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Celebrating civil rights

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day gives the Mankato community a chance to honor those who brought change in the past and will in the future ELENA SHUFELT

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On an exciting day for civil rights in Mankato, Martin Luther King, Jr. will meet Rosa Parks for the first time in more than 40 years.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Board will host a celebration of King’s birthday, Jan. 17, at the new Rosa Parks Elementary School in Mankato. The school is the first in Minnesota to be named after

the civil rights leader.

Michael Fagin, an ethnic studies professor at Minnesota State Mankato, said the MLK, Jr. Commemorative Board has been hosting events in Mankato to celebrate the civil leader since 1985—one year before it was recognized as a national holiday.

“It’s a great holiday for America,” Fagin said. “I’m very happy and always excited about helping to promote the principles and values that

Martin Luther King gave to our society.”

Fagin said Mankato has another first for civil rights— Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive—the first street named after him in Minnesota.

For many years, Fagin has led the Mankato community in honoring King, reminding people that King was a multiculturalist who was concerned about all people and not just AfricanAmerican rights.

Fagin said the celebrations have been held at many places in the community over the years, including a number of churches and MSU. He said almost every state has celebrations to recognize the holiday.

Students should honor the holiday by remembering that color, religion, sexual orientation and other differences don’t matter, Fagin said, and people should prepare themselves to

continue to protect the rights of all cultures.

“Students should reflect on how well off we are in a free society. We have a government structure that allows every individual to be recognized for the content of who they are and to develop to their maximum potential,” he said.

The event will include hors d’oeuvres, a presentation of

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MSSA striving to spread student voice across Minn.

IMPACT to host concert of well know Minn. mystery artist in Feb.

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The Minnesota State Student Association President Tom Williams and Vice President Brett Anderson have been working on a bill that may soon give students across the state a stronger voice in their city government.

The bill, supported by Senator Kathy Sheran, is awaiting committee

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assignment at the state level.

The bill calls for representation of college students if two-thirds of the city council votes to have a place reserved for a full-time student from the most populous institution in the area. That student will represent all of the colleges in the area if there are multiple institutions. The representative would not be able to vote on the issues, but

would be able to share student input at city council meetings.

Williams said so often there are not good relationships between the city and the students that attend colleges in the area, because they are labeled as problems.

Because of this some students believe that the city is out to get them. Williams hopes this situation can be helped, not only in Mankato, but across the state if this bill is passed

into law.

“If you think of this relationship as a three-legged stool, you have the city and the college working well together; and the college and the students working well together; but the city and the students do not work well together. Without all three legs of the stool working, you don’t have a functional stool.

Hopefully this bill can help with that,” Williams said.

Whether the bill is passed at a state level or not, the city of Mankato is planning to partner with students in the area later this month or in early February.

Administrators from the colleges represented will also be involved in this process.

The students that represent MSU will be working closely with Interim Dean of Students

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An introduction to MSU and America International Student Association helps new students adjust

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Every year, Minnesota State Mankato hosts hundreds of international students from dozens of countries. In spring semester, there are more than 100 international students fresh to MSU. To help these students ease into life at Mankato and learn more about the university, the MSU International Student Association hosted a three-day orientation session before school started in January. The orientation gave new students a chance to talk with ISA board members, meet other international students, play games, win prizes and familiarize themselves with MSU. Mohammed Alshammari was one of the new students who attended orientation. Alshammari is from Saudi Arabia, but he studied in North Dakota before coming to MSU to major in mechanical engineering.

He said orientation helped him find an apartment near campus and also deal with immigration issues.

“They gave me lots of information to help me, and that’s what I needed the first semester,” he said.

Juan Higuera is another new international student who attended

orientation. An accounting major from Colombia, he said he wanted to study in the U.S. to make a better future for himself.

“It opens more doors when you go back to Colombia with a degree from the U.S.,” he said.

While Higuera said he already knew some of the information presented at orientation, such as the dry-campus policy, he did learn about scheduling and housing and had the opportunity to meet new

people.

He said ISA was very helpful because it gave him a place to voice his questions and concerns.

“At least you don’t feel alone,” Higuera said. “You know you can go to someone with your questions.”

While many international students came to orientation to learn about MSU, others came to teach about MSU. Hyunjung Lee and Sanghee Moon are both international students from South Korea, and

both volunteered as guides at spring orientation.

Lee, who is a second-semester civil engineering major, said she came to study in the U.S. because she didn’t want to waste the English she learned in her Thai high school.

She chose to study in Minnesota because of the good things she heard about it.

“I heard it was a safe and nice state,” she said.

She said she was surprised by the number of students who attended orientation.

“I didn’t know there were that many [international] students [at MSU],” she said.

Moon is a biology major whose university in South Korea has a program where students study two years in their home country and two years in the U.S. His options in the U.S. were either Minnesota or Mississippi, and he chose Minnesota because the Mississippi students to whom he talked said their university didn’t have a good studying environment.

Both Moon and Lee said their transition into American society was eased by the Korean students already attending MSU. Moon added that ISA made the process smoother

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BRENNAN DOWN THE HOUSE: NAILIN’ PALIN, OR MY OWN PERSONAL ‘BLOOD LIBEL’

NATE BRENNAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Sarah Palin wants everyone to know about the tragedy that took place this weekend. No, not the shootings in Arizona, it’s the backlash she’s received over her painting crosshairs over contested districts and encouraging conservative supporters with her ever-so-tactful words of encouragement: “Don’t Retreat, Instead – RELOAD!” Amidst the counter-attack, Palin accuses the “lamestream” media of attempting to manufacture a “blood libel” against her. Well, pointing out facts that make you look bad isn’t necessary libelous, but it definitely doesn’t have anything to do with the myth that Jews used to kill Christian babies, which the term “blood libel” falsely accuses (and is all the more wrong and insensitive given that Congresswoman Giffords, the Tucson assassination target, is Jewish).

Continuing, she states that there is nothing wrong with the us vs. them, “we’ll take back our nation by force if we have to” vitriol being spewed on a daily basis, arguing that it’s always been this way because the Founding Fathers used to duel with each other. While dueling did exist in the olden-timey days, in the political realm, it may have only been between Burr and Hamilton, so I’m not sure what point she is trying to make.

But while we’re on the topic of Founding Fathers, Mrs. Palin, if we did exactly as they planned more than 200 years ago (before cars and the Internet!), you wouldn’t be able to vote, let alone run for office or have your

opinion counted for. Are you sure you want to keep going with the “what the Founding Fathers would’ve wanted” routine?

If your reaction to this isn’t “What the fuck are you talking about, Sarah Palin!?!”, no matter your race, creed, sex or political affiliation, you need to check yourself before you indubitably wreck yourself. Even our former Governor, Tim Pawlenty, a normally reserved and mild conservative voice in politics, has spoken out against her crosshair approach, calling it not his style.

All it would have taken to calm everyone down would have been to say, “I was wrong in my approach to gain support for winning those districts for the Republican party. What happened in Arizona was a tragedy, and while I am obviously not personally responsible, I agree that the amplified nature of our political spectrum may be partially at fault for the current state of division within our great country.”

