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A festival of fashion Walking in Two Worlds program to provide an international scope of beauty Monday MATT SAUER

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With winter now in full swing and the spring solstice still months away, students at MSU might be hard pressed to find beauty in the cold hands of a February in Minnesota: but sometimes beauty —and culture — can be found in the most unlikely of places.

The YWCA’s Walking in Two Worlds program will be holding their second annual “International Festival of Fashion” this Monday, an opportunity for people from all cultural backgrounds to get together and celebrate their diversity through fashion and food.

The Walking in Two Worlds program, first piloted in 2006 at the YWCA, is an organization of volunteers dedicated to helping young immigrant and refugee women in the Mankato community through education and community collaboration.

“Our main goal is to help these women and their children connect to the community,” said Edell Fiedler, Director of the WTW. “A lot of these women came from warravaged countries, most of them not English-speaking. We help them with transportation and one-on-one

education, but what we’re really trying to do is help them connect with people in the [Mankato] community.”

The WTW has assisted more than 350 immigrant or refugee women and their children during the past four years and is entrenched in cultural diversity, with nearly ten nationalities —including Somalis, Sudanese, Ethiopians, and Venezuelans — involved in the program. “[Fighting] language barriers is one of our biggest challenges,” said Fiedler.

“A lot of the people we help are educated — many of them with university degrees—but still need help with [English] for finding jobs, or with meeting requirements so their degrees are accepted in the [U.S.].”

Fiedler says many of the volunteers who help with the WTW program were once assisted by it, and use their own experiences when they help newly-American immigrants and refugees. Among those problems assisted by the

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wale agboola • msu reporter Grad student Adesola Adetoba shows off clothing from Africa. The Walking in Two Worlds fashion show is an opportunity to celebrate culture through fashion and food.

MSSA talks Latino Center

Senate passes proposal giving Multicultural Affairs a bigger office, moving ISA DANNIE HIGGINBOTHAM

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wale agboola • msu reporter MSSA President Murtaza Rajabali addresses the senate during open forum Wednesday. He talked about the senate’s relationship with the administration.

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In a move that will hopefully silence the Latino Center controversy for at least a while, the Minnesota State Student Association passed a recommendation it hopes will satisfy all parties involved.

Since a main reason stated for the proposed center was the need for more space, the Centennial Student Union boards suggested the

Multicultural Affairs office switch with the office for the International Student Association and combine the office with the neighboring Intercultural Student Center to create one large space. It recommended the ISA office be moved to the first floor of the CSU, into the space formerly occupied by the Veteran’s Center.

Dilip Pokhrel, president of the ISA, said the organization

wouldn’t mind moving as long as it was able to retain enough space for the different cultural groups it represented.

“The closeness to the International Center is also important,” he said.

Suneel Parvathareddy, graduate assistant for the International Center, asked that the ISA not be moved to a smaller space, since it is already limited. The

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An aviation opportunity from overseas

MSU’s aviation department in talks to bring in Chinese students BLAINE TAYLOR MARTIN

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Aviation professor Nihad Daidzic will travel to China if the deal goes well.

Everyone had a good feeling about [Lehmann] and he had a good feeling about everyone.”

— Nihad Daidzic, MSU professor

Even as the 2012 budget crisis looms, optimism reigns within Minnesota State’s aviation department. The cause for all this optimism is a possible partnership with China-America development specialist Richard Lehmann, that could net the university millions of dollars annually.

Lehmann is president and CEO of the China-America International Development Alliance. Last fall Hiller Aircraft China authorized him to seek university flight training, in America, for up to 300 Chinese pilots per year, in coordination with Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). In November, Lehmann’s Beijing office contacted Dr. Nihad Daidzic, chair of the aviation department at MSU. “I didn’t inform the administration about it right away,” said Daidzic. “First I checked [Lehmann’s] credentials and then I went to the administration with it.”

That got the ball rolling and a few short months later, on Jan. 21, Lehmann was in Mankato touring the aviation department and facilities on campus and at North Star Aviation, the program’s training partner.

“Everyone had a good feeling about him and he

had a good feeling about everyone,” Daidzic said, “he really gave us the impression that this was a realistic opportunity.”

There are currently nine flight training centers in the United States certified by the CAAC to train existing Chinese commercial pilots.

These include the Delta Airlines Aircrew Training center in Atlanta and Boeing U.S. Training and Flight Services Centers in Miami and Seattle. None of the nine flight training centers are affiliated with universities nor can they issue professional degrees. This is sure to change though, as Lehmann has toured not only MSU but other top U.S. aviation programs including, Purdue and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, which is widely considered the world’s premier flight training university.

Daidzic believes MSU’s consideration alongside these prestigious universities is a testament to the program’s increased national and international visibility, which he says is just one part of the department’s unprecedented growth over the past three years.

“Everyone knows where this program was four, five years ago,” Daidzic said, “but in the past three years,

the aviation department has grown in every respect.”

China’s need for pilots is great, with 300 needed this year for government services and tens of thousands sought over the next decade for Chinese commercial airlines.

“It’s tough to even comprehend the numbers over there,” explained Tom Peterson, assistant professor of aviation and former Air Force and commercial pilot.

“A city in China might have five million people and not even have an airport. They’re trying to get their aviation industry off the ground and they are trying to get it off the ground quickly.”

Hiller Aircraft and the Chinese government will shell out as many as $20-$30 million for up to 300 pilots, and if selected MSU could see as much as $7-$10 million in one year alone.

This money would be used to cover accommodation, food, transportation and academic courses for Chinese pilots while the rest of the money would go toward the practical training in helicopters and airplanes.

The deal is by no means finalized however, and Daidzic is certainly not one to put the cart before the horse.

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Tightening the belt on a university level Students and staff in programs that could be eliminated voice their concerns about administration’s upcoming decisions GRACE WEBB

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Minnesota State will need to make some tough decisions ahead. With a projected deficit of $6 to $10 million and a tight economy, changes in programs and faculty are inevitable. MSU administration is considering cutting programs and has already begun the evaluation process. Based only on cost and enrollment data in step-two of four, two of the larger programs that could find themselves on the chopping block are computer sciences and aviation.

“This decision certainly flies in the face of current reality and the anticipated future needs of society,” said Dr. Dean Kelley, chair of the computer sciences department. However, Kelley insisted that his department will do everything it can to work with the administration and keep the program on. Before programs are cut permanently, they will each have a chance to go before the administration and make a case for their preservation — computer science plans to do just that.

“Science and technology education is expensive, but the payback is substantial,” Kelley said.

Kelley is not the only one concerned for the computer science program; current students enrolled in the program

and instructors teaching the classes are voicing their anxiety as well.

Adam Bartz, a computer science major considers switching majors to something a little more stable. Still, he has confidence in Kelley and the other instructors, adding, “[They] are fighting hard in every way they can to save the program [and] are giving their best efforts for the university to see a larger picture and look toward the future [instead of] just the present situation.”

Furman Haddix, an instructor in the program, agrees.

“If you look at the projections of the Bureau Labor of Statistics, information technology occupations are some of the fastest growing, most highly compensated job categories for college graduates. A higher percentage of our graduates are working in the field for which they were prepared than any other CSET department. It is difficult for me to understand how MSU can claim to be a center for engineering excellence without computer science and software engineering programs.

Moreover, rebuilding a program that has been eliminated and the tenured faculty retrenched will be extremely difficult.

Rebuilding programs of equal quality to those eliminated due

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Science and technology education is expensive, but the payback is substantial.”

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to short-sighted views of what is important may be impossible.”

Computer science is not the only department that may have its plug pulled; the department of aviation is also facing the threat of elimination, despite its rapid growth. Dr. Nihad Daidzic explained how much progress the program has made in the last three years, mentioning steady enrollment growth of about 11 percent annually and an increasing number of flight hours, as well as the publication of 30 scientific papers.

“The MSU aviation department is only the tip of an iceberg of the aviation industry and community in southern Minnesota,” said Daidzic.

“Local businesses, community, the city of Mankato, and the airport property depend on the existing strong and viable aviation program at MSU.” Like computer sciences, aviation students are concerned about their program’s future.

“During my four years here in the aviation program

Kelley, chair of computer sciences

I have had the opportunity to watch the program grow not just in numbers but take leaps forward in the quality of our training equipment and variety of classes made available to us,” said aviation student Katrina Avery. “This has been made possible through department restructuring for a more efficient curricula in the classroom… The aspiring aviators in the program are dedicated individuals that all share a passion for flight and [that] is exactly why, by cutting the program, MSU would not retain those students. Flight department students want to fly and if we are not granted our

wings through MSU we will surely find other avenues to do so.”

While these programs have been slated as likely to be eliminated, Kelley stressed that current students majoring in them would not lose the ability to earn their degrees.

In accordance with MnSCU policy, the programs would be phased out slowly. In the near future, it is likely that MSU will see many programs make their cases in hopes of sustenance.

These cases will be taken into consideration by administration, who must make their final decisions regarding the program budget cuts by March 1.

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Individual learning Students can benefit from private, one-on-one studies ELENA SHUFELT

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The names may vary by department, but regardless, many students scroll past the independent and individual study based courses when registering for classes — mostly because they are a total mystery. With required core classes and electives, not all students see the point of asking their advisor what exactly individual studies are. For those students, here are the basics.

