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Sculpture vandalized Damage jeopardized piece, warm weather added to injury AVERY CROPP
staff writer An act of vandalism and the high temperatures over the weekend caused a snow sculpture that was supposed to be displayed this week on campus to be torn down before most students could even view it. It was brought to campus through IMPACT and Jesse Lee Ellerbroek, an MSU alumnus, who majored in art with an emphasis in sculpture during his time here. The sculpture was titled “The Year of the Rabbit,” which was meant as an acknowledgment of the recent Chinese New Year. The rabbits featured stood back to back and held a light bulb between them, which had the world on top of it. This played into MSU’s motto: “Big ideas, real world thinking.” Ellerbroek started the sculpture Feb. 9 and worked on it until he arrived Saturday morning to finish it and found the sculpture damaged. He and his crew attempted to complete the sculpture even with the damage, but ultimately, because of the warm weather, it had to come down so it was not a danger to students. IMPACT advisor Greg Wilkins said the piece was removed Monday. “It would still be up if the integrity of the piece hadn’t been jeopardized,” he said.
courtesy of greg wilkins The world at the top of the sculpture was damaged, along with much of the back side of the piece.
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angela kukowski • msu reporter The piece was taken down Monday, and a sign was placed near its site to inform students of the vandalism.
One Minute clinic wins Flu shots good option gold medal honor but no guarantee
Maverick Mentors reach out Some students believe they become even more sick to teach Gage residents
GRACE WEBB
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Stop by Gage Towers during the week and, more than likely, a table will be set up in the middle of the lobby where students called Maverick Mentors are doling out academic advice. This set-up, called the One Minute Clinic, has been going on for two years, and this year, the program won a gold medal honor at the Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education 2010-2011 awards. Alisa Dean, Minnesota State Mankato’s academic programming director, helped form the program two years ago. She said the idea for the program came from the last director, but there was no set curriculum, so it was up to her to make a concrete plan. “I took together all their ideas and had a few weeks of time to kind of plan
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the first set of One Minute Clinics that focused on short one-minute sessions on academic activities that would help students be more academically successful in their first two years of college and kind of learn those course skills that they need,” Dean said. Dean worked with Gage Area Director Kenney White to develop the program. White had experience with this kind of program before when he worked at the University of New Hampshire. “I had a bit of a vision, she had a bit of a vision, [so] we collaborated a little bit and then she started creating this curriculum,” he said. One Minute Clinics offer students a chance to learn about different academic topics such as surviving finals, choosing majors and planning schedules. Maverick
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During these bleak winter months, students are more at risk than ever when it comes to catching the flu. While most cases of influenza are basically benign, some of the more severe symptoms, including sore throats, fevers and body aches, can force students to miss class and even cause trips to the hospital. One way to help prevent influenza is to get a flu shot. Minnesota State Mankato’s Student Health Services offers such shots. Dr. Randy Hurd, the clinic’s medical director, said the shots are definitely worth it. “The medicines for influenza are not very good ones, especially compared to the vaccines,” Hurd said. “The vaccines are very effective, and it’s a myth that they’re not.”
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Hurd said the clinic has given out 500 influenza shots so far and still has many more available. Students can walk in and ask for a shot or make an appointment by calling the clinic. Some medical insurance covers the cost, but the shots cost $20. The procedure usually takes less than 20 minutes. Hurd said this year has been different than previous years because of the recent outbreak of H1N1. This year, students have been getting a quicker but milder form of the flu. Hurd said students can be feeling fine when they wake up but get hit hard with symptoms two hours later. By the time they go to the clinic the next day, however, the fever or sore throat can already be gone. While the symptoms don’t last long, Hurd said the flu can still make students miserable for the two days
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MINUTE CLINIC Technology sessions could be added in future, games have been incorporated continued from 1 Mentors, students who live in Gage and give academic advice, take turns manning the table. Two or three mentors sit at the table at a time, so no one is ever alone. Dean said the program would not have earned honors without the Maverick Mentors. “I was… so proud of my Maverick Mentor team because they are the ones there [at the clinic] every day,” Dean said.
