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MSU closes campus for first time in 12 years, cancels Monday daytime classes

REECE HEMMESCH Editor in Chief A dull roar echoed through the hillside of southern Minnesota Sunday night as the students of MSU-Mankato rejoiced while receiving an update that their University had done the unthinkable: cancelled classes.

As undergrads, masters students, professors and faculty alike huddled around television sets all evening for the continued and never-ending list of school cancellations and closings across the state, a text message from the MSU, Mankato STAR ALERT system appeared on most students’ cell phones at 7:58 p.m. bringing in the joyous news.

“Daytime classes for Monday, Jan 2 are cancelled due to weather conditions,” the text alert read, making yesterday the first ‘snow day’ for most students at MSU. The University also closed all offices on campus from 10:30 p.m. Sunday night to noon Monday due to road conditions in the southern part of the state.

Class cancellations have happened often, but president Richard Davenport does not remember the University closing like this in his 12 years at MSU. “There’s quite a process for determining whether we are going to cancel classes or to close the University,” Davenport said.

“Closing the University rarely ever happens so that was a big decision but we have cancelled classes many times because of weather.”

Along with MSU, the University of Minnesota, St. Cloud State University, College of St. Benedict/St. Johns University, Augsburg College, Hamline University and many other technical colleges were among the list of schools to close their doors Monday, along with a majority of high schools around the state.

“Often you’ll see community colleges close but universities stay open,” Davenport explained.

“One of these reasons is they are typically not a residential campus and their students are coming

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Photo Courtesy of Associated Press High winds and low temperatures and blowing snow made outdoor activities dangerous for the unprepared Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014

from all over the place.”

The private colleges go off their own checklist for closing school, but MnSCU has its own policy for emergency closings that puts the responsibility of deciding the outcome towards the president of the University.

According to MnSCU board

events is under the emergency closing policy, where a definition is laid out for severe weather. It reads that “sever weather is typically defined, but not limited to, heavy snowfall (typically greater than 6”), ice storms or excessive winds which result in the closure of multiple, surrounding major roads and create significant safety

Monday.

“We were hearing other colleges and public schools closing but in this particular case, we saw highways closing,” Davenport said, who noted that many of the major highways surrounding the city were closed last night. “That means our students, faculty and

“For the closing of the University, we wanted to make sure all of our employees got home safely. In the cancelling of classes, we do certainly make sure that the safety of our students and faculty is first and foremost.” -Richard Davenport, MSU President policy 4.4, “the authority to cancel classes due to weather conditions or other short term emergencies resides with the college or University president or the president’s designee.”

MSU’s strategy for such

concerns.”

The unreasonable road conditions, along side winds reaching 20-plus miles per hour left President Richard Davenport with the tough task of deciding whether MSU students would be forced to make the trek towards campus

staff would have a hard time getting home (Sunday night) and getting here (Monday morning).”

Though University offices re-opened at noon and evening classes were still in session, the feeling was mutual across cam-

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pus that a day away from frigid temperatures and unsympathetic road conditions was reasonable.

Nicholas Nothom, a sophomore in the mechanical engineering department still rode his moped four miles to campus Monday morning through the cold to study in the warm confines of the Centennial Student Union. He understood that with people coming into Mankato from the outside, it would have made for tough conditions on the roads into town.

“I think it was probably a good decision to cancel school for the day since some people might not have been able to get here,” Nothom said.

Sean Anderson also agreed that daytime classes should have been cancelled, though his sympathies lay more with students walking in than driving.

“It’s smart, especially with people that live in the dorms and have to walk anyway,” Anderson, a junior elementary education major said. “They don’t want to be out in the cold.”

Anderson’s reasoning for walking to campus from down the hill even through the cancellation is due to the partial closing of University offices Monday, as his place of business, Barnes and Noble, was still open partially throughout the day. He, like others still had to work on this free day, but still felt the University made the right decision regarding the roads and temperatures.

“That or a lot of snow,” Anderson explained. “I guess in Minnesota it depends on snow or cold.”

As for Davenport, he was happy with his decision to keep the campus inhabitants safe while cancelling classes and shutting down campus for a part of the day. He did receive one distraught e-mail from a parent about the cancelling of classes, where he recognized their reasoning, but reiterated the idea of keeping the campus safe.

“I understood that they were unhappy about not getting their money’s worth,” Davenport said.

“But in this situation safety is the first concern.”

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

January: Stalking awareness month Important tips about stalkers can lead to a greater awareness to help save your life.

SAM WILMES News Editor Stalking, a crime that often leaves no trace of a suspect, can leave unsuspecting victims damaged, afraid or dead.

Stalking comes in various forms, including through an intimate source- these people have typically been in a close relationship with the victim before becoming obsessive. Family members, close friends and other close relationships can cause stalking.

Stalking through intimate sources can sometimes be the deadliest, since the stalkers have the easiest pathway to fulfill their obsessions. They can express love and caring one moment and become vicious and angry at other times.

Stalkers also may want to help heal their damaged self-esteem by continuing to focus on one object, hoping that one day their dreams and desires will be fulfilled.

Resentful stalking is when a

stalker feels as though their victim has committed an injustice to them in the past. Often centered out of irrational beliefs, the stalker is oftentimes a paranoid personality who wants to “even the score.”

Intimacy-seeking stalking arises when arises out of the context of loneliness and severe mental trauma. Stalkers of this type are often strangers or acquaintances, however distant, of the victim. This type of stalker is often extremely detached from reality- many feel that they are already in a relationship with the victim. Stalking is usually maintained by the stalker fueling his fire of unbridled passion for the unwitting and oftentimes unknowing victim.

Incompetent stalkers do so out of a context of lust or loneliness. This type of stalker, however, is not interested in fulfilling a long-term relationship.

Stalkers cut from this cloth typically suffer from disorders on the autism spectrum, making it hard for them to interpret social cues. These stalkers often can’t

comprehend the anxiety they put their victims through.

Predatory stalkers arise from the context of devious sexual practices and interests. In this case, stalkers usually gain great satisfaction out of stalking, mainly due to their feelings of control over someone.

College age students are the

most likely victims of stalking.

A whopping 53 percent of stalking victims are under the age of 25.

Intimacy stalking is the far most common form of stalking.

66 percent of people who reported having been stalked in the past year attributed it to someone who had previously filled a

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close bond in their life.

Be wary of the first signs of stalking because oftentimes the stalker can climax his obsession before you even realize that there is a threat on the horizon.

Helping recognize the signs can prevent you from becoming another statistic, or a stalker’s next victim.

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MSU student to attend Super Bowl Jessica Gumbert, a leader on campus across many fronts, will be working on the grandest stage of them all.

ALEX KERKMAN Staff Writer For many Americans, the Super Bowl is the most anticipated and watched viewing spectacle

in the country all year long. One MSU student will view the event from a slightly different perspective.

Jessica Gumbert, a Minnesota State University, Mankato

A football rests comfortably in Times Square.

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marketing and human resource management major, will be attending Super Bowl XLVIII as a brand ambassador for Verizon Wireless. Gumbert, a junior from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, will be in New York City in the upcoming week.

Last semester, Gumbert interned at the Metrodome in Minneapolis for Verizon Wireless, which, in her words, involved “smiling a lot” and “making the company look good.” Gumbert worked outside the stadium at every Minnesota Vikings home game last season.

