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Study Abroad Fair returns to campus MSU continues to bring information on travel opportunities to students.

YUSEONG JEON Staff Writer Study Abroad Fair for the 2015 spring semester will be held Tuesday, Feb. 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on MavAve in Centennial Student Union at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Following the Study Abroad Re-Entry Workshop, which was held Feb. 3, International Programs Office is hosting the Study Abroad Fair to provide students the study abroad options that include exchanged programs, faculty-led programs and third-party providers programs.

“The Re-Entry workshop is geared toward students that are coming back from study abroad and how they market their experience for getting a job whereas the Study Abroad Fair is giving students opportunities to look into their options for study abroad,” said Shelley Loewen-

hagen, graduate intern at International Programs Office.

According to Loewenhagen, third-party providers for explaining students various study abroad programs they have, faculty representatives, IPO, Career Development Center, The Office of University Fellowships and Student Financial Services will be at the event to help students.

The school organizations will be providing information on different opportunities that they offer and giving practical tips to students through their books, brochures, flyers and handouts.

“We invited them to come to share their knowledge with students who attend the fair. I would like to think about this as one-stop shop for students who want to study abroad but don’t know what their options are,” she said.

Study Abroad Fair is held each semester and it has happened over 10 years at MSU.

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“It is one of our biggest event each semester,” Loewenhagen said.

Mandy Prorok, education abroad advisor at the International Programs Office said, “The biggest fair, I would say, we probably got more than

a thousand people moving through at any given time during the four hours that we hold the fair.”

MSU students whoever are interested in studying abroad for a semester, a summer, an academic year or even short term

and want to experience different cultures are invited to the fair.

For students who don’t want to go too far, the fair will be providing the National Student Exchange program that they can attend another university in the

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Mankato food program reaches out

Mankato chapter of Food Not Bombs seeks to educate and help those in need.

JENNA VAGLE Staff Writer In 2014, 842 million people were considered unhealthy because they do not get adequate nutrition from the thing we are so quick to throw away: food.

According to the World Food Programme: “One in every eight people on earth goes to bed hungry each night.”

This an issue that many of us overlook, but Food Not Bombs is a worldwide organization that is dedicated to feeding the starving people of America.

Mankato has joined in on this movement with its very own chapter, run by Cam Kennedy and Browson Meyers.

The group prepares an allvegetarian and vegan meal to serve to the public once a week.

There is no cost and the program is completely voluntary.

Kennedy said they serve healthy

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has been meeting on and off for the past decade. Kennedy said he and Meyers became familiar with the program when they protested at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St.

Paul. Food Not Bombs supplied the protesters with meals during the demonstration and at the end of the day Kennedy said that “it was nice to have one less thing to worry about.” It was

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this that sparked the idea to start feeding those in Mankato who can’t afford food and also want to gather with a group of people who have the same views and opinions.

Food Not Bombs’ mission is not to just feed the hungry, it is a movement that protests overall waste of food in America, war, and poverty. It serves food at many protests across America and is a protest in itself as the reason they take donations is to demonstrate how the food establishments throw away isn’t waste and can still be used in some form or another. Kennedy said their mission is to utilize food as much as possible and oppose spending on war.

Military is the second largest expenditure in our economies budget.

Kimberly Amaedo, a US economy expert, wrote that

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Love and care in the air for Rome’s homeless Shower facilities and more fulfill papal promise.

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nizations will be providing information on different opportunities that they offer and giving practical tips to students through their books, brochures, flyers and handouts.” continued from 1

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VALISA FAIR Staff Writer The Vatican announced last year that it would provide shower facilities in St. Peter’s Square for homeless people.

Vatican City will offer not only free showers to Rome’s homeless, but also free haircuts and shaves starting Monday, February 16.

In January of this year, Bishop Konrad Krajeweski told the Italian Catholic newspaper Avvenire that it would also offer haircuts and shaves when the services start. The facilities will be in a newly renovated area under the colonnade of the square, which is below the auspices of the Office of Papal Charities.

The Vatican announced on February 6 that the construc-

tion work was finished and that the public restrooms will now include three showers and a free barbershop.

The showers will be open to the homeless every day but Wednesday, when the piazza is full for the pope’s general audience and days when other large events are planned in St. Peter’s square or the basilica, the Vatican said.

Each “homeless pilgrim,” as the Vatican called the clients, will receive a kit according to different individual needs that include a towel, change of underwear, soap, deodorant, toothpaste, razor, and shaving cream.

While businesses and individuals donate most of the supplies, whatever other items are missing will be purchased

by Krajewski’s office. The Vati-

can almoner’s office will use the proceeds from the offerings people make for parchments certifying a blessing.

The Vatican said in a statement that the renovated bathrooms were made with hightech, easy-to-clean materials to ensure proper hygiene. The bathrooms will have motionactivated soap dispensers, hand dryers and hot water from sinks to maximize cleanliness.

Krajewski said barbers and student hairdressers graduating from a hairdressing school would volunteer their services to the homeless on Mondays— the day on which barber shops and hairdressers in Italy are traditionally closed.

The volunteer barbers and hairdressers who are providing

United States or Canada.

“We try to do this on the MavAve over the lunch time.

I think any type of event on campus during the lunch period on MavAve is a good time-frame and location.

Last year we probably saw a couple of hundred students.

I am hoping to see them many again and get people interested,” Loewenhagen said.

Prorok also said, “We typically expect at least a couple of hundred students to pass through. All of the fairs, we get good feedback from the people who participate from all the fairs.”

Loewenhagen said any students can apply for study abroad program and get funding so students don’t have to give up on the

program just because they think they can’t afford the program.

International Programs Office provides students with study abroad programs and opportunities to encourage them to have international experiences.

Kearney International Center is made up of two distinct services areas: International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) and International Programs Office (IPO/Study Abroad).

For more information, contact Shelley Loewenhagen at shelley.loewenhagen@mnsu.edu or Mandy Prorok at mandy.prorok@ mnsu.edu.

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Drone crash at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

White House has an unexpected and unregulated visitor.

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NICOLE SCHMIDT Staff Writer It’s always interesting when ideas synonymous with futuristic notions become a reality in society. Indeed, when many think of the word ‘drone’, they often clump it into the category of “sci-fi” and pay no more realistic or intellectual thought to it.

However, present circumstances have prompted us to address the conversation again.

Late last January, a quadcopter drone (named so from

its four spinning blades) was discovered on the White House lawn. This particular drone, which is two feet long and available for purchase by the public, was said to have been “heard and observed flying at a very low altitude” by a member of the Secret Service patrolling the south end of the White House at 3 a.m.

The flyer of the drone was a man who, interestingly enough, is a part of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

The accident occurred while

trying to show a female how he could fly his nifty drone form the roof of his apartment after he had been drinking that evening. Bottom line is that drunk driving and drunk flying often have the same result: a crash.

The drone was discovered broken on the White House lawn; after examination, the drone was said to have posed no threat.

