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Nursing School gets $10M

BY ALEX BITTER abitter@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota’s School of Nursing received the largest gift in the program’s histor y Wednesday.

The $10 million donation from the Bentson Foundation will provide scholarships over the next 10 years to full-time students entering the Doctor of Nursing Practice program.

Pumpkinheads

Steve Busa and company warp time, facing a vengeful pumpkin god in the unstable world of “Ich, Kurbisgeist.”

Minnesota boasts a 51-game winning streak the Badgers want to break.

Steven McKinney was electrocuted while climbing a utility pole.

The donation, the school’s largest yet, will be used for scholarships.

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Beginning next fall, the gift will be used to award up to 40 scholarships worth $20,000 each to students entering the doctorate program, said Nursing Associate Dean for Academic Programs Christine Mueller.

The number of awards will increase to 50 the following year, with the goal of graduating 500 more nurses over the next decade, she said.

As mor e Americans purchase health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, Mueller said, the need u See NURSING Page 4A The University is matching the gift with $2 million.

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THURSDAY

Few groups jump to endorse

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President of College Democrats Laura Pratt writes on a whiteboard while group members brainstorm ideas for an event that would educate students on ranked choice voting on Wednesday evening in STSS. The student group endorsed Mark Andrew and Jacob Frey.

Some student groups don’t want to lose fees funding; others don’t have a party line to follow.

BY ALEXI GUSSO agusso@mndaily.com

Rushed votes irk regents

BY MEGHAN HOLDEN mholden@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota’s main governing body sometimes makes significant decisions quickly.

When the University’s Board of Regents meet for the second time this semester on Thursday and Friday,

because they could lose funding or because there isn’t an endorsed member from their

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they’ll vote on the nearly $300 million 2014 capital request for construction projects around the University’s system, a report they have been reviewing for more than a month.

However, regents aren’t always given as much time to look over reports they’re voting on and are forced to make quick decisions.

At the September meeting, regents were rushed to appr ove a dramatic u See REGENTS Page 5A Regents said the rushed vote in September was unavoidable.

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Group offers food, lessons U supports SNAC teaches students how to make healthy eating choices.

BY T YLER GIESEKE tgieseke@mndaily.com

Rose Betzler and Erin Ziolkowski finished unloading potatoes, a pepper and an onion and placed them

alongside other ingredients on the kitchen table of a Dinkytown apartment, setting a southwestern hash recipe beside them. Everything seemed ready.

But the nutrition seniors weren’t going to do any cooking. It wasn’t even their apartment.

They’re part of the Student Nutrition Advocacy Collaborative, a University of Minnesota student group

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sponsor ed by Boynton Health Ser vice that educates students about nutrition. SNAC offers in-home cooking demonstrations ever y other week and presentations throughout the school year.

During cooking classes, two of SNAC’s 10 members

rural majors Students say the U’s urban campus has enough resources for nature-centric majors.

BY HAILEY COLWELL hcolwell@mndaily.com

u See SNAC Page 5A The group also gives nutrition presentations to students.

Growing up near Plymouth, Minn., Luke Midura watched as developers turned the farmland and woods near his home into suburban dwellings.

The University of Minnesota senior chose to major in forest and natural resource management because, he said, he takes it personally when land is developed in ways that aren’t ecologically sound.

Though his major could lead to a job in a rural area, Midura and other University students in similar fields still choose the urban-based University because of the quality of its programs.

In some majors, opportunities for handson experience may be far from the Twin Cities, but students say the University’s programs make it worth the commute, and they’re not worried about transitioning into a rural setting after graduation.

The University’s reputation often draws in forestr y students, said forest and natural resource management senior Sawyer Scherer.

But the campus’s metropolitan setting isn’t always attractive to forestry students, he said.

“We want to be in the forest and not

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u See RURAL Page 5A Students gain hands-on experience through organizations in greater Minnesota.

Junior economics major Mackenzie Hanson and junior architecture major Cozy Hannula add seasoning as instructed by SNAC members for a southwestern hash recipe on Thursday at their apartment.

NEIGHBORHOODS

Third Ward fest targets students Councilwoman Diane Hofstede hosted the event for the eighth year.

BY ALEX CHHITH AND BRYNA GODAR achhith@mndaily.com bgodar@mndaily.com

University of Minnesota students, business leaders, musicians and other community members gathered on Nicollet Island on Wednesday evening to eat free food, learn about Ward 3 or try out a Segway.

Hosted by Ward 3 Minneapolis City Council incumbent Diane Hofstede, the eighth annual Neighborhood Fest consisted of residents wandering from booth to booth, connecting with ward businesses.

Hofstede has represented Ward 3, an area that includes the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood and other parts of the University of Minnesota, since 2005. She hosted the first Neighborhood Fest a year later.

As the November City Council election approaches, Hofstede and opponent Jacob Frey, the ward’s DFL candidate, are both vying for student support.

“We have been really trying to work to get students in, because I really strongly believe that they need to be engaged in the community,” Hofstede said.

Two University students from the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority volunteered by signing people in at the event, and students with the University’s Student and Community u See FESTIVAL Page 5A Last year, about 2,000 people attended the neighborhood festival.

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1985 The hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro reaches a dramatic climax when U.S. Navy F-14 fighters intercept an Egyptian airliner attempting to fly the Palestinian hijackers to freedom and force the jet to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily.

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BY NICOLAS HALLETT nhallett@mndaily.com

Two proposed campus eateries are slated to go before the University of Minnesota Board of Regents for approval on Friday.

The new café-style restaurants are destined for the recently renovated Recreation and Wellness

Center and the under-construction Northrop Memorial Auditorium.

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KANO, Nigeria — Nigeria’s military raided a bomb factory Wednesday where Islamic extremists were plotting attacks on the northern city of Kano as Muslims prepare to celebrate a major religious holiday next week, an army general said.

At the same time the leader of the Boko Haram terrorist network threatened more assaults “soon” using heavy weapons he said were seized in battles against the Nigerian military.

A video in which Abubakar Shekau delivers his message ends with a display of rocket-propelled grenades, anti-aircraft guns and piles of AK-47 rifles and ammunition. The Nigerian army does not use AK-47s.

Shekau warned Nigerians to “prepare for a big war” to overturn democracy and install an Islamic state in Nigeria — Africa’s largest oil producer with more than 160 million people almost equally divided between Christians and Muslims.

“This war is not a Nigerian government war,” he said in the local Hausa language. “It is a war to uplift Islam and get all non-Muslims to repent their ways and embrace Islam.”

The video, like previous ones, was delivered to reporters in northeast Nigeria, the stronghold of Boko Haram. Shekau claimed responsibility for recent attacks, in which hundreds of people have been killed in a few months despite a military state of emergency since May. But he did not identify any particular attack.

In one of the worst, attackers gunned down 43 students at an agricultural college last week.

On Wednesday, about 50 suspected Islamic militants attacked Itiku village in northeast Adamawa state and rampaged for an hour, leaving at least eight people dead, survivors said.

“It was only after the attackers left that the military arrived,” said villager Mallam Ahmad, interviewed in the state capital, Yola.

In Kano, Brig. General Ilyasu Abba told reporters one suspect was killed in two raids on the outskirts of Kano, but the others escaped.

Boko Haram is blamed for a July 29 attack in which multiple explosions hit a Christian entertainment area of mainly Muslim Kano. At least 27 people were killed.

Ilyasu said his troops recovered a primed suicide backpack, assault rifles and ammunition, bows and arrows and the makings of improvised explosive devices including detonators and remote control devices.

CAIRO — The politically charged trial of Egypt’s Mohammed Morsi will begin Nov. 4, almost four months to the day after the country’s first democratically elected president was toppled by the military, authorities said Wednesday.

The prosecution of Morsi on charges of inciting his followers to kill opponents of his rule takes the crackdown on his Muslim Brotherhood to a new level and is likely to fuel protests by his Islamist supporters, stoking the turmoil shaking Egypt.

Since his July 3 ouster, Morsi’s backers have taken to the streets in rallies met by a fierce response by security forces that has left hundreds dead.

Wednesday’s announcement comes as the United States announced it was cutting hundreds of millions of dollars in annual aid to Egypt and its military — a show of discontent with the crackdown aimed at pressuring the interim leadership to move quickly toward a democratically elected government.

For Egypt’s militar y-backed government, the trial is a chance to lay out their justification for the sweeping arrest campaign and ultimately for Morsi’s ouster. Authorities contend the former president and the Brotherhood, which dominated power during his year in office, committed crimes while in power — and have turned to violence since his removal.

But the military, now Egypt’s dominant political power, also opens itself up to criticism it is carrying out show trials to crush the Brotherhood, which accuses the army and its supporters of wrecking Egypt’s fledgling democracy.

Already there are questions whether the trial, in which Morsi and 14 other members of his Brotherhood are defendants, can be fair.

Morsi has been held in secret military detention since his ouster, with almost no contact with the outside world beyond two phone calls with his family. During his interrogation, his defense lawyers have not been allowed to talk to him and say they have not been shown any documentation of the prosecution’s case.

“This is a trial held under the cannon of a tank,” said Mohammed Gharib, a member of Morsi’s legal team. “Is this an atmosphere for a fair trial?”

One key question remains: Where will the trial be held?

A venue that is too public would be vulnerable to pro-Morsi protests, but a trial behind closed doors will bring questions about whether the proceedings are fair.

One likely possibility is a police academy near Cairo’s Tora prison complex where most of the Brotherhood leaders are being held and where Morsi may be moved. That would ease security issues of transporting the defendants.

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Stowaway’s dad says he’d sought help

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MINNEAPOLIS — The father of a 9-year-old boy who evaded security to stow away on a flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas told reporters Wednesday he’s been frustrated in his efforts to get help for his troubled son.

The father spoke at a news conference on condition of anonymity to protect his son. Sobbing at times, he said his son had a history of misbehavior but officials had told him they couldn’t help because his son had not done anything bad enough yet.

“I’m tired of people saying he’s a minor, there’s nothing we can do. There’s something somebody can do,” said the dad, wearing a hoodie and baseball cap pulled low to hide his face.

The boy took a lightrail train to the airport last Thursday and blended in with a family to get past security, slipped past a gate agent and took an empty seat on the Delta Air Lines flight. The flight crew turned him over to police in Las Vegas, where he was still being held Wednesday.

The father spoke at the office of MAD DADS, where the community group’s president, V.J. Smith, said county child protection workers told him the boy will be returned to Minnesota and reunited with his family Friday, not kept in custody.

Smith added that the county would “wrap some services around the family.”

The father said this son had been suspended from school for fighting before he slipped away Wednesday by saying he was taking out the trash. He said he and the boy’s mother presumed he then went to a friend’s house. She called police the next day, after he didn’t come home, and learned he had been arrested in Las Vegas.

“How would you let a 9-year-old child go through a security check without stopping and questioning him? How can that be?” he asked.

The father confirmed his son was the same 9-year-old who stole a delivery truck in Minneapolis and crashed it into a suburban Edina police squad car two days before stowing away. He choked up as he recalled discussing the incident with an officer who brought the boy home.

“I asked the of ficer, ‘Please sir can you go upstairs with me, watch me whup his butt?’ The officer told me, ‘If I see you hit your son we’re going to have to lock you up.’ I said, ‘Sir, what can I do? I’ve been asking for help, but there’s no one that’s helping me.’ I’m in what you call double jeopardy,” he said.

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Man electrocuted in Dinkytown climb Steven McKinney was electrocuted while climbing a utility pole.

BY ALEXI GUSSO agusso@mndaily.com

A former University of Minnesota graduate student was hospitalized early Wednesday morning after being electrocuted and falling from a Dinkytown electrical utility pole.

Steven McKinney, a 24-year-old from Plymouth, Minn., climbed a utility pole near 14th Avenue Southeast and Seventh Street Southeast

around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. He was in critical condition at the Hennepin County Medical Center as of 4:50 p.m. Wednesday, an HCMC spokeswoman said.

McKinney was walking with a friend in Dinkytown when he climbed the pole and touched live wires, which electrocuted him and knocked him to the ground, according to an email from Cyndi Barrington, a public information officer for the Minneapolis Police Department.

Minneapolis police responded to the sound of an explosion near the intersection, according to a police report.

Psychology junior Kaylin Graff heard the explosion from her apartment and saw McKinney fall.

The utility pole is almost directly outside Graff’s window, she said. She was shouting back and forth with two people outside her window when one responded, “Have you ever heard of Peter Pan?” Graff didn’t hear anything else for about five minutes, she said, and then she heard an explosion and saw something falling. She thought it was debris but later realized it was McKinney’s body, she said.

“It was just like a big firework, basically, that fell to the

Leg. talks synthetic drugs A select committee will discuss its recommendations in December.

BY NATHANIEL RABUZZI nrabuzzi@mndaily.com

Minnesota legislators continued ongoing discussions about synthetic drug use in the state at a meeting Wednesday, hearing expert testimony on the use and sale of the drugs.

The experts’ presentations focused on the difficulty of tracking where the drugs originate, how to prosecute offenders and methods of preventing use.

Synthetic drugs are federally outlawed and treated like their drug equivalents, if prosecutors can prove they have similar chemistry and effects.

Young people tend to be attracted to synthetic drugs, especially synthetic forms of marijuana, because they’re cheap, easy to access and seem safe, said Kristin Engebretsen, a clinical toxicologist at Regions Hospital and a University of Minnesota adjunct associate professor.

“They seem falsely informed that it is safe,” she

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for nurses is expected to increase nationwide.

The donation comes after a state report by the Governor’s Workforce Development Council found Minnesota’s rate of about 25 nurse practitioners per 100,000 residents trails the national average of about 34 per 100,000.

The University’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program offers a three-year track for post-undergraduate students and a three-semester track for students who have completed a master’s degree in nursing. Students can specialize in 13 different subject areas, from nurse practitioner to midwifery.

Mueller said all doctoral applicants to the program — one of the largest in the countr y — will be considered for the scholarship.

