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Davenport discusses program cuts with MSSA

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A disastrous duo New study shows negative effects of mixing caffeine and booze

DANNIE HIGGINBOTHAM

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Minnesota State will soon know which programs are truly on the chopping block today, said MSU President Richard Davenport.

Davenport addressed the Minnesota State Student Association in open forum Wednesday, explaining that the university hasn’t seen a budget crisis of this magnitude in 30 years. Faculty who have to leave because of program cuts will have another full year left in the contracts before they need to leave and the university will help them relocate and find new jobs, Davenport said.

“For students impacted by the cuts, the university will stay with you and help you get the classes you need to graduate,” he said.

Qualified faculty members still have the opportunity to take an early retirement option, which could save “a lot of positions.”

After information regarding the cuts is released, concerned students and faculty will still have the opportunity to give feedback, but Davenport said it would be “hard to sway opinion.” “[The people making the decisions] have already put so much thought and involvement into the process,” he said.

Davenport also addressed the proposed changes for the College Access Program, which revolves around decentralizing the program and splitting it amongst the six different colleges. Instead of one recruitment specialist for everyone in the program, each college will have their own, who will go out and look for potential students interested in their programs.

“Is there fear that those [recruitment specialists] in the colleges will be untrained or

High-risk drinking has had a dangerous effect on college students for decades. Mixing the stimulant of energy drinks with alcoholic beverages can add even more fuel to the college binge drinking fire.

The $5 billion market for energy drinks is on the rise, and so is the number of college students mixing their alcohol with drinks such as Rockstar, Red Bull, Monster and Full Throttle. Although the collaboration of alcohol and large amounts of caffeine may seem appealing to many students, some are unaware of the dangerous affects the duo can have.

A recent study at the University of Florida showed that the amount of caffeine, amino acids, vitamins and herbal derivatives in energy drinks have raised concerns

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blaine taylor martin • msu reporter McNeil has bowled a perfect game more than 32 times in tournaments.

A perfect amateur MSU’s Matt McNeil houses a surprising talent for bowling BLAINE TAYLOR MARTIN

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To the untrained eye, Matt McNeil might look like any other college guy, but take a closer look at his ring and you start to see what makes him different.

The ring commemorates an occasion when McNeil bowled a perfect 300 game, a feat he has accomplished an astonishing 32 times in sanctioned tournaments and league play.

If you haven’t already guessed, McNeil is an amateur bowler, and a pretty darn good one at that.

McNeil started bowling at age two and immediately took to the game. After high school McNeil chose not to proceed directly to college but instead joined the Minnesota Junior Bowlers Tour, where scholarship dollars are awarded instead of cash.

By age 21, after winning 18 titles in Minnesota, 12 in Iowa and one in Wisconsin, McNeil had accumulated more than $35,000 for his education.

In 2006, McNeil obtained amateur status and enrolled at Minnesota State. That same year he became the first person ever to win both the Minneapolis and Saint Paul Masters events consecutively.

“It’s tough to balance time between bowling and school,” said McNeil. “You’re bowling all weekend in the Cities, then you have to get up and go to school Monday.”

With amateur status came the opportunity to win cold hard cash. In the winter of 2008, over the course of three days in Las Vegas, McNeil pocketed a cool $11,000, not bad for one weekend’s work.

More recently, McNeil captured three consecutive Central Bowlers Alliance titles in August, October and November. Last week he competed against 300 of the best amateur and professional bowlers in the world at the United States Bowling Congress Masters in Reno, Nev. McNeil placed 130, a disappointing finish by his

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about their potential health risks, predominantly in combination with alcohol. A major concern behind the mixture is tricking the brain into believing it’s not as intoxicated as it really is.

With names such as Jager Bomb (Jagermeister and Red Bull), these drinks involve all they entail, as they can be shots to destroy.

“The key concern is that when you mix these energy drinks with alcohol, you often don’t realize you’re as intoxicated as you really are,” said Roy Kammer, assistant professor and alcohol and drug studies coordinator. “In all actuality, you’re achieving a higher bloodalcohol level which is very problematic because it masks the

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dannie higginbotham • msu reporter Freshman Sharissa Williams and Victoria Williams get henna tattoos on their hands in the Centennial Student Union Wednesdsay.

The Student Association of Indian did free tattoos for the day.

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A guide to choosing the best dorms Underclassmen prefer Gage while seniors go for Sears ELENA SHUFELT

assistant news editor If living off the Minnesota State campus isn’t an option, then deciding which of the four dorms to live in can be a big decision. All of the dorms have something different to offer, so it’s up to students to decide what the best option is.

Caitlyn Cardetti is a sophomore living in Gage for the second year. Right now she is a community advisor, and she is going to live in Gage next year as well. She believes the students in there are more open to developing new friendships, which might be because they are mostly freshmen instead of upperclassmen with established social circles. Even though she thinks some of the other dorms have better amenities than Gage, she loves living there just for the social aspect.

Junior Sarah Kellner, sees Gage as a haven for freshmen as well.

“It is a great experience.

You get to meet so many different people living there.

Whereas here [Crawford] a lot of freshmen hang out with maybe a couple people on their floor,” said Kellner. She prefers living away from Gage as an upperclassman, but thinks all freshmen should live there for the experience.

Catherine Hughes, Assistant Director for Administration and Information Systems in the Department of Residential Life, said four factors affect students’ decision on where to live: program, location, amenities

and price.

One program residential life offers is the common interest floor. These are floors like quiet study, outdoor recreation, intercultural and co-ed, and students of any year can live in these. This can be a bigger deal to freshmen, but residential life has a variety of interest floors to offer, so be sure to look them over.

Hughes said some students might choose to live somewhere because it’s closer to the building with most of their classes. Other aspects, such as friends living in a certain dorm, can affect the location students prefer.

Considering the amenities of each dorm, Julia Sears might seem like the best choice because it is brand new and offers central heating and air along with more private bathrooms and newer furniture, don’t dismiss the renovated rooms. These rooms in Crawford and McElroy have new furniture too, along with air conditioning units in the windows and an updated layout.

The lounges on these floors are bigger and the kitchens are more modern as well. As for the basic rooms, they are just that—the basics. But every building has different interest floors, snack stores and layouts to offer, so the basics aren’t all that bad either.

Living on campus can be convenient because students don’t have to worry about cable or internet bills, pricey parking passes or maintenance issues.

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Kelsey Nelson, a freshman nursing major, browses for something to eat at the cafe in Julia Sears. of value to students, and it gives students what they need to be successful here at MSU,” Hughes said.

Cassie Kuglin is a senior who has lived in Crawford, McElroy and Julia Sears. Her recommendation for other seniors choosing to live on campus is Julia Sears because of the nice rooms and the connected, nearly-private bathrooms. While freshmen are allowed to live in Sears, MSU takes room requests for current residents first, so incoming freshmen only get the leftover rooms. She doesn’t think Sears is the best for everyone though.

“As a freshman or sophomore I would say Crawford was the best,” Kuglin said. She enjoyed the atmosphere it offered during

her time there. Also, the central location made it easier to see people and get to Carkoski Commons, the cafeteria for Crawford and McElroy.

As a sophomore, Melissa Krug chose to live off-campus, but these days works at the front desk in McElroy. As a freshman she lived in Julia Sears, but wouldn’t recommend that to others.

