September 19, 2013

Taking it to the streets

Scotty Reynolds and Taous Khazem lead Interact Center’s third Uniquinox project, aiming to combine dance parties, visual art and theater to create community. u See PAGE 15

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DEVELOPMENT

Doran weighs Dinky hotel

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HIGHER ED

CEHD will partner with TFA Officials are developing an alternative teacher licensing program.

BY ROY AKER raker@mndaily.com

ICHIGO TAKIKAWA AND AMBER BILLINGS, DAILY

Doran Companies’ proposed Dinkytown development could be a six-story, mixed-use apartment complex or a hotel. The development could displace Mesa Pizza and Camdi Restaurant, among other businesses.

With Doran Companies’ plans in flux, local businesses face an uncertain future. and likely not include any retail

Doran Companies’ recently

space, Doran said.

proposed Dinkytown apartment

“I think there may be a need

complex could instead be a hotel

for something fresh in hotels

without retail space.

around campus, and we are ex-

In August, Doran Compa-

ploring it,” he said.

nies unveiled a plan to develop a

Apar tments or hotel, the de-

mixed-use, six-story luxury hous-

velopment is expected to break

ing complex to the Minneapolis

ground in early fall 2014, pending

City Planning Commission. The

City Council approval.

development would displace Mesa Pizza and other businesses.

After a planning commission meeting to discuss the project

But Doran Companies CEO

Aug. 29, Doran said he would be

Kelly Doran told the Minnesota

“happy” with the current busi-

Daily on Wednesday that the com-

nesses retur ning to the new

pany is now considering building

building.

a hotel on the land instead. The

“We don‘t have any defined

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DRUGS

u See TFA Page 6 The Minnesota Board of Teaching must approve the program.

LEGISLATURE

hotel plan would be the same size

BY NICOLAS HALLETT nhallett@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota announced Wednesday that its College of Education and Human Development will par tner with Teach For America to create an alternative teacher training program beginning this summer.

The decision comes after months of negotiations

between TFA and the University, which were met with criticism from some graduate students in the CEHD and members of Education Minnesota, the state’s largest educators union.

University President Eric Kaler said in an inter view Wednesday that he “strongly supports” the decision to par tner with TFA. “I think a student who earns a bachelor’s degree in another field, yet wants

PACs continue marriage fight Groups on both sides are working to re-elect or unseat legislators.

BY ALEXI GUSSO agusso@mndaily.com

Newly formed political action committees and campaigns are gearing up to help re-elect — or unseat — state representatives who voted to legalize same-sex marriage in May. Minnesotans United for All Families and Minnesota for Marriage, the key players in the state’s same-sex marriage debate, are both

kicking off fundraising efforts this fall to either support or oust up to 75 state representatives who voted “yes” on the same-sex marriage legislation last session.

Eric Jensen, spokesman for Project 515, a state LGBT advocacy group, said MN United has served three distinct functions since it was formed by Project 515 and OutFront Minnesota in 2011.

The organization camp ai g n ed to d efeat the u See PACS Page 3 Minn. for Marriage is working to oust same-sex marriage supporters.

ADMINISTRATION

Students see Molly spike Police report few incidents, but some students say the drug’s use is increasing.

BY NICK STUDENSKI nstudenski@mndaily.com

Following several deaths earlier this month, the drug Molly has appeared in headlines across the country. It’s also featured in songs by artists like Tyga and Miley Cyrus.

Of ficials say they haven’t seen a major increase in the drug’s use, but some University of Minnesota students say use may be higher than authorities realize.

Molly is the pure form of Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), the active component in Ecstasy. David Ferguson, University medicinal chemistr y professor, said Molly is essentially “just Ecstasy.” u See MOLLY Page 4 An overdose of MDMA can cause problems similar to a meth overdose.

Kaler talks $90M cut, college merger The president also discussed homecoming and head football coach Jerry Kill.

BY MEGHAN HOLDEN mholden@mndaily.com

The Minnesota Daily sat down with University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler on Wednesday for its monthly Kickin’ It with Kaler interview.

Kaler talked about the retirement of Dean Robert Elde, the reports from University-hired consulting firms that look into the school’s spending, and “gopheralls.”

At last week’s Board of Regents meeting you announced a plan to cut administrative costs by $90 million over the next six years. This announcement follows a year of the University being criticized for excessive administrative spending.

Thoughts?

While we certainly have been criticized for administrative spending, the reports that we’ve gotten back from Sibson and Huron show, in fact, that the University is well within the norms for administrative overhead. … I interpret that as saying, “Well, we’re pretty good, but we can obviously get

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University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler at his office in Morrill Hall on Wednesday.

better.” And we’re going to get better.

We’ve been working hard for two years to set the stage for these next

u See KALER Page 3 Students will see the benefits of administrative spending cuts in the classroom, Kaler said.

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Rocket trajectory Manuel a hurricane after deadly flooding links Syrian military to attack

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BEIRUT — The trajectory of the rockets that delivered the nerve agent sarin in last month’s deadly attack is among the key evidence linking elite Syrian troops based in the mountains overlooking Damascus to the strike that killed hundreds of people, diplomats and human rights officials said Wednesday.

That evidence, however, was dismissed by Syrian President Bashar Assad, who denied that his regime carried out the Aug. 21 attack outside Damascus.

In an interview with Fox News Channel broadcast Wednesday, Assad blamed terrorist groups for using chemical weapons and said Russia has evidence supporting his position.

“We have evidence that the terrorist group has used sarin gas,” Assad said, adding that the evidence had been turned over to Russia.

“Second, the Russian satellite, since the beginning of these allegations at the 21st of August — they said that they have information, through their satellite, that the rocket (was) launched from another area. So why ... ignore this point of view?”

The interview was conducted Tuesday in the Syrian capital of Damascus by former Ohio Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a Fox News contributor, and Fox News Channel Senior Correspondent Greg Palkot.

The attack precipitated the crisis over Syria’s chemical weapons. The U.S. threatened a military strike against Syria, which led to a plan negotiated by Moscow and Washington under which the Assad regime is to abandon its chemical weapons stockpile.

A U.N. report released Monday confirmed that chemical weapons were used in the attack but did not ascribe blame.

The United States, Britain and France cited evidence in the report to declare Assad’s government responsible. Russia called the report “one-sided” and says it has “serious reason to suggest that this was a provocation” by the rebels fighting the Assad regime in Syria’s civil war.

Assad agreed, saying the scenario of the attack depicted in the report was unrealistic.

“So, the whole story doesn’t even hold together,” Assad said. “It’s not realistic. So, no, we didn’t. In one word, we didn’t use any chemical weapons in Ghouta, because if you want to use it, you would harm your troops, you would have harmed the tens of thousands of civilians in Syria, in Damascus.”

The report, however, provided data that suggested the chemical-loaded rockets that hit two Damascus suburbs were fired from the northwest, indicating they came from nearby mountains where the Syrian military is known to have major bases.

A senior U.N. diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity because some of this material was from private meetings, said: “It was 100 percent clear that the regime used chemical weapons.”

ACAPULCO, Mexico — The toll from devastating twin storms climbed to 80 on Wednesday as isolated areas reported deaths and damage to the outside world, and Mexican officials said that a massive landslide in the mountains north of Acapulco could drive the number of confirmed dead even higher.

The storm that devastated the Pacific resort over the weekend regained strength Wednesday and became Hurricane Manuel, taking a route that could see it make landfall on Mexico’s northwestern coast overnight. It would be a third blow to a country still reeling from the one-two punch of Manuel’s first landfall and Hurricane Ingrid on Mexico’s eastern coast.

Sinaloa state civil protection authorities said some areas were already flooding in the towns of Escuinapa, El Rosario and Mazatlan. At least 60 families were evacuated from the fishing village of Yameto, in the Sinaloan town of Navolato, authorities said. The affected area is a sparsely populated stretch of fishing villages.

Outside Acapulco, federal authorities reached the cutoff village of La Pintada by helicopter and airlifted out 35 residents, four of whom were seriously injured in the slide, said Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio Chong. Officials have not yet seen any bodies, he said, despite reports from people in the area that at least 15 people had been killed.

“It doesn’t look good, based on the photos we have in our possession,” Osorio Chong said, while noting that “up to this point, we do not have any (confirmed) as dead in the landslide.” Osorio Chong told local media that “this is a very powerful landslide; very big ... You can see that it hit a lot of houses.”

Mayor Ediberto Tabares of the township of Atoyac told Milenio television late Wednesday that 15 bodies had been recovered and possibly many more remained buried in the remote mountain village. Tabares told the same television station earlier in the day that 18 bodies had been found.

Atoyac, a largely rural township about 42 miles (70 kilometers) west of Acapulco, is accessible only by a highway broken multiple times by landslides and flooding.

Ricardo de la Cruz, a spokesman for the federal Department of Civil Protection, said the death toll had risen to 80 from 60 earlier in the day, although he did not provide details of the reports that drove it up. The 80 total does not include the 15 reported deaths in Atoyac, which have not been confirmed by federal authorities.

In Acapulco, three days of Biblical rain and leaden skies evaporated into broiling late-summer sunshine that roasted thousands of furious tourists trying vainly to escape the city, and hundreds of thousands of residents returning to homes devastated by reeking tides of brown floodwater.

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Kaler talks $90M cut Kaler

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steps, and we’ve already identified well over $30 million in savings, as detailed last week at the board meeting. So I would say that having done that preliminary work, we’re now ready to commit to a longerterm goal, and we believe we have the tools in hand to.

Last session, state legislators requested for more transparency in the University’s budget. Richard Pfutzenreuter mentioned this at last week’s meeting. Are there any new strategies the University will utilize in terms of securing state funds?

I think it’s ver y fair for the state leaders, the government and the legislators to expect the University to be accountable and expect the University to be effective and efficient, and I think these reductions in administrative costs we’ve been talking about and these reports go along right toward ensuring a good level of comfort in those legislators with how the University is operating.

Are there some areas or depar tments at the University that will see more cuts than others?

It’s too early to fully identify where all reductions are going to be, but we’re going to look across the University. My goal is to leave nothing unexplored that can have the question asked and answered, “Can it be done more effectively?”

Will students be affected by this plan to save costs? Will they see any visible changes on campus?

We’re going to move those dollars away from the administrator expenses into the deliver y to teaching, research and outreach, and so I would expect that students would see benefits in the classroom. … Hopefully we’ll be able to reduce the net cost of coming to the University, so increasing scholarship opportunities. … That’s why we’re doing this; we’re not doing it for fun.

Anything specifically in the classroom a student can expect to see?

I think you’ll be able to see us refresh technology in the classrooms more quickly and on a shor ter cycle. We’ll be able to hopefully invest some of these dollars in classroom renovations. … We hope to be able to translate resources into hiring faculty, so you should see increased class availability and ultimately smaller classes.

CBS Dean Rober t Elde announced he will retire next summer. How will the University adjust to his absence?

We will miss Bob ver y much. ... As you know, it leads to some conversations about the potential merger of CBS and CFANS. That potential merger is something that needs to be considered from all angles. To me, it has a couple of ver y attractive elements. But we intend to talk broadly in the community, both inside and outside the University — who will be affected by this potential merger.

Do you expect any opposition from faculty or staf f in terms of the merger?

I don’t know that I would characterize it as expecting opposition. I am certain there will be a full spectrum of opinions about this.

There usually is at almost any new idea to the University, so we’ll sort out the pros and cons.

How will the University benefit?

To me, it’s really a ver y nice ver tical integration.

From the fundamental cell biology that is critical to agriculture … to the delivery of advice to the farmers … and specialists in agriculture. So I think having all of those elements of admission under one umbrella will make a more effective and efficient process.

Next week is the University’s homecoming.

How will you be show-

ing your Golden Gopher spirit?

I have a pair of maroon pants that are ver y stylish, and people seem to enjoy seeing me wearing them, so I will be in those. I’m looking for ward to the homecoming parade — Karen and I usually ride in that. ...

It’s a great opportunity for Gopher pride, and I enjoy being part of that.

Do you have the overalls and ever ything?

I do not have gopheralls.

I would like to have a pair, to tell you the truth, but people around me, including my wife, think that a 57-year-old man might not wear gopheralls.

What are you looking for ward to the most this academic year?

We’re in the final stages of interviewing for the dean of the Medical School and vice president for health sciences. … We have a new leader at Fairview, our partner in health care delivery, and I am looking forward to developing a good working relationship with him. We have always-interesting opportunities in philanthropy.

And of course, finally, we have our capital request to the state Legislature who convenes in February.

Anything else?

I should note there’s been a lot of press about Jerr y Kill lately. I’m ver y much a Jer r y Kill fan. I think he’s a terrific leader of the football team, and I’m ver y proud to have him on our team.

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MN United, Minn. for Marriage continue same-sex marriage fight PACs u from Page 1

marriage amendment last fall, rallied to gain support for the same-sex marriage bills at the Capitol last session and now has been repurposed into a PAC to raise money to support legislators who voted to legalize same-sex marriage.

“We want to make sure that the legislators who voted with us know that we have their backs,” Jensen said. “We understand that for some of them this might have been a difficult vote.”

