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Making healthy lifestyles easier

Nutrition clubs help to boost Mankato’s energy ELENA SHUFELT

JENNY POLLOCK

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Minnesota State professor Dr. Kathleen T. Blue is hosting a two-day Crime Scene Recovery Workshop.

Law enforcement, emergency medical personnel, coroners, MSU students and members of the public are invited to participate.

The workshop is Aug. 12 and 13. Blue, a biological anthropologist, will teach the workshop. She has analized human remains both modern and ancient in Minnesota for more than 10 years.

Participants in the workshop will learn how to use proper methods to investigate a crime scene where human bone may be present. This will include recovering and preserving evidence.

Amanda Hirmer, who took the workshop a few years ago, said “The first day you’re in a classroom and [Blue] goes over the information that is relevant to a crime scene. The second day you’re out in the field. She has grounds crew bury plastic skeletons.”

Participants will also learn how to tell if bones are human or animal, how to conduct a site survey, how to handle and preserve skeletal material, map skeletal remains, excavate and collect bone.

“The workshop gave me a hands-on experience. The only thing it didn’t have are the smells. You need to be able to deal with the smell of a dead body to be in this field,” Hirmer said.

According to Hirmer, a Masters or a PhD. in forensic

anthropology is needed to work on a crime scene.

Television shows such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Bones and Law and Order are not realistic.

“That’s nothing what it’s about. They show DNA being processed in 20 minutes. It’s much longer than that — it could take up to a month,” Hirmer said.

The workshop costs $450 and includes all materials and lunch both days of the workshop. Undergraduate students will get one credit for participating. The workshop also offers graduate credit and continuing education credit hours. A block of rooms have been reserved at AmericInn for out-of-town participants.

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news editor Hidden among the variety of restaurants and beauty salons of University Square, sits a type of club that is a fairly new concept to the city of Mankato. It offers energy, relief and well-being that many students and community members are unfamiliar with.

Synergy is a nutrition club just around the corner from Cold Stone Creamery.

Nutrition clubs have popped up all over the United States in the last few years, with many cities having more than just a couple. Synergy opened March 15, and is co-owned by Chad Hacker, Angie Casteel and Devan Willour. Hacker said Synergy’s focus is to help people lose, gain and maintain weight. It does this through daily memberships, wellness evaluations and weight-loss challenges.

Hacker said the club has over 30 flavors of smoothies that are high in nutrition but low in calories. Flavors like cookies ‘n cream and cake batter don’t make a health shake sound so bad.

A daily membership to the club costs $6 and includes a 16 oz. meal replacement smoothie, 16 oz. energy tea and an aloe shot. So just by walking in the door and placing an order, a person becomes a member for a day. After that, it’s each

individual’s choice if they want to return or not because a daily membership doesn’t require future commitment.

“When you leave your membership is over,” Hacker said.

Synergy does have student memberships that allow students to purchase prepaid cards to use at the club.

“When the students come back we go down [in price] because we realize that students work in $20 bill increments, so we make it much more doable for them,” Hacker said.

Wellness evaluations determine what each individual’s needs are. Hacker said Herbalife products can help with everything from headaches to sleep deprivation.

The wellness evaluations are free and take 30 minutes on average.

Synergy has weight loss challenges throughout the year that range from eight to 12 weeks and include a nutrition course. Hacker said on average the winners of these challenges lose about 10 to 12 percent of their weight. The challenges do have an entry fee, but the winners do receive their entry fee back.

While Synergy is not a franchise, it does use the Herbalife products that many

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wale agboola• msu reporter Synergy co-owner Devan Willour stands by the variety of Herbalife products used in the shakes and teas served at the nutrition club.

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Alcohol sweep New restaurant brings cites businesses intrigue to community

Six Mankato businesses caught Tokyo Sushi & Hibachi fills Japanese food void selling alcohol to underagers with a menu that has something for everyone to a potential gross misdemeanor DAN BOETTCHER

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Six Mankato businesses have been cited for selling alcohol to minors after a recent sweep of compliance checks According to the May 26 issue of The Free Press — three on-sale establishments — Blue Bricks, Red Sky Lounge and Neighbor’s Italian Restaurant — and three off-sale businesses — Happy Dan’s in the Village East mall, Walgreen’s on S. Front St. and The Wine Rack — failed the checks.

