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Arbitration rules in favor of former MSU head coach A reinstatement of dismissed head football coach Todd Hoffner with back pay is called for after arbitrator rules in his favor. SAM WILMES News Editor
Web Photo Former MSU head football coach Todd Hoffner will make his decision this afternoon to either stay on as head coach at Minot State University or be reinstated to his former team here at MSU.
An arbitrator ruled on Thursday that the university was wrong in terminating former MSU Head Football Coach Todd Hoffner last spring. In his 72-page decision, arbritator Gerard Wallin declared that the university was under no grounds to fire Hoffner. This is the latest in a series of defeats for the University in this case. On November 30, 2012, Blue Earth County District Judge Krista Jass dismissed the charges of child pornography due to the lack of probable cause. Hoffner was fired in May 2013. Hoffner, who recently accepted the Minot State head coaching position, is considering coming back to Mankato, according to his wife Melodee. A final decision from Hoffner will be made today at 3 p.m. Hoffner’s lawyer wants ex-
tensive punishment for university administration members responsible for the decision to terminate Hoffner. MSU will be required to pay the $11, 190 difference between Hoffner’s $101,190 salary at Minnesota State University, Mankato and his $90,000 salary at Minot State. MSU released the following statement on the matter: “Minnesota State University, Mankato is aware of news reports regarding Mr. Todd Hoffner. As a general matter we can say that employers are obligated to abide by arbitration awards, whether or not they agree with their terms. Minnesota State University, Mankato does not have further information to provide at this time.” “I’m hoping that after the powers that be carefully review the decision that they’re going to clean house at Minnesota State University,” Hoffner’s attorney Chris Madel told the Star Tri-
bune. “Anybody that had any decision making authority with respect to Todd Hoffner’s employment should resign or be fired,” Madel said. Attorney James Fleming, hired by the Hoffner family when charges were brought against him in August 2012, disapproves of the university’s response to the charges. Fleming described a county human services worker placing the Hoffner kids back in the home on the same day the charges were stated as proof that there wasn’t anything criminal taking place. “It’s pretty telling that the arbitrator knocked down every argument the university put forward for firing Todd Hoffner,” Fleming said. “Although the time between August 21 - November 30, 2012 (When the charges of child por-
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MSU student killed in St. Paul SAM WILMES News Editor The police are investigating the death of Nicholas Stephan, 22, who was killed at a St. Paul Apartment complex while visiting friends. Police were called at 10:11 p.m. on April 4 to an apartment complex near Shepard Road in Downtown St. Paul. According to the Mankato Free Press, no other details were available from St. Paul police. Stephan was reportedly set to acquire an internship he had been pursuing for months.
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Services for Mr. Stephan will be on Saturday, April 26 at Mattson Funeral Home in Forrest Lake and there is a memorial being planned on campus for next week. “He was truly a delight, he was a fun loving kid,” Environmental Science Professor and Stephan’s advisor Beth Proctor said. “He made people laugh, was passionate and loved the outdoors.” “It is so sad to see what happened, to lose a 22-year old, a young man like this who had so much promise, who was so full of life.”
His obituary reads: “He was a source of energy and inspiration to everyone he touched. His growth into a terrific young man was a great joy for his family and friends. Nick was known for his spontaneous spirit, his smile and his laughter were contagious. Nick was passionate about all the outdoors: snowboarding, water skiing, hunting, fishing, canoeing, riding his motorcycle and loved a good bonfire. Cut off muscle shirts in florescent colors, camouflage or lime green hoodies with lime green tennis shoes is totally appropriate attire!”
Web Photo 22-year-old Nicholas Stephan was shot and killed on Friday, April 4.
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International festival comes to CSU HANNAH KLEINBERG Staff Writer The Centennial Student Union was thrumming with culture for an amazing, fivehour experience on Sunday for
all participants. Free of charge, people of the community and students flooded in to partake in the 2014 International Festival. A thorough schedule was set for the day, outlining a plethora of diverse events for people of
all ages to enjoy. Many people representing their cultures and backgrounds put on dances of their heritage, such as Nepalis, Russians, and Afro-Peruvians, on a stage in the basement of the Centennial Student Union.
Arnold Bagamba • MSU Reporter Dancers representing Norway perform at the Centennial Student Union on Sunday.
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There were also small shops set up representing various countries, and a smorgasbord of kiosk restaurants, such as Babushka’s Polish Foods, Die Backstube. Even local bar and restaurant Savoy’s came to celebrate the flare of cultures, serving gyros and other things. Michael Tatro, who worked the Die Backstube table and is an active member of the German club, spoke to us about the fes-
tival. “I like it [the International Festival] a lot,” he expressed. “In the German club, we not only talk in German but talk about Germany, and our goal here is to let people know that there is more to Germany than pretzels, bratwursts and lederhosen.” There were also small ta-
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Changing dating scene threatens communication Advent of new forms of communication makes dating different, perhaps less meaningful. EMMA DEPPA Staff Writer Dating culture in America has changed drastically from the times of our grandparents, to our parents, to our present day feats. Some refer to this as the “dating decline” or the “demise of dating,” while others argue that it is simply the “evolution” of dating. These ideas pose the question, is dating really getting worse, or just changing? One aspect of dating that has changed is communication and getting to know each other. With modern day technology you can find out a lot about someone simply by creeping through his or her social media for a half hour. With instant messaging and texting two people can have elaborate conversations with-
out seeing the other person. These modes of communication facilitate the process of acquiring knowledge about others, but can diminish social skills. On student I interviewed here on campus stated, “Technology is a blessing and a curse when it comes to dating, it makes everything easier and less awkward initially, but can be counterproductive in the end”. Everything moves at a much faster pace nowadays, so perhaps it makes sense for everything to move just as fast. Charles M. Blow, a New York Times columnist explains, “It turns out that everything is the opposite of what I remember. Under the old model, you dated a few times and, if you really liked the person, you might consider having sex. Under the new
model, you hook up a few times and, if you really like the person, you might consider going on a date.” This has caused a lower amount of effort put into relationships and dating. Many young adults these days don’t even feel the need to commit to another person in any fashion before engaging in sexual activity. Along with that is the new idea of open relationships, where couples are okay with infidelity. This casual sex poses many risks to the health, both physical and emotional. All in all, us young men and women ought to keep our standards high and never forget our worth. The right person will jump through hoops to be with you, not just casually stroll along.
INTERNATIONAL FEST “A thorough schedule was set for the day, outlining a plethora of diverse events for people of all ages to enjoy.” continued from 2 bles put up throughout the event called “Tootsie For Your Thoughts,” in which participants of the festival filled out a short survey form and got a piece of candy in return. One of the people manning these tables, Jongmoom Choi, told us how he felt. “This is my third year and I love it,” he said. “I enjoy
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the food, and it’s the only chance I get to eat traditionally made food. It’s good to know other cultures.” Visitors watched bands play, people dance, and listened to stories being told. And, for a price, they were given the chance to sample the fine dining of other countries. People even
came dressed in their personal traditional wear, such as a group of girls who came clad in kurta suruwal, native to Nepal. One girl, Riya Gurung, was happy to elaborate. “I love the International festival. I get to see and taste a lot of different things, and it’s just a great experience overall.”
