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Remembering Jordan Kagermeier Afghanistan, Africa Congressman assesses the progress, overall conditions of war-torn areas
ALI RAMSEY
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To his older brother Jeff, Jordan Kagermeier was a creator and a communicator. To his father Jim he was a deep thinker. But to almost everyone else in Mankato he was unknown. A generation ago, Jordan was just like most students walking around this campus. He strolled around with an attitude like he had all the answers, and the intellect to back them up. Jordan made a name for himself as an artist and writer, then left to slip quietly into the real world of marriages, children and jobs. That all ended this summer, though, when he passed away unexpectedly. Compared to other members of his Mankato family — Jeff was mayor of the city for nearly six years and Jim’s architectural firm designed Gage Towers — Jordan’s accomplishments were less publicized, but still meant the world to those around him. Jordan had a passion in everything from art and writing to antiques and music. “To categorize him as an artist is such a tough thing to
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do,” Jeff said. “Because art is such a broad category.” One of Jordan’s first loves, though, was the art he created. He used everything from doors and windows to left over architectural blue prints
as a canvas. To him, making art wasn’t about the money he could earn from selling it, but rather the love and happiness he experienced from making it.
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House Representative Tim Walz gave a conference call Tuesday to discuss his recent trip to Africa and the Middle East. The weeklong trip took Walz through Afghanistan, Kenya, Mali, Djibouti and Morocco. Walz said there had been many changes in Afghanistan, where he was able to navigate with ease. “The last time I was in Afghanistan was in 2008,” he said. “ Back then we were continuously stopped on the street by armed guards.” Walz met with General McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, to discuss what progress has been made in the country and what the U.S. still needs to concentrate on. He said he paid extra attention to the works of the special operations forces, such as
Navy SEALS, on the front lines. “Our troops on the front lines are fighting against some of the worse there is out there,” Walz said. McChrystal is expected to ask Congress to send additional troops, something Walz says he still needs to think about. Walz hopes the issue of sending more troops becomes one of great national debate— “as big as health care.” “I’m not yet convinced we need more troops,” he said. “I first want to see where they would be used and to know it’s for an outcome and not just to leave a footprint.” Walz spent time in Kenya to assess how the country is fairing with an influx of Somalian refugees and how it resists insurgent groups. He said Somalia was on its way to being a “failed state.”
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Remembering tragedy, eight years later Mass communications students to hold memorial Friday NICOLE SMITH
editor in chief Friday marks the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks — the tragedy that shook the
nation. We all remember where we were that day, when thousands of people lost their lives in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania. It took great loss to instill unity among Americans. But over the past eight years, the sense of unity has begun to fade. This year, Congress is giving citizens an official reminder of the importance of giving back. In April, Congress passed legislation within the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, to recognize Sept. 11 as
the National Day of Service and Remembrance. At Minnesota State, a handful of public relations students are stepping up for the campus to recognize this day and the lives lost. Along with professor Ellen Mrja, students enrolled in strategic communications campaigns will host a 9/11 memorial Friday. From 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. on the Centennial Student Union mall, the class will collect non-perishable food items, personal care products and cash donations for the ECHO Food Shelf, a local charity selected by the students. MSU student Erin Rohrer
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will also share a few remarks at the event, followed by a moment of silence. Mrja’s class decided to plan an event at MSU after discussing the case study of a major charitable event that had taken place following the Sept. 11 tragedies. “As we discussed the case, we realized that it’s a shame that as the memory of that horrible day is fading, so is the sense that we had of being one family, that we were meant to take care of one another,” Mrja said. In just more than a week, the students have planned every aspect of the event, from
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“To see Somalia as a potential for success is very optimistic,” he said. The difficulty with Afghanistan lies in the inability of the U.S. to see things through the eyes of the people. Although many troops he spoke with were well versed in the geography and different ethnic groups of the area, which Walz said is one thing the two countries need to build trust and friendship, the differences in ideas play a big role. “We had discussed building a road to a remote area, but the people there asked ‘Why? Then people will come and take our timber,’” he said. “Our vision of development is different from theirs.” Walz isn’t sure what a stable Afghanistan would look like, but he said it would involve a place where corruption would be the exception rather than the norm. “What success will look like is a question to be asked,” he said. “We were told it
would look like a functioning western democratic society with free-market capitalism flourishing.” Some progress has been made in the country since 2001. For example, 18 provinces have been cleared of poppy production, the flower used for heroin. “Still, I would have liked to have seen more progress in eight years,” Walz said. Walz also mentioned the idea of “flipping” Taliban members: converting them to our side. “The idea seems absurd… but I think there’s a possibility,” he said. “Many people want to raise their children in the east and we want to make that happen,” Walz said. Still, Walz is cautiously optimistic about the outlook of Afghanistan. “We feel a strong sense of responsibility,” he said, “ but we’re encouraging Afghanistan to take control.”