During a period between the last week of April and the first week of May, four underage people worked in conjunction with the Mankato Police Department in an attempt to purchase alcohol from 46 area businesses. If alcohol was obtained, an investigator entered to explain the potential civil and criminal consequences to the employees on duty, The Free Press reported.

Matt DuRose, Mankato Police Department detective commander, explained that the sweep was part of a grant through the Minnesota Institute of Public Health that required the same businesses be checked twice. The first check occurred in October when only one business failed, and it was not one of the businesses that failed this time.

While the employees who sold the alcohol can be criminally charged, businesses face the prospect of civil charges or sanctions from the city. The individuals involved are subject

for selling alcohol to an underage person, DuRose said.

Chris Rovney, assistant Blue Earth County attorney, filed charges in two of these cases. The suspects are facing up to one year in jail and/or a maximum fine of $3,000, he said.

The businesses in question are facing civil action from the Mankato City Attorney’s Office. However, the city council makes the final decision on the potential revocation of a liquor license, DuRose said.

Mike Baumann, owner of The Wine Rack, described his encounter with an underage female working with the police.

“I thought she had been in here before,” he said. “I haven’t had a violation in six years. I should have been a little more adamant [in checking her I.D].”

An employee from The Neighbor’s, who wished to remain anonymous, commented on the fallout from their compliance failure.

He said an “employee failed to do her job” and “she was fired immediately.”

DuRose said he just submitted a grant application for future alcohol-compliance sweeps. In general, the sweeps are targeted for times when they can make the most impact, more specifically, when college classes are in full swing.

“I would prefer it if nobody failed. We want everybody to pass,” DuRose said. “It’s a simple thing [to check someone’s ID].”

SHEKA MANSARAY

staff writer In the midst of an economic downturn that has thrown Mankato businesses and restaurants into one of the hardest times in memory, Tokyo Sushi and Hibachi opened to a clamoring of area interest.

Located on Adams Street across from the River Hills Mall, Tokyo Sushi and Hibachi opened May 23. Jackie Chen, manager of the flag-draped Japanese establishment, explained that, boiled down, it was public encouragement that brought the restaurant about.

Chen’s inspiration for opening the restaurant came from a family in Mankato.

“It was a family who told my mother and father that there had not been a Japanese restaurant open in Mankato for years,” he said.

Chen’s family has been in the restaurant business for more than 30 years, originally opening places in South Dakota. After his family was approached about opening Tokyo Sushi and Hibachi, his family took a trip to Mankato to explore its options. Chen said numerous factors went into choosing a suitable space for the restaurant, and the Adams Street location fit the

wale agboola• msu reporter Tokyo Sushi and Hibachi offers food made in its kitchen along with the hibachi, an open fire with a chef to cook meals in front of customers.

best. “[We chose the location] because it is a big building, it has a big park space…and also it is a pretty building,” he said.

“And the landlord is a nice guy who helped out a lot.”

Chen’s father has brought businesses to both rural and urban areas in locations such as South Dakota, New York and Tokyo.

When it comes to food, Tokyo Sushi and Hibachi certainly offers something new to Mankato dining. The iconic rolled Maki sushi comes in numerous varieties, including fried shrimp, crab stick and Californian. Chen made it clear, however, that those who

don’t have a taste for sushi are welcome as well.

“If people don’t like the raw fish, we still sell the kitchen’s food; if they still don’t like the kitchen’s food, we have the hibachi grill,” he said.

A defining feature of the restaurant is the hibachi — an open fire coupled with its own personal chef who cooks your meal of choice where you sit.

“I hope to see people come and try the hibachi,” Chen said. “Kids really love [it].”

Tokyo Sushi and Hibachi is open seven days a week.

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NUTRITION CLUB Energy Zone a similar nutrition club in downtown Mankato, also includes an oxygen bar continued from 1 nutrition clubs throughout the country use. Hacker said the nutrition club concept is fairly new and has formed within the last three years, but Herbalife has been standing strong for 30 years.

According to the Herbalife Web site, Mark Hughes started the company to offer nutrition, weight-management and personal care products.

Full or part-time independent distributers can sell the products, which is why such a variety of nutrition clubs carry Herbalife.