HOFFNER “Fleming spoke of the trials and tribulations Hoffner has fought for the last twenty months. I don’t think anybody knows how hard this has been, the charges that have been brought against him have been absolutely toxic.” continued from 1 nography were dismissed) we knew once we saw the case that the state didn’t have a very good case at all.” “Minnesota State University took adverse actions against Mr. Hoffner’s employment at MSU once the charges came,” Fleming said. Fleming spoke of the trials and tribulations Hoffner has fought for the last twenty months. “I don’t think anybody knows how hard this has been, the charges that have been brought against him have been absolutely toxic.” He spoke wearily of the role the internet has played in the case and the never-ending role it will continue to play. “All that stuff on the internet is all out there,” Fleming said. “You can’t get this stuff expunged.” Fleming, however, saved his most biting words for the university and those in charge. “People who we pay to be ministers of the truth, the providers of justices, have fumbled this case,” he said.
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“There has to be some accountability.” His overall goal, however, revolves around his client. “I want Mr. Hoffner to get back his life and be made whole while coaching football, the guy is a football coach and that is clearly what he wants to do.” To Fleming, perhaps the most important aspect of this case has been already decided. “Justice has been accomplished, although late.”
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Win or lose, try not to burn anything REECE HEMMESCH Editor in Chief In 2002, a riot broke out on the campus of the University of Minnesota after the Golden Gophers won their first collegiate hockey national championship in almost 25 years. The next year, a similar riot occurred in the Dinky town area of the campus as once again the team took home a national championship in Minnesota’s best-known sport. With that being said, one wonders why last weekend two similar riots of lesser extent broke out at the U’s campus, even though the Gophers did not win a national championship this time. After their amazing last-second victory in Thursday night’s Frozen Four matchup with archrival North Dakota, U of M students took to the streets in an ecstatic fashion to celebrate the team’s victory with some hooting and hollering that didn’t seem to leave much of an impression, as most riots do. It wasn’t really a riot, more of a gathering so-to-speak to celebrate the big victory over North Dakota. Still, in anticipation for another national title riot to take over the university, the Minneapolis Police Department sent copious amounts of officers and riot controllers to keep things in line in expectancy of cars rolled over and lit on fire amongst vast portions of the student body. U of M president Eric Kaler even assured all students that anyone caught in the riot Saturday night
would face serious consequences from the university. Though the Gophers lost in the national championship 7-3 to Union College, students still decided that it was time to make some noise in Dinky town as 19 people were arrested late Saturday and early Sunday morning with reports of two known arson incidents occurring, according to the Minnesota Daily. The numbers were down from the 2002 and 2003 riots, but still, one must wonder with two separate outcomes to national title games and three riots, why these things occur in the first place? I understand the first two that transpired over 10 years ago, as cause-and-effect probably tells me that a few fired-up fans took to the streets to celebrate the big win before a few people prob-
ably got arrested before everything broke loose, resulting in rioting and arrests for many afterwards. This is natural when teams win big games, but it is also as natural as when the team loses, resulting in what you normally see after a failed trip to the Stanley Cup by fans of the Vancouver Canucks, who decide to take to the mob of people when the team cannot get the big win. Truthfully, I don’t understand any type of riotous behavior after a big game, where a team’s victory or defeat decides if the city will stay in line for the night. I have been a sports fan for my entire life, and don’t see that ever changing, yet I can honestly say that I have never been so overfilled with joy or so upset after a crucial match that
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I feel the need to tip things over and start them on fire. I can get a little feisty after a loss, which I was after my Gophers fell in said national championship game, but once again, not to the effect of doing myself or others harm. A big problem with riots like these is the societal norm that “they’re all just drunk, idiotic collegians” and should just be allowed to burn a few things before going home for the night, but that negative imagery needs to end immediately before other universities across the country begin to do what the U of M crowd did Saturday night. I hate playing the obsessive parent after a big loss like the one the U of M is feeling right now, but seriously, you finished
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Five fun summer activities in Mankato
As summer arrives, premium attractions and events set for the city. ALEX KERKMAN Staff Writer I’m sitting here with piles and piles of homework slowly accumulating all around me. Lately, it seems that no matter how hard I work, I keep falling behind. It definitely doesn’t help that summer is right around the corner. Whether it is half-assed homework assignments, angry, bitter faces or the overall lack of trying in their wardrobe, it is very apparent that students all over campus are ready for summer to be here. That being said, let’s procrastinate a little while longer and take a look at some of the fun things to do in Mankato this summer. 1. Enjoy Nature Mankato has a fine number of parks and outdoor areas to
relax and get away this summer. Between Sibley Park, Hiniker Pond, Rassumssen Woods and The Minnesota River Trail among other places, they are peaceful outdoor areas to play some Frisbee, walk your dog or even take a nice afternoon nap in the sun. 2. Go for a run. There will be a number of sponsored runs taking place throughout Mankato this summer, including the 7@7 trails race (May 3), a zombie run (May 31) and the Mankato Mud Run (August 16). The runs are even more entertaining with a group, so make sure to convince all your friends that uncomfortable chaffing and sweating will be a great way to spend an afternoon.
3. Ribfest As a broke, starving college kid, this is my personal favorite. Award winning chefs throughout the country will make their way to Mankato this summer to cook some of the most mouthwatering ribs in the country. The actual dates have not been set yet, but most likely it will take place the first week of August at Riverside Park, like it did last year. 4. Moondogs Baseball The Moondogs, who play at Franklin Rodgers Park, will kick off the 2014 season near the end of May. For anyone who enjoys ballpark food and a nice relaxing day in the sun, Moondogs games are a no brainer. With the season running from the end of May to the beginning of August, there will be plenty
Hate, ignorance hand in hand in killing SAM WILMES News Editor Yesterday’s tragedy at the Jewish center outside Kansas City, Mo., serve to remind us that no matter where we have been as a society, no matter the lines of progression, no matter the levels of tolerance and acceptance we have catapulted past, there will always be hate. 73-year-old Frazier Glen Miller, the leader of the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and the White Patriot Party, shot to death three Jews; a boy, his grandfather and a woman at a Jewish assisted living facility. There is no good reason to hate somebody based on race or ethnicity. We are all humans; all of our past failures in the world has stemmed from that rotten principle: six million Jews were killed at the hands of
Nazis during World War II and for what reason? Although claiming to be the savior of the German race, once the battle was lost and the mistakes made Hitler took his life by the hands of a gun. Tough to argue that you are the savior when you aren’t even brave enough to confront the mistakes you have made. This is what racists are, however: they are cowards, the lot of them. Think about what that elderly gentleman did; he shot people too young, too old and not in positions to defend themselves. Unbridled hate left unchecked perpetrates dark myths that, if left to grow, ruin lives. Everyone can be guilty of it because it stems from some things that is universally evident: Ignorance and fear. Ignorance and fear causes hatred of gays, African Americans, Jews, Muslims, Hispanics, anyone that is different. When talking to someone who is racist or holds deep-
seated prejudices, you can see a different look in their eye when they begin talking about that someone or something. Law-enforcement missed a golden opportunity to take Mr. Miller off the streets. A man who had called Jews “Swarthy, hairy, bow-legged, beadyeyed, parasitic midgets,” was sued by the Southern Poverty Law Center after operating an illegal paramilitary organization and intimidating AfricanAmericans. After forming the White Patriot party Miller spent three years in prison in relation to weapons charges and for plotting the murder of the SPLC’S founding member Morris Dees. Due to his criminal past and his insatiable appetite for guns, Miller shouldn’t have been in possession of a gun in that time or place. When hatred finds a vision, path and tools to fuel its twisted agenda, society pays a price and, tragically, three innocent victims lost their lives.