But she did not do that, because that would have been admitting even the tiniest of wrongdoing or defeat. And if you know anything about Mama Grizzlies, it’s that they don’t back down. They also don’t have the capacity for rational human thought or human emotion, but factoring that in just totally ruins the metaphor.

So instead of backing down, which would be an unreasonable and wimpish thing to do in her mind, she pounced upon those who might expose a glaring flaw.

Though, it’s obvious that Palin has many flaws.

Palin is the ultimate hypocrite.

The kind of person who exploits hardworking America’s frustration with government spending to become the spokesperson of the Tea Party, all while running a state that leads the nation in funding from federal earmarks.

The kind of person who will use her pretty smile to get on as many networks as possible to

decry the current state of politics and the gap between Wall Street and Main Street, then go off and use $150K in campaign funds to purchase a new wardrobe and charge around $100K just to speak at an event (for the love of her country!).

The kind of person who will spearhead a movement against our President (just a few years after speaking ill of the president was considered treasonous by the same ilk) and call his health care plan Socialist, despite that similar programs work just fine in nonSocialist countries Great Britain and Canada.

But most childish of all, as well as the most obvious attempt at projection and distraction, are her attacks on the “lamestream” media, which seems to primarily be a vindictive response to knowledgeable and wellinformed analysts and columnists questioning her ability to be lead and legislate on the national level. I mean, when Palin holds a degree in journalism, her first job was in newspaper and television, she had her own television show and she regularly appeared as a correspondent on the Fox News Network, the most-watched news network on television (which I’ve been told is a form of media), how can the media be the one to blame?

It isn’t, she’s simply terrified of losing the attention. She’s like Evita, but instead of sleeping her way to the top to do good, she uses buzzwords to do something that remains to be seen but probably has something to do with the flag or being a maverick.

She’s not a politician, she’s a Palintitian (which is just the kind of stupid, made-up word I should be copyrighting before she adopts it for her 2012 campaign).

This is why I simply can’t understand the continued appeal and attention toward Palin, no matter the political leaning. I mean, I could see the initial attraction — a young, fiery, attractive, Reagan-loving, Conservative wild-card-type

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character. But after more than two years of proving nothing politically (other than savvy), providing no plans to cure the problems she sees (other than have her husband and his buddies build a wooden fence between the U.S. and Mexico) and doing nothing but quit being the Governor of Alaska and charge a boat load of cash for appearance fees, where is the appeal to follow her lead?

Look, I love free speech and she has the right to say stupid things and make stupid maps without being imprisoned, but she should be held accountable.

And not by a law, but by your lack of support. Much like Shawn the Baptist’s horrid visits to our campus, the only way to take away her power is to make her obsolete, to give her no attention.

And if she isn’t held accountable, maybe I was wrong in my previous editorial. Maybe there isn’t hope for us yet.

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Maverick Software expands across MnSCU

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GRACE WEBB

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For the past four and a half years, Maverick Software Consulting has worked with Minnesota State Mankato by hiring MSU students to work with real-world clients.

Students who work at Maverick Software are usually computer science, information technology or computer engineering majors, and they do everything from develop and test new software to debug current software programs for Maverick Software’s client company, Thomson Reuters.

It’s a good deal for everyone involved — MSU students get valuable experience, flexible hours and good pay, MSU gets a percentage of their wages and Maverick Software and Thomson Reuters both get talented young employees.

In fact, things have been going so well, Maverick Software wants to expand to more universities and more clients.

“We’ve had a relationship with MSU for about fourand-a-half years now and that relationship is working great,” said Chuck Sherwood, co-owner of Maverick Software Consulting. “We’d like to expand that to some of the other universities in the state university system.”

Maverick Software works with four universities: MSU, the University of MinnesotaTwin Cities, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Now, the company is looking to expand to other

universities within the MnSCU system, including St. Cloud University, Winona State and Metropolitan State. In order to do so, the company needs to find clients willing to hire students to work for them at on-campus sites.

It currently has only one client, Thomson Reuters, one of the top information and productivity solution providers in the U.S. legal system.

While this partnership is enough to provide more than 80 jobs for students, more clients will be necessary if Maverick Software wants to expand to more universities.

Sherwood said the biggest thing when it comes to expanding to new universities is finding client companies willing to hire students to work for them at on-campus sites.

“Really, the places that we go are based on our clients’ needs and where they recruit from,” he said. “We came to Mankato because that’s one of the places our current client recruits from. We’re trying to find clients interested in working with other universities.”

That’s where the open house comes in.

Maverick Software will be hosting an open house at MSU from 1-3 p.m. Feb. 10. The goal of this open house, according to Maverick Software founder and co-owner Marty Hebig, is to show interested potential clients what the company does.

“It’s just a way for us to kind of reach out to the

Mary Dowd.

“I think that this process will open the lines of communication between students and the city,” Dowd said. “Hopefully, it will result in a common ground of interest and make responsive new changes in areas such as quality housing and clarification of ordinances.”

Dowd also hopes it will bring more appreciation of contributing students to the Greater Mankato area.

As written on the MSSA agenda: “a unique circumstance has occurred allowing MSU to host a concert for a well known Minnesota artist with limited financial costs to IMPACT. IMPACT and Student Activities wishes to

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The motion passed.

At the time of the MSSA meeting, IMPACT was still in contract negotiations with this artist, so Greg Wilkins, the advisor for IMPACT, preferred not to release the name, but buzz around campus and a post from Rhymesayers Entertainment on its website projects that artist to be Minnesota hip-hop

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MLK The event will include a dramatic ORIENTATION ISA helps performance of Rosa Parks and other students feel female civil rights leaders more comfortable continued from 1

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awards and entertainment by Trena Bolden Fields. Bolden Fields will do a dramatic performance entitled “Women in Civil Rights,” which will include Rosa Parks, Fannie Lou Hamer, Ida B. Wells and Diane Nash.

Bolden Fields has done parts of this performance before, but this will be the first time she will do it as a whole. Her portrayals range in time from the late 1800s to the 1960s. She felt it was important to show what these women did for AfricanAmerican rights.

“A few of the women have not been heard on a wide scale before,” she said.

Bolden has been working as an actress professionally for 12 years. She is originally from Minnesota, and she double majored in theater arts and mass communications at Augsburg College in Minneapolis. She resides in Washington D.C., but she returned to the area for this

continued from 3 performance and another at Dreamland Arts in St. Paul Jan. 20-23.

Bukata Hayes, executive director of the Greater Mankato Diversity Council and member of the MLK, Jr. Commemorative Board, said recipients of the Pathfinder, Young Pathfinder and Business Pathfinder Awards will be honored at the celebration. The awards were created to recognize those who have strived for equal rights in the community.

The three recipients include Avra Johnson, interim assistance vice president for planning in Academic Affairs at MSU, Adam Osman, a senior at Mankato East High School, and The Free Press.

“It’s always great for people from different sectors of the community to come together at an event like this,” Hayes said.

