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The Minnesota State women’s bowling team is one of four university athletic teams that might be cut in 2011 to help reduce the state deficit. To stave off a projected $5.8 billion state deficit for 2011, the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has created an 18-month plan to reduce its budget by 5-7 percent. Along with the women’s bowling team, men’s and women’s tennis teams and men’s swimming team could also be cut. Director of Athletics Kevin Buisman said these cuts would reduce expenditures by $225,000-$275,000 and save the university an annual $193,000, said Director of Athletics Kevin Buisman. The department is still discussing which teams to cut, with a final decision set for March 2011. When choosing which teams to eliminate, the department focuses on five criteria: impact on gender equity and proportionality (two men’s teams and two women’s teams are threatened so far), revenue generation potential and local economic impact, alignment with NSIC championship portfolio, competitive history of the program and quality and availability of practice and
competition facilities. The teams the department decides to eliminate will still be able to finish out the 20102011 academic year, with no eliminations until fall 2011. According to women’s bowling coach Shane Drahota, the fourteen student-athletes on the women’s bowling team are taking the news pretty well. “I’m very impressed with how the members of the team are taking [it]. Personally, it’s not even about me. I feel pretty bad [for] the members of the team,” Drahota said. Drahota, who does not help decide which athletic programs are to be cut, remains both realistic and optimistic. “Each department had to help reduce the budget. We have the team for the 2010-2011 year, [so] we’ll go out and make the best of it,” he said Sarah Izydorek, a senior member of the bowling team, shares her coach’s steady-butcheerful outlook. “I feel pretty upset. [Like] it’s kind of unfair,” Izydorek said. However, she isn’t letting the potential elimination keep her down. Instead, she said she and her teammates are working to turn their team into a bowling club if it does get cut from the athletic department. The team
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The Higher Education Opportunity Act went into effect July 1, addressing important concerns that college students face, including how to afford muchneeded textbooks. According to the Student Public Interest Research Groups, three main provisions in the law affect textbooks: price disclosure, textbook bundling, and textbook list disclosure.
The first provision, regarding price disclosure, requires textbook publishers to reveal pricing information to university faculty. This pricing information includes wholesale price, copyright dates for the past three editions (if applicable), list of substantial changes between the current edition and the previous edition and other available formats of the textbook and their prices. This provision was created so
professors can see how much money the publishers are making and also what other options are out there, such as older editions to textbooks or online versions that may be less costly. Minnesota State sophomore Kurtis Malecha said he was very interested in this provision of the law. “The faculty member[s] typically [know] little information about the costs
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wale agboola• msu reporter Anne LeMere, a junior public relations major, purchases her books at the campus Barnes and Noble. The law that went into effect July 1 gives students the opportunity to know the prices of books before classes begin. Staff: Campus Pastor Wong, Reverend Roger Knepprath, Mark Probst, Vicar Mike Moldstad, RA Andy Ibisch
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The College of Business recently changed its laptop policy requiring students to buy a specially configured laptop from Dell. The changed policy, updated in May, no longer forces students to buy the specially configured laptop, but instead requires them to have laptops that meet or exceed the minimum specifications established by the college. “We updated the Web site [about the policy] in May and began communicating the revised policy at the beginning of the summer sessions,” said interim dean of the college of business Marilyn Fox. The COB’s laptop policy has been a hot issue for the last few years, and reforming it was a part of the former Minnesota State Student Association’s (MSSA) campaign, according to Brett Anderson, the vice president of MSSA. Anderson said the biggest problem that the old policy
major business already had a computer but were told to buy another one. “It’s been a problem for the last four or five years,” Anderson said. “Ten years ago, when you graduated school, acommon graduation present wasn’t a laptop computer. Nowadays a laptop is a pretty standard graduation gift.” Sarah Koenen, an information systems major, pointed out the same thing. She was one of the students who met with faculty members regarding the changes in the COB’s laptop policy. “I have spoken with other students on their thoughts and feelings about the policy and have fully supported MSSA and other individuals in changing the laptop [policy],” said Koenen. “More and more incoming freshmen and transfer students have laptops that are similarly capable to the Dells sold by the school.”
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Every student does it: looks through the list of required textbooks for the semester and needs some aspirin. While one textbook can cost more than $100, the books for five or six classes can stick some students with a bill of $500 or more. Here are ten helpful hints on how to save money when buying textbooks. 1. Don’t wait until the last dannie higginbotham • msu reportersecond. Eric Dettmer, a senior international business major,was forced to purchase the required laptop under the old “I usually buy my books policy. Incoming freshmen are now made aware of the policy change, which was believed to deter some stuthree or four weeks before dents from joining the College of Business in the past. class if I buy them online or one week before in the bookstore,” said Minnesota State junior Daniel Bonnell. In the E-services section of the MSU Web site, students can find a list of all the required textbooks needed for a semester weeks before classes begin. This gives a chance to find great deals instead of scrambling at the last second to get something fast regardless of price. Remember though: professors sometimes change the textbook requirements for their classes. Buying books a month early is a risk. 2. Shop around. It may be tempting to look through the list of required books on E-services, check them all off on the campus Barnes and Nobles site, type in a credit card number, and call it good. But don’t. Students can save hundreds of dollars by checking out online sites such as Amazon.com and Half. com plus looking in the off-
campus Maverick Bookstore. “I always attempt to buy my books online from Half. com, and if that is unavailable I will use the Maverick Bookstore. I have yet to purchase a book from Barnes and Noble on campus. Half. com is easy to use [and] many sellers are selling the same exact book there, so the capitalist system is at its finest—people will compete for the cheapest prices with the best condition. It’s a win-win situation,” Kurtis Malecha said. 3. Consider buying used books. Sometimes, a new book is best, like if it’s a new edition or the highlighting is unbearable. Often, however, a book that’s been used a few times will do just as well. Not only are these books significantly less expensive, but sometimes a previous students’ notes can be very helpful 4. Ask friends. If a friend took a class the semester before, try to either borrow their book or buy it cheap. It doesn’t cost them anything to lend it out for a semester, or they can sell it at a discount price (a good friend will do that, right?). Just be willing to do the same for them if the situation is reversed the next semester. 5. Share. If friends are in a class at the same time consider sharing a book. Either split the cost or make a deal about times both can use the book. This works well for
no advertisements between songs or regulations on how many songs can be skipped. The listeners have complete control and can create a playlist with any song they want or listen to playlists made by others.
