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Vigil planned for anniversary of murder SAM WILMES News Editor A candlelight vigil will take place at midnight on Friday to mark the four-year anniversary of a community tragedy.

The event, which will take place at 555 Stoltzman Road in Mankato seeks to “reclaim hearts, homes and communities as places of peace.”

On March 28, 2010, Svetlana Munt was shot at Rasmussen Park in Mankato. The incident happened after her ex-husband, in an act of incomprehensible rage, pinned her car against a tree and shot her, taking their three children with him afterwards.

Joel Munt, 37, was later convicted of the killing of her after evidence was unearthed that revealed Munt had gone on an internet tirade against the child custody system in the state.

The website, entitled “Dragon Empire,” which included accusations against people including the court system and a Nicollet County Judge, was discovered in 2009 by Nicollet County’s for-

mer top prosecutor Mike Riley.

Munt took a 467-question True or False test, while listing a qualifying statement before every answer, something that Dr. Allan Coursol described as having never seen before.

Munt was sentenced to life in prison without parole in September 2011.

“This event gives students the opportunity to reclaim peace in their hearts in their minds and in their thoughts,” Assistant Director of Community Engagement Denise Billington said.

“The main goals of the event include developing student awareness of how they can effect change.”

She describes the process of domestic violence as being initialized by a spouse’s need to control.

According to Billington, people need to remember that everyone is essential to change in this respect. “We can make a difference,” Billington said.

One of the most important ways we can help people stuck in the cycle of domestic violence is to help foster peace. According

to Billington, one of the most destructive aspects of abuse is the victim’s shattered self-esteem and by empowering them this can change.

Domestic violence is a major problem nationwide. According to Safe Horizon: • One in four women will ex-

perience domestic violence in their lifetime • Women are subjected to more than four million physical assaults and rapes at the hands of their partners, while men are subjected to nearly 3 million physical assaults.

• Women ages 20 to 24 are at

the greatest risk of becoming domestic violence victims • One in three women who are a victim of homicide are murdered by their current or former partner.

• 10% of sexual abuse survivors are male.

Web Photo The mother of Svetlana Munt. Munt was murdered on March 28,2010.

“Muslim Night” brings unique perspective to campus SAM WILMES News Editor A unique night of questions, food and information about the Islamic faith was shared to a full room in the Centennial Student Union on Tuesday night.

Guest speaker Jamal Omar and Professor Dr. Hamed M. Sallam spotlighted the celebration. A man who has tried nearly every other faith, Omar sported a long red beard and tried to dispel many of the myths of the Islamic faith.

He described the transformation from his early beliefs that centered around Christianity, to Judaism, to Buddhism, then to Islam, all in a process he described as a continual search

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One of the most hotly debated issues of the night revolved around Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. Omar and Professor Salam voiced their doubts about what they espoused to be a “theory,” about how the world was created.

They also saw holes in the theory based on the concept of the belief. They contended that something had to come from something and they transferred that contention into their belief in God, that someone had to be responsible for everything we saw here, from life to death to love to everything in between.

Omar mentioned some interesting tidbits about our legal system that are surprising. A

central part of our legal system, our assumption that “All are innocent until proven guilty,” has its origins in the Islamic faith.

Although it may be tempting for young Muslim men to stand out, Omar contends that it is critical for young people to remain true to their faith.

“As a muslim man you have to understand that your faith is a part of your identity. Our main purpose in life is to worship the God of heavens and Earth.”

One of the more interesting parts of the lecture was Omar’s assertion of the difference Christianity and Islam.

Omar contended that while Christians rely on faith, what he described as the failure to touch, see or directly contact

Him, people of the Muslim faith could do all of those things, everything was in sight inside of their soul.

The speakers brought up numerous problems they had with Christian interpretation of scripture. In a heated discussion with a Christian audience member, Omar described the pureness of the Qu’ran and what he cited as the inconsistencies and changes the bible had gone through in hundreds of years.

Omar described his problem with the concept of Jesus Christ as the son of God. He wondered why Adam wasn’t called by the same name, since he had no birth mother or father.

Ethnic Student Studies President Faith Neuman was pleased

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with the presentation.

“It’s a non-offensive way of enlightening people. This is enlightening to many people’s way of life,” Neuman said.

Sophomore Ruth Mogire shared similar sentiments.

“I have a lot of Islamic friends. Sp ot was moce tp get a taste of culture, as we;; as an explanation about the differenced between the Qu’Ran and Bible.”

She admitted she was in a bit of culture shock.

“Yeah, it’s pretty different than what I am used to,” Mogire said.

Ethiopian food was served, a couple of flavors of punches were offered as drink and cake was served for dessert.

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Student spotlight: Mariah Haffield Highly-involved student is balancing many responsibilities as she makes a run at the Presidency of the Student Senate.

EMMA DEPPA Staff Writer This week’s student profile is on Mariah Haffield, a sophomore at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Haffield is an extremely involved student on campus. She is a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority where she serves as secretary, is a member of the Honors Program, Pre-Law Society, St. Thomas More Newman Center and is a charting member of the MSU Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Last spring she was elected as an OffCampus Senator for the Minnesota State Student Association (MSSA) where she serves as the MavGuard co-chair. She is on the Centennial Student Union Board, the Constitutional Commission and the Student Affairs Committee. Through MSSA she has also represented our school as a delegate to the Minnesota State Universities Student Association, the student government that represents all universities in the MnSCU system.

Needless to say, Mariah is one of the most motivated students on campus. When asked what keeps her going, she responded, “People often wonder why I am so involved and if I ever have time to sleep (the answer to that is, yes I do!). I am so involved because I care and want to work with and for the students of MSU.” “If I can make a difference in one person’s life, then I feel that everything I have done has been a success. Here’s a wonderful example: MavGuard, a studentled safety campaign, covers many different topics throughout the semester and has two events per week.”

“After one of the events, a student came up to me and said that she never realized some of the small actions she had been doing could easily allow scammers to steal her identity. She told me that she was going to change some of her habits and be more careful about what she does while on the internet.”

“To me, this meant the event and the campaign was a huge success, not only did I help this one student realize potential Internet dangers, but I helped her to potentially prevent problems in the future. This is why I love what I do and why I want to continue being involved so that I can make a difference.”

Aside from all of her activities, Mariah is also a dedicated student. She is majoring in Human Resource Management with a minor in Political Science. She hopes to attend law school after her time at MSU, where she can apply the knowledge she gained from Human Resources to law, particularly criminal law. After sitting for and hopefully passing the Minnesota Bar Exam, she hopes to become a prosecuting attorney. This passion springs from her high school experiences in Mock Trial, in which she served as captain. She hopes to serve as a prosecuting attorney where she can help victims of crimes.

Though Mariah loves the organizations she is involved with and has had wonderful experiences with faculty members and staff, her favorite thing about MSU are her fellow students. I have met some of the most exciting, interesting and diverse students that have become some of my closest friends. We really truly have a great student body and a wonderful campus—we are fortunate for all of the opportunities that are available. I always tell people that coming to MSU was the best decision I could have made.”

Now going into her third year at MSU, Mariah is focusing her energy on running for MSSA president! “My love for the student body and my wanting to help make a difference in other’s lives has led me to run for the president of MSSA. My running mate and I, Joe Wolf, are a part of the campaign party: vote Mariah and Joe. (Disclaimer: neither the party nor candidates are endorsed by the Senate nor represent the University). Both

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Joe and I are currently on Senate, as well as several other members of our party. Our passion for serving the students of MSU is evident through the different organizations, campaigns and projects we have been a part of. We have had much experience working with faculty/ staff, administration, students and community leaders on dif-

ferent issues and projects. Our party’s platform includes capping the student fee increase at 2.5% or less each year, continuing the advancement of gender and sexual orientation equality, adding phone charging stations in the CSU, working with Dining Services to provide more vegan, kosher, etc. food options in Carkoski and the CSU, help-

R ing with the development of the E Academic Plan Program (this aims to assist students in graduating within four years) and improving attendance at sporting events”.

Mariah’s passion for Minnesota State University, Mankato and all of her organization is truly exemplary and inspiring to students across campus.

Photo Courtesy of Emma Deppa Mariah Haffield has assumed many duties as she enters her junior year at MSU.

The MSSA will be holding an election for the following positions: • PRESIDENT (1) • VICE PRESIDENT (1) • COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (3) • COLLEGE OF ALLIED HEALTH & NURSING (3) • COLLEGE OF SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (2) • COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (1) • COLLEGE OF ARTS & HUMANITIES (2)

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Panel discussion on “Political Activism in East African Communities” slated for Monday.

