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Hopeful hearts

Community rallies around transplant hopeful Allysa Sandeen in benefit at Kato Ballroom.

ElISE KONERZA

staff writer

The Kato Ballroom rang with hope on behalf of Alyssa Sandeen, of Mankato, Sunday afternoon. Sandeen is a 22year-old survivor of four near death experiences and continues to fight for her life while waiting for a new donor heart.

Sandeen’s initial battle with hardship began with flu-like symptoms in early August of 1998. After being admitted to the Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis, Sandeen had been diagnosed with cardiomyopathy – which is a weakening of the heart muscle, believed to be hereditary.

Her heart grew four times its normal size and doctors at the hospital gave her a grim prognosis. Her father, Chris Sandeen, said doctors emphasized at the time she had a less than 5 percent chance at survival. News of an available heart arrived just in time as doctors presumed she had only a day or two left to live.

Even more so, she already had her last rites read to her.

This day of good news,

Sept. 4, is still celebrated in the family as Sandeen’s second birthday. Since the transplant, Sandeen has been living a normal life as best as possible, competing in dance for six years and graduating from high school, working and starting college.

Progress began to dwindle as the anti-rejection medication prescribed for her heart transplant had weakend her kidneys.

“The doctors at Mayo told us that regardless of what kind of transplant you have, the anti-rejection medication can be very harmful to the kidneys,” Chris Sandeen said.

“And there are no alternative medications out there.”

Sandeen continuously visits the doctor every four months to monitor her health and the functionality of her new heart, until functions hindered progress in 2008.

Sandeen’s kidneys minimized their functionality to merely 19 percent. After numerous hospital visits, Sandeen was placed on the kidney donor list, but the wait extended up to three years.

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william cahyadi • msu reporter Local residents converged on the Kato Ballroom Sunday, despite the icey conditions, to lend their support to Alyssa Sandeen, whose for life continues as she awaits a new heart.

the mother of Alyssa Sandeen, would undergo a successful kidney transplant surgery for her daughter’s survival, only to be admitted once more, this time on Nov. 13, 2012, her father said.

Sandeen’s heart had stopped twice one Tuesday morning, and after undergoing CPR for two and a half hours, doctors questioned if brain damage had been sustained. Sandeen proved them wrong yet again, showing signs of progress into the evening, while remaining on a heart and lung machine.

In November, Sandeen was removed from the heart and lunch machine, but doctors and surgeous warned that her condition was still “critical” as she had still been on “breathing” life support and dialysis for her donor kidney.

But doctors claimed that Sandeen would likely be in the hospital for at least two more weeks.

“That’s okay, as long as she is improving, baby-steps are okay,” Chris said.

On November 23, Sandeen’s breathing tube was

removed and she uttered her first words, “I went through hell.”

Sandeen had a biopsy done, taking six tiny pieces off her donor heart. The biopsy showed no signs of rejection.

Sandeen was allowed to go back home for Christmas but on New Year’s Eve was hospitalized again, as doctors believed Sandeen had a small heart attack and was admitted to Saint Mary’s hospital until a heart is available again.

The latest update from Sandeen herself on Jan. 12, 2013 encouraged awareness of organ donation saying, “you can save numerous peoples’ lives just by putting an organ donor on your ID.” The event Sunday, asked for a $10 donation for admittance, including door prize drawings, and drawings for organ donor card holders.

On-site donor registration was available, silent auctions and a bake sale upheld the event’s entertainment for attendees. Live music by The AllStars Band, featuring Paul Durenberger and Gary Tyson sustained a festive and cheer-

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ful ambience.

Many people were eager to volunteer and donate on Sandeen’s behalf, with over 200 silent auction items made available. 2013 Miss Mankato Gabrielle Chavers made an appearance at Sandeen’s benefit while the crowd made its way through countless games of cake walk, bean bag toss, ring toss, a craft and coloring area, hula hoops and more.

Positive responses rendured with attendees in support of Sandeen’s mission on the “Alyssa Sandeen Is a Blessing” Facebook Page.

“I had a good time at Sandeen benefit! Stay strong Alyssa!” Nicole Madson said.

Contributions can be made at anytime at Wells Fargo Bank into the Alyssa Sandeen IRR Trust Benefit (8962) or be mailed to Alyssa Sandeen Benefit (#8962), Wells Fargo Bank, 1901 Bassett Dr., Mankato, MN 56001.

You can follow Sandeen’s Caring Bridge at www.caringbridge.org/visit/alyssasandeen for more updates or visit alyssasandeen.com.

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Stomach flu sweeps United States CDC confirms that new strain of norovirus is spreading

LUCAS RYAN

staff writer

With flu season underway and record low temperatures, Minnesotans will now have to deal with yet another virus just starting to infect people in the United States.

An announcement Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that a new norovirus has affected multiple countries and is now hold in the U.S. A norovirus also known as “the winter vomiting bug” in the UK is a highly contagious type of virus that spreads through infected people touching a contaminated surface or contaminated food and water.

There are no reported cases of the new GII.4 Sydney norovirus strain in Minnesota as of now but officials expect more cases in future months.

Norovirus is also the most common cause of foodbornedisease outbreaks in the United States. According to the CDC each year, noroviruses causes about 21 million illnesses, about 70,000 hospitalizations and 800 deaths. Symptoms of the virus include vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain and usually last about two days.

The new GII.4 Sydney norovirus strain was first identified March, 2012 in Australia and has since spread to Europe and Japan. Now cases of the new norovirus are being seen in the United States and the

CDC warns health providers to expect more infections.

Epidemiologist Aron Hall explains how much more frequently the new norovirus is infecting victims in the U.S. “The new strain spread rapidly across the United States from September to December 2012,” said Hall. “The proportion of reported outbreaks caused by this strain increased dramatically from 19 percent in September to 58 percent in December.”

Noroviruses are infamous for their fast spreading nature that can cause outbreaks extremely quickly. The new norovirus was recently linked to an outbreak on a cruise ship last month. According to a report by the CDC, 204 passengers on the Queen Mary II’s December cruise were infected with an illness consistent with the norovirus.

Noroviruses can spread rampantly if the proper precautions are not taken. In Australia Long-term–care facilities and restaurants accounted for 78% of reported outbreaks.

According to the CDC report, every 2-3 years a new strain of norovirus emerges and takes over the old previously predominant strain. The CDC reports that emergence of the new norovirus often cause “increased outbreak activity.”

The new virus may also be more dangerous than norovirus outbreaks in the past. The CDC reports, the new Sydney

norovirus genotype has been associated with higher rates of hospitalization and deaths during outbreaks compared to other types of noroviruses.

Hospitalizations and deaths linked to norovirus infections most frequently occurred in young children and elderly patients.

This month may be a dangerous time for the new virus to arrive. According to the CDC report, during the past three winters, the most outbreaks of the norovirus came in January. Because the virus is so new in the U.S. and it is currently the time of year most people are infected with noroviruses, the next few months will truly determine how dangerous the new strain will be.

There is no vaccine for the noroviruses. People infected have no option but waiting until the virus has run its course.

Symptoms usually last about two days and those infected with the virus are advised to drink fluids to avoid dehydration.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, washing your hands, taking normal precautions such as disinfecting food and your environment, as well as avoiding outside contact while infected, will help you lead a normal, healthy lifestyle this winter.

