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THE RESULTS ARE IN

Collins, Shakespear elected as 81st MSSA voted in. free.

“Essentially, they didn’t believe it was an imperative of other students to pay for students to park in the free lot,” said Shakespear.

“But that’s the case for anything these days. We pay taxes so that other people can drive on the roads. We pay taxes to keep people in prison. I haven’t committed a crime, but I’m paying to keep people in prison.”

The last few weeks have seen a split in the student senate’s view on the free lot issue, which was brought to light a few weeks ago when Director of Facilities Services and Parking Advisory Committee Chairperson, David Cowan, gave the MSSA recommendations on how to keep the free lot.

The PAC’s recommendations were for MSU to take about $25,750 out of the

school’s general fund to keep the lot free, or charge $62 dollars for a permit on that lot.

The MSSA voted against the PAC’s recommendation, and passed their own, which included a $76 permit proposal.

Cowan described the PAC’s efforts to work with the MSSA in an email.

“Know that each spring the Parking Advisory Committee report on parking permit rates and budget recommendations seldom survive unscathed,” he said.

“A perfect plan which satisfies all our 7,000 customers is an objective that is tough to achieve.

Each collective bargaining unit, as well as the student senate, have now weighed

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Free Lot to Remain david bassey • msu reporter Chris Collins (left), and Ben Shakespear (right) were elected as president and vice president as members of the Maverick Herd party.

CHRIS HOUCK

staff writer

It was a long election season, but after weeks of campaigning, thousands of f lyers and plenty of rhetoric, the 81st MSSA is official.

Current MSSA Speaker Chris Collins and McElroy Residence Community Senator Ben Shakespear were elected to the senate’s highest offices as president and vice president, as the pair’s party, the Maverick Herd, took home 14 of the available positions.

The party lines however, were clearly apparent, with the MavPride party, led by current vice president David Schieler and running mate

Kayla Lyman taking home 12 positions of its own.

Collins, a human biology and chemistry double major and Mankato native paired with Shakespear, an international student from Australia and political science major, ran on a platform of “stability and efficiency,” according to the group’s Facebook page.

Shakespear spoke about the issues that were debated during the spring’s campaigns just hours after his vice presidential win, with the issue of the free lot being a focal point.

“I guess there have been arguments that it’s not imperative, that it’s not necessary,” said Shakespear

about the free lot issue.

“But it’s something that the school needs provided. It’s something that the students want.”

Shakespear noted the vast amount of support that the free lot received during the spring election, with 1,099 voters, out of around 1,700, in favor of keeping the free lot free.

The Maverick Herd was a political ticket created by Shakespear and Collins, which sought to keep the free lot out of any required parking permits.

MAVpride was the other major political ticket during the campaigning, and didn’t necessarily see the free lot as a major priority to keep

RYAN LUND

news editor

The overwhelming issue in this year’s elections, that of Lot 23, the last free parking lot remaining in the MnSCU system was also put up for vote.

The students however, appear to have spoken, with the overwhelming majority, more than 1,000 students, voting to keep the free lot free.

At issue was the continued maitenance of MSU’s parking facilities, as David Cowan and the Parking Advisory Committee faced substantial difficulties in formulating a functing budget for the school’s future plans.

The board had at one point toyed with the notion

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of eliminating the coveted lot, the last of its kind in the area, in order to make up an approximate shortfall of $26,000 for MSU’s transportation costs, which are entirely self-funding.

Ultimately, following a sparsely attended public hearing in which students and faculty debated the issue before the board, Cowan and the PAC recommended that the free lot remain.

MSSA however, voted to disregard the board’s recommendation, citing the resulting cost increases to students as their primary comcern.

Following Tuesday’s referendum the free lot appears to be saved, at least for now.

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ELECTIONS “A perfect plan which satisfies all our 7,000 customers is an objective that is tough to achieve. Each collective bargaining unit, as well as the student senate, have now weighed in and it is up to the administration to select the best ideas which have surfaced from this consultive process and glue the puzzle together.” continued from 1 also knew that there was a free lot available. So, students, when they came here, knew the service was available. It’s the fact that it’s being changed now. It’s a really a legacy we have here. We’re one of the only schools in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system to offer that.”

The two parties appeared to have adopted similar philosophies outside of the parking issue.

Despite the similarities however, the two sometimes found themselves at odds, with MAVPride at one point accusing the Maverick Herd of “slanderous smearing,” via its official Facebook page.

The Maverick Herd had a large amount of success during the elections, however, with 14 out of 16 of its members winning their respective seats in the student government. Shakespear noted that his party’s support of a free lot played a major role in their campaigning. “[MAVpride] wanted to charge for the free lot, we didn’t believe they should do that,” said Shakespear.

“Chris Collins and I, along with Josh Erhardt, we formulated a petition, saying, ‘do you want to keep the free lot?’ and we walked around this campus for days. We gathered nineteen pages of signatures. We talked to thousands of stu-

dents and overwhelmingly they said yes.”

Shakespear spoke about other disagreements between The Maverick Herd and MAVpride.

MAVpride also wanted a school marching band, which is great,” said Shakespear. “I love encouraging school spirit. I love Maverick sports, especially being an international student.

I love coming here and watching all the sports. But at $250,000, 70 cents per credit, that wasn’t really feasible and students realized that.”

Shakespear also spoke about the type of senate that he hopes he will be working with next fall.

“When we formed the Maverick Herd, Chris and I had no intention of setting a party platform,” said Shakespear. “It’s not realistic to think that 16 different people, representing over ten different constituencies would have the same priorities. That’s ridiculous to think that. So we said, listen, we want to be challenged. You’re involved on campus, you know what the students want. We want to be challenged. The Maverick Herd is still there, but we’re not going to our term in office with a party. The Maverick Herd members are now there to represent their constituents.”

Off-Campus Senator Josh Erhardt also expressed his

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hopes in working with the next student senate, “We’re not going to hold ourselves up in that office.

It’s not like we’re going to lock ourselves away and work behind closed doors.

We want to try and make the 81st senate the most open, the most transparent, and try to get more people to sit in our meetings,” he said.

