October 31, 2016

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Cedar Riverside employment hub breaks ground Despite funding woes, officials hope the new Opportunity Center will remedy unemployment rates.

BY RYAN FAIRCLOTH rfaircloth@mndaily.com

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Protesters assemble at the University of Cape Town on Oct. 5, 2016. Protests over tuition in South Africa have resulted in long university closures, leaving students studying abroad unable to attend classes.

In Cape Town, U students locked out amid protests Three University students studying in South Africa have been unable to attend classes due to protests over rising tuition costs. cluding three University of Minnesota stu-

BY RILYN EISCHENS reischens@mndaily.com

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dents — have been locked out of classes for

niversity of Cape Town (UCT)

more than a month.

Professor Elisa Galgut managed to

“Protesters threatened to harm my stu-

cover only a third of the semester’s cur-

dents if they returned to class,” Galgut said.

riculum before she was forced to cancel classes.

University students will still receive credit, but as protests escalate, it is unclear

As a result of intensifying student-led

if classes will resume this semester. The

protests against proposed tuition increases,

demonstrations have been divisive — while

many college students in South Africa — in-

some students and professors agree with the

A group of preservationists filed a lawsuit against the University of Minnesota Oct. 20 to stop the demolition of historic grain elevators. The University would like to turn into recreational athletics facilities.

The group, Friends of the Electric Steel Elevator, LLC, sued the University in Hennepin County District Court after the school’s Board of Regents voted to demolish the

U team to research African American maternal death The team hopes to document the best birthing model to curb the demographic’s mortality rates.

BY KEATON SCHMITT kschmitt@mndaily.com

Kevin Beckman contributed to this report.

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Group sues U to halt demolition of grain elevators

BY LAYNA DARLING ldarling@mndaily.com

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lawsuit.

“The University … analyzed all financially feasible reuse options and released a detailed written report of the findings,” he said in the statement. “The study identified no feasible alternatives that are consistent with the University’s needs.”

The suit comes one week after regents — despite many community members’ opposition to the University’s plan — voted to demolish the Electric Steel Elevator near TCF Bank Stadium to make way for a new recreation sports bubble, which would be displaced by a new Athletics Department track and field facility.

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115-year-old grain elevators earlier this month. The school purchased the property in 2015.

The group’s suit says the University, under a state law, must cooperate with the Minnesota Historical Society and preserve historic sites on campus. The Electric Steel Elevators are the last of their kind in Minnesota and have historic significance, the lawsuit said, and embody a historic time when Minneapolis was the milling capital of the world.

The group also alleged that the elevator complex is a “natural resource” and cannot be demolished because of the Minnesota Environmental Rights Act .

In an emailed statement, University spokesman Evan Lapiska said the school will fight the

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African American women are twice as likely to die during pregnancy, regardless of wealth or class — and now, a University of Minnesota research team wants a model of prenatal care that addresses this issue.

The team partnered with the only African American-owned birth center in the U.S. to find solutions.

On average, the U.S. has high mortality rates during pregnancy, but African American women are even more likely to suffer negative outcomes, said Rebecca Polston, founder and head of the Roots Community Birth Center in Minneapolis.

“For African American women, our numbers [are] much worse. We’re four times as likely to have our babies die and twice as likely to die … as our white counterparts,” Polston said.

The racial gap also exists outside of a person’s wealth or education, she said.

“A PhD-educated African American woman is more likely to have a bad outcome than a high school dropout white woman who’s on drugs as a teen pregnant.

It transcends these experiences,” Polston said.

Resear chers will tr y to quantify techniques for best results but still haven’t

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The lawsuit, filed Oct. 20, claims the University broke state law in approving the demolition.

A project over two years in the making — aimed at cutting high unemployment in Cedar-Riverside — is finally taking shape.

The neighborhood held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday for the $950,000 Cedar-Riverside Opportunity Center project, which is set to open this spring, and will connect community members to education and job training. City officials and community members packed into the future home of the long-awaited center to celebrate its inauguration.

At the ceremony, Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges emphasized the project’s importance to the neighborhood, saying it will help boost employment.

“This is a culmination of the vision that comes out of the community itself,” she

DAKOTA PIPELINE

Hennepin Co. involvement at Standing Rock prompts protest More than 200 marched through Minneapolis Friday to oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline.

BY MELISSA STEINKEN KEVIN BECKMAN msteinken@mndaily.com kbeckman@mndaily.com

Demonstrators, including members of Black Lives Matter, gathered outside the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis on Friday to support those protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline.

More than 200 demonstrators rallied outside the cour thouse, holding banners that said, “We Are Protectors Not Protestors,” and chanting, “Water is Life.”

Many in attendance said they could not travel to North Dakota, so they came to the cour thouse to show their suppor t instead.

“There’s so much about racism, colonization and environmental issues mixed in this situation that you just have to be here,” said Natalia Vargas Marquez, a University of Minnesota graduate student.

She said it is impor tant for the community to respond after Hennepin County Sheriff’s deputies were recently seen using force on protesters at the Dakota Access Pipeline protest near Standing Rock, North Dakota.

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Protesters gather outside Minneapolis City Hall on Friday Oct. 28, 2016.

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Turkey fires 10,000 civil servants

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ISTANBUL — T urkey expanded its sweeping postcoup crackdown over the weekend, issuing two new governmental decrees that dismissed more than 10,000 civil ser vants and shutting down 15 mostly pro-Kurdish media outlets.

The decrees were passed Saturday, also instituting changes in due process and university administration.

Turkey declared a state of emergency soon after the July 15 coup attempt allowing the government to rule by decree with limited parliamentar y involvement. Such decrees have been used to suspend tens of thousands of people from the public sector over

suspected links to what the government calls terror organizations.

The latest dismissals include 2,534 personnel from the Justice Ministr y, 2,219 from the Education Ministr y, 2,774 from the Health Ministry, 1,267 from higher education institutions and 101 from the armed forces.

The remaining 1,236 dismissals were across several dif ferent government departments and agencies.

The decr ee also r einstated 39 militar y personnel, including a general and an admiral, as well as 35 other civil ser vants who had been dismissed in earlier decrees.

The purges are aimed to eradicate a network linked to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, which

Ankara accuses of orchestrating the attempted coup. Gulen denies any involvement.

But Turkey’s main opposition party and human rights groups have, however, accused the government of using emergency powers to clamp down on other dissenting voices— not just the Gulen movement— including Kurdish and left-leaning individuals and media outlets.

Saturday’s decree also shuts down 15 mostly pro-Kurdish media outlets over alleged ter ror ties, including several newspapers, magazines, radio and television channels as well as the Dicle News Agency.

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Iceland’s center-right to govern; Pirates gain seats

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — There was no Pirate takeover, but the upstart party managed to make waves in Iceland.

The country’s party leaders were beginning meetings Sunday with Iceland’s president to hammer out who will form the next government, after an election that produced big gains for the radical Pirates but gave the largest bloc of seats to the center-right Independence Party.

Some form of coalition government is certain since no party gained a parliamentary majority in an election overshadowed by public discontent at the establishment after years of financial crisis and political turmoil.

The conser vative Independence Party took 29 percent of the vote and 21 of 63 parliament seats. Leader Bjarni Benediktsson said the party should be given a mandate by President Gudni Th. Johannesson to form a new coalition government.

Outgoing Prime Minister Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson of the Progressive Party said he would hand the president

his resignation so that a new government can be formed.

The Pirates — anti-authoritarian advocates of direct democracy and digital freedom — almost tripled their vote share from 5 percent in 2013 to 14.5 percent, and will get 10 seats in Iceland’s parliament, the Althingi.

The Left-Green movement, with 15.9 percent, will also get 10 seats in a parliament that is shaping up to be evenly split between parties of the left and the right.

The result was better than expected for the Independents, who have governed in coalition since 2013.

The Pirates’ result fell short of what some polls had suggested — and what the party’s fleet of energetic volunteers and supporters had hoped. Like Spain’s Podemos or the movement behind Bernie Sanders in the U.S. presidential race, it drew in throngs of young supporters who ran the Pirates’ largely volunteer-driven campaign.

“It would have been nice to get more MPs, to get a higher percentage,” said Smari McCarthy, a newlyelected Pirate lawmaker.

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The election result looks set to trigger a period of intense political negotiations lasting days or weeks, and McCarthy suggested the Pirates have not given up on becoming part of a government.

“I don’t think any party is looking at this outcome and saying this is going to be really easy,” McCarthy said. “I think in particular the Independence Party is going to have a very hard time trying to build a stable government.”

A wind-lashed volcanic island near the Arctic Circle with a population of 320,000, Iceland suf fered years of economic upheaval after the country’s debt-swollen banks collapsed during the 2008 global financial crisis.

Saturday’s election was called after then-Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigned in April during public protests over his offshore holdings, revealed in the Panama Papers leak.

Gunnlaugsson’s Progressive Party was the election’s biggest casualty, losing more than half its seats in the Althingi as voters punished it for its links to the financial crash and corruption claims.

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monthly ar t, culture and literature magazine Evrensel Kultur condemned its closure in a statement: “There are many signatures under the closure decree. We are cer tain not a single one has read a single one of Evrensel Kultur’s 299 issues” and ending with “we will not be silent, you don’t be silent either.”

