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The Master Plan Morris to ditch The Cunningham Group’s Darryl Pratte discusses MSU’s latest plans for campus-wide improvements.

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Dr. Henry Morris officially named Dean of Institutional Diversity.

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Minnesota State University, Mankato is an institution that goes through many changes in any given period of time.

Whether they are changes in staff, curriculum, or the face of the campus itself, there’s always something to establish or introduce to the college community, with the campus master plan at the forefront of many of the changes that may happen.

MSU had its Campus Master Plan Open House on Wednesday, showcasing many of the changes that the Cuningham Group has recommended to the university.

Darryl Pratte, a Project Designer and Planner with the Cuningham Group of Minneapolis, was at the open house, explaining many of the facets that come with working with an institution like MSU. “We’ve looked at open

space issues related to vehicles, traffic, bicycles, pedestrians, landscaping, sustainability, and the buildings as well,” said Pratte on the process of finding ways to improve on an entity like MSU. The Minnesota State Colleges and University system requires that its institutions have an update to their master plan every five years, and MSU showcased its own, updated vision during the open house.

MSU Assistant Vice President Ron Fields was also at the open house, explaining what it is like for the university to work with the Cuningham Group.

Fields noted that the school’s position on the recommendations are decided through interaction with the Cuningham Group’s steering committee, as well as over 50 meetings with groups, services and IT. The event, which was held in the Centennial Student Union invited students,

staff, and faculty to come to the open house and ask the facilities consultants any questions or address concerns regarding the future of MSU’s campus.

“We’ve had input from student groups,” said Pratte on the plans that the Cuningham Group unveiled.

“We’ve had input from faculty, we’ve had input from a task force that was a group set up to review all of the issues we’ve done, individual interviews with the deans, [and] with the facilities folks. So it’s kind of a culmination of a lot of information.”

The open house displayed several different utilities that are being considered, highlighting many of the changes the university may experience in the coming years.

In the 0-9 year draft displayed at the open house, details of a proposed College of Business building

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Dr. Henry Morris, who has served as interim dean of Institutional Diversity at Minnesota State University, Mankato since 2010, will continue this role in an official capacity effective July 1.

Morris will continue his work helping segments of the MSU community acclimate into college life and Mankato.

“I look forward to working with the rest of the community to make this a welcoming and inviting place for those who may be a little different than the majority,” Morris said.

He also looks forward to the flexibility the permanent label gives him.

“It’s always a little different from interim to permanent,” Morris said. “When the interim (label) drops off, it allows you to do a little more long-term planning, but the job descriptions the same, and the responsibilities are the same.”

Institutional Diversity at MSU helps recruit and retain demographically underrepresented students, faculty and staff. This includes the Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs and the LGBT Center. It also represents women and sponsors the College Access Program in the summer. This program gives atrisk youth, and others who may not have otherwise made it to college in their current situation, an opportunity to get a taste of college life and attend a summer session before taking a full load of classes in the fall.

MSU established Institutional Diversity nearly 30 years ago, when students of various ethnic and racial backgrounds found trouble fitting into their new surroundings.

“Thirty-two years ago, the numbers of students of color were not nearly as high as they

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are now.” Morris said. “You had students who came to an environment they may not have been accustomed to and, in some ways, felt unwelcomed into the university or the community. Institutional Diversity has always tried to serve as a place that helps [students, faculty and staff] make the transition from wherever they were coming from into Mankato.”

Institutional Diversity helps to retain underrepresented and first-generation, students, faculty and staff by providing advising.

Although Institutional Diversity has grown exponentially since its inception in the early ‘80s, Morris knows there is always room for improvement.

“I think we need to always work on how we recruit and retain students,” he said. “We have always looked to improve what we are doing, and the same still holds.”

Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs Linda Baer announced Morris’ new title.

She said in a statement, “His experience and leadership will allow us to continue to build upon the successful area within the Division of Institutional Diversity at [MSU].”

Before serving as interim dean, Morris was the executive director for Off-Campus Centers and Enrollment Management from 2007-10, and a Minnesota State, Mankato Presidential Fellow from 2005-07.

He is also the former director of the Centennial Student Union and has held different positions in student affairs.

Morris has a bachelor’s degree in history and government from Hamilton College and a master’s degree in education from the University of Rhode Island. He received his doctorate in education from St. Mary’s College in Minnesota.

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MASTER PLAN “We’ve had input from faculty, we’ve had input from a task force that was a group set up to all of the issues we’ve done, individual interviews with the deans [and] with the facilities folk.” continued from 1 was shown, as well as a Clinical Sciences building, a sports bubble located next to the football fields, and a new Carkoski Commons building.

Pratte detailed the priorities of the Cuninham Group’s recommendations, saying, “The top three are Allied Health Clinical Sciences, the School of Business, which would be attached to Morris Hall and the new Carkoski Commons, which would replace the existing one. I would say those three are the next three ideas in the next fiveyear planning.”

The university’s website also contains details of an older 20-year master plan that was submitted.

The plan gave details a removal of Armstrong Hall and the inclusion of transit hubs, which, according to Pratte, may include things like parking structures, waiting stations for shuttles, and coffee shops.

Pratte explained some of the topics concerning

Armstrong Hall in previous Master Plans, saying, “Some of the open space issues even the desire to get rid of Armstrong Hall [were considered]. This master plan really tries to address enhancing Armstrong and bring an addition to it to provide good spacing in the core of the campus.”

Open spacing was a big aspect of the Cuningham Group’s recommendations, in order to provide a more free f lowing campus.

“In terms of enhancing the pedestrian experience,” said Pratte, “It would be to turn some of the roads that divide the residential areas from the center of campus, into pedestrian roads, maybe allowing some service vehicles and shuttles to come through.”

While at the open house, Fields said that not all of the ideas submitted to the university will, most likely, be accepted.

Fields did, however, stress the importance of interaction between all par-

shannon rathmanner • msu reporter MSU’s official website (mnsu.edu) contains official details about a proposed 20-year plan that would include the demolition of Armstrong Hall, while also bringing so-called “transit hubs” to campus.

ties to the success of MSU and its campus, as well as inviting students to utilize the comments form on the school’s Master Plan page on its website to better understand what is wanted at the university.

“I think the general idea of master planning is that we’re here to really consolidate the major ideas from all of the groups of the university,” Pratte said.

“It’s our role to promote the vision that has been

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Transfer of Power The annual campus elections are almost here, but for all of the power that MSSA wields most students don’t seem very interested.

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Tuesday marks the passing of another year of student government at MSSA, a day where students will (hopefully) come out and vote for their next MSSA representatives.

In previous years, turnout for MSSA elections has been less than 10 percent, indicating that most students don’t understand the purpose of voting for their representatives in student government.

I’ll be honest and tell you that I can’t give you a good answer. As the leader of a

newspaper, I’m still not exactly sure what the student senate does.

What I do know is that they have influence over many things that ultimately fall onto the students shoulders. These campus leaders can make policy recommendations and even propose the elimination of entire organizations.

They are, whether you like it or not, the individuals who represent you, the ordinary students who want nothing to do with student government.

Over the last year, they have discussed the addition of

a tunnel that would link the Centennial Student Union and the Memorial Library, what to do in order to enforce the January 2012 smoking ban, and even whether or not the MSSA should implement a “swear jar” policy in its office.

While some of these issues are important, others make absolutely no difference to the students they serve.

In America’s political system, there are two political parties with a handful of Independent outliers. Student government at MSU is no different. For the students who

do decide to vote in the MSSA general election this Tuesday, here’s some basic information about the candidates for office: MAVPride boasts that they are seeking to keep costs down. They also wish to create a University marching band and cut all funding to the Reporter.

The Reporter is asking for $61,000 in student activity fees for the 2013-14 academic year, a mere 20 percent of its entire operating budget. A University marching band would cost the University more than $200,000 in its first year.

If you ask me, or anyone else who can do basic math, they’d be spending more, not less, student money.

For MAVPride, David Schieler, the current MSSA Vice President, is running for President along with Kyla Lyman, the current IMPACT President.

MAVPride also sites a desire to work with Recognized Student Organizations “to increase student retention at MSU by making smaller ‘community’ connections,” according to the group’s Facebook page.

The Maverick Herd “is a group of individuals that want to see stability and efficiency

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from MSU,” according to the group’s Facebook page.

Christopher Collins, who is currently serving as the Senate’s speaker, is running for President along with Vice Presidential candidate Ben Shakespear, the current McElroy Senator.

