October 8, 2013

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TENNIS

Boynton Health Service is offering a nasal spray vaccine this year.

An investigation revealed pesticides are to blame for local bee deaths.

Baseline Tennis Center brought in about $595,000 in revenue last year.

U offers limited amount of new vaccine

Pesticides killed bees, analysis shows

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HEALTH

MNsure targets young people

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ENVIRONMENT

Activists hang out to protest 3M

To stay viable, the health care exchange needs young, healthy people to buy plans.

BY ALEXA BILLADEAU abilladeau@mndaily.com

Minnesota’s week-old health insurance exchange is targeting young, healthy users to balance out costs.

MNsure — an online marketplace where Minnesotans can compare coverage and enroll in health plans — has been using social media to target younger demographics since May. “The idea of health insurance is likely to be something very new and unknown to young adults who aren’t going to have that much familiarity with making these types of choices,” said Jennifer Ball, an assistant professor with a focus on health communication at the University of Minnesota.

She said marketing to that age group is necessar y to make them understand the importance of being insured.

The Affordable Care Act requires Americans to enroll in health insurance. Minnesota was one of 16 states to create its own online marketplace; other states used a federal standard exchange.

As the health care law takes effect, University students without employee benefits are facing several new options for coverage.

They can stay on their parents’ insurance until they’re 26, buy the University’s health plan or shop for coverage through MNsure. u See MNSURE Page 12 Many students said they are or will be covered and don’t plan to enroll in the exchange.

STUDENT ISSUES

U default rates low in Minnesota Despite a statewide increase in student loan defaults, the University’s rate stayed low.

BY KYLE STOWE kstowe@mndaily.com

University of Minnesota students default on their federal student loans less often than students at other higher education institutions in the state, according to a recent study.

Average three-year default rates on federal student loans taken out in Minnesota increased from 9 to 11 percent between 2009 and 2010. But for loans taken out by University students, that rate was only 3.8 percent, according to a report released Oct. 1 by the U.S. Department of Education.

The report looked at how many borrowers who were due to begin repaying federal student loans between Oct. 1, 2009, and Sept. 20, 2010, defaulted on them during that year or in the following two years.

Though the state’s default rate is higher than the University’s, Minnesota as a whole still had lower rates than the national average of 14.7 percent.

Private, nonprofit institutions had the state’s lowest default rates at 5 percent.

University students are less likely to default on their loans because many find work soon after graduation, said University Office of Student Finance Director Kris Wright. “[I]t’s often easier for our students to find work than it may be for students who u See DEFAULT Page 3 The University offers loan counseling services for students.

ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY

ForestEthics protesters Sen Holiday, left, and Carrie Feldman hang off a banner attached to the Washington Avenue Bridge on Monday in protest of 3M’s environmental practices.

Two protestors dangled from the Washington Ave. Bridge for four hours Monday.

BY JESSICA LEE jlee@mndaily.com

After dangling over the Mississippi River for hours in the unusua l l y w a r m O c t o b e r s u n , t w o e n v ironmental activists hoisted thems e l v e s b a c k o n t o t h e Wa s h i n g t o n Avenue Bridge, where they were promptly arrested.

Sen Holiday and Carrie Feldman, both

in their 20s, hung from a 40-square-foot banner made to look like a Post-it for four hours to highlight 3M’s “destructive environmental practices.”

Holiday and Feldman, both Twin Cities residents, are volunteers for the nonprofit ForestEthics, which advocates for large-scale corporations to upgrade their environmental practices.

In a press release, Holiday said 3M “needs to start using recycled paper, stop promoting phony and misleading eco-labels, and clean up its environmental act.”

Around 1:30 p.m., the two exhausted women star ted scaling up the safety cables as wind grappled with the cloth,

reaching ground nearly 40 minutes later.

After rehydrating and recovering, the two were arrested by University of Minnesota police for trespassing and transported to the Hennepin County jail. They are not allowed on campus for a year.

Jim Ace, senior campaigner for ForestEthics, said the display on the campus bridge is “iconic.”

“It’s an important bridge for the city,” he said. “It’s a bridge that ser ves the student community. ... Students are a major part of our strategy.” u See PROTEST Page 12 In 1999, an animal rights activist hung from Moos Tower for six days in a similar protest.

CRIME

UNIVERSITY SENATE

U moms could get more resources Man swindled by A U Senate vote may bring more lactation rooms to campus.

BY ROY AKER raker@mndaily.com

New mothers at the University of Minnesota could soon get more resources on campus.

The University Senate passed a resolution at its Thursday meeting that could increase the number of lactation rooms and centralize resources for those at the University who are

breastfeeding children.

The resolution, which was proposed by the Social Concerns Committee, calls for the University to review existing lactation resources and investigate how to improve them.

Susan Warfield, the University’s Student Parent HELP Center director, said lactation resources have been an ongoing issue for students and faculty.

Warfield said some nursing women at the University have resorted to pumping breast milk or feeding their babies in bathroom stalls or empty parking

ramps because of the lack of access to lactation space.

A 2012 Student Parent HELP Center survey found that half of respondents who had given birth in the last three years stopped breastfeeding because they didn’t have space to do so, according to the senate resolution.

Economics senior Hannah Wolf said finding a place to nurse her 11-month-old on campus is harder than it should be. u See LACTATION Page 4 President Eric Kaler still has to approve the resolution.

FOOTBALL

The road to Michigan

Craigslist landlord Also, a student was attacked and robbed in Marcy-Holmes on Saturday afternoon.

BY NICK STUDENSKI nstudenski@mndaily.com

Edward Brown repor ted a theft by swindle Thursday after paying a man who claimed to be a landlord $600.

Brown and his girlfriend were trying to find a home together after she moved out of her apartment in Stadium Village on short notice.

Brown found a house on Craigslist and contacted the man who claimed to be the landlord, according to a Minneapolis police report. Brown said man was the only landlord who responded to his messages.

“He acted like it was his house,” Brown said, “We had nowhere to go.”

Brown sent the supposed landlord $600, and the suspect told him keys were on their way.

The next day, the man reassured Brown that the keys were coming but told him he needed an additional $600. Brown and his girlfriend then contacted police.

“It’s a common scam,” said Minneapolis police Sgt. Bill Palmer, and he’s seen similar cases in the past.

“It’s my first time renting,” Brown said.

“I just got played.”

Robber y in Marcy-Holmes

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The Minnesota Daily made the trek from Minneapolis to Ann Arbor, Mich., last weekend for the Gophers’ game against the University of Michigan. Along the way, the Daily stopped at some of the most storied college football stadiums in the Midwest.

A University student was robbed while walking, between bus stops in MarcyHolmes on Saturday afternoon, according to a Minneapolis police report.

University police Chief Greg Hestness emailed a crime alert to students Monday afternoon. Federal law requires UMPD to send alerts when violent crimes occur near University or student group buildings.

The student noticed she was being followed on 11th Avenue Southeast, the Minneapolis police repor t said, so she crossed the street and continued walking toward Seventh Street Southeast. The u See CRIME Page 4 A student’s phone was stolen as she posed for a picture with the statue of Goldy Gopher at Coffman.

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WICHITA, Kan. — When Tim Peterson finished planting his 900 acres of winter wheat last week, the usually market-savvy Kansas farmer unexpectedly found himself struggling to make critical marketing decisions without being able to access to vital agricultural reports, casualties of the federal government shutdown.

“We have no clue what is going on in the market,” said Peterson, who farms near Monument in northwest Kansas. He typically protects his investment in seed and fertilizer by “locking in” the price his wheat crop will fetch next July with a futures contract that shields farmers from market fluctuations by guaranteeing a price while the crop is in the ground.

Farmers and livestock producers use the reports put out by the National Agriculture Statistics Ser vice to make decisions — such as how to price crops, which commodities to grow and when to sell them — as well as track cattle auction prices. Not only has

the NASS stopped putting out new reports about demand and supply, exports and prices, but all websites with past information have been taken down.

“It is causing a direct void in information that is immediate,” Peterson said.

This wor ries him far more than his other problem: When will his $20,000 subsidy check from the government, which usually comes in October, arrive?

Since the U.S. Agriculture Department’s local farm services offices also have been shuttered, farmers can’t apply for new loans, sign up acreages for government programs or receive government checks for programs they’re already enrolled in. And at a time when researchers who are seeking new wheat varieties and plant traits should be planting experimental plots, all work has ground to a halt.

Kansas Farmer’s Union president Donn Teske, a grower in the northeast Kansas town of Wheaton, worried about payments he’s owed for idling some environmentally sensitive land under the Con-

servation Reserve Program.

“I always look for ward to that check coming in the mail,” the 58-year-old said.

But all of that, farmers say, pales in comparison to the lack of agriculture reports, because farmers today depend far more on global marketplaces than government payouts.

The reports, for instance, can alert them to shortfalls in overseas markets or if there’s a wide swing in acres planted, both of which would prompt U.S. growers to plant extra crops to meet those demands or hang on to a harvest longer to get a better price.

“That infor mation is worth a lot of money, a lot more than $20,000 a year,” Peterson said, a reference to his subsidy.

Major commodity players can pay for crop size estimates usually provided in the NASS reports from “private sources,” said Dalton Henry, director of governmental affairs for the industry group Kansas Wheat. “Producers aren’t going to have that same luxury,” he said.

During the shutdown, the USDA won’t provide sales reports from Oklahoma livestock auctions that are used to help set prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, state Department of Agriculture employee Jack Carson said.

The shutdown came just as the current farm bill expired. Farm subsidies remain intact for fall crops currently being harvested. Crop insurance, funded under a permanent authorization, is mostly unaffected.

The expiration of the law won’t have an impact until the end of the year, when some dairy supports end and milk prices are expected to rise sharply.

Congress has been debating the new farm bill for more than two years, but a resolution has likely taken a back seat.

“Farmers, all of those impacted, have been waiting and waiting and waiting. And frankly have had enough,” said Senate Agriculture Chair woman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., last week.

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Early snow kills cattle Arizona to trim voting if citizenship in South Dakota proof lacking

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PHOENIX — Arizona officials will seek to ban residents from voting in statewide races if they can’t prove citizenship — a move that critics called vindictive in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said the state couldn’t require such documentation to cast ballots for federal offices.

The change was announced Monday by Attorney General Tom Horne and Secretary of State Ken Bennett, both Republicans.

“Because Arizona law requires a registration applicant to provide evidence of citizenship, registrants who have not provided sufficient evidence of citizenship should not be permitted to vote in state and local elections,” Horne wrote in an opinion that was intended to give guidance on how to conduct the 2014 elections.

The Supreme Court in June struck down part of a 2004 voter-approved state law that required proof of legal U.S. residency to vote in any Arizona elections.

The only federal offices on Arizona ballots next year will be U.S. House seats. If Monday’s change isn’t overturned through legal action, residents who haven’t submitted proof of citizenship won’t be able vote for such offices as governor, secretar y of state, attorney general and candidates for the state Legislature.

On their ballots, “they would just be getting the offices that they’re eligible to cast their ballots for,” Bennett spokesman Matt Roberts said.

However, Roberts acknowledged that a legal challenge is likely.

PIERRE, S.D. — A record-breaking storm that dumped 4 feet of snow in parts of western South Dakota left ranchers dealing with heavy losses, in some cases perhaps up to half their herds, as they assess how many of their cattle died during the unseasonably early blizzard.