But she said it will seek out those “who want to serve rural and underserved populations.”

Nursing professor Donna Bliss said she hopes the gift will bring more diversity to the program and

said at the meeting. “Some of it is just being made in kids’ apartments, in back garages.”

Some exper ts, including Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Wade Setter, said synthetic drugs can be difficult to track because they’re available for purchase online.

“When you have somebody ordering over the Internet, getting it delivered to their house, there’s virtually no opportunity for [police] interdiction,” he said at the meeting.

When attempting to prosecute synthetic drug offenses, using standard lists of controlled substances doesn’t work because synthetics change formulas quickly and lawmakers can’t keep pace, said Carol Falkowski, founder and CEO of Drug Abuse Dialogues, a Minnesota-based company that offers educational workshops on drug abuse.

“You can’t outlaw what doesn’t exist yet,” she said at the meeting.

Adam Peterson, Prevention Manager at Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge, an addiction prevention and recovery organization, spoke about education and

prevention initiatives during the meeting.

He said parents and educators need to be involved in the education and prevention processes and that legislation should involve those groups.

Discouraging synthetic drug use can also come from changes in wording, said Rep. Dan Schoen, DFL-St. Paul Park, cautioning committee members against using the phrase “synthetic marijuana” because it could make the drugs appear safe.

“Marijuana does have a different designation in people’s mind than what this is,” he said to the committee members.

The select committee’s chairman, Rep. Erik Simonson, DFL-Duluth, said there may not be a complete solution to the synthetic drug problem, though “we can maybe take bites out of it.”

The Legislature’s Select Committee on Controlled Substances and Synthetic Drugs formed this summer and will meet again in December to discuss the experts’ recommendations and create a report for how to address synthetic drug issues when the 2014 legislative session begins in February.

individual clinical specialties that students study.

“That really makes the classroom much more interesting,” she said.

Third-year nursing practice student Connie Thach said the gift will reduce the financial stress of pursuing a graduate nursing degree.

“It allows the student to focus more on school,” she said. “They can say, ‘I can take that extra burden off of my shoulders.’”

For nursing practice students pursuing the doctorate after their undergraduate degree, it costs roughly $65,000 for the typical eight semesters of full-time study, according to tuition data.

Thach, who will have accumulated roughly $50,000 in debt by the time she graduates next May, said she knows many working nurses with undergraduate degrees who cannot afford to return to school to get their graduate degree. “[This support has] been long overdue,” she said.

The University is matching the Bentson gift with $2 million — obtained through re-allocation and additional fundraising — to expand advising and support services, according to a University

press release.

Mueller said the gift will help the University meet the new demand for nurses.

“The motivation is to meet the health needs of Minnesotans and beyond,” she said.

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ground,” she said.

Graf f said she heard someone yelling for water, so she brought some out to the street. Graff saw that McKinney had caught fire and his friend tried to stomp it out, she said.

Graff said she didn’t look at McKinney very much but saw he was breathing. He was bleeding from the mouth, and another woman was trying to turn him onto his side to keep him from choking.

Graff’s roommate noticed McKinney’s arms were badly burned, Graff said.

McKinney was last enrolled at the University during the spring 2011 semester as a

non-degree-seeking student taking graduate-level courses, University spokesman Matt Hodson said in an email. He didn’t attend the University as an undergraduate, Hodson said.

Police were told McKinney is an “experienced climber,” Barrington said in an email.

Xcel Energy of ficials received notice that there was “public contact” with an electrical wire around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, Xcel spokesman Tom Hoen said.

McKinney had already been taken to the hospital by the time Xcel workers arrived, Hoen said. The in-

cident caused some in the area to temporarily lose power.

“It was like less than a minute,” he said. “Enough to make ever yone change their clocks when they woke up [Wednesday] morning.”

Other people who heard the explosion gathered outside shortly afterward, and Graf f said she comfor ted McKinney’s friend.

Graff said she asked, “Is your friend a tough guy? Is he gonna pull through?”

“Yeah, he’s a tough guy,” the friend responded.

-Emma Nelson and Cody Nelson contributed to this report.

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have to maintain a position that we’re not endorsing any candidates,” Minkema said.

SUA assistant director Erik Dussault said student groups cannot apply for grants or student ser vices fees for the “sole purpose of par tisan political activity.”

Student Ser vices Fees Committee advisor Megan Sweet said groups are considered partisan if they are af filiated with a registered political group or candidate and can receive money through the party.

“Since they are usually af filiated with a political party or a candidate that’s running for election, they usually receive funding from that par ty or from that particular candidate,” Sweet said.

Independent mayoral candidate Cam W inton spoke at a YAL meeting last month, but Minkema said Winton’s visit wasn’t a political move and any candidate is welcome to discuss his or her platform with the members.

The College Democrats are endorsing former city commissioner Mark Andrew for Minneapolis mayor and attorney Jacob Frey for City Council.

College Democrats president Laura Pratt said the group doesn’t receive funding from the Minnesota DFL, which created the group, but it occasionally gets money from its par tnerships with Minnesota Young DFL.

Pratt said the group automatically endorses candidates that get the DFL endorsement. Howe v e r, w i t h 3 5 m a y o r a l candidates on the Nov. 5 ballot, most of them DFL-af filiated, none secured the group’s endorse ment.

Pratt said Frey stood out to the group because of his energy and ability to collaborate with dif ferent types of people.

Frey is running against two-term DFL incumbent Diane Hofstede in a race to represent Ward 3, which covers par ts of the University. Frey received the par ty’s endorsement last April.

“He’s proven that he’s dedicated to involving ever yone in the process — including students,” Pratt said.

The College Democrats have been participating in campaign activities like door-knocking and phone banking for Andrew and Frey. “[Students] bring a tremendous surge of energy into our campaign,” Andrew said.

Mayoral candidates interested in the group’s en d o rs em en t s p o k e to a committee of College Democrats and Minnesota Young DFL over the summer, Pratt said.

“Mark really stood out,” she said. “We were impressed by his energy, passion and knowledge of progressive issues.”

Andrew said his campaign attracts students and younger voters because of a “shared idealism” to improve the environment and other problems like

human rights issues.

The Socialist Alter native Club is endorsing Ward 9 City Council candidate Ty Moore. This is the first time the group has suppor ted a political candidate, said president Brandon Madsen, a second-year graduate stud ent.

“I think the Democratic Par ty has pretty much run the city, taking all the major posts for decades,” Madsen said.

He said Moore of fers a fresh perspective for city issues like funding for the new Vikings stadium and home foreclosure.

College Republicans president Susan Eckstein said in an email that the group is not endorsing any candidates because there ar en’t any Republicanendorsed candidates on the ballot. She also said the group will not host any campaign activities.

“We allow and encourage … campaign staf f and any mayoral candidates to attend our meetings, to speak about the race and gather volunteers to help a specific campaign,” she said in the email.

Similarly, Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow, another political activism group on campus, is not planning any election events, said president and political science senior Rachel Jansen.

In the past, the student group has hosted debates and for ums on the University’s campus, but it won’t this year because of the large number of candidates who share similar views, Jansen said.

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Syria inspectors must seek cease-fires

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — International inspection teams overseeing the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons will have to negotiate cease-fires between government and rebel forces to gain access to some sites, officials closely involved with the mission said Wednesday.

The revelation is a clear indication of the risks and difficulties of the unprecedented disarmament plan, and it suggests that the effort to rid Damascus of its poison gas stockpile may have a hard time meeting its mid-2014 deadline.

The destruction of the stockpile is being led by a joint team from the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

OPCW Director-General Ahmet Uzumcu told reporters in The Hague the timeline was tight but “not

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unrealistic.” He said inspectors have to visit more than 20 sites in coming days and weeks. Since the mission started last week, they have been to one location; they are expected to inspect a second site near Damascus, the Syrian capital, on Wednesday.

This is the first time the global organization that polices the Chemical Weapons Convention has sent its inspectors and analytical chemists into a raging civil war, and their security is a major concern amid ongoing fighting between President Bashar Assad’s forces and various rebel groups. The war has already left at least 100,000 people dead.

On Wednesday, rebels overran a military post near the southern city of Daraa, according to the Britainbased Syrian Obser vator y for Human Rights activist group. Opposition fighters late last month also captured a nearby military base that previously served as the cus-

toms office on the outskirts of Daraa.

“If we can ensure some cooperation by all parties and if some temporary ceasefires ... can be established in order to permit our experts to work in a very hostile environment, I think the targets could be reached,” Uzumcu said in his first public remarks on the mission.

Previous attempts by international mediators to negotiate broader cease-fires have failed, though it might be easier for combatants to agree to halt their fire in a specific location for a limited time.

T wo large umbr ella groups for the Arab and Muslim world — the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation — are urging those fighting in Syria to halt fighting for the duration of next week’s four-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, the Arab League’s deputy secretar y general, Ahmed Ben Heli, told reporters in

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direct up to four students in making a healthy dish. The SNAC members give nutrition tips and answer questions along the way.

Students who sign up for an in-home cooking class can sharpen their cooking skills and enjoy a free meal with BHS-provided ingredients, Betzler said. Members also leave participants with a cookbook to keep the healthy streak going.

Students are only allowed to sign up for one class per semester.

This fall, each group will cook southwestern hash, Betzler said. In the spring, they’ll make vegetarian lasagna.

The dishes are all vegetarian, both to accommodate vegetarian students and to avoid using ingredients that might spoil, members said.

BHS helps SNAC buy ingredients and host a 5K run in the spring, but the group requires little funding beyond that, said Katie Kasner, a BHS-registered dietitian and SNAC advisor.

“We don’t use a whole lot of money,” she said.

Kinesiology junior Julia McBrien, who hosted the southwestern hash demonstration with her roommates last week, said she enjoyed the “free food and good company.”

Although she said she’s not especially nutrition-conscious, she enjoyed learning to make something that wasn’t run-of-the-mill.

Plus, “it smells good,” she said.

McBrien said she was “very pleased” with the demonstration and wants to sign up again in the spring.

Students who want to sign up for a spring cooking class will have to be vigilant — available classes usually fill up within a few days after registration opens, Kasner said.

“It’s a really popular thing

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MAKES 4 SERVINGS

SMALL RED POTATOES, CHOPPED OLIVE OIL SMALL ONION, DICED GREEN PEPPER, DICED CLOVES GARLIC, MINCED TACO SEASONING DICED TOMATOES, DRAINED AND RINSED BLACK BEANS, DRAINED AND RINSED CHOPPED CILANTRO LEAVES EGGS

PREPARATION 1. Place potatoes in a large non-stick skillet. Cover with water, bring to boil and cook about 5 minutes until potatoes are tender. Drain and set potatoes aside.

2. Dry the skillet with a paper towel. Add oil and heat over medium-high heat.

3. Add onions and peppers and cook about 6 minutes until vegetables have softened.

4. Stir in potatoes, garlic and taco seasoning.

5. Add tomatoes and beans, and simmer for 5 minutes or until heated through.

6. Stir in cilantro.

7. Transfer hash onto serving plates. With heat off, wipe out pan again. Spray with cooking spray, turn heat to medium-low and cook eggs, sunny side up or over easy.

8. Put an egg on top of each mound of hash. Serve with hot sauce.

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that we do,” said nutrition senior and SNAC member Jonathan Mak.

Nutrition training for members, students

To become a member of SNAC, a student must be a junior or senior nutrition major, Kasner said.

That way, members have a good amount of coursework under their belt, she said, and have a strong understanding of nutrition.

Betzler said she joined SNAC to gain nutrition education experience in the field, something she wants to pursue as a career.

In addition to the in-home demonstrations, the group also gives nutrition presentations to students.

The group often presents to fraternities and sororities on topics like general nutrition and eating disorders,

Mak said. It also talks to freshmen about avoiding the “freshman 15” and how to eat well in a dorm.

SNAC works on one large project per semester, Mak said. This fall, members are planning a grocery store trip where par ticipants will learn how to locate healthy food.

Going forward, the group is also considering offering one-on-one nutrition counseling.

It’s all part of an effort to connect with students and teach them about food on a personal level, something the in-home demonstrations are emblematic of.

Although it’s only her first year as an SNAC member, Betzler said she’s enjoyed giving the cooking demonstrations.

“It’s fun to see everyone so excited,” she said. “I love it.”

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necessarily in the city,” Scherer said. “It’s something we sort of deal with in order to get this quality education.”

Fisheries, wildlife and conser vation biology professor Raymond Newman said he thinks the University loses some students to more remote schools like the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Bemidji State University and the University of Minnesota’s Duluth campus because they don’t want to study in an urban environment.

“There’s a little bit of selection that we probably miss,” he said.

The University has adequate resources for fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology majors, Newman said, but lacks many fieldwork opportunities on or near campus that some other schools

offer.

But students can get hands-on experience by doing internships or summer jobs at agencies like the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, he said. Enrolling in a master’s or Ph.D. program also allows for more experience in the field.

Though far from the Twin Cities, the University’s Cloquet Forestry Center near Duluth, Minn., gives students in these majors hands-on opportunities in three-week summer sessions during their sophomore and senior years.

For forest and natural resource management students, Sawyer said, the quality of courses in the major makes long commutes to places like the Cloquet Forestry Center worthwhile.

Minnesota’s chapter of the Society of American Foresters takes University students to forestr y sites around the country to work in new environments and

network with professionals in the field, Midura said.

Other student groups on campus, like the Fisheries and Wildlife Club, connect students in rural-focused majors with volunteer field opportunities.

Fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology junior Anthony Bodelson said if students in those majors take advantage of the “little things” on campus, like the Bell Museum of Natural Histor y, they can find plenty of resources. Getting in contact with people from around the state who work in students’ desired fields can also be helpful, he said.

Even though the University doesn’t have much forest land to work with in the city, Midura said, students can still learn the basic principles of forestry here in the Twin Cities.

“What you gain for having a school like the [University] makes up for that,” he said.

Cairo on Wednesday.

