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A new housing initiative aims to help students reach their goals.

There is still no set timetable for Kill’s return to the football program.

Five mayoral candidates want to revamp education and police systems.

Dorms look to connect with students

Gophers prepare with Claeys, Leidner

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U courts Chinese students, reaps benefits

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CITY COUNCIL

Election will bring new blood Four City Council seats are completely open, and many incumbents are in tight races. BY ALMA PRONOVE apronove@mndaily.com

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Students share ideas at a Global China Connection meeting in the Science Teaching & Student Services building Friday. Global China Connection was created to help promote mutual appreciation and understanding between China and the Western world.

U.S. universities are benefiting from record-high Chinese enrollment.

We need to be the place for qualified Minnesota students, but I would like to see us get a little bit more geographically diverse out of the upperMidwest. Eric Kaler University president CRIME

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a n We n b i n g w a s the first and only Chinese student at the University of Minnesota when he enrolled in 1914. He joined the soccer team, lived in Dinkytown and never moved back to China. In 2011, Michael Wu left Nanjing, China, for the University and joined more than 2,200 Chinese students already here. He formed an intramural soccer team with other students in his dorm and said he never had a problem fitting in. As Chinese students have enrolled in American universities in record numbers — fr equently backed by family funding — American universities have stepped up recr uitment ef for ts, promoting a relationship that benefits them financially while alleviating an over-burdened Chinese education system. At the University of

Minnesota, inter national students make up a growing por tion of revenue, and Chinese students are quickly becoming the largest piece of that population. In the 2011-12 academic year, the University raked in more than $110 million in tuition and fees from inter national students, according to NAFSA: Association of International Educators. International students rarely receive state or federal grants or financial aid, so the average inter national student pays a larger share of out-of-pocket tuition than the average American student. Almost 64 percent of inter national students in the U.S. relied primarily on personal and family funds to pay for college in 2011-12, according to a study from the Institute of International Education, a non-profit training organization. “There’s definitely a financial aspect to the growth in recruiting overseas,” said Peggy Blumenthal, senior counselor at

the IIE. Well-funded students from China are “ver y attractive” to state institutions, Blumenthal said. Those schools have experienced a loss in state funding and can capitalize on inter national tuition rates. State funding for the University has declined 23 percent since 2008. The University has added more than 1,000 Chinese students to its ranks since opening a Beijing recruiting office in 2009 — its only recr uiting of fice outside the U.S. This year, Chinese students make up more than 40 percent of the University’s international student body. Barbara Kappler, assistant dean of International Student and Scholar Services, said she doesn’t think the University is recruiting international students to make up for a lack of state funding. But, she said, “it’s completely fair to ask the question.”

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Election Day will bring big changes to Minneapolis’ city government, including the first new mayor in more than a decade and many new faces on City Council. Four of the City Council’s 13 seats are completely open to new members, and seven of the remaining nine are highly contested, which could mean a shift in the council’s priorities and cooperation after the Nov. 5 elections. University of Minnesota political science professor Larr y Jacobs said next month’s elections will be an “incredible time” in u See COUNCIL Page 6 Councilwoman Elizabeth Glidden said many fresh faces will mean changing dynamics on the Council.

PUBLIC SAFETY

Police rarely cite drinking Many minors say they drink, but university police report few alcohol offenses. BY NICK STUDENSKI nstudenski@mndaily.com

College campuses have a reputation for high alcohol use, but university police departments often report few offenses. Nearly two-thirds of Minnesota college students said they consumed alcohol in the last month, according to the Boynton Health Ser vice 2012 College Student Health Survey. University of Minnesota police reported 181 alcohol offenses in 2012, which includes tickets for underage drinking, public consumption and open liquor bottles in vehicles. Biology freshman Kalie Schwartz said she sees a lot of alcohol use on campus. “It’s obviously prevalent,” she said. Despite high rates of alcohol use, Schwar tz said she thinks students are u See DRINKING Page 6 University of Wisconsin-Madison police issued more than 700 underage drinking citations last year.

KICKIN’ IT

Four robberies hit U Monday Police suspect one group of men is responsible for robbing several students. BY NICK STUDENSKI nstudenski@mndaily.com

Several University of Minnesota students were robbed in four incidents on and near campus over the weekend, according to police reports. University police Chief Greg Hestness emailed a crime alert on Monday informing the community of the robberies, all of which occurred between 1 and 4:45 a.m. Sunday. This is the fourth crime alert sent by University police about an armed robbery or assault in the last month. Federal law requires UMPD to send alerts when violent crimes occur near University or student group buildings, or when crimes are an ongoing threat. University police believe the same group of five to six men is responsible for all four robberies, the alert said. The suspects were not armed, but at least one of the victims in each robbery was injured. u See CRIME Page 3 One person’s phone was snatched from their hand on a Metro Transit bus.

Kaler talks Kill’s leave, budget request He also discussed the government shutdown’s effect on the University. BY MEGHAN HOLDEN mholden@mndaily.com

The Minnesota Daily sat down with University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler for its monthly Kickin’ it with Kaler interview Tuesday at the 17th Avenue residence hall’s Fresh Food Company. Kaler discussed head football coach Jerry Kill’s recent leave of absence, the 2014 capital budget request and his Halloween party plans over a cup of coffee and chocolate cake. Coach Jerr y Kill is taking a leave of absence to focus on his epilepsy treatment, while Tracy Claeys will ser ve as interim head coach for the football team. What effect will this have on University athletics? I don’t know of a person in Minnesota who dislikes Jerry Kill, and I think people who’ve met him are rooting for him to get better. It’s clear that he needed some additional time to get treatment and get himself back to where he needs to be the head coach, and so he’s doing that. Right now, he’s taking time of f, sick leave, like any other employee, and we’ve asked Tracy to be the acting head coach. … Jerry is our head coach. Has there been any discussion be-

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The Minnesota Daily sat down with President Eric Kaler for lunch and an interview at the 17th Avenue residence hall’s dining hall, Fresh Food Company, on Tuesday.

tween you and Nor wood Teague about Kill stepping down? Our plan right now is for Jerr y to get better and be able to resume his full duties, and that’s what we want to see happen. Have you discussed this with Kill?

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CEBU, Philippines — The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that str uck the central Philippine island of Bohol reached 110 Wednesday with only three people pulled alive from rubble. The three were rescued in nearby Cebu province hours after T uesday’s quake shattered of fice buildings and homes and caused many centuries-old churches to crumble. In Bohol, the quake’s epicenter, rescuers counted 100 dead, said regional militar y commander Lt. Gen. Roy Deveraturda. Cebu reported nine fatalities, and one died on another island.

There seems little hope of finding any large number of sur vivors from beneath the rubble of leveled buildings, homes and churches. The small coastal town of Loon reported 20 fatalities, the highest in Bohol, including those buried in a hospital and a church. Many roads and bridges were damaged, making rescue operations difficult. But historic churches dating from the Spanish colonial period suf fered the most. The country’s oldest, the 16th-centur y Basilica of the Holy Child in Cebu, lost its bell tower. Nearly half of a 17thcentur y limestone church in Loboc town, southwest of Carmen, was reduced

EU to create joint banking supervisor BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LUXEMBOURG — European Union officials on Tuesday approved the creation of a centralized banking supervisor, marking another step in the 28-country bloc’s long quest to stabilize its financial system. Finance ministers at a meeting in Luxembourg cleared the final legal hurdle to the establishment of the new banking supervisor, which will be operated by the European Central Bank and directly oversee the bloc’s 130 biggest banks. “Now we will start hiring supervisors, rent buildings and start the coming (bank) stress test,” ECB executive board member Joerg Asmussen said. The so-called single supervisory mechanism will be based with the ECB in Frankfurt, Germany, and will start recruiting about 1,000 new staff. It is due to be operational late next year after assessing European banks’ balance sheets through a stress test that will identify possible capital shortfalls. If the supervisor finds that a bank needs help, a bank rescue authority would step in to unwind or rescue ailing lenders by using money from a common fund. The various parts make up the EU’s so-called banking union, an effort to make sure that a bank failure in one country does not overwhelm an individual state’s finances, threatening the wider region’s stability. However, the ministers were still far from reaching an agreement on how to design and fund the bank rescue authority. Germany and other countries that have paid the bulk of Europe’s bailouts have concerns about the institution’s legal basis and fear their taxpayers will be stuck with bills to clean up banks in Europe’s weaker economies.

to rubble, as was the largest church on the island in Loon town, where three worshippers were buried alive. The entire province was without electricity after the quake cut power supplies. Authorities set up tents for those displaced by the quake, while others who lost their homes moved in with their relatives, Bohol Gov. Edgardo Chatto said. Extensive damage also hit densely populated Cebu city, across a nar row strait from Bohol, causing deaths when a building in the por t and the roof of a market area collapsed. The quake set of f two stampedes in nearby cities. When it struck, people gathered in a gym in Cebu

rushed outside in a panic, cr ushing five people to death and injuring eight others, said Neil Sanchez, provincial disaster management officer. “ We r a n o u t o f t h e building, and outside, we hugged trees because the tremors were so strong,” said Vilma Yorong, a provincial gover nment employee in Bohol. “When the shaking stopped, I ran to the street and there I saw several injured people. Some were saying their church has collapsed,” she told The Associated Press by phone. Of fices and schools were closed for a national holiday — the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha — which may have saved lives.