“They’re really the ones there and implementing all the crazy ideas I come up with.” Dean said the program has been going very well so far. She said students were polled last semester about their thoughts on One Minute Clinics, and 82 percent agreed or strongly agreed that the clinics provided helpful academic material. White said Maverick Mentors also gave their opinions on how
to improve the program. He said after the first year, he and his coworkers looked back to find what worked, what didn’t and how to improve. One change that was made to the program was opening it up more to Gage A Tower residents. While the clinics were always located in Gage’s lobby, they used to be closer to B Tower, and sometimes A Tower students didn’t notice them. White said
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more of an effort will be made to reach out to residents of both towers. “My hope now once the summer hits is to take a look at our curriculum and see what changes we can make in order to make it even more successful,” White said. Dean said another change being considered is how to make the clinics more interesting and fun for students. “I think some of the challenges is continuing to develop creative ideas, because we want students to be excited to come up to One Minute Clinics and find us approachable,” Dean said. “Next year, I hope that we’ll continue to develop some more creative activities and build on what we’ve created.” Dean said clinics have incorporated mini-games such as finger bowling to attract students’ attention, and more activities may be added in the future. She said she also wants to add sessions about technology, since it is becoming more important to understand
how to use various types of electronic equipment. While One Minute Clinics are currently only held at Gage, White said there are plans to expand the program when Gage is shut down and residents are relocated. “We’re definitely looking into growing the Maverick Mentor program and being able to offer Maverick Mentors on floors outside of Gage,” White said. “We know that it’s a very successful program and we’re hoping to expand upon that to other residential areas, and I would imagine a key component would be bringing that One Minute Clinic concept into those programming efforts as well.” White added that he would also like to increase partnerships with other university offices, though it could be difficult because the clinics run at times when most offices are closed for the day. One Minute Clinics are held from 4-6 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays and 4-5 p.m. Thursdays.
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SCULPTURE Charges will be pressed, Ellerbroek has had artwork vandalized in the past
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continued from 1 Wilkins said campus and city police reports were taken. The piece was paid for by student programming fees, so Wilkins said charges will be pressed if the vandals are found. This type of vandalism could mean felony charges for the guilty party. The sculpture was being streamed live via webcam, so an investigation is still in progress. “In years past, kids [have] damaged sculptures in Ely [during the winter festival],” Ellerbroek said. “People have peed on them and broken them, but after the community realized that [the sculpture] was good for it, all the damage stopped.” He said this type of vandalism occurs fairly often. “It wasn’t entirely surprising, but it’s still disappointing,” he said. Near the sculpture site, Wilkins had a sign posted that says “SHAME” and explains what acts of vandalism mean. An ice sculpture of Stomper was also vandalized earlier this winter. The people who damaged that were caught and now face student conduct charges. Ellerbroek had originally designed the piece with the temperature changes of the season in mind. But despite his planning, the sculpture was not able to withstand the 42-degree high on Sunday, and it began to melt on top of the damage. Ellerbroek’s art was brought to the attention of Wilkins
by Cheryl Peterson, a nontraditional student. Peterson has worked closely with the St. Peter Co-op, which has worked with Ellerbroek in the past. Peterson found pictures of his work on Facebook. “[Ellerbroek’s work] had a wow-factor,” Peterson said. “It was so big and so beautiful that I just had to share it.” Wilkins saw the photos, immediately contacted Ellerbroek and started cutting through the red-tape of getting everything organized. That was only three weeks ago. “I had so many people telling me that it wouldn’t happen, but it was something I knew that we had to do,” Wilkins said. Ellerbroek, who grew up in Ely, Minn., started sculpting snow when he was 15-years-old. He discovered the craft after friends took him to a winter festival in Winnipeg. After he attended this winter fest, he entered some of his first sculptures into the Ely winter festival. According to Ellerbroek, his designs have a very contemporary feel. He uses a lot of natural forms and is inspired by many different things, from clay models to photographs. “I shy away from the cute and cuddly stuff like bears and eagles that you usually see,” Ellerbroek said. “I’m always thinking about content, and I’m always looking for something a little more powerful.” Ellerbroek said that he
loves using snow as a medium because it allows the artist to make a large work in a short amount of time, it has a short life span, it’s temporal and he gets to watch his work change over time. “It fits with our culture today,” Ellerbroek said. “People today seem to want new things all the time. I don’t necessarily agree with that sentiment, but it fits with it and that’s why [snow sculpting] is so well received.” IMPACT is working on a plan to bring Ellerbroek back to campus next year . The plan would be for Ellerbroek to work with the art department in order to make a snow park, a collection of sculptures, around MSU’s campus. IMPACT is also talking about making another large snow sculpture on campus next year, and it will be looking for volunteers to help with the process. “If we have to live in this cold and snow, we may as well celebrate it,” Peterson said. Ellerbroek said he tries not to take damages to his work personally. “It’s too bad that people really didn’t get to see it in its complete finished form,” Ellerbroek said. Ellerbroek currently lives in the Saint Peter, Minn. area, and other examples of his work can be found by clicking on his portfolio at www. theblacklanternstudios.com.
they experience it. “[Influenza] can be a bad one for people who get it,” Hurd said. “It’s pretty much the worst kind [of viral illness].” While Hurd said the flu shot is very effective, some MSU students don’t agree. “Up until last year, I had never gotten the flu shot, nor had I gotten the flu,” said MSU junior Daniel Bonnell. “Last year, I got the shot and, shortly after, the flu. I didn’t get the shot this year and I haven’t gotten the flu.” “I got the flu shot back in November and for some reason, I have been sick more times this winter than any other that I can remember,” said sophomore Jacia Wanous.
