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w e i v e R In From an undefeated football team and a resurgent hockey program, to President Davenport’s trek to China and the loss of some of MSU’s biggest names, the year was full of surprises.

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THE YEAR THAT WAS.

Departing senior Chris Houck walks readers through the 2012-2013 school year and the events that helped shape one of the most eventful terms in recent memory.

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staff writer

With the piles of snow all but gone, the temperature steadily rising and summer just around the corner, another school year has begun to wind down.

The past year has been full of surprises at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

New projects have been considered, while a number of key contributors on campus

have retired or moved on, with newcomers adding to MSU’s already diverse cast.

And while the school is embroiled in a constant whirlwind of change, and graduating students look to their future beyond MSU, the past year will be remembered as one that provided many challenges and surprises that will remain with the school even after the class of 2013 has moved on.

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was the struggle that head football coach, Todd Hoffner, faced in clearing his name following fully dismissed allegations of child pornography.

The case placed MSU in the center of a media storm in August, with news outlets ranging from the Mankato Free Press to ESPN and USA Today covering the story as it unfolded.

The brief, but intense, media frenzy that the school experienced left a substantial impression.

Eventually, the charges against Hoffner were dropped in December, but not before he had been replaced as head coach of the Maverick football team and reassigned to another job, assisting with the development of the Master Facility Plan for Athletics and Recreation Facilities.

The frenzy surrounding the U.S. presidential elections came to MSU in force last fall, leaving many Mavericks at odds.

Last year’s elections also included votes on amendments to the state of Minnesota’s constitution that would limit the type of ID required to vote, as well as add one that would explicitly outlaw homosexual marriage.

MSU was also a site for one of the debates between the two congressional candidates, Tim Walz and Allen Quist, for the Representative seat.

There was also a great deal of emotional investment at MSU on voting as well, with many of the students on campus running through the dorms, yelling to vote no on the marriage amendment on Election Day. A proposed sports bubble has been a topic of great inter-

est within the university community as well.

Kevin Buisman, the Director of Athletics, has been in the midst of possibly bringing such a structure to MSU. “I believe this type of venue would undoubtedly have a very positive impact on the university,” said Buisman. “It is a unique facility with nothing like it within approximately 70 miles of our community.”

While there is no current timetable for the construction of a sports bubble, a feasibility study has been conducted pertaining to the facility.

“As expected,” Buisman aid, “the study demonstrated that there is significant external interest for use of this kind of facility, which will help to create substantial revenue generation capacity through lease agreements and outside sponsorships. The next steps are to further assess what level of financial commitment might be required from the University to sustain debt service and operational costs for this facility over the life of the project.”

“The weather we have experienced this spring, and

Year in Review / page 8

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Finals week 101 It might be the most stressful week of the year for some, but these helpful tips should ease some of that studying anxiety.

MOLLY HORNER

staff writer

It’s that time of year again; spring fever is in the air, but the only air that’s left to breathe is in the library.

Finals week is bad enough, especially when there are birds chirping and barbecue’s to go to. But on a positive note, school is almost out and summer is almost here.

Take a break and read some simple but helpful tips that will motivate and help you ace your finals.

Find an alternative spot to study.

Rather than mainlining your entire studying schedule from your favorite chair in the library, try mixing it up finding a fresh spot to work.

Mixing up your study space will keep you on your toes and will help prevent the tedium of a long day from setting in.

Stopping by the tutoring center at MSU is also a great idea, which is always free to MSU students with a MavCard.

The tutoring center is located in the lower level of the library with trained tutors available to assist students with writing, languages,

math, science and more. It’ll help students learn to improve study habits, obtain more effective academic skills and achieve the test score you deserve.

Also, with the library being more like a “hang out” during finals week, try one of Mankato’s cozy downtown spots like the Coffee Hag, or the Fillin Station to get away from the regular meeting spots.

If you study well in groups, form a study group when it’s difficult to motivate yourself.

By talking and discussing definitions out loud, it can spark something while obtaining answers during the final exam.

Spend some time before the exam imagining yourself acing it. Simply saying the word “final” can increase your stress level.

To calm down and prevent yourself from blanking during the exam, focus on what you know rather than what you don’t know.

Twenty minutes of cardio a day can help improve your memory.

By taking a break outside in nature, you are more likely to feel relaxed and more energized by the end of the jog

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or other activity. But with the current weather, you might have to settle for a treadmill at the gym.

Managing your time can also be helpful.

With finals usually falling into a single week, it is crucial to manage your time because every minute counts.

Most importantly, be realistic; leave yourself some time for exercise and relaxation too.

Form a realistic study schedule for yourself, leave time for breaks, and be sure to prioritize according to which class you’ll need to study for the most.

Professors and teaching assistants have office hours for a reason.

Getting feedback regarding what is most important to study from a professor will help you focus while studying.

On the day of the final, remember to eat at a meal and drink water, don’t overdo it with caffeine, which can increase your anxiety.

Some students benefit from answering the most difficult questions first, while others do better completing what they know first; just remember do what’s best for you.

But most importantly, remember to breath.

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Chaplain Tim Berg calls it a career After 20 years on campus, longtime campus chaplain set to retire.

RYAN LUND

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Chatting with campus chaplain Tim Berg, as the conversation drifts effortlessly from American history and religious theory, to football and back again, one thing becomes immediately apparent: the longtime educator wears a heart versed in academia firmly on his sleeve.

Berg however, is far from a simple conversationalist.

From scholar and aspiring politician, to preacher and professor, the Minnesota native’s diverse interests have led him to a similarly multifaceted career.

But after 20 years worth of sermons and study guides, the veteran clergyman and educator is finally ready to hang it up.

“In Ecclesiastes it says that there is a time and season for all things,” Berg notes with a wistful look on his face. “And now is my time and season.”

This particular season marks the end of a distinguished career for the longtime Maverick, one that has spanned politics, art, education and even a little football.

Born on March 14, 1951 to Joseph and Lois Berg, Tim was an academic from the start.

Joseph, a telegrapher, and Lois, a schoolteacher,

instilled in their son a love of learning that began at a young age.

“I think, between my mother, my grandmother, and I, we have over 100 years of teaching experience amongst us,” Berg said, recounting the years that his mother spent teaching in Little Bricelyn, Minnesota.

After his celebrated high school football career ended in a tragic knee injury, Berg enrolled at Gustavus Adolphus College, intent on pursuing his law degree.

However, on the advice of professor Kyle Montag, Berg decided to take his place in the family business instead.

“You’ll be bored to tears in law,” Montag said, advice that the young student took to heart.

“No one argued with Kyle Montag,” he said. “But I sort of always knew that I wanted to be a teacher.”

Berg’s desire to teach, however, took him far beyond the walls of Gustavus.

After a year spent finishing off his liberal arts degree, Berg eventually made his way to the University of Minnesota, in a bid to study under acclaimed military historian Harold C. Deutsch.

Deutsch, who rarely worked with undergraduates, tutored the young academic

to a degree in military history.

Berg eventually interned and taught at the Wilson Campus School, which would eventually be incorporated into Minnesota State University, Mankato as Wiecking Center, known at the time as one of the best nontraditional campuses in the nation.

By the time he reached Wilson, Berg had accumulated an impressive resume through his three years of schooling, including degrees in education and history, while also studying military history, geography, sociology and economics.

“I’ve just been lucky in life,” says Berg.

His luck would continue at Wilson, where a colleague in the football program helped Berg find a job as a teacher in an increasingly crowded field.

“There were 600 applicants for every teaching job, anywhere, it was just impossible to find a job,” he said. “There was just a complete glut of education majors.”

Berg eventually landed in the little town of Lemmon, South Dakota, where he taught for a year.

But while he had always planned to teach, Berg had bigger plans for the future.

“Long term, I wanted to be

photo courtesy of mnsu.edu Reverend Tim Berg, campus chaplain and adjunct instructor, will retire this year after 20 years on campus.

a U.S. senator,” he said.

However, after becoming involved in Minnesota’s Young Democrats during his time in school, rising to the title of 2nd District Chair, Berg had long since soured on the political scene.

“I got in on all the backroom stuff, and I didn’t like it,” Berg said.

“I tried to be a person of honor and duty, but it was difficult to follow that pathway in politics,” he said.

Berg eventually left Lemmon, going back to school once again, this time for seminary, earning his Masters of Divinity at the United

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Breaking in(ternships) The Reporter’s guide to winning internships and influencing people.

web photo Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson play a pair of Google interns in the upcoming comedy “The Internship.” And while you might not land a gig at the web giant right away, the right connections and the right attitude can help you find a career building opportunity.

TIM FAKLIS

staff writer

Despite Mother Nature’s recent decision to play with the minds of Minnesotans everywhere, it’s true, summer is fast approaching.

For students at MSU, that may mean it’s time to begin an internship or a summer job,

and for most majors at MSU, an internship is required to graduate. At times, finding either an internship or just a basic job for the summer as a college student can be hard, especially for someone not based in the Mankato area.

There are, however, ways around that.

“The things you’re involved in, the people you know, the contacts you have immediately around you, that’s the sweet spot,” said Matt Carlson, Career Exploration Coordinator at the MSU Career Development Center. “Networking is really critical, and also will logically put you into some-

thing that is interesting to you.”

The first step can sometimes be the toughest to get around and from there it’s simply a matter of getting everything together and making your internship or job a reality. If you aren’t able to acquire anything from your personal references and resources, there are other steps afterwards to continue the process.

“If you’re interested in a particular thing, you can always branch it out with contacts that you have,” Carlson said. “Go to a meeting; go to a conference, so networking a ring out from where you’re at will help.”

After that, Carlson’s group at MSU, the Career Development Center, may be the logical next step to look towards. Located in the Wigley Administration building, the CDC has helped different types of students with unique situations over the years reach their goals, while helping get them out of tough situations of unemployment while also helping them to find an intern-

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They have helped put on job, career and internship fairs at MSU over the years, and employ a large staff that is trained specifically to help students find jobs.

“Every student’s situation is different and we have expert career counselors on staff to meet everybody where they’re at,” Carlson said. “Everybody’s case is different, including their resources. I think we’re pretty good at that.”

Even for a student that may be in a program that doesn’t require an internship, statistics signify that it may still be in the student’s best interest to look in that direction and see what could be offered to them.

According to a study by internships.com, a poll of more than 7,300 students and recent graduates as well as over 300 human resources and recruitment professionals’ experiences with internships, 69 percent of companies with 100 or more employees offered full-time jobs to their interns.