Panelists will discuss civil rights and immigration in the twin cities community.

REECE HEMMESCH Editor in Chief Political activism in east African communities is the subject for Monday’s upcoming panel discussion at 12 p.m. in the CSU Ostrander Auditorium, brought in by the MSU history department in part two of their spring lecture series.

The panel discussion will continue the spring trend in the history department, focusing on the issue of civil rights as well as immigration through people engaged in the twin cities immigrant community. The panelists, Mustafa Jumale, Nasser Mussa and Hashi Shafi are all immigrants to America and involved in the Minneapolis area. They will show their perspective on the current standing of the heavy influx of settlers from the east African region that have made Minnesota one of the largest populations of Somali immigrants in North America, which helps them feel like they are not only shaping an area, but now shaping their home.

“This panel will be featuring three young people who are political activists from the east African community of Minnesota,” panel moderator Andy Wilhide said. Wilhide is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Minnesota’s department of history. “All three have moved to Minnesota at different ages, they’ve gone through the schools and col-

leges so they have a lot to share with others who are from east Africa and are attending MSU.” “We’ll be learning about each of them and what their passions and motivations are for getting involved in politics and we will also be learning about the ways they are working with Somali communities to get them more engaged in the political landscape of Minnesota,” she added.

“They find Minnesota as a welcoming place where many perspectives, ideas and communities come together and shape Minnesota,” Wilhide said. “So one thing they bring to the table, having had experience moving to Minnesota is adapting their culture with the culture of Minnesota and bringing it all together; by balancing those cultures they have a unique perspective when it comes to getting involved in politics.”

Though the focus will be towards the students of that heritage, Wilhide hopes to attract a broad audience of people who are interested in the east African communities in Minnesota.

“They are an important part of our state community so we really hope to have people come who have interests in what’s happening in those communities,” Wilhide said.

“It’s a broader immigrant experience,” Lori Lahlum, history department chair said. “We’re trying to educate Minnesotans about some of the particular

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civil rights concerns of east African immigrants in the twin cities and connecting that to the broader picture of immigration.”

Mustafa Jumale, one of the panelists slated for Monday, is currently an aide to United States Representative Keith Ellison, who is the first Muslim to be elected to congress and the first African American elected to the house from Minnesota.

Jumale is a graduate from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Sociology and African Studies. He has done extensive research on the topic, including a research paper on the subject of Somali college students at a predominantly white institution and worked with the Sheeko Project at the U of M, which according to their website, is a web archive collecting Somali youth stories created by and for Somali youth.

Nasser Mussa currently directs the Cedar Riverside Adult Education Center in Minneapolis, located near the Riverside Plaza in the heart of ‘Little Mogadishu’, an area of the twin cities known for heavy immigrant populations, which Lahlum sees as a “changing demographic of immigration.”

“The Cedar Riverside community, which is really the heart of the Somali community in Minneapolis, at an earlier time, was the heart of the Scandinavian community in Minneapolis,” Lahlum said. “But the

makeup of the population has changed as the demographics of immigration have changed over time so its part of this broader narrative on immigration history as well.”

The final panelist, Hashi Shafi, is the executive director of Somali Action Alliance, whose mission is to educate Somalis in the United States on civic engagement, civil rights

responsibilities and full participation of democracy. The SAA also promotes alliance building, education, community organizing and leadership development.

The discussion is free and open to the public and will be followed by part three of the series in April, where professor Angela Cooley will discuss the desegregation of restaurants in the south.

Photo Courtesy of Sheeko Project Mustafa Jumale, one of the panelists in next Monday’s discussion, seen here receiving his degree from the University of Minnesota in Sociology and African Studies.

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News networks missing on priorities, facts News networks like CNN, Fox News and MSNBC should have commitments to the truth and nothing else. Unfortunately for us, these three news networks care more about ratings than actually doing their job as guardians of information.

Comedian and “Newsman” Jon Stewart lambasted CNN’s coverage of the event, beginning with Don Lemon’s pondering the insane idea of a black hole engulfing the airplane.

Just because you have 24 hours to fill, doesn’t mean you should fill up with just any information, especially stuff not suitable for cable news coverage.

CNN’s coverage of the event devolved even further after that to the point where hosts were asking why psychics weren’t being involved with the search. This is flat out embarrassing, this is one of the most trusted names in news, not TMZ! Contrary to some of their subject material, news networks are not idiots. They are run with many goals in mind, one of them being revenue. You generate revenue by drawing in viewers and unfortunately CNN’s lackluster coverage did just that.

ANYA ZHUKOVA, SENIOR JOURNALISM “I don’t really watch TV. I prefer getting my news from the internet.”

That is the problem with cable news right now: they are more committed to advertising dollars and revenue than they are actually providing a nononsense representation of the truth. Ratings for CNN’s coverage of the event more than doubled, suggesting that this is the new norm, not an anomaly.

Fox News was not to be outdone. Geraldo Rivera suggested the plane had succumbed to a fire in the cockpit. While a good discussion for the dinner table, you shouldn’t be speculating like that on air because that is how misperceptions abound.

MSNBC’s Ed Schultz also suggested that the plane had been taken over by hijackers “somewhere over the Indian Ocean.”

This has not been the only issue the news networks have bumbled: Numerous misconceptions occurred during the Boston bombings in April 2013 after a CNN worker admitted that the company was more concerned about getting to the story first than actually providing a true estimate of what happened.

That, however, is not my only beef with the cable news networks.

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Why are “experts,” who have been wrong on numerous occasions still being allowed to provide a major influence in the media? For example, Dick Cheney and Karl Rove. These two were the main voices behind the Iraq invasion, which is generally seen as a disaster at home and abroad.

These two, however, are still being seen and heard commenting on foreign policy issues on FOX News. Networks like this would be better suited hiring fresher voices who could be better guardians of public information.

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Writing conference set for tomorrow

Minnesota State University, Mankato will be the host of the “More Than Writing Conference” tomorrow. With no registration free and admittance to the public, the event hopes to bring literature and writing enthusiasts in the region under one roof.

Held in the CSU, the event will have breakout sessions starting at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 7:00 p.m, with a Keynote presentation from Sarah Stonich, author of the award-winning best-seller “These Granite Islands,” which is now available in a special 12th anniversary issue managed by the University of Minnesota Press.

In addition to the discussions lasting an hour each, there will be a Book fair where writers are encouraged to exchange their

work with other conference participants and showcase their work to the public. The book fair will take place from 10:00am-4:00pm on Friday.

The different panels taking place throughout the day vary from “Writing for Hire: What Editors Want”, to “Teaching at a Penitentiary,” A number of the breakout sessions focus on getting students ready to interact with editors, interviews for professional jobs and how to make yourself stand out against the rest. Undergraduate and graduate students will also host reading sessions during the day, giving conference goers a glimpse into the Creative Writing program at MNSU. Sarah Stonich boasts a line up of well-received and awardwinning novels. When describing Stonich’s book, “Vacationland,”

the Minneapolis Star Tribune said that Stonich “delivers beautiful storytelling without ever resorting to sentimentality.”

In addition to the conference, the English program hosts a plethora of events throughout the academic year. The Good Thunder Reading Series, occurring once or twice a month, brings poets, fiction and nonfiction writers to campus to talk about their craft. Creative Writing students are commonly featured in a variety of literary magazines in the area, as well.

As one of the only conferences of it’s kind in the region, Friday will be buzzing with activity as writers and readers alike join together to make lasting connections.

For more a detailed schedule of events, head over to english. mnsu.edu/morethanwriting

April: National Poetry Month ALEX KERKMAN Staff Writer

April is National Poetry Month, and Minnesota State University Mankato will be celebrating in a way that brings together MSU students with the works of many established poets.

MSU’s Department of English will be presenting prerecorded poetry reading videos

by MSU students on the department’s website all month long.

The series will kick off with senior Megan Gilmore, a theater generalist from Tracy, Minn., reading the poem “String Theory” by Jenny Yang Cropp, a graduate of Minnesota State Mankato’s master’s program of fine arts in creative writing pro-

gram. All videos are between 1 and 3 minutes long and can be viewed at english.mnsu.edu.

Videos from the previous day can be found at mavtube.mnsu. edu.

Poets featured during MSU’s National Poetry represent a wide range of era’s and styles.

Among the 30 poems to be read, ten were written by William Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson. The other 20 poems were written by a group of authors boasting an impressive resume of accomplishments, including a National Book Award finalist, a New York Times best-selling author and a Minnesota Book Award winner.

