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“Not This Weekend” provides a way out of drinking for a weekend Weekend is part of a year-long effort meant to call attentionto the dangers of drinking.

ALEX KERKMAN Staff Writer Last weekend, Minnesota State, Mankato urged students to put down their mugs and flasks and participate in “Not This Weekend,” a four day, 96 hour long event that was intended to reduce the number of students binge drinking.

“Not This Weekend,” which was originally thought of and set up by 21-year-old MSU grad student Katelyn Anderson, was created in order to give college kids a different way to be entertained on the weekend.

“I get really frustrated when people say there’s nothing to do, but drink,” Anderson said in an interview with KEYC-TV in Mankato last Friday.

The idea took off and was eventually getting the backing from some big names in town.

“Not This Weekend” was sponsored by university groups such as Student Health Services, Residence Hall Administration, Campus Recreation and the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, as well as Mankato restaurants Pub 500 and Buffalo Wild Wings.

Originally, organizers had hoped to get around 300 signatures. By the time sign up ended, more than 500 MSU students had added their signatures.

MSU students were asked to sign a pledge in the week leading up to “Not This Weekend,” with the promise of abstaining from beer and liquor for a 96 hour period. Those who participated were given a free button and were invited to attend campus events and take advantage of restaurant specials throughout the town. A few lucky students even won prizes out of drawings.

Event activities began at noon on Thursday, February 6th and concluded yesterday.

Besides “Not This Weekend,” the university also creates awareness of the dangers of binge drinking by hosting “mock” house parties, which have taken place every October in Mankato for the past 11 years. The mock house parties are also put on by Student Health Services.

MSU Student Health Services provide medical services and health education to university students, in order to enhance their learning experience and support their academic success.

The primary goals of the group are to promote optimal health of students on the college campus, aid students and advocate for their primary health and wellness needs and to increase student retention.

Web Photo “Not This Weekend,” provided students with a way out of drinking for a weekend.

Summer job fair to take place tomorrow

Opportunities abound as many Mankato-area business will share the stage in the Centennial Student Union tomorrow.

RYAN BERNDT Staff Writer

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MNSU’s annual Job Fair will be taking place tomorrow from 9:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. in the CSU Ballroom (room 200C).

Government organizations such as the National Sports Center, the National Park Service, and more will be in attendance.

Local businesses will be having tables set up to give students more information on job opportunities. Buffalo Wild Wings, Pepsi, Radio Mankato,Volt Workforce Solutions, Pioneer Hi-Bred, Community Education and Recreation, among other businesses close to campus, will be show-

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ing students employment opportunities.

The fair is also open to the general public, including other area colleges and the near by high schools.

Students looking for more information on summer opportunities should visit the fair, or stop by MNSU’s Career Development Center for more information. The Career Development Center also publishes job offerings on its online site, MavJobs.

In addition to helping students find jobs that relate to what they’re studying, the Career Development Center offers resume and cover letter help. Students can stop by the center or schedule an appointment.

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Rabaey headed for new position with SEVP REECE HEMMESCH Editor in Chief A faculty member of Minnesota State University is trading in her corner office at the Kearney International Center for a step- up into the world of international relations regarding the state of Minnesota.

Julie Rabaey, the assistant director of international student and scholar services, has accepted a position as a Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) field representative for immigration through Federal Immigration Services.

The brand-new job is a nationwide position that selects field representatives to serve as local representation to SEVP across the nation. These representatives will ensure distribution of information on SEVP policy and procedures, ensuring a seamless line of communication between their headquarters and field representatives.

“My job will be working with outreach and training for all the Minnesota colleges and universities on immigration and international student issues,” Rabaey said. “I will still be working with international students, but through their schools, so I will still be connected to this university, it will just be I am also connected to all the other Minnesota

colleges and universities.”

“I think some schools may see me as one they do not want to see because I will be dealing with compliance issues so when school’s don’t follow rules, they won’t be happy to see me,” she added of her new supervisory role.

Rabaey begins her training for the position next week, when she heads to Crystal City, Virg. for eight weeks of federal training.

She was selected for the position in December after over 4,000 applications were viewed for 15 positions and went through an extensive background check that finished up last week.

Rabaey’s current position as assistant director of international student services is a title she has held since 2004. Before coming to MSU, Rabaey began her career in the office of international support services for North Dakota State University, where she worked for two years. Past that she spent time at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the same field, the office of international education at Gustavus Adolphus College and brief stint in international student services at St. Olaf before finally making it to MSU after completing her masters degree from MSU in 1990.

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rizations, authorize off-campus work permission, plan orientation activities and assist students with dependent/family visa applications, visa renewals or as she puts it, “trying to make immigration user-friendly.”

“I’ve worked with immigration issues before through the SEVIS (Student and Exchange Visitor Immigration Services),” Rabaey said of her old job duties that will parlay into her new position. “This system tracks all our international students. This office is responsible for maintaining the records of the international students so what we have to do as international advisors is make sure the information is accurate.”

Now Rabaey will be relied on to work with other international advisors as a field representative and thinks that her background as an advisor will make for a smooth transition into her new field.

“I think when I work with other international advisors I can tell them, ‘I’ve been in your shoes and I know what it’s like’ so when I’m talking to them, they know I know what the job entails,” Rabaey said. “I love the role and love international students, now I just get to work with people that work with international students.”

Rabaey seemed excited for her new position and chance

to work with all international students that come through the state, but will still miss her time at MSU and the connections she has made along the way as she hopes her role will always be to promote international education.

“If I had a question, I knew who to call and the students all recognize me and now I’m going

somewhere that I wont be recognizable,” Rabaey said. “I’m going to miss the familiarity.”

“I’m hoping that I can make a difference and help schools work with their international students in an effective matter. We all can do our part to make world peace and that’s what I hope my part is.”

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Alternative spring break to provide a helping hand for the impoverished Project is allying with Mankato area Habitat for Humanity.

HANNAH KLEINBERG Staff Writer Some people will be spending their Spring Break in Florida, Mexico and other global hot spots, soaking up the sun and enjoying the local night life. Others will be in El Paso, Texas, building a house in an effort to better the lives of someone in poverty for a week through MSU’s ASB (Alternative Spring Break) program.

Alternative Spring Break will take place from March 7th to 16th. MSU students volunteer to join this program and the majority of the week will be spent in El Paso, building a home for someone who doesn’t have one.

This cause works in conjunction with Mankato’s branch of Habitat for Humanity, a group dedicated to bettering the world by accomplishing neighborly tasks, humanitarian acts and volunteer work around the community.

This event runs entirely on their own funds and they avidly fundraise in the effort of getting to Texas.

Jessica Minor, one of 16 participants, couldn’t be happier to help this cause. “I’m excited to go on a spring break, but even more excited to use that time to help someone in need,” she said. “It’s a great opportunity to meet new people and do great things.”

The approximate cost for the

trip is $650 per student. An initial $30 is needed to reserve your spot, the rest of the cost, however, is subject to change.

“We’re self-funded, so what you put in is what you get,” she said. “If you work the fundraisers, then you get the benefit from it.”

ASB has found countless opportunities for fundraising. In the past, they’ve worked the Verizon Wireless Center taking care of tickets, concessions and ID checks at concerts and hockey games and they’ve worked at HyVee, pushing carts to earn their share. Their next big fundraising function is on the horizon.

On February 18th,, Culver’s will be holding a Scoobie Night in effort to help them achieve their fiscal goals. From 5-8 PM that night, a fraction of their profits will be put toward ASB and their trip, as well as those who worked it. This will be located at the Culver’s on Madison Avenue.

In order to reach their lowest possible price for this trip, they need four more people to join.

It’s definitely not too late ASB group members meet weekly on Wednesdays at 5 PM in the Centennial Student Union and they encourage all who are interested to come and join in on the meeting. Otherwise, please e-mail stephanie.stassen-1@mnsu.edu to hear about the trip.

Web Photo Gustavus students taking part in a similar event, 2010.

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Carjacking suspect arrested Suspect found in Austin area home with teenage girl.

SAM WILMES News Editor

Web Photo The pursuit of Kendricks III began last month when he stole a car in the Highland Hills apartment complex.

The suspect involved in a armed standoff that lasted nine hours was arrested in Minnesota Lake on Friday, according to various news reports.

Thomas Kendricks III, who authorities say has been apprehended, was arrested after a search warrant was executed at a residence in the 200 block of Main Street in Minnesota Lake, 45 miles west of Austin.

Kendricks was arrested around 2:30 p.m. and was found with a 14-year-old female who had been missing from Mankato since January.

Various law enforcement agencies were responsible for Kendricks’ apprehension, including the Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office, the Minnesota State Patrol, Wells Police Department , the South Central Drug Task Force SWAT team and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

Kendricks has been charged with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and firstdegree aggravated robbery. He is

one of two suspects in the carjacking of a vehicle, which occurred near the Minnesota State University campus.

Kendricks allegedly fled to Austin after the carjacking, where police had surrounded the house, which was located in the 1100 block of Eighth Street Northwest.

Following the incident, a 17-year-old male and 15-year-old female were taken into custody.

Kendricks escaped and was thought to have fled the house before the police arrived.

This isn’t the only recent incident police think Kendricks is involved with. They are also pursuing Kendricks in an armed robbery in LeHillier, Minn., that happened the day before the Mankato carjacking and Austin standoff.