Hayes said while the MLK, Jr. Commemorative Board is hosting the event, the Greater Mankato Diversity Council is supporting it financially.

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“ISA really helps international students, sincerely,” he said.

While ISA does its best to help international students in any way it can, ISA president Fahad Al-Sogoor said international students face many challenges when studying abroad. Some challenges include managing health insurance, restricting visas that don’t allow students to work off-campus, finding transportation and also discrimination.

Al-Sogoor said, however, that the university has been very outreaching to international students.

He especially noted how much MSSA tries to be welcoming.

“They have been very supportive and involved with us,” he said.

Al-Sogoor said ISA is important because it gives students a place to go and shows them that someone is interested in helping them.

“When they know there’s a leader [for international students], there’s more comfortable asking for help,” he said.

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EXPANSION Each new site is estimated to create 20 student jobs continued from 7 business community [and] find out what they’re looking for,” Hebig said.

The open house will include a presentation about Maverick Software, the MnSCU system and how the current partnership with Thomson Reuters is set up. There will also be a tour of the Maverick Software facility in Mankato to show what MSU students’ work environment is like.

“The open house is a really good way for companies to see what we have to offer and for us to get started talking to them to find out if they are a good fit for a relationship,” Sherwood said.

Hebig said that there are no stiff requirements for clients; Maverick Software is open to working with any company, though it is especially beneficial if clients are looking to hire student employees after graduation.

“We’re willing to work with anybody on this,” he said. “It’s a generic-enough idea that it doesn’t have to be one certain segment of the industry.”

Sherwood said Maverick Software’s main goal is to find another client.

“There are many universities that could use a program like this,” he said. “If we could get hooked up with

companies that this will work for, we’d love to continue to expand as far as we can.”

Both Hebig and Sherwood are confident expanding will create great new opportunities for MnSCU students. They estimate that each new campus site will create 20 jobs for students, so, if the company does connect with all three universities like it hopes, 60 new jobs will be created.

“The biggest effect [of our expansion plans] is going to be the opportunity for students at these other universities to come in and get real world experience,” Sherwood said.

“They’re going to get the experience that’s going to help them get a full-time job once they graduate.”

While expansion is important to the company, Hebig said he does not want that to be Maverick Software’s only goal.

“It’s not just about raw expansion,” he said. “Ideally, down the road, I’d like to see an office at every major campus across the country, but that’s down the road, and that would take a lot of work and a long ways to go. For now, it’s just finding the right clients, doing things right and making sure we take care of our customers.

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Waseca man accused of planting explosive sex toy Intended to harm ex-girlfriend

WASECA, Minn. (WCCO) — A Waseca man is accused of planting an explosive device inside a sex toy intended for one of his ex-girlfriends.

According to the criminal complaint, 37-year-old Terry Allen Lester has been charged with felony counts of creating an explosive device and making terroristic threats.

The incident was reported on New Year’s Day. Authorities said Lester had been staying with the apparent intended victim and another woman.

He had been forced to leave the apartment by the landlord but left behind bags, one of which contained a container marked “Christmas Gifts.”

Lester allegedly mentioned to one of the two roommates his intentions, so they reported their suspicions about the bags to police.

The criminal complaint says police found a sex toy inside the package that had been modified with gun powder and buck shot, which were connected to a trigger inside the battery port.

Authorities say Lester planned on giving the sex toy to one of three women he had previously been involved with where the relationship ended poorly. Materials were found suggesting he intended to make two other similar devices.

Lester told friends that “he would pull the trigger and it would blow them up.”

Police say the device was missing a key starting element, but it still could have exploded.

“Any time you mix electronics, gun powder and BBs, we need to make sure it is rendered safe and doesn’t harm anyone,” said Capt. Kris Markeson.

The bizarre plot has startled those who live in Waseca.

Lester has been a long-time customer at Lindner’s Liquor.

“I am in total shock. I could not believe it when I read it for sure. He has always been nice when he has come into the store,” Owner Tae Borne said.

Lester told police the bomb wasn’t his. He has been taken into custody and faces up to 10 years in jail, if convicted.

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Veganism spreads across U.S. You’ve come a long way, vegan.

Once mocked as a fringe diet for sandal-wearing health food store workers, veganism is moving from marginal to mainstream in the United States.

The vegan “Skinny Bitch” diet books are best-sellers, vegan staples like tempeh and tofu can be purchased at just about any supermarket, and some chain restaurants eagerly promote their plant-only menu items. Today’s vegans are urban hipsters, suburban moms, college students, even professional athletes.

“It’s definitely more diverse. It’s not what you would picture 20 years ago, which is kind of hippie, crunchy,” said Isa Chandra Moskowitz, author of vegan cookbooks like the new “Appetite for Reduction.”

She says it’s easier being a vegan now because there is more local produce available and more interesting ways of cooking.

“It’s not just steamed vegetables anymore and brown rice and lentils,” she said.

Veganism is essentially hard-core vegetarianism.

While a vegetarian might butter her bagel or eat a cake made with eggs, vegans shun all animal products: No meat, no cheese, no eggs, no honey, no mayonnaise.

Ethical vegans have a moral aversion to harming animals for human consumption, be it for a flank steak or leather shoes, though the term often is used to describe people who follow the diet, not the larger

philosophy.

It’s difficult to come up with hard numbers of practicing vegans. There’s a blurry line between people who define themselves as vegan and vegetarian and some eaters dip in and out plant-only diets. For instance, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman has described his “vegan till 6” health plan, in which he becomes more omnivorous in the evening.

In a 2009 survey, advocates at the not-for-profit Vegetarian Resource Group reported about 1 percent of Americans are vegan, roughly a third of the people who reported being vegetarians. A separate survey released last year by the same group found a similar breakdown for Americans aged 8 to 18.

That makes veganism something short of a fad sweeping the nation like lowcarb once did. Consider that while Kraft Foods reports that it shipped out more Boca Original Vegan Burger Patties and Boca Ground Crumbles last year, the increase was a modest 1 percent. Still, there are plenty of signs that vegans have pushed beyond their old, exclusive cocoon that once inspired celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain to mock them as the “Hezbollahlike splinter faction” of vegetarians.

Exhibit A would be the “Skinny Bitch” diet books, which provide vegan lifestyle tips in a blunt, girlfriendon-the-phone style (Sample passage: “Soda is liquid Satan.

It is the devil.”). Actress Alicia

web photo Vegan diet books have flourished in recent years.

Silverstone added a dose of star power to the vegan cause more recently with “The Kind Diet,” a No. 1 best-seller.

Vegan diets also have been touted by other celebrities, including Emily Deschanel in “Bones” and Lea Michele of “Glee.”

Veganism has been buoyed by the same healthconscious wave that has drawn Americans in unprecedented numbers to low-fat, vegetarian and organic foods. The idea of eating lower on the food chain is especially attractive to environmentally conscious consumers, since large-scale meat production is a major source of greenhouse gases.

