January 14, 2010

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MavMAIL gets a makeover

New features accompany new look ASHLEY WALL

staff writer

A new semester brings many changes for students: new schedules, teachers, wake-up times and classrooms. But Minnesota State students started the semester learning a new subject: their MavMAIL accounts.

MavMAIL was upgraded for students, staff and faculty during winter break. Less than 5,000 accounts out of 26,000 are waiting to be redirected. According to Director of Technical Services Bryan Schneider, all students should be transferred over to the new MavMAIL system by the end of this week.

MSU is one of the first major institutions to jump on this upgrade. The new e-mail accounts

by Microsoft became available at the end of November but the decision to upgrade the MavMAIL

accounts was brought up last March. Senior Enterprise Systems Manager Jerry Jeffries said the multi-browser support is a huge reason to upgrade the accounts.

There are lots of new features that both students and staff will have to adjust to. “Probably the biggest change for students, I think, is the text messaging piece,” Jeffries said. “Students can actually assign their phone to their MavMAIL account and receive text messages based on calendar events or specific e-mails.”

Along with text messages, conversation view and chat or instant messaging are a few of the other noticeable changes on the new MavMAIL. Conversation view threads all e-mails together by subject, regardless of what folder they are in. This feature can be turned off by clicking the

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Sledding by Sears

Minnesota State junior Chris Larson takes a ride on a dog sled outside the Julia Sears dorm. The dogs, courtesy of Dawn Lanning of Hastings Huskies and Horses, were brought in as an activity for MSU’s Winter Welcome Week. Other activities during the week include comedian Adam Ace on Thursday and discounted skiing and snowboarding at Mount Kato on Saturday.

Under new leadership MSSA’s student union board has new leader, focus for the semester DANNIE HIGGINBOTHAM

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wale agboola • msu reporter Alexi Roskom, chair of the student union board, stands outside the CSU. Editorial...................................6 Voices......................................7 Sports....................................15 Variety....................................21 Classifieds............................ 26

With the proposed Latino center in the spotlight of attention at Minnesota State, the student union board, a division of the Minnesota State Student Association, has a lot on its plate for the next semester.

The new chair of the board, Alexi Roskom, hopes to be able to guide the board through the trouble. Roskom, a marketing and Spanish major, decided to run for the student senate when she was asked by Vice President Bob Dooley.

“He’s the reason why I am where I am,” she said.

Roskom is the senator for the College of Arts and Humanities and the new public affairs person for the Minnesota State University

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We want to make sure there’s more space for the students ... that’s what the student union stands for.”

— Alexi Roskom, Student Union Board Chair Student Association. Last semester, she was vice chair of the student union board and took her new position when former chair Jayme Pretzloff graduated.

The student union board looks at the space available in the union and tries to keep a balance between commercial offices and student lounge space.

“We want to make sure there’s more space for the students,” she said. “That’s

what the student union stands for.”

The board hears questions, complaints and inquiries from students, such as requests for new lounge items, lower food prices and healthier food options.

This semester, the student union board plans to focus on construction in the ballroom, the transition to green items in the dining services area

Leadership / page 11

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After years, a place to call home New spaces for LGBT Center and Veterans Resource Center

said. “I help them with disability benefits and [things like that], but what’s really The Minnesota State important is peer support.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, They need to make friends.

Transgender (LGBT) Center The Veterans Center gives and the Veterans Resource them a chance to meet other Center were set up for the same students. There wasn’t as much purpose: to assist students. Both of an opportunity before [we centers also faced the same expanded].” problem: There was too little There are currently around space. The Veterans Center was 400-450 veterans on campus, holed up in a cramped office and the Veterans Resource room, while the LGBT center Center serves an average of 300 had two offices that were far veterans a month. apart. With students coming The LGBT Center’s growth, in and out of both centers, on the other hand, has been long supervisors knew they needed and hard. Founded in 1977, the to expand their space. Over the LGBT Center was originally past semester, both centers have part of Student Activities, and been dramatically reconstructed, housed over with the other hoping to better serve their student activities organizations. student populations.

Only recently, in 2004, was the For the Veterans Center, center recognized as its own the journey was rather short. branch of MSU. Over the past The center, founded in 2006, three years, the LGBT Center started off in a tiny office on the has been housed in 12 different ground floor of the Centennial locations. Now members Student Union. Since last wanted to permanently settle semester, however, they have down. been working to expand it. It “We’ve been discussing was moved across the hall and it [for three years],” director opened up to include both an Jessica Flatequal explained. office and a bigger room where “We’d grown… and there was students can lounge on couches more demand.” or work at computers.

Flatequal added that student The enhanced space will government groups and union allow the center to provide more boards have been lobbying for services to its students, said a better center location during coordinator David Schrader. this time.

One new service, which will Now, thanks to the begin in February, will have a reconstruction, the LGBT specialist from the Minnesota Center is one big space. There Department of Veterans Affairs are two offices and an open area come in once a month to help for students to hang out and students with their disability relax. Flatequal said she is very benefits. happy with the results.

There is a much more “It was awkward when important part of the Veterans people tried to find us [when Center that Schrader and his our offices were split up],” fellow workers can’t fill, he said. she said. “I’m thrilled to have “Student vets are a unique a place that’s cohesive [and] population — they’re mostly happy it got all pulled together the same age as other students, before students got back from but they’ve got such different [winter] break.” life experiences, like those Both centers worked with who’ve been to Iraq,” Schrader Scott Hagebak, operations

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wale agboola • msu reporter LGBT director Jessica Flatequal sits in the new center. Staff is still moving into the center’s new, permanent home. The LGBT center has moved 12 times over the past three years.

director at MSU, on their reconstruction. Flatequal said that once the decision was finally made to expand, construction began right away, and that was partly because of Hagebak. When told that the plans to expand were finalized, Hagebak contacted Eric Olson of the RL Engebretson Architectural Board, who helped design the university’s auditorium. In addition to the new centers, Olson’s company helped to create a newer, more open and obvious reception desk, since the previous one was

hidden in a corner.

Hagebak noted how, over the course of 50 years, the CSU has undergone many reconstructions, ending up with many different sections. For a time, students could walk through the building and notice one part was built in the 1950s while another was made in the 2000s. Lately, however, efforts have been made to make the building more homogenous, such as installing the same type of windows everywhere.

Hagebak said the new resource centers did a great job

fitting into the overall style of the CSU. “The CSU is becoming more of a continuity; everything looks like it belongs.” He added that he was very pleased with the openness of the centers — “We didn’t want a building of corridors” — and is satisfied with the added windows, which let in more natural light.

“Both areas needed better spaces to really be able to serve their population,” Hagebak said.

“They needed to be able to pull people together.”

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MSSA kicks off spring semester Davenport, Olson speak to the student senate during its first meeting of 2010 STEVEN PIROSO

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State. Scott Olson will then begin on a nationwide search to find a permanent dean to fill the position.

Members of the MSSA will assist Olson in establishing criteria for the nationwide search for a permanent dean.

Davenport also asserted that Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) is

of MSSA to attend the meeting, stating it would be a chance for them to gain some input as to the future direction of MnSCU and also a chance to voice their concerns.

Olson outlined the financial challenges MSU will be facing in the next year. Olson said that $6-10 million worth of budget cuts need to be identified by

The first Minnesota State Senate Association meeting kicked off the semester with President Davenport welcoming back student leaders and outlining plans for upcoming years. Heavy controversy has risen over the recent consolidation of the department of Institutional Diversity with that of Academic Affairs, to which president Davenport elaborated his reasoning behind the restructuring.

“The reason I did that was — Amanda Lebens, MSSA senator to create the greatest possible synergy in regards to meeting the needs of our students,” Davenport said. The President outlining a strategic teaching March 1 of this year to keep the said his decision was done to plan that will carry on through MSU budget balanced in the prevent the departments from 2012.

Davenport is one of two future. All Minnesota programs traveling in different directions. university presidents that will be will be evaluated based upon “We have the Department working directly the Board of their cost, enrollment and how of Academic Affairs, Student Trustees to establish the future well they do relative to other Affairs, and now Institutional plan.

MnSCU programs. Based on Diversity working together for MnSCU announced that these criteria, programs may be the students,” Davenport said. before further development of cut or sustained.

Linda Duckett, co-chair of the plan ensues, four listening “This year we face new the diversity commission, will sessions will be held around the challenges,” said MSSA senator be acting dean of Institutional state, offering insight pertaining Amanda Lebens.

“MSSA is Diversity for the next few weeks to the future goals of MnSCU. doing everything in its power until vice president provost One such meeting will be held to ensure the best education Scott Olson has picked an on February 1 on campus. possible for students at MSU.” interim dean from Minnesota Davenport encouraged members

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MSSA is doing everything in its power to ensure the best education possible for students at MSU.”

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Faculty takes advantage of BESI

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MSU’s early retirement program could generate $1.75 million in savings NICOLE SMITH

editor in chief

Minnesota State has managed to shave an estimated $1.75 million from the grim projected deficit for 2012 through the early retirement program, instituted for faculty and staff in October.