So why is this such a big deal? A harmless drone was found, no one was injured and

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The Mankato chapter serves meals Sunday’s at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship church. Anyone can eat or volunteer. To get more

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VATICAN “The Vatican announced last year that it would provide shower facilities in St. Peter’s Square for homeless people.”

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their services have also donated razors, brushes, scissors, a mirror and a barber’s chair towards the effort.

Krajewski came up with the idea of building showers in St. Peter’s Square last year after he was talking to a homeless person and found out that it was the man’s 50th birthday. He invited the homeless person to dinner at a restaurant, but the man declined because the restaurant would not let him in because of his odor.

The homeless man told him that it’s not hard to find a charity to provide food, but that it was difficult to find places to wash.

Krajewski has said the project is needed since homeless people are often shunned for their appearance and smell. He immediately received the pope’s backing for the shower project, which expanded it to include haircuts and shaves.

The Vatican communique said the shower project is part of a larger initiative, to install similar amenities and facilities throughout the city in areas where there are soup kitchens and large numbers of homeless people.

Pope Francis has been stepping up to look out for the poorest as he is persistent in believing the church to do so. In addition to small acts of charity, Krajewski’s office has handed out 400 sleeping bags to the homeless over Christmas and had given 1,600 phone cards to new migrants on the island of Lampedusa. As winter rains continued in the capital, the papal almoner also authorized a distribution of 300 umbrellas to homeless people around the Vatican and other parts of Rome.

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Well it turns out that drones are a big deal at the moment.

Drones are a newer device that are available to the public.

There are also a plethora of rules and guidelines as to who can own a drone and where they can be flown. Businesses cannot own a drone of their own, however helpful they might be for the company (think of the aerial shots that movies should get with a drone!).

If you are lucky enough to meet all of the rules to acquire a drone, the Federal Aviation Administration, FAA for short, has a rigid set of rules, including keeping the drone below 400 feet, always maintaining a visual of the craft, and keeping away from no fly zones such as airports, military bases, and alas, the White House.

Clearly just saying you cannot fly over the White House didn’t stop it from happening.

This is the issue. How safe are the White House and other restricted fly zone areas from potentially threatening drones? It

is obvious that this drone found its way to a highly guarded and secure area with little detection from the Secret Service. I don’t want to think about what could have happened if the drone had been carrying some type of explosive.

Despite the possibility of the things that could have gone wrong, a portion remain unconcerned with the drone crash.

Jimi Onadipe, senior Biomedical Science major, has an unconcerned attitude toward these particular types of drones. “At this point, those drones aren’t much more than an advanced toy helicopter, so I don’t think the government should feel too worried.”

Whether you think this should be the upmost priority in the coming months or not such a big deal, this was an excellent wake-up call for this particular branch of security. As we continue to become more technologically advanced, our defense system must do the same.

And that is just what is happening. According to Fox

News, new ‘interceptor’ drones are being considered as a new weapon in the arsenal of the government. Also an idea is the concept of laser weapons that would shoot down any unwelcome craft. All pretty neat stuff.

Laser beams and interceptor drones? It’s amazing how much it sounds like we are living in a futuristic time. However farfetched, the fact of the matter is that we are living in these times. Technology is expanding at a rapid pace, and it is hard at times to comprehend just how much we are that futuristic picture we often label as ‘fantasy’.

We would be wise to do our best to anticipate new technologies such as drones and flexibly adjust our defenses whenever needed.

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Working hard, or hardly working?

Mandatory vacation could help a workplace stress epidemic.

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If you think you are working too hard between school and work, think again. I know that I look forward to breaks as much as the rest of you, but imagine a world where people look at vacations and breaks as a sign of being lazy or weak. This phenomenon is not a weird new world filled with Chris Traegers but an island almost 6,000 miles west of us that hang out in the Pacific Ocean—Japan. Japan’s workforce is so driven to work hard that there is no playtime involved. Japanese pride themselves on working extraordinarily hard. Instead of saying, “have a good night” or “have a good weekend” they say, “you are tired sir.” Tiredness is the best thing to be in Japan. And speaking of tiredness it is acceptable to take a nap at work.

How awesome is that?

There are many terms that have been made to fit their working lifestyle. There is even a word, karoshi, that means working to death—an epidemic in Japan. Heart attacks and strokes from working too much

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are piling up and work related suicide rates are up to 10,000.

This is such a problem within the population that the government is contemplating passing a law to make it mandatory for workers take at least five days of vacation time a year because Japan ranks among the lowest in the world for mandatory vacation used. Presently, the Japanese only use 48 percent of their paid leave and one in six Japanese workers have taken no vacation time at all.

The amount of hours these “salary man” or businessmen are putting into their work is staggering. Even the man who is pushing this new law, Yuu Wakebe, the Health and Labor Ministry official works over 100 hours of overtime per month, and only took 5 days off in 2014 because he was sick and that was only because they have to

take days off if they are sick.

The Japanese government is also hoping that this increase in workers having time off will also help with their plummeting child population. Due to the work ethic of the current parental age generation, Japan’s population is predicted to drop by one million people every year in the coming decades. Japan is currently one of the lowest fertility rates in the world: 1.39 births per woman. Potential parents are putting off having children either because they have no time to find a potential partner to have children with or they don’t believe they would have enough time for a child and work.

It’s looking like a tough sell to the Japanese workforce even if the Japanese government passes the law because the stigma attached to not working

hard constantly will be hard to change. Many Japanese workers begrudge workers who are away from work and the younger generations of employees are even staying longer at their work because they feel they shouldn’t leave their job before their bosses do.

Many Americans can’t imagine having such a huge work ethic that taking paid leave would not be an option to take.

Madeline Frank, a junior in the RPLS program shared this sentiment: “No way at all would I be able to do that. I mean I love my job that I have now. But I can’t imagine constantly being there and working.” Social lives are important too. And when compared to a work life Frank sided with having a social one: “Having a social life is a

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“Yes, the U.S.A. should give their workers some mandatory vacation days. It could invigorate workers.”

“No, because employees already get a couple days off a week.”

“It’s done over in Europe for the simple reason that it’s proven to increase morale and productivity.”

“Perhaps for salary jobs. It’s a very tricky question to answer.”

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Scholarship behind student success New proposal to increase international tuition likely to affect enrollment.

PRATAKSHYA BHANDARI Staff Writer

The vice president for student affairs and enrollment management, and the interim dean of international affairs have proposed to implement a new policy regarding international student enrollment. The proposal is to increase the international tuition from in-state tuition rate, which is $3,333.79 to either a banded Midwest compact rate of $5000.69 or a non-resident banded undergraduate rate of $7073.04.

If I was an international student planning to enroll at Minnesota State University, Mankato in 2016, it would be impossible for me to afford the new tuition rate. I would have to find a university that offers lower tuition. I would, in simple words, be no longer welcome at MSU. Not that I don’t struggle as a currently enrolled student, even after receiving the cultural contribution scholarship.