It was through this internship that Gumbert was invited to work at the Super Bowl. Gumbert left for New York City, the site of the game on Sunday and will not only stay expense free for the next week, but be paid for her work as well.

Gumbert shared her excitement with the university last week.

“I am so fortunate to gain this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that came as a result of being in the Minnesota State Mankato Marketing Club and staying active on campus,” said Gumbert.

“I’m extremely excited to get out in the real world and use what I have learned through classes and my activities to do what I love.”

According to her interview with the CSU’s blog, Gumbert will spend the first few days in New York training in preparation for the game. Starting Wednesday, Gumbert will be on Super Bowl Boulevard, at Times Square in New York City, every day from 9 am to 11 pm.

Along with working for Verizon Wireless, she also works as a branch manager/intern with College Works Painting. Gumbert is also a student senator for the College of Business, President of the Marketing Club, Vice President of Delta Sigma Pi and a Student Ambassador in the Office of Admissions.

Gumbert plans to graduate from MSU with a marketing degree in the Spring of 2015. A 2011 graduate of Eau Claire Memorial High School, Gumbert hopes to move to South Carolina and pursue a career in Marketing after getting her degree.

Super Bowl XLVIII will be played between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Se-

Web Photo A major force on campus, Junior Jessica Gumbert will get a firsthand view of the most popular event in sports.

ahawks. The game will be on Sunday at 5:30 pm and can be viewed on FOX.

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Plunging for a cause Proceeds from the event will benefit Special Olympics.

HANNAH KLEINBERG Staff Writer Blizzard watches and negative temperatures: a great way to usher in Mankato’s up and coming Polar Plunge event, where brave and charitable souls jump into freezing lakes throughout Minnesota in support of the Special Olympics athletes of Minnesota.

The Polar Plunge began 17 years ago in 1998, at Como Lake in St. Paul, Minnesota. Back then, there were 65 participants and $20,000, but since then numbers have dramatically increased. In 2013, there were over 15,000 participants, 17 different plunge locations, and over $3 million raised. It’s hard to imagine what 2014 could bring for the

organization.

This event wouldn’t happen without Minnesota’s law enforcement. Plunges are part of the law enforcement’s fundraising program called the Law Enforcement Torch Run, which is held year-round. Minnesota’s law enforcement professionals go out and raise funds and awareness for Minnesota’s Special Olympics. Men and women from the field volunteer at events to support organizations like Leisure Education for Exceptional People (LEEP). Without them, events like the Polar Plunge wouldn’t be possible!

LEEP is one of the many hubs of the Polar Plunge. It accounts for 300 Special Olympics athletes who participate in the Polar Plunge in teams, with Mankato’s division being one of the larg-

est. Mankato’s own LEEP team, which will be participating in the plunge, has already raised $3,600. It’s strongly encouraged that if you plan on participating in the cause, to join Mankato LEEP’s, in effort to keep donations toward the local community. Help, however, is encouraged everywhere.

There will be celebrity plungers this year in Mankato LEEP’s team: KEYC Weekend Reporter and Anchor Joel Runck, KEYC Meteorologist Colin Oraskovich and Mankato MoonDog mascot Muttnik. If interested in joining their team, please visit plungemn.org/team/09lepleep.

You may also donate money online and toward the team at this site.

You may participate in the Polar Plunge either on a team or

individually. Whether or not you decide to brave the cold waters on your own or have a group behind you, each participant is responsible for raising a minimum of $75, though it’s possible to raise or donate more. Individuals have raised thousands in the past toward the Polar Plunge effort.

Mankato’s Polar Plunge will take place in St. Peter, at Hallet’s Pond on Saturday. If interested in other locations throughout Minnesota, feel free to visit the website, at plungemn.org. At that site, you may also register to join the effort.

A team takes the plunge for charity.

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Job fair to be held today EMMA DEPPA Staff Writer Minnesota State University, Mankato will be hosting a career and internship fair today for students of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Attendees will be able to meet a wide variety of employers; thirty-three are expected to be at the fair.

“Students should expect to find resources that will help them learn more about prospective careers related to the social science disciplines and majors,” SBS dean Maria Bevacqua said There will be organizations geared towards SBS majors such as law enforcement agencies and social service organizations.

This year there is also a new influx of private companies attending as well, which are drawn to SBS majors because of their broad educational and professional experiences.

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ternshipday.html At the fair there will also be eleven different panels with three or more speakers discussing career opportunities in their fields. See the panel schedule at: http://sbs.mnsu.edu/panelschedule.html Wondering if you should go to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Career and Internship Fair? There are many reasons why one should consider attending.

“It’s a great opportunity to learn about career opportunities and to learn more about employment related to social and behavioral sciences.

It’s also an opportunity to interact with people who hire college graduates. That’s good practice,” Student Relations Coordinator at Advising-U Clark Johnson said.

“More importantly, it’s an opportunity to get an interview for a job or an internship. Many of our venders are looking to

hire our graduates and anticipate job openings soon.”

In my experience career fairs have been helpful because I acquired an internship with the American Civil Liberties Union that started this summer and has continued into a present day affair.

I now have an excellent reference from an internationally reputable non-profit organization, something I would not have if I didn’t take advantage of MSU’s vast campus resources.

This opportunity not only presents opportunities for the present, but also is great experience to prepare for the future.

“It’s important to gain experience talking to potential employers,” One student stated, “Something that is typically a very nerve-wracking thing.”

“You want to be comfortable with talking to people in their position when you end up interviewing for your dream job after you graduate.”

Hoffner a candidate for Minot State job SAM WILMES News Editor Former Minnesota State University, Mankato head Football coach Todd Hoffner is in the running for the Minot State Head Coaching job.

Hoffner is among two other candidates, including Wayne State defensive coordinator Mike Aldrich and Wisconsin- Stevens Point offensive coordinator Aaron Vlcko.

The final list of three was condensed from an initial candidate pool of 100.

“We had a large pool, but more importantly, we had some real depth, some quality applicants,” Beavers athletic director

Randy Hedberg told the Associated Press.

“These three finalists all have extensive DII (NCAA Division II) experience and extensive NSIC experience. I felt this was important in our search.”

Vlcko interviewed on Saturday, Hoffner yesterday and Aldrich is set to interview for the job today.

A final decision is expected by the end of the month.

Hoffner, who became embroiled in controversy in August of 2012 related to child pornography charges, saw the charges dropped and was fired last May before Hoffner filed a lawsuit against the university. The final decision on the lawsuit is expected next month.

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Vietnam war vets deserve far more from government SAM WILMES News Editor Generally considered one of the greatest military and social disasters in American history, the Vietnam War now seems like a lifetime ago.

More than 50,000 American soldiers — many of them drafted — were killed and thousands more wounded both physically and mentally.

The war is mostly forgotten, except history books and professor lectures. The war and its expansion into Laos and Cambodia once tore the Mankato State University campus apart.

Vietnam should remain front and center due to the affect it still has on a significant segment of our society.

The death toll is reason enough not to forget — 47,359 Americans died in the line of duty and 10,797 more were killed in non-hostile situations, 303,704 were wounded in action.

The war was fought by youth, many of whom too young to legally drink alcohol. 3,103 lives ended at age 18, 14,095 were 20 years old and 8,283 were 19.

The shooting has stopped, but the war still claims casualties — 479,610 Vietnam War veterans have been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a disability that stems from extremely traumatic events.