Call for humanitarian access in Syria BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BEIRUT — A general director of Doctors Without Borders called Tuesday for greater access for humanitarian aid to Syrians suffering in their country’s civil war, and urged the international community to show the same urgency to help them as it did to address dismantling Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile. The Syrian conflict, which began as a largely peaceful uprising against President Bashar Assad in March 2011, has triggered a humanitarian crisis on a massive scale, killing more than 100,000 people, driving nearly 7 million more from their homes and devastating the nation’s cities and towns. With the country now carved up into rebel- and regime-controlled areas, providing desperately needed food and medical aid has become a colossal — and dangerous — task. “You have an industrial-scale war, but you have a very kind of small-scale humanitarian response,” said Christopher Stokes, a general directors for Doctors Without Borders. “There is a recognition that greater humanitarian access is needed for life-saving assistance, but at the same time we don’t see the mobilization.” The United Nations Security Council issued an appeal in early October for immediate access to all areas of the country to deliver humanitarian aid, including across conflict lines. Still, organizations that provide assistance continue to struggle to reach all the people who need it. Stokes said the aid community has long been told that it’s impossible to grant full access to all regions affected by the fighting, and that “one side is always blaming the other” for the impasse. But the recent agreement to grant international inspectors unfettered access to every site linked to Syria’s chemical weapons program “has shown is that it is possible, if the international political willingness is there, to grant access and free movement to aid agencies to go into these enclaves,” Stokes said.

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Dorms look to connect with students A new housing initiative aims to help students reach their goals. BY KYLE STOWE kstowe@mndaily.com

Although Zackary Leslie said he’s found a support network in Territorial Hall, he said others might not have. “The dorms are a big place,” the supply chain and operations freshman said. “It can be hard to get in touch with every student and support them.” To lear n more about students, University of Minnesota Housing and

Crime u from Page 1

University police will step up patrols following the robberies, the alert said. In most cases, the suspects got away with the victims’ cellphones or wallets. The first robber y occurred at Church Street and Pillsbur y Drive Southeast around 1 a.m. A University student was walking to a fraternity with friends when they were robbed, the report said. The next robber y happened at the same time around the same intersection, Minneapolis police Sgt. Bill Palmer said. The group of men stopped the victims, hit one in the face and took his iPhone, Palmer said. The third robber y occurred around 3 a.m. at the intersection of Harvard Street and Washington Avenue Southeast. The suspects ap-

Kaler u from Page 1

there are probably millions of people with epilepsy who carr y out perfectly normal lives … and our hope is we’ll get Jerry to be in that group. The University of Minnesota is asking for about $232 million in state funding this upcoming legislative session for six projects system-wide. Four of the projects are science and research buildings. Do you think there are other impor tant projects that are being left unfunded? There are many important projects at the University, and it’s a challenge for us to set those priorities and identify where investments need to be made now because we have urgent needs across all of our campuses and across all of our disciplines. You mentioned the science and engineering portion of that, and a couple of people have mentioned that, but it’s really an issue of timing in which those [projects] have come up. If you look at other construction around campus, we’re just finishing Northrop. ... We just finished Folwell renovation. ... Nicholson Hall was redone, so the fact that four of these are science and engineering is just kind of a consequence of where we are in the overall timing of this request for the University. Are there any specific buildings that [you] would like to see on the 2015 request? You’ll see us move forward with some discussions about Elliott Hall … being able to get into Pillsbur y and renovate it so it can eventually be the home of the English department. ... We’d really like to find some resources to get into Eddy Hall, which is the oldest building on campus. We’ve asked [the state Legislature] for that at least twice and haven’t been successful. How come that was left out of this year’s [capital request]? You know, after a while, if you get told “no” enough times, you figure, “Maybe I’ll ask for something else.” We weren’t able to generate sufficient support for Eddy. We certainly haven’t given up on that — we’re going to

Residential Life launched a new program, Foundation for Success, in all residence halls this fall. The program seeks to better understand students’ collegiate, career and life goals so HRL can better suppor t them, said HRL Program Director Grant Anderson. “Instead of telling someone who they should be, we’re saying it’s the student’s job to decide what they want and who they want to be,” he said. “We’d like to position ourselves as somebody who can help them get there.” To start, HRL is first surveying residents by asking about their social and aca-

proached two people, one of whom was a minor, and hit one in the face. Palmer said the suspects tried to take the victim’s iPhone but didn’t get away with it. The fourth robbery happened around 4:30 a.m. on a Metro Transit bus near the Willey Hall stop, according to the police report. The suspect grabbed the victim’s cell phone from his hands and exited the bus. A security camera caught the robbery. Despite the fact that the victims of all four robberies were in groups of two or more, the crime alert advises students that “walking with someone is still the best and easiest way to ensure your safety late at night and on the weekends.” University police Deputy Chief Chuck Miner said staying sober is another way to stay safe on campus. “Alcohol is a common theme among victims of burglaries and assaults,” he said.

continue to explore ways to get that building renovated — but there didn’t seem to be much appetite for it in the legislative session. With the government shut down, the process for receiving new research grants at the University has been delayed. How has this affected the University? Right now, because the shutdown hasn’t been going on for an extremely long time … we haven’t had a real drop in dollars coming to campus, but we are worried that the issuance of new grants and contracts will be slowed. When the government reopens, I imagine it will be a period of time before [federal gover nment agencies] get back to normal, and if those grants and contracts don’t come to campus, we have graduate students and others who are supported on those grants, and that creates a hardship for them and a challenge for us to manage. The sequester, of course, which we hope will be lifted as a consequence of a strategy to go forward, is very impactful to the University. We anticipate between $40 and $50 million of lost research support because of this sequestration, and that’s real money that impacts important work that’s being done. ... To give you the idea of the magnitude, we receive on average from the federal government $53 million a month.

demic goals at the University and after college. After the sur vey, the program requires students meet with their community advisor once each semester to discuss their progress and how HRL can help. Anderson said there hasn’t traditionally been a program for HRL to check in on residents’ progress and well-being. “We want to put students in a position to thrive while they’re at school and beyond,” he said. “We wanted to do something that can help them get to where they want to be.” The program launched in Territorial, Pioneer and Frontier halls last year and

spread to all halls this semester. Frontier Hall CA Julia Carlson said the program’s intentions are good, but it’s not always easy to get them across to students. “I think it’s really nice for students to know that somebody cares about you and is concerned about your well-being,” she said. “But sometimes it can be a little cheesy.” Along with the CA meetings, Foundation for Success has also changed roommate contracts. Now students will create a “roommate success plan” to better support each other throughout the year, Anderson said. Territorial Hall resident

OTHER CRIMES NEAR CAMPUS Crime: When: Where: Info:

Theft Oct. 6 Fourth Street Southeast A student left her iPhone in Mesa Pizza overnight. In the morning, it was gone. The phone’s GPS was moving. Police searched men in the area of the phone’s coordinates with their permission but didn’t find the phone.

Crime: When: Where: Info:

Theft Oct. 7 Oak Street parking ramp A University student parked their car in the Oak Street ramp for a few days. When they returned, their aftermarket stereo had been stolen. The student said the passenger door may not have been locked. The area where the car was parked wasn’t monitored by security cameras.

Crime: Theft When: Thursday Info: A father called police because his son had taken apart a heating unit to gain access to his father’s office. The boy stole cigarettes, cash and other personal items. The man will not prosecute his son. Crime: When: Where: Info:

Minor Consumption Sunday University Avenue Southeast Police noticed a female who appeared to be intoxicated. She appeared to have recently vomited on the sidewalk. She admitted to having too much to drink and was transported to HCMC. She was issued a citation for minor consumption. SOURCE: MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, UMPD

Vice President of Research Brian Her man discussed the cur rent gender gap in science programs at last week’s meeting. What ef forts is the University taking to close the gap? I’ve been working on the gender gap in engineering ever since I took a leadership role as a department chair [of the chemical engineering depar tment at the University of Delaware] probably 15 years ago. It’s a persistent problem. It reflects early decisions that women and girls make about math and science and the career path they follow, so it’s, in some sense, a pipeline issue. But in another sense, it is the need for the institution to offer equitable pay, obviously, but also equitable research support, teaching loads and access to graduate students, and we work very hard to do that, so I think as our ability to do that continues to grow, we’ll become increasingly more competitive, more attractive to women and to men who want to pursue academic careers. On the student side, there are a variety of programs in the College of Biological Sciences [and] the College of Science and Engineering that are meant to increase the involvement of girls and young women in science-based activities and ultimately to encourage them to pursue that line of study at the University.

