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International Running bare for a cause Festivities

International Festival brings unique cultures, cuisines to CSU.

Clothing donated will help those in need.

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staff writer csu communications The annual International Festival drew large crowds Saturday evening in the CSU, as a number of different cultures were on display.

SAM WILMES

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The smell of different fares filled the air. The sweet song and dance of the Sons of Norway gave a further festive flair as the Mankato Area International Festival put on “Passport to Discovery,” an international event held in the Centennial Student Union on Sunday.

People filled the main and lower levels of the CSU as many cultures were represented, including German, Greek, Hispanic, Indian, Nepalese, Brazilian, West African, Thai, French and Filipino cultures, among others.

Different delicacies were available; the main level included Indian, Chinese, Mexican, Nepalese, Israeli, and Hmong food.

The lower level included German, Greek, Korean, and Vietnamese selections.

Filipino doughnuts were also

available, along with crepes, a French dessert.

Opening events in the Hearth Lounge included a smudging ceremony - a Cherokee blessing. Smudging is considered a ritualistic way of cleansing negative energies away.

Following the ceremony, Egyptian, Ethiopian and Japanese dance groups performed.

Tall Paul, a Native American Rapper, also performed.

Also featured was Egyptian Bellydancing, something not seen normally in the Greater Mankato area.

The Mu Daiko Japanese group performed in the Ostrander Auditorium. According to the festival guide, Mu Daiko was founded in early 1997.

Mu Daiko performs a variety of traditional and contemporary works, ranging from traditional taiko repertoire to original pieces composed by its members. Members participate in

more than 100 educational and concert performances annually.

The Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre also performed in the Ostrander Auditorium. A Spanish-American dance company, the theatre was founded in 1982 by Susana di Palma.

According to the guide, “The essence of Zorengo Flameco’s work combines the passionate soul of Spain with the lively innovative spirit of America and relates to contemporary audiences in a way that few companies do.”

It is a very unique experience, especially in a community of Mankato’s size, to be able to see such a blending of cultures.

Along with all the hustle and bustle associated with such an event, there is a deeper sense of individual pride - a sense that each culture has contributed in its own unique way to what

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Thursday April 18, Expertise PR will be hosting the Third Annual Nearly Naked Mile. It will be held at the CSU Mall from 5-6 p.m. Registration starts at 4:30 and donations will be accepted without participating in the run.

Come fully clothed wearing items that will be donated to Again Thrift & More. Runners will then take off items of clothing until they are “nearly naked” and run a mile around the MSU campus.

KMSU will be the DJ to get everyone amped and ready to run. The top 10 finishers and donators will win a free t-shirt from Expertise PR. “Despite the weather this year, we are still hoping to have a good turn out,” said Expertise chair Shannon Turner.

It’s a great time for Springcleaning and spring fever is in the air even though the weather feels different.

The Nearly Naked Mile is a great excuse to get outside and donate some clothing for a good case.

“The event is always really

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fun and it serves a good cause,” said Turner. “The top ten finishers get a free t-shirt which has an awesome design this year and we think the runners will be ecstatic to get one.”

Again Thrift & More is part of the Minnesota Valley Action Council (MVAC), a community action agency.

MVAC develops resources and opportunities that empower people in low-wage work to secure affordable housing, viable transportation, employment, training for employment and educational opportunities for children.

Again Thrift & More is moving to a new location in Mankato. They will open their new store April 22 at 706 N Victory Drive.

“Last year’s Nearly Naked Mile was a blast. We had a great turn out and the weather was beautiful. We had about 60 participants and collected about 13 trash bags of clothes. We do want a great turn out, but the goal this year is to collect 20 bags of clothes,” said Expertise co-chair, Leah Samuelson.

More information is available on the Nearly Naked Mile 2013 Facebook page.

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Athletic training Parks and Recreation NBC’s hit comedy is in its fifth season, but misunderstood Mankato’s own selection of parks offer more As a profession and as a major, athletic training faces hurdles as it tries to overcome students’ misconceptions.

TIM FAKLIS

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Students in the Minnesota State University, Mankato Athletic Training program have been using social media to their advantage this year, advocating for reform and awareness of the profession, and possibly more.

“Some of our classes have projects such as promoting the profession by making a video, but 99 percent of the time it is just for the love of the profession,” said senior athletic training major Thomas Boike. “I believe it’s important to spread our profession so that people understand we are in clinics, hospitals, military, colleges, high schools, performing arts and professional sports.”

The month of March was one that saw more posts about the profession than normal; that’s because March is marked as National Athletic Training Month.

It is a month where students, college faculty, athletes, and professionals in the field can have a chance to express their appreciation for the field, and also provides a chance to spread awareness for what they actually do in the field, or whatever other venue they may be working for.

“We don’t require the social media for assignments, but we are always forwarding them links,” said Dr. Pat Sexton, Director of the athletic training program at MSU. “I post a lot of things on the profession relative to that, so the students may pick them up that way also.”

It’s become fairly conclusive that the student body in this program is not doing so much out of necessity for a grade, but rather in an effort to add clarification to the term “athletic trainer,” a term that is considered too broad by some of the students at MSU. Steven Rosier, a junior in the program, has been active on Facebook, along with other students in the program, mainly for that reason.

“It started for me when I began to realize that people

really have no clue what athletic trainers do. I have talked to many people who believe that an athletic trainer and a personal trainer are one in the same, which couldn’t be any further from the truth,” he said.

“I truly believe that our profession is under appreciated.”

In terms of salary, they may be onto something.

According to a 2010 PayScale study of more than 1,000 professionals in the industry, the starting salary for an athletic trainer straight out of college ranges between $28,910 and $39,500. The latter end of that pay scale is reserved typically for athletic trainers who achieved further education past their bachelor’s degree and go on to achieve master’s degrees.

According to a survey done by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, however, the expected job outlook for the next 10 years is at 30 percent, which they cite as “much faster than average.” They also site the median salary for those in the profession at $41,600.