While the flu shot protects against the most common strand of influenza virus, there are other strands students can still get, regardless of receiving a shot. However, Hurd said that even if students catch the flu after receiving the shot, the shot will help make the ordeal less intense, with milder symptoms. “If you get the flu after having the shot, you tend to get a little milder case,” he said. He said that students may think flu season is winding down, but there is still plenty of time to get a shot and have it be worthwhile. “We still think there’s time to do it,” he said. “I still think it’s a great idea.”
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BRENNAN DOWN THE HOUSE: IN DEFENSE OF A MORE REASONABLE DEFENSE BUDGET NATE BRENNAN
Incensed. That’s the only word I can think of that describes how I feel over proposed budgets by members of Congress and the Obama administration.
Notable Figures From the Obama Budget Total Projected = $3.7 trillion Defense and Overseas Contingency Operations = $671 billion (18%) Education = $77.4 billion (2%) Environmental Protection Agency = $9 billion (.2 %) National Endowment For the Arts = $146 million or $0 (.004% or 0%) Congressional budgetary stance lessons I’ve learned since 2002: Wars? Necessary. A good American education? Unnecessary. Our nation’s environment? Pfft, the world’s going to end in 2012 anyway.
There is a proposed bill in the US Congress that would eliminate all funding to public broadcasting. Do you think this bill should pass?
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I never thought I’d have to say this in my life, but… On the heels of attempting to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act and detailing the difference between rape and “forcible rape,” Congressional Republicans have plans to murder Elmo. The cost of public broadcasting services run the American citizen $1.35 per year. Not per day. Per year. That means the average American will have quality educational, informational and entertaining programs available to them for less than a Big Mac. Colorado’s Doug Lamborn is among many Republican Congressman aiming to zero out the budget for the National Endowment for the Arts, whose affiliates actually match nearly $6 to every $1 given to them through federal funding. “You may have heard about the recent firing of NPR News Analyst Juan Williams and the $1.8 million donation by liberal activist
George Soros to hire 100 NPR reporters,” Lamborn wrote in an October news release to supports. “These two actions make it clear that public broadcasting is a friend and protector of liberal issues and political correctness, at the expense of free speech and balanced news reporting.” A regular of Fox News speaking on behalf of free speech and balanced news reporting is quite ironic, but his suggestion that the entire endowment be revoked simply because Juan Williams got fired for saying on Fox News that he was afraid Muslims on planes might be terrorist is absurd. First of all, those responsible for the firing either stepped down in embarrassment or were punished. Secondly, I’m sure Juan Williams and his nearly $2 million Fox News contract are over it by now. And finally, I doubt Jim Gullickson over at KMSU or the thousands upon thousands of local broadcasters around the country on campuses just like ours really have billionaire George Soros breathing down their necks making
sure everyone loves abortion. And that’s just radio. How many of you were aided in your pursuit to add from Count Dracula, or learn to read from LeVar Burton and his “Reading Rainbow”? I know I did.
The Environmental Protection Agency
The raping of our natural resources seem to be in line as well with a proposed $3 billion reduction to the Environmental Protection Agency (as opposed to Obama’s already significant $1.3 billion). Reports of whether the rape will be forcible or not have yet to be confirmed.
Education
We have books from the ’70s, run-down facilities, little encouragement for experimentation and teachers on pay-freezes or getting cut altogether. Could we literally get any dumber? Look, it’s very inspiring to see Obama take a large interest in our nation’s education, boosting its budget by nearly $30 billion, but is our youth’s education really worth just 1/9th of our supposed safety? “Think of the children!” cried Tea Partiers throughout the mid-term elections regarding “out of control” spending that didn’t so obviously didn’t originate under the current administration. Well I wonder how the children will function without an early education, publicly-funded news, proper schools or clean air to breathe. At the very least, what kind of message are we sending our future leaders? But hey, at least we’ll be safe! Well, maybe.
Militaristic Purposes
Obama’s proposed budget accounts for $107 billion in Afghanistan (over threeand-a-half times the nation’s $29.8 GDP), $11 billion in Iraq and $553 billion base for defense (up $22 from 2010), totaling a base of $671 billion for militaristic purpose. The truth is, in 2009, we had a military budget that was by far the largest, totaling nearly the same amount as ranks two through 18 combined, nearly all of which were our allies.
