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Diini Sabrie, left, and Amina Deble pose for portraits on Saturday, Oct. 21. Sabrie is grieving a close friend, Minnesota resident Ahmed AbdiKarin Eyow, who was killed in the recent bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia. Deble lost six friends in the bombing.

Pain, from Mogadishu to Minnesota This month’s bombing in Somalia affected many across the Twin Cities.

BY KELLY BUSCHE

Diini Sabrie spoke to his longtime friend Ahmed AbdiKarin Eyow for the last time Oct. 14.

The two exchanged messages that Saturday afternoon about Eyow’s trip to Mogadishu and what it felt like for him to be home again.

Six hours later, a truck armed with explosives

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drove into the center of Mogadishu, killing hundreds and leveling a nearby hotel and other buildings.

Sabrie, a Bloomington resident, immediately reached out to Eyow’s family and contacted friends in u See SOMALIA Page 3

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Ty Dolla Sign, below, and Tinashe, left, perform during the 2017 homecoming concert at TCF Bank Stadium on Friday, Oct. 20.

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ABOVE: Quaterback Demry Croft gets tripped up at the homecoming game against Illinois at TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 21. RIGHT: Running back Kobe McCrary celebrates his touchdown at the homecoming game against Illinois.

Gophers defeat Illinois for their first Big Ten win Minnesota beat the Fighting Illini 24-17 on Saturday in its homecoming game.

BY JACK WARRICK jwarrick@mndaily.com

The Gophers had cause to celebrate when Minnesota (4-3, 1-3 Big Ten) won its homecoming and first Big Ten game of the year on Saturday, defeating Illinois (2-5, 0-4 Big Ten) 24-17.

“I think a few weeks ago if we would play that football game, we don’t win,” said Gophers head coach P.J. Fleck. “We win in that football game because I think we’ve learned from our past to create our now, and then we’ll create our future.”

Running back Kobe McCrary had 153 yards on 24 rushes in the Illinois game, along with one rushing touchdown.

The Gophers were leading 17-10 with 4:20 to play after the McCrary touchdown.

On Illinois’ next play, linebacker Jonathan

Celestin intercepted and returned the ball 31 yards to the end zone to give the Gophers the touchdown.

“I think there’s a lot excitement in that locker room tonight, especially how we won,” Fleck said. “With all the things that could have went wrong, and all the things that did go wrong, and especially with Jon Celestin kind of finishing it off.”

After splitting time with quarterback Conor Rhoda earlier in the year, Demry Croft played every offensive snap during this game.

The quarterback threw an 8-yard touchdown to Tyler Johnson during the first drive of the game, reminiscent of last week when the two connected on three touchdown passes in the fourth quarter. u See FOOTBALL Page 5

Review: Homecoming show fails to impress, but still fun The acts of this weekend’s concert brought autotune and drugs to an awkward setup.

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The section of bleachers parceled out for the sparsely-attended homecoming concert felt like a chaperoned middle school trip to a baseball game.

Coin, the indie pop act famous for songs like “Talk Too Much” and “I Don’t Wanna Dance,” opened the concert at TCF Bank Stadium Friday night.

The musician strolled onstage with his Morrissey Tumblr aesthetic. Emo is in again,

but when Bob Dylan talked about the man in the long black coat, it wasn’t this one. Coin makes you want to let him know that Vampire Weekend already happened. And Hippocampus.

Tinashe, L.A. based singer songwriter, known for her single “2 On,” came out next in a cute camo jacket, accompanied by four muscular dancers sporting long sleek hair.

She smiled at the crowd, thanked them for appreciating her music and wearing her t-shirts. “You cute, I see you,” was the acknowledgment some lucky fan received.

The dancers, in mesh black tanks and black cargo pants, celebrated an early 2000s aesthetic and tossed their hair.

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STATE REPORT POLICE SHOOTING PROTESTERS KNEEL BEFORE VIKINGS HOME GAME MINNEAPOLIS — Protesters kneeled outside of U.S. Bank Stadium before the Minnesota Vikings’ game against the Baltimore Ravens.

About 50 people took part in the demonstration Sunday while the national anthem played inside the Minneapolis stadium.

The protesters say they want to raise awareness about shootings by police officers.

Organizer Mel Reeves says the protest was not about the Vikings, the United States flag or the national anthem. He says they are “simply trying to bring attention to this national problem.”

Reeves says the group plans to protest whenever the Vikings play at home.

Three police shootings in or near Minneapolis have drawn protests and widespread attention. Jamar Clark was killed in the city in 2015, Philando Castile in suburban St. Paul in 2016 and Justine Ruszczyk Damond in Minneapolis in July.

POLICE INVESTIGATING 2ND HOMICIDE IN ST. PAUL IN 24 HOURS ST. PAUL — St. Paul police are investigating the second homicide in the city within 24 hours.

Police spokesman Steve Linders says officers working off-duty at a bar reported hearing gunshots about 2 a.m. Sunday.

Shortly afterward, someone dropped off a man at Regions Hospital. He had been shot and died at the hospital.

Homicide detectives brought several people to headquarters for interviews.

It was the second homicide in St. Paul in less than 24 hours. Early Saturday, a man was fatally shot, also in St. Paul’s Frogtown neighborhood.

The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports no arrests have been made in the weekend homicides, and the victims’ names have not been released. St. Paul has now recorded 19 homicides so far this year.

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The truck was heading east on University Avenue Southeast when the pedestrian crossing the street appeared to strike the side of the truck and fell under its trailer just after 2 p.m. at the

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p.m., MPD spokesperson Sgt. Catherine Michal said.

The semitruck driver stayed at the scene and is cooperating with officers, Michal said. According to the release, the man died at HCMC around 4:30 a.m. Thursday.

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Trump pushes for UK gunman arrested House GOP action after hostage situation on budget, tax cuts

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump urged House Republicans to move swiftly on passing a budget bill during a conference call Sunday, clearing the way for what he described as an historic push for tax cuts.

Trump and Vice President Mike Pence both joined the House GOP call in which Trump called on members to adopt the budget passed by the Senate this week, so that they can move on to passing his tax reform plan.

Trump told the members they were on the verge of doing something historic, according to one Republican official on the call, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss publicly what was intended as a private update for members.

Another GOP aide familiar with the conversation said that Trump told the members again and again that the party would have a steep price to pay in next year’s midterm elections if they failed to pass his plan, which would slash the corporate tax rate to 20 percent and double the standard deduction used by most average Americans. The president also said multiple times that, beyond the looming elections, his plan was the right thing to do for country, the person said.

The Senate last week passed a budget that includes rules that will allow Republicans to get tax legislation through the Senate without Democratic votes and without fear of a Democratic filibuster.

Republicans are desperate to rack up a legislative win after a series of embarrassing failures that have come despite the fact that the party controls both chambers of Congress and the White House.

On the call, House Speaker Paul Ryan told members he hoped to pass a revised Senate budget bill this week to increase the changes that tax reform can be enacted by the end of the year.

Trump will also work to rally support for the plan on the Hill Tuesday at a lunch with Senate Republicans. Congress also continues to wrestle with the health care system.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday he’s willing to bring bipartisan health care legislation to the floor — if Trump makes clear he supports it. A proposal by two senators Republican Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Democrat Patty Murray of Washington - would extend for two years federal insurance payments that Trump has blocked. But Trump has offered mixed signals, alternately praising and condemning the effort - confusing Democrats and Republicans alike.

Asked whether he would bring the bill to the floor, McConnell said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he was waiting “to hear from President Trump what kind of health care bill he might sign.”

LONDON — A gunman who reportedly held two employees hostage at a central England bowling alley was arrested Sunday night after armed police moved in. He was treated at the scene and taken to a hospital for treatment.