“The downside [of living there] is it does cost more and you don’t get to meet as many people,” Krug said.

Prices of dorms vary from about $4,000 to $7,000 per academic year depending on the room type. Meal plans are sold separately. The basic double in McElroy, Crawford and Gage is the cheapest and Julia Sears is

the most expensive. But every dorm has multiple room types of all different prices, so be sure to look at all of them before making a decision.

So here’s the verdict— stay away from Gage once sophomore year hits unless meeting people is a top priority.

Julia Sears is nice if a cafeteria isn’t a necessity and an updated, more private space is welcomed.

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A simple explanation from his professor parents changed Alex Grabowska’s life DANNIE HIGGINBOTHAM

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Many people come to college without the slightest clue of what they want to do with their lives. Some who come to school have been preparing for it their entire lives.

A freshman at Minnesota State, Alex Grabowska’s life has always involved Spanish in one way or another. Both of his parents are Spanish professors at MSU. His father Jim Grabowska is the department chair and his mother, Kimberly Contag, is a professor. She’s not teaching any classes this year, however, since she is the interim assistant vice president for Undergraduate Studies and International Education.

There are advantages and disadvantages to having both parents working on campus.

One perk Grabowska receives is free tuition. The downside, however, is the constant parental presence.

“For some people, having both parents on campus is bad,” said Grabowska. “Your parents always know where you are. Since I’m taking classes in their field, they can always know how I’m doing and what’s going on.”

When Grabowska was 13, his parents sent him to Spain for two months to live with

a host family and surround himself with Spanish. When he was 15, his family moved to Cuenca, Ecuador for 10 months. The move didn’t hit him as hard as it could have.

“After two months out of the country by myself, the move to Ecuador wasn’t as big of a change as it could’ve been,” he said.

Still, he questioned the move.

“It seemed unfair at first.

The first question I asked was ‘Why?’,” he said. “The best answer my parents gave me was ‘to learn’.”

His parents’ simple, two-word answer would end up influencing the way Grabowska lives his life. He did learn a lot in Ecuador, starting from the moment he stepped off the plane.

“You get out of the airport and notice that people walk differently, they look differently, they smell differently,” he said. “The buildings and billboards are different and by no means are Cuenca or Quito as clean as Mankato.”

While in Ecuador, Grabowska attended a German-Ecuadorian private school, where classes were taught mainly in Spanish.

“If you want a real challenge, try taking physics in Spanish,” he said.

Grabowska was born in

Oklahoma, but he only lived there for a few months before leaving for Spain with his parents, where they spent a few months doing research.

Though his family normally speaks English at home now, they spoke Spanish more during this time because of their work.

Grabowska’s first words were “Esto mommy, esto!”

— “This mommy, this!” He didn’t speak any English as a toddler.

“When we got back to Minnesota my grandma had a fit that I didn’t speak any English,” he said.

When he began preschool, we went to a school whose owner didn’t speak any Spanish and made no attempt dannie higginbotham • msu reporter to understand the language, Freshmen Alex Grabowska has already decided to study Spanish. He doesn’t so Grabowska picked up know if he wants to become a Spanish teacher or go into anthropology.

English. It eventually got to the point where he would If you want a real challenge, try taking cover his ears when he heard physics in Spanish.”

Spanish at home. He forgot most of his Spanish.

“Until I was about 10, the — Alex Grabowska, MSU student only words I knew in Spanish were the numbers 1-10, pato (duck), and agua (water), because those were the words my mom used during bathtime,” he said.

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Helping hunger in Haiti

Charity to raise money for disaster relief MARTI KLINSING

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Nepali Night Saturday YOONKI KIM

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Minnesota State’s NeStCom, Nepali Students’ Community, will hold Nepal Night in the Centennial Student Union Ballroom at 6 p.m. on Saturday.

Tickets will be sold at the entrance for $6 to MSU and K-12 students, and $8 for the general public. Children six years of age and younger enter and eat free.

“I think $6 for a meal and entertainment is not that expensive,” said Pawan Bhandari, the president of NeStCom. Bhandari said guests had better buy tickets earlier because they have sold out each of the last four years.

NeStCom will have ticket presale from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Thursday at Mav Ave. CSU. Tickets are also available in the International Center, CSU 250.

The organization will prepare six kinds of Nepalese traditional foods to serve from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The foods include Pulau (rice with herbs and vegetables), curry with goat meat, Paner Golbeda (cheese with tomato spices), Alu Cauli (cauliflower and potato with spices), Alu Ko

Aachar (potato, cucumber, and green peas with lemon spices), and Rasmalai (milk balls with, vinegar and sugar) for dessert.

Entertainment such as traditional songs and dance will start after the food is served and is likely to last until 10 p.m.

NeStCom has also prepared cultural booths to present Nepalese culture including pictures of Nepal, food, clothes and other customs. The booths will be downstairs while the food is served.

Nepalese souvenirs are available for purchase, but only during ticket presale.

“We’ve been really busy for a month preparing the event,” Bhandari said.

Bhandari said “Exploring Nepal” is the main theme of the event this time. Nepal has diverse culture and language countrywide.

“We have many cultural performances like dances from different regions in Nepal,” Bhandari said. “You will be able to explore Nepal, literally. I’m expecting it to be the best ever.”

The number of Nepali students in MSU is about 180, accounts for one-third of the total international student population at MSU.

The devastating earthquake that hit Haiti about last month has taken more than 230,000 lives, injured more than 300,000 and has left about five million Haitians homeless — more than half the population of the entire country.

Many Americans have joined the cause. Tim Stromer started up Kids Against Hunger in Mankato about five years ago.

submitted photo “I went to A child stands near one of the Kids Against Hunger feeding stations in Haiti.

Minneapolis with a youth group and just currently working in Haiti.

Kenton, Buddy Rich and had to bring it down Ritchie will discuss her many more. here,” he said. Since the “I’m excited because it’s experiences, the need for earthquake, Kids Against an awesome, fun way for the help and display personal Hunger, Mankato, has fed community to come together, photographs of her time in close to one million people.

Haiti. The second speaker raise money and join in the Next on the list for Kids will be Richard Proudfit, effort,” Vail said. “It will be a Against Hunger is the first the creator of Kids Against fun night.” annual Hearts for Haiti black tie benefit dinner, in which all Hunger, who will discuss how the organization has proceeds will go to shipping served more than 100 million meals to Haiti. servings of nutrient-rich foods “500,000 kids were to destitute children in 32 starving before the countries. The third speaker earthquake,” Stromer said will be Mankato’s very own “I would love to feed one Tim Stromer. million more kids with this “Hopefully this event benefit.”

It's time to apply for the 2010-2011 academic year scholarships! raises awareness and we The dinner is Feb. 28 in The scholarship application will be available from can ask people to commit the Centennial Student Union financially, or in anyway they ballroom. Each ticket is $84 February 1 - March 12, 2010 can, to support Haiti for the and can be found at both Cub and can be found online only at www.cob.mnsu.edu next six months,” Stromer Foods locations. said.

“This donation will feed a Following the speakers child one meal every day for will be the live auction. an entire year,” said Stromer, Kids Against Hunger will be who will be heading to Haiti auctioning off items such as this weekend. a six-day stay in a Montana “Only 23 cents [what it condo, a Hilton one-night costs to feed a child for a stay, a $100 to Scheels, a two day] is like us getting a small hour massage, a Number 4 coffee instead of a medium,” American Bar and Kitchen said Kids Against Hunger gift card, WOW! Zone gift intern Stephanie Vail. card, men’s and women’s The benefit dinner will watches, a mystery item and kick off with a social hour at much more.