More information about MSU’s National Poetry Month Video project can be had from

Diana Joseph, Associate Professor in the Department of English, or from the projects Facebook page, “Minnesota State University, Mankato’s National Poetry Month Video Project.”

National Poetry Month was started by the Academy of American Poets in 1996 as a way to promote and celebrate poetry.

It is nationally sponsored by groups such as the American Library Association, the National Council of Teachers of English and Random House Inc. More information on National Poetry Month events throughout the country can be found at www. poets.org.

The videos of the poetry readings were filmed and produced

by Minnesota State Mankato’s Maverick Video Productions.

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Poll: Ukraine crisis hurting Obama at home GfK polls say more Americans than ever disapprove of President Obama’s tactics on foreign policy, even though his economic sanctions have strong backings.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign policy used to stand out as a not-so-bleak spot in the public’s waning assessment of Barack Obama. Not anymore.

He’s getting low marks for handling Russia’s swoop into Ukraine, and more Americans than ever disapprove of the way Obama is doing his job, according to a new Associated PressGfK poll.

Despite the poor performance reviews, Obama’s primary tactic so far — imposing economic sanctions on key Russians — has strong backing.

Close to 9 out of 10 Americans support sanctions as a response to Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, the poll indicates. About half of that group says the U.S. sanctions so far are about right, while the other half wants to see them strengthened, the AP-GfK poll found.

Most Democrats say the sanctions were OK, while a majority of Republicans find them too weak.

“We’re supposed to be a country that helps smaller countries in need,” said Christopher Ashby, 29, a Republican in Albemarle, N.C., who wants a more powerful response. “Ukraine at this time is definitely in need.”

Ashby, a stay-at-home dad caring for three young daughters, said, “When I look at Obama, I see my 5-year-old daughter looking at something that just happened and saying ‘What do I do?’”

Overall disapproval of the job Obama is doing ticked up to 59 percent — a record high for his presidency — in the poll released Wednesday. That’s still

well below the 72 percent disapproval rate that former President George W. Bush recorded in the AP-GfK poll in October 2008. Still, Obama’s 41 percent approval rating is a sobering number for fellow Democrats running in this fall’s House and Senate elections.

Americans are now divided over which party they would rather see in control of Congress. Democrats held a slight edge over Republicans in the January AP-GfK poll.

Obama gets lowest marks for his handling of the federal budget, immigration and the economy. Support for Obama’s education policies, which had been a strong point, dipped into negative territory this month, too.

Republicans have long criticized the president as too weak in asserting American power abroad. Yet until now, foreign policy hasn’t been a drag on Obama’s second term: Americans were about as likely to endorse his actions as to disapprove.

Now he’s hit a new low on international relations — just 40 percent approval.

Majorities say they dislike Obama’s handling of the Ukraine situation (57 percent) and his interactions with Russia (54 percent).

Almost half of those polled say they support imposing tougher sanctions if Russia pushes into new regions or other countries; only 14 percent are opposed. That backs up threats from Obama and Western allies to target Russia’s economy with damaging sanctions if President Vladimir Putin goes further.

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by Russia. Only about 20 percent approve of financial support, while the biggest share is neutral. This week Congress is considering $1 billion in loan guarantees for Ukraine sought

by Obama.

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of military support to Ukraine is unpopular, the poll says. Obama has said there are no plans to use military force to dislodge Russia from the Crimean Peninsula.

Richard Johnson, a politically independent retiree in Redmond, Wash., said the United States shouldn’t have gotten involved at all, especially since

many Crimean residents favor Russia.

“They’re protesting in both directions, right?” Johnson said.

“So I just feel like we’ve got enough problems here at home, why are we looking for more trouble?”

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Death toll expected to rise in Seattle mudslides DARRINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Becky Bach watches and waits, hoping that search crews find her brother and three other relatives who are missing in Washington state’s deadly mudslide.

Doug Massingale waits too, for word about his 4-month-old granddaughter. Searchers were able to identify carpet from the infant’s bedroom, but a log jam stood in the way of a more thorough effort to find little Sanoah Huestis, known as “Snowy.”

With little hope to cling to, family members of the missing are beginning to confront a grim reality: Their loved ones might never be found, remaining entombed forever inside a mountain of mud that is believed to have claimed more than 20 lives “It just generates so many questions if they don’t find them,” Bach said. “I’ve never known anybody to die in a natural disaster. Do they issue death certificates?”

Search crews using dogs, bulldozers and their bare hands kept slogging through the mess of broken wood and mud again Wednesday, looking for more bodies or anyone who might still be alive nearly five days after a wall of fast-moving earth destroyed a small rural community.

But authorities have acknowledged they might have to leave some victims buried.

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ington State Patrol spokesman Bob Calkins said additional remains were found, but authorities would wait to release more specific information Wednesday evening.

Previously, authorities said they believed they had found 24 bodies from the slide that swept through a rural area north of Seattle on Saturday, though not all had been removed from the area.

Dozens of people remain unaccounted for, although that number is expected to go down.

Trying to recover every corpse would be impractical and dangerous.

The debris field is about a square mile and 30 to 40 feet deep in places, with a moon-like surface that includes quicksandlike muck, rain-slickened mud and ice. The terrain is difficult to navigate on foot and makes it treacherous or impossible to bring in heavy equipment.

To make matters worse, the pile is laced with other hazards that include fallen trees, propane and septic tanks, twisted vehicles and countless shards of shattered homes.

“We have to get on with our lives at some point,” said Bach, who has spent the past several days in the area in hopes that searchers would find her brother, his wife, her 20-year-old great niece and the young girl’s fiance.

The knowledge that some victims could be abandoned to the

earth is difficult to accept.

“Realistically ...I honestly don’t think they’re going to find them alive,” Bach said, crying.

“But as a family, we’re trying to figure out what to do if they find no bodies.”

Bach spoke via phone about a wedding the family had planned for summer at the rural home that was destroyed. And how, she wondered, do you plan a funeral without a body? “We’ll probably just have a memorial, and if they find the bodies eventually, then we’ll deal with that then.”

A death certificate, issued by the state, is legal proof that someone has died. Families often need them to settle their affairs. The authority to issue them starts with a county medical examiner or coroner, said Donn Moyer, spokesman for the Washington State Department of Health. If and when it appears there is no chance of finding someone, people can ask the county to start that process.

In previous mudslides, many victims were left where they perished. Mudslides killed thousands in Venezuela in 1999, and about 1,500 bodies were found.

But the death toll was estimated at 5,000 to 30,000, so the government declared entire neighborhoods “memorial grounds.”

Two Washington National Guard Blackhawk helicopters arrived at the site Wednesday to relieve sheriff’s helicopter crews

that had been working since Saturday.

The Blackhawks’ sole mission is body removal, said Bill Quistorf, chief pilot for the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office.

Other survivors began to grow impatient Wednesday that they weren’t allowed to return to the sites of their homes to search for their valuables and keepsakes.

“This isn’t right. All of us who are still alive need to have access and find what we can of our lives,” said Robin Youngblood, who said her son-in-law was turned away from the slide site.

As families grieved, officials were pressed again Wednesday about warnings from years ago that showed the potential for catastrophic landslides in the area.

In 1999, a draft report by geomorphologist Daniel Miller conducted as part of an ecosystem restoration study highlighted the potential risk of a landslide. That has raised questions about why residents were allowed to build homes in the area and whether the county had taken proper precautions.

Snohomish County Emergency Management Director John Pennington said authorities took steps to mitigate risks and warn people of potential dangers, especially after a 2006 landslide in the area. But the sheer size of this disaster was overwhelming.

“It haunts me,” a sometimesemotional Pennington told reporters. “I think we did what we could do. Sometimes large slides happen.”

He said the landslide risk has been high this winter due to heavy rains, adding officials will try to learn from this tragedy.

Meanwhile, hundreds of rescuers kept slogging through the muck, following search dogs over the unstable surface of the immense pile.

For the last three days, “the most effective tool has been dogs and just our bare hands and shovels uncovering people,” Snohomish County District 21 Fire Chief Travis Hots said. “But the dogs are the ones that are pinpointing a particular area to look, and we’re looking and that’s how we’re finding people.”

Massingale said he’s grateful that his daughter, Natasha Huestis, survived the slide. She had gone to Arlington that morning and left her baby with her mother, Christina Jefferds. Her husband Seth, a volunteer firefighter, was also away at the time.

