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Rosenstone chosen as Acting to MnSCU chancellor educate Wants an emphasis on education, focus on quality for students

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Steven Rosenstone was voted the next chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Wednesday. He beat out opponent William Sederburg in a 14-1 vote. Rosenstone is the vice president for scholarly and cultural affairs and a professor at the University of Minnesota, but he will take his position as chancellor Aug. 1.

The Board of Trustees is responsible for many administrative decisions within the MnSCU system, including admissions requirements, tuition, regulations, academic programs and more. The Board had a long list of qualifications

in mind when selecting the next chancellor. Rosenstone was interviewed for more than an hour, and he was asked how he would deal with current issues such as the budget and enrollment, as well as situational questions about past experiences and how he handled them.

Trustee Chris Frederick said Rosenstone grabbed his attention when he said the MnSCU system has a place for everyone. Frederick believes Rosenstone will emphasize the quality of education in the system while he serves as chancellor, and he will put more focus on students.

“I think students will see a change in the classroom,” he said.

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Tom Williams, president of the Minnesota State Student Association, said though he doesn’t know the exact changes Rosenstone plans to make, he doesn’t believe a new chancellor

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Mgmt class works with bands to help Campus Kitchen

Red Sky Lounge event helps students learn and people eat all while listening to Minnesota-based music MARGARET STECK

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What does live music, canned food and service learning have in common?

All of which were found under the roof of the Red Sky Lounge Friday night for a Campus Kitchen fundraiser, featuring Minneapolis-based band All the Right Moves, as well as Mankato’s Def Gone Graphic and the Style Biters.

The event was organized and run by a group of six Minnesota State Mankato students in a Management Principles class taught by Professor Brenda Flannery.

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Flannery has incorporated a large service learning project to her class as an attempt to give her students “real-world experience.”

“Rather than just doing a project, I wanted to do an authentic project that had real outcomes,” Flannery

PEACE performs skits focused on sexual assault

said. “Because students really like that their work makes a difference.”

One of her former students, Minnesota State Mankato senior Frank Jackman, approached Flannery about the prospect of joining forces

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When it comes to collegiate activities, there are the traditional ones — track team, debate team, Young Democrats — but eight Minnesota State Mankato students have found a way to combine something they love — acting — with a cause that’s important to them — education about sexual assault and prevention. The group is PEACE: Peer Educators Acting for Change and Equality.

“I’m really excited with the group this semester,” said Megan Rae, PEACE coordinator. “They seem really excited to want to try new things.”

PEACE, which is an interactive theatre group, began last semester through the MSU Women’s Center.

The group addresses issues such as sexual assault, bystander intervention and stalking. Students in the group perform skits involving these issues and encourage the audience to think about the best way to end the scene. If an audience member suggests something, the group will re-enact the scene using the suggestion to see if the outcome is good or not.

Since the group depends on audiences for suggestions, PEACE members practice their ad-libbing skills to be able to deftly act out any idea.

“I really like how PEACE’s performances are basically improv,” said Beth Madsen, a PEACE member. “I think it makes the situations more realistic because we’re just playing off each other as we build the scene. It’s like we’re really at a party instead of

pretending to be at one.”

Madsen said she joined PEACE because one of her friends was sexually assaulted, but never reported the incident.

“Because she never went to the police or spoke out about what happened, I wanted to speak out,” Madsen said. “Not just for her, but for everyone who has been through a traumatic experience like that.”

“We try to spark discussion on important issues involving sexual assault,” said fellow PEACE member Sara Gage.

“I also enjoy the fun we have making scenes because we get to use all of our creativity and have fun while doing it.”

Rae said PEACE presents scenes around campus, including in residence halls and for classes. If a professor has noticed an issue that seems relevant, such as electronic sexual harassment, he or she can request a skit about that topic.

“It really gets the students to begin thinking what they would do [in that situation],” Rae said, adding that watching the skits can be more effective than listening to a lecture or faceless statistics. “It’s applicable to everyone.”

“PEACE is sort of a bridge between the ‘statistics and logistics’ and the community,” Madsen said. “We get down to the reality of tough subjects without being scary.”

Rae said the group is constantly writing more scripts to cover more topics, deciding which scripts to perform based on how many people are able to help out.

She said the group has had

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Jackman and fellow senior, Wale Agboola, recently started an entertainment event planning and promotions organization, EXP. “We booked the bands and the venue,” Jackman said.

“Then I thought, let’s give this event to her class to help raise money for a good cause.”

Flannery and Jackman worked together to arrange the big picture, but left it to the six students chosen from the class to manage the details, including senior Pricilla Garza.

“We were really happy to be picked and help bring awareness to this great organization,” Garza said. “It is one thing to show up and do volunteer work, but it’s another to actually organize a fundraiser and make people aware of Campus Kitchen.”

The group began the project two weeks ago, and members have become close, according to Garza, while publicizing, arranging and fine-tuning the event details.

The group worked together to publicize the event through Facebook pages, posters, tabling and a spot on KMSU. Sponsors donated prizes for the raffle (which included two Timberwolves tickets donated

by Eide Bailly) and the group worked with both RedSky

and EXP to make sure that everything was going according to plan.

“We only had two weeks to throw everything together,” Garza said. “But going fast is kind of what helped us too, because it didn’t give us time to question things or procrastinate.”

The bands decided to do this for free. They could have easily turned it down or demanded to be paid, but they wanted to make music for others and to be a part of this fundraiser.