The two workers held for roughly four hours were released unharmed, police and ambulance officials said.

Details about the gunman’s condition were not released.

He has not yet been charged or identified.

Warwickshire Police Superintendent Alex FranklinSmith said specialist firearms squads and police negotiators rushed to Bermuda Park, the shopping center where the bowling alley is located, when reports of a possible hostage situation came in.

“We are pleased that we were able to bring this incident to a peaceful resolution and that there were no injuries,” he said.

The bowling alley’s operations director, Chris Clegg, said the two hostages were checked by medical personnel and appeared to be fine.

Earlier, Warwickshire police had warned the public to stay away from the shopping center in Nuneaton, about 7.5 miles north of the town of Coventry, but said the problem was not terrorism-related.

Mehdi Amshar, chief executive of the MFA Bowl bowling alley chain, told Sky News that he was informed the two employees were being held at gunpoint at the company’s Nuneaton branch.

Amshar said he believed the gunman was an ex-husband or former boyfriend of an employee, but he couldn’t be sure.

Police did not confirm those details.

All customers were able to leave the premises and were unharmed, Amshar said.

A witness from a nearby restaurant, Carl Lenton, described what he saw outside as alarm spread through the shopping center.

“There were police cars arriving, there was a helicopter, police dogs, armed police stood all around the bowling alley, around the outside of it,” Lenton said.

The police response may have been heightened by concerns about a possible extremist attack. Britain’s official terrorist threat level is set as “severe,” indicating an attack is thought to be highly likely.

Gun crimes are rare in Britain, which has strict firearm control rules.

One man who said he was at a children’s party at the bowling alley said he initially thought it was a joke when a staff member told him to leave because a gunman was inside.

“I looked up and there was a guy, probably 20 or 30 feet away, walking towards us with a sawn-off shotgun sort of slung over his shoulder,” Lawrence Hallett told Sky News.

He added the man was “basically shouting and had a very aggressive demeanor about him.”

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Somalia to learn his friend’s fate.

It took five hours to discover Eyow was killed in the blast.

“I was not expecting someone I communicated with less than six hours ago [to be gone],” Sabrie said. Sabrie has since struggled to accept his friend’s death, often daydreaming Eyow is still there.

Sabrie’s story is one of many repeated since the attack in Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu — the country’s deadliest in decades.

The University of Minnesota community and surrounding neighborhoods have grappled with the aftermath of the bombing, organizing community vigils and fundraisers in solidarity.

The deadly attack, which claimed more than 350 lives and injured hundreds more, is believed to be linked to Islamic terrorist group al-Shabab.

“This tragedy, regardless of if we lost relatives or not, has hit us pretty hard,” said Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

Many in the community, like Hussein, have experienced a “roller coaster of emotions” from sadness to worry for relatives in Mogadishu.

The community is also in disbelief over the scale of the attack, Hussein said.

“The fact that this is the worst known single-day attack on innocent lives in the history of Mogadishu sets this incident apart from any other past incident,” he said.

Ward 6 Minneapolis City Council Member Abdi Warsame said community conversations have focused on the “whys” — why it happened and why now, when Somalia was recovering from a civil war.

Warsame has consoled community members while coping with his own grief.

He lost seven cousins in the attack.

“I did my day-to-day work, and just [had to] find my own space of healing,” Warsame said. “And it’s difficult. It’s really, really painful.”

Community expresses solidarity Vigils and healing spaces were held in Cedar-Riverside and at the University throughout the week after the Mogadishu attacks.

More than 100 people gathered on Monday, Oct. 16 for a somber vigil in the Brian Coyle Center gymnasium. Those overcome with emotion were unable to finish speeches.

Attendees included Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges, State Rep. Ilhan Omar, DFLMinneapolis, and U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn.

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UMPD officer Josh Betts talks with student Franklin Rosenberg on Feb. 21 in Mondale Hall on West Bank.

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A fundraising poster for Ahmed AbdiKarin Eyow’s family is posted in East Village Grill on Oct. 21.

We rebuild with you tomorrow,” Omar said in a speech at the vigil.

Amano Dube, director of the Brian Coyle Center, said the center has doubled as a supportive space for those in shock.

Over 100 students attended a healing space event Thursday night on campus. The Somali Student Association, Young Muslim Collective, the University’s Muslim Student Association and Augsburg University’s Muslim Student Association hosted the event.

Students shared concerns about the impact the attacks will have on Somali-American culture, while also acknowledging the need to grieve.

Among the shock and sorrow many held, a theme of resilience was at the forefront of the conversation.

University alumna Safia Yasin Farah spoke to the group about handling loss and overcoming fear instilled by the attacks.

Yasin Farah lost a close friend she met while participating in the North American Somali Student Union during her time at the University.

“They shouldn’t shut you down because that’s what they’re trying to do, those who are doing the explosions,” Yasin Farah said. “Resilient is the perfect word [to] describe Somalis here in Minnesota and over there in Somalia.”

Funding for relief Community members have rallied support and fundraising dollars for those impacted by the bombing, and on Friday, many mosques across Minneapolis accepted donations for those affected.

On Oct. 16, two Hamline University students started a GoFundMe page for relief efforts with a goal of $50,000.

So far, they’ve raised more than $28,000.

The entirety of the fund will be sent to Somalia to help pay for funerals, medical supplies, sleeping kits and shelters for temporary stay, according to the GoFundMe webpage.

Fundraisers for individual families have also been established, including the family of Eyow.

Diini Sabrie said he and other friends have pledged to financially support Eyow’s family.

“Ahmed is a guy I will remember [for] the rest of my life,” Sabrie said.

Though Sabrie and friends know they can’t replace Eyow as a father, they plan to support his children’s academic and extracurricular endeavors.

Coping with loss Amina Deble, owner of East Village Grill in Elliot Park, lost six close friends in the attack.

Surrounded by food each day, Deble has struggled to muster an appetite.

“It’s very painful,” she said.

Living far from Somalia has been trying for Deble since the attack, as she wishes she could bury those she lost.

Deble has instead turned her support to the families of her deceased friends.

Abdi Warsame said he has been “touched” by the community’s unity.

“Tragedies … show how important life is and how important our people are,” he said.

The Mogadishu attack will ultimately change how Somalis think of their home country, said Jaylani Hussein.

“There will always be [a] before and after this day, and we hope that this day will unite the community to fight evil in this world,” Hussein said.

Max Chao contributed reporting for this story.

Transgender oral history exhibit opens on University West Bank This exhibit is now on display at the Elmer L. Andersen Library on campus.

BY ARIANNA VALENZUELAZAZUETA avalenzuela@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota unveiled an exhibit documenting the history of the transgender and gender non-conforming community on Thursday.

The exhibit, titled “‘In Their Own Words’: The Tretter Transgender Oral History Project,” is on display at the Elmer L. Andersen Library. A celebration was held for the exhibit, which included an announcement about the project’s future.

“I just want to highlight why it is so important that we tell our narratives at this time while we are still alive,” said Andrea Jenkins, curator of the transgender oral history project. “Because in 2017, 23 transgendered people … primarily transgendered women of color [have] been murdered.”

The project, launched in 2015, is part of the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies in the University’s libraries.

Lisa Vecoli, curator of the Tretter Collection, said the first phase of the project primarily focused on identifying the transgender community in Minneapolis and the Upper Midwest.

Vecoli announced the project recently secured funding for its second phase, set to launch next year.

The aim of phase two is to interview 100 organizers and political leaders from across the nation and focus on their work, Vecoli said.

“Who’s setting the agenda?

Who’s at the table? Who’s missing? What are the challenges and opportunities?” she said. “Those are the questions we’ll be answering in phase two.”