Individual studies differ between departments and programs, but all have the same idea in mind. The individual study course allows students to focus on a topic they are interested in that maybe isn’t offered as a class or is something they would like to expand their knowledge of beyond the coursework. The first step in pursuing an individual study is formulating a topic.

Then students need to choose a professor (preferably one they know and have a good relationship with) to supervise their study.

The professor can then choose to accept or reject the student for an individual study.

MSU senior and sociology major Andrew Thrash learned

about individual studies after encouragement from a professor provoked him to pursue a project idea.

“I wanted to challenge myself to do a research project that I could present at a conference,” Thrash said.

He had no idea that he could get credit and guidance for his project by taking an individual study. The details of his project were worked out after he found a professor to supervise him. All professors do things differently and all projects are different, so the number of credits, meeting times and due dates for each student have to be finalized after the project and supervisor are chosen.

For most departments though, the number of credits an individual study is determines how often the student needs to meet with their supervisor.

Candace Black, Associate Professor of English at MSU, said some professors might limit the number of independent studies they supervise because taking them on is beyond what they are obligated to do by contract.

“Independent courses are helpful and can provide a close

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BENCHS gets new home LYNN ZASKE

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The Blue Earth Nicollet County Humane Society will host an open house in its brand new facility, Riverside Regional Pet Shelter on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“The new shelter will be something that has the potential to attract people from all over the state,” said president of the BENCHS board of directors Susan Kroon, adding that The old building was in bad shape and turned away potential adoptions.

The new “green” building is designed to use the latest technology to keep operating costs to a minimum. The roof is flat with drought-resistant vegetation that reduces cooling and energy costs by 25 percent, according to the BENCHS Web site.

The building’s “green” rating is determined by six criteria: the building site, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, interior environmental quality and innovation and design processes.

BENCHS hopes its new building will receive a silver leadership rating (LEED).

“When we set out to design a new building, we had three goals in mind: First, we wanted a safe place for the animals. Next was

Cats like Bert and Ernie are up for adoption at BENCHS.

to have a welcoming building for visitors. Finally, we wanted a building that would leave the least impact on the earth’s environment and would be easy to maintain.”

The shelter, designed to house 20 dogs and 60 cats, includes full kennels with outdoor runs and play yards for dogs and condominium-style housing for cats so they may live communally. Other features include a surgical suite and handicap accessibility.

BENCHS has been working toward a new facility for some time now. The organization has had many fundraisers throughout the community including spaghetti dinners and bowling nights.

“We are inviting the community to come and see where their donations have gone,” Kroon said. “We have had so many generous donations and

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the community should be proud of what we have been able to accomplish.”

BENCHS is a nonprofit organization with no city funding or support from national animal welfare or humane associations.

The shelter operates with limited paid staff and relies on donors and volunteers to maintain their care for homeless, injured, abandoned and abused animals.

BENCHS is a no-kill shelter.

The animals will not move into the shelter until about a week after the open house, according to Kroon.

“The open house is a celebration of the building,” Kroon said. “We want people to focus on the new building; the animals would steal the show.

Also, it would be very stressful for our animals to have so many people walking past them.”

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Teaching and learning in the Outback Study abroad program gives the opportunity to student teach in Australia ADAM PULCHINSKI

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Students in the teacher preparation program will soon find out if they’re in for a trip to Australia this fall for school-based field experience, otherwise known as student teaching. The College of Education at Minnesota State University and the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia have a partnership that allows teacher candidates from Minnesota to spend six weeks at the Queensland school.

Carol Werhan, director of the Office of Field Experience in the College of Education, expects to know how many students are interested in participating in the Fall 2010 session by Friday. Then, personal interviews, faculty recommendations, and previous evaluations will be checked prior to final approval.

“Those selected spend 10 weeks in a Minnesota school district and then travel to Australia to complete the field experience in an Australian classroom,” said Werhan.

“Participants live with an

Australian family, teach classes in a partnership school and are assessed by a representative from QUT.” Past participants in the program have told Werhan that the best parts were experiences in a different culture, living with a family abroad, and teaching in a school in another country. Robbie Rochelle Burnett, a graduate student majoring in special education: emotional behavior disorders, echoed those sentiments.

“It’s about embracing differences and adding these experiences to your knowledge toolbox of life,” said Burnett.

Burnett said the whole trip was the most rewarding thing.

She taught Monday through Thursday, made excursions to Sydney, went scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef and fed wild dolphins at Moreton Island.

“It was a deadly experience,” Burnett said. “Deadly means ‘awesome’ in Australia.”

Werhan pointed out that the opportunity allows teacher candidates to experience and reflect upon being in a different culture, which builds empathy for children

the candidate will encounter in the Minnesota classroom.

Other benefits of the trip include flexibility, developing new teaching methodologies, and self-awareness of cultural competency.

Students in their final semester of a teacher preparation program may participate in the field experience which covers several different areas. To date, candidates in 35 fields have been selected, ranging from elementary education to French to physical education.

Burnett said that the best advice she could give would be to be courageous and take risks, characteristics she built up by participating in the program. She said that it required the courage to travel across the world with people she didn’t know, live with individuals she had never met and cooperate with teachers and administrators, being unaware of their expectations in an unfamiliar education system.

While Burnett had two years of coursework under her belt, she had never taught in a classroom prior to going to Australia.

An aerial view of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

“I was able to demonstrate an adventurous and courageous spirit by willing to engage in my first teaching experience

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in the ‘down under’,” Burnett said. “The opportunity allowed me to set myself apart from the crowd!”

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New challenges will lead to changes at MSU There are big changes ahead for Minnesota State.

It appears that MSU will be slimming down substantially for 2012 due to the $6 million-plus projected deficit, a hefty calorie reduction in the university’s budgetary diet.

As various departments and programs prepare their cases for administration with the hopes of avoiding extreme budget cuts or in some cases, even elimination,

dean candidates are being reviewed for selection in a few colleges.

After months of discussion and debate regarding a potential Latino center, the student senate passed a proposal that will move to the desk of administrators, adding to quite the stack of decisions for deliberation.

In addition, the College Access Program restructure is in the works and the university could see new

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updates on this proposal soon.

What’s to come for MSU may not be known in great detail right now, but students, faculty and staff should have their eyes and ears open for a wide range of announcements in the coming weeks.

The Reporter has followed many of these stories since their origins and will continue to keep the campus updated as news is released.

Now is not the time to shy away from getting involved or speaking up. The vast changes in the forecast will reshape MSU as we know it.

Right now, we should each be looking for a way to contribute to the progression of this institution, be it voicing frustrations or generating new ideas for positive growth.

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Ben Guthmiller • Jr •Finance/Econ “Head over to my friend’s house.”

Students respond to CAP The death of the frat left and right in order to restructure proposal article Once upon a time there that he is not trying to get rid of CAP. All Davenport’s new proposal calls for is that this university focuses on what is truly important, academics.

By distributing the CAP among the six academic colleges, the students will receive more pertinent information regarding which classes, organizations, or opportunities correspond to their major.

This transition might end up saving the university some money as well, by not having a separate location for the CAP. But mostly, this move is helping the university stay true to being a place of higher education, and not a place of higher segregation.

Does anyone else find it ironic that Tonya Phillips has filed a racial discrimination suit against the university, while at the same time advocating for racial discrimination in the hiring of a permanent dean of diversity?

Her comments in the February 2 issue of the Reporter seem to suggest that she feels a white person could never be qualified for the job and shouldn’t even be considered.

Perhaps she needs to attend

some diversity or sensitivity training so she can learn that sometimes white people get incarcerated, not all white people are scheming racists, and that white people can perform the diversity job just as well as any other candidate with relevant education and experience.

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In the last few weeks some people at this university have lost sight of what is truly important at a place of higher education, academics.

In the article “Davenport Proposes New CAP Structure”, it said that Davenport wants to move the College Access Program from being its own entity, to being divided among the six academic colleges.

CAP Director Tonya Phillips, said, “The bottom line is that he [Davenport] doesn’t want to serve domestic diverse students on this campus” citing the recent loss of the vice president of diversity position and this new proposal as a “slap in the face.”

This is clearly not true when one takes into account the fact that there will be a new dean of diversity, as well as the fact

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was Animal House, Beta House, and other frat houses across the nation that prided themselves upon their handcrafted beer pong tables, raging themed parties, and prime drinking skills. In fact, there are still frat houses all across the United States.

Go to the east coast and you’ll find beer pong being played in the front lawn; go to the south and you’ll find a pledge being hazed to get into an “elite” society; and go to the west and you’ll find an Animal House at almost every university. But is this the future of fraternal traditions hundreds of years old?

The answer seems pretty simple if one takes a look at the past two decades of Fraternity history. Since Animal House, there have been numerous alcohol-related deaths and injuries, hazing incidents, and other negative occurrences that were followed by high-priced lawsuits.

It wasn’t the chapters (the local group of men at a single higher-education institution) that were being sued, but the national organizations (the over-arching headquarters of all chapters of a fraternity) that were taking million dollar hits.

The national organizations started closing down chapters

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But what effect has this had at Minnesota State University, Mankato? As much as some of the Greek members still mess up from time to time, the Midwest is far ahead of the curve. They rake in more community service hours, raise more money for philanthropies, and have more fun with a fraction of the problems that fraternities across the nation suffer.