The group charged $5 for admission, or $3 if two food items were donated, and all of the proceeds went to Campus Kitchen. The team was able to raise $398 and approximately 20 pounds of food for the organization, but one of the most important things that the event brought, according to Garza, was the attention to Campus Kitchen.

“It comes down to awareness,” Garza said. “If people don’t know about it, how can they help?”

By managing and organizing events and fundraisers to help an organization, the students are able to learn their management material firsthand while gaining the experience they need for when they graduate — a win-

win for both Flannery and her students.

“Most of the students who take the class really like that there is the learning component,” Flannery said.

“And all of the companies who recruit the students really like that they have real experience.”

Flannery refers to the service learning projects as “live case studies” and stated that she couldn’t imagine teaching the class without the service learning aspect.

“They do really amazing things,” she said. “[Students] always amaze me.”

All the Right Moves performs Feb. 12 at Winona State University, and the Style Biters have another free show coming up Feb. 19 at the Sugar Room in Mankato.

Also, Def Gone Graphic will be back at Red Sky on Feb. 25.

Staff writer Joey Denton contributed to this article.

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Technology fair opens Wednesday

Presentations, events and answers

DAVID WEI

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Hopefully, you got the e-mail: our own Technology Fair begins Wednesday.

ITS staff and different vendors will show a variety of different presentations and tutorials answering questions about tech this week from 9 a.m. each day in CSU 284. It’s like Minnesota State Mankato’s own Consumer Electronics Show.

Different conference rooms on the second floor will host a variety of events, including a LAN gaming room in CSU 204.

If you can’t make it to the Technology Fair, there’s a whole variety of new resources online, such as the ITS Microsoft IT Academy (http://www.mnsu. edu/its/training/itabenefits. html), which offers training in Microsoft programs free for students. The College of Education recently launched

the Atomic Learning program as well. The program mainly focuses on computer literacy and is helpful for beginners. It’s a great alternative to commercial sites such as lynda.com that charge a hefty membership fee.

While Microsoft IT Academy focuses on Microsoft office software, Atomic Learning goes even further, with tutorials on computer use and common software. You can log into Atomic Learning from the College of Education website (http://ed.mnsu.edu/resources/ atomic.html).

Both Microsoft IT Academy and Atomic Learning feature easy-to-use interfaces and different tutorials, lessons and projects as well as workshops to become fully trained using the technology. This is a great resource that is provided for free from the school, so pack your gaming machine and check it out.

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PEACE Group continually writes more scripts to act out new and different topics

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will mean much change for Minnesota State Mankato.

“I don’t see MnSCU making those drastic changes that need to happen,” Williams said.

He added that the chancellor deals with many administrative changes, but ultimately any major changes to specific colleges will probably need to be made on individual campuses by students and administration.

Frederick said now is a great time for collaboration in Minnesota because of the new opportunities due to the new people in positions statewide, from the MnSCU chancellor to the governor.

As chancellor, Rosenstone will report to the Board, oversee vice chancellors and presidents of universities and set the

continued from 1 direction for the entire MnSCU system. Rosenstone was asked how he felt about working so closely with the Board on a constand basis.

“I am very confident that this will be an open, trusting, candid relationship,” he said. “[I have] no doubt in my mind that we’re going to have a very open and frank dialogue with each other.”

Rosenstone added that though he wants to have an equal relationship where he and the Board support each other, his relationship with them isn’t the most important aspect of the new position.

“It’s not about me, it’s not about you,” he said. “It’s about doing the right thing on behalf of our students and on behalf of the people in Minnesota.”

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courtesy of women’s center PEACE now has eight members who use their creativity to educate students and staff about sexual assault prevention, stalking and bystander intervention.

many bookings so far this year, with its next scheduled performance for the LGBT Center in early March.

Gage said PEACE is a good group for MSU because of how important it is to educate students about sexual assault.

“PEACE is extremely important to MSU because sexual assault is an issue that everyone needs to be more educated about,” Gage said. “A college campus is

a perfect place to [educate people], because a lot of sexual assaults do occur on campus, and if we can get a group of students together in a classroom, then maybe they will listen better.”

“So many people feel like talking about rape or assault is uncomfortable and almost taboo, but we approach the subject matter in a way that a lot of young adults can relate to,” Madsen said.

PEACE meets twice a

month to practice. Members also receive training on how to handle sexual topics. Rae said any student is welcome to be a part of the group, even if he or she does not want to act in the skits because people can help out in other ways, such as writing scripts.

Members sign up based on availability, so no one needs to be overloaded. Interested students can stop by the Women’s Center for more information.

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If you watched the Super Bowl last night, which is likely considering that 44.7 percent of televisions in the country did, you may have noticed something…

The Black Eyed Peas unequivocally got retarded in here.

And they didn’t even have to sing their eponymous club anthem to do so.

If the residue left from your bleeding eyes aren’t enough of an indicator, here are...

10 reminders of why the BEP’s performance was the worst of all time:

And other thoughts upon watching the Black Eyed Peas Halftime Show

1. The audio was terrible. I admit, this wasn’t BEP’s fault per se. Either a five-year-old was running the show or Fox put Glenn Beck and his $32M in charge of muting the mics for potential terrorism. Glenn Beck is afraid of what he doesn’t understand. And nobody understands what that Taboo guy is all about.

2. It made the Rolling Stones decrepit regurgitation of their classics look like Monterrey Pop. 3. It made Christina’s (seemingly) drunken, rambling misinterpretation of the National Anthem seem perfectly normal.

4. Performing BEP songs turned Fergie’s peeing of her pants into just the third-most embarrassing thing she’s ever done on stage. Which might be a good thing if the secondmost embarrassing wasn’t her singing “Sweet Child O’ Mine” with Slash during the same performance.