According to Vecoli, the transgender and queer communities would not have enough historic documentation without the Tretter Collection.

“The Tretter Collection

came to the University in 2000… it’s one of only a few dedicated LGBT archives in the country,” she said. “Because we don’t have enough material in the transgender-queer community, we had the opportunity to request some funding.”

The motive behind the new exhibit, Jenkins said, was to promote positivity about the transgender community.

“I believe that our story matters, our lives matter and … there’s just been a lot of transphobia, and racism and violence perpetrated against transgendered people,” she said. “I want to change that narrative.”

University junior Aurin Chowdhury is one of many students who attended the exhibit to support Jenkins and the project.

“Not enough people come to look at the exhibits … and I think this is one of the most powerful exhibits I’ve seen here so far,” Chowdhury said.

The celebration of the exhibit concluded with a live performance by transgender Twin Cities musician Venus de Mars.

New UMPD team members help staff events and booths around campus.

BY CARTER BLOCHWITZ cblochwitz@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota Police Department is expanding its community engagement efforts in hopes to connect with students and staff.

UMPD added two new officers to its community engagement team this fall. The move received a positive response from University professors and administrators.

Officers Ashlee Lange and Christopher Fonseca were brought on to help the UMPD build closer ties with department heads and the student body.

“Instead of being reactive, where we wait for that phone call to come to your emergency — why not be out front and with [students] in a very positive light,” said Sgt. Jim Nystrom, leader of the engagement team.

While working the community engagement “beat,” officers engage with students and staff without worry of being called away for campus incidents.

“I think that police work is changing,” Lange said.

“And I think that in order to connect to different communities, it’s important to have a specialized group to do that.”

The engagement team seeks to expand on monthly and annual activities like the

department’s “Coffee with a Cop” and nerf gun events.

Nystrom said the team wants to add more events focused on mental health and community-building.

“Building those relationships is integral to the fulfillment of our job and making those relationships and understanding that we can’t do our job alone,” said UMPD Officer Joshua Betts, another member of the engagement team.

University sociology professor Michelle Phelps said the engagement program is a positive step toward improving perceptions of police.

But the success of the engagement will depend on how it’s implemented, Phelps said.

“If those officers really were able to create rapport with those students in a real sense of understanding and mutual respect, I think that could do a lot of good,” she said.

In addition to extra events, UMPD has established regular booths on the University’s East and West Bank campuses to engage with students and staff.

Nystrom said engagin g s t u d e n t s h a s b e e n hard for officers, but added the increased presence helps them be more “approachable.”

Officer Fonseca said one of the booths, dubbed the “Police Box,” is located in Coffman Memorial Union above Starbucks.

The booth has already generated better feedback

“Instead of being reactive, where we wait for that phone call to come to your emergency — why not be out front and with [students] in a very positive light.”

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than anticipated, he said.

“A lot of people actually do want to talk to us and just talk about whatever they want,” Fonseca said.

“Whether it’s crime-related things or just what is going on with school.”

Nystrom said the team plans to establish a booth in St. Paul and shift the West Bank booth from Middlebrook Hall to a more accessible location.

Betts said familiarizing students with UMPD helps form trust with students.

“We’re trying to embrace the service mentality of ‘Serve and Protect,’” Betts said.

Kevin Gerdes, director of the Masters of Public Affairs degree program in Humphrey School of Public Affairs commended UMPD for expanding its outreach.

“I think it’s critical, especially at this time,” Gerdes said. “I think there is a lot of community distrust of the police.”

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The tragic punchline victim in this year’s homecoming comedy show?

Communication studies.

Students laughed their way into homecoming week with the Saturday Night Live star.

Comedian and former SNL cast member, Vanessa Bayer performed her stand-up routine at the Ted Mann Concert Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 17.

BY KATE DRAKULIC kdrakulic@mndaily.com

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aturday Night Live star Vanessa Bayer and local Minneapolis comedian Brandi Brown brought hundreds to Ted Mann Concert Hall for a two-hour comedy show Tuesday night. Organized by Student Unions and Activities, the free event was a part of homecoming week festivities.

After waiting patiently in long lines, students filed in to claim their seats about an hour before the show was set to begin. As Minnesota-native Brandi Brown took the stage, the entire ground floor of the auditorium was full.

“It’s homecoming! Happy homecoming everyone!” Brown

If the phrase “Daddy Fleck” makes you cringe, just imagine it coming from Bayer’s mouth in Miley Cyrus’ voice. said as she began.

She started off testing the waters with a few cat jokes and giggled at her own punch lines. The crowd found them hysterical.

“Alright, you guys are fun… that tells me what jokes I can tell later,” she said.

Brown’s set often contrasted her identity as a black woman with Minnesota’s whiteness. She touched on Minnesota sports, Minnesotan

culture and the superiority of Minneapolis to its neighbor, St. Paul.

Brown received her first notable applause of the night at the expense of Donald Trump supporters — classic — and she joked lightheartedly about race and depression, both of which drew big laughs. Her casual demeanor and clever content was relatable for the college audience.

With the crowd warmed up, Vanessa Bayer strutted on stage from behind the curtains. She received an overwhelming welcome from the star-struck audience and began her show by talking about her own college experience.

Bayer shared that she studied “the history of bullshit” and “the Catholic church of

majors,” or what is academically known as communication studies.

Bayer, who recently retired from the cast of SNL, came across as honest, comfortable and personable throughout the course of her performance. She even strayed from her material at times, or so she said, to share little facts about herself and things that bothered her — like when TV characters eat Chinese food out of the carton and don’t use plates. Whether it was part of the material or not, the crowd ate it up.

As a matter of fact, the audience seemed to find just about everything funny — including Bayer’s pauses, quirks and weaker jokes. Perhaps free comedy shows make

everything funnier?

Once in a while, Bayer’s SNL voice would ring out, usually when she was doing impressions. Some of these included civil war reenactments, an impression of herself telling sex jokes because, “you guys are in college and you’re all into sex-stuff,” and SNL favorite, Miley Cyrus. If the phrase “Daddy Fleck” makes you cringe, just imagine it coming from Bayer’s mouth in Miley Cyrus’ voice.

Bayer ended the show with an elaborate “Friends” scenario, and let it be known, she really does sound exactly like Rachel.

Freshmen Carolyn Rima, a nursing major, and Olivia Anizor, a retail merchandising major, had a

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few thoughts after the show.

“I had never heard of Brandi,” Rima said. “She was funnier than I thought she was going to be.”

“Me too,” Anizor said. “I was like, ‘Oh, this is going to be an amateur comedian,’ but no, she was funny. There was a big difference between their comedic styles, but I was still gasping for air.”

The two comedians complimented each other well, and together provided a wide variety of comedy and content.

“We’re big SNL fans,” said Claire Wilmesmeier, a freshman and medical laboratory sciences major. “I thought the material [Bayer] did was really engaging… it was cool to have someone from SNL here.”

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Murderous fun at Northrop Auditorium The popular podcast brought true crime and comedy fans together on Thursday night.

BY MADDY FOLSTEIN mfolstein@mndaily.com

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midst a crowd of jersey-clad students heading towards a homecoming event, fans wearing “Murdersotan” shirts walked towards Northrop Auditorium. It was Thursday night, and it was time for the sold-out “My Favorite Murder” live show.

“My Favorite Murder” is a true crime podcast led by comedians Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, who, after meeting at a party, discovered that they shared the same macabre fascination with murder. True to its origins, the vibe of the podcast is less like traditional true-crime shows (think “48 Hours”) and more like a lively discussion of cold case conspiracies among friends.

Each episode of the podcast begins with Kil-

Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark.

gariff and Hardstark discussing anything from the newest serial killer documentaries to the antics of Hardstark’s cats.

