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Crossroads creating and serving a community on campus

Lutheran Ministry volunteers and donates to serve MSU’s student body.

LISA STEVENS Staff Writer Crossroads Campus Ministry, one of three Lutheran ministries at Minnesota State University, Mankato, has a goal to serve the campus and the community this year, according to Crossroads Pastor Tammy Dahlvang.

Students of the ministry have been collecting canned food for the Emergency Community Help Organization, a food shelf in Mankato.

They are also collecting toiletries for the Community Against Domestic Abuse, a house for abused women and children in Mankato. Donations are still being collected and can be dropped off at Crossroads, located at 331 Dillon Ave., next

to the Center for the Performing Arts and Trafton East.

Dahlvang said the ministry partnered up with the Sigma Chi fraternity at MNSU for the food drive and would like to continue working with other Recognized Student Organizations on campus.

“There really is a desire to make the community better,” said Dahlvang. “We are a worshipping community, but we’re not just religious. It’s about what’s good for the community.”

Every Tuesday from 11- 1 Crossroads hosts a $1 lunch.

Everyone is welcome and people may come and go as they please.

The women of Grace Lutheran Church of Mankato cook and

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Abel Destea• MSU Reporter .Members of the Crossroads community volunteer and serve the community in union with their beliefs

MSSA provides students with an opportunity to govern themselves Ryan Berndt Staff Writer

Abel Destea• MSU Reporter Vice President Ben Shakespear and Speaker Beth Madsen form two of the leaders of the 81st Student Senate.

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When it comes to seeking examples of student leadership and involvement on campus, look no further than the members the MNSU Student Senate for reference.

From grade appeals to free bus rides, the Minnesota State Student Association (MSSA) is a dedicated team of students advocating the needs and desires on behalf of their peers.

At the helm of the 81st Student Senate is Chris Collins, who is acting Student Association President, and Ben Shakespear, who is Vice President. With the assistance of Speaker Beth Madsen, they facilitate weekly meeting comprising

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of senators from all walks of student life; students from residential halls, academic colleges, graduate studies, and off-campus are voting by their peers to represent their respective body.

Disagree with a grade you received? Check the MSSA page for a form you can fill out that will allow you to attempt to change it.

Once received, the Academic Affairs Coordinator will contact you and work directly with you during the entire process.

The Senate does more than just convene weekly to address issues, they propose new ways to help students with daily tasks and make

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CROSSROADS “Two other Lutheran ministries at MNSU are Hosanna Highland, a Missouri Synod, and Beacon, a Wisconsin Synod.”

MSSA “We want to rebrand the MSSA to show that all students are members and they should be encouraged to participate.”

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volunteer for Crossroads every month. Crossroads Office and Communications Specialist Jina Olson, Dahlvang and other members of the ministry also cook the lunch.

Members of the ministry can also be found tabling in the Centennial Student Union on Wednesdays, where students can play “The Cookie Question” and answer a question related to the ministry for a cookie.

Social events are held on Sunday nights, where students alternate between doing fun things and discussing religious issues. Students have recently been watching and discussing Rob Bell DVDs. Rob Bell is the controversial author of “Love Wins,” a book about heaven and

hell.

This Sunday at 5:30 p.m. there will be a picnic with hot dogs and s’mores at Rasmussen Woods, located at 555 Stoltzman Road. Anyone who needs a ride can meet at Crossroads at 5:10 p.m.

Members of the studentleader staff within the ministry hold positions such as student president, worship leader, resident, mission coordinator and photographer. Crossroads is also going to start having student-led bible studies.

“Students are really the ones who make the ministry,” Dahlvang said.

More information about upcoming events can be found at the Crossroads Campus Min-

istry, ECLA page on Facebook or at crossroadsatmnsu.org.

Students are encouraged to stop by during office hours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday. Crossroad’s mission is to connect people to God, themselves and others. Crossroads welcomes all students whether they are Christians or not.

