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Taking a hit of Jell-O JUAN AYALA

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Nearly 20 different teams competed for the title of fastest eater at this year’s Homecoming Eating Contest. The annual event featured a large plate of Jell-O covered with whipped crème. Each person that competed for a team got points.

“If you show up and eat, you automatically will have points for your team and the winner gets bragging rights for being the best eater on campus,” said Associate Director for Student Activities Gregory Wilkins.

Wilkins was the host of this event, cheering the competitors and ensuring that they didn’t use their hands while eating.

Foods used in past years include wings and pasta.

An EMT was standing by in case anyone had an accident.

“Safety is always first and if [an accident] happens we’ll have somebody here to rescue,” Wilkins said.

The competitors had certain amount of time to finish their plates. The contest was divided in three different hits. The winner of each hit would move to the final round where they competed in a final battle to see who would be named the fastest eater. The person who fin-

ishes first has to stand up.

The winner of the first hit was Erik Lopez from Lakeville. Lopez was representing Lambda Chi Alpha and Gamma Phi Beta, a fraternity and sorority that were competing together.

“I knew that I could do it; I thought I’d give a try. I like eating fast [so] I knew I would do a good job,” Lopez said.

Many Minnesota State University, Mankato students approached the event to watch the competitors covered in whipped crème.

The winner of the second hit was Luis Mongia who was representing the Chicano Latino American Student Association (CLASA).

“I just joined CLASA, so it’s very fun to be able to do this stuff during Homecoming. I feel I am representing all the Latinos here on campus,” Mongia said.

The competitor that won the third hit was Chris Mangione representing Phi Kappa Psi. Even though Mangione had participated in this contest before, this time was more difficult for him since he doesn’t like Jell-O. He had to mentally prepare for it.

“I almost threw up twice just in the middle of it,” Mangione said.

At the end, while the crowd was cheering the finalists, Lopez was the big

winner.

“I wouldn’t suggest doing Jell-O again. It’s way too hard. This is one of the hardest things I’ve ever done,” Lopez said. “The worst thing I’ve ever ate in a contest would be the Blazin Wings at Buffalo Wild Wings. Those are super-hot, you don’t even enjoy them.”

Most of the RSOs competing in various Homecoming activities were present at the Eating Contest.

“Jell-O adds elements of fun. People had a great awesome time,” said Wilkins.

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surprises 'round every corner Parade to precede Saturday’s Homecoming game

megan kadlec • msu reporter Student volunteers take shelter before last year’s Homecoming Parade. IMPACT is hoping it doesn’t rain again this year.

ELISE KONEZRA

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Homecoming weekend is simply not complete without a Homecoming parade. This Saturday, Maywood Avenue and Warren Street will be f looded with captivating f loats designed and assembled by small businesses in the community and Recognized Student Organizations on campus.

It is a way to bring out

true pride in all as the community gathers to witness their very own successors and bring about Maverick pride. All participants in the parade will come together to represent who they are and their pride within the community.

Homecoming parade planning began over the summer, reaching out to businesses, as well as contacting and notifying Recognized Student

Organizations. Some of these organizations you can expect to see in the parade will be fraternities and sororities such as Gamma Phi Beta, Phi Delta Theta, and many more.

The Student Health Services, Dental Hygiene Club, and the Mankato Ski and Snowboarding Club are participants as well.

“In the past we have always just walked in the parade route and handed out

Crest Prohealth Toothpaste with labels on each one that has the MSU dental clinic info on them,” said Dental Hygiene Club President Katie Krebs. “We plan on doing that again.”

“The Mankato Ski and Snowboard Club hands out snow cones every year, so of course students can look for those. Also this year let’s just say our f loat is going to be pretty big and is going to make some noise coming down the streets,” said Mankato Ski and Snowboard Club President Bret Romberg. “The rest will be a surprise.”

During Homecoming Week, RSOs create competition teams and participate in several events in an attempt to win points. Not only do RSOs gain points for participating, but they can accumulate more points by designing the winning f loat. It is also a great way to meet people and discover a little more about Mankato that some students

may not be so familiar with.

It is expected that more than 1,000 students, staff and community members are going to attend the event.

The parade will feature more than 60 f loats and will start out going east on Maywood Avenue, turning and continuing south on Warren, ending at the intersection of Stadium and Warren. The parade is expected to last about 60-75 minutes. Both Maywood and Warren will be closed during the parade. Normal traffic will resume after the parade as the streets are reopened.

“There has been a lot of hard work put into the parade and I am excited to see it all happen,” said IMPACT Homecoming Chair Kelsey Busch.

The Homecoming Parade is meant to act as a precursor to build Maverick pride before the 2 p.m. football game at Blakeslee Stadium where MSU will battle Winona State University.

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Homecoming Advice (or lack there of)

KYLE RATKE

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It’s that time of year again.

Homecoming Week: Where students wear purple and gold throughout the week, cheer on the football squad and throw up pre-noon on Saturday because of too many eggs… or too many cups from the keg. Either or.

It’s the annual event where your best friend and his girl friend break up 12 times throughout the day, only to not recall any of it the next morning and he can’t find his shoes.

I’m not doing a great job of making this sound like fun, am I? I remember when I was a freshman. Homecoming

Week was the best thing that’s happened to me since my grandmother stopped forcing me to eat her dumplings at Thanksgiving (I don’t know what recipe she’s using, but she needs to throw it away.)

Since then, each year Homecoming was the one week I could rely on during the middle of the semester to give me a little break. This year, I’ve spent the last week trapped inside this office. It has lavender painted walls. I feel like the Easter bunny. But, the weekend is coming.

This weekend will a fun, crowded and potentially dangerous one. Many members of the campus are excited, and that’s been evident in the emails I’ve received asking for advice on how to handle Homecoming. It includes everything from drinking to Homecoming kings. Surprisingly nobody emailed about dating advice. Whatever.

Without further hesitation, let’s go! As always, these are actual letters from fake readers.:

What time is a safe time to start drinking? Kegs and Eggs, baby! I think we might have to riot later on! Party like a rockstar! – Johnny Jag-Bomb Well, Johnny. This all depends what you do on Friday night. If you decide to go out on Friday night, you have to anticipate a late start to your Saturday. I’ve never understood the whole Kegs and Eggs thing.