of chances to catch the Moondogs in Mankato this summer. 5. Minnesota Vikings Training Camp This is what most of the fuss is about all summer long, as once again MSU will host the Minnesota Vikings summer training camp. The three week schedule has not yet officially been announced, but the Vikings for sure will be coming back down to Mankato near the end of this July. Watch the
players practice during the day, and maybe you’ll run into them around town afterwards. (Note: Do not assume that everyone over the height of 6 feet tall you see in Mankato this summer is a professional football player. One of my friends ended up with a lot of free drinks last summer). Hang in there, only a couple more weeks until the freedom of summer gets here. Well, at least whatever freedom my boss allows me.
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Shootings require reevaluation of gun laws Proper regulations and safety measures would make USA safer.
SAM WILMES News Editor The issue of gun control has been front and center in the public eye for a long time. Politicians, organizations, victims of gun violence and sportsmen have all offered their opinions on the matter. Guns, while not inherently bad, serve as the most efficient way of committing mass murder; for example, the stabbing outside of the school in suburban Pittsburgh left more than 20 injured but no one killed. The shooting in Suburban Kansas City, however, left three shot and three dead. This is one of the problems in the debate: The pro-gun side argues that guns are not any more responsible for killing as spoons are for making people fat. This, however, is a strawman’s argument. While spoons are not to blame for people getting fat, guns are a major reason why mass shootings are possible. Like a carpenter with a hammer and nails working at his craft, a gunmen doesn’t have the power without a gun that he can attain with the purchase of a gun. Responsible gun owners
are always being fed the same lie: It starts with an inch and ends with a mile. If they make universal background checks universal and ban guns at the hands of criminals and the insane, it will only be a small step until the government comes in and takes all of the guns. This, however, is not true and the misinformation spread is costing lives by the dozens. Contrary to National Rifle Association President Wayne LaPierre’s main belief, more guns isn’t always the answer to mass shootings. The gun isn’t the sole problem: the problem is that the gun provides the perfect steppingstone for the perpetrator to commit violent crimes. The path to less gun violence and gun safety is to promote universal background checks to ensure that guns don’t end up in the hands of the negligent. Gun rights will always be a universal right, although it is strange to see how the right is used sometime. Nobody is coming to take your guns. Whoever spreads messages like this has hidden agendas. What is needed is a comprehensive look and comprehensive change into how guns are used in the country to ensure that the tragedies so clearly evident in our society are put to the waste side.
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Culture, differences embraced during festival RIOTS “Truthfully, I don’t understand any type of riotous behavior after a big game, where a team’s victory or defeat decides if the city will stay in line for the night.” continued from 4
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PRATAKSHYA BHANDARI Staff Writer What would this world be like, if we all had the same story to tell? If we all believed in the same things, came from the same beginning and stayed where we were? What divides us, makes us interesting. What makes us interesting, also makes us human. The Mankato Area International Festival was a one day celebration, but for students, faculty and staff involved, it was a event that just somehow flew by.
Entertainment, food and everything else in between - it took an army to make a festival of such large scale come together in the right places. This was my first year at the festival and I didn’t know if I had done everything right as one of the student coordinators. Of course I hadn’t, because out of a list of 100 things to do, I only got 90 things done. It was, however, the learning experience that no classroom could have provided me - that life is a process of trial and error - that the best possible way to learn something is to go out there and make mistakes. From the other end, as a student representing one of the 90 countries that make up the international student population at MSU, I was overwhelmed that
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even in its 38th year, the International Festival was appealing to so many people. It was pride - seeing my country’s flag waving at the window all day and gratitude - to be part of a community that appreciates so much diversity. My favorite thing about the festival was the map of the world, where students could put a pin to represent where they came from. At the end of the day, one could glance at the map and see little pins spread across the entire world. Each of the pins represented a student currently attending MSU. It was an interesting way to put the theme as well as the essence of the festival together - it is indeed one world, with many stories.
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second in the country, be proud of that. I know for a fact this university would love a second-place finish in Division I hockey and I feel confident enough that a riot would not break out in Mankato, even though the past says otherwise. Many here at MSU began to think back to the tall tales heard of the great riot of 2003, when a crowd of 2,000 people began acting mob-like on the west side of campus before according to the Mankato Free Press, 160 police officers took control of the situation and arrested 45 people. Though it is unclear how those riots began and was probably just another excuse of drunken stupor by college kids, I think it paints a vivid picture that when you put a bunch of kids with a bunch of booze, all it takes is one dumb idea to bring a riot to fruition. It doesn’t matter if the cops were overly aggressive, not aggressive enough or simply not there when a riot breaks out, it is always the people involved at fault for the inciting behavior, especially when one occurs because of a sporting event. Your life is not that bad, don’t take need to the streets because your favorite team lost. So the next time you and your buddies have a few and think it might be a good idea to set a small piece of furniture on fire or tear the whole city down, stop, think about it, and move on to a smarter idea. The more we collegians start thinking this way, the better off our campuses will be.