“She didn’t suffer,” Massingale said after he was told about Christina’s death.

Massingale said he would miss his first grandchild, a sweet, pretty and smiley child.

“It’s stressful to think about,” he said. “A little baby that hasn’t gotten a start yet in life. It’s too much.”

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“He’s trying to do what he believes is best,” said Johnson, 62.

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Obama urges Europe to recommit amid Ukraine crisis

BRUSSELS (AP) — Calling it a global “moment of testing,” President Barack Obama appealed to Europeans on Wednesday to recommit to the war-won ideals of freedom and human dignity, declaring that people voicing those values will ultimately triumph in Ukraine.

Painting a historical arc across the major global clashes of the last century and beyond, Obama said young people born today come into a world more devoid of conflict and replete with freedom than at any time in history — even if that providence isn’t fully appreciated. He urged the 28-nation NATO alliance to make good on their commitments to the collective security that has fostered prosperity in the decades since the Cold War concluded.

“We must never forget that we are heirs to a struggle for freedom,” Obama said, adding that the Ukraine crisis has neither easy answers nor a military so-

lution. “But at this moment, we must meet the challenge to our ideals, to our very international order, with strength and conviction.”

Drawing on modern struggles, like gay rights, as well as the ethnic cleansing and world wars of a bygone era, Obama sought to draw a connection between the U.S. experiment in democracy and the blood spilled by Europeans seeking to solidify their own right to self-determination.

“I come here today to say we must never take for granted the progress than has been won here in Europe and advanced around the world,” Obama said.

Indeed, the Europe that Obama confronted on Wednesday was taking little for granted.

Calm on the continent has been upended by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foray into the Ukrainian region of Crimea.

Defying the global community, Moscow annexed that peninsula this month, stoking fears among

Russia’s other neighbors as Europe was plunged back into an East-West mentality that many had thought was left behind at the end of the last century.

“If the Russian leadership stays on its current course, together we will ensure that this isolation deepens,” Obama said.

At the same time, he acknowledged that military force would not dislodge Russia from Crimea or prevent further encroachment, holding out the allies’ combination of pressure and an open door to diplomacy as the path to peace.

In his remarks at a cultural center in Brussels, Obama sought to shape a unifying theme out of a weeklong foreign trip whose original purposes have been eclipsed by a burst of diplomatic maneuvering over the conflict with Russia. In stops so far in the Netherlands and Belgium, Obama has sought to coordinate

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Less than six months on the job, the mayor of Charlotte was arrested Wednesday and accused of accepting more than $48,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as businessmen who wanted to do work with North Carolina’s largest city.

Mayor Patrick Cannon, a 47-year-old Democrat who rose from the city’s public housing projects to become a successful businessman and politician, faces federal theft and bribery charges. Cannon solicited and accepted more than $48,000 in cash, airline tickets, a hotel room and the use of a luxury apartment as bribes, according to a criminal complaint.

If convicted on all the charges,

he faces 20 years in prison and more than $1 million in fines.

Cannon, a longtime radio show host and the founder of E-Z parking, a parking management company, was elected mayor in November, replacing Anthony Foxx, who was named Transportation Secretary by President Barack Obama.

Telephone messages left for Cannon were not immediately returned. He had an initial court appearance Wednesday and was released on $25,000 unsecured bond.

According to the complaint, FBI agents posing as commercial real estate developers paid Cannon on five separate occasions between January 2013 and February 2014. Cannon accepted cash

in exchange for access to city officials responsible for planning, zoning and permitting.

On the last occasion, Cannon accepted $20,000 in cash in the mayor’s office, the complaint said.

U.S. attorney’s office spokeswoman Lia Bantavani said the investigation was ongoing. She declined further comment.

The investigation began in August 2010 after a tip from a local undercover officer about public corruption. At the time, Cannon still held an at-large seat on the Charlotte City Council. He was first elected to the council in 1993 at age 26, becoming the youngest council member in the city’s history.

When he was 5, his father was

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Charlotte mayor facing corruption charges found dead of a gunshot wound outside a vacant school. He was raised by his mother, Carmen, who worked on a truck assembly line. They lived in housing projects.

After graduating from South Mecklenburg High, he earned a degree in communications with a minor in marketing from histori-

cally black North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro.

Republican Gov. Pat McCrory, a former Charlotte mayor, said he was saddened and angered by the indictment. He said he had known Cannon’s family for more than 30 years.

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Photo Courtesy of Associated Press Charlotte mayor Patrick Cannon speaks to students at Queens University in Charlotte, N.C. Cannon, now mayor of Charlotte, was arrested Wednesday, March 26, 2014, on public corruption charges.

“But more than anything, my heart is broken for the city of Charlotte,” McCrory said. “This is not the city that I know, served and love. This alleged behavior is inexcusable and cannot be tolerated.”

McCrory’s older brother Phil McCrory was a mentor to Cannon in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. Their relationship would grow into a strong friendship, according Karen Calder, the chief executive officer of the organization. Cannon even served as a groomsman in Phil McCrory’s wedding.

According to the complaint, Cannon also accepted $12,500 from an undercover agent to help him develop a feminine hygiene product called “Hers.” In exchange, Cannon offered to help the agent — posing as a business manager for a venture capital company — get the necessary permits to open a nightclub.

During the meeting, an undercover agent told Cannon: “You know, again whatever you can do to get our application moved up towards the top, uh, business license and things like that, that we need.”

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problem.”

Cannon later had a discussion with the undercover agent, apparently attempting to clarify that the money was strictly seed money for the “Hers” product and not payment for his help in opening the nightclub.

“OK, so I mean, ‘cause I’m not, I’m not one of those Chicago or Detroit type (of) folk,” Cannon told the agent, apparently referring to high-profile corruption cases in those cities.

Cannon ended the conversation by saying he looked good “in an orange necktie, but not an orange suit,” according to the complaint.

When the agent set up two later meetings to discuss the money and give Cannon an opportunity to return it, Cannon failed to show up, the complaint said.

During his campaign, Cannon promoted plans to create jobs in a city of 760,000 people that has become one of the nation’s leading banking and energy centers.

Big banks helped drive Charlotte’s explosive growth over the past two decades, but the city’s financial institutions were hurt in the nation’s banking meltdown.

Since 2008, Charlotte has lost thousands of good-paying finan-

cial services jobs.

Two days after Cannon announced he was running for mayor in May 2013, the first undercover agent introduced him to a second undercover agent posing as a developer from Las Vegas.

The second agent told Cannon he was interested in developments along a streetcar and light rail line being built in Charlotte. Cannon provided the proposed routes and stops, according to the complaint.

Cannon later agreed to fly to Las Vegas to convince a group of potential foreign investors to invest in the company purportedly owned by the second agent. Even though the two had known each other only about a month, Cannon agreed to tell the investors he had known the agent for years.

The complaint said Cannon acknowledged the story he would tell investors was false, saying, “Well, if it’s made up, it really doesn’t matter.”

Cannon and the second agent also discussed compensating Cannon for his part in the scheme, and Cannon suggested that he receive a campaign donation before he made the trip to Las Vegas.

Instead, the agent agreed to pay for Cannon’s trip to Las Vegas, plus $6,000 cash for spending money for his wife. The Cannons received the first $1,000 when they arrived in Las Vegas; they received the other $5,000 after Cannon gave his presentation to the purported investors.

Thomas Mills, a longtime Democratic consultant in North Carolina, said Cannon “probably needs to step down and the sooner the better.”

But Mills said he’s doesn’t believe Cannon’s arrest will place additional damage upon North Carolina Democrats, who have suffered heavily from electoral losses in 2010 and 2012 and are struggling with intraparty fighting over its leadership.

“I don’t think it’s as much a hit to the gut of the party,” Mills said. “Charlotte has always been a bit of its own entity. It would be more of a problem if it were coming out of the General Assembly or out of Raleigh.”

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UKRAINE “We must not forget that we are heirs to a struggle for freedom,” Obama said. “But at this moment, we must meet the challenge to our ideals, to our very international order, with strength and conviction.” continued from 9 the European and American response to Putin, despite some Europeans’ misgivings about enacting anti-Russian sanctions that could backfire and the American public’s reluctance to embroil the U.S. in another faraway conflict.

Earlier Wednesday, Obama pledged to defend U.S. allies during a meeting with NATO’s secretary general, and on Monday he held an emergency meeting with leaders of major economies focused on tightening economic pressure on Moscow.