They’ve been proving that there is a new wave of 21st century fraternities. The frats of their peace-loving brothers of the 60s and discodancing brothers of the 70s are gone. Replaced by them are organizations that are getting back to their roots. Values, morals, academics, community service, brotherhood, honor, and loyalty are rebecoming the mainstays of Greek Life. It seems frats are being replaced by fraternities.

But without the crazy keggers what do fraternities do? Well at this campus Phi Delta Theta has had an alcohol-free house since 2001.

As Siroos Abolahrari, a former president, said in an interview with the Mankato Free Press 8 years ago, “we’re about

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The best of friends ...

and the worst of roommates Living with people in college can be either a great dream or a horrible nightmare

All that paled in comparison to the night when, after what I hear was only two shots of vodka, she threw up in our sink. The next day she was “feeling too sick to do anything,” so I got stuck with cleaning up the mess.

We don’t talk anymore.

Going into my sophomore year, I wasn’t sure where I wanted to live. I had reserved Everyone leaves college with at least a a spot in Julia Sears, but I wasn’t too sure few memorable roommate stories.

I wanted to live in the dorms. Talking one Sometimes they’re bad, sometimes day with my friend Theresa, we decided that they’re good. We may stop talking to we wanted to live off-campus roommates once we graduate or and, at the last minute and to the pull a Ross- Chandler and marry protest of my mom, we rented an in to the family. apartment.

As a freshman in Crawford A It was a great decision. We had Hall, I had three roommates. My too many great times in our onefirst one moved out after two bedroom Highland closet. It was weeks to live with a high school tiny, we were always cramped friend who had decided to come and we slept in a bunk bed, but to MSU at the last minute. She I had some of the most fun I’ve later transferred schools to be had in my life in that apartment, with her boyfriend. They broke mostly in the form of night-long up a few months later.

Dannie Higginbotham European dance parties.

My second roommate was The good thing about the one of the coolest ones anyone cramped space is it forced us to could ask for, but she decided to transfer to at least try to work well with each other. We the University of Minnesota after the first fought through unwashed dishes and said we semester, since she drove home to the cities were sorry by cooking dinner and usually every weekend to work anyways. couldn’t stay mad for too long.

The third roommate was a huge pain in Now we have a bigger place and a third the ass: she would eat my food and use my roommate I usually forget lives with us, laptop without asking. I’m pretty sure I even since he’s either out or so quiet I don’t know caught her wearing some of my clothes at he’s home. We have our own bedrooms, so some point. The night she moved in was the she doesn’t have to deal with me hitting the night my high school boyfriend and I had snooze button a literal 10 times before I broken up. We had dated for a year, so I was actually get up and I don’t have to listen to pretty upset, and she told me I could be very her unusual sleep mumblings. pretty and get any guy I wanted if only I I’ve had few best friends in my life, but lost some weight.

I can honestly say my roommate is one of

them. We’re a team. If we show up at parties alone, people ask where the other one is.

I couldn’t imagine going through college with anyone else. We’ve had our fair share of fights, mostly in the form of passiveaggressive arguments, and a couple of backhanded Franzia-induced comments, but that’s just a part of friendship. I couldn’t imagine how boring it must be to have a friendship where everything is peachy-keen all the time. It’s through the fights that friendship becomes stronger, because then you learn how to work through problems and come to logical solutions.

Now my best friend is leaving for Austria for two months and it’s going to be really weird without her. I’m so used to coming home at night and finding lentil soup warm and waiting on the stove, then watching good Thursday night NBC tv and getting ready to go out to a party, asking “Does this make me look fat?” and “Does this make my butt look big enough?” To think of another routine is kind of weird.

I wish my roommate all the best on her adventure in Austria and I hope she has as much fun and meets as many cute boys as I did in Ecuador. In the meantime, I promise I’ll keep the kitchen clean and water her plant. I might even learn to make my own lentil soup while I’m at it.

-Dannie Higginbotham is the Reporter news editor. She will eat nothing but frozen pizza for the next two months.

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FRAT “ Though frats may be dead, the

true spirit of the fraternity lives on and thrives” continued from 6 matriculation and maturity, not Miller Lite and morning dry heaves”. This welcomed sales pitch has summed up life in Phi Delta Theta for years. The brothers are back to the three cardinal principles of their founding fathers: friendship, moral rectitude, and sound learning. It’s a change that all prefer to the atmosphere of Animal House.

This week, instead of throwing a raging party at the Phi Delta Theta house, the brothers are busily helping plan the ALS Walk so that it can go off without a hitch and raise more money than it did last year (over $40,000). They are also having brotherhoods at the WOWzone and MSU Bullpen, hosting a formal (prom-like dance) in the cities, organizing a Founder’s Day (an event in which several hundred alumni come back to visit with their younger brothers), entertaining sororities during various social events, volunteering at half a dozen non-profit organizations, and helping to set the standard for fraternities everywhere.

Phi Delta Theta isn’t the only Greek organization that is raising the bar. Each of the 6 other fraternities and 4 sororities have a philanthropy that they raise thousands of

dollars a year for, volunteer hundreds of hours a semester, compete in Homecoming, have dozens of social events, and so much more. The ratio of events that are strictly nonalcoholic is upwards of 12:1 as compared to events where alcohol is permitted. They are all redefining what it means to be Greek and the college experience itself.

Frats may be dead, but the true spirit of the fraternity lives on and thrives.

Brotherhood, leadership, scholarship, loyalty, honor, and moral rectitude are ideals that were in place before alcohol became such a heavy focus and are definitely still here as the focus shifts away from alcohol. These ideals are what unite thousands of brothers even though they may be separated by vast distances or numerous years.

There’s a reason a majority of our nation’s top leaders were in a fraternity or sorority and it has nothing to do with the parties.

Brian McMahan Public Relations Phi Delta Theta Fraternity

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FASHION Main goal with the fashion show is to make people aware of Mankato’s diversity continued from 1 volunteers include transportation and language education, but most importantly, says Fiedler, they help their members feel at home in their new community.

“Without our volunteers the program wouldn’t be what it is,” said Fiedler. “Most of them are a part of the Lincoln Community Center [in Mankato], and they help tremendously in making these women a part of the community. We have about ten regular volunteers working for us right now, but we’re always looking for help, especially during events.”

The WTW holds several regular events, including the annual International Festival of Fashion that will be taking place on Monday. A monthly “Colorful Dialogue” meeting is also a regular occurrence, where notable figures in the Mankato community come to speak with members of the WTW about their concerns or for educational benefit. January’s Colorful Dialogue, the first of the year, included talks by Mayor John Brady and MSU President Richard Davenport.

Monday’s IFF, which is taking place at the Red Sky Lounge in downtown Mankato, will feature models from cultures around the world.

“We have over fifty signed up to model for us,” said Fiedler.

“The [IFF] will run through like an actual fashion show. It will give people a chance to connect with other cultures in the community and learn a little about

each as well.”

Monday’s IFF will also include a menu of five different appetizers from various cultures in the Mankato community, giving attendees a chance to stimulate their gustatory interest in cultures as well as their clothing. Fiedler says that as each model walks down the aisle, cultural and geographic information about the country they originate from as well as the intended purpose of their outfits will be explained.

“Our main goal with the [IFF] is to make people aware of how rich Mankato is in diversity,” said Fiedler. “It also helps create connections in the community, which is a huge part of the WTW. What better way than through fashion and food?”

Each of the models walking on Monday afternoon will bring their own clothes, something that makes each of the outfits more unique to the cultures being represented.

“Last year’s was a pretty good time,” said Laura Stern, a senior at MSU. “I guess I just love different clothing, so it was fun to see so many different kinds

from these cultures I’d never even heard of. A lot of the women were just beautiful in the stuff they wore. The guys looked good, too.”

Those looking to attend Monday’s International Festival of Fashion should buy tickets soon, however, as last year’s became a sellout quickly.

“I tried to buy tickets at the door last year,” said Aamani Pratiman, a sophomore and 2006 immigrant from India at MSU. “They sold out fast, though. I ended up watching a few of the models from outside but didn’t get to see as much as I wanted.

I knew one of the models so I wasn’t happy I missed her.”

Monday’s International Festival of Fashion will take place at the Red Sky Lounge from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Tickets are $25 for YWCA members and $35 for non-members, which include five ethnic appetizers that attendees will be treated to during the show.

Contact MSU’s International Student Association or the YWCA for more information about tickets.

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Roommate realities Sharing space can sometimes be a struggle, but talking can help YOONKI KIM

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Sam (not his real name) has a lot to say about his experience with his roommates, showing that roommates can either be best friends or worst enemies.

“I was excited to enter [Minnesota State] and was expecting a great dormitory life,” said Sam. Unfortunately, Sam’s hopes and dreams did not last long.

The problem was that his first roommate was not nice to him.

Sam said his roommate used his stuff and ate his food without his permission, but the biggest problem was the roommate’s binge drinking.

He decided to switch rooms after the night his drunken roommate broke his refrigerator.

“It was about a month after I had met him first. I just couldn’t put up with him anymore,” Sam said.

He moved to another room and met a new roommate who was totally different from the first, and got along with him for the rest of the semester.

“I think we had a pretty similar way of thinking and lifestyle, so we worked out for sure,” Sam said.

Sam said he now lives offcampus, while he still lives in the dorms.

