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Setting the Record Straight

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Crossroads bridging the gap

Lutheran group brings Record Store Day allows audiophiles, LGBT Christians into the fold with unique book study.

music fans to get back to their roots.

wess mcconville • msu reporter WESS MCCONVILLE

staff writer

Towards the back of Tune Town, near the new CDs, the checkout line began. Fifteen people, some with four or more albums in tow, waited anxiously with their new wax, listening to Rush’s “New World Man” come through the speakers as the cashier ringing up totals of $50 or more for customer after customer.

Although this scene has grown increasingly rare in the days of digital downloads, Record Store Day has reignited interest in local record stores and record collecting.

Tim Lind of KMSU’s morning show Shuffle Function said he arrived at Tune Town around 5 a.m.

“I couldn’t believe that I got here as early as I did and wasn’t even the first in line.

It was cold this morning, but it goes to show the interest

Record Store Day has developed.”

Through a whirlwind of events beyond their control, independent record storeowners began to feel the pinch of a dying interest in physical album sales. People could now download songs for free, and retailers such as Best Buy, Walmart and Target offered new CDs at fire sale prices.

In an attempt to save their industry, record storeowners gathered in ’07 and, with the backing of artists and record labels, Record Store Day began.

Held twice a year, rare and limited edition records, CDs and memorabilia are distributed exclusively to independent record stores worldwide.

Not all music lovers have subscribed to the iPod, to the digital download craze, as was evident last Saturday at Tune Town.

“I love the aesthetics of

playing records,” said Ryan Anderson, Record Store Day shopper and member of Campus Ministries at Minnesota State University, Mankato. “I love putting the needle down and listening to the pop and crackle coming through the speakers. Research has also shown that a better sound quality comes from vinyl rather than the compressed sound that comes from iPods.”

There is much debate to the quality of digital recordings compared to analog.

When an artist records in analog, many audiophiles say that it offers a “truer” sound because, for instance, when a guitar is strummed, the air pressure will change, the microphone will pick it up, turn it into an electrical charge and record it onto tape. So an analog recording is basically the result of changes in the air pressure exactly how it hap-

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shannon rathmanner • msu reporter TIM FAKLIS

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Members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community at Minnesota State University, Mankato, as well as the University’s Crossroads Campus Ministry have teamed up for a Thursday book study on campus.

The subject? Bulletproof Faith – A spiritual survival guide for gay and lesbian Christians.

The book describes a situation where gay and lesbian individuals who may not feel comfortable with the combination of their sexuality and their faith in the same light can find a proper balance and achieve the level of comfort they are looking for.

The book is written by Candace Chellew-Hodge.

Chellew-Hodge, a former journalist, is now working as a pastor in South Carolina.

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The idea was originally that of Pastor Tammy Dahlvang of the Crossroads Campus Ministries at MSU in an effort to, as one student put it, “To mend the divide between the faith community and the LGBT Community.”

That student, President of the Sexuality and Gender Equality organization in Mankato, better known by its acronym SAGE, Wil Bernstrom, found this organization as a positive concept, and a great addition to the campus “I am a proud gay Christian. I have been told on this campus that I cannot be both.

I have had my relationship with Christ challenged,” Bernstrom explained “I have been told from a Christian group on campus that I am not gay, because it’s not a real sexual orientation and

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Law professor Dale Carpenter brought his expertise to Mankato to talk Chick-Fil-A and the controversial company’s first amendment rights in the face of criticism.

Minnesota professor discusses first amendment, Chick-Fil-A controversy.

WESS MCCONVILLE

staff writer

With Twitter and Facebook at students’ fingertips, coupled with the million talking-head shows up and down the radio dial, and the endless amount of 24-hour news channels flooding televisions, the opportunity to say something regrettable has never been higher.

Fortunately the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects this speech, no matter how inane, hurtful or offensive it may be.

In that spirit, Americans still have the right to reject speech that doesn’t align with their own values.

University of Minnesota professor of law Dale Carpenter visited Minnesota State University, Mankato Wednesday to discuss this issue, and how it relates to the Chick-fil-A controversy at MSU. Chick-fil-A’s stance on what

it deems to be “traditional” values has been well-known since its CEO Dan Cathy said in an interview last July he is “guilty as charged” in response to the question of his organization’s support of what he calls “traditional marriage.”

Cathy also claimed that the United States is inviting “God’s judgment on our nation” for evolving attitudes on gay rights.

Until 2011, Cathy donated up to $5 million to groups such as Exodus International, a group that attempts to eliminate gay thoughts and feelings in people through “conversion therapy,” and the Family Research Council, an organization the Southern Poverty Law Center dubbed a hate group.

Cathy’s words and actions have undoubtedly drawn the ire of LGBT groups and others in support of gay rights around the country and at MSU. Carpenter noted however,

that the university cannot remove Chick-fil-A from the food court because students are offended by the positions held by its top management.

“Although Cathy has directed funds to groups that student’s say are in conflict with the university’s core mission, a public university cannot regulate one’s speech others may consider offensive since it is an arm of the state,” said Carpenter as he explained the First Amendment to a room of 30 students Wednesday night.

“A teacher at MSU could not be fired for making comments like Cathy’s, a student couldn’t be expelled either for making those comments. So how could the university evict a restaurant from its food court for the views or actions of its CEO?” Carpenter did say, however, that there are actions students can take if they feel Chick-fil-A

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RECORDS “With iPods, people only need to throw on their headphones and go. Records provide a shared listening experience.” continued from 1 pened in the studio.

Digital, by contrast, records all of the sound into a computer using a code of ones and zeros and what is left is a compressed version of the original recording.

Some have said that many of the subtleties that have made records and music great throughout the years have been lost to digital recordings.

Anderson also said that playing records provides a more communal experience.

“Records are made for people to listen to together,” he said. “With iPods, people only need to throw on their headphones and go. Records provide a shared listening experience.”

Shuffle Function co-host Shelley Pierce and Lind brought their own record collection to Tune Town and DJed the event until noon.

“We like to call Record

New speaker named in first meeting of 81st MSSA CHRIS HOUCK

staff writer Store Day our ‘second Christmas,’” said Pierce. “I got to pick up a Jandek record, and other ones I’ve been looking forward to. We like to support [Tune Town owner] Carl [Nordmeier] and it’s great to see Record Store Day really catching on.”

Of course, some of the limited edition vinyl Lind and Pierce bought will end up on the morning show.

“We’ll definitely play some of what we bought this Wednesday,” said Pierce.

“We’re playing nothing but vinyl for four hours that day to help kick off KMSU’s pledge drive later this week.”

Tune Town, located at 630 N. Riverfront Drive, offers new and used records, CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray disks.

Check them out on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/ Tune-Town/101998197061.

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With the 80th MSSA Senate finishing up their final meeting last week, the newly elected 81st student senate met on Wednesday, largely for introductions, the Speaker election, and to wrap up the school year.