Mankato’s other nutrition club, Energy Zone, also uses Herbalife products. Owner Bob Lyons said he believes in Herbalife because it helped him get his cholesterol down and lose weight.

“I’ve been practicing nutrition since 1990 and it’s been a passion and a hobby of mine,” Lyons said. “It gave me an opportunity to move back [to Mankato] and do something I love and be around my family again.”

Energy Zone is located downtown on Front St. and the club also has an oxygen bar.

Hacker actually owns part

of the Health Nutz Nutrition Center in Owatonna as well.

His organization has six businesses in total, meaning he profits from all six even though he does not run and work at them all.

The reason Hacker believes in Herbalife products so much is he lost 28 pounds when he first began using them 10 years ago.

While Synergy does focus on nutrition and education, it does offer a “hangover cure” to college students in need.

The cure is a combination of Herbalife products H3O and

Liftoff that works wonders if getting off the couch and down to the club without collapsing is a possibility.

Synergy already offers health education classes and information, but in the future Hacker plans to start sportsspecific nutrition classes with Herbalife’s sports line.

All in all, Synergy is just a place to hang out and feel good.

Pointing to the walls Hacker said, “Our goals are just to have tons of fun down here.

You can see by the colors.”

wale agboola• msu reporter Energy Zone owner Bob Lyons also uses Herbalife products in his club.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Fireworks not at Blakeslee Stadium

Construction forces display to move near Riverfront Park ELENA SHUFELT

news editor

With Blakeslee Stadium under construction until late July, the Mankato fireworks celebration have been relocated.

The stadium has held the fireworks for several years, hosting up to 7,000 spectators.

The City of Mankato, Verizon Wireless Center and Radio Mankato have been making a great effort to ensure the community gets its fireworks.

The fireworks will now be set off in a location near Riverfront Park and viewers will be able to see the display from the park as well as various places throughout Mankato and North Mankato.

Burt Lyman, executive director of the Verizon Wireless Center, said maps are expected to come out the week of July 4 to show the community places they will be able to see the fireworks from. He said the location was chosen because it is a new park with a large capacity and has many vantage points for viewers.

Local bands will also perform before the display and the park

provides a venue for that.

The Verizon Wireless Center was put in charge of organizing the fireworks this year because of its event planning experiences, but the City of Mankato still needs to raise money for the fireworks display.

Radio Mankato has been put in charge of the fundraising for it this year. Vice President General Manager Jo Bailey said Radio Mankato stations will have a radiothon to raise $10,000 in 10 hours for the event. Stations include 1420 KTOE, Minnesota 93, Hot 96.7, 94 KXLP, Oldies 100.5 KXAC and the FAN 1230.

An event in Riverfront Park at 4 p.m. today will also add to the fundraising efforts.

“It’s our effort to help the City of Mankato raise enough money so that they can host the fireworks,” Bailey said.

Lyman wants the community to know how important its support is.

“Any amount of money will help,” he said. “$1 to $100 or more.”

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June marks the biggest gaming event of the year as the Electronic Entertainment Expo opened its doors to industry heavyweights at the Los Angeles Convention Center last week. More than 300 video games were revealed including Nintendo’s exciting new 3-D handheld console and new motion

control peripherals from both Microsoft and Sony.

Innovation and evolution branded this year’s video game convention as the big three — Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony — aspired to excite both enthusiasts and casual gamers alike. So which competitor had the strongest showing? Here is your guide to 2010’s E3 showcase.

Nintendo

Microsoft The biggest announcement from the Microsoft camp this year was the Xbox 360’s newest innovation, the Kinect.

Utilizing its player’s body movements without any need of a controller, the Kinect seeks to put the “play” back in gameplay by asking its gamers to stand up from their seats and become their characters onscreen.

Using the Kinect’s motion sensor, participants will be able to swing imaginary lightsabers, dance to “Rock Band” creator Harmonix’s “Dance Central” and volley digital soccer balls

with a friend. Microsoft also announced a new slim version of its Xbox 360 which totes built-in Wi-Fi capabilities, an HDMI port and additional high-speed USB ports to better prepare for the Kinect’s November release.

Games showcased included “Halo: Reach,” the prequel to Microsoft’s hallmark series, as well as “Gears of War 3,” the final chapter in Epic Game’s apocalyptic thriller.

