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Imagine a world without free knowledge. SOPA, PIPA and what they mean for the future of the internet STEVEN VANG

staff writer House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar S. Smith (R-Texas) first introduced the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) on Oct. 26 and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced the Protection IP Act (PIPA) last May. Both bills focus on the facilitation of the internet with government intervention and regulations set in place to protect security, intellectual properties and online businesses. SOPA originally granted the power to block websites that was deemed illegal, particularly international websites. An amendment has been made on January 13 in which the House Judiciary Committee has removed a clause which bans Domain Name Systems (DNS) from the internet if it was suspected of violations. Other issues SOPA addressed were targeted at funding and distribution websites which were designed to protect American businesses and provide a more competitive edge. Among copyright laws business operations, section 105 of the SOPA bill also addresses non-prescription and misbranded medication distributions. Collaboration from the Secretary of State, Department of Commerce and the Register of

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Copyrights are just a few of the enforcers required to stopping online piracy. The Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representative will then act as the judge and central supervisor to monitor violations of SOPA once it is enacted. First time offenders can be fined up to $2 million or be imprisoned for up to 10 years and fined up to $5 million or be imprisoned for up to 20 years for additional offenses. Since its introduction, the SOPA bill has received mixed criticisms from people throughout the world. Many web bloggers, particularly those from China, have been closely observing and commenting on two extreme spectrums. Some bloggers applaud the right of American citizens to track the process of new policies while others mock the minimal severity of censorship in comparison to China and, in retrospect, to American criticisms when Google started doing business in China nearly half a decade ago. Major criticism arose from around the world about U.S. Government power and control through the passing of the National Defense Authorization Act which increases the allocation into the Army, Navy,

Marine Corps, Air Force and “Defense-wide activities” which states that “Congress affirms that the authority of the President to use all necessary and appropriate force pursuant to the Authorization for use of Military Force includes the authority for the Armed Forces of the United States to detain covered persons pending disposition under the law of war.” The National Defense Authorization Act defines a covered person as “A person who was a part of or substantially supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners, including any person who has committed • web photo a belligerent act or has directly supported such hostilities in aid Congress support of SOPA and PIPA dropped overnight after an internet protest shut down sites like Wikipedia, Tumblr and Mozilla. of such enemy forces.” The specific cause of why Free Knowledge.” Google cenSopaStrike.com confirmed many Americans are fearful sored its name where if clicked that more than 180 websites of SOPA, PIPA and the Naparticipated in the January on, it led users to information tional Defense Authorization 18th strike. Among those about how to contact their state Act combining together can be listed are U.S. Representative representatives and provided an observed by the clause under Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and option to sign a petition against section 1021c of the National U.S. Representative Anna G. SOPA. Defense Authorization Act Eshoo (D-CA) along with giant As an example of what antistating that disposition under internet corporations such as SOPA supporters implied as the Law of War would include Google, Wikipedia, Tumblr and outlook of the abuse of power “detention under the Law of Mozilla. that can occur if SOPA and War without trial until the end Attempts to access WikipePIPA passed on Jan. 19 the of the hostilities authorized by dia’s information database led US Department of Justice shut the Authorization for Use of users to a blackened screen tiMilitary Force.” tled “Imagine a World Without SOPA-PIPA / page 8

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Academic suspension may be closer than students think Policy changes limit number of consecutive failed semesters

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assistant news editor Each Minnesota State University, Mankato student received an e-mail Thursday explaining three new policies that were enacted. Some policies may never be directed towards students, but other changes to the policies must be announced in order for students to avoid unnecessary consequences. One new policy regards the decision of the continuance of your future at MSU if it came to the point of consecutive failing grades. Satisfactory Academic Progress for Undergraduate Students is a set of guidelines for each student to follow. These guidelines require that every MSU student must obtain a GPA of 2.0 or higher and a credit completion rate of at least 67%. A student is able to retract suspension with an appeal process. In one part of the policy, the idea of “immediate reinstatement” is viable if during the most recent term, the student received a GPA of 2.5 and a credit completion rate of 75%. Dr. Maria-Claudia Tomany, the Assistant Vice President for Undergraduate Studies and International Education coined the phrase, “67 and 2.0 good to go, 75 and 2.5 to stay alive” to better the understanding of what a student needs to achieve in order to achieve academically. If a student were to under

any circumstance fall below the appropriated GPA and credit completion rate, they are apt to receive an academic warning followed by academic suspension. The student will be given an academic warning after one semester of failing to meet the requirements. The student will be put on a registration hold and asked to comply with the process for students on warning at MSU. If a student were to fail to meet the requirements the following semester, with a total of two consecutive semesters of failing to meet the requirements, the student will be suspended from MSU. A student will be notified before the end of the semester of their pending suspension and may have the chance to appeal regarding possible extenuating circumstances. For example, if a student was involved with an ongoing addiction, the student may not be able to appeal because the addiction may not be under control. This semester, MSU was one week late on updating student grades for acting on the appeal process. A student has the option of reapplying to South Central Community College in Mankato, but the student will have to apply and go through their reinstatement process and not all suspended MSU students are admitted. Dr. Scott Olson spoke on

