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THE SOCIAL NETWORK ISSUE What is this Facebook thing, anyway? Where’s the guide? Nevermind, I think I got it figured out... PAGE 2 Hey MSSA dude, where’s my car? Wait, you got us car rentals from Hertz on campus?!11?!! PAGE 3 What up bro? Have you heard about podcasts?!? They’re the new thing. Peep these five! PAGE 6 What is the college game doing to stop concussions and prolong athletes’ lives? PAGE 11 The T’Wolves are back, baby! But I thought Mikki Moore retired? Oh, that’s Michael Beasley. PAGE 13

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Twin Cities Film Fest kicks off. So OSM! I also got to talk to the star of “The Social Network”! PAGE 15/18

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Rules of The Facebook So this The Facebook thing seems to be pretty popular, right? Apparently you just sign up and get a million friends, so that's sweet, because Internet friends are the koolest!

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You bet your ass I do! And even if I didn't, the site's got this new feature where I don't even have to feel bad by ignoring it. I can just say "not now," and pledge to maybe think about it another day if Bro Montana wants to hit me with another request. Bye bye guilty conscience!

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Letter to the Editor: “Shawn the Baptist” not going to change, but don’t let him off that easy Dear Editor,

On Tuesday September 28th our campus was once again host to a group led by a man calling himself “Shawn the Baptist.” As with his previous visits, Shawn and his group were met with a vigorous opposition. Bravo MSU for standing up to Shawn and his band of hypocrites and hate mongers.

Last time Shawn came to campus, some suggested that as “enticing as it is to argue and as important as it may be to clear up lies and misconceptions, it just fuels the fire” and we should therefore “send a clear message of opposition and ignore them” (MSU Reporter, October 13, 2009).

I understand that Shawn and his fellow pharisees are here for attention. They don’t come to convert anyone. If they did they wouldn’t put up signs and posters condemning literally everyone who disagrees with their extremist views: our LGBT community, Muslims, Jews and women who refuse to submit. Shawn and his band of merry pharisees also condemn Catholics (who are not Christians at all), Lutherans (because they are not born again), anyone who drinks or smokes and pretty much everyone else who fails to accept Shawn’s extremist interpretation of scripture.

So why do they come here?

I don’t claim to know what is in another person’s heart, but I think we can make some reasonable inferences from their actions. They come here to stir up trouble, to ignite opposition, and to get exactly the reaction they got. Then they run home

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But they do say that kids like Asher are less in the sight of God. Their anti-gay message echoes in the minds of the children who thought that it was OK to bully a child because he was gay. Their anti-gay message echoed in the minds of teachers and principals who refused to stand up for a gay kid. Yeah… they are bullying him, but after all, he is gay so it’s OK, right?

And their anti-gay message echoed in Asher’s mind. In addition to being gay, he was also religious. Ultimately, the fear that things were never going to be OK convinced him that he would be better off dead.

Shawn and his friends didn’t pull the trigger on Asher or hundreds of other gay and lesbian teens. But they may as well have.

So the reason why we stand up to people like Shawn is not because we think we’re going to change his mind. A guy who condemns “little retarded children” and says “women should learn in silence” doesn’t have a mind worth changing.

The reason we stand up to people like Shawn is because somewhere, on our campus, there is an Asher. And we want you to know that not everyone is like that. You are loved for who you are and things are going to be OK.

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with the video they shot on their cell phones, promptly uploading it to YouTube. They are, not unlike the Pharisees of the New Testament, simply trying to show the world how Christian they are. “Look at us! Look at how we stand up to gays and Jews and secular humanists! We’re the best Christians EVER!” All the while steadfastly ignoring the parts of scripture they don’t like, twisting bible verses to suit their purposes.

If their strategy was one of conversion, why would they be so BAD at it? Well the truth is they aren’t here to spread the word of God, even if they did know it (and talk to them… it is surprising how little they know about the bibles they thump). Their efforts are self-glorification and selfgratification. In fact, in another strange parallel to the folks Jesus called a brood of vipers, Shawn and his friends also claim to be without sin. Because they are like Jesus. Seriously… ask them and they will tell you.

Not making that up. I have witnesses.

So should we ignore them and deny them the attention they crave as some suggested?

No. And here is why. Last week, on Thursday September 23 in Cypress, Texas, a 13-yearold boy named Asher Brown came home from school and shot himself in the head. He had been bullied for years by his classmates. His parents’ efforts to get the school to protect their son were ignored. Asher was bullied because he was gay.

Now Shawn and his friends stand up in front of everyone and say they don’t hate people.

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Technology is A transportation revolution on campus the future New car rental program offers students discounted vehicles

Mayoral candidate looks ahead for solutions to do about Mankato citizens living below the poverty line.

Anderson said the issue’s solution would be best found at the county level, but he would help Mankato to create new jobs as best he could.

“We’re letting lots of talent leave this area,” Anderson said.

This problem, Anderson said, isn’t unique to Mankato.

It happens in cities across the country. Anderson said a major cause of Mankato’s loss of talent is the lack of jobs that befit the education that students achieve.

His solution is for leaders of the community, and the students, to look to the future of technology.

Anderson said unity between people with business savvy and people with new ideas needs to be found to create new jobs.

“I’d like to see this area be [well] known as innovative,” Anderson said.

Anderson also said there needs to be better communication between community leaders and MSU. He said he plans to attend a minimum of two

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A major problem facing some students, especially international students, is the lack of transportation available on campus. With sketchy bus schedules and no easy access to cars, students have to beg rides off friends or sometimes walk miles to get to where they need to go. However, the MSSA is working to change this by offering students two cars they can rent by the hour.

MSSA vice president Brett Anderson said he got the idea from Winona State University, which implemented a similar program last year. Anderson has been heading the project for the past year, setting up everything at the university level and working with a car company— Hertz —to obtain two cars, a Honda Prius and a Ford Toyota.

“We’ve been looking for options for ways for the MSSA to improve the transportation system,” Anderson said. “Buses are

expensive, and it’s hard to get them to run all the time.”

Hertz has been helping with programs such as this all across the nation and even internationally, with locations in Paris and London. Anderson set up a three-year contract between the university and the car company.

The way Anderson’s plan works is that students apply online to be able to rent one of the cars. The applicant must be eighteen or older and must have a valid driver’s license. Once applicants become members, they get access to vehicles, plus receive “connect cards” that they can scan to unlock the cars.

Vehicles can be reserved for as little as one hour to the whole weekend. The rate is $8 an hour or $62 a day. All insurance and gas is covered, up to 180 miles.

After that, each mile costs 45 cents. When students sign up with the program, they will need to give credit card/debit information, and they will be

billed at the end of the month for any rentals.

“We did have to invest in the program,” Anderson said, “[but] once it gets up and running, it’s totally user funded. We’re not standing to make any profit on it; we’re just doing it to provide a service.”

The two cars, with such high-tech features as GPS and Bluetooth, will be on campus

by Friday, and Anderson said everything should be up and running on Monday.

Anderson added that the cars will be available to check out all next week and will be incorporated into some Homecoming events. The enrollment process will take a few days, Anderson added, so the vehicles will probably start being used on Oct. 11 or 12.

“It would be a great idea for everybody, not just international students, especially in the winter,” said MSU junior Salman Hakim, an international student from Pakistan. “If I want to rent a

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Mankato Mayoral candidate Eric Anderson shared his ideas for the future of Mankato at a Minnesota State Student Association meeting Wednesday.

