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Can you believe it’s already week four of the semester? I sure can’t. This semester will be over before we know it.

As application deadlines are approaching for summer internships, graduate school interviews are in the near future and many seniors are applying for full time jobs, it is important to take a minute to look at your online presence.

What is an online presence you ask? Well if you have a Twitter, blog (such as tumblr or Wordpress), Facebook, etc. you may want to look it over before potential employers, professors or internship mentors have a chance to see the unedited version of your life. Even if you do not add the social media sites to your resume, it is easy enough for employers to look you up and find all of your profiles… I mean isn’t that what Google is for?

I get it, you are in college and you enjoy a party or two on the weekends or spend evenings down at the bars. These memories are important and they are ones you want to keep. But do you really want the CEO of a major company looking at photographs of you and your buddies doing keg stands or taking shots?

Probably not. Do you want them to read about every night where you drank a little more than you should have and woke up in a strange house? I’m thinking that is a no.

So this week, I’m going to give you a few tips and guidelines to help you clean up your online presence before it is too late.

Clean up the information.

While it may have been funny to quote your best friends as they rambled drunkenly on your way home from the bars in your Facebook quotations or to write that you worship the devil in your religious views, these are things that could turn potential employers off. Think of this as your resume. You want to put the most important information about yourself on there. I’m not saying that you have to list every activity you’ve been a part of since third grade but just ensure that you are presenting the best version of yourself.

Check your privacy settings.

We all have those friends who seem to capture the worst of the worst in pictures, upload them to Facebook and then tag us. If you make your tagged photographs private then you won’t have to worry about last night as much the next morning. That doesn’t mean that when you see the photograph, you should keep yourself tagged in it. Untag yourself from any inappropriate photographs because even though it is private, having your name linked to it may help those searching find it some how. This doesn’t mean that you should make yourself unable to find by setting your privacy settings too high.

Create a limited profile, so that if someone on Facebook searches you, they can find basic information about you like your name, job and education. This will allow those people who want to befriend you, to find you without seeing everything about your life.

Go through your posts. I am one of the worst offenders of this, but it may be a good idea to re-read all of the posts on your profile. Any inside jokes with friends that may be taken out of

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President/CEO, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation Date: Thursday, February 9, 2012 Time: 5:30-6:30 pm Location: Morris Hall 206 Minnesota State University, Mankato Tim Penny will discuss the role that social and emotional abilities play in children’s success in school, and how the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation has invested in programs that work to measure and develop those abilities in pre-kindergarten-aged children in southern Minnesota.

Tim Penny’s lecture is open to all students, faculty and staff. For questions regarding the event, please contact the Honors Program Office at 389-5191.

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context could be a deal breaker when it comes to landing that dream job. When posting statuses or tweets, take a second look before hitting send. It may seem like a really good idea to post about your cheating ex-boyfriend or backstabbing best friend, but in a few hours or days, those emotions will wear off but the post will still be there. I guess a good rule of thumb would be to say if it is a temporary feeling, do not make a permanent post about it. I tweet about the most random things and I never realized how out of context some of them could have been taken. Re-read and delete any post that may shed a negative light on you.

Employers will look at whom

you follow and whom you are friends with. I think this is most importantly linked to Twitter. Following profiles that have offensive content, inappropriate posts or photographs will reflect negatively on you. I guess the saying that “you are who you know (or in this case follow)” is true. If your mom or grandma would be offended if they saw who you were following, it is probably a good idea to unfollow them.

Pick a professional and appropriate photograph of yourself to be displayed as your profile picture. This is the first thing people see when they look at your profile and it is important that you are shown in the best way.

After you think you’ve cleaned

up your profiles, I suggest you Google yourself. Google has a way of finding the littlest pieces of information about you. Once you’ve seen what they have found then you can find ways to take that information off.

So in the end, having a clean and appropriate social media presence can boost your chances of landing that dream job after graduation.

See you next week, Mavericks. Until then, go through your social media sites and do some spring-cleaning. When applying for jobs and your future employer Googles you… you won’t be disappointed you took the time to clean them up. I promise.

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MSUSA represents the student voice ALLISON MATTHEWS

staff writer The average debt of 2010 Minnesota State University, Mankato, graduates was about $27,086, according to the Project on Student Debt.

That figure ranked Minnesota the fourth highest averaged of student loan debt in the nation.

The daunting numbers leave many Minnesota college students uneasy about their futures in hopes of acquiring a job to pay off their student loan debts.

The rising cost of college is not something the Minnesota State University Student Association takes lightly.

The driving force behind the independent, nonprofit organization is to keep students engaged and informed on the decisions that affect their college careers and futures.

