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Le Cirque Rouge to heat up the Mankato stage IMPACT aims to empower, entertain at next week’s variety show.

VALISA FAIR Staff Writer Minnesota State University, Mankato’s student programming board, IMPACT, announced it was providing an unique cultural experience for the Mankato community and students with a cabaret and burlesque performance on Saturday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. in the Centennial Student Union’s Ostrander Auditorium.

An educational, open forum discussion, and a meet and greet will be held at 2 p.m. in Ostrander Auditorium the day of the event for those who are interested in learning more about the art of burlesque.

The free event is open to the public but is for mature audiences only. Le Cirque Rouge Cabaret & Burlesque Show, a highly praised group of entertainers based in Minneapolis, will be performing.

Rodolfo Correa-Abogado, chair for IMPACT’s “Mavericks After Dark” committee says, “It was very successful when

lecirquerouge.net With live music and talented performers, LCR has rejuvenated the Midwest cabaret and burlesque scene.

IMPACT had the event here a few years back. We thought February would be a great time to bring them back because it’s a cultural fun show, and it fits in

with Black History Month, Valentine’s Day, and Mardi Gras.”

According to information on its website, Le Cirque Rouge Cabaret & Burlesque Show

has been called “A-List,” “Best Bet,” and “Hot Pick in all of Minneapolis/St Paul’s best venues.” The group has garnered attention from all over the

world, especially from audiences who appreciate a good old-time variety show.

Correa-Abogado says this show is to break stigmas and to show people that these kind of performances are more about empowering a women’s body and also to show the relevance it has in other countries such as Europe.

IMPACT is hoping this performance can educate to combat stereotypes about people involved in Cabaret and Burlesque shows.

“It’s a fun event. It’s sexy, fun and cultural. What better thing to have on a Friday night?” Correa-Abogado said.

The group, Le Cirque Rouge, has had performances in Minneapolis for years now, and they perform once or twice a week in the Twin Cities. They also travel around the Midwest, performing at local events and college campuses.

For more information, visit http://www.lecirquerouge.net.

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Violent crime at an all-time low in New York City Twelve-day streak shows residents are safer than ever due to steady decline.

LAUREN SIEBENALER Staff Writer Homicide in New York has been depicted in the media as being the ultimate crime, although in February, there has been a 12-day streak where no murders were committed, from Feb. 1-12. The streak ended Friday night with a shooting in Queens that claimed one life.

This has only two other times in history, a set of 10-day streaks since proper records of homicides and crime were established.

Amid this recordbreaking streak, it is important to note that the crime rate has dramatically decreased over the last few decades. According to nyc.gov, the number of homicides in 1990 was 2,262, which can be compared with the 333 reported homicides in 2014—an 85.3% decrease since 1990. The website compares other crime as well: Rape, Robbery, Assault and Grand Larceny are a few of the crimes listed and the total percent change for all crime is almost an 80% decrease since 1990. Since just 2001, the ho-

micide rate has been cut almost in half—from 640 to 333 in 13 years.

The statistics show the drop in crime but why is it dropping?

Some believe the 11 day streak was due to weather. It has been

awfully cold in that area of the country. The snow has slowed everyone down. More people have been staying inside, and keeping warm instead of going outside.

This is definitely a win for

the mayor of New York as well.

Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York, is proud of the strides New York has made. He made some changes in the law procedures that made people wary: citizens thought new rules would make the gun population increase but even within the last year, the crime rates have dropped. De Blasio proved his new changes wouldn’t change the decrease rate of crime.

There was a similar, 10-day streak in Feb. 2014, which might show a reason for the fewer homicides could have to do with police motivation.

With changes in patrolling, and overall security, it could be possible to break the previous year’s record. With the technology we have today, getting away with murder is a lot harder to do, which could be another reason why the rates have dropped so drastically.

New York is always a setting for murders and crime in television, but if New York crime keeps dropping, it could earn the title of the safest big city in America.

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MSU to host Rube Goldberg contest High school students from across Minnesota will compete to design the most elaborate and hilarious (but also functional) chalkboard erasing machine Friday, Feb. 27 at the annual Rube Goldberg Machine Contest at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

The Rube Goldberg Machine Contest will be from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 27 in the Centennial Student Union Ballroom. The public is invited to view the contraptions beginning at noon.

There is no cost.

The event, sponsored by the Minnesota Center for Engineering & Manufacturing Excellence, lets high school students display their creativity, humor and ingenuity while learning about engineering.

Rube Goldberg (18831970) was an engineer,

sculptor, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist who depicted overly complex machines performing simple tasks. The machines that he drew often were impossible to build and operate, but were entertaining because they defied implementation.

The top two finishers of the Rube Goldberg event at Minnesota State Mankato are expected to have the opportunity to advance to the national competition at Waukesha County Technical College in Pewaukee, Wis., on Saturday, April 18.