At home, Obama has been accused of neglecting Europe in favor of an Asian focus and high-wire Mideast diplomacy. But in the city that is home to NATO headquarters and the European Union, Obama warned against yielding to isolationism or avoiding direct engagement in far-off crises. After all, America’s economy and borders aren’t deeply threatened by Russia’s incursion into Ukraine and annexation of Crimea, Obama said.

“If we defined our interests narrowly, if we applied a coldhearted calculus, we might decide to look the other way,” Obama said. “But that kind of casual indifference would ignore the lessons that were written in this continent.”

A day earlier, Obama dismissed Russia as a mere “regional power” that was threatening its neighbors “not out of strength, but out of weakness.” He said that as president, he worried more about a nuclear device in Manhattan than he did about Russia.

Obama came to Europe intent on shoring up commitments from allies, but also to make a larger point about European security a quarter-century after the fall of the Iron Curtain. In a nod to the U.S. perception that America has borne too much of the burden for NATO members’ security, Obama said he wants to see every NATO partner “chip in” for mutual defense. He said members should examine their defense plans to make sure they reflect current threats.

“I have had some concerns about a diminished level of defense spending by some of our partners in NATO,” Obama said. “The situation in Ukraine reminds us that our freedom isn’t free.”

Another reminder of the cost of freedom came earlier Wednesday during a solemn pilgrimage to a World War I cemetery where hundreds of fallen U.S. troops are buried. Followed by the stirring sound of a bugler playing Taps, Obama joined Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo and King Phillipe laid wreaths at the memorial at Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial in northwest Belgium.

“To all who sleep here, we can say we caught the torch, we kept the faith,” Obama said, invoking language from “In Flanders Fields,” the famous war poem.

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Entertainment update: renewals and returns Hit TV shows are lining up to come back for new seasons while sequels are taking shape for the next few years.

ANDREW SIMON Staff Writer TV | In an unprecedented move, CBS has renewed The Big Bang Theory for three more seasons, guaranteeing the show through 2017, aka its 10th season. The Big Bang Theory is the highest rated and most watched network program, with a season viewing average of 19.8 million viewers per new airing. In addition to the three-season pickup for Big Bang, CBS has also renewed comedies 2 Broke Girls, Mike & Molly, Mom, The Millers, and Two and a Half Men (hitting its twelfth season), and view-friendly dramas such as NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Person of Interest, Criminal Minds, CSI, Elementary, Hawaii FiveO, Blue Bloods, and The Good Wife.

NBC has picked up Chicago Fire and Grimm for their second and fourth seasons, respectively.

The comedy underdog Parks and Recreation has also officially

been renewed for a seventh season.

History channel’s Vikings, currently halfway through its second year, has been renewed for another 10-episode third season, set to air early January 2015.

FOX has renewed New Girl, The Following and The Mindy Project for their respective third seasons, while Golden Globe-winner Brooklyn Nine-Nine has been picked up for a second cycle as well -- all to debut fall 2014. FX has renewed its cult classic favorite Archer for two more seasons.

Currently airing its fifth season, Archer’s sixth and seventh seasons will likewise consist of 13 episodes.

El Rey Network, created by filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, has renewed their prime drama From Dusk Till Dawn, based on Rodriguez’s own film starring George Clooney and Harvey Keitel, for a second 13-episode season. HBO’s drama Looking wrapped up its 8-episode freshman year with its highest ratings and critical buzz yet, and to

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award the positive surge, the cable outlet renewed the series for a second year, to debut early 2015 alongside Girls’ fourth season.

To conclude the list of renewals, Showtime has picked up Shameless for season 5 and House of Lies for season 4, respectively, each with a 12-episode order to also debut early 2015.

The long-gestating crime drama Powers, based off the comic book series by Brian Michael Bendis following detectives hunting superheroes, has found a new home. Originally sanctioned

by FX as a pilot, and then rewritten and reshot with new actors, FX eventually passed on the adaptation, and now Sony’s PlayStation Network will jump into scripted drama, Powers being its first commissioned series. 10 episodes will be produced, based

Web Photo Plans are in motion for the sequel to The Wolverine, with director James Mangold and star Hugh Jackman planned to return.

on volume 1 of the graphic novels Who Killed Retro Girl? The series is expected to drop sometime 2015.

The last bit of exciting television news: FX’s anthology horror series American Horror Story wrapped up its third year in early January, and details are now emerging for its fourth season, to hit October 2014. Officially titled American Horror Story: Freak Show, this newest incarnation takes place in Jupiter, Florida in the 1950s, following a circus act made up of freaks who will commit to anything to survive.

MOVIES | Ridley Scott is a busy man, but Prometheus 2 hasn’t been far from his mind.

After co-writer Damon Lindelof publicly backed out of writing the sequel due to other commitments, Scott enlisted Jack Paglen (Transcendence) to write the initial screenplay, but has also tapped Michael Green to rewrite and flesh the story out for an expected 2016 shoot date. Green collaborated with Scott last year on a hopeful Blade Runner sequel.

Another release date and another script – FOX has set the sequel to James Mangold’s The Wolverine for March 3, 2017 to be penned by David James Kelly (Straw Man). Mangold and star Hugh Jackman are expected to return, although not yet confirmed. Shooting is expected to take place after Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse, which seems to take place immediately following the events of Days of Future Past. Liam Neeson’s Tak-

en 3 has a release date of January 9, 2015 -- this time, says Neeson, without anyone actually taken.

Andy Serkis, famous for bringing to life multiple motion capture characters like Gollum for The Lord of the Rings, King Kong in, well, King Kong, and Caesar in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, will now take the leap to director. Serkis has teamed up with Warner Bros. to bring The Jungle Book to live action big screen after a long process of cycling through directors and writers. If all goes according to plan, this will be Serkis’ directorial debut – excluding his work as second unit director for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy.

Marvel’s Phase Three is shaping up. With Edgar Wright’s AntMan already slotted as the premiere Phase Three title, and the third Avengers closing it all out, Marvel has officially announced Captain America 3 for release May 6, 2016, opposite Warner’s officially untitled Batman vs.

Superman. In addition to a third Captain America, Marvel is reportedly also searching for writers to pen a third Thor adventure and bring Doctor Strange to life for 2016, although both reports remain unconfirmed.

Pixar’s trend of sequel-itis continues. Disney president Bob Iger announced work is well underway on developing The Incredibles 2, with Brad Bird returning to write/direct, and Cars 3, in addition to the previously announced Finding Nemo sequel, Finding Dory.

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Hannibal returns for course no. two Intense series continues to push the boundaries of basic cable content.

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JAMES HOUTSMA A & E Editor Friday nights on NBC are back to dishing up one of the most daring, intricate and interesting meals on television -Hannibal.

Bryan Fuller’s take on Thomas Harris’ famous fictional therapist and part time psycho killer made waves last year for its boundary-pushing graphic content and mind-bending story turns. Despite narrowly avoiding cancellation, Fuller and the production team haven’t been fazed at all and are back with just as much bite.

Things look good for Dr. Hannibal Lector (Mads Mikkelson) from where we left him at the end of season one, having escaped the blame for his

horrid crimes. But it’s not to last. The opening scene of the season premier sets a ticking clock in motion as we’re shown Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishbourne) and Hannibal fighting to the death 12 weeks into the future. It’s all unraveling now as criminology specialist Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) fights to implicate Hannibal and engages him in a deadly cat and mouse game where the situation can always change. How many characters will be left and what will be left of them by season’s end is anybody’s guess.

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The color palette of the show is one of dark, washed out dreariness; different shades of gray. The subduing of color makes the incredible gore found in the show no less hard-hitting.

Bodies sewn into a giant mural, skin peeling, dismemberment, lobotomies, and swarms of bees festering inside a corpse: it’s all just a day in the life with Hannibal -- and that’s just this season so far.

It’s grotesque and definitely nauseating, but there’s an art to it. There’s beauty in the madness and the creative team knows how to create an artful murder. The same goes for elaborate sequences of psychological unease. Will’s unique mental state allows the writers for some elaborate visuals as Will unlocks his shattered mind and

reality skews into an impressionist dream of strobe lights, liquid people, and that terrifying stag creature that comes out of nowhere. Of any show on television, Hannibal would make the strongest case for art coming to life.

The work from the cast is sublime. Mikkelson’s stony, enigmatic take on Hannibal the Cannibal constantly has you guessing. Fuller gives us just enough info to know he’s extremely dangerous, but never overstates his evil. It’s only until well after some of the horrific acts have been done that we see what’s happened. We are left to figure things out at a very similar rate as the characters.