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Formal recruitment, informally referred to as rushing, is happening at Minnesota State this week in the Centennial Student Union. MSU has 4 sororities on campus— Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Gamma Phi Beta, and Sigma Sigma Sigma. They get all the interested recruits together in the CSU ballroom and divide them into four groups. The four groups then rotate rooms and go to parties with each sorority. Justine Stein, president of Sigma Sigma Sigma, said “As the week progresses, you get more time with the sororities. You narrow down choices and visit fewer.” Students interested in joining a sorority are supposed to show up Tuesday through Friday this week. They get to learn about the sororities and the women in them, to see who best suits each choice. “The four day long process is a mutual selection process,” said Melissa Eichelberger Alpha Chi
Omega President. Both sides, the applicants and the sororities, get a say in which women get bids from the chapters. “The most important night is Friday,” Stein said. “The potential girls get personal invites to the sororities. The girls get more time with the sororities and get to see a part of their ritual.” John Bulcock, assistant director of student activities for Greek Life, said 106 women signed up to do recruitment. He is anticipating that 80 girls will sign bid cards. Bid cards are signed on bid day, the process where girls accept an invitation from a sorority to become a member. For women, going through recruitment can be a bit overwhelming, but it can also be a lot of fun. “Each sorority has their own rooms and we went to each one,” said sophomore Jenna Baumberger, who attended recruitment Tuesday. “You could hear the sororities singing and cheering through that walls and it was exciting when you finally got to see who they were
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and what they were all about.” Sophomore Anna Irestone also attended recruitment Tuesday. “Recruitment was awesome,” Irestone said. “All the girls put on really good parties, everyone seemed really excited to meet us and it was great to meet some girls on campus.” It is an exciting, but busy time for sorority members putting on the recruitment parties. They have to come early to set up and stay late to clean up and discuss things. “To have a successful recruitment week, you have to prioritize,” said Jennifer Dooley Sigma Sigma Sigma’s Recruitment Chair. “We are still expected to fulfill our academic requirements along with spending multiple hours a night at recruitment events. It’s worth it because we build on our sisterhood and expand our chapter by adding new members.” All of the sororities are social sororities that participate in community service, sisterhoods, homecoming and
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LOSING Jordan was the editor of the Reporter section Downside Up, where he wrote about anything that came to his mind continued from 1 “Jordan understood that you didn’t need to be in New York or you didn’t need to be in a cultural center so much as your work or your story needing to be there,” Jeff said. While attending Minnesota State in the early 1990s, Jordan’s art stretched beyond canvas and he began writing for the Reporter. As an editor of the section Downside Up, Jordan wrote about anything his mind could think up. While at the Reporter, Jordan met and befriended Robb Murray. “When I first came to the Reporter, [Jordan] was totally that guy who was really corky, really funny, kind of intimidating, a good lecturer and you could just tell he was really a bright guy. No question about it,” said Murray, who currently works as a staff writer for the Mankato Free Press. After college, Jordan spent a majority of his time buying, selling and collecting antiques. His family owned and operated Earthly Remains until they
decided to close the shop five years ago. Both Jim and Jeff mentioned wanting to reopen the shop, but said it would be a lot harder without Jordan’s help and knowledge of collectibles. Aside from his love of art, writing and antiques, Jordan had a deep love for his family. After being married to his wife Jessica for seven years, the two welcomed their daughter Ruth in 2003. Murray said he regretted never getting the chance to meet Ruth or talk about fatherhood with Jordan. “My guess is he put as much passion into being a father as he did into his art or collecting antiques,” Murray said. Jordan’s life came to an abrupt end on July 1 when he fell down a flight of stairs at his house. Jeff expressed deep sadness and shock over his younger brother’s death but said the Kagermeier family rallied together and became very close after the incident. A small memorial with
Jordan’s closest family and friends was held after his death. “In death, Jordan did one of the things he did in life — he created. He created an environment that brought a lot of people together that hadn’t been, but needed to be together,” Jeff said. Jordan will bring many people together again when his family hosts a celebration of Jordan’s life Saturday at the Blue Earth County Library on Main Street in Mankato. The celebration of his life will include samples and showings of everything Jordan loved: his art, his writings, his speech accomplishments and his music, among much more. “What [people] would want to know is what they can’t know,” Murray said. “To know him was to truly know a unique and one of a kind person.”
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The time for the annual Mankato Pridefest has arrived. The festival gives people in the community the chance to come together and unite for a cause, said Jessica Flatequal, Director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Center. “It’s my favorite time of the year,” she said. “I love to see my community come together and see the allies come out.” In its eighth year, the festival will kick off with a“Queeraoke” party at Pub 500 Friday evening. Saturday will start with the “Run with Pride,” a 5K run or a 1-mile walk at 9 a.m. The route will give runners a view of the river and a tour of Sibley Park. Saturday’s activities will continue with the annual Pride Parade that will go down Riverfront Drive at 11 a.m. The parade includes organizations, churches, and individuals who support LGBT people and allies. Following the parade is the pride festival beginning at noon in Sibley Park. The festival will focus on a family-friendly setting, with a bounce house for kids
along with crafts and activities directed at the younger crowd. The festival will have a tent encouraging health and wellness, where they will offer free instructions in yoga, belly dancing and swing dancing. This year’s festival will also bringin live entertainment, including bands The Golden Bubbles and Sick of Sarah, different exhibits and food and beverage selections, including a 21+ tent. Saturday will wrap up with a dance at the Morson-Ario from 8 p.m.- 12 a.m. The dance will cost five dollars to enter. The weekend will end with a Pride Pub Breakfast at Pub 500 on Sunday from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. “Pridefest is meaningful to me both as a professional and lesbian,” Flatequal said. “It’s a time where we get to celebrate where we are.” She added that it also acts as a support for people who haven’t come out yet. The forecast calls for a 30 percent chance of rain, but Flatequal is more hopeful about the 70 percent chance of sun. “We’re going to have the best Pridefest ever— rain or shine,” she said.
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Creating new friends and families
Mankato-area program gives support to first-year international students adjusting to their new country and surroundings LAUREN MEYER
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Most students that attend Minnesota State are only a few hours from their hometowns, so they can easily visit their friends and families. It’s not the same, however, for international students who crossed oceans to get to the U.S. Cita Guna Maignes is the coordinator of the Friendship and Family Program (FFP), whose main priority is to help with the adjustment process of these far-from-home international students. The program is offered to first year international students to help them cope with culture shock and loneliness. Applicants are then matched up to a local family.
Students and their friendship families meet when they have free time. Some families invite their international student into their home for the holidays. Others just meet at the local coffee shop to talk. Whichever way they decide to spend some time together it’s an opportunity to learn about each other’s lives. “We just want to make sure that each student has a great experience at MSU,” Maignes said. If a student wishes to be involved in this program all they need to do is apply. They are then matched up with a local family who has volunteered for this program. Graduate student Adib Rahmani came to MSU from Afghanistan.
“I was scared when I arrived on campus. I didn’t have an apartment or groceries” Rahmani said. “[FFP] helped me better adapt to the Mankato community and Minnesota lifestyle.” Rahmani is happy he joined the program and said he would recommend it to any first year international student arriving on campus. Now finishing his degree in English as a second language, Rahmani plans to return to his country. Rahmani’s friendship family met with him on several different occasions, inviting him to family events. “I did several things with my friendship family and I’m glad they were there to help me,” Rahmani said. To get people to open
their homes to these students, Maignes works closely with the Mankato community. She often participates in community events and is active in various churches. “I have become the bridge between local families and international students,” Maignes said. Some volunteers are initially hesitant to become part of this program because they feel it is a big commitment. It is the organization’s main goal to let people know they are not a host family for international students, but a friendship family. The program wants families to know that housing, funding and faith are not essential to be a guide for the student they are matched with.