Veganism also provides a safe harbor for the growing number of people concerned about where their supermarket meat comes from. Critics of industrial-scale food processing like writer Michael Pollan have been gaining a wider audience in recent years.

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U.S. hits lowest Dutch to tax prostitution teen birth rate Enforcement comes 10 years

Rate lower in other countries ATLANTA (AP) — The rate of teen births in the U.S. is at its lowest level in almost 70 years.

Yet, the sobering context is that the teen pregnancy rate is far lower in many other countries.

The most convincing explanation is that contraceptive use is much higher among teens in most Western European countries.

Last week, U.S. health officials released new government figures for 2009 showing 39 births per 1,000 girls, ages 15 through 19 — the lowest rate since records have been kept on this issue.

That’s close to the teen birth rate for Romania, Turkey and Bulgaria in 2007, the latest numbers available from the World Bank, which collects a variety of data gauging international development.

The teen birth rate for Western Europe and a few other countries is dramatically lower.

In the United Kingdom it’s 24 per 1,000 girls. In traditionally Catholic Ireland, it’s 16 and in Italy it’s 5. France’s rate is 7 per 1,000. Canada’s rate is under 13, Sweden’s is under 8, Japan’s is about 5, and in the Netherlands it’s close to 4.

The disparity has existed for decades. Several experts say the reason mostly has to do with more realistic approaches to birth control.

Birth control is less expensive and easier for teens to get in many other developed countries than in the United States. And teachers, parents and physicians tend to be more accepting of teenage sexuality and more likely to encourage use of contraception, said Sarah Brown, chief executive of the Washington, D.C.-based National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.

Teen births are a concern: The hazards of teen pregnancy include higher school dropout rates, as well as possible health and other problems for young mothers and their kids.

There are few comprehensive studies of why teen birth rates vary from country to country.

And experts say there’s probably not one overarching explanation.

For example, the reason for a low teen birth rate may be different in the Netherlands, where prostitution is legal, than in Japan, which traditionally has a more conservative culture when it comes to sex and sex education.

Some countries may have predominant social values that discourage teenage sex, but abstinence-only education

programs — a hot topic in the United States — are generally not considered a major reason other countries have lower teen birth rates.

“Not at all,” said Cecilia Ekeus, a researcher in international public health at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute.

“We’re working the opposite way,” she added, describing Sweden’s comprehensive sex education and easy teen access to condoms and birth control pills.

Experts say teen births can be lower when: —Teens have less sex.

—Teens use contraception correctly and often.

—A larger proportion of pregnant teens has an abortion.

But do those explain the international differences?

As to the first, there is no evidence teens in Europe are having less sex than American teens, so that’s not considered a likely explanation.

If anything, “there may be more sex there than here” among teenagers, said Carl Haub, a demographer with the Washington, D.C.-based Population Reference Bureau.

As to the third, most international comparisons of abortion rates are considered dated and somewhat unreliable because of incomplete information. One smaller study found the United States had a higher abortion rate than Canada and some European countries, and not all experts think it’s a major reason for different birth rates.

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AMSTERDAM (AP) — Workers in the world’s oldest profession are about to get a lesson in the harsh reality of Europe’s new age of austerity.

The Dutch government has warned prostitutes who advertise their wares in the famed windows of Amsterdam’s red light district to expect a business-only visit from the taxman.

Prostitution has flourished in Amsterdam since the 1600s, when the Netherlands was a major naval power and sailors swaggered into the port looking for a good time. The country legalized the practice a decade ago, but authorities are only now getting around to looking to sex workers for taxes.

“We began at the larger places, the brothels, so now we’re moving on to the window landlords and the ladies,” said Janneke Verheggen, spokeswoman for the country’s Tax Service.

The move is meeting with little formal opposition, even among prostitutes — though some are skeptical it can be enforced. But it marks yet another shift away from the permissive attitudes that once prevailed in the Netherlands.

“It’s a good thing that they’re doing this,” said Samantha, a statuesque blond Dutchwoman in a white leather dress who offers her services from behind one of the hundreds of redcurtained windows in the heart of the city’s ancient center.

“It’s a job like any other and we should pay taxes,” she said.

She said she has been paying

web photo Prostitutes will now be audited in the same way as all Dutch businesses.

her share for years and felt she was competing on unequal terms with women who didn’t, many of them immigrants from Eastern Europe.

Although the Netherlands has weathered the fallout from the 2008 financial crisis better than many countries, the government ran a deficit of 6 percent in 2010 and is cutting spending and hiking taxes in hopes of balancing the budget by 2015.

Prostitutes were told they would be audited in typically bureaucratic fashion, with a notice addressed “to landlords and window prostitutes in Amsterdam” published last week in the city’s main newspaper.

“Agents of the Tax Service will walk through various elements of your business administration with you, such as prices, staffing, agendas and calendars,” the notice said.

“The facts will be used at a later date in reviewing your returns.”

Though the Dutch state is not going to fill its coffers just by squeezing prostitutes, the sex trade is a serious industry that went almost entirely untaxed until legalization.

The Central Bureau of Statistics estimates prostitution generates €660 million ($865 million) in annual turnover, or a little less than €50 ($65) per person in a country of 16 million — though many customers are tourists.

Under Dutch law, prostitutes should be charging 19 percent sales tax on each transaction.

Customers typically pay €50 ($65) for a 15 minute session. In addition, after-expense profits are personal income, taxed at anywhere from 33 percent for someone making less than €18,000 ($23,000) per year to 52 percent for people making more than €54,000 ($70,000).

Sex workers, who are almost all women, can fall beyond both ends of that range.

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Schwab agrees to settle

Man accused Cancer in of trying to Minn. linked Two units pay $118.9 million over cut off toes to obesity

bond fund risk disclosure

WASHINGTON (AP) — Charles Schwab Corp. on Tuesday agreed to pay $118.9 million to settle regulators’ civil charges over disclosure of the risks of a short-term bond fund.

The company called the steep decline of the YieldPlus Fund the result “of an unprecedented and unforeseeable credit crisis and market collapse” in 2007 and 2008.

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement with two Schwab units, Charles Schwab Investment Management and Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. The agency said Schwab marketed the fund as a conservative investment only slightly riskier than a money-market fund even though half its assets were invested in highrisk securities.

The Schwab units neither admitted nor denied the allegations in the settlement with the SEC, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority — the securities industry’s

self-policing organization — and Illinois regulators.

Company founder and Chairman Charles Schwab lost money himself as one of the biggest investors in the YieldPlus Fund, according to the company.

“Schwab would never seek to profit at the expense of its clients,” the San Franciscobased company said in a statement. “We regret that fund shareholders lost money in YieldPlus.”

The SEC also filed a civil lawsuit against Kimon Daifotis, former chief investment officer for fixed income at Charles Schwab Investment Management, and Randall Merk, an executive vice president of Charles Schwab & Co. who was a trustee of YieldPlus and other Schwab funds. The suit alleges they committed fraud and other securities law violations in the offer and sale of the YieldPlus Fund.

Daifotis and Merk disputed the SEC’s allegations and said they would contest them in court.

