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Two finalists selected for diversity VP U President Kaler will choose the VP for equity and diversity within the next few weeks.

BY AUSTEN MACALUS amacalus@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota’s hunt for a new vice president of equity and diversity is almost over after a four-month-long process narrowed the search down to two finalists.

The University hosted two forums last week for the finalists, Kortet Mensah and Michael Goh, the current interim VP, to make their cases for the job in front of faculty, staff and students. University President Eric Kaler is expected to make a final decision in the coming weeks, said University spokeswoman Emma Bauer.

“This is the final stage,” said Scott Lanyon, dean of graduate education and cochair of the VP search committee, which launched last May. “We’re all really excited to be nearing the end of this process,” he said.

The candidates – one internal and one external – both bring lengthy resumes to the position.

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navigating scholarships Per legislation, universities must re-distribute scholarships to prevent over-awarding.

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STUDENT GROUPS

Not all incoming University of Minnesota students know where their federal aid will end up this fall.

For students who receive need-based financial aid, federal regulations require universities adjust their financial aid packages when they report extra scholarships to ensure aid isn’t over-awarded.

This process cuts an amount equivalent to those scholarships from a student’s federal aid and redistributes it to others in need.

Although the students still receive their scholarships, their total financial assistance remains the same.

The federal aid package adjustment process, which applies to all universities that offer federal aid, is meant to ensure as

U, student groups help intl. students with acclimation The students get the chance to develop and practice their language skills on campus.

BY CHUYING XIE cxie@mndaily.com

As international students begin to adjust to life at the University of Minnesota this week, student groups and University programs are offering a helping hand.

On Sunday, international students new to the University gathered outside the Stadium Village Church to play games, get to know other students and practice their English skills.

“One of our goals is to allow international students to feel comfortable and have a space to practice conversational English and build confidence,” said Christine Kao, president of the English Club, which hosted the event.

Along with other clubs and programs, the English Club is trying to bring together international and American students at the University. u See INTERNATIONAL Page 7

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many students as possible receive aid, said Michelle Curtis, student services manager in the University’s Office of Student Finance.

Though the process isn’t meant to penalize students, some do feel slighted when they learn about it, Curtis said.

“I just know that for a lot of students it’s frustrating when they go out to apply for scholarships … and they think it’s going to be extra money,” Curtis said.

“When in reality, if they’ve … been awarded up to the max … it’s just replacing the type of money they get.”

University role in adjusting aid Like all universities who offer federal aid, the University is bound by the Higher Education Act of 1965, which u See SCHOLARSHIPS Page 3

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UMN professors balance political commentary and academia U professors act as political pundits for the 2018 midterms while they continue teaching.

BY AUSTEN MACALUS amacalus@mndaily.com

With the 2018 midterm election season in full swing, political science professors at the University of Minnesota are faced with a challenging, yet important side gig: punditry.

University faculty are increasingly called

on to share their expertise on current events in the media — a job that requires balancing conflicting demands between the field of academia and the world of politics.

“Any election cycle, whether it’s a midterm or a presidential election, political scientists have put on their pundit hat in order to communicate to the public,” said Paul Goren, chair of University of Minnesota’s political science department.

‘A real tension’ Much like the political arena itself,

political punditry is often a messy affair, Goren said. Academics must talk about complex research in a media environment that values simplicity.

“Often there’s a discrepancy or a conflict between how complicated a set of research findings is … and the needs of journalism,” Goren said.

There’s “a real tension” between the the fields, said Larry Jacobs, director of the University’s Center for the Study of Politics u See MIDTERMS Page 2

SPORTS

Winfield saves the day in close victory Winfield caught an interception in the end zone with 1:24 left to secure the Gophers’ victory.

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Running back Bryce Williams carries the ball at TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 8. The Gophers defeated Fresno State 21-14.

On special teams last week, on defense this week, defensive back Antoine Winfield Jr. continues making himself known as a force for Minnesota.

The second game of the season was over when Winfield intercepted the ball in the end zone on Fresno State’s last play of the game: a floating pass that looked destined to tie the game.

“I thought I was beat at the point,” Winfield said. “And then once I saw where the ball was, and that I could go up and get it, I just went up and just made the play.”

The crowd at TCF Bank Stadium erupted in relief after Winfield made the leaping, twisting catch with 1:18 to play. Minnesota (2-0) took the hard-fought victory 21-14 Saturday night over Fresno State (1-1) after taking the knee in the victory formation.

The Gophers were down 14-13 after a 45-yard touchdown pass from Fresno State quarterback Marcus McMaryion to wide receiver KeeSean Johnson with 8:20 left in the game.

But on the next drive, Gophers wide receiver Tyler Johnson kept play alive with a jumping catch for a first down. Later, quarterback Seth Green scored a 3-yard rushing touchdown with a two-point conversion to tight end Ko Kieft with 3:28 to play – making the score 21-14. This would turn out to be the final score. u See FOOTBALL Page 5

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Crime rises during Welcome Week Students starting at and returning to the U came with an increase in crime.

BY EMMA DILL edill@mndaily.com

Students and faculty returned to campus last week, leading to an uptick in crime from the summer months, according to University of Minnesota officials.

The University of Minnesota Police Department responded to 75 incidents during Welcome Week between Aug. 27 and Sept. 3, according to the department’s crime log.

Instances of theft are more common as students move in, and UMPD officers said they encourage students to be aware of their surroundings.

“The amount of cases that

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and Governance. “Once you step into the world of being a commentator it’s often not possible to be as precise as a scholar,” said Jacobs, whose input is frequently featured by local and national outlets.

Kathryn Pearson, a University political science professor and frequent commentator, is diligent about maintaining a high level of complexity when talking to the press. She said she doesn’t consider herself a pundit because she has “insight that’s different than … the reaction of an untrained political commentator.”

Jacobs also tries to stick to political research and empirical data, rather than personal political views.

we get at the beginning of every school year is a jump from what we’re used to in the summer,” said UMPD Chief Matt Clark.

Thefts made up nearly 30 percent of those incidents and remains the most prevalent crime that UMPD deals with, Clark said. Five bike thefts were reported, including one involving a UMPD bait bike.

Laptops and other electronics are often targets for thefts, said Library Safety and Security Coordinator Matthew Bowers. While Welcome Week saw nine thefts of electronics, University libraries did not report any.

“We usually get at least one or two laptops stolen or a cell phone,” Bowers said.

Thefts at the library spike during the first weeks of school as students establish a routine and during finals

when “tunnel vision” sets in, Bowers said.

Incoming students learn safety basics through orientation and Welcome Week activities. The UMPD partners with University staff to develop programming, including screening a safety video during summer orientation.

“We talk about safety broadly,” said Jenny Porter, the director of student transition experiences.

Porter said orientation and Welcome Week allows students to learn safe habits in a repetitive way that reinforces using resources like 624-WALK and Gopher Chauffeur.

“It’s incumbent upon freshmen to understand how to keep themselves safe,” Clark added.

Freshman Brittany Zeldow said Welcome Week

covered the safety basics and that she felt safe on campus, even at night.

“At first, I was a little freaked out, but after a few minutes I felt totally fine,” she said.

Zeldow said knowing how to navigate the city safely is an important skill.

“Know where you’re going and don’t stare at your phone,” Zeldow said about staying safe. “If I feel unsafe, I’ll call someone just to have someone on the phone with me.”

To stay safe on campus, Clark said students need to keep tabs on their belongings, travel with a group and contact the police with any crime information.

“Pay attention to your surroundings, stay alert and only carry what you need,” Bowers added.

“I’m independent. I don’t have a dog in the fight for anyone. I’m really trying to be as detached and neutral as possible,” said Jacobs.

engaged with what’s actually happening in the world.

“What I often find with academic pundits is sometimes they are divorced from reality on the ground,” Morillo-Alicea said. “You have to be aware of what people are talking about, what people are saying.”

Jacobs admits that he isn’t perfect. He said that he missed the mark on Jesse Ventura’s successful governor campaign, in part because the history of thirdparty candidates is dismal.

“I think political science brings rigor to our efforts to analyze and explain elections. I don’t think it’s foolproof,” he said.

But he also pointed out a 2016 commentary piece he wrote six months before the presidential election indicating President Donald Trump could win. He ended

up being right.

Pearson has another approach to ensure she’s not wrong: sticking to the political science, rather than predictions.

When pundits get it wrong Some people, including those active in political organizing, are critical of academics’ detached views.

“I see people in academia fall into that trap of the myth of objectivity,” said Javier Morillo-Alicea, a former academic turned labor union leader and political commentator. “You can see the ways they are influenced by the common wisdom of the day,” he said, which to him isn’t always correct.

Part of the problem with academics in the United States, Morillo-Alicea said, is that they aren’t usually

Good for the community, bad for a career Even when scholars get punditry right, they are not always rewarded in academia.