It ultimately isn’t about the money for any of the students at MSU; it’s about their goal to try to get athletic training away from what it has become, in their minds, a bit of a stereotype, a generalization about what they do and what their job description entails.

“Most people think of us as water boys, or someone who just tapes ankles when we do everything from injury prevention, to injury rehabilitation, and injury diagnosis,” Rosier said. “It’s a health care profession and most people do not realize this.”

Attempts at breaking that mold have led to further advocacy over the years, and explains why students are trying to make things happen around campus, and also on the web.

“Next time you watch a sporting event look for the first person to show up on the field during an injury,” Boike said.

“99 percent of the time, it will be an athletic trainer.”

than enough entertainment to keep MSU students out and about this Spring.

web photo Mankato’s Sibley Park may not offer camping, but the city’s premiere park is home to a zoo, plenty of space to move and pavilions for local events.

WESS MCCONVILLE

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Now that spring has supposedly started, its finally time to start thinking about volleyball, grill-outs and camping. Well, there are plenty of opportunities around Mankato and North

Mankato to either kick back or let loose after this seemingly never-ending winter.

There are a number of camping sites close to Mankato. Bray Park, located at Madison Lake along Blue Earth County Road 48, has swimming, fishing, fire pits and allows tents.

A neat feature of Bray Park is its 70-foot long swinging bridge suspended over a ravine. The park is 102.3 acres, and reservations can be made online at the Blue Earth County website.

Rapidan Dam Park on

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MSSA’s fixation on the newspaper’s budget is frustrating, and more than a little ridiculous.

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Frustrated. That’s the word that comes to mind when thinking of my topic for an opinion piece, and not because I couldn’t think of one, but because of the recent events that have been directed at the Reporter.

I’m not going to lie, last week’s MSSA meeting shook me up a little bit.

It wasn’t because the location of the CSU basement made it hard to hear some of the senators as they decided on the budgets for several organizations

on campus, or that the meeting spanned about four and a half hours, but because such a large portion of that time was devoted to finding ways to cut the school paper’s budget.

Early on in the meeting, the MSSA heard an appeal from IMPACT regarding the budget cut to their organization, which included such discrepancies as clothing and travel costs.

The MSSA, when looking at similar issues for the Reporter, wished to express that they only wanted each organization to be treated fairly.

The Student Allocations

Committee spent a great deal of time devising the proposed budget for the next academic year, which included no change to the amount the Reporter asked for, and their proposed financial plan was revealed the week before to the student senators.

No major questions or concerns were mentioned at the budget’s unveiling, as many of the issues concerning the newspaper’s budget were answered in the previous senatorial meeting the week before, highlighting to the MSSA that the money the paper receives from the school is to pay the state employees

who work there and that the rest is self-generated.

However, a slew of accusations and questionings were rampant in the most recent meeting.

I honestly lost count of how many motions were brought forth for the MSSA to vote on, regarding such facets as a possible misuse of the one-time allocation the paper received for an Advertising Sales Manager, travel expenses and the errors of the paper itself.

One by one, motions and arguments were disproven or considered invalid.

The possible misuse of the one-time allocation was an issue to the MSSA because the person who would be paid that money had quit and the senate had a grievance over it, not knowing the position had since then been filled.

Travel expenses are paid for by the newspaper’s own revenue in advertising and not through the school’s own money, but the senators still mulled the cutting of the budget for that perceived “offense.”

As for the quality, I would be shocked if any student organization performs without any errors throughout the course of a semester. I mean, the MSSA has its own Commission on Ethics

“Are you worried about the situation with North Korea?”

Emily Thooft, junior “A little.”

Jenni Adamwoicz, freshman “No.”

and Standards issuing punishments and warnings to members of its own organization who has committed a folly; or even possibly accusing an organization of misusing funds without doing any research beforehand.

I can’t speak for every work that the paper publishes, there are mistakes that have been, are, and will be, made. Even in professional journalism, corrections are issued in these papers, so the standards to which the Reporter is held to were never divulged.

Seriously, if there’s a journalism student who immediately enters the profession and never has, or will, make a mistake, they can add me as a recommendation for a scholarship if they follow up on that.

Argument over discussion, back and forth about the budget took place for the better portion of the meeting, with each motion given light and eventually voted down.

At a certain point, things seemed to get a little out of hand, as Speaker Christopher Collins echoed my sentiment as he was handed another motion on the paper’s budget.

“This is getting ridiculous,” Collins said.

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Explosions rock Boston Marathon More than 130 injured, 3 dead in apparent Boston Marathon bombings.

web photo A series of explosions rocked the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday, with multiple confirmed deaths.

BOSTON (AP) — Two bombs exploded in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing three people and injuring more than 130 in a bloody scene of shattered glass and severed limbs that raised alarms that terrorists might have struck again in the U.S. A White House official speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still unfolding said the attack was being treated as an act of terrorism.

President Barack Obama vowed that those responsible will “feel the full weight of justice.”

A senior U.S. intelligence official said two other bombs were found near the end of the 26.2-mile course in what appeared to be a well-coordinated attack.

The fiery twin blasts took place about 10 seconds and about 100 yards apart, knocking spectators and at least one runner off their

feet, shattering windows and sending dense plumes of smoke rising over the street and through the f luttering national f lags lining the course. Blood stained the pavement, and huge shards were missing from window panes as high as three stories.

“They just started bringing people in with no limbs,” said runner Tim Davey of Richmond, Va. He said he and his wife, Lisa, tried to keep their children’s eyes shielded from the gruesome scene inside a medical tent that had been set up to care for fatigued runners, but “they saw a lot.”

“They just kept filling up with more and more casualties,” Lisa Davey said. “Most everybody was conscious.

They were very dazed.”