Most Anticipated Games: “Halo: Reach,” “Gears of War 3,” “Child of Eden”

Sony

Sony’s E3 showing seemed to be lacking in innovation, but it added a few layers to its home entertainment powerhouse console, the Playstation 3. Much of the showcase was devoted to the PS3 Move, a new motion control peripheral made up of a Wii-like set of remotes and a camera. Many experts have deemed the new product as the “Wii HD,” presenting PS3 owners and game developers a gaming experience akin to the Wii, yet powered by the PS3’s superior engine.

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If the Wii isn’t enough evidence of Nintendo’s forward-thinking, then this year’s unveiling of the 3DS handheld console surely exists as testament to the legendary game company’s vast knowledge of the market and the future of video games. Following the success of the Nintendo DS, the second-highest-selling console worldwide, the 3DS offers gamers a 3-D gaming experience with no glasses required.

Games on display included re-mastered classics such

service was announced to better combat Microsoft’s Xbox Live along with a firmware update that would render PS3 games in 3-D for those lucky owners of the latest 3-D televisions. Platformer throwback “Little Big Planet 2” had a mini hands-on demonstration, and new trailers of “Killzone 3” and “Gran Turismo 5” highlighted Sony‘s strongest software offerings.

Most Anticipated Games: “Little Big Planet 2,” “Killzone 3,” “inFamous 2”

Best of the Rest

Leading the pack in crossconsole software this year was Valve’s “Portal 2,” the mindbending sequel to 2007’s game of the year. Treyarch’s “Call of Duty: Black Ops” was also presented and looks to be yet another huge release from the incredibly popular franchise.

EA gave a sneak-peak of its upcoming sports titles to the

delight of its “Madden”-crazed fans. iD’s “Rage” unveiling might be the most graphically polished game of this console generation. Finally, a new on-demand gaming service, “Onlive,” will allow gamers to rent and own games without the need of a console via broadcast streaming.

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as “Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D” and new titles such as “Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D” and “Resident Evil Revelations.”

Although for the most part it took a backseat at the convention, the Wii ended up complementing Nintendo’s showcase with a gorgeous new Zelda title and the successor of the time-honored GoldenEye shooter.

Most Anticipated Games: “The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sward” (Wii), “Kid Icarus: Uprising” (3DS)

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

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Bonnaroo 2010 — —I’m Too Old For This Sh*t

OR: How I Learned To Stop Partying and Get Out of the Sun NATE BRENNAN

editor in chief

Bonnaroo isn’t Woodstock, it just stole the blueprints and took it to the Confederacy.

I’m getting ahead of myself, let’s back up a bit…

Back in late March when I received approval for press credentials from the fine folks at Big Hassle, the public relations company in charge of press for Bonnaroo, I was elated. Having been to Lollapalooza every year since its return in 2003, I felt too pampered by the shade of the Chicago skyline, the El public transportation and the air conditioned sleep the Heart O’ Chicago Motel had provided over the years. I seemed to need a break from trouncing around Grant Park from one Budweiser-sponsored stage to the next.

So what does one do when city life (or city music fests in this case) becomes mundane?

Leave the city and head back into nature. And since Indio, Calif.’s Coachella is too far and too deserted, Manchester, Tenn.’s Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, a fourday soirée held on a 700-acre farm just west of the Appalachian Mountains, was the solution.

Day 1: Linearoo While my travel companion, KMSU’s “Too Hott For TV” co-host Danny Clark, and I did our best to prepare by using many of the Bonnaroo Web site’s great tips from festival veteran attendees, we could not foresee an eight-hour line of cars stretching a meager 17 miles. Finally arriving into the festival grounds after midnight, nearly every set from every act from day one of Bonnaroo had expired and all that was left to do was set our tent up among the throngs of others, get out the folding chairs and relax with our lukewarm beer in our Luke Skywalker campground (each camping area had a clever name appointed to it).

Day 2: Farm of the Rising Sun It is 6:30 a.m. and you are asleep, but Bonnaroo attendees are not. The Tennessee summer is the evil twin of our Minnesota winter, waking you out of your less-thancomfortable tent sleep many hours earlier than planned.

So, since we were awake, we ate some breakfast from one of the many food vendors, who, like

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nate brennan• msu reporter Above: Bonnaroo music festival-bravers cool off under a psychedelic mushroom fountain. If that sentence sounds funny to you, realize this kind of scene is the norm at Bonnaroo.