The company said it expects to take an after-tax charge of $97 million against its earnings for the OctoberDecember quarter for the settlement.

Before the credit crisis hit, the YieldPlus Fund was one of the top performing funds in its category for eight years, Schwab said.

Its assets plummeted to $1.8 billion from $13.5 billion during an eightmonth period in 2007-2008 as the mortgage-backed and other securities it held lost their value and investors redeemed their shares, the SEC said. The agency said the Schwab units failed to adequately inform investors about the risks of investing in the fund and how different it was from money-market funds.

The SEC also alleged that the fund violated its own policy on concentrations of holdings by investing more than 25 percent of fund assets in mortgage-backed securities.

FERGUS FALLS, Minn.

(AP) — A man calling himself a “soul collector” and a “medicine man” is accused of trying to cut off his neighbor’s toes and scalp him in Fergus Falls.

Forty-two-year-old Timothy Eugene Peterson is charged with attempted murder and second-degree assault.

According to the complaint, Ivan “Skip” Mallas was working in his garage early Sunday when Peterson approached him and allegedly began chanting while first trying to cut off some of Mallas’ toes.

Mallas says Peterson then tried to slit his throat, scalp him and stab him in the chest while telling Mallas that he needed to “collect his soul.”

The Daily Journal reports that after Peterson left, Mallas fled to a neighbor’s house. Mallas was treated for wounds to his cheek, both hands and left foot.

Peterson remained in jail Wednesday.

One-third of 9,000 deaths linked to weight

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The American Cancer Society estimates a third of cancer deaths in Minnesota can be linked to obesity.

The Cancer Society says 9,000 people die from cancer every year in Minnesota. It’s the number one killer in the state, surpassing heart attacks or strokes.

ACS Minnesota division spokeswoman Angie Rolle tells KARE-TV that the information from the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research provides an opportunity for those overweight or obese to take control of their health and reduce the risk factors.

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Rex Ryan is talking again, the Seahawks are still alive and the Ravens vs. Steelers rivalry adds another chapter. Welcome to playoff football.

KYLE RATKE

sports editor What’s more preposterous: The fact the Rex Ryan is still yapping his mouth even though his defense isn’t nearly as solid as a season ago, that he’s addicted to feet or that the Seattle Seahawks just upset the defending Super Bowl champions?

That’s been the NFL season in a nutshell. Crazy. Randy Moss played for three teams and did nothing. And we saw Brett Favre’s junk — literally. Looking like a fool with your pants on the ground, indeed.

Now here we are to decide who deserves to be in the championship round. We learned last week that it doesn’t matter if you finished the year with a 7-9 record. The regular season is out the window, if you can’t win in the playoffs, nobody cares.

Welcome to the 2011 NFL playoffs, where even Jay Cutler can be successful. Well, we’ll see.

Baltimore at Pittsburgh If any game is a toss-up during this round, it’s this one.

Thinking about this game just makes my body ache.

Both of these teams have the “defense first” mentality and will pound the ball up the middle if they can offensively.

Both coaches are young, but are still respected around the league.

For me, there’s one major difference: If your team has the ball with two minutes left on the clock and needs a touchdown, who do you want, Joe Flacco or Ben Roethlisberger?

Obviously you go with Big Ben. He doesn’t look flashy, doesn’t always put fantastic numbers, but he’ll get the job done. He reminds me of Matt Saracen from Friday Night Lights in season one.

Nothing flashy, just willing to do whatever it takes to win the game.

Pittsburgh 21, Baltimore 17

New York at New England A part of me wants the Jets to be embarrassed so we can all laugh at Rex Ryan.

“Hey Rex, remember all those promises you made at the beginning of the season? Look at you now! You have a horrible starting quarterback, you’ve gained the weight back and you love toes!”

But the cocky part of me wants Ryan and the Jets to take down the Patriots.

Ryan is the guy at the party who makes the girl laugh and everyone is rooting for him.

Bill Belichick is the guy who ignores everyone, is a huge dick and doesn’t even drink at the party -- but yet he still brings the girl home!

WHAT KIND OF WORLD IS THIS?!

I don’t think this game will come down to coaches. I think Rex Ryan is a top-5 NFL coach.

It comes down to Mark Sanchez.

He’s horrible.

New England 34, New York 21

Green Bay at Atlanta If Green Bay wins, I might go crazy. I have a friend from MSU (you know who you are), who will send me 1,000 text messages if the Packers win.

I can’t let this happen.

I think the Atlanta Falcons are a better team, but I think the Green Bay Packers are more talented.

Does that make sense? (Stop shaking your head!!)

Atlanta has the team build and you can tell they are on the same page. Green Bay can overwhelm you with its talent, but for some reason, I am not buying the whole team thing (maybe it’s because I hate them).

Aaron Rodgers is one of the best quarterbacks in the league, but all Matt Ryan has done in his career is win — especially at home. Tough to argue with.

I’ll be receiving hate mail for this, but....

Atlanta 27, Green Bay 24

Seattle at Chicago I bet $20 on the Saints winning last week. I am not happy with Seattle. But they are playing chinless Jay Cutler and the Bears this weekend.

The Bears have never really impressed me this season. Sure, they beat my Vikings twice. But guess what? The effin’ Lions beat the Vikings. Big deal.

We forget that Matt Hasselbeck played in a Super Bowl not too long ago. He showed his poise last weekend.

Mix this with the fact that every Bears fan is scared shitless when Cutler does his little shimmy before he passes the ball.

Anytime you’re quarterback has a 50/50 shot at throwing either a touchdown or an interception, it generally isn’t a good thing.

Every Bears fan is punching themselves for thinking giving up two first-rounders to the Broncos was ever a good idea.

Seattle 20, Chicago 17

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Men’s basketball

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Opposite styles Mavericks set for road trip TIGE HUTCHESON

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As the Minnesota State University women’s basketball team (5-4, 8-5) spends the week getting ready for its westward trip to the Dakotas, head coach Pam Gohl and her coaching staff are faced with the challenge of preparing for two completely different teams — the physically imposing Wolves of Northern State and the sharpshooting Marauders of Mary.

MSU’s first stop, Aberdeen, S.D., will put them up against one of the most post-oriented, methodical teams in the NSIC — the Northern State Wolves (6-4, 9-5).

“Northern [State] is one of the tallest teams in the league, so post defense will be very important for us,” said Gohl. “Also, Northern [State] runs over 300 plays, and even though we can’t possibly prepare the team for every play, we can stick to our instincts and stay disciplined.”

Buoying Northern State’s oldschool approach is arguably the best frontcourt in the NSIC. 5’11” Jodi Reinschmidt, 6’6” Krista Rabenberg and 6’1” Mikayla Barondeau supply over half of the Wolves offense, with Reinschmidt leading the team with 14.9 points per game. And while MSU’s frontcourt duo of 6-0 Ali Wilkinson and 6-2 Laura Weber have played well as of late, the Mavericks will ask for even more both offensively and defensively on Friday.