According to the latest figures by the Turkish Journalists’ Association, this latest round of closures brings the total number of outlets shut down to 170. In addition, 105 journalists have been imprisoned, over 700 press credentials revoked and a third of the media are currently unemployed.

The decrees also now allow judges to restrict

suspects’ access to lawyers as well as the recording of conversations between terrorism suspects and their lawyers.

The state-run Anadolu Agency says Turkish Bar Association President Metin Feyzioglu condemned the decision to restrict access to lawyers and record discussions with clients.

The decrees also abolish elections for university presidents, who will now be directly chosen by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan among three candidates presented by the Board of Higher Education.

Anadolu Agency reported that main opposition Republican People’s Par ty deputy chair Lale Larabiyik condemned the decrees on Sunday.

Italy quake spares lives, but strikes at identity

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NORCIA, Italy — The third powerful earthquake to hit Italy in two months spared human life Sunday but struck at the nation’s identity, destroying a Benedictine cathedral, a medieval tower and other beloved landmarks that had survived the earlier jolts across a mountainous region of small historic towns.

Lost or severely damaged were ancient Roman walls, Gothic and Baroque churches and centuries-old paintings crushed beneath tons of brick and sandstone and marble.

Italian Premier Matteo Renzi said the nation’s “soul is disturbed” by the series of quakes, starting with the deadly Aug. 24 shaking that killed nearly 300 people, two back-to-back temblors on Oct. 26, and the biggest of them all, a 6.6-magnitude quake that shook people out of bed Sunday morning. It was the strongest quake to hit Italy in 36 years.

There were no reports of fatalities — a fact that experts attributed to the evacuation of sensitive areas and fragile city centers. Some 3,600 people had been moved to shelters, hotels and other temporary accommodations

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after last week’s quakes, and the head of the Italian Civilian Protection agency said more would follow. Many who stayed behind were sleeping in campers or other vehicles, out of harm’s way.

Renzi vowed to rebuild houses, churches and business, saying, “a piece of Italian identity is at stake at this moment.”

“Feeling the earth collapse beneath your feet is not a metaphorical expression but is what happened this morning, and half of Italy felt this,” Renzi said.

The quake struck another painful blow to Italy’s rich artistic heritage in the communities that dot the Apennine Mountains.

The worst damage was reported in Norcia, a town in Umbria closest to the epicenter. Two churches were destroyed — the 14th centur y Basilica of St. Benedict, built on the traditional birthplace of St. Benedict, founder of the Benedictine monastic order; and the Cathedral of St. Mar y Argentea, known for its 15th centur y frescoes. Only the cracked facades of those churches were still standing, with most of the structures collapsing into piles of rubble and dust.

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Opera pit may have been dusted with human ashes

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — A powder y substance a man sprinkled into the orchestra pit at New York’s Metropolitan Opera may have been an opera lover’s ashes, police say.

The freakish incident during a Saturday afternoon per formance of Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell” forced Met officials to cancel the rest of the show as well as an evening performance of a second opera.

John Miller, the New York Police Department’s deputy commissioner in charge of intelligence and counterterrorism, said several audience members said a man told them he was there to sprinkle the ashes of a friend, his mentor in the opera.

Miller said the man was in front of the first row of seats when he sprinkled the powder into the orchestra pit during the second intermission when most of the musicians were not present.

He said the powder will be tested, but the possibility that it was in fact human ashes “is certainly an area that we are pursuing.”

Police know who the man is and are reaching out to him, Miller said, adding that the man does not live in New

York.

Miller said the disposal of ashes at an opera house may violate city codes but, “I don’t believe at this point that we see any criminal intent here.”

Met General Manager Peter Gelb said, “We appreciate opera lovers coming to the Met. We hope that they will not bring their ashes with them.”

Police initially said one person at the opera house requested medical attention.

Miller said no one was injured.

The Met canceled Saturday night’s performance of “L’Italiana in Algeri,” another Rossini opera, because of the investigation.

Audience members at “Guillaume Tell” described confusion as the intermission went on longer than usual.

A Met representative at first announced that a technical issue was causing the delay, then returned a few minutes later to announce that the fourth act would not be performed. The audience was told to go home.

“Everybody kind of slowly walked out,” said Dylan Hayden of Toronto. “As we were exiting the building, I noticed the counterterrorism unit going into the building.”

Hayden, who was seated in the 11th row back, added, “The idea that they said that it was a technical error, when I was maybe 15 feet away from a potential dangerous substance, that kind of irks me a little bit. But at no point did I feel an actual threat.”

Micaela Baranello, a musicologist at Smith College in Massachusetts, said some audience members booed when the cancellation was announced and one man chanted, “I want my money back, I want my money back.”

Gelb said people who had Saturday tickets to either opera should call the Met and make arrangements to see a later performance.

Baranello, who spoke by phone from a train headed back to Massachusetts, said that’s not so easy for opera fans who don’t live in New York. “It’s too bad because most of the best music in ‘Guillaume Tell’ is in Act 4, in my opinion,” she said.

“Guillaume Tell,” Rossini’s opera about folk hero William Tell, had not been per formed at the Met in more than 80 years before this season. The opera’s overture is known to many Americans as the theme music to the 1950s TV show “The Lone Ranger.”

EU-Canada sign long-delayed economic trade pact agreement

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BRUSSELS — The European Union and Canada signed Sunday a landmark trade pact, ending days of drama after a small Belgian region refused to endorse the agreement and deeply embar rassed the EU. As protesters gathered outside EU headquarters in Brussels, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, European Council President Donald Tusk, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Slovak Prime Minister Rober t Fico, whose country holds the EU’s rotating presidency, put an end to the suspense by signing the Comprehensive Economic and Trade agreement.

“This accord is the product of long discussions.

Frank discussions, but which have always taken

place in respect, among par tners that share common values,” Trudeau told reporters afterward.

The EU needed unanimity among all its 28 members and Belgium needed the backing of all its regions to approve the pact known as CETA. Trudeau had been due to sign it on Thursday, but was forced to cancel his flight when Belgium couldn’t sign on because of opposition from the Wallonia region.

Smaller than the U.S. state of New Jersey, Wallonia defied hopes for a deal between more than 500 million EU citizens and 35 million Canadians for weeks.

Politicians there argued that CETA would undermine labor, environment and consumer standards and allow multinationals to crush local companies.

After several rounds of talks late into the night last

week Belgium for mally gave its endorsement on Saturday mor ning. Even Trudeau’s plane appeared to have conspired to hold up the signing ceremony as it turned back to Ottawa overnight with mechanical problems.

But Trudeau, who made it to EU headquarters only two hours late, said he welcomed the challenge posed

by Wallonia.

“The fact that throughout people are asking tough questions of a deal that will have a significant impact on our economies, and giving us the opportunity to demonstrate that that impact will be positive, is a good thing,” he said.

Juncker lauded the agreement as “the best and most progressive that we have ever signed.” He added that “we are grateful to Canada for being as patient as it has been.”

Anti-Dakota access pipeline protester asked for $5,000, received $1 million

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CANNON BALL, N.D. — The cr owdsour cing goal was modest: $5,000, enough to help a few dozen people camping in Nor th Dakota to protest the nearby construction of the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline. The fund has since topped a staggering $1 million.

The fund is among several cash streams that have provided at least $3 million to help with legal costs, food and other supplies to those opposing the nearly 1,200-mile pipeline.

It may also give protesters the ability to prolong their months-long encampments that have attracted thousands of supporters, as the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe pursues the fight in court.

And as the number of protest-related arrests increased this week, so did contributions: Funds raked in more than $200,000 between Thursday and Friday alone.

But demonstrators are quick to note that the amount of money raised and what they have left isn’t the same.

“It still feels unr eal sometimes because it is such an astronomical figure to me,” said Ho Waste Wakiya Wicasa, the protester who set up the GoFundMe account that’s raised more than $1 million, primarily for operating expenses at the camp that took root in April.

“The money goes as quickly as it comes, but without it having been as much as it is, we certainly wouldn’t have been able to be as productive as we have been in the fight,” Wicasa said.

For months now, opponents of the $3.8 billion pipeline — which is slated to move oil from North Dakota though South Dakota and Iowa to a shipping point in Illinois — have been camping near the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball rivers.

They wor r y the project will disr upt cultural ar tifacts and hurt drinking water sources on the Standing Rock Sioux’s nearby reser vation and far ther downstream because the pipeline will cross the Missouri River.

The Texas-based company building the pipeline, Energy Transfer Partners, insists the project is safe.

The tribe is fighting the pipeline’s permitting process in federal court.

Since the number of protesters soared in August in Nor th Dakota, donations star ted rolling in more frequently and more than 400 people have been arrested — including more than 140 on Thursday when officers evicted protesters camping on private land recently acquired by Energy Transfer Partners.

But running a camp — and readying it for Nor th Dakota’s brutal winter — isn’t cheap. The account

W icasa set up has only about $100,000 left as of Friday night, according to LaDonna Brave Bull Allard, a tribal historian and pr eser vation employee who provided family land for one of the smaller encampments.

The money has been used for grocery store trips ever y two days that cost about $2,000 each, 20 yurts purchased for $160,000, and around $7,000 for bail money. It has also paid for a storage area, composting toilets, tiny houses, tepees, a medical area and generators powered by solar panels and wind.

A bookkeeper and an accountant now keep track of the crowd-sourced money.

“I got people to take care of,” Brave Bull Allard said.