Kendricks had previous runins with the law. He was released from prison last June after serving time for a Mankato bank robbery. Police say Kendricks shaved his head, mustache and beard after having his mug shot taken at the Department of Corrections before arriving in Austin.

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Stoll details ways to travel the road of life

-MIKELL MELIUS eStaff Writer

o Wanderlust: a strong, innate ,desire to rove and travel about. dThis one word describes a dream nso many people have, but for tAndy Stoll this dream became a reality. Stoll, a media producaer and entrepreneur, spoke to a dwide-eyed, envious group on .Monday night in the Ostrander sAuditorium. He told the exciting estory on how his life inevitably took him to travelling around the -world, leaving us all on the edge sof our seats. o Travelling the world is a perdsonal goal for many, especially tthe young college student. While emaking that a reality seems next nto impossible, Stoll made it his life, reaching 40 countries in -four years. He attended school at dThe University of Iowa, where he -received a BA in media producktion and a BBA in business mansagement. However, it wasn’t undtil after graduating from the City tUniversity of Hong Kong with -a master’s degree in media cul-tures, quitting his job and selling nearly everything he owned that

Stoll started his travel adventure in August of 2006 by boarding a plane to China.

“I had never left the country,” Stoll said. “But I gave myself three years to save up money, and then I was leaving.”

Stoll’s presentation consisted of four main stories that remain vital points in his life. He brought the audience through his personal history of running for high school student council, achieving a spot on student government in college, which only started off as a way to meet girls and how he landed his first job as a production manager on a major film. As I sat there, listening to his witty humor and up-beat personality, I couldn’t help but think how the main topic of this presentation was supposed to be “Why and How to Travel the World”, and yet he hadn’t said anything yet about why or how to travel the world! I started to get a little confused, so I looked around to gage everyone else’s reaction, to see if I was just missing something since it was late, I was tired and I hadn’t had much coffee that day. But, every per-

son I could see was so engaged in Stoll’s words that it caused me to throw my confusion out the window. There must be a method to this man’s energetic presentation; there was.

“Despite what we’re told, life is an organic journey,” Stoll said.

“It is not linear.”

“If you do not take anything else from my presentation, at least remember that,” he said.

While I was confused at why he spent so much time talking about his life pre-world travel, I realized it was because I went into the presentation expecting the wrong things. I expected a power point with tips and tricks on how to make your travel dreams a reality. I was expecting to be given an answer on “Why and How to Travel the World” atop a silver platter, but what Stoll reiterated throughout his presentation was that life doesn’t have to go a certain way.

At the beginning, he showed a picture of a box consisting of nine dots. He asked everyone in the audience to draw four straight lines, without picking up the pencil and to try and hit every dot in the box. After a couple

minutes one audience member, using Stoll’s laser pointer, made four straight lines that hit every dot in the box. However, in order to do this he had to extend a line outside the boundaries of the box. I was fully prepared for a ‘you have to step outside the box’ cliché when Stoll made the point that, “Maybe there is no box.” This statement alone wiped away any confusion I still had. Stoll wasn’t there to let us in

on his 10 Savvy Ways to Travel the World on a Budget; he was there to let us know that to make a change, you have to put yourself out there.

His message was simple and his words were strong. There is no secret on why and how to travel the world. The answer is to go and not let it be a linear experience. “Once you escape the tractor beam of American life, you’ll be okay.”

Web Photo Entrepreneur and Media Producer Andy Stoll.

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Job fairs: a place for careers, not dates

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Unique experience meets MSU writer, calls to question proper ethics of professional job fairs.

EMMA DEPPA Staff Writer Professionalism to me is defined as the competence or skill expected of a professional. It is something that is perpetually stressed to us as college students: dress professionally, act professionally, be a part of professional organizations, go to career fairs, etc. This is something that many students seek to become during their collegiate experience and many succeed. But does this expectation disappear once one becomes employed or an employer?

In the last few weeks I attended a career fair and encountered one employer who was particularly unprofessional. Our interaction began in a normal sense- he asked if I had heard of the company he was representing.

I had heard of the company, however it was not one that aligned with my professional interests and capacities.

He insisted by saying that he liked my outfit and thought I was pretty. Now this surprised me, a comment like that being made at a career fair?

I have had similar experiences at the bar, but never in a professional capacity. As a

senior at this university I know the difference between being complimented on my professionalism and being hit on, and this was definitely the latter.

If an employer said that to an employee In today’s society, such an interaction could be viewed as sexual harassment. I was astonished that a potential employer would make such a comment, especially given the setting.

I was not overly offended by the man’s comment, but I was very put off by his unprofessionalism. Suppose I was interested in the company and was very qualified for the job, the company could have potentially lost a very good employee.

Where is the line between professionalism and friendly interaction? I have had coworkers and bosses that turned into good friends that I will interact with outside of the professional realm, however that is a process that requires time and revaluation of the relationship. It is certainly not something that happens at first meeting.

As we grow in college and move on to our first careers, we must remember that professionalism is not only important as entry-level workers, but remains important throughout our professional experiences.

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OBID ALMOTIRY, JUNIOR AVIATION MANAGEMENT “I think you should occasionally dress professionally.”

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“Blackfish” captures abuse, neglect at SeaWorld SAM WILMES News Editor Imagine being ripped apart from your family and sent to a foreign land where you perform for paying customers in an environment that harms you physically and mentally.

That is reality for some captured sea wildlife.

The CNN Documentary “Blackfish,” tells the tale of Sea Life and Sea World and their treatment of orcas. Veteran seamen and seawomen are interviewed and tear up on camera.

Some scenes are downright heart-wrenching, when the filmaker captures the moment a baby orca is separated forever from the mother whale. The mother makes a blood-curdling scream when her baby is ripped away.

When orcas are removed from the wild, the entire family crowds around the area, waiting for the family member to come back.

Sea Life workers say the corporation was negligent at best in

their treatment of both the orcas and their human workers.

The critics allege that workers who knew the bare minimum about the species and pretended that they were experts. When orcas were dying after 20-25 years in captivity, Sea Life contended that life expectancy was the same in the wild.

Sea Life knew it wasn’t true.

Male orcas often live into their 60s if left to roam the ocean and female orcas can live up to 100 years.

Collapsed dorsal fins are a common occurrence in captivity.

While SeaWorld clams that this is normal and natural, it isn’t. In the wild, only one to five percent of orcas suffer collapsed fins.

Blackfish makes the claim that orcas in captivity are made to stay in small-framed containers after-hours. The show documents one case when a worker was accused of mocking an orca, basically saying that it was a pathetic creature.

The documentary also casts light on the interesting story of Tilikum, a killer whale captured at the age of two. Tilikum had lived in a confined environment where he was deprived of food

until he performed the activities required by SeaWorld.

Before arriving at SeaWorld, Tilikum had been involved in the death of a trainer at a previous park.

SeaWorld later denied knowing of Tilikum’s violent history in response to a lawsuit filed by the government after the whale killed trainer Dawn Brancheau in 2010.

Captive whales have also been killing each other. Accord-

ing to Project AWARE, a whale named Kandu slammed her head into another whale named Corky and severed a major artery in Kandu’s upper jaw. Blood spurted 10 feet in the air. It took 45 minutes for Kandu to bleed to death while the horrified audience looked on.

That illustrated the basic problem with placing these species in captivity. They are not meant to be placed in such small confines. They are meant to

roam thousands of miles of vast ocean area.

Orcas aren’t meant to be performers, no matter how much the public might adore them. It is both cruel and unjust.

If you are concerned, avoid these shows.

Although they are spectacular perfomers, use of orcas can’t be justified. It is neither humane or justified.

Let orcas swim free.

Web Photo Tilikum, a killer whale, is responsible for the 2010 death of former trainer Dawn Brancheau.

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New Jersey scandal threatens Governor Christie’s reputation Scandal ensues New Jersey in a new round of political turmoil.

SAM WILMES News Editor The scandal that is enveloping New Jersey’s governor and top administration officials in clouds of uncertainty shows no signs of going away.

Top aides that ordered lanes to be closed on the George Washington bridge solely for political payback couldn’t have acted on their own, based partially on Governor Chris Christie’s reputation as a hands-on manager.

His friend and former aide David Wildstein, who has been described as Christie’s nerdish high school friend, was fired and now Christie seems only too willing to shed himself of his former comrade.

“David and I were not friends in high school. We were not even acquaintances in high school,” Christie said.

“We didn’t travel in the same circles in high school. You know, I was the class president and athlete. I don’t know what David was doing during that period of time.”

Unfortunately for Christie, Wildstein refuses to heed Christie’s call to depart with grace.

Wildstein has reportedly now released evidence incriminating Christie in the lane closures. The scandal ball has only started rolling on this one. While the initial evidence may not be enough prove Christie’s guilt beyond doubt, It’s only a matter of time before more hard evidence is brought to light.

Although Christie has been upfront and forthcoming on

punishing those responsible, the governor has a history of making similar erroneous judgments.

In 2010, Christie publicly yelled at and fired his education commissioner, Brett Schundler, after Schundler allegedly lied to him about a failed application request for millions in federal education funds.

However, Schundler produced e-mails and other information that showed that he had in fact told Christie earlier about the shortcomings of the application.

