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A robbery in a Minnesota State Mankato dorm resulted in the arrest of seven people Sunday.

Police responded to a driving complaint at the Gage parking lot at about 3:17 a.m. Sunday, and shortly after receieved a call about a robbery in the dorm.

After further investigation, police determined the car from the original driving complaint was actually the car involved in the robbery.

Zacharia Ali Salat, 19, and Ismail Adam Abdo, 18, were inside the vehicle and taken into custody by police.

They told police people involved in the robbery were in a dorm at Crawford.

The dorm was searched around 7:50 a.m. Sunday, and a replica handgun was

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found. The four men in the dorm that were arrested were Mohammed Ali Elmi, 20, Shamarke Said Omar, 18, Patrick Sean Kopf, 18, and Abdullahi Farah Ali, 19. The two men from the vehicle were also arrested.

Later Kopf’s roommate, Najib Ali Osman, 19, was also arrested when he returned to the dorm room.

Omar will be charged with first-degree burglary, aggravated robbery and providing a false name and address to officers.

Elmi will be charged with first-degree burglary and aggravated robbery. He is also a suspect in other crimes on campus.

The four others will be charged with aiding an offender.

Kopf, Ali and Osman are current MSU students.

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The Reporter’s resident tech geek picks the best (and worst) from the International Consumer Electronics Show DAVID WEI

staff writer

The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is an annual electronics trade show.

Major electronics manufactuers show off their best products for the upcoming year. There were thousands of products at the annual CES show in Vegas.

Here are some of the highlights, in the opinion of a college-level geek.

Cell Phones Motorola’s Droid Bionic One of the first Dualcore CPU phones available.

Wielding two 1Ghz snapdragon processors and the best standards of the Droid series.

The highlights are the EVOsized 4.3” screen and 8MP camera. Also, it’s packed with a full suite of sensors and software. It may also be available in two different form factors (a longer “candy bar” size or a wider pad size). It is available from Verizon only.

Expected release date: Second quater 2011 Runners up: LG’s Optimus 2x The Optimus sports a Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core 1Ghz processor.

With the graphics and CPU on one chip, they claim it’s the world’s fastest smart phone.

With two gpu cores, it can also play 1080p hi-def video, albeit on a 4” screen (great for games, though!) It comes with an 8MP camera and 1GB of Ram (most phones only have half that). It should also be available on multiple carriers!

Expected release date: First 2011 Samsung Galaxy S series From tablets to phones – this series has all the good features.

Samsung has the best displays available on mobile devices. Its smart phones are available from most carriers too. Samsung’s Super AMOLED screens have the best color and resolutions out there. Samsung was displaying a few new unnamed smart phones at CES and was quite mum on the details.

Worst: Windows 7 Phones Initially shipping with buggy software and slow hardware on AT&T’s currently shoddy network, people are avoiding these like the plague.

Computers Lenovo’s IdeaPad U1 Hybrid (An iPad contender?)

This is by far one of the best products at CES and the first of its kind. This convertible tablet rocks a detachable screen running Android and a base keyboard that grants you a windows 7 OS while docked.

The tablet/slate portion is called “LePad.” The Android LePad is powered by a 1.3Ghz Snapdragon processor; while it’s docked as a Windows 7 laptop it has a Intel CULV Core i5-540M 1.20GHz processor. Both parts will feature SSD for storage with capacities up to 128GB. Lenovo promised “seamless” switching between the Windows and Android. The Lepad alone is 1.6 pounds, about the same as the iPad. As a laptop, it will be just less than 4 pounds.

The 10.1” display will run at a 1280x800 resolution and a built-in 2.0MP webcam, just like an iPad. The slate will have 1GB RAM while the Windows keyboard will carry 2GB DDR3 RAM. The Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid and LePad will be available in China during first and second quarter with prices for the LePad at $520 USD and the IdeaPad Hybrid U1 with LePad starting at $1,300 USD. The U.S. release date and price is ambiguous.

Acer’s Iconia Another unique netbook!

Acer’s Iconia is one of the first Tablets with the ability to track all 10 fingers on its Nintendo DS-like dual screens. The Iconia’s two 14” screens feature HD 1366 × 768 resolution. This Acer laptop also boasts has an Intel Core i5 processor running at up to 2.66 Ghz and integrated Intel HD graphics. It has up to 4 GB of DDR3 Ram and up to a 750GB hard drive. Top of the line specs but costly. The Jan. 28 release date in Spain goes with a price of two grand — ouch. The expected release date in the U.S. is sometime within second and third quarter.

The MSI Butterfly: An iMac HP touch-smart mash-up?

While details are still sketchy at the moment, the new MSI Desktop features a detachable media player and can wirelessly sync with a touch screen interface. No word on release date or prices.

Runners up: Alienware laptops and desktops have been updated to support the new line of Intel processors.

Laptops like these can replace some of the best gaming desktops. However, they’ll cost you an arm, leg and kidneys.

Truly, the world’s most powerful gaming laptops.

Sony Vaio series: sleek, stylish and sporty hardware and prices to rival Alienware’s series laptops.

Worst: Apple laptops They are non-upgradeable with proprietary standards and draconian DRM. Needless to say, they’re losing ground in the market.

Other Cool Gadgets and Tech: Casio Bluetooth Watch A concept sports watch that can sync with your smart phone and other devices.

Nike+ GPS SportWatch Another similar concept from Nike that comes with a GPS map display.

ION GOpad This $20 product is a NES retro controller and folds into a cube with its retractable cord, which means old school gaming anytime and anyplace!

Razer Switchblade The Switchblade is a working concept gaming device from Razer. Well-known as a manufacturer of gaming peripherals. It will feature customizable LED screen keys and play PC games on a 7” form factor.