How will a new mayor of Minneapolis and new members on the City Council affect the University? Obviously the Minneapolis campus depends pretty heavily on the city for lots of opportunities for students as well as for public engagement at all levels, so I look forward to working with the new mayor and new councilmembers as they come on board. Clearly, most importantly in the surrounding neighborhoods, we need to work together to ensure good public infrastructure and good public safety. The current mayor has been a great friend and colleague, I’ll miss him and we’ll look for ward to engaging with his successor. Halloween is in a few weeks. What costume will you be celebrating in? When I arrived as president, I got a lot of “welcome to the University” gifts and from the football team I got a Golden Gopher football jersey with my name on the back and number 16, so I’m going to be a football player for Halloween. No helmet, though. Is your wife dressing up as well? She is somewhat reluctant, but I believe [she] will emerge as a cheerleader. ... We will have a party at the house. I think we invited faculty and staff, so we expect hundreds of people to come. Goldy will be there as well.”

Marika Kelly said she hadn’t heard of the Foundation program, but required CA meetings and success plans seemed “annoying.” Kelly said meeting with a CA might help her feel more connected, but it might not be the best way to reach her goals. “I don’t really know my CA,” she said. “I don’t know what I could talk to her about.” Leslie, a freshman, said he hasn’t had his first CA meeting, but he’s looking forward to building a relationship with his CA. “I think my CA can be good in helping me get to where I want to be this year,” he said.

HRL is using social media and other advertising outlets to promote the Foundation program, but Territorial Hall resident Jordan Sheehan said the messages aren’t relatable or interesting for some students. “Students like things that are funny and relate to them,” she said. “That’s the best way to capture our attention.” Sanford Hall resident Jordan Voas said Foundation for Success could be expanded in more tangible ways to be more successful. “I like that they’re trying to help us be successful,” he said. “And there are so many ways they can help us do that.”

House shutdown plan fails; budget now with Senate BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Time growing desperately short, Senate leaders took command of efforts to avert a Treasur y default and end the par tial gover nment shutdown Tuesday night after a last big attempt by House Republicans abruptly collapsed. Aides to both Senate Majority Leader Har r y Reid and the Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, expressed revived optimism about chances for a swift agreement — by Wednesday at the latest — that could pass both houses. Their efforts toward a bipar tisan resolution had seemed likely to bear fruit a day earlier before House conser vative were given a last-minute chance for their version. As hours ticked down toward Thursday’s Treasur y deadline, the likeliest compromise included renewed authority for the Treasur y to borrow through early wFebruary and the government to reopen at least until mid-January. While a day of secret meetings and frenzied maneuvering unfolded in all corners of the Capitol, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., stood on the Senate floor at midafternoon and declared, “We are 33 hours away from becoming a deadbeat nation, not paying its bills to its own people and other creditors.” In New York, the stock market dropped and the Fitch rating agency warned that it was reviewing the government’s AAA credit rating for a possible downgrade, though no action was near. The firm, one of the three leading U.S. credit-ratings agencies, said that “the political brinkmanship and reduced financing flexibility could increase the risk of a U.S. default.” According to Treasur y Secretar y Jacob Lew, unless Congr ess acts by Thursday, the government will lose its ability to borrow and will be required to meet its obligations relying only on cash on hand and incoming tax receipts.

President Barack Obama and numerous other officials in government and finance have war ned of severe economic consequences if federal obligations come due that can’t be paid. By all accounts, though, an end seems near for the impasse that has once again exposed a government so divided that it sometimes borders on dysfunction. Though the House failed to muster suf ficient suppor t for a conservatives-only bill in the GOP-majority chamber on Tuesday, enough Republicans there seem likely to join House Democrats to approve a bipartisan version if it can be approved by the Senate and sent to them. Politically, neither party is faring well, but polls indicate Republicans are bearing the brunt of public unhappiness as survey after survey shows their approval ratings plunging. There was no indication Tuesday night of the terms of a possible deal under discussion by Reid and McConnell, although the contours of an agreement had already come into shape on Monday, before what amounted to a daylong detour to give Speaker John Boehner and House Republicans time to craft their solution. As it stood previously, the bipartisan Senate talks were focused on a plan to allow the Treasur y to borrow freely through Feb. 7 and reopen the government with enough funds to carry over to mid-January. Congressional negotiators would be appointed to seek a long-term deficit reduction plan, and in the meantime federal agencies would receive increased flexibility to deal with the impact of across-the-board spending cuts due to take effect on about Jan. 15. With Republicans opposed, the likelihood faded for including an earlier proposal to delay a $63-perperson fee that the nation’s health care overhaul would impose on companies for all who receive coverage under an employer-provided plan.

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013 JULIET FARMER, DAILY

Freshman Elaine Zhao meets with a group to work on a management project Tuesday. Zhao, an international student from China, moved to Minnesota two years ago for Post-Secondary Enrollment Options classes and continued her education at the University by pursuing her undergraduate degree.

Recruiting a nation China from page 1

In-state students down, international up

5% Unknown 12% International students

University student population fall 2013 25% Other U.S. students 58% Minnesota students

36% Other

41% China

University international student population fall 2013 12% South Korea

11% India

Rachelle Her nandez, associate vice provost for enrollment management and director of admissions, said her office tries to reser ve two-thirds of ever y freshman class for in-state students and 5 percent for international ones. The University largely met those targets this year: Minnesotan students make up 65 percent of the freshman class, while international students make up about 5 percent. But across the entire student body, in-state enrollment has declined over the last five years as international enrollment has increased. Her nandez said the University has no target for overall inter national enrollment. Minnesotan students made up 63 percent of the entire Twin Cities campus population in fall 2009. Now, they make up about 58 percent. International students, on the other hand, rose from about 9 percent of the population to about 12 percent over the same period of time. Rep. Gene Pelowski, DFL-Winona, said he frequently hears from constituents who are concerned that the rise in international enrollment comes at a cost to American students. “If you’re a parent and your student didn’t get into the U,” he said, “and you just saw that people from outside of the United States did, and you’re paying tax dollars to subsidize the U, what would you think?”

Rep. Zachar y Dorholt, DFL-St. Cloud, said the increased cost of higher education, not international competition, is driving Minnesotan students away from the University. Dorholt said he thinks the University’s recent resident undergraduate tuition freeze is a step toward making college more affordable. And a large international population at the University shows the school is working to become a global competitor, he said. “In Minnesota, we don’t just talk about brainpower for the countr y,” Dorholt said. “We want to be brainpower for the entire world.” In a Tuesday inter view with the Minnesota Daily, University President Eric Kaler said higher international enrollment is good for the University because diversity adds to the educational experience. “So, we are targeting some growth in national and international recruiting,” he said. “We won’t let that impact very much, if at all, the fraction of Minnesota students who come. We need to be the place for qualified Minnesota students, but I would like to see us get a little bit more geographically diverse out of the upperMidwest.”

Explaining the increase

The surge in Chinese enrollment in recent years is not unique to the University. American universities added nearly 100,000 Chinese students to their classrooms between 2009 and 2012, and Chinese students now comprise about a quarter of all foreign students in the U.S.,

according to the IIE study. Joe Potts, associate dean for international programs at Purdue University, said three factors have caused Chinese students to come to America in greater numbers than ever before: relaxed visa policies, limited space at Chinese universities and a growing Chinese middle class. The fact that many Chinese families have only one child also makes it easier to funnel resources into an overseas education, which they consider to be worth the cost, Potts said.

University 2013–14 undergraduate tuition and fees Resident

$13,618 $19,868 $20,438 Non-resident International

“The U.S. is generally perceived by many people in China to have the best quality of higher education in the world,” said Wanling Qu, office coordinator for the University of Minnesota’s Beijing recruiting office. Chinese parents often encourage their children to study abroad, Qu said. Some see U.S. models of higher education as more focused on innovation and leadership than Chinese schools. Because more students are applying to Chinese uni-

versities, the schools are struggling to keep up with the rising number of applications. Every year, 9 to 10 million Chinese students take Gaokao, the nation’s college entrance exam, said Joan Brzezinski, executive director of the University’s China Center, which oversees the recruiting office. But those students are vying for about 6 million available spots. “Right off the bat, near-50 percent of the students don’t gain entry into a Chinese college,” Brzezinski said. Chinese students often consider other highly ranked schools worldwide if they fail to get into a top school in their home country, she said. And many are drawn to large U.S. universities. Eight Big Ten universities made the IIE’s 2011-12 list of the top 20 American schools with the highest international populations. Of all Big Ten schools, nine of which provided a detailed breakdown of their international populations, Chinese students made up an average of almost 46 percent of their international students in 2012, or about 6 percent of the entire student body. At the University of Minnesota, Chinese students made up a slightly lower percentage than the conference average. “The reality, I think, across the countr y is that everyone is seeing increased enrollment from China,” Potts said.

