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Hoodie Allen hits Bresnan Arena Concert featuring opener Karizma draws crowds from all over Minnesota.

LAUREN SIEBENALER Staff Writer The Hoodie Allen concert was very successful last Wednesday. People from all over Minnesota made sure they were there, and some were even waiting in line since 6 a.m. Hoodie played a lot of different things.

They ranged from some of his newer songs like “All About It” to some of his older songs like “Two Lips.”He also played “The Rock Show” by Blink 182 and Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk.”

Sophomore Kaitlyn Gudmundson said, “I thought his performance was great. I liked how he played a lot of throwback songs along with his own songs.”

Hoodie made sure to ask the audience what they wanted to hear and the crowd loved it. He told them all that this concert was for them and he wanted to play what they wanted to hear.

“My favorite part of the show is when he would have the crowd sing parts of his songs, it was cool to see how everyone knew his lyrics,” Gudmundson said.

The concert started off with Karizma opening. He is a rapper

from the Twin Cities area. He got everyone’s hands in the air with his own catchy tunes and pumped everyone up. He talked about how he went to MSU for two semesters. Before the show, Karizma tweeted “biggest show of my life tonight with Hoodie Allen.” He did a great job as the opener, and received a lot of good comments about his performance.

Generally, there were few

complaints about Hoodie’s performance, but there was one that stood out.

“I hated how long it took for him to come out,” Kassandra Hopp, a sophomore here at MSU, said.

After Karizma got off stage, it seemed like it took Hoodie forever to get to the stage. The whole crowd was excitedly anticipating his arrival. The complaint was soon forgotten about

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when Hoodie hit the stage and delivered a performance no one will forget. Right away, he requested that the people without VIP Bracelets in the stands join the whole crowd on the floor.

“Having the people from the sides come down, that was nice,” Hopp said.

“I’ve been a fan for a couple years. I was really excited when I heard he was coming to Mankato,” Ashley Brittain, a junior here at MSU, said when asked why she came to see Hoodie Al-

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Some people wanted to see live music, some were just tagging along with their friends to see what Hoodie Allen was all about.

When asked if she had been a fan of Hoodie Allen for a long time, Hopp said: “No honestly, not at all. My friends more so are than I am.”

Favorite parts of the show seemed to be when Hoodie threw cake into the crowd. He threw some cupcakes into the crowd after performing his song “Cake Boy.” Freshman Mikeayla Stadler said: “I thought Hoodie put on a great performance! He was so real and didn’t feel like he had to pretend he wasn’t a real person. I really liked how he threw cupcakes into the crowd and splashed us with water.”

Hoodie’s most popular song, “No interruption,” was played at the end of his show. The live per-

formance exceeded the crowd’s expectations and clearly was everyone’s favorite. This was definitely a concert with a lot of high energy and will be one that MSU students will never forget.

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15th Annual Planting Day & Food Drive Students invited to participate in two events next week.

NICOLE SCHMIDT Staff Writer MSU students are invited to participate in both the 15th Annual Planting Day and the “Spruce Up Food Drive” on May 5 at the campus mall. Both events are sure to bring some fun times and positive change for campus and the city of Mankato.

Nothing says “spring” like dewy green grass, a brilliant blue sky, and a colorful array of freshly planted flowers. Thanks to Facilities Management at MSU, you can participate in making the campus come to life in the 15 annual spring flower planting and campus beautification day.

In this volunteer event, students will plant a variety of flowers around campus according to the zone they signed up for online. There are 27 zones in total, ranging in size and number

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of helpers from bigger gardens requiring ten people to smaller pots only needing one. As of the last update, zones 4, 5, 7, 10, 11,

13, 14, 15, 24, 25, and 16 still need volunteers.

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searching “planting day.” Once the form is completed, submit it to Brittany Mitchell in WC A103

by May 1 to secure your area.

After planting, a light meal will be offered for all of the efforts of those who helped.

Check-in begins at 11:30 in the campus mall. If for some reason the weather is rainy (we do live in Minnesota here, people), planting will be postponed to the following day, May 6. Students’ efforts are greatly appreciated

by Facilities Management and the Grounds Department.

Along with Planting Day, the Community Engagement Office, Environmental Committee, and RecycleMania will be hold-

ing the “Spruce Up Food Drive” near the planting check-in table in the campus mall. All non-perishable food items collected will be donated to the Campus Kitchen. This gives students an easy way to get rid of unwanted food items in a beneficial way without having to lug them home where they will most likely sit uneaten all summer.

Karen Anderson, a member of the Environmental Committee on campus, explained the food drive in more detail: “[We] thought maybe this would be a good way to gather food from students who might choose to throw food away instead of taking it home for the summer,” she said. “We also thought since staff and faculty are sprucing up campus, they might also take the opportunity to ‘spruce up’ their own homes by clearing out any food they might want to pass on to the Campus Kitchen.”

It certainly sounds like two fun, feel-good events on campus next week. So please come out to the large circle planter in the MSU mall Tuesday, May 5 and help bring spring to MSU, as well as donate any unwanted foods.

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Chilean disasters continue with Calbuco Amid floods and fires, Chile is facing a volcanic eruption.

” AMANDA HINDE e Staff Writer l The Chilean volcano, Cal- buco, erupted last week to the y dismay of the Chilean governd ment. After a trying few months t of natural disaster after natural e disaster, a break in the near fun ture is unlikely.

A large forest fire in March r was in full force, enough for - Chilean government to put out e a forest fire alert affecting over

4,500 hectares (over 11,000 s acres) and a red alert for three r of their national parks and ret serves. These forest fires have - threatened hundreds of plant and e animal species lives. o A massive flood to the northy ern part of Chile devastated its y population earlier this month. y s y e

According to CNN, the flood has killed at least 25 people, 125 people are still missing, and officials are thinking those numbers will rise. More than 30,000 people were affected by the flood and close to 3,000 people are being housed in emergency shelters according to Chile’s disaster agency.

Now, after those two catastrophes earlier this year, a volcano has erupted and has dislodged thousands of people from their homes.

The Calbuco volcano has sat dormant for decades, but now it has awakened from its nap. Calbuco shot ash and lava a little over six miles into the air before raining down on the surrounding areas. Even though Calbuco is one of Chile’s most active volcanoes, there had been little to no

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honor of being part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, which covers a “horseshoe shaped” area of 25,000 miles that reaches all the way from the eastern coast of Asia to the western coast of the Americas. Almost all of the world’s earthquakes occur in the Ring of Fire, along with 450 active and dormant volcanoes.

All of these factors give Chile a pretty active natural disaster reputation.

The largest problem people have had to deal with so far has been the amount of ash that has spewed out by Calbuco. Volcanic gravel is the biggest contributor to the ash, which blankets the ground and can flatten houses with its weight. Many airlines and flights to and from Chile have been cancelled or grounded

due to the eruptions.

Chile’s farmers have been hit the hardest as Chile’s agriculture of produce such as grapes, apples, beef, poultry, fish, timber and more are in danger in certain parts around the area of Calbuco.

Farmers have faced problems like getting their families evacuated while also finding a place to take their animals with them.

Their animals that are yet alive are starving from little to no grass available from the ground through the volcanic ash and gravel.

Most of the people in the villages closest to Calbuco have been evacuated or warned that the volcano could erupt again soon. Scientists say it could be active for weeks or months.

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MSU readies official Climate Action Plan Campus could be seeing formal changes to promote “green” living.

JAMES HOUTSMA Editor in Chief

The lush green campus we see at Minnesota State University, Mankato this time of year is taking steps to become even greener very soon.

With the combined efforts of the president’s office, the MSU environmental committee and three individuals within the campus community, MSU is on the verge of formalizing its own official Climate Action Plan (CAP).

Described as a series of strategies and action steps designed to reduce MSU’s carbon emissions, waste and water usage, the

Photos Courtesy of James Houtsma Melissa Sonnek (left), Loren Ahonen (middle) and Lou Schwartzkopf have been working hard this semester to get MSU’s Climate Action Plan off the ground.

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CAP has had a long road to fruition. Originally gaining funding to go forward from a strategic priority funding grant, the CAP gained steam at a Climate Ac-

tion Plan Kick-Off Workshop in September to generate ideas for the plan. With the combined efforts of consulting firm Sebesta, a compilation of strategies and steps was produced and put forth to the university environmental committee.

Now, it has finally reached the production stage, where a writing team is putting the finishing touches on an official document.

That writing team consists on Lou Schwartzkopf, a retired MSU physics professor and current co-chair of the campus en-

vironmental committee; Loren Ahonen, MSU graduate student and current Men’s Head Cross Country Coach; and Melissa Sonnek, current MSU graduate student/assistant of the Urban and Regional Studies department. “[This plan] is important because it sets the campus on a defined course towards sustainability and sets in place a plan for greenhouse gas emissions reduction,” Schwartzkopf said.

All three individuals are engaging in the CAP through a shared class, URBS 481/581 --

Sustainability, taught by James Michael Orange, an adjunct professor who also heads his own planning firm in Minneapolis.

“We’re all personally obligated to make changes in our own lives on account of the global climate change context,” Ahonen said. “Such a comprehensive plan will help bring that change through. Universities have a similar obligation and MSU needs to show leadership in this area.”

The group has been solidifying the CAP into the best document it can be over the past three months and will soon enter the

final stages. A presentation in front of the Sustainability class and environmental committee is planned for Friday May 1 while the group is scheduled to present in front of the president’s cabinet the Monday after finals, May 11.

“The process has been stressful, yet rewarding,” Sonnek said.

