November 28, 2016

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■■ Researchers create bicycle collision sensors

MINNESOTA LOST TO GEORGIA AND NORTH CAROLINA.

■■ Gophers volleyball beats highly-ranked teams

A sensor system could warn bikers of imminent crashes. PG 3

Minnesota defeated No. 1 Nebraska and No. 3 Wisconsin. PG 5

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Grad student council funds brought back

by COGS Following a funding dispute this fall, COGS will restore passthrough funding for the groups.

BY DAVID CLAREY dclarey@mndaily.com

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Minnesota running back Rodney Smith runs the ball against Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin on Saturday.

Wisconsin won 31-17 over Minnesota.

Gophers lose to Wisconsin 31-17 In Saturday’s game, Minnesota lost a 17-7 half-time lead, resulting in its 13th consecutive loss to the Badgers.

BY JACK WHITE jwhite@mndaily.com

The Gophers missed a chance to bring Paul Bunyan’s Axe back to Minnesota for the first time in 13 years.

Minnesota (8-4, 5-4 Big Ten) led 17-7 against No. 6 Wisconsin (10-2, 7-2) at halftime but gave up 24 unanswered points in the second half to lose 31-17 in Madison, Wisconsin Saturday to mark their 13th straight loss against the Badgers — the longest streak in the 126-year histor y

between the two rivals.

The Gophers finished tied for fourth in the Big Ten West.

“We’re disappointed that we didn’t get it done,” head coach Tracy Claeys said.

“In the second half with the [four] turnovers, you can’t do that versus a real good team on the road, and they took advantage.”

Wisconsin had 164 rushing yards and three touchdowns on the ground in the second half. The team had 210 yards in total on 46 carries.

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RESEARCH

Study identifies key cropland emission contributors A U study singled out peatland drainage, rice paddies as major emitters of greenhouse gases.

BY RYAN FAIRCLOTH rfaircloth@mndaily.com

Cer tain agricultural practices play an outsized role in greenhouse gas emissions, according to University of Minnesota researchers.

T h e n e w U n i v e r s i t y s t u d y, p u b lished on Nov. 21, has identified key

contributors to agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. Specifically, peatland drainage and rice paddy cultivation account for roughly 80 percent of the world’s total cropland emissions.

Paul West, a study researcher and co-director of the University’s Global Landscapes Initiative, said when peatlands are drained, usually for agriculture, the materials in the soil — such as leaves, sticks and other organic matter — decay and are conver ted to carbon dioxide.

And there’s no climate-friendly way

to manage peatlands, he said, since they emit “tremendous” amounts of carbon regardless of how they’re maintained.

Rice paddies, however, have more management options, West said.

Since paddy rice is managed by flooding the fields, soil materials don’t receive oxygen and are broken down — releasing methane, he said. This greenhouse gas is 34 times more power ful than carbon dioxide, but doesn’t last as long in climate, he said. u See CROPLAND Page 10

BUSINESS

Proposed 42-story complex stymied by lawsuit Some residents of St. Anthony Falls are concerned about the impact of the tower’s height.

BY ELIANA SCHREIBER eschreiber@mndaily.com

A lawsuit could halt construction on a proposed luxur y condominium tower in the St. Anthony Falls Historic District.

A group called Neighbors for East Bank Livability spent recent months raising money to bring a suit against Alatus for its proposed 42-stor y tower on Central Avenue and 2nd Street Southeast.

Although the Minneapolis Heritage Preser vation Commission denied Alatus permission to break ground last spring, another city commission overrode the request.

According to a Tuesday press release from NEBL, the city approved a conditional-use permit to let Alatus build the projected 42-stor y building instead of the u See LAWSUIT Page 7

After meetings tur ned into heate d a r g u m e n t s e a r l i e r t h i s y e a r, the Council of Graduate Students has put a funding feud to r est for now.

A disagreement between COGS and graduate school councils originated in a September meeting when COGS executive members considered withholding funding from the councils and using it for community-building grants.

In a meeting on Nov. 14, the COGS General Assembly voted to end the stalemate between groups and continue passthrough funding.

COGS receives funding from student ser vices fees based on requests from graduate student councils, said Jonathan Borowsky, speaker of COGS. But these funds only go to students in the seven graduate schools that are represented by COGS. The system wasn’t fair, said COGS President Nicholas Goldsmith, and it made the groups reconsider the model’s future.

“What to do this year and what to do in the future are two different issues,” he said, adding that although things haven’t changed this year, he’d like to see a

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A 42-story luxury apartment tower spurred the group, Neighbors for East Bank Livability, to file a lawsuit against Alatus LLC. The tower would be located on Central Avenue Southeast, as represented here with a superimposed rendering.

Over last five years, greek life GPAs rise U sorority and fraternity GPAs have increased due to programs emphasizing academic success.

BY LAYNA DARLING ldarling@mndaily.com

Greek members at the University of Minnesota are raising their GPAs to avoid punishments and receive benefits from chapters.

Leaders of the Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils are making academics a priority which they say is shown through GPA gains over the last five years.

Since fall 2011, the mean GPA for the IFC has increased from 3.06 to 3.18. Similar trends occurred in sororities where the mean GPA rose from 3.22 to 3.30 over the past five years.

Those increases also align with an overall increase campus-wide.

Part of therise, according to representatives from the councils, can be attributed to new programs the groups have put in place such as study nights and tutoring programs.

IFC President Mitch Kelley said the rise stems from a desire in Greek life to recruit academically-focused members.

Navya Prabhushankar, PHC vice president of academics, said many of the programs started through her position helped boost the focus on academics. She pointed to the Panhellenic Scholar of the Month program, which rewards sorority members for good grades, as an example.

She said members can report high test or assignment grades to be entered into a raffle for gift cards and preferred rooms in the chapter house.

“A large focus is always on academics because everyone is a student first,” she said.

“They like to be recognized for doing well academically.”

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1520 After sailing through the dangerous straits below South America that now bear his name, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan enters the Pacific Ocean with three ships.

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STATE REPORT FARMERS PUT FORTH EFFORTS TO REDUCE FARM PROPERTY TAXES MANKATO — The amount of farmland property taxes that go toward paying new schools has become a topic of discussion in light of the tight farm economy.

Property taxes are more noticeable with two years of low crop prices and tough-tobalance budgets, the Mankato Free Press reported.

“We’re looking for a way it’s more equitable to fund education, whether it’s more people in the district or the state taking a bigger share of it,” said Minnesota Farm Bureau president Kevin Paap, who farms in the Garden City area. “Especially with school bond referendums — rural property owners are paying significantly more, 10 times more, than people living in the city.”

Farmland owners pay taxes on their entire property toward bond referendums that have been passed to build new schools, while city residents’ property tax bill is based on the value of their home and lot.

“It creates that rural, urban split,” Paap said.

According to the newspaper, votes for new schools in smaller r ural districts are often split with in-town residents in favor of the schools and farmers not in favor.

ARTS CENTER SEES LOW ENROLLMENT, HIGH TURNOVER GOLDEN VALLEY, — The board that oversees the Perpich Center for Ar ts Education wants to figure out why it has high staf f turnover and declining enrollment at its two Twin Cities-area schools.

The center pr ovides ar t resources to school districts and r uns twoyear ar t high school in Golden Valley and a middle school in Woodbur y, Minnesota Public Radio reported.

The center’s high graduation rate has been a selling point, but the str ucture of the center, which gets a large part of its $12 million budget from the Legislature, calls for it to justify its existence every two-year budget cycle.

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Imagining Cuba’s human rights after the death of Fidel Castro

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H AVA N A — H e over threw a strongman, brought his countr y free health care and education, and enlisted Cubans in what he called fights for freedom from Central America to South Africa.

Fidel Castro also maintained a steel grip at home, jailing dissidents and gays, controlling fr eedom of travel and expression and declaring virtually any activity outside his control to be illegitimate.

Since the revolutionar y’s death Friday night, Cubans have defended Castro’s record while human rights groups said

any attempt at political organizations. Cubans today feel freer to criticize their government in public, but any attempt at protest or demonstration is swiftly quashed. Independent journalists operate inside the country but find it nearly impossible to distribute printed material and they repor t repeated harassment from authorities.

Berta Soler, head of the dissident group Ladies in White, said Sunday that she and her supporters decided to refrain from their traditional protest after Mass at a Havana church, out of respect for the feelings of Castro’s backers.

“We decided to pause

this week, to take a break from our protest activities, given that the country is in mourning,” she said. “As defenders of human rights, we’ve decided to respect the pain of others.”

Many ordinar y Cubans chafe at the countr y’s restrictions but say they are less concer ned with civil liber ties than with earning enough money to buy food and basic goods.

For decades, the Cubans most fr ustrated with the limits of life on the island have left for new lives in the United States, Spain and other countries, creating a relief valve that has lessened the inter nal pressure for change.

New HIV vaccine 55 killed in Uganda in trial to be tested in fights between rebels South African sites

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JOHANNESBURG — A new vaccine against HIV, to be tested in a trial to be launched in South Africa Wednesday, could be “the final nail in the coffin” for the disease if it is successful, scientists say.

The study, called HVTN 702, aims to enroll 5,400 sexually active men and women aged between 18 and 35 at 15 sites across South Africa.

It will be the largest and most advanced HIV vaccine clinical trial to take place in South Africa, where more than 1,000 people a day are infected with HIV. “If deployed alongside our current armory of proven HIV prevention tools, a safe and effective vaccine could be the final nail in the coffin for HIV,” Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. government’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), said in a statement released ahead of the trial.

“Even a moderately effective vaccine would significantly decrease the burden of HIV disease over time in countries and populations with high rates of HIV infection, such as South Africa,” he said.

The vaccine being tested in HVTN 702 is based on a 2009 trial in Thailand, that was found to be 31.2 percent effective at preventing HIV infection over the 3.5 years of follow-up after the vaccination.

The new vaccine aims to provide greater and more sustained protection and has been adapted to the HIV subtype that predominates in southern Africa.

“HIV has taken a devastating toll in South Africa, but now we begin a scientific exploration that could hold great promise for our country,”said Glenda Gray, chief executive officer of the South African Medical Research Council.