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The site looks at the number of times a playlist has been viewed to determine if it makes it to No. 1. Right now Minnesota State has the No. 1 playlist. The site displays the campus with the top five playlists. Soon McManhan will be implementing a new points-based ranking system. Every time a song is viewed, it will get two points. When the playlist is liked on Facebook, it will get five points. If someone favorites a playlist it will get 10 points. The playlist with the most points will be No. 1. The idea for the site came from a similar site that used to be running, Fratmusic.com. “Campusmixes is not about fraternities and sororities,” Guthmiller said. “It’s for everyone who goes to college and likes to party.” Anyone is
Two Minnesota State students recently went public with the new social music Web site they created, Campusmixes.com. The idea for Campusmixes was a collaborative effort between two members of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Brian McManhan Sr. and Ben Guthmiller Jr. Campusmixes is a Web site designed so students can create a playlist to represent the music that their campus is listening to. It also allows anyone to view what is popular at different college campuses. The songs on the playlists are linked to corresponding videos on YouTube. The site, launched Aug. 14, is similar to other music sites such as Pandora, but it allows listeners to have more control wale agboola• msu reporter Guthmiller and McManhan created the Campusmixes site over what they listen to. There are so students could represent their campuses through music.
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CUTS Students and faculty will have chance POLICY College strongly to speak up recommends students purchase laptop, consistency needed among continued from 3 students in programs will be fundraising this year continued from 4 She added that some students may only be taking a few COB courses and purchasing the specified laptop may not be worth it. She said she believes many students have been scared away from choosing a major that requires the laptop and even the school as a whole.. “At my campus tour my junior year of high school, I was told if I wanted to pursue a business major I would have to buy the COB laptop. I remember a potential business student in my group saying ‘I will not go here if they make me buy a new laptop. I just bought one.’ So, ever since I first came to Mankato, I have seen a need for change in the laptop policy,” Koenen said. Anderson said the deliberation about the issue became serious last September. “Now we’re making sure that new freshmen coming from the orientation understand that they don’t
have to buy the COB’s laptop,” Anderson said. The changed policy still strongly recommends all COB students to purchase the COB laptop from the Campus Computer Store and to take advantage of the negotiated purchase prices and terms such as the on-campus warranty service. “The COB technology committee, along with staff members of the information technology services area of the university, regularly monitors and evaluates the laptop program and makes revisions or updates when it’s appropriate to do so,” Fox said. “In order to continue to ensure consistency in the classroom and compatibility with the university network, but yet add some flexibility in choice for the student, we made some revisions to the existing program.”
with plans to create a team that has tryouts and competes in tournaments against other college teams. While the possibility of team eliminations is real, it is by no means concrete. Director of Athletics Kevin Buisman said the current has been created to prepare for the worst. He said all MSU faculty and students will have a chance to hear about the recommendations and give feedback before the teams are cut permanently. He himself will be holding meetings with each endangered team to see what else can be done before eliminating the athletic programs. Buisman said there will be some closure in October or September when President Davenport will have a chance to either accept the recommendations or ask the departments to revise them. “Certainly, this is a very difficult situation to be cutting sports programs. It’s a painful process for the entire university [with] unprecedented budget challenges,” Buisman said. Buisman said it may be necessary to cut teams because the department has already
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easier classes or classes that only require text portions. 6. Borrow from the library. The Minnesota State Student Association (MSSA) recently organized the Maverick Textbook Reserve project, which enables students to borrow textbooks from the Memorial Library. It has textbooks for dozens of classes, according to a 2008 library announcement about program. Those textbooks typically cost between $80 and $100. Textbooks can be found on the online library site by clicking “Course Reserves” and then searching by course number, course name, instructor, or department. The books themselves are located at the circulation desk, which has katie erickson • msu reporter a list to look through. The Sarah Izydorek, a senior on the bowling team, said bowling would likely downside, however, is that try to become a club sport if it gets eliminated due to the budget. books can only be borrowed for two hours and they can’t cut administrative and staff teams] is something you’d positions during the last budget rather like to avoid be probably, leave the building. They can reduction stage when they lost in being realistic about it, it was be renewed though if no one 10 percent of their funding. inevitable. I think we’re going is waiting. 7. Rent textbooks online. Now, all that is left to possibly to see a number of institutions Sites such as Chegg.com and eliminate are sports teams. around the country having Campusbookrentals.com “We’re still looking at what to make similar decisions,” offer thousands of textbooks our options are. Eliminating Buisman said. students can rent. These textbook rentals are usually about half the price of regular textbooks, and many sites offer free shipping both ways. Textbooks can be used for a semester and then shipped back once it’s over. 8. Look for older editions. Some textbooks don’t change much through different editions, but the prices do. Buying textbooks even a few years older than the current edition can help save more than $50. Be careful
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though, because some books do differ greatly between different editions. Only buy older editions of books if they definitely have similar contents. When in doubt, ask the professor. 9. Check out e-books. E-books are online texts available to purchase or download. This version of text is usually cheaper than regular textbooks. Another electronic money-saver, according to MSNBC writer Laura Coffey, is iChapters. com, which allows students to buy single chapters from textbooks. This can be a great money saver if a course calls for a huge textbook when only certain sections will be used. 10. Sell books back carefully. It’s easy to just dump books at the campus Barnes and Nobles and be done with them, but this won’t save the most money in the long run. Sometimes Barnes and Nobles will give a good price on one book, and the Maverick Bookstore will give a better price on another book. It’s perfectly fine to sell one book at one store and another at a different store. Books can also be sold online. “Selling [my books] to a bookstore is more convenient and faster. However, I can usually get much more for them online even though it may take several weeks,” Bonnell said. Think twice before selling books back. If the book could be helpful in another class it might not be worth it to sell it back.
associated with the book [but] now with this new law, publishers must give a ‘description of the substantial content revisions,’” Malecha said. The second provision, regarding unbundling of textbooks, requires publishers to offer “bundled” textbooks for sale individually. “Bundled” textbooks can include textbooks, CDs, online passwords, etc. By offering each item individually, it allows students to buy only what they need, instead of the more expensive all-inclusive bundled package. “I think the option of buying the individual pieces
of bundles packages will help students. They will have the option of buying the textbooks from a different retailer and then buying the specific other parts from the school,” said senior Emily Florine. The third provision forces colleges to provide a list of required textbooks students need to buy for courses before school starts. This list must include the ISBN number and author of the textbook, along with the retail price. This way students know what they need to buy prior to the first class. They have a chance to see the price of the textbooks, and can make the decision
to drop an expensive course if it is unaffordable. They’re also able to shop around at different stores/online sites to see if they can find a better deal than what the campus store offers. Both Florine and Malecha agree that the new law will benefit students. Malecha said he is not sure this law will be as beneficial as Congress originally thought. Since publishers may stop making as large of a profit on hardly-revised revisions, Malecha said, they may start offering fewer revised editions but also raise the price on the editions they do sell.