“I’m excited to see it come to life for the campus. It’s definitely a great way to leave my campus in potentially better shape than I found it.”

If implemented (“that’s the hope,” Schwartzkopf remarks), the CAP would promote actions like switching out old lightbulbs to newer, more efficient ones, tightening the building envelope (keeping the heat and A/C from leaking out of poorly sealed areas of a building), and promoting more green transportation alternatives around campus.

Furthermore, implementation of the plan would cost MSU nothing extra, thanks to continued backing by the Guaranteed Energy Savings Program on campus. Overall savings from the plan, like in the instance of the lightbulbs, should well end up saving MSU extra money in the long run.

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An unexpected reflection Nepal Night affected by changes, worry caused by earthquake.

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2015 Nepal Night, Pra.Ti.Bim. Ba–A Reflection, organized by Nepali Students’ Community (NeStCom), took place April 25 at Minnesota State University, Mankato. I was looking forward to enjoying the night because it was pretty much the last cultural event of this semester here on campus. Everyone was excited and happy until a tremendous tragedy happened. An earthquake in Nepal took away so many lives in the country. Since earthquakes are not common in Nepal, nobody expected the big earthquake to come and destroy everything there.

It was such a bad coincidence that the tragedy happened right before the Nepali Night event.

Many performances got cancelled. I have one Nepali friend, and I was worried about her family and friends. Even though she said her family was okay, she looked so worried because the earthquake was anticipated to last for three days.

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though the Nepali students tried to be professional, saying the show must go on, I found them heartbroken. Not only were they worried about their family and friends, they were truly despaired about what happened in their own country.

If I had still been living in Korea and never had a chance to make Nepali friends, I would have not cared about the tragedy. But at this point of my life, I couldn’t help feeling truly heartbroken with those affected. Although I couldn’t imagine what they were going through, seeing my friend and other Nepali friends sad and crying made me feel the same way.

As Interim Dean of International Affairs Stephen Stoynoff said, “I could feel that we are connected and we are going to

be connected.”

Still, like the Nepali students said, show had to go on, and it did. Despite the heavy atmosphere, Nepali students tried hard to make the cultural night successful with traditional songs and performances.

“The event was not so organized but I know the reason behind it,” said Barsha Shrestha, Nepali student at MSU. “They had to make changes shortly before the show started. I was with other performers before the event, they were very excited for the event. But I barely even saw people wearing Sari (traditional Indian and Nepali clothes) on the event day.”

“Although the disaster happened, I could see NeStCom trying hard to continue Nepali Night. Although they had to

make many changes because of what happened in Nepal, I think they did a good job. We know it’s very hard to make last-minute changes. They had to change not just performances, but the way they should host the show,” Shrestha said.

It is still hard to believe that the beautiful country has been destroyed by the disaster, and a lot of people are suffering from it. What’s worse is that it is ongoing, and the death toll has been increasing. I truly feel sorry for their loss and pray for people in Nepal to not lose hope and overcome this tragedy.

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Modern-day Gold Rush to be documented Smithsonian to air Boomtowners this Sunday, May 3.

A documentary chronicling the lives of residents and workers in the oil-rich region of North Dakota and Montana that has created a modern-day gold rush will start airing Sunday on the Smithsonian Channel.

The six-episode “Boomtowners” is the latest television project aimed at capturing the complexities of life in the Bakken shale region that has attracted thousands of workers from around the country and their families as they seek high-paying jobs in the oil fields. The series focuses on several people including a judge whose caseload has soared, a Phoenix-native trucker who hauls oil across the region, and an oil field worker who’s a street preacher on his days off.

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North MN claims wolves may be attacking dogs DULUTH, Minn. — Six dogs have been killed by wolves in northern Minnesota in the last five weeks, outpacing last year’s total for the entire state.

Minnesota Public Radio News reports most incidents have happened near Duluth.

Four other dogs have been seriously hurt.

Controls on gray wolves in Minnesota have been limited since a federal judge put the animal back on the endangered species list in December. Now, Minnesota residents can only kill wolves in defense of human life.

Minnesota also can’t hold managed wolf hunts, but if an attack on pets or wildlife is confirmed, federal officials can trap and kill wolves within a half mile of where it happened.

There are about 2,400

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programming and production at the Smithsonian Channel. “It’s an incredibly important story ... and I think it’s a matter of great curiosity to people in other parts of the country.”

The Bakken oil boom began less than a decade ago and has grown exponentially with the development of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which involves pumping water, sand and chemicals underground to split open rocks to allow oil and gas to flow. Oil Production in the area has since grown to more than 1 million barrels of oil a day, despite plunging oil prices.

Ben and Phoebe Moorhead are among the oil patch resi-

dents featured in the series. The parents of two young boys left Phoenix in 2013 for steady work in the Bakken. Ben is a truck driver for an oil company, while Phoebe began her career as a court reporter in Sidney, Montana, after seeing a flier with the job opening.

“I’ve been driving a truck for 12 years now and I was doing that down in Phoenix, but the ends weren’t meeting. Something had to change,” said Ben Moorhead, who originally planned to return to Phoenix at some point, but is now thinking about buying a house in Montana. “We knew about the oil boom up here and figured I’d come up here, we’d

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But there’s a darker side to the story of the high-paying jobs, and Judge Greg Mohr witnesses the pitfalls of the boom on a daily basis. The money flowing from the Bakken fields has fueled everything from methamphetamine and heroin networks to prostitution rings operating out of motels.

Mohr, who also is featured in the series, can see up to 80 cases on a Monday — his busiest day.

“No one could sit there and predict what was going to happen,” said Mohr, a judge in Sidney for nearly three decades.

“We woke up and here’s an 800-pound gorilla in bed with us called the Bakken.”

“Boomtowners” isn’t the first docu-series to explore the oil boom. “Boomtown,” which aired on Planet Green in 2011, focused on the people of Parshall, North Dakota, and the oil discovered deep beneath their feet.

It tracked the transformative effect of oil on a town in economic distress when, almost overnight, some of the citizens struck it rich — but others didn’t.

The first of the six one-hour episodes of “Boomtowners” will air at 9 p.m. EDT Sunday on the Smithsonian Channel. That will be the series’ weekly time slot.

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The King’s planes will stay at Graceland Elvis Presley’s aircraft will remain in tourist attraction.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It looks like Elvis Presley’s airplanes are ostaying at Graceland after all. g Graceland released a state-ment Sunday saying the Lisa nMarie and the Hound Dog II, gtwo custom-designed airplanes -once owned by Presley, will re-main permanently at the Memsphis tourist attraction centered gon the life and career of the late singer. n The announcement ends consfusion about the future of the planes, once used by the King dfor travel to performances after -he bought them in the 1970s.

- The larger plane, a Con.vair 880 named after Presley’s ndaughter Lisa Marie, is like a scustomized flying limousine, complete with a large bed, a steereo system, conference room and egold-plated bathroom fixtures. hIt was renovated after Presley , . c , h

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Presley took his first flight on it in November 1975.

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the Lisa Marie to California to pick up Presley’s ex-wife, Priscilla Presley, to bring her back to Memphis.

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named the Hound Dog II, was also used by Presley.

The planes were sold after Presley’s death, and they were eventually purchased by a company called OKC Partnership.

OKC Partnership and Graceland agreed to park the planes at Graceland in the mid-1980s, and tours of their opulent interiors became popular with visitors.

Their agreement called for OKC Partnership to receive a cut of ticket sales in return for keeping the planes at Graceland.

But the fate of the planes became cloudy last year.

In an April 7, 2014, letter to OKC Partnership, Elvis Presley Enterprises said it was exercising its option to end the agreement and asked OKC “to make arrangements for the removal

of the airplanes and the restoration of the site on or shortly after April 26, 2015.”

Fans responded with critical postings on Priscilla Presley’s Facebook page. She answered fans by asking them to “please calm down.”

Earlier this month, Shelby County’s land use board approved a proposal by OKC Partnership to move the planes to a lot not far from Graceland. The plan called for the planes to be installed as an outdoor display and museum for tourists to visit.

The plan was approved Tuesday by the Memphis City Council.

It seemed like the planes were destined to move after the council vote. But Graceland’s statement on Sunday appeared to end such plans.

“Graceland is pleased that an agreement has been reached for Elvis’ two airplanes, the Lisa Marie and Hound Dog II to remain at Elvis Presley’s Graceland in Memphis permanently,” the statement said.

Presley’s daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, said on Twitter that Graceland now owns the planes and they will remain at Graceland “4 ever.”

“We own them and have fun plans 4 them as well,” she said on Twitter. She did not elaborate further.

OKC Partnership declined immediate comment Sunday.

Kenya addresses human rights issues NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan judges on Monday ordered a government agency to register a human rights group representing the country’s gay people.

The Kenyan constitution recognizes and protects the rights of minorities, the three judges of the High Court said in their ruling. The Non-Governmental Organization Coordination Board had refused to register the rights group on religious and moral grounds.

The Attorney General, the NGO Board and religious groups had opposed the registration of the gay association but the judges said the Kenyan Constitution does not allow limitation of rights on moral or religious grounds.

Rights activist Eric Gitari tried to register the nongovernmental organization whose objective is to address the violence and human rights

abuses suffered by gay and lesbian people. Gitari wanted the NGO board to reserve the names Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Council; Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Observancy and Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Organization for purposes of registration of his organization. The board rejected these names and three other alternatives Gitari came up with.

After the NGO Co-ordination Board rejected Gitari’s application, he went to court in September 2013 claiming that his rights had been infringed.

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2015 White House Correspondents’ Dinner Winding up, Obama tosses zingers at press, political foes

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he’s bringing a new attitude to the final quarter of his presidency: Bucket!