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TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A month after massive protests ousted Tunisia’s longtime dictator, waves of Tunisians are voting with their feet, fleeing the country’s political limbo by climbing into rickety boats and sailing across the Mediterranean to Europe. About 4,000 illegal immigrants have washed up on Italy’s southern islands in just a week — an unintended consequence of the “people’s revolution” that ousted autocrat Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and inspired the uprisings in Egypt and beyond. European powers cheered when Tunisia’s 74-year-old ruler fled into exile in Saudi Arabia on Jan. 14, but the fallout a month later has tempered their enthusiasm. It has also exposed a dilemma for western countries that allied with repressive leaders in North Africa seen as bulwarks against extremism, and now must build new diplomatic relationships in a still-uncertain political climate. On Monday, Tunisia sternly rejected an Italian offer to send police there to help tackle waves of illegal migrants fleeing political upheaval, most of them landing
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Japanese group fights surname law Women not allowed to keep last names when married
TOKYO (AP) — A group of Japanese citizens filed a lawsuit Monday challenging a civil law that effectively stops women from keeping their surnames when they marry. The 113-year-old law requires married couples to choose just one surname for the man and woman to share, and custom means it’s usually the man’s. The lawsuit alleging that this violates constitutional equality is drawing attention to the rights of women in a country where they are underrepresented in corporate, academic and political ranks and still expected to do most of the homemaking and childrearing. The five plaintiffs — four women and the partner of one of them — are seeking a total of six million yen ($70,000) in damages from the government for their distress and demanding that local government offices accept marriage certificates that list their separate surnames. They and their supporters say the case is the first lawsuit to challenge the surname requirement in Japan’s civil code. The case also presents a challenge to Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s struggling government and his party, which had promised to craft legislation designed to allow couples to keep separate surnames. When they came to power in 2009, the Democrats did work on legislation, but that effort has stalled in the face of opposition by conservatives in and outside the party. Meanwhile, the government now faces pressing issues including the economy, tax and social security reforms. Kyoko Tsukamoto, a 75-yearold retired teacher from northern Toyama, said she has waited for more than 50 years for a change in the law, organizing petitions and lobbying lawmakers at Parliament. Now she says she is losing patience. By tradition, she had to use her husband’s surname Kojima on their marriage certificate, which means she must also use it on any other legal documents. She can use her maiden name only for private purposes. “I don’t have much time left,”
Tsukamoto said. “I want to die as Kyoko Tsukamoto.” Japan is the only one of the Group of Eight industrialized nations that requires married couples to have the same family name. Asian neighbors such as China and South Korea also allow married women to have different surnames from their husbands’. “For those who seek to keep separate surnames, the forcible use of one surname between couples is a serious human rights violation,” said Yoko Sakamoto, a civil activist who supports the legal action.
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on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni — who has called the migration a “biblical exodus”— offered police “contingents, which can patrol the coasts” as well as boats and other equipment and urged the 27-nation European Union to hold a special meeting on immigration strategy. But Tunisia’s Foreign Ministry categorically rejected the offer, expressing “astonishment” about it and saying it would fight any foreign “interference in its domestic affairs or any attack on its sovereignty.” Italy’s offer, meanwhile, drew criticism from Germany. “We should help, we should get involved, but certainly not awaken an impression that Tunisia can’t resolve its own affairs and that we should send police units from Europe to Tunisia, said German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle. “That can
only be misunderstood in Tunisia itself after such a proud, great revolution.” The stakes couldn’t be higher for the North African nation of 11 million: Not only is it attempting create a multiparty democratic system from scratch after more than half a century of strongman rule, but it’s being scrutinized as a bellwether for Arab giant Egypt, where a popular revolt deposed authoritarian President Hosni Mubarak last week. Under Tunisia’s longtime dictator, trying to emigrate to Europe was a crime punishable by fines and prison time. The law is still on the books, but would-be immigrants are taking advantage of the relative power vacuum to brave choppy Mediterranean waters to reach Lampedusa, 75 miles (125 kilometers) away. The overcrowded boats keep arriving around the clock.