MSUSA works on local, state and federals levels with the Minnesota Legislature and Congress to represent students in the seven state universities including Bemidji, Metropolitan, Moorhead, St. Cloud, Southwest, Winona and Mankato.

MSUSA binds the seven state universities together through advocacy efforts such as petition signing, campus events and lobbying that bring attention to higher education issues.

The student-funded organization is also a venue for student to operate MSUSA. Students enrolled at one of the seven state universities pay 43 cents per credit hour to fund MSUSA. Student

officers lead much of the organization while a full-time staff works with the students to keep things running smoothly.

There are three officers selected from the seven state universities. St. Cloud State University student Amanda Bardonner acts as state chair for the 2011-2012 academic year while MSU’s own Nikki Sabby is serving as vice chair. Another MSU student, Tyler Ulferts, is the treasurer. Minnesota State Student Association President Matthew Lexcen is one of the seven student body presidents that make up the 2011-2012 Board of Directors.

Each campus has committee members such as a diversity specialist, public relations specialist, legislative specialist and a campus coordinator who oversees the committee.

MSUSA Vice Chair Sabby says, “What we do comes down to affordability and accessibility.”

According to MSUSA diversity specialist Tim Akhalu, “We allocate for students on different levels.

One of our main concerns is federal aid for students in college. Without federal aid, how would most students go to college?”

One of the biggest concerns of MSUSA surrounds the Pell Grant. Controlled by Congress, the federal student aid program offers grants to low-income students in the U.S. Amounts allocated to students vary based on

factors such as the student’s enrollment status and how long the student attends college, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

In summer 2011, Congress proposed cuts to Pell that would reduce the maximum eligible amount from $5,550 to $3,150 per year causing an upheaval of distress since about 137,000 Minnesota students received Pell for 2009-2010. The next proposal in Congress would keep the maximum amount but added new factors to limit eligibility.

To take action on the proposed adjustments to the Pell Grant program, MSUSA devised a petition sent out to the seven state universities that called for students to help save the Pell Grant.

Members of MSUSA lobbied in Washington D.C. last fall to bring more faces to the issue.

Around 4,000 students signed the petition from the seven state universities including students from Minnesota State College Student Association, according to Sabby.

MSUSA Campus Coordinator Greg Land said, “One of the main criticisms we hear from politicians is that they want to hear more students. MSUSA is there to provide that. It’s why petitions are important.”

MSUSA works regularly to get students involved in the advocacy efforts at the Minnesota Capitol. The MSUSA website states that

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MSSA questions constitutionality of previous decisions CHELSEA MILLER

staff writer MSSA’s unusually long meeting Wednesday evening included upcoming events, further discussion of the decision to take away seats from senators, parking permit fees and new resources for campus leaders.

Vice President of Public Relations for Greek Life Alex Johnson plans to attend monthly meetings to update the Senate.

At Wednesday’s meeting, he divulged plans to host workshops for newcomers and forums to squelch negative connotations of Greek Life such as hazing and binge drinking.

A “dance marathon” was announced to be taking place this Saturday, Feb. 4 in the Centennial Student Union Ballroom.

The proceeds from the event will go to Children’s Miracle Network.

The International Festival is scheduled for April 22nd from 11 to 4 p.m. The organizers of the event expect a good turnout, because the event is going to be held at MSU, unlike

last year. Interested parties can submit a poster design for the event with a deadline of Feb. 24 at 9 a.m.

The senate has recently decided to let go a few senators due to their inability to attend the required amount of meeting. A motion to reverse this decision was brought to the table in Wednesday’s meeting.

A change in parking permit fees was also discussed at the meeting. The University needs to see more revenue coming from parking in order to cover the fees for the bus route. Final decisions are scheduled to be made in April.

Associate Director of Student Activities Greg Wilkins gave a presentation on creative new resource for students.

Wilkins and many others have created a website, which can be found on the Student Activities page, with podcasts and articles that will help students in leadership roles. From “Running an effective meeting” to “Staying motivated,” the toolbox has everything a student would need to improve their impact in their role as a leader on campus.

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Practically every girl daydreams about when her man will pop THE QUESTION. It’s an incredibly romantic, incredibly important part of most dating relationships. In fact, it can be pretty “make or break:” CBS reported in 2007 that roughly 40% of American women reject the proposal, which undoubtedly puts a strain on the relationship.

Studies have shown that February is a pretty popular time for guys to get down on one knee, with 10 percent of proposals occurring on Valentine’s Day alone, according to the Christian Science Monitor.