Authorities shed no light on a motive or who may have carried out the bombings, and police said they had no suspects in custody. Authorities in Washington said there

was no immediate claim of responsibility. The FBI took charge of the investigation.

Police said three people were killed. Hospitals reported at least 134 injured, at least 15 of them critically.

The victims’ injuries included broken bones, shrapnel wounds and ruptured eardrums.

At Massachusetts General Hospital, said Alisdair Conn, chief of emergency services, said: “This is something I’ve never seen in my 25 years here ... this amount of carnage in the civilian population. This is what we expect from war.”

Some 23,000 runners took part in the race, one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious marathons.

One of Boston’s biggest annual events, the race winds up near Copley Square, not far from the landmark Prudential Center and the Boston Public Library. It is held

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FESTIVAL “It was a great success. It has improved every year, and there has been nothing but positive responses from attendees,” Peterson noted. continued from 1 America is today.

Recruitment and Retention Specialist for the International Student and Scholar Services Laura Peterson is extremely pleased with the festival.

“It was a great success. It has improved every year, and there has been nothing but positive responses from attendees,” Peterson noted.

Peterson, who was responsible for the Children’s World area of the festival, knows how important reaching out to different cultures is.

“Developing awareness of people outside of Mankato is very important,” Peterson added.

Peterson also noted that the Children’s World area had significant busines, with more than 300 children attending.

Peterson enjoyed eating Momos, a Nepalese delicacy, but a special someone didn’t

share the same experience after eating too much.

“My husband had a stomach ache from all of the food he ate,” Peterson said. “He had to lie down.”

St Paul Lutheran Church Administrator Mark Probst finds himself reminiscing when attending festivities like these.

“This brings us back to Milwaukee’s Polk Festival,” Probst said.

He did confide that this festival is significantly smallerhe remembered that the Polk Festival would fill an entire convention center - a task only an extremely diverse community like Milwaukee could complete.

He does try to make it here every year. “We always try to make it if we possibly can,” Probst, a former teacher in Milwaukee, said. “We always look forward to the food.”

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PARKS “American Indians called the Mankato

area home long before European settlers arrived, and each year a number of representatives from tribes across Minnesota and the Dakotas come to Land of Memories to dance and celebrate their heritage.”

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THE REPORTER “At a certain point, things seemed to get a little out of hand, as Speaker Christopher Collins echoed my sentiment as he was handed another motion on the paper’s budget.” continued from 4

continued from 2 Blue Earth County Road 9, sits on 38 acres alongside the Blue Earth River.

The park offers camping for $10 a night, and offers cool views of river bluffs, rapids and forests. Fishing is allowed throughout the night and, depending on the time of year, large catfish and walleye can be caught.

The Dam Store, located at the park’s entrance, manages the park and sells firewood, food and other amenities.

Land of Memories Park is the closest camping site to the university.

Just over the North Star Bridge on Highway 169 South, the park has overnight camping and an 18hole Disc Golf course. Land of Memories is also the point where the Blue Earth River and Minnesota rivers meet.

Each summer, Land of Memories hosts the Mahkato Wacipi, better known as a “pow-wow.”

American Indians called the Mankato area home long before European settlers arrived and each year a number of representatives from tribes across Minnesota and the Dakotas come to Land

of Memories to dance and celebrate their heritage.

Mankato’s “crown jewel” of parks, however, remains Sibley Park.

Although this park does not offer camping, there is still plenty to do. Sibley Park has softball diamonds, jogging trails, softball fields and tennis courts.

There is also a petting zoo for kids, pavilions and large courtyards to either play catch or soak in some sun.

The city also does an outstanding job of maintaining the park’s garden areas.

Sibley Park once hosted a horse race track and a much larger zoo until f looding in the middle of the 20th century washed this away.

The pavilions may be rented by contacting the City of Mankato.

North Mankato’s Spring Lake Park sits on 52 acres and boasts a duck pond, fishing pier, four sand volleyball courts and five picnic shelters. A trail stretches around the pond for joggers and walkers and there are plenty of activities for children.

Spring Lake Park has a

sand-bottom swimming pool for kids and two little league fields. The picnic shelters may be rented out for $80 a day and kegs are allowed by permit only. Keg permits are $25, with a $250 deposit and may be obtained at the North Mankato Municipal Building.

Hiniker Pond, known locally as “The Pit,” is a 28acre pond with sand beaches and a fishing pier.

Many of the fish are only about the size of an adult hand, but bigger bass, carp and striper fish have been caught as well.

Mankato’s Hiniker Pond, located on Range Street behind Jerry Dutler’s Bowl, is spring-fed and has a walking trail surrounding it. Just last year, Hiniker Pond banned tobacco and alcohol without a permit from its beaches, so the park is family-friendly.

More information on Mankato, North Mankato and Blue Earth County parks and campgrounds can be found at www.blueearthcountymn.gov, www.northmankato.com and at www. mankato-mn.gov.

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Fairness and equal treatment are fine things to talk about, but when so much attention is given to one entity of the school, the lines become very blurred to me.

In the same meeting, the MSSA voted to increase their own budget, citing fringe costs and travel expenses, which seemed to fly in the face of what they were talking about earlier.

And that’s fine.

I’m not going to pretend that I’m an expert on anything fiscal, because, unless I’m assigned to cover a story about it, I don’t know how badly the student government needs that money or how they are funded.

Of course as a student at Minnesota State University, Mankato, I want each organization to be properly funded; and as a journalism student, I get a sense of accomplishment working for the Reporter. As an

employee of the Reporter, I’m going to get frustrated when I and other people view the several attempts at axing the budget as ridiculous.

And so, a collective sigh of relief coursed through the newspaper’s office when the budget was left unscathed.

With printing costs increasing after the paper’s budget recommendation to SAC, the Reporter still isn’t in the clear financially.

But in the end, I’m glad that there’s still a paper for students like me to start learning about working in the professional field and I’m glad to have met some brilliant people who are in the student government. I am hopeful that the promise of equal treatment in the future won’t involve extensive questioning over two meetings and extensive accusations over a budget.