Since then, 35 faculty and staff showed interest or inquired to take advantage of the Board Early Separation Incentive (BESI) program, established to curb the whopping $6-10 million budget gap on the horizon for MSU. The results will not be official until after Jan. 29, the final deadline for BESI applicants to accept or deny their offers, but administration anticipates substantial results. “[BESI] certainly won’t solve our budget problems itself,” said Vice President of Finance and Administration Richard Straka. “But we see that it has been a very valuable tool for us as we approach the fiscal year 2012 and the challenges that the year looks like it’s going to bring to us.”

BESI was initiated for MSU faculty and staff who met the eligibility requirements for early retirement to have the opportunity to retire with incentives. Many variables went into determining who was eligible and under what

circumstances someone could apply.

According to the BESI criteria, there were three categories of incentives that varied based on whether or not administration planned to replace the positions. Based on the applicant’s status, a certain percentage of their salary was negotiated (up to 100 percent for some) and the offers were sent via individual notices. Of the total interested, more than 20 were faculty members.

“The program was successful in the sense that the turnout was more than we anticipated,” said Interim Director of Human Resources DeeAnn Snaza.

Although the number of faculty interested surpassed administration expectations, the total dollar amount will be slightly smaller than what was initially estimated, said Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs Warren Sandmann.

“But I still think overall this was very satisfying to be able to do something like this and yield this result,” he said.

Under the Minnesota State Colleges & Universities (MnSCU) system, each university had the flexibility to implement early retirement incentives. Faculty Association President Don Larsson believes MSU executed this fiscal savings option better

It is safe to say that all areas of the university will be reviewed for potential change and potential savings.”

— Richard Straka, Vice President of Finance and Administration

than others in the MnSCU system.

“Despite the fact that everything needed to be done quickly, I think it was done in a more thoughtful and measured way than most of the other institutions,” Larsson said. He added that a few universities aren’t offering the incentives at all.

Although Larsson believes the BESI program accomplished what it was established to do, he said under other circumstances he would have liked to see more people take advantage of its offerings.

The program will be available under MnSCU board policy until 2014, so it is possible that MSU would decide to offer it again in the future. Straka said he doesn’t know if this will happen, but administration will revisit the option and access its structure and any suggested changes in the meantime.

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like this is better when we can offer an incentive for someone and end up with a win-win situation,” Straka said. “That is a much better situation for us than having to reduce positions through the budget.”

The difficult financial foreshadowing of 2012 will continue to have its presence throughout the semester, as academic programs and employee positions across the university spectrum could find themselves on the chopping block in the near future.

Last semester administration made significant reductions to the budget base of 2010 — nonacademic areas took a 10

percent budget cut — and Straka said MSU could be looking at similar type of reduction.

“It is safe to say that all areas of the university will be reviewed for potential change and potential savings,” he said.

On Tuesday, Sandmann sent out a notice to all faculty and staff regarding the guidelines for academic program review and budget planning. These Program Metric Guidelines will “guide the Office of Academic Affairs as it reviews academic programs for possible budget reductions,” according to the e-mail.

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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Discussing diversity and discrimination

It’s no question that the recent restructuring of Institutional Diversity and the removal of its vice president position, held by Michael Fagin, has been a subject of discussion and controversy since it was announced Friday.

It’s admittedly suspicious that the dismissal coincided with the controversy from the College Access Program (CAP), but we need to keep in mind that the university is facing a budget shortfall in 2012, as administration keeps reminding us.

President Davenport has repeatedly asserted his pro-diversity position. He even discussed giving his bonus to create a loan program for CAP students (although we have not yet verified where the money actually went). As the head of a university that is continuously improving its facilities and services to better provide for its diverse student population, saying he doesn’t support diversity is an unjustified accusation.

It’s a shame that someone with Fagin’s history, accomplishments and credentials can’t be sure of his job.

It’s also a shame when officials within the university go on the evening news and make ill-thought and tasteless accusations against the president of said

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university.

Fagin is certainly a person who has helped many students. In a recent KEYC interview, a few students stated that Fagin and his office have helped them greatly during their time at MSU. With nearly 40 years of service to the university, there is no doubt Fagin has improved the lives of countless students.

He has played a pivotal role in diversity advancements here and will continue to remain an asset to this campus through teaching.

It is important to look forward and see the positives that can come from the restructure. Fresh faces and new ideas are crucial to progressing as an institution. Until there is a new dean, no one can be sure what the future will hold for MSU’s diversity division, but we shouldn’t be so hesitant to welcome change. After all, students are rapidly evolving and progressing — shouldn’t the systems that provide services for us do the same?

There is no doubt that discrimination is a real problem, even at MSU. And The Reporter doesn’t assume to know what goes on behind closed doors of administrators. But in this challenging financial situation, we need to keep in

mind that positions, not people, are being cut. Although also unexpected, controversy of this magnitude was certainly absent when former Vice President of Student Affairs Patricia SwatfagerHaney was eliminated as a result of a similarly structured reorganization.

Administration has made it pretty clear that all aspects of the university will be under review. MSU is facing a severe impending deficit. More cuts will be made and we don’t know who or what could go next.

Keep in mind that Fagin has not personally brought to light any feelings about discrimination to the public. After losing his administrative position, one would think he of all people would be the first to acknowledge discrimination if he felt it was the cause.

As the controversy continues to escalade, The Reporter will only report the facts as we know them. We encourage students to listen to the concerns and opinions of all members of the campus community, whether it be MSU’s president or Fagin’s daughter, and come to their own conclusions about what is really going on at MSU.

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describes his holiday experience

With Christmas come and gone and the New Year already wishing it hadn’t drank 13 margaritas before its midnight kiss, I feel compelled to reflect for a bit on my own winter break, and remind everyone what it really is to be an American celebrating the most holy of all yearly holidays.

As The Bible intended, my Christmas experience began on Nov. 27 in a mall somewhere off Interstate-29 in Sioux Falls, S.D. Matt I was somewhat hesitant to go, having never truly understood the story behind “Black Friday”, but coming off the day with seven-plus shopping hours under my alter gown, I finally came to know what it was to be blessed.

Long gone, I realized, are the days of relaxation, patience and familial bonding. Instead, a new breed of holiday cheer has taken hold of the American populace — a breed of cheer filled

with screaming children, plastic-lined wallets, backhanding mothers, and Christmas jingles that include but are not limited to: - “Yeah, I’ve been waiting outside [Best Buy] for like seven hours, man.”

- “You’d better put that thing back you shit or I’ll bust those little goddamn fingers off” - “Where the fuck are those stupid Transformers toys?”

- “Who honestly thought Sauer it was a good idea to invent Christmas, anyway?”

- “Mommy?

Mommy I have to pee.

Mommy? Mommy? Oh, never mind.”

(All real quotes, by the way, it’s just too bad I wasn’t able to catch any official names).

Things did improve, however, as the one shopping day of the year came to its conclusion, and as time passed I was treated to the delights of a Winter Wonderland

like none other. It’s been awhile since Minnesota posted enough prayer Tweets to earn a snowy day for the birth of Christ, but I guess we made the cut this year and nature certainly chose to hold us in favor.

And as soon as you could say, “Man, I drank way too much of this egg nog shit,” I was bundled up, huddled down and trudging through 18inches of snow on Christmas day to help my girlfriend unhinge her brother’s Chevy Tahoe from a chassis-high drift of Christmas powder (for

clarity’s sake, Christmas powder is not intended to be used through the nose, a rule I would later unintentionally break).

Of course, after several attempts and a whole lot of tire spinning, the SUV caught solid ground, and I found myself face-planted in a pile of ice, squeezing at a busted ankle that’s been keeping me booted to this day.

Nevertheless, following a three-day wheel-chairbound tour of Disneyland with a five-to-one person/ hotel room ratio, I came out of December feeling a little more

careful, somewhat more pessimistic, and a hell of a lot more American: and isn’t that what the holidays are all about?

— Matt Sauer is a Reporter staff writer. He’s so proud to be an American, he wears flag socks.

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Unsatisfaction during unemployment One writer asks why Americans continue to complain about job satisfaction in a time when jobs are hard to to come by

Unemployment rates are disinterested in what they high in the United States, gas are doing for a living. prices are on the rise once Daniel Pink’s new book again and pennies are being “Drive” addresses the very pinched by nearly everyone issue of being creatively for everything. In the midst engaged and letting loose of the slow crawl autonomously. out of a crippling Pink, along with economic discussion of recession comes this jobs study, the newest in a has been on the 22-year line of radio dial quite studies concerning frequently in the job satisfaction. last two weeks or The results? Well, so. if you’re anything While I like me the results completely of this latest study understand are enough to send Adam Pulchinski this need to be your mind into an engaged, having everlasting “What had many a partthe eff?!” mode. time job in my life, I lean Drum roll, please. Even towards that ideal being a bit in the hardest of economic of a luxury in uncertain times times, a deciding factor in the such as the current recession. election of hope and change According to the U.S. in our political system.