Below left: Zooey Deschanel doing her best Frodo impersonation. Below right: M. Ward playing a set alongside her.

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BONNAROO Editor Nate Brennan enjoyed approximately eight hours of the annual four-day music festival continued from 7

nate brennan• msu reporter From left to right: Margaret Cho, Baron Vaughn, John Roberts, Reggie Watts perform in the Comedy Tent and Rob Corddry introduces “Childrens Hospital” in the Cinema Tent.

many of the attendees, had been traveling the country from festival to festival since the season began.

“You see that camper behind me?” said the proprietor of a Mediterranean food kiosk, pointing to a raggedy vehicle behind him. “That’s home for the next three months. My wife’s back there with our dogs trying to catch up on sleep after driving 10 hours straight yesterday.”

At 9 a.m., freshly fed and not too sweaty yet, we were ready to jump in line for Conan O’Brien, who was set to perform his act alongside the Max Weinberg Seven (sans Weinberg) at 1 p.m.

The general rule for clearly and closely seeing a band you’d like to see perform is to show up an hour early. At festivals, this estimate of ensuring decent viewing can jump to anywhere from two to eight hours. Apparently showing up four hours early was too late as people had been waiting since 5 a.m. The line was so long that there was a cutoff point that began the line to get into the Cinema Tent to watch the live video feed of Conan’s performance, and even that line was full.

Since seeing Conan perform in person was no longer an option for day two, we decided to look for something else. Our camp neighbors, a nomadic bunch fresh off a stint at Arkansas’

Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival, suggested checking out Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, heralding Shorty as the greatest trombonist in the world after seeing him two weeks prior while in New Orleans. I would like to thank them for their recommendation.

Under the tutelage of the legendary Allen Toussaint, Tremé’s Troy Andrews and his band ripped through covers and originals alike, at one point engaging in a crazy medley that moved from an instrumental cover of “Shake It Fast” to saxophone and drum solos to “Seven Nation Army” to a killer bass solo to “Let’s Get It Started” before finally finishing with “Still Fly.” The New Orleans modern jazz outfit truly answered the question “Who Dat?” with surprising energy given the temperature (97 degrees plus humidity) and time of day (noon).

After grabbing a lunch of $10 burgers, we headed to the highly anticipated performance of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, a breakout band of 2009 whose debut album, “Up From Below,” earned top 10 honors on the Reporter’s year-end lists. But with festivals and highly anticipated bands comes the inevitable immense crowd. And with half of Bonnaroo’s main stages being canopied, and since we had only

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showed up 20 minutes prior to showtime, we stood outside of the tent and watched the silhouettes of the Los Angeles band perform, enjoying the performance as much as we could given the circumstances.

From there, we saw bits and pieces of Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, cops on horses hassling festival-goers (including us), Gossip, She & Him, Tenacious D, comedy by Margaret Cho and friends, the documentary “Salva Tres Palmas” and the premiere of new live-action Adult Swim program “Childrens Hospital” with an introduction and Q&A with creator Rob Corddry and comedienne Chelsea Peretti (who took questions as one of the

show’s stars Henry Winkler).

From this point (11 p.m.), though, the effects of the Tennessee sun had become all too real for my Celtic skin. And the effects of being trapped inside this 700-acre sauna with more than 100,000 others had, too. Danny, less affected than I, trudged on and witnessed surely epic performances by the Flaming Lips, who did its own take on “Dark Side of the Moon,” and LCD Soundsystem, giving one of the first live performances from its tremendous new album “This Is Happening.”

Day 3: AC > Jay, or Rob Green’s Biggest Failure

After trying and failing to get in line for Conan again, I had had enough and skipped town to my brother’s apartment in downtown Nashville. The idea of watching the U.S.A. World Cup game against England inside an air-conditioned bar, watching the Tennessee Roller Derby State Championship, more air conditioning and not sleeping outside trumped even the opportunity to (barely) see Stevie Wonder and Jay Z (behind tens of thousands of people).

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The only place to go is With a history of poor decisions and the odds against them, the Timberwolves look to turn their fortune around on Thursday night LEE HANDEL

staff writer The NBA draft is upon us, and for the second straight year under new general manager David Kahn, the Timberwolves are expected to be big players on draft night.