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Voting method for Grammys may be unfair to artists
Grammys chosen by an elite group of recording professionals MEGAN KADLEC
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The 53 rd annual Grammy Awards were held Sunday night at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The award show is the musical equivalent to the Emmy Awards for television, the Academy Awards for film and the Tony Awards for the stage. The infamous award show acknowledges outstanding work by musicians, producers, engineers and recording professionals. It is a product of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, better known as simply The Recording Academy. The group has 18,000 members ranging from musicians and producers to recording engineers
and other recording professionals. With a dozen regional chapters throughout the US, the group provides arts advocacy, outreach and education to professionals in the recording industry. Record companies and other individuals may submit recordings to be nominated. For official nomination, the piece must go through a panel of 150 experts from the recording industry. After official selection, the list is sent to Recording Academy members for voting. The five recordings that earn the most votes become the official nominees. After this process is complete, the final list is again sent to all NARAS members for official votes. Recording Academy
members are urged to base their judgments purely on artistic achievement, technical proficiency and the overall excellence of the recording. No attention is to be paid to sales, chart performance, personal relationships, regional preferences or company loyalty. At the surface, the nomination and voting methods seem valid. Professionals in the industry vote on the recordings: a seemingly harmless process, right? Wrong. Musician can easily become a member of The Recording Academy and use their position to nominate and vote upon their own musical recordings. This is especially evident with large choral groups, whose
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Today’s pop musicians grow wings for the Grammys MEGAN KADLEC | a&e co-editor
For fans of fashion, award season offers many opportunities for viewers to either lust or cringe over outfits worn by celebrities. The Grammys are no different. Here at The Reporter office, we’re noticing a trend among 2011 Grammy Fashion: feathers, wings, birds and surprisingly, eggs. For some reason, some of the music scene’s hottest artists decided that, this year, they didn’t want to dress as actual humans, but rather as birds. Florence and the Machine, below, sported a feathery, bird-inspired pieces on the red carpet while Cee Lo Green, lower right, performs in a full bird suit. On the outrageous and bizarre end of the spectrum, Lady Gaga, upper right, graces the red carpet in an egg. We’re told this is supposed to signify Lady Gaga’s rebirth with her new album, “Born This Way.”
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Kato’s music scene gets a voice FuzzTalkRadio brings local music straight to your computer BRIAN ROSEMEYER
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If you’re starting to get the feel of the local music scene here in Mankato, you may be telling yourself, “I don’t have time to make all the live shows, how can I hear Kato’s killer music without hittin’ the venues?” The answer to that, curious patron, is the one and only FuzzTalkRadio. Mankato’s first and lone Internet radio station is the self-proclaimed Voice of KTown. FuzzTalkRadio started in the fall of 2010 as a Saturday morning feature show, focusing on the budding Mankato music scene. When FuzzTalk founder and Mankato native Justin Fasnacht felt the demand for wider coverage, he and his friend “DC” took to the Internet and launched a 24/7 broadcast. FuzzTalk exists to support the arts community here in town. “We’re about promoting all the local music and talent of Mankato,” Fasnacht said. “We feel there are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things in Mankato; let it be music, art, poetry or even starting a private business. And we feel
that is not being heard. We want to be their voice, the on FuzzTalk is to seek out FuzzTalk staff members Voice of KTown.” at one of the local shows and hand them your mp3s. FuzzTalk hosts a wide variety of programming and Otherwise, you can contact them at fuzztalkradio@ a large playlist. The music is not all local all the time. gmail.com or visit www.fuzztalkradio.com The opportunity to hear local music on FuzzTalk is not And just like the music scene itself, FuzzTalk is rare, but listeners also get the benefit of hand-picked open to all genres. playlists from the FuzzTalk staff, from pop to hip-hop FuzzTalk exists because of the music, and has to classics. watched the community grow. Original FuzzTalk programming airs live at 10 p.m. “I started to see punk groups playing with Hip-Hop and includes The Mike and Bob Hip-Hop show on artists,” Fasnact said, regarding the scene. “Then, a Monday, From Mankato to Motown w/Nate@Nite on drummer of one band started playing with three other Tuesday, The JockStrap Hour w/DC and bands. Or, a bass player started throwing down his Mr. E on Wednesday, and A Year in the audio expertise in ProTools to help form an album Life w/MADFISCH on Thursday. not for his group. It’s really crazy to see. Out of The original FuzzTalkRadio nowhere the music scene in Mankato has become very Saturday morning show, FuzzTalk in community based. Instead of fighting for position with the Morning, can still be heard at 9:30 each other, the bands are now working together to get a.m. every Saturday. their music heard.” The staff at FuzzTalk knows Be sure to start tuning into FuzzTalkRadio to Mankato music, and the playlist reflects keep up with this growing scene. Also look to its devotion. www.fuzztalkradio.com to learn about events and “You can hear anything and programming happening right in our backyard. It’s a everything on FuzzTalk,” Fasnacht said. fine time to be in this town. “Think of a local band you know of in Mankato and we are spinning their album. And if tune in at WWW.FUZZTALKRADIO.COM not, please let us know and we will!” The best way to get your music
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After the big Valentine’s Day chocolate gorge, you probably don’t need any more guilt about eating all that Russell Stover. But an inside look at how the product starts from harvest, moves through production and finds its way into a cheap cardboard box raises alarm concerning human rights. The film The Dark Side of Chocolate will be shown tonight in the Ostrander Auditorium at 7 p.m. The film is free, and will be accompanied by discussion afterwards. The movie is approximately 45 minutes long and follows a team of investigative journalists who use hidden camera techniques and in-depth interviews to inform viewers about the alleged human-trafficking and child labor practices that power the chocolate industry. The event is being sponsored by Students for Sustainability, the Anthropology Club, Epoche: Intellectual Discussion, Mankato Area Activist Collective, MSU Library Services and the Mankato Area Free Trade Town Initiative. Come for the information, stay for the educated forum afterward. And don’t even think about sneaking those Kit-Kat bars into the theatre.