MN United will raise funds online, at events such as the annual Big Gay Race

and through individual gifts. The money could go directly to candidates’ campaigns, said Ann KanerRoth, Project 515’s executive director.

“We’ll also look at other [contribution] options and decide closer to the election,” she said.

Kaner-Roth said the group has already raised money for next year’s state elections, and efforts have been “pretty aggressive.”

“The fundraising has definitely been going on for some time now,” she said, noting that the PAC will not release specific finance numbers until the reporting cycle begins next year.

According to a press

release, Minnesota for Marriage, which opposed same-sex marriage legalization, launched the Marriage Majority Initiative on Aug. 1, the same day same-sex marriage was legalized in Minnesota.

The initiative “will work to restore a pro-marriage majority in the Minnesota House in 2014,” according to the release.

The group is asking donors to consider contributing to campaigns of candidates who are r unning against incumbents who voted to legalize same-sex marriage.

Autumn Leva, Minnesota for Marriage spokesperson, told Minnesota Public

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Rep. Karen Clark, DFL-Minneapolis, sponsor of the marriage equality bill, speaks at Coffman Union on Wednesday.

Radio in August that the campaign will also support incumbents who voted “no” on the measure.

Minnesota for Marriage did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Bills to repeal the same-sex marriage law in Minnesota are expected to be introduced in the next legislative session.

University of Minnesota professors discussed marriage equality at a forum Wednesday night at Coffman Memorial Union with Rep. Karen Clark, DFL-Minneapolis, who coauthored the bill that legalized same-sex marriage in Minnesota.

Clark said the marriage conversation is still not over.

“I have no doubt that we’ll start seeing bills to repeal the law in the next legislative session,” she said.

Clark also discussed the history behind the legislation and the adversity legislators faced while trying to pass it.

She said the Republican votes for legalizing same-sex marriage — one senator and four representatives — were critical to its passage. She urged the event’s nearly 100 attendees to support those legislators’ upcoming campaigns.

“We need to make sure those legislators are supported,” Clark said. “There are already efforts against them.”

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arrangements, but we’ve had discussions with them,” he said. “There’s been a lot of false stuf f about them having to pay high rents to come back. That’s just not true.”

The owners or managers of Camdi Restaurant, Mesa Pizza, University LifeCare Center and Dinkytown Tattoo Shop all said they would like to return to their current locations.

But the owners of Camdi and Dinkytown Tattoo Shop said they haven’t had any correspondence with Doran Companies regarding the proposed project.

Mesa Pizza and Univer-

sity LifeCare Center managers said they spoke with Doran representatives about a month ago. Both were told the property could be sold for development, but the discussions were otherwise ambiguous.

“It was so preliminary, I didn’t know what it meant,” University LifeCare Center executive director Dan Saad said.

Mesa Pizza and University LifeCare Center managers said they haven’t negotiated with the developer.

The owner of Publika Tea and Coffee Union, also located on the implicated lot, declined to comment for this story.

‘Are you closing?’

Small business owners say they feel threatened

Debate on Muslim veil mount in Britain

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LONDON — In Britain this week, a judge struck a blow for religious freedom.

Or for secularism. It all depends on whom you ask.

Judge Peter Murphy ruled that a female Muslim defendant may stand trial wearing a face-covering veil — but must remove it when giving evidence. The compromise r uling had some insisting it backs a woman’s religious right to wear the veil, and others saying it shows British justice remains independent and won’t bow to religious demands.

The case has reignited a debate about Muslim veils that has flared across Europe, sparking protests and exacerbating religious tensions in several countries. Those tensions exist in Britain, too, and attacks on Muslims and mosques rose after the May slaying of an of f-duty British soldier by Islamist extremists.

But both the cour t ruling and the interpretations of it suggest that Britain is facing the issue with a streak of pragmatism, and

there is little appetite from the center-right coalition government for a ban like that introduced in France.

This is a countr y where many politicians agree with the aide to former Prime Minister Tony Blair who famously said: “We don’t do religion.”

“I don’t think the government should tell women what they should be wearing,” Home Secretar y Theresa May, the countr y’s interior minister, said Tuesday.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg agreed: “We shouldn’t end up like other countries issuing edicts or laws from Parliament telling people what they should or should not wear.”

The veil has become an emotive issue in European countries that are home to visible and growing Muslim populations.

Two years ago France became the first countr y to ban face-covering veils such as the niqab or burqa anywhere in public. The officially secular nation had already banned Muslim headscarves and other “ostentatious” religious symbols from classrooms.

and confused by the influx of development in Dinkytown.

Dinkytown Business Association president Skott Johnson said if new development continues in Dinkytown, only national chains would be able to afford it.

Doran said small businesses are risky because “there is a high probability they won’t make it.”

“I remember [the Doran representative] saying they would have a spot for us, but I also remember them saying it wouldn’t be on the main road,” Saad said. “Are they obligated to say that because we have a lease? I don’t know.”

Mesa Pizza general manager Matt Tompkins said the community won’t have much input when it comes to the

proposed Doran Companies development.

“What will come out of this will be based on contracts and laws, not whether people want something built here or not,” Tompkins said.

“Why do I want to spend time fighting something I can’t change?”

Proper ty owners have to make money too and can do whatever they want with their proper ty, Tompkins said.

“My theory is, it’s going to happen and there’s nothing you can do to stop it,” he said. “It sucks if a place like Mesa gets the ax because of it.”

Tompkins said the customers ask when and if he is going out of business every day.

“Every day I get custom-

ers asking, ‘Are you closing?’ ” he said. “I’m going to put a sign on the window to explain soon.”

If the new development does contain retail space, businesses’ rent could go up.

Camdi and University LifeCare Center said they rent their current spaces for about $3,000 per month.

Chilly Billy’s owner Bill Marker said he pays more, between $4,000 and $5,000 per month, for his retail space in Doran’s Sydney Hall. Marker said he would expect rent to increase in that area of Dinkytown if the Doran project goes up.

“Those are going to be prime spots. The rent has to be higher,” Marker said. “It

would be a brand-new building. If you’re a businessman, you take the highest bidder.”

Josh Jungling, owner of Erber t and Gerber t’s Dinkytown location, also rents space in Sydney Hall.

Jungling’s business was on the same block before Sydney Hall was constructed.

Jungling said he didn’t notice a significant increase in rent when his business moved into Sydney Hall in 2010. There was only a small uptick because the new space was larger, he said.

“It went up a little bit, but it was pretty comparable,” he said. “It worked out well for us with a new stadium down the street and a new building. I was happy to pay a little more.”

Molly

“It is Russian roulette in a way,” he said.

Ferguson said he sees danger in the versatility of the drug because it allows users to increase the dose of an already highly concentrated substance.

“If you buy it as a powder, you could snor t it, shoot it, do anything you want with it,” he said.

Another concern, Ferguson said, is that the higher potency of the drug gives users a stronger, faster high, encouraging them to continue using the drug.

Ferguson said because Ecstasy in pill form contains other ingredients, it usually only has about 10 to 20 percent MDMA. But Molly is the free cr ystalline form of MDMA, which allows it to reach nearly 100 percent potency.

“The potential of getting that greater, stronger high means students could have problems with addiction and abuse,” Ferguson said.

English junior Sean Hir the said he has seen more use of the dr ug in his native Milwaukee, but use has “definitely increased recently.”

“I would say it’s fairly common,” he said.

University police Deputy Chief Chuck Miner said there have been no known cases of Molly possession at the University.

Minneapolis police Sgt.

Bill Palmer said he knew of Ecstasy but “wasn’t aware” of the drug Molly and declined to comment.

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MDMA works by increasing the body’s level of serotonin, a chemical that activates he pleasure centers in the brain.

Maggie, a University student, said she’s taken Molly six or seven times.

Because MDMA is a controlled substance, Maggie requested she only be identified by her first name.

The first time Maggie tried the dr ug, she said, she hadn’t planned to.

“It just came up,” she said, “I had no idea what it was going to feel like.”

On Molly, she said she felt “really pumped up and excited.” Maggie said the drug kept her awake and gave her energy so that she could dance longer.

Maggie said she’s found herself dancing or bobbing her head even when music isn’t playing.

“You feel a rhythm inside yourself,” she said.

Maggie said she usually takes Molly orally, though it’s common to snor t the powder so it takes ef fect more quickly and to avoid its unpleasant taste.

Because users aren’t buying the drug with a label, Ferguson said, it’s difficult to know exactly what they’re getting.

The cost to stay

Use and abuse Maggie said she’s been at a concer t each time she’s done Molly, and that’s where she thinks it’s primarily used.

“I don’t think I could see myself doing it outside of that,” Maggie said.

Daniel Klinkhammer, dance sophomore, said he’s seen Molly used in the same context, like at music festivals.

Klinkhammer said when he sees people use it they’re normally energetic and enthusiastic, but said he’s concerned when people start mixing it with other things.

“People overdo it when they aren’t smar t,” Klinkhammer said. “They’ll mix it with other drugs.”

It can be dif ficult to treat a patient who’s overdosed on Molly, said Dr. Jon Cole, an emergency physician at Hennepin County Medical Center and Medical Director of the Minnesota Poison Control System.

He said all doctors can do is work to keep the symptoms under control until the body metabolizes the drug.

Because MDMA is an amphetamine, it shares properties with meth.

BY THE NUMBERS

1,681 NARCOTICS-RELATED

OFFENSES JAN.-AUG. 2013

1,684 NARCOTICS-RELATED

OFFENSES JAN.-AUG. 2012

11 CALLS TO HENNEPIN POISON CONTROL ABOUT MOLLY IN 2013

397 E.R. VISITS BECAUSE OF

ECSTASY IN 2011 SOURCE: CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, DRUG ABUSE DIALOGUES

“It’s methamphetamine that’s been modified to also have a hallucinogenic component,” Cole said.

An overdose of MDMA can cause many problems similar to an overdose of meth, he said, including seizure, uneven heartbeat and kidney failure.

Even in less severe cases, users can experience negative side ef fects. Because serotonin increases body temperature, users have a significant chance of overheating and dehydration, which the drug’s “zoning out” can worsen, Ferguson said.

Cole said MDMA can have long term ef fects as well, like depression.

“Even if you never have a major overdose, it’s possible that you’re still poisoning yourself by taking it,” he said. “It’s not safe.”

Ferguson said after the increased levels of serotonin return to normal, users can feel a depression the next day.

Maggie said in the days after using Molly, she felt “really worn out.”

Possession of Molly is a controlled substance crime punishable by up to five years in prison or a fine of up to $10,000 in Minnesota.

Maggie said she’s aware that Molly is against the law but thinks it’s hard to monitor. The dr ug is physically small, and users can take it quickly after purchasing it.

Maggie said she thinks it’s also difficult for police to identify those who have taken the dr ug, because she’s able to function normally while on Molly.

“You act like yourself,” she said. “You just have a ton of energy, and you want to keep moving constantly.”

But Klinkhammer said he’s seen two sides of the drug.

“I’ve seen people have lots of fun,” he said, “but I’ve also seen people overdo it.”

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Longboarding: banned, but widely accepted University police generally accept longboarding as transportation.

BY DAVID LITIN dlitin@mndaily.com

Though technically banned on campus, longboards are accepted by police as a legitimate form of transportation.

In the late 1990s, the University of Minnesota banned skateboarding on campus because of its potential to damage property.

But University police Deputy Chief Chuck Miner said the depar tment allows students to use longboards because they are only using them for transport.

“If they’re going from point A to point B,” he said, “we generally don’t stop them.”

Miner said skateboarders have damaged areas around campus, includ-

ing a railing by Nor throp Auditorium and parking facilities.

The Board of Regents’ ordinance against skateboards defines them as a “piece of wood … mounted on skate wheels,” a definition that extends to longboards.

Longboard Club Vice President Mike Casey said he has never been told not to longboard on campus.

“They don’t actually enforce it,” Casey, an education graduate student, said.

Casey said the only time he ever received a ticket while longboarding was for running a red light.

“Cops are really fair,” he said.

Drew Swanson, a bioproducts junior and president of the Longboar d Club, said he’s never felt any “discrimination” while riding his longboard.

But both Swanson and Casey said the police have ever y right to stop anyone for longboarding.

“It is dangerous,” Casey said.

Longboarding culture

Kristin Schulte, a University alumna, started the Longboard Club in 2009 to bring boarders together.

She said that longboarding is a cool, fun and useful way to get from place to place.

“People will notice,” Schulte said. “It’s cool.”

Schulte went into UMPD’s headquar ters when she started the organization and asked if longboarding on campus was an issue.

“They said, ‘Don’t worry about it,’ ” she said.

When hosting rides, Casey and Swanson said they always make sure other riders wear helmets.

“In longboarding culture,” Swanson said, “safety is important.”

This is a big dif ference between longboarders and skateboarders, Casey said, and wearing helmets while

Sophomore computer science major Michael Black rides his longboard to campus on Monday.

longboarding is “breaking the skater stereotype.”

Gina Harsevoor t, a studies in cinema and media culture junior, said longboarders have never bothered her.

“I don’t really see it as a problem,” she said.