5 p.m. followed by a dinner No black tie event would at 6:15 p.m. The dinner will be complete without live consist of an appetizer, the Kids Against Hunger chicken- music. The Real Big Band flavored rice with a vegetable, consists of 18 of the region’s top jazz players performing a a dinner role and a dessert. wide variety of contemporary Following the dinner will be jazz. The band performs three guest speakers. The music from the libraries first is Michelle Ritchie, of Gordon Goodwin, Stan a registered nurse who is

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Relax, you will still be able to graduate Programs announced to be cut will be phased out

The day faculty and students have been dreading has arrived.

The program cuts are being announced today and despite the heartache that will surely follow, MSU needs to prepare itself for what’s to come.

Concerned faculty, staff and students have had time to offer up their input and give their reasons why their programs should stay.

Their cases have been made and now it is judgment time.

Programs that were previously targeted that could get the ax include aviation, computer sciences and some undergraduate music programs among a variety of others.

This list was based purely on numbers — enrollment levels and costs — but with so many factors to access, it is

possible that administration could make some unexpected decisions.

It’s a shame the university had to go through all the programs and essentially judge which ones were the most viable when they all contribute to the university — and society — in some way or another. But the impending budget issue is statewide and with a $6 to $10 million shortfall in the forecast for MSU, there is no way around slimming down.

Cuts are not a first option, they are a last resort, and these results did not come from thin air.

The administration has executed a comprehensive, well-constructed process to reach these conclusions and it appears that they have given everyone the opportunity to be heard.

Although devastation could kick in for

those who see their programs eliminated or their budget hacked to unrecognizable proportions, students on campus now should take a breather.

MSU must phase out any program or department that is announced to be eliminated so that all students admitted be allowed to graduate.

In many areas of the university, students can expect to see more condensed course sections due to faculty and staff cuts, but as long as they proceed in a timely manner,they can rest easy knowing they will be able to complete their intended degrees.

The worst deficit in 30 years is no walk in the park, but MSU will get through it and as ugly as it may be, these cuts are a step in that direction.

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Olympic Obstacles

A huge sports fan that doesn’t watch the winter Olympics? Kyle Ratke explains, in his own weird ‘Ratke’ way.

KYLE RATKE | sports editor

Parents and grandparents of ours tell us stories of the past winter Olympics and talk about the 1980 US hockey team, the Nancy Kerrigan incident and maybe even tell us about some weird figure skating story before realizing that they were really describing “Blades of Glory.”

That’s when I realized something. I am a sports editor and the only damn thing I remember about the winter Olympics over the last decade is the name Apollo Anton Ohno. Do you know why I remember that name? Because he is a really good speed skater?

Maybe. But more than likely because it’s Apollo Anton Ohno, you don’t ever forget a name like that.

Side-note: Doesn’t it seem like every famous person has a famous name to go along with it? Think about every famous person. Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, Pewee Herman ...

The only exception I can think of is Phillip Seymour Hoffman. It’s just too long, doesn’t have that Tom Cruise ring to it.

Think. Nate Brennan? Psh, doesn’t have a chance.

Enough of that, back to business. How did the Olympics slowly slip from being one of the biggest events of the year to being something that even some of the biggest sports fans don’t care all that much about it?

There are some things that I do watch for during the Olympics.

1. Lindsey Vonn (from Minnesota) was in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition this past week, and wow … Let’s just say she is a very good-looking woman, but married (did my research.)

I would be willing to bet my Reporter’s paycheck that more than 40 percent of guys watch the women’s skiing events because they saw Vonn while taking a deuce in their bathroom. Really gross actually, but not at all unrealistic.

2. Watching someone fall on the way to class or even seeing someone fail a test next to you in class is generally a knee-slapper.

It makes you feel better about yourself and probably makes them feel worse. Now, think about

someone fail on national TV, in front of the whole world.

This athlete has spent the last four years working his or her ass off for their country and they have just failed in front of everyone.

Imagine the agony on their face.

Think about someone’s face right before they’re about to puke, that’s what I would imagine this looks like, and thinking “Well, shit. That didn’t go very well. I dropped out of school, held off marriage and didn’t drink for the last four years. This was an awful decision.”

Better luck next year. Oh, wait, never mind.

3. Bode Miller can be an alcoholic and still win medals. I love America.

4. This is going to sound awful, and I will try to sound as sensitive as I can. But think Nascar for a minute. People love to see cars crash, they just do. The same goes when you see a skier fall or snowboarder fall, there is some sort of excitement to it. It gets you up. It makes you look for replays, Youtube it or try to reenact it drunk in front of your friends.

This year’s Olympics started with a death of a young luger, an awful way to start. My condolences go out to his family, but how many people went to NBC to check for a quick replay of this?

People are fascinated by crashes.

Sad, but true.

But unfortunately, these four reasons are awful reasons to watch anything (minus Vonn) and really there are too many negative things about the Olympics that turn me off.

It’s too dull, too boring and too old. Nobody cares about half of these events anymore.

Case in point: Curling. I have watched curling for more than three hours before. When I was done I felt like it was a Sunday morning and I just got done drinking Smirnoff and UV Blue the entire weekend. Sure, it was the only thing on and it may have tasted good, but God, I feel like a complete loser now. I could have watched TLC and drank Karkov and received less crap.

Here’s a list I made during

photo illustration by dan moen Bet you didn’t know Ratke figure skates in his spare time? Yep, he wears that costume out to parties.

class today along with some help.

• I know that they pick the Olympics location a million years ahead of time and it’s impossible to predict the weather, but I got this message from MSU student Tony Vroman on my Twitter (kyle_ratke) and it made me laugh: “49 of the 50 U.S. State received snow last week, but Canada had to postpone Olympic events due to lack of snow.”

Apparently, the Olympic Gods hate us.

• We need new events. Sorry if I am not intrigued by watching a man skate around wearing bird feathers. I don’t even get it. Who is at home having a “Let’s Watch Figure Skating” party? If you are, I want

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an invite. I need to know what this is all about.

Let’s get an event where we put someone from every country on Lake Superior and make him or her find a fishing hole. Better yet, there will only be one fishing hole. This could be a four-day event.

Everyone would watch this.

Winter is depressing. The only time I felt good about winter was after seeing Vonn in the swimsuit edition. Hey, if she is half-naked in the snow, why can’t I be? Nope, still cold. Name one sexy thing about the winter? There is nothing. I like ice fishing, tubing and throwing snowballs at cars, but after that there’s nothing but frozen car batteries and flat tires. Winter

never really had a chance.

And finally...

• I know that NBC has the official rights to the Olympics, but damn it, I don’t like watching ESPN and having them explain to me what happened by showing me photos.

“Hey Kyle, did you see that sweet hockey photo on Sportscenter?” Nobody will ever ask this. I need videos, and I need them now.

Now, if you love the Olympics, more power to you. But I refuse to watch sports I have never heard of (what is the biathlon?)

Someone tell me what that is.

— Kyle Ratke will be watching figure skating and drinking UV Blue this weekend.

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LEARN ‘If one person knows the answers, the whole class knows’ continued from 3 first time.