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MSU Reporter receives awards, recognition

MEGAN KADLEC

editor in chief

An awards ceremony was held Thursday night to give recognition to those who won awards as part of the Minnesota Newspaper Association. While I couldn’t make it to Thursday’s ceremony, I picked up the awards for the Reporter the next morning, registration staff applauding the hard work of my staff in an impromptu congratulatory “ceremony.”

The Minnesota Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Competition is held every year, and newspapers from universities across the state compete for coveted awards in both general catergories and specific stories.

The MSU Reporter took home awards in six out of eight general excellence catergories, including first place in Head-

line Writing and Advertising Excellence. Second place awards for the MSU Reporter were awarded in Typography and Design, Website, and General Excellence. The Reporter also received third place for Editorial content.

The following individuals also received awards for individual stories: Christian Hagen, first place Arts and Entertainment Story; Brian Rosemeyer, second place Arts and Entertainment Story and Chelsea Miller, third place Government and Public Affairs Reporting.

We would like to congratualte these individuals as well as recognize the effort of our entire staff as the year has progressed.

Hopefully we can keep it up through the next year. Thanks for all your support, Mavericks.

The MSSA will be holding an election for the following positions: • MARGARET PRESKA (1) • JULIA SEARS (1) • COLLEGE OF ALLIED HEALTH & NURSING (1) • COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (1) • OFF-cAMPUS (1)

• COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY (1) • STADIUM HEIGHTS (1) • COLLEGE OF ARTS & HUMANITIES (1)

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Celebrate the game, but not the league

RYAN LUND

news editor

As thousands of Minnesotan’s laced up their skates earlier this month for the display of civic pride that is Hockey Day Minnesota, as local heroes Jack Jablonski and Darby Hendrickson each took a turn expressing their love of the game against the backdrop of a frozen Lake Pokegama, it occurred to me that the NHL had it wrong.

This was by no means a flash of sudden insight, but a slow build, equal parts anger at the arrogance and greed of hockey’s supposed gatekeepers, and awe

at it’s purest adherents.

As sportscasters across the country celebrated the return of the NHL, the people of Grand Rapids, Minnesota celebrated their love of the game, rather than the corporate entity that had hijacked its essence in the name of a redemptive marketing campaign.

Because while the NHL may have been bogged down fighting the very players that it employs, one fact remains amidst all of the bluster and disappointment; hockey never left.

Groups of players young and old gathered across Minnesota

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to celebrate their game, as fans of every persuasion packed a raucous Mariucci Arena to celebrate the end of college hockey’s fiercest rivalry, roaring their allegiance at every turn.

And while the Wild may have returned to packed crowds and sky-rocketing profits, the long awaited debut of Craig Leipold’s revamped roster took a back seat to the scenes of hockey purity being played out on backyard rinks, on driveways and local ponds.

Just as legendary Montreal goaltender Ken Dryden recalled a vacation spent navigating the

frozen flows of northern Canada in his book “The Game,” of skates that lasted miles and passes stretched across football fields, our annual salute to the pond recalled a simpler brand of hockey, one free of the constraints of arenas and sponsors, of distant owners and fickle fans.

It brought to mind the glory days of Lafluer and Richard, of a time when hockey served as a celebration of creativity and teamwork, a mesmerizing display of movement and flow, embodied by the heroes of the game’s stories past.

The NHL may have come to represent that spirit’s shadow for the latest generation of hockey hopefuls, but the NHL is not hockey.

Gary Bettman may have put the game’s highest level on lockdown for an agonizing 119 days, but the patriarch of professional hockey has no more claim to the sport than the Red Knights of Benilde-St. Margaret’s, or the youngsters that gather every week at AllSeasons Arena, stuttering and stumbling their way through drills and exhibition skates.

Needless to say, this certainly can’t have been what Lord Stanley of Preston had in mind a century ago, when he presented the Montreal Hockey Club with an engraved silver punch bowl for its dominance

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over neighboring Ontario.

After cancelling a staggering 510 regular season games, included a much-anticipated Winter Classic showdown between original six juggernauts Detroit and Toronto, the NHL has hardly been faithful to Lord Stanley’s dream in recent years.

After the display of excess that was the lockout, they hardly deserve the most famous trophy in sports.

Bring back the Challenge Cup and present Lord Stanley’s mug to a more worthy recipient; the winners of the NCAA championship, the Memorial Cup Tournament or even the Anthony Ford Memorial Pond Hockey Tournament, held each year on our very own Lake Washington.

I’ve seen it, the game’s highest prize. A younger, perhaps more hopeful me traced a finger over the shining inscriptions, the immortal salutes to hockey’s greatest legends, stood in awe before the Cup, as though a silver punch bowl were the spirit of our game incarnate.

Somewhere along the line the NHL lost sight of that awe, of that reverence. You could see it in the eyes of Hockey Day’s youngest participants, as they shivered joyously along ponds and lakes, thrilled to be a part of it all.

The NHL might be back, but hockey? Hockey never left.

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University talks ‘Mankato Dome,’ conducts study

MSU currently in discussions to construct sports dome.

web photo This dome, on the campus of Shattuck St. Mary’s prep school in Faribault, Minn. could be a potential source of inspiration for a similar facility in Mankato.

TIM FAKLIS

staff writer

Minnesota State University, Mankato President Richard Davenport approved a feasibility study two weeks ago to determine the pros and cons of building a ‘sports bubble’ on campus at MSU. This idea and proposal has gotten a number of students and faculty members talking, and it could change the entire landscape for where certain MSU athletic events take place. For now, it’s simply a study of feasibility, and prospective construction wouldn’t be set to begin for more than a year, but the early buzz it is generating around campus is making its prospects seem more likely.

“I think it’s a flexible use space that I think will have multi-purpose appeal,” said Minnesota State Athletic Director Kevin Buisman. “Indoor field space is something that is definitely lacking and in our region at the moment we think it brings an important piece of utility onto our campus and into the community.”

Just to name a few, the sports bubble would add space for human performance-related classes, intercollegiate practice space, recreation and club activities, as well as outside community use.

Aside from the occasional scrimmage, intercollegiate events are not expected to be a main feature of the bubble site.

Instead, it will focus on intercollegiate practices, class use, and will be available for outside users to rent out.

To support the feasibility study and attempt to get student and faculty involvement, the school and the people running the program ran a series of hearings and public meetings on Jan 23. This is the first of a series of methods the University plans to run in an effort to figure out what is best for the campus body as a whole.

A consultant came to speak to groups of students, including a large group student meeting, a meeting with the student senate, as well as an evening session to the non-MSU community.

The MSU Astronomy program spoke at the meeting as well, questioning the use of potential light pollution during and after construction, while a student community group questioned funding and resources.

According to Buisman, the questions were answered rather effectively, and most came out of the meetings feeling better, having their questions answered.

“We think there will be significant use of this space by the

students for classes, intramural and club programs.” Buisman said. “It’s very important that we hear the student voice, and that was sort of the thought when we had the presentations last week.”

The location of construction is still up in the air, and with the feasibility study comes discussion on the location, but one location that has been discussed is south of Stadium Road, nearby where the Gage dormitories currently stand.

The University does not plan to ask the state or the city of Mankato for any help in terms of the funding. It would be a share-use facility with the community.

“Right now we’re looking at a user fee model, where a lot of the subsidy would come through annual rentals.” Buisman said.