With former Speaker Christopher Collins presiding in the MSSA president’s chair, former president of the association Soyal Shrestha called the meeting to order and acted as speaker until a new one was elected.

The meeting started with Director of Facilities Services David Cowan turning the student senators’ attention to the free lot, which will remain free for at least another year.

Cowan also mentioned that the contract for the bookstore in the Centennial Student Union will soon expire, and that after a series of discussions and meetings, the recommendation is to either keep Barnes and Noble or find a new store, but he was unable to divulge the information

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CARPENTER “I gave up my search for an on-campus community until Crossroads approached the LBGT Center for this book study.”

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continued from 2 that I’m not a Christian because I’m stuck in my sin.”

At certain points during Bernstrom’s time at MSU finding an organization that supports his beliefs, but also one that supports the LGBT community was hard, until he found this study.

“As a gay Christian, I searched for a faith community where I would be welcome on campus. I was confronted with two ideals, the classic ‘love the sinner, hate the sin’ ideal and a f lat out ‘homosexuality is an abomination’ literalist ideal,” he said. “I gave up my search for an on-campus community until Crossroads approached the LGBT Center for this book study.”

Crossroads Pastor Tammy Dahlvang is not only an advocate of the book in the study, but also the idea of acceptance of all people, regardless of their backgrounds or orientations, into the church.

“What triggered the idea to have the Bible study is that I love and welcome the LGBT community, because

I believe that God does, too.

I also believe that we Christians need to be more intentional about telling members of this community that we love them, and that we believe that God loves them,” she said. “The most common reaction I’ve had among the LGBT community is surprise and gratitude that a Christian pastor would come into their center.”

The group meets on Thursdays to go over bible study, and has also discussed the book, as well as its applicability to everyday life.

“I have been told that it is as difficult to be ‘out’ as a Christian in the LGBT community as it is to be ‘out’ as a member of the LGBT community among Christians,” she said. “In [Chellew Hodge’s] book, she explains how she has come to understand herself as a lesbian Christian.”

The idea of any group on campus is to come together for a common goal or interest, and this group is no exception.

government may be, and build on the experience.

Collins also touched on the possibility of talking with Dean of Library Services Joan Roca about getting a coffee shop in the Memorial Library.

“I’d like to get my fix there,” Collins said.

Vice President Ben Shakespear also presented his first officer’s report to the MSSA, expressing a feeling of openness towards the 81st senate.

Shakespear noted that some people may be intimidated in approaching him.

“I have this harsh, exotic, kind of sexy accent,” Shakespear noted.

However, he still strongly encouraged the senators to have a continuous dialogue with him.

The hour-long meeting ended quickly, in order for the student senators to retreat to the Schellberg Gym to face the people of Student Affairs in their yearly softball game, which was converted to a wiffleball game this year.

at the time.

The meeting continued on with the MSSA Speaker election.

Two former off-campus senators, Michael Hanson and Beth Madsen, both vied for the position while standing in front of the student senators and answering the slew of questions given to them.

After the questioning and closing comments by both candidates, Madsen emerged the victor and promptly replaced Shrestha as Speaker during the meeting.

President Collins gave his first officer’s report to the new and returning senators.

Collins invited the senators to the yearly retreat that the student government goes on in order to build the relationships between all the senators.

Instead of having the retreat in the meeting room, Collins suggested that they go on a camping trip in order to illustrate how uncomfortable the experience in the student

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With graduation right around the corner, veteran MSSA correspondant Chris Houck injects some satire into the “Voices” page.

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CHRIS HOUCK

staff writer

Finals week is around the corner.

It seems like there’s a lot weighing down on the minds of the students here at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Given that so much news attention has been given to terroristic topics, I think I’m going to throw on my Stephen Colbert satire cap and talk about the graduating students of this year, as well as what we can all agree is easily angering us, too: Minnesota.

Yes, it seems that old Mother Nature is giving her residents in Minnesota a colder shoulder than my date gave me on prom night.

Like my prom date, the month of April seems to be a very fickle entity.

One day everything appears fine. I’m outside play-

ing basketball with my homeboys, and things seem great, like the year from this point on is going to be a good one.

And then April comes along, dumping all of the snow and frustration around me, piling up on my sidewalk and making it hard to enjoy life again until I decide I just need to

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ride it through.

Mavericks, we should be no strangers to adversity, though.

I mean, we’ve survived worse when living in Minnesota.

The people of Minnesota have lived through horribly cold months, four winless Super Bowl appearances, a Civil War, the Herschel Walker trade, and the reelections of Michele Bachmann.

So, I would say good luck to graduating Mavericks, but we both know you don’t need it.

I mean, if getting to class these past few months was harder than the actual exams you got when you finally arrived, drenched in sweat and snow, then surely Harvard has got nothing on us.

And so, when you graduates venture forth into the uncertain job world, just remember where you came from: Essentially the town from NBC’s comedy Parks and Recreation.

Now, I’m not poking fun at the city’s administration, I am choosing to shed light on the uneasiness of living with Mankato’s historically bloody past, which includes

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Ryan Xiong, Freshman

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Abby bisek, freshman

david yarusso, sophomore

bidgette anderson, senior

“I plan to get a job when I go home.”

“Working with my dad.”

“Yes, bartender, beverage cart and banquet serving at a golf course.”

“Nope, just taking the summer off.”

“I’m working at Aces, a before and after school daycare.”

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VOICES “I kept telling people not to trust a guy whose last name sounds like the next Spider-Man villian.” continued from 6

being the site of the largest mass execution in the United States’ history, when 38 Dakota were hanged.

The show tells about the fictional town’s struggles with overcoming its own prejudiced past, of which I think there’s a small resemblance to Mankato.

“Every town has its own unique history,” said the show’s website, “and Pawnee’s is full of both pride and shame. Mostly shame.

But some pride. But really:

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somewhere warm when they graduate.

Which is fine. But I don’t know about you, but I’d feel a lot safer in a state that’s undefeated in civil wars.

I mean think about it: The north won in the American Civil War, North Vietnam won their war and Canada kicked the United States out of their country in the War of 1812.

Not to mention, the good guys in the HBO show Game of Thrones are from the cold

“And so, as I take off my Colbert cap (made from 100 percent Colbert grossly enough) and reenter the world of levelheadedness, I want to wish good luck to the outgoing Mavericks.” shame. The large murals that line the walls of Pioneer Hall depict some of the most famous and interesting moments in our town’s past, and are well worth checking out as works or art -- even if they are also by any standard horrifying at a level that is difficult to comprehend.”

“So, take a tour back through history, won’t you?

And as you do, remember that these events occurred long ago, the murals were painted long ago, and also please remember that none of us had anything to do with either the events or the depictions of the events. ” It was a little odd living close to the site of the execution. However, at the same time, it provided great insight on local history, as well as clue me in on what kind of integrity that both the natives and settlers had, integrity I hope to retain when leaving the university, which is a learning experience that I wouldn’t have gotten elsewhere.