“Let’s set an alarm and go eat from a place that serves eggs once a year, get hammered and fall asleep at 2 p.m.!” I’ll be waiting until at least 10 a.m. to give you my version of Kegs and Eggs: Screwdrivers and Poptarts, the breakfast of champions. If you decide to riot, I can promise you’ll be arrested and put in detox all weekend. Fun? Not at all. Great story in 10 years? Absolutely.

I’ll let you make this decision, Johnny. You sound like a smart guy.

It’s my first homecoming since high school. Do you think I could date the homecoming king? It’s always been my dream! Hook a sister up! –

Stephanie Status-Hunter Are you kidding me? First athletes, then politicians, now Homecoming Kings?! The average guy has no chance against the giants. I wrote a Jersey Chaser article in 2008.

Apparently there are “Crown” chasers too now. What’s next, are there going to be “Newspaper” chasers?

(One could only dream. Just kidding. But seriously.)

Side-note: I’ve been through three Homecomings here and I don’t rmember one Homecoming King or Queen. Something’s wrong here. I have a feeling I’m not the only one.

I’ve got spriti, yes I do, I’ve got spirit, how ‘bout you?!!!!!!

I’m a student at St. Cloud State. Who needs Homecoming, when you can get spirit week?! – Depressed Debbie Yo man. I live in the dorms and I want to drink with my bros, but I heard minors are gonna cost me a pretty dollar. What do you suggest I do?

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Understanding Autism

Awareness Walk hopes to inform public JUAN AYALA

staff writer The fourth annual Walk for Autism Awareness is going strong this year. With more than 300 people attending last year at Sibley Park in Mankato, the board members of the Southern Minnesota Autism Coalition (SMAC) are looking forward to not only raise money, but also to create a real awareness and make people understand the social disorder.

A developmental disorder that usually appears within the first three years of life, Autism affects the brain’s development of social and communication skills.

Research is still being done on the causes of Autism, though genetic factors appear to be important.

While reported cases of autism have been increasing, it does not necessarily mean that Autism is becoming more of a problem in today’s society, but it might be influenced by the increased ability of doctor’s to diagnose the disorder.

SMAC raises money to help families who have children with autism and offers support groups for individuals coping with autism and their families. The “Walkdo 4” will take place Sunday at noon in Sibley Park.

“We have a suggested donation for registration of 20 dollars per person, but we want people to know that that’s only a suggested donation,” said SMAC treasurer Annmarie Birkmaier. “We don’t want anyone not to walk because of financial reasons. We’d rather have people there walking and not

giving any donation just to support the cause,” Birkmaier joined the SMAC because her oldest son has Asperger’s syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder. When she heard about the first walk attempting to raise funds for students, educators and families in the area, she decided to attend.

The walk has been valuable for many parents wanting to both share their experiences raising kids with autism and also learn more about others’ experiences.

“I’ve learned every kid is different; there [are] no two kids with autism that reacts to things the same way. Every day there’s something new,” said SMAC President Becky Fredericks. Fredericks has twin boys with autism who just turned 10.

“It’s fun for me to be at the walk and have other parents and kind of learn some of the techniques they use and maybe hear about things they do at their schools to help their child either socially or do better academically, so it’s a great place to share some of the knowledge that I’ve learned or meet parents with kids that are older than mine,” Birkmaier said.

“I can prepare myself for the years to come.”

Nevertheless, SMAC wants to raise a specific type of awareness aimed at how the community understands this prevalent disease.

“The purpose of the walk is also for people to understand what is going on with these kids,” said Karen Wright.

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• web photo, cindy gold These five children star in Autism: The Musical, a documentary that provides insight into the lives of children with autism and their families. From left to right: Neal, Adam, Lexi, Henry and Wyatt.

Wright is a SMAC board member and also is the operations director of KMSU Radio. Her oldest son was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome.

“We found out when he was 11 months old that there was something going on. He is seven years old. When we first found out, it was something new. We read a lot we wanted to know as much as we could,” Wright said.

Wright hopes to raise awareness about the meltdowns a child with autism frequently experiences. Her goal is to inform the public of the disease in hopes that the world will learn to be less judgmental of these children.

“We want people to understand how this functional world doesn’t make sense to them,” Wright said.

“People would say why is your

son spinning around and you don’t stop him. ‘Well it’s because he [is having] a meltdown. That’s how he is dealing with his environment.

That’s the only way he knows how to deal with it. And when he is done, well he is done.”

With the money raised at the walk, SMAC hopes to bring internationally acclaimed speakers to the community that have done research and written books

about autism. SMAC also provides grants for kids that need, for instance, one-on-one swimming lessons or social therapy.

The day of the walk SMAC will provide food and refreshments.

Other organizations will also be hosting activities for children. To learn more about this organization or to register online for the walk, visit www.walkdo.org.

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Feminists seek to reclaim ‘slut’

MEGAN KADLEC

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Born April of this year on Toronto, SlutWalks have been taking place across the world as women unite to take back their right to dress, dare I say, like sluts.

The event was created after Constable Michael Sanguinetti of the Toronto Police Department publicly spoke about crime prevention at York University, “Women should avoid dressing like sluts in order to not be victimized.”

Feminists stand together and fight the misconception that how women dress justifies being sexually assaulted. They argue that, just because a women dresses in revealing clothing, they should not be victimized. They believe that women should be able to dress however they wish without the feat of being sexually assaulted for doing so.

Heather Jarvis and Sonya Barnett, planners of the Toronto SlutWalk, noted their main goal as shifting the paradigm of mainstream rape culture, which they believe focuses on the victim’s behavior and not that of the perpetrator.

“Victims of sexual assault are blamed for the assault because of accusations of dress and behavior,” said Megan Rae, a graduate student in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies.

“However, no one deserves to be assaulted regardless of their choice in dress or their selection of events leading up to the assault.”

While the SlutWalk focuses on one particular instance of victim blaming, there are many other forms of accusing the victim for what happened to him or her.