“We’ve looked at some ways that we could divide up the space where there would be a 50-50 or even a 70-30 balance of internal use versus external use.”

If everything were to pass, the ‘optimistic’ set date of finished construction would be November of 2014, and only 6 to 9 months of construction are expected to be required for full construction.

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Walleye quotas for Mille Lacs Lake to be slashed

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — State and tribal officials have agreed to slash the maximum walleye harvest from one of Minnesota’s most popular fisheries, Mille Lacs Lake, by half this year.

Fisheries officials on both sides last week agreed to cut the total quota to 250,000 pounds, down from 500,000 pounds last year, Sue Erickson, spokeswoman for the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, said Monday. The quota will be cut in half for both sport and tribal anglers, she said.

Sport anglers will be allocated 178,750 pounds while Ojibwe bands with treaty rights will get 72,250 pounds.

Studies indicate the lake’s walleye population has been declining, and a survey based on netting data last fall suggested that walleye numbers were at a 40-year low, though the total kill by sport and tribal anglers has remained below the maximum targets.

The lower quota will likely result in anglers having fewer walleyes from Mille Lacs to eat, officials agreed, but key details remain to be resolved.

DNR fisheries chief Dirk Peterson said options to reduce the sport harvest could include a combination of reducing bag limits or changing size restrictions.

He said a technical group will develop proposals that will be presented to a group of Mille

Lacs stakeholders, probably late in February. The DNR will take stakeholders’ preferences into account as the agency develops regulations for the season, which probably will be issued in April.

Anderson said the bands will meet soon to decide how to allocate their share among themselves.

While the fish were biting well last summer, a shortage of smaller walleyes meant anglers could keep relatively few to eat because of the rule that all walleyes between 17 and 28 inches must be released. Peterson said one possible change is a shift to taking fewer but larger fish.

Peterson and Erickson noted that the bands and the state plan to conduct intensive tagging studies on the lake’s walleyes and northern pike to get better population estimates. Another study should give them a better idea of whether predation on young walleyes by larger walleyes is having an impact, she said.

Erickson said this is the first time the tribes have agreed to cut their walleye allocation.

“Generally the allocation has trended upward, but in recognition that the fishery isn’t doing what we had hoped it would, they’re taking a reduction. And hopefully the further studies will help us get a better handle on the problem,” she said.

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Insufficient exits, alarms lead to horrific club fire

‘Kiss’ nightclub woefully unprepared for emergency, 231 people die.

SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) — The nightclub Kiss was hot, steamy from the press of beerfueled bodies dancing close.

The Brazilian country band on stage was whipping the young crowd into a frenzy, launching into another fast-paced, accordion-driven tune and lighting flares that spewed silver sparks into the air.

It was another Saturday night in Santa Maria, a university town of about 260,000 on Brazil’s southernmost tip.

Then, in the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, it turned into a scene of indescribable horror as sparks lit a fire in the soundproofing material above the stage, churning out black, toxic smoke as flames raced through the former beer warehouse, killing 231 people.

“I was right there, so even though I was far from the door, at least I realized something was wrong,” said Rodrigo Rizzi, a first-year nursing student who was next to the stage when the fire broke out and watched the tragedy unfold, horror-stricken and helpless.

“Others, who couldn’t see the stage, never had a chance. They never saw it coming.”

There was no fire alarm, no sprinklers, no fire escape. In violation of state safety codes, fire extinguishers were not spaced every 1,500 square feet, and there was only one exit.

As the city buried its young Monday, questions were raised about whether Brazil is up to the task of ensuring the safety in venues for the World Cup next year, and the Olympics in 2016.

Four people were arrested for questioning, including two band members and the nightclub’s co-owner.

Rizzi hadn’t even planned on going out that night. He was talked into it by friends and knew dozens at the club. He said the first sign of a problem was insulation dripping above the stage.

The flames at that point were barely noticeable, just tiny tongues lapping at the flammable material. The band’s singer, Marcelo dos Santos, noticed it and tried to put out the smoldering embers by squirting water from a bottle.

The show kept going. Then, as the ceiling continued to ooze hot molten foam, dos Santos grabbed the drummer’s water bottle and aimed it at the fire.

That didn’t work either, Rizzi said. A security guard handed the band leader a fire extinguisher. He aimed, but nothing came out; the extinguisher didn’t work.

At that point, Rizzi said, the singer motioned to the band to get out. Rizzi calmly made his way to the door — the club’s only exit — still thinking it was a small fire that would quickly

be controlled.

The cavernous building was divided into several sections, including a pub and a VIP lounge — and hundreds of the college students and teenagers crammed in couldn’t see the stage. They continued to drink and dance, unaware of the danger spreading above them.

Then, the place became an inferno.

The band members who headed straight for the door lived. One, Danilo Brauner, went back to get his accordion, and never made it out.

The air turned dense and dark with smoke; there was no light, nothing pointing to the single exit. Rizzi found himself clawing through a panicked crowd that surged blindly toward the door.

“I was halfway across the floor, I could see the door, but the air turned black with this thick smoke,” he said. “I couldn’t breathe. People started to panic and run toward the door. They were falling, screaming, pulling at each other.”

The manager, meanwhile, was outside dealing with a drunk and belligerent young man. No one there had any inkling of the desperate scene unfolding just beyond Kiss’ black, sound-proof double doors, said taxi driver Edson Schifelbain, who was in his car, waiting for passengers.

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A security guard poked his head out and said there was a fight. A fraction of a second later, someone inside yelled “Fire!” The manager opened the doors and it was like opening the gates of hell, Schifelbain said.

Young men and women, mouths and eyes blackened with soot, clothes tattered, tumbled out screaming and crying.

Some ran right over his taxi and two other cabs parked nearby, breaking mirrors, windshields, bashing in the doors. Horrified, he realized his cab was in their way, but couldn’t move it because there were bodies hunched over it, collapsed in front of the tires, everywhere.

“The horror I saw in their faces, the terror, I’ll never forget,” he said. Two girls gasping for air climbed into his car, and as soon as he was able, he sped the six miles (10 kilometers) to the university hospital.

“One of them was crying all the way, screaming, ‘My friend is dying,’” he said. “I did what I could. I don’t know what happened to those girls.”

Inside the club, metal barriers meant to organize the lines of people entering and leaving became traps, corralling desperate patrons within yards of the exit. Bodies piled up against the grates, smothered and broken by the crushing mob.

Rizzi was stuck, unable to

move, taking in gulps of smoke, feeling the gaseous mix burn his lungs.

He was within seconds of passing out, he said, when the whole frenzied mass suddenly lurched forward. The gates gave way, and everyone toppled over.

Rizzi was lying on top of two or three people, several more heaped on top of him. He stuck out his hands, smacking them against the sidewalk and door.

Someone pulled him to safety.

“To get out, I climbed, I pulled people’s hair. I felt other people grabbing me, hitting me in the face,” he said. “It’s hard to describe the horror. But once I was outside, I recovered, and started pulling out the others.”

Soon, he said, the street was a sea of bodies.

This was the scene 24-yearold Gabriel Barcellos Disconzi found when he arrived about 3:30 a.m., an hour after fire broke out. Wakened by a phone call from friends, the club regular immediately started pulling out bodies as smoke spewed so thick that entering the building was unthinkable.