Harsevoor t said she finds bikers more annoying because there are more around campus. “[Longboarding] shouldn’t be banned,” Harsevoort said, but she added that there could be a problem if longboard accidents occur more frequently.

“It’s a for m of transpor t,” said mathematics sophomore Laura Sater.

Sater said she has never had a problem with longboarders while she rides her bike. If she needs to pass, she said she just rides around them.

Like Harsevoor t, she doesn’t agree with the Regents’ policy banning longboarding.

“I think it’s a little ridiculous,” Sater said.

JULIET FARMER, DAILY

CEHD, Teach for America will partner TFA u from Page 1

an oppor tunity to be in the classroom, should be able to have the training to go do that in the model that TFA provides,” he said.

The University is currently developing the program, which has to be approved by the Minnesota Board of Teaching before being implemented.

Cr ystal Brakke, TFA T win Cities’ executive director, said she’s confident the program will be approved. The Board of Teaching has shown interest in the partnership and encouraged TFA to pursue it, she said.

Through the par tnership, at least 40 TFA corps members will par ticipate in an eight-week training program through the University instead of TFA’s national five-week training, according to a University news release.

In addition, TFA corps members will par ticipate in two years of training while working at a school, according to CEHD Associate Dean Deborah Dillon.

Under the agreement, TFA corps members who complete the program will be recommended for licensure and University credit, which can be applied to a University master of education degree.

CEHD Associate Dean Deborah Dillon said the University hasn’t decided yet how many credits would be transferrable to the master of education program or if credits could also be applied to other University degrees.

The University will work with TFA to develop admissions criteria for the

new program.

TFA’s own admissions process is ver y competitive, with a 14 percent acceptance rate nationwide.

After TFA selects a pool of candidates for the program, the University will conduct a second admissions process to choose participants.

Continued opposition

Some CEHD graduate students who opposed the par tnership when it was first proposed said they’re still not backing down.

In June, 10 graduate students penned an open letter to the University opposing the proposed partnership. In the letter, they said TFA doesn’t adequately prepare teachers for the schools they serve.

More than 200 others, many of whom were affiliated with CEHD, signed the petition.

Erin Dyke, a CEHD graduate student who co-wrote the letter, said she and other graduate students were expecting Wednesday’s announcement.

“We’re feeling frustrated and angr y,” she said, “but also ready to dig our heels in and to continue resisting TFA at the U.” Dyke said the group will continue to organize to help “diminish TFA’s influence at the U.” Education Minnesota President Denise Specht said in a statement that the educators’ union will watch for developments in the partnership.

“We’re hopeful this more rigorous approach will improve the effectiveness of TFA corps members,” she said.

-Meghan Holden contributed to this report.

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GAPSA unveils platform for new year GAPSA promises to push for opensource textbooks and improvements for international students at the U.

BY KYLE STOWE kstowe@mndaily.com

At its first meeting of the school year Wednesday night, the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly announced its 2013-14 platform.

GAPSA will advocate for open-source content programs and improvements to the international student experience at the University of Minnesota

this year, among other initiatives.

Along with the Minnesota Student Association, GAPSA crafted a plan for open-source textbooks and other academic materials at the state Legislature, but the measure failed.

Like MSA, GAPSA will push for a similar plan again but only at the University level this year.

“We want the University to become more innova-

tive,” GAPSA President Brittany Edwards said.

Some College of Education and Human Development faculty members already created an opensource textbook platform, but GAPSA and MSA want a similar, campus-wide program.

Alfonso Sintjago, GAPSA’s executive vice president, said the assembly wants to work at the University level to discuss open-content initiatives fur ther with faculty and staff members.

“We have our concerns, and we’re interested in seeing how they relate to

faculty and staff,” he said.

GAPSA discussed creating a task force aimed at improving international student experiences at the University this year.

The resolution creating the task force says despite current ser vices available to international students, some have “complained about a sense of alienation.”

Sintjago said many students have approached GAPSA members asking for help.

“We feel more can be done to holistically improve their experience,” he said.

The resolution says international students have a “lack of awareness” regarding the rights and resources available to them, adding that they have limited interaction with local students.

Sintjago said GAPSA

wants to work with Inter national Student and Scholar Ser vices to help improve international students’ experiences.

The assembly is expected to pass the resolution during its next meeting in October.

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Columnists’ opinions are their own.

EDITORIALS

LGBT ISSUES

The times, they are still changin’ The fight for LGBT equality is not over.

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ast election season, volunteers campaigned for months to prevent marriage from being written into the state Constitution as “between a man and a woman.”

With the amendment failing last year, and same-sex marriage coming into law earlier this year, LGBT advocates have won a long and hard fight.

That said, the struggle for equality between all, regardless of sexual orientation, rages on.

In this countr y, men who have sex with men can’t give blood in most donation centers. Several times a week, the American Red Cross badgers me to donate blood.

This makes sense, as my O-negative blood can be donated to anyone, but only Ogroup donors can give blood people who are O-negative.

The Food and Drug Administration still holds onto the bizarre policy that men can’t give blood if they have had sex with another man even once since 1977. The once-HIV deterrent

CONNOR NIKOLIC columnist

policy now serves as a reminder of old homophobia.

With the need for blood, the FDA cannot afford to shun this group. This summer a national gay blood drive got young men at 52 locations across the country, including Memorial Blood Centers in St. Paul, to donate blood to be submitted to the FDA in order to prove they were healthy to donate.

Beyond the homophobia of these discriminator y FDA blood policies, many LGBT issues still need to be addressed as we strive for equality in Minnesota.

Boynton Health Ser vice’s 2007-2011 health sur vey reported 38 percent of gay and lesbian students have been diagnosed with depression in their lifetime. Nearly half of the bisexual students surveyed

reported being diagnosed with depression. Only 22.8 percent of heterosexual students said they had been diagnosed with depression.

Not to mention the “T” of LGBT students. While L, G and B are noted for their efforts for marriage and other rights, the transgender population didn’t receive the same attention.

At the University of Minnesota, the T ransgender Commission worked with the Program in Human Sexuality and the Center for Sexual Health to train the Boynton Health Services staf f to better ser ve transgender patients. On the 2013 College Student Health Survey, students can identify themselves as male, female, transgender or other.

Still, transgender Americans are 28 percent more likely to be victims of physical violence than their gender “normative” counterparts, according to a 2012 report by the National Advocacy for Local LGBTQH Communities. They also documented 25 anti-LGBTQ homicides in 2012, the fourth highest yearly total re-

DEATHS IN IRAQ: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 4,802 — IRAQI CIVILIANS: 114,440- PLUS DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 3,365 — AFGHAN CIVILIANS: UNKNOWN

corded.

As for the Catholic Church, Twin Cities Archbishop John Nienstedt is refusing to accept equality, even after same sex couples were able to wed this summer.

Nienstedt recently blamed the redefinition of marriage — as well as sodomy, abortion, pornography and contraception — for destabilizing society.

In the words of Macklemore’s “Same Love,” “A cer tificate on paper isn’t gonna solve it all, but it’s a damn good place to start.”

Whether you’re a fan of Macklemore’s music, he has a point. The legalization of same-sex marriage is a good place to start. However, marriage can’t be the only fruit of the local fight for equality.

We need to keep up the fight until all University students, regardless of sexual orientation, can legally live their lives with the same rights as everyone else.

Connor Nikolic welcomes comments at cnikolic@mndaily.com.

JOBS

A letter from one of America’s interns Interns want to be paid out of necessity, not greed.

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Collin Randolph welcomes comments at crandolph@mndaily.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR University employee base pay below market average

In reference to the article “University base pay below average” from the Sept. 18 edition of the Minnesota Daily, I found it very interesting that, according to the Office of Human Resources, employees are compensated with a “strong” benefits package.

Though this was the case many, many years ago, this doesn’’t really hold true here and now. Our outof-check or out-of-pocket expenses, including health insurance premiums, keep increasing, while our pay doesn’t reflect any of that.

Yes, I am so ver y glad to have a job which I enjoy, and also glad to have a job that offers health insurance. But proposed changes to health insurance co-pays and deductibles are going to be an imposition on so many people here at the University of Minnesota. Then what are we supposed to do?

Our salaries do not hold a candle to the increases that we have endured with regard to our health insurance.

The findings from the cited report — that University salaries are increasing slower compared to other Twin Cities and national educational employers — are true and unnerving. Now they are going to be even slower if the University administration gets what they are planning for us. Somehow, some way, the University is not willing to discuss sliding scale premium. Why not? It really just does make sense.

I think that an unrealistic

and unfair statement made

by Kathy Brown, vice president of the Office of Human Resources, that some administrators have higher salaries because they have more experience at the University, makes it clear that experience should, but across the board does not, count for something. This is specifically true for a higher wage.

Who determines when and what experience will get you more money? The last thing we need is more administrators making more money.

I have worked at the University for 22 years. In all my years, in my many varied positions, my experience has never really counted for anything, especially not an increase in pay. Let’s be fair.

Let’s consider the sliding scale health premiums and not include increased copays and deductibles.

Judy Grandbois Executive Office and Administrative Specialist Department of Philosophy

Response to ‘Segregated internships’

In reference to the Sept.

17 guest column “Segregated internships,” I, too, was fortunate enough to secure a Congressional Internship and can confirm it is a thrilling experience.

Although my House of Representatives internship was a paid one, the author was correct in pointing out how expensive it is to reside in Washington, D.C. Fortunately for me, the congress-

man’s staff I worked with bent over backward to assist me as I coped with adjusting to my new, amazing surroundings.

Paid internships are funded through individual office budgets, which vary according to the member’s seniority, status within his or her party and lobbying by members.

My boss happened to be the ranking minority member on the House Administration Committee and provided me a second paid internship with that committee and a unique, inside seat into the maneuverings of committee staffs.

The author’s internship was with a Senate office, and that made our experiences different. Senate staffs are large compared to the more intimate environment of a House or committee office.

An internship in Capitol Hill puts young adults at the bottom of the food chain.

But I was in the same boat as many other interns, so the job meant making new friends and learning to survive.

My advice to any would-be congressional intern is to not let small obstacles interfere with the opportunity of a lifetime. One of the important lessons to be learned on Capitol Hill is that changes take place at a snail’s pace. The author’s suggestion of a federal grant program for unpaid internships would take years to receive approval and support.

Play the game with the opportunities available and find a way that will make the experience a reality for yourself.

Tim McDevitt University alumnus

ear American businesses, Although you get a new crop of us every semester, and in time may forget our names and faces, you should know that LUIS RUUSKA your interns never columnist forget you.

By the time we graduate, 55 percent of college students have shared your offices in the form of an internship or co-op experience.

For many of us, you are our first real exposure to the field we want to make our careers in. You show us the ropes; you inspire us, mentor us and teach us valuable lessons and skills that we could never get from the classroom.

That said, we can’t afford to work for free.

The average college student graduates with more than $30,000 in debt.

Additionally, four out of five college students work an average of 19 hours a week at a while at school.

Financially, we can create a better future for ourselves by waiting tables or working retail, but we know that we won’t secure a career in our chosen field that way.

We need internships and co-ops to get our foot in the door. We need the experience, we need the knowledge and we need the connections, but we also need the paycheck as compensation for our time.

Please know that we’re not asking for a handout. We’re willing to do our part and produce high-quality work that lives up to your company’s professional standards.

In fact, interns who are paid fare better than their unpaid counterparts in the job search because of the more demanding professional tasks and projects they’re asked to complete.

A study conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers reported 63 percent of paid interns got at least one job offer afterward compared to 41 percent of unpaid interns .

Truthfully, most of us would just like enough money to cover expenses like transportation, food and possibly even housing — if it’s a summer internship requiring us to relocate — during our time with you.

We want to continue working for you, American businesses, but we can’t afford to pay to work for you.

Luis Ruuska welcomes comments at lruuska@mndaily.com.

Changing the Dinkytown story

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ast week, the City of Minneapolis unveiled its preliminary outline for a small area plan for Dinkytown.

The plan is the first step in shaping the future of the neighborhood, which recently went through controversial development, and Minneapolis as a whole.

Last month, the Minneapolis City Council aptly approved a residential development in the heart of Dinkytown, citing the project as a trendsetter for density in the area.

The project incited a proposed moratorium on development in a four-block area of Dinkytown’s business district. The City Council narrowly rejected it, but the moratorium’s purpose is troubling in an activity center like Dinkytown.

The neighborhood needs denser developments to use land more effectively, such as building over surface parking. The small area plan must lay a foundation supporting quality development and healthy growth akin with the goals of greater Minneapolis.

Problems with Dinkytown “The problems of Dinkytown are the ‘problems of the successful,’ ” Minneapolis planner Haila Maze said.

Maze is the head author of the small area plan and the main figure behind city planning in Dinkytown and the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood.

Maze said the area typically sees too many developers vying for space.

Although it attracts large, corporate developers like Doran Companies and Opus Group, the area lacks a growing local business community with the strength to develop densely.

In the City of Minneapolis’ small area plan for Dinkytown, Maze stressed maintaining local businesses and recruiting new entrepreneurs. If local developers can muster it, the mix should have more local entrepreneurs.