So what do you do if you’ve found “the one” and are ready to buy her (or him) a ring? You don’t want to blow it. Luckily for you, I’ve compiled a list of the worst proposal stories I’ve come across. These go farther than your typical “I proposed during halftime at a Timberwolves game” memories. Learn from them… or else.

5. At the cemetery

Location is extremely important. It’s got to be romantic.

Unless you and your girlfriend share a love of everything morbid, don’t propose in a

graveyard like the following guy, chronicled in Tremendousnews.com. He brought his girlfriend to the cemetery so he could “drop off flowers” at his mother’s grave. When they got there, he pointed to two plots of land and said he’d bought them so he and his girlfriend could be buried next to each other.

Then he asked her to marry him. I’ve only got one word about it: creeeeeeepy.

4. On a fast-food sign Perhaps more important than location is classiness.

What woman is going to be swept off her feet by a tacky delivery? Comedy Central’s Tosh.0 website featured a photo a loyal watcher had snapped of a proposal delivered on a sign for Church’s Chicken. That’s true class.

3. With a tattoo One of the only deliveries tackier than proposing on a greasy fast-food restaurant sign is popping the question by getting it tattooed across your back. According to Bridezilla. com, one man did exactly this, writing his beloved’s name on his back in swirling cursive along with the question, “Will you marry me?” My counter question: If she says no, how’s

he going to explain the ink to his next girlfriend?

2. Through food

There are many stories and urban legends revolving around this idea, so I thought I’d lump them all together. Unless the two of you are gourmet chefs who cook meals together, don’t propose to your girlfriend by hiding the ring in her food. I know I’ve heard of at least two times the bride-to-be has accidentally chomped down on the ring and/or swallowed it whole (one slurped it down with her slushy and one gobbled it up with her chocolate cake). Now, I’m not sure if these incidents really happened, but proposing with the ring hidden in food is so gimmicky. And don’t even think about proposing at someplace as mundane as McDonalds or Starbucks unless you have a fantastic reason for doing so.

1. Through a fake police raid While most women would agree that wedding proposals (at least proper ones) are exciting enough, some men seem to feel like they need to push the envelope a little further.

One Baltimore man went so far as to hire police officers to “raid” his boat and find a ring

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while he and his girlfriend were taking an afternoon cruise, according to Tremendousnews.com. Not only did the raid scare the girlfriend out her wits, the man also had to apologize to the city of Baltimore for using police officers who didn’t have permission to participate. Sorry, but if you go to all that effort to be exciting, I’m just going to think you suffer from pathetically low self-worth and are trying to overcompensate for something.

If you’ve read through these stories and think, “Gosh, I was going to do that, too! Now what should I do to make sure my proposal is spectacular?” don’t worry. While delivery is important, the only thing you really need to worry about it making her happy. And chances are, if you’re at this stage in the relationship, that’s your main goal anyway. Don’t overthink things; just sit down and really think about what your special lady is like and what she’d probably want for a proposal. If she’s adventurous, take her hiking to pop the question. If she’s hopelessly romantic, do it at the beach. If you love her enough to want to spend the rest of your life with her, you’ll figure out the perfect way to ask.

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Super Bowl Fun Facts

ELISE KONERZA | assistant news editor

- The first Super Bowl, Jan. 15, 1967, tickets cost $6 - $12.

- The Green Bay Packers won the first Super Bowl.

- The Pittsburgh Steelers have had the most wins of a Super Bowl totaling six.

- Super Bowl XI, when Oakland defeated Minnesota in 1977, was the first Super Bowl to reach an attendance of more than 100,000 people.

- The ticket cost for Super Bowl XXXIV is $800-$1,200.

- The most expensive seat in Lucas Oil Stadium, where this year’s Super Bowl will be held, of Row 3 Section 113, will cost $15,343.

-About 80% of the Super Bowl tickets go to the corporate sponsors. 35% of the people attending the game, will write off the game as a corporate expense.

-In 1967 a 30-second Super Bowl commercial would have cost $42,000. This year a 30-second Super Bowl commercial will cost $2,800,000.

-This year’s Super Bowl will feature an Anheuser-Busch beer commercial, “Whassup?!” with ‘NSYNC. -Super Bowls One, Five, and Ten (I, V, and X) have been the only three single digit numerals since the Super Bowl began. The next will be Super Bowl 50 (L) in the year 2016, and then 50 years later for Super Bowl C, or Super Bowl 100.

- The NFL created a policy against holding any Super Bowl games in stadiums that have a climate of less than 50 degrees Fahrenheit, unless it is an enclosed stadium.