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Kansas shooting suspect had no record of violence
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Never one to keep his hatred to himself, Frazier Glenn Cross for decades sought out any soapbox to espouse his white-supremacist beliefs, twice running for federal office with campaigns steeped in anti-Semitism. Yet there’s scant evidence the Army veteran and retired trucker with Ku Klux Klan links ever resorted to violence before Sunday, when authorities say Cross opened fire with a shotgun and pistol outside a Jewish community center and retirement complex near Kansas City. None of the three people killed turned out to be Jewish. The 73-year-old, who shouted a Nazi slogan at television cameras when arrested minutes later, is jailed awaiting charges that investigators said could come as early as Tuesday. At some point, a federal grand jury is expected to review the slayings, which investigators now deem a hate crime. “We want to express our condolences to the families of these poor souls who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and had the unfortunate experience of a first-hand encounter with evil,” U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. The FBI and police have not offered any public explanation for what triggered Sunday’s deadly outburst in Overland Park on the eve of the Jewish festival of Passover. While the FBI and other law-enforcement agencies were familiar with Cross, Sunday’s gunfire was “very random,” the FBI’s Michael Kaste said. “We don’t really see how this could have been prevented. There’s at least no obvious answer,” said Mark Potok, a senior fellow at the Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups and had a considerable dossier on
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Cross. “He is one of the more frightening characters out there, no question about that.” A Johnson County jail official reached Monday by The Associated Press refused to make Cross available and referred inquiries to his attorneys and Overland Park police. The Kansas Star reported that Cross had been assigned two federal public defenders. Knocks by an Associated Press reporter went unanswered Monday at Cross’ small, singlestory home bordered on three sides with barbed-wire fences near the southwest Missouri town of Aurora, some 180 miles south of Overland Park. Parked outside was a red Chevrolet bearing two Confederate flag stickers. The Southern Poverty Law Center said Cross, who also went by the name Frazier Glenn Miller, has been immersed in the white-supremacist movement most of his life. During the early 1980s, Cross was “one of the more notorious white supremacists in the U.S.,” according to the Anti-Defamation League. He founded the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and served as its “grand dragon” before launching the supremacist White Patriot Party, the law center said. By 1987, he was the target of a nationwide manhunt for violating terms of his bond while appealing a North Carolina conviction for operating a paramilitary camp. Federal agents tracked him down along with three other men to a rural Missouri mobile home stocked with hand grenades, automatic weapons and thousands of bullets.
A federal grand jury indicted Cross on weapons charges and accused him of plotting robberies and the assassination of the law center’s founder, Morris Dees. He then served three years in federal prison. As part of a plea bargain, Miller testified against other Klan leaders in a 1988 sedition trial. Cross, using the name Frazier Miller, ran for the U.S. House in 2006 and the U.S. Senate in 2010, each time espousing a white-power platform. During his Senate run as a registered write-in candidate, Cross’ effort to air anti-Semitic ads was scuttled by the Federal Communications Commission, which concluded Cross was not a
“bona fide” candidate entitled to mandatory access to the state’s broadcast airwaves. The ruling allowed Missouri broadcasters to reject Miller’s ads, such as one that urged white people to “unite” and “take our country back.” It also criticized immigrants and minorities. At the time, Miller complained in a written statement that the FCC action “deliberately silenced my political campaign” and made it “absolutely impossible for me to get elected.” He responded to an AP telephone interview request with anti-Semitic slurs and profanity. Violence ultimately proved fatal to his son. Jesse Miller was 30 and wielding a shotgun in 2008
when he was shot and killed by a police officer he wounded in southwestern Missouri’s Marionville. The confrontation happened moments after Jesse Miller had gunned down a passer-by who stopped to help him after a M car crash. S It was never clear what motivated the younger Miller to resort to gunfire. In Cross’ southwestern Missouri hometown Monday, most locals approached by the AP waved off the opportunity to discuss the man authorities suspect killed 69-year-old William Lewis Corporon, a physician, and his 14-year-old grandson, Reat Grif-
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Photo Courtesy of Associated Press Reat Underwood, of Stillwell, Kan., performs a vocal audition for the 45th season of Theatre in the Park at Overland Park, Kan. Underwood along with his grandfather William Lewis Corporon were both killed by a gunman at the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park, Kan., on Sunday, April 13, 2014.
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Mass media day set for today
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Speakers, scholarships to highlight celebrations.
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The Department of Mass Media at Minnesota State University, -Mankato will be hosting media tday today. The Department’s main Ppurpose of media day is to high-light the things that the departtment does and simply get the word -out, or as Rachel Hanel, assistant sprofessor of mass media, puts it, -“it’s a day to celebrate media.” The main event of media day is Sara Critchfield, an editorial director for Upworthy.com. Critchfield will speak at 6 p.m. tonight, in the Centennial Student Union Ostrander Auditorium, an event that is free and open to the public. Critchfield’s speech, titled “You’re Probably Doing it Wrong: Upworthy’s Gotta-Know Factors for Making Content Viral”, will include her knowledge of and experience with multimedia and online journalism. It will help promote the Department of Mass Media’s mission to teach its students the most current ways in which to deliver information to the public. “We wanted to get someone who could talk about the state of today’s media,” Hanel said about choosing Critchfield as the speaker for media day. “As the director at Upworthy she’s in a perfect position that all students are familiar
with.” That position is the knowledge of viral videos, something Upworthy.com is all about. The description on their website reads: “Upworthy is social media with a mission: to make important stuff as viral as a video of some idiot surfing off his roof. At best, things online are usually either awesome or meaningful, but everything on Upworthy.com has a little of both. Sensational and substantial. Entertaining and enlightening. Shocking and significant.” Upworthy describes their audience as “The Daily Show” generation. This means that even if students are not mass media majors they can still find familiarity in Critchfield’s speech. “I know that viral videos in-
terest almost all students,” Hanel said. “It should be interesting to get more of a professional take on things.” Along with Critchfield’s speech, Media day also brings recognition to a group of students who have been successful in the mass media field. A program at 3 p.m. today in Centennial Student Union 235, will present 20 mass media students with scholarships. Media day has been put on by the Department of Mass Media for several years and always strives to further student’ knowledge on the different aspects of media. It is something that touches everyone, is a part of everyone’s lives and connects us all. This year’s media day is sure to be no different.
KANSAS “Cross, using the name Frazier Miller, ran for the U.S. House in 2006 and the U.S. Senate in 2010, each time espousing a white-power platform.” continued from 8 fin Underwood, outside the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City. Both were Christians killed moments before Terri LaManno — a 53-year-old Catholic occupational therapist and mother of two — was gunned down outside a Jewish retirement complex where she was visiting her mother. “It was bound to happen. You can’t be that deep into what he was into and not expect something to happen,”
said Steven Roberts, who lives in Aurora, a roughly three-hour drive from Overland Park. Cross was well-dressed and educated, Roberts said, but “just had a deep hatred for other races.” In nearby Marionville, population 2,200, Mayor Dan Clevenger said Cross often distributed racist pamphlets around town. “He’s gone overboard,” Clevenger said. “He’s way too carried away with his ideas.”
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Offensive surge drives MSU past Crookston in four-game series Minnesota State University, Mankato’s baseball squad posted 59 runs and allowed just nine in the four-game stint.
MSU Reporter Archives In their five-game winning streak, the Mavericks’ lowest run total was 13 in their second win against Minnesota Crookston on Saturday.
ADAM PIERSON Staff Writer MSU claimed their home
field this past weekend, playing in Mankato for the first time this season and winning all four contests. The Mavericks improved
their overall record to 28-7 overall and 16-4 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. April 12
Game one was all MSU, tallying 14 runs and not allowing Crookston to cross home plate in seven innings of play. MSU took the lead in the bottom of the second inning when sophomore Taylor Branstad connected on a sacrifice fly to center field. The Mavericks added to their total in the fourth inning when senior Mike Andries grounded out to the second basemen, driving in a runner. Junior Max Waletich contributed later in the inning with a two-run single. The very next batter, junor Nolan Johnson laced a RBI double down the right-field line and scored in the next at bat, bringing the Mavericks’ lead to 6-0. In the fifth inning, freshman Eric Peterson sent a two-run shot to left field. Senior Todd Standish added an additional run with a RBI single later in the inning. Three batters later, junior Connor McCallum cracked a double down the right-field line. Andries gave MSU a security run in the sixth inning with a single through the right side, driving in a run.