For more information, contact Larane Wahlen, administrative assistant for the Minnesota Center for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence (MNCME), by phone at 507-389-1201 or by email at larane.wahlen@mnsu.edu.

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Identity theft a concern for some St. Paul residents City working to protect retiree identities after mistakenly mailing information.

YUSEONG JEON Staff Writer St. Paul city government sent tax documents with personal information including social security numbers for St. Paul government retirees to incorrect addresses.

According to the city government, W-2 income tax forms for 134 retirees were mistakenly mailed to other retirees. The city found out about the mistake Feb. 2 by a retiree who reported to the city that she received someone else’s W-2.

St. Paul official said the mistake occurred during the process of checking updated addressed for the former employees using the city’s new payroll system. The city says it seems that it made the mistake when the former employees’ information was mixed up in the new system.

The city tried calling all of the 134 retirees who received the other’s tax documents as soon as it found out the retirees’ addresses were mismatched in the new data system.

This issue the city caused, however, might bring another level of issue regarding individual’s privacy problems with stolen personal information.

Patrick Smith, retired St. Paul firefighter told the St. Paul Pio-

neer Press that the mistake can cause identity theft.

Even though the city reissued Smith’s W-2 income tax form along with others’ information, Smith says he will keep monitoring his accounts in case his personal information is misused, but also understanding the situation by saying “sometimes mistakes happen.”

St. Paul’s payroll manager, however, said the city does not think this would cause serious privacy or identity theft problem regarding the retired employees.

“The person to whom your W-2 was erroneously mailed was another former city employee.

In each case, we know the specific retiree to whom the errant mail was sent. The majority have been personally contacted and asked to return the mail unopened.”

Tarek Tomes, St. Paul’s chief information officer, said relatively small numbers of people were affected by the city’s mistake, also admitting it made an obvious mistake.

“If we would have sent it incorrectly to one person, it still would have been unacceptable,” Tomes said. “The safeguarding of people’s information is our highest priority.”

After hearing the news, Eunwon Kim, biology major at Minnesota State University, Mankato said, “I think they (St.

Twin cities to host film festival Filmmakers explore, celebrate diversity this spring.

ST. PAUL, Minn -- Minnesota filmmakers are being invited to submit entries to a new shorts program at this year’s ReelAbilities Film Festival Minneapolis-St. Paul.

The festival is looking for films by or about people with disabilities that explore and celebrate diversity. Minnesota filmmakers of all abilities are welcome.

Filmmakers can apply online to Independent Filmmaker Project Minnesota. There is no application fee. Filmmak-

ers may submit three works of 20 minutes or less. The deadline is May 15.

Selected shorts will be included at this year’s ReelAbilities Film Festival Minneapolis-St. Paul taking place June 11-14 at various locations.

Founded in 2007, the ReelAbilities Film Festival is held annually in 15 major U.S. cities and is billed as the nation’s largest festival that focuses on people with disabilities.

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Paul government) should take a responsibility of any possible problems that might be caused in the future for the former employees.”

“Even though it’s just a mistake, I think the city government has to apologize to the retirees again because this is about their privacy issue. I think that is the government’s top priority,” she said.

St. Paul is currently working to make identity protection available to some of the retirees who were affected.

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Do campus ads need a kick in the ash?

In this day and age, cheeky advertisements have the edge.

RAE FRAME News Editor

Ours is a generation of exposure to both technology and saucy advertising—a combination that is embraced by the media. Cars, beverages, and more than a few GoDaddy commercials often have us wondering what channel we have just turned to.

A basic search on advertising can bring up some pretty sexy data; findings reported in the

Journal of Current Issues & Research in Advertising show that across the board, and in magazines as traditional as Time, ads from every corner of the commercial market have been upping their allure since the 1980s.

We find provocative language and images to be very standard at this point and demonstrating this idea is the smattering of flyers that covers the Minnesota State University, Mankato bulletin boards. It’s no longer considered inappropriate to use certain designs in the presence of context, the Vagina Monologues being a prime example, because people respond to it—it’s interesting.

Last year, I was delighted to see that the Mankato Newman Center had come out with sassy and incredibly effective “Get Your Ash to Mass” and “Show Us your Ash” displays in flyer

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that provided students with information on the Ash Wednesday Mass.

“With so many posters on campus and social media feeding our college students, we felt it was necessary to have something that stood out from all the rest,” said Father Timothy Biren of the Newman Center.

While Ash Wednesday is traditionally represented with a more somber mood, it was a very modern take that Father Biren says resulted in a great turnout last year: “We had nearly 900 students attend Mass on Ash Wednesday alone, so we already know that it has had a good impact.”

I asked Father Biren if he felt that the ads were appropriate for the college community, and in his opinion, the ad is no different than the majority of flyers

that can be found on campus.