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For the first time ever, actual readers write to Sports Editor Kyle Ratke for advice. Here’s some tips for this year’s freshmen class
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next four years. So here’s Dr. Ratke to answer a few questions. You will notice that all these letters are from males. Is it because only males write make believe letters to me? Maybe. Or is it because I have no idea what is going on in the female mind? More than likely.
The best way to go about your time at college is to be the best guy you can be. While I do not approve of Affliction Tees or language such as bra and bro, I do approve of a good guy who, despite the dumb mistakes he makes, has good intentions (this paragraph is supposed to make myself feel better, don’t hate.) While you might not meet the girl of your dreams in college, it’s still worth a shot, right? Same
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thing people call the “Freshman 15.” I have been in decent shape most of my life but I am afraid that my medium Hollister shirt that now shows off my pecks will soon be showing off my man tits. How do I avoid this?” From Chubberson You don’t eat 4,000 calories a day, drink four days a week and play Halo for four hours a day. That’s how. There is also a thing called a treadmill. Think about it. If you don’t want to gain weight, work out. It isn’t rocket science people. Put down the Twinkie Chubberson, you aren’t so sneaky. That’s all we’ve had time for during this session, but there could possibly be a part deux if we receive more letters (which we won’t). Enjoy your four… wait, six years here.
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Well Mr. Jersey Shore, I am going to write this next paragraph very politely, appropriately and in a way in which I will not get in trouble by the Women’s Center (see the fall of 2010.)
thing with girls. You may think that all guys are pigs at MSU, and maybe rightfully so, but there are a few good guys out there, so before you decide to “slut around” or become the biggest man-whore since Tiger Woods (yeah, I just used him twice in this article,) just think that the next girl or guy you meet may be your future wife or husband. Okay, enough of that. I just threw up in my mouth after typing that. Hopefully it wasn’t as painful to read. But on a less serious note, do whatever you want. Really. If you want to be a whore, do it. If you want to stay 200 feet from a person you are attracted to, do it. Just don’t complain to me when you have 200 STDs or live with 12 cats when you are 45. Maybe try something in the middle. And now our final letter from our friend Chubberson.
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Well, Mr. BAC, You are in for a real shocker here. Ready for it? MSU actually has a dry campus. I know, right? Disappointing. Asher Roth makes college sound like the easiest thing since Tiger Woods. Pounding shots before class is fine, p just not during. I hope this helps. But to answer your question, I think most college kids would go to man named Mr. Ron Diaz. Who is Ron Diaz, you ask? Talk to me in two years when you are a broke college student. You’ll get to know Mr. Diaz very well. Next letter. “Dude, bra, bratana. I can’t wait for all the chicks that will be rollin’ through the dorms. All the girls are going to love my spiked hair and my sweet Affliction
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You’re right; I am not qualified at all to answer these, but then again, who is? Enjoy. “I can’t wait to get into college, man. I am going to be able to go to every class hammered and take shots during my tests! I can’t wait to pound some UV Blue and Mike’s Hard in class! What’s your beverage of choice, Dr. Ratke?” From Mr. BAC +. 2
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continued from 5 able to make a playlist on Campusmixes by clicking on the “make a mix” tab. An account is only necessary to save a playlist for later. “Every song in the world is on here,” Guthmiller said. Both creators used skills gained from their majors to help launch Campusmixes. “Brian did all the programming, but we both had input on the design and layout,” said Guthmiller. McManhan, a cognitive science major focused on computer science, spent 60 hours a week for six weeks working on 5,000 lines of programming for Campusmixes. He made the site in Pyjamas, which converts Python to JavaScript. He has been programming since high school. Guthmiller has used the skills he learned in accounting classes to
determine if this was a feasible way to make money. His economics classes helped him create the niche and the marketing. While working on the Campusmixes idea, Guthmiller met with lawyers, the CEO of Digineer Michael Lacey and Mike Nolan from the Small Business Development Center. “I found out about the Small Business Development Center from one of my classes, and they helped us out for free. Mike Nolan has been helping a lot. He is impressed by how far we have come,” Guthmiller said. Campusmixes is taking part in social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. People are strongly encouraged to follow the site on Twitter. Currently, McManhan is working on integrating the site with Facebook.
submitted photo Minnesota State Student Association members Dan Kromer, Tom Williams, Brett Anderson and Matthew Schmidt hand invitations to Minnesota Representative Kathy Brynaert and Senator Kathy Sheran (middle).