Using sledgehammers and picks and their bare hands, he and other young men broke down the walls. Born and bred in Santa Maria, the outgoing young lawyer had dozens of friends and acquaintances

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Guantanamo prisoner fires attorney, cites lack of trust Alleged trainer of Al-Quaida terrorists seeks new legal representation.

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — A Guantanamo Bay prisoner charged in the Sept. 11 attacks fired one of his military attorneys Monday in an apparent sign of distrust of his Pentagon-appointed legal counsel.

Waleed bin Attash at first refused to speak when questioned by the judge about his desire to dismiss one of his three lawyers, Marine Corps Maj. William Hennessy. He hinted at his motivation later in an exchange with the judge about whether he wished to attend future sessions of the court.

“We have been dealing with our attorneys for about a year and a half and we have not been able to get any trust with them,” the Yemeni said through an Arabic translator.

The dismissal of the attor-

ney came at the start of what is expected to be a four-day hearing to address a wide range of often abstract pretrial legal issues.

Bin Attash is one of the lesser figures among the five defendants in the Sept.

11 case. He allegedly ran an al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan where two of the 19 hijackers in the terrorist attacks trained. He is also believed to have been a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden.

Defendants in the military tribunal have civilian counsel in addition to military lawyers. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has portrayed himself as the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, added an additional death penalty specialist, California lawyer Gary Sowards, to his team Monday.

The lawyer ousted by bin Attash said in an interview outside court that he is prohibited from discussing the details of his conversations with the defendant. But he said there was no specific incident that precipitated his dismissal.

“It had nothing to do with substance, nothing to do with my work on the team, no disagreements over anything,” he said.

Instead, he said the move was sparked by the defendant’s distrust of the military tribunals. He said all five defendants generally distrust the military attorneys appointed to represent them.

“It’s not a surprise if one of us gets released,” he said.

“It’s understood that there is a sense of ‘I’ll use you but don’t get too comfortable.’ ... For all

of us on the defense teams it’s day to day.”

Cheryl Bormann, the civilian lawyer for bin Attash, said the ability to build a relationship with him has been hampered by the inconvenience of traveling to the U.S. base in Cuba and security rules that include requirements that all written communications with the defendants be monitored in what she says is a violation of the attorney-client privilege.

“Clearly, the ongoing interference ... with the attorneyclient privilege has caused harm and he expressed that,” she said outside court.

Most of the hearing Monday, in both open court and in a separate closed session, focused on arguments over the rules for handling classified evidence in a case considered

one of the most significant terrorism prosecutions in U.S. history.

At one point, as a lawyer for Mohammed was discussing a motion to preserve the clandestine CIA prisons as evidence, part of a defense move to prove their clients were tortured, a courtroom monitor turned on a white noise machine, preventing spectators from hearing the proceedings.

The five defendants face charges that include nearly 3,000 counts of murder for their alleged roles in planning and aiding the Sept. 11 attacks. They could get the death penalty if convicted in a trial that is likely at least a year away.

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NIGHTCLUB “It was dead people over here, living over there. Body after body after body.” continued from 6 inside.

“It was all so fast, there was no time for anything, no time for crying over a friend,” he said. “It was dead people over here, living over there. Body after body after body.”

Both Rizzi and Disconzi were there when they broke into one of the bathrooms and found a tableau of nearly indescribable desperation: It was crammed with bodies, tangled and tossed like dolls, piled as high as Rizzi’s chest. In the darkness and confusion, concert-goers had rushed into the bathroom thinking it was an exit. They died, crushed and airless in the dark.

“I’ll never forget the wall of people,” Rizzi said.

Disconzi helped load them

into a truck. Just the dead jammed into that bathroom filled an entire truck, he said.

By this time, the city was waking up to the dimension of the tragedy unfolding at its heart. Doctors, nurses and psychologists began arriving, giving immediate assistance — checking eyes and respiratory passages, stabilizing the burned, resuscitating those whose hearts had stopped or lungs had failed because of the smoke. The living they loaded into ambulances. The mounting number of dead went into trucks.

At Charity Hospital, the region’s largest, “it was a war scene,” said Dr. Ronald Bossemeyer, the technical director.

“Trying to give care, comfort the living, and keep family

members who started to arrive from overwhelming everything — it was madness,” he said, choking back tears. “The wounded, the doctors, people running with saline, with oxygen. We’ve never seen so many patients.”

As families waited, nurses and technicians ran back and forth, bringing an earring, a shoe, a wallet, anything that could help identify those still living, Bossemeyer said.

As doctors were at work saving those who could be saved, a group of mothers was calling around to check on one another.

Elaine Marques Goncalves woke up to that terrible question: Do you know where your child is?

With a jolt, she realized two

of her sons, Gustavo and Deivis, had not come home the night before.

“I knew they’d gone to a club, but I didn’t know which one,” she said. Trying to keep calm, she joined the multitude pressing for news outside the hospital.

Hours later, she got some good news: Gustavo had burns on 20 percent of his body and had suffered two heart attacks as his lungs failed to draw oxygen, but he was alive and being flown to the state capital, Porto Alegre, for treatment.

“I had time to put my hands on him and say, ‘My dear, your mother is here with you,’” she said. “He was sedated, but I know he could hear. Then I had to tear myself away and go find

my other son.”

Hours passed as the dead piled up in the city gym. It took an entire day of anguish before she learned what she’d dreaded most: Deivis was dead.

As he lay there among basketball hoops and water coolers, one body among so many, she asked the questions on everyone’s mind.

“How can a club just burn like that? People have to know what happened here,” she said.

“It won’t bring back my son, but I have to ask. This nightclub was beyond capacity. The whole world has to know. Why couldn’t they get out?”

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Last-minute goal gives MSU decisive victory over top-ranked Minnesota Friday night’s matchup appeared to be headed for overtime when MSU freshman Brett Knowles found the net past Minnesota goaltender Adam Wilcox to put the Mavericks ahead and steal one from the no. 1 ranked team in the country.

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shannon rathmanner • msu reporter MSU freshman goaltender Stephon Williams was brilliant in Friday night’s victory over the University of Minnesota where Williams allowed just one goal and accumulated 37 saves including 20 of them in the third period to help the Mavericks hold onto the 2-1 lead over the top-ranked Golden Gophers.

Men’s Basketball

With just seconds remaining in the third period on Friday night, Minnesota State University, Mankato goaltender Stephon Williams found himself in a position that netminders at every level dread.

Sprawling on the ice, with the roar of one of college hockey’s most revered buildings in his ears and a one-goal lead to protect. Williams and the Mavericks fell back, while the nation’s top-ranked offense answered the crowd with a flurry of chances as the third period ticked to a close.

The crowd was deafening, drunk on the thought of yet another heroic, game-tying effort from the no. 1 ranked Gophers. Stephon Williams however responded in a way that few of his compatriots between the pipes have this season.

He silenced them.

And while a return trip to the Verizon Wireless Civic Center saw the status quo at least partially restored, Friday night’s victory, the last of it’s kind thanks to the impending dissolution of the current WCHA, brought Mankato’s

history at Mariucci Arena to an uproarious close.

Following a scoreless opening stanza in which tempers began to flare, standout Minnesota defenseman Nate Schmidt broke through at 7:48 of the second period, corralling a bouncing pass from junior forward Nate Condon and drawing Williams out of the net, before roofing his 6th goal of the season to make it 1-0.