Meanwhile, utility companies were working to restore power to tens of thousands of people still without electricity Monday after the weekend storm that was part of a powerful weather system that also buried parts of Wyoming and Colorado with snow and produced destructive tornadoes in Nebraska and Iowa. At least four deaths were attributed to the weather, including a South Dakota man who collapsed while cleaning snow off his roof.

Gar y Cammack, who ranches on the prairie near Union Center about 40 miles northeast of the Black Hills, said he lost about 70 cows and some calves, about 15 percent of his herd. A calf would normally sell for $1,000, while a mature cow would bring $1,500 or more, he said.

“It’s bad. It’s really bad. I’m the eternal optimist and this is really bad,” Cammack said. “The livestock loss is just catastrophic. ... It’s pretty unbelievable.”

Cammack said cattle were soaked by 12 hours of rain early in the storm, so many were unable to survive an additional 48 hours of snow and winds up to 60 mph.

“It’s the worst early season snowstorm I’ve seen in my lifetime,” said Cammack, 60.

In South Dakota, the 19 inches of snow that fell in Rapid City on Friday broke the city’s 94-year-old one-day snowfall record for October by about 9 inches, according to the National Weather Ser vice. The city also set a record for snowfall in October, with a total of 23.1 inches during the storm. The previous record was 15.1 inches in October 1919.

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U offers limited amount of new vaccine Boynton Health Service is offering a nasal spray vaccine this year.

BY T YLER GIESEKE tgieseke@mndaily.com

This fall, a new flu vaccine will be available for free to University of Minnesota students, faculty and staff.

The quadrivalent vaccine, which is administered as a nasal spray, fights more strains of the flu virus than its injected counterpar t. Boynton Health Ser vice will of fer both types of vaccines at its free clinics this season, but the

BOYNTON FLU CLINICS Dates Most October weekdays and four days in November

Times Beginning at 8 or 10 a.m.

Locations University Office Plaza, Boynton Health Service, Bierman Athletic Complex, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Rapson Hall, West Bank Office Building, Recreation Center, Carlson School of Management, 717 Delaware, McNamara Alumni Center, Law School, St. Paul Student Center, Coffman Memorial Union SOURCE: BOYNTON HEALTH SERVICE

nasal spray won’t be available in large quantities.

The traditional injected vaccine, called a trivalent vaccine, fights three strains of the influenza virus, said Dr. Dean Tsukayama, an infectious disease consultant at Hennepin County Medical Center. In contrast, the quadrivalent vaccine protects against four strains.

In the past, experts had to choose which of four influenza strains would be included in the vaccine each year, leaving patients unprotected against one, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

There are two “A” strains and two “B” strains each year, and one of the “B” strains was always excluded. The nasal spray vaccine now makes it possible to include four strains, though the injection still excludes one.

The new vaccine “may give broader protection,” the CDC said on its website, but the agency doesn’t recommend one vaccine over another.

Although the nasal spray vaccine provides protection against more strains of the flu, it’s available in a limited quantity this year.

Manufacturers created about 137 million doses of influenza vaccine for this season, according to the CDC. Of these, less than

FLU VACCINE COMPARISON Trivalent

Quadrivalent

Traditional vaccine

New this season

Protects against three strains of virus

Protects against four strains of virus

Recommended by the CDC

Recommended by the CDC

More readily available this season

May cost more trivalent vaccine

SOURCE: CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, BOYNTON HEALTH SERVICE

BRIDGET BENNETT, DAILY

Registered nurse Lorelee Miner gives freshman animal science major Andrea Engstrom a flu shot Thursday afternoon at the St. Paul Student Center.

a quarter are quadrivalent vaccines.

Shots or spray for students

Students, faculty and staff can sign up for vaccinations through the Boynton Health Service website.

Clinics will be held through mid-November at locations across campus.

Although individual vaccine doses cost about $10, BHS offers the vaccines for free to students, faculty and staf f through the student ser vices fee and the employee benefits program, said Dave Golden, BHS director of public health and communications.

Pharmacy students ini-

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graduate from other institutions,” she said.

Students who attended two-year public institutions in Minnesota had the state’s highest default rates at 18 percent, according to the report.

Many two-year public institutions are located in areas hit particularly hard by the recession, making students’ loan default rates higher, said Tricia Grimes, Minnesota Office of Higher Education policy analyst.

“It tends to lead to the idea that students graduating from those schools were having a tough time finding jobs in the area,” she said.

Wright said students who earn associate degrees at two-year schools often land jobs that don’t pay as much, making them more susceptible to defaulting on their loans.

Though defaulting can have negative ef fects like added fees and a lower credit score, Grimes said, student loan defaults can be avoided in most cases.

“Even if they feel like they have no money with which to pay their loans, they should ask about alternative payment plans,” she said.

Grimes said there are options for students who don’t make enough money to pay their loans after college, including a federal payment plan that can reduce the amount owed based on income.Wright said to help keep its default rates low, the University offers loan counseling services to students preparing to leave the school. “ We r e a l l y w a n t t o make students aware of their loan responsibilities as they star t college and before they leave,” she said.

The Minnesota state Legislature’s investments in direct student aid com-

bined with the University’s tuition freeze will help default rates stay low, said Sandy Connolly, Minnesota Of fice of Higher Education communications director.

Senior Jeff Bartow said one of the reasons he chose chemical engineering as a career path is that graduates with that degree typically make enough money to pay off student loans.

“I want to find a way to pay as much as I can as quick as I can to get it out of the way,” he said.

Until then, Bartow said, he plans to minimize his living expenses.

“It’s still something I worry about,” he said. “Being in debt comes with sacrifices.”

Elementar y education freshman Isabel Bengtson said she wor ries about paying off her loans.

“I wonder if jobs will be available and if the money I earn will cover my student loans,” she said. “It scares me.”

FEDERAL THREE-YEAR STUDENT LOAN DEFAULT RATES

BY TYPE OF INSTITUTION MINNESOTA 22.7% 20.8% 20.9%

PEER STATES

NATION

21.8%

18.0% 14.7% 14.7% 11.3%

11.0% 8.5%

7.6% 8.2% 5.0%

PUBLIC 2-YEAR

PRIVATE FORPROFIT 2-YEAR AND 4-YEAR

PRIVATE NONPROFIT 2-YEAR AND 4-YEAR

9.3%

5.7%

PUBLIC 4-YEAR

TOTAL

SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

tiated the ser vice in 2000, he said, and it has since expanded.

At some of the clinics, pharmacy and nursing students administer the shots to patients to gain experience, Golden said.

BHS clinics of fer patients a choice between the injected vaccine and the nasal spray, though there’s not enough of the nasal spray for ever yone, said Erin Lessor, BHS public health lead nurse.

But either vaccine gives “good protection,” she said.

Graphic design senior Yvonne Muller, who got a flu shot Thursday, said she heard there was a quadri-

valent vaccine but wasn’t sure if students could ask for it.

She said she would like to get vaccinated via nasal spray if she could.

“Needles have always kind of freaked me out a little,” she said.

Animal science freshman Andrea Engstrom, who received her vaccine the same day, said she prefers a shot because it’s the “classic” way.

“I just like shots,” she said.

Last season, Golden said, BHS vaccinated about 20,000 students, faculty and staff, and the number keeps “creeping up.”

Golden said he would

encourage the University community to take advantage of the free vaccines.

That way, he said, they can protect themselves and also prevent transmitting the disease to others.

Last year, the CDC estimated 45 percent of people in the U.S. received flu vaccines.

Seasonal influenzarelated deaths fluctuate widely each year — ranging from 3,000 to 49,000 over a 30-year-period — and nearly all of the deaths occur among people age 65 and older, according to the CDC. “Influenza can be pretty serious,” Golden said. “We really want to slow down the spread of the virus.”

Guilty verdicts in MN synthetic drugs case

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MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota head shop owner was convicted Monday of almost all counts against him in a closely watched federal case involving the sale of synthetic drugs.

Jim Carlson, who defiantly operated the Last Place on Earth shop in Duluth through multiple federal raids, was found guilty on 51 of 55 counts. The complex indictment included multiple charges of dealing in misbranded drugs as well as conspiracy counts.

The federal jur y that heard the case found Carlson’s girlfriend, Lava Haugen, guilty on all four counts she faced and convicted his son, Joseph Gellerman, on two of four counts.

The trial was seen as one of the first major tests in federal court of how effectively authorities can combat synthetic dr ugs, commonly labeled as “incense,” “spice” or “bath salts,” which occupy a legal gray area that’s difficult for authorities to regulate due to their constantly changing formulas.

Prosecutors contended the defendants knew they were selling recreational dr ugs that people would use to get high. Carlson never denied selling the products, but the defense argued that he did nothing illegal.

Carlson’s attorney, Randall Tigue, said they were disappointed by the verdicts and will ask U.S. District Judge David Doty to grant a new trial.

“Mr. Carlson was forced to go to trial with his hand

tied behind is back,” Tigue said. He explained that the defense was prohibited under the judge’s rulings from telling the jur y about statements from U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar and other of ficials who have said the problem with combating synthetic drugs is that they’re often legal.

Acting U.S. Attor ney John Mar ti said prosecutors could not comment on the verdicts because of the federal government shutdown. The lead prosecutor, Assistant U.S. Attorney Surya Saxena, said they can perform only essential public safety functions.

Doty didn’t set a sentencing date but told both sides it was likely several weeks away. The various counts car r y maximum potential sentences ranging from three to 20 years.

Doty took under advisement Saxena’s motion for an order that Carlson forfeit $6.5 million, including about $4 million wor th of cash and assets authorities already have seized.

Carlson and Haugen kissed before federal marshals took him into custody. Doty allowed Haugen and Gellerman to remain free pending sentencing.

Haugen’s attor ney, John Markham, had asked Doty to allow Carlson to remain free, too, saying she suffers from multiple sclerosis and he’s her main caregiver.

Carlson, 56, was charged under several federal laws including one against “analogue” drugs, defined as substances with similar chemical structures and ef fects to controlled substances already on the

government’s of ficial list.

Makers of synthetic drugs constantly tweak their molecules to tr y to stay ahead of the law.

Last Place on Earth did a brisk business in synthetic marijuana and other substances before authorities shut it down in July after a long battle that included several raids and seizures of dr ugs, cash and guns.

In public statements before trial, Carlson said he made millions of dollars, selling $16,000 worth on an average day.

Duluth officials tried to rein in Carlson’s business multiple times before finally using a novel ordinance requiring a license for selling synthetic drugs.

Rag-tag customers would line up before the store opened — even in cold or rainy weather and sometimes with kids in tow. Nearby businesses complained the head shop scared their customers away. At one point, a judge ordered Carlson to pay for stationing two police of ficers outside.

Prosecutors haven’t said what they’ll seek for sentences. Tigue said it’s hard to predict how much prison time Carlson might be facing.

“It depends on the quantity of dr ugs,” he said.

“There is basically no precedent for sentencing with these kinds of drugs.”

Markham, who also plans to ask Doty for a new trial, said analogue drugs are a “ver y complicated area” and it’s hard to know what’s legal and what isn’t.

“I would ask the government: If a drug is illegal say something,” he said.

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Pesticides killed bees, analysis shows An investigation revealed pesticides are to blame for local bee deaths.

BY HAILEY COLWELL hcolwell@mndaily.com

An investigation has revealed that pesticides killed thousands of bees across Minneapolis last month.