Finally, in the seventh inning, senior Stetson Olson connected on a RBI single to center field, giving MSU the 14-0 victory. Senior Jason Hoppe headlined the game in six innings of work. Hoppe earned the win for MSU on the bump, allowing just three hits and sending nine batters back on strikes. Hoppe improved his overall record to 7-1 this season. Game two was nearly the same, with MSU prevailing 14-1. The only run Crookston scored was in the top of the first inning off a RBI single to left field. In the third inning, MSU got their bats going when Waletich walloped a two-run double. Three batters later, McCallum added one more with a single down the right-field line. Peterson added an additional run in the fourth inning with a sacrifice fly to center field. The Mavericks did the majority of their damage in the fifth inning. First freshman Hunter Harnisch punched a RBI dou-
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Softball team continues to streak through NSIC The Mavericks’ 22-game winning streak includes a perfect 16-0 in the NSIC. JOEY DENTON Sports Editor Regardless of how strong or weak the schedule was, winning 22-straight softball games at the division II level is quite the accomplishment. The great aspect of softball is that either team has an equal chance of winning the game, and to be on the winning side 22 straight times shows this team doesn’t take games off or take any of these NSIC teams lightly. This past weekend just featured a twin bill with Minot State, and the Mavericks completed their eighth NSIC sweep winning game one 13-3 and 8-5
in the second. Senior infielder Kelly Wood swung a solid bat in both games, actually homered in both. She finished the day going three-for-seven with two home runs and six RBIs. Sophomore infielder Karli DesLauriers also had a hot bat, going three-forfive with a double, a triple and brought in five base runners. Freshman pitcher Coley Ries was in the circle for game one. With some offensive help, she only needed to hurl for five innings and she allowed three earned runs and struck out five Beavers. Game two featured junior Brittany Lauterbach. She
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Photo Courtesy of Minnesota State Athletics The Mavericks are undefeated in the following states: Minnesota (12-0), South Dakota (4-0) and Missouri (6-0).
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12 games in: so-so start for Minnesota Twins The Twins featured some surprising play from Chris Colabello and Jason Kubel, but the starting rotation still possesses some Twin-like characteristics.
Web Photo Who would of thought after 12 games the Minnesota Twins would be tied for third in the MLB in runs scored?
LUKE CARLSON Staff Writer When in doubt, always count on the flubs of the Kansas City Royals for a return to competitiveness. In the eighth inning of
a close Sunday afternoon showdown at Target Field between the Royals and the Minnesota Twins, Royals reliever Wade Davis’s self-loathing got the better of him. With only one out and the
bases loaded from three straight walks, Davis was still poised to lock down the Twins’ scoring threat and preserve his team’s 3-2 lead heading into the last inning. On a 1-2 pitch, Twins batter Chris Herrmann plunked a grounder
along the third base line. With a speedy Pedro Florimon heading home to tie the game, Davis lazily sailed a throw to home plate that was not in time. After failing to throw out Florimon, Davis pouted along the third base line and did not see Twin Brian Dozier wheeling for home plate. Dozier had made notice of Davis’s mistake and took full advantage. Because of his frustration, Davis was too late in his attempt to tag Dozier and the Twins took a 4-3 lead. Dozier’s score proved the game winner, securing a three-game series sweep over the Royals. With the home sweep over their American League Central Division rivals, the Twins have catapulted their season back to .500 (6-6) to begin the year. The Twins enjoyed a day off yesterday but return to Target Field for Jackie Robinson Night tonight at 7:10 p.m., kicking off a three game series with the AL Eastleading Toronto Blue Jays. Even though it is quite early in spring, the Twins’ season has already been a rollercoaster. 2014 kicked off on the road in Chicago, where the Twins dropped two of three games in the White Sox’s home-opening series. Twins pitchers continuously failed to stop Chicago’s offense, allowing five or more runs in all three contests, even during the first Twins win of the year on April 3rd when Minnesota managed to outgun the home team
b a c 10-9. t The next series in ClevelandR saw an upswing for the Twinsf when they took two out of threeg from the Indians, but the Twins’t starting rotation still failed toS stem the tide of runs allowed,t giving up 17 runs in the series. Then there was the Twins’s home opener on April 7th. TheR budding Oakland Athleticss stormed into Target Field andt handed the first home-opening series sweep to Minnesota in Target Field history. Besides poor pitching, the Twins also succumbed to poor offense, scoring only eight runs in the three games against Oakland. For one thing, the Twins’ starting pitchers must figure out a way to stop the bleeding. Coming into the weekend series against the Royals, Minnesota’s rotation held a league-worst 6.89 ERA. It is an all too familiar feeling that the pitching on this squad is already kicking the bucket. For the most part, the last three seasonst have been full of Twins teams that have not been competitivef on the mound. w The sweep against Kansasc City is a step in the right direc-v tion however. Twins starter Kevin Correia was charged with allt three runs on six hits in Sunday’sh game, but his seven-inning starti has continued an upward trendy for the Twins’ rotation. Right-t handed pitchers Kyle Gibson andp
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BASEBALL “The Mavericks improved their overall record to 28-7 and 16-4 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.” continued from 11
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the inning. Harnisch finished the scoring for MSU in the seventh inning with a two-run single to leftcenter field, giving MSU the 14-1 victory. Senior Bryce Bellin earned the win for MSU on the bump in his five innings of work. Bellin improved his overall record this year to 1-1, allowing one run on three hits and one walk while punching out four batters. April 13 Sunday deemed no different for the offensively consistent Mavericks, earning a 13-2 victory over Crookston. MSU put a run on the board in the second inning when a runner was caught stealing, allowing a run to cross home plate. In the third inning, Peterson drove in a run with a single to left field. Two batters later, Standish added another run when he grounded out to the second basemen. Crookston scored a run in the third inning on a sacrifice fly to center field. The Mavericks scored twice in the fifth inning off of a throwing error from Crookston’s third basemen and their second basemen. Johnson gave MSU an additional run with a RBI double to right-center field and two batters later, Olson thwacked a three-run bomb to cap the fifth inning off. Johnson gave MSU another run in the sixth inning with a single through the right side of the field. Waletich scored later in the inning on a passed ball. Crookston earned one of the runs back in the sixth inning on a RBI single up the middle of the field. Waletich took the run back
in the seventh inning with a RBI single through the right side of the field, securing MSU’s 13-2 victory. Senior TJ Larson earned the victory for MSU on the hill. Larson allowed just one run on two hits and one walk while sending seven batters back on strikes. The nightcap of the double header was all MSU again, earning a lopsided victory 18-4. Branstad set the pace for MSU in the second inning with a RBI double down the left-field line. Later in the inning, Standish knocked in an additional run with a double to center field. Two batters later Johnson reached on a fielder’s choice, knocking in an additional run. MSU reached home plate once more on a Crookston throwing error from the second basemen. Waletich posted two runs for MSU with a single through the right side of the field in the fourth inning. Crookston scored a run in the fourth on a MSU throwing error. Harnisch wasted no time getting the run back with a RBI double to left-center field in the fifth inning. The next batter, MSU scored on a Crookston fielding error. Two batters later, Waletich added another run with a RBI single up the middle of the field. Johnson followed him with