“After the midterm elections, my advisers asked me, ‘Mr. President, do you have a bucket list?’” he told those attending the annual dinner of the White House Correspondents’ Association. “And I said, well, I have something that rhymes with bucket list ...”

“Take executive action on immigration? Bucket! New climate regulations? Bucket!”

The correspondents’ association dinner is the night the president does stand-up comedy to raise money for scholarships for young journalists — and provides tongue-in-cheek payback for those already on the job as well as political opponents. A few of the presidential zingers tossed out Saturday night: — “It is no wonder that people keep pointing out how the presidency has aged me. I look so old, John Boehner’s already invited Netanyahu to speak at my funeral.”

— “Just this week Michele Bachmann actually predicted that I would bring about the biblical end of days. Now, that’s a legacy.”

— “I have one friend ... just a few weeks ago she was making millions of dollars a year, and she’s now living out of a van in Iowa.” That was a crack about presidential candidate Hillary

Photo Courtesy of the Associated Press President Barack Obama, left, brings out actor Keegan-Michael Key from Key & Peele to play the part of “Luther, President Obama’s anger translator” during his remarks at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday, April 25, 2015, in Washington.

Rodham Clinton, who campaigned in Iowa in a van nicknamed Scooby.

— Noting that “Saturday Night Live” cast member and dinner entertainer Cecily Strong impersonates CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin, Obama said that’s surprising. “Usually the only people impersonating journalists on CNN are journalists on CNN.”

— On the TV series “Blackish,” Obama said he had to give ABC fair warning. “Being blackish only makes you popular for so long. Trust me, there’s a shelf life to that thing.”

— “The polar vortex caused so many record lows they renamed it MSNBC.” — “Donald Trump is here — still.”

The mix of Washington journalists and Hollywood stars —

showcased live on C-SPAN, the political nerd’s favorite cable channel — delivered hours of interesting images for hardy viewers. (Yes, that was Oscar-winner Jane Fonda on the arm of CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer.)

Few of the politicians who may want to succeed Obama showed up for the dinner. One on hand was former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, a Democrat

pondering a 2016 bid, and reality TV star Trump, who again has been teasing Republicans about running for national office.

Most of the prospective and declared Republican candidates stayed away. Many chose to meet potential supporters and donors at conservative gatherings in Las Vegas and Des Moines, Iowa.

The dinner helps fund scholarships and awards that recognize journalists. This year’s award winners include: — Josh Lederman of The Associated Press and Jim Avila of ABC News, the Merriman Smith Award for presidential coverage under deadline pressure.

— Peter Baker of The New York Times, the Aldo Beckman Award for repeated excellence in White House coverage.

— The Edgar A. Poe Award, recognizing coverage of news of national or regional significance, to The Washington Post’s Carol A. Leonnig and The Wall Street Journal team of Gary Fields, John R. Emshwiller, Rob Barry and Coulter Jones.

Scott Horsley of National Public Radio received a special mention in the Beckman Award category for his coverage of White House policies and politics.

Winehouse film criticized for inaccuracy LONDON — The family of Amy Winehouse has criticized a documentary about the late singer that is due to have its premiere at next month’s Cannes Film Festival.

A statement issued Sunday by family spokesman Chris Goodman said director Asif Kapadia’s “Amy” is “misleading and contains some basic untruths.”

The statement said the film suggested family members did too little to help the singer, who died in July 2011 at age 27 of accidental alcohol poisoning. The soul diva, whose 2006 album “Back to Black” won five Grammy Awards, had battled drug and alcohol abuse for years.

The family statement said the movie did not reflect the “huge effort from all concerned to help Amy at all stages.”

“Fundamentally, the Winehouse family believes that the film does a disservice to individuals and families suffering from the complicated affliction of addiction,” it said.

The filmmakers said in a statement that they began work with “total objectivity” and the support of the Winehouse family. They said the documentary was the result of interviews with about 100 people who knew the singer, including “friends, family, former partners and members of the music industry that worked with her.”

Kapadia won wide acclaim with “Senna,” a documentary about the late motor racing champion Ayrton Senna.

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Nightclub brings classical music to the kids San Francisco hosts orchestra in unexpected venue.

SAN FRANCISCO — A Vegas-style nightclub with high-tech light and sound, video screens and several stages has become San Francisco’s hottest venue for classical music.

SoundBox is the San Francisco Symphony’s latest effort to attract a younger audience as it faces dwindling ticket sales and an average attendee age of over 60. With sold-out performances that mix traditional and modern sounds in a casual, tech-friendly atmosphere, many say the city’s symphony just hit the right note.

The nightclub built inside a cavernous rehearsal hall behind the imposing Davies Symphony Hall offers an alternative to the traditional concert hall experience.

It’s a space in which the audience and musicians can explore a huge swath of music, said Michael Tilson Thomas, the San Francisco Symphony’s music director.

“Defying expectations of a standard concert experience is really what this space is all about,” said Brent Assink, the symphony’s executive director.

On a recent evening, the nightclub, with high ceilings, bare walls and worn floors, was a lot like a trendy venue with the 20- and 30-something crowd mingling, lounging on comfy ottomans or sitting at high tables and talking by candlelight.

When the music started, the room fell silent and the audience was soon engrossed by

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two of the symphony’s veteran percussionists who opened with a 12-minute tinkling piece on crotales, or antique cymbals, accompanied by a digital sound.

Musicians perform in casual clothes instead of tails or black gowns, and the audience wears bow ties, fedora hats or hooded sweatshirts and jeans. Mobile device use is encouraged. And instead of receiving a printed program, attendees can learn more about the performance by downloading the club’s app.

SoundBox has a full bar serving fancy cocktails and gourmet finger foods that’s open throughout the performance.

Despite the club atmosphere and a recent sellout crowd of

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of the younger generations, and the two-hour productions include two leisurely intermissions.

The symphony’s first fourmonth season at the club, which included nine performances and ended in April, was sold out, in part due to tickets selling at $25.

The second season starts in December.

“I was 10 feet away from people who are rocking these instruments, and you appreciate (the music) more as opposed to seeing them from normally where I would be — back in the balcony — because that’s what I could afford pricewise,” said Nathan Ornell, 24.

Here, “you can see the sweat in their face and how passionate they are,” he said.

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450, many of them standing room only, the performance felt intimate, with many attendees sitting on cushions a few feet away from the performers.

“Sometimes we get used to our technology. We’re so used to our iPads and our iPods and DJ music, and you forget that all this started with these percussions, and strings and drums,” said Nishat Jannah, a 30-year-old hairstylist from San Francisco who has attended two performances.

“It’s fascinating to have a venue where you can feel at home and have something different,” Jannah said.

With its stages backed by video screens, the SoundBox uses technology to draw in the audience, opening each performance with a short video presentation.

The venue also takes into account the shorter attention spans

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M.H. Abrams, Norton anthology founder, dead at age 102 Many students know the book, now we recognize the man behind Norton.

NEW YORK — M.H. Abrams, an esteemed critic, teacher and tastemaker who helped shape the modern literary canon as founding editor of the Norton Anthology of English Literature and joined the elite himself by writing one of the 20th century’s most acclaimed works of criticism, has died. He was 102.

Abrams’ death was confirmed to The Associated Press on Wednesday by Cornell University President David J. Skorton, who declined to give details.

According to the website of the Ithaca-based university, where he was a longtime member of the English department, Abrams died Tuesday at the retirement community Kendal at Ithaca. No cause of death was given. d While at Cornell in the 1950s, eAbrams was asked by publisher W.W. Norton to lead a team of -editors compiling excerpts of hvital English works. The first dedition of the Norton Anthology ncame out in 1962 and was an im.mediate success. Abrams stayed -on through seven editions, into his 80s, as the book became re-quired reading — or perusing — -for millions of college students. e Abrams also wrote several -books, notably the 1953 pubIlication “The Mirror and the yLamp,” a groundbreaking work dof literary theory that celebrated nByron, Keats and other British Romantic poets and popularized ta field of study that emphasized ehow authors’ lives and feelings influenced their work. “The Mirror and the Lamp” was ranked No. 25 on a Modern Library list of the greatest English-language nonfiction books of the 20th cen-

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tury.

In the years before “The Mirror and the Lamp,” the Romantics had been effectively denigrated by T.S. Eliot, who found Byron to have a “disorderly mind, and an uninteresting one” and believed Keats and Shelley “not nearly such great poets as they are supposed to be.” He valued reason and restraint, stating that a poem’s meaning should be clear.

But Abrams countered that the Romantics changed and enriched the history of poetry by freeing the emotions and imagination. The Romantics broke from the ideal of capturing the real world (a mirror) and instead composed “lamps,” illuminating the poet’s personal vision.

“The first test any poem must pass is no longer, ‘Is it true to

nature ...?’” Abrams wrote, “but a criterion looking in a different direction; namely, ‘Is it sincere?

Is it genuine?’”

Abrams’ other books included the influential social and political history “Natural Supernaturalism” and “The Milk of Paradise.” In July 2012, the essay collection “The Fourth Dimension of a Poem” was published to mark his 100th birthday. In July 2014, he received a National Arts Medal for “expanding our perceptions of the Romantic tradition and broadening the study of literature.”

A son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Meyer Howard Abrams was born and raised in Long Branch, New Jersey. As a child, he spoke Yiddish until age 5 and loved reading so much he would borrow up to three

books at a time from the library and then return the next day for more. He was a scholarship student at Harvard University — and one of the few Jews then permitted at Harvard — and later won a scholarship to Cambridge University. He joined the Cornell faculty in 1945 and established himself as the teacher of a popular introductory survey class, with students including such future literary stars as the novelist Thomas Pynchon (who submitted a term paper so accomplished that Abrams suspected — wrongly — it was plagiarized) and the critic Harold Bloom.