However, students are on the other side of the equation.

Because the University brings in many students, especially local renters, the area is known for its transitory nature. Students come and go, often leaving behind private property that doesn’t see the investment that homeowners would put into a residence.

“Everyone has their own Dinkytown story,” Maze said.

This is precisely why groups like Save Dinkytown fight to preserve the area. Nostalgia for college life, local art ties or a bohemian romanticism still hang heavy in the area.

But few Dinkytown residents have the resources to invest in private property enough to appeal to property owners. Chances are slim that students will be choosing to stay in Dinkytown after graduation.

Advantages of Dinkytown With its proximity to downtown and high traffic, Dinkytown seems to be an ideal area for leading Minneapolis in development and residential growth.

New upgrades to transportation in the area, such as the Dinkytown Greenway and the Central Corridor Light Rail Line, will also connect Dinkytown to job centers.

The University draws a lot of people into the city through education and its status as the state’s fifthlargest employer. If the small-area plan and the future of the Dinkytown area are to be successful, the University should be involved — whether via transportation recommendations, parking utilization or even residence halls.

“By 2025, we want 450,000 people to live in Minneapolis — about 65,000 more than today,” Mayor R.T. Rybak said in his final State of the City speech in April.

To gain about 65,000 people in 12 years, the city could try keeping more students through development to become Minneapolis’ vital young, creative class.

A new mayor means new possibilities The election for the next mayor of Minneapolis is the first race in 20 years without an incumbent on the ballot. This allows voters to choose a candidate with a strong vision for large-scale city projects.

Currently, candidates for mayor have not yet stepped forward to campaign to students. If there were ever a mayoral issue more central to University area interests than neighborhood development, candidates would be hard-pressed to find it.

Going forward, the small area plan must represent a mixture of local and corporate quality development. Dinkytown requires density. Its residents must move past the nostalgia in creating guidelines for future development.

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FOOTBALL

Hageman preps for SJSU

FOOTBALL

Gophers defense to face Fales, its toughest test yet

PHOTO COURTESY OF TERRELL LLOYD, SAN JOSE STATE ATHLETICS

San Jose State quarterback David Fales.

SJSU quarterback David Fales is a top prospect in the 2014 NFL Draft.

AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota defensive lineman Ra’Shede Hageman sacks Western Illinois quarterback on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium.

The Gophers will look to improve to 4-0 for the second straight season.

BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com

This Saturday, Minnesota hosts San Jose State and highly touted quarterback David Fales.

And senior defensive tackle Ra’Shede Hageman has already proven this season that he’ll do whatever it takes to get to Fales this weekend.

His tenacity and high motor were on display last weekend against Western Illinois.

In the four th quar ter against WIU, Hageman’s helmet was ripped off mid-play by an opposing of fensive lineman, but he still managed to get in the backfield and deliver a sack.

“You’ve got to be mentally tough,” Hageman said of the play. “The goal is getting to the quarterback, and I don’t care [what’s in my way].”

That’s included more than just having his helmet ripped off. Hageman said teams are throwing more double teams

his way this season.

Still, Hageman, a projected future first-round pick in the 2014 NFL Draft, has anchored a defense that’s allowed an average of just 18.7 points per game — third-best in the Big Ten. Hageman tied for a teamhigh six tackles to go along with his sack Saturday. After failing to record a sack in the first two games of the season, Hageman was asked if last Saturday’s performance was his best of the season so far.

“I felt it was an OK game for me,” he said. “There [are] always things I can work on.”

Minnesota defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys said he was “pleased” with his defense’s performance against WIU. He added that he thinks Hageman has a lot of room to grow despite being one of the nation’s top defensive players.

“He needs to learn that his upside is still a lot higher than what it is right now,” Claeys said. “He [has] responded well to that challenge, especially in the fourth quarter when we needed some people to step up and make some plays for us.”

SJSU’s offense is likely the most talented the Gophers

have seen yet this season.

And whether the offense throws a bunch of double teams at Hageman, or even rips his helmet off, Hageman said he’s preparing to do whatever it takes to get to the quarterback.

“I’ve seen them play,” Hageman said. “I heard [Fales] is a great quarterback. I’m definitely going to watch film after practice and get a feel for the [offensive] line and see how they move.”

Special teams playmaker

Hageman’s playmaking ability stretches to more than defense, and the 300-pluspound lineman has made his mark on special teams early this season by blocking kicks.

In Minnesota’s first game of the season against NevadaLas Vegas, Hageman blocked a field goal that was returned for a touchdown by senior defensive back Martez Shabazz.

And last week against WIU, Hageman blocked an extra point.

Hageman said there’s no particular recipe for blocking a kick.

He just tries to keep a low pad level and explode

through the offensive line.

He leaps for the ball after he breaks through the line.

His 36-inch vertical probably doesn’t hurt.

Gaining attention On Tuesday, Hageman said he’s been under a microscope this year after all the preseason hype. That added attention has opened up opportunities for some of his teammates up front.

Gophers redshirt sophomore defensive lineman Theiren Cockran leads the Big Ten in sacks this season with three. Cockran had two in the second half of last week’s game against WIU. “He didn’t play a lot a year ago at full speed,” Claeys said.

“He was hurt all year long with a foot injury and struggled. I think he has tremendous upside.”

De’Vondre Campbell is another name that often comes up when talking about potential. Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill said the redshirt sophomore has the potential to develop into a Hagemanlike talent in the future.

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VOLLEYBALL

Nora transitions in first season with team Adrianna Nora has made an impact in limited action this volleyball season.

BY MEGAN RYAN mryan@mndaily.com

Adrianna Nora may be a new face on the Gophers volleyball team, but opponents would be wise not to overlook the junior transfer from Baylor.

That’s because the rightside hitter openly admits that when the ball is set to her, she’s aiming her kill directly at an opposing player of her choice.

And with her “heavy arm,” as head coach Hugh McCutcheon calls it, that ball will most likely hurt.

“Sometimes I, of course, have to hold back to keep the ball in play,” Nora said.

Nora has only played in 16 of Minnesota’s 29 sets so far this season and has started two matches.

But Nora had a breakout weekend at the Bluegrass Battle against Louisville and No. 19 Kentucky. She had

nine kills and a .615 hitting percentage against the Cardinals and 13 kills against the Wildcats.

The Stillwater, Minn., native’s increased playing time didn’t come easily, though.

With many players competing for starting spots, Nora said she has had to face teammates who push her to improve every day.

“At first, it was really frustrating,” Nora said. “Even coming from Baylor to here, the level of play is so different.

“You never know who’s going to play or what is going to happen. It’s so competitive every single day.”

Freshman outside hitter Sarah Wilhite had been playing more than Nora early in the nonconference season.

But McCutcheon said Nora’s consistent performance in practice forced coaches to give her more of a look in a match setting.

And she didn’t disappoint.

“I think she’s just finding her rhythm with the setters and feeling a little more confident,” McCutcheon said.

“Certainly, that takes time for anyone when you get to a new

VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW

VS NO. 9 MINNESOTA

CONNECTICUT

RHODE ISLAND

NEW HAMPSHIRE

BY NATE GOTLIEB ngotlieb@mndaily.com,

At the star t of last season, San Jose State quarterback David Fales had never completed a pass in Division I college football.

This season, Fales is his team’s unquestioned starter and has potential to be an early round pick in the 2014 NFL Draft.

The Gophers will play Fales and SJSU at 11 a.m.

Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium.

The senior, a Salinas, Calif., native, was the most accurate passer in the Football Bowl Subdivision last season and led SJSU to an 11-2 record. ”He’s got a good, level head on his shoulders,” SJSU head coach Ron Caragher said after practice Tuesday. “He sees the field well, and he makes good decisions with the football.”

Fales’ dramatic ascent came after a slow star t to his college career.

He initially signed with the University of Nevada but transfer red to Monterey Peninsula College in Monterey, Calif., after just one season.

Then, after a successful 2010 campaign with Monterey, Fales accepted an invitation to walk on at the University of Wyoming.

But that team already had two quar terbacks on the roster, and Fales ultimately retur ned to Monterey for the 2011 season.

He led Monter ey to a Coast Conference cochampionship that season and earned conference offensive player of the year honors.

DARTMOUTH

FOOTBALL PREVIEW

9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday in Hanover, N.H.

PREVIEW: The Gophers volleyball team will close out its nonconference schedule this weekend at the Dartmouth Tournament.

Minnesota broke its perfect, straight-set record last weekend when it dropped a five-set match to No. 19 Kentucky on the road at the Bluegrass Battle.

The Gophers now boast an 8-1 record entering their last four matches before Big Ten play.

The Gophers will open the conference season at home next week against Indiana and Purdue.

Rhode Island will face the Gophers with a 5-4 record. New Hampshire starts the meet at 5-6 overall. Connecticut sits at 5-5, and Dartmouth tallies in at 5-2 overall.

The Gophers have faced these teams a combined eight times and have never lost.

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team.”

Nora also brings some versatility to the Gophers.

While she has primarily been used as a right-side hitter for Minnesota, she played as a left-side hitter and a middle blocker for Baylor and said she can play wherever the team needs her.

“I think right side’s my

favorite spot,” Nora said. “It’s a lot easier — not as much moving as middle. It’s more fun for big kills and blocking.”

Senior setter Alexandra Palmer said she has noticed Nora’s affinity for “big kills.”

“She’s really fun to set to,” Palmer said. “She’s a powerful, aggressive, very intense hitter.”

Fales found another Division I suitor in SJSU in December 2011 and enrolled there that spring.

After winning the star ting job at SJSU, he morphed into a star.

He threw for 4,193 yards, 33 touchdowns and just 9 interceptions in his first year on campus and ear ned second-team AllWester n Athletic conference honors.

Fales spent par t of his summer as a counselor at the Elite 11 high school quarterback camp.

There, he worked out with reigning Heisman trophy winner Johnny Manziel and Louisville quar terback Teddy Bridgewater, among others.

“It was really just a great experience to go on the field and compete with them,” he said.

This season, Fales returns three of his top receivers, including Noel Grigsby, who had 1,307 receiving yards and nine touchdowns last season.

The Spar tans are 1-1 this season. They beat Sacramento State 24-0 in week one but lost to No. 5 Stanford 34-13 on Sept. 7.

After watching film on the Gophers, Fales called the front seven “energetic.”

“They’re big, strong, fast, high-energy guys,” he said.

The Gophers praised Fales’ abilities, but head coach Jerr y Kill said his team is excited for the challenge Fales provides.

“We’re going to play a quar terback that most people [see] in the NFL,” Kill said. “I’m anxious to see how the kids respond.”

Senior safety Br ock Vereen echoed that sentiment.

“This is our first tr ue, big test,” he said, “and we’re ready for it.”

VS MINNESOTA

SAN JOSE STATE

11 a.m. Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium

MINNESOTA: The Gophers are 3-0 after beating Western Illinois 29-12 last week. Running backs David Cobb and Rodrick Williams Jr. each rushed for two scores, as the team scored 22 unanswered points in the second half to coast to a win.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Mitch Leidner saw his first extended action last week and went 7-for-8 passing. Leidner entered the game after sophomore Philip Nelson left with a hamstring injury early in the second quarter. Head coach Jerry Kill hasn’t announced who will start Saturday.

The Gophers are 1-1 all-time against San Jose State. They last played the Spartans in 1992 and lost 39-30.

SAN JOSE STATE: The Spartans are 1-1 this season and saw their eight-game winning streak snapped in a 34-21 loss to No. 5 Stanford on Sept. 7.

SJSU went 11-2 last season and was predicted to finish third in the Mountain West Conference’s – West Division.

SJSU is new to the Mountain West this season, after 17 seasons in the Western Athletic Conference.

The Spartans’ head coach, Ron Caragher, is in his first season with the team. He previously coached at the University of San Diego.

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

MEN’S GOLF

Minnesota set to play at Wolf Run this weekend

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Gophers open Big Ten play

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota defender MacKenzie Misel steals the ball from Louisiana State on Sept. 6 at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium.

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Minnesota’s Jon Trasamar plays at the season-opening Gopher Invitational at Windsong Farm Golf Club on Sept. 8.

The Gophers will travel for the first time all season this weekend.

BY SAM GORDON sgordon@mndaily.com

After the Gophers christened their season less than two weeks ago in their own backyard, they’ll be in somewhat unfamiliar territory this weekend.

Minnesota will travel to Zionsville, Ind., for the Wolf Run Intercollegiate at Wolf Run Golf Club.

In 2007, Golfweek magazine ranked the course the 15th-best modern course in the nation. It’s top-tier, but it’s still unfamiliar.

Gophers senior captain Jon Trasamar is the only cur rent Gophers player with experience on the course, having played at Wolf Run when he was a freshman.

“It’s a dif ficult golf course,” he said. “It’s not the longest golf course in the world, but you have to be very precise.”

Trasamar said driving accuracy and ball striking

will be more crucial than distance over the weekend.

“The biggest challenge is that other teams have been going to this tournament year in and year out,” head coach John Carlson said. “They’ll have some home-course knowledge. … It’ll be a challenge for us.”