“If an HIV vaccine were found to work in South Africa, it could dramatically alter the course of the pandemic.”

Volunteers for the study, funded by NIAID, are being randomly assigned to receive either the vaccine regimen or a placebo. All participants will receive five injections over a year.

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they hoped that his brother and successor, Raul Castro, would move faster toward allowing Cubans mor e freedom of speech, assembly and other basic rights.

“The question now is what human rights will look like in a future Cuba,” Erika Guevara-Rosas, the Americas director for Amnesty Inter national, said Saturday. “The lives of many depend on it.”

Under Raul Castro, Cuba has moved away from jailing political prisoners for extended sentences, instead making thousands of short-term arrests each year that Cuban dissidents say are designed to harass them and disr upt

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KAMPALA, Uganda — More than four dozen people have been killed in fighting between Ugandan forces and a tribal militia in a remote district near the border with Congo, Ugandan officials said Sunday as security forces battled armed men protecting a tribal king who is accused of leading the rebels.

At least 55 people, including 41 rebels and 14 police officers, have been killed in clashes in Uganda’s Rwenzori region, police spokesman Felix Kaweesi told reporters. Four police officials and four soldiers have been wounded, he said.

The killings are an escalation of a long-running conflict between Ugandan security forces and rebels who are believed to be loyal to a tribal king, Charles Wesley Mumbere, a critic of the countr y’s long-time president.

Gunfire rang out outside the king’s palace in the western district of Kasese on Sunday as Ugandan troops tried to disarm Mumbere’s guards and arrest him. Ugandan security forces over whelmed the guards, broke into the palace and transferred Mumbere to a police post for questioning.

Capt. Arthur Timbaganya, a spokesman for Ugandan troops in the area, said Mumbere was not under arrest, but had been “rescued” from the palace for his own safety. Timbaganya’s account was disputed by the police, who said the king was now in detention.

After the rebels had killed four police officers, security forces launched an operation to disarm the royal guards and other armed supporters of Mumbere in the region, government spokesman Col. Shaban Bantariza told The Associated Press. Most of the killings happened Friday and Saturday, he said.

Mumbere is king of Uganda’s Bakonzo people, and some of his suppor ters have been calling for secession from Uganda, according to Bantariza, who said he had seen copies of money printed by the secessionist group, which is hoping to create a republic known as Yiira.

Mumbere has denied any role in the attacks on police posts.

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Student creates bike collision sensor Researchers worked to perfect a sensor system to warn bikers of crashes.

BY MELISSA STEINKEN msteinken@mndaily.com

Dangerous collisions between cars and bikes could be a thing of the past with the help of a University of Minnesota student.

At a conference hosted by the University’s Center for Transpor tation Studies earlier this month, a professor and graduate student presented a system to

detect cars in a bicyclist’s blind spot.

Mechanical engineering student Woongsun Jeon and professor Rajesh Rajamani created a method that places sensors on the side and back of a bicycle. The devices alert a cyclist when a car is approaching their side, but they haven’t yet perfected the technology to detect vehicles at intersections.

And Rajamani said bicycles tilt when pedaled, which makes it hard to detect far away cars.

“Even when the bicycle is going straight you get a bit of tilt,” he said.

Heather Mullins, University kinesiology junior and avid biker, said, for her, the technology’s limited range puts a damper on its usefulness.

“I cover two feet in two milliseconds when I bike,” she said.

Academic Health Center human resources specialist Chinah Midtling crashed into another biker on small bike path near the Hiawatha trail.

Midtling said she has a bike computer, but would prefer if it had a sensor builtin.

“I’m constantly looking at my bike clock,” she said.

“It sounds like what this student is working on is probably the closest thing to ease the situation.”

CHINAH MIDTLING Bicyclist

“I’m constantly looking at the time and my speed.”

As a biker who commutes to work at the University every day, Mitdling said the sensor may have other issues, such as warning sounds that are too quiet

or false alarms whenever a car passes.

Sensors on the market now, like the Garmin Varia Rearview Radar, leave out the side radar.

Christopher Cross — parts and accessories buyer at Hub Bicycle Co-op — once crashed into a car turning in front of him.

“It was the kind of thing you hope doesn’t happen but does,” Cross said.

He was riding through a green light when he hit a car that illegally turned and cut him off.

Cross said the collision probably would have happened too fast for the sensor

to pick up, but it might be more beneficial in cars.

“If you’re going to be hit by a vehicle that you don’t see it is very likely that you will hear that vehicle before you see it,” Cross said.

Midtling said people should be more attentive to their surroundings.

“It sounds like what this student is working on is probably the closest thing to ease the situation,” she said.

Rajamani and Woongsun have applied for a patent on the technology and will continue to improve the sensor’s ability to track vehicles in more complex situations with volunteers.

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Brazilian protesters call for embattled president’s ouster

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SAO PAULO — Protesters massed in Brazil’s largest city Sunday to call for the president to be removed from office and express outrage at a host of his policies, while the embattled leader tried to head off some of their criticism.

President Michel Temer has suf fered a continual drip of scandal and highlevel resignations since he took office six months ago.

But on Friday a scandal touched him directly for the first time amid allegations he abused his power to do a personal favor for one of his Cabinet ministers. He denied the allegation.

The scandal could scuttle Temer’s ability to pass a series of austerity policies that he says are necessar y to pull Latin America’s largest economy out of a deep recession — and they are a threat to his presidency.

Opposition politicians have promised to introduce measures in Congress calling for his impeachment.

On Sunday, hundreds of people gathered on a main avenue in Sao Paulo to call for just that. Representatives from political

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dif fer ent model in the future.

Borowsky said the result wasn’t his preference either, but he said he is happy the issue is resolved.

During the disputes over funding last month, Borowsky favored discontinuing pass-through funding.

After meetings with members from Graduate and Professional Students in Education and Human Development (GradSEHD), Borowsky agreed that withholding the funding without notice was a mistake, but he maintained that changes are

still necessar y to make it a fair system.

Borowsky said he would prefer the graduate student councils to be independently funded by their respective colleges, but those types of changes are out of their hands.

“In future years, funding streams … [will] depend on what the college administration and what the people who run the student ser vices fee process are willing to organize,” he said.

He said COGS members are reluctant to continue a system that allows student gover nment groups to rely on COGS for funding, Borowsky said.

GradSEHD President Jeremiah Dean said there are some issues with pass-through, but the way the changes wer e implemented was unfair to GradSEHD and other councils.

Dean said the relationship between GradSEHD and COGS has improved since the dispute, but changes should be more transparent in the future.

“It’s cer tainly … created a chasm of trust,” he said. “Graduate students should be held to the same standar d that we expect the University to operate at.”

Rilyn Eischens contributed to this report.

Thanksgiving-weekend shoppers spent less due to more discounts

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NEW YORK — Thanksgiving weekend shoppers picked up hot toys, TVs and new Apple products, buying both online and in stores, but spent less per person because of rampant discounting that they’ve come to demand.

Once all the receipts ar e in, customers look to have spent an average of $289.19 over the four-day weekend, down nearly 3.5 percent from a year ago, based on a survey by the National Retail Federation. The pressure on prices was especially strong on products like TVs. More than 154 million customers said they had shopped or planned to this Thanksgiving weekend, up from 151 million a year ago, according to the sur vey conducted Friday and Saturday by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. And more were doing it online, as about 99.1 million went to the stores and 108.5 million shopped online.

Carmen Cunnyngham of Kansas City, Kansas, was in Denver on Sunday and decided to stop at the mall to pick up a new pair of Ugg boots for her daughter. They were discounted at Nor dstr om, which is one of her favorite places to shop.

She said she got a bit of a late start this year because of the presidential election, so she’s been looking online for deals and jumping when she sees them.

“I’m tr ying to make sure I get the wish lists in and look at those and shop and do what I can bef o r e C hr i s t m a s ge ts here,” she said.

The drop in spending underscor es how even with an improving economy, many shoppers are still focused on habit developed during the Great Recession. They’re fixated on deals and more readily using technology to find them whenever they want to buy. More than a third of customers sur veyed by the NRF said that all of their purchases were on sale, up 11

percent from a year ago.

The Thanksgiving weekend kicks off the holiday shopping season but stores have increasingly star ted their sales earlier. Stores had been war y about being left with a lot of inventor y they would have to discount to get off the shelves, and so star ted the season with less on hand. That will help preser ve profit margins, but they’ve still planned aggressive promotions to grab shoppers.

“People are much more deliberate about the pur chases they make,” NRF CEO Matthew Shay said Sunday. “In a per fect world, ever yone would sell at full price, but as consumers and as buyers all of us would like to get a deal on things we buy.

The era of promotional sales is with us to stay.”

Even though shoppers are spending less per person, more shoppers could still translate into more spending. MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse, which tracks spending on all kinds of payments, estimated that spending over the four-day weekend will be up 3.8 percent, with online sales up by double-digit percentages and in-store sales up in the single digits. But MasterCard Advisors’ Sarah Quinlan also cited a slight decline in the average sale because of promotions.

Stores tr ying to snag customers first and compete with Amazon are shifting to a steady stream of online discounts and aler ts instead of focusing on doorbuster sales on a few products. That meant that online shopping stole thunder away from sales at stores. And while areas like electronics and toys remained strong for the weekend, clothing, particularly basic sweaters, were still a tough sell.

Shoppers are visiting fewer stores and the rate at which browsers conver ted into buyers was slightly lower than last year, said William Taubman, chief operating officer at Taubman Centers, which operates 24 malls around the countr y.

Still, after a contentious presidential election, he

believes people are ready to buy.

“Resolution is a good thing,” he said. “That makes people feel somewhat more comfor table.”

And for wealthier customers, he said, the prospects of tax cuts will help.

Janice Allsop, 66, a retired secretar y who worked in the tr ucking industr y, said she’ll likely spend more this year because of the election.

“The stock markets have gone up. I’m just delighted with President Trump,” said Allsop, who was shopping at Water Tower Place mall in Chicago on Saturday. “I’m not afraid (to spend more).