“I got to provide homes for people and blankets, thermal wear, socks, hats and gloves, and food. Right now, we are feeding 670 people.”

One online legal defense fund has raised more than $655,000 for “the legal defense of warriors protecting land, water and human rights.”

Meanwhile, much of the money the tribe is using for the legal fight is from at least $1.3 million in direct donations, tribal chairman Dave Archambault recently told The Associated Press. He declined to say how much tribal of ficials have spent so far, saying that could give their opponents an advantage in the legal case.

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U students locked out of class in Cape Town Students u from Page 1

cause, they call the actions unacceptable Demonstrations at UCT began in March 2015 — and the nation-wide #FeesMustFall movement — picked up a year ago when universities began discussing 2016 fees, said UCT spokesperson Patricia Lucas.

Universities announced a tuition increase of about eight percent late September, which protesters say would put higher education out of reach for many students.

The most recent wave of protests started in early September, a month after Minnesota students arrived at UCT for a semester-long study abroad program, Galgut said.

Neuroscience senior Annika Skansberg, one Minnesota student at UCT, said the protesters first relied on chants and whistles to disrupt classes, but demonstrations have intensified in the past two weeks.

Bombs have been set of f and protesters have also thrown sewage, damaged property and started fires, she said.

Galgut said the protests at other universities in the countr y are even more serious, including a school in Johannesburg where a worker died after a mob sprayed him with a fire extinguisher.

“As it gets more aggressive, obviously the [police] reaction to the protesters is more aggressive,” Skansberg said. “They’re starting to use teargas [and] stun grenades.”

Global studies junior Mar na Wal said at first, students didn’t even know if they would receive credit or get to stay in the country.

“A lot of us were really anxious and worried,” she said, adding that many other international students were returning home.

UCT tried to resume classes, but protesters disr upted them each time, so the school finally announced classes won’t star t again this semester, Wal said.

But University students will still receive credit despite the cancellations, said University Learning Abroad Center (LAC) Associate Director Zach Mohs.

Mohs said UCT exams are scheduled to begin Nov. 7 to accommodate foreign students and can be taken on-site, online or in the U.S. with a proctor.

Most professors are testing students on material covered before the disruptions and some are asking students to study material on their own, Skansberg said.

“In a situation like this, our main concern is student safety,” Mohs said.

“As long as they stay safe and we believe they can get credit, they’ll stay.”

But such sweeping protests didn’t appear imminent while the trip was being planned, Mohs said; the LAC is keeping close tabs on the situation as they prepare to send more students in the spring semester.

The LAC will let students decide if they want to travel there in the spring, defer their enrollment or choose another program, but Mohs said the situation is tricky because the program is of fered through affiliate Arcadia University.

“If it got to a point where the protests were continuing and intensifying and the university was ner vous about even star ting the spring semester, that’s where we’d say … we’re not going to send students,” he said.

Despite the protests and uneasiness in Cape Town, Skansberg said she feels safe around campus.

“It’s mor e a feeling that you don’t want to be in the wrong place at the wrong time,” she said, citing a time when her friend left a residence hall and was pulled into a mob where demonstrators were hit with stun guns.

But some say the protests have far-reaching consequences beyond violence and property damage.

“The impact on students who want to study has been enormous. The … effects into [broader] society are also ver y concerning,” Galgut said.

If medical students don’t graduate on time, there could be a shortage of doctors in needy communities, she said.

Additionally, students in residence halls haven’t been able to access food, and others are cut off from

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public transit and libraries, she said.

UCT Professor David Benatar called the demonstrations “appalling.”

“From the beginning, the protesters have resorted to illegality,” he said.

“The nature of the protests … has understandably caused deep anxieties among the rest of the student population.”

Skansberg said some of the protester’s tactics alienate the public.

“People aren’t really necessarily happy when they break property or … throw sewage,” she said.

“It’s forcing people to clean up that have nothing to do with the fees.”

Skansberg said at first she was upset about class cancellations, but now sees it as an exciting time to learn about South African culture and lived-experiences.

“This is going to be a major event in histor y,” she said. “It is an inconvenience, and it’s not what I expected, but … I don’t regret coming.”

Wal said she par ticipated in protests before in Minnesota, and was surprised by how involved people are in the South African movement.

“The U proposed to increase tuition fees for out-of-state students, and I remember people were protesting against that, but … it was a [small] group of students,” she said. “Here, thousands of students are filling campus and protesting.”

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Monday, October 31, 2016

Location planned for bouldering gym The Prospect Park gym could increase access to the sport for U students.

BY JACOB STEINBERG jsteinberg@mndaily.com

Ver tical Endeavors, a climbing gym chain, has chosen a Prospect Park warehouse as the site of its first ever bouldering gym.

The new gym will give University of Minnesota student-climbers an opportunity to practice their sport close to campus.

Ve r t i c a l E n d e a v o r s President Nate Postma said the company chose Prospect Park for the gym because “that’s kind of the trendy place to be.”

Changing tastes in the climbing community influenced the choice to open a bouldering gym instead of a full-scale climbing gym, Postma said.

“It seems to be what people want,” he said. “I used to be an avid climber ... I really had my finger on the pulse of that side of the industr y. This side is kind of growing around me because I’m not a boulderer.”

Bouldering’s appeal is largely due to the fact that it’s more accessible than traditional climbing, said jour nalism sophomore and former climbing team member Cooper Silburn. Bouldering doesn’t require ropes and gear like other forms of climbing.

“It’s far less intimidating,” Silbur n said. “It’s less time-consuming than roped climbing is.”

Product design sophomore and climbing team of ficer Jessica Ar nold said bouldering also has a “social aspect” that makes

it easier to meet people.

Most student-climbers cur rently practice at the Recreation and Wellness C e n t e r, a n d f o r m a n y, the new gym is a chance to branch out from their routine.

“I’m really excited for … having more options [and] being able to meet people outside of the U community because climbing is such a community spor t,” said ecology, evolution and behavior junior and climbing team member Carolyn Kalinowski.

Kalinowski said a large part of the appeal of going to gyms is the ability to meet new people and see how they climb.

Arnold said the climbing community in the Twin Cities is bigger than one might expect, especially for a Midwestern city.

Postma said he’s aiming to draw youthful as well as older climbers to this new gym.

“I think that they haven’t really tapped into the college community yet at Ver tical Endeavors. That’s where a lot of rock climbers are coming from,” said Silburn.

He said a warehouse would provide ample space for a bouldering gym, a necessar y component that traditional retail space generally doesn’t o f f e r. P o s t m a d i d n ’ t give the address of the possible new location.

While the new gym hasn’t been built yet, Ve r t i c a l E n d e a v o r s has plans for fur ther expansion. T wo more bouldering gyms are planned for Nor theast Minneapolis and the North Loop, he said.

C lim bing is a sp or t that’s growing in popularity, but Postma

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Hussuain Sajjad climbs the new boulder route on Saturday at the University Recreation and Wellness Center Climbing Gym.

“I’m really excited for ... having more options [and] being able to meet people outside of the U community because climbing is such a community sport.”

CAROLYN KALINOWSKI Climbing team member

said they have to be careful not to saturate the market. “There’s room for a bouldering gym, but not quite another climbing gym yet.”

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Davie Chen climbs the boulder wall on Saturday at the Recreation and Welness Center Climbing Gym.

U team to study African American maternal death Birth u from Page 1

formed all the details of a plan, said Rachel Hardeman, a University professor and lead on the project.

“Roots Bir th Center [is] really seeing these improved outcomes,” Hardeman said. “But there

hasn’t been a way to systemically document that … to start to create an evidence base for this model of care.”

Polston said a Florida midwife followed the same approach as the Roots Center does and almost eliminated pre-term births.

Hardeman said her team hopes to document the practices that give

organizations like the Roots Center more positive results than traditional care, such as approaching appointments with a higher level of cultural sensitivity.

Polston said while typical prenatal appointments last five to 15 minutes, Roots appointments are often over an hour. “ I h a v e a l l t h i s e xper tise in … what the

biometrics [of a healthy pregnancy] are, but I’m not the person in that body. I’m not the person whose baby it is,” she said. “As a provider, to assume a position of authority over that is already disenfranchising.”

Hardeman said another important goal of the project is to prove this method has better results to health care insurers, which could allow more patients access

to this method of care.

The project is one of 15 funded by Interdisciplinar y Research Leaders, a program the University was selected to lead last year, said IRL Director Michael Oakes.

The program gives the University about $10 million a year for at least three years, letting them fund research focused on “social determinants” of

health, such as race and income.

Because University professors r un the project, Oakes said IRL hired an outside team to check the proposal for possible bias.

The outside team decided to fund the project because of its unique model.

“The disparities in the T win Cities are dramatic,” he said. “It’s a major public health problem.”

Editorials & Opinions COLUMN

We should talk about politics differently We need understanding and progress, not applause when it comes to political satire.

I grew up on “The Daily Show” — coming from a conser vative small town, Jon Stewart was, to me, a voice of reason, and he provided a welcome counterbalance to Bill O’Reilly barking across the living room ever y afternoon when I came home from school.

Like many people my age, “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” were my only news sources and quickly shaped my worldview. I even adopted Stewar t’s signature cynical incredulity when dealing with people who thought dif ferently from me (who really just thought dif ferently from Jon Stewart).