Jacobs admits professors can be looked down on for commenting to the media, especially when departments are looking for “tangible benefits,” such as grants. “[Punditry] may be a bad decision for a faculty member looking to come up for tenure, to get appropriate salary increases,” Jacobs said in an email to the Minnesota Daily.

Pearson is “very clear”

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that her work in the media isn’t her most important activity. “Research and teaching always come [first],” she said.

But many people, including Pearson, see a benefit to professors’ work in the media.

Pearson said that professors can better inform the public with their research. “The benefit is to the community and to the University ... in sharing political science insight with a broader audience,” she said.

And with increased attention on the midterms, not to mention more women running for office, Pearson is in her element.

“I feel like my research definitely has something to contribute to the current election context,” Pearson said.

New poke restaurant to come to Dinkytown JJ’s Poké Hawaiian restaurant will soon take the former location of Jersey Mike’s near the University.

BY IMANI CRUZEN icruzen@mndaily.com

A new restaurant specializing in the Hawaiian poke dish is coming to Dinkytown this fall, filling Jersey Mike’s for-

mer storefront.

JJ’s Poké, which has one other location in Edina, takes Hawaiian poke, a salad of raw fish, veggies, rice and sauces, and serves it in both its traditional form and as a burrito.

Jersey Mike’s closed its doors

in July after three years in business.

The store plans to open in October, said Tiffany Chen, manager of the store’s Edina location.

Customers start off by choosing between a poke

bowl, burrito or salad and can select if they want their toppings to go on rice, greens or a mix of both topped with different seafood options or tofu to top their base with.

Other new additions to Dinkytown expected in com-

ing months include Bonchon Korean fried chicken and Crisp & Green salad restaurant.

Choices outside of chicken and steak include signature bowls and rice bowls, ranging between $8.95 to $12.95.

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Grasping at straws: navigating scholarships Scholarships u from Page 1

dictates students can’t receive more aid than the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, determines they need.

Universities get to individually decide what type of federal aid – like grants, scholarships and loans – to subtract first from the student’s aid package when they report scholarship dollars.

Universities typically choose to redistribute loans first because students benefit more from keeping grants and scholarships, said Karla Weber, communications manager at the University of

Wisconsin-Madison’s Office of Student Financial Aid. The University of Minnesota follows this process of cutting loans before grants and scholarships, said Nate Rosckes, scholarship manager in OSF. Students usually learn about the adjustment process during meetings with a One Stop Student Services counselor, or from the automatic notifications they receive along with their scholarships, Rosckes said.

Curtis said some students at the University are upset by the aid package adjustment process because they aren’t familiar with it.

A University transfer student, who chose to remain unnamed for this story because her financial aid situation is currently being

processed, said she didn’t report grants she received at her former university.

At the time, she said she didn’t know the aid package adjustment policy existed.

Because she deposited the grant money she received directly into her student account rather than reporting it, the student said her federal aid was never redistributed.

Incoming freshmen and first-generation college students like herself are particularly susceptible to misunderstanding the University’s aid adjustment process, she said.

“You don’t know what you have to do or don’t have to do,” she said. “I don’t have somebody helping me fill out financial aid, so if I’m getting state grant extra

money, I’m not expecting to have it come out of aid. … Most people don’t know that.”

Understanding the process Because the process is “controversial,” transparency is key when it comes to aid adjustment policies, said Assistant Vice President of Admissions and Financial Aid at Macalester College Brian Lindeman.

“It’s not necessarily an intuitive policy,” Lindeman said. “So we want to be up front. We’d rather have students know [early on] rather than in July. … It is a fairly controversial policy.”

Macalester, which also offers federal financial aid, keeps a page on its website that explains how various scholarships affect

need-based aid funded by the college and federal government.

At the University of Minnesota, the aid adjustment policy is advertised on at least five pages of the University website, as well as in the award notifications and e-business agreements students receive with their scholarships, Curtis said.

However, some students aren’t aware of the policy until they report their scholarships and realize their tuition charges stay the same.

“It can be a shock to students. I don’t doubt that they’ve been unaware of what they’ve been ... told [about the policy],” Curtis said. “There’s a lot going on for students, but at the same time this is how you’re funding your education.”

The U.S.Department of Education reviews the federal aid adjustment policy annually and tweaks it to reflect new program and scholarship offerings, Curtis said. If students don’t like the process, they should tell their representatives, she said.

Curtis said if students want the Department of Education to understand their student experience, they should ask for aid professionals such as herself to be consulted during the review process.

“We should be included because we understand the processes, we understand the real world application of the rules they’re making – and how it affects students,” Curtis said.

Park plan increases green spaces at the U The plan aims to protect and improve parks along the Mississippi River.

BY J.D. DUGGAN jduggan@mndaily.com

Plans set forth for a 1 3 2 - a c r e p a rk c u t t i n g through the University of Minnesota campus will preserve and improve green space with an aim to draw more visitors to the area.

The Mississippi Gorge Regional Park spans both banks of the Mississippi River from Northern Pacific Bridge No. 9 on the University campus to Minnehaha Regional Park. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is currently soliciting feedback and planning initial upgrades to the park, beginning with updates to two West Bank parks in November.

“This is a huge regional park and it’s really special,” said Ellen Kennedy, project manager for the plan. “[It] flanks the gorge and it basi-

cally serves as … a retreat to nature just in the heart of the city.”

Annie Young Meadow and Bohemian Flats parks will be among the first to receive updates. Other opportunities have been identified for East Bank parks, including a shelter, amphitheater and cleared river views in East River Flats.

The community engagement process seeks input from current residents, students and visitors in the area who use the park, helping the Park Board decide what to preserve or add to the green spaces. This input is collected to assist in mapping out key features throughout the next two decades.

“The student community is really important in this plan,” Kennedy said.

“Because this is the regional park that is closest to your campus that in some way defines the character of your campus.”

Zev Radziwill, a resident of Cedar-Riverside and representative for the Commu-

nity Advisory Committee for the project, said the CAC and Park Board have been heavily engaged with neighboring groups to help draft the master plan.

“Every single person that I’m serving with, they’re very passionate about parks, green spaces, activities and trails. It’s really a … chorus of people,” Radziwill said.

Precursory rehabilitation projects will begin in November while the community engagement process is still underway for the rest of the regional park. Because rehabilitation projects focus on improving existing amenities rather than brainstorming new additions, public input is not necessary to allocate funds.

These initial rehabilitations include upgrades and replacements in Bohemian Flats and Annie Young Meadow in Riverside Park, where the Park Board will install new walkways, updated lighting, picnic spaces and an upgraded shelter, said Tyler Pederson, project

Bohemian Flats Park is seen on Friday, Sept. 8.

manager and landscape architect.

A former Dakota homeland, the Mississippi Gorge is a part of an “ecologically rich” critical corridor comprised of many city parks of

environmental and historical significance, Kennedy said.

“It is an extraordinary place and it’s one where you see a lot of community investment,” Kennedy said. “The protection of these impor-

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tant natural spaces is really our first priority in regional parks and everything else follows that goal of … maintaining these spaces so they do last for generations to come.”

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New program targets younger alumni

University alumni association is now using social media to attract members.

BY MEGAN PALMER mpalmer@mndaily.com

The University of Minnesota Alumni Association is working to increase its recent University graduate recruitment.

Launched earlier this year, the Maroon and Gold Network allows alumni to connect with fellow graduates, current students and University faculty to form connections.

The alumni association opened the network up to current students in hopes it will inspire students to

join the association sooner after graduation.

Alumni can sign up for the network to answer career questions and give advice. Students and recent alumni can use the network to receive feedback and suggestions from alumni.

“We surveyed alumni about what’s important to them and what they wanted from us, and career services topped the list,” said Lisa Lewis, CEO of the association. Since the Maroon and Gold Network launched in the spring, more than 1,300 alumni from over 25 countries have signed up, Lewis said.

Matt Chimento, an alumnus who graduated in 2014, said he joined the network to

give back to the University community.

“I’m pretty passionate about getting students and recent alumni connected to the corporate network,” he said.

According to Lewis, those who have graduated from the University in the past 10 years are considered recent alumni.

The network is part of a push to recruit younger grads to the alumni association to increase membership. The association has been making a deliberate effort to introduce itself to students before they graduate by targeting them on social media, holding Welcome Week events and hosting a send-off for

graduating students.

“Students will be an alum one day. They’re a student for a short period of time, [but] they’re an alum for the rest of their lives,” Lewis said.

In addition to the Maroon and Gold Network, the alumni association held its first annual Senior Send-Off in May for students who graduated in the spring. The event detailed how graduates can ease the transition from students to alumni and emphasized resources that are available to them if they become alumni.

“It exceeded our expectations wildly,” Lewis said of the number of students that attended. Lewis said the association origi-

nally expected about 500 students to attend, but over 900 participated.