The draft lottery woes continued for the Wolves last month when the team ended up with the fourth overall pick in the draft even though they had the second best odds to get the first pick. However, with Kahn at the helm, there is no telling who or when the Wolves will pick come draft night. And the one thing that is certain is that nothing is for certain.

Kahn has proven to be a very active GM, who won’t stop shaping and molding his roster until he gets it right and the team starts winning games. After a 15-67 inaugural campaign as GM, Kahn is determined to build a squad that will once again fill the seats at the Target Center. He has a great opportunity to lay the foundation for the future this Thursday, as the Wolves have three first-round draft picks at 4, 16 and 23.

Rumors have been swirling the past month about what the Wolves will do with their abundance of picks and many web photo experts expect the Wolves to package current players along Former UCLA star Kevin Love, appears to be the only Minnesota player with their picks in order to that looks to be the only fix on next year’s roster.

TRYING TO FIND THE NEXT STAR A poor first round draft record hasn’t put the Timberwolves in very good position. Here’s what the Wolves have done lately.

2009 - No. 5 Ricky Rubio, No. 6 Jonny Flynn, No. 14 Ty Lawson (traded), No. 28 Wayne Ellington 2008 - No. 3 O.J. Mayo (traded for Kevin Love) 2007 - No. 7 Corey Brewer 2006 - No. 6 Brandon Roy (traded for Randy Foye who is no longer on team) 2005 - Rashad McCants (No longer on team) 2003 - Ndudi Ebi (No longer on team) either move up in the draft to take former Ohio State small forward Evan Turner or to complete a trade for an established current NBA player.

The one thing that appears to be certain is that the Wolves will not be using all three of their first round picks, and Kahn seems to have many proposed trades on the table.

The player who appears most likely to be packing his bags come draft night is power forward Al Jefferson, who holds the team’s biggest contract and is the Wolves’ biggest trade chip. Many teams have inquired about Jefferson and the Wolves brass appears to have given up on a frontcourt of Jefferson and Kevin Love.

The two players who could

be available when the Wolves pick at No. 4, Georgia Tech forward Derrick Favors or Kentucky forward DeMarcus Cousins, both play the same position as Jefferson and Love.

This means the Wolves would almost certainly have to deal a member of last season’s starting frontcourt. The only problem is, the Nets appear destined to take Favors with the third pick and Cousins has refused to work out for the Wolves.

Favors is an athletic big who can run the floor and finish around the rim. Cousins has been tabbed as a sleeper pick with huge upside who could wind up being a star that the

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Mitchell begins quest to the big leagues PAT DELANEY

staff writer It is every young baseball player’s dream to have an opportunity to one day play in the major leagues. Minnesota State junior pitcher Bret Mitchell has that opportunity after hearing his name called by the New York Mets during the MLB draft in early June.

Mitchell played only one year at Minnesota State but made the most of it, impressing scouts with his velocity and composure on the mound.

“I mean, it’s pretty cool,”

Mitchell said. “Only Maverick who had about half the guys sign been drafted. for the team each draft “I want to work so being one of the top my way up with this four or five guys signed organization,” Mitchand being thrown right ell said. “Just try to into the starting role keep moving up. I is awesome. I start on am in Tennessee right Friday already.” now and hopefully Bret Mitchell After playing two I can have a good years at Iowa Central, couple starts and get Mitchell came to an MSU moved up.” program that has a strong tradiMitchell already had good tion of developing players. mechanics coming to MSU, He joined an already strong but he was able to increase his pitching staff that included velocity from the low 80’s to senior Pat Lenton, another upper 80’s during the course

one pitch for strikes of the season, topwhich helped put him ping out at 93 mph. in a strong position. He The right hander’s mixes pitches so well. velocity and ability That allowed him to go to consistently throw deep in games. That was strikes helped Mitchthe biggest thing he did ell develop a terrific well from the beginning curveball that helped of the year, he really him lead the team in Matt Magers trusted his stuff.” strikeouts as well as An underrated skill garnish looks from scouts. that Mitchell also developed “Any time you have that was his ability to field his posivelocity you are going to get tion, something that Mager’s said he did as well as anyone looks,” said Mavericks head coach Matt Magers. “He has the ability to throw more than Mitchell / page 10