Recruiting and rankings

Freshman Ruixin Bai said the University was her backup school. She wasn’t set on attending

University fall population trends 32,505

32,235

50,000

30,114

28,693

Minnesota students 40,000

30,000

12,701

20,000

12,624

12,583

2,971

3,373

822

1,781

10,120

Other U.S. students 10,000

3,754 2,691 640

0

Other international students Unknown

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2,617

Chinese students 2011

2012

2013

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Top 20 U.S. institutions by 2011–12 international population University of Southern California 9,269

1914

First Chinese students enroll at the University

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign* 8,997

1974

First Chinese delegation visits the University

1979

Precursor to the China Center formed

1979

Board of Regents chair leads first University delegation to China

University of California-Los Angeles 6,703

1981

First University presidential delegation to China

Northeastern University 6,486

1995

Nils Hasselmo leads second presidential delegation to China and Taiwan

1995

First University of Minnesota Alumni Association chapter formalized in Beijing

1996

Nils Hasselmo leads third presidential delegation to China and Taiwan

1997

Six delegates from China and Taiwan attend Mark Yudof’s inauguration

2000

Mark Yudof leads fourth presidential delegation to China

2002

Executive Vice President and Provost Christine Maziar leads delegation to China

2003

SARS outbreak in Hong Kong and mainland China forces suspension of China Center’s Mingda Institute and several University study abroad programs

2003

Delegates from three Chinese universities attend Bob Bruininks’ inauguration

New York University 8,660 Purdue University-Main Campus* 8,563 Columbia University 8,024

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor* 6,382 Michigan State University* 6,209 Ohio State University-Main Campus* 6,142 Indiana University-Bloomington* 6,123 Penn State University-University Park* 6,075 Boston University 6,041 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities* 5,661 Arizona State University 5,616 University of Florida 5,588 Harvard University 5,453 University of Washington 5,372 SUNY University at Buffalo 5,357

The University of Minnesota has one of the longest-running institutional relationships with China of all American universities, and of ficials and faculty members have made 10 trips to China since 1979. Shor tly after the U.S. and China re-established diplomatic relations that year, the University began sending delegations to forge partnerships with Chinese universities. This summer, President

Japan 19,966 students

Vietnam 15,572 students

Mexico 13,893 students

Turkey 11,973 students

Saudi Arabia 34,139 students 4.5%

Taiwan 23,250 students

9.5%

Canada 26,821 students

13.1%

South Korea 72,295 students

India 100,270 students

China 194,029 students

One-fourth of all international students in the U.S. came from China in 2011–12

3.5%

3.0%

2.6%

2.0%

1.8%

1.6%

Big Ten international populations, fall 2012

Aug. 2008

First group of undergraduate students recruited by the China Center arrive on campus

Sept. 2008

China Center helps open the Confucius Institute at the University of Minnesota, designed to promote the study of Chinese language and culture across the state

Oct. 2009

University opens an office in Beijing

June–July 2013

President Eric Kaler leads the sixth presidential delegation to China and signs academic agreements with 10 universities there

Transitioning Finance and risk management insurance and mathematics freshman Elaine Zhao said she felt more prepared than her American classmates when she came to the University. “An upside of the cruel Chinese education system is that it really builds the foundation for you,” she said. Zhao lived briefly in Louisiana as a child and returned to the U.S. halfway through high school. She said she then spent nights writing English words repeatedly to work on her vocabulary. University freshman Bai said Chinese students sometimes hesitate to speak with Americans. “It’s not that we don’t want to; it’s just hard with the language barrier,” she said. Some Chinese families pay Americans to host their children during high school so the students can immerse themselves in the English language before going to college, said Farmer, the retired Chinese studies professor. “Now, there is a big finan-

cial incentive in this country to welcome Chinese students,” he said.

The ‘new normal’ Odell, the Carnegie research analyst, said Chinese students will likely keep coming to the U.S. unless immigration policy in one or both countries changes drastically. “I think it’s probably the new normal,” she said. Blumenthal, from the IIE, said the current economic climate in the U.S. will also continue to make well-funded foreign students attractive to cash-strapped universities. “These students who come with their own full funding are able to let the University use its own funds to provide more financial aid for U.S. students,” she said. And though the Chinese higher education system is expanding, demand for quality education there will continue to outstrip supply, Blumenthal said. “I don’t see Chinese student interest going away any time soon.”

Percent of all students who are Chinese Purdue

4.69%

Iowa

13.90%

Nebraska

12.21%

Indiana

Penn State

Wisconsin

Michigan

UM-Morris Chancellor Sam Schuman leads a delegation to China

6.03%

5.45%

8.95%

7.62%

5.01%

4.84%

55.47%

44.42%

45.94%

38.85%

35.43%

56.99%

3.76%

53.25%

41.26%

13.74%

12.90%

9.56%

9.12%

39.87%

13.67%

Apr. 2005

10.02%

Minnesota

11.32%

Ohio State (system-wide)

Iowa

11.76%

Nebraska

Minnesota

20.16%

Michigan State

21.81%

Bob Bruininks leads the fifth presidential delegation to China, which meets with alumni in the country

Percent of international students who are Chinese

Illinois

Purdue

Percent of population that is international

Oct.–Nov. 2004

Michigan State

A long history

Kaler led an 11-day trip to the countr y, where he met with University alumni living in China and signed academic agreements with 10 schools there. The agreements are intended to “establish cooperative academic relationships” between the University and institutions in Greater China. Based on funding and interest from the institutions involved, this could include student and faculty member exchanges and joint activities. The University now has 33 par tner schools in China, according to the China Center. Some University depar tments are also working on or have formalized partnerships there. In one of these partnerships, the Depar tment of Biomedical Engineering in the College of Science and Engineering hosted two students from a Chinese university over the summer to conduct research. Cur rently, more than 2,700 visiting Chinese scholars and students are at the University — one of the largest populations on any American campus, Brzezinski said. Jerr y Zhao, an associate professor in the Humphrey School of Public Af fairs, said the school is looking at creating joint programs at Nankai University in Tianjin and Renmin University of China in Beijing. The hope, he said, is to introduce students from both countries to public policy they wouldn’t see at home. “Those students, whether they go back to China or stay in the U.S., I think they will make big changes,” Zhao said.

Senior vice president for health sciences leads an Academic Health Center delegation to China

Ohio State (system-wide)

Many Chinese businesses are eager to hire Chinese students with American degrees, further incentivizing an overseas education, said retired Chinese studies professor Edward Farmer. Rachel Odell, a research analyst in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment

how American businesses operate. In fiscal year 2013, the center spent $371,794 on Mingda Institute programs — nearly half of its total expenditures for the year.

July 2004

Michigan

for Inter national Peace, said Chinese students with American degrees often fare better in their home job market than those who went to college in China. American businesses also capitalize on the growing relationship between the two countries. The University’s China Center of fers to connect corporate donors with Chinese students, scholars and alumni. Several Minnesota businesses, including Cargill, 3M, Best Buy and Medtronic, have donated time, resources or money to the center. And the China Center’s Mingda Institute, created in 2001, brings Chinese professionals to the Twin Cities and helps them learn

*Big Ten school

Illinois

University of Texas-Austin 5,324

Capitalizing on U.S.-educated students

25.4%

U-China bond goes back decades

Wisconsin

until after she participated in a meet-and-greet event in Beijing with other prospective Carlson School of Management students. While most Chinese students know of Ivy League schools, Bai said, many have never heard of the University. In the last fiscal year, the recruiting office held events at 10 Chinese high schools, presenting to more than 500 prospective students. More than 8,000 Chinese alumni have studied or worked at the University since 1914. The University currently operates alumni chapters in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Taipei. International rankings and the University’s Chinese alumni play a critical role in recruiting students, said Qu, who is also a CSOM alumna. Like most of her Chinese counterparts, Bai said, rankings played a key role in her college search. U.S. News and World Report ranked the University 104th of all colleges and universities worldwide in 2012. But the Shanghaibased Academic Ranking of World Universities — which has an academic agreement with the University — ranked it 29th in the world that same year. Qu said the agreement “in no way” af fected the Shanghai ranking. The Chinese obsession with rankings, Bai said, can be attributed to a culture of competition in education. For example, Chinese students take tests for middle and high school placement and can only take the Gaokao college entrance exam once. “How they perform on those tests really determines their future from a very early age,” said Brzezinski, executive director of the China Center. “There are very few second chances in China.”