With Stewar t’s absence during this par ticularly volatile election, there’s a desire for the same political skewering he gave us year-after-year. But should we really look for someone to fill his shoes?

Stewart may be gone, but he left many pale imitations in his wake. Trevor Noah tries his best to keep “The Daily Show” afloat by adhering to the singular brand Stewar t created. Meanwhile, former “Daily Show” correspondents John Oliver and Samantha Bee took their twists on Jon Stewart’s formula to different networks.

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It’s nothing new to suggest that the blind following of Stewar t and his imitators is comparable to the uncritical Fox News viewers he mocked daily, but I think it’s always a valid point to bring up.

Despite all the think-pieces we write, I’d argue we’re still a largely thoughtless and uncritical bunch. But Jon Stewart wasn’t, and I think that’s the piece that “The Daily Show” viewers vs. Fox News viewers comparison leaves out.

We’re not lazier today as a result of “The Daily Show” — we just used to have a smar ter person doing our thinking for us. We’re so eager to fill “The Daily Show”-shaped void in our hearts that we validate shows like “Last Week Tonight” and “Full Frontal,” which embody “The Daily Show’s worst tendencies: ‘Clapter’ (the response of political jokes that aren’t actually funny, but the audience agrees with), and an often righteously indignant host.

Our love of “The Daily Show” also

ruined “The Daily Show” itself, forcing new host Trevor Noah to satisfy our desires and give us a Jon Stewar t-lite, for which we, in turn, relentlessly criticize him for. We even made “South Park” into a machine that spouts Reddit opinions through a crass filter and ever y week we make believe it’s revelator y.

H o w e v e r, d e s p i t e o u r c o l l e c t i v e pr opensity of settling for less, we still complain about a lack of tr uly biting satire. But we don’t want just any biting satir e, we want the same brand that we’ve grown accustomed to. It’s like we were broken up with and now we only date people who remind us of our ex.

To move for ward, we either need to accept each person for who they are, or learn to be all right on our own.

For too long, we’ve ignored the tr ue takeaway from “The Daily Show:” Think critically and ask questions. Perhaps it’s time we stop looking for another Jon Stewart and think for ourselves. Or more realistically, if even just a few of us thought for ourselves, we could add some truly new voices to the echo chamber.

Chance Wellnitz welcomes comments at cwellnitz@mndaily.com.

GUEST EDITORIAL Vets bonuses: Fix bureaucracy, don’t penalize veterans Veterans who willingly signed up for ser vice in Iraq and Afghanistan probably didn’t think the signing bonus was worth it once they experienced these horrific places of world conflict.

But we shouldn’t add insult to injur y by telling them the government erred in issuing the bonuses and now wants its money back.

That was happening until the Depar tment of Defense put a halt to the collection practice af fecting California National Guard soldiers. The government discovered it had wrongly issued bonuses of up to $15,000. Many recruiters apparently misled enlistees about their eligibility for bonuses in order to meet recruiting quotas.

The bonuses were designed for enlistees with special, high-demand skills. In California, it appears they went to ever ybody and anybody.

But the government doubled down on its mistake by then asking the veterans to give the bonuses back. Many had to take out second mor tgages or sell their cars to pay up. After the Los Angeles Times reported the mistake, political leaders of both parties cried foul loud enough to get Defense Secretar y Ash Carter to rescind the collection effort.

The government should not only cease the program, but make those who’ve already paid whole again.

While it’s impor tant to safeguard taxpayer funds here, it seems the blame falls squarely on the bureaucracy or bad actors who were issuing the bonuses.

Veterans have given ser vice to their countr y that is more valuable than the $15,000 they might have received from signing up. The problem is not with the veterans, but with the bureaucracy that failed in the first event and acted without common sense in the second event.

Editor’s Note: This letter was originally printed as an editorial in the Mankato Free Press.

CONTACT THE EDITOR Grace Thomas jthomas@mndaily.com

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

COLUMN

The “Parisian Heist” costume While celebrities have achieved an excess of fame, it doesn’t mean they’re invulnerable.

Over the weekend, I came across a Halloween costume online that crossed the line.

Titled the “Parisian Heist,” the costume was intended to mimic Kim Kardashian during the now infamous robbery in France where she was held captive and robbed of $10 million in jewelry. The costume featured a short white robe, big fake sunglasses, a wig and a gag.

There’s no question that this costume is in poor taste. It pokes fun at what is probably the most terrifying moment of the woman’s life, diminishing the gravity of the situation and reducing it to a cheap joke. But what made this online costume provider think that their “Parisian Heist” outfit would be a success?

There exists a certain amount of separation in today’s society between celebrities and the rest of us. A celebrity’s status as a “godlike” creature turns them into an invulnerable statue in the eyes of the general public. It’s easy to think you can throw anything at them

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and it would have no impact. This is especially apparent when celebrities are used as the butt of jokes — they’re easy targets.

For the majority of people, Kim Kardashian is perceived as a sex icon with a plethora of successful business ventures. But the truth of the matter is that, as awesome as she is, she is also a human woman who feared for her life as she was held at gunpoint and robbed. We need to be more cognizant of the way we trivialize the painful moments of others, even those in places of power.

Yes, celebrities may have achieved more fame than the public could ever imagine, but that doesn’t mean they’re invulnerable.

Kaylee Anderson welcomes comments at kanderson@mndaily.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Response to “In this election cycle, cast your vote for Hillar y” The Minnesota Daily’s Editorial Board endorsed Hillar y Clinton for president earlier this week, citing their support for her positions on student loan reform, healthcare and taxation.

As I read their endorsement, its policybased analysis struck me as rational and well-informed.

But then the ar ticle tur ned nasty. With no hint of irony, its final paragraph urged Donald Tr ump’s suppor ters to wake up from their “wicked slumber” or else mark themselves as “bigot[s].” In a move that I’ve tried and failed to understand, the Editorial Board even seemed to threaten its readers, promising that “we will not forget” anyone’s failure to spurn Trump.

To be absolutely clear, I can’t stand Tr ump, and I’ve already cast my ballot for Clinton. But when it comes to persuading the man’s suppor ters to change their minds, the Editorial Board’s condescending tone is unhelpful, to say nothing of unprofessional.

There are per fectly legitimate reasons to suppor t Tr ump in this election. Some workers feel threatened by the Trans-Pacific Par tnership.

Some families struggle to pay their healthcare premiums. Not ever y par t of the countr y has benefitted from the Obama Administration’s economic reforms.

Choosing to tar all of Tr ump’s suppor ters as “bigots” is nothing more than a refusal to engage with the complex social and economic problems this countr y is facing.

Trump’s brand of populism didn’t emerge

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out of thin air. Demonizing it does nothing to address it.

For the Editorial Board to speak of “crassly daft” Donald Tr ump sounds no better than it does for Trump himself to speak of “Crooked Hillar y.”

Calling names and fostering a narrative of “good versus evil” will only entrench voters in their positions.

I worked at the Minnesota Daily for three years, including two on the Editorial Boar d. I urge my for mer coworkers to reject the allure of ad hominem attacks, to focus on the issues and to conduct themselves with the same kind of dignity and respect that we demand of our politicians.

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EDITORIALS Trump deserves to be called what he is: a bigot Last week, the Minnesota Daily of ficially endorsed Hillar y Clinton for president — a move that would surprise no regular reader of this paper’s editorial section.

We have railed against Clinton’s opponent, Donald Trump, numerous times.

For his disgusting comments about women and immigrants, for his failure to recognize transgender civil rights and for his total lack of empathy for anyone with circumstances other than his own. All these points were reaf firmed this weekend when Trump called for a black man in attendance at one of his rallies to be kicked out — even though that man is (or, perhaps, was) one of his supporters.

Some may say that calling Trump and his vast swathe of supporters “bigots” is uncouth and that it’s an editorial board’s role to solely evaluate a candidate’s policies. But what are we to do when Trump has spent his entire campaign — and the majority of the debates — condemning his opponent, of fering little tangible reference to what his policies as commander-in-chief would be? Trump’s comments during his campaign and outside of it have normalized bigotr y and physical violence against women — we have an obligation to consider the pernicious impact that those words would have if put to action.

In past presidential elections, America has often been pushed to decide what level of unpalatable discourse we are willing to endure from the leaders of our countr y.

T r ump’s malicious comments — whether he’s calling the majority of Mexican immigrants rapists and thieves or saying that he should be able to do whatever he wants with a woman’s body or that an entire religion should be all but banned from this countr y — mark such a drastic escalation of the institutional prejudices we’ve outlined. We don’t believe this countr y can recover from his presidency. To us, that is disturbing.

Calling out these of fenses is not groundless or unwarranted. In this election, we’ve come to see the unsettling, deep-seated racism that is both implicit and explicit in Trump’s campaign. Calling Trump a bigot is not a construction or artifice or a rhetorical move — it’s the truth.

Come November, Americans can make a choice that has the potential to disenfranchise millions of American citizens and residents of this countr y.

Many of us — in fact, the majority of us — have something at stake in this election whether we realize it or not.

If Tr ump wins, it won’t just be a slap in the face. It will be a fog that washes over our countr y that will obscure progress, clarity and humanity.

2016 U.S. GUN VIOLENCE Total gun-related incidents: 46,069 Total number of deaths: 11,827 Total number of mass shootings: 307 Data compiled by gunviolencearchive.org

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Defensive end Scott Ekpe attempts to block a pass by Colorado State at TCF Bank Stadium on Sept. 24.