I’m just hoping it won’t put a crater where my wallet used to be.

Recon Instruments Direct-toEye Communication HUD displays have been around for quite some time.

Previous versions from different vendors were often awkward, heavy, fragile and had poor resolutions. Recon Instruments hopes to change that with its line of augmented reality goggles.

They take a beating and are designed mainly for winter sports. The goggles have a full suite of sensors and outputs directly to the lens.

They’re even internet capable and have built-in GPS, but still come at a premium of $400 plus.

AMD’s Fusion APUs and Nvidia Tegra chips Both of these graphics moguls are promising next-gen graphics capabilities aimed at portable devices. In general, they are combining a videocard and CPU onto one chip, saving power consumption whilst boosting graphics capability

Top Worst 3-D Tech I had the chance to test out Nvidia’s Vision 3D technology (available on most newer Nvidia chipsets and cards). I am still extremely disappointed with it and 3D displays in general. It’s the same thing we’re used to.

Get a pair of overpriced glasses and stare at a nauseatingly blurry image.

The laptop I was viewing had Nvidia 3D Vison display and it didn’t even seem like it was working. Most other displays only give you the effect if you remain within a narrow 45 degrees perpendicular to the screen and still require those ridiculous glasses.

SSD’s (Solid-State-Disks): Still overpriced and still with some bugs, they are only for the extreme enthusiast. Seagate tried moving the market along with a hybrid hard drive, the Momentus XT, but it added too little too late. Even, though it had a 4GB ssd attached, it’s

not enough — just another marketing scheme.

Proprietary Network Technology Consumers are sick and tired of this. Manufactures pull our strings, touting that their standard is better so you’ll have to keep buying their products. In most cases its not.

Lazy manufactures.

At CES, there are a lot of innovative and cool products.

Unfortunately for one reason or another, the designers or manufacturers drop the ball when they are so close, such as Connected TV and media players without the adapter built-in…WHY?

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Hertz fails to connect with students

Junked emails slowed awarness of program

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The new three-year Connect

by Hertz program, which allows students to rent a car from the university and is sponsored

by Hertz Car Rental and the Minnesota State Student Association, has logged 300 hours of usage in the past two months.

“It wasn’t bad,” said MSSA Vice President Brett Anderson.

“But we’re looking for that number to go way up.”

According to Anderson, the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape

that have been provided by Hertz have been used by a lot of students, some university employees and a few faculty members.

Some students have taken trips to the Mall of America. One made a 700-mile roundtrip trek to Wisconsin over Thanksgiving break and some have used it when cars have died because of the recent cold weather.

The price is $8 an hour or $62 a day. The cars can be rented hourly at the least or for a week at the most. The Prius seats four people and the Escape seats five.

The program had a slow start.

“Hertz’s e-mails to students were getting junk-mailed,” Anderson said. “But now, the kinks have been worked out and [Hertz] is up and running and waiting for more people to sign up and rent [the cars].”

Under the program, as long as people sign up for Connect by Hertz online, are over 18 years old, have either a valid United States or international license and have a clean driving record, they are able to use the two cars.

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Minnesotans allowed to smoke in bars again?

Republican proposes new bill ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota lawmaker wants to let bar patrons smoke again, more than three years after a statewide smoking ban took effect.

Republican Rep. Tom Hackbarth of Cedar introduced legislation Monday that would allow smoking in bars, including bars attached to restaurants.

Smoking would still be banned in restaurants. Bars

attached to restaurants would have to be separated physically by walls and doors kept closed.

The bill would give bars as long as six years to install ventilation systems, depending on how much of their sales come from drinks. The ventilation requirement would kick in next year for bars that sell more food than alcohol.

The bill has been referred to a health panel.

Oyster reefs rebuilt in Gulf of Mexico

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Volunteers from across the country are rebuilding oyster reefs along the Gulf of Mexico’s delicate shoreline, hoping to revive oyster beds under assault for decades from overharvesting, coastal development, pollution, and most recently the BP oil spill.

The waters harbor much of the world’s last remaining productive natural oyster beds, but BP PLC’s April 20 oil well blowout dumped millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf and dealt yet another blow to the once bountiful habitat.

This weekend, volunteers descended on Mobile Bay with 23,000 bags of oyster shells aimed at eventually creating 100 miles of new oyster reefs near the shoreline. The goal is to help replenish oyster reefs that promote new growth, help protect delicate salt marshes and sea grasses, and act like coral in the tropics to provide habitat for numerous marine species.

It’s one of the first coastal restoration projects since the oil spill sent thick crude washing into estuaries and onto beaches.

Biologist Rob Brumbaugh of The Nature Conservancy,

which helped organize the event, said studies show that the world has already lost 85 percent of its natural oyster reefs, but the Gulf of Mexico remains a bright spot, even after the oil spill.

“Certainly the oil spill was a wake-up call and a serious impact that we have to recover from, but frankly, there’s been 100 years or more of oyster reefs and salt marsh and sea grass loss,” he said. “That’s the larger thing that we’re trying to recover from and set a new course.”

About 350 volunteers came to lay 10-pound bags of oyster shells in a neat line several feet high on mud flats about 150 feet offshore to create new reefs across Mobile Bay. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service contributed about $70,000 to the project, which was approved before the oil spill but was delayed until the waters were relatively clear of crude. Funding also came from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and donations. The total cost is expected to be about $100 million, and it likely will take up to five years to complete if funding continues.

NJ sexters catch a break First-time offenders could attend a diversionary program

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey teenagers caught texting or posting sexually explicit photos online could avoid prosecution under a measure that would give firsttime offenders the chance to complete a diversionary program.

State Assemblywoman Pam Lampitt of Camden, who is sponsoring the bill, said it’s important to teach teens the potential consequences of their actions without saddling them with a permanent criminal record.