Dancy, meanwhile, has a great resolve about him. He handles the reveal of Hannibal’s signature token in his kills with

a perfect amount of disgust and grounded terror in his uttering of the truth: “He’s eating them.”

Furthermore, Fuller seems to know that, just like for Hannibal himself, the jig could be up at any point. The show returns with initiative and a clear point the creative team wants to reach.

Whether a third season is a reality or this season finale could possibly act as an endpoint is unclear but it’s all for the best that the writers have such an exciting, highly anticipated story point to work towards.

If it hasn’t been made clear enough, Hannibal is intense.

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Five film questions on summer 2014 JAMES HOUTSMA A & E Editor

1.Which superhero film will come out on top?

Continuing the trend of the last several years, this summer sees the release of a handful of high-profile superhero films, all of which look to be the top money-makers come fall. One may possibly even reach the billion-dollar mark. But which will strike the most harmonious chord with audiences? Can The Amazing Spider-Man 2 overcome its bad rep and rise to be the best and brightest SpiderMan of them all? Will X-Men: Days of Future Past break out of the dwindling grosses of the franchise and be the megablockbuster the franchise is capable of? Will the foreign world of Guardians of the Galaxy draw people in or send them running? While all seem destined for some amount of greatness, there will ultimately be one that comes out on top. If ticket sales are to be believed, then it would be wise not to bet against Marvel.

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g ” The monster to rule all monosters is back and bleaker than -ever. Trailers up to this point phave shown absolute desolation sand despair in the wake of the tgiant lizard’s rampages. Clearly .the filmmakers are not trying -to emulate Roland Emmerich’s dGodzilla from ’98 in any way. sThe question now is just how tvisceral is this darkness going -to be. Will the mass death and ydestruction merely be implied or are we in for two plus hours rof unrelenting extinction? . t 3. Is this the end of eTransformers? e t Michael Bay has flip-flopped oon just about every possible thing when it comes to his decisions on Transformers, so any word from him is always going to be suspect. With a new cast, human and robot (Optimus excluded), everything seems to point to the popular series gearing up for revitalization. But then again, a name like Age of Extinction has a sort of ring to it that says “it’s all ending.” Will this truly be the finale? Can it please be?

4. Who will be crowned comedy champion?

In one corner stands the se-

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quel to one of 2012’s funniest, most insane comedies, with all company returning. In the other corner is the follow up to Seth McFarlane’s raucous Ted. In the grand scheme of things, 22 Jump Street and A Million Ways to Die in the West are the frontrunners for the biggest comedy showdown of the summer. Which will come out on top? With the high potential of laughs here, the biggest winner will ultimately be the audience.

5. SPOILERS: Who Dies?

The biggest question of all is the one you don’t want revealed too early. That said, it’s almost assured a few big names from continuing series are going to croak. The recent X-Men trailer possibly revealed a big spoiler with that. Talks of a Spider-Man character or two kicking the bucket in the second installment have been rampant for months.

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Universal previews huge releases at Cinema-Con The film company has already hit the ground running in 2014 and could continue the trend.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Universal Pictures had a strong start at the box office this year, with “Lone Survivor” grossing more than $124 million and “Ride Along” bringing in nearly $146 million globally.

The run could continue for the studio that previewed its upcoming slate of films on Tuesday at the annual movie theater convention CinemaCon. “A healthy slate is a diverse one,” said Donna Langley, chairman of Universal.

“Hits don’t come just in summer and Christmas,” added Nikki Rocco, president of distribution at Universal. “We should use the full calendar to create opportunities for films to find an audience and create a habit of movie-going that isn’t seasonal, but year-round.”

Here’s a look at three of the studio’s most promising films, from a racy love story to the return of a few beloved ensemble casts: — “Fifty Shades of Grey,” directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan. The first look at the trailer for the spicy romance based on E.L. James’ best-seller revealed a tale that appears far sweeter than it is steamy. The suave Christian Grey (Dornan) sweeps the ordinary-looking Anastasia Steele (Johnson) off her feet with a joyride in his helicopter, a visit to his swanky Seattle apartment, and a fancy make-over. Anastasia properly transforms from plain Jane to sexy sophisticate. “Why are you trying to change me?” she asks her new lover. “I’m not,” he replies. “It’s you who is

changing me.” But it’s not all sentimental. The camera pans over Christian’s collection of S&M toys as Beyonce’s sleek and sexy “Haunted” plays in the background. The film is set for release on Valentine’s Day of 2015.

— “Fast & Furious 7,” directed James Wan and starring Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez and Tyrese Gibson. We may not have a hard and fast answer for how the studio will finish the film since Walker died before production concluded, but those scenes he was able to shoot definitely find their way into the seventh installment of the franchise. In the trailer, Walker, along with his crew of fierce drivers, stun viewers with a stunt involving driving cars out of a helicopter and safely landing with the help of parachutes. Flashy fight scenes and plenty of bare skin are once again on display. The seventh installment is scheduled to hit theaters on April 10, 2015.

— “Dumb and Dumber To,” directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly and starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. The anticipated sequel finds Harry (Daniels) visiting Lloyd (Carrey) in a home where he’s been faking helpless for 20 years as a gag. The pair then searches for the daughter Harry never knew he had. There’s a cringeworthy bit with a catheter, an inappropriate instant with an old lady, we visit their same crappy apartment, the dog truck is back, and Kathleen Turner plays Harry’s baby mama. Queue a very satisfying phew! The comedy is scheduled for release Nov. 14.

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Men’s basketball posts school-record 30 wins in their 2013-2014 campaign

Arnold Bagamba • MSU Reporter Junior forward Assem Marei surprised the NSIC in 2012-2013, but this season he took his game to the next level, posting 16.3 points per game and grabbing 8.2 rebounds a game.

LUCAS RYAN Staff Writer

The Minnesota State men’s basketball team was unable to make it out of the central region tournament for the second straight year, but how should this season rank in Maverick basket-

ball history?

The Mavericks set a school record for single season wins in a year that juniors Zach Monaghan and Assem Marei were dominate.

The Mavericks (30-5) posted 30 wins for the first time in program history while earning a

regular Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference title and a NSIC Tournament Championship. Due to all the success, MSU got the right to host the NCAA Central Region Tournament.

“To be disappointed in a 30-5 season is stupid. These young men have battled all year long

and raised the bar again for Minnesota State Basketball,” Head Coach Matt Margenthaler said.

It appeared as though the stars aligned, and the Mavericks were on the verge of a deep run in the NCAA Tournament. MSU entered the tournament on a 13game winning streak and had an opportunity to play home games until the Elite Eight.

However, MSU’s season ended earlier than anticipated, after Northwest Missouri State upset the No. 9 Mavericks in the second round of the NCAA Central Regional Tournament.

“Hats off to Northwest on a great performance tonight. We knew it was going to be a battle, knew it was going to be a grind. And hats off to our guys because I mean we absolutely battled through forty minutes and I thought that unfortunately the ball didn’t bounce the way we needed it for us,” Margenthaler said.

The Mavericks had their chances to win the game, but “that’s basketball” and to get a win in a tightly contested game, you need the ball to bounce your way. However, this season should not be remembered for the final loss. The Mavericks won more games in a season than ever be-

fore and Monaghan and Marei preformed to the point that they are now on every team’s radar.

Monaghan averaged 15.4 points per game while leading the league with 282 assists. He has the ability to create his own shot, although it appeared that he would prefer to dish the ball to an open teammate. Monaghan did not miss a game this season and lead MSU with an average of 33.1 minutes each game.

One thing impossible not to notice while watching MSU is the strength that Marei displays consistently on the court. Marei has the ability to finish and score through an extreme amount of contact and does so several times each game. Marei led the team with 8.2 rebounds per game while scoring a team high 16.3.

MSU’s senior guards Gage Wooten and Tanner Adler and senior forward Connor O’Brien also played important roles for MSU. The seniors gave the Mavericks the ability to win several different ways and made for more depth.

“Our team is different now.

We move on, I tell the seniors goodbye and thank you, but it is

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Cold weather can’t cool down a scorching Maverick baseball team Cold weather and field conditions pushed the two sets of double headers out of Mankato and Marshall. Despite the last minute changes, MSU came to play ball, and the Mavericks outscored SMSU 20-13, taking three of the four games.

ADAM PIERSON Staff Writer Minnesota State University, Mankato’s baseball team traveled to Sioux City, Iowa on Friday and Sunday to compete in double headers against Southwest Minnesota State University.

MSU split the first set of games and swept SMSU in the second double header.