After the open, they transition to talking about their “favorite murder” for the episode — a true crime story sometimes centered

around a theme or, in the case of the live shows, a location.

The Thursday show naturally opened with the comedians regaling the crowd of “Murderinos”, as fans of the show call themselves, with stories from their first visit to the Mall

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of America earlier that day.

When the time came to discuss their favorite Minnesotan murders, Kilgariff and Hardstark sat down at a round table on the Northrop stage, which changed the mood from comedy show to conversation between two murder-obsessed friends.

Hardstark introduced her favorite murder of the night, the Glensheen murders in Duluth, and the packed auditorium cheered. These were not amateur Minnesotan Murderinos.

The podcast hosts are open about the cursory research they do beforehand, but it’s clear that their audience isn’t interested in the minutiae that they might find in other true crime coverage. The “My Favorite Murder” fans download every episode and come to the live shows for a frank, humorous conversation about the darker parts of this world. Kilgariff and Hardstark joke about the mistakes made by local law enforcement, the archetypes of every true crime case and the ridiculousness of serial killer logic.

While the comedic riffing made the night enjoyable, it’s clear that “My Favorite Murder” brings its fans together over an interest that is often hidden.

True crime isn’t something people are encouraged to

enjoy, but “My Favorite Murder” has built a community around that shared interest.

At the live show at Northrop, most fans showed up with their own true crime fan clubs, sometimes wearing matching “I’m a Karen” and “I’m a Georgia” t-shirts. They sipped red wine and took pictures in front of the stage with the “My Favorite Murder” logo projected on a screen in the background.

But some Murderinos also showed up alone — me, for instance. And, although I had worried that attending by my self might not be normal protocol for a live podcast show, I found myself sandwiched between two other solo Murderinos when the show started. The night felt like any other time I listened to the podcast on my own, but this time, I was surrounded by hundreds of other fans who had also memorized the hosts’ signature sign off: “Stay sexy.

Don’t get murdered.”

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Minnesota loses to Ohio State 2-0 on its senior day ELLEN SCHMIDT, DAILY

Quarterback Demry Croft hands the ball off to running back Kobe McCrary during the homecoming game on Saturday, Oct. 21 at TCF Bank Stadium.

The Gophers defeated Illinois 24-17.

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Midfielder Megan Koenig kicks the ball down the field at the Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium on Friday, Oct. 20.

After seniors were honored before the game, the Gophers conceded two goals.

BY ERIK NELSON enelson2@mndaily.com

Midfielder Megan Koenig was overcome with emotion when she walked onto the field at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium with her family on senior night.

Koenig and five other seniors — forwards Julianna Gernes, Kellie McGahn and Sydney Squires, and defenders Tori Burnett and Maddie Gaffney, were honored during a pregame ceremony in Minnesota’s match against Ohio State.

Ohio State made the Gophers senior night bittersweet by the end of the match.

Ohio State (13-3-1, 8-2-0) defeated Minnesota (10-4-3, 6-3-1) 2-1 on the strength of two first-half goals. This was Minnesota’s first home loss since Sept. 1 when the team lost to UC-Santa Barbara 1-0.

“It sucks to lose a game of this magnitude,” said head coach Stefanie Golan. “You felt like you were in and you had opportunities to change the results. This is the best Ohio State team I’ve seen since I’ve been here.”

Nikki Walts opened the scoring for Ohio State in the 11th minute, firing a shot past Minnesota goalkeeper Kailee Sharp. The goal was unassisted, and it was Walts’ second goal of the season.

In the 15th minute, Ohio State extended its lead when Sammy Edwards scored off of a corner kick. It was Edwards’ eighth goal of the season, and Arden Holden earned an assist.

Ohio State’s Haley Walker-Robinson was called for a handballI in the 57th

minute. Gernes scored on the ensuing penalty kick, firing a shot past Ohio State’s Devon Kerr. It was Gernes’ eighth goal of the season.

Golan said she was pleased with Minnesota’s effort in the second half even though the team lost.

However, she said it wasn’t fun to lose a big game like this one.

“We came out, and we were throwing everything that we could at them. We were trying to put numbers forward. We were trying to create something, and we had a couple of looks,” Golan said.

Sharp made a careerhigh five saves in the loss.

Minnesota allowed nine total shots. Squires said Ohio State was very effective in the offensive zone.

“It felt like they had more players than we had out there,” Squires said. “They moved really well.”

Ohio State clinched a share of the Big Ten regular-season title when Penn State’s game against Purdue ended in a 2-2 draw. Koenig said she thinks the team is a group of fighters.

“I appreciate every single one of my teammates,” Koenig said.

Minnesota’s next game is against Nebraska (9-4-5, 3-25) on Wednesday in Lincoln, Nebraska. Minnesota can earn home-field advantage in the Big Ten quarterfinals with a win. Golan said she wants her seniors to remember that life includes unhappy moments and that sports can provide meaningful life lessons.

“You can put everything that you have into something and have it not go your way,” Golan said. “I want them to take away that life sucks sometimes. This group has done a good job of flipping that page [after a loss].”

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Things took a turn when Croft had two interceptions on back-to-back Gophers drives, the second resulting in a Fighting Illini field goal that tied it at 10-10. But Croft figured it out after that.

He led a 12-play, 75-yard touchdown drive that was capped with a McCrary fouryard rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter.

“If this was a three-four year starter, and we were making mistake after mistake, and it was an off day

for him, maybe I wouldn’t go back to that,” Fleck said. “But this is like a lawn mower, you’ve got to continue to pull that cord over and over and over until that thing starts.”

The Fighting Illini answered the Gophers’ first touchdown in the first quarter after a Rodney Smith fumble put the Fighting Illini offense at Minnesota’s 15-yard line.

The Illinois second quarterback, Cam Thomas, ran nine yards on the first play, and the Fighting Illini leading running back Ra’Von Bonner drove it in, tying

the score at 7-7.

“The big thing was they threw in a quarterback that hadn’t played a ton before,” Fleck said. “They run a lot of toss with him, they run a lot of counter with him, we had to adapt to that.”

Two of the Illinois quarterbacks played substantial time. Thomas was used for running. He had the most rushing yards on the team with 79, but went 2-4 with 33 yards passing. The other quarterback, Jeff George Jr., went 18-23 with 128 yards and a passing touchdown. George Jr. had -13 rushing yards.

“We didn’t really prepare for [Thomas],” Celestin said.

“But once we saw him out, we realized he was the running quarterback and they wanted to run a lot of stretch or read option with that running back.”

Minnesota looks to build on this win as they face off against Iowa (4-3, 1-3 Big Ten) in the next game.

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Gophers go 1-1 over the weekend in road series versus UND Minnesota won its first game 2-1, but lost the second in a 4-0 blowout loss.

BY DREW COVE dcove@mndaily.com

T h e G o ph e r s fac e d their old rival back at Ralph Engelstad Arena for the first time since 2012.

Reminiscent of the past battle s b etwe en Nor th Dakota and Minnesota, the game came down to the wire.

No. 8 Minnesota (3-2-0, 1-10 Big Ten) beat its longtime rival No. 4 North Dakota (31-1, 0-0-0 NCHC) 2-1 Friday night to a sellout crowd of 11,862 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The Gophers committed eight penalties and scored no power-play goals, but found a way to win.

“It’s not often you’re going to come up here and lose the specialty [teams] 1-0 and still be able to win a game,” said head coach Don Lucia.

The Fighting Hawks were down 2-1 with 4.7 seconds remaining, and the faceoff was in the Gophers

zone. The arena was energized as North Dakota pulled its goaltender, and the home team had one last chance to send the game to overtime.

Enter Minnesota forward Jack Ramsey.