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MITCHELL “There’s not a better TIMBERWOLVES No telling what Kahn will do next student of the game,” Magers said. continued from 9 “Bret does whatever he can do to help Wolves pass on and regret pick, which would be used on Kahn and the Wolves have up the team win.” continued from 9 their sleeve on draft night, but later. His measurements are off Johnson. the charts and he has had very good pre-draft workouts, albeit with other teams. He possesses an abundance of talent offensively and could be primed for stardom in the NBA. Another option at number four is Syracuse swingman Wesley Johnson, who had a good workout with the Wolves and would fulfill the team’s need for a scoring threat at the off-guard position. The Wolves have been rumored to be trading down to draft Johnson at number six if they decide they don’t want a traditional big man, with the primary rumor trading the fourth pick to Golden State for forward Anthony Randolph and the sixth

Another rumor has the Wolves trading Jefferson and one of our first round picks to Philadelphia for the number two selection, which would be used to select Turner. The Wolves also have interest in acquiring the expiring contract of Philly forward Elton Brand, which would mean swapping Jefferson and number four for Brand and number two.

The Wolves also could trade up to the third pick to take Favors, who they appear to “favor” more than Cousins.

Favors could also go to Philly at two, which would increase the chances of trading up to take Turner at three.

There is no telling what

if one had to guess it’s likely the Wolves would trade up with the Nets to draft third, taking whoever Philly leaves between Turner and Favors.

With the Wolves draft history, it is probably best that they let another team make the decision for them.

Other predictions to watch out for on draft night include the Wolves taking Paul George of Fresno State at number 16 and trading the number 23 pick to the Portland Trailblazers for Spanish forward Rudy Fernandez, who is an asset by being Ricky Rubio’s best friend.

The Reporter staff lays down what may happen Thursday

web photo Bret Mitchell finished his lone season as a Maverick with a 10-4 record including a team-high 108 strikeouts.

on the team. Mitchell was able to finish tied for the team lead in wins with 10. His strong pitching earned him a place on the second team All-NSIC team. He also was awarded as an NSIC All-Tournament team member during the postseason.

The Lakeville, Minn., native is also aware that just because he was drafted, it doesn’t guarantee him anything. He will have to keep improving on different aspects of his game.

“I am really working on my change-up,” Mitchell said. “It’s my biggest thing. No matter how hard you throw, it makes your fastball faster. Getting more groundballs and getting outs are also really important.”

Mitchell’s success provides another example of the opportunity players have when they join MSU. Thirty-one Mavericks have now been drafted since 1968, a fact that Mager’s uses to his advantage when he recruits.

“We’re going to give players more opportunities to play in front of scouts and get plenty of looks,” said Magers.

For Mitchell, coming to MSU was a perfect stop to get him to the next level. Magers and the entire coaching staff have a great reputation of helping out their players during their time on the field and off.

“It was a lot of fun,” Mitchell said on his time at MSU. “Coach Magers helped me out a lot and we had a real good team.”

But Magers insists that Mitchell’s work ethic is the main reason for his success.

“There’s not a better student of the game,” said Magers.

“Bret does whatever he can do to help the team win.”

Mitchell’s record 108 strikeouts will be missed next season, but the history of the MSU baseball program has proven year in and year out that another potential star will be making his own mark soon.

Kyle Ratke Sports Editor

Pat Delaney Staff Writer

Derek Wehrwein Staff Writer

“It sounds as though the No. 4 pick will be dealt for some elite player along with Al Jefferson. If not, the Timberwolves are probably going to be stuck with a player like Wesley Johnson, who is good but won’t turn the team around. If Favors is available, we have to pick up him and deal Jefferson. Favors is just too good to let go by.”

“DeMarcus Cousins is an intriguing pick for the Wolves due to their lack of a true center, but they can’t go wrong with Wesley Johnson. He is extremely athletic and is probably one of the most mature players in the draft. He averaged 16.5 points at Syracuse and showed a strong ability to rebound. He is a tremendous team player and a perfect guy to continue the rebuilding process.”

“The Wolves’ draft picks Thursday are irrelevant, because no matter what the team does, it’ll eventually blow up in its face.

But if you pretend management is competent enough to actually rebuild the team, they should try to trade up for the third pick and select forward Derrick Favors. If that’s not an option, the Wolves will have to settle for Wesley Johnson at No. 4.”

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