Shakespear also expressed a large amount of gratitude towards anyone who was involved in this year’s elections.

“Thank you for voting, first and foremost,” said Shakespear. “Thank you for letting your voice be heard.

Thank you for letting us approach you and letting us talk to you. And thank you for showing to school administration and school government what you expect from us, because that’s what did today. It showed us 100 percent what students want.”

In addition to the executive positions, a number of other senators were elected on Tuesday.

Christian Harris, Na Chum and Pa Chia Vang

will represent the College of Allied Health and Nursing, and are joined by Ashton Bird and Katelyn Dick of Arts and Humanities.

The College of Business will be represented by Matt Lindquist and Jessica Gumbert, with Eric Ellanson taking the previously vacant Education seat.

Sonja Homberg and independent Cody Ingenthron won for Graduate Studies, while Paige Sparkman and Joe Wolf take over for Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Anthony Pitts, Eric Clark Jr. and Jerica Thompson took the College of Science Engineering and Technology, and off-campus students will be represented by Elizabeth Jacobson, Brooklynn Vetter, Mariah Haffield, Wil Bernstrom, Katie Bobich, Joshua Erhardt, Zak Silker and Matt Eberline.

Nicole Marella and Brian Viessman were elected to the Student Union Board and Taylor Pederson were elected to the Athletics Advisory Board.

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in and it is up to the administration to select the best ideas which have surfaced from this consultative process and glue the puzzle together.”

Shakespear came out in support of Cowan and the PAC’s recommendations, citing the various needs that the free lot serves across campus.

“Not only do we have students that are coming here that want to use it,” said Shakespear, “we have visitors coming to campus. We have potential students coming to our campus. We have family members coming to campus. All of them use it. There are also students that don’t regularly attend school that might only come to campus one day a week and non-traditional students that may only pay for a class or two. They shouldn’t have to pay hundreds of dollars for a parking permit when they’re only here once a week,” the newly elected vice president noted.

An argument was brought up in one of MSSA’s recent meetings as well, saying that the school isn’t expected to pay for a student’s textbooks, and parking is generally accepted the same way in most schools.

“When you enrolled at MSU, you knew they weren’t going to pay for text books,” said Shakespear on the argument. “But when you enrolled at MSU, you

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Campaign Confusion The candidates ran a clean campaign this year, but while this MSSA election went smoothly it appeared to be a little light on real substance.

shannon rathmanner • msu reporter The current MSSA met once again yesterday, this time in the basement of the CSU, a venue that should allow students a closer look at the process by which their campus is being governed.

RYAN LUND

news editor

Election season has officially come and gone at MSU. The campus bulletin boards will return to a state of chaotic variety, hopefully just as quickly as Facebook chatter campus-wide transitioned from election results to a midApril thunderstorm late last

night.

The season of tabling and flyers, of handshaking and slogan flinging, is all but over.

Amidst the sea of smiling leaflets and wall-to-wall flyers, it was easy to find a potential campus leader with which to identify, and there were plenty of them.

The only problem then, was

identifying what they stood for.

In a nation that values duality in its politics above all else, we’ve become accustomed to the notion of definition, of red states and blue states, of oil tycoons and business magnates running against homegrown politicians and idealists.

American politics is easy to

read, because American politics is easy to understand.

Mitt stands for this, Barack stands for that.

Bill fights for social security, Bob wants to cut taxes.

No matter your persuasion, there is a candidate out there with whom you can align in some capacity.

Your choice is between competing ideologies, competing parties with viewpoints so vastly different, so polarizing and diverse that you can’t help but take a side.

And therein it would seem, lies the problem with campus elections.

There is only one side.

This year it was “stability and efficiency” squaring off against “pride, affordability and community.”

On their own, these are perfectly acceptable campaign slogans that make sense in the context of a college election.

Pitted against each other, however, they become nothing but student-friendly buzzwords.

We’d all like to pay less for our schooling, and we’d all like it if that schooling was more efficient, more afford-

“Did you understand the stances of the two parties in the MSSA elections?”

Alisha Wilbur, junior “No, I didn’t vote.”

able.

I’m sure that most college students can agree on stability and community as well, that we’d all be better off if were stable, and that we were all a little more interested in joining together as a community a bit more often.

So, what were we voting on?

Each individual candidate no doubt had their own views on how to better serve the students of MSU, but as far as the politics of the Maverick Herd and MAVPride are concerned, I’m either fully in the dark about their true intentions, or there was never truly a difference to start with.

I’m not suggesting that campus politics don’t have an important role to play at MSU, and I’m certainly not suggesting that the stakes aren’t significant, but in order to increase turnout, in order to get campus genuinely concerned about a campus election, the entire affair cannot be centered on one parking lot.

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“Nope”

“Not really, I wasn’t there.”

“Well the big issue is the free parking, but other than that I don’t care.”

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MSU Theatre Department sets the standard MSU’s Department of Theatre and Dance is setting records and raising the bar KATIE FEIND

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Among the many unique programs, organizations, and sports Minnesota State University, Mankato has to offer, one program in particular is blowing other schools out of the water with its accomplishments.

Minnesota State, Mankato’s Theatre and Dance Department is raising eyebrows and crushing the competition with its continued success, and it’s only the start.

With ever-evolving procedures and policies in every department at the university, it’s safe to say that we strive for constant improvement as each semester passes, to remain competitive and build a favorable brand for the school. MSU’s theatre department has exemplified this by bringing in significant crowds, making serious cash, and breaking records.

MSU’s Theatre and Dance Department doesn’t just break local records, it puts colleges nationwide behind us with multiple statistics.

We take the cake when it comes to performing, seeing that we’ve done more productions than any other college program in the country.

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department’s revenue makes up 70 percent of all arts revenue in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system schools.

Most impressive is that the department accrued revenues of more than $500,000 in the 2011-2012 academic year, significantly more than they needed to be in the top five in the nation.

Making just $150,000 would have put MSU’s Theatre and Dance Department in the top five nationwide, but our powerful collective of performers blew that number out of the water with their success.

Paul Hustoles, chair of the Theatre and Dance Department, expressed how great he feels to be part of such a successful program.