Minnesota lost the faceoff, and the puck went back to North Dakota’s defensemen. As the Fighting Hawks defenseman took a shot from the middle of the ice, Ramsey went down to block the puck and sent it ricocheting outside the defensive zone, sealing the Gophers victory.

While No. 8 Minnesota recorded only 18 shots in the entire game, the result came down to blocked shots.

“It’s unbelievable,” said goaltender Eric Schierhorn.

“It energizes me, it energizes the team, [it] brings us closer as a team. The sellout you saw tonight from all of our guys was unbelievable. … That’s the reason why we won.”

The Gophers blocked 29 shots Friday, with six coming from defenseman Tyler Nanne alone. Defenseman Jack Glover finished with

five of his own, and Ramsey had four, including the potentially game-saving block in the last 4.7 seconds of the contest.

Minnesota’s result can also be credited to Schierhorn, who stopped 34 of North Dakota’s 35 shots.

The Gophers held a 1-0 lead through the end of the second period. They scored their second goal, the gamewinner, 12 minutes into the third period from defenseman Steve Johnson.

“It felt great,” Johnson said. “It’s obviously been awhile, but whenever you can jump into the play like I did there, you’ve got to take advantage of it.”

Johnson’s goal marked his first since Feb. 25, 2016 against Michigan. That was the longest scoreless streak for any Gophers active player — 48 games.

The assist on Johnson’s goal came from forward Rem Pitlick, who gave the Gophers their first goal, and their first lead.

Pitlick’s goal came in the first period on Minnesota’s second shot of the night,

after another slow beginning to the first period on a Friday, being down 9-1 on shots at one point.

“I’m just the beneficiary of two great players in Tyler Sheehy and Casey Mittelstadt,” Pitlick said.

“I went on the breakaway and luckily it went in, [it] squeaked by his blocker.”

Pitlick mentioned the number of penalties in the game keeping him away from his new-found linemates, with eight penalties called on the Gophers and seven on the Fighting Hawks.

“The penalty killers only gave up the one [goal],” Lucia said. “I thought [they] did a pretty good job. Just a good team win.”

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Linebackers tackle, score and help Gophers earn victory The Gophers defense was back to its old self against Illinois.

BY DREW COVE dcove@mndaily.com

The Gophers linebackers held the team’s lead late in the fourth quarter, and they even added to it themselves.

Minnesota (4-3, 1-3 Big Ten) and the linebacker group limited Illinois to 282 total yards and had an interception returned for a touchdown in the Gophers 24-17 homecoming win against the Fighting Illini (2-5, 0-4 Big Ten) Saturday.

“I thought we did a better job at tackling,” said head coach P.J. Fleck. “All of the sudden our linebackers got after them and they came downhill, they were fully committing to it.”

Linebacker Jonathan Celestin had two firsts for his career Saturday.

In the fourth quarter, Celestin intercepted a pass from Illinois quarterback Cam Thomas for his first career interception. Then he returned it 31 yards for a

touchdown, also a first.

“It meant a lot,” Celestin said. “Just to be able to catch that, and add a score, just for the team. It meant a lot to help the team out.”

The senior linebacker had played 43 games before Saturday without an interception or touchdown, and he did both for the first time against Illinois. After he scored a touchdown, Celestin pointed to the sky. The linebacker lost his father in April, and he said he dedicated the play to him after the game.

Celestin’s interception return gave the Gophers a twoscore cushion with 4:11 left in the fourth quarter. While Celestin had five tackles and the interception, linebacker Kamal Martin also had five, a tackle for a loss of 15 yards and a forced fumble.

For Celestin and the Gophers, the play was a culmination of the defensive ability they showed in the game. Minnesota’s

linebackers came up with much of the Gophers action on defense, which included gaining possession on two turnovers in the game.

The leading tackler of the day, linebacker Thomas Barber, had 11 tackles, two of which were for losses.

“I just feel the game is slowing down a little more,” Barber said. “For me personally, I feel like I’m reading the keys better, [I am] just more comfortable in the system too, and the scheme, and my position [and] role on the team.”

Barber has had 10 or more tackles in the last four consecutive games for Minnesota, with a high of 16 against Michigan State.

Minnesota’s other turnover came from defensive tackle Steven Richardson, who recovered a fumble forced by defensive end Carter Coughlin.

The Gophers defensive play held the Fighting Illini to 121 rushing yards, and 161

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Linebackers Jonathan Celestin, Kamal Martin and Thomas Barber run into formation on Saturday, Oct. 21 at TCF Bank Stadium. The Gophers defeated Illinois 24-17 during the homecoming game.

passing yards. Minnesota’s defense forced three fumbles, but only recovered one, and had three sacks in the game.

The defense as a whole

improved, but the linebackers made sure the Gophers got the victory.

“Something magical happened on that field today,” Fleck said. “That was Jon

Celestin. He’s a phenomenal football player, but when you talk about everything he’s been through, as a young student athlete … [those are] the moments why we coach.”

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The emotional labor inherent in “Me Too”

Blanket solutions won’t work for MN mental health system

week ago, ac tress Alyssa Milano urged women who had been sexually harassed or assaulted to simply tweet two words: “Me Too.” In the aftermath of dozens of sexual a s s a u l t a l l e g a t i o n s PALMER HAASCH involving Hollywood columnist producer Harvey Weinstein, she hoped that the campaign would help people gain a sense of the magnitude of affected individuals. The hashtag was tweeted nearly 1 million times in 48 hours, and included in over 12 million Facebook posts, comments and reactions within 24 hours.

“Me Too” is not an idea that is solely Milano’s – ten years ago, activist Tarana Burke started the “Me Too” movement to “radicalize the notion of mass healing” and create a space for healing in addition to a space for fighting back.” Over the course of this week, #MeToo has transformed from a way to draw attention to the sheer

number of individuals who experience sexual assault or harassment to a space for survivors to connect and heal.

While some chose to tweet “Me Too,” use the hashtag, or share personal stories of sexual harassment or assault, other victim-survivors made the decision not to participate. In one Facebook post that went viral, social media specialist and feminist Wagatwe Wanjuki said that she wouldn’t say “Me Too” because, “men have always seen the gendered violence happening around them … they just haven’t done anything about it.”

The “Me Too” campaign has provided a space for victim-survivors to connect based on shared experience and heal.

However, its original intent to bring more visibility to victims of sexual assault and harassment disproportionately places the burden of emotional labor on the victims themselves. Returning to Wanjuki’s post, she firmly asserts that, “it shouldn’t be on our shoulders to speak up. It should be the men who are doing the emotional labor to combat gendered violence.”

While it is imperative that we create space for victim-survivors to share their stories if they so choose, we must also consider the implications of framing campaigns like “Me Too” as bringing visibility. In this

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Make ‘Me too’ a turning point

Generational conflict and the myth of the “Me Me Me” generation

The law is intended to limit discrimination, but its potential consequences are far-reaching.

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“Me too.”

The Twitter hashtag was tweeted nearly a million times in the 48 hours after it was first used last weekend by women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted.

On Facebook, more than 12 million posts, comments and reactions were logged in less than 24 hours, by 4.7 million users worldwide.

According to the company, 45 percent of U.S. Facebook users have had friends who posted “Me too.”

Sexual harassment and assault goes underreported, under-acknowledged and underprosecuted, though the evidence is all around us: The outrageous Harvey Weinstein scandal, Bill Cosby’s disgrace, the “Access Hollywood” videotape excused as “locker room talk.” And the countless incidents that occur nearby and daily, close to our own lives, involving friends and family.

Thanks to the courageous women who are speaking out and sharing their stories on social media and elsewhere, maybe enough is finally enough. Alyssa Milano, the actress who helped launch the “Me Too” phenomenon online, wrote on her website, “While I am sickened and angered over the disturbing accusations of Weinstein’s sexual predation and abuse of power, I’m happy -- ecstatic, even -- that it has opened up a dialogue around the continued sexual harassment, objectification and degradation of women.”