Gophers take advantage of Illinois turnovers Minnesota capitalized on three Illinois turnovers for three scores in the game.

BY JACK WHITE jwhite@mndaily.com

The Fighting Illini let Saturday’s game against the Gophers slip from their grasp after Minnesota capitalized on several Illinois red zone mistakes.

The Gophers scored three times after recovering two Illinois fumbles and a muffed punt to earn the 4017 victory.

“The good thing is … we’re making points in the red zone, we’re making points off of turnovers,” said head coach Tracy Claeys.

“We’re pretty high on turnovers and have ended up getting points off them.”

Minnesota punted the ball to start the game and got the ball back after Illinois’ first play when quarterback Jef f George Jr. fumbled the snap.Redshirt senior Scott Ekpe recovered the ball on the Illinois 9-yard line.

The Gophers opened the scoring on the next play when sophomore Shannon Brooks ran in for the 9-yard touchdown.

Minnesota’s second touchdown also came after a turnover.

The Fighting Illini got a stop on the Gophers’ first drive and redshirt junior Ryan Santoso punted the ball.

Illinois junior Darius Mosely muffed the punt to give Minnesota the ball on the Fighting Illini’s 20 yardline.

The Gophers had their second one-play drive of the game in the first quarter. Redshir t sophomore Rodney Smith rushed for a 20-yard touchdown to give Minnesota the 14-7 lead.

“For of fense, well as a whole team, it’s great,” Smith said. “Especially when you have a shor t

field, trying to capitalize … it puts the opposing defense in a tough spot, and like I said, in the red zone we feel like we can score every time we get down there.”

A four th-quar ter drive

by Illinois saw senior Hank Ekpe sack George Jr., forcing the ball loose. Scott Ekpe recovered the ball and Minnesota’s next drive led to a field goal as the team extended its lead to 19 points.

“Keep the foot on the gas,” said redshir t senior Mitch Leidner. “[The] second you get a tur nover, whether it’s you try to make a big play right away or go down the field and score, we definitely want to capitalize on those opportunities.”

Par t of Minnesota’s offensive success from defensive plays can be contributed to its red zone efficiency.

The Gophers scored every time they reached the red zone. Red zone efficiency is something the team practices a lot, Smith said.

“Ever y T uesday, we do red zone of fense live against our defense. It’s a mindset,” Smith said. “We tr y to be as physical as we can … It’s definitely a mindset, something that we practice.”

While Illinois had five fumbles, with three recovered by Minnesota, the Gophers didn’t turn the ball over.

“Ther e’s two things we emphasize: when you get a turnover, get points of f it, and if you score a touchdown, you try to get a three-and-out,” Claeys said.

“There’s nothing worse on offense than your defense just gives up a touchdown and you go three-and-out.

We were able to do that, I think, twice in second half.”

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Gophers defensive lineman Hank Ekpe reaches to grab the ball from Illinois at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

Minnesota defeats Illinois The Gophers won their third straight Big Ten game Saturday.

BY MIKE HENDRICKSON mhendrickson@mndaily.com

Rodney Smith was a player who must have had more than his fair share of juice boxes.

Smith scored two rushing touchdowns and ran for 100 yards for the Gophers en route to a 40-17 defeat of Illinois Saturday to make them bowl eligible for a fifthstraight year.

Before the game, some players bought Hi-C juice boxes for all their teammates.

“We always talk about bringing juice [and] energy, and we literally have a guy bring juice boxes,” Smith said. “That brings a comfortable feeling to the team and everybody enjoyed it.”

The masterminds behind the juice box motivational technique were quarterback Mitch Leidner and linebacker Nick Rallis.

“We knew it was something that can get the guys a little bit more hyped up [Saturday],” Leidner said. “Everyone grabs their juice box.

Some drink it then, and some drink it after the game. It’s good to get guys excited.”

The juice boxes had an impact as Minnesota beat Illinois on the ground at a windy Memorial Stadium.

Smith, Leidner and running backs Shannon Brooks and Kobe McCrary all contributed to Minnesota’s ground game with rushing touchdowns.

In total, Minnesota had 48 rushing attempts compared to 19 passing attempts by Leidner.

“I think if you’re going to go down, you go down with your best, so we’re putting the ball in the hands of our best players,” said head coach Tracy Claeys. “[Smith and Brooks] run awfully well.”

The Gophers (6-2, 3-2 Big Ten) were up seven at the start of the second half, but broke away from the Fighting Illini (2-6, 1-4) in the fourth quarter. Leidner rushed for a five-yard touchdown early on and the scores kept coming.

Defensive lineman Merrick Jackson sacked Illinois quar terback Jef f George Jr. for a safety, and after the Gophers got the ball back, kicker Emmit Carpenter hit a 24-yard field goal.

A 21-14 lead expanded to a 3314 lead in a seven-minute span.

“I’d like to get it over early, but we tried that last week and it didn’t work too well,” Claeys said. “We got up 21-3 early and messed around. I just told them in the second half that I’d like for them to get out to a fast start.”

Minnesota’s final score of the day was a 5-yard touchdown run by McCrary.

Just as the running game was vital for Minnesota’s success Saturday, the wind also played a big factor in various parts of the game. The speed of the wind at the opening kickoff was 18 mph.

The two punters were held to their lowest average yardage of the year, and wide receivers were consistently dropping catchable balls. “[The wind] was big. It was almost going diagonal across the field, and so it hurt the passes toward the sidelines,” Claeys said. “It made the ball knuckleball a little bit, so we dropped a few of those, but that’s all excuses. We’ve got to catch the ball. Good

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receivers catch bad balls.”

Illinois found itself in a hole early due to two bad turnovers.

In his second career start, George Jr. fumbled a snap on the Fighting Illini’s first offensive play and defensive lineman Scott Ekpe quickly scooped it up.

Brooks had a touchdown the very next play, making it 7-0.

Later on, defensive back Darius Mosely fumbled a punt return and Gophers defensive back Antoine Winfield Jr. picked up the ball.

Smith ran in his first touchdown of the day on the next play — a 20-yard run straight up the middle.

“Shannon was in the game, we had jet motion and the linebackers flow him and the hole opened up huge,” Smith said. “It was just the safety. [I] just had to make a move and score.”

The Gophers held George Jr. to 156 yards, as he completed under half of his pass attempts.

One of his completions was a 16-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Zach Grant in the third quarter.

Illinois was without its leading wide receiver Malik Turner for most of the game.

Minnesota’s Duke McGhee was ejected for targeting after a hit on Turner that caused a 10-minute delay in the game and forced Turner to leave on a stretcher.

It was the fifth time this season a Minnesota player was ejected for targeting.

“I know what the rule is, and we work on it, but when those guys are going down that low, it’s hard to avoid,” Claeys said. “We’ve got to stay below the shoulders, but I like the way our kids [are], how aggressive they are.”

The Gophers’ win made them bowl eligible.

While bowl eligibility is nice, Claeys and Leidner both said the team has a larger goal in mind: to win the Big Ten West.

“We’re looking to go further and be contenders in November,” said wide receiver Drew Wolitarsky. “[The] Big Ten Championship is our sight so that’s what we’re going to be content with. Yeah, we’re bowl eligible, but that wasn’t the goal.”

MEN’S HOCKEY

Minnesota forges two comebacks for win and draw in New York Leon Bristedt led the Gophers with a game-winning goal in overtime Friday.

BY DREW COVE dcove@mndaily.com

Late-game heroics saved the Gophers from having another winless weekend.

No. 12 Minnesota (3-2-1) emerged victorious on Friday against Clarkson in overtime 4-3.

On Saturday — thanks to two goals in the final minute — the Gophers managed to send the game to overtime 2-2. After five extra minutes, the game ended in a draw.

“I think [the comeback]’s really important,” said junior forward Leon Bristedt. “Especially since it’s been the other way around against St. Cloud. Now we proved that this team can win.”

On Friday night, Minnesota’s veterans turned a 3-0 first period deficit to a 4-3 win in overtime.

Bristedt netted the game-winning goal in overtime Friday.

The forward said that his line mates made a difference on the goal.

Once the shooting lane opened up, he found the puck on his stick and scored to give the Gophers the comeback overtime win — something they were on the other side of last weekend.

Senior captain Justin Kloos scored the game-tying goal, his second of the season, about four minutes into the third period.

“It felt good, individually, to help out the team,” Kloos said. “We played some really good hockey after the first period. I think that was a good step for us.”

The goal capped off a threegoal rally from Minnesota to send the game to overtime, and eventually, Bristedt eneded the game , a serious improvement from the team’s performance earlier in the game.

The Gophers found themselves in a three-goal deficit after only 20 minutes of play on Saturday. Minnesota sophomore goaltender Eric Schierhorn allowed three goals on 11 shots by Clarkson in the first period.

“You’ve got to play the game the right way,” said head coach Don Lucia. “We weren’t aggressive enough, and you find yourself down 3-0 because you’re not taking care of the puck.”

The Gophers came out into the second period with newfound life and fired 13 shots to Clarkson’s five.

The power play was instrumental to the Gophers’ comeback. The first two Minnesota goals were scored on the extra-man advantage.

Junior forward Mike Szmatula, one of the power play scorers, cut into the threegoal Clarkson lead.