the purpose to change the policy and the making of it being effective for students. He made the analogy that if a doctor were to diagnose a health related situation or problem, they may request a change in diet or stopping smoking. The same goes for education, the Academic Affairs office diagnoses the problem for a student’s consecutive failing semesters and proposed a plan of suspension as an opportunity for the student to learn more about themselves and come back to school ready to learn. The delivery of news in one’s physical health is a mirror of an academic board’s delivery of one’s educational health to a student. Olson, Tomany and Dr. Lynn Akey stressed the point that the board is there for the students and are interested in the success of each student. Keeping in mind that many students may be paying for college out of pocket, or using federal loans, the board of Academic Affairs aims to lower the chance of students driving themselves into wholes of deep debt, without a slight chance of digging themselves back out. If a student failed to achieve the standards for almost four consecutive semesters, the student would then have to maintain straight As to balance out the Fs received in order to graduate with a C average. This prolonged fail-

ure will only imply pressure, discourage and more money on the student’s end. Olson finds it unethical to taxpayers and students to keep digging a hole and spending farther into debt, while taxpayers pay 40 cents of every $1.00 of education funds. Reasons for students possibly ending up in this situation might emulate a need for change, or a break. Olson explains that some first year students may be “intoxicated in the freedom” and are not ready to leave home or go to college yet. The public has a view that they presume that everyone will graduate high school. But the vast amount of responsibility acquired in college identifies that some people are not ready to take hold of the responsibilities associated with earning a college degree. Students may be undergoing parental pressure to go through a major they might not even find interesting or a student may be living in a situation with roommates where they are unable to

study. Whatever the situation might be, Olson suggests that a “time out” or a break from school may be the best option for most students. He stresses that students are always welcome back. The University is in no way anti-student or cruel, but rather University officials care about each student’s success. What’s different about the policy is the change in how many consecutive semesters a student can fail before suspension. The old policy allowed three, while the new policy has tightened up to only two semesters. Students must take note of this so they do not end up in a situation in which they are unprepared. Each semester, approximately only 120-170 students fall under the suspension threat, which is a low number, considering 15,000 students attend MSU. “Student relation coordinators in each college are there for students to discuss warnings and other academic issues any time – they should always be the first advisors to turn to,” Tomany said.

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. CSI: New York. CSI: Miami. Law & Order. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Cold Case. 24. NCIS. The Closer. Psyche. White Collar. Monk. NYPD Blue. Criminal Minds. Burn Notice. Bones. Dexter. Rizzoli & Isles. Castle. Lie to Me. The Mentalist. Numb3rs. And those are only the crime shows I can name off the top of my head. I’ve never been much of a crime show person, unless you count legal thrillers like Perry Mason. But my grandmother enjoys watching them, so I’ll watch them with her. It’s kind of weird, bonding with your grandmother as the two of you watch someone get bludgeoned to death with a tire iron. It’s not something you’d expect a sweet little old lady to derive pleasure from viewing. But my grandmother isn’t the only one. If you search the internet, it’s easy to find more than 660 crime shows that have popped up on television during the past 50 years. The original CSI series skyrocketed in popularity by the end of last decade, hitting the top-15 list in almost 30 countries, according to CBS. And other crime shows have become so popular that they’ve spawned countless spin-offs, such as Law & Order and its six sister series.

Six! The “Mission: Impossible” movie series is the 15th highest grossing film series of all time, raking in $1.9 billion. And, if you think about it, one of the first major films ever created, “The Great Train Robbery,” was all about a crime and its investigation. So why are crime stories so popular? One reason crime shows are popular is because of the intense stories. Murder, assault, kidnapping—those are all high-intensity crimes that evoke a gut reaction from the audience. Who wouldn’t get worked up over the grisly murder of a five-year-old girl? That story can be a lot more compelling than which fictional high school football team wins the state championship or what the baby is doing on “Modern Family.” And let’s be honest—human beings often gravitate towards dark stories because they’re intriguing. The average viewer might not be planning an intricate way to whack his boss, but it can be exciting and refreshing to see someone else do it (“Horrible Bosses,” anyone?). Seeing it on the screen says you’re not alone; your desires aren’t psychopathic; you’re normal. On the other side of the coin, it can also be refreshing to watch a show where the bad guy always gets caught in the end. The real world seldom works like that; vicious murders are not solved within two hours. But seeing