Crossroads is an American Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Two other Lutheran ministries at MNSU are Hosana Highland, a Missouri Synod, and Beacon, a Wisconsin Synod. Dahlvang said each Lutheran ministry on campus is supportive of one another.

Lisa Stevens- MSU Reporter Members of the Crossroads Organization talk over lunch. Crossrads is one of 3 Lutheran Groups at MSU .

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As a matter of fact, students have access to Chris Kennedy, who is the student attorney, for any legal needs from housing issues to criminal offenses.

Hertz offers cars available to rent with payment starting at $8.00 an hour or $62.00 per day.

One of the most important roles MSSA plays is setting up the different fees tuition helps pay for. This includes the student union fee, technology fee, and health service fee, among others.

“The majority of students don’t realize they are automatically a part of MSSA,” explains Madsen. “There’s a place to express concerns and offer opinions; students just need to come to our offices and we’ll listen.”

To get a better perspective on how Senate operates, I sat in their meeting on September 11th.

After a quick roll call and approval of minutes, the senators were off to work; first up, open forum. This allows administrators, members of the Mankato community and students to speak on anything from issues they’re experience to news they feel

the general student population should be aware of.

Throughout the entire meeting, focus was directed at forthcoming changes and finding ways to get students more informed and involved with them.

“Historically, one of the biggest issues that Senate has to face is an issue with apathy from the general student body.” Michael Hanson, Student Affairs Coordinator said. Hehopes to see more interaction from students.

“If you look over elections, around nine to 10 percent of the student population will actually vote. We want to rebrand the MSSA to show that all students are members and they should be encour- S aged to participate.”

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Tunnel project delayed briefly

Inclement weather and difficult construction are cited as the reasons.

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The road to an underground tunnel has been pushed back, albeit slightly. The project, originally set to finish on October 15, has been pushed back to Oct. 22nd.

The project has made entering the front of the library an impossibility. Entering students have to go down to the lower level, walk south and go up again in order to reach the upper levels.

“The Library and all other office and services in the building have been open and operating as normal through all the

construction that begin May 13th,” said Laura Peterson, assistant to the Dean of Library Services.

“As of August 21st, signs direct everyone to use the Maywood Drive entrance to the building to find Library Services, IT Services and other offices, services and classrooms.

This is a permanent entrance to the building with multiple doors, a wide hallway, elevators and power assist doors at each entry.”

She is very impressed with the tunnel project.

“It’s beautiful- it will very much enhance our operation. It’s a great thing. We’ve watched

their every move It’s nothing but a distraction, but it’s cool to watch.”

Students and faculty must navigate around a closed parking area, which makes their walk to campus longer.

Students seem to support the project because they will have a warm walk between the Centennial Student Union and the library.

The project will include a grass ramp constructed along one side of the tunnel.

The ramp will allow for creation of an outdoor amphitheater where entertainers, speakers and bands can perform.

The structural complexity of

the tunnel has pushed the project back.

Extra time has been needed to see where all of the pieces fit and the library will continue to maintain the same hours as construction continues.

The Maywood Avenue enrance will be the main entrance until the project is completed and signs direct people to the right entrance.

The front entrance is expected to be open by early October.

Campus Minister Ashlinn Thommes isn’t sold on the tunnel.

“I think it is a dumb idea,” Thommes said.

Thommes, who doesn’t

go to the library, thinks that the school isn’t spending their money wisely by investing in the project.

“The school could have better allocated the money,” Thommes said.

Junior Stephanie Cox disagrees.

“I think it’s a pretty good idea, pretty cool,” Cox said, who has a Cognitive Sociology class in the basement of the library, is also happy with the amphitheater that’s under construction.

“It’s going to be nice to have an open area with no building,’’ she said. “It’s going to look a lot different.”

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The case for gay marriage in the Catholic church Self- Reflection is needed to reevaluate the church’s strident stance against gay marriage.

SAM WILMES News Editor As a life-long member of the Catholic church, I am extremely disappointed in the church’s stance on gay marriage. Instead of following the principle of helping those who are shunned by society, the church has turned its back on the LGBT community.