Anderson said his main purpose in coming before MSSA was to introduce himself and take questions from the representation of MSU’s student body. In a brief introduction, Anderson explained that he was born and raised in Mankato, and he graduated from MSU with a degree in economics with an emphasis in finance. He now owns a small business in downtown Mankato.

Anderson said he decided to run for mayor because he feels there is a disconnect between citizens and the local government.

He said over the past 18 months more issues have been pushed back onto state governments from the federal level. He said he expects the trend to continue down to local governments.

MSSA Senator Samuel Adams asked Anderson what he planned

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The future of Flirty fun for students only Online dating website Kikini sparks entertainment conversation at colleges A guide to podcasts

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The new technological frontier, established by the creation of Myspace, Facebook and Youtube, has been given many different names. Some call it “Web 2.0,” others say “New Social Media.” Regardless of its title, the development of this electronic lifestyle boasts a series of tools that have become a fixture of the modern social setting.

Arguably the newest in popularity is the podcast.

A podcast is a media file stored on a central server, such as iTunes, and made available to the public. It is typically free to download and takes the form of a talk show. This format allows for a host to tackle any theme of his or her choosing, providing an intimate new medium that offers personal expression and creative freedom.

Thousands of podcasts are available online, with themes ranging from poetry readings to consumer tips. Below are the top five podcasts of the web, a “beginner’s guide” to those who have yet to discover this popular new medium: Doug Loves Movies: hosted

by Doug Benson Doug Benson’s podcast is a charming affair for stand-up comedy fans and film buffs alike. “Doug Loves Movies” is often a topical program tackling pop-culture and cinema trivia, with guests ranging from fellow comics Brian Posehn and Patton Oswalt to A-list celebrities Jon Hamm and Ellen Page.

“Doug Loves Movies” is the perfect platform for Benson’s non-stop one-liners and unique spin on the comings and goings of today’s film industry.

URL: www.Douglovesmovies. com The Moth: hosted by Sara Barron, Dan Kennedy, Ophira Eisenberg and Peter Aguero, among others “The Moth” is a non-profit organization that hosts live storytelling competitions in New York, Detroit, Los Angeles and Chicago.

These live competitions feature a collection of prominent literary and cultural personalities telling uncut, unprepared personal stories. “The Moth” podcasts contain selected stories

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While dating sites are becoming more popular, they still have many kinks to work out, such as how much privacy there is and the initial awkwardness of trying to talk to a person one only knows through a photograph.

A recent poll conducted by Articlesbase.com shows that while more than 30 percent of The Nerdist Podcast: hosted Americans say they have tried

by Chris Hardwick online dating, many of them “The Nerdist Podcast” is have left the sites unsatisfied. the perfect program for those However, a small group of who enjoy the geekier things innovative techies has created in life. The show takes on a a website that will hopefully technology and pop-culture theme and makes no apologies change the online dating scene forever. in embracing its inner nerd.

Kikini is a new, free online Where the show peaks is in dating service launched Tuesday, interviews where host Chris that is geared specifically toward Hardwick of “Web Soup” and college students.

This site is “Singled Out” fame delivers different than others in that its intimate discussions with his goal is simply to encourage flirty weekly guests, ranging from television star Joel McHale to conversation between members, not to set up marriages. Profiles comic book legend Stan Lee. URL: www.TheNerdist.com aren’t complicated because members only need to include a The B.S. Report: hosted by picture along with their likes and Bill Simmons dislikes.

The most popular and The main way that celebrated podcast under communication starts on the the ESPN brand, “The B.S. site is through polls, either Report” is sports columnist custom-created by members or Bill Simmons’ comical, yet made by the website. Members intelligent take on sports. can add polls to their profiles Talking with distinguished and for other members to athletes, authors and even answer. People can respond some of his dear friends, to the polls of people they are Simmons brings personality interested in, and that will show and depth to his sports-talk up in their news feed where program. Consistently funny, they can respond if they, too, “The B.S. Report” makes the are interested. This gets the listeners feel as if Simmons conversation ball rolling. The is standing around the site also suggests members to water cooler, inviting sports meet if it looks they share the enthusiasts for a chat. same interests.

URL: www.ESPN.go.com/ This new form of online espnradio/podcast dating was John Vincent’s idea, TEDTalks: hosted by various the company’s CEO and founder. speakers He said he thought up the idea “TEDTalks” is a video a few years ago while working podcast that pulls its content for Microsoft. One of his friends from annual TED (Technology had voiced an interest in making Entertainment & Design) a dating site, but Vincent was not conference presentations. enthused because he didn’t like TED conferences play host online dating sites in general. to some of the world’s most “I thought dating sites were celebrated and fascinating lame,” Vincent said. people, with innovation He said he started really being the central theme. TED thinking about why online dating conference speakers have sites were uninteresting. ranged from former president “The thing for me was that Bill Clinton, discussing how they didn’t seem fun,” he said. to rebuild Rwanda, to director “It was awkward to meet people.

J.J. Abrams, positing the [So I thought], ‘How could you “magic of mystery boxes” make a dating site that would used in fiction. “TEDTalks” actually be fun?’” is the intellectual’s podcast Vincent said he also of choice, giving its audience wondered why no sites focused a warmth for humanity and a mainly on college students. hope for tomorrow.

“College was the funnest URL: www.TED.com/podcast time to date, but you never

from competitions that are compassionate, honest and envelop the true spirit of storytelling. The program has featured Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC, author Jonathan Ames and playwright Sam Shepard, among others.

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had enough time to actually meet everyone you wanted,” he explained.

He decided to make an online dating site that focused exclusively on college students.

Kikini is only available to people with a .edu web address. When members sign up, instead of their profiles saying where they live, their university/colleges are listed. Vincent said that members who graduate can still remain members (membership is a one-time deal), but the site is definitely aimed at college students.

“We want to make sure we protect the experience for our key college audience,” Vincent said.

Rachel Vincent is one of the co-founders of Kikini. She, John Vincent and four others have worked together to get the site running.

“We think it’s a pretty revolutionary approach and we’re really excited about it,” she said. “[Our] ultimate goal [is to]

make it fun to meet people, which we don’t think other dating sites do. College students are used to interacting with their friends online [and] that’s who we care about. We’re 100 percent focused on college-age singles,” Rachel Vincent said.

She mentioned that there are many safety features incorporated in the site. People who aren’t members can’t get into members’ profiles, thought they can see pictures and maybe a few likes/dislikes. Another feature that is different than regular dating sites is how members can contact each other.

While on some dating sites, anyone can send anyone else a message, with Kikini, both members must invite each other into their mailboxes before messages can be sent back and forth.

Kikini is a free, brand-new site with brand-new ideas.

Interested students can check it out on the web by visiting www. kikini.com.

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Michael LaCroix-Fralish visited his Alma mater on Monday night for a lecture entitled, “The Challenge of Chronic Pain in the Biotechnology Age”.

An expert in nociception, behavioral pharmacology and behavioral genetics, LaCroix-Fralish graduated from Minnesota State in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and toxicology. He then attended Dartmouth College to earn his Ph.D. in neuroscience and pharmacology. He then continued his studies at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where he worked in the Pain Genetics Laboratory. He is now Director of invivo pharmacology and behavioral phenotyping at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals in Tarrytown, New York.

“It is truly an honor to be back here on campus,” LaCroix-Fralish said.