Internships / page 13

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Ed/Op reporter-editor@mnsu.edu | (507) 389-5454

So long. Farewell.

Aufedersein. Goodbye.

megan kadlec Perhaps next year’s EIC, Reece, and I will cross paths again some day, most likely while working at The New York Times.

MEGAN KADLEC

editor in chief I know the headline is cheesy and a little bit overdone, but what else do you expect from a former theatre geek?

Today marks the last time my name will appear in an issue of the MSU Reporter. I must be on my way, Mavericks – I’m moving onto bigger, and perhaps better things.

When I first applied at The Reporter my first week at Minnesota State University, Mankato, I never thought I would come this far. I figured I would write a few stories to hone my writing skills and make some spare cash while

working towards my degree.

When I wrote my first article about MSU’s Film Society, I had no idea that I would have served as an editor in both the Arts and Entertainment as well as News sections before taking my post as the Editor-in-Chief.

Truth is, I love this paper.

Working here has taught me about not only the newspaper business, AP Style and how to manage people, but also helped me discover who I am and what I want to do with my life.

I have poured my heart and soul into the Reporter for the past three years and it’s hard to

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Good night, and good luck.

RYAN LUND

news editor

It sounded so much more grandiose when Murrow said it, but for better or for worse, here we are.

Copping the greatest signoff in the history of broadcast journalism might be a tough sell for anyone with more than a passing interest in the medium, but I’ve seen the attendance numbers for the this years series of SPJ events, so I’m assuming that none of you have seen that movie.

Five years, two majors and a series of stints with the campus newspaper later, I am in the unique position of penning my own send-off as April snow showers finally give way to May snow showers.

I got my start covering wrestling back in 2011, after dropping a series of college hockey blog posts on the desk of former Editor-in-Chief Kyle Ratke, who promptly put my Reporter career in motion.

Flash forward to 2013, and I’ve officially lived my dreams circa 2011.

I’ve talked puck with University of Minnesota head coach Don Lucia, found my way onto the front page of my favorite college hockey website and seen one of my more volatile print-based rants referenced in the Star Tribune.

And I’ve done it all while binging on coffee and belting

Neil Diamond songs at the top of my lungs; that might explain a few of the spelling errors.

I’ve evolved from a blowhard-ish sports writer with a college hockey obsession, to a blowhard-ish editor with a college hockey obsession over the last few months, a transition that’s been as exciting as it has stressful.

Because for all of the restless nights, angry emails and caffeine-laced editorial tirades that have come with the title, its been a nice little run up here in CSU 293.

In the end however, the list of people who I’d like to thank is considerably longer than the list of people that I’d like to forget.

C’est la vie.

From that first nerve-wracking interview, deep beneath the Taylor Center, in the office of a man who appeared at first, second and thirty-third glance capable of snapping me in half, I’ve been meeting people who I’ll remember and appreciate long after I accept my placeholder diploma/donations request on Saturday.

Hopefully the subject of that interview, wrestling coach Jim Makovsky, remains a Maverick for years to come.

I’ve been privileged enough to work with some fantastic people.

Departing Editor-in-Chief Megan Kadlec (see left) has taken ten times the flak that I have,

“What are your plans post Reporter?”

Megan Kadlec, Editor in chief “Interning at a music venue in Minneapolis, graduating and finding a grown up job.”

Ryan Lund, News editor “After going undrafted last week, I’ll be interning at the National Sports Center in Blaine, MN.”

Reece hemmesch, Sports editor “I’ll be moving on up to the big office, editor in chief.”

emre erku, A&E Editor “Working for the Free Press here in Mankato.”

some of it deserved, but most of it completely unwarranted.

She has something to say, and has always been willing to say it, regardless of the vitriolic responses that her often blunt coverage seems to generate.

Speaking your mind in the age of the Internet can be a dangerous thing and she deserves the credit that I never seem to give her for sticking to her guns.

Mass Media guru Ellen Mrja deserves more credit than I can give her for restoring my faith in the medium, and for convincing me that you can in fact tell a story in 140 characters.

Campus chaplain, scholar and all-around comedian Tim Berg should expect a substantial donation to the elusive Chaplain’s Pension Fund someday (if snarky sports writing ever pays off) for being a rock-solid and ever-impressive source of knowledge and a pick-me-up.

Bonnie Lund (yes, there is a relation), reigning Chair of Communication Disorders also gets a huge and slightly embarrassing shout-out for reading and subsequently praising even my most snore-inducing articles.

So from the bottom of my heart (although I’ve been steadfastly assured that journalists are lacking that particular organ, but bear with me) thanks for reading,MSU. From all of us at the Reporter, good night, and good luck.

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schuyler houtsma, web editor “Taking over for this loser next to me as the next A&E Editor.”

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Theological Seminary in New Brighton, Minnesota.

After working in the parish for almost 20 years, serving as a pastor across southern Minnesota, while twice serving as a bishop, Berg moved to Mankato to assume the role of President’s Chaplain at MSU. Berg has also spent much of his time working at an adjunct professor, teaching courses in philosophy, education, first year experience and the honors program.

Between fulfilling his duties as President’s Chaplain and as an adjunct professor, Berg also finds time to utilize his many degrees.

As a member of the Oxford Round Table, Berg has received invitations to speak at Cambridge University, the University of the Aegean at Rhodes, the University of London and the University of Barcelona, as well as various American universities.

Comfrey High School retired his jersey in 1978, ensuring that, despite the injury that cut his football career short, Berg’s contributions to the little school are not forgotten.

“My jersey number was 40, and I’ve been an educator and clergyperson for 40 years now,” Berg laughs, noting that his students, as well as the people that he has met throughout his religious career, have made it all worthwhile.

“I’ve probably found that my greatest satisfaction in life has been trying to and making the lives of other people better.”

Berg’s advice for MSU students remains simple.

In the end he says, the words of celebrated British Prime Minister Winston Churchill come to mind.

“Never, never, never give in.”

Berg fully intends to adhere to the storied sentiments of the famed “British Bulldog,” even in retirement.

“Being an academic, I’m hoping to have more time to read, to research and to write,” he said.

For all of his accomplishments, however, Berg remains the little kid from Comfrey, continuing his academic career even as his professional one comes to a close.

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Muslim Awareness Week

Campus religious group aims to inform, educate.

SAM WILMES

staff writer

A night of festivities and knowledge struck to the core of the diversity of Minnesota State University, Mankato on Monday night, as the Muslim Student Association celebrated Muslim Awareness Week.

Brother Faizon Rauf recited parts of the Quran. He listed the five pillars of the Islamic faith- belief, worship, charitable giving, fasting during the month of Ramadan and the pilgrimage to Mecca at least once during a lifetime.

Brother Rauf insisted that Islam and Christianity were not as much at odds as public perception would have you believe- that one of the only differences was discipline- Muslims are not allowed to drink alcohol, or come near people who are drinking.

He insisted that Muslims are by nature at peace with their creator.

“We grant the forgiveness of God with peace,” Rauf said.

He cited a quote from the Prophet Muhammad that “You will not be a believer until you love each other.”

He insists that the claims amongst some that Islam preaches polygamy are wrong.

He also touched base on the gay marriage issue in regards to the faith. “The gay concept in Islam is wrong and unacceptable, period,” he said.

He insisted that the num-

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ber one goal between Islam and other faiths is the need for healthy dialogue.

“You don’t argue with different faiths,” Rauf said.

Even though the Islamic faith is the fastest growing religion on Earth, Rauf does not measure faith by the quantity of believers.

According to Rauf, while it is a religious obligation to integrate into the society you live in, other means of fitting in are not acceptable to the faith.

“Assimilation is losing your identity,” he said. “We need quality, not quantity. Islam is about loving to live. We should understand each other.”

He cited Muhammad’s call for mankind to come together and warned of the consequences killing one person can have.

“If you kill one soul, it’s as if you kill all of humanity,” Rauf concluded.

The Islamic faith is very diverse. 42 nations are almost completely Islamic. A surprisingly low 20 percent of the world’s Muslims are considered Arabic.

Professor Sheikh Hassan Jaamici also spoke at length about the Islamic faith.

Stressing the role of Islam as the faith of community and unity, Jaamici also stressed the

forgiving aspects of Islam. He cited the role of Islamic banks sometimes forgiving debts.

He also touched on the role of terrorists that preach the faith.

“If you see anyone harming people, they don’t practice Islam,” Jaamici declared.

Although tensions between Muslim countries and the United States may be uneasy, Jaamici remembers a time when Islamic countries loved America.

“The Bush administration changed that,” he said. He recalled a moment he had with his one-year-old.

“I asked him: What do we

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YEAR IN REVIEW “I believe this type of venue would undoubtedly have a very positive impact on the university,” said Buisman. continued from 2

the myriad details related to cancellation and rescheduling of practices and competitions that ensued, further reinforced how much a facility like this might be utilized by outdoor intercollegiate field sports such as baseball, softball, soccer, and football.”

Despite the uncertainty surrounding the project, Buisman and the rest of the athletics department have had plenty to cheer about this year.

The MSU football team turned in an historic performance this season, finishing the regular season an undefeated 11-0, before losing in the NCAA Division II title game to Valdosta State, downing Northwest Missouri State and Missouri Western State in the process.

The men’s hockey team made headlines as well, after a coaching change coupled with a strong freshman class brought the Mavericks back to the national stage with a roar.

Head coach Mike Hastings was hired over the summer to replace the departing Troy Jutting following a pair of 11th place finishes in the WCHA, inheriting a strong freshman class led by NHL draft pick Teddy Blueger, and dynamic captain Eriah Hayes.

Hastings went to work almost immediately, leading the Mavericks to an overall record of 24-14-3, good enough

for home ice in the playoffs, as well as a spot in team’s first Final Five tournament since 2003.

But while hockey and football took home most of the headlines, veteran wrestling coach Jim Makovsky was busy collecting accolades of his own.

Makovsky was named to the NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame in March, thanks to the 47-yearold’s dominant 257-109-4 career record, good enough for 11th all-time amongst Division II coaches.

“It’s a nice honor,” Makovsky says, “having said that the honor really belongs to everybody who has had a huge impact on my life.”

Sophomore wrestler Cody Quinn appreciates Makovsky’s all-inclusive coaching style.

“He’s not limited to wrestling,” Quinn said. “You can go into his office and talk to him about anything.”

Quinn, who, alongside freshman Alphonso Vruno, finished in third place at this year’s national tournament, sees the veteran head coach more as more of a “life coach” sometimes.