Rachel Salem, a marketing senior who will graduate in December, said she does not feel any rush to get involved as an alumna due to a desire to separate herself from the University for a while after graduating.

“I feel like, personally, I don’t feel the need to [join] until I’m older and more financially stable,” Salem said. “I don’t want to ‘keep the yearbook open’ post-grad by coming back too often.”

The cost of being in the association also played a role for Salem. A lifetime membership in the alumni association costs $750

while an annual membership is $25 per year for students who have graduated within the past five years and $50 per year for all other alumni.

“I won’t be able to donate much because I have so much debt coming out of school,” Salem said.

But Lewis and Chimento said they hope to convince students it is never too early to get involved.

“It’s easy to walk away from the University and totally disconnect ... it takes a little more effort to be actively involved,” Chimento said. “I think the Alumni Association is great at trying to keep people connected.”

U extends reach with renewed environmental funds

Jeannine Cavender-Bares discusses the effects of burning different land plots at the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve in East Bethel on Saturday, Sept. 9.

The Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve will soon receive $6 million.

BY NIKKI PEDERSON npederson@mndaily.com

The Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, a 5,000 acre reserve in East Bethel, Minnesota is set to receive renewed funding from the National Science Foundation, which will allow the University to extend its reach past the Twin Cities.

The $6 million grant, which is spread out over six years, allows the University-owned reserve to keep up an almost 35-year run of continuous funding and

long-term research.

The reserve learned of the funding this summer, but will not be officially financed until the NSF is ready to provide the funding, said Eric Seabloom, one of the coleaders of Cedar Creek’s Long-Term Ecological Research.

While there are hundreds of experiments at Cedar Creek, the reserve is mostly focused on how human activities alter the ecosystem.

Much of the research, like tracking effects of increased temperatures or carbon dioxide levels, takes a long time to track, Seabloom said.

The new funding will allow Cedar Creek to continue to study ecological impacts of environmental changes, according

to a brief abstract of the grant.

Researchers and ecologists in the early 1980’s created the Long Term Ecological Research Network after realizing the importance of studying ecological processes over long periods of time, Seabloom said. Cedar Creek is one of about two dozen sites across the U.S., Puerto Rico and Antarctica. Cedar Creek was one of the first to receive continuous funding, he said.

“It gives me a much greater ability to make statements and predictions about what’s going to happen in the world, and feel more confident in our conclusions,” Seabloom said of the long-term research.

Cedar Creek is not

the only off-campus field station that the University runs. The Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories, within the College of Biological Sciences, is also dedicated to researching the e n v i ro n m e n t . U n i q u e to Itasca is the ability for undergraduate students to stay extended periods of time at the station while they w o rk o n c l a s s e s a n d conduct research.

“The one thing about a field station is that it’s focused on a place rather than on a theory or idea or initiative,” said Jonathan Schilling, director of the Itasca station.

Outside of CBS are more field, research and outreach stations. The Cloquet Forestry Center is one of 10 Research and

Outreach Centers within the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences.

Besides research, a large component of these stations is outreach.

Cedar Creek sees almost 5,000 visitors a year, including K-12 education and public officials, and Itasca has seen tens of thousands of visitors over the past decade, according to their website.

The Research and Outreach Centers within CFANS provide venues for extension and outreach to translate research into practical ideas.

“Without taking our research out into the hands of people who can actually use it, our research is not of much value,” said Eli Sagor,

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manager of the Sustainable Forests Education Cooperative at Cloquet.

“It needs to be put into practice.”

Field stations and outreach centers support the mission of the University, Seabloom said.

“There’s a little bit of distrust in science, which boils down to a lack of understanding scientists,” Schilling said. Public outreach is one of the most important community building tools researchers need right now, he said.

It’s also what makes the University unique from others in the state, Sagor said.

“Ours is the only one that has that public service and outreach as a core part of its footing and values,” he said.

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Mensah currently serves as the associate vice president of diversity and inclusion at St. Mary’s College in Maryland. She previously worked in a variety of multicultural, human development and counseling roles in higher education.

Goh has spent much of his career at the University, focusing on counseling, psychology and education development. He’s held the interim position for the past year after former VP Katrice Albert left the University last September.

“I think there are strengths that come with external candidates and internal candidates,” Lanyon said. “An internal candidate

obviously understands the University quite well. An external candidate just brings [a] different perspective,” he said.

Lanyon said the search committee – made up of undergraduate and graduate students, administrators, and faculty members – was looking for a candidate that has “a very broad definition of diversity.” Additionally, candidates must be able to handle the University’s large and complex system, he said.

Mensah laid out her vision for equity and diversity at a forum on Wednesday, emphasizing a personal approach to the job.

“An inclusive and diverse community always looks to transform the people in the community,” she said.

Goh plans to take a more collective approach, looking to “empower anybody who wants to join in this work,” he said at the Thursday forum. “I’m inviting you [all] to the struggle.”

The next VP will have to address a variety of challenges at the University and across the nation.

Several forum attendees questioned how the candidates plan to navigate the University’s bureaucratic system and implement change across all five University campuses.

Others raised concerns about campus climate, including ongoing controversy related to free speech.

“There’s a lot of issues here, as well as there are on other campuses, of hateful speech that is protected free speech,” Ann Freeman,

director of OED’s campus climate initiative, said at the forum Wednesday.

In the last several years, the University has experienced several racist incidents, including neo-Nazi propaganda posted around campus and anti-Semitic graffiti found in residence halls.

“There are a lot of factors – especially in this political climate that we’re facing today – that are making diversity and inclusion more important topics to talk about,” said Tala Alfoqaha, a member of the VP search committee and the director of the Minnesota Student Association’s diversity and inclusion committee.

Alfoqaha hopes the next VP will take steps to ensure “students of color, students

of different backgrounds feel safe and included and welcome at this university,” she said, “Because a lot of them right now don’t feel very safe in this country.”

At the Thursday forum, graduate student Noel Gordon Jr. asked Goh to address “incidents of racial harassment.”

“One of the [University’s] grand challenges … not only that affects the University, but cities and states across the country ... is racism,” Gordon said in an interview. “I’m hoping that the new vice president will be able to act quickly and decisively to address these incidents.”

Lanyon is optimistic about the new VP, whoever that may be.

“We’ve got really strong people,” Lanyon said. “I’m

“There are a lot of factors – especially in this political climate that we’re facing today – that are making diversity and inclusion more important topics to talk about.”

TALA ALFOQAHA member of the VP search committee and director of the Minnesota Student Association’s diversity and inclusion committee

really excited regardless of who gets appointed from this.”

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Gophers adapt after top rusher leaves with injury Williams and Green combined for 117 yards and two touchdowns.

BY MAX BIEGERT mbiegert@mndaily.com

When the Gophers’ (20) redshirt senior running back Rodney Smith left the field in the first quarter without putting any weight on his left leg, Minnesota was forced to find another replacement at the position.

However, with the help of two players, the Gophers’ running game would help Minnesota come back to secure the 21-14 victory over Fresno State (1-1).

True freshman Bryce Williams had an 11-yard run with 4:35 left to play in the fourth quarter, which got Minnesota down to Fresno State’s five-yard line when the Gophers w e r e d o w n o n e . F ro m there, tight end/quarterback Seth Green faked a hand-off and plunged into the end zone to give the Gophers a lead late in the quarter.

Even without its star running back for much of the game, Minnesota was able to run for a total of 132 yards and come through when the team needed it.

“We are going to have to continue to find different ways to get him [Green] involved with the offense,” head coach P.J. Fleck said.

“If [Smith] is going to be out, he has to be a part of it — we have to be able to have a ground game.”

Williams came into the game as the back-up to Smith after Mohamed Ibrahim was ruled inactive. Williams ended the game with 87 yards on 25 carries. Green ended the game with 11 rushes and 30 yards and, more importantly, two touchdowns as well as a two-point conversion pass that helped the Gophers secure a 21-14 lead with 3:23 left to play.

“I never know how much I’m running each game, I just make sure I am prepared to do whatever they ask of me,” Green said.

Minnesota’s defense was able to hang on to the lead, with an interception by Antoine Winfield Jr. sealing the win when the Bulldogs were on the 4-yard line looking to tie.

However, this is not what head coach P.J Fleck and the Gophers had in mind for their running game coming into the season.

“Just like I told them on the field, no matter what, our rows stay in the water and we deal with it,” Fleck said. “We want to make something positive out of this if something like this happened.”

In spring ball, the Gophers hoped that with a young quarterback they could rely heavily on their two senior running backs: Smith and Shannon Brooks. However, that plan quickl y changed w h en Brooks injured his leg prior to spring practices. Minnesota knew they still had Smith to carry the load until he left the game early on Saturday.

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Freshman Rashod Bateman keeps the ball away from Fresno State on Saturday, Sept. 8 at TCF Bank Stadium.