Pastor Zahn started the program in 1974 at the Campus Luthern Church in Mankato. “This is a give-and-gain program,” Zahn said, adding that local families can learn about other cultures and give students an idea of how local families live. The program has partnered with students from over 70 countries, including India, Norway, Nepal, Vietnam and Afghanistan. “Opening your home to these international ambassadors allows students, you and your family to experience cultural understanding and friendship— the basic ingredients for world peace,” Maignes said.
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Knickknack: Soulful? Soulless? The zen of garage sales Ran: Tuesday, May 12, 1992 I have to admit it. I have more junk than any other person I know give or take a few people. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t collecting something and even until this day I’ve accumulated so much stuff that most of it is in storage (like my sizable medical quackery collection). There’s just not enough room to keep it all. Why? What would drive a person to purchase so much and then keep it all on top of it? If I knew the answers to this I wouldn’t have to have so much space around me – my God! I just remembered that I had to rent a two-bedroom apartment in St. Paul a year and a half ago because I needed that much room to keep all my junk. No, I think I have an answer. Garage sales – yes, God Almighty I’ve seen the light. There’s nothing like a garage sale for the avid collector of junk – it’s a fix, a necessity to buy a tapestry of Jesus for 25 cents or the once in a lifetime shot at owning a concrete lawn ornament of the Buddha. Despite offhand comments about religion, there is something extremely spiritual about the experience of garage sales. I have developed a theory I’d like to share with you now – this is my theory about the reincarnation of the knickknack.
When someone buys a knickknack, let’s for convenience sake say it’s a thermometer someone bought at Mt. Rushmore, they attached a certain feeling toward it. This feeling is one of journey remembrance fulfilled through the purchase of a memento. After a certain amount of time the preciousness of the knickknack decreases. Eventually it dies out altogether. In a fleeting attempt to recoup losses over a thermometer bought at the Mt. Rushmore gift store, the owner tries to entice someone else with the prospect of owning that particular thermometer. They attempt to entice through the method of the garage sale. You see, for the original owner of the thermometer, the soul of the knickknack has died. What is needed for the knickknack at this point is a re-birth, a spiritual recycling so to speak. This is what the garage sale facilitates so successfully. Now, let’s say that someone like me comes along and I saw to myself, “This is just what I needed, a thermometer to tell me how cold it is.” What I’ve just done is provided a channel for the soul of the knickknack to be brought back into the world of the useful and ornamental. The soul of the knickknack has been reborn, and as with most reincarnation, the soul is constantly evolving in the realm of experience.
I think that’s the reason I ended up with so much stuff, I just wanted to be the person who helped a lost knickknack soul along its life’s journey. I also believe that people have a necessity to own knickknacks, much like the need for food and water. The things we buy in the knickknack world attach a legacy to our own short tripe on this globe. Someday when I drop dead from this or that someone is going to have my growing collection of Eero Saarinen chairs thrust upon them. At that point my soul as well as those of my chairs is going to be thrust into the karmic recycler. Granted, I have lots of stuff, but it’s because of garage sales and my need to possess more things than I could ever possibly use. If you get a chance to go our to a sale in this season of fishing and rummage sale, buy something seemingly worthless and sink your mind into the experience of that object as it has traveled about. And if you see my buying a big taxidermic marlin, don’t stop me and ask me, “Do you really need that?”, because I may not need that object, but that object needs me.
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Honoring 9/11 through action Friday deemed National Day of Service and Remembrance, so citizens should look to give back to the community Sept. 11, 2001 — explanation further than this tragic date isn’t needed. We all know it well and most of us can recount our steps that day. It was a day that tore the nation apart to bring it together and a day everyone said they would remember and learn from. These lessons, however, never last that long. After a while it was back to party politics as usual, pointing fingers and looking for someone or something to take the blame. Now, eight years later, we are seeking to turn the day into what it really should be: a day of remembrance and community service. Although those lost in the event cannot be replaced, a good way to honor them would be by giving back to the community. Congress has made valiant efforts to pass legislation officially marking Sept. 11 as the National Day of Service and
Remembrance. The legislation was made possible by the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, named after the late senator who showed active support for the bill. It will help to set up service programs, ranging from food drives to neighborhood restoration projects in all 50 states. A select group of students stepped up to plan a memorial, but it’s a shame that out of 14,000 plus students, only a few organized efforts around this day. We too, however, can contribute by attending the memorial and doing our own small acts of service, even if it’s just holding a door for a professor, cleaning up a local park or donating a few cans of food to the local food shelf. We cannot forget 9/11, but it is our responsibility, as citizens, to do more than just remember.