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GRAMMYS ‘Other awards seem bizarre and quite insignificant such as the Best Spoken Word Album for Children and Best Album Notes’ continued from 9 members are often unnamed or disregarded in the selection process. With 109 categories, one would assume the Grammys cater to a wide array of musical genres and artists. However, only four categories are unrestricted by genre and style. Some would say that some artists are repeatedly left out of the awards, despite artistic achievement and recording quality. Other artists are chosen as winners purely based on their exposure to others in the music scene. It is rare when emerging or non-traditional artists are recognized for the Grammy’s more prestigious categories. The award show boasts both seemingly basic categories such as album and song of the year as well as international categories awarding Grammys for the Best Tropical Latin Album and the Best Hawaiian Album. Other awards seem bizarre and quite insignificant such as the
Best Spoken Word Album for Children and Best Album Notes. Though not entirely unfair, the Grammy awards should not have the immense impact they have on society. The winners are not chosen by the public, but rather by an elite group of recording industry professionals with personal biases that likely inf luence their decisions.
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IN A POSITION TO MAKE A RUN The Mavericks took a game from No. 19 Colorado College over the weekend and are now within 4 points of 4 teams above them. PAT DELANEY
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msu reporter archive Channing Boe scored the Mavericks only goal on Saturday night.
The Minnesota State men’s hockey team traveled to Colorado College this past weekend and earned a split against the No. 19 team in the country. The Mavericks used a three-goal third period to cruise past the Tigers with a 5-1 victory Friday. However, the group that was on the ice Friday would have to be altered due to illness and injury. The Mavericks lost two of their top scoring forwards when senior captain Rylan Galiardi suffered a back injury in Friday’s win. Freshman forward Chase Grant also was not able to go Saturday after suffering from flu symptoms that have impacted the locker room over the last month. The Mavericks were missing 36 points from the lineup with Galiardi and Grant out and it showed on the ice as the Maver-
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icks couldn’t find much offense, losing 2-1. Despite the loss, head coach Troy Jutting was pleased with the effort his players showed all weekend, especially with the obstacles they were forced to overcome. “I thought our effort, under the circumstances, was great,” Jutting said. “When you’re short guys and you’re sick, it wears you down. I couldn’t be prouder of the kids and their determination and effort tonight.” The Mavericks seem to have found some momentum in their last three WCHA series. The three wins the Mavericks have totaled in those series is only one win behind the total they amassed through their first 10 conference series. The win on Friday also earned
the Mavericks their first win against a ranked WCHA opponent on the road all season. After using sophomore goaltender Phil Cook the majority of the season, Jutting decided to change it up Friday and used junior Austin Lee in nets. The move ended up being the right one as he allowed only one goal on 22 shots, earning his third win of the season. “I was really excited to get in goal,” said Lee. “I felt good out there, the penalty kill played really good. All the PKs we had they didn’t get a lot of shots. It made my job easy.” The Mavericks have now finished their regular season road schedule and will end the season with two final home series. The Mavericks are currently in tenth place in the WCHA with 18 points. Despite their position in the conference, they are just four points out of being seeded for a
WOULD ‘THE KING’ BE BETTER OFF AS A TIGE HUTCHESON
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By now, you’ve all heard about it. “This fall I’m going to take my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat,” announced King James last summer, leaving the state of Ohio in a deep depression and the trust fund babies in Miami buying No. 6 jerseys like bread. The topic of whether or not LeBron made the right decision has been beaten to death. Even the biggest NBA fan in the universe — myself — is frankly tired of hearing about how “selfish” and “unthankful” James is from sports authorities all over the United States. I’ll let you believe what you want about how things would’ve ended up if LeBron James had picked the Bulls,
Knicks, Nets or returned to the Cavaliers. But halfway into his first season in Miami, I myself am wondering if LeBron made a bad decision, and not for the usual reasons. LeBron’s one suitor that seemingly nobody gave a shot to, the Los Angeles Clippers — the laughing stock of professional sports — sit at a less-than-impressive 20-34 in the Western Conference. I mean, they’re the Clippers, right? Even if they said and did everything right in an effort to lure LeBron James to the red and blue Staples Center, the basketball gods simply couldn’t allow LeBron James to actually consider becoming a Clipper, could they? But it makes so much sense. Do me a favor and first disregard the Clippers’ ugly record this season and look at their actual roster. Let’s compare one of the youngest teams in the league to the Big Three in Miami, shall we?