Christie must resign if he knew about the snafu on the George Washington Bridge.

If he doesn’t, the Christie administration will use its last drop of credibility. His resignation may well sink his presidential hopes, which would please the conservative wing of the Republican Party.

While already not popular with the party’s more conservative elements, Christie’s poll numbers have fallen sharply.

This isn’t the only crisis that has engulfed Christie in the last few months. The Christie administration has also been under fire for their supposed misuse of Hurricane Sandy funds. There have been accusations that Christie’s administration was responsible for blackballing mayors who didn’t back him in the governor’s race.

While there remains much to be investigated and concluded, right now Christie’s prospects don’t look too bright. If found to be responsible for the lane closures, the Christie administration’s fate will be sealed as just another ugly chapter in New Jersey’s ugly political history.

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Rubio proposes education overhaul Senator calls for more education options, cites costs as problem.

MIAMI (AP) — Addressing what he calls a “growing opportunity gap” between people with and without advanced educations, Sen. Marco Rubio is calling for state-accredited alternatives to four-year colleges and income-based repayments for college loans.

The Florida senator and possible 2016 Republican presidential contender also says Congress should establish an independent accrediting agency to assess free courses offered over the Internet and elsewhere as transferrable credits.

“Those with the right advanced education are making more than ever. But those that do not are falling farther and farther behind,” Rubio said in remarks prepared for an education forum Monday at Miami Dade College.

“The result is a growing opportunity gap between haves and have-nots, those who have advanced education and those who do not.”

College students, he added, also should be offered costbenefit analyses comparing how much they can expect to earn in a particular field to how much they will owe after earning a degree in the subject.

“You have this new economic era, where higher education of some form is really a requirement to make it to the middle class and stabilize yourself,” Rubio said in an interview with The Associated Press before the conference sponsored by the National Journal. “But we have an old and stagnant education formula that doesn’t meet the demand that is being created.”

His education initiative comes as Republicans are aiming to offer an alternative to President Barack Obama’s agenda and shed the baggage of Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential bid and Romney’s suggestion that 47 percent of Americans view themselves as victims who won’t take responsibility for themselves. Last month, Rubio proposed ideas for retooling federal anti-poverty programs, arguing that states could run them better.

“I want to add more options to the menu. And the more options we have, the more affordable it will be and the more people we’re going to be able to empower,” he told the AP. At the heart of Rubio’s education plan is a proposal to offer alternatives to a four-year college degree by recognizing free online courses — evaluated and overseen by an independent accrediting board — that would be transferable to traditional schools and eligible for federal aid. Workers could also use their skills to earn certifications or degrees outside traditional institutions by passing new standardized tests.

Americans, Rubio said, are being priced out of college educations.

The price tag for tuition and fees at public four-year colleges is up 27 percent beyond overall inflation over the last five years, according to the latest figures from the College Board.

The average annual cost for a full-time student at a four-year public college is now $18,390, including room, board and tuition. Subtract grants and tax

benefits, and it drops to $12,620.

At private four-year colleges, the average bill totals just more than $40,000 each year, with the average student paying $23,290.

More than 70 percent of the national college class of 2012 had loan debt at graduation, and their debt averaged $29,400, ac-

cording to the most recent figures from the California-based Institute for College Access and Success.

Rubio, who often notes that he still owed more than $100,000 in student loans when he became a senator in 2011, is calling for “student investment plans.” Pri-

vate investment firms would cover tuition costs that could be repaid later as a fixed percentage of a graduate’s income for a set number of years, regardless of whether that amount covers the total debt.

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Storm comes as winter-weary region faces weather, jokes ATLANTA (AP) — Just two weeks ago, Atlanta became a national punch line when a few inches of snow crippled the city.

Comedians said the gridlocked highways looked more like a zombie apocalypse than the South’s bustling business hub.

On Monday, officials were quick to act as the winter weather zeroed in, determined not to be the butt of jokes like the Saturday Night Live parody that referred to the “devil’s dandruff” and “Yankee’s slush.” Before a single drop of freezing rain or snow fell, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal had declared a state of emergency for nearly a third of the state, schools canceled classes and workers were staying home.

Still, people were skeptical the state would be better prepared this time.

“I’m not counting on it. I’ve been in Georgia on and off for 20 years. It’s usually the same scenario, not enough preparations and not enough equipment,” said Terri Herod, who bought a large bag of sand and a shovel at a Home Depot. She said her sister told her to also buy kitty litter in case her car gets stuck on an ice patch.

The memories of the last storm were too fresh for some.

Late last month, students were trapped on buses or at schools and thousands of cars were abandoned along highways as short commutes turned into odysseys. One woman gave birth on a jammed interstate. In the chaos, though, there were stories of Southern hospitality — people opening up homes and businesses to help the stranded.

Officials reported one accidentrelated death.

This storm could be worse this time. A one-two punch of winter weather was expected for Atlanta and northern Georgia. Rain and snow were forecast Tuesday, followed by sleet and freezing rain Wednesday. Downed power lines and icy roads were a ma-

jor worry. Salt trucks and snow plows were ready to roll and the National Guard has 1,400 fourwheeled drive vehicles to help anyone stranded.

Other parts of the South were expected to get hit as well. Alabama, which saw stranded vehicles and had 10,000 students spend the night in schools during the January storm, was likely to get a wintry mix of precipitation. Parts of Mississippi could see 3 inches of snow and a blast of snow over a wide section of Kentucky slickened roads and closed several school districts.

South Carolina, which hasn’t seen a major ice storm in nearly a decade, could get a quarter to three-quarters of an inch of ice.

Atlanta has a long and painful history of being ill-equipped to deal with snowy weather and people were not taking any chances, even though officials promised the response would be different this time.

“We’re not looking back, we’re looking forward,” Deal said. “The next three days are going to be challenging. We want to make sure we are as prepared as possible.”

Schools announced early that they would close Tuesday, and tractor-trailer drivers were handed fliers about the weather and a law requiring chains on tires. City and state government were to stay open Tuesday, but the governor called for a liberalleave policy, meaning if workers didn’t want to come in they didn’t have to.

People around Atlanta planned to stay off the roads, which couldn’t be treated last time because there were too many cars stuck on them.

“Basically, everyone from the office is going to be working from home” on Tuesday, Dakota Herrera said as he left a downtown car park on his way to the office Monday.

Deal was doing many things differently. He opened an emergency operations center and held two news conferences before the

storm. When the Jan. 28 storm hit, Deal was at an awards luncheon with Mayor Kasim Reed, who was named a magazine’s 2014 “Georgian of the Year.”

Reed had just tweeted: “Atlanta, we are ready for the snow.”

This time, the mayor made no such predictions. Instead, he said he was in contact with school leaders and the city had 120 pieces of equipment to spread salt and sand and plow snow.

“We are just going to get out here and, flat out, let our work speak for itself,” Reed said.

During the last storm, Deal and Reed didn’t hold their first news conference until hours after highways were jammed.

Much is at stake for the governor, a Republican who is up for re-election, and Reed, who is seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party and has aspirations for higher office. Both took heat from residents, forecasters and even comedians during the last storm.

Saturday Night Live spoofed a storm “survivor” with a thick Southern accent. “The sun will rise again,” the character said at one point. Jon Stewart quipped: “The ice age zombie doomsday apocalypse has come to Atlanta.”

The governor apologized and announced the formation of a task force to study the problems. He also called for various reviews and wants a new public alert system for severe weather,

similar to what’s used for missing and endangered children.

Aaron Strickland, emergency operations director for Georgia Power, said the utility was bringing in crews from Florida,

Texas, Oklahoma and Michigan.

“Ice is probably one of the worst events we face,” Strickland said. “When you look at the types of ice we are talking about, it’s catastrophic.”

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Crash kills six in California Driver going in excess of 100 mph, arrested for suspicion of drunk driving.

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A car accident in California has claimed the lives of half-a-dozen people.

DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (AP) — Four members of a family were killed in a wrong-way freeway crash in California that also took the lives of two other people, including the sister of a woman arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and manslaughter, authorities said Monday.

Two people in a Ford Explorer — Gregorio Mejia-Martinez, 47, and Ester Delgado — died at the scene of Sunday’s early morning crash on State Route 60, said Los Angeles County coroner’s Lt. Fred Corral. Two other family members in the SUV — Leticia Ibarra, 42, and Jessica Jasmine Mejia, 20 — were declared dead at a hospital. All four were from Huntington Park.

Two additional victims were passengers in a Chevy Camaro that authorities said was driven by 21-year-old suspect Olivia Culbreath of Fontana. Her sister, Maya Louise Culbreath, 24, of Rialto and Kristin Melissa Young, 24, of Chino were declared dead at the scene, Corral said.

Wendell Johnson of Rancho Cucamonga, a friend, told the San Gabriel Valley Tribune that Maya Culbreath recently had a baby and the group had been on a “girls’ night out” in Fullerton.

“She just had a baby,” Johnson said. “I was supposed to go see her.”

Olivia Culbreath remained hospitalized in serious condition and was being treated for a broken femur and a ruptured bladder. She was arrested after being pulled from the badly mangled Camaro, CHP Officer Rodrigo Jimenez said.