Still, there are holes where birdies are possible if players play smart, Carlson said.

The Gophers opened up their fall season Sept. 8-9 with the annual Gopher Invitational, where Minnesota finished in a tie for fifth out of 12 teams.

Carlson said playing the first tournament the first week of school was not advantageous for his squad.

But in the time since, Gophers players have settled into a routine, balancing school and practice.

Because the tournament is in Indiana, only five golfers are going to travel to compete. At the Gopher Invitational, nine of the 10 Minnesota players golfed — five representing the team and four playing unattached.

and Lauren Bauer and junior Becca Roberts serve as the unit’s anchors. The three have played in all eight games thus far.

But the defense consists of a healthy mix of experience and youth.

Sophomore Elle Dykema and freshman Rashida Beal have provided sparks to the seasoned core at times early this year.

And the back line has earned the trust of the attacking unit.

While Brandt said the entire team constantly works on its defensive skills, the Gophers’ defenders are allowing the goal scorers to focus on putting the ball in the net.

Minnesota has outshot its opponents 116-58 in the past eight games.

“When the defense [is] jumping, getting that jump on their forwards ... it really helps … because then we don’t have to hustle all the way back,” junior midfielder Katie Thyken said Aug. 30.

“We can just stay forward.”

The Gophers have kept a high defending line early this season, baiting opponents into 17 offsides calls over their

Minnesota’s defense has allowed less than a goal per game this season.

BY JACE FREDERICK jfrederick@mndaily.com

An old adage in sports is “defense wins championships.”

If the saying holds true, the Gophers (7-1) are in pretty good shape as they start conference play Saturday in Indiana.

Minnesota’s back line looked dominant at times during the nonconference season and seeks to build on that success in the Big Ten. The Gophers’ defense allowed less than a goal per game and has propelled Minnesota’s hot start eight games into the season.

“It’s our defense making the big stops in the red zone, and they came up huge over and over again,” senior forward Steph Brandt said. “I think if they keep that going, we’ll be in a really good spot.”

Minnesota’s defense is littered with veterans, and seniors MacKenzie Misel

SOCCER PREVIEW

@ MINNESOTA

INDIANA

5 p.m. Saturday in Bloomington, Ind.

MEN’S GOLF PREVIEW

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WOLF RUN INTERCOLLEGIATE

MINNESOTA Sunday/Monday (All Day) in Zionsville, Ind.

PREVIEW: Minnesota will hit the road for the first time this fall season for the Wolf Run Intercollegiate this weekend.

The Gophers’ opponents include Auburn, Indiana and Illinois — teams that Minnesota will see throughout the golf season.

“They’ve perennially done well in the tournament,” Gophers head coach John Carlson said.

Minnesota held a qualifying tournament this week to see who would travel for the Wolf Run. Carlson confirmed Jose Mendez, Tyler Lowenstein, Jon DuToit and Jon Trasamar would travel, but he said the fifth spot will be determined through qualifying.

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MINNESOTA: The Gophers (7-1) open Big Ten play this weekend, fresh off a 3-0 win over Jacksonville on Sunday. Minnesota impressed in its nonconference slate, defeating three powerconference teams, with its lone loss coming to then-No. 9 Florida on Friday.

If Minnesota wishes to improve on last year’s fourth-place conference finish, it will need continued production from leading scorer and junior midfielder Katie Thyken. Thyken has netted five goals and added an assist through the first eight games of the season.

It will be interesting to see if the Gophers’ defense can dominate opposing Big Ten offenses as it did in the nonconference schedule. The unit allowed less than a goal per game in the nonconference season.

INDIANA: The Hoosiers (6-0-1) are off to a promising start to 2013, undefeated through seven games.

Indiana is led by its senior goalkeeper, Shannon Flower. The Columbus, Ohio, native has five shutouts this season and has allowed just two goals, while playing every minute in net for the Hoosiers.

Indiana tied for eighth in the Big Ten last season, finishing with a 4-7 record in conference. The Hoosiers defeated the Gophers 2-0 last year in Bloomington, Ind. SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

last four games.

“That’s what we do,” Gophers head coach Stefanie Golan said Sept. 6. “That is really how we play.”

If the Gophers can continue to execute and suffocate opposing attackers, they could be a real threat in the Big Ten — an even bigger threat than some expected at

the start of the year.

Minnesota was ranked seventh in the conference’s preseason coaches’ poll.

“We weren’t at all satisfied with that,” Brandt said. “We would love to finish at least top-four again.

“I think we see ourselves very capable of finishing [on] top, winning the conference.”

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Tales from the techs

Local audio techs give A&E the lowdown on mixing sound

BY EMILY EVELAND eeveland@mndaily.com

A

t 5 p.m. last T h u r s d a y, hoards of teenagers with liquid eyeliner whiskers painted on their cheeks waited in line at Cabooze to take pictures with Blood on the Dance Floor’s purple-haired frontman, Dahvie Vanity.

On stage, Vanity belched and yelled, “I need water and a blowjob please.”

The sea of Myspace teens shrieked.

For Mike Ronkainen, Cabooze’s front-of-house engineer and production manager, it was just another day on the job.

“I don’t have to like it to mix it,” he said.

Welcome to the world of sound engineers, the invisible miracle workers. A&E spoke with three of the city’s best.

Mike Ronkainen Cabooze Ronkainen has been with Cabooze since 1987. A&E talked to him the night before his seven-week tour as front of house engineer for Jonny Lang, who he’s worked with for 16 years.

What do you think makes a good sound tech?

I mean, I guess in my line, most of them come from being a musician. Oddly enough, most of the really good sound guys were at one time drummers. It seems to be a common thread.

Besides that, it’s a work ethic. It’s a lot of hard work.

There’s nothing glamorous about it, and if there is, you’re not doing it right. It’s not really a great job unless you like music.

What keeps you going?

I don’t know. I really don’t know. It’s addicting. It’s really hard to get out of.

I knew one guy who got out, but the only way he could do it was to disappear. It’s Hotel California.

At this point, what am I gonna do? Am I gonna go back to school? No. What makes a band good to work with?

Well, I guess the least amount of ego possible.

There’s bands that play really well onstage and they almost mix themselves. And then there’s bands that really play terribly together. You never know who you’re working with. I mixed Phish here 20 years ago to a hundred people.

Has anything like that happened recently?

Not super recently, although honestly, I don’t pay much attention to current music at this point. I listen to talk radio in my car.

How do you feel about this type of music?

No thanks. On the same hand, a lot of these kids are really nice. It just makes me feel old. I guess you try and find whatever the good is in whatever’s there.

I sometimes scratch my head and go, “Why the hell would you do this?” But then I think yeah, well, that’s what my dad said to me in the 70s.

What are some of your craziest stories from working here?

I remember a zillion years ago, there was a metal band that’s still popular today. We showed up at 11 in the morning to load in, and it turns out their guitar player and the bass player got in a fight in their RV and the guitar player’s lip was literally hanging off of his face. We immediately sent him to the hospital, and they sewed him and put him back together and they did the show.

I don’t know. Too many drug things. I remember finding a lot of crack tins in the basement after George Clinton played here.

Chris Frymire The Cedar Cultural Center C h r i s F r y m i re h a s worked as the production manager and front of house engineer at the Cedar Cultural Center for 24 years.

He’s also the vice president of Grammy Award-winning Red House Records.

What’s it like working by yourself?

I love it. I’m kind of a control freak anyways. I think most sound guys are.

What’s it like working with different bands?

For the most par t, they’re great people to work with.

If you’re looking for interesting stories, there was one group who played so loud they melted the crossovers in the PA and completely fried it.

Do you play music?

Yeah, I played a trombone in high school and I play a little tin whistle once in a while. Ever yone plays acoustic guitar, of course.

But, you know, I really play the mixing board more than

anything else.

What’s it like to work on a mixing board?

It’s kind of the electronic version of being a conductor in reverse, so to speak.

The band is really supposed to be driving the dynamics of the show, but often we’re the ones making the decision as to how that comes out.

Each style, each genre, has its own sound, and you’ve got to respect that in what we do. They each have their own distinct sound palette.

Ross Nueske 7th Street Entry

contact with the musicians.

I don’t have to have somebody else mixing their inear monitors.

What are some of your craziest stories?

The Japanese punk bands are fun to work with, but they’re pretty close to being the craziest. They’re super loud and the crowd goes nuts. There was one Japanese band whose bass player was hanging on the rafters by his feet.

What makes a good sound tech?

Being on time, being motivated to work — or, how do I say that? Being

hungry to work and not expecting a whole lot out of it.

Being able to problem solve and think on your feet. You don’t have a lot of time to make something work. And it doesn’t hurt to be nice.

Have you had any experiences that have positively altered your perception of a band?

Yes! The singer from Fall Out Boy — I can’t stand Fall Out Boy — I worked one of his shows and the dude stayed afterwards to sign autographs for all his fans who stayed around. You never see that. If I was a rock star, I wouldn’t do that.

Ross Nueske is the 7th Street Entry’s stage manager. Nueske, with some help from others, juggles scheduling, hospitality, audio mixing, equipment loading and lighting.

What’s it like having so many roles?

It’s a small venue — it’s really not that necessar y to have multiple people doing things. It actually just makes things more complicated. I have direct eye

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY Sound technician Chris Frymire adjusts microphone levels Saturday afternoon at the Cedar Cultural Center.

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY Sound technician Chris Frymire sets up the stage for a band sound check Saturday afternoon at the Cedar Cultural Center.

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THEATER

How to be a storyteller

Sun Mee Chomet revisits “How to Be a Korean Woman” at the Guthrie Theater, sharing her story of adoption and how to grapple with who you are.

Sun Mee Chomet rehearses Tuesday for “How to Be a Korean Woman,” a one-woman show she wrote, at the Guthrie Theater’s Dowling Studio.

BY JOE KELLEN jkellen@mndaily.com

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ne-person shows can be self-indulgent and monotonous.

Devoting 80 minutes to a single voice sometimes begs the question, “Why does this need to have an audience?”

Actor and playwright Sun Mee Chomet answers this question and then some.

In 2010, Chomet was on “I Miss That Person,” a South Korean reality TV show that reunites people with long-lost relatives. Chomet, a Korean adoptee, didn’t know how to feel when she met her birth mother for the first time.

“It was about my sanity,”

she said. “We think that if we find our birth parents, somehow we would feel whole. But when I found my birth family, I was actually more confused than I was before.”

This caused something of an identity crisis for Chomet.

The only way for her to understand the paradigm shift was to write.

Three years later, “How to Be a Korean Woman” is enjoying a third run, this time in the Guthrie Theater’s Dowling Studio.

The piece details Chomet’s search for her birth family through storytelling. She embodies ever y character in the show from her social worker to her birth family,

reliving the memories in real time on stage.

It’s emotionally taxing to say the least.

“To me, it’s an act of generosity. There are so many adoptees out searching, but we don’t have any role models. Not only for how to navigate searching, but to navigate these feelings,” Chomet said.

She found this to be particularly true after taking the show to Korea. She performed the piece for more than 300 adoptees at a conference for adults searching for their birth parents.

They praised her for her honesty about international adoption — Chomet’s birth

family had been searching for her for 30 years.

“In the U.S. we’re told this happy coming-home story, but we don’t know about the repercussions on the birth family,” she said.

After seeing how deeply her stor y affected others, Chomet wanted to expose the work to a larger audience.

Director and dramaturg Zaraawar Mistry has worked with Chomet from the beginning.

“It’s dangerous territory in some ways because you’re dealing with fragile issues and there’s so much risk for pain.

We had to work carefully,” he said. “But it’s where the power of the pieces lies, this

emotion.”

Chomet realized she wasn’t the only one who’s had this sort of experience. She created a companion blog for the show, and audience members can contribute to it via computer stations in the theater’s lobby. It’s designed to be a place for everyone to share their stories about finding family.

“Even if we all feel alone, we can realize that we all feel alone together,” Chomet said.

In a nutshell, this is the nature of her piece. It is the experience of a performer sharing a deeply personal event in the hopes that it will resonate with someone.

Mistry said that the sim-

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plicity is the secret.

“It calls for almost nothing.

It calls for an actor telling the story, so our set, our lights, our technical elements — they’re all very minimal,” he said. “The rest is Sun Mee.”

MUSIC

Album review: “Shoot the Dog” by The Cloak Ox

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thursday

inneapolis sor tof super group The Cloak Ox released their first full length album “Shoot the Dog” Tuesday, with members of Lateduster, Dosh, Fog and Alpha Consumer coming together to record the follow up to 2011’s “Prisen” EP. “Shoot the Dog” delivers enough memorable choruses and song variety to set it apart from contemporar y indie rock albums.

The record drifts between tempos and dynamics but manages to remain cohesive thanks to lead singer Andrew Broder’s distinctive vocal style.

The album kicks of f with the nine-minute slowburner “Yesterday’s Me,” a retrospective track that continuously builds up only to cut back down to a sparse, haunting refrain.