This lecture marked the 21 annual Leonard A. Ford Lectureship and was hosted by the department of chemistry and geology.

Doctor Leonard A. Ford was a prominent professor of Chemistry from 1939 until his death in 1967.

Ford laid the groundwork for an engineering school at MSU and was also influential in the development of both the nursing and dental assistant programs. In addition to many academic endeavors, Ford was an important member of the surrounding community, initiating Minnesota’s first science fair in 1950. His book, “Chemical Magic,” was first published in 1959 and has since won national acclaim. “[Ford’s] legacy is truly worthy of celebration,” said

percent of drugs actually Dr. Mary Hodley, dean of make it through the drug the chemistry and geology discovery process and into department. production. The process is a The topic of this year’s long and strenuous one, since lecture was chronic pain, a it can take 10 years or more disastrous health problem to make it to the final stage of that affects as many as one drug production and can cost in 10 individuals. Conditions research firms between $5 related to chronic pain million and $2 billion. include migraines, lower back “Good drug targets pain, arthritis, fibromyalgia, neuropathy and phantom limb are hard to come by. The understanding of biology is pain. Chronic pain results behind our ability to make from a dysfunctional central a key [or drug], that fits the nervous system. lock [or condition],” LaCroixLaCroix-Fralish described Fralish said. pain as being a subjective, yet LaCroix-Fralish said he universal human experience. believes in the ability of It is the experience people biotechnology to bypass associate with damage to chemistry processes, their physical bodies which LaCroix-Fralish believes to be shortening the drug discovery pipeline in the production of a good thing, that is, until it drugs that can combat chronic turns into something bad.

“Pain is life – the stronger, pain.

“Biotechnology is the use the more evidence,” said of living organisms for their LaCroix-Fralish, quoting the famous English critic and poet products to modify human health,” he said.

Charles Lamb.

Successes in biotechnology Chronic pain often does can be found in the discovery not receive the attention it and production of insulin, deserves. It is a serious issue penicillin, Humulin, Epogen that can affect people’s daily and other antibodies used to lives in severe ways. Many fight disease. individuals who suffer from chronic pain struggle with depression, insomnia and low energy levels. “[Chronic pain] is a silent epidemic,” LaCroix-Fralish said.

Cancer, diabetes and heart disease combined only affect 17 percent of the population. Chronic pain, however, is seen in roughly 26 percent of individuals.

Current options available to physicians to manage these conditions are minimal, despite intense research throughout the decades.

The “pipeline” process of drug discovery and katie erickson • msu reporter testing has a low possibility Michael LaCroix-Fralish earned his for success. Less than 10 undergraduate degree at MSU.

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car, I need to be above 25 [or] otherwise I have to pay a lot of insurance. It could be a great idea for the student if they don’t have to pay a lot of money for that.”

Hakim said he did have some questions about the program’s sustainability, though, asking what would happen if too many students had accidents or too few students took advantage of the cars’ availability.

“I don’t know how many students are actually going to take the car for an hour or a weekend,” he said. “It’s good in a sense but my biggest worry is how many people are actually going to use it, because that could be a factor.

We can’t know it until it’s actually there. We’ll have to see whether it works after a month or so.”

“I just hope that it is successful,” Anderson said.

“One of the reasons why we want to do it is only half of the students who live in the dorms end up buying parking passes — 1200 people don’t have direct access to a vehicle. Ultimately, my goal is that they’re used enough that we need more cars, so we can expand the program by the end of the year.”

More information about the program can be found at the Hertz website, www. connectbyhertz.com.

MSSA meetings a year if elected. Anderson said if he, or any elected official, intends to help the community and be responsible, the least they can do is be available.

“It’s important to check your ego at the door and be able to listen to others,” Anderson said.

MSSA also heard a petition against the proposed cutting of MSU’s men’s swimming and diving team. According to Matt Chida, the team did not feel that the estimated savings of $57,304 by eliminating the men’s swimming team was accurate.

The team’s main argument was that MSU’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving are in truth one coed team. Both teams have the same coaches and practice and travel as a single team.

The team said they felt that cutting the men’s team would impact the “Learn-to-Swim with the Mavericks” program that the team runs. According to Sophie Kaeter, the lessons for children between the ages of two and 16 have brought $50,000 in revenue over the past two years. Kaeter also said it’s estimated that the program will bring in another $50,000 by the end of this year.

The petition closed citing a survey of the 35 women on the team. According to Kaeter, without a men’s team, only one woman on the team would have attended MSU and only two wouldn’t consider transferring to a different university should the men’s team be cut. Kaeter said 34 of the women surveyed said they would consider not competing next year if the men’s team was cut.

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Buying drinks via cell phone Bartab allows users to send cocktails for $1

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If you’ve ever sent a virtual gift to a friend on Facebook — perhaps an image of a tastylooking cocktail — you may have wished that icy-looking, pixelated glass was the real thing.

Now it can be. A service called Bartab is making it possible for friends to use Facebook and a cell phone to send each other vouchers for actual drinks that can be collected at local watering holes. The drinks are cheap, too, costing the sender and recipient $1 apiece.

Bartab is the first service from San Francisco-based startup Webtab that enables what CEO Steve Johnson calls “social transactions.”

Basically, Webtab wants to help people begin transactions on the Web, such as buying a drink or a meal for a buddy, and finish them up in the real world.

Bartab is one of a growing number of services looking to make money by combining our online and real-world social lives. It joins groupbuying sites such as Groupon, which advertises local deals that only work if a large number of shoppers commit to buy, and location check-in services such as Foursquare, which give shops, restaurants, bars and other businesses a way to find and market to loyal customers.

At the moment, Bartab is available only in the San

Francisco and Los Angeles areas and in New York, but Johnson is planning to add 17 markets in the next few months, including Seattle, Atlanta and Houston.

Here’s how it works: After signing up for the service, you pick a bar and a drink that bar offers through Bartab, such as the $1 margarita at Tres Agaves in San Francisco.

Then, you decide whom to send it to. Since Bartab uses Facebook Connect to identify users, it lets you search through a list of all your friends from the socialnetworking site.

The drink purchase shows up on that friend’s Facebook profile, and you can also alert them via text message. The recipient, who must sign up for Bartab before imbibing, can claim the beverage at the bar within three months.

If your friend uses Bartab on a computer, she instructs the service to send her phone a text message as she’s headed out to the bar. When she’s there and ready to drink, she replies to that text and gets back a time-stamped coupon for the $1 drink that is good for five minutes.

Bartab’s iPhone app makes it simpler. At the bar, the recipient clicks to claim the drink and a screen appears with a timer and instructions.

Consumers seem to be catching on. More than 30,000 people have signed up for Bartab so far, with users

sending buddies cocktails, shots and beer at bars such as Nola in Palo Alto, Calif., and Flight 151 in New York.

Greg Gilman, 36, signed up for Bartab in late August and sent his girlfriend a drink at a bar called Rush Street near their Culver City, Calif., home.

Gilman, who runs a health care technology startup, also quickly invited eight of his closest friends to join Bartab, hoping they’ll be interested in it, too.

“I just thought it was a brilliant idea,” he said.

Johnson formulated the idea for Webtab while working at an Internet-phone technology company called Lightscape, after being introduced to Facebook director and former PayPal CEO Peter Thiel by some friends.