Culbreath had a 2010 conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol stemming from a 2009 incident and her license was pulled but it was reinstated in 2011, according to Department of Motor Vehicle records.

Jimenez said the crash scene in Diamond Bar, a suburb east of Los Angeles, was horrific. Three people were ejected from their cars and the Camaro was barely recognizable.

Authorities said Culbreath was traveling north in the southbound lanes of State Route 57 before transitioning east in the westbound lanes where the Camaro collided head-on with the Ford Explorer. A Ford Freestyle then collided with the Explorer.

Witnesses told dispatchers the Camaro was speeding up to 100 mph, he said.

Evidence gathered at the scene included an alcoholic beverage, Jimenez told the Tribune.

The driver of the Ford Freestyle suffered minor injuries.

The investigation continued Monday. CHP Sgt. Carlo Fusco said he didn’t know if Culbreath had a lawyer.

A cellphone number associated with her was disconnected.

Investigators were seeking witnesses to the crash.

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Iraqi Bombing mistakenly targets own allies BAGHDAD (AP) — An instructor teaching his militant recruits how to make car bombs accidentally set off explosives in his demonstration Monday, killing 21 of them in a huge blast that alerted authorities to the existence of the rural training camp in an orchard north of Baghdad.

Nearly two dozen people were arrested, including wounded insurgents trying to hobble away from the scene.

The fatal goof by the al-Qaida breakaway group that dominates the Sunni insurgency in Iraq happened on the same day that the speaker of the Iraqi parliament, a prominent Sunni whom the militants consider a traitor, escaped unhurt from a roadside bomb attack on his motorcade in the northern city of Mosul.

Nevertheless, the events underscored the determination of the insurgents to rebuild and regain the strength they enjoyed in Iraq at the height of the war until U.S.-backed Sunni tribesmen turned against them. The militants are currently battling for control of mainly Sunni areas of western Iraq in a key test of the Shiite-led government’s ability to maintain security more than two years after the withdrawal of U.S. troops.

While the Iraqi army has been attacking insurgent training camps in the vast desert of western Anbar province near the Syrian border, it is unusual to find such a camp in the center of the country, just 95 kilometers (60 miles) north of the capital.

The discovery shows that “the terrorist groups have made a strong comeback in Iraq and that the security problems are far from over, and things are heading from bad to worse,” said Hamid al-Mutlaq, a member of the parliament’s security and defense committee.

The militants belonged to a network now known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, an extremist group that recently broke with al-Qaida.

The ISIL, emboldened by fellow fighters’ gains in the Syrian civil

war, has tried to position itself as the champion of Iraqi Sunnis angry at the government over what they see as efforts to marginalize them.

Car bombs are one of the deadliest weapons used by this group, with coordinated waves of explosions regularly leaving scores dead in Baghdad and elsewhere across the country. The bombs are sometimes assembled in farm compounds where militants can gather without being spotted, or in car workshops in industrial areas.

The explosion Monday took place at a camp tucked away in an orchard in the village of alJalam, a farming area that has been a stronghold of al-Qaida close to the Sunni city of Samarra. According to a police officer, an army official and a hospital official, all of whom spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons, the events unfolded as follows.

The militants were attending a lesson on making car bombs and explosive belts when a glitch set off one of the devices during the car bomb part of the demonstration. Security forces rushed to the area after hearing the thunderous blast and arrested 12 wounded militants along with another 10 trying to flee.

Authorities searched two houses and a garage in the orchard, finding seven car bombs as well as several explosive belts and roadside bombs. The cars did not have license plates.

Bomb experts then started the work of defusing the devices.

Later Monday, a bomb exploded near a cafe in western Baghdad shortly after nightfall, killing three people and wounding 11 others, according to police and medical officials who all spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media.

The U.S. strongly condemned the assassination attempt on parliament speaker Osama alNujaifi, a roadside bombing that wounded one of his bodyguards.

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“Today’s attack exemplifies the danger terrorist groups pose to all Iraqis, and the importance of Iraqi leaders from all communities working together to isolate militant groups from the broader population.”

Violence has spiked in Iraq since last April, when security forces cracked down on a Sunni protest camp north of Baghdad in clashes that left 45 dead.

The situation deteriorated significantly in late December, when security forces dismantled a protest camp near the Anbar provincial capital of Ramadi. To defuse the tension, the security forces withdrew from Ramadi and the nearby city of Fallujah.

ISIL militants promptly took over parts of Ramadi and the center of Fallujah.

The Iraqi government and allied tribes launched an offensive on Jan. 26 to wrest control of the cities back from the militants. Sporadic clashes are still continuing around Fallujah and in some parts of Ramadi, with only limited success by security forces.

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ACA Business mandate delayed WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to limit election-year damage on health care, the Obama administration Monday granted business groups another delay in a much-criticized requirement that larger firms cover their workers or face fines.

In one of several concessions in a complex Treasury Department regulation, the administration said companies with 50 to 99 employees will have an additional year to comply with the coverage mandate, until January 1, 2016.

For businesses with 100 or more employees the requirement will still take effect in 2015. But other newly announced provisions, affecting technical issues such as the calculation of working hours, may help some of those firms.

Some major business organizations were quick to praise the administration’s compromise.

“These final regulations secured the gold medal for greatest assistance to retailers and other businesses and our employees,” said Neil Trautwein, a vice president of the National Retail Federation.

Under President Barack Obama’s health care law, most

small businesses don’t have to offer coverage. There is no mandate on firms with fewer than 50 employees.

But for companies with 50 or more workers, the coverage requirement was originally supposed to have taken effect this year. The administration’s announcement last summer of a one-year delay was the first sign of potential problems with the rollout of President Barack Obama’s health care law.

Since then, the rollout of the law has resembled a gigantic crisis management drill. The new online signup system at HealthCare.gov was crippled by technical problems for the better part of two months last fall. Separately, millions of people who were already buying health insurance individually had those policies cancelled because the plans did not meet the law’s requirements.

Republicans decided to again make the health care law their top issue in the midterm congressional elections, hoping to take control of the Senate by unseating vulnerable Democrats who voted for the law back in 2010.

The actions Monday by the administration could help those Democrats, defusing Republi-

can charges that the law is a “job killer.”

In other provisions announced Monday, the administration said: — Companies will not face fines if they offer coverage to 70 percent of their full-time employees in 2015, although they will have to ramp that up to 95 percent by 2016. The law defines “full time” as people working an average of 30 hours a week per month. That concession is expected to help firms who have a lot of workers averaging right around 30 hours.

— Volunteer firefighters and others who give of their time will not be considered employees for under the law. Some volunteer fire departments worried they might have to shut down if forced to provide health insurance.

— Adjunct faculty members at colleges will be deemed to have worked 2 hours and 15 minutes for each hour of classroom time they are assigned to teach.

Officials said that means someone teaching 15 hours a week in the classroom would be considered “full time” and eligible for coverage, but someone teaching 12 hours may be considered part-time.

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Mavericks obtain fifth WCHA series sweep of the season After splitting at Northern Michigan, the men’s hockey team earned itself four points this weekend in their pursuit of gaining home-field advantage to start the WCHA tournament.

DEREK LAMBERT Staff Writer Still in second place of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, the Minnesota State University, Mankato Mavericks are doing everything in their power to catch the Ferris State Bulldogs in first place. The Mavs earned four points at home this weekend against in-state rival Bemidji State University. Early

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in the season, these two teams split a weekend series in Bemidji, but this time the Mavericks came out on top.

The Beavers got on the board first Friday night when BSU forward Brendan Harms found himself alone in front of Maverick goaltender Cole Huggins, and buried a one-timer for a 1-0 lead in the first period. Though the

Mavs outshot the Beavers 14-10 in the first period, they failed to score and headed into the second period down 1-0 before tying the game.

WCHA scoring leader JeanPaul LaFontaine knotted the game at one apiece for the Mavs early in the second period when he collected a pass from Brett Stern in front of the net, cut across the goal crease, and fired the puck into a wide open net past BSU goaltender Andrew Walsh.

The Beavers failed to score in the period, and the game went to the third period tied at 1-1.

The third period saw a four goal surge by the hometown Mavericks that got started with freshman Mike Huntebrinker’s first career goal. Just 2:30 into the third period, Huntebrinker streaked into the offensive zone two-on-one with sophomore Brett Knowles, who threaded a pass across for Huntebrinker to slam home for a 2-1 lead; from there, the Mavs really took control.

The game-winning goal was scored just five minutes into the third period when freshman Zach Stepan chipped a rebound in off Jon Jutzi’s shot on the power play for a 3-1 lead. The scoring continued as Zach Lehrke continued his point-per-game pace, burying Bryce Gervais’ rebound for a 4-1 lead before the Beavers pushed back.

Arnold Bagamba • MSU Reporter Junior forward Matt Leitner (above) leads the Mavericks in assists and added four more this past weekend with two on Friday and two on Saturday.

A bad turnover in the Maverick zone led to BSU scoring leader Cory Ward being left alone in front of Huggins and finding the top corner of the net to bring the game to 4-2. But the momentum swing didn’t last long, as the Mavs’ power play was able to find the back of the net once again.

While on a four-on-three power play, LaFontaine fed a behind-

the-back pass to Zach Palmquist in front, and Palmquist lifted the puck past Walsh to finalize the scoring of the game at 5-2. Huggins would collect 26 saves in the game to record his 12th win of the season.