It’s fine to be proud to be from Mankato, but it is kind of ignorant to ignore its past brutality. Kind of like how people say they hate the Minnesota winter, but complain about the heat when summer finally arrives.

Which is another thing. I know of a lot of people that keep saying they’re sick of the state’s cold and will move

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north, and I can only assume that Mordoor lost in Lord of the Rings because it was so f lipping hot there.

Bottom line: Northerners seem pretty willing to invade a place that’s warmer than their home and stay there.

So, I’m fine staying in Minnesota. Leary of Canadians, but fine.

And what about that global warming that Al Gore promised us? It’s April, and there’s still snow on the ground. I kept telling people that we shouldn’t trust a guy whose last name sounds like the next Spider-Man villain.

And so, as I take off my Colbert cap (made from 100 percent Colbert, grossly enough) and reenter the world of levelheadedness, I want to wish good luck to the outgoing Mavericks.

Even though, since they’re so well off by graduating from a Minnesota college, they’ll discard my luck-wish like a birthday card without a check in it.

Because, if the students around me can share the same history, the same weather, the same dumb sports trades, the same classrooms, the same national tragedies and the same ideas, then I would be proud to walk with them during commencement this year and enter the lunacy of the professional world.

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As the lights dimmed, chatter ceased and the unsystematic sound of clapping filled the auditorium. Entering from stage right came an orderly line of musicians clothed in all black, their gleaming gold instruments ref lecting spotlights into the audience’s eyes.

Showcasing upbeat, popular jazz tunes, the University Jazz Big Bands concert took over the Elias J. Halling Recital Hall Tuesday night.

Without wasting any time, the opening band jumped straight into a cheerful trumpet and saxophone featured rendition of ‘Coconut Champagne’, originally by Denis DiBlasio.

The Jazz Lab Band, directed by Matt Windett, is comprised of 15 members who share a love for this

style of music.

Meeting only once a week, Windett was proud of their accomplishments and the set they had put together throughout their busy semester.

During their second song ‘Dusk to Dawn’, saxophone player Max Tuthill-Preus showed off his skills during his solo.

As their set continued, performers jived and smiled in their seats. It was impossible not see the joy they felt while on stage.

Windett even took part in this carefree performance, stepping to the side of the stage while soloists took control of the songs.

Upon reaching the end of their four-song set, the band took a bow to the cheers of the large amount of students in the crowd.

Many students attend this concert as a requirement

for Dr. Aloisio’s Pop Music classes.

Attending performances put on by the music department is a beneficial requirement that introduces students to a wide variety of performing arts.

After a brief intermission, the Jazz Mavericks Big Band took to the stage.

Dr. Douglas Snapp, director of the Big Band, started their set with the powerful tune ‘Celtic Aire’.

As trumpets blared in the back row, saxophones complimented them with a cheerful melody.

The first song faded out, and Dr. Snapp turned to address the audience. He welcomed the crowd with a big smile, thanking everyone for coming.

Continuing the upbeat nature of the show, a Latin infused performance of ‘Ran

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Bombing investigation goes overseas Feds seek answers in Russia over Boston bombings.

Zubeidat Tsarnaev, mother of the alleged bombers, has been questioned by US intelligence in Russia.

BOSTON (AP) — From Boston and Washington to Russia, investigators pressed for answers Wednesday about the Muslim radicalism believed behind the Boston Marathon bombing, while more than 4,000 mourners paid tribute to an MIT police officer who authorities say was gunned down by the bombers.

Among the speakers at the memorial service in Cambridge was Vice President Joe Biden, who condemned the bombing suspects as “two twisted, perverted, cowardly, knockoff jihadis.”

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was listed in fair condition as he recovered from wounds suffered during a getaway attempt. He could get the death penalty if convicted of plotting with his older brother, now dead, to set off the pressure-cooker bombs that killed three people and wounded more than 260 on April 15. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, died in a shootout with police.

The bombs were detonated by remote control, according to U.S. officials close to the investigation who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly.

It was not clear what the detonation device was, but the charges against Dzhokhar say he was using a cellphone moments before the blasts.

U.S. officials also said Dzhokhar has told interrogators he and his brother were angry about the U.S. wars in Muslim Afghanistan and Iraq.

After closed-door briefings on Capitol Hill with the FBI and other law enforcement officials, lawmakers said earlier this week that it appeared so far that the brothers were radicalized via the Internet instead of by direct contact with any terrorist groups, and that the older brother was the driving force in the bomb plot.

In Russia, U.S. investigators traveled to the predominantly Muslim province of Dagestan and were in contact with the brothers’ parents, hoping to gain more information.

The parents, Anzor Tsarnaev and Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, plan to f ly to the U.S. on Thursday, the father was quoted as telling the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti. The family has said it wants to bring Tamerlan’s body back to Russia.

Investigators are looking into whether Tamerlan, who spent six months in Russia’s turbulent Caucasus region in 2012, was inf luenced by the religious extremists who have waged an insurgency against Russian forces in the area for years. The brothers have roots in Dagestan and neighboring Chechnya, but had lived in the U.S. for about a decade.

At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, bagpipes wailed as students, faculty and staff members and throngs of law enforcement officials paid their respects to MIT police officer Sean Collier, who was ambushed in his cruiser three days after the bombing.

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The line of mourners stretched for a half-mile.

They had to make their way through tight security, including metal detectors and bomb-sniffing dogs.

Boston native James Taylor sang “The Water is Wide” and led a sing-along of “Shower the People.”

Biden told the Collier family that no child should die before his or her parents, but that, in time, the grief will lose some of its sting.

“The moment will come when the memory of Sean is triggered and you know it’s going to be OK,” Biden said.

“When the first instinct is to get a smile on your lips before a tear to your eye.”

The vice president also sounded a defiant note.

“The purpose of terror is to instill fear,” he said. “You saw none of it here in Boston. Boston, you sent a powerful message to the world.”

In another milestone in Boston’s recovery, the area around the marathon finish line was reopened to the public, with fresh cement still drying on the repaired sidewalk. Delivery trucks made their way down Boylston Street under a heavy police presence, though some damaged stores were still closed.

“I don’t think there’s going to be a sense of normalcy for a while,” Tom Champoux, who works nearby, said as he pointed to the boarded-up windows. “There are scars here that will be with us for a long time.”

CARPENTER “Those were the worst years of my life, he said.

“That’s why I’m so passionate about having Chick-fil-A removed” continued from 3 should be removed from the food court.

“Students who feel strongly against Chick-fil-A can either choose not to eat there, or criticize them publicly. However, the state cannot discriminate a business based on its views.”

Although the university cannot remove Chick-fil-A because of its stance, the student senate can, and has, voted on the issue.

MSU’s Interfaculty Organization voted to remove Chickfil-A from the food court and brought the proposal to the senate. However, it was decided that the restaurant would remain despite the faculty recommendation.