Now, the University of Minnesota Bee Squad and the community that housed the bees are looking to spread awareness of the ef fect of pesticide use on bees.

I n m i d - S e p t e m b e r, bees from three colonies in Minneapolis’ Kenwood neighborhood were found twitching and falling to the ground near their hives.

Within the next few days, thousands of bees died, and the colonies’ potential to survive through the winter was hindered.

The University Bee Lab, the Bee Squad and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture conducted tests to confirm that pesticide had caused the deaths.

The MDA tests reported that all three hives tested positive for the presence of

fipronil, an insecticide used on building foundations, Bee Squad coordinator Becky Masterman said.

The MDA’s report said someone in the area likely used the pesticide within a foot of a building’s foundation and sprayed it on beefriendly flowers. Bees from all three colonies interacted with the plants and brought the insecticide back to their hives, Masterman said.

It’s unknown who sprayed the pesticide, and the MDA won’t investigate the incident further, the report said.

Many of the products

used to get rid of pests can also harm bees, butterflies and other pollinators, said entomology professor Marla Spivak, who oversaw the lab’s role in the investigation.

“We need to be ver y, very careful with our pesticide application,” she said.

“It’s just a big awareness issue.”

About half of all food is pollinated by bees, Masterman said, so humans are highly dependent on them.

In addition to fruits and vegetables, honey bees also pollinate wild flowers, Spivak said.

“They’re contributing to good nutrition in our diet and also aesthetics in our environment,” she said.

Masterman said the bee death will serve as a teachable moment for those who use chemicals to control pests around the house.

The incident will also give the Bee Team a reallife example to use in its lessons to local beekeepers, she said.

Although most urban beekeepers are hobbyists, Masterman said, many urban farms benefit from the local honey bee pollination.

When the colonies were

hit last month, first-year beekeeper Katherine Sill noticed her bees shaking near their hive outside her Kenwood home.

Sill lost a large portion of her colony and said it will be difficult to buy new bees in the spring knowing that this type of incident could happen again.

Sill said she plans to reach out to the community and spread awareness about the bee deaths and pesticide use.

“Hopefully it will cause people to think about … what they do in their gardens,” she said.

Targets of US raids planned terrorism in Kenya

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NAIROBI, Kenya — U.S. interrogators headed to an American warship in the Mediterranean to question a suspected Libyan al-Qaida operative linked to the bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa, as new details emerged Monday about plots planned by a Kenyan militant who escaped a U.S. raid in Somalia.

The two operations, thousands of miles apart in Africa and approved by President Barack Obama, signaled an American readiness to go after militants in nations where authorities are unable to do so, even years later.

The suspect captured in Tripoli is under U.S. federal indictment but was being held in militar y custody aboard the USS San Antonio in international waters — detained under the laws of war as an enemy combatant.

A computer exper t known as Abu Anas al-Libi, he is accused of using an early-generation Apple com-

puter to assemble sur veillance photographs in Nairobi ahead of the deadly 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy, according to a former U.S. law enforcement official.

The sur veillance information was presented to Osama bin Laden, who approved the bombing, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak about the case.

Meanwhile, a Kenyan intelligence report asserted the countr y had foiled attacks plotted by Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdulkadir, the Kenyan militant who eluded capture by a team of U.S. Navy SEALs in a pre-dawn raid in Somalia on Saturday.

Also known as Ikrima, he was identified as the lead planner of a plot by the alQaida-linked al-Shabab militant group targeting Kenya’s parliament building and the United Nations office in Nairobi in 2011 and 2012.

The repor t by Kenya’s National Intelligence Service, which was leaked to

The Associated Press and other media in the wake of the Sept. 21 terror attack on Nairobi’s Westgate Mall that killed more than 60 people, lists Samantha Lewthwaite — a Briton dubbed the “White Widow” — as one of several “key actors” in the plot, which also targeted Kenyan militar y installations and top Kenyan political and security officials.

Lewthwaite, who was married to one of the suicide bombers in the 2005 attack on London’s transit system, escaped capture when she produced a fraudulently obtained South African passport in another person’s name. Late last month, Interpol, acting on a request from Kenya, issued an arrest warrant for Lewthwaite.

The repor t makes no mention of Abdulkadir in relation to the Nairobi mall attack, though in an entr y dated exactly one year before the star t of the fourday siege, it said al-Shabab operatives in Nairobi were

planning to mount “suicide attacks on an undisclosed date, targeting Westgate Mall and Holy Family Basilica.”

Frank Cilluf fo, director of George Washington University’s Homeland Security Policy Institute, said the Navy SEALs operation in Somalia underscores the threat posed by the convergence of insurgent groups, particularly al-Shabab and the Yemen-based al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.

While Ikrima may not be a household name, he said, “you have someone who is truly a go-between between al-Shabab, AQAP and probably al-Qaida central.”

“What you’re seeing is some of the pooling of these various entities and between various organizations,” said Cilluf fo. “And you are starting to see convergence of individual actors and of even planning and operations.”

Cilluf fo said the raid suggests that the U.S. is going after top-level terrorists who are targeting foreign

and Western interests, rather than those focused on internal Somalia attacks.

Obama approved both operations independently, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Monday, saying it was “a coincidence” they happened at the same time.

As of Monday, the captured Libyan, al-Libi, had not been read his rights to remain silent and speak with an attorney.

It is unclear when he will be brought to the U.S. to face charges. The Obama administration has said it can hold high-value detainees on a ship for as long as it needs to. In 2010, a judge ruled the government could prosecute a terror suspect in New York, despite holding him for five years in CIA and militar y custody because the government has the authority to do this during wartime.

Al-Libi was indicted in Manhattan federal court in 2000, accused of carr ying out “visual and photographic sur veillance” of the U.S.

Iran will not unblock Man swindled by Craigslist landlord Facebook, Twitter

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran does not plan to unblock Facebook and Twitter for the general public even if some top government officials use it, the minister of telecommunications and information technology said Monday.

State TV quoted Mahmoud Vaezi as saying that the ban on the popular social networking sites will remain in place. Hours later however, he denied making such remarks and said the issue is still under study.

President Hasan Rouhani uses Twitter and Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has both a Twitter and a Facebook page. There is a Twitter and Facebook

page in the name of Iran’s top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which appears to be genuine although Khamenei himself doesn’t tweet.

Many Iranians use proxies to access such sites.

Last month, the ban was lifted for several hours.

Of ficial said a “technical glitch” was the reason users had temporar y access.

Still, scores of Facebook users posted notes of “Rouhani, Mochakerim,” which is Farsi for “Thank you, Rouhani.”

In a statement posted late Monday on his ministr y’s website, ic.gov. ir, Vaezi said the issue of blocking or unblocking a site has to be decided by a professional body outside his ministry.

OTHER CRIMES NEAR CAMPUS

backpack down to take a group photo with the new Goldy Gopher statue outside of Coffman Union, a University police report said.

As Barto walked away, she realized her phone was missing.

“People started calling it and it went straight to voicemail,” she said.

She couldn’t find the phone near the statue, nothing had been turned in to Cof fman and the phone’s tracking device was turned off, Barto said.

Barto said she was surprised that the theft happened right outside of Coffman.

“I don’t know if it’s necessarily an issue of safety; it’s just an issue of people are [expletive] and take things that aren’t theirs,” she said.

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suspect came up behind her, reached into her jacket pocket and took her iPhone and Bose headphones, the report said.

The student pushed his arm away, but the suspect punched her in the face, the report said. The student denied medical attention.

Palmer said he couldn’t comment because police are still investigating.

Theft under Goldy’s watch

Genetics and cell biology senior Heather Barto’s iPhone was stolen from her backpack while she posed for a picture Friday.

Barto said she set her

Embassy in Nairobi before it was bombed in 1998. He also participated in possible planning of attacks on British, French and Israeli targets in Nairobi, according to the charges.

Former U.S. intelligence officials and military files indicate al-Libi traveled in jihadist circles for decades, using his skills as a savvy computer expert for al-Qaida. He turned up in remote corners of the world: Peshawar, Khartoum and Kabul, mingling with other Libyan militants.

After the 9/11 attacks in 2001, he fled with other al-Qaida operatives to Iran.

After several years, he managed to leave the countr y under murky circumstances and make his way to the lawless areas of northwest Pakistan, where al-Qaida had once flourished. He then went to Libya prior to the fall of Moammar Gadhafi’s government and was reunited with his family, according to the of ficials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive case.

Crime: When: Where: Info:

Fifth-degree domestic assault Oct. 3 18th Avenue Southeast A woman was allegedly assaulted by her boyfriend on Thursday. The victim signed a medical waiver, and a domestic abuse form was completed, but she refused to sign it.

Crime: When: Where: Info:

Underage drinking Oct. 5 Fifth Avenue Southeast An officer allegedly observed a woman urinating in public behind a building in Marcy-Holmes on Saturday night. The officer administered a preliminary breath test, which showed a blood alcohol content of .214, and issued her a citation for underage consumption.

Crime: When: Where: Info:

Theft Oct. 5 10th Avenue Southeast A University student parked his car in a garage near Marcy Park apartments, and his license plate was stolen. Minneapolis police Sgt. Bill Palmer said he’s seen license plates stolen before, typically when the thief can’t afford to renew their own plates.

Crime: When: Where: Info:

Peeping Tom Oct. 3 Peik Hall A University professor noticed a man’s foot step down from the toilet in the stall next to her. He had been hiding in the stall. The victim’s coworker saw the man leaving the restroom.

He was gone by the time police arrived.

SOURCE: MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, UMPD

After U Senate vote, campus could get more resources for new mothers Lactation u from Page 1

Wo l f s a i d s h e o n l y knows about lactation rooms on campus because a friend told her about them.

“I think maybe it’s something people still feel uncomfor table talking about, so needs are left unmet,” she said.

Dave Golden, SCC committee chairman and Boynton Health Ser vice public health and communications director, said the lack of resources for new mothers af fects faculty members as well as students.

“It’s ver y dif ficult to continue br eastfeeding and work unless there’s some kind of accommodations made for the mother to express milk,” he said.

Under the Af fordable Care Act, the University will be required to provide a “reasonable break time” for new mothers to express breast milk for a year after their child’s

bir th and a private place other than a bathroom to do so, according to the bill’s text.

Peg Lonnquist, University Women’s Center director, said although Minnesota law requires lactation space to be within a “reasonable distance” from employees, it doesn’t specify the amount of distance.

Golden said the new resolution requests that University administrators designate a committee to work on getting and maintaining mor e lactation space and informing new mothers about the spaces.

F o r y e a r s , Wa r f i e l d said, individual University colleges, offices and buildings had unof ficial lactation spaces that weren’t well-known around campus.

“No one ever got the word out, and no one was consistently tracking any of this,” Warfield said.

University President Eric Kaler’s of fice has requested additional information regarding the resolution’s specifics.

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Kaler must approve the resolution before any policy changes are of ficially implemented, Golden said.

C u r r e n t l y, Wa r f i e l d said, 14 lactation rooms

exist across the Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses, but the University’s Office of Human Resources only publicizes 11 of them on its website.

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tion spaces aren’t evenly spr ead across campus, leaving some areas without them.

Wolf said she would like to see more lactation rooms on campus, espe-

cially in St. Paul.

“Going to school and raising a child at the same time is ver y difficult,” she said, “so providing resources for new parents makes the situation a lot easier.”