Department of Labor the Americans are whining that unemployment rate is at 10 they are unsatisfied with their percent nationally. Last I jobs. The study found that 45 was able to find, Minnesota’s percent of employed people unemployment rate was are satisfied with their current hovering around seven state of employment. That percent. number is down four percent That adds up to a lot of from the previous study from people. I’m fairly certain 2008. Am I the only one that a large chunk of those who wants to slap the rest of that are unemployed don’t Americans in the face? care right now whether they True, a person should are engaged in their job or if enjoy what they do and it’s interesting enough. They many people find themselves don’t care because they can’t.

The unemployed don’t have a job to be dissatisfied with and if I were in their position I would see a study like this as a slap in the face.

If everyone is so disgruntled about their job, they need to give it up. Let someone else take the reins so that they can put gas in their car, feed their families and themselves, and keep a roof over their heads. Statistics aren’t just faceless numbers.

They reflect real people and a real problem in the greatest nation on the planet.

In an era of complaining about the disparity between the rich and the poor it is a gift and a privilege to be able to say, “I’m employed.” This recent study’s findings are insulting to those without and I’m a little insulted that it was conducted in the first place. I realize that it has been done every year for the past two decades, but perhaps it would have been okay to skip a year until, hopefully, more Americans are able to answer the questions.

— Adam Pulchinski is a Reporter staff writer. He claims he loves his job.

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Business students offer their views on the college’s laptop requirement ANNE LEMERE

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In the Minnesota State College of Business, students are forced to buy brand new, $1,000-plus Dell laptops before they can even begin coursework.

“They are nice laptops, but if you already have a Dell you should just be able to pay a fee and add the additional College of Business software,” said Jocelyn Johnsrud, a sophomore.

Many other students agree with this statement, but also believe the mandatory laptops are overpriced. The $125 installation cost covers programs such as Microsoft Office, Compustat, CRSP, Euromonitor, Wall Street Journal online access and access to College of Business printers with increased printing, according to the MSU Web site.

A large majority of the students interviewed would prefer their own computer updated to the college’s requirements.

Since it is part of their required materials for courses, students do not pay sales tax, but they can’t benefit from this until enrolled in a laptoprequired class, said junior Keith Brewers. Purchasing his tax-free laptop after enrolling, he ended up “three weeks behind everyone else because it takes that long to ship the laptop.”

The laptops also sport an on-site, complete care, three-year warranty. Senior Eddie Drag said that he likes the laptop, but “if you buy a laptop from the College of Business then they should warranty it until you graduate.”

Then there is the insurance policy, something Kyle Derider, a junior, said is beneficial. It expires after three years and costs an additional $74 per year.

It pays for student laptops to be fixed by professionals at the College of Business help desk. Junior Stephanie Rigdon agrees.

“The fee is appropriate because there are always people to help fix problems with connections or programs,” she said.

Other business-specific software, as well as up-to-date antivirus software also come installed on each computer.

Sophomore Tyler Johnson described the laptop requirement as “not necessary, especially when there are so many computer labs on campus.” Though the MSU Web site states that “not having to move to a computer lab for instruction, not having to use unfamiliar computers, or not having to transfer files and software by disk to one’s own computer or to another open lab for completing assignment,” is why they choose not to use computer labs.

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“Having the laptop is very beneficial, especially in 200level classes, Rigdon said.

As the MSU Web site stated, not all courses use the laptops “intensively” in class, while others will do more on out-of-class applications.

“Having the professor teaching you as you have a computer in front of you makes it simpler to understand the information being taught,” said Drag.

While shelling out a thousand bucks before ever setting foot in the College of Business may seem exorbitant at first, the alternative — being disconnected from professors and fellow students — could be even more costly in the long run.

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BESI If a program is cut at MSU, it must be phased out so students currently in the program can finish continued from 5 The system of evaluating programs is pretty complex.

It could lead to the closure or elimination of some programs and will probably lead to budget cuts in many others.

“This will probably entail some staffing cuts, including faculty,” Larsson said. “In some programs it is very likely to entail some measure of retrenchment.”

Retrenchment refers to the university eliminating permanent positions in departments or programs, including those who have earned tenure. This can occur after MSU has cut part-time and temporary positions within the program or department.

Standards for evaluating programs range from accessing credit generation and costs, student demand and employability and how well it represents the mission of the university.

Larsson said MSU will also

evaluate the overall quality of each program. “[A program] might be high credit and low cost, but is it really a program that stands up to what we need?”

If a program is cut at MSU, MnSCU policy requires that it is phased out, so all students currently enrolled can finish the program.

Both Straka and Larsson said the university should expect to hear announcements in the near future. The deadline for decision-making regarding programs is March 1, but much discussion will take place between now and then.

“We have to be able to plan for a worse case scenario and make decisions now, even though many of the variables won’t become very clear for another year,” Straka said.

“We have to be ready to react and adapt.”

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LEADERSHIP One focus of the Student Union Board is building a meditation center continued from 1 of the CSU and the Latino center, which the board plans to give its recommendation on soon.

The senate is waiting for an update from MSU President Richard Davenport to come up with a strategic plan before they move forward on possible locations for the Latino center.

The board is waiting for approval to go forward and get contractors for the work on the ballroom, which has been on the list for renovation for some time.

Another focus of the board will be a meditation center, which Roskom calls “a place for students to go to relax.”

“We’re thinking the walkway by the Women’s Center would be a good spot for this, but we’re in the beginning [of planning],” Roskom said. The board will begin looking at costs for this center this semester.

MSSA President Murtaza Rajabali said students have been asking for a meditation center for some time, at least

the last three semesters.

“I’ve done some research and a lot of public places have one, including a lot of state universities,” Rajabali said.

“With such a large population, it’s almost a necessity.”

Rajabali said the center would be a place for students to meditate, pray, or “go in and do whatever they want.”

It would have a no cell phone rule and ask students to keep quiet and maintain a peaceful atmosphere.

As the new chair, Roskom recognizes she will be the one held accountable for actions the board takes.

“Everything will be on my shoulders,” she said. “I need to make sure everyone is at all the meetings because they not only represent themselves, but also all the students they talk to.”

MAKEOVER A majority of students say they like Mavmail’s new and improved features continued from 1 chevron next to “arrange by: date” and un-checking the conversation box.

Chat and instant messaging are other ways to communicate with faculty, staff or other students that are a little more instantaneous than e-mail. A contact list personalized by the user will show a list of people to talk to as well as show their availability.

“It’s a little bit different look and a little bit different functionality,” Schneider said.

“Some people have been a little bit confused by that but majority of the feedback we’ve got have liked it and haven’t had problems it.”

Chief information officer for MSU Marilyn Delmont said she enjoys the flexibility of the new MavMAIL account. “You can turn things on and off and somewhat configure it to the way you want to see it and use it so you’re not just stuck with the one option.”

Although the new MavMAIL has its benefits, Schneider says it is still a work in progress. He said the transition has gone slower than expected and the only complaints involve not being able to get students moved over fast enough.

“For me, I was very confused right away,” said senior business

student Heather Nelson. “I feel like it’s just going to take time to adjust to it, but once I work the features I’m sure it will be beneficial for me and other students. “ MavMAIL will continue to keep up with current trends and will force students to discover the upgraded features. This summer, MavMAIL will have e-mail archiving, an option for MavMAIL users to move older messages to another mailbox, but still be available and searchable.

Other features MavMAIL users may see in the near future might include electronic faxing to the inbox for faculty and staff and the ability to create and choose colors and themes.

“With any major upgrade, the potential benefits are great, but there are glitches and we really would appreciate it if people can be patient with us as we work through the glitches,” Delmont said.

Any questions or problems with the new MavMAIL accounts should be directed to the office of information and technology services’ help desk.

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Taking precaution

Free H1N1 vaccine will be offered on campus Tuesday for those interested ADAM PULCHINSKI

staff writer

Minnesota State Student Health Services will be holding an H1N1 vaccine clinic Tuesday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Centennial Student Union Ballroom. The clinic is open to all students, faculty, and staff at Minnesota State and the vaccination is free of charge. Anyone planning to attend the clinic needs to bring with them a vaccine consent form and their tech ID. Christine Connolly, director of student health services at MSU, said that there has been a demand for the vaccine.

“We have had many requests for [the] vaccine,” Connolly said in an e-mail.

“Now we hope to be able to immunize those who have patiently waited to be vaccinated.”

Connolly is unsure as to how many people are expected to get immunized at Tuesday’s clinic. She said some recieved vaccinations last semester and some were vaccinated at the community clinic in December. Others may have gotten them while at home.

In any case, Connolly does not expect to run out of the vaccine and believes there to be enough doses for the campus.