“I still talk to him often, and

“

It was about a month after I had met him ... I just couldn’t put up with him anymore.”

— Sam,

actually stayed in his apartment during winter break,” Sam said.

Sam said it seems to be lucky to meet a good roommate unless one chooses one ahead of time.

Roommate conflicts may originate from various causes like having friends of the opposite sex stay overnight or different bedtimes.

Sampson Bezu, who has been a community advisor in Crawford for two years, said making a roommate agreement is a good way to stay away from conflicts.

“Before anything happens, we suggest you guys go over that [roommate agreement] first,” said Bezu.

The roommate agreement is a document to write down both residents’ agreement on sleeping, cleaning using the other’s property, having guests, etc.

Bezu said cases like Sam’s are rare because roommate conflicts generally occur because of small differences, such as certain habits like

MSU student

listening to radio when sleeping.

Most of the people who come to him regarding their trouble with roommates talk about things like keeping quiet hours or turning off lights while sleeping.

“If your roommate violates the agreement, you would come to your CA. As a mediator, I would hear both sides,” Bezu said.

He said if the problem was not solved, he would bring the case to a hall director or area director so that they can have a discussion in a bigger group.

Nicole Faust, area director of Crawford, said she’s seen roommates that have had completely opposite habits.

Faust tries to emphasize the importance of dialogue that is most likely to solve the problem, but when the dialogue doesn’t lead to compromise, she will find an open room.

“That’s always an option too, if we have space available,” said Faust.

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MSSA ISA could take Multicultural Affairs’ office, a bigger space than it occupies now

Learning Independent courses require students be selfmotivated and discliplined

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mentorship, but students who take them need to be self-motivated and self-disciplined,” Black said.

Thrash said an individual study takes a great deal of dedication, so now he is using more timemanagement techniques—such as limiting his television and internet time—than he ever has before.

“It gives you more real-world experience. You’re out of that classroom environment where you have your peers and your professor right there to keep you in check,” Thrash said.

Black said in the English department students can take individual studies that focus on a variety of topics. Examples are creating manuscripts or creating new work based on readings from authors not covered in the classes

area houses three graduate assistants, the executive board of the ISA and other members of the organization.

Parvathareddy mentioned the ISA is responsible for several events on campus, such as Nepal night, South Asian Night and the International Festival, which this year is expected to draw around 5,000 attendees.

“Preparation for the festival starts 10 months in advance,” Parvathareddy said. “Much of the planning, preparation and deliverance of the festival takes place in this space.”

The senate eventually decided ISA would take over the Multicultural Affairs office once it moves, a space that is actually larger than the one it has now.

After meeting with members of the Division of Institutional Diversity, President Murtaza Rajabali added an amendment to the proposal that said Multicultural Affairs and the ISC would have the option to opt out of the switch once it met with an architect, a move the senate as a whole agreed with.

“This is a way of saying ‘We tried, they tried’,” said Vice President Bob Dooley.

“They can say ‘We don’t like the new changes, we’ll go back to what we had.’”

If this were the case, all parties involved would start back at square one in terms of planning for a larger multicultural or new Latino center.

Alexi Roskom, chair of the CSU board, stressed that the recommendation be taken as it is — a recommendation.

“The next step is to contact an architect and make sure all offices involved are consulted,” Roskom said.

“This isn’t going to happen overnight.”

The senate passed a motion overturning the Residence Hall Association’s recommendation regarding 2010-2011 room and board rates, minimizing the increase to what may be potentially eight percent down to a more reasonable amount.

It also voted to support an increase in the graduation fee, from $20 to $25, to ensure leather binders are received at commencement ceremonies.

The senate filled a vacant seat when it elected preelectrical engineering major Jason Knopik as the senator

for the College of Science, Engineering and Technology.

Rajabali, recently faced with accusations that the senate is bending to the will of administration, spoke to the senate in open forum.

Some people have even gone as far as saying the senate is the “mindless puppet of a racist [university] president.”

“One of our missions is to work well with everyone,” Rajabali said. “Everyone here is here with a student perspective.”

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Rebecca Bates, Associate Professor of Computer Science, said in her department individual studies can count toward 400-level elective credits. Students could choose to take an individual study focusing on something that really interests them as opposed to a standard elective that might not grab their attention. In computer science, Bates said students can take individual studies to explore topics such as those that are too new to be integrated into present courses.

Peggy Ballard, Chairperson of the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education, said her department tries not to grant many individual studies because they are difficult to factor in due to

the state licensing requirements for the program.

Every program has different requirements for individual studies, so students should check with advisors if they have any ideas for a possible project.

Thrash suggested students interested in taking an individual study pay close attention to what classes they enjoy and what about that class specifically interests them.

“Have a good rapport with your professors because they will encourage you, push you in the right direction and guide you through that process of doing an individual study,” Thrash said.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Mavericks try not to look too far ahead

Players know every game is crucial — even against the bottom of the NSIC KYLE RATKE

sports editor The Minnesota State men’s basketball team has 19 wins this season, 12 coming in Northern Sun Intercollegiate play.

The Mavericks play Minnesota-Crookston and MSUMoorhead this weekend. Those teams are a combined 4-22 in NSIC play this season.

Being ranked fourth in the nation, the Mavericks know that it is easy to look beyond this game.

“The biggest thing for us is focusing on Crookston,” said MSU head coach Matt Margenthaler. “No matter what our opponents record is, we will

get their A game. We understand that. We need to prepare like we would for any other team.”

MSU was all the way up to the third spot in the nation, until a loss to Augustana set them back to fifth in the nation.

The Mavericks aren’t nearly as worried about their national ranking as they are of their regional ranking. The Mavericks currently sit in the No. 2 slot behind Mesa State.

Having the top seed would ensure the Mavericks homecourt advantage through the regional round of the NCAA Tournament.

“We need to keep our eye on the prize,” said sophomore

guard Stephen Kirschbaum.

“We had one slip up against Augie and if we have another, it could end up ruining our chance of hosting regionals.”

The Mavericks slip up to Augustana two weekends ago could have been exactly that — a slip up.

In the game, the Mavericks shot 1-14 from the 3-point line, a stat in which they have been hit or miss all year long.

“We have a bunch of good shooters but we didn’t shoot the ball well that night,” said Margenthaler.

Last weekend against Bemidji State, MSU was 11-22 beyond the arc.

“Being shooters you can’t

row, Cameron Hodges, have the mindset Marcus Hill and Curt that you’re going to Greeley. miss,” said KirschMargenthaler said baum. You just have earlier in the season to go on to the next that the Mavericks night. Our three point have bench players shooting has gone that would likely start up and down, but if we are going to get Stephen Kirschbaum on other teams. Over midway through the where we want to, we season, it looks like that need all phases of the is certainly the case. game down.”

Those five players are conKirschbaum is the Mavtributing 30 points on average ericks third most efficient 3-point shooter, and it may be more beneficial that he is coming off of the bench.

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MSU Women’s Hockey Gameday Lee Handel • staff writer

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL School Conf. OVR Augustana 10-3 16-4 (23) Concordia- St. P 10-3 16-4 Wayne State 9-4 16-4 MSU-Moorhead 9-4 15-5 UMD-Duluth 8-5 13-7 Winona State 8-5 13-7 SW-Minnesota State 7-6 13-7 MAVERICKS 6-7 11-9 Northern State 6-7 10-10 Minnesota-Crookston 6-7 8-11 Bemidji State 5-8 11-9 Mary 4-9 8-12 St. Cloud State 3-10 7-11 Upper Iowa 0-13 2-18

MEN’S BASKETBALL School Conf. OVR (4) MAVERICKS 12-1 19-1 St. Cloud State 10-3 16-4 (25) Augustana 9-4 16-4 Winona State 9-4 16-4 Mary 9-4 13-7 Concordia- St. Paul 7-6 10-10 SW Minnesota State 6-7 11-8 Upper Iowa 6-7 9-11 Wayne State 6-7 9-11 Northern State 5-8 9-11 Bemidji State 4-9 7-12 Minnesota-Duluth 4-9 7-13 MSU-Moorhead 4-9 7-13 Minnesota-Crookston 0-13 3-16

MEN’S HOCKEY School

WCHA 12-4-4 (2) Denver 13-6-1 (6) UMD 12-6-2 (4) St. Cloud State 11-6-3 (3) Wisconsin (19) Colorado College 11-8-3 (9) North Dakota 8-9-3 8-10-2 Minnesota Alaska-Anchorage 8-13-1 6-13-1 MAVERICKS 3-17-0 Michigan Tech

PTS 28 27 26 25 25 19 18 17 13 6

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17-2-3-3 40 (1) Minnesota (5) Minnesota-Duluth 15-5-2-1 33 12-9-1 (9) Wisconsin 25 7-8-7-3 Bemidji State 24 8-10-4-3 23 St. Cloud State 10-10-2 22 Ohio State 2-15-5-3 12 MAVERICKS 4-16-2 10 North Dakota

St. Cloud State (11-11-6, 8-10-4-3 WCHA) at Minnesota State (4-17-5, 2-15-5-3 WCHA) 2:07 p.m. Friday • National Hockey Center, St. Cloud 3:07 p.m . Saturday • All Seasons Arena, Mankato RECAP: With the toughest part of their schedule behind them, the Minnesota State women’s hockey team will take part in a home-and-home series with conference rival St. Cloud State. The Huskies have been in some close contests recently and are riding a three-game winning streak in conference play. Last weekend they swept Bemidji State at home, with the second of the two triumphs coming in the shootout period. The Mavericks are coming off of facing the top two teams in the conference on consecutive weekends. They were swept last weekend by the Minnesota Golden Gophers, who are now ranked first in the nation. The Mavericks dropped Friday’s game 4-2 and Saturday’s 4-1. The Huskies are currently right in the thick of the race for home-ice in the WCHA playoffs with 23 points, while the Mavericks have been stuck at 12 points in conference play for a while.