Classes in Spanish were difficult, and after a while Grabowska said his teachers stopped grading his papers.

“Everything in Ecuador is graded out of 20,” he said.

“In my school, if you cheated, you automatically received a 5 out of 20. I would do the work and get 3 out of 20. I could have obviously looked at someone else’s paper and shouted ‘Hey look, I’m cheating!’ and done better.”

Though teachers think cheating is out of control here, it is even more rampant in Ecuador.

“If one person knows the answers, the whole class knows,” Grabowska said, adding that many students didn’t like him since he wouldn’t help them cheat.

“The students wouldn’t sell each other out,” he said.

Grabowska recalled one instance when a girl passed a cheat sheet to a boy and the teacher caught him. The note was written in girl’s handwriting in pen, and the boy was writing in pencil, but the boy adamantly denied that someone had passed him the answers.

The biggest shock people from Mankato would get in Ecuador or any other country, he said, is the shock of finding out there are people different from themselves.

People from here [the U.S.], more than any other country, they just don’t get it,” Grabowska said. “There’s a common mentality that people are poor because they are too lazy to get jobs.”

He added that many Americans are ignorant to the world, since they don’t have that “country next door” mentality. Many people, he said, “don’t care or don’t want to leave.”

“It’s so frustrating to me,” he said. “Get out and study, because going on a vacation is not the same . If [the experience] was so big to me, it will be big to you, maybe even more. I’m not that unique.”

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DISASTROUS The idea of mixing alcohol with a stimunlant isn’t new continued from 1 depressant effects of alcohol that often help to decrease the risk of overconsumption.”

The mixture of energy drinks and alcohol is one of the most dominant drinking trends and is affecting the way college students consume drinks.

However, another concern is the way in which this message is addressed to the public. The UF study was just one of a few studies done on the combination of energy drinks and alcohol and was the first field study where the natural drinking environment was uncontrolled.

“The idea of mixing alcohol with stimulants is not new at all, and people are always looking for a more potent answer,” Kammer said. “The major problem is that the sweet tastes of energy drinks cause a

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masking effect, tricking your mind into thinking you can’t taste the alcohol. There are big misconceptions that the two cancel each other out, when in all reality the system is just as subjectively depressed — they just objectively don’t feel it right away.”

For the study, the UF researchers approached more than 800 randomly selected bar patrons leaving Gainesville bars and clubs between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. Participants were asked about their energy drink and alcohol consumption and also had their breath-alcohol concentration levels measured.

According to the study authors, the average breath-alcohol level for patrons who mixed alcohol and energy drinks was 0.109, well above the legal limit of 0.08.

The researchers also found that patrons who consumed alcohol mixed with energy drinks left the bar later in the evening, engaged in drinking for a longer period of time, consumed more drinks and reached higher levels of intoxication than those who did not consume energy drinks.

Matt Smith, an MSU communication studies student, said that he has never been too concerned with the negative effects of alcohol and energy drinks.

“I’ve never really heard or thought about the harmful affects of combining the two,” Smith said. “There are so many more serious drugs out there than caffeine, like cocaine and ecstasy, and people don’t always suffer consequences even from

these severe drugs. I’ve always just thought of energy drinks as another chaser in any situation and don’t use them for energetic purposes.”

Alternatively, MSU Biology student Kelly Minnick has been exposed to the harmful affects the combination can have on the body.

“When I first started drinking, I loved the combination of Rockstar energy drinks and vodka,” Minnick said. “After several episodes, I realized it intensified my drunk, caused blackouts and I always felt extremely sick and jittery the next day. After eliminating energy drinks and drinking less, I learned you don’t have to drink Rockstar to party like one.”

Asche, the executive director of the Minnesota State University Student Association, soon to discuss their concerns with MSUSA’s $1,000 allocation to each university for an on-campus diversity conference.

Rajabali and Dooley were

quoted in the Reporter last week expressing their feelings against the idea, since MSU gives more funding to the organization.

They said the university, along with St, Cloud State, are “getting a really bad deal.”

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unwilling [to help students]?” asked Off Campus senator Juan Muñoz.

Davenport said that, while there is some concern, the university intends to seek out the most qualified specialists they can to work with students.

He also promised to target the most at-risk youth, ones who have the little chance of going to collage without motivation and encouragement.

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BOWLING The article’s author loses terribly to McNeil with a final score of 228 to 94 continued from 1 standards.

Sure, McNeil can compete alongside the best bowlers in the world, but how will he fare against an aspiring journalist and self-proclaimed “all-around good athlete?”

The stage is set for a showdown. The scene: the Maverick Bullpen, 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday. At stake: only pride and bragging rights.

McNeil roars out of the gate, throwing five

consecutive strikes, as the once-confident journalist’s skills betray him, yielding only one spare in the first five frames.

Faced with almost certain humiliation, the unscrupulous writer has only one option open to him: foul play.

Using the only weapon available, the resourceful scribe foils McNeil’s flawless game with a well-timed flash of his camera. Undeterred,

McNeil calmly picks up the spare.

Even after his foe’s blatant attempt to cheat, McNeil is still quick to offer pointers and encouragement.

“You got this,” he says before each of the journalist’s failed spare attempts.

Unable to spark a rally in the second half of the game, the journalist is resigned to defeat. The final score, 228 to 94. McNeil offers some

consolation.

“It’s tough when you have to use the equipment they have here,” he says.

In addition to being a most gracious winner, McNeil is also a good student. He is majoring in law enforcement with a minor in alcohol and drug studies. Professor Mark Robbins has instructed McNeil in several of his core classes.

“He’s always prepared and

willing to participate in class discussions,” Robbins said.

“He brings a good attitude to police work.”

McNeil’s success on the bowling circuit does not surprise Robbins in the slightest.

“The kid’s got a lot of talents. Did he tell you he’s a self-taught pianist?”

No, in fact, he had not.

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Winning out may be the only chance MSU has of making NSIC tourney DEREK WEHRWEIN

State victory — the 14-10 (9-8) Warriors take on 12-12 (6-11) Bemidji State Jennie Noreen isn’t quite at full — would virtually end MSU’s chance strength yet after spraining an ankle in at getting in. practice recently.

“Saturday is a must win for us,” But the sophomore guard, who’s senior guard Tiffany Moe said. “It’s a been playing limited minutes since the huge game.” Noreen agreed, calling the injury, will be ready to go Saturday game “crucial.” regardless of the ankle.

The Mavericks (13-11, 8-9) find The game that day is simply too themselves in this position after important. dropping both their games last week, The Minnesota State including a 69-67 nailwomen’s basketball team biter at St. Cloud State. is playing at 6 p.m. at Coach Pam Gohl held at Southwest Minn. St. a team meeting folSouthwest Minnesota 6 p.m. Sat. State, a team tied with lowing the losses, with Winona State for seventh the team’s intensity Marshall, Minn. place in the Northern serving as a topic of Sun Intercollegiate Conference. MSU special scrutiny. is ninth, one game behind the Mustangs “In practice we have moments where and one spot away from making the we give it our all and times where we conference tournament. don’t, and that shows up on the court,” “You can tell,” Noreen said of the at- said Noreen, who’s third on the team mosphere at practice this week. “Every- in scoring at 12 points per game. Moe, one’s getting on each other and we’re meanwhile, described the meeting as an taking each possession more seriously.” effort to “put us on the same page.”

