regardless of who said what, the red line was cr ossed and the world through its conventions needs to respond. In this case, the world could be the United Nations or even just the Arab League, which, frankly, has a lot more to lose in regional instability.

But for us to go it alone makes no sense. It has been argued that we do not have a legitimate case when applying the War Powers Act since it is a stretch to say these actions will be in defense of the U.S. We don’t exactly have a stellar histor y in finding rationale for U.S. militar y intervention.

The Gulf of Tonkin resolution authorizing United States’ entr y into the Vietnam War was predicated on false information.

The “weapons of mass destr uction” ar gument

against Iraq’s Saddam Hussein was shaky at best.

The argument, though, is that the U.S., with its inter national might and long-reaching links with global par tners, is in the best position to be the world’s policeman.

But conditions in the region are not predicated on normal circumstances. The Mideast is reeling from revolution and tribal wars that are not secular in nature.

That makes any Western solution hard to impose.

We need global, not American, might to respond. If Mideast neighbors to Syria want stability, they need to step up themselves and join in this response.

Ker r y said last week that “at least 10 countries have pledged to participate” in a militar y response, including France.

Britain, however, voted against joining.

It is clear any unilateral action taken by the U.S. will not be seen by many as proper and any limited response will have little lasting effect on the Assad regime.

All effort must be made to engage and include much of the world community in whatever response is made. If we cannot get that engagement, if the world in essence shrugs it off then the consequences will have to be borne by all of us and not just the U.S. Mankato Free Press This editorial was originally published Sept. 8. Comments should be sent to letters@mndaily.com.

he National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., is home to the largest research hospital in the world and funds biomedical research at universities nationwide.

NIH grants help suppor t cutting-edge biomedical research that will improve public health.

Innovations from NIH grants spur patents and licenses, as well as boost local industries. Local economic growth from grants is more than double the amount invested.

Notable examples of NIHfunded research at the University of Minnesota include the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, magnetic resonance imaging technologies, stem cell treatments, improved HIV and AIDS treatment and an engineered human heart valve.

Earlier this year, Congress failed to agree on a budget. Our legislators forgot they have an obligation to work together to lead our nation. Their inaction caused the sequestration, or Budget Control Act of 2011, to take effect, with across-the-board cuts in the federal spending af fecting ever ything from pre-K education to defense spending. The cuts were supposed to deter a political standof f, but rationality is rare in Washington these days.

If Congress is still unable to agree, analysts expect nothing will be spared from cuts. The NIH, which was already forced to cut $1.7 billion, anticipates losing $19 billion over 10 years. Lifesaving treatments, like a universal flu vaccine, will be delayed in reaching our hospitals if the cuts continue.

“People are going to die of influenza five years from now because we don’t yet have the universal vaccine,” NIH Director Francis Collins told the Huffington Post.

The NIH’s role in keeping our nation healthy and safe from disease is of the utmost importance.

We may not know exactly what challenges face our generation this centur y, but we do know disease is a constant burden.

Politics are poisonous when they threaten biomedical discover y and innovation.

Join me in urging our congressional leaders to reconcile dif ferences and pass a budget that features strong suppor t of biomedical research funding.

Kyle Holmberg University student Comments should be sent to letters@mndaily.com.

Football puppeteering ESPN has the ability to set up and control college football games.

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n Division I college football, there’s an active player being paid billions of dollars to stand on the sidelines and watch: ESPN. An Aug. 24 New York Times article shed light on the network’s highly profitable contracts with university football programs — deals that earn ESPN broadcasting rights to college football games.

The network has a $7.3 billion contract to broadcast college football playoff games through 2026.

The deal is second only to the rights to show NFL games through 2021, which cost ESPN $15.2 billion.

Though the Big Ten has a more modest contract, with ESPN paying $1 billion to broadcast through 2017, it’s easy to see why universities are prepared to cash in on television deals with the cable network.

Texas A&M athletics director Eric Hyman told the Times his university, as well as Heisman winner Johnny Manziel, benefited from moving to the Southeastern Conference from the Big 12, in part due to ESPN’s broader coverage of the SEC. ESPN’s enormous influence has allowed it to plan matchups and set schedules, sometimes notifying schools of kickoff times less than a week before, the Times reported.

The NCAA has stringent rules about player conduct and bans on any kind of compensation for student-athletes, but it needs to instate meaningful regulations to prevent student-athletes from being exploited for big profits. ESPN does not have the interests of students in mind, and their health and academics risk being jeopardized when money is the top priority for both the network and college football programs.

College officials and the NCAA should work to reduce ESPN’s control over college football.

If they don’t, the true objectives of higher education will continue to be distorted as high revenue sports take top priority.

Concordia goes against the grain Concordia’s decision to change its financing model appears to have paid off.

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or most goods and services, a higher price usually indicates a higher quality. However, after years of seemingly arbitrar y tuition increases, the same cannot be said for colleges and universities, especially private ones.

The sticker price of a college often neither reflects the quality of the institution nor even what most students will pay. Paired with high tuition are large financial aid packages, so almost no students end up paying the advertised price.

This financing model is not sustainable. Rising prices keep middle and lower-income students from enrolling, well before they are awarded financial aid.

After years of using the high tuition/high financial aid model, Concordia University of St. Paul announced a “tuition reset” for fall 2013.

The reset cut the school’s $29,700 undergraduate tuition by $10,000, in tandem with cuts to financial aid.

It was a risky move that could have resulted in a huge revenue loss, but last week the Star Tribune reported record freshman and transfer enrollment at Concordia, along with a significant jump in applicants and campus visits. The tuition reset, at least in the short term, had paid off.

It’s unclear how low Concordia will be able to keep its tuition in the coming years, and whether the education it offers will change as a result of the influx of students. But we hope Concordia’s bold change in its financing structure inspires other colleges using the high tuition/high aid model to do the same.

If colleges and universities are more honest about their costs and refrain from raising sticker prices to give the appearance of higher quality, students and their families can make better decisions about what institution they should invest in.

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MATT HOY columnist

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was sitting outside of Kolthoff Hall last week when I heard another student complaining loudly about the police officer who had busted him for drunk driving.

The student bemoaned the fact that he had still been charged after only blowing slightly over the legal limit. His two friends of fered their nuggets of remorse and cursed the cop who had so unjustly punished him.

After this genuine display of empathy, the kid — and I must insist on calling him a kid — who had been charged with driving under the influence quit lamenting his misfortune and moved on to bragging about how many drinks it had taken to get him over the legal limit. I didn’t catch the exact number because I was too busy vomiting from disgust.

Okay, not really, but I was too shocked to completely understand what was going on.

After the boast, his friends proclaimed how impressed they were and congratulated him, then went on their way.

I wish I had walked over to that group of students, called them pieces of human garbage and gone of f to class. Instead I didn’t say anything and decided to write an article about them because that stor y doesn’t end with me getting attacked with a Taser.