The disorder causes continuing flashbacks, avoidance of memories of an event and hyper

arousal.

The government should be utterly ashamed of their treatment of the Vietnam-era veterans.

Could you imagine being sent to a foreign battlefield thousands of miles from home when you can barely drink or vote?

Through no choice of your own?

When the draft board called, young men were required to report or risk jail.

It wasn’t a popular war and the soldiers who fought it were mistreated when they returned.

Various media outlets have reported that Vietnam veterans were spit on upon returning home.

The veterans who should be honored are still being mistreated, this time by the government.

Many soldiers were dis-

charged due to bad behavior stemming from PTSD. Unfortunately for the vets, the military prohibits treatment for dishonorably discharged servicemen and servicewomen.

This is atrocious abuse.

Our Vietnam veterans are being subjected to the equivalent treatment given to a used napkin — thrown in the trash bin of history.

The government continues to deny that soldiers were discharged due to PTSD because the condition hadn’t been diagnosed in the 1970s.

PTSD didn’t become an official disease until the 1980’s due to a study conducted on Vietnam War veterans.

To be eligible for help from the government, veterans must

show that PTSD was a disease before 1980 in order to explain why their dishonorable discharges were, in fact, honorable.

Once they achieve that feat, they will be required to fill out at least 600 forms pertaining to their situation.

One veteran described the 13 years he has tried to get his dishonorable discharge upgraded only to find that someone had marked it as disapproved.

This injustice demands change. Contact your representative and let them know that you will not stand for this.

Ask those politicians who claim to support and honor veterans where they stand on the PSTD issue.

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“Were you surprised that we had a snow day yesterday?”

AMANDA HANSON, FRESHMAN MARKETING “No, I was not surprised because it was so cold and all of the other schools were cancelled.”

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HALEY FOGARTY, FRESHMAN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS “No, i wasn’t surprised because it was so cold and driving is dangerous.”

CHRIS SKELLY, SOPHOMORE AVIATION “We had our doubts, but due to the U of M closing we closed. I am definitely pleasantly surprised.”

MUSA SARBEE, SOPHOMORE BIOLOGY “Yes!”

• Letters exceeding 400 words may not be accepted. The Reporter reserves the right to edit letters to fit space or correct punctuation. The Reporter reserves the right to publish, or not publish, at its discretion. Letters must contain year, major or affiliation with the university, or lack thereof. All letters must contain phone numbers for verification purposes.

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A hard cost for a soft drink An uncertain future awaits an industry as more studiesdoubt the health benefits of pop.

Web Photo Soda pop contains many ingredients not meant for human consumption.

SAM WILMES News Editor While cigarettes, alcohol and chewing tobacco are all harmful sedatives that can lead to shortened lifespans, one substance that has not been banned or restricted is soda pop. A solid ar-

gument could be made that pop is worse for you then these other items.

Studies have shown that diet pop isn’t necessarily that much better for you. Research conducted by the University of Texas Health Center conducted on 475 adults shows that diet pop consumers have a 70-percent increase in waist circumference compared to non-diet pop drinkers.

Consumers who drank more than two diet sodas a day saw on average a 500 percent increase in waist circumference.

An 11-year Harvard Medical School study of more than 3,000 women found that diet cola is consistent with a two-fold increase risk for kidney decline.

Significant kidney decline began when consumers drank more than two diet sodas a day.

Efforts have also been made to ban two substances used only for cosmetic purposes in soda: 2-methylimidazole and 4-methylimidazole. These two substances have been shown to cause cancer in animals. They are responsible for the brown coloring of sodas such as Pepsi, Coca-Cola and others.

According to California’s harsh Proposition 65 list, 16 micrograms are enough to pose a cancer threat. Brown 20 oz sodas contain 200 micrograms of the substances.

Drinking Mountain Dew can also have disturbing consequences. Brominated vegetable oil, an ingredient used to keep the flavoring from separating, is an industrial chemical typically used as a flame-retarded ingredient.

If used in high amounts, the ingredient is shown to cause nerve damage and memory loss.

Aluminum soda cans also

have Bisphenol A, which has been shown to cause everything from infertility to obesity to diabetes.

According to the World Health Organization, diabetes kills 3.4 million people worldwide every year.

Another study has reportedly found that long-term consumption of diet pop can have the same effect on your teeth as smoking methamphetamine and crack/cocaine can have.

These findings are remarkable similar to the beginning of the end of the cigarette era. Back in the early 20th century, doctors, athletes and just about every other prominent member of the American culture could be caught peddling tobacco on the airwaves.

In the 1930’s, when word started to leaked that cigarettes could be toxic big tobacco took action. Doctors, physicians and everyone in-between began to approve usage.

Big soda will put up the same fight. Today, energy drink and Pepsi signs line our billboards, sports stadiums and hallways.

There is no way on this earth that Pepsi-co will agree to significant restrictions on the billion dollar- industry they lead.

Unfortunately for them, however, there will be no turning back. In the end, human progress always trumps the status quo. Expect in the distant future warning labels to be put on soda, much like tobacco and beer already have.

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GOP schools candidates to avoid disaster WASHINGTON (AP) — Having watched several promising campaigns collapse in 2012 after candidates made catastrophic mistakes, national Republican leaders are leaving nothing to chance as they prepare for this year’s midterm elections.

They’re summoning contenders— especially those who seem inexperienced, unpredictable or inclined to provocative opinions — to first-of-a-kind training at the GOP’s Senate campaign headquarters to learn, in part, what not to say and how not to say it.

It’s a delicate intervention, but one deemed essential by officials smarting from campaign debacles that cost the GOP winnable races, including Senate seats in Missouri and Indiana, last time.

“Hopefully, everyone has paid attention to the huge blunders that were made,” said Ari Fleischer, former top aide to President George W. Bush who helped draft a post-election analysis for the Republican National Committee after the 2012 campaign. “You can’t buy enough ads to cover up a candidate who is flawed.”

The two-day sessions, which feature top experts in communications and public policy, have brought in more than a dozen Senate and about 50 House candidates. The GOP’s hopes for winning a Senate majority this year depend on picking up six seats, some by candidates who are less seasoned.

In addition to the policy briefings and campaign advice that both parties have long of-

fered, the candidates are counseled specifically on navigating trouble-prone issues related to women.

Front-running Republican Senate candidates Todd Akin in Missouri and Richard Mourdock in Indiana self-destructed in 2012 after making controversial comments about pregnancy and abortion. Akin asserted that a woman’s body was equipped to fight off pregnancy in cases of “legitimate rape.” Mourdock said that in pregnancies, “Even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, it is something God intended to happen.”

The perils were illustrated again last week when former GOP presidential contender Mike Huckabee accused Democrats of portraying women as unable to “control their libido or reproductive systems” without government help, which set off another cycle of explaining and defending.

In the communications lessons with GOP candidates, “I’m very tough on them,” said instructor Todd Harris, a former adviser to Sen. John McCain and Marco Rubio. “Nobody’s cried.

But some of them, when they’re done, I’ll tell them ‘That was crap.’”

Since the GOP’s disappointing 2012 showing, party attention has focused on the mistakes made. In addition to the Indiana and Missouri meltdowns and presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s defeat, campaign problems contributed to unforeseen Senate losses in North Dakota and Montana.

Conservative fundraisers like Karl Rove have vowed full-scale

efforts to recruit better contenders and sidetrack problematic ones.