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MARATHON “At Massachusetts General Hospital, said Alisdair Conn, chief of emergency services, said: “This is something I’ve never seen in my 25 years here ... this amount of carnage in the civilian population. This is what we expect from war.” continued from 5 on Patriots Day, which commemorates the first battles of the American Revolution, at Concord and Lexington in 1775.

Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis asked people to stay indoors or go back to their hotel rooms and avoid crowds as bomb squads methodically checked parcels and bags left along the race route. He said investigators didn’t know whether the bombs were hidden in mailboxes or trash cans.

He said authorities had received “no specific intelligence that anything was going to happen” at the race.

The Federal Aviation Administration barred low-f lying aircraft within 3.5 miles of the site.

“We still don’t know who did this or why,” Obama said at the White House, adding, “Make no mistake: We will get to the bottom of this.”

With scant official information to guide them, members of Congress said there was little or no doubt it was

an act of terrorism.

“We just don’t know whether it’s foreign or domestic,” said Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security.

A few miles away from the finish line and around the same time, a fire broke out at the John F. Kennedy Library.

The police commissioner said it may have been caused by an incendiary device but didn’t appear to be related to the bombings.

The first explosion occurred on the north side of Boylston Street, just before the finish line.

When the second bomb went off, the spectators’ cheers turned to screams.

As sirens blared, emergency workers and National Guardsmen who had been assigned to the race for crowd control began climbing over and tearing down temporary fences to get to the blast site.

The bombings occurred about four hours into the race and two hours after the men’s

winner crossed the line. By that point, more than 17,000 of the runners had finished the race but thousands more were still running.

The attack may have been timed for maximum carnage: The four-hour mark is typically a crowded time near the finish line because of the slow-but-steady recreational runners completing the race and because of all the relatives and friends clustered around to cheer them on.

The senior U.S. intelligence official said the two other explosive devices found nearby were being dismantled. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the findings publicly.

Runners in the medical tent for treatment of dehydration or other race-related ills were pushed out to make room for victims of the bombing.

A woman who was a few feet from the second bomb, Brighid Wall, 35, of Dux-

bury, said that when it exploded, runners and spectators froze, unsure of what to do. Her husband threw their children to the ground, lay on top of them and another man lay on top of them and said, “Don’t get up, don’t get up.”

After a minute or so without another explosion, Wall said, she and her family headed to a Starbucks and out the back door through an alley. Around them, the windows of the bars and restaurants were blown out.

She said she saw six to eight people bleeding profusely, including one man who was kneeling, dazed, with blood trickling down his head. Another person was on the ground covered in blood and not moving.

“My ears are zinging.

Their ears are zinging,” Wall said. “It was so forceful. It knocked us to the ground.”

Competitors and race volunteers were crying as they f led the chaos. Authorities went onto the course to

carry away the injured, while race stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site.

Roupen Bastajian, a state trooper from Smithfield, R.I., had just finished the race when he heard the blasts.

“I started running toward the blast. And there were people all over the f loor,” he said. “We started grabbing tourniquets and started tying legs. A lot of people amputated. ... At least 25 to 30 people have at least one leg missing, or an ankle missing, or two legs missing.”

The Boston Marathon honored the victims of the Newtown, Conn., shooting with a special mile marker in Monday’s race.

Boston Athletic Association president Joanne Flaminio previously said there was “special significance” to the fact that the race is 26.2 miles long and 26 people died at Sandy Hook Elementary school.

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Mavericks use arms in day one, sticks in day two; sweep Mustangs in NSIC series The MSU baseball team was helped by a solid effort from their pitchers Sunday, followed by an offensive explosion Monday to down Southwest Minnesota State in a four-game set for their third weekend sweep of the season.

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The rain and snow infested the better part of Minnesota over the past weekend, forcing the Minnesota State University, Mankato baseball team and Southwest Minnesota State to find a new place to play before cancelling their games for good. The teams would head to Iowa on Sunday to compete in their scheduled, NSIC matchups, where MSU took the sweep over the Mustangs in a four-game set.

Sunday’s doubleheader at Sioux City North High School saw the Mavericks bring their top two guns to the table against SMSU with senior Harvey Martin taking the mound for game one and junior Jason Hoppe going in game two. Southwest would have troubles with both pitchers and MSU begun the weekend with their first two victories, defeating the Mustangs by scores of 15-3 and 2-0.

Though the score would predict otherwise, game one was a nail-biter for the first four innings until MSU put up 14 runs in the later half to completely shut the door on SMSU and earn the victory.

MSU held on to a 1-0 lead shannon rathmanner • msu reporter heading into the fifth when Junior centerfielder and lead-off hitter Lucas Skjefte has been a great Southwest answered back with a catalyst for the 31-7 Mavericks. Skjefte is hitting .383 with a team-leading 44 runs scored, 51 hits and 15 stolen bases. He also has 19 extra-base hits. two-run single to take the lead.

The lead-change would provoke a nine-run fifth inning from the Mavs off of five hits to bring the score to 10-2. The hits were stifling for SMSU, but the errors and walks hurt even worse as the inning ended with three Mustang errors, two walks and hit batsmen, haunting the Mustangs as they could not find an out until MSU had six on the board for the inning.

SMSU’s Kyle Young would attempt a comeback of his own in the sixth with a two-run homerun off of Martin, but the Mavs would come roaring back, scoring five more in the sixth to put the game out of reach.

MSU’s offense took off with senior Lucas Skjefte and sophomores Connor McCallum and Nolan Johnson all obtaining multi-hit performances. Skjefte would double twice in the victory and junior Todd Standish added an inside-the-park homerun for MSU’s first run of the game in the third inning.

Martin impressed all on the bump once again for the Mavericks, going six innings while giving up three runs and striking out five to improve his record to 5-0 on the season. Sophomore Mathias Butala would come in for the seventh and allow one hit and no runs.