Coincidentally, a couple of days later one of my close friends got busted for driving drunk. His response was less reprehensible and a lot more filled with selfloathing.

Maybe it wasn’t the move of a friend, but I didn’t comfor t him. His was an action that warrants self-loathing.

Now, my friend comes from a pretty wealthy family, and when they found out about his mistake there was immediately talk of hiring a lawyer to get the charges dropped so they could simply pay a fine.

It’s pretty gross for a lot of reasons, not least of which is that people ought not to be able to buy their way out of crimes, but it also highlights an obnoxiously pervasive cultural paradigm.

It’s the attitude that those people who get busted for drunk driving close to the legal limit are getting screwed.

I heard it constantly when I worked in a bar. Parents in my suburban hometown fought against my school’s administrators because of it, and my close friend’s family is embracing it in defense of him even though he is guilty.

It feels like it should be obvious why driving dr unk is one of the stupidest, most heinous things people do, but apparently that sense is not as common as it seems. In 2011, 9,878 people died in alcohol-impaired driving accidents. And when

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ABORTION

Take away the keys Our generation seems oddly accepting of drunk driving.

It’s ridiculous.

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someone drives dr unk, they’re not just putting their own life at risk — they’re risking the lives of anyone else who happens to be around them.

That same year, 226 children were killed in dr unk driving accidents. Of these children, 122 were riding with the impaired driver.

We don’t think of this problem in the same way as we do school shootings.

Whenever a large group of children is killed by some deranged gunman, we justifiably react in ways that attempt to remedy the problem, whether it be banning guns, arming teachers or making a Lifetime movie about the killer.

When we find out that a kid died in a drunken driving accident, we sigh, shake our heads knowingly, and bemoan the foolish waste of life.

Then, 17 million of us — which is the number of people who have admitted to driving dr unk — go out and propose a toast to hypocrisy.

I can’t find an easy explanation for it.

Par t of it might be that members of our generation, especially young men, seem to take a great amount of pride in their ability to drink, and so the impulse to reward people for copious consumption overrides the logical reaction of ridicule.

Par t of it might be the misappropriation of rap group N.W.A.’s brand of sentiment towards cops. The glaring issue there is that N.W.A. was ar ticulating racial tensions between police officers and a group of people whom they had traditionally disenfranchised, while those defending dr unk drivers are endorsing behavior that needlessly results in the deaths of thousands of innocent bystanders ever y year. The distinction is obvious.

But the best explanation I can come up with is that recklessness and risk-taking are associated with braver y, and braver y with masculinity.

In a culture that so glamorizes masculinity, driving drunk and getting away with it almost takes on a cowboy-outlaw level of heroism. If that is true, then we’ve turned a selfish, immature, irresponsible and abhorrent act into an ode to courage.

Whatever the explanation, it’s a cultural problem, and cultural problems are correctable. It takes the collective ef fort of a society to change them.

So, the next time you encounter anyone bragging about this behavior, say something to them. Ask them how cool it would be to kill an innocent person.

You’ll probably get cursed at and insulted, as I think it’s safe to assume that anyone you find bragging about this is not of a terribly high moral caliber.

But maybe you’ll completely shame someone about an action they should be ashamed of, and little by little we’ll cure society of this illness.

After all, that’s totally worked with ever ything else that’s ever been wrong with the world, right?

Matt Hoy welcomes comments at mhoy@mndaily.com.

Questionable access Daunting barriers too often supersede the legality of abortion.

BRONWYN MILLER columnist

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hen we talk about abor tion, our conversations are usually informed by what we consider fact in this countr y: that abortion has been legal since 1973. Despite conflicting moral views and political stances, we all know of Roe v. Wade and generally believe that in this countr y, abor tion is an available option for someone who is pregnant.

Theoretically, then, ever y woman should have access to an abortion, but reality paints a much dif ferent picture. Legalization proves to simply not be enough to grant abor tion access to all women who want and need it.

A lack of facilities and providers, burdensome costs and anti-choice politicians’ constant attempts to implement restrictions on reproductive health care ser vices are just a few of the obstacles women face, regardless of their alleged legal “right” to an abortion.

Legality of abor tion, in fact, means quite little to countless people who face tremendous barriers to access standing in their way.

To spread awareness of the dismal state of abor tion accessibility in this countr y, pro-choice supporters have designated September as Abor tion Access Month.

Reality is that many women are required to jump through hoops of fire in order to access an abor tion. In 2011 and 2012, 30 states added a total of 135 new laws limiting access to abortion, making these two years the worst for reproductive freedom since the Supreme Cour t’s decision in 1973.

A policy review conducted by the Guttmacher Institute revealed that the legislation passed in these two years implemented mandates like required ultrasounds, limits on health insurance coverage, longer waiting periods and restrictions on minors’ ability to obtain an abortion.

Fur thermore, when we look at the dif ference of experiences in seeking an abortion if a person is financially stable or living in pover ty, we can clearly see that abortion rights have become an economic justice issue.

Women of strong financial means, able to handle issues like travel costs, missed wages at work or the price of childcare, can travel fur ther distances to access abortion ser vices, even as anti-choice legislators are forcing health clinics across the countr y to shut down. Even though 87 percent of counties in the U.S. do not have an abor tion provider, financially stable women are still generally able to overcome this hurdle and obtain a timely

abor tion, which their private insurance will usually cover.

But low-income women might have to delay their procedures if forced to handle the financial hardships associated with obtaining an abortion, especially the added costs sustained by the ever-increasing scarcity of providers. For a woman struggling to make ends meet, an extra $470, or the average price of a first-trimester abortion, is unfathomable.

Moreover, abor tion ser vices become increasingly more expensive as pregnancies continue, meaning women face even more crippling costs. Thanks to the 1976 Hyde Amendment, Medicaid, the federal government program that pays for medical care for many low-income families, does not cover the cost of an abortion.

Fortunately, 17 states have stepped in to fill the void with programs like Minnesota’s Medical Assistance, which covers abortions for eligible low-income women.

However, this type of state funding is the exception, not the rule, in the nationwide condition of abortion ser vices.

Even beyond barriers related to economic disadvantages, other factors hinder a person’s fair right to an abor tion.

While safe abortions are becoming more and more dif ficult to obtain, business is booming for “crisis pregnancy centers.”

In numbers that double that of legitimate abor tion providers, CPCs put on the guise of of fering nonjudgmental health and pregnancy ser vices, yet attempt to coerce and intimidate pregnant women into not having abortions through tactics that have proven to be deceptive, misleading and straight-up medically and scientifically inaccurate.

Here in Minnesota, there were only nine providers conducting abor tions statewide in 2012. The number of CPCs exceeds 90 statewide. Our ver y own backyard of the University of Minnesota is home to two, the University LifeCare Center and First Care Pregnancy Center.