A number of students will attempt to encourage the senate to vote again, and are gathering support through a petition.

“I think the senate was poorly informed and rushed through the last vote,” said Wil Bernstrom, a newly elected offcampus senator. “Many of the senators were not present at the last vote, and this deserves to be looked at again.”

Bernstrom, a native of southern Alabama, attended conversion therapy for five years as a child.

“Those were the worst years of my life,” he said. “That’s why I’m so passionate about having Chick-fil-A removed from campus, it creates an uncomfortable environment.

Every time I walk by there, I’m reminded of that time in my life; it still haunts me. Every time I see someone I know eating Chick-fil-A, I let them know what they are supporting.”

In an effort to reach out, a Chick-fil-A in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., recently gave dozens of protestors outside of its building coupons for free meals.

Cathy also met with Campus Pride executive director Shane Windmeyer, who dropped his campaign against the restaurant after the two built a friendship.

“We’ve been able to find some common ground,” he said of his relationship with Cathy in an interview with the Huffington Post. “He’s shown his (tax forms) that showed last year, as a company, Chick-fil-A would not engage in any social or political debates or activity.”

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NEW YORK (AP) — For a few surreal minutes, a mere 12 words on Twitter caused the world’s mightiest stock market to tremble.

No sooner did hackers send a false Associated Press tweet reporting explosions at the White House on Tuesday than investors started dumping stocks — eventually unloading $134 billion worth. Turns out, some investors are not only gullible, they’re impossibly fast stock traders.

Except most of the investors weren’t human. They were computers, selling on autopilot beyond the control of humans, like a scene from a sci-fi horror film.

“Before you could blink, it was over,” said Joe Saluzzi, co-founder of Themis Trading and an outspoken critic of high-speed computerized trading. “With people, you wouldn’t have this type of reaction.”

For decades, computers have been sorting through data and news to help investment funds decide whether to buy or sell. But that’s old school. Now “algorithmic” trading programs sift through data, news, even tweets, and execute trades by themselves in fractions of a second, without slowpoke humans getting in the way. More than half of stock trading every day is done this way.

Markets quickly recovered after Tuesday’s plunge. But the incident rattled traders and highlighted the danger of handing control to the machines. It also raised questions about whether regulators should be doing more to monitor the relationship between social media and the markets.

Irene Aldridge, a consultant to hedge funds on algorithmic programs, said many of the trading systems just count the number of positive and negative words, without any filter. She wants regulators to do more but believes that glitches and plunges may be inevitable.

“You can’t ban Twitter,” said Aldridge, author of “High-Frequency Trading,” a guide to algorithmic trading.

Just how exactly the trading unfolded Tuesday is still a bit of a mystery.

Some experts say the computers took their cue from humans, picking up on a pause in buying as traders read the phony tweet. In Wall Street’s insanely fast trading world, humans holding back for even a second could have signaled to computers that buyers were drying up and that prices could fall, and so the computers should sell fast.

Others, like Saluzzi, think computers may have sold on the tweet itself. That’s possible because computer trading programs are increasingly written to read, and react to, news from social media outlets like Twitter.

Experts say the fake tweet seemed designed to catch a computer’s attention.

Rich Brown, head of Elektron Analytics, a Thomson-Reuters unit that sells news feeds that computers can read, said that the words “explosions” or “Obama” alone wouldn’t have triggered selling. But add “White House,” and it’s a combination even the slowest computer couldn’t miss.

Brown said his service doesn’t include Twitter in its feeds because there’s too much useless “noise” in the deluge of tweets and, given the 140-character limit to tweets, often too little context.

Before the fake tweet appeared on Tuesday, it looked like any other good day on Wall Street. Unexpectedly strong earnings reports sent stocks in the Dow Jones industrial average up 1 percent to 14,697 with three hours to go in the trading day.

Then, at 1:08 p.m. EDT, a tweet appeared on the hacked AP Twitter account stating that two explosions at the White House had injured President Barack Obama.

Stocks immediately started falling and tumbled for two minutes.

The Dow dropped from 14,697 to 14,554, losing 143 points, or 1 percent. In the frenzied selling, oil prices dropped, gold rose, the dollar rallied and the price of Treasury notes, seen by many investors as a hiding spot, shot higher, briefly knocking yields to their lowest level of the year.

The AP quickly announced

that its account had been hijacked and the report was false. The Dow began to climb again, recovering all its losses by 1:18 p.m. That was 10 minutes after the fake tweet, according to FactSet, a financial data provider.

A group called the Syrian Electronic Army said it was responsible for the hack.

But the claim has not been corroborated. The FBI and the Securities and Exchange Commission said they had opened investigations into the incident.

Some Wall Street pros were surprised that a single tweet could move markets so much.

Julian Brigden, managing partner of Macro Intelligence 2 Partners, an investment consultancy, said the drop suggested an “unstable” trading environment dominated by investors too quick to buy or sell without any thought.

“To me, it’s indicative of a very dangerous market,” he said.

Though stocks eventually recovered for the day, investors have been on edge recently.

“People are looking for a reason to sell, and (Tuesday) it was a fake tweet,” said Adam Sussman, head of research at Tabb Group, a research firm.

“Of course, once they realized it was fake, they bought back in, or they stopped selling.”

But he thinks humans played only a minor role in the stock plunge. He said most professional investors are too savvy to sell on a tweet.

“They’d get a tweet from AP and then say, ‘Oh, was there a corroborating tweet from Bloomberg? A corroborating tweet from Thomson Reuters?’ and so forth,” he said. “So I don’t believe that anyone selling substantial money saw that tweet and just began selling off billions of dollars.”

Joe Fox, founder of online brokerage Ditto Trade, said the selling was too fast for humans to have pulled off, and computers were to blame.

“Whoever this jerk (who wrote the tweet) is probably cost some people millions of dollars in a matter of minutes,” he said.

JAZZ “Performers filed off stage, their instruments reflecting the same light, drawing attention to the stars holding them.” continued from 6 Kan Kan’ originally by Tito Puente made sitting still nearly impossible.

Unlike classical concerts, this informal, lighthearted show had performers and viewers alike swaying in their seats.

As promised, the band featured a song that is currently played on popular radio stations.

Made famous by Michael Bublé, ‘Sway’ is a powerful, sultry song that relies heavily on its lyrics to translate its true feelings.

Dr. Snapp surreptitiously introduced the song; pointing out that bass player Daniel Nonweiler would be trying his hand at his vocal skills.

As Nonweiler tested the mic, with no response, a moment of technical difficulties clouded the stage.

After a continuous speech of “test, testing, test, test,” sound finally rang out from the speakers.

Volume continued to esca-

late as Nonweiler spoke into the mic.

“More, more, more! That might work,” joked Nonweiler.

The band joined in on his performance, complimenting his rich, deep voice.

His performance reached the back row of the auditorium, leaving audience members wanting more.