Following Friday’s emphasis on post play, the Mavericks will be forced to change gears quickly as they head to Bismarck, N.D. to take on the University of Mary

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Marauders (5-5, 8-6). Stylistically opposite of the Wolves, the Marauders could care less about production inside, preferring to turn up the tempo and try their luck from behind the 3-point line.

“Mary is a four guard team.

They scored 111 points in their last game, so they’re a different matchup for us,” Gohl said.

Led by Shaunna Knife and Rachel Zillmer, the Marauders launch an average of 23 3-pointers a game and are second in the NSIC with an average of eight made 3-pointers per game. After burying Minnesota-Crookston under 18 made three-pointers last Saturday, the Marauders are sure to be a little trigger-happy, and it will be up to the Mavericks to live up to their reputation as the best perimeter defenders in the NSIC and limit second chances on defense in order to slow them down.

“We can do a lot of things to prepare for our opponents, but the most important thing is always that we do what we do best and concentrate on ourselves,” Gohl said.

Against two teams insistent upon controlling the game’s style, MSU will look to stay disciplined with its own system. With three games worth of momentum at stake, the Mavericks will look to stay consistent on the road and assert themselves as NSIC contenders.

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When: 8 p.m.

Where: Aberdeen, S.D. KYLE RATKE

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The Minnesota State Mankato men’s basketball team hopes the long drive to the Dakotas doesn’t affect its play.

On Friday the Mavericks will travel to Aberdeen, S.D. to take on the Northern State Wolves (6-8, 2-8 NSIC) and will travel to play the University of Mary (10-4, 6-4 NSIC).

The Mavericks will have their hands full with opposing players.

Northern State is led by sophomore forward Collin Pryor who is averaged 16 points and nine rebounds per game.

Mary is led by senior guard Anthony Moody, who is averaging an NSIC high, 20 points per game.

“Anytime you have a long trip, you have to be mentally ready,” said redshirt freshman Connor O’Brien. “We play two good teams that will be competitive and tough. We’ll be alright if we play our game.”

Fortunately for the Mavericks, O’Brien rejoined practice on Wednesday after suffering an ankle injury last Tuesday against Minnesota-Crookston.

After a crazy first half to the season, the Mavericks have looked at O’Brien as their presence inside. He may not be the most experience guy, but that doesn’t bother him.

“Ultimately I’ll do whatever the team needs me to do,” O’Brien

shannon rathmanner • msu reporter Senior Jefferson Mason has scored 20 or more points in four straight games.

said, who is averaging eight points and seven rebounds per game.

“I’m capable of playing inside... I also can play outside, which opens things up for our team.”

Something to watch for is point guard Marcus Hill hitting a milestone. With 17 points this weekend, he will become the 34th player in MSU history to hit the

1,000 point mark.

“He’s had such a great career here,” O’Brien said. “He’s become a huge leader on and off the court for us and couldn’t’ be a better teammate.”

The Mavericks tip-off Friday against Northern State at 8 p.m. and Saturday against Mary at 8 p.m.

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Looking for some payback PAT DELANEY

staff writer Back on Nov. 12, the Minnesota State Mankato men’s hockey team suffered their worst loss of the season. The Denver Pioneers beat MSU 6-1 that night, which capped off a series sweep. It was the fourth straight loss for the Mavericks all coming at the hands of WCHA opponents.

The Mavericks had appeared to hit rock bottom, but it was that moment that may have turned their season around. The Mavericks will now get a second chance to face the Pioneers and a lot will be on the line.

“All non-conference games are out of the way so all we got is WCHA action,” said sophomore forward Eli Zuck. “These next games are huge for us and obviously Denver is a tough opponent.”

Denver is ranked No. 6 and is second in the WCHA. Despite the tough opponent, the Mavericks will need to find a way to get at least two points this weekend.

While the Mavericks are 8-2-0 in their last 10 games, only two of those wins came against WCHA opponents, leaving the Mavericks still near the bottom in the standings.

Denver outscored the Mavericks 9-3 in their two previous games, but the Mavericks have since found ways to get the puck in the net. The Mavericks have averaged nearly 3.5 goals-per-game in their last eight games after averaging less than three in the season’s first two months.

“It’s definitely nice when they start going in for you,” said Zuck.

The Mavericks will need to keep the momentum going from their non-conference schedule in the season’s final seven series.

MSU will likely need to win at least 10 of their final 14 games if they are going to jump up enough in the standings and get a home playoff series.

It will not be an easy road though. After Denver, the Mavericks will travel to Wisconsin to take on a strong Badgers team.

MSU still has Minnesota-Duluth and Colorado College as well, who both rank in the top five in the WCHA. Getting at least two points this weekend will set the table for what should be an exciting finish for the Mavericks.

“We’ve been working pretty much on the same things,” said junior defenseman Cameron Cooper.

“Playing mini-games, working on making fast plays, getting pucks to the net, shooting from all spots. I think that’s what made us successful last weekend.”

The Mavericks will have the benefit of playing Denver at home this time. MSU is starting to gain the reputation of having one of the league’s best student sections and the players have fed off that energy.

The Mavericks are 6-3-2 when playing at the Verizon Wireless Center. With students back from winter break, the Mavericks can expect a large crowd this weekend.

“It’s fun to have the crowd into it,” said junior forward Adam Mueller.

Getting the crowd involved early proved to be a great advantage when the Mavericks played Minnesota. Both games they scored first and rode the momentum to a series sweep. The Mavericks will have the same objective when they step on the ice this weekend and from this point on, every game should feel like a playoff game.

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MSU Women’s Hockey Gameday Lee Handel• staff writer

Ohio State (10-10-2, 6-13-3 WCHA) at Minnesota State Mavericks (6-13-3, 5-10-1 WCHA) Friday - 7:07 p.m., Saturday - 3:07 p.m.

All Seasons Arena — Mankato, Minn.

RECAP: Searching for its first win since mid-November, the Minnesota State Mankato women’s hockey team welcomes Ohio State to town. The Buckeyes just so happen to be the last team the Mavericks have defeated, sweeping a pair of games from OSU in Columbus two months ago. The Mavericks are coming off a series in Minneapolis against the Golden Gophers last weekend in which they looked overmatched at times.

MSU looked uninspired on Friday night and was shutout 4-0 by Gophers star goaltender Noora Raty. The Mavericks turned things around and competed hard the following day, but were still stifled by the Gophers, losing 5-1. The Buckeyes hosted top-ranked Wisconsin last weekend and were swept by the high-powered Badgers, losing 6-2 and 5-3. This weekend’s series is critical for both squads, as they enter tied in the WCHA standings with 16 points apiece.

HISTORY: MSU’s offense was clicking in its sweep of OSU earlier this season, outscoring the Buckeyes offense 9-6 in two entertaining Maverick road wins. In the first game, the Mavericks were led by senior forward Nina Tikkinen’s two goals and three points. Sophomore forward Lauren Zrust notched the eventual game-winner in the third period and freshman forward Kathleen Rogan followed with another goal to seal the 5-3 come-from-behind victory. Tikkinen remained on fire the next day, scoring two goals yet again. This included the game-winner, as MSU triumphed 4-3. The Mavericks enter the weekend 9-37-4 all-time against the Buckeyes.