W ith ambiguous adver tisements promising free women’s health ser vices strewn across bus stop benches across campus, these generally unlicensed, unregulated organizations prey on the fact that many young women and college students are likely to feel confused, frightened or isolated when faced with an unexpected pregnancy.

In my experience, when one calls the numbers provided in the vague advertisements, representatives evade questions about whether they in fact provide abortions and instead urge the individual to have an in-person appointment with a “counselor.” Promises of “all-options counseling” turn into scare tactic efforts aimed at preventing not only abortion but usage of modern contraceptive methods, too.

When the reality faced by a woman seeking an abor tion is assessed, Roe v.

Wade and the legality of abor tion feel moot. Conser vative politicians would have us believing that abor tions are a dime a dozen — but the truth couldn’t be more different.

Bronwyn Miller welcomes comments at bmiller@mndaily.com.

HIGHER ED

The politics of educational promises Education isn’t a poker chip to be dealt away.

TRENT M KAYS columnist

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ducation is a deeply political animal. I doubt many realize exactly how political it is, despite its profound role to uplift communities, encourage success in individuals and populate the future with thinking human beings.

Yet, in civic discourse, education becomes more a poker chip to be played than a thing to be valued.

It is true that poker chips have value, but the value they car r y is transitor y.

Education, however, is meant to be something that follows from one generation to the next.

You’ll never hear politicians suggest they are against education. Who would be against education? To suggest any resistance to education would be political suicide. However, most disheartening is the hollowness with which politicians throw around concepts they clearly do not understand. Their hypocrisy highlights the

political nature of education and puts any involved with education in danger of false promises and tenuous futures.

Politicians are masters of verbal magic tricks. Politicians are skilled in rhetorical technique, though their use of words to confuse, to promise and then deny might be the greatest bastardization of civic discourse. Education — or the mere concept of it — has become a chip to be played by politicians.

The education poker chip is played most notably on the national stage. This is where most of the notice begins and ends.

In Indiana, former Gov. Mitch Daniels Jr. — who is now president of Purdue University — enjoys treating education like his personal plaything.

It’s no longer news that Daniels tried to keep Howard Zinn’s seminal work “A People’s Histor y of the United States” out of schools and out of teacher preparation courses. Considering Zinn’s work “propaganda,” Daniels felt the conser vative viewpoint of histor y was missing.

Daniels’ ignorance is appalling and typical of a politician who undermines education in the name of support. Moreover, Daniels is now in charge of one of the most prestigious public universities in the U.S. This may be, in par t, due to the fact that Daniels appointed a majority of the Board of Trustees while he was governor.

He appointed eight of the 10 people who gave him a job.

The ethics, or lack thereof, is repul-

sive enough to make my head spin. A university is only as good as its ability to uphold its mission to students. When real or perceived conflicts of interest and ethical issues affect higher education, the system becomes corrupted.

Last month President Barack Obama came out with his plan for higher education. Cer tainly, it is a welcome sign that the president is actually paying attention to higher education. While his plan is impressive in that it shows thought put into managing student debt, its review system quantifies aspects of education and a university experience. The plan is better than nothing, but it still favors tests and measurement by the numbers.

I suppose this shouldn’t be a surprise, since our culture is obsessed with quantifying ever ything in our lives. Through metrics, the president’s plan will rate us, catalogue us and push us into the workforce without actually making college affordable — which should have been the focus of his plan. The president indicated he would work to make college af fordable, yet his plan does little to question things like tuition costs. Once again, education is a poker chip to be played — not continually valued.

What should we expect? Honestly, I’m not sure what we should expect from politicians masquerading as educators anymore. I cer tainly do not expect them to educate or understand the foundations of education. I do not want them playing with education like schoolchildren playing kickball.

I don’t mind politicians taking an interest in education, but we need to stop thinking that they can understand education like educators. The president may say he cares, but in a world where Congress can barely agree on student loans, where students take on huge debt and where people think STEM degrees can succeed without humanistic understanding, I doubt any politician cares enough to do something about the unquantifiable problems that permeate education.

Most disturbing is that education is the entire foundation of our society. We will fail or succeed based on our commitment to education.

Yet, we let politicians talk about education with such a lack of seriousness that we are the ones who will pay. Daniels won’t pay. He is now in charge of a higher education institution, but he doesn’t value academic freedom.

This is what education in 21st-centur y America looks like: politicians leading universities and quantified students. Allowing politics to lead education isn’t the solution; it’s the problem. The problems with higher education can be reversed, but it must come out of a place of understanding and genuine interest in promoting academic freedom.

I’m not sure we have any more chips to parlay. We soon will be dealt out of our own game. Then, what?

Trent M. Kays welcomes comments at tkays@mndaily.com.

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Monday, September 9, 2013

Sports

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FOOTBALL

QUICK HITTERS

Gophers roll behind run game

BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com Minnesota 44, NMSU 21 Saturday, Sept. 7 Las Cruces, N.M. RECAP It took Minnesota’s offense five drives to score its first touchdown against New Mexico State on Saturday, but the Gophers led wire-to-wire in the 44-21 victory. A big reason for that was the running game, which produced 342 rushing yards. Sophomore Rodrick Williams Jr. ran for a career-high 148 yards in place of the injured Donnell Kirkwood.

Sophomore quarterback Philip Nelson scampered for 122 yards of his own, and backup running back David Cobb finished with 56 yards on the ground.

IT WAS OVER WHEN: The Gophers’ defensive line stopped NMSU quarterback Andrew McDonald on fourth-and-one to give the ball back to Minnesota’s offense. Led by Nelson, the Gophers then drove 90 yards for a touchdown to stretch their lead to 37-14.

FIVE OBSERVATIONS 1. The running back corps is deep.

Even with Kirkwood out, the Gophers dominated the Aggies on the ground behind the physical running of Williams Jr. 2. The read-option looks like Minnesota’s staple on offense.

Nelson had 15 carries Saturday, one week removed from a team-high 12 rushes against UNLV. 3. Gophers’ passing attack takes advantage of the play-action fake.

Nelson threw a 48-yard bomb to a wide-open Derrick Engel late in the first quarter after the Aggies defense collapsed on the line of scrimmage, expecting a run. Minnesota’s longest pass against UNLV last week was a 21-yard connection to tight end Drew Goodger.

If the Gophers expect to make noise in the Big Ten, they will need a more balanced passing attack.

4. Linebackers show improvement.

After being dissected early against UNLV, Minnesota’s linebackers consistently stopped NMSU’s short-yardage plays. It started on the first drive of the game, when senior James Manuel deflected a McDonald pass to force the Aggies to punt. Early in the second quarter, junior transfer Damien Wilson threw McDonald to the ground for a 10-yard loss. Then, late in the game, senior Aaron Hill recovered a fumble 50 yards for a touchdown.

5. Playmakers emerge on the offensive side.

Gophers junior defensive back Marcus Jones had a special teams touchdown for the second straight week, while freshman Maxx Williams had 37 yards receiving, including a leaping grab that led to a touchdown in the second quarter. True freshman Donovahn Jones saw the field just weeks after switching from quarterback to wide receiver, but showed promise in his collegiate debut.

