October 21, 2013

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

SOCCER

The University of Minnesota performed its first organ transplant in 1963.

The Gophers gave fans a glimpse of the new, up-tempo offense on Friday.

Minnesota lost to Nebraska and tied with Iowa at home over the weekend.

University celebrates 50 years of transplants u See PAGE 3

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U OF M

Mathieu steps up at team scrimmage

Gophers fall to ranked opponent

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MINNEAPOLIS

ST PAUL

MONDAY

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

FOOTBALL

Gophers win as Kill looks on

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ADMINISTRATION

Health VP candidates talk goals The three finalists addressed the U community this month.

BY T YLER GIESEKE tgieseke@mndaily.com

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

Gophers fans high-five defensive lineman Theiren Cockran after the Gophers beat Northwestern 20-17 at Ryan Field in Evanston, Ill., on Saturday. Minnesota is one win away from becoming bowl eligible.

Minnesota won its first Big Ten game this season with Jerry Kill watching from the coaches’ box. and is so proud of us,” Nelson

BY NATE GOTLIEB ngotlieb@mndaily.com

said. “That’s the little edge that we needed.”

EVANSTON, Ill. — Sopho-

Minnesota played a strong

more quarterback Philip Nel-

second half with Kill watch-

son walked into the Gophers’

ing from the coaches’ box.

locker room at halftime Satur-

The Gophers moved one

day, his team tied 7-7 against

win closer to bowl eligibility

Nor thwester n University.

with the win and uncovered

And standing in the middle of

some much-needed mo-

the room was Gophers head

mentum, thanks in par t to a

coach Jerr y Kill, the man al-

strong defensive ef for t, an

most no one expected to be

unlikely of fensive hero and

there.

their unexpected visitor.

Nelson said he was sur-

“For coach to make that

prised to see the University

drive to be here and watch

of Minnesota third-year head

the game is pretty special,”

coach, but he credited Kill’s

acting head coach and de-

halftime speech with having

fensive coordinator T racy

inspired the team to a 20-17

Claeys said.

win over Northwestern at Ryan Field in Evanston, Ill.

Kill was seen going from the press box to the coaches’

“He just said that we need

box near the end of halftime.

to be able to fight through

A University spokesperson

ever ything and he loves us

said he hear d before the

u See FOOTBALL Page 7

PUBLIC SAFETY

U students still report violence Survey data show domestic violence continues to affect University students.

BY MEGHAN HOLDEN mholden@mndaily.com

A purple flag to honor those who have died this month as a result of domestic violence hung in the window of the Aurora Center for Advocacy and Education last week.

As part of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the University is leading efforts on campus to tr y to decrease relationship violence among students — violence that’s stayed at a steady level in recent years.

Domestic or relationship violence involves causing or threatening physical harm or abuse to a partner in an intimate relationship, according to University policy.

This year, 34 Minnesotans have died as a result of domestic violence. u See VIOLENCE Page 4 21 percent of women on the Twin Cities campus said they’d experienced domestic violence.

Three academic medical center leaders from across the country gave public inter views this month to be the new dean of the University of Minnesota’s Medical School and vice president for health sciences.

Drs. Rober t Finberg, Cam Patterson and Brooks Jackson discussed their visions for the University’s health programs, how to

provide ef fective medical care and how to conduct research in a time of limited funding from the National Institutes of Health.

The Academic Health Center received $293 million in federal funding in the 2012 fiscal year, 94 percent of which came from the NIH. The University began searching for a new dean after Aaron Friedman announced in Febr uar y he would be stepping down from the position at the end of 2013 after three years as dean and vice president. u See CANDIDATES Page 14 An external review said the job could be too big for one person.

RESEARCH

After shutdown, research stalled As the government reopens, it’s unclear how U research will be affected.

BY KATELYN FAULKS kfaulks@mndaily.com

The government shutdown could have been detrimental to University of Minnesota researchers, but for now it’s only a speed bump.

University departments sur vived the 16-day shutdown mostly unharmed, but furloughed federal workers and a lack of federal funding has slowed r esear ch. It’s possible there could be another shutdown next year, and researchers said they’re still unsure of how the effects of this one will trickle down.

A standoff over the fed-

eral budget and President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul caused the shutdown, which threatened to send the nation into default before legislators arrived at a last-minute deal Wednesday to reopen the government until Januar y.

“The ef fects of a longter m shutdown are difficult to quantify at this time. We expect minimal shor t-term impacts,” Vice President for Research Brian Herman said in a statement Oct. 1.

The University receives about $53 million each month from the federal government to support research grants, according to the statement. Herman said the University will help bridge any funding u See RESEARCH Page 3 The NIH warned researchers funding wouldn’t resume quickly.

TRANSPORTATION

Police, student gov’t get tough on cyclists University police and MSA are cracking down on sidewalk cyclists and crowded racks.

BY KYLE STOWE kstowe@mndaily.com

University of Minnesota police and student government are cracking down on cyclists this fall.

Police officers began issuing $98 fines last week to those riding on sidewalks or other places where biking is banned. The Minnesota Student Association is also working on a way to put time limits on bike parking.

University police received a record number complaints from pedestrians this fall, saying cyclists weren’t walking their bikes in highly congested areas.

“The complaints have been enormous,” said University police Chief Greg Hestness.

“We get complaints every year about bike behavior, but this year is by far the worst.”

The number of cyclists on campus rose 13 percent, or 1,000 bikes, this year, according to a University-wide email from Vice President Pam Wheelock. The congestion is compounded by Green Line light rail construction that reroutes bikers from Washington Avenue onto campus.

JULIET FARMER, DAILY

Students walk and bike through Scholars Walk on Friday. With an influx of bikers in the past year, University police have ticketed more bikers.

Most complaints came from students, but opinion on the fines is split.

Journalism sophomore Cindy Love said the fines were too large, even if cyclists are violating the rules.

u See BIKING Page 3 MSA is working with the University on a plan to enforce time limits on crowded campus bike racks.

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Monday, October 21, 2013

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1959 Guggenheim Museum opens in New York City: On New York City’s Fifth Avenue, thousands of people line up outside a bizarrely shaped white concrete building that resembled a giant upside-down cupcake.

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JERUSALEM — Just days after the first round of global nuclear talks with Iran, a rift appears to be emerging between Israel and its closest ally, the United States.

Israel’s prime minister on Sunday called on the U.S. to step up the pressure on Iran, even as American officials hinted at the possibility of easing tough economic pressure. Meanwhile, a leading Israeli daily repor ted the outlines of what could be construed in the West as genuine Iranian compromises in the talks.

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six global powers and Iran gain steam in the coming months. Negotiators were upbeat following last week’s talks, and the next round of negotiations is set to begin Nov. 7.

Convinced Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes the Iranians are trying to trick the West into easing economic sanctions while still pushing forward with their nuclear program.

Iran insists its program is for peaceful purposes.

“I think that in this situation as long as we do not see actions instead of words, the international pressure must continue to be applied and even increased,” Netanyahu told his Cabinet. “The greater the pressure, the greater

Confusion over long-delayed Syria conference

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BEIRUT — Reflecting confusion in efforts to convene an international conference to end Syria’s civil war, the Arab League chief announced on Sunday that talks will take place next month in Geneva, only to have the U.N. envoy flatly deny a date has been set.

The bizarre diplomatic two-step between Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby and the U.N. envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, at a joint news conference added to the uncertainty surrounding the proposed peace talks. A decision over whether the long-delayed negotiations will happen at all could come at a meeting of the Syrian opposition early next month that will focus on whether to sit down with President Bashar Assad’s regime.

The United States and Russia, who support opposing sides in the conflict that has killed more than 100,000 people, have been tr ying for months to bring the Damascus government and Syria’s divided opposition to the table for a peace conference. But with the war deadlocked, neither the regime nor the rebels showed any interest in compromise, forcing the meeting to be repeatedly postponed.

Even now, it remains unclear whether either side is willing to negotiate.

The main Western-backed opposition umbrella group, the Syrian National Coalition, is scheduled to meet Nov. 1-2 in Istanbul to decide whether to take part in the proposed Geneva conference. One of the most prominent factions within the Coalition, the Syrian National Council, has said it has no faith in talks with Assad’s regime and won’t attend any Geneva negotiations.

the chance that there will be a genuine dismantling of the Iranian military nuclear program.”

Israel considers a nuclear-armed Iran a threat to its very survival, citing Iranian references to Israel’s destruction.

Netanyahu says pressure must be maintained until Iran halts all enrichment of uranium, a key step in producing a nuclear weapon; removes its stockpile of enriched uranium from the countr y; closes suspicious enrichment facilities and shutters a facility that could produce plutonium, another potential gateway to nuclear arms.

Despite Netanyahu’s warnings, there are growing signs that any interna-

tional deal with Iran will fall short of his demands.

Over the weekend, U.S. of ficials said the White House was debating whether to offer Iran the chance to recoup billions of dollars in frozen assets if it scales back its nuclear program.

The plan would stop short of lifting sanctions, but could nonetheless provide Iran some relief.

In an inter view broadcast Sunday on NBC, U.S. Treasur y Secretar y Jack Lew said it was “premature” to talk of easing sanctions. But he stopped short of endorsing the tough Israeli line and suggested the U.S. would take a more incremental approach in response to concrete Iranian gestures.

Tropical Storm Raymond forms

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MEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Raymond steamed Sunday toward Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, an area already devastated by rains and mudslides from Tropical Storm Manuel last month.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Raymond was expected to become a hurricane soon, but predicted it would take a sharp westward turn and head out to sea before it reached land. However, it said the storm might get as close as 50 miles to the coast before turning, bringing the threat of new dangerous rains.

In a region where 10,000 people are still living away from their homes one month after Manuel caused widespread flooding and left landslide risks, officials raced to get emergency teams in place and weighed possible further evacuations.

Mexican authorities pinned their hopes on a cold front moving from the nor th that could help force Raymond to turn away from the coast, said the head of Mexico’s National Water Commission, David Korenfeld.

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U celebrates 50 years of transplants The University of Minnesota performed its first organ transplant in 1963.

BY TYLER GIESEKE tgieseke@mndaily.com

Half a centur y ago, physicians at the University of Minnesota per formed the institution’s first successful organ transplant, transferring a kidney between twins.

Now, University employees save lives through organ transplants on a regular basis.

To celebrate the 50-year anniversar y and raise money and awareness for its programs, the University hosted a gala Friday and an education conference for patients Saturday.

The gala featured a dinner and silent auction. Ticket prices started at $200.

The celebration events were a joint ef for t by the University; Amplatz Children’s Hospital; University of Minnesota Physicians, the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fair view; Fair view Health

Ser vices; and the Fair view Foundation.

Dr. Hassan Ibrahim, a professor of medicine and medical director of the University’s kidney transplant program, said the University was one of the first institutions in the world to perform a kidney transplant.

The University continues to be a leader in organ transplants, he said, but some issues plague the field.

Wait time to receive a kidney transplant from a deceased donor has increased drastically. In the mid-1980s, Ibrahim said, the wait time was about six to nine months. Now, it’s five years.

Ibrahim said he thinks the wait has increased because the number of individuals on the transplant waiting list has increased.

“We don’t have enough donors,” he said.

Patients needing a hear t transplant experience a similar issue, said Dr. Cindy Mar tin, assistant professor and hear t failure transplant cardiologist.

She said today’s technology can help patients with hear t failure live longer, which also increases

BRIDGET BENNETT, DAILY

Sue Payne bids on the silent auction at the 50th Anniversary Transplant Gala on Friday evening at the McNamara Alumni Center. The gala celebrated the University of Minnesota’s 50th anniversary of its first successful organ transplant.

the demand for hear t transplants.