VOLLEYBALL

U loses two matches

FOOTBALL RESULTS

SATURDAY Fresno State Minnesota

1 0 7

2 0 3

3 7 0

4 FINAL 7 14 11 21

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It will be tough for the Gophers to fill the shoes of both of the seniors if the Smith injury turns out to be as serious as it looks.

Smith came into the game needing just 42 yards to eclipse the 3,000 yard mark in his career. Brooks has racked up 1,728 yards with the Gophers over three years.

“It was just next man up when Smith went down,” Green said. “Coach said we all were going to have to be a part of the running game and we were able to fulfill our job.”

With their two seniors down and Ibrahim inactive for the night, the Gophers had no option but Williams.

Against New Mexico State, Ibrahim ran for 101 yards, including a 74-yard run. Williams rushed nine times for 31 yards and a touchdown in his first career game versus New Mexico State.

Jonathan Femi-Cole was his backup on Saturday night and had three carries for 13 yards.

Another key play of the night that helped Minnesota was early in the fourth quarter on a fourth and one play. Green came in the wildcat formation and barreled up the middle for a first down. On that drive, Emmit Carpenter was able to knock down his second 50-plus-yard field goal of the night to answer the Bulldogs’ first touchdown of the night and give the Gophers a 13-7 lead.

Minnesota will have to continue to rely on Green and Williams as the season continues on if the Smith’s injury keeps him out past Saturday’s game.

“Our football team accomplished something very special tonight, it took everybody on this football team to win,” Fleck said. “This is one of those games that I will always remember and do a lot for your season.”

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Sophomore outside hitter Alexis Hart hits the ball at Maturi Pavilion during a set against the University of North Dakota on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017.

A tough weekend for the Gophers led to learning opportunities.

BY DAVID MULLEN dmullen@mndaily.com

The No.1 Minnesota (52) lost two straight highly contest matches this weekend in the Big Ten/Pac-12 challenge against No. 18 Oregon (5-3) and No. 4 Stanford (6-1) in Palo Alto, California.

“This weekend was a big learning opportunity for us,” said sophomore opposite hitter Stephanie Samedy. “Losing just really shows you some of your weaknesses and I think for us it was a good experience.”

The top-ranked Gophers went to California expecting two competitive matches against two ranked opponents. They faced off against No. 4 Stanford Sunday afternoon.

Although the match was mostly competitive, it was not the Gophers weekend. The Cardinal beat the Gophers in 4 sets: 23-25, 25-23, 17-25 and 23-25.

“We were here competing and battling tonight it just did not go our way,” head coach Hugh McCutcheon said.

Minnesota started the match taking a quick 12-7 lead in the first set against

the Cardinal. After a kill by redshirt junior Taylor Morgan, the Gophers took a 14-8 lead but the Cardinal fought back.

Stanford scored fourstraight points and closed the gap to 14-12.

Both teams exchanged points back-and-forth leaving the score 20-16 in favor of the Gophers when the Cardinal went on the attack and won the set 25-23.

The Gophers responded and won in the second set 25-23 and Samedy credited the team focusing on the basics.

“We were just trying to go back to the basics and make sure we were good technically,” Samedy said.

Freshman outside hitter Adanna Rollins led the team with 17 points and 16 kills and said it wasn’t just her who played well.

“I was just doing everything I can to help the team and I thought that everyone contributed very well this weekend,” Rollins said.

The Gophers began their weekend squaring off against the University of Oregon Friday night.

The Ducks outlasted the Gophers in four contested sets winning the first two sets and the last set 25-23 over the Gophers.

Although the Gophers did not come out on top of the match, each set could have gone to either team.

“It was certainly frus-

trating to feel like we couldn’t close anything out the first night,” McCutcheon said. “Just a few plays here and there were the differences in the match, but it was obviously very competitive.”

In the third set the Gophers were trailing 14-10 when McCutcheon decided to call a timeout. The Gophers responded out of the break by tying the set at 14-14.

The Gophers and Ducks split points back and forth which left the set at 21-21.

After, a pair of plays by Rollins put the Gophers ahead 23-21. The set went on until the Gophers finally took the set 27-25.

Samedy led the team with 19.5 points along with 17 kills. Junior Alexis Hart also had 14.5 points with 12 kills, three digs and five blocks.

“It’s not fun losing but the only good thing that comes from it is chances to learn and I think this group will do that,” McCutcheon said.

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FRIDAY Minnesota Oregon

SUNDAY Minnesota Stanford

1 2 3 4 FINAL 23 23 23 23 1 25 25 25 25 3 1 2 3 4 FINAL 23 25 17 23 1 25 23 25 25 3

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SOCCER

Minnesota shuts out North Dakota State to end losing streak The Gophers scored four goals for the first time this season.

BY ERIK NELSON enelson2@mndaily.com

It was a picturesque evening for soccer as Minnesota’s offense came to life.

Minnesota (4-3-0) shut out North Dakota State (13-0) 4-0 on Friday night at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium, ending the Gophers’ three-match losing streak.

Three players scored for t h e Go p h e r s : f o r w ards April Bockin, Makenzie Langdok and defender Nikki Albrecht. Minnesota had not scored more than two goals in a regularseason match since beating Illinois 4-0 on Oct. 15, 2017.

Head coach Stefanie Golan said Minnesota wanted to build off its 2-1 overtime loss to No. 1 Stanford on Sept. 2.

“Let’s have a good per-

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“What a football team,” head coach P.J. Fleck said.

“We knew this would be an incredible task, an incredible challenge for our players, our team, and our coaching staff, and it was.”

The Gophers got off to a rocky start Saturday night when starting running back Rodney Smith caught a pass for a first down, got tackled and dropped on the turf in pain.

formance and find a way to win a game that we felt like we should win,” Golan said. “To score multiple goals and keep a shutout was huge.”

Langdok scored the match-opening goal in the 18th minute after receiving a pass from Celina Nummerdor. Langdok took a shot from just outside the box, and the ball went past Bison goalkeeper Monica Polgar, who dove to her left trying to stop the ball.

It was Langdok’s first goal of the season.

Minnesota quadrupled its lead in the second half.

In the 54th minute, Bockin received a pass from midfielder Molly Fiedler and ran past a pair of North Dakota defenders before shooting the ball into the lower righthand corner of the net. She scored again 24 seconds later. Midfielder Emily Heslin recorded an assist on Bockin’s second goal of the season and the match.

Albrecht scored her first

goal of the season in the 56th minute. She headed the ball into the net after receiving a corner kick from Bockin.

“It was a long time coming,” Albrecht said. “It was awesome to finally get a head on one and attack the ball.”

Goalkeeper Maddie Nielsen made one save and won her first game of the season. Freshman Ana Aguado replaced her in the 59th minute. Aguado made two saves in her first regular-season appearance for Minnesota.

Golan said she wanted to give Aguado some experience while Minnesota held a multiple-goal lead.

“As a freshman, being on the field for that length of time gets the nerve out of your system,” Golan said. “She made a couple of saves in there [and] didn’t have any shaky moments.

It gives an opportunity to boost her confidence and puts them [Nielsen and Aguado] in a position to

April Bockin dribbles down the field during the game against DePaul on Thursday, Aug. 30 at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium. continue to compete.” said. “That was fun.”

Bockin said Minnesota Minnesota’s next match WOMEN’S SOCCER RESULTS didn’t want to lose another will be against Illinois (5nonconference game.

2-0) on Friday. It will be FRIDAY 1 2 FINAL “We showed that we Minnesota’s Big Ten con- North Dakota 0 0 0 were the better team and ference opener as well as Minnesota 1 3 4 scored a lot of goals,” Bockin Senior Night.

After two assistants helped Smith off the field, the starting running back, who the Gophers have long-relied on to get their running game going, never returned and the Gophers were left with freshmen playmakers to pick up the pace.

“Definitely it was just next man up making sure we’re all in it,” Green said.

“Like coach said, it’s going to take everybody so with that we’re always expecting to be able to fulfill our job and that’s where that

preparation comes in.”

Minnesota finished with 132 rushing yards, 87 of those from freshman running back Bryce Williams. Quarterback Zack Annexstad ended the night passing 16-26 with 175 passing yards. His favorite target was freshman receiver Rashod Bateman who caught five passes for 78 yards.

Green scored both touchdowns for the Gophers, running out of the wildcat formation again.

The first touchdown was a

one-yard rush with 2:46 left in the first quarter.

“We’re going to have to continue to find ways for [Green] to be able to be more involved in the offense, which we will,” Fleck said. “ The Gophers defense shut down the run game, they allowed 87 rushing yards and no touchdowns on the ground to the Bulldogs.

Last week, Fresno State had seven rushing touchdowns in their monster offensive performance of 79 points.

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Linebacker Blake Cashman and freshman defensive back Terell Smith were imperative to the Gophers’ defensive side. Cashman had six tackles in the first quarter, finishing with a team-leading 10 tackles.