MSU NOTES: The Mavericks have begun the second half of WCHA play in a funk offensively, scoring just three goals in four games against Bemidji State and Minnesota.

The lone Maverick goal scored last weekend at Ridder Arena was courtesy of junior forward Moira O’Connor, giving her five for the season. Rogan continues to lead MSU in scoring with a team-leading 10 goals and 17 points on the season. Tikkinen is second on the team in both categories with five goals and 12 points. Sophomore forward Lauren Smith is the only other Maverick with double-digit points, with a teamleading eight assists and 11 points on the season. Junior goaltender Alli Altmann has entrenched herself as the starter in net for MSU, with a solid 2.86 goals against average and .899 save percentage… With the two losses to Minnesota last weekend, Maverick head coach Eric Means remains winless against his alma mater through the first 10 meetings.

OSU NOTES: Despite the poor WCHA record, the Buckeyes do have a fair amount of firepower on offense. They are led by junior forward Laura McIntosh with a teamleading 31 points and 23 assists. Sophomore forward Hokey Langan (13-16—29)

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Mavericks open up NSIC schedule MSU will host Mary and Northern State to start up conference battles DREW CLAUSSEN

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This weekend the Minnesota State Mankato wrestling team will begin NSIC play with a pair of matches at home in the friendly confines of the Taylor Center.

The Mavericks will look to transition from a non-conference schedule that featured a lot of all-day opens and duels to conference meets that match up just two teams.

“Treating every match like it is a conference match is key in preparing mentally for when it is actually conference tournament time,” said junior Aaron Norgren.

Norgren has been one of the team’s hottest wrestlers during the non-conference schedule, winning his weight class at the St. Cloud State Husky Open and going 4-0 at last weekend’s National Duels.

Head coach James Makovsky was content with his team’s performance but knows there is plenty of room for improvement.

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On Friday the Mavericks will face off against the Marauders from the University of Mary. Brady Anderson, who qualified for the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships last year as a freshman, should be the key to the Marauders’ success this season. Most recently, Anderson captured a fourth place finish at the SCSU Open.

Makovksy does not want his team to only focus on their opponents however.

“Everybody wants the same thing as us, to win,” Makovsky said. “We need to focus on ourselves.”

Saturday the Mavericks will match up against Northern State University. The Wolves, like the Mavericks, had a very busy non-conference schedule that included a triangular with

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two Division I opponents, tying South Dakota State 19-19 and beating Southern IllinoisEdwardsville 21-18.

Returning All-American Matt Meulners, along with seniors Brent Fosheim and Corbin Surat. should lead the

Wolves this season.

On the injury front, there is a chance that both Tel Todd and Ben Becker can return from injuries they obtained earlier this season, however a final decision won’t be made until before the matches. Mak-

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Great art comes from great struggle MARGARET STECK

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Many acknowledge the life of an artist is not an easy one.

Yet, outside of the art world, few people talk about the additional hardships female artists face when rising up in the ranks.

Much like in other careers, women face an added struggle in establishing and maintaining their career while also raising children and having a family. Yet that isn’t stopping a mother of two, Holly Theobald, from reaching for her artistic dreams and striving to achieve her goals.

The 25-year-old sophomore lives in Mountain Lake and commutes an hour each way to Mankato to work on a BFA in graphic design. Although she is studying graphic design, her passion lies in ink.

“I really like the tattoo quality that I can get from ink,” Theobald said, referring to the crisp, strong and dark lines. “It takes me a long time to create something, which makes it even more

meaningful.”

Theobald is not only a wife and a mother, but she is quickly becoming one of the more active students in the art department.

In the past year and a half, she has entered work in many exhibitions, painted a mural at the Chesley Skate Park, had her first exhibit at River Rock Café in St. Peter and created her own design business, Hollywould Designs.

She also recently met with representatives at the YMCA to discuss another mural in The Y’s main office.

“Every year I do more and more and more and I don’t turn down things that I could feasibly do,” Theobald said.

“I know, especially with art, you have to struggle, like the mural I did for Chesley.

It was free and it was for the community, but it took me a lot of time and gas money, but people are learning who I am and are being exposed to my work.”

Theobald did not decide right away that she wanted to become an artist. It took a tragedy for her to re-examine

Theobold poses in front of the mural she created at the Chesley Skate Park .

her life and realize what she really wanted.

“My mom passed away in 2007, and I really started to think about where my life was headed, and I realized that I was miserable living pay check to pay check doing things I didn’t like,” she said.

“So I decided, if I was already living that way, why not do something that I love?”

Becoming an artist and going back to school was a difficult decision for Theobald because “everyone says it is not practical,” she said.

But she argues it is practical—art is all around us.

Theobald’s work is her family’s main source of income, which is part of the reason she decided to go to Minnesota State Mankato.

“I was 24 and had never been to college and had no intention of going to college until I realized that I want to make art,” Theobald said.

“I decided with today’s market I was not armed to go out and make a living off of art, so I enrolled at MSU and decided that I needed to make connections, to gain knowledge and to learn about opportunities, which I have.”

The day Theobald was accepted into MSU was also the day she found out she was pregnant with her second child. Today, the sophomore is both a full time student and a full-time mother of a threeyear-old girl and a one-yearold boy, but she has found a way to balance both family responsibilities and her art.

“It’s really hard to find time for everything, especially considering I had Sully (the one-year-old) and then two weeks later I was back in school,” Theobald

said. “I have to make a lot of decisions I don’t like to make.

I take a lot of online classes, so some nights when I get home I have to literally lock myself in my bedroom and tell my husband to watch the kids for a couple of hours. I can’t leave the room until I am done. As a mom, that’s really hard when you hear your kids in another room and you just want to be with them.”

Luckily for Theobald, she has a stay-at-home husband, Jason Theobald, who doubles as Mr. Mom while she is at class and working on her art.

“He saves us from needing daycare, but also is kind of my workhorse,” Theobald said, discussing her husband’s assistance with art sales, making prints and building frames. “I put him to work a lot.”

Having a supportive partner has helped Theobald do so much in her short time at MSU, including her design business, Hollywould Design.

“I was always that girl that would do it, that was doing something different,” Theobald said. “When I hear Hollywood, I don’t see bright lights and a big sign up on a hill, I see somebody rolling their eyes and saying, ‘Hollywould!’”

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Television’s favorite serial killer is back without a vengance Showtime’s ‘Dexter’ hits a standstill with its fifth season TIM GAGNE

staff writer Warning: this article contains spoilers for Showtime’s “Dexter” season five and seasons past.

It’s a new year and that means the latest season of Showtime’s hit show “Dexter” has finally come to a close. Okay, so maybe the season ended in December, but you didn’t expect a review from me over winter break, did you?

“Dexter,” which just finished up its fifth season, is one of the few series on television that year after year produces a smart, well-crafted show that successfully pushes the boundaries on what a

“typical” television drama should be. But sadly, this season did not live up to expectations. That’s not to say this season was bad; any season of “Dexter” is leagues beyond most of the cookie cutter garbage out there.