“It’s fantastic. It’s also really hard work, luck doesn’t find us here. We’ve put blood, sweat, and tears into our work and it’s paid off.”

He wasn’t kidding, either. The Theatre and Dance Department brings in more

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continued from 4 Herd appeared to be entirely centered on that singular issue; the hostility between the two became the product of an election that had little else to discuss.

Because while the free lot is certainly an issue worth talking about, if the free lot is the only issue worth talking about, than 10 percent of the student population is still going to be regarded as a successful turnout.

To shake the notion that student government is more than just a group of political science students let loose with a portion of the school’s budget, the newest group of elected officials need to make their goals, and their powers, clear.

Make it public knowledge that you have real power to impact the lives of the students that you govern, and expand the conversation beyond the walls of your own inner-circles.

Hold more of your meetings in the CSU basement; let students in on the process.

You shouldn’t have to hide behind a carefully selected string of buzzwords to run an election.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Technology stocks roared back Wednesday, driving the Standard & Poor’s 500 and Dow Jones industrial average to record highs.

The industry has lagged the broader market this year, but surged after network communications company Adtran reported earnings that were double what Wall Street analysts expected. That boosted optimism that businesses will increase spending on technology equipment.

Chipmakers Micron and Intel jumped, as did other network equipment makers like Cisco and JDS Uniphase. Stocks were also up on an optimistic reading of the Federal Reserve’s latest minutes.

Technology stocks rose 1.8 percent, the most of the 10 industry groups in the S&P. That’s a big change from tech’s weak performance this year.

The group is up just 4.7 percent, trailing the S&P’s gain of 11.3 percent.

“Tech has performed so poorly, it’s oversold and warrants some interest here,” said Scott Wren, a senior equity strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors. “If the economy continues to improve there is going to be some capital spending.”

The stock market has reversed course this week, rising three straight days. Last week, investors’ confidence fell because of an unexpectedly poor report on the U.S. job market and other signs that the economy slowed in March.

The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 128.78 points Wednesday, or 0.9 percent, to 14,802.24. It was the biggest one-day rise in a month. The Dow is up 13 percent in 2013.

The Nasdaq composite, which is heavily weighted with technology stocks, had the biggest percentage gain of the three main indexes Wednesday, rising 59.39 points, or 1.8 percent, to 3,297.25. The S&P rose 19.12 points, or 1.2 percent, to 1,587.73.

Investors viewed positively the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting, which were released before the market opened. The minutes revealed that policy makers are becoming more confident that the U.S. economy can grow without stimulus from the Fed, said Brian Gendreau, a market strategist at Cetera Financial Group.

The Fed released the minutes at 9 a.m. Eastern, five hours ahead of schedule, after the document was inadvertently distributed to congressional staff and trade group officials.

The market rose steadily in the morning and stayed high through the afternoon.

A majority of the Fed’s 12 policymakers want to continue the stimulus. Still, many members indicated they want to slow and eventually end the program before the end of the year, as long as the job market and economy show sustained improvement. The Fed didn’t disclose how many of its policymakers held those views.

That suggests that a number of Fed officials think the economy may be doing well enough to stand on its own. The Fed has been buying $85 billion worth of bonds each month to keep interest rates extremely low, encourage borrowing and spending and drive money into riskier assets like stocks.

“The idea that the Fed thinks that we are closer to the resto-

ration of normality might be positive for the market,” said Gendreau.

While the Dow and S&P have been setting record highs frequently over the past month, the Nasdaq remains 35 percent below its record of 5,048 set March 10, 2000. The index surged the during the technology bubble of the late 1990s. The Nasdaq is at its highest level in more than 12 years.

Among stocks making big moves, Facebook rose 98 cents, or 3.7 percent, to $27.57 after General Motors said it would start running ads on the social network site. Adtran rose $2.75, or 14 percent, to $22.46, and JDS Uniphase rose 64 cents, or 4.8 percent, to $13.98.

Hospital stocks fell heavily after Deutsche Bank lowered its recommendation on the companies because their prices have risen so much that they no longer offer good value.

Private hospitals have surged over the past year in anticipation that health care spending will increase after President Barack Obama’s health care plan starts. Health care is the best-performing industry group in the S&P over the past year, up 29.6 percent.

Health Management Associates plunged $2.06, or 16 percent, to $10.53. Tenet Healthcare fell $2.38, or 5.5 percent, to $41.14, and Community Health Systems dropped $1.65, or 3.8 percent, to $42.26.

Bond yields fell as investors moved money out of safe U.S. government debt and into riskier assets. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 1.81 percent from 1.75 percent late Tuesday.

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MSSA’s Budget Hearing

CHRIS HOUCK

staff writer

The MSSA reconvened again Wednesday in order to discuss the proposed budget plans and recommendations given by many organizations across campus.

The meeting was held in the basement of the Centennial Student Union, in order to provide a more open forum to the public, and with all of the discussions surrounding the university’s fiscal legislation, the meeting spanned about four and a half hours.

The proposals, for the most part, went uncontested and without appeal, whether it was an increase of budget, a decrease in budget, or no change required.

However, there were a few topics that garnered a large amount of attention.

One of the first topics presented to the student senate was the proposed cutting of IMPACT’s budget.

The Student Allocation Committee expressed the notion that IMPACT could do without much of its spending, which included food, travel expenses as well as clothing and decided to cut the organization’s budget by 12.3 percent.

The Reporter was also huge topic of debate in the senatorial meeting.

After SAC’s proposal to keep funding for The Reporter the same was presented last week, save for the one-time allocation that was given last year, several attempts were made to cut funding for the school newspaper by $11,000.

Trevor Grandberg was not present at the meeting, but his proxy, Mike Ramirez, offered a

slew of questions and arguments for cutting the budget.

Ramirez cited discrepancies of Editor-In-Chief’s salary, possible misuse of the one-time allocation that was given to the paper last year for an Advertising Sales Manager, as well as cutting the budget because of travel expenses for the staff to attend conferences.