At The Hague, another senior OPCW official, Malik Ellahi, said that while cease-fires will be vital for some locations, Damascus has consolidated many of its weapons into secure locations away from rebel-held territory.

“So far what we have been told is that most of the sites and facilities that we need to inspect are in government control,” he said.

Even so, the teams of inspectors will need security clearances wherever and whenever they move. An inspection team “will only go and conduct its mission ... if it is assured that security on a given day, on a given schedule is provided,” Ellahi said.

Uzumcu said Syrian authorities’ dealings with inspectors have so far been constructive and cooperative.

The of ficials said it is too early in the mission to speculate on exactly how and

where chemical weapons will be destroyed and how many inspectors will be needed.

The OPCW has already said it will likely need to hire more staff to cope. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has estimated that the joint U.N.-OPCW mission will likely number around 100 staff.

On Wednesday, a new team of inspectors arrived in a convoy of six U.N. cars at a hotel in Damascus, a witness said. OPCW officials have said a dozen new inspectors were expected Wednesday, joining an initial team that has been in Syria since last week.

Experts say the weapons and precursor chemicals that are mixed to make poison gas and nerve agents like sarin can be either chemically neutralized or incinerated.

OPCW spokesman Michael Luhan said that despite the risky nature of the disarmament program, there were “no shortage of sign-

ups” among the organization’s inspectors to take part in what is a voluntary mission.

In other developments Wednesday, two mor tar shells from Syria str uck an Israeli militar y post on the Golan Heights, lightly wounding an Israeli soldier.

Israel’s militar y said it struck back, hitting the source of fire, but did not specify if the mortars came from a rebel or government position.

Gunfire and mortar shells from Syria periodically land in the Israeli-controlled Golan. Israel believes most of the fire, including Wednesday’s, is errant spillover from the Syrian civil war. But in some cases, it has accused Syrian forces of intentionally firing into the Golan.

In France, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault revealed, apparently by mistake, that two more journalists were being held hostage in Syria.

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Relations tabled a booth in the Nicollet Island pavilion.

In addition to volunteers, a few students showed up in the crowd, mostly for the free food. Not many knew of Hofstede.

“I think it’s weird that there aren’t many students here because of all the free food and information,” said biomedical engineering sophomore Andrew Cumming, who worked at the event with Student and Community Relations.

Kinesiology sophomore Cassidy Weber volunteered after Hofstede came to her sorority house to pitch the idea.

“There was no advertisement of the event anywhere on campus we knew of,” she said.

Frey is of ficially endorsed by the University’s College Democrats, who help him campaign.

“A lot of people will say

that you can’t get students to show up,” Frey said.

“Well, that may sometimes be tr ue, but you can get 20 students to change the damn world because they are willing to work like dogs for a cause they believe in.”

Neighborhood networking

Last year, about 2,000 people came to the event, and staff estimated a similar turnout this year.

Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFLMinneapolis, praised both the festival and Hofstede.

“Ever y ward should do something like this,” she said, “and she’s the only one who does.”

The event highlighted ward accomplishments and emphasized networking opportunities, with booths ranging from city inspection information to massages.

“It’s such a wonder ful way to showcase ever ything that’s going on in the ward,” Kahn said.

Signs in the pavilion established that the festival was a “Campaign-Free Zone.”

Hofstede mingled with the crowd and ran from stage to stage to announce raffle winners or the next performance.

Part of the event’s focus was housing development and new projects in the ward, including the upcoming Vikings stadium.

Stadium constr uction will add an estimated 7,000 new jobs, with “high goals to hire women and minorities groups,” Hofstede said.

The emphasis on development also extended to the future of Dinkytown, which is part of the ward.

Minneapolis Principal City Planner Haila Maze was at the event to collect opinions on development in the ward, including specifics on Dinkytown.

“As far as I’m concerned, I want to hear what the community thinks,” Hofstede said. “I do use that to make decisions.”

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

Student Neighborhood Liaisons senior Eskender Abebe and junior Megan Felz talk to thirdward residents Sarah and Brandon Soderlund Wednesday evening at the Third Ward Neighborhood Festival at the Nicollet Island Pavilion.

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cost-cutting plan for the University because of a fast-approaching deadline from the state Legislature.

The regents had less than an hour to review and vote on a plan to cut administrative costs at the University.

At the September board meeting, Regent John Frobenius criticized how the regents don’t always have adequate time to question reports. He said the hasty decisions could potentially have negative ef fects on University.

“I’m not sure which of this packet of stuff — that was just thrown on my desk — I’m being asked to approve,” Frobenius said at the meeting.

The packet was a detailed, 32-page report based on recommendations from Huron Consulting Group, outlining ways to improve the University’s spending in the coming years.

“If you’re being asked to

make significant decisions of real [impor tance] and you’re not given an appropriate amount of time to really study the document … that can become somewhat dangerous,” Regent David Larson said.

The board usually receives repor ts a month before it votes on them, as with the upcoming meetings. This allows regents enough time to review proposals thoroughly and ask questions. Regents said the push to approve the September repor t was a rare occasion and unavoidable.

With a University of this size, “it’s bound to happen,” Regent Clyde Allen said.

The Legislature’s deadlines aren’t created by the University, and regents said they are forced to abide — which may mean forgoing the time it takes to thoroughly examine the reports.

Last session, state legislators criticized the University’s administrative spending and asked the University to submit reports on its budget man-

agement more frequently throughout the year. September’s deadline directly followed the regents’ board meeting.

Larson wasn’t at the meeting, but he said the Legislatur e sometimes makes requests that make the regents’ jobs harder.

“Anytime you’ve got people tr ying to inter vene into the af fairs of the University and not [giving] us suf ficient time to respond appropriately, it can be ver y distracting,” he said.

Beeson said last month’s fast voting process was unusual and the regents are usually given sufficient time to look over materials before voting.

Still, regents agreed there is room for improvement in the reviewing process.

“This idea of just throwing bunches of paper at the Board at the last minute and then saying ‘approve it’ is something that needs to be thought through just a little bit,” Frobenius said at the meeting. “We can and should do better than that.”

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CONSTRUCTION

Lacking Washington Ave. bike racks Construction of the Green Line created a shortage of bike racks on Washington Avenue.

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n my way to lunch one afternoon, I looked for the closest bike rack to the restaurant.

I scanned the street, but I noticed there were no bike racks along Washington Avenue. None. Zero.

Since it was lunchtime, I knew it was going to be busy.

Bikes were locked to ever ything possible: sign posts, construction fences, trees, private railings and utility poles.

I even patrolled cross streets for any secure structure to use, but to no avail.

The point of this rant is the lack of bicycle racks on the very busy commercial corridor along Washington Avenue. It seems odd that a multi-modal boulevard with newly widened sidewalks doesn’t house the infrastructure to park a bicycle.

Bike racks are not costly or an unnecessar y luxur y. The City of Minneapolis makes installing racks an easy and affordable maneuver. It offers a

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50/50 program to businesses — the business pays for half of the rack while Big Brother covers the other half. This equates to maybe a few hundred dollars out of businesses’ pockets to add four to eight new spots for bikes. This is pocket change compared to the same number of parking spots.

However, simply adding bike racks may not be so easy.

To Hennepin County, which owned the road, Washington Avenue was known as County Road 122. Sandra Cullen, an assistant director in the University of Minnesota’s Parking and Transportation Services department, said Washington Avenue is a city road between Pleasant Street and University Avenue.

Under county ownership, the 50/50 city program

wouldn’t directly apply, leaving businesses with the burden of buying bike racks. Business owners may not be aware of the city’s 50/50 program.

To make matters more confusing, the Metropolitan Council, the Twin Cities’ planning agency, led the recent construction of the light rail Green Line, which runs down Washington as well. Cullen said businesses may also have to negotiate with the Met Council to make sure racks are not interfering with train movements or nearby utilities.

Although construction is still technically progressing along the corridor, the intensive, dir t-moving por tion is complete in Stadium Village and has been for almost a year.

If the construction status of Washington is the reason for the lack of racks, I will give businesses and the public entities the benefit of the doubt.

Cullen said bike rack planning will begin on University property after the Washington Avenue light rail stop opens.

Within Stadium Village, however, the lack of racks is troubling. If simple laziness is found to be the underlying

DEATHS IN IRAQ: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 4,802 — IRAQI CIVILIANS: 114,841- PLUS DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN: U.S. & COALITION TROOPS: 3,379 — AFGHAN CIVILIANS: UNKNOWN

factor, I would like to wag a disappointed finger toward Stadium Village stakeholders.

Individuals who drink the Kool-Aid of urbanism often ridicule the large amount of vehicle parking there is within the city fabric. In an opposite token, racks promote more bicycle traffic, which is a longterm goal of the city. In order to increase livability in the area, small additions like bike parking in front of restaurants and businesses should be a no-brainer. I would encourage the shops along Washington Avenue to proactively seek solutions to the bike rack crisis along the commercial stretch.

At the same time, I would urge all involved public jurisdictions to help mitigate the problem by creating a bike corral — an on-street bike rack — or add more racks on the sidewalks. Together, both the public and private realms can alleviate the demand for bike parking in the area and help me support my lunchtime appetite.

Chris Iverson welcomes comments at civerson@mndaily.com.

LEGISLATURE

Better safe than sorry The state’s new medical amnesty law is a step forward for student safety.

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Collin Randolph welcomes comments at crandolph@mndaily.com.

GUEST COLUMN Louis C.K.: Moralist “It’s not easy to go viral, John. You can’t just throw a cow out of a helicopter and film it. … Going viral takes work.”

My father has always had a unique way of explaining things to me. This comment was made in reference to the scant number of views his blog on computer programming has generated.

While I admire his imagination, I don’t think my father has seen many viral videos. They hardly ever involve cows and usually have a budget that precludes the possibility of a helicopter being used.

A recent exception, at least concerning the budgetar y issues, is a video called “Louis C.K. Hates Cell Phones.” The normally foul-mouthed comedian offers a five-minute monologue on “Conan” regarding why he won’t let his daughter have a smart phone.

“I think these things are toxic,” muses Louis C.K., “especially for kids.

They don’t look at people when they talk. They don’t build the empathy. Kids are mean, and it’s ’cause they’re trying it out.

“They look at a kid, and they go, ‘You’re fat,’ and they see the kid’s face scrunch up, and they go, ‘Oh, that doesn’t feel good to make a person do that.’

But when they write ‘You’re fat’ [in a text], they just go, ‘Mmmm, that was fun; I liked that.’ ” Beyond the possibility of cyberbullying, which is pos-

sible even for college kids (just look at a few college “confession” pages), there is an experience which constantly having a phone robs us of.

“Underneath everything in your life, there is that thing … that empty … that forever empty,” C.K. said.

What he’s hitting on is the basic desire at the bottom of our souls, which we can never fill. St. Augustine identified this emptiness as the soul’s longing for God when he wrote, “You have made us for yourself oh Lord, and our hear ts are restless until they rest in thee.”

Though he is no Christian, C.K. acknowledges how impor tant it is to be aware of the unfulfilled desire at the bottom of ourselves.

“That’s what the phones take away, the ability to just sit there. That’s being a person,” C.K. said.

In our cars, where we’re alone, that is when the “forever empty” comes into focus. We have two options: to “sit there and let it hit you like a truck” or “to (text) ‘Hi’ to 50 people.”

C.K. thinks the reason people text and drive is that people want to avoid at all costs having to face the desire that never goes away.

“One hundred percent of people driving are texting,” C.K said. “And they’re murdering one another with their cars. People are willing to risk taking a life and r uining their own ’cause they don’t want to be alone for a second.”

I raise the point because

I think the same can be said about iPods and the need of so many people having to constantly distract themselves with music or a podcast.

Do you really need a soundtrack to walk to class?

Would it be so terrible to just listen to the sounds of campus, or maybe say “hi” to someone heading the other direction?

An adver tisement I recently saw for noise-canceling headphones claimed, “You can now have complete control over ever ything you hear.”

Having continuous control over the noises one hears is perhaps the most efficient means of guaranteeing a boring life. I recall scanning through the Facebook page “Overheard at MSUM” and finding, to my surprise, a conversation I had with my friend Steve.

Me: “I’ve had two pots of coffee today.”

Steve: “You mean two cups?”

Me: “No, I mean two pots. … Don’t you judge me.”

I, of course, think our exchange is absolutely hilarious. The young lady who posted it seems to agree.

Just imagine if she had been wearing headphones, scared to face the unexpected noises of the world, scared to be alone for a second.

John Goerke This column was published by The Advocate at Minnesota State University-Moorhead on Oct. 8.

Comments should be sent to letters@mndaily.com.

his semester marks the first academic year that underage University of Minnesota students who drink are legally protected under the ADITI PRADEEP state’s medical columnist a m n e s t y l a w.

Passed in May, the law allows minors who have been drinking to seek medical attention without legal consequence.

Students from multiple universities fought for the law in hopes that underage drinkers will report medical emergencies, such as injuries, alcohol poisoning or sexual assault, despite having broken the law.

More than 600,000 students ages 18 to 24 attending four-year universities repor ted being hit, pushed or assaulted while under the influence. Even if just a fraction of cases are severe, medical amnesty laws are necessary.

Minnesota is one of just 16 other states that have adopted a medical amnesty law.

When Cornell University adopted a Medical Amnesty Program, researchers reported a 61 percent drop over four years in students failing to call 911 in an emergency. Mirroring this trend, twice as many students participated in Cornell’s educational intervention after they had an alcohol-related injury.

An underage drinker shouldn’t have to choose between safety and potential legal repercussions. The law underlines concern for underage drinkers far more effectively and empathetically than doling out minor consumption citations. While the consequences are legally less critical, it encourages responsibility.

The Minnesota Sheriffs’ Association testified against the law in a state House committee earlier this year, saying it could encourage underage drinking and hinder enforcement.

However, the benefits of medical amnesty outweigh the risks.

In Cornell’s study, students commonly said they didn’t seek medical attention because “I wasn’t sure the person was sick enough.” Several colleges have added guidance and counseling programs as part of their policy.