- 8 million pounds of guacamole will be consumed on

Super Bowl Sunday. 14,500 tortilla chips will be eaten with that guacamole.

- Fans of the Super Bowl will spend a total of $50 million on food, four days prior to the Super Bowl.

- Antacid sales increase by 20 % the Monday following Super Bowl Sunday.

- About 5% of the people watching the Super Bowl, will be watching it alone.

- An average of 17 people are in attendance at each Super Bowl Party.

- Roughly, 325.5 million gallons of beer will have been drunk on Sunday.

- Resulting in about 7 million people will call in sick to work Monday, after the Super Bowl.

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MSUSA “Without diversity, we are robots. It’s who we are as human beings.” continued from 3 one of its biggest priorities is to represent students at the Minnesota Legislature.

“Politicians hear statistics and facts all day,” Sabby said. “But when they hear the voices of students it becomes important to them.

It’s the personal stories they relate to, especially if they have children in similar situations going to school.”

On MSU’s campus, MSUSA strives to connect students. Tim Akhalu hosted the diversity event, “Unveil” Monday, Jan. 23 in the CSU Ballroom. The event aimed to help MSU students see how diversity is lifestyle rather than an issue, according to Akhalu.

“Without diversity, we are robots,” Akhalu said. “It’s who we are as human beings.

We can just talk about it, we got to live it.”

Akhalu explained his job as diversity specialist is to bring students together and make sure everything related to diversity is accounted for on campus. Akhalu said understanding diversity within a school setting is vital for student attending universities.

MSUSA acts as a unifying voice for more than 75,000 students. Sabby said MSUSA offers numerous ways for students to express their concerns whether it is through lobbying or simply signing a petition.

“You are the voice. Get involved,” Sabby said. “You choose the direction we are going in.”

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Every weekend, college students and families converge

at their nearest Redbox, be it outside Walgreens or inside Wal-Mart, to take a gander at the assortment of titles to choose from. Outside of a general premise of the title, nothing else is (understandably) given to the customer to help them make up their mind in regards to what to get and not get. In an attempt to make the decision process an easier and quicker experience, this new weekly feature aims to provide insight into new releases and give recommendations to make your movie night a fun one.

NEW RELEASES: Contagion, Drive, Shark Night, Diary of a Single Mom, The Double, Treasure Buddies, 2-Headed Shark Attack WHAT TO GET: Both Drive and Contagion premiere on DVD this week via the Redbox, and if anyone missed their theatrical runs, remedy this error immediately – like this weekend immediately.

Drive is, at its most basic surface, a “one last job” type film, but it’s so much more than that. Ryan Gosling solidifies his place as Champion Male Actor of 2012 with his silent, nuanced role here, while costars Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston and Carey Mulligan steal the spotlight just as frequently as Gosling. Reasons to pick it up: it will give you more reason to yell at the screen in contempt come Oscar broadcast about the villainous absence of Drive nominations, the much talked about and utterly brilliant “elevator scene”, marvelous cinematography that makes a very run-of-the-mill movie seem something fresh and remarkable, and more tense scenes and explosive action anyone could have anticipated.

Just as worthwhile but a little less fun, Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion warns us of germs at a break-neck speed. Top-billed actors fall victim to the spread of diseases until it becomes a worldwide epidemic. A horror movie that achieves its scares through the sheer reality of events, Contagion isn’t a movie to enter light heartedly.

Drive and Contagion are marvelous examples of cinema at its best, and should not be skipped.

WHAT TO AVOID: This week the Redbox promotes two movies with sharks in the title; one a decent budget flick from late last year and the other a direct-to-DVD fiasco that nearly sounds too good to pass up: Shark Night and 2-Headed Shark Attack. The former shark film is a mess of epic proportions, a movie that doesn’t even fall into the “so-bad-it’s-good” category. Everything about the production feels halfhearted, and it translates onto the screen.

Perhaps the biggest offense is that the titular sharks amount to a whopping three-minutes of actual screentime. Anyone hoping to at least enjoy themselves will ultimately be disappointed by everything the movie does wrong and doesn’t offer. This is a PG-13 creature feature of the worst kind.

What 2-Headed Shark Attack promises is nothing short of painfully bad performances, nudity, a lazy script and an ambitious title that doesn’t live up to its potential, and embarrassing special effects that are below the talent of an amateur. If compelled to seek this inevitable classic out, it’s recommended to organize a group event where you can all enjoy the absurdity. One final word to the wise: although the titles do sound enticing, it’s in the public’s best interest to never rent, or endorse in any fashion, the production company known as The Asylum, the producers of this masterpiece. They specialize in mockbusters and, as evident here, ambitious but poor creature features. But if what you’re looking for is a really bad film to play while having a good time, look no further, for 2-Headed Shark Attack has arrived to answer such a call!