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Closure for bridge collapse victims Engineering firm agrees to pay $52.4 million to victims of 35W collapse MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After enduring countless surgeries and hours of court hearings, victims of the deadly 2007 Minneapolis Interstate 35W bridge collapse reached the end of their legal fight after an engineering firm agreed to pay $52.4 million to settle scores of lawsuits. The settlement by San Francisco-based URS Corp. — agreed to more than a week ago but kept quiet until Monday — resolves the last major piece of litigation brought by victims. All told, the state and two of its contractors will have paid out $100 million to the families of
the 13 people who died and the 145 people who were injured when the Mississippi River bridge broke apart during rush hour. The settlement averts a trial that had been set for next spring that could have opened URS to punitive damages. URS had argued its engineers didn’t know about a design flaw in the bridge that made it vulnerable. In a statement, the company said the settlement was necessary to avoid protracted litigation and said it admitted no fault. At a news conference, several survivors said they were
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relieved by the settlement and looking forward to getting on with their lives. “In this nation, justice is spelled out in dollars,” said Garrett Ebling, who broke every bone in his face and spent two months in the hospital with multiple injuries. But he said victims would “trade every dollar we receive from this settlement for an original bridge that was built, maintained and inspected properly.” Erica Gwillim, who plunged 85 feet into the Mississippi and suffered back and neck injuries, said the settlement was not a “complete way to get justice in this situation.” “Justice would have been for this to never have happened and for our bodies to be whole and our relationships to be whole,” Gwillim said. The two sides had argued in court last month over the victims’ request to seek punitive damages. Hennepin County District Judge Deborah Hedlund, who had yet to rule on that request, worked with the two sides on the final terms of the settlement, including a private 13-hour session Aug. 14, the victims’ attorneys said. The terms called for $48.6 million of the settlement to go to victims, and $1.5 million to be set aside for a memorial to those who died in the collapse. Jim Schwebel, who represented 34 people, said the payouts should be completed by
reached a $10 million settlement last fall with about 130 victims and survivors. PCI also agreed to pay $1 million to settle the state’s claims. And URS agreed to pay the state $5 million. The settlement doesn’t end 35W-related litigation entirely. URS and the state have pending claims against Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. of Pasadena, Calif., which acquired the now-defunct firm JOHANNESBURG (AP) that designed the original 35W — Rwandan and Congolese bridge. rebels gang-raped nearly 200 Anne Engebretsen, whose women and some baby boys mother Sherry died in the over four days within miles of a collapse, stifled tears at the U.N. peacekeepers’ base in an news conference as she spoke eastern Congo mining district, of getting married a month ago an American aid worker and a without her mother to see it. Congolese doctor said Monday. “The past three years have Will F. Cragin of the been extremely difficult but we International Medical Corps are still here,” she said. said aid and U.N. workers knew rebels had occupied Luvungi town and surrounding villages in eastern Congo the day after the attack began on July 30. More than three weeks later, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo has issued no statement about the atrocities and said Monday it still is investigating. Cragin told The Associated Press by telephone that his organization was only able to get into the town, which he said is about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from a U.N. military camp, after rebels ended their brutal spree of raping and looting and web photowithdrew of their own accord The state of Minn. and two contractors will pay a total of $100 million to on Aug. 4. the 145 injured and families of the 13 casualties of the 35W collapse. At U.N. headquarters in New York, spokesman Martin Nesirky said Monday that a U.N. Joint Human Rights team verified allegations of the rape of at least 154 women by combatants from the Rwandan rebel FDLR group and Congolese Mai-Mai rebels in the village of Bunangiri. He said the victims are receiving medical and psycho-social care. Nesirky said the U.N. peacekeeping mission has a Oct. 1. “They finally have some closure in this monumental battle with the world’s largest engineering corporation,” he said. Chris Messerly, a pro bono attorney for 103 separate victims, said individual payments would be determined by following a process the state of Minnesota used in compensating victims from a special fund set up after the collapse. He said the amounts would not be made public. URS was the last of the major players to fight lawsuits by victims seeking compensation. The state paid out $37 million from a special fund in exchange for an agreement that it wouldn’t be sued. A paving company that had been resurfacing the bridge, Progressive Contractors Inc.,
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military company operating base in Kibua, some 30 kilometers (about 19 miles) east of the village, but he said FDLR attackers blocked the road and prevented villagers from reaching the nearest communication point. Civil society leader Charles Masudi Kisa said there were only about 25 peacekeepers and that they did what they could against some 200 to 400 rebels who occupied the town of about 2,200 people and five nearby villages. “When the peacekeepers approached a village, the rebels would run into the forest, but then the Blue Helmets had to move on to another area, and the rebels would just return,” Masudi said. There was no fighting and no deaths, Cragin said, just “lots of pillaging and the systematic raping of women.” Four young boys also were raped, said Dr. Kasimbo Charles Kacha, the district medical chief. Masudi said they were babies aged one month, six months, a year and 18 months. “Many women said they were raped in their homes in front of their children and husbands, and many said they were raped repeatedly by three to six men,” Cragin said. Others were dragged into the nearby forest. International and local health workers have treated 179 women but the number
DeLay back in court leader Tom DeLay will be back in a Texas courtroom on Tuesday where he faces money laundering and conspiracy charges — days after learning that the U.S. Justice Department ended its own investigation without filing any criminal charges against him. The Texas hearing brings DeLay and his two co-defendants one step closer to a possible trial on accusations that they illegally funneled corporate money to help elect Republicans to the Texas Legislature eight years ago. The charges in Texas against DeLay — once known as “the Hammer” for his heavyhanded style — cost him his congressional leadership post. He pressed in late 2005 for a quick trial because he said he would be cleared, but a swift conclusion never came. He resigned from the U.S. House in 2006, but has remained in the limelight and even did a stint on the television show “Dancing With the Stars.” “Tom DeLay never should have been indicted,” DeLay’s attorney, Dick DeGuerin, said Monday. “This was a political indictment, and it was because he had been so effective as a Republican leader. But he didn’t do anything wrong.” Last week, DeLay’s lawyers revealed the U.S. Justice