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justice get served on television can bring comfort to some viewers who wish their world was really that simple and good. Personally, I don’t really enjoy crime shows because I don’t like watching people get hurt or killed. It’s depressing. I can read the news if I want that; why should I go looking for it in fiction, too? But I’m not saying that people who watch crime shows are heartless voyeurs, and I’m certainly not saying violent television shows contribute to violent real-world situations. However, in a study conducted at Purdue University in 2009, researchers found that people who watched a significant number of crime shows thought the world was a scarier, more dangerous place than viewers who skip over those stories. I

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Bumbling broadcaster brings national attention ELISE KONERZA

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KEYC Mankato news anchor Annie Stensrud has stirred up quite the conversation among Mankato residents and the country. Strensrud recently caused an uproar of national attention from her alleged “bumbling broadcast,” according to Dan Nienaber at the Mankato Free Press. Strensrud’s actions were displayed on a Sunday, Dec. 4 evening broadcast. Her blurry eyes and slur of words allowed viewers to question her sobriety • web photo on the broadcast. KEYC Mankato news anchor Annie Stensrud appeared intoxicated on the Videos of the broadcast air Dec. 4. rapidly grew to be a viewer hit curb, she began driving on the is known as a ‘party school’ and across the nation, reaching hun- wrong side of the road, tailgatnow that is the thought of the dreds of thousands views. The ing a truck and was caught by American audience,” said MSU video proceeded to be mocked an undercover cop following freshman Dylan Lee. on talk show host David Letterher, it was enough cause to Mankato certainly hasn’t man’s late night show. The pull Stensrud over for reckless gained any better of a reputavideo was introduced as “Top 10 and possibly impaired driving. tion since Mankato Mayor John Signs Your Local News Team is When Stensrud failed to pull Brady was arrested on a charge Drunk.” Letterman commented over, a Nicollet County deputy of drunken driving Mid-August that his show is on CBS, and flashed their lights and Stensrud of 2010. that KEYC is a CBS affiliate as then pulled over. “I think that due to the recent well. Stensrud had a reported controversy on Mankato and Audiences were told Stenblood-alcohol concentration of its media personally is hilarisrud had a bad reaction to a 0.23 and was directed to remain ous. If it’s not the mayor doing medication she was taking. at the detoxification center for something wrong, it’s drunk Credibility was largely dimin36 to 72 hours before sobering news personnel,” said commuished of this statement two and up. A petition was later signed nication studies junior Stephaa half weeks later. for the release of Stensrud to be nie Neilberger. “I think that it Thursday, Dec. 22, Stenreleased after the blood-alcohol makes Mankato seem like a srud was arrested on a charge concentration from her body joke and doesn’t make this town of driving while intoxicated. was zero. look like a very scholarly place, Wednesday, Dec. 21 at noon, “I think that it is good that for students or family to want to Stensrud was caught leaving Mankato is finally becommove to.” an apartment building and ing nationally known, but our Stensrud did not appear on appeared to be intoxicated. reputation because of this does another broadcast after Dec. 4. When Stensrud’s right tire hit a not help the fact that Mankato Staff: Campus Pastor Wong, Reverend Roger Knepprath, Mark Probst, Vicar Jesse DeDyne, RA Andy Ibisch

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VASA celebrated the Vietnamese New Year Saturday JUAN AYALA

staff writer The “Year of the Dragon” Lunar New Year was celebrated last Saturday at the CSU ballroom. Peter Phung, President of the Vietnamese American Student Association (VASA), celebrated in an American way. “We don’t do everything very traditional. We incorporated what I have learned growing up for the event,” Phung said. His parents are Vietnamese, but he was born in America. Phung, who is majoring in graphic design, has worked for VASA for three years. The celebration included Chinese dancers coming from The Cities. “The way we celebrate Vietnamese New Year, since we are the Vietnamese American Student Association, we incorporate not only traditional elements but we make a little bit more modern as well,” said VASA secretary Chelsie Skorich. Traditional food was served, such as egg rolls, white rice with grilled chicken and Vietnamese beef soup with baguette. Because it was not only the Vietnamese New Year, but also the Chinese and Korean, VASA’s event incorporated aspects of all three celebrations. “We usually have a family gathering and a party. Just like a nice dinner,” Phung said. However, in other parts of Mankato, the Vietnamese New Year is celebrated in a more traditional manner. Lam

Huynh moved to the United States in 2001. She has a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science at MSU. Huynh is Buddhist and has an altar in her living room. “A lot of houses in Vietnam have altars like this one. The god goes on the top [of the altar] and our ancestors go on the bottom,” she said. It is a common belief in Vietnam that the spirits of the dead will visit their relatives during the New Year celebration. “If I pray they can hear me and they can help me with luck, or to be safe when I am outside the house,” Huynh said. Traditionally, the woman is only allowed to put the pictures of her husband’s ancestors in the house. “The man is in charge of the house, it is just like in China,” said Huynh’s daughter Thuy Bac, who participated in VASA’s Saturday event. The altar is decorated with flowers, fruit and incense. No meat can be put on the altar since Buddha doesn’t eat meat. In Vietnam, on the first day of New Year, also called “Tet,” each family lays a watermelon on the altar. If the watermelon is really red on the inside it means good luck, but if it has a light color, it means bad luck for the rest of the year. The flowers and food also have an important meaning. “The flower [represents] the cause and the fruit means the result. The flower has the seed inside; if you cultivate a good seed you will have a good fruit. If you treat people well,

juan ayala • msu reporter VASA students celebrated the New Year Saturday with an event that incorporated Chinese and Korean New Year traditions as well.