The Mavericks would respond before the end of the second however, putting their offensive woes to rest at 16:42.

Sophomore forward Chase Grant moved the puck down low, eventually handing it over to junior Johnny McInnes.

McInnes went to work, stick-handling his way around a check from Gopher defenseman Mark Alt, before planting a centering pass firmly on the stick of leading scorer Matt Leitner, who one-timed the puck past a baffled Adam Wilcox to tie the game at one a piece.

The true theatrics though, were still to come.

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Mavericks tame Wildcats; fall to Augustana in overtime thriller

After owning the boards and sending the Wildcats packing friday night, MSU saw its 10-game winning streak slip away from them after an 82-79 overtime loss to the hands of the Augustana Vikings.

JOEY DENTON

staff writer

With a strong performance in their 73-59 against Wayne State on Friday, the Minnesota State University, Mankato men’s basketball team suffered their second loss of the season in an 82-79 overtime death match against Augustana on Saturday.

The Mavericks played some of their best defense of the season in the first half against Wayne State as they held the Wildcats to just 16 points and 31.8% shooting from the field. Even though MSU shot just 38.7% from the field, the Mavericks went 6-for-11 from downtown with sophomore point guard Zach Monaghan hitting

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all of his four three pointers in the first half.

Even with senior guard Jarvis Williams leading the Mavericks with 23 points at the end of the night, the Wildcats didn’t have an answer for sophomore forward Assem Marei and his inside presence. The Mavericks saw the size advantage and Marei scored six quick points to put the Mavericks up 43-18 with 15:46 to go.

The Wildcats would bring the Maverick’s lead down to 15 with two minutes to go, but it was too little too late as the Mavericks extend their winning streak to ten games.

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Junior guard Jimmy Whitehead, who finished with nine points and three rebounds off the bench, believes their winning streak is just the team having fun.

“We have just been having fun. One of the biggest things in basketball and really just any sport is just having fun and playing with a lot of passion,” Whitehead said. “We have been doing a good job at that and we have been successful.”

Monaghan finished the game with 14 points and a team leading five assists as Marei collected a team-high six rebounds to along with his 12 points.

On Saturday, the Mavericks just couldn’t put the ball through the hoop as they shot just 29.4 percent from the field in the first half, and the Vikings did (51.9 percent FG). Even though the team had a rough time offensively, the Mavericks only found themselves down 35-25 at halftime.

“We came out a little rugged the first half and dug ourselves a hole,” Williams said.

The Mavericks came out with fire in the second half and snuck back in to the game and eventually took a 55-54 lead with 10:13 left in regulation. Williams heard their coaches at halftime and knew they needed to get mentally back in the game.

“The coaches really got on

us at halftime. They wanted to see if we had heart, and we just knew that we had to do whatever it takes to get back in to the game and that was our game plan in the second half, to go play hard and go out as a team and give it all we got,” Williams said.

With the Mavericks shooting 51.4 percent from the field and scoring 12 points off turnovers in the second half, both teams found themselves at 72 when the final buzzer went off.

In overtime, the Mavericks jumped out to an early 77-72 lead with 3:30 to go, then Augustana’s Cameron McCaffrey showed why he is one of the best scorer’s in the NSIC as he led

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NSIC

School Concorida St. Paul Augustana MAVERICKS St. Cloud State Northern State Winona State U-Mary MSU Moorhead Wayne State Minnesota Duluth Sioux Falls Minot State Bemidji State Upper Iowa Minnesota Crookston SW Minnesota State

Conf. OVR. 11-3 13-5 10-4 14-4 10-4 14-4 10-4 14-4 9-5 13-5 8-6 14-7 8-6 13-7 8-6 11-7 7-7 11-7 7-7 10-8 7-7 10-8 5-9 9-9 4-10 8-10 4-10 7-14 2-12 5-13 2-12 3-16

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School MAVERICKS Winona State St. Cloud State Northern State Augustana Upper Iowa MSU Moorhead SW Minnesota State Bemidji State Wayne State Minot State Sioux Falls Minnesota Duluth Concordia St. Paul U-Mary Minnesota Crookston

Conf. OVR. 12-2 16-2 12-2 18-3 11-3 15-3 11-3 16-5 10-4 14-4 10-4 14-6 9-5 15-5 8-6 11-10 7-7 9-9 6-8 12-8 6-8 7-11 3-11 7-11 3-11 5-13 2-12 4-14 2-12 3-15 0-14 3-15

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School Minnesota Minnesota Duluth Wisconsin Ohio State North Dakota MAVERICKS Bemidji State St. Cloud State

Conf. OVR. 20-0 26-0 12-7-1 13-8-3 11-9-2 15-9-2 10-8-2 15-9-2 11-9 16-10 5-12-3 9-14-3 4-15-1 5-17-2 4-17-1 8-18-2

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Nebraska Omaha North Dakota Wisconsin MAVERICKS Denver Minnesota Duluth Colorado College Bemidji State Michigan Tech Alaska Anchorage

Conf. OVR. 12-5-1 15-10-1 10-4-4 11-5-2 8-5-5 8-5-5 10-9-1 8-6-4 8-7-3 7-10-1 4-10-4 4-10-4 1-15-4

18-4-4 15-9-2 13-8-5 11-8-5 10-11-3 16-9-3 10-11-3 10-14-2 5-14-5 7-12-4 3-16-5

With just under a minute remaining in regulation, sophomore defender Zach Palmquist teed up an uncontested shot from the left point, rifling the puck into a waiting mass of bodies and onto the stick of fourth line center Eli Zuck.

Zuck’s diving shot quickly kicked out to forward Brett Knowles on the right side, before the freshman’s gamewinning stab beat a sprawling Wilcox and put the Mavericks up 2-1 with a mere 50 seconds left to play.

“They put the pedal to the floor and came after us in the third period,” said head coach Mike Hastings following the victory. “We handled it ok.”

Not content with its performance Friday night, a resurgent Gopher squad would give MSU a bit more than it could handle in the follow-up.

After a testy few minutes of temperamental hockey that mirrored the opener, Minnesota began to flex its offensive muscles.

Junior forward Justin Holl opened the scoring at 12:35 of the period, slipping behind the defense and depositing the puck behind a waiting Williams on a contested play that saw the net slip out of position.

A lengthy review however confirmed the opening tally, Holl’s first of the season.

The game’s second pair of penalties opened the ice up once again following the goal, after a fight in front of Wilcox sent a pair of players to the box, before another penalty, this time to MSU’s Zach Palmquist, sent the Gophers league-leading power play to work.

While it looked as though Williams had weathered an early barrage of shots, a scrum in front of the net saw the puck find its way out to Schmidt, who wristed a shot through traffic to send the Mavericks to the locker room facing a two-goal deficit.

A stronger second period outing brought MSU’s offense back to life, registering 12 shots on goal, but it wasn’t enough to solve Wilcox, who fought off a surge late in the frame to keep the Gophers’ two-goal lead alive.

Another strong third period start generated plenty of chances for the Mavericks, but another penalty, this time to team captain Eriah Hayes, would sink MSU once again.

After taking issue with a hit delivered by Gophers defense-

man Seth Helgeson, Hayes responded with a blow of his own, sparking another scrum and another penalty, this time for boarding.

And once again, it wouldn’t take the Gophers long to capitalize.