“The numbers change daily as we are continually immunizing students at the student health services clinic,” Connolly said. “If we do [run out], we will contact the state and place an order for more vaccine.”

Connolly said that the number of cases in Mankato and at MSU is uncertain as the majority was not sent for confirmation last semester.

Many students tested positive for influenza and, given the symptoms, possibly H1N1.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and echoed by Connolly, both H1N1 and seasonal flu have been on a slight decrease recently but they are expected to last for several months.

This week is National Influenza Vaccination Week and the CDC is reminding people that influenza vaccination is important even beyond the holiday season.

“If we see a third wave this winter, the more individuals that are vaccinated, the less

the wave will impact our community,” Connolly said.

Key demographics for vaccination include pregnant women, children and caregivers for children under

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Another preventive measure is to wash hands with soap and hot water or alcoholbased hand rub. Lastly, the CDC recommends avoiding

We hope to be able to immunize those who have patiently waited to be vaccinated.”

— Christine Connolly, Director of Student Health Services the age of six months. Even if someone is vaccinated the CDC has reminded everyone to take proper measures in deterring the spread of H1N1 and other diseases that are contracted person-to-person.

The measures include covering your nose or mouth when coughing or sneezing with a tissue and promptly

touching eyes, nose, or mouth, and to simply stay home if feeling sick.

Consent forms for Tuesday’s clinic were sent out via e-mail to all MSU students and are available on the web at www.mnsu.edu/flu or mnsu.edu/shs.

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Haitian-Americans cope with effects of worst earthquake in 200 years MIAMI (AP) — Teachers in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood used the simplest terms they could Wednesday to explain the devastating earthquake that rattled the small nation.

Their words were little comfort to students like firstgrader Mitchelle Monroe, who said her grandmother recently arrived from Haiti but she did not know the whereabouts of other relatives. She was among some 400 children who prayed during a solemn Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

“There was a lot of crying this morning, especially from the older ones,” said the school’s principal Sister Jane Stoecker. “The younger ones mostly see their parents’ reactions, but the older ones know their parents are desperately trying to get in touch with family in Haiti and only about 1 percent have been able to get through.”

Haitian-Americans in Miami, New York and other

U.S. cities told similar stories of frantically trying to reach relatives and friends to see if they survived the largest earthquake to hit Haiti in 200 years. Communications were widely disrupted, making it impossible to get a full picture of damage and casualties as powerful aftershocks shook the desperately poor country where many buildings are flimsy.

“Everyone is in shock right now. No one can get through,” said the Rev. Robes Charles, pastor of St. Clement Church in Wilton Manors. About 275,00 Haitians live in the South Florida metro area.

Danglass Gregoire headed to Florida for a business trip Tuesday, leaving his wife and young daughter behind in Haiti, close to the epicenter of the 7.0 earthquake. When he arrived at Miami International Airport, the 41-year-old said he wasn’t sure if they were alive.

“I call. I call. I call. No one answers,” he said.

West Palm Beach firefighter Nate Lasseur tried to reach family and the firefighters he trains in the capital of Port-au-Prince, which has largely been destroyed.

He was doing training through his International Firefighters Assistance in November 2008 when a school collapsed, killing nearly a hundred people.

He described chaos then — firefighters pushing through panicked crowds, digging through the debris.

“They are not prepared as far as equipment and training goes for something of this magnitude,” Lasseur said.

“Their adrenaline and pure will to save their families — that only lasts for so long.”

A South Florida university confirmed Wednesday that three students on a mission trip to Haiti were safe. They are still waiting to hear from

LA anti-gang activist released on bail LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a lengthy legal fight, an antigang activist accused of still participating in gang life by ordering a hit on a rival was granted $2 million bail on Wednesday, despite objections by federal prosecutors that he could flee to his native El Salvador.

After a closed hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Manuel Real granted bail — to be paid half in sureties and half in real estate — to Alex Sanchez, founder of the anti-gang organization Homies Unidos.

“It shows what we’ve been saying: Alex is not a threat to the community and Alex is not a flight risk,” said Sanchez’s younger brother Oscar Sanchez.

Oscar Sanchez said relatives and supporters, who include former state Sen. Tom Hayden, have already pledged $2.5 million in sureties and properties, and his brother could be freed in about a week after paperwork is processed.

“We trust in him,” Oscar Sanchez said. “He’s an asset to the community, not the danger they say he is.”

U.S. attorney’s office spokesman Thom Mrozek said he could not comment because the hearing was not public and transcripts were ordered sealed.

A former member of the brutal Mara Salvatrucha “MS-13” gang, Sanchez later disavowed gang life and became one of Los Angeles’ best known gang interventionists who work to steer youth away from violence.

Law enforcement officials, however, said the 37-year-old father of three was leading a double life as an active leader of an MS-13 faction in central Los Angeles.

He was arrested last summer on a federal racketeering indictment based on wiretaps in which he allegedly ordered the murder of a troublemaker, Walter “Camaron” Lacinos, who was found dead in a Salvadoran beach town.

Sanchez’s arrest stunned his supporters, who have rallied to his defense, saying Sanchez’s gang slang in phone calls was misinterpreted and that he is being railroaded.

Real had ordered Sanchez held without bail, but the judge was ordered by an appellate court to rehear Sanchez’s petition.

At Real’s request, prosecutors on Wednesday called three law enforcement officers who are experts in gang crime to testify about Sanchez’s alleged continued involvement with MS-13.

The government’s witness

list filed with the court Tuesday identified Los Angeles Police Capt. Justin Eisenberg; FBI Special Agent Robert W. Clark and Los Angeles City Attorney gang division head Bruce K. Riordan as the experts.

At a hearing last week, Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Carpenter said Sanchez posed a flight risk because he has ties to the MS-13 in El Salvador who would help him, even though Sanchez was granted political asylum based on threats against his life in the Central American country.

As proof, she cited the wiretapped phone calls that Sanchez made to associates in El Salvador.

“He is not actually in danger in El Salvador,” Carpenter said.

She added that although Sanchez has removed visible gang tattoos, he still has an “MS-13” tattoo on his chest.

Sanchez’s attorney Kerry Bensinger argued that the wiretaps recorded Sanchez trying to mediate a gang dispute by suggesting that Lacinos be isolated from the rest of the gang.

Sanchez was not talking to a hitman, as prosecutors allege, but to another inactive gang member, the lawyer said.

nine other students and two faculty members.

Daniela Montealegre, a Lynn University student from Nicaragua, e-mailed her family a brief message. “I’m OK. I’ll contact you later.”

The university hired a private contractor in Haiti but the recovery team had not yet made contact with the students, spokesman Jason Hughes said.

The students had just embarked Monday on a fiveday trip to help staff food distribution tables and visit orphanages with Food For The Poor.

Angel Aloma, executive director, said the group is trying to charter a plane to get the students.

The organization is shipping containers with blankets, food and materials to repair roofs to the nation “even without knowing if they can be received because we have no communication with customs and the wharf but we

want to make sure they are there and waiting because we know people are starving,” he said.

Others sought ways to get aid to the country.

In New York City, Fernando Mateo, head of the city’s taxi driver federation, said his 60,000 members and the Bodegueros Association that represents 14,000 grocery owners were launching Operation Rescue Haiti on Wednesday. They are seeking the help of a major transportation company to deliver the goods.

“We are going to mobilize a few industries to come together and bring supplies, food, medicine, clothing, water — stuff that’s needed immediately,” Mateo said.

In the Chicago suburb of Evanston, about 25 members of the Haitian Congress to Fortify Haiti gathered to pray and make plans to help.

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City bus route which starts at the Cherry Street Ramp area, goes through the MSU campus, and ends up in the Madison East Shopping Center.

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The Dorr is open

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Nelson has been crucial for MSU KYLE RATKE

DEREK WEHRWEIN

staff writer The Minnesota State women’s basketball team will see something awfully familiar Friday and Saturday. Their two opponents, Concordia University and St. Cloud State, both employ a four-guard lineup — the very type of lineup the Mavericks used last season en route to the Division II national championship.

This season the Mavericks have switched to a bigger, more traditional lineup. But could facing Concordia and St. Cloud State, with the matchup problems they potentially offer, mean a return to the familiar four-guard set?

Mavericks coach Pam Gohl is considering it, but she won’t commit to it just yet.

“We’ve talked about it,” said Gohl, who has coached her team to a 9-5 (4-3) record. “I’m not sold on it … that’s something we’re working out.”

Ideally, Liz Trauger MSU would start its normal lineup and use one of its forwards to guard Concordia’s, and later St. Cloud State’s, fourth guard. But Gohl’s biggest concern is Concordia’s quickness. The Golden Bears are 13-1, undefeated in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and ranked No. 20 in the nation. They handed MSU one of its two losses last season and their only loss this season was on Dec. 29 to Michigan Tech — then the No. 1-ranked team in the nation.

They are led by junior guards Jineen Williams and Maurika Hickman, who both average around 14 points per game.