a RBI single to left field. Back at it in the sixth inning, Johnson connected on a RBI single to left field. Later in the inning, Sullivan drove in two runs with a single up the middle
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of the field. Three batters later, Standish thwacked two more runners in with a double to rightcenter field. Waletich followed with a RBI sacrifice fly to right field. Johnson followed him with a RBI double to right field. MSU added two more insurance runs in the seventh inning. First, Sullivan hit a RBI double to right field and three batters later, Standish added an additional run with a double to center field. Crookston’s rally of three runs in the seventh couldn’t complete the comeback. Scoring on a wild pitch, fielding error and a
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RBI triple. Senior Taylor Nawrocki pitched five innings and improved his overall record to 5-0 this season. Nawrocki allowed one run on three hits and one walk while striking out seven batters. Senior Chris Williams pitched the seventh inning, al-
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SOFTBALL “By far the toughest part of the squad’s schedule is on the horizon - actually, it starts today.” continued from 11 completed her 10th game of the season and gave up four earned runs on six hits and sent nine batters down on strikes. By far the toughest part of the squad’s schedule is on the horizon—actually, it starts today. The Mavericks traveled to Winona State today for a doubleheader against a 28-6 Warrior squad that just dropped out of the top 25 rankings. Themselves are on
a nine-game winning streak with their offense producing double digit-run totals in three of their last five wins. The NSIC’s two best offenses face off with the Mavericks on top, averaging 6.85 runs per game while the Warriors bring in 6.46 runs per game. This matchup features four of the best hitters in the NSIC, but at the same time possess two of the best
young pitchers in the conference. For Winona, junior first baseman Morgan Lintz and senior infielder Jenny Nelson haven’t had any problems driving in runs this 2014 season. Their 86 combined RBIs (44 for Jenny Nelson and 42 for Lintz) is more than five NSIC teams (Southwest Minnesota State, Northern State, St. Cloud State, MSU Moorhead and Minnesota Crookston) have as a team. Lintz is also hitting .408 with six home runs and 12 doubles, which is second on the team. Besides her unprecedented .860 slugging percentage, Nelson has cranked nine home runs and has been walked 23 times to give her a .556 on-base percentage. The Mavericks counteract the duo with their own one-two punch at the top of the lineup card in senior catcher Lindsay
Lindsay Erickson
Photo Courtesy of Minnesota State Athletics Senior infielder Kelly Wood went one-for-four with a three-run homer in the fifth inning of their 8-5 victory over Minot State on Sunday.
Erickson and senior shortstop Samantha Holien. Erickson, a Big Lake native, is batting .446 with 10 home runs and 47 RBIs and 15 walks. What is really impressive is the two-time NFCA
TWINS “Even though it is quite early in spring, the Twins’ season has already been a rollercoaster.” continued from 12 Ricky Nolasco both allowed only one earned run in each of their appearances in the first two games of the series, with the Twins dominating those games 10-1 and 7-1. It will be up to those three guys, as well as the rest of the rotation in Phil Hughes and Mike Pelfrey, to pick up the pace and start carrying this team a bit more. Clearly the Twins also lack serious punch at the plate, especially with slugger Josh Willingham out for most likely a week or two with a broken bone in his left wrist. But there have been a few players in the lineup that have stood up to the challenge of leading this team offensively. In only his second season in the majors, first baseman Chris Colabello has been a surprise boon for Minnesota, adding five doubles and 14 RBIs in 12 games. Left fielder Jason Kubel, who left for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2012, is back this season and leads the team with a .385 batting average and 15 hits. Other standouts include third baseman Trevor Plouffe, who shares the team lead in hits with Kubel and is second on the team with a .326 batting average, and star catcher-turned-first-baseman Joe Mauer who has 14 hits. Dozier leads the Twins with four homeruns. That promising offense might help the Twins gain some more ground in a division that, outside of the Detroit Tigers, is a rather bland hodgepodge of ball clubs. Here’s to the Twins taking full advantage of that if they can figure out a way to improve their pitching like they did this weekend. All-American is she’s only struck out six times in 112 at-bats. Holien, who transferred last season from North Dakota State, has 131 at-bats with a .481 batting average, six home runs and 34 RBIs. The leadoff batter is also one of the Mavericks’ best base runners with 11 stolen bases. To show how much more difficult this stretch is going to be, the records added up between Winona State, Wayne State, Augustana and Sioux Falls is 114-32, and the four previous teams the Mavericks swept, which included Northern State, Minnesota State
Moorhead, Upper Iowa and Minot State, added up to 55-73. The Mavericks are currently on top in the NSIC standings, but these next four opponents ladder down the NSIC (Wayne State 2nd, Winona State 3rd, Augustana 4th and Sioux Falls 5th). The rough road between now and the NSIC tournament starts at 2 p.m. today in Winona for game one and game two’s first pitch is at 4 p.m. Be sure to go to msumavericks.com for live stats to follow the NSIC rivalry.
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Music and comedy combine in Drowsy Chaperone Theatre mainstage production features alternating leads, play within a play.
MIRANDA BRAUNWARTH Staff Writer The Drowsy Chaperone, a musical within a play, is currently playing in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Minnesota State University Mankato. Thursday was opening night for the “old” musical that brings catchy lyrics to audience ears from a record player. The show starts with “Man in Chair”, played by senior BFA Acting Candidate, Carter Allen. Allen brings a certain charm to this drab older gentleman who wants only to spread his love for musical theatre. “Man in Chair” lays on the laughs with the wonderful commentary he gives to audience members while the music from his record player comes to life, literally. Allen displays a sophisticated
sense of humor that appeals to all ages. Although he sits in his chair for the entirety of the show, he becomes one with the audience watching the show for the first time. The musical heard from his record player is that of “The Drowsy Chaperone”, the title given to this charade of musical within play. When the musical comes to life, the audience members are introduced to 1920s Broadway star Janet Van de Graff, who is to be wed to her love Robert -played by senior Sam Stoll. Similar to other musicals, The Drowsy Chaperone is laden with sappy love that breaks up and is later rekindled and ultimately ends in a big wedding -- or in this case a multiple wedding with some love interests that are quite unexpected. These unexpected incidents
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have been aided by the title character, the Drowsy Chaperone, played by senior Kaitlin Dahlquist. Dahlquist brings humor to her drunken chaperone
character who is anything but a chaperone. She is taken over by the romantic allure of “charming” Aldolpho, played by junior Ben Stasny. The two create a pair
that is electrifying in their overthe-top love affair. What’s different about this
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Bending genders MSU drag show promotes awareness, alters perspectives. RAE FRAME Staff Writer Walking into the CSU Ballroom last Wednesday night, many students did not know what to expect from the Gender Bender Drag Show, hosted biannually by the MSU Mankato LGBT Center. Colorful lights set a playful tone, and black and white glamour shots covered the walls, displaying terms relating to the night’s event. Emcee Gosh Alice Jones kept the crowd laughing with quickwitted commentary, crowd interaction, and plenty of naughty humor. Frequent and dazzling costume changes kept the crowd guessing, while her crowd-pleasing performances ranged from Frozen’s “Let it Go” to power ballads by Cher. There was endless laughter during parody performances by Lucy Stools, whose vibrant stage presence kept the whole room in stiches.