“We need to create a path that places education and forgiveness before arrest and prosecution,” said Lampitt, a Democrat. “Young people — especially teen girls — need to understand that sending inappropriate pictures is not only potentially illegal, but can leave an indelible mark on them socially and educationally.”

The bill won unanimous support from both parties in a committee and is headed for the Assembly floor. A version must also pass the Senate for it to become law.

The measure targets “sexting,” the practice of

sending sexually explicit or suggestive photos by cell phone, as well as e-mailing similar images and posting them online. It’s a nationwide problem that has confounded parents, school administrators and law enforcers.

Prosecutors in several states including Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Wisconsin have tried to stop it by charging teens who send and receive the pictures. Charges include possession and distribution of child pornography. Lawmakers in New Jersey agreed that criminal prosecutions are better avoided when possible.

“There are certain aspects (of life) in which the criminal law should not be involved, and this is one of them,” said Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll, a Republican from Morristown.

The legislation was initially introduced last summer, months after a 14-year-old New Jersey girl allegedly posted nude pictures of herself on MySpace and was arrested. She was charged with child pornography and distribution of child porn but eventually received probation and was ordered to undergo counseling.

Ventura sues over body scans Claims they violate unreasonable search and seizure rights

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration on Monday, alleging full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints violate his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.

Ventura is asking a federal judge in Minnesota to issue an injunction ordering officials to stop subjecting him to “warrantless and suspicionless” scans and body searches.

The lawsuit, which also names Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano

and TSA Administrator John Pistole as defendants, argues the searches are “unwarranted and unreasonable intrusions on Governor Ventura’s personal privacy and dignity . and are a justifiable cause for him to be concerned for his personal health and well-being.”

According to the lawsuit, Ventura received a hip replacement in 2008, and since then, his titanium implant has set off metal detectors at airport security checkpoints.

The lawsuit said that prior to last November officials had used a non-invasive hand-held wand to scan his body as a secondary security measure.

But when Ventura set

off the metal detector in November, he was instead subjected to a body pat-down and was not given the option of a scan with a hand-held wand or an exemption for being a frequent traveler, the lawsuit said.

The lawsuit said the pat-down “exposed him to humiliation and degradation through unwanted touching, gripping and rubbing of the intimate areas of his body.”

It claims that under TSA’s policy, Ventura will be required to either go through a full-body scanner or submit to a pat-down every time he travels because he will always set off the metal detector.

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People still questioning Obama birthplace HONOLULU (AP) — A privacy law that shields birth certificates has prompted Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie to abandon efforts to dispel claims that President Barack Obama was born outside Hawaii, his office says.

State Attorney General David Louie told the governor that privacy laws bar him from disclosing an individual’s birth documentation without the person’s consent, Abercrombie spokeswoman Donalyn Dela Cruz said Friday.

“There is nothing more that Gov. Abercrombie can do within the law to produce a document,” said Dela Cruz. “Unfortunately, there are conspirators who will continue to question the citizenship of our president.”

Abercrombie, who was a friend of Obama’s parents and knew him as a child, launched an investigation last month into whether he can release more information about the president’s Aug. 4, 1961 birth.

The governor said at the time he was bothered by people who questioned Obama’s birthplace for political reasons.

But Abercrombie’s attempt reached a dead end when Louie told him the law restricted his options.

Hawaii’s privacy laws have long barred the release of a certified birth certificate to anyone who doesn’t have a tangible interest.

So-called “birthers” claim Obama is ineligible to be president because they say there’s no proof he was born in the United States, with many of the skeptics questioning whether he was actually born in Kenya, his father’s home country.

Hawaii’s health director said in 2008 and 2009 that she had seen and verified Obama’s original vital records, and birth notices in two Honolulu newspapers were published within days of Obama’s birth at Kapiolani Maternity and Gynecological Hospital in Honolulu.

Health Department spokeswoman Janice Okubo again confirmed Friday that Obama’s name is found in its alphabetical list of names of people born in Hawaii, maintained in bound copies available for public view.

That information, called index data, shows a listing for “Obama II, Barack Hussein, Male,” according to the department’s website.

“The index is just to say who has their records within the department. That’s an indication,” Okubo said. “I can’t talk about anyone’s records.”

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Bath salts become new drug Chemicals cause many dangerous side effects

FULTON, Miss. (AP) — When Neil Brown got high on dangerous chemicals sold as bath salts, he took his skinning knife and slit his face and stomach repeatedly. Brown survived, but authorities say others haven’t been so lucky after snorting, injecting or smoking powders with such innocuous-sounding names as Ivory Wave, Red Dove and Vanilla Sky. Some say the effects of the powders are as powerful as abusing methamphetamine.

Increasingly, law enforcement agents and poison control centers say the advertised bath salts with complex chemical names are an emerging

menace in several U.S. states where authorities talk of banning their sale.

From the Deep South to California, emergency calls are being reported over-exposure to the stimulants the powders often contain: mephedrone and methylenedioxypyrovalerone, also known as MDPV. The chemicals can cause hallucinations, paranoia, rapid heart rates and suicidal thoughts, authorities say. The chemicals are in products sold legally at convenience stores and on the Internet as bath salts and even plant foods. However, they aren’t necessarily being used for the

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Mississippi lawmakers this week began considering a proposal to ban the sale of the powders, and a similar step is being sought in Kentucky. In Louisiana, the bath salts were outlawed by an emergency order after the state’s poison center received more than 125 calls in the last three months of 2010 involving exposure to the chemicals.

In Brown’s case, he said he had tried every drug from heroin to crack and was so shaken by terrifying hallucinations that he wrote one Mississippi paper urging people to stay away from the advertised bath salts.