Saturday night’s contest saw a more tightly played game all the way to the end. Once again, the Beavers got on the board first when Graeme McCormack

scored a wraparound goal that seemed to fool Huggins for a 1-0 lead. The Mavericks came back again with two second period power play goals only 1:42 apart gave them a 2-1 lead.

First, captain Johnny McInnis squeaked a shot through the arm of Walsh on the power play

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Women’s hockey earns three points after St. Cloud State series LUKE CARLSON Staff Writer This past weekend was a bit kinder to the Minnesota State Women’s Hockey team as the ladies won one tilt and tied in another against rival St. Cloud State to pull to 10-19-1 on the season.

Both games were highlighted by terrific offensive action on the ice, as each team showed their ability to score in bunches.

Starting with last Friday night’s game, the Mavericks were feeling fresh and prepared to take on the Huskies at All Seasons Arena, but that freshness

and preparation were soon put to the test when the Huskies managed to jump out to a 1-0 lead on an even-strength goal by SCSU freshman forward Lauren Hespenheide at 14:08. Hespenheide caught a breakout pass from freshman forward Payge Pena and buried a rebound from her initial shot on Mavericks sophomore goaltender Erin Krichiver.

In the second period, the Mavericks really put on the jets, outshooting the Huskies 19-7, MSU climbed ahead of St. Cloud on shots and controlled the puck throughout, but it was once again the Huskies who scored a goal

with 13 seconds remaining when Hespenheide was fed a cross-ice

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pass in front of the net for a tapin goal that put the road team up 2-0.

The Mavericks finally found a spark in the third period when, at 9:20, MSU junior forward Kathleen Rogan scored unassisted near the goal mouth after a turnover in the St. Cloud defensive zone. Senior forward Tracy McCann tallied another unassisted goal for the Mavericks at 12:10 with a slap shot that beat Huskies junior goaltender Julie Friend between the pads.

After McCann tied it, Rogan came back a few minutes later to put MSU in the lead for

the first time. At 16:40, Rogan fired a perfect wrist shot over the right shoulder of Friend and into the top left corner of the net to make it 3-2 Mavericks. McCann cleaned up with an empty net score from the neutral zone at 19:28 to solidify a 4-2 win for MSU. Mavericks senior forward Nicole Germaine assisted on each of MSU’s final two goals, while McCann recorded one assist along with her pair of goals to tie her season-high with three points

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Men’s basketball team building momentum near end of regular season The Mavericks are on a five-game winning streak heading into another NSIC weekend.

LUCAS RYAN Staff Writer The Minnesota Sate mens basketball team are in position to earn its second straight NSIC title, but will be tested over the weekend with a matchup against the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, North Division leaders, Bemidji State.

The Mavericks extended their winning streak to five games over the weekend putting them in position to claim the NSIC Championship with just four games remaining in the regular season.

“All we are looking forward to is the end of the regular season.

We got four big games that we have to win to get a conference championship and that is our focus right now,” senior guard Alex Hanks said after Saturdays win against the University of Sioux Falls.

The Mavericks earned a 7768 win over Southwest Minnesota State Friday before Saturdays decisive 109-64 over Sioux Falls. With the wins over the weekend, MSU improves to 21-4 overall, including a 15-3 record in the NSIC. The Mavericks concluded their regular season home

schedule with a 14-1 record, but are hopeful to earn some home games in the post-season.

“It means a ton to end it like this; this weekend was huge but hopefully we will bring some playoffs games here and have a few more in front of this crowd,” Hanks said. “I mean it is great to play here and we play our best here.”

The Mavericks are currently in a tightly contested race for the NSIC Championship. MSU is tied with Winona State atop the NSIC South Standings while Bemiji State trails by just one game. The Mavericks believe me smaller.”

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Arnold Bagamba • MSU Reporter Junior forward Assem Marei (above) went off for 21 points with six rebounds and six blocks in the Mavericks’ 7768 win over the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs on Friday night.

that strong defense will lead to success in the final four games of the regular season.

“Our offense will score whenever, wherever. It is all on ‘D’ for us and that is how we are going to win games, especially down here on the stretch in the bigtime with playoffs coming up,” Hanks said.

Friday night the MSU met Southwest Minnesota State in a matchup featured a close contest MSU earned a win Friday night in a tightly contested game against Southwest Minnesota State. The Mavericks had a narrow, two point lead with 2:21 remaining in the game, but junior guard Zach Monaghan and sophomore forward TJ Okafor combined for seven unanswered points in the final two minutes to earn the 77-68 win.

“It was intense. It was down to the wire. It was one of those

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games that you need to grind it out. Once we got a comfortable lead it was a relief, but we had to knock down free-throws at the end, which we did,” senior forward Connor O’Brien said.

MSU earned a dominate 10964 win over Sioux Falls Saturday in a game where the Mavericks never trailed. MSU began the game on a 16-2 run in a game that was never in doubt for the Mavericks. Seven Mavericks Scored in double figures for the Mavericks including 17 points form senior Tanner Adler and 14 points from junior Zack Romashko.

The duo of Monaghan and junior forward Assem Marei led the Mavericks Monaghan posted 23 point-games Friday and Saturday while averaging 9.5 assists. Marie averaged 14.5 points and 6.5 rebounds over the weekend including a career-best six blocks Friday.

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Mavericks, Boll Weevils split Sunday as MSU begins 2014 season Hoping to build off two consecutive trips to the College World Series, the MSU baseball team took one of two games from Arkansas-Monticello to start their season.

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After their doubleheader scheduled for Saturday was postponed due to weather, the Minnesota State baseball team began their 2014 season Sunday with a split against the University of Arkansas-Monticello.

The squad was able to tally a 4-3 victory over the Boll Weevils in game one in Monticello, Ark., but fell short to UAM in game two by a score of 8-5. The series was MSU’s first game back after falling in the national championship last season in Cary, N.C. “We always want to try and get a sweep on everybody we play and it was a little bit of a disappointment to not get that this weekend,” game one starting pitcher Jason Hoppe said of his team’s performance. “But for our first weekend I though we played well.”

Hoppe, the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference’s preseason pitcher of the year, picked up in game one exactly where he left off last season. The senior fired seven and 1/3 innings, grabbing up the victory while scattering five hits, allowing three runs and striking out 11. Hoppe let up just two hits in the first seven innings while coming out with a strong performance to begin the season.

The two teams found themselves in an early pitchers dual when Hoppe met UAM starter Kade Garlington dead on. It was a 0-0 score until the fourth, when MSU finally broke through off the bat of sophomore Taylor Branstad. His two-out single brought in senior Nolan Johnson and junior Connor McCallum as MSU took a 2-0 lead.

The Mavericks picked things up in the following inning when freshman Eric Peterson led off with a single, followed by backto-back RBI doubles from Johnson and senior Stetson Olson to add the insurance.

Hoppe appeared unhittable in his start until the Boll Weevils finally scratched a run across the right-hander in the eighth inning when D’Marco Poindexter’s single down the right field line scored Evan Comeau and brought Alex Lang to third.

Hoppe then proceeded to walk the next man, loading the bases for the Boll Weevils as head coach Matt Magers decided to sit his starter down.

Senior set-up man Chris Williams took over the dangerous

situation from there. He did not allow another hit in the eighth, but two wild pitches to the backstop sent two more Boll Weevils home, bringing the score to 4-3 heading into the ninth, where Williams shut down UAM to give MSU their first win of the season.

Johnson led all MSU hitters with two hits, including his RBI double in the fifth and Peterson finished the game with two stolen bases as Poindexter, Comeau and Ben Agredano all registered two hits in the loss for UAM. The Boll Weevils had chances to plate a few more runs in the first through missed opportunities, but found their groove in game two, smacking 11 hits to defeat the Mavericks 8-5.

After Johnson singled in the top of the first to score senior Todd Standish and give MSU an early lead, UAM answered back

as Travis Steinke ripped a double off MSU starter Josh Matheson, clearing the bases after two singles and a walk early.

MSU was able to get two runs back in the fourth after senior Mike Andries recorded an RBI groundout and Branstad singled to bring in Olson, but the hitting barrage of the Boll Weevils connected in the bottom of the inning to push the lead even further. MSU reliever TJ Larson loaded the bases in the fourth and let up two singles and a sacrifice fly to once again clear the bases for Arkansas-Monticello. Their three-run fourth inning brought the score to 6-3 with three innings left to play. UAM tacked on a run apiece in the fifth and sixth and MSU added two of their own in the seventh but it would not be enough as the Mavericks headed back north Sunday night with a 1-1 record.

Larson earned the loss for MSU after he and Matheson each allowed three runs in two innings of work. The final two innings saw Trevor Patterson, Bryce Bellin, Matt Geislinger and Mathias Butala each throw a little for the Mavericks as the Boll Weevil offense continued to shine.

Standish and Branstad made up the bulk of MSU’s offense in game two, as each picked up two hits of the team’s total seven.

“It’s early in the season. Obviously we are still learning and getting better,” Hoppe said. “We always try and play our best at the end of the season, not the beginning and that’s still our goal

for this year.”