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*Northwestern did not provide population data, and Penn State and Indiana did not provide breakdowns by country GRAPHICS SOURCES: UNIVERSITIES’ ENROLLMENT STATISTICS, INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CHINA CENTER

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City elections will bring new blood Council

2013 CITY COUNCIL ELECTION

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Minneapolis politics. “Change is coming,” he said. “I anticipate a period of conflict.” Ward 3 Councilwoman Diane Hofstede, who repr esents the Dinkytown and Marcy-Holmes areas, said the possible turnover could shift priorities and change policy on city issues. “I think a large tur nover could mean a loss of experience and a loss of momentum,” she said. “It’s impor tant for incumbents to return for consistency’s sake.” Hofstede didn’t win her par ty’s endorsement last spring, when the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party chose challenger Jacob Frey instead. Councilwoman Elizabeth Glidden is r unning unopposed for south Minneapolis’ Ward 8 seat, to which she was first elected in 2005. She said adding multiple freshman members would change the City Council’s system of evaluating city policies and issues. “The combination of a new mayor and significant turnover in council leadership will be an adjustment,” she said. “This last council had a ver y collegial working relationship, and I think it’s going to be important for us to aim for that in this new council.” Jacobs said he predicts some discomfort when the new council takes office. “Incumbents will be tr ying to socialize their new colleagues, but these are going to be new political perspectives and agendas,” he said. “It may take some time to get those working relationships going.” Hofstede said having lots of new people on the council could potentially change how they work together. “I don’t know how things may change. I have no idea,” she said. Councilman Gary Schiff isn’t running for reelection to his Ward 9 council seat, which covers south Minneapolis neighborhoods like Corcoran and Longfellow,

Wards with freshman City Council members

WARD

*Incumbents

PARTY AFFILIATION

1

Kevin Reich* Mark Fox Vincent Coffeen

DFL Independent Pirate Party

2

Diana Newberry Cam Gordon*

Socialist Workers Party Green Party

3

Jacob Frey Diane Hofstede* Kristina Gronquist Michael Katch

DFL DFL Green Party Libertarian

4

Barbara A. “Barb” Johnson* Kris Brogan Dan Niesen

DFL DFL Republican

5

Brett Buckner Ian Alexander Blong Yang Kale R. Severson

DFL DFL DFL Green Party

6

Robert Lilligren* Abdi Warsame Mahamed A. Cali Abdi Addow Sheikh Abdul Abukar Abdi

DFL DFL DFL DFL DFL DFL

7

Lisa Goodman*

DFL

8

Elizabeth Glidden*

DFL

9

Alondra Cano Abdi Abdulle Charles Curtis Pat Fleetham Gregory McDonald Ty Moore

DFL DFL Politics with Principle DFL DFL Socialist Alternative

10

Lisa Bender Meg Tuthill* Nate Griggs Scott Hargarten

DFL DFL Independent Pirate Party

11

John Quincy* Bob Schlosser Matt Steele

DFL Non-Party Affiliate Independent

12

“Dick” Franson Andrew Johnson Ben Gisselman Chris Lautenschlager Charlie Casserly

DFL DFL DFL Green Party Independent

13

Linea Palmisano Matt Perry Bob Reuer David Regan Missy Durant

DFL DFL Independent Libertarian Party DFL

SOURCE: MINNEAPOLIS ELECTIONS AND VOTERS SERVICES

leaving it open to a pool of newcomers. Gregor y McDonald is one of six candidates vying for Schif f ’s seat and said he’s excited by the idea of fresh faces joining the council, as they may bring dif ferent concerns to the table. McDonald ran for a spot on City Council last year and didn’t win. “I’m tr ying to do my share as a citizen,” he said. Jacobs said this next City Council will represent great political change, regardless of who is elected, because of the many changes facing

Minneapolis. He said issues like transpor tation and development around the V ikings stadium, as well as the increasing political involvement of East African immigrants, could dramatically transform the city’s political agenda. “This past council has stood out for ef fectiveness, and as [Mayor R.T. R ybak] and many of his suppor ters on the council leave, we lose those working coalitions,” Jacobs said. “We’re going to see a period where the agenda of the past decade will be challenged.”

isn’t always repor ted to UMPD right away because incidents are often filed internally and reported to UMPD at the end of the year. If HRL staf f see someone who appears to need assistance, Spotts said, they offer assistance. If possible, the staff members handle the situation on their own. When students become difficult to deal with or are in danger, she said, staff members call University police for help.

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smar t about drinking and as long as students aren’t behaving dangerously, police don’t strictly monitor use. “If you’re acting like an adult, they’re going to treat you like an adult,” she said. “Not that they condone it, but they probably have more impor tant things to deal with.” University police Deputy Chief Chuck Miner said police don’t stop to ask people if they’ve been drinking, but they do intervene when students are drawing attention to themselves. UMPD proactively monitors drug and alcohol use, especially at the beginning of fall semester, Miner said. Extra officers go on patrol during the first few weeks to get ahead of the cur ve and set a tone of responsibility for the year, he said. Later in the year, Miner said, police shift to more reactive enforcement. Schwartz estimated that two-thirds of her underage peers drink. According to the Boynton survey, nearly 30 percent of 18-year-old students and nearly half of 20-year-old students said they’d consumed alcohol in the last month. Libby Spotts, Housing and Residential Life student conduct coordinator, said alcohol use in the dorms

Comparisons and education

Miner said the University has a fairly low rate of alcohol and drug use compared to other college campuses, which he partially attributes to a “higher caliber of students” here who study more and drink less. Marc Lovicott, public information officer for the University of Wisconsin– Madison police depar tment, said alcohol is one of the primar y issues police deal with on campus. Madison’s university police issued more than 700 underage alcohol citations in 2012, down from nearly 1,000 in 2008. Though the number of citations is down, Lovicott said, the average blood alcohol content of students who are issued citations has gone up, which concerns university police. According to the Boyn-

ton sur vey, one in four Minnesota college students reported binge drinking in the past two weeks. Binge drinking is defined as having more than five drinks in one sitting. Dave Golden, BHS director of public health and communications, said binge drinking is linked to poor student performance. “It really is important … to not engage in high-risk drinking,” he said. “Those students simply do better that have lower rates in all kinds of ways, and it reduces the chances of bad stuff happening.” Golden said Boynton and other depar tments have made “a concerted effort” to reduce drinking on campus, and the number of students who drink has declined. Boynton screens all patients for possible alcoholrelated problems, he said, and has chemical health counselors who can see students with drug and alcohol problems. Other efforts to educate students about safe drinking include the Student Network for Abuse Prevention and the online AlcoholEdu course required for firstyear University students this year. Ultimately, Miner said, the goal is to make sure students on campus are safe. “A side effect of enforcement is making campus safer,” he said.

STUDENTS AND ALCOHOL USE 1. Current alcohol consumption

Of all students, 63.2% used alcohol in the last 30 days

Students who have used alcohol in the past 30 days by age 78.1% 79.1% 74.0%

71.1%

64.4% of males used alcohol in the last 30 days

75.2% 74.5% 74.7% 67.8%

62.7% of females used alcohol in the last 30 days Perception of students:

49.4% 40.9%

Non-high-risk drinkers think that

29.5%

26.5%

of their peers are high-risk drinkers

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28+

2. High-risk drinkers*

Of all students, 25.1% have participated in high-risk drinking

Students who have participated in high-risk drinking 37.4%

36.5%

34.4% of males participated in high-risk drinking

36.0%

21.8% of females participated in high-risk drinking

30.1% 29.6% 25.5%

24.2%

Perception of students: 24.3%

21.7% 19.8%

High-risk drinkers think that

13.3%

40.6%

of their peers are high-risk drinkers

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28+

*High-risk drinking is defined as having five or more drinks in one sitting

SOURCE: BOYNTON HEALTH SURVEY

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STUDENT LIFE

EDITORIALS

We’re more than sex

Kill takes needed leave

Popular TV portrayals grossly exaggerate the sex lives of college students and young adults.

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t’s 7 p.m. and you’re bored, so you start surfing channels for something worthwhile. Maybe you will scroll through Netflix to catch up on your favorite drama series. In any case, you’ll find college sex stereotypes on just about any station. On shows with characters roughly the same age as University of Minnesota students, characters are having sex or talking about having sex. Modern-day TV and film is far of f base on the numbers of college kids doing the dirty via hook-ups. I just finished the first season of Spike TV’s hilarious take on college life, “Blue Mountain State,” on Netflix. I love the show, but there is no denying that the amount of sexual acts characters engage in is crazy and in no way accurate to a real university. For

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those who haven’t watched the show, imagine “American Pie” with football. “Blue Mountain State” is, of course, not the only show depicting teens and college students as one-track-minded on Friday and Saturday nights. In fact, the landscape of TV today is more accepting of high school and college hook-up culture than ever before. Fox’s “Glee,” MTV’s “Teen Wolf,” HBO’s “Girls” and The CW’s “The Vampire Diaries” are a few of the shows breaking barriers of acceptability on a weekly basis. Even ABC Family (“Pretty Little Liars,” “Greek,” etc.) has upped its raunch in the past six or seven years to reach its young adults. Contrar y to popular be-

lief, the average Minnesota college student is not a sexcraving, hormone-driven love machine. According to the Boynton Health Ser vices 2012 College Student Health Sur vey, 82.5 percent of University students had sex with one or zero partners in the past year. Of those who reported having intercourse in the past 12 months, 86 percent said their partner was either a spouse, fiancé or an exclusive dating partner. About 4 percent said their most recent sexual partner was a casual acquaintance. Regardless of what television indicates, teens and young adults are not having nearly as many sexual encounters as our counterparts on screen. So why have networks like ABC Family, Spike TV and Fox strived to show us this minority of college students? The answer is simple: Sex sells. More and more programs are pushing the envelope for viewers’ desire to see their favorite on-screen pairs end up in the sheets together. The producers don’t care if

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they misrepresent university life when millions of people are watching their programs every week. If the people buy it, they’ll do their diligence to keep on supplying. The group most commonly misunderstood by these shows is the greek system. The frat guys are shown throwing huge parties ever y weekend or playing spor ts, while the sororities are either obnoxious “goody-good” girls who made it here on Daddy’s dime or provocateurs. I think we can agree that this is not the best representation of greek life at our school. Yes, I know of a few guys and gals who do justice to these promiscuous characters. But they’re the outliers. The vast majority of University students are much less adventurous in their sex lives. We aren’t all necessarily into “casual acquaintances.” We don’t fit the TV stereotype that seems to have a different definition of love in college. Connor Nikolic welcomes comments at cnikolic@mndaily.com.