you will receive well from people,” Huynh said. The Mai flower is the traditional flower used during New Year. Every family has this flower in Vietnam during the first day of new year. It means lucky in Vietnamese, “mai” stands for “may”, it means good luck. “In the North of Vietnam, the weather is colder than the South of Vietnam, they often have the Dao flower,” she said. In the Lunar Calendar, the first day of Vietnamese (also Chinese) New Year changes every year. Last year it was celebrated during February; this year the celebration is in

January. The holiday always falls within the first two months of the calendar year. Huynh was born in the countryside, where individuals are more traditional than in big cities. For this reason, Huynh has to put food on the altar for the ancestors during the first three days of the Lunar New Year. During this time, the ancestors are invited to their house to live with the family and to eat the food. Right before lunch and dinner, they pray to the ancestors to come and eat. After that, the family is allowed to eat. On the first day of New

Year, grandparents and parents give their children “lucky money” in red envelopes. Those are called “lixi,” and they are made to wish longevity for the adults and to congratulate children who are getting older. It is believed the first person entering the house on New Year’s Day can bring good luck or bad luck to the family for the rest of the year, depending on who it is. Students who attended the event left with a better understanding of what the Vietnamese New Year is and how it is celebrated.

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101-yearold evicted DETROIT (AP) — The federal government now says a 101-year-old Detroit woman it promised could move back into her foreclosed home four months ago can’t return because the building’s unsanitary and unsafe. Texana Hollis was evicted Sept. 12 and her belongings placed outside after her 65-yearold son failed to pay property taxes linked to a reverse mortgage, The Detroit News reported (http://bit.ly/yoTW9X ) in a story Sunday. Two days later, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said she could return. But now, HUD said it won’t let Hollis move back in because of the house’s condition. She had lived there about 60 years. “Here I am, 100 years old, and don’t have a home,” Hollis said, rounding off her age. “Oh Lord, help me.” Department spokesman Brian Sullivan told The Detroit News that an inspection determined the house “was completely unsuitable for a person to live in.” “We can’t allow someone to live in that (atmosphere) now that we are essentially the owners of the property,” Sullivan said. “The home isn’t safe; it’s not sanitary. It’s certainly not suitable for anyone to live in, especially not a 101-year-old mother.” HUD doesn’t want to pay to fix up the house, but Sullivan said the department’s seeking other agencies that might help with the work and get Hollis back into her home. “We’re not giving up,” Sullivan said. “We’re talking with anybody and everybody about solutions to this situation, but the condition of the property is a challenge.” After hearing about her longtime friend’s eviction, Pollian Cheeks, 68, offered Hollis a room at her home within a mile of Hollis’ house. Hollis, who once taught Cheeks in Sunday school at St. Philip’s Lutheran Church, agreed to the invitation and has been staying at Cheeks’ house in the meantime. “Polly’s just as nice to me as anybody could be. She goes out of her way to help me,” Hollis said, holding back tears. “It’s just like living at home, but it’s not my home.”

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SOPA-PIPA “It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on how to best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products.” continued from 1 down the colossal file sharing company MegaUpload for conspiracy to commit racketeering, committing copyright infringement and money laundering. The “hacktivist” group Anonymous has been one of the biggest opponents against SOPA, PIPA and the National Defense Authorization Act. Just 15 minutes after MegaUpload was taken down, Anonymous retaliated by shutting down the Department of Justice’s

government website. A series of protests and petitions have been occurring to the lead up of the voting of SOPA. The voting process was scheduled forTuesday, but due to tremendous retaliation from criticism and increasing protests to the bill, voting will be postponed. Chairman Smith said in a press release from the Committee of the Judiciary on Janu-

ary 20, “I have heard from the critics and I take seriously their concerns regarding proposed legislation to address the problem of online piracy. It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on how best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products.” “The Committee will continue work with copyright owners, Internet companies, [and] financial institutions to

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As 2011 came to a close, bloggers and movie critics alike compiled their best and worst of rankings for the year in movies. Now, nearly a month later, the Reporter movie critics try their hand at critiquing the best and worst of 2011, and the movies that fall in the middle, that neither can quite agree on. Looking back at last year as a whole, the landscape of cinema featured some surprise hits, both critically and financially, and some embarrassing failures that best not be talked about past this article. Without further ado, let’s take a look at what 2011 had to offer, and set our sights on 2012’s plate of blockbuster sequels, remakes and artsy films.