After the offensive surge produced late in game one,

most would think game two would have a similar outcome for the Maverick offensive. Unfortunately they would only tally two runs in game two, but luckily Hoppe was at his best once again, firing a complete-game six hitter and striking out seven to help MSU to a 2-0 win.

The Mavericks began the nightcap with one of their two runs in the first inning coming from an RBI double from McCallum and senior John Flattery would poke another double in the sixth, scoring Skjefte to give MSU their final lead of the night.

The Mavs would be out-hit in the contest 6-4 at the hands of SMSU, but made use of three Mustang-errors once again to receive the barn-burning victory and begin their weekend with two wins.

Besides the ending of game one, Sunday’s matchups stayed relatively close during the twogame set. Although that was the tone Sunday, Monday brought a new beat to the series, with MSU trouncing the Mustangs 32-11 in their first matchup of day two.

MSU displayed one of its best offensive productions of the season in game one, earning their 32 runs on 24 hits including five doubles and six homeruns.

The Mavericks pounded out

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Vikings face plethora of choices as NFL Draft is just one week away JOEY DENTON

staff writer

The NFL draft: where dreams for athletes come true and the event NFL fans count down from the Super Bowl then realize the season doesn’t start for another four months.

Some organizations are looking for their next franchise player and some are just trying to bring in some youth to their veteran heavy squad. For the Vikings, it’s a little bit of both.

While Minnesota could use another game changer on the roster, the Vikings have a fair share of their older players

around who only have a few NFL years left. As the team possesses 26 players at the age of 26 or older, players likeChad Greenway, Jared Allen and Kevin Williams have hit the 30 mark. Even though they can all still produce, you have to bring in the question of when is it time to be ready to spend the first few draft picks on the defensive side.

As the Vikings signed receiver Greg Jennings to a long-term deal and announced the possibility of moving the former UAB star Joe Webb from quarterback to receiver, it still doesn’t hide the fact the team needs a dominating

receiver. After losing Percy Harvin to an ankle injury just more than halfway through the season, it was evident Christian Ponder had nobody to throw to. Webb may be a good athlete, but he’s taken more snaps under center then outside the hash marks and to be a dominant receiver right out of the gate would be quite remarkable.

Here are some of the wide receivers who should be available around their 23rd overall pick: DeAndre Hopkins, Clemson Hopkins sits at 6’1” with a strong build of 215 lbs. He

can explode of the line of scrimmage and possesses soft hands which will help out Ponder’s inaccuracy. With his strength, Hopkins can fight off cornerbacks and can make it difficult for DB’s to cover him on a deep ball.

Tavon Austin, West Virginia Even though Austin most likely will not last to the 23rd pick, if the Vikings want another dynamic small receiver like Percy Harvin; trading up would make it worth their while. Though Harvin was a little bit stronger out of college, Austin possesses a knack of making big plays

like DeSean Jackson or Randall Cobb. With his 4.34 40 speed, the Mountaineer could give the Vikings another kick returner as well.

Keenan Allen, California Here is another deep threat receiver that can not only out jump most corners, but has the long stride to out run them. After bringing in 98 passes for 1,343 yards in 2011, Allen was hindered in 2012 with injuries and poor quarterback play. Most experts predict Allen to be a no. 1 receiver later on in his career and to have him on one side

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14 runs in the first two innings followed by nine in the fourth and three apiece in the final three innings. SMSU had to have been happy to achieve double digits on MSU, but to do that and still lose by three touchdowns means something has to give in the bullpen for the boys out of Marshall.

Flattery would lead MSU hitters with possibly one of the best performances at the plate the NSIC has ever seen, going 4-6 at the plate with three homeruns, five runs scored and an unprecedented 10 RBIs in seven plate appearances.

Standish also pulled his weight in game one, going 3-5 with five RBIs and two homeruns of his own.

All-in-all 14 MSU players tallied a hit in the victory, with six of them going for two-hit acts and seven knocking extra-base hits in a win that can only be described as unbelievable.

Junior TJ Larson would receive the victory for the Mavericks, firing four innings and giving up three earned runs for his fifth win of the season.

The Mavericks would use their bullpen for the last three innings with Nathan Trelstad, Tony Vocca and Tyler Sparger all going an inning apiece to end the offensive bloodbath that was the first game of the day.

To round out the weekend, MSU achieved double-digit hits for the third time of the series, denying SMSU a victory in a 9-7 finale.

The Mavericks put up five in the third inning to give them an early 6-2 lead and would never look back. Southwest would add three more in the fifth and both teams would get a run in the eighth and ninth innings as MSU held on for the tight two-run victory.

Senior Nick Sutherland started on the mound for the Mavericks, going the first five innings and giving up five earned runs to put his overall mark at 2-1 on the season. Juniors Chris Williams and Bryce Bellin would take over the relief efforts from there, combining to throw the following three innings and senior Mahlon Zimmermann came in for the close, earning his seventh save of the year.

MSU’s battles at the plate would be a team effort once again with four Mavericks tallying multiple hits. They included McCallum, whose two-run homerun got MSU’s scoring going in the third; McCallum would end the game 2-5 with two RBIs. Junior Stetson Olson added his sixth homerun of the season as well, one of his three hits in the game and Johnson and senior Cory Glieden would each add two hits and a double to boost MSU record to 26-7 on the season and 14-3 in NSIC play, second in the conference only to undefeated St. Cloud State.

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Vikings “After losing Percy Harvin to an ankle injury just more than halfway thro the season, it was evident Christian Ponder had nobody to throw to.” continued from 9 and Jennings on the other, draft day will bring a smile to Ponder’s face.