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EDITORIALS

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Revenge-porn laws needed There is currently no state law protecting victims of revenge porn.

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ur generation grew up in a world r uled by everything technological. Our friendships and relationships take place over social media every day.

Unfor tunately, our legal system hasn’t adjusted as quickly as we have.

Case in point: the phenomenon of maliciously sending explicit images of another person without that person’s consent — or “revenge porn.”

California passed a bill last Tuesday attempting to ban revenge porn. New Jersey also has a law that criminalizes unauthorized distribution of explicit images online.

These attempts, though headed in the right direction, simply aren’t good enough.

In California, only explicit images taken by someone other than the person in them can be prosecuted. Therefore, explicit “selfies” redistributed without the subject’s permission — which consist

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of 80 percent of revenge porn victims according to a Cyber Civil Rights Initiative sur vey — are not breaking any laws under the new ban.

The New Jersey law, which wasn’t even aimed at stopping revenge porn, does a better job of holding the distributors responsible for their actions than the recent bill in California does. New Jersey’s law was directed at cyberbullying in general, but it also inadvertently criminalized revenge porn.

The New Jersey law tightened its focus on explicit pictures after the media storm of the 2010 suicide of Tyler Clementi, a Rutgers University student who killed himself after his roommate posted a video of Clementi’s sexual encounter with an-

other man.

The nation shouldn’t have to wait for more tragedies like Clementi’s suicide to improve current laws. Action needs to be taken now to prevent online harassment in all forms.

The fact that only two states have made legal attempts to prohibit this sort of online harassment highlights how poorly legislation has kept up with technological advances.

Nearly all states have some form of anti-cyberbullying statute in place, but a victim of revenge porn in Minnesota would not currently be able to seek justice.

Mar y Anne Franks, University of Miami law professor, said in an interview with Slate that most who oppose a federal law banning revenge porn often cite First Amendment violations.

However, free speech advocates argue that as long as the proposed law specifically bans “nonconsensual posting of nude pictures of another, in a context where there’s good reason to think that the subject did not consent to publication,” then it would not

DEATHS IN IRAQ: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 4,802 — IRAQI CIVILIANS: 114,835- PLUS DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 3,374 — AFGHAN CIVILIANS: UNKNOWN

infringe on First Amendment rights.

One of the few options victims of revenge porn have is to file a civil lawsuit against the distributor of their images. Civil lawsuits are expensive and can end up attracting media attention, which victims of revenge porn are likely trying to avoid.

More than half of college students admit to receiving sexually suggestive images, according to a 2011 study by the University of Rhode Island.

This is our generation’s problem. With the rise of revenge porn websites, we can’t allow loopholes in our cyberbullying laws to leave victims without protection.

Our laws should reflect critical thinking on the way technology is mediating our relationships. A federal law should be our goal, but state laws are where we can start.

There must be consequences of cruelly exploiting people through revenge porn.

Sam Jasenosky welcomes comments at sjasenosky@mndaily.com.

HEALTH

Too early to critique MNsure The program’s initial problems should not be an indicator of its potential future successes.

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Emily Johnson welcomes comments at ejohnson1@mndaily.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR New lessons on the old shutdown problem Why it matters: A government shutdown is not only bad for the economy; it should be embarrassing to Americans.

From the coffee shops to the pubs, Americans are frustrated that their duly elected leaders can’t figure out how to operate our government in a reasonable way.

It may be no panacea for those folks, but it’s worth discussing how we let it get this far out of hand, out of control.

American democracy and its practice has changed a lot since the last government shutdown about two decades ago.

Political parties have become more susceptible to special interests, making it all the more difficult for citizens to have even an equal say. Money flows more easily into campaigns, and individuals or small groups can now influence an election where once it required a large amount of people making small contributions.

Part of that influence has even driven court decisions in certain states that influence where congressional boundar y lines are drawn.

Critics argue the intransigence of the GOP House Tea Party movement is bolstered by more and more of these representatives coming from districts that are so dominated by one brand of political thought; the representatives have no worries about re-elections, sometimes for decades.

This kind of concentra-

tion of power without accountability also derails the old-time power of political par ty leaders. One only needs to witness how little control Speaker John Boehner has over his Tea Par ty caucus to see how this has shifted the power of political party leaders, once key players in Washington.

Often decried, these political leaders were sometimes necessary evils. They were key players because they knew how to work with the other side to get things for their members. Maybe it was a road project in their district, or a sought committee assignment.

Those kind of power centers seem to be fading away quickly. The tools for some of that power-wielding also have gone away, some say for the better. There are no more “earmarks.” While that kind of backdoor dealing was widely criticized, it often served a useful purpose for party leaders. We’ll bet Boehner wishes he had the power of earmarks today.

The changing media landscape plays another central role in this eroding of citizen democracy. The number of news reporters whose job it once was to serve as watchdogs for taxpayers and the public has been depleted by 50 percent in some news organizations over the last five years or so.

There’s just a lot more room for political shenanigans to go undetected. And the media that remains — mostly broadcast and national — is aimed at building up the “conflict industry” — overstating or even creating con-

flict in every story to generate the ratings that struggle to compete with everything from reality shows and American Idol.

And Americans must understand that in the end, they also contribute to this mess by their apathy. The current status quo in Congress shouldn’t be tolerated. There should be massive rallies calling for the ouster of those who would subvert our representative democracy into a road-kill republic where only the vultures win.

But it isn’t easy for the average citizen. They’re busy trying to keep afloat in an economy that has offered more work for less pay. It’s time-consuming to be informed and more so to act on that information.

But unfortunately, becoming informed and active is our best option. Other strategies have so far offered very little success or progress. One commentator urged action by citizens to “scare the hell” out of these people in Washington. That can’t come too soon.

Maybe that’s what World War II vets were thinking when they knocked down the shutdown barricades at the World War II memorial in Washington last Tuesday.

They were “mad as hell” and not going to take it anymore.

We hope this shutdown makes clear to political leaders what’s at stake. It may be more than just the next election.

This editorial was originally published in the Mankato Free Press on Oct. 2.

Comments should be sent to letters@mndaily.com.

tate-r un health insurance exchanges cour tesy of the Affordable Care Act launched nationwide last week. Minnesota’s MNsure was no exception.

RONALD DIXON From the columnist star t, the Minnesota health insurance exchange system was mired with complications. MNsure’s internal documents revealed data breach risks within the exchange system. Moreover, the federal debacle concerning funding, which led to the partial government shutdown, caused further confusion over the ACA exchanges’ vitality.

Many Americans, including Minnesotans, did not even know about the new exchanges or how to apply.

Despite these obstacles, however, MNsure went online only a few hours after the predicted launch time.

So how did it do?

From initial reports, the program hit bumps affecting those trying to sign up for insurance. Errors with identification verification, dead links, the inability to save one’s progress, confusion over when coverage would actually begin (Jan. 1, 2014) and a lack of compatibility with mobile devices are just some of the problems that MNsure has faced in its first week alone.

Despite all of these issues, MNsure should not be deemed a failure — at least not yet. Open enrollment through MNsure ends March 31, 2014, so developers have ample time to fix problems with the online exchange.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius declared that the initial problems with the insurance exchanges across the nation should be compared to the release of new Apple products.

“No one is calling on Apple to not sell devices for a year or to get out of the business because the whole thing is a failure,” Sebelius said. “Hopefully, they’ll give us the same slack they give Apple.”

Given the importance of the program, and its potential for benefiting thousands of Minnesotans, Apple products may not be the best unit of comparison. Nevertheless, we must wait to judge MNsure and the ACA until the administrators can fix the kinks.

Ronald Dixon welcomes comments at rdixon@mndaily.com.

Student housing with local ties Selling apartments to out-of-state corporate firms does not benefit students.

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n light of construction on new student housing in Dinkytown — and even more proposals around campus — it’s time for developers to show students what they can offer besides just a place to live.

A Minnesota Daily article published Sept. 26 said student apartment complex developers are often quick to sell them to corporate firms soon after they are constructed.

The Opus Group’s new development, the Venue, will be sold to Chicago-based Harrison Street Real Estate Capital upon its completion. Stadium Village Flats was sold to the same firm last year for $43 million.

The problem with out-of-state firms buying up local student housing has to do with where interests lie. Harrison is not likely concerned with establishing local ties. According to its website, “as of September 2013, the firm currently owns more than 250 assets valued at over $4.6 billion which includes over 28,000 student housing beds.” This vast real estate portfolio is spread across the countr y, including acquisitions in Washington, D.C., and in Long Island, N.Y. Student housing is appealing primarily because of its relative stability and high reselling power in the real estate market. Firms like Harrison Street aren’t concerned with cultural development in neighborhoods in and around Dinkytown and have no interest in fostering a unique student atmosphere in the area. Simply put, they invest in property, not in communities.

Students serious about maintaining an engaging and unique student atmosphere on campus should support the acquisition and maintenance of these developments by local firms who can encourage community engagement and cultural growth in the area.

Minnesota schools see gains With a waiver from No Child Left Behind, local schools are getting the help they need.

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n midst of the stream of bad news coming out about the United States’ failing education system, there are signs of progress emerging here in Minnesota.

Last week, the Star Tribune reported that the Minnesota Department of Education had lifted “failing designations” from 27 schools.

With new data showing significant improvement, 17 schools will be removed from the “Priority” list, a term used for schools with poor overall student achievement. Ten others will no longer be listed as “Focus” schools, which concerns schools unable to close the achievement gap between white and minority students.

The gains made by these schools, and others, were measured under the state’s new schoolranking system called Multiple Measurements Ratings, now in its second year. With a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law, the state has been able to send extra help to struggling schools, and it appears to be working.

MMR works to support struggling schools rather than relying on the “test-and-punish” approach of NCLB, a huge improvement over the old ranking system. The Star Tribune reported that “of the state’s 25 Priority schools, 78 percent experienced improvement, while 71 percent of the 74 Focus schools saw gains.”

Perhaps the most important difference between MMR and NCLB is that the new system tracks schools on how well they’re addressing issues such as the achievement gap and academic growth, whereas NCLB merely assessed students’ math, reading and science scores.

While there is room for improvement, such as getting the data out well before the start of the school year, the early signs of success under the new system are encouraging. Though federal aid plays a crucial role in the operating budgets of the schools that saw gains, it’s becoming increasingly clear that expansive federal laws are not the answer to improving lagging schools. Decisions about ways to improve are better made at the local level.

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Miley’s “Bangerz”: Even more distance from Disney innocence A&E reviews the fourth studio album from America’s new love/hate favorite, Hannah Montana.

BY SPENCER DOAR sdoar@mndaily.com

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iley Cyr us’ softcore performance at the Video Music Awards destroyed America — at least, that’s the joke “Saturday Night Live” writer s m a d e wh e n C yr us hosted the most recent show.

But the sudden hubbub is unwarranted given that Cyrus’ trajector y through the annals of celebrity has been predictable.

Seven years ago, she emerged from the shadow of her celebrity father, Billy Ray Cyrus, after landing what would become a tween Disney mega-hit, “Hannah Montana.”

She was 13.

The umbilical cord now severed, the once cleancut schoolgirl with a secret pop star life garners criticism for her evolving aesthetic and sexually charged performances, all while changing the tenor of her music at the same time.