If I was living according to my means, I could barely afford an education in the United States to begin with. $1 is valued at 99.45 Nepalese Rupee as I am writing this article.

This change will not affect

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me in any way, but it concerns me. I have wiggled my way out of this impossible journey, and will graduate in May. I am thankful that, when I was finally ready to transfer out of a community college, I found MSU. The cultural contribution scholarship offered me a chance to somehow make ends meet. In the process, I felt home in a community that welcomes diversity, and encourages big ideas.

Talking about the perils of being an international student in the United States is like pointing at the elephant in the room. Who in their right mind deliberately travels to a different country, and then complains about life being difficult? International students make a choice to leave the comfort of their home countries, and understand that difficulties can range from financial, physical, mental, until someone raises the stakes and choice becomes a burden.

The proposed plan promises just as much as it wants to take away. The increased revenue from the tuition raise will be used to provide substantial financial support and additional resources for deserving, high-achieving students. The vision is grand, but it fails to consider the realities of a young adult, regardless of nationality, trying to build a life. When I transferred to MSU as a mass media student in my junior year, I had to wait a full year in order to qualify for the department scholarship. This scholarship would have reduced my financial burden significantly had I

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A year later, when I am able to apply, I am a senior; therefore, I am disqualified by default.

My qualification never stood a chance when compared to the tediousness of rules that are in place.

Not all countries represented at MSU have the same economic status; not all students have the same stories. The proposal considers a fraction of student population that might be willing to consider the change, for the worthy promises that it makes about quality. It fails to consider an average international student who comes to MSU for the affordability and access to a college degree, making this community diverse and fostering global citizenship in the process.

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lot more important than a working one.”

Currently, the U.S. is in dead last for the only developed country not having any paid vacation or even paid holidays. If we had any guaranteed vacation time in the U.S., what if the U.S. government passed a law to make taking our vacation time mandatory? Would suicide rates decrease? Would our birth rates increase?

Would we have more educated and healthy children from all of the extra family

time spent together? No one knows for sure.

“It would be nice for people who don’t have enough time to go on vacations. And it would be nice for a little alone time, but a law might be excessive,” said Frank. Maybe we need to take Japan’s initiative and make ways for the government to pass some guaranteed vacation time, it would be interesting to see what changes would happen in the country.

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Winona museum starts spring cleaning Historical society cuts down on antiquated inventory.

WINONA, Minn. — Anyone who’s tidied an attic won’t envy them the task.

For 80 years, the Winona County Historical Society has been accumulating stuff — high button shoes, Civil War muskets, princess telephones, bunting, buoys, and briar pipes — stuff that overflowed shelves, cupboards, cabinets and storerooms.

And for years, no one knew exactly what, how much, and where all that stuff was.

That’s changing.

Winona’s community attic is getting organized.

“When we’re done we’re going to know where everything is,” WCHS curator of collections Jodi Brom told the Winona Daily News For 10 months Brom, WCHS archivist Andy Bloedorn, and inventory specialists Alexandra Carrier and Maria McEachran have been identifying and cataloging each and every three-dimensional object owned by the historical society. This inventory, expected to be completed by the end of June, is the first phase of a five-year project to bring the history center’s collection, archive and facility in line with state and national standards for maintenance and preservation of museum collections.

This phase of the inventory project is funded in part by a $109,000 Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant through the Minnesota Legacy Amendment.

Additional private donations have covered expenses for upgraded technology and storage equipment.

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The process is patient and exacting.

“We go shelf by shelf, room by room,” Carrier said.

Each object is taken from its assigned storage space, photographed, measured and its condition noted, then identified, described and entered into a comprehensive database. “Then we put it back and repeat the process with the next item,” she said — about 25,000 times so far, with an estimated 19,000 remaining.

Most of these items will never be seen by the museum-going public. Only about 10 percent of the collection is on display at any one time, Brom said. Some items — such as a piecework quilt created to commemorate members the local Grand Army of the Republic, an organization

of Union veterans of the Civil War — are simply too rare and delicate to expose to the degrading effects of light and varying temperature and humidity.

“It’s the nature of stuff to degrade,” McEachran said. “The job of a museum is to slow the process as much as possible.”

Still, on display or in the vaults, there’s a lot of stuff, and some of it is, well, interesting.

A lighted beer-and-salted-nut sign was the first item inventoried. The crew went on to work their way through the museum’s collection of model steamboats, dresses worn by lumber heiress

Francis Prentiss-Lucas in the early years of the last century, and, tucked away in the back of an exhibit, unnoticed and unnoted, J.R. Watkins’ first desk.

“It’s old and rickety ... pretty unassuming,” Carrier said.

Museum records from the 1950s had cataloged Watkins’ desk as part of the collection, but, at that time, artifacts were identified by affixing gummed stickers.

Sometime in the past 60 years the sticker stuck to the desk came unstuck, and an item closely identified with one of Winona’s most noteworthy

personages became just another anonymous piece of old furni- D ture — underscoring the lasting I importance of the inventory project.

I The team is nearly finished A with the inventory of artifacts at m the downtown museum comw plex, yet to be cataloged are e items at the Bunnell House, the Arches and items on loan. a And when they’re done, a they’re just starting. m Phase two will be an inven- y tory of the historical society l archives — documents, maps, t photos, negatives, clippings, scrapbooks and other twoI dimensional artifacts possibly t totaling close to 500,000 indi- h vidual pieces, Bloedorn said. t Phases three, four and five will involve upgrades to storage b equipment, climate control and n other aspects of the museum facility. Funding for phases n two through five has yet to be P secured, Brom said, adding that y Legacy grants are awarded on e an annual basis and generally h must be utilized within a year.

“Knowing what we have will c help us better care for what we h have,” she said. c The better to pass the colh lection on to future generations intact and identified — J.R. i Watkins’ desk and all. b c d y n

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Irish harps from a local hand Duluth resident joins an ancient tradition of craftsmanship.

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — David Kortier doesn’t claim Irish heritage.

But he makes authentic early Irish harps, the kind played by Ann Heymann, an Irish harp music scholar and performer who lives in Winthrop in southern Minnesota.

The two Minnesotans are at the forefront of preserving authentic Irish harp music. They met at a music conference 15 years ago when Heymann was looking for someone who makes the instruments.

Kortier has been making Irish harps in Duluth for more than 20 years, one of only a handful of people in the world to preserve the craft.

The harp market is limited, but Kortier, 70, has found a niche.

“If you got a symphony, you need a harp,” he told Minnesota Public Radio News. “And if you’ve got some people interested in Celtic music you might have a harp player.”

Kortier’s workshop in the city’s Central Hillside neighborhood is a former neighborhood convenience store that once housed a real estate office.

The harp building begins out in back on a sawmill powered by a four- cylinder, turbocharged diesel engine. Kortier discovered a local wood source years ago when investigating a noise up the street.

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“There was this big truck up there with this monster, big log on it,” he recalled.

Kortier struck a deal with the Rick Hanson Tree and Stump removal crew to drop the huge silver maple log in back of his shop.