HISTORY: The last time these two squads played a home-and-home series back in early December, each team won in their respective friendly confines. Both games were nail-biters, with the Mavericks prevailing 5-4 in the first game, which required a shootout period. The Huskies rebounded in St. Cloud a day later, shutting out the Mavericks 1-0. These two teams represent the definition of a rivalry, as the all-time series is currently knotted up at 21-21-5.

MSU NOTES: The Mavericks are hoping to break out of a couple of slumps this weekend against the Huskies. They have not won a game in regulation since late November and they have not picked up a point in nearly a month. They are also mired in an awful drought on the power play, as they have not scored a power-play goal in more than a month. That being said, there were some positives last weekend against the Gophers.

Nina Tikkinen Freshman forward Lauren Smith scored in both games, giving her six goals on the season. Senior forward Ashley Young also recorded her seventh goal of the season to give her a team-leading 17 points on the season. Fellow senior captain Kala Buganski also had a solid series, recording two assists. The defense has really improved, especially sophomores Ariel Mackley and Jackie Otto, who have logged a lot of ice time lately. Junior forward Nina Tikkinen missed last weekend’s series against the Gophers and will miss this weekend’s too as she prepares for the Olympics with Team Finland.

SCSU NOTES: The Huskies are led by a trio of senior forwards — Caitlin Hogan (15-22—37), Holly Roberts (12-21—33), and Felicia Nelson (23-7—30). The Huskies are the definition of a .500 team, going 6-6-4 at home and 5-5-2 on the road.

PREDICTION: This is the weekend the Mavericks put an end to all of their shortcomings. They will win a game in regulation, pick up two points, and score on the power play en route to a series split.

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per game, which is remarkable for a college basketball team.

“We are so deep as a team,” said Kirschbaum. “Sometimes the starters won’t start the way coaches would like, and we take pride in picking them up.”

One of those starters, will be looking at a milestone heading into the weekend. Senior point guard Jesse Clark is just two assists shy of 500. He is second on the school’s all-time list.

If the Mavericks were to lose this weekend, they would also be setting another record — perhaps not one they are interested in at all.

Margenthaler is currently 9-0 in his career against Minnesota-Crookston and 6-0 against MSU-Moorhead. A loss to either team would be the first of his career against the two.

A loss could not only affect the Mavericks regional ranking, but they are only two games ahead of St. Cloud State, virtually three since MSU has the tie-breaker, but that could change when MSU visits St. Cloud State Feb. 13.

Winning the NSIC is in the Mavericks hands, even though the region may not be. Mesa State also has one loss and will likely need to lose again in order for MSU to leapfrog them in the standings.

Don’t think this means MSU will check the scores of the Mesa State game.

“We don’t really look at that,” Margenthaler said. “If we take care of business, things will take care of themselves. We need to take care of the work ahead of us and hopefully be looking at the in about a month or so.

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WRESTLING

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Mavericks face tough task

MSU hopes to build on win

MSU prepares to face No.1 team in the nation

staff writer Liz Trauger sports a brace on her left knee when playing basketball, a stark reminder of the ACL she tore near the end of last season.

The injury left Trauger sitting on the sideline as the Minnesota State women’s basketball team won the program’s first-ever Division II national championship.

“It was hard, I’m not going to lie,” the senior said. “I tried to come back and play and I got in for maybe a minute in the regional final game, but it ended up not working out.”

Last season’s knee injury wasn’t the first Trauger has suffered. The 6-foot forward has undergone not one, not two, but three ACL surgeries since her sophomore year of high school — something that makes the milestone she achieved Saturday even more impressive.

Trauger became the second Maverick this season and the 17th Maverick overall to score 1,000 career points, joining guard Tiffany Moe, who reached the mark earlier this season.

“That she was able to reach that milestone … especially after she blew her knee and had to come back from surgery, is really impressive,” MSU coach Pam Gohl said Saturday.

More importantly, the milestone came in a win MSU (11-9, 6-7) desperately needed.

Trauger led a balanced of-

UNO. put together.

FourthThe arena is staff writer ranked Andy dazzled with Looking at the wrestling Nebraska-Omaha Forstner will banners of naprograms Minnesota State and have to go up tional chamWhen: 7 p.m.

Fri. Nebraska-Omaha have, it’s against secondpionships and easy to see quite a few simiWhere: Omaha, Neb. ranked Terrell All-Amerlarities. Both programs are rich McKinney at 125 pounds, icans.

In an area that bleeds in tradition, with prominent while No. 1-ranked heavywrestling, watching Omaha head coaches and a number of weight, Brady Wilson will dominate is like a weekly individual national champions compete against second-ranked holiday to many residents and over the years.

Elijah Madison. students.

They even share the same MSU’s Wilson has held But Makovsky believes his team name. But there is one onto the top spot all season group can match that intensity. glaring difference. While MSU but Madison has been In what will likely be a teleis still looking for its hovering right behind vised event, MSU is focused first team national waiting for his opportuon having their best team championship, Nenity to strike.

The two performance. braska-Omaha won could meet up again in “We’re really concentratit all last year for the the national championing on everyone having their fifth time under coach ship. best individual performance,” Mike Denney.

“There is no excuse Makovsky said. “You’re not “There’s barriers this year for me not to just wrestling for yourself but you need to break Ben Becker win the national chamfor the pride of the program. through,” said MSU pionship this season,” We need all ten guys wrescoach Jim Makovsky.

Wilson said. tling their best throughout the “We’ve always been close A Maverick that has been match.

At this point of the but we’re not taking the next flying under the radar lately is season the road gets a lot less step. All we can control is our junior Ben Becker. populated; guys’ hearts just preparation and then we have Becker has quietly moved aren’t into it. We need to dig to go out and do it.” up to being ranked-eighth at deep.”

With a top-eight wrestling the 174 pound weight class and There is no question that in every weight class, No. 1 will have a great opportunity UNO will find itself competing Nebraska-Omaha will be a to prove he belongs among the in March to repeat as national great test for the Mavericks at nation’s best when he faces champions.

The determination this stage of the season. Jacob another top Omaha wrestler in of the Mavericks on Friday Marrs is ranked No.1 at the second-ranked Aaron Denson. will show strong evidence that 197 weight class.

Makovsky has said that they could be right by their Each of MSU’s three Omaha is one of the toughest side. nationally ranked wrestlers places for anyone to wrestle MSU travels to UNO Friwill need to have their best day, with the dual beginning at in and that is no surprise with performances of the season if 7 p.m. the success the program has the team hopes to keep up with PAT DELANEY

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fensive attack with 17 points and leads MSU in both scoring (14.4 points per game) and rebounding (6.1 rebounds per game).

The Mavericks will continue to need that kind of production out of their senior forward, who couldn’t shoot again until early summer and wasn’t cleared to play basketball until October.

On Friday the Mavericks host Minnesota-Crookston and on Saturday they host MSU Moorhead, both at 6 p.m. The Mavericks fell to both teams earlier this season, but more is at stake now. MSU is in danger of missing the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference tournament, and two more conference losses could end its chance to get in.

MSU’s first opponent, Crookston, is in a similar position. The two teams are in a three-way tie with Northern State for the eighth spot in the conference standings. Only the top eight teams qualify for the conference tournament, which starts March 2.

Gohl said she hopes MSU can carry its momentum from Saturday’s win against Minnesota Duluth into this weekend.

“We hope that we can continue to make shots on the offensive end,” she said. “The thing you can count on every night, though, is defense, so we’ll really be after them with defense and hope that our shots continue to go in.”

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The Kid’s Take: Who Dat Nation, get ready KYLE RATKE

sports editor This is likely the only chance I have of putting ‘Who Dat’ in my headline, unless I write for SLAM magazine someday, so I had to do it.

On Sunday night, most of America will be watching the Super Bowl. We will be with our friends eating too much, drinking too much and likely swearing too much. The guys will be acting like they know everything about both teams and will likely question if Jim Caldwell is in fact alive during games (watch him. Seriously, he doesn’t blink. You’ll lose a stare off every time.)

There will be the annoying guy who knows nothing about sports, but just came because of the pity invite you gave him, even though you never thought he’d show. There will be girls who make fantastic taco dip, and then will yell at me after I start screaming, accusing me of “caring too much.”

It’s the Super Bowl, people.

You can never care too much.

This year is different though, I don’t even have to try to get excited for it. I just am.

There’s something special about this game. It is almost guaranteed to be a great. Not all Super Bowl’s have this. Hell, a few years ago we had Jake Delhomme in the Super Bowl.

How did this happen?

What does it take for a Super Bowl to be a great one? Different people have different views on what’s exciting and important in football.

1. Most people love offense.

If both teams score more than 30 points, it will be a success.