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GUEST COLUMN How philosophy made my life awesome This article is presented in partnership with The Harvard Crimson.

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t’s rare that one has the chance to watch the birth of a social movement up close. But for the last few years, I’ve had the opportunity to do just that. I first heard of what we now call “effective altruism” in high school, when Peter Singer came to speak at my school. I listened to his now-famous “child drowning in the pond” thought experiment: “Imagine you’re walking to work, wearing a new $500 suit. You pass by a pond and see a small child drowning in it. You could jump into the pond and save the child, but it would ruin your new suit with water damage. What should you do?” Predictably, we answered that we should save the child, no matter about the suit. “But it turns out this tradeoff happens all the time. The child may not be in front of you, but a $500 donation to charity can save a child’s life in Africa. Does it really matter where they are physically located? Or is it just as morally important to save someone in Africa as in the U.S.?” Professor Singer concluded that morally, we ought to donate some significant part of our income to charity. “That’s interesting,” I thought, and proceeded not to think about it for two years. He couldn’t seriously expect people to just give away a bunch of their money. That would be crazy! So he must have been wrong. And nobody would frown on you for failing to donate like they would for not jumping

in the pond. Still, though, the possibility that he might be right nagged at me. In moral debates with friends, I would sometimes take Singer’s position just to play devil’s advocate, and it was surprisingly easy to argue. At the same time, I found GiveWell’s charity evaluation research, demonstrating that it was actually possible to find organizations as effective as Singer’s suggestion of saving a life for $500. I got a job programming and learned for the first time what it was like to have extra money. (Shortly afterward, of course, I unlearned this when I started paying tuition.) Then I met Jeff Kaufman and Julia Wise, living proof that following Singer’s suggestion was not only possible, but fun, and required vastly less sacrifice than I thought. Jeff is a programmer at Google, and Julia is a social worker; in 2012 they lived on $11,000 and donated $50,000. And yet they’re none the worse for it. Jeff is still a contra dance musician and caller; Julia can still write, go to museums and art galleries and concerts. And they’re still able to host potluck dinners for other local folks who share their ideals — effective altruists, as the movement has come to be called. Some effective altruists, like Julia and Jeff, earn a lot of money and donate it. Others, like GiveWell’s researchers, work on finding the best charities to donate to so that those donations have the greatest impact. Still others, like Peter Singer and his philosophical descendants, work on advocacy and outreach: spreading the ideas behind effective altruism and showing that anyone can make a huge difference by thinking about the best possible ways to spend their time or money. None of

these people are crushed under the financial or personal burden of helping others. They’re all remarkably happy, and they live just like anyone else — except for the part where they save tens or hundreds of lives each year. Meeting all these people was what convinced me that effective altruism is a viable thing to do with one’s life. Julia and Jeff are living well, having fun, and, of course, doing an enormous amount of good (their donations to the Against Malaria Foundation alone have saved upwards of 35 lives over the past three years). Since then, I’ve been trying to do more altruism myself through donating, writing about it and running a campus outreach group, Harvard High-Impact Philanthropy, which brings in a series of speakers to discuss effective altruism. Effective altruism is one of the most exciting, challenging, motivating and fulfilling things to spend your life on. I think GiveWell’s co-founder, Holden Karnofsky, put it best: “Trying to maximize the good I accomplish with both my hours and my dollars is an intellectually engaging challenge. It makes my life feel more meaningful and more important. It’s a way of trying to have an impact and significance beyond my daily experience.” This is what motivates effective altruists. It’s not some masochistic desire for selfsacrifice or a way of assuaging the guilt of privilege. It’s a genuine excitement that we have the ability to do so much to improve the world, and a desire to make the absolute most of it that we can. Ben Kuhn This column was originally published in the Harvard Crimson on Oct. 8.

he United States has a reputation of stability and functionality that other countries r espect. However, due to the government shutdown, the rest of world is ADITI PRADEEP baffled as to how columnist a superpower hit such a low. According to the 2012-13 Country Brand Index report, America’s brand is declining. The drop occurred even before the shutdown, implying the next report will be even worse. What does the government shutdown tell world leaders? The situation is laughable. Russia Today devoted an entire article to U.S. shutdown comedy, which included tweets carrying the govtshutdown hashtag. Prolific photojournalist L ynsey Addario tweeted how the shutdown was not being taken too seriously. “I’m in India, and my driver and translator are laughing at U.S. govt shutdown,” she tweeted. “So much for world’s great superpower. It’s closed.” The U.S. has considerable influence worldwide. As one of five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and the largest financial contributor to the U.N., the U.S. is a guide to other countries. With its superpower status, the U.S. enjoys a high brand value. However, what happens when a company temporarily shuts down? America and its corporate leaders could lose business. Countries often are run with a corporate PR mindset. They have their own unique output, value for customers, reputation and reliability. United, these characteristics create a brand. Our leaders must think about our image in order to keep brand value. The CBI’s “Future 15” national brands included industrializing countries like Brazil, India and China. With large global powers gaining ground, it will be difficult for the U.S. to hold its world standing. The main change in perception will happen in the minds of young people. People under the age of 25 constitute 43 percent of the world’s population. It will be us and our younger counterparts that will live in a different world with a changing American brand. The country needs a quick, strong revival that will instill the rest of the world with confidence in the U.S. Aditi Pradeep welcomes comments at apradeep@mndaily.com.

The University should still be critical of Kill’s position while he is on a leave of absence.

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ead football coach Jerry Kill decided last week to take a leave of absence and focus on his epilepsy treatment. Kill’s absence is the right move after five public, game-day seizures in two and half seasons with the Gophers. Kill missed an entire game for the first time in his career after reporting that he wasn’t feeling well before the Gophers’ Oct. 5 trip to Ann Arbor, Mich. Minnesota defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys, who will ser ve as interim head coach, said in an interview with the Minnesota Daily that missing the game may have been the deciding factor in Kill’s decision to take a leave of absence. “This was a difficult decision to make, but the right decision,” Kill said in a statement distributed by the University of Minnesota. It appears that Kill’s epilepsy is getting worse. It is possible Kill has seizures that aren’t public that continue to affect his ability to coach. At a press conference Thursday, Claeys said he wouldn’t rule out the possibility of Kill returning for the Gophers’ next game, on Oct. 19 at Northwestern. We should not expect Kill to return so soon — he should not risk returning to the field too early. However, not having our head football coach — paid $1.2 million annually — is a problem for the University. If Kill returns and his health does not improve, the University should have a serious conversation about his ability to coach. Kill is on record saying he couldn’t continue to miss parts of games. While we hope Kill’s absence allows him to treat his epilepsy and control his seizures, the University must also have the wellbeing of the Gophers in mind.

An opportunity for West Bank With development on the way, Cedar-Riverside should learn from Dinkytown and Stadium Village’s mistakes.

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wo Cedar-Riverside community groups met last week to discuss adjusting the neighborhood’s small area plan in the face of a potential surge in development, the Minnesota Daily reported Monday. At a joint meeting Thursday, residents discussed the potential effects of new development adjacent to the Green Line light-rail stop on the West Bank. Group members said they’re worried about higher property rates and their impact on small, renting businesses. Leadership also said the neighborhood’s current plan didn’t have adequate input from immigrant communities. The Green Line — set to open next year — brings tremendous opportunities to add density, sustainable design, new business and more students to Cedar-Riverside while preserving the area’s character and small businesses. This goal might sound familiar, and for a good reason. Cedar-Riverside should learn from the mistakes of other neighborhoods around campus as it begins planning for the future. First, Cedar-Riverside residents should not fight development completely. This kind of hardline stance slows healthy growth and hasn’t been successful in Dinkytown. Instead, a small area plan should offer explicit guidance for developers. By meeting last week, Cedar-Riverside already has a solid start here, and it stands to benefit by getting in front of development with a plan as soon as possible. The neighborhood should also exist as one community. Dinkytown and Stadium Village are part of Marcy-Holmes and Prospect Park, respectively, but both have grown into their own distinct communities, creating divisions between students and current residents. Dinkytown is even creating its own separate small area plan. This could be avoided in Cedar-Riverside by making sure all parties affected by development are involved in the small area plan from the beginning. With sufficient planning and a spirit of cooperation, Cedar-Riverside can sidestep some of the development drama that has hit other campus neighborhoods and benefit from its prime spot on both light-rail lines.