“I thought, everyone is doing these little one-off applications that do virtual things. Why don’t we put together an application that makes real transactions happen on Facebook?” he said.

Webtab sprung from this query, though Webtab did not beget Bartab. The service was originally built as a Facebook application by students at the University of Arizona, serving just people in Phoenix and Scottsdale, and received a $25,000 grant from Facebook’s fbFund startup incubator in 2008.

Webtab purchased Bartab late last year, using an undisclosed portion of the $2 million in funding it has raised. Webtab reworked Bartab to serve lots of people in different cities and relaunched it in May. Webtab also built the Bartab iPhone application and one for phones running Google Inc.’s Android operating software, and it is working on one for BlackBerrys.

Johnson believes the service is smart for consumers, bars and Bartab itself. Users get cheap drinks and connections with friends, while bars get new customers at a low cost. Bartab doesn’t charge bars anything, and the establishments get to decide what kind of drinks, and how many, to offer each month.

Bartab keeps the first $1 in the transaction. It also collects all sorts of data about who is drinking what, which could appeal to liquor companies that would pay Bartab to connect them with bars for drink specials.

Johnson also sees bigger possibilities, saying Bartab could eventually let people send other drinks, such as coffee, or appetizers and meals at restaurants.

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Wide receiver apologizes MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota wide receiver and kickoff returner Troy Stoudermire has been reinstated after a one-game suspension.

Coach Tim Brewster made the announcement Tuesday following the junior’s absence from last week’s loss to Northern Illinois. After he was suspended, Stoudermire posted on his Facebook page that he was leaving the program for a top school where he “will be appreciated and respected as a player.”

But that never happened.

“He understands his situation last week was self-inflicted,” Brewster said. “He’s been very remorseful about the situation and how he handled it, and he’s expressed it properly to me and to our football team.”

Brewster said Stoudermire will play Saturday against Northwestern, but whether he returns in the same role right away “remains to be seen.”

Stoudermire has six catches for 114 yards and one touchdown, plus a 23.3-yard average on 11 kickoff returns.

Quarterback Adam Weber, one of the team captains, said

he believed Stoudermire was serious about skipping out.

“But then again, there’s a lot of things involved with transferring and things of that nature, especially being as far along as he is in his career,” Weber said. “You wish the best for somebody, but I think upon reflection he realizes his best opportunity is to continue playing here.”

Weber said he’s eager to see Stoudermire re-establish his commitment to the team and take advantage of a second chance.

“I have firm belief that he’ll show that he’s ready to practice and do it 100 percent,” Weber said.

Stoudermire updated his status Tuesday to apologize to his teammates, fans and coaches.

“I deeply regret letting my emotions get the best of me. I handled this situation incorrectly and realize the consequences of my actions,” he said. “We are all here for one overall goal and that is to win championships. I hope we can move on from this and I will do anything to help my team win.”

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Zuckerberg to donate $100 ADHD linked to missing or extra chromosomes million to Newark schools Never linked to genetics in past Announces same day as “The Social Network” premiere

CHICAGO (AP) — Proclaiming that he believes in the education visions of New Jersey’s Republican governor and Newark’s Democratic mayor, Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg on Friday pledged to set up a foundation to donate $100 million to Newark’s schools over the next five years.

The 26-year-old Internet tycoon announced his first major gift on Oprah Winfrey’s talk show on the same day an unflattering movie about Facebook’s early days, “The Social Network,” was having its premiere.

“Well, Newark, is really just because I believe in these guys, right?” Zuckerberg told Oprah Winfrey on her TV show.

“These guys” are New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a cost-cutting governor who has become a star of the Republican party, and Newark Mayor Cory Booker, whose celebrity connections have made him New Jersey’s next highest-profile politician. The three appeared together Friday on Winfrey’s show.

Wearing a gray T-shirt, black jacket and tennis shoes, Zuckerberg said he chose to make his philanthropic debut in education “because every child deserves a good education and right now that’s not happening.” He said he wants other children to have the same opportunities he had.

Zuckerberg said his gift is a challenge grant, and Booker said he is lining up money from other foundations.

The goal is to raise $100 million more to match what Zuckerberg is to contribute over five years through his new foundation called Startup: Education. Booker also will raise $50 million more to serve the “disaffected youth” of the city.

Newark schools have been plagued for years by low test scores, poor graduation rates and crumbling buildings. The system was taken over by the state in 1995 after instances of waste and mismanagement, including the spending of taxpayer money by school board members on cars and restaurant meals.

Last year, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced $290 million in education grants, including $100 million for the school

system in Tampa, Fla., and $90 million for the Memphis, Tenn., district. The Gates Foundation also has given more than $150 million to New York City schools over the past eight years.

The Newark district, which has about 40,000 students and a $940 million annual budget.

That’s about $23,500 per student — among the nation’s highest.

Few details were disclosed Friday morning about how Zuckerberg’s money is to be spent.

Winfrey did advocate hiring Michelle Rhee, the chancellor of schools in Washington D.C., as Newark’s next schools superintendent. Other New Jersey education advocates have suggested the same move.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan also appeared via satellite.

“I’m so proud of these guys, and they are doing the right thing by the children of our country,” he said. “We have to put politics and ideology aside. We have to invest in our children.”

Zuckerberg grew up in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire in 2002 and attended Harvard before dropping out to work full time on Facebook. He has no connection to Newark other than knowing Booker, a charismatic 41-year-old politician who has the ear of

President Barack Obama and has helped the city get major donations from Winfrey and New Jersey’s Jon Bon Jovi.

The announcement comes a week before “The Social Network” opens widely.

The movie, whose tagline is “You don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies,” portrays Zuckerberg as taking the idea for Facebook from other Harvard students.

Winfrey asked Zuckerberg about the film.

“Oh, well, I mean it’s a movie, it’s fun,” Zuckerberg said. “A lot of it is fiction, but even the filmmakers will say that. ... I can promise you, this is my life so I know it’s not that dramatic. The last six years have been a lot coding and focus and hard work, but maybe it would be fun to remember it as partying and all this crazy drama, so you know who knows? Maybe it will be an interesting story.”

For Christie, the deal may be a way to recover from the biggest misstep of his administration so far: Last month, the state missed out on a $400 million federal education grant because of a simple error on its application.

Christie fired the state’s education commissioner in the aftermath.

The donation also sets the stage for Christie’s plans to announce statewide education reforms next week.

LONDON (AP) — Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are twice as likely to have missing or extra chromosomes than normal children — the first evidence that the disorder is genetic, a new study says.

British researchers compared the genomes of 366 white British children from 5 to 17 years old with attention deficit hyperactivity, or ADHD, to those of more than 1,000 similar children without the disorder. The scientists focused on a sequence of genes linked to brain development that has previously been connected to conditions like autism and schizophrenia.

In children without ADHD, about 7 percent of them had deleted or doubled chromosomes in the analyzed gene sequence. But among children with the disorder, researchers discovered about 14 percent had such genetic alterations.

“This is the first time we’ve found that children with ADHD have chunks of DNA that are either duplicated or missing,” said Anita Thapar, a professor at the MRC Centre in Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics at Cardiff University who was one of the study’s authors.

She said the findings are too early to affect diagnosis or treatment and are only applicable to people of European Caucasian descent because studies have not been done yet on other ethnicities.

The condition is estimated to affect millions of children around the world, and scientists have long thought the disorder has a genetic component.

