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University of Minnesota faculty and staff members are paid less than average market wages but are compensated with employee benefits, according to the Office of Human Resources. A Thursday presentation to a Board of Regents committee showed base salaries for University employees
were nearly $3,300 less than salaries of comparable employees nationwide in fiscal year 2011-12. University salar y increases are also slower than those of other Twin Cities employers and educational institutions across the country, according to the report. Employees are compensated with a “strong” benefits package that helps recruit and retain employees, according to OHR Vice President Kathy Brown. “The value of our u See SALARIES Page 3 Employee compensation was 61 percent of the U’s 2012 costs.
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City candidates skip campus Some mayoral hopefuls haven’t tried to appeal to students yet. BY ALEXI GUSSO agusso@mndaily.com
With two hotly contested constitutional amendments and a presidential election, University of Minnesota students encountered political campaigns as soon as they stepped foot on campus last year. This year, campaigning at the University hasn’t been as prevalent. And some students aren’t even aware of the upcoming Minneapolis elections, leaving candidates wondering if targeting campus is worthwhile. Political science professor Larr y Jacobs said
students are not necessarily unengaged, but mayoral candidates have a hard time “breaking through” to them. “I think the challenge for the mayoral candidates is to stand out and excite students,” he said. “As a group, [the candidates] have just failed to do that so far.” A recent Star Tribune poll of 800 likely Minneapolis voters showed 32 percent in the 18-to-39 age group were unsure of their first choice for mayor.
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University of Colo. Health president Rulon Stacey will take over Nov. 4.
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Fairview Health Services announced its new president and CEO on Tuesday. Rulon Stacey, the current president of University of Colorado Health, will take over Nov. 4. The Fairview health system ser ves more than 625,000 people a year and includes the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview. Fair view Board Chair Charles Mooty, who has been ser ving as interim CEO since July of last year, said the board of directors is “thrilled” by the appointment. “Ever y health system Rulon has touched throughout his career has dramati-
cally improved clinical quality and patient experience,” Mooty said in a press release. “Under his leadership, I am confident Fairview patients and families will see care and ser vice continue to get better and better.” Stacey, a graduate of Brigham Young University and the University of Colorado, served as CEO of Poudre Valley Health System for 16 years before it merged with the University of Colorado Hospital last year to become University of Colorado Health. In the release, Stacey specifically cited looking forward to working with the University. “Fairview and its partner, the University of Minnesota, are already well-respected organizations nationally,” he said, “and I look forward to joining them in their quest to continually improve and grow.”
BY KATELYN FAULKS kfaulks@mndaily.com
University of Minnesota researchers are working to capture renewable energy from New York City’s East River to power homes. For the next two years, the University’s St. Anthony Falls Laborator y and Depar tment of Civil Engineering will develop water turbines for Verdant Power, a New York Citybased renewable technology company. Once installed, researchers speculate the 30 turbines will generate 22 percent of the electricity for New York City’s Roosevelt Island. SAFL director Fotis
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s president said Tuesday that he was in no rush to sign a security deal with the United States, once again dashing American hopes that a pact can be quickly finalized. The United States wants a deal by October to give American and NATO militar y planners enough time to prepare for to keep some troops in the countr y after a scheduled 2014 withdrawal, instead of a total pull-out. Afghanistan and the United States have since last October been negotiating a security deal that will give the U.S. a legal basis for having forces in Afghanistan after 2014, and also allow it to lease bases around the countr y. If the U.S. does not sign the deal, it is unlikely that NATO or any of its allies will keep troops in Afghanistan after 2014. Karzai however is pressing demands that the U.S. is reluctant to meet, and also is believed to want to shield himself from any possible backlash from signing a deal that some see as compromising Afghan sovereignty. “The Americans wanted this security agreement in March or April, and now they are tr ying to bring it in October. But we want to do well, not to hurr y; they are in a rush, not us. We are ver y relaxed,” Hamid Karzai told a youth conference in the capital. He added that if by October the United States can’t meet a set of wide-ranging conditions, including security guarantees for the countr y and pledges for modern weaponr y, then they could sign a deal with his successor after the April 5 elections for a new head of state.
whether a binding deal is possible at all. Thorgeirsson seemed to strike a pessimistic note Tuesday, talking down the idea that Paris — or any other conference — would produce a grand bargain that would ensure the reductions needed to prevent a dangerous warming of the Ear th’s atmosphere. He even seemed to suggest that a global solution to the issue wasn’t likely until the ef fects of climate change came barreling down on peoples’ heads or flooding into their homes. “I don’t think that an international treaty will ever be the primar y driver for the difficult decisions to be made,” he warned. “It’s the problem itself that will be
the primar y driver — and the consequences of that problem.” Quizzed on the repeated failure of the international community to organize a global deal on greenhouse gases, he said that the politicians involved had to be held to account. “This is a question that needs to be asked at the ballot box,” he said. “This is a question that needs to be asked of leaders at all levels.” Thorgeirsson was in London for the launch of a joint study by Imperial’s Grantham Institute for Climate Change and its Energy Futures Laboratory of the estimated cost of halving the world’s carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.
Stocks higher as Fed kicks off 2-day meeting BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WALL STREET — Stocks rose on Tuesday as investors shrugged off worries about what the Federal Reserve is up to. Many expect the Fed to announce Wednesday that it will reduce its $85 billion monthly bond-buying program. Wall Street is hoping for a small reduction because the bond-buying has kept interest rates ultra-low and made it cheaper to borrow money. The Dow Jones industrial average closed higher by 34.95 points, or 0.2 percent, at 15,529.73. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 7.16 points, or 0.4 percent, to 1,704.76. The S&P 500 was five points below its record high reached on Aug. 2. It has risen for three trading days in a row, and 10 of the last 11. The Nasdaq composite was up 27.85 points, or 0.8 percent, at 3,745.70; it had the biggest percentage gain of the three big indexes. Nine out of 10 industry groups in the S&P 500 rose, led by technology. The only declines were for materials stocks, which include miners, industrial gas producers and metal refiners. Rising tech stocks included the video game company Electronic Arts, which is getting a solid start with this year’s version of its Madden football franchise. Electronic Arts rose 64 cents, or 2 percent, to $27.60. Computer memory maker Micron Technology rose 40 cents, or 2 percent, to $16.84 as investors bet that memory prices will rise after a fire shut down a competitor’s factory in China. By some measures, stock market values are as high as they were at the end of the Internet bubble in 2000, when compared to the size of the nation’s economy, said Martin Leclerc, a principal and chief investment officer at Barrack Yard Advisors in Br yn Mawr, Pa.
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U requires freshman alcohol course information was good, but the deliver y could have been better. “It was kind of long,” Dolney said. She also said that some of the information seemed to be common sense. Child psychology freshman Laura Hanzal said the course didn’t change her opinions about drinking, and she thought it was “way too long.” But she said she thought some infor mation was helpful, including details about Minnesota’s new medical amnesty law, which went into ef fect Aug. 1. Under the law, an underage student who is drinking can call an ambulance for a friend with no risk of either of them getting a drinking ticket. “I’m really glad that I know that now,” Hanzal said.
University employee base pay below market average total compensation.
UPlan findings In addition to base salaries, the OHR repor t examined increasing health care costs and how they af fect the University’s health plan. T he r e s u l t s s ho w ed that although national health care costs have been growing since the 2007-08 academic year, costs for the UPlan — the University’s employee health benefits plan — have grown more slowly. Brown said OHR has been and will be working extensively to ensure the University is ready when the Af fordable Care Act takes ef fect next year.
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benefits is probably a little high in relationship to our Big Ten peers,” she said at the meeting. The report showed that many senior leadership positions, like vice presidents and deans, are also generally paid at or below market rates. Brown said in an interview that some administrators have higher salaries because they have more experience at the University. Total compensation, including salaries and benefits, for University employees made up 61 percent of the institution’s total expenditures in 2012. Brown said that percentage has remained “ver y stable” in recent years. In the meeting, Brown described employee compensation as a “tension on a line” between enticing pr ospective employees with attractive salaries and benefits while also spending public dollars responsibly. Regent Richard Beeson said at the meeting that the University shouldn’t always remain in the “safe zone,” or close to national averages, if it wants to attract top talent. “Most ever yone gravitates towards the 50 per-
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cent line,” he said, “and I think that’s a cop-out.” Regent Patricia Simmons said at the meeting that it’s dif ficult to determine “actual labor costs” and compare the University to its peers because only base pay was included in many of OHR’s models. Brown responded by saying OHR will work to find statistics comparing University employees’ total compensation — including benefits like paid time off and life insurance — with Big Ten peer institutions. Regent John Frobenius said at the meeting that he believes more work needs to be done in order to have an accurate definition of
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Britain and France for demanding that Assad step down, denouncing “their frantic quest to impose their will” on Syria. “Assad is the legitimate president chosen by the Syrian people and will remain so as long as the Syrian people want this,” the statement said. Secretar y-General Ban told the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday afternoon that the executive council that oversees the Chemical Weapons Convention, will meet Friday in The Hague, Netherlands to endorse the U.S.-Russia agreement. The Security Council is then expected to adopt a resolution early next week, he said. Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov traveled to Damascus to meet with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid alMoallem. Russia’s ITARTass news agency said Ryabkov would discuss the plan to dismantle chemical weapons. Fighting in the civil war raged on, with a car bomb wounding more than a dozen people in northern Syria at a border crossing with Turkey. The blast at the Bab alHawa frontier wounded 19 people, according to activist Ahmad al-Khatib in Idlib. Rami Abdul-Rahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said 15 were wounded. In February, a car bomb at the border post killed 14 and two car bombs in May on the Turkish side killed 43. Syria accused Turkey of escalating tensions by shooting down a Syrian military helicopter Monday. The militar y said the helicopter was monitoring cross-border infiltration of rebels when it “mistakenly” entered Turkish airspace. Turkey’s Deputy Prime Pinister Bulent Arinc said the aircraft was downed by a fighter jet after it ignored repeated warnings to leave Turkish airspace. South of Damascus, Syrian government troops backed by Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah captured parts of the town of Chebaa, the Obser vator y said. Chebaa is also close to the Sayida Zeinab shrine that is sacred to Shiites. Syrian troops shelled rebel-held areas and sent reinforcements to the southern region of Quneitra near Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, the Observatory said.