Known fondly to Bloom and others as “Mike” Abrams, he modeled his work for Norton on his literature course. At the time Abrams was commissioned

for the anthology, each book a student read in many English departments “was treated as an object in itself, to be read and interpreted and admired independently of its historical setting,” he told The Associated Press in 1999.

Abrams and his colleagues “believed that to understand literature you had to understand its place in history and culture.”

Abrams experimented with content and form. When he was an undergraduate at Harvard, anthologies were grim, square volumes with double-column printing on each page — printed as if the verses of Homer were no different from a table of prime numbers. Abrams innovated with single columns and the kind of fine, thin paper used for high-priced Bibles, making the anthology portable. The preface of the first edition promised a volume that “can not only be carried everywhere, but read anywhere, in one’s own private room, in the classroom, or under a tree.”

The anthology was conceived when the canon was overwhelmingly white and male, but Abrams and his fellow editors opened up over the following decades, including women and “post-colonial” authors such as Salman Rushdie, Chinua Achebe and V.S. Naipaul. Norton, meanwhile, issued numerous separate anthologies that included volumes on African-American writers, Latinos and nonfiction authors.

Abrams married Ruth Gaynes in 1937. They had two children.

Soldier surprises family in MN MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota soldier who has been overseas for nearly a year has surprised his children at their school.

U.S. Army aviation operation specialist Jacob Martinez had an emotional reunion with his children Monday at Hale Community School in Minneapolis. Martinez arrived in Minnesota on Saturday after serving in Iraq and Kuwait.

The Star Tribune reports when their dad walked into their classrooms, son Jaden, a second-grader, and twin daughters Ariana and Kaylee, both in kindergarten, reacted in stunned silence.

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Jaden says he was “surprised and happy” that his father was back. The children didn’t expect to see their father until later this summer.

The children’s teachers helped organize the big surprise.

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Maverick Baseball just keeps winning After a weekend sweep, the Minnesota State baseball team extended their winning streak to an incredible 18 games.

LUKE LONIEN Staff Writer The no. 3 ranked MSU baseball team was able to push their win streak to 18 games after a weekend sweep of University of Sioux Falls.

In game one, the Mavericks used a solid pitching performance from senior Joey Reed (1-2) as he went five innings, giving up no runs on five hits and striking out three.

Reed got plenty of run support as the Maverick offense got into a groove early. Senior Nolan Johnson hit his fifth home run of the year to give the Mavericks a 1-0 lead. The Mavericks got another run when redshirt freshman Josh Crosby singled in a run to give the Mavericks a 2-0 lead.

MSU added two more runs in the third after Johnson and Dresel tailed an RBI each. The Mavericks continued the scoring surge with a three run 5th inning. Taylor Branstad, Dresel and Crosby each singled in a run to give the Mavericks a 7-0 lead.

Max Waletich hit a double to centerfield in the top of the sixth to score a run then Dresel knocked in his third run of the game to give MSU a commanding 9-0 lead.

The Cougars got three runs back in the seventh inning but it was too late as the Mavericks went on to win the first game of the day 9-3.

Branstad and Dresel both went 3-for-4 to lead the Maverick offense while Waletich went 2-for-3.

The Mavericks were very impressive in game two of the twin bill. The Maverick offense put up 13 runs while sophomore Mitchell Bauer went the distance

in a two hit shutout. Bauer struck out four while moving his record to 3-1.

The Mavericks got to work quickly in the first inning when Waletich singled home junior Kyle Toth to score the first run of the game. The Mavericks added three runs in the third when Johnson doubled down the left field line to score Toth.

Waletich scored on a wild pitch, followed up by a double from Branstad to score Johnson, giving MSU a 4-0 lead.

The Mavericks put up seven runs in the fourth as they got singles from Connor McCallum, Johnson and Luke Waldek to score runs. MSU also scored two when Dresel doubled down the right field line. After four innings the Mavericks had a 11-0 lead.

The Mavericks scored another run in the fifth when Johnson singled to center to get his third RBI of the game. Waldek reach on an error but collected an RBI in the seventh giving the Mavericks a 13-0 win.

With a lot of run support, Bauer was able to settle in on the mound and pitch a phenomenal game.

Johnson paced the Maverick offense going 3-for-4 with 3 RBI. Toth went 2-for-4 with three runs scored as well.

The Maverick offense was not as potent in game three of the series, as they only score three runs. Redshirt freshman Aaron Rozek (5-0) threw a gem on the mound, going the distance giving up one unearned run while striking out two.

USF got on the board in the first when they scored on an error by Toth giving them a 1-0 lead.

The Mavericks got a run back

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in the 2nd when Josh Wenzel reached on an error, knocking in Crosby.

With the game tied at one, it became a pitchers dual until the top of the 7th inning. Waletich singled home Wenzel to give the Mavericks a 2-1 lead. MSU got an insurance run when Johnson doubled to left center to score McCallum, giving the Mavericks a 3-1 lead.

Rozek shut the Cougars down

in the seventh to get the 3-1 victory and keeping the Maverick win streak alive.

The final game of the series was much like the first two for the Mavericks. The offense got on the board early and got into a groove.

Nick Veale got the start for the Mavericks, going three innings with five hits and three walks giving up one earned run.

Peter Gaustad got the win

for MSU pitching one inning in relief giving up two hits and no runs.

The Mavericks had no lack of offense in the final game, as they put together five runs in the first inning. Waletich singled in a run while Dresel singled in two runs in the first. Branstad walked in a run while Kevin Kramer had a

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Minnesota giving fans something to go Wild about For the second consecutive season, the Minnesota Wild have moved on to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, creating a major buzz in the State of Hockey.

DEREK LAMBERT Sports Editor If there was one team fans of the Minnesota Wild didn’t want to play in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, it was likely the St. Louis Blues.

The Blues carry one of the deepest lineups in all of hockey, talent and grit. Captain David Backes is one of the league’s best power forwards, Vladimir Tarasenko had a career year, scoring 37 goals in the regular season, Alexander Steen and Jaden Schwartz are premeier goal scorers in their own right, and that’s just a brief glimpse at their forwards.

On the back end, the Blues have Kevin Shattenkirk and Alex Pietrangelo, both crafty offensive-minded defenseman who give the Blues an instant advantage. The only question mark was between the pipes, whether Jake Allen or Brian Elliot would play against Minnesota, and it seems that question mark led to the series outcome.

In game one, Jason Zucker showcased his speed and scored an early goal to give the Wild the lead on the road. In the second period, the Wild extended the lead with a blast from Matt Dumba that Allen had no chance on.

Though St. Louis would score to close the gap on a goal

by Jaden Schwartz, the Wild would get empty net goals from Mikael Granlund and Jason Pomminvillle to seal this one up with a 4-2 victory.

In game two, Tarasenko was the story of the night, completing his first career postseason hat trick. In the first period, Tarasenko redirected a shot from Steen past Minesota goaltender Devan Dubnyk to take a 1-0 lead.

Later in the period, he would strike again from a seemingly impossible angle, shooting from the goal line and netting his second of the game on a goal Dubnyk surely would have liked to have back.

The Wild would close the gap to 2-1 on a strange goal

by Marco Scandella, though.

Skating into the offensive zone,

Scandella took a Thomas Vanek pass and one-timed it, but his stick broke on the shot, slowing down the puck and fooling Allen. That would be all the offense Minnesota could muster up that night, however, and St. Louis would tally two more from Berglund and an empty-net goal by Tarasenko to complete the hat trick.

In game three, Minnesota returned to home ice at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, and they took advantage of the ice they call “Home of the home ice advantage”, winning the game by a score of 3-0.

Jason Pomminville tallied the first goal of the game on an absolute beauty of a pass by Zach Parise that he just had to tap in for a sure goal.

Later in the second period, Parise would net one of his own by pure determination in front of the Blues’ net. After a pass didn’t make it through the St. Louis defenders, Parise picked the puck out of the defenseman’s skates and fired a shot past Allen to extend the lead to 2-0.

Nino Niederreiter would put the dagger in with an empty-net goal, and the Wild would play game four at home with a 2-1 Wild captain Mikko Koive celebrates his power play goal in game five. series lead.

St. Louis answered the bell, however, and handed Minnesota an early power play goal, St. a 6-1 loss on home ice to even Louis absolutely dominated the series at two wins apiece. play. Nearing the end of the first In a game where seemingly period, Scandella scored on a everything that could go wrong questionable goal that Allen for Minnesota did go wrong, likely should have had. ScanDubnyk couldn’t save a puck della ripped a slap shot that Alif his life depended on it. The len appeared to save, but didn’t recently named Vezina Troget enough of the puck and it phy finalist as the NHL’s best trickled in behind him to knot goaltender, Dubnyk struggled in the score at one apiece. game four, being pulled in the Later, after a great offensive second period after giving up zone play by Chris Stewart to three goals in the first, and three maintain possession of the puck, in the second for a total of six. he fed the puck out front to a Darcy Kuemper played well in wide-open Niederreiter who relief of Dubnyk, but the damage one-timed the biscuit past Allen was already done and the Wild to take a 2-1 lead.

The Wild couldn’t get any offense going wouldn’t take their foot off the aside from Jared Spurgeon’s gas, however, and Mikko Koivu tally early in the second period. buried a power play goal before Game five showed a huge rebound game by Dubnyk, as he the end of the second period to secure a 3-1 lead after two made 36 saves and allowed only periods of play. one goal in a 4-1 win. This one showed the Wild’s persistence.