“This was pretty tame in comparison,” he said.

Indeed, there are many events put on at MSU that use flyers to their full potential: last year, the Women’s Center and LGBT Center hosted a program titled “I Heart Female Orgasm,” and used suggestive (and in my opinion, delightful) wordplay to pique our interest and bring in a big crowd. This semester, Mike Domitrz’s visit brought out flyers asking each and every passing student, “Can I Kiss You?” I am always pleased to see the English language being used in a playful and productive manner, especially on campus because it reminds everyone to take some time to have fun, to laugh, and to give our audiences something that they don’t expect.

“Is risqué advertising more likely to attract your attention?”

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A presidential proposition against global crisis Obama formally requests war powers against terrorism syndicate.

NICOLE SCHMIDT Staff Writer As terrorism continues to expand as a topic of serious concern around the globe, President Barack Obama decided to formally request war powers against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Feb. 11, breaking the 13 year dry spell of war power votes in Congress.

This three-page proposal requests a legal authorization of war against the terror group. Of the 2,300 air strikes in the past six months, Obama said this proposal, if passed, would show a united front against Islamic terror.

So what does this proposal entail? The requested Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) essentially calls for a three year military assault.

There would be no geographic limitations as to where U.S. troops could fight. The new proposal would simultaneously repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002, enacted during President George W. Bush’s era, yet leaves in place the 2001 AUMF. What the proposal doesn’t call for is excessive ground combat or the beginning of another long-term war. “It is not the authorization of another ground war like Afghanistan or Iraq,” the president said.

However, Obama does reserve the right to use ground

force if necessary, demonstrating the “flexibility” we might need for “unforeseen circumstances”, a point that was made in his address from the White House.

“ISIL is going to lose,” Obama said confidently in his television statement. “Make no mistake this is a difficult mission, and it will remain difficult for some time….but our coalition is on the offensive and ISIL is on the defensive.”

In light of the recent killings of five U.S. citizens, an AUMF appeals to the fire in the belly of some Americans and members of Congress. Yet, despite the attractiveness of a new AUMF, concerns loom over this specific proposal in both parties.

The primary concerns creating friction in Congress are that of limiting the mission by neglecting ground force, giving an exact three year time period, and the possibility of this turning into another long war.

Members of both parties find this proposed AUMF imperfect as it is written now.

“The president as commander in chief is actually sending requests to Congress to cut back on his power,” said Peter King R-N.Y. “It only covers the next three years; it basically puts ill restrictions on the use of ground troops…. the fact is, the president should always have that prerogative and the enemy should always have the fear that we are going to use them.” ” Democratic Sen. Jack Reed

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of Rhode Island is also concerned with the time period.

Voicing concerns of sending the wrong message to the world on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

While some worry the time is too short, others worry that it may be too open-ended. Citizens and some congressional figures are not keen on another war like Iraq and Afghanistan.

This request, while seeking to “strike the necessary balance” in this war, may topple over as it waits to be approved

by Congress. Politicians have made clear that the proposal needs some extra work in the coming days Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic leader representative, feels the proposal needs to be “narrowly tailored.”

The president, Congress, and the American people are of

two minds. Yes, ISIL is a threat that needs to be stopped; that much is agreed upon. However, it seems no one particularly fancies the idea of another long term war. They want ISIL to be taken down, but they don’t want our troops fighting another long term war on the ground. The trouble is, you can’t have it both ways, and as a result, it seems nobody is happy.

The bottom line, regardless of criticism and vote, President Obama does not need Congress to pass the AUMF to continue doing what he is doing. It is correct in saying that Congress has the right to declare war. This is made clear in the Constitution under Article 1, section 8.11. But in the same breath, under Article 2, section 2.1, “the President shall be Commander

in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States….” This means that Obama does not need the approval of Congress to continue doing what he wants regarding ISIL (within legality).

So why bother? Why put forth the effort of trying? Congress already has reason enough already to quarrel.

Well, as stated in his address from the White House, this shows a united front to the world. It also gives the president a little cushion to break his fall if things go south in his efforts.

He won’t be solely to blame.

All in all, Obama and Congress need to form a cohesive plan of action and established what needs to happen to stop ISIL. The exact voting date for the AUMF has yet to be decided.

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A dream on stage

Life is a Dream to premiere this week at MSU.

LORIEN MEGILL Staff Writer

Feb. 19 through March 1 the MSU department of Theatre and Dance will offer Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s seventeenth century play Life is a Dream. This Spanish Golden Age play tells the story of fictional Polish-Prince, Segismundo, whose father King Basilio locked him up when he was an infant in order to protect the kingdom from an astrologically predicted destruction that is supposed to be brought about

by Segismundo. But after Segismundo is grown (having spent his life in captivity) Basilio decides to give his son the chance to prove his destiny wrong.