MSSA recently voted to make students pay $76 per year for a permit to park in Lot 23, well-known as the free lot.

Maverick Herd candidates currently serving on the student senate strongly opposed this motion. They are circulating a petition in order to “Save the MSU Free Lot.” For the Independent Party, Michael John Hanson is running for Vice President. Like the Maverick Herd, he would like to keep the free lot free.

He is also heading an initiative to showcase student artwork at 7700 France, MSU’s Edina site.

If you go to the voting polls on Tuesday, I urge you to consider what electing these individuals will mean for you. Ask yourself the following question: would you rather have a University marching band or a place to park when you have to drive to campus?

I know where I stand, and I will definitely be voting on Tuesday.

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“Yes.”

“No, I don’t feel I’m informed enough to have an opinion.”

“Probably not.”

“My friend told me I should so I probably will.”

“No, I guess it just doesn’t matter to me.”

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Ohio University Summer, fall, winter and road construction econ expert to MnDOT outlines construction plans speak at MSU for coming season.

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This April, Minnesota State University, Mankato students will have the opportunity to hear from an authoritative voice on the value of a Bachelor’s degree, when Dr. Richard Vedder comes to town to deliver a lecture Tuesday, April 9 at 6 pm in Ostrander Auditorium.

The event is sponsored by the MSU department of Economics, Economics Club and Economics honor society Omicron Delta Epsilon and looks to bring professional economic insight on the dynamic aspects of college education in the 21st century.

Vedder, is an expert on college assessment and ranking. In addition to teaching economics at Ohio University, he is the director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity.

His written works on economic history include Out of Work: Unemployment and Government in TwentiethCentury America and The American Economy in Historical Perspective. The erudite professor has also published Going Broke by Degree: Why College Costs Too Much in which he warned of tuition hikes back in 2004.

The lecture will cover several important, highly relevant, questions pertaining to the value of a college

education in the current day and age.

What is college worth to you? Does it matter if you attend a big name school as opposed to a lesser known school? Should one’s choice in major affect the decision to attend college? All of these questions and more look to be answered by Dr. Vedder in an attempt to provide explanatory power to a subject that is valid for any major.

A brief statistical snapshot provides some mixed results with regards to the bachelor degree’s value in 2013.

According to the Labor Department’s most recent report, unemployment rates among college graduates have increased earlier this year, however the unemployment rate among college graduates reported in stands at right around half the national rate.

Furthermore, according to Jared Bernstein, former Chief Economist and Economic Adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, the college wage premium, that is, the pay-increase a college-educated worker can expect for holding a degree, remains stellar, with average premiums of 50 percent for men and 40 percent for women.

Bernstein maintains that a college degree still provides workers “a solid leg up, both in terms of earnings and jobs.”

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More than 300 construction projects are slated to take place this year in the state of Minnesota. According to a Minnesota Department of Transportation news release, the projects will “ensure the safety and mobility of the travelling public.”

The greater Mankato area will be affected by construction. Hwy 14 in North Mankato, Lookout Drive to CR 6 will have an interchange constructed. 4 Lanes of the road will be paved. Expect road closures and delays from May to October.

The Twin Cities metro area will have several projects take place this summer. The Interstate 694/Highway 10 interchange reconstruction in Arden Hills will rebuild the I-694 Corridor between I-35E and I-35W interchange at English Street construction in Maplewood.

The 87 projects in the Metro area also include a Highway 36

interchange at English Street construction in Maplewood, and I-35/I-35E pavement, bridge and guardrail construction from Elko to Eagan.

MnDOT Commissioner Charlie Zelle insists that the construction projects will not only provide the state with better roads, but it will also provide an economic impact.

“The $1.1 billion that we are investing in our state transportation system this year will increase regional connections throughout the state, as well as support jobs and communitybuilding that make Minnesota a great place to live and do business,” Zelle said in the news release issued last week by MnDOT. “The transportation infrastructure is a key component to our state’s economy. This work helps ensure that motorists can continue to get to work, to recreation and that goods and services can get to us,” Zelle concluded.

Greater Minnesota is slated to have 193 projects occur this year. Some of the major ones on the schedule include I-94 resurfacing between Clearwater and St. Cloud, Highway 78 resurfacing from Battle Lake to Perham, including reconstructing downtown Battle Lake to install accessible pedestrian ramps, and Highway 60 four-lane reconstruction with roundabouts in Worthington.

Senior Mass Media major Isaac Hanson contends that construction is a hassle to driving.

“It sucks. I used to have to drive through summer road construction everyday on my way to and from work. It added about 10 minutes each way every day,” Hanson said.

“I understand it’s a necessity but I wish MnDOT could figure out a way to get projects done more quickly, possibly focus on fewer road construction projects at once. Get them done quickly and move on to the next one.”

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Minnesota Diversifying Mankato public schools republicans Kuma Takamura of the Mankato push civil Area Diversity Council talks teaching students diversity in K-12. unions

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A group of Minnesota Republicans introduced a bill Wednesday to let gay couples join in civil unions, calling it an alternative to gay marriage that could end a corrosive fight on the issue. Gay marriage supporters quickly condemned the measure as inferior and unequal.

“We have a choice right now. We can engage in a gay marriage debate where we’re going to have half of Minnesota fighting half of Minnesota on this issue,” said Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington.

“If you look at the issue of civil unions, the overwhelming majority of Minnesotans support this.”

But Sen. Scott Dibble, chief Senate sponsor of the gay marriage bill, said civil unions are no longer sufficient at a time when nine U.S. states and the District of Columbia have allowed gay marriage. Eight more U.S. states allow some form of civil union or domestic partnership.

“Civil unions are a separate and unequal status,” Dibble said.

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The Minneapolis Democrat said one limit of such unions is they would be good only in Minnesota, and not transferrable to other states that allow gay marriage or even their own version of civil unions. It also could leave Minnesota gay couples in civil unions without recognition under federal laws that benefit married couples in the event the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the federal Defense of Marriage Act. “We’re moving forward with marriage this year,” Dibble said. “The time is right.”

Rep. Tim Kelly, R-Red Wing, is spearheading the civil union effort. He said they would give gay couples all the benefits of marriage but also keep government out of the debate over whether it should be legal.

The push for gay marriage springboards from Minnesota voters’ defeat last fall of a constitutional amendment that would have banned it.

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“Peace is not conf lict,” Kuma Takamura from the Mankato Area Diversity Council and Japanese native said Thursday in a presentation and discussion on diversity in the Centennial Student Union Ballroom at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Takamura continued explaining that conf lict comes from difference, giving the example of Apple and Windows, and that difference is diversity.

“Diversity is a source of conf lict,” Takamura said, “so what do we do about it?”

Takamura posed these questions to the audience while displaying two pictures of different soups - pumpkin crème soup and beef stew, “which do you prefer?”

Takamura used this soup analogy to arrive at the old and familiar concept of the melting pot.

The pumpkin crème soup is a homogenous mixture with no difference. On the contrary, beef stew is “better” when everything that goes into it is different, as a whole it creates a really nice

taste.

The Mankato Area Diversity Council modeled a diversity program for schools after Rochester became more diverse and diversity problems began to arise.

Mankato Superintendent Ed Waltman made the decision to implement this program before similar issues came to Mankato during its development with diversity.

The Prejudice Reduction Workshop’s goal was to familiarize youth with “respect, period.”

The annual workshops in classrooms K-12 encouraged tolerance and curiosity over xenophobia, the dislike or fear of people from other countries that are perceived to be foreign or strange.

Curiosity would develop a deeper knowledge and understanding of other cultures and arrive at the workshop’s goal of “respect, period.” Takamura stressed the program is not meant to change or convert opinions.

Takamura described neural networks as “something that creates new things.” He asked each audience member to cross their hands over their chest. They quickly found

that they each folded their hands across their chest differently, and if they tried it the way of their neighbor, they found it to be uncomfortable.

He said neural networks are programmed and set to work a certain way. Studies have indicated that brain activity rises when shown a picture of a strange African American rather than a Caucasian or well-known talk show host Oprah Winfrey.

The reasoning behind this brain activity is still being examined.

The program was set up to change these neural networks in young people in order to create new and more accepting networks.

Takamura started with kindergarten.

The program introduced the concept that we are all the same and all different at the same time. Program facilitators would go into the classrooms and read All the Colors of the Earth. Following the reading, a picture would be shown of cats. The photo showed to the children that all are different, yet the same at the same time.