Nobody wants to watch a 13-10 game. If I wanted to see that, I would watch the Lynx play.

2. There needs to be at least one icon playing. Last year we had Kurt Warner and Big Ben. Is a Super Bowl with Delhomme or Trent Dilfer going to be a failure automatically?

No, but the chances of it failing increases by 200 percent.

Think of all the great quarterbacks you’ve seen play in Super Bowls. You remember them. Do you remember watching Rich Gannon and Brad Johnson play?

Sure, you might, but it won’t be something you’ll ever tell your kids about. You’ll preach about Manning and Brady and how they changed the league, not

about how Dilfer was a great game-manager.

3. Last but not least, there needs to be somethine else on the line. A few years ago we had the Colts and Bears playing.

It was Lovie Smith vs. Tony Dungy. Whoever won would become the first black head coach to win a Super Bowl.

For a league that’s been around for over 40 years, that’s saying something.

What more could you ask for with this year’s match-up?

This year we have two of the league’s best quarterbacks going head-to-head. One is the face of the league (Peyton Manning) and one has resurrected New Orleans and is possibly the most likeable guy in the league (Drew Brees).

Manning is on every commercial and Brees has a commercial throwing a pass to Obama (they never show if Obama actually catches it. This bothers me.) What’s not to love about these two? Chances are that we won’t see two guys with as much talent and class go head to head in quite some time.

It’s really a shame that someone has to lose, but that’s how it is. So you’re probably asking, “I wonder who Kyle has winning … I bet he hasn’t lost any money gambling on games this year.”

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players could say, “I am Colts 27, Saints 24 just a football player.”

DANA CLARK | graphic arts supervisor But these players have embraced this city and

Saints 35, Colts 31 made it theirs. The city TYLER BUCKENTINE | staff writer was flooded not too long ago. People were

Colts 45, Saints 42 crowded in the Super Dome to receive aid of DEREK WERHWEIN | staff writer some sort, whether it

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They received some KYLE HOPP | front desk expert aid from the Super

Colts 28, Saints 13 Dome this season also — just a different kind NATE BRENNAN | variety editor of aid — a spiritual aid, Saints 38, Colts 37 a ressurection, a sense of hope.

PAT DELANEY | staff writer You would think everyone would be on

Colts 34, Saints 14 their side, right?

But no, the best part Bowl to win.” of this is that after such Here’s a quote from DeAngea great and touching season, lo Williams that I literally heard very few experts and analysts 30 seconds ago on ESPN Radio. are choosing the Saints to win.

“The best part of the Saints I am neither an expert nor an is that whenever you think they analyst, so it makes sense that are done, they come back.”

I am going 34-31, Saints. Why Remember that when watchcan’t I hear an ESPN analyst go, ing the game this Sunday. If you “Hey, I don’t think the Saints are better, but I think it’s destiny see a guy wearing a Who Dat Tshirt on Monday and still smells will prevail.” like taco dip, you’ll know who Or: “I think Peyton Manning it is. is the best quarterback of our time, but this just isn’t his Super

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But I haven’t learned anything obviously, because I am a fan first — I am cheering for the Saints.

Do I think they are better?

Not really. Does Manning scare the shit out of me in a big game?

Absolutely. This guy is the last quarterback I want to face in a big game. He has seemed to win every big game over the last few seasons and has gotten rid of the ‘Dan Marino’ label. Am I biased because I just bought a Who Dat T-shirt? Yep. With Dwight Freeney hurt for the Colts, it should be easier for the Saints to run the ball and eventually whip out the play action. If I was a Colts fan, I don’t even know if I’d want Freeney out there. I sprained my ankle in intramurals once and couldn’t walk for a week; it was a good excuse not to go to class.

Freeney has torn ligaments.

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Featured artist: Naughty and nice Loose Moose the yin to Mettler’s yang Maria Stark SAM CAMPBELL

wale agboola • msu reporter Minnesota State student Maria Stark is an artistic jack-of-all-trades.

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staff writer Artists are known for changing mediums and being fearless in engaging themselves in different forms of art. From painting to graphic design, Maria Stark, a graphic design student at Minnesota State, has dabbled in many art forms.

She began her college career at the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s where she received a BA in art and Spanish. During her time at St. Ben’s however, she realized that graphic design was her true passion and immediately applied to MSU. “I knew that I didn’t want to pursue painting as a career, I enjoyed it but it’s not something that I really wanted to do, and Spanish was more of a major for me as I’m half Venezuelan,” said Stark. “I was always interested in different advertisements and graphic arts.”

While learning about graphic design, Stark has succumb to the easy and difficult attributes of this art form, spending long nights in the Mac lab on campus and arduous hours over her large amount of homework. Yet despite this, she still loves graphic design.

“One of the most difficult things about graphic design is always coming up with new concepts, making sure your pieces and your projects don’t always look the same. I really

like it because it’s challenging there is never a dull moment,” Stark said.

Realizing her passion for art during her senior year at Mankato East High School, this Mankato native is truly a “jack of all trades” when it comes to art. She dabbles in not only graphic design and painting but has recently found an interest in photography.

During winter break, while many students were working, at home, or in a warmer climate, Stark along with two other art students, Brian Levins and Wesley Hill, took a trip to New Mexico.

Interested in New Mexico’s landscape, one very different from that of Minnesota, she and her peers began taking an array of pictures.

“We went to the caves, the White Sands and the mountains and shot for five days and ultimately decided to have a show,” Stark said.

The artists’ five-day New Mexico shoot will be seen next fall in a photography exhibition in the lower level of the CSU. Stark has been featured in five different exhibitions at St. Ben’s and MSU and has been the featured artist at People’s Community Bank in Hopkins for six months, showing paintings from her senior show at St.Bens using the medium of oil based paint on canvas.

Stark has not only

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staff writer Mostly known for its location next to Mankato’s only strip club, Mettler’s Bar and Restaurant, it is no wonder that the Loose Moose Saloon is underrated.

A theme immediately apparent Thursday night when I dined in the company of a lonely band playing rock ‘n’ roll covers. The atmosphere itself is appealing—a warmly lit hall of checkered tile backed against booths and mirrored walls. The bar, which splits the tile’s path halfway down, offsets an otherwise cafeteriatype feel and leads into a game room and conference center.

Seeing that both Mettler’s and the Loose Moose are located in the same building and owned by the same family, the similarity between the two restaurants is a reasonable assumption, but not exactly true.

“It’s a naughty and nice theme,” said owner Mike Maes of the relationship, “[They are]

two totally different clientele.”

Maes went on to explain the target audience of Loose Moose is much more familyorientated, focusing primarily on casual dining and simply providing a place to hang out.

And nothing proves this family character more than a brief glance at the establishment’s history.

It was 75 years after Maes’ great grandfather started Mettler’s in 1903 that his family added the banquet hall that is now the Loose Moose.

Since then it has changed names twice but neither of these shifts has shaken Maes’ firm belief in family ownership.

“I’m the fourth generation, my boys the fifth and the sixth has already been born,” Maes beamed.

Family business or not, a targeted family demographic is hard to hit when you are located beside a strip club.

Luckily, with the exception of a kid’s menu and the offered side of Tater-Tots, the Loose

Moose’s menu reaches every audience by focusing on the traditional bar and grill model.

Being almost exclusively American, the menu is compromised of everything from specialty burgers to steak and shrimp. With more than 50 menu items and an ambitious amount of “best in town” claims, it maintains a competitive edge. Specials include an all-you-can-eat taco and burrito bar 5 to 7 p.m.

Monday through Friday for just $3.50 and two-for-ones on drinks 3:30 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Overall, the Loose Moose Saloon offers a menu and atmosphere fit for any lunch or dinner plans. With the occasional live music and cheap special, the Loose Moose Saloon is worth a try for anyone looking for a new Mankato eatery.

For more information on the Loose Moose go online at theloosemoosesaloon.com.

photo courtesy of www.theloosemoosesaloon.com Owned and operated by the same management of gentleman’s club Mettler’s Bar & Restaurant, the Loose Moose Saloon provides more of a family and banquet dining atmosphere compared to its ‘naughty’ counterpart.

Super Bowl XLIV sells out LOS ANGELES (AP) — CBS Corp. said it sold out of ads for the Super Bowl on Monday at average prices that are better than last year, with some 30second spots topping $3 million apiece.

CBS said the final spot sold Monday morning, six days before kickoff.

That's a few days ahead of schedule. Last year, NBC still had two 30-second spots remaining two days before the game as the economy was mired in a recession, and announced only on the eve of the game that it sold out a total 69 spots.

CBS said last month it was selling 62 spots, but that grew

over time and the final number of spots is "very close" to what NBC sold last year, said spokesman Dana McClintock.

The network provided no further details on prices.

"We're happy campers over here," said Jo Ann Ross, president of network sales at CBS.

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ARTIST MSU student Maria Stark is featured for her work in graphic design, painting and photography continued from 17 been a part of an array of exhibitions and will be a part of future shows, but she is also the treasurer of the student group AIGA, American Institute of Graphic Arts, Mankato chapter. This group often holds exhibitions; their most recent was two weeks ago.

“AIGA help’s students out with different things, it’s a really good student group to get involved in its great for networking and learning about different things that are going on in graphic design,” She said.