My interpretation of Jesus' teachings revolves around a liberal, long-haired man who was truly forward-thinking.

Jesus’ life revolved around those who had less, the lowly and the rejected.

Now that the state considers gay marriage as a legal right, the church should reconsider its stance against it.

It is not right to judge others, especially those who we don't know.

The church shouldn’t consider gay marriage as sinful in the eyes of the Lord simply because we shouldn’t judge.

We as a church are a collection of unique individuals, people with different sexual orientations. The Jesus that I know accepts everyone with open arms.

When we are judged we

should be able to say to God that we as a church helped those in need.

Statistics show that LGBT youth are up to four times more likely than heterosexual counterparts to attempt suicide and that 30 percent to 40 percent of LGBT youth, according to age

seven times more likely to experience sexual violence as compared to heterosexual youth.

The church should consider those numbers. The church must know that being gay is not a choice. Our own all-knowing, all-powerful God created them and he doesn't make misakes.

“The church must know that being gay is not a choice. Our own all-knowing, all-powerful God created them and he doesn’t make mistakes. He created them to be loved, cared for and accepted.” and sex groups, have attempted suicide.

The National Coalition for the Homeless says 20 percent of homeless youth who identify themselves as LGBT are homeless, which is double the national average. Most homeless LGBT youth — 58.7 percent — have been sexually abused compared to 33.4 percent of other homeless youth.

LGBT youth are more than

He created them to be loved, cared for and accepted.

Unfortunately, the church doesn’t see it this way.

The church has not only taken a verbal stand against the LGBT community, they have also taken a financial one. The Catholic Church spent more than a million dollars this fall trying to combat gay rights groups who sought to gain the human right to marry.

The church would have been better served if it had donated the dollars to homeless shelters. That would fit into the church’s stance of helping the needy, instead they are making their lives harder.

When same-sex civil unions were legalized in Illinois in 2011, the state intended to require Catholic Charities to provide adoption and foster-care services to same-sex couples in the same way that they gave heterosexual couples.

They took that stance because Catholic Charities accepted public funds.

The Church decided it was more important to protect their beliefs and closed most of their Illinois offices in response.

The church should reconsider its stance. They may eventually come to understand that their interpretation of the Bible may be wrong. They may realize the pain many LGBT youth experience.

It shouldn't be considered a sin to open your doors to the persecuted and shunned.

Acceptance and welcoming others — even allowing gays and lesbians to marry — only moves you closer to God, not further away.

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Parents face charges in the starving death of daughter It was nearly 2 a.m. when the girl was pronounced dead, although homicide Capt. James Clark believes she was dead when Rivera found her. Clark called the autopsy photos among the most disturbing he has seen on the job.

More than 1,500 U.S. children die from abuse or neglect each year, most of them under age 4, but the Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday that it could not break out the number of starvation death.

“We had a bunch of child starvation and abuse deaths over my 19 years. Lots, unfortunately,” said former Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham, whose office spent years investigating the 2006 death of Danieal Kelly, who weighed 42 pounds when she died at age 14.

“A lot of the parents are totally ill-equipped to take care of one child, let alone multiple children,” Abraham said.

Kelly, who had cerebral palsy and used a wheelchair, died despite the family’s enrollment in an intensive program for the city’s most needy households.

More recently, 2-month-old twin Quasir Alexander weighed just over 4 pounds when he died at a homeless shelter in 2010, where his mother lived with her six children and received an array of social services.

Ensuing criminal trials revealed fraud in the Kelly case — social workers and contractors skipped the weekly home visits — and perhaps inexperience in the Alexander case. A social worker saw Quasir 36 hours before he died, but the baby was swaddled in clothing

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Danieal’s mother was convicted of third-degree murder, her father of felony neglect.

Quasir’s mother was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

Nathalyz’s death may point to a third phenomenon, in which families remain isolated from people who could help. It may be up to a jury to determine if that was intentional.