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Finishing strong Helpful tips for keeping your grades strong as the semester winds down.

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The means to stay motivated during the final stretch of spring semester may seem out of reach when the scent of spring and sunshine are on your mind.

Minnesota State University, Mankato students will soon start to smell the grass that’s been covered by snow, hear the sound of baseball in the background, feel like running outside rather than on treadmills and sitting in a claustrophobic desk will become old news.

As spring semester winds down, MSU students may need a little push to stay motivated during the final stretch of classes.

There are ways around getting schoolwork done and making it to the first BBQ’s of the year.

First, remember to let plenty of that new sunshine into your life.

Since spring is the perfect time for this one, take a walk instead of a nap or sit towards the window facing the trees rather than people watching at the library.

According to Everest.edu, “a good exercise routine can help your body produce endorphins, also known as the ‘happy chemicals.’”

By sitting towards a window facing the trees while studying, according to theex-

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aminer.com, “Green affects you physically and mentally; it’s a soothing and relaxing color that is said to help alleviate depression, nervousness and anxiety.” So use nature as a relaxing and motivating tool to study and get through this last semester.

For example, tell yourself “If I write two more pages for this paper, I’ll go on a run outside.”

Keep yourself busy and motivated.

The average college student changes their major about five times during their college career. Pick a major that brings passion to you so you’re more willing to put time into your work and classes.

Treat your schoolwork like a job. Begin by making it a priority to designate a couple of hours only to your schoolwork, not to Facebook. Treat your homework time as if you were at a job and you will not believe how much more work you can get done.

For example, “I have to go to the library today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. before class.”

Take one thing at a time.

Planners help greatly by jotting down a checklist of what needs to be done before that night. It’s much easier than looking at the endless list of to-dos for that entire week. You will also feel more accomplished by checking off the things that didn’t only get

half done, but entirely.

Be productive enough during the week so during the weekends you can be less productive.

Even if it takes being at the library during Friday’s happy hour, at least you can enjoy Saturday because you finished your work.

Put away your phone even for one hour.

You will not believe how fast time f lies when you’re sitting on your phone. The time wasting on your phone could be time doing your schoolwork.

Record your grades weekly and post it in places you’ll look to keep motivated whether you need to get better grades or to keep doing great. That way finals won’t creep up on you and you’ll stay ahead rather than behind.

This might be an easy one for most college students; make sure you have a social life.

By getting out with your friends on occasion, you’ll be able to wind down when it’s time to focus on school.

While spring semester only becomes more of a distraction, remember why you here at MSU. By working hard to get into this university, you also have to work hard to stay here. Let the spring sunshine be a reward after checking off those to-do lists for the day.

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As the semester draws to a rapid close, several issues are brought to the student senate in preparation for the next academic year, with the vast majority of topics revolving around the university’s budget and funding.

Senator Blake Grotewold gave a short presentation to the MSSA, concerning the Student Tech Advisory fee.

Grotewold was not seeking an increase to the fee, but was looking to find ways to improve the facilities on campus, including USB charge stations and more comfortable work areas in the Academic Computer Center.

Senator Nick Jirik gave an extensive presentation to the student senate about the budgeting recommendations of the Student Activities fee.

Some of the funding issues brought up were SAC’s recommendation not to fund an athletic band, due to cost and low attendance at the university’s sports games; increasing Campus Recreation’s funding for a full-time position as a Program Coordinator; an increase in the Green Transportation fee to accommodate the 98 percent increase in ridership that the program has seen in the past

year; a 34 percent decrease in homecoming funding, due to a lack of student participation; a decrease in IMPACT’s funding by four percent; an increase of around seven percent of the student senate’s funding for travel expenses, fringe costs, as well as an increase in the Vice President’s salary; and making no changes to the LGBT Center and Women’s Center’s funding, citing that SAC believes they are operating optimally with their current budget.

The MSSA decided to postpone an official decision, on both the Student Tech Advisory fee and Student Activity fee, until next week.

Minnesota State University Student Association Chair, Moriah Miles, paid a visit to the student senators after testifying at the state capital earlier in the day, on behalf of the students, to keep student loan rates low.

Miles expressed concern, to the MSSA, about the priorities of the state government, saying that the Subsidized Stafford Loan’s interest rate is set to double by July 1, the highest paid state employee is the University of Minnesota’s football coach, and encouraged students to pay close attention to the government’s handling of academic finances.

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DIVERSITY “With all of this diversity present, there’s no way that we can make that homogenous pumpkin soup.”

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Other recent economic indicators, however, don’t suggest as much reason for optimism.

Headlining the issues currently plaguing college graduates is debt.

The Institute for College Access & Success’ Project on Student Debt reports that 2011’s college seniors graduated with an average of $26,600 of debt, the highest level in the seven years that such a report has been published. Augmenting the difficulties of repaying such historically high debts is the issue of underemployment; workers not being fully utilized with regards to their skill-set.

Vedder will also address several issues that are particularly important to MSU students. For starters, Forbes recently released their annual list of America’s 650 Top Colleges which ranked colleges based on things that matter the most to students: quality of teaching, great career prospects, high graduation rates and low-levels of debt.

The rankings do not attempt to assess a school’s reputation, and are not a measure of academic selectivity. Vedder will delve deeper into how colleges can improve their standing in such rankings.

Also addressed in the lecture will be some of the

“Even kindergarteners understand this,” Takamura said.

In first grade, the program introduces the idea that everyone is unique and special in his or her own way.

Second grade is disability awareness. Takamura said this session is drastic, but still relative to the idea of diversity. It can be as simple as an inability to do math or run a long distance of six miles.

“It’s understandable, everyone’s disabled or actually everyone’s abled,” Takamura said.

In third grade sessions, a banana is given to each student. Each student is asked, to give the banana a name, if it is a boy or girl, its age and favorite subject. The program facilitators tell the students if they walk into Cub Foods, the bananas all seem similar, yet if you look at one, each banana is very different.

After the activity, the bananas are put on a table and

crimination whether it be in shopping, looking for houses, transportation or job hunting.

Takamura’s sister is Japanese and married to an African American man. He said today in Manhattan, New York, the couple doesn’t get served right away when together.

However, when she approaches the bar alone, she gets served right away – racial discrimination is still relevant today.

In sixth grade sessions, facilitators show a video of Mankato sixth graders describing differences and similarities, and the hardships they encounter. The children also go back in time to explain what the first settlers of Mankato were like.

In seventh grade classrooms, facilitators explain sizeism, or judging people by their appearance for wearing bland clothes. The program also tackles the issue of teasing and bullying overweight

Eleventh grade students examine power in society in an activity that lines up students with new identities.

The students are told that based on their backgrounds, their future success will be quite different.

Twelfth grade looks at religion through the famous case of Sultaana Freeman v. State of Florida when a woman wanted to wear a veil over her face in a drivers license photo. Takamura introduced the concept of syncretism or the combining of different beliefs as Japanese people are primarily Buddhist but nearly 80 percent are married in a church.

“With all this diversity present – there is no way we can make that homogenous pumpkin soup,” Takamura said.

A brief discussion with audience members followed the presentation.

Some honed in on the difficulties of teaching ac-

“Diversity is a source of conflict, so what do we do about it?”

mixed together. Takamura said 99 percent of the time, each student can tell which is theirs.

Facilitators also introduce vocabulary such as, bias, diversity, stereotype, prejudice and discrimination.

Takamura referenced a time when a student noted that if he was from Japan he must like sushi.

“Yes, but Japan also has the most McDonald’s, Starbucks and Pizza Hut’s in the world next to the United States,” Takamura said to the student.

In fourth grade, facilitators implement an experiment developed by Mrs. Jane Elliot in her third grade class after the shooting of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.

The facilitator told the students that they found blue eyes were better than brown eyes. Within 50 minutes, blue-eyed students started teasing brown-eyed students.

The facilitator reversed roles and found the same results.

Takamura displayed a picture of several eyes and their supposed color descriptions they matched.

“There is no way to separate eye color and skin color,” Takamura said.

Fifth grade introduces “true colors” and racial dis-

children and shows a video of one overweight woman eating donuts and getting teased, waiting for somebody to step in and help. Similar to ABC News “What Would You Do?” segments.

Eighth grade students are introduced to outsiders and the idea that, “you don’t know me.”