Since then, the company also brings him white willow logs — the tough, elastic wood favored

by Irish harp makers hundreds of years ago.

Because early harp makers couldn’t rely on glue to hold their harps together in Ireland’s damp climate, they carved the instrument’s sound box from a solid block of willow.

That’s how Kortier makes his Irish harps. But he does rely on modern woodworking tools, in-

cluding band saws and planers.

Combining fine woodworking and art, he creates harps of different sizes. Some can be held on the musician’s lap, and others stand on the floor or rest on a pedestal. He carves Gaelic inscriptions or decorative patterns into many of them.

One of his best-known projects, a replica of the Bunworth early Irish harp, is painted in black and red, with elaborate carvings. It is topped with the head of Queen Mary of Modena.

Kortier has taken the 300-year-old early Irish harp design into the digital age. He makes electronic pickups and on request can place them in the harp sound box. The harp string rests against the pickup

and when plucked creates an electronic pulse that can be amplified.

A native of Toledo, Ohio,

Kortier played stringed instruments growing up. He switched to the bassoon in college while earning a master’s degree in performance from Ohio State University. He accomplished his goal of playing in the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.

“I don’t want to play the bass anymore, you have to stand in the back there. Bassoon you always get to sit down,” he said with a laugh.

But the life of a musician was part-time work, so to make a living, Kortier began repairing instruments.

That evolved into making stringed instruments including harps.

His harp-making education started in the early 1980s

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DULUTH “The two Minnesotans are at the forefront of preserving authentic Irish harp music. ”

continued from 9 if you’re a thoughtful, careful person you can do this,” he said.

Kortier said he’s one of maybe two or perhaps three people in the world who make authentic Irish harps.

Customers span the globe.

A harp player in Germany has placed an order for a copy of an old and highly specialized instrument.

“It was a cross-strung, chromatic, wire-strung early Irish harp,” he said. “So it’s totally unique.”

Kortier said that three-year project will probably take another year to complete. He builds less complicated Irish harps in about two months.

Prices range from about $3,000 to $10,000 depending on the model.

Kortier has made harps for well-known U. S. artists Kim Robertson, Siobhan Armstrong and Bruce Kurnow.

He also contracts with the Harp Society of Ireland to make instruments for students who want to learn to play. He said

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when he moved to Duluth. He borrowed the instrument of Duluth harpist Georganne Hunter, copied it and sold it. He made more and sold them to Hunter’s harp students.

At a music convention a few years later, he met Heymann, who had heard about a plan to build a replica of the famous

Bunworth harp housed at the Museum of Fine Art in Boston.

Kortier won the assignment of making a copy.

By then, Kortier had visited the National Museum of Ireland, among other institutions, where curators allowed him, under their watchful eyes, to make measurements and take pictures

of early Irish harps. There are fewer than two dozen left, most made in the 1700s.

Since then, the self-taught craftsman has made a living at it.

“If you understand how the instrument is supposed to work and you understand the principles of wood working and

harp enthusiasts in Ireland are cultivating a couple of instrument builders there.

Kortier has no plans for retirement, but he has no apprentices. So when he stops making the instruments in his Duluth workshop, that appears to be the end of the line.

The Irish harp tradition nosedived a couple hundred years ago as changing musical tastes and even politics affected the instrument’s popularity.

Still, Kortier is confident the hand-plucked harp will survive even in a digital age where the music can be produced electronically.

“No matter how good it is, it does not have the human quality to it,” he said of digital music.

“And I think that even people who make their whole world about synthesized music would agree with that point.”

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Nation’s best earns another sweep

After returning to the no. 1 ranking last week, Minnesota State earned a two-win sweep over Alaska-Anchorage to keep the top spot for the fourth time in five weeks.

DEREK LAMBERT Sports Editor Two weekends ago the Minnesota State University, Mankato men’s hockey team swept Ferris State in a twogame series at home en route to becoming the no. 1 ranked team in the nation for the third time in four weeks. This past weekend the Mavericks proved they would keep their top ranking when they completed another series sweep at home, this time over the University of AlaskaAnchorage.

On Friday night, MSU junior Bryce Gervais got the scoring started when he put the Mavericks up 1-0 on a wraparound goal from behind the net.

The lead wouldn’t stand long, however, as UAA’s Anthony Conti would tally on the power play from a deflection in front of Maverick goaltender Stephon Williams.

The Mavs would regain the lead late in the first period when Michael Huntebrinker turned around and fired a blind shot into the top corner of the net past Seawolves’ goaltender Olivier Mantha for a power play goal and the 2-1 lead.

The second period featured only a single goal, a booming one-timer from MSU sophomore Casey Nelson, his sixth of the season.

The final period of Friday night’s match up saw an even period of play in which UAA made things interesting, but ultimately didn’t have enough in the tank to take down the nation’s top team.

Brett Knowles extended the Maverick lead to 4-1 when he deflected a puck past Mantha early in the third period, but the Seawolves answered back on another power play goal, this time by Austin Azurdia to bring the score to 4-2. MSU leading scorer Matt Leitner would net a goal of his own late in the game to secure a 5-2 victory, bringing the Mavericks to 22-5-1.

Saturday night was pure domination for the Mavericks.

A 20 shot first period by the Mavericks went without any reward, as the first frame went scoreless heading into the second period. Mantha stood tall in

goal for UAA, keeping the game scoreless until late in the second period.

Finally, MSU junior Teddy Blueger broke the seal in this game when he buried a rebound past Mantha. After 36 shots on goal through two periods, the Mavericks only led 1-0 heading into the third and final period.

Gervais would score his second goal in as many nights when he tucked a backhand shot inside the post to give the Mavs a 2-0 lead on the power play. The goal was Gervais’ 20th of the season, which leads the WCHA and ranks third nationally. Zach Palmquist would net a power play goal of his own later in the period with a blistering shot from the point that found it’s way past Mantha.

With the end of the game nearing, sophomore Zach Stepan pushed the MSU lead to 4-0 with his third goal of the season on an absolute snipe of a shot to the top corner of the Seawolves net. Williams would make all 12 saves throughout the contest to earn the victory and his third shutout of the season.

The sweep propelled the Mavericks to a national-best record of 23-5-1, only three wins away from the program’s singleseason win record of 26, which they set just a season ago. The four-point weekend also secured home ice for the first round of the WCHA playoffs for MSU, and keeps the Mavericks four points ahead of second place Michigan Tech in the WCHA standings, who also earned a sweep over the weekend over Bemidji State.

Individually, the Mavericks have some players who are making waves on the national scale, as well as within the program.

Senior defenseman Zach Palmquist’s seven goals and 23 points on the season give him 90 career points, which is third among Maverick defensemen career scoring. He is certainly within reach of passing former Maverick Kurt Davis’ total of 96, and even reaching the 100 point barrier for his career.