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MSU Theatre Spring Semester Hits The Ground Running

MEGAN KADLEC

news editor The audience is whispering happily among themselves. The set is intricate, and intimate.

There is a large stained glass window on one side of the stage, on the other a simple spiral staircase. The walls are brick with renaissance-inspired swords and shields hanging anywhere there is space. There is furniture, but it is covered with old, dusty sheets.

The stage is set for a taste of Shakespeare.

However, this is not your ordinary dose of the British Bard. This show is a little different.

I Hate Hamlet opened this weekend in Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Andreas Theatre. The show, directed by Paul Finocchiaro, was a tribute to the English playwright as much as it was a mockery of his work.

The play opens when actor Andrew Rally, played by sophomore John Jacobs, moves into his new Manhattan apartment. The apartment looks like it was plucked straight from the renaissance period, and at first, Rally hates it.

Rally also hates the fact that his agent, Lillian Troy, played by Laura Otremba, made him audition for the role of Hamlet in Shakespeare in the Park, and he got the part.

Rally’s real estate agent, Felicia Dantine, played by Lauren Mikeal Weber, and his girlfriend Deirdre McDavey, played by Bridgette Karl, however, love the apartment. They believe that if they partake in a séance the previous owner, John Barrymore, played by Robb Krueger, will be stirred from the dead.

The deceased actor, known for his role in Hamlet during the 1940s, was awakened from the afterworld in order to help Rally embrace the role of Hamlet, as the royal order of the Hamlets’ decrees he must.

The rest of the play details Rally’s transformation from a simple television actor to one who acts in live theatre.

Stumping his development in the role of Hamlet, Gary Peter Lefkowitz, played by Anthony DePoto, appears, attempting to lure

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• courtesy of MSU Theatre Department “The “deceased” John Barrymore (Robb Krueger, on couch) and TV star Andrew Rally (John Jacobs) battle it out over the success of the performance of the title role ... Hamlet.”

Entertainment Update ANDREW SIMON

staff writer Star Trek 2 began filming early January, with all the cast members of the 2009 reboot/ sequel onboard to man the Enterprise once again. Targeting a May 17, 2013 release date, director J.J. Abrams commented that, unlike the ’09 film where Leonard Nimoy reprised his role as Spock, no original Star Trek actors will cameo in the sequel.

Sherlock himself, Bene-

dict Cumberbatch (from BBC’s Sherlock) has recently signed a deal to appear in Star Trek 2, in a yet-undisclosed role rumored to be a villain.

While finishing up Robopocalypse, legendary director Steven Spielberg and Warner Bros. will prep Gods and Kings, a long-indevelopment Moses project that will depict Moses’ life from adoption to the production of the Ten Commandments.

Reports of the script indicate a more Brave-

heart-feel, as Moses will be presented as a warrior moreso than previous iterations. Filming will begin not until next April, most likely eyeing a summer/winter 2014 release.

Iron Man 3, which Robert Downey, Jr. has been frequently referring to as the possible best of the three, could start shooting the last week of April or the first week of May, targeting a summer 2013 release. In re-

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gards to other Marvel properties, sequels to Captain America and Thor are still being actively developed, in addition to a potential Nick Fury solo movie with Samuel L. Jackson reprising the role, although the Fury film has yet to be officially confirmed.

Another threequel is underway: The Hangover Part III is moving full steam ahead. Once his work on the cinematic retelling of John Milton’s Paradise Lost concludes in the summer, Bradley Cooper and costars Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms are ready to go for a third helping. They are also reportedly asking for $15 million each to come back. Bringing it down to numbers, The Hangover was made for $35 million, grossed $467 million worldwide, Part II for $80 million and grossing $581 million. With the Potter franchise over, Warner Bros. is pushing for an established brand to make bank in summer 2013, and in all probability, the trios demands will be met.

Finally, things are heating up on a cinematic adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s 2008 sci-fi romance novel The Host.

Andrew Niccol (In Time) has signed on to direct,

and the impressive list of cast includes Diane Kruger (Inglourius Basterds), Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones), Jake Abel (Percy Jackson), and William Hurt (A History of Violence).

With a large portion of the cast set, production will be gaining momentum for a March 29, 2013 release.

No news on Meyer’s expected literary sequels to The Host just yet.

Now for some scattered television newsbits: for two weeks in a row, The Big Bang Theory has dethroned American Idol in ratings, which is a pretty monumental event to happen not once, but twice.