Following up with underage drinkers through counseling and investing in education on alcohol safety is also crucial in ultimately lowering alcoholrelated deaths.

Medical amnesty provides a safety net that ensures a path to safety. If this were to save even a single life, would that not be worth it?

Aditi Pradeep welcomes comments at apradeep@mndaily.com.

U deserves more from Teague Norwood Teague must be upfront about Jerry Kill and the future.

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ast week, Gophers head coach Jerr y Kill did not travel to Ann Arbor, Mich., for Saturday’s game following a seizure. As the Minnesota Daily reported, it was the first time in Kill’s Minnesota tenure he missed an entire game because of health. Thankfully, it appears Kill is recovering well.

Defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys, who served as interim head coach during the game against the Wolverines, said that he didn’t think Kill’s absence had a negative effect on the team, a strange statement given the Gophers were pummeled 42-13 on Saturday. Though at this point players are prepared for Kill to miss at least part of a game, it’s unlikely that a team without its head coach can perform at the same level.

Minnesota athletics director Nor wood Teague said he is 100 percent behind Kill, the Star Tribune reported. This is only fair given that Kill is a tremendous role model to the entire University community and was instrumental in the culture shift that led to the Gophers’ academic turnaround.

With that in mind, Teague should feel compelled to keep the community informed and avoid dodging tough questions on this issue.

He told KFAN radio Saturday that he’s aware this is a setback for Kill, but that “we have a bye week next week. We’ll keep managing it and move for ward.” Teague has used a variation of this line before, but after Kill’s fifth game-day seizure, Gophers fans wondering how much longer this pattern can continue deserve more.

Teague should provide a substantive answer regarding how the athletics department plans on handling the issue if Kill continues to miss games as a result of his health. At the very least, he should acknowledge, as Kill himself has, that a coach missing parts or all of multiple games a season is not a sustainable leadership model.

Bike plan survey open to University

University area bikers should make sure to be heard in the Hennepin County Bike Plan.

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ennepin County opened its bike plan survey last week in an effort to get community input on potential future projects.

Rose Ryan, pedestrian and bicycle coordinator for Hennepin County, said that community input is vital in setting priorities and developing design guidelines for the plan.

“Planning bikeways is an endless activity,” Ryan said. “We really need preferences in bikeway projects.”

Hennepin County plans to draft a detailed plan by spring 2014 and will seek more community input after that.

Molly Sullivan, vice president of the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition Board of Directors, said University of Minnesota students and staff may not be aware of changes in bike infrastructure or even know how to ask. Sullivan highlighted the death of Kimberly Yeong Sil Hull, who died in a truck-bike collision in 2011 on Fourth Street and 15th Avenue, as a reason that the University campus must be included in the plan.

“Bikers should be protected on campus,” Sullivan said. “Infrastructure should not be a barrier for anyone to bike throughout Minneapolis.”

Simon Blenski, Minneapolis Public Works bicycle and pedestrian planner, said the plan is important to the University area because roads near campus, like University Avenue east of Interstate 35W, fall under Hennepin County’s jurisdiction, not the city or University. University Avenue is the busiest street location in the city with 4,000 daily riders, Blenski said.

In order for the University area to not be overlooked in the bike plan, we urge faculty, staff and students to take the sur vey and spot problem areas on the county’s interactive map.

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Women set for border battle with Badgers Minnesota boasts a 51-game winning streak the Badgers want to break.

BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com

No. 1 Minnesota will raise its NCAA championship banner Friday — and then get back to business.

“It’s something that’s an incredible experience and something that we’ll a l w a y s r e m e m b e r, b u t once that puck drops, it’s going to be all about this year,” head coach Brad Frost said.

And the Gophers will have a tough task ahead of them this weekend with No. 4 Wisconsin in town.

“It’s … the border battle, so that’s always exciting,” sophomore for ward Hannah Brandt said. “It’s our home-opener weekend, so it would be exciting anyways, but it obviously adds a little incentive.”

Wisconsin goalie Alex Rigsby said the rivalr y is “one of a kind.”

“Ever y time we play them, it’s a fun, competitive game,” she said. “You know it’s going to be great hockey ever y time you step on the ice.”

Rigsby said the border battle series is her favorite to play in.

Minnesota swept Wisconsin last season in four games, but the two teams now look ver y dif ferent after having both lost their leading scorers, among others.

Rigsby par ticipated in Team USA’s selection camp in the of fseason but was left of f the national team’s 25-player roster.

Still, the Gophers know she’s an elite talent between the pipes.

“She has the ability to change games,” said Brandt, who’s played both with and against Rigsby. “Hopefully she’s not playing as [well] as she can.”

Rigsby posted a 1.49 goals-against average last season and had a .943 save percentage in nearly 2,100 minutes.

Gophers senior for-

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Sophomore forward Hannah Brandt skates with the puck during the Gophers’ exhibition game against Team Japan on Sept. 26 at Ridder Arena.

war d Sarah Davis said goals were hard to come by against Rigsby and admitted she didn’t know the key to getting pucks past her.

“I don’t know,” Davis said with a laugh. “Can you let me know, because I don’t think I’ve scored on her?”

Frost said with good goalies like Rigsby, the key to success is firing a lot of shots on goal, taking away her vision and capitalizing on rebound opportunities.

Minnesota sophomore goalie Amanda Leveille made a number of nice stops in a sweep of Colgate. In her first weekend as the Gophers’ star ting goalie, she made 45 saves.

Minnesota was on the penalty kill 14 times in two games last weekend and Frost said that can’t happen against Wisconsin.

“We took way too many

[penalties], and you just can’t do that against a top opponent,” he said.

Minnesota killed two 5-on-3 penalty situations, and Frost said the team did a good job with that.

But he said the 5-on-4 penalty kill needed a little work.

“Every team is going to be coming for us, and it really doesn’t matter who we’re playing.”

HANNAH BRANDT sophomore forward

“When you’re so early in the season, it’s hard to be really sharp in your special teams,” he said.

This weekend, on top of the border-battle rivalr y and the fact that the Go-

phers are the defending national champions, the Badgers will present a legitimate challenge to the Gophers’ 51-game winning streak “I’m sure ever yone wants to end the streak,” Brandt said. “They probably think a little bit more about it even than we do.”

The Badgers had a 32-game unbeaten streak spanning from the 2010-11 season to the 2011-12 season.

Minnesota ended it with a 3-2 win. And Rigsby hasn’t forgotten.

“That’d be awesome to be able to break [the Gophers’ winning streak],” Rigsby said. “They broke ours my sophomore year, [so] it’d be nice to be able to do the same to them.”

The Gophers know they’ll get W isconsin’s best this weekend and Frost said the series will be a good barometer for both teams to see where

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VS NO. 1 MINNESOTA

NO. 4 WISCONSIN

6:07 p.m., Friday and 4:07 p.m., Saturday in Minneapolis, Minn.

MINNESOTA: Minnesota will unveil its NCAA championship banner and then welcome Wisconsin to town for its WCHA opener.

The Gophers opened their season last weekend with 3-1 and 8-3 victories over Colgate. They currently boast a 51-game winning streak, which could be in jeopardy against Wisconsin.

Minnesota handled Wisconsin, and every other team it faced, last season en route to a 41-0-0 record.

WISCONSIN: Wisconsin swept Minnesota State-Mankato at home to kick off its season with 3-0 and 5-1 victories.

The Gophers went 4-0-0 against the Badgers last season, but the two teams are very different this year. Both teams lost their most prolific scorer from a season ago.

Minnesota’s Amanda Kessel was named to Team USA and will most likely be competing in the 2014 Olympics, and Wisconsin’s Brianna Decker, who is also on U.S. national team, graduated.

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they stand early in the year.

“We can’t take a weekend of f, obviously, and I think even Colgate

showed us that,” Brandt said. “Ever y team is going to be coming for us, and it really doesn’t matter who we’re playing.”

MEN’S HOCKEY

Boyd bulks up, looks to make an immediate impact The Gophers will open their season this weekend at Mariucci Arena.

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BY MEGAN RYAN mryan@mndaily.com

Junior for war d Seth Ambr oz described his teammate and roommate, Travis Boyd, as “lackadaisical” when he’s away from the Gophers men’s hockey team.

“He’s a not in a hurr y very much,” Ambroz said.

That laid-back attitude wasn’t something Boyd brought to the rink this offseason.

The junior for ward said he lost “seven or eight pounds” of fat while putting on muscle in the weight room this summer. He also worked out five days a week with head Olympic strength and conditioning coach Cal Dietz, practiced power, skating with the Gophers skating coach and came to the rink every day to refine his shot.

Boyd said he knew he needed a big summer to ensure a productive 2013-14 season.

“It was definitely last year’s performance for myself [that motivated me],” he said. “I really think I was underachieving for my personal standards.”

While Boyd played in all 40 games last season, he only scored three goals to

NO. 7 MINNESOTA

MERCYHURST

NO. 13 NEW HAMPSHIRE

CLARKSON

7 p.m., Friday; and 4 p.m. or 7 p.m., Saturday at Mariucci Arena

MINNESOTA: The Gophers men’s hockey team will drop the puck this weekend as it hosts the Ice Breaker Tournament. Minnesota will first play Mercyhurst on Friday, and the winner of that game will face the winner of the New Hampshire-Clarkson contest.

In its first exhibition game of the season last weekend, Minnesota defeated Lethbridge 5-1 at Mariucci Arena, but the physical game resulted in five game misconducts. Freshmen Hudson Fasching, Michael Brodzinski, Taylor Cammarata scored, as did junior Travis Boyd and sophomore Ryan Reilly.

MERCYHURST: The Lakers played their first exhibition game on Tuesday, losing 4-3 to Guelph at home. Daniel O’Donoghue, Anthony Mastrodicasa and Ryan Misiak all scored for Mercyhurst.

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Minnesota forward Travis Boyd fights for the puck against Lethbridge on Saturday at Mariucci Arena.

go along with 11 assists.

If the team’s one exhibition game this season is any indication, Boyd’s efforts are paying off. He had a goal and an assist against Lethbridge last weekend at Mariucci Arena.

“He’s really took the initiative this summer to get better,” Ambroz said. “You can definitely tell he’s gotten better coming into this year.”

Gophers head coach Don Lucia said he hoped Boyd’s first showing of the season was a good sign of what’s to come, but he said the 20-year-old still has a point to prove.

“ I w a n t t o s e e T r avis’ game go to that next level,” Lucia said. “I think there is more of fensive component to his game than we’ve seen so far in his career.”

Because Boyd came in as one of college hockey’s younger players, Lucia said, he’s taken some time to develop. Now that he has two years of Division I experience under his belt, Lucia said, he will look to Boyd for goals this season.

“With the of fense we lost last year, as an upperclassman he’s someone that needs to step in and fill some of that void be-

cause he can score goals and he can make plays,” Lucia said.

While the Gophers are unlikely to have a 25-plus goal scorer this year, Lucia said he will look to players like Boyd to balance the team with 10 to 12 goals this season.

Lucia said a big question for him is who will play alongside Boyd.

While the other lines are preliminarily set for this weekend, he’s still switching combinations on Boyd’s line.

“Ever yone’s still tr ying to find their role,” Boyd said. “I think I’m a guy

NEW HAMPSHIRE: The Wildcats also hosted an exhibition game last Saturday, beating Acadia 6-3. Grayson Downing and Kyle Smith netted two goals apiece for New Hampshire, while Eric Knodel and Jamie Hill each scored one.

CLARKSON: The Golden Knights head into the tournament with the most experience. They played two regular-season games last weekend against Niagara, sweeping the series with a 2-1 win Saturday and a 2-0 win Sunday.

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who’s hopefully going to go out there and give you of fense ever y night, but also go out there and shut down a top line if they need to be and be strong defensively.”

Apart from his ice time, Boyd said he feels his leadership responsibility has expanded this season and he tries to lead the underclassmen both vocally and by example.

“I like to talk. I like to have a good time. I’m not a quiet guy in the locker room,” Boyd said. “So, I

definitely get up and speak vocally if I think I should say something, or if I think it’s needed.”

While there are many new players to lead, Boyd said he isn’t curbing his expectations for himself or his team this year.

“We’re going to have high goals. We’re going to have high aspirations,” he said. “I think we’re going to be a young team, but we’re going to be a good team.”

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SOCCER

Hobbs helps save season in first year Tarah Hobbs is only a freshman but is already a valuable player.

BY JACE FREDERICK jfrederick@mndaily.com

There aren’t enough superlatives in the dictionar y to describe Tarah Hobbs’ performance in the net for the Gophers through five Big Ten matches.

So, maybe the numbers can do the talking.

Hobbs ranks top five in the Big Ten in ever y major goalkeeper statistic. She leads the conference in save percentage (.873) and saves per game (5.50).

And she’s only a freshman.

“She honestly saves our butt day in and day out,” senior defender Lauren Bauer said Oct. 1. “She’s played incredible. I love her.”

Hobbs especially felt the love Sunday in the Gophers’ 1-0 win over thenNo. 7 Penn State.

She made seven saves in net, including multiple diving stops to rob the defending national r unnerup of the potential tying score, as Penn State relentlessly sent chance after chance on goal.

No keeper had been able to tame the Nittany Lions in a Big Ten regular season match over their last 25 games.

Last Sunday, Hobbs did.

“You look over at [Penn State’s] coaching staf f, and they’r e amazed at some of [Hobbs’] saves,” Gophers head coach Stefanie Golan said after the game on Sunday.

It’s one thing to put together one remarkable per formance. It’s another to do it ever y time on the pitch.

Hobbs represents the latter.

She delivered a similar

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MINNESOTA: The Gophers (9-3-1, 2-2-1) hit the road looking for back-to-back conference wins for the first time this season.

Minnesota’s coming off a 1-0 victory over then-No. 7 Penn State last Sunday.

Gophers freshman goalkeeper Tarah Hobbs has recorded three consecutive shutouts and recently was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for her performances in net last weekend.