An optimistic predicted wait time for an averagesized person with the most

common blood type would be about two years, she said.

Of those with the most advanced form of hear t

failure, she said, 90 percent die within one year.

Eventually, researchers hope to be able to help those with hear t failure

before they need a transplant, Martin said.

“We are making progress,” she said. “It’s going to take time.”

After shutdown, effect on U research still unknown Research u from Page 1

gaps researchers have.

Resear ch stalled on eight projects because of the shutdown, according to an Oct. 18 memo from the University’s Of fice of Sponsored Projects Administration.

Michael Osterholm, director of the University’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, said the center’s influenza r esear ch pr ogram was halted.

“Basically all of our programs have been furloughed, so we have not had any communication with the [National Institutes of Health] staf f,” he said Tuesday.

An influenza crisis during the shutdown could have been detrimental to public health, Osterholm said, because CIDRAP wouldn’t have been able to respond at full strength.

“Not having the ability to communicate really does hold back our efforts,” he said.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta experienced a similar str uggle, accor ding to the Associated Press. The shutdown slowed the CDC’s response to a salmonella outbreak that sickened people in 18 states.

Federal funding stress

Though the shutdown didn’t directly af fect the

College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, some research proposals will be affected, said associate dean of research Mike Schmitt.

Federal grant proposal submissions are staggered so agencies can process and award them at dif ferent times, Schmitt said, and because of the delay, researchers could see gaps in awarded funding.

E c o l o g y, e v o l u t i o n and behavior professor Marlene Zuk’s grant proposal was put on hiatus because of the shutdown.

Resear chers who have submitted grant proposals to the National Science Foundation or the NIH are most concerned, Zuk said.

“Ever yone’s been

checking the NIH website frantically to see if there’s any updates,” she said.

“Whether [proposals will] be postponed or submitted late, no one has any idea. I’m assuming things are changing by the minute.”

After the gover nment reopened, the NIH warned researchers that funding would not resume quickly, the Associated Press reported.

Schmitt said the Of fice of the Vice President for Research told researchers they could delay their proposals until the shutdown ended or submit them to the OVPR, which would hold onto them.

“The shutdown does create a little backup,” he said. “The pipeline of pro-

posals being submitted or projects will now need to be taken care of within the next few weeks or months.”

After the federal government reopened Thursday, Associate Vice President of the Sponsor ed Projects Administration Pamela Webb posted new submission deadlines for proposals online.

But relief is only temporar y. The bill, which Obama signed early Thursday, will fund the government until Jan. 15 and raises the debt ceiling through Feb. 7.

“For the future, we’re suddenly scrambling,” Schmitt said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

BY THE NUMBERS

16 days HOW LONG THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN LASTED

12:30 a.m., Thursday WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REOPENED

8UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PROJECTS WERE HALTED

Jan. 15, 2014 BILL FUNDS FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT THROUGH

Feb. 7, 2014 DEBT CEILING IS LIFTED UNTIL SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS, SPONSORED PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION

Biking u from Page 1

“Ninety-eight dollars is a lot of money for a college student,” she said. “It’s ridiculous.”

Samantha Franco, a genetics, cell biology and development junior, said she thinks the crackdown makes campus safer for walkers.

“Scholars Walk is already ver y busy and congested with just pedestrians,” she said. “It’s scar y when bikers come flying through.”

Hestness said University police ticket more aggressively ever y year after receiving many complaints.

“When we get a critical mass of complaints, we have to do something about it before somebody gets hurt,” he said.

For the first six weeks of the semester, University police put up more signs in problem areas warning that biking wasn’t allowed, Hestness said.

While police would rather issue war nings to illegal bikers, Hestness said, of ficers had to begin ticketing last week.

“Compliance this year has been completely absent,” Hestness said. “We hate to issue citations, but we need people to follow the rules.”

Franco said the push seems to be working.

“There’s definitely a noticeable dif fer ence,” she said. “It’s just sad that it takes a police of ficer to make that happen.”

Though the University police department doesn’t

JULIET FARMER, DAILY

A University student walks her bike past the bike racks outside Coffman Union on Friday. As the number of bikers has increased in the past year, so has bike rack congestion and ticketing by University police.

have enough staf f to conduct bike stings ever y day, Hestness said, enforcement pushes will continue periodically.

Overcrowding at bike racks

University students are also taking issue with a lack of space at bike racks around campus, especially near Coffman Union.

Some students, including psychology freshman David Jokipii-Krueger, say

it takes several minutes to find a spot to park their bike.

“It’s ridiculous,” JokipiiKrueger said. “I’m spending too much time tr ying to find a place to lock up.”

In response, MSA is working with University police and Parking and Transpor tation Ser vices to establish a system to limit parking at some bike racks.

Under the policy, University police would moni-

tor the racks each day and chalk bike tires, said Alex Cole, co-director of MSA’s facilities, housing and transit committee. If a bike remains for a week, a bike monitor would cut the lock and take the bike.

Cole said he hopes the policy will take ef fect by winter break.

“There’s just too much bike rack congestion around Cof fman right now,” he said. “We hope this policy would keep

people from leaving their bikes there for months at a time.”

Biochemistr y sophomore Matt Rajcula said highly congested bike racks are inconvenient when he’s in a hurr y.

“It’s a pain,” he said.

“It would be really nice to have more bike racks in some places.”

Steve Sanders, head of the University’s bike program, said PTS installs more bike racks each year,

but space is limited in some areas like Coffman.

Light rail construction on Washington Avenue also contributes to congested bike racks, Sanders said.

PTS already tags bikes and removes them after 10 days if they’re unclaimed, Sanders said, but abandoned bikes are still problematic.

“It mushrooms quickly,” he said. “We have to be aggressive about it.”

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U endowment bounces back for 2013 The University Foundation saw much higher returns this year.

BY ROY AKER raker@mndaily.com

Because of overall economic growth nationwide, the University of Minnesota Foundation saw a much larger return on its investments this year.

The foundation, which funds many scholarships, faculty and research programs, had an 11.7 percent return for fiscal year 2013, up from 1.6 percent in the previous fiscal year.

The foundation manages private gifts to the University, making sure they are invested to ensure growth and are spent how the donor in-

Violence u from Page 1

Last week, Danita Brown Young, the University’s vice provost for student affairs and dean of students, wrote an email urging students to reach out for help if they or someone they know is experiencing relationship violence.

“It does not have to end in despair; it does not have to end in a negative way,” Brown Young said in an inter view. “There is hope that things can get better; a change can occur [and] we are here to help.”

In 2013, nearly 21 percent of female college students on the University’s Twin Cities campus said they’d experienced domestic violence within their lifetime and more than 10 percent said they were victims in the last year, according to the Boynton Health Ser vice’s College Student Health Survey.

Nationally, one in four women have been abused by their partner, according

tended. Its endowment now totals more than $1.4 billion.

Douglas Gorence, president of the foundation’s investment advisers, said the University has a more diverse investment portfolio than the average school. Although universities with less diverse portfolios may see higher returns, more careful universities will invest in many areas, said William Jarvis, managing director of the Commonfund Institute.

The Commonfund Institute, a national firm that manages investments for nearly 1,500 institutions including the University, collaborated with the National Association of College and University Business Officers in a study that found international investments had the lowest returns in fiscal year 2012.

Institutions with endow-

ments of more than $1 billion, which includes the University, saw an 11.2 percent loss on return for international investments last fiscal year.

Inter national investments make up more than a quarter of all investments for the University foundation. As they declined in return value nationwide, they also fell at the University, which Jar vis said caused the lower overall returns in 2012.

Jar vis said universities that invested less internationally fared better than those that invested more.

The University of Iowa, which has a similar-sized endowment to the University, had a return of 12.5 percent for the 2013 fiscal year.

University of Iowa Foundation spokeswoman Dana

Larson said Iowa had a higher return this year because of its significant international investments.

According its website, the University of Iowa aims for 56 percent international investments, more than twice that of the University of Minnesota.

University Foundation spokeswoman Mar tha Douglas said although returns fluctuate year over year, the foundation is more concerned with long-term returns.

The foundation has seen an overall 8.5 percent return in the last 20 years. Because the foundation’s investments are tied to the market, Douglas said, returns fluctuate each year.

Jar vis said each school has different reasons that it invests in different areas. He

said the University seems to err “on the side of caution,” which can pay off over time.

“That approach may yield lower returns from year to year but can produce better results in the long run,” he said.

Douglas said the Uni-

to a 2010 repor t from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 2010, nearly 26 percent of female students on the T win Cities campus said they’d experienced domestic violence in their lifetime, and 14 percent said they’d experienced it in the last year, according to the BHS survey.

Earlier this month, University student Anarae Schunk was found dead after last being seen with her ex-boyfriend, who had physically abused her in the past, according to her friends.

Charges haven’t been filed in Schunk’s death, but the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women included her on its list of Minnesota deaths in which the suspected, alleged or convicted perpetrator is or was an intimate partner or spouse.

Although discussions of relationship violence usually focus on female victims, University leaders want to make sure men aren’t forgotten, Brown Young said.

“It’s not really just about gender,” she said.

The Boynton sur vey found that about 12 percent of male students experienced domestic violence within their lifetime, and about 6 percent were victims in the last year.

The 2010 BHS sur vey found that about 13 percent of male students had experienced domestic violence in their lifetime, and 8 per-

cent had experienced it in the last year.

Nationwide, one in seven men are physically abused by their par tner, according to the 2010 CDC report.

Katie Eichele, Aurora Center for Advocacy and Education director, said that recently there’s been an increase in men who

have come to the center after being harassed, stalked or abused in opposite-sex or same-sex relationships.

Men in opposite-sex relationships may be less likely to repor t cases of domestic violence, however, because they fear they won’t be believed, she said.

“It’s impor tant to realize that both domestic violence and sexual assault hurt all genders,” Eichele said.

University policy defines sexual assault as attempting, executing or threatening sexual contact with another person without that person’s consent.

In 2010, about 23 percent of female students and about 5 percent of male students said they’d experienced sexual assault in their lifetime, according to the Boynton sur vey of the Twin Cities campus.

Students who believe they or someone they know might be in an abusive relationship are encouraged by the University to seek help at the Aurora Center.

On average, it takes a

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AT THE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY’S DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC/RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE: causing physical harm or abuse, and threats of physical harm or abuse, arising out of a personal, intimate relationship.

UNIVERSITY’S DEFINITION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT: actual, attempted or threatened sexual contact with another person without that person’s consent.

20%

OF FEMALE STUDENTS HAVE EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

22%

OF FEMALE STUDENTS HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL ASSAULT

12%

OF MALE STUDENTS HAVE EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

5%

OF MALE STUDENTS HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL ASSAULT

12.3%

OF STUDENTS HAVE EITHER SEXUALLY ASSAULTED OR INFLICTED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON ANOTHER PERSON

SOURCE: 2013 BOYNTON STUDENT HEALTH SURVEY

versity has a more diverse portfolio in order to “protect the purchasing power of the gifts that people have made.”

“Our investment team balances risk of long-term investment really carefully,” she said.

UMF ENDOWMENT RESULTS ACTUAL

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person about six to seven attempts to leave their abusive partner, Eichele said, so it’s important for people who are tr ying to help to be patient.

“We are here for you.

It’s even okay if you’re not ready to take the next step, whatever that may be,” Brown Young said in the email. “We will still be here for you and will help when you’re ready.”

Dave Golden, director of public health for Boynton Health Service, said it’s discouraging that recent rates of domestic violence among both female and male students were similar to the 2010 survey results.

Domestic violence significantly impacts students, he said, and victims are more likely to have lower grade point averages and higher rates of mental illness.

“This is something that it seems like should be completely preventable,” Golden said. “Nobody should have to live that way. They’re numbers that we really want to see come down.”