For good reason: a loss on Saturday MSU can take comfort in the fact would cripple MSU’s effort to get into it defeated Southwest Minnesota State dan moen • msu reporter the conference tournament.

A loss on Tiffany Moe (12) is the only starter on the Mavericks that started during last year’s playoff Women’s Hoops / page 12 Saturday combined with a Winona run. The Mavericks will need some help to make the postseason this year. staff writer

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A lot on the line from here on out Mavericks control their own destiny with only three games remaining

break from the game.

Hodges, who was hurt before Christmas break, came back strong for the Mavericks and is averaging Bad news for the Mavericks: seven points per game off the bench. they lost a game which could have The bench has been clutch for clinched them into first place of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Confer- the Mavericks thus far this year, but more importantly players like ence and the region.

Hodges have been more important Good news for the Mavericks: — taking the role that is given him they have a chance this weekend to and turning it into an opportunity. redeem themselves, and with a loss “I just try to stay from St. Cloud agressive whether I am State and Mesa starting or coming off the State, they could at Southwest Minn. St. bench,” Hodges said. “I clinch the NSIC 8 p.m. Sat. just want to help the team and overtake Marshall, Minn. succeed any way I can. first place in the Whether it’s rebounding region. or defending. It doesn’t matter to me The Minnesota State basketball team has just one game this weekend whether I am starting or coming off the bench.” at 8 p.m. on Saturday against SouthOffense hasn’t been a problem for west Minnesota State. the 22-2 Mavericks lately, as they “Having one games this week have scored over 80 points in every helps us out a little bit,” said junior game this season but five. guard Cam Hodges. “We’re all Defense has been an issue of late banged up and not have back-tofor MSU. St. Cloud State put up 92 back games is a good thing. It gives points against the Mavericks last us time to heal up.”

Head coach Matt Margenthaler game, it was the first time a team has msu athletics • sports pix gave the players Monday off, giving Cam Hodges is one of the new additions who have made a big difference for the Mavericks in 09-10. his players a mental and physical Men’s Hoops / page 12 KYLE RATKE

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earlier this season. Noreen and Moe combined for 40 points in the Dec. 5 match up, which the Mavericks won relatively easily, 74-62.

But that game was at home, and as the season’s progressed it’s become apparent the Mavericks are a different team away from Bresnan Arena.

They’re 2-9 on the road this season and have dropped five straight away games. Their last win on the road came on Jan. 8 against Upper Iowa.

“We haven’t been very successful [on the road],” said Moe, who’s averaging 13 points per game and leads the team in assists with 125. “It’s kind of a problem for us, going on the road, and two out of our next three games are road games.”

Moe indicated staying focused this weekend is the key to avoiding another road loss.

With their season likely on the line Saturday, against a team one game ahead in the conference standings, that shouldn’t be a problem.

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RECAP: Minnesota State returns to the ice for only their third game four weeks, Friday against Alaska-Anchorage. The Mavericks had a bye week after a pair of home losses to Minnesota-Duluth Jan. 15-16 and then when up to Hough- s ton, Mich. and split with Michigan Tech two weeks ago. MSU is rested and excited to play at home for the first time in s more than a month as the schedule hits the homestretch.

i “Momentum is huge going into the playoffs,“ said senior Zach Harrison. “We want to be playing our best hockey and w a peaking at the end of the regular season.”

T HISTORY: MSU is 31-20-6 all-time against Anchorge. Senior forward Jerad Stewart scored four goals in a 8-2 Maver- d c icks win on Nov. 20 in Anchorage. The Seawolves won 4-1 the next night. s

NO SMILES IN MADTOWN: The Mavericks found themselves up by a goal against Wisconsin each night last week- f end in Madison, but the Badgers made sure those leads wouldn’t last. Wisconsin won 4-3 and 8-4. Kael Mouillierat and t Kur Davis each finished the weekend with a goal and two assists for the Mavericks. Phil Cook finished Friday’s game w with 40 saves and 12 saves before he got pulled before the end of the second period Saturday. r ANCHORAGE NOTES: The Seawolves are led offensively by senior forward Kevin Clark (16-11—27). Their goaltender Jon Olthius has the worst save percentage (.875) in the nation among goalies who have played in at least 33 percent of his team’s minutes and his below-average goals against average is 3.49. The Seawolves were off last weekend but had No. 4 St. Cloud State on the ropes in a game two weeks ago. Anchorage led the Huskies, 4-3, but SCSU scored with a second on the clock. The Huskies shut the Seawolves out, 6-0, the next night.

including three top-five finishes.

Freshman Robert Gunderson also competed and finished in sixth place with a total of 4.476 points. He finished with top-ten finishes and was tied for first in the 60-meter hurdles and second in the long jump.

Women’s track and field MSU senior Brittany Henderson was named Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Athlete of the Week earlier this week.

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This is her second career Athlete of the Week award.

Sport shorts: MSU men’s and women’s track and field The Minnesota men’s track and field team competed in the NSIC Multi Event on Monday hosted by Northern State.

The leader for the MSU men was junior Lucas Torres.

Torres finished the event with 4,550 points. He finished in the top-ten in all seven events,

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BACKES UPDATE: Former MSU star David Backes scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal for the United States in Tuesday afternoon’s 3-1 preliminary round victory against Switzerland at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Backes took a rebound off USA goalie Ryan Miller’s pad and raced psat everyone down the near boards, cut h across at the bottom of the left circle and beat Swiss goalie Jonas Hiller on the forehand. The States face off against m Norway at 2 p.m. today in prelim game No. 2 before going for the upset against the hosting Canadians, Sunday night. s

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Southwest is currently sits in eighth place in the NSIC with an 8-9 conference record and a 13-10 overall record.

The Mustangs may be more difficult to play being they are currently fighting for a playoff spot.

Only the top-eight teams from the conference are invited to the NSIC tournament. The winner of that tournament receives an automatic bid, while the other teams will have to open they are chosen by the selection committee.

The Mavericks realize that they are nearly promised a spot in the tournament, but playing at home is extremely important to them. Both MSU losses came on the road this season.

“We would like to be home. That’s where we are more comfortable,” Hodges said. “We will play anywhere though. We feel fine as a team having to go somewhere else to play ... All we are trying to do is focus on one game at a time. Everyday at practice we try to fix things. For us it’s just about going one day at a time.”

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Vonn recalls her beginnings (AP) — Lindsey Vonn got her start on a modest hill on the outskirts of Minneapolis, a place where boys and girls grab a rope tow to get to the top — just like the one that carried the future Olympic gold medalist nearly 20 years ago.

Vonn was little Lindsey Kildow back then, just a 6-year-old learning to ski at Buck Hill under the eye of her father Allen, a competitive skier himself and a coach for the Buck Hill ski team.

Now 25, Vonn gave the little ski area a thrill Wednesday when she became the first American woman to win the Olympic downhill, beating teammate Julia Mancuso by more than a half-second on the slopes outside Vancouver.

“This little hill produced a lot of good skiers,” said Erich Sailer, who taught Vonn at Buck Hill and continues to coach there. Sailer, a member of the U.S. Ski Hall of Fame, also coached three-time Olympian Kristina Koznick and two-time Olympian Tasha (Nelson) McCrank.

“I could see she had the same potential, but I didn’t know that she would be that good,” Sailer said.