The MSSA listened on as The Reporter’s Editor-In-Chief, Megan Kadlec, explained that the first Advertising Sales Manager had quit and been replaced, and that the funds used for staff to attend conferences are used from the paper’s own revenue. She also stated that with the current salary, she makes roughly $5 an hour, working more than 40 hours per week.

Attempts were still made to cut funding for the newspaper, despite McElroy Senator Benjamin Shakespear’s arguments that there is no reasoning or proof that the budget should be cut, but all motions eventually failed after the senate’s long debates.

MSSA also voted on a 6.9 percent increase their own budget for fringe benefits and travel expenses.

Ratifying the election results was another heated discussion, with Vice President David Schieler moving to split the ratification of the senatorial results, citing that the referendum to keep the free lot free was unclear.

This lead to a very heated discussion between Schieler and Shakespear, causing Speaker Chris Collins to bang his gavel, demand that the to remain quiet, and Senator Michael Hanson to remind the senate that ratification is more of a formality.

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Springing into Fitness Its been a long winter, but with spring almost here its time to start thinking about getting fit again.

TIM FAKLIS

staff writer

Aside from the conundrum that was this week’s ridiculous Mankato weather display, spring time is right around the corner.

For avid outdoor runners at MSU who despise the mere thought of running on a treadmill, the good weather can’t come soon enough.

For some, springtime marks a period where workout patterns are set to migrate outdoors.

For others, it marks a time to start working out in general.

Sometimes sitting out from the workout game for too long can lead to complacency and it can be harder to keep yourself on the workout grind consistently.

To start up a fitness program and stick with it, you really need a plan to make sure you’re getting as much out of it as you can. Below are five steps that you can use to get started on what is a journey towards something productive and useful: Create long-term goals.

Before you strap on your running shoes for the first time, as horrible as it may sound, reach into your backpack and grab a pen and a notebook. Write down what you want set for a week, two weeks, 3 months, 1 year.

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arbitrary and doesn’t matter much, but if you aren’t working towards anything in particular, it may seem pointless and boring after a while.

Assess where you’re at fitness-wise.

It’s hard to go a full winter without consistent physical activity, and then proceed to your old work out methods right from the get go. If you’re a runner, try running at a slower pace to start, if you bike, same thing.

For people lifting weights, try more reps at a weight you may otherwise feel isn’t enough.

You can always increase the weight later. Getting in shape is a ladder process, and takes some patience. This is just the beginning.

Consider finding a workout partner.

It’s a simple concept, but it goes a long way. With that, it is also difficult to find two people who are both fitness and schedule-compatible with each other. For the lucky ones who are able to find that, take advantage of it. A work out partner is better than any other tool in terms of getting the best out of a workout.

Even if you aren’t necessarily on the same fitness level, that’s okay too. The important thing in all this is that you’re both helping each other along a process

that can seem grueling at times.

Remember to log your progress.

Remember that pen and notebook with your goals from step one? Hopefully it has a few more blank pages, because charting your success is a great way to see if the level you’re going at is too much, too little, or on the right track. Whether it’s the speed or distance you’re running or bike-riding, or the number of reps or weight of the lifting you’ve been doing, tracking your progress is an underrated and helpful tool to get that done.

Stay consistent, and fight through “lazy days.”

This one can be the toughest of all of them. Everyone has had a day like this – you wake up, maybe sore from a workout the day prior, or simply exhausted from school and/or work.

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THEATRE “Every year we try to buy the latest in lighting and sound technology. We spend over $100,000 on our productions each year,” Hustoles said. continued from 5

revenue than all other theatre and music departments in the MnSCU system combined.

“Every year we try to buy the latest in lighting and sound technology. We spend over $100,000 on our productions each year,” Hustoles said.

The department’s prosperity hasn’t been easy to achieve however; breaking records takes time and dedication.

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The type of shows that the theatre department chooses are key for the record breaking box office sales.

Hustoles explained that he likes to focus on popular theatre, the type you’d see at the Ordway or the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre.

Legally Blonde, which premieres today, exemplifies this.

“Most colleges won’t think about doing it because it’s complicated,” Hustoles said.

Taking risks like this have paved the way for the positive results we continue to see in the department.

According to Hustoles, there are approximately 40,000 people that will see theatre productions this year.

That’s a pretty big statement, considering that there are only 50,000 people in Mankato.

He noted that he would like to see more student attendance, but due to many shows being sold out, it appears to not be necessary to advertise extensively to students.

It isn’t unusual for MSU’s theatre department to do shows that haven’t been touched by other colleges in Minnesota.

MSU was the first college in the state to debut a number of popular productions, as the department’s rendition of the recently big-screen bound epic Les Miserables debuts next year.

“We’ve always been in the top 5th percentile in the nation since about 1980. Last year we had our all-time box office record,” Hustoles said.

Popular features Rent and Phantom of the Opera helped create that, putting the department at the top 1 percent.

With the resounding success and achievements the Theatre and Dance Department has worked hard for, they hope to sustain the record breaking trend in upcoming years.

It’s safe to say however, that they’ve earned a bit of time to brag.

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Minnesota transportation could fall short Transportation head says that new taxes likely won’t go through, could impact state transit plans.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — High hopes of a major infusion of new money for Minnesota road, bridge and mass transit construction gave way Wednesday to the reality that the taxes needed to support those investments probably won’t pass into law this year.

Senate Transportation and Public Safety Division Chairman Scott Dibble said he’s looking at a status quo year while transportation advocates regroup for another push in 2014. A bare bones transportation package Dibble has put before his committee doesn’t include a higher metropolitan area sales tax that was to pay for substantial new transit options. Nor does it contain a gas tax increase to fund road and bridge projects.

“We’re just going to pause and take the opportunity over the next year or so to go out to Minnesota and make the case for the need for these

kinds of investments,” said Dibble, DFL-Minneapolis.

“It’s no secret that people are really interested in additional roads, bridges, infrastructure, transit, et cetera. At that same time it’s no secret that raising revenue for those purposes is extremely unpopular. That gap really needs to be bridge.”

House Transportation Finance Chairman Frank Hornstein, DFL-Minneapolis, acknowledged the environment for passing a big bill is difficult but he’s not willing to give up with five weeks left.