“The only person who is able to stop a sexual assault is the perpetrator. Common themes among victim blaming are scantily clad clothing, drinking, leading the perp on, being sexual or suggestive,” Rae said. “The point is that everyone has the right to choose what they would like to wear and everyone has the right to drink or flirt. That doesn’t consent to an unwanted sexual attack.”

The underlying misconceptions of rape culture often lie in how women’s sexuality is perceived as being deviant, as being wrong. Women are put in a place where they are not encouraged to make their own choices in their sexuality.

“Once a woman displays any sort of sexual control or power of their choices of representation, including things such as clothing, women become a deviant of society and therefore are no longer in a position to make their own sexual choices,” Rae said.

“Clearly this is not my opinion.”

Minneapolis will soon be joining the list of cities who have hosted SlutWalks. The walk will take place 3 p.m. Oct. 1 at Hennepin Island Park.

Oppositions to SlutWalks in the feminist community are widespread, though the most noted disagreements come from black feminists who perceive the word ‘slut’ as excluding women

• web photo A SlutWalk attendee holds up a sign in protest of victim blaming.

of color.

The term ‘slut’ originally appeared in 1402 as ‘slutte’ and meant, “a dirty, untidy or slovenly woman.” The modern definition of “a sexually promiscuous woman” dates to the late 1400s.

“As black women, we do not have the privilege or the space to call ourselves ‘slut’ without validating the already historically entrenched ideology and recurring messages about what and who the black woman is,” read an Open Letter from Black Women to the SlutWalk.

Black women have a uniquely different history that may force them to perceive rape and sexual assault differently than white women. Because a black woman’s sexuality was constructed by slav-

ery, her experiences have included Jim Crow kidnappings, rapes, lynchings and gender misrepresentations.

“It is tied to institutionalized ideology about our bodies as sexualized objects of property, as spectacles of sexuality and deviant sexual desire. It is tied to notions about our clothed or unclothed

bodies as unable to be raped whether on the auction block, in the fields or on living room television screens,” read the open letter signed by the board of directors and advisors for the Black Women’s Blueprint. “The perception and wholesale accep-

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Gathering the MSU community for pancakes

KRISTINA MORITZ

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As many students know, the final and most exciting day of Homecoming week is Saturday. There will be various activities taking place throughout the day, including the highly anticipated football game versus Winona State University. Among the events happening before the game, one particular annual event will draw in an interesting crowd of individuals.

From 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, there is a President’s Breakfast that will be held in the Alumni tent behind Blakeslee Stadium. The break-

fast will not only be serving delicious pancakes, but sausage and coffee as well.

The event is free and open to everyone interested; however, it is primarily focused on alumni returning to campus to partake in Homecoming festivities. If faculty, students, or staff desire to greet and spend time with returning alumni, they are more than welcomed to do so before the game begins.

“It provides an opportunity for Minnesota State University alumni and their families to meet other alums, students, faculty and staff and members of the community as well as

wale agboola• msu reporter President Davenport , who spoke at Monday’s Tie Dye and Cake event, will be hosting a pancake breakfast before Saturday’s football game.

President Richard Davenport – thus the title President’s Pancake Breakfast,” Media Relations Director Mike Cooper said.

The President’s Breakfast is one of many Homecoming events intended to welcome back previous students to the campus. Although Davenport will host the breakfast, the event is not primarily focused on just him.

It will be fifth consecutive year that this tradition has taken place. Originally, Davenport envisioned the Pancake Breakfast as a way to bring community members and alumni to campus to kick off the Saturday of Homecoming and his dream has been a success from the start.

“This event is a great way for alumni and community members to kick off Homecoming, to see the campus, and to connect with each other and share Maverick pride,” Director of Alumni Relations & Special Events Jennifer Guyer-Wood said.

For those who are interested in joining the event, but are still attending MSU, you are still encouraged to attend.

“Community members and alumni are invited and most of the attendees for this event fit that population. We do have students and staff who enjoy pancakes every year as well,” Wood said.

staff writer How to improve enrollment at MSU? Improve internal communication of the ‘enrollment team’ at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

That is one of the main solutions, according to Vice President of Finance and Enrollment Management David Jones.

Jones spoke at Minnesota State Student Association’s Wednesday meeting about ways to bring more students to MSU and keep them here.

“We’re in a sea of dwindling state resources,” Jones said. “As we look to the future, we need to put in place a plan that meets continual needs.”

Jones deemed the new enrollment plan as a way to fit those needs and to develop student/ advisor connections.

Jones said that many students report challenges connecting with advisors and feeling valued.

Jones suggested a plan that

steers away from subcommittees focusing on student demographics like first-year students, diversity students and non-traditional students.

Instead, a new quartet of topic-based groups will actively communicate on how to serve MSU students in a wide variety of ways.

The four groups include: recruitment, retention, completion and service.

The groups’ focus of bringing students to Mankato, keeping them here, helping them graduate sooner and developing other areas of MSU such as the student/advisor relationships.

“What can we do to help get students get resources? We are improving our internal communication.”

The programs will work together to improve their own communication, according to Jones. In turn, students should receive adequate attention sooner because the groups are communicating efficiently.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney for the promoter of Michael Jackson’s final concerts said Wednesday the singer’s personal physician asked the company for life-saving equipment just days before the pop superstar’s death.

Kathy Jorrie, who works for concert giant AEG Live, testified at the involuntary manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray that she questioned some of the doctor’s requests, which also included the possibility of hiring a second doctor to assist him.

“Dr. Murray told me Michael Jackson was perfectly healthy, in excellent condition,” Jorrie testified.

She said Murray told her not to worry about Jackson’s condition.

“He’s great,” she recounted the doctor telling her in a conversation the day before Jackson’s death.

Murray asked for a CPR machine in case one wasn’t available at the concert venue at London’s O2 arena, Jorrie explained.

Prosecutors allege Murray caused Jackson’s death by providing him with a lethal dose of the anesthetic propofol and other sedatives without the proper lifesaving equipment or skills.

Earlier in the day, a promoter told jurors that Jackson appeared strong during one of the final rehearsals for the highly anticipated comeback concerts.

Paul Gongaware, an executive for AEG Live, said Jackson seemed engaged and energetic during the session just two days before he died.