Smith had his first collegiate interception and was just behind Cashman with eight tackles on the night.

“In order for one guy to make plays you got to have 10 guys on the defense doing their job as well,” Cashman said. “So hats off to them and you know,

doing my job, it was a lot of fun.”

The Bulldogs made it a close game with a 1-yard touchdown reception from tight end Jared Rice making it 10-7 at the end of the third quarter. But Gophers kicker Emmit Carpenter responded with a 50-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter. Carpenter hit a 53-yard field goal in the second quarter.

The Gophers will play Miami of Ohio (0-2) next Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at TCF Bank Stadium.

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MUSIC

Life’s always a risk at FIDLAR shows Living up to their name, the West Coast skater punks shredded the shoes off punkers and hipsters alike Friday

BY SAMIR FERDOWSI sferdowsi@mndaily.com

After asking the crowd, “Do you want to get some alcohol?” on Friday night, FIDLAR got a response charged with mosh pits and crowd surfers.

Ringing in the first stop on the band’s “A North American Tour in 2018” at First Avenue with warmup acts NOBRO and Dilly Dally, FIDLAR gave the hyped-on-anticipation crowd the energy they so badly needed.

While NOBRO came out strong, performing their newest project, “STOKE LEVEL: HIGH!,” Dilly Dally put the crowd into a screamo-esque trance.

Apart from the few longhaired lone rangers brewing up a five-person mosh, the crowd was turned off.

Luckily, after shouts of “FIDLAR” and a couple “fuck it dogs,” the main event began. The boys from Los Angeles shattered the sluggish air with one rift.

Opening with their new single, “Alcohol,” there was no turning back. The floor instantly split in two, with a mosh pit on one side and head-bangers on the other — a divide surveyed by a wide-eyed First Avenue staff member armed with earplugs.

As lead vocalist Zac Carper melodically screamed his way into the next tune, crowd-members had seconds to catch their breath. Someone dropped their phone while another

two audience members frantically pushed their way out of the mosh pit toward fresh, non-sweatfilled air.

Then, it was every attendee for themselves once again as the first lines of “West Coast” blared through the ever-powerful First Avenue speakers.

In true FIDLAR fashion, the only stage props were four televisions looking straight out of 1980 that played a loop of psychedelic, static-infused graphics of the band’s logo. A gargantuan bedsheet with the same logo hand-painted in blood-red towered as the backdrop.

No one was there for theatrics.

“We just finished some music, as some of you know,” Carper said. “When it’s coming out, who knows.

But hey, it’s gotta count for something.”

The set-list featured about 75 percent classics and 25 percent new material. Slapping drum rhythms and guitar-heavy interludes are standard for the new stuff, but one song in particular caught the audience’s ears. Starting with a bass line sounding more like something off a Biggie record than anything punk, the crowd waited for the guitar and vocal drop.

It came, with a wave of wailing bodies and elbow shields.

As per usual, FIDLAR stayed true to their name.

The crowd was ballistic, the music ripped and the

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ABOVE: FIDLAR called for the crowd to make an all-girl mosh pit during the show on Friday, Sept.

7 at the First Avenue Mainroom.

LEFT: A member of the crowd high-fives a person escorted out of the photo pit for crowd surfing on Friday.

dudes on stage made sure everyone had a good time.

The venue? Not so much.

Everything felt a bit too perfect and in sync. The absent appeals of general admission punk shows are the times you get knocked on the floor or thrown into a mosh pit against your will and have to fend for yourself.

This time, crowdsurfing got you a one-way pass into security’s arms and a walk of shame through the photo pit. While it makes sense for safety reasons, this seemed a bit over the top. FIDLAR was the first to say so, too.

Building the ever classic “wall of death” to their classic song “Wake Bake Skate,” First Avenue schismed down the

center and then cosmically smashed together with one giant beat drop. Looking like something out of a scene from the “Game of Thrones” episode, “Battle of the Bastards,” with purple strobe lights instead of mud, grown men and women reached for salvation as punk-induced war raged above.

But every time someone fell, 10 hands reached down to help. Safe, empty pockets formed, and the fallen were back up to continue raging.

The boys on stage continued to radiate good vibes, calling for a “ladies only” mosh pit for their song “5 to 9.” If someone was getting handsy, they said, anyone had the absolute right to pop them a few times in the face.

As the lights came on to illuminate the Grain Beltcovered floor, attendees sleuthed around, helping each other find kicks previously worn by those now sporting only socks — an aftereffect of punk-show mosh pits.

That’s what makes FIDLAR and its fans stellar.

They may be awkward and they may have their 40 oz. on repeat, but those hooligans with their jean jackets, chokers and dyed hair were there to let out their energy in ways only waves of skater rock can whip up.

“The crowd in Minneapolis is better than those Chicago fools,” Carper said.

Hey, that has to count for something.

Grade: A-

MUSIC

SALES did not sell themselves on stage The band’s live show did not live up to their

BY LIV MARTIN lmartin@mndaily.com

SALES’ sold-out Wednesday night show was highly anticipated among lovers of indie pop. Fans who’d missed the window to buy tickets flocked to the event’s Facebook page, hopelessly begging for a way in.

The band played First Avenue’s 7th Street Entry as part of the tour for their newest album, “Forever & Ever.” Unfortunately, the event wasn’t as convincing as it could’ve been.

Seventeen-year-old sultry-pop singer Hana Vu took on the role of opener.

She appeared on stage with a sheepish smile, wearing a vintage Timberwolves cut-off shirt and no makeup. Three charming high school-aged boys were in tow as her backup band.

Vu’s age had no effect on her mature voice, which she artfully allowed to cascade over the jingling guitar and drums. She seemed comfort-

able on stage even though it was only her third stop on tour with SALES, asking the crowd before singing her song “426,” “Do you guys like to slow dance?”

The youthful band had a type of synergy that made it feel like you were witnessing a good house show. The drummer played a bit too loudly, but that could be forgiven due to his youth.

The vitality and immersive nature of Vu’s performance was unfortunately not recaptured during SALES’ set. The Orlandobased duo, longtime friends Lauren Morgan and Jordan Shih, were joined by drummer Malcolm Martin on tour. Morgan, the band’s front-woman, is known for the signature dreamy vocals that have made SALES a staple on Spotify’s “Bedroom Pop” playlist.

Live, Morgan’s voice did not match its studio sound.

Throughout the show her voice was so faint — almost as if she was gasping for air — that it was barely audible over the drum and guitar.

The lovely melodies featured in SALES’ recorded songs were also severed by

Morgan’s punk-flavored speak-singing. This really took away from tracks like “Chinese New Year” — a song everyone in the audience knew the words for but couldn’t have the satisfaction of singing along to.

Shih’s stage presence also seemed completely removed. He dutifully played his guitar riffs but rarely looked up or reacted to the crowd. Martin, the drummer, was the most entertaining to look at and actually seemed involved in the music-making experience.

The best moments happened when Morgan dropped her awkward stage presence and interacted more with the crowd. It was fun to see her let her guard down more for the song “White Jeans,” where she danced amid screams of encouragement from the crowd.

Another pocket of joy came when Morgan instructed everyone to turn on their phone flashlight, creating a 2018-version of “Now put your lighters in the air!”

“You thought you were going to a quiet SALES show to sit back and cry,”

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“Live, Morgan’s voice did not match its studio sound.

Throughout the show her voice was so faint — almost as if she was gasping for air — that it was barely audible over the drum and guitar.”

SALES performs at 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Sept. 5.

she said.

But moments like these were too fleeting. No one wants to watch a band that acts like playing their own songs is a chore.

“This is our part of the set to have some fun,” Morgan said to the crowd before SALES played their final song of the night.

Why wasn’t it the goal to have fun the entire set?

For a group that has played the Entry “like three other times,” their

performance on Wednesday was underwhelming.

SALES might be too comfortable making music from their bedrooms in Florida; live, they came off as inexperienced in front of a crowd.

The two super-fan girls in the front row might tell you something different, but for the rest of the audience there was often a big space between the musicians and the crowd — something that shouldn’t have

been difficult to navigate in the jam-packed, small room that is the 7th Street Entry.

The epitome of this lack of connection happened during the finale. The final chord ended ambiguously; there was a moment when no one realized the show had just ended. SALES should take a cue from their junior counterpart, Hana Vu, and not shy away from connecting with their audience.

Grade: C+

Monday, September 10, 2018

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DANCE

UMN alumna Anna Marie Shogren dances with discipline Why yes, students and alumni do have advice about the dance program (and the dance world as a whole).

BY KSENIA GORINSHTEYN

kgorinshteyn@mndaily.com

University of Minnesota alumna Anna Marie Shogren is always glad to get her heart rate up.

She did just that on Friday, positioning herself back at her alma mater for the night to perform at WAM-O-Rama.