Minnesota’s offense simply needs to score. The Gophers have just two goals through five Big Ten games.

NORTHWESTERN: The Wildcats enter the weekend still searching for their first conference victory this year (2-9-2, 0-5-0).

Northwestern’s come out on the wrong end of close calls throughout the conference slate. All five of the Wildcats’ Big Ten losses have been by one goal, including two overtime defeats.

Wildcats freshman keeper Jenna Hascher has been a bright spot in net. Hascher is fourth in the Big Ten in save percentage (.824).

Northwestern’s lost its last seven matches with the Gophers. The last time the Wildcats beat Minnesota was in 2006.

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show, featuring two full-extension, improbable saves in the Gophers’ 1-0 win in Ann Arbor, Mich., over the then-No. 13 Wolverines — just a week before her prominent Penn State performance.

Michigan attempted a free kick in the first half of that game — a hard line drive that seemed destined for the back of the net. Bauer said she thought it was a “for sure” goal.

Not with Hobbs in the net.

She flew out from behind the screen of the Gophers’ wall to deflect the ball away.

“It was nuts,” Bauer said. “I’ve never seen anything like that happen. She came out of nowhere.”

That type of excellence in goal has reached a point where coaches and teammates expect it.

“It’s just another day for us,” Golan said of the keeper’s per formance against Penn State.

Hobbs is beginning to receive conference-wide

VIKINGS

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.

— Free agency was right ar ound the cor ner for Brian Robison, and the 30-year-old defensive end admits he was a little intrigued to see what kind of options would await him when the season came to a close.

Then the Vikings came through with a final push to keep him in Minnesota for the long term, and Robison couldn’t pass it up.

Robison signed a fouryear contract extension on Wednesday, a deal he says will allow him to finish his career in the place it star ted as a four th-round draft choice back in 2007.

The deal could be wor th $28 million, includes a $5 million signing bonus and guarantees wor th more than $12 million total, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team does not announce contract terms.

“Me and my family sat down and talked about things and we realized there are not a whole lot of guys in the league that get to start their career in one place and end their career in one place,” Robison said. “This is an oppor tunity for me to do that.”

It’s also a chance for the Vikings to add stability to a star ting defensive line that is in flux. Robison was in the final year of his contract, as are defensive end Jared Allen, defensive tackle Kevin Williams and top backup Everson Griffen.

“I couldn’t have done this without those guys,” Robison said. “Bottom line is that I think the Vikings are happy about it.

I’m ver y happy about it that we shored up at least

attention because of her play. She was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, an accolade that comes after her third consecutive shutout Sunday.

The freshman keeper said she was “super nervous” after her first collegiate action in net in Minnesota’s 1-0 win over Iowa State on Sept. 1.

Oh, how things can change in a month.

“From the first game to now, I feel way more confident and just more relaxed,” Hobbs said Oct. 1.

And her ever-increasing confidence is spreading throughout the roster.

It’s tough to lose when your opponent can’t score.

“When you have [a keeper like Hobbs], it gives the team the confidence ... to be able to withstand some of those storms that we’re going to face at dif ferent points,” Golan said.

Minnesota’s of fense has struggled to score in its Big Ten schedule. The Gophers have netted just

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Minnesota goalkeeper Tarah Hobbs sets up for a kick against Louisiana State on Sept. 6 at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium.

two goals in their five conference matches.

Still, Minnesota has only lost twice in that stretch, a fur ther testament to Hobbs’ play in the net.

“She’s definitely kept us in a lot of close games,” junior midfielder Olivia

Schultz said.

As the regular season nears its close, Hobbs’ performance in net will only escalate in impor tance.

It’s something for which she’s ready.

“As the season pr ogresses, you kind of have

to rise up to each game,” she said. “For the bigger games, you just have to keep bringing something extra.”

That “extra” she’s shown in the last few weeks looks nearly unbeatable.

VOLLEYBALL

Robison signs fouryear extension deal

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NORTHWESTERN

5 p.m., Saturday in Evanston, Ill.

one guy for next year and hopefully mor e to come.”

Now in his seventh season out of Texas, Robison has 31 career sacks and has solidified himself as one of the team’s most reliable and durable defensive players. He’s never missed more than one game in a season.

“His consistent play, having an idea of what you’re going to get ever y single week, that’s a big deal,” Vikings coach Leslie Frazier said. “And he stays on the field. He’s not often injured. That’s important as well.”

The Vikings have a histor y of locking up players they view as long-ter m assets with contracts during the season. So this could be the first of more to a come. Robison said he tried to stay out of the negotiations until they got to a point where a deal was close.

“I let her handle ever ything,” Robison said of his wife. “She’s a tough cook and obviously my agent is a tough cookie as well and obviously they did a great job for us.”

It also ser ved as validation for a possibly risky decision he made in 2011 to take a modest threeyear deal in hopes that he would ear n a bigger payday down the road after becoming a regular starter.

“That deal to me was an opportunity to be a starter, an oppor tunity to prove myself in this league and I was able to do that,” Robison said of his three-year deal. “I’m not going to sit here and toot my horn or anything like that, but I’m just ver y thankful to the Vikings to give me that oppor tunity and then obviously seeing that I was able to have another opportunity to be here.”

Minnesota falls to Penn State in five The Gophers fell to 3-2 in the Big Ten after losing to the nation’s No. 4 team.

BY MEGAN RYAN mryan@mndaily.com

On paper, the Gophers volleyball team and Penn State were evenly matched with identical 3-1 conference records and only two total losses on the season.

And the five-set match Wednesday night proved it.

No. 11 Minnesota lost a close five-set thriller to No. 4 Penn State in University Park, Pa. The match was tit for tat, with the Nittany Lions taking the first, third and fifth sets and the Gophers nabbing the ones in between.

The average winning margin was just less than four points.

And the statistics showed how level the teams were.

The Gophers managed 18 team blocks to Penn State’s 18.5 and a .208 hitting percentage to .245.

“We saw how close we are to Penn State,” junior libero Morgan Bohl said. “When we see them again later on in the Big Ten and then possibly in the tournament ... we know that we’re right with them, and they are definitely a beatable team for us.”

Bohl star ted her first match of the season at the defensive position, replacing sophomore Lindsey Lawmaster. Bohl played the position when the Gophers faced the Nittany Lions in the Elite Eight last season and said that

experience helped against the seasoned and powerful Penn State hitters.

Penn State’s senior right-side hitter Ariel Scott led the match with 25 kills while three of her teammates also had doubledigit kills. “ Yo u ’ v e k i n d o f g o t to get past the mentality [that] they’re hard hitters and ... work on the process of getting in a good place and reading from there,” Bohl said.

Senior outside hitter Ashley Wittman led the Gophers of fensively and defensively with 18 kills and 22 digs.

“I was just tr ying to lead the team and tr ying to get the emotion in there,” Wittman said. “The more I got into it, the more I think it helped my team.”

Senior middle blocker Tori Dixon had 17 kills and nine total blocks. She said her team played pretty much just how it wanted.

“We stuck to a plan for most of the match,” Dixon said. “And then when we got in trouble, that’s when we kind of fell of f the plan.”

While the match could have gone either way, the Gophers aren’t bitter about ending up on the wrong side.

“Ther e [ar e] things we could have done better, and a few more things would have tur ned a couple more points, but you never know,” W ittman said. “I think for 90 percent of that game, we

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Minnesota middle blocker Tori Dixon prepares to spike the ball against Purdue on Sept. 29 at the Sports Pavilion.

fought for our lives.”

Ohio State on Saturday

The Gophers will end their two-weekend road trip by traveling to Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday to take on No. 14 Ohio State.

The Buckeyes are 14-2 overall and 2-2 in the Big Ten conference.

They lost in three sets at home to No. 7 Michigan State on Sept. 29 and in

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MUSIC

Getting meta with Father John Misty After a rocky start, A&E interviewed Josh Tillman about getting interviewed.

BY EMILY EVELAND eeveland@mndaily.com

J

oshua Tillman, otherwise known as Father John Misty, is a guitarplaying wordsmith and former Fleet Foxes drummer, notorious for his usage of hallucinogenic mushrooms and his depar ture from a devout Christian upbringing — but he’s sick of talking about it.

My inter view with Tillman began poorly, to say the least. When I asked him to name a few of the experiences that inspired his music, he blurted out a series of extravagant lies with corresponding song titles like “Red Gatorade Blues,” “Mommy Help, I’m Coming Out Backwards” and “Baby Stop Punching Me,” which don’t exist on any of his eight studio albums.

When I mentioned his Christian background, Tillman’s hostility sent shockwaves through the telephone cord.

“It’s just funny to hear, like, details of your life kind of reported at you with a tone of dismissive witness,” he said.

So we got real: How do you feel about interviews generally?

You know, not great, but mostly because I will do my damndest to give someone an interesting answer. It’s a demented style of conversation where one person is put on the spot to be explicitly and uncomfortably honest.

It’s like having a conversation with someone wearing a mask, you know?

And I do it to myself because I want to accomplish something in the interview context. I’m not just trying to promote my show in Minnesota….

I have to maintain some type of illusion that the person I’m talking to, namely you, are interested in some way in what I have to say. But what I find frustrating about them is that there’s no real conversation. You know, the

question will be like, “So, how do you feel about faith?” and I’ll go, “Blah blah blah blah, definitions, wanna be closer to God,” and the other person will go, “OK. So I read that you drove down the coast and took mushrooms.”

It’s like, did you hear anything I just said? Do you have nothing to say about anything I just said? So in some ways it can be a little disheartening, but, you know, whatever. It’s better than digging a ditch.

Or maybe not.

I totally understand that.

I mean, from my end, it’s one of the most uncomfortable processes to go through.

I’m sor- I know. It’s also these goddamn readers, you know? I hope they appreciate what we’re putting ourselves through.

And then you’ve got an editor or something who’s like, “So you guys just talked about faith for 15 minutes?”

I mean in my mind, it’s like you should just be able to talk about one thing. I really think on the next album, I fully intend to tell the publicist people at Sub Pop, “I’m not gonna talk about the album. I’ll talk about any other topic, but I cannot answer the same 15 questions.” It’s like, whatever I put in the bio, I’m gonna repeat for a year.

That’s what I was thinking.

I mean, why would I need that information about you when it’s all online?

Right, exactly. You having a conversation with me about what I think about interviews is a lot more interesting than having an interview where you interview me about my music. And everyone knows, like everyone suspects, that there’s a certain futility in the interview thing and that just sort of bums everyone out because then you have to go through this sort of cabaret act where I pretend I’m telling you things for the first time and you hope I’m not going to come through the phone and strangle you for asking the same question for the 800th time.

But anyway, that’s how I feel about interviews. Sometimes they’re great. Like now, this is going great. I just like breaking down that meta wall, and if I’m doing an in-

Father John Misty performs at the Basilica Block Party on July 12.

terview, I want to talk about doing an interview, or if I’m writing a song, I like writing a song about writing a song.

I was looking through your website and noticed this kind of tongue-and-cheeky way you talk about the music industry and social media sites. You’ve kind of blown up, so how do you deal with that and still have that attitude?

Well, I have to take some issue with — I’m not sure that I’ve blown up, exactly. But I think that if I have become more popular or if I have become popular in some relative sense of the word, then I think it’s just because people like that shit, you know? People like my sense of humor.

They like my sensibilities.

And they are very polarizing.

Half the time, the things I say in an interview, the way they come off in print, I’m like, “Oh my God.” Because it can be so hard to tell when I’m joking or not. And I’ll say these really kind of arrogant things in a really kind of wry, sarcastic way, but in print it’s just like I’m being arrogant.

Which can also be kind of

funny, too.

But the truth of the matter is that there isn’t a lot to take very seriously in this line of work. Really, the only thing I take very seriously is the writing, is the music itself. Everything else about it is suspect.

If someone says, “You really need a website — you’ve gotta have a website for your thing.” Then it’s like, all right, but a website more than anything else is bound to be subject to my ire. It’s a fucking website, it’s hilarious.

So you’re still able to maintain some sense of autonomy and humility?

Yeah. Well, humility, for the most part, is in the eye of the beholder. There are a lot of people who see, for example, the way I conduct myself on stage — they would see that and be like, “Well, this guy is a pompous dick.” And other people would see it and be like, “Wow, it takes a lot of humility to get up on stage and acknowledge the fact that he’s here to entertain people, and this whole enterprise is kind of absurd.”

But ego is when your perception of yourself is so mas-

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sive that you think that it actually matters what you do. You have entered into this social contract where you’re going to get on a stage that’s 6 feet off the ground and sing into a microphone that’s hooked up to a huge PA and you’re going to pretend you don’t want to be there? Like, you signed up for this shit. That, to me, is a total lack of humility….

But autonomy, yeah, I have all the autonomy in the world, I think. Unless I wanted to, you know, put my asshole on the cover or my next album, I think I’m pretty much free to do whatever I want creatively.

I bet you could get away with that if you did it subtly.

You’d be a real master if you could subtly put your asshole on the cover. I mean, Picasso subtly put assholes in all of his paintings — that little star symbol that he was obsessed with — and he was a great artist, so there you go.

Anyways, autonomy, that’s good. It seems like that approach could help you keep from going to that place where music becomes drudgery.

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I’m not really looking for career happiness out of music. Like, I get happiness out of my wife. Music is this other thing — it’s this rational obsession that I have. Drudgery is impossible to avoid because if I do something three times, I’m bored and I never want to do it again.… But I mean, whatever, you know, life is pain. Get over it.

Okay, I’m just gonna ask you one more question.

Don’t make fun of me.

I won’t.

What do you think your spirit animal would be if one were chosen for you?

I’m gonna go with sea otter — with beached sea otter.

That’s always been my spirit animal.

FOOD

College Kitchen: Re-creating Dinkytown favorites Forget it, Jake.

It’s Dinkytown.

BY ALEX BRODSKY abrodsky@mndaily.com

H

ave Dinkytown’s eateries left you penniless? Tricked you into spending $14 on a hamburger you didn’t really need in the first place? Enticed you into getting a “quick bite” after class?