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Kids these days As the weather gets colder, we have fewer and fewer excuses to look away from our phones.

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MATT HOY columnist

where you are in Minneapolis.

Now during the warmer months, the librar y isn’t as full, the cafes aren’t as crammed and it is common for people to play around in the sun. The attachment is only really noticeable when you are, say, at dinner with six friends and all of them are on their phones. The freedoms of frisbee, football or Humans vs.

Zombies allow for distractions from our devices.

But that’s the thing: Our devices ought to be the distractions. I don’t give a damn about what Jaden Smith had to say on Twitter. That “Blurred Lines” parody has 10 funny seconds altogether; please stop asking me to watch it.

Candy Cr ush is not a real sport.

I know it’s curmudgeonly,

but at this pace I won’t actually see another person — that is, a person who is not currently on a screen that I own — until April.

I don’t totally accept the common narratives of narcissism or our collective Attention Deficit Disorder as the cause of this. However, there are certainly elements of this narrative involved. Every time I see someone send a duckface Snapchat in the middle of a lecture, I want to climb over the seats in front of me, take their phone and throw it on the ground in the style of Andy Samberg.

Watching people flit between Facebook, then Twitter, then Tumblr, then Reddit, then back to Facebook and then Buzzfeed definitely endorses the ADD Generation moniker.

But there’s an insecurity and a loneliness that doesn’t get enough credit for these behaviors. Ever yone has, at some point, pretended to be texting so as not to be doing nothing or to avoid someone.

The constant illusory companionship that comes from much of online interaction can rem-

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edy the very loneliness caused by our attachment to these devices. It becomes a sort of symbiosis, where we decreasingly interact face-to-face with other people and compensate by liking more of their photos.

It’s what makes people at a party care more about getting a good photo than actually enjoying the party. It has become more important to look like we’re having fun on Instagram than to actually have any fun. After all, there’s no social capital to be gained by going skydiving and not devoting a Facebook album to it.

In November I am due for a free phone upgrade, and many of my friends are more excited about it than I am. I am very seriously considering ditching smartphones altogether and moving back to a convenience-phone-only policy. It’s extremely tempting.

In our ever-approaching Arctic tundra, perhaps we can re-prioritize our face-to-face interactions and complain about the cold together.

Matt Hoy welcomes comments at mhoy@mndaily.com.

HEALTH

Freedom from pot smoke Marijuana users need to regulate their smoking behaviors.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Challenging the University to get ‘Real’

This letter is in response to the article “Students push for sustainable food” from the Oct. 14 edition of the Minnesota Daily.

I was excited to see the Daily’s coverage on the national student gathering for Real Food Challenge in Minneapolis this month.

Nearly 200 students from 75 colleges and universities attended in solidarity with University of Minnesota students who want to see more sustainable food options on campus.

A student in the article said “only a few schools” have agreed to Real Food Challenge’s goals.

In fact, university presidents and chancellors have pledged to shift nearly $50 million in food purchasing toward local, organic, fair and humane food.

Dining services at more than 60 schools are working with students to assess their purchasing practices, including large schools like the University of California-Irvine and Western Washington University, who also have Aramark Dining Service. This is a large national movement.

While the University has made great strides in food sustainability, the dining service owes its customers

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TECHNOLOGY

had a class assignment this past week to go to a populated area where people interacted with their computers and cellphones, then observe those people and write a report on their behavior.

Apart from the fact that this is an inherently creepy assignment, I took great issue with the idea that there are designated places where people interact with their technology.

I was very tempted to write “everywhere” as my location for the assignment.

Our computers have become part of our daily lives as students, as young adults and as Americans. They are with us constantly and demand an exceptional amount of our attention.

If you walk around campus at all, you are guaranteed to see hundreds of people glued to the screens of their phones.

This is, in my experience, pretty accurate regardless of

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(students) transparency and a voice in the campus food system.

Just as we don’t shop with a blindfold at the grocer y store, we shouldn’t blindly eat food served on campus without knowing and supporting the source of that food.

As a volunteer organizer for the conference and a University alumna, I see the University as an institution with great potential to drive demand in our region for local, sustainable, socially responsible food.

Connect with student group “U Students Like Good Food” to learn more. Encourage the dining service to provide Real Food on campus.

Siri Simons University alumna

The role of government The recent government shutdown and the Congressional gridlock over the debt limit have again raised the issue of the role of government.

One of the many things that those who want limited government don’t realize is just how many jobs are created in useful government programs.

Almost everyone knows, or is related to, at least one of the more than 20 million Americans employed in public education, state and local

government, federal agencies, and defense.

The multiplier effect as those employees buy things creates additional private sector jobs.

Just as important as direct government employment is the role that government-funded research has played in supporting the growth of many of our major industries.

Those include computers, aircraft, the Internet, defense, nanotechnology, renewable energy, pharmaceuticals, etc.

It was the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, not Al Gore, that spawned the Internet.

Much of that funded research occurs at universities, such as the University of Minnesota, where $51.3 million in state bonding funds is building a new physics and nanotechnology building.

This will support $30 million annually that the University receives in federal research grants, which have the potential to create new businesses and jobs.

Government is not the problem, as one former president suggested. It is an important partner to American industry as we compete in a technological world.

Rolf Westgard Lecturer, University Lifelong Learning Program

am a firm believer in the notion that an adult should have the right to smoke recreational marijuana without the fear of the law.

However, smokers must do so RONALD DIXON responsibly. columnist Along this line of thinking, the city of Denver is considering a new ordinance to punish the smell or sight of marijuana.

If Minnesota were to pass the medicinal marijuana legislation on the docket in 2014, then lawmakers should use Denver as an example to couple smoking rights with laws punishing invasive smoke.

The law reeks of an anti-marijuana mentality, thinly veiled under a nuisance ordinance. This may be a sign for fight back in states that have recently passed marijuana legislation, but the law offers valuable questions.

My girlfriend lives in a duplex across the street from Hamline University, where the residents of the lower levels of the house smoke pot on a daily basis. The smoke invades the higher levels, where my girlfriend and her roommates live.

There is no doubt in my mind that marijuana will, eventually, become legal in Minnesota, despite Gov. Mark Dayton’s opposition.

When this happens, Minnesota should formulate a three strikes law for pot smokers who negatively impact the lives of others. This would protect the rights of individuals to smoke and yet also defend the rights of those who wish not to have their home smell of marijuana for hours on end.

THC, the signature chemical in marijuana, may be detected in people who have inhaled secondhand smoke, which could af fect those taking drug tests. More simply, the smoke spreads carcinogens, damaging one’s brain and lungs like cigarette smoke.

Despite the national trend toward legalization, marijuana still has a stigma to it. Through secondhand smoke, smelling of or simply being connected to marijuana by association could seriously affect someone’s personal or professional life.

I support the expansion of marijuana laws, but when smoking has a negative impact on the lives of others, there should be a law that ensures the punishment of problematic perpetrators.

Ronald Dixon welcomes comments at rdixon@mndaily.com.

Restaurants committed to health New restaurants on campus buy from local and organic producers.

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any students are enjoying the new, state-of-the-ar t Recreation and Wellness Center, and as Northrop Memorial Auditorium’s renovation wraps up, students will be getting more food options at both buildings.

The Board of Regents approved two new restaurants opening at the Rec and at Northrop that are managed by Twin Cities food ser vice companies Taher, Inc., and Surdyk’s Inc., the Minnesota Daily reported last week.

Students have pushed for more sustainable food options on campus lately, both with respect to University Dining Ser vices and independently owned restaurants across campus.

The Daily also reported on a student food sustainability conference held at TCF Bank Stadium last weekend, where activists pushed for colleges to make a commitment to more “environmentally friendly and locally and socially responsible” food.

Taher, Inc., out of Minnetonka, and Surdyk’s Inc., out of Minneapolis, both say they’re committed to providing fresh food, with as much involvement from local farmers and organic producers as possible. Taher eliminated trans fats from its menu in 2007 and maintains a number of nutritional handouts and links for children on its website. Surdyk’s lists its food purchases on its website, including free-range and antibiotic free chicken from farms in Glenwood, Minn., and organic dair y products from the Hope Creamer y in Hope, Minn.

We suppor t the ef for t by the Regents to choose local restaurateurs that are committed to health and quality, and we encourage students to continue to push for healthier, more sustainable food at the University.

A way to give back The University is partnering with Minneapolis Public Schools to offer high-quality early childhood education.

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niversity of Minnesota researchers will work with the city to improve early childhood education in Minneapolis Public Schools, the Minnesota Daily reported earlier this month. According to MPS Chief Financial Officer Robert Doty, the achievement gap and low graduation rates are issues the city hopes to solve with this partnership.

After fundraising, the city will build childhood education centers first in nor th Minneapolis. University research will provide the general framework of the centers while MPS will provide the leadership and staff.

The concept of early childhood education enjoyed a short stint of national dialogue earlier this year after President Barack Obama touted the benefits of universal preschool in his State of the Union address. “If you’re looking for a good bang for your educational buck, this is it right here,” he said. Indeed, according to a study done by the National Institutes of Health, early childhood education can actually save taxpayers money in the long run because children are less likely to be held back in school, be arrested or get involved with drugs later in life.

Following the State of the Union, the Minnesota Daily Editorial Board suppor ted making high-quality preschool available to ever y child in the nation. While Congress could certainly provide a boost to this initiative, local par tnerships may prove to be the best model for delivering quality preschool education.

Offering research is great way for the University to give back to the local community.

The University and MPS should continue their par tnership until the city’s serious education problems are solved.

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HEALTH

Want growth? Reduce The silenced minority parking minimums It’s important to remember men can be victims of domestic abuse, too.

Parking garages drive up costs, causing developers to build big.

CHRIS IVERSON columnist

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lthough parking allows us to take our cars thr oughout the city, it can be devastating to urban development.

Take Dinkytown, for example, where a bike lane was sacrificed for on-street parking. Although there’s a bike lane on Fourth Street from TCF Bank Stadium to 15th Avenue and from 13th Avenue into the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood, there’s no lane in Dinkytown’s two-block stretch.

This is because area businesses need the on-street parking.

The same situation occurs on campus, where vehicles always seem to block the pedestrian traf fic flows near Church Street.

So you get my point — parking is impor tant. But it is also a relic of the past, a timestamp from the car-centric second half of the 20th centur y that restricts ambitious growth.

Parking requirements form the idea that we have the “right” to own a car as well as a parking spot. This worked for quite some time. Unfortunately, this cannot and should no longer be true in urban areas.

When developers attempt to build a new project, they must follow parking minimums that bring up their costs.

“Underground parking garage costs around $25,000 per spot,” said Kelly Doran, CEO of Doran Companies and developer of off-campus projects like Sydney Hall, The Knoll and The Bridges.

Doran said parking structures tend to be expensive to build and are a net negative for development.

More young people are choosing to live closer to amenities and use alternative modes of transpor tation. The housing boom can be seen around campus, as more people are living closer to the University of Minnesota rather than commuting from distant suburbs.

The large growth of student apar tments around the area exemplifies this trend. With more students living near the area and not driving to campus, why do we still require expensive parking?

As an urbanist striving for a car-free city, my gut reaction would be to remove parking requirements altogether. Realistically, some people will always want to drive, no matter how well the transit network is built.

However, a parking minimum reduction is possible, and decreasing requirements over time would be the wisest move.

In fact, the city of Minneapolis has been taking steps to do just that. The University area actually has a slightly favor-

able situation with its position as a transit hub.

Minneapolis city planner Haila Maze said parking requirements for the city are revised about ever y five years.

Current city code requires new residential units to have one parking space per dwelling unit. However, Maze said the University has more lenient parking minimums and allows developments to only have one-half parking spaces per bedroom.