He maintained that success Saturday as Minnesota

Gophers forward Leon Bristedt passes the puck at Mariucci Arena on Oct. 21.

escaped with a tie against No. 18 St. Lawrence (3-4-1) on Saturday night.

The Gophers were down 2-0 going into the final minute of the third period, and it looked unlikely for them to come back to tie the game.

Sophomore defenseman Jack Sadek quickly gave the Gophers a chance with six attackers on the ice with an assist. Szmatula saved the Gophers from defeat with the

tying goals and sent the game into overtime.

The teams skated for an extra five minutes, but neither scored, and the game ended in a 2-2 draw.

The Gophers had a season-high 44 shots during the game, but they couldn’t cash in on one until the final minute of the game.

“Hopefully, we learned that you’ve got to play the game the right way to give

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yourself a chance to win,” Lucia said.

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ATHLETICS DEPT.

Coyle talks football, wrestling seasons Coyle also discussed the two basketball and hockey teams.

BY MIKE HENDRICKSON mhendrickson@mndaily.com

New University of Minnesota Athletics Director Mark Coyle sat down with the Minnesota Daily on Thursday for the second edition of a monthly Q&A. Coyle discussed the soccer team’s Big Ten regular season title, the state of the football team and the upcoming wrestling season, among other topics.

The soccer team won a share of the Big Ten title Wednesday, marking your first title as AD. How does that feel?

All titles feel great. I was excited for [head coach Stefanie Golan] and those young ladies. They’ve worked incredibly hard all season. [I] had a chance to be out there [Wednesday night] and see the excitement that they have … but obviously they have bigger goals in mind. The Big Ten Tournament is starting on Sunday … I know they’re excited, but they also have their eye on a bigger goal, which is a great place to be.

With the men’s basketball season about to get underway, how would you describe the state of the men’s basketball team?

I’ve been really appreciative with how hard they’ve worked over the summer, and I’m not talking about on the court … they did a lot on the student-athlete development side. [Head coach Richard Pitino] and his staff brought in a lot of speakers to talk to

the team. I think those things were important, but make no mistake — the season’s getting started, and people pay attention to how we perform on the court as well. … We got a strong recruiting class.

Coach Pitino has talked about that strong recruiting class, so I’ll be anxious to get started and see what they do on the court.

Same question with the women’s basketball team.

What did you see from them over the summer? … I’ve been here five months now, so I’ve had a chance to get to know [head coach Marlene Stollings … and our other coaches. I love the passion and commitment they have for our program.

[I] had a chance to go to the scrimmage on [Saturday] after the Homecoming football game and watch both teams.

Our women’s team lighted it up with a lot of points, which was great to see. But again, I know they’re excited to get started, and I’m excited to watch and support and do everything I can to help them accomplish the goals they have.

The men’s and women’s hockey teams’ seasons are underway. What does it feel like to be at a hockey school now?

I was here from 2001 to 2005, and last year at Syracuse, we had women’s hockey back there and enjoyed those. It’s great. [Head coach Brad Frost] got his 300th win last week at Ohio State, which is a credit to him and his program and all those things. [I] had a chance to watch the men play last Friday night — my first game back at Mariucci since I [came] back.

SWIM & DIVE

Gophers defeat the Hawkeyes at home

It was great to be back in the arena and watch that. Obviously, the results we wanted it to be different, but they’re working hard, and we’re excited to get the hockey season started for both the men and women.

Right before the hockey season started, head coach Don Lucia signed his extension. Can you explain your decision and thought process behind signing him? … I believe in taking a holistic approach in looking at all your coaches. If you look at Don, I think 13 championships in 17 years as our coach, two national championships and the national championship game a few years ago and had a tough loss to, I believe, Union. Our kids, academically, are doing it the right way. Socially, our kids are doing it the right way. … My job is to support all of our coaches. I look forward to working closely with Don to try to help him achieve the goals we have, which is to compete on the national level of hockey.

The football team recently had a close win against Rutgers. How do you feel about the state of the team? Is this where you’d hoped they’d be?

(Note: This interview was conducted before the 4017 win over Illinois.)

I joke, ‘It’s great when they win them all.’ We’re 5-2, and we have a very important game on Saturday at Illinois, and any time you have a conference game on the road, they’re important. As … I’ve talked about before, in my five months, I’ve enjoyed getting to know [head coach

Minnesota’s teams beat Iowa by 144 points combined.

BY ALYSSA HODENFIELD ahodenfield@mndaily.com

The Minnesota swim and dive teams had a week off between their most recent meets, but came back from the break strong.

Both squads hosted Iowa over the weekend and came out with victories. The men competed Friday evening and defeated the Hawkeyes 185.5 to 113.5. The Gophers won all but two of the 16 events.

“I think we’ve got such an incredible conference of swimming and diving,” said head coach Kelly Kremer.

“We’re the best diving conference in the country and we’re starting to kind of show that we’re the best, if not certainly among the best conferences in swimming as well.

Minnesota dominated the breaststroke event at the meet, taking the top four spots in the 100 and the top three in the 200.

Junior Conner McHugh was a top scorer in both breaststroke events and took first in the 100 with a time of 54.60. He was followed by senior teammates Nick Hatanaka (56.00) and John Bushman (56.06).

McHugh also finished the 200 breaststroke in 1:57.50 ahead of Bushman (2:00.44) and senior Jakub Maly (2:03.39).

Senior Matt Barnard was a strong competitor in both the 1- and 3-meter diving contests, followed by

sophomore Alan LeBlang.

“I think we showed improvement over the last two weeks,” Kremer said. “We are going to keep emphasizing all year. I think we carried from Wisconsin into this week … ver y well, working on the little things.”

The Minnesota women’s swim and dive team had its turn against Iowa Saturday morning. The Gophers defeated the Hawkeyes 186114 and took 11 out of the 16 events.

Freshman Sarah Bacon won both the 1- and 3-meter diving events, followed by senior Lexi Tenenbaum.

The victories were big for Bacon because the Iowa dual was just her second collegiate meet.

“So far at the meets this year I haven’t dove my best,” Bacon said. “On both boards today I felt like I hit every dive, so it felt really good.”

Freestyle was also a strong event for Minnesota.

Junior Danielle Nack took both the 200 (1:49:30) and 100 freestyle (50.31), and she also contributed to the 200 medley and 200 free relay teams, which won their respective events.

Both men’s and women’s teams will stay at home to take on North Dakota Friday evening.

“I’m just proud of our team,” Kremer said. “I think ever ybody is doing everything they can to get a little better every day, and it’s showing up. I feel like we’re ahead of where we were a year ago at this time, and everything is on track to have an awesome season.”

Five football players have restraining orders placed on them, preventing them from being at TCF Bank Stadium. What is the extent of your involvement with the situation?

I really am not involved.

Obviously I stand by our University’s statement, and obviously we will comply with all court orders, and we will be respectful of that process.

How do you feel about where the volleyball team currently is? (Note: This inter view was conducted before a 3-0 win against Rutgers and 3-0 win against Penn State.)

They’ve been road warriors. … It’s great to have them home. They play[ed] Friday night against Rutgers and Penn State on Saturday, so obviously two ver y important conference matches. … We had just been ranked number one in the country,

so it’ll be a great atmosphere this weekend, but again, coach McCutcheon and those young ladies have done a phenomenal job and have created a culture where you expect to compete at the highest level, and that’s our goal for all the programs. …

The wrestling team starts their season soon coming off a tumultuous offseason. What are you looking to see from them on and off the mat?

We’re ranked in the top ten in the preseason poll, which is great. That’s where Minnesota wrestling belongs.

[We have] a great wrestling tradition here, and I’m so thankful for [interim head coach Brandon Eggum]. He has stepped into a spot where he’s leading that team, and I’ve been thankful for [assistant coach Luke Becker], other assistant coaches and our students on that team.

They’re all working hard, and again, I’m thankful for how everybody has handled that situation. We look forward to moving forward, moving on and doing great things with Minnesota wrestling.

What are your plans for Halloween?

Halloween is my favorite holiday with my kids because they’re absolutely dialed in.

They get the magazines with the Halloween costumes. It feels like August, September, when they start circling some of the outfits they want to be and some of those things. I always enjoy watching my kids have a fun time. I’m thankful I’ll be able to be home this year on Halloween. I wasn’t last year, at Syracuse. … I’ll be spending time with the kids, watching them do their trickor-treating. Hopefully … I can bum some candy off of them.

Do they circle a costume for you?

They don’t. They have not circled a costume for me. I’m trying to think what a good costume would be for me to go as. One is going as [Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott], and the other one is going as a wild Vikings fan … Vikings gear head to toe. We’ve got kind of an NFL theme going this year, and they’re excited. Maybe I should go as an official. Keep those two separated or something like that. …

Editor’s Note: This Q&A has been edited for clarity and length.

Men’s and women’s squads take 4th place at Big Ten Championship

BY ALYSSA HODENFIELD ahodenfield@mndaily.com NITI GUPTA, DAILY FILE PHOTO

Tracy Claeys]. I know that staff worked incredibly hard.

I know our student athletes are working incredibly hard.

Again, we look forward to taking it one week at a time. …

We’ll go past that and move forward.

CROSS COUNTRY

The Gophers hosted the Big Ten meet for the first time since 2005 over the weekend.

Sophomore Danielle Nack competes in the women’s 100-yard backstroke during the 2016 Minnesota Challenge.