Prosecutors called Gongaware to show the importance of the concerts and in an apparent attempt to show that both the singer and his physician were deeply engaged in preparations for the show before Jackson died on June 25, 2009.

Gongaware also testified that he saw Murray at one of Jackson’s rehearsals after people affiliated with the planned concerts complained that the singer had been missing some of the sessions.

Prosecutors wrapped up their direct questioning of Gongaware before defense attorney Ed Chernoff briefly questioned the executive.

Under the cross-examination by defense attorney Ed Chernoff, Gongaware acknowledged AEG is being sued by Jackson’s mother for negligent supervision of Murray when he worked with Jackson.

Jorrie also testified about drafting a contract for Murray to work as Jackson’s personal physician.

At one point in negotiations, Murray requested his contract be modified to allow him to hire another physician in case he was tired or unavailable while Jackson was performing in London, she testified.

“He wanted to make sure that there was somebody else available to be of assistance,” Jorrie said.

Prosecutors also planned to call one of Jackson’s bodyguards and his personal assistant. Mur-

ray frantically called the assistant after he found the singer unconscious.

In opening statements Tuesday, Deputy District Attorney David Walgren said Murray delayed summoning emergency crews and lied to doctors and medics when he failed to reveal he had been giving Jackson the medications to try to help the entertainer sleep.

Chernoff claimed Jackson gave himself a fatal dose of medication in a desperate attempt to get some sleep.

He said Murray had been trying to wean Jackson off propofol, but the entertainer kept requesting it on the day he died.

“Michael Jackson started begging,” Chernoff said. “When Michael Jackson told Dr. Murray, ‘I have to sleep. They will cancel my performance,’ he meant it.”

Prosecutors rejected Murray’s version and told jurors the Houston-based cardiologist also had a tremendous stake in Jackson appearing in the concerts.

The doctor had initially asked to be paid $5 million a year for working with Jackson, but Gongaware said he immediately rejected the proposal. Instead, Murray accepted an offer to become Jackson’s doctor for $150,000 a month — a sum he was never paid because his contract hadn’t been signed before Jackson’s death.

Murray has pleaded not guilty.

If convicted, he could face up to four years in prison and have to relinquish his medical license.

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SLUTWALK “Vocabulary is loaded based on culture and experience and regardless of the title of the event, it will lean to one community or another.” continued from 8 black and white women to come together in order to change rape culture. They would like SlutWalk to undergo a re-branding and re-labeling process as to better accommodate women of color.

While black women oppose the vocabulary of SlutWalk, the mission is still the same, and one way or another, feminists hope to change the values of society, redistributing the blame from the victim of a sexual assault or rape to the perpetrator of the crime.

“Vocabulary is loaded based on culture and experience and regardless of the title of the event, it will lean to one community or another,” Rae said. “Education is key and educating all communities on the plights of others can begin to pave a way to a united fight against victim blaming.”

tance of speculations about what the black woman wants, what she needs and what she deserves has truly, long crossed the boundaries of her mode of dress.”

While attire may be a problem for white women, black women feel as though they have bigger worries. Black women must worry about how their image of being a sexualized object of property has been institutionalized in this country and around the world.

The argument goes that black women must worry about how they choose to label themselves to society; they must not claim identity to a word that may compromise more than they are able to recover.

Black women argue that changing the name of SlutWalk would benefit all, allowing both

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Not Your Average HOMECOMING Redshirt freshman running back Andy Pfeiffer left Mankato after high school for a change of scenery, then realized the best football team for him was right in his own back yard.

TIGE HUTCHESON

staff writer Almost lost in the festivities, parties, parades and distractions of Homecoming is the event’s real intention of welcoming back former residents or alumni and celebrating their return.

For Minnesota State, Mankato’s redshirt freshman running back Andy Pfeiffer, this year’s Homecoming is a celebration of the return to his roots, his home and a situation he once took for granted.

Growing up, Pfeiffer lived only about a half-mile from MSU, and went on to star on Mankato West High School’s football team. But after spending what seemed like a lifetime in the same place, Pfeiffer decided it was time for a change of scenery and committed to play football at North Dakota State University.

“I just wanted to get out and see something new, but it didn’t take me long to figure out it wasn’t what I wanted,” Pfeiffer said. “How much I missed Mankato and how much I loved growing up here, I guess I kind of took it for granted the last couple of years just like a lot of kids do.”

After briefly flirting with NDSU and Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Pfeiffer returned home to Mankato excited to make the impact he had hoped to at NDSU. But a string of surgeries, injuries and rehabilitation prevented him from making the

impact he would’ve liked to in camp, snatching him out of the public eye to start the season.

But Pfeiffer waited his turn and continued to improve in practice, and with a little luck and some unfortunate visits from the injury bug to individuals in front of him on the twodeep, Pfeiffer finally got the big chance he had been waiting for against Northern State University in the second week of the season.

“I guess it just took me a little bit to get back into the swing of things. We have a lot of talent at the running back position and unfortunately we had some injuries, so I got some playing time,” said Pfeiffer. “It was kind of an unfortunate series of events, but I don’t know, I guess I was just lucky to get the opportunity. It took a little bit to get into the swing of things and I’m still pretty new, but I’ve just tried to get better every day in practice and one thing led to another I guess.”

Pfeiffer cranked out 111 yards and averaged 7.9 yards per carry against the Wolves and became a hard-to-ignore piece of the Mavericks’ ground attack.

Since becoming a mainstay, he has hit the holes well and run hard, and has put together a string of three straight games with more than 100 yards rushing.

He currently sits third in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference with an average of 124 rushing yards per game, but

most importantly, his addition has given the Mavericks a whole new dimension on offense: a potent running game.

“I’m extremely lucky to come into a position like this where there’s so much talent around me,” said Pfeiffer.

“We have an amazing group of receivers, a really good quarterback, excellent leadership and our offensive line is phenomenal. Coming in new, it really took the edge off of everything coming into so much talent and not being relied on as much; it just makes it a lot easier.”

MSU head coach Todd Hoffner has seen Pfeiffer’s steady improvement and thinks he can become even better.

“Andy definitely deserves everything that he has gotten so far,” Hoffner said. “He’s fought through a couple of surgeries and injuries and has persevered and been very tough mentally, physically and emotionally. We’re very proud of him.”