Closing out the night with two final vivacious, suave jazz songs, the Big Band revealed that this style of music can be fun and entertaining.

As the performers stood for the final bow, Dr. Snapp stepped to the side, the smile on his face showing just how proud he was of the show.

The same unsystematic clapping filled the auditorium again as performers filed off stage, their instruments ref lecting the same light, drawing attention to the stars holding them.

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The Healing Power of Art

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The word “art” is a broad term, but powerful and meaningful when put in its specified form. It can refer to a number of fields, styles and modes of expression. Defined, art is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination. Whether it’s in a visual form such as painting, sculpture or ceramics, or in audible

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or written forms like music and poetry, art is an essential component of every culture, a uniting factor for every community.

As we near finals, stress tightens its grasp around our hectic lives and the importance of alleviating the pressure to do well becomes increasingly important. Taking time to relax and giving yourself breaks can provide you with the key to

doing well in future jobs and responsibilities, but should be especially kept in mind when finishing the academic year and finals so you can end it with a celebratory “BOO YAH!” instead of “boo.”

During the especially long winter this year, many students utilized indoor routes through campus to escape the dreary weather. One largely travelled route connects from Armstrong

through a diagonal hall which approaches Nelson Hall. More than likely, you’ve noticed the Conkling Gallery when passing through that particular stretch, but may not have gone in and checked it out.

The Conkling Gallery provides a relaxing escape from the world through visual art, even if you take only a minute or two to peek around at the different pieces and styles of art that students have created.

The best part of the gallery is that there’s a good chance you will view it solo, creating a moment of thought and leisure that can distract you from the stressors of daily life.

Even if you aren’t majoring in an art-related field, practicing or simply viewing art can provide a feeling of peace and relaxation, as well as a means of expressing an event or feeling that one may have experienced in their past or present.

Currently, the Gallery displays a multitude of beautiful paintings varied in theme and includes displays that utilize unique materials. You may recall the Human Exhibit

outside the Conkling Gallery earlier this year, where figures of people in different positions and actions were created using tape. The list goes on when it comes to the many examples of young artists at MSU using interesting materials to complete a crisp finished product.

Not only is art fun, beautiful and diverse, but it helps unite and record fragments of thought, feeling and memory that can’t be expressed in other ways. In addition, art provides emotional and cognitive benefits, too.

There are a number of places in Mankato that display visual art. We have the Centennial Student Union Gallery and Conkling Gallery at Minnesota State University, Mankato, as well as the Carnegie Art Center and the 410 Project downtown.

Make special note: the Conkling Gallery switches up its contents frequently, displaying work from a variety of artists throughout the year. Typically, the first half of each semester has professional shows in the gallery from artists who come

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A Plague of Angels descends on MSU SARA VAGT

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Concluding the Minnesota State University, Mankato Department of Theatre and Dance studio season, A Plague of Angels will debut in the Andreas Theatre April 24th at 7:30 p.m. and will be showing until April 27. Tickets are regularly priced at $10, $9 for senior citizens and $8 for MSU students.

A Plague of Angels tells the story of a girl named Mary Mallon, better known as “Typhoid Mary.”

In particular, the show describes Mary’s quarantine by the New York Health Department. She is imprisoned until she learns better hygiene habits so she does not spread her disease. Mary has a hard time accepting the fact that the disease she carries is infectious and easily spread to the other people.

Mary is a strong, stubborn, yet easily relatable, young women.

Amanda Foreman, a senior BFA acting candidate who plays the main character said, “Mary is a feisty Irishwoman. I’m having such a blast with her. Mary is tough, very tough, but relatable. Mary has lived with her beliefs her entire life. They’re all she has known.

“Suddenly all of that is altered by her incarceration. Mary begins to question everything she has been taught. I think that’s a very real and relevant struggle that audiences will be able to relate to. It’s hard for people to adapt to a new way of thinking after so much time.”

Not only is the story behind the show an interesting one, the show itself keeps the audience interested with mood lighting and music, which makes it

easy to fall into.

Matthew Caron, a first year MFA directing candidate and director of the show said that A Plague of Angels illustrates her struggle with her re-integration into society. She struggles with isolation, loneliness and her faith.”

A Plague of Angels has significant historical backdrop. The plot presented is based on a real story.

“This show, in particular, really draws the audience in. You become part of the show. Audience members become both judge and jury. I think

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what is particularly fascinating is the good guy/bad guy scenario. Most shows have the obvious good character and the obvious bad character. This show blurs those lines,” Foreman

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ART “Even if you aren’t majoring in an art related field, practicing or simply viewing art can provide a feeling of peace and relaxation” continued from 11 from off campus and present a lecture or workshop, followed by a body of work to display in the Conkling Gallery. The other half of the semester includes work from Master of Arts students and senior art students. The Master of Arts students have solo shows, where they can use the entire gallery to show what they’ve been working on for their graduate degree. The senior art students display their work

in group shows as part of their senior project.

Although I don’t consider myself gifted with loads of creativity or skill with visual art, I thought I’d give it a try and see what I could produce.

After all, some of the best pieces of work come from spontaneous actions or having no direction at all. I gathered the essentials: paintbrushes, acrylic paint, and canvas to see what I was capable of. Five

hours later, I felt exhilarated! I made a Facebook worthy painting and felt so calm during the process. It was an escape from the world for those five hours; I was in my zone.

Next time you pass through that infamous hall, be sure to check out the awesome displays of talent in the Conkling Gallery, or consider taking up your own art project to refresh yourself from a hectic week.

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ANGELS “To know she was real and this horrifying struggle was something she actually experience just cuts right to the core.” continued from 11

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the better part of a year, it’s near impossible for you miss the fact that Iron Man 3 is coming out next week.

Yet for being arguably the biggest movie of the year, there is some actual doubt about when audiences will be able to see it.

If you happen to be like a certain someone and have been incessantly checking Fandango for the past three weeks in an attempt to sweep up tickets to the premier of the anticipated threequel, you’ve likely been met with nothing but a blank screen and crushing disappointment.

Even Star Trek Into Darkness, opening in three weeks on May 17, has started selling tickets with reasonable advance notice.

So what is the hold up for 2013’s first big summer blockbuster? The answer is both ill timed and frustrating.

With just weeks until their latest cash cow hits screens, Disney has decided that now would be the best time to renegotiate their contract with the various theater chains.

Normally the studios and the theaters split the revenue from ticket sales 50/50, with certain variables based on how long the movie is in theaters.

Bargains being made on this matter aren’t uncommon at all but having them happen so close to a mega-blockbuster’s opening isn’t common for good reason. Disney is reportedly looking for a cut of roughly 6065% with this new deal — well ahead of the regular half share.

In response to Disney’s perceived coup, theater chains have

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struck back. AMC, Cinemark, and Regal chains have refused to sell advance tickets to Iron Man 3. Carmike Cinemas was also originally in the refusal pool but reached an agreement earlier last week.