Having completed her BFA in dance in 2005, Shogren continues to create art that crosses disciplines and explores the importance of movement.

Although she started her time at the University “undecided,” dance — or rather movement — has been a central theme all her life.

“I think I just was moving as soon as I was a little person,” Shogren said.

“Right out of the gates I was excited about moving a lot, and I think it always made sense to me to be part of the action as opposed to choosing something outside of myself.”

Shogren describes being romanced by the University’s dance community. It pulled her in, even though she came to school with the intention of discovering more than what was known to her at the time.

Upon graduation, Shogren entered caregiving, finding it a natural fit for her.

“Working with people and engaging on a personal level, engaging intimately and physically, being conscientious about how to approach a lot of those things that get termed as soft skills … I felt I had really built [those skills through] my dance experience,” Shogren said.

This idea of cross-disciplinary work within dance is something other dance majors at the University are fascinated with, as well.

“Dance is also influenced by numerous other areas of study, with pieces inspired by historical events or natural phenomena,” said Annie Hoffman, a sophomore studying dance and English. “Dance — or more generally movement — has also quite explicitly crossed disciplinary

lines here at the University through Carl Flink’s ‘Bodystorming’ work.”

Tori Breen, a sophomore studying dance who hopes to minor in sustainability studies, views dance through the same lens. “[Dance] is intertwined with all of the politics, information and sensation that bodies carry,” Breen said. “We never leave our bodies, so our dance training never leaves us.”

As an art form, dance stands beautifully on its own among creatives. However, when combined with other passions, it brings forth a perspective and emotion that others don’t realize exists.

“I think dance is special.

I think it can be an underdog even as one of the arts,” Shogren said. ”I think part of [my] work is just kind

of hoping to communicate how it can cross over.”

A piece Shogren feels represents this is “Falls,” which she performed at WAM-O-Rama on Friday.

“Falls” combines caregiving and the health system with dance, showing creatives can belong in fields that aren’t commonly thought of as places for artists.

Current dance students at the University are exploring a similar concept as they make connections in their own studies.

“Dance cannot just be about moving your limbs,” Hoffman said. “It has to be grounded in the context of where and how and why and by whom a piece is made.”

Shogren has applied such ideas toward her MFA in socially engaged

art, performance and therapy. She is also a resident at Target Studio for Creative Collaboration this year. She remains fond of the dance program at the University, but encourages students to seek experiences outside academia. She wants them to see what else is out there. “[I would encourage] any dance student to go out and dig around beyond the people that are teaching,” Shogren said. “They’re teaching something that is incredibly valuable, but that’s just their perspective and their knowledge; there’s so much more happening. I think, to just go out and learn some things that aren’t associated with the University while you’re still in school ... that’s what I wish someone would have told me.”

UMN increases parking rates around campus

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Forest Lake natives Heather Quarnstrom and Claire Radatz were unaware of the price increase for parking in Dinkytown and Stadium Village.

Lots, meters and contract spots will see a cost increase in coming months.

BY MEGAN PALMER mpalmer@mndaily.com

Over the next couple months, the University of Minnesota is raising parking fees for certain lots, meters and parking spaces on campus.

The University is raising rates to help offset the increasing costs of constructing new parking facilities, maintaining lots and subsidizing buses and bike lanes on campus, according to Jacqueline Bass, communications director for Parking and Transportation Services.

University Parking and Transportation Services started raising prices for select parking at the beginning of the academic year.

Public and carpool lots saw a $1 increase in daily parking rates and metered parking was raised by 25 cents per hour at the beginning of September.

Contract parking fees will increase by an average of 2 percent after Oct. 1, with the increase depending on the type of parking facility, Bass said.

The last time the University increased parking rates was in 2014, when rates for contract parking spots were raised.

Public lot rates were last increased in 2011 and metered parking was increased in 2013, according to a news article published

by Parking and Transportation Services. The City of Minneapolis raised park-

“A potential impact [of] the rate change is that some people may choose an alternative mode of travel to the University.”

JACQUELINE BASS Parking and Transportation Services communications director

ing meter rates in Dinkytown and Stadium Village in June.

While the hike in parking rate prices is not a direct sustainability strategy, it may encourage more sustainable transportation practices, she said.

“A potential impact [of] the rate change is that some people may choose an alternative mode of travel to the University,” Bass said. “This helps to achieve a lower carbon footprint and works towards University sustainability objectives.”

Less than a month into the price hikes, some students have found alternative ways to get to campus.

Due to the high costs and parking locations at the University, Amanda Bilbrey, a sophomore in the College of Design, said she found a more affordable spot through University-affiliated Facebook groups.

“The resident [I bought the spot from] is located close to my apartment, so it’s a better location and it was all-around cheaper,” Bilbrey said. The spot is $40 less per month than a U n i v e r s i t y p a rk i n g contract.

Miki Schumacher, a sophomore at the University, said this year’s rate increases are making it difficult for commuters and more public transportation would help offset the costs.

“If more transportation options were expanded around the metro, less students would need to park on campus,” Schumacher said. “I like taking public transportation, but not everybody has that option.

It’s not as accessible.”

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“It’s going to be really hard for me for a couple of weeks. … For me to start speaking English quicker and also try to interpret all in my head faster,” said Nisanart Sirikulpisut, a new exchange student from Thailand who attended the event.

Sirikulpisut said breaking the barrier and speaking to native English speakers is what worries her most.

She hopes to be able to make friends in her classes.

Several international students said that joining student groups helped ease their transition to the University.

Kenho Yakushiji, a Japanese transfer student studying journalism and mass communication, said he had a hard time making friends after arriving at the University in January.

“I definitely felt more welcomed,” Yakushiji said of joining the Minnesota International Student Association, another campus

group recruiting and supporting international students.

“I’m really close to everyone right now. ... We are already like a family.”

The University is also helping students adjust to school.

Student English Language Support saw a 12 percent increase in international students seeking help with communication and language skills during the 2017-2018 academic year, according to David Atterberry, an academic coordinator for SELS. Following success with other courses for non-native English speakers, the Minnesota English Language Program is launching a new half-semester course this fall to help international students studying chemistry.

“The course helps international students learn to write effective lab reports and to interact in group discussions so that they feel more confident to contribute when they are doing labs in class,” said Bethany Peters, an English as a Second Language faculty and staff liaison.

MELP is currently helping students transition by providing an environment to learn and practice important communication and writing skills, Peters said.

After his success transitioning to the University, Hao Cheng, an outreach coordinator for MELP and Chinese international student, is helping new students find resources available to them.

“MELP helps you communicate with people, learn how to network with people and be more sociable,” Cheng said via translation.

“I definitely felt more welcomed.

I’m really close to everyone right now. ... We are already like a family.”

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The University of Minnesota shrugs off responsibility in the Richard Liu case

Question even the socially conscious ad campaigns

Richard Liu, founder of JD.com and student at the U of M, is being investigated for rape.

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iu Qiangdong, also known as Richard Liu, is a Chinese billionaire and founder of JD.com. He is also a student in the Carlson School of Management’s ELLEN SCHNEIDER Doctor of Busicolumnist ness Administration Chinese-partnership program at the University of Minnesota.

Liu was in Minneapolis briefly as part of the program, and was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting another Chinese student at the University.

While Liu is still being investigated by the Minneapolis Police Department and has not been charged, he was released from jail just one day after being arrested, without posting bail. Liu returned to China days after being released from custody.

The allegations have made international headlines, as Liu’s attorneys work to dispel what they call “rumors.” Liu has previously tried to distance himself from other criminal sexual assault allegations, including an assault that took place in his Australian penthouse in 2015.

The University’s failure to so much as acknowledge the alleged assault is yet another instance of our University only taking sexual assault seriously when its name is on the line. Because it is Liu, a tech tycoon with a sordid history that is in the international limelight, our admin-

istration is forgoing its accountability in the matter.

Despite the media frenzy and ongoing investigation, our University has yet to make a statement aside from confirming Liu’s student status. This feeble attempt at brushing an alleged sexual assault with direct ties to the University under the rug is preposterous.

The University is shrugging off its responsibility in this case by failing to notify students, failing to take a stand against assaults, failing to confirm whether or not Liu is guilty and refusing to communicate an effort to investigate the incident. Transparency in these matters is an absolute necessity.

Furthermore, with tight-lipped administration and no word on whether Liu will continue to study at the University, I can only assume that a lack of action will follow the University’s lack of acknowledgment.

While Liu is still under investigation, the University’s involvement in the matter warrants action. It is the University’s responsibility to ensure Liu is reprimanded – if the situation requires it – and ensure other students are not also put in peril.

This University has failed time and again at properly investigating and handling sexual misconduct cases. It seems only when the Gophers’ brand is in jeopardy does the administration even acknowledge the assaults that are its duty to explore.