After starting his career as a small fish in a big pond, wale agboola • msu reporter Pfeiffer has come home to a Pfeiffer has rushed for a team-high 387 yards and three touchdowns in his community with arms wide first season as a Maverick after starring at Mankato West two years ago. open. He has gone from just another name on the roster to other week and trying not to let ful of the situation you’re in and an impossible-to-ignore weapon any of the distractions get to us,” the people around you. on the Mavericks’ offense and said Pfeiffer, refusing to admit “I’m just extremely happy an integral part of the team’s ofany kind of nostalgia or sentiand lucky to be home; I love it fensive system as a whole. here,” Pfeiffer said. mentality. “[Homecoming] is definitely Welcome home, Andy.

If nothing else, Homecoming important, but at the same time serves as a reminder to be thank- Mankato has missed you. we’re preparing just like it’s any

High-powered offenses take center stage Saturday at Blakeslee Stadium TIGE HUTCHESON

staff writer

When you look at them on paper, the Winona State Warriors look very similar to a certain purple and gold team that you’ve all grown to love, despite Winona’s higher preseason ranking coming into the season.

“They have a tremendous offensive line, outstanding tight ends, very solid receivers, their quarterback has been playing great football so far and they

have a whole onslaught of tailbacks that are very special,” said Minnesota State, Mankato head coach Todd Hoffner. “So they’re a very well-rounded team and coach Sawyer has done a tremendous job of putting together a really good squad. It’s no accident that they’re 3-1 at this stage.”

Sound familiar?

The Warriors will arrive in Mankato with a 3-1 record after losing their opening game

UP NEXT Winona State When: 2 p.m. Saturday Where: Mankato, Minn. of the season to a team from Michigan, just like MSU. They currently lead the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference with an average of 49.7 points per game (compared to second-place MSU’s 43.7).

They also boast a ground game led by the NSIC’s secondleading rusher in Rayon Simmons Jr. and his 124.5 yards per game (one spot ahead of Andy Pfeiffer and his 124 yards per game), and lead the league with an average of 533.3 yards of total offense per game (compared to MSU’s 440.7).

Led by quarterback Bryan Bradshaw and running back/ kick return specialist Theo Burkett, the Warriors have a

respectable number of offensive weapons and possess enough firepower to put up some points.

But in a nutshell, when it comes to offense, the Warriors and Mavericks are almost the same team.

WSU has Simmons. MSU has Pfeiffer. WSU has the versatile Preseason Second-Team All-American Curtis Dewberry, MSU has arguably the most

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Meet the Mavericks Senior Jon Daniels • Football

Senior quarterback Jon Daniels transferred to Minnesota State, Mankato after Nebraska-Omaha dropped its football program to transition into Division-I athletics. Daniels has the Mavericks off to a 3-1 start entering Saturday’s homecoming tilt with Winona State. He is off to an impressive start to the season, going 56-85 for 822 yards and eight touchdowns in the first four games.

Q: Once word spread that UNO was dropping its football program, what was your thought process as you entered your senior year?

A: Us seniors had the option of staying on scholarship for another year and graduating. That was my plan because I was just coming off shoulder surgery. Then Coach Keen (from UNO) took the offensive coordinator position here. I’ve always felt comfortable with Coach Keen’s system, so it was an easy transition.

Q: Did you have interest in other schools?

A: I received a lot of calls from other Division-II schools, but I really wasn’t intrigued by any other schools.

Q: What were your thoughts about the offensive philosophy here?

A: I am extremely comfortable with it. Coach Keen and I have a great relationship. This is my third year in the system. The plan is to give me a lot more responsibility at the line by the end of the year. I hope to kind of have free reign to audible at the line and put our offense in a position to succeed on every play.

Q: How does a group of so many new players come together so quickly?

A: I honestly don’t know how to explain it. We have strong leaders in the locker room. There are a lot of similar personalities on this team. The majority of us were here during the summer, which really helped us gel.

Q: How have you earned the trust of your teammates so quickly?

A: I am in there watching film with the coaches and right there with them in the weight room as well. Making key plays in crucial moments has also helped me gain their trust.

Q: Did you expect to be the starter coming into camp?

A: As a competitor you want to be in there. I came in here and had to work for the spot. Once again, having such confidence and knowledge of the offense helped. Jon (Wolf) is a talented guy who is helping us offensively. We are deep at the position.

Q: With so many weapons at the skill positions, how are you able to spread the ball around and keep everyone involved?

A: I am just trying to spread the ball around. This offense is most effective when we are completing passes. We have three No. 1 guys in their own way. LaMark (Brown), Adam (Thielen) and Dennis (Carter) each bring something different to the offense.

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School Conf. OVR MAVERICKS 4-0 6-1-1 Winona State 3-0 5-2-1 SW Minnesota State 3-1 4-3 Concordia-St. Paul 3-1 4-4 Bemidji State 2-1-1 3-4-1 Augustana 2-1 5-3 U-Mary 2-2 5-4 St. Cloud State 2-2 4-4 Minnesota Duluth 2-2 2-4-1 MSU-Moorhead 1-2-1 5-2-1 Northern State 1-3 4-5 Wayne State 0-3 3-4-1 Upper Iowa 0-3 2-5 Minnesota Crookston 0-4 1-8

VOLLEYBALL (NSIC) School Conf. OVR Minnesota Duluth 6-0 14-0 Concordia-St. Paul 5-0 14-0 SW Minnesota State 4-1 10-4 Winona State 4-1 10-4 Wayne State 3-2 10-4 Augustana 3-2 9-4 MSU-Moorhead 3-2 5-7 MAVERICKS 2-3 9-4 Upper Iowa 1-4 7-7 Northern State 1-4 6-6 St. Cloud State 1-4 6-7 Minnesota-Crookston 1-4 6-8 U-Mary 1-4 2-12 Bemidji State 1-5 4-9

Q: Would you describe the offense as explosive?

A: At times we definitely can be, but we aren’t there yet. I’m not doing anything special. I am just trying to get our playmakers the ball in the right spot, that is my job.

Q: How would you describe your playing style?

A: I used to run around back there a lot more. After having two shoulder surgeries I am trying not to take as many hits. I would call myself a field general.