“You’re [going to] get better on and off the mat.”

The past year also saw MSU expand in more international ways.

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Senate backs Minn. tuition for children of immigrants

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The children of immigrants who are in Minnesota illegally would be eligible for in-state tuition and financial aid at the state's public colleges and universities under a bill the state Senate passed on Wednesday.

The bill often called the "Dream Act" passed by a 41-23 vote. Four Republicans split from the rest of their party to support it, while two Democrats strayed from the majority to vote against it.

The Senate has passed the same bill twice since 2007, but ran into opposition from former Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty.

This time around, Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton is a strong supporter. The House has not voted on the bill, but sponsor Sen. Sandy Pappas said she's hoping to insert the provision into a larger higher education bill.

"Most of these students have lived their whole lives here but face financial barriers to attending our public colleges that are not of their own making," said Pappas, DFL-St. Paul. She said giving those students greater access to college would pay off in a better educated state workforce.

The Senate vote came the same day as a planned late afternoon march and Capitol rally by a coalition of labor and other groups advocating changes to state and federal immigration laws. In Washington, members of Congress and the Obama administration are negotiating on immigration legislation that could include

web photo Sen. Sandy Pappas introduced the measure and hopes to insert the provision into a larger higher education bill.

new citizenship opportunities for people now living in the country illegally.

Republicans said it made little sense to change a major aspect of Minnesota immigration law not knowing what the federal government would do. "The state of Minnesota should not get in the way," said Sen. Julianne Ortman, R-Chanhassen.

Under the bill, students of immigrants who came to Minnesota without legal status would qualify for both in-state tuition and state financial aid programs provided they attended a Minnesota high school for at least three years. In-state tuition rates at Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and University of Minnesota system schools range

from $8,000 to $10,000 a year; for non-Minnesota residents, tuition is about twice that.

A number of Senate Republicans said they could support the tuition changes but not making such students eligible for Minnesota financial aid programs. Sen. Eric Pratt, R-Shakopee, said those students would be new competition to Minnesota students already vying for limited financial aid dollars. But Pappas argued that many immigrant families have limited incomes and need financial aid resources, and Democrats defeated a Republican amendment to strip out financial aid eligibility.

Pappas said the state's Office of Higher Education estimates about 750 students could benefit from the bill.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

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Choosing a Major: The source of much stress, and a new study being conducted by an MSU faculty.

MEGAN KADLEC

editor in chief

While some Minnesota State University, Mankato students are planning to graduate on May 11, others are simply completing another semester on their path towards a degree.

For some students, however, they are still unsure of what that degree will say and with students having to register for classes next year, this can cause some anxiety.

Eighty percent of college-bound students have yet to decide on a major, according to Fitz Grupe of MyMajors.com, and more than 50 percent of those who do declare a major in their first year change their major – sometimes two or three times – before settling into a program.

In addition to helping first year and transfer students adapt to life at MSU, the Office of New Students and Family Programs provides advising to any student (even if you’re past your first year) who hasn’t decided on a major or field

of study. Formerly located in Gage Towers, the Office of New Students and Family Programs is now located in the Preska Residential Community.

The center’s webpage states that the first step towards finding the perfect major is to gather information on the programs offered by MSU and the ever-changing job market in addition to “Learn[ing] about your unique interests, values, abilities, personality characteristics and lifestyle requirements to make a better match with a major or career.”

The first year experience class and the Choosing or Changing Majors Learning Community are excellent resources for incoming students who may not know what they want to do, but for students who have been here a year or two, the Career Development Center as well as Counseling and Student Personnel 110: Decision Making for Career and Life are also options.

The most common advice given to students who

haven’t decided on a major yet is to explore your options and take classes in a variety of programs. But be careful – taking a bunch of unnecessary classes can be expensive, so it might be best to make sure that the classes you take at least count towards general education requirements.

Kellian Clink, an MSU librarian, hopes to interview students at MSU who previously had difficulty in choosing a major. She seeks to understand how previously undecided students realized what exactly it was that they wanted to do.

“While we do not know that choosing a major confidently is related to student persistence, it is my experience that making that decision seems to result in student’s increased feeling of comfort,” Clink said. “That being in college with that goal releases them from what is for some students an uncomfortable sense of uncertainty.”

Clink’s favorite part about her job is the fact that she gets to see students

web photo Kellian Clink, a librarian at MSU, is seeking to learn why students stuggle in deciding on a major in college through her new study.

develop.

“It’s a privilege to work with people in the process of becoming,” she said, saying college was like a “jello effect” and that throughout college, students have to make decisions that shape who they are as people.

She wants to interview students who are cur-

rently in a major, but feel as though they struggled to decide what to study. If you are such a student and would like to be involved with this study, please email Clink at kellian. clink@mnsu.edu for more information.

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YEAR IN REVIEW “I think, right now, we have seen a definite improvement in the job market in the last couple years,” said Latus.

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continued from 8 President Richard Davenport and his delegation traveled to China in December in order to increase the university’s international influence.

Davenport’s delegation contained several members of the university’s staff and other community leaders from around the area.

During their time in China, the group’s efforts included partnership and recruitment events, as well as increasing a dialogue between the two countries to broaden the scope of international education.

Mankato Mayor Eric Anderson signed an agreement with one of the cities while visiting there, making Mankato a sister city with Tongxiang in the Zhejing Province to further facilitate a long-term relationship with the area.

One major topic for students this past year was the possibility that the free lot on campus would soon require permits to use.

A conversation went back and forth between the Parking Advisory Committee’s David Cowan and the Minnesota State Student Association during one of its public meetings.

MSSA voted to recommend that a $62 permit be implemented as a requirement to park there.

The topic of the free lot became a major force behind the school’s spring elections, with the student body eventually voting to pay for the free lot through the general fund on the school’s election day.

While new additions, such as the rock wall in Meyers Field House, were implemented during the school year, there were also many departures as well.

The former provost, Scott Olson, was named Winona State University’s new

president last summer and his successor has recently been named.

Marilyn Wells was announced last month as the new provost and Senior Vice president of Academic Affairs last month.

Wells brings some of her experience from her current job at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania and is expected to assume her spot on the school’s faculty on July 22.

Another departure was that of Vice President for University Advancement and Integrated Marketing, Doug Mayo, who is leaving for the position of President and CEO of the North Dakota State University Development Foundation and Alumni Association.

Mayo’s contributions to the university have been very successful, with the Big Ideas Campaign raising more money than any other in the university’s history.

With Mayo’s new job beginning this spring, and no permanent replacement found yet, Jeff Iseminger will take over the duties at MSU until someone is appointed to the position, which MSU hopes to do by late summer.

The university’s long-time chaplain, Tim Berg, is also retiring this year.

Berg has been in the fields of teaching and ministry for the past 40 years, with 20 of them spent here at MSU. The retiring chaplain described his past 20 years as “[working] with lots of just wonderful, wonderful human beings that I’ve crossed paths with and doing whatever I can to make their life just a little bit better.”

Berg has had several contributions to the school, including teaching in graduate and honor

programs, as well as being one of the founders of Family Weekend.

“I’ve always greatly enjoyed teaching and enjoying all the students,” said Berg “It’s been wonderful. Someone could not ask for a better 20 years.”

With the school year coming to an end, the job market is also a point of great interest for the school, and students reflecting on their career choice.

With many of MSU’s students enrolling at a time when the economy was in poor shape, Deenna Latus, Assistant Director at the Career Development Center, offered some insight of the what the job market is like today compared to the recent past.

“I think, right now, we have seen a definite improvement in the job market in the last couple of years,” said Latus. “College recruiting by employers, who are looking to hire new college graduates is up again this year, as it has for the last three.”

Latus also noted the success that outgoing MSU students have had when departing from the school.

“I think that most of our graduates are going to find jobs. Our statistics show that they do incredibly well the first year after graduating and finding employment, and a very high percentage is [degree] related employment.”

With the graduates departing and summer closing in fast, the halls of the many buildings will be silent for a few months, save for a few students taking classes during the summer terms.

And while many of those hallways may go quiet, the echo of the year that was will linger, as a new class of students walks them next year.

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want? He said, ‘peace.’ When do we want it? He said, ‘now.’”

The night concluded with a presentation on the differences and similarities between the Quran and the Bible.

Junior Salmon Figy expressed his interpretation of the differences between Islam and Christianity.

“The bible has the New and Old Testament. You have too many testimonies in the bible that contradict each other, because of their interests.”

A biology major, Figy explained how the Islamic faith completed Christianity’s flaws.

“Islam came after that. Islam says God is the divine and

Mohammed is the prophet, but we don’t reject Christianity’s prophets,” Figy concluded.

Graduate Student Khaled Alzobydi is wary of the press’ coverage of the Islamic faith.

“A lot of people have no idea about Islam. In the news, Muslims have been misrepresented,” Alzobydi said.

While Alzobydi is wary of the connection the media makes between Islam and terrorism, he enjoyed the presentation.

“I liked it- he tried hard to portray Islam. Don’t judge any religion. You have to read up on it. We believe some of the same things, but practice them differently.”

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FAREWELL “I am dreaming of the day I find another group of individuals I can call my second family, no matter how dysfunctional it may be.” continued from 6

imagine a life without this office, or the individuals I have connected with through my time here. They are the life of this paper and have impacted my life in so many positive ways.

Jane: You’ve been like a mother to me and I will continue to come to you for advice, even though I will no longer be in the office. I will stop telling you about my tattoos, though. Those lectures are never fun.

To my editors: Ryan, Reece, Emre and Schuyler. It’s been a fun year full of off-color jokes and conversations. Thanks for making the office entertaining.

Ryan: Thanks for stepping up to the plate in October – I appreciate it. You’re going to make it big someday in the world of hockey reporting.

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To Tasha, student advertising sales manager: Whenever I hear a British accent, I will think of you and our adventures in New York City. Keep up the good work next year. You’re rockin’ it.

To the Newspaper Board: Thanks for all your help rewriting bylaws and dealing with my emotions in our many Friday meetings throughout the year.

To my dear mentor and Reporter advisor, Ellen Mrja: You were always there for me when I had a legal question, or just needed some support. You are an incredible professor and I wish I could have taken more classes with you.

To the Readers: Thank you for the support and criticism you handed to me and the Reporter throughout the years. This job would be hell without your kind words, or the criticism that makes us work harder for you.