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Yes, we realize this is a bit late but we couldn’t resist going back

and recapping what made this movie year great, terrible, divided, and what we look forward to most this year. For me, 2011 was the exact inverse of 2010. Whereas 2010 had an outlier or two in a mostly “meh” summer and a powerhouse end of the year season, 2011 had some really quality blockbusters and an Oscar season that, with some exceptions, didn’t live up to previous standards. And while it was this far away from being an outstanding year, I still found a lot of surprise and enjoyment from what it had to offer.

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embarrassment of X-Men: Origins Wolverine, no one expected it to be as brilliant as it is. The brotherly friendship between Xavier and Erik, played to utter perfection by James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender, is tantamount to the film’s success. An intelligent script, beautiful cinematography, rapid pace editing, magnificent performances, and heart racing action pieces make this X-Men prequel the best in its class.

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while centered during the Cuban Missile Crisis, First Class feels not only unique but also like the ultimate interpretation of the X-Men.

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other Potter movies, since it is a second half. There’s more urgency than the previous one (thankfully), yet it still hits crucial plot points, livens up certain parts, and delivers a strong emotional statement. I couldn’t think of a better way to send the series off.

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Andy Schuyler MI: Ghost Protocol Schuyler Andy Tom Cruise and PIXAR director Brad Bird do the impossible: they up J.J. Abrams’ spectacular third outing with a film boasting Ghost Protocol has some of the most impressive action set pieces off-the-wall action sequences thatAndy are nothing short of breathtaking ever. And whenSchuyler it’s not focusing on those set pieces, director Brad Bird and entirely consuming. Ultimately the best way to summarize this movie is by two words: “amazing” and “fun.” The action constitutes the amazing and the humor and quick pace add the fun. Few movies in 2011 were as enjoyable, and proved that a franchise could still survive a third sequel with a gifted director and clever script.

plays up the team aspect of Mission Impossible, more-so than any of the previous films, to great effect. It pulled off the miracle of making me actively root for Tom Cruise.

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and arrogant brother Thor. The dynamic between these three is the most riveting of the year, and the nuances of the script and their performances demand repeat visits. The land of Asgard is gorgeously realized, the action is brutal and ties directly to character, and director Kenneth Branagh realizes this world of familial betrayal, fantastic worlds, godly powers, and romance with a film that stands out above all other Marvel Avengers-tie ins.

Andy Andy Andy Top Worst Andy The Green Latern How any studio could come upAndy with a superhero product more embarrassing a mess than Fox’s Fantastic Four movies was beyond anyone’s imagination,Andy yet Green Lantern stands as a monument of what not to do when making a superhero movie. Andy Under no circumstances should this movie have failed, given the spectacular concept that blends very real human drama and highoctane space planets and galactic Andy battles, yet it does miserably with each frame. Ryan Reynolds isAndy villainously miscast as Hal Jordan (and furthermore, so is everyone in this movie), the special effects are ambitious but unsatisfying, and the most important Andy element, the script, is childish and the real source of embarrassment. Andy The Hangover Part Andy

Redundant, the jokes fall flat, the filmmakers seem to be grasping at whatever they could to make a funny moment, and fail time and time again, and there is nothing particularly memorable about this outing. Coming off more as a drama with the slightest hint of comedy, Hangover Part II just doesn’t warrant its own existence. Here’s hoping the trilogy ends on a high note.

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Andy Schuyler Sucker Punch Andy Schuyler Writer/director Zack Snyder seems to believe he’s making an epic I normally don’t like to say that a movie is dumb and have it be my main action film with underlying themes of female empowerment, but this criticism. That being said, Sucker Punch is dumb as hell. It’s a self-serious is incorrect. There is nothing empowering about these characters or Andy Schuyler vanity project where there’s no concern for having anything even vaguely their actions, and there is nothing in the script to engage the viewer. Furthermore, and perhaps most bewildering, is that a man known for crafting spectacular action scenes (e.g., 300), this whole of this movie – including its action bits – is rather boring.

make sense to anyone besides the creator. That, combined with some awful cover songs, makes it almost unbearable.

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Take away, for a moment, the putrid, rancid ideas at the core of Atlas Shrugged. Take away all the flaccid upper class dinner party and office scenes. Take away the expired story about the importance of trains in the future. Take away the subpar acting, writing and production values. Or maybe don’t, because that’s all this blight of a movie is.