The fifth season, however, was pushed hard to raise the bar, and, unfortunately, the pressure may have been too much.

This season of “Dexter” had the potential to be the best season thus far. Dexter and Lumen’s relationship was the focal point of the season, and, while their romantic entanglements felt rushed, their relationship grew into something captivating by season’s end.

The shared kill of Jordan

Chase’s bodyguard Cole was a beautiful moment only “Dexter” could create.

Dexter has finally found someone with whom he could truly be himself, someone who holds a dark passenger within her. Lumen and Dexter’s relationship is built on more than “love.” It is about their broken pasts colliding to help create something whole. That’s why Lumen’s departure at the end felt so forced and unmotivated. It seemed as if the only real motivation Lumen had was given to her by the fact that the show “needed” her to leave.

Lumen’s experience supposedly changed her forever; she couldn’t go back to her old life with her ex-fiancé because some events are so big they change your DNA.” However, once Chase

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Lumen wasn’t the only new character to join “Dexter” this season.

Jordan Chase took over the role of “bad guy we assume Dexter will kill by season’s end.”

Chase – a former fat camp kid, now reformed multi-million-dollar motivational speaker – was an interesting opponent for Dexter. Dexter/page 20

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Welcome back winter Shopping in subzero temperatures ABBY HOLST

staff writer

Winter is still here and ‘badder’ than ever; but that doesn’t mean you have to look bad.

With post-holiday sales and stores turning over into their spring lines, now is the perfect time to buy. You can get some great deals on winter items – Success! Here’s what to put on your sub-zero shopping list: Ladies, you don’t have to hideaway your skirts ’til spring.

Sweater tights are the new solution. Thicker than normal tights are usually made out of knit material, keeping your legs warm by laying close to your skin. Whether wearing them with short sweater dresses or

layering under jeans, I guarantee you’ll stay warm (add a second pair on extra frigid days). They come in a variety of colors and patterns to suit your wardrobe.

Outlet stores like TJMaxx are still selling these fashionable leg covers (at happy prices too).

What did your mother always tell you? Layers, layers, layers.

According to Suite101.com, long knit sweaters are the “go-to fashion item for winter, 2011.”

By no means do they have to be cashmere, but look for a soft fabric and neutral color to get the most wear. Pair with overthe-knee boots to meet your look halfway.

Don’t forget about jeggings!

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(around mid-thigh length) are, fortunately, also in. They’ll work with your long sweaters while covering your bum.

I admit that I’m a bit of a grandma, but I’ve been knitting scarves all winter. Learn how, save money, and make them for your friends and family as gifts. DIY is in, and thick-yarned scarves will keep you bundled up and cute.

Speaking of grandma, don’t underestimate the power of the good ol’ oversized grandpa sweater (the uglier, the better in my opinion). Call me a dork, but making a thrift store find or a stolen treasure from your great uncle’s closet funky can be exciting. What’s old is new again – it’s all about how you style it.

A recent trend that came on the radar is the knit headband.

You’ve seen girls sporting these usually with a knit flower on the side (student Elise Ristau pictured here is wearing one).

Have they found the solution to hat hair?

In their recent winter ad, Dolce & Gabbana featured fulllength snow suits made out of Nordic print (reindeer included), giant fur boots and ski goggles.

If you feel hardcore or daring enough, I would strongly admire someone who tried to bring back the snowsuit.

Also, animal prints are still a ‘yes’ this season. Leopard bags and cardigans are the perfect accents to your winter-wear.

Stay fierce, stay warm and survive the rest of winter in style.

wale agboola & abby holst• msu reporter Upper right, a student keeps warm with a fashionable winter hat. Above, Elise Ristau sports a knit headband. Left, Emily Green wears a long coat to keep her butt warm.

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DEXTER ‘Plot points were brushed over far too quickly as a way to land at the finale of the season’ continued from 3 The motivational speaking aspect of Chase’s character helped establish his formidability against Dexter.

Unlike villains past, Chase used his power of persuasion and manipulation as a tool to convince people to do his dirty work for him.

He was a ring leader who could turn each situation to his favor. Chase’s manipulative, presentational nature served as a nice counterbalance to Dexter’s intimate manipulation of the individuals around him.

The DNA swabbing scene between Chase and Dexter, although short, was a classic confrontation between two monsters trying to keep their dark passengers at bay while the Miami Metro staff members and visitors were oblivious to the tensions around them.

The fifth installment of “Dexter” was good. It simply lacked the attention to detail past seasons have had. Plot points were brushed over far too quickly as a way to reach the finale of the season.

Chase’s turn from someone

who manipulates others to kill for him to “I’m going to beat you over the head with a fire poker,” was a huge step and the show underplayed the switch. And Lumen’s departure still doesn’t feel quite right.

However, “Dexter’s” fifth season did have its positives.

Deb had a breakthrough season. Her character has had its critics, but this season proved that not only does she belong in the show to help out the story arc of Dexter, but she is a complex character who can carry the show when needed.

Stan Liddy was a nice addition to the show as a creepier version of Doakes.

The scene between Liddy and Dexter in the van was one of, if not the most, intense moments this season.

Overall , the fifth season of “Dexter” was as solid as ever. It just didn’t take the show to any new places when finished.

And it is that lack of progress that held back Miami’s favorite serial killer this season.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Coen Brothers re-do the West

‘True Grit’ falls short of expectations BRIAN ROSEMEYER

variety editor

Within the past four years, modern cinematic heavyweights Joel and Ethan Coen, affectionately known as “The Coen Brothers,” have treated audiences to a release a year.

2007 brought “No Country for Old Men,” 2008 “Burn After Reading,” 2009 “A Serious Man,” and 2010 presented, “True Grit.”

“True Grit” is based on the novel of the same name, written

by Charles Portis. The Coen Brothers’ take is the second adaptation of the story, the first being the 1969 version starring John Wayne and Glen Campbell.

With expectations as high as they were for the December film, the Coen Brothers had their own big shoes to fill.

By all other cinematic means, “True Grit” is a fine film. However, considering

the fact it is a piece by a directing/writing team that will undoubtedly be recognized in film history as bona fide legends, it falls short.

Visually speaking, only a handful of shot sequences meet the bar the Brothers have raised for themselves.

The dialogue is sharp and clever, as to be expected, but the intentional unnatural flow wears a little thin in key points of the picture.

Jeff Bridges, playing male protagonist Rooster Cogburn, delivers another stellar performance.

However, it would be nice to see him play something other

than a strung-out old man in upcoming roles.

Young actress Hailee Steinfeld fields main protagonist Mattie Ross.

Steinfeld’s hammy performance is a bit much at times, yet appropriate at others.

Josh Brolin handles the illusive antagonist, Tom Chaney, flawlessly. The only downside to his performance is the limited amount of time he appears in the film.

“True Grit” is comparable to Michael Jordan playing baseball; he was all right, but we all knew he could do better.

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