investigation into DeLay’s ties to disgraced ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff without filing any criminal charges against DeLay. The former suburban Houston congressman said he always knew that would be the outcome. He showed that same confidence when referring to his pending state criminal case. “I’ve been waiting for five years to go to trial,” DeLay told reporters. “I’m ready to go to trial.” DeLay said Texas prosecutors have made no offer of a plea bargain. Prosecutors did not immediately return calls to The Associated Press on Monday. On Tuesday, Senior Judge Pat Priest will consider the remaining questions in the marathon case against DeLay, John Colyandro and Jim Ellis before trial: Will the case be moved from Austin? Should the defendants be tried separately? And was there prosecutorial misconduct that could get the whole case thrown out? DeLay, Colyandro and Ellis are accused by prosecutors of illegally funneling $190,000 in corporate money through the Republican National Committee to help elect GOP state legislative candidates in 2002. That year, Texas Republicans won a majority in the Texas House of Representatives for the
and allowing the influential DeLay to engineer a GOP redistricting map. Democratic lawmakers fled the state to boycott the redistricting votes, but Republican legislators prevailed and Republican Gov. Rick Perry signed the plan into law. The defendants contend they did nothing wrong in their dealings with the Texans for a Republican Majority political committee and that the charges were politically motivated by then-Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle, a Democrat. Since the 2005 indictments, Earle has been succeeded by his top aide, Rosemary Lehmberg. The money that went to Texas Republican candidates from the RNC was collected lawfully from around the country, DeGuerin said. No trial date has been set, and it’s not clear whether Priest will rule immediately on the questions before the court this week. In addition to claiming that prosecutors behaved improperly and “wrangled an indictment” out of a grand jury in 2005 — an accusation prosecutors deny — defense lawyers contend their clients cannot get a fair trial in Democratic-leaning Travis County because of the heavy
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SHADAD KOT, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s president defended the government’s much-criticized response to the country’s record-breaking flood crisis as emergency workers worked frantically to shore up a system of levees protecting two southern cities. The floods, which began nearly a month ago with hammering rains in the country’s northwest, have affected more than 17 million people, a U.N. official said, warning that the crisis was outstripping relief efforts. About 1,500 people have died in the floods, most in the first few days, though the crisis continues to grow. President Asif Ali Zardari said that anger at the government in the coming months is inevitable given the scale of the disaster, comparing it to the anti-government sentiment generated by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in the United States. “There will be discontent, there is no way any nation, even a superpower .... can bring the same level of satisfaction that will be close to the expectations of the people,” Zardari said in an interview Monday with a small group of foreign reporters in the capital, Islamabad. “Surely we will try and meet them as much as we can.” Still, he defended his handling of the crisis and said the government “had functioned to its fullest capacity.” The widespread misery of the floods has triggered speculation of social unrest, food riots or even a challenge to the government’s rule before its term ends in 2013. The floods have so far destroyed or damaged 1.2 million homes and affected 17.2 million people, U.N. spokesman Maurizio Giuliano said. “The floods are outrunning our relief efforts. We move faster and faster, but the finish line keeps moving further ahead,” Giuliano said. In Shadad Kot, in the southern province of Sindh, authorities are increasingly worried that even the 10 miles (18 kilometers) of new levees soldiers have built may not hold back floods in the city, and Qambar city further to the south. Workers piled stones and sandbags to plug leaks in the levees, trying to stay ahead of any damage to the defenses. “It is the last-ditch effort to save the city,” said Brig Khawar
Baig. “We are trying to block the water here. If it crosses over, we fear it will go further south and inundate more towns.” Ninety percent of Shadad Kot’s 350,000 residents have already fled the city. Many have also left Qambar and other nearby towns. On the eastern side of the city, levees were under pressure from 9-foot (2.7-meter) -high floodwaters, said Yaseen Shar, the top administrative official. Zardari has been criticized for traveling to Europe on a 10-day trip just as the crisis was unfolding. The anger against the already unpopular president among some sections of the media has left him looking more politically isolated than ever. “I have my own reasons for being where I was at what times,” he said, saying his meetings with the leaders of France and Great Britain were essential. Zardari’s party has a solid majority and there is no constitutional mechanism to get rid of him before elections. Historically the army in Pakistan has stepped in to end civilian rule, but analysts agree the current crop of generals do not want to enter into politics. Asked whether there may be political consequences from the floods, Zardari said: “Anybody can lose the coming election and some other political force can win,” he said, adding that he still thought his Pakistan’s Peoples Party would emerge victorious.
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CONGO Help came too late to administer AIDS medication and contraception continued from 13 raped could be much higher as terrified civilians still are hiding, he said. “We keep going back and identifying more and more cases,” he said. “Many of the women are returning from the forest naked, with no clothes.” He said that by the time they got help it was too late to administer medication against AIDS and contraception to all but three of the survivors. Spokeswoman Stefania Trassari said her U.N. Organization for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid was monitoring the situation but that access for humanitarian workers remains “very limited due to insecurity.” Luvungi is a farming center on the main road between Goma, the eastern provincial capital, and the major mining town of Walikale. Kacha said on one day during the rebel occupation Indian peacekeepers had provided a military escort against the rebels to a large commercial truck traveling from Kemba to Luvungi, which is near a cassiterite mine and about 88 miles (140 kilometers) south of Goma. U.N. mission spokesman Madnodje Mounoubai promised to get military comment on the assumption that the peacekeepers were protecting commercial goods but not civilians, which is their primary mandate. Survivors said their attackers were from the FDLR that includes perpetrators of the
Rwandan genocide who fled across the border to Congo in 1994 and have been terrorizing the population in eastern Congo ever since, according to Cragin. The Rwandans were accompanied by MaiMai rebels, he said, quoting survivors. Masudi, the civil society leader, said the rebels arrived after Congolese army troops without explanation redeployed from Luvungi and its surroundings to Walikale. He said this happened after some soldiers deserted and joined rebels in the forest. Rape as a weapon of war has become shockingly commonplace in eastern Congo, where at least 8,300 rapes were reported last year, according to the United Nations. It is believed that many more rapes go unreported.
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Back to the future — “Futurama” returns: Good news,
everyone! TV’s most popular futuristic, cancelled Matt Groening animated series returned to Comedy Central on June 24 for one
of the cable network’s most watched nights. Although feeling more haggard than it ever did before cancellation, the show’s memorable cast was HYPNOTOAD HYPNOTOAD HYPNOTOAD.
“Inception”: For all
we know this movie never existed, and instead wildly celebrated filmmaker Chris Nolan simply implanted the idea of it into our heads while we slept. Therefore, we only thought we saw it, subsequently talked and argued about it with everyone we knew, and finally said one of two things: “Eh, ‘The Dark Knight’ was better,” or, “I love that movie more than my parents.”
to or not, at least 100 times a day. Now that Perry’s album has finally launched, our summer jam will likely be replaced by equally mindless guilty pleasures.