As I graduate from MSU and enter the supposed real world, I can only hope I will meet individuals who mean as much to me as those I currently work with, dreaming of the day I find another group of individuals I can call my second family, no matter how dysfunctional it may be.

For those of you who are also about to set foot in the world after college, I wish you all the luck in the world. It’ll be a tough journey, but I’m sure we can manage. And hey, there’s always grad school, right?

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Iowa Senate seeks investigation of ethics charges for a possible Michelle Bachmann staffer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa Senate ethics panel voted Wednesday to seek a special investigator to review charges that a state senator was indirectly paid for working on Republican Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign, an arrangement that could violate Senate rules.

In a 4-2 vote, the committee agreed to ask the chief justice of the state Supreme Court to appoint an investigator to review a complaint against Republican Sen. Kent Sorenson, of Milo.

Two former staffers for Bachmann’s 2012 presidential campaign have said that Sorenson was indirectly paid for campaign work for the Minnesota congresswoman. Andy Parrish, who was Bachmann’s chief of staff and later served on her Iowa campaign, gave the ethics committee an affidavit accusing Sorenson of seeking compensation and agreeing to a deal to have a Bachmann supporter-run company pay him $7,500 a month.

Iowa Senate ethics rules bar paid employment with political campaigns.

Sorenson says he was never paid directly or indirectly. He offered a series of affidavits backing his position Wednesday, including one from an attorney who audited his bank

statements from a checking account and said there is no evidence of the alleged payments.

The committee will review the payment allegations, as well as a charge that Sorenson stole an email list from a Bachmann supporter. Sorenson has denied that claim as well and offered an affidavit from another Bachmann staffer supporting his position. Police are investigating the email list claim, too.

After the committee made its decision about a special investigator, Sorenson said he still stands by his statement that he was not paid.

“Nothing changes. It’s a political witch hunt and I’m happy to combat this,” Sorenson said.

Sen. Wally Horn, the committee’s chairman, said he didn’t know how long the inquiry would take, but he doubted it would move quickly.

He said it was important for the state to hold elected officials to high ethical standards, given the state’s status as the site of the first presidential caucuses.

“We’re first in the nation and we want Iowa politics as clean as it can possibly be,” said Horn, D-Cedar Rapids.

He did not know the last time the ethics panel had sought such an investigation.

Once the investigator concludes the review, the committee

can schedule a public hearing or dismiss the complaint.

Ultimately, the committee can recommend a punishment up to expulsion from the Senate.

Two of the Republicans on the committee argued that the evidence was inconclusive and questioned moving forward with an investigation. But Sen. Sandra Greiner, R-Washington, said committee members have a responsibility to seek further information.

“There is going to be a cloud over this entire chamber if we don’t attempt to get to the bottom of this,” Greiner said. “By golly, we’ve got the reputation of this chamber for many years to come at risk, and I think the only conscientious thing to do is to allow a special investigator to take a look at it. I hope to God they come back and say they found nothing.”

The conservative Bachmann entered the presidential race in June 2011 as a favorite of the tea party, and went on to win the Iowa GOP presidential straw poll two months later. But within weeks, staff and senior leadership were abandoning the campaign and key supporters were complaining about its disarray. Bachmann went on to finish a distant sixth-place in the January 2012 caucuses and quit the race the next day.

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Computer glitches derail standardized tests in three states, including Minnesota.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — School districts across several states are rescheduling highstakes tests that judge student proficiency and even determine teachers’ pay because of technical problems involving the test administrators’ computer systems.

Thousands of students in Indiana, Oklahoma and Minnesota have been kicked offline while taking tests in recent weeks, postponing the testing schools planned for months and raising concerns about whether the glitches will affect scores.

“There’s been pep rallies and spirit weeks all getting ready for this. It’s like showing up for the big game and then the basketball is deflated,” said Jason Zook, a fifth-grade teacher at Brown Intermediate Center in South Bend, Ind. Many frustrated students have been reduced to tears and administrators are boiling over, calling the problems “disastrous” and “unacceptable” at a time when test results count so heavily toward schools’ ratings under the federal No Child Left Behind law. In places like Indiana, where former Gov. Mitch Daniels approved changes tying teachers’ merit pay to student test scores, the pressure is even greater.

“Teachers are extremely frustrated because of the high-stakes nature of this test,” said Jeff Sherrill, principal at Emmons Elementary School in Mishawaka, Ind. “They know they’re going to be judged on this and their schools are going to be judged on this. Certainly it’s changed the outcome of the testing, because there’s no way it’s not going to.”

CTB/McGraw-Hill is the contractor in Indiana and Oklahoma and administers statewide standardized tests in eight other states. American Institutes for Research, or AIR, is the contractor in Minnesota.

In Indiana, McGraw-Hill is in the third year of a four-year, $95 million contract, while in Oklahoma, it has a one-year, $16 million contract with an option to renew an additional four years. Minnesota’s $61 million, three-year contract with AIR expires this year.

“I think the only thing the three states have in common is that technology is not infallible,” said Charlene Briner,

chief of staff of the Minnesota Department of Education, which temporarily suspended testing after the first of three incidents April 16.

Briner said the glitches affected many students taking the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment, which provides much of the data the state uses to judge school performance.

AIR executive vice president Jon Cohen said the problem was with AIR’s Internet servers, which have been fixed, and there wasn’t trouble at the company’s data center.

Cohen said interrupted tests shouldn’t influence students’ performance, saying they’re designed to be paused and resumed.

“A particular day or a particular point in time shouldn’t really be a deciding factor for a kid or a teacher or anybody else,” he said.

Indiana suspended testing Monday and Tuesday, the same days Oklahoma reported problems.

One Oklahoma lawmaker called for a moratorium on testing this year, saying it would be unfair to subject students to testing after “a ton of problems” have been reported.

“We’ll just start over next year when the testing provider has its act together,” said Rep. Curtis McDaniel, DSmithville, a longtime school administrator. “It’s just not fair to these students to make them re-take tests two or three times or accept a score based on a partial test that may or may not be accurate because of technology problems.”

Oklahoma State Superintendent Janet Barresi said the department is working to remedy the problem and then will determine “how to proceed with accommodations for the districts.”

CTB/McGraw-Hill spokesman Dan Sieger said by email Wednesday that the company was focused on ensuring the stability of the testing and regrets the “impact on these schools and students.” The company ran simulations to prepare for the tests in Indiana but did not “fully anticipate the patterns of live student testing.”

“The interruptions are not acceptable to students and educators or to CTB/McGrawHill. We have worked with the schools in these states for many years and value our relationships with them,” the statement said.

The company said students interrupted midway through testing would be able to pick up where they left off. Still, some worried whether all answers were recorded.

Rachel Burke of Indianapolis said the computer had indicated her daughter, Katherine, a fifth-grader at Raymond Park Intermediate Academy, finished a section of the test with 23 questions just as it crashed Monday. But she believes there should have been 30 questions.

“So she thinks she was finished, but she’s not sure,” Burke said.

Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz said there’s “no question” the state will have to review any data gathered in the past few days, when at least 27,000 third- through eighth-grade students were kicked offline during tests.

“After we get everybody assessed, we’re going to have to look at the validity of the assessments themselves,” Ritz said.

Testing resumed Wednesday with minimal disruptions after districts halved the number of students taking the online tests at any one time, Ritz said. The state plans to continue with the same format Thursday.

This isn’t the first time CTB/McGraw-Hill has struggled with assessments.

The Connecticut Department of Education fined CTB/ McGraw-Hill $300,000 in 2004 for errors and delays in scoring its Mastery Test, the largest fine allowed under the state’s contract.

In 2011, up to 10,000 Indiana students statewide were logged off and some were unable to log back in for up to an hour while taking the test. The state invalidated 215 scores that year because they were lower than expected.

About 9,000 Indiana students were kicked offline during the test last year.

Indiana and Oklahoma have extended this year’s testing deadlines to ensure schools have enough time to complete the exams.

In Minnesota, Briner said it’s too early to speculate about the impact of the problems. She said testing is still going on across the state.

“We’re monitoring the situation on a daily if not hourly basis,” she said.

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INTERNSHIPS “If it was up to me, everyone would [have an internship during college]. “ continued from 5 Of the companies surveyed, 47 percent of them had internship situations set up, and of that group, 85 percent of those organizations saw it as a positive experience for them, which may lead to the conclusion that more companies may go down this road, thus giving more students more opportunities later on.

In a 2011 study conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, 52.5 percent of a group of 20,000 college seniors set to graduate said they had worked at an internship of some form.

It was also derived from this study that job offers

may be more likely through internships. According to the study, more than 61 percent of students who had paid internships in for-profit companies had a job offer upon graduation, 38 percent of non-paid interns also saw offers.

It’s a hard process, but an internship or a job, especially in one’s field of study, can go a long way.

“If it was up to me, everyone would [have an internship during college],” Carlson said.

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Immigration rallys spreading Across the country, illegal immigrants and legal residents rally for cause.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Demonstrators demanded an overhaul of immigration laws Wednesday in an annual, nationwide ritual that carried a special sense of urgency as Congress considers sweeping legislation that would bring many of the estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally out of the shadows.

Thousands joined May Day rallies in dozens of cities from Concord, N.H., to Bozeman, Mont. In Salem, Ore., Gov. John Kitzhaber was cheered by about 2,000 people on the Capitol steps as he signed a bill to allow people living in Oregon without proof of legal status to obtain drivers licenses.

In Vermont, more than 1,000 people assembled on the Montpelier Statehouse lawn. And in New York, thousands of demonstrators marched in downtown Manhattan waving banners and banging on drums in a scene reminiscent of Occupy Wall Street’s heyday.

The May Day crowds were lively but paled in comparison to the massive demonstrations of 2006 and 2007, during the

last serious attempt to introduce major changes to the U.S. immigration system. Despite the large turnouts six years ago, many advocates of looser immigration laws felt they were outmaneuvered by opponents who flooded congressional offices with phone calls and faxes at the behest of conservative talk-radio hosts.

Now, immigrant advocacy groups are focusing heavily on contacting members of Congress, using social media and other technology to target specific lawmakers. Reform Immigration for America, a network of groups, claims more than 1.2 million subscribers, including recipients of text messages and Facebook followers.

Many of Wednesday’s rallies featured speakers with a personal stake in the debate. Naykary Silva, a 26-year-old Mexican woman in the country illegally, joined about 200 people who marched in Denver’s spring snow, hoping for legislation that would ensure medical care for her 3-year-old autistic son.