Students who took AlcoholEdu watched videos and took quizzes about the ef fects of drinking alcohol and the importance of consent in a sexual experience. Freshman Claire Dolney said she lear ned drinking isn’t as prevalent on campus as she had assumed. Only 10 percent of incoming students said they engaged in heavy drinking three or more times in the past two weeks, according to AlcoholEdu data from all participating schools. About one-third of incoming students said they didn’t drink at all in the past year, according to the same data. Some University students said the course’s
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DAMASCUS, Syria — Russia insisted Tuesday that a U.N. Security Council resolution governing Syria’s handling of its chemical weapons not allow the use of force, but it suggested that could change if Damascus reneges on the deal to give up its stockpile. The main Syrian opposition coalition, meanwhile, urged the inter national community to take swift action against the regime of President Bashar Assad in response to a U.N. finding that the ner ve agent sarin was used in a deadly attack near the capital last month. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said his countr y “spoke clearly” about rejecting the use of force when the chemical weapons agreement was worked out Saturday in Geneva between Washington and Moscow. The plan calls for an inventor y of Syria’s chemical weapons within a week, with all components of the program out of the countr y or destroyed by mid-2014. But if signs emerge that Syria is not fulfilling the agreement or there are repor ts of fur ther chemical weapons use, “then the Security Council will examine the situation,” Lavrov said, suggesting the issue could be reconsidered. U.N. Secretar y-General Ban Ki-moon said a resolution on the U.S.-Russia deal must be enforceable, telling reporters that the “most effective” way is under Chapter 7 of the U.N. Char ter. That deals with threats to international peace and security and has provisions for enforcement by military or non-military means, such as sanctions. While in principle all Security Council resolutions are legally binding, Ban said, “in reality, we need clear guidelines under Chapter 7.” Lavrov made his remarks at a news conference in Moscow with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. France and the U.S. say a militar y option remained on the table, and they are pushing for the U.N. resolution to reflect that. Diplomats said the five permanent council members — the U.S., Russia, China, Britain and France — made little progress at a meeting Tuesday on a draft resolution and would meet again Wednesday.
On Monday, U.N. inspectors submitted a report on the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack near Damascus that deepened the Syrian crisis. It was the first official confirmation by impartial experts that chemical weapons were used in the attack, which killed hundreds. The repor t confirmed that chemical weapons were used but did not ascribe blame, and Lavrov and Fabius differed sharply on their interpretations. “The report exposes the regime,” Fabius said. “On the basis of the information of our external agents, we consider that the report proves the responsibility of the regime for the chemical weapons attack of Aug. 21.” The U.S., Britain and France said evidence in the report — the type of rockets, the composition of the sarin agent, and trajector y of the missiles — showed that Assad’s government was responsible. The report said surface-to-surface rockets containing sarin were fired from an area where Syria’s militar y has bases, but said the evidence could have been manipulated in the rebel-controlled neighborhood that was hit. Russia, a staunch ally of the Syrian regime, disagreed with the West’s conclusions. Lavrov said Moscow has “serious reason to suggest that this was a provocation” by the rebels. Ban called the repor t “the most significant confirmed use of chemical weapons against civilians since Saddam Hussein used them” against ethnic Kurds in Halabja, Iraq, in 1988. The main Syrian opposition group, the Westernbacked Syrian National Coalition, said the repor t clearly shows that only the Syrian regime could have carried out the attack, and it urged the U.N. to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court. “The Syrian coalition urges the Security Council to end the culture of impunity in Syria, and to stop the Syrian regime from carr ying out further war crimes and crimes against humanity,” the coalition said. SNC president Ahmad al-Jarba said the U.N. resolution should force the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons and also stop “the regime’s war machine by banning the use of its air force, missiles and artillery.” The Syrian Foreign Ministr y slammed the U.S.,
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course isn’t being of fered because of that. “We are just wanting to address drinking in general,” she said. “It’s an issue on every college campus.” Once students complete both par ts of the course, the administration can determine if it has af fected students’ alcohol use, she said. Beginning next year, Washington said, Madison students will have holds placed on their records if they don’t complete AlcoholEdu. This year, 90 percent of required students completed the course. Even though University of Minnesota students don’t face a penalty for skipping the course, more than 80 percent of incoming freshmen finished the first part. “We would have liked to see 100 percent,” Golden said, but added he was
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Amid a growing push to educate college students on the dangers of highrisk drinking, the University of Minnesota required an online alcohol course this summer for incoming freshmen. AlcoholEdu teaches students alcohol safety and sur veys how they use and think about alcohol. Many other colleges, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison, also use the two-and-a-half hour class. “What we won’t do is tell you not to drink,” the course introduction says. “Our job is to provide reliable information so that you can make your own
2012 College Student Health Sur vey. The sur vey defines high-risk drinking as consuming five or more drinks in one sitting. Starting this year, Madison required AlcoholEdu for incoming freshmen, transfer students and those returning to University housing, said Reonda Washington, community health specialist for Madison’s University Health Ser vices. The university was “behind the cur ve” for alcohol education compared to other universities, Washington said. She said more than 500 other colleges and universities have implemented the course. Although The Princeton Review ranked Madison eighth on its list of “par ty schools” for the 2013-14 academic year, Wa s h i n g t o n s a i d t h e
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decisions about alcohol.” In an email sent over the summer with a link to the class, the University told freshmen they were required to complete the first portion of the course by Welcome Week. But those who didn’t complete the course weren’t penalized. Students are expected to take a second par t of the course during the semester, said Dave Golden, Boynton Health Ser vice spokesman, though completion again won’t be enforced. Golden said data from AlcoholEdu shows the course can decrease highrisk drinking — a cause for concern on campus. Among Minnesota college students, about one in four said they had engaged in high-risk drinking in the past two weeks, according to Boynton’s
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Egypt Muslim Brotherhood spokesman arrested in Cairo BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CAIRO — Egyptian police ar rested the main English-language spokesman of the Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday along with other senior members of the group, all charged with inciting violence, state media and a security official said. Gehad el-Haddad had emerged has one of the group’s most well-known faces, appearing regularly in foreign media to defend the Brotherhood’s policies during Mohammed Morsi’s year as president and following Morsi’s July 3 ouster by the militar y. His father, Essam el-Haddad, was a senior foreign policy aide to Morsi and has been in detention with Morsi since the coup. State Depar tment spokeswoman Jen Psaki criticized the ar rest as politically motivated, saying “we are opposed to all politicized ar rests, of course including this one, and detention, and remain focused on encouraging the interim gover nment to move for ward on an inclusive process that brings representatives from all sides.” Several thousand Br other hood members and other Islamist backers
of Morsi have been arrested in the past month, with more than 2,000 being held pending prosecution. The crackdown has detained most of the Brotherhood’s senior leaders, as well as key midlevel operators who are in charge of organizing and financing the group’s activities. At least two top-level leaders, wanted by authorities remain fugitives. El-Haddad was arrested in a police raid on two apar tments in the Cairo district of Nasr City that also detained five other senior Brotherhood figures. Among them were the Morsi-era governor of Qalioubiya province, a former lawmaker, and a member of the Guidance Bureau, the top executive body of the Brotherhood made up of dozens of members, many of whom are already in custody, according to state media and the security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press. The Guidance Bureau member, Mahmoud Abu Zeid, is also el-Haddad’s fatherin-law. Abdullah el-Haddad, brother of Gehad, wrote on the Brotherhood’s official T witter account that his older brother has been in hiding for over a
month and has not been able to see his family and children. He said it was not clear what charges he faces. Gehad El-Haddad was one of the Brotherhood’s prolific spokesmen. After millions took to the streets demanding Morsi’s removal and the army ousted him, el-Haddad spoke for the group from the main pro-Morsi sit-in outside a mosque in Nasr City. After the army violently broke up the sit-in on Aug. 14, he went into hiding, but continued to criticize the coup and the heavy-handed crackdown that followed, leaving more than 1,000 dead over several days. El-Haddad was one of the group’s hard-line voices, refusing any negotiations with the new authorities. In recent days, it had become mor e dif ficult reaching el-Haddad, and email was his prefer red mode of communication. After the ar rest of most of the group’s leadership, he increasingly star ted to also address the Arabic speaking media. In one of his last English tweets, elHaddad wrote on Sept. 12, “militar y coup tried 2 quiet chants of hope echoing from (the sit-in) by force, it rippled them to all corners of world.”
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U teams up with Colombian universities The U law school will work with Colombian students to fight for human rights. BY HAILEY COLWELL hcolwell@mndaily.com
While studying law at the University of Medellín in Antioquia, Colombia, Juliana Velez worked on a human rights case about a flooding river — called La Picacha — that displaced families living near the water. Now, Velez is collaborating with University of Minnesota law students
to fur ther her work on the case as par t of a par tnership between the University’s Human Rights Program and four Colombian universities in the Antioquia region. Velez and Mar tin Palacio, another visiting Colombian law student, will spend six weeks going to law classes at the University and visiting human rights centers around the Twin Cities. The students will also par ticipate in law clinics — simulations with clients who need legal advice — to broaden their human rights advocacy and litigation skills, said Diana Quintero, a director
of the project. The par tnership began in 2012 as a means for University faculty members to share strategies with human rights defenders at the four Colombian universities. University and Antioquia faculty members and students will have several more exchanges in the next two years. “We have [a] ver y different context in which human rights are discussed,” said visiting professor Sandra Gomez, who teaches human rights at the clinics of the four universities that are par t of the par tnership. While in Minnesota, Gomez and five other Co-
City candidates skip U Election u from Page 1
Among older voters polled, none said they were unsure. Jacobs said the uncertainty among young voters stems from the large pool of candidates hoping to replace Mayor R.T. Rybak — 35 will appear on the Nov. 5 ballot. “I think this race is so dif fuse with so many candidates that it may be hard for students to figure out why it’s impor tant for them to vote and which candidate of fers the most for them,” he said. University student Stephanie Behm said she isn’t familiar with any mayoral candidates and probably won’t choose whom to vote for until closer to the election. “I’m not even going to wor r y about it until the end of October,” she said. Leah Enter, co-chair of the University’s Minnesota Public Inter est Research Group, said the group registered nearly 7,000 students on campus last year. This year, volunteers have registered a few hundred. “When you get down to the city level, students really just aren’t aware of elections and how much city policies af fect them,” Enter said. Unlike Jacobs, she said the variety of candidates on the ballot will be helpful to student voters because it’ll allow them to
find someone they relate to more than the usual “brand name” candidates. “It may be a little more dif ficult to find information about each candidate,” Enter said. “But students are more than capable of finding that information.”