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the final flame of what once was a respected actor and filmmaker flicker out, but for the most part we merely smiled and shrugged.
infectious tune is both unforgettable and undeniable. Since launching in May, we’ve heard this song, whether we wanted
Gibson’s summer explosion (in the bad way) stained entertainment headlines across the globe. In some ways, it was hard to watch
“Starcraft II”: The
Zerg Swarm re-infected our PCs this summer after more than 10 years’ absence. The sci-fi real-time strategy sold more than 1 million copies on day one and has kept rolling ever since. Blizzard’s return to non-World of Warcraft gaming defined interactive entertainment this summer.
2010’s best so far Stieg Larsson takes come out on DVD and over the world: So, Arcade Fire’s “Sub- Blu-ray: If you don’t even though the “Vampires think you’ve seen any good Suck” people surely have urbs”: The Canadian
rockers released their third studio album earlier this month to our very high expectations. The album’s layered, lofty sound was characteristic of the band, who will be playing at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul on Sept. 22. Fun fact about Arcade Fire: it’s everyone’s favorite band.
movies this year, you’re right, unless you brought the best movies thus far home with you this summer. Films like Jacques Audiard’s “A Prophet,” Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer” and Joonho Bong’s “Mother” hit store shelves over the past months, begging to cure our 2010 movie blues. O, and “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” came out, too.
this covered, we’re working on a new movie/book/ weekly magazine/recipe blog called “The Girl Who Was Sick Of Hearing About Herself.” Yes, even though Larsson’s posthumous works had already reached worldwide phe-
nomenon status, news this summer that David Fincher (“Fight Cub,” Seven”) would be directing the American film adaptation of the crime thriller series pushed an overall excited world into hysteria. There were riots in Rio. Okay, we exaggerate, but as of July, Larsson surpassed the 1 million mark for Kindle ebook sales: the first author to do so.
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Now playing at the Edina Landmark Theater, “Winter’s Bone” chronicles desperate living in the Ozark Mountains for teenager Ree Dolly (the virtually unknown, yet powerfully quiet, Jennifer Lawrence) and her dependent siblings. The film, based on the novel by Daniel Woodrell, takes a snapshot of the dark, blue (literally and figuratively), proud world of rural poverty. After Ree’s drug-cooking father, Jessup, disappears with a looming court date over his head, the strong-willed heroine sets out “Scott Pilgrim” to find him in order to save her battles the world: The home, the same one Jessup put final voice of the summer up for his bail without the rest of was that of young culture. his family knowing. Among a culture with drug Director Edgar Wright addiction and small-town (“Shaun of the Dead,” “Hot secrecy embedded in its frame, Fuzz”) hit a meaningful Ree finds no solace in even note starting Aug. 13 with her own blood, a struggle that excites the feeling of foreboding the story of 22-year-old Scott Pilgrim, who must and horror that hangs heavy on battle his new love’s seven each scene. When her family becomes her greatest enemy, a evil exes. Vibrant and alive, true sort of despair and lonelilittered with nods to the ness smothers both the characmedia that raised a genera- ters and audience. And while we
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patiently wait for the crescendo, for the tension and antagonism to finally break and leave behind it some sense of sanity, we come to ask ourselves whether or not such a relief will ever come. The film’s consistent pressure and cool, professional performances (especially by John Hawkes, who plays Ree’s well-meaning but loose canon of an uncle) make for a smart and challenging experience (emphasis on the challenging). Limp and many times lacking, the plot may have found more grounding outside a full-length film (something 45 minutes to an hour would have sufficed), but director Debra Granik seems to relish in her long, slow, atmospheric take-in of Ree and what her life is. And while this is can be beautifully bleak and meaningful in the most part, some of this empty air is lost on the viewer, and it hangs without any effect. Moody while rigid, “Winter’s Bone” deserves an audience as grown as its Ree Dolly, one fit to survive the sometimes motionless grind of the wasteland.
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some time, each one stealing the screen for the perfect amount of time for their role. Topping the list were Keiran Culkin (“Igby Goes Down,” Macauley’s brother) as Scott Pilgrim’s snarky, gay roommate and Jason Schwartzman (“Funny People”) as the ringleader of the evil exes. Layering the background of this two-hour video game is in-your-face rock n’ roll written specifically for the movie by indie darlings Metric, Beck (performed by Pilgrim’s Sex Bob-omb in the film) and unofficial Radiohead sixth man Nigel Godrich. For its stunning visuals, exuberance and heart, “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” is a youth-targeted film in the vein of Cera’s “Superbad,” a rare must-see.
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$50 million van Gogh painting stolen from Cairo museum CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s top prosecutor on Monday ordered the detention of the deputy culture minister for four days in connection with the theft of a Vincent van Gogh painting, state media reported. Thieves made off with the canvas, known by the titles of “Poppy Flowers” and “Vase with Flowers,” on Saturday from the Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Cairo. None of the museum’s alarms and only seven of 43 surveillance cameras were working at the time of the robbery. The prosecutor general ordered the detention of Deputy Culture Minister Mohsen Shalaan and four of the museum’s security guards while they are investigated on suspicion of neglect and professional delinquency, according to the staterun Middle East News Agency. No charges have been filed. The prosecutor, AbdelMeguid Mahmoud, implicated the deputy minister in the security lapses that he said led to the theft because he has an office in the museum and is in charge of its financial and administrative affairs. Shalaan “neglected his duties and didn’t improve lax
security measures by replacing the broken cameras and alarms,” MENA quoted the prosecutor as saying. The guards were accused of neglect for not checking museum visitors. Ten other people were questioned and released Sunday but remain under investigation on similar accusations. The van Gogh painting is worth an estimated $50 million. This is the second time the painting by the Dutch postimpressionist has been stolen from the museum. Thieves first made off with the canvas in 1978. Authorities recovered it two years later at an undisclosed location in Kuwait. The 12-inch-by-12-inch (30-centimer-by-30-centimeter) canvas, believed to have been painted in 1887, resembles a flower scene by the French artist Adolphe Monticelli, whose work deeply affected van Gogh. The Monticelli painting also is part of the Khalil collection. The prosecutor said his office had warned Egypt’s museums last year to implement stricter security controls after nine paintings were stolen from another Cairo institute, the Mohammed Ali Museum. Similar
security lapses were to blame in that theft. Shalaan, the deputy minister, said he also warned in 2007 that cameras and alarms at the Mahmoud Khalil Museum were not working but that Culture Minister Farouk Hosni did not come through with resources to replace the equipment. “I am not going to be a scapegoat for the minister,” he was quoted as saying by the weekly Al-Youm Al-Sabaa newspaper. He said he would present evidence that the minister was aware of the failing security at the museum, according to the paper’s online edition. Hosni has instructed ministry officials to set up what he described as a central control room to monitor video from surveillance cameras in all Egyptian museums and link alarms into a single network, MENA reported. The control room will be set up inside Cairo’s historic Citadel, the fortress built by Saladin. Committees will also tour museums across the country to review security measures.