Friends of the Southeast Library Booksale Kitty corner to the Library Bar, there’s another library — a real one. The Friends of the Southeast Library, a group still in its infancy, will hold a good old-fashioned book sale Thursday. This branch of the Hennepin County Library was shut down in 2006 due to a lack of city funding and reopened in 2008. Show your support and grab some old fiction, self-help manuals, reference tomes and more. Nothing is more than $1, so use your change from Mesa to buy a couple of books for decoration and/or reading. If you can’t make it today, the sale goes on Saturday, too, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. u Where: Southeast Library, 1222 Fourth St. SE, Minneapolis u When: Noon to 7 p.m.

streth. Each chorus swells to a melodic whole before retur ning to the sparse verse.

An album standout, “Pigeon Lung” manages to spin the titular phrase into one of the most strangely uplifting tracks on the entire album.

Only in the extended codas of “Andy Broder’s Dream” and “Yesterday’s Me” does the album recall the spacey post-rock roots of Lateduster and Dosh.

The influence of Broder’s previous project Fog shows through in bits and pieces of mellow segments that showcase his vocals more than any instrument.

Unlike Fog, however, The Cloak Ox interject these subdued segments with prominent guitar lines and loud refrains.

All in all, “Shoot the Dog” contains enough variety and solid songwriting to set it a notch above your standard garage-ish rock album. Despite all the flare throughout the record, The Cloak Ox is at its best when it keeps it simple.

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Gender Reel Fest Shed the harmful binaries — yes, all of ‘em! — and head over to the Minnehaha Free Space for Gender Reel’s second night. The festival is dedicated to shining a spotlight on an array of experiences, including those of transgender and gender non-conforming people. The first fest happened in Philadelphia in 2011 and has been growing since. This year there will be screenings in four cities, Minneapolis included. Thursday is the free night, but we recommend going Friday for a 7:15 p.m. screening of “Alley of the Tranny Boys.” The 1998 movie is by Christopher Lee, a remarkable filmmaker who paved the way for trans people in porn. u Where: Minnehaha Free Space, 3747 Minnehaha Ave., Minneapolis u When: Screenings start at 6 p.m., Thursday, Friday and Saturday u Age: 18+ after 7:15 p.m. Friday

saturday

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The energy immediately picks up with the next track, “Josephine.”

The frenetic first single wouldn’t sound out of place blasting out of loudspeakers at a football game right after Franz Fer dinand’s “Take Me Out.” The song flies by at a million-miles-an-hour pace, alternating between slick guitar rif fing and a chorus that’ll stick in your brain for weeks to come.

Beneath the catchiness of “Josephine,” and the rest of the album, for that matter, lie bittersweet messages — the album is littered with lyrics about mistakes, regrets and scorned lovers. “ D o n’ t liste n to m e now, I will only lie about it later on,” Broder sings on “Don’t Listen.”

The of f-kilter “King Rope” features a skittish dr um beat suppor ted by an almost-Motown bass line. “You cannot get away with ever ything,” sings a desperate-sounding Broder. His expressive, quavering voice recalls The Dirty Projectors’ David Long-

friday

Local band The Cloak Ox delivers on its first full-length.

Hip Hop Harambee Last year was Hip Hop Harambee’s first time at the rodeo, and it went well: Talib Kweli and an all-star local lineup made everybody at the Nomad World Pub’s parking lot feel like they were having a big party together — “harambee” (huh-rawm-bay) means “coming together” in Swahili. For the fest’s second year, expect more people to be pronouncing “harambee” correctly and even more people to be having a good time — this year’s lineup includes a good mix of national and local artists, with a few of A&E’s favorites like Big K.R.I.T., Toki Wright and Lizzo. u Where: Nomad World Pub, 501 S. Cedar Ave., Minneapolis u When: 1-10 p.m. u Cost: $20 in advance; $25 at the door u Age: All ages

CULTURE COMPASS BY SARAH HARPER

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by Katy Perry featuring Juicy J One of the geniuses of our time released a new song Tuesday morning, so hear ye, hear ye, and gather ‘round, my children. “Dark Horse” is the latest track from Princess Perr y’s new album “Prism” — to be clear, it’s not an of ficial single; it’s just another song that we’re lucky enough to be allowed to listen to.

Like “Roar,” the eye-of-the-tiger fight song Perr y premiered at the Video Music Awards, “Dark Horse” has a fierce sensibility. Who is Perr y fighting? The world? Herself? ...Russell? Whoever/whatever is on the other end, this is a really good trap-ish song with a killer beat plus Juicy J, so listen up.

“The Bling Ring” “The Bling Ring,” was by far the most stylish movie to come out this summer — sorr y, “Monsters University.” Based on the real-life case of a few teenagers who robbed celebrities’ homes, Sofia Coppola’s latest film is haunting, quiet and has Emma Watson playing her best role yet. If you missed “The Bling Ring” when it was in theaters, it came out on DVD on Tuesday, so get yourself to a Redbox. If you’re a lazy daisy, you’ll just have to go with the next best thing: “Pretty Wild,” the reality TV show that preceded the movie, is on Netflix.

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CULTURE COMPASS BY SARAH HARPER “And Every Day Was Overcast” Star t reading “And Ever y Day Was Overcast” this weekend so you’ll be ready with some Q’s for author Paul Kwiatkowski when he visits Magers and Quinn on Sept. 26. He’ll be joined by Twin Cities photographer Alec Soth of Little Brown Mushroom — both ar tists will be revealing their fall projects. There will be ping pong at the event, which is why we’re telling you this early — go mark your calendars!

“And Ever y Day Was Overcast” is a novel about teenhood in South Florida, where Kwiatkowski grew up. His photos, which make up the bulk of the book, drive singular, clear prose about an LSD trip, growing up and just how impor tant TV shows are.

MUSIC

The art world could use Out of this world a Ruckus

PHOTO COURTESY OF DAISUKE YOSHIDA The aliens have landed!

Punk from another planet: That’s the fact of life for Peelander-Z.

AMANDA SNYDER, DAILY Ruckus founder Jon Piepho gestures to the artwork he’s selling for his art shop project Monday in Northeast Minneapolis.

Jon Piepho’s dream is to change the way we buy and sell art.

BY SARAH HARPER sharper@mndaily.com

T

hanks to the Internet, ar tists can sell their work online without having to curry the favor of dealers and gallery owners, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy.

Br yan Grose, a Detroitarea ar tist who has been working in Golden Valley, Minn., for about three years, has sold some work on Etsy and his personal website.

“I’ve sold some work [online], but more when there’s a gallery presence,” he said.

Now a few of his paintings are being sold by an ar t shop that has a local presence and a digital one,

created by University of Minnesota alumnus Jon Piepho.

Piepho isn’t an artist, nor does he have any of ficial training or education in art — he’s a merchandising operations manager at Target with a B.A. in economics.

“He has a good eye,” Grose said.

And Piepho’s postcollege path is dotted with passion projects — “I’m somebody who gets excited quickly,” he said — including the Northeast Minneapolis-based art shop Ruckus.

Last summer Piepho created Ad Hoc Art, a downtown pop-up gallery that featured more than 80 artists.

None of them were making a living from their art.

“That’s disturbing to me,” he said. He gestured around his studio space in the Waterbur y Building, where he was ar ranging

paintings and setting up locally made furniture for the shop’s launch.

“Look around this room, right? People with amazing talent can’t make a go of it, and that seems super unfor tunate,” he said. “Now can I turn that around? No, probably not.

But can I tr y and make some sor t of dif ference?

Hopefully.”

With Ruckus, which is mainly a solo effort and entirely self-financed, Piepho wants to help ar tists who may not have the time, resources or know-how to sell their own pieces.

“If I can use all of my history and my skill set to try and help them out, that’s a good goal, I think,” he said.

A 23 percent commission and the promise of promotion means artists don’t have to do much after they strike a deal with Piepho

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– they can sit back while he sells their work online and in events at the studio space.

“It’s a cool idea,” said Jon Reischl, a College of Visual Arts alum and painter who has submitted a few of his works to Ruckus.

“There’s lots of places online wher e you can go and buy ar t,” he said.

“Having a space in the Waterbur y Building helps legitimize what Ruckus is doing.”

BY SPENCER DOAR sdoar@mndaily.com

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’all think Riff Raff is weird?

Then you probably haven’t gotten a piece of Japanese comic book punk band Peelander-Z. They’re aliens who grew up in Japan — really nice fun-loving aliens, but far from earthly.

“No, no, we are not actually human beings,” s a i d P e e l a n d e r - Ye l l o w, who’s actually a gentleman named Kengo Hioki. “We come from the planet Peelander. If you’re looking for it, you’ll never find it — it’s in the fifth dimension.

Don’t check Google.”

It’s a nonsensical existence, and they dig it.

“What’s the meaning of the planet — nothing, it’s just a name,” Yellow said.

“There’s so many pretty girls and cool kids there.”

(To be clear, PeelanderZ aren’t of extraterrestrial origin, but good luck tr ying to get one of them to admit it.)

With a kind of half-acid trip, half-“Reser voir Dogs” feel, the four band members go by color-based names. There’s PeelanderGreen, Peelander-Purple, Peelander-Yellow and Peelander-Pink.

It’s impossible to forget the fact — they all dress like rave-going Power Rangers, with an ar ray of crazy patterned tights, plunging V-neck shir ts and giant helmet masks.

Live shows continue the epic craziness with human bowling, giant drumsticks, wrestling, encouraged audience par ticipation and smashed chairs.

Ye l l o w d o e s k a r a t e kicks on stage. Apparently he’s so flexible he kicked his own tooth out during a Bonnaroo performance.

“It’s a happy par ty-

time,” Yellow said. “You’re going to see yellow spiders and pink ants. We are ‘Yo Gabba Gabba.’ ” For as strange as that “Yo Gabba Gabba” reference sounds, they are partially family-friendly — at one point they actually released a children’s album.

They’r e bat doo-doo nuts, and it’s really hard not to love them for it because there doesn’t seem to be ill will harbored in any par t of their animeloving, fifth-dimensional personalities.

“I like ever y city. Ever y countr y is dif ferent, but there’s the same happy spirits ever ywhere,” Yellow said. “We want to say hello ever ywhere.”

How they say hello varies from album to album.

They’ll display elements of J-pop at one moment, then go straight hair metal the next, all with the bouncy aplomb of individuals who grew up in a lower-gravity environment.

Peelander-Z’s comanager Mike Dickinson recalls how his kids, six and four at the time, influenced him to pursue the band. That’s how wide a demographic they cater to.

It doesn’t matter to English-speakers that their lyrics are partially in Japanese — though if you speak it, you’ll notice Yellow’s penchant for making bilingual puns.

Their upcoming show at the Turf Club will likely be visually, mentally and physically stimulating.

After all, they’ve traveled through other dimensions to be here.

WHAT PEELANDER-Z WHEN 9 P.M., THURSDAY WHERE TURF CLUB, 1601 W. UNIVERSITY AVE., ST. PAUL COST $10 AGE 21+

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FOOD

College Kitchen: How I learned to stop worrying and love meat

BY ALEX BRODSKY abrodsky@mndaily.com

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ew elements of the culinary world carry the kind of stigma among college students that raw meat does. The threat of foodborne illnesses deters many amateur cooks from an entire world of recipes.

Moreover, the wall of meats at the grocery store can seem intimidating.

In reality, avoiding the harmful bacteria associated with raw meat is simple. Figuring out the right cuts to buy just takes a little know-how.

Cooking with meat can help save you money as you learn to make your favorite dishes at home.

When it comes down to it, what do you want to be doing next Fourth of July? Wearing a “Kiss the Cook” apron? Of course that’s what you want.

Those aprons are hilarious.

Cuts of meat Choosing the right cut of meat for a dish can be daunting.

When it comes to red meats, the main difference between cuts is fat content.

As a general rule, fattier cuts of meat need to be cooked longer. Generally, recipes call for these cuts to be cooked in a small amount of liquid for hours at a time — a technique called braising.

The fat in the meat takes time to break down and turn into pure buttery flavor.

Dishes like pot roast, pulled pork and barbecue ribs are all the results of slowcooking cheap, fatty cuts.

They’re blue-collar meats, and guess what? They’re all completely delicious.

Leaner cuts like steaks and tenderloin require much less cooking time and are ideal for frying and grilling.

As a result, these cuts tend to be pricier.

Storing When you buy meat from a grocery store, a “use by” date will be printed on the packaging. Ideally you’ll get

around to cooking the cut of meat by then. If you can’t, you can freeze it. Buying larger quantities of meat often comes at a decreased price per pound, so if you’re looking to save money, buy a bunch of meat and freeze the excess.

Meat can be stored for months at a time, in its original packaging or in an airtight container, but the texture and juiciness suffer.

There are three main methods to thaw frozen meat: in the fridge, in water and in the microwave. Moving the frozen meat to the fridge about 24 hours prior to cooking is by far the preferred method for thawing, as it does not affect the texture.

For a quicker method, put the airtight bag into a bowl full of cold water. To prevent bacteria buildup, keep the bowl under a continuously running sink.

The fastest, and least recommended, thawing method is the microwave.

Wrap your frozen meat in paper towels and use the thaw or defrost setting on your microwave. The timing will var y greatly depending on the weight of the meat. Thawing with a microwave will af fect the texture, though, making the meat feel rubber y.