Even so, the people behind recent developments are looking to get out from under hefty parking requirements.

“Basically ever y apar tment project around campus in the past couple years has sought a parking variance,” Maze said.

The underutilization of parking spaces around campus is especially striking for developers.

Doran said Sydney Hall holds 135 parking spots, but residents only occupy about 100.

Since it’s a financial burden for developers to build parking, more units need to be constructed to offset the added costs. This process means larger footprints for construction, one cause of concern for controversial projects such as the WaHu Student Housing project in Stadium Village.

At the same time, rent needs to be increased to accommodate the parking expenses. If parking minimums were reduced or eliminated, developers could build smaller and more affordable buildings.

A fine example is a new apar tment recently approved near a small parking garage in the St. Anthony West neighborhood.

The small, six-stor y, 56-unit building has a footprint less than half the size of the Opus Group’s Venue at Dinkytown.

The project’s developers, Corner Apar tments, do not plan on building any underground parking. Instead, parking needs will be met by adding a skyway to an existing ramp.

Cities like Por tland, Ore., did away with parking minimums in some neighborhoods for many years. Developers and planners lauded the lack of parking, claiming it lowered rents and reduced building sizes.

However, removing parking minimums is also a detriment to an area.

Without at least some parking, vehicles may invade curbside spots and increase unwanted traf fic on local streets. Por tland recently reinstated a ver y loose parking minimum this year to accommodate for these concerns.

It sounds like Minneapolis won’t eliminate parking for that exact reason.

“We don’t want to do away with parking cold turkey,” Maze said.

In the future, the city should continuously reduce parking requirements in order to encourage an auto-free lifestyle for tenants and building smaller footprints for developers.

There is no denying that parking is expensive, and when removed, can be a serious weight lifted off the break of smart growth.

Chris Iverson welcomes comments at civerson@mndaily.com.

BRIAN REINKEN columnist

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ecause October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I’d like to address the strain of domestic abuse people are the least aware of: abuse directed at men.

For those of you who are still reading, I’ll justify the decision. There is, in short, absolutely no sexism involved in confronting the violence directed toward men. Raising the issue doesn’t diminish the legitimate and horrifying nature of the crimes perpetrated against women. Rather, it provides depth and context for an extremely important social issue.

Awareness isn’t a zero-sum game. It’s possible to become informed about one issue without losing ground on another. Neither gender has a monopoly on cruelty. And isn’t an awareness month intended to raise, well, awareness?

A study by the Centers for Disease Control indicates more men than women were victims of intimate partner physical violence and more than 40 percent of severe physical violence victims were men in 2010.

The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey reported that in 2011, an estimated 5,365,000 men and 4,741,000 women were victims of intimate partner physical violence.

If rape is included, the number of women climbs to 5,427,000. This, however, creates the problem of double-counting rape and physical violence, which were associated, the survey found, in more than 80 percent of cases. Even with rape included, the numbers — 5,427,000 women versus 5,365,000 men — are statistically close, suggesting that men and women are almost equally likely to be domestically abused.

This trend is all the more disturbing when other factors are taken into account. Dr. Murray Straus of the University of New Hampshire found that domestic violence was more likely to be mutually or female-initiated than male-initiated. Men, too, are more likely than women to be threatened by their intimate partner with a knife or a firearm. One study shows that 63 percent of males as opposed to 15 percent of females had a deadly weapon used against them in a fight with an intimate partner.

These statistics aren’t commonly known.

Women are the stereotypical victims of domestic violence, so it can be difficult for a man to share his story. Male victims who seek help often report that hotline workers say they only help women, imply the men must be the instigators, ridicule men or refer them to batterers’ programs. Police, meanwhile, are reluctant to take action against a woman who is accused of abusing her partner.

Even when men attempt to seek help, there are few places for them to go. England and Wales are home to approximately 7,500 battered women’s shelters. There are only 60

for men. In the U.S., the same phenomenon is observable, and many shelters have age limits that deny sanctuary to boys older than 13.

Despite all of this, when a man brings up the issue of male victims, there is an expectation that he would be pejoratively labeled as a men’s rights activist. Domestic violence, however, isn’t a sexually restrictive or gender-restrictive term. Although it’s most commonly associated with women, the number of male victims is substantial.

Ironically, the argument invoked by a swath of revisionist feminists — that men have all the power in society and that they use this power to control women — actually serves to socially disempower male victims of abuse. Phrased differently, anti-male sexism discourages men from speaking up about their victimization.

We expect men to be powerful and in control. We expect men to be tough, resilient or unflinching. But, despite what society seems to suggest, there is nothing weak about the men who seek help — or want to seek help — for domestic abuse.

The exact origin of the stigma against male victims is difficult to pinpoint. One could perhaps accuse the media. On television, a man who hits a woman is certainly viewed differently from a woman who hits a man. The media, however, only reflect a deeper trend in society, one that is so deeply ingrained that it continues to stand even against all the statistical evidence.

Although domestic abuse awareness campaigns typically focus on women, it’s important to include the men who have suffered, too. Male victims must confront the same problems as women. Additionally, they must survive in a society that tries to deny their existence. Helping these men may require a new way of thinking about and dealing with domestic abuse.

This month, of course, is an excellent time to start doing whatever we can to help all victims of domestic abuse — regardless of their sex.

RELATIONSHIPS WITH INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN 28% OF VIOLENT RELATIONSHIPS, THE VIOLENCE IS PERPETRATED

BY WOMEN 58% OF VIOLENT RELATIONSHIPS ARE BI-DIRECTIONAL

IN 14%, THE VIOLENCE IS PERPETRATED

BY MEN

16%

OF ALL RELATIONSHIPS ARE VIOLENT

SOURCE: PARTNER ABUSE JOURNAL

Brian Reinken welcomes comments at breinken@mndaily.com.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Social media exposes bigots Bigots can’t hide on the Internet.

TRENT M. KAYS columnist

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love social media. I often don’t proclaim my love for things so easily, but social media has afforded me experiences that I relish. I’m able to connect with people I might not otherwise have been able to meet. I’m able to collaborate with colleagues and peers in exciting ways. I’m able to study social phenomena in online discourse spaces (one of my specialties).

All of these are good things. But social media has also given an accessible platform to the sort of people we’d expect to see on a corner evangelizing. Social media doesn’t hide bigots. Indeed, it highlights the bigotry of those we’d otherwise have never known about. It’s great.

One such bigot learned this the hard way: West Union, S.C., Mayor Linda Oliver.

Unfortunately for Oliver, she didn’t take down a rant against the LGBT community and same-sex marriage before many in West Union and around the country read it.

In the rant, Oliver writes: “What’s it gonna take to get these queers to realize they don’t need a piece of paper. God will not bless their union because he plainly speaks against queers in the Bible. Want to cover your queer with insurance? Buy a policy. Want your queer to get your stuff when you die? Make a will.”

Wow. It would be dishonest for me to say my mouth wasn’t agape after reading Oliver’s words. This is an elected representative. The idea that same-sex marriage is just about “a piece of paper” oozes of ignorance.

I suppose if I were Oliver’s Sunday school teacher, I would tell her that nowhere in the Bible does an admonishment of “queers” appear.

I would also encourage her to actually read the Bible. Since it’s clear that she wears poly-blend clothing, I would tell her she should take it off or risk burning for eternity in hell.

Bible kooks akin to Oliver only read the parts of God’s word that they agree with. I’d expect to find Oliver on a street corner on weekends with a Bible in one hand and her other hand clenched in a fist. When I lived in the South, I used to see these street preachers all the time. They spend their weekends making sure others can’t enjoy theirs.

Despite social media giving a broader platform to these ignorant boobs, I’m happy to know that they can no longer hide. They are exposed to the world in all their simpleminded nature. Oliver’s rant is just one example in a long line of stupidity. People hate gays, femi-

nists, blacks, women, progressives and the list continues. On any day at any time, you can find people using social media to bemoan the existence of all sorts of people.

Perhaps most disheartening is that Oliver represents the views of her community. Her status as mayor — voted for by her constituents — gives me pause as to whether she really represents all their views. I’m sure there are some same-sex couples in her community.

But, I guess it’s hell for them, right?

The old notion that we should tolerate others’ beliefs and transgressions is wrong. It is completely wrong. This isn’t to say that tolerance is something we shouldn’t strive for, but why should we allow others who devalue the existence of entire groups the luxury of tolerance? Why should Oliver’s constituents tolerate her hate?

Once something is on the Internet, it’s there forever. Oliver may have removed her rant after realizing its significance, but it was too late. She exposed her bigoted religious views to the world, and she is now rightly targeted for her hate. Indeed, if she was so proud of her position, why didn’t she leave it up for everyone to see?

When I was young, my parents always said some people learn the easy way and some learn the hard way.

If anything, social media has given us a group of people who consistently need to learn the hard way. What would ever make bigots like Oliver think their position is acceptable?

The vacuum she created around herself insulates her views from those who disagree, so she has never been offered the opportunity to

grow and evolve her understanding.

Social media destroyed that vacuum. I’m sure it is shocking for Oliver. I’m sure she feels singled out for views she doesn’t find wrong.

If you’ve never been challenged on your views, of course you would think they are the only correct ones. This phenomenon is over for those on social media. Oliver can’t escape the fact that social media has shattered her world.

This is what social media does. It highlights those who we should condemn. It brings to the forefront all the underlying ills of society and shows us the raw hate still coursing through our nation’s arteries. Social media has aided revolutions like the Arab Spring and helped topple dictators like Hosni Mubarak.

Perhaps the greatest contribution social media can make is through societal and cultural change.

If we know who the bigots are, we can better take steps to help them or remove them from positions of power. Conversely, social media can better teach bigots how to hide their hate, but, as it was in Oliver’s case, this argument relies too much on social media maturity.

Social media can help us see these bigots.

Now we only need to be brave enough to remove them from power. I hope Oliver will be thrown out of office during the next election cycle. I have my doubts, because though social media connects her with a wider world, her position is still based on her constituents — but I can still hope.

Trent M. Kays welcomes comments at tkays@mndaily.com.

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game that Kill and his wife, Rebecca Kill, drove to Evanston because Kill decided he couldn’t watch the game from home.

Kill has been on an openended leave of absence since Oct. 10 to focus on his epilepsy treatment. He was not coaching Saturday, and the spokesperson was clear that Kill’s status hasn’t changed.

Claeys said last Tuesday he didn’t expect Kill to make the trip, but he said after the game it didn’t surprise him that the head coach did.

Kill had stopped by the Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex on Friday as the team was boarding the buses.

Claeys said Sunday he wouldn’t be surprised to see Kill at practice this week, but he added that his return to coaching will come slowly.

“He’s making the progress towards it,” Claeys said, “but he’s not there yet.”

The Gophers struggled early Saturday, especially on offense. Minnesota punted on its first four possessions, and penalties and an inability to run the ball hampered the team.

It appeared the Wildcats were on the verge of breaking the game open after scoring a touchdown late in the first quarter, but Nelson came in early in the second and sparked the Gophers’ offense.

He led the team on an eight-play, 82-yard drive and capped it with a 29-yard touchdown pass to redshirt senior wide receiver Derrick Engel.

The game was tied 7-7 at halftime, but momentum had shifted in Minnesota’s favor.

BY JACK SATZINGER jsatzinger@mndaily.com Minnesota 20, Northwestern 17 Saturday, Oct. 19 Evanston, Ill. RECAP The Gophers (5-2) traveled to Evanston, Ill., on Friday to face Northwestern without head coach Jerry Kill, who has taken a leave of absence to focus on epilepsy treatment. Kill made the trip anyway, riding shotgun with his wife Rebecca.