“I couldn’t tell you why I did it,” Brown said, pointing to his scars. “The psychological effects are still there.”

While Brown survived, sheriff’s authorities in one Mississippi county say they believe one woman overdosed on the powders there. In southern Louisiana, the family of a 21-year-old man says he cut his throat and ended his life with a gunshot.

Authorities are investigating whether a man charged with capital murder in the December death of a Tippah County, Miss., sheriff’s deputy was under the influence of the bath salts.

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Students protest abortion through march and video Say pro-life movement wants to help pregnant women in need GRACE WEBB

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On the 38th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, pro-life Minnesota State Mankato students and the Christian fellowship group Maranatha protested the court’s landmark decision on a woman’s right.

Students started their march, called the “Solemn Pro-Life Prayer March,” at 11 a.m. Friday. About 30 students participated, walking three laps around the MSU campus and carrying signs with their pro-life message. At the end of the march, they sang “Amazing Grace” and prayed.

Pastor Johnathan Bislew, who leads the Maranatha fellowship group in Mankato, has done these marches before. This march is the third in a row he’s organized at MSU. He said this year’s numbers were about the same as last year.

“I think it’s tremendous for 30 people to show up to an event… especially on a Friday,” he said. “I think we would have had more this year, but I think the weather scared some of them away.”

Bislew said the marches at MSU are more peaceful than when he led marches at the University of Minnesota. He said pro-choice students also were on campus, but they weren’t hostile. Bislew said he likes to see pro-choice students on campus.

“Those are just the people I want to talk to,” he said.

After the march ended, the Maranatha fellowship group played a video about corruption in the abortion industry. The documentary, narrated by Martin Luther King, Jr.’s niece Alveda King, interviewed Norma McCovey (her legal pseudonym was Jane Roe of Roe vs. Wade), abortionists, women who had had abortions, health experts and religious leaders.

It chronicled the history of abortion in the U.S. and made the case that abortion is the result of a woman feeling like she has “no choice.”

The video worked to show that the abortion industry cares about profit more than people, claiming women aren’t sufficiently warned about the physical, emotional

and mental aftereffects abortion can cause.

Only a few students stayed to ask questions afterwards.

MSU student Jake (last name withheld) was one of the students who stayed. In fact, he asked most of the questions, asking Bislew to sum up the objectives of the documentary, the pro-choice movement and the pro-life movement.

“I’m sort of torn [and]

very confused,” Jake said.

“Both pro-life and pro-choice [groups] have very different messages. I wish there was just one documentary that would combine it together.”

MSU student Chris (last name withheld) knows what he believes.

“I didn’t always think abortion was wrong,” he said. “Seeing this film really convinced me further about the gravity of abortion. I

really want to get out and do something about it.”

Bislew said it is important to show the documentary so students can learn the facts about abortion and make an informed decision.

“Here’s the fundamental question you have to answer right now: Is that a human being at conception or not?” he said. “If it’s human at conception, then I have a responsibility as a fellow

human being to try to protect that life.”

Bislew said the objective of the pro-life movement is more than stopping abortion; he said it is just as important to be there for pregnant women who need help.

When asked about his plans for next year’s protest, Bislew replied, “I’m hoping this is the last year we have to do it.”

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HERTZ Renters are covered under the company’s insurance continued from 3 Sadipe has used the program in the past, when he had car trouble, and found it very helpful and convenient.

“I would recommend this program to all students,” Ademola-Sadipe said, “especially to students that don’t have a vehicle and cannot afford the high price of renting one from a traditional car rental company.”

Ademola-Sadipe’s only concern about the program is the limited availability of the two cars. After using the Escape, he tried to reserve it again a couple of other times, but it was unavailable. “[The cars] can be reserved, one minute to six months in

advance,” Anderson said.

Students are covered under insurance provided by Hertz.

According to Anderson, if anything happens to the car while students are driving it, the accident counts against Hertz’s insurance, not their own.

However, the student will be required to pay a $250 deductible at the maximum if there is damage to a vehicle.

“I’m really big on the insurance benefits,” Anderson said. “If you don’t have your own car, joining the program allows you to build up your car insurance reputation. It counts as previous insurance coverage when you buy a car later on,

saving you money in the longrun.”

Students who rent the cars will also be given a gas card.

All gas is covered up to 180 miles/day; extra miles cost 45 cents. This is supposed to make traveling much more affordable, because, as of Sunday, the average price of gas in Mankato was $3.15 per gallon.

Anderson said Recognized Student Organization’s have not taken as much advantage of this new program as he’d like, but, while MSSA was tabling in the Centennial Student Union during the past two weeks, members of the Ultimate Frisbee team, Campus Kitchen and a business

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Do you like music? Sure you do. Do you like live music? Naturally. Mankato has been experiencing an impressive growth in its music scene over the past couple of years. Look to our pages to get the skinny on the best and brightest bands of our pretty little town.

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staff writer Hipster, gangster, hick, emo, indie, scene and mainstream are not only terms used to describe genres of music, but also one’s persona and style.

We’ve all seen it – you can pick out people on campus and almost instantly assume what kind of music they listen to based on the tightness of his pants or the style of her hair or other elements of appearance.

We see a Bob Marley shirt and jump to stoner. Baggy pants signal rap.

“Musical preferences can tell us something beyond what someone likes to listen to – we believe we can judge a person’s personality, fashion preferences and more based just on the style of music they prefer,” said Houston-based professional, Jeff Balke.

The clothes we wear and the music we listen to make us who we are as individuals, but are more and more people trying to imitate one another?

The term “hipster” has recently become one of the easier labels to target with their beanies, beards, fake glasses, chest-piece tattoos and ‘undiscovered’ music.