Senior BFA Acting candidate Ben Stasny will be playing Segismundo. Stasny spoke of tackling this centuries-old role as well as what the play is about, “My character, Segismundo, is an imprisoned prince struggling to discern between what is real and what is in his mind or in his dreams. He is forcibly removed from the only context he has known for his entire life and is thrust into a new one. The new context goes against everything he has known and has been taught and he is forced to come to terms with it. In many ways it’s a coming of age story, which sounds a little weird, I know but I think it is. It is about this young man who is forced to accept things that seem foreign and dangerous to him, in the end of the show he is forced to make a decision that challenges some of his morals.” Stasny was “Stage Manager” in Our Town and “Lumiere” in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Last season he was “Aldolpho” in The Drowsy Chaperone, for which he received his third KCACTF Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship nomination, “Jaques” in As You Like It and “Thenardier” in the season opener, Les Misérables. He also was “Robert” in Betrayal in the Studio. He made his Minnesota State Mankato debut as “Clov” in the Studio production of Endgame. On the Mainstage he portrayed “The Adult Men” in Spring Awakening, “Brother Timoteo” in The Mandrake and “Elle’s Dad” in Legally Blonde, receiving a KCACTF Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship nomination for each of the last two. He also appeared in The Imaginary

Invalid and The Phantom of the Opera. He made his Highland Summer Theatre debut in Love, Sex, and the I.R.S. and appeared in Avenue Q and The Sound of Music (2012); and was a “Clown” in The 39 Steps and “Sir Robin” in Monty Python’s Spamalot (2013). In addition, he was a member of the cast of Buzz, the department’s 2012 children’s theatre touring production.

In addition to being a riveting story, this show is an important theatrical classic that may often be overlooked in favor of a more well-known playwright from the same time period. Stasny talked about this alternative look at the art of the time, saying “It will give an audience another perspective about literature during the time of Shakespeare. Everyone knows who Shakespeare is and many people are well acquainted with his work but Life is a Dream is another very important text that came out of this time period. I think it is utterly beneficial to put things into context and I think this will give our audience even more knowledge and experience with what came out of this time period.”

Emily Scinto, who plays

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Hamlet. This show is different because you can understand it all, and feel for these beautiful characters. Plus, there’s a giant battle scene, so that’s pretty cool.” Scinto is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre candidate who made her Minnesota State Mankato debut in the “Female Chorus” of Les Misérables and then appeared as “Janet Van de Graaff” in The Drowsy Chaperone. Recently, she was a “Silly

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Estrella, also spoke about the unique experience offered

by Life is a Dream, “It’s not very often that you get to experience a show like Life is a Dream. A lot of people have a misconception about Shakesperean language. They think that it’s all thee and thou, and they flashback to terrible high school memories of reading

Girl” in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Elsewhere, she has appeared in Buccaneers and The Wizard of Oz with the Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis, This Side of Paradise with the History Theatre and Princess Academy with Stages Theatre Company. She appeared as the “Queen of Hearts” in the 2014 touring theatre production

of Escape to Wonderland.

Despite their other experience both Scinto and Stasny found this play to be a new sort of challenge. Scinto said, “Life is a Dream definitely stands out among the other shows I’ve done. For one, it’s a classical play. The majority of shows I’ve done are musicals. I’m used to combining singing, dancing and acting into every show and that’s not the case with this show. In Life is a Dream it’s all about the acting. I can’t hide behind showy tap numbers and big belty songs.

It’s a very exciting experience.

You can feel so vulnerable, but it’s incredible. It’s been a great challenge and I’m thrilled to be working on something that’s completely new to me.”

Stasny agreed that, as with any show, Life is a Dream had its own preparation needs, saying “It is different from Shakespeare because it has a completely different flow to it. When an actor has to tackle a period piece like this, I think the hardest part is finding ways to change up the delivery of the lines and to find and exploit the poetry in the text, while staying true to the character and the sincerity of the piece.”

The cast also includes Jake Sullivan, a junior BFA Musical Theatre candidate, as King Basilio. Sullivan made his Minnesota State Mankato debut as “Callimaco” in The Mandrake, and appeared most recently as the title character in Gabriel in the Studio and just before that as “Atticus Finch” in To Kill A Mockingbird, for which he earned his first KCACTF Irene Ryan

Acting Scholarship nomination.

Previously Sullivan appeared in The Drowsy Chaperone, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Les Misérables. He was also “Nikos” in Legally Blonde. In addition, his original plays, Three Months and Perennial, were part of Maverick Musings in the Studio, and he wrote and directed Rabbit Tales, the department’s 2015 children’s theatre touring production. He made his Highland Summer Theatre debut as one of the “Other Guys” in Monty Python’s Spamalot (2013), and returned in 2014 as “Charles Granillo” in Rope and “Wilber Turnblad” in Hairspray.