Gervais’ 20 goals on the year rank him first in the conference and third nationally. His seven power play goals on the season also rank him among the

Trevor Cokley • MSU Reporter MSU leading scorer Matt Leitner wins a faceoff against Minnesota’s Justin Kloos earlier this season.

top five in the country, tied for fourth among the nation’s best.

By reaching the 20-goal plateau, Gervais becomes the 12th Maverick in the Division I era of the program to reach that mark.

Leitner is having not only an incredible season, but has compiled an incredible career during his time at MSU. The senior from California has led the Mavericks in scoring in each of his first three seasons with the program, and currently leads the team with 32 points. His 153 points for his career rank second among the program’s all-time scoring leaders during the Division I era, only 11 points away from tying Aaron Fox’s record of 164.

The scorers aren’t the only one’s making a name for them-

selves, though.

Williams has posted an impressive 19-3-1 record this season with a .923 save percentage and a 1.65 goals against average, which ranks him as the third-best statistical goaltender in the country, and first among WCHA goaltenders.

While Williams is putting the Mavericks in position to win their first MacNaughton Cup as the WCHA regular season champions, he is putting himself in position to win his second WCHA Goaltender of the Year award in three seasons.

Next up for the Mavericks is a trip north for a series against Alaska-Fairbanks. The two teams split a two game series earlier this season in Mankato, but the Nanooks have been

struggling to find wins lately.

While ineligible for the 2015 postseason due to NCAA rule violations, the weekend doesn’t hold any weight in terms of conference standings for the Nanooks, but they’d surely enjoy knocking off the no. 1 team in the country.

For MSU, this weekend is a chance to extend their win streak to six games, and provide some more separation in the conference standings on their way to a regular season title.

The puck drops at 7:07 p.m.

Friday and Saturday night at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks, Alaska.

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Mavericks Coming into hisown own Coming into his In only his sophomore season, Casey bounce back Nelson has established himself as one of LUKE LONIEN Staff Writer After a tough weekend on the road, the Minnesota State University, Mankato Men’s Basketball team got back into their comfort zone in the Taylor Center to secure two conference wins. The Mavericks knocked off University of Mary 82-71 and followed that up with an 8162 win over Minot State.

Head coach Matt Margenhaler was pleased with the team’s performance over the weekend.

“Coming off the losses last weekend I thought we would be a little shaky, and we were. We really came back Saturday and got that swagger back.”

The Mavericks are looking to play their best basketball right now. “This is the time we have to start peaking with these home games and the schedule we have. We have to peak right now going late into the season and into early March.” Margenthaler said.

Friday, the Mavericks opened the weekend with a tough battle against University of Mary. Five minutes into the game, Mary took a seven-point lead on a Jaycob Velasco 3-pointer. The Mavericks did not let the lead stand for long, as Senior Zach Romashko connected on backto-back 3-pointers, than twopoint jumper. The individual 8-0 run gave the Mavericks a one-point lead.

The first half was competitive thereafter as seven lead-changes occurred. The Mavericks led by as much as five, but the Marauders would cut the lead themselves. MSU would get the last bucket before the half when

Freshman TJ Lake connected on a three in the waning seconds of the half to give the Mavericks a 37-35 lead at the break.

Bryan Jefferson was a problem for the Mavericks in the first half as he connected on 8 of 10 from the field for 18 points.

Senior Assem Marei led the Mavericks with nine points and Romashko chipped in eight first half points.

The second half saw much of the same back and forth action, but with the Marauders would lead with about 9 minutes left.

The Mavericks then proceeded on a 28-16 run to close out the game with an 82-71 lead.

Senior Zach Monaghan got hot in the second half shooting 5 of 7. He finished the game with a team-high 20 points and nine assist. Marei recorded another double-double posting 15 points and 10 rebounds. Romashko and sophomore Mike Busack added 13 points each for the Mavericks.

Jefferson finished with 21 points, as the Mavericks were able to contain him to 1 of 2 shooting in the second half.

Marquealis Edwards had 15 points for Mary, and Velasco finished with 13.

The Mavericks out rebounded the Marauders 40-27 en route to the victory. MSU shot 47.4 percent from the field and 80 percent from the line. Mary shot 46.2 from the field and 35.3 percent from the three-point line.

With the loss, the Marauders have a 6-15 record with a 4-13 record in conference play.

The Mavericks were able

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the best defensemen in the NCAA.

DEREK LAMBERT Sports Editor Since Mike Hastings was hired as the head coach of the Minnesota State University, Mankato men’s hockey team in the summer of 2012, many players have taken their play to new heights.

Eriah Hayes went from a solid player to an elite goal scorer in his senior season, Hastings’ first with the program. Hayes then went on to sign with the San Jose Sharks of the NHL, where he currently plays in their minor league system.

Johnny McInnis went from being a player who saw mostly third-line minutes to the team captain as a senior, and scored a team-leading 21 goals. He too is playing in the American minor league system.

This season has seen the transformation of a younger player making that jump, bringing his game to a new level.

Sophomore Casey Nelson showed brilliance last season as a freshman, but like most rookies, had his moments of having his inexperienced shown.

After graduating high school, Nelson played two seasons with the Alaska Avalanche of the North American Hockey League before a final season in the NAHL with the Johnstown Tomahawks, where he recorded

career highs in both goals and points with 10 and 32, respectively. After narrowing down his list of potential colleges to continue his hockey career, Nelson ultimately followed in his older brothers footsteps and chose MSU. The Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc. native played in 19 games last season, recording five points playing for the

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Mavericks alongside older brother, Josh. Josh graduated, but the younger Nelson brother returned and is playing at an elite level this season.

Through 29 games this season, Nelson has netted six goals and 20 assists for a point total of 26. His 26 points make him the fourth-highest scoring defenseman in college hockey this season, second among

sophomores. Additionally, Nelson ranks as the highest scoring defenseman in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, three points ahead of the next closest player, which is teammate Zach Palmquist.

“Having an offensive side of my game is something I feel has been there all along in my career,” said Nelson. “Now since I’ve been at the college level I’ve worked on rounding my game out as more of an all around guy; someone who can defend but also jump up in the rush if need be. Good defense leads to good offense.”

That offensive side had helped the Mavericks this season in getting offense from all areas of their lineup, even helping them to the second-best offense in the country, averaging 3.79 goals per game.

Although Nelson showed potential as a rookie last season, the dramatic jump in the level of his play has been a pleasant surprise this season.

“After my rookie season I knew I needed to get physically faster and stronger,” said Nelson. “Tommy, our trainer, definitely helped make those gains and I couldn’t thank him enough. Also, the all around experience of my freshman season was a contributor.”

Undrafted to the NHL,

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Can anyone beat Kentucky?

TOMMY WIITA Staff Writer The Wildcats of Kentucky look like a team that could possibly beat the lower ten teams in the NBA right now. Just like how the Alabama Crimson Tide looked in college football for a string of years. So far this season, the Wildcats have already made key statement wins against teams like Kansas, Texas, North Carolina, UCLA, Louisville and Florida this season. They survived back-to-back overtime games against Ole Miss and Texas A&M in double-overtime, and are still undefeated this season.