These theater chains are not a force to be taken lightly. Regal and AMC together represent 30% of the movie theaters in the country and Cinemark holds a good deal of water around these parts, being the one of two theaters in Mankato that will show the movie.

Carmike’s success in dealing with this gives hope for everything to work out, but it is still unclear if this issue will be resolved before the shellhead’s premiere on May 3, which has risen from a predicted $125 million opening weekend to $160 million in just a few days.

Notice that only advance tickets are what’s been made at stake — no mention of regular ticket sales have been made and will not likely be impacted.

With a movie this massive, it’s going to take a complete game changer to our very way of life to keep it from hitting theaters on time.

Who knows, by tomorrow tickets could finally hit the net.

But what damage has been done already? Has this game of chicken between Disney and the theaters just set up pandemonium or has it only super charged interest?

For now it’s acceptable to crawl back under your rock, but in the meantime keep an eye open and your Fandango app primed for that fateful day when showtimes will be revealed.

said. “It’s very interesting to watch each of the characters struggle with this as well. This show is just heartbreaking to me.

Mary experiences such an internal struggle and what unfolds for her is truly heartbreaking.

To know that she was real and this horrifying struggle was something she actually experienced just cuts right to the core.”

This show is appropriate for all ages: there is no harsh language or inappropriate situations in it.

“There is no course language or any real ‘risqué’ situations; however, the subject matter is somewhat heavy,” Foreman said. “A parent shouldn’t feel uncomfortable bringing a child, but

a young person may not quite understand what is happening. I’d say it’s a perfect show for 13 plus.”

Just because they aren’t on the main stage in the Ted Paul doesn’t mean studio productions aren’t as good, or worth seeing.

“It has always been difficult to get larger crowds to come see our studio shows, which is unfortunate,” Foreman said. “I think some of our best work occurs in the studio. It’s much more of an intimate space. A lot of really moving and intense work can be seen in the studio. Audience members can become part of a show. Regardless of the turnout, I know the cast will give the audience an amazing show.”

There are many lessons to

be learned from this show: lines between good versus evil can be blurred, decisions aren’t always going to be concrete. Change is unavoidable, and should be embraced.

“We as a society can’t just live in our happy bubbles acting as if nothing bad ever happens,” Foreman said.

“We become neglectful of things. New ideas are not always a scary thing. We think by avoiding change we are protecting ourselves, but our fear of the unknown can wind up hurting us more than we’ll ever understand.”

MSU’s studio season wraps up with this powerful, historical play. It’s bound to affect viewers right to the core.

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Any good television series on NBC is like getting a new gaming console: it’s gonna be fun while it lasts but you just know it’s going to implode on itself soon.

Hopefully such is not the case with Hannibal, the prequel series from Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller.

The new series follows investigator Will Graham’s work as a consultant for the FBI on serial killers, the stress of which leads him into the path of a psychiatrist who knows a thing or two about killers: Dr. Hannibal Lector.

It’s an impossible task to follow in the footsteps of Anthony Hopkins as Lector, which is likely why the focus falls on Graham. Hugh Dancy’s portrayal of Graham as an autistic outsider works far better than the regular straight-laced character seen in Red Dragon and Manhunter, at least for the purposes of a TV series.

But as interesting as Dancy’s character is on his own, it’s Mads Mikkelson’s portrayal of Hannibal the Cannibal that gives the show its intrigue. This is a much more calm and restrained Lector than we’ve been exposed to in previous iterations. Watching how he manipulates situations and waiting for him to break his composure is a huge draw for the show.

Far removed from the light-hearted macabre of Fuller’s previous projects, Pushing Daisies and Mockingbird Lane, Hannibal

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makes the most of its late night airtime while pushing the boundaries of what can be shown on basic television.

Violence and horror is key to the world established in Thomas Harris’ novels.

While you’re not going to get the level of gore you would on cable, there are many parts of this show that will burn themselves into your mind, most of which you would rather not have.

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That’s part of the underlying things that make Hannibal worth it: unpredictability and style. Having the titular character as a background force, pushing the boundaries of violence and providing a character that is truly more despicable than our given villain, something worse than a murderer — a journalist.

Having the very first serial killer of the series operating out of Minnesota hits a little close to home as well, even with the knowledge of the series fictional status.

With two series on television based on notorious serial killer Ed Gein, all we need is a Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel show to complete the trifecta of madness.

It’s still early in the season but Hannibal is showing plenty of macabre promise and looks to deliver on its promise as it continues. Let’s raise our glass of chianti and dig in to this show’s long life.

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TV Line: Spartacus Slays Starz with Style ANDREW SIMON

staff writer From the outside, Spartacus looked to be a lifeless series that embellished on cable-mandated violence, nudity and sex.

Although it took a handful of episodes for the series to find its legs, the emotional core and brilliance of the show quickly made itself apparent. A political drama as Roman senators and generals seek to gain higher status; a story of freedom, Spartacus and his rebellion claiming their own lives; a story of love and loss, as each of the characters, heroes and villains, face blossoming hearts and festering wounds of death; and finally, a story of one man choosing to break his literal shackles and show a gargantuan empire that they can’t own him — or die in the attempt.

Spartacus has blood and lots of it. There is no cinematic equal to the amount of blood spilled on the sands, but like many things in this series, the violence isn’t there just to look cool and have an action scene each episode. They’re treated with a sadness and necessity that makes Spartacus’ cause all the more understandable.

These slaves have been trained as gladiators by the Romans and now they will use the skills given to them to kill those who taught it.

The sword fights and enormous battles are staggering on a television budget. Beautifully choreographed, majestic to behold, these fights make the Spartans in 300 look like wimps.

In the hands of Spartacus himself (Andy Whitfield, Liam McIntyre), these gladiators are lethal, brutal, calculating and perhaps the most intimidating warriors

ever put to screen.

The real magic of Spartacus originates in the writing. Show runner Steven S. DeKnight (Angel) and crew give each individual texture, enough to make this army of rebels stand out from one another, but his best gift to the series comes in the form of its syntax. DeKnight coined a distinct dialogue pattern for the show, one that used vulgarity, sexuality and the gods, twisting them in such a unique form that it becomes immediately addictive to mimic – but would be inappropriate to repeat here.

The villains are just as richly textured as the protagonists. John Hannah blessed the series with the first two seasons as Batiatus, the slave owner of Spartacus, who shot off DeKnight’s succinct and unique dialogue as though it were Shakespeare. Cruel and just, Hannah was someone to love and hate in equal measure. Vengeance promoted Gaius Claudius Glaber (Craig Parker) as the object of Spartacus’ wrath, delivering a character consumed with bringing Spartacus to his knees and crushing the rebellion, while snakingly maneuvering himself in the realm of politics and killing anyone who stood in his way.