U.S. experts estimate that ADHD affects from three to five percent of school-age children in the United States.

There are no figures for developing nations.

The study was paid for

by Action Research, Baily Thomas Charitable Trust, the Wellcome Trust, Britain’s Medical Research Council and the European Union. It was published online Wednesday in the medical journal Lancet.

Peter Burbach, a professor of molecular neuroscience at University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands, was surprised some of the genetic defects found for ADHD were identical to ones for autism and schizophrenia.

He was not connected to the Lancet research.

“There’s a great chance the environment is modifying these genes,” Burbach said, adding the genes could lead to several brain disorders, depending on things like the child’s upbringing and other genetic factors.

He also thought scientists might eventually be able to reverse ADHD. “This is not a structural abnormality in the brain, it’s just the last phase of development that’s gone wrong,” he said. “It could be the brain just needs to be finetuned.”

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CONCUSSIONS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL Head injuries are a common theme in football across america. the pros have taken safety precautions, but what has the college game done?

PAT DELANEY

staff writer You’ve probably seen it hundreds of times. A football player gets hit hard, falls to the ground and is slow to get up. When he finally does he looks dazed and confused. He stumbles slowly toward the bench with a trainer by his side.

This can be entertaining. Seeing a player get the snot knocked out of him is a part of the game. It is almost a right of passage. Until you really get creamed, you haven’t fully experienced the nature of the sport.

Up until the last few years, these kinds of hits were looked at as something you can just shake off.

The “rub some dirt on it,” mentality was what separated the tough players from the rest. In today’s world however, shaking off a head injury isn’t about being tough anymore, it’s about putting your whole life at risk.

“Fifteen years or more ago there was probably the mentality to tough it out, and maybe it was just a ding,” said Minnesota State head football

coach Todd Hoffner. “Those days are long gone.”

Before Hoffner came to MSU, he was the head coach at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. It was there that he saw first-hand how frightening a concussion can be. One of his players had suffered a head injury the prior week, but didn’t tell anyone that he was still feeling the symptoms. All it took was another blow to the head that nearly led to his death.

Fortunately, the player did survive, but because he didn’t tell his coaches and trainers that he was still feeling the effects, he nearly lost his life.

“It’s very serious,” said Hoffner.

“People are more aware of the symptoms and the severity of concussions. Having young men understand everything what goes with it is part of the education process that we’re all working on.”

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web photo Tim Tebow is one of many collegiate football players who suffered a concussion last season.

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Perfect time for MSU to get back on track After three losses to top-10 teams over the last two weeks, the Maverick volleyball team has a good chance to sweep this weekend TIGE HUTCHESON

sports pix Sophmore outside hitter Chelsea Fogarty.

staff writer Looks can be deceiving.

While the Minnesota State volleyball has dropped some disappointing matches recently, their effort has never been questioned.

But as the Mavericks look ahead at a pair of home games this weekend, they will face a new type of challenge: Consistency.

The Mavericks are set to take on two of the NSIC’s worst teams: the 0-13 Minnesota-Crookston Golden Eagles on Friday, followed by the 6-7 Minnesota State University, Moorhead Dragons on Saturday. While being favored to win should be a nice change of pace for the Mavericks, especially considering their brutal NSIC schedule so far, it is important the Mavericks keep

things in perspective.

“In our conference, any team can do anything on any given night, so we need to go in with the mentality that these teams could beat us,” said senior Amanda Beekman. “We need to practice hard all week and come in with the same intensity. It doesn’t matter who’s on the other side of the net; we need to do what we need to do and play how we play.”

While neither Crookston nor Moorhead ranks near the top of the NSIC in any offensive statistical categories, MSU’s biggest focus this weekend will be on the achilles heel that has been exposed by the NSIC’s powerhouses: defense.

The Mavericks showed a lot of improvement in both of their matches last weekend, but they still have a lot to work on. Showing consistency in

defensive improvement will be one of the biggest things the Mavericks need to take away from this weekend.

“We’ve been working on getting our feet to the block, reading the body line, and pressing our hands over [the net] instead of going straight up,” said middle blocker Courtney Steinhauser. “We’ve been concentrating on our defense all week.”

Steinhauser has emerged as one of the Mavericks best defensive players in recent games, ranking fifth in the NSIC with 1.05 blocks per game.

And while MSU’s offense certainly isn’t perfect, the Mavericks need to remain consistent with their level of energy and aggressiveness.

The Mavericks lead the NSIC

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NSIC North School Minnesota Duluth St. Cloud State MSU-Moorhead Bemidji State Minnesota-Crookston Northern State U-Mary

Div. OVR 3-0 4-0 3-0 3-1 2-1 2-2 1-2 2-2 0-3 1-3 0-3 0-4 0-1 0-4

NSIC South Div. OVR 3-0 4-0 3-0 3-1 2-1 3-1 2-1 3-1 2-1 3-1 1-2 2-2 0-3 0-4

VOLLEYBALL (NSIC) School Conf. OVR Minnesota-Duluth 6-0 14-0 Concordia-SP 6-0 10-3 Wayne State 4-0 13-0 Augustana 4-1 8-5 SW Minnesota State 4-1 11-2 St. Cloud State 4-1 9-4 MAVERICKS 2-3 10-3 MSU-Moorhead 2-3 6-7 Bemidji State 2-4 8-6 Winona State 1-4 6-7 Upper Iowa 1-4 3-10 Northern State 0-5 8-6 Mary 0-5 3-10 Minnesota Crookston 0-5 0-13

SOCCER (NSIC) School Bemidji State Concordia-St.Paul Minnesota-Duluth St. Cloud Augustana MAVERICKS Winona State Northern State U-Mary Upper Iowa Wayne State SW Minnesota State

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6-1 4-3-1 3-3-2 5-3 3-3-2 3-4-1 5-3 3-2-4 2-4-2 5-2 3-2-2 1-4-1

Southwest Minnesota State University (1-4-1,0-3-1 NSIC) and North Dakota (0-8-0) vs Minnesota State (3-4-1,2-1-1 NSIC) 7:07 p.m., Friday • Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis 7:07 p.m., Saturday • Verizon Wireless Center

RECAP: The MSU women’s soccer team is glad to be back home after a pair of grueling games in the Dakotas last weekend. The Mavericks will be looking to bounce back in conference play against Southwest Minnesota State Thursday afternoon after suffering their first NSIC defeat 1-0 last Sunday at Northern State. MSU was able to secure one point last weekend on the road, tying the University of Mary 1-1 on Friday after two overtimes. The Mavericks continued their early-season struggles on offense last weekend, scoring just one goal despite having numerous opportunities. They have a golden opportunity to right the ship offensively this week; with two very winnable games at home against SMSU and at winless North Dakota.

HISTORY: For the second weekend in a row, the Mavericks will face two opponents who they have never lost to. The Mavericks enter Thursday’s game 10-0 all-time against SMSU and have owned the Mustangs on the field in those contests, scoring 50 goals while only allowing two in the previous 10 meetings. The two teams matched up last year in the regular season, with the Mavericks prevailing 3-0. The Mavs have experienced similar success against the North Dakota Fighting Sioux, going 12-0-2 all-time against their old NCC rivals. Sunday’s matchup marks the first time Maverick head coach Peter McGahey will face the Sioux, as the two teams have not met since 2007. The Mavericks won both games that year by scores of 5-2 and 2-0.