With a 23-0 record and eight games remaining in the regular season, only one game against a top 25 team, it looks as though it may take the March Madness Tournament for someone to finally hand Kentucky a loss.

There are a few teams in mind that could upend the Wildcats, and it would be in the NCAA Tournament.

Just after their upset of the Virginia Cavaliers, the Duke Blue Devils throttled the tenth ranked team in the nation, beating Notre Dame 90-60. Even Notre Dame coach Mike Brey called it a “thorough beating.”

Duke continues to grow stronger as a unit each game further into the season, and they very well could be a threat to anyone, including Kentucky University. The transition game has improved as well, as the Blue Devils have looked to

go on the run as soon as the defensive rebound is consumed.

Along with the phenoms in Jahlil Okafor and Tyus Jones, Justise Winslow’s game has stepped up recently as well.

To couple that with the bench scoring almost as much as the starting five, this team can be lethal with the ball. They also have nine McDonald’s AllAmericans just as the Kentucky Wildcats have, so it looks to be an equal matchup at this point.

The Wisconsin Badgers are another team that could ruin the Wildcats’ perfect season. They have the players to do it, as the Frank Kaminsky-led Badgers could meet up with Kentucky somewhere in March.

Along with Sam Dekker and most improved Nigel Hayes, the Badgers hold the stat of most efficient offense in NCAA College Basketball this season, with averaging 1.25 points per possession. Their offense has been explosive, and they have that Big Ten style defense to challenge the big-sized Kentucky team.

Looking back to last year, Wisconsin was only one shot away last year in the Final Four from going to the National Championship game against Kentucky, and this year they may be playing with a chip on their shoulders.

Finally, there’s the Virginia Cavaliers. Even after suffering an upset loss at home against Duke, Virginia came back tough as nails against number nine ranked Louisville. Junior guard Malcolm Brogdon said the loss to Duke was “a slap in the face”

Web Photo The Kentucky Wildcats are a perfect 23-0 this season.

and vowed the Hoos were not to dwell on it. They certainly showed that with their game against Rick Pitino’s Louisville team, as Virginia improved their record to 21-1 on the season.

Their offense would be tough to stop for Kentucky, as they play each team like a chess match, always taking momentum and playing it to their pace.

The biggest item of importance to take notice of on this team is Virginia’s defensive play, as that sets up the offense’s successes.

Last game against Louisville, the Cavs only committed two turnovers, which has been a constant all season.

It is unknown whether or not any team will be able to take down Kentucky, but as March Madness has shown us in the past, there’s always a Cinderella to crash the ball.

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NELSON “A WCHA championship would be a great start to the end of the year, and then a trip to Boston with a couple wins would be a dream come true.”

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to complete the sweep when Minot State visited the Taylor Center Saturday.

MSU was able to jump out to an early double-digit lead in the first half, 21-10. The Mavericks would lead throughout the rest of the half, but the beavers would cut the lead to a manageable six before the half on a Dominique McDonald three. Senior Connor Miller would push the lead to seven on a free throw with five seconds left in half to give the Mavericks a 38-31.

Monaghan led all scorers with 14 points including going 3 of 5 from beyond the arc.

Marei also chipped in seven for MSU. Michael Pelo led the Beavers with seven points in the half.

Early in the second half, the Mavericks saw their lead get trimmed down to five, but the Mavericks were able to regain control of the game and push their lead to double-digits when Lake connected from beyond the arc. With MSU’s lead at 49-38, they were able to cruise to an 81-62 victory.

Marei and Monaghan finished the game with 18 points.

Marei grabbed nine rebounds while Monaghan passed out nine assists. Lake added 10 points for the Mavericks as well.

Lamont Prosser finished with 15 points for the Beavers shooting 7 of 12 from the field.

13 of his 15 points came in the second half.

As a team, the Mavericks shot 48.1 percent from the field while the Beavers shot 41.3

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percent from the field. The Mavericks connected on 11 of 27 from distance, giving them a healthy edge in the contest.

The Mavericks were again successful at the free throw line, shooting 81.8 percent.

With the weekend sweep, the Mavericks pushed their record to 18-5 and 13-4 in the NSIC. With the loss, Minot State falls to 12-12 with a 7-11 NSIC record.

The Mavericks played really good team basketball over the weekend. “We really distributed the basketball. The more we get the ball rockin’, and the more the ball touches hands of different hands of different players on our team we are more difficult to guard.”

Margenthaler said.

The Mavericks are back in action at home Tuesday to take on Concordia-St. Paul. The Golden Bears currently hold a 15-8 record, including an 11-6 conference record.

To knock off the Golden Bears, the Mavericks will have to come ready to play. “If we are ready to play there is something wrong. They beat us the first time around. We will have to stop dribble penetration and rebound the basketball.” The Mavericks are good in transition, and that is something Margenthaler will be keying on to get the victory.

“We match up well and if we can get into transition we are good in transition.”

The Golden Bears edged the Mavericks in their first meeting 75-73. The Mavericks will look for revenge at the 8 p.m. tip-off in the Taylor Center Tuesday.

continued from 12 Nelson is surely gaining respect among professional scouts this season with his outstanding play as the top scoring defenseman on the no. 1 team in all of college hockey. While the emerging star defenseman still has two years left in his college career following this season, his sights are mostly set on how to finish out this season.

“Every week of practice and every weekend of games you want to keep getting better,” said Nelson. “Each weekend is a test and it will help us come playoff time at the end of the year. A WCHA championship would be a great start to the end of the year, and then a trip to Boston with a couple wins would be a dream come true.”

Boston, of course, is the home of the Boston Garden, the arena where the 2015 Frozen Four will be held with the last four remaining teams in Division I college hockey will battle it out for a national championship.

With less than a month left in the regular season and the success that the Mavericks are having this year, Nelson and company are closing in on that ultimate prize given to the champions in April. For now, they set their sights on the final six WCHA regular season games before heading into firstround WCHA playoff play, in which they clinched home ice after last weekend’s sweep over Anchorage.

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Love Stinks, a Valentine’s Day comedy Not your traditional love story.

LORIEN MEGILL Staff Writer On Feb. 6 in New Ulm and Feb. 7 in Mankato, the Mankato Mosaic Theatre Company performed an “anti-valentines” show called Love Stinks. I was able to see the show in New Ulm at the Grand Kabaret on Friday night. 30 minutes before the show began, patrons were treated to music by Cafe Au Lait members with Ben Marti on accordion and Lehi Gertz on violin. They were skilled musicians

and the easily recognizable songs with a special flair made for enjoyable listening. The Grand provided a close, intimate feel. The atmosphere was almost that of a coffee shop concert, with people eating and drinking right in front of the stage as the music played, and continuing to do so later as the show began.

Greg Abbott opened the variety-style show as a sort of master of ceremonies and narrator.