Following a quick save by Williams that sent the puck wide of the net, Erik Haula quickly fired the puck back to fellow right wing Zach Budish, who wristed the puck over the young net minder’s shoulder for a 3-0 lead Gopher lead.

Finally, with the third period beginning to wind down and a sense of desperation beginning to mount, MSU sophomore Jean-Paul Lafontaine broke through.

The sophomore’s breakout pass found Bryce Gervais, who powered his way through the neutral zone and around the Gopher defense, before putting a rebound squarely on the stick of teammate Zach Lehrke to spoil Wilcox’s shutout bid at 12:59.

A raucous Verizon Wireless Civic Center roared its approval again just three minutes later, when the Mavericks appeared to make it a one-goal game.

The goal was overturned once again however, after a quick replay confirmed that the puck had glanced off the hand of an MSU player, inviting a chorus of boos from a once again disheartened arena.

Erik Haula’s empty netter would seal the controversial 4-1 victory at 16:48, despite another penalty to Gervais with less than two minutes to play.

Hastings attributed much of the Gophers’ success to a solid first period outing.

“I knew they’d make a pretty hard push,” Hastings said of the first period. “They did, and I thought we kind of weathered the storm.”

Holl’s breakaway however appeared to be the kick-start that Minnesota’s offense needed.

“I thought they smelled a little blood in the water,” Hastings said.

The split keeps Minnesota State afloat in what remains the tightest race for the McNaughton Cup in recent memory, as the Mavericks visit eighth-place MinnesotaDuluth after their weekend off in a three-way tie for fourth with North Dakota and Wisconsin.

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the Vikings back to knot it up at 79 with 11 seconds left. Off an inbound pass, McCaffrey lined up for a three and nailed it to give the Vikings an 82-79 victory.

Williams knew it was a tough loss, but the team needs to move on and go 2-0 next weekend.

“We can’t let this loss keep us down for too long, just got to bounce back,” Williams said.

With five Mavericks ending the game in double digits in the scoring column, Monaghan and Williams led the squad with 16.

Monaghan also had nine assists and three steals.

The 16-2 (12-2 NSIC) Mavericks head out to North Dakota this weekend and take on the 3-15 (2-12 NSIC) University of Mary Marauders on Friday and the 7-11 (6-8 NSIC) Minot State Beavers on Saturday.

shannon rathmanner • msu reporter Junior guard Jimmy Whitehead has been tremendous off the bench all year long and especially friday night with nine points and three rebounds on the game to help MSU defeat Wayne State 73-59.

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Women’s Hockey

Mavericks looking for big weekend with series versus North Dakota on the horizon After a gut-wrenching weekend sweep at the hands of undefeated Minnesota, the MSU women’s hockey team can make up some ground this weekend with their series against UND with serious WCHA-playoff implications at stake.

TIM FAKLIS

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After a disappointing weekend against the no. 1 ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers, the Minnesota State University, Mankato Mavericks are preparing for what they hope can turn into a weekend of redemption at home against the North Dakota Fighting Sioux.

The Mavericks remain at home this weekend, as they face a North Dakota team that has seen its fair share of success thus far in the WCHA, as well as the season overall, sitting comfortably with a 16-10 record overall, and a 11-9 record in conference play. Alternatively, the Mavericks, while sitting right below the Fighting Sioux in conference standings, are currently 9-14 on the season with a 5-12 mark in the WCHA. One Maverick that is on everyone’s radar this weekend is senior forward Lauren Smith. She is currently one goal away from tying the single season record for goals scored by a Maverick.

She currently sits fifth in the WCHA in scoring with 17. She needs 18 to tie the record, 19 to have the record

to herself.

“I think it will be nice for her because of the hard work she puts in everyday,” said Mavericks Head Coach Eric Means. “But she still has to get two more to break the record.”

One player to watch this weekend for the Fighting Sioux is senior forward Jocelyne Lamoureux, who is second in the WCHA in scoring with 28 goals. Lamoureux has been a force to be reckoned with on the offensive end all season long and is somebody that the Maverick defense will be keying in on as they attempt to gain back some momentum that they had gained during a very successful winter break, where they finished 4-2.

The Mavericks and Fighting Sioux split their last series when they played in early October. The Mavericks upended the Sioux in game one at a 3-2 clip. Game two went to the home team, as the Sioux were able to take advantage of the power play, winning handily 4-1.

Coach Eric Means has high hopes for this weekend.

“I expect to have the same effort we had against Minnesota,” Means said. “And for us to win.”

For the Mavericks, it’s an opportunity to try to get their momentum back and get back to the .500 point that has seemed so elusive since they fell under back in October.

For the Fighting Sioux, this weekend gives them a chance to attempt to up their record, while trying to solidify themselves as one of the top teams in the conference, a conference stacked with teams holding winning records.

Getting back from a tough set of tough losses to the top team in the entire country can be tough, especially when schools with competitive histories like the one between the University of Minnesota and MSU are involved. With that said, teams like the one the Gophers are sporting this season don’t come around very often, and the result that the Mavericks saw is one that virtually every other school that has crossed paths with them has seen thus far.

As the Mavericks set to face off with a team that they have had relative success with in the past, their chances of regaining momentum, and continuing their quest to get back to .500 seem like a promising and likely possibility.

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ASAP Rocky - Long.Live.ASAP

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fter months and months of setbacks and waiting, the debut album of New York City rapper ASAP Rocky was released on Jan. 15. Known as the leader of the rap crew collective, ASAP Mob, his debut

album is a long awaited release which has been anticipated by many.

With 12 (16 on the deluxe version) songs that have tremendously different beats, ‘Sap has a much more polished sound on Long.Live.A$AP compared to his 2011 mixtape, Live. Love. ASAP. The samples and white noise that’s added as an atmospheric

effect seems otherworldly. This opening title track is nothing short of sinister.

Once the beat kicks in, you’re transported into the back streets of Harlem, ASAP’s neighborhood in upper Manhattan. We hear this driving bass line that pulsates along while ASAP Rocky delivers lyrics that glorify the toting semi-automatic weapons, sippin’ purple drank and smoking marijuana. While the lyrical content is nothing new for hip-hop, I’ll give ‘Sap credit for picking a damn good beat to go in on for his title track.

The second track titled “Goldie” has been a favorite of mine for the last few months. As the first single from the album, “Goldie” is that unison of great hip-hop production and a rapper whose verses are flawless. ASAP Rocky is known to have a flow that’s comparable to rappers from down south, but he never will shy away from spitting out tongue-twisting lyrics without missing a beat.

By the third track, we start hearing the other rappers fea-

tured on the album; with Schoolboy Q being the first. Santigold provides the chorus for the fourth track, “Hell.” Her voice is angelic and adds a hair-raising energy that only she can provide. OverDoz, Drake, 2Chainz, Kendrick Lamar, Joey Bada$$, Yelawolf, Danny Brown, Action Bronson, Big K.R.I.T., Gunplay, ASAP Ferg and even Florence Welch, from the indie band Florence and the Machine all contribute to the album as well.

The lineup is nothing short of stellar with some of today’s biggest stars in hip-hop throwing down their best and adding to the melting pot of a hip-hop album. The roster of producers is also impressive, with work

by Hit-Boy, Noah “40” Shebib, French DJs/producer crew Birdy Nam Name, Skrillex and Danger Mouse, to name a few.