5. There’s so many ways to “LOE” you. Maybe they shouldn’t have wasted all the good LED lights on those Running-Man dancers?

6. Will.i.am, via Pepsi commercials, thinks he’s Bob Dylan. Does anyone after seeing that performance, or before it rather, actually believe him

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to be on par with our Hibbing hero? Will.i.am seems like a good guy, but he’s getting a little too into himself. Sorry, buddy, you’re not Dylan, Daft Punk or the Dalai Lama.

7. That “(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life” cover song is just the worst. I used to hear the original version in the Illinois Centre Mall in Marion, Ill. — the most depressing mall I’ve ever been to. That’s the only fitting place for that song (and the cover).

8. BEP isn’t even a real group anymore. They’re now just the faux-art-electro-dance version of Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em. 9. Charles Woodson was going to come back in the game, but re-injured his shoulder punching the television broadcasting the performance in the Packers locker room.

10. No amount of Janet Jackson pasties could’ve saved it.

7 Best Twitter interactions I read during the performance 1. @NateBrennan: “Hey Will.i.am, nobody thinks you’re a robot.” @DaltonMcGee: “You’d think all of them were robots based on the formulaic, unoriginal music they make.”

4. @MarkHoppus: “Dear BEP: ‘gotta’ is short for ‘got to,’ meaning ‘have to,’ so your song is basically ‘I Have to Feeling.’

Please advise.”

5. @NoTrivia: “’HOW MANY FAT GUYS LIKE ME GIVE A FUCK ABOUT THE BLACK EYED PEAS?’ – My Dad (sic)” 6. @OnionSports: “The Vienna Philharmonic was originally to perform but refused, saying the Black Eyed Peas are the world’s best band.”

7. @KeithOlbermann: “Well, after seeing The Black Eyed Peas, the Steelers can feel a lot better about their performance before the 2nd Half.”

What did you think of the Black Eyed Peas halftime show?

Megan Kirby • Sr • Comm. Health “It wasn’t that great until Usher came down from the ceiling.”

Josh Stein • Sr • Psychology “As the great Usher said, ‘Oh my god.’ It was that bad.”

Keli Vaziri • Sr • Law Enforcement “I thought it was very entertaining.”

David Wabbe• Sr • Marketing “Fergie sounded like a man...not good.

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Minn. man pleads guilty in death of UND student Victim died in Dec. after seven-month coma

BUFFALO, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty in a fight that led to the death of a former University of North Dakota student body president.

Twenty-four-year-old Alexander Tuomisto (tuhMIST’-oh) of St. Michael pleaded guilty Monday in Wright County to first-degree assault. A charge of seconddegree unintentional murder is expected to be dismissed at his sentencing April 15.

The Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald reports that under a plea

deal, Tuomisto will serve no more than five years in prison and pay no more than $20,000 in restitution.

Authorities say Tuomisto punched Adam Baker last May outside the Corner Bar in St. Michael, causing him to hit his head on the ground.

Baker was in a coma for seven months before dying in December at 32.

According to court documents, a defense attorney argued that Tuomisto was not the aggressor and was defending himself.

Hoping it will aid in ending protests

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s embattled regime announced Monday a 15 percent raise for government employees in an attempt to shore up its base and defuse popular anger amid ongoing protests demanding President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster.

The Cabinet decision follows earlier promises to investigate election fraud and official corruption as well as an announcement that a detained Google Inc. executive who was one of the most prominent youth organizers would be released later Monday. Wael Ghonim, a marketing manager for the Internet company, was seized by security agents on Jan. 28, three days after the crisis erupted.

The gestures so far have done little to persuade the tens of thousands occupying downtown’s Tahrir Square to end their twoweek long protest, leaving the two sides in an uneasy stalemate.

The protesters have vowed to stay put until Mubarak steps down, while the regime wants him to stay in office until elections in September.

Newly appointed Finance Minister Samir Radwan said some 6.5 billion Egyptian pounds ($960 million) will be allocated to cover the salary and pension increases, which will take effect in April for the 6 million people on public payrolls.

“We don’t trust him and he’s a liar — he’s made many promises in the past,” said Salih AbdelAziz, an engineer with a public sector company, referring to the president. “He could raise it 65 percent and we wouldn’t believe him. As long as Mubarak is in charge then all of these are brittle decisions that can break at any moment.”

Public sector employees have been a pillar of support for the regime, but their salaries have stagnated in value in recent years as prices have soared, forcing the government to periodically announce raises to quell dissatisfaction.

Following widespread labor unrest in public sector factories in 2008, Mubarak announced a 30 percent increase in public sector salaries that appeared to

temporarily blunt public anger at the time.

The regime appears confident in its ability for the moment to ride out the unprecedented storm of unrest, and maintain its grip on power, at least until September elections, but it has made a number of moves in response to protesters’ demands.

Egypt’s Vice President Omar Suleiman also met several major opposition groups, including the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, for the first time Sunday and offered new concessions including freedom of the press, release of those detained during the protests and the eventual lifting of the country’s hated emergency laws.

Egypt’s state-run news agency reported Monday that Mubarak ordered the country’s parliament and its highest appellate court to re-examine lower-court rulings disqualifying hundreds of ruling party lawmakers for campaign and ballot irregularities, that were ignored by electoral officials — possibly paving the way for new elections.