Department Chair Paul J. Hustoles directed the show and faculty members John David Paul and David McCarl provided scenic design and costume design respectively.

To see this truly exciting drama play out and find out whether Segismundo is able to go against the prediction of the stars, purchase a ticket online at MSUTheatre.com or at the box office in the Center for Performing Arts from 4-6p.m. Monday through Friday and one hour before performances. Tickets are $16; $14 for senior citizens, youth 16 and under and groups of 15 or more; and $11 for current MSU students. The show will be in the Ted Paul Theatre of the Earley Center for Performing Arts with performances at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, and 28; and 2 p.m. on Feb. 28 and March 1. For more information call 507-389-6661.

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Oscar mystic’s final predictions Who will go home with the gold Sunday night and who will just go home?

JAMES HOUTSMA Editor in Chief BEST PICTURE Who will win: Boyhood Who should win: Boyhood Boyhood looks to be the second best picture winner in a row with a theme centered around 12 years. There are so many great movies up for consideration this year -- not always the case coug hcoug h 2012ce remonycough -- but whether you personally go for the heartstring tugging of The Theory of Everything and The Imitation Game, the black comedy of Birdman or the intensity of Whiplash, no other film in competition took a staggering 12 years to produce like Boyhood, much less end up as good as it did. Dare I say special, even. Linklater’s naturalistic tale all but has this award in the bag.

BEST ACTOR Who will win: Eddie Redmayne Who should win: Redmayne or Michael Keaton A young up-and-comer in a transformative role based on a true story or an industry veteran’s comeback parodying his own Hollywood past? It’s a decision found only at the Oscars.

Keaton seemed poised to win for his darkly comic role in Birdman at one point but Redmayne’s performance as Stephen Hawking is, in hindsight, the stuff Oscars dream of. The again, Oscar does sometimes like to give something of a “career achievement” award and Keaton has as good a shot as any of scooping it away from Redmayne. Either way, the real winner is us, as both actors give enjoyable roles in enjoyable movies.

BEST ACTRESS Who will win: Julianne Moore Who should win: Rosamund Pike Julianne Moore is a wonderful actress and one of the most hardworking around. I am sure she is terrific in Still Alice, where she plays a linguistics professor struggling with early onset Alzheimers, as many awards shows have put her on top. However, a win for her would make this the second year in a row where the best actress statue has gone to a performance in a movie that, pardon the broadness of this statement, almost no one has seen.

Like Blue Jasmine last year (for which Cate Blanchette won the same award), Still Alice is playing in very limited run and seems thoroughly quarantined off from the big players this awards season. In fact, no film that each best actress nominee

is in has much presence in the other major categories, with the exception of The Theory of Everything. Beyond the problematic representation this category presents, there is a movie many people saw and loved -- that being Gone Girl -- and those who did must agree that Rosamund Pike’s fearless lead role completely transcends that film and is deserving of more notice than has been given so far.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Who will win: J.K. Simmons Who should win: J.K. Simmons There are many good actors in this year’s supporting actor race but no competition this time. J.K. Simmons owns every second on screen as the abusive jazz instructor Terrence Fletcher in Whiplash. It’s a whirlwind performance in a whirlwind picture and absolutely deserving of the frontrunning praise he’s received thus far. You will fear being off tempo.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Who will win: Patricia Arquette Who should win: Any choice will do If basically every precursor awards show is to be believed, Patricia Arquette should be taking home the best supporting actress statue Sunday night.

Arquette portrayed a struggling single mother for over a decade and was something of a rock for the film. The thing is, she falls in line with the type of performance we see from basically all the other nominees. Arquette, Keira Knightley, Emma Stone -- they all had roles that required them to show up and do their jobs (well, I might add). There isn’t really a “showy” role of the bunch, with the exception of Meryl Streep, whose presence in this category can only be attributed to the Academy’s endless obsession with her. Arquette is a winner because her character was allowed the most growth, but is unfortunately stuck in a category full of thankless roles.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Who will win: How to Train Your Dragon 2 Who should win: The LEGO Movie My god, what happened here?

In case it hasn’t been stated an infinite amount of times in the past few weeks, The LEGO Movie is the one true king of the animated feature category. It’s one thing to have it ultimately lose to How to Train Your Dragon 2, it’s something far worse to not nominate it at all. Pardon me while I sharpen my lego pitchfork.

BEST DIRECTING Who will win: Richard Linklater Who should win: Richard Linklater Remember everything we covered about Boyhood? Apply it to Richard Linklater because, for all intents and purposes, this film is his baby. It was his vision (and relaxed view on child labor) that carried this picture throughout the years and kept the magic alive in it. Sure, Alejandro Innaritu had a lot to say about Hollywood and Broadway and filmed it in a nifty way in Birdman but Linklater had just as much if not more to say about growing up and life in general and he did it in the most naturalistic manner possible.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Who will win: The Imitation Game Who should win: Whiplash (if it was an actual adapted screenplay) The story of British mathematician and logician Alan Turing is remarkable and tragic.