Jones had a seven-yard reception and a five-yard run. His emergence will allow Minnesota’s multi-faceted running game to incorporate even more looks.

Still, the Gophers’ wide receivers were not very impressive Saturday — albeit only being targeted 15 times in Minnesota’s run-heavy offense.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

I saw it as a big oppor tunity. ... It’s still going to be a competition when [Kirkwood] gets back,” sophomore Rodrick Williams Jr. said. “He’s not going to just let me just take his spot away. ...

I’m pretty sure he’s going to come back a lot harder than he was before.

UP NEXT Minnesota returns home to play Western Illinois at TCF Bank Stadium on Sept. 14 at 11 a.m. The Gophers will likely be a double-digit favorite, but they have had trouble against FCS teams in the past. In 2011, Minnesota lost 37-24 to North Dakota State at home. It rebounded last season with a 44-7 romp over FCS opponent New Hampshire.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ERIC MILLER, GOPHER SPORTS

Rodrick Williams Jr. breaks a tackle against New Mexico State on Saturday in Las Cruces, N.M. Williams Jr. had 16 carries for 148 yards in the Gophers’ 44-21 win.

Rodrick Williams Jr. and David Cobb combined for 204 rushing yards.

BY NATE GOTLIEB ngotlieb@mndaily.com

Donnell Kirkwood rushed for more than 900 yards last season, but his backups car ried the Gophers on Saturday night in Las Cruces, N.M. Sophomore Rodrick Williams Jr. and junior David Cobb filled in for Kirkwood, who was sidelined with an ankle injur y. The pair pounded New Mexico State for more than 200 yards and two touchdowns as the Gophers won 44-21 and improved to 2-0 on the season.

“Both those kids played outstanding, physical football,” head coach Jerry Kill said Sunday. “They ran the ball hard. I’d imagine [New Mexico State’s] safety is pretty sore today.”

With Kirkwood in Minneapolis recovering from his ankle injury, Williams Jr. and Cobb received most of the carries Saturday. Cobb

scored the first touchdown of the game — a 14-yard run early in the second quarter that gave the Gophers a 13-0 lead. Williams Jr. scored on a one-yard run later in the quarter.

Cobb finished with 56 yards on nine carries, but the Gophers tapered his workload in the second half.

Williams Jr. ran for 87 yards on eight carries in the second half and finished with 16 carries for 148 yards — both career highs.

Williams Jr. rushed for 13 yards in the Gophers’ season opener — a 51-23 victor y over Nevada-Las Vegas. Kirkwood, who ran for 926 yards and six touchdowns last season, sustained an ankle injur y during the second half of that game.

Williams Jr. said he saw Kirkwood’s injury as an oppor tunity to gain playing time but said Kirkwood will come back “a lot harder than he was before.”

“He’s not going to just let me just take his spot away,” Williams Jr. said.

Kill appeared pleased with the team’s of fense,

which ran for 342 yards, the most in his tenure with Minnesota. He said he thought the offensive line improved from the previous game but still needs to “clean some things up.”

The line helped sophomore quarterback Philip Nelson rush for 122 yards and a touchdown. He scored his touchdown on a one-yard run early in the fourth quarter that gave the Gophers a 37-14 lead and effectively put the game out of reach for NMSU. Nelson completed eight passes for 127 yards and had one interception. He wasn’t asked to throw too much, especially after the Gophers’ 24-point second quarter.

Cobb and Williams Jr. ran for touchdowns early in the second quarter and junior Marcus Jones returned a punt 65 yards for a touchdown just before halftime, giving the Gophers a 27-7 lead.

The Gophers also had a defensive touchdown for the second week in a row.

Late in the fourth quarter, senior linebacker Aaron Hill returned a fumble 50 yards for a touchdown, giving the team a 44-14 lead.

SCORING SUMMARY SCORE BY QUARTER Minnesota NMSU

1 3 0

2 24 7

3 3 7

4 14 7

TOTAL 44 21

1ST QUARTER MINN

FG

07:29

Chris Hawthorne, 45 yd

2ND QUARTER

MINN

NMSU

3

0

MINN

NMSU

MINN

FG

14:50

Chris Hawthorne, 22 yd

6

0

MINN

TD

08:43

David Cobb, 14 yd Run (Chris Hawthorne kick)

13

0

NMSU

TD

06:17

Brandon Betancourt, 1 yd Run (Maxwell Johnson kick)

13

7

MINN

TD

02:38

Rodrick Williams Jr., 1 yd Run (Chris Hawthorne kick)

20

7

MINN

TD

01:22

Marcus Jones, 65 yd Punt Return (Chris Hawthorne kick)

27

7

MINN

NMSU

3RD QUARTER MINN

FG

11:51

Chris Hawthorne, 27 yd

30

7

NMSU

TD

08:02

Germi Morrison, 1 yd Run (Maxwell Johnson Kick)

30

14

MINN

NMSU

4TH QUARTER MINN

TD

08:33

Philip Nelson, 1 yd Run (Chris Hawthorne Kick)

37

14

MINN

TD

05:49

Aaron Hill, 50 yd Fumble Return (Chris Hawthorne Kick)

44

14

NMSU

TD

00:51

Germi Morrison, 1 yd Run (Maxwell Johnson Kick)

44

21

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

Notes

4 Junior cor nerback Bri ean Bo d d y- Cal ho u n sustained a knee injur y early in the game and did not retur n. Kill said the team will know more about his status after he undergoes an MRI. 4Sophomore defensive lineman Alex Keith sustained a hand injur y, Kill said.

4 Nelson appeared to

injure his throwing shoulder in the third quarter but did not sit out. Kill said on Sunday that he seemed fine after the game.

4Junior Derrick Wells played his first game of the season after sitting out against UNLV with an injury. Wells, the team’s leading returning tackler, recorded two tackles Saturday.

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VOLLEYBALL

Women sweep weekend slate, stay perfect The Gophers are 7-0 on the season and haven’t dropped a set.

BY SAM GORDON sgordon@mndaily.com

Temperatures reached the mid-90s in Minneapolis on Saturday, and it may have been even hotter in the jam-packed Sports Pavilion that night.

But the heat couldn’t stop the red-hot Gophers.

Neither could the Duke Blue Devils.

No. 4 Minnesota cruised past Duke in three sets to claim the title in the Diet Coke Classic.

Senior middle blocker Tori Dixon was named tournament MVP. She was joined on the All-Tournament team by teammates Alexandra Palmer and Ashley Wittman.

The Gophers are 7-0 this season and have not dropped a set.

“Do we care that we haven’t dropped a set?”

Minnesota head coach Hugh McCutcheon said.

“It’s more about the fact for us tonight that we executed at a pretty high level.”