But less noticed has been the party’s stepped-up initiative to fix candidates rather than replace them.

The sessions hammer away at “message discipline,” with mock interviews, press conferences and post-game video analysis.

“All Democrats want to do is talk about the war on women, so it would be malpractice for us not to address it,” said senior National Republican Senate Committee spokesman Kevin McLaughlin.

McLaughlin declined to say specifically how candidates are advised to handle thorny questions related to sex and reproduction, such as whether rape victims should be able to have abortions.

“We gave examples of good ways to say things and - shall we say - less effective ways to communicate them,” he said.

Terri Lynn Land, a leading Republican candidate for Senate in Michigan, was among those urged to attend the sessions.

Despite winning two terms as Michigan’s secretary of state, she was criticized for poor debate performance in her unsuccessful 2010 GOP race for governor.

Others who have attended include Mark Jacobs, a Senate candidate in Iowa who has extensive business experience but none in public office, and Matt Whitaker, who lost his only statewide race in Iowa, for treasurer.

Doug Truax, a Republican businessman running for the Senate in Illinois, said the ses-

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sions are very helpful for a novice.

“The candidate school went deeper on policy, allowing me to supplement my current thinking, then capped it off with media training to hone my delivery,” he said in an emailed statement.

But attending was an awkward issue for some candidates, and few agreed to talk about it publicly.

“We’re just not going to put Shane on the record on this,” said Bill Novotny, campaign manager for Nebraska Senate candidate Shane Osborn.

Officials with the National Republican Senatorial Committee, who are co-sponsoring the sessions with their House GOP counterparts, said the 2012 gaffes don’t dominate the sessions, which generally empha-

size careful preparation. The Democratic Party and progressive groups also hold campaign boot camps for Democratic candidates, who have had their own problems.

But the intensified GOP training now includes discussion of the 2013 Massachusetts Senate race in which Republican Gabriel Gomez stumbled through a convoluted explanation of his abortion position.

Democratic campaign officials say the problem isn’t how some Republican candidates explain their views.

“It’s not a mistake when Republican candidates say things that are part of Republicans’ vision for this country,” said Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Lon Johnson.

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Deep freeze in midwest puts normal routines on ice CHICAGO (AP) — Parents brought kids to work or just stayed home because schools were closed, again. Office workers hailed cabs to ride a block — or less. And companies offering delivery services were inundated with business as Artic air blasted the central U.S. on Monday for the second time in weeks, disrupting the lives of even the hardiest Midwesterners.

As temperatures and wind chills plummeted throughout the day Monday, even simple routines were upended by the need to bundle up, with anyone venturing outdoors being well advised to layer up with clothing, coats, hats, scarves and gloves.

And there’s no quick relief in sight as subzero highs were expected to dominate across the region into Tuesday.

“This is similar to what we had three weeks ago” in terms of life-threatening conditions, said Sarah Marquardt, a National Weather Service meteorologist.

“With wind chills in the minus 30 to minus 40 range, you can get frostbite within 10 minutes on exposed skin.”

In Chicago, temperatures had fallen below zero by Monday afternoon with wind chills in the negative double-digits.

“We had two (employees) call in because they couldn’t come to work because of the school closings, and another called in sick,” said Kristelle Brister, the manag-

er of a Chicago Starbucks, who was forced to bring her 9-yearold son to work after the city shut down its 400,000-student school system for the day.

Residents of Minnesota and Wisconsin faced similar if even somewhat more severe weather.

Wind chills in the minus 40s were expected in Minneapolis, while in Milwaukee the chill hit minus 23 by mid-afternoon.

Elsewhere, wind chills of minus 18 were expected in Dayton, Ohio, minus 14 in Kansas City, Mo., and minus 3 in Louisville, Ky. The chill Monday was enough to keep even the hardiest people off the streets, including the customers of the Hollywood Tan salon in the southwestern Illinois’ community of Belleville.

“It’s definitely a lot slower,” said salon manager Kelly Benton, who wasn’t expecting anything near the 100 tanners the salon sees on a typical day.

But the chill didn’t keep crowds from Tiny Tots and Little Tykes Preschool and Child Care Center in West St. Paul, Minn., where the cold weather means a lot more jumping rope and riding around on scooters — anything to escape cabin fever and let kids burn off some energy.

“We’re just trying to keep them busy, but it’s definitely more of a challenge when you can’t get outside,” said ManaRae Schaan, the executive director.

The brutally cold weather has brought a spike in business for GrubHub Seamless, a company that lets users order food online from restaurants and have the food delivered.

“Across the board, restaurant and delivery drivers are dealing with an influx of orders,” Allie Mack, a spokeswoman for the company said in an email.

Not only that, but people seem to appreciate the drivers more, with Mack saying that during the Polar Vortex earlier this month, tipping was up by double digits in Detroit, Cleveland, Minneapolis and Chicago.

And, for some reason, deliveries of buffalo chicken sandwiches jumped 37 percent.

“You figure people are probably being more generous to their drivers because their drivers are the ones braving the conditions while you’re on your couch in your pajamas,” Mack said.

Chicago cabdriver Kumar Patel said the cold translates into bigger tips for him too.

But the chill also seems to trigger some bad behavior as well, he said.

“They get in and they say they have to smoke because it’s so cold,” Patel said.

Still, he said, he can pick up a lot of fares in a short time. “They are going a block, sometimes only a half block,” Patel said.

The frigid weather also sent runners inside to health clubs or

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into stores to buy treadmills.

“Treadmills and ellipticals are the No. 1 seller now that conditions are terrible,” said Dave O’Malley, manager of Chicago Home Fitness.

In Milwaukee, Michael Comerford, a 33-year-old barista, said Monday that he is making far fewer lattes than normal but expects the trend to reverse once the severe chill subsides.

“Once it gets warmer, like the single digits or teens, it feels like a heat wave so people come out again,” he said.

It is the same for Brandon Kulosa, whose business is get-

ting rid of critters that become dissatisfied with their homes and move into ours.

“They hunker down when it gets this cold,” said Kulosa, coowner of Animal Trackers Wildlife Co. in suburban Chicago.

Not only that, he said, but the ones that already have gotten into your attic seem to recognize they have it pretty good and should not draw attention to themselves and risk eviction.

“You could have a raccoon up in your attic just sleeping,” said his partner, Tony Miltz. “They’re not going anywhere.”

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Obama, Republicans spar in advance of State of the Union speech WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will work with Congress where he can and circumvent lawmakers where he must, his top advisers warned Sunday in previewing Tuesday’s State of the Union speech.

Obama faces a politically divided Congress on Tuesday and will use his annual address to demand expanded economic opportunity. Absent legislative action, the White House is telling lawmakers that the president is ready to take unilateral action to close the gap between rich and poor Americans.

“I think the way we have to think about this year is we have a divided government,” said Dan Pfeiffer, a longtime Obama adviser. “The Republican Congress is not going to rubber-stamp the president’s agenda. The president is not going to sign the Republican Congress’ agenda.”

So the White House is eyeing compromise on some priorities, Obama advisers said. But the president is also looking at executive orders that can be enacted without Congress’ approval.

“The president sees this as a

year of action to work with Congress where he can and to bypass Congress where necessary,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said.

The act-or-else posture bristled Republicans.