The show featured many fabulous talents; but a real crowd favorite was Taiyo, who won over the whole ballroom with sizzling hip-hop moves. The room’s quality sound system was ready to handle the base-heavy remixes of Usher (“Scream”), AWOLNATION (“Sail”), and OneRepublic (“Counting Stars”). Taiyo, however, was not the only dancer in the lineup—performers Alecia Moore, Seyana, Nikki, and Alexis Savage showed off their moves to tunes by Kat Graham, Beyoncé, Rihanna, and David Guetta. Jones brought the evening to a close with a few words promoting Sexual Violence Awareness Month. The event was hosted during Eliminate Hate Week, which offers educational events on LGBT issues and promotes campus wide tolerance. For more information on Sexual Violence Awareness Week, please visit the Women’s Center, CSU 218.
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4 reasons to start watching Orphan Black
Premiering a year ago, Orphan Black follows British punk Sarah Manning (Tatiana Maslany, Parks and Recreation) as she discovers she is just one of many clones that are starting to become self-aware. Sarah aligns with Cosima (Maslany), a scientist from Minnesota studying their genealogy, and Allison (Maslany), a soccer mom paranoid their every move is being monitored. United against the Dyad Institute, the company responsible for their creation, Sarah, along with her adopted brother Felix (Jordan Gavaris), tries to find out who the good guys and bad guys are, while trying to evade the crazy Helena (Maslany), a clone who is tracking and killing her fellow clones. Orphan Black has appeared on multiple Top 10 of 2013 lists, including hitting the #3 spot on Entertainment Weekly’s TV rundown. The series itself was amongst the winners at the Peabody and Tubey awards, and Maslany has been nominated for best performance at the 2014 People’s Choice Awards and 2014 Golden Globes. Since its debut, a rabid fanbase (the CloneClub), has catapulted the series into the cultural lexicon. Not bad for a series that averaged 500,000 viewers when it first aired. With season two premiering on Saturday, here are a handful of reasons why this series should become your latest addiction:
Web Photo Tatiana Maslany gives the definition of a multi-faceted performance in Orphan Black.
Characters First up is Sarah, a resourceful, intelligent streetwalker who is estranged from her daughter, Kira. She doesn’t make the best choices, but she’s quick on her feet, and there’s always a reason for it. Despite being adopted by Mrs. S, she’s always felt alone, and rebelled against what other people demanded of her. The magic of Sarah being the primary narrative focus of Orphan Black is having a character that is strong, independent, and smart – a rare commodity for genre characters, let alone female roles. Perhaps the most amazing
thing Orphan Black has to offer with its characters is how they aren’t defined by who they are, specifically, Felix and Cosima, two gay characters who are more than their sexual identification. In this day and age, where sexual orientation and ethnicities are slowly being incorporated more, they still hardly feel like human beings, and instead big, blinking stereotypes. Not only that, but Felix and Cosima are, arguably, the two biggest, lovable stars of the show with their quips and off-kilter personalities. To have a series that has characters identified as more than one thing is impressive, and deserves no small amount
of accolades. Then there’s Helea, the religious zealot hellbent on eliminating her clone batch. There has not been a more wicked or scarier character on television in a long, long time. Childlike and menacing, Helena is a force to be reckoned with. With a slew of side characters, like the hunky Paul whose allegiance is always flip flopping, or the detective friend of Beth Childs (another member of the clones), Art, who will stop at nothing to figure out why all these dead bodies (Helena’s victims) look the same and how they’re connected, this series isn’t lacking in complex and interesting
individuals. Leave the clone aspect, or the mystery behind these cloning organizations, or who’s good or bad, and just concentrate on these characters, and Orphan Black would just as amazing.
Visual Effects It’s 2014, and the idea of being impressed by special effects in this time period seems rather like a nonevent. Enter Orphan Black, where Maslany physically interacts with herself multiple times in the same shared space. In episodes two and three, she’s touching, shoving, and talking to her
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DROWSY “The Drowsy Chaperone is laden with sappy love that breaks up, is later rekindled and ultimately ends in a big wedding.” continued from 15 production at MSU is the use of two actresses for the part of Janet Van de Graff, the Broadway babe. Opening weekend Janet was played by senior BFA Musical Theatre candidate Callie Syverson who closed as her last production for her acting career here at MSU. Syverson will be gone during the second production; She will competing in Washington D.C. against other regional winner in the national Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship competition. She will be traveling with Jordan Oxborough, junior BFA Musical Theatre candidate who will play Gangster #1 in the first weekend. Syverson shone in her role as Janet, as she beautifully sang her heart out and graced the stage like a true Broadway star; she will bring her talent as she travels to D.C. next week. Having a week left of the production Janet Van de Graff will be taken over by freshman BFA Musical Theatre Candidate, Emily Scinto, who will be making her main stage debut. Although she is only a fresh-
man, Scinto has a knack for poise and a voice that can easily fill the Ted Paul Theatre. Scinto is one who will not stay out of the spotlight and is sure to be a regular face in upcoming seasons. The wonderful voices of the show are accompanied by classic 1920s style choreography by senior BFA musical theatre candidate Jaclyn Juola. The choreography cleverly plays on the decade, as well as creates humorous moments imitated by problems “Man in Chair” encounters. The Drowsy Chaperone was originally created as a spoof of 1920s to 1940s musical numbers, and was revamped for the Toronto Fringe Festival; after some time, it made its way to Broadway in 2006, where it won five Tony Awards. The MSU production of The Drowsy Chaperone is directed by Dr. Paul J. Hustoles. The show will continue with Scinto as Janet on Thursday. The show runs Thursday-Saturday 7 p.m., with a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. Ticket are $22 regular and $15
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Storytelling Any show about clones can seem redundant after decades of similar storytelling, but Orphan Black takes the Scandal approach of burning through story. The cloning and seedy organizations weave together the story, and it’s a big part of the narrative, but Black emphasizes character over these more sci-fi elements, making all the sci-fi techno mumbo jumbo more tolerable and therefore interesting. As for the storytelling of these characters, there’s double crossings and betrayals, hidden agendas, megalomaniac scientists, pasts haunting the future,
and lots of mystery and intrigue. Where this season leaves everyone promises for a stellar, personal, and powerful season 2. Tatiana Maslany One version of this article could easily list up to nine accolades directed to Orphan Black, and each point would be Tatiana Maslany for each character she plays. There’s a very real reason why Maslany was nominated for a Golden Globe, and it’s because no actress last year can even compare to the level of nuance, complexity, commitment, and individuality brought to not one, not two, but no fewer than nine roles in ten episodes, and to allow each one of them to have their own very evident unique trait, style, and speech – such an accomplishment is simply astonishing. For some, the idea of trying to follow nine iterations of the same looking person sounds daunting, but never once do these separate characters mesh into one or become even mildly confusing.