“If you want to do something, you do it no matter what,”

Silva said. “There’s still more work to do.”

Police in New York restrained several demonstrators, but the marches were peaceful.

In downtown Seattle, demonstrators gathered under heavy police presence, one year after some protesters broke windows and set fires. Thousands joined a march after a rally there supporting immigrant rights and labor.

Gabriel Villalobos, a Spanish-language talk radio host in Phoenix, said many of his callers believe it is the wrong time for marches, fearful that that any unrest could sour public opinion. Those callers advocate instead for a low-key approach of calling members of Congress.

“The mood is much calmer,” said Villalobos, who thinks the marches are still an important show of political force.

In Los Angeles, a band playing salsa classics from the back of a truck led a march up Broadway. Demonstrators waved American flags and signs with messages such as “Stop deportations.”

“I’ve held the same job

for six years, but I don’t have papers,” said Mario Vasquez, a supermarket butcher who brought his two Chihuahuas.

“Immigration reform would help me and my family and for everybody here.”

In downtown Chicago, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin told thousands of demonstrators that America had a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to change immigration laws.

“We need to seize that opportunity,” said the Illinois Democrat, who is part of a bipartisan group of eight senators who introduced the legislation last month.

May Day rallies began in the United States in 2000 during a labor dispute with a restaurant in Los Angeles that drew several hundred demonstrators, said Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. Crowds grew each year until the House of Representatives passed a tough bill against illegal immigration, sparking a wave of enormous, angry protests from coast to coast in 2006.

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The rallies, which coincide with Labor Day in many countries outside the U.S., often have big showings from labor leaders and elected officials.

Demonstrators marched in countries around the world, with fury in Europe over austerity measures and rage in Asia over relentlessly low pay, the rising cost of living and hideous working conditions that have left hundreds dead in recent months alone.

The New York crowd was a varied bunch of labor groups, immigrant activists and demonstrators unaffiliated with any specific cause. Among them was 26-year-old Becky Wartell, who was carrying a tall puppet of the Statue of Liberty.

“Every May Day, more groups that have historically considered themselves separate from one another come together,” she said.

In Brea, a Los Angeles suburb, a small group opposed to the legislation stood on a freeway bridge waving signs at motorists. One read, “No Amnesty.”

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Larry McDonough Quartet to perform this weekend EMRE K. ERKU

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Whether it be a stranger casually strolling into an unassuming corner pub for a quick wet of the whistle, or people dressing up in their Sunday suits and dresses for a trip to the house of greater good, the Larry McDonough Quartet includes a group of musicians who are elated to perform for everyone, and everywhere they can.

With their twisted, wicked, but tasteful tweak on some of the best jazz pieces known to the world of Miles Davis lovers, LMQ transforms neighborhood bars and restaurants by day into film noir-esque jazz clubs by night. And on any given Sunday, they’ll take the form of mere angels to serenade the pin-drop acoustic space of churches.

The quartet, formed by University of Minnesota law professor Larry McDonough, includes Minnesota State Uni-

versity, Mankato’s very own professor of creative writing Richard Terrill, philosophy prof. Craig Matarrese, and drum instructor Chaz Draper.

All have come together to collaborate for some of the most interesting and original interpretations of jazz music.

But many can attest that the intent of much of jazz is taking old pieces and reshaping their non-vital organs, using the vital ones as base to steer the melody into different directions. This is true and why LMQ is so original: they’re scientists who reshape fantastic experiments into brand new ones.

“Miles Davis once said: ‘do not fear mistakes. There are none,’” says Terrill, dropping his jazz knowledge inside the very limited space of his Armstrong Hall office.

“With jazz, it’s going to be different every time.”

This is why LMQ takes classic pieces from legendary artists and bands such as George Gershwin, Dave

Grusin, and the more modern Led Zeppelin, uses them a frame, and decorates them so as they branch out in wild yet, understandable directions. By the time the quartet is finished with a piece, it is as if fans witnessed a completely new being in the making.

“It’s all about trust,” says Terrill, referring to the band

as a whole. “If it doesn’t fit, make it fit… I know that they’re going to be listening.”

McDonough also agrees that when you’re in a band that’s using pieces that run at a 4/4 tempo, while adjusting it to a 4/5 or vice versa, it’s imperative to know the characteristics of your members.

“If you play in a band

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together… know what they like,” said McDonough. “If someone drinks PBR and you say, ‘Let’s have a Guinness,’ they’ll then say, ‘What the hell are you talking about?’”

These are some of the challenges of performing a quartet. In order to fully converse with the audience and

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Iron Man 3 (May 3) – Marvel not only continues their unbroken streak of opening the summer movie season, but faces the daunting challenge of following up their end-all movie, The Avengers. Why not tackle it with

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the character that started it all?

Iron Man 3 sees the welcome return of Robert Downey Jr. as the armored Avenger he made so famous, as well as Gwynth Paltrow as Pepper Potts and Don Cheadle as Rhodey. New faces this time include Ben Kingsley as the sinister Mandarin, Guy Pearce as shifty scientist Aldrich

Killian and director Shane Black, who Downey has worked with in the past on the terrific Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.

Promising a fresh take on the universe, Iron Man 3 sees Tony Stark backed into a corner and pushed to use all his smarts to defeat his deadly new adversary. Color us excited, as if we weren’t already.

The Great Gatsby (May 10) – F. Scott Fitzgerald’s stuffy novel about wealth and the American dream in the Roaring Twenties gets a sleek update with big names and a somewhat modern twist.

Real life BFFs Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire star as the great one himself and his bond salesman pal, Nick, respectively.

This new adaption comes from the lavish mind of Moulin Rouge director Baz Luhrmann, so be well prepared for flashy colors and modern music selections. Why exactly The Great Gatsby needed a 3D conversion is anyone’s guess but all signs point to this being an interpreta-

tion like no other.

Star Trek Into Darkness (May 17) – It’s a scary time to be a member of Star Fleet. As the blockbuster sequel’s mysterious antagonist calmly states, “Darkness is coming.”

With minimal exceptions, people generally loved 2009’s Star Trek. But whereas that film had danger and adventure, Star Trek Into Darkness looks to be taking a much more serious turn.

Kirk, Spock, Uhura, Bones and the rest of the Enterprise crew look to be in a state of constant peril thanks to vengeance-driven terrorist “John Harrison,” played here by Benedict Cumberbatch, who has owned every second of screen presence in footage so far.

With the tension ratcheted up as well as the action, Star Trek Into Darkness looks to be nothing less than an awe-inspiring thrill ride. Darkness can’t come soon enough.

Much Ado About Nothing (June 7) – Shakespeare has the potential to be very dry and worn. With a mind like Joss Whedon behind the camera, it’s

hard to imagine anything like that being the case.

The fan favorite writer/director goes from one of the most massive movies ever to a black and white Shakespeare comedy adaption on a modest budget.

Whedon-ites can look forward to the filmmaker’s wit and appearances by his mainstays like Nathan Fillion, Fran Kranz and Clark Gregg to make this, much like Gatsby, an adaption all its own.

Man of Steel (June 14) – Up in the sky: it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a Superman movie people can be pumped for.

Man of Steel is quickly overcoming any hesitation to become one of this summer’s biggest draws. The teaming of director Zack Snyder with Christopher Nolan and David Goyer is interesting and full of promise. The noble tone established so far, along with a good dash of hope, rings true to this character and looks to provide a solid backdrop as the last son of Krypton ac-

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SUMMER MOVIES ”Despite its troublesome production schedule and the promise of more over-plotting from the duo who wrote the Pirates sequels, The Lone Ranger could turn out just like it looks: a lot of frantic fun.” continued from 15 cepts his role as Superman while facing off with General Zod. Hans Zimmer’s music in the trailer alone is enough to sell tickets but if the movie is as amazing as it looks, we could have a verifiable hit on our hands.

White House Down (June 29) – The younger child of the “White House siege” movies, White House Down is already looking to fare much better.

Not that Olympus Has Fallen was terrible but White House Down comes from a man who knows how to blow stuff up real good (Roland Emmerich), appears to have a budget that puts its competition to shame, stars two actors who couldn’t be more high on life right now (Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx and features the more intriguing concept of a home grown terrorist cell as antagonists rather than our go-to bad guys, the North Koreans.

What better way to celebrate our nation’s independence than by watching it be decimated?

The Lone Ranger (July 3) – When will Johnny Depp stop playing such serious, straightlaced characters?

Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski is teaming with Jerry Bruckheimer and Depp again to bring the Lone Ranger back to the big screen.

Footage of Armie Hammer as the Ranger and Depp as Tonto in action has been nothing short of crazy so far, with trains flying off the rails, caves exploding and horses climbing trees.

Despite its troublesome production schedule and the promise of more over-plotting from the duo who wrote the Pirates sequels, The Lone Ranger could turn out just like it looks: a lot of frantic fun.

Pacific Rim (July 12) – The guy who gave us Hellboy is delivering a movie about giant, human controlled robots fighting massive, inter-dimensional monsters, while the voice of Glados from Portal voices the robot’s AI. Yes, you read all that correctly.

Pacific Rim is a huge gamble.

The homage to Japanese pop cheese could click in a huge way with audiences or end up being as awkward as it could poten-

JAZZ QUARTET “It’s about being in that other place and being totally absorbed in the moment – that’s what the music does”

continued from 15 to allow the interpretations of the music to be comprehendible, a band must be able to conform to each other’s style while exploring the limitless options of new ones in the midst of performance.

No problem for LMQ – they’re mistake-proof. Realistically, they have been performing together long enough to know the exact temperature of each other’s body heat, which means that missed cues are like doors opening to new paths of exploration. Instead of negatively affecting the listeners, they guide them to greater frontiers.

“It’s about being in that other place and being totally absorbed in the moment – that’s what the music does,” Terrill says.

What also makes LMQ so distinct and unique is their ability to infuse their outside

lives into the wildly growing branches of their music. Terrill, a 2004 Minnesota Book Award winner, recites his poetry as a reflective accommodation to the music, and, as well, vice versa. McDonough uses his daughter as a major influence; Matarrese uses his love for the homegrown Cohen brothers’ film, The Big Lebowski; and Draper uses his trips to Minnesota’s Boundary Waters as another influence.

“Music is a reflection of you as a person,” said McDonough. “Its form can take you in those places.”

LMQ performs this weekend at The Wine Café, Sat. 8 p.m. – 301 North Riverfront Drive – as well as the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Mankato Sun. 10:20 a.m. – 937 Charles Avenue.

tially be. Here’s hoping that undeserved Transformers interest rubs off in its favor.