“The president has sort of hung out on the left and tried to get what he wants through the bureaucracy as opposed to moving to the political center,” said Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the GOP Senate leader.

Added Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.: “It sounds vaguely like a threat, and I think it also has a certain amount of arrogance.”

With campaigns for November’s election on the horizon, there’s scant reason for the White House to be optimistic about Republican support for measures to revive a bipartisan immigration bill that has passed the Senate, an increased minimum wage or expanding prekindergarten programs.

Republicans looking to wrest control of the Senate and keep their majority in the House instead want to keep the focus on the struggling economy and Obama’s stewardship of it. The

GOP is pinning hopes that voter frustration remains high and punishes Democrats on the ballot for Obama’s tenure.

“His economic policies are not working,” said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.

The White House has been signaling to Republicans that it would not wait for Congress to act. It also is betting Obama’s

backers will rally behind his plans.

“When American jobs and livelihoods depend on getting something done, he will not wait for Congress,” Pfeiffer wrote in an email to Obama supporters Saturday.

Following the speech, Obama will travel to Maryland, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Tennes-

see to promote the proposals he introduces Tuesday evening.

Pfeiffer appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” and “Fox News Sunday.” Carney spoke with ABC’s “This Week.” McConnell was interviewed on Fox. Paul spoke with CNN and NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Cruz spoke to CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

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MSU Reporter Archives Senior guard Alli Hoefer currenlty has the best three-point shooting percentage for the Mavericks, shooting 48.8 percent.

The Minnesota State University, Mankato women’s basketball team used suffocating team defense and depth to shake off their loss to Wayne State and climbed back up the NSIC standings with two-NSIC victories on the road against Winona State and Upper Iowa this weekend.

After giving up 89 points and sending the Wildcats to the line 39 times a week ago, the squad really shored up their defense, winning 77-53 over Winona State and 87-61 over Upper Iowa and only sent their opponents to the charity stripe 35 times between the two games.

According to head coach Emilee Thiesse, that has been their point of emphasis this past week to bounce back and stay in the top half of the NSIC. “Our consistency at the defensive end was something we were more disappointed in the Wayne State game, to give up so many points and put them on the foul line so many times,” Thiesse said. “This weekend we did a really good job getting the stops and playing team defense.”

The Mavericks started off their weekend sweep on a 17-5 run against the Winona, but the Warriors would creep back but the no. 25 Purple and Gold punctured their comeback hopes with a 16-5 run to end the half. A lot of production came off the bench with freshman Sammie Delzotto’s seven points and junior Lexie Ulfers’s five points, six rebounds and one block in the first half.

Once the final buzzer went off, MSU finished with 35 points off the bench, led by Delzotto with nine. The squad followed suit on Saturday with the bench outscoring the Peacocks 44-18 with three players reaching double figures. Ulfers led the bench with 12 points and added six rebounds while junior Ashley Olson added 11 points while going perfect from the field, including two three-pointers. Freshman Britney Scherber rounded out the double-digit bench performances with 10.

11 Mavericks played at least 10 minutes in Saturday’s game, and after coaching MSU to a 26-6 season last season, her first as a Maverick, Thiesse knows how important it is to have exceptional talent off the bench.

“We like to use our depth to our advantage especially when we have to play two back-to-back games, and we have the players that are able to do that for us,” Thiesse said.

The Mavericks now sit on a 13-5 record while going 10-4 in the NSIC, and the production from senior forward Ali Wilkinson is a big part of their success to say the least. After scoring 14 points in Winona and 27 at Upper Iowa, which both led the team, the Blue Mounds, Wis., native is second in the NSIC in points scored per game with 19.

Ever since coming to Mankato five years ago, her scoring numbers have escalated and has consistently been the go-to option on the offensive end for the Mavericks.

What has impressed coach Thiesse more about Wilkinson’s play is her rebounding, however.

“Rebounding is one of the most unselfish parts of the game, to be willing to go in there and battle and do the dirty work of cleaning up the boards and getting us second opportunities,” Thiesse said. “In the last few weeks, she’s really taking that to heart.”

Women’s hockey comes up short in two close games LUKE CARLSON Staff Writer It was off to Columbus, Ohio this past weekend for the Minnesota State women’s hockey team to play a pair of road games against their conference rival, the Ohio State Buckeyes. The Mavericks brought both energy and offense onto the ice for the two contests, something that had been lacking the last several games, and managed to make both games against the Buckeyes close and thrilling bouts.

Starting with the first game of the road trip on Friday night, the two teams found themselves in a tight and defensive matchup during the opening period. Strong defensive play and few power play opportunities for either team led to a scoreless first period which saw both teams only record four shots on goal.

The scoreless deadlock in Columbus continued up until the closing minutes of the second pe-

riod when the nine penalty minutes that the Mavericks accrued in the frame finally caught up to them. After killing off three power plays, including a five-onthree and a five-minute major, the Mavericks succumbed to another penalty and the Buckeyes took advantage.

At 16:56 of the second, a slap shot from the point by Buckeyes sophomore forward Kendall Curtis was finished off on the rebound by freshman forward Claudia Kepler, giving the Buckeyes the first lead of the night.

The score opened the floodgates for what was to be a ruthlessly offensive third period.

2:48 into the third, the Buckeyes doubled their lead on a power-play goal from senior forward Ally Tarr who took a backdoor feed from junior forward Taylor Kuehl and beat Mavericks senior goaltender Danielle Butters upstairs on the forehand side.

But it was shortly after that the MSU offense awoke and

got the road team back into the game, when at 5:11, MSU senior forward Nicole Germaine fired a wrist shot from the left circle that beat Ohio State senior goaltender Lisa Steffes between the pads.

After cutting the Buckeyes’ lead in half, the Mavericks pulled even with the home team at 17:28 of the third when junior defenseman Shelby Moteyunas fired a shot from the point. The puck with eyes zoomed through a maze of bodies and found twine on the right side of the net to even the contest. Germaine and senior forward Kari Lundberg each earned assists on the game-tying goal from Moteyunas.

The game headed to overtime after neither team could break the 2-2 tie at the end of the final frame. However just 38 seconds into the extra period, OSU’s Kepler fired a point shot that was saved by Butters that the goaltender could not grab a hold of entirely, and senior forward Julia McKinnon streaked into the

Ronald Sejjoba • MSU Reporter Senior forward Nicole Germaine added three more points to her statline with a goal and assist on Friday and an assist on Saturday.

slot and put away the rebound to clinch the 3-2 overtime win for the Buckeyes.

Butters ended the game with 23 saves while MSU failed to convert on four power-play chances. The Buckeyes ended the game going two-of-seven on the advantage with Steffes stop-

ping 19 of 21 Maverick shots.

The second bout of the weekend was also wildly entertaining.

And unlike the night before, the scoring started early, with both teams tallying goals in the first

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Super Bowl gets no better than this The biggest football game of the year is set for a Sunday kick-off, and like most Super Bowls, this year’s big game does not lack a number of intriguing subplots.

LUCAS RYAN Staff Writer Winter Weather This year the Super Bowl will be hosted in an open-dome stadium in cold weather conditions for the first time in NFL history. The 48th Super Bowl will be played at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, the home of the Giants and Jets.

According to the Weather Channel Monday, the temperature predicted for game-day will have a high of 38 degrees with a low of 23 degrees. If the weather absolutely dictates; the NFL does have a plan to move the game to Saturday night, but this possibility seems highly unlikely at this point. Although that forecast sounds like a heat wave compared to what we are experiencing in Minnesota, these sorts of cold conditions will definitely affect the game.