The most recent entr y into the Miley mythos is “Bangerz,” an album that gushes its love of hip-hop, featuring her trademark soaring vocals punctuated with anthemic hooks.

As she tweeted when she announced the album’s title, “If you don’t know why my record is called BANGERZ you’ll know as soon as you hear it. Nothin but #BANGERZ.” That isn’t entirely true for the whole album, though it is for the two singles of f the new release, “Wrecking Ball” and “We Can’t Stop.” Both the singles’ videos fall right in line with the direction Cyrus is heading — you’ve no doubt seen her naked on a wrecking ball by now.

But her twerking, grinding and lack of clothing shouldn’t be such a surprise to pundits who were up in arms after the VMAs and her ongoing Internet beef with Sinead O’Connor, who, in an open letter, offered patronizing advice about the perils of being pimped out by an uncaring industr y.

All the way back in 2008, then-15-year-old Cyr us wreaked havoc on the sensitive-minded when she stripped down for a Vanity Fair photo shoot.

A still long-haired Cyr us continued her image evolution with a pole dance at the Teen Choice Awards in 2009.

In her single the next year, “Can’t Be Tamed,” Cyr us expressed her desire to break free from her perceived ar tistic restrictions.

“Bangerz” just keeps on building of f this founda-

tion — one that’s met with continued resistance due to her innocent teen-star origins and over-the-top sexuality.

But as “Saturday Night Live” proved, Cyrus is good at laughing off the haters, a quality necessary for someone whose ever y move is a lightning rod for controversy. If the Britney Spears dots aren’t connecting yet, Cyrus signed with Spears’ former manager Larr y Rudolph in March, shortly before revamping her look.

While Cyr us is busy pushing the envelope, though, moments of “Bangerz” fall flat. Her poorly executed “Love Money Par ty” is a rip-of f of Weezy’s “Pussy Money Weed.” “Adore You” and “Do My Thang” are derivative and boring — they fall into the album’s biggest fault.

Most of the lyrics are rote pop platitudes about loving people intensely and “doing you” — a problem mostly saved by the nature of her “banging” production, done by Mike WiLL Made-It. The third track, “SMS (Bangerz),” mostly works for this reason, except for its use of half the catchy instr umental from Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It,” leaving an only par tly sated eardr um.

(Oh, and more Britney dots: She’s featured on that track.)

Oddly enough, it’s songs like the rockabilly-

PHOTO COURTESY OF RCA RECORDS Miley Cyrus’ new album, “Bangerz,” is a hodge-podge of experimentation.

inspired “4x4” (in which Nelly gets a verse) that channel Cyrus’ rebellious energy in the most honest way, paying homage to her Nashville roots while throbbing through up-tempo measures.

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funky “#GETITRIGHT” brings home the magic with a Prince-wor thy guitar rif f, while mostly shedding the club nature of many of the songs on “Bangerz.”

If one thing is cer tain, Cyr us won’t stop par-

tyin’ in the USA anytime soon — pr obably with the friends mentioned on “Bangerz,” Sticky and Molly.

BEAUTY

America’s Test Vanity: Lotions and lips Here’s a closer look at two of our strongest defenses against coldweather skin.

BY SARAH HARPER sharper@mndaily.com

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n Minnesota, it’s never too early to start thinking about winter skin care.

We’re heading into the thick of October, so it’s high time we gave our cold-weather moisturizing routines a dry run.

So what kind of skin and

lip protection is best? I tested a range of lotions and balms, both cheap and slightly less cheap — I got them all at Walgreens. Sorry I’m not sorry for the lack of trendy lotions here: It’s just that there’s no point in hauling your cookies to Lush when drug stores, and all their wonderful generic brands, have you covered.

LOTIONS I’ll put on my tin foil hat for a minute here and war n you that the lotion

industr y is tricking you into thinking you need different kinds of mousses and chutneys for all your dif ferent par ts. Don’t fall for it. If there’s anything Regina George taught us, it’s that foot cream makes your face kissable as hell.

Your biggest protection against the wind’s whip is a good, basic lotion that you can use on your whole body after a shower.

If you do have special skin situations, like eczema or par ticularly dr y,

c h a pped a n d d a ma g ed skin, go for broke with the specialized creams.

For the rest of us smart shoppers? Let’s all-purpose the mess out of this winter. Her e ar e thr ee practical options: The big daddy: Neutrogena Moisture Wrap Cents per ounce: 89 A sophisticated smell, which comes from a combination of ingredients I will literally never tr y to pronounce, makes this lotion wor th the cash. The light scent wafts up the nose gently, almost like a classy per fume. When you put it on your skin, it’s a smooth rub that doesn’t take much effort — but it also won’t leave you with greasy fingers. Neutrogena markets this lotion toward people with uncomfortably dr y skin, but that doesn’t mean normies can’t enjoy its light, refined sheen.

Rating: 8.9 out of 10 The practical natural: Vaseline Total Moisture Cents per ounce: 35 This lotion has a somewhat stronger smell. I avoided any flavored lotions while rounding up this crew — these are just the basics.

Still, there’s something earthy about this Vaseline lotion. Maybe it’s the pure oat extract? The squeeze was not as smooth as Neutrogena, but it still came out all right. Its yellow bottle could use a fresh design: It’s easy to imagine this cap getting gross, whereas it’s a little harder to see the pump tops of the other two lotions in this roundup crusting out.

Rating: 7.9 out of 10

BRIDGET BENNETT, DAILY Protect yourself! From top left: Vaseline Total Moisture, Neutrogena Moisture Wrap and Studio 35 Complete Moisture Lotion. On the scarf, from top: Aquaphor, Burt’s Bees and generic Walgreens lip chap.

The generic: Studio 35 Beauty Complete Moisture Lotion Cents per ounce: 22 This has the exact same ingredient list as Vaseline

Total Moisture, but it’s worlds cheaper. See what I did there? Now you know just how much beauty there is in the world of generic skincare products. Studio 35, the personal care brand from Walgreens, produces a lotion that smells exactly the same, feels exactly the same and works exactly the same as the Vaseline equivalent — it just has a less stylish label. It has the pump, though, so it wins out.

Rating: 8.5 out of 10

LIPS My lips get so chapped in the winter that they hurt.

Do you remember that feeling from last winter, too?

That feeling of a numb mouth, lips literally cracking and splitting? Let’s fend that off together this winter: The fancy choice: Burt’s Bees Tinted Lip Balm $6.99 for one I bought the darkest shade of this Bur t’s Bees balm, Red Dahlia, and it added only a slight flush to my lips, so don’t worr y about going too big on the hue. It’ll give you a hint of color more than anything else. It’ll also give you one of the cleanest lip chap experiences you’ve ever had — the tube comes in a protective cardboard cylinder, so you can finally toss your precious balm into your messy bag with abandon.

The club med: Aquaphor healing ointment $5.79 for a pack of two This salve will heal any lip problems — or tiny scratches and bur ns — but like the Neutrogena Moisture Wrap lotion, you can use it as a preventative measure now so you won’t have to use it as antidote later. This Aquaphor goo is one of my favorite tiny tricks to keep with me because you can also use it

on wind-bur ned cheeks, chins and foreheads. Just add a little dab to your face and rub in for some healing magic.

The essential: Walgreens Well brand Chap-Aid lip balm $1.29 for one For less than it will cost you to get a Diet Coke from a campus vending machine, you can get yourself that classic ChapStick flavor that instantly evokes runny noses and hot bowls of soup. This waxy little number is exactly what your homesick mouth needs.

Your wallet will feel good, as the price literally cannot be beaten — I dare you to tr y and find a good balm cheaper than this. Bonus?

It’s SPF 4.

Five tricks for healthy winter skin 1. Put lotion all over your hands and feet and go to bed with gloves and socks on. You’ll wake up with fresh skin.

2. Wear a huge scar f to cover your face. If you don’t have one good scarf, make your life 10 times better by wrapping two or three scar ves around your head — one for the space where your coat collar meets the cold air, another for the middle of your neck and maybe a third for your face.

3. Skip the long, hot showers.

4. Wear sunscreen! If your walk to class is 30 minutes, that’s 30 minutes in the same sun that shines in summer. Get yourself some SPF. 5. Another summer r ule that still applies: Drink a ton of water. The chai lattes and hot chocolates may tempt, but your skin needs that fresh stuff.

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BY JACK SATZINGER j s a t z i n ge r @ m n d a i l y. c o m

As the car turned onto Interstate 94 East, TCF Bank Stadium loomed large in the rearview mirror.

The Gophers football team’s home stadium holds some of the best amenities money can buy.

It has the largest locker room in all of football at 60 yards long and 25 yards wide. It’s even shaped like a football.

Its scoreboard is bigger than a regulation NBA court at 48 feet high and 108 feet wide and was the first in the Big Ten to broadcast in high-definition.

And behind that scoreboard are stunning views of the Minneapolis skyline and the Mississippi River.

Still, even with these amenities, Minnesota’s 4-year-old stadium doesn’t possess the tradition of other Midwest college football powerhouses.

On the road from TCF Stadium to Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich., those differences in culture are evident in the homes of three of the country’s most storied football programs.

Editor’s note: Minnesota Daily sports reporter Jack Satzinger and photographer Chelsea Gortmaker traveled from TCF Bank Stadium to Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich., stopping at three historic college football stadiums along the way.

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CAMP RANDALL STADIUM Camp Randall, located in Madison, Wis., was built in 1917 and is the fourth-oldest venue in the nation.

The land Camp Randall sits on was first used to train Wisconsin troops during the Civil War. Now, it’s the battleground for Badgers football.

Camp Randall may be old, but Wisconsin’s football dominance is somewhat new.

The Badgers’ record was a combined 9-36 in the four seasons before Barr y Alvarez was hired as head coach in 1990. Camp Randall, which holds 80,321 people, averaged just 41,734 fans per game in that span.

Now the stadium routinely sells out and is known for its festive atmosphere, especially the “Jump Around” tradition at the start of the fourth quarter, when fans jump up and down to music.

Wisconsin’s crowd is

raucous for a reason. The Badgers have made three straight Rose Bowl appearances. Minnesota hasn’t represented the Big Ten in the Rose Bowl since 1962.

Wisconsin’s turnaround is largely credited to Alvarez, who is now the university’s athletics director. A statue of him stands in front of the stadium.

Since 1948, Minnesota and Wisconsin have faced of f for the right to take home Paul Bunyan’s Axe — a series the Badgers lead 38-24-3.

In recent years, the “rivalry” has been even more lopsided. Wisconsin has beaten the Gophers nine straight times, but the feel of a Gophers/Badgers rivalry is still potent at Camp Randall.

As some Minnesota fans exited the stadium in Gophers attire, a Badgers security guard said smugly, “I hope we keep that axe from you for a few more years.”

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis.

MICHIGAN STADIUM

The University of Notre Dame’s banners in the tunnel leading to Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Ind., celebrate the school’s football championship wins.

NOTRE DAME STADIUM Notre Dame Stadium, built in 1930 and located in South Bend, Ind., is the epitome of classic college football tradition.

This legendar y stadium still does not have a video board, which allows fans to focus on the game without distractions.

And that’s only the beginning of the stor y for a facility laced with tradition.

As the Fighting Irish players make their way out to the field before games, they touch a sign that reads, “Play Like A Champion Today.” That tradition has been in place for decades.

Instead of outfitting its field in new-age ar tificial tur f like other programs, including the Gophers, Notre Dame plays on all-

natural grass.