If Hillar y Clinton would have gotten in, I would have been ver y scared, ver y reluctant.”

But shoppers may still be split. Joyce Hill, a 67-year-old retired auto w o r k e r f r o m I n k s t e r, Michigan, who was also shopping in Chicago.

Hill said she will stay on the low end of her usual spending this year because she’s wor ried that T r ump will star t to cut back on Social Security.

“I’ll spend less because you don’t know what’s going to happen. I don’t think he’ll (Tr ump) suppor t us but I don’t know if he’s gonna let things stay status quo,” said Hill.

Even though the weekend bring many out shopping, Black Friday usually vies with the Saturday before Christmas as the busiest sales day. But this year, that falls on Christmas Eve, so Satur day, Dec. 17 is the big contender, says Craig Johnson, pr esident of Customer Growth Par tners.

The retail trade group’s sur vey found that fewer shoppers had finished their holiday buying and more hadn’t even star ted compared to a year ago.

“We’ve seen in recent years that most places will have good sales after Black Friday comes and goes, so we don’t have to do ever ything this weekend,” said William Junkin, who was at the Best Buy store in Howell Township, New Jersey, on Thursday night. “We’ll see how it all plays out.”

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par ties and social movements also protested against the government’s proposal to cap spending to rein in the deficit, which many fear will result in deep cuts to education and health care.

Others were protesting rampant corruption in politics, criticizing not just the current administration, while some complained about the lack of suitable housing. One group held up a banner with a drawing of Fidel Castro, paying homage to the Cuban revolutionary leader who died Friday night.

Many criticized the way Temer came to power. He was the vice president to President Dilma Rousseff, who was impeached and removed from of fice earlier this year, and protesters said that meant he had no mandate to pass widespread changes in government programs.

“I am here to fight against the root of all the current problems in Brazil: the impeachment without cause, the impeachment without merit,” said Edva Aguilar, a retired nurse who said she wanted to see Rousseff’s removal annulled and

the Worker’s Party politician returned to office.

But many protesters expressed disgust at all politicians. “So much money has been stolen,” said Carlos Alber to, a butcher. “I’m against everyone who is involved in corruption.”

Dozens of business executives and senior politicians have been charged and arrested this year in a spiraling corruption investigation that has shocked Brazilians with the scale of graft it has revealed.

Congress is considering anti-corruption legislation, but many Brazilians worry that one measure meant to crack down on of f-thebooks campaign slush funds might perversely be used to pardon politicians who engaged in the practice in the past. The controversy has reached such a pitch that Temer held a rare Sunday news conference to say he would not allow any amnesty for such practices.

“It was necessar y to listen to the voice of the street,” he told reporters, with Senate President Renan Calheiros and President of the House of Deputies Rodrigo Maia sitting on either side.

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Leaders mull St. Paul Student Center revamp

In last five years, greek life GPAs have increased

Rennovations could start in 2020 if funding is set aside for the renovation.

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BY DAVID CLAREY dclarey@mndaily.com

Students who frequent the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus could enjoy a new student center as early as 2020.

The more than 55-year-old St. Paul Student Center has fallen into disrepair over the years. The Minnesota Student Association has pushed for a face-lift the last three years, but an agreement hasn’t been made on what to do with the space and where funding would come from.

“Basically ever y time we talk to St. Paul students … their number one concern is the St. Paul Student Center,” MSA Communications Director Austen

Macalus said.

Ideas range from updating the existing space to a complete building renovation with different focuses, according to a report by business consultant Brailsford and Dunlavey last year.

The University hired the group to do an analysis of what students thought the center was missing. They released a report in June 2015 that found the top requests were for a Boynton Health clinic — although there is one across the street — and a One Stop office added to the center. The report also noted unpopular current food court options.

Some rooms in the St. Paul Student Center have heating, ventilation and air conditioning issues and water leaks, said Maggie Towle, associate vice provost of student affairs and director of Student Unions and Activities.

“Students are looking

for something more like we have on the Minneapolis campus with Coffman [Memorial Union],” she said.

Towle said the Student Unions and Activities Office has considered rennovations for more than five years. It also has talked with students, faculty and the St. Paul campus’s colleges, like the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences.

MSA has wanted the administration to take action on rennovations for three years, said CFANS Student Senator and plant science junior Shantal Pai. In a September MSA meeting, University President Eric Kaler said a committee would potentially be convened in the spring, Macalus said.

“While it is premature to discuss a timeline or specifics of next steps, University leaders will con-

tinue to engage students, faculty and staff so that the process for determining the future of the campus is a collaborative one,” said University spokesman Evan Lapiska in an emailed statement.

MSA wants the student center to be on par with Coffman Memorial Union, Macalus said.

Towle said renovations need to be a part of the University’s Capital Planning sixyear plan before a timeline could be set for renovation.

While specific costs haven’t been determined, funding for this type of renovation comes primarily from student services fees, she said.

“Say we got the approval next year … ideally we would like to start construction, if all went well, by 2020 or 2021,” she said.

Editor’s note: Austen Macalus is a former Daily employee.

The mentally disabled at issue for justices

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HOUSTON — The U.S. Supreme Cour t is set to examine whether the nation’s busiest state for capital punishment is trying to put to death a convicted killer who’s intellectually disabled, which would make him ineligible for execution under the court’s current guidance.

Lawyers for prisoner Bobby James Moore, 57, contend that the state’s highest criminal court, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, ignored current medical standards and required use of outdated standards when it decided Moore isn’t mentally disabled. That ruling removed a legal hurdle to Moore’s execution for the shotgun slaying of a Houston grocer y store clerk in 1980.

The Texas court is a “conspicuous outlier” among state cour ts and “defies both the Constitution and common sense,” Clif ford Sloan, Moore’s lead lawyer, told the justices in written briefs submitted ahead of Tuesday’s scheduled oral arguments. Such a “head-inthe-sand approach ... ignores

advances in the medical community’s understanding and assessment of intellectual disability over the past quarter century,” he wrote.

Moore’s lawyers want his death sentence set aside, contending his punishment would violate the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment and the Supreme Court’s 2002 ruling in a North Carolina case that prohibited execution of the mentally disabled.

The Texas attorney general’s office says the state “fully complies” with Supreme Cour t precedents.

The state points to its use of 1992 clinical definitions for intellectual disability as cited by the high court in its 2002 decision. And the office says it has consulted and considered more recent standards.

The question before the high court “rests on a false premise,” Texas Solicitor General Scott Keller said, arguing that Moore’s claim of intellectual disability is refuted “under any relevant standard.”

Two years ago, the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a Florida law that barred any other evidence

of intellectual disability if an inmate’s IQ was over 70. Texas uses a three-pronged test to define intellectual disability: IQ scores, with 70 generally considered a threshold; an inmate’s ability to interact with others and care for him or herself; and whether evidence of deficiencies in either of those areas occurred before age 18.

The state says Moore had a troubled childhood with little supervision and scored 57, 77 and 78 on IQ tests before dropping out of school in the ninth grade. He’d been convicted four times of felonies by age 17 but never was diagnosed with an intellectual disability as a youth, the state argues.

It describes him as living on the streets, playing pool for money and mowing lawns. During the fatal robbery of 72-year-old Houston supermarket clerk James McCarble, Moore wore a wig and fled to Louisiana afterward, and had represented himself in legal actions, showing the required intellectual capabilities, the state contends.

Moore’s lawyers argue the state “cherr y-picked”

specific higher IQ scores, and that at age 13 Moore had no basic understanding of the days of the week or seasons of the year, couldn’t tell time and couldn’t read or write or keep up in school.

Since the Supreme Court allowed capital punishment to resume in 1976, Texas has carried out 537 executions, far more than any other state. Moore arrived on death row in July 1980, and only five of the state’s some 250 condemned inmates have been there longer.

In 1999, an appeals court threw out his death sentence, ruling that the legal help at his trial was deficient.

At a new punishment hearing two years later, a Harris County jury again sentenced him to die.

In an appeal of that verdict, the Court of Criminal Appeals returned the case to the trial court for a hearing, where the judge decided Moore was mentally disabled and ineligible for execution. But the appeals court rejected that recommendation, saying the trial judge had disregarded case law.

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meeting their minimum GPA requirements.

Each chapter has a minimum GPA that its members must maintain. If they fall behind in classes, they aren’t allowed to attend social events and are provided with resources to help improve their GPA. “Anyone in our community who is not pulling their weight will be held accountable,” said Blake Harris, the IFC’s vice president of member development.

GPAs for fraternity and sorority members have risen considerably since the 1940s, when education was less of a priority for the groups.

According to a Minnesota Daily article in 1942,

the total average GPA of all academic fraternities was 1.006, equivalent to a “C” at that time. Of the 30 fraternities on campus at the time, half repor ted their average GPAs were below that number.

Sorority grades have also jumped from a 1.330 average GPA in 1942 to a current 3.30 average.

“The goal is always to want to have a good GPA for themselves because it benefits them,” Harris said.

Members from the IFC and PHC plan to continue the trend by expanding current academic programs and creating new ones.

Prabhushankar said she hopes to grow the Panhellenic tutor program, and Harris said the IFC is considering partnering with PAWS during finals weeks to host destressing events.

“A large focus is always on academics because everyone is a student first ... They like to be recognized for doing well academically.”

BLAKE HARRIS PHC vice president of academics

STATISTICS SHOW GREEK GRADE POINT AVERAGE INCREASE Interfraternity Council

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2015 3.30

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SOURCE: OFFICE OF FRATERNITY AND SORORITY LIFE

Monday, November 28, 2016

Sports

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VOLLEYBALL

Minnesota defeats top-ranked teams The Gophers were named the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.

BY TOMMY SLETTEN tsletten@mndaily.com

Minnesota was poised to end its regular season on a high note after coming off a Wednesday win against No. 1 Nebraska.

No. 2 Minnesota defeated No. 3 Wisconsin Saturday in five sets, going undefeated at home for the second year in a row and beating ita border rivals on senior night at the Sports Pavilion.