Not a wise investment
Enter said University students ar e often unaware of city elections because candidates don’t always market to them. Ben Fridley, campaign spokesman for DFL mayoral candidate Mark Andrew, said the campaign plans to “ramp up” ef for ts on college campuses as the election approaches. Fridley said the University will be an impor tant part of Andrew’s campaign because students who aren’t constituents now may eventually become Minneapolis voters. “Allowing [students] to feel empowered in the decision-making process in a place they might someday call home is impor tant,” Fridley said. In a Star Tribune poll administered Sept. 8-10, Andrew polled 9 percent with 18 to 39-year-olds. The poll cited a margin of error of 3.5 percent. Among people in the 18-to-39 age gr oup, 18 percent listed former City Council President Dan Cohen as their first choice, ranking him the highest of all mayoral candidates. Despite Cohen’s ranking in that demographic,
campaign manager Troy Wilson said University students are “not necessarily on the list for the target group” because many students are from out of state. “If we did something at the U of M, we would not be able to determine who was [from Minneapolis], and we’re not sure if that would be a wise way to invest time,” Wilson said. University chemical engineering sophomore Zach Gar tner said he didn’t know there were city elections this year because he hadn’t seen any campaigning on campus. But Gar tner, a Bur nsville native, said the elections don’t af fect him because he doesn’t vote in Minneapolis. Aaron Wells, campaign spokesman for mayoral candidate and war d 13 city councilwoman Betsy Hodges, said the University is an important source of volunteers and interns, regardless of whether they’re Minneapolis voters. Hodges polled 8 percent among 18 to 39-yearolds, placing her behind Andrew, Cohen and Don Samuels, ward 5 city councilman. Despite the large number of out-of-state students on campus, Wells said the Hodges campaign will target the University in the coming weeks. “The [University] is enormous,” he said. “Even if there’s only a small percentage of students who are voters, that’s still a huge number of voters there.”
lombian professors will complete internships. Colombia has experienced ongoing armed conflict between its gover nment and different guerrilla and paramilitar y groups since the late 1950s, in addition to other social and political violence, Gomez said. Human rights defenders have been killed over the years, Gomez said, which is “a huge issue.” Palacio said it’s OK to say you’re a human rights defender in the U.S., but that isn’t always allowed in Colombia. “It’s so dif ferent working in human rights,” he said.
Palacio and Velez will teach students in the University’s human rights clinic about the Picacha flooding case and collaborate with them on relocating displaced families. To begin, students will write a letter to the city of Medellín about how the floods are a human rights issue, Velez said, and the University clinic will write legal statements suppor ting the students’ case. “It’s a good job because we are working together,” Velez said. When Velez returns to Colombia, she said she wants to work on environmental and human rights issues. She said she hopes
to bring back a greater capacity to understand dif ferences and welcome people. Palacio said he hopes his time at the University will help him think more internationally about human rights issues since the approach in Colombia is more locally focused. The Colombian visitors’ time in Minnesota will be great for building an interdisciplinar y network in human rights, Gomez said, something that’s less established in Colombian legal education. “It’s a ver y contrasting experience,” she said, “and we’ve been learning a lot.”
Dept. of Homeland Security must better track use of excessive force BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
McALLEN, Texas — A widely anticipated federal report released Tuesday on excessive force among U.S. border agents contained little discussion of use-offorce policies, but recommended improvements to training and the tracking of such allegations. The report’s biggest revelation may have been the Depar tment of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General could not come up with a tally of excessive force allegations against Border Patrol agents and customs of ficers because the agency’s databases do not allow them to be categorized that way. The report was requested last year by 16 members of Congress concer ned with the case of 42-year-old Anastasio Hernandez, who died after being shocked several times with a stun gun at San Diego’s San Ysidro border crossing in May 2010. The letter lawmakers sent requesting the review said, “we are also concerned that this incident is simply par t of a larger cultural problem at the Department.” The Justice Depar tment’s investigation into his death —one of at least 19 deaths since 2010 that the American Civil Liberties Union attributes to U.S. Customs and Border Protection — continues. Two of the lawmakers who requested the review said Tuesday the report did
not go far enough. U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., called the incomplete records of allegations “deeply disturbing” and said he planned to pursue redacted portions. “We expected much more content. We expected a deeper look into it,” he said. U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., said in an email that he welcomed the repor t’s recommendations, “but Border Patrol needs to do more to curb excessive use of force that has resulted in unnecessary deaths.” The ACLU similarly called the repor t a good first step, but said more was expected. CBP also has faced fierce criticism for policies that allow agents to respond to rock throwers with deadly force, a response CBP says is justified by the danger. Eight people have been killed by Border Patrol agents in rock throwing incidents since 2010, according to the ACLU. And the report found that of 185 rock assaults in fiscal 2012, agents responded with firearms 12 percent of the time. Shawn Moran, vice president of the National Border Patrol Council, a union representing agents, said they are satisfied with the agency’s use-of-force training. “We feel that the training is top notch for use of force and our agents use it reluctantly,” Moran said. CBP began its own internal review of deadly force incidents in November, in addition to an independent
review contracted to the Police Executive Research Forum. Specific references to the findings of both were redacted from Tuesday’s report, which said recommendations were under consideration by the acting CBP commissioner. The inspectors did credit the agency for beginning field audits last year to evaluate use-of-force training outside of the academy. But the report said followup needs to be formalized and the staff expanded. It noted that one such audit revealed that “many agents and officers do not understand use of force and the extent to which they may or may not use force.” The recommendations that followed were redacted, but CBP said it was an isolated finding that was immediately addressed. Some critics have blamed a rapid increase in Border Patrol agent staf fing for deterioration in the quality of recruits and their training. Border Patrol increased the number of agents on the Southwest border by 63 percent from 2006 to 2009. But the repor t concluded the increase didn’t impair training on how and when to use force. Still, inspectors recommended the training be improved, especially with scenario-based exercises, saying academy graduates leave with the necessar y tools and tactics, “but are not fully prepared for possible real-life situations they might encounter.”
Acapulco tourists stranded after a storm; Mexico death toll up to 47 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ACAPULCO, Mexico — The death toll rose to 47 Tuesday from the unusual one-two punch of a tropical storm and a hurricane hitting Mexico at nearly the same time. Authorities scrambled to get help into, and stranded tourists out of, the cutof f resor t city of Acapulco. W ith r oads blocked by landslides, rockslides, floods and collapsed bridges, Acapulco was cut of f from road transpor t after T ropical Stor m Manuel made landfall on Sunday. The terminal at the city’s international airport was flooded, but not the landing strips. Emergency flights began arriving in Acapulco to evacuate at least 40,000 mainly Mexican tourists stranded in the resort city where some streets were transformed into raging brown rivers. . Interior Secretar y Miguel Angel Osorio Chong told the Radio Formula that 27 people had died because of the storm in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, where Acapulco
is located. Osorio Chong said 20 more people died nationwide, many as a result of former hurricane Ingrid, which struck the Gulf coast on Monday. Mexican meteorologists said it was the first time since 1958 that two tropical storms or hur ricanes had hit both the countr y’s coasts within 24 hours. While most Acapulco hotels seemed to be operating normally on Tuesday, many outlying neighborhoods were without water or electricity, and floodwaters were knee-deep at the city airpor t’s check-in counters. Federal of ficials said it could take at least another two days to open the main highway to Acapulco, which was hit by more than 13 landslides from surrounding hills, and to bring food and relief supplies into the city of more than 800,000 people. Two of Mexico’s largest airlines, Aeromexico and Interjet, began r unning flights to and from the still-swamped international airpor t. Those with tickets got first priority, then families with small children or elderly members,
officials said. Interjet’s director Luis Jose Garza told Milenio TV that his airline’s first flight was taking 150 passengers back to Mexico City and it hoped to run four to six such flights Tuesday. Guer rero state’s government said 40,000 tourists were stuck in the city, but the head of the local chamber of business owners said repor ts from hotels indicated the number could be as high as 60,000. Thousands of stranded tourists lined up outside an air force base north of Acapulco to try to get a seat on one of a handful of planes flying to Mexico City. Many said they’ve been waiting at the base for hours after they were unable to return to Mexico City by road. Gavin McLoughlin, 27, a teacher at Mexico City’s Greengates School, said he went to Acapulco on a late night bus Thursday with about 30 other teachers at the school, many of whom are in their 20s. “We had no idea of the weather,” the Englishman said. “We knew there was a hurricane on the other side but not this side.” They group was stay-
ing at the Copacabana Hotel and by Sunday they were unable to leave the hotel because of the rain. The main coastal boulevard was open Tuesday and most hotels appeared to have power, water and food. But that was little consolation to those unable to leave Acapulco. “It’s probably one of the worst holidays I’ve ever been on,” said David Jefferson Gled, a 28-year-old English teacher at Greengates School. “It wasn’t really a holiday, more of an incarceration.” Militar y of ficials said there would be 17 flights on T uesday. Nine planes and five helicopters shuttling back and for th between Mexico City and this air force base. The situation was far more serious in the city’s low-income per i p h e r y, w h e r e s t e e p hills funneled rainwater into neighbor hoods of cinderblock houses. City officials said about 23,000 homes, mostly on Acapulco’s outskirts, were without electricity and water. Stores were nearly
emptied by residents who rushed to stock up on basic goods. Landslides and flooding damaged an unknown number of homes. Natividad Gallegos said she returned Monday from shopping to find her house in a poor Acapulco neighborhood buried by a landslide that killed six members of her family, including her two children. “I saw a lot of strangers with picks and shovels, digging where my house used to be,” she said, weeping. The coastal town of Coyuca de Benitez and beach resorts further west of Acapulco, including Ixtapa and Zihuatenejo, were cut off after a river washed out a bridge on the main coastal highway. Marcela Higuera, who r uns a bread stall in the Coyuca market, said the only aid that had arrived so far was a helicopter t h at r e s c u e d s t r an d e d flood victims. “Flour’s already r un out. There isn’t any in Coyuca,” she said, adding that the Coyuca River had swept away the bridge and riverside restaurants, and flooded low-lying neighborhoods. “This is the worst
storm that I’ve seen.” “There are hundreds of people in shelters and they’re begging for clothes and blankets because ever ything they have is wet,” Higuera said. “They had to leave without taking anything.” Remnants of Manuel continued to drench Mexico fur ther up the Pacific coast and the U.S. National Hurricane Center said it was expected to become a tropical storm by Tuesday night or Wednesday mor ning near resorts at the tip of the Baja California Peninsula. One of the biggest single death tolls was reported in the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, where 12 people died when a landslide smashed into a bus traveling through the town of Altotonga, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) northwest of the state capital. More than 23,000 people fled their homes in Veracr uz state due to heavy rains spawned by Ingrid, and 9,000 went to emergency shelters. At least 20 highways and 12 bridges were damaged, the state’s civil protection authority said.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Food code violations: frequent, but not dire
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ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY
Joe Humphreys places a complete order on the counter at Raising Cane’s on Friday.