MSU NOTES: The Mavericks only goal last weekend was netted by sophomore forward Nicole Dooher, her second of the year. Dooher has been the lone bright spot statistically on offense for the Mavs this season, leading the team with seven points. Fellow sophomore Cassie sports pix Weik was credited with the assist on the goal that ended up earning the Senior Ann Kincaid and the Mavericks search for a sweep this weekend.

Mavericks a tie against the Mary Marauders, her first of the season.

Despite her solid play this season, sophomore goalkeeper Chelsey Eley was given her first game off last Sunday at Northern State. She was replaced by freshman Brittany Cygan, who received her first career start as a Maverick. Cygan looked good in goal and kept the Mavericks in the match, making one save in the 1-0 setback. The Mavericks focused heavily on shooting drills this week in practice, which will hopefully carry over into their play on offense this week.

SMSU NOTES: The Mustangs are still looking for their first NSIC victory. Like the Mavericks, the Mustangs have had their own offensive struggles, tallying only four goals on the season. Goalkeeper Kendra Olchefske has kept the Mustangs in games this season with a 1.76 goals against average and .843 save percentage.

UND NOTES: With the exception of a win against Bemidji State, Minnesota has lost every game in which it didn’t score the first goal. Get an early goal on Kangas and he along with his defense crumbles. MSU has more first period goals than anyone in the WCHA. The first 20 minutes of each game could tell a lot about the outcome.

PREDICTION: The former conference foes from Grand Forks are now members of the Great West Conference, and are still searching for their first win overall this season.

The Mavericks should be able to sweep this weekend.

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Notes from the Timberwolves scrimmage

Last year he covered the game from behind a pole, this year he decided to sit in crowd as a fan. Did it make a difference?

Kyle ratke

YES!!!

It made a huge difference sitting by the fans. (Or people that came because the tickets were free, whatever you call them.)

Last year I covered the Wolves’ first preseason game against the Milwaukee Bucks, from behind a pole, literally.

My media spot was from behind a pole.

I was about as bored as Brian Cardinal’s kids.

“Mom, is dad in yet?”

“No.” “Now?” “No.” “How about now?”

“NOOOO!!!!! They call him the janitor for a reason.”

Last season, I had a very, well, negative view on the team. I thought they weren’t going to win because they had a crazy guy running things (David Kahn) and the players on the court wouldn’t make most NBA rosters. I was right.

What’s changed you ask?

Well, not much, besides the fact that I am now a season ticket holder with my roommate Matho. So, I am trying to be as positive as I can to make myself feel better about this investment, which could have gotten me approximately 20 cases of beer, or a really old car that didn’t have an engine.

Here are some of my notes from the team’s intersquad scrimmage from last night:

My roommates and I looked at each other before the game trying to figure who half the players were.

Never a good sign to start off the season.

I was pleasantly surprised when I arrived to see rookie Wesley Johnson and Kevin Love on the court.

Johnson was nursing a sore hamstring and Love went back to the cities Tuesday to have his knee checked out.

I was unpleasantly surprised when I looked around Bresnan Arena to find many seats empty. I get that the Wolves are one of the NBA’s worst teams, but if the people of Mankato can’t go to one game that is five minutes away, how am I going to be able to go to 41 an hour and a half away (This is where I turn away from the computer and start screaming).

The first thing I noticed was Michael Beasley.

Wow. I have kept an eye on Beasley over the last three years, and I thought he was a lock coming out of Kansas State.

I don’t know if it was Twitter, the Miami scene or his barber, but things just didn’t work out. And now he is in Minnesota.

I also got a good look at him on Monday during shoot around and he looked good, but then again, it’s shoot around, everyone should look good. Yes, even you Corey Brewer.

One thing that did not look good besides his hair was his defense.

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big basketball fan named Brandon Crockett, “So one thing I noticed right away about Be-easy (aka Beasley)... not so god on D. Kinda knew that going in, though.”

The guy that got in trouble because of Twitter, has admitted he has a drug problem and can’t play defense sounds like a sure thing...Right?

Last year I went a little overboard because Corey Brewer looked like he hadn’t eaten anything for two weeks but a pack of nacho-flavored sunflower seeds.

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ues to slowly remind me of Trevor Ariza — never going to be the star of a team builds around, but a player that can help. Brewer could be the second guy off the bench for a contender, but he will continue to disappoint Wolves fans because well, they aren’t contenders.

Luke Ridnour looked like he just left the Otto Rec Center to play in the Taylor Center.

The guy is listed at 6’2”.

The only way Ridnour is 6’2” is if he stands on Snookie’s stomach. He could have told me he was a freshman and I wouldn’t have noticed. He was standing behind assistant coach Bill Laimbeer during the National Anthem and was literally hopping so he could see the flag. Funny sight. Not a flashy player, but a solid point guard.

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CONCUSSION “It makes it hard with only three full-time trainers for all these athletes,” Chambers said. “It will be interesting to see what else we learn in the future...”

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continued from 13 Speaking of Laimbeer, the Minnesota coaching staff consists of him, former player Reggie Theus and of course the ex-Laker Kurt Rambis.

These three against Darko Milicic, Anthony Toliver and Kosta Koufos. Who wins?

Exactly. You had to think about it. Also never a good thing.

Rambis actually sat on the opposite end of the players hoping to see things more clear. We are sitting about two rows back from him.

He is going bald.

There is a lot of excitement buzzing around foreign center Nikola Pekovic out of Montenegro. The guy is 290 pounds.

Not Oliver Miller pounds. But like Chuck Norris pounds. If he can get a mid-range J, his game just might translate to America.

As for the game itself, it wasn’t anything spectacular.

The team is young and only five were on last year’s roster.

Should we get excited about this year? No. But there are pieces in place. We just need to wait and see if they fit.

continued from 11

continued from 11 bers has been treating athletes at MSU since 1999, but he has never spent the time he does today with concussions. When an athlete shows any concussion symptoms, they are put through numerous tests before they are cleared to play again.

“It can be a five-day process,” said Chambers.

In a contact sport like football, the athlete will be shut down from practice for 24 hours. If he shows no symptoms after 24 hours, then he will be put through a light work-out. If he can make it through that with no symptoms, then the physical activity will increase.

It is a long process, but one that has to be taken very seriously. The NCAA instituted that every school has to have a written concussion management policy. There are different theories why the rule was put in place, but a lot of it is due to the research that has been done on former athletes.

“They’re doing research and finding years later that concussions may contribute to early signs of Alzheimer’s,” said Chambers. “It will be interest-

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ing to see what else have some bumps and is discovered in the bruises. future. Right now, we “I think we’ve done can’t really tell.” all we can do with helAthletes who are mets,” said Chambers. at the most risk of “You look at today’s serious brain damhelmets and there isn’t age are the ones a lot else we can do to who return to action Jeff Chambers make them already safer before they are fully than what they are. When healed. “The second blow,” as you’re banging bodies around, it’s referred to, happens when a there’s a chance you will get a brain faces impact again before headache, and if 50 guys have it fully heals. This can cause a a slight headache, do you send brain hemorrhage, which can them all off the field? It’s tough lead to a coma and possible to tell.” death.

With the advancement of What makes concussions helmets, proper treatment and difficult to figure out is it is enforced NCAA rules, concusoften hard to tell whether an sion awareness appears to be athlete has a concussion. When heading in the right direction. symptoms are minor, athletes But Chambers says that the think they can play through it training staff still needs more before they’re ready. In a consupport so more athletes can tact sport, you’re bound to get be attended to, something he headaches, so it can be difficult hopes the NCAA will look to tell whether they are concus- into. sion related or not.