Now, the Mavericks will head south again this weekend, traveling to Oklahoma and Missouri on Sunday and Monday for a doubleheader with Northeastern State and Southwest Baptist, two schools who have yet to begin their season due to the weather postponing numerous games over the weekend across the country.

“We just have to keep improving,” Hoppe said looking at next weekend. “We had a lot of young guys out there just getting familiar with their position and if we can improve on some of our lower points, we should be able to bounce back with a few wins.”

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY “On to the contest on Saturday afternoon, the Mavericks and Huskies were once again in full flight against one another on the ice.” continued from 15 in the contest. Krichiver made 29 saves and notched her fourth win of the season as the Mavericks outshot SCSU 37-31.

On to the contest on Saturday afternoon, the Mavericks and Huskies were once again in full flight against one another on the ice. The Mavericks came out strong to start the first period and claimed a one-goal lead going into the first intermission. Just as the power play for the Mavericks ran out, junior defenseman Shelby Moteyunas fired a shot from the point that was redirected through traffic by junior forward Natalie Stoltz and then off the stick of senior forward Kelsie Scott for Scott’s fourth goal of the year.

MSU outshot and out-chanced the Huskies in the opening frame with a 16-5 shot differential and three chances on the power play.

It was in the second period that the two rival teams started to swap goals, with each getting power play markers. At 8:19, SCSU junior defenseman Audrey Hanmer scored a forehand goal past Krichiver to bring the Huskies even. MSU answered back at 15:34 when senior forward Kari Lundberg tapped a loose puck into the left side of the net after McCann corralled a rebounding puck and fed it to the waiting Lundberg for the Mavericks’ second goal of the game and Lundberg’s 10th of the season.

At 4:13 of the third period, SCSU senior forward Molli Mott

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MEN’S HOCKEY “While the bulldogs head to Bemidji next weekend, the Mavs will be back on home ice this weekend where they are 11-1 on the year.” continued from 15 with assists going to LaFontaine and Matt Leitner. These three connected for another power play goal when LaFontaine buried his NCAA leading 13th power play goal of the year on a Leitner rebound. McInnis also got an assist on the goal, which sent the Mavs to the locker room after two with a 2-1 lead.

A defensive lapse let the Beavers back in the game, however, as BSU forward Charlie O’Connor was able to find himself alone on a shorthanded breakaway and slip the puck between Huggins legs to tie the game at two apiece.

MSU found a way to get the sweep though, on freshman Sean Flanagan’s fourth goal of the year. Flanagan showed patience at the blue line while a sliding Beaver defender attempted to block the shot, and fired the puck past Walsh for a 3-2 lead and what stood for the game winning goal. Huggins recorded 27 saves on the night and picked up his 13th win of the season.

The Mavericks again are two games ahead of Ferris State, who sits two points ahead of the Mavericks in first place of the WCHA; but as the top four teams are guaranteed home ice for the playoffs, MSU is in good position to be playing at home come the postseason. With third place Michigan Tech six points behind the Mavericks, it seems unlikely MSU will slip below second place in the conference, but it may be difficult for them to move ahead of Ferris.

While the Bulldogs head to Bemidji next weekend, the Mavs will be back on home ice this weekend where they are 11-1 on the year. The Alabama-Huntsville Chargers come to town in a series that is looked at as an almost certain sweep for MSU. Minnesota State swept the Chargers in two 4-1 victories back in December, and will look for four more points to keep pushing towards first place in the WCHA.

Ronald Sojjoba• MSU Reporter Senior forward Nicole Germaine (above) collected three points this past weekend against St. Cloud State with two assists on Friday and a goal on Saturday.

tied the match with a brilliant wrist shot from the slot while on one knee. The Mavericks managed to fight back and take the lead again, when at 12:53, Germaine put the puck past Friend on the high blocker side with a wrist

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shot for her ninth goal of the year, but it was Mott who struck again at 18:25 to tie the game back up and eventually send it to overtime.

After neither team could gain any steam, let alone any shots, in

the five minutes of overtime play, the tilt went to a shootout. Krichiver managed a pair of saves for MSU but Hespenheide found a space in between Krichiver’s pads in what turned out to be the shootout-winning goal after the Mavericks failed on their threeshootout chances. SCSU earned an extra point in the WCHA standings for the shootout win.

Krichiver was solid all night

for the Mavericks posting 28 saves. Each team finished one-offive on the advantage as the Mavericks outshot the Huskies 39-31.

Minnesota State returns to action this next weekend with a pair of conference games on the road in Grand Forks, ND against the University of North Dakota. The puck drops for game one at 2:07 p.m. Saturday afternoon at Ralph Engelstad Arena.

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Bringing in new Mavericks It’s time for the coaching staff to strut their stuff and bring in the best recruits for the Maverick football program. Let’s take a look at the guys coach Keen and his staff brought in last Wednesday.

JOEY DENTON Sports Editor Interim head coach Aaron Keen and his staff were put to the test during the recruiting process this year due to a smaller amount of scholarship money to hand out.

According to Keen, they overachieved.

“With 10 seniors leaving our program, we didn’t have a tremendous amount of scholarships to spend in this class,” Keen said.

“I thought our coaches did a great job of evaluating talent.”

With a shorter amount of money to hand out, it’s quite impressive to bring in 23 guys who have a lot of talent and weren’t hesitant in signing on the first day.

“They feel comfortable here.

That’s the biggest thing. People here at Minnesota State make a difference. Beyond that, it’s the opportunity to be successful.

You’ve got championships that have been won here, great facilities to work at, you know there’s a commitment from our administration to make sure that our student-athletes have every opportunity to be successful here,” Keen said. “I think that’s all a player can ask for is a great situation where they have a chance to win and be around good people.”

According to Keen, the coach-

ing staff were searching for primarily defensive and offensive line personal and defensive backs, due to the fact that those positions will have a great number of seniors come this fall. The Mavericks signed four defensive tackles (Zach Dodge, Ty Romensesko, Joel Wa Ngoyi and Will Peters), two defensive ends (Richard Cochran and Jayme LaPlante) and four defensive backs (Jake Engelken, Jack Gleason, Sean Sandacz and Arnold Shead).

Those three positions plus the running back position prove to be the foundation of the Mavericks success for quite some time.

Once junior running back Andy Pfieffer and sophomore running back Conner Thomas have moved on from Mankato, there will need to be two guys to step up and run as wild and tough as they do, and Keen might have found those two. What we found out this fall was running backs from Illinois are tough, just look at Thomas’ film. Keen and his staff brought in two more running backs from the Land of Lincoln. Julius Holley of Lake Barrington, Ill., and Zach Smith of Lombard, Ill., will keep this tough running back trend going at Blakeslee Stadium.

“I felt like we got tremendous value out of that position; Great players, great character, great

work ethic and guys that are going to be working out on our roster,” Keen said.

Keen and his staff had to find something that the Mavericks haven’t had to look for since 2009... a new kicker. Senior placekicker Sam Brockshus is leaving some clown-size shows to fill with multiple accolades and records for future Mavericks Ryan Persick and Austin Wolter.

Persick of Robins, Iowa is leaving Xavier High School with three records: Most extra-point field goals in a season (68), field goals made in a season (12) and career points (189). Wolter earned second team All-Mississippi Valley Conference honors when leading the conference in extra point percentage. The soon-to-be Linn Mar High School graduate also won the Nate Kaeding’s kicking camp with a 53-yard field goal.

Not only can these two kick with the best of them in the state of Iowa, they can also handle the punting details. Let’s not forget Darin Howell, the junior punter/ kicker already on the roster. He knows the program and can help the two youngsters as they compete for the kicking and punting job next fall.

The team can never escape

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BASKETBALL “Our offense will score whenever, wherever. It is all on ‘D’ for us and that is how we are going to win games, especially down here on the stretch in the big-time with playoffs coming up,” Hanks said. continued from 16

road for the final four games of the regular season. MSU will begin the road trip Friday against the leaders of the NSIC North Division, Bemidji State before taking on Minnesota Crookston this Saturday.

Bemidji State will be the Mavericks toughest test remaining in the regular season.

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the notion that the NSIC Offensive Player of the Year, Jon Wolf, will no longer be taking snaps in a Mavericks uniform. It would be quite a shock to see the guy that’s still in high school right now start under center next fall, but there’s a lot of excitement in the signing of Canton Larson from Oconomowoc, Wis. Larson led Oconomowoc High School to a 11-1 record and scored 37 total touch-

downs; remind you of anyone?

“You’ve got to hit right on the guys you bring into your position group and we feel like we’ve found a good one again in this year’s class in Canton Larson,” Keen said.

Luckily for Keen and his staff, the program was able to redshirt all of their freshman the past two seasons, but this group could possess some guys who are ready for

the demanding task that is playing NCAA Division II football every Saturday.

“It’s too hard for us to tell right now. We obviously think they can play at this level, but which of these prospects will be mentally, emotionally and physically ready to play right off the bat, we will figure out when we get on campus,” Keen said.

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scoring offense in the NSIC, while leading the conference in field goal, which is sixth best in all of NCAA DII basketball.

The Beavers offense features the NSIC scoring leader Brock Lutes, who leads the Beavers with 20.5 points per game, but the Beavers have four players averaging more than 10 points per game.