Ninth grade students are taught consequences of classism. Students of the classroom are asked to sign cards that have statements such as, “I have a swimming pool in my backyard,” in reference to who they wanted to be friends with. On the back of the card would be a further explanation of the person, in this case, “I am an arrogant, bossy jerk.”

Tenth grade classroom facilitators introduce gender issues and sexual orientation.

Students are asked to squeeze a tube of toothpaste and then try to put the toothpaste back into the tube. This activity resembles the idea that “anything you say, you can’t take back.”

Takamura said that students are encouraged to use “out of the box” words, which happened to be fag, queer and gay. He said these words are used because they are the ones they look down upon.

ceptance during a nationwide debate to grant same-sex couples marriage licenses.

The idea of acceptance would seem distant, as derogatory and harmful words are protested in the midst of a heated debate.

Takamura said 10th grade does seem to be the most difficult and the class facilitators seem to avoid signing up for it.

Others discussed the nature of showing a video of an overweight child eating donuts and being ridiculed for their weight, and noted that such actions would make 10th grade overweight students uncomfortable.

However, some feel that this video helps more than it may harm. It points out the ridicule and in turn could changes the attitudes of peers.

The Greater Mankato Diversity Council is looking for more volunteers to join the 70 program facilitators involved in the Prejudice Reduction Workshops.

New volunteers are required to go through 24 hours of training before entering the classrooms.

Those interested can apply at www.mankatodiversity. com.

continued from 5 concerns which are very real for MSU or any collegiate institution for that matter.

Retention and completion rates are important issues that universities must take in to account, as improving the number of students who remain in their respective institutions and complete their degrees with them is a vital component to any university’s success.

The concerns relating to MSU were vocalized in University President Richard Davenport’s Fall 2012 Convocation Address.

Retention was stressed heavily in Davenport’s 5-year plan, during which he seeks to increase first year student retention from 77 to 85 percent.

Also emphasized in the 5-year plan, which ends in 2017, was a desire to increase the school’s 4-year completion rate from 20 to 35 percent, increasing the 6-year graduation rate for all populations from 49 to 65 percent and to improve pass rates for student licensure exams in certain disciplines.

Vedder will be presenting Tuesday, April 9th in Ostrander Auditorium at 6:00 P.M. The presentation looks to offer a professional take on the issue and is free for students and the public to attend.

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Lawmakers dig back in over Vikings Stadium ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota state lawmakers waded back into details of the Vikings stadium project Tuesday, amid building concerns about the reliability of tax revenue from gambling to pay the state’s share.

The Legislative Commission on Minnesota Sports Facilities, a new House-Senate panel charged with oversight of Minnesota’s publicly funded sports facilities, was created in last year’s legislation authorizing construction of a $975 million, downtown Minneapolis football stadium. An October groundbreaking and a 2016 opening were targeted.

But members of the panel quickly raised concerns about shortfalls so far in tax revenue from an electronic gambling expansion that’s supposed to cover the state’s roughly onethird share of the total bill.

The first construction bonds are scheduled to be sold in August, and Rep. Jim Davnie of Minneapolis said before lawmakers adjourn next month they should have strong assurances that the state will have enough money to make payments on those bonds before they’re sold.

“I think a lot of people are apprehensive,” said Davnie, a Democrat who voted against the stadium in 2012 and who expressed concerns at the time about the state’s funding source. “Clearly the funding in the bill passed last year is not happening on the timeline anticipated.”

Taxes on new electronic betting games in bars and restaurants were originally projected to generate $35 million in taxes by the end of the year for the stadium. That was cut to $17 million last November, and slashed down to $1.7 million in February. Backers say the new games are off to an unexpectedly slow start and need time to catch on.

Gov. Mark Dayton, a chief stadium booster, insisted again Tuesday that it’s too soon to panic about funding shortfalls.

Michele Kelm-Helgen, chairwoman of the state authority overseeing the new stadium, said project costs incurred so far — payments to architects, environmental impact statements, traffic studies and other expenses — have been covered with a $50 million down payment from the Vikings on their roughly $450 million share of the total cost. That was always the plan, Kelm-Helgen said, and was not made necessary by the lagging tax revenue from gambling.

The stadium bill included backup funding sources in the form of a Vikings-themed Minnesota Lottery game and a tax on luxury suites in the new stadium. But it’s not clear those two pieces alone could raise enough if revenue continues to lag at the current rate. Davnie said he believed lawmakers would have to consider delaying the August bond sale if they’re not confident that payments could be made without tapping the state’s general fund — even if it delays start of construction on the new stadium.

The new co-chairs of the legislative stadium group said the panel would dig more deeply into stadium financing questions at its next meeting. “It’s definitely something we’re going to have to wrestle with,” said Sen. Bobby Joe Champion, DFL-Minneapolis.

Champion voted for the stadium bill last year; the downtown Minneapolis site is in his Senate district. His co-chair is Republican Sen. Julie Rosen, a chief sponsor of the stadium bill.

At the hearing, KelmHelgen gave a few hints about the look of the new stadium.

In contrast to the Metrodome, which she called “a blimp and an island,” she said its replacement would feature “lots of glass and light” and would be heavily connected through plazas, pathways and possibly a skyway link to the heart of downtown Minneapolis.

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MARRIAGE “People fall in love, they want to make a lifetime commitment together, they want to celebrate that commitment in front of friends and families. So why civil unions?.” continued from 6 Republicans in the Legislature who voted against putting that amendment on the ballot. But he said it’s too big a leap from the amendment’s rejection to assuming that Minnesotans are ready for legal gay marriage.

Kelly was joined by Garofalo and Reps. Andrea Kieffer of Woodbury and Denny McNamara of Hastings. The latter three all voted to put the amendment on the ballot.

Kelly said he’s recruited one Democratic co-sponsor for his bill, Rep. Kim Norton of Rochester. He said he hoped to attract more Democrats.

Minnesota’s gay marriage debate is unfolding at a time of rapid change nationally.

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments over legal challenges to California’s voter-approved gay marriage ban and the federal Defense of Marriage Act. If the court strikes down the latter, states that allow gay marriage would likely be able to recognize gay marriages performed in other states. It could also mean that gay couples married under state laws would have access to federal benefits afforded to married couples. Rulings are not expected until later this summer.

Meanwhile, a growing

number of national politicians are declaring support for gay marriage, including two Republican U.S. senators, Rob Portman of Ohio and Mark Kirk of Illinois.

Both of Minnesota’s Democratic U.S. senators, Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, support gay marriage.

So far in Minnesota, only one Republican state lawmaker has said he’d vote to legalize gay marriage: Sen. Branden Peterson of Andover. Kelly, Kieffer, Garofalo and McNamara all said they’d vote against it.

Several Republicans represent legislative districts where a majority of voters opposed last fall’s gay marriage amendment, and some of those lawmakers have said they’re still undecided about the bill.

Kelly said if he can’t get a committee hearing on his proposal, he might offer it as an amendment to the gay marriage bill when it comes up on the House f loor. That’s expected to happen later this session. But House Speaker Paul Thissen, a Democrat, supports gay marriage. On Wednesday, he called civil unions an idea “whose time has passed.”

The Colorado Legislature voted to legalize civil unions last month starting May 1.

As in Minnesota, Democrats hold the governor’s office and control the Legislature.

But Colorado state Sen. Pat Steadman, who sponsored the bill there, said his state’s ban on gay marriage in its constitution made civil unions the best available option.

“It’s not full equality,” Steadman said. “It’s not the final destination.”

Minnesotans United, the group leading the push for the gay marriage bill, said Kelly’s proposal would leave gay couples as second-class citizens. Autumn Leva, spokeswoman for the chief group opposed to gay marriage, was cool to it too. She said her group would examine Kelly’s bill but worried that it left little distinction between civil unions and full marriage rights.

“What’s the problem with marriage?” Dibble asked.

“People fall in love, they want to make a lifetime commitment together, they want to celebrate that commitment in front of friends and families. So why civil unions?

Why something different and substandard and inferior? It reminds me of times in the Deep South: you can’t drink from that water fountain.

You can’t walk through that door.”

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t was all but quiet inside the Centennial Student Union Ballroom Tuesday night as Minnesota State University, Mankato students piled themselves in line like sardines eagerly awaiting the start of The Spectacular and Fabulous Gender Bender Drag Show.

A colorful display of male performers clothing themselves in loud, sparkling dresses, high heels, puffy wigs, and blinding diamond earrings, the Gender Bender Drag Show is an event designed to not only entertain audiences but to create awareness amongst the MSU student body about gender expression and exploration.