CHRIS DANG, DAILY

Athletics Director Mark Coyle sits down to talk with the Minnesota Daily on Sept. 30 in his office at the Bierman Field Athletic Building.

The Minnesota cross countr y teams had strong showings at the Big Ten Championships — which they hosted for the first time in 11 years — at Les Bolstad Course on Sunday.

The Gophers women’s team took four th with 120 points in the 6K race and beat Ohio State (130) for the spot by 10 points.

“Overall I thought it was a good day for the team,” said redshir t junior Madeline Strandemo.

“We didn’t get beat by any bad teams — obviously those were three really good teams, so I think we were happy with that.”

Michigan Senior Erin Finn took first place individually to secure her third Big Ten Championship title and helped lead the Wolverines to a team win.

She finished about 25 seconds ahead of the second place runner.

Minnesota had three r unners place in the top 20. Redshir t junior Madeline Strandemo led the team in eighth (21:10.2), followed by freshman Megan Hasz in 11th (21:24.9) and fr eshman Bethany Hasz in 20th (21:41.5).

Strandemo was pleased with her performance and moved up fr om a 20th place finish last year at the 2015 Big Ten Championship.

“I thought Madeline Strandemo really had the best cross countr y race of her career. This course pr obably suits her the least well out of anybody on our team, but that just

CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

WOMEN’S 6K 1 Michigan 2 Penn State 3 Michigan State 4 Minnesota 5 Ohio State

63 70 80 120 130

MEN’S 8K 1 Wisconsin 2 Michigan State 3 Indiana 4 Minnesota 5 Michigan

63 66 92 119 123

SOURCE: GOPHERSPORTS.COM

“They’ve trained hard. They’ve put in a lot of hard work, and now it’s just really all about getting recovered and rested. We’re a step closer to that, but we’ve got two more weeks to get even fresher and go into Iowa and give it a run again.”

SARAH HOPKINS Head coach

shows her toughness level and how much she’s matured from last year to this year,” said head coach Sarah Hopkins.

The Minnesota men’s cross countr y team took four th in the 8K race with 119 points and pulled ahead of Michigan (123) by a slim four points.

“Overall I think things are star ting to come together for us today,” said head coach Steve Plasencia. “Of course we’d like be in the mix for the championship, but we’re young.

We graduate nobody, and so we’re just not quite there yet.”

Minnesota placed three r unners in the top 15.

Redshir t junior Charlie

EASTON GREEN, DAILY

Madeline Strandemo finishes in eighth place at the Big Ten cross county meet on Sunday at Les Bolstad Golf Course.

Lawrence came in ninth (24:54.9) to improve from his 32nd place finish at the 2015 Big Ten Championships.

Lawrence was followed by redshir t junior Matt Welch (24:57.2) and redshirt freshman Connor Olson (24:59.1). “[It] felt pretty good.

Personally, coming in you always want to score as low as you can for the team, and I think I did that today,” Lawrence said.

Junior Obsa Ali — who is usually a front-r unner for the team — finished the race 72nd. Ali finished 14th at the 2015 Big Ten Championships. The

junior was sick a couple days before the 2016 championships, Plasencia said.

The women’s team will r un in Rocky’s Run and the men’s team will run in the Fall Finale this weekend before heading to the NCAA Midwest Regional meet in Iowa City on Nov. 11.

“They’ve trained hard.

They’ve put in a lot of hard work, and now it’s just really all about getting recovered and rested,” Hopkins said. “We’re a step closer to that, but we’ve got two more weeks to get even fresher and go into Iowa and give it a run again.”

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Four decades later, catering to climbers

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

CHELSEA GORTMAKER, DAILY

Midwest Mountaineering founder and owner Rod Johnson poses for a portrait in his store on Oct. 26 on West Bank.

Johnson and his 4-year-old rescue dog, Finney, pose for a portrait in his store. Johnson started his business in 1970 to get climbing gear at wholesale and began selling out of his kitchen.

His company has kept Minnesota’s hobbyists climbing for over 40 years.

Johnson said now that he has steady success, he worries less about profit and more about helping customers find the products they need.

“The purpose isn’t to sell as much gear as we can,” Johnson said. “The purpose is to have our customers have as much fun as possible outdoors and to try to get as many people active outdoors as we can.”

Buying Operations Manager Mike Ruschman said the store aligns with Johnson’s values and mission.

Ruschman said Johnson is a friend and mentor to him as well as a boss.

He said their relationship is collaborative and that Johnson always listens to

BY ELIANA SCHREIBER eschreiber@mndaily.com

After University of Minnesota chemistry graduate Rod Johnson backpacked from California to Minneapolis with 200 pounds of climbing gear, he star ted selling it from his kitchen.

Johnson founded Midwest Mountaineering over 40 years ago and now wants to expand past climbing gear. Over that time, Johnson has focused on keeping the business local

and helping interested hobbyists.

After he graduated from the University, Johnson started selling hiking and other outdoor gear to his friends wholesale, but he didn’t consider it a career path.

He put a sign outside his house that said “The Johnson Company,” unaware that he would take it to a more serious level.

“The Amazon River down in Peru is where I decided to do something with my life and turn the Johnson Company into Midwest Mountaineering,” he said.

In 1970, Johnson opened his first storefront — which doubled as his apartment — on Hennepin Avenue

with only 500 dollars in his pocket.

The store grew, and soon Johnson hired employees.

In 1976, Johnson relocated to Midwest Mountaineering’s current Cedar-Riverside spot.

The building was vacant for 12 years before Midwest Mountaineering moved in, which made it easy for Johnson to grow his storefront.

The upstairs portion of the building is used for retail and the basement houses a free indoor climbing wall.

In 1981, Johnson said he tried to open a second store in downtown St. Paul but failed. He decided then that any expansion should happen within his Cedar-Riverside location.

others’ ideas, which is impressive after 40 years spent running the business.

He also said the shop is different from other climbing stores because Johnson stays so active outside of work. “He really was at the vanguard of climbing in Minnesota and the Midwest,” Ruschman said.

Johnson, 67, said he makes time to go on trips, w hi ch p eo p l e hi s ag e wouldn’t normally do.

Johnson met his wife, Sharon Johnson, now chief financial officer at Midwest Mountaineering, at an expo the store hosted.

Sharon Johnson said she knew they had a lot in common when she met him, adding his passion for

climbing is what helped grow the business and customer base.

Sharon Johnson said she and her husband form long-lasting relationships with customers that they wouldn’t be able to make in a more corporate company.

As a whole, she said she admires Rod Johnson’s positivity and attitude.

“He’s just the right guy to have when you need somebody to get something done,” she said.

Johnson said he hopes to find someone to inherit the company from him as he gets older.

“If I don’t find that person, I’ll probably die owning Midwest Mountaineering,” he said.

Job opportunity center breaks ground in Cedar-Riverside Center u from Page 1

said.

Still, it was challenging to convince potential donors of the project’s significance, said Ward 6 City Council Member Abdi Warsame.

Some City Council members and the county

board had to be convinced about the project’s importance, and the process of piecing together funding and finalizing the logistics of the center were prolonged, said Sen. Kari Dziedzic, DFL-Minneapolis.

Funding began to roll in from foundations after the City of Minneapolis and Hennepin

County made pledged contributions, Warsame said.

Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin said he backed the project in part because 40 percent of county employees will be eligible for retirement in the next five years.

Other employers are also facing future vacancies, he said, which creates

a chance to diversify the workforce.

“We have a moment here of oppor tunity to remake the workforce of the 21st centur y,” McLaughlin said.

The center hopes to connect with nine employers — with a combined workforce of more than 30,000 employees — to help close the neighborhood’s employment gap.

Last week, employers had 2,100 job openings, McLaughlin said.

If the center par tners with these organizations, both the employment and pover ty rates in the community will decrease, he said.

Warsame — who lead the initial push for the project back in 2014 — said his office came up with the idea for the hub, largely to address the unemploy-

ment and equity gap in the community.

The unemployment rate in the Cedar-Riverside community is about 17 percent, compared to the citywide rate of 3 to 4 percent, Warsame said.

“The biggest thing was skill development and getting people into jobs — and that was our focus from the beginning,” he said.

Companies who’ve already shown interest in hiring community members include Medtronic and Amazon, Warsame said.

Abdi Barkat, a St. Paul resident who has family living in the neighborhood, said the community needed a project that would connect them to prospective employers.

With the oppor tunity center being located acr oss fr om the Brian Coyle Center, he said

residents without transportation will still have access to the center’s resources.

Ilhan Omar, candidate for State House District 60B, said opportunity gaps exist because of the neighborhood’s isolation, but believes the community is excited about the center’s programs.

Abdi Salah, a senior policy aide for Warsame, said he’s seen the oppor tunity gap firsthand, adding that more than 50 community members come into Warsame’s office each year looking for jobs.

Members of the community find pride in working to earn their living, he said, and aren’t interested in handouts.

“The biggest way you can value a human being is to give them an opportunity to earn a living,” Salah said.

MADDY FOX, DAILY

Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges speaks at the groundbreaking event for the Cedar Riverside Opportunity Center on Saturday.

MADDY FOX, DAILY

Attendees of the groundbreaking event for the Cedar Riverside Opportunity Center listen to speakers on Saturday. The center will work to help community members find jobs.

Monday, October 31, 2016

CROSSWORD Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle FOR RELEASE OCTOBER 31, 2016

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

HOROSCOPES Today’s Birthday (10/31): Listen to your spirit this year.