Q: Do you try to emulate your game after a particular NFL quarterback?

A: Steve Young. I was a big San Francisco 49ers fan growing up as a kid in California.

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Incoming class contributing nicely for MSU Mavericks striving for more The Mavericks sit atop the NSIC in numerous offensive success against ranked foes categories thanks to their veterans and newcomers.

“We are 0-3 against teams ranked ahead of us in conference play, which is not what we A little under halfway wanted,” said Stamer about the through the regular season, the team’s struggles this season as Minnesota State, Mankato volthe underdog. leyball team is looking promiA lot can be said going the nent nationally despite being in positive way for the Mavericks, a powerful conference. as it seems as though every time With a 9-4 record they have been the overall and a 2-3 NSIC favorites this season record, the Mavericks they come up with the are currently holding win. Basically, they are onto the No. 13 spot in achieving the status quo the national polls; but in their early matches of they don’t plan to be the season. there for long.

But with half the Brittany Stamer “We are still working season gone, there’s out the kinks so far,” no better time than now to get senior setter Brittany Stamer things kicking for the squad. said. “The one thing we need to “We still have five more opdo is learn how to play in the big portunities to play in those big moments.” games, and I think if we learn Stamer makes a good point, to play to our strengths better in considering three out of the those games, we can come out Mavericks four losses on the with victories,” Stamer said. season are to teams with better One strength so far this rankings than they possess. season has to be the front-liners Those setbacks were to conferfor MSU. The Mavericks are ence foes Concordia-St. Paul, out-killing their opponents by 89 who is the unanimous No. kills so far on the season, but it’s 1 team in the country, No. 4 the other side of the ball where Minnesota Duluth and No. 6 Southwest Minnesota State.

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Coming off a 2-0 weekend, the Minnesota State, Mankato women’s soccer team looks to build on its five-game winning streak when it takes on the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs in Marshall, Minn. this weekend.

The Mavericks are clicking on all cylinders right now, whether it’s offense or defense, upperclassmen or underclassmen, they have been playing really well together and it is showing.

MSU (6-1-1) will take on the Mustangs (4-3) on Sunangela kukowski • msu reporter day, and it should be a close Junior midfielder Brianne West has been a big part of the Mavericks’ matchup, as the Mustangs offensive attack this season, tallying a team-leading seven assists. also beat both Northern State and the University of Mary saves per game with 9.29, and had her first career shutout in a earlier this season. she has also been named NSIC 1-0 win against Concordia UniThrough last weekend, the Defensive Player of the Week versity two weeks ago. FreshMavericks lead the NSIC in ev- earlier this season. man midfielder Emily Moris is ery offensive category, includWith the high-powered Mavthird on the team in goals scored ing goals per game and assists erick offense led by Henry (this with three, and one of those per game, thanks largely to week’s NSIC Offensive Player goals was the game-winning junior forward Brittany Henry’s of the Week) and junior forgoal against St. Cloud State. seven goals and junior field ward Nicole Dooher (six goals) These are just two of the many general Brianne West’s seven squaring off against the talented players that are a big reason assists so far this season.

SMSU defense, the Mavericks MSU is playing Maverick SocWhile SMSU is struggling will have their work cut out for cer right now. offensively this season, rankthem.

Coach McGahey has been ing 11th in the conference with The Mavericks are playing at impressed with not just these 1.29 goals per game, they have a high level right now not only two freshmen, but the whole put up some very good defenbecause of the contributions the freshman class and the newcomsive performances. They lead upperclassmen are making, but ers that have stepped in and the conference in shutouts with also because the lowerclassmen contributed. three, and they are second in are playing a key role in the “We are very pleased with saves with 69, averaging nearly team’s latest success. the incoming class,” said 10 per game.

Freshman goalkeeper Molly McGahey. “I think they are all Their goalkeeper, freshman McGough has started every Sonya Smith, leads the league in game protecting the net, and she SOCCER / page 16

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the hitters are making the most noise.

“Our defense has been phenomenal this year and I think that is what is helping our hitters get extra swings at the ball,” said Stamer about her teammates; who are getting a lot of blocks and digs as well.

Jill Storlie already has 61 blocks on the season, while fellow juniors Courtney Steinhauser and Kayla Berning have 47 and 46 respectively.

The Mavericks also have four players with 150-plus digs in sophomore Jenna McNallan (150), junior Chelsea Fogarty (169) and seniors Stamer (165) and Alli Rice (180).

This weekend MSU hits the road for NSIC contests against Minnesota State, Moorhead and Minnesota-Crookston, which features two matchups against

continued from 15 evenly matched teams.

“We need to play crisp to beat Crookston, and Moorhead is always a battle,” said Stamer.

Moorhead is coming off a big win last weekend against St. Cloud where it defeated the Huskies 3-1; right before being swept in three close sets by Concordia-St. Paul. Moorhead is definitely a team not to be underestimated, and neither is Crookston.

The Golden Eagles also defeated St. Cloud State last weekend for their first conference win, and defeated Sioux Falls Tuesday night, bringing them into the matchup on a winning streak. If the Mavericks can get a couple wins this weekend, it just might be the boost needed to get them into the top 10 in the country.

angela kukowski • msu reporter From left: McNallan, Steinhauser and Berning have all stepped up and played well on the front-line so far this season.

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stepping up and playing a very important role for our team.

We had them come in and fill a variety of roles on the team, and the class as a whole has done a great job with that.”

Another reason why this streak has happened has been the team’s attitude of taking

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explosive playmaker that’s still relatively unheard of in senior LaMark Brown.

Both teams are comfortable keeping the ball on the ground, but also take advantage of every opportunity given to throw to their core of reliable receivers.

Both squads are also anchored by sturdy and competent offensive lines. It’s like looking in a mirror.

It’s defensively that you start seeing some differences, and it appears on paper the Mavericks have the advantage. Up front, both teams go with aggressive and run-stopping linemen and linebackers, but Winona’s lack of an aerial defense could ultimately be a game-changer and MSU’s golden ticket to putting up points.