Cooking meat

After coming into contact with raw meat, make sure to wash your hands before touching anything else. The same goes for any knives or cutting boards you use while handling meat.

If cooking the meat to proper temperatures worries you, you can invest in a thermometer. Otherwise, just check the coloring on the inside of any dish. Thoroughly cooked red meat is pale brown. Chicken should lose any pink tint, and its juices should run clear.

With enough practice, you’ll develop the timing to know when meat is done without checking it. Slowly build your confidence with cheap, straightforward meat

dishes:

Sautéed chicken breasts 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts Olive oil Flour Salt and pepper Dried parsley Lemon (optional) Whenever you’re dealing with boneless, skinless chicken breasts, trim the clumps of white fat off the cuts.

Next, if your chicken breasts are more than about 1/4 inch thick, you’ll need to flatten them to ensure they’ll cook all the way though. Put the breasts between two sheets of plastic wrap and pound them with the bottom of a heavy pan.

Heavily season both sides of the breasts with salt and pepper, using about a tablespoon total.

Spread about a quarter cup of flour on a plate and coat the chicken entirely in it. This process is called dredging.

Heat olive oil in a large fr ying pan. If you don’t have a pan wide enough to fit both chicken breasts without them touching one another, you’ll have to cook them individually.

Gently lay each chicken breast in the pan. Sauté each side until it turns a nutty brown color, about three to four minutes per side.

Squeeze half a lemon over both breasts and spoon some of the pan drippings on top.

Serve alongside pasta or salad.

Pan-seared pork chops 2 pork loin chops, either bone-in or boneless varieties Olive oil Butter 3-4 cloves of garlic Salt and pepper Firstly, you’ll want to lay out your pork chops on your cutting board and pat

A simple pan-seared pork chop with a salad on the side.

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THEATER

Hail to the freaks Daniel Polnau threatens to “reinvent death itself” in his revival of “Strombolli’s Medicine Show.”

BY JOE KELLEN jkellen@mndaily.com

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ctor and director Daniel Polnau marched on stage, accompanied by his undead minions. He stared out into the audience with one hand wrapped around a microphone and the other on an apothecary bottle.

Sporting a wicked beard and a velvet red caravan of oddities, Polnau made sure you knew his name.

“Strombolli,” he said, elongating the name with a slow drawl.

The show is a strange mixture of creepy and ridiculous.

This is Polnau’s third time producing “Strombolli’s Medicine Show: Sideshow Acts for a Post-Everything America” at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre.

“We always try to have a baby, an old person, things that are non-human, too,” Polnau said. “We’ve had a pygmy pony, we’ve had dogs, snakes — my python died — we’ve had chickens. There’s a lot of new things in the show this year.”

And the caravan isn’t even fully unloaded — the show’s

content will change as the run goes on. The general concept, however, hasn’t changed since Polnau’s creation premiered in 2011.

H i s c h a r a c t e r, t h e 1,000-year old Strombolli, has kept his performers alive by giving them a magical elixir.

He won it from dark spirits ages ago — but this is the year that it finally runs out.

Throughout the entire piece, it’s easy to wonder whether Strombolli is telling you the truth. This may not be important, though. In classic sideshow fashion, the majority of the show is not centered on this loose narrative.

It’s all about the spectacle.

“I’m a burlesque perform-

er and a sideshow performer; I work with fire,” performer Melissae Bletsian said. “I have a love for old, vaudevillian and sideshow art.”

Bletsian is only one member of the large cast. There are fire eaters, contortionists, demented clowns, mutant puppets, other worldly demons — the list seems limitless.

“It’s a highly collaborative effort. Everyone who’s in the show brings their ideas to the drawing board, and Daniel works really hard to bring those ideas to the show,” Bletsian said.

Polnau said he thinks the group effort behind the show is what makes it interesting.

“We like to mess with each other and have surprises for each other,” he said. “If you walked out and started messing with someone in a traditional play, you’d get killed.”

He refers to all of this as a callback to the weirder parts of vaudeville and freak shows.

Through the relentlessly strange, he hopes to transport his audience to the birthplace of contemporary work.

“It’s a lot about going into the shadows of antiquity and the beginning of theater, these shamanic things,” Polnau said.

In the spirit of Strombolli, Polnau channeled the carnival barker inside to send a

message to any readers itching to perform.

“Anyone reading this should contact Heart of the Beast if they would like to perform, because this is a cavalcade of curiosities and it’s a very strange variety show,” he said.

He’s serious. Polnau refers to the show as a living, breathing creature that always could use some new material. So, if you’ve got a crazy circus talent, maybe you ought to give Heart of the Beast a call.

“It must be seen to be believed; a description would be useless,” Polnau said.

“But it’s guaranteed to raise gooseflesh and flame the senses.”

THEATER

Taking it to the streets

BY JOE KELLEN jkellen@mndaily.com

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oli Grostephan-Brancato attached orange streamers to a hula

hoop.

“It’s a ring of fire,” she said.

Grostephan-Brancato, an ar t instructor at Interact Center for the Visual and Per forming Ar ts, has been working on objects like these for months in preparation for the third annual production of “Uniquinox,” Interact’s street festival.

“It’ll all be ver y dramatic, hopefully the good kind,” she said, taping down a cluster of red paper.

Interact is designed to support the work of artists with disabilities. Since they started in 1996, the ensemble has grown to more than 125 people. A majority have contributed to preparing

for the street festival.

“Uniquinox: A Street Festival of the Imagination” is the end result of months of work in Interact’s art studio and theater workshop.

The outdoor bash at Third Avenue Nor th between Washington Avenue and Second Street will include food trucks, circus acts, live music and a dance party.

Then there’s the main attraction: the mask and puppet pageant. Directors Scotty Reynolds and Taous Khazem collaborated with Interact’s team of visual and performing artists, a group that includes ar tists with and without disabilities.

After being with Interact for nine years, Reynolds said he’s excited about how the work challenges perceptions of disabilities.

“We have so many different body types. When we put the masks on, it transforms them and adds this

Scotty Reynolds and Taous Khazem lead Interact Center’s third Uniquinox project, aiming to combine dance parties, visual art and theater to create community.

larger-than-life quality,” he said. “Watching that pop for them has been really nice.”

That transfor mative power is clear in the pageant’s scope — it covers the journeys of three fictional candidates for Minneapolis mayor.

Their campaign trail takes them to countless places through space and time, including an underwater cavern, a sideshow strongman display and a dog competition.

“It’s mostly as a gag,” Reynolds said. “We wanted to focus on a spirit of inclusiveness, which makes sense with the group we’re working with.”

Whether it’s designing a mask or adding ideas to create the narrative of the pageant, one of Uniquinox’s main goals is to represent the wide variety of art created by the company.

WHAT “UNIQUINOX: A STREET FESTIVAL OF THE IMAGINATION” WHEN 1-4 P.M., SATURDAY WHERE THIRD AVE N. BETWEEN WASHINGTON AVE AND SECOND STREET, MINNEAPOLIS COST FREE

“I think that what we do at Interact is surprising to audiences because we tr y to tell stories in a context that people aren’t used to seeing,” Reynolds said.

The silly and inviting nature of the festival reflects the style the group works in. With so many different people coming together to create one piece, Reynolds said they work best when ever yone lets go and plays with one another.

All in all, that play is

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY Performing artist Ana Maria Koutsostamatis rehearses for the street festival and mask pageant Uniquinox on Tuesday afternoon at North Loop Playground in Minneapolis.

what they have to rely on once they take the project outdoors. Reynolds and Khazem realize that there’s only so much they can control — it’s the nature of street theater.

“There’s always a little terror to be experienced,” Reynolds said.

Challenges aside, Interact puts the most focus on having fun and causing a ruckus in the North Loop of downtown Minneapolis.

“There’s a humanity and authenticity to it that cannot be recreated with any other group of people,” Reynolds said.

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COMEDY

A Gold mine of jokes

BY SPENCER DOAR sdoar@mndaily.com

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or all the bitterness and acerbic wit on display during her onstage act — and her seemingly dozens of guest appearances — veteran comic Judy Gold has one put-together, fulfilling life.

It’s just hard for her not to be a little miffed, considering she’s a Jewish, left-leaning, lesbian parent in a world generally unappreciative of that background.

“I grew up 27 miles from New York, but it was such a small-minded community,” Gold said.

Her natural funny stems from this difficult New Jersey childhood.

“I was 6 feet tall when I was 13,” Gold said. “I was really funny but really unpopular. You talk about bullying, I couldn’t walk down the hall, couldn’t walk home — it was constant. Constant.”

Despite her talent for

laughs, Gold’s humor may never have made it on the stage. She went to college for music, focusing on classical piano — she still bangs out tunes on the ivories as an emotional release at her home in New York.

But Gold got the chance she needed early in school through a Secret Santa exchange, which is extra amusing for the Jewish comedian. In order to receive the anonymous gift, Gold had to perform a task. Luckily for her, the assignment was to do stand-up and the material had to be about all the other people on her dormitory floor.

“It’s like the first time you do coke,” Gold said. “It’s like people watching someone chase that first high, when the audience is your orchestra.”

She plays people well, her rapid fire delivery exhibiting an eloquence and polish that betrays her work ethic.

Well, that and her constant appearances on television, in

She’s appeared all over -- an Emmy Award winner, biting comic voice and frustrated mother of two. Ladies and gentlemen, here’s Judy Gold.

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movies and off-Broadway.

Gold is recognizable from a slew of late-night appearances, cable specials and guest spots on such different shows as “Law & Order,” “The Big C,” “30 Rock” and “The Smoking Gun Presents: World’s Dumbest,” and when she spoke to A&E last Friday she was busy filming an episode of “2 Broke Girls.”

Gold is outspoken, with a wide range of material. But she’s got decades of experience behind her, 17- and 12-year-old kids, a partner who’s a shrink and intense po-

This Jude isn’t afraid.

litical views, so it’d be a darn shame if she weren’t funny.

“You know it’s disturbing on so many levels that Putin can use our First Amendment rights to write an op-ed in the

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New York Times, but silences the GLBT community,” Gold said. “I mean, would he allow Obama to write an op-ed in the … Moscow … I don’t know … A&E section?”

That’s Judy Gold, ready to spill the beans, unafraid of criticism, loud, confrontational and smart as all hell.

It goes without saying that she’s not for everybody.

FILM

All in a day’s work Step aside, Jack Bauer.

Here are five films with 24-hour time limits.

BY ALEX BRODSKY abrodsky@mndaily.com

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onfining an entire film’s stor yline to a single day could seem like an unnecessar y limit to a director. Then again, unfolding a plot and developing characters in a 24-hour period can distill a story to its essence. Removing the time element can help cut out clutter in a movie and move the focus entirely to the characters. Here are some of the best: “Superbad” Directed by Greg Mottola 2007 Along with introducing Oscar-nominated Jonah Hill to the world, “Superbad” transformed Michael Cera in the public eye from the young, timid George-Michael Bluth into the slightly older, timid Mikey Cera we know today.

“Superbad” comes as a spiritual successor to other high school comedies “American Graffiti” and “Dazed and Confused,” both of which also take place in a single day.

Each movie features a distinct decade and yet, taken together, they all show the timelessness of restless, slightly lame youth. The 24-hour format allows each movie to prove the significance a single night can have on a high schooler’s life.

The “Before”Trilogy Directed by Richard Linklater 1995, 2004, 2013 No stranger to the 24-hour time limit, Richard Linklater’s ambitious series concluded this year with “Before Midnight,” 18 years after the initial “Before Sunrise.”

The films feature a similar narrative structure: long tracking shots; a loose plot structure; and unscripted, meandering dialogue that manages to feel more real than any other movie’s.

The seven-year gap between each film allows the series an enormous lens to obser ve the character.

Each installment offers a brief glimpse into the lives of the two protagonists, Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy), showing how they’ve grown as people or, more notably, how they haven’t.

“Groundhog Day” Directed by Harold Ramis 1993 Although Bill Murray was well established as a comedic actor when “Groundhog Day” was released, the movie exhibited his deadpan comedic side so familiar to younger audiences today. As Murray’s character is forced to continuously experience the same day, the self-loathing and suicide attempts showcase a more serious Bill.

Future films like “Lost in Translation” and “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou” would later bank on Murray’s ability to appear completely depressed while still cracking wise.

“Sixteen Candles” Directed by John Hughes 1984 John Hughes’ directorial debut chronicles the 24 hours surrounding Sam Baker’s (Molly Ringwald) forgotten birthday. Like “Superbad,” the movie captures the ups and downs a teenager experiences in a single day.

The movie rehashes a classic plotline — girl likes boy, boy doesn’t know girl exists — yet manages to approach it with a unique and uncomfor table hon-

esty. Michael Anthony Hall delivers a number of painfully memorable scenes as a geek named Ted. Hughes would later repeat the single day format with 1985’s “The Breakfast Club.”

Plus, it’s hard to forget Long Duk Dong, the Chinese foreign exchange student who acts almost ridiculous enough to avoid outright racism — almost.