“To our athletes’ credit, their commitment to playing it point-to-point and staying in the match was really phenomenal,” head coach Hugh McCutcheon said. “I can’t imagine there’s been a better series of four matches played by any team.”

Minnesota was slow through the first three sets, losing the first and third — with 25-11, the third set was the Gophers’ lowest scoring set all season.

In between the third and fourth set, Minnesota needed a spark from a leader on the team, and senior outside

hitter Sarah Wilhite answered the team’s call.

“I think I just approached it a bit differently,” Wilhite said. “Katie [Schau] actually pulled me aside and just told me to be the leader that I have been, and that really challenged me to step up.”

Wilhite provided 10 kills in the fourth set, adding to the consistent play from middle blocker Paige Tapp.

Minnesota went on to win 25-17, forcing a fifth and final set and stealing away Wisconsin’s momentum.

The Gophers started the fifth set hot, going on a 6-2 run with five kills from Wilhite.

Minnesota made quick work of Wisconsin throughout the rest of the match, headlined by a 5-0 run midway through the set.

Minnesota took set and match point with a kill from Wilhite.

Despite her early struggles, Wilhite had 23 kills on the match with 17 coming in the final two sets.

She earned her doubledouble with 19 digs, showing off a strong defensive effort.

Paige Tapp had a consistent and efficient match, garnering 21 kills and hitting .594.

Paige Tapp was the only

FOOTBALL

Abysmal second half leads to Gophers loss at Wisconsin Quarterback Mitch Leidner threw four interceptions, all in the second half.

BY MIKE HENDRICKSON mhendrickson@mndaily.com

Mitch Leidner was shor t and to the point after Saturday’s loss to No. 6 Wisconsin. “[I’m] pr etty pissed off,” Leidner said. “I don’t know how else to describe it. It sucks.”

Ever ything changed for Leidner and the Gophers in the second half.

The Gophers were up 17-7 at the end of the second quar ter, but gave up 24 unanswered points to lose to their cross-state rival for the 13th straight year.

Leidner threw four interceptions — all in the second half, including three in the four th quarter.

W isconsin scored 14 points of f Leidner’s interceptions, proving to be the difference in the loss.

His first one came midway thr ough the thir d quarter when the Gophers were in the red zone with a chance to go up by 10.

On third and nine, Leidner failed to see safety Leo Musso move in front of wide receiver Rashad Still and Musso jumped for an easy interception.

“I felt like I know what they were doing ever y single play the entire game, and then they disguise one coverage, and I slip and mess up,” Leidner said.

“They get a lot of momentum from there.”

The interceptions continued for Leidner after that.

Over his next 10 pass attempts, three of them went for interceptions, and none were completed. “[All interceptions] are momentum swings, especially in a close ballgame,” said head coach T racy Claeys. “They give the crowd and the teams energy, and that’s why good teams don’t turn the ball over.”

It wasn’t just the

passing of fense that stopped working in the second half for the Gophers.

Minnesota had 115 r ushing yards on 21 attempts in the first half but only 13 yards on 17 attempts in the second.

The Gophers’ unsuccessful r uns forced them to throw the ball more as W isconsin continued to bring pressure on Minnesota’s offensive line.

“Anytime you don’t h ave a good com bin ation, it’s going to hur t you,” said wide receiver Drew Wolitarsky. “If you can’t r un, they’r e just going to send more defensive backs and you’re not going to be able to pass.”

The game became further out of reach after each interception.

Leidner’s second and third interceptions gave Wisconsin the ball inside Minnesota’s 20-yard line.

The game was tied 1717 when Leidner threw his third inception.

The Badgers only needed four plays combined on the two drives to score two touchdowns and put the game out of reach.

Claeys said Leidner’s interceptions came from the quarterback trying to do too much.

“I’m sure he was tr ying to make a play, and from the other side of it, there were two or three balls that we dropped … that would have been big plays,” Claeys said. “Whenever you win or lose, it’s a team game, and it always will be. It’s not just him.”

The second-half collapse by the Gophers continued a troubling trend for the team.

Minnesota finished the season with four losses. The Gophers led at halftime in three of them.

This was the first loss all year for the Gophers by more than one possession.

“It’s not a good feeling knowing that we never got an opportunity to hold that Axe, but hopefully those guys can learn from this and be able to continue to get better,” Leidner said.

VOLLEYBALL RESULTS

FRIDAY Wisconsin Minnesota

1 2 3 4 5 FINAL 25 17 25 17 8 2 22 25 11 25 15 3

SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 FINAL Nebraska Minnesota

25 25 26 17 15 21 22 28 15 17

2 3

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

Minnesota attacker to hit in the positive for the first two sets, and she held her team afloat in the beginning of the match.

“I thought it was a really special performance,” McCutcheon said. “[Tapp] is a very good volleyball player, and she proved that tonight.

Just a phenomenal night at the net.”

Sophomore setter Samantha Seliger-Swenson had 51 assists and 16 digs on the match while junior middle blocker Molly Lohman had eight blocks.

W ith that win, Minnesota has now won four straight five-set victories against top 25 teams, including the No. 1 and No. 3 teams.

Minnesota also completed the season with a perfect 13-0 record at the Sports Pavilion, matching their perfect home record of last year.

CARTER JONES, DAILY

Gophers outside hitter Sarah Wilhite winds up a spike against Wisconsin on Saturday at the Sports Pavilion.

FOOTBALL

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

Minnesota wide receiver Eric Carter runs the ball against Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin on Saturday. The Badgers beat the Gophers 31-17.

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Running back Corey Clement ran in for a goahead, two-yard rush and Wisconsin went up 24-17.

Clement was the leading r usher for the Badgers with 100 r ushing yards and two scores on 26 attempts.

Star ting quar terback Alex Hor nibrook took a hit along the sideline that led to a skirmish between Minnesota and W isconsin players. Hor nibrook would later be r uled out for the rest of the game.

Quar terback Bar t Houston only needed to throw 54 passing yards in the second half after Hornibrook went down with an injur y.

Linebacker Jonathan Celestin said Houston and Hornibrook were similar.

“Houston could just run more but he only happened to scramble one time,” Celestin said. “Besides that, it wasn’t a big difference.”

Leidner had 60 r ushing yards in the first half.

He also had 111 passing yards, including a 13-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Drew Wolitarsky in the second quar ter to help the Gophers go

up 10-3.

The completion to Wo l i t a r s k y w o u l d b e Leidner’s last touchdown pass of the game. Leidner threw four interceptions as the team failed to score a single point in the second half.

Down 17-7, the Badgers jogged off the field at halftime to boos from the Camp Randall crowd.

Wolitarsky said the team was trying to not get too excited.

“We’ve been in that situation a lot,” Wolitarsky said.

“We’re not here because we don’t think we can win … Unfortunately, we didn’t come out in the second half.”

Leidner tried to throw the ball between two defensive backs in the third quarter. The pass was intercepted by safety Leo Musso, and the Badgers took over with the Gophers leading.

Leidner’s second interception of the game came on a throw towards the sideline. Defensive back Sojourn Shelton intercepted the pass and brought the ball back to the 19-yard line.

Leidner led the team in rushing yards with 46.

Running backs Shannon Brooks and Rodney Smith failed to amass more than 50 yards each, with the two putting up 37 and 45, respectively.

SCORING SUMMARY SCORE BY QUARTER Wisconsin Minnesota

1 0 3

2 7 14

3 3 0

4 21 0

1ST QUARTER MINN

FG

AWAY HOME 10:11

Carpenter, Emmit 21-yd field goal

2ND QUARTER TD TD

09:19 09:05

MINN

TD

00:53

Ingold, Alec 1-yd run (Endicott, A. kick) 7 Wolitarsky, Drew 13-yd pass from Leidner, Mitch 7 (Carpenter, Emmit kick) Leidner, Mitch 3-yd run (Carpenter, Emmit kick) 7

3RD QUARTER FG TD TD TD

3 3 10 17

AWAY HOME 09:03

Endicott, A. 33-yd field goal

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0

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TOTAL 31 17

10

17

AWAY HOME 11:58 06:42 06:15

Clement, Corey 2-yd run (Endicott, A. kick) Clement, Corey 2-yd run (Endicott, A. kick) Ogunbowale, D. 8-yd run (Endicott, A. kick)

17 24 31

17 17 17

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

Minnesota’s last eight drives resulted in a punt or interception.

Cor nerback KiAnte Hardin made several big plays to help Minnesota in the game. He had a kickoff return for 69 yards and recovered a fumble — forced

by Celestin — in the fourth quarter Celestin said the team needed a spark on the fumble.

“Of fense got the ball back so they could go down and score,” Celestin said. “I did what I can to give the offense the ball … I thought something positive would happen.”

Wisconsin wide receiver Jazz Peavy took the ball on a jet sweep, bounced the ball outside and ran for a 71-yard gain. The

Gophers added a personal foul penalty on the play, and Wisconsin had firstand-goal from the five-yard line.

Badgers r unning back Dare Ogunbowale made it a two-possession game when he r ushed for an eight-yard touchdown.

While Minnesota finished its regular season with a loss, the team is bowl-eligible for a fifth straight season.

Leidner said he’d like to get a ninth victor y in the bowl game.

“I mean that hasn’t been done here in a while,” Leidner said. “We still have an oppor tunity. We’re a team that never quits, and we’re going to get ready for this bowl game.”

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WRESTLING

Gophers drop dual to top-ranked team Minnesota lost 34-3 to No. 1 Oklahoma State on Sunday.

BY JACK WHITE jwhite@mndaily.com

No. 16 Minnesota went into its dual on Saturday with the intent of upsetting No. 1 Oklahoma State.

The Gophers left the matchup with their goal unaccomplished.

The Cowboys blew out the Gophers 343 to ear n the victor y at the Spor ts Pavilion Sunday.

“It was a great team — we knew that coming into it,” said head coach Brandon Eggum.

“Some guys wrestled well, some guys didn’t. We’ve got to continue to make adjustments.”

No. 2 Brett Pfar r got the only points of the match at 197 pounds. He ear ned a takedown on No. 6 Preston Weigel in the first period. Weigel received a technical foul to give up another point.