The Gophers played their way into the tournament championship with a straight-set victor y over Ball State on Friday and another against Western Illinois on Saturday afternoon.

On Saturday night, Minnesota clobbered Duke 2519, 25-16, 25-17.

Gophers players took ice baths and tried to stay hydrated in between the games. McCutcheon said

BRIDGET BENNETT, DAILY

Minnesota senior outside hitter Ashley Wittman spikes the ball against Duke on Saturday at the Sports Pavilion.

he was impressed with how they handled the heat.

“I think I drank about 10 bottles of Powerade,” Dixon said.

McCutcheon said playing two matches in a row wasn’t ideal, but the team was more focused against Duke than it was against Western Illinois.

Minnesota was able to shuffle its lineup around a little bit against Western Illinois.

Sophomore sensation Daly Santana rolled her ankle in the first set against

Ball State and missed the rest of the match. She was held out of the afternoon game on Saturday as a precautionary measure.

Karlie Hauer replaced Santana in the lineup and was relatively impressive in the two victories.

“It’s impor tant that we know some things before we get into our conference schedule about what this group is capable of doing,” McCutcheon said. “I think this weekend was a good chance to see a little bit more about that.”

Santana made an explosive return to the lineup in the match against Duke, finishing with nine kills.

She said she spent Saturday rehabbing the injury and hoping to play against Duke. “[The ankle] felt a lot better,” Santana said.

“When were in the second game I just blocked the pain.”

Minnesota will travel to Kentucky later in the week for a pair of matches against No. 17 Louisville and No. 21 Kentucky.

VOLLEYBALL RESULTS FRIDAY Ball State Minnesota

1 18 25

2 17 25

3 12 25

FINAL 0 3

SATURDAY 1 Western Illinois 17 25 Minnesota

2 17 25

3 19 25

FINAL 0 3

1 19 25

2 16 25

3 17 25

FINAL 0 3

Duke Minnesota

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

Monday, September 9, 2013

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SOCCER

Minnesota squeaks out two crucial wins Josee Stiever scored in extra time Sunday to clinch a victory.

BY JACE FREDERICK jfrederick@mndaily.com

Challenges have littered the Gophers’ nonconference schedule early this season, but through six games, Minnesota has been up to the task every time.

That trend continued this weekend as the Gophers won a pair of thrillers at the Minnesota Gold Classic. They beat Louisiana State 2-1 on Friday and followed it up with a 2-1 win over Ole Miss in extra time Sunday, improving to 6-0 on the season.

“It’s a huge step in the right direction,” Gophers head coach Stefanie Golan said after Sunday’s victory.

“This is a team that has a lot of fight in them.”

The Gophers generated many opportunities Friday but often came up empty, hitting posts and missing the net by inches on multiple occasions.

But when they needed it, the Gophers made a big play at a pivotal point.

Locked in a 1-1 tie in the 81st minute, freshman defender/forward Ashley Pafko scored her first collegiate goal, finishing off an outstanding run by fellow freshman midfielder Josee Stiever.

Pafko’s goal proved to be the difference.

While the Gophers struggled to score Friday, the sheer volume of opportunities is encouraging, Golan said.

“The important thing is that we’re creating those opportunities, and we’re creating them against a caliber team like [LSU],” she said.

Freshman goalkeeper Tarah Hobbs was solid in net for the Gophers against the Tigers. Her biggest save Fri-

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

Minnesota defender Becca Roberts steals the ball from Louisiana State on Friday at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium. The Gophers beat LSU 2-1.

day came in the second half with the score tied 1-1, when LSU senior midfielder/defender Alex Ramsey lofted a shot from well outside the box.

The ball traveled just over the outstretched hand of Hobbs and hit the crossbar.

The rebound went directly to Tigers sophomore midfielder Fernanda Pina, whose attempt at net was thwarted by Hobbs.

The freshman keeper said she thrives under pressure.

“You kind of have to,” she said. “It’s just the thrill of it.

The adrenaline gets you going every time.”

Hobbs followed her showing from Friday with another solid performance on Sunday against the Rebels. Though she was stellar on the afternoon, Stiever was the hero.

Stiever scored the gamewinning goal in the 97th minute to give the Gophers the 2-1 win in extra time.

Ole Miss tested Hobbs often, forcing her to respond as the Gophers’ attackers struggled to generate chances against the Rebels’ defense.

For much of the match,

Ole Miss was the aggressor, pressuring the Gophers’ back line and forcing Hobbs to play balls with her feet.

Minnesota’s defense stood tall at the start, holding the game to a scoreless tie through the first half. But Ole Miss scored on a Rafaelle Souza penalty kick in the 71st minute to take the 1-0 lead.

Minnesota responded to the deficit with a relentless attack, creating multiple opportunities.

Then in the 87th minute, the Gophers found their answer.

Ole Miss was called for a handball in the box, and junior midfielder Katie Thyken drilled the penalty kick into the right side of the net to tie the game and send it into extra time.

The Gophers won in extra time on the goal by Stiever.

Golan said she was pleased with her team’s fight in the come-from-behind effort.

“That’s the sign of a really good team, is a team who … still finds a way to win at the end of the day,” she said, “so we’re very proud of the girls.”

SOCCER RESULTS FRIDAY Minnesota LSU

1 1 1

2 1 0

FINAL 2 1

SUNDAY Minnesota Ole Miss

1 2 OT FINAL 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

The Gophers travel to Florida on Friday, where they’ll take on the No. 10 Florida Gators.

CROSS COUNTRY

Gophers run away from competition at Oz Memorial

Minnesota took the first 16 spots at the Oz Memorial.

BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com

The Gophers’ team goal at the Oz Memorial was to have 22 of the top 25 finishers.

Mission accomplished.

Senior Laura Docherty crossed the line first with a time of 21:48.00 in the 6-kilometer meet, and 15 of her teammates followed before another school had a finisher.

It was Docher ty’s second consecutive first-place finish at the Oz Memorial.

Junior Molly Kayfes, senior Maggie Bollig, sophomore Becca Dyson, sophomore Liz Berkholtz, senior Katie Moraczewski and senior Kelli Budd rounded out the top seven for the Gophers.

Minnesota dominated Minnesota State-Mankato, South Dakota State, Drake and North Dakota en route to a perfect team score of 15.

“It’s a little bit unfair,” Gophers head coach Sarah Hopkins said. “[Minnesota] is a big-time Division I school, and these [other schools] are great. They’ve got great programs and great runners, but they’re obviously not as deep as what we’re able to do.”

Senior Rachel Drake said the key to the Gophers’ success was sticking together and not letting runners from other teams get in the pack.

At this point in the season, Hopkins said, it seems like her runners are developing groups of three.

“If each group of three can get some synergy with each other … as they get closer and closer, we can have a group of nine [runners in a pack],” she said.

The Oz Memorial was the No. 19 Gophers’ first meet of the season. They held a 5K Intrasquad meet last week.