Dibble scaled back his plan after Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton doused the idea of a gas tax hike. The House plan was being held back until Thursday.

An advisory panel that studied transportation on Dayton’s behalf last year recommended a higher gas tax; among the panel’s members was Charlie Zelle,

the man whom the governor later named transportation commissioner. But Dayton has been cool to the idea of raising the gas tax, which lawmakers pushed up as part of a 2008 road construction plan.

Dayton was more definitive in his opposition when asked about it this week.

“I don’t support a gas tax.

I don’t think the people of Minnesota are prepared to support it,” Dayton said.

Dayton had proposed raising the sales tax in Twin Cities-area counties for mass transit projects, but Dibble said it would be hard to pass that if it isn’t paired with a new funding stream for highway and bridge construction.

The governor’s spokesman, Bob Hume, said Wednesday that lawmakers shouldn’t rule out the transit portion that rests on the proposal to raise the sales tax by a half-percentage point in metropolitan counties.

“The governor has been discussing his transit proposal with leaders in the legislature for months — it has support both inside the Legislature and with the public,” Hume said in a written statement. “The governor stands at the ready to work together with them to pass it.”

If no major funding initiative results from the session, some noteworthy transportation initiatives in the pipeline could be hindered. In southern Minnesota, Dibble said a long-sought reconstruction of Highway 14 to address safety and commerce concerns “is absolutely going to wait longer.” He said other projects that could be held up include an expansion of Interstate 94 to ease congestion between the Minneapolis suburbs and St. Cloud, a Highway 23 project near Willmar and a Highway 169 rework between Tower and Ely. Dayton has recommended borrowing $45 million in

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local road and bridge construction. But transportation experts say the backlog of needed work is far larger.

On the transit side, the pause could complicate a build-out of the Twin Cities light rail system. Some money for that effort could still progress in other construction proposals.

Rep. Mike Beard of Shakopee, a leading Republican on transportation issues, said waiting to move ahead on a major package suits him.

Beard is open to a higher gas tax but wants to make sure there are stronger policies about how money gets spent.

Until then, he said the Minnesota Department of Transportation can use existing dollars to move forward.

“MnDOT is not going to take a year off and shove everything to the backburner because we don’t do a gas tax this year,” Beard said.

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The Evolution of Tyler, The Creator

ALEXANDER RYAN ROUNDTREE

staff writer

It’s been a few years since Tyler, The Creator’s 2009 debut Bastard and with time, artists tend to change. Spring of 2011 marked his haunting sopho-

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more set Goblin and the after effects that came with it were sure to push his music into a wider scope of public attention.

From the start, Tyler was a hard guy to miss. This was partly due to the shocking visuals that punctuated his menacing music. Having a gun under his

chin in the video for “French” and hanging himself in “Yonkers” was likely going to make people take notice. With a devout fan base, his crew’s (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All) merchandise, and a show on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, it was apparent that Tyler was broadening out.

His third release, Wolf has this broader scope on full display while he hone’s the appeal that gave him a seat at the Grammy’s.

From the jump, the most noticeable difference between Goblin and Wolf is an expansion of accessibility.

Whereas Goblin was moody, dark and downright hard to listen to at times, Wolf finds a palette of sounds that are musically broad. “Parking Lot” and “Rusty” find Tyler in an area that doesn’t cater to the outlandish synths that his production is known for,

making for an interesting listen.

The furthest deviation is “Bimmer,” a track which features fellow Odd Future cohort Frank Ocean. The result is the most feel-good thing that has come out of Tyler’s catalog.

On Wolf the subject matter has also widened, if only a little bit.

On “48” the experiences of a drug dealer are detailed while “Lone” has Tyler speaking about his grandmother’s death.

Though these topics are a breath of fresh air in the world of someone who made a song called “AssMilk,” the themes tend to stay the same.

Things do tend to fall flat at times, such as the long running “IFHY” and tracks that tend to slow the album down as a whole. “PartyIsntOver/Campfire/Bimmer” could have done without the “PartyIsntOver/ Campfire” part. However, it can be praised that the missteps here are minor and that Wolf

retains much of what it set out to do.

Wolf is a combination of all the things that make Tyler a captivating artist to begin with.

He raps with enticing subject matter, uncanny production and a knack for getting a few laughs in the process. He is a parade of insults, emotions and enthusiasm flooding through audio. Though he can get tiresome at times, it is Tyler’s faults which made him exciting to begin with. What continues to push this excitement is the growth from one project to the next. Where Bastard was the beginning, Goblin was the evolution. The third time around with Wolf, the metamorphosis is still churning. Maturing in the light of your music can be seen as selling out or stepping out of your element. Wolf is anything but and shows that sometimes growing up can be a good thing.

TB takes a look at 2013ís Spring fashion trends TRISH BJERKE

staff writer

Spring has arrived and with it comes a whole new set of trends for these warm weather months. Anyone who’s picked up a fashion magazine knows what’s popular, but for those of you who haven’t, here are some of fashion’s biggest spring trends.

Bermuda Shorts These longer-length shorts have been popular in the past, but this season’s styles are loose and a little boyish. Since these shorts are knee length, there are many different looks you can achieve. They are able to be dressed up or down, making them appropriate for work, family events or any other dressy occasions.

Look for fun colors or patterns. These aren’t your mom’s shorts.

Cutouts With spring comes warm weather, and warm weather means dresses. The dress trend of spring 2013 is cutouts: panels of sheer fabric show a little

extra skin without the naked feeling that comes along with it. There are many styles of cutout dresses, so find one that looks good and makes you feel great. If you’re really feeling bold, try on a top or dress that doesn’t have the panels. You’ll stay covered up but reveal bare parts of your back/stomach/ etc. Not for the scared.

Stripes Stripes are always popular in nautical outfits, but try wearing them with other stripes. Marc Jacobs and Tommy Hilfiger had their runway models dressed head to toe in stripes. A full outfit of stripes might not be appropriate for Mankato, but striped pants and a striped scarf would be great. Bold outfits look good on everyone.

Patterned Leggings If you go into any store in the mall, you’ll find leggings in different patterns and colors. Tribal ones seem to be the most popular, but any pattern will add a fresh spin to your basic black leggings.