FOOD CODE from page 1 Violations run the gamut from obvious to obscure. For example, several Dinkytown restaurants were cited for failing to make visible to employees “an approved char t illustrating an approved emergency first aid procedure for choking.” Inspectors code violations as critical or non-critical, depending on whether they pose an immediate risk to the public. Leaving cooked food out for too long, for example, allows bacteria to breed. Some owners call the practice “time-temperatur e abuse,” and if an inspector sees it, the inspector will make a restaurant throw the food out. Time-temperature related offenses are some of the most common critical violations, along with a lack of readily available cleaning supplies. Huff conceded the violation system isn’t perfect. It provides no context, he said, because inspection records only note whether a restaurant made a mistake, not the severity of it. But many restaurant owners said they don’t have a problem with the food code’s requirements. “It’s meant to protect your customers,” said Eric Huynh, manager of The Tea Garden in Stadium Village. Huynh said the city’s routine inspections, which are usually annual and always unannounced, are a good way to get a random sample of a restaurant’s food. Kitty Corner Café owner Zuhal Sari said the code is “self-explanatory.” Keeping a restaurant clean, she said, is just like maintaining a home kitchen. But not all kitchens are maintained equally. In several Minneapolis incidents, inspectors temporarily
closed restaurants after finding cockroaches in the food prep area. A number of restaurants that closed declined to comment for this story or could not be reached. All but one of the restaurants that closed since the beginning of 2012 reopened after passing new inspections. The most recent one, which closed last week, is still in talks with the city. In Kansas City, Mo., which has a population similar in size to Minneapolis, inspectors have suspended 86 licenses so far this year, said Jeff Hershberger, public information of ficer for the city’s health department. Most of the suspensions were for food carts, not full restaurants, he said. The city did close a restaurant with a backed-up sink. The staf f was able to get a plumber to fix the problem so quickly, the restaurant reopened later that after noon, Hershberger said. In Minneapolis, it takes a serious violation like a pest outbreak to justify closing an establishment on the spot, and it’s ultimately the inspector’s call. “We don’t shut them down for not hanging up their mop,” Huff said.
‘We try not to be food cops’
Shutting down a restaurant over sanitation concerns is a last resort reserved for when fines, citations and one-on-one meetings with city staff can’t fix the problem. After a restaurant corrects major issues, the city often allows it to reopen under certain conditions, like more frequent inspections. But very few issues ever
ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY
Lauren Anderson prepares drinks at The Tea Garden in Stadium Village on Thursday.
CLOSURES/ LICENSES REVOKED IN 2013 7
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get to that point, said Minneapolis inspector Mohamed Yusuf. For most bars and restaurants, he said, noting a violation once is all it takes to get it corrected. Yusuf said inspectors try to work with business owners rather than against them, giving them a chance to correct mistakes and learn from inspections. “We try to be consultants, educators and regulators all in one visit,” he said. “We try not to be food cops.” Fellow inspector Kathy Louden said she tells owners and managers she inspects not to worr y about being tagged for a violation as long as they correct the problem. Louden said it’s difficult to tell someone she might have to shut them down, but that’s sometimes the incentive they need to get back into compliance.
University remains separate
At the University’s Twin Cities campus, inspector Mark Rossi has never had to close a campus food facility. A former public housing inspector, Rossi now oversees the University’s internal inspection system. Because the University is older than the state government, it has the power to inspect its own dining halls and campus restaurants. University code and inspection procedures are similar to Minneapolis policy, albeit on a smaller scale. Rossi sweeps most of the 83 food facilities — restaurants, dining halls and the like — at the beginning of each semester. He also inspects seasonal vendors, like food trucks, as soon as they open. Jill Irvin, director of university dining at the Univer-
sity of Iowa, said she’s never seen a restaurant shut down over food safety concerns at any of the schools she’s worked at, which include Ohio State University and Purdue University. Universities typically have the resources to train their employees effectively, she said. “The people that you hear about that are being shut down, or have multiple violations, tend to be small restaurants that maybe just don’t have the manpower to be on top of the game all the time,” Irvin said. At the University of Iowa, county inspectors oversee food code compliance, but Ir vin has also been at schools that handle inspections internally. This self-monitoring doesn’t hinder the process, she said. Inspectors are usually in a department separate from food service. “I suppose there is the opportunity for some more favorable reviews,” Ir vin said. “But my experience is that doesn’t happen.”
An unlikely partnership
Some students said they avoid restaurants that seem unclean or come with poor recommendations from friends. “If I know that it’s dirty, I’m not going to put that in my body,” physiology sophomore Paige Haney said. Others said bad experiences drove them away from restaurants they used to frequent. Craig Jackson, a University lab attendant, said he and his coworkers often used to order delivery from a local Chinese restaurant. But after a routine order Jackson said he believes made him sick,
the lab employees took their business elsewhere. Jackson said it never occurred to him to report the incident to the restaurant or the city. The Minneapolis Health Department, however, takes informal complaints seriously. One call from someone like Jackson may not trigger a full inspection, but city officials follow up on every complaint, said Minneapolis inspection manager Huff. “Maybe we call the manager, maybe we go by,” he said. In fact, inspectors Louden and Yusuf said they often deviate from their list of planned inspections in order to check out new complaints. Typically, they tr y to look into complaints within two days of receiving them. Yusuf said restaurant owners might not immediately trust inspectors. But after a few visits, he said, most owners know to treat them as partners, not enemies. Burrito Loco Bar and Grill owner Greg Pillsbury, who has operated restaurants in Dinkytown for a decade, said he’s never felt like an inspector was out to get him. “The old stereotype of inspectors coming down on people … I’ve never seen it,” he said. Inspectors said collaboration between both sides is key. “We all have the same goal here,” Louden said. “We’re all looking for food safety.”
Code updates come slowly Minnesota’s food code is based on recommendations from the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA code was last updated in 2009, but Minnesota’s hasn’t changed in almost 20 years. There’s no real safety risk in using an older one, because most of the differences between the two codes are minor, said April Bogard, a project manager at the Minnesota Depar tment of Health. Because changing the code requires so much red tape, like public hearings and comment periods, it makes sense to update it rarely, said Doug Schultz, a health depar tment spokesman. Before the cur rent Minnesota code, adopted in 1995, the state operated under a policy from 1975, Schultz said. “The basis of the food code doesn’t change all that much,” he said. The depar tment is currently meeting with stakeholders like restaurants and grocer y stores to draft an update to the code, but it’s not yet clear when it will be finished.
TEMPERATURE REGULATIONS
All hot, potentially hazardous food must be kept at or above 140˚F.
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The Minnesota Daily obtained inspection records for several restaurants around the University. To see an interactive map listing each restaurant’s violations, visit mndaily.com.
INSPECTOR/FACILITY RATIOS
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UMN-Twin Cities 1 inspector/83 facilities
All cold, potentially hazardous food must be kept at or below 41˚F.
Madison, Wis. 9 inspectors/1,176 facilities Kansas City, Mo. 14 inspectors/3,367 facilities Minneapolis 16 inspectors/4,301 facilities Graphics Sources: City of Minneapolis, University of Minnesota inspector Mark Rossi, Kansas City Health Department PIO Jeff Hershberger, Dane County
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
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EDITORIALS
PROTEST
A radical re-evaluation Political radicals and their audience need to rethink their responsibilities.
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s I was strolling across the Washington Avenue Bridge last week, I found a scrap of paper suddenly thrust into my hands. As I glanced down at my newfound possession, words like “dictatorship,” “police state” and “murder” leered up at me. The radicals had struck again! Wherever they fall on the political spectrum, radicals aren’t hard to find on campus. Most students probably ignore the figures shouting about this injustice or that and choose to continue on with their daily business rather than be bogged down in the ideological quagmire that is extremism. Yet, invariably, some people are attracted to a radical message. Let’s be clear: I respect the role of radicals in our society, and I recognize their right to speak on campus. In fact, I celebrate that right. It’s a valuable reminder that we in the U.S.