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Two Americans accused of spying appeared in a closeddoor Iranian court session Sunday to begin trial after an 18-month detention that has brought impassioned family appeals, a stunning bail deal to free their companion and backdoor diplomatic outreach

by Washington through an Arab ally in the Gulf.

All three — two in person and one in absentia — entered not guilty pleas during the fivehour hearing, said their lawyer, Masoud Shafiei.

He added that he was barred by Iranian law from giving any further details of the proceedings. But he noted that the judge decided for at least one more session in Tehran Revolutionary Court, which deals with state security cases including some of the high-profile opposition figures arrested in the violent aftermath of Iran’s disputed election in

2009.

He described the jailed Americans — Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal — as appearing in good health and said they sat next to him during the trial session.

“I hoped the case would have ended today,” Shafiei told The Associated Press. “I now hope they fix the next session for the near future.”

Samantha Topping, a spokeswoman for Bauer’s and Fattal’s families in the U.S., said Sunday afternoon that they had no comment on the trial.

The case highlights the power of Iran’s judiciary, which is controlled directly by the nation’s ruling clerics and has rejected apparent appeals by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to show some leniency.

But Ahmadinejad has also tried to draw attention to Iranians in U.S. jails, raising the possibility the

detainees have been viewed as potential bargaining chips with Washington at a time of highstakes showdowns over Iran’s nuclear program.

Court authorities imposed a blanket ban on observers, including Swiss Ambassador Livia Leu Agosti, who represents U.S. interests in Iran in the absence of direct diplomatic relations.

The third American, Bauer’s fiancee, Sarah Shourd, was released in September on $500,000 bail arranged through the Gulf nation of Oman, which maintains close ties to the West and Iran. She was ordered back to Tehran for the trial by Iranian officials and the bail will likely be forfeited because of her absence.

The Americans were detained in July 2009 along the Iraqi border. They claim they were hiking in Iraq’s Kurdistan region and that if they crossed into Iran it was inadvertent.

Fire tears through Rio de Janeiro carnival

After a year of preparing, costumes and floats cannot be fully replaced RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s world-famed Carnival went up in flames Monday for thousands of people who spent nearly a year preparing for the spectacular event.

Seamstresses, set designers and musicians watched in tears as firefighters struggled to control a blaze that raged through warehouses holding many of the elaborate costumes and floats they had assembled for this year’s samba parade.

With just a month left before the March 6 start of the competition, there is no way to fully replace them.

“Do you know what it feels like to work all day, into the night, to make this happen, and then this?” asked Graziela Goncalves Carvalho, a seamstress with Uniao da Ilha do Governador, one of the groups that appeared to have suffered heavy losses. “It’s over.

There’s nothing. This Carnival is over for us.”

Three hours after the fire, 120 firefighters had controlled the flames that appeared to have

severely damaged warehouses belonging to three of the samba organizations that compete in the two-day parade, as well as Independent League of Samba Groups that organizes the event, according to Dimas de Almeida Neto, spokesman for Rio’s fire department.

The cause was being investigated, he said.

There were no initial reports of serious injuries or deaths, although some workers were in the warehouses when the fire started just before 7 a.m. The municipal health department confirmed one 30-year-old man was admitted to a downtown hospital after inhaling smoke, but is recovering.

Even before the flames were out, it was clear that four of the four-story warehouses were extensively damaged, with two of them collapsing internally, according to firefighters. Ten warehouses were not affected by the flames.

Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes, who plays in one samba group’s percussion section, promised the city would help the groups

recover and vowed that the Carnival parades would go on.

“These people will put on a great Carnival, and will show the energy and the optimism that Rio has,” he said.

Paes has no control over the independent samba competition, but he said he hoped that groups hit by the fire would not risk being demoted. Under a football-style league system, low-scoring samba groups can be dropped into a lesser league for the coming year.

Even with help, rebuilding an entire year’s worth of work is not possible in a month, he said.

“They won’t be in any condition to compete,” Paes said.

Still, many were already trying to bounce back.

“I’ve cried a lot over this, and now it’s time to think about what can be saved,” said Roberto Szaniecki, the theme developer for Portela group as he hugged friends. “But I want to make this clear: we’re going to get out there. We’ve got a Carnival to put on.”

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Most anticipated video games of 2011 The classics re-made, re-done and better than ever

Duke Nukem Forever Release dates: May 3, 2011.

Platforms: PC, PS3, Xbox 360 Genres: FPS, Sci-Fi, Action Gaming Modes: Single & multi-player

Memories of the wise-cracking, alien-punching tough guy nearly faded into antiquity, but fortunately after 12 years, Duke is back! The game is a joint effort between Triptych Games, Gearbox Software and Piranha Games. It’s as massive and epic as the protagonist’s ego. Duke Nukem is a classic FPS (first-person shooter) first released in 1991.

It helped push the market for FPS games. The many reasons for its delay include technical difficulties, internal and external developer issues and funding. Eventually, the main developer, 3DRealms, outsourced development to three other game studios.

Duke Nukem Forever is as much a comedy with hilarious voice acting as it is a grade A+ shooter. The game is full of self-depreciating humor and the same ingenious wit that is Duke Nukem. According to developers, you can fully interact with the game world, albeit the “Dukeway.” According to the fact sheet, you can have Duke play basketball and even use the bathroom. Nearly every review has been positive thus far. After 12 years, we certainly hope it lives up to the hype.

DAVID WEI | staff writer

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Interstellar Marines Release date: TBD (Q4 2011 or 2012) Platforms: PC, TBA Genres: FPS, Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure/RPG Gaming Modes: Single & Multi-player, Online

Interstellar Marines is a new game from a smalltime developer, Zero Point Software.