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Career-highs from Kirschbaum, Romashko fuel MSU upset The Mavericks’ struggling offense finally awoke up north, as four players had career nights in splitting with Bemidji and Duluth. staff writer

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Any time you hit the road for a weekend of basketball in the NSIC, no matter who you play, it will be tough. That truth didn’t sound good for the Minnesota State, Mankato men’s basketball team last Friday as it traveled north for a weekend against Bemidji State and Minnesota-Duluth. But at a time in the season where every game counts for MSU, it managed to steal a win Saturday night from Duluth after a close loss to Bemidji on Friday. “I think it was a successful weekend,” head coach Matt Margenthaler said. “Anytime you split on the road it’s a good weekend in this tough conference, so getting a win was big.” The split put the Mavericks at 6-11 overall this season and 5-8 in the NSIC, but they have won two of their last three matchups and are looking a lot better recently after their early-season debacles. Friday night’s game saw MSU take an early lead, as it went into the locker room at halftime with a five-point lead over Bemidji State. But once again, another opponent would use a scoring run to vault itself past the Mavericks and take the lead. This time it would be a 21-6 run for the Beavers, as they kept the Mavericks

from scoring for the first six minutes of the second half in the process. From there, BSU never looked back and would go on to win the game 75-67. MSU did come close to tying it back up, as they fought back and cut the margin to only a three-point deficit with five minutes remaining; but from then on out it was all Bemidji. The Mavericks were led by their sophomore class Friday night, as Connor O’Brien and Jimmy Whitehead would post the top two scoring efforts; with career-highs of 21 and 19 points, respectively. They would be the only two Mavericks to reach double-digits, as it seems as though MSU controls the scoreboard only when they control the tempo of the game this season. With Margenthaler’s highpowered offense, high-scoring efforts turn into wins, and lowscoring games normally end in a loss for MSU. “Our offense really dictates the tempo of the game,” Margenthaler said about the loss. “Made shots account for less transition defense that needs to be played, so when we have bad shooting games we normally have a lot of turnovers to go with that as well.” Saturday’s game would go

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89 82 right along with that assumption, as MSU posted a season-high 89 points in an 89-82 victory over UMD. The Mavericks seemed to be scoring at will Saturday night, as they shot over 52 percent to get the win. Saturday night also saw four Mavericks in double-digits, as senior Stephen Kirschbaum led all scorers with 25 points, a career-high, while freshman Zach Romashko added a careerhigh 23 points for MSU. Whitehead and fellow MSU sophomore Travis Meinders scored 16 and 10 points, respectively. Margenthaler saw a scoring game like this coming, as a simple position switch opened the doors. “Moving Steve (Kirschbaum) to the three spot really gives him more of a green light to shoot it,” he explained. “Zach (Romashko) is really finding his form and flow as well, and the team as a whole is becoming more related out there and opening up shots.” If the Mavericks can keep this scoring frenzy going, it will make things a lot easier for them as they travel south to Winona and Upper Iowa this weekend for two big NSIC games.

shannon rathmanner • msu reporter Sophomore forward Connor O’Brien has really embraced his new role coming off the bench for MSU, leading the Mavericks in scoring with a career-high 21 points in Friday’s loss to Bemidji.

Mavericks prevail in OT thanks to McInnis’ game-winner

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People who came to the Verizon Wireless Center to see two hard-nosed, emotional hockey games got what they paid for this weekend, as the Minnesota State, Mankato men’s hockey team fell 1-2 before winning 5-4 in two overtime games this weekend against Nebraska-Omaha. On Friday, emotions were riding high in MSU’s 1-2 overtime loss. UNO got on the board first when sophomore forward Matt White scored at the 7:26 mark of the first period. Both teams battled back and forth, with the Mavericks getting plenty of opportunities to tie the game up in the second period but failing to convert.

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That was until there was nine minutes to go in the third period, when freshman forward Jean-Paul Lafontaine rebounded sophomore forward Zach Lehrke’s shot and put the puck into the back of the net to tie the game at one apiece. Then it was off to overtime, where it really got interesting. About a minute into the overtime period, UNO’s freshman goalie Ryan Massa was at the receiving end of a bad collision, knocking him back into one of the goal posts. He did not get up. Trainers and paramedics spent minutes trying to stabilize him and eventually carried him off on a stretcher. While that scene was pretty

emotional, it got even worse half a minute later when UNO’s Bryce Aneloski ended the game with a shot from the center of the ice. Head coach Troy Jutting knew they had a lot of opportunities that night to win the game. “I thought we did a good job in some areas, and some areas we gave them McInnis opportunities that we didn’t need to,” Jutting said. “You know, ultimately we had a lot of opportunities to score in that game and didn’t convert on them, and I think that ultimately cost us the hockey game.”