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In case you haven’t heard, some kid from the University of Oklahoma is making even LeBron’s rookie season seem like child’s play. Have you heard the good news about Blake Griffin? He’s averaging more points (22.6) and rebounds (12.6) per game than even King James did in 2003. He’s the first rookie voted to the All-Star game in 13 years, something none of the rookies in 2003 managed to do. He’s dunking on everybody, a shooin for Rookie of the Year. And did I mention he’s only 21?! Suffice it to say, he’s pretty freaking good! So you’ve got James at small forward, Griffin at power forward. Anything else? Let’s not forget about Eric Gordon, the Clippers’ 22-year-old shooting guard that’s currently averaging 24.1 points per game, which isn’t too far behind Dwyane Wade’s 25.2. Gordon is blossoming into
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Wrestling
MSU dominates SMSU In their home-finale, the Mavericks dominated the Mustangs to snap their losing streak
DREW CLAUSSEN
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The No. 8 Minnesota State Mankato wrestling team finished out the home portion of its Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference schedule in grand fashion — blowing out Southwest Minnesota State 31-6 Thursday. The dual marked the last time wrestling on their home mat for MSU seniors Andy Forstner and Ben Becker. “I was feeling really loose,” Forstner said. “I was just focused on having fun. At this point in the season if I just focus on having fun and stepping on the mat with a smile on my face, I will stay loose and I will flow from one move to the other without thinking.” Becker also tried not to let senior night, which featured a program right before the match honoring the two, distract him from the task at hand. “Although it was senior night and special in its own way, ultimately it was just another match and you have to prepare the same way as any other,” Becker said. Forstner got the Mavericks off to the start they were hoping for when he parlayed a quick takedown of SMSU’s Travis Borchert into a pin just 34 seconds into the match. The win was Forstner’s second in a row by fall. “It feels great to finish strong in my last two home duals of my career,” Forstner said. “It makes a person feel good and wanting
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more.” The Mavericks would lose the 133-pound match, but go on to win the next seven. Winners included Robby Fisher at 141-pounds, Jesse Westphal at 149, John Makabe at 157, Brendan Eichmann at 165, Becker at 174, Aaron Norgren at 184 and Pat Mahan at 197. The Mustangs would take the heavyweight match with a 9-6 decision. “It felt great to get a win on my last home dual of my wrestling career,” Becker said. “It’s exciting to take a forward first step to ending my career on a good note.” Becker continues his strong senior campaign in which head
coach Jim Makovsky said he is wrestling “as good as he has since he’s been here.” “Being that it is my senior year, I feel more focused,” Becker said. “It’s now or never.” The win gets the Mavericks back into the winning column, stopping a two-match losing streak in which the team lost to the top two teams in the nation. “This time of year we all need to be feeling good about our performance while staying hungry for more in the post season, which is coming up very quickly,” Forstner said. The Mavericks (9-4, 5-1 NSIC) will jump right back to taking on the nation’s top teams when they wrestle No. 3 St. Cloud State (18-2, 5-1 NSIC) Thursday in St. Cloud for their final regular
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The Minnesota State men’s and women’s basketball teams were a combined 1-3 in this weekend’s action at home. On Friday, the women’s team lost a heartbreaker to St. Cloud State, 70-71. The game was decided by free throws from the Huskies at the end of the game. The Mavericks were led by junior guard Jennie Noreen, who scored 21 points and added five rebounds. Both Laura Weber (14 points, 10 rebounds) and Ali Wilkinson (12 points, 12 rebounds) had double-doubles. The Mavericks then fell 53-67 to Concordia-St. Paul on Saturday. Noreen again led the Mavericks with 17 points, but it wasn’t enough. The Mavericks (11-12, 8-11 NSIC) are currently in 11th place in the NSIC. The top-eight teams make the NSIC tournament. MSU has
three remaining games on its schedule. Men’s basketball The MSU men’s basketball team had an emotional 80-69 win over St. Cloud State on Friday night. The Mavericks were led by Jefferson Mason who finished with 22 points and 14 rebounds. MSU shot 50 percent from the field during the second half. MSU was then upset by Concordia-St. Paul 79-83. The Golden Bears were led by Brent Barz who finished with 26 points and shot 11-of-13 from the field. Mason again led the Mavericks with 28 points and 15 rebounds. The Mavericks (20-3, 16-3 NSIC) hold a one-game lead in the NSIC. They have three games remaining on their schedule.