“When you have parents that are not invested in their children — sometimes they have mental health disease, sometimes they’re so overwhelmed with

life, that getting health care is not on their agenda — and you couple that with a child that’s got medical problems, that’s when you get into these kinds of situations,” said Dr. Cindy Christian, a Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia pediatrician who serves as medical director of the city’s Department of Human Services.

“But there should never be a child who dies of starvation,” she said. “We know how to nourish children, even with the most complex health care needs.”

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(AP)- A Philadelphia couple faces murder charges in the starvatjon death of their disabled 3-year-old girl, in a case with harrowing echoes in a city where a series of children have suffered similarly slow, agonizing deaths.

Nathalyz (pronounced NAT’-uh-leez) Rivera, one of a set of twins weighed just 11 pounds when she died Monday. Although she had severe disabilities, she had not seen a doctor in more than a year and was apparently not on the radar of social services.

Carlos Rivera, 30, and his wife Carmen Ramirez, 27, were charged Tuesday with third-degree murder. They have four other children, who were placed in protective custody.

Neither parent immediately had a lawyer listed in court records, and attempts to reach relatives proved unsuccessful.

“The fact you can have a child that literally starved to death in the city of Philadelphia is abysmal,” said Dr. Rachel P. Berger, chief of the division of child advocacy at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, who is not involved in the case.

“The real question is, as a society, how did we fail this child?

Who saw this child, outside of the family or even within the family?”

Police did not disclose Nathalyz’s specific health issues, although Ramirez told police that her daughter was born blind and had Down syndrome, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The family last had contact with the Department of Human Services in 2008, before she was born.

They lived in a rented row home on a neatly kept block of mostly retirees. Police said the home was in deplorable condition, infested with insects and rodents that they suspect caused some of the bruising on the girl’s body.

Neighbors told reporters this week that they rarely saw the family, although others said they saw the children — but not Nathalyz — playing outside while the mother watched them or Rivera worked on cars. He has prior arrests for assault, endangerment and threatening behavior, although many of the charges were ultimately dropped.

According to police, Rivera found his youngest daughter unresponsive at about midnight Sunday, and called the girl’s mother rather than 911. Ramirez came and went from the house, and arrived with a male friend to take Nathalyz to the hospital.

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Songs of the summer

The A&E section looks back at the songs or pieces that stuck with them the most during the summer months.

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“Radioactive” – Imagine Dragons JAMES HOUTSMA A&E Editor I’m of the firm state of mind that Imagine Dragons’ hit single “Radioactive” is a song of our times. The alternative rock group has delivered a powerhouse song that blends elements of electronic rock and

dubstep while visiting topics that reach a greater truth than many other hits in those genres (yeah dubstep doesn’t usually have lyrics but if you find depth in “dropping the bass”, more power to you).

Ultimately a song about awakening, the cryptic comments in the lyrics on air quality and the prison system (all of which lead to revolution and the end-times) are driven home by a foreboding drum part and series of “wub-wubs”.

But it’s only once vocalist Dan Reynolds hollers the intense chorus that the tune becomes a true wave of power over the senses.

“Radioactive” asserts itself over you, all while ensnaring you in its web of intensity. No other popular single like it this summer has presented such

inventive style and meaningful commentary.

Welcome to the new age, indeed.

“What Are You Going to Do When You’re Not Saving the World?” – Hans Zimmer ANDREW SIMON Staff Writer Superman’s theme is representative of his morality and his decisions and Hams Zimmer’s “What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World?”, composed for June’s Man of Steel, epitomizes that and more. Beginning slow, the solitude of a man and formation of a hero, and building

and building towards a rousing call to action where every punch is felt and the Kryptonian symbol idolized, the score is for Superman just as much as it is for everyone.

Inspirational and demanding, its ability to move the listener is infectious. We can inspire to be more, and meet that -- be filled with hope, become heroes in whichever sense means something, or, as Jor-El says, “be more than society intended.” Superman is about being the best you can be, and Zimmer’s score demands that of us.