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Hamilton traded back to Texas after troubled Angels stint Major League Baseball star Josh Hamilton heads back to the Rangers after he finds himself back in trouble after an alcohol and drug relapse.

(AP) ARLINGTON, Texas — Josh Hamilton is back with the Texas Rangers after two troubled seasons with the Los Angeles Angels filled with poor performance, injuries and an alcohol and drug relapse.

Less than halfway through a $125 million, five-year contract, Hamilton was traded Monday by the Angels to their AL West rival for a player to be named or cash. The Angels and owner Arte Moreno, wanting to rid himself of Hamilton, agreed to pay most of the remaining $80 million Hamilton was owed under the contract, which runs through 2017.

“I played, and played hard when I was there,” Hamilton said during a news conference.

“I worked my butt off to be that guy this year going into this season for the Angels. They just didn’t want that to happen for some reason.”

On the 15-day disabled list while recovering right shoulder surgery on Feb. 4, Hamilton took a physical and will report Tuesday to the Rangers’ spring training complex in Surprise, Arizona.

Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said the team expects he will be there for about 10 days, then spend 10-to-14 days on an injury rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Round Rock. He is on track to be activated during the second half of May. “I’m back here. I’m back home,” Hamilton said. “I’m going to give everything I’ve got.”

Daniels called Hamilton is “a player we feel can be productive and help us win games.”

Hamilton was taken by Tampa Bay with the top pick in baseball’s 1999 amateur draft, but his career was derailed by cocaine and alcohol addictions in the minors. He didn’t play from July 2002 through 2005 because of substance abuse issues that led to multiple suspen-

sions, and he made his major league debut with Cincinnati in 2007, when he had 19 homers and 47 RBIs in 2007.

Hamilton was dealt to Texas in December 2007.

He acknowledged a relapse in early 2009 after he was photographed getting drunk in a bar in Arizona. He held a news conference in 2012 to apologize for another night of drinking.

Then he self-reported a relapse with alcohol and cocaine this past offseason. Arbitrator Roberta Golick ruled Major Web Photo League Baseball could not Josh Hamilton. discipline Hamilton.

“Between 2012 and 2015, a tax. lot of my support system was In addition, Hamilton has kind of removed or kind of the right to opt out of the conpushed away and other pieces tract after the 2016 season, the added, not all by my doing,” person said.

Hamilton said. “I’ve taken it The trade, approved by back to 2012, pre-2012 as far as Major League Baseball and the having my same support group players’ association, occurred that I want to have and that I more than two weeks after get along with and I feel like Moreno strongly indicated that is the best for me. I’ve put all Hamilton would never play those pieces back in place.” again for Los Angeles.

Hamilton, who turns 34 on “He knew what the deal May 21, returns to the team he was when he signed me, hands helped make consecutive World down,” Hamilton said. “He Series appearances in 2010 and knew what he was getting. He ‘11. He was the 2010 AL MVP knew what the risks were. He and an All-Star each of his five knew all those things.” seasons with Texas (2008-12).

Los Angeles had deals to Hamilton was owed $80.2 send Hamilton to a pair of million for the remainder of his unspecified NL West teams that contract: $20,234,973 of this the slugger would not approve, year’s $23 million salary and the person said. $30 million in each of the final “When it was made aware to two seasons. me that the Angels wanted to Texas will pay under $7 move me, my first choice was million of what is still owed the Rangers. I’ve had a lot of to Hamilton, a person familiar good memories here.” Hamilwith the trade said. The person ton said. “Looking back on it, spoke on condition of anonow if I could change the past, nymity because that was not I would. ... Probably wouldn’t announced. have gone anywhere. Probably As part of the trade, Hamilwould have stayed here.” ton agreed to give up some of Hamilton, who has filed for the money he was due under divorce in Texas, never reported the contract, the person said. to the Angels this season. He Hamilton moves from Califordid his surgery rehab in Housnia, which has a 13.3 percent ton and said he “would have top income tax rate, to Texas, been playing probably a month which does not have an income ago” had he been allowed to

year, which ended with him going hitless in 13 at-bats as the Angels were swept in three games by Kansas City in the AL Division Series.

“It didn’t work out on the field. It didn’t work out off the field,” Dipoto said. “From beginning to end, this is not what we planned. This is not the way we envisioned any of this playing out from the moment we signed Josh.

“At the end of the day, this is what we felt this was best for the team, that we were able to clear the air, that we were able to move forward with the group of 25 that we have on the field today.”

finish his rehabilitation with the Angels in spring training.

“Josh, from the moment he arrived here, there’s been turbulence,” Angels general manager Jerry DiPoto said during a telephone conference call. “If I could put my finger on why Josh had a tough time here, we may have been able to help him solve those issues.”

Seeking its first title since 2002, Los Angeles went 78-84 in Hamilton’s first season with the Angels, then finished a big league-best 98-64 last only to falter in the playoffs.

In his first stint with Texas, Hamilton hit .305 with 152 homers and 506 RBIs in 647 games. He led the majors with a .359 batting average in 2010, the season he was also the MVP of the AL Championship Series.

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MAVERICK BASEBALL “The Maverick offense put up 13 runs while sophomore Mitchell Bauer went the distance in a two hit shutout.” continued from 15

sacrifice fly to score the fifth run of the inning.

USF got a run of their own in the 2nd to get the score to 5-1, MSU scored two more in the third when Wenzel doubled

Mitch Bauer

home a run and Kramer hit his second sacrifice fly of the game to push the MSU lead to 7-1.

The Cougars got a run back in the bottom of the 3rd on a double play by the Mavericks.

The Cougars were unable to get

another run across.

MSU got two runs on a Waldek single, to push the score to 9-2. MSU added five runs in the fifth when Johnson singled to right. With the bases loaded Dresel was able to hit a bases clearing triple, giving the Mavericks a 13-2 lead. MSU added one last run in the frame when Wenzel singled to right scoring Dresel.

The Mavericks scored one last run in the 7th to give them a 15-2 win.

Dresel went 2-for-3 with five RBI to lead the Maverick offense. Johnson went 2-for-4 while Wenzel was 3-for-3 with two RBI. With the sweep the Mavericks hold a 35-4 (25-3) with an 18 game winning streak. The Cougars fall too 15-29 (12-16) on the 2015 season.

The Mavericks are tired for first in the Northern Sun Conference with St. Cloud State; the Huskies hold a 41-3 overall record while they are 25-3 in conference play. The Mavericks split with St. Could State earlier this season.

MSU is back in action Wednesday with a double header in Wayne, Nebraska with Wayne State College. The Mavericks wrap up their season with a four game set in Mankato against Winona State University Friday and Saturday. First pitch is slated for 1:30 p.m. on Friday and noon on Saturday.

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A new format, more golf for all at match play In an effort to avoid single elimination, the Cadillac Match Play Championship will see a new format.

(AP) SAN FRANCISCO — Rory McIlroy arrived at Harding Park on Monday knowing he will be at the Match Play Championship at least through Friday.

So will the rest of the 64man field.

In a format change to avoid the single elimination that often sent the stars home early, the Cadillac Match Play Championship features 16 groups of four players, with the best record from each group advancing to the weekend.

And there was one other twist — the groups were decided by a lottery.

Golf balls gave way to pingpong balls that were plucked out of a bowl to determine which players went into each of the 16 groups. The balls had numbers corresponding to the seeds (based on the world ranking), with Nos. 1-16 serving as the top guy in each group and the other players broken down into sections of Nos. 17 to 32, Nos. 33 to 48, and Nos. 49 to 64.

Had it been a straight draw, top-seeded Rory McIlroy would have been joined

by Graeme McDowell (32), Keegan Bradley (33) and Francesco Molinari (64). With the lottery system, McIlroy got Billy Horschel (18), Brandt Snedeker (35) and Jason Dufner (53).

Masters champion Jordan Spieth, the No. 2 seed, drew Lee Westwood (26), Matt Every (40) and Mikko Ilonen (62).

One thing hasn’t changed.

For all the analysis of who had the toughest group, match play remains as unpredictable as ever.

“It’s a tough road to get to Saturday,” Snedeker said.

The other change, of course, is the venue. Harding Park is a tight, tree-lined public course in San Francisco that hosted the 2009 Presidents Cup and a World Golf Championship in 2005. It’s nothing like Dove Mountain in the high desert of Arizona, a wide-open course at altitude that favored power and was toward the bottom of just about every player’s list of favorite courses.

Tiger Woods was the star both times the best in golf came to Harding Park. He beat

John Daly in a playoff at the American Express Championship, and he went 5-0 in the Presidents Cup. Woods failed to qualify for the Match Play for the first time since it began in 1999. He now is No. 116 in the world.

Phil Mickelson also was a late scratch for what he described only as “personal reasons.” This marks the fourth straight year that Mickelson has missed the Match Play, where he has reached the quarterfinals only once.

Monday was a light day of practice, and there was a rare pro-am for a WGC event before the tournament begins on Wednesday.

There will be no halved matches during round-robin play. Tiebreakers will be determined by head-to-head matches, and in case of a three-way tie in a group, there will be a sudden-death playoff to see who advances.

The round of 16 on Saturday morning will be followed by the quarterfinals in the afternoon, and then the semifinals and championship match on Sunday.

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Most players embraced the change, and it certainly helps with the sponsor and the public. No more than five of the top 10 seeds were around by Friday in the last three years of single elimination.