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Huskies earn first win of season The Mavericks were upset by the bottomdwellers of the WCHA on Friday night
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The Minnesota State Mankato women’s hockey team had to be a little nervous during their twohour trip to St. Cloud to play the winless Huskies last Friday. The Mavericks knew they would get St. Cloud State’s best effort in what was likely the Huskies’ last good chance at getting a victory of the season. MSU’s nightmare came true Friday night at the National Hockey Center, as the Mavericks put up little fight in losing to SCSU 2-0 and likely became responsible for the Huskies’ first and only win of 2010-11. The Mavs were able to bounce back the following afternoon, defeating the Huskies 3-1 to salvage the series split. In order to take care of the lowly teams in an easy fashion, you must put them away early. MSU failed to accomplish this Friday night, playing SCSU to a scoreless tie through one period. If the red flags were not raised at that point, they definitely were after the Huskies took a 1-0 lead at the 6:43 mark of the second period on a Molli Mott
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shorthanded goal coming via a Maverick turnover. The Huskies fed off the momentum later in the period, this time capitalizing on the power play when sophomore forward Alex Nelson deflected the puck past MSU junior goaltender Alli Altmann for a commanding 2-0 SCSU lead. The Mavericks were unable to muster anything offensively after that, allowing the Huskies to crack the win column for the first time in nearly a year. “Any team that hasn’t won is going to be desperate every game they play,” said freshman forward Kathleen Rogan. “We just weren’t ready to play.” While Friday’s defeat was somewhat devastating, the Mavericks once again showed their resilience on Saturday. After falling behind 1-0 just seven minutes into the game, MSU responded when senior forward Lisa Edman put home a rebound past Husky goaltender Ashley Nixon. Freshman forward Kari Lundberg and junior forward Emmi Leinonen earned assists on the score.
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The Mavericks gained control for good early in the second period when sophomore forward Lauren Smith hit Rogan on an odd-man rush for the shorthanded and eventual game-winning goal. Rogan’s team-leading twelfth tally came thanks to Smith’s team-leading eleventh assist. The two forwards have paced the team offensively all season, with 21 and 15 points respectively. “I feel I’ve matured as a player this year. I have worked hard and know my role on the team,” Rogan said. Freshman forward Tracy McCann sealed the Maverick victory late in the third period with her fifth goal of the season. Junior forward Moira O’Connor and Lundberg earned assists on the goal, Lundberg’s second of the contest. Altmann made 30 saves in net for the Mavs for the second straight day, this time picking up the 3-1 win. “I think the win showed the character we have,” said Rogan. “We showed we were not going to quit, pulled it together and won the game.”
a great NBA player, perhaps even a future All-Star if he keeps it up. So who would you rather have, James-Wade-Bosh or James-Griffin-Gordon for the next 10 years? Even if you’d still take James-Wade-Bosh, don’t forget about the other 12 players on the Clippers’ roster right now. You’ve got former All-Star point guard Baron Davis, who would easily be the best pure point guard James had ever played with. You’ve also got a solid center tandem in starter Chris Kaman and sixth-man DeAndre Jordan, who are younger and easily more talented than Joel Anthony and Zydrunas Ilgauskas. Also, rookie point guard Eric Bledsoe, up-andcoming rookie small forward Al-Farouq Aminu, along with Ryan Gomes, Randy Foye and Craig Smith. Get the idea? So think big picture and ask yourself who LeBron will have more talent to work with
over the next 10 seasons. The Heat, who are currently in their prime, or the Clippers, who are on pace to reach their potential on queue with LeBron building enough team chemistry to make a serious run for NBA Championships every year until his contract runs up. Of course he would have to share a city with Kobe Bryant, but hey, it’s a big market and if he wants to be the best anyway, one way or another he’s going to have to overtake Kobe. I’m not saying you’re selfish or unthankful, LeBron. I’m just saying you shouldn’t have overlooked the Clippers the way fans have since the day they entered the league. If you can win a championship with the Clippers, even Michael Jordan would have to acknowledge you as the greatest to ever play the game. Think about it. It’s not that crazy.
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