“1Train” features Kendrick Lamar, Joes Bada$$, Yelawolf, Danny Brown, Action Bronson and Big K.R.I.T. and is easily the dark horse track from the album. It’s a hard-hitting beat with chopped up strings add

vibe a golden era of hip-hop (the 90s) vibe. The word play and stylizing of the lyrics helps the listener envision these rappers stepping into the studio and rapping so well it’s more of a proclamation than a simple rap song.

Overall, I can give this album a 7.5 out of 10. Long.Live.ASAP is extremely well done and can turn most ASAP Rocky doubters into supporters. Every song is distinctive and brings with it a deliberate spiritedness that is lost in most mix tapes and albums being put out these days.

Will Long.Live.ASAP turn someone who doesn’t enjoy hip-hop into a backpacker who lives for finding the most underground, undiscovered rapper?

Probably not. But who knows, I can say with certainty that this is one of the best albums of the new year. Start 2013 off with a bang and add this release to the list of ones that should be listened to at least once all the way through. Long live ASAP, long live hip-hop.

How to Ruin, or not Ruin, a Relationship TRISH BJERKE

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he thrill of getting to know someone is addicting.

It starts at that first moment when you realize, “I am seriously into this other human.

Maybe this could turn into something more.” This desire often blurs people’s judgment. Logical people suddenly turn into blabbering idiots, saying or doing the wrong things and scaring their love interest off.

In high school, parents ruined potential relationships. My dad, for example, greeted one of my dates with a bloody hand and said, “I’d shake your hand, but I’m HIV positive.” After one of my ex’s and I broke up he informed me that my dad had told him, “I’ve been to jail before, and I’m not afraid to go back.”

Now, I have successfully ruined potential relationships on my own and have had guys ruin them, too. I’ve

come up with a list of things that will positively ruin any future and it’s something that should be shared.

The first, and possibly biggest thing that will make someone reconsider getting to know you is four words and an emoticon: “Send me a pic ;)” I’m not talking a picture of the sandwich you’re eating or your dog. I’m talking nude photos.

When you’re getting to know someone, you want him or her to like you for what’s inside, like your awesome personality or the fact that you can name every Pokémon. When you open a text that says, “send me a pic ;)” girls are automatically repulsed and feel like all guys are scumbags.

If you’ve already become intimate with that person, go for it. But when you’re trying to make this crush turn into a full-blown relationship, refrain from ANY suggestion of nude pics.

Another thing to refrain from is drunk texting. I have

successfully jeopardized relationships by doing this.

Drunk texts serve a few purposes. One is to arrange a hook-up after the drinking is done. If you’re after more than sexual relations, this is bad. It’s common knowledge that when sex is given up too soon, people move onto the next one.

A second purpose that drunk texting serves: telling someone all the emotions you feel about them. Maybe you really, really, really like them but haven’t told them about the three “really’s” in front of like. Chances are that your inebriated fingers will scare the other person off. Confessions should be held face to face and, in most cases, sober.

Incessant talk of an exboyfriend/ex-girlfriend will almost always earn you a veto. If you’re still hung up on an ex, why are you trying to start a new relationship?

I’ve done it, it’s been done to me, and I’m sure its been done to you.

Nothing makes someone feel more uneasy than, “Yeah, me and my ex used to come to this restaurant.

It’s actually where we had our first date. We were so in love…” The only thing that could make this worse is if you shed tears. Your past is important, but there is a time to talk about it… in a few months. Focus on who is in front of you, not some prick from the past.

Coming on too strong is an easy thing to do, and it’s also hazardous. Try hanging out periodically, not constantly. Girls, and I’m sure guys, too, are always going to want time with their friends. If you’re not even dating and you’re spending every waking moment together, your friends are going to have an issue. And most of the time, when your friends have a problem with someone, they can talk you into having a problem, too.

Constant communication is also a symptom of coming on too strong. I’m guilty as

all hell, and look where it’s gotten me: alone. So resist the urge to text, comment, “like,” tweet and direct message for 13 hours a day. Maybe text them in the morning and ask if they want to hang out at night.

Leave it at that! If you’re talking all day, the conversation you have that night will be repetitive.

Perhaps you should cut this out and carry it around.

I actually think I should do that too. Or disregard all of this and do your own thing. Maybe you’re charming enough to get away with asking for a naked picture, or maybe you’re a really cute crier and the guy will console you about your ex.

If that’s the case, you’re damn lucky and don’t take advantage of it. If you’re a regular human like most of us, good luck with your quest to get someone to stick around long enough to date you. Maybe these tips can even help you score a Valentine. I’ll be trying myself.

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‘Argo’ Staging Awards Comeback JAMES SCHYULER HOUTSMA

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Like Holmes on the trail of Moriarty, film writers are currently focusing on scavenging for clues to what the final solution of this year’s Oscars will be. But like a game between Conan Doyle’s famous adversaries, the trail can be turned upside down at any moment.

The clues in this instance, as with just about every awards season in recent years, has been the winner of the numerous awards ceremonies that lead up to February’s big event (that doesn’t involve f lying pigskins). Namely, we’re talking about the Golden Globes, the PGAs (Producer’s Guild), SAGs (Screen Actors Guild), WGAs (Writer’s Guild), and the DGAs (Directors Guild).

For years now, the big winners of these respected

awards have been reliable in forecasting which movies will take home the gold on Oscar night. Some years have fallen in line exactly as expected. Others have not been as predictable.

This year looks like it’s going to lean more towards the latter.

Although the movie did garner a best picture nomination, one of the most epic snubs of this year’s recently announced Oscar nominees was the absence of Ben Aff leck in the Best Director category for Argo. It was at that point that most people, including myself, dropped Argo from the top contenders, seeing how only four times in the last 20 years has a movie won Best Picture without also winning Best Director. Turns out that may have been a mistake on our part.

Argo was the big upset winner at the Golden

Globes two weeks ago, winning both Best Picture – Drama and Best Director, which at the time seemed only like a rectifying of the Academy’s mistake. The Golden Globes have a history of going in a different direction than the Academy for both those categories.

Then the PGAs happened this weekend and while they usually skew away from the Globes and more often than not have been a more accurate indicator of which movie wins Best Picture, something different happened: they also picked Argo. Yes, the award that first turned the tide for The King’s Speech against The Social Network and The Artist against The Descendants in the past years just put Argo ahead of Argo.

Add onto that Argo’s win for Best Cast at the SAGs Sunday night (which also has a pretty good record of

prediction) and it’s starting to look like picking Lincoln as the frontrunner wasn’t the best choice on my part.

And while these awards have left some things virtually unchanged (Daniel Day-Lewis isn’t vacating the winning spot anytime soon) and closed the gap on others (the fight between Jennifer Lawrence and Jessica Chastain is closer than ever), the growing storm of wins for Aff leck’s thriller has cut off strong momentum for movies like Lincoln and Life of Pi while basically dropping Django Unchained and Zero Dark Thirty off the awards map.

The DGAs and the WGAs have yet to happen (February 2 and 17, respectively) but wouldn’t you believe it, Argo is nominated for the top awards in both those ceremonies. And at

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this point, if it wins just one more, there’s a strong chance that come the end of Oscar night, two four-letter words will be spoken, one of them the winner of the Best Picture Oscar and the other an expletive from the mouth of Harvey Weinstein, Oscar master.