Senior forward Michael Dorr agreed. “It was a tough one to swallow, ‘cause I thought we gave ourselves a chance to win the game,” Dorr said. Saturday night’s game wasn’t any easier for MSU. The Mavericks had to fight hard to stay in the game, but they had a little bit of help from junior forward Eriah Hayes, as he completed the first hat trick for the Mavericks this season. Both teams went goalfor-goal the whole game, then 17:46 through the third period, Lafontaine completed a remarkable pass to Hayes in front of the goal, and Hayes slapped it home to give the Mavericks the 4-3 lead and complete his hat trick. But the game was far from

over. With only nine seconds left in regulation, UNO’s Jayson Megna tied the game up 4-4, scoring off a rebound to send the game into the weekend’s second overtime. In the overtime, MSU sophomore forward Johnny McInnis got his moment to shine and scored the game-winning goal on a breakaway to enable the Mavericks to end the weekend with a 5-4 overtime victory. With the momentum bouncing back and forth between the two teams, it was a physically and emotionally draining game, and it would have been easy for a team to be down after losing the lead with such little time left, but not this

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MSU drops two up north, ending its eight-game win streak TIGE HUTCHESON

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Just when it seemed like the Minnesota State, Mankato women’s basketball team (12-5, 8-5 NSIC) had cemented itself near the top of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, a pair of devastating road losses ended the Mavericks winning streak at eight games and moved them back a place in the conference standings. Friday night saw the Mavericks hang tough against the homestanding Bemidji State Beavers before falling just one point short in a 71-72 loss. Trailing 36-35 at halftime, the Mavericks had managed to mostly endure the Beavers’ 56 percent shooting in the first half and entered the second half with only a one-point hole. “Bemidji [State] is a sneaky team just because they have excellent outside shooters, especially in their own gym,” said MSU head coach Pam Gohl. The game remained backand-forth throughout the second half until sophomore guard Alli Hoefer’s jump shot, set up by an outstanding out-of-bounds play, gave the Mavericks a 71-70 lead

with only seven seconds left in the game. With seconds ticking off of the clock, the Beavers drove the length of the floor and, with two seconds remaining, got to the foul line on a very questionable foul call against MSU freshman guard Aubrey Davis. “Aubrey (Davis) had pretty good positioning on defense; it was just a tough call,” Gohl said. Bemidji State’s Shannon Thompson knocked down what turned out to be the gamewinning free throws, giving the Beavers a 72-71 edge that the Mavericks couldn’t overcome. The following night, the Mavericks came out of the gate slow, shooting a miserable 19 percent from the floor and struggling to handle Minnesota-Duluth’s pressure. At halftime, the Mavericks had sunk into a 30-14 hole. “We just couldn’t score in the first half and we didn’t handle their pressure well,” Gohl said. “We weren’t moving the ball as well as we needed to and even when we got looks we just couldn’t knock them down.” But the Mavericks fought back, and with 40 seconds left in the game, freshman forward Ja-

mie Bresnahan’s jumper knotted the game at 54-54. But all of the momentum came crashing down the following possession when UMD’s Katrina Newman cleaned up two offensive rebounds and Shelly Stemper’s layup gave the Bulldogs a 56-54 lead with 20 seconds left. The two teams went back and forth without scoring before Gohl called a timeout to draw up one final play with five seconds remaining. Davis received the inbounds pass and had a nice look at a possible game-winning three-pointer, but the shot fell a little short and the Mavericks comeback fell just two points short. “In the second half we just applied more pressure. I think we showed incredible intensity and really fought back to the point where we had a chance. That’s what you hope for in every game; to put yourself in a position where you have a chance, and down by 16 on the road it’s really tough to make that happen. But I’m really proud of our girls for fighting back in that fashion and it was heartbreaking to fall short,” said Gohl. With so much momentum

heading into the weekend, the Mavericks’ impressive eightgame win streak was snapped and a new streak, two straight losses, began. But to Gohl, it’s nothing to worry about. The momentum will return quickly as long as her team keeps its focus on the right things.

“We focus on one game at a time,” she said. “Yep, we lost two in a row, but we lost three in a row before we began our eightgame win streak. We’re going to start a new streak this weekend, hopefully, and all we can hope for is to start building it one game at a time.”

Photo Courtesy of Sport Pix Sophomore guard Alli Hoefer erupted for 15 points and eight assists in Friday’s loss to Bemidji, both totals were season-highs.

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Mavericks grapplers fail to win a match across the border at Ranger Duels

RYAN LUND

staff writer

Senior Tel Todd continued his winning ways, recording two major decision victories and a pin, but it wasn’t enough to revive ailing Minnesota State, Mankato, as the Mavericks dropped all three of their matches over the weekend in a disappointing performance at the Ranger Duals. MSU opened the meet with a 23-13 loss to No. 18 Highland, despite strong major decision victories by Todd, freshman Cody Quinn and sophomore’s David Demo and Brendon Eichmann. The Mavericks next bout against unranked Indianapolis proved just as futile, as MSU suffered three straight pins, broken up only by a forfeit victory for senior Brian Reisenauer.