Currently, Stark is creating business packages for two clients and is also planning to submit one of her photographs to an upcoming juried show at the Radiance Salon in Mankato.

In the future, Stark hopes to utilize her double degrees by performing international graphic design. If this does not pan out for her she would like to work for a graphic design firm in Minneapolis.

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Not just ‘N.E. Entertainment’ ASHLEY JOHANSEN

staff writer At the beginning of every school year, a new slew of 17- to 19-year-old students are introduced to college life. These students ultimately find there isn’t really a Mankato nightlife for the under-21 crowd — until recently.

Last year, a group of Minnesota State students created N.E. Entertainment with the hopes of catering to the 18 years or older audience.

“Mankato is supposed to be a college town and there is nothing for people under 21,” said C.E.O. of N.E. Entertainment Amanuel Mekonnen. “They don’t need to go out and drink, they can go out and party and experience a club scene.”

This group is not only partial to the 21-and-under crowd. Many people over 21 attend their events as well, perhaps because the events are meant to resemble a nightclub.

Despite being relatively new to the Mankato scene, N.E. Entertainment has already put on three shows, the being first at the AmericInn and the last two at The What’s Up Lounge.

Their last party, called “Spotlight” at The What’s Up Lounge, took place Jan. 21. However, the show was not just about the party. The group decided to put the

web photo N.E. Entertainment is an upstart company formed by Minnesota State students that hope to bring the nightclub scene to Mankato and give a chance for students under the age of 21 a place to party.

“spotlight” on the tragedy that occurred in Haiti, giving proceeds from the party to the Haiti Relief Fund.

“Because this was for a good cause, a lot of people came out. All of the money made off of drink purchases was given to the Haiti Relief Fund,” Mekonnen said.

The group’s simple but effective marketing tactics have driven attendance at its shows to more than 300.

“We have been going to dorms to hand out flyers, I think this is why we have had really good turnouts,” Mekonnen said.

Most nightclub owners and entertainment groups say that diversity is important for their business, but usually accommodate a specific audience. However, this

company makes a concerted effort to include a wide variety of ethnicities at their shows, often brainstorming ways to make sure that no one is left out.

“That’s what we aim for when we plan for our events, we always ask the question ‘how can we get more diverse?’ We don’t settle for ok,” Mekonnen said. “We have a few white folks, but we try to double or triple that.”

Having all college students working within N.E. Entertainment, it would be easy for these guys to stray from schoolwork, however their president, Wale Martins, explained that they keep school first and will often excuse members from meetings when they have a

test the next day or too much homework to do.

“It’s always hard. We try to make it so everybody has time to do homework. When we have meetings, if they have tests or anything we understand, school comes first,” said Martins.

The parties put on by N.E. entertainment have recently only been dance based, but the group explained that they would like to expand on this by adding fashion shows.

N.E. Entertainment is optimistic about their future.

After Martins, Mekonnen and vice-president Akintan graduate, they aspire to bring NE Entertainment to Minneapolis and one day own their own 18-plus club.

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‘Avatar,’ ‘Hurt Locker’ as expected, ‘Blind Side’ surprises Complete list of 82nd Annual Academy Award nominations announced Tuesday: 1. Best Picture: "Avatar," ''The Blind Side," ''District 9," ''An Education," ''The Hurt Locker," ''Inglourious Basterds," ''Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," ''A Serious Man," ''Up," ''Up in the Air." 2. Actor: Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"; George Clooney, "Up in the Air"; Colin Firth, "A Single Man"; Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"; Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker."

3. Actress: Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"; Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"; Carey Mulligan, "An Education"; Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"; Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia."

4. Supporting Actor: Matt Damon, "Invictus"; Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"; Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"; Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"; Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds."

5. Supporting Actress:

Penelope Cruz, "Nine"; Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"; Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Crazy Heart"; Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"; Mo'Nique, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire."

6. Directing: James Cameron, "Avatar"; Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"; Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"; Lee Daniels, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"; Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air." 7. Foreign Language Film: "Ajami," Israel; "El Secreto de Sus Ojos," Argentina; "The Milk of Sorrow," Peru; "Un Prophete," France; "The White Ribbon," Germany.

8. Adapted Screenplay: Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, "District 9"; Nick Hornby, "An Education"; Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, "In the Loop"; Geoffrey Fletcher, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"; Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, "Up in the Air."

9. Original Screenplay: Mark Boal, "The Hurt Locker"; Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"; Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, "The Messenger"; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "A Serious Man"; Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy, "Up." 10. Animated Feature Film: "Coraline"; "Fantastic Mr. Fox"; "The Princess and the Frog"; "The Secret of Kells"; "Up." 11. Art Direction: "Avatar," ''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," ''Nine," ''Sherlock Holmes," ''The Young Victoria."

12. Cinematography: "Avatar," ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," ''The Hurt Locker," ''Inglourious Basterds," ''The White Ribbon."

13. Sound Mixing: "Avatar," ''The Hurt Locker," ''Inglourious Basterds," ''Star Trek," ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."

14. Sound Editing: "Avatar," ''The Hurt Locker," ''Inglouri-

ous Basterds," ''Star Trek," ''Up." 15. Original Score: "Avatar," James Horner; "Fantastic Mr. Fox," Alexandre Desplat; "The Hurt Locker," Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders; "Sherlock Holmes," Hans Zimmer; "Up," Michael Giacchino.

16. Original Song: "Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog," Randy Newman; "Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess and the Frog," Randy Newman; "Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36," Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas; "Take It All" from "Nine," Maury Yeston; "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart," Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett.

17. Costume: "Bright Star," ''Coco Before Chanel," ''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," ''Nine," ''The Young Victoria."

18. Documentary Feature: "Burma VJ," ''The Cove," ''Food, Inc." ''The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon

Papers," ''Which Way Home."

19. Documentary (short subject): "China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province," ''The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner," ''The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant," ''Music by Prudence," ''Rabbit a la Berlin."

20. Film Editing: "Avatar," ''District 9," ''The Hurt Locker," ''Inglourious Basterds," ''Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire."

21. Makeup: "Il Divo," ''Star Trek," ''The Young Victoria."

22. Animated Short Film: "French Roast," ''Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty," ''The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)," ''Logorama," ''A Matter of Loaf and Death."

23. Live Action Short Film: "The Door," ''Instead of Abracadabra," ''Kavi," ''Miracle Fish," ''The New Tenants."

24. Visual Effects: "Avatar," ''District 9," ''Star Trek."

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Sailing the seas to pirate metal Scotland’s Alestorm masters a new genre of metal

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staff writer Heavy metal is known for its wide variety of subgenres and their different characteristics that set them apart from one another.

Most of these differences are significant, ranging from lyrical content and imagery to technical details such as vocal styles and drum and guitar techniques.

At the same time, metal also has its fair share of the most bizarre and “out of this world” subgenres that separate each other marginally in terms of musical composition, but have very sharp and defining lines that divide each other aesthetically.

Alestorm, hailing all the way from Scotland, took the heavy metal world by surprise in 2004 with their unique yet bizarre piratemetal image. Alestorm, who were initially called Battleheart, composes music comprised of borrowed elements from symphonic metal, power metal and folk metal, but the general image of the band and the lyrics, struck a chord that was unheard of.

Its sound was refreshingly happy, yet the attitude and the image was filthy and badass. The world saw the first of its kind when Alestorm dropped its anchor. However, it was not until 2008, when Alestorm released their debut album “Captain Morgan’s Revenge,” that the band fully broke into the much larger stratosphere of the industry only known to the heaviest touring bands in the world.

Captain Christopher Bowes’ snarling vocals, backed by his story-tellerlike tone in the album, opened up the more conceptual side of the songs.

His power-metal-induced keyboard fury blends perfectly with axe-man Gavin Harper’s technical solos. Tin whistles, Jew’s harps and tambourines soft-coat the bass and drum explosions of Dani Evans and Ian Wilson, respectively.

While one song talks about gold coins, jewels and the nine pieces of eight, another focuses on terror on the high seas and a dying captain’s curse. With the occasional mention of a night after a mighty quest with pretty wenches and lots of mead, “Captain Morgan’s Revenge” proved Alestorm is a force to be reckoned with.

While the band could have possibly been mistaken for and buried amongst the tons of other joke bands, Alestorm’s skilled songwriting and technical dexterity lifted the band higher up on the scale to where metal fans can actually take the band very seriously. Songs like, “Nancy, the Tavern Wench”, “Over the Seas” and “Wenches and Mead” became anthems every metal fan raised their fists to. At the same time, the music was so undeniably metal that if you dropped the album in a pool, it would sink like an iron anchor dropped from the side of a pirate ship.

It took the band only another year to come up with something equally brutal, but with much better production and a

Scotland’s Alestorm sails muddy waters with ample helpings of alcohol and oceanic piracy.

heavier sound. “Black Sails at Midnight” released in May 2009, and it brought the band to a new level of success. Its rocked out version of “Wolves of the Sea”, the well produced video to the song “Keelhauled” off of the album and excessive touring in Europe and North America, brought the band the attention they deserved. However, the general musical composition included more of a heavy

metal sound than the previous album, possibly due to former bassist Dani Evans taking over guitar from Gavin Harper, who, after the release of the first album, left the band.

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‘Avatar’ overtakes ‘Titanic’ LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Cameron’s “Avatar” has sailed past his blockbuster “Titanic” to become No. 1 on the all-time domestic box-office chart.