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Fried food fiasco at the fair Waking up early on Saturday, and by early I mean 10 a.m., I made my way down to TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis to park for free. It was sunny day and was nice and warm. For the first time in five years, I made my way to the great Minnesota get together. There are people, animals, agriculture and much more at the fair. None of these matter to me. The fair is about one thing and one thing only — the food. With a wallet full of money, I disembarked the bus and entered the fair grounds. For starters, my companions, my brother and his girlfriend, decided to share a 64 oz. bucket of Fresh French
Fries. They were greasy, salty and above all — delicious. After about 10 minutes of consuming every french fry in the bucket, we moved on to the Agriculture Building. Now I know I previously stated that agriculture doesn’t matter. This is still a true statement. However, there are cider freezes in the building, so I had to deal with the surroundings to get my delicious frozen treat. After a short walk, we arrived at the International Bazaar to get a delicious paddle full of beer. Known as Summit on a stick, the Summit Brewing Company had an ingenious take on the food on a
Has anybody else noticed the strange direction that The Learning Channel has taken these days? Once a station that focused on documentary specials and interesting case studies, TLC has quickly become one of the biggest pushers of reality television this side of MTV. However, where MTV fails by providing its viewers with dumbed-down, scripted non-sense, TLC fails by using the guise of “education” to exploit real people who are often seriously ill, disadvantaged or challenged by unique life circumstances. Show titles like “Multitude of Multiples,” “The Little Couple,” and “Half-Ton Teens” all display an aura that are startlingly similar to what a person might see in any given episode of Maury Povich or Jerry Springer. A person can tune in to watch anything from a man getting his stomach stapled to a four year-old girl balling her eyes out in a pageant dress. One of TLC’s newest shows, called “Growing Up Tiny: Kenadie’s Story,” is a documentary-format series that follows
the life of a young girl, Kenadie, with Primordial Dwarfism. The disorder results in a person barely growing in height and weight past the size of a toddler. According to the show, Kenadie is 6 years old, 30 inches tall, and weighs 14 pounds. Most people with the disease don’t live past their twenties. Interestingly, doing a simple Google search I was able to find that the same girl, along with her mother, appeared on Maury less than two years before she was signed on with TLC. Granted, TLC is providing Kenadie with health care rather than a studio audience, but the constant presence of cameras filming every moment of her life must take a toll on both Kenadie and the family. I mean, Maury was surely exploiting her too, but he only filmed Kenadie for an hour and sent her and her family on a cruise after it was over. Regardless of the incentives, however, I just couldn’t imagine selling my child to a television station for the country to gawk at; especially knowing that the disorder she has is fatal. Another show, “Jon and Kate Plus 8,” follows a family of ten that includes
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horrible food experience, I went to a perennial fair favorite. Sweet Martha’s Cookies are just as delicious as I remember them. They tasted even better after what I had just been through. After some searching for something that sparked my fancy I came across the Spam stand. The Spam stand had Spam curds. I bought Spam curds and consumed them. I regretted it thoroughly afterwards. To rectify yet another food error I indulged myself with the ever delicious deep fried candy bar. A Snickers bar was my candy bar of choice and it was delicious. For everyone’s future reference, if you’re eating something hot covered in powdered sugar, don’t inhale quickly just because it’s hot. You will breath in the powdered sugar and that is unpleasant. The day was starting to wind down, but there was still time for a little more food. My brother’s girlfriend bought some cheese curds and offered to share. And who could possibly say no to that? Before we hit the exit, we stopped for some chocolate-covered watermelon and lemonade. The chocolate didn’t stay on the melon too well, but it was still pretty good. A long day finally at an end we boarded the bus. I think I may need another five years off before I can do that again. — Ben Cecil is a Reporter staff writer.
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A TLC travesty One writer reflexes on the learning channel’s lack of education twins and sextuplets. Now in its fifth season, the fame this “lucky” family has found is leading the parents to a pending divorce, the eight children to a broken home, and a possible lawsuit by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry on the grounds that the children are being exploited and may be under emotional distress because of the show. All this, and TLC is holding the family up to their contract to fulfill another full season. I wonder what whacky new adventures that fun season will reveal? This isn’t “The Real World” or “Rock of Love,” or any other number of mindless shows that have plagued television for years now. Instead, TLC is something worse. It’s something that uses real people, in real settings, with real problems for entertainment, as opposed to drunk idiots who had to audition to get a part in the show.
The irony here, of course, is that a channel which once featured educational shows and original, objective documentaries, (and whose name aptly fits this description) has now lost nearly all of its academic merit. Instead, the network chooses to rely on shock value and the real distress of individuals in these shows to hook the audience, using “learning” as a marketing ploy. Even if you learn something from these shows, which you probably will, you’re also learning that on television, human rights are second only to the rights of contracts and cameras. — Matt Sauer is a Reporter staff writer.
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MSU’s Zoology program attracts students from around the country HEATHER MOELLER
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Minnesota State is the only public university in Minnesota to have a zoology program. According to Robert Sorensen, professor of biological sciences, MSU’s zoology program has been around for more than eight years. The program is a good recruiting tool for the biology department, Sorenson said. Students have come from as far as Missouri and Milwaukee, Wis. to study zoology. With 68 students, zoology is the third largest biology option, behind human biology and general biology. Nine of the 300 students currently enrolled in introductory biology classes are declared zoology students and three to four general biology students switch to zoology each year. The careers that a biology-
GREEK continued from 2 Greek week. Each sorority has an individual charity project they focus on. For example, Alpha Chi Omega focuses on Communities Against Domestic Violence, while Alpha Sigma Alpha focuses on yellow ribbon suicide prevention and the Special Olympics. Each sorority has dues that members are required to pay each semester. The dues range from the cheapest $230 for Sigma Sigma Sigma to the most expensive Alpha Chi Omega at $310. Everyone joins sororities for different reasons. “Both of my parents were Greek so I knew I wanted to join. I’ve had an extremely positive experience. You grow up a lot faster because if forces you to have responsibility,” said Maria Fowler Gamma Phi Beta’s membership vice president. Stein said that she came to recruitment just to get information, to see if she might be interested in joining later. “I came in with an open mind and I loved it so much the first day I went through the rest of the week. I stayed because everyone was so goofy and down to earth.”
to study what conditions animals need to survive, and in an animal-behavior lab students could set up experiments to study different animal behaviors. According to Sorensen, many zoology students choose to intern, although interning is not a requirement for the program. Students have interned at a variety of locations including the Minnesota Zoo, veterinary clinics and with the DNR. MSU senior Marie Balano first entered college with a plan to study veterinary medicine with a focus in zoology. She has since changed her focus to zoologyrelated research. Balano said her experience in zoology has been a tough load. “But hard work, time and
zoology degree can apply to are varied and open. “[Zoology] isn’t like a nursing degree where you go on to become a nurse,” Sorensen said. According to Sorensen, zoology can benefit any job that involves animals. Zoology students have gone on to become zoo workers, animal nutritionists and wildlife photographers. Some careers, such as physicians, aren’t obvious but, as Sorensen said, humans are animals too. The open nature of zoology’s career paths comes from the variety of electives available for zoology students. For example, entomology, the study of insects, could help prepare a student for a career in pest control, or for work developing pesticides when paired with chemistry. Students also learn a variety of things in lab-based classes. An ecology class could take students to a field
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continued from 1 securing the venue to writing a few remarks and raising awareness through the creation of banners, fliers and Facebook event invitations. Although the group will benefit from the public relations and event-planning aspect of the memorial, their motives run much deeper. “We hope that all MSU students will come out and help us remember this tragic event in American history so those individuals are never forgotten,” said Alyssa Klossner, one of the students organizing the event. Klossner said the class hopes MSU and its students, faculty and staff will remember the day by making an individual impact and giving back to those less
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patience all pays off,” she said. Balano said that of all the zoology classes, animal behavior was her favorite because it was an area of interest for her and she liked the way the class was laid out. She offered this advice for students interested in zoology:
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This fall boasts a strong lineup that intends to satisfy viewers starved from lackluster summer programming. With dozens of new shows complimenting an already anticipated slate, this month kicks off the fall season — bringing mustsee television to help students cope with their rigorous course loads. Here are some of the fall season’s highlights sure to make those evening homework sessions a little more tolerable.