“Winona’s defense up front is big and physical. They’re a slash-and-gash kind of defense, meaning they’ll want to create movement up front,” Hoffner said. “They’ll also want to apply pressure so they’ll have backers

Emily Moris

it one game at a time, and focusing on the situation at hand. McGahey said he has been emphasizing that to his players.

“One of the

things we have talked about is being 1-0 for the day and taking it one game at a time, and I think the team has taken that concept to heart and it has helped us gain success,” he said.

Sunday’s tilt against the Mustangs in Marshall, Minn. is slated to begin at 1 p.m.

continued from 13 running through and playing three-under, three-deep behind it, so there will be some voids in the secondary as they continue their aggressive play on defense.”

While MSU’s defense has established itself as one of the tougher NSIC teams to pass against (145.3 yards per game, third overall), shannon rathmanner • msu reporter Winona sits near Junior Adam Thielen and the MSU receivers the bottom of the could be the key to a Mavericks Homecoming win. conference with an average of 219.3 yards per game being given up It will be two eerily similar through the air. teams going head-to-head on With juniors Adam Thielen Saturday and both teams will and Dennis Carter, along with be looking to push their win Brown, beginning to establish streak to four games in a row. themselves as one of the best But while the offenses try to receiving corps in the NSIC, outscore each other, the game it’s almost a sure thing that the will ultimately be decided on the Mavericks will come out lookdefensive side of the ball. ing to test the Warriors’ porous secondary.

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Good Thunder Reading Series Continues 30 Years of Literary Culture Southern Minnesota has rich farmland, rich history and a rich literary community.

The Good Thunder Reading series is entering its 30th season in bringing writers to the campus of Minnesota State University, Mankato.

“For 30 years we’ve been bringing writers in all stages of their careers,” said Candace Black, associate professor of English at MSU and the acting director of the Good Thunder Reading Series, “whether they are waiting for their first publish, or they are well established.”

The series doesn’t only feature writers from the region, rather it has showcased writers from across the state, from all over the country, and even a number of international artists to perform their work and talk about their writing process.

The events consist of an afternoon talk from the writer concerning the craft of their art and an evening reading of the writer’s pieces.

Usually taking place in the Ostrander AudiBRIAN ROSEMEYER

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torium in the Centennial Student Union, the afternoon opening event is available to the general public and free of charge. At the talk the writer describes their methods in writing and give anecdotes about getting published, or not getting published. The artists will speak for roughly 20 minutes and then open the floor to questions from attendees.

After the afternoon talk, the writer will

“Most schools don’t even have a reading series, let alone a free one, with the types of artists we get here. It’s truly inspiring, I get ideas from attending these, and I hope students do too.” - Candace Black prepare for the evening reading of their selected work. The readings usually last for an hour, and like the earlier event, are also free and open to the general public.

Writers featured in the past include Tim O’Brien (The Things They Carried, Tomcat In Love), Philip Levine (Pulitzer Prize, Poet Laureate of the

Fall releases are

• web photo Elizabeth Alexander has published a number of her accomplished works, including the poem she read at President Obama’s Inauguration.

United States 2011-2012) and Louise Erdrich (Native American novelist, The Beet Queen), to name a few.

The series began as an idea to share campus writers around the area and to promote the exchange of ideas in the region. As more writers became involved, and the connections become more elaborate, the series grew and

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Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Department of Theatre and Dance has picked another exhilarating musical for you to see starting this weekend, Rent.

You can see their main stage opener of Rent in the Ted Paul Theatre at the Performing Arts Center on campus.

The original music and lyrics for Rent were written by Jonathan Larson, and the story is based on Puccini’s La Boheme.

Paul Finocchiaro is the director for MSU’s production of Rent and has spent time in New York videotaping recognizable locations in the city to add real footage to the show. Rick Anderson has also been involved in this production and is an alum who participated in Broadway’s original production of Rent.

The topics introduced by the eight main characters are not always cheerful.

• Paul Finnocchiaro The characters’ struggles reflect much of Roger Davis (Adam Moen) and Mimi Marwhat Rent’s writer Larson was witnessing quez (Larissa Schmitz) are getting ready for in his life, and his friends’ lives. their performances in this years’ production.

Adam Moen is playing Roger Davis, staff writer

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Wanna See 3D? Well, You’ll Have To...

Wait, Isn’t That What The Real World Is In Anyway?

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sony Corp.’s movie studio will save millions of dollars per movie after it told theater owners it will stop paying for 3-D glasses next May. But moviegoers could end up footing the bill.

Sony Pictures suggested in letters sent the last few days to U.S. theater owners that they adopt a “guest ownership model” prevalent in Europe and Australia and charge patrons separately for the glasses, which they can re-use on future visits.

RealD Inc., one of the main suppliers of glasses, said a pair in Europe sells for about a euro, or around $1.36 at today’s exchange rate. Most patrons spend more than $3 on popcorn and sodas each, according to major theater chain Regal Entertainment Group, and the average ticket to a 3-D movie already costs a few dollars more than a ticket to a traditional showing.

There also are designer 3-D glasses that run more than $100 a pair.

The change Sony’s planning would come just before Sony is to release its 3-D blockbusters for next summer, “The Amazing Spider-Man” and “Men in Black III,” although some of Sony’s 3-D movies, including “Arthur Christmas,” come out earlier.

Sony Pictures spokesman Steve Elzer said in a statement that “there are constructive ways to deal with the cost of 3-D glasses that will not adversely impact consumers and can also help the environment.” He called on theater owners to come to the table to work out the issue.

Usually, such negotiations happen behind closed doors. In this case, Sony going public with its new policy didn’t sit well with theater owners. The nation’s largest cinema trade group, the National Association of Theatre Owners, said the unilateral policy change was “insensitive” to consumers in a weak economy.

Regal Entertainment Group on Wednesday threatened to cut the number of screens showing 3-D films if the move means it or its

patrons will have to pay more.

“To the extent that Sony seeks to change the current model in a manner that shifts costs to exhibitors, we would be forced to evaluate this new economic model and program our screens accordingly,” said Regal CEO Amy Miles in a statement.

Theater association president John Fithian said Sony’s decision upends a six-year old practice of splitting the costs of the rollout of digital 3-D screens across the country.