The Wolverine (July 26) – The winner of the X-Men popularity contest is getting another shot at a solo project, this time hopefully minus X-Men Origins: Wolverine’s trademark awfulness.

While it’s difficult to get hopes truly high for another Wolverine movie, this new story from James Mangold, director of Walk the Line and 2007’s 3:10 to Yuma, looks to put the focus squarely on Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine. There are not nearly as many mutants to be thrown away or wasted as there were before.

Instead, The Wolverine puts Logan practically alone in a new, different environment (Japan) and robs him of his healing powers. With any luck and if the footage is to be believed, there is a chance this could be the edgy Wolverine movie we wanted from the start.

Elysium (August 9) – District 9 was an unexpected shot in the arm for 2009’s anemic summer lineup, in August no less.

Elysium looks to continue that phenomenon.

Neill Blomkamp follows up his sci-fi hit with another world in disrepair and full of commentary. In 2154, the wealthiest of society have left Earth to live on Elysium, a space station paradise

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orbiting the planet, while the rest are left to suffer and die on the decrepit planet. With immigration laws being enforced to the max, one man goes on a dangerous mission to enter the colony in order to receive medical supplies and starts an all out battle royale against Elysium’s security forces.

Sci-fi is at its best when making social statements and wealth inequality is a topic worth discussing. August usually never stacks up against the other summer months but if any movie breaks the mold, it would be one like this.

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Upcoming Summer Hip-Hop Releases KATIE FEIND

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In the upcoming months, a number of releases in the hip-hop world are worthy of recognition. Whether you’re a fan of mainstream, independent, club, trap or whatever category it may be, I’m confident that at least one of these releases will interest you and could turn into your summer jam.

As far as staying up on my hip-hop, I like to use DJ Booth’s website. They have a nice selection of mainsteam as well as up-and-coming music and have a convenient playlist feature that takes zero effort

to operate and gives a good rotation of new songs. Besides that, Twitter is a useful resource in finding new music, local and nationally.

Talib Kweli is preparing for the release of Prisoner of Conscious, his long delayed fifth studio album. The LP will feature previously released singles “Push Thru” and “Upper Echelon,” with guests on his album including Kendrick Lamar, Curren$y, Miguel and Busta Rhymes.

On May 21st, rapper French Montana will release Excuse My French, an album that he is hoping will see positive results after releasing 25 free mixtapes in the past six years that he’s been established. Although I don’t

consider French “quality” rap, I can still vibe to his song “Pop That” which will be featured on the upcoming 17-track LP, produced by Mike WiLL Made It. Guests that join him on the new album include 2 Chainz, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne.

Reportedly upcoming via various online music sources, Meek Mill will come out with Dreamchasers 3, a sequel to his first two Dreamchasers tapes. An educated guess would predict Meek’s typical produced instrumentals, with his notorious sound and MMG affiliates, still bangers I’m sure, but one hit wonders.

I’m most excited about Nipsey Hussle’s upcoming

TV Line: 50 years of Doctor Who

ANDREW SIMON

staff writer

The Doctor turns the big five-oh this year and to mark the anniversary show runner Steven Moffat is seeing to it that Doctor Who delivers weekly with the best of sci-fi entertainment. Now a worldwide phenomenon, pouring out from the U.K. and into the U.S. with fever (look to the displays at Hot Topic and Barnes & Noble for further proof), the British series about a 1,200-year old alien traveling through all of time and space with a brilliant companion is at the height of its popularity. Reaching the end of its seventh series run (or for technicalities sake, its thirty-fifth season since 1963), Doctor Who is still brimming with unpredictable plot twists, extravagant sets and otherworldly sights and creatures, time travel shenanigans that would leave even the most enthusiastic Back to the Future fan’s head scrambled, and

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that never ending sense of awe, wonder and absolute fun.

Series seven was given a simple directive – each episode is something new and unique, a different genre explored every week, with titles and ideas grandly cinematic and in your face (e.g. “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship,” a clear shout-out to Snakes on a Plane, featuring nothing other than dinosaurs on a spaceship). But whereas the series has succeeded in embracing the Feature of the Week format, it’s also presented a deeply emotional goodbye to two fan favorite characters, and ignited several mysteries in the fabric of the series that can’t possibly be guessed.

The first five episodes of the season, debuted in September 2012 and were the last for Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill), the Doctor’s friends and companions for the last three years. As The

Doctor (Matt Smith) and his gang confronted his biggest enemy, the Daleks, in the asylum; witnessed the slow, year-long invasion of the cubes on earth; fought a revenge-driven cyborg in the Old West, and freed dinosaurs on a spaceship from enslavement, it was all leading to the brilliant, teary-eyed farewell in “The Angels take Manhattan.” The Weeping Angels, the cleverest, creepiest creation of Moffat in 2008, are stone statues when one is looking at them, but turn your eyes away – if one so much as blinks – and they turn into creatures faster than the eye can see and, as the saying goes, lights out.

Filled with time travel paradoxes, emotional goodbyes, fakeouts, comedy, and sheer terror, the Ponds farewell was expertly crafted. Ultimately, the first half of series seven suffered from rushed climaxes and packed little emotion, but all was remedied with one stellar episode. With the Ponds gone, Who has conjured its two biggest mysteries yet. In the series seven premiere, “Asylum of the Daleks,” The Doctor meets Oswin Oswald (JennaLouise Coleman), a computer whiz trapped on the Dalek planet with no escape, only to discover that she had died years before, but her consciousness was trapped in the Dalek mainframe.

Fast forward to the Christmas special, “The Snowman,” set in Victorian London where The Doctor meets Clara Oswald

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mixtape, the final installment in The Marathon mixtape series.

Titled TM3: Victory Lap, Nipsey postponed the release in late 2012 and the anticipation builds while fans anxiously await. I was hooked to his music by his tape from 2010, The Marathon, with songs like “Blue Laces,” “Love,” and “7 Days A Week”.

The Marathon Continues followed, including some of my favorites, “The Mansion,” “10 Toes,” and “Rose Clique.”

Minnesota’s own Rocky Diamonds is ready to release Artofficial on May 7th. It’s always fun to see a Minnesota native on the come-up, and Rocky Diamonds continues to establish himself in new zip codes, repping the Twin Cities. On an

XXL interview, he expressed how he won’t change for fame, and takes pride in being himself.

“I feel like artists change when they make it to the big stage. My music will grow, I’m only 19 years old, my life is just starting and I want my fans to witness it all,” he said. And it’s true, his songs follow his life and situations while throwing on a beat that bangs. Check out his song with Fly Henderson, “Liv.Love.Fly,” “Day One,” and “Drivin’ Wit Out Eyes Closed” off the Diamond Life mixtape.

In late June, some releases I’m excited for are those by J. Cole and Wale. J. Cole’s recent hit “Power Trip” has

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An Editor’s Thought: A Final Farewell EMRE K. ERKU

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Well, ladies and gentleman of the Maverick student body, the time has come for yours truly to present the last edition of the infamous Editor’s Thought.

Since my graduation lingers in the near future, there shall be no more incorrigible buffoonery by the tip of my wicked pen, and the critics and policy makers out there can once again begin to breathe easy.

Actually, it’s the contrary: I’m off to plague another scale of audiences with my unprecedented wit and debauchery for years to come. Never will there be a time in our generation that my words will cease to echo through a community and brighten the day of young passers-by in this ever-so crazy world of ours. Empty pages need me and I need money, and this cruel place doesn’t have enough muscle to get rid of such a writer starving for success…

Okay, enough with the borderline psychotic rant, Mr. Erku – get back to the point. Over the years of bleeding purple and gold at this University, I have learned a few things along the way. While this institution has

attempted to mold me into a fine young aspiring product in search of a true identity, there are things here that I will never forget.

First, from the carpeted halls of Crawford dormitory to the beer stained wooden floors of Blue Bricks Bar & Eatery, anywhere makes for a comfortable slumber while under the influence of shotguns of Pabst’s Blue Ribbon and slammers of Black Velvet. I don’t necessarily condone this heavy lifestyle – liver failure is quite immanent, bad grades ensue and, at times, you act like a real prick – but there are social benefits to it.

I cannot count how many friends I made by offering strangers beer on all parts of the Blue Earth County grid. What a peace pipe is for Natives, beer is for college students. It is a sign of friendship, trust and courteousness. If one fails to offer a beer, he or she is either shy, or doesn’t possess any manners what so ever. Seriously, think, how many times can you remember gaining friends because of alcohol? Chances are: many times, my friend, many times.

Second, at any given time during my stay here at Minnesota State University, Mankato,

there would be as much as two or three things on my mind: Women, beer, pizza and…women, beer, pizza and…women, beer, pizza…

Don’t judge me.

Gentlemen, I’m almost certain this sequence of thought befouls your minds at least fifty times a day (I hope, or maybe I’m just crazy). Lectures can be nail-bitters when all you want to do is eat Dominoes deep dish and chase girls. Therefore it is absolutely remarkable that anyone ever graduates from this place. Don’t get me wrong, our programs and students are some of the brightest in the country, but this institution is home to one of the greatest party schools in the country. And that’s not a bad thing, Mavericks. There have been so many occurrences in which students find it easier to graduate a Gopher instead of a Maverick just because we balance an exhausting curriculum with high levels of fun, and they can’t.

We are troopers, people. It goes to show that no matter how hectic things can get, we prevail.

I’d go as far to say that our school is one of the toughest, most hard nosed institutions in this great country of ours.

We study, we party, and we graduate.

Now, Mavericks, it’s time for the final farewell. I must leave you forever, but in order to do so, I must leave on this note: This time is college has been, and will be, some of the most glorious days of my life. I thank

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everyday I was here. And one day, when I’m looking back on my life, I will be blinded by the bright light that once was…

Once again, this has been another Editor’s Thought with Emre K. Erku. I will forever love you MSU. Cheers to the world.

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Thursday, May 2, 2013 DR. WHO “Doctor Who is still brimming with unpredictable plot twist, extravagent sets and otherworldly sights” continued from 17 (Coleman), a charismatic governess who runs into danger, and she, too, dies. Determined to find the Girl Twice Dead, The Doctor finds her in present-day London, with no idea who he is or of their past encounters. Resolved to answer the mystery surrounding this impossible girl, Clara joins The Doctor onboard his time machine, the TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space), leading to a whole other mystery, one that has been playing since the very first episode, one that seems to be itching closer to the light of day.