Graham Moore’s adaptation of Alan Turing: The Enigma is an impressively human account and easily the reason the film The Imitation Game is as excellent as it ultimately is. By all accounts, it deserves to win. Next to its competition it seems to be a clear favorite too. The Theory of Everything is very likeable but in a general way that doesn’t put all its weight on the screenplay; American Sniper is too controversial to be considered; Inherent Vice too polarizing.

Then there’s Whiplash. Damien Chazelle’s story of a drum student is terrific in its understated ideas on the cost of greatness, not to mention the formidable slew of insults Chazelle comes up with for J.K. Simmons to hurl. It’s just too bad it’s considered an adapted screenplay. See, Whiplash is a feature-length expansion of a short film of the same name Chazelle made a few years ago (also with Simmons).

Because of this, the Academy classified it under adapted. Does it help or hurt its chances? Hard to say, but it is definitely misplaced.

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Who will win: The Grand Budapest Hotel Who should win: Nightcrawler 2015 is the year the Academy showed some love to Wes Anderson. His work on The Grand Budapest Hotel is this year’s underdog story, going from predicted snub to critical and Academy darling. That might have something to do with it being a genuinely well-crafted film,

especially the script. Anderson’s wins in this category at the Golden Globes and WGA awards make it something of a lock.

However, Dan Gilroy’s work on Nightcrawler is spectacular, saying a lot about our current media culture and professional aspirations through the lens of a wholly creepy main character.

It’s the type of movie where you hang on every word a character says and that is reason enough for a deserved win.

BEST SCORE Who will win: The Theory of Everything Who should win: Interstellar Film scores take us to different worlds. A radio factory in WWII, a lavish hotel in Eastern Europe, the life of a genius struggling with ALS -- this year’s nominees have all done their jobs admirably. Although Alexandre Desplat is a doubleheader this year for his marvelous scores for The Imitation Game and The Grand Budapest Hotel, he seems destined to be a nominee mainstay for another year (his work on Imitation has

had far more nominations than his work on Budapest). This is Gary Yershon’s only nomination of this awards season for his score for Mr. Turner, so you can essentially count him out. That just leaves Iceland’s Johann Johannsson as the frontrunner for his music for The Theory of Everything. Surprisingly, Johannsson has more nominations than he does wins at this point in the race but his win at the Golden Globes cements him as the most likely candidate.

Except of course, that we’re forgetting the one score this year that literally did take us to another world: Interstellar. Hans Zimmer’s music for Christopher Nolan’s space epic is haunting and emotional, proving to be a powerful storytelling mechanism that hits home. Like Desplat, Zimmer is often someone the Academy just plugs into the pool without giving major thought to, which is a shame since this is Zimmer’s most thoughtful score in years.

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Fifty Shades of disappointment Sadly, not as bad as it could have been.

SHAWN CLOSE Staff Writer I was ready for Fifty Shades of Grey to be a life affirming moment for me. Proof that mankind, with the best (or worst) of intentions, could create something so perfectly terrible that it becomes a work of art. This movie was going to be my Manos: The Hands of Fate, my Troll 2, something that I could look back on and say ‘that was the worst thing I’ve ever seen.

It had everything going for it, the worst source material possible, a budding controversy by women’s groups that it promoted abusive relationships, two leads that only got the role because literally everyone else (between the two lead roles almost 30 people passed) turned them down. But Fifty Shades of Grey did the one thing I didn’t think it could do, It disappointed me. I was disappointed because what should have/could have been the Hindenburg of movies was JUST good enough to be irrelevant, what a horrible waste of potential.

Fifty Shades of Grey begins with literature student Anastasia Steele, played by Dakota Johnson, interviewing billionaire Christian Grey for her sick roommate. Anastasia is dumbfounded by Mr. Grey’s handsome face and black-hole-like charisma. Anastasia’s performance as a woman with severe public speaking issues’ during the interview somehow manages to capture the attention of Mr. Grey and he starts to call/follow/ show up at her place of work in a serial killer esc attempt to woo her. Anastasia is fascinated

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ship that lacks any of the traditional romance that Anastasia wants. While Anastasia is super reluctant to enter the super unromantic relationship with Mr. Grey (He has a contract prepared for their arrangement, including a non-discloser agreement and clause that they never appear in public together) she eventually agrees (though she never signs the contract) because Mr. Grey is so god-dam irresistible. The relationship seems to be going well, with Anastasia enjoying Mr. Grey’s BDSM kinks and Mr. Grey beginning to soften to Anastasia’s need for a more traditional relationship by meeting his family and going on dates.