The event, now in its 20th year on campus, was made possible by MSU’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Center.

According to their pamphlet, LGBT is an organization that helps students through feelings of confusion, loneliness, or isolation. They provide ways to get involved with the community, as well as oppor-

tunities for Maverick students in need of academic credits to gain internships.

LGBT graduate assistants Justin Martin and Katherine Harrell, as well as the center’s director, Jessica Flatequal worked with other student organizations such as Gender Blur and the Women’s Center director, Sammie Hedwall, inviting performers from downtown Minneapolis’ The Gay 90s to come to MSU and show off their… derrieres on the ballroom stage.

“To me, it can be a challenging issue for people – what does gender mean?” said Martin, referring to the issue of gender identity. “Drag queens, through the means of fun and entertainment, bring gender exploration and expression into the community.”

The performers didn’t limit their space to the stage, either.

In fact, amongst the aisles flooded with young college male and females, hetero or homosexual, the garage dooreyed Nina d’Angelo danced and strutted “her” strong, bare legs in assertive fashion. When she wasn’t doing this, it was rude, and yet friendly interaction with the audience via

comedy.

“Mine are built into the costume,” joked d’Angelo, answering, in a deep voice, an audience member’s question regarding her fake breasts before psyching them up for the next performer. “Ready to get this started?”

The first act that proceeded after d’Angelo’s stripping out of a ruby red fur coat and fraternizing with the audience was a Ms. Prada Diamond.

This plus size or “big girl” performer flowed out onto the stage like the lady boy Aretha Franklin. In a dark dress covered in piercing diamonds, this diva gracefully paced back and forth on stage, lip syncing to Adele’s “Skyfall” while receiving dollar bills from audience members treating the stage like a drag sniffer’s row.

Two more 90’s performers made an appearance. The All-American Goddess, Asia O’Hara and Roxy Marquis explored the Ballroom space as if they were stuck inside a music video. In powdered faces and early retro style wigs, these heathers caused the audience to clap and cheer like crazy cowboys.

Yet it wasn’t the seasoned

professionals that entranced the audience the most. Instead, it was MSU’s very own performers that worked up the courage to go in front of the spotlight and in front of their peers. Four students known by their stage names as Georgiana, Magnolia Steel, Daisy Driver, and Seana, did their best to compare, if not, out do their 90’s counterparts and dazzle the audience.

They succeeded.

At one point, there were 30 plus audience members waiting at the foot of the stage to give their fellow student performers, like Georgiana, dollar bills – the most to go up during the entire show.

Steel and Driver performed a duet, singing off-key but passable renditions of Donna Summer. They were the only performers that didn’t lip sync.

Seana, on the other hand, did lip sync, but did express her feelings about the entire event after the show.

“I was a little nervous. It took hours…weeks to prepare,” said Seana, who was no stranger to holding back true feeling. “Do what you want, f*@k the rest.”

Nina and the gals are fine examples of Seana’s crude, yet

very powerful view on life, since they have made being their true selves their profession. D’Angelo has been doing this for 18 years, and, while backstage defacing herself and transforming back into his male form, d’Angelo explained the aim of doing a drag show.

“It’s to make sure they have a good time and put smiles on peoples faces,” said d’Angelo.

“It’s about spreading the love, opening people to new things and going mainstream.”

The show was a perfect tool in doing so. Apart from the outrageous, rambunctious, hysterical, eye-opening debauchery of a circus that is a drag show, whether you’re straight or not, it is one of the most entertaining and fun things one could do on any given night.

You will laugh at the jokes, you will be impressed by how well they make themselves look, and you will realize the normalcy that everyone is actually apart of.

LGBT’s Justin Martin, speaking on the behalf of this drag show and our generation, put it simply, “We are very lucky to be living through this time because the tide is changing.”

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Seven Questions about the Movies of Summer 2013 about the big secret and we likely won’t be given a formal answer until the movie has been seen for the first time, which is all for the better.

However, once it is released, the Internet is assured to be a powder keg of spoilers, so what better reason to rush out and see it early?

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1. Will Iron Man 3 cross the billion dollar mark (making it the first of 2013)?

With The Avengers garnering the prestigious title of “Highest Grossing Non-James Cameron Movie Ever.” Last summer, public awareness of Marvel’s collective film universe is at its highest peak yet. Keeping that in mind, the chance that awareness will rub off on whatever movie follows in Avengers footsteps is incredibly likely. That lucky recipient happens to be Shane Black’s Iron Man 3.

Whereas the previous two Iron Man movies both grossed on average around $310 million domestically and $600 million worldwide, the current fever pitch popularity and added 3D prices put the lowest possible gross estimates around $360 million domestically and $875 million worldwide and that’s guaranteed if it’s bad. So if it’s good…

Fast and Furious surprised everyone in 2011 when it made almost $100 million opening weekend – something not many fifth movies in a series can say. For a series that only sort of existed beforehand, F&F got a jolt of life by having several returning cast members, the addition of Dwayne Johnson and embracing the ridiculousness of the franchise full throttle.

By all accounts Fast and Furious 6 looks to be sticking to those same guns again this time and might find just as much reward in it.

4. Will we be getting Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing?

The only way to follow up one the absolute biggest movies

of all time is by going small.

That’s just what nerd-legend Joss Whedon has done with his adaption of the Shakespeare comedy. The film has been making the rounds at festivals to substantial praise and Lionsgate has supposedly secured a wide release on June 7.

However, Mankato theaters haven’t had the greatest record of getting smaller movies, especially in the summer when everything screams big. Hopefully Much Ado About Nothing will get a proper wide release and not widely disappoint.

5. Does Warner Bros. have their savior with Man of Steel?

With The Dark Knight trilogy being the major exception, Warner Bros. has dropped the ball hardcore when it comes to adapting their DC comics properties. Superman Returns’ slow pace and more personal story didn’t stick with audiences and neither did Green Lantern’s general awfulness.

Now, in preparation for their Justice League movie (for which they are also being giant failure piles), the studio is retrying Superman and hopefully doing it right with Dark Knight alums Christopher

6. Can White House Down overshadow Olympus?

Much like last year’s competing Snow White movies, 2013 is the year of flicks about White House sieges. Olympus Has Fallen was the first out of the gate and did better than expected with audiences, raking in $30 million opening weekend, well ahead of the projected $20 million. White House Down is opening in June and looks to feature a similar scenario with completely different factors to it.

Even with the lukewarm reviews it got, Olympus Has Fallen did really well and piqued audience interest. White House Down features Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx, both at career peaks, is directed by Roland Emmerich, and made a shockingly good impression with its first trailer. The Fourth of July weekend certainly can’t hurt it, and if it ends up being as fun as it looks, we could

have a winner.

7. Will The Wolverine be able to recover from its predecessor and diminishing returns?

It’s just common knowledge by now that X-Men Origins: Wolverine was not good. So in a bit of a gambit, Fox has decided to give it another go with the most popular X-Men character on his own, this time with a drastically different story, setting and hopefully script.

Minus the natural hesitation, early footage has looked promising so far. The Wolverine looks to push the boundaries a bit and put Logan in a few predicaments he can’t simply heal out of. Time will tell if the movie is worth it but even if it does prove to be all that, will audiences venture out to see it?

The X-Men movies took a real blow with X-Men: The Last Stand and Origins: Wolverine, which seemed to sour the mood and start to push people away.

The previous X-Men movie, First Class, is considered in most circles to be the best of the lot, but ended up just under expectations. With any luck, Jackman’s presence (and the movie’s quality) will be able to break the declining pattern.

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How to Procrastinate: Netflix Style TRISH BJERKE

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Senior slide is in full effect… and it’s not just for seniors anymore. Students of all ages have reached the point in the semester where you can smell summer, taste summer, but can’t get your hands on summer. Thirty-something days are left in the semester and procrastination is in full swing.

Here’s some of the best things on Netflix to make homework thoughts disappear.

Workaholics This is a great show to watch if you can only procrastinate for a few hours. It’s one of those shows that has no order to it: you can watch the first episode, the fifth episode, and then the ninth and you’ll still know what’s going on. It airs on Comedy Central and follows three friends: Blake, Anders and Adam, as they work their job as telemarketers. If you’re stressed, it’s a great way to perk yourself up.