Because it is free from the standards of big-time publishers, it is actively developing games with fans’ requests in mind. It is also the world’s first independent game developer. The game will have a heavy focus on realism through immersion, graphics, audio and gameplay.

The developers focus on giving players the most freedom and f lexibility with the game.

Many things can be customized; such as player’s appearance and abilities. The game discards traditional character roles and allows the player to customize their skills with no limits. Zero Point Software has released several demos on its Web site and they are simply amazing. Interstellar Marines is definitely a game to look forward to.

Release date: Q2 2011 Platforms: PC, PS3, Xbox 360 Genres: Action, Adventure, FPS, Sci-Fi Gaming Modes: Single-player

Deus Ex was a series so good, most gamers wished for more. After many delays, the Deus Ex prequel is finally here. Square Enix (the publisher known for its Final Fantasy series) has revitalized the developer Eidos and the Deus Ex series.

Judging all the reviews and trailers, the game looks fantastic. The groundbreaking, innovative gameplay is now seamlessly integrated into an amazing FPS. Deus Ex: Human Revolution takes place in the near future, as in the prequel to the first two games.

The game will combine combat, stealth, action and adventure elements. It’s not only a shooter but a visceral close combat game as well. The player can augment the main character with new and different abilities. There is a similar upgrade system for weapons. Deus Ex: Human Revolution will hopefully be magnificent.

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Destroyer pushes into new sonic territory CHRISTIAN HAGEN

staff writer Sixteen years into one of the strangest takes on the independent aesthetic of this or any generation, Destroyer’s Dan Bejar has entered 2011 with weighty expectations made lighter by the freedom to let his imagination run unhindered.

Bejar enjoys a cult, elderstatesman status enjoyed by few remaining bandleaders in alt-rock circles, (partially because of the tenure of his underground credentials) but mostly because of his do-ityourself flair. And now, after two wildly different and wellreceived EPs (2009’s Bay of Pigs and 2010’s Archer on the Beach), he’s in a position rarely afforded to musicians on the precipice of success: he can do whatever he wants.

For these reasons, it

shouldn’t be surprising that his ninth full-length release, Kaputt, shakes free the bonds of frequent David Bowie comparisons for a much more ambient, much more mournful sound.

If anything, the nine songs contained herein take in more of the abstract moments of Al Stewart than the space-aged coolness of Bowie: jazzy electronica with lazily mumbled verses of love and loss.

What is surprising is how well Bejar’s Bohemian melancholy marries with swirling jazz dirges, and how a style, and an artist, that could be easily criticized as pretentious or self-satisfied manages to be so emotionally fulfilling.

Bejar spends much of the album sounding distant, a lone broken soul in the middle of a field, surrounded by grey synths, horns and quiet guitars

strumming. No song exemplifies this better than the beginning of closer “Bay of Pigs (Detail).” This track gets at the heart of what makes Kaputt so extraordinary.

Bejar seems to no longer need to thrust the theatricality or manic lyrical diversions of his early albums on listeners to present his worldview.

Instead, the band paints a portrait and invites the listeners inside of their own volition.

Listening to “Bay of Pigs” is like crawling into a cave and wondering at the beautiful drawings on the walls, only to find a group of kindred spirits dancing in the dark.

Each song on Kaputt swims on, rather than drowns in, the twinkling ambiance of the electronics, and sweetly longing trumpet blows throughout the album. To compare Bejar

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Local Band of the Week MYS T ER Y

BRIAN ROSEMEYER

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Mystery Moth is a band unique in its blend of music. As the local music scene grows, the band’s playing grow with it.

The group consists of eight core musicians, but has featured a number of performers through its formation.

The members are as follows: Ben Marti (keys and lead vocals), Cheryl Kress (tenor sax and f lute), Travis

Domier (rhythm and lead guitar), Damen Price (drums), Brandon Wolters (bass), Ryan Davis (rhythm and lead guitar), Dave Hanson (percussion), and Trish Bordonaro (backup vocals and f lute).

With a band of that size, the music is allowed to twist and bend to any number of sounds, ref lecting all contributors’ inf luences.

The group started as a trio, founded by Marti and Price. As time passed, the group accumulated more musicians, coming to fruition in the summer of 2010.

Mystery Moth has a definitive quality to it. It is heavily musical and the band plays no gimmicks.

The complexity and talent of the music requires a close listen, which is difficult to do over the sound of your own feet shuff ling underneath you. Even though the music is technical, it maintains a loose, funky groove perfect for restless legs.

“I just love going to the shows and dancing to these guys,” said Mystery Moth fan Amanda Burch.

Mystery Moth totes more than 20 original compositions written

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by Marti, but all members toss into the pot.

“It’s hard to trace any song to any one place,” Marti said. “Many of the songs are collaborative efforts.”

The group attributes its sound to inf luences including James Brown, Parliament, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, George Clinton, classical and most noticeably, Frank Zappa.

“I like Jack White,” said guitarist Domier, “but everyone in the band has different inf luences.”

“I fucking love Nirvana (sic),” said tenor sax player Kress.

“I like a lot of music,” said drummer Price, “but when I play the drums, it comes from Zeppelin, Sabbath and Phish.”

All the ingredients come together to create a jazzy, bluesy, funky and intriguing mix.

Many of the members of Mystery Moth attend Minnesota State Mankato, and the group has a growing appreciation for the local

music scene.

“Since we started playing three years ago, shit has exploded around here (sic),” Marti said.

“I didn’t realize things were getting as good as they were until about two years ago,” Kress said.