Kill watched from the coaches’ box and saw his team win its first Big Ten game of the season and move to within one victory of bowl eligibility.

KEY PLAY Toward the end of the third quarter, senior linebacker James Manuel intercepted a Trevor Siemian pass and returned it for a touchdown. That play gave Minnesota a 14-7 lead it never relinquished.

IT WAS OVER WHEN: CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

Gophers acting head coach and defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys coaches from the sidelines at Saturday’s game against Northwestern at Ryan Field in Evanston, Ill.

The Gophers were winning the physical battles on the line of scrimmage and had shut down Northwestern’s offense for most of the second quarter.

Then Kill addressed the team in the locker room.

“Just to hear his voice again kind of motivated me,” senior defensive lineman Ra’Shede Hageman said.

Minnesota’s defense dominated the third quarter, holding the Wildcats scoreless and forcing two turnovers — one that gave the Gophers a 14-7 lead.

Senior linebacker James Manuel intercepted a pass by Northwestern quarterback Trevor Siemian late in the third quarter and returned it 24 yards for a touchdown.

“They threw a slant underneath, and I just happened to be right there and make a play,” Manuel said.

Gophers redshirt sophomore defensive end Theiren Cockran recovered a fumble on Northwestern’s next offensive play, setting up a Gophers field goal early in the fourth quarter.

Northwestern scored a touchdown late in the fourth quarter, but Minnesota ran out the clock on its last possession, clinching its first Big Ten win since last November.

Nelson said that Kill looked like his usual self at the post-game speech in the locker room.

Claeys said it was a relief to have his boss and longtime friend at the game.

SCORING SUMMARY SCORE BY QUARTER Minnesota Northwestern

1 0 7

2 7 0

3 7 0

4 6 10

TOTAL 20 17

1ST QUARTER NW

TD

1:53

Stephen Buckley, 3 yd run (Budzien kick)

2ND QUARTER MINN

TD

6:48

Derrick Engel, 29 yd pass from Philip Nelson (Hawthorne kick)

3RD QUARTER MINN

TD

1:22

James Manuel, 24 yd interception return (Hawthorne kick)

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MINN

NW

7

7

MINN

NW

14

7

MINN

NW

MINN

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14:55

Chris Hawthorne, 34 yd field goal

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7

NW

FG

11:09

Jeff Budzien, 35 yd field goal

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10

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5:24

Chris Hawthorne, 38 yd field goal

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2:07

Tony Jones, 10 yd pass from Trevor Siemian (Budzien kick)

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“He’s kind of like Linus’ blanket,” Claeys said. “To have him around just makes everyone feel comfortable be-

EVANSTON, Ill., — Ra’Shede Hageman said he watched Trevor Siemian’s eyes as he dropped back to throw. What he didn’t know was his head coach’s eyes were fixated on the play, too.

Jerry Kill, on leave for epilepsy treatment, surprised his team by driving to Evanston, Ill., for the game, viewing from the coaches’ box.

Hageman, a redshirt senior, jumped up, swatted the ball with his left arm and cor-

ralled it to intercept Siemian’s pass. He scampered into Northwestern territory until Siemian tripped him up.

There was a flag on the play, and an illegal block below the waist by Cameron Botticelli set Minnesota back to its own 37-yard line.

That interception shifted field position, and on Minnesota’s next possession, the Gophers looked to be in position to score before halftime.

But Chris Hawthorne missed a 44-yard field goal as the first half ended to squander that chance.

Still, with the game tied 7-7 at the break, players received a boost as they trotted into the locker room.

Kill was waiting there to give his players — unaware of his presence at the game — a rousing speech.

“I was surprised — just to hear his voice again kind of motivated me,” Hageman said. “He’s definitely the toughest person I’ve ever met. He’s very prideful … [and] him coming to the locker room just kind of amped the whole team up.”

That was evident when the

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Gophers linebacker James Manuel returns an interception for a touchdown against Northwestern at Ryan Field in Evanston, Ill., on Saturday. Minnesota won 20-17.

second half started.

Minnesota’s defense forced Northwestern to punt on its first two possessions, but the next series of defensive plays showed the impact Kill made on his players.

A relentless effort Kill has preached all season that “young people are relentless” when faced with adversity, and his team proved it in the game against Northwestern.

A questionable pass interference call negated a Gophers touchdown pass that would have put Minnesota up 14-7. Instead, the Gophers were forced to punt the ball back to Northwestern.

Two plays later, senior linebacker James Manuel intercepted a Siemian pass and returned it for a touchdown to give Minnesota the 14-7 lead that had just been taken away.

Manuel said after watching film earlier in the week, he knew Siemian was going to throw to the right side of the field on the play. But Manuel said Kill’s speech at halftime helped him stay focused.

“He said, ‘Just go out there and play. Let your hair down,’ ” Manuel said. “He reminded us that we were prepared.”

After the scoop and score that put the Gophers in front 14-7, the defense forced another turnover on Northwest-

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ern’s next offensive play.

Redshirt sophomore Theiren Cockran sacked Siemian from behind, forced a fumble and recovered it.

Minnesota’s offense took over and converted a field goal to stretch its lead to 17-7.

Roomies making plays

Manuel’s interception means both he and roommate Hageman finished with one apiece, but Manuel gets bragging rights after running his back for a score.

“The fact that he got a pick six, I’m proud of him,” Hageman said with a grin. “But [people] don’t know I used to play tight end. So when I snagged that, it brought me back to my high school days.

I’m 310 [pounds] now, and I could definitely tell I’m not like I used to be.”

Hageman said that while size may have hindered his speed, it allowed him to better pressure the quar terback — which led to three deflected passes at the line of scrimmage Saturday.

This was the first game all season in which Hageman looked like a potential first-round NFL draft pick.

If he continues his dominant presence up front, the team could become bowl-eligible for the second straight year.

Nelson makes most of opportunity, leads team to win

BY NATE GOTLIEB ngotlieb@mndaily.com

EVANSTON, Ill. — Sophomore quarterback Philip Nelson hadn’t played meaningful minutes since the Gophers’ loss to Iowa on Sept.

28.

But he stepped right in Saturday and led Minnesota on a game-tying touchdown in the second quarter.

His presence catalyzed the Gophers’ offense against Northwestern on Saturday

as Minnesota won its first Big Ten game since last November.

“It was a little bit of a surprise,” Nelson said of coming into the game. “All I could really control is preparing myself, and that’s the way the week went for me.”

Freshman quarterback Mitch Leidner started the game and went just 1-for-3 passing. He rushed for 27 yards, but the offense struggled to sustain possession with him under center. He

played just one possession after the first quarter.

Nelson appeared comfortable right away Saturday, completing three of four passes and a touchdown on his first drive.

Minnesota’s of fense played more physically after the score. It started moving the ball effectively on the ground and kept Northwestern’s quick-strike offense off the field.

Leidner started the second half, but the of fense

was forced to punt four plays later.

After that, acting head coach and defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys opted to stick with Nelson.

“When we put Philip in the second time, it just seemed like we moved the ball a little bit more,” Claeys said.

Nelson made the gamewinning play late in the fourth quarter, scrambling six yards for a first down with 1:12 left in the game.

Sophomore quarterback Philip Nelson, who subbed in for Mitch Leidner in the second quarter, scrambled to run out the clock. Nelson ran seven yards for a first down with about a minute left in the game, allowing the Gophers to win 20-17.

FOUR OBSERVATIONS

Minnesota defense led by Hageman, Manuel

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QUICK HITTERS

“It was a bit of a gamble there on the boot,” he said.

“I thought I had a shot to really get the first down, so it was just a sprint to the pylon.”

Nelson said he and Leidner are friends and support each other, despite the ambiguity they face over playing time. Nelson said he focuses on what he can control — his work ethic and how he plays.

“It’s a little bit difficult being able to stay in a groove,”

1. Kill can’t stay away.

Though he’s on leave, Kill couldn’t stand the thought of missing the game and made the seven-hour drive to Evanston. On Sunday, defensive coordinator and acting head coach Tracy Claeys said Kill visited the team Friday as well, before it flew to Illinois.

2. Ra’Shede Hageman is a difference maker.

Despite being a 311-pound defensive lineman, Hageman is one of the Gophers’ best athletes. He read Siemian’s eyes in the second quarter and intercepted a pass. Hageman also deflected three passes from the line of scrimmage with NFL scouts looking on from the press box.

3. Both quarterbacks will play.

As of right now, there isn’t much of a difference in skill level between Nelson and Leidner. While coaches have said Leidner is a more physical runner, Nelson has more experience starting games. Claeys said the coaching staff will ride the hot hand.

4. James Manuel is making a push to start.

Before returning an interception for a touchdown Saturday, Manuel sacked Siemian emphatically.

De’Vondre Campbell began the season as a starting linebacker, but Manuel has started the past few games in his place. While that trend might continue, Claeys said Campbell can regain his spot by competing better in practice.

QUOTE OF THE GAME

He talked to the kids for a little bit of halftime and went back and just … was standing there having a Diet Coke. It was just great to have him around.

“He’s kind of like Linus’ blanket. …

To have him around just makes ever yone feel comfortable because he means a hell of a lot to all of us.

Gophers defensive coordinator and acting head coach Tracy Claeys on Jerry Kill TWEET OF THE GAME

“Ok Gophers, you have our attention” @AFRO_THUNDER80 Nebraska wide receiver Kenny Bell UP NEXT After a big upset, the Gophers host No. 25 Nebraska (5-1). Nebraska is coming off a bye week and will be the second ranked team Minnesota has played this season. The Gophers haven’t beaten the Cornhuskers since they joined the Big Ten.

he said. “But it’s all up to the coaches, and we both want to be able to play, and that’s just the nature of the beast.

Whoever can move the ball at that time is going to play.”

Claeys reiterated Sunday that Minnesota won’t use a two-quarterback system but said both should see action early in games.

“Whichever one doesn’t star t, I’ll still want to get them in the game in the first half just in case we do have to use them,” he said.

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Monday, October 21, 2013

MEN’S HOCKEY

Warning paces Gophers to sweep

Minnesota swept Bemidji State over the weekend with two decisive wins.

BY MEGAN RYAN mryan@mndaily.com

Star ting wasn’t the Gophers’ strong suit against Bemidji State over the weekend — but finishing was.

Minnesota swept the Beavers with a 6-3 win Friday and 5-1 win Saturday, despite giving up the first goal each game.

“We didn’t star t too good [both days],” junior for ward Sam War ning said. “So we’ve got to work on that this week in practice.”

Warning tallied a goal and two assists Friday while adding another two goals Saturday. He has nine points this season and is tied for the national scoring lead.

His first goal Saturday tied the game at 1-1 after the Beavers’ Jeff Jubinville struck first about two and a half minutes in.

Without junior captain Kyle Rau, who missed most of the first period Saturday getting stitches after cutting his leg on a check, it took the Gophers nearly 15 minutes to respond to the Beavers’ goal.

Warning angled a shot

MEN’S HOCKEY RESULTS FRIDAY Minnesota Bemidji St.

1 2 1

2 1 1

3 3 1

FINAL 6 3

SATURDAY Minnesota Bemidji St.

1 1 1

2 2 0

3 2 0

FINAL 5 1

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from the left with a big wind-up, and the puck bounced through bodies before finding its way into the net to make it 1-1.

“That was a pretty lucky goal,” Warning said, “but I’ll take it.”

Gophers head coach Don Lucia said he agreed that goal was a momentum shifter for his team Saturday.

“We were for tunate to come out after one [period] with the [tie],” Lucia said. “Sam’s goal was flukey, but that allowed us to settle in. We were better the second and third period.”