It’s way past time for men to take ownership of their actions. Cat-calls. Groping. Nonconsensual shoulder rubs or hugs. Unwelcome advances. It’s all wrong, and it always has been wrong.

At its root, it’s about power and equality. Violence is a tactic used to keep people down and to make them believe they’re second-class citizens. If one group can walk down a darkened alley at night without fear and another cannot, those groups are not equal. It’s anytime, day or night, that a woman is alone, afraid to have headphones on because she’ll be distracted and can’t be on the lookout.

It’s anytime she’s alone with a man -- supervisor, co-worker, stranger or whoever -- who pressures or harasses or assaults.

Men are perpetrating the vast majority of this conduct and it needs to stop. Think about the men in your orbit and what you can do to address inappropriate attitudes and behavior. Don’t let them get away with it. Have you Billy Bushed your way through someone’s egregious “locker room talk?” Next time, shut it down. Have you sat silently while a woman was “slut-shamed”? Next time, shut it down. Have you taught your sons to treat women -- all people -- with respect, and helped them to understand what constitutes harassment and assault?

Editor’s Note: This editorial was originally published in the Rochester Post Bulletin.

case, victim-survivors squarely bear the responsibility to essentially make their trauma public. Concurrently, this lifts responsibility from those who either perpetrate or do not experience sexual assault of harassment from becoming more personally involved in the issue. Essentially, survivors rather than perpetrators are expected to shoulder the brunt of emotional labor necessary to work towards a solution.

I’m not arguing that campaigns like “Me Too” aren’t important. This week, I have seen individuals of all genders come together on social media in solidarity with one another by sharing their stories within an empathetic space. Not only is this valuable, but it is also critically necessary. However, in creating spaces for victim-survivors, we must also consider the implications of the way in which we frame campaigns and movements.

No one who has experienced sexual assault or harassment should be expected to recant their trauma and bear the brunt of the responsibility to bring visibility to an issue that perpetrators and those complicit should already be aware of.

Palmer Haasch welcomes comments at phaasch@mndaily.com.

Studies have shown that we aren’t more inclined to narcissism than previous generations, but the negative stereotypes continue.

It’s no secret what older generations think of us youngsters: entitled, lazy, and, arguably above all, narcissists. Many of us deny these accusations, but it doesn’t seem that we’re able ELLEN AILTS to convince anyone columnist otherwise. It’s easy to view any group besides the one you’re a part of as a monolith; they are decidedly other. They haven’t experienced the world as we have. Just as older generations have negative perceptions of us, we have our own about them; viewing older generations as closed-minded and reactionary isn’t a revelatory opinion for young people to hold.

And there’s nothing new here — generational conflicts have existed since antiquity, and so the opinions of older generations aren’t necessarily a true indictment of millennials.

Older generations might point to social media as evidence for the narcissism of young people. However, we are the most tech- and social media-savvy generation, and therefore use social media more than older people. So naturally, you’re going to see more social media posts from us, our thoughts, opinions and selfies frequently put out online for all to see. Our online presences may be informed somewhat by young people being naturally inclined towards self-absorption, but it also just might be that we’re on social media more to begin with. We can look back on our social media accounts and cringingly watch ourselves growing up — an insightful, albeit brutal, experience. Because of this, we are perhaps more self-aware, but with this comes an increased and constant awareness of just how ridiculous we are.

In 2013, there was the “Me Me Me Generation” cover of Time magazine, but in 1976, New York magazine dubbed their era the “The Me Decade.” There are recorded instances of ancient Greeks complaining that their children only care about luxury, that they have bad manners, disrespect their elders and are contemptuous towards authority — basically, all the ingredients for an angry baby boomer Facebook post.

So where are all of these narcissists

Studies have shown that exhibiting characteristics of narcissism actually has more to do with being young than being of a certain generation. coming from? It turns out, studies have shown that exhibiting characteristics of narcissism actually has more to do with being young than being of a certain generation. Studies that have measured the narcissism scores of three consecutive generations — college student vs. parent vs. grandparent — have shown that narcissism decreases as people get older. And it’s not that earlier generations were always less inclined towards narcissism; a study published a just few weeks ago in the journal Psychological Science disproves this hypothesis.

The study analyzed data from over 1,000 students at University of CaliforniaBerkeley in the ‘90s and tens of thousands of students at University of CaliforniaDavis and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from the 2000s and 2010s. The results showed that today’s college students are actually somewhat less narcissistic than those students in the ‘90s, comparing scores on the Narcissism Personality Inventory, the most widelyused test to measure narcissism. College students average 15 to 16 on the NPI scale with 12 being the average among grandparents, proving that narcissism does decrease with age, but not in any extreme measure.

In short, it would seem that we all just need a little time to develop as human beings — so be patient with us, and we’ll get there.

Ellen Ailts welcomes comments at eailts@mndaily.com.

#MeToo, as a former staffer at UMN

As the hashtag #MeToo floods our Facebook feeds, let us hope that others in a similar situation will recognize strength in numbers, feel the power that I simply didn’t and find the words that I simply couldn’t. experience. He is brilliant, and I enjoyed working with him. I helped promote his work and elevate his visibility. He was always grateful, friendly and complimentary. I thought it was due to my competence. As it turned out, there may well have been other motives at play. How could someone who appeared so decent, and at times even humble, stoop to the level of propositioning a friend who was at her most vulnerable?

And then, as many women in this situation do, I questioned myself. Did I do something to invite this? Was it somehow my fault that he felt it appropriate to suggest we engage in a sexual relationship? Of course, the answer to those questions is no. He’s a creep, plain

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Sexual harassment can wend its way into your life under any number of guises. In one particular incident, I was having beers after work with a friend who also happens to be a prominent professor at the University of Minnesota. I held a leadership position in one of the colleges at the time. We discussed several things that friends normally talk about at happy hour (work, kids, etc.) before I shared that I was struggling with marital difficulties.

He initially appeared authentically sympathetic. I remember his words, “you deserve better,” deeply resonating with me. They came right before he propositioned me.

“We’d be great together,” he said.

At first, I didn’t know what he meant.

Once it registered, I felt a mix of shock and extreme discomfort. He traveled to Washington D.C. frequently and suggested we hook up if I had any plans to be out there as well.

I can’t begin to describe the utter disillusionment I felt after the

Recently, a report by the Star Tribune presented a challenging dilemma. Over the past six years, taxpayers have funded $92 million in housing for patients that no longer required mental health treatment at a state hospital. These patients did not have any place to transition back into society after their initial treatment. The Department of Human Services records that these patients cost the government $1,300 each day.

This finding shows dysfunction in our mental health system. Over the years, glaring inefficiencies have arisen within the the system.

Past inspections of our current system has found that not only have a lack of funds been apparent, but the way we process psychiatric patients has been slow and somewhat unsuccessful at times. Although pouring more money into mental health programs seemed to be the solution, the current program being wildly inefficient is clearly a larger problem that needs to be addressed.

Over the past two years, Minnesota counties have paid more than $37 million on the unnecessary treatment costs. At first, this number is alarming. However, it is more concerning because the majority of that money gets flushed into the state’s general fund. The general fund pays for many other state expenditures and, thus, most of the money being wasted is not even being wasted on mental health issues.

Minnesota’s options for many mental health patients are bleak. Finding a home for patients has been difficult and they have often ended up out of state because of Minnesota’s lack of space. Fargo, North Dakota has often been a landing place for patients and processing has been problematic.

Patients often spend extended stays in minimal white rooms and that is even if they are found a place to stay before the 72-hour hold expires.