BRIAN REINKEN columnist
have the freedom to be heard, regardless of our views. Yet, I wonder whether being heard is exactly what some radicals have in mind. The buzzwords — let’s all remember “dictatorship” — that so often riddle their arguments serve only to alienate anyone who isn’t exactly in tune with whatever espoused view. Shouldn’t the purpose of radicalism be to intelligently preach a message that isn’t often heard whereby prompting critical discussion? If people automatically turn away, how can they question their cozy and unchallenged lives? It’s possible to be radical in the truth, and there are many political extremists who voice their views in a relatively logical manner. Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn are both
prime examples of intellectual radicalism, politics of a breed that carefully evaluates everything that’s being said. Opposite of this, however, is what I’ll call common campus radicalism. This is the self-perpetuating strain that thrives on being seen, not heard, because it relies on shock and awe: It’s pure spectacle. Much like their mainstream opponents, radicals of this strain are preaching an unquestioned doctrine; it’s just one that doesn’t happen to be in vogue. Naturally, while the weather is warm and the new students are searching for their niche, groups like this occupy every street on campus. Exactly how much critical thought do these radical groups, many of which are student-r un, put into their messages? The Pro-Life Student Coalition, for example, invokes “Christian Tradition” to campaign against “infanticide.” Presumably this is because no secular power would ever dare to combat the willful slaughter of newborn children. The A yn Rand Study
DEATHS IN IRAQ: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 4,802 — IRAQI CIVILIANS: 114,440- PLUS DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 3,363 — AFGHAN CIVILIANS: UNKNOWN
Group, for its part, disregards the politics of its eponymous heroine by cheerily offering free pizza and prizes — or, to quote directly from the group’s Facebook posts, “FREE PIZZA AND PRIZES!!!” — at some of its events. And of course the Minnesota Autonomous Radical Space collective must conveniently overlook the fact that, on campus at least, it remains autonomous and anarchical only after having been granted permission to exist by a university that annually receives millions of dollars in gover nment funding. When it comes to radical groups like these, what they don’t say is often as important as what they do. Critically evaluating the presuppositions and omissions in their arguments can elucidate both the strengths and shortcomings of their messages. A little critical thought can have the power to change a person’s political perspective — yes, even radically. Brian Reinken welcomes comments at breinken@mndaily.com.
STUDENT LIFE
Screen overdose College students who can’t escape the plethora of screens may be risking their health.
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Maxwell Smith welcomes comments at msmith@mndaily.com.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR In defense of TCF Before I begin, let me declare my biases: I am a freshman born to a middle-class family. I opened a TCF Bank U Card Checking Account via an express package before Welcome Week. I did so, not because of any strong-arming tactics, but because I decided that it would be a good first bank. With no monthly maintenance fee and no minimum balance, I went for it. Granted, the overdraft fees are legitimately high — some of the highest I’ve seen yet. Perhaps if I were less fortunate, and was consistently on the verge of being in the red, I would be more concerned. I don’t have a problem with the overdraft fees as they are. Of course, I knew all of this when I signed up for the card. How could I not? They send enough paper work that anything else would be dereliction. Perhaps there are some freshmen who eschew the basic work of reading the fine print before joining a program that could very well hold all of their money. I took that task as simply being a part of becoming an adult. I did the same before rejecting a credit card that offered a more than 29 percent annual percentage rate with a $25 annual fee. Perhaps I’ve misjudged the situation, but the response should not be to decry TCF for acting like a business. Of course they’re going to emphasize the positives; that’s just common sense. It’s part of treating their clientele like adults. They make all of the negative information available when you start the process of signing up for a card. Now, I do understand that there are some people for
whom the prospect of dancing on the edge of red and black is a daily struggle. For those people, there is always the consumer backdoor. Not only do you not have to become a client of TCF, but you can choose how you want your overdraft protection to function, or if you want protection at all. If you’re in a situation where you have to worry about overdraft fees, then it is your responsibility to deal with them. That may sound cruel. I prefer the term “pragmatic.” In that context, what does it matter if the University of Minnesota and TCF have the partnership they do? I doubt that students are so unprepared for adult life that they wouldn’t at least ask their parents if they’re being offered a good deal or not. This is especially true after the financial course freshmen received before the semester. If the University is being paid for each student that opens up an account, that’s between the University and TCF Bank. If students were being forced into it, I would have a different opinion, but for now I think the strength of the consumer backdoor is such that this is a triviality. Francisco Gomez University student
HIV patient fears rejection, infects others
Recently, a man in Missouri told police he may have exposed more than 300 sexual partners that he met online or in parks to HIV via unprotected sex over the past 10 years. The man claims a “fear of rejection” as the reason he did not inform his sexual partners of his status.
Unfortunately, this is not uncommon in the gay male community. Many HIV-positive gay men are dishonest or lie about their status. They do not put their correct status on websites or apps that gay men use to meet each other. They fear getting rejected. As long as “safe sex” is practiced, then everything will be okay and there will be nothing to be concerned about. This man just happened to get caught. Some of you may know someone or know of someone who was infected by someone that didn’t disclose their HIV status. Maybe that someone was you. According to John Guidry, the director of Community Health and Research at Gay Men’s Health Crisis in New York City, HIV is no longer thought of as an urgent problem as people increasingly fail to disclose their HIV status to sexual partners. I completely agree. Many of us feel that because HIV is no longer a death sentence, we no longer have to worry or have a sense of urgency. I see disturbing trends in the gay male community of men wanting to practice unsafe sex with strangers they meet off Scruff or Grindr. We, as a community, have not been responsible when it comes to HIV. We continue to practice unsafe sex and we refuse to get HIV tested. We get caught up in the moment, and it stops us from taking steps to protect ourselves. If you are a sexually active gay male, it is your responsibility to get tested — not only for yourself, but for your sexual partners as well. Your health is not something you bargain with. Ricky Cavazos Daily reader
n experiment I h a v e wanted to complete for some time is to go an entire 24 hours without r esor ting to any screen time. Time CONNOR and time again NIKOLIC I have failed. columnist Sadly, I have become another cog in a society built upon screen addiction. Even as I write this, I have nine dif ferent tabs open on my Inter net browser, ranging from ESPN to YouTube to CNN. My iPhone has aler ted me to two new texts and an email, and my antiquated iPod Touch is waiting in my pocket just in case all else fails me. According to the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, spending more than four hours per day on screen-based devices increases the risk of heart attack and stroke by 113 percent. Also, risk of death by any cause increases by 50 percent compared to those who spend only two hours or less using these devices. Additional data from the 2012 Boynton Health Ser vices student health sur vey shows that nearly nine in 10 University of Minnesota students report watching TV, using a computer or using a handheld device for personal use two hours or more per day. In agreement with similar findings from the Mayo Clinic, researchers concluded that the only way to offset the health effects of sitting and watching screen-based devices too much is to place more emphasis on moving while doing work. The Mayo Clinic recommends even minor routine changes like standing while on the phone or eating lunch or setting up a standing desk space, if possible. Thomas Jef ferson, Winston Churchill and many other notable figures in history purportedly used standing desks. While a standing desk may cost roughly several hundred dollars, the transition from sitting may add years to your life. I ask you all to try reducing your daily screen time. Leave the phone in your pocket for a few hours or leave the laptop in your backpack at home. Pry your eyes away from the football game on TV or maybe take a leisurely jog along the Mississippi River. Connor Nikolic welcomes comments at cnikolic@mndaily.com.
Kill’s leadership will endure The athletics department should treat coach Jerry Kill’s illness with both dignity and transparency.
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niversity of Minnesota head football coach Jerry Kill’s fourth game-day seizure provided a media frenzy far greater than the coverage of the first three. Perhaps the fact that Kill had a seizure so early in the new season played a role in drawing the attention of so many from around the state and the nation, but other factors contributed to the swelling news coverage as well.
The athletics department’s PR blunder University athletics director Norwood Teague and Star Tribune columnist Jim Souhan both fanned the flames of an already sensitive issue, but in different ways. While Souhan drew criticism for questioning Kill’s ability to coach the Gophers, it was Teague’s initial silence that threw his own leadership into question. Teague did not speak on the very public incident until later in the week. Instead, Teague’s game-day absence deferred questions to acting head coach Tracy Claeys and several student-athletes. When he finally spoke to the media Monday morning, Teague gave few answers. It’s Teague’s job to handle the media, especially when the issue isn’t going away. Kill’s seizures called into question his coaching ability, which is a decision to be made by the leadership of the athletics department. Teague should not burden those questioning Kill’s ability to coach with guilt. The decision to keep Kill as head coach may be a good one, but those who disagree should certainly be free to do so without being accused of criticizing Kill as a person. There are legitimate concerns that needed to be addressed after Saturday’s incident, and Teague did not provide many substantive answers during Monday’s press conference. Going forward, the University athletics department must handle Kill’s seizures with more transparency and expediency. Instead of creating chaos across the media and having those who work for Kill answer for him, Teague must show that he has the situation under control.
Kill is a role model It is undeniable that Kill, a cancer survivor, is a tremendous role model, not just to student-athletes but to the entire University community. According to the Star Tribune, Teague said that Kill’s epilepsy is an “ongoing process” and that he has “full faith that we can move forward with the program.” Teague also noted he believes Kill is a role model for University athletes. Despite his series of very public game-day seizures over the past decade, Kill courageously continues to do his job. In November 2012, Teague told the Star Tribune that Kill would be “drilling down deeper into his condition” before the 2013 season and would work with more doctors “in order to make this more manageable and put this in his rear-view mirror.” Last year, the Minnesota Daily Editorial Board expressed its full support for Kill and was hopeful that his seizures would not persist. Kill has had to work harder than most to get where he is today, and Teague is right to praise and support him. “You can’t be the head football coach and miss half of a game. I mean, I’m not stupid, I realize that,” Kill said in an August story in the Star Tribune. Unfortunately, the issue was not resolved during the offseason, and it appears Kill’s seizures may be unavoidable. Some epilepsy patients still have seizures despite medication and treatment. The reality of being a head coach is that you are also a figurehead for recruiting — perhaps the most important part of coaching in the Big Ten. Time will tell if Kill’s health issues affect the University’s ability to recruit top players or talented staff, which may be grounds for new football leadership. The coach and his medical staff will decide when it will be the right time for him to step down. In the meantime, fans and the media deserve to know what Teague’s expectations are for Kill going forward — including his thoughts on the likelihood of more gameday seizures occurring. While the athletics department needs to act with more transparency, students and fans around the state should be proud of Kill and continue to show him support throughout the season.