“It’s going to be a tough match-up for us,” senior post player Liz Trauger admitted.

But Trauger also indicated the match-up shouldn’t be impossible for the Mavericks to overcome.

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When Michael Dorr was a senior at Roseville High School, he probably never imagined suiting up in a Minnesota State uniform.

For Dorr, it’s been a long road — one with some bumps and a few unexpected turns — that led him to Mankato.

“I think Mankato’s the best fit for me,” said Dorr, a sophomore forward for the Mavericks.

Dorr’s journey began in Roseville, a suburb wedged between Minneapolis and St. Paul, where he was a finalist for the 2007 Mr. Hockey award and was named Metro Player of the Year by the Star Tribune. He led the Raiders to a 22-4-1 record his senior season and committed to play at Minnesota-Duluth.

Dorr did double-duty in his last two years of high school, playing for the United States Hockey League’s Des Moines Buccaneers before and after the high school season ended. “(Former Des Moines coach) Regg Simon really took me under his wing and let me play before and after my junior and senior years,” Dorr said. “That’s kind of rare.”

He played in Des Moines the year after he graduated, finishing his three-year career with the Buccaneers 17-31—48 in 71 games. Then,

before the 2008-09 season, Dorr withdrew his commitment from UMD and began looking elsewhere.

“When other (college) coaches were able to talk to me I started sending out letters and called a few coaches. I just went from there,” Dorr said.

He landed a spot on Minnesota’s roster but his time as a Gopher was short-lived. He didn’t register a point in two games at the U and decided to look for a different place to play college hockey.

Dorr said he “didn’t really get an opportunity” to play at Minnesota.

St. Cloud and Wisconsin were among the schools that showed interest in Dorr, but Dorr was interested in MSU and thus, he is a Maverick.

By rule, Dorr had to sit out a calendar year before he could become eligible to play in games. That opportunity finally arrived Dec. 12 when the Mavericks were going for an unlikely sweep of then No. 5 Bemidji State (Dorr was cleared to play the day after finals were completed, making him

DORR / page 19

sports editor Being 14-0 and ranked No.4 in the country may cause some teams to relax and think about taking a break.

Senior Preseason AllAmerican center Travis Nelson and the rest of the Minnesota State men’s basketball team realize that they need to take everything with a grain of salt — even an undefeated record.

“We pretty much need to stay humble about everything,” said Nelson of the team’s current position. “We have about 13 games left and anything can happen. We need to stay focused.”

Nelson has been a big part of the Mavericks success thus far, compiling 24 blocks while averaging a team high 17 points per game. He is also second on the team with seven rebounds per game, and though it may be overlooked, Nelson is shooting just under 80 percent from the Travis Nelson free-throw line, which is rare for big men, who are normally a liability at the line.

“Trav is one of our keys. He is one of the best big men in the nation I believe,” said head coach Matt Margenthaler. “He is so talented offensively. He opens it up for our guard play.

Defensively, he is a lot better and allows guards to create pressure and create runs.”

Nelson and his low post game has allowed players like Jermain Davis, Jesse Clark and Marcus Hill to get clean looks from outside. That is a big reason why MSU is averaging a conference high 90 points per game and beating its opponents by nearly 23 points per game.

Despite the fast start, the Mavericks don’t have much wiggle room going into the last two months of the season. Augustana is just one game back of the Mavericks in the NSIC, as is St. Cloud State ,whom the

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Mavericks finally back to wrestling at home MSU returns after successful third place weekend

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The Minnesota State wrestling team returns home for the first time since November to host Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

MSU has had some success in the early parts of the season, but Mavericks head coach Jim Makovsky knows there is nothing like wrestling at home.

“Competing at the Taylor Center is one of the coolest things in the world,” said Makovsky. “We have had a pretty good run since we moved into the Taylor Center, we haven’t lost a lot. Nothing beats winning in front of people you know and care about.”

has prepared them for a tough The Mavericks should conference schedule ahead of enter Thursday’s meet with them. some added confidence. After “You know early on we a tough schedule to start the were playing teams at the DI season, including matches level and not doing as well,” against some DI opponents, MSU showed that they can be said freshmen Robbie Fisher.

“It can be kind of demoralizsuccessful at their own level, winning three of four matches ing after some of those losses but it was nice to in their see the progress first dual we have made matches of Concordia - St. Paul when we faced the season.

7 p.m. Tonight The DII competition Bresnan Arena, Mankato, Minn. character last weekend. It of a team definitely has me is often shown by how a optimistic moving forward.” team can bounce back after Fisher has shown some disappointments. While the signs early that he could be Mavericks lost some matches one the Maverick’s top weapearly, the team has proven ons moving forward. Competthat the tougher competition ing at the 141 lb weight class,

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photo courtesy of Sports Pix. The Mavericks are hoping to snap out of their slump this weekend after losing four of their last five games.

“I definitely think it’s something we can adjust to,” she said. “We’ve got plenty of guards who can come in and play.”

MSU takes on the Golden Bears at 6 p.m. Friday at Bresnan Arena. At 6 p.m. Saturday the Mavericks should get

a slightly easier challenge when they host St. Cloud State.

The Huskies are 7-7 but only 2-5 in conference play. Like MSU, they’ve suffered a recent skid, dropping two of their last three games, including a 90-61 loss to Concordia.

Guards Talisha Barlow and

Becca Friestleben lead the Huskies in scoring at around 16 points per game. Their coach, Lori Fish, was formerly the MSU women’s basketball coach and led the Mavericks to a 23-9 record and a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 2008.

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guys have emerged as strong contributors on this team, Makovsky has acknowledged that he wants his guys to stay competitive with each other.

“You do better when there is a guy there breathing down your neck trying to take your job,” Makovsky said.

That competition will continue to be important moving into next week. The meet with Wisconsin-Eau Claire will be the last match before the Mavericks begin conference play. The NSIC has three teams ranked nationally in the top-10. MSU will need to start performing at their best every match if they want to find themselves in that same category.

With four of their next five matches at home, MSU will have an early opportunity to show Maverick fans what kind of team they have this season,

NSIC WRESTLER OF THE WEEK Brady Wilson• Wrestling, HWT The senior went 4-0 at last weekend’s dual helping MSU to take third place. The nation’s No.1 heavyweight defeated No. 2 Charlie Alexander 4-3 on Saturday. starting with Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

Makovsky admits that he doesn’t know exactly what to expect from the Blugolds, but is confident that his players should know how to prepare for any opponent.

“We just really need to focus on ourselves in this match,” Makovsky said. “I want us to have the same approach no matter who we are facing.”

The Mavericks will have

the privilege to be able to have a home approach for much of the next month, something the players will appreciate after many road trips.

With the early home meets, the Mavericks have a great opportunity to get out to a fast start and impress their fans The meet will begin at 7 p.m. in the Taylor Center.

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MEN’S BALL Mavericks gear up for big game against Huskies on Saturday continued from 15

msu reporter archive Travis Nelson is ranked third in the NSIC with 1.71 blocks per game.

Mavericks will face on Saturday at 8 p.m. at home.

This game will have huge implications on whether or not the Mavericks win the NSIC or remain atop the regional rankings.

“The way you look at it, winning at Winona was good, but there are so many other things we want to do,” Margenthaler said. “There are bigger things. We want to continue playing better. We know we can.”

During the break, the Mavericks have played their best ball and hope that their success translates into even more success during the second half of the season.

“I think the break was big.

We didn’t get a long road trip during the first half of the season, so the Christmas break was our bonding time,” Margenthaler said. “The nice thing is that we were on the road and spent a lot of time together. With no one else here, we needed that.”

The Mavericks will open up the weekend by playing Concordia - St. Paul, who is ranked sixth in the NSIC with a 4-3 conference record.

“It feels good [to be undefeated],” Nelson said. “But everyone knows with a No. 4 ranking there is a big bull’seye on us when other teams come in here.”

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RECAP: This weekend’s series against Minnesota-Duluth is huge for Minnesota State. The Mavericks went 4-1-1 in nonconference action over break, but fell flat at North Dakota upon returning to the WCHA schedule. The Mavericks lost 4-1 and 3-2 to the Fighting Sioux. UMD is coming off a convincing 5-1, 4-1 sweep of Colorado College as the Bulldogs gained second place in the standings.

RECAP: The MSU women’s hockey team will play host to a WCHA opponent for the first time in more than a month this weekend when it takes on the Ohio State Buckeyes. The two teams are both beginning to lose ground on fourth place and home ice in the WCHA playoffs and need to pick up points this weekend. The Buckeyes currently sit in fifth place with 14 points and the Mavericks begin the weekend in seventh place with 12 points. The Buckeyes are coming off a sweep at the hands of the Golden Gophers of Minnesota, losing the first game 5-2 and the second 6-0. The Mavericks traveled to Bemidji State last weekend and picked up two points on Friday night with a dramatic come-from-behind shootout victory over the Beavers. They were unable to capture any more points from the Beavers, losing the next day 3-0.