Monday: Best Bet: “How I Met Your Mother” One of the most sincere of its kind, this buddy comedy offers an exceptional cast (Neil Patrick Harris shines) along with clever laughs and warm-hearted story lines that teach its viewers the difficulties of growing up. Season five premieres Sept. 21 at
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7 p.m. on CBS. For Fans of: “That ’70’s Show,” “Two And A Half Men” Also On: “The Jay Leno Show” returns at its new prime time slot on NBC. “Accidentally on Purpose” premieres on ABC starring Jenna Elfman in her first return to television since “Darma and Greg.” Hugh Laurie brings more sarcastic banter and medical expertise to a new season of “House.” Rounding out Monday’s offerings is “Durham County,” the detective driven drama that hopes to capture the same scares and mystery as its forefather, the cult-followed “Twin Peaks.”
Tuesday: Best Bet: Skip the television and do your homework. Riddled with redundant reality television, spin offs and remakes, Tuesday just might be the night that eight page paper that was assigned far too long
ago gets finished. Except, of course, for the painfully few Christian Slater fans who didn’t get enough of his nasally voice last year in the since canceled “My Own Worst Enemy.” The series title may have been referring to its leading man (zinger alert). What you’re not missing: Reality fans will be pleased to see “The Biggest Loser” returning for its eighth season on NBC as well as a new season of “Dancing with the Stars” on ABC. LL Cool J brushes up on his acting talents yet again for the new “NCIS” spin off “NCIS: Los Angeles” while Slater makes another run at television in the detective crime drama “The Forgotten.” Finally, “Melrose Place” returns to the airwaves on the CW, seeking to bring the same infidelity and double-crossing to a new generation of viewers.
Wednesday: Best Bet: “Glee” One of the most exciting new shows coming this fall, “Glee” follows a lovable group of high school castaways searching to find their identities in their school’s socially morbid glee club. With its off-brand comedy and Broadway-like performances, “Glee” may become a weekly television ritual. The new series runs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. on Fox. For Fans Of: “Freaks and Geeks” Also On: Ed O’Neil (“Married... With Children”) hasn’t lost his comedic touch with “Modern Family,” a new series that follows the hardships of struggling couples trying to maintain their loving relationships. Yet another medical drama, “Mercy” premieres on NBC but poses a new take with its nurses’ female camaraderie
similar to that of “Sex and the City.”
Thursday: Best Bet: NBC Lineup After dominating the Emmys last year, NBC brings another season full of returning fan favorites with the addition of another new comedy. “Community,” starring Joel McHale and Chevy Chase, is set at a community college where Jeff (McHale) is forced to enroll after his law degree is deemed invalid by the State Bar. “Parks & Recreation” follows its strong first year with its second season of Amy Poehler (“Saturday Night Live!”) demonstrating her (often painfully uncomfortable) community building and citizenship. Next is “The Office” with another season of laughs from everyone’s favorite paper com-
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‘All About Steve’ a poor Apatow knockoff JACOB BOHROD
staff writer It’s hard to imagine what goes through the minds of those who make movies such as “All About Steve.” Drowning in cliché social criticisms, the film plays like you’ve seen a hundred times before, failing to generate any inkling of sympathy for the characters involved while desperately attempting to reel in all possible fans with its version of Judd Apatow-esque comedy. “All About Steve” tells the story of Mary Horowitz (Sandra Bullock), a quirky and talkative crossword puzzle creator, who follows a news cameraman, Steve (Bradley Cooper), around
the country after he inadvertently invites her along during a less-than-successful blind date. After experiencing multiple newsworthy events, viewers are taken to a final location where Mary becomes the center of the news frenzy. “All About Steve” is more like a fairytale than a realistic portrayal of life and relationships. The film tries to delegate a childlike message of “be true to yourself,” but takes it to an extreme with stereotypes and a black-and-white outlook that ends up with a downright disturbing lesson: weirdos and “normal” society do not belong as one.
This theme is supported throughout the entire film as Mary tries to inject herself into normality, but fails to do so in every attempt. Although the ending is a very predictable combination of good feelings, it still fosters the attitude of segregation that the rest of the film exhibits throughout. Mary is a socially inept know-it-all who is obsessed with words and the use thereof. An out of place voice-over narration sprinkled throughout the film — a common technique utilized by scriptwriters who don’t know how to get their message across by ways of more skillful means such as character interaction
and dialogue — features Mary babbling about words and their meanings and how it relates to her life. This technique trades subtlety for blatancy, literally telling the audience exactly what they should be thinking about and the connection between vocabulary and Mary’s life philosophy. It’s use is both boring and belittling by assuming the audience isn’t capable of figuring out the intricacies of Mary’s character on their own. However, whereas the humor of “All About Steve” is typical and mundane for the most part, I did find myself smiling on occasion. Steve and his two compan-
ions, Hartman (Thomas Haden Church) and Angus (Ken Jeong), make up a fairly entertaining trio as they bicker around the nation in a news van. But it’s still a wonder why films such as “All About Steve” ever get made. It’s never going to become a giant blockbuster nor an Academy Award winner nor an art-house cult classic, which is why “All About Steve” is destined to be a forgettable, stereotypical venture into relationships and self-discovery.