As the draft comes in closer, the more the Vikings are opening up to taking Manti Te’o with the 23rd overall pick. Vikings general manager Rick Spielman had dinner with Te’o before his pro day and took a liking of bringing in another Fighting Irish football player after taking Harrison Smith taken in the first round last season and Kyle Rudolph in the second round the year before. With some poor performances at the NFL Combine and pro day, the former Heisman candidate was sitting in the top ten in most mock drafts but has now dropped near where the Vikings make their first pick.

If the Vikings have some luck on April 25th, they can be given the choice between Te’o and Kansas State inside linebacker Arthur Brown.

Even as Te’o seems to be a better fit with his dominance in the run game, Brown brings in speed and can play all three linebacker positions in a 4-3 defense. In the NFC North where the Vikings are the only run dominant team, Brown can cover the small receivers down the middle and even though he’s a little undersized, has proven to be able to take blocks head-on and plug the holes.

For the last two seasons the Vikings pass defense has let up big plays and has finished in the bottom ten in both pass yards allowed per game (244.2) and pass completion percentage (63.9).

Also the quarterbacks aren’t even having that much time as the team finished with 44 sacks, fifth in the NFL. Some D-back choices around their draft stocks could go as follows: CB Xavier Rhodes; Florida State Unless Dee Milliner somehow magically drops to 23rd, the next best cornerback in the draft is no doubt Rhodes. With his 6’1” 210 lb. frame, the Seminole can size up with the big receivers and he’s tough. He enjoys using his hands and strength to disrupt receivers from getting off the line. He’s also quite the athlete, running a 4.43 40 and jumping 40.5 in the NFL Combine. The only questions are his knees and how much of a contribution he can be in the run game as he would replace one of the best tackling cornerbacks in the game in

Antoine Winfield.

CB Jamar Taylor; Boise State After tearing it up at the NFL Combine, Taylor’s draft status rose and it could lead in to the Vikings defensive backfield. He may not be the first-rounder the Vikings could take, but if the Vikings would trade up in the second round, he would be worth it.

After suffering a knee injury in 2011, Taylor came back and got 51 tackles with four interceptions and nine pass breakups to earn first-team All-Mountain West honors.

His physicality and speed would make him a vital part in the Vikings defense covering the no. 2 receiver, which will be key in the NFC North.

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Opinion: NBA playoffs prove to be uncertain Even though Kobe and co. will not be playing out of the eighth spot in the West, there are still a few great story lines that will come with the postseason as the NBA gears up for the 2013 playoffs.

TIM FAKLIS

staff writer

It seems like just yesterday that writers, players, coaches and fans were talking up a Lakers/Heat NBA Finals like it was some sort of inevitability.

In fact, the idea of a KobeDwight vs. LeBron-Wade finals had all the makings for a classic showdown that most people would have been completely fine with seeing.

Whether it’s a sad truth or a happy truth, this finals almost certainly will not form this spring; and whether that’s a sad truth for fans or not, it undoubtedly provides one absolute: there is a boatload of uncertainty coming out of the Western Conference this year. The Spurs, Thunder, Clippers, and Nuggets have all put their best efforts on down the stretch, and show no signs of letting up soon. Thankfully, that’s just one big storyline going into this year’s playoffs, one of many.

1. Will Rose play, or won’t he?

This question has basically been answered already, and the answer is: no. With that said, it does provide some interesting speculation if Derrick Rose were able to miraculously make his way back into a Bulls uniform come playoff time.

Would it even be worth trying to get a guy who has missed an entire year to be back in the middle of a team’s offense? If not, would it be worth trying to briefly integrate him as a role player off the bench?

Most people would likely agree that keeping him out of the playoffs, while a near-guarantee to not com-

pete for a title, is probably better for both Rose and the Bulls in the long run.

2. Fight for the top Western Conference playoff spot Now that the Lakers are all but out of the championship hunt, the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs are both fighting for the top spot in the West this year to take on the 8-seed, which will likely end up being, ironically enough, the Lakers.

It’s a tale of two totally different situations between the two, even though their stories are so similar.

Both have superstars, Kevin Durant of the Thunder and Tim Duncan of the Spurs who have spent their entire careers with their teams. The difference here, of course, is their age. Both have top-notch supporting casts and front offices. The hope here is that they ultimately end up meeting in the finals. That remains to be seen.

3. Will the Clippers get it together in the playoffs?

The Clippers started off as the top team in the Western conference, ruling the basketball world in October and November. Since then, one would argue they have come back down to earth a bit and are playing more to the level that most would expect from them.

Others may argue that the playoffs will be a perfect time to show everyone that they are right there with San Antonio and Oklahoma City. It may be tough, and their competition (Denver and Memphis mainly) will be right there waiting for them, but never doubt Chris

Web Photo The Miami Heat capped off by their run in 2013 with a streak of27 straight victories. If James and Wade can keep up their prowess on the court, the NBA Championship Trophy might be heading back to South Beach.

Paul. If you do, he’ll find a way to break your ankles, even if you aren’t playing basketball. He’s that good.

4. New York and Indiana trying to dethrone Miami The ultimate impossible task this year seems to be the idea of beating Miami, more specifically a team out of the Eastern Conference pulling it off. The only two teams with a fraction of a fighting chance seem to be MVP-candidate Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks, and to a lesser extent, Paul George and the Pacers.

The Knicks seem like the more likely team of the two to get it done.

Melo, Jason Kidd, Raymond Felton and others all have good playoff experience, and the rivalry with the Heat is very apparent. The Pacers have had success with Miami in the regular season, and their size advantage with Roy Hibbert and David West gives them a chance as well, but odds are Miami makes their way out of the East yet again.

5. Which team out West will take it?

The Spurs, Thunder, Nuggets, Grizzlies, and Clippers have all had

phases this season where they’ve looked like the best team in the West. That’s unheard of, but it’s true.

On a consistent basis, the Thunder and Spurs have looked like the powerhouses of the West, but no teams have gone on more dominant stretches than the Nuggets and the Clippers. And ever since the Grizzlies traded Rudy Gay, the basketball has moved much more smoothly in Memphis, and the Grizzlies will be right there. It’ll make for a great playoffs out west.