Oddities If Pawn Stars and a cemetery had a child, it would be Oddities. The show films Evan, Mike and Ryan as they work in their New York store, Obscura. The things in the shop are bones, mummified animals, straight jackets and taxidermy’s finest two-headed animals. The customers that come into the shop are often times more bizarre than the items themselves.

Definitely an interesting and thought-provoking show.

Revenge Once you start watching this, it’s hard to stop. Make sure you have enough time for the season or your mind will constantly be wondering “what happens next?!” Emily Thorne moves into the Hamptons with a suitcase full of demons that have been haunting her. When she was a child her neighbors, the Graysons, framed her father for terrorism and had him killed in prison. After moving back into her childhood home, she begins plotting revenge against this family and all others involved.

Who doesn’t like payback?

Ed, Edd ‘n’ Eddy This cartoon, which was popular around 1999, follows the three Eds as they scheme their way though each episode.

It may be a kids show, but it is funny and mindless, which is perfect for procrastination. You don’t have to think a lot, just

lay back and watch these three fools get into trouble.

The League This show is a great find: three seasons, all hilarious and perfect for procrastination. It follows a group of six friends during the fantasy football season. The ultra-competitive group is full of rule breaking and trash talking and features a seriously funny cast. Nick Kroll, Mark Duplass and Katie Aselton are my personal favorites. While mostly based around football, The League also shows personal and family dramas that are happening in the group.

Craigslist Joe This documentary follows Joseph Garner as he travels across the country with nothing but his toothbrush, computer, cell phone and charger. Garner uses Craigslist to find rides, places to stay and enough food to stay alive. Without a set plan or any money, Garner leaves his California residence and tries to make it back home in 30 days. The people he meets along the way are interesting and it’s refreshing to see that there is still good in the world.

People helping others without asking for anything back makes for a surprisingly interesting 90 minutes.

Monica & David Another good-feeling documentary that follows a couple who has Down syndrome.

It shows the challenges they have faced and how truly in love they are. After they are married, the honeymoon bliss fades away and reality settles in. The couple moves into an apartment which they have a hard time getting used to. The routine is different and routine is very important to them.

David struggles with his health and the couple realizes that they might never live a completely independent life. Monica and David show the struggles that every couple face and how to get past them.

Whether you’re stressed or just bored, Netflix has a million options on what to watch.

Documentaries, TV shows and movies are all there waiting for you. Read some synopses and find something that interests you. Since it’s not really watching TV, you don’t have to feel too guilty about it. Happy procrastinating and happy watching!

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Hip-Hop in Spring Time

KATIE FEIND

staff writer

It’s that time of year again, the birds are chirping, the snow is melting, and there’s an 87 percent chance that we might go crazy if we don’t get our swimsuit weather ASAP. With summer just around the corner, the daily struggle to hold on to motivation continues, and being a champ at school seems less and less appealing. Fortunately, there are things that can help ease the stress and get you through the last month of the semester.

Everyone spends their free time differently, whether it’s hitting the gym, watching your favorite terrible TV show, drawing, playing disc, boozin’, or cruisin’. Personally, I enjoy listening to music, and I know I’m not alone when I say it gets me through a rough day!

Let me read your mind, right quick. You’ve all been to parties where questionable music is playing, or outdated bangers with no meaning whatsoever.

Turn off the Gucci Mane and listen here, folks. There’s some music that I think you and your friends would appreciate, if you’re a hip-hop fan.

As far as the mainstream hiphop scene goes, tastes differ extremely. I can appreciate a song with good instrumentals that makes your head nod like crazy, even if the lyrics are sub-par; the feeling you get from music

is more significant than the lyrics in many circumstances.

However, when I find songs that are lyrical gold AND have good beats, I get way stoked.

Who doesn’t like J. Cole?

Good news. He came out with a new EP last month, Truly Yours, that highlights his relaxed style and distinct sound. Check out his single “Power Trip,” where J. Cole and Miguel show us what’s good.

Mac Miller hit us with a new beat tape recently, Run-On Sentences, which is a purely instrumental mix tape with a chill array of sounds to listen to. Tyler, The Creator always hits us with unusually appealing music, and his new Album, Wolf showcases his unique style.

Yelawolf came out with Trunk Muzik Returns, which is notable but not monumental.

I was drawn to a song on the album, “Gangster,” which has A$AP on the track and exposes Yelawolf’s rough upbringing.

Curren$y came out with New Jet City last month, which is one of my favorites as of late. Check out “Choosi,” “Mary,” and “Three 60” off that album, you won’t be disappointed! After seeing Curren$y and K.R.I.T. at Epic recently, I’ve had those songs on repeat.

Casey Veggies’ Life Changes mixtape is one I liked immediately for the instrumentals and his style. Don’t be fooled by the name – he’s worthy of recognition. The song “Faces” off that

tape is one that I still listen to all the time. “Young Winners” will make you smile, I guarantee it.

Alright party people, if you’re into artists like Juicy J, T.I., Jeezy, and A$AP, I have a few picks for you. “Show Out” has Juicy J, Big Sean, and Jeezy on the track. If you haven’t heard “Bugatti” yet, I don’t know where you’ve been, but it’s a song that begs to be jammed to. “One of Those Nights” is a good one for you, if you like The Weeknd. I personally don’t like B.o.B., but “We Still in This B*tch” is a track I can vibe to.

Remember Tha Joker “We Do It For Fun” parts 1 and 2 from back in the day? I hadn’t stayed up on his music much since then, but he came out with a mixtape called The Explanation that has some serious bangers. I recommend “G.O.O.D.”, “Can’t Change” which features Big K.R.I.T. and Tito Lopez, and “The Explanation.”

I have a temporary fix for your musical taste buds and entertainment. Some random new hip-hop you should listen to: “Super Rich Kids” by Frank Ocean, “Pour It Up” from Rihanna, and Drake’s new “5AM In Toronto.”

By now, I hope I’ve satisfied your musical craving. Kick back and check out some of these tunes and I can guarantee you an escape from your busy day!

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The Kappa Chapter of Minnesota of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the International Economics Honor Society, along with the Department of Economics, the Economics Club, and the College Republicans, are proud to host Dr. Richard K. Vedder for a lecture on the topic of the value of a college education.

Dr. Vedder is Distinguished Professor of Economics at Ohio University, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and an adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Dr. Vedder has written widely on American economic history, authoring such books as Out of Work: Unemployment and Government in Twentieth-Century America and The American Economy in Historical Perspective. He served as a member of Secretary Margaret Spelling's Commission of the Future of Higher Education, and is the author of Going Broke by Degree: Why College Costs Too Much.

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2:00 pm SOFTBALL.......................................... @ SW Minnesota State 4:00 pm SOFTBALL.......................................... @ SW Minnesota State 1:00 pm SOFTBALL..................................................vs. Northern State 1:30 pm BASEBALL....................................................... vs. Augustana 2:00 pm WOMEN’S TENNIS........................... vs. SW Minnesota State all day MEN’S GOLF......................................... @ Upper Iowa Invite 12:00 pm SOFTBALL........................................ vs. MSU Moorhead (DH) 12:00 pm BASEBALL................................................vs. Augustana (DH)

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Mavericks split six conference matchups with Northern State and U-Mary Due to poor field conditions, the MSU baseball team was sent to North and South Dakota over the past week, splitting in four games with Northern State before splitting a doubleheader yesterday with U-Mary.

lead after one. season.

The Mavs would get one in MSU would secure an early sports editor the second, four more in the 1-0 lead over Northern State off After the four-game sweep fourth and one in the fifth to of a single by sophomore Nolan of Minnesota-Crookston two dominate the first game of the Johnson, which scored Sullivan weeks ago, the Minnesota State series, tallying 10+ runs for the in the first inning, but Northern University, Mankato fifth time this season.

State was ready to make some baseball team returned Senior Harvey Marnoise. They began their 13-hit to the diamond last tin was at the top of his performance in the fourth inweekend and yestergame once again on the ning, tying the game with an unday for six conference mound, going the disearned run off a throwing error matchups, four with tance for MSU, giving by right fielder Chris Williams.