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FOOTBALL
Leidner’s play pressures Nelson at QB Philip Nelson was injured last week, and Mitch Leidner led the Gophers. BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com
Last Saturday’s 29-12 win over Western Illinois shows exactly what could go wrong for the Gophers’ read-option offense. Early in the second quar ter, sophomore quarterback Philip Nelson injured his hamstring while on the run. With Nelson sidelined, redshir t freshman Mitch Leidner came into the game and impressed. “We really didn’t skip a beat [with Leidner],” offensive coordinator Matt Limegrover said. “Now you can take some of that pressure off Philip [Nelson], and you can play two kids that can run your offense.” Still, Leidner’s per formance might ramp up the pressure on Nelson. Leidner thr ew for 105 yards, with only one incompletion on eight attempts. Leidner’s first pass of the game was a 33-yard play-action completion to redshirt freshman tight end Maxx Williams. Nelson has also thrown his fair share of deep balls to Williams this season, but he hasn’t been as efficient as Leidner. Nelson has eclipsed 100 passing yards once this year — against New Mexico State on Sept. 7 — but completed only eight of 15 attempts to get there. “Those kids know in our player policy manual, if you get injured and somebody replaces you, and they’re playing better than you when you get healthy, then you’ve got to beat them back out,” defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys said. “As a staff, that’s what we’ve got to decide.” Nelson’s lack of passing yards contributes to the fact that he runs as much as any quarterback in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Coming into Saturday’s game, he had rushed for 205 yards in just two games – the third-best mark of any Division I quarterback. Still, while running might be Nelson’s strength, it hurt him Saturday, and Leidner filled the void. “I think Mitch is a great quar terback, and he was ready to go,” Williams said after the game. “We practice with both [Leidner and Nelson]. ... We were all ready for it.”
Same position, different styles
While Nelson has r un his fair share early this season, Leidner might be even more inclined to call his own number in Minnesota’s read-option offense. Limegrover said the Gophers’ playbook doesn’t have
AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY
Minnesota quarterback Mitch Leidner protects the ball against Western Illinois on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium. Leidner stepped in after Philip Nelson was injured in the first quarter.
many plays in its offense that are designed quarterback runs — it comes down to the quarterback making the read on the spot. “Mitch is a big physical kid. He’s probably 230 pounds and is 6-4,” Limegrover said. “He likes the contact. Not that Philip doesn’t ... but he’s even more inclined to call his own number at times. That’s just his nature.”
Running back competition
Running back Donnell Kirkwood hasn’t played since suffering a high-ankle sprain against Nevada-Las Vegas last month. The redshirt junior suited up last Saturday, however, and Limegrover said he will play this Saturday against San Jose State, barring a setback. Kirkwood’s backups — Rodrick Williams Jr. and David Cobb — have excelled in his absence. Williams Jr. rushed for 148 yards and a touchdown against New Mexico State. Cobb ran for 82 yards and two touchdowns against Western Illinois. Kirkwood has been attacking rehab hard to regain his spot. “Our kids understand the injury policy,” Claeys said. “I think that’s why ... Donnell is working his ass off — be-
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Minnesota quarterback Philip Nelson protects the ball against Western Illinois on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium.
cause the other two are playing well, and he knows that to get his spot back, he has to
perform better than them.” If Nelson doesn’t do the same, Leidner might leap-
frog him as the Gophers’ starter in their two-quarterback system.
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FOOTBALL
Kill speaks to media for first time since seizure Jerry Kill had a seizure at halftime against Western Illinois on Saturday. BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com
Minnesota’s football program has consistently embraced the “next man up” approach this season in response to injuries. That adage didn’t change Saturday when head coach Jerry Kill had a seizure at halftime. Gophers defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys said he’s worked with Kill for “roughly 20 years” and “nothing changes” when Kill leaves the game. That showed Saturday, when the Gophers pushed forward to a 29-12 win over Western Illinois while the
head coach was away from the team. Kill, for the first time since his latest episode, addressed the media at his weekly press conference Tuesday. He was asked whether he would consider coaching from the press box. “No,” Kill said. “It wouldn’t make any difference.” Kill, 52, will physically remain on Minnesota’s sideline. And after leading the Gophers to their first bowl game since 2009 last season, it looks like he’ll be there for quite some time. Gophers athletics director Norwood Teague said Monday that the University is “100 percent behind [Kill].” So are his coordinators, who have known and coached with Kill for nearly two decades. “We’ll continue to move the program forward and so
will [Kill],” Claeys said. “We all want to see this place smile and be proud of the football program. That’s why we came here.”
Impacting the players At first glance, it appears losing a head coach in the middle of a game would be detrimental to a football team. But Kill’s long-tenured staff has prepared the team for such a situation and was able to lead the Gophers to 22 second-half points en route to a 29-12 win over WIU. Minnesota players said not having Kill for the second half of Saturday’s game didn’t require an adjustment. “We’re just focusing on the game,” redshirt freshman quarterback Mitch Leidner said. “We still [have] the rest of the coaches there helping [us] out, and we’re just playing. So it’s fine.”
MARK VANCLEAVE, DAILY FILE PHOTO
Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill expresses his discontent with a review of a Minnesota touchdown against Wisconsin on Oct. 20, 2012.
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MEN’S GOLF
Mendez measures up to expectations Costa Rica native Jose Mendez has already made an impact this season. BY SAM GORDON sgordon@mndaily.com
By his own admission, Costa Rica native Jose Mendez’s English skills aren’t quite up to par. On the golf course, though, being under-par is a good thing. And Mendez has proven he can go under par. Way under par. Gophers head coach John Carlson called Mendez, a 17-year-old freshman, the most talented player the program has ever seen. That puts a lot of pressure on Mendez, who can’t even legally buy a lotter y ticket. But the compliment only fuels his already unquenchable drive to become a standout at Minnesota, and someday a professional golfer. “I can handle it,” Mendez said of the expectations that come with being a freshman phenom. “It’s a lot of pressure, but I like it.” And he proved he can handle that pressure with a win at the 2013 Callaway Junior World Golf Championship at San Diego’s Torrey Pines Golf Course in July. The world-famous course was the site of the 2008 U.S. Open, where Tiger Woods, Mendez’s idol, had his last major championship win. Mendez posted 5-under to win his tournament.
Woods won his at 1-under. The conditions were different, but the course was the same. In his first outing for the Gophers last week at the Gopher Invitational, Mendez was admittedly a little nervous, and his scorecard reflected that. He finished tied for 39th at 10-over. Still, senior captain Jon Trasamar said Mendez’s attitude and poise are impressive for someone his age. “You can tell [Mendez is] an accomplished player,” T rasamar said. “With that comes sort of a calming ef fect on some of the other guys around the team.”
A knack for the game
Mendez began honing his golf game at age 8 — his father put the club in his hand, and Mendez did the rest. A year later, he was dominating his age group in tour naments acr oss Costa Rica. Mendez said his early success was inspiring and allowed him to funnel his focus and become an even better player. “When I was 16, I would practice seven hours a day,” he said. He’s not a long hitter — he hits his drives about 280 yards — but he refined his shor t game by spending long hours on and around the practice green. “Those are the basic things you need to improve in golf,” he said. By 2011, Mendez was
being wooed by several Division I programs in the U.S., including Minnesota. Carlson discovered him on the World Amateur Golf Rankings website. S h o r t l y a f t e r, h e watched Mendez play at an amateur tour nament and “saw a big, strong kid who was really striking the ball solidly on the range.” Carlson dove headfirst into the recr uiting battle and sold Mendez on the city of Minneapolis and the Gophers’ competitive schedule. “We spent more time with him than any other coach in the countr y,” Carlson said. Mendez has alr eady for tified a strong, stable relationship with the coaching staf f. He visits Carlson in his of fice ever y day, and the two chat about golf and life. “We don’t get enough of that interaction anymore as coaches,” Carlson said. Mendez speaks highly of his coaches and said they were influential in his decision to come to Minnesota. But they weren’t the only factor. “One r eason I came [to Minnesota was] … I wanted to combine golf and academics,” he said. “If I don’t play that well on the PGA Tour, I have a diploma.” If all goes according to plan, that diploma will be in marketing and business education. So far, the transition to the U.S. has been a smooth one for Mendez. He’ll have the entire fall
CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY FILE PHOTO
Minnesota’s Jose Mendez plays at the season-opening Gopher Invitational at Windsong Farm Golf Club on Sept. 8. to adjust to American golf one of the top players in chance to be Player of the courses, and come spring, the conference. Year in the Big Ten,” CarlCarlson expects him to be “He’s going to have a son said. “He’s that good.”
SOCCER
Brandt recovers from second ACL tear for Gophers Steph Brandt has rebounded from major injuries in time for senior year. BY JACE FREDERICK jfrederick@mndaily.com
The scoring play seemed rather ordinar y. Senior for ward Steph Brandt finished a cross Sunday to give the Gophers a 2-0 lead against the Jacksonville Dolphins. Yes, ever ything about the play was fairly ordinar y — except the person who scored the goal. There is nothing ordinar y about Brandt and her perseverance. Her goal Sunday was the first since retur ning from an anterior cruciate ligament tear in her right knee. Brandt tore the ACL last September — 11 months after tearing the same ligament in her other knee. It was Aug. 30, 2012. The Gophers were in the midst of a 7-0 rout over Bowling Green. Dave Brandt, Steph’s father, wasn’t in attendance when his daughter injured her ACL a year earlier, but he said he remembers the second time vividly.