HISTORY: UMD has a slight edge over MSU in the all-time series, 17-14-4. The last two UMD wins came Oct. 16-17 when the Bulldogs swept the Mavericks 5-2 and 3-2 in Duluth.

HISTORY: The two teams have already met once this season, with the Mavericks dropping two games to the Buckeyes in Columbus. The first game was a high-scoring affair, with Ohio State coming out on top 7-6. The Buckeyes completed the sweep the next day with a 4-1 triumph over the Mavericks. MSU trails Ohio State 7-33-4 in the all-time series.

MSU NOTES: The Mavericks have yet to win in regulation on their home ice and will be looking to change that this weekend. They are currently 0-4-3 this season when playing in their friendly confines.

The Mavericks have struggled on the power play all season long, and especially as of late. They went 0-9 with the extra skater last weekend against Bemidji State and have scored on just 12 of 97 power play opportunities on the season. Freshman blue-liner Erika Magnusson recorded her first point as a Maverick last weekend, assisting on Lisa Edman’s sixth goal of the season. Senior forward Kala Buganski and freshman forward Lauren Smith both tallied two points in last Friday’s victory over Bemidji State, including the two shootout goals that iced the game for the Mavericks.

QUESTIONS IN THE CREASE: It’s always hard to say who’s going to start in goal for MSU from week to week. Phil Cook got the start at North Dakota after allowing just one goal in a series against RIT the week before. Cook left Friday’s game at UND in the first period with a back injury and was replaced the rest of the weekend by Austin Lee. Cook practiced Wednesday.

SCORING WOES The Mavericks struggled to score goals at UND (three in two games) and rank eighth in the WCHA in scoring at 2.56 goals per game. Zach Harrison (five goals, 15 assists) is tied with be Youds (one goal, 19 assists) with the team lead in points with 20 apiece. Jared Stewart has netted the most goals for the Mavericks with 11 this season. MSU is averaging just two goals per game in its past four WCHA games.

UMD NOTES: Whoever starts in net for MSU: beware. The Bulldogs has one of the highest-powered offenses in the nation with four players ranked in the top 30 in Division I scoring — No. 2 Jack Connolly 15-18—33, No. 5 Justin Fontaine 15-16—31, No. 11 Rob Bordson 5-23—28 and No. 28 Mike Connolly 8-16—24. Fountaine and the Connolly’s are all tied for the most points per game in WCHA play with 1.38 each.

FYI: The Mavericks don’t have anyone in the top 50 in scoring and no, the Connolly’s are not brothers or related at all. Jack is from Duluth. Mike is from Calgary.

OSU NOTES: The Buckeyes have played .500 hockey this season at home and on the road, which would explain their 9-9-4 overall record. Ohio State ranks second in the WCHA in terms of scoring and power-play conversions and has totaled 70 points on the season. Their high-powered offense is led by a trio of underclassmen. They are freshman Hokey Langan (11-18—29), sophomore Natalie Spooner (11-11—22), and sophomore Laura McIntosh (7-15—22).

PREDICTION: The struggling Maverick offense should be able to find the back of the net against the Buckeyes, but the question is whether or not they can keep pace with the young guns leading the Buckeye offense. The team with the hottest goaltending should prevail in the end. Look for the Mavericks to pick up their first regulation home victory of the season and gain a series split.

KEY: The Mavericks must stay out of the penalty box to keep the nation’s fifth best power play off the ice. Fontaine leads all of Division I with 11 goals on the power play. MSU has one of the better penalty kills in the WCHA at 85 percent compared to Duluth’s power play, which scores one in every four times it touches the ice.

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Straight from the blog: NBA Midseason Awards KYLE RATKE

sports editor Yes, I know. The NBA is never exciting during the regular season. It is very tough to watch.

It's like going after a girl one year younger than you before you head to college. It's something to do, but really doesn't make much sense. But still, we can't ignore it mostly because it feels wrong and a little dirty.

Being a Timberwolves fan, I don't really have much to watch.

My routine is turning them on, seeing if we are close (within 20 points), if we are I watch it.

If Corey Brewer throws up a bad shot, I turn the TV off (this happens within two minutes into every game, I never even had a chance). So really, I have watched roughly 24.4 minutes of the Wolves this year. How impressive.

Regardless, I really thought after watching the playoffs non-stop last year, that I would really get into games this season.

Could the Lakers repeat? Are the Celtics too old? Can LeBron win? These questions will certainly arise once playoff time comes back again, but it's sad fans can't get excited during the regular season. It really is.

We have the biggest group of stars since maybe Bird, Magic, Isiah and a young Jordan. I might be over exaggerating, but think about the talent in the league right now: LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Dwight Howard ... The list can go on. This league is as stacked as it's been in a while.

And we still aren't interested? Maybe it's just a playoff sport.

82 games is a lot of games to pay attention to night in and night out. The only reason that I watched games last week was because David Stern went ape-shit (much deserved) on Gilbert Arenas. I don’t know why that was an incentive to watch. It’s an awful one.

I have just read the “Book of Basketball” by Bill Simmons, so maybe I am a little biased right now, but still, a sport with this many stars should keep people interested year round, somehow at least. I don't have the answers, either does David Stern. With that being said ... Drum roll please ...

I suppose it's time for The Kid's Annual NBA Midseason Awards. Here goes nothing: MVP: Kobe Bryant - He is playing with a broken finger on his shooting hand. Remember that one time playing backyard football and you picked your nose and a ball hit it, resulting in a finger jam? You thought the world was over and the last thing on your mind was playing again.

Not only is Bryant playing, the guy is averaging 29.6 points per game and more importantly, his team is winning. If the Cavaliers

paid. Before I write this next stat, you may want to hide the paper for any young children. Ready? Okay, here it is : Arenas is shooting 41 percent from the field this year. Normally 40 percent is good from the 3-pt line. Not the field.

Maybe it wasn't all that bad for the Wizards to lose Arenas. I am biased because he effed over my fantasy basketball team. If Randy Foye blows up for them after many years of disappointment, I might break David Kahn's leg.

Rookie of the Year: Tyreke Evans web photo And honestly, without won the title last year, I would looking at the numbers, I probconsider James, but nope. Bryant ably would have taken Brandon has finally learned what it takes Jennings.

But Evans has quietly to be a leader and really acaveraged 20.7 points, and maybe knowledged that this is a league an even more impressive 46 about winning. Scary thought. percent from the field (same as Kobe). Jennings on the other LVP: Gilbert Arenas - This hand is averaging 18.2 ppg and is a no brainer and actually he (hide your kids) a pitiful percent would have been considered from the field. I once saw a game even before his stupid "Gun when Jennings went 1-11 from Show". After getting Arenas the 3-pt line. I threw up. It was (110 million dollar contract) like watching me in intramural back this season, the Wizards have actually gotten worse. How basketball all over again. is this possible? Wasn't Arenas Worst Coach of the Year: supposed to be the next big star?

Mike D'Antoni - You might be Arenas was averaging 22.7 ppg confused.

The Knicks are only along with 7.2 apg, which are 1.5 games back of the final playnice numbers, but no where near off spot.

D'Antoni must be doing worth the money he's getting

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ineligible the night before).

It’s safe to say Dorr made good first impressions. He scored the game-winner and assisted on an earlier goal to help MSU to a 3-2 win over the Beavers.

“It’s tough sitting out a full year so I trained hard on the bike to get myself in game shape, especially in the last three weeks before I started playing,” Dorr said. “It was good to get out there and I felt like a part of the team.”

Dorr added another assist against Nebraska-Omaha and scored another goal against the Rochester Institute of Technology but went without a point in two losses last weekend at North Dakota.

He knows he has the ability — so does his coach — to score a lot of points and spur the offense in the second half.

“I just have to stay focused and work hard on and off the ice,” Dorr said. “Get a few goals

here and there, that helps.”

“He hadn’t played in a year but I thought he had a great start,” head coach Troy Jutting said. “He’s a guy we’re going to be counting on to score goals for us.”

Before the RIT series, Jutting placed Dorr on the third line with Kael Mouillierat (MSU’s active career leading scorer) and Tyler Pitlick (the WCHA’s toprated prospect for the upcoming NHL draft).

“They’re three skilled kids who’ve scored their whole lives, so they’re going to need to do that for us,” Jutting said.

Surrounded by talent, Dorr is comfortable with his new line mates. . .

“We compliment each other,” Dorr said. “I think we can do better but overall I like the chemistry.” . . . and his new city.

“I love the little downtownmain street scene,” he added.

“It’s kind of a small-town

atmosphere and that’s cool too.”

Rosy reunion It wasn’t Dorr’s top reason for choosing MSU, but his reunion with Adam Mueller — Dorr’s childhood friend and teammate from Roseville — made the transition easier.

“I haven’t had to ask much, he helped me out a lot,” Dorr said. “It’s cool when you get to play at the same college with one of your best friends from high school.”