So what team will have the advantage on game day? The affects that the weather could have on the game could be taken advantage by either team. I have heard both sides of the argument over whether the defense or the offense has the advantage in cold weather games.

Weather undoubtedly affects an offense more than a defense.

Wind and snow or rain makes it more difficult to grip and throw the ball. This will affect both

teams’ offense, but could definitely take away from the Broncos offensive explosiveness. The other side of the argument is that receivers will have an advantage over the secondary. This is because they know where their route is going be. If the ground makes cutting more difficult for the players it will be much more difficult for both team’s secondaries to run with receivers down the field.

Depending how this Super Bowl plays out this could become a more frequent in the future. Maybe even Lambeau Field will host a Super Bowl on day.

The Battle of No. 1s Super Bowl XLVIII will feature the classic matchup of defense against offense. The Broncos, feature the highest scoring offense in NFL history while the Seahawks feature the league’s best defense.

The Seahawks had the best overall defense in the NFL this year, giving up a league-low 231 points. Denver’s offense scored 606 points, shattering the previous NFL mark. This Matchup becomes more enticing because Seattle was league-leaders against the pass, while Peyton Manning is coming off his best passing seasons, throwing for 55 touchdowns.

Seattle’s defense has not played a quarterback of Manning’s caliber this year, but Man-

ning has not faced a passing defense on the Seattle’s level. This could be the matchup where the game is decided.

Manning has spread the ball around to all of his receivers and tight ends throughout the year, but the Broncos have not forgot about their running back.

Knowshon Moreno has rushed for more than 1,000 yards and scored 10 touchdowns in the regular season. Moreno is also a threat to catch the ball. He has more than 60 receptions. While a key matchup will be the Seahawks secondary against the Broncos receivers, Seattle cannot forget about Moreno. Richard Sherman and the rest of the Seahawks defense will have their hands full on Sunday.

The Percy Factor Percy Harvin is one of the best receivers in all of the NFL when he is healthy and is expected to be a full participant in the Super Bowl. However, Harvin has had difficulty getting and staying on the field. Harvin only saw action in two games this year for the Seahawks. In those games, Harvin was hurt and unable to finish.

In Seattle’s playoff game against the New Orleans Saints, Harvin took two extremely hard hits (one illegal hit) that knocked him out of the game with a concussion.

Harvin will need to avoid these sorts of shots if he wants to be a factor in the game, especially

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due to the fact his body has not adjusted to the physicality of the NFL. Harvin has not had much time to develop chemistry with Russell Wilson, but the extra week of preparation be for a Super Bowl will give Harvin a chance to develop better timing and get comfortable with Wilson. Harvin was a game changing player as a Viking. He can help your team

through on special teams and has the ability to make plays on the offense side of the ball through the air and on the ground.

The last few years have been featured great Super Bowl Games. Like most years, Super Bowl XXLVI does not lack interesting matchups and subplots.

Hopefully this year’s Super Bowl can live up to the hype.

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Mavericks winless in first North Star College Cup DEREK LAMBERT Staff Writer Minnesota’s capital city was the host to the inaugural North Star College Cup this past weekend when four of the state’s five division one hockey teams came together at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. The tournament was a two-day event played Friday and Saturday, with the intent of keeping the in state rivalries we’ve come to love that have now seemingly disappeared with the formation of the Big Ten hockey conference and the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.

The University of Minnesota Gophers are the host of the tournament with the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs, the Minnesota State University, Mankato Mavericks and the St. Cloud State University Huskies filling out the tournament field in this year’s tournament. Bemidji State will take part in the tournament next year with teams participating on a rotating basis and the Gophers being the host each year.

The tournament is formatted to that of Boston’s annual Beanpot tournament that includes Boston College, Boston University, Harvard, and Northeastern University, and is played at the Boston Garden. The Beanpot is the most anticipated non-postseason college hockey tournament, and the NSCC is a tournament that could compete with that title.

“Being from Boston, we have the Beanpot” said Minnesota State captain Johnny McInnis, “I think this could be better and it keeps the in-state rivalries going.”

It was a weekend filled with great hockey played at an incredible venue, and teams were able

to face off against some familiar faces. While these matchups are no longer the WCHA contests we have seen in recent years, bragging rights were still on the line.

“I think with how competitive hockey is in the state everyone wants to prove they’re the best team in Minnesota, and this weekend is a chance to show that,” McInnis said.

Maverick forward Jean-Paul LaFontaine expressed his take away from the weekend.

“It was an awesome experience,” he said. “We like playing these teams and we miss it, so it was a good experience for us.”

The Mavs faced off in the first game of the NSCC on Friday against Minnesota-Duluth in what turned out to be a great game.

The Bulldogs’ Andy Wellinski got UMD on the board first early in the game on a shot from the blue line that deflected of Mavs defenseman Josh Nelson and changed direction into the net past goaltender Cole Huggins for a 1-0 lead. It was a bit of a fluke for a goal, but the Mavericks got one of their own to tie the game when McInnis took a shot from behind the goal line that squeezed through Bulldog goaltender Aaron Crandall and the nearside post and found its way to the back of the net.

Then the Mavericks, whose power play ranked third in the nation heading into the game, went ahead on the man advantage. While on the power play, Maverick junior Matt Leitner skated around the blue line and fired a shot past Crandall for a 2-1 MSU lead heading into the second period.

Kicking off the scoring in the second period was UMD, who scored on the power play against the Mavericks’ fourth ranked

penalty kill. Bulldog forward threw the puck on net, which deflected off teammate Austin Farley’s skate and past Huggins. After a brief video review, the call on the ice stood and it was a 2-2 game. The Mavs kept applying pressure, but the Bulldogs were getting the right bounces.

Shortly after, the Mavs had a defensive lapse as they left Bulldog Adam Krause alone in front of Huggins, and Krause tapped in the tying goal on a seeing eye pass from Alex Iafallo to give UMD a 3-2 lead.

Then, on a strange goal that required video review, JeanPaul LaFontaine tied the game.

Mavs senior Zach Lehrke took a shot off the face off that rung the post and sat behind Crandall, but LaFontaine swatted the puck just past the goal line before a Bulldog defender cleared the puck away from the net. Not called a goal on the ice, play went on and a video review after the next stoppage of play confirmed a goal, and once again the game was tied heading into the third period.

Watching this game, a spectator might think they couldn’t see more odd or fluke goals, but there were more to come.

MSU took a 4-3 lead when they caught a break after killing off a five on three man advantage for the Bulldogs. Just as Maverick defenseman Zach Palmquist was about to ice the puck, Lehrke stepped out of the penalty box to cut the man advantage to five on four and Palmquist threaded the needle to Lehrke all alone on UMD’s blue line. In all alone on a breakaway versus Crandall, Lehrke made a series of quick moves before sliding a beauty of a goal between Crandall’s legs for the Mavericks’ first shorthanded goal on the season.

But again, the Bulldogs found a way to score an unusual goal, also shorthanded. Duluth forward Kyle Osterberg took a shot just as he entered the Maverick zone that Huggins seemed to have controlled with ease, but he unknowingly dropped the puck and Osterberg swooped in and slid the puck into a mostly open net to tie the game at four a piece.