“Avatar” climbed to $601.1 million domestically on Tuesday, putting it a fraction ahead of the $600.8 million haul for “Titanic.”

With more than $2 billion worldwide, Cameron’s sci-fi sensation shattered the global box-office record of $1.84 billion held by “Titanic” last week.

“When some said to us, ‘How is it going to feel to knock off ‘Titanic’? I think our response was, ‘It’s about time those guys got knocked off their perch,’” said Cameron’s producing partner Jon Landau on Tuesday, after “Avatar” tied for the lead at the Academy Awards with nine nominations, including best picture.

“Lightning is not supposed to strike twice. And it has. And it’s a pinch-me moment when you sit there and you hear that we’re going to break another record.

It’s beyond anything that we could have imagined,” he said.

Landau said he, Cameron and their collaborators have discussed sequel prospects but that nothing definite has been decided. Just before the release of “Avatar” in December, writerdirector Cameron said he had the “broad strokes for two more films.”

“This is set up to be a potential franchise,” Cameron had said in December. “It’s not like I’ve got scripts two and three teed up, ready to go, and I want to start at the end of January.

But it’s definitely part of the game plan.”

“Avatar” still has plenty of box-office life left. It passed $600 million domestically on its 47th day of release. Back in 1998, “Titanic” was at barely half that amount — $311 million — after its 47th day in theaters.

Factoring in today’s higher admission prices, “Titanic” still has sold more tickets than

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“Avatar.”

Adjusted for inflation, classics such as “Gone With the Wind,” ‘’Star Wars” and “The Sound of Music” still top the charts for most tickets sold.

Landau, a producer on both “Titanic” and “Avatar,” said he does not buy into inflationadjusted box-office rankings, adding that “every movie has to

stand in its own time.” “’Gone With the Wind’ didn’t have to compete with television.

‘Star Wars’ didn’t have to compete with DVDs. ‘Titanic’ didn’t have to compete with Blu-rays and satellite. So I think every film has to compete on its own merits,” Landau said.

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(507) 389-1776

For Rent

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Lost & Found

Roommates Wanted

5 or 4 or 3 or 2 or 1 BEDROOM houses/apartments available right now, some for next year.

Many to choose from. Check out our web site www.ottoh.com owner/agent or call 507-3403465.

4/29 2 BR IN MADISON LAKE. Soft water, private patio, $675/mo includes utilities. 507-344-0338.

2/9 DOWNTOWN MANKATO Devine Towers. 4-5 Br units. $340/Br. Washer/Dr yer/ Fireplace/ Disposal/DW. Avail August 1st. Call Gary 952-4515793.

3/4 3 BR TRIPLEX $350/ BR Utilities included.

Quiet neighborhood. 1003 N. 4th St. Available immediately or reserve for next year. Call 507380-9344.

2/4 UPGRADE FROM APARTMENT rental to spacious house life!

Available now for 2010-2011 school year; House for up to 5 people (3-4 bedroom). Large living and dining area, large bedrooms, extra refrigerator.

Some off-street parking. Lease runs Aug 1 to June 30. $1,200.00 plus utilities. Call 381-2111 or email mlmrentals@live.com. 2/9

WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? www.collegetownmankato.com A community of your own. 4/29 WE’RE NOT YOUR AVERAGE slumlord. www.rentmsu.net.

College houses available for rent.

4/29 THE TRAIN STOPS HERE! w w w.collegestationmankato. com. Free flat screen in every 5 bedroom.

4/29 RadRenter.com - Find a place to rent or post free listings at RadRenter.com.

TBA AVAILABLE AUGUST 1ST. F’s/M’s to share 5 Bedroom, 2 bath home, living room and den, large bedrooms with walkin closets, hardwood floors, individual leases, C/A, W/D, All utilities paid including TV & Internet $375-$405. 386-0236 or 381-7578.

2/28 FEMALES TO SHARE 5 Bedroom Victorian home in Historic Lincoln Park, 3 Baths, C/A, Off Street Parking, front & back porch. 330 Fulton $1775.00 plus utilities for whole house or individual leases upon request 507-3800121 or 507-386-0236 8-1.

2/25

House for rent 2 miles from Campus. 6 Bedrooms, Big yard, 2 car garage. $1750 + utilities. Avail Aug. 1st 507-3811773.

2/16

Lost - 5 year old left his Nintendo DS Lite at the basketball game in the Taylor Center on Friday night, 1/29/10.

If you found it and would like to make a little boy happy, please call Beth at 389-1608. A reward will be given.

2/16

Live like a Queen in this 3,000 square foot house.

Furnished shared living spaces includes leather furniture and a plasma TV. Hardwood floors, front and back porches, built in cupboards and character galore.

Rooms starting at $370.00 plus utilities. Email for pictures today at Julie@halloweencostumes. com. 507-380-0121 or 507-3860236 Available 8-1.

2/25 F/ FEMALES TO SHARE 2 Bedroom Apartment in duplex with own Washer and Dryer $310.00 to $325.00 per room plus utilities, 128 South 5th Street 507-380-0121 or 507-386-0236 Available 8-1.

2/25 F TO SHARE 2 BEDROOM OR 3 Bedroom Apt 1/2 block from MSU. C/A, W/D, Off street parking, Individual leases, $385.00$395.00 includes everything, utilities, TV & Internet. Available Aug 1st 386-0236.

2/25 F’S TO SHARE 6 BEDROOM, 3 bath home, furnished family room and living room, C/A, W/D, Off street parking, Individual leases $385.00-$405.00 per room includes utilities, TV and Internet. Available August 1st or sooner 386-0236.

2/25

For Sale

TEXTBOOKS BOUGHT & SOLD new and used, online buybacks.

Buy, sell, rent at cheapbooks. com (260) 399-6111, espanol (212) 380-1763, urdu/hindi/ punjabi (713) 429-4981, see site for other support lines.

2/16

Help Wanted

BARTENDERS WANTED! $250/ day potential. No experience necessary. Training available.

Age 18+ OK. Call (800) 9656520 Ext. 170. 4/29 ACTORS NEEDED TO READ For playwrights in Mankato. Free lunch. See: www.berWorkshop. com for details.

3/4 S T U D E N T PAY O U T S . C O M Paid Survey Takers needed in Mankato. 100% Free to join!

Click on Survey.

3/25

1129 Cross Street North Mankato, MN

Notices FREE SHOTOKAN KARATE Classes offered M/T/TH. 6-8 pm.

Dance room (HN 225) Beginners are welcome. Need not be a MSU student to join. For info call Brad @ (507) 388-5301 4/22 Used Bookstore: All types of leisure reading.

Bring in Filling Station coffee from across the street receive $1 off book purchase with student I.D. Once Read, 629 s. Front, Mon-Sat, 10-5.

2/4

Roommates Wanted YOU CAN’T GET ANY CLOSER F’s to share 5 bedroom 2 1/2 bath home 1/2 block from MSU at 232 Thayer, Large Bedrooms, Individual Leases, C/A, W/D, Off Street parking. All utilities paid including TV & Internet $395.00 to $420.00 per month Call 3860236. Available 8-1 2/25

Midwest Auto Pro's (507) 388-6895

We Offer Frame & Auto Body Repair & Automotive Diagnostics All Models Including Foreign

Ernie Zinke, Owner, CEO midwestautopros@hotmail.com

• Alignments • Suspensions • Transmissions • Brakes • Engines

BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR VIKINGS!

Looking for Something Flexible?

PT Awake Overnight, DSP, and FSS Staff Needed • Right next to campus at 1300 Block of Warren Street.

• Large 1500 square ft. split level design • Drive up parking to your front door • Full size washer & dryer in each apartment

4 & 5 Bedroom Units Still Available!

Email us at: kcpmleasing@yahoo.com Call us at: (507) 345-1599

LivingLinks is looking for Direct Support Professionals, hours include various shifts in the morning (as early as 6am)/afternoon/evening, and require every other weekend/holiday. The Family Support Specialist position hours include mornings (6a-9a) and additional day/evenings.

LivingLinks is also looking for a PT awake overnight staff to provide one-to-one care for an individual with developmental disabilities in a group home setting.

Duties include: trach care (suctioning, monitoring), peg tube monitoring and personal care. Applicants must have a valid driver’s license, good driving record, and a flexible schedule for all positions. Wage is $8.48-11.77/ hour. Hours are from 10p-8a, with the opportunity to work additional shifts.

Pick up an application at LivingLinks at 1230 N. River Drive (just off Hwy. 169) For more information about the position, please contact Stephanie at (507) 345-7458.

Or check out our website at www.livinglinks.org to download an application.

$10-$11 to start

NOW HIRING

Direct Support Staff to help up to 4 individuals with developmental challenges in area group homes.

Positions open include: - FT & PT 3p-10p - FT Awake Overnights - PT Sleep Overnights All positions include every other weekend.

HAUGBECK SUPPORT SERVICES

Apply at 125 Madison Ave or contact Paul at 385-6201

Renting for August 1 5 BEDROOM HOUSE

2 blocks from campus, washer, dryer, central air, garage. $1495 + utilities.

4 BEDROOM HOUSE

Washer, dryer, garage. $1280 + utilities.

3+ BEDROOM HOUSE

Washer, dryer, off-street parking. $995 + utilities.

Call Jim at (507) 345-2049

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