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Like, oh my god. Legally Blonde makes it's MSU debut.

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ike, oh my god, the Minnesota State University, Mankato Department of Theatre and Dance went all out for their final Mainstage production of the season, Legally Blonde: The Musical.

Going into the Ted Paul Theatre on Friday night, I had a

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lot of expectations for this show.

But honestly, who wouldn’t? It’s Legally Blonde. Every girl I know, and many guys, have seen the movie, and loved it.

The moment the house lights dimmed and the show began, however, those expectations slowly began to melt away and I began to enjoy the musical for what it was: A delightfully entertaining musical version of Legally Blonde, complete with perfect casting, hilarious jokes and gig-

gling sorority girls.

So, if you don’t know the story of Legally Blonde, here’s what you need to know: Elle Woods (played by the fabulous and perfectly-cast Callie Syverson) thinks her long-term boyfriend, Warner Huntington III (played

by Jake McInerney), is going to propose.

Instead he breaks up with her because she is not serious enough.

A fashion merchandising major, she decides to go to law school to get him back.

“Law school is for boring, ugly, serious people,” said Elle’s father (played by Ben Stasny) when he heard of her plans to attend Harvard Law School.

And the costumes played to that statement. While the sorority girls in the show’s opening number were dressed in bright colors and unique styles, the nameless faces in Professor Callahan’s Criminal Law class were dressed in bleak, washed out outfits.

At intermission, my roommate turned to me and asked me what I thought of the show so far. I hesitated, and then responded, “It’s good, though I think the produc-

tion is far too dependent on the personalities of the actors. I can see how the show could be really bad without the right actors.”

My roommate, after the show was complete, explained the validity of my opinion; Legally Blonde, as a movie, is dependent on its rock star cast. It’s a typical love story, but what makes the production brilliant is a slew of personality quirks and realistic relationships.

Emmet Forrest, played by Sam Stoll, was phenomenal in all aspects of his performance, especially in his relationship with Elle. Most of the time, I couldn’t tell that he was acting. It almost seemed as though Stoll was, in fact, in love with Syverson.

Emily Jansen’s portrayal of Paulette, though completely different than what you see in the film, was adorably eccentric.

Audience members couldn’t help but root for her and her Irish model boyfriend, Kyle, played by real-life Abercrombie & Fitch model Josh Ardolf.

Other incredible performances were given by Megan Gilmore, who played hardcore lesbian law

student Enid and Bridgette Karl, who played fitness guru turned murder suspect Brooke Wyndham.

While the music throughout the production was clever, the slightly offensive “There!

Right There!” had audiences laughing hysterically while the cast tried to determine if Nikos, who played witness in Brooke’s trial, was “gay or European.”

If you’ve never been to a live show before, but loved Legally Blonde as a film, check this play out. It’s a great introduction to the world of live theatre. And if nothing else I’ve said convinces you, go for the puppies; Bruiser and Rufus are played by real, adorable, dogs.

This witty, hilarious and charming production runs through this weekend with evening performances on Thursday, Friday and Saturday with matinees on Saturday and Sunday. If you can, grab tickets from the box office this week, since it looks as though performances are almost sold out for this weekend.

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Last week’s Phillip Phillips show sells more than 900 tickets in three days staff writer Hundreds of fans flocked the Centennial Student Union Ballroom last Wednesday to watch the most recent American Idol winner Phillip Phillips hit the stage, along with band Churchill, for an intimate performance.

Each year, IMPACT brings a well-known artist to campus for students to enjoy at a reasonable price, funded by student activity fees. This year’s show brought in a sizeable crowd, selling out 950 tickets in just three days.

Prior to the show, many fans waited for hours to get prime spots near the stage. Although there were many students in attendance, the show attracted a noticeable amount of Mankato residents, young and old, that came to watch the American Idol winner do his thing.

It was no surprise that amongst the largely female audience, many ladies came dressed to impress. Phillips is known for his good looks and popular radio song “Home”

which had sales of over 3.4 million, making it the most successful coronation song of any American Idol winner.

Phillips’ first album, The World From The Side Of The Moon, debuted at no. 4 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart in November. Phillips’ new single, “Gone, Gone, Gone” is currently climbing the charts.

Before the show, I had the opportunity to interview Phillips and see what he was all about. Although I didn’t follow his journey through American Idol closely, I know his talent is something that many people recognized very quickly, measurable by the success of many of his songs.

He entered the room in a T-shirt and jeans; many would not expect this triple-platinum recording artist to appear to be such an everyday guy. I was impressed with his modesty and down-to-earth attitude during our conversation.

Phillips recalled that his rise to fame has been a quick transition from everyday life.

He always knew he wanted to

turn music into his career, and dedicated himself to it in any way he could.

“It’s been a whirlwind for the past year,” he said, recalling that he used to play on the streets for exposure.

If you think artists are exempt from nerves, you are mistaken. Phillips claimed that he still gets nervous to perform, seeing that every night is a new show with a fresh crowd.

Phillips was once an aspiring musician playing on the streets and searching out small venues to perform at, and he threw in a piece of advice for aspiring musicians to “play everywhere you possibly can.”

Phillips’ weeks are packed with performances. From an audience standpoint, we see a perfect piece of talent, but from an artist’s standpoint, it’s just another show in a new city, with potential fans to impress.

Each audience brings a new crowd of critics, with people who could be impressed enough to become fans if the

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up to read, the following description was given about his book: “With Cul De Sac, Scott Wrobel paints a pitch perfect portrait of man, children and heavy ass burdens, with grace and humor…”

His book follows middle-aged men as they deal with “parenting, marriage and grief” as they do the mundane aspects of manhood. It’s set in 21st century America, where middle-aged men have lost their dreams.