Vonn learned the slalom at Buck Hill, Sailer said. By the time she was 13, the blossoming skier and her family moved to Vail, Colo., where she intensified her downhill training.

Vonn won gold in the women’s downhill on Wednesday.

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MSU Women’s Hockey Gameday Lee Handel • staff writer

North Dakota (7-19-4, 6-18-2 WCHA) at Minnesota State (6-19-5, 4-17-5-3 WCHA) 7:07 p.m., Friday • All Seasons Arena 3:07 p.m., Saturday • All Seasons Arena RECAP: The Minnesota State women’s hockey team concludes regular season play this weekend with a home series against the North Dakota Fighting Sioux. This is a matchup of the bottom two teams in the conference. However, both teams have been playing well as of late and do not want to begin the WCHA Playoffs as the lowest seed. The Mavericks currently hold a two-point edge over the Sioux in conference play, 16 to 14. The Mavericks are coming off a series split at Wisconsin in which they beat the Badgers for the first time in program history. They also split with St. Cloud State two weeks ago. The Sioux have also split their last two series against Bemidji State and Ohio State.

HISTORY: The Mavericks swept the Sioux in Grand Forks way back in mid-October in their first series of conference play. They won the first game 4-2 and then completed the sweep with a 2-1 shootout victory the following day. The Mavericks have had their fair share of success against the Sioux, leading the all-time series 16-5-3.

MSU NOTES: The Mavericks’ recent strong play is due primarily to their offense and defense finally coming together and playing well at the same time. It also helps to have a hot goaltender, as sophomore Alli Altmann is currently playing at the top of her game. Altmann tallied a career-high 48 saves in the Mavericks’ 5-3 triumph over the Badgers last weekend. This came just a week after she posted her first shutout of the season with a 4-0 win against SCSU. This success earned her WCHA Defensive Player of the Week honors earlier this week. The Mavericks had three players with multiple points in the victory over Wisconsin. Senior captain Kala Buganski had two goals and an assist, freshman forward Lauren Zrust had two goals, and sophomore blueliner Jenna Peterson had two assists for her first two points of the season… Senior forward Christina Lee is just two assists shy of tying the team record… Junior forward Nina Tikkinen scored two goals in Finland’s 3-0 victory over Russia in the Vancouver Olympics last weekend.

UND: The Sioux are led in goals and assists by sophomore forward Alyssa Wiebe (9-19—28). They also have solid goaltending, led by sophomore Jorid Dagfinrud with a 2.20 goals against average and a .925 save percentage.

PREDICTION: With the exception of a win against Bemidji State, Minnesota has lost every game in which it didn’t score the first goal. Get an early goal on Kangas and he along with his defense crumbles. MSU has more first period goals than anyone in the WCHA. The first 20 minutes of each game could tell a lot about the outcome.

PREDICTION: Both teams are hard to read and makes a prediction a tall task. The U has its worst loss in history and beats the No. 7 team in the country. MSU is rolling, but hasn’t faced a .500 team since Colorado College three weeks ago. Lets just say both teams win their home game and we’ll see what happens.

LITTLE TIDBIT: The seven seniors on the Mavericks want to go out on a high note at home this weekend and they have a good chance to against the lowly Sioux. However, goals will likely come at a premium this weekend, as both teams are currently receiving hot goaltending. All the Mavericks have to do to finish above the Sioux is win once this weekend, and expect them to do so.

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Mavericks excited to be back at home Wrestlers at home for first time since in nearly three weeks PAT DELANEY

staff writer It has to feel good to be home for the Minnesota State wrestling team. After competing on the road in three of their last four meets, the Mavericks will be home against St. Cloud State on Friday.

“It’s really neat competing in our own arena,” said freshman Robby Fisher. “I try to make the match fun, give the crowd something worth watching.”

In what should be one of the most entertaining meets of the season, the Mavericks will have a great opportunity to jump ahead of St. Cloud State in the NSIC standings. The Huskies also will have a great deal to gain from a victory.

Despite a better conference record, SCSU trails MSU by one spot in the national rankings and will likely move ahead of the Mavericks No. 9 spot with a victory. The Mavericks know that there will be no excuse not to bring their best effort when they walk into the Taylor center.

“St. Cloud has been gunning for us all year,” senior

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Wilson is one of three seniors who will be walking into the Taylor Center for the last time, along with Travis Elg and Darren Olsen. There would be no better way for the group to go out than with a big victory against their rival.

The Mavericks will have their hands full, though. The Huskies have three wrestlers ranked in the top five throughout their middle weights, and five ranked nationally altogether. This is the kind of meet that both teams mark on their calendar each year.

“There’s a lot of motivation and a lot of pride in this dual,” head coach Jim Makovsky said. “They’re a rivalry in every sport.”

It won’t just be SCSU the Mavericks will see this weekend. On Saturday, MSU will travel to Marshall where

they will take on Southwest Minnesota State. The Mustangs only have one win in conference this season, which came against the winless University of Mary.

The Mavericks have hit some bumps on the road this year, by beating the Huskies at home and then taking care of business against SMSU will give MSU three straight victories. That would be a season-high dan moen • msu reporter this year for the Brady Wilson (right) has his eyes set on an individual national championship.

Mavericks and should give them get our guys feeling confident to believe they can’t win it great momentum heading into and prepared, trusting what again. the postseason. coaches are saying, teammates MSU will compete against “It’s been an up-and-down are saying, and trusting themSt. Cloud State Friday at 7 season for us,” Makovsky said. selves.” p.m. in the Taylor Center. They “We haven’t quite punched The Mavericks have won will then compete at Southwest through yet but I am 100 perregions the last three years and Minnesota State Saturday at 3 cent sure we will. The mental with two strong performances p.m. part is so important at this this season, there is no reason stage of the season. I want to

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web photo with illustration ‘The Wolfman’ and ‘Valentine’s Day’ show two sides of love — both ghastly in their own unique ways.

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staff writer Skimming over the newest film releases from last weekend, one may consider the two debuting titles polar opposites. One was banking on the power of the holiday to pull people in, willing or not, and the other served as a numbing agent, fodder for the escapist unfortunate/blessed to not have a significant other to celebrate with.

Yes, in many ways “Valentine’s Day” and “The Wolfman” are strangers who will never meet; but, through the forces of their shared fairytale world and stylish takes on humanity and its eternal struggle — with love, with envy, with one another — the two films marry

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harmoniously, once upon a time.

“Valentine’s Day,” directed

by Garry Marshall, is a mash-up of stories spanning the entirety of the holiday, all of which weave together to create the movie equivalent of a hammock. Feeling like it could come apart at any minute, we start to question whose handiwork we trusted; but, while trying to stay as perfectly balanced and motionless as possible so as not to cause collapse, we forget reality and are absorbed in a frothy, fastpaced, pink dream world.

Played out by an almost hedonistic ensemble from Taylors Lautner and Swift to Queen Latifah, the film showcases new couples; old

couples; couples meant to be; couples breaking up; couples coming together; every sort of pairing one can think of when it comes to love — romantic, maternal and friendly. It’s dizzying.

With so many characters, almost all with recognizable faces, one spends the movie racking over previous scenes to remember specific people and their storylines. This distraction is worsened by the frivolous casting, which has each actor playing a pseudo-self, not a character.