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Gophers prepare with Claeys, Leidner There is still no set timetable for Jerry Kill’s return to the football program. BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com

In August, Jerry Kill was the head coach of the Gophers and Philip Nelson was the starting quarterback. Now, after two game-day seizures for Kill, a hamstring injury for Nelson and impressive star ts for redshirt freshman quarterback Mitch Leidner, all of that has changed. The University announced Thursday that Kill will take indefinite time away from the program to focus on his epilepsy treatment. In turn, defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys will serve as Minnesota’s acting head coach for the foreseeable future. Claeys said at a press conference Tuesday there’s still no timetable on Kill’s return and he doesn’t expect him to coach Saturday against Northwestern. Claeys added that he spoke with Kill on Monday night, but before then most of his contact had been with Kill’s wife, Rebecca. “We had a great conversation. He’s doing well,” Claeys said. “We talked about our last game, [and] we talked about

Northwestern’s last game. “He’s feeling good, but we’re still going to prepare, and I don’t anticipate him being at the game at this time.” Claeys will move from the press box to the field to coach against Northwestern with Kill presumably out. As a result, Claeys said he’ll have to make some adjustments and reorganize his play charts. He said he’ll have to stop himself from micromanaging position coaches on the field as well. “The hardest part about being [on the field] as a defensive coordinator is you try to correct mistakes inbetween plays,” Claeys said. “In a no-huddle situation, you don’t have time to do that. So I’m going to have to stay pretty disciplined and let the other guys coach.” Though being on the field as head coach will be an adjustment for Claeys, his players said the coaching change has been seamless. Redshirt freshman tight end Maxx Williams said nothing has changed amid Kill’s absence, and “everything has just kept on going.” Senior kicker Chris Hawthorne said the two coaching styles differ but said both Claeys and Kill expect the same from their players. “They’re different, and then they aren’t in some regards,” Hawthorne said. “Coach Claeys came and

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Minnesota quarterback Mitch Leidner runs against San Jose State on Sept. 21 at TCF Bank Stadium.

talked to us last week and said he’s not as much of a big screamer, but at the same token, the expectations and standards don’t drop at all.”

Leidner to start Claeys said Leidner will start over Nelson at Northwestern, and it’s a decision

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Stainbrook succeeds with switch in school, position Taylor Stainbrook excelled early but has struggled in the Big Ten so far.

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Minnesota defender Taylor Stainbrook tries to get the ball from Louisiana State on Sept. 6 at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium. opponent, it gives you that scored two goals and added much more urge to win,” three assists during eight she said. “I did not expect nonconference appearances. [to score twice].” “The competition is a Stainbrook’s adjustment ver y dif ferent level. It’s a to forward has added depth higher level,” Stainbrook to the Gophers’ attacking said of the Big Ten. “The core. girls are more athletic that “She’s been ver y pro- we’re playing against.” ductive, and she’s probStainbrook said she enably been one of our most joys the increased competiconsistent players in the at- tion. She said it’s one of the tack,” Gophers head coach reasons she transferred to Stefanie Golan said Sept. 4. Minnesota, and she thinks “That’s something that we she’s adjusting well. didn’t expect, and those are Her teammate, junior nice surprises to have.” for ward/midfielder Taylor But, as has been the Wodnick, said she agreed. case with all of the Gophers’ “Coming in to a new scorers this season, Stain- team is always hard, and to brook’s production has be able to do that and start dropped significantly in Big playing a different position Ten play. is way harder,” Wodnick She’s only put one shot said. “I give her props beon goal through the team’s cause she’s done incredible first six Big Ten games. She with it.”

enough for him to keep the starting job moving forward. Williams, Leidner’s roommate, said the dif ference between playing with Nelson and Leidner is minimal. Claeys also said the two quarterbacks have similar styles. While Leidner could be the Gophers’ starter for the

next three-plus years, Claeys knows his job is temporary. “This is Jerry Kill’s program. It’ll always be his program,” Claeys said. “It’s his football program, and we’re just trying to take care of it and advance it along.”

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MEN’S GOLF

Gaugert leads Gophers in Cali Minnesota posted its best team score of the season but finished in ninth. BY JAKE STARK jstark@mndaily.com

BY JACE FREDERICK jfrederick@mndaily.com

In her first year, Gophers sophomore for ward Taylor Stainbr ook has demonstrated the ability to adapt. And she’s needed it. The transfer from North Dakota State has been forced to adjust to a new team and a foreign position, all while tackling Big Ten competition for the first time. Stainbrook, a center back defender by experience and by trade, has made the jump to center for ward this season. That position is located on the exact opposite side of the field. Now instead of stopping the ball, she has to score it. “It was a huge transition,” Stainbrook said. “Trying to get past people, I really notice how hard that is.” Stainbrook played primarily on the defensive end of the pitch until she joined the Gophers, so she was surprised with the coaching staff’s confidence in her up top. “I’ve not really had a chance to [play in the attacking zone],” she said. “But I was happy because I love being an of fensive player.” Stainbrook made the transition look easy early on. She scored two goals in the Gophers’ second game of the season against her former team, NDSU, for a 4-1 win. “When you know the

the coaching staff made collectively. Leidner threw one interception and had a fumble in the Gophers’ 42-13 loss at Michigan on Oct. 5. He also threw for 145 yards, rushed for a team-high 66 yards and had a touchdown pass. Claeys said that was

Though the Gophers men’s golf team posted its best score of the season, it could not compete with the top teams at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational on Monday and Tuesday. Minnesota finished ninth out of 16 teams at the tournament held at Sonoma Golf Course in Sonoma, Calif. “Ninth place is not necessarily indicative of how we played,” said head coach John Carlson. He pointed out that most of his team shot under or near par, but calm winds and good course conditions led to low scores for most teams. No. 4 California-Berkeley, the tournament host, won the team title, shooting an aggregate score of 39-under par for the three-round

tournament. “California was on their home golf course, so low scores are going to be shot,” Carlson said. “They’re one of the best college golf teams of all-time.” California-Davis finished a distant second behind California-Berkeley with a score of 17-under par. Senior Alex Gauger t posted the lowest score for the Gophers. He finished with an aggregate score of 7-under par for the tournament and placed ninth in the individual standings. “If we can continue to get that type of production out of him, we can continue to move forward with confidence,” Carlson said. Freshman Jose Mendez, the team’s top golfer thus far, shot 1-under par for the tournament. California’s Joel Stalter won the individual title, finishing with a score of 13-under par. The Gophers now face a quick turnaround for their next tournament.

The team will travel to Bedminster, N.J., to play in the Barnabas Health Intercollegiate on Sunday and Monday. Carlson said he is confident his team will continue to play well despite not having much time off in between tournaments. “We’ll face a weaker field,” Carlson said. “But that doesn’t mean we can just walk in thinking we’re going to easily win a golf tournament.”

MEN’S GOLF RESULTS

GOLFER Gaugert Mendez Trasamar DuToit Lowenstein

RD1 71 70 74 73 72

RD2 67 75 70 71 76

RD3 71 70 73 74 75

TOTAL 209 215 217 218 223

TEAM 1 California 2 UC-Davis 3 Oregon State T4 BYU 9 Minnesota

RD1 268 286 287 290 286

RD2 273 284 283 274 283

RD3 284 277 280 287 288

TOTAL 825 847 850 851 857

*out of 16 teams

SOURCE: GOLFSTATRESULTS.COM

Minnesota’s Alex Gaugert putts Oct. 6, 2012, at the Edina Country Club.

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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. For strategies on how to solve sudoku, visit sudoku.org.uk. Visit mndaily.com to see the solution to today’s puzzle.

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Today’s Birthday (10/16): Creative passion shines on invention, genius and revolution with Venus trine Uranus on your birthday. The theme this year is discovery, especially around career, education and travel.

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 — You’re doing the work; accept the rewards. Get new ideas, even crazy ones, by calling the right people. Make them work, slowly. Collaborate.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 7 — Plan home improvements. Invest in success. There is more creative work coming in. Write, record or film. Better technology increases profits.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 6 — An energetic partner spurs you to a creative breakthrough. Work faster and earn more. Discuss the possibilities. Love finds a way.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 6 — Get somebody who already knows how to do the task you’re avoiding. Gather information and pass it to them. Your home plans should work.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 6 — Accept a challenging assignment and prosper. Find another trick to work smarter. You can solve a puzzle. Think through the logic.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 7 — Do the work yourself and listen carefully. Get creative. Follow a confidential tip. Romance the answers out of the material. Share findings.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 6 — Figure out exactly what’s necessary. Ask for feedback. Be sure you’re all on the same page. Conditions are better now for getting out.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 7 — It pays to advertise. Ask for help. Reveal your dreams. Ask questions and be pleasantly surprised. Words don’t fail you now.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 7 — Keep track of your earnings. Establish better understanding easily now. A new source of funding arises. Keep to moderation.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 7 — Pursue all leads. A profitable plot is afoot. Use your secret weapon. Don’t shop until the check clears. Your enthusiasm is contagious.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 7 — Invest in your home office. Make sure you have the facts. Ask questions. The key to success and satisfaction becomes apparent.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 7 — There’s more good news with a lucky break. Your words have great power now. A new idea excites. Figure out how to fix up your place.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

overheard “Is the Berlin Wall down yet?”

—The Cube in Coffman Union

“Are you crazy? You got me a skim milk?! I haven’t had an erection for one week. I need a whole milk!”

—Unknown

“Too much mer! Not enough maid!”

—Biology class

Girl: “I was dating two guys at once, but it worked out because one lived three hours away.” Guy: “That’s why you’re my friend.”

—West Bank

“I hope you’re smothered in mayo and mustard.”