“Good Blood” – AM & Shawn Lee

ERIK SHINKER Staff Writer People often associate their summers with a certain single they heard on the radio and I am no different. The song that defined my summer is “Good Blood” by AM & Shawn Lee. Never heard of them? Until I received an email containing this song, neither had I. From the soft beginning ambience leading into the first snare hit, to the sustained acoustic guitar chords and sultry voice of the singer, this tune conjures sensations of bonfires, days at the beach and good times with friends, old and new. Complete with a catchy chorus and bridge, “Good Blood” was an instant classic for my summer.

Cuckoo’s Calling: A mysterious crime, A mysterious author ANDREW SIMON Staff Writer The Cuckoo’s Calling, the debut crime mystery from British author Robert Galbraith, hit stands April 2013 to positive reviews and moderate sales. They praised the realistic depiction of the more vulgar, dark side of London life, the Olympian lives of the rich and famous and the tantalizing mystery that forms the books basis.

An inconsequential book stocked on retail shelves, until in mid-July, another layer of the books mystique was revealed – Robert Galbraith was, in actuality, a pseudonym for J. K. Rowling, author of the universally acclaimed Harry Potter series.

Sales for the novel immediately catapulted The Cuckoo’s Calling to a national best seller, with newly interested parties and fans of the author picking the crime novel up for curious inspection.

With that same mentality is how this reviewer approached Rowling’s latest release.

At night, a woman falls to her death outside her apartment.

A famous model and up-andcoming actress, Lula Landry’s death has been ruled a suicide. Months later, her brother John Landry enlists the help of private detective Cormoran Strike, a down-on-his-luck alcoholic with a prosthetic leg blown off in Afghanistan, a wife who just left him, and living in his office for lack of any place to call home, to find who he believes to be Lula’s murderer.

Happy to receive payment of any kind to settle his increasing debts, Cormoran takes the case, consequently being thrown into the dog-eat-dog world of the rich and famous -- of cheating spouses, playboy boyfriends, homeless witnesses, protective fashion designers and the scowling eye of London police. With each question, someone works behind the scenes to throw Cormoran off his trail.

Simply put, The Cuckoo’s Calling is an engaging read.

More than that, the prose screams of Rowling’s voice, that

even if her identity as author were not revealed, traces of her signature style would nevertheless be damning evidence of her being the master behind the words. There’s a skill that few are able to hone: finding the right balance of detail. Too much sends the reader skipping paragraphs to something more interesting, while far too little never makes the authors world tangible.

With this novel, Rowling proves herself a pro at painting the London scenery, showing every bodily build and tick, making each character distinctly identifiable, conveying accents and strong dialogue, and slowly peeling back the mystery one tiny layer after layer. Her words have an immersive effect where it immediately places the reader in the world of the story, completely eliminating the fact a novel is being read and instead feeling as though the reader is living, breathing, feeling and touching everything the characters are.

The best compliment about

her talent at realism is that she understands people through and through and presents Strike and company not as characters from a book, but as living people – contradictory in thought and feeling, strong and weak, selfish and selfless, the whole enchilada.

She has a knack for providing vivid imagery with her metaphors and similes, constructing sentences so fanciful and beautiful to read it’s almost as if reading poetry.

All this to say, with her second adult novel (behind The Casual Vacancy), Rowling is at the top of her game. However magnificent her prose is, though, there are

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begrudging nitpicks. For as humorously blunt and morally endearing Cormoran Strike is, there is an uneasy feeling of stereotypes being regurgitated in some of these characters,

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BY ANDREW SIMON Staff Writer Perhaps deciding that summer 2015 was too cramped or, if the company is to believed and the script needs further tweaking, Disney is pushing back the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean movie for a less crowded summer 2016 slot. While On Stranger Tides boasted big box office success, it was the most critically panned installment of the series.

Another franchise property that had neither great box office numbers nor audience reception was The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, making moneybacking company Constantin Films cautious in pursuing

making its sequel, City of Ashes.