Game of Thrones begins its second season on April 1, and True Blood resumes mid-July. Kim Kardashian is closer to signing a deal to appear on the hit series Drop Dead Diva for a recurring arc in season four.

Both ABC and The CW are developing new interpretations of The Beauty and the Beast for fall 2012.

The CW’s iteration will be a modern retelling, while ABC is looking to indulge in its fairy tale nature. In addition to Beauty and the Beast, The CW is moving ahead with a Green Arrow series and a Sex and the City prequel called The Carrie Diaries.

THEATRE “Krueger’s portrayal of the fantastic Barrymore was delightful and his deep, sensual voice could have lulled audience members to sleep.” continued from 7

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NBC looks to be developing a spin off series for DunderMiffin’s most famous oddball employee, Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson), for a midseason 2013 premiere.

Dwight would be stationed at Schrute Farms and interact with the neighbors and relatives of the Schrute family, seen in previous episodes of The Office. If the renowned NBC comedy series receives an expected ninth season renewal, Wilson’s character will echo Steve Carrell’s exit from the series with a several episode farewellarc that will lead directly to this series.

Thursday, February 2, 2012 Rally back to Los Angeles and a career in television.

In the opening scenes of the play, the female characters overpower Jacob’s subtle, understated portrayal of meek television actor Andrew Rally. Once Barrymore steps on stage, Rally slowly becomes more powerful.

The character development was sensational as each character had their own quirks which made audience members laugh, even if they weren’t supposed to be laughing. Whether Lillian’s hilarious walk or Deirdre’s over-the-top shrieks, the six actors in this hilarious play never once broke character.

With an odd sense of humor, the play addressed many real issues such as sex, love, alcoholism and the neverending debate about television versus theatre actors.

If the dialogue was funny, the physical comedy was absolutely hilarious. Whether Barrymore and Rally were engaged in an all-out sword fight or Deirdre was swing-

ing from the banisters, drunk with lust, the show would have fallen flat without these bursts of physical comedy.

Krueger’s portrayal of the fantastic Barrymore was delightful and his deep, sensual voice could have lulled audience members to sleep.

Lighting and sound effects in this production are particularly interesting, so audience members should keep their eyes peeled for neat effects, especially directly after intermission before the dialogue begins again.

As the show comes to an end, does Rally accomplish what he set out to do? Does he actually become Hamlet?

Does he win his personal version of Ophelia? You’ll just have to see for yourself.

Ticket are $16 regularly, $14 for seniors, children under the age of 16 and groups of 15 or more. MSU students can purchase tickets at the box office for $11. Performances will be held Feb. 1 – 4 at 7:30 p.m. with 2 p.m. matinees on Feb. 4 and 5.

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MSU hoping to WHITE OUT Schilling, Augie The Vikings, predicted to win the NSIC before the season, have disappointed thus far with a 9-6 mark.

REECE HEMMESCH

staff writer

It’s getting down to the final stretch of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference men’s basketball season, and if Minnesota State, Mankato wants to even think about the conference tournament, it is going to have to hit some sort of groove during these last few weeks.

The NSIC conference tournament takes the teams with the top eight records during the regular season for a singleelimination showdown.

This year’s tournament and all of its festivities will take place at a neutral site in Rochester. The Mavericks currently find themselves at 6-9 in conference play and holding down the ninth spot in the standings, meaning that if the conference tournament started today, the Mavericks would be cleaning their lockers and looking towards the offseason.

But there is still hope left this season; as MSU finds itself just two games back from Northern State, who currently holds the eighth seed.

If the Mavericks really fight for and pick up some wins these final seven games, they could be able to find them-

selves in the tournament after all.

This weekend presents two solid matchups for MSU, and picking up at least one win is crucial.

“Both of these games will be battles for us,” sophomore forward Connor O’Brien said of the opponents. “When you get into these February games, you can’t afford any more losses.”

Friday night the Mavericks will take on Augustana, who trumped MSU earlier in the season by an 18-point margin in Sioux Falls, S.D. Expectations were high for

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Winona State 14-1 St. Cloud State 12-3 Bemidji State 10-5 MSU-Moorhead 9-5 Augustana 9-6 Minnesota-Duluth 9-6 SW Minnesota State 9-6 Northern State 8-7 MAVERICKS 6-9 Concordia-St. Paul 5-10

19-2 16-3 15-6 13-5 12-7 12-7 10-9 12-7 7-12 8-11

Augie this year, as it started out the season as the topranked team in the conference.

But with a few slip-ups since then in conference play, the Vikings now find themselves with a 9-6-conference record and in fifth place in the NSIC. Augustana has been hot as of late though, as last weekend saw the Vikings take down a top-25 St. Cloud State squad by almost 20 points.