MSU started hot, scoring three runs in the first two innings of play.

Senior Todd Standish led the game off with a solo-shot, putting MSU up 1-0.

In the second inning, sophomore Taylor Branstad’s RBI-sin-

gle drove in junior Max Waletich and sophomore Kevin Kramer followed that up with an RBI ground out to shortstop, bringing in freshman Eric Peterson, putting MSU up 3-0 after two innings.

The stint remained scoreless through sixth innings until SMSU connected on an RBI double, but went down in order following the run.

MSU’s All-American, senior Jason Hoppe took the mound, pitching a complete game. Hoppe allowed four hits, one walk and one hit while sending nine SMSU batters back to the dugout on strikes. Throwing three innings that allowed no SMSU batters to

reach base, Hoppe improved his overall record to 5-0 this season.

The second matchup of the day didn’t go as well for MSU, losing the contest 7-4 after a late rally by SMSU. Junior Connor McCallum cracked an RBI-double in the first, scoring Standish.

The Mavs got on the board again in second inning with Peterson’s one-run bomb.

In the third inning, senior Stetson Olson tallied another run with an RBI-single, scoring junior Nolan Johnson.

After McCallum reached on a throwing error, allowing Branstad to score, it was all SMSU. SMSU scored on a two-run

double and an RBI-triple in the seventh inning before scoring twice on wild pitches, once on an RBI-single and a RBI double in the ninth inning, bringing the final score to 7-4 with SMSU on top.

Senior Bryce Bellin started on the mound for MSU, completing seven innings of work. Bellin allowed four hits, three runs and one walk while punching out eight batters.

Junior Mathais Butala earned the loss for the Mavs in his one inning of work, allowing two runs, one hit, one walk and one wild pitch bringing his overall record to 1-1 this season.

Improving to 15-4 overall,

MSU swept the twinbill matchup against SMSU Sunday, bringing SMSU’s record to 10-10.

Junior Max Waletich put MSU on the board in the third inning with an RBI-single, driving in Johnson.

SMSU earned that run back in the sixth inning when MSU walked in a runner.

Olsen sealed the game for MSU in the seventh inning with a RBI single, scoring McCallum and two batters later, senior Mike Andries’ tallied another run with his RBI single, bringing in Johnson.

Senior TJ Larson took the

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The road to Philly

Saturday’s game marks the Mavericks’ third appearance in the NCAA tournament.

Arnold Bagamba • MSU Reporter Junior forward Chase Grant scored the game-winning goal against Bowling Green last Friday to send the Mavericks to the WCHA Championship.

DEREK LAMBERT Staff Writer Before last March, the Minnesota State University, Mankato men’s hockey team had only made one NCAA tournament appearance since their move to division one in the 1996-1997 season. Last weekend the Mavericks earned their second consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament by winning the WCHA Final Five Tournament with a 4-1 victory over no. 1 seeded Ferris State University. While FSU was a lock for the NCAA tournament regardless of last weekend’s result at the Final Five, the Mavs were a bubble team and winning the tournament wiped away all uncertainty.

Though making the tournament for the second straight

year is huge for the program, the excitement of just getting there isn’t enough anymore. In last year’s NCAA tournament, MSU received a no. 4 seed in the Midwest regional and faced off against the no. 1 seeded University of Miami-Ohio, where the Redhawks ended the Mavericks’ season with a 4-0 victory. While last year there weren’t high expectations for MSU, and it came as a surprise to most that they were one of the final 16 teams standing when the NCAA tournament field was selected, this season carried different expectations.

“Obviously last year we weren’t happy with the way things turned out at the tournament,” sophomore forward Bryce Gervais said. “But we were happy to be there.”

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After last season’s success, the Mavs became a team expected to return to the NCAA tournament, and with most of the current roster having a year of tournament experience under their belts, the outlook has changed.

“This year I feel like we are happy to be headed back to the tournament, but we are not satisfied with just making it.” said Gervais. “We want to win.”

For a program that found itself among the bottom half of the WCHA standings on an annual basis for years, the recent success has put the Mavericks on the map as a contender in college hockey, and certainly helps the recruiting process. Just two seasons ago, MSU finished 12-24-2 and in 11th place of the then 12 team WCHA. After that season, Troy Jutting was given the boot as head coach and Mike Hastings was hired as the new bench boss. Under Hastings’ leadership the Mavericks are two for two in NCAA tournament appearances and have garnered a record of 50-27-4. Now, players, coaches and fans like the direction the program is heading in.

“It’s huge,” said Gervais. “We want to be the best, and making the tournament proves that we are making strides and getting better as a program.”

So now that MSU has qualified for another NCAA tournament, what lies ahead for the Mavericks?

Finishing the conference playoff weekend at no. 10 in the NCAA, the Mavs received a no.

3 seed and are being sent to the Northeast regional tournament in Worcester, Mass. to play at the DCU Center, home of the AHL Worcester Sharks, where last year’s Maverick captain Eriah Hayes now plays. With no.

1 seeded Boston College, no. 2 seeded University of Massachusetts-Lowell and no. 4 seeded Denver University. While a former WCHA member in Denver appears to be the only familiar opponent, UMass-Lowell and MSU do have a bit of history between the programs.

In seven meetings between the two teams, the Riverhawks hold a 4-3 edge in wins over the Mavericks, though three of those contests were at the Division II level. In recent history, the teams are 2-2 after MSU swept the Riverhawks in Lowell, Mass. in 2010, with UMass getting revenge by sweeping the Mavs in Mankato in 2011.

This season, the Riverhawks compiled a 25-10-4 record on their way to the Hockey East conference title. The no. 5 team in the nation, UMass doesn’t have any elite scorers, but have the no. 1 ranked defense in the country.

“UMass is a very defensive team and aren’t going to give up much,” Gervais said. “When we get our chances we’re going to have to capitalize.”

Led by the no. 1 goaltender in the country, sophomore goalie Connor Hellebuyck has been the anchor for the Riverhawks. Hellebuyck holds an NCAA best .943 save percentage and a stingy 1.73 goals against average, which also ranks first in the nation.

Widely regarded as the biggest snub for the Hobey Baker award for college hockey’s best player, Hellebuyck has a deep lineup playing in front of him.

UMass has 15 players on their roster with ten or more points on the season, led by senior forward Joe Pendenza who has 29, and sophomore Adam Chapie, whose 23 points include five game winning goals.

To keep up, MSU is going to have to match that depth.

“I feel like all four of our lines can score, which takes pressure off our top guys like Johnny McInnis, Leitner, Jean-Paul (LaFontaine) and Lehrke.” said Gervais.

“We are going to need all four lines and our defensive group to keep playing the way they’ve been playing for us to be successful.”

The Mavericks on the other hand carry plenty of offensive firepower coming into the NCAA tournament. Of the 16 teams remaining, MSU holds the second

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best power-play in the field, with a 25.3 success rate, just .27 behind St. Cloud State.

The no. 11 team in the nation, MSU is led by some veteran forwards, an up and coming goal scorer and arguably the best freshman goaltender in the NCAA. Junior forward Matt Leitner leads the way with 44 points and is a catalyst on the power-play unit. Then there’s Jean-Paul LaFontaine, who has posted career highs of 20 goals and 20 assists, and his 14 powerplay goals are the most of any player still playing. Just behind him is senior captain Johnny McInnis, who has buried 21 goals, including six game winners, to go along with 16 assists.

Peaking at the right time is Gervais. Known earlier in the season as a top penalty killer and shot blocker for the Mavericks, Gervais has posted 18 points in his last 15 games, 11 of which are goals. But the biggest asset for MSU is between the pipes.

Freshman goaltender Cole Huggins seemingly came out of nowhere to take the starting position away from last year’s WCHA Goaltender of the Year Stephon Williams. The no. 4 goaltender in the NCAA and no.

2 in shutouts, Huggins has posted gaudy numbers himself with a goals against average if 1.91 and a .924 save percentage. The rookie netminder is coming off an outstanding weekend at the Final Five, where he was named the tournament MVP. MSU faces off against the Riverhawks on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN 3, with either Denver or BC looming in the championship game for the chance to advance to the 2014 Frozen Four in Philadelphia. As the no.

3 seed in the regional, the Mavs are an underdog to make it out of Worcester this weekend, but it really is a tossup as the separation between the teams is little to nonexistent.

“Everyone still playing at this time of the year is a good hockey club,” Gervais said.