Be sure to see Mystery Moth at the shows listed, and hear its threesong demo at reverbnation.com.

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MOST ANTICIPATED VIDEO GAMES ‘You know a series is good when DESTROYER every review has been given either an A or a 10/10 rating’ ‘Henry Miller would have been very proud of this continued from 11 album’ Portal 2 continued from 9 to an indie rock Miles Davis, if 2001’s Streethawk: A Seduction was Destroyer’s Birth of the Cool, Kaputt is its Kind of Blue. Or maybe it’s Bitches Brew, combining the genius of the band’s past with barely explored territories: jazzfusion in reverse.

But strip the noise away, beautiful though it is, and you’ll find Bejar still unmistakably there. “Blue Eyes” and “Savage Night” still evoke a night in the city with your artsy poet friends, though here their wine might be making them a bit sullen. “Poor in Love” sounds like the exact bittersweet idealism of its title; true, you may not have money, but you have love.

Henry Miller would have been very fond of this album.

This isn’t to say that Kaputt is perfect. Many of the songs run together, and not in an intentional “each track bleeds into the next” sort of way.

There isn’t a great deal of variety in these songs, musically or tonally.

Nor will it convert any who were not previously convinced of Bejar’s talent. After all, this is the same singer who’s been performing for a decade and a half. To expect drastic change at this point would be foolish.

It may even alienate fans of early Destroyer albums, with their fun, upbeat glam-folk artiness. Those expecting a poppier tone out of Dan Bejar will be disappointed.

But there’s a bracing honesty in Bejar’s softer performance. If anything about Kaputt is forced, a listener certainly can’t tell.

Perhaps it’s because the focus is off his clever wordplay, or his cleverness in general, and onto the sonic landscapes the group is traversing.

Perhaps it’s because the band, a lineup in constant flux for a decade and only solidified for a handful of years, sounds brilliantly cohesive even as its ideas seem, at times, wildly at odds.

The songs feel full without feeling overstuffed. There’s room enough for you to crawl into their cave and join the fun. Or, if you’re so inclined, to crawl in, curl into a ball, and feel yourself wrapped in the comfort of the music.

Kaputt may be no surprise from one of indie’s best-kept idols, but its effect on the listener certainly is.

Release date: April 18, 2011.

Platforms: PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Mac OSX Genres: Action, FPS, Puzzle, Platform Gaming Modes: Single-player, Co-Op

Mass Effect 3 Release date: “Holiday 2011” so, technically Q4 2011.

Platforms: PC, PS3, Xbox 360 Genres: Action, Adventure, RPG, Sci-Fi Gaming Modes: Single-player

While Portal won many awards for its innovative gameplay and design, Portal 2 goes farther. Valve Corporation, the company behind the “Steam” distribution platform, certainly knows how to create games. Portal is based on its famous source engine. Portal 2 will feature not only a singleplayer mode, but a two-player cooperative mode as well. There are many new features in the physics-based game such as new environments, game mechanics and innovative and challenging puzzles.

Mass Effect 3 is the final chapter in the award-winning, epic series. The sci-fi role-playing game is unique compared to other games because of its depth. Each play-through can be different.

According to the developers, the final game will import more than a thousand variables made in the previous games, such as the welldesigned RPG and dialogue system featured in Mass Effect 3.

The sequel begins after Mass Effect 2 and will be connected with a series of DLCs and comics. Mass Effect has previously offered the best unique RPG experience. You know a series is good when every review has been given either an A or 10/10 rating.

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The sweep suffered by the MSU women’s basketball team darkened its postseason chances. With just five games remaining, the Mavericks are tied for seventh place with an 8-9 NSIC record.

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Creating Some Cushion

After the third straight weekend sweep, the Mavericks have given themselves a two-game NSIC lead with just five games remaining on the schedule

KYLE RATKE

sports editor

The Minnesota State Mankato men’s basketball team shushed perhaps the loudest fans in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference on Friday night.

The Mavericks rivalry with Augustana has resulted in a tough battle in both team’s histories, as MSU leads the overall series 56-43.

The two normally take a home win against one another, but this season the Mavericks earned the season sweep after Friday night’s 92-79 win. A win that put Augustana three games out of the NSIC lead.

“It was so much fun,” said senior guard Joe Drapcho, who knows Augustana as well as anyone on the team. “I’ve played here four years now. It was a packed house and they have rowdy fans. It was nice to

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go out on the senior year with a win against them...We just took the crowd out.”

The crowd count was at 3,403 fans. To make matters more impressive, MSU ended Augustana’s eight-game win streak.

In the victory at the Elmen Center, the Mavericks were led by senior guard Cameron Hodges, who finished with 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting, including four 3-pointers. Hodges also added seven rebounds.

Drapcho, along with point guard Marcus Hill, added 14 points, freshman Jimmy Whitehead added 11 and senior Jefferson Mason scored 10 points to go with his eight rebounds and five assists.

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shannon rathmanner • msu reporter The Mavericks are on the brink of winning their second consecutive NSIC title.

Wrestling

MSU FALLS TO NO. 1 TEAM IN NATION The UNO Mavericks proved themselves worthy of their top-ranking

shannon rathmanner • msu reporter Andy Forstner gave the Mavericks half their points as he pinned Cody Tyler in the first match of the dual.

DREW CLAUSSEN

staff writer

The No. 8 Minnesota State Mankato wrestling team found itself on the losing end of its second consecutive duel, this time at the hands of No. 1 Nebraska-Omaha 12-22.