One such failure in a string of embarrassments involves the University’s lack of action in the case against Gianluigi Veglia, a biochemistry professor, who had accusations and complaints against him stack up for years, with the University only making a move once the case hit the media. Or, Reggie Lynch’s ability to continue practicing and participating with Gophers basketball despite multiple investigations into his

This University has failed time and again at properly investigating and handling sexual misconduct cases. It seems only when the Gophers’ brand is in jeopardy does the administration even acknowledge the assaults that are its duty to explore.

conduct, only being expelled after several allegations and review.

This is pathetic. The University has a responsibility to its students to curb sexual misconduct at all times – not only when its reputation is at stake. The University’s scattered and inconsistent discipline in sexual misconduct cases proves a general disregard for student safety.

This University’s tendency toward apathy cannot stand in this case. Liu needs to be held accountable, no matter how wealthy and powerful he may be. The lack of recognition is a general disregard of the administration’s responsibility in these cases. We cannot stand for it, and if the administration needs to be persecuted in order for them to take action, then let us be the ones to do so.

Ellen Schneider welcomes comments at eschneider@mndaily.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR In Honor of Mac Miller May peace fall upon the city of Pittsburgh today as Mac Miller, a Pennsylvania native and performer, has died at 26 years old following a suspected drug overdose.

The rapper, who is best known for his albums “Blue Slide Park,” “Watching Movies with the Sound Off,” “GO:OD AM” and “The Divine Feminine” will be remembered fondly, as one of the most powerful, playful and praiseworthy artists of our generation.

He will be greatly missed.

Miller’s talent blossomed over the years as he evolved into a kind, respected and eloquent young man. His most recent album, “Swimming,” was one of his very best. The world is lucky to have it.

At the same time, however, the world only saw a glimpse of Miller’s talent. It is impossible to fathom what he would have accomplished if he would have lived on.

Tragedy doesn’t even begin to describe the fact that addiction claimed Miller’s life.

Perhaps what is even more tragic, however, is the fact that in many respects, he was crying out for help.

Despite sounding somewhat optimistic in his 2018 song, “Self Care,” the music video presents a very different picture. In it, the rapper appears lying flat on his back in a box illuminated only by a flashlight. As the camera pans in and Miller shines the flashlight on the nails above him, viewers learn that this box is a coffin.

Rather than panicking like one might expect, Miller kicks off his shoes and pulls out what appears to be the only possessions in his pocket: a pack of cigarettes and a

pocket knife.

He lights a cigarette with a match and nurses it as if it will be his last, while rapping about a peaceful paradigm of sorts, which he refers to as “oblivion.”

“I switched the time zone, but what do I know? Spending nights hitchhikin’, where will I go?” Miller raps as he begins to carve away at the wood above him, cigarette still in mouth.

It seems by these lyrics and by Miller’s glossed over eyes and overtly calm demeanor that the oblivion he speaks of is drugs.

“I could fly home with my eyes closed.

But it gets kinda hard to see, that’s no surprise though,” he continues.

Hearing these lyrics and seeing these images today is chilling to say the least. But so is that of addiction.

Addiction has long plagued the world of music, killing some of the most passionate artists to date. Sadly, we as a nation and as a world are not doing enough to help those suffering. This is due to a number of factors.

One might think that an artist would be immune to the everyday struggles that cause us pain and tempt us to fill our bodies with poison.

The truth, however, is that no one is immune. In many respects, we are all idealists, living in an unideal world. The question, then, is how to make the world more ideal?

And though this task might seem daunting, it is doable in time.

For starters, we need to continue to fight the war against the stigma surrounding addiction and mental health. Perhaps in the world of music.

After all, it couldn’t possibly be easy for Miller to admit to his family, his friends and his fans that he was struggling with substances that are frowned upon so heavily in society.

No one wants to burden their family and friends, and no one wants to let their fans down or set a bad example. How does one navigate this then?

It seems Miller — like many artists — turned to his music. And strangely enough, it seems he made peace with his circumstances.

As the video for “Self Care” goes on, Miller maintains a cool, calm and collected persona despite the fact that he is trapped in the cage that is this coffin. And he continues to chip away at the wood above him with his notorious cigarette in mouth. Perhaps this represents the notion that we as people must take things step by step and day by day. After all, it takes time to change anything — including the world’s approach to addiction.

Ultimately, Miller is able to carve a big enough hole to punch out and wiggle his way through. The camera pans out to a giant pile of dirt and viewers watch as Miller emerges from the ground and into what appears to be a new world. Perhaps this breakthrough is representative of a number of breakthroughs, including breakthroughs in the ways by which we deal with addiction.

Rest in Peace Mac Miller. Your legacy will live on forever.

Emily Ness is a senior studying communication and digital media.

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Without an effective balance for work and life stressors, something will inevitably break Overcommiting can lead to consequences and a curtailed student experience.

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am the kind of person who wants to do every single thing while simultaneously being everything to everyone.

This mindset has lead to a great deal of success for PALMER HAASCH me in some ways. For columnist example, consistently taking over 18 credits has allowed me to potentially graduate with two majors and two minors within four years. Unfortunately, it also led to me spending my nights holed up until midnight in Wilson Library while my friends spent time with each other.

I’m not so self-aggrandizing to pretend these are unique experiences. Many other college students I know are meticulously self-sacrificing, finding opportunity after opportunity to throw their health and social life under the bus in the name of resume building or gaining career experience.

This past week, I had what I thought was the first big consequence of piling obligation after obligation onto my plate for years. For a bit of personal context; I spent this past spring studying abroad, this past summer interning full-time and the past week at a professional conference in a

different time zone. I’ve spent less than 20 days in Minneapolis, and it’s taken a toll on my academics going into my senior year as well as on relationships with my friends.

Ever since I was admitted to the University of Minnesota, I’ve wanted to write a year-long thesis for summa cum laude Latin honors. It was all but a given until this past spring when I was abroad for the entire period of time in which students typically reach out to advisers. After being told in May that I could likely still salvage a thesis despite failing to reach out in the proper time frame, I waffled and waited. Moving away to work a full-time job distracted and occupied me. Burnt out on academics and too anxious to reach out to an adviser, I waited — and waited — and placated myself by saying that I would focus on freelance work and developing my writing portfolio in the fall.

In the end, my indecision and the fact that I was torn between commitments nearly cost me my thesis and put significant strain on my mental health. I thought I wouldn’t be able to find an adviser despite my best efforts to blaze my way through my undergrad with few external complications. Finally, something had fallen through as a result of both my overcommitment and inability to balance my life as a student with my future career.

While it’s important to pursue career goals as a student, it’s impossible to do it all.

Eventually, I encountered a consequence that truly shook me. No one — including myself — had ever told me no, and as a result, both my social and academic life has suffered.

As students, our purpose is to earn a degree that will prepare us for a future career. However, we also are meant to gain life experience and make valuable connections outside uncomfortable networking events.

As students, our purpose is to earn a degree that will prepare us for a future career.

However, we also are meant to gain life experience and make valuable connections outside uncomfortable networking events. Piling everything on at once not only results in unanticipated consequences, but also prevents us from living as young people.

Luckily, I found an adviser for my thesis and am moving back to Minneapolis for the next eight months at least. While I’m ready to graduate and move on to my career, I’m looking forward to cutting back and reveling in my studenthood for one last year.

Palmer Haasch welcomes comments at phaasch@mndaily.com.

Do not forget why former NFL player Colin Kaepernick took a knee in the first place.

Colin Kaepernick, former NFL Quarterback turned political activist, recently signed a deal with Nike to be spokesman of their new advertising campaign that features him, along with several other athletes, showcasing how they have overcome their challenges. Some perceive the ad campaign as supporting Kaepernick’s choice to kneel during the National Anthem in protest to police brutality, and some Nike customers are outraged, thinking the act is disrespectful to the armed forces and the ad campaign signifies the companies endorsement of such act.

From ripping Nike logos off of shorts, to cutting the swoosh off of socks and destroying pairs of shoes, people are not holding back when it comes to their reactions about the Kaepernick commercial. People are going to extreme measures to boycott the brand they know and love, although it does not seem to be putting a dent in their sales.

After the advertisement was released Nike’s sales rose 31 percent the week of Labor Day, according to Edison Trends. Customers seemingly lean more towards brands that are socially conscious in their advertisement and, because of the ad’s political tone this trend persists. It is clear that the negative publicity is working in Nike’s favor, which is not what protesting consumers want to hear.

Using social activism as a strategy to gain more support and consumers seems like a smart idea but could also quickly become a disaster. With the insurgence of social media in our everyday lives, we are constantly exposed to social issues and people’s immediate responses. Social issues are becoming ways for companies to enhance their marketing and reach consumers, especially those in a younger, more involved demographic. Although these social issues become hot button issues that demand our attention, we cannot

People are going to extreme measures to boycott the brand they know and love, although it does not seem to be putting a dent in their sales. turn a blind eye and forget what is at stake.