Augustana’s primary sources for points come from the two-headed monster of guards Cameron McCaffrey (Jr.) and Cody Schilling (Sr.).

These two combine to average 30 points per game for the Vikings, but Augie’s weakness comes from the inside part of the offense, where the big men of Augustana are beatable.

If freshman MSU forward Zach Romashko can keep doing work inside as he has been lately, and O’Brien can also contribute, I would not rule MSU out just yet in this matchup.

When its big men get involved in the game, as was the case in last weekend’s win

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Women’s Basketball

shannon rathmanner • msu reporter Senior wing Stephen Kirschbaum registered a career-high 26 points in MSU’s overtime win over Upper Iowa last Saturday.

Mavericks have golden opportunity hosting NSIC elite Augustana and Wayne State, the top two teams in the NSIC, defeated MSU earlier this season.

TIGE HUTCHESON

staff writer

It’s shaping up to be one of the biggest weekends of the season for the Minnesota State, Mankato women’s basketball team.

The Mavericks, who sit fourth in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference with a record of 9-6 (13-6 overall), have a rare opportunity at home to hang a loss on two of the teams in front of them in the conference standings: perennial threats Augustana and Wayne State.

Wayne State (13-2 NSIC, 19-2) and Augustana (13-2 NSIC, 16-3), sitting in first and second in the NSIC, represent the undisputed toughest weekend of competition in conference play.

The Mavericks started the regular season 0-2 after dropping a pair on the brutal road trip west, but with the two teams coming to Bresnan Arena, both just begging to be upset, MSU head coach

Pam Gohl is excited about the weekend in front of her team.

“It’s going to be a fun weekend; two of the top teams in the NSIC coming into our place and it’s going to be a good chance for us to make some headway in the conference,” Gohl said.

The weekend will begin with a Friday-night matchup against No. 25 Augustana, a team known for generating quick offense and loving to turn up the tempo.

“The secret against Augie is always just stopping them in transition,” Gohl said. “They do a good job of looking for early offense and it’s not necessarily all magic plays for them; their kids just try to take you off the dribble, create for teammates or create for themselves. We just have to make sure we stop them in transition.”

The Vikings are led by 6’0” junior forwards Alex Feeney (16.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per game) and Lydia Nelson (12.2

points, 5.5 rebounds), but the real catalyst of the offense is 5’6” senior point guard Molly Hayes, who leads the NSIC with 4.53 assists per game while also doing her part with 10.7 points per game.

With Hayes connecting the dots and Feeney and Nelson posing such a threat on the fast Pam Gohl break, the Vikings can be tough to slow down once they get going, so it will be important for the Mavericks to look to slow things down as much as possible by taking good shots and keeping their turnovers to a minimum.

The following night, MSU welcomes one of the best teams in all of Division-II women’s basketball in Wayne State (Neb.).

Led by reigning NSIC Player

of the Year—6’2” senior forward Ashley Arlen—the Wildcats present some matchup nightmares and love to show just how confident they are in those matchups by sitting in an extended 2-3 zone, forcing teams to do most of the offensive lifting from outside of the lane or daring them to take it in against Arlen.

As a result, the Wildcats have held their opponents to an average of just 55.1 points per game, the second lowest in the NSIC. “The most important thing against Wayne State is figuring out a way to score against their zone,” Gohl said. “They stay in it almost the whole game and we have to make sure we get good shots and try to crash the offensive boards.”

On defense, MSU will face the tough task of doing whatever it can to try to slow down Arlen, the NSIC’s leading scorer with an average of 17.7 points per game in addition to 9.2 rebounds

per game (second highest in the NSIC).

“Every time we get a chance to set our defense against Wayne State, I like our defense, but we have to make sure we don’t give up too many transition points or points off turnovers,” Gohl said.

While Gohl can’t expect her team to shut players like Arlen down completely, MSU will likely look to senior forward Laura Weber, a defensive leader and an adept post defender, to slow Arlen down.

This weekend will be without a doubt one of the most challenging of the season, but the Mavericks can do some serious damage with a pair of upsets.

Not only would wins this weekend help the Mavericks climb even closer to the top of the NSIC, but it would be impossible for the rest of the NSIC to keep ignoring the Mavericks if they’re able to slay two titans in the same weekend.

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MSU Women’s Hockey Gameday

MEN’S HOOPS

Lee Handel • sports editor

over Upper Iowa, MSU gets a huge momentum boost that takes some pressure off the guards, who already have a tough enough time of it in this very skilled conference.