UMD would kill off the remaining time on their penalty and the teams headed to overtime.

With the game seemingly heading to a shootout, Mavs defenseman Brett Stern took a boarding penalty late in overtime, sending the Bulldogs to the power play. With only 26 second remaining in overtime, Iafallo chipped the puck into an open net following a scrum in front of the Maverick goal for the game-

winning goal, sending UMD to the championship game.

An exciting but strange game, Maverick coach Mike Hastings thought the game came down to puck possession.

“Really back and forth” said Hastings, “we traded chances, but it seemed whoever had the puck on their sticks last would win.”

The evening game pegged the no. 1 Gophers against the no. 5 Huskies in what was expected to be an even better game than the afternoon game, but didn’t quite turn out that way. The Gophers took down the Huskies 4-1 on their way to the championship game, pitting the Huskies against the Mavs in the consolation matchup on Saturday in a game

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“We like playing these teams and we miss it, so it was a good experience for us.”

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that saw Maverick goaltender Stephon Williams return between the pipes.

“We like to determine what happens Friday and Saturday on what happens Monday through Thursday” said Hastings, “and Stephon had a good week and earned the chance to play tonight.”

Playing in the consolation matchup Saturday afternoon, penalties proved to be fatal for the Mavericks.

The Huskies leading scorer Jonny Brodzinski sent a rocketing slap shot goal past Williams, which was sandwiched between a LaFontaine goal and a goal by Bryce Gervais that had the Mavs at a 2-1 lead, but shortly after the Huskies power play would take the game over.

St. Cloud forward Cory Thorson scored the equalizer on a deflection just as Mavs defenseman Blake Thompson exited the penalty box. Officially an even strength goal, the penalty contributed to the goal as Thompson had not yet rejoined the play.

The Huskies continued to turn the heat up when captain Nic

Dowd threw a spin around shot on goal that found its way past Williams for a 3-2 lead before they really started to separate themselves in this game.

With two players in the penalty box, the Mavs were two men short on a five on three penalty kill, which may have determined the outcome of the game.

Brodzinski unleashed another blistering slap shot beyond Williams’ reach on the power play for a 4-2 lead before David Morley increased the lead to three when he buried another power play goal on a feed from Andrew Prochno. After the goal, Williams was pulled in favor of Huggins.

Down 5-2 early in the third period, McInnis scored a powerplay goal of his own to make it a two goal game. Matt Leitner recorded an assist on the goal, which was his 100th career point in a Maverick sweater. Again the Huskies would score on the power play, though, as Kalle Kossila swatted a backhand goal past Huggins with the man advantage to bring St. Cloud to a 6-3 lead.

The Mavs again fought back

though, as LaFontaine tapped in a goal all alone in front for his second of the game and his team leading 16th of the season to make it a 6-4 game, but that was all the Mavericks had in the tank and they fell to the Huskies 6-4.

“Not a great weekend from us, but a phenomenal tournament, first class as always from the Xcel Center,” Hastings said of the tournament.

The Gophers would go on to win the inaugural North Star College Cup, defeating UMD in a shootout to earn the coveted wooden cup given to the tournament champions. The game counts officially as a 4-4 tie, but the shootout win earned Minnesota the honor of being the first team to have their name engraved on the trophy.

Heading back into league play this week, Hastings wants to have a good week before hitting the road for a weekend series at Northern Michigan University.

“We need to go back to the basement,” Hastings said. “Take a look at what we didn’t do well and correct it.”

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W. HOCKEY “The Mavericks brough both energy and offense onto the ice for the two constests, something that had been lacking the last several games, and managed to make both games against the Buckeyes close and thrilling bouts.” continued from 11 five minutes of the game. Kepler scored at 2:54 to put OSU in front early, but the Mavericks answered at 4:13 when Lundberg fired a shot on net and senior forward Melissa Klippenstein tapped in the loose puck past OSU’s Steffes for her fifth goal of the year.

An aggressive forecheck by the Buckeyes in the opening minutes of the second period caused two ill-fated turnovers for the Mavericks. OSU capitalized on MSU’s defensive blunders as OSU’s Curtis beat Butters high on the glove side at 1:40 before Tarr and junior forward Daniele Gagne converted a two-on-one at 4:29 to make the game 3-1 in favor of OSU. Even though the Mavericks were down a skater on a five minute major, the road team managed to slice the Buckeye lead in half off of a high glove side, short-handed goal by Lundberg from a pass by Germaine who had picked off an OSU pass and fed Lundberg for the breakaway chance.

Another short-handed goal came early in the final frame of regulation, this time for OSU. Kepler flipped a back-handed shot that bounced off the crossbar and past Butters, giving the home team a 4-2 advantage which they carried to the game’s conclusion despite the Mavericks having several power play chances and outshooting the Buckeyes 17-9 in the period.

Even though she let in four goals, Butters was outstanding for the Mavericks during the game, collecting 38 saves and displaying impressive athleticism in denying numerous Buckeye scoring chances.

With the two defeats, the Mavericks fall to 9-19-0 on the season with a 4-18 record in the WCHA. MSU takes this next weekend off before hosting the St. Cloud State Huskies at All Seasons Arena on February 7th and 8th.

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The mediocre month of January New releases Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit and Devil’s Due land in the film wasteland. Which will best January’s curse of awfulness?

ANDREW SIMON Staff Writer January has long been the dumping ground for films the studio simply has no faith in (although Liam Neeson has had quite the surprising success with his action releases over the last couple years) and to start 2014 off, studios have released Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, an origin story of the famous Tom Clancy super spy, and Devil’s Due, another one of those abysmal found-footage horror films.

Hopefully, these two titles are not a sign of what’s to come.

Devil’s Due follows a newly married couple on their honeymoon. As supposedly tends to happen in the Dominican Republic, Zach (Zach Gilford, Friday Night Lights) and Samantha (Allison Miller, Terra Nova) are lured to an underground party where this mysterious cult impregnates Samantha with the spawn of Satan. The happy

couple wake up home and happy, unaware that her pregnancy that they’re both so happy about actually belongs to one of the bringers of the Apocalypse, the Antichrist. Can the love of this married couple change the Antichrists ways and teach it love?

Nah, bit of blood, bit of death, lots of scary henchman lurking in the shadows and loads of nonexistent scares – that’s Devil’s Due. This film is a fine example of one of the most puzzling questions: if a studio and hundreds of employed actors and crew are brought together to make a film, wouldn’t it stand to reason they would try to make the best product possible? Devil’s Due pulls every horror cliché and Paranormal Activity trope from the book and throws it all onscreen in one cold mess of ineptitude. The biggest sin Devil’s Due commits is that it isn’t remotely frightening.

Long passages of time elapse without a single attempt at a scare and when it does make the effort, there’s not an ounce of originali-

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ty or enthusiasm in it. One would think that if someone is carrying the Spawn of Satan there would be some more interesting creepy happenings. Instead, it’s actually quite the lax pregnancy.

As the film ticks by with one uneventful scene after another with the climax approaching,

things get equally ridiculously, laughably absurd and also slightly cool. Finally there’s some nifty power usage and an ever-so-slight bit of thrills but it quickly evaporates at the hilarious absurdity of this clan hiding out in some abandoned house and chanting for the Apocalypse.

With no Evil Dead or The Conjuring in sight, 2014 just might be one of the worst years for the horror genre if Devil’s Due is an example of what moviegoers can come to expect.