Pfar r added two takedowns in the third period to win his match 7-2 and gave Minnesota three points in the dual.

He said there are definitely things he can improve on.

“I chose down in the second period, and I got ridden out for two

minutes, and that definitely changed the aspect of the match,” Pfarr said.

Pfar r’s match was the only victor y for the Gophers. Minnesota wrestlers conceded two falls and two major decisions in the loss.

Minnesota went down by 12 when Brandon Kingsley conceded a fall at 165 pounds. Kingsley avoided the pin to give up the takedown early in the first period, but No. 4 Chandler Rogers came back and got the pin later in the period.

No. 5 Michael Kroells was upset by Austin Schafer at the heavyweight position.

Kroells conceded a takedown but came back with an escape, making the match 3-2 in favor of Schafer.

Schafer hung on at the end to win the match 3-2 and help the Cowboys get out to an 18-point lead.

“If you leave it to 0-0 in the last period, there’s always a chance you’re going to lose there,” Kroells said. “Just got to put more shots out there.”

Fredy Stroker opened up the dual for Minnesota at 149 pounds. He exchanged shots with No. 3 Anthony Collica, but he fell in the match 6-4.

“Fredy Stroker nearly beat one of the best guys in the countr y,” Eggum said. “The small ar eas that he’s got to improve

CARTER JONES, DAILY

Gophers wrestler Brett Pfarr tangles up with Oklahoma State’s Preston Weigel at the Sports Pavilion on Sunday.

on would’ve given him a better chance to win that one.”

No. 14 Nick Wanzek was in a stalemate against No. 4 Kyle Crutchmer until the third period of the match. Cr utchmer got a takedown in the third period to go up 7-2. Wanzek got the escape and added a takedown in the final second but went down in the

MEN’S HOCKEY

JOE SULIK, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Minnesota splits weekend in Boston

BY DREW COVE dcove@mndaily.com

Once again, it seemed like two dif ferent Minnesota teams were playing this weekend.

No. 11 Minnesota lost to Nor theaster n Friday 6-4, but emerged victorious on Sunday afternoon 4-2 against No. 4 Boston College.

“It’s not the first time we’ve given up a pretty good lead in the third,” captain Justin Kloos told r e p o r t e r s F r i d a y. “ I t ’ s just fr ustrating. … [We] didn’t play with poise there in the first five minutes and that kind of killed us.”

While Kloos said he

“It’s not the first time we’ve given up a pretty good lead in the third.

It’s just frustrating. … [We] didn’t play with poise there in the first five minutes and that kind of killed us.”

JUSTIN KLOOS Captain

third, but Boyd won the match 2-1 on riding time. “[Steveson] wrestled great, I thought,” Eggum said. “The thing that kind of beat him is that he has to get away a little earlier.”

Minnesota heads to the Cliff Keen Invitational after the loss.

Kroells said it’s always good to have a wake-up call with a match like

WRESTLING RESULTS

SUNDAY

FINAL 34 3

Oklahoma State Minnesota

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

Oklahoma State.

“Kind of hur ts, but some guys wrestled good,” Kroells said.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Gophers forward Justin Kloos controls the puck while playing against Michigan in Mariucci Arena on Feb. 26.

The Gophers lost to Northeastern but defeated Boston College.

match 7-5. The Cowboys led 15-0.

Bobby Steveson and No. 5 Nolan Boyd both scored zero points in the first period of their match at 184 pounds. Boyd got the first points of the match on an escape to go up 1-0 in the second period.

Steveson came back with an escape in the

was disappointed at the team’s finish Friday, he had a great game, as he doubled his season goal total by scoring thr ee goals.

Minnesota scored three goals in the first period, with two of them at even strength.

One of the Gophers’ troubles all season has been playing a complete game, and that showed Friday.

Minnesota entered the third period with a 4-2 lead, but Nor theaster n — with the help of their three players who are in the top 10 in the nation in scoring — slowly eliminated Minnesota’s lead.

For ward Dylan Sikura scor ed two goals. Forwards Zach Aston-Reese and Adam Gaudette each tallied one goal, all of which came in the third period to lead the Huskies to a 6-4 comeback win.

“When we’re good, we’re good,” Kloos told repor ters Friday. “When we’re bad, we’re bad. … It’s not going to get you anywhere in the season. If we want to find success, we have to be consistent.”

Minnesota’s task didn’t get any easier against Boston College for a Sunday after noon matinee.

Minnesota staved of f the highly ranked team Sunday afternoon in a 4-2 victor y for head coach

MEN’S HOCKEY

MADDY FOX, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Gophers guard Gadiva Hubbard handles the ball at Williams Arena on Nov. 12.

Gophers suffer first two losses of season in Bahamas tournament Minnesota lost to Georgia and North Carolina over Thanksgiving.

BY DOMINIC DAVIS ddavis@mndaily.com

RESULTS

FRIDAY

1

2

3

FINAL

Northeastern Minnesota

2 3

0 1

4 0

6 4

SUNDAY

1

2

3

FINAL

Boston College Minnesota

0 1

2 1

0 2

2 4

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

Don Lucia’s 700th career win.

For ward Vinni Lettieri scored the eventual gamewinning goal for the Gophers midway through the third period.

Minnesota got out to a lead quickly in the game after for ward Brent Gates Jr. scored 34 seconds into the game.

The Gophers quietly improved its five-on-five play over the entire weekend with three of the four goals on Friday and all four goals on Sunday coming at even strength.

After having a rough outing on Friday, goaltender Eric Schierhor n was set to rebound Sunday, and he did just that. Schierhor n stopped 31 of 33 shots from the Eagles to backstop Minnesota to the win. “[Schierhor n’s] had some tough outings,” Lucia told repor ters Friday.

“He’s always responded and rebounded well.

We’ve got to get him to find that consistency to his game, especially on Friday night.”

Minnesota dropped both its games against Georgia and Nor th Carolina at the Junkanoo Jam Tournament in the Bahamas on Thursday and Friday.

Georgia (4-2) handed the Gophers their first loss of the season on Thursday. Sophomore for ward Caliya Robinson gave Georgia 30 points of f the bench in a 70-58 win over Minnesota.

Georgia’s bench dominated, scoring 47 point to the Minnesota bench’s zero points.

The Gophers finished the first quarter up by three. Guard C a r l i e Wa g n e r s c o r e d seven points in the quarter.

In the second quart e r, G e o r g i a s h o t t h e ball well, going 10-14 fr om the field to head into halftime ahead 36-24.

The Gophers were held to seven points in the second.

Minnesota (4-2) started the second half strong w i t h a 12-2 r u n . S t i l l , Georgia maintained its lead going into the four th quarter.

G u a r d K en i s h a Bel l scored 16 points in the second half to lead the comeback.

Wagner put Minnesota in front 52-51 in the fourth,

but Georgia regained its lead when it hit a 3-pointer.

Minnesota guard Gadiva Hubbard brought the score level to 54, but Georgia took control and never let the Gophers back in the game.

Bell led Minnesota with 20 points and five assists.

Hubbard contributed 16 points. “[Gadiva] is a freshman that is getting used to playing at this level,” said head coach Marlene Stollings. “I’ve been ver y impressed with the fact that she’s playing without any fear and just being ver y aggressive. She was extremely effective in this tournament.”

Minnesota had its second loss of the season against Nor th Carolina 91-77 on Friday.

T he tu r n o ver b attl e did not favor the Gophers. They had 21 turnovers compared to Nor th Carolina’s 12.

Nor th Carolina (5-1) had a big fourth quarter.

The Tar Heels scored 34 points in the four th to pull away from Minnesota in what was other wise a close game.

Guard Paris Kea scored 32 points to lead N o r t h C a r o l i n a . Wa g ner hit five 3-pointers against the Tar Heels in a 19-point per formance for Minnesota.

Hubbard reached a career-high 21 points in the game, including 16 points in the second half.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RESULTS

FRIDAY Georgia Minnesota

SATURDAY North Carolina Minnesota

1 2 3 4 FINAL 14 22 11 23 70 17 7 18 16 58 1 2 3 4 FINAL 19 18 20 34 91 22 15 21 19 77

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

“I knew from the first half that as a team we weren’t attacking enough,” H u b b a r d s a i d . “ We weren’t putting enough pressure on their defense, so we had to attack the gaps and tr y to get fouls.”

Once again, Minnesota star ted the game well, ending the first quar ter with a 22-19 lead.

The Gophers extended their lead to seven in the second quarter, but North Carolina found tied the game at 37 before halftime.

Hubbard drained a 3-pointer to put M i n n e s o t a u p 66-62.

Wagner hit two from behind the arc to put the Gophers up 72-67 befor e Nor th Car olina went on a 16-point r un to build an 11-point lead with under two minutes remaining.

“I think what happened is our youth really showed,” Stollings said.

“Just having a minute and a half [or] a minute 40 second lull in the Nor th Carolina and Georgia games late really cost us.

It is something we can control, certainly.”

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Group sponsors first-generation students She’s the First raises money to finance girls’ educations in developing nations.

BY LAYNA DARLING laynadarling@mndaily.com

Young women at the University of Minnesota are raising scholarship money so girls in low-income countries can go to college.

She’s the First is a nonprofit organization that conducts fundraising events — such

as selling cupcakes on the Wa s h i n g t o n A v e n u e Bridge and an upcoming grilled cheese deliver y sale — to sponsor education for girls in developing countries.

The campus chapter nearly tripled its membership from about 30 people last year to 90 this fall. The increase is the biggest the group has seen since it was founded by University students in 2013, said Ashley Aune, the group’s president.

T h e g r o u p ’ s popularity has

grown after they secured a table at Welcome Week this year and existing members told their friends to join, Aune said.

“Some members bring seven friends to a meeting,” she said.

Sage Iverson, a science and engineering freshman and new member of She’s the First, said she learned about the club fr om a friend.

“Being a woman in STEM, I’m really interested in education,” Iverson said.

She said her favorite

part about the organization is its sense of community.

“Even though we may be dif ferent, we’re all tr ying to work together to lift women up collectively,” Iverson said.

Last year, the group was able to provide a $400 scholarship for four young girls across the world, Aune said.