Docher ty said smaller meets like this one are good because finding teammates in a big race like the Roy Griak Invitational later this

month is a challenge.

“It’s nice having these meets,” she said. “It’s just good practice to find that maroon and stick with it.”

Drake said this meet was also helpful for the Gophers to learn how to work with each other with less bodies in the way “Obviously we know what kind of fitness each other are at so we can say, ‘Alright, this is a good spot for me right now,’ ” she said.

In a smaller meet like the Oz Memorial, it’s important for a lot of runners to prove themselves and move up on the team, Hopkins said. For top runners, it’s important to experiment with different race strategies.

Sophomore Jamie Piepenburg, who finished eighth, and senior Ashlie Decker, who finished 11th, were the only non-freshmen who ran unattached for the Gophers.

Hopkins said she doesn’t necessarily anticipate having them out of uniform all year, but neither r unner has used a redshirt yet, so

it’s “wise, as sort of a safety net.”

“If we put a uniform on today, it becomes ver y difficult to take it back,” she said. “So we just kind of play it a little cautious early on.”

Sulkin leads men’s squad

Senior Steve Sulkin led the way for the men and placed first at the Oz Memorial.

The men rested many of their top runners, but still placed five of the race’s top seven runners.

“We wanted to win the meet because it’s a home meet, so we ran six guys,” head coach Steve Plasencia said. “You need five to score, so we were able to do that, and that was good enough for us right now.”

Sulkin’s time of 19:17.70 was the fastest by a Gophers’ runner at the meet since 2009.

Plasencia said the race helped get the team’s “competitive juices … [flowing] a little bit.”

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

TOP TEN FINISHERS Laura Docherty (SR) Molly Kayfes (JR) Maggie Bollig (SR) Becca Dyson (SO) Liz Berkholtz (SO) Katie Moraczewski (SR) Kelli Budd (SR) Jamie Piepenburg Rachel Drake (SR) Kait Mincke (SR)

TEAM Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Unattached Minnesota Minnesota

TIME 21:48.0 21:54.7 22:01.9 22:08.3 22:20.4 22:29.0 22:37.9 22:45.4 22:50.9 23:01.3

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

TOP TEN FINISHERS Steve Sulkin (SR) Joel Reichow (SO) Robert McCann (SO) Troy Koivisto (FR) Blayne Dulian (JR) Christian Skaret (SO) Cole O’Brien (FR) Drew Kraft (JR) Devin Allbaugh (SR) Jacob Ball (SR)

TEAM Minnesota South Dakota State Drake Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota South Dakota State Minnesota State-Mankato Minnesota State-Mankato

TIME 19:17.7 19:19.5 19:25.8 19:32.5 19:35.2 19:42.1 19:42.6 19:42.8 19:43.0 19:43.5

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

ANTHONY KWAN, DAILY

Minnesota’s Laura Docherty runs at the Roy Griak Invitational on Sept. 29, 2012, at Les Bolstad Golf Course.

“This kind of just lets them know, ‘Hey, not so far out from now, we’re going

to really start competing,’ ” he said.

Both the men and the

women will race next in the 28th annual Roy Griak Invitational on Sept. 28.

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MEN’S GOLF

DuToit leads Gophers, sits alone in 15th place Minnesota is sixth in the tournament and is 13 shots off the lead.

BY SAM GORDON sgordon@mndaily.com

The annual Gopher Invitational teed of f Sunday at W indsong Farm Golf Club in Independence, Minn.

The 12-team field, which includes Minnesota and top-ranked California, played the first two rounds of the tournament and will finish the final round Monday.

“Ever ything is really bunched,” head coach John Carlson said of the leaderboard at the tournament. “The weather is going to possibly dictate the scoring tomorrow, but today we did an OK job.”

Sophomore Jon DuToit posted the lowest score of five Gophers competing as a five-person team.

“It takes a lot out of you being out there for nine hours … The mental strain is more than the physical strain.”

JOHN CARLSON Head Coach

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

Minnesota’s Jose Mendez plays at the season-opening Gopher Invitational at Windsong Farm Golf Club on Sunday morning.

DuToit sits at 1-over par after shooting a 1-over 72 in the first round and an even-par 71 in the second round. He’s alone in

MEN’S GOLF RESULTS

GOLFER DuToit Lowenstein Trasamar Mendez Gaugert

RD1 72 72 76 75 72

RD2 71 72 70 74 83

TOTAL 143 144 146 149 155

TEAM 1 New Mexico 2 Kent State 3 California 4 Baylor 5 Iowa State 6 Minnesota

RD1 280 289 291 278 295 291

RD2 285 279 281 295 281 287

TOTAL 565 568 572 573 576 578

*out of 12 teams **Round 3 will be played Monday

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

15th place for the tournament.

Junior T yler Lowenstein is tied for 16th and is one shot behind DuToit.

Iowa State’s Nick Voke and Kent State’s Corey Conners are tied for first at 5-under.

New Mexico stands alone atop the team standings.

The Gophers are comfor tably nestled in sixth place. They trail fifth place Iowa State by two strokes and are 13 strokes of f the team lead.

“The big concer n is that we’re mentally sharp for tomor row,” Carlson said. “It takes a lot out of you being out there for nine hours. … The mental strain is more than the physical strain.”

Monday, September 9, 2013

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UPCOMING EVENTS WHAT: Breaking Down Bullying WHO: College of Education and Human Development WHEN: 6 p.m., Wednesday WHERE: Minnesota Children’s Museum, 10 W. Seventh St., St. Paul PRICE: Free Join Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota Institute of Child Development for a talk by New York Times best-selling author Emily Bazelon that cuts to the beating heart of an increasingly important topic: bullying. A brief question-and-answer session will follow the keynote.

WHAT: Tongues Untied meeting WHO: GLBTA Programs Office, Office of Equity and Diversity WHEN: 5-6:30 p.m., Thursday WHERE: Appleby Hall, Room 41, 128 Pleasant St. SE, Minneapolis PRICE: Free In its third year of existence at the University of Minnesota, Tongues Untied is a space for and by people of color who identify as GLBTQ and/or same-gender-loving. This group serves to connect students, staff and faculty across the University of Minnesota and the Twin Cities community by holding discussion groups that focus on how race, sexuality and gender impact our lived experiences.

WHAT: A Blast of Trumpets WHO: U of M School of Music students and faculty WHEN: 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m., Sept. 16 WHERE: Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall, 2106 S. Fourth St., Minneapolis PRICE: Free Featuring duets with 11 of David Baldwin’s former students, including: David Wall, Lynn Erickson, Pam Humphrey, Dean Heller, Joe Hazlett, Takako Senn, Dan Fretland, Ray Vasquez, Mark Bobnick, Graham Steeds and Jonathan Brandt with professors Timothy Lovelace, piano, and Fernando Meza, percussion. Featuring music by Arban, Bach, Broiles, Charlier, Gibbons, Paginnini, Vivaldi and Stravinsky. All are welcome to attend a pre-concert panel discussion with the performers in Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall at 6:30 p.m.