“Just because you have a bad nine holes doesn’t mean you’re going home until the weekend. That’s a comforting fact,” Snedeker said. “But you still have to play great golf. I think everyone is excited about the fact there’s no way to fake it. The guy playing the best is going to get out of his group.”

Continue reading the main storyContinue reading the main storyContinue reading the main story No one was happier than Ilonen, who only got into the field when Mickelson withdrew. Ilonen played in the Volvo China Open on Sunday, flew over to San Francisco as the first alternate and was prepared to wait around for two days and fly home to Finland if no one withdrew.

When he landed in San Francisco on Sunday night, he had a text from his wife that he was in the Match Play.

“I said, ‘How do you know?’ She told me she saw it on a website,” Ilonen said.

He didn’t trust what he heard until he went to a higher authority — Twitter.

Walking through the dining room, he quickly went over to his first-round opponent to greet him. That would be Spieth, and the sole purpose was to congratulate the 21-year-old Texan for his wire-to-wire Masters victory.

There is a different buzz to the new Match Play. San Francisco is a refreshing change from Marana, Arizona, for one thing. And there was less a sense of urgency about the Wednesday matches. Everyone is guaranteed three cracks.

“And then it will start feeling like the old one,” Jimmy Walker said. “But it’s still match play. You’re still trying to beat the other guy. You’ve got to play good.”

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ROUND TWO “Game five showed a huge rebound game by Dubnyk, as he made 36 saves and allowed only one goal in a 4-1 win. This one showed the Wild’s persistence.” continued from 16 With the third period looking to go scoreless, Wild forward Charlie Coyle buried the puck with just over five minutes to go to give his team some insurance.

St. Louis wouldn’t find the net the rest of the way, and the Wild would return to home ice with a 3-2 series lead with the opportunity to clinch a playoff series on home ice for the first time in franchise history.

On Sunday, the Wild took another important step in their franchise: closing out a series.

The Wild have won playoff series’ before, but not on home ice, and always in game 7. The Wild were on a mission in game six, and weren’t allowing this one to go to a game 7 back in St. Louis.

In the first period, Zach Parise scored a very important shorthanded goal. While St. Louis had the power play, Parise skated the puck into the Blues’ zone, fighting off a check from Shattenkirk. After squeezing by Shattenkirk, Parise fired a low shot from the goal line that snuck between Allen and the post to give his team a 1-0 lead. The crowd in St. Paul erupted.

Over the next 20 minutes the game would go scoreless past the midway point of the second period, and then Allen would give up another soft one.

Justin Fontaine seemed to be losing control of the puck skating into the Blues’ zone when he fired a slow shot on the ice at the St. Louis net that eluded Allen, trickling between his legs and giving Minnesota a 2-0 lead.

T.J. Oshie would pull the Blues within one with just 1.8 seconds left in the second period, but it wouldn’t be enough.

Just over a minute into the third period, Parise would strike again with a goal off some more pure determination. Parise split through a pile of defenders to tap home a Pomminville rebound to give his team a 3-1 lead, sending the crowd into absolute chaos.

Niederreiter would finish things off with an empty-net goal, sending the Wild to the Western Conference Semifinals for the second straight season.

A familiar foe looms, though.

The Chicago Blackhawks are up next for the Wild in a bestof-7 series. Chicago and Minnesota met last season in this

exact same spot, when Patrick Kane of the Blackhawks ended the Wild’s season in overtime of game six. This season, though, appears to be different.

With many believing the Blues could win the Stanley Cup this season, it shows just how hard to play against Minnesota is. It won’t be easy, though.

Chicago boasts one of the best teams in the entire world.

The Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup in 2010 and 2013, with many of those players still on the team.

Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews are two of the best players in the world, and both near certain Hall of Fame players someday. The supporting cast?

Not bad either.

Marian Hossa has consistently put up a point per game pace over the past decade, while Patrick Sharp has turned into one of the league’s best goal scorers over the past four seasons. A young Brandon Saad is also dangerous, with gritty players like Andrew Shaw and Bryan Bickell filling out the main faces up front.

On the back end, the Blackhawks have last season’s Norris Trophy winner as the league’s best defenseman, Duncan Keith.

It is the second time Keith has won the award, and he is a constant threat not only to score, but to hurt his opponent with punishing hits. He isn’t the only important piece on the blue line, though.

Brent Seabrook is another integral part to the Chicago defensive core. Seabrook has a history of scoring big goals for Chicago, including a triple-overtime winner against Nashville in round one.

The question mark for Chicago, as it was with St. Louis, is their goaltending. Chicago has seemingly made up their mind that back up goaltender Scott Darling is the new go-to guy between the pipes after Corey Crawford has struggled early in the postseason.

The Wild will enjoy a few more days of rest before beginning round two of the playoffs against Chicago this weekend.

This should be a heated and entertaining series, with either of these teams having a chance to win the Stanley Cup this season.

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A daring double-take on Daredevil The Netflix original series ventures away from Marvel’s predictability.

JAMES HOUTSMA Editor in Chief It seems like there used to be a time where if a story couldn’t be made into a feature film, it wouldn’t get made at all. Maybe that’s why we’re in the heyday of TV, right now: filmmakers and audiences realize that some stories simply fit in the TV mold.

Marvel’s Daredevil is a perfect example of that. Whereas the 2003 film floundered on the big screen, the world of blind attorney Matt Murdock and his campaign to save Hell’s Kitchen, New York flourishes under Netflix’s 13-episode series. Marvel’s take on Daredevil is not only a highly satisfying portrayal of over 60 years worth of material, it’s just damn good TV and quite possibly the best media Marvel has put out to date.

Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) may be blind but he can see better than most what is happening to his neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen. After being blinded as a kid by radioactive chemicals, Matt loses his sight but his four other senses are greatly enhanced, to the point where he can perform better than a normal human being. After the events of The Avengers leave Hell’s Kitchen in need of renovating, a ruthless new criminal element starts making a power play for the city. Matt practices law with his partner, Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson), by day and takes to the streets as a masked vigilante by night to do what the law can’t, both of which put him on a collision course with one Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio), a criminal businessman out to clean up the streets in his own twisted way.

Daredevil is a refreshing

splash in the face for fans of the character, unflinching supporters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and even those who are more critical of some of the things Marvel is doing. At the core of things, it comes down to a simple reason that makes it work for all parties: it unabashedly stays true to the character.

With Cabin in the Woods’ Drew Goddard as creator, Spartacus’ Steven S. DeKnight as showrunner and a myriad of terrific writers and directors pitching in, Daredevil is one of those rare shows placed in the most perfect hands it can be.

Every episode shows craftsmanship and dedication to both lore and good storytelling. Furthermore, no element in the show is leaned upon too heavily; everyone carries their weight and everyone succeeds because of it.

The cast, in particular, is im-

peccable. Charlie Cox shows just the right mix of reserve and inner turmoil, while also showing his chops at dry humor, especially when paired with Henson’s Foggy. Deborah Ann Woll’s Karen Page is a perfect mix of victim and crusader, never content to simply be “the girl” of the show. But its D’Onofrio’s turn as the man who would be King(pin), that frequently stuns, showing overbearing might and fragility at the same time. He’s easily the best villain to be featured in the MCU thus far (at an admitted advantage, with 13 episodes to develop as opposed to a two-hour movie).

On the topic of the MCU, certain criticisms have been leveled at Marvel (present company definitely included) about a lack of stakes in their material and a general fluffiness to most things they’ve done so far.

Daredevil is a direct answer to that criticism. Stepping out of their comfort zones, Marvel is able here to build a world that is rough and gritty; a world where actions have consequences. The Daredevil we see isn’t a fullfledged superhero (yet) -- he’s a guy with heightened senses who knows how to fight. As such, he gets hit a lot (some scrapes he barely makes it out of). There isn’t the feeling going into this show that everyone is safe from grave reprisals and will come back hunky-dory soon -- and there shouldn’t be. Any one of these terrifically written characters could exit at any time, and it’s because of that we’re all the more invested in them.

And despite being a TV series, Daredevil feels shockingly less episodic than some of the

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MATTHEW EBERLINE Staff Writer Netflix’s Daredevil isn’t what I expected. It lacks the flashy CGI and out-of-this-world story I’ve come to expect from most comic book adaptations, offering instead a dark and dirty reimagining of a world daunted by corruption and a hero struggling to balance his morality with his desire for justice. It’s a surprisingly compelling show that sucks you in and actually makes you feel something for its multitude of characters, each of whom must struggle with their own moral compass and the consequences of their actions. At its heart, Daredevil revolves around a question: in the pursuit of justice, when does a hero become a villain?

The first in a series of collaborations between Marvel and Netflix, Daredevil follows Matt

Murdock (played by Charlie Cox), an up-and-coming lawyer by day and crime fighting vigilante by night. Blinded in an accidental chemical spill as a boy, Murdock finds himself gifted with a set of ultra-heightened senses that allow him to sense his surroundings better than he could if he still had his sight.

Growing up in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of New York City, Murdock witnesses first-hand the kind of violence and injustice that lurks in the underbelly of Hell’s Kitchen and vows to do whatever it takes to end the chaos and corruption plaguing his beloved city.

What really separates Daredevil from previous entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is its dark and mature nature.

Unlike other superhero movies and TV shows out there, Daredevil isn’t afraid to get its hands a little dirty and some of its more

action-packed scenes are gruesome, bloody, and even downright morbid at times. Speaking of action, the show’s fight scenes are some of the best I’ve ever seen and the choreography and camera work often combine to create a visual spectacle unrivaled by almost any other show currently on television. It’s dark and twisted in a Dark Knight kind of way, but with a little more soul and a lot more grit. If you’re expecting a lighter show more in the vein of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., this isn’t it.