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continued into first loves and misplaced love. Audience participation factored heavily into the show (this aspect was facilitated by the venue). One of the most prominent aspects of audience participation took place in between the short plays. On the tables in front of audience members were two cards, one that requested a serenade and

one that requested a bummer poem. When prompted by Abbott, audience members waved their cards in the air. Cafe Au Lait would respond to the serenade cards with a standard love song such as “La Vie En Rose,” performed in a fun and engaging way. Jill Niebuhr was the “bummer poet,” who would respond to the call for poetry with piec-

es about misdirected love and dashed hopes. Directing these actions toward specific audience members made for an extra layer of enjoyment (and for some peoples embarrassment).

The fairly lighthearted cynicism and quick-moving humor of the show made for steady

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To Kill a Mockingbird sequel coming 55 years later, Harper Lee to release Go Set a Watchman.

TEREASA HATTEN Staff Writer There seems to be no doubt in most of the world that Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the best novels ever writ-

ten. It earned several official accolades, including the Pulitzer Prize, and odds are that it will be read and studied forever.

And yet, now, after 55 years, on Feb. 4 it was announced that a sequel to the everlasting clas-

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sic will be published. On July 15 of this year, Go Set a Watchman will grace the shelves of countless bookstores in the country and around the world.

The arrival of this news first sparked excitement, already topping Amazon’s best sellers list, but delight soon grew into controversy in the literary world.

Many questioned if in her old age she was being forced into publishing again. However, that idea was quickly dismissed – Lee has made several statements of her happiness on the publication, including proclaiming herself as “alive and kicking and happy as hell.”

The rest of the uneasiness, which makes up most of the conversation, comes more from the readers’ protectiveness over the original novel than anything else. Oftentimes readers come

across To Kill a Mockingbird in their teenage years, when works of fiction mean the most to them.

Many are afraid Go Set a Watchman will somehow dampen the greatness that is Lee’s first novel, which hardly even seems possible.

The story behind this unexpected sequel (of sorts) is no doubt an interesting one. When Lee very first went to a publisher, she was advised to write a new story from the younger perspective of Scout. This became the beloved To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM), and it seemed the first story was lost.

Just last year, Lee’s lawyer and close friend, Tonja Carter, found said story in a safety deposit box, tucked under a TKAM manuscript. Go Set a Watchman will once again feature Scout as a main character, this time a

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What goes Up...

A retrospect of the What’s Up Lounge through the years and its impact on the Mankato music scene.

JENNA VAGEL Staff Writer The music scene in Mankato, Minnesota is not rated top ten in the nation. There are very few places college students can go to hear live music, and The What’s Up Lounge located above the Oleander Saloon was the only venue specifically tailored to putting on shows in Mankato.

In the 90s, it was the place to be. There were a variety of other places students and music lovers alike could go to share their love for the music, but none like The What’s Up. It started with open mic nights, and once popularity increased it became a full-fledged shows and festivals were organized and the music scene in Mankato was soon one that everyone talked about, and still does to this day. Now that this epic venue is closing, where will the locals get their live music fix? And where will the kids who are in their garages right now, performing for ten of their friends, get their start? How will they be discovered? Where can we go to come together and enjoy the magic that is music? The What’s Up was a place of freedom and expression. The memories that some Mankato locals have of What’s Up can only be reason to reopen The What’s Up and make it the place to be on a Friday night again.

Chris Hensley is the lead singer of a signed death metal band, Face of Oblivion. He said The What’s Up was his home away from home. The intimate setting gave the venue a certain aspect that he couldn’t explain any further. When you find a place that is inspiring and comfortable, it does become home.

Hensley was determined to start a death metal band when he first moved here and The What’s Up was open to any genre, so he started there.

“Everyone took care of each other, everyone was there to have a good time” Hensley said.

The What’s Up’s capacity level was around 70, so even though it was a small venue, it was a great place to go to discover new bands and meet new people.

It’s not anything like the clubs in the cities because there is no VIP area or loft and the cramped bathrooms only have one stall.

There is a small bar tucked in the corner with a small variety of liquor. But people didn’t go there to get drunk or feel fabulous. People went to The What’s Up Lounge to be taken away by whatever band was playing there that night.

Scott Rodriguez aka Chuck Dagger is the host of the Dagger Radio show on Fuzztalkradio and he’s been there since day one. The What’s Up was a pool hall owned by Mike Pietan Sr. and when his son, Mike Jr. decided Mankato was ready for a new music venue, The What’s Up opened above the Oleander in 1991.

“He wanted it to be the only venue in town that wouldn’t allow cover bands. Ironically the first band to play there on the opening night were the Dead Flowers.” It was a local cover band that included some of Mike’s friends, and as far as Chuck knows, it was the first and last cover band to play The What’s Up. Finding a good band to listen to on a weekend is not hard in Mankato. Busters has a cover band play almost every week-

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Dub mixed in? Music culture is important to our generation. It’s important for us to have variety. It’s important for us to have a place to gather and share our love for different experiences.

Mostly everyone loves music,

cense of The What’s Up Lounge and Oleander Saloon was reviewed by the City Council after the establishment received three strikes over a 12 month period. The first incident happened on May 18, 2014 when the owners booked an act that was “known to have caused previous problems” as stated by the city attorney. At a hiphop show a fight broke out in the bar and gunshots were fired. A second strike was given to the Oleander and What’s up because authorities found three individuals to be intoxicated around 3 a.m., one of

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for original bands. The What’s Up has hosted so many great underground bands and some that are known such as Motion City Soundtrack and Wookiefoot.

College is a time of discovery and new experiences. Going to the bar on Friday night is fun, but how many nights can we go to Rounders, order up an Adios, get trashed and dance mediocrely to Top 40 hits? How many nights can we go to Red Rocks and get groped and again, dance to Top 40 hits with a little bit of

so why not have a place where people can go to share that love?

The What’s Up home to music that was probably too hip for Mankato, as Chuck put it. “The What’s Up kept up with what is going on in today’s music world.

People were at Riverfront Park watching Dokken or whomever.

There was always a band playing the What’s Up that was far better.”

With great reviews, why, then, was The What’s Up Lounge closed? The liquor li-

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continued from 16 whom were not employees. The third strike was given in December when a customer blew four times the legal limit. The owners, Ian Nelson and Casey Burns, attended the City Council meeting to clarify that they “are not against the city or the police.”

Their attorney, Chuck Peterson, stated that “they take this very

The resolution resulted in a four day suspension of the Oleanders liquor license and a $2,000 fine.

There was also a knifing incident that occurred in June where the defendant was let out of jail early and was considered mentally ill. He had thrown rocks through the windows of St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church

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seriously, since this third strike.

They’ve taken some actions, one of them was the termination of the employee involved in the second and third strike.” The owners said the actions that they were taking to work with the city included shutting down The What’s Up Lounge indefinitely and selling the establishment.

a few weeks prior. These incidents may reflect poorly on The What’s Up Lounge, but to blame the venue and the owners for not preventing these kind of incidences is out of line. They could happen anywhere. It could happen at Bradley’s on campus or it could happen at Busters up on Madison. There is danger and

violence everywhere, and that’s what people need to understand.