Wrobel then made his way Kris Bigalk to the front of the room and prepared to read “Storage,” which is the ending chapter in his most recent book.

Before he began reading, though, he cracked a joke that made most of the audience laugh.

(That’s one thing that Good Thunder Reading Series always brings: authors who are real people. With jokes and humor, these authors make writers seem like regular people and make the audience feel connected.)

The main character of the Thomas Maltman book, Gary, tells the concluding story. The chapter is laugh out loud funny and easy to read, which makes the book appropriate for anyone. Gary explains to readers that it’s his last day off work, which means it’s “the last thing for him to get anything done around the house.” His cleaning style resembles a person who has taken too much adderall: overly thorough and overly ambitious. Gary’s dad is also in the hospital and dying, so the audience (and readers) will experience his emotions Scott Wrobel revolving death.

The next writer was poet TRISH BJERKE Kris Bigalk. Bigalk holds two staff writer degrees from MSU and is the Director of Creative Writing Last Thursday, the Minat Normandale Community nesota State University, College. Her first full-length Mankato Department of collection, Repeat the Flesh English hosted three new in Numbers, was published writers as they discussed the craft of writing and read Feb. 2012. Her work has also been published in numerous excerpts from their work. amounts of literary journals.

Kris Bigalk, Thomas Bigalk is currently working Maltman and Scott Wrobel, on a creative writing textbook alumni of MSU, joined an for college students. She has audience full of students, won two Minnesota State Arts faculty and community Board Artist Initiative Grants members to share some of in Poetry and a Minnesota their recent writings.

State Colleges and UniversiWrobel, who teaches ties Board of Trustees Excelat Anoka Ramsey Comlence in Teaching Award. munity College, read first.

Her collection has been His book, Cul De Sac, was described as “inspirational, published in April of last humorous, poignant and year. Before he was called

richly textured,” and “daring, contemplative, witty and moving.” She takes on the “sordid and the beautiful, the scientific and the biblical, the mathematical and the musical.

These poems celebrate ‘the imperfect, the mortal,’ loving it for all its wild complexity.”

Bigalk was a very sweet and genuine writer who started her reading with the title poem from the book. The works she read sound like your stereotypical poem: a little lovey, a lot wordy but still touching.

“Some of the poems in my collection deal with the mythology of childhood; the things that were told that aren’t necessarily true, especially from the female perspective,” she said. “And, of course, you can’t address that topic without writing a Barbie poem.”

Bigalk then read a poem called “Dr. Barbie’s abortion clinic.” The poem is funny and relatable, but it’s not for those that are pro-life. It tells the reader about the hardships of being a single mom.

Last, Thomas Maltman shared his work. His essays, poetry and fiction have all been published in literary journals. He also teaches Creative Writing at Normandale Commuinty College. The Night Birds, his first novel, won an Alex Award, a Spur Award and the Friends of American Writers Literary Award.

His latest book, Little Wolves, is a “complicated portrait of a prarie town, a meditation on violence, a fantasia of myth and folklore.” In it, the lives of a father, son, a pastor’s wife and the community are portrayed as a murder mystery aches to be solved.

Maltman’s work is “a great book that will stand the test of time. From the rich setting to the compelling characters, from the subtle but very powerful thread that fairy tales weave throughout the narrative to the suggestive implications of the power of story…”

His work resembeles some of the great authors of our time.

The next authors to do a residency at MSU are fiction writer Geoff Herbach and fiction and creative nonfiction writer Diana Joseph.

They will be doing their craft talk and readings on later this month.

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PHILIPS “I like to eat spoonfuls of peanut butter, dip it in sugar and eat it.” continued from 12 performance goes well.

Despite his busy schedule, high pressure to perform, and minimal down-time, Phillips loves being on stage, and said it serves as an escape for him.

“You don’t have to worry about emails or your phone,” he yelled enthusiastically.

He described his success and rise to fame as “surreal”. The traveling that came with being nationally known is enjoyable for Phillips, but he expressed how much he misses his family and friends back home. “You give up things to get some.”

Coming from Georgia, it was entertaining to hear about one of his food quirks.

“I like to eat spoonfulls of peanut butter, dip it in sugar and eat it. It’s like a peanut butter pop!” His grandma taught him that, so it must be good.

Whether you’re a die-hard Phillips fan or not, the show was certainly a delight to watch. You can be rest assured that he appreciated all of those in attendance. “I’m thankful for everything that’s happened.”

Post-show, he tweeted “Had a good time Mankato. Hope ya did as well!” Phillips will be touring with John Mayer this summer, so keep your eyes peeled for tour dates.

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Now hiring school bus drivers. Immediate opening for a route and an athletic trip bus driver. Excellent pay and performance bonuses. Hours work well with college schedules. All training provided to teach you how to drive a bus. Located about a mile from the MSU campus on Doc Jones Rd. 345-5470.

Now hiring seasonal employees. +/- 40 hours a week.

View website for job descriptions www.greencare4u.com

507-344-8314

We're Growing!

We are now taking applications for numerous positions on our staff for the upcoming school year.

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For more information or to pick up an application, stop by and see us in CSU 293.

Nursing, Social Work and Psychology Students

Get the Resumé Advantage! $13.50/hr. Weekends Looking for responsible individuals to work in a group home setting in Waterville with developmentally disabled women.

12 hour shifts 11pm-11am • Friday & Saturday nights This is an excellent opportunity to get a competitive advantage for students applying to nursing and graduate programs and will provide full-time opportunities for the summer.

For more information, call Ernie at (507) 381-2492.

Our Newest Location is 500 S. Riverfront Dr. in Mankato We are now taking applicaitons from individuals who: 1. Are Fun To Be Around!

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Thursday 6-8 pm. Room PH 102. Beginners are welcome.

Need not to be a MSU student to join. For info call Brad @ 507-388-5301 or lostgonzo@ gmail.com or search MSU Shotokan on facebook or yahoo groups.

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