Warning’s goal opened the floodgates. He and freshman for ward Taylor Cammarata scored in the second period, and sophomore defenseman Mike Reilly and freshman forward Justin Kloos netted goals in the third en route to the win.

It was a similar stor y Friday night, but also a similar end result.

Minnesota again gave up the first goal to Bemidji State’s Danny Mattson about three and a half minutes into the first period, but it managed to respond with a goal of its own.

Gophers junior for ward Travis Boyd said his team came out flat in the game.

But he said his team termed him a “spark plug” after his tying goal barely a minute later.

Junior defenseman Ben Marshall added a goal before the period was out, but the Beavers’ Cor y Ward tied the game again early in the second.

Warning snatched the lead away with about five minutes left in the second — another “big goal” for the junior, according to Lucia.

Freshman for ward Hudson Fasching put the

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Minnesota forward Sam Warning handles the puck against Mercyhurst in the Ice Breaker Tournament at Mariucci Arena on Oct. 11.

puck away just seconds into the third period, and while Bemidji State made a valiant comeback ef for t with a goal from Radoslav Illo about three minutes later, goals from Gophers

senior for ward Nate Condon and redshirt freshman for war d Connor Reilly sealed the win.

While the Gophers’ star ts need some work, how they ended both

games was rock solid.

“The dif ference in the game is we had some guys who could finish,” Lucia said. “And they didn’t.”

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Minnesota travels up North, sweeps UMD The Gophers were led by a balanced attack en route to a weekend sweep.

BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com

For No. 1 Minnesota, success at AMSOIL Arena in Duluth, Minn., is nothing new.

That success continued this weekend with a sweep over No. 7 Minnesota-Duluth. The Gophers skated to 4-0 and 6-3 wins over the Bulldogs on Friday and Saturday.

The two games were ver y different, but Minnesota used a balanced scoring attack to secure two wins.

“Any time you can sweep on the road, in particular up in Duluth, is a great weekend,” head coach Brad Frost said.

On Friday, sophomore goaltender Amanda Leveille recorded 26 saves for her second consecutive shutout.

Senior Sarah Davis scored the first goal in the first period with assists from senior Bethany Brausen and junior Meghan Lorence.

Lorence added a goal of her own in the third period.

The Brausen-Davis-Lorence line hasn’t typically been Minnesota’s highest-

scoring line, but it contributed four goals over the weekend, including three from Davis.

“We are really tr ying to contribute and produce more and not just be the gritty line, but also be the gritty line at the same time,” Davis said.

Freshman forward Dani Cameranesi scored her first collegiate goal Friday off a deflection on a shot by junior defenseman Rachel Ramsey.

Cameranesi credited her teammates and said she was in the right place at the right time. Still, she said it was satisfying to get her first goal, and that it was cool that it came at her brother’s home rink.

Frost said Cameranesi has been “settling in and becoming more and more comfortable each game.”

She added two powerplay goals in Saturday’s game, and Frost said they’ve been working with her on the backside of the power play.

That paid off Saturday.

Cameranesi and senior linemate Kelly Terr y each recorded three points in Saturday’s game.

Cameranesi said the communication on her line, which also includes freshman Kate Schipper, has been improving lately.

In the beginning of the

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Minnesota sophomore goalie Amanda Leveille lunges to protect the goal against Wisconsin on Oct. 12 at Ridder Arena.

season, she said, Ter r y would have to talk to her and Schipper about becoming more vocal.

“Me and [Schipper] aren’t the most outgoing people,” Cameranesi said.

“We’re pretty shy and don’t talk that much.”

She said the coaches have urged the freshmen to start using their voices more, which has made everything easier on the ice.

Sophomores Mar yanne Menefee and Hannah Brandt and junior Rachael Bona make up the team’s other line.

Bona and Brandt are first and second on the team in points through six games, and Menefee is tied for third.

That line also contributed offensively for Minnesota over the weekend, rounding out a balanced scoring attack.

“Every night a different line is stepping up,” Frost said. “All of our lines were contributing this weekend, and you have to have three lines that can score.”

Frost said he’s comfortable with his nine forwards and the combinations the

WOMEN’S HOCKEY RESULTS FRIDAY Minnesota UMD

1 1 0

2 0 0

3 3 0

FINAL 4 0

3 2 1

FINAL 6 3

SATURDAY Minnesota UMD

1 2 1

2 2 1

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team has up front.

Minnesota will return to action next weekend against Bemidji State in Bemidji, Minn.

all security. A power running game. A smothering defense.

That’s the blueprint Gophers players and coaches have been pursuing all season, and on Saturday, it couldn’t have worked more perfectly.

Minnesota dominated Nor thwestern in ever y respect en route to a relatively easy win — a win it desperately needed.

It’s the Gophers’ first win in a month, first in the Big Ten and first over a legitimate opponent this season.

That’s huge for a team that returns to TCF Bank Stadium next week to play its first home game since the homecoming drubbing from Iowa.

It’s impossible to overlook that the Wildcats were without their two best players, but this was still a major breakthrough for this year’s squad.

Under Jerr y Kill and his staff, Minnesota has recorded a mere four road wins in two-plus seasons — two in conference play.

“For the first time, we’ve been able to [win] on the road in the Big Ten and really perform well and win the game,” defensive coordinator and acting head coach Tracy Claeys said at a press conference Saturday.

It wasn’t just about the victor y itself. It was about how the Gophers won.

Senior defensive tackle Ra’Shede Hageman looked like the firstround NFL draft pick experts nationwide have pegged him to be.

Senior linebacker James Manuel flew around, making plays all over the field, and his pick six was the biggest play of the game.

And sophomore quarterback Philip Nelson came of f the bench in the second quarter and helped his team dominate time of possession.

For a team with limited offensive firepower, a stout defense and ball control are essential.

Now with five conference games left, the Gophers need just one more victory to be bowleligible.

Three of those games will be at home.

There are a couple more Big Ten wins to be had if the Gophers can play within themselves like they did on Saturday.

“We see the light at the end of the tunnel,” Hageman said at Saturday’s press conference.

“But you can’t go out there and wait for it to happen. You’ve got to go out there and make plays.”

Satur day’s victor y didn’t make the Gophers’ season, but it’s a reason for Minnesota fans to be optimistic that another win or two may be on the horizon.

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Monday, October 21, 2013

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Mathieu steps up at team scrimmage

The Gophers gave fans a glimpse of the new, up-tempo offense on Friday.

BY JACE FREDERICK jfrederick@mndaily.com

Gophers head coach Richard Pitino has emphasized an up-and-down, fast tempo since the moment he was hired in April.

Minnesota showed a glimpse of that pace Friday night in an intrasquad scrimmage as the Maroon squad defeated the Gold squad 61-53.

The Gophers pressed after nearly ever y made basket and looked to take quality shots early in

MEN’S BASKETBALL RESULTS

MAROON 61, GOLD 53 Gold Maroon

13 10 13 17 — 53 16 20 11 14 — 61

GOLD Player Ellenson King Walker Smith Mathieu Buggs Shell Total

Min 25 24 21 28 28 13 6 145

FG FT Reb M-A M-A O-T 2-8 0-0 4-6 2-5 0-0 3-3 3-6 3-5 5-9 1-15 6-6 1-4 8-11 8-10 0-2 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 16-48 17-21 20-33

Ast 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 5

PF Pts 1 4 5 5 0 9 1 9 2 26 1 0 1 0 11 53

MAROON FG Player Min M-A Hollins, Au. 24 8-10 Osenieks 27 7-11 Eliason 29 1-4 Ahanmisi 20 4-8 Hollins, An. 28 2-8 McNeil 13 2-2 Baranowski 4 0-0 Total 145 24-43

FT Reb M-A O-T Ast PF 1-1 0-3 3 2 1-2 3-7 3 3 1-2 1-5 3 4 2-2 1-1 3 6 0-0 0-1 2 1 0-0 0-1 0 3 0-0 0-1 1 0 5-7 6-21 15 19

Pts 21 16 3 12 4 5 0 61

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offensive sets.

“We’re definitely in great shape,” junior guard Andre Hollins said after the scrimmage. “We’re run-and-gun all night, pressing all night, and we’re really excited.”

Minnesota forced a combined 35 turnovers between the two teams.

It was a style Gophers fans had to adjust their eyes to after witnessing the slowpaced, hold-the-ball offense Minnesota often executed throughout the last six seasons under former head coach Tubby Smith.

And even the in-game coaching was visibly different.

Smith was known for his stoic sideline mannerisms as he perched on a stool for entire games. Pitino had a stool Friday night but only used it in 10-second intervals as breaks from scrambling up and down the cour t to give each player instruction and feedback.

“Coach [Pitino] wanted us to establish our brand of basketball, show the fans how we’re going to play,” junior guard Deandre Mathieu said. “Let them see for themselves how Gophers basketball is going to be played this year. It’s probably a little bit different than last year.”

Mathieu, a transfer from Central Arizona College, excelled in Minnesota’s up-tempo of fense. He finished with 26 points on 8-for-11 shooting for the Gold squad. He drove to the bucket at will and looked

vir tually flawless in the transition game.

Hollins guarded Mathieu for most of the game and wasn’t shy afterward about his showing on defense.

“I’m kind of shooting myself in the head with that one because I was guarding him,” Hollins said. “We’re excited to have [Mathieu] as a part of the team.”

Still, Minnesota’s aggressive, oppor tunistic defensive showing had a downside — it was their own teammates the Gophers were turning over.

The squads combined for just 20 assists to go along with the 35 giveaways.

“I wrote on the board about having a 2-to-1 assistto-turnover ratio,” Pitino said. “That is not 2-to-1.”

Other Mar oon team standouts Friday included senior guard Austin Hollins and redshirt junior forward Oto Osenieks. Hollins finished the game with 21 points on 8-for-10 shooting, including 4-for-6 from beyond the arc. Osenieks added 16 points on 7-for-11 shooting.

“I was ver y impressed with [Osenieks],” Pitino said. “[He had] a ver y efficient night offensively, and I thought he did a good job defensively.”

S en i or g u a r d Ma l i k Smith, a transfer who came with Pitino from Florida International, had a rough night. Smith, a sharpshooter by trade, finished the night 1-for-10 from beyond the arc and added eight

Gophers impress at Adidas Invite

BY BETSY HELFAND bhelfand@mndaily.com

Gophers head coach Sarah Hopkins said her team is right where she wants it to be at this point in the season.

No. 22 Minnesota finished eighth out of 37 teams at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational in a field rich with talented teams.

“This is the time of year when you want to start running well, and we definitely are,” Hopkins said.

The race was the team’s last checkpoint before the Big Ten championships early next month.

Redshirt sophomore Becca Dyson, who finished sixth for the Gophers, likened the meet to being the team’s second midterm of the year.

“If you think of a class … this one is more like 35 to 40 percent of our grade for the season,” Dyson said. “So [it’s] an important meet, but not the end-all-be-all.”

She said the team was thrilled with the results.

“None of us could say we had per fect races, but our goal coming in was topeight,” Dyson said. “And we hit that right on the dot.”

Junior Molly Kayfes led the way for the Gophers in the 6K with a time of 20:36.

Senior Laura Docherty followed just two seconds later.

There was only a 20-second difference between Kayfes and the team’s fifth finisher, senior Maggie Bollig.

Kayfes said that at first, the team didn’t think it placed well.

“When Hopkins came and told us how we did … we were surprised. I don’t think there was one person

turnovers.

Pitino’s confidence in Smith following the scrimmage didn’t waver.

“Malik Smith will do that to you — only [I] can accept that,” he said. “I have unbelievable faith in him when

it comes time to hit the big shot.”

Pitino said Friday his team picked up the intensity in its second fall scrimmage, but he said it’ll need to continue to take steps for war d with the first

game in less than three weeks.