Chuck said there has never been a history of violence at The What’s Up Lounge. “People hear about these two incidents that just happened to take place in the same year and think the worst.”

Many of the shows that were scheduled at The What’s Up Lounge have been moved to bars such as Benderz, Chopps, Busters and The Mankato Event Center.

“There’s the time Minneapolis’ Detroit showed up and played on their car. They pull up with the fog machines on full blast inside the car. The windows roll down and the “smoke” starts bellowing out as they jump out of the car and straight into their set. They were amazing live and some of the nicest people I’ve ever met,” Dagger reminisced about one of his favorite memories at The What’s Up Lounge.

There are places to see music in Mankato, but not like The What’s Up. The space was a place that was both welcoming and chill. The vibes were cool and the music was great. It’s sad to see a part of Mankato’s music history shut its doors, but the regulars are hopeful for what’s to come. For now, Mankato can only hope that someone will open their arms to the great music Mankato is capable of producing and promoting. If the new owners can work with the city, hopefully The What’s Up will be the place to be once again.

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Go Set a Watchman will grace the shelves of countless bookstores in the country and around the world.” continued from 15

In an article from www.theguardian.com titled “Harper Lee: a late twist in the tale of an adored writer,” it is mentioned that in some ways TKAM is more of a sequel than the upcoming novel. I suppose, sequentially speaking, yes, since TKAM was written second; however, the chronology of the novels makes Go Set a Watchman a true sequel. Per-

haps TKAM will come to be known as a prequel to Lee’s ‘new’ work, but that cannot yet be known.

So keep an eye out for Go Set a Watchman, on shelves this summer!

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laughter and the hour and a half passed incredibly quickly. There was also something nice about the relatively small space where the actors could interact with the audience. The final short play “Fire Cupid,” written

by Matt David and directed

by Molly Smith was a fitting end to the evening, as the usual Cupid narrative was subverted in the form of a Cupid with poor aim who was trying desperately to get better at his craft through the help of other famous archers.

Each short play was written and directed by a different member of the company.

Because of this, each portion of the show had a different feel and provided a different perspective, but the thematic commonalities made for a cohesive show. This combination of difference and unifying aspects made a show that was interesting and held together nicely. Perhaps what made the show the most fun was that all of the performers were clearly having fun performing it. Their enjoyment coupled with the closeness and involvement of the audience made for a thoroughly fun, well put-together evening, whether you’re a fan of Valentines Day or not.

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Joystiq jostled

Former video game publication looks for alternatives to go on.

MATTHEW EBERLINE Staff Writer Popular video game blog and journalism website, Joystiq, closed its doors last week alongside sister sites, Massively and WoW Insider. The websites stopped posting last Tuesday after a week full of rumors that parent company, AOL Inc., would be shuttering all three sites in addition to other media assets across the web.

Rumors of the sites’ closure first began to appear around the end of January, with reports indicating the Joystiq brand would merge into AOL’s technology blog, Endgadget. The rumors have since been confirmed and

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Joystiq has reemerged as the gaming section of Endgadget, currently titled “Joystiq X Endgadget.”

Meanwhile, the staff of Massively has gone independent, rebranding the website as Mas-

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sively Overpowered (Massively OP) and launching a Kickstarter crowd funding campaign to finance the new site.

“The former Massively crew is not giving up so easily. We provided a unique lens through which to view MMORPGs, with diligent editorial oversight, honest opinions, and truly independent coverage, and we did so sustainably,” says the site’s Kickstarter page. “We’d like to keep on doing what we were doing only better, not just because we love MMO blogging but because we know that our community and the greater MMO fandom is unique and worth serving. Now we’re turning to our readers and fans and the genre itself to ask whether or not this is something you love and want as badly as we do. If it is, we will deliver it to you from our new MMO site: Massively Overpowered on massivelyOP.com.” The site had successfully generated over $54,000 in funds with over 1,100 backers as of Feb. 9th.

The staff of WoW Insider has also gone the independent

route, retooling the website as Blizzard Watch and turning to Patreon (another crowd funding site similar to Kickstarter) for alternative funding and support. Originally seeking around $8,000 per month, Blizzard Watch’s Patreon page had successfully collected over $13, 500 per month with over 2,600 contributors at the time of writing.

Officially founded in June of 2004, Joystiq – alongside rival blogging website, Kotaku – helped to usher in a new era of video game journalism, leading to the subsequent rise of other video game blogging sites such as Polygon. In 2005, Joystiq launched WoW Insider – one of many spin-off projects – to cover everything related to the blockbuster MMORPG, World of Warcraft. Joystiq would later launch Massively in 2007, to cover the entire MMO market in general.

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Taylor Swift vs. Etsy Just business or a personal vendetta?

RAE FRAME News Editor “Your Etsy shop is cute and all, but Taylor Swift is coming for you.”

Following her surprising exodus from Spotify, which may have contributed to her new album’s record-breaking sales, Taylor Swift has once again

shown a taste for business when a handful of Etsy artists received cease and desist letters from the “Shake It Off” singer’s legal team. This less-than-desirable fan recognition applies to handmade mugs, candles, apparel, and other art projects that bear Swift’s image, lyrics, and even initials.

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would cover some of her lyrics from album 1989—a move that could indicate the singer’s desire to begin a merchandising push of her own.

It is causing some concern that the upstart patentee is applying for sole ownership of widely used phrases that include “this sick beat” and “Nice to meet you. Where you been?”

Many social media posts accuse Swift of “attacking” or “destroying” fans, some are in support of actions taken against piracy and there are some that walk the line (see tongue-incheek headline “Taylor Swift, Litigious Sunflower, Destroys Etsy Stores”).

An article on fastcompany. com called Swift’s move “A Trademark Rampage,” and others paint the singer as a moneygrubbing miser, but fans are split on the issue: “Man I hate when I have billions of dollars and still feel the need to sue etsy shop owners for printing my lyrics on a mug,” tweeted one user.

“Today on absolutley [sic] stupid stuff Taylor Swift is allowed to get away with: suing people on etsy for using lyrics of her songs on their merch” tweeted another.

Amid a sea of criticism, one user supported the decision, tweeting: “If you created something and someone else stole it for profit, would u [sic] be happy about it?”

Swift is changing her “lovable cutie” image with what some are calling ruthless legal action against her fans. Fellow

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twenty-something singer Ariana Grande was recently criticized for voicing some particularly unflattering opinions about her fans as well as being a general terror to work for/with. Whether personal or legal, these divas are not doing themselves any favors when it comes to showing their fans some love.

Swift’s endeavors have seemingly paid off with little negative effect, painting her as a very sharp businesswoman who also happens to be a wildly popular and genre-bouncing musician.

The world—and hundreds of famous faces—are no doubt watching carefully to see how far Swift’s trademark crusade will go before fans start to wonder whether their iconic blonde can’t see past the dollar signs in those pretty blue eyes.

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