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BASEBALL “MSU’s All-American senior Jason Hoppe took the mound, pitching a complete game. Hoppe allowed four hits, one walk and one hit while sending nine SMSU batters back to the dugout on strikes. Throwing three innings that allowed no SMSU batters to reach base, Hoppe improved his overall record to 5-0 this season. ”

If the Mavericks win... ...The no. 3 team in the country and the NCHC tournament winner faceoff at 4 p.m. on Saturday.

BOSTON COLLEGE (26-7-4): The no. 3 team in the NCAA, the Eagles battled back and forth with the Minnesota Gophers all season long for the no. 1 spot.

BC has made the National Championship game five times since 2005, winning three titles in that span. Easily regarded as one of the favorites for this year’s National Championship, the Eagles are led by the no. 1 offense in college hockey and Hobey Baker Award frontrunner Johnny Gaudreau, who has a national leading 32 goals and 69 points in 37 games. His linemates aren’t too bad either. Gaudreau’s linemate and fellow Hobey Baker candidate Kevin Hayes has put up 24 goals and 56 points this season, while senior Bill Arnold posted 48 points of his own.

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(20-15-6): The Pioneers were a longtime member of the WCHA before the formation of the Big Ten Hockey Conference and the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. The no. 17 team in the nation, DU is led by freshman Trevor Moore, who’s posted 31 points in his rookie campaign, and a pair of defenseman who can chip in offensively. Defensemen David Makowski and Joey LaLeggia have both collected double digit goal totals, and 24 and 23 points, respectively.

The Pioneers hold the sixth best defense in the NCAA and will need to slow down Boston College’s high powered offense.

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bump for MSU, throwing 5.2 innings, allowing one run on six hits and two walks while striking out eight batters.

Freshman Tyler Frohwirth brought his record to 2-0 this season, earning the win in his 1/3 innings of work.

Senior Chris Williams earned his third save of the year, walking two batters and sending two batters back on strikes in the ninth inning.

An early offensive surge gave MSU the dominant victory in the s second game of the day, defeating SMSU 10-4.

Olson started the second inning off with a solo-shot, putting MSU on the board first.

In the second inning, SMSU took the 2-1 lead with a two-run double.

Johnson got the two runs back in a hurry with his two-run double in the third inning. Two batters later, Andries brought in three runners with a double of his own, later scoring on a wild pitch.

Peterson brought the score to 8-2 with an RBI-single that brought in Waletich. A few batters later, Standish earned a sacrifice fly to center field, bringing in Peterson. McCallum’s RBI

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single brought in Branstad before MSU’s nine-run third inning came to a close.

SMSU inched closer in the fifth inning on a wild pitch, bringing in one runner and again in the sixth on a one-run homer, bringing the score to 10-4.

Senior Taylor Nawrocki earned the win for MSU, bringing his overall record to 4-0 this season. Nawrocki allowed three runs on five hits and one walk while punching out five batters.

Sophomore Josh Matheson closed the door in sixth inning, allowing one run, one hit, one walk and striking out one as well.

Waletich led MSU by going five-for-seven with two doubles, a run and an RBI. Johnson also did his part by batting three-forsix with a double, two RBIs and three runs scored. Posting twofor-six, Andries brought in four RBIs and Olson went two-forfive with a homer, two RBIs and two runs scored.

MSU looks to take on NSIC opponent, the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs this Saturday and Sunday in two sets of double headers in Mauston, Wisconsin due to weather. UMD is currently 4-8 this season.

the toughest thing to do,” Margenthaler said.

Wooten had the ability to have huge scoring nights while Adler’s three point shooting ability changed games for the Mavericks. O’Brien’s role was also important for the Mavericks. He brought a veteran presences to the Mavericks and depth in the post. He split minutes with Marei, averaging 10.5 and 6.2 rebounds.

“I am going to miss playing with these seniors,” Mongahan said. “I am disappointed we lost, but I am disappointed that I am not going to get to play with them anymore, that’s the most disappointing thing.”

MSU, who have been the cream of the crop in the NSIC the past two seasons, should garner high expectations next season as well. The Mavericks will have Marei and Monaghan, who are expected to return for their senior seasons, while players like sophomore forward TJ Okafur and junior forward Zack Romashko will have a chance to play a more important role for MSU.

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Wild howl through tough stretch of season With 10 games left in the regular season, the Minnesota Wild are trying to stay afloat in the playoff race and are currently seventh in the western conference.

Web Photo The Minnesota Wild never had any trouble keeping the opponent’s puck out of their goal this season, sitting in fifth in the NHL in goals against average with 2.38.

The men in forest green and iron range red can finally take a breather after a tumultuous slew of games this past week -five in seven days to be exact- with the last game of the week ending in an overtime victory in Detroit on Sunday night. And those five games for the Minnesota Wild hockey club were filled with playoff-like intensity, featuring opponents who, just like the Wild, are jockeying desperately for playoff position.

Recently, the theme for the Wild has been about struggling to score goals. And it’s showed.

Before Sunday night’s OT win,

Minnesota dropped its last four overtime games, all of which have occurred in the last two weeks. The Wild are 4-3-4 in the month of March.

Against the likes of the Boston Bruins and the Detroit Red Wings, Minnesota currently seems to be living up to its ageold problem of not putting pucks in the net. Despite both Boston and Detroit having franchise goaltenders and good defense to back them up, the Wild still outshot both teams in both games.

But they failed to create scoring chances and thus keep up the pace, getting rolled over by the Bruins on St. Patrick’s Day 4-1 and then losing in St. Paul against Detroit on Saturday af-

ternoon 3-2 in regulation after a lackluster effort by the home team.

Sunday, however, somehow struck a different tune for the Wild. Even after coming off a busy week and heading into Joe Louis Arena in Detroit for the second game of a back-to-back with the Red Wings, hard work ethic and supreme individual efforts allowed Minnesota to finally take out its close-game frustrations.

The Wild looked as though they were ready to go belly up once again after they took a 2-0 beating in the first period. Budding star and Detroit winger Gustav Nyquist took the initiative from a flat-footed Wild team

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and scored twice, including once on a breakaway, to put his team up going into intermission. Nyquist leads the NHL with 18 goals in his past 23 games, the most by any player in that span.

But somehow, someway, the Wild’s energy and fight came alive in the second period. Wild winger Jason Pominville started the scoring off on the power play with a wicked slap shot from the center blue line that found its way through traffic and zipped past Detroit goaltender Jimmy Howard to cut the deficit to 2-1.

It was Pominville’s team-leading 27th goal on the season.

Then the other big guns for Minnesota came alive in the third period. The Wild got down and dirty as young center Charlie Coyle shoved a goalmouth score into the net at 4:33 for his 9th of the season right before hometown winger Zach Parise stuffed in another at 6:18 for his 24th of the year to give the Wild a 3-2 lead.

But the Red Wings did not go away quietly. Detroit winger Tomas Tatar evened up the contest at 11:43 of the third after skating down to the Wild defensive zone and making a brilliant cut to the middle of the crease and wristing a shot over Minnesota goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov.

The final eight minutes of regulation saw a stalemate at 3-3 before the game went into a fouron-four five-minute overtime period. Even though the Wild was playing in their fifth game in one week, second game of a back-toback and going into the fourth period of the night, they found a way to persevere and grind out a victory.

2:15 into overtime, Wild standout defenseman Jonas Bro-

din skated into the right side of the offensive zone and found a streaking Matt Moulson, the high-scoring winger acquired from Buffalo at the trade deadline earlier in the month, who redirected Brodin’s shot past the outstretched left pad of Howard and in for the game winner.

The overtime tally was Moulson’s 21st of the year, fourth as a member of the Wild. It was his second career overtime winner and his 18th game-winning goal. Wild captain and center Mikko Koivu earned two assists on the night, while Brodin and his defensive partner Ryan Suter each grabbed a helper.

The Wild now get a couple days of rest before returning home to the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul to host the Vancouver Canucks, who will be looking to add some points of their own on the road as they are only three points out of a playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Minnesota is currently seventh in the conference, owning the first of two wild card spots with a six-point cushion over eighth place Phoenix. The Wild then faces stiff competition after Vancouver. They go on the road to face first place St. Louis, then Phoenix, Los Angeles and Chicago before finally coming home on April 5th to host Pittsburgh.

Assuming the Wild make the postseason in that seventh spot, it pretty much guarantees a firstround playoff matchup against the likes of powerhouses such as Anaheim, San Jose, or Chicago. Their playoff future is in their hands as the Wild get ready for the final 10-game stretch of the regular season before next month’s NHL playoffs.

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