Constantin Films and Harald Zwart were reading themselves to pursue a sequel but have now officially classified the project as “delayed”, if not canceled indefinitely.

One project at Universal officially ramping up production is the fourth Jurassic Park film, long gestating with multiple release dates come and gone.

On Tuesday the company announced Jurassic World, to be directed by Colin Trevorrow, a screenplay by Derek Connolly and Trevorrow, shot in 3D and slated for July 10, 2015.

Finally, the fourth Transformers movie has been given an official subtitle – Transformers: Age of Extinction. Long rumored to take place three

years after Dark of the Moon and featuring the fan-favorite “Dinobots”, Age of Extinction stars Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, and Kelsey Grammer, is directed by Michael Bay from a script by Ehren Kruger, hitting theaters June 27th, 2014.

Breaking Bad will be leaving airwaves in three weeks, but AMC is making it so fans have a new outlet to watch continuing stories of one of fans favorite characters. Better Call Saul! has officially been commissioned by AMC and Sony as an hour-long prequel, following the lawyer and his unconventional methods before he became entangled in Heisenberg’s web.

Another show calling it quits (without a spinoff in sight, however) is HBO’s True Blood.

The cable channel announced that its seventh season, debuting summer 2014, will be its last.

Similar to the sixth season, its final year will be composed of ten episodes.

And AMC has officially canceled The Killing – again.

Ending its run after its second season, AMC resurrected the series for a recently completed third year. However, despite positive audience reaction and steady viewing figures, AMC is retiring the series for good.

There is slightly good news for USA Network fans, though, as they renewed freshman hit Graceland for a second season, expecting to air next summer.

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Strike included. He deals with his sorrows in the form of a whisky bottle. He’s disheveled and run out his pot of luck, and has a rocky relationship with the ex-wife.

His assistant, Robin, despite being clever and useful, is luckily saved from feeling like a stereotype fulfilled, but that’s consequently due to her marginal role in the story. And perhaps the worst sin of all is that the identity of the “Big Bad”, before any evidence is accumulated, could be guessed purely out of knowledge of crime stories that have come before.

Maybe Rowling simply fancied working within the realm of expected crime novel tropes, to write a mystery in the same vein as the books she grew up reading. With all of Rowling’s interest in weaving complex multi-layered plots and unique characters, it would have been preferable for Rowling to swerve her characters and story in a more original environment.

None of this, it must be said, detracts from the overall enjoyment of The Cuckoo’s Calling.

The prose is superb and compelling from the opening pages, her story dark and at times comedic, oher world building gigantic and realistic. To echo the critics, hopefully, this will not be the end of Robert Galbraith, or the investigations of Cormoran Strike.

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MSU welcomes coach Ahonen

This past spring Mark Schuck decided to hang up the whistle and retire after coaching the Minnesota State University, Mankato men’s cross country team for 34 years. Now it’s Loren Ahonen to start his own legacy.

JOEY DENTON Sports Editor For many years, students would notice a man walking aimlessly around Myers Fieldhouse with a wristwatch on the left hand and a smile on his face.

That would be Mark Schuck.

For more than a third of a century, Schuck pushed Maverick athletes to not only succeed on the track but in life as well.

In August, MSU had to decide whom to pass the torch to and that man is Loren Ahonen.

From being a student at Western State in 2011 to now the Minnesota State University, Mankato men’s cross country coach, Ahonen used his experiences as a winner to land this job, and that’s what pushed athletic director Kevin Buisman bring him on board.

“As a former student-athlete and now as an assistant coach, he has built a foundation of experiences that I believe will prove to be very beneficial to the young men in our program and which lay the groundwork

for his future success,” Buisman said.

All of those experiences took place at Western State. As a Mountaineer, he was named an all-American in multiple events. Two of them in crosscountry and three of them came in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

After he graduated in 2011, the Temperance, Mich. native stayed there to start his coaching career as an assistant for men’s track and field. In his two seasons, he worked with 42 All-Americans, including five national champions.