The popular website Look At This Fucking Hipster (www. latf h.com) pokes fun at these stereotypical cool kids.

Urban Dictionary defines hipster as: “Referring to young people who smoke Parliaments, drink copious amounts of coffee, listen to Indie Rock, wear a mixture of thrifted clothing and items bought at American Apparel (commonly Tri-blend v-necks) and Urban Outfitters.

Extremely tight jeans worn by both sexes, pairing these with a band t-shirt or a plaid shirt, unshaven faces and a cardigan along with Nike hi-tops/Vans/Keds.

Often claim to know about literature and film.”

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wale agboola• msu reporter Upper Left, Robby Fisher enjoys both the TV show Glee and being on the MSU Wrestling team. Lower Left, Vincent Donatelle plays classical violin while dressing punk. Right, Shae Lambert surprises others with her girly fashion sense and numerous tattoos.

It’s almost humorous how accurate some of the descriptions are. There are college kids and 20-somethings from all over the country you could easily peg as hipsters. After all, stereotypes have to come from somewhere, right?

And a lot of the time they’re pretty accurate.

There has been some confusion about the distinction between the terms “scene” and “emo.” Basically we’ll just assume that dark makeup (on both sexes), facial piercings such as the septum and snakebites and choppy, teased hair qualify

for both. Let’s not forget the Myspace self-portraits and profile songs featuring AFI and The Devil Wears Prada.

They just want you to hear how much they don’t care.

Feel nauseous? This might all be crap and exaggeration, or it could be the very truth of our youth society.

Don’t lose hope just yet!

There are students here at MSU who refuse to cave to stereotypes.

At first glance, Vincenzio Donatelle, freshman studio art and French major, shocks you with his bold mohawk and obvious punk style, but would you guess that he was

a classical violinist?

With his favorite bands being Gogol Bordello, Swordplay and Devil Makes Three, Donatelle says he “likes breaking stereotypes.”

“Music gives me a way to express myself,” Donatelle said. “It’s the only way I can make lots of noise without getting in trouble for it.”

Another MSU student accustomed to standing out is Shae Lambert, junior psychology and history major. With her girly, designer style, you might assume she listens to pop, R&B or anything else on the radio, but Lambert surprises

others with favorite bands including My Chemical Romance and 30 Seconds to Mars, a total of 16 piercings and tattoos on each wrist with Green Day lyrics from “Good Riddance.”

“People are usually surprised at my style, piercings and tattoos. They assume I should dress a different way,” Lambert said.

“It doesn’t bother me though; I’m fine with not fitting a stereotype.”

Sophomore communications studies major Robby Fisher is on the MSU wrestling team.

He is also a diehard fan of musicals, including Rent, Wicked and the hit TV show Glee.

This contrast could cause Fisher ridicule, but he doesn’t let it phase him. He wears and listens to what he likes.

“Guys on the wrestling team give me crap, but I don’t care,” Fisher said.

While most of these guys sport “lazy sweats,” Fisher makes his own moves.

“I like standing out. I like to look better than everybody else,” Fisher said. “Look good, feel good.”

The case of the sweats is recognized by many on this campus, including Lambert.

“I wonder why people don’t take the time to get ready. It’s not that hard,” she said. “I could never go in public that way, even to the cafeteria, if it’s not up to my standards of decency.”

Judgement goes both ways. Some people only feel comfortable if they stand out, while others prefer to blend in. That’s how it’s always been and most likely how our culture will continue.

“A lot of people who are potentially very stereotypical about their taste in music/ fashion, if you expose them to other types of music, they’ll generally appreciate it,” Donatelle said.

“Stereotypes are wack.”

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Local Band of the Week BRIAN ROSEMEYER

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The first time you see Mankato’s own Crash Cuddle, be sure to keep your ears and eyes tuned sharp. It will floor you.

Crash Cuddle is guitarist Charles Duda, 33, and drummer Garrett Benson, 21. Charles is a senior at MSU studying printmaking, and Garrett is a sophomore studying sociology. Together, these talented musicians make up a duo that creates powerful yet graceful music difficult to achieve even with a polyinstrumented band.

The songs have no words, which is a well-motivated decision considering the composition of the music.

The eight pieces they have been performing around Mankato for nearly a year are full of rich texture and aggression, complemented with spacious, melodic decrescendos.

Duda started writing the songs with a different drummer; the two went separate ways after a short time. Soon after, Duda met Benson at a party and the

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two found common ground.

As they began playing with each other more often, they discovered a unique chemistry in their musical styling.

“Garrett adds the peppers,” Duda said regarding the contribution of Benson.

The energy the two produce is reflected physically

while they perform.

“I’ve never been in a band with so much fun and energy on stage,” said Benson.

The genre of Crash Cuddle is difficult to describe.

Elements of punk, hardcore, hip-hop rhythm and borderline psychedelia exist in the music. “[Garrett and I] don’t

listen to specific genres of music,” Duda said. “We listen to everything. That sort of thing carries into the writing process, creating a comedic, energetic aesthetic.”

Crash Cuddle appreciates being in a town with a growing music presence.

“Mankato has been real

nice,” Duda said. “There is a great music scene being furnished in Mankato.”

“The bands all take care of each other here,” Benson added.

“When there’s something decent happening in town, support it as much as you can,” Duda said. “It’s an opportunity to really enjoy it, and to be a part of something. Make your own scene, Mankato is not only a drinking town. There is real art happening here.”

Crash Cuddle is looking forward to finishing up its first recordings and hopes to make them available soon.

In the meantime, they will be playing Jan. 27 at the Sugar Room, and on Feb. 13 at the Red Sky Lounge. See this band; you will not be disappointed (and besides, it’s free; what have you got to lose?).