It’s important that this discussion not be transformed into one that seeks only to increase or decrease funding for mental health resources without a careful examination considering the nuance of what specifically is being funded. The legislature should work to defund programs that are highly inefficient, while expanding funding in programs that effectively help patients. There is substantial evidence that several policies, if implemented correctly, would help alleviate the burden off of currently overused mental health institutions.

First, creating and supporting community psychiatry efforts will remove the burden on hospitals to treat mental health problems. Currently, many hospitals are used for emergency mental health care after a crisis has occurred, but few communities encourage ongoing support for patients. Encouraging psychiatrists to work within the community would greatly alleviate this pressure. Furthermore, federal and state programs for supportive housing and crisis lines, like the one the Department of Health considered defunding earlier this year, have also shown to have efficacy for patients with mental illnesses.

Dialogues surrounding the treatment of mental illnesses must continue, and should never be condensed to defunding or increasing funding as a whole. Many policy proposals at the state and federal levels homogenize policies that are widely diverse. When considering underfunding budgets of entire departments and offices dedicated improving state-wide mental health, we undercut the complexity and nuance required to fix our broken mental health system. We urge our legislators to thoroughly examine the deficiencies in our mental health system, and specifically take note of whether the funding that is being provided is utilized for the appropriate reason and is having the appropriate impact. While this rigorous review will be challenging, it is absolutely necessary to have a discernible impact on mental health accessibility.

and simple. I wish I had felt empowered enough at the time to call him out, or more.

As the hashtag #MeToo floods our Facebook feeds, let us hope that others in a similar situation will recognize strength in numbers, feel the power that I simply didn’t and find the words that I simply couldn’t.

Editor’s note: The writer, who requested anonymity, is a University of Minnesota alumna who held staf f leadership positions in central administration and in one of the colleges at the University.

Total gun-related incidents: 49,978 Total number of deaths: 12,473 Total number of mass shootings: 290 Data compiled by gunviolencearchive.org

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DR. DATE Dr. Date,

I’ve just about had it with all these boys, Doc; I need a man. No matter how many times I’ve been hurt, taken time to heal myself and put myself back out there to find someone, I always seem to end up with the same kind of guy who ends up driving me crazy (in the bad way.)

Each time I work up the courage to get myself back out there, I start off with so much hope things will be different. Spoiler alert: nope. All the guys out there are either too immature, unrefined, unattractive to me physically or just plain dumb. The list of eligible bachelors seems to shrink by the hour, so I can’t help but feel like I’m running out of time every day I waste with the wrong people.

Do you have any pointers for someone who keeps making the same mistakes? I’d love to upgrade my dating life, but I’ve accepted the fact that I could use some advice first.

—Same Old Love

Same Old Love,

Here’s a few spoiler alerts for you. You’re not going have any better luck if you don’t change up the guys you go after. Sometimes you have to make yourself try new things.

My expectations for Drake’s new album were too high, but it’s still pretty good.

A lot of people say love is like a drug; they’re not totally wrong. What they should say is that it’s like a drug you don’t build up a tolerance to and end up hating real quick.

And honestly, it seems pretty clear you’ve been going over the counter for some boys when you should be getting a prescription for a real man.

Wow. The tough part here is changing your own behavior. A lot of people develop their romantic preferences when they’re young and still into energy drinks, so it’ll be a challenge to make yourself try new kinds of people. After you find some better treatment with new people, then it’ll click in terms of what to look for to find what you really need. And just like the movie “Click,” I believe in your ability to learn a few things about yourself (aw.)

—Dr. Date

Dr. Date,

I’m a pretty active guy. I like to go out on hikes and explore and be outside a lot; it’s fun and

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SUDOKU keeps me healthy. My girlfriend, though — love her to death — is more of a chill person who is into restaurants and movies and other relaxing activities.

In no way, shape or form do I hold this against her. I can totally appreciate the fact that not everyone wants to be outside whenever possible. But I do have an issue with how my GF reacts when I do my outdoor activities with my close, platonic female friend. Emphasis: nothing romantic is going on between this girl and me.

Regardless, my GF gets really jealous whenever I do activities with my friend because she feels threatened.

I always try my best to make it clear that nothing like that is happening or will ever happen, but she’s not convinced.

She basically wants me to stop hanging out with this female friend of mine. My relationship with my GF is really important to me, so I need to figure out a way to tell my friend we can’t hang out anymore. You got any tips for breaking up a friendship, Doc?

—Outdoorsy Jealousy

Outdoorsy Jealousy,

Dude, I think you should worry less about how to break up your friendship and worry more about how to dig your GF’s jealousy claws out of your upper back. She sounds like one of those girls who watched Beyonce’s “Lemonade” and thought it was about how all men will cheat on their significant others.

What year is it? Last time I checked, guys can hang out with girls without it turning into a game of body Twister. It’s maybe a little understandable for your GF to sideeye a new girl hanging out for a bit, but if she trusts you then she should be able to accept it’s just a platonic thing. Plus, I don’t see her wanting to go out and adventure with you. So many missed opportunities for bonding and couples’ Instagramming and making out under waterfalls. Sigh.

This is Minnesota, girl.

If you’re really going to just roll over and break up this friendship just because wifey wants you to, then be honest with her and tell her your GF is insecure and you’re too spineless to stand up to her and demand some fair treatment. Just saying.

[Sips tea.]

But seriously, you know what you should do.

—Dr. Date

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Monday, October 23, 2017

NPHC hosts homecoming step competition An NPHC Step Competition was held Saturday of homecoming week.

BY KAYLA SONG ksong@mndaily.com

Hundreds filled an auditorium at the University of Minnesota on Saturday to watch six historically AfricanAmerican Greek organizations perform choreographed routines using stomping, clapping and chanting.

Though homecoming has been a tradition for over 100 years at the University of Minnesota, the school’s multicultural fraternities and sororities have wished to hold their own homecoming event for years and finally achieved that through Saturday’s event.

The National Pan-Hellenic Council hosted their first ever Minnesota Stampede Step Competition in Ted Mann Hall on Saturday, a show they hope to include in the official homecoming week agenda in the future.

The show allowed each of the six active NPHC chapters to perform choreographed compilations of steps and strolls in a competition for the life-size Minnesota Stampede trophy, which was taken by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., said Ronald Atkinson, NPHC and interfraternity council advisor.

“This has been the best damn job I’ve ever had,” Atkinson said. “The [University of Minnesota] knows the NPHC is here now.”

Stepping and strolling originated in South Africa and was practiced by AfricanAmerican slaves, said Joyce Nguenkam, a member of Zeta Psi Beta Sorority, Inc. The

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Members of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity’s step team perform their routine for the first annual Minnesota Stampede step show at Ted Mann Concert Hall on Saturday, Oct. 21.

tradition has since evolved into an art form and was adopted by all NPHC organizations and some Multicultural Greek Council organizations.

Nguenkam said the choreographed pieces communicate a story through sounds and claps.

During the step show, ten judges, all alumni of NPHC chapters, sat in front row seats to rate each chapter’s

precision, creativity, energy and extent of crowd participation, Atkinson said.

NPHC Chairman Richard Pittman said he and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority President JaLisa Jackson started planning for the Stampede show in December.

“We’re not added to the marketed events of homecoming just yet. We’re kind of separate from them, but we

do plan on suggesting to [the Interfraternity Council] and [the Panhellenic Council] to add this,” Pittman said. “We’re making history. … We all finally have a place to come during homecoming to bring us back as NPHC. It’s a great feeling.”

NPHC and MGC organizations typically participate in the parade, community service events and in all the other homecoming festivities

with the other councils, but were happy to have an event marketed specifically toward them, Pittman said.