One thing to remember: cover

your butt. Wear these bottoms with a tunic or other long top, because leggings aren’t pants, people.

Bright Jackets/Tops/Bottoms Bright colored everything is in! Your fashion basics are now being made in neon and pastel colors and these bright hues definitely scream spring. One great thing about bright pieces is that you can decide how colorful you want to be. Adding a neon jacket to your all black ensemble is professional and refreshing. If you’re going out with friends, try mixing brights. Different shades of blue, green or magenta can be paired together to make an outfit that no one else has.

Low Heels and Flats This is something a lot of people will be happy about: flats are taking over. While heels always look good, give your feet a break and wear a pair of flats. Two popular flattrends are cutouts and brights.

Don’t worry about matching your shoes and outfit. This

trend looks so much cooler if the colors are mismatched.

Graphic Tees This is great news for all of you t-shirt lovers. What used to be ‘sloppy’ now is cool when you wear it with a blazer or dressy shorts. The beauty of this is that most people already own graphic tees. Think of them as a way to put a little edge in your outfit. These tees can be worn with all colors and patterns to making your own one-of-akind look.

Patterned Shorts Ditch your jean shorts and find a pair of patterned cut offs. Polka dots, flowers and tribal looks are all in stores and the bolder the pattern, the cooler they are. Shorts are a spring and summer staple, so let them do the talking.

And the last trend…

The last trend of spring isn’t really a trend at all. It’s adding your own personal spin to your outfits. Don’t look like a store mannequin. Mix your favorite pieces with these trendy piec-

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es, or ignore trends and wear anything you want. Wearing something unique will set you apart from everyone else, and it means you’ll never risk wearing the same outfit as someone else. Keep your own personal style! Trends fade but your tastes won’t. Happy dressing!

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TV Line: Shameless, One of the Best Dramas on Television

ANDREW SIMON

staff writer

Shameless is the quintessential unpredictable show, at least while Breaking Bad and Homeland are on sabbatical.

Having recently finished its third season on SHOWTIME, Shameless works so completely well because there doesn’t seem to be any rules or limitations as to what the characters say or do, and it’s that insanity, and the strong bonds of the Gallagher family, that makes it addictive television.

Set in the Chicago suburbs, the Gallaghers, a dysfunctional family with an alcoholic father showing up in and out of their lives (William H. Macey), struggle to make enough money week after week to pay the bills and feed themselves. There’s Fiona (Emmy Rossum), the eldest of the batch and authority figure; Lip (Jeremy Allen White), the

pot-smoking high schooler with untapped intelligence and a skill at conning money; Ian (Cameron Monoghan), same age, dealing with his homosexuality in a neighborhood that would crush him; Debbie (Emma Kenney), an eleven year old who still believes the best in people, even her parents; Carl (Ethan Cutkosky) who is a pyromaniac and finds every tool in the house as a possible weapon; and finally, baby Liam, who is mysteriously black despite having two white parents.

The family dynamic is so strong and compelling, there possibly isn’t a more entertaining family in all of television right now. 7th Heaven, these folks are not. Stealing, pranking, lying, cheating, by any means necessary they do what they have to do to keep the family afloat and a roof over their heads. This being SHOWTIME, there’s nudity galore and more

swearing in a single act than a whole Tarantino script.

Regardless of the chaos of the circumstances the Gallaghers find themselves in, they’re relatable. Fiona taking it upon herself to watch over the family with the parents out of the picture, Debbie’s childish hope that everything will be okay, having relationships with the bad boy (Justin Chatwin) or the bad girl (Laura Slade Wiggins), unexpected pregnancies, and just about every dramatic moment found in an episode of Parenthood is here – but given the Shameless twist.

Shameless prides itself in boasting one of the strongest ensembles on television right now.

William H. Macey gives his best performance in any production as the alcoholic Frank, a father who will do anything to make a couple bucks to buy a drink, whether it be fellatio in the bathroom at a bar or cashing in

SSI checks from a woman who’s been dead for twelve years. Despite how god-awful a character Frank is, Macey has never been better, and watching what new situation Frank finds himself in week after week is half the fun of tuning in.

Similarly, it’s hard to imagine a more powerful actress to handle Fiona than Emmy Rossum, who can bring the heartbreak better than most, yet portrays one of the best, independent, strong characters on television now. The remainder of the Shameless cast, from the Gallaghers to the side characters, are all-around superb.

Watching Shameless is watching a natural disaster each week, not because the series is bad, but because of how horrible of luck the Gallaghers have.

Three seasons in, it’s amazing the series is still as fresh and original as it, with the amount of mini-arcs and absolutely out-

there situations that the characters find themselves. When the series isn’t relishing in the insanity that is their lives, it’s enjoying the family dynamic of five people (and a baby) that is united and keep getting up when they get pushed down.

The writing becomes invisible and the series feels more like an all-access-pass documentary, and the performances are so thoroughly breathtaking it’s absurd each actor hasn’t won some sort of award yet. Putting it simply, Shameless is one of the best, most addictive series in the last decade, and once one starts with episode one, the impulse to keep watching the next episode will best the need to do homework.

Shameless seasons 1-2 are available on DVD/Blu-Ray, season 4 is expected to air January 2014.

An Editor’s Thought:

Be Gone April, Be Gone...

EMRE K. ERKU

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ne bottle of Jose, please. And throw in two first class tickets to Far Away from This Wretched Place. The April snows have been displeasing to most so it’s time to throw the Pythagorean Theory and Shay’s Rebellion notes into a paper shredder while laughing like a Bond villain, pack your bags in a hurried movie star fashion and disperse, leaving everything behind without looking back.

It’s impossible, really, flicking off your immediate world and flying away. Dreams can

sometimes be nightmares in this case. But, Mavericks, there is a shiny golden star at the end of this maze of a miserable month.

You will kick yourself at how obvious the answer is, which lingers like a camouflaged leaf bug inside of your fun-loving brain.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of the Minnesota State University, Mankato student body, Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner to flush down the month of April like the worm of a mezcal bottle’s bottom. All this sleet and rain and jawclinching snow is only here to remind us of how lucky we are to have such a beautiful holiday in such a beautiful month lying ahead us. The only things to do now are bite our tongues, wait a few more days, then open the sliding door to the back porch.