It’s Ashton Kutcher playing Ashton Kutcher getting paid for probably three days of shooting.

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In a corner booth of Pub 500, trivia night is in full swing. The lighting is dim but the seats buzz with life as waitresses hustle between tables. My team huddles close in our booth, packing four on each side.

Across the aisle is Slim Pickens, our nemesis team of fifty-yearold wine drinkers. The one with a leather jacket smirks and tells us a dirty joke involving a pirate and a one-legged woman.

Beyond them are a slew of regulars and newcomers alike, preparing their white slips for a battle of wits.

This is the routine every Thursday night when Pub 500 holds its weekly bar trivia for prizes, coupons and glory. The trivia itself — chosen from a variety of sources — ranges in questions from ’30s baseball to ’90s politics. With something for everyone, it is no surprise that Pub 500 has become home to the most popular bar trivia in town.

The game has begun. A playful female voice hits the loudspeakers asking if we are ready for another night of bar trivia. The response is unanimous. The man in the leather jacket slips out his customary box of Mike And Ikes, but keeps it beneath the table. We all take long pulls of our drinks.

First question: What country has two triangles on their flag signifying their two national religions of Daoism and Buddhism?

Compared to other bar trivia, Pub 500’s appeals to a mixed crowd. “[There’s] no target audience,” said Pub 500 manager Jay Reasner. “We are open to anyone who wants to play trivia.”

With a refreshingly large demographic of actual adults (a.k.a. people over 25), the atmosphere contains a sense of maturity and easiness all too often lacking in Mankato’s downtown. More closely resembling the actual world instead of a youthful bubble of vomit and street fights, Pub’s trivia offers a scene where everyone can enjoy a drink together and butt heads in educational competition.

As the first round comes to a close, the voiceover requests all the answer slips. Chosen by the third-grade grade ritual of ‘nose goes,’ I walk through the collection of teams packed shoulder to shoulder on bar stools, booths and high chairs.

While waiting in line, I ask a fellow patron what brings him to Pub’s bar trivia. “[It’s a] way to engage in bro-mance,” said Mankato resident Bill Sinclair. “It’s an atmosphere that allows different ages to have fun with friends and play trivia.”

Although the prizes may be scarce (mostly coupons for Pub breakfast with the exception of first, second and third) no one seems to mind. A tradition has been established in the four short years Pub has held its

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Bands battle at Buster’s for big prize MITHILA MANGEDARAGE

staff writer Buster’s Sports Bar and Grill has earned its reputation within the Mankato community as a venue that organizes a variety of unique and different events every month. Midget Wrestling, Hairball, a Tom Petty Tribute and Trampled By Turtles, which drew a near sell-out crowd, were a few of the events from their busy calendar last month.

Buster’s also organized a “Battle of the Bands” contest.

And after having a few monthly

preliminary events, they are eagerly looking forward to the grand finale on the March 11.

The event starts at 9.30 p.m. and Jeff Kuchenbecker, the general manager of Buster’s, said, “People are going to love all the different genres of music that are going to be played at this event.”

The finale will feature five bands from the previous preliminary events. According to Kuchenbecker, the crowd will get a taste of everything from reggae to bluegrass to heavy

metal. A turnout of at least 300 is expected, and the bands will be provided with their own business cards by the organizers — so it is safe to assume there will be a bit of a “battle of the fans” along with the main event.

Co-organizing and judging the event with Buster’s are Pachyderm Studio, Full Moon productions, and the official media sponsor for the event, 95.7 The Blaze. The winner of the competition will get $500 from Buster’s, a headlining performance at the bar,

additional booking opportunities from Full Moon Productions, recording time at Pachyderm Studio and a one track placement in their 2010 studio compilation.

It is not surprising then that with so much up for grabs for the winner, and the $100 reward from Buster’s for the winner of each preliminary, the competition has attracted acts from the Twin Cities and other cities outside the greater Mankato area taking part in the event.

This is not the first time Buster’s has done an event of this caliber. Two years ago, they organized a mini battle of the bands competition for Jam Fest, an event that featured bands both indoors and outdoors. Even though an updated list of bands to perform at the finale is not available yet since there is one more preliminary left, taking place Friday, Kuchenbecker believes this year the “Battle of the Bands” will only be bigger and better.

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PUB 500 Trivia, grab beers and a chance to step out of the ‘youthful bubble of vomit and street fights’ continued from 15 trivia. It is something that seems to bring people together, which is rare in Mankato’s downtown where the business’ dynamic seems always centered around overindulgent college students.

Taking a seat back beside my comrades we joke about our answers. We listen for the scores, for the voiceover to give back our slips, and to be disappointed as we always are about our lack of proper education.

While most of Pub’s specials are all held day every day, one is available only during trivia — the grab beer. The premise of the special is simple, you pay two dollars and you get a random beer from inside a cooler. Sometimes it is Miller, sometimes Guinness Stout.

Sometimes domestic, sometimes imported. Sometimes known, sometimes not. And with Pub’s impressive catalog of beers, the possibilities are enticing.

“It’s kinda fun,” said Minnesota State student Danny Anderson. “It’s like a game. An organized, restaurant-permitted drinking game. Plus, getting a shitty grab beer is better than ordering a shitty beer.”

The waitress comes around and we all order a grab beer.

When she comes back it is first come first serve. Last bottle standing is almost always a known beer, Miller or Bud Light. New tastes are frequent; at least we are learning something.

After a new round has started, the voiceover announces the five-dollar bonus question.

The correct answer will directly result in a gift certificate worth enough to buy a side order of Pub’s delicious homemade Pub chips, or two grab beers.

At the end of the night, once all of the bottles are empty and our answers have become increasingly erratic, the voiceover repeats the night’s scores, giving everyone a rundown of the night’s mindgrueling events. The results are not impressive. We watch other teams cheer in celebration, claiming their gift certificates and clinking their drinks.

Getting up from our booth, whether it is consciousness of my blind ignorance or heavy inebriation, I still feel satisfied with my night. The man in the leather jacket tips his head to me on the way out — Mike And Ikes in hand — and I nod back, to one of Mankato’s best-kept secrets.

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VALENWOLF V-Day weekend movie releases offer different takes on love, one beastly and one about a beast: ‘the two films marry harmoniously’ for better or worse (but mostly worse ...) continued from 15 than celebrities who pretend to be people with normal lives is the film’s stylish take on reality and the reality of love. Traditionally, I realize, romance is not though thought of as dingy, gritty or at anytime sad, but “Valentine’s Day” ignores the love found outside the rich and comfortable. Here, love is exclusive to the prim and privileged, to people with jobs and homes, to the beautiful, the well-liked and the well-dressed.

In “Valentine’s Day,” love can eat you alive. In “The Wolfman,” it actually does.

Set in late 19th-century England, “The Wolfman” starts with the death of Ben Talbot, torn to pieces by an unknown force. His fiancé Gwen (Emily Blunt) writes to Ben’s brother Lawrence (Benicio Del Toro), seeking his help in the face of the mysterious tragedy. Arriving at the Talbot mansion, Lawrence vows to stay until the secret of his brother’s death, and the existence of an accursed beast, are put to rest.

Like “Valentine’s Day,” “The Wolfman” relies heavily on a stylized reality; except, instead of constant sunshine and rosy cheeks, it is a place of shadow and grays. Curiosity and suspense intertwine, promising stability with a strong design and throwback quality, but where the film heels in its first half, it runs off the leash in the second.