While the atmosphere is dark and moody and the fight scenes exhilarating and pulse-pounding, what makes Daredevil truly memorable is its cast of characters and the level of depth the writers and actors have applied to each individual character. By Murdock’s side is his faithful friend and partner in law, Franklin “Foggy” Nelson (played by

Elden Henson) and Karen Page, an early client and newfound friend, played by Deborah Ann Woll of True Blood fame. Working against Murdock is Wilson Fisk–played masterfully by Vincent D’Onofrio–a wealthy and powerful businessman and the antagonist of the show, and his assistant and close friend, James Wesley (Toby Leonard Moore).

While Cox, Henson, Woll, and Moore all give great performances as their respective characters, it’s D’Onofrio’s portrayal of Fisk that steals the show. From the minute he’s introduced up until the season’s final moments, Fisk is a character who constantly keeps things interesting.

Unlike many other comic book villains in film and television, Fisk actually comes across as, well, human. He’s a real human being with thoughts and feelings same as Murdock, and there are moments throughout Dare-

devil where he actually feels more sympathetic than any of the other characters in the show.

As with Murdock, Fisk feels that what he’s doing is right and, according to him, it’s all part of his larger plan to help Hell’s Kitchen and save it from the corruption threatening to consume it. Ultimately, Daredevil questions the morality and motivations of its characters and often forces viewers to decide for themselves who is really more of a villain at any given plot point. It’s a decidedly gray approach to the show’s underlying theme of morality, but it feels oh-so-refreshing compared to the traditional cut-and-dried good versus evil approach present in many other comic book adaptations.

Although Daredevil has only been out for a couple of weeks, Marvel and Netflix have al-

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Venus in Fur in review

MSU’s play-within-a-play showcases dynamic plot, actors.

LORIEN MEGIL Staff Writer Thursday night I was in the Andreas Theatre of the Earley Center for Performing Arts, for the second performance of the MSU Department of Theatre & Dance’s production of David Ives’ Venus in Fur, directed by Timothy Rosin. The premise for the show is centered around a play-within-a-play. Writer/director Thomas Novachek has written this fictional play (also called Venus in Fur) based on Venus in Furs, a 19th century novel

by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (the inspiration for the term masochism). Vanda Jordan, the other character inhabiting the world of the play, is an actress who appears at the last minute (and very late), hoping to secure the female lead in Novachek’s play.

Because the play consists of only two characters that spend the entirety of the show in one room, primarily talking, much is required of the two actors chosen to play the roles. Caitlyn Kumpula as Vonda and Charliey Libra as Thomas, did a fine job of catching and maintaining the audience for the slightly longer than 90 minutes that the show runs. Initially Kumpula appeared a little bit nervous, fidgeting with the ring on her finger almost to distraction, but as the show went on she seemed to settle more deeply into the role. The two had a good back-and-forth in their dialogue, which kept up the pacing of the

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show, something that is crucial in a dialogue-driven show such as this one.

The actors also had to operate on two levels. They are required to move between the scenes as Vanda Jordan and Thomas Novachek and the two characters in the fictional Venus in Fur, often with no transition period as a line that was supposedly being read from the audition script would flow directly into a line from Thomas or Vanda Jordan. Kumpula and Libra handled these two

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Venus in Fur is all about shifts in the power dynamic as it moves back and forth between the two.

Vanda also has a level of mystery that unfurls as the show goes on.

Both of these aspects were carried out well and built tension in a show that consists mostly of talking and walking through the scenes in Novachek’s play. The intimate setting of the Andreas Theatre, with the seats flanking the staging area and looking down on the action rather than up at a stage, also added to the

feeling that we were observing a private interaction, which served to heighten some of the emotion and tension.

Venus in Fur served as an entertaining and riveting end to the theatre season at MSU. Visit MSUTheatre.com for information on the upcoming Highland Summer Theatre season, and to stay in the loop as information about next year’s season is released.

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Connect with local KMSU radio Jam out at Jazzman’s to your student-run radio station.

WES HUNTINGTON Staff Writer Radio broadcasting is no easy task, especially if you are a student here at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Sure, if you wanted to be a radio broadcaster and if you were a student, you could pick up internships at any of the radio stations here in town, but the one that most students aren’t aware of is right underneath their noses. KMSU-FM’s is a student-led variety radio show called Radio a La Carte. As the name suggests, it is the only student-led radio show on KMSU’s otherwise busy schedule. Radio a La Carte broadcasts from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. every Monday through Friday at a designated place inside Jazzman’s Café and Bakery in the CSU. There are at least seven radio hosts (usually two or three per weekday, with the exceptional day a host wants to do the show solo), each with its own playlist to entertain the listeners with their own style of music they wish to play. The co-hosts, in addition, do numerous interviews with many clubs and organizations that they find tabling in the main hallway between the Mav Ave food court and the Ostrander Auditorium.

Jim Gullickson, one of the station managers over at KMSU – nicknamed “The Maverick” – said that he was the one who started Radio a La Carte. Gullickson said the show got started when the technology became available

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to transmit high-quality audio over the Internet. At the time, KMSU wasn’t very visible – and according to Gullickson, it still isn’t that visible – to the campus community, and he sought a way to change that perception.

The portable studio radio board solved the problem, according to Gullickson. “It also seemed like a perfect way for MSU students to have an opportunity to host a live program in a very visible way,” he said.

The radio board was procured through a vendor with IT Services, and they mounted wheels to handle the weight of the equipment. Radio a La Carte hosts use two special computers for their broadcasts. One is to transmit their high-quality audio over

the Internet to the KMSU studio at the Alumni and Foundation Center, and their sister station KMSK-FM’s studios in Austin, Minnesota. The equipment also includes an FM transmitter, which the radio hosts constantly use to check to see if their music is playing live or whenever they know they’re on the air. Gullickson said the name of Radio a La Carte was a name that was given by the students, and it stuck.

Ahren Backman, one of the hosts of Radio a La Carte, said he first started with the radio program almost a year ago around the time of KMSU’s fall pledge drive. He got the job almost immediately because he went down and asked Gullickson to see if there was any way to get more

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When he first started, he wasn’t nervous at all as Radio a La

Carte is more of a team-based effort because everyone works well to get the show the best it can be on any given weekday. Backman usually plays independent rock, electronica, or anything experimental when he hosts the show.

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WES HUNTINGTON Staff Writer Mario and baseball, sounds like a match made in Heaven.

Whoever knew Nintendo’s famous mascot and his friends were such versatile athletes? They are fighters, duking it out with other franchise stars in the Super Smash Bros. series, golfers in the three Mario Golf games and basketball dunkers in the Nintendo DS exclusive title Mario Hoops 3-on-3. They are also excellent striking soccer players, as evidenced by Super Mario Strikers and its sequel Mario Strikers Charged and also Olympic athletes with the Mario and Sonic at the Olympics series. However, this retro review will talk about the two Mario baseball games, 2005’s Mario Superstar Baseball and its sequel, Mario Super Sluggers, released in 2008.

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Mario in a game of baseball with nine of his best players. The game has some variety of games to choose from in the aforementioned Challenge Mode, to playing an exhibition game with you and a companion or against the computer with varying degrees of difficulty. There is also a separate game called Toy Field, in which you and three other friends or computers vie for the control of the game and the most coins. As with any Mario title, it comes with eight mini-games to challenge your baseball skills.

The only flaw the game suffers from is the base running from your team. You will consistently get frustrated with how the artificial intelligence views base running as you will be constantly doubled or tripled off in exhibition matches and challenge mode games against the other team captains. Other than that, the game is excellent and actually really fun to play.

game had it been released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, which Namco Bandai also developed baseball titles for in the 1980s and early 1990s.

The Challenge Mode is more redefined as you just need to acquire all 71 players through various battle and scouting missions to acquire them. There are also puzzles that require your solving skills to accomplish. Of the 71 characters you will accumulate through the Challenge Mode, several characters make long-awaited reappearances.

Examples include Tiny Kong and Funky Kong, two characters from the Donkey Kong series who make their reappearances in a Nintendo title since Donkey Kong 64 in 1999. The exhibition mode also utilizes the Mii avatars you have in your Wii memory and you can use them as players on your team. The base running is also a problem here, but it isn’t as noticeable. Yes, you

ready approved it for a second season in 2016. In addition to that, there is a number of other Marvel shows set to debut on Netflix in the coming months, including A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage. Once released, all of these shows are set to cross-over in a miniseries based on The Defenders, similar to how Iron Man, Captain America, The Incredible Hulk, and Thor all tied in to form the cinematic version of The Avengers. Although I was somewhat skeptical before, the dark and gritty approach Marvel and Netflix have taken with Daredevil has definitely sparked my interest in what’s to come.

With its gritty atmosphere, brutal action, and gray sense

of morality, Daredevil is an interesting and refreshing approach to the Marvel universe that I never thought would be possible considering Marvel’s lighter television shows like ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter. With Daredevil, however, Marvel has proven their willingness and capability to tackle darker, more mature content, and I for one am excited to see what the future holds when season two rolls out sometime next year.

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#NotYourHollywoodIndian DAREDEVIL Native American actors walk off set of Sandler flick.

LBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When a group of American Indian actors walked off the set of an Adam Sandler movie this week, their decision generated praise and scorn on social media.

But everyone agreed on one thing: Despite growing awareness, outdated Native American stereotypes in Hollywood remain. And more Native Americans are voicing their opinions.