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ORPHAN “To have a series that has characters identified as more than one thing is impressive, and deserves no small amount of accolades.” counterparts, and in a standout performance and effects sequence in episode seven, Maslany acts against herself in a diner where Sarah and Helena are having a heart to heart. The accomplishment here is that the visual effects are seamless – perfect. For all intents and purposes, there are nine clones of Maslany and not a hint of SPFX was used. It’s that amazing.
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In perhaps the shows best sequences, there are times where Maslany plays Sarah impersonating Allison, or vice versa, and to her magnitude of talent, viewers can see both characters in that one scene – Sarah struggling to maintain the soccer mom composure, and Allison trying to emulate a nonchalant street punk and British accent. From the way a character walks, to hair styles and mannerisms, each character has their own clearly defined persona, and Maslany plays each of them with such arresting presence. There is not enough time or space to sing Maslany’s praises, but simply best to say she is the standout actress of 2013. What she does with these characters will make an indelible impression, and if nothing else, her work alone will make the casual viewer an Orphan Black convert. Orphan Black season 1 is streaming now on Amazon Prime. Season 2 premieres April 19.
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Oculus review New haunted mirror flick plays mind games by blurring the lines between illusion and reality.
Web Photo Karen Gillan and Brenton Twaites venture through the looking glass in Oculus.
ANDREW SIMON Staff Writer The Conjuring was freaky. Sinister was redundant. You’re Next was all action. Oculus, though, is fresh, freaky, and clever. The premise itself isn’t entirely new – a killer mirror terrorizes a household, but how the movie chooses to tackle an overused idea is where it really begins to shine. Nineteen years after this evil mirror possessed their father (Rory Cochrane) and mother (Katee Sackhoff, Battlestar Galactica), killing them both, Tim (Brenton Thwaites, The Giver) and Kaylie (Karen Gillan, Doctor Who) craft an elaborate plan to prove the mirrors effects, confront their past, and destroy the mirror so it can never harm again. Problem is, the mirror has its own psychological method of attack and defense, forcing them to re-evaluate if everything they know and see is real. First, it should be stressed, Oculus is not a horror movie -at least not in the way of being genuinely horrifying like last year’s The Conjuring. Instead, Oculus is all about unnerving the audience and playing with per-
ceptions. There’s the mental and physical deterioration of the father and mother, which are both horrifying in how far gone they become and how dangerous they could be. For Tim and Kaylie, it’s the horror of realizing that they’re not in as control as they thought they were, that their actions to destroy the mirror might actually destroy their lives. The cleverness comes in with two aspects: the primary, unique spin that Oculus can boast is how it crisscrosses through time. One bit details the madness of the mom and father and how it affects young Tim and Kaylie in 2004. The other in 2014 as Kaylie is determined to bring an end to the mirrors influence and exonerate her brother, accused
tral characters. These are two adults who know exactly what they’re getting into, have a revenge scheme in mind, and are fully prepared with an elaborate plan (one of them, at least) to end the mirror’s terror. This involves several precautions like a crane to shatter the mirror if they fail to cancel the trigger on time, or hourly phone calls from Kaylie’s husband and frequent hydration and food consumption. It’s such a pleasure having intelligent and prepared characters in a horror film that one can’t help but marvel at the choice and be endlessly thankful. The psychological warfare on display in Oculus is likewise just as interesting, and a nice twist from the usual physical battles of Jason Vorhess, Michael Myers, or any of the other Boogeyman the protagonists must face. Instead, this is all a battle of the real and unreal, and for viewers embracing this type of horror, it is leaps and bounds more compelling than a screaming blond fighting an ultimate evil. For all its praise, Oculus does suffer from some subpar and hammy acting in some departments, but its strengths outweigh the negatives, which makes Oculus recommended.
“Oculus is not a horror movie, at least not in the way of being genuinely horrifying.” of murdering their parents in a fit of mental instability. Weaving through past and present is an interesting choice for a film in this genre and helps immensely in creating tension, mystery, and impact. As the final moments roll by and the two time periods mirror each other, it’s particularly impactful. The second clever aspect of Oculus is having proactive cen-
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MTV Movie Awards fashion report Unique fashion apparel graces the red carpet in a night packed with some of Hollywood’s hottest celebrities.
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MADELINE ZAFFT Staff Writer The fashion at the MTV Movie Awards was executed to a tee. Some of my personal favorites were Jessica Alba, Zac Efron, Rita Ora and Jonah Hill. The celebs really showed off their fun side at this award show, which is always exciting to see. With spring in the air, the actors and actresses also dared to show a little skin; instead of being a black tie affair it was an opportunity to show a little bit more of their own style and per-
sonality. Jessica Alba was easily my top fashion pick of the night. The actress showed up in a white tube top and a springy, yellow skirt -- she looked absolutely flawless and totally embodied spring season. Her shoes complemented her outfit perfectly, with a pop of black and white pattern. Zac Efron was definitely next on my list. At first his denim short sleeve shirt seemed a little out of place for me, but the shirt grew on me and by the end of the night I thought it was spot on. The crowd went wild when Efron won the award for Best Shirtless Performance. Not just because the man candy got on stage in front of everyone, but because Rita Ora ripped his shirt open revealing his amazing body. You could hear the clicking of the pause buttons on everybody’s remotes watching at home and drool dripping out of their mouths. Speaking of Rita Ora helping everybody’s dreams come true by revealing Efron’s chest, she also looked amazing. Ora showed off her “goodies” in a deep plunging V-neck black dress. She sported her signature red lipstick giving her a Hollywood bombshell look. A celeb that has been killing it on every red carpet she attends is Lupita Nyong’o. Nyong’o showed up in a knee length colorful dress with a high neck. I’m torn on this look; on one hand she looked absolutely stunning, but I just imagined her in something show stopping, and for me
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this look fell short. Another actor that caught my eye for fashion was Jonah Hill. He usually arrives at these events with the same look everytime, but he made an exception for the MTV awards and came dressed in a greyish-brownish suit and black skinny tie. The ensemble made him look a tad more mature and professional, compared to his usual look that is a little sloppy in my opinion. Ellie Goulding was the woman in white, both on the red carpet and for her show performance. Both dresses were floor length and the only real difference was her performance dress was a little more revealing. In all, there weren’t any fashion looks that I found absolutely awful. It was a great awards show and appeared that everyone in attendance let their hair
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