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Life returns to campus
Acoustic showcase veteran duo Betty and Ocho played a set in the CSU. Our favorite was their cover of Lyaz’s “Replay.” “Shawty’s like a melody in my head...”
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wale agboola• msu reporter Students matched wit against wit outside the CSU on a new giant chess board. In future news, the giant chess board was found torn to shreds only three days into the semester.
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LET THE GAMES BEGIN Volleyball, soccer and football highlight the MSU fall season and More on page 27 they all have high expectations to do one thing — win.
shannon rathmmanner • msu reporter The MSU volleyball team comes in as the No. 18 team in the country and will be led by seniors Amanda Thompson (fourth from left) and Amanda Beekman (not pictured).
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Guess who’s back? Okay, lucky guess KYLE RATKE
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You are sick of hearing about it. Brett Favre is all over Sportscenter, the radio and, probably worst of all Facebook. Nothing is better than a FB friend saying, “Effin’ Favre is back. Suck it!” Weirdly enough, that same friend is single and was drunk at 10:18 a.m. when he typed that status. Regardless, the legend is back.
There are a million things to write about with Favre. Is his ankle alright? He can’t have the same year as last year can he? Is his daughter good looking? (Wait while I Google her.) Most of these questions are relevant and are talked about enough, but the one question brought up recently by media members is whether or not Favre will tear about the locker room this year? This is an idiotic ques-
tion. Did he tear the team apart last season when he led the Vikings to the NFC Championship game? No. If Jared Allen, Steve Hutchinson and Ryan Longwell are alright with Favre coming back, then I think we should be sold. Tavaris Jackson, ah T-Jack. Yeah, the guy is pissed. Imagine if were dating a girl and out of nowhere, she was suddenly attracted to someone she used to
hate. Not only is she attracted to him but she is dating him now! He is bigger, stronger and faster than you. Get the idea? Sage Rosenfels on the other hand is making $4.5 million to be the third string quarterback. Yeah, I am sure he is really upset right now. The latest rumor that Favre and other Vikings players don’t agree with head coach Brad Childress all the time shouldn’t surprise anyone.
Remember every time on third down with eight yards to go and the Vikings ran a draw play? Exactly, so don’t tell me you think Chilly is a great offensive mind. The Favre news won’t stop anytime soon, but you don’t need to listen to all of it. Kyle Ratke is the Reporter’s Sports Editor. You can read more of Ratke’s rants @ www. facebook.com/TheKidsTake.
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Creating his own legacy After guiding the Mavericks to the College Baseball World Matt Magers was named Regional Baseball Coach of the Year
staff writer Minnesota State baseball coach Matt Magers is going to have to clear some space off on his mantle above the fireplace. Magers, who completed his second season at the helm of the Mavericks last spring, was awarded the American Baseball Coaches Association/Diamond Sports Company NCAA Division II Regional Coach of the Year award. “When I first heard that I won coach of the year, I thought about all the individuals, including our players, parents and alumni that made it possible for me to be in that position to win such an award.” Magers said. “I’m fortunate to have great assistant coaches such as Adam Christ and Tink Larson who have a great passion for developing our student-athletes on and off the field. You need to surround yourself with good people and these are two of the best.” Magers is a native of Gaylord, Minn. He played baseball at South Dakota State University from 1995-1997 and was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 1997, playing two and a half seasons in the Cubs’ minor league system. Magers was an assistant coach with the Mavericks for eight years before being named the head skipper. That amount of time spent with the same team has led to a good relationship with his players.
“I have had a lot of different baseball coaches throughout my career and they have all taught me a lot about baseball,” said infielder Patrick Dockendorf. “One of the big differences between all of my other coaches and coach Magers is that not only has ‘Mags’ taught me a lot about baseball, he has also taught me a lot about life and has made me a much better person over the years I have been here at MSU.” Magers also gives a great deal of credit for his successes to spending eight years under former Mavericks coach Dean Bowyer. “The transition into becoming head coach was easier after being an assistant coach for eight years under Dean Bowyer,” Magers said. “He was so good at delegating responsibility and made everyone around him better. A large part of our current success is because of the tradition he established at Minnesota State.” The Mavericks, along with Magers, had a season to remember last year with a 44-16 record. They took the NSIC regular and post-season crown and captured the NCAA Central Region title. The team then went on to compete in the Division II College World Series in Cary, N.C., where MSU finished seventh losing both games they played in. Even with the success of last year’s team, Magers is excited about the potential of his 2011
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It has been nearly two weeks since the Minnesota State football team began training camp. On Monday, the Mavericks were able to enjoy their first day off, something that head coach Todd Hoffner said his guys deserved. “It’s been a tough camp,” said Hoffner. “We’ve worked the players pretty hard.” Hoffner likes the competitiveness he has seen from his players early on. That is always important when filling voids from starters who graduated last year. There is no questioning the talent of the 98 players who stepped on the field Aug. 12 for
Volleyball Saturday marked the MSU volleyball team’s first scrimmage of the season. With teams constantly rotating and changing, and the athletes sweating and beating themselves up in the Schellburg Auxiliary Gym, Saturday was a great chance for head coach Dennis Amundson to get a first good look at the 2010 team. The emergence of junior setter Brittany Stamer, last sports pix • msu athletics year’s Team Offensive Player Matt Magers led the Mavericks to a 44-16 record last season, which included a 25-7 NSIC record. The Maverof the Year, could be a story icks won the NSIC and went on the capture the NCAA Central Region as the second seed. to keep an eye on this year. It squad. come out with a positive athave along with a strong group seemed like almost every great kill on Saturday was off of a “This group will have a titude and prepare to practice of underclassmen and newset by Stamer. She’s become great opportunity to accomeach day,” Magers said. “I’m comers.” plish some special things if we excited about the returners we
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the first day of practice. This makes many position battles interesting, as each player is trying to make it impossible for the coaches not to send them to the field on game day. “All positions are always open on a competitive basis,” Hoffner said. There are a few positions that will be interesting to keep an eye on before the Mavericks’ first game Sept. 2. A lot of these positions will revolve around the offense, since the Mavericks have lost 10 starters from last season. Hoffner said he has been pleased with the play of the quarterbacks so far in practice. Senior Steve Pachan proved he could put up big numbers last
season and he was named to the All-NSIC honorable mention team for it. Pachan then had a strong spring and that seems to have carried over to this summer. The Mavericks are looking to see who can fill the backup slot behind Pachan and possibly take over after this season. Will Brogan is a gifted quarterback who may see some playing time this year if Pachan struggles. The Mavericks also have freshman Jon Wolf, who has been impressive throughout camp. Wolf has shown flashes of incredible athleticism and is one of a couple newcomers who Hoffner says could see playing time this year.