After the first day of practice, senior runner Devin Allbaugh seemed very excited for Ahonen to start his own legacy here at MSU. “I’ve never been more excited. I know he is gonna take this team and program to a new level. Proud to be one of the first,” Allbaugh said.

His team participated in the Oz Memorial meet at the University of Minnesota this past Friday and Ahonen got a real grasp of how his team competes

and was impressed.

“The first meet at MSU was a positive start for us,” Ahonen said. “We just had to get out, a lot of guys haven’t raced in a long time and just looking to kind of how the starting line and once the race had started, kind of how they looked and if they’re confident.”

With a fourth place team finish, seniors Allbaugh and Jacob Ball finished first for the Mavericks. Allbaugh took ninth place with a time of 19:43 and Ball was right behind his tail with a 19:43.5, giving him tenth.

Ahonen saw the two runners he can build the team around.

“Two of my top guys ran very well, and I was happy to see that. They stepped up and ran with confidence like you expect your seniors to do,” Ahonen said.

Even though it was the first meet of the season, the Mavericks think they are a better team than last season, who made it to nationals.

“The first meet of the season

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Photo Courtesy of MSU Athletics After graduating from Western State in 2011, the Temperance, Mich. native Ahonen was an assistant there and coached 42 All-Americans, including five national champions.

One Door Closes, Another One Opens After some of the Minnesota State University, Mankato men’s hockey team’s big rivals in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Saint Cloud St. leave the WCHA, the Mavericks are looking for some new rivals in this new batch of teams.

DEREK LAMBERT Staff Writer

MSU Reporter Archives The Mavericks finished their 2012-2013 campaign with a 24-13-3 overall record, the most wins since moving to Division I.

The most competitive conference in college hockey has changed. There is a new landscape to Division I Men’s Hockey in an effort to expand the sport across the nation. Beginning in the 2013-2014 season, the modern Western Collegiate Hockey Association as we once knew it is history. With the formation of the Big Ten Hockey and the National Collegiate Hockey Conferences, all but four WCHA teams have left the conference. Minnesota and Wisconsin head for the Big Ten, while Colorado College, Denver, Minnesota-Duluth, NebraskaOmaha and St. Cloud State will join the NCHC. So who does that leave?

The University of Alaska-Anchorage, Bemidji State University, Michigan Tech University, and Minnesota State University, Mankato will remain in the WCHA in its new formation. While in recent years these four teams have found themselves near the bottom of the WCHA, last year was different for Minnesota State. The Mavericks from Mankato will be the only team in the new WCHA that made the NCAA Tournament in 2012-2013 and also the only team to make the WCHA Final Five. Heading into this season, Ferris State and Minnesota State are the only teams to have finished in the top five of their conferences in 2013, and look to be the two front-runners.

With all the new faces in the

WCHA, let’s take a look at the teams that will call this conference home in 2013-2014.

University of AlabamaHuntsville: The Chargers hired Coach Mike Corbett as their fourth coach in five seasons to lead them into the WCHA after being an independent team. Two seasons ago, the program was in their final season due to budget cuts, but was able to survive with fundraising and finding a conference to play in. They finished with a record of 3-21-1 in 2012-2013, with the lone tie coming against Minnesota State at home. They are the southernmost NCAA Division I hockey team.

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WCHA “There is a new landscape to Division I Men’s Hockey in an effort to expand the sport across the nation. Beginning in the 2013-2014 season, the modern Western Collegiate Hockey Association as we once knew it is history.” continued from 8 University of Alaska-Anchorage: The Seawolves have been a member of the WCHA since 1993, finishing last in the past two seasons. They finished 2012-2013 with a 4-25-7 record, including a WCHA record of 2-20-6. They should be more competitive in the new WCHA. University of AlaskaFairbanks: As one of the new additions to the WCHA, the Nanooks came from the disbanded Central Collegiate Hockey Association. They finished last season 17-16-4 overall and 12-13-3 in CCHA games. UAF should be one of the better teams in the conference this season.