Northern State and a up one unearned run and The Wolves followed that up doubleheader with Ufour hits while strikwith three more runs in the fifth Mary, taking three of ing out 11 on the day to and four hits off Hoppe, which Harvey Martin the six games. improve his record to would take him out of the game MSU’s original 3-0 on the season. earlier than he had been all plan was to host their home The Mavericks would end the season long. opener when the Wolves came first bout with two more homerMSU would answer back in to town, but cold weather and uns hit after the first inning; the sixth with a two-run double a little too much snow forced both solo shots coming from from senior Tony Vocca to the two squads to head to Rapid freshman Taylor Branstad and cut the NSU lead to one. The junior Todd Standish. McCallum Wolves would get those two City, S.D. over Easter to play would be the offensive hero in at a warmer, neutral site. The back in the top of the seventh weekend would begin with MSU game one, finishing 3-3 on the with a two-run homerun from taking game one, 10-1 from day with four RBIs, a homerun Maurice Rodriguez off MSU Northern State for their sixth and a double. senior Nick Sutherland. consecutive win of the season.

It seemed that MSU The back-and-forth MSU would receive an would be sitting pretty would continue late immediate spark in game one after day one, winning with a solo shot from when Rapid City native Parker the first and sending Johnson in the seventh, Sullivan led off the bottom of unbeaten junior Jason followed by an RBI the first with a solo home run, Hoppe to the hill for single from Vocca, who his first of the year, at the park game two was sure to would end his day 2-4 he played at in his younger days. end in a two-victory day with three RBIs. Parker Sullivan The inning was capped off by for the Mavericks, but Northern State another homerun from the Mav- things do not always would then get a sacriericks, this time off the bat of go according to plan as fice fly from Rodriguez sophomore Connor McCallum, Mankato dropped game two to in the eighth and that would be to deliver three more runs across Northern State, 7-5 for their the plate and give MSU a 4-0 first conference loss of the MSU Baseball/ page 15 REECE HEMMESCH

shannon rathmanner • msu reporter Sophomore Connor McCallum continued his impressive streak at the plate for MSU over the past six games. McCallum now leads the team in batting average (.359), home runs (4) and RBIs (21).

Spring sports update: MSU on fire MSU men’s and women’s golf and track and field are both in the early stages of their spring 2013 campaign, and competing at a high rate in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.

JOEY DENTON

staff writer

With all of the hype and excitement revolving around the Minnesota State University, Mankato’s hockey and basketball teams, it’s easy to lose sight of the five other sports besides baseball and softball starting up.

After both fall and winter sports have represented the school very well, the spring sports have started hot in their 2013 seasons.

After the University of Sioux Falls Invite was cancelled on March 23, the men’s golf team had to wait a week to get their

spring season going. This past weekend the team took the gold out west at the Wayne State Invitational. With a two day score of 585, the Mavericks won with a four stroke advantage over second-place Nebraska-Kearney.

Concordia-St. Paul came in third with a 592 and St. Cloud State rounded out the top four with a 593.

Sophomore Ross Miller led the Mavericks with a two-day score of 142 after achieving a 71 for both days, giving him a second-place overall finish.

Miller was acknowledged for his performance and earned

NSIC Golfer of the Week. Tying for sixth, sophomore Rob Kraft finished the first day with an invite-best of 70, but then shot a 76 on day two. Rounding out the top three Mavericks, freshman Jason Edstrom made his spring golf collegiate debut with a 149 score and tied for 12th.

This coming weekend the Mavericks head down south to Moravia, Iowa for the Upper Iowa Invite.

After playing in Daytona Beach, Fla. for a week over spring break, the lady Maverick golfers saw their first competitive action of the spring in the

Missouri Western State Candlewood Suites down in St. Joseph, Mo. With a two-day total of 667, they also took home first place with Augustana, 669, and Arkansas Tech, 673, getting the silver and bronze.

Once the first day was completed, the Mavericks had a substantial 11 stroke lead, but with a 339 score on day two, Augustana crept up the standings. Individually, both sophomore Dani Selberg and freshman Kanyapak Sethasompobe tied for fourth place with a score of 164. Following them in a Maverick uniform was the

lone senior Taylor Post with a 166 score and tied for 10th.

The lady Mavericks compete next at the Augustana Invitational on April 13 and 14.

Despite going down to Puerto Rico and losing all three duels during spring break, the Maverick women’s tennis team sits at 8-7 overall with a 7-2 conference record, placing them fourth in the NSIC. Since their return, the Mavericks have put away two of their three duels with a 6-3 victory over Upper Iowa and 9-0 sweep against MSU Moorhead.

Both sophomore Shealyn

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BASEBALL NSIC

School St. Cloud State Wayne State Winona State MAVERICKS Augustana Concordia St. Paul Bemidji State Northern State Minnesota Duluth Sioux Falls SW Minnesota State U-Mary Upper Iowa Minot State Minnesota Crookston

Conf. OVR. 6-0 75-2 4-0 12-6 2-0 8-8 6-3 17-7 3-1 14-10 2-2 9-7 2-2 11-9 2-2 9-9 2-2 2-16 2-6 7-15 1-3 6-12 0-0 9-4 0-0 7-6 0-2 8-8 0-10 0-23

SOFTBALL NSIC

School Minnesota Duluth Minot State MAVERICKS Concordia St. Paul Wayne State Winona State Augustana U-Mary Sioux Falls Upper Iowa Northern State SW Minnesota State Bemidji State Minnesota Crookston St. Cloud State MSU Moorhead

Conf. OVR. 3-0 23-6 6-1 24-2 6-1 20-6 5-1 18-6 5-1 14-6 5-1 18-6 4-4 15-8 4-4 15-10 3-3 8-12 1-1 14-8 3-4 11-14 2-4 9-9 1-6 7-17 1-7 2-17 0-2 15-14 0-6 2-19

WOMEN’S TENNIS NSIC

School Augustana Winona State St. Cloud State MAVERICKS Northern State U-Mary Sioux Falls Upper Iowa Minnesota Duluth MSU Moorhead SW Minnesota State Minnesota Crookston Bemidji State

Conf. OVR. 9-0 14-2 7-0 12-4 7-1 12-9 7-2 7-7 6-3 8-3 5-5 6-5 4-4 5-7 3-4 3-10 2-5 2-7 2-7 2-8 1-6 2-9 0-7 1-9 0-9 1-10

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all, taking game two 7-5 from from Sullivan and a double and to be decided in the ninth. The er with the University of Mary the Mavericks. homerun for McCallum.

Mavs had two on and two outs was once again supposed to be MSU would tally 10 hits in Game four had the feeling when Skjefte delivered a triple hosted on Mankato soil, but the the loss, including multiple-hit of a must-win from MSU, as to bring in two runs, followed field would still not cooperate, games from Vocca, McCalleaving North Dakota winless by back-to-back doubles from sending both teams to the Astolum, Johnson and Sullivan, who against U-Mary was not exactly Standish and Sullivan, each ria Ballpark in Dickinson, N.D. ended his day with two doubles what they had in mind heading bringing in a run apiece to move yesterday for a two-game stand. in game two. Hoppe would take into their upcoming series with the score to 9-7. The straight Game one would go to the his first loss of the season, movconference-rival Augustana. doubles would be followed up University of Mary, as timely ing his record to 4-1.

Sutherland took the mound

by Lindner, who sent a homerun hitting would doom MSU, fallSaturday was a new day with in game two for MSU. He would over the fence to tie tie the game ing 8-4 to the Marauders for new hopes for MSU who could go the first four of the game, at 9-all. their seventh loss of the season. have ended their weekend taking giving up three runs on five hits, After Zimmermann sent the The Mavs sent junior Chris three of four from Northern, Marauders down in the top-half Williams to the hill in game one two of which being doubles and a feat anyone can appreciate two more being home runs. of the ninth, Skjefte delivered a for his first start of the season. during a four-day weekend. But Matheson would be his relief one-out single to right, repreWilliams would see tension MSU struggled to capitalize in in the fifth, going the next two senting the game-winning run right away in the first inning, game one of Saturday and only innings and giving up two more with Standish coming up to bat. giving up a two-run homerun to marked four hits, falling 5-3 to tallies to the Marauders, makNeedless to say, Skjefte was U-Mary second basemen Jason the Wolves. ing the score 6-0 heading into irrelevant on base, as Standish Shaul to give the Marauders an The Mavericks the bottom of the seventh with delivered a walk-off two-run early 2-0 lead. achieved early run supthings looking bleak for MSU, homerun to put the Mavericks MSU would answer port once again in this who had only scratched ahead once and for all, back with two of their one, with an RBI single 11-9. own in the second from four hits through the first from Johnson in the six innings.