—Coffman Union

“When it comes to my dentist and HIV, I have a ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy.”

—Outside Scott Hall

Guy whose ice cream fell off its cone: “Why do bad things happen to good people?!”

—17th Avenue residence hall

Girl: “So where are you from?” Guy: “I’m from Louisiana.” Girl: “Oh OK, is that in northern or southern Wisconsin?”

—Campus Connector

Girl: “Are you wearing snow pants?” Guy: “Yeah.” Girl: “Why?” Guy: “Because it’s raining.”

—Civil Engineering

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ACROSS 1 Tower site 6 “That last piece of cake is mine!” 10 Hemingway nickname 14 Once __ time ... 15 Shield border, in heraldry 16 Skunk’s defense 17 Roulette choices 18 Roulette, for one 19 Baltic native 20 Some boxing wins 23 Not bare 24 Large expanse 25 Cause a stir 31 Bath accessory 33 TV talk pioneer 34 March composer 35 Destructive Greek god 37 Like May through August, literally 40 Bar order 41 Use Comet on 43 Rejection from the top 45 RMN was his vice president 46 Sitcom security device that often defeated its own purpose 50 Bread, at times 51 Salad cheese 52 Where to find the starts of 20-, 25and 46-Across 59 Winter coat 60 Michigan city or college 61 __ Janeiro 62 Part of a plot 63 Pleased 64 Navel phenomenon 65 Tools for Wolfgang Puck 66 Italian noble family 67 Fancy moldings DOWN 1 Burger King supply 2 For each one

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dr. date Dr. Date,

Last week, I was cleaning the apartment that my boyfriend and I share, and I found a ring. For some people, that might be great. But for me, it was terrifying. Don’t get me wrong — I love my boyfriend, and living with him has been great. But we’re only 21 and have never really talked about marriage. I think that I’d like to marry him someday, but not soon. What can I do when he pops the question? I don’t want to say no and lose him, but I’m also not ready to say yes.

—Wedding Bells

Wedding Fleer,

Are we talking straight diamond bling? A mood ring? A twist tie from a loaf of bread that’s probably gone stale by now? Location matters, too. Was the ring under the couch or in his backpack? If you’ve had a friend over in the last few months, who’s to say it didn’t slip out of their pocket or off their oily little finger? You pretty much answered the question of what to do if and when he pops the question. Tell him you love him and don’t want to lose him, but you’re not ready for that type of commitment. If he can’t understand why a 21-yearold college student doesn’t want to drop everything and get married, the dude needs to check himself. It’s 2013! Life’s a nonstop party! But seriously, you’re liable to change dramatically in the next few years, and marriage could seriously impair your ability to grow. I wouldn’t even wait for him to ask. Tell him you found a ring, you’re not sure whose it is or what it’s for, and ask him to enlighten you.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

My boyfriend is auditioning for this reality show (really), and he told me recently that if he makes it, he’ll have to be “single for the show.” Apparently, this means that he can kiss — or even sleep with — other girls for the sake of the show, even though we’ll still be together. I’m not sure how comfortable I am with this and told him that, but he brushed it off and said none of it will mean anything. What can I do? Should I just let it go?

—Video Killed The Relationship

Reality Bites,

Ooh, I love weird problems. It sounds like you and your boyfriend are about to purchase a one-way ticket to trouble town. Reality TV is a monstrous entity meant to breed controversy. If he makes the cut, your boyfriend will be sucked into crazy sexual drama and you’ll have to watch it all on screen. Not too enticing, is it? The fact that he’s already warned you that he could end up sleeping with other people suggests that he will definitely do so. Telling you that was a red flag, and honestly, I’m wondering if that’s what’s fueling his interest in the first place. I’m assuming they told him he has to be single. If not, my immediate response would be to jump ship. But even if they didn’t and he still seems totally willing to sacrifice your relationship for TV infamy, I’d say this dude’s as shallow as a kiddie pool. If you can differentiate between actual reality and reality TV, you may be fine, but I don’t think I’d stand for it.

—Dr. Date

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Mayoral candidates talk cops, schools Leading up to the Nov. 5 election, the Minnesota Daily will be running a seven-week series that profiles Minneapolis mayoral candidates who are looking to follow in Mayor R.T. Rybak’s footsteps.

BY NATHANIEL RABUZZI nrabuzzi@mndaily.com

When polls open in Minneapolis on Nov. 5, 35 mayoral candidates will be on the ballot, focusing on issues ranging from the Vikings Stadium to government reform. Kur tis Hanna, John Hartwig, John Wilson, Edmund Bruyere and Joshua Rea are five of those candidates, and they hope to reform the city’s police department and close the achievement gap if elected. Hanna said he’s disappointed with the city’s Police Conduct Review Panel, a board that reviews cases of alleged police misconduct. He said if he’s elected, he’ll start a new organization completely separate from the police department to investigate and report on police misconduct. “There currently is not any sort of effective oversight,” he said. Bruyere said he would like to evaluate the city’s police system because a few years ago, he was pulled over by a Minneapolis police officer, arrested and then hit five times by the officer. He said the incident is an example of unacceptable police conduct. But Bruyere, a former military police veteran with a degree in criminal justice, said he isn’t dwelling on the experience and understands police officers are often working in stressful situations. “There’s more good going on with the police department than there is bad,” he said. Wilson and Rea both said they want to increase police accountability by making each officer purchase his or her own liability insurance instead of being covered by the department. This way, he said, inci-

Kurtis W. Hanna

John Leslie Hartwig

John Charles Wilson

Edmund Bernard Bruyere

Joshua Rea

Qualifications: B.A. in religion from Central College, former executive director and current board member of the Minnesota National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, server at American Burger Bar

Qualifications: B.S. in education from Winona State University, former owner of real estate company Bridge Real Estate

Qualifications: High school graduate, former member of neighborhood group Whittier Alliance, current local organizer for mental health care reform organization MindFreedom International, independent market research contractor

Qualifications: B.A. in history from South Dakota State University; M.S. in special education from Minnesota State University-Mankato; Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Loyola University Chicago; current director of the Sacred Beings Project

Qualifications: High school graduate; current personal care assistant for All Home Health, Caring Professionals Homecare and Amerimed Home Care Inc.; political activist

Party: Pirate Party

Party: Independent

Party: Lauraist Communist

Party: Independent

Party: Independent

Major Principle: Stop government surveillance

Major Principle: Cheapskate

Major Principle: Housing, liberty, transportation

Major Principle: Legacy – next generation

Major Principle: End homelessness now

Key initiatives: Publish all government data in an open digital format. Make Minneapolis a “surveillance-free zone.”

Key initiatives: Keep the Vikings at TCF Bank Stadium and stop construction on the new stadium. Put two teachers in every public school classroom from pre-kindergarten to 10th grade.

Key initiatives: Reduce police brutality by requiring officers to purchase their own liability insurance. Eliminate “minor nuisance” laws like loitering or lurking.

Key initiatives: Bring green jobs, mentorship programs and parenting centers to Minneapolis communities. Create a department in the mayor’s office for veterans’ issues, including transitional housing programs.

Key initiatives: : Buy foreclosed homes and sell them to the current homeowner at market value to ease foreclosures. Use eminent domain to seize “nuisance” properties from banks and convert them into affordable housing.

What would you say to students at the University? “The city of Minneapolis’ government should be focused on protecting individual freedoms rather than taking them away.”

What would you say to students at the University? “Study hard and the world belongs to you.”

What would you say to students at the University? “Do what matters to you, and that’s more important than any money you’ll make.”

What would you say to students at the University? “Minneapolis is going to be asking them to get involved with the community, not just come here to get educated.”

What would you say to students at the University? “Stay educated — the city is behind you.”

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY; PHOTO OF KURTIS W. HANNA COURTESY OF THE CANDIDATE

dents of police misconduct would have more personal consequences for officers. Wilson said he admires the San Francisco police review system because it focuses heavily on civilian input. He said he would set up the Minneapolis system to resemble it. Hartwig said he’s concerned that the police department will be further alienated from the community if city officials continue to “go after”

officers over incidents of police misconduct. “Let the police do the job they were trained for,” he said, noting that he’s confident in the current civilian review panel. Though Hartwig is confident in the Minneapolis police department, he said he would make larger changes in the city’s school system. He said he’d put two teachers in every classroom from pre-kindergar ten to

10th grade to increase the ratio of teachers to students and ensure a more “personalized” education. “If we lose [students] by third grade, we’ve probably lost them for life,” he said. Rea and Bruyere said if elected mayor, they would meet with teachers, families and school board members to help improve the education system. Bruyere, who currently works as a substitute teacher,

said the mayor should have the power to appoint school board members. The UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child, which advocates for human rights, social welfare and education, is the foundation for his policies, he said. Hanna said the city’s achievement gap is one result of the “broken,” racially discriminatory police system. He cited a recent American Civil Liberties Union re-

port that said in 2010, black people in Minnesota were about eight times more likely than white people to be arrested for marijuana possession, even though the two groups’ usage rates were about the same. He said that disparity ultimately perpetuates the achievement gap, so he plans to close the gap by decriminalizing the possession of any amount of marijuana below 1.5 ounces.