“We competed hard, but I don’t think we competed at the level we are capable of,” said junior Pat Mahan.

“Omaha is a tough team. They are number one for a reason.”

MSU got out to the start they had hoped for when No. 4 senior Andy Forstner pinned UNO’s Cody Tyler in the first period, giving MSU an early 6-0 lead after the 125-pound match.

After a loss at the 133-pound match, sophomore Robby Fisher won an entertaining 141-pound match by getting a take down in the final seconds en-rout to a 10-8

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decision.

After the first three matches MSU held a 9-3 lead, but UNO would come storming back to win the next four matches to take a 16-9 lead.

Mahan No. 6 junior Aaron Norgren would stop MSU’s skid when he broke a 1-1 tie late in the third period with a takedown of No. 3 Aaron Denson. Norgren would hold on for the 3-1 victory.

“The main focus right now is to improve as much as we can until regions and nationals,” Mahan said.

Of MSU’s seven individual losses in the duel, two were by two points and two were

by just one point. Being close does not soften the blow of a loss according to Mahan, who lost his match 1-2 in overtime.

“To me there is nothing that makes a loss easier to deal with,” Mahan said. “Losing is losing, and I hate it.”

The loss marks MSU’s second defeat to a raked opponent after falling to No. 2 Augustana last weekend. The team now owns an 8-4 record, along with a 4-1 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, which is good for third place.

The Mavericks will be back in action Thursday when they will close out their home schedule, facing off against Southwest Minnesota State.

Match time is set for 7 p.m. at the Taylor Center.

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Men’s hockey

Boe, MSU splits with BSU Shutout at home

PAT DELANEY

staff writer

Eight. That’s the number of times the Minnesota State men’s hockey team has been in an overtime game this season.

Zero was the number of wins the Mavericks have been able to pull out in the extra period.

MSU would find themselves in this position again Friday heading into their weekend series with Bemidji State at the Verizon Wireless Center. But this time, the Mavericks found that long-coveted overtime goal when senior defenseman Channing Boe would beat BSU netminder Dan Bakala with a shot from just inside the blue line to secure the 2-1 victory.

Fittingly it was Boe, a Bemidji native, who helped the Mavericks achieve their first overtime win of the season with his first career gamewinning goal.

“It couldn’t have come at a better time,” said Boe. “We needed a goal. We needed these two points for the standings.”

And just like that the Mavericks had a win streak. MSU hadn’t won two consecutive WCHA contests since sweeping Minnesota in early December. The win was even more important because going into the game, the Beavers trailed the Mavericks by only two points in the standings.

The game appeared to fit right into the Mavericks fortunes over recent weeks.

Bakala had different plans though, denying shot after shot by Mavericks shooters.

Bakala had 40 saves in Three of the past five the game and watched games, MSU let a his offense put four lead get away in the unanswered goals on the third period, resulting board, securing a 4-1 in two ties and a loss. victory.

It would be the “Their goalie played same Friday. The well and we didn’t play Mavericks held a good enough,” Jutting 1-0 lead most of the Mueller said.

“We didn’t have the game and continued same jump that we had to pester Bakala with Friday night unfortunately.” shots. However, the Mavericks The split leaves the Mavercouldn’t solve the junior and icks at 12-12-6 overall, 6-12-4 he kept the Beavers within a WCHA. They are tied for goal long enough for them to ninth in the conference with even the score with less than St. Cloud State.

Despite only four minutes remaining in the three remaining series, the third.

Mavericks remain optimistic There was a collective sigh that they still can find a way to that filled the arena as the move up a couple more spots Mavericks squandered anin the standings. other opportunity to put a team “We’re still trying to get away. Head coach Troy Jutting home ice advantage,” said kept the message simple going junior forward Adam Muelinto overtime, saying they had ler.

“Any team can win at this to find a way to win the game. point of the season. We have Boe was an unlikely hero, been playing good hockey, we but he did what coaches preach just haven’t always gotten the in overtime: Shoot the puck. bounces.

This is one of the best “We tell them every time teams I’ve ever been apart of before overtime, every shot’s a and we all feel we can make good shot,” said Jutting. “That these remaining games count.” was a great shot.”

The Mavericks will have With an overtime win under one more regular season their belts, the Mavericks road-trip this weekend when appeared poised to earn only their second consecutive sweep they visit Colorado College. of the season heading into Sat- This will be followed up by urday’s game. An early goal by two final home series in what should be an exciting finish to junior forward Michael Dorr had the Mavericks up 1-0 after the regular season.

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the first period and the excitement of a possible sweep was felt throughout the building.

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LEE HANDEL

staff writer

The Minnesota State Mankato women’s hockey team got a rather rude reminder of what they need to improve on this past weekend, getting swept at home against Minnesota-Duluth by scores of 7-0 on Friday and 3-0 on Saturday.

After going 0-13-2 in their previous 15 games, the Mavericks showed some life two weekends ago against seventhranked North Dakota, defeating the Sioux 5-3 in the series finale to gain a split. Although MSU returned home to All Seasons Arena for the series against UMD, another team in the top half of the WCHA, they were unable to carry over their offensive mojo from the previous week.

Friday’s contest could not have started worse for the Mavericks, who fell behind 3-0 in the first period on two

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even-strength goals and one power play tally for the Bulldogs. MSU played better in the second frame, but gave up a score with less than a minute remaining in the period to fall behind 4-0 heading into the final period.

This is when things got out of hand for freshman goaltender Danielle Butters, who got the start and 30 saves after performing well in the team’s win the previous weekend. The Bulldogs added three more goals to cap the 7-0 rout. UMD used a balanced scoring attack, with all seven goals coming from a different skater.