From time to time, we’ve all been overcome by the food options the Dink tempts us with. Don’t let it take your money and hang you out to dry.

You can make any of your favorite dishes from Dinkytown for a fraction of the cost.

You’ll also get the satisfaction of making something with your own two hands. Think of these recipes as building your own food canoe.

Falafel Sandwich Inspired by Wally’s Falafel and Hummus Unless you own your own gyro-meat-spinner-thing, you’ll have to settle for recreating Wally’s falafel, which even the most ardent meateaters will agree is equally tasty and filling.

1 pound chickpeas 1 small onion, diced 4 - 5 cl ov e s g a r l i c , minced

2 teaspoons cumin 1 teaspoon coriander 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 2 teaspoons flour Vegetable oil or another neutral oil 1 tomato, chopped 1 red onion, chopped Salt and pepper Pita bread (for serving)

two minutes, move the falafel to a paper towel-lined plate.

Serve either as a sandwich with pita, tomato, lettuce, red onion and tahini sauce, or as a stand-alone dish on top of hummus.

If you’re using dried chickpeas, you’ll need to soak them in cold water overnight.

Canned chickpeas, on the other hand, only need to be drained.

A blender or food processor isn’t necessary, but they make this dish much faster.

Combine the drained chickpeas, onion, garlic and spices into a mixing bowl. Using a fork, thoroughly mash the chickpeas while mixing the rest of the ingredients.

The mixture should become a thick paste.

Fill a frying pan with about 1 1/2 inches of oil. The falafel won’t be completely deep fried, but it will be close.

Form the mixture into golf ball-sized spheres; they should keep together well.

After a couple of minutes, when the oil is sufficiently hot — 350 degrees if you have a thermometer — place the falafel in the pan. It should sizzle immediately.

Using tongs, flip each falafel after about three minutes. By now, it should be golden brown. After another

Have you ever had a hankering for some late-night Mesa but didn’t want to get barfed on? Here’s your alternative.

Making your own pizza dough is an art form — luckily, most grocery stores stock premade pizza dough that’ll suffice. You can still toss it in the air like an Italian stereotype.

Feel free to substitute in your preferred blend of cheeses.

Mac ‘n’ cheese pizza Inspired by Mesa Pizza

Pizza dough 1/2 pound macaroni 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk 1/2 cup breadcrumbs Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.

Cook the macaroni according to the box’s instructions.

Melt the butter in a large skillet. When entirely melted,

gradually add the flour while whisking the mixture. Once all the flour is added, it should form a thick, light brown paste. You’ve just made a “roux,” which is the base for many sauces.

Slowly stir in the milk and shredded cheese. After both are entirely incorporated, add the cooked macaroni.

Roll out your pizza dough according to the package’s directions. Place the macaroni mixture onto the dough, leaving about 1 inch of space around the edges.

Bake the pizza until the crust is golden brown, or about 15 minutes. The time will vary depending on the thickness of your crust.

Orecchiette Inspired by Loring Pasta Bar Orecchiette is Italian for “little ears,” which is as good a reason as any to make this pasta dish. When you realize it only takes 20 minutes and $2 to recreate some of Loring’s food, you’ll realize how much money you could save on sweet dates. Nothing woos prospective dudes/ladies better than a fancy home-cooked meal. Just ask Dr. Date.

1/2 pound orecchiette 1 cup sliced button mushrooms 1 cup green beans 3 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 lemon

BRIDGET BENNETT, DAILY A re-creation of the falafel sandwich from Wally’s Falafel and Hummus, one of many favorite dishes from around Dinkytown.

1 bunch thyme 1 tablespoon butter Salt and pepper Cook the orecchiette according to the package’s instructions. Five minutes before the pasta finishes, add the green beans to the boiling

water.

In a skillet, sauté the mushrooms and garlic in butter for about four minutes.

Combine with the cooked pasta and green beans. Add the lemon juice and thyme and season with salt and pepper.

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THEATER

A heartwarming tale of zombies and cannibals Saymouka Vongsay’s “Kung Fu Zombies vs. Cannibals” premieres at the Southern Theater this weekend.

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY Laura Anderson and Meghan Kreidler rehearse the play “Kung Fu Zombies vs. Cannibals” at the Mu Performing Arts Studio on Oct. 2. “Kung Fu Zombies vs. Cannibals” is based on the five Buddhist tenets, and it depicts a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies and cannibals.

BY EMILY EVELAND eeveland@mndaily.com

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ucked behind a Sears Outlet Center and a tall chain-link fence sits Mu Per forming Ar ts, the only pan-Asian theater company in Minnesota, marked by an unassuming square sign hanging near the driveway. It’s easy for first-time visitors to question whether they’r e in the right place.

Beyond the front door, a dark carpeted hallway awaits, revealing a room piled from floor to ceiling with props. Visitors must then follow signs dangling from overhead beams that lead them through the maze of warehouse hallways to the hidden wonder that is Mu’s theater studio.

On a stormy Wednesday evening last week, the studio was crammed with actors and crewmembers rehearsing for Mu’s upcoming play, “Kung Fu Zombies vs. Cannibals,” written by University of Minnesota faculty member Saymoukda Vongsay.

The rehearsal opened with a recording of Sika, the lead zombie hunter played by University theater graduate Meghan Kreidler, nar rating the stor y of the zombie apocalypse that’s ravaged the world for 10 years, claiming the lives of her loved ones. As the recording played, Sika stood center stage, fighting off zombies in slow motion.

The narrative, at first, sounded intentionally average. But as the recorded stor y came to a head, Sika paused and the tone changed dramatically.

“And for some reason, these mother fuckers knew kung-fu,” she said.

With those words, DJ Kool Akiem’s funk-laden beats filled the room, the slow-motion fight scene switched to full speed and “Kung Fu Zombies vs.

Cannibals” proved to be more than your average zombie stor y.

“Kung Fu Zombies’ ” quirky character list includes a 6-year-old cannibal, a gang-banger turned monk, a principal who se-

cretly doubles as a kung-fu master and an old villager who shows love for his wife by dr y-humping her side. Where did Vongsay come up with this stuff?

Vongsay, a Lao-American poet and an English graduate of the University of Minnesota, is the community outreach coordinator for the University’s Asian-American studies program. She said the idea for “Kung Fu Zombies vs.

Cannibals” came to her through recurring dreams she had about fighting zombies.

“I decided to keep a dream jour nal, and then eventually those entries tur ned into poems and short stories,” she said.

She brought her ideas to a monthly event called Madness, held at the Playwrights’ Center, during which playwrights are given a restricted period of time to write and stage five- to 10-minute plays.

T wo years later, the 10-page script she wrote for the event has evolved into a thoughtful, high-energy piece applying Bud-

dhist tenets to a zombiefilled fantasy.

“How do you sur vive in a post-apocalyptic world where you can’t lie to get yourself out of situations that are harmful to you or take things that didn’t belong to you, but that you need to sur vive?”

Vo n g s a y s a i d . “ W h a t happens to your moral standards?”

Each scene in “KungFu Zombies” is based around one of the five Buddhist tenets, which prohibit lying, stealing, killing, having immoral sex and putting toxins in the body — the ingestion of toxins in “Kung Fu Zombies” comes in the form of cannibals devouring human flesh.

The production stays tr ue to its name, with showy mar tial ar ts choreography impeccably executed by the actors.

“Not only were we looking for good actors and Asian actors, but we were also looking for actors who had a good foundation in martial arts,” Mu’s artistic director Randy Reyes said.

Lead actress Kreidler said she took mar tial ar ts classes from second grade until high school. Between multiple lengthy monologues, she’s able to kick some major zombie butt without sounding out of breath.

To up the ante on the f i g h t s c e n e s , Vo n g s a y recr uited her husband, DJ Kool Akiem, who spent long hours writing and recording the play’s soundtrack.

Akiem, a Rhymesayersaf filiated musician who teaches hip-hop histor y at McNally Smith College of Music, worked with mor e than a dozen local ar tists to create the soundtrack, which will be released as a full studio album by the end of the month. Featured ar tists on the album include Carnage, Desdamona and Beasely.

The mixture of live DJing, kung-fu choreography and humorous social commentar y sets “Kung Fu Zombies” apart from standard theater fare. But the play’s message extends

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beyond its unique externalities.

“I would say that the title is a little bit deceiving because it seems like it might be a little bit hokey,” Kreidler said. “It’s actually a really touching stor y about a woman’s journey through sur vival.”

The oft-repeated line, “no attachment, no fear,” pulsates through the play, providing social significance and lasting resonance. Even the walking dead can relate.

THEATER

Pumpkinheads Steve Busa and company warp time, facing a vengeful pumpkin god in the unstable world of “Ich, Kurbisgeist.”

BY JOE KELLEN jkellen@mndaily.com

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orld” is something of a theater buzzword. Ever y play is supposed to create a unique one, but it’s rare for an audience to see something truly distinctive.

For director Steve Busa, “Ich, Kürbisgeist” presented an oppor tunity to make that rarity happen.

“All of the preconditions that you bring into the theater with you are really challenged. It doesn’t follow the linear order of things,” he said.

Sibyl Kempson’s play is relentlessly non-linear, featuring moments in which the time-space continuum tears itself in half.

“Ich, Kürbisgeist,” which means “I, Pumpkin Ghost,” follows Tymbl, a young girl who lives in a hamlet that subsists on pumpkin farming. We never know the exact location of the humble village except for a small clue when she introduces it: “Whr I crmt frm, it’s an oold, oold

woods.”

Did that quote make you do a double take?

Kempson’s play is written in its own dialect — a mixture of Old English and invented words.

“It’s a bunch of dif ferent languages slammed together — it looks weirder on the page than it does said out loud. The words seem strange but familiar,” actor and sound designer Skyler Nowinski said.

Soon into the play, we learn that ever yone talks like this. Tymbl is joined by the Ooldstres, elders who tell us the mythology of the culture — spinning stories about the peculiar histor y of these people.

The folk tales are timebending and occasionally violent. There’s a lot about deadly curses and the Kürbisgeist’s consequences for those who smash pumpkins.

It’s not all an oral histor y, though. These stories trigger a number of disturbing events that involve witches, puritanical time travelers and the revenge of one pissed-off pumpkin.

Nowinski was taken aback when he first read the play.

“The script is intimidating,” he said. He’s right — the formatting is anything but kosher and there are stage directions like, “A flash lightnung revealun

ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY Ross Orenstein and Skyler Nowinski rehearse for “Ich Kurbisgeist,” an agricultural vengeance play, on Friday at the Red Eye Theater.

all parallels for one second.”

This is what gives “Kürbisgeist” its unique spirit.

Kempson’s spooky, r ural universe allows an ensemble to play around with crafting the culture.

“The structure creates conditions — it doesn’t describe itself to you, but allows you to experience it,” Busa said. “For example, you see these people burst into folk song and dance.

It’s not built to push along a nar rative, but to show another aspect of their

society.”

The show’s quirks make it challenging in ways that other plays aren’t.

“You can’t rely on letting the wor ds be the power,” Busa said. “The acting and situations have to have the power.”

When it came to staging, Busa said, the time warp was particularly interesting.

Instead of using media and projections to simulate the supernatural moments in “Kürbisgeist,” Busa turned to choreography.

“It’s all about how the actors move through the space and how the lights work with them,” he said.

He also tur ned Red Eye’s space into a bar n, covered with real pumpkins and hay. The design is intended to completely immerse the audience.

While the play may seem inaccessible to some, Nowinski and Busa said that letting go of notions about what theater ought to be is key to enjoying the show. It’s all about strapping in to the

WHAT “ICH, KÜRBISGEIST” WHEN 8 P.M., THURSDAYSATURDAY, 7 P.M., SUNDAY-MONDAY, OCT. 11-27 WHERE RED EYE THEATER, 15 WEST 14TH ST., MINNEAPOLIS COST $8-30

ride with an open mind, because the Kürbisgeist may not give you another option.

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BOOKS

Book Club: “Penumbra: The Premier Stage for African American Drama” A new book by the University of Minnesota Press details the history and influence of the Twin Cities’ AfricanAmerican theater company.

BY THOM Q. JOHNSON tjohnson@mndaily.com

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he Penumbra Theatre in St. Paul is a stor y of AfricanAmerican experience. Since its founding on the wave of the Black Arts Movement, the ar tistic arm of Black Power, the Penumbra has staged more than 150 performances of African-American drama and guided the narrative of Afro thought in American theater.

A new book published by the University of Minnesota Press, “Penumbra: The Premier Stage for African American Drama” by Macelle Mahala, a University alumna and assistant professor of theater arts at the University of the Pacific, explores the histor y of the theater as an ar tistic and community catalyst in the Twin Cities and beyond.

In 216 pages, Mahala tells a series of concise and vivid stories of the Penumbra’s development. Given the theater’s recent financial uncertainty — last year, the season was halted and more than 1,400 donors raised $359,000 to keep the lights on — Mahala’s book

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is a welcome reminder of just how important the Penumbra is.

Before the theater’s establishment in 1976 (Twin Cities theater trivia: The West Bank’s Mixed Blood Theatre was founded the same year), few oppor tunities existed in the Twin Cities for actors of color.

While the establishment of the Guthrie Theater in 1963 helped raise local theater to a more prominent stage, most performances at the time were lily white.

According to Mahala, in the first 28 years of Guthrie performances, only one was outside of the white cultural narrative.

Penumbra “provided a much-needed cultural alternative to the kinds of plays … offered by the predominantly white theater institutions of the Twin Cities,” she wrote.

The book emphasizes how Penumbra worked to

ERIN WESTOVER, DAILY FILE PHOTO Penumbra Theatre founder and artistic director Lou Bellamy sits in front of the quilt wall on Jan. 25, 2012, at Penumbra.

exist “inside” the AfricanAmerican social and political experience, developing the ar tistic strengths of the company while staying rooted to the streets outside the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, where the group performs.