This week, eight actors quit the production of the satirical Western “The Ridiculous Six” over complaints about offensive names and religious scenes. The actors said they couldn’t participate in a movie depicting a Native American woman urinating while smoking a peace pipe.

California writer Megan Red Shirt-Shaw, founder of Natives in America, an online publication for Native American youth, said the walkout generated praise from American Indian advocates because people were tired of the images and now have outlets to express their outrage.

“In the past, Native actors did speak out but they didn’t have the technology to share their views widely,” Red Shirt-Shaw said. “It’s different now.”

On social media, activists used the hashtag #NotYourHollywoodIndian to denounce Sandler’s project and to thank the actors for their “bravery.”

Meanwhile, other Native Americans say more actors and writers are needed in media

to battle hurtful images. They argued the actors should have stayed on set.

The Sandler film is set for a Netflix-only release, and the streaming service says it was designed to lampoon stereotypes popularized in Western movies.

A spokesman for Sandler’s Manchester, New Hampshire,based production company, Happy Madison Productions, didn’t immediately return a phone message.

In recent years, Native Americans have been more outspoken.

For example, in 2013, some Native Americans were critical of Johnny Depp’s portrayal on Tonto in the Disney version adaptation of “The Lone Ranger.” Depp spoke in broken English, chanted prayers and wore a stuffed crow on his head.

However, after a campaign by the movie to improve its image with Native Americans, Depp was eventually embraced on the Navajo Nation and was later adopted into the Comanche Nation.

A year before, the band No Doubt was forced to apologize and pull the music video “Looking Hot” after lead singer Gwen Stefani was criticize for dancing around teepees and wearing a series of American Indian-styled outfits.

Elise Marubbio, an American Indian Studies professor at Augsburg College, said those stereotypes are part of the nation’s mythical West narrative

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and usually center on images of the Lakota, the last tribe defeated by U.S. government forces.

But often those Lakota characters of the Great Plains are portrayed living in Monument Valley on the Navajo Nation of the American Southwest, Marubbio said.

That portrayal has changed little since the 1930s and seems to give some a justification to disrespectfully use American Indian clothing and practices.

Goldie Tom, a female actor who walked off the Sandler production, said she knew the movie wasn’t going to be historically accurate, but she thought it would be tasteful.

“I don’t regret my decision to be in the movie,” Tom said.

“But after this experience, I’m reminded that we still have work to do.”

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Given the step toward the darker side of things, the fluid nature of the show, and the terrific villain they’ve introduced, Daredevil addresses all weaknesses shown by the MCU thus far and turned them into strengths. Bravo.

As for the show’s structure itself, there’s a great deal of control put into this series. Those expecting a fighta-minute action-fest might come away disappointed, as Daredevil doesn’t throw in arbitrary action set pieces willy-nilly. Every action scene comes in service of the larger story. Sometimes that results in some episodes that are slower, and perhaps less eventful than others, but no episode is without at least one stand-out characteristic or plotline, like the amazing single-take hallway brawl in episode two or

the park scene in episode seven where we meet Matt’s surly instructor, Stick (Scott Glenn).

There’s always a part of every episode that makes you want to say “that was awesome.”

And yes, we do eventually get to see Daredevil’s traditional red costume but it’s best to be patient for it, as it shows up late in the game.

Daredevil marks a brave new turn for Marvel, proving they translate to the new means of television with ease, and come away with something more mature and daring than they’ve done so far (not to mention create something that feels like it’s handmade for a number of audiences). Marvel has a number of Netlfix shows debuting soon -- A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders and season two of this -- and if this first season of Daredevil is any indication, we’re in for something very special.

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iZOMBIE in review

CW gives us a television show that will eat your heart out.

just as easy to simply watch the show as well.

The show isn’t meant to be taken super seriously – come on, it’s about a zombie named Liv Moore – and despite its gruesome and usually bloody content it’s more fluff than anything else.

When it comes to the crime solving it’s much more Psych than Law and Order and as far as the zombie aspect goes it’s far more Warm Bodies than Dawn of the Dead. Fluff isn’t bad though.

If you’re sick of Supernatural and you’re looking for a funny, modern monster show to take its place, or simply a decent show to veg out and watch in general, then iZOMBIE is actually a pretty good place to start.

MARYSA STORM Staff Writer If you’re sick of the zombie craze and desperate for it to be over you’re out of luck, but if you still have a place in your head for the brain-craving living dead then The CW’s new series iZOMBIE might just be for you. iZOMBIE, which premiered March 17, is based on a comic with the same name, features Olivia Moore (Rose McIver) who had it all – a promising career, great fiancé, positive outlook on life – until a night out leaves her a brain-hungry zombie and with her former life in shambles.

Liv Moore, as she is ironically referred to, leaves her fiancé Major (Robert Buckley) and her residency to work at the morgue where she is able to get

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keep her more human than zombie. Considering the fact that she is a zombie and had to throw away her life things aren’t as bad as they could be. Liv’s boss, Ravi (Rahul Kohli), is aware of her situation and is more eager to run tests on her and befriend her than chop off her head. He provides not only a safe place for her to vent but a safe place for her to eat her brains as well, but while Liv may have a semi-safe food source her diet isn’t without its side effects.

Giving a whole new meaning to “you are what you eat,” Liv takes on the characteristics of the person she eats and experiences visions from their life as well. This process serves to be

inspiring for Liv or, in the case of eating a house-bound gamer or a sociopathic hit man, mildly horrifying, but it is helpful for others as well. Under the premise of being a psychic Liv lends a hand to detective Clive Babinaux (Malcolm Goodwin), who is usually the one investigating just how Liv’s meals ended up in the morgue in the first place.

With monsters, crime-solving and relationships iZOMBIE has a lot going for it. That being said it’s in a weird limbo-like state between coming off as relevant and relatable or like it’s trying way too hard. The characters are almost too quirky but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t likeable.

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Hanna a goldmine of overlooked action The well-scored, quickly-paced action movie you need to see.

SHAWN CLOSE Staff Writer I don’t think many people know about Hanna, and that’s a shame. I think too many people saw that it was an action movie with a 16 year old girl as the lead and wrote it off as a gimmick, some spy kids rip-off not worth their time. It’s a danm shame so many people missed out on this movie, because in my opinion its one of the smartest, best crafted action movies to come out since the turn of the century.

Hanna follows the story of the titular main character (Saoirse Ronan), a 16-year old girl who has spent her entire life isolated in the remote Finnish wilderness. Hanna is trained to be an assassin from an early age by her father (Eric Bana), a rouge C.I.A operative, in order to kill C.I.A operative Marissa Wiegler (Cate Blanchett), who killed Hanna’s mother. After

kills Wiegler and escapes the facility where she’s being held.

Unbeknownst to Hanna the Wiegler she killed was actually a double (they make this very obvious in the movie so that’s not a spoiler) and Wiegler hire’s a German assassin (Tom Hollander) to capture her.

Hanna, with the help of a vacationing English family, travels across Europe to meet up with her father, who is being chased by the C.I.A. Hanna is just plain gorgeous, it’s hands down one of the best looking movies I’ve ever seen.

It’s not gorgeous in a high-def sense and its not going to go pixel for pixel (or however you measure a movies visuals) with [insert 200 million dollar movie here]. That’s not to say the picture is bad or anything, but the real beauty of Hanna lies in its construction. Whoever did the cinematography deserves a gold star. Each scene is constructed with care and shot with a cam-

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this movie, it’s the anti-shaky cam, you can actually see what’s going on in every shot, and it’s wonderful. This amazing camera work captures the quick paced fight/chase scenes in all their glory. Combine this with some off the most diverse and visually interesting locations I’ve ever scene in an action movie and you have a winner. To go with the amazing visuals is a thumping techno vibe score by British big beat duo, The Chemical Brothers, that adds tension/ dread/ excitement/ serenity whenever it’s needed. It’s the type of score you don’t see in a lot of movies, and Hanna uses it to add punch to a movie that already packed a wallop.

Hanna’s characters really stand out, due in equal parts to great acting across the board and writing that creates strong characteristics without beating you over the head with them.

Hanna herself is both believable as a cold hearted assassin (which is an amazing feat for

a 16-year old girl) and a great fish out off water character.

From the unbridled joy when she sees an airplane for the first time to her awkward interaction with the people she meets, theirs something so disarmingly charming about the way Hanna deals with the world that she was isolated from. Which makes it all the more shocking when she goes into assassin mode, killing with a ruthless efficiency that would make Jason Bourne envious. Hanna also sports some truly menacing villains, Wiegler produces far more dread than a middle age woman in traditional business attire should be capable off and Isaacs the German assassin is equal parts creepy and threatening.

Old school fairy tales heavily influences Hanna’s story and feel, before they cleaned out all the gory parts. The whole movie has a kind of mystical quality about it despite having nothing magical or supernatural in the plot. It has the feel of a classic right of passage children’s tale

wrapped up in a spy thriller. It gets a little on the nose with it’s symbolism at times (the movies final sequence takes place in a fairytale themed park run by a man named Mr. Grimm) but overall it makes for a unique and compelling feel. Hanna is a two hour long action movie without a single explosion and few enough on screen deaths that I can count them on my finger (maybe add a few toes but it’s defiantly under three limbs) and it keeps my attention better than anything with the Michael Bay or James Cameron has ever made. It just has that ‘it’ factor, an underlying feeling that’s just compelling. Hanna is one of those movies that I watch over and over again and I’m still excited to see what happens next, even when I know what that is.

If you haven’t seen Hanna, you owe it to yourself to watch it, heck you might even buy the soundtrack (seriously the music is amazing).

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