‘Movie 43,’ Bringing Shame to the World of Comedy

ANDREW SIMON

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The idea of collecting a massive amount of big-name stars and having them appear in a series of vignettes released in one movie of comedic brilliance is a fantastic idea, an idea brimming with hilarious possibilities and could, in the right hands, end up being one of the funniest movies of the entire year. This is not that movie.

Instead, Movie 43 has the luxury of having these stars appear in skits that appeal to the lowest level of comedy gags, the kind that will have the sixth graders laughing hysterically and the adults bowing their heads in shame that not only were millions of dollars spent in making this film, but that they paid money to be subjected to insulting ‘comedy’.

Movie 43 consists of twelve skits, each with their own series of writers, directors and stars.

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For the sake of understanding the kind of talent that appeared in this colossal misfire, let’s throw out some names: Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman, Kristen Bell, Justin Long, Elisabeth Banks, Josh Duhamel, Gerard Butler, Richard Gere, Kate Bosworth, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jason Sudekis, Uma Thurman, Johnny Knoxville, Sean William Scott, Halle Berry, Naomi Watts, Liev Schrieber, Anna Faris and Chris Pratt – and that’s not even the entire list of them.

Undoubtedly, with these caliber actors, the idea of Movie 43 appealed to them just as it did for curious moviegoers, and so they signed up for the film.

When the writers and producers asked them to push the boundaries, go a little crazy, such as making out with a cartoon cat and subsequently being urinated on by said cartoon cat, or having a dashingly handsome man ruin a date due to having testicles on

his chin that continually dip in his water, the actors probably thought that the crazier it got, the funnier the scene would be.

Out of twelve skits, only two are mildly humorous.

‘Middleschool Date’, directed

by Elizabeth Banks, features a young boy on his first date with Amanda (Chloe Grace Moretz) who gets her period while they’re kissing on the couch. The boy’s older brother (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) comes into the scene and freaks out, rummaging throughout the house trying to find methods to plug the bleeding, and Amanda, humiliated and horrified, tries to hide. Thanks to the energetic performance from Mintz-Plasse as he yells out two unrelated objects as helpful tools and the petrified looks from Moretz, ‘Middleschool Date’ is a chuckle worthy skit that, unfortunately, is the only sophisticated bit of filmmaking in the whole movie.

Next up is ‘Superhero Speed Dating’, where Justin Long is Robin and Jason Sudekis is Batman, and although the humor degrades itself in becoming dick and fart jokes, the call backs to the Adam West Batman series and jokes on superheroes make this skit a worthwhile addition.

Every other skit, however, fails monumentally. There’s a human size iPod called the iBabe, in the form of a naked woman, and the company is getting sued from the families of young boys whose body parts

got a tad mangled out of hormonal curiosity. The skit with two of this generations best comedic actors, Emma Stone and Kieran Culkin, also fails to elicit any sort of chuckle or smile as the leads flirt with each other in a convenience store. Sean William Scott and Johnny Knoxville beating up a gun-wielding, potty mouth leprechaun is more eyerollingly bad than funny, and the much publicized skit of a black basketball team used up all its good jokes in the trailer.

With this cast and limitless ideas, Movie 43 could have been comedy gold. Instead, it’s the type of movie that is repulsive in its graphic depictions, immature in its sense of what constitutes comedy, lazy in its ideas, and bad enough that the viewer could easily be embarrassed for the actors themselves for appearing in this film. Only one month into 2013, it’s already a given Movie 43 will be the worst movie of the year come December. Avoid at all costs.

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Movie News: Star Wars, Sequels, Remakes, and Superheroes ANDREW SIMON

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The biggest breaking news in the last week concerns the newly announced series of Star Wars movies coming from the Disney/Lucasfilm merger. Disney is moving full steam ahead on Star Wars – Episode VII, and has officially recruited J. J. Abrams to direct. Abrams is the director of such critically acclaimed box office hits as Mission: Impossible III, the rebooted Star Trek (2009), and this summer’s Star Trek Into Darkness.

In response to the news, creator George Lucas commented on the appointment of Abrams, saying, “I’ve consistently been impressed with J.J. as a filmmaker and storyteller. He’s an ideal choice to direct the new Star Wars film, and the legacy couldn’t be in better hands.”

Regarding the future of Star Trek, Abrams will still be involved in a producing capacity for a third film, and as for Disney’s projected 2015 release date for Episode VII, Abrams has said the time table could change depending on how quickly the ball gets rolling. More

updates pertaining to the expanding Star Wars universe will be chronicled as announced.

In the realm of sequels, Robert Rodriguez’s long-gestating sequel to 2005’s Sin City is on the fast track for release Oct. 4.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For will reunite Rodriguez with original cast members Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson and Mickey Rourke. Joining the gang for this outing is Jamie Chung (Sucker Punch), Dennis Haysbert (taking over a role originated by the late Michael Clarke Duncan), and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The other sequel from Robert Rodriguez, Machete Kills, will slice its way into cinemas in September.

While doing press for The Last Stand, Arnold Schwarzenegger has confirmed involvement in Terminator 5, which not too long ago was being headlined by Justin Lin, but departed to work on The Fast and the Furious 6. No details are available as of yet outside of Schwarzenegger’s commitment, updates will follow.

Seth MacFarlane is now scripting a sequel to one of the biggest hits of 2012, Ted, with Mark Wahlberg already

confirmed to return. Once Wahlberg finishes Transformers 4 with Michael Bay, MacFarlane and Wahlberg will reteam for Ted 2, although no word yet on the return of Mila Kunis.

MGM is looking to fast track a sequel to Hot Tub Time Machine, finding the cast of characters traveling back to the 1990s. Stars Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson and Clark Duke are expected to reprise their roles, while John Cusack has no current involvement at this stage.

Reteaming with director Steve Pink, MGM is expected to move forward with the title mid-year, looking to release early or summer 2014.

Leaving kiddie fare behind and resuming his darker edge, Dwayne Johnson has teamed with Brett Ratner (Rush Hour) for Hercules, envisioning the greek hero as a mercenary who despises the Gods and immerses himself in battle, scheduled to hit theaters August of 2014. MGM is looking into developing a remake of the classic 1959 Charlton Heston film BenHur, scripted by Keith Clarke, aiming to be more faithful to the 1880 novel where the tales of Judah Ben-Hur and Jesus of

Nazareth were told in parallel. This is but one of many religious-themed movies in development at this time.

Fresh off Lincoln, director Steven Spielberg is reportedly close to signing a deal to direct Gods and Kings, a Moses story told in a dark and gritty manner, in early March or April. The script, by Stuart Hazeldine and Michael Green, detail the life of Moses from birth to death, including the renowned scene of acquiring the Ten Commandments.

Meanwhile, Ridley Scott (Prometheus) is also shepherding his own take on Moses, aptly titled Moses, that aims to take a more intimate look at Moses’ life outside of the tent-pole events. Scott is currently finishing duties directing The Counselor, so expect Moses to be full steam ahead for the 74-year old director after Counselor’s release. And finally Warner Bros. is looking into dramatizing the life of Pontius Pilate, the man who, at the beckoning of an angry crowd, sentenced Jesus of Nazareth to death. From a script by Vera Blasi (Woman on Top), Warner is circling Brad Pitt to take the lead role of Pilate.

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