From the Penumbra’s holiday mainstay “Black Nativity,” a retelling of the biblical nativity stor y with

an all-black cast, to its relationship with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson and its modern push for intercultural collaborations, Mahala’s historical telling shows how the theater’s productions maintain their purpose as an active mirror of society and embrace the idea of “art for social change.”

Mahala writes with fre-

quent and lengthy quotations from those directly involved with the action, giving the book an authentic, documentary-like feel.

Wrapped in the histor y of the theater is the stor y of founder and ar tistic director Lou Bellamy. He’s been at the Penumbra’s helm since day one and has fought to make the theater “a space where

honest interrogation of the African-American ethos could be made with minimal hegemonic influence from the larger society,” as he wrote in the book’s foreword.

Malaha’s book is not only an opportunity to reflect on what the Penumbra has achieved but also a rallying call for why it should continue.

DANCING

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friday

few patrons huddled under the awning at St. Paul’s oldest LGBT bar, sucking in smoke from their cigarettes and talking as rain poured down around them late Friday night.

The heavy beat of an up-tempo dance song inside reverberated out onto the street, and colored lights flickered through the open front door, suggesting that whatever was going on inside The Town House was a lot more exciting than the gloomy, wet weather outside.

Just beyond the bouncer and in front of a hootin’ and hollerin’ crowd, Queenie Von Cur ves took center stage wearing a black and white dr ess wor thy of prom, with a white feather boa draped around her shoulders. The DJ cued a number by the Wet Spots, and soft, lighthear ted vocals filled the room. She danced on stage during the first verse, her green and teal curls bouncing with every step. When the song got to the chorus, “Do you take it in the ass?” Queenie Von Curves began to strip.

She gracefully unbuttoned her elegant dress to reveal a black strapless corset and black sequined under wear. The crowd whistled and shouted. Some walked up to the edge of the stage and held out dollar bills. Queenie Von Cur ves took off another layer.

This time, she peeled down to a black-and-white fringed bra that swayed when she shimmied and lace panties that made no attempt to cover her backside.

She turned toward the

back of the stage, placed her gloved hand at the base of her thigh and slowly drew it between her cheeks and up her spine. Before the audience realized what happened, the white satin glove was off her hand, dangling between her cheeks.

She continued to play with her boa and toy with the audience, oozing confidence and sass with ever y movement.

In the final reveal, she flung her bra to the ground and twirled sparkly pasties attached to her breasts.

Then she stuck two more pasties to her butt cheeks and wiggled them in circles as the melodic music faded out and the lights went down. The crowd burst into uproarious applause.

This is what you might see if you attend a burlesque show in the Twin Cities.

The most recent revival of burlesque in Minnesota started a decade ago, when Amy Buchanan founded Le Cirque Rouge. Since then, original troupe members went on to form their own troupes, and new members branched out even further.

Foxy Tann, a local burlesque dancer and performer, said, “If you draw a graph, ever ything leads back to Amy [Buchanan].”

When tr ying to explain burlesque’s popularity resurgence, Foxy Tann quoted one of the “original” dancers from 2003: “Gina Louise said, ‘Burlesque is like sushi.’ Sushi first came out and people were like, ‘What the hell is that?’ People were not eating sushi 15, 20 years ago.

Then, the first restaurant came out. And more and more people started eating it. And then all of a sudden

Neil Hamburger If you want to get stupid drunk, you go to the Turf Club. If you want to listen to stupid, good humor, you go to a Neil Hamburger show. So if you want to have a stupid good time while skipping the Father John Misty show at the First Avenue Mainroom (8 p.m., $25, 18+), you know what you gotta do. This Friday, the king of self-deprecating humor Mr. Hamburger takes the stage joined by Major Entertainer Mike H. You may remember Hamburger from his appearance on the Adult Swim favorite “Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job!” as the greasy taxi driver from the first season. His brand of agonizingly uncomfortable delivery is not for everyone, but once you’ve had the taste for it, it’s hard to get enough. u Where: The Turf Club; 1601 University Ave., St. Paul u When: 9 p.m. u Cost: $12

you can get sushi in the grocery store.”

Just like sushi in America, burlesque in the Twin Cities varies greatly in origin, style and quality.

Both Foxy Tann and her protégé, RedBone, said burlesque is loosely classified into two large categories: classic and neo.

Classic burlesque evokes the old vaudevillian, silent film era style of the 1920s to about the late 1940s. Dita Von Teese and Minneapolis-based performer Musette the “Mistress of Mischief” are modern examples.

Neo burlesque is modern burlesque that doesn’t quite fit into the more strictly defined classic category.

It can include drag queens, fetish elements, queer themes, modern music or political satire.

There’s even a whole subgenre of burlesque called “nerdlesque” that plays on Star Trek, Harr y Potter and other fantasy.

But burlesque is constantly evolving and changing, making it hard to categorize dif ferent acts and styles. The ver y nature of burlesque is about acceptance and expression.

If someone wants to introduce a new idea that’s never been done before, burlesque is a good place to start.

Nocturna Lee Mission, a drag queen who’s been part of the drag community for only six months, said her “rock goth” numbers didn’t fit into the traditional Top 40 style that dominates the drag community.

“Especially in Minneapolis, it’s been the same performers for so long. These performers are training in drag daughters, and this

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idea of what drag should be is being passed down,” she said. “For me, it felt like they didn’t want their norm messed with.”

Nocturna Lee Mission said the diverse and loving burlesque community was more accepting of her style. “[Burlesque is] lending more of a voice to people to talk about politics and beliefs and pretty much anything that you want,” RedBone said. “It’s a very open catalyst to be able to express yourself as a person.”

Cher r yBomb Jac, a University of Minnesota theater alumna, said BurlesqueMN, the “dance alternative” school she founded in 2011, “grew out of a desire to help women and men reconnect with their bodies and sensuality. I wanted to provide a safe environment for people to feel good about themselves.”

People in the burlesque community say the biggest misconception around burlesque is that it’s exploiting and objectifying the female body.

“The answer to rape culture is consent culture. And the answer to being exploited sexually is to be in control of how you show your sexuality,” Cher r yBomb Jac said.

Burlesquers are in complete control of their bodies while on stage. They select their own music, costumes and props and choose to spend their own time practicing. And through that practice, they gain confidence.

“A lot of women go to see these shows and they’re so taken by what’s happening on stage, and they think, ‘I want to feel that way. I want to be confident and strong in myself,’”

Grand Harvest As the event’s literature suggests, fall “is one of the most beautiful seasons to enjoy St. Paul.” And Grand Avenue is quintessential St. Paul. The Grand Harvest features more than a dozen blocks of food, deals and activities to support local businesses. The festivities are admittedly family-oriented — a bounce house, a petting zoo (which actually sounds pretty cool), scarecrow competitions and a pumpkin decoration station — but it’s a good excuse to go out and visit the area. u Where: Grand Avenue in St. Paul between Fairview Avenue and Dale Street u When: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. u Cost: Free

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The choice to get naked

Burlesque dancers explain how stripping down to pasties is a form of self-expression and empowerment.

PHOTO COURTESY OF EMMA FREEMAN “There’s always going to be a segment of the population who are morally against what it is that we do,” burlesque dancer Foxy Tann said.

Queenie Von Curves said.

At a burlesque show, you will see skinny bodies and big bodies; dark-skinned bodies and light-skinned bodies. You don’t have to be size zero, fair- skinned, 5 feet 4 inches tall and blonde. But it’s OK if you are.

“A lot of people thought we were just strippers on a pole, and they didn’t realize that it’s an art form,” Foxy Tann said, “Thank God for the movie [‘Burlesque’ (2010)]. I mean, it was a horrible movie. But it made

burlesque OK.” Cher r yBomb Jac said ever yone from moms to business women to grandmas have taken burlesque classes at her school. Some of them perform in a recital or show, but many simply come to build self-esteem.

“Objectification is not a concern. Playing into the patriarchal power str ucture is not a concern,” Foxy Tann said. “We’re doing it for us. We’re doing it for other women. It’s what we think is sexy. It’s not about what men want.”

Bill Callahan Bill Callahan first rolled onto the Cedar’s stage in 1991 under the guise of Smog. Over the next two and a half decades, the low-throated, stoic singer has grown steadily as one of the great American storytellers. His visit this weekend is part of a promotional tour for his new “Dream River,” released last month. The album features some of his deepest, most deliberate material to date. “Dream River” is a treat for longtime fans of Callahan who have watched him mature over the years and new listeners alike. Like a visit with an old friend over a glass of wine (or a couple of tallboys), checking out Callahan will be a warm way to end what may be a dark and chilly weekend. Fun fact: Did you know that Bill used to date Joanna Newsom? u Where: Cedar Cultural Center; 416 Cedar Ave. S., Minneapolis u When: 7:30 p.m. u Cost: $16-18

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Celebrate the darker side of the colder seasons with the hardcore knit designs currently of fered by Shredders Knit Apparel. They’re a little pricy at around $80 a pop, but with selections such as “Black Metal Knit Upside Down Cross Church Burner Snowman Sweater” or the “Krampus Knit Christmas Devil Sweater” your pullover will be scaring children and making you the dinner-table discussion of all who see it walking down the street! Check out the full collection at www.shreddersapparel.com.

Pumpkin Beer With all the hoopla about the dang Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks, it’s impor tant not to overlook our favorite orange squash’s other delicious contribution to the world of beverages: craft beer. A pumpkin beer is like a shandy (beer with lemonade), but the tastes come together in a rich and spicy flavor like a medium-weight jacket when it gets to 45 degrees at night. Most liquor stores wor th their hops have a few varieties on the shelf, like the Pumple Dr umkin Spiced Ale

by Cisco Brewers that’s been popping up around town.

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CULTURE COMPASS BY THOM Q. JOHNSON ignitempls.com Ignite Minneapolis is the area’s premier idea jamfest. Later this month (the date hasn’t been set yet), Ignite will invite 20 of the most interesting speakers to “ignite” a packed house. So why should you click on ignitempls.com? First, you can browse their hella cool archives and get educated quickly, and second, you should submit a talk. If you read A&E, you’re already a smar t cookie who has demonstrated the appreciation for original thought it takes to make it into Ignite.

What’s more, the organization could use some more college student voices. Get together a five-minute talk, fill out a form and make us proud. You have from now until Oct. 20 to throw your hat in the ring.

THEATER

Turning back the clock “Maple and Vine” questions whether the grass is really greener in the good old days by dissecting a couple’s initiation into a 1950s-themed cult.

BY JOE KELLEN jkellen@mndaily.com

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955 and 2013. T wo eras that don’t jive, unless you’re in Frank Theater’s production of “Maple and Vine.”

Jordan Harrison’s play deals with a couple dissatisfied by the fast-paced modern world. With hopes for a less complicated life, the two decide to join a cult whose goal is to recreate 1955 for eternity.

Director Wendy Knox’s assistant, Chris Garza, said they took pains to make sure that the ’50s and the present become difficult to separate.

“We have two end tables, a moder n one and one from the 1950s,” he said. “They kind of mirror one another.”

The couple, R yu and Katha, trade in lattes and urban condominiums for the SDO — the Society of Dynamic Obsolescence.

It’s a cozy community placed in an undisclosed location in the Midwest.

When Katha reaches her breaking point, after a miscarriage and too much time spent in an unfulfilling publishing job, she meets Dean, a welldressed stranger who’s behind the SDO. Katha’s intrigued by the escapist colony and convinces Ryu to go with her down the rabbit hole. So, they adopt 1950s characters and leave reality behind.

What follows is a transfor mative, dark experi-

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY Sherwin Resurreccion and Tessa Flynn rehearse for “Maple and Vine” at the Frank Theatre in Minneapolis on Tuesday evening. “Maple and Vine” follows a couple who give up their modern Manhattan lifestyle to join a cult-like group of people who have recreated the 1950s era.

ence for the two of them.

They find simpler lives, yes, but sexual, social and racial repression follows.

Harrison cleverly uses Katha and Ryu’s journey to question whether these boundaries lead to happiness.

“When you’re in the 1955 world, you have to be authentic,” Knox said.

Garza was quick to add that these people are

aware that it’s 2013 — they just won’t acknowledge it.

“They’re playing dressup,” he said.

This gives the actors a complex job. David Beukema said that por traying a character that’s attempting to por tray a character makes for an interesting challenge.

“They’re nostalgic for something that may have never existed,” he said.

Beukema said that there are times when it’s dif ficult to figure out what’s really happening in a scene. Since the cult members aren’t allowed to break from their personas, there’s a great deal of doublespeak.

“You look at the dialogue and you have to ask whether or not it’s a straight conversation or something else,” Knox

said.

It’s a play that has a lot of layers, which is exactly what Knox wants.

“We want them to leave the theater with other questions than, ‘Where should we go out to eat?’ ” she said.

If the play does its job, there’ll be more questions about society as a whole than three-martini lunches and “Mad Men.”

WHAT “MAPLE AND VINE” WHEN 8 P.M., THURSDAY-SATURDAY, 2 P.M., SUNDAYS, OCT. 11-27 WHERE OLD ARIZONA, 2821 S. NICOLLET AVE., MINNEAPOLIS COST $15-22

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LITERATURE

Minneapolis live lit welcomes a newbie A new story club in Minneapolis offers a place to tell our stories, with no judgment.

BY CALLIE SACARELOS csacarelos@mndaily.com

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ven if you’re the most boring person on earth, you have a stor y to tell. In fact, being the most boring person on earth has the makings of a great story.

That’s why Mimi Nguyen started Story Club Minneapolis, one of the more recent shows to pop up on the Twin Cities’ “live lit” scene.

“If someone said to me, ‘I don’t think that I have a stor y to tell,’ I would say, ‘Well, that in itself is a story. ... That’s interesting and sad. Let’s talk about it,’ ” she said.

Nguyen was involved with the original Stor y Club, founded in Chicago in 2009. After moving to Minneapolis, she created the first Stor y Club franchise outside of Chicago this summer. A few months later, she produced and hosted the club’s first show at Bryant Lake Bowl. Their second show is Oct. 10.