Zimmermann Branstad, whose RBI first to score Sullivan, Then, it happened. would get the victory single scored Sullivan followed by a solo home MSU led things off in on the hill to improve and McCallum to even run in the second from the seventh with a single his record to 4-0 on the score. MSU would Connor McCallum take their first lead of junior Scott Lindner. from Johnson, followed the season. The MavFrom there the run by a walk to pinch-hitting ericks offense would the day in the third parade was begun by Williams, followed by end with 16 hits with McCallum’s fourth Todd Standish Northern with three runs in Olson who reached on total including three homerun of the season, a solo the third, coming from a solo an error to load the bases from Lindner and shot to make it 3-2. homerun and two doubles off for Skjefte, whose sacrifice fly Johnson and two from Sullivan, The fourth inning would not MSU starter Tyler Ockuly. would bring in the first run of Olson, Skjefte and Standish, be one to MSU’s advantage as Ockuly would leave the game the game for MSU. including the winner. The team the Marauders scored four runs, early with an injury in the third, After Standish popped out would also end with six doubles all with two outs, to make it bringing in junior Bryce Bellin for the second out of the inning, on the game, two triples and a 6-3 on the afternoon. Williams to the mound for the next few Sullivan’s base knock brought homerun. would only make it halfway innings. in one before Lindner’s double MSU’s record now sits at through the third before Hoppe Bellin would give up the final came in for relief midway knocked in another, cutting the 18-7 on the season with a 7-3 through the inning. He would U-Mary lead to three. two runs of the game out of the NSIC mark. go through the fifth, giving up They would answer with bullpen, coming from an RBI MSU will next be in action two more runs off four hits to three more of their own in the single in the fifth and a solo this weekend when the Aumake it 7-3. eighth off MSU closer Mahlon home run in the sixth, giving gustana Vikings come to town.

Each team would trade lateZimmermann due to a three-run The games will be played at the MSU consecutive losses for the inning runs as U-Mary took shot given up to Kyal Williams, first time this year.

MSU Baseball Complex with game one for their first conferhis second of the game, bringing a doubleheader scheduled for It was a sour taste to a sour ence victory of the season. the Marauder lead to 9-3 headweekend but MSU would Saturday and Sunday.

MSU’s day at the plate would ing into the bottom of the eighth. bounce back from their gamebe capped off by the one and By the time the game would one loss with a 12-2 victory in two hitters, Sullivan and Mcbe heading into the ninth, it seven innings over Northern SXS Motorsports Motorcycle Sales Callum, who ended with two would be tied.

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MSU would get two more in the fourth with a solo shot from junior Ben Keller and a sacrifice fly from senior Lucas Skjefte to increase their lead to 7-0. Two more would cross the plate in the fourth for MSU and they would end the series with a three-run homerun from senior Cory Glieden to bring the score to its final mark of 12-2 and end the game early.

Junior TJ Larson would earn his third win of the season on the hill for MSU, going six innings with seven strikeouts and two runs given up. Freshman Josh Matheson threw in the seventh for the Mavericks and retired the side.

McCallum would end his *Only students are eligible for drawing game with three hits and four RBIs, leading MSU once again Please visit and Sullivan would go 2-3 with http://www.mnsu.edu/urc/mncur.html a pair of runs scored and an RBI. for more information.

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The future of the Minnesota Timberwolves TIM FAKLIS

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shannon rathmanner • msu reporter Jerrell Hancock (above) will begin this season as the NSIC preseason track athlete of the year.

Bakke and freshman Alexis Haakedahl take the lead individually for the Mavericks 10-7 overall. Bakke sits 8-1 in the conference and Haakedahl with a 6-2 conference record. As a team, the Mavericks are 53-56 overall in singles, while 38-16 in the conference.

In doubles, the team is 20-31 and 15-12 in the conference with the Kelly Lechowski/Hailey Robb tandem leading the way 6-4 overall and 6-1 in the conference.

Next for the Mavericks is a trip up to Sartell, Minn. for a duel against St. Cloud State on Thursday.

Even though the first major meet for the men’s and women’s track and field teams isn’t until this weekend at the Vance Butler Intivational in Sioux Falls, So. Dak., the two teams sent some athletes to participate in the Knox College Outdoor Open and Central College invitational this past weekend.

Down in Pella, Iowa the men’s team sent six Mavericks and some of them came back with top honors. In the 100meter dash, senior Nicholas Nelson brought home the gold with a 10.91 time with junior Carmono Lane right behind him with 10.97.

In the shot put junior Chris Reed tossed a first-place shot put

16.54 meters while senior Grant Luer earned second in the discus with a throw of 50.15 meters.

Heading into the outdoor season, the NSIC has recently named Jerrell Hancock of MSU the pre-season track athlete of the year For the women, sophomore Morgan Stampley took sixthplace with a 11.13 meter throw in the shot put, while junior Anna placed ninth in the discus, throwing 36.52 meters.

With all this talk about outdoor sports, there was some news back on the hardwood as MSU’s junior guard Jimmy Whitehead decided to finish his collegiate career somewhere else. After averaging seven points and 2.3 rebounds a game this season, the LaCrosse, Wis. native has asked for a transfer.

Whitehead was redshirted his first season as a Maverick, and in his freshman year played a big part coming off the bench with the historic 2010-2011 Maverick team that headed to the NCAA Division II Final Four.

In 2011-2012 Whitehead averaged 11.8 points and 3.7 assists per game as the team’s starting point guard. He demonstrated the Maverick way of playing the game of basketball and he will be missed by his coaches and teammates.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

At this point, the Timberwolves are completely out of the playoff push. Again. This season, most of which has been without Kevin Love, has simply been more of the same for any Wolves fan that has made it through the rough periods (a.k.a. the last 10 years).

With that said, the NBA draft is a time when every single team with a pic, especially in the top 14, feel like their fortunes may have a solid chance of turning around, and this once again applies to David Kahn’s Timberwolves.

In essence, the Wolves have two real needs, assuming Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio can become the big NBA stars that most of the Wolves front office is hoping. Those needs are an athletic, defensive-savvy big man; along with a wing player who can both defend well and score the basketball.

This draft has both of those players: Nerlens Noel of Kentucky for the former, Ben McLemore of Kansas for the latter.

Unfortunately for Minnesota, barring a lottery miracle, both players will be picked by the time the Timberwolves are up for their draft selection. That leads to the question: who will be available, and who makes sense for the Wolves’ draft position?

The Wolves are likely to end up anywhere between the sixth and the tenth pick in this year’s

draft. Here are a few prospects that Minnesota may look at come draft night:

weapon on offense as well.

Shabazz Muhammad, G, UCLA

The Timberwolves currently employ Andrei Kirilenko as their starting small forward. Otto Porter has all the potential to emulate exactly what Kirilenko is currently doing at the NBA level. Porter is an extremely smart player on both ends and has the potential to develop into a defensive leader for whatever team he ends up with.

Offensively, he is a smart player in basically every aspect, and adequate enough to be a good contributor on that end. Odds are, like Oladipo, he’ll never be a primetime scorer, but he will make his presence felt.

Muhammad was listed as the Rivals No. 1 recruit in the country, Muhammad showed pretty quickly that this number didn’t match his projected draft stock once his season began.

He has a solid floater in the lane, a good jumper and solid athleticism, but his lack of ability to create his own shot and lack of effort defensively makes him a big question mark going into draft night.

Victor Oladipo, G, Indiana It may be a stretch to assume he’ll be available at the spot the Wolves are drafting, but if he does manage to drop, don’t be surprised to see Oladipo donning a Wolves uniform in 2013.

Ricky Rubio has already been noted by his peers as a tenacious defender with a lot of smarts on that end. Oladipo is a defensive stopper with no reservations on that end. Together, the two of them would be the second-best defensive front court in the NBA almost immediately, only coming second to Boston’s trio of Rajon Rondo, Courtney Lee and Avery Bradley. On offense, Oladipo is extremely underrated. While he’ll never be a top scorer in the NBA, his nice spot up jumper and great athleticism will make him a

Otto Porter, F, Georgetown

Gary Harris, G, Michigan State

It’s hard to gauge exactly where Harris will end up on draft night, but on paper he makes sense in a Minnesota uniform.

He’s shown everyone that he can score the basketball, both spotting up and off the dribble, and that is something that the Timberwolves desperately need. He’s very much like a freshman version of Rashad McCants, minus the attitude.

With that comes the fact that Harris is only 6’4, and aside from Dwyane Wade, nobody at Harris’ size has made it successfully as a star player in the league. Most players with his skillset have become solid sixth men, which is something the Wolves could use.

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