The stylistic choice maintains the Fighting Irish’s commitment to tradition but comes at a cost.

Walking through the tunnel onto the field, gr ounds cr ew workers toiled away in the mud on a Friday night, replacing old grass with new.

Lining the tunnel onto the field are banners of Notre Dame’s 11 national championships. The Irish made it to the BCS National Championship last season but lost to Alabama.

Notre Dame’s most recent championship win came in 1988, when the team was led by legendar y coach Lou Holtz.

Holtz also coached at Minnesota, and the program seemed to be turning around until Notre Dame plucked him away in 1985.

Michigan Stadium is nicknamed “The Big House” for good reason. For its 4213 win Saturday against the Gophers, it boasted an announced crowd of 111,079.

The stadium has held 100,000-plus fans for 248 consecutive games. TCF Bank Stadium holds only 50,805, and most of the time it isn’t full.

But the Wolverines’ football tradition is bigger than its stadium.

A few blocks away from The Big House is a bar that honors the oldest trophy game in college football: Michigan and Minnesota’s fight for the Little Brown Jug. The Brown Jug Restaurant is a pregame favorite for Wolverines fans, but there were also plenty of Gophers fans there Saturday.

The same could not be said once the game began, when a sea of yellow inundated the stadium while a small Minnesota contingent

sat near the remodeled press box.

“When we were warming up out there, I was like, ‘How do they fit 111,000 people in this place?’ ” redshirt freshman quarterback Mitch Leidner said. “Then we go back out there again … and they’re just stacked all together. It’s a cool atmosphere.”

Built in 1927, the Big House is one of the oldest stadiums in the Big Ten, but its press box experience is anything but archaic.

In 2010, the athletics department spent $226 million to add the new press box and 81 suites. Adding two towers on the east and west ends of the field increased noise in the stadium by 30 percent.

TCF Bank Stadium could also be expanded down the road, with an estimated capacity of 80,000 fans. But if that happens, it won’t be for years and will require a rabid fan base that comes with a winning pedigree.

The Brown Jug restaurant in Ann Arbor, Mich., celebrates the University of Minnesota and the University of Michigan’s rivalry trophy, the Little Brown Jug.

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Junior chemical engineering major Joe Amato practices at Baseline Tennis Center on Sept. 9. The facility generated $595,000 in net rental revenue this fiscal year, more than any other University of Minnesota athletics facility.

Baseline brought in about $595,000 in rental revenue last fiscal year.

BY JAKE STARK jstark@mndaily.com

When Baseline Tennis Center opened in 2002, the University of Minnesota expected it to generate rental revenue.

In the decade-plus since, the facility has far exceeded expectations.

The facility generated a total of about $595,000 in rental income for the University’s athletics depar tment this fiscal year. That’s money beyond the revenue it brings in for hosting Gophers men’s and women’s tennis matches.

While TCF Bank Sta-

dium can make revenue off major events like concerts, higher operating costs take away from its overall profit. The facility grossed $687,356 in rental revenue last fiscal year but netted $474,122 from renting out the field and premium spaces, such as the DQ Club Room.

No other sports facility on campus — including Williams, Mariucci and Ridder arenas and the Sports Pavilion — has grossed more than about $270,000 in rental revenue in the last fiscal year.

“We fill really all that we can to generate revenue,” John Pratt, Baseline’s director, said.

Baseline rents out both of its courts to University students, staff and public patrons. Though students and staff can use the outdoor courts for free, they pay $20-

$22 per session for indoor courts.

“I would say those rates are mostly fair,” said sophomore Derek Struss, who plays tennis at the facility. “I’d say they shouldn’t cost any more than they already do, though.”

Those not affiliated with the University must pay to reser ve both indoor and outdoor courts. The cost is $6 per session for outdoor courts and $20 to $26 per session for indoor courts.

As one of the only major public tennis facilities in the Twin Cities area, Pratt said, Baseline is often extremely busy.

“We guess that anywhere from a quarter of a million to 300,000 people walk through our doors per year,” he said.

Struss said it’s one of the few places in the area he

can go and rent space on an indoor court.

“Coming out of high school, I never had an indoor cour t to play in,” he said. “It’s one of the few places I can play indoors, which is important during the winter.”

Though Baseline welcomes a high volume of customers each year, the facility only has two full-time employees.

In addition to Pratt and Head Tennis Professional Dana Young, Baseline only employs eight to 10 students par t-time. Having a small staff can keep operating costs down, Pratt said, but it can also make the facility difficult to manage.

“To be honest with you, it’s just a lot of hard work,” he said. “I think as we move along, we’ve kind of gotten a better handle on the busi-

ness and how it works.”

Pratt said Baseline has grown more than he expected since it opened, but he said he thinks the facility is nearing its capacity.

“We’re getting close,” he said. “Our growth potential is a finite number.”

He also said any future updates to the facility will be focused on improving it for the Gophers tennis program.

“That’s not to say we don’t have room for more courts, because we’re not at full capacity yet,” he said.

“But that number dwindles every year.”

Pratt said he would like to see an outdoor stadium for the Gophers tennis teams in the future.

“We have big ideas and big hopes,” he said. “[An outdoor stadium] is our biggest need here.”

VIKINGS

Freeman signing further muddles QB group

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.

— Josh Freeman is out of the messy situation in Tampa Bay and happy to land in Minnesota, where Adrian Peterson and the Vikings offense eagerly await.

“I don’t think there’s a quarterback in the game of football that doesn’t think they’d be a good fit for this offense,” Freeman said on Monday night after passing a physical and signing his one-year deal.

Just when he will take over as the starting quarterback is still unclear.

V ikings coach Leslie Frazier said that struggling thir d-year quar terback Christian Ponder will start on Sunday against Carolina if his injured ribs will allow it. If he is still too sore coming of f two weeks of rest, backup Matt Cassel will get the nod.

Beyond Sunday’s game against Car olina, well, there’s no guarantee for anyone.

The Vikings (1-3) signed the 25-year-old Freeman four days after he was cut

by Tampa Bay in a long, drawn-out split between a franchise and a player that was once viewed as a cornerstone.

“Right when I heard I got cut, it was kind of, ‘I want to get back in there right away,’” Fr eeman said. “In all honesty, from the standpoint of a career move, something that I re-

ally liked about the Vikings is they’ve got a guy. They’ve got a situation where I can come in and learn the system.

“If they call for me and need me to play, that’s one thing. But it’s an oppor tunity to kind of pump the brakes. It’s been pretty crazy the past few weeks and just really get back to the reason we’re all here and that’s playing football.”

Bucs coach Greg Schiano benched Fr eeman after he struggled in the first three games and a back-and-for th followed that included the NFLPA looking into whether the Bucs leaked information about Freeman being in the league’s substance abuse program.

“What happened down in Tampa is none of my business at all,” Vikings GM Rick Spielman said.

Freeman wasn’t interested in revisiting any of that on Monday night, preferring to look for ward to his new team.

“My main focus was where can I go to really better myself,” he said. “I wanted a good environment and I got that in Minnesota.”

Frazier and Spielman were vague when talking about Freeman’s immediate future and Ponder’s status. Both said Ponder has “a bright future” with the team, but it’s hard to see how that is possible now.

Keeping Cassel in the lineup on Sunday would

hardly be a controversial or deceptive decision. The 31-year-old gave a sputtering offense a spark with two touchdowns and 248 yards passing without a turnover in the win in London over Pittsburgh on Sept. 29 and there will be little patience from the home crowd for Ponder.

Ponder, whose record as a starter is 12-17, expressed defiance toward the doubt about his status.

“In my eyes, I’m getting prepared to play. As long as I play well, then I’m the one on the field,” he said.

Even Frazier acknowledged, though, the question about whether Ponder will play another game for the Vikings. He has one year remaining on his contract, calling for a base salary for 2014 of a little more than $1.76 million.

“On the sur face, he’d question that. He’s human.

I’m sure he has at times, but he just has to continue to work and work as hard as he can,” Frazier said. “And I think things will work out fine for Christian in the long term.”

Ponder was the 12th overall pick in the quarterback-deep 2011 draft, chosen ahead of Cincinnati’s Andy Dalton and San Francisco’s Colin Kaepernick after Brett Favre retired for good and Tarvaris Jackson was let go.

Since handing Ponder the job six games into his rookie year, to replace an ineffective Donovan McNabb,

the Vikings have given the Florida State grad every opportunity to develop into a franchise cornerstone.

“I think Christian still has a bright future here with our football team. It may not look like that on the surface, but Christian’s a professional,” Frazier said. “He’s going to work as hard as he can ever y day to prepare, get back on the field and help our team win.”

Frazier spoke with Cassel and Ponder in the morning and said neither player expressed concern to him about Freeman’s arrival.

“One thing you can expect in the NFL: expect the unexpected,” Cassel said.

“Because ever y week it changes. You never know what’s going to happen. I learned that over time. This is my ninth year now.”

This was the only definitive word from Frazier: there’s not enough time for Freeman to learn the offense and play against the Panthers.

The Vikings didn’t just sign him for depth, though.

They’re tr ying to save the season after losing their first three games, and they also need someone to count on for the future.

Though Freeman agreed to a prorated $3 million deal for only the rest of the year, these next three months will be a feeling out process for both sides in advance of the free agent market.

“He’s a big quarterback

with a strong arm that can do a lot of good things at all levels of the field,” Spielman said.

Ponder said he felt “very little pain, if any” while throwing in practice. He also said he’s not sure what to think about this latest bold move by Spielman.

“We’ll see what happens.

It’s their decision, not my decision,” Ponder said. “Obviously I can control how I play.”

He produced some solid performances during a 10-6 season in 2012 that put the Vikings in the playoffs, but there were just as many ugly ones.

While the Vikings lost their first three games, Ponder had seven turnovers and a paltr y 65.9 passer rating. That’s ahead of only three players with enough qualifying attempts: Eli Manning, Freeman and Blaine Gabbert.

The decision on the star ter won’t come until later in the week once Ponder’s health is evaluated, Frazier said. The decision to bring in Freeman, though, was a signal of wavered faith in Ponder, even if he has more chances to play this year.

Freeman has struggled mightily at times, too, but his best games and seasons have been better than Ponder’s so far.

“You’re always tr ying to find guys who you think can help your team win, and we think he’s one of those guys,” Frazier said.

ophers redshir t senior defensive tackle Ra’Shede Hageman has spent five years at Minnesota developing into a top NFL prospect.

Meanwhile, about 1,200 miles southeast of the Twin Cities, South Carolina junior defensive end Jadeveon Clowney has been ready for two years.

And still, Clowney will have to ride out the rest of the season, playing on Saturdays when he should be playing on Sundays.

Clowney, who has dealt with nagging injuries all year, pulled himself from the lineup minutes before Saturday’s game against Kentucky to the dismay of head coach Steve Spurrier.

“If he wants to play, we’ll welcome him to come play for the team if he wants to,” Spurrier told the Associated Press. “If he doesn’t want to play, he doesn’t have to.”

And the truth is he shouldn’t have to play.

The Rock Hill, S.C., native is an elite NFL prospect who, if he had been eligible, could have been selected No. 1 overall after his sophomore season.

But the NFL’s draft eligibility rules dictate a player must be three years removed from high school before he is eligible for selection.

The NFL is telling young men they aren’t allowed to try and make a living.