“I feel like we tell stories ever y day anyway. But we don’t reach as many people as we should to explain the human experience,” she said. “There’s something about understanding and relating to other people that you can only do if they tell you what happened. … It’s about empathy.”

Club house rules Minneapolis already offers a decent variety of live lit and spoken word events,

but none are quite like Story Club.

It’s not a free-for-all like “Balls Cabaret” at the Southern Theater, so don’t show up with your juggling pins.

And unlike the slam poetry- and fiction-based “Word Ninjas” and “Stor y Slam” at Kieran’s Irish Pub, Story Club requires you to tell a true, first-person narrative.

There also isn’t any scoring, as there is at “The Moth” at Amsterdam Bar and Hall. Nguyen said Story Club can be a good place for people to test out stories for the first time without fearing the judges.

But like most, if not all, live lit events, Stor y Club has a time limit. Featured per formers get a five- to 10-minute window; open mic gets five to eight.

The show includes a mix of pre-selected performers and random audience members.

Nguyen does a little talent scouting at other shows or draws from the live lit community to find three experienced performers to carr y the evening. Anyone else who wants to perform can drop their name in a hat at the show and hope they’re one of the three drawings.

This format is different from completely curated shows like “Rockstar Stor ytellers” at Br yant Lake Bowl, where the audience can only participate as an audience.

Nguyen said she hopes the variety of performances will ensure that the audience has a good time, even if some of the open mic stories fall a little flat.

If the show inspires you, follow these steps to get your own big moment on stage.

WHAT STORY CLUB MINNEAPOLIS WHERE BRYANT LAKE BOWL, 810 LAKE ST. W., MINNEAPOLIS WHEN 7 P.M. OPEN MIC, SIGN-UP AT 6:30 P.M.; EVERY SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH COST $6-12

Ten steps to storytelling success 1. Focus on the little things. It’s great if you have an epic tale. But if not, start looking for inspiration in everyday life.

“Even if it’s like, ‘I walked out of the bathroom with toilet paper on the back of my heel.’ There’s something about that that ever yone can relate to,” Nguyen said. “Of course it can’t just be a two-sentence stor y like, ‘And then I left.’

It’s about why it’s embarrassing.”

2. Jot it down. Nguyen said she has a note on her cellphone where she keeps track of the little things she notices throughout her day.

3. Set a goal. Some shows have a semi-random theme, like “Horrified” or “Tough Luck,” that broadly defines the type of stor y performers should present. Others are unrestrained. Aim for an event that works best for your story.

4. Start writing. Nguyen said she rarely writes the beginning of the stor y first. If you feel stuck, she suggests writing segments and piecing them together later.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MIMI NGUYEN Mimi Nguyen produced and hosted the first Story Club Minneapolis show at Bryant Lake Bowl in September.

5. Keep it short. An eightminute stor y is about four pages, double-spaced.

6. Practice. Story Club featured performers get two months to polish their stories beforehand. They even workshop their piece with Nguyen at her apartment a week before the big night.

“Practice at home in your underwear in front of your kitty or your puppy,” Nguyen said.

7. GO! “A lot of people lose their nerve on the way to the show and don’t show up, or just sit there and hide their little piece of paper in their pocket,” Nguyen said. “It does take guts to get on the stage. ... It’s like going to the gym. The hardest part is just leaving the house.”

8. Be confident. “The audience is on your side.

The only time the audience doesn’t like some-

thing is when a judge gives a bad score. There’s a lot of love. It’s a really great, safe space,” Nguyen said.

9. Make eye contact and enunciate. “It makes a huge difference,” Nguyen said. “Even if you’re looking at the page, just look up at the audience every once in a while.”

10. Have fun.

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BACKTALK sudoku

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

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10/10/2013

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

All rights reserved.

Today’s Birthday (10/10): Exploration in partnership thrives this year, benefiting career and finances. Hone skills, while acquiring new ones. Study with masters, and travel new roads.

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 — Apply beautiful creativity for concrete goals this month, with Venus square Neptune. Proceed with caution. Travel or study with a solid plan.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 6 — Stay close to home as much as you can. Beautify the kitchen or bathroom. Something you try doesn’t work. Family comes first.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 6 — New opportunities present themselves to follow a dream. Take the lead. Believe you can prosper.

Find the weakness in the plan.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is an 8 — Read and research from home. It’ll be easier to learn. Proceed with caution around a disagreement over priorities.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 7 — Success today favors strategists. Share your dreams.

Friends help you reach your goal. Count funds and pay bills. A shortage threatens your plans.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is an 8 — Make a stand for beauty. Tap another revenue source. Share dreams. Try some of them out.

Say what you mean.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is an 8 — Push yourself forward. Put in extra effort with collaboration. Dress it up. Keep practical and realistic. Worries about money could stress.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 7 — Turn down an expensive proposition. Life seems easier for the next few days. Increase your family’s comfort.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 6 — Let your partner handle household matters, with grace and gratitude. This week, churn out steady work results. It’s busy time!

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 7 — Discipline is required. Don’t worry ineffectively, or let yourself get too far off on a tangent. It’s emotion versus reason. Keep in action.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 5 — A job doesn’t go as planned. Try recycling, literally or metaphorically. Creative work is required.

Others look to you for practical advice.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 7 — Mull over your plans. You’ll be more analytical, with help from a technical friend. Imagination works when all else fails.

Thursday, October 10, 2013

overheard “Oh, I already got herpes.”

—Unknown bus

Professor: “Look at a baby — it’s so defenseless. An eagle could like pick it up and carry it away!”

—Psychology class

“I was sitting in the library with my feet up and shoes off while I was studying.

Someone stole my shoes right out from under me.”

—Coffman Union

Emaciated-looking old man: “I need to lose 10 pounds by winter.”

—Coffman Union

“I will lead the Hebrews out of Egypt and the Italians into fascism!”

—Folwell Hall

“I love it when I see guys who are bigger than me, but they can’t lift as much as me.”

—Outside the Recreation and Wellness Center

“Yeah, you have to keep in mind they’re only undergrads. You don’t have to give a [expletive] about how they feel.”

—Williamson Hall

“You stole a piece of my cheesecake!?

You owe me at least three sexual favors now.”

—Vice Provost’s dinner for honors freshmen Girl: “But you are short and drunk.”

Guy: “I am not short!”

—GrandMarc Seven Corners apartments

“I have to go pee in a cup somewhere downtown.”

—Coffman Union

Professor while solving a problem: “We want the ‘D.’ ”

—Physics class

“If you like soggy cereal, then we just can’t be friends.”

—Superblock

“Ethanol doesn’t have any uses except for drinking and driving.”

—Amundson Hall

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FOR RELEASE OCTOBER 10, 2013

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

ACROSS 1 Kindle add-ons 5 Fight 10 Rainy day consequence 13 Wool source 15 Personal strength 16 George’s songwriting partner 17 *Slow-to-develop sort 19 Cover 20 Work in which Iago is a baritone 21 Spot for a Hindu’s tilak 23 *Precursor to adoption, often 25 Like an unswept fireplace 26 “Ring Cycle” goddess 27 Skip over 29 Hubbub 32 Gloss targets 35 Maui howdy 38 Amigo 39 Pound spenders 41 Postal motto word 42 Coffee shop feature 44 Half a sci-fi signoff 45 Yard parts 46 Star in Lyra 48 Sphere opening 50 Gray __ 52 *Bargain hunter’s destination 58 All one can stomach 60 Northwest college town where “Animal House” was filmed 61 Big bird 62 Salad choice, and a literal description of the starts of the answers to starred clues 64 Twitch 65 Witch 66 Where many tennis winners are hit 67 Farm structure 68 Father of Moses 69 Word after high or open

10/10/13

By Jennifer Nutt

DOWN 1 “__ the Lights”: Kanye West song 2 First philosopher to mention Atlantis 3 Gourmet spreads 4 Ore refinery 5 Fiscal VIP 6 Bubble bath accessory 7 Hard wear?

8 Music provider 9 On hand 10 *21st birthday, e.g.

11 Hater of David, in Dickens 12 Pops 14 More qualified 18 Imperious 22 Flag down 24 __ terrier: Highlands hunter 28 More, in Madrid 29 Relaxing getaway 30 La Brea goo 31 *Old TV title shown in a heart 33 Newscaster Lindström 34 Capital SSW of Riyadh

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(c)2013 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

36 Weeder’s tool 37 Busts, perhaps 39 Lose tensile strength 40 Pumpkin pie spice 43 __ ticket 45 Evolves beyond forgiveness 47 Maintain as true 49 Tierney of “ER” 50 Drives the getaway car for

10/10/13

51 Mail payment 53 Vegas hotel with a Sphinx recreation 54 Colleague of Ruth and Sonia 55 New Hampshire city 56 Nine: Pref.

57 Lab work 59 Village People classic 63 Rep.’s rival

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dr. date Dr. Date,

I’ve been hanging out with this girl for a few weeks, and things have been really good. She’s cute and smart and easy to hang out with. A couple nights ago, she suggested we have sex. I wasn’t expecting it right then but definitely wanted to. We fooled around a little bit and were THIS CLOSE to doing it, but I just, well, couldn’t. It was humiliating. I’ve had sex before, and I told her that, but I don’t know if she believes me.

She took it pretty well but was definitely disappointed.

I haven’t called her since and don’t know what I’ll say if she calls me. Is there any way for me to save face here?

—Embarrassed

Bad Timing,

Look, it happens. It’s unfortunate that we live in a day and age where penis pills are marketed all over the place, and the common mindset surrounding flaccidity is one solely associated with old age.

But regardless of years, your brain can play funny tricks on you. As odd as it sounds, sometimes the sudden excitement surrounding (especially unexpected) sex is the biggest obstacle to getting Willy to stand to attention. And it’s frustrating as hell, but, again, it happens.

I’d say one of the problems with this situation is your first response. Saying that you’ve had sex before is weird.

It sows the seeds of doubt, since most folks immediately wonder, “Why would they need to say that?” Besides, it tacitly reminds her that you’ve been with other women, and everybody knows that thinking about their current partner in the sensual embrace of another is not pleasant territory. Sexual history has little to no bearing on your situation, and you’d be better off not mentioning it anymore.

Anyhoo, CALL HER. Don’t mention that moment. Revisiting this over and over isn’t going to help. If she brings it up, tell her that y’all should meet up and proceed to HAVE AWESOME SEX. Combine the energy that you were unable to harness the first time with the excitement of round two — make her gasp. Nothing erases a moment of embarrassment like victory. That’s how you save face.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

I have this pen pal, a guy I met over the summer, and he’s coming to visit for the first time. We haven’t ever spent much time together — just a few hours, really — but we’ve written to each other every day since we met, and have shared a lot of intimate things. I feel like I’ve developed pretty strong feelings for him, but I’m nervous. What if he’s completely different in person than he is on the page? Or equally bad, what if I like the real him a lot, but I’m not what he expected? I know all of this is kind of crazy, but I feel like I’ll regret not taking a chance here.

—Write It Off?

Read Between The Lines,

If he’s a completely different person than the one portrayed on page, then he’s a liar and you’re better off not messing with Mr. Two-Face.

If you’ve been honest in your correspondence and he’s not enthralled by you, then he’s guilty of possessing a great deal of wayward expectations, and again, you’re better off not messing with him.

If you’ve both been upfront, then you’ll probably have a great time.

But in order to figure all of that out, you have to meet. If you don’t, you will regret not taking the chance.

—Dr. Date

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

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GOP weighs short-term debt limit hike

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WA S H I N G T O N — House Republican leaders are considering a short-term increase in the U.S. debt limit as a possible way to break out of the gridlock that threatens the nation with an unprecedented default in as little as a week, officials said Wednesday night.

There now is far less urgency on Capitol Hill about ending the government shutdown, which heads into its 10th day on Thursday. It has caused inconvenience and financial concern for many individual Americans but appears not to threaten the widespread economic damage a default might bring.

The officials declined to say what conditions, if any, might be attached to legislation to raise the $16.7 trillion debt limit for an undetermined period, perhaps a few weeks or months. The GOP rank and file are expected to meet and discuss the issue on Thursday, before a delegation led by Speaker John Boehner goes to the White House to meet with President Barack Obama.

Obama has said he won’t agree to sign a debt limit increase if conditions are attached. Republicans are demanding as yet-unspecified concessions to reduce deficits or make changes in the nation’s three-year-old health care law.

At the same time, the House has voted to create a 20-member group of lawmakers from the House and Senate to negotiate over those and other issues — a bill that made no mention of the debt limit.

The of ficials describing the developments late Wednesday spoke only on condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to disclose details of private deliberations.

The disclosure came as Obama met at the White House in late afternoon for more than an hour with House Democrats. He told them that while he would prefer legislation extending the Treasur y’s borrowing ability beyond the next election, he would also sign a shorter-term bill.

In addition to leadership conversations, a group of House conser vatives met privately during the day for what several of ficials described as a wide-ranging discussion on the debt limit and the threat — or lack of it — posed by default.

No consensus was reached, but among those who spoke was Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the 2012 GOP vice presidential candidate who is chairman of the House Budget Committee and a prominent deficit hawk. In an op-ed article published during the day in The Wall Street Journal, he wrote, “We need to pay our bills today_and make sure we can pay our bills tomorrow. So let’s negotiate an agreement to make modest reforms to entitlement programs and the tax code.”

Raising the cost of Medicare for better-off beneficiaries and making changes to the tax code are perennials in budget negotiations, and precisely the type of item Obama says he is willing to discuss — but only after the government is open and the debt limit raised.

The private conversations stood in contrast to political maneuvering that characterized the day at the Capitol.

Its approval ratings scraping bottom, Congress took no discernible steps to end the nine-day partial government shutdown or to head off threatened default.

Instead, the House passed legislation that the Obama administration already had rendered unnecessary — on providing death benefits to families of militar y forces who die — while Boehner and Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi met face-to-face — and promptly disagreed even about which side had requested the get-together.