While the first five episodes led to the end of the Ponds, these final eight are heading towards answering that question, culminating in the finale, “The Name of The Doctor.” Before then, however, the series has delivered such gems in this back half of the series, such as The Doctor and Clara on a Russian submarine during the Cold War as an Martian warrior is unleashed on the crew, aliens in the wi-fi taking control of peoples bodies; a planetary, volcanic god threatening to destroy all of time, an unconventional ghost story, and the return of The Doctor’s other big bad foes, the Cybermen.

This series has excelled at the high concept ideas but still suffers from rushed plotting and endings, leading to unsatisfactory – but still wholly enjoyable –episodes. Instead of the wise, old man The Doctor has been portrayed, Moffat and Smith have bumped up the clown-y, madman aspect that makes him appealing for the wider audience, but lose the gravitas of the character. For a mostly uneven season, there still are quite a lot of gems, such as the Asylum episode, the ghost story with a twist, and the villainous snowmen that plot to end the world.

Doctor Who is still appointment television, but for all its brilliance, it’s playing a balancing game between being a carefree, fun story and a dark, complex character piece.

Yet for its small faults, these episodes must be enjoyed.

Whoians fans are no strangers to waiting, and unfortunately, another break is on the horizon.

Series seven completes mid-May, then there’s the 50th anniversary special in November, with The Doctor and Clara joining forces with his tenth incarnation (David Tennant) as they battle the Zygons, and after that, there’s another year-long wait for series eight. As series seven winds down, two questions must be answered: who or what is Clara?

And the most important of all: Doctor Who?

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HIP-HOP RELEASES “If you’re going to be in the Twin Cities, there’s an abundance of nightlife, shows, and events that can fill your summer with sound and energy” continued from 17 been climbing the charts, and knowing him, his next album Born Sinner will be quality. In November, Cole said he feels this album will be better than his debut Cole World: The Sideline Story, due to the freedom he had when creating this one.

Wale’s Ambition got my attention, increasingly putting him on my radar since. His

upcoming release on the 25th is titled The Gifted and Wale says he wants it to be the soundtrack to his fans’ summer. His teaser video for The Gifted includes a compilation of footage showing ‘greats’ in athletics, music and innovation, and states.

“I want this forever. I want to be one of the best. Whoever you think is the best of all time,

I want you to put my name next to his. If not right now, then in a couple years.”

Hopefully this selection of upcoming releases gets you even more stoked for summer than you already are. If you’re going to be in the Twin Cities, there’s an abundance of nightlife, shows and events that can fill your summer with sound and energy.

If you’re into hip-hop and the like, Be Scene MPLS’ website posts a weekly list of events tailored for our music tastes, along with local releases at bescenempls.com or on Twitter at @ BeSceneMpls. Have a safe and enjoyable summer, Mavs!

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Mavericks take two against Concordia St. Paul in their last home series Starters T.J. Larson and Josh Matheson impressed all with dazzling displays on the mound as MSU’s final doubleheader at the MSU Baseball Complex ending with two victories for the Mavericks Concordia St. Paul No. 23/12 MSU

REECE HEMMESCH

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In their final doubleheader of their conference schedule, the Minnesota State University, Mankato baseball team closed out their NSIC campaign with two big wins over Concordia St. Paul to move their record to 20-4 in conference play and 31-8 overall.

The no. 23/12 might have won Tuesday’s games by clips of 8-1 and 9-0 with a heavy display of offense once again, but the name of the game was pitching against the Golden Bears as MSU’s two starters, TJ Larson and Josh Matheson, shined in their performances to lead MSU to victory.

Larson would get the start in game one, his sixth of the year as he improved his record to 6-0 with the win.

MSU got on the board in the first inning with a single from sophomore Nolan Johnson, which scored junior Scott Lindner to give the Mavs a 1-0 lead. The Mavericks would add three more in the third inning off of back-to-back hit batters from CU pitcher Zach Rengel, which brought in a run apiece for MSU. Junior Todd Standish would fly out to center field to bring another off of a sacrifice fly to give MSU a 4-0 lead.

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The Mavericks would get one more in the fourth when freshman Taylor Branstad reached on an error to score a run. Johnson followed that up with a bases-clearing double in the fifth to give MSU an 8-0 lead and put the game away early.

Larson would go five and twothirds innings with the win, giving up one run on six hits while walking three. Junior Chris Williams came in to finish off the Golden Bears in the top of the sixth and senior Tony Vocca put CU away in the seventh with a three-up three-down inning.

Johnson would lead MSU offensively going 3-3 in game one of the doubleheader, knocking in four runs and scoring one of his own; Johnson now leads MSU hitters in batting average on the season, hitting .379 with three games left to play. The man right behind him in the B.A. category, Connor McCallum (.369), would go 2-4 in game one with two runs scored of his own as MSU posted 11 hits to get the win.

Game two would see a fresh face for MSU, as freshman Josh Matheson took the mound for his first career start in a Mavericks uniform. Matheson had been previously used out of the bullpen nine times this season, but was given a

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start as MSU’s regular pitching staff continued to rest from the weekend’s bouts against Wayne State.

Needless to say, Matheson used his first start to his advantage, going six strong innings for the purple and gold and giving up just one hit in the process, a single to Concordia ninehitter Alex LaPorte, to break up the no-hit bid in the sixth inning.

The game would be scoreless through four until MSU crossed the plate in the fifth off a throwing error

by CU first baseman Ellliot Powell, which scored senior Lucas Skjefte to give the Mavericks a 1-0 lead.

That score would remain until the eighth inning when the Mavericks opened up the floodgates to completely drown the Golden Bears and end their NSIC crusade on a high note. Lindner began the inning with a single, followed up by an RBI double from Junior Parker Sullivan to give the Mavericks a little bit of insurance in the late innings, but they wouldn’t be done yet.

Johnson then reached on an error after consecutive hit batsmen again which brought in Sullivan and pinch runner Cory Glieden, followed up by a two-RBI single from Skjefte,

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shannon rathmanner • msu reporter Sophomore Nolan Johnson currently leads all MSU hitters with a .379 batting average on the season. The Maverickw will play Truman State this weekend in their final series of the regular season before they head to St. Cloud for the conference tournament.

MSU track and field in the bulk of their outdoor season

JOEY DENTON

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When the weather started to warm up, so did the Minnesota State University, Mankato men’s track and field team as they competed in some of their bigger meets during the regular season.

This past weekend, the squad headed down south for arguably the biggest collegiate meet in the country at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.

“It was probably the most outstanding Drake Relays in general,” Head Coach Mark Schuck said.

In front of about 17,000 fans, the Mavericks 4X200-meter relay

team broke the school record with a first place finish at 1:25.04. The team consisted of senior Nicholas Nelson, juniors Jerrell Hancock and Cormono Lane, and sophomore Anthony Gustafson.

But those four weren’t done yet.

The next day they decided to break another school record in the 4X100meter relay. With a time of 40.16, the squad brought home another gold for the weekend.

In the field events, junior Keyvan Rudd finished third in the high jump after jumping 2.12-meters, and junior David Percill brought home first place in the triple jump with a meet record of 13.97-meters.

After the team was done jumping

out of the stadium, the Mavericks also brought one of the best throwers in Division II in junior Chris Reed.

The Omaha, Neb. native had a field day at the Drake Relays, no pun intended, with a first-place finish in the shot put with a 17.95-meter throw. That toss was also a new stadium and meet record. Reed also got silver in the hammer throw and qualified for nationals after tossing it 54.82-meters.

Once the team came home, most of the team got a little breather, but not seniors Tandy Juell and Robert Gunderson. Those two headed to Aberdeen, SD. for the NSIC Multi meet where Juell took the crown with 6,926 points. He took first in

three events: pole vault (4.65-meters), throw. In the discus, senior Grant Luer qualified for nationals after javelin throw (53.31-meters) and throwing the discus 55.84-meters to discus throw (41.88-meters). give him a first-place finish.

Gunderson finished in fourth In the sprints, the squad took place with 6,102 points with his best both the 100-meter dash and 200finishes in the 110-meter hurdles meter dash with Nelson taking first(15.50) and right behind Juell in the place after running a 10.73, and Lane pole vault (4.55-meters).

On Tuesday night, the Mavericks finished second right behind him with his career-best time of 10.75. hosted their second meet since the Lane would find another event to run new outdoor track was built in 2011. in nationals as he ran a provisional Reed continued his provisional qualifying time of 21.34 in the 200qualifying streak with another event after throwing 52.45-meters in the meter dash. discus, earning him second place. He In Schuck’s eyes, this group of men has set themselves apart from would also go on and take the other three throwing events after throwing his many previous teams, and it is 17.00-meters in the shot put and 58.53-meters in the hammer MSU Track & Field / page 23

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MSU softball earns top seed heading into the NSIC tournament The no. 19 Mavericks finished the regular season with a 34-10 overall record and 19-5 conference record to earn the top bid.

ble 1.000 slugging percentage.

The Mavericks, who lost game one to UMD 2-1, went The no. 19 Minnesota State on to win game two 8-0.

The UMD series was MSU’s University, Mankato Maveronly home games played this icks softball team earns top season due to Minnesota’s seed for the Northern Sun unpredictable weather.

Intercollegiate Conference “Playing a home game was tournament.

The Mavericks are fresh off great. The energy was awesome, it felt good to play in five victories of their last six front of our fans on our home NSIC games, ultimately leadfield,” Erickson said. ing to their top seed birth.

“We knew that we had to MSU swept the University sweep or split with Duluth to of Sioux Falls in two games get the top seed,” Erickson on Thursday, split the twosaid. game series with the UniverSenior shortstop Abby Sonsity of Minnesota, Duluth ner was also a big leader on Saturday and swept St. Cloud State Sunday. the offensive side of Catcher Lindsay the field for MSU this Erickson was a big past weekend. Sonner contributor for the posted a .545 batting Mavericks in their fiaverage while earning nal six games. In that 12 hits and four RBIs. span, Erickson held a “It was so great to finally have a home .526 batting average while posting 10 hits, Lindsay Erickson game. I think it gave us a spark that we will three of them home carry with us through runs, eight RBIs, five the conference tournament,” runs scored and two walks Sonner said. while maintaining an incrediADAM PIERSON

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McKelvogue is 19-7 on “After our regular season the season with a 1.45 ERA I think we have a very solid and has pitched 154.2 innings lineup. Our pitching staff gets striking out 127, 42 of the job done and our them looking. hitting lineup is scary.