However, Anastasia becomes increasingly uneasy about some of the more aggressive parts of Mr. Grey’s kinks as the relationship suddenly breaks apart.

So what saves Fifty Shades from the infamously bad film of my dreams? Of all things it was the sense of humor that elevated it above my historically bad hopes. I’m not talking about unintentional humor or so bad its funny; I’m talking honest

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That’s not to say the movie is a comedy by any means, but the four or five jokes it makes in the film are pretty dam funny including the scene where Anastasia and Mr. Grey negotiate the dom-sub contract. Also the sex scenes which are the only real reason anybody wanted to see this movie, are really good, they’re really well shot and have an intensity that’s absent in most main stream movie sex scenes.

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example. Anastasia is naive to the point of stupidity. She’s portrayed as lacking self esteem and being kind of a push over, which would be fine except she finds the weirdest times to find her ‘independence making her character really uneven. The way she handles the nontraditional nature of her relationship with Mr. Grey is fairly dumbfounding. She goes from being alternately annoyed, intrigued, to flat out disgusted, switching at a drop of a hat.

This movie would have been so much better being worse. It’s not good enough to stand on its own and its not really bad enough to be mocked. It just ends up in that unentertaining section of below average that sinks into the bottom of the bargain bin. If it weren’t for all the hubub about the source material this movie wouldn’t be worth mentioning.

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who got away with farting in class. Dakota Johnson spends most of the movie mumbling through her lines. The two pornographically named main characters are train wrecks of bad writing. Mr. Grey is boarder line psychopathic in the film, straight up stalking Anastasia and being a huge creep in general. Its also important to note how utterly un-interesting Mr. Grey is as a character. Other than being handsome, rich and into BDSM the only other thing that defines Mr. Grey is that he’s seemly good at everything. Mr. Grey is an amazing businessman, a sex god, an amazing chief, a licensed helicopter pilot and a gifted piano player. In fact the only flaws Mr. Grey seems to have is a disinterest/inability to have a traditionally structured relationship and his interest in BDSM, which you might notice as a personal choice and not a flaw. It is revealed that he has a tragic back story, which is given as the reason for his ‘flaws’ but the ‘Perfect man with a dark past’ archetype is so far beyond played out, and Mr. Grey isn’t even that compelling of an

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Mavericks to wrap up regular season on the road Minnesota State men’s basketball finishes off their regular season schedule this weekend with a pair of games against the University of Sioux Falls and Southwest Minnesota State.

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LUKE LONIEN Staff Writer The Minnesota State men’s basketball team heads west to take on University of Sioux Falls Friday, and wrap up the regular season against Southwest Minnesota State Saturday.

After an exciting weekend,

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that saw the Mavericks fall to the Winona State Warriors, before knocking off Upper Iowa in overtime, the Mavericks are headed on the road trying to make their mark before the NSIC conference tournament and hopefully the NCAA Tournament.

The Mavericks open their road trip in Sioux Falls to battle the Cougars. In the teams last meeting, the Mavericks won 7662 in the Taylor Center, behind a strong performance from Senior Assem Marei, who paced the Mavericks with 25 points and nine rebounds. Senior Zach

Monaghan chipped in 21 points and eight assists in the contest.

The Mavericks own a career 10-2 record over the Cougars.

Mack Johnson led the Cougars with 23 points, while Charles Ward put up 19 points, four assist and three rebounds.

USF has an 8-18 (5-15) record on the season, and the Mavericks will have to contain Ward in the second contest as Ward averages 17.2 points and 5.6 rebounds a game, which leads the Cougars. Marei leads MSU with 19.4 points and 8.8 rebounds a game. Monaghan is averaging 14.8 points and 8.3 assists.

USF is averaging 66.9 points a game, while knocking down 44 percent of their shots. The Mavericks will be able to get out in transition, as the Cougars average 15.2 turnovers a game.

MSU on the other hand, play at a much faster pace averaging 81.2 points per game, while shooting 49 percent from the field, including 41 percent from beyond the three-point line.

Marei is coming off a stellar weekend that earned him NSIC South Division Player of the Week, scoring 25 points and grabbing 15 rebounds in each game.

Saturday, the Mavericks take on the Mustangs of Southwest State. Earlier in the year, the Mavericks won a 95-78 battle in the Taylor Center. Senior Connor Miller led MSU with 24 points and six rebounds in the contest, while Monaghan posted a double-double with 18 points and 12 assists.

The Mavericks hold a convincing 38-13 all-time record against the Mustangs.

The Mustangs goes into the weekend with a 12-14 (8-12) record, led by Joey Bartlett, averaging 13.8 points, five rebounds and almost four assists. Mitch Weg averages 12.7 points and a team-leading 6.2 rebounds.