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Monday, September 9, 2013

BACKTALK sudoku

horoscopes

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

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

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9/9/2013

Sept. 5’s solution © 2013 Michael Mepham. Distributed by Tribune Media Services.

All rights reserved.

Today’s Birthday (9/9): Love is the fundamental basic this year. Romantic, brotherly or creative passions provide delectable flavors and unforgettable color. Time with young people rejuvenates. Judiciously save money.

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 5 — Mercury enters Libra, and for almost a month, expert assistance provides ease. Build your partnerships. Set long-term goals.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 7 — Figure out finances. This coming month, you’re extra-intellectual. Excite your partner with a challenge. Check the rules. Do the research.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 6 — Prepare to compromise and streamline your routine.

Show that you know what you’re doing. You’re in line for a bonus. Fall back on tradition.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 7 — You’re immensely confident, with the Moon in your sign. Organization gets easier, and projects move forward. Keep your word.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 7 — Get practical work done. Your intelligence is attractive. You’re gaining valuable experience.

Reducing power works better.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 5 — Traveling isn’t as easy. Look at a breakdown as a challenge, and stick to your budget. For the next month, let the group decide. Relax.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 6 — Romance grows. It’s getting easier to communicate at home. Don’t ask for favors.

Slow down to avoid accidents.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 5 — Pass along what you’ve learned. For the next month, talk about what works (with Mercury in Libra). Do your part as well. Take it easy.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 6 — For about three weeks, you learn with ease. Review the basics. Choose what’s best for all. It’s not a good time to travel or make a big purchase.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 5 — Assume more responsibility. For the next month, keep legal issues in mind. Distant goals are attainable. Fine-tune and edit your work.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 5 — A solution to an old problem is becoming obvious.

Creative work profits for the next month. Your team takes the prize. Mistakes may occur.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 6 — Venture farther. For the next month, develop logical plans for sharing resources. Consider traditions.

Imagine perfection, and forgive mistakes.

Monday, September 9, 2013

overheard Guy 1: “If Apple made a car, would it have windows?”

Guy 2: “DUDE, THAT’S SO FUNNY!”

—Mesa Pizza

Guy: “Wait, what’s cooler than Lord of the Rings?”

—Coffman Union

“DUDE, I know what we did wrong this time. We didn’t shout ‘For Narnia!’”

—Scholars Walk

Guy 1: “Dude, my sheets are going to be so bloody by the end of this week.”

Guy 2: “That’s an odd thing to hear from your roommate.”

Guy 1: “I’ve got like a constant nose period.”

—Unknown

Professor: “FOIL? When did you learn that?”

Student: “The 21st century.”

—Keller Hall

Old man talking to himself while biking: “It says ‘ped.’ Must be a lane for pedophiles.”

—Washington Avenue Bridge

Girl: “And I was like, I still don’t know your name, so you are not seeing my naked ass.”

—Campus Connector “Screw the proletariat!”

—Washington Avenue Bridge

Girl: “If you have a party in Middlebrook, you’ll get arrested.”

—Coffman Union

“I wore sweatpants all throughout seventh grade gym class because I never shaved my legs and I was embarrassed.”

—Coffman Union

Person 1: “I like your bike.”

Person 2: “Uhhh, I like your FACE.”

—Unknown

“I try not to hug really buff guys. Like, I had a friend in high school who was super muscular and I hated hugging him. Unfortunately, he was really huggy.”

—Nicholson Hall

“The president’s feces are collected whenever he goes away from the White House because otherwise foreign agencies can steal them and analyze them....”

—Frontier Hall

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crossword

FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

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

ACROSS 1 The Crimson Tide’s school, for short 5 Delayed, as in traffic 10 Boast 14 Fe on the periodic table 15 Latin bears 16 Bridle strap 17 Ditty 18 Lament over a loss 19 Light brown 20 Gentle leader’s quality 23 Cry of surrender 24 Practice for the LSAT, e.g.

25 Crescent component 28 Lou Grant portrayer 31 Tar pits locale 33 Cowboys and Indians, e.g.

36 Lab gel made from seaweed 37 Devout petitions kept to oneself 43 Doughnut’s middle 44 Gets really wet 45 Voices one’s view 48 401(k) alternative named for a Delaware sen.

53 Like cool cats 54 1986 Peace Nobelist Wiesel 57 “The __ Sanction”: Eastwood thriller set in the Alps 58 Behind-thescenes investor 62 NYC or London area 64 Bygone anesthetic 65 Bottom of a shoe 66 Be absolutely sure 67 April Fool’s antic 68 “Mila 18” author Leon 69 Jedi guru 70 ’90s White House cat 71 Confined, with “up”

9/9/13

By Jack McInturff

DOWN 1 Shellfish soup 2 In the area 3 Tennis great Seles 4 Beings with halos 5 Kid’s math homework 6 Pace between a walk and a run 7 Seize, as power 8 Concerned person 9 Pet motel 10 One of TV’s Mavericks 11 Plug in, as a smartphone 12 What you breathe 13 African antelope 21 7:50, vis-à-vis 8:00 22 Dean’s list no.

26 Back 27 Valets park them 29 Comic strip shriek 30 Explorer John and comical Charlotte 32 Howl at the moon 34 Letters after L 35 Trade jabs 37 “Whoops” 38 “Nah!”

Saturday’s Puzzle Solved Sept. 5’s Puzzle Solved

(c)2013 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

39 Haphazard, as workmanship 40 Pig holder 41 Former MGM rival 42 Daisylike fall bloomer 46 Long, thin fish 47 Rains ice pellets 49 Asks boldly, as for a loan 50 Turn one’s back on

9/9/13

51 Land with a rod 52 Slap the cuffs on 55 Emcee’s speech 56 Moral principle 59 Des Moines’s state 60 Quick kiss 61 Slow-moving vessels 62 Big __ Country 63 Sean’s mom Yoko

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dr. date Dr. Date,

I’ve been hooking up with this girl for a few months, and things are pretty good. Nothing serious — we both agreed we want to keep it casual — but enjoyable. What’s bothering me is she never wants me to stay over at her place but expects to stay over at mine. I’m fine having her spend the night, but I’d like the same in return. When I ask her about it, she always makes an excuse (having to get up early, etc.) Should I just let it go?

—Kicked out

Out of sight, out of mind,

It’s cool that you’re down with having your sexy-time partner spend the night at your pad, but keep in mind that not everyone is as quick to open up their lives to another person. Some people only like sharing their bed with a significant other — someone they trust and care about enough to let into their intimate space. They might be worried that a no-strings-attached sex friend might not find the fact that they still sleep with their baby blanket quite so adorable.

Maybe keeping her space private is her way of not letting you all the way in.