“It makes it hard with only Dizziness, blurred vision three full-time trainers for all and nausea are just a few other these athletes,” Chambers said. symptoms that go along with “It will be interesting to see a concussion. Despite all that what else we learn in the future has been done about making about the affects concussions helmets safer, in a contact have later in a person’s life.” sport you still are going to

with a .280 hitting percentage, and have really started developing great offensive chemistry, especially between setter Brittany Stamer (10.80 assists per game) and Beekman (3.35 kills per game).

On the other side of the net on Friday, MinnesotaCrookston is led by defensive specialist Chelsea Wiesner, who ranks eighth in the NSIC with 4.19 digs per game. As a team, the Golden Eagles’ offense isn’t particularly impressive, but they do have a few nice weapons in outside hitters Amanda Swann and Danielle Reuter.

On Saturday, the Mavericks will have a little bit more of a challenge on offense as they go up against Moorhead’s defense which is powered by middle hitter Ashley Feldman and defensive specialist Katy Ness.

The Mavericks will get a well-deserved break from nationally-ranked teams this weekend, but in no way can they afford to look too far into the future. After losing face in the NSIC early, getting upset would be a catastrophe.

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Academy Award-winning director Davis Guggenheim (“An Inconvenient Truth”) kicked off the inaugural event of the Twin Cities Film Festival Tuesday night at the Mall of America with a screening of his new documentary “Waiting for ‘Superman.’”

The acclaimed filmmaker introduced the film and held a Q&A with audience members afterwards.

The film, which chronicles various young students entering into lotteries to be admitted to highly sought charter and prep schools, marked the first of five days of films and events.

The festival includes films ranging from studio productions, including the Sean Penn-

Naomi Campbell vehicle “Fair Game,” to Minnesota features, such as the sci-fi thriller “Phasma Ex Machina.”

Jatin Setia, the executive director of the TCFF, said he plans to see the event, which took 3 years to fully develop, grow over time.

“My concept is to have something very well put together, very small over the first few years, but then take off,” Setia said. “Where it will go, I don’t know, but all I know is it needs to have a solid base, a solid foundation, and our city has the infrastructure to host an event of that stature.”

Born in India, Setia says film has been a part of his life since he was young.

“The first thing I ever remember is going to a movie screening with my parents and having a thousand people

in the audience screaming and yelling at the Bollywood films,” he said.

A U of M graduate, Setia spent nearly a decade in the corporate world, but always envied his wife who got to explore her creative side as a dance teacher and yoga instructor. So, when workforce reduction in 2008 gave him the time, he opted to act on the conversations he had shared about staring a new kind of film festival.

To set the TCFF apart from other area film festivals, such the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival that runs every spring, Setia said he wanted to represent mainstream cinema as well as give Minnesota features an audience. The TCFF also narrowed its choice of international film to one country. This year:

jake bohrod • msu reporter Davis Guggenheim talks to reporters about showing his film in Minneapolis for the first time. The audience reacted strongly throughout the film, gasping to statistics and booing upon mention of No Child Left Behind.

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But Setia didn’t want his event to be about competition, or exclude anyone from coming: “I’m reaching out to all art lovers.”

With an initial want to “provoke conversation, to provoke thought,” Setia did well to kick-start the TCFF with Guggenheim’s controversial documentary on the U.S. education system.

In “Waiting for ‘Superman,’” Guggenheim criticizes a convoluted and outdated beaurocracy for allowing bad teachers to remain in the system, good teachers to be stifled and kids to be left behind.

Although feared to spread antiteacher, anti-union sentiment nationwide when it releases Friday, Guggenheim expressed in the Q&A that this is an unfounded concern.

“I believe in unions,” Guggenheim said, “and I believe unions should be around for a very long time. …I don’t like the feeling that we’re bashing teachers.”

The TCFF will conclude Saturday with a screening of “Fair Game” and a series of after-parties. Tickets for many of the screenings are highly limited, although some may be available at the door. Showings are split primarily between the Theatres at Mall of America in Bloomington and the AMC Block E 15 in downtown Minneapolis.

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From left: Davis Guggenheim, Jatin Setia and TCFF board of directors members Hafed Bouassida and Bill Cooper pose for pictures prior to the screening of Guggenheim’s “Waiting for ‘Superman.’” Many showings during the TCFF include visits from their respective directors, including today’s 7 p.m. screening of “Night Catches Us” starring Anthony Mackie of “The Hurt Locker” fame.

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The human face of Facebook

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In “The Social Network,” cultdirector-turned-idolized-visionary David Fincher humanizes the creation of what is now an integrated, mechanical part of our day.

The film not only succeeds in grounding something on par with brushing our teeth as far as everrenewing tasks go, but it makes us wonder how complicated and infinite we all actually are when it’s the events of adolescence — a girl, a fight — that fuel our every move.

Mark Zuckerberg (the quicktongued, slippery Jesse Eisenberg) sits with his girlfriend in a restaurant. Like a Tommy gun, the Harvard undergrad rattles on about the exclusive clubs at the renowned institute, his focused envy disconnecting him from the world outside his head, including the person sitting across from him.

The encompassing meanings of this drive-by opening scene are easy to miss, especially due to the couple’s rapid-fire back-andforth that mimics the constantly updating feeds of messages and comments of the film’s MacGuffin. Yes, “The Social Network” is about Facebook — its brilliant yet confused inventors, its early days, and the ensuing fight over its ownership — but it’s more about the two people at that table, talking, but not talking.

After hacking in to Harvard’s supposedly secure servers (while drunk and brimming with emotion), the young Zuckerberg receives an offer from three chiseled, high-society fellow students to work on a website that connects friends yet offers the irresistible exclusivity of Harvard. He immediately runs with the idea, almost literally, and launches Facebook some months later.

The film confidently weaves this origin story with separate resulting lawsuits, one from the trio who first approached Zuckerberg and the other from his once partner and friend Eduardo Saverin

(Andrew Garfield). Fincher bops between the plots as they linearly unfold, a trick only accomplishable because we already know the end of the story; we know Facebook is invented, we know it makes billions and we know of the legal posturing between those involved, but the minutia filling the gaps and the epic overtones are put under the microscope, and it’s a testament to Fincher and writer Aaron Sorkin that it’s still riveting to watch.

Eisenberg flourishes as the conceited, insecure lead, his darting eyes and contemptuous body language resulting in a character who inflates himself in order to hide his loneliness, his constant grasping for acceptance.

The anti-socialite as social network tycoon makes for one of the most versatile and complex characters in recent memory, one who continues a great tradition of conflicted larger-than-life figures throughout film, among which Orson Welles’ revered Kane stands out. (The comparison between “Citizen Kane” and “The Social Network” has been the subject of conversation since Fincher roughly compared the two.)

Despite its focus on the young and well-off — the ambitious, the quick, the power- and sex-seeking — the film’s primary concerns lie outside that which leave the 21-year-old titillated and dreaming. The definition of success and searching for how it’s measured drives the film and appeals to a mass even larger than 500 million users.

So, maybe the film does bury greater meaning in the follies of the youth as they climb to the top of the mountain only to realize the mountain is hollow. But in this way, it hits an all-too-familiar home, a place from which all our motivations derive, and we start to wonder if what we do, the life we lead, does just boil down to a conversation with a girl in a bar.