‘Gamer’ hypocritical in its message
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Mark Neveldine’s “Gamer” posits a horrifying and morally corrupt future of video games. Packed with explosive gun fights and slick action sequences, the film’s plot is built on the fictional creation of the video game “Slayer.” Thanks to the
discovery of advanced technology enabling gamers to control actual human beings like pawns in their own cyber-world, players are free to indulge their deepest fantasies of violence, sex and gore. And after the first 15 minutes of the film, audiences soon realize this theme becomes a distasteful excuse for a plot line,
repeatedly portraying the same disturbing and gratuitous scenes right up until its conclusion. One of the few redeeming qualities of “Gamer” lies with the casting of Michael C. Hall. For any fan of “Dexter,” getting to see Hall as Ken Castle, the corrupt founder of “Slayer,” is a treat. Although the dialogue might as well have been written by the same children currently fantasizing about the future of video games, Hall maintains a wonderfully evil persona that contrasts his television roles in such a way that grabs the viewers attention and catches his fans off guard. But Hall’s performances isn’t enough to keep viewers from recognizing the shallow plot line or the weak performances. Ge-
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youth. But when the film refuses to tame it’s own violence, it’s hard not to feel as if it endorses such behavior. “Gamer” is nothing more than a testosterone-driven beta crash that fails to execute on far too many levels.
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TELEVISION The Reporter guide to fall programming continued from 3 “Ugly Betty” rounds off the list with its fourth season scheduled to kickoff October 9th on ABC.
Sunday:
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pany, Dunder Mifflin. Ending the night is “30 Rock,” Tina Fey’s Emmy vehicle that took home seven statues at last year’s award ceremony. For Fans Of: Uproarious laughter. Also On: After the NBC lineup is the humorously twisted “Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” back for its fifth season on FX. The highly anticipated sci-fi series “Flash Forward” premieres on ABC which offers the theatrics of “Lost” when the entire human race passes out and wakes up with frightening futuristic visions. And if that’s not enough, “The Vampire Diaries” premieres on the CW this season just in time to hold fans (a.k.a. Teenage girls) over until the new “Twilight” sequel hits theaters this November.
Friday: Best Bet: “Dollhouse” Joss Whedon’s (“Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” “Firefly”) latest series got off to a rough start in its first season after receiving poor ratings. But Whedon will get a second shot to woo viewers with the second season of “Dollhouse,” premiering Sept. 25 on Fox. The story revolves around Echo (Eliza Dushku), who has been used in an illegal human experimentation that has wiped clean her entire personality and existence in order to be used as a tool to carry out particular jobs, sometimes violent. Plus, who doesn’t want to see a little more of Eliza Dushku? For Fans Of: “Dark Angel,” “Alias,” “Buffy” Also On: Jennifer Love Hewitt can be reprising her role as the “Ghost Whisperer” on CBS.
Best Bet: “Bored to Death” For those fortunate enough to have premium cable, Sunday will be a showcase of some of the best television offered this season. Premiering on September 20 is HBO’s newest comedy “Bored to Death.” Starring Zach Galifianakis (“The Hangover), Jason Schwartzman (“Funny People”) and Ted Danson, the show follows the trio as they set aside their day jobs to become unlicensed private detectives. Billed as a “noir-otic comedy,” the stumbling amateur detectives get caught up in vices of sex, drugs and alcohol while trying to crack their cases. For Fans Of: “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” Also On: HBO’s full lineup kicks off Sept. 20 with the return of the anticipated new season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” with guest appearances by the cast of“Seinfeld.” Showtime’s series “Californication” returns for a third season, lending the fallout of the Hank Moody’s (David Duchovny) completion of a rock n’ roller’s biography. Michael C. Hall reprises his role as “Dexter,” America’s favorite serial killer, premiering September 27. Also, don’t miss “Mad Men,” currently airing Sundays at 9 p.m. on AMC.
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Vanilla ‘Extract’ NATE BRENNAN
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“Extract” is everything we’re used to seeing from a Mike Judge film. There are the mid-life crises, everyman dopes and unrealistic drug reactions viewers have seen enough of before in much better Judge releases such as the cult hit “Office Space” (1999) and “Idiocracy” (2006). Judge repeatedly jabs at the banality of spousal monotony one moment, then fakes left when the audience hooks to his right and asks him “Why?” when what happens on the screen doesn’t make any sense. Relating much to the sentiments of professors at Minnesota State University, I’m sure,
“Extract” follows Joel (Jason Bateman), the owner of an extract manufacturing plant, who feels like more like a babysitter than a respected small businessman. But when a freak accident threatens Joel’s chances of selling his company to General Mills for a large profit, he must smooth things over with the employee that’s suing him while dodging a sexy young temp worker and the airheaded gigolo pursuing his wife. As Judge blandly develops the plot, even the exaggerated and unbelievable is nothing but dull. Whether it’s Bateman taking an absurdly paranoid bong hit or Kunis conning her way
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Local playwrights participate in Festival Short plays fest runs this weekend NATE BRENNAN
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web photo Ben Affleck is the only saving grace in ‘Extract’ as Bateman’s druggie friend who leads him to his conflicts within the film.
into the wallet of a simpleton, there’s nary an engaging or outright hilarious moment to be found. And full of the flaws we’re used to from Judge’s heroes, Bateman’s character faces his challenges with rigor only to give up his dignity in a moment of serious Best Westernsponsored “deus ex machina.” This scene that wraps up the plot all too easily not only degrades Joel, but uncharacteristically justifies Kunis’ con-artist character. It’s reasonable Judge would fill his film with employees that feature glaring dysfunctionalities, but to present them in the ridiculously uninteresting way “Extract does is unforgivable. The only saving grace of “Extract” is Ben Affleck in a druggie friend role that’s as genuine as he hilarious. Completely self-centered and unhelpful, Affleck plays soothsayer to Bateman’s character, leading him to follies such as buying a gigolo for his wife and taking horse tranquilizer that provide
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“It’s a collection of moments that lead up to a certain emotion,” Coe said of his play. “In this case (the certain emotion), is crying.” Johnson’s short play, “Patrick,” will also be performed Friday. Gansen’s play, “Professor Confessions,” will be apart of six all-ages short plays performed Saturday at 2 p.m. and repeated at 4 p.m. “When I was planning my senior project at Bethany Lutheran College, I knew I wanted to do a writing aspect,” Gansen said of his play. “The idea came from the website “Rate Your Students,” an anonymous blog for college professors to rant about the trail
their students put them through. From there, I wanted to take some humorous aspects of the frustrations of teachers and put them on stage.” Gansen is currently a professor of mathematics at Minnesota State. Tickets to the festival can be purchased at Hy-Vee stores, at the door or online at the festival’s website — mnshorts. tripod.com. Tickets cost $8 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and under. A full list of plays and their descriptions can be found on the festival’s website.