“Dog Day Afternoon” 1975 Sidney Lumet Attica! Attica!

Inspired by real world events, Sidney Lumet’s seminal 1975 film features Al Pacino as lovably flawed bank robber Sonny Wortzick. Though it begins like so many other caper movies, Pacino and his partner Sal’s (John Cazale) incompetence and neurotic behavior are quickly revealed.

When the bank robbery turns into a hostage situation, the public quickly throws its support behind Wortzick.

The war-weary people see a hero in Wortzick, a Vietnam vet, as he faces off with the police. Lumet’s film captures the uneasy anti-establishment sentiment that permeated throughout the era.

Honorable mentions: “Die Hard” 1988 Directed by John McTiernan Star ring Br uce Willis, Alan Rickman John McClane fights Ger man ter rorists in the greatest Christmas movie of all time.

“Run Lola Run” 1998 Directed by Tom Tykwer Starring Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu Given 20 minutes to obtain 100,000 German marks to save her boyfriend’s life, Lola must run.

“Clue” 1985 Directed by Jonathan Lynn Starring Eileen Brennan, Tim Curr y, Lesley Ann Warren

It’s based on the board game and accepts how ridiculous that premise is.

“Crank” 2006 Directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor Star ring Jason Statham, Amy Smart No movie takes the “action” label more seriously than Crank.

“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” 1986 Directed by John Hughes Star ring Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck orever setting the standard for high school cool, Ferris Bueller plays hooky, twists, shouts.

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BACKTALK

horoscopes

Today’s Birthday (9/19): Favorable aspects launch your year for an explosion of disciplined creativity, a revolution of lasting value. Today’s Aries Full Moon brings a new phase in work volume.

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Written By Linda C. Black

Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is a 6 — Gather strength from love. Accept a challenge. Take care when changing your routine. The reins get passed down.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 9 — Spell out the rules, while you keep upgrading your skills.

Today’s work brings love home. An argument or controversy propels a hero to your rescue.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 7 — An older person changes the plan. Accept invitations.

The Full Moon presents a turning point in your work habits and priorities.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 7 — Learn from a distant older woman. A turning point develops regarding a relationship role. For the next two days, fulfill your promises.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 7 — Follow your plan. Your Full Moon (Aries) turning point involves balancing home and career. Confer with allies. Share assistance.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 6 — Your tastes change. You might discover you like cutting costs. Listen to messages. You feel the love.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is an 8 —Invest in your business with discipline. The Full Moon reveals a turning point in your basic understanding of the subject of your study.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 7 — You have the resources. Rediscover what you’ve got.

Set long-range goals. Your partner understands the rules.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 7 — Travel, study and research flow easily. Your phase favors stable choices, regarding love, relationships and education.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 9 — Your partner helps balance all the factors. Creative collaboration blossoms. Stick to the standard set. Get great news from an old friend.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is an 8 — Check regulations, and then do the work yourself and save. The Full Moon illuminates your finances, and discipline in this area pays large dividends.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 9 — Keep yourself to between the lines. Do what you promise. Develop a new good habit. Provide what’s needed.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

secret admirers To the golden retrievers walking around the St. Paul campus today:

You two were cuter than any of the boys at the U. I would like to borrow you guys and play Frisbee. When are you free?

—Unknown

Purple Onion,

Thank you for hiring extremely attractive boys. It’s made the lack of Wi-Fi at my house so much more appealing. Just coming and hanging out while doing homework and enjoying the view and great coffee.

I appreciate a good latte and a pretty face.

—Unknown

To the guys passing out the free pizza outside Superblock the other day: Next time pass out your numbers.

Sincerely,

—The ladies who don’t like pizza To the blonde girl wearing a gray Packers sweater:

Your face makes up for your hideous shirt. If it makes you feel better, my favorite team beat the Vikings on Sunday.

—Unknown

Zach,

I saw you running shirtless on campus the other day. Day-um. Next time skip the run and come workout in my room.

Sincerely,

Everyone we met,

Sleep softly tonight, for the streets of Dinkytown are now under our diligent watch.

Sincerely,

—The Blue Power Ranger

P.S. It was a pleasure putting so many smiles on so many faces.

You probably aren’t a student here, but mmmmm! You could be my sugar daddy any day.

You talked to me about your max squat and then pulled out some Daniel Tosh quotes. Marry me. Or at least meet me at the Rec for leg day.

—Unknown

To the person playing piano at Coffman:

Dear hot damn. Please be single.

And please make sweet music for me every day.

—Alone. Naked.

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—Unknown

Suit and tie gentleman,

Damn. You know the way to a woman’s heart. You may have looked out of place in the Superblock, but you’d look just right taking me out to dinner.

Sincerely,

—A girl who loves suits on and off of guys To the man with the insanely amazing afro that ate in Centennial Hall all the time last year:

Can I please have your hair? It is perfect.

Sincerely,

—The girl that always wanted hair tips but never asked

Guy rollerblading down University in a full suit and tie,

Way to go. Keep on keeping on, classy sir.

—Unknown

—Your new workout partner

Kim,

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Old man riding your bike shirtless,

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ACROSS 1 One who’s always on the go?

6 Pear that’s good for poaching 10 Glass sheet 14 Superior to 15 Member of the opposition 16 One on a pedestal 17 Pick-me-up 18 Governor’s pet projects?

20 Like one who forgot the Dramamine 22 Exposed 23 Nutritionist’s recommendation 25 Causes to quail 29 Utensil that gives you ideas?

32 Take to task 34 Cock or bull 35 Blues-rocker Chris 36 Clothes 37 Alex Haley classic 39 Abarth automaker 40 Coffee hour item 41 Talent 42 Precipitation 43 Bully’s secret shame?

47 Day spa offering 48 First name in fashion 49 Pundit’s piece 51 Olympic Airways founder 56 Say “Come in, Orson!” e.g.?

60 Empty room population?

61 Poetic lowland 62 Iroquoian people 63 Compass dirección 64 Rep on the street 65 “Law & Order” org.

66 Composer Bruckner

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DOWN 1 Expos, since 2005 2 High wind 3 Pulitzer poet Van Duyn 4 Budget alternative 5 Ruled 6 Hoops score 7 London’s prov.

8 Shot in the dark 9 Fortresses 10 Find one’s voice 11 Stir 12 Eur. kingdom 13 Antlered bugler 19 Take out 21 “Charlie Wilson’s War” org.

24 Recipient of two New Testament epistles 26 Without a downside 27 Pet’s reward 28 Use the rink 29 After-dinner drink 30 Jekyll creator’s initials 31 Distillery vessel 32 Things 33 Chick of jazz

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37 Winchester wielders 38 Frequently, in verse 39 Hardy’s “__ From the Madding Crowd” 41 Freak out 42 Liturgical shout of praise 44 Was revolting?

45 Brought to mind 46 Place for a wide-screen TV

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50 Fishing boat 52 In short order 53 Spreadsheet function 54 Liking quite a bit 55 Not hidden 56 Home shopping channel 57 Nasser’s confed.

58 Cry for a picador 59 Fashionable jeans feature

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dr. date Dr. Date,

I always thought my girlfriend and I had a pretty good time in, you know, the sack.

I’ll be honest — I don’t have much to compare it to, but things seemed to be going well.

But recently, she’s been saying she doesn’t feel like having sex (before, we usually did it three to four times a week).

We might fool around a little bit, but that’s it. I asked if anything’s wrong, and she finally admitted (not in so many words) that she doesn’t enjoy sex that much. Basically, she can take it or leave it.

I’m worried that I did something wrong.

Is it that she just doesn’t like having sex with me? Is there something I should be doing differently?

—Blue-balled

Go-get-her,

If she can take it or leave it, then it’s very simple: Tip the scales in favor of her taking it.

She still likes you, right? Does she masturbate? Then spontaneity helps. The trick is to make the most out of those brief moments when she’s hot and bothered.

If you’ve always been good in, you know, the sack, it’s time to get better at handling business outside the sack. Bedrooms are kind of boring, familiar territory unless you’re a regular at many of the TC’s finest sex emporiums — which actually might not be a bad idea in your situation.

Spice, spice, spice.

Do you ever give her clitoris attention?

If the answer is an unfortunate “no,” then remedy that situation immediately.

Another, probably less-likely option is that your girlfriend is asexual, which, despite not quite fitting this situation, is generally more prevalent than many of the people I talk to seem to think.

If a little detective work in this line turns up nothing, then it’s my sad duty to say, “This lady isn’t diggin’ you

anymore.”

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

This is kind of embarrassing, but here goes. I’m almost 21 and I’ve never kissed anyone. The only “boyfriend” I’ve had was in middle school, and we dated for a total of three hours. Most of my friends have had at least one serious boyfriend/girlfriend, and most have gone way, way further than I have (though I guess it’s hard not to).

My parents met in college, and my older sister has been dating her high school boyfriend for six years. I feel like the older I get, the harder it’s going to be to jump into adult dating. Even if I met someone, how would I explain to them that I don’t have any experience?

—Nervous

Jitters,

Honestly, don’t. At least, don’t tell him right off the bat. Men can get scared away by that kind of early mention. It inevitably comes across awkwardly, too — there aren’t many great conversational openings for people to blurt out, “I’mnewtokissing!” or something like that.

So wait ‘til you’ve known Mr. Big for a while and then broach the subject — preferably in a way that represents it as the natural fact it is, and not as clingy or intimidating. Something like, “Hey, you’re not that bad for a first relationship.” Well, maybe not that exactly, but treat it lightheartedly.

I know you think it’s a big deal, but it’s not a big deal. There’re plenty of similar people with similar stories. Something will evolve naturally with the right dude.

If you put yourself out there, find people with common interests, mine the friend-of-friend pool and keep good posture, you’ll be in decent shape.

—Dr. Date

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

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Military base shootings shake sense of security

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Armed guards stand at the gates. IDs are needed to pass through electronic barriers. And uniformed members of the American military — well-trained and battle-tested — are ever y-

where, smartly saluting as they come and go.

And yet, twice in less than four years, a person with permission to be there passed through the layers of protection at a U.S. base and opened fire, destroying the sense of security at the installations that embody

the most powerful military in the world.

“It is ear th-shattering.

When military bases are no longer safe, where is safe if that even doesn’t exist anymore?” said Col. Kathy Platoni, a reservist who keeps a gun under her desk after witnessing the shooting at Fort

Hood in Texas in 2009, when Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan killed 13 people.

In the wake of this week’s deadly rampage at the Washington Navy Yard, Defense Secretar y Chuck Hagel ordered the Pentagon to review security at all U.S. defense installations worldwide and examine the granting of security clearances that allow access to them.

“We will find those gaps and we will fix those gaps,” Hagel vowed on Wednesday.

After For t Hood, the military tightened security at bases nationwide. Those measures included issuing security personnel longbarreled weapons, adding an insider-attack scenario to their training, and strengthening ties to local law enforcement, said Peter Daly, a vice admiral who retired from the Navy in 2011. The military also joined an FBI intelligence-sharing program aimed at identifying terror threats.

Then, on Monday, Aaron Alexis, a 34-year-old former Navy reservist who held a security clearance as an information technology employee at a defense company, used a valid pass to get into the Washington Navy Yard and killed 12 people before dying in a gun battle with police.

The attack has raised questions about the adequacy of the background checks done on government contractors who hold security clearances.

Hagel acknowledged “a lot of red flags” may have been missed in the background of the gunman, who had a history of violent behavior and was said to be hearing voices recently.

Many of the security improvements adopted after 9/11 and Fort Hood were created largely with terrorism in mind, not unstable individuals with no apparent political agenda. Those threats can be more difficult to detect.

Daly, who directs the U.S. Naval Institute in Annapolis, Md., said the military needs to review its procedures for vetting people for access to installations.

“Once you’re inside that hardened line of defense, that is the most difficult scenario,” he said. “We need to look at how these clearances are granted to contractors and subcontractors and to make sure once someone is granted clearance, that we come back and check again.”

Some of the shock and sudden sense of vulnerability caused by Fort Hood and the Navy Yard attack may have stemmed from the mistaken belief that military personnel are armed when they are on domestic installations.

Most personnel are, in fact, barred from carr ying weapons onto a base, and Hasan and Alexis probably knew it. Another littleknown fact is that many searches are random. Not all vehicles or packages are checked.

In Southern California, Marine Capt. Aaron Meyer said it would be impossible to eliminate all threats without making military operations too costly or inefficient.

In 2010, he said, his parents were let in through the main gate at Camp Pendleton after guards checked only his father’s driver’s license, even though his mother was a passenger in the car.

“My mom was pretty shocked,” Meyer said. But he said it would not be feasible to inspect every vehicle and trunk for weapons.

John Barney, owner of Tri-Star Commercial, an Austin, Texas, security company that has put cameras and card access systems in several military installations, said that after Fort Hood, the Pentagon mostly responded by increasing the armed police presence, but added few electronic measures.

But he admitted electronic security is not necessarily enough.

Just recently, he said, he was in a military warehouse area near San Antonio and entered without showing any identification or encountering military police. In one building, he came across an open metal cage stacked with M-16 rifles that anyone could have walked off with, he added.