“We are a completely different team than we were the first time we played these teams,” O’Brien explained. “If we want to make the conference tournament, we need to make up ground, and winning

Minnesota State (7-21-0, 3-19-0-0 WCHA) at No. 1 Wisconsin (24-2-2, 18-2-2-1 WCHA)

2:07 p.m., Friday • Kohl Center 2:07 p.m., Sunday • Kohl Center RECAP: With just three weekends remaining of conference play, the University of Wisconsin is firmly in the driver’s seat. The Badgers find themselves six points ahead of second place Minnesota after two one-goal victories over Bemidji State in Madison last weekend. Saturday’s 1-0 UW triumph came with a bit of history being made, as an NCAA record 12,402 fans witnessed the Badgers win. The Minnesota State, Mankato women’s hockey team finds itself at the opposite end of the WCHA standings and in last place with only three WCHA victories and nine points, three points behind seventh-place St. Cloud State. The Mavericks played host to the Golden Gophers last weekend and were swept by scores of 3-6 and 1-4. The Mavericks biggest goal down the stretch will be to catch and pass the Huskies in the standings, but it will be extremely difficult for MSU to gain any ground this weekend against the top team in the nation on the road. MSU has lost seven straight games, while the Badgers have lost two games all season.

two this weekend will help us do that.”

Saturday night brings Wayne State into the Taylor Center, who is currently in third-to-last place in the NSIC with a 4-11 conference record.

If MSU drops the Friday night matchup with Augustana, it will for sure have to come back and get the ‘W’ against Wayne on Saturday.

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HISTORY: The Badgers have had their way with the Mavericks over the years, as MSU has only one victory over UW in its program’s history, with that win coming two years ago in Madison. Other than that 5-3 MSU triumph, the Badgers have dominated the all-time series, holding an overwhelming 49-1-2 advantage over the Mavericks. The two teams met earlier this season in Mankato, with the Badgers taking both contests by scores of 4-0 and 5-1. MSU junior forward Lauren Smith tallied the only goal of the series for the Mavericks.

MSU NOTES: The Mavericks are in dire need of a win and their remaining conference schedule offers them very few quality opportunities. MSU’s three WCHA wins have come against Bemidji State (2) and St. Cloud State, two teams the Mavericks are done playing in the regualar season. The squad was able to take some positives from last weekend’s series against the Gophers, as the Mavericks hung with the U of M until the very end on Friday. MSU also did something in that contest against the Gophers and standout goalie Noora Raty that no other opponent had done this season: score three goals in one period. The three-goal outburst came in the second period thanks to scores from sophomore forwards Tracy McCann (2) and Kari Lundberg. Lundberg’s score was her team-leading eighth of the season, while McCann notched her fourth and fifth goals of the year. The Gophers were able to put the game out of reach in the final period, but the offensive explosion in the second was nice to see. MSU’s offense was less effective the next afternoon, with the Mavericks’ lone score coming courtesy of junior forward Lauren Zrust in the second period, her fourth goal of the season. The Mavericks were able to prevent Raty from becoming the Gophers’ all-time leader in shutouts by getting on the scoreboard in both games of the series. MSU gave sophomore Danielle Butters the start in net on Friday after a solid showing the week before against Ohio State, but she struggled while making 28 saves. Senior starter Alli Altmann got the nod on Saturday, saving an impressive 41 shots considering the Gophers controlled the action most of the game. Zrust is now tied with sophomore forward Lauren Barnes for the team lead in assists with 12, while Smith, Barnes and Zrust are in a three-way tie for the team lead in points with 16 apiece.

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Patriots 34-31 LEE HANDEL Patriots 27-21 KYLE RATKE Patriots 27-24 REECE HEMMESCH

TIGE HUTCHESON Giants 24-17 JOEY DENTON RYAN LUND Giants 28-24 DANA CLARK Giants 27-21

Patriots 35-24

UW NOTES: The Badgers feature an explosive offense, led by junior forward Brianna Decker (28-33--61). Senior forwards Brooke Ammerman (22-33--55) and Hilary Knight (24-18--42) have also scored over 20 goals this season. Senior forward Carolyne Prevost (18-23--41) is another key contributor for the Badgers. Sophomore goalie Alex Rigsby has started every game for UW in net, posting a miniscule 1.49 goals against average. The Badgers only two losses came at the hands of Minnesota.

PREDICTION: The Mavericks are huge underdogs in Mad-Town this weekend. While picking up an upset win this weekend would be huge for the MSU program and the highlight of this season, the Badgers can smell a WCHA championship and should take care of business this weekend.

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