more vocal than last year and really seems to be connecting with MSU’s hitters, especially senior outside hitter Amanda Beekman, in a way that could be potentially dangerous for opponents. Senior middle blocker Amanda Thompson also made quite the impression on Saturday. Even though Thompson’s blocking is what won her last year’s Team Defensive Player of the Year Award, it was her jaw-dropping spikes that caught fan’s attention. Thompson is ridiculously athletic and can be really scary off of the set in the right situation. “They all had their moments,” Amundson said. “Ev-
eryone did enough to make us happy, but they also did enough to show us that we have a lot to work on.” In particular, Amundson thought the team could improve its passing “Part of it is not being around the same people all the time, but then again, that’s still no excuse for not following the system” Amundson said. “We did a good job of holding our training and competitive edge for about an hour and ten minutes, but we’re going to have to learn to hold it for about an hour and forty-five”
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With the departure of 10 players from last season’s squad, and the infusion of a brand new crop of young talent, the Minnesota State women’s soccer team is going all out to build a sense of familiarity heading into 2010. Even though the first official day of practice was last Monday, the captains had previously gotten many members of the team to meet up and work out together. This was crucial given 11 of the 26 faces who arrived to camp last week were new. Third-year head coach Peter McGahey has noticed the team’s early preparation in the seven days of practice since. “I thought the seniors came back in great shape, as well as many of our younger players from last year,” said McGahey. Fresh off a 13-5-2 season that included the program’s fifth trip to the NCAA Tournament, and third straight, McGahey knows that the bar has been set high for both he and his team this season. “I think every year gets harder. We need to practice hard and accomplish a lot of things, but we definitely believe we have what it takes to get back,” McGahey said.
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This year’s senior class has grown accustomed to qualifying for the NCAA tournament and are hoping to make it four in a row this season. “Lots of people came in early and put in a lot of hard work and we are really excited for this season,” said senior Ann Kincaid. Despite losing the likes of All-American midfielder Gina Paletta and shutdown goalkeeper Sheila Reynolds, the Mavericks return many talented players. This includes senior forward Laura Leber, who led the team with 11 goals and 25 points last season. “You never approach the departure of players to graduation with the thought of replacing them,” McGahey said. “You never hope to replicate their accomplishments, it is more about other players stepping into their roles and rising to the occasion.” With many positions up for grabs, it will be intriguing to see who rises up to the challenge in practice and takes a hold on starting spots leading up to the team’s regular season opener against Ferris State. “Every year is a new direction,” said Kincaid.
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Tiger Woods and his Swedish-born wife officially divorced Monday, nine months after his middle-of-the night car crash outside their home set off shocking revelations that the world’s most famous athlete had been cheating on her through multiple affairs. “We are sad that our marriage is over and we wish each other the very best for the future,” Woods and Elin Nordegren said in a joint statement released by their lawyers. The divorce was granted in Bay County Circuit Court in Panama City, Fla., about 375 miles away from their Isleworth home outside Orlando. The couple had married in October 2004 in Barbados and have a 3-year-old daughter, Sam, and a 19-month-old son, Charlie. The marriage was described in court documents as “irretrievably broken” with no point in trying to reconcile. Terms of the divorce were not disclosed, except that they will “share parenting” of their two children. The divorce was finalized by Bay County Circuit Judge Judy Pittman Biebel during a brief hearing in a conference room in her chambers, according to Biebel’s judicial assistant Kim Gibson. The hearing lasted no more than 10 minutes. Woods and Nordegren were present, along with their lawyers, Gibson said. Nordegren, who once worked as a nanny for Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik, asked to have her maiden name restored as Elin Maria Pernilla Nordegren. The couple signed a marital settlement agreement on July 3 and July 4, the weekend of the AT&T National outside Philadelphia, where Woods failed to break par in a PGA Tour event for the first time in 11 years. The sordid sex scandal cost Woods three major corporate sponsors — Accenture, AT&T and Gatorade — worth millions of dollars, and he lost his image as the gold standard in sports endorsements. A month after the scandal became public, Woods spent two months in therapy at a Mississippi clinic with hopes of saving his marriage. “While we are no longer married, we are the parents of two wonderful children and their happiness has been, and will always be, of paramount importance to both of us,” they said in the statement. ... “The weeks and months ahead will not be easy for them as we adjust to a new family situation, which is why our privacy must be a principal concern.”
While the Mavericks announced the 2010 HOF class this summer, so did the NSIC. The lone Maverick in this years’ NSIC class is Manny Beckman, who competed for MSU from 1950-54. Beckman was a three sport athlete who excelled in football, basketball and track. He was an 11-time letter winner and was part of nine conference championships during his time at MSU. He was inducted in the MSU Hall of Fame in 1981. He is also in the Minnesota High School Hall of Fame, Minnesota Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the Waseca Hall of Fame. Earlier this month, MSU
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2010 Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer award recipients. Sexton has been an MSU athletic training staff member since 1993. He has received many other awards throughout his time at MSU and has taught every course in the athletic training program, including prevention which includes 14 classes. He has a bachelor’s degree in physical education/athletic training from MSU, a master’s degree in athletics training and exercise science from the University of Arizona and a doctorate in educational policy and administration from the University of Minnesota.
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