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Local art exhibit features MSU alum Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council funds grants to show art MARGERET STECK

staff writer In order for artists to succeed it is essential that they show their work and get their name out to the community. The Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council and the McKnight Foundation are providing an opportunity for Southern Minnesota artists to expose their work to the public.

The Prairie Lakes Region Art Center and McKnight Foundation opened their first emerging artist exhibition on Saturday at the St. Peter Arts Center to coincide with their 2009 and 2010 Emerging Artist Grant recipients. The exhibit will be open to the public through Feb 20.

The exhibition features 10 visual artists with four works apiece. However, the grant recipient pool was not limited to visual artists.

Musicians, poets and playwrights were also chosen for the $1,000 grant and were able to showcase what the money allowed them to do.

These performances included poetry readings, an excerpt from Bryce Stenzel’s Abraham Lincoln Play “…

His Truth is Marching On…” featuring student performers, a presentation on Social Justice Theatre in the Self-Advocacy Movement by Wilbur Frink, a harpist and a flute and marimba duo.

“We’ve been doing artist grants for 19 years and the emerging artist grant is the one we are doing right now for artists that are beginning in their career,” Prairie Lakes Executive Director Brenda Byron said.

“For artists that need to create new work and matte it and frame it, it’s a chance for them to buy those supplies and get their name out to do a show.”

One of these artists was Nicole Larish, a 1996 Minnesota State Manakto alum who graduated with a B.S. in Art Education with an emphasis on painting and drawing. Larish has taught in surrounding art centers, the Trinity Lutheran School and the Federal Correction Institute in Waseca prior to her current job teaching kindergarten through sixth grade in the Waterville-ElysianMorristown School District.

“In 2008, I started batiking, but before that I did the traditional drawing and painting that I learned in school,” Larish said.

Batiking is a method of dyeing cloth by using wax to prevent certain areas of the fabric from being colored creating intricate patterns and designs.

Larish’s featured work in the exhibit includes Comfort Willow,

margaret steck • msu reporter Above, Bryce Stenzel performs “...His Truth Marching On...” Right, cousins Macey and Matthew dance together during Nancy Eischen’s performance on the harp.

a work that hangs between the two levels of the gallery space against the wall with silk batik leaves hanging down the colorful yarn branches.

“That was different than anything I had ever done,” Larish said, referring to the hanging installation piece. “It was a blast because I could let my traditional realism go and it was more about the color.”

Larish said seeing the piece during the drab, gray winter months is “like a pep talk to your brain, and the theme is the winter blues.” With the money, Larish was able to travel to Colorado to take part in a one-on-two work shop with a

husband-wife batiking duo.

Larish was not the only Minnesota State Mankato connection who had work in the exhibit. December 2010 BFA graduate and current painting graduate student, Gina Hunt, the youngest recipient, was also chosen for the $1,000 grant.

Through the grant, Hunt was able to create 14 paintings with French hot press watercolor paper and natural fiber brushes she purchased with the money.

“I studied watercolor painting and experimented with techniques because of the inherent fluidity of the medium,” Hunt said. “Water is the physiological basis of our human

bodies, so this new avenue seemed highly appropriate to me.”

Hunt’s project, which focused on the “human body and the experience of perceiving pain,” culminated in an exhibition at the 410 Project in August.

The grant is limited to artists who have already graduated from college, to ensure that the money is not used for school projects. Hunt completed her project with the grant prior to enrolling in the Master of Arts program at MSU. All grant recipients are chosen by the Prairie Lakes board based on “artistic ability, need for the project and community impact by having

an exhibit, or a public lecture of the artists work or a musician performing,” Byron said. About 70 percent are typically visual artists and the other 30 percent are literary artists or musicians.

The McKnight Foundation and Prairie Lakes share the same goal of supporting and developing communities through high quality and widely accessible art. Prairie Lakes serves the nine-county southcentral Minnesota area and provide services and programs for the development of local artists, art organizations and art audiences. The grant programs are funded through the Minnesota State Legislature and the McKnight Foundation.

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Homecourt advantage? Yep. Both teams were coming off losses. Both teams played at home.

Both teams went 2-0.

reporter archive Cam Hodges had two steals on Friday night, before sitting out Saturday with an injury.

sport pix • msu athletics Jennie Noreen led the Mavericks with 16 points on Saturday’s victory over UMD.

heart for defense and I’m pretty proud of while O’Brien chipped in a career-high BSU 73 UMD 29 our defensive effort all weekend.”

15 points.

MSU 77 MSU 49 The Mavericks defense gave Duluth all “We did a great job of making plays TIGE HUTCHESON it could handle early, throwing both man-toKYLE RATKE during a close game,” said MSU head staff writer sports editor man and zone defenses at the Bulldogs and coach Matt Margenthaler.

Maybe it was just a case of home sweet holding them to just nine total points in the Saying that this weekend’s games The Mavericks continued their solid home. first half. were “must-win” might be a stretch for play on Saturday night in a 95-79 win The Minnesota State Mankato women’s “I think our switching between our some, but don’t tell the Minnesota State over Minnesota-Duluth. basketball team (7-6, 10-7) put last weekman defense and our zone defense really Mankato men’s basketball team that.

The Mavericks had five players end’s road sweep behind them in a big way bothered them in the first half. We were reThe Mavericks could repeat as score in double-digits, and once again with a pair of victories over Bemidji State ally aggressive in our zone and really did a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conferwere led by Mason who scored 21 and Minnesota Duluth this weekend. nice job of getting in the passing lanes. We ence champions and while the Maverpoints, which is his seventh 20-plus One of the big questions facing forced 18 turnovers, so it wasn’t icks were leading the NSIC point game in the last 10. the Mavericks as they headed into the just that Duluth was missing heading into the weekend, the Morrow scored a career-high 17 weekend was whether or not they could shots, they weren’t even getting players stress that every game points on an outstanding 70 percent provide support to leading scorer Ali shots on some trips,” Gohl said. is extremely important. from the field.