Glaber was the show’s true monster, given no redeeming qualities and making his fall all the sweeter. The final foe Spartacus faced was perhaps his only equal in intellect. Crassus (Simon Merrells) is presented as a brilliant tactician, matching each of Spartacus’ startling moves with an unexpected move of his own, and to his credit, he never underestimates the rebel leader. Although the enemy of the protagonist, Crassus is the perfect

example of audiences becoming so close to a thoroughly defined villain that we come to care about him as much as Spartacus.

Of the many elements in Spartacus that deserve praise, none stand as strong as its depiction of sex. Sure, the series can be charged for indulging in full frontal nudity from all cast mates, slow-motion sex scenes with impeccably precise lighting, but it rarely comes across as gratuitous, or an afterthought to appease cable-paying subscribers.

Instead of handling sex as this big dramatic moment, a la Gossip Girl, with sweet, melodic music and quick shots of an arm and leg there, the series embraces sex and what it is and triumphantly boasts the best written gay relationship in the television landscape. The series doesn’t shy away from the romance of freed slaves Agron and Nasir, and none of the straight characters give notice or care to their intimacy. Call the show gratuitous if one must, but Spartacus is never dishonest.

Bloody, stylizied, gory, erotic, dramatic, and epic Spartacus is more than what it appears on a surface level. For four seasons, DeKnight and crew weaved a staggering tale of human triumph in the face of impossible odds, cast an intimidating and thoroughly believable commander in Liam McIntyre’s Spartacus, never downplayed sex or sexual orientation and left viewers amazed as the spectacle before them episode after episode. One of the most addictive and entertaining shows, it rose to the top and never faltered and even more rare delivered a satisfying series finale.

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Softball runs deep in Erickson family blood

MSU junior Lindsay Erickson is putting together a phenomonal campaign as a Maverick, something that the Erickson family knows well.

ADAM PIERSON

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Most athletes are lucky to make it on a division-two athletic team, but sometimes it runs in the family.

Minnesota State University, Mankato junior Lindsay Erickson has provided two years of solid contribution to the softball team. This year has gone no different for Erickson.

Erickson is leading the Mavs in batting average with .461, slugging percentage with .755, on base percentage with .545, hits with 47 and falls to a mere second in RBIs with 35, doubles with 10, home runs with 6 and putouts with 136.

Erickson’s lengthy résumé is padded with a First Team All-NSIC selection and NSIC Player of the year, NFCA All-American Second-Team and Daktronics Second-Team All-American in 2012.

In 2012, Erickson led MSU in batting average with .429, slugging percentage with .722, on base percentage with .488, total bases with 142, hits with 79, doubles with 24 and being hit by the ball eight times. She finished

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second in runs scored with 36, runs batted in with 42 and home runs with 11.

Erickson’s freshman year was no different; she was selected as a SecondTeam All-American by both Daktronics and the NFCA, a First-Team All-NSIC pick and a First-Team All-Region pick by Daktronics and NFCA. Erickson led MSU in batting average with .413, slugging percentage with .615, hits with 88, doubles with 20 and total bases with 131.

Erickson also led the NSIC in hits with 88 and fielding percentage with 1.000, as well as numerous categories ranked within the top ten of the NSIC in 2011.

With statistics like that, it’s safe to say that Erickson knows what she’s doing.

Erickson is primarily featured behind the plate but also gets time in the corner infield positions from time to time.

Erickson has been playing since t-ball, giving her nearly fifteen years of experience on the field.

During her high school stint in Big Lake, Minn., she was named the Mississippi 8

Offensive player of the year in 2008, batting .519 and slugging .852. She was also named a first-team all-state selection in 2008, as well as a second-team all-state selection in 2007.

“Softball was something I was good at, so why not keep playing,” Erickson said.

“My favorite number was always 21 and when I came to MSU 21 was taken by my sister. I decided on 22 because I figured when we line up numerically we could always stand next to each other, making it easier for my mom and grandma to take pictures,” Erickson said.

The opportunity to play softball at MSU with her sister Chelsea, who played from 2008-2012 with the Mavericks, was something Erickson couldn’t pass up.

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree for the Erickson family.

“I have six sisters, they range from ages 1-23. My 14-year-old twin sisters are playing varsity tennis and softball. The little ones are just getting started with all the fun sports,” Erickson said.

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Weather and depth, keys to MSU in spring session

With the weather finally clearing up, the Mavericks can start focusing on their 2013 season, where they hope to achieve the same success as their previous year.

JOEY DENTON

staff writer

Whether you think so or not, spring is here and that means we are getting closer and closer to football season.

Even though the weather brings back what it feels like to play in the fall, the Minnesota State University, Mankato football team has moved to their 2013-2014 campaign as they replace some key players and add depth to the

roster.

Since April 1, the Mavericks have started their spring practices to build up to the annual spring football game on April 27 at Blakeslee Stadium and a lot of factors have made this spring stick out from years past.

According to Interim Head Coach Aaron Keen, the biggest challenge is the weather.

Due to having snow on the ground and some really horrible days weather-wise, it

makes it tougher for the players to get into a rhythm. After pushing back four practices, the squad will be practicing every day this week leading up to the game.

With the weather like it has been the last two weeks, it’s hard to think football season is getting closer, but Keen’s squad is “controlling the controllable.”

“It’s all about having a positive mental attitude and I think our guys, if you can,

have put aside everything that happens as far as the weather and you just get out there and go,” Keen said.

From a football standpoint, Keen is excited to be outside and improve from their 13-1 season this past fall.

“It’s nice to get out there and feel like we are getting better every day and coach football,” Keen said. “Players might look at it a little different, especially those guys who have to kind of

bang physically each day, but we are such a young group and we are so deep it’s nice to give those guys doinga lot of reps.”

To coach Keen, what stands out this spring compared to the past is depth.

This squad possesses a lot of competition at each position, making it tough but fun for Keen and his staff to evaluate.

“It’s not necessarily

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NBA playoffs: no surprises yet With just a few days in to postseason, all of the higher seeds are taking care of business as the first round draws closer to the end in the 2013 NBA playoffs.

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School Conf. OVR. Winona State 14-2 29-7 Minnesota Duluth 15-4 35-10 MAVERICKS 14-4 29-9 Augustana 15-5 28-9 Minot State 13-5 31-6 Wayne State 14-6 23-11 Concordia St. Paul 12-6 25-11 Upper Iowa 10-6 23-13 St. Cloud State 11-7 26-19 Northern State 9-9 17-19 U-Mary 8-10 19-16 Sioux Falls 8-14 13-23 SW Minnesota State 7-15 14-20 MSU Moorhead 4-18 6-31 Bemidji State 2-22 8-33 Minnesota Crookston 1-23 2-33

The NBA Playoffs are underway and the first round hasn’t disappointed thus far. While some may believe that the NBA Playoffs go on for too long, the first couple sets of games are both proving those people wrong at this juncture of the postseason.