Thank heavens, Mavericks.

Thank heavens.

But there is a major flaw as to why we celebrate the fifth of May, that is, what are we celebrating and why is it important? We all know that many fine Mankato establishments (sellers of the drink) promote the day by including dirt cheap deals on Corona and shots of the wicked stuff we call Patron. Yet, some do not realize what we are drinking to, which can be an insult to the drink toast and an insult to the ones who truly celebrate the holiday.

Ask any history professor and they will tell you that Cinco de Mayo is a holiday in which commemorates Mexico’s defeat over the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. That’s right, Mexico was at war with the French for seven years during the decade that shares thick bloodshed with the American Civil War. Reasons for the war are simple: after Mexico seceded from Spain, it amassed incredible debts with its father country, as well as France and Britain.

To appease its loaners, Mexico cut deals with the British and Spanish, leaving a stubborn and disgruntled France thirsty for pay back, as well as thirsty for expanding its empire.

So Napoleon III had no choice but to invade our neighbors to the south to make collections. Tony Soprano and his crew learned well from these pinot noir drinkers despite their failure to collect on Cinco de Mayo.

In essence, an under-manned force of Mexican militiamen defeated a French force that outnumbered the Mexicans five to one. It was a perfect example of Diego versus Goliath.

Truly, the holiday is a celebration of Mexican heritage.

Through the means of partying, parades, and cranking up indistinguishable mariachi music, we clink our glasses to our North

American brothers and sisters.

Llegamos y bebidas que.

On a more relatable note, we drink to the fact that many of us are running away from bills and creditors almost all the time. Our financials are slim and

are bills fat. We cannot fight it with physical force, but we can fight it by joining in on the fun.

To those who refuse, I still say cheers to the world.

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The outing that changed it all MSU pitcher Jason Hoppe was just another arm out of the bullpen last season until his brilliant performance against Augustana in the NSIC tournament put him in the map. Now he is one of the top -dogs in MSU’s dominant rotation and a key instrument to the Mavericks success in 2013.

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Midway through last season, MSU hurler Jason Hoppe saw his lifelong dreams slowly fading away from him. The then-sophomore was barely getting time out of the bullpen and coming off one his worst outings, a relief effort facing conference-foe Augustana in the sixth inning of a 0-all tie. There were no outs with clear bases when Hoppe took the mound. Three batters later, Augustana was up a run and Hoppe was out of the game. Suddenly he could feel his visions of the future dying. Professional baseball then seemed more like a childhood fantasy than a possible reality.

A couple successful starts came his way towards the end of the season before the Mavericks headed to the NSIC tournament as the no. 1 seed. Two decisive victories came their way early,

followed by a heart-breaking loss to rivals St. Cloud State that put SCSU in the driver’s seat to take the tourney. MSU then faced an elimination game in five hours with their top three pitchers already used up. The Mavericks knew it was a lose-go-home situation, but were still quite confident in receiving a bid for regions, so head coach Matt Magers made the determination to give the ball to Hoppe, who saw his chance to prove himself flashing right before his eyes.

Every athlete needs one of these occasions. That recognizable moment, that cliff note in their career where they went from just an average player to one of the elite, an instant where people look back and know: that is where it all began.

He was a little tense but the pre-game jitters faded away as soon as he stepped into the ballpark. From there, Hoppe could only describe his presence as

being “locked in” for the rest of the evening.

“I knew right when I arrived that night that it was go-time.

I had to throw the team on my back and prove myself on the mound because I only had a few starts at that time,” Hoppe said.

“I walked on the field and from there I knew I had to get myself going mentally. I don’t even remember much of the game; I was just so locked in.”

The game would be a beat down, as MSU jumped to a quick 4-1 lead early and rounded out the late innings with six more in the seventh; but just like any other mind-blowing individual feat in the world of sports, the score is not the number that is remembered from this one. For the fans in the stands and the two teams on the field, just one number comes to mind: 17, Hoppe’s strikeout count when the final out was recorded.

Even though he doesn’t re-

member, Hoppe was on fire. The 6’1’’, 165-pound sophomore was dazzling with exploding fastballs that were put just about anywhere he wanted them to go that night, off speeds that left Vikings hitters baffled in the box, and his go-to pitch, the change-up, which Augie can agree was his finest pitch of the night.

The game didn’t start out like most fairy tale performances begin. Hoppe found himself in trouble early with back-to-back doubles in the first inning and a run already across the plate for Augustana. For Hoppe, nightmares of games past were beginning to flood back.

“I told myself, let’s just try to get on cruise control and get some quick innings,” Hoppe said, whose mental preparations seemed to have worked out, because that is exactly how the rest of the game went.

The first inning brought in Augustana’s lone run of the game and two strikeouts for Hoppe, followed by two more in the second, one-apiece in the third and fourth, and two more in the fifth.

Suddenly, six innings had gone by and Hoppe’s K-count sat at 10, great numbers for anyone in the starting role.

With the Mavericks piling on six more in the top of the seventh, Magers decided to stick with Hoppe to not exhaust any more of the bullpen for a possible twogame set the following day.

From there, the hitting for Augie was brought to a close and the strikeouts for Hoppe became a ritual.

He would not allow a base runner in the final three innings, getting two strikeouts and a fly out in the seventh, followed by a foul out and two more to end the inning in the eighth.

“My two previous starts I could not get through the seventh and onto the eighth. Once I got there vs. Augustana, I knew I had to do it,” Hoppe said. “Our pitching was low and I was throwing well. I knew I had to go out there and finish the job.”

“The game was mine.”

Everyone knew Hoppe was ready and able to finish what was left of the game in the ninth, but no one could have expected the wild ending that was about to surface.

His arm was tired to say the

least, as his pitch counted peaked over 100, but he knew he couldn’t just stop there, it was time to close; his two off speeds would have to hit the showers early, the ninth would basically be nothing but him and the old no. 1.