The pair hadn’t played with each other since their days at Roseville High, but played together as far back as the peewee level. They teamed up to assist on a Kurt Davis goal against UNO on Dec. 19.

“We’ve played together before and we just connect,” said Mueller, another sophomore forward. “I love it.

It’s pretty fun to play with him again.”

something, right? I disagree.

1. The East is weak from sixth to last place. Almost making the playoffs isn't really saying much.

2. If the Knicks do make the playoffs, they won't win a series. So really until he has the right players, his coaching isn't affecting the team all that much.

Which brings me to ...

3. You sat a player for a whole month to "prove a point", and when you put him back in he scored 46 points and won the game for you (Nate Robinson).

Yeah, that really did it for me.

Sure looks like you have a good hold on your team. I want to know the real story behind this.

Did Robinson sleep with his wife? I want to know, and I want to know, now.

Guy That Most Reminds Me of Myself - I hated Mark Madsen. Brian Scalabrine is like V.2 of Madsen. He works his tail off, which is great, but how in the hell is he playing for one of the best teams in the league?

Would this mean he would start on the Wolves? Ugh. He is averaging 1.3 ppg. Sounds very Madsen like and very Ratkeintramural like. I am sitting here writing an article nobody is reading, while he is playing with Kevin Garnett. It’s not fair.

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When life gets tough and students are bogged down with essays, tests and quizzes, it doesn’t hurt to hear the words “relax, breathe and open your heart.”

For those unfamiliar with yoga, this exercise promotes mental, physical and spiritual well being. This form of full body exercise began in India thousands of years ago, and

today is one of the more trendy ways of exercising, made popular in the U.S. by celebrities such as Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow and venues like Mankato’s Sun Moon Yoga studio.

“I started taking classes here about ten years ago. I really got so much out of it for the strength, flexibility and stress relief,” said Peggy Julian, a yoga teacher at Sun Moon Yoga.

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Handball heroes DREW CLAUSSEN

staff writer

Walking by the campus racquetball courts on a typical afternoon chances are one will see they are almost always occupied.

One may also notice that some players have ditched the racquets to hit balls in lieu of their hands; the only equipment needed for handball, a sport that is very similar to racquetball but the player hits the ball with their hand instead of a racquet. On Tuesday nights, members of the Minnesota State handball club fill the courts to practice their beloved game.

The club, which has been around for three years, currently has 18 official members with around 25 active players. The club is designed to introduce the

game to college students.

There is also a chapter of the program that teaches younger children at the Mankato YMCA and another in Minneapolis for students who have graduated.

“Our goal is to get you

addicted before you graduate,” said MSU professor and handball club advisor Mike Wells. “Handball is a lifetime sport we want to promote.”

Wells also uses the other classes he teaches to recruit people to the sport.

“I had him for a teacher and he kept asking me to take the HP class,” said club member Andrew Schneider.

“So I did and it’s a really fun sport.”

In February, some members of the club will be traveling to Houston, Texas for the National Handball Tournament. They also participate in tournaments in Minnesota and across the upper Midwest. There is also a university tournament called the “ladder,” where current and former members play each other and climb the ladder as they win games.

The club meets year-round but attendance tends to dip over the summer months.

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‘Bayonetta’ kicks off new year of gaming

web photo Great news for gamers: “Bayonetta” is the slutty sister of “Devil May Cry.” JACOB BOHROD

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You can’t knock Hideki Kamiya for a lack of creativity.

The video game director responsible for “Devil May Cry” (2001) and “Okami” (2006) is one of the most honest and creatively inspired individuals in the industry today, and his new game, “Bayonetta,” showcases that fact in impressive fashion.

Developed by Platinum Games, creator of “MadWorld” for the Nintendo Wii and the upcoming “Infinite Space” for the Nintendo DS, “Bayonetta” is a hyper-stylized action title for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 that doesn’t skimp on the sex-drenched imagery, the selfrealizing pop culture references and the killing ... O, the killing.

Forget the long story. In short, Bayonetta is a witch

on a mission to discover her forgotten past and what role she plays in a war between light and darkness. Constantly under attack from the minions of Paradiso, the equivalent of the Christian Heaven, Bayonetta uncovers a plot to resurrect Jubileus, the Creator, and, as she cycles through increasingly bigger baddies, finds out more about her own part in the holy skirmish.

Realizing it would be somewhat shallow to do away with the story entirely, that of “Bayonetta” serves its purpose, giving players a backdrop to the meat of the game: the combat.

Kamiya’s sense of action and strength progression is precise and perfectly fine-tuned after years of practice, one that translates to a fluid, addicting and challenging experience in “Bayonetta.” One would sell

this game short by calling it a button-masher. Despite its fast-paced and chaotic fight sequences, timed attacks and careful combinations are crucial to player success. The combat system rewards players for flawlessly executing stringed combos and pulling off nearmiss dodges by activating Bayonetta’s witchy powers.

Upon stringing together successful attack combinations, a portal will open above or beside an enemy and out will fly a gigantic form of Bayonetta’s hand or foot (depending on the combination). Dodging an enemy attack at the last moment will send you into Witch Time, basically slowing the enemy down and allowing Bayonetta to induce further pain.

Even more variety exists in filling Bayonetta’s magic gauge, which allows you to perform “torture attacks” on unlucky angels. These include shoving enemies into an iron maiden, running them through pulley lines or forcing them into spikeladen vices. Sound gruesome?

With larger enemies, activating Bayonetta’s magic powers will allow her to manifest herself as a demonic beast that tears its

victims apart in context-sensitive cut-scenes.

Kamiya’s flamboyant style shines in “Bayonetta,” making all of its “questionable” content forgivable, and, in fact, quite lovable. It feels like everything that held him back in his previous titles went out the window, that, like Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill,” gore for its own indulgent, attentiongarnering sake was the goal.

Boiled down, “Bayonetta” is Dante’s (“Devil May Cry”) slutty twin sister. Sharing his deep, layered combat system, horror and action genre collaboration and epic oneliners, “Bayonetta” merely differs in that Dante is who you desire to be, she is who you desire to be in bed with. This plays to a spunky and hilarious end, where Bayonetta is repeatedly thrusting and posing and talking about how much she hates kids, but making them ... well, you get the point.

With so much of the personality of “Devil May Cry,” along with clearly evident influences from “Okami,” such as the colorful and peaceful setting of the side challenges, and “Viewtiful Joe,” the time

element, “Bayonetta” barely feels likes its own game. Once it reminds you of Kamiya’s other projects, it’s tempting to put down the sexy witch and revisit those games that preexisted her.

However, it’s hard to overlook how spot-on an action title “Bayonetta” really is. A plethora of combat options, varied opponents with unique moves and weaknesses, immense boss battles spanning vast arenas and purchasable upgrades, items and weapons will have you playing a second and third time just to hone and test your skill. And at around 13 hours to wrap the whole thing up (average for firstplayer-only games), you’ll have time to.

With less borrowed content, Kamiya would have another groundbreaking piece of video game gold to his name, but as it is, “Bayonetta” is still a superior title that starts the new year of gaming off with a bang.

This is the action game to beat; but contenders beware. As Bayonetta says, “Don’t fuck with a witch!”

Thursday, January 14, 2010

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Multiple personalities, crime and young love

The refreshing take on romantic comedy that is ‘Youth in Revolt’ NATE BRENNAN

variety editor

Michael Cera recently joked in a Comedy Central promo for his newest film release “Youth in Revolt,” that the film was a sort of spiritual masturbation.

While he may have been using humor filled with boyish subtlety to make viewers laugh and drive them to the theaters, the joke actually has some truth.

This romantic comedy, a sinking genre that Judd Apatow may not even be able to save, provides a fresh perspective.

Teens sneaking into boarding school dorms to have sex, divorced parents involved in less-than-healthy relationships, neighbors smuggling illegal immigrants, cross-dressing exploding city blocks and hallucinogenic Thanksgiving family dinners work their way into the 90-minute film about an intelligent, but limited 16-yearold boy’s struggle to be with the apparent love of his life.

The film unfolds at the pace of its skittish protagonist Nick Twisp (Michael Cera) and his bad-boy alter ego François Dillinger. Before Dillinger exists, Twisp has hardly anything going on in his life other than watching everyone around him get laid, most

notably his father to a barely legal girlfriend and his mother to a white trash truck driver. But when he meets Sheeni Saunders, the daughter of a pair of biblebangers at the Christian trailer park his mother’s boyfriend drags the family along to, the speed of his life, as well as the film, kicks into high gear.

To be with her, he blows up half a city block by ramming a trailer and a car with a gasolinefilled interior into a building, gets kicked out of his house and involves himself in much more raunchy behavior to show his dedication and love for Sheeni.

But getting her proves even tougher than being a badass as his parents, a former lover of Sheeni’s and the entire Berkley, Cal. police department are after him.

The first film by director Miguel Arteta since the Jennifer Aniston-featured “The Good Girl” (2002) is one of the biggest surprises in some time.