“UMD is a very good offensive team,” said junior goaltender Alli Altmann. “They are very good on the rush and hardly ever mishandle a pass.

They also do a nice job cycling

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MEN’S BASKETBALL continued from 12 The Mavericks were on fire, shooting 56 percent in the game and 42 percent from the 3-point line.

Next up was Wayne State at the Rich Auditorium in Wayne, Neb. Once again, the Mavericks were on fire from the field, shooting an amazing 66 percent throughout the game and 50 percent from the 3-point line. MSU would go on to win 75-62.

Drapcho also came back and had a phenomenal day, shooting 7-for-7 from the field and 4-for4 from the 3-point line, finishing with a career high 20 points.

“I just got a lot of open looks,” Drapcho said. “My teammates set me up to make the shots.”

Mason was the only other Maverick to finish with doubledigit points, as he finished with 18 along with six rebounds.

MSU was able to force 17 turnovers against WSU, which the Mavericks turned into 24 points-off-turnovers.

The No. 10 Mavericks (15-2, 19-2) now hold a two-game lead over the University of Mary for first place in the NSIC with just five regular season games remaining.

MSU will face off against St. Cloud State, Concordia-St. Paul, Minnesota-Duluth, Bemidji State and Southwest Minnesota State to finish off its regular season schedule.

One of the Mavericks two losses this season came against St. Cloud State — the 2010 Central Regional Champions.

The Mavericks will be able to get revenge this Friday night at 8 p.m. as the Huskies head to Mankato.

In the latest NCAA Central Regional Rankings, the Mavericks were listed as the No. 2 team, trailing only Fort Lewis — who lost both games this weekend.

The Mavericks now create their own destiny to not only win the NSIC, but to host the NCAA Central Tournament.

“We can’t take anything for granted,” Drapcho said. “We’ve gotta take care of business.”

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Road struggles continue TIGE HUTCHESON

staff writer

With the NSIC Tournament just a few weeks away, a win against either No. 9 Wayne State (16-1, 19-2) or Augustana (11-6, 18-6) would’ve been huge for the Minnesota State Mankato women’s basketball team. And while only three points separated them from a much-needed series split this past weekend, MSU head coach Pam Gohl isn’t ready to admit defeat quite yet.

“I don’t think we’re broken as far as our spirits just because we didn’t come back with two wins,” Gohl said. “It’s disheartening, but not to the point where we’re eliminated yet.”

“We played really hard, but we struggled matching up with some of their key players,” said freshman guard Alli Hoefer.

On Friday, MSU was unable to stop Augustana’s version of the “Big Three,” allowing Alex Feeney (18 points), Megan Doyle (13) and Molly Hayes (12) to thrive. The Mavericks also had match-up problems on Saturday against Wayne State and were dominated by NSIC Preseason Player of the Year Ashley Arlen (25 points and 13 rebounds) and former NSIC Player of the Week Mara Hjelle (20 points and 10 rebounds).

And while MSU’s defense struggled to guard some of the best players in the conference, it was MSU’s offense that again gave them trouble. The Mavericks struggled from the field shooting a combined 30.1% over the weekend with only three Mavericks reaching double fig-

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WOMEN’S PUCK continued from 13 out, managing only 17 in the corners, workshots on goal and going ing the puck low and scoreless even with four getting their bluetries on the power play. liners into the slot for With most of the game a pass out.” being played on the It was Altmann’s Mavericks’ end of the turn in net on Saturice, Altmann was unable day afternoon, and to hold up the entire 60 UMD turned up the minutes despite playing heat on the Maverick Altmann well in net. defense even more “We need to be tighter than the night before. in the defensive zone and we After Butters faced 37 shots need to get more pucks to the Friday night, the Bulldogs net and capitalize on our scorlaunched 48 Altmann’s way ing chances,” said Altmann. on Saturday. Despite saving a “If we can get an early lead season-high 45 of those shots, against these teams, it will help Altmann allowed a goal each the goalies and defenders relax period as UMD cruised to a 3-0 victory and a series sweep. a bit and just play the game.”

The Mavericks (7-20-3, “It does get tiring at times when facing 40-plus shots, but 6-17-1-0 WCHA) will get another chance to rebound when it also allows you to stay in a they face WCHA bottom-feedrhythm when you are coner St. Cloud State in St. Cloud stantly seeing shots all game,” this weekend.

Altmann said.

The MSU offense was nowhere to be found in the squad’s second straight shut-

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ures in scoring.

“I think we’re getting good shots, we’re just not always knocking them down,” Gohl said.

“We can be more aggressive and attack a little more on the offensive end.”

“We really like to run and we like transition game on offense, so once we get that going we’re able to score a little better than when we have to pull it out and run our offense,” said Hoefer.

While a win last weekend would’ve been nice, MSU still has plenty of room to improve their record and overall seed in the NSIC Tournament. This weekend’s losses drop the Mavericks to 11-10 overall on the year with an 8-9 conference record, but has them tied for seventh-place in the NSIC with the University of Mary. And since the Mavericks beat all five of the teams left on their schedule the first time around, there’s plenty of reason to be optimistic about the postseason.

“With five games to go, we’re still alive and we’re going to fight as hard as we can to win as many games as we can to improve our seed in the conference tournament,” Gohl said.

And perhaps the Mavericks biggest motivation at this point is avoiding another trip to Wayne State, the most likely one seed come tournament time. With team chemistry visibly improving every game, all MSU needs is a little more time to prepare.

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