The national organization was founded in 2009 and sets chapters up with girls in low-income countries who ar e the first in their family to go to college.

Former PM Fillon wins conservative primary

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PA R I S — F r a n c o i s Fillon won France’s first-ever conservative presidential primary Sunday after promising drastic free-market reforms and a crackdown on immigration and Islamic extremism, beating a more moderate rival who had warned of encroaching populism.

“President! President!” chanted the former prime minister’s suppor ters as he declared victor y over Alain Juppe in a nationwide

Among Fillon’s promises: slash public spending, cap immigration, support traditional family values and reach out to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

runoff election.

Polls suggest the sober, authoritative Fillon, 62, would have a strong chance of winning the French presidency in the April-May election, amid widespread frustration with France’s current Socialist leadership.

Fillon, who was prime minister from 2007-2012 under ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy, enjoyed a surprise surge in popularity in recent weeks. A rise in nationalist sentiment across Europe may have favored his strict conservative positions over Juppe’s more centrist stance.

France needs “a complete change of software,” Fillon said, promising in his victory speech to defend “French values.”

Among his promises: slash public spending, cap immigration, suppor t traditional family values and reach out to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Juppe, 71, congratulated Fillon on his “wide victory.” During the primary

campaign, he expressed similar ideas as his rival on the French economy, but tried to rally conservatives around a more tolerant attitude toward France’s ethnic, religious and social diversity.

With results from 96 percent of voting stations, organizers of the Republicans party primary said Fillon had 66.5 percent of votes and Juppe 33.5 percent. More than 4 million of France’s 44 million voters took part, which was considered a good turnout given that it was the conser vatives’ first experiment with a primary.

Fillon’s toughest challenge ahead is likely to be far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Le Pen, candidate of her National Front party, is running an anti-establishment campaign that particularly targets immigrants, France’s Muslim minority, and the European Union.

Socialist President Francois Hollande is expected to announce in the coming weeks whether he will seek

re-election, but the French left has been deeply weakened by his extreme unpopularity. A wild card is outsider candidate Emmanuel Macron, Hollande’s former economy minister, who is leading a centrist campaign.

Fillon walked a careful line Sunday, stressing the need for “authority of the state” but also insisting, “No one should feel excluded from a society that I want to see more just and with more solidarity.”

If elected next year, he pledges to hold a referendum on a quota system for immigrants to reduce legal immigration “to a minimum,” and to push for stronger controls at Europe’s borders.

In a countr y still rattled by a string of deadly Islamic State group attacks, Fillon wants to prohibit French jihadists fr om r etur ning home.

He recently published a book called “Conquering Islamic Totalitarianism.”

Israel will purchase more F-35 fighter jets

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel on Sunday said it will expand its fleet of next-generation F-35 fighter jets in a move that officials believe will help maintain the country’s qualitative military edge over its Mideast neighbors for years to come.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced that his Security Cabinet has approved the purchase of 17 additional F-35s.

In all, it said, the acquisition will bring the number of planes the air force will get to 50.

The F-35 is the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons program, with an estimated cost of nearly $400 billion. Israel is among a small number of allies slated to receive the plane, with the first F-35 expected to arrive in about three weeks.

A senior Israeli air force official described the arrival of the F-35 as a game-changing development that will give Israel a “strong and effective tool” in dealing with challenges across the region.

He said its ability to “integrate” various-cutting edge systems would preser ve Israel’s ability to act freely in

hostile airspace. He cited its long range capability, its ability to provide pilots with critical data in real time and a stealth system that can evade or delay detection by the world’s most sophisticated radar systems.

The of ficial, speaking on condition of anonymity under military briefing guidelines, said Israel would begin training with the new planes immediately, but that it would take “more than a few months” for the first planes to be operational.

He did not specify what missions Israel might make with the planes, but said the

States want to keep expanded Medicaid

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PHOENIX — Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer fought her own Republican par ty in the state Legislature for months to push through a Medicaid expansion under the Af fordable Care Act. That was three years ago. Now, as an early Donald Trump suppor ter who has his ear, Brewer hopes one of the pillars of President Barack Obama’s health care law can be saved as Trump pushes to dump much of the overhaul.

“I don’t know how much of that, and I mean it sincerely, is going to be affected,” she told The Associated Press in an inter view.

She said she’s encouraging Trump’s administration to look at Arizona’s model because it is so cost-effective.

Brewer said the lowincome population that the Medicaid expansion was designed to cover was one of the main drivers of the law, and she’s not prepared to see that group go without care. Nearly 400,000 Arizonans have gained Medicaid insurance since Brewer’s proposal took effect in 2014.

Arizona is one of 31 states that expanded Medicaid, many of them run by Democrats. Republicans have blocked expansion in the remaining 19 states.

Among the GOP-led states that expanded Medicaid, many of ficials are like Brewer, strong proponents of the pro-

gram that has brought insurance to about 9 million low-income Americans who can’t af ford to buy it themselves. Before the expansion, those people had little access to regular health care, and when they got sick, hospitals were forced to treat them without compensation.

States that strongly oppose Medicaid expansion, however, continue to do so.

Mississippi’s three top Republican leaders have said consistently for years that they believe the state cannot afford expansion, as have Idaho’s GOP leaders.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott called for a complete repeal of Obama’s overhaul a week after the Nov. 8 election.

Scott has been vague, however, about what should be done about the 20 million Americans who got health insurance through the overhaul, nearly half of them though Medicaid expansion his state rejected.

If he doesn’t completely dump the program, Trump will be under pressure to allow changes to it to give states more control.

Cur rent Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey last year proposed a work requirement for healthy Medicaid recipients, premiums and copays and a five-year limit on coverage. The Obama administration approved limited co-pays but nixed the work requirement and the five-year limit. Michigan, Indiana and Iowa also have been allowed to charge premiums or fees, but broader changes

Arizona is one of 31 states that expanded Medicaid, many of them run by Democrats.

Republicans have blocked expansion in the remaining 19 states. requested by some states have been rejected.

V ice pr esident-elect Mike Pence told Republican gover nors meeting in Florida on Nov. 14 that Trump would replace traditional Medicaid funding to states with block grants that “encourage innovation that better delivers health care to eligible residents,” according to a statement from the Trump transition team.

Pence, Indiana’s governor, expanded Medicaid in his state but got waivers from the Obama administration to implement plans that kick healthy people off the program for six months if they fail to pay premiums.

A r k a n s a s G o v. A s a Hutchinson said he hopes Tr ump’s election means the state will have more flexibility in how it spends Medicaid money. More than 300,000 people are enr olled in the state’s hybrid Medicaid expansion, which uses federal expansion money to buy private insurance for low-income residents.

F-35s are expected to meet all of Israel’s needs. In recent years, Israel has reportedly carried out long-range airstrikes as far away as Sudan, and is believed to have struck Hezbollah-bound weapons shipments in neighboring Syria.

Israel has also hinted in the past at making plans to strike Iran, some 1,000 kilometers away, if the Islamic Republic presses forward with a nuclear program it considers suspect. although that threat has dropped following the international community’s deal with Iran last year to curb its nuclear program.

She’s the First has sponsored girls in Ethiopia, India, Peru, Nepal, Tanzania and the Gambia.

With the membership surge, the University’s chapter hopes to sponsor five girls this year, Aune said.

In a letter to She’s the First, Janani — an eleventhgrade girl the group sponsors — wrote about how important the organization has been to her education.

“She’s the First has inspired me to fulfill others’ needs before my own,”

Janani said. “I am grateful to She’s the First for giving me the confidence I need to freely express my opinions and for supporting me through my education.”

While high membership is beneficial for the organization, Aune said the main goal is to empower young women and encourage girls’ education for those who might not have had the means to go to school.

“The most important thing is … providing an equal education oppor tunity for them,” Aune said.

Lawsuit

developments are fueling that direction.”

But despite their opposition to the project, he said NEBL doesn’t oppose all development.

“This is not a group intent at stopping reasonable development in their neighborhood,” NEBL’s attorney William C. Grif fith said in the release. “Rather, this is a diverse group of thoughtful residents intent on persuading the City to follow its own rules to bring about reasonable and sustainable development that is respectful of the historic neighborhood in which it is proposed.”

Wunderlich said the Alatus tower is too tall compared to other buildings in the area.

A l atu s Devel o p m en t Director Chris Osmudson said the city and MHNA approved the proposed height, and the company hopes to move for ward with the project.

Osmudson said the proposed building is tall but is “by no means precedentsetting” in terms of tall buildings nearby.

“This is presenting a pretty material delay to the project and its actual star t date,” he said of NEBL’s complaint.

Osmudson said the company has a demolition contract and capital employees, and it planned to begin construction the same day NEBL filed the complaint.

“We are going to let the complaint run its course,” he said. “We’ve received ever y entitlement approval we need from the City of Minneapolis to date, and as soon as this complaint is heard or settled … we’ll be moving for ward.”

The first cour t hearing for the case is set for Dec. 16.

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four stories originally proposed.

Residents of the Marcy-Holmes and Nicollet Island-East Bank neighborhoods formed NEBL to file the lawsuit, said NEBL President and Marcy-Holmes Resident Erich Wunderlich.

Wunderlich said after the Marcy Holmes Neighborhood Association approved the project, many homeowners wor ried about how such a tall tower might impact the neighborhood.

The percentage of homeowners compar ed to renters in the area is already low, and he said residents are concer ned about preser ving the historic district.

“I think that it’s ver y clear on the MarcyHolmes website and homepage that we value our histor y,” Wunderlich said. “But you wouldn’t know that by its recent actions.”

Marcy-Holmes and Nicollet Island-East Bank residents worr y that more luxur y apar tment buildings like the Alatus tower could hur t the neighborhood’s character, displacing af for dable housing with expensive rental units and high-rise buildings, Wunderlich said.

He said the trend isn’t unique to the Minneapolis area, pointing to similar pushback against tall Alatus buildings in Rochester and Arden Hills.