To take the cult-favorite that was the titular novel by C.D. Payne it was based on and bring it to life with the flairs of playful sequences of animation, sexual motifs and pithy and hilarious dialogue in well under two hours is quite a feat.

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web photo Michael Cera splits his personality in two (as the soft-spoken Nick Twisp and the debonair French bad-boy François Dillinger) in the rollicking new comedy, “Youth in Revolt.”

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YOGA “Relax, breathe and open your heart.” continued from 21 that just show The scenery up, but they also in the Sun Moon offer affordable Yoga studio classes every also gives off a Tuesday at 5:30 calmness that p.m., Thursday complements the at 10 a.m. and yoga going on in Friday at 5:30 the two rooms. p.m. at the rate The high ceilings, of $5. warm colors and With stressful serene music classes, and large make those who course loads, it simply step into is not a surprise the facility feel that many of the warm, welcome people who go to and calm. these affordable “Yoga is classes are meditative and Minnesota State when you’re students. Happy in a class with hour, which is other people you on Tuesday and get more into Friday, is a class it and take it that features more seriously basic yoga for all than being levels. by yourself,” “A while Henry said. “It’s nate brennan • msu reporter back one of my very warm and Sun Moon Yoga is located at 635 South Front Street in Mankato friends decided inviting and the to go to happy instructors are it is slower paced and lighter, hour one day. We ended up great, they’re very helpful.” but suited for everyone. going and we all loved it, it’s Sun Moon Yoga offers “There are intro classes been a regular thing since classes every day of the week. that include light stretching then. It’s such a good deal They are currently offering and the gentle classes for because it’s only $5 a class,” someone new or someone who winter payment options said Devin Henry, a student which include a pre-register has had injuries,” Julian said. in environmental sciences at “You get so much out of these of 10 classes for $90. For MSU. more information visit www. classes, everyone thinks in The Thursday $5 class is Sunmoonyogastudios.com. order to get fit you have to go a bit different than the happy fast, but you can get a lot out hour classes however, in that of light stretching.”

Handball MSU club promotes lifetime activity continued from 21 The most popular reason why players like handball is because it’s a game that requires concentration and skill. It also forces players to use both of their hands, which means that you will have to use your non-dominant hand.

The game also requires a lot of practice and is very

strenuous.

“It makes your arms hurt like you’ve been playing softball,” said member Kate Quiram. “And it makes your legs hurt like you’ve been running track.”

There are many benefits from being in the handball club. Members meet new

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“There are so many skill levels that you can keep getting better and better,” said member Chris Delaney.

Thursday, January 14, 2010T

Conan blasts NBC on network LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Tonight Show" host Conan O'Brien used his best material for his statement that said he wouldn't play ball with NBC's plan for him to make room for Jay Leno to come back to late night.

By the time O'Brien arrived on stage Tuesday night for his "Tonight Show" monologue, his remarks about the scheduling debacle took the form of a few swipes at NBC. "When I was a little boy, I remember watching 'The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson' and thinking, 'Someday, I'm going to host that show for seven months,'" cracked O'Brien, who took over "Tonight" from Leno last June.

"Welcome to NBC," he added — "where our new slogan is, 'No longer just screwing up prime time.'"

Leno, of course, has been starring weeknights at 10 p.m.

EST in a little-watched show that NBC announced earlier this week will be canceled.

"As I'm sure you know," Leno told viewers Tuesday in his own monologue, "NBC announced they are pulling the plug on this show Feb. 12. Here's the amazing part: That is the exact date that the Mayan calendar predicted we would go off the air."

While Leno's return to 11:35 p.m. EST seemed definite, O'Brien's future with the network was anything but clear-cut, after he released his statement earlier in the day that abruptly derailed NBC's rush to put its late-night house in order.

O'Brien said shifting "Tonight" to 12:05 a.m. will "seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting," and he expressed disappointment that

NBC had given him less than a year to establish himself as host at 11:35 p.m.

O'Brien said he doesn't have an offer in hand from another network. Fox, which lacks a network late-night show, has expressed its appreciation for him but said this week that no negotiations have been held.

In his statement, wryly addressed to "People of Earth," the comic knocked his network's prime-time ratings woes, which stem in part from the poor performance of Leno's primetime show. "The Jay Leno Show" debuted in the fall after Leno surrendered his 17-year stake in the "Tonight" last spring to O'Brien.

"It was my mistaken belief that, like my predecessor, I would have the benefit of some time and, just as important, some degree of ratings support from the prime-time schedule.

Building a lasting audience at 11:30 is impossible without both," O'Brien said.

"But sadly, we were never given that chance. After only seven months, with my 'Tonight Show' in its infancy, NBC has decided to react to their terrible difficulties in prime-time by making a change in their long-established late night schedule."

"Tonight" with O'Brien is averaging 2.5 million nightly viewers, compared with 4.2 for Letterman's "Late Show," according to Nielsen figures. And the younger audience that O'Brien was expected to woo has been largely unimpressed; O'Brien and Letterman tie among advertiserfavored viewers ages 18 to 49.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Variety

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The newest taste of old Mexico

North Mankato’s Plaza Garibaldi aims to bring authenticity JACOB BOHROD

staff writer

Despite being a moderatesized town with a large college presence, Mankato suffers from a dire need for quality independent restaurants.

Plaza Garibaldi, located at 1802 Commerce Drive in North Mankato, looks to ease our suffering.

Opened in July 2009, this authentic Mexican restaurant is nothing like the West-Mex fare we Northerners are used to.

Offering most every traditional Mexican dish one can think of with no spaghetti and meatballs in sight (kid’s meal excluded), Plaza Garibaldi is one of the best places to eat in town, a hidden gem that must be shared with the world.

Entering Plaza Garibaldi, one is met with the standard Mexican theme: bright colors, Mexican music and Dos Equis signage plastering the walls.

The seating area is small, but comfortably fits more than a dozen tables and booths. Prone to a packed house, the space can get a bit tight (ruining the its our-little-secret quality), but it’s a sacrifice that must be made.

The menu is impressive,

with numerous plates for chicken-, steak- and porklovers, as well as vegetarian dishes, options devoted to nachos and quesadillas (both of which are generally treated like sides in other establishments), and 30 combination options that mix and match different items from the menu. The specials are a “greatest hits” of Mexican food, including the aptly named Special Dinner, which features a chalupa, taco, chile relleno, tamale, enchilada and rice and beans, a dish that could easily feed two.

With every bite the authenticity is appetizingly apparent. Each flavor is unique to itself, variety that is most times lost in preparing Mexican food. The tamales are crumbly and savory, the tostadas are the perfect romance of juicy beef and crunchy tortilla, and the burritos don’t weigh you down or become soggy.

Garibaldi’s manager, Yau Garcia, said it’s the restaurant’s aim to offer authenticity from common ingredients, such as rice, to the rest of their menu.

This attention to original taste has a profound effect on the public’s reaction, as

Garcia said the restaurant has remained consistently busy since open.

Other bonuses include a helpful and attentive staff not afraid to throw customers some Spanish every once in a while (it’s always a good sign when the staff at a Mexican restaurant speaks Spanish).

Food comes promptly and is steaming hot; food is not meant to sit under a heat lamp for 15 minutes before being served.

If it weren’t such a hike from MSU, the $8 two-person meals would make a perfect pre- or post-class experience, and its hole-in-the-wall quality would have procrastinators avoiding their roommates in droves.

Unfortunately, like lower North Mankato’s Hunan Garden, Garibaldi is a prize one must work for, one that only those with cars, a taste for authenticity and a sense of adventure can win.

Plaza Garibaldi’s January specials include $6.25 burritos tipicos on Tuesdays, $3 flavored margaritas on Wednesdays and $5.50 quesadillas deluxe on Thursday. The restaurant has a sister establishment in New Ulm as well.

nate brennan • msu reporter Jessica Howk (left) and Shannon Fournier await in anticipation of their authentic Mexican meal at North Mankato’s best kept secret, Plaza Garibaldi.

REVOLT Cera splits psyche, blows up Berkeley continued from 21 But the credit of course can’t just be left for Artega. Cera and his love interest newcomer Portia Doubleday, are brilliant as two youths bored, lost, lonely and way too smart for the intellectual discourse their daily lives provide for them.

Furthering and accentuating their journey of romance are wonderful performances by the slew of secondary characters played by the likes of Steve Buscemi, Zach Galafianakis and

Ray Liotta But the real genius behind “Youth in Revolt” only becomes apparent when compared to other films of the romantic comedy genre. When everybody and their mother (especially their mother) take the time to see trite movies such as “Fool’s Gold” and anything involving Katherine Heigl post-“Knocked Up,” often films such as this get left in a dusty corner of your local Blockbuster.

But with the chaotic brilliance of “Youth in Revolt” (and maybe Cera’s recent promotional hangout session with the cast of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” as well) will hopefully be enough for viewers to flock to theaters and give it the attention it deserves.

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