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Mavericks escape upset in home opener The Mavericks snuck a victory over Bemidji State in overtime, but not without any bumps or bruises
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The old, “you win some you lose some” saying might apply to the Mavericks over the weekend in more ways than one. MSU barely squeaked by the Bemidji State Beavers and in the process, they lost two very effective players in their offense. The Mavericks beat the Beavers in their first overtime game since 2005, and what may be more impressive, is that the team did it without quarterback Ryan Fick and standout wide receiver Vinny Flury for much of the game. Flury dislocated his shoulder in the third quarter and could be out for as little as two weeks, while Fick suffered a broken fibula and could be out up to four weeks. “I think that we learned not to underestimate anybody,” said senior receiver Chris Nowlin on the victory. “When you get into overtime, any
did a good job of bringing team can win. We didn’t want along our second quarterback,” to just make sure we got there, Hoffner said. “He did start a we wanted to win the game.” The Mavericks trailed 31-24 comeback.” After starting off rusty, late in the fourth quarter, when Pachan finished the game 6-12 back up quarterback Steve for 128 yards along Pachan found Nowwith two touchdowns, lin for a 35-yard the only passing touchtouchdown pass. downs in the game. The game then Most of these stats went into overtime. were without Flury linThe Beavers hit a ing up at receiver. field goal to take the Nowlin and fellow lead, but it wasn’t receiver Omaar Balton enough as senior picked up the pieces as running back Ernest Walker they combined for eight Walker ran in the catches for 151 yards game-winning 18and a touchdown. yard touchdown run. “I think our role is just as “I think it speaks a lot about big as Steves,” Nowlin said. what we have as a team,” “Both Omaar and I will have said head coach Todd Hoffto step up. Vinny makes those ner. “That’s what good teams plays when we really need do, they rally behind adverse sitatuions and make the best them. We will need to step up.” There were more troubles out of it.” for the Mavericks against The Mavericks looked as if Bemidji, as they allowed 227 they were going to get upset rushing yards. and lose the game after losing Fick and Flury, but backup Football / page 18 quarterback Pachan looked impressive in his first appearance as a Maverick quartervs. Mary back. 2:30 p.m., Saturday “We would just hope we
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wale agboola• msu reporter Wide Receiver Vinny Flury dislocated his shoulder in Saturday’s game againt Bemidji in the third quarter while catching a touchdown.
Mavericks have no trouble on the road MSU volleyball continues hot streak and will head to Wisconsin this weekend PAT DELANEY
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The Minnesota State women’s volleyball team traveled to Florida last weekend and looked to build off a 3-1 tournament the weekend before. The Mavericks not only continued their winning ways but crushed the competition in the process The Mavericks were unrivalved in all four matches they participated in. Not only did the team take care of all of their opponents, they also didn’t allow a team to win a single set against them. “I’m very happy with how we’re playing so far,” said senior Ally Kwikkel. “We’re still learning to play together, but we’re realizing how important it is to have a strong preseason.” There was no question the Mavericks (7-1) knew the importance of a strong preseason in the Rollins College Tournament in Winter Park,
“There are still areas I would like to see improved on, but the girls are playing hard and it’s showing on the court,” said MSU head coach Dennis Amundson. The Mavericks also improved their ranking in the American Volleyball Coaches Association with their performance in Winter Park — they are now number 15 in the AVCA rankings. The Mavericks will now look to finish archive photo • msu reporter the preseason strong, The Maverick volleyball team has jumped up to No. 15 in the nation according to the playing one more American Volleyball Coaches Association. tournament before Florida. After getting off the The Mavericks weren’t conference schedule gets plane in Winter Park, the done either. They continued underway. MSU will travel to Mavericks had two matches their dominance in day two Kenosha, Wisconsin to play of the tournament, beating the taking on Shepherd University in the UW-Parkside Ranger and Webber International tournament host Rollins College Invitational. College. Neither school proved with ease. The Mavericks then “The preseason schedule may to be worthy for MSU, both finished a perfect weekend by not have opponents as tough were beat in three straight sets. knocking out Barton College. as the conference, but it allows
us to see where we still need to improve on,” Kwikkel said. Coach Amundson and Kwikkel both mentioned that putting away easy balls is still something they have to get better at. MSU will also want to continue to improve their serving which has been considerably average in the early part of the season. The Mavericks continue to show a good chemistry between players, which is a good sign with only a week left before a tough NSIC conference schedule begins. The NSIC has been considered the best conference in Division II Volleyball, so MSU is going to have to focus on cleaning up last-minute mistakes this weekend before they hit home court September 15. The Mavericks’ first match of this weekend’s tournament is Friday, where they take on UW-Parkside at 6:30.
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This weekend the women’s soccer team came out of Denver, Colorado with two wins and vaulting themselves into the national spotlight. “Coming away with two wins against a nationally ranked team is awesome and it’s a huge confidence boost for our team,” said senior goalkeeper Sheila Reynolds. “With wins like these, we’re able to prove to ourselves and other that we can compete with some of the best teams out there, despite what they throw at us.” On Friday, the team butted heads with the Roadrunners of Metro State, ranked third in the nation. Freshman forward Brittney Henry gave the Mavericks the lead halfway through the 55th minute, assisted by Abby Maxson. This goal was the first for Henry in her short time with the Mavericks. Metro State answered with a goal in the 70th minute. But with little time remaining junior forward Laura Leber gave the Mavs a lead they wouldn’t relinquish. The Mavericks handed Metro State their first loss of the season with the 2-1 win. “The incoming players have done an outstanding job, they have come in and they’ve worked hard, they’ve challenged and they have continued to strive to live up to
wale agboola • msu reporter Freshman forward Brittany Henry scored two goals over the weekend coming off of the bench.
what it means to be a Maverick soccer player,” said head coach Peter McGahey. Coming off a huge win on Friday, the team looked to Sunday where they would face the 20th ranked team in the nation, Regis University.