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DAVID FINCHER A look back on the director’s career highlights one film in particular TIM GAGNE

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“Fincher (is) a filmmaker who artfully bends technical know-how to the service of psychological insight.” – Susan Stark, Detroit News “Have no doubts, director David Fincher makes movies that rattle.” – Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post “He gives you the existential willies.” – David Edelstein, New York Magazine David Fincher, possibly best known for his films “Se7en” and “Fight Club,” is a rare commodity in today’s film industry. His attention to narrative detail and his pathos in storytelling allows Fincher to create films that are ambitious and speak to audiences in subversive ways. Fincher’s resumé is quite outstanding, but there is one movie in par-

ticular that deserves further recognition.

“Zodiac,” based on Robert Graysmith’s novel of the same name, is about a serial killer who strikes terror into the city of San Francisco with his brutal murders and taunting letters to the police. Fincher expertly casts “Zodiac,” and from top to bottom there is not a weak performance in the film.

Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Robert Graysmith, a cartoondavid fincher ist for the San Francisco Chronicle who cracks the cipher to the Zodiac Killer’s “Conveying an astonishing first letter. Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards and Robert array of information across a long narrative arc while Downey Jr. also star in the film. All four actors are at the still maintaining top of their game in “Zodiac,” dramatic rhythm and teneach bringing his own incred- sion, this adaptation of Robibly nuanced performance to ert Graysmith’s bestseller, create one of the most under(is) by far director David rated acting ensembles of the Fincher’s most mature and past 10 years.

Fincher, like in most of his accomplished work.” - Todd McCarthy, Variety films, uses a top-notch cast to assist the film in explor-

internet photos Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey Jr. star in Fincher’s highly rated crime thriller “Zodiac.” Top, left to right: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Panic Room,” “Fight Club,” “The Game” and “Se7en.”

ing different social themes; Fincher uses “Zodiac” as a vehicle for exploring the nature of obsession. Each of the four main characters becomes consumed with the Zodiac case.

Fincher depicts the men experiencing both individual and collective highs and lows, which ultimately destroys not only their relationships with each other, but with everyone around them. By the end of the film, everyone involved with the case has been affected. Each character has tried to let the case go, but no one can seem to get their lives back to how they were.

Fincher flawlessly uses the narrative of the story as a way to re-create the struggles that the four main characters were experiencing. And while some criticize the length of the film, it is a necessary component to the film.

“Zodiac” runs the risk of being (mis)perceived as shapeless, due to its sprawl-

ing, locale-shifting and timechanging structure. Taking its time, the film boasts a running time of 154 minutes, during which numerous plot points, twists and turns occur, but in a more realistic, less structured, predictable, or glossy Hollywood way.

This must have been a conscious goal, for Fincher conveys in detail the daily work of detectives and journalists, which for the most part is routine, often dull and frustrating, and demanding of enormous patience and endurance. This characterization perfectly harmonizes with the film’s message on obsession and consumption.

Zodiac takes the best components of Fincher’s previous films and uses them to create something special. It is simply a smart, riveting and wellcrafted film that does not get the recognition it deserves.

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Less Than Three Fest: A word from your sponsors Nate Brennan, Reporter Editor-in-Chief Saturday marks the third annual installment of the Less Than Three Fest, the beautiful, bastard child of local music legend Charlie Wheeler, a.k.a. Sea.Dubbz, of The Style Biters. Last year, when I was heading the A&E section of the Reporter, I begged for more involvement and support of Mankato’s local music scene from you lovely Minnesota State students. And over the past year, we have seen a dramatic improvement in both the quality of shows and the support they’ve received. I’m certain the overwhelming majority of credit can be contributed to those stubborn, hard-working musicians of Mankato who continually provide quality entertainment, whether you know about it or not. Less Than Three Fest is not just another rock concert featuring dudes with computers making music, it’s pure love, albeit electronic love. That’s why we at the Reporter decided to attach our name to it this year, because we know in only its third year that this is not just a concert, it’s a Mankato music institution.

Charlie Wheeler, a.k.a. Sea.Dubbz of The Style Biters Less Than Three Fest is an electronic music festival with the emphasis on love.

This year, along with live music, there will be retro video gaming going on in the V.I.P. lounge and there will be booths set up for Mankompton’s local bands to promote their music and upcoming shows to the people. This year’s line-up is the most solid by far, with The Show is the Rainbow (from Nebraska) and Super 8-Bit Brothers (from Chicago) headlining, alongside The Style Biters, Forever Dumb and Taffee Machine representing Mankompton and Matarri 2600 representing the Twin Cities.

This will be the best showcase of music this town will see for a long time.

Q&A with Darren Keen, headliner The Show Is The Rainbow You’re from Lincoln, Neb.: How does Mankato’s music scene compare to Lincoln’s?

I would say that Mankato’s scene is actually kind of similar to the one in Lincoln, in that it’s smaller. We get less national attention. And that raises a more creative, forward-thinking youth, and breeds a wilder, less pretentious scene.

The electronic scene out here is almost all DJs. There is not much support for live electronic music or original

electronic music yet, but things are always changing.

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Charlie is a really good dude and he’s charismatic as fuck. He’s got a great straight man in Alex too, and I’m sure they’d both agree...there is no Charlie with no Alex, and visa versa.

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In “The Social Network,” Jesse Eisenberg, New York-based actor and writer, plays brilliant curmudgeon Mark Zuckerberg, a Harvard undergrad obsessed with achieving social status and willing to go to extreme lengths to get there. And although they never met, Eisenberg, no stranger to the role of the conniving, insecure adolescent, was able to draw a connection from his own life to that Zuckerberg’s in order to embody the character.

“Mark kind of feels like he doesn’t fit it and so he creates a world where he does fit in,” Eisenberg said. “It’s really similar to acting in that way because he creates The Facebook where he can fit in and socialize in the

What does electronic music mean to you personally?

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way he wants to. Similarly, I felt like I didn’t fit in in school and had trouble interacting, so I became an actor and feel more comfortable socializing that way even though it’s contrived and fake.”

The eerie equality of acting and online socializing propels the film into a bold analogy, one that Eisenberg took advantage of in creating the character.

Without ever meeting or talking to Zuckerberg personally, Eisenberg said he was able to build the character around his own experience in youth.

“I really like characters that don’t feel integrated,” he said.

“I think that probably has to do with my ability to relate to them. I kind of had a difficult time in school myself, so when I read characters like that they

resonate with me as real, and I, in an almost masochistic way, enjoy playing those characters, and maybe in some way it’s therapeutic.”

Eisenberg, who has achieved fame through roles in films such as “The Squid and the Whale” and, more recently, “Zombieland,” also hinted much of his creative motivation comes from the harsh cycles of professional acting.

“As an actor you work for six months and may not work for another six months,” he said.

“It’s a strange job where you can kind of feel lauded and successful and then not work for a year. Those dry years are always fertile for me as a writer because I’m usually miserable and that’s where some good stories can come from.”

Well you know how some people sit down and bare their souls playing acoustic guitar and singing? That’s how I am with my laptop. I know it’s hard to tell, when some guy is playing his laptop, what he’s doing and how complicated it all is, but for me, music is this creative, beautiful, problem-solving logic puzzle dictated ironically by intuition, and I think the computer understands me better then a guitar or a drummer.

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