“The housing stock is being purchased by national and inter national real estate [companies] that ar e raising r ent,” Wunderlich said. “That is what’s happening in the market, and a lot of these

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Editorials & Opinions COLUMN

Don’t expect much from of celebrities People often take personal offense at celebrities saying things they don’t agree with.

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ith social media, tell-alls and TMZ, we know more intimate details about celebrities than ever before. They aren’t just faces on magazines and Wheaties boxes — they’re people who take selfies, eat bread and binge watch the same Netflix shows we do.

Perhaps it’s this level of basic relatability that has us taking personal offense at celebrities doing or saying things we don’t agree with. We stride in atop our high horses, wielding our WebMD degrees in psychology and unleash a series of outraged tweets no one needed nor asked for.

Celebrities don’t owe us anything beyond common courtesy if they pass us on the street.

CHANCE WELLNITZ columnist

This isn’t to say we shouldn’t speak up when Tila Tequila posts a picture of herself per forming the Nazi salute. But we tend to make character analyses of celebrities when we have, at best, a caricaturelevel understanding of them.

Make no mistake: We’re still glancing at celebrities through a hole in the wall. Now the opening has just grown a little wider, and they can see us watching them.

Celebrities don’t owe us anything beyond common cour tesy if they pass us on the street, and that’s all we owe them in return. However, just as when you’re walking down the street, if you see someone who is doing or saying something harmful, you are cer tainly within your right to interject and attempt to quell abhorrent behavior.

Why is it that we’ll skewer Kanye West for saying if he’d voted in the past election, it would have been for Trump, but we’ll ask our Trump-voting uncle to pass

the potatoes at Thanksgiving without so much as an eye roll?

These days we expect to see “Kanye West” and “rant” share a headline, so his choice words delivered above thousands of people probably surprised relatively few, and our response was equally unsurprising. We typed up the requisite number of outraged tweets then continued about our days unbothered. Meanwhile, West cancelled the rest of his tour and checked himself into the UCLA medical center.

Now don’t think I’m crashing the #KanyeIsOverPar ty too hard. It’s tr ue that celebrities’ words carr y consequences, but it’s impor tant to remember that even without millions of adoring fans, ours do, too.

Though we will probably never know the celebrities we admire as the people they truly are, they are people nonetheless. And unfortunately, people frequently disappoint us.

But sometimes it’s better to talk through life’s disappointments with the people we love rather than tear down those we love to look at.

Chance Wellnitz welcomes comments at cwellnitz@mndaily.com.

2016 U.S. GUN VIOLENCE Total gun-related incidents: 51.878 Total number of deaths: 13.416 Total number of mass shootings: 343 Data compiled by gunviolencearchive.org

DAILY DISCUSSION Response to Fake ID article The Minnesota Daily published an article on Nov. 21 about a surge in fake ID cases at the University of Minnesota. This article contained some information about potential legal consequences of using a fake ID. One area that the article did not address is the potential for identity theft.

Students who order a fake ID online are giving many par ts of their personally identifiable information to individuals who have shown they are not concerned with breaking state and federal laws in the United States.

Many of the websites used by University of Minnesota students to order IDs are hosted in other nations and only accept payment via bitcoin or wiring money (through Western Union, for example).

Anonymity is cr ucial for these companies.

Even if a student changes some personally identifiable information, many of the gaps could be filled in through simple Google searches to get a student’s address, actual date of birth, or other facts that could lead to identity theft.

Identity theft is a real risk for ever yone — a risk with potentially significant ramifications for victims. Before University students send their money and their personal information to people who are not afraid to break U.S. law, please consider what other consequences may come from tr ying to get a drink at the bar.

Alex Hermanny Student Conduct Coordinator

Editor’s Note: This letter has been edited for style.

CONTACT THE EDITOR Grace Thomas jthomas@mndaily.com

L.C. Graber welcomes comments at lgraber@mndaily.com.

COLUMN

Who are we listening to?

We need to take a stand against gentrification in Twin Cities neighborhoods.

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r ecent study conducted by the University of Minnesota found that more than one-third of Minneapolis’ lowincome areas had experienced gentrification from 2000 to 2014.

The Twin Cities want neighborhoods to be approachable and safe — but at what cost?

The displacement of low-income residents by way of gentrification is unforgivable.

Gentrification happens rapidly and it disproportionally affects people of color. As housing markets are ‘rehabilitated,’ developers target wealthy white-focused markets.

It’s easy to see the snowball of gentrification that’s nearly always advantageous for white communities. Just like redlining or mortgage discrimination, gentrification aggravates existing racial inequities.

We need to take a stand against gentrification and ensure neighborhoods are not being overridden by corporate developers whose sole purpose is monetar y gain. Perhaps legislation or better rules governing city plan-

KAYLEE ANDERSON columnist

ning could eliminate the problems associated with gentrification. In addition, we need to work to uplift communities at a grassroots level. Gentrification does nothing to help the people who need the most help — instead, it makes middle- and upper-class residents feel as though they’re “fixing” a part of their world that was previously an eyesore.

In areas where gentrification is most prominent, activism is key. Amplifying the voices of the communities will help to slow the process and get officials in the area to stop and look at what they’re doing to disadvantaged people. Only when the voices of those people living in these communities are brought to the forefront will progress be made.

Kaylee Anderson welcomes comments at kanderson@mndaily.com.

GUEST EDITORIAL Rip-offs of the elderly must be combated A 2014 study conducted by Allianz Life Insurance of North America reported that 20 percent of caregivers for elderly people said the person they care for had been financially exploited.

Allianz repeated that study this year.

Now the percentage is 37 percent. And many of the exploited seniors have been victimized more than once.

The financial exploitation of America’s seniors is, it appears, an ugly, growing industr y. It often involves family members, financial planners, telemarketing scams and third-par ty caregivers. And almost always, it involves an elderly person of diminished capacity.

Cognitive decline is beyond the reach of our legal system. Much of the

exploitation goes undetected or unprosecuted. A Star Tribune story on the subject this week said prosecutors pursue only the strongest cases due to a lack of resources.

Mike Rothman, who heads Minnesota’s Commerce Department, has pushed legislation for two years that would step up mandated repor ting by licensed professionals. It would also require banks to delay disbursement of funds and notify authorities if they suspect something is amiss. The proposed law would shield

The financial exploitation of America’s seniors is, it appears, an ugly growing industry.

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a financial institution or other licensed professional if they act in good faith to protect a senior.

But the proposal has been opposed by banking organizations as excessive regulation.

W illie Sutton notoriously said he robbed banks “because that’s where the money is.” Similarly, rip-off artists target the elderly because that’s where the money is — and it’s relatively easy to get.

Minnesota should make it harder to exploit seniors and easier to track down and punish their betrayers. The level of exploitation reported by the Allianz study is intolerable. We would like to believe that Minnesota’s financial institutions would agree with that.

Monday, November 28, 2016

EDITORIAL Executive action needs to halt pipeline progress

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fter months of protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline, the constr uction seemed to have come to a standstill by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. President Obama has recently made remarks about alternative routes that are actively being pursued.

But over the past week, the situation has taken a dark turn with protesters being severely hur t by both water cannons in freezing temperatures and what appear to be concussions from fired grenades.

The Army Corps of Engineers told protesters on Friday they must leave their encampment — which is on Army Corps managed land — by Dec. 5 or they will be prosecuted for trespassing.

On Sunday, the Corps clarified its statement, saying itwill not forcibly remove people. Instead, it is seeking the protesters’ peaceful transition to a “safer location.”

The group explains that the request is due to concer ns about protesters’ safety as winter sets in and in light of last week’s violence. But it is impor tant to note that the violence was wrought by law enforcement of ficers whose presence is ostensibly to placate protesters.

We are saddened by the Obama administration’s inaction in stopping the Dakota Access Pipeline and all its ensuing problematic features.

President Obama should put a stop to the pipeline before his term ends. The pipeline’s impact on the Standing Rock Sioux and other American Indian nations is unconscionable. Its construction would indefinitely destroy lives and set a dangerous precedent — showing that the US values corporate interest over lives.

Our vigilance for the constr uction of the pipeline must continue no matter how the situation in Nor th Dakota plays out — the fight isn’t over. Prior to the standstill, construction failed to stop despite several warnings from the Army Corps. This shows the lack of willingness of the parent company — Energy Transfer Par tners — to cooperate with authorities.

The record of the next presidential administration doesn’t help either.

President-elect Donald Trump has many alleged investments in ETP. Fur thermore, many of the concer ns over the environmental harms of the pipeline are associated with climate change, which Myron Ebell — the newly-elected lead for Tr ump’s Environmental Protection Agency transition team — doesn’t believe in.

Despite the discussion of climate change, issues with oil leaks simply cannot be overlooked. Pipeline spills are common: Last year, a significant spill occurred ever y three days. In the first eight months of this year, there have already been 80 pipeline leaks. These leaks can have catastr ophic consequences on nearby wildlife and water supply.

The Dakota Access Pipeline epitomizes the unwillingness of corporations and our own government to respect the autonomy and the rights of American Indians.

This is no longer simply an issue of economics — it’s a question of human rights. Now is not the time to forget the work that must be done.

Editor’s Note: The editorial has been updated to reflect recent news developments.

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Monday, November 28, 2016

CROSSWORD Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle FOR RELEASE NOVEMBER 22, 28, 2016 Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

HOROSCOPES Today’s Birthday (11/28): Social networks bring benefits this year. Strengthen bonds and support each other.

Raise your leadership steadily. Change focus with studies and travels this spring.

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

Written by Nancy Black

Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is an 8 — Enjoy a two-day expansion phase. New opportunities present themselves. Put on your traveling shoes.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is an 8 — You’re exceptionally charming and witty over the next two days. Share stories and something delectable.

Learning new skills leads to new friends.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 9 — Discuss shared finances over the next two days. Changes necessitate budget revisions. Figure it out, and reward yourselves with something tasty.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 9 — Bring in the money for the next two days. Maybe you can get something from your wish list; spending also seems easier. Keep the budget balanced.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 9 — Work with your partner today and tomorrow. Take care of each other. Together you get farther, faster.