Though ever y other 18-year-old can take advantage of his or her talents, young football players have to wait.

This rule is especially egregious because the NCAA refuses to pay players. If players were compensated, then the rule would be somewhat justifiable.

But this is football, where injur y risk is far greater than any other sport.

Clowney’s teammate Marcus Lattimore blew out his knee twice at South Carolina and, in turn, his draft stock plummeted.

Lattimore was one of the top running backs in the country as a freshman and already had NFL-caliber ability. Those two knee injuries cost him millions of dollars.

If a freshman or sophomore thinks he is ready for football on Sundays, then he should be able to declare for the draft.

Those NFL teams can draft these guys at their discretion. If a kid declares and isn’t picked, that’s his fault.

There’s something fundamentally wrong with denying players the right to pursue a career based on age when their careers can take a turn for the worse on any play.

The bone spurs in Clowney’s foot probably aren’t enough to discourage NFL executives from selecting him with a high pick in the 2014 draft, but a torn ACL might.

That’s a possibility Clowney must face every time he steps on the field this year.

And that’s the reality for several NFL-ready underclassmen every single week.

Ya feel me?

Sam Gordon welcomes comments at sgordon@mndaily.com or on Twitter.

@SamuelEGordon

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Today’s Birthday (10/8): It’s a year of exploration and discovery, as new opportunities, skills and characters appear. Travel and studies carry you away. With consistent action and focus, your finances and career status grow.

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

Written By Linda C. Black

Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is a 7 — Your traveling boots are getting restless. Explore new options. Keep a lid on costs. Finish an old job.

Do some long-range planning first.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 6 — Pursue career dreams. Limits reappear. Minimize risks, and build on what you have. You’re super smart and find it easier to concentrate.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 5 — Stand firm for a cause. Figure out finances.

Study where your money goes. Don’t let an opportunity slip between your fingers.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 6 — Consider the future. Take care at work. Stay objective in a tense situation. Avoid impulsive spending. Don’t fund your dream yet.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 6 — Consult with experts. Set a juicy goal. Keep costs down by declining frivolity. Finish one job before making a new mess.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 5 — You’re getting more sensitive, with extra confidence. Do a good job. Pass all previous records. Avoid gossip, gambling and shopping.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 5 — Postpone a celebration. Assert your personal ideals. Things start working well. Shortages are temporary; it’s not a good time to gamble.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 5 — Shop carefully. Watch out for surprises. Take action for love, not money. Do it to gain deeper insight.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 5 — Get the word out on your position, and clear up remaining doubts. Let others state theirs.

There’s a new shuffle in your social circle.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 5 — You gain clarity now. There’s an unexpected development. Emotions could flare. This week is good for travel. It could get hot.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 5 — Dispel an illusion at work. Get an important job finished before leaving. Focus on taking care of home and family.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 5 — Career matters emerge. Provide support. Be careful where you step. Don’t encourage the peanut gallery when you all should be quiet and respectful.

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doodle Picture this: The Halloween fairy has decided to grant you one wish. You wish for the best Halloween costume of all time. What does your costume look like?

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

overheard Professor: “You want to know how I remember naked mole rats? Little flaccid penises with teeth.”

“I remember when I was little, I had a boner for the first time. I thought I had a disease, so I started crying.”

“My greatest wish is to have my entire memory erased so I can read the ‘Harry Potter’ books again.”

Guy 1: “Dude, I never have time to work out.”

Guy 2: “I know what you mean.

Whenever I have time, I go drink.”

—Anthropology class

—Comstock Hall dining hall

Teacher: *collapses on the floor* “Oh, somebody get me some meth!”

—Dance class

Guy leaving bathroom: “Now that’s what relief feels like!”

—St. Paul Student Center

“For me to get an STD test right now, you’d have to do it. Are we close enough friends that you’d stick a Q-tip up my urethra to see if I have syphilis? Because if we are, that’s fine. I JUST NEED TO KNOW.”

—Campus Connector

TA: “I’m not even going to try to make up an excuse for why I’m late. I was waiting in the line at Starbucks for too long.”

—Calculus class

“To cut a short story long, NEVER mix rum with anything....”

— Music society and culture class Music major: “But that’s not a UNIQUE climax, that’s just a climax. How do I get a UNIQUE climax?!”

—Middlebrook Hall

Teacher [in French]: “In winter, I drink tequila! GLUG GLUG GLUG!”

—French class

Guy 1: “What stop are you getting off at?”

Guy 2: “Stanford.”

—Campus Connector

—Unknown

—Rarig Center

Man on cell phone: “How are you, adorable-icious?”

—Middlebrook Hall lounge

“Have you seen the picture of Chris Brown’s dick? It’s HUGE!”

—Unknown

Girl: “Feminism is the stupidest movement in history....”

Guy: “Totally.”

—Scholars Walk

“Um, how do I buy stamps?”

—Post Office

“I didn’t want to be the one to have sex with my sister. That’s more of a southern thing.”

—Outside Cooke Hall

“And the captain of the Backstreet Boys was Britney Spears.”

—CVS

“They should serve Red Bull in the dining halls.”

—Pioneer Hall

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FOR RELEASE OCTOBER 8, 2013

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

ACROSS 1 Big bird of myth 4 Spiny desert plants 9 Bathysphere’s domain 14 Thurman of “Batman & Robin” 15 Underway 16 Like one in the sulks 17 Shows off one’s connections 19 What the truth sometimes does 20 When repeated, soothing words 21 Top of the charts 23 Tanning site 24 Strips off 25 “Buzz off!”

28 Next-generation relatives 32 Modernized pre1949 auto 37 Hold dear 38 Stat for Mariano Rivera 39 No-no 41 Tell a whopper 42 Mag with relationship quizzes 45 Metropolitan distance unit 48 Way up or down 50 Do in, as a dragon 51 Wild Australian dog 54 Pub order 58 Aptly named Nevada border community known for its casinos 62 Powerful explosive, familiarly 63 Three-time Tony winner Uta 64 Lunchbox sandwich protector 66 Eyeball-bending pictures 67 Somewhat wet 68 Physician’s org.

69 Wavy dos 70 At exactly the right time 71 Agreeable response DOWN 1 Litters’ littlest

2 Nebraska city on the Missouri 3 Caravan beast 4 Rhythmic flow 5 Congo’s cont.

6 Ring-tailed critter, to Crockett 7 Refill to the brim 8 “Who’s there?” response 9 Hamlet’s love 10 Flowed swiftly 11 Cyprus currency 12 “To whom it actually does concern” letters 13 Wall St. institution 18 Uneven, as a leaf’s edge 22 “Big” London attraction 26 ABA dues payer 27 Gillette’s __ II razor 29 Wyo. neighbor 30 Idle of Monty Python 31 Hide’s partner 32 “In a few __” 33 Equine gait 34 Tabula __: blank slate 35 Japanese sash 36 Two lowercase letters have them

I am incredibly impressed with how willing you were to share your story and what your songs were about and how beautiful your songs turned out. I wanted to cry a little when you were speaking softly about them after you just finished singing and playing them so passionately.

Love, peace and joy your way.

—Unknown

Seeking:

A future boyfriend/husband that will be a surgeon so we can watch surgery videos together on movie nights while eating popcorn.

Sincerely,

—Also Pre-med

The men of Theta Chi,

I absolutely love meeting you all. You guys have been nothing but kind and welcoming towards our sisterhood. Just thought it deserved a shout out!

Sincerely,

—A familiar ChiO

To the football player on the corner of Fifth and 15th who did not want to cross the street when I offered:

Thank you for acknowledging my awkward reaction with a smile. It made my night.

To the boys in Bailey watching The Breakfast Club:

You are so awesome. Please invite me next time.

Sincerely,

—Molly Ringwald Fan

Dear Ryan Gosling look-alike at Coffman today,

You’re pretty, and I’m still partially convinced you were actually Gosling undercover as a frumpy college student. Sorry for taking a creepy photo of you and sending it to my friends so they could experience the awesomeness.

Love,

—Strange girl on the couch across from you

Shout-out to the two guys riding on the same longboard near Coffman today:

You completely made my whole afternoon! You looked like you were having so much fun, and it was hilarious to watch.

Sincerely,

—Needed that laugh!

To the tall guy walking through Blegen this morning who had to duck through the doorways: I want to climb you like a tree.

—Unknown

—The girl in the Jeep

To the short blonde with glasses working on her MATH 2374 homework in the Mechanical Engineering Building:

I wish I was your math homework. I would be so hard and you would be doing me on the desk.

—Unknown

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40 Olive __ 43 Heavily weighted exam 44 Points in the right direction 46 It’s unpleasant when things end on one 47 Like some poetry 49 NBC show that launched many comics’ careers 52 Doodad

10/8/13

53 French __ soup 55 Held in check 56 Picture holder 57 Frat party wear 58 Look for bargains 59 Weak-ankle support 60 Ice cream thickener 61 Spectacular 65 Baton Rouge sch.

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secret admirers To Quinn, the guy who plays his own songs on the Coffman piano:

10/8/13

By Clive Probert

Dr. Date,

My boyfriend has this tendency to pout when he’s upset about something. It might be about me or it might not, but it usually ends up feeling like my fault. I ask him what’s wrong, but he won’t tell me. A lot of times he won’t even really answer me. How can I get him to stop acting like a child?

—Mommy Dearest

Maternal Instinct,

How emotionally stunted is this cat? I haven’t heard the word “pout” used for a male over the age of 12 for quite some time.

Much like a child, I’d avoid giving him the attention he seems to desire when in one of his fits. If a dude pouts in the woods with no one around, does it matter?

You’ll know if he really is doing it for attention if you refuse to fall into his pouting trap, and he seeks your commentary all while prepping your bags for a guilt trip.

It’s important to figure this out because he could just be a fella who internalizes all the bad things in his life and needs the occasional solitary moments of miffed melancholy (or whatever this guy’s pouting really masks).

That would suck, but at least it wouldn’t be a reflection on your relationship. Rather, it’d prove his individual need for an outlet for expression (or maybe therapy).

That being said, there’s no reason for you to feel guilty because your man’s acting like a baby. Sometimes pouting can be a manipulative tactic (and in serious situations, can even verge on abuse), so if your instincts tell you that’s what this is, all the more reason to stay out of his way (maybe permanently).

For now, give him some space and see how he reacts. With any luck, he’ll approach you and seek advice or reassurance about whatever is causing his internal turmoil. For guys, there can be an instinctual defensive reaction to someone asking them what’s wrong. This way, he can decide when to address the issue.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

I’ve gone out with this girl a couple times, and she’s pretty cool, but she does this one thing that makes me nuts: She talks during movies. And TV shows. Even when we’re in a theater, she talks. I try to say “shh” in a nice way, but she keeps talking. What can I do, doc?

—Silence is golden

Can’t Shut Her Up,

She just can’t take the hint, huh?

Out of curiosity, is the crap she’s spewing during viewings at least interesting? If it’s total blather, comrade, I feel for you even more.

Is she a 24/7 motor-mouth to begin with? Or is there something about the shared experience of watching a movie or TV that prompts her to open her yap? That’s for you to mull and might provide some helpful insight.

Regardless, I’d say draw a line in the sand. Next time you’re going out to a movie, tell her beforehand that you would really appreciate it if you guys could enjoy the film without commentary, and that you’ll discuss it in detail afterward (like most normal people).

Inform her that talking is distracting and rude.