Get quiet and notice your inner dreams for the world, for yourself and others. New professional pursuits this spring lead to flowering romance.

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 a 7 — Celebrate without spending a fortune. You can do a lot with glitter and paint. Collaborate to get the effect you’re looking for.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 9 — Consider possibilities. A profitable new phase begins with the New Moon. Expand your operation, as you strengthen and build support.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is an 8 — You and a partner incite some fun, inspired by last night’s New Moon. Craft the perfect situation.

Glamorize the proceedings with special flair.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is a 9 — Realize a personal dream over the next two weeks, with the New Moon in your sign. You can make it happen.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is a 9 — Discover a New Moon breakthrough in health, vitality and your work over the next few weeks. Determine your goals. The pace quickens.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 6 — Past, future and present mingle in your thoughts. This New Moon provides fertile ground for imagination and spiritual discovery.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 7 — Fall in love all over again. A romantic relationship transforms under the New Moon. Imagine perfection, and devote yourself to another’s happiness.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is an 8 — Together, you’re an unstoppable force.

Community efforts grow stronger with this New Moon. Compassion feeds your movement.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 7 — Enjoy a new domestic phase. Decorate your place and fill it with delicious flavors and fragrances. Family fun grows your heart stronger.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 7 — Launch a new professional venture with this New Moon.

An enticing possibility is worth going for. Practice your moves, prepare your lines and dress the part.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is an 8 — Launch a new phase in creative expression with last night’s New Moon. Share what you’re up to and invite others to participate.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is an 8 — An adventure tantalizes. Embark on an educational journey over this New Moon phase in Scorpio.

Collaborate with long-distance partners.

DR. DATE Dear Dr. Date, My roommate’s boyfriend is the worst.

Whenever he is hanging out at the house, which is literally all the time, he acts like he owns the place.

He is condescending, rude and mean to all of us. I don’t know how to tell my roommate that we all hate when he is there.

The other day, he woke up at noon while we were all gone, drank all of our booze, ate my leftover Chinese food, locked himself in the bathroom and passed out.

We had to bust open the door to get into the bathroom, and when we got in there, he asked if anyone had a smoke that he could bum.

We have tried talking to my roommate about it casually, but I feel like it is time for a full-blown confrontation about the subject.

—Bat%^*& Boyfriend Dear Bat%^*&, It definitely sounds like it is time to sit down with your roommate and lay everything out.

Even though you should always do your best to accommodate your roommates and their needs, there is a line to be drawn.

Her boyfriend is going to end up trashing your place one day, and you could very well lose your security deposit.

But worse than that, you might lose your roommate as a friend because of this situation.

Letting a situation sit and boil until it bursts isn’t healthy for anyone involved.

Get talking to each other soon, because it’ll never fix itself.

—Dr. Date Dear Dr. Date, A friend just had his girlfriend of a few months, whom he proclaimed his love for, break up with him.

She said that they were too different to ever work.

He’s devastated.

He also can’t seem to leave her alone (in a non-creepy way, though) — phone calls, asking to meet and talk, post-breakup love notes, etc.

They were also good friends before they dated.

How do I tell him that he needs to leave her alone for a little while, for the benefit of them both, especially if they want to be close friends again?

—Broken Heart

ACROSS 1 Words before “Tricked you!”

5 Whirled 9 Exxon merger partner 14 Musk of Tesla Motors 15 Syllables from Santa 16 Get away from, as pursuers 17 Tooth anchor 18 Border on 19 Female 33Across 20 Bovine skin once used as a painting surface

by Native Americans 23 Nocturnal flier 24 Partner 25 Peruvian peaks 27 Music room system 30 Zsa Zsa, to Eva 32 Toasty 33 Untamed equines 37 Baba who outwitted thieves 38 Actor Mineo 39 Med. care option 40 Rio Grande feeder 45 Italia’s capital 46 Halloween goodies 47 Equal to, with “with” 49 Like sheep sans wool 50 Pained cry 51 Guerrilla Guevara 52 Stack for the bookkeeper to pay ... or, literally, what 20-, 33and 40-Across’ first words constitute 58 Western writer Bret 60 Many 61 Tidy 62 “Know what __?”

63 Rural storage cylinder 64 Scarlett O’Hara’s home 65 IRS examination 66 Go berserk

10/31/16

By Jerome Gunderson

Late Week’sPuzzle PuzzleSolved Solved Saturday’s

67 “Not great, not bad” DOWN 1 Basil or rosemary 2 Baseball family name 3 Pig’s foot part 4 Insect nest with tunnels 5 Perfect for wading 6 N’awlins sandwich 7 “Nope” 8 “The Little Red Hen” denial 9 Souvenir 10 Eggs in a lab 11 Clip joint?

12 Imagination output 13 For fear that 21 Stein filler 22 Pinch from a chef 26 German article 27 Trade 28 “Cautionary” account 29 Leif’s father 30 Poles and Serbs 31 Not doing much of anything

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34 “What time __?”

35 Poet Lazarus 36 Fly high 41 Guatemala gold 42 Eden tempter 43 Rajah’s mate 44 Santa’s landing spot 45 Met by chance 48 Catch, as a crook 49 SeaWorld orca 50 Dough in a wallet

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51 “Pet” with Smiley and Winky versions 53 Young lady 54 Model Nordegren once married to Tiger Woods 55 Radiator problem 56 Tomb Raider’s __ Croft 57 Stick around 59 Mai __

SUDOKU Dear Heart,

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

Sit your buddy down. Be honest with him.

The phone calls and messages may not be creepy now, but they could get to that point.

If they do, then he can probably kiss that friendship goodbye.

Nobody wants to be hounded by an ex that they just broke up with.

It can be hard to reason with someone that is heartbroken, but do your best.

Tell your friend that the only way for them to remain friends in the future is for him to give her some room and spend some time apart.

Add in the fact that he will never get over her if he is thinking about her all the time.

He will thank you for it in the future.

For strategies on how to solve sudoku, visit sudoku.org.uk.

—Dr. Date Dear Dr. Date, My friend is a jerk of a boyfriend.

He is constantly putting down h i s G F, n o t w i l l i n g t o c o m p r o mise and not being suppor tive or compassionate. For example, last we e k h e r g r a n d m a d i e d a n d h e told her to get over it because she was old and the family knew it was coming.

H e a l way s a s k s my i np u t o n whether he is correct in being a jerk to her.

How do I tell him nicely that he needs to not be so much of an opinionated jerk when it comes to being a decent boyfriend?

—What a Jerk, Right?

Dear Jerk, Call his ass out! When he is being a dick to his girlfriend, especially when it is in front of everyone, give it back to him.

It can be as simple as telling him that he is being rude, or you can make a joke about him to embarrass him.

When he asks for your input, tell him straight up. Don’t beat around the bush.

Minnesota nice isn’t a great thing when someone else is being hurt because of it.

I f i t d o e s n ’ t s to p a f te r a l l o f that, then you should say something every single time that he does it.

At that point, there isn’t much else you can do other than hope she wises up and breaks it off.

—Dr. Date

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

10/31/2016

Late Week’s solution © 2015 Michael Mepham. Distributed by Tribune Media Services.

All rights reserved.

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Pipeline arrests spur Minneapolis protest Protest u from Page 1

“Everyone here is trying to send a message that none of the Hennepin County Officers should be in North Dakota.”

SERGI QUIROZ Protester

pr esented songs about Mother Earth and defending Standing Rock.

Some members came because they said the pipeline will impact the cleanliness of drinking water along its proposed route.

“We can’t drink oil,” said Brittany Anderson, a University community outreach coordinator for the Depar tment of American Indian Studies. “We as a human race can’t exist if we don’t have water and taking care of Mother Ear th is something we were always taught to do.”

Anderson said she is opposed to spending Hennepin County tax dollars to suppress demonstrations in Nor th Dakota along with the contamination of water.

“We’ve got to stop that p i p e l i n e , ” s a i d Wa n d a Blue, a member of the Lower Sioux tribe. “It will wreck all of our water, not just the natives’.”

Allene Ross, a member of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, said she attended the protest not just for the American Indian demonstrators in Nor th Dakota but for future generations

CHRIS DANG, DAILY

Protesters enter Minneapolis City Hall on Friday. Protesters rallied together to show their opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Hennepin County Sheriff’s deputies’ participation in dispersing protesters.

of her own family.

“It’s not about us,” she said. “This is for our children. This is where we have to draw a line in the sand, and we have to say, ‘If not now, when?’”

Sergi Quiroz said members of the T win Cities community should

express concern over the Hennepin County’s use of police resources in Nor th Dakota.

“Ever ybody here is tr ying to send a message that none of the Hennepin County Officers should be in North Dakota,” he said.

Quiroz, who has

organized three trips with the Meshika community to protest the pipeline in Standing Rock, said the project will have consequences throughout the Midwest.

“This pipeline affects ever yone,” he said. “We have to create

consciousness among ever yone to put a stop to any of these proposals.”

Quiroz said the demonstrators at Standing Rock displayed a sense of community and harmony.

“It was a great experience because you felt all the positive energy and

the unity among all the tribes,” he said. “Ever yone was peaceful.”

Demonstrators marched from Gover nment Plaza station to City Hall, where speakers talked until the crowd disbanded late Friday afternoon.