The Mavericks will wrap up the weekend against Minnesota Crookston who are currently sitting at the bottom of the NSIC standings. The Matchup features two teams that are heading in two completely different directions. The Golden Eagles are currently on a 16game losing streak, earning their only NSIC win more than two months ago. The Mavericks will be heavily favored in the game, but overlooking any opponent on the road in the NSIC is a mistake.

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The LEGO Movie has its bricks in order Spectacular animation, great cast and endless one-liners elevate this beyond just a toy movie.

ANDREW SIMON Staff Writer Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the duo responsible for making Channing Tatum a comedy force in 21 Jump Street and writing/directing the mammoth box office success kids flick Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, accomplished the impossible with The LEGO Movie. After the Transformers movies gave the Hasboro line a sales boost, toy and game properties from the eighties and nineties starting getting bought up by big-time production companies and pushed into active development for a featurelength movie. With The LEGO Movie, the very notion of doing it was preposterous, how to sustain consumer interest with a movie with LEGO characters, let alone make a respectable story that makes sense?

Somehow, they did it.

The LEGO Movie accomplishes this by utilizing the wide variety of different LEGOs available. Crossing from all genres,

from pretty magical ponies, mechanical pirates, to superheroes like Superman and Batman, Lord and Miller threw every type of idea – no matter how insane or absurd – mixed them together, and somehow came out with a movie where nothing is off limits, and boasts enough one liners and jokes that inevitably the audience will miss the next joke because they’re still stuck on the last joke.

The basic idea is that long ago, the wizard Vitruvius (Morgan Freeman) makes a prophecy, that a person, called “the Special”, will find the Piece of Resistance and be the most special-est person in the whole wide world that only he will take down the evil Lord Business (Will Ferrell).

Fast forward to Emmet (Chris Pratt), a construction worker with no real talent or discernable quality other than being another zombie citizen of Lord Business’ network of control. Lo and behold, it is Emmet who is the Special, and finds the Piece of Resistance. With the help of action-hero Wyldstyle (Elizabeth

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Banks), Vitruvius and Batman, Emmet embarks on a journey to save all the worlds from Lord Business’ nefarious plan to make everything stay the same.

The first thing to be complimented about The LEGO Movie, is that the level of animation is staggeringly detailed.

From explosions to the ocean sea, the craftsmanship in creating perfectly animated LEGO

environments is one of the best accomplishments in the digital animated field. And with everything moving at such a quick speed, making the movements work with such fluency and beauty is quite the feat. The audio could be muted, and The LEGO Movie would still leave the viewer in awe because of the spectacularly gorgeous visuals that zoom past the screen.

But thankfully, the film is aided with a script that is so on the nose, self-referential, and outrageously creative and hilarious that the experience is double the fun with howling laughter and a poignant message at the end. To the films credit, this movie that seemed on the outside like a dumb idea to make into a feature

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Mercedez Benz fashion week in full pose MADELINE ZAFFT Staff Writer

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This week kicks off one of the most iconic weeks in fashion -- yes, you guessed it -- Mercedes Benz Fashion Week- Fall/ Winter Collections in New York City. It all commenced on Thursday, Feb. 6 and the glitz and glam will end this Thursday. NYC is crawling with the who’s who of fashion supporting their favorite designers and the new fall and winter trends, coming from the top fashion designers, are working the runway. Even though they are already showing off the trends for next fall and winter, I think it’s safe to say we are all wishing that Phil the Groundhog was just kidding when he saw his shadow, in the hopes that we can immediately bust out our spring jackets and put the winter coats away.

Here’s how it works: the clothing that struts down the

runway and all the trends that come from it will slowly show up in stores with a more wearable twist for the everyday buyer.

Some of the trends that will possibly be making their way into stores and your closet for spring (coming from MBFW earlier this September when the Spring collections were showcased) will be pastels mixed with pops of brighter color, floral patterns, mid-calf skirts and any type of clothing that is light and airy.

So, with spring gradually approaching, now would be a good time to decide if you are more of a lavender or mint-wearing individual. Let’s not forget about the guys either, in the B. America show last September, male models worked the runway in pastel suits with floral undershirts. A big trend this spring and summer for guys will be more of a tropical floral with pops of bright color.

Pastels will be incorporated into mostly everything: shoes,

tops, bottoms and accessories; so you are sure to see a ton of blush, mint greens and lavender tones.

As for the pops of color, some specific hues to keep an eye out for will be canary yellow, cobalt blue and melon. The hems weren’t too specific during the fashion shows, but mid-calf and fuller skirts showed up a lot of places along with cropped lightweight jackets. White blouses showed up frequently too, there is something about a simple white blouse that just seems so effortless and springy -- not to mention it goes great with anything. Another spring trend that will go along great with that white blouse will be contrasting colors, especially black and white. Women’s floral patterns will be all over the board in the big picture, from large tropical floral to more of a country feel floral.

Accessories for spring/summer 2014 will include small, cross-body bags in bright colors

along with similarly bold, midsized bags. Jewelry is bringing in statement necklaces, chainlinked jewelry and some Greek influence to its appearance. A majority of the jewelry on the runway all had one thing in common: they all were one of the primary colors. Look out for sunglasses that are square in shape rather than round.

So, as your light weight jackets get pulled out from the back of your closet and your winter coats get stuffed away, keep your eyes peeled when you are looking for some new pieces to complete your spring and summer assortment of clothing. If you don’t find any trends that you are too wild about, start off slowly by simply adding a necklace or hat the falls under a trend mentioned above. When out and about select your favorite pastel, make a statement with a bold, bright colored accessory or even rock both and be fashion forward this spring.

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February blu-preview Oscar nominees and winter blockbusters collide on video this month.

JAMES HOUTSMA A&E Editor Dallas Buyers Club 2013 can rest easy knowing it was the year of McConaughey.

With memorable performances in stellar films like Mud and The Wolf of Wall Street, McConaughey went from playing the bongos naked to playing complex characters that greatly benefitted from his contributions.

But out of all the reinventing roles he took this year, his turn as Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club is arguably his best. The story of a man diagnosed with AIDS in the ‘80s who works around the system to help himself and others, Dallas Buyers Club is all about the performances.

Not only do both McConaughey and co-star Jared Leto show off dramatic physical changes, both shine with several moments of dramatic heft throughout. McConaughey assuredly carries the whole story of a man fighting for life, while Leto gets the showy material for which he is garnering a lot of awards recognition.

Dallas Buyers Club as a story could have ended up going in any direction, but with its formidable lead performers, it finds itself pointed towards a compelling outcome.

Watch it Ender’s Game Fans have been waiting years for a big screen adaption of professional sea urchin Orson Scott Card’s classic sci-fi novel, Ender’s Game. Whether this was the movie they were hoping for is debatable but, at the very least, Ender’s Game is a sometimes shaky ship that ultimately finds its way to the calm waters of being decent.

There are good elements to Ender’s Game and there are passable ones. For every scene in the grand training arena, there are three of Ender conversing with a half-dead Harrison Ford on his apprehensions about his training to be the next brainiac commander. The whole film rides a line between engaging and forgettable, rocking back and forth at regular intervals. Maybe some blame falls on the process of taking a novel and fitting it into a twohour movie.

Overall, Ender’s Game still managed to get across the appeal of its original ideas through a movie that’s definitely watch-

able.

Rent it Gravity Your TV screens are not ready for the event known as Gravity. Even at 90 minutes, televisions everywhere will have a job ahead of them transferring every megapixel of visual glory the film holds.

While it’s undeniably best served by the majesty of a theater screen, Gravity is a visual stunner. Alfonso Cuaron’s space epic is a cocktail of beauty, hope and terror all at once. While the narrative components don’t necessarily stack up to the production’s ability to draw you in, the film still ends up being one unforgettable movie experience. At this point, Gravity is destined to become a blu-ray standard -- that film that finds its way into everyone’s collections.

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Unfortunately, the film never really goes above that standard, instead choosing to stick to what is known to work and not reach for anything more. The villains may as well be made of straw (in personality and presence), character developments are an afterthought and this second outing never feels like any sort of progression. Fun is fun, but in an age where superhero films have advanced to be thoughtful, anything less just seems lazy.

Regardless, there’s something to be said for giving the general audience what they want, so in that regard, Thor: The Dark World does indeed satisfy.

One major feature on the upcoming blu-ray release to watch out for is the Marvel one-shot, All Hail the King, featuring Ben Kingsley reprising his “Mandarin” role from Iron Man 3. Not only is it a treat to see Kingsley do his thing in that role but the short promises some interesting reveals about the twist that had audiences fuming over the summer.

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Nebraska It’s movies like Nebraska that go against everything that Hollywood stands for. Set in the bleak Midwest (is there any other kind?), filmed in black and white, starring an offbeat, older cast and brimming with quality, Nebraska is a bit of a marvel.

The story of an elderly alcoholic who stops by his old hometown on the way to claim fake prize money with his son, Nebraska is another profoundly humanist work from director Alexander Payne. Payne, coming off acclaimed works like The Descendants and Sideways, paints a picture of Midwestern life that speaks volumes in the darkly funny way he is adept at.

True to many great films, Nebraska may mean something completely different on second viewing, but until then, it finds a place to nestle into your mind.

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Piroshki and beef stroganoff make great Russian dishes that will fill you up and leave you feeling satisfied.