If she continues to prattle on, then this becomes an issue of mutual respect. This is a pretty simple wish, and if she can’t close her pie hole for your sake (and the sake of everyone else around), then she’s just being straightup disrespectful.

If you foresee her continuing her ways, shutter the windows and ratchet up the method. Maybe hand her a notebook and pen and tell her to write down all the B.S. on her mind rather than letting it out her trap. Or give her a dose of the Chatty Cathy medicine.

If she’s reading a book or studying, pelt her with inane conversation. Hell, if you find her on the can, talk to her.

Most people hate being talked to while handlin’ business. Prove the point.

—Dr. Date

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Egypt gripped by nationalist fervor

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CAIRO — While riots tur ned the neighborhoods of Cairo into deadly battlegrounds this weekend, Egypt’s most powerful man — the head of the armed forces — enjoyed a star-studded show.

In a spor ts stadium, celebrities and pop singers lavished praise on the militar y in a televised extravaganza complete with dancers and an elaborate fireworks display.

The scene cr ystalized Egypt’s situation since the July 3 coup that ousted the countr y’s first freely elected president, Mohammed Morsi, and ended a year of rule by Islamists.

The new leadership has seemingly taken a two-pronged approach to building the future: On one hand, it pumps up a pro-militar y, nationalist fer vor, while on the other it tries to cr ush Morsi’s Islamist suppor ters and his Muslim Brotherhood.

So far, the result has led to more turmoil.

The scenario raises doubts about whether Egypt can progress toward the democracy that those who suppor ted Morsi’s ouster say they want to achieve — or whether the leaders can tackle pressing issues like

the damaged economy.

Repeated bouts of violence since July have only worsened the slump in the vital tourism industr y, amid high unemployment, low productivity and steep price increases.

“It is a cycle of violence at the moment from which there is no way out in the near term,” said Michael W. Hanna, a Middle East exper t from New York’s Centur y Foundation.

“Where Egypt is now is where Egypt will be for a long time,” he said.

A national holiday on Sunday commemorating the 1973 Mideast war was an occasion for authorities to fur ther stoke the fer vor for the militar y, which media and government of ficials have elevated to near-celestial status in their rhetoric.

A personality cult has grown around the army chief, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who pushed out Morsi. Calls for el-Sissi to r un for president next year are gaining momentum.

The Muslim Brotherhood, in tur n, used the occasion to accelerate its nationwide protests of the militar y. The result was mayhem, as demonstrators clashed with security forces and el-Sissi’s suppor ters, leaving at least 51 people dead and more than 200 injured. The latest toll adds to more than

1,000 Morsi suppor ters killed by security forces since the coup.

The ongoing crackdown has also included the detention of at least 2,000 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, including most of its leaders, and a cour t or der outlawing the group. The countr y is back under emergency laws that give police expanded ar rest powers, a nd ma ny c it ies, including Cairo, have been under cur few since mid-August.

The militar y-backed gover nment appears uninterested in negotiating a way out of the crisis. It promises to restore order and put the countr y back on a democratic path by pushing ahead with a road map that will rewrite the constitution promulgated under Morsi and lead to parliamentar y and presidential elections early next year.

The Brotherhood has shunned talks, for now at least, demanding that Morsi be reinstated and pursuing a policy of confrontation: It has sent his suppor ters, some of them ar med, into the streets for protests that security forces have used deadly force to cr ush. Its losses enrich a narrative of martyrdom that it promotes in its rhetoric, hoping that will bring popular suppor t back to its side.

At the same time, Islamic militants once allied to Morsi have waged a campaign of violence focused on the army and s ec u ri t y f or c es . T h er e were new attacks Monday, including a drive-by shooting and a suicide car bombing that killed six soldiers and three policemen, as well as an assault for the first time against key civilian infrastructure — Egypt’s main satellite communications facility.

“The scene last night spoke of a nation with several peoples,” Mustafa elNaggar, a former lawmaker and a Brotherhood critic, said of Sunday’s events.

“We had people who came out on the streets to die, another happy and singing, and a third group watching ever ything from a distance.”

Morsi was ousted after nationwide protests by millions of Egyptians who accused him and his Islamist allies of going beyond their election mandate and tr ying to monopolize power. Many who sought his removal saw the army as rescuing the countr y from the Islamists.

They still see the militar y as a necessar y protector against Islamists — while expressing faith that it won’t seek power for itself.

Hamed Gabr, a 60-yearold who joined pro-militar y rallies in Cair o’s

Tahrir Square on Sunday, said the fer vor reflects the “patriotism of the people, not a mandate for a specific person” — even el-Sissi. He said the state of emergency should last “until security is totally reinstated.”

But there are worries the fer vor will throw Egypt back into the authoritarian ways of longtime President Hosni Mubarak, toppled in 2011.

Liberal politician Amr Shobaki war ned in the daily El-Shorouk that fear of the Brotherhood and its rise to power through elections “has led the state to retur n to its old ways.” “ W h a t t h e B r o t h e rhood left is a lack of faith in elected institutions, within the state and among many Egyptians,” he wrote. “Fear has led many back to the idea of the hero president and the benevolent dictator.”

The concer t Sunday night in a Cairo stadium recalled — and went beyond — the nationalist displays under Mubarak and confirmed the militar y as the country’s dominant political force.

After a day when battles left fires in the streets and bodies under blankets, elSissi sat next to the interim president with other top brass to watch a fireworks display and the lavish performances. TV cameras frequently focused on the

general, in his militar y garb, keeping a steady, serious look as he watched the festivities.

Hussein Fahmy, a leading man fr om Egypt’s cinema in the 1970s and 1980s, was the master of ceremonies. Nancy Ajram, a Lebanese pop star and sex symbol, blew kisses to the crowd and sang a patriotic hit with the lyrics: “Watch out, this isn’t any Egypt.

This is Egypt the victorious, the Egypt we carr y in our hearts and minds.” Behind her were dancers wearing Egypt’s state seal on their chests.

The finale was a song that played on el-Sissi’s often-used phrase, “Egypt is the mother of the world and is destined to be as big as the entire world.” Some of the lyrics were lit in flames in a section of the stadium.

When el-Sissi finally spoke, he used what has become a trademark mix of emotional rhetoric about ordinar y Egyptians’ special bond with the army and promises of a bright future for the countr y’s 90 million people.

“We will never forget that you stood by us. We would rather die than see you suf fer,” said the U.S.trained infantr y officer.

Egypt, he said, “will tr uly be as big as the entire world. You will see that, and the young people among you will remember that I said it.”

Environmental activists hang out to protest 3M Protest u from Page 1

UMPD Deputy Chief Chuck Miner said the protest tied up a lot of police resources because multiple crews had to man the scene until the suspended climbers were safely back on the bridge.

“If someone fell in, we’d definitely need to get someone in the water right away and find a way to get them out of there,” Lt. Troy Buhta said during the protest.

Minneapolis police boated to the scene around 10 a.m. Five firefighters followed, and multiple city and campus police officers were on guard at the scene throughout the day.

University police officers made several attempts to get the suspended climbers back on the ground, but the two women didn’t raise themselves or their large banner until about 2 p.m.

“I get that you want to get a message out, but I don’t think this is the right way to do it as far as public safety,” Buhta said. “There are other ways … without putting yourself in danger.”

Feldman said in the release that it’s her responsibility to hold companies like 3M accountable because Minnesota is her home.

“We want students to send a message to 3M that they are misleading consumers about their environmental record,” Ace said.

The St. Paul-based 3M Company produces Post-it notes, adhesives, Scotch tape and thousands of other products.

According to the corporation’s paper sourcing

TIMELINE OF MONDAY’S PROTEST 10 a.m.

Environmental activists and volunteers Sen Holiday and Carrie Feldman lower themselves with safety cables from the middle of the Washington Avenue Bridge to dangle over the Mississippi River.

11 a.m.

University of Minnesota police and other officers start approaching the scene, both underneath and on top of the bridge.

12 p.m.

Officers remain on guard throughout the rest of the protest in case of an unexpected fall.

1:30 p.m.

The activists who were working with ForestEthics, a nonprofit national group, announce the end of their display and start making the slow trip, using primarily upper-body strength, back to the bridge.

1:45 p.m.

University police mark off a portion of the bridge to greet the climbers, and pedestrians are unable to get across.

2:00 p.m.

The protestors are back on ground, and the University police give them sufficient time to hydrate and stretch.

2:15 p.m.

University police arrest the two activists for criminal trespassing, and they’re transported to the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center.

the day, University students * Throughout stop to look over the bridge at the

protestors who were advocating against 3M’s “destructive environmental practices.”

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policy, “3M is committed to sustainable forest management and the conservation of natural resources.”

The protestors’ large banner read, “3M to-do list: Destroy forests, pollute communities, and mislead customers....”

Biology sophomore Mackenzie Gierke said the “Post-it” was hard to read and the protest’s message was unclear. Many others

ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY

ForestEthics protesters Sen Holiday, right, and Carrie Feldman protest 3M’s environmental practices by hanging off a banner attached to the Washington Avenue Bridge on Monday. The two hung from the bridge for nearly four hours.

peering over the edge of the bridge agreed.

In 1999, a Minneapolis resident and animal rights activist hung from Moos Tower for six days and was arrested for fourth-degree burglar y and criminal trespassing, Miner said. Since then, there hadn’t been any similar displays on campus before Monday, he said.

University graduate student Ben Meyers said the “crazy” display caught his eye on his way to class, and he said 3M’s “destructive” environmental practices are something new to him.

University alumnus Nolan Morice, who is also codirector of a Minneapolis media company, said the activists’ approach was creative.

“It’s a good way to get attention,” he said.

ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY

Students and police officers look down at protesters hanging from the Washington Avenue Bridge on Monday.

MNsure must attract young, healthy people to stay viable MNsure u from Page 1

The average premium on MNsure will rise if young people opt out and pay a penalty instead of getting insured, said health policy and management professor Lynn Blewett. The healthy users help balance out the costs of covering older, less healthy people, she said.

MNsure communications and marketing director Mary Sienko said the exchange’s outreach team is planning events on college campuses to reach young people.

She said MNsure’s marketing has focused heavily on its web presence.

“We’ve been doing a lot of banner ads on different online portals where the young adults live, breathe and interact,” she said.

A week after launch, MN-

sure’s Facebook audience has more than tripled, reaching nearly 1,000 “likes” Monday night.

Many professional students, like third-year law student David Tibbals, haven’t considered what they’ll do when they’re responsible for purchasing their own insurance.

“That’s something that when I get to that point in my life, I’ll see what options are available,” he said.

Law student David Pascoe said most of the law students he knows plan to get covered through a future employer.

Neuroscience junior Tyler McNeal, president of American Citizens for Economic Freedom, said in an email the individual mandate doesn’t affect any group members he’s spoken to, because most of them use their parents’ coverage.

Health policy and man-

agement professor Roger Feldman estimates that only about half of people under age 26 are covered by their parents’ plans. Policy designers considered the number of young people taking part in the exchange while creating policies, Feldman said.

“They factor in only getting a certain fraction,” he said. “It would become a problem if the eligible — the people that would be going

into the exchange — decide not to.”

Although young people could still get good deals using the exchange, Feldman said, they may be overpaying.

“The premium for their policy will probably be higher than the actual expenses for that policy,” he said.

“They pay a little bit above the fair prices in order to subsidize older consumers in the exchange.”