“She was making a cut toward the net for a header on a crossing pass,” Dave Brandt said. “We saw [the knee] go, and we saw the expression on her face, and we immediately knew that she was in trouble again.” Brandt stayed on the field for about a minute. After leaving the field she looked at the team’s trainer and uttered “déjà vu.” But even after experiencing a second r un-in with an injur y that requires a gr ueling rehab, Brandt never considered giving up her spor t. She kne w sh e was com i n g back for her senior year. “I just couldn’t imagine stopping early,” she said. “I just think it always would have been in the back of my mind ... ‘Why did I ever give up that opportunity?’ ” The for ward attacked her recover y immediately, her father said. “She was committed to working hard and coming back again,” Dave Brandt said. “There was no ‘poor me’ stage.” Though Brandt was not fit to play, her father said Gophers head coach Stefanie Golan asked his daughter to travel with the
team for the rest the 2012 season. Brandt said her teammates suppor ted her and kept her positive throughout the recover y process. And Dave Brandt said he thinks the team travel motivated his daughter. “I think that kept that bond with [the team],” he said. “It reminded Steph that [her coach] ver y much wanted her to stay with the team and play again.” Brandt said the recover y from her second ACL injur y went faster, because she knew the ins and outs of recover y. “I was able to simplify it down a lot more,” she said. “It’s a bad thing to be a veteran of, but it does help.” Brandt said the six-to eight-month process was gradual. She said she appreciated the minor successes of being able to jog, jump and r un, until she was finally ready to resume soccer activities. Brandt said hitting the field after her first ACL tear was a “smooth transition,” but it was dif ferent this time. “I was a little bit scared. I didn’t tr ust my knee,” she said. “That was proba-
MARK VANCLEAVE, DAILY FILE PHOTO
Gophers forward Steph Brandt attempts to take the ball away from San Diego on Sept. 5, 2010, at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium. bly the hardest part about hope she goes out and player for us once again,” the second time around.” stays healthy.” Golan said in a release. “I think because you’ve Brandt said a third As the Gophers head seen it happen twice, you knee injur y would mean into their Big Ten opener know ther e’s always a the end of her career. with Indiana on Saturday, chance that it happens S h e s a i d t h a t r i s k Brandt said being back on again.” weighed in her mind dur- the pitch makes her recovHer parents shared the ing the first few games of eries from both knee injusame concern. 2013, causing Brandt to ries worth the struggle. “Our priority has al- play timidly. But now she’s “There [have] definiteways been that she goes star ting to feel comfor t- ly been moments when out and plays well, helps able, and it’s showing in I’m like, ‘Yes. I’m so glad I the team, scores goals,” her play. did all this,’ ” Brandt said. Brandt’s father said. “And “[She] is proving to “Who knows where I’d be now our priority is … we be an ef fective attacking if I didn’t have soccer.”
MEN’S HOCKEY
Vannelli opts to leave program Minnesota will be without freshman Tommy Vannelli on the ice this year. BY JAKE STARK jstark@mndaily.com
The Gophers men’s hockey team hasn’t played a game this season, but it’s already one man down. Minnesota head coach Don Lucia announced T uesday that freshman Tommy Vannelli has decided to leave the team. “After a few weeks of tr ying to balance academics and athletics,
Tommy made the decision this mor ning that college hockey was not the best route for him at this time,” Lucia said in a statement. Vannelli, who played high school hockey in Minnetonka, was considered an elite prospect for the Gophers. While he was still in h i g h s c h o o l , Va n n e l l i played for the U.S. in the 2013 U18 World Championships in Sochi, Russia. He also competed for the U.S. team in the 2012 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament. The St. Louis Blues
drafted Vannelli in the second round of the 2013 NHL Draft, but he chose to play for the Gophers this year — a commitment he honored until Tuesday. Vannelli, a defenseman, was expected to help fill the defensive holes left by Nate Schmidt, who left for the NHL after last season, and Seth Helgeson, who graduated. Instead, Lucia may have to rely on Michael Brodzinski and Jake Bischof f, the two remaining freshman defensemen for the Gophers, to make up for Vannelli’s departure.
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Tommy Vannelli has left the Gophers hockey program, Minnesota head coach Don Lucia announced Tuesday.
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Today’s Birthday (9/18): Your next solar year begins auspiciously; discipline and authority amplify power and regeneration. Perseverance can lead to a revolutionary shift. Love blooms.
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 7 — Infuse love into your efforts and activities today. Put more into the household account. No need to rush. Apply creativity at home for impressive results.
Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 9 -- Take care of family. Take a phone call in private. You hear from a distant relative. Decide what to learn next. Okay, you can go now. Never give up.
Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 7 — Use what you’ve learned for success. A discovery supports what you know by experience. Add to your hidden treasures. The money looks better.
Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 7 — Fix up your place. Find the perfect solution. You have what you need. It’s also a good time to travel. Enlist support. All ends well.
Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 7 — Be frugal with a windfall profit. A surprising development allows for a shrewd new plan. Get more for less. You’re testing the limits.
Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 6 — Work faster and earn more. You gain career stature with a lucky break. Don’t try a new idea just yet. Prepare to venture farther out.
Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is an 8 — You have what you need. Back up your ideas with practical data. Allow your decision to carry you forward. Good news comes from far away.
Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 7 — Collect a debt. It’s all for the family. Be loose with your imagination. Help arrives. Shop carefully, and store away extra provisions.
Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 7 — Balance all the factors. An older individual offers an interesting opinion. Advance to a whole new level. Let friends advise you. Learn from others.
Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 9 — Streamline your work routine and make more. Monitor results. Friends help you make an important connection. Share information.
Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is an 8 — Make a positive commitment. Use what you’ve been saving. Working at home increases your benefits. Lose yourself in an art project.
Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 9 — Finishing old tasks satisfies. Provide excellent service. Collect a nice paycheck. Invest in your business. Strengthen your infrastructure.
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overheard “Praise Jesus! And alcohol.”
—University Avenue
“I gotta put ice cream on my burger next time!”
—Middlebrook dining hall
Guy 1: “So guess who I saw this weekend?” Guy 2: “Who?” Guy 1: “My TA hooking up with some guy ... outside a freshman dorm.” Guy 2: “Lucky freshman.”
—Unknown
One of three guys biking: “Dude, it’s like we’re in a bike gang.”
—Fifth Avenue
Professor: “You know when you get old, everything starts to get old and dried up and you’re just like, ‘Can I oil that up, too?’ ”
—Unknown
Guy 1: “Martin, I like you.” Guy 2: “I like you too, baby.” Guy 1: “Martin. I’m not too sure how I feel about you anymore.”
—17th Avenue dining hall
“He infected all his patients because he was a really big asshole.”
—Biology lecture
Professor: “I was kidding, I was kidding, never lock a 3-year-old in the closet.”
—Astronomy lecture
“It should be renamed the University of Minnesota Godfather. They’ll get full payment on the second day of the semester.”
—Centennial Hall
“We should have like a twerk contest or something. ... I would so win...”
—Campus Connector Professor: “I like head!”
—Civil engineering lecture Professor: “The way I tell mitosis and meiosis apart is that mitosis has ‘toe’ in it, and toes shouldn’t have anything to do with sex.”
—Unknown
Professor: “Why does Wonder Woman wear a bathing suit?” Student: “Because she wants to.” Professor: “Does she really?” Student: “Yes, she does.”
—Anderson Hall
“On a scale of ‘Iowa’ to ‘the Minnesota wrestling team naked on Lake Calhoun,’ how much do you love me?”
—St. Paul campus
“Oh hey, that blood stain almost came out.”
—Unknown
“There’s someone at Yale who keeps pooping in the dryers in the laundr y room when people aren’t there. It’s an epidemic! They’re still trying to catch the poopetrator.”
—A visiting student from Yale
“I’m sure 50 percent of what I say isn’t right.”
—Unknown
Professor: “I am not making this shit up.”
—Biology lecture
Student section: “Who hates Iowa? We hate Iowa!” Guy: “We’re not even playing Iowa.”
—TCF Bank Stadium
Girl 1: “I’m not going to get pneumonia.” Girl 2: “I was wearing pants.” Girl 1: “This is college, you can do whatever you want.”
—Unknown
Professor: “Talk to your TA first; he is much more reasonable than I am. He’s Canadian.”
—Civil engineering lecture
“Bats are the birds of the night. Take it home. Let it marinate.”
—At a tailgate
“So did I tell you that he got in a car crash the day after he broke up with me? That’s the second time that’s happened.”
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ACROSS 1 Nation between Togo and Nigeria 6 “Look over here!” 10 CSNY member 14 Private line? 15 Elevator man 16 “It’s clear now” 17 *Edward Cullen’s rival for Bella’s hand, in the “Twilight” series 19 Genghis __ 20 “The Plains of Passage” author 21 Former SSR 22 Pharmaceutical rep’s samples 23 *She played Michelle on “Full House” 26 Dogpatch creator 31 Alley cats, e.g. 33 Some crowns 34 Desert tableland 35 Blue bird 37 Looking for a fight 38 Suffix with infer 39 Cook, in a way 41 Bar bowl item 42 “Don’t tell me!” 44 2007 “American Idol” winner Sparks 45 *Brother of Helen of Troy, some say 47 Fails to pronounce 48 Image to identify on a driver’s license exam 51 Drifters 53 Diarist Anaïs 54 Neighbor of a Cambodian 58 Short race, briefly 59 *Beach Boys title girl 62 Ruse 63 Duel tool 64 Target Field team, and each pair of intersecting names in the answers to starred clues 65 Funny Dame 66 Bombs 67 Narrow piece, as of cloth DOWN 1 __ California 2 *Biblical birthright seller
“Communications is a major that will guarantee you’ll learn something ... like you’ll do research and write reports and stuff, but anthropology is a major that will pretty much guarantee you’ll graduate with a job.”
—Dinkytown
3 “Great shot!” 4 Teen Vogue subject 5 Lincoln’s st. 6 Beer garden music 7 Super Bowl I and II MVP 8 [Not my error] 9 “That wasn’t nice” 10 Former Soviet leader Khrushchev 11 *“High Crimes” actress 12 Corporate emblem 13 Egg sources 18 Bruises partner 22 Shade provider 24 North Sea feeder 25 Naut. speed units 26 Env. router 27 Stay awake in bed 28 *Source of an age-old medicinal oil 29 Part of MOMA 30 Promotional bribes 32 Composer Erik 34 Cattle call 36 Hankerings 38 “Need You Tonight” band
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40 First name in shipping 43 1963 Newman/Neal film 44 *“Today” correspondent __ Bush Hager 46 Start of a showoff kid’s cry 49 How traditional Chinese brides dress 50 Taunts
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51 Garden waterer 52 Burned, in a high-tech way 54 “I __ I taw ...” 55 It may have highlights 56 Years, to Caesar 57 Clouseau’s rank: Abbr. 59 Place to sleep 60 Bart’s Squishee provider 61 ACLU concerns
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What did you overhear?
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“I’m a very dirty girl.”
—Washington Avenue Bridge
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By C.C. Burnikel
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Dr. Date,
I have realized something that needs to be stopped. I have been told that I am a boyfriend stealer. Many of my friends who have boyfriends/ guy friends do not want me to meet them because one of them always seems to fall for me. I do not try to steal them away; I just get along with people quickly whenever I meet someone new. I get along with people more when there are more guys than girls, because honestly, girls tend to create a lot of drama/hate on each other and guys just happen to be more chill. I do not dress slutty or anything like that; it has happened when I am in a baseball cap and sweats. The guys have told me that I am more attractive than their girlfriends and more fun to be around. One of them even suggested we started an affair, which I could have never done. Also, I did not get initiated into my sorority because the girls thought the same thing. I do not know why this is happening, so what do you suppose I should do?