Shortly into the film, Lawrence is attacked and bitten by a savage creature.

The rest of the first half has him slowly coming under the curse of the werewolf, which grants him supernatural powers and beast-like lust.

Director Joe Johnston does a good job leading into Lawrence’s ultimate transformation at the end of the month, meanwhile keeping us interested in Lawrence and Gwen’s tense relationship.

Once Lawrence unleashes the wolfman, however, so too does the film transform.

Goofy and anticlimactic action scenes prove boring when compared, surprisingly,

to the quieter scenes between Gwen, Lawrence and Lawrence’s father (Anthony Hopkins).

Oddly, the classic monster speaks more genuinely about love than its heart-shaped companion. Love that turns men into beasts, that would have us rip down those in our way and destroy what we cherish most is a sort of meaningful love if anything.

“Valentine’s Day” and “The Wolfman,” like a married couple indeed, share in their faults as they do in their triumphs. In the end, elaborate weaving cannot make up for shoddy filmmaking — boom mics belong outside the shot Mr. Marshall! — and poor casting and character design.

Love and hurt can hardly be spoken of when one bites off too much to chew, frosted cookie and human flesh alike.

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Impact speaker to address diversity in comedy television DEAN GORDEN

staff writer The students of Impact will present speaker Matt Glowacki on Monday in Minnesota State’s Centennial Student Uunion Ballroom. Glowacki will be speaking on behalf of diversity and examine how it is portrayed in some of college students’ favorite television shows.

Glowacki, a former athlete of the United States Paralympic volleyball team, has spent much of his life successfully overcoming the obstacles of being confined to a wheelchair. But after taking a glance at his many accolades, both professionally and athletically, Glowacki hasn’t allowed anything to confine him.

Born without legs, Glowacki earned the “Master’s Sales Award” as well as the “Giving Back to the Community” award while employed at Lucent Technologies.

He has gone on to own three businesses simultaneously.

He is currently touring campuses and communities across the country with his program “Walking is Over-rated” which has reached 43 states with the message of diversity in order to break the stereotypes he’s dealt with over the course of his life.

Glowacki will be expressing his views on current media trends that have left him troubled. Matt Glowacki’s purpose is clear — considering the impact of today’s television programming, audiences

need to be more aware of the content that is being passively observed and applied to the world outside of its fictional home.

Television shows such as “South Park” can easily contribute to existing stereotypes that fail to accurately portray specific races and lifestyles. While anyone who has seen shows such as “South Park” or “Family Guy” can attest, these programs rely heavily on demeaning content in order to generate laughs.

The derogatory terms and stereotyping within these programs are sanctioned by audiences due to an unspoken agreement between these shows and their viewers. However, the reasoning behind these shows’ approach is that they do not take themselves seriously.

Impact Speaker’s Chair Jennifer Kopischke is very excited to finally bring Glowacki’s program to MSU. “Programs operating on the fringes of societal acceptance often have a more developed, logical and inclusive view than entities that hold on to morality” said Kopischke. “I heard about this program my first year of college through a national student activities conference and have wanted to bring it to MSU ever since.”

The Impact Speaker Series event, dubbed Diversity According to “South Park” and “Family Guy” begins at 7 p.m.

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The Black Metal Minute

ARSIS

“Starve For the Devil”

Nuclear Blast (2/9/10)

Yeah, while John Mayer was busy practicing his split personality traits to get the attention of popular media and the fairer sex, Arsis went into a recording studio and recorded another mind-blowing, eardrum exploding, face-melting studio album ... yeah, and they called it “Starve for the Devil!”

Arsis takes a break from pursuing their extraordinarily technical aspects for a bit to deliver a more melodic, fine-cut assault with an extra hint of thrash in their sound. It’s a kick in the crotch for the skeptics who called Arsis sellouts, but it’s the Holy Bible of riff-craft for the riff/guitar craving fans.

The entire album is generally fast, but each track provides a different tone and a lasting aftertaste that stays till halfway through the next one. Opener “Forced to Rock” captures the leather-clad, elitist, rock ‘n’ roll bad-assery of Motorhead, the precision and the neat executions of twin guitar solos of

Judas Priest and the straight-up cockiness of Queensryche. It’s a perfect marriage between funnier than Dethklok and heavier than the DragonForce.

“The Ten of Swords,” bound to be a major standout, showcases the unnaturally tight chemistry between the two axemen James Malone and Nick Cordle, who are working together for the first time since Cordle dropped the bass to pick up the guitar.

Malone’s obsessive usage of the phrase “Starve for the Devil,” and the references to his eating disorders, in the lyrics are very obvious, but for a band whose focal point is not the lyrics, Arsis does a great job at coating them with razor sharp riffs and Mike Van Dyne’s excellent drumming. With his newfound love for melodic solos, is Malone morphing into an Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom)?

Maybe, but despite how the new album resembles Laiho’s work with Bodom to a certain extent, Arsis make their message clear: they are here to stay.

For Fans Of: Arch Enemy, Six Feet Under, Children of Bodom, heavy riffs

Slayer

“World Painted Blood”

Sony (11/3/09)

Not very many bands are as bound to be standard and consistent as Slayer. With Slayer’s die-hard fan base and their high expectations, the band has always had to deliver their best, while staying true to their core roots. With two Grammys under their name, Slayer still stubbornly refuses to conform as their latest onslaught, “World Painted Blood”, delivers what Slayer is best known for, with more pace, weight and aggression. “Psychopathy Red”, a two and a half minute session of brain busting, agonizing speed, stands out as a great single, while “Americon” and “Unit 731” dirtily capture all signature Slayer elements together, only to present it in a more innovative fashion with the album’s slight punk edge. As grandpa Tom Araya scrapes chunks off of his throat to go with his fast, thundering bass chops, Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King rip out some amazing dual shred solos at breakneck speed, only to be

backed by Dave Lombardo’s insanity behind the drums, song after song after song. “World Painted Blood” is heavy, the solos are fast and the lyrics are full of hate. Your favorite newschool, metal-core band might want to go to their practice room now that Daddy just got back from a bad day at work!

For Fans Of: Seriously? You have to ask?

Ihsahn “After”

Candlelight (1/26/10)

The dark prince of blackened progressive metal has returned with the third installment of his solo career: “After.” The former Emperor mastermind’s refusal to compromise is still evident. Even after the progmetal debauchery of his second album “angL,” he incorporates eight-string guitars, unorthodox changes of time and tempo, and the heavy use of saxophones.

Even though “angL” did contain

an experimental edge, it was still deeply-rooted within its progressive elements. The question remains: is Vegard Sverre Tveitan (Ihsahn) having trouble finding that golden median between creative virtuosity and complete avant-garde tomfoolery? Who knows, but what is important is that Ihsahn still manages to bring out a familiar ambient/atmospheric element and his interchanging crystal clear vocals and gut-wrenching screams, reminiscent of his time in Emperor. There is a definite overuse of saxophones in the album, but with the jazzy “On the Shores,” expanding a little beyond the 10-minute margin, Ihsahn and saxophonist Jorgen Munkeby pour their creative guts out without settling for mere raw speed. Black metal purists, who believe Ihsahn’s work in Emperor when he was only 17 was the best from him, will clearly frown upon “After,” but Ihsahn is still around ... still standing.

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