Bemidji State University: One of four teams who remain in the WCHA after the formation of the Big Ten Hockey Conference and the NCHC. Men’s hockey joined the WCHA in 2010, while women’s hockey at Bemidji State has been in the WCHA women’s conference since 1999. The Beavers made it to the NCAA Frozen Four in 2009, their first in the program’s Division I history. The Beavers finished 11th in the WCHA last season with a 5-16-7 conference record, 6-22-8 overall.

Bowling Green State University: A once national powerhouse, the Falcons won a National Championship in 1984.

However, the program has failed to make the NCAA tournament since 1990. They come to the WCHA from the CCHA, where they finished 10-15-4, 15-21-5 overall.

Ferris State University: A team that will likely contend for first place in the conference, the Bulldogs finished 16-16-5 overall last season, playing in the CCHA. While not an overly impressive record, they lost in the national title game to Boston College just two seasons ago, so there is definitely some experience still left on the roster.

Lake Superior State University: LSSU played in the National Championship game three years in a row from 1992-1994, winning the title in 1992 and 1994 and finishing as runner-up in 1993. The Lakers also won a National Championship in 1988.

Despite those successes, the program hasn’t made the NCAA Tournament since 1996, and finished last season with a record of 17-21-1 while placing eighth in the CCHA. Michigan Tech University: The Huskies were part of the WCHA from 1951-1981 and have been in the conference since 1984 after spending 19811984 in the CCHA. They have won three National Championships with the most recent com-

ing in 1975. Haven’t made the NCAA Tournament since 1981, but they have been improving since coach Mel Pearson was hired two seasons ago. The team finished tenth in the WCHA last season and went 13-20-4 overall.

Minnesota State University, Mankato: Likely the early favorite to win the conference.

As the only team to finish with a winning record above .500, the Mavericks had a school record 24-14-3 season. Minnesota State is also the only team in the conference to rank among the top twenty teams in college hockey at the end of the season. The Mavericks have been a member of the WCHA since 1999 and finished tied for fourth in the league last season.

Northern Michigan University: The Wildcats won the national championship in 1991 and last made the NCAA Tournament in 2010. They were members of the WCHA from 19841997 before joining the CCHA, and now they have returned to the WCHA. Last season, they finished 15-10-4 last season and tenth in the CCHA. The Mavericks start their 2013-2014 campaign with the Lethbridge Horns coming to the Verizon Wireless Center on Dec. 6.

AHONEN continued from 8 was definitely not an indicator of where we are at, definitely more of a ‘testing the waters’ thing and not a full out race effort,” Allbaugh said. “We learned a lot of valuable things at the meet that we will definitely use to our advantage the next time out. We’re a better team than last year and last year we won this meet.”

Junior Josiah Swanson took 26th after running a 20:53.8 and junior Matthew Stocker rounded out the top four Mavericks with a 31st finish in 21:53.8.

One of the weaknesses of this year’s squad is numbers.

With just nine runners on the team and seven runners running in the starting line, it gives the team small room for error.

“It makes things kind of tenuous,” Ahonen said. “We got to try to keep everyone healthy because you don’t want to get on the line with six guys or five guys.”

The nine is made up with just two seniors, but with the young talent and leadership from

Allbaugh and Ball, Ahonen has nationals in his mindset.

“The goal has been to prepare those new guys for the level of competition needed to get to the national meet and to keep my top level guys progressing and hopefully have one to three of them All-Americans,” Ahonen said.

Before the season, the NSIC named MSU second in their preseason polls with Allbaugh the cross-country athlete to watch.

When he described Ahonen it resembled a lot like the man who coached here the previous 34 years.

“Loren genuinely cares about all of the guys on the team. He truly wants everyone to succeed to the best of their ability and realizes not only the physical, but psychological aspects that go into running and will work with you on both,” Allbaugh said.

“Loren has the credentials and experience to know what it takes to be not only a great athlete, but a well-rounded individual outside of athletics.”

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