Throughout the rest of homecoming week, NPHC chapters were partnered with chapters from MGC, IFC and PHC to partake in other events, despite a mix-up in communication regarding their pairings and activity participation, Nguenkam said.

Members from chapters of IFC, PHC and MGC attended the show to support the NPHC chapters as well, said Nguenkam, who is also the homecoming and Spring Jam chair for NPHC. “The energy and the work that gets put into this is incredible,” said University President Eric Kaler, who attended the competition with his wife, Karen Kaler.

University doctor heads to Puerto Rico with medical supplies to aid victims A neurologist and his team of four bring medicine to high-need areas.

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Ty Dolla Sign performs during the homecoming concert at TCF Bank Stadium on Friday, Oct. 20.

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cash-to-name ante of the evening. The rapper has collaborated with Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne and Future, among others.

His DJ greeted the crowd: “How many of y’all go to school, party on the weekends, party on the weekdays and still gonna get your motherfuckin’ grades and graduate?”

They mentioned four or five times they’d just gotten in from Los Angeles, California.

Not sure if they thought we needed the detail in case our flyover state education had forgotten the West Coast.

Anyway, it seems dubious

to think too hard on the words of a guy whose own name is tattooed to his throat.

One song in, he strolled to the front of the stage, signature circle shades halfway down his nose. The DJ asked the crowd if they’d “smoked a little, toked a little” before the show.

“Anybody drink a little before they came? We having an after party or what?”

The stands exclaimed their agreement.

Ty Dolla Sign ensured if they hadn’t pre-gamed, they could start once he tossed his partially smoked blunt into the crowd.

To be sure, Ty Dolla Sign was holding a mic, but he was mouthing along to autotune.

Tinashe can sing. Coin’s songs have got some catchy chords.

The drummers were by far the best part of each act.

Each of the three headlining artists clock in at over one million followers on Spotify, Ty Dolla Sign over 21 million.

But their styles cruise down the middle of the road in their respective genres, so while their music works for a party, it doesn’t quite cut it on stage.

The performers were undeniably cool. But tickets cost $25–$45, and shades, autotune and mediocre choreography don’t really measure up to celebrity treatment. At a homecoming celebration, the music can afford to be more alive.

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U study is the first to look at gut fungi, diet The study found that gut fungal communities are affected by diet.

BY HELEN SABROWSKI hsabrowski@mndaily.com

New research from the University of Minnesota sheds light on the relationship between obesity and an often-overlooked aspect of gut health: fungi.

While previous studies have examined the impact of diet on gut bacteria, this research – published this month – is the first to demonstrate a connection between fungi and diet. These findings give important support for the idea that gut fungal communities may contribute to metabolic health.

The project aimed to show whether fungal communities change when bacterial communities change, since researchers knew a highfat diet impacts bacteria, said Abigail Johnson, a University postdoctoral associate and researcher on the study.

Researchers tackled this question by feeding mice either normal or high-fat chow to induce obesity, Johnson said.

They then used DNA samples from the mice to analyze microbiomes, said Tim Heisel, a University researcher with the project.

The study shows a high-fat diet impacts fungal communities and disrupts the structural and functional relationships between fungi and bacteria, said University researcher and grad student Gabriel Al Ghalith.

Since fungi make up a small proportion of gut DNA — there are about a million times more bacteria cells in the gut than fungi — many researchers assumed they didn’t play a significant role in metabolic health, Heisel said.

As a result, gut fungal communities are under-studied, Ghalith said.

This means researchers analyzing fungi aren’t able to reference previous studies on the subject, which makes researchers’ tasks even more difficult, Johnson said.

Recent research has shown that gut microbes play a role in the development of obesity, but these studies have focused on bacteria and ignored the potential impact of fungi on metabolic health.

“A lot more research needs to be done,” Johnson said.

A Puerto Rican flag hangs on a wall in Dr. Miguel Fiol’s office at the University of Minnesota — a symbol of his home country and a reminder of his roots.

After seeing Hurricane Maria devastate his country first-hand, Fiol and a team of four doctors departed for Puerto Rico on Sunday to assist those affected.

During a seven-day trip, the team will carry medical supplies, targeting high-need, less-trafficked inland areas affected by rising threats of epidemics.

A home, devastated Fiol volunteered in a convention center turned refugee center for days after the storm, while he was vacationing in his San Juan home.

The refugee center, which only had capacity for those without electricity and water, was forced to turn away patients with open wounds due to a lack of medical supplies.

“It was very hard to watch,” Fiol said.

Already aware of infectious disease and a few cases of cholera on the island, Fiol said he is primarily worried about the spread of waterborne illnesses.

“There were … emergencies who would come in, people with horrible infections and we had no antibiotics, diabetics were out of insulin,” Fiol said. “[We] had to scurry for some of those basics.”

He began organizing to send medical supplies and a team days after he returned to Minnesota.

“When I came back I was totally impressed about the damage to my country,” Fiol said. “I got [to Minnesota]. I said, ‘Oh my God, I have to do something.’ So, we started a movement with other people in the area.”

Operation Buhiti The medical intervention team is named “Operation Buhiti,” after the word for doctor in the island’s indigenous Taíno language.

Fiol said his group is targeting those with wooden houses in smaller towns.

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Dr. Miguel Fiol talks with colleagues and friends to make plans for a relief trip to Puerto Rico on Monday, Oct. 16.

Compared to the capitol and more populated areas, inland regions receive less medical attention.

“I call it a hurricane of the poor,” Fiol said.

A group of around 10 individuals involved with the operation met on Oct. 16 on to discuss travel, funding and medication for the trip.

With a looming departure date, the group tried to plan for unforeseen challenges.

“You can have logistics set up here, but once you get there, it’s completely a mess... you can have trucks, but trucks can’t get through these roads,” said María Isa Pérez-Hedges, an organizer who was at the meeting.

Most medications will be distributed at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Center’s Pediatric Division, and the rest will be brought to inland areas.

The group plans to stay in Fiol’s San Juan apartment, which is still without electricity or running water.

As of Oct. 22, a crowdfunding page with the University of Minnesota raised $11,395 for the effort, passing its $10,000 goal.

The St. Paul Foundation started an initiative called el Fondo Boricua to support Puerto Rico relief efforts.

The foundation will provide around $8,000 for the operation, said Pérez-Hedges, also the fund’s advisor.

Gathering medications The University’s College of Pharmacy, which helped organize supplies, had to prioritize medications — first sending basic medical supplies like antibiotics and insulin, and medications to fight sickness from contaminated water, said Chrystian Pereira, professor at the

College of Pharmacy.

Choosing the right medications based on the budget is an ongoing challenge for the initiative, said Pereira, adding that only 12 asthma inhalers cost about $2,500.

Asthma was already prevalent on the island before the storm because of water and mold, but worsened after the storm, Fiol said.

The original list of medications was over 100 items long, and now contains 30 after assessing priority, supply and budget, Pereira said.

“They’re asking for everything … but we have to kind of focus on what we have to give, and how can we make that go as far as possible,” Pereira said.

The doctors plan to tote around 10 boxes of medications themselves to assure they are delivered properly, another complication on the trip.

“Insulin … turns out to be, logistically, one of the harder meds to get down there because it’s liquid, fragile, needs to stay cold,” Pereira said.

Many physicians are concerned with medication supply after the hurricane.

Puerto Rico produces around 50 percent of pharmaceuticals for the U.S., Fiol said.

“They’re asking for things that they don’t have, but we don’t have it because they’re not producing it,” Pereira said.

Fairview clinics will provide some of the medications for the trip, said Eduardo Medina, physician at Park Nicollet and part of the medical team that was present at the meeting.

“The bottom line is there are a lot of people working hard, but they are burning out. … We come as a relief,” Fiol said.