Todd recorded his second victory of the weekend in the matchup, pinning Bryce Givens. Senior Derek Hahn would also record a victory, a 3-1 decision over Kevin Gaughan, despite the Mavericks losing as a team 27-18. The team finished the weekend with its most lopsided result of the day, falling to Findlay 27-6. Demo, Reisenauer and senior Paul Norgren suffered consecutive decision losses to open the match, before junior Jesse Westphal recorded the Mavericks’ first victory of the match with a 6-3 decision win over Jeremy Espinoza. Todd followed Westphal’s strong performance with a win of his own, a 5-2 decision over Alex Betts. However, Findlay stormed

back to hold the Mavericks winless for the rest of the match. “Obviously we’re all extremely disappointed,” said head coach Jim Makovsky following the meet. “We’re not competing the way that our program traditionally competes.” The team’s struggles can be attributed at least in part to a rash of injuries, including one to Norgren, which have plagued the team since the season began. Still, Makovsky views the team’s lack of success as a personal issue. “We can’t concentrate one bit on who we’re competing against, we need to concentrate on ourselves, and that’s the bottom line,” he said. The Mavericks return to action this Thursday, with a road meet against Upper Iowa.

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Mavericks swept in Columbus

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One week removed from getting swept by St. Cloud State and falling into last place in the conference, the Minnesota State, Mankato women’s hockey team traveled to Columbus last weekend to face the Ohio State Buckeyes. The Mavericks were in dire need of a positive outcome on the road after two underwhelming games against the lowly Huskies in Mankato two weekends ago. Despite sweeping its series in Columbus last season, MSU came up empty this time, dropping both contests by scores of 3-1 and 4-2. The Mavericks have now lost four straight and five of their first six games of 2012. Friday’s game started out slowly for both squads, as the Mavericks mustered only six shots on goal in the first period compared to the Buckeyes’ 11. Sophomore goaltender Danielle Butters got the rare start in net for MSU, stopping all 11 shots she faced for a scoreless first period MSU continued to play hard in the second period, but the Buckeyes broke through with two goals in a span of five minutes for a 2-0 lead heading into the second intermission. The Mavericks kept battling and were rewarded when sophomore forward Tracy McCann cut the deficit in half 2-1, recording her third goal of the season with 11 minutes left in the game. Junior blueliner Erika Magnusson picked up the assist, her third of the season. McCann, an Ohio native, felt right at home in the OSU Ice Rink while playing in front of her friends and family. It showed on the ice, as she slammed home a rebounded Magnusson shot to give MSU a chance. “Erika [Magnusson] skated

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into the offensive zone and shot, and I was able to hit it into the net on the back hand,” said McCann. “It was really exciting because all my friends and family were there.” That was as close as the Mavericks would get, however, as the Buckeyes added an insurance goal with a little over one minute remaining in the contest to seal the 3-1 win. “We had some good chances and got some energy back, but it was just too late,” McCann said. MSU fought hard until the end, outshooting OSU 12-9

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picking up 33 saves in defeat. Ohio State’s offense rode its momentum into Saturday afternoon, jumping out to a 4-0 lead midway through the second period. The Mavericks finally got on the board late in the second on the power play, as junior blue-liner Emilia Andersson notched her fourth goal of the season on assists from senior Jackie Otto and junior Lauren Smith. MSU tallied another goal late in the final period when

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team. “I’m really proud of the way the kids fought back on three different occasions,” Jutting said. “Everyone kept their heads up, everyone kept a positive attitude on the bench. We stuck together there and Johnny (McInnis) made a great shot going across the middle and buried it,” Hayes said.

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Momentum has been a big benefit and problem for MSU this season, and this weekend it showed. “It’s something we have had to deal with all year and it’s something we are working on,” McInnis said. “When they get momentum going, we have to switch that momentum right away or they will pop two (goals).”

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cially has really hurt MSU sophomore forward Kari Lundberg found the back of the net offensively. “We just need to stay agfor her team-leading seventh gressive, start capitalizing on score of the season. Junior our opportunities and bury the forward Lauren Zrust and Mcpuck,” McCann said. Cann assisted on the goal. The Mavericks, now 3-17The late comeback fell 0 in WCHA play, host the short in the end, as OSU prevailed 4-2 for the series sweep. University of Minnesota this weekend in a huge series for a “We didn’t quit and kept Golden Gophers team battling,” said Mctrying to finish atop the Cann. “It’s been a conference standings. tough year. We don’t Even one win deserve all these losses against the mighty considering how hard Gophers in Mankato we continue to work.” The Mavericks would be a huge for have been without the program, as MSU sophomore forward head coach and Gopher McCann Kathleen Rogan and alum Eric Means is still senior captain Moira searching for his first O’Connor, who are both out win against his alma mater. for the rest of the season. This “It would be great to upset them,” said McCann. “Hopemeans the other forwards on fully we have a bit of an the roster have been seeing advantage playing at home.” their fair share of ice time. The loss of Rogan espe-

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