MIRANDA BRANWARTH STAFF WRITER

Celebrate the Sochi 2014 Olympics by immersing yourself in the Russian culture and try some authentic Russian food with these recipes.

Now that the Olympics have started why not make something warm and hearty with Russian roots instead of grabbing chicken nuggets from McDonalds? With these warm recipes you can sit on the couch snuggle up and cheer on your athletes in a cultural Olympic spirit.

Being the largest country in the world, Russia has a diverse background in culinary cuisine, varying in seasonings and styles throughout the nation. Predominantly, Russia has been known for soups, made with cabbage, stews with boiled meat, breads and pastries due to their abundance of grains.

With Russian food it’s important to remember that the savory flavor and fresh quality results in longer time to prepare authentic recipes.

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A Piroshki is a famous stuffed pastry filled with meat or cabbage or other vegetables; traditionally it is baked or fried.

In this recipe, Taylor’s Piroshki, is stuffed with ground beef and fried in oil. This is a large recipe and can be reduced.

Taylor’s Piroshki Two Hours 11 servings Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef 1/2 medium onion finely chopped 1 teaspoon salt

Ground pepper to taste Dried dill weed to taste 1 (.25 ounce) package dry yeast ¼ cup warm water 1 cup milk 3 eggs ½ cup vegetable oil 2 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon salt 4 cups flour 3 cups oil for frying

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Arrow mid-season recap JAMES HOUTSMA A & E Editor With its great premier season now on Netflix for all to witness, The CW’s Arrow continues to impress while it plows through season two. Having just reached the midway point of the season, the series is on a brief hiatus before starting up again in two weeks for its final stretch.

Much like season one, Arrow’s sophomore season features the same strong plotting, cinematic action scenes and soap opera dilemmas that first propelled the series into binge-worthy television.

Billionaire Oliver Queen is reeling from the events of season one’s finale at the beginning of season two, so much so that he’s given up his crusade to save Starling City. Of course, once he finds his way out of that rut (as we all knew he would), Oliver embraces a new vision for his crusade, abandoning the mantle of The Hood and donning the mantle as the non-lethal Arrow. Together with his concierge partner, Diggle, and tech assistant extraordinaire, Felicity, Oliver faces new plots to destroy the city and his own personal turmoil caused by relationships from the island that have come back to bite him.

Unlike season one, this new season delves much more into comic book aspects that stretch a good degree beyond reality. A major plotline involves a serum that boosts human performance while another focuses on an international (and perhaps immortal) DC comics family of assassins that is making their presence

known. Add to that the emergence of several more comic book heroes and villains and the series seems to be getting closer to Smallville territory (without the shoddiness of actually being Smallville).

The most downright impressive thing about this season is just how many plates the writers have spinning at any time.

• Sebastian Blood is running for mayor to change the city by day and working as Brother Blood to take over the city by night. Clearly someone has been taking tips from the Scarecrow on the latest mask trends.

• Roy, our resident bonehead, is going through a drastic change, both physically and mentally, that could sway him towards darkness or light.

• A Queen family secret is brewing in the background that could bring down matriarch Moira if revealed to the public – an unfortunate reality for a woman just coming off a murder case and currently running for mayor as well.

• Felicity and Oliver have on-and-off romantic tension (though only one party seems to be aware), which doesn’t appear to be backing down in the near future given recent happenings with another female lead.

• Another famous DC superhero made his unofficial debut as a guest star before he debuts his own concurrent show.

When will that happen, you say?

No word yet, but it will most assuredly be in a flash.

• Two figures from Oliver’s past return: one who brings comfort and support and the other who brings fiery wrath and

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• Meanwhile, Laurel is a wool sweater with a strand that keeps getting yanked on. Her antics with drugs and alcohol (and being kind of crazy) have quickly lost her favor with just about every character as she continues to spiral out of control. Katie Cassidy’s emaciated look is getting a

which are interesting and leading up to some hotly anticipated reveals. Most interesting is Slade Wilson having already shown his descent into Deathstroke territory – now we are just waiting for the why. Events on the island should lead to a pinnacle confrontation between Queen and Wilson, concluding in Wilson’s stylish new eye patch.

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RUSSIAN RECIPES “With Russian food it’s important to remember that the savory flavor and fresh quality results in longer time to prepare authentic recipes. A Piroshki is a famous stuffed pastry filled with meat or cabbage or other vegetables; traditionally it is baked or fried .” continued from 23

Directions:

Brown ground beef and drain in a medium skillet. Cook onion with beef. Add salt, pepper and dill. Set aside to cool.

Dissolve yeast in warm water, allow to become frothy about 10 minutes. In a medium saucepan over low heat, warm milk and whisk in eggs, oil, sugar, and salt. Remove from heat and set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, place half of the flour. Gradually stir in milk mixture. Add yeast soolution with leftover flour. Stir thoroughly. Knead the dough until forms a ball and is not sticky. You may need to add more flour. Cover bowl with a clean cloth and let rise until double in size.

Remove dough from bowl and put on floured surface. Roll golf ball sized pieces into disks.

In the center of each disk add large tablespoon meat mixture.

Pinch edges to seal and let sit for 10 minutes.

In large skillet heat oil to 375 degrees deep fry Piroshki in batches of 4 until golden brown on both sides or bake them at

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400 degrees for about 17 minutes.

(From allrecipes.com) What’s fun about Piroshki is the ability to stuff them with many different ingredients.

They have even been known to be made into desert by filling with apples or other fruit.

This next recipe may be something more familiar: homemade Beef Stroganoff. In this dish, beef is sautéed and mixed with a sauce of Smetana, more often known as sour cream. Often it is served over noodles or rice. This variation is served with noodles and has mushrooms added.

Beef Stroganoff 1 ¾ hours 6 servings Ingredients: 1 ½ pounds beef chuck roast ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper 3 ounces butter 3 green onions, sliced white part.

3 tablespoons flour ¾ (10.4 ounce) can condensed beef broth

¾ teaspoon mustard ¾ can sliced mushrooms, drained ¼ cup sour cream ¼ cup white wine Salt to taste Black pepper to taste Directions: Taking roast cut off any fat or gristle. Cut roast into strips ½ inch thick by 2 inches long. Season with salt and pepper.

In large skillet, medium heat, melt butter and brown beef strips. Push beef to side and cook onions for 3 to 5 minutes.

Move onions to side by beef.

In same pan add flour on empty side. Pour in beef broth and bring to boiling, stirring constantly. Lower heat and stir in mustard. Cover and simmer for 1 hour allowing meet to become tender.

Five minutes before serving, stir in mushrooms, sour cream, and white wine. Heat briefly.

(From allrecipes.com) Though these recipes take time, the end results are authentic delicious Russian dinners that will keep you warm on cold winter nights.

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NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not so much “goodbye” as “taking a break.”

With Jimmy Fallon’s departure from “Late Night” on Friday after five years in the host chair, he’ll be off the NBC airwaves a scant 10 days before bouncing back as host of “The Tonight Show,” which was vacated Thursday by Jay Leno after 22 years.

“I’m really going to miss being on TV at 12:37,” Fallon joked in his farewell monologue, where his “fierce rivals” have been CBS host Craig Ferguson “and a Veggie-Chopper infomercial.”

But if he was overjoyed at graduating to a berth one hour earlier — and all through the finale he radiated joy — at the same time he could hardly keep his tear ducts in check.

“I’m not gonna cry,” he vowed, “but I’m gonna get really close.”

“You got to pull it together, man,” teased his very last guest, fellow “Saturday Night Live” alum Andy Samberg. “’I’m just a big ol’ moosh.

‘Irish Moosh’ was my nickname in high school,” replied Fallon.

The 39-year-old Fallon has promised that nothing

much will change with his talk-comedy-music formula, except the new time slot and “Tonight Show” prestige.

But if it’s not so big a change for Fallon (or his house band, the Roots, or his announcer, Steve Higgins, who all are coming along), it’s a big change for “Tonight,” which is returning to New York’s Rockefeller Plaza after more than 40 years in Los Angeles, and returning to NBC’s Studio 6B, once inhabited by “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.”

To complete this game of musical chairs, Seth Meyers (another “SNL” grad) becomes “Late Night” host starting Feb. 24.

“We’re gonna be a great team back-to-back,” Fallon said.

During his monologue, Fallon got nostalgic, with a dash of comedy. He said since premiering in March 2009, he had spun out 10,000 jokes, all of which he proceeded to sum up as: “Joe Biden needed Obamacare after Anthony Weiner texted Justin Bieber a picture of Chris Christie dating a Kardashian on the Jersey shore with Rob Ford.”

More sincerely, Fallon voiced thanks to David

Photo Courtesy of Associated Press Jimmy Fallon hands over the, um, reigns to incoming host Seth Meyers.

Letterman for launching “Late Night,” and to Conan O’Brien, its second host, as well as to his viewers, whose support “means the world to me. It makes me so happy.”

The hour ended with a big musical number: Fallon on drums and singing the Band classic “The Weight,”

accompanied by a large ensemble of Muppets, complete with Kermit and Miss Piggy.

Then he made his exit from his longtime “Late Night” home, Studio 6A, and strode a few steps down

new home. He opened the door to Studio 6B, identified as “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” to find a cheering, welcoming throng. Fade out.

That’s awaiting him for real in just 10 days.

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