Lauterbach is 10-2 We also have a very with a 2.25 ERA and solid defensive lineup. has pitched 87 innings I think our biggest this season. strength is that we “One of our have different people strengths is our leaderstepping up every ship. Our upperclassgame,” Sonner said.

Abby Sonner men take underclassMSU is made up of men under their wing seasoned athletes who and make sure they know have leadership qualities both on and off the field. One stand what is going on,” McKelout for the Mavericks is senior vogue said.

The Mavericks’ head coach, Lauryn Morris.

Lori Meyer, has coached MSU “Morris is an outstanding for the past 28 years, coachleader. She has an extraordiing in more than 1,500 games nary presence in the box and and winning more than 900 of does a good job setting the tone as leadoff,” Sonner said. them.

“Morris has stepped up and “The tournament will be has became our vocal leader tough, we will have to play on and off the field. She is well to win. Everyone wants to always taking control of the beat the top seed,” Meyer said. team,” Erickson said.

“We have to focus on finSenior Courtney McKelishing the game, we have let vogue and sophomore Brittany teams come back and score on Lauterbach have led MSU us in late innings. When we from the circle this season. have the lead in sixth or sev-

enth innings, we need to keep it,” Meyer said.

Round one of the NSIC tournament will start Thursday. MSU will play the winner of no. 9 the University of Mary or no. 10 St. Cloud at 2 p.m.

MSU is 3-0 against the 2724 team, 12-12 in the NSIC, St. Cloud this season and hasn’t played the 24-17, 13-11 in the NSIC, U-Mary.

Who MSU plays isn’t going to be part of their pre-game preparations.

“Either is fine, (St. Cloud U-Mary) we have to beat them all to win,” Meyer said.

Luckily for the NSIC teams who haven’t spent much time outside this spring, all games will be played inside at Rochester Community and Technical College’s Regional Stadium in Rochester, Minn.

“We look forward to taking care of business this weekend,” Meyer said.

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followed by a smacked double to left field from junior Mike Andries which scored Skjefte, and ended by Standish with an RBI single to bring the score to its final clip of 9-0.

Skjefte’s 2-2 performance with two RBIs and two runs scored would be the deciding factor for MSU. Standish also added two hits and RBI as seven Mavericks tallied hits in game two, sending the Golden Bears back to the Twin Cities with no wins and dropping them to ninth in the NSIC, a spot which would yield no postseason if Concordia remains there after their season-ending series with Upper Iowa.

For the Mavericks, it was all about boosting the confidence of the squad even further. They have now scored 104 runs in their past 10 games, a statistic good enough for any squad, let alone MSU, who has one of the top pitching cores in all of the NSIC. The two victories also bring forth the possibility of Matheson in a starting role as the Mavericks are about to head into postseason play.

Since the loss of junior Tyler Ockuly to injury, MSU has been looking for that final guy in the rotation, which they might have found with Matheson if he can keep doing what he did yesterday.

Postseason college baseball tends to be more of a quantity over quality mentality when it comes to pitching, as teams battle in 6-7 games in a few-days span. Moving Matheson to a starting role could be crucial for MSU who already has three solid starters and a vast amount of depth out of the bullpen.

Let’s not forget last season when MSU used their dispensable bullpen to their advantage in the conference tournament where it was quite obvious towards the end of their two-game championship with St. Cloud State that the Mavericks had the pitching lead that led them to a conference tourney championship.

Rounding out their NSIC schedule at a 20-4 mark means the

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Mavericks will remain in second place of the conference where their .833 win percentage will keep them right behind conference-leading St. Cloud State.

Next on tap The Mavericks now travel to Kirksville, Mo. over the weekend to take on Truman State, a member of the MIAA and the central region.

The games obviously have no effect on the NSIC standings, but three victories for the Mavericks means three more in-region victories; a stat looked at when it comes to seeding’s of the regional tournament, where MSU is currently 24-7.

Truman State enters the bout 1234 on the season with virtually no shot of taking home the MIAA and advancing to the regional tournament. If the Mavericks can secure a couple victories in the weekend, it should help them move up in the regional rankings, where Central Missouri of the MIAA currently holds down the top spot.

If the Mavericks can do that and perform well enough to take the conference tournament for the second year in a row, there is no reason that MSU and Franklin Rogers Park could not be the host for the central region tournament, a huge advantage for the squad in their stacked region.

Desk clearing Jason Hoppe’s performance Saturday on the mound Saturday versus Wayne State has not gone unnoticed, as the pitcher has racked up a few big recognitions for his display. He was named the NSIC pitcher of the week Tuesday for his complete game, 14-strikeout shutout against the Wildcats and was named the National Pitcher of the Week Wednesday by d2baseballnews. com. Hoppe has gone 23 straight innings on the hill without giving up a run and leads the NSIC in strikeouts, while finishing second in the ERA department behind Chris Kubitz of SCSU.

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MSU Track and Field continued from 21 not just because it’s his last “This team is really an exceptional group for really training hard and taking ownership of their events and just being empowered to do what it takes to perform at a high level,” Schuck said.

The women’s track and field team also competed on the blue track in the Drake Relays. With freshman Rachel Lindquist, junior Zevin Carter, and seniors Danielle Jones and Anni Dahl, the 4X100 relay team finished twentieth overall after running it in 49.30 seconds. The distance medley team finished sixteenth with a time of 12:47.26 with sophomores Halee Petersons and Bonnie Pickford, senior Kate Sanft and junior Jessie DeJong.

The field event athletes made their way to Indianola, Iowa for the Kip Janvrin Open. Sophomore Anna Veroeven jumped 11.60-meters in the triple jump, earning her third place. In the hammer throw, sophomore Morgan Stampley finished tenth with a 45.96-meter toss.

Senior Moriah Miller made her way up to Aberdeen, SD for the NSIC Outdoor Multi Championships and was the top Maverick with her tenth place finish. In her 3908 points, Miller had her best finish in the javelin throw with a 30.72-meter throw.

The women’s team also had some first place finishes at the MSU Twilight meet on Tuesday. Senior Danielle Jones had two of them with a 12.36 finish in the 100-meter dash and 25.36 in the 200-meter dash.

Pickford finished right behind her in both events.

In the 400-meter hurdles the Mavericks had the first three finishers with freshman Jenni Vanttinen leading the way with a 66.29 time, junior Heather Tobias was second in 69.27, and sophomore Alexis Dickens was right behind her for third in 69.97.

In the field, Sophomore Gerae Stack took third in the long jump after leaping 5.10-meters. Veroeven also came in second but in the triple jump with a 11.46-meter jump. As far as throwers, the best finish was

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This is men’s track and field head coach Mark Schuck’s last season here before retirement. It has so far been a memorable season not only with all of the school records and first-place finishes, but with the

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Wild lose thriller in OT in game one against the Blackhawks The Minnesota Wild showed some hope for their series against the Blackhawks as they took game one of the divisional round of the NHL playoffs.

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BASEBALL NSIC

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

Conf. OVR. 16-2 28-6 20-4 31-8 14-5 20-13 17-7 32-16 17-7 25-13 11-9 11-23 12-10 21-17 13-13 18-22 9-9 16-14 8-14 13-23-1 6-12 15-18-1 5-11 13-20 7-16 14-23 2-16 10-22 1-23 1-36

SOFTBALL NSIC

School Conf. OVR. Minnesota Duluth 19-5 39-11 MAVERICKS 19-5 34-10 Winona State 17-5 32-10 Minot State 18-6 36-7 Upper Iowa 15-7 28-14 Augustana 17-9 30-13 Wayne State 17-9 26-14 Concordia St. Paul 15-9 28-14 U-Mary 13-11 24-17 St. Cloud State 12-12 27-24 Northern State 11-13 19-23 SW Minnesota State 12-16 19-21 Sioux Falls 10-18 15-27 MSU Moorhead 5-23 7-36 Bemidji State 2-28 8-39 Minnesota Crookston 2-28 3-38

What a way to start the playoffs: The Minnesota Wild fell to the Chicago Blackhawks in a heated overtime bout 2-1 Tuesday, in a game that even Wild fans will be able to look back on with some sense of positivity.

The first period started off with a bang for the Wild when winger Cal Clutterbuck was able to score early, putting the 8-seeded Minnesota squad up 1-0 early on Patrick Kane and the heavily favored Blackhawks.

It didn’t take long for the Hawks to respond. Almost immediately following the intermission of the first period, veteran winger Marian Hossa was able to tie up the game. From there, one of, if not the most competitive game 1s of the 2013 playoffs ensued.

While a goal was not scored in the third period, it can be argued that it was the most exciting period of the bout.

In overtime, a goal from Bryan Bickell ultimately gave the 2010 Stanley Cup champs the win in game 1, but it was clear that the Wild weren’t going to go without a fight.

The Blackhawks were able to continue to uphold their reputation as a fun, fast-paced team with crisp passing and solid team chemistry. Their speed on the ice isn’t matched by anyone, and the Wild are no exception.

What the Wild were able to demonstrate was their ability to ward off shots and play solid defense throughout and for the most part, control the tempo of the game catered to them.

Jason Zucker’s speed on the ice got him a few of the best opportunities for the Wild and that same speed helped draw a couple penalties throughout the game.

The defensive play of Jared Spurgeon was highlighted throughout the game and his hustle and a solid seven blocked shots helped immensely, considering the last-minute in-

WOMEN’S TENNIS NSIC

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

Conf. OVR. 12-0 21-3 10-1 17-6 10-2 17-12 9-3 10-9 7-4 9-5 6-6 6-15 6-6 7-7 6-6 7-10 3-8 3-10 3-9 3-10 2-10 3-12 2-10 3-13 0-11 1-13

web photo Zach Parise and the rest of the first-liners of the Minnesota Wild will have to start generating more offense if the team hopes to get past the Chicago Blackhawks in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

jury to goaltender Nicholas Backstrom.

Even in Backstrom’s absence, backup Josh Harding was able to come in and do some of his best work in years. He compiled a total of 37 saves and only gave up two shots, in a game that included an overtime period which gave him plenty of work to do.

Along with Backstrom, Minnesota was without the recently-acquired forward Jason Pominville. He missed his third straight

game due to issues from a concussion he suffered after receiving an elbow to the head in a game against the Los Angeles Kings. His odds of returning for game 2 are favorable but not certain.

The game marked the third time in four bouts this season where a game has been decided by just one goal and the second time of those four that resulted in an overtime to make the final decision.

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