Given your casual arrangement, she might feel like she needs to safeguard her heart somehow. Having man memories stained across her down comforter might make it harder to forget about you if things fizzle out.

It could also be that you’re living the penthouse life in comparison to her drab digs. Maybe her house is a dump, so she prefers your central AC and Netflix queue for gettin’ down.

Or she has a weird judgmental roommate who likes to Facebook chat her mom about houseguests. I’ve been there.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

I know we’ve only been back in school for a few days, but I already have a thing for my TA. He’s cute, smart and funny and is (I think) maybe interested in me, too.

I went to his office hours, and as I was about to leave, he suggested we get coffee sometime. I’m really excited, but I’m also apprehensive.

Obviously, it’s not a good idea to date my TA while I’m still in his class, and I’m sure he’s aware of that. Do you think he actually just wants to get coffee to talk about class? If so, how do I know?

And if he was asking me out, how do I make sure everything is aboveboard?

—Confused

Hot for teacher,

You’re not the first to think about getting some T&A from a TA, but you’re right that things could get messy if you get involved with him while you’re his student. Once the semester is over, though, it’s fair game if you’re still with it — you can give a firsthand assessment of that famous Allen Ginsberg declaration that “the best teaching is done in bed.”

As it stands right now, though, ol’ boy hasn’t crossed any lines. For all you know, the only human anatomy he’s looking to help you study is strictly in the pages in your bio book.

Maybe your academic enthusiasm — I mean really, who goes to office hours the first week — is refreshing to him, and he just wants your elite opinion on whether we should invade Syria.

Or he’s into you, too, and he wants to take the opportunity to offer you some sextra credit. There’s only one way to find out for sure. But if its potential awkwardness makes you feel too uncomfortable, politely decline.

—Dr. Date

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

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Students, city partner for sustainability University students and faculty will work on development projects with North St. Paul.

BY JULIA MARSHALL jmarshall@mndaily.com

University of Minnesota students and faculty members are par tnering with North St. Paul for a variety of sustainability projects this year.

Hundreds of graduate and professional students are expected to work with the city on environmentally-friendly development as part of the Resilient Communities Project, a program that offers students a chance to apply their learning to real-world situations.

Seven cities submitted proposals to the University, but faculty members chose Nor th St. Paul because of its interest in sustainability.

Students and faculty from 20 dif ferent depar tments will work on 21 vari-

ous projects with the city, including street redesign, economic development, crime prevention and waste management.

Mar y Hammes, a second-year graduate student in the natural resources science and management program, will be working on environmental education for the city as par t of her graduate thesis.

“It’s a dual purpose,” she said. “It’ll ser ve my thesis, and then I’ll help on the report to give to North St. Paul.”

Some Nor th St. Paul residents said they hope the par tnership will increase economic development in the area.

Paul Anderson, chairman of North St. Paul’s Design and Historical Review Commission, said the city’s downtown needs improvement. The city’s expansion has slowed over the past few decades, he said, and he hopes to compete with increased development in neighboring towns.

North St. Paul has about 11,500 residents, and An-

derson said working with the University will alleviate city employees’ workload.

“It really will make a difference because it’s hard for our small staf f … to do as much as needs to be done to make progress,” he said.

David Nelson, a 38-year resident of North St. Paul, said he’s excited for the students to begin work but hopes the development doesn’t detract from the city’s character.

“The main thing is to keep the small-town fla-

vor,” he said. “We don’t want to expand and make it like a big shopping mall.”

Ange Wang, a College of Design professor working on the project, said program leaders will communicate with the community to address concerns like Nelson’s.

“Anytime you engage community members in a project, it has much more sustainable results than if you don’t engage them,” Wang said. “People need to feel a part of something.”

U develops research plan to counter budget cuts Research u from Page 1

important. Thomas Hays, College of Biological Sciences associate dean of research, said partnerships between faculty members can invite different expertise and perspectives.

“Sparks are created conceptually based on how a biologist or engineer might

look at a problem or question,” Hays said. “It impacts our ability to think outside of the box.”

For example, University engineers and neurologists are trying to make robots that can accurately put electrodes in the human brain, a project funded by the Minnesota Discovery Research InnoVation Economy, or MnDRIVE, program.

Marvin Marshak, phys-

ics professor and University director of undergraduate research, said he would like to see a more international focus.

“I’m not opposed to interdisciplinar y research; I think it has a place,” he said.

“But I think that there’s also a place for multi-institutional work.”Though many departments’ research budgets are limited, the Minnesota Legislature approved $36 million

for the MnDRIVE initiative in last year’s legislative session to continue University research in agriculture, energy, robotics and the brain.

“We have been fortunate to have gotten some new investments from the state in this past legislation session that are supporting some research,” Herman said.

Private companies are another funding option, Hays said, and partnerships

between the University and industry can be mutually beneficial.

Budget cuts have affected every department differently.

Mostafa Kaveh, College of Science and Engineering associate dean for research and planning, said the budget cuts haven’t affected CSE yet.

But Hays said he personally knows researchers for whom the sequester “has been an overriding issue.”

Marshak said he would like to get more students involved in research over the next several years. When students work in labs, he said, it helps them gain additional expertise, apply what they learn in classes and network.

Kaveh said he’d like to see investments in research infrastructure and facilities.

The research plan could also help refocus the University’s efforts to solve global problems, Herman said.

“We want to do this in a manner that brings people together in ways that create added value to the partnership,” he said, “with results that can’t be gained by people working alone.”

After the surveys, focus groups and interviews are done, University students will analyze the results, Herman will present them at a com-

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said, it’s unclear if it played a role in Lehr’s death.

An autopsy is being completed by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office, and University police are investigating Lehr’s death.

This is the school year’s first major accident, Miner said. He said he cannot remember any other unintentional, lethal falls on campus in recent years.

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U RESEARCH PLAN

BY THE NUMBERS

$30 to $50 million U LOST FROM SEQUESTER THIS YEAR

$749.1 million TOTAL AWARDS IN RESEARCH $2.21 U YIELDS FOR EVERY $1 INVESTED IN RESEARCH

Sept.

2013 ADMINISTERING ONLINE

SURVEYS, FOCUS GROUPS AND INTERVIEWS

Oct./Nov. 2013 PROJECTED MEETING TO

RELEASE RESULTS SOURCE: OVPR

munity-wide event by November or December, and the University will decide which research to invest money and expertise in based on the feedback.

For now, the future of University research rests on the opinions of the University community. “[If there’s] something we all collectively say we should be investing in,” Herman said, “everyone is unified, so it helps us decide this is an important area of research.”

economics and actuarial science junior, is the nextdoor neighbor of the Yudof resident whom Lehr was visiting.

Barrientos said he was home at the time of the accident, but didn’t know anything had happened until the police came and questioned him for their investigation.

“Obviously we take the safety and security of all visitors to campus whether they are students or not ver y seriously, and our thoughts go out to the friends and family of this young lady,” Miner said.