“They want to play with the best,” he said. “I think they took strides with that today.”

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VOLLEYBALL

CROSS COUNTRY

Minnesota’s men and women had different results in Wisconsin.

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Minnesota guard Deandre Mathieu drives toward the basket at a team scrimmage at Williams Arena on Friday. Mathieu led all scorers with 26 points.

CROSS COUNTRY

WISCONSIN ADIDAS INVITATIONAL MEN’S 8K RESULTS PLACE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 29

TEAM Northern Arizona BYU Portland Wisconsin New Mexico Columbia Arkansas Syracuse Michigan Eastern Kentucky Minnesota

SCORE 121 174 216 217 251 261 265 306 323 332 629

WOMEN’S 6K RESULTS PLACE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

TEAM Arizona Arkansas Providence Michigan State Iowa State New Mexico Dartmouth Minnesota Washington San Francisco

TIME 117 136 191 200 235 240 246 303 308 326

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that felt that good,” Kayfes said. “Our legs were not feeling the best.”

Kayfes said this meet gives the team an idea of where they can finish at the end of the year, as the Gophers beat numerous ranked teams, including No. 4 Washington, No. 10 San Francisco and No. 15 Cornell.

“I think this is the closest thing we’ve had to everybody hitting at the same time,” Hopkins said. “But again, we know we can keep upping that.”

Hopkins said the team is running well, but not at its best, which is a good thing heading into the three major meets of the season.

“I think we know that we’re not quite the best we can be yet,” she said, “so that’s a good place to be.”

Men finish 29th Gophers head men’s coach Steve Plasencia only needed one word to describe his team’s performance over the weekend: dissatisfaction.

His team was coming off a fourth-place finish at the Notre Dame Invitational, which propelled it into the national rankings.

Saturday’s meet was a setback, to say the least.

Senior John Simons, the team’s top runner this sea-

son, finished 257th overall.

“He got in the position where you might have expected him to be for the first mile or two, but then he just star ted going backward,” Plasencia said. “For whatever reason, he just didn’t have it today.”

Plasencia said Simons didn’t feel well from the getgo and said he felt a little lightheaded.

“When you have a guy that’s been legitimately your first guy … given where we are as a team, that’s a pretty hard blow to take,” Plasencia said.

Simons’ per formance wasn’t the only problem the Gophers faced. Plasencia said he thought the team had subpar performances across the board.

Senior Derek Storkel finished 95th overall and first for the Gophers. Senior Andrew Larsen placed second for the Gophers, just a second after Storkel.

Minnesota doesn’t race again until the Big Ten championships, and Plasencia said it will need to use this result as motivation for the next race.

“I think time is a great healer,” he said. “But I don’t want the pain of today to be in the rear view mirror. I hope it hurts.”

Minnesota knocks off pair of teams from Michigan The Gophers beat two ranked teams in three days and improved to 18-3.

BY DAVID NELSON dnelson@mndaily.com

After three days and two victories, the Gophers volleyball team stands to rank a lot higher in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll this week.

Minnesota faced two tough opponents this weekend in No. 5 Michigan State and No. 16 Michigan. In both matches, the Gophers came back from tight spots to pull out the win.

Undefeated in conference play, Michigan State rolled into Minnesota on a 15-match winning streak before the Gophers ended it Thursday night.

But the win didn’t come easy for Minnesota.

After going down two sets to one, including losing a close third set, the Gophers were able to bounce back and win the fourth set to force a decisive fifth and final set.

The Gophers made sure the fifth set went smoothly, crushing the Spartans 15-7.

“We’re starting to get a little bit of grit, and that’s important [because] we’re not out of the woods yet,” head coach Hugh McCutcheon said. “I think we’re starting to have some belief in this team about what we are capable of doing.”

Sophomore outside hitter Daly Santana played big for the Gophers, tallying 11 kills, 16 digs and seven aces in the match.

“I just went out there and was like, ‘OK. Just do what you do in practice. Just breathe and go for it,’” she said.

Santana continued her impressive performance in Saturday night’s match. But the Gophers looked shaky at

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Gophers middle blocker Tori Dixon and outside hitter Daly Santana attempt to block the ball against Michigan State at the Sports Pavilion on Thursday night. Minnesota won 3-2.

first.

Michigan looked more energized and better defensively as they took set one 25-15.

Showing the same grit and determination that McCutcheon spoke of, the Gophers fought back and won three straight sets to send Michigan packing.

“I think, kind of emotionally, we were expecting to start right where we left off on Thursday, and Michigan made sure that didn’t happen. They had a plan and executed well,” McCutcheon said. “We were able to make some adjustments, make some changes, and we played better.”

One of those adjustments was replacing struggling libero Morgan Bohl with sophomore Lindsey Lawmaster.

Lawmaster went on to have a great match with a

VOLLEYBALL RESULTS THURSDAY 1 2 3 4 5 FINAL 2 Michigan St. 25 21 26 22 7 Minnesota 23 25 24 25 15 3

SATURDAY Michigan Minnesota

1 2 3 4 25 20 22 23 15 25 25 25

FINAL 1 3

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

team-high 17 digs.

The Gophers played in front of two packed crowds this weekend, something the players and coaches appreciated.

“To have that much support in a community you live in, it’s just unbelievable,” Lawmaster said.

The Gophers will next play Wisconsin on the road Wednesday.

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Monday, October 21, 2013

SOCCER

Gophers fall to ranked opponent at home

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Minnesota midfielder Josee Stiever passes the ball against Iowa on Friday at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium.

Minnesota lost to Nebraska and tied with Iowa at home over the weekend.

BY JACE FREDERICK jfrederick@mndaily.com

Minnesota fell to a ranked Big Ten team for the first time this year when it lost to No. 22 Nebraska 1-0 on Sunday.

The Gophers (9-5-2, 2-42) generated numerous chances in the second half but, as they have all Big Ten season, str uggled to find the back of the net.

Minnesota’s best oppor tunity came of f a sideline throw-in when junior midfielder Katie Thyken deflected a ball that glanced off the post in the 65th minute.

It was the fifth time the Gophers have been shut out in eight Big Ten games, despite outshooting the Cor nhuskers 2016. It was the first time in six games the Gophers outshot their opponent.

“We were in their end.

We were getting a lot of opportunities,” said freshman for ward/midfielder Simone Kolander, who sang the national anthem

before the game. “It’s frustrating, but it’s exciting to know that we were able to do that.

“If we can car r y that onto our other games, the success will come.”

Nebraska’s lone goal came in the 24th minute, when senior for ward Jordan Jackson beat Gophers freshman keeper Tarah Hobbs. Hobbs held the Huskers scoreless the rest of the game and finished with eight saves.

Minnesota beat No. 7 Penn State and No. 13 Michigan earlier this season before pushing conference-leading Nebraska

(12-3-1, 7-1) to the wire.

“The Big Ten is a funny conference,” Kolander said. “It’s exciting to know that when we do play our best, we can beat the best teams in the countr y.”

The loss came after the Gophers drew 2-2 with Iowa on Friday night.

The Hawkeyes outshot Minnesota 29-10, but Hobbs was sensational in net. She saved a team-record 16 shots on goal.

“It was kind of surprising,” Hobbs said. “It was a pretty good feeling to have.”

She said she didn’t find out about the record until

her mother texted her later in the night.

Minnesota traded goals early with the Hawkeyes.

Iowa struck first about five minutes in, but sophomore for ward Taylor Stainbrook scored on a cross from senior for ward Steph Brandt in the ninth minute to knot the game 1-1.

Brandt gave the Gophers a 2-1 lead in the 61st minute, but Iowa responded six minutes later to tie the game again.

Both teams went scoreless through the last 23 minutes to secur e the draw.

The two goals were the

SOCCER RESULTS FRIDAY 1 1 1

Minnesota Iowa

2 1 1

OT FINAL 0 2 0 2

SUNDAY Minnesota #22 Nebraska

1 0 1

2 0 0

FINAL 0 1

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

most the Gophers have scored in a Big Ten game this season.

The Gophers next hit the pitch Thursday against Wisconsin.

SWIMMING & DIVING

Minnesota has a strong showing against Badgers The Gophers won both the men’s and women’s contests in Madison, Wis.

BY DANE MIZUTANI dmizutani@mndaily.com

The Minnesota men’s swimming and diving squad bounced back from last weekend’s loss to then-No. 5 Florida with a dominant win over rival Wisconsin.

The Gophers women’s squad followed suit and recorded a win over Wisconsin, making it 3-0 on the season and 2-0 in the Big Ten. Minnesota’s men beat the Badgers 220-150 in Madison, Wis., and the women won 218-152 after the teams competed for two days this weekend.

“It was a true team effort from the freshmen all the way up to the upperclassmen on the men’s side,” head coach Kelly Kremer

said.

T wo days of events meant a dif ferent format than both Minnesota teams have competed in this season, but the Gophers clearly felt right at home.

The usual suspects led Minnesota on the men’s side, as senior Derek Toomey paced the team with five event wins and fellow senior Kyler Van Swol also had five wins.

Toomey won the 50-yard freestyle for the third time this season but placed second in the 100 freestyle.

He said last weekend that he wanted to improve his 100 freestyle time as the season progresses.

Kremer said the performances by his top swimmers were ver y encouraging, but junior CJ Smith stood out. Smith won the 1,650 freestyle 16 seconds ahead of the next-closest finisher.

Kremer said the relay teams on the men’s side were also impressive.

ICHIGO TAKIKAWA, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota senior Derek Toomey swims in the men’s 100-yard freestyle against Arizona State on Oct. 5 at the University Aquatic Center.

In the diving well, sophomore Manny Pollard led the Gophers and swept the competition.

Not to be outdone, Minnesota was solid on the women’s side as well.

Kremer credited the balance of the women’s squad and said that depth will prove pivotal this year.

“We don’t want to have any weak events … and right now, we feel like we are well-balanced,” he said.

“We feel really good about where that team is at.”

Kiera Janzen continued to dominate in the distance events and earned five event wins against the Badgers.

Becca Weiland also helped the team with four event wins. The junior has shown promise in sprint events this season and seems to be rolling against Big Ten competition.

Minnesota senior Maggie Keefer placed first in

both diving competitions.

Kremer said there was a lot of energy between both teams at the meet against the Badgers, as expected.

“I told our teams that even though they’re at home, we need to make them feel like they’re on the road,” Kremer said. “And our team did that.”

Both squads will now have a weekend off before traveling to Iowa on Nov. 1 for another Big Ten contest.

SWIMMING AND DIVING RESULTS MEN’S Wisconsin Minnesota

FINAL 150 220

WOMEN’S Wisconsin Minnesota

FINAL 152 218

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

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Monday, October 21, 2013

BACKTALK sudoku

horoscopes

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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10/21/2013

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

All rights reserved.

Today’s Birthday (10/21): Travel and education are recurring themes this year. Chase innovation and pursue mastery at your art. Attend lectures and conferences.

Write, record and publish.

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 — It’s Mercury retrograde Monday. Brace yourself for the unexpected. Communications and transportation may break down.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 6 — You’re entering a house cleaning phase. Keep tight track of your money. New opportunities present themselves with new research. Keep working!

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 7 — There may be setbacks and resistance, but at the end it’s all worth it. This week is especially good for attracting money.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 6 — Review recent personal decisions. Get into negotiations.