—Love Thief
Love Thief,
Let’s be real — if your boyfriendsnatching prowess has become an epidemic, you’re probably doing something “wrong.” Perhaps you’re flirting without realizing it, squeezing your male friends’ legs and laughing at their unfunny jokes a bit too often. Or maybe you’re just the walking embodiment of Kelis’ almighty milkshake, bringing all the boys to the yard on the daily. Now, “wrong” is in quotations for a reason. Who am I to say that the natural secretion of pheromones and an innate impulse to flirt are worthy of scorn? That said, if you want to stay sweet with your would-be sorority sisters, you’re going to need to make some changes. If not, I’m sure there are plenty of polyamorous folks willing to
welcome you with open arms. It comes down to this: You need to set some boundaries. If your BFF’s boyfriend is drooling down your neck, tell that schmo to back off! Make it clear that you’re just friends and, if you can, swat those flies before they ever start buzzing. Prove your loyalty to your friends by steering clear of their men when it makes them uncomfortable. Ask yourself who matters more in the end. —Dr. Date
Dr. Date,
There’s this guy at work who I think I like, but every time I try to talk to him he seems distracted, as if he doesn’t want to talk to me. I’d completely forget about him and move on, but some of my co-workers have mentioned that he’s interested in me. I’ve liked him for a long time, but I’m not sure what to do. There’s also the issue of him being a co-worker — even if he did admit to liking me, it might be a messy situation. Should I just forget about it? —Confused
Confused,
Whether you work at Taco Bell or on Wall Street, relationships with coworkers generally end up messier than a Beefy 5-Layer Burrito. Workplace flirtation, however, is fabulous. Even if your thoughts are dominated by whether so- and-so likes you, it still beats obsessing over the right way to dice onions. Crushes make the workplace a little less dreadful. Now, let’s say you guys actually end up interacting on a more intimate level at some point. Could you handle it if the rest of your co-workers got all the juicy details? And what if he tosses you away after day one? Leave the lettuce, tomato and coworkers in their rightful places. Too much of anything will start to taste bland faster than you can say, “How ‘bout a second date?” —Dr. Date
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Mayoral candidates band together Leading up to the Nov. 5 election, the Minnesota Daily will be running a seven-week series that profiles Minneapolis mayoral candidates who are looking to follow in Mayor R.T. Rybak’s footsteps.
The Mayoral Council unites “fringe” candidates to share platforms and voters. BY NATHANIEL RABUZZI nrabuzzi@mndaily.com
A group of Minneapolis mayoral candidates are joining forces to share their platforms and use the city’s ranked-choice voting system to fight the status quo. The group, known as the “Mayoral Council,” was created so “fringe” candidates can discuss their plans if they were to be chosen by voters on the November ballot, said member Dan Cohen, who is considered a frontrunner in the mayoral election crowded with 35 candidates. He said the group reflects the civility between candidates that’s promoted by the ranked-choice voting system. The 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. The group holds weekly
Captain Jack Sparrow
Bob “Again” Carney Jr.
Dan Cohen
Christopher Clark
Mike Gould
Qualifications: High school graduate, attended the University of Minnesota without completing a degree, political activist
Qualifications: B.A. in physics from Macalester College, MBA from the University of Minnesota, political activist, former professor of computer science at Rasmussen College
Qualifications: B.A. in history from Stanford University, J.D. from Harvard Law School, former president of the Minneapolis City Council (1965-1969), memberof the Minneapolis Planning Commission and the Minneapolis Charter Commission
Qualifications: B.F.A. in sculpture and pottery from the University of NebraskaOmaha, Building and Grounds technician at the University of Minnesota
Qualifications: B.A. in studio arts from the University of Minnesota
Party: Democratic Socialist
Party: “Nader Republican”
Party: Independent
Party: Libertarian
Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Major Principle: “Rank All Choices”
Major Principle: “Demand Transit Revolution”
Major Principle: “Jobs Downtown Casino”
Major Principle: Reduce government spending
Major Principle: “The three E’s”
Key initatives: Renovate foreclosed and abandoned houses to create communal living spaces. Legalize and regulate prostitution and drugs to generate tax revenue.
Key initatives: Replace buses with smaller vehicles and implement more frequent service. Create 3,400 part-time jobs in transportation.
Key initatives: Build a casino downtown to create jobs and fund government programs. Give the public a vote on the Vikings stadium deal.
Key initatives: Cut unnecessary citywide spending, like on public Wi-Fi, to save residents money in taxes. Introduce term limits for city councilmembers.
Key initatives: Environment, education and equality. Protect the city’s parks, lakes and rivers.
What would you say to students at the University? “I’ll do my best to keep the crime rate down around the University . . . concentrating more on violent crimes rather than nonviolent drug crimes.”
What would you say to students at the University? “[I] want to integrate the student body of the University with work opportunities in downtown Minneapolis while they’re going to school.”
What would you say to students at the University? “I’m the guy that you go to for a recommendation, whether it’s to get into a graduate school or a job or whatever it is.”
What would you say to students at the University? “If the University cannot help you, or the college you’re at cannot help you, they really should guarantee half your tuition back.”
What would you say to students at the University? “The University of Minnesota is the jewel of the city, and it should be, and I’m sure that the University is going to continue to grow.”
meetings outside the Hennepin County Government Center to share their platforms with the public and each other. Members of the council work with each other so voters who support one candidate will rank their top
choice’s allies as their second or third picks, said founder Bob “Again” Carney Jr. “This is a huge step forward in democratic process,” he said. “We can connect with voters in a way that the [mainstream] candidates are simply unable to do.”
Carney said he started a similar group during the 2009 election in hopes of beating Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak using rankedchoice voting, but that effort was unsuccessful. Carney said he invites every mayoral candidate to
each Mayoral Council meeting, but he added that average attendance is only six candidates. The meetings are an opportunity for candidates to combine policies and initiatives into a cohesive platform every member can support,
regular council attendee and mayoral candidate Captain Jack Sparrow said. “Regardless of who is selected mayor, we have to come up with a platform that’s beneficial to all the citizens of Minneapolis,” he said.
University researchers work on New York power Energy u from Page 1
“It won’t solve the problem, but it provides a significant help,” he said. “The nice thing is that it is a far more predictable resource than wind energy.” Waves, tides and curr ents from oceans and rivers are continuous, so they can be more reliable than cur rent renewable energy. Sotiropoulos said water power could be used to power 10 percent of America’s electricity. Researchers will design mor e ef ficient and durable water turbines and determine the best way to position them in the East River. Michele Guala, a civil engineering assistant professor, said water turbines extract energy with few risks because they don’t damage the environment, harm aquatic life or take up much space. He said a ship propeller would be more harmful to a fish than a turbine blade. “You don’t see them, you don’t hear them,” Guala said. “You just get the power, essentially. The only cost would be the maintenance cost of the turbines.” Civil engineering professor Henr yk Stolarski
TURBINE POWER BY THE NUMBERS
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HOUSEHOLDS IN ROOSEVELT ISLAND
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TURBINES WILL BE INSTALLED
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said he and a student will create computer models of the turbines when designing the blades to last longer, increase energy output and require little maintenance. A large por tion of the project will also involve creating a computer model that simulates the East River, so the turbines can be positioned without interrupting each other’s flow. “One turbine creates a flow that will af fect [others] downstream,” Soti-
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A model of the marine and hydrokinetic turbine at the main channel testing site in the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory on Monday.
ropoulos said. “All of the turbines interact with each other, so … the position you place them has a huge difference.” Saurabh Chawdhar y, SAFL research assistant and for mer University graduate student, is helping create these computer simulations.
The plan, Chawdhar y said, is to see if the data for the models match the data for the real turbines that Verdant will put in the East River. Guala will be testing the turbine models and head the experiments. He said researchers will measure both the performance of the turbine models and the way the energy is produced. Understanding this data will help them know how far apar t to place the
turbines. “The river is complex,” Guala said. “It’s not simply a uniformly flat area, which means the shape of the metal may influence the performance.” F o r n o w, S A F L f a c ulty will test the turbines with the equipment in the laborator y. Once SAFL researchers have generated the data and completed modifications, they will give Verdant Power the designs.
Dean Corren, director of technology for Verdant, said the company has been working with SAFL for years. With this project, Verdant Power could be one of the first to commercialize the hydrokinetic industr y of harnessing energy from waves or currents. “If it’s successful, it will be ver y impor tant for the future of hydrokinetics,” Chawdhar y said. “It’s a critical moment.”
Gates, Panetta question Syria strategy BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
McALLEN, Texas — A widely anticipated federal repor t released Tuesday on excessive force among U.S. border agents contained little discussion of use-of-force policies, but recommended improvements to training and the tracking of such allegations. The repor t’s biggest revelation may have been the Depar tment of Homeland Security’s Of fice of Inspector General could not come up with a tally of excessive force allegations against Border Patrol agents and customs of ficers because the agency’s databases do not allow them to be categorized that
way. The report was requested last year by 16 members of Congress concer ned with the case of 42-year-old Anastasio Hernandez, who died after being shocked several times with a stun gun at San Diego’s San Ysidro border crossing in May 2010. The letter lawmakers sent requesting the review said, “we are also concer ned that this incident is simply part of a larger cultural problem at the Department.” The Justice Depar tment’s investigation into his death —one of at least 19 deaths since 2010 that the American Civil Liberties Union attributes to U.S. Customs and Border Protection — continues. Two of the lawmakers
who requested the review said Tuesday the repor t did not go far enough. U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., called the incomplete records of allegations “deeply disturbing” and said he planned to pursue redacted por tions. “We expected much more content. We expected a deeper look into it,” he said. U.S. Sen. Rober t Menendez, D-N.J., said in an email that he welcomed the report’s recommendations, “but Border Patrol needs to do more to curb excessive use of force that has resulted in unnecessar y deaths.” The ACLU similarly called the repor t a good first step, but said more was expected.