“I think I only threw two off speeds in the ninth, it was nothing but fastballs. I was just trying to hit the spots and gas up as hard I could.”

The leadoff batter would go down swinging for the first out and 15th K, the second would follow, no. 16 on the night.

With one batter remaining, Hoppe took everything he had towards pinch hitter Trevor Sandgren. The count sat at 2-2 when he fired his last pitch of the evening, which landed right over the plate with Sandgren’s bat still sitting on his shoulders, a strikeout to end the game with Hoppe putting down the last five batters on strikes and ending with 17 K’s, a historic feat in the young pitcher’s career.

MSU catcher Nolan Johnson could see the zone Hoppe was in early in the game and knew something big would happen with it.

“He was just very focused.

He was in control the whole time and he had all three of his pitches working for strikes,” Johnson explained. “I just knew whatever I put down he was going to throw it just like how I asked for it. They didn’t have a chance to hit it and had no idea it was coming.”

Magers knew it too, as he recognized early that Hoppe was hitting his spots with all three of his pitches, a big factor in what Magers called one of the greatest pitching performances he’s ever seen.

“To be able to locate all of your pitches in a hitting count, that was the key,” Magers said.

“Some people get that early in their careers, some don’t get it for a while, but that is really what separates the good ones from the great ones.”

For Hoppe, it was cloud nine following the dominating performance, until it was time to do it all again eight days later with MSU fighting in the Central Region tournament. Their was no chance of elimination in this one, but a loss to New Mexico Highlands would have pinned

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JASON HOPPE “Even though he doesn’t remember, Hoppe was on fire.

The 6’1’’, 195-pound sophomore was dazzling with exploding fastballs, that were put just about anywhere he wanted them to go that night, off sppeds that left Vikings hitters baffled in the box, and his go-to-pitch, the changeup, which can agree was his finest pitch of the night.” continued from 11 a fluke, the start of this season has quickly quieted the idea. He currently sits at a 4-1 mark in ’13, firing 41 innings and boasting a 2.20 ERA with 48 strikeouts.

His most recent outing took place last weekend with Hoppe’s seventh start of the season against a familiar opponent, Augustana, where his six-inning one-run presentation silenced the Augie hitters once again.

The MSU squad currently sits at a 22-7 record in 2013, mainly due to the dynamic 1-2 punch that Hoppe and senior Harvey Martin have created on the hill.

Although Hoppe’s stats lay somewhere in the solid category, Martin sits in the amazing class and is flirting with deadly, giving up just four earned runs in 40 innings pitched, while striking out 58 batters. Considering the bulk of MSU’s season is played in four-game sets with conference opponents, knowing Hoppe and Martin will be out there for two of them is something Magers believes is huge in the success of this team.

“Our goal is to win three out of four in every series we play in.,” Magers said. “Having those guys at the top of the rotation

BASEBALL NSIC

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

Conf. OVR. 10-0 21-2 2-0 10-9 8-2 16-8 11-3 22-7 4-2 13-8 5-3 11-11 5-4 12-11 4-4 11-9 4-4 4-18 4-6 16-15 4-6 9-15 5-9 10-18 3-7 12-14 0-6 8-12 0-14 0-27

SOFTBALL NSIC

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

Conf. OVR. 11-1 20-6 7-1 27-7 7-1 22-6 10-2 25-7 9-3 22-8 7-3 22-15 8-4 26-5 8-4 21-8 5-7 16-13 5-7 13-17 3-5 16-12 4-8 11-13 4-8 9-17 1-11 7-22 1-13 2-23 0-12 2-25

WOMEN’S TENNIS NSIC

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

Conf. OVR. 12-0 17-2 10-1 15-9 8-1 13-5 9-3 9-8 6-4 8-4 6-4 6-10 5-5 6-8 5-6 6-6 3-6 3-8 2-9 2-10 1-9 2-12 0-9 1-11 0-10 1-11

the Mavericks in the exact same position they faced in the conference tournament. Two more wins and a berth to the College World Series was theirs.

“At that point it was like no team could hit me,” Hoppe said.

“I felt unstoppable.”

A pretty good evaluation of himself, considering he would go the distance once again in the regional tournament, scattering seven hits and two earned runs while fanning nine as MSU moved on once again with a 6-2 victory.

Hoppe’s number would not get called until 11 days later when the Mavericks faced elimination in their third game of the Division II College World Series.

They would need four more victories in their next four games to call themselves national champions and a single loss would have sent them back home to Mankato, meaning no baseball for another seven months. This time, Hoppe could feel the pressure as he began his warm up.

It was there that Maverick graduate assistant Dave Williams helped Hoppe out with a pep talk before the game. Williams was a sports psychology grad student at MSU and was good with helping the players in their mental

puts you in a pretty good position to get two games every weekend.”

With MSU’s other starter Tyler Ockuly sidelined for the remainder of the season with an arm injury, Hoppe knows that he and Martin will have to pull even more of their own weight if the Mavericks plan on making a return run to Cary, N.C. for the College World Series.

“We talked about it and we know that we have to step it up now. We have high expectations for this season and to finish strong like last year. We all will need to get to the next level to keep the rotation moving.”

With multiple teams making a bid for an NSIC championship and the Mavericks moving onto a tougher region in 2013, the thought of spending a week in Cary at the end of the season must stay exactly that, a thought.

But one thing is for certain, if Hoppe keeps performing better and better with every outing just like last season, those dreams and goals of professional baseball won’t feel too much like a distant imagination anymore.

They will be, in his eyes, an actuality.

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preparations.

“He told me you can see nervousness in two ways,” Hoppe explained. “You can think you’re scared to go out there, or you can just go out and shove against these guys. That really helped me put things into perspective.”

Whatever he felt in his pregame warm ups slowly melted away, as Hoppe fired another complete-game shut out, with six hits rendered and 10 strikeouts, as MSU moved on to the next step in the CWS. Hoppe would see no more action in the tournament, as MSU was eliminated two days later at the hands of Delta State, but he ended the season with three complete-game victories in which he only gave up three runs and 36 strikeouts, something that will be always be remembered with MSU’s magical run to the World Series in 2012.

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