Wilkinson, who had shouldered much “Obviously [Duluth was] The two wins this week“Having all five starters score of the burden on offense recently.

With struggling from the field, but I end over Bemidji State and in double digits and having [Stefour players in double figures, the think our [zone] defense gave Minnesota-Duluth were phen] Kirschbaum put up nine off rest of the team found their stride on them a lot of trouble,” Nelson needed, especially after losing the bench, it was going to be hard Nelson Morrow offense and propelled MSU to a 77-73 said. “I think we have to credit to the University of Mary last to beat us,” Morrow said. “We just victory over Bemidji State (2-11, 5-12) our defense, but also realize that weekend. need to keep this confidence rollon Friday.

[Duluth was] having an off night.”

“We knew this weekend was going ing.”

“We just played confidently.

I don’t The Mavericks also held Duluth’s star to be tough,” said senior guard Taylor Senior guard Cam Hodges did not think it was any one thing; I think we all guard, Lindsay Miller, to just seven points Morrow. “We were starting our fourplay in Saturday’s game, as he sat out just kind of played our game and all of the in the game, well below her season average game homestand and we needed these with a right toe injury. pieces fell into place,” said reserve guard of 14.9 per game. wins with Winona State and Upper Margenthaler said he’d get more Kirstin Nelson, who shot 4-5 from behind “Duluth is a very good defensive team, Iowa coming [next weekend].” information later this week, but is the 3-point line and chipped in 12 points on and it was fun to see our girls step up on The Mavericks looked up at the hopeful Hodges will be able to play this Friday. defense even better than [Duluth] did and clock on Friday night with three minweekend.

As big as Friday’s victory over the Beareally limit them,” Gohl said. utes and 27 seconds left, and didn’t like The No. 15 Mavericks will have vers was, the Mavericks followed up with With this weekend’s pair of victories, the what they saw. their hands full as they host Winona an even bigger one, posting a stunning 47Mavericks have launched themselves back But after free throws from Morrow, State (13-4, 9-4) and Upper Iowa (5-8, 27 win over the previously fourth-ranked into the six NSIC teams with potential of senior guards Joe Drapcho and Marcus 6-11) this weekend.

Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (7-6, 9-8) on making the post season.

While there’s still Hill, along with a steal and lay up from The Mavericks beat both teams Saturday night. a lot of time left in the regular season, wins freshman Connor O’Brien, the Mavearlier this year by 17 and six points “It’s kind of a thing of beauty to see are getting harder to come by, and come ericks saw themselves on the winning respectively. a defense hold another team to only 29 postseason time, the Mavericks could very side a high-scoring game. points,” said MSU head coach Pam Gohl.

“I well point out last weekend as the turning Senior guard Jefferson Mason led think coaches have a special place in their point of their entire season. the Mavericks with 28 of the 87 points,

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Wrestling

Mavericks earn the ‘W’ in nail-biter

After a slow start, the upper weights rallied and led the Mavericks to a win over NSIC rival DREW CLAUSSEN

staff writer

The Minnesota State Mankato wrestling team was able to squeeze out a narrow victory in their first Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference road test of the season.

The Mavericks beat Minnesota State Moorhead Thursday in exciting fashion 19-18.

After the first six matches, the Mavericks found themselves trailing 15-7. Paul Norgren earned a 7-5 decision at 141-pounds and Jesse Westphal won his 149-pound match with an 8-0 major decision.

“We weren’t happy with our performance, but I’m happy to get a win,” said head coach Jim Makovsky. “We had two of our better wrestlers — Andy Forstner and Tel Todd — get beat which we weren’t planning on.”

The Mavericks then mounted a furious comeback sparked by Ben Becker’s 9-5 decision win at 174-pounds. Aaron Norgren followed Becker’s match with a 21-4 tech fall win at 184-pounds.

“Our upper weights really got the job done,” Makovsky said. “They did what they needed to do for our team to get

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Junior Pat Mahan then wrestled in the match that would prove to decide the dual when he earned a four-point major decision victory at 197 pounds, defeating Moorhead’s Brian Woelfel 8-0.

“I had the same mindset going into that match as I do before any match,” Mahan said. “I focus on hitting solid technique and scoring points. I try not to focus on the score of my match or the score of the dual.”

Mahan’s win put the Mavericks lead at 19-15. The Dragons would end up winning the final match when Jon Swart defeated

The Mavericks still have to match-up with three ranked NSIC opponents this season.

freshman Nate Haynes 7-2. The win left the Dragons one point short as the Mavericks escaped with a 19-18 victory.

“We definitely did not wrestle to our full potential, which is good and bad,” Mahan said. “It also shows our weaknesses and what we need to improve on.

Shining light on our weaknesses can help us hone our technique for March.”

According to Mahan, the team has a goal of peaking in March, around the time of the National Tournament.

Being down early in the dual was not the only adversity the team had to deal with as their bus broke down on the drive up and their replacement didn’t have heat.

“At least I know my guys can overcome adversity,” Mak-

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ovsky said. “We didn’t perform as good as we could, but it was another learning experience and now we’re looking forward to this week.”

The win improved the Mavericks overall record to 7-2, 3-0 in the NSIC. The team will be back in action Thursday when they face off against Upper Iowa at the Taylor Center.

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Different weekend, same results PAT DELANEY

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It was more of the same for the Minnesota State men’s hockey team when it traveled to Wisconsin to play the No. 9 Badgers. The Mavericks were coming off a weekend of playing Denver where the effort was strong, but they still were not able to come away with a win.

This weekend wasn’t much different.