Early in the match, freshman midfielder Cassie Weik found forward Brittney Henry for the early lead. This was Henry’s second goal of the weekend and her career. It was lights out and curtains down from that point on as senior goalkeeper
Sheila Reynolds recorded 10 saves in the game, 17 saves on the weekend and got her 15th shut-out; giving her the new career shut-outs leader at Minnesota State. “It’s kind of cool holding a record for shut-outs, but not because we were able to break the record,” Reynolds said. “I think it’s more because it shows that we’re not only a team that can score, but also one that takes pride in their defensive skills.” The team enters a weekend off ranked sixth in the nation. Metro State and Regis University both fell out of the top-25. “Full credit to both Metro and Regis,” McGahey said. “When I looked at the rankings this week I think it’s a shame. I think both of those teams are top 10-teams.” The Mavericks also collected a couple NSIC awards this weekend as freshman Brittany Henry was named Offensive Player of the Week and senior Sheila Reynolds was named Defensive Player of the Week. The Mavericks are off this weekend and will continue play on September 19, when they will play at Bemidji State at 1 p.m.
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Todays Maverick Ally Kwikkel • VOLLEYBALL You have a pretty young team, do you think this will be a problem at all? No, I honestly don’t think so. I think it is beneficial and shows that we have depth. We have meshed very well. How many bloody noses have you given? Uh, honestly I don’t know. I have hit a lot of girls in the face in my life, but have not seen any bloody noses. If I had to pick a number it would be at least 2,000.
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Kwikkel
How nice of you. What if you find a significant other that you are in love with, but here’s the catch, the person is 5-5? (Kwikkel is 6-1) I don’t know. This is tough question. If you’re in love then you’re in love. But it would be strange to bend over to kiss your boyfriend. I would never be able to wear heels. I would hope that if I was truly in love it would be okay. It sounds terrible, but it would be hard to like someone that short. What do you think the team is capable of this season? We want to go to nationals, but now we need to go one game at a time. Have you seen coach Amundson wear anything besides wind pants? I have seen him wear khaki pants. I wish I could tell you when or why, but I think it was to a banquet. It was shocking. If you are trying to talk fans into coming to watch a volleyball game, what’s your pitch? Usually, it’s that we are fun to watch and exciting — something is happening all the time. But typically for the guys it’s our uniforms. We can’t pick them, but the guys seem to enjoy them. — Kwikkel is second on the team with 81 kills and has helped lead the Mavericks to a 7-1 overall record.
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I wrote a blog last week on how the Twins were acquiring players and could be making a comeback in the A.L. Central. Well, that was a joke. Your Twins are now six and a half games behind the Tigers and seven games is quite a bit to come back from. We do play Detroit seven more times, but unless we can sweep them, our season is over. It’s been fun though. I can just look back and recall all the great memories we had this season ... no, I can’t. This season was about as eventful as my love life over the last summer. Now we move on to the Vikings. I was about to talk to the Timberwolves here, and well, we can’t anymore. I don’t want to talk about he who must not be named (rhymes with sticky lubio). After watching Brett Favre do pretty decent against Houston last week and watching T-Jack rip it up against both Houston and Dallas, am I the only Vikings fan that thinks that maybe, possibly, hopefully not, the Vikings could be making a mistake? I know, I am thinking about this too much. But just think
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Pachan turned out to be one spot over the University of every single play at practices. the difference in the game We can’t our game plan too Minnesota-Duluth, who won as he did his best to keep the much. Steve threw a couple the national championship last Maverick offense on track by nice balls last week, I don’t year. leading the comeback. Walker see too many changes.” The Mavericks are facing also had a big hand in the A team that believes that it more adversity this early in the comeback, running for three can keep the same gameplan season, than most teams touchdowns on 10 will have to endure over and attitude after losing two carries for 73 yards. of their best players is either the whole season. Redshirt freshman a very good team, or could be This will be rough Jake Aberg also ran a very sorry team. Only time few weeks for the Mavfor 67 yards off of will tell. ericks that will likely 13 carries. “We are going to be who we make or break season. Defensively, the are,” Hoffner said. Nowlin sees this Mavericks had three as a bump in the road, players that had but certainly not a road double digit tackles. block and has confiPachan Dan Fehlberg findence in himself and ished with 13 tackles, Pachan. including a sack. While Jesse “He’s a pretty good quarterHamilton and Matt McQuiston back. He is an athletic guy just both finished with 10. like Fick.He has a strong arm Defensive back Jesse and did a good job on stepping Graves had the Mavericks lone in,” Nowlin said. “He has had interception of the night. The challenge for the Mavericks now will be to prove they can win without two of their biggest playmakers in a competitive Northern Sun Intercollegiate South Conference. Home of the FAMOUS Taco Pizza If there wasn’t enough pressure on the Mavericks, they will also be chasing history, trying to start the season 3-0 for the first time since 1993. This might not be an easy task when MSU faces up Located against Mary this weekend. by The Marauder’s are averagHome ing 360.5 yards per game and Depot have their own playmaker on offense in junior running back Jamal Lomax. Lomax earned NSIC Offensive Player of the Week get 20% off any order and FREE delivery for his efforts in Mary’s 48-31 when you show your student I.D.! victory over Upper Iowa this past Saturday. Get the BEST buffet in town! Lomax ran for 189 yards Everyday: 11:00am-1:30pm and a touchdown. Monday & Tuesday 5:00-7:00pm “We are going to play a MANKATO • 507-345-1908 • Delivery available in Mankato very good Mary team,” Hoffner said. “They have already played one ranked team and just beat Upper Iowa. They played very well on the road earlier this year. I think they have improved and we will see if we improved.” Chances are that it will be difficult to improve with a new quarterback behind center, but there is hope since Mary’s defense is not exactly a brick wall. The Marauder’s are allowing an average of 385.5 yards per game, 25 yards more than they are accumulating. If the Mavericks can continue to win games, even without Fick and Flurry, there is a good chance that they will continue to gain national attention. MSU is already ranked eights in the nation, according to the American Coaches Association and is ranked ninth by D2Football.com The Mavericks are ranked
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