While it’s true that the home teams exclusively won their games in the first set of games, that didn’t stop them from being interesting from beginning to end. With exception being given to the Oklahoma City/Houston, and also surprisingly, to the Brooklyn/Chicago game 1 duels, every game was entertaining to the very end.

The game that may have highlighted any other one played thus far would have to be game 1 between the Denver Nuggets and the Golden State Warriors. Midway through the game, Mark Jackson’s Warriors suffered a huge blow, losing power forward David Lee to an injury that was later announced would keep him out for the season. That didn’t stop them from battling the entire way through. With the help of Steph Curry in the late-game heroics, the Warriors were able to play for their fallen star and stay with the Nuggets the whole way through. Ultimately, Denver was able to pull out the victory, due to a layup by Denver’s Andre Miller with less than 5 seconds

remaining on the clock.

As mentioned before, the series between Brooklyn and Chicago, which had all the makings to be one of the most exciting series in the whole playoffs, ot off to a bad start in game 1.

Joakim Noah had just returned from injury and didn’t look the same, and the Bulls struggled as a result, losing game 1. In game 2, everything seemed to change rather quickly.

No single player for Chicago scored more than 15 points, but the Bulls were able to collectively win game 2 at a 90-82 clip, tying the series at 1 game apiece.

The two favorites in the playoffs this year, the Heat and the Thunder, have both had a relatively easy time thus far in dealing with their opponents, as they both attempt to get back to a rematch of the NBA Finals.

The Thunder faced an interesting conundrum in the first round, going up against former Thunder standout James Harden and his Houston Rockets squad.

The Rockets weren’t seen as a heavy favorite to make the playoffs when the season began, but a combination of the breakout season of Harden, the improved play of center Omer Asik, and the liberal coaching style of Kevin McHale made that a thing of the past.

That said, the Thunder have made quick work of the Rockets so far, winning their first game in convincing fashion at a 120-91 score, highlighted by

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away and further add to their reputation as the best team in the NBA. They won the fourth quarter alone at a 30-22 clip, the second half by 16 points total, and won the game 110-87. Little changed in game 2 when the Heat won that one as well.

Ultimately, the first round is going as expected so far. This isn’t new to basketball fans, and it’s usually closer to the second round and the conference finals when the craziness begins.

Stay tuned.

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The Miami Heat have already taken two games from Brandon Jennings, Monta Ellis, Larry Sanders and the rest of the Milwaukee Bucks. Most saw this series as the biggest cakewalk of the entire playoffs, and to a certain extent, those people are absolutely right. However, in game 1 the Bucks made it a close bout throughout the first half, and a good portion of the third quarter as well. Eventually, the Heat were able to pull

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MSU FOOTBALL “It’s nice to get out there and feel like we are getting better every day and coach football,” Keen said. “Players might look at it a little different, especially those guys who have to kind of bang physically each day, but we are such a young group and we are so deep, it’s nice to give those guys a lot of reps.” continued from 15 whether they can beat out the guy in front of them, but are we getting better at that spot, so if you are called upon, you are going to be able to step in and do the job,” Keen said.

With Jon Wolf making his first few starts of the season, it was evident that the passing game had a hard time getting into a good rhythm.

It really came together later on in the season and it looked like Wolf was feeling a lot more confident and more a of a complete quarterback as we all know he can move really well on his feet. Keen is hoping to keep that momentum in the air going, even though Wolf’s number one target is graduating this May. After losing one of the best receivers in the NSIC in Adam Thielen, this spring has been a great opportunity to see who is going to fill those shoes, and it may be more than one guy. After redshirting his first year, re-

ceiver Kyle Riggott opened up some eyes as the Maverick’s number two receiver last fall.

The 5’10” wideout caught 32 passes for 540 yards and really has a knack for getting in extra yardage after the catch.

With a first place in the high jump at the NSIC Conference Indoor Track and Field meet in February, sophomore receiver Keyvan Rudd has an opportunity of adding the number one receiver spot to his belt of accomplishments. Even though he only touched the ball 11 times last fall, the guy can be deadly in the deep passing game and on the goal line with his superior athletic abilities.

Coach Keen has been impressed with the growth his receiving core has made since game one of their 2012-2013 season.

“What I have seen as a collective group is we have gotten better at the wide receiver position and I think there will

ERICKSON “The opportunity to play softball at MSU with her sister Chelsea was something Erickson couldn’t pass up. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree for the Erickson family.” continued from 15 Besides having a busy schedule as a sister, college student and college athlete Erickson still has a clear focus on the realities of life.

Described as “fun, hilarious and a hard worker” by her peers, Erickson sees that as her best attribute on the field.

“I try to keep everyone relaxed, smiling and having fun,” Erickson said.

“There are so many different personalities on the team, but we all mesh so well together. There is always constant laughter and smiles,” Erickson said.

Erickson’s hectic schedule doesn’t stop her from enjoying the little things in life.

“We don’t get a lot of free time during the spring, so when I do get it I like to go out and have fun or just relax at home with my boyfriend,” Erickson said.

Erickson is majoring in recreation parks and leisure services with an emphasis in leisure planning management.

“I eventually want to be

a successful program coordinator or events director as well the best wife and mother I can be,” Erickson said.

“I have always wanted to be the best at whatever I do,” Erickson said.

Erickson grew up with separated parents, but obviously that hasn’t had a negative impact on her.

“I couldn’t go a day without my mom, but I’ve always been grateful to have two amazing families,” Erickson said.

Erickson and the Mavs are currently 29-9, 14-4 in the NSIC and tied for second place with the University of Minnesota, Duluth for second place behind Winona State University with a record of 14-2.

MSU will travel to Sioux Falls, SD, Thursday to face the University of Sioux Falls before finishing their season on the road, first in Duluth, Minn., facing UMD twice on Saturday and then in St. Cloud, Minn., squaring off against St. Cloud State in two games.

be more than one guy who will be able to fill the void for an Adam Thielen,” Keen said.

Senior linebacker Marcus Hall-Oliver will also leave some big shoes to fill for next season. Not only was he the second leading tackler last year, but he was also the defensive captain and led one of the best defenses in Division II football.

Redshirt freshman line-

backer Tyler Henderson has made a huge impact this spring as he competes for that starting linebacker spot. After spending this past fall mostly on special teams, the Mankato native has opened up eyes according to Keen.

“We were really looking forward to seeing some competition at that spot. He has risen to the challenge and has really taken a hold of that

spot,” Keen said.

When it’s all said and done, the biggest goal for the Mavericks is to come out of spring ball healthy and knowing how much each player individually has improved.

On Saturday, the coaching staff and the public will get a good idea of who will be filling the starting spots.

“We are looking to put on a good show on Saturday,”

shannon rathmanner • msu reporter Aaron Keen might not have the head coaching job yet, but his accolades last season as interim head coach have not gone unnoticed in the Maverick Community. Last season the Mavericks finished 11-0 on their way to an NSIC championship and finished in the national semifinals.

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