Keep on budget to really impress.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 9 — You can get whatever you apply yourself to over the next two days. Your confident energy inspires others.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 9 — Work demands more attention today and tomorrow.

Include love and creativity in the mix. Prioritize good food, exercise and rest.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is a 6 — Slow down to contemplate your next move. Relax in hot water. Consider different options and potential consequences.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is an 8 — The odds are in your favor now. Take more time for play over the next two days. Flex your artistic muscles.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is an 8 —Get into a two-day party phase. Good things come through your network of friends. Support each other through changes.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is an 8 — Family comes first, especially over the next few days.

Make household decisions and changes.

Cooking projects feed spirits as well as bodies.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is an 8 — Consider new professional opportunities over the next few days. Crazy dreams seem possible. Prepare for inspection, and smile for the cameras.

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DR. DATE Dr. Date, voted best looking advice columnist by People Magazine for the last 13 years, is spending a long weekend in Bangor, Maine visiting her husband’s side of the family.

While the doctor is busy spending time at the city’s famous Hollywood Casino, she invited her grandma — who loves dishing out unsolicited dating advice to younger family members ever y Thanksgiving — to do a guest column.

Any views or opinions expressed in this article are strictly the writers and are not those of Dr. Date, LLC.

Dear Grandma Date,

I know this girl in one of my freshman seminars, and I am really crushing on her.

Still, I’m not sure whether she likes me or not.

I’ve been contemplating making a move, but I don’t want to ruin our friendship if the feelings are reciprocal.

We h a n g o u t a l l t h e t i m e , tex t

when we aren’t together, but I’m still nervous.

Should I take the plunge and ask her out?

—Unsure Friend Dear Friend,

By the time I was your age, I already had four children and was unhappily married to my husband.

But I stuck through the marriage because I understood the sanctity of that promise and we didn’t all get divorces like these new-age millennials do.

And why haven’t my grandchildren visited me in two months?

Rachel from euchre club keeps flirting with my boyfriend Dave, but that flapper already has half the boys in this place tied around her finger.

Sometimes I contemplate the immediacy of death and wonder whether I will be reunited with my first love, who died in a tragic interaction with

his pet walrus.

I’ve lived a long life.

—Grandma Date

Dear Grandma Date,

I’m thinking about proposing to my girlfriend. We are both juniors and have been together for six years after meeting in high school.

A lot of my friends have told us to hold off till graduation, but I know that she is the girl I want to be with.

Do you think that it is too early to pop the question? Or should I go for it and ignore my friends?

—Nuptial Naysayers Dear Nuptial,

It was 1943 when I first met Julio.

Your grandfather was deployed to France on a suicide mission, and I didn’t expect to ever see him again.

Julio was a marine biologist who loved animals. Through his knowledge of human nature and caring touch, he taught

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

me that I could love again.

Times were great. One day, I came home to find Julio being torn apart, limbby-limb, by his pet walrus Horatio.

I was so angry. Horatio was all I had left, but I couldn’t get over the fact that he brutally killed the love of my life.

Eventually, Horatio and I grew close.

Through his knowledge of human-walrus nature and caring touch, he taught me that I could love again.

But Horatio was already old by t h e t i m e o u r l ove b e g a n a n d h e passed soon af ter our relationship began.

Your grandfather reached out to me after the war and told me he was alive.

We both moved back to the United States, but I’ve never forgotten Julio and Horatio.

I’m waiting for the day that God will reunite us, human, human and walrus.

Together again.

—Grandma Date

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University study shows key cropland emission culprits Cropland u from Page 1

With croplands contributing r oughly 5 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gases, discovering ways to mitigate their emissions is an impor tant step toward combating climate change, said Nathan Mueller, a postdoctoral research fellow at Har vard University and a study author, in an email.

Stopping peatland draining altogether is the best way to combat its emissions, said James Gerber, a study author and co-director of the Global Landscapes Initiative.

“Drainage just has to stop, and policies need to be implemented to help encourage farmers to stop doing that,” he said.

Still, the only way

policies would be executed is if they don’t harm the agriculture industr y, Gerber said.

“Ideally, you would develop policies that would reward farmers for good behavior, not punish them for bad behavior,” he said.

And peatlands should be discouraged anyway, since there are other areas for crop production that pose less environmental harm, Mueller said in an email.

In rice fields, dr ying when not actively growing crops could help red u c e e m i s s i o n s , We s t said, adding that studies have shown it won’t negatively impact rice production.

But this isn’t an easy fix either, West said, because there has to be a farming system in place that would r elease the water that’s not being used.

Other emitters consid-

“Ideally, you would develop policies that would reward farmers ... not punish them.”

JAMES GERBER Co-director of Global Landscapes Initiative

ered problematic in the study include nitrogen fertilizers, which are used to sustain crop yields and soil health. When more fer tilizer is used, emissions of nitrous oxide — which is 298 times more power ful than carbon dioxide — increase.

Because this was the first study to identify crop-specific emission sources, Gerber said he hopes the research will aid in future inter vention efforts.

“The global result isn’t new. The specificity is …

ECONOMIC SECTORS CONTRIBUTING TO GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN 2010 Other Energy 10% Electricity and Heat Industry Production 21% 25% Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use 24% Buildings 6% Transportation 14% SOURCE: US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

ver y novel,” he said. “We really hope we’ll be able to help target policy to design inter vention.”

BBC, Voice of America reporters detained in southeast Turkey

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities detained two reporters working for foreign news organizations in southeast Turkey, the latest journalists taken into custody as part of the government’s sweeping crackdown following a failed coup in July.

Hatice Kamer, BBC’s

T urkish cor respondent, was detained Saturday in the town of Sir van while covering a recent copper mine collapse that killed at least 11 workers, the broadcaster said. Voice of America said its freelance repor ter, Khajijan Farqin, was detained the same day in Diyarbakir.

Kamer was released on Sunday, BBC Turkish said.

She told German broadcaster WDR by phone after being freed that she was told she would face charges of having supported the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, through her reporting.

Kamer said there was no evidence for that.

T urkish authorities have not commented on the detentions.

Earlier this month,

52-year-old French journalist Olivier Ber trand was detained in nearby Gaziantep and subsequently deported.

Dozens of Turkish jour nalists have been detained and hundr eds of media outlets shut down in T urkey as par t of the gover nment’s post-coup clampdown on suspected dissidents.

Swiss reject plan to speed up exit from nuclear energy

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BERLIN — Swiss voters rejected a plan to accelerate the countr y’s exit from nuclear energy in a referendum Sunday, turning down an initiative that would have forced their government to shut the last plant in 2029.

The plan promoted by the Green par ty would have meant closing three of Switzerland’s five nuclear plants next year. Polls ahead of the referendum had shown a tight race, but voters shot down the initiative by 54.2 percent to 45.8 percent.

Under Switzerland’s direct democracy system, proposals need suppor t from both a majority of the countr y’s cantons (states) and of the national vote to pass. Only six of Switzerland’s 26 states backed the nuclear shutdown plan.

After the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, the S wi s s g o ver n m en t adopted a gradualist approach toward transitioning the countr y to renewable energy by 2050.

It said nuclear plants should continue to operate as long as they are deemed safe, but didn’t set a precise timetable.

The gover nment said it needs time to switch to other sour ces such as wind, solar and biomass energy.

If successful, the initiative would have limited the lifespan of nuclear plants to 45 years and meant the closure next year of the Beznau 1, Beznau 2 and Muehleberg reactors. The newest of the plants, in Leibstadt near the German border, star ted operating in 1984 and would have

had to close in 2029.

The nuclear plants currently generate around a third of Switzerland’s electricity.

“We would have liked to win, that’s clear, but 45 percent for ‘yes’ is a good result,” Regula Rytz, the Greens’ chair woman, told SRF television. Her par ty isn’t par t of Switzerland’s broad coalition government.

“The problems haven’t been resolved with this referendum Sunday,” Rytz said. “We will keep at it on safety, on financial security ... and on expanding renewable energies.”

A group representing Swiss business, economiesuisse, said in a statement that “a hasty exit from nuclear energy would only have brought disadvantages for Switzerland.”

It welcomed what it described in a statement as “voters’ clear signal for a secure electricity supply and strong domestic energy production.”

Neighboring Germany took a sharper turn away from nuclear power after the Fukushima disaster in 2011. It plans to shut down its nuclear power plants by the end of 2022.

The referendum result “is a disappointment for all who had hoped for clarity on when the last nuclear power station in Switzerland will go of fline,” Rita Schwarzeluehr-Sutter, a deputy German environment minister, said.

Nuclear power is “an outdated model in Switzerland, too,” she said, adding that the countr y has some of the world’s oldest reactors and “their days are numbered anyway.”

After Castro death, Miami Cubans turn to reflection

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MIAMI — Celebration turned to somber reflection and church ser vices Sunday as Cuban-Americans in Miami largely stayed off the streets following a raucous daylong par ty in which thousands marked the death of Fidel Castro.

One Cuban exile car dealer, however, sought to turn the revolutionar y socialist’s death into a quintessential capitalist deal by offering $15,000 discounts on some models.

And on the air waves, top aides to President-elect Donald Trump promised a hard look at the recent thaw in U.S. relations with Cuba.

At St. Brendan Catholic Church in the Miami suburb of Westchester, a member of the chorus read a statement by Archbishop Thomas Wenski about Castro’s death before the ser vice.

There was no over t mention of Castro during the Sunday Mass. But during the reading of the Prayers of the Faithful, one of the two priests celebrating the Mass prayed for “an end to communism, especially in Cuba and Venezuela.”

“Lord, hear our prayers,” churchgoers responded.

Outside the church, Nelson Frau, a 32-year-old Cuban-American whose parents fled the island in 1962, said he wasn’t surprised that Castro was not mentioned. He said Wenski’s statement reflected the role of the Catholic Church in Miami as a mediator toward peace between the Cubans in Miami and those on the island.

“I think the church is tr ying to act as a mediator at this point, to try to move the Cuban people for ward rather than backward, not only the exile community here, but also the Cuban people on the island,” said Frau, who works in customer service.

Frau said celebrations of Castro’s death on the streets of Miami were a “natural reaction.”