Nike should not ignore their past human rights violations in their oversees sweatshops, while simultaneously understanding and conveying what the national anthem protests are really about.

As young adults who value brands and what they stand for, it is important that we hold companies accountable. Corporations that have had their ethics challenged and critiqued should put in the extra effort to be more ethically conscious. The brands that we consume are more than just their advertising campaigns and college students are the perfect torchbearers for championing change for human rights and equality. As young adults and consumers we are responsible for setting standards of what are acceptable corporate practices. If we want businesses to abide by socially conscious standards, we must be vocal in speaking out against what we deem unfair and unethical, and remember the real issues being presented in socially conscious marketing.

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HOROSCOPES Today’s Birthday (9/10): Communication profits this year.

Share your affection and kindness steadily. Study to unveil a mystery. Summer glory for your crew comes before physical obstacles alert you to stop and smell the roses. Follow your heart this winter. Express your creativity and passion.

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

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Aries (3/21 - 4/19): Today is an 8 — Work with your partner to manage responsibilities and duties today and tomorrow. Help your team score, with Mars in Aquarius for six weeks.

Libra (9/23 - 10/22): Today is a 9 — You’re growing stronger. Go for passion, with Mars in Aquarius for six weeks. Pursue creative ideas.

Listen to your heart.

Taurus (4/20 - 5/20): Today is a 9 — Practice your moves. Nurture health and fitness for a few days. Advance professionally over six weeks, with Mars in Aquarius.

Scorpio (10/23 - 11/21): Today is an 8 — Relax and plan. You’re ready to improve your living conditions. Put physical energy into home renovation, organization and beautification.

Gemini (5/21 - 6/21): Today is an 8 — Have fun with someone you love through tomorrow.

With Mars in Aquarius, wear comfortable shoes.

Pursue travels, studies and adventures.

Sagittarius (11/22 - 12/21): Today is a 9 — Enjoy social connections, gatherings and meetings. Write, record and promote over about six weeks, with Mars in Aquarius.

Cancer (6/22 - 7/22): Today is a 7 — Domestic arts provide nurturing comfort. Coordinate with family for best value and mutual benefit.

You get more for less together.

Capricorn (12/22 - 1/19): Today is an 8 — Business may be picking up. With Mars in Aquarius for six weeks, take profitable financial actions. Energize your work.

Leo (7/23 - 8/22): Today is a 7 — Communicate, network and connect. Collaborate to get farther over six weeks, with Mars in Aquarius.

Compromise to achieve common goals.

Aquarius (1/20 - 2/18): Today is a 9 — You’re learning fast. Study, research and explore. Focus action for personal development over six weeks, with Mars in your sign.

Virgo (8/23 - 9/22): Today is a 9 — The next two days could get lucrative. Focus energy to balance work, fitness and health over the next six weeks, with Mars in Aquarius.

Pisces (2/19 - 3/20): Today is a 9 — Budget to fulfill a vision. Make long-term plans and priorities over six weeks, with Mars in Aquarius.

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DR. DATE Dear Dr. Date,

I recently joined Tinder and matched with what I thought was the love of my life. He had everything: the looks, the witty bio and the perfect picture of him with an adorable puppy. I was swept off my feet when he arrived to our first date with a bouquet of flowers picked off the side of the road. And when he told me he loved my P.J. Fleck shirt, I was smitten.

The problem arose when we decided to go back to his place. It was disgusting! I’m not exactly a neat freak, but this was hoarders level. Rivers of ants climbed over moldy bread on the dingy counter, his living room contained a couch even a frat house basement wouldn’t take, and when he tried to open the door to his room, piles of dirty clothes blocked the way to his BARE, stained mattress on the floor.

Needless to say, I left faster than you could say “Maybe we should just be friends…”.

His personality is spotless, but his apartment reeks of desperation (for cleaning supplies). What should I do?

—Not a Hoarder Not a Hoarder,

Seems like you’re in quite the messy situation. Are you sure you didn’t match with Oscar from Sesame Street?

All jokes aside, you have three options. One, you don’t say anything, keep dating him, give him trash bags and antibacterial spray for Christmas, and hope you never move in together.

Two, you tell him you like him, but if he doesn’t address the mess, you’ll have to dump him and his trash.

Or three, fully embrace it and become Queen of the Ants. Happy cleaning!

—Dr. Date Dr. Date,

I’ve been seeing this one guy for a few weeks now and things have been weird. The things I like about him so far are as follows: He’s cute, he skates (love) and he is really funny. Things I dislike about him are as follows: He lives half an hour away and doesn’t have a car, so I end up driving a ton whenever we hang out, and he might be really dumb.

I repeat, Doc, he might be really, really dumb. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but there have been some small instances that make me sus-

pect he’s an idiot. I was wearing my NPR snapback one time when we hung out, and he had no idea what NPR was. Like, what? Also, I was telling him about how “Twin Peaks” is a cult hit series and he thought “cult hit” meant the show was about cults.

Lastly, he made fun of my favorite fluffy shoes.

Should I pull the plug on things with this dude? I don’t want to be wasting my time with someone who isn’t on the same mental level as me, you know?

Part of me definitely thinks I may be being too harsh, but I just don’t know.

—2 Dumb 2 Dumb,

This all sounds an awful lot like something that would happen on a throwaway episode of “Twin Peaks,” except, like, if it was in 2016 but this dude just didn’t have the internet.

I don’t know what kind of goofball doesn’t know about NPR, but I’d say more likely than not, he might be pretty dumb.

The only saving grace I see here is that he What Are Those’d your shoes.

I mean, honestly, one of his best traits in your book is the fact that he’s a skater? Homie, any man that is more attractive to you because he uses wheels to move slightly faster than walking pace isn’t worth the $80 bucket hat on his head. Bang.

It just sounds to me like a future with him would involve you driving a ton and needing to explain normal facets of culture. How’s he gonna fare when you not only tell him about Frank Ocean, but also how the world needs him now more than ever?

That’s a can of worms that doesn’t need to be opened. There are secret dummies and explicit ones; neither kind is worth it.

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

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

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Eidrageous celebration may be the last

The celebration coincides with the annual Eid holiday.

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Freshman Khalid Abdalla plays ladder toss at the Eid celebration organized by the Muslim Student Association and the Al-Madinah Cultural Center on Thursday, Sept. 6 in front of Coffman Memorial Union.

Coinciding with the annual Eid holiday, Eidrageous may be absent next year.

BY JORDAN WILLAUER jwillauer@mndaily.com

The annual Eidrageous celebration put on by the Muslim Students Association and Al-Madinah Cultural Center may be absent from the University of Minnesota campus next year.

This year, the Muslim holiday of Eid, which marks the end of an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, took place in late August. To make

the event available to students, MSA and AMCC hosted the celebration the first weekend of the semester.

Because the holiday follows the lunar calender, it happens earlier every year and will take place in early August in 2019. Given the time complication, MSA and AMCC are unsure if they will be able to put on the annual campus event.

“There’s not really any controversy … I think it’s just organizationally we don’t need to focus our efforts on an event that was a month ago. It’s like if someone were to celebrate Christmas in February,” said Aasim Ali,

president of AMCC. “It depends on each year’s board,” said Ruwayda Mohamed, a junior and the president of MSA, about the yearly decision to hold the Eidrageous celebration. “I’d be happy to go next year.”

The annual celebration is a tradition for MSA and AMCC. “I think it’s going to kind of be difficult. Personally, this year we were discussing whether or not to [have the event],” Ali said.

During the Eidrageous celebration, students and community members can partake in events such as a carnival in front of Coffman

and a traditional dinner.

Ali said the celebration also offers the campus community an opportunity to learn more about the Muslim community and culture. The dinner is an especially good chance to learn about Eid, and reflect the many different cultures of Islam, he added.

Students, family members, PSEO students and community members attend the events, said Faizan Dewan, a junior studying finance and management information systems.

During the carnival on Friday, students reflected on the event and the possibility of its ending after this year.

“I’m really happy that AMCC and MSA are acknowledging [Eid] and teaching people who are not familiar with the Muslim holiday. I think Eidrageous is important ... because it educates the campus community,” said Zahra Mohamed, a sophomore who attended the carnival. “I’m really happy that AMCC and MSA are acknowledging [Eid] and teaching people who are not familiar with the Muslim holiday.”

Some attendants had a positive outlook on the future of the celebration.

“To me, Eid is more about that day, it’s about spending time with people you

consider your family. We might have different events with the same purpose,” Dewan said.

That sentiment was echoed by other members of MSA and AMCC. “We can do other things, to keep the spirit fun. Muslims have fun too. Muslims have celebrations, celebrations are fun. That’s why it’s not just lectures on Hajj,” Ali said, laughing.

Members of MSA and AMCC said that there are other annual MSA and AMCC events that will continue to take place if Eidrageous takes a break on campus.