While movie studios have paid for 3-D glasses and the cost of digital projectors and equipment — expecting to save on film printing costs in the future — theaters have paid for 3-D add-on technology and labor costs.

Sony’s Elzer said there has never been an agreement that studios would always bear the cost of 3-D glasses.

The squabble comes amid changes in the movie business that have hurt studios’ profits.

People are buying fewer DVDs and aren’t paying enough for Blu-ray discs, on-demand movie downloads, or online subscriptions to make up for the decline. Studios are trying to cut costs by laying off workers and cutting movie budgets.

Fithian said the belt-tightening shouldn’t result in passing the buck to theater owners or moviegoers. “It is nonsensical to say theater owners and our patrons should be paying for their mistakes in the home market,” he said.

It remains to be seen if other studios will follow Sony’s lead and stop paying for the glasses.

Time Warner Inc.’s Warner Bros. said it was sticking with its arrangements with theaters for now.

“We are evaluating the situation,” said Chris Aronson, senior vice president of domestic distribution for News Corp.’s 20th Century Fox. Representatives from Viacom Inc.’s Paramount, Comcast Corp.’s Universal and The Walt Disney Co. did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

One immediate result of the announced change was that RealD shares plunged $1.80, or 14.7 percent, to close at $10.42 in trading Wednesday. RealD supplies technology for about 90 percent of the 3-D screens in the U.S. and is a major supplier of the glasses, which made up about 40 percent of its revenue in the most recent quarter.

RealD spokesman Rick Heineman said the company is fine with any new model, including one in which consumers pay. He compared that system to buying headphones on an airplane.

The core profit of the company comes through licensing its technology, he said.

Sony shares rose 12 cents to close at $19.34.

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RENT “If people aren’t crying then they’re not paying attention...” continued from 17 a struggling musician who is HIV positive. Sam Stoll is playing Mark Cohen. Mark is Roger’s roommate and a video artist. Larissa Schmitz is playing Mimi the dancer with a drug problem and AIDS. Angel is HIV positive and a transvestite street drummer, played by Maxwell Thao.

Rodney Fair is playing Tom Collins, who is a computer genius who has returned to New York and is also HIV positive. Mark’s ex-girlfriend Maureen, played by Laura Otremba, is in love with Joanne Jefferson (played by Lindsay Odegaard). The drama is real and the struggles are sadly imaginable. The music has great emotional depth and drives the story.

“If people aren’t crying then they’re not paying attention,” said the Director of Public Relations for the Department of Theatre and Dance, Mike Lagerquist.

He felt this way after watching “I’ll Cover You” sung by Fair and Thao at dress rehearsal.

“It becomes a love song to someone who’s passed away,” Lagerquist said.

Larson could not have produced Rent without sharing his first ideas about his rock musical with Billy Aronson in 1989. Rent’s first debut of production was in 1996. The musical is very modern. The prominence continues to grow because of its relevance in

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society. The currency of the conflicts help the audience members develop emotions and sympathy with the characters.

Rent shows how you need friends to have strength and inspiration to get by. Students may find this musical more relatable than other musicals because the characters, topics and music were written within the last 30 years.

“It’s one of those stories that really rings true for people,” said Lagerquist.

Larson’s perspective and experiences from living in New York helped shape his

musical into a story that is very relevant, relatable and realistic. He watched the poor and young become ravished

by HIV/AIDS. He was living the Bohemian lifestyle and surrounded by immigrants, artists, addicts, hippies and his circle of friends who often shared money, clothes and lovers.

The New York Times did an article after the opening night of Rent and talked about the setting of the play.

“He wanted to set the play in the East Village, amid poverty, homelessness, spunky gay life, drag queens

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Larson’s celebration of his achievements was short lived. One week before the show Larson collapsed during the song “What You Own” at rehearsal.

“What You Own” is a song about dying at the end of the millennium. Larson was shocked to think that the last thing he could have heard was the song he wrote about dying.

A limited number of tickets are available by going to the theater department’s website, by going to the Performing Arts Center between 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday or going there one hour before curtain on show dates. Typically MSU will not repeat a show for 10 years, so this is your chance.

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GOOD THUNDER “This year the Good Thunder Reading Series will be featuring a number of events for students of MSU and community members alike.” continued from 17 eventually reached a point of bringing established writers into MSU. The Good Thunder Reading Series director is Rich Robins, who has been since 1986. Robins, however, is on sabbatical. Candace Black is assuming his roles while he’s gone.

“I’m directing the series currently,” said Black. “And I think it’s important to bring a variety of contemporary voices to our campus.

It’s a true gift. Most schools don’t even have a reading series, let alone a free one with the types of artists we get here. It’s truly inspiring, I get ideas from attending these, and I hope students do too.”

The name Good Thunder Reading Series comes from the town in Southern Minnesota where the founder, former English Department Chair Ron Gower, lived at the time.

“It sounds great, good-thunder, it’s poetic,” said Black. “The name is from a Native American Chief.”

This year the Good Thunder Reading Series will be featuring a number of events for students of MSU and community members alike.

On Oct. 13 poet Elizabeth Alexander will be coming to campus to share her passion.

Alexander was born in New York City, but grew up in Washington, DC. She has achieved degrees from both Yale University and Boston University, and has completed her Ph. D. in English at the University of Pennsylvania.

Aside from her academic achievements in English, she has also accomplished a line of impressive work in literature. She has published five books of poems including Body Of Life, Antebellum Dream Book, and American Sublime (which was one of the three finalists to win the Pulitzer Prize).

Perhaps one of the most outstanding of her achievements was when she wrote and recited her poem “Praise Song for the Day” for President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

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On Oct. 13 she will be interviewed for KMSU 89.7 FM, which will be broadcast again the following Friday. Her craft talks will take place at 3 p.m. in the Ostrander Auditorium where she will describe her work. And at 7:30 p.m. she will read from her published works, which will take place in the Ostander as well.

The Good Thunder Reading Series is also looking forward to a year packed with many other poets and novelists from all genres. Later in the year the series will also feature a spotlight of MSU faculty from the English department, where professors will read from their own published works and share their creative process.

The Department of English, as well as a number of other donors fund the series. It acts as a valuable and artistic resource for aspiring writers and literary fans in our community.

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