As a team, the Mustangs average 77.2 points a game, while shooting 48.2 percent from the field. They also shoot 40 percent from beyond the arc, and pull down 33.8 rebounds a game.

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In the last meeting with Sioux Falls, Marei led the Mavericks with 25 points in the contest.

Zach Monaghan Monaghan posted 21 points and eight assists in the last meeting with USF.

Expect a high scoring affair in the last game of the season, as both the Mavericks and Mustangs are very good shooting teams, who can knock down outside shots. Look for rebounding to be the key for the Mavericks.

Marei, who leads the conference in rebounding, should be able to take advantage of Mustangs who rank toward the bottom of the conference in rebounding.

The Mavericks are sitting with a 20-6 (15-5) record going into the final weekend of the season, look for the Mavericks to gain some momentum back heading into the NSIC conference tournament. Tip-off Friday is set for 8 p.m. in Sioux Falls, while tip-off is set for 6 p.m.

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Tight race to the end for MSU’s Hancock and Ojika While Ben Ojika set a personal best earlier this week, Hancock led the Northern Sun Multi-Meet for most of the event until a disappointing pole vault saw the lead slip away.

DENZELL OATS Staff Writer It was a dramatic finish in the Northern Sun Multi-Meet this past Sunday and Monday. Senior Nathan Hancock and sophomore Benjamin Ojika were the lone competitors for the Mavericks in the two day event that consisted of 7 events in total.

Going into the meet 4 time All American multi eventer and reigning NSIC multi champion Nathan Hancock was the clear favorite to win.

Hancock began day one in the 60 meter dash finishing first with a final time of 7.17. Going into the second event, long jump, Hancock looked to improve his score. He would be tested where he found himself a fifth place finish with a jump of 21’1.5’’.

Even with a fifth place finish in one of his strongest events, Nathan still found himself atop

the leader boards.

“I finished the day overall well,” said Hancock. “I could’ve done better in long jump but I still ended where I wanted to be.”

Ojika, after a decent finish in the 60 meter dash, took a fourth place finish in long jump with a leap of 21’09’’. But it was in the shot put where Ojika began to generate points for himself.

With a previous personal best of 31’3’’ in the event, Ojika surpassed that and more after a new personal best of 36’06’’. Ojika took a third place finish in the shot put where Hancock finished second overall with a throw of 38’5’’.

To finish up the first day, high jump would be the last task to complete for the pair of athletes.

Hancock would earn 785 points in the event after jumping a

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MULTI-MEET “I finished the day overall well,” said Hancock. “I could’ve done better in long jump but I still ended where I wanted to be.” continued from 10 with the 1,000 meter dash where sought out a ten second improvement. He would finish in 3:04 earning him a third place finish in the multi meet.

But the real race to watch was the fight for first place be-

talented and experienced senior Colin Gologoski would break up the two with a second place finish after day one.

Into day two the pair of Mavericks would need to finish the competition strong in order to maintain or gain any position in the event overall.

With three events to go, Hancock led the field of 15 athletes with a score of 2,880 points.

Concordia’s Goligoski was not far behind Hancock tabulating 2,804 points. Ojika sat close with 2,796 points.

“I felt pretty accomplished after day two” Ojika said. “I feel good about m jumps, I just felt I had more in me for the 60 meter dash” The first event of day two would come in the 60 meter hurdles, a strong event for Ojika.

Ojika commenced his second with a finish of 8.62 in the hurdles; a fair finish where he took second. Following that, Ojika finished with a middling mark in pole vault at 10’11.75’’.

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mark of 6’6’’. Ojika would continue to put up reputable marks as he finished first in the high jump with a leap of 6’7’’.

After the first day of events Hancock would remain atop in the rankings with Ojika sitting in third place. Concordia’s

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Hancock would begin his day in the hurdles where he ran a fair time of 8.64. Goligoski could only respond to that with a finish of 9.04 in the event.

Hancock still in first after five events and Goligoski in second, Hancock could only remain atop with a solid mark in the sixth and arguably the most valuable event in the heptathlon being the pole vault.

Pole vault being a strong suit for Concordia’s senior, he went into the event looking for success.

In this event Goligoski for Concordia found the opportunity he needed to gain a head on the All-American after a first place finish in the event and a vault of

15’3’’ giving him 804 points.

Nathan, with a personal best of 14’7.25’’ in the event would need anything better than 14’1.25’’ to still have a lead going into the last and final event.

A struggling Hancock would only go on to vault 12’7.5’’.

Now in an awkward position, Hancock would need to beat the Concordia multi eventer by a margin of six seconds to overthrow his top seat. Nathan fell short of this task but not by much. He would run a race to remember with a finishing time of 2:42.33, but only beating Goligoski by 4 ½ seconds yielding the victory to Concordias Goligoski.

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