Run a reality check. It could get awkward. Make repairs right away.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 6 — Watch out for confusion at home over the next three weeks. You’re eager to go. Get farther by staying put. Complete a domestic project.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 7 — Settle in and develop plans. Join forces with a master of surprises. Keep it practical. Travel beckons but take care.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 6 — Review recreational plans and refurbish necessary equipment. Revise and refine. Finish up old projects. Costs appear prohibitive at this point.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 7 — Travel could get confusing. Review the data to find the truth. Keep it updated and backed up. Gain deeper insight with patient listening.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 7— Secure what you’ve achieved, and complete household projects. Clarify issues first. Consider an outsider’s objections.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 6 — Carefully review your savings plan and develop team goals. Tend the fire, and manage chores and responsibilities.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 7 — There’s more analysis required. Practice obedience, and get much stronger. You’re attracting the attention of an important person.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 5 — Reorganize a kitchen drawer. Keep equipment in repair, as you study unfamiliar territory. Stay close to home as much as possible.

Monday, October 21, 2013

overheard “Games get boring the harder they get. Just like sex.”

—Coffman Union

“And if you’ve never been to the beach and made sand castles, your life is empty and devoid of meaning.”

—Natural Hazards and Disasters lecture

“Michael Jackson? He’s dead.”

“He died?”

“Yeah! He murdered somebody and then died.”

“Oh, yeah, I remember.”

—Bio-Medical Library

“Dude, we already touched our apples together!”

“Yeah, but you didn’t say cheers!”

—Centennial Hall dining hall

“If I had a professor that looked like Mr. Fitz, I’d drug him and have sex with him.”

—17th Avenue residence hall

Professor: “Metabolism is like pornography. You can’t explain it, but once you see it, you know what it is.”

—Jackson Hall

Person to the police officers ticketing cyclists: “Don’t you have a homicide to look into or something?”

—Scholars Walk

“Question! Why are you getting the D from a girl ... and why is everyone okay with this??”

“Because ZELDA. That’s why!”

—Fulton Street

“I think my dog’s best friend, Coco, is the same kind of dog as this.”

—Outside of Mesa Pizza

Student: “Professor, what are those holes in the graph?”

Professor: “Which holes? Oh, those?

I’ll show you some more interesting holes later.”

—Tate Laboratory

“Mini Me called. He wants his portion sizes back.”

—17th Avenue dining hall

“Sometimes I like to take a bath in Jell-O.”

—Centennial Hall dining hall

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crossword

FOR RELEASE OCTOBER 21, 2013

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

ACROSS 1 Floating platforms 6 Guy or fellow 10 Haughty sort 14 Creepy starer 15 Top military draft category 16 Skid row denizen 17 German cars bought by Riyadh residents?

19 Not many 20 Releases (on), as an attack dog 21 Cafeteria carriers gone missing?

23 QB’s mishap 24 Tennis icon Arthur 25 Makes a choice 26 Drawing upon 28 100-yard race 30 Shoulder wrap 32 “Once __ a time ...”

34 PC software 38 Rose of baseball 39 Hard to hear 40 Was a passenger 41 Figure skater’s leap 42 Uncle Remus’s __ Rabbit 43 Nursery-rhyme Jack or his wife 44 Put down, as floor tile 46 “__ my case” 48 Fixes with thread 50 Plastic coffee container designed for a Keurig brewer 51 Sports enthusiast 54 Streamlined onion relatives?

57 Pie à la __ 58 Basketball’s __ “The Pearl” Monroe 59 Stories you’ve heard a bajillion times?

61 Bad to the bone 62 Promgoer’s concern 63 Leaning somewhat 64 Lousy grades 65 Like so 66 Zappos.com inventory

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By Erik Agard

DOWN 1 Big name in vermouth 2 A second time 3 Vary irregularly, as prices 4 Koppel and Knight 5 __ Lanka 6 Teeth-and-gums protector 7 Conductor Previn 8 “Star Wars” princess 9 “Piece of cake!”

10 Out-of-tune string instruments?

11 Like Jack 43Across’s diet 12 Does as directed 13 Curtain call acknowledgments 18 Part of YMCA: Abbr.

22 How-__: instruction books 24 Feel lousy 27 Neato water sources?

28 Insult comic who was a frequent Johnny Carson guest 29 Crumb-carrying insect

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30 Relaxation center 31 Put a curse on 33 Dessert with a crust 35 Financial planner’s concern 36 Handheld computer, briefly 37 Go down in the west 39 “The X-Files” gp.

43 Ninth mo.

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45 Pop the question 47 Ploy 48 Work really hard 49 Spooky 50 Reeves of “Speed” 52 Dancer Astaire 53 Homes for chicks 54 Future flower 55 J.D.-to-be’s exam 56 __ A Sketch 57 Trig or calc 60 Prof.’s helpers

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dr. date Dr. Date,

My boyfriend and I are in a bit of a rut. Don’t get me wrong — things are going great between us. But lately, we’ve been staying in a lot instead of going out. I love spending some evenings in, but I also love going out. He, on the other hand, would be content to stay in every night to eat a frozen pizza and watch Netflix. How can I convince him to go out more?

—Not A Homebody

Young And Restless,

You’re talking to the right person.

Give me some pillows, Ben & Jerry’s and as much bedding as “The Princess and the Pea” and I’ll be fine hibernating for months at a time.

In the past, there’s been one way around this for my significant others. If they set the plans and told me about them in advance, I’d usually get my butt in the car and end up having a great time.

But if the proposal sounded something like, “Hey, I’m bored. I want to do something, but I don’t have any ideas,” I would not be roused from my resting place.

Don’t get me wrong; I love going out on occasion. I just can’t stand the backand-forth between Taco Bell and a movie or Merlin’s Rest and mini-golf. But if you draw up plans in advance, there’s no space for long-winded arguments or reasonable excuses for frozen pizzas.

I’m guessing his reluctance to go out has a lot to do with the plan-making aspect. With Yelp and Urbanspoon at our Cheetos-encrusted fingertips, the possibilities are overwhelmingly endless.

Share your ideas, and if he’s not into them, call up some friends. He’ll eventually get lonely and maybe even make some plans of his own.

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

I need your help, doc. One of my buddies is in trouble. His girlfriend is a cool girl, but she smokes weed ALL THE TIME, to the point that she’s not really interested in doing anything. It also makes her pretty weird and mean to my friend. I’ve been known to indulge in the ganja once in a while, as has my friend, but it’s getting to be a lot. My friend doesn’t like it and wants to tell her, but he’s nervous. I’m on the verge of saying something to her myself. Any advice?

—DARE-ing Friend

Weed Warrior,

Sounds like you boys have a case of addiction on your hands. Marijuana’s addictive potential is relatively low compared to other drugs, but it’s not impossible to get hooked. Weed can lead to withdrawal symptoms, increased tolerance and unwanted side effects, just like every other illicit substance favored by college kids.

The anger you’re describing is common among heavy users, but it definitely suggests that there’s a problem.

How big of an effect is it having on your buddy? Enough for a breakup? Chemical dependency is a heavy burden on family and friends, and a lot of people can’t tolerate it.

Talking to her is definitely the first step, but ultimately the decision is hers. There could be something painful beneath the addiction that she’s not yet ready to face. If she prioritizes her love affair with weed over her boyfriend, there’s not much you guys can do about it. Addiction has no magical cure — it’s a long, arduous fight that can only be won if she’s ready.

—Dr. Date

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Monday, October 21, 2013

Health VP candidates discuss goals Candidates u from Page 1

A search committee, co-chaired by leaders in the medical school and the school of dentistr y, began meeting in April and narrowed the candidate list over the summer.

The Medical School dean and vice president of health sciences position is responsible for the Medical School on both the Twin Cities and Duluth campuses, statewide clinical locations and the AHC, which includes the medical, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, public health and veterinary schools.

A 2012 external review of the AHC reported the combination of the dean and vice president position could be a potential conflict of interest or a job that’s too big for one person.

Most of the Medical School faculty members the reviewers interviewed said they would prefer a dean who didn’t also oversee the AHC, according to the review.

But in his response to the review, President Eric Kaler said he thought the positions were best left combined.

“In this leadership model, the vice president for health sciences will serve as a leader among peers, focusing on coordinating the clinical interface across disciplines, and interprofessional education and interdisciplinar y research,” Kaler wrote in his December response letter.

Being the ‘best in the countr y’

Finberg currently serves as chair of the department of medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

He was also a clinical fellow and faculty member at Harvard University Medical School from 1980 to 1999.

If named dean, he said his goal for the University would be “to make this the greatest medical school for

discovery and implementation of health care in the future.”

During his public inter view on Oct. 3, Finberg spoke of the importance of pursuing donors and patenting discoveries in order to raise funds for health programs. He said he doesn’t believe the NIH budget will increase.

“The vice president for health sciences will serve as a leader among peers, focusing on coordinating the clinical interface across disciplines, and interprofessional education and interdisciplinary research.”

ERIC KALER University President

Finberg said he was excited for the opportunity to become dean.

“I think this is a great opportunity, a great university, and it should have a great medical school. It should be the best in the country,” he said.

Running like a ‘small business’

Patterson works as a professor and the chief of the Division of Cardiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds both an M.D. and an MBA. At UNC, Patterson is working to increase collaboration between the business and medical schools, including work on the recent creation of a dual M.D./MBA degree program.

He said in his interview on Oct. 15 that his goal for the University’s medical programs would be “to make this the No. 1 public academic health center in the country.”

Uma Valeti, a University cardiologist and associate

professor, asked Patterson to explain his vision on leadership during the public inter view. It would be important for the dean to communicate and collaborate ef fectively with other leadership like Fairview Health Ser vices and University administration, Valeti said.

Recent changes at Fairview require a vice president who can align his mission with that of Fairview’s new CEO, Valeti said. The Fair view health system — which includes the University Medical Center — was in talks for a potential merger with South Dakota-based Sanford Health last spring and named a new CEO in September.

Patterson spoke of the need to use resources efficiently in order to more effectively use funding from the NIH. If the University ran research akin to a small business, he said, it could do a lot more with the resources available.

“We have constricted resources,” he said. “We’re going to have to look for other opportunities to make the most out of our research dollar.”

Robert Finberg

Cam Patterson

Brooks Jackson

Education: A.B. University of Chicago, M.D. Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Education: B.A. Vanderbilt University, M.D. Emory University, MBA University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Education: B.A. Kenyon College, MBA Dartmouth College, M.D. Dartmouth Medical School

Currently: Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School; professor of medicine, professor of molecular genetics and microbiology

Currently: Chief of UNC’s Division of Cardiology, professor of cardiovascular medicine, professor of business

Currently: Director of Pathology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, professor of pathology, Pathologist-in-Chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital

Goal: “To make this the greatest medical school for discovery and implementation of health care in the future”

Goal: “To make this the No. 1 public academic health center in the country”

Goal: “Develop and implement an integrated health care delivery system that really leads the world in terms of prevention and treatment of disease”

Increasing philanthropic funding

Jackson is a professor and director of pathology at Johns Hopkins University and, like Patterson, holds both an MBA and an M.D. He said in his interview on Oct. 17 that his goal for the University would be to “develop and implement an integrated health care delivery system that really leads the world in terms of prevention and treatment of disease.”

Jackson said philanthropy is an important way to raise funds for medical programs.

During certain years at Johns Hopkins, he said, donors have provided more money than the NIH has for research.

In order to attract donors, Jackson said, it’s im-

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education Kathy Watson asks a question to Medical School dean and vice president for health sciences candidate Brooks Jackson, M.D., at a public interview at Moos Tower on Thursday afternoon.

portant to be one of the top academic programs in the country. He said philanthropists want to invest where researchers are doing great work.

Right now, he estimated, the University is about 28th

on the list of institutions receiving the most NIH funding. In the next 10 years, he said, he thought the University could climb to the top 10 or 15.

John Andrews, associate dean for graduate medical

education, said he thought all of the candidates spoke well on a broad range of issues.

“I’m impressed with the quality of the applicants that they’ve been able to attract,” he said.