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Hats, duets and robots: Grammy’s recap JAMES HOUTSMA A & E Editor Robots and indie artists made some noise at Sunday night’s Grammy Awards.

The 56th annual ceremony celebrating achievement in the music industry was highlighted by multiple wins from Daft Punk, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, and Lorde, among many others.

Daft Punk, the French electronic/dance duo, won Album of the Year for Random Access Memories and Record of the Year for their song “Get Lucky”, as well as two additional awards. Random Access Memories is Daft Punk’s first album release since 2005’s Human After All. The duo took to the stage to accept their awards

in full robot attire, not speaking a single word, instead leaving the voice to their collaborator Pharrell Williams.

Performing just as well was rap-duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, taking home four total awards including Best New Artist. The Seattle duo’s hit record, The Heist, was independently produced, recorded and released -- a superstar success story among the many self financed albums in the lesser categories.

New Zealand’s breakout star Lorde won Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for “Royals”, while other mainstay artists like Imagine Dragons, Michael Buble, Alicia Keyes and Justin Timberlake all left winners in at least one category.

Always a highlight of showmanship, the Grammy’s were alive with memorable moments,

both good and embarrassing. 33 diverse couples were married on television during Macklemore, Ryan Lewis and Mary Lambert’s performance of “Same Love”.

Several unique group duets performed during the show, including Kendrick Lamar and Imagine Dragons, while Stevie Wonder took the stage with Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams, putting a strong focus on collaboration.

However some of the more unflattering moments of the night went to Madonna’s appearance by virtue of being Madonna, Taylor Swift’s scary enthusiasm throughout, and Pharrell Williams’ notable hat that screams of just saving Nell Fenwick from Snidley Whiplash and the oncoming train.

Web Photo Holy headwear, Batman. Hopefully R & B artist Pharrell Williams doesn’t get too big a head after his wins.

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Community back in the saddle again

SAVE GREEN & GO BLUE!

ANDREW SIMON Staff Writer Community is perhaps one of the oddest, most indescribable shows on network television right now. It also happens to be one of the best.

Debuting on NBC in 2009, Community, at its core, is about six wayward people becoming friends at the fictional Greendale Community College and learning about themselves through hijinks and comedic scenarios.

To take a closer look, Community could be described as a series that follows mentally deranged individuals who take out their insanity with campus-wide paintball fights, use an empty room to construct a Dream-atorium to battle social issues, sort out their problems via anime style ping-ball or video game assassinations, or band together to stop Chang (Ken Jeung) from becoming dictator and taking over Greendale.

Basically, Community can’t be defined because it certainly doesn’t follow any conventional rules. By being so absurd, crazy, and beautifully brilliant, Community, despite mediocre ratings and the networks desire to rid themselves of this weird gem, has escaped cancellation over and over, with its fifth season premiering in January, with the return of series creator Dan Harmon, whose voice is instrumental to making this series wholly unique.

The series is back to its laugh-out-loud hilarity, meta humor, cultural jokes, preposterous

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The strength of Community is that characters are first, and the sort of absurdist notions – like the paintball fight and the elaborate tent battle royale of season three – are a reflection of the character arc of that episode. Season five has dealt with Jeff Winger’s (Joel Hale) need to reinvent himself, the death of Pierce Hawthorne (Chevy Chase) that brought secrets out in the open, and the departure of Troy Barns (Donald Glover) who left Greendale to become his own man. All these character beats were coated with high-concept ideas, like a David Fincher homage, another campus-wide game involving lava floors, and a sort of Jeopardy game for Pierce’s final will and testament. The series is funny,

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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit fares a bit better, but not by a lot. Jack Ryan (Chris Pine, Star Trek) wants to help his country and CIA official Thomas Harper (Kevin Costner) decides to make that wish come true. Not exactly skilled with being an operational asset, instead Jack’s usefulness comes in analyzing financial transactions that may point to terrorist activity. This leads him to Viktor Cheverin (Kenneth Branagh), who intends on crippling the U.S. economy with an attack and sending the country into a new Great Depression.

Hails of bullets and shady meetings ensue.

There’s nothing particularly wrong in the execution of Shadow Recruit. Chris Pine is perfectly charismatic and equally convincing when he’s forced to fight for his life and director/ actor Kenneth Branagh makes nearly everything look pretty with rich, colorful cinematography. Keira Knightly plays Jack’s fiancée, Cathy, being enormously distracting with an American accent that’s unnerving to hear after a decade plus of familiarity with her English. The film moves at a decent pace, not being bogged down too much by all the talk of finances or long, mischievous glances from villains.

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Recruit doesn’t work is that it’s just not all that interesting until the third act. The protagonist finds the villain by tracking . . . finances! Not a horrible idea, and it makes sense, but it’s not terribly exciting. The whole Jack/ Cathy relationship feels tacked on -- completely unnecessary with the exception of needing a female presence in a male-lead cast. To the character’s credit, Cathy does surprise with not following the damsel-in-distress stereotype to a tee. She is a damsel, and there is some distressing, but her character is given one or two shades more depth than expected.

When the third act comes

around and all the talk of financial nonsense is put behind to deal with a serious, imminent terrorist threat, the film falls into Die Hard mode and it’s the most entertaining part of the whole picture. In the end, as an origin film, this is the type of story that would work better on paper. Post-Bourne series, audiences have come to expect a different breed of spy thrillers and, either to its credit or detriment, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit tries to be something a little different but it’s not entirely all that exciting because of it. It’s still worth a rental, but a theatrical screening is less assured.

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Tarantino sues over script

Director targets invasive website for publishing leaked script to now cancelled film The Hateful Eight LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quentin Tarantino sued the news and gossip website Gawker on Monday over a post that directed readers to a leaked copy of the Oscar-winning screenwriter’s latest movie.

Tarantino’s lawsuit accuses Gawker Media LLC of copyright infringement for posting a link to the 146-page script for a planned film titled “The Hateful Eight” last week. A link to the script was posted on Gawker’s Defamer blog and remained active on Monday afternoon, despite demands from Tarantino’s lawyers to take it down, the lawsuit states.

“There was nothing newsworthy or journalistic about Gawker Media facilitating and encouraging the public’s violation of (Tarantino’s) copyright in the Screenplay, and it’s conduct will not shield Gawker Media from liability for their unlawful activity,” the lawsuit states.

An email sent to Gawker seeking comment was not immediately returned.

Tarantino blasted the leak last week in an interview with Deadline.com and said he would abandon the project as a film. His lawsuit states he planned to publish the screenplay and that practice in the past has earned him hefty royalties and advances. His lawsuit states his damages as a result of the Gawker post will be more than $1 million.

The leak of Tarantino’s script was initially limited to a few

people, his lawsuit states, and “The Hateful Eight” script did not appear online until after Gawker posted an item encouraging anyone who had a copy to leak it to them.

Tarantino has won screenwriting two Academy Awards for his films “Pulp Fiction” and “Django Unchained.” He also received best director Oscar nominations for “Pulp Fiction” and “Inglourious Basterds.”

In October 2012, former wrestler and reality TV star Hulk Hogan sued Gawker after it posted a video of him having sex with the wife of his best friend. The site complied with a judge’s order in April to remove the video, but left a story and reader comments on its site.

Tarantino’s lawsuit was first reported Monday by The Hollywood Reporter.

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