The Mavericks lost Friday 3-2 and followed that up with a 2-1 loss Saturday. A bad second period in Friday night’s loss had the Mavericks playing from behind the majority of the game.

The Mavericks jumped out to a 1-0 lead when senior forward Andrew Sackrison scored on a power-play late in the first period, but the Mavericks lead wouldn’t last long when the second period began.

The Badgers took away any momentum that the Mavericks had going into the period break and scored three goals giving them a 3-1 lead.

A late third period goal scored by junior forward Mike Louwerse allowed head coach Troy Jutting to pull the goalie in the game’s final minute, but the Mavericks had already dug themselves into too deep of a

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hole. The Badgers were able to clear the puck the distance of the ice two times to secure the victory.

“They’re gonna score some goals,” said Jutting. “They’re a good hockey team. Two goals is not enough with the way they play.”

A lack of goals proved to doom the Mavericks again Saturday, but it wasn’t for a lack of effort. MSU outshot Wisconsin 35-29, which included 16 shots in the third period, but they could not solve senior goalie Scott Gudmanson. Gudmanson’s 1.76 goals-against-average is the best in the WCHA and he is one of the main reasons why Wisconsin is a top-10 team in the nation.

The Mavericks great run through the month of December and early parts of January is starting to look like a thing of the past.

The Mavericks are 0-3-1 in their last four games after going 8-2 the prior 10. The most alarming number is that despite the eight wins, only two came against WCHA opponents.

MSU still only has four WCHA wins on the year, ahead of only Michigan Tech, who has

one. Despite this, Jutting has been pleased with the effort the players have come to the ice with even though wins haven’t followed.

“We had 73 shots this weekend,” Jutting said. “You get that against any team in this league and that’s pretty good shot output.”

The Mavericks are going to need to start finding the back of the net sooner than later. The team still has 10 games remaining on the year, but the situation has gotten desperate. The Mavericks are currently slated to play either Denver, North Dakota or Minnesota-Duluth at their arenas in the playoffs.

Denver and North Dakota swept MSU earlier in the year.

The Mavericks will have a great opportunity to climb up the standings the next five weekends. Four of the five teams they play are just .500 or below in the WCHA and three of the series are at home.

The Mavericks start this final stretch traveling to St. Cloud State this weekend.

“It’s just frustrating, but we gotta be able to bounce back and get ready for next weekend,” said junior forward Michael Dorr.

Women’s Hockey

Mavericks in midst of six game slump LEE HANDEL

staff writer

Desperate for a momentumbuilding win to revive its season, the Minnesota State Mankato women’s hockey team traveled to Bemidji to face a Beavers squad having a solid year and looking to stay in the top half of the WCHA standings. Unfortunately, the starving Mavericks came up empty once again and are now winless in 2011, going 0-12-2 in their last 14 games.

With sub-zero temperatures outside the Sanford Center, Bemidji State and MSU both looked cold on Friday and lacked energy on the ice. The Mavericks have been searching for results on offense for weeks now and experienced a familiar difficulty in scoring on Friday. BSU had its fair share of struggles on offense as well, but ultimately were able to muster the goal they needed to win.

With about 12 minutes left to play in the first period, Beaver captain Annie Bauerfeld found fellow senior Erin Johnson behind the MSU defense, and Johnson capitalized by putting the puck past junior Maverick goaltender

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leading 11 goals and 19 points on the season.

“I just try to do the little things and be in the Alli Altmann for the 1-0 right place and work lead. hard,” Rogan said. “The The Beavers would rest falls into place.” add an empty net goal The Beavers once to win 2-0 and secure again protected a onetwo points, leaving the goal lead and added Mavericks searching for an empty-netter in the answers. final seconds to cap off Rogan MSU was only able the series sweep 3-1. to muster 22 shots on Tomcikova was on her goal and went on the power game yet again in net, saving a play only once. Altmann game-high 23 shots. finished with 24 saves, but “We’ve been playing well, Beaver goaltender Zuana doing the little things and Tomcikova was perfect in the working hard but you just shutout victory. can’t win games with only one “I think we came out a little goal,” said Rogan. slow and not ready to play on The Mavericks came up Friday,” said freshman forward empty again on the power play Kathleen Rogan. “But our in three tries, and may be startmain problem has been not being to press on offense. ing able to score.”

“There is definitely some As in recent weeks, the pressure since scoring has been Mavericks went all out for the biggest factor in the losses a win on Saturday, but still recently,” Rogan said. “Our fell 3-1. After two first period spirits could be higher, but Beaver goals, MSU was able they could be worse. Everyone to finally get on the scoreboard is still trying to be positive.” early in the second period The Mavericks (6-17-3, when Rogan converted on a 5-14-1-0 WCHA) will head breakaway to cut the deficit north again this weekend to to 2-1. The score gave Rogan, Grand Forks, N.D. to face the who continues to pace the North Dakota Sioux. squad offensively, a team-

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MSU swimming finishes in fifth place REPORTER STAFF

The MSU men’s swimming and diving team finished fifth at the 2011 Point Invite with 407 points.

It was a two-day meet, and the Mavericks were led by freshman Nick Jobeun, who turned in MSU’s best individual performance with a secondplace finish in the 100-yard backstroke.

MSU also finished second and seventh in the 400-yard medley relay. The second place finish consisted of Jobeun, freshman Black Asbury, senior Brian Parks and freshman

Samual Vinje.

The seventh place finish consisted of sophomore Keaton Brown, freshman Dylan Woldt, sophomore Paul Pallardy and freshman Seth Cayce.

The Mavericks finished second in the 200-yard medley relay with Jobeun, Parks, Chida and Asbury.

On